, 1873-09-15

To ths Editor of The Chicago 1ribuns:
B1R; In your isauo OF Tuesday morning ap-
pearod two brief lotters from parties Interested
in the mattor OF homes for homeless grls. The
first prays for q home Thoro girls may bo pro-
footed in their innocence; that thoy mny Aavo
the privilege OF supporting themselves in n
manner TINT will not allow OF question OF thoir
vistuo that they may 10 savad from tho hunail-
alton OF being considered as objaeta OF
charity, cto. Tho second writes TINT aho
tolls from o'clock a. III. to G p. m.,
and receives s1.25 por day,-S750 per week.
She pays out Of this sum $3.50 Tor board, % for
room, md Sl.6o for washing, oach wooh She
has TO conts loft with which to clokhe horsolf!
For tho information of tho abovo-indieatol
parties, and other respectable working wo,non
interested in tho Homo-movomont, take pleas
ura in directing thom to tho oxisting Woman'a
Homo on 5achaon stroot, nenr IIa}atoa. Thoro
they will receive protection in their persona
and good namo tho price OF board and lodging
is $3.50 to IL per weeh; washing extra, lono nj
cost. They can enjoy all the general advantages
OF tho house, such as hbrary and current road
ing, parlors. baths, musical Instruments,
aa we'll AZ social life, without extra
peeuniary charge. They are only so-
quired to regard sow simple rules,
which aro framed only for the general safety,
and not for tho sake Of imposing any particular
notions Of conduct upon them, They recoiso
their company III Tho l,arlars only, which arc
picely' furnished. They ato assured Of good
accommodations and ample fare. Moreover,
thoy are aot at rcat MI to thoir standing before
tho world. Tho Home il aimp,y III economical
institution, nnsocts rlan, soii-hnpporting., 1t
them to help tscnltolroa. Tho we'll ll-de1nca, hNt
not generally understood. principle OH Which
It ts operated necessarily does nway with oil
thought Of charity, md, bottor yet. its detract-
I've aud painful conditions.
No woman las ever crosFod tho threshold Of
tho Woman's Homo, Of Chicago, as n boardor
for any longtl Of TING, WHO has not been fnado
to tool hor in9alyiaaellty, hor indopom1onco aud
Of integrity and virtue wili alsplay. Thoro aro
moro than 4 hundred bonrdorB at tho i1,attll-
ton at thia moment, hardly my Of whom would
remain al hour it tho management OF, friends Of
]ects. All respectable wonon aro acnsitiyo on
this polnt; Justly 10. That fact Was uppcrmost
III tho nIndB Of thosa who lal,orcl to
| found and mainta!n tho, Home. Tho dignity
case hayo boon duly considered IN tliu
| grand onterprlyo. md, notwithstanding tho orig
iuRl founder anu leader il tho worl-s1t!, Pain
has been translated to tho life beyond tLia
Bcono Of ardent toll and anxious cara, ti'ero aro
mon OF huart aud ability loft bohnl who un{ler-
| stand tho lIonlo-n,oyeuont, who recognize tho
crying nccesaitios Of homoless pooplo, anu who
aro detesmipod on practical aud worry valuable
| resl,lta in tint diIeQtlun.
/ capnot 1patHt tic temptation, in this con-
nqntlon, to again to,tlor tho tankH OF tho nla,,-
sgemopt, aud those groat anl goud nle1! anl
women Of Chicago and elsewhere whuBo in-
teroyt In the 1Iomo Is at tllis timo al
CntoAoo TRIBUNE and othor prominent daily aud,
! weekly paljerB, for fayoralao nuticeu frou tina
to timo Of tho llo,na-moyement, and this lIomn
In particular, auol not,ceu know to hayo buo,,
deserved and appreciated, and, M tloy enter
into tllb geltoral movement ah special aids in fa-
vor OF tho worthy object, ttoy hayo hcon pow
or tor good aud tllo evidence Ut the fact may
bo bsst senn aud understood by u visit to TINT
enlnently successful institution.
CA1oAao. Sept. 1a, 1873, OGDEN WulTLoc4.