The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-06-16
T he W O M EN-
A Love Feast Among the Strong
30 Minded of Boston.
They Tell All Sorts of Naughty stofies
.t9 About the Men. rs
(" MIGHTY INTERESTING READING.

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The fnllowiDgare extracts from some
of the speeches made at the meeting OF
the Boston Warkingwomen's Associa.
ton held last week: ~ 54ftai
STARVATION IN WOMAN AND LIcEN.
i8f. iss s a TI0uSNESS IN MAN, sst s{
Miss Phelps then chilled mon Mrs
pr, Setche1l, n MISUNDERSTANDING, ,el
derly lady, tnrsome remarks: She said
The subject of woman has occupied my
mind for years, / am a womam's4rienl
and ! stand here to day TO speak
something concerning poor working
women and their disadvantages (; md
it is,a subject which, for the last ten
years, | have come, in cnItact with
poor, degraded women, many of them :
and why were they degradedY Be-
cause, they conld not earn enough To
pay for their beard. Penple are lath
10 beard women; they shy they are too
much trouble, and cannot pay as much,
as men. willrelate an instance. Some
time SINCE lady tome and said:
Ny heart has heen ,lmost broken to-
day; for the first time for twenty Ave
years 1 .lEIye been tempted to do wrong.
| said why? Because ! have not
place to lay my head. am Il stranger
in the city, and came here to get
work. / went into shop, and though
] had topay five dollars a week for my
hoard, could only get four dollars Cor
my work, and i came out, aud have
been travelling for several days, and
had to-day only one small piece of
bread. / met a gentlemen in the
street and he said where are you goins7
| said was hunting for work and a
boarding-p place. He said come with
me, and he showed me a room splen-
didly furnished, and lie said: You may
stop here and I'll pay your board.
said upon what terms that yon may
visit me! He said yes; that may
spend an evening with you. said 10,
sir. [Applanse.] That is the way that
many women go astrayj because they
cannot get anything to buy their clothes
with or pay their board. And my
heart has ached, and have longed for
this oppertunity TO speak TO the pab-
lie through the press.I felt then as if
my soal would bnrst within me, and
] said to her, trust in God and His
angels, and . way will be opened for
you. Il gave her board and lodging
with myself. IApplaust.] So it is with
hundreds of thousands. could | tell ynn
secrets, And nnw, friends, fathers
and mothers, whit if that had been
one of Your daughters ? 1t is time
something was doue. When / pass
ont into the evenings, and have been
ont late, my heart bounded when I
have heard tile resistance of poor girls,
saving: I cannot do this wrong! Yet
it was necessity that drove them to
that situation. do not believe that
my sex are SO bad that they are so
sensnous as they of themselves will go
astray, IApplause.l Very many of the
town ladies, as they are called, have
hearts that are pure, but, it is necessi-
ty that drove them. to their ,conrse of
life and keeps them there. They feel
that their character is, gone, and that
no one looks upon them with compass
sion. Now, it is time that all females
are aroused to the subject. Lam glad
that something has commenced to be
done, and pray Almighty Sod that it
may go on nntit there is home for tile
women of Boston. IF some homes were
provided Until they could get work, it
wonid be'a beautiful thing. I feel that
our race is running ont. Many come to
me, and have treated them for no
disease. J only said, How do Won
dress Ct take that frst;) has nobody
said anything to yon abont it /? They
say, No. threat them then in this re.
spect, and send them away rejoicing.1
am tI,ansfui to-day for the privilege of
telling these things, that people may
know them. People may speak dis
respectfully oftIc girls in the street. as
they pass to their work, bu. they are
innocent; they are innocent. They
come from the country, and find that
they cannot clothe themselves, and my
soul bleeds for them. The old lady
sat down much affected.
REMARKS OF THE CHAIRMAN.
Mr.. Thaycr said that he was sorry to
have heard the remarks of Dpctress
Setchell; it was painful to think that
right there in Boston those things were
SO.
s TERRIBLE CONDITION OF AFFAIRS.
Mrs. Thayer said she had a young
lady friend who, after trying to get a
situation as book keeper, where she
was offered two dollars week, went
to Christian man who employed girls
to make overalls. Ittook the speaker
two hours and l,alfto make one of