BABIES, UNLIMITED.
NEW YORK REVELATIONS
New York, December 31
Mrs. Dora Heramlin, a Grecian widow, has admitted to the police that she carries on a business of supplying babies at from 12s 6d to £2 each. The woman’s revelations disclose that there is a widespread traffic in babies in the United States.
An investigation has been started by the Health Department. It is said t!;at the main demand for babies comes from wives who wish to foist infants on unsuspecting husbands. The supply greatly exceeds the demand owing to the high cost of living.
Mrs. Hemrnlin says that she sometimes has to fatten up babies before she can sell them, as they were terribly emaciated when brought in by their mothers. She insists that her business is within the law, because the money was paid, not for the baby, but for the trouble in procuring it.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 13, 14 January 1913, Page 7
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146BABIES, UNLIMITED. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 13, 14 January 1913, Page 7
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