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Show THE ."SOCIAL EVIL" IN SAN FHANCISCO. Han FraucLico is troubled Ijecaiwe of tho "social evil," which haw assumed gigantic proportion though kupt. under un-der control ho liir a to leave the streets free from abandoned women publicly plyiug their terrible iraflic. Dr. Holland Hol-land ha.4 elaborated a plan lor its regulation reg-ulation in that eity, which ho anks the municipal authorities to adopt. It Ls practically tlio lieeimtiiK ny-titm; and the fallowing condensation of it Uken I from the Chruni-U, has inti-rest for tlie general render: j Section I providu.H that the Chief of I'olicc shnll luakn a full record of all; ii-.iig.nat ion Iiou-i:s and their inmates, j the- uamei of ail prr.-:ous keeping the ( unmet, the ownT.s of the hou-e?, their i luealny, the uwi aii-1 l'nrnicr necupa-j lions of the oeeupantrt, with wu-h other I particulars a.s in;iy be statistical or r-.'itiir :iry iinpori.'tin'c. Tliii record .shall ! In: kept in (lie ll:ihh oliic-:, and .shall tin open only to the monition of the! Hoard of Health ollicorrt, the Board of Police (Joiumis.iionera ami tho Hoard of Hupttrvisor'. Si.'et'mn provides llial tho Hoard of Police Commissioners, upon tho rcort of ihu Itoiiid of llutilih, nhtill havo tho power to aupprvs any house of ill fume; and any keeper offliiuh hoiMO, or any parson interested therein, or any inniato tiinrcof, who filirtll refuso to comply witli tho order of the Hoard of I'olieo t-'ommi-isioner-i, uhnll he fined not less than i-J and not more than Section 0 provides that every cyprian occupy im a private room will ho regarded re-garded iua brotliel-koopcr, and will bo required to pay $10 por month hospital hospit-al dues, and Si per week examination lets. Tho physicians appointed to carry out this ordinaneo shall rcceivo such salaries as the Hoard of Health may lis. Tho fifth section provides that no cyprian .shall stand at her door or window win-dow to ply her calling, etc., undor pen-iil(yof$10, pen-iil(yof$10, not execoding SriQ, lino. Section 0 provides that no houso can ho rented lor the purposes of prostitution prostitu-tion without permission from the Board of l'olico Commissioners, under a ponultynot exceeding $100. Section 7 gives tho Board of Health tho power to purehaso or rent suitablo buildings to bo used as an Hospital and House of Industry for tho treatment and industrial oinploymont of unfortunates, unfortu-nates, and provides that hereafter they shall not bo admitted to the City and County Hospitals. Section 8 provides for obtaining revonues for tho support of tho Hospital Hos-pital and tho llouso of Industry. Kaeh owner or keeper of a bawdy house, or room, shall pay $10 per month, as hospital dues, to tho medical medi-cal examiners on tho lirstweek of each month, and $1 each week examination too, and each inmate SI. 50 each for hospital dues. These moneys shall be dopositcd in tho City Treasury, and placed to tho credit of tho Hospital and House of Industry, to bo drawn by warrant of tho Board of Health, and applied only to Hospital and House of Industry purposes and the payment of tho medical examiners. Tho management of tho Hospital and House of Industry shall be under the control of tho Board of Health. Section 11 provides that each medical medi-cal examinur shall visit all houses of ill-fume oneo a week, or oftencr, andj ho shall havo nowcr to remove such 1 inmates to tho hospital as ho may! think proper, from which they can be; discharged only by his permit. The1 penalty tor a failure to comply with such order is not less than $-5, nor more than $100. Should any keeper of a house of ill-f.ime permit any inmate in-mate declared a lit subject for the hospital hos-pital to remain, sho shall bo guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not less than $10, nor more than $50. Section 14 provides that no owner or keeper of a house of ill-fame shall permit per-mit any inmato to remain in her houso more than twonty-lbur hours without reporting the same to the Chief of Police. Sections 15 and H'. provide lor tho duties of tho medical examiners, and tho following section provides that uo I inmato shall change her place of abode iu this city without having a permit from the Chief of Police to do so. Section 18 provides that owners and keepers of houses of ill-litme must give all the information required by Section I of this ordinauee. Section 20 provides that the Board of Health shall havo full authority to employ all inmates of tho Hospital and House of Industry at such domestic labor as they may be able to perform, and tho amount received from such work shall bo paid into the City Treasury and placed to the credit of tho Hospital and House of Industry. Anyone desiring reform may remain an : inmato of the House of Industry for a j sufficient time to enable them to pro- cure employment. For this purpose propar aid and assistance shall be afforded by the Board of Health. The two following sections provide for erasing names of lewd women from tho books, and for thocourso to be pursued should they wish to leavo the city. Tho last section provides that tho approval ap-proval of tho Board of Supervisors is necessary for the purchase- or lease of any Hospital or House of Industry. This plan of Dr. Holland's whUe attempting at-tempting to rcgulato tho evil makes no particular effort to lessen it. Like most other schemes for the same purpose, pur-pose, it merely skims the surface. Assuming As-suming that women are alone responsible, respon-sible, it is entirely directed at them. . Tho ,4.iV:i, in an editorial on the subject, essays to trace the growth of immorality in San Francisco to the melodeons and low deus ostensibly of amusement, really of vice, with which that city abounds Vet tho patrons of houses of ill-tame, the mcu who frequent fre-quent them and sustain them with their mouey. are paed by without the least effort being made to hold their criminal practices up to public reprobation and punishment. They, who tit girls for such miniature hells can walk the streets or enter society honored and caressed, while their victims vic-tims axe placed under public ban, consigned con-signed to shame, disgrace and infamy. And thus it is throughout the civilized world. Tho authors of the "social evil'' are rracdeaUy held exempt from blame; the victims uf their lusia are consigned to ruin. Yet reverse ihe circumstances. Lspc youn- men aULu:-Xy vir;uon society to the iacjuiiuiuui.--, ..J wiiutueJ tupp.-i to ciuiidci. bow maiy of the bh. a would prepare their purity ;is women do.' Let tho men be ex- ! pocd to the temptation uf want, j probably with starvation staring them I in the face, and let sly, en.narinif women offr them transient wealth tol part with their virtue, and how w.wy' .Josephs would be tbund to flee from such prototypes of Potiphar's wife V i And then let the laws le so uniformly j I li anied as to hold thoe fallen men; i responsible for their sin, while the! frowns of a prudish world made them i louieuits and drove them to deeper! degradation, how long would it be be- ( j lore the maseulino voice would raise a volume of indignant protect against ihucli unju.it enactments. The schenius no fur proposed for abalimj or regulating the "social evil" aro one-sided and unjust, and nhould ; be modified aud amended lo make man j responsible fur bis share of the guilt and crime it intlicLs upon the world, j . - . |
