Nothing done to prevent the evil, because no one knew what to do.

After the evil was an established fact, after the hearts of the victims were thoroughly hardened, after the last hope of return had perished, then a "vice crusade"-- led by a man! Another scene witnessed about the same time seems to me to typify the new attitude which society--led by women--is assuming towards its problem.

It was in the large kindergarten room of one of the oldest of Chicago's social centers,--the Ely Bates Settlement.

A group of little Italian girls, peasant clad in the red and green colors of their native land, swung around the room at a lively pace singing the familiar "Santa Lucia." As the song ended the children suddenly broke into the maddest of dances, a tarantella.

Led by a graceful young girl, one of the settlement workers, they danced with the joyous abandon of youthful spirits untrammeled, ending the dance with a chorus of happy laughter.
This was only one group of many hundreds in every quarter of Chicago,--in schools, settlements, kindergartens, and other centers,--who were rehearsing for the third of the annual play festivals given out of doors each year in Chicago.