The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-13
WHY NOT SEND THEM TEXAS.

In view Of the scarcity of domestic help
In this section az all seasons of the year,
and the constant and troublous search after
any and all kinds ofsuch assistance by Il e
good housewives of our city and surround
ing country, We were struck with para
graph which We noticed IN a late issue OF
an eastern exchange. Ii contained the III
formation that the New York Christian
Union was constantly sending orphan boys
and girls to western homes, at the expense
Of the union. What is true of the New
York. Christian Union in this respect is, so
far as that matter is concerned, true
equally Of similar organizations in
a dozen different eastern cities
Thousands of these poor, helr-
less and misfortune-stricken beings are
nobly being provided for in this way, and
are growing up under the favorable care
and auspices Of prosperous western families.
In time they will become an important
element in the population and society OF
the great west. They have been rescued
from the slums and certain contamination
and ruin in the Large centers OF population,
to become the backbone and sinew, proba-
bly,, OF mighty commemorative in the I'm.
ture. The work, from this consideration
alone, is, indeed, noble one, and the pros.
pective return to the sections into which
these thousands of children are sent, fiat
tering and profitable one, but the fact has
its immediate, practical advantages az well
Most OF them sent out are Just of that age
where they can be made useful for
domestic purposes, without being
too old or too deeply yersed in
vice or addicted TO laziness to render
them disagreeable, worthless and intracta-
BILE. Numbers of them of course, will turn
out badly, owing to the fact that ALWAYS
and everywhere blood will tell ;" but the
majority can be greatly utilized in supply
ing the real pressing want for domestic
help in certain localities. What struck us
particularly was the fact that but few if
any of these boys and girls are sent to
Texas. They seem to be going almost ex-
clusiyely into the northwest. In our own
section, VIGOROUSLY at certain seasons of
the year, it is almost impossible to obtain
help for the bouse. Worthless servants who
cannot be made, under any circum-
stances, half as effective help as
could these orphan white children
properly bound out, are paid I'M
reasonable prices and even then no depend
Dnce can be placed in the length of the ser.
vice. There are in Dallas at least fiftv or |
soventy-fve families who would be glad of |
an installment from the east of such help |
rs we refer to, and the same is true
throughout the principal towns all over the |
state. Why therefore is something not |
lone to induce the benevolent unions and
Christian societies in the east to send a
number of these Youths to Texas to find |
good homes, to supply astrongly felt want,
md be placed under the most favorable |
auspices for a healthy growth, intellectu.
llly, physically and morally? We would
suggest to individuals or benevolent unions
n our midst, the proprety OF opening up a
on the subject, with such |
character of organizations in the north and
East as we have referred to.