Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-07-21
EVENING STAR.
What Se.eu u omen Have Done.

recent English boos. "Facts. non Verbs. /,
contains the history Of the philsnthropic lsbors
OF seven English women. IL ~ full OF interest
not only for its facts, but for its .nfereuces. Be
levers and disbelieyers In the enfIanchise me nj
OF women can draw arguments from it. It will
delight the former by proying-to their salts.
faction, at least-that women can plan and exc
cute as well as men. Ii will convince the latter
that the proper field for feminine energy is phil
anthropy, not politics. The AthenRum says:
II the volume does nothing else, il AZ any rate
gives us new notion OF how much there Is for
women TO do, and how much a woman can do IL
she Is earnest about her work"
Miss Rye began her efforts a few years ago
She had capital Of ESQ. It's lasting capacity
has been as miraculous as that of the Widow
Cruseis OIL" She has helped Us governesses to
emigrste to the British colonies, where they
have all, mainly through her efforts, found en-
rloy She has put 1900 English WON en-
into good places rs comestics In Australia and
New Zealand. She has personally taken TO
Canada and placed in respectable families 2OO
children of the London streets. Nine-tenths OF
them are girls, "who, but for their benefactress
efforts, were condemned inevitably to q 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 poor parslyzed carpenter. AS
FAST as she could she assumed charge of more
paraly tics, one by one. She has now opened q
hospital for paralysis and epilepsy, in Queens
square, London. 1t Is not excelled by any OF
the same sort in the world She has also estab-
iished a convalescent hospital, which is doing
great good. She has, moreover, secured the
endowment CT forty-eIght permanent annuities
for 1ncurable paralytics and epileptics. She IL
now collecting large amount of money to be
applied in this same wav.
Miss Gilbert, a blind lady. opened a blind
school in Holborn cellar, for which she paid
eighteen pence week. She has now th0us-
and pupils. whom she taught to support them
selves. They maintain the institution that
gives them home, an education. and an occu-
patton. Its maintenance costs $4,000 a year.
This work of poor blind woman may fairly be
compared with any of the maTyels history re-
cords as wrought by blind men. We admire
the sightless king of Bohemia, with his bla zoned
motto "Ich Dien," for his dauntless ride TO
death on the battle field Of Crecy; but here is
a blind woman who puts that motto into prac-
tice, and sayes life instead OF destroying it,.
Mrs. Hilton has built up a day nursery at
Ratcliff 1t is one of the best of its kind, and
has served as model for many. Miss Cooper
has opened and managed a combined club,
reading room and lecture course for costermon-
gers. Miss Whately has organized great schools
for Mahomedan children at Cairo.
The author closes the account of the work
these seven women have done in these words
sit may be said that there are many others who
would have furnished me with good types of the
philanthropic Englishwoman quite equal In the
magnitude of their labors to those 1 have men
toned, but those whom wish TO take as nv
types are those who had to fight .heir way up
against difficulties, frequently themselves In
position and wealth render philanthropic efforts
Lass