New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-28
EMPLOYMENT FOR WOMEN.

SIR:; For want of better method Of dealing with
TIE great question that is before US this Winter, viii
sou permit me to propose the following to the intslli
gent and humane people Of this city, and to the farm
ers ard mechanics of the West ! confle my
ssH mainly, or perhaps wholly, TO the question of
The destitute women-the most helpless aud exposed
Glass we shall have among us. Some compute the
number at 90 000 wbo without relief, must b, forced
INTO the ineIpressibe horrors Of degradation before
returning Of industry will enable them to help
themselves. Say that that computation doubles the
sexual danger, and yet we have possibility which
must sppsl every righthearted man and woman.
Admit the full horror of it, and you cannot withhold
your hand from doing whatever is possible to save
much womanhood aud purity from the dire transforms
ton which awaits them unless seasOnable and efficient
id be iuteposed 10 their salvation There mas never
been time given this generation for the doing OF SO
tue and Godlike work as ia offered for its accept
sbce now. Such extreme peril never before warned
females to fee the city or prepared them to turn such
Wiling feet westward. The question Is. then, What
con be done to cultivate this Willingness How can
We it to practical account in preventing an enor
nous amount Of ruin and suffering 10 the stratness
9th times how can set to work costly machinery
by which, alone it would seem this object can DE &C.
compsht can only suggest, as said at first, Tor
war. of q better method, tine following:
The farmers and mechanics of the West want
houseLo.d labor. Travel where you will there, you
are made conscious in every way of this demand. 1t
i, A feature Of oil our Western communities, from
Buffalo 10 Nebraska. There are abundant means of
living there even now when thousands are hungering
aud trembling here. II the whole population of New
York and s surrounding cities set down to-day
in Illinois and Wisconsin, they could be pentltally fed
till another harvest comes. Now, cannot we, on
our eide raise the email means that would be necei-
cary to feed and lodge those whose restitution would
sp.ls them 10 our aid, and whose self respect aud
love Of purity would induce them to seek it Often
kIeed only be Of days OF a few days continuance
;dad nj and humane MI
he West who wish TO help themselves and who have
shesrt 70 help Others little, will cooperate with US
Let them either individually OF by concert Ia nes1oor-
hoods social circles determine to pay the pass age,
On The best terms that can Do obtained of railroad
ecnpanies Of person for each family whSre one Is
4 wanted. There are thousands OF such all over inc
Free States, 70 whom the small sun required roe
this purpose would be TITLE, even In these tunes, ana
h rs use they would do lasting ana tangible good.
k! them enter into .spOadence as soon as an
ugsniza,ion is formed here (which should be imme-
tiey for yileness is already lying in wait for IFS hep
In prey with those who may be authorized to act Ia
Gs matter, and let the transfer commence al the
,uiest practicable day. Ii 1t Is objected tnst the
Western people cannot send us money wnich WIN oe
nrent here il may be replied that the railroad com
eres will receive their money there aud give them
iets which will be good here. Many of the females
puigratng would go from life OF ceaseiess slavery
and penury here to comparative freedom ana comfort
here ana the way Juld be open to honorable indie
cadence which here is inex0rably Daredto all Dut
/ lie fortunate few of their cl4sses.
Every thoughtful lover Of humanity, above all,
Nery soul among that reverences true womanhood,
ought TO assume the task If gathering one helpless,
kwdered sster within the fold Of safety and be pa
Dent with her in your arguments and tender as De-
Genes one teaching and advising. III che Is Blddy,
with an unipeleCtual nose, and mouth that never
charms you aud an eye that wins bear in mind
that she is a wiiha. and will bear 10 the world
which you and your chilnren have 10 hive the fruits
Of virtuOus, womany lie, however inferior, or oil
ttprayed and diabolic one. Therefore be charitable
10 her stupidity in regard to what you propose, and
take her feel the blessing by your earnest zeal 10 urg
| tg il, if she cannot in any other way.
| There are noble and beautiful young women here,
HAYES to the needle Whatever other occupation has
brought them bread heretofore, who, going West by
the aid OF charity IN 1857, might becsme the honored
and reyered dispensers of like blessings before the
year 1867 should come round.
| Let us, then, as humanity is dear to u.s. as pure
vomanhood, whatever its type, is rovered by us,
10 would wish cherished sisters or our beloved
10 be snatched from the impending fate tn At
sworse than death, be earnest and faithful in this
kne Ct peril woman 50 preserved 10 honor aud
seuluess in circle never 80 small Is OF more worth
IAN the fortune of richest merchant or the treas
Of our best bank IL is one OF the Lessons which
lie time will not fail to hint il no more to vast mum
hrs Of men and women, this Of more truly estimat-
sg the creatures AT good, with which God has filled
eur world. Seeing that mattel, weath takes 10 ltsei
vipgs will not some at least begin to consider the
| seah that cannot fee, good done, perlshlng hopes
tndled, sinking hearts revived, souls led upward 10
epra,iOn that sinking in despair and abandon
Il tent those who shall learn Dy ther own suffering
eseek such riches, viii bless the chance that taught
| hem.
We see in these days more deeply than ever before
he needs and helplessness Of woman. The time u
past In our history, If it was, when We could look
| aanefently and see thousands Of human beings OF
ether sex crushed beneath the Juggernau of fortune,
sae from our clearer and fuller COTTON OF humanity
- whole, must come q keener and more sensitive
Justice toward her whom God haa appointed TO the
tshesi Offices intrusted TO mortals
ltpesk not in forgetuness of the fathers and moth
en- who have children TO warm and feed upon nothing,
nel OF the single who find themselves poyed
AID destitute here. For these hope relief will come
Nom soue source ard at the worst the wide word i.
open to many Of them go whittier they will. Others
VII plead ior and help ihsm and believing this, do
sre 70 devote my words and deeds ~ my sisters whom
nss oeen 100 much the custom Of society to rsmpls