The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-14

AN OBGANIZA ALTON IN ENGLAND
WHICH LOOKS OUT FOR THEM.

| AN ORGANIZA TON IN ENGLAND
WHICH LOOKS OUT FOR THEM.
How the Country Lass Journeying to
London Is Protected-A Pretty Girl
Who Well Nigh Fell Into Evil Hands
The Work OF the Travellers Aid
Which is Planning an American
Campaign.
Copyright, 1881
LONDON, Oct. 3.-When an English train
is late, it is very late. 1t lies by on sidings
for the whole time table to whiz past it. Ny
train was late into Birmingham one Satur-
day evening, l expected a compaguon de
voyage who had gone in advance to meet
me at the station, but no compagnon de
voyage was there. 1t rained. 1t always
rains here. l looked up and down the
great, barn-like, dimly lighted building,
hesitating which way to turn. Somewhere
in the depths of my travelling bag was a
letter in which was set down the address to
which was 10 60. If could light on a
first-class or second-class, OF tbird-clRss
ladies' waiting room, or even on bench to
sit on, could probe the travelling bag for
the forgotten street and number.
'H'ever been in Brum before, mum"
Brum, may say, is fond and playful
diminutive for birmingham. 1t was por
ter no had noticed my embarrassment
paid little attention to him, thinking was
after the tip in which Britain lives and
moves and has its being.
Come from Wigan. mum! Gentleman
ere little vile h'ago, lookin' fer lis wife
from Wigan.n
had found my bench and was in the act
of exploration.
The h'altendant in the ladies' room his
gone. mum, but hif you was to speak 10 the
cad porter ed see has YOU was took to h'a
temperance 'otel Were they'd take good care
h'of you"
The man was not after tuppence. He saw
in me a stranger in a strange city on a
dirty night. / called a cab and rode off
wondering at his evident genuine interest
that | should not get stranded. 1t was con-
trary to my previous experience of English
porters.
A day or two after, on a railroad plat
form at Manchester, happened to notice
young girl in evident distress. She was
rather pretty girl, Of the very blonde,
white and pale pink, British type, and there
was tear just ready to drop from each blue
eye. She looked like country girl and
she was plainly bewidered. While |
watched her, fascinated by the open, child
nance which one sees less often in bnstling
America-a handsomely dressed woman
stopped, spoke word or two and took her
arE. The girls face frightened. Her
troubles were over. She picked up her
sachel and started to walk away with her
conductor.
"Do you know this womang' A porter
had thrown himself across the path of the
pair.
"She-says my mistress sent FER to meet
me-"
Were hare you goin'F'
"To No.-,-road."
"Do you know wat sort h'of h'a place hit
h'isF'
'Ah am to be waitress and chamber
maid"
"Doyou know wat sort h'of h'a place hit
h'isln
The child looked perplexed and frightened
She glanced from one face to the other.
Her companion said something which / did
not catch and urged her forward. She
hesitated, some comprehension of a possible
meaning dawning III her eyes
''Ye doan't mean hits badln
''Ne lad better COON an speak to the
hattendant in the waiting room"
The girl burst into food of terrified
tears and suffered herself 10 lie led away. |
followed on the heels of the pair, for this
oversight Of lone women on their travels
was to me incomprehensible in g porter, as /
had thus far known the tribe.
The child, for she was little more, had
come to town on the advice Of an acquaint-
auce who had left the village where they
had lived Il year or two before, and who
had written that she had a good sit nation
provided for her This acquaintance had
failed to meet her, but had sent the woman
who had first accCSted her instead. The
porter had Intercepted the two because the
y1r-ixs cfr ha isfp tod tba
woman. He had persisted in his irterfer-
ence when he heard the address which was
that of house with dubious reputation.
All this came out in the ladies' waiting
room. and the woman there employed as
attendant sent a telegram which brought
inside of half an hour pleasant faced Lady
who took the girl away with her to be taken
care of until she decided whether to go home
or try to find work under safer guidance in
the city. 1t had been a critical moment
for very Innocent and ignorant young
girl, and the porter had been equal to the
emergency: hut all this did not tell me now
it came about that the porter should have
his eyes sharpered to notice or his sympa-
thies ouickened to afford help at such
juncture.
ats the Travellers Aid, ma'am," said the
waiting room woman whel ] made some
| appeal fer an explanation. ERE it is on
the wall"
On the wall was placard, which | had
not before noticed, inviting young women
! obliged to journey alone to "A strange city,
to write before and to the Travellers Aid
Society, London, giving tine name of the
station and the hour Of the expected ar
! rival, and promising that such UNPROTECTED
| fox should be met by women who would
see them into comfortable lod ,ing house
Young girls who had not taken this pro
caution were warned not to accept help
from men or women unknown to them ard
| not to go TO any situations obtained through
| an advertisement without first getting some
certain knowledge of its respectability. At
the foot of the placard were appended the
nan es and addresses Of MALT dozen women
in Manchester, who would advise girls
coming as stran gers to that cit with regard
to boarding houses AID help them to OBJ
| tain work.
The lady who had called for the young
girl and taken her in charge was the sta
ton visitor, so called, who met many trains
! in person OH the watch for just such cases.
and who by personal eff TT had so interested
p0rters and waiting women and train In, DIS
as TO insure their cooperation ard their ap-
peal to her whenever there seemed TO be
| need.
There new err comes young woman in
| ere, ma'am. as seems not 70 know wa'at to
do wi hirself, but all ask FER if she's going to
| friends. And il she isna, all show 'er the
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