The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-06-01
ma. IN AursDArce

Il might be doing only the
proper thing II Mrs. MAsoS's family
should take care Of her dur
ing the confinement of her hus'
band in the penitentiary, but there are TO-
day in the United States of America
million women almost, who are equally OF
more destitute, indeed, and whose better
halves have never been accused OF even the
of crime. Justice is justice, ara
if BErsEY and the baby have to be hand
somely provided for, at the expense OF tue
public, let all worthy and poor women De
treated to the same generous con-
sideration. We cannot refrain, I'M
der the circumstances, from quouhg
few sentences from the Terre
Haute Express. 1t may not be very gar
liant so to do, but the remarks of the Ex-
press, of course, are not leveled at MRS"
MASON or "the baby" but at that dls-
gushing gush and absurd sentiment wnlch
is and has for some time past made Amer
lea the laughing stock of the world
If there is one thing abov e
another supremacy and ridiculoEsly in sx'
cusable and contemptible, it is the aver age
American disposition to run crazy ovcE
matters of ne earthly public significance
except such Is a few leather-Eeads see fit to
give it. Der sympathies are alw avs with
the poor ind unfortunate. Fate and the
cold world allow no beds CT 70 ses toshose
who are unable to pay handsomely foI
them, bit indiscriminate or partial char
ity, that which forgets the misera-
BILE multitude, but rms Wild ove-
the individual, is not only asso'
ciated in our minds with injustice, bat
when to the exclusion of every other con-
sider.tion it takes the form Of popular
movement it is high time to ask in the
name mesely OF good sense "stopfage'
Under such light this apparently tr1ine
matter of "BETscY and the baby"' becomes
nation al and is peculiarly indicative of the
weak nesses and gush the sentimentalssy and
impulsiveness of the American tpublic.
But to be more pointed. The exchange be-
fore mentioned in commenting on'tae fact
THAT, the Philadelphia Press Tecentl,- sent q
Eep resentative to Washington with the
So, 700 raised by that CITY for 1.-The lady
rel erred to, says with levitg but admirable
Sc nse: 1.-THE Philadelphia Press sent mar
over to Washington the other dag to drop
ABOUT So, zoe in the lap Of SERGEANT MA
SONS wife, He waited to hispeper de
scription ofMRs Ms surroundings. There il
such an air of melting tenderness about tlTs
sad recital, and so much picturesque gusl
l Il. Al. n1Irnx hi
graphic remarks. 'MRs. Mason has beer
living for the past two months with rel
alive at No All Seventh street, s. in
this city. The house lisa small ding, NV
story frame structure, neither pleasant N
exterior nor cheerful within. The first deoT
on the right from hong, narrow, bare ticoI
passage. opens into a small. stuffy parlor
WI ere MRs. mason received the representa-
tives of the Press. The principal articles OF
furnitors in this pSrlor are an Eighteenth
century piano and nineteenth century
crib. There was cheap carpet on the
floor, three hard, and one alleged easy
chair, rocker, ana several cheap Trints
and photographs on the wall Folding
doors separate tine psr!or from smeii bed
room in the rear. MHs. MAsos's boerding
house is evidently the home of 4 working
man in poor circumstances, with large
family, and it 10 not as clean and cGAforta'
BILE asher home on the edge ofthe wilderness
in 0reag re county, Virginia. ~ expect to GO
home in few days. said Mas. MAsoN,"
after greeting herevisitors. "Thefbaby Is
teethi1g and he has not been well since
came to Washington. | can't do anything
more here, ard might as we'll return ia
VirgiRia." The above will, perhGpe, strike
the contributors TO the Mason fund with
surprise. It must have been the great
American idea to" ourround this glorious
type Of American "vomanhoOd with such
choice collection OF household decorative
art as would have a tendency 10 wean
her from her family affiiction. Feis is not
secured by an eighteenth century piano, so
long as there is a nineteenth century crib.
Things must be made TO consist. That
baby must be allowed to pound away on an
! Upright Chieluering, or the popuicr heart
tull throb with indignation. Our
2, ,nse ~ propriety recoils at the mention OF
cl reap carpets and ordinary chairr. This
sh ould be remedied at once. The'Philadel-
ph ia fund should DE devoted to she luxu-
RE Of life without delay. Nothing short Of
AK minister carpets, divaus upholstered in
pur pie plush, elaborate lambrcqrins. and
the finest bits Of decorative art will satisfy
tho popular demand for justice TO this
stric zen dame. We trust that Philadelphia
will ssue a general order on tie subject"