Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-15
SINGING TO C0NyICTS.
YOUNG WOMEN WHO DEVOTE THEIR
TALENTS TO CHARITY

work W Dro"iiiyn's sops-inirrcst-
los ns,sils OF Taeir Erper,saes Am.na
the outcasis OF society.
There are two young women In Brook.
lyu who have laid ont for themselves u
most unusual line Of duty. aui who have
30 molcstly and quietly pursued II that
this rs probably the first time their
names have ever come before the public.
These noble young women are tho
Misses Mary aud Liazio Blruomnn. who
have consocrutod their lives 10 work
among prisoners aud the very poor u
tho city. They were born in the old
part OF the city lying beyond Willough.
by street and Adams. and IN that yirin.
ity their lives bnye boon spent. For tho
last five years they have lived with their
parents and sisters no 300 jay street. and
are very domestic, industrious urls. car.
Ing for their younger sisters aud aiding
their mother in a good Old fashioned
way 80 seldom IN vogue now.
OF all the family they two alone are
endowed with the sue of song. Mary
having strong, clear soprano and liz.
zie n cou'mlto Of wonderful strength
and beauty. To them the gift seemed
90 DO diyincly given. and they decided
oven while children that it must DO used
for some good end, some purpose.
For time they sang Ia churchcs, ro-
ceiying largo snlauc' for their services,
but this seemed a scla.h use Of their
beautiful voices, aud even against tho
wishes of their parents thoy began on
Easter Sunday. ton year, ngb. tn sing in
Raymond Street jail NJ Chaplain Bass
morning services, aud from that timo
their talents have been devoted entirely
to this work. Every Sunday morning
az o'clock thoy are admitted to tho
corridor Of the jril, aud every Tuesday
evening, aud no prisoner who has been
locked within those walls during the
past ten years but has been comfortcd
yaiy the sound II their voices. once in
'the month always, sometimes twice.
they sing In the King County pcniton.
iiury IN the afternoon, ind since the In.
dustrial home has been started they
sing there Sunday and rhurdny oven.
iugs. Aside from those ,pryices they
sing often in concerts given for chart
table purposes.
Nor arc their duties entirely confined
10 singing. Often they are sent for by
some poor prisoner, aud never a call
comes In vain. At any time they are
ready 90 20 with words Of comfort ug
little gifts Of some kind TO the darkest
cell, to tho most desperate prisoner.
Next TO Rev. Mr.. Bas, himself. these
two young women are lest known and
best beloved OF any per aus Ia Brooklyn
by the uuicasts Of society
mot few times" said Miss Lizzio 70
q reporter. "hnve we acted as brides.
mails in the Jail and ponitentinry. anil
have signed our names as witnesses 10
the marriage contracts. Quite as often,
too, have we stood as godmothcrs "a
poor little prison born babes. We ara
often sent FOR TO at beside tho sick pris.
oncr1, and have seen deaths, toe. within
I tho prison walls"
"llayo you ever known many Of tl,C
famous criminals herr;'
"Uh, yes. The saddest duty we ever
had 10 perform Il our lives has been {,
visit some of the condemned mon IN
Raymond Street Jail. shall never for,
| got the morning Mills WIS hanged. III
was convicted OF wife murder and be
fore his death was converted TO Chris
tiauiiy through Mr.. Bass efforts. II,
often wanted us 10 sing for him, and {,
the last we went. Tho little organ wa,
placed just outside his cell door and
thorc we would sing and Mr. Bass would
talk TO him. II seemed always TO choci
him unll tho day before the execution
when, while we were there, the CLOTHES
he was TO wear, even 10 the slippers and
hose were brought to him, aud then h,
seemed stunned and was like one turned
10 stone. lie seemed then TOTALLY realize
his position, and from that niomont lost
oil OF his chceriulnoss. II was his wisl
that we come again In the morning, and
OF course we went and sang as long a.
we wore permitted to stay
Were you with any others at such 1
timef'
Eyes, we were with Jefferson bcfori
that
"Weworoairaidt gonoar McElvainei
cell. He wan 80 coarse and brutal tha
flo a the only missioner we bnye maj ,yh,
has not behaved like a gentleman IN oui
presence. When we were visiting Mills
every day Kramer the burglar. occu
pisd mn adjoining ecu ana used to hanl