Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-10-25
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
NEW YORK, October Is, 1890.

NEW YORK. October IS, 1890.
Editor of Woman's Chronicle:
The Woman's League held a pleasant meeting
the first Thursday in October at the residence Of
Mr.. and Mrs. John W. Lowell Mrs. Lille Dew
ereaux Blake presided with her characteristic grace
and the address of the evening made by your
humble correspondent, was listened to with patient
consideration on the part of the audience Here
an apology hops on to the end of my pen to assert
that as the paper was prepared at very short
notice, all the best thoughts on the subject came
trooping in the next day, to be marked tardy
Mrs Blake in her address made some very fat
tering illusions to the WoMAN's CHRONICLE, which
has been for three years doing pioneer work among
Southern women, poughing up the ground for the
seeds of thought which must sooner or later bear
fruit abundantly.
Mrs. Marguerite Moore, the Irish patriot, is one
of the most interesting members of the League
and very graceful and spirited orator.
Mrs. Moore, in little speech made after the
business of the meeting had been transacted,
spoke of the movement made by number of in
huental ladies in behalf of the little children Of
the poor, to secure from the Central Park COM
missoners tract of ten acres in the park, where
Free transportation is also to be provided for
them. This seems like grand and noble work,
and the benefit of such place to the poor little
ones can scarcely be estimated. Central Park is
the spare bed chamber or the company parlor of
New York City. "Keep off the grass meets you
at every point, and one sometimes wonders what
it may be for after ALL smiled at the spirit dis
played by one Of two old ladies who were leisurely
srollng along the other day over the sacred grass
blades They met policeman, who ordered them
off, which demand was complied with by one of
the old ladies', but the other stood her ground and
looking him squarely in eye, made reply, mo,
sir; shall do nothing of the sort; l have paid
my money toward the maintenance of this park
for over twenty-five years, and now I'm going to
enjoy it," The officer smiled very amused smile
and walked on. He evidently appreciated the
justice of the point she made.
In addition to Mrs. Moore's plea for the little
children of the poor, she suggested the feasibility
Of society to look after the interests of the little
children of the rich-to labor with the mothers and
prevail upon them to attire them in garments
meant for rompng and climbing. She described
the situation as very oppressive to the little ones.
The mother said, "don't' yet your clothes soiled,
the nurse said "don't run, "don't' climb; the
policeman said, "dont" walk on the grass, and
The poor little children were submerged continually
in such an avalanche Of "don' u.s., that their lives
began too early to be burden. True, there is no
place in New York for the children. OF course
there are children, plenty, but there is no place
to put them. Everything in New York is modern
to fault, every house has every convenience, and
place to put everything but children Conse-
quently to be as modern as your house you
mustn't have any children.