Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-14
SAINTS To THE HELP OF SINNERS

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SAINTS To THE HELP OF SINNERS
heIrJblem which fallen woman he
given society 70 solve is as cid as societ
It-eif. To al ages, and among all nstioni
unfoTuBstes have been found whose con
diiioni growing out mainly OF the In
justice Of men, has challenged the pro
ioundest so'ici'uie Of the wise and be
nevolent 10 alleviate. Woman, place
10 a sub)rdiusts position early Ia thu
Inception of human government, ha
been held there until recently, resthcte,
70 narrow compass Of occupation an,
pursuit, and denied those enlarged op
portunilies which, available TO man, havt
afforded him q vide scope for the exer
lion Of ali the faculties and the devel
o3ment OF them 10 an extent which civ
lizs.iDn hiss eagerly profted by. Reared
10 regard marriage as the ultimate OBJ
ct OF life, and that Necessary step u
It's attainment was personal attractive
ness, the painting Of the face, and be.
decking and bedizzining Of the body, be-
came personal study to the exclusion
OF such practical education as would FL
them for pursuits within their reach and
power. Ia Europe, the lazy, indiffer-
ent, and for many centuries vim
iictively, cruel AristOcrscy, set the
lower classes, as the working people
we're eallet, a most vicious example,
10 this respect particularly, and II
vas not until the great controlling mid
die class Of the older continent sue
ceeded to the power it has welded with
varying success since the French revo-
luton, that a change was inaugurated
aud the condition Of the telling millions
in any degree bettered. With the
era If personal independence came to
the worker desire for education, with
sdUcation desire for bstter food, better
clothes and clssnlier habits, which, pro-
noting q sound body, begat q healthy
condition Of mind. This, reacting upon
the States, through workingmen's co.
C cites and other organisations, has
forced a general condition that to-day,
compared with that Of fifty years,sgo, is
little less than marvellous. In the be-
ginning of the century, the people who
labored had few rights the aristocrat and
capitalist was bound to respect, now the
rights Of all are in a fair way to be
acknowledged and legislation is year by
year drifting to the stage which ulti-
mately il must reach before it can &C
cOmIlish its mission. 1t is fast
being acknowledged in Europe, Is when
the Democratic party comes into power
it viii be made apparent here, that gov
srnments should be administered for
he many, not the few-whether the
few be the railroad stock gamblers or til e
titled noodles. The result Of this growth
Of reform lie the steady smelioration of
the condition Of the toiiing millions, and
especially Of woman, who, instead of
- in yesrs gone by, being suffered
to drift in companies to a life
IF shame hopelessly, like a mariner
At sea without Tudder or compass,
il encouraged to prepare for and engage
svocstions, many of them hitherto
mOnopOliZsd by man. In the addition
Al opportunities thus afforded the sex
lies the broad, clear, open avenue Of es-
cape for many from the awful degrade
zion Of soul and body, the wretched
lays and nights of worse than hell, with
he ultimate death, the details of which
the lock hospitals of the larger cities
alone can reveal Good women, women
# brains and ability, Of high personal
culture and educational attachments, in
40 degree inferior to the
best Of the average male |
scholar have, encouraged by the success
hat has attended the efforts of poor
women in their own.behslf, been led to
openly spouse the cause Of their sex,
and appeal for their release from subjec-
ion ID man. These, in England and |
elsewhere in Europe, as well as iD
America, have, by persistent effort, IN
.,afs a. ieaSsr-A----l--..z -8a--H the narriers /
hat Ignorance and false estimAte Of the
value Of sexhOOd had reared, and in
ured for working women not only the
respect that all who work are entitled
o, hut also succeeded in opening new
avenues for endeavor wherein women
1nd a generous Tecompense and ample
mpioyment for their talents and abil-
ty. Thus the sphere of woman widens
sveTy day, aud her compulsory and de-
grading enslsvement is gradually disap-
Jearing. Year by year she encrosches
lpOn the domain OF the sterner sex, and
men, released from the lighter employ /
nents OF clerkships and such like, are i
enabled to embark in those sterner en- {
erprises il new lands by which the i
'rea Of civilization is widened. But not
all this-notwithstsnd {
ne benevolent direction these brave
women are giving to the younger just q
iutding into life-much of the old slav- o
sh virus remains, and as q consequence q
much Of the crime that is its direct re- '
ult The great army of fallen women =
women Of the town-its memb rs il
wrecked in "mind, body and estate" q
brutslisms without number, ?
nd beyond the power of pen to picture, !.
ontinue to levy for recruits, and day E,
y day it finds them driven by one act T
sin beyond the pale of society o
ahmed TO the torments Of q worse :,
ANIMATION than Dante ever COMPRISED y
, the self-ssme men aud women who q
pen their doors to the seducer, even o.
Rough they know he thirsts for other 3
ictins. Out into the seething hell Of a
Ice she goes, without friend or helper. "
c-day the petted child OF a happy D.
tomorrow q - well. an q
Itcsst, lost beyond recall or redemp. a.
On. Without refuge? No; there is one e.
'or open to her-"Other refuge have 1 II
women Of the church. ~
lose who represent the good ones gone OF
fore, Of whom ii was said that thew Is
ere the first at the cradle and the last d
the grave, the pure and virgin sisters y
the church, whose hearts are ever h,
owed by divine compsssion-they Y
I'VE opened a refuge, q breathing-place, 20
here, recovered from the excitements "
ID far removed from the alIurements an
sin, the fallen sisters can refortify DC
emselves for a good and useful life. 70
le Sisters OF the Good Shepherd, ever ~ y,
ndful OF the Divine preceptor, who oc
ID to the woman caught in adultery, by
10 and sin no MORE" have prepared a se
re haven OF safety, a certain refuge =,
{ only fOr fsllen women, who ere hi
we'd by the spirit Of repent d,
ca to change their lives, bu. also ae
the vsgsbond little girls, from whose ~ ~
'ks, a. statlsticians tell Us, most Of the Do
me e-s and shameless come. This to
q, benevolent Of orders thus engaged W
lst be encouraged Here in Memphis "a "a
members have reached The thresh- "a
Of a new field Of endesvor. Given br
house and grounds by Mr. Michael pc
gevIey, sr., they need other assist 81
e before they can put their house n Fr
er for the now outcsst and unfortu. vo
e who are to become their guests. The Al
i've benevOlence of our generous fell ~
'-citizsn needs te be supplement- or,
by donations Of money, food Of
clothing. For these We Pc no