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SOME RECRUITED THROUGH ALLEGED
EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES
I CANNOT take the space here to discuss every means employed to ruin girls. I can only touch on the broader, more typical aspects of the situation. Among these must be mentioned evilly conducted employment agencies, which are now receiving merited attention by women's clubs and various reform organizations in all parts of the country. Here is a typical story, illustrative of this phase of the evil:
One day a man in Chicago received a note reading as follows:
"Dear Mr. Blank: Please come down and see me at once. I am in trouble. Would like very much to see you. Come to Bob
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