Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1889-08-19
VICTIMS OF SUICIDE


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Il Las 1esA l.-a@ 1.ssry Impossible -
ceuvIace mea s4a women wes are 81 40
slae-s ~ r-.la-ls themselves q the tardsa
81 c1-s-el-e t---t t4ey vll ee1l.ni tVel >
N1l.4l errs.r ~ sees.s1 f-l>lliIk lae4r o.sl 20
ls4se. s4ys 3 ~rller Ia bl4ekW.'ae A4es-
ana Ii is slulpiy useless IL cal a laa cr.a.e
81 sell -u4rdsl or * 1a-k ~ Iils sa4e..ls ~
Guuan ts ah.eh g4sa aIone ca1 sIfe. ac4
therefore he a....e has : f.eEt a. rtsa.I la
Sic o4ss q 80 saasrs vao srs sa1er.ug
punishment for t4e .llellpt tlogs is sllaa-
ta-es 81 s.aa.a.l. eaacassr. frala n.sr. na.-
icF. ID ElFa I'LL assent 81 lkc ular4. r.lal-
i.a4s prrsse1 GEal -la. sat NAen oF.leu
l. speak ihs-r u.nI-s honestly ltsy inrs-
flaLg repsal r4al l.eg zee 40 reason ~hy
tAes sha-.1 lai 81 rtst taes4ac .Nes lf a. s4ll-
b4rresslng possession. VIA wLial 40 oAs
BAT l.elasclr1- A4s 4aF o,,laera whatever
4l.s El9le ~ dealing UifA Tic subject -
perhaps lat.r4l cl.0. 80 "a he part ~ pen
sals N1s have never tSirn as serous
Nlew cf taelr u43rAl responsibilities. b4tlt
Is less easy - a.a,lnt Ser ll4r - raor1llaIy
], .ll Ae4rlo-Aoss WITH WhlaA. Tor the n.ast
p-rL tLey 1r1 ready 10 plu1as lIto tae ~.
kaowD laf.asss ~ tie lGst nsslsr4..s
change AS We have Already s4d. 40
tLaaxaf q What ne IL Desoaa clst1ros
.lf ~. fa7 ....,e3es IN xaur sftenpt u
k.l yourself tae writer ssia 10 . Young
r,r.s.nsr .,.t,, 49, been rescued almost lie
.ess from The river who're ais lad naus
herself. ..yoa uoa.a have been lying now
alaaldsfin uaaer TIE cora Hd. unable 10
see tae ls1t - day ~ 10 bear sac voice a. a
freud. an- wall 10 tille lefl for Tepel lance,
or even prayer Tor pardon Are yol rot
ina. 81 Id 10 be stored ID lie 4nc Tie up-
portlnity II aMencMcatf'
..Non che sad AgauY. "for II they lad
lei ne alone should have been done with
il 80 and had 40 more trouble or .sorry, and
that was 3ust what wanted wish they
Id left ne - TIE bottom Of TIE river
Sometimes the immediate causes which
lead u suicide seen strange dispropor-
toned - tie gravity ~ flesten. Oue girl.
who was ready u nlns maleolotious 81 her
resc4ers, n@d several times done her beet
l. pat 81 enc 10 her existence. On Two q
these occasions she had, 50 far a. her own
WI WAS concerned. practically succeeded
once by poison aao once ~ str@ngl l4tlon.
Sue Was Il 81 appearances dead tie last
time. AID wo-i1 very soon have been 80 ia
reality bat fCr tie care aud toll bestowed
ca her by k11ly physician who was seat
Ter On the discovery q Der condition and
forts 10 restora animation. Re succeeded
al last. aad SIZE oi net thank I'm. she
was giyen 10 10 ysl.tshs aEd her coupan-
ions u The same unhappy class term win
unconscious irorv..a qav lie DO ana sbe AID
dud ftfuL hollow e. fovGrent Ia me e..
citemcnt OF aveuia.-s scent IN theaters sna
dancing booths. ana ia The e.travar.nt
dresses and i-,Velr,- with which she adorned
herself. bat there came Il her sudden mo-
,pents when The whole brilliant pb.utastna.
f-o~,aof har s.-t..en~4 xxos,ia seem T. rou
AWAY from herars the reality q her moi
lion ar,r,.a- g., its trile ccfors and stra.v6s-
WAY. without an i-stsnt.s hesitafion sfs
wolia tslfe the hist mems m her mower "a
divest herself e i, nl,are.her
While the recx lessrsss and Indifference
with which si,i.iseas reso-tea "a j. .arno.,
universal ia lie lower stratum - socIei,-
the causes which Lead u lie irnrpise are
Of course. ve-,, ,ar.eS and o., No., -
thetc. A poor ia woman who ha5 ncsr7s
reached the sc~lntpr,J ttrcesc0ra 80
aud ten was sentenced late,v 81 a ,bor,
term OF ir,nrisonnent for s.tersotin, So.
de.:~nc.f.n r.t.s ,o-,, r,.-l, 49,, -,
cessf,,l- and IN -, ,.-.s "a IA 80 e-s -
lho sb7olr "a l,er svs.cr, from, fr,..,e,.,,- a.,
lcc-o-t5 w.t. ,,--vos f.-.r a. 49,. 80
lived one yr.elr inter- her ,sIe.se g., laIf
She related Ter si,nf,le hf.to-y v,..h the ".
most corposure. She had lived most nan.
piiv and respectablv with her husband from
tie tine Of her esrlv marriage ia vosth.
He had. q Den sion rs = retired solder. which
supported them Sea comparative comfort
when he wa too o.. e. ~o~k. Their home
for tuentv.oisht r..rs Lao been tue littlo
rv;tage ia which he .ed ii the commence
nent Of an unusl4 - severe winter "ne