Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-05-29
HOW STREET Walkers ARE
MADE.
Terrible Result OF High and Polished
Civilization
Starvation ia Woman and liceniiOusnass
in maH

SAGi "a HOfldL dHl LhEtNtfUNJEE1o
in mah.
From The New York World .-..-
Miss Phelps then called upon Mrs.
DR.. Setchell, a benevolent looking, el-
derly lady, for some remark. She
said: "The subject of woman has oc-
cupied my mind for years. / am WO-
mans friend, and ] stand here to-day
to speak something concerning poor
working women and their disadvant-
ages; and it is a subject which, for the
last ten years, have come in contact
with-pOOr, degraded women, many
of them; and why were they degra-
ded? Because they could not earn
enough to pay for their board. People
are 10th to board women; they say
they are too much trouble, and cannot
pay as much as men. / win relate an
instance. Some time since lady
came to me and said: I: Ny heart has
been almost broken to-day; for the
first time for twenty-five years | have
been tempted to do wrong. ! said
why? Because / have not a place to
lay my head. am q stranger in the
city, and | came here to get work. !
went intO,a shop, and though had to
pay five dollars a week for my board,
/ could get only four dollars for my
work, and came out and have been
travelling for several days, and | had
to-day only one small piece of bread.
| met gentleman>O on the street and
he said: d:4Where are you goiRg2A-
said | was hunting for work and
boarding place. He said Come with
me- and he showed me a room splen-
didIy furnished, and he said: you
may stop here and will pay your
board I said upon What terms-shat
you may come and visit me? lie
said 'Yes; that / may spend an even
ing With you.I | said NO. Sri,
Applause. That is. the way that
many women Oastray-because they
cannot get anything TO buy their
clothes with, or to pay their board.
And my heart has aehed, andI have
longed for this opportunity speak to
the public through the press. | felt
then as if my soul would burst within
me, and Isaid to her, trust mlGod and
his angels and q way will be opened for
you. gave her board and lodging
with myself. Applause. So it is
with hundreds Of thousands could /
tell you secrets. And now, friends,
fathers and mothers, what if that had
been one of your daughters? 1t is
time that something was done.
When / pass out in the evenings, and
have been out lately, my heart
bounded when i have heard the re-
sistance Ofpoor girls saying: " I cam
not do this wrOngi / cannot do this
wrongw Yet it was necessity that
drove them to that situation, l do
not believe that my sex are so bad
that they are so sensuOus that they of
themselves will go astray. APP
plause. Very many of the town la
dies, as they are called, have hearts
that are pure, but it is necessity that
drove them to their course 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. / am glad
that something has commenced to be
done, and pray Almighty God that
it may go on until there is a home for
the women of Boston. If some homes
were provided until they could get
work it would he beautiful thing.
| feel that our race is running out.
Many come to me, and l have treated
them for 1. no disease. i only said:
How do you dress ltake that first);
has nobody said anything to you
about it?' They say, No. l treat
them in this respect, and send them
away rejoicing. am thankful for
the privilege of telling these things,
that people may know them. People
may speak disrespectfully of the girls
in the street, as they pass TO their
work, but they are innoeeht. They
come from the country and find that
they cannot clothe themselves, and
my soul bleeds for themp The old
lacy sat down much affected.
The Chicago Tribune, Radical, J
graVely asserts that g the eircunistan-
ces under which the amendment (tif
teenth was ratified in Indiana, are
somewhat peculiar, The Cincinnati
Commercial, (Radical,) eenfesses that
these proceedings were very peculiar.
of the scandal that may be caused
by a " false report, y this is an instance,
related in French paper: A, wag,
passing through a dark railway tun-
mel, In a car full of ladies and gentle
men, amused himself by imprinting q
kiss, a resounding, sonorous kiss, on
the back of his own hand. General
sensation, and angry, inquisitive
glances all round when the car reached
the lirbt. i4ea& afiz@ Eitti 4ste - 4
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