The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-10-01
Aid For q Destitute Babe.
OFFICE OF THE WICHITA Babe.

OFFICE OF THE WICHITA Babe.
WICHITA KAN, sept. -. 1874.
II tie Ladies' did Society, Wichttd, hansds:
| respectfully tender TO your society the net
income of the Wichita BaLie for one year in
behalf of the charitable object in which you
are 80 zeaously engaged. provided you ap-
point a corps of not less than three assistant
lady editors and all the members OF your as
ISOLATION will contribute to its columns.
Very respectfully.
Rooms OF LADIES AID SOCIETY,
WICHITA, KAN, Sept. u, 1874.
To u. q. NHison:
SIR-Thc Ladies' Aid Society, OF Wichita,
Kansas, thankfully accept your generous
proposition. and appoint Mrs. James ii. Todd,
Mrs. j. W. Eldridge and Mrs. NJ. Il. Kellogg
assistant editors. and further assure you that
oil members will contribute to the columns OF
the paper and give their hearty support III Sc
curing a subscription list. On motion,
Resolred. That we subscribe a vote OF thanks
to d. c. Milson, proprietor of the Wichita
Battle. for this very generous offer, giving the
net income for year of the Bdbte TO the
ladies aid society Tor the benefit OF the destl-
tutc. MRS II. ii. FISHER. President.
Mrs. II. J. HILLS, Vice Pres.
Mrs. JAMES II. TODD, Sec'y.
Mrs. GEO. T.. HARRIS, Treas.
The abo,e was handed Us by Mr.. Millison,
who said that the ladies desiredu, to publish it,
and requesting that we offer few comments,
also. We hardly know what to say. 1t
strikes us that three ladies and one man in adj
dition to Il whole aid society is coming it pref
ty strong for the support OF one Batte, Bdtas
too, that has been dead for months, and which,
when living was not sclf-supporting. AS Il
clever dodge to resuscitate the defunct Bdbie
and give Nh. Mllison nice paying job for the
winter it might do, but naught from naught
leaves nothing and blood from turnip You
can't. 1t looks to man UP tree very much
AS though Mr.. Millison had went for the la
dies aid society and captured it. We may be
mistaken in that, but we can't be mistaken IN
the proposition that the net earnings OF the
dead infant will not amount to silver to-
wards relieving the needy. unless the money
and the influence of the society make it, and
still il must be a nice thing for the original pa
rent OF the BdIie.
The files of the EAGLE show that two years
before the deceased Ba5ie had an existence
and before its father was resident OF the
town we did all in our power to aid and sus-
tain the ladies' aid society, besides making
personal Contributions, anu we sld!iu Ttaul
now to do whatever we can in a stralghtior-
ward manner, but this demand made upon lis
TO advertise for another mans profit is not
only '.thin,' bat cheeky" We have no OBJ
lection to the aid society resurrectIng the
precious little monthly banilng that had been
buried and forgotten, yclcpt the Babe, and
putting it upon living andpaying basis for fl
ture profits 10 its proprictor-and we know
the ladies can do it il they 90 heartily to work
but they must excuse us iom participating
in such work so long we no possible
profit in it TO the society or aid to the dcsti-
tute. We contributed more last winter ant.
winter before to the aid society than the en-
tire net profits Of the Bdjie would amount to
in a year-and 50 did other citiZens-and
received no vote OF thanks support 10
the paper or increase OF subscription list
nor did we expect or desire it. We simply
done our duty. These suggestions are offered
! out of no i'll feeling towards the pretty little
scheme. but TO give our lady friends an IN
/ sight into the situation a. we understand il,
| and to show them that the time patience anG
work necessary to bring dead thing to lii"
woulG raise enough money 10 furnish c.o!he-
and food to great many real live flesh ant
! blood babies.