Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-05-14

baby; you are growing so big to be my
baby; sit in my lap and be my baby?" He
got on my lap and put his arms very ten
derby about me saying, 81 am your baby
now" The bigger boys were in the room,
and suddenly the idea crossed his mind that
his condition needed apolegizing for. Sitting
up he looked at the others and called out,
snow, look here, don't you boys call me
baby; amt no baby, Pm just humorin'
mamma" We cultivate The emotional in
women, and repress it in men, until the whole
thing goes wrong; and many woman dies
for lack of sympathy, when perhaps her
husband loves her very well, only he don't
know how to "humor her" by showing it.
/ very recently attended class of gradu-
ating physicians in one of our cities, and was
forcibly reminded of the chickens l used to
watch in New Jersey when freshly brought
out of the ''incubator." Now, chickens
Matched in this manner By steam don't run
around lively like the little chaps that are
hatched under the hen. They lie around
fiabby and loose-like till the sun toughens
them up or they get under a mother hen.
These small, neat, weak looking fellows would
recall the chickens, both 10 looks and num-
bers. Many had their hair parted in the mid
die, too. Josh Billings says: "If man is badly
balanced the best thing he can do is to part
his hair in the middle" These new -fedged
doctors always hste the women physicians
with sort OF spiteful catfish kind of humor.
A cousin of mine said to me recently:
"Why don't you study, and practice medi-
cine; it is quiet, and so much more respecta-
bic than occurring in public?" Yet / recall
the time, not twenty-five years ago, when
fought many "battle of tongues" with him,
defending this despised calling for women
Well, "the demons become the saints, if you
only wait long enough"
have here letter from Western friend
that ia an offset to my last, from fellow
that was hunting housekeeper. This
woman's ways were ways of pleasantness,
aud her good husband made her path path
OF peace. / would send the original, only it
ay
give hint to our Memphis ladies; and as
the writer is an ex-governot's vile they may
consider it more lportsy of consideration.
During the fever of 1873, she sent me, by
her efforts collected, the sum of $1,000 to use
among our people in New Orleans:
DEAR Mrs. S.-As we have been SO inter
ested in each others work, l will give you
an account of one that occupies much of my
time. In going about among the poor of
our city, | was continually impressed
with great need, viz: that of the women
and children for clothes, plain but whole. 1
to buy oil, thread and NEEDLES. Others were
delicate women with thropg Of little chill
dren, too tired when the days work was
over-which had itself taxed them far be-
yond their strength-for anything but sleep.
Many families, honest, hardworkiDg, were
still but half clad, I. e., the children-and our
hard winters require warm clothing. They
were not beggars, nor asked for any assist
ance. But facts are facts: Clothing and bed
pin | Mt a
day earned by the father was bsrely suffi-
cient for fuel, rent and food. 1t was not
possible for those who visited the poor to
prepare the clothing, SO l gathered together
dem young ladies, all of them the So
called society girls" who had time, if they
had the disposition, to help US. This was
last winter year ago Il thought would not
tell you until could show my plan success
full, when these girls met at my house once
a fortnight, remaining from 10 o'clock until
2, sewing the garments prepared for them.
The preparation is done by twenty married
ladies, who also meet at my house once a |
month to cut out and haste the work. Old |
clothes are sent to me by many of my friends, |
and these are cut over, turned and twisted |
in the most re charitable way. We give away |
nothing that is ragged without cleaning and |
mending, and give TO no families whom we |
do not personally visit, and this repeatedly |
unless we can leave them thoroughly self |
helping. We give no clothing TO men or |
boys old enough to work for themselves, |
only in exceptional cases. We look after the |
sick and lend books, where among the better |
and more intelligent class we find them |
keenly appreciated. We try to stir up the |
sluggish to attend their respective places of |
worship, whatever they may be. And here let |
me say it is cur desire that all denominations |
work together. We have all-Catholic, Jew,
Protestant and frse-thinker. Being already |
a manag r in the City Relief Society, and
in the "unity of charities"
with this my own especial
work, under the head of clothiog
for the poor. You readily see how much
may enter into such work. We agee to fur
n;sn the funds for our own little society, and
this is done in various ways. l am daily
more and more astonished to see how much
can be done with little money. The young
ladies gave dramatic evening this winter.
We receive many contributions often anony
NOUS, and are constantly being given new
for clothiug. Our work is confined
to no one part OF the city. The married
women only do the visiting, that it may not
be all work for our young girls. Three
times during the winter | give an Informal
reception at our house, each girl inviting a
gentleman, who Is not to know from whom
his invitation comes. Coffee, sandwiches and
frult are our simple reIreshmentS. lhis IN |
terests the young gentlemen 1.-THE reception,
not the foodl In the society. Should the
iunds be low, the workers only, in both clubs,
are taxed a small sum. We all feel that the
Is a success SO far we have gone.
II only requires willing workers, good judg-
ment, little money, and il is a power for
good. The girls call their club La -Chifo-
Mere, as you will know they are 'rJg-pickers'
"a ore sense"
Now, l should be congratulated. A whole
etter, and not one line about our orn no. 4.
Lilly Deveresux Blake is, with other ladies,
I.riyiug to bring about reform long adyo-
lated by my pen, iu the South-ihe placing
If women matrous and superitendents in the
ails and stadoDhousss, TO attend upon wo-
men when dragged there. Let no good
mother cry, at is useless, unsomanly."
Many beaten drunkard's wife would then
eek rest from whipPings, and sometimes
murders. l refrain from giving any darker
hadows, after my quoted letter, from as fair
md noble woman as blesses this glorious
World. ELIZABETH /. SAXON.