Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-02-15

syznmstsical psOporti6us Of the dog
would have 1pdone credit toahis' pc
.tares We have taken oceasiou to
visit under ons prBtsnee or smother
the factories where closhinR 10 mads,
IN slearn for oarself If the reports Of
the starvation prices paid 20 sewing
women be true. Alas + too true one
miehtawell exclaim. All branches of
labor have their clubs and unions Tor
.self-pFotectiOa except the working NO
men. They are entirely at the mercy
OF their eluse-6sted patrons and the
least protected Of all CLASSES. from ina
,ssaAssl and extoFtaon, and but for
the kindly hand OF charity the mise
ries of life would surely kill. One
dollar and fifty. cents is the average
earnings Of a woman from her needle
at the prices paid n most of the cloth
ing houses. just think, young gem
tlemen, when arraying yourself in
your Sunday best, !" which you have
bought from 'lot" of ready made
clothing, that some poor widow with
young children to support, or worse,
the victim 10 drudgery Of a hus-
band rendered more than useless by
intemperance. was paid only sixteen
and two third cents, or at the high
est twenty cents for making those
shapely pants which occupied her
whole day or more; forty cents for
the coat that shows your figure to
such advantage, and that vest fifteen
cents. Think of these sad facts and
conclude how ciothiers and merchants
make their unlawful (in the sight Of
heaven) profits. And mother when
you array your little boy in the pret@
ty clothes brought from "the store,
think Of the poor children whose
mothers make those pants for less
than six cents pair, with ten button
holes to be worked in them too. Yet
the poor sewing mother has to take
the coolest seat in the church, unre-
cognized by the high saIaried pastor
whose courtesy is reserved for h sr
oppressor, whose softly cushioned pew
is supported by her daily and night
ly toll Baltimore expends q Roodly
amount upon her suffering poor, and
beggar is seldom seen on the streets
as in days past, but the lot of the
sewingyweman is worse than begeary
We have gone into their homes TO
learn this. 1t is no7idle story. The
scenes of real life are faramore start
ling than the brain of the romancer
can conjure up. The narrow, mean,
era11ped souls that pulsate some men s
and-yes some women's bodies too
are beyond the ken OF human knowl-
edge to account for, and that the poor
shall inherit the riches of .'hereaf-
ter is to them only fable, as well
as the divine declaration, 'it is easier
for camel to 60 through the eye of a
needle than fora rich man to enter
into the kingdom of heaven" and
this sort Of -ich man ID the one meant.
To look upon the ravages of disease
in almost every form in one scene, is
a fearful feeling. Out of a painting,
we never saw SO great a sight as fill-
ed the large auditorium of the Mason
ic Temple, on the two occasions our
desire to see for ourself, led US to Wit
ness the healing Of the poor" by the
Magnetic Doctors, now in our city.
We say it reverently, but it seemed
as if the crowd that came to Him,
who could indeed heal, was actually
before us. There was the weak and
wounded, the sick and sore, the halt,
the lame, the blind, from the six
months old baby to the octogenarian
paralytic. The genteeliy dressed, the
poorly clad. those in rags, the cleanly,
the careless and those totally unac
quainted with the uses Of the bath,
which latter class, one Of the doctors
took occasion to inform that magnet
ism had no effect upon. With the aid
Of young student Of medicine, who
wondered why he could not do it, 50
easy was the performance, we inter
viewed several of the miraculously
cured and getting their address in
tended to call to find out if the effect
was permanent. but the presence oil
the fell disease that has been in the
city, has deferred us from moving
about except with the most extreme
caution, 20 We have had no chance 10
come to q conclusion in the matter oI
the great power Of magnetism upon
disease. We have our doubts how.
ever, from simple observation, but
that the doctors will 60 away with
heavier pocket-books than those they
brought, is assured. The exhibition:
Of mind reading were exceedingly in
teresting and its verify assured
There is variety here 20 attract all
classes. from dog fight on lot too
small for the policeman's eve, to the
rendition OF Hamlet by the great ar.
tist Salvani, and Notwithstanding the
Sunday concerts and the various clubs
so fully patronized by the male por.
tion of the community, the open the.
atres, six nights In the week and the
many private receptions AID public
balls, one happy fact, which tells
more for the influence of the greatest
OF all causes, is that the churches are
always full let the call be on Sunday
or Monday, in sunshine or storm -
We resume our, we fear, tedious com,
munication from this point, after more
than q weeks interruption, the re-
turn of stormy weather being an i'm
perious mandate against taking a step
outside. even as far as the letter-box
q square distant. and We only take
our pen in hand" again. TO give oni