The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-07-24

7. 1'rns-1e.r Dollars Fer A.as.; Il AiS..,
NUMBER Is.
20 doer; and then they give the hreo6 49,
thew sn 70 sne poor old men and women WHOM
!. suPPost IN their asylum. One nav ~
e mersmit ay a nay IN the shborhood q Ham
= arodging about with wheel-barToWs' va ocSi.se
ing RON Dives tho crumbs TINT III 10
rdden Lazaruses whom they have 49, ~ ~; =
. We al owe them . debt of gratitudc. ~ a~s
thar, allow no ~. body Of guardians 70 proseeus
LOT reasonable rates tho nuns ara vjiiir 49, q
sS.a Inc In mn, male guardians Of the poor ess.s.
Of the ~ ny .ass PiGnder the female guardiane
me outrage seems utterly indefana,h,A 80.
I ~o CONSIDER the admitted defects Of tha ~.
.w system. 1t is based on the legal right -
bsrS ng man, even when abla-bodied, Ia !
been thrown on the local gnsrxisn -, Isve
they arc totally unit Tssy Ssvs 8 r waaSa
~ snd teach orphan children; they have to 6ouss
me. organization 10 still very defeassre
out, - regards old men and old women. its -
tSe = a;s
IN the best way. They take into their hocss'
aged men and women who cannot work. yhsv, /,
I Sisas them with that personal Kindness sod
n
essential to so0the the sometimes tediens ~
. yson Painfui passage from infir1a old are 10
that possibly long. deferred .Iass soena 81 Az
h,.sn nnns learn 70 know the poor cseatnres pF
., Inspired with q feeling diffsrens--toI not Is
mildly that whic6 sustains It'd pss;ssss
essos t ses s m1apsasu ss Iss.sa g
T$sa5 fsen soaI sss &;
3 r s. = -
do on theirs. Some 81 fIscSs 6iSfs,i ~
sazafeth House. whose beds have sbeef1 ee,xSf
y Inc parish baiiias, and who are now Iyisr =
ule; Around them are the luxury and vice a.
.onaonLshe luxury unrestrained, and tie wee q
. by the law: But the law, passissr
nth her pair of ponies, or lightly taxinr i,.-
y the same, singles ont for ssern p,,rish y,ss,
"a lazy who so far forgets herself her duty esd
ply OF God and His poor. If the NaranseE
lsters were animated In their work by bnnsc
o SsG1 ah.y' Or gratitude and in ee
III on-so far as the law would let themig
70 expectation of another reward
y, " e,I Know well the strong prejudice against
on are 80 mnch to be desired that xe f,e-
ere 70 something inexcusable in women W.,
, nos seek the society Of men with che siue
-
hitting the unpardonable accsntrinjtr -
csc poor nuns, we think that siscir oeHbacr
f gns 90 partially coniioned in consideratsn
old women, who, as q rule, 'canpot -.
on themselves. 1t is possible xhsf fhs.-, >
go 20 ana 6edridden creatures want such minis
chelors who's a as naoh as the gay and gaiiaat
1sole themselves elsewhere, and with f.
,e, REM ai ZINC Of devotion It is possible thai
quiet misery which does not demand parisk
;ei, and which these nuns may Geek out aa6
= ISL A,d ano other day q poor fellow: iivIag
consent, and committed suicide hecstal
ough some accident he had become a1ualIss
earn ar tb ms bread and Gould see only starsa
had been Woodworking man fna .raorg,
a tn,Tey years. quiet, hsneat En1sish
san, d lying .,Ig in the centreo Epgl}sh avifiEa-
he applied to the parish he would hrTe .
'ived as outdoor relief miseeahle dole. cot
ugh a. to keep body and soul together, and
er to the recipient, and prcvent him. II
aDie, rom applying forit again. Perhaaa
s Sa oeRS;., expect the po6I.iaw, worked s.
ye Bot private charity here steps Il, ~.
y - y SOFT and its feeling distinctive; it can
sne man and woman, NOT IS scaeaSn
nana wd Sns =: .ootRs man he hePsd sy heel
oman. Again, the effect of such assistnpre
ne person helped is very different Gom tie
-
as legal claim, and that the dffleaase a-iare
him do 30, not out of kindness hrst he or
and with other peoples money TaIa of
surly and uRthankful, and Is naaRe fasnr
and hard. Far otherwise are .41ne issS,1
9 Of private charity that eee1ra <urf 49,
hes and waits, and gives help aveEo ave
hand TO hand: 1t neither DEGRADE nor
'erlses it is twice blessed-Ssf @5sa-efS
nat gives, and her that takes, The poor
chewing officer may be deceived 1Dy ai<ss..
want, but the Sister of Nazafeth xzsisi0s 3
y y sick and aged friend, begging for hiac,
ing for him, cooking for him. ,pEaying
nlm, cannot be deceived; she secs
suffering, feels his pulso, AaaEs HE
y, knows him, and learns even so love
ZOE God's sake. Here, however,, fho.Hsna-
NTH Guardians step in, and pos "a end
this rich endowment of sefF-aaa yiglC-
U; they seize the epoon e. Il oAzxies 1ac1
Q lips of the sick, throw the .cs7ptJle 1Ssf
able upon the bare floors, &nR 4eSEa g.
10 bed TO sleepcn by day, affar ;kpr VaSSS a.
gh the night; the next month ,Ahcr s-;n
levy nm additional rate on sxhn kaS--
70 of the parish, to meet The snora~~. -
house inmates caused by the deatSu 49,. IS.
Q Nazareth asytum. What rnnrnife.sR
lis tratlon OF charity and OF faVsf IS