, 1874-03-25

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In answor sno woult rnv nt ocsas ""n sn I'M.
woman, tIis iroIni,g to tio 'us latform r va, was
lAn1lnuuo.1 Tholo wore nerty ~ NON ~ n'sm whr
cnmi.| nroocl, iii, nrn"o pntn pttn'y ot m'Gn WY
md laws, Which, were in acooni f''v viii imstico
Nono OF thnso thnrs co1,l,i MIA DR. iut 'amniy
bring lor word and speak It into tl,cir nnra
hoapi.n) ut 10 our wo1nann waw nf onttir,
u,ltlor gro." ivy - e''''1s
Not nor place to rponl, Tint aorro.v. wronr
znisoiy, orimo, Injustice. which somo women
snoak and otl1er woen IN c"r.1,,t puxs anr nv ~
nisoty T. wrong. infustico Mhorcit, man hotnnl nnii
in mntv cnsa t1iarret won1rn toyv1, ~ uoet and
to livo f},croin, othor women ought to head. and
do tllor Gost to oncItorata or f1cstroy n thnac
Fencon to Lous XIV. e r trntl, s'; ,nst nn I, hc
spoal il no and woo 10 von Mq vo ra ot ort,
OF healing" DoeI,los. 1--WE 'A0> '~''A'
THIS NATTER HAD pEgH FORCED upor WOMAN
to consider, Men had aaj1 th;a, tlnno md lin
oihor Affected w,n,nn, and thcrcfcro mcn muat
logis!ate npon 1t without their advico ar conBnl.
tation, bIer, had cone forward ienIs}etlnr. and
III this mart OF tic world tlov ,Ynrn nronnr1,tr to
Quietly. WHO wolo tnese vomon % ubout m 'v'i Shom nm
this legislation was mndo3 What woro thoy
What had they fionn7 Wl1nt wna II man nro.
roaod to do for or against ltom +? now MANY
rnopla in tho llal, WHO must 10 Interested il,
tho nainful thome to aomo f,orc to hcar ~.
it dtsnlsyci). hnd nause1 for ana fiyo
minutes In their lives to ask. "Vho nrn
tl,oso woman. frn,n wIoneo ootnn tho.. md w1,v
arc thoy ,ylnt they arc ?n ,TInro wcrs thon,
bnnds Of vo,lnr rirfa h,ti.1,c1 in orowdoi tenc,
mcnk houses With bnya and men aa chorioa
Brace tolls IN. i'hayno loss pnrItv hoforn taov
could give dc{initio,S Of lin nnmnn-arn,y,ne =
m to avail tj,in nrmv If rniseral,in wnmen ne
tfoir motl,ors md older ajntera erov 10 iii tia
army before thonl. There woro thousands or
the Nation's orphanB hudded In ia,ls md aims
oresaa 81 Of Gsis tug wt aa M 'f oy S ro s s
speaker horo gayc atory Of
\ nEAuTiFu1 CHILD
sho saw in m aln,h.l,ouse, sitting on tho knee Of
that Of murder, lcplning hor only lcsaons Of life
from such n toacherl 10 this sho added tho
narrative Ut yost,lg aud beautiful girl in
l. Now York Police Court, a1raignctl
GU . fa1ae. Charge and fined 500. who
fame, n aud Gy i,m uu caraied % away ITO soha: % lie.
TUE GREAT MAJORITY
Of tho Girla camo from class which tho Govern
ment lgnoI cd,-a class whiol, was, III turn,
steadily undos mining the Goycrnment-'ha out
mud reared iu crlno, respecting not themselves,
and 40 not respecting tho lights OF others !;
I.nisonod by foul air, a1tl liBensod by miserable
SURROUNDINGS; their cradle, tue alnshouse,
JUL, or street; tholr abode, tile bfotllel their
ueath-bad, tlleir birthbed. From every such
vio den, by tile sido Of tho brother Ello9e desti-
nation Nas tho Penltontiary or the gallows, oame
tho sister. whose homo and destination was tho
strcct,-cominc from tho Same root and glowth.
Al ruio, tlcro WAS no molo tBo In trying to re-
form sucl girl. once thoroughly il Tho street,
thau man who lad tho ihil-brd mart stamped
on him Ly confinement in prison. They must
dig dow, ticepor, as past generations lad not
douo it for Lhis class. Aftor SUCH trimming,
HOW DARED MEN,
rosroneib1o for tho ,oyi yi,lution tint had cro-
atoa women, stand up aud call them
selves mon. and ca!l God to wltl,eas tho
JUSTICE OF thoir law, Law was supposed
to nu,do in tho boaom Of God. Having mado
such laws, having trained such children to such
at this Eout) confessed elie would not Like to 20
iu their si,ocs wl,cu they stood in the prcseaco
of God to present thoir bill Of regulation and
punishment, &or sho should expect Hiu liehtnugs
to htnst her whore stle STOOD (Auplauac,1
ThcBo women wc1o made what thoy we're with
ollt will, or wish, or power Of tIeir own to stay,
to cl.aueo, or to sayo, There were 2U.000
prostitutes in Now Yotk, So pol cont of whom
could sign their namos only with
eoae wi Wa tbs aa sne q oa ay to oqG le roo
sayo abjcct ignorance that left them no altcrnar
t!re but to eiso QUE n miserable oxidloucs tilat
should bn living death III honesty on tho ono
side, aud salso hot Of gatu, Of desolntlon aud
&c .tfEo. ION TN TITO QtlGf
sUE rSYw THESE GIRLS WELL.
and she thanked God slla did know tuem. When
sne cairo to plead thor causo she know of what
sl>o tpoko. Whercsoeyor sl.o coa1,l put kinuly
hand upon such an arm, and lools
with I,rcst eyes Of affection as woman
upon auother wymnn in neod, or speak = clseory
word, sho Ind donosao. She ind gono ovol .uany
and touch, aud speak to t1em. She Ind asked
ono Of tllcao girls why she lived with a
man as lis mistress Instead OF marrying,
aud Ind beon toId thnt Bho preferred to be lis lie
m.stre*s: that hor mother Lad been married.,
(tho gi..) could go and como when sic pleased,
would guin nothing by ma,ruge, Hor posl-
tion would be no moro rcspeclable,
whereas now sho could get away from
him wt3cn she coutd not ondufo him any longer,
and th:t was What hor mother could not do.
There was no use to aSk woman like her to
rot married aa she would bo ~ enough siaht "
worse Of than as sl,o was.
Plenty OF women, woll rearcd, with comforta-
bio mud pleasant surrolludipgp found tl,cy ibid
to lind tacir own way IN tic worlu,-a way from
d high place to q low place; gir whose
fingers pushed from them faintly want aud
Sin, because tloy we're never taught to stand