The daily gazette., 1882-04-13
IN HEMALEOF CHILDREN /.
PUBLIC MEETING OF THE SOCIETY FOB
THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO
CHILDREN LAST EVENING.

THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO
CHILDREN LAST EVENING.
MUSIC AND ADDEEssEs.
The Society for the Prevention Cf
Cruelty to Children must have felt graft
fed last evening when they saw the
large audience tnat had assembled In
the Opera House to listen and give aid TO
the cause for which the Society is organ-
ized-pre venting cruelty to children.
A large numb OF invitations had
been sent out to prominent Iersonagt 8
and citizet s, aud they were generally
responded to, as was evidenced by the
gathering upon the stage. The meeting
was presided over by Harry T. Gaus I,
aud among those seated upon the stage
could be seen His Excellency, Governor
Eall, Ex-Mayor Daniel al. Fox OF Phila-
delphia, Anthony Comstock OF New
Yory, the principal speaker { the even
Ing, Secretary Crew, of the society In
Pennsy ylvania, Bishop Lee, Rev. II. b.
DuVal, j. Taylor Cause, William Cau-
by, William NJ. Candy, Harry Sharpley,
u. James Belt, Rev. DIR. Spottswood Uf
New Castle, Washington Jones, J. T..
Heald, Judge Brat ford, Joseph l.. Car
penter, Jr., Edward Bringhust, e. T..
Walton, IL. l.. TAtuall Francis Vincent,
DIR. Ii. ogle, e. q. Bradford, Jr., s. A.
MAcallister, Esq, l.. A. BsIt0lette. L O.,
DR.. j. X. X Aue, Rev. A. N. Keigwln, and
others.
The exercises commerc ced with pray
or by Bishop Lee, followed by music
by the Philharmonic orchestra.
The Pa .;1anf Than hrt. "A ~ ~ aN the
object Of the meeting, and thanked those
present for the sympathy they had ex-
tended the society by beng preseEt At
The meeting. He also stated that he
had received number OF letters OF re-
gret ana sympathy In the movement, but
It wenld occupy valuable time be would
only read the one OF Eldridge Gerry, Sc
creLary of The New York Society. AZ.
ter reading tbs letter ne introduced Mr..
Comslack who as he stepped fJrWard
| was received with applause.
Mr.. Comstock spoke for nearly an
hour aud made a powerful appeal In
bebal OF cruelty treated children. Dur
| ing his address he spoke Of the mon sters
who delight in the work If destroying
children, by converting them into crln.-
inals, these monsters he thought were
the worse Of ali. In order to pfote Ct the
| innoeeDt children from such monsters
this society had Le3n formed. Traps
we're laid for them, not only in their
homes, but in the school rooms aud upon
ibe highways. These traps cots sLed If
sensational story papers, filled with mat
ter that was not ht for anyone to read.
Children weIe permitted by their par
cuts to have such papers In the house,
on The plea that It kept them In Al,
nights. He thought 1t shameful for
parents TO permit such . thing. The
speaker with much emphasis and at
some length denounced la no unmeas-
ured terms all such literature. The
heroes we're usually boys and girls who
have thrown aside parental r, strAint.
He cited q case where boy had read OF
the wrecking Of train Of cars by one Of
these heroes, and it made such an i'm.
pr, ssion on his mind that be endeavored
to wreck train himself. These stOrle
may be looked upon rs starting crime
lie also denounced theatres S, pool rooms
and other gambling places. He alsl ID
nounced B ID. Ingersoll as the greA
American blasphemer; that man, sale
the speaker, was the ii St to sign hi
name TO a petition for the r. peal Of th'
act preventing improper literature pass
ing through the mails. Because of ihi
law over six hundred men and womeI
had been arrested for sending imprope
matter through the mails. After detail
ing the manner In which 1t was slugL
to have the law repealed, he closed will
powerful appeal in behalf Of children
whose parents are unfit TO have charg
:, CT them.
After an overture by the orchestrs
4 Rev. F. b. Duval made a short an
q pointed address, aud said that he supple
. lnented all that had been said by th
distinguished speaker. Some think thd
the society is not needed In this city;
majority of the audience little kneN
what was going on in the slums. Dul
ing the past two years the society ha
cared for tbirty-one little children. M
!, DuVal closed with an eloquent appe'
|. for aid.
: The orchestra rendered an overtul
!, while the collection was being take
= up, after which the audience dispelse
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