The Secrets of the Great City; a Work Descriptive of the Virtues And the Vices, the Mysteries, Miseries And Crimes of New York City
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A very large number of the women engaged in this in- famous business are from New England. That section of the country is so overcrowded, and the females are so numerous therein, that there is no room for all at home. As a conse- quence hundreds come to the city every year. They comj with high hopes, but soon find it as hard, if not harder, to obtain employment here. The runners for the houses of ill fame are always on the watch for them, and from various causes, these girls fall victims to the...m, and join the lost sister- 292 THE SECRETS OF THE GREAT CITY. hood. They are generally the daughters of farmers, or work- ing men, and when they come are fresh in constitution and blooming in their young beauty. God pity them ! These blessings soon vanish. They dare not escape from their slavery, for they have no means of earning a living in tlie great city, and they know they would not be received at home, were their story known. Their very mothers would turn from them with loathing. Without hope, they cling to their shame, and sink lower and lower, until death mercifully ends their human suflerings.
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