Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-01-03
Aunt 1iszic,"

4 lovable Indy, nearly 10 years old,
and OF course her hair IL white. She
was recognized by many people, aud not
u few remarks We're made about her ~
she passed by, shw women stop, turn
their heada and mutter: There goes a
dear soul II there ever wIls one Ia this
world" They speak of Aunt Liszic
Aiken, the missionary Of the Second
Baptist Church. The least Chicago can
do IL to build her n monument after her
death. What she did among the wound.
cd soldiers was only II triilo compared
with what she has done among the poor
suffering In Chicago during the last
twenty-five years. Think of the good u
woman has done by spending her days
and her nights nursing the sick and help
ing tho distressed. These are general
terms, used Of many good women; con-
corning Aunt 1izzie's work they mean
volumes. Let us tell the story of IA
single week Of her ILLUSTRATIONS, week
not much differing from any other OF
hundreds Of weeks spent in tba s,me
labor OF love, Monday she goes 10 tho
house Of workman who had been
frightfully scalded by an explosion and
brought % u home Of poverty, In which
there Is n mother with "A week-old babe,
to die. That same night she Is called to
comfort IA young mother whose baby IL
dead. Tuesday, besides visiting several
poor families and providing them assist
nnce, she goes 10 the suburbs 10 at
tend funeral aud carry comfort to be-
reaved ones who know her aud love her
we'll. Half Of the same night she
spends nursing u mnn who has fever,
giving his WORKOUT and discouraged
wife u chance to secure "a bit Of rest
Next dny'si, goes with u widow, poor
one Of course, aud helps her get boy
ont of trouble and into work again.
That night she spends Ia u home, most
humble one, where tho mother lies
dead and four motherless little ones
need the care OF woman who can be
mother to any lonely thing. Before
morning she IL called out Of bed--when
woe comes to people they instinctively
send for AUNT Lizzie knowing her
power TO give comfort, not only that
OF relig ion, but such rs IL 10 be- drawn
from cheerful, common sense, prac-
IDEAL view Of the world. accompanied by
actual help and instruction In helping
ones self. She IL called out OF bed to
90 down an alley to hOvel In which
lies the body OF man who has lust
been murdered In whisky quarrel.
The widow IL distracted and sickiy, and
there are children old enough TO be ter
ror-stricken aud to need some friendly
words.
1t is not even necessary to finish the
recital OF weeks missionary work.
Before Sunday Aunt Lizzie visits many
more houses to which death or misery
has come. She has been doing this for
many years. Thousands of the poor
people of this city, and many who are
not so poor, for she has ministered 10
the afflicted everywhere, cannot hear
her name spoken without thinking OF
the dark, dark hour when she came to
them bringing with her rays Of light.
and hopefulness, aud encouragement
where all seemed 10 weary, futile and
hopeless. Amt Lizzie believes In reli-
gion, of course, but she also believes
you can do the heather great deal of
good without preaching to them. She
has probably done more genuine good in
the world. contributed more TO human
happiness, and helped wipe out more
human misery than oil the missionaries
that ever sailed for a foreign shore. IL
one will leave Michigan avenue and the
other boulevnrds and go into the back
streets and stop long enough TO find out
how people live In those novels and
how all tho ills that flesh Is heir to are
there aggravated by human weakness
and ignor.ace, and how the innocent
women md children usually get the
worst of II NIL and scarcely know what
IL is to be happy, he will have no diff.
Guilty In discovering that the world
needs more such missionaries AS Aunt
Lizzie and that Chicago has none Of her
sort to spare.
One Of aunt Lizzie's pecuIiarities is
that she Will not "Mr." anybody. Even
while she stands on the corner, man
comes up and says
Aren't sou Aunt Lizzie Aiken
81 am, ays she, ''aud who are your
l think Lave seen you before"
"Of course you have he replies.
"Don't you remember the night my
the man hesitates bere---''the night my
baby died and my wife came near fol-
lowing htr, and'--he WINGED again, but
stuck TO il and brought out the whole
was in an adjoining room
crazed with liquor, and you took care OF
both OF Ms and got the little body ready
for"
"Yes. yes" says Aunt Lizzie; ~ re-
member II well. Now, Arthur, my dear
boy, ,elime all about how you have got
along
The nian has had better luck aud has
himself better. lie is grateful
to 1dnt Lizzie. As we turn away
Ann. Lizzie is saying: Nov, Arthur,
nv dear boy" again and again. She
has her hand on the mans shoulder and
IS dng him good. Chicago Tribune.
story OF HAT
tlorenre Grnv was born up in the ia. I