, 1877-01-22
BOSTON'S BOFF1S'S BOWER.
4 Poor Girls Labor4 In behalf Of Her Fell
1ow.Efrntures.

. -,.,+. s,.,.sr - ,r ~,
"a fo'F "'ri' taoota ,a% % ~ neh"'' o' nef fe'7
low'cfcntnre''
Bas'on cor'spondtnc< c'"f!nnau cor"msFeta'
When icorgc Maedonald's Robert FaIcon-
err appeared, society claspcd Its eloycd hand.
in cc,tat.c admiration. and wished that heaven
,as .na,s :, .". =, ,,,,. !, .r.. ..'~s ~,
"sA. "@us !" sae" = N'A' va. IL ."ent la4 oo@n
and worship him as perfectly d1s!ntescstcd
ph!lanthroptkt; but for years woman has lived
and laborcti In Boston wo is as devoted as the
scottisl, hero: and boston fa.l,fon, Bosto noli.
tieians, Boston hufflagists, and Boston bcneyo-
lent societies frow,, upon hes, and, were Il no.
for lIarsl-!easled business n.en, who make no
nrctcnsiors to philanthropy. her ctYnrts 10 hcin
her sister women might be utemut,rc!y rfoscd
by starvation. Jenny Collins IL this little wom
ans name, and "i}olns Bowcrn is The title
OF The institution which she has craatch and
mnIntains.
,rhe Bower Is az nua.nt A. that in vhtrh the
retired tlusttnan listened 10 SIIas Wccg'a rca,I-
inps, and rs comfortable. II occunics nnc ,1nnr
OF building at the South End, antl consists of
large room, which ls open to worktrr-riris iii
day and every evening. Pretty nfcttircs hnnv
on the walls; magazines and pewsnancrs lie
1,nan Tim tables: Muks are Al Tho ecrvIrn nj ,nv
one wllV wishes to rca1, and convenient lphts
for any one who ts disposed to ser. In short, It
IL plcasant public place and st first Sffss Eol.
jns did not intend that It u,,o,t|,l be anythinr
mora. Sic had been Rcw1pv.rirl hrrsrif' ont3
ei,e knew how long and dreasy were tl1e sewing
gIrls' evenings, and how many wero fair}y
nj q
ment bY Tic dcpressinr duIInc,e af hn1ne.
Far n vcsr or two shc wnrltr,, h,nl -,
mako t1;e ntacn n1eosant: roarinr einmt,or,
iats IN rad. nfnn1sfa IN nisv ami rocoi,sta -
sinr. for fho.n whum s,ic }nnitip caIiei u ,nv
f,jris i and ntemlT1v refusing 10 ncccnt INV a..
sistance that wuul!1 nj Irr under oh,lrni,ons
toan sect Of rnTty, Church benevolent sfs'ie.
tics fretted and wk!ncd at tho unrotIltncss Of
tin niare, La}mr.rrformera. s,,fYrncists ami
nr,hllhtionlsts denounced It l,era,,sc inv rouii
mt ra,,tnrr Il. int .Trnnv wns,,,,Jit tmn.cd h"-
rtris lpyed her. and she w1s cnutenf" "N'
Then cntue thn great Ire. nntt lpntrcd. ~
women foun1 ihrmsrjyes nn Mnndov ,nu.nfn,r
viii, univ the slender ptttancc rercire{t sntnrny
n;rht between them and stryxtinn. Hoffnts
I@wsr was srowdc1 with hclnlc.s ir|n1s n's scs
ciur Miss Jenny for alyicc: thcy did mt al
for innnuy: 1nany Of tt1rtn wrre If tl,,t tm,1h
New Enpianl htnrk th,L viii nat +aEe chnritv
frn,n pnr hand hit tfry rerc ra n,arn.,. ~ WIZ
Poor Nisa Jrnny lookcd nj tim t,t.tnrc ri i,rttv
IiJr,rn nr, th. dali AMI nj t,rr A,ncrfau .t.,et,
WHO stood arountl her. a,pl saw Tint thc tina
visa rome when ehe must wurk. mt fn rnkc
wnrne,,'s tIyea pleasant. init in nnsi1r firm to
iiv, Mt nil: mud slif toos I'M hcr brrlcn ,,,rnce
ously and never ini,l II tl,,wn. SHE went IN tEe
irniin, u,antfn,t,lrrr. whnse itnif,ifnrs lid hecn
swrnt away hv ths llamcs. nnIl sh.,xrJ Yhr,,
tl,nt il was for tlclr Interest 10 kren flcIr iii
honJa In tha rIty. md thcy one and ali rnre Itcr
nntn. nn.l showed tlrm that nov was The tinc
fur American families TO secure u,rrca,, scrv.
nn,. II thrv really wnntr,l fLrtn' nntI INV
,,rfIntsoi II, tall In iur i,rhntf nt,l th.v iii
Sl,e went tv tic churches and To te ncrsot. w"
were distributing tha funds sul,,rribr lar In
tutfrrcrs Nv fhn frr. md fhrv snurncd hrr cnn
tcmntl,o,,siy, and She went back 10 her rlr1,.
shc .trjmtteI tI,+ nInncy t',at shn hal o}.