Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-01

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The expenses during the year amounted
to VI. 339.97, leaving balance Oh hand of
| $41692.
| The report was accepted.
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY.
The sscretary's report was then read, as
| follows:
TO the Friends and Members of the Minnesota
| Magdalen Society.
To-day is cur fifth anniversary, and. in sub
uniting this report, I have thought best to
briefly review our work from the beginning,
instead Of coDining myself wholly to the work
| of the past year.
In September. 1873, the Minnesota Magdalen
soclety was formed, and the Woman's Christian
home opened in November of the same year.
We have received total of lS9, of which l39
were adults. Twelve were friendless women.
strangers in the city. who couldn't be received
at the home of the FrieEdless, and who had to
ne temporarily sheltered until they could OBJ
tam entrance to the city hospital tit re-
curing four months residence in the city)
| or provided for by their friends Children, SO
Nun Der or deaths, adults. at the Home and af-
Ter leaving, 4. Deaths of children, g. Dis
missed, z. Sent to their homes 23. Found
| homes for, SO. Married, Is. Returned to for
mer life. 10. Inmates now at the Home, 10;
ana az what may seem at first little startling
hfteen of the mothers in this Home have liter
ally buried their children alive
Within the last month was present at one
OF these living funerals. The girl, not vet l6
years OF age, Cooking like a schoolgirl you
away. Early in the morning she had gore tt.
the photographers to have it's picture taken.
On her return the matron left the parIor to
bring the child to the new parents
s M9 were WEI RE- busy IT, talking with them
ments,, when suddenly, from the adjoining
room, was startled by wall of grief shall
never forget. 1t came from the mother az she
was taking the last look--parting forever from
her helpless babe. As listen seem to hear it
now. 1t haunted me for days.
We always advise them to give their chill
dren away when, in our judgment, the parties
applying are suitable. For what can these
helpless, disgraced mothers do with their
doubly helpless. disgraced babes TO care for.
whose growing breath will only at some future
You will notice by the treasurer's report (of
the past year only that the inmates
OF the Homo have not been alto
gether idle, as some have supposed.
The amount earned may seem inconsiderable:
but when we take into account the hopeless
ness OF tne,r future, with no stimulus to work
| such as we have. the sicknesses Of both adults
and children, the cooking, washing and ironing
OF fanny, averaging, much of the time. from
ten 20 Hfteen, the inconvenience of private
house for regular laundry work, the wonder is
| that even this amount has been realized, For
long tune we could get very little to do. To
give an idea of the prices we We're Obliged to
take, when we did obtain it, I will speak of one
| lady who gave Us her washing and lroning
averaging seven dozen pieces week-we fur
nlsh.ng soap and starch and paying person
IS cents each time foregoing after and taking it
home. She gave us $l.25 week, making a
little less than nine cents dozen. This was
done for months. We are getting better estab-
lished in our work now, realizing better pay.
We do not expect to charge regular
laundry prices, and can make it an advantage
to those who hire their washing done, and we
are glad OF thu opportunity. We have those
also who sew neatly, and the prices charged are
very reasonable. Half of all that is earned in
1 the home we give the inmates, that they NAV
buy thu ir own lohing, as we have never been
able to furnish it unless it was donated to the
home Some of the inmates who are able pre-
fer TO pay their board.
Our manner of worship: Morning, reading
portions of Scripture by the entire family, fol-
owed by prayer. In the evening" usually a
bible reading, the matron choosing a subject
the day before. and the girls studying it mean
time as they have opportunity. They have be-
come very fond of this exercise, and study
without any comrulsion. Wednesday after-
noon from 8 to o'clock. Bible reading con
Quoted by the matron. Visitors are welcome
| to come and participate in this exercise. Fri
day afternoon prayer meeting has been held
| by one of the managers-Rober5 Smith coming
when it is possible. On Sunday at o'clock is
| the bible class kindly cared for by A. D.
Dawson, and at O'clock for several months
past, one of the pastors from the different
| churches has preached.
| 1t there are any cases that border on the
hopeless. they may be classed among the NOR
phine eaters and those who drink liquor in any
| form.
| One of the class first mentioned, said no less
than month ago. that during sickness it was
prescribed by physician. At first she was
not aware of what she taking, but bv the
time she was well. she found the appetite so
strong she could not resist it. and has since be-
come slave to its use. While urging her to
give 1t up (she is taking less now she said, 81
think 1t SO wrong for doctors to give morphine
vi course was IL great sufferer for months.
but 1t would have been better to have let me-
suffer, rat her than to have put this awful appe-
tlte upon me-" l wish that physicians were
not quite so reckless about prescribing NOR
| phlne wine and beer to women. We have had
cases where an appetite for liquor was formed
in this same way of prescribing, and after they
became drunkards they fell One splendid
woman by nature we could have saved, had i,
not been for the uncomfortable appetite for
| beer.
| We often meet with considerable objection
to the caring for girls who have been seduced
but have never led abandoned lives. But the
girls who supply all the "brothels'' are. in
| nlnety-nine cases out of every hundred, those
who have first been seduced; and since this is
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