New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-07

FAIR PAY For MISS NIvIsoY.
me Edttor or me Tribune

TO me razor or me IFtOUhe.
SIR: As the days 90 by, the Journals all oyet
the country continue 10 Issue accounts with seyeresi
comments of the circumstances attending the deathd
the children of the Niyison Home. The writer has
waited watching daily the good word for Miss Si.
son which could my be s.idby hundreds Of Trustworthy
men and women, had they the courage or the humanity
TO speak.
Miss Nlyison IL stranger TO the community; no up
start fraud seeking to further her own interests by Play
ing upon the sympathes OF the benevolent public ON
IA physician regularly graduated Of good standing andd
many years. successful practice woman 50 vel
known and thoroughly respected that but strnne
ers could for moment believe her guilty OF any charges
cruelty or neglect In the bare fact that the chilra
died Is found the ground for every evil accusation III
taken for granted that the tweny one children would nd
have died elsewhere and would not have died at lanon
ton had Miss Niyison proved faithful TO tho ohgauo"
she assumed The probabilities are that they would hi"
died earlier had their wrctchcd little lives never pe'n
transplautrd from the surroundings Of their birth NV
one score bat many ~ the poor little creatures "'
yearly In the Cities within tho time between J~A"A',
and June but "a the draths do not all occur ~ ono
and the buIias not side by side. nobody knows '
IT, and nobody cares The public eNpends IT, symp'Ns
upon the sensational incident aud ignores con''""
the piuiul fact. -,
Instead Of less humanity than her sister woman, nO'
who knew Miss Niyison. win question that she hAl b'e
Other women and men. too. have long regretted VS.
fact that the cities tecm with paupcr chi lhoot oitcnp
e,scd from birth Miss Nyisons regret took the prm
practical purpose to relieve aud AID she, al'ue' s
willing to give her home her time, her experience 80
labor to save them; and because sho failed the "VT
tt lifted mo- finger e. help her. fs ts urows n h,s.
IA AZ aii Ogrcs4 VINO SOUGHT these small Woir'f W -
! manlty VA 1rdur to dc, our thcnh o. Ia,
81" one nalunlntal VITA Ms. Sylson, and ler ~
for rearing desiimte little children. ever douuul "a
purity of her purpose or her ability 10 carry u "usy
ihctr d. not uu itc -, evidence that under uo "A
stances ans body could have done better uhh -. al
Tie uluulr who recommended her 20 The sFWpih ~
cnpprftiiuu of TIE lruCyOlout were Justified h 80
10, her history and character 49, pht slnAh hhu ~
man Tboy know tho ofphtunse bel b'Vh Nl. lt,,sfs
yoart that she Wna willing 10 pat Into 10 tlo ,bss
lhurai thnt while othcts lNs words lnd upN ~ "a
n,ntt4igrd hes labor and ttmo, That Hhe colh'yi.
.br M t,ruasd of dnluF to brink about The ic' ns
hit uo reason IA dread nnd tht would iip'' ",,t IL
nstrous az her own plan u npt easy 10 helrf, 9dsl
suouid to work tu overthrow what ahn hih s.s no
,,rri thiug tn undertake., aud to destroy ""'t siss4
Was buud up iu pcrprtuuilnS o. uriohlH' "Np .asi
moon ifs fdor Tho dlsiael lint has uietie' - al
ht. about tho sru plulrssutss of fate li ~ ..sf
n thAi could N. dome Ia avert "a, That me ap n,tska
wuru stem hy ,tep aud tact by Fact shc VIII Nh ia
.nurso before tlu world, there can De- ho .s.tsecJ
/ aot,t 40 one wha Knows her. questions in.',il ~
pace Of Aer ufo among those M -fatod cldfen s1t1
a., clclrr.t light. Meantime. Il 10 nara uN.N1rlsh
/ men and women Who DeeN u her "OfH 'i't y, -
NOT one Ntlco pan strOae shalt .paN " h..r -
nj lcnst. that the puhr shall wait, ul u shAu a.
rldes instead ot visiting upoa her nis'oi ,"''ts rA
Iroaui ui tio Niusi stps.
Ihiiadeiphia, June 20. ISL