From the archives: Stay away and be good: morality squad

This story was first published on July 22, 2001, in the Montreal Gazette.
From homes of the jobless on direct relief and into Montreal’s night life daily go girls of 17, 18 and 19 years of age to loiter in tawdry night clubs and cafes and mingle with the riff-raff of the underworld.
The Gazette, Saturday, July 20, 1935
There is nothing new in the sad story of teenage runaways. Unwelcome at home, or unwilling to tolerate a welcome given only grudgingly there, troubled young people turn to t