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man could have any feeling for them except for an infinite pity; able to overcome even repulsion. It was only too evident that all they were doing was to ply a trade as dreary as it was dreadful. But there is much to explain, my dear Miss Wyatt, beyond even the explanation you give. The absolute abolition of brothels, and even of merely professional prostitutes, may leave the problem nearly as bad as before. In Sweden and Vermont, for instance--to take two communities which I happen to have studied--there is lamentably widespread sexual immorality, and often self-sale of the most callous kind by girls of seemingly respectable surroundings; and yet there are few or no brothels, and not many women who are merely professional prostitutes. I wish I was sure of the right course