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Show M A WARNING TO CANADIAN GIRLS. H Pleasant employment In excellent H homes is speciously offered to Cnnn- H dlan young women by agents who H travel from city to city and from vil- H lage to village in the Upper Provinces H for tho purposo of securing victims H to a llfo worse than death, says the H Toronto Presbyterian, which ndvo- H cates stringent measures for tho re- H presslon of this abominable traffic. We H read in this leading organ of the H Presbyterian Church in Canada: H "Some of tho Buffalo newspapers IH have laid bare a liollish systematized IH schemo for luring Canadian girls tc H American cities by attractive ndver- H tlsements offering pleasant cmploy- H ment as Indies' maids or companions H at good salaries, tho real object bo- IH ing to sccuro them for Immoral pur- IB poses. Tho agents employed In tho IH . -ample of i-wuorus, M ,i-j. t Heath's Han.,Treo jolt Lake Theatre Jan. 1 1,. 12, pH business aro women of good address IH who visit tho towns and villages and IH smaller cities and engago attractive- H looking young women by the promise H of honorablo work and alluring com- IH pensatlon. Tho girls aro met at Buf- H falo or Niagara Falls by appointment, H and from thenco distributed to vn- H rious American centers, only to find H out how cruelly they havo been do- H eclved. Hero is a field for remorseless H detective work. Thero Is no punish- H ment too sovero for thoso who would IH luro unsuspecting girlhood to lives IH of infamy and shame. Tho move- H ments of any alleged employment H agent in a town or village should bo IH carefully watched by tho authorities H and her credentials rigorously exam- IH lned. Tho arrost and punishment of H a few of these femalo pimps would put IH a quietus upon tho business. Any IH such offer should bo regarded with IH tho grcast suspicion." |