New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-14
APPEAL
OF TIE wohAN's PROTECTIVE ENDS ssfIoS
SOCIETY.


To ~ F,sraSs Il As Bsiessa
A cry, even q this p'on,ert 9oes up TO Hesven
f,cn the sgosized hearts Of hundreds OF young aad
hitherto pune women, Who Until recently, honest and
hon.red !sborer in workshops and stores, have sud
lsnh been east upon the vorid-homeiess, fr.endess
resni,e,s-spd who now in the msaness Of desols
ton and want, are trembling on the Yes " 'e oak
rt,esm OF vice which poilates our streets. -
childref-ard plsee them but for 40 instan yos csc
endure TIE picture in the position Of these sunoros
ores, With the terrible alternatives Of Starvation OF
dishenori
appeal According to the Rev. Mr.. Pea:e, than whom
no better authority could be cited, the NJ nbsr o.
women whe have been driven from honest indas'ry,
since the pIeseI, fnancisl rreuoles commenced, TO
swell the ianks Of the oulcssts Of tue street. IL a.
least kf,een kxndrsdt How far this sposhsS state
nen Is likely 1000 to be sarpsssed in fact may be 10
feuea from Whist (, lowi: Very recently n ariy o1e
thousand applicants gave ia their basnee within iew
DAYS 10 come benevolent lsaies who had desired 10
test the extent Of desti;ution among sAled aud US
skilled workwomen, with view 10 devise and sPply
the necessary relief Some few OF there app icaas
possessed one two dollars each. but the majority
were wholly destitute, and come hsd not tasted food
for twenty. four hours And these be II noted were
OF The industrious ard respectable working .young
women Of New.York, shrinking from the dole Of
charity and asking only leave TO live oy thsu iaoor-
eight full Of pity 10 see Of horror 10 reflect upon
when all the possibilities of their future rise up before
the mind.
But there is g way to help these peoples way st
once humane, economical and efecfIsl-a way to ben
EFT .hem and others also by their means Ii is this
The labor Of these young women, which hnds no
market here, is much needed In the thriving West;
arr il requires but the methodlcA application OF sui
cient means to promote their emigration 20 places
where homes and employment surely await them, 70
acbe We their safety Tie machinery, Indeed, Of sx
i;trg Societies is altogether inadequate to task
which urgently demands exclusive attention, and
prom p, and liberal, though careful expenditure But
10 Get THE difficulty. Society ha; been iorned ua-
GRAFTON SOCIETY which awaits only the donations OF
the humane to commence the great and responsible
work TO which its founders have devoted themselves
II is contemplated at once to secure house OF
houses to afford temporary shelter to as many a. pos
sibs Of the young women who may apply to be cent
into tie Interior and valuable aid and counsel to 9TH
ers; while in the mean time, some OF toe ladies on the
Board OF Direction will proceed to various parts OF the
West TO prepare Tor the proper reception and settle.
ment Of the yourg emgarts 1t will be seen also that
due checks and gu ards have been provided in the con-
stuton Of the society for the correct admnsrahon OF
il on behalf of this society that the undersigned
70 the public the bera assistance so urgently
needed; not in reliance on the force OF the wores
they speak though these come from The heart. Ine
terror, the shame the magnitude OF tue sunerng .ney
pe ad for cannot find expression in language But the
phsr Will feel it, the Chrstisn, looking for
ward 10 the coming Christmas, the birthday OF one
who came " to seek and to save that which was lost,
will sur. y feel that the cheering though OF having
generously aided TO rescue hundreds of his poor sisters
from shame and ruin, will shine brighter on his mnd
on the DAY of rejoicing than will the fire on bis hearth
Friends of al creeds, but sharers in a common
hope children of one Father come to our aid.
On behalf Ct the Wonsns Proeetiye Emigration Society
ELIZA w FARNAAM, Secretary.
eS''e''p'pS b.. l. wkRNER, NJ, is lafayette Pl.s..
GRO J1Nss No x, w ~ am, stree.
RW. HEURTLEY, No. Bowling green.