, 1876-01-09

)! 10 ths Editur 0: 7he ChLcaao I17oa.e:
+: CHICAGO. Jan. SIT tbs statements of an
! articlo that appeared in the IA:er-Oce Of tho
4th inst in regard to the Good Samaritan Society
are true that Society ia unworthy tho confidence
OF tho public and those who hare given to it,
believing it to be as represented, should give the
matter thought before again contributing to-
! wards it's support.
Tho charges against tbs Society are:
First-Ttat it claims to maintain 3 Homo
where hundreds OF homeless women ind shell
! ter. arc taught useful industries, and tasn arc
furnished employment thl ongh department Of
the Society called tns Ladies' Bureau; but in
truth the CLAIM il wholly tajse.
Second-lhat the solicitor Of tho Society ie
instructed to. and does, advertise al average
number Of TWENTY-FIVE inmates at the Home /;
but there is rot an average number Of moro
than two inmates.
Third-Thas the women hired to work In the
laundry are not usually paid their full wages,
and aie cheated IN their time aud that the Ma~
! trou Ii abusive and tyranpcal.
Fourh-That II names are added to tho list
OF Inmates kept at tho Homo for tho inspection
Of visitors, they are not nsmes Of inmates but
OF l.undry employees, Who because OF ill-tTeat-
nlent, are constantly changing. and also tho
names OF those who visit the laundry to enghge
but do not remain.
FifLt-That the circulars used in soliciting
funds for the Society say there is ct the Hons =
ssving department and musical department,
; but there is neither one or the other.
SsrM-That the Indies Bureau is in reality Al
intelligence Office, and is Eaid 81 for every case
! Of employment furnished, and that the labor
thus Furnished il of the kind that is supplied by
all intelligence ot1ices.-from persons out Of enl
ployment who 80 to such P!a:es in search Of it.
sece,slt-That tho Society's reports read,
"duSi1g the month homes aud emplnyment
have been furnished eighsy-one women" and
because 1t processes to have large number Of
Inmates aI the Hume, to furnish employment to
large number. and to do wore for women
that it does not do, it Legs $3.50 to S400 per
month from the public.
Eighul-That tho members Of the Society have
become go fcw there are but three OF four ladies'
Interested.
be welcome TO our citizens? Chicago has too
many hufnbuss. and the greatest OF al humbugs
il the pretended charity. G1vEK.
F1RE-TRAp5-
To the Editor Of The Chicago Tribune:
CHICAGO, Jan. 81 nolice Inspector Bailey is
turning his attention to the safety OF our pub
tic buildings I trust lie will extend his exam
ination to Our church edllces. He will find
many of them have been constructed without
due regard to the pafety OF tho crowds who
weekly fill them.
attended the Third Presbyterian Church ssr-
vice last Sunday evening, and have seldom been
IN q church building more dcDsely packed.
Chnirs we're placed III tue aisles, which, l be-
l:eye, is against The o1uauance I took 4 survey
Of the means Of escape in the event OF panic.
rear through the chapel, bus the principal
entrance aud exit is by two doora in front.
There are two stalrways leading from the
gallery down into the front yostlbule. There
must have been come 800 persons in tho body OF
tho holse and sumo 60u III the gallery. Now
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