Middletown transcript., 1876-03-25
THE MEANEST WOMAN In
NEW YORK. 5l.5.

| NEW YORK. @ al.t. ..'.3
| She lives in fashionable quarter q
The town. Aud this is wh 4 che di,
aud doesa 10 the name OF charity sh
gave out some Dress s-making to the in
mates of one Of the institutions for re
i"rming and saving women supposed 4
ne lost When the work was done, au'
we'll done, the fashionable and cbatits
| ole lady was not ready 10 pay the bill
which >slnounted to the enormous sun
Of $i2. The same work. if it had beei
.iuue at fashionable dress-maker'
could dIhays cost hyr $25. perhsps $5V
She bad no complaint to make Of ih
manner in (which the work was done
out she haggled about the price, ana
IS she gave out ID" work ia chari'.
>he thought. probably, that the chari'
should be extended 70 her aud not 1
he poor sewing woman who had earn
I'd the money. One month passe'
way, and another. and six more
While this weslthy aud charitable VIZ
man, with one excuse aud another. pa
IF paying the poor girl who was seek
Jug to earn an honest living and tun
rom her evil ways. But she could u.
,et her hard-rarued moLey from thu
lady patroness. Finally. in despsi,
she had recourse to the Law, by the al
an agency Of which will write ,
sou, and the prospect Of exposure. j,
,he character Of a fraud, brought fh
.ady to terms and she paid the ful
amount!
Aud I have styled her the meane.,
woman in New York. If any on.
knows Of meaner men or women ths,
they are. who defraud ia the name oi
charity, who do wickedness under ID.
lpretence Of bsBevolence, let them men
tien the facts, and / will modify, ih.
opinion. Further: women. as a gen,
.ral thing. are SO much better tba,
men. more, sympathetic, charitable au.
liberal, that a business like this i,
meaner in a woman than it would be i,
those hard old tfrsnts called n,ep IL
When -pious wcman of fashion.
leader perhaps in the benevolent opera
lions OF the church, 6rst directess o.
This society. and mansgeress Of thar
and treasurer Of apo,her; who thiuk
nothing II paying $500 for a dress fo'1
.ue evenings wear, and, to be yer,
cbstHybe, sqBPlqsieIP% ilea Tona' |
struggling with poverty and honesty
and then neglects 10 pay her wages. sh
deserves y be labelled as among ,'h.,
a,eapesf of her seq. q Her lssauding gAik,
the church and society only increase
her neaDuess. and draws upon her ,h
aggravated contempt Of all rightmiudeo
ladies'
aThere isSiu our, city society, will
whose works I have been conyerssnt fo,
ten or dozen years past. whose re.
cords are dark with stories Of eucl,
wrongs as this. 1t is society 30 hum
BILE in its sphere and so righteous in il.
purposes; 50 still and yet so strong
founded in the two great virtues tha,
illustrate the divine character. and
thereto that Of the best Of human
character.-the virtues Of Justice sno
mercy, that it commends itself to tb
hearty sympathy. and support Of tb.
wise and good Its object is to PRO,
tect Working Women" in their right.
to what they earn: finding employment
for them. and seeing that their wages
are paid according TO agreement, This
Protective Union" has its office a,
No. 38 Bleeckef street, just out o.
Broadway. lf;you will bear with me.
I will tell you little more Of the good
it does by revealing. Furnishing and
preventing the oppression of the poor
BY the rich and mean Honest pay for
honest work is its motto. II tells u.
that the petty frauds imposed on iguor.
ant. helpless. Industrious Working wo.
men. are innumerable. To'expose such
frauds and save the suffering from
greater suffering. the society hears their
uses the gentle argument
Of reason and compassion. and when
these fail. tbe6l de society puts forth
The arm Of the law. takes BY the throat
The fashionable lady who defrauds the
poor Of her wages. and says. 10 that
persuasive language which Law only
uses. Pay her ,Ohat thou oacest Il
is beautiful to observe how quickly
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