Lust beckons. The eternal woman answers and approaches the poisoned spring and drinks. The eternal man is there. On and on he leads her, casts her away when he has tired, and the Vice Trust with its directorate of powerful politicians, debased men, takes her and reaps its awful profit from her.
Vice first: then Graft. Graft formulated in the minds of men: Vice born in the blood of women.
Death—dishonored death to the woman.
Wealth—overflowing wealth to the Grafter.
We have seen the city in many phases. We have not taken into consideration the army of women who maintain superficial respectability, who live at homes, some of them with husbands and children, and who yielding to temptation are carrying on liaisons.
They are called “clandestine” women. They may be found in all walks of life.
There are, normally estimated, 15,000 women of this type in the city of Chicago!
Are you convinced that Chicago is the “wickedest city in the world”?