Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-16

yesterday that young, beautiful ana lnno-
cent widow had been driven by dire necessity |
to seek the shelter of Kate buttons bagnio,
there to commence the downward path to |
ruin, disgrace and degradation. When the
intelligence reached the reporters attention |
it was clothed in all the roseate hues of ro-
| nance. The widow had, so rumor said, been |
discovered by DR.. Roy, when in professional
attendance upon one of the women of the
establishment named. The widows evident |
artlessness had struck the professional gentle
man, as being entirely out of place in the
palace of sin. Rumor further stated that the
| widow had called upon him for medical treat
ment, and that he had then elected from her
tale of heart-rending woe, to the effect that.
although only II years of age, she was a
widow, having been married last June, and
her husband had died within three months
OF the ceremony. Her parents family, so it
was represented, was stepped in poverty, and
consisted of eighteen mouths to feed, so that
| avenue of support was barred to her. Stray
ing to st. Paul, she had Intellectually
endeayOred to procure an honest
living, and at length, and with her
eyes wide open to the consequences,
she had deliberately sought out and entered
the bagnio. Touched to the quick by this
mournful narrative, the charitable doctor
called upon Rev. VIM. M.Kibben, before
whom he laid the case, and through this
gentleman's instrumentality the woman was
placed at once in the Magdalen Home.
Here then, thought the reporter, is rich
ness indeed, and he Immediately set forth on
his round of inquiry after the involved "true
| - nd %bo
tally thanked Rev. Henry Ward Beecher for
the convenience of that phrase.
Manifestly, the first person to see and
interview was Kate Hutton. As he stretched
forth his hand with virtuous trepidation to
ring the door-bell of her house, the Jingle of
piano manipulated with unskilled fingers
was the only approach to the :ssounds of
revelry by night which greeted the report
orial tyanpani. The door was quickly open
ed by tolerably fair specimen of female
frailty, who was modestly and plainly
dressed.
Reporter see Miss Hutton for
few moments?
Female Frailty She is sick, and you can
not see her.
RI will only detain her a moment; tell
her want to see her.
F. F.-She's in bed.
Aoo was q ISOoOAS oO tAO 4CHO1IOI EJAhl1ly
stated his mission, which had the affect of
inducing the doorkeeper to throw open the
portal and permit the man of pencils to step
inside the hallway, the door to the first
room, whence the sounds proceeded from
the rasped piano, being banged to at the
time.
R.-Now, what do you know about this
widow?
F. F.-Well, don't know much about
her. I was sick when she came.
R.-When did she come?
F.F.-Last Wednesday.
Rand left?
F. F.-Last Thursday.
Rid you ever see her?
F. F.-Yes, I was lying on the lounge
sick, when she came and saw Miss Kate
4 R.-Did she say she was driven to come
here by starvation?
f. F., with all the contempt she could
throw into the monosyllable-No!
R.-What did she say
F. F.-Well, she wanted Miss Kate to take
her in as boarder. Miss Kate asked her if
she had ever been in sporting house before,
: and she said eyes" Why, she has been in
the lowest places in the city.
, R.-Oh Ho!
F. F.-Yes, and that was the reason Miss
Kate sent her away.
Rs the widow young
a F. F.-Yes, she looks as if she might be
young. didn't see much of her.
e Tbs reporter here backed out, and was
e soon breathing Gods free air in search OF
: DR.. Roy, but that individual could not be
found in his Office, or any where else, SO his
e chance for immortality in this article was
It lost.
|, Rev. VIM. McKibben was the next objec,
) of search by The GLOBE missionary, and the
a ensuing tramp was nearly equal to Stanley's
t. through Africa's sunny jungles. The door
bell OF his residence was answered by &
q hired girl of apparent foreign extraction.
i Reporters Mr.. McKibben in?
o Hired girl, taking pin from her the hos
= ON of her dress, and picking her teeth Will
n it-No, sir.
is R.-When will he be in?
III. G., with further application of the
., pin-I'u see.
l. With that she unceremoniously closed til,
j. door in the reporters face, and permitted
lie him some minutes to view and study tn
or beauties of nature on East Tenth street.
le Hired girl, taking to the pin again-Well
'e he'll be home to supper about half-past six
A second visit to the house was so far sue
3 cessful as to lead the reporter to understan,
t. Mr.. McKibben might be found at the room
o. of the Young Mems Christian Association
8, whittier he fastened. Entering the room
or the missionary from The GLOBE discovere
7, number of gentlemen and about an equa
IL number of empty chairs, upon each of tn
= latter being bible, or what, to the benight
ed vision of the reporter, appeared such
: :, Mr.. McKibben sat Immediately next tn
~ door, and was Immediately informed of tn
D. business of the man of news.
= Mr.. McKibben, answering the reporte
81 81 like the courteous gentleman he isl know
n nothing about the facts of the case, furthe
" than DR.. Roy told me where the woman was
Sc I never saw her, but told some of the la
be dies Of the Magdalen home, who took her i
charge.
70 R.-Then there is nothing more you wis
a. to communicate about the matter?
- Mr.. McK.-No. There is one point, how
ke ever, you may make, if you wish. You ca
es say that and those who are associated wit
ag me in this task of reclamation do not wis
a to drive these poor women into the streets
y Our institution is ready to receive them wit
V, open arms. All we desire is their temper,
90 and spiritual reform and welfare.
RI will cheerfully do SO. Thank yo1
by Good night, sir.
ed And thus, from the bagnio to the pulpi
ne The GLoRE missionary ended his inquiries
ne Hunting Ice in the Torrid Zone.
sr- Some ten days or more ago, an agent of
ar st. Louis ice company came to this city wit
Is. Is. instructions to engage the requisite aid
secure as much ice as possible, to be shippe
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