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The Girl That Disappears

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The Girl That Disappears: The real facts about the white slave traffic (1911)
by Theodore Alfred Bingham
349697The Girl That Disappears: The real facts about the white slave traffic1911Theodore Alfred Bingham

THE GIRL THAT
DISAPPEARS

The Real Facts About
The White Slave Traffic

BY
GEN. THEODORE A. BINGHAM
Former Police Commissioner for Greater New York

BOSTON
RICHARD G. BADGER
THE GORHAM PRESS
1911

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Copyright, 1911, by Richard G. Badger.


All Rights Reserved.

The Gorham Press, Boston, U. S. A.

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CONTENTS

Chapter Page
I Nameless and Unknown 7
II Where Do the "Lost" Girls Go? 10
III "White Slavery" is Only a Part 14
IV Why the Grand Jury's Investigation Was Apparently a Failure 22
V Girls at $60 and $75 Each 29
VI How White Slave Traffic is Carried on 32
VII Now Man's Business, Not Woman's 37
VIII A Typical "Cadet" History 39
IX Boy and Girl Members of Gang 41
X Other Instances of Cadet Work 45
XI System Employed to Make Women Immoral 50
XII Some Recruited Through Alleged Employment Agencies 55
XIII Working Among School Children 57
XIV Dangerous Darkness in Moving Picture Shows 59
XV The Position of the Protector 61
XVI Remedies that are Possible 66
XVII Mayor "Golden Rule" Jones Solved the Problem by Segregation 68
XVIII Supporting Cities by Levying Tribute on Fallen Women 73
XIX Little Use for the One Rational Institution for Fallen Women 78
XX The Solution of the Problem 82

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