To the Editor of the "Norru-Cuina Dairy News"
Sir,—the statement respecting the purchase of girls by the Salvation Army, which comes from London through Reuter, is incorct, for no girls have been bought in the manner "iscribed. The facts are, that during the famine period large numbers of girls were being sold by their parents or guardians in order to obtain the wherewithal to exist. It is notorious that many of these were to be used for prostitution purposes. General Booth, in common with all who desire the preservation of pure, womanhood, was shocked, and in writing me desired that everything possible should be done to prevent the traffic, even to the extent of providing the parents with needed money for food, if
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