The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-06-16
A SINGULAR SUCCESS.

THE LABoRS OF SEVEN ENGLISH WOMEN
THE PHILANTH RoPIC LIFE WORK AND HOW
1T WAS ACCOMPLISHED.
The Chicago Tribune gives the following
review OF the charitable work of some noble
English women, as 1t appears in recent
English work entitled, "Facta non Verbal
1t is full of interest, not only tor its facts,
but for its inferences. Believers and In-
believers in the enfranchisement of women
can draw arguments from it. twill de-
light the former by proving-to their salts
faction, at least-that women can plan and
execute as well as men. 1t will convince
the latter that the proper field for feminine
energy is philanthropy, not politics. The
Athen@um says: "If the volume does moth
ing else il at any rate gives US a new notion
OF how much there is for women to do, and
earnest about her work" Miss Ry e
began her efforts few years ago. She
had capital of ESQ Its lasting capacity
has been rs miraculous as that OF the
'sWidow Cruse's Oil" She has helped 17S
governesses to emigrate to the British coll
Onies, where they have all. mainly through
her efforts, found employment. She has put
| / 500 English women into good places. as
domestics. in Australia and New Zealand.
She has personally taken to Canada aud
placed in respectable families 200 children
of the London streets. Nine-tenths of
them are girls, "who, but for their bene-
| factress' efforts were condemned inevitably
| to life of the lowest degradation" Miss
| Macpherson has done the same good work
| for 500 children. Miss Chandler decided.
some years since, TO found charity for the
paralyzed. There was then no such thing
in London. She began by taking care of
| A POOR PARALYzED CARPENTER.
| As fast as she could. she assumed charge OF
more paralytics, one by one. She has DOW
opened an hospital for paralysis and epilepsy
in Queens square, London. 1t is not ex-
celled by any of the same sort in the world.
She has also established a convalescent hos
pital, which is doing great good. She has
moreover, secured the endowment of forty
eight permanent annuities for incurable
paralytics and epileptics. She is now col
Letting a large amount of money to be ap-
piled in the same way. Miss Gilbert, blind
| lady, opened a blind-school in a Holborn
cellar, for which she paid eigh' cen pence a
week. She has now 200 pupils, whom she
has taught to support themselves. They
| maintain the institution that gives them
| home, an education, and occupation
| Its maintenance costs &8, 900 year. This
| work of poor blind woman may fairly bS
compared with any of the marvels history
records wrought by blind men. We ad
mire the sightless king of Bohemia, with his
blazoned motto .'Ich Dien" for his dauntless
| ride to death on the battle field of Crecy
but here is blind woman who puts thai
motto into practice. and saves life instead o
destroying it. Mrs. Hilton has built up
day nursery at Radcliffe. It is one of tn,
best of its kind, and has served as mode
for many. Miss Cooper has opened ant
4 m nj 0Yv1
and lecture course for costermongers. Mis-
/ Whateiy has organized great schools for Mo
i hammedau children at Cairo. The autho
closes his account of the work
THESE SEVEN WOMEN
have done in these words: sit may be sal,
that there are many others who would hav
furnished me with good types of the phil
anthropic Englishwomsn, quite equal in tn
magnitude OF their labors to those hav
mentioned, but those whom I wish to tax
as my types are those who have had to figh
their way up against difficulties, frequentl
themselves in restricted circu instances, ant
not those whose position and wealth rende
philanthropic efforts less onerous. Thss
great works are the fruit of purely feminin
1 effort. They have been planned by womer
and wrought by women. The autho
lot Facta9 non Verba" consider
them as proof that women car
do better by themselves, uafetteret
by conventual rule. than when organized ii
masses. 1t is. he says, a simple rule-of-thre
sum. If Miss Rye and Miss Macpherson
have cared tor 5000 children, fifty womeI
ought to care for rs, 900. What sisterhood
fifty strong, has done so? The economy o
the good work is another strong point. /
the London charities, which are supported
by taxation, were managed as we'll. the tax
payers of the city would save 9500,OO
{ yearly. The fact is of moment here, in view
of the damaging disclosures James Gordon
!. Bennett has made in regard to the charitabl
organizations of the East. Some of then
pay SO in salaries for every dollar spent II
their nominal work. There is Bible Socie
ty in Virginia which is said to spend 50 il
order to induce its self-denying agents t
buy and distribute one dollars worth {
bibles.