New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-11-14

uorerzo1p sERvAsTs.-The condition, ran-a!
;n.sJ,sctnal and social Of those who perform The
d,rie. of Servants in antilles ought 70 command
and NC trust IL does the attention OF al the humane
spd the Just. Ithas been TOO 'ong overlooked or
neglected. Many good Christian has given his
hundreds Of dollars 70 support Foreign Missions
while his own house contained inmates onf .''e
moved ror iieathenisu. and with opportunities ioi
moral culture litte better than tEoseo OF
We believe This erro, is less gsaerai than i 0...s
.,.bst the masters and raistresses 81 householos
commonly than of old realize that their duty
,s,,so,. is not limited to the prcIap: payment Of
.,,a;, .,;,pla,ed wages Still, very much darkness
70 be dispclled and it is high time that pub
liz attention we're empha.ically called to the sub
jecs-
The vas, army Of prostitutes in our City Is IN
good part recruited from Inc ranks OF our servan'-
Girls The latter suffered 70 grow up IN ignorance
and under circumstances exceedingly cntavorsole
10 moral culture or selirespect are often oeg'Aed
70 their ruin by members OF the families they serve
of.ener. perhaps. by male acquaintance o; their
own class. whom they are enabled 70 see often Only
by stealth and generally under circumstances 'ttie
favorable TO the preservation Of strict difference
and deconn. Bat the perils thus encountered
being resisted to the last comes loss OF place IN
cndipp loss of home OF means and almost Of hope
Tho ,,oo girl aies 70 some Intelligence Office, and
il ,erba,s sent thence 10 the den Of some demon
who is lying in wait TO destroy her Or i: moi;
thus specially eDsnared. employment falling, how
is she 10 live What is her reliance or refuge
Does no, the very earth under her feet plainly slide
toward the r-yawning gulf of Prostitution
We visited few days since the Nationa!
intelligence Office Of Messrs. lnnes a Co 3 Deg
st. near Broadway, which processes to be based on
philauthropic desire TO improve the condition OF
the Servant class and to shield them from the dan
gers and evils to which they are more than ever
exposed BY the swarms of Intelligence Offices.
kept by irres ponsible and often unprncipled men,
which are sprnsius up all over our City We could
not determine b. mere vsi, how fully this estab
lishment keeps the promise II puts forth but 1t
seems to have good features One OF these is a
SPACIOUS school ROOM or rather rooms, wherein Ser
wants waiting places are regularly Instructed with
ou, charge in the more necessary rudments OF an
education during certain hours of each day. An
evening school, we understand, is about TO be ad-
ded for the instruction OF Servants who have places.
but who may be allowed part il not all of their
evenings A small Library is provided for the use
OF those who canresd and who will gladly thus be
guile the usually weary hours between seeking a
place and finding it. Those who prefer i, may ply
the needle in their own behalf and there ought to
be provided, perhaps there is, competent inStrnc-
tor in Sewing.
This whole business Of finding employment for
those who need it ought to be taken IN hand by the
CITY itself which should establish such an lntelil
ccnce Office as would speedily absorb the business
OF all those conducted on private account because
answering far better purpose than they possibly
can No charge should be made by it 70 the poor
and needy Until we can have such an Office, We
heartily commend every improvement, however
slight or incomplete, the old and vicious methods
to the scrutiny Of the discerning and the favor ofthe
good The National Intelligence Office appear.
to be Of this class