New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-04-13
The Labor uud Aid Society for the Relief Of
Soldiers, widows and Children.

There stands in udson-st., Canal, stately and
elegant house. which not many years ago opened wide Its
doors to men aud Of culture and power. In It's
generous space and wealth Of decoration in its hospa
HE peasantness Of aspect in It's beautiful library and
graceful fowerlined gallery which led to it, were ex-
pressed the kindness the taste the geneness the love
of home and friends and books, which those who knew
the owner his private life knew to belong to him.
He collected there the first Shakesperan library gath
cred III America and enriched the room with rare and
valuable books. There, it said he conceived and
wrought out those marvels Of humorous dehneation
which used to conyulso the with laughter and to
which the actor Burton, left no heir
1t was sad that when he died the beautiful home into
which he had built his heart and where ghosty Touch
stones and Fatas seemed wander fell into careless
hands and was disfgured and dsmantle1 till the slow
ruin Of wears was wrought in few months. And to-day
the grand house is laundry, and the library become
manglingroorn. Touchstone, and DTOmo, and Bottom,
and Toodes have lost all their mirth, foTgone all custom
of exercises vanished from the that rang with their
familiar voices
Other ghosts are in the house to-day It needs not the
pale twilight nor the solemn midnight to them. They
are the TRANSPARENT wrahs Of soldiers starved 10 death at
Salisbury tortured to madness In the pens Of Anderson
vile; shot on the battlefield dead in hospital armless,
legess Aeshless horrors Men who went out to the
unimagned wretchedness Of army life to swift and terri
bic death with smiles counting the dear claims Of home
less strong than those of country and leaving wife and
children to her loving
few good women, who through four gloomy years OF
war never rested from their abors for the good cause
giving with cheerfuDess husband, brother son; giving
lesser gifts Of constant faith Of help with tongue and pen,
and money and neede Of service in the hospitals and
kindness in the campbell to-day that but half their work
is DONE that to the common soldier, to whom owe it
that we nav speak of the Nation without shame the
honor of the Nation is pledgcd-not TO reeompense his
service which it can do, but TO acknowledge it in
tender help to those whom he left helpless.
They arc not objects Of charity. They are rghfu heirs
TO our loyalty our fidelity love. The solemn silence
of the dead pleads them tongue of fame could not
There are suffering which the most careful beney
reach but alas every day al appeal comes
W from many sick heart which the kind ladies who form
the Labor and Aid Association have means 10 answer
Eyery day women to ask not bread not clothes not
| money but work. They arc honest and decent. They
accept their lonely life of toll without complaint but they
have daily employment and constant wages remeIn-
bering that there father TO food for the many
eager mouths at home The Association has not work
enough It has money to give instead of work. When
wives and children hunger how shall those soldiers sleep
IN their nameless graves
The Society has already laundry in successful opera
! t0n working in which these widows and daughters
receive one dollar day. 1t will have school where
the little creatures too young TO workwho, poor atom
les, in happier homes unshadowed by death and want,
would still DO laughing babies in happy mothers arms,
and here look pipehed end old befos thax tmAsrs =