The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-09-03

App arently she had ON only single garment
T , ling 70 her feet; Bat this appsarsp9o 70
sPattcred and weighted with wet clay that
they adhe SO closely TO her person that 1t
was 90 fully developed through them . the
female form of some marble statues through
the thin drspery in which they are Glad by the
sculptor She wore turban ON her head OF
the same color for only ono color or CONSIST
thing feminine in her appearance was pair of
ear-drops she wore a. y token Of her sex and
OF ifs tastes under any circumstances With
into leaves with wonderful tact and celebrity.
With . dash, splash and . blow one was per-
fectly shaped. One little girl then took it
with the greatest preeiaion, to keep the rows
in perfect line. Another girl, little older,
brought the clay to the bench. This was o
and NOV ements very closely. She was girl
apparently about thirteen. Washed and well
clad, and with q little sportive life in her, she
would have been almost pretty in face and
form; But though there was some color in
her cheeks, it was the fitting flush of exhaus-
ton. She moved In kind Of swaying, aiding
way. as if muscle and joint did not fit and acs
of the cold clay, Weighing about IS pounds,
upon her head, and while balancing it there,
she squatted to the heap without bending her
body AMI AMI took up 2 mass OF equal weight
with the two burdens walked about . rod and
deposited them on the moulding bench. No
wonder, we thought, that the COLOR ip her
of cold clay held against her stomach, and
bending under another on her head, for 10 or
10 hours in . day. it seemed marvel thnt
there could be any red blood in her veins at
all. How such child could ever grow an
inch In any direction after being put to this
occupation, was another mystery. Certainly
not an inch could be added to her stature in
all the working days of her life. She could
only grow At night and on Sundays.
It is estimated that in our brick6elds
there are sc, 900 children, averaging from
to II years Of age, going through this
bestial labor. What Mr.. Smith claims,
claim, is the interference of Parliament to
protect these poor little creatures from q
slavery which IL . disgrace to our humani-
ty.
These are the facts which put power into
the hands of tho International Society,
which streng shens the Republican school
which justify the invectives of Messrs.
Bradlaugh and Odger, and teach the poor
to look upon the upper classes az their
enemies. We canu0c bear it too clearly in
mind that if property has it's rights it has
also its duties and that the horrors of the
frat French<Rev0lution broke over France
because~the aristOcraey and capitalists OF
the hast century in that country neglected
their duties. 1t is impossible to behold
the prodigal expenditure upou luxury and
vanity which ID the present characteristic
of the upper classes Of this country, with
ont contrasting it with the condition Of the
lower classes. Life in tue Brickfields il
not o solitary instance of this; there are
other trades aud states of life in harmony
with it. We have in this country the ex.
treme of brutal misery and the extreme Of
heartless luxury. We are q bye-word Of
reproach to the world.-London Tablet.