New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-11-24
EUROPEAN wORK-GIRIS-AN APPEAL FOR AID
To the Editor Of The tribune.
BREWER,

EUROPEAN WORK-GIRLS-AN APPEAL FOB AID
To the Editor Of The Trfbune
SIR: VIII you allow me TO make an appeal
through your columns to the generosity and Kindness on
your readers At moment OF extraordinary distress III
Europe we venture have to the charity OF
the American public The horrible war which Is raging
in France has driven TO our shores 80 many heipess
sufferers that turn TO every quarter where We can
hope TO ind sympathy In this great calamity We Know
that such sympathy exists In America, and this en-
bgdcns nc 20 plead the Of one especial class OF
those sufferers Their position will speak TO the hearts
OF the women Of your country who, III thoir Own ana
otter landa, give tie example tof al uhbouneeH
charity Largo sums have boon subscribed in
England for tho aid Of the sick and wounded soldiers
both French and German and assistance Is also sen, to
the famine-sricken districts at tie seat Of war But
London itself IS becoming ,thcjreiuge OF so many
distressed persons that the misery at home Will soon be
a. great as abroad. To ts habtua poverty and suffer
ing viii be added this Winter amount Of wretcbednoss
which would fiji with dismay did we not hope that
Cod viii move the hearts OF many in distant parts
OF the globe 70 stretch hand OF mercy 10 these
afflicted Ones
TIE class above alluded 10 IS that OF and girls
often younggrls who cometo London seeking FOR itua-
tons and employment which cannot now be obtained In
France and who for the most part arrive IN this great
civ freHdsss and pennies, c0Lseq Ieny exposed not
only to the most extreme distress bat to the worst
Of dangers. The greatest number OF these are
FRENCH. but EugIisll and German girls who were
IF,--iil,c,F 1l-gu.e aI.N con-
finualv swelling the list OF these refugees Some
ladies', with the urgency OF tls need nav" al
Once opened temporary homes for such pcIsoEs Nhcrr
thew car re sheltered and assisted IN looking out FOR
sitlatio employment. Trey wish ~ combine Win
this PISA arrangements for aJring relief by means OF
small ltdus 10 foreign families ana religious women
driven away their homes al tie Seat OF war ana IN
urgent but oiisn only temporary. distress Resources
L. carry these works OF mercy are sofely needed hId
as The occasion f. extraordinary one, We venture 10
hone that our Transatlantic brethren wl assist us 10
coirps Object aud 10 save from misery and rum
many poor helpless women. remain, sir, faithfully
!Ouis, $1,000 ULL,'lON'
Tho following those ~ the ladies who form
the Committee for the Relief "a Female Refugees:
Ho. u! ghnes. tlr irrcer oru OF o ears Her Grtce
the pgcs Norfolk Her Grace the u BGcc elr the losn
ger Mas,A0n4s 4 Lob tie s!aIcoats o. li'lir' haTH
%. are bury. The Countess a. fheWshuff, tie tnu-
TsLe Marian Abort TIE LAZY Nc,ra HOPE Scot the 10y
Io,a Laiy I1sa N d. doe Lady GeoHna Fullerton ~
LID Holland Ln GotIscll t h0a Mis- hae al.
tie Hon Kerr li0a ars. Albert a.. tie Hon Mrs tntrf
4 r-l-. tLc Hon. h-. Lay,l --f.t7 Ms william
Nor.I Ms Nassau. EGagefon. Pollen, Ais. etHeg.
AZ s nat has caei % Coates BaE, sHI Lonion IN the
name n usrf-r ir Lothian, for IT, r 81 -pll-
,ou u so Temporary Homes and Sc society 'oE Female Bir
m f-suas thH. Of the afe % HI Cow
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Madame Fl4c,, fonEcleEl q! irc No Bowling
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q. De BossieTrs No. 81 west l-i'eIis-