Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-10-24
From The Times.
Female Humane Association.

For the last eighteen years this puar and well known
institution has derived the annual ncome required for i,-
support from Fairs. When these were frst reso,tsd =,
they wre novelty, and Consequently many aides aided
IN getting them up, and they found very productive
LaWery they nave been generally resoed to for re-
gous and charitable purposes that the labor OF preparation
for the OipLsHs FAIR has deroved upon a few and the
profits have fallen OH These considerations together with
the objections OF some good friends raising money IN
that way have induced tho ladies' attempt this wear To-
go round and solicit voluntary contributions The exper-
nent which they may well undertake with apple
henson Tor should II prove unsuccessful may be aeu
deC with serious embarrassment But they cannot doubt
that when their known and the efforts thew are
making TO extend the benefits OF the Asylum pop
uaton Of the city increases, they will have the cordial
support Of their fellow citizens. When the first Fair was
held there but the ASYLUM: there
forty. But the number Of contributing MEMBER
lJriyeght. IL is believed much greater than
1t then and may well surprise that in a DO
puaton Of $4,000 there should be only oryeght ladies
taking active interest such n more espc
ciay when the fee Tor memberships only four dollars per
annum The smalness Of the number lcel assured Is
attributable only inadVeTtence; and therefore hone that
the ladies who appointed make these collections will
the time get the of all the ladies they visit
TO be enrolled members. Very few, think vii! refuse
They may atthe time place the institution on bet
ter footing than It has ever BEEN by procuring number
OF annual subscribers among the Se0temen they call upon
l. by these means they can secure $1,000 per annun
there need be Fairs sCclings for years 10
little additional time devoted to the work nete
will much LABOR aud trouble hereafter Let them
carry around three s-Ons for contributions meet their
immediate wants for ladies sign who desire 10 be-
come members and the third foT gentlemen VINO will be-
come annual contributors, they fixing the and an
neGing It to their namts.
It's almost needles IN this community say any thing 10
enforce the claims ci this society. Its object Is known 10
be that most helpless class OF human beings destitute o.
phSH sris Tney admitted into the Asylum without
regard 10 religion paIebtage, where they boarded
clothed and educated until they have suitable age
when they placed IN respectable families. The mana
gers Of every denominations for the rght of member
ship ~ Ike the benefits Of the Asylum not restricted In
any scot denomination. The coed II hiss done Tor more
than thirty years only be known ut the great day of
final judgment. We only wreichoJ, destitute chill
dfen snlched from the abodss poverty often vice
and transferred comfortable house where every want
ssupped hor minds stored with useful knowledge their
hands taught do al kinds Of domestic work
nnd m due course IT lime them leave the Asylum
well qualified n every respect occupy humble but
respectable station ~ society. But We have seen more
than TINS We have the former inmate of this Asy.
um become the beloved aud respected head Of viriu-
Gus family. We have seen her liberal contributor 10
this institution, which she owed every thing in H. Is
world, and eternity If happiness the next But il Is
alone IN the benefits conferred by this asylum on the
immediate recipients that look for full adyan-
tagcs to society. Ages come. aud generations yet
born be- Influenced by the training Of uls ones
Let them be neglected. and m all human probability they
would not only be lost Themselves but become pests tho
community, aud the Of Viewing the in
stituOn 10 this light city u directly boue-
fitted by operations; but when we consider the inu-
Of mind the dcstnics Of nation, We must
see that whole country has interest the prosperity
and Iudcus management IT oil such eslabl shments-
And hat Is not all every individual has interest IN
them Tor who can say, that ih the mutations fortune
their descendants may be compelled ~ seek re-
iugo IN this Asylum.
Early nontb, understand the Ladies intend ma
hing their collections aud that the effort will be
crowned with that success which Il % richly deserves.