p. 11 | The Pander’s Trap

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Feb 28, 1911

The Pander’s Trap

Lured by newspaper advertisements calling for "manicurists," many innocent girls have been caught in a pander's trap at Washington within the shadows of the national capitol. Through official investigation it was found that the illicit traffic has its agencies in twenty-four other cities throughout the country. This awful traffic is no longer a mere blot on our civilization; it is a monstrosity whose lust-engendered tentacles are stealthily, deceptively creeping into every vocation of life. It grasps innocent children from loving arms, fair maidens in their purity, vigorous youth in their manhood, and once in its power and embrace leaves them wrecked and maimed for life. Innocent confidence is sweet, but unguarded chastity walks at the peril of her life.