The scarlet woman - whom shall she pay?. Illustration shows a woman wearing a red dress, holding money, standing between the Health Department Bureau of Licences and Inspection and an opening in a wall labeled Graft. In a cut-away showing the scene behind the Graft, the man (probably a plainclothes officer) who collects the money through the opening in the wall is passing money to a uniformed officer, who in turn passes the money to a large hand (probably that of a politician) entering the frame from above; it is a wild scene with a woman lying on a table, the body of a man stabbed to death beneath the table, a man rolling dice, others drinking, and a shooting taking place in the background. While the woman in red hesitates, the implication is that she has no choice, but to pay the graft. Date 1913 January 15. The scarlet woman - whom shall she pay?. Illustration shows a woman wearing a red dress, holding money, standing between the Health Department Bureau of Licences and Inspection and an opening in a wall labeled Graft. In a cut-away showing the scene behind the Graft, the man (probably a plainclothes officer) who collects the money through the opening in the wall is passing money to a uniformed officer, who in turn passes the money to a large hand (probably that of a politician) entering the frame from above; it is a wild scene with a woman lying on a table, the body of a man stabbed to death beneath the table, a man rolling dice, others drinking, and a shooting taking place in the background. While the woman in red hesitates, the implication is that she has no choice, but to pay the graft. Date 1913 January 15.