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Show THE AVERAGE BAD WOMAN In the December Amerlcnn Mnga-cine Mnga-cine Ida M. Tnrbcll In an artH'e entitled en-titled "Good Will to Woman," reports re-ports tho work being done at the New York State Reformatory for Women at Bedford, Following Is an extract showing what tho avernge typo of the Bedford girl is: "The average typo of that material materi-al that Is, a species of composite Bedford girl Is easily nrrlved at from a set of statistics, which was mado up after the institution had re-I re-I eelved its ono thousandth case, ' which happened In November, 1909. According to this record tho girl Is ' young, under twenty-ono; that Is, sho is just about tho ago of tho girl ' entering one of our higher instltu-I instltu-I tlons of learning. Sho is not materl-: materl-: ully less in stnturo or weight. Hor blood Is less purely American; In-I In-I deed, it Is nearly thirty per cent 'or- olgn born, and eighteen per cent "sol-I "sol-I orcd. Sho hns llttlo education. Hho I ias no expert training. Nearly lalf of hor working life has boon spent t in unskilled housework. Sho has usu-' usu-' ally a queer streak; sho Is tho vie-J vie-J tlm ot moods. Sho must bo watched for hysterical tendencies. Sho 1 smokes cigarettes, drinks rrcciy, and I Is tainted by diseases of the streets. Almost nlways her life has been Irregular Ir-regular sexually." |
