, 1874-11-29
Tier Opinion Of the Press, the Preachers,
and Weak-Mindcd Women.
mr. Raster Explains Who Controls the
Building.
That Baby.

| Church, corner OF Clark and Washington streets
There were not moro than eighty persons, male
and female, present when tho meeting opened
alrs. Leonard mounted the platform, accompanied
| by couple Of lndies,-ono more than
.'fair, fat aud forty" the other answer
ing to that alitcratige description. Tho janltos
asked the leading lady il she wanted d glass Of
| water, to which she replied in the negative. Tho
| ianitor looked immensely relieved, and 30 did
| the audience. because they thought that in the
| absence Of the usually indispensable aqueous
| fluid denoted short orations.
| MRS. LEoSAnD's REVIEW.
| Mrs. Leonard, without loss Of time, came
! forward and said that sho owed it to heIsef and
I to those who were associated with her to mako
! a review Of the Good Samaritan business during
seyeralyears In accomplishing this task she road
! cxtructs from several records Of business moot
ings. from former publications Of her own in the
| newspapers, and editorials from journals which
| thought it worth while to discuss tho subject
She particularly alluded to the resolution in
! troduccd by The Secretary Of the Sanartana
| before the split, in which it was sought to de-
terminc that the object OF the Association wZs
PREVENT WOMEN FROM FALLING,
and not to help those who we're already morally
PROSTATE. The press, she eail, buckcd
up that resolution, and it WAS passed
She denied th1t the voice Of .
city editor was the voice OF the poopio any
more than her own was. [Applausa.1 She al
vised her friends to hight the batile out their
limo and to hold fast against the praying, singing,
and simply theoretical party, and to assist the
fallen aud hare them admitted to hospital
Toe press called hosson aud friends
''.uLEES>'Y CATS"
She called the editors :om-cats, for they did al
the caterwauling. Laughter Of feeble kind:
The pulpit was also aoniast hor side
of the house. Ministers had said
to her that sho was doing the work Of sstau III
opposing prayer, which, they claimed. was one
Mrs. Leonard then went into . general disse1ta-
tou on the evil in question, a11udlug TO tho pa
culiar nialady in rather medical phrase, sufh-
clcEtly obscure to spare tue bushes Of tho
Initiated, and to excite the curiosity OF the
ignorant She left that part Of tie subject as
quickly 90 possible, aud alluded in pathetic
terms to
TEE REMOVAL. OF TIKI HOSPITAL,
which was Lroc.; .;ht shout BY the :r.anents OF
Etaru meu. wllo conquered the will Of vcilla ing
women, Tie latter were great Social and po-.
l1t1cal stumb!ing-blocE. They reminded hor OF
the French Professor who tsugnt her daughters
lessons III music Onco when this interesting
:e7son had been conducting himself badly, le
came TO uCT ana S1l0 -HAuuU1, HlTpQ5t tCQ
think me very bad kind Of follow - She ro-
piled: '.1cs very bad kind OF fellow" So he
apologizod by saying. How can ! help it.
usaJala: I ain 60 constituted" That Was what
was the trouble with
wEAK-.f1SnEp LADIES
They woro SO constituted, ano q minutes talk
With some man would tu7n any OF their b:a:ns.
The press WIS again alluded to III tho style
which is generally understood as giving Hail
Columbia" " to the attacked object. She Was not
,nIa At RI pYr}.i cf eHHita Eha hc6
used to babies. lLauGhter.] As for tho hcspi-
tai she could no. have fels worse at bay1ng loat
one OF her children than sho did when it WAS re-
moved. HRS. Leonard next devoted herself to
BIOGRAPHICAL Stretch
OF Mrs. Forbes, Tho, among eorles of chaIlta-
BILE labors, had reformed the custom Of gi7ing
patients weak hash," and washed their dirty
stockings in the laundry. fApplause.l An
evening paper, in reporting recent meeting;
for policeman to preserve the peace. She
(nrs. Lconard) did not know where the lady
President - had been in the hubit OF living.
Certainty ehe (Mrs. L. would Ee:er have
thought OF resor:ing to such ! courte. Her
would be
with them; that the police alone would deal With
them II they persisted in trying to obtain au-
in founding. The Home had yielded to German
mob-law-
MRS FORBES
next came forward and ''spoke her piece" She
regretted very much having taken d great cold,
subject before them. Their side Of the house
bus tuty organized. All their oitcers-Presi-
dent-Tlcs President, Secretary, and Treas
se. ssd sa1''ans s5esusa fas sr"s sesssd Sss5
and the two that first can1o in.] the speaker
went into description Of things at the Home,
which was under the direction Of hhs. Wheeler
Some OF the women, who were in
4 PECULIARLY DELICATE SITUATION,
were actually worked all day in tue sewing
room. In tho dining-hall nnttorB we're simply
shocking A very weak, poor woman came in
there to get something to eat. She was given
slice Of coin-bread and glass OF water. Shc
WON I p sho said: .sTnis Mrs. Ray Is q
most accomplished lady, although an Irish
woman !" r. Can such things be ~ The
woes OF frail femnfe named :. Minnie " wcro
next dwealt upon and the who!e discourse there
plain" She described Mr. Haas. proprietor Of
the Home building, as 50 wonlrously large
man." who struck himself hugely on the breast.
The exclusion OF herself nnd associates from
the Home WAS characterized as
p1EcM OF GROSS DEsPOT1sM.
They had managed to get somo German ladies'
interested in the matter, and they had expostu-
lated with Haas and Mr- Raster. The Mayor
WAS told OF this, and he said, 'les,
they will be attended to because they
IRE Germans" Now, that WAS very singular
expression for the Mayor to make use OF. The
North Side Captain hud told Jake Rchm that
they were Spiritualists. She had gone to the
Home once, and WAS asked,
ARE ToU A sr1nITUALIsT? |
She would ausso that maa then and there, She |
did not think she WAS not called upon to explain
or apologize for her creed to any man on earth,
whether she was Mohammedap. a Christian, q |
Jew, Pagan, a Buddhist, Dervish, or Hotten-
tot. loud appauEe.l She thought she had |
efEectually disposed OF the charge made against |
her Of bong MI adyenturess. She would. there |
fore, give way to others.
MRS. BoSD |
was the next speaker. she was afraid that. at-
ter what hxd been said gentlemen would not |
feel Ike going very deep into their pockets to
pay the expenses Of the hall. Nevertheless, the |
experiment would bo tried. |
Tue experiment waH tried and appeared to !
fulfill the lady's melancholy expectations.
31re Bond then proceeded to give more details |
OF tho conduct Of the Home. She particularly |
dwelt on
THE 11QCIToUs Do1Sds or REPORTERS,
who colored, exaggerated, and even misropre
scented thoir meotlngs-all in the interes1 Of the /
The police we've in the same host.