The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-22
HELP THE NEWsBOYs!

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selves In the condition OF the newsboys thu
Young Mems Christian Association hav,
struck vein Of practical charity which will
appeal most eloquently to the sympathies o
the public. The condition Of these poor littl
waits has long been an object Of solieitud'
with Christian people Of oil classes, and there
nave been numerous efforts made to express
this feeling In some substantial fashion. 1t Is
needless, however, to review the history
Enough to say that nothing OF lasting OF
ef1ectunl nature has been done, and that We
are confronted to-day with the old problem II
| all It's original force. The Young Mems Chris
tian Association have now taken hold OF the
| matter, and In so earnest and determined O
way that we have hopes OF the result. The
organization Is ilourishing one, It's person.
net Is unexceptionable, and so far as we can
Judge the spirit animating It's work Is Jealous
and pure. We do trust that the public will
give to this enterprise their cordial enco,lr-
agement and support, and, as regards the
press Of the city, there should be no doubt as
to the nature and extent Of the cooperation.
We can at least speak for the DEMOCRAT that
1t Is ready to do Its part, and more than It's
part, whenever 1t shall be made plain to us.
The idea Of contributing something to the
amelioratiOn Of such q life as that OF the
newsboys ought to be most attractive to the
charitable heart. There is an infinite pathos
In their rugged surroundings and In the con-
ditions q hardship and. squalor and friend
lessness under which they exist Dwelling In
the midst OF civilization they know absolutely
nothing OF Its graceful and softening influ-
ences. Breathing the same atmosphere ma
the refined and wealthy and fortunate, they
have not the faintest realization OF the do
mestic lives around them. 70 them the com
forts OF home are unknown, the ties OF the
hearthstone, the influences of affection are
undreamed-of phantoms. And under such
circumstances, into what must they develop?
Surely there could be no worthier object
than that Of allevlating conditions SO hard.
1t seems to us that In such cause the good
and pitlful might unite with charitable RI
valry. These unfortunate waits should be
cared for BY Q mercy and tenderness which
will replace In some degree the protection
which destiny has denied them. They should
be rescued from their homes In the doorways
and public squares and from their lives OF
vico and dissipation. They are not drones.
They constitute no inert burden upon the
charity OF the community. Far from 1t, They
are shrewd. Industrious, interchangeable as re-
CARDS their calling. They labor at all hours
and through all seasons and need only some
kindly and intelligent influence thrown about
the social phases Of their lives There is
manly and self-reliant-
touching In the mannerin which these ragged
little outcasts set about solving the problem
OF their existence No faint-hearted, indo-
lent worthless resignation under circum-
stances which many grown men would sue
cumb to without a struggle, characterizes
them. They battle nobly with the lights be-
fore them, and noed but to have those lights
made brighter and tended by more thought
full hands. The Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation have undertaken to supply this want.
Let them show US how we may best cooper
ate-We are ready and anxious to respond