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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 27, 1913

Fiendish Devices of White-Slavers

Warning to All Women

That young girls and women need to be constantly on the alert as to the devices of agents of the white slave traffic has been brought to our attention in two marked instances recently. A mother and her daughter went from Jersey City to New York City on a shopping tour. To economize time they separated, agreeing to meet in an hour and a half in Macy's parlor. The daughter finished her errands first, and having time to spare, was looking into the window of a store near by. As the crowd gathered around her, she felt a sharp pin prick her arm, but paid no attention to it except to rub the spot. She then went to Macy's as agreed, to wait for her mother, but as soon as she had taken her seat, fell to the floor in a swoon.

The matron was called, and the doctor of the establishment was summoned. After looking at the girl, he said, “O, it's only a case of drunk! We will take her to the window, and the air will revive her.” At this juncture, a well-dressed man came hurrying up as if looking for some one, and seeing the unconscious girl lying there, said to the matron, “This is my wife; she has these drinking spells occasionally. I have a carriage at the door and will take her home.”

Providentially, the mother, who had been searching for her daughter, pushed her way through the group, and, seeing the man about to take her daughter away, sprang forward, saying, “This is my daughter. What are you doing?” In the excitement of the moment the man fled, and could not be found.

Another instance is of a young woman living in Newark, N. J., who went to New York City recently, and after attending to her business stepped into a moving-picture place in the shopping center. After a few minutes, the girl felt a sharp pin-prick in the side of her neck. She looked around and saw a man and woman of ordinary appearance, sitting behind her intent upon the pictures being exhibited. She felt dizzy, so made her way out of the place, and seeing a policeman near by, went to him and asked him to take care of her. She was taken to the station-house near by the officer, and the sergeant in charge, as soon as she was brought before him, recognized the symptoms, saying, “It is another of those knock-out cases.” In both these instances these girls had been punctured with a hypodermic needle containing some strong opiate, and had not Providence mercifully interposed, both without doubt would have been counted among the numerous cases of young women who mysteriously disappear, and are forced into slavery as inmates of houses of prostitution.—Union Signal.