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THE JUKES. 



Harlotry. — The distinctive tendency of the Juke family is dis- 

 played in the statistical exhibit herein presented ; for the most nota- 

 ble figures are those that relate to harlotry and bastardy. 



The term harlotry in these pages will be used generically, includ- 

 ing all degrees of impudicit}'. Inasmuch as the English language 

 possesses no word to distinguish women who professionally sell 

 themselves from those who have made lapses through imprudence or 

 even passion when they have recovered themselves and led subse- 

 quently reputable lives, I shall use the word harlot to mean the 

 lesser degree, while prostitute will be applied to the professional 

 debauchee. 



In the following table all girls of 14 are included among the 

 marriageable women, because there are at least two mothers under 

 15 years of age, one being only twelve. 



TABLE III. 

 Harlotry in the " Juke " blood. 



Number of marriageable women . 



Aggregate of harlotry 



Percentage of harlotry 



Totals. 



162 



84 



52.40 



The variation of percentages in the different generations is be- 

 cause the sources of information have not been exhausted. In the 

 second generation we have a very small basis for calculating per- 

 centages, while in the sixth generation the 12 girls are so young that 

 the percentage is not fully developed. A complete account would, 

 no doubt, make them approximate more nearly, increasing the per- 

 centage of harlotry for the total. How enormous it is, amounting 

 to a distinctive social feature, is demonstrated on comparison with 

 the average prostitution in cities, which has been estimated by good 

 authorities as 1.66 per cent, or one woman in every sixty. These 

 figures are probably too low for harlotry in the community. Sup- 

 posing them to be 1.80 per cent, we find harlotry over twenty-nine 



