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For Girls Who Must Travel Alone

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 8, 1916

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 29.

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For Girls Who Must Travel Alone

Fifty thousand girls—mothers, think of this!—“disappear” every year in the United States. In view of this fact, a number of prominent journals have printed instructions and advice for girls who must travel alone. The following rules are taken from a recent number of the Woman’s Home Companion:—

What to Do

“1. Before starting to a strange city, write the Travelers’ Aid Society to meet you.
“2. If alone, or your friends fail to meet you, apply to the Travelers’ Aid representative or a uniformed official at the railroad station or steamship dock as soon as you arrive.
“3. If you need help of any kind, find the authorized Travelers’ Aid agent—a uniformed official at the railroad station or steamship dock will direct you to find her.
“4. Aim to arrive at your destination in the daytime.

What Not to Do

“1. Do not start to a strange city or town, even for a night, without previous information about a safe place to stay.
“2. Do not leave home without some extra money for an emergency.
“3. Do not ask or accept information, advice, guidance, or direction except from the Travelers’ Aid representatives or uniformed officials.
“4. Do not trust attentions on train, ship, or elsewhere from men or women.
“5. Do not accept offers to work, either in person or through advertisements, without thorough investigation.
“6. Do not go to strange parts of a city or town at night alone, or escorted by public porter, or in a cab.”