Show L lJ WILY TYPEWRITERS 1tlU I icttli Swindles ot tIle r chC flIcof trOIOliS 1c sIa ion Womens Christian Association ih 01ned a registry for girls who desire ws l Xmeiit a operatives on typewriters lnJl V = itir < liou of the character of each II Suit is promised so that the employer JJ1 iv know in every instance some er na ibout her antecedents This move ji1 T u1t of an evil which has become adv 3 1 J i in Sew York Inspector Byrnes I dv thi > head of the detectives of the < ll department says on this subject lt Hundreds and hundreds of young wo hare been taken into the offices of eI1uve 3rrt J > r hrokeis merchants and others J machine into the ivpeunting came apral u aP They are necessarily edu t i1 and bright Most of them are of iVoachable character and in this field rhvork enabling them to support them fl or help then families But typ iiting has also opened m a But type opened up b 1 jinn for confidence adventuresses E theY are doing more extensive and vDlt t oik ban ever known before They nto daily intercourse with men whom r would not otherwise meet they l plenty of time to make a favorable Viion all the circumstances are jump to the success of their schemes Tse the chosen victim doesnt put m lf f voluntarily into a compromising ton he iS tricked into what looks like r Then blackmail in some form or r slpMedon him Cases are brought u in astonishing numbers and often i men who could be caught by no or II tn trap I could name a very famous TaJ street hanker who became involved joked black for him until a brief search the hitoiy of his fair young secretary i nJ her as an adventuress of the rt t ort Usually we do not feel that I julire are rightly called on to act J the men are advised to go to some rir or pnvate detective TJk with the managers of detective mie elicits the fact that blackmail by r JCIl who get into the offices as type is iiis become the leading swindle tint the investigation and exposure r real character constitutes a con jrrll share of the work now done by al detectives In most cases the Ai 1 careerS of these women furnish t defense for their employers but times the escape is laboriously and ieh brought about Downtown p involves several notables as objects > kind of blackmail The plan of Womens Christian Association while lJY intended to protect good women competition and association with Jxcntmesses will operate to drive attii out for employers will be asked j ular to require a certificate from ocmlion whenever employing a nntoi The bureau is now in opera Y < York Cor Chicago Tribune |