THE GIRL THAT DISAPPEARS
orderly houses or in living upon the proceeds of women's shame. The document continues:
They claim, however, that all members who have been convicted of a crime are expelled from the organization when the proof of that fact has been submitted, the offense apparently being not the commission of a crime, but conviction. It would appear that this procedure is for the purpose of protecting the individual if possible, and failing in that, of freeing the association from criticism.
In reading the newspaper's reports of the Rockefeller findings, and comparing them with the original document, I am reminded of the old patent medicine man's system of preparing testimonials. He would receive a letter:
For years I have suffered from rheumatism, stomach troubles, and near-sightedness. I have used four bottles of your Elixir of
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