Telegram-herald., 1890-06-10
THE EMERSON HOME


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a4lle aaFe kl-sa s.lcs taer carly
childhood.
81 tuose Nl0 have been inmates dur
rs l.a past year. 81 ser. uol ready %
ataDden Ola lairts, O.e IS ooaultai,
1fe have bte sent tu luelrn parents, aDa
.re llsIus e>pecls.y, lHree Utlt ie.,G G
t0 tarf husrauds, alotler manned, T.,
$50 are lesrll- trades slA -re employed
u tle cllF as uomesilcs. a.d. ty tle
Ua1, u j. much easier 10 nHa nlaces iag
tirm, than formerly oue la, 2ule o.
+ 1.uske4ou o. N0f1, and Ayc aIe present
lHuAiss.
Iae average a-e is ahoaI u. The
brave eu0r.. sonic u these ulIoIt-u-
f -te Yl>tula--Y victims 0t nlea' WtlEne>-,
as He.i ~ their own-aIe laaklug t.
4 develop strength, oF "IItng iae-I cAcs
,0 the mills" might cause some who
+ seem to have Jess ~ overcome 10 feel
/ Aam.Aattd. Ole al these poor glr.s
I told me she had believed she must De
forever an outcast; ,lat 40 uc .pug
/ hand lad ever been extended tO ucI,
/ uutl sne went 10 the Emerson. Tins
( one case has Well repaid ail personal
/ efforts and money expended. After
/ recovering her health sufficiently and
+ her consciousness OF duty, SHE learned
| % sew, and rented one room, bare Ot
all but actual necessities, for herself
+ and child, and many who 1--we n elc-
F CANT houses might envy the satisfaction
/ Sac has felt in the possession oi a home,
/ earned 10y earnest toll.
Another, vino, IN the earliest days Of
the institution left, because unwilling
4 70 comply with is requirements, re-
I turned 80 glad OF its shelter, ana is uu-
/ folding wonderfully, both morally and
/ physically.
The story Of another would make
/ anv parents heart ache with sympathy
and desire 10 help. Her mother died
when she was but years old: ~ 9 she
/ ran away from dlssIpated father TO
her grandmother, who shortly after
died, leaving her alone. She was with
a circus, married at IA, and mas dritted
from one place 10 another. Now she is
! trying TO become an honest woman.
| Many cases might be gwen, but
| Will only tell something OF the WORK
/ George Young has been engaged .n-
III answer TO many questions regarding
! her. during the past winter, she has
been Instrumental ia closing one Of the
largest houses of lll-repute IN P.ttsburg,
| and changing it TO Bethesda Home;
! has helped TO establish home oi the
| same nume, IN kalamazoo has been
: working IN Duluth, with hopcf al re-
/ suits, and aided the police lH closing a
/ den IN lronwood. whore the inmates
were guarded by bulldogs - prevent
/ Their escape.
We shall regard tins work as hclpful
u brother rs we'll. when We recognize
that virtue has no sex, that what is
condemned IN one, can not De- excused
/ IN the other, but that charity must be
broad enough 10 desire 70 upiIft either.
! We have sometimes been almost dis
couraged, because of the low condition
OF the treasury, but have found friends
ready 10 answer TO the calls made upon
them, The newspaper men, who were
50 generous as 10 play a game oi base
ball and give the proceeds, lifted Us
over one dark place. We have gwen
! pu0llc dinners, a sale OF fancy articles,
one Trend OF the cause gave three or
Iour lectures, charging ten cents admls-
son, the Little Folks gave two very
pleasing entertainments, part oil the
/ proceeds from matinee performance
at RedmOLd's was donated, the dollar
/ annual subscriptions mot as many as
! was hoped for and the C8mOuntreCclycd
| from the pageant, and late concert, has
| enabled Us tOpay all expenses and forty
dollars on the debt, reducing u Co $500.
some donations have been received
from outside the city-Mrs. i'll. OF
/ Kalamazoo, gave fifty dollars CHRIST
mas, barrel oi flour was sent from
/ Traverse City, h-h from Petoskey, i've
dollars from "A friend ia Toledo and one
dollar per month from New ork CITY.
/ We have also had provisions and other
| generous contributions.
A short time ago Or. Far made the
! generous offer 10 he one of ten.