The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-02-02
THE WHITE CROSS HONE.
Good Work Being Done By q
Company Of Christian
Women.

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One Of the most worthy chiritabl,
institutions in the city, and yet tn,
one that has, perhaps, been talket
about the least, is the With Cros
Home. The home is seldom men
toned in the newspapers, and yet the
good work done by the women whc
have it in charge is known in NOR.
than one state bordering on Missouri.
Those who know of the work, how
ever, in these outside states are prin.
cipally the ones who nave been assis-
ted in their immediate families.
Even in St. Louis the good this insti.
tuition has already accomplish d and
is now doing is not generally known.
st. Louis is noted for generosity and
hospitality to STRANGERS. and its repu-
tatiOn as u city of chsrilies extends
throughout the country.
A few years aga some Christian
ladies became impressed with the need
of an institution where women who
had been led astray, but who had
no: yet fallen into the depths of de
pravity. might find a home. Tnis
institution Was t only to be veri;a-
bic home. but a plsc, where they
might hide their shame from the
world and at the same tim; be III ,wn
that. while they had slnned, there was
yet place for them among the re-
spectacle women of the world. 1t is
often said and seldom di>pu,ed tn !,
there is nothing worse than a really
bad woman. A mistake is made,
however, WHEN it is sa d that they
never reform. 1t is general y claimed
by the void ,hit very few men are
as Rad as bad woman. The man
who sins gees back to a pure home,
where friends respect snl CHILDREN
aOnor him The W oman, on the other
hand is iorsaken by the worll in
general as so as her downfall is
known Size is spurnei by her osn
lex and. if pns,ible. dragged deeper
into the mire of sin and degradation
bY those who ruined her young life.
wJRTHy FIELD.
The Christian women spoken of
we're thoroughly convinced that here
vas deserving field for charity. 1t
was a charity which the charitable
people h,d entirely neglected. Tue
saving of the body of a pauper or
one in physical dis ress was nothing
with the reformation of a |
life. They reaIiz a that
no one is without sin and all are liable
to go astray. but without a place of
privacy, where Christian fellowship
and love could be brou hit to bear
on the SHINING one, there was (
very little chance of the sinner ever
In the city's institute ,ns,
where these poor unforiunates could
90, there was and could be no discrim.
nation. The poor gsrl who was still
innocent must occupy the same ward,
eat at the same table and mingle in
general with women who we're lost TO
shame and whose delight it was to
bring to their own level all with whom
hey come in contact. In addition to
his the young and inexperienced girl /,
must pay for her care and shelter BY
he exposure and shame incident to q
clinic p" confinement in the presence
i students. About four years .go ,
h Sc thoughts took definite shape, ,
md on February Il, 1888, the White ,
Cross Home association was organized .
~ Mes1ames E. P. johnson, T. W. |,
daggerty, j. s. Vincent, NJ. j. |,
Neldy, l.. n. Haydock, NJ. A. Skin :
Ter, H. H. Culver, G. A. Carpenter, /,
=. Sallen and w. w. Culver as char. ,
er members. The officers were Mrs.
,. P. johnson, president Mrs T. :
Y. H'ggerty, treasurer Mrs. j. S.
Vincent, secretary, and Mrs. N. j.
Veidy, matron. Through the kind
less of the Board of Trustees of the
'oldiers' Orphans Home and its presi-
ent, MIR. James +. Yeatman, the la
les secured rent free the large resi-. ;
ence at No. 1871 North Twelfth !,
'reet. and on February %, 1888, the
ONE was opened with Mrs. Weldy as =
latron and one homeless, repentant
irl with her illegi;imate child.
THE HOME GoN- sEcTARIAS. =
1t was understood that the Home e
as to be Protestant institution, but Q
le doors were open to all who were /;
illing to comply with the few rules b
1opted by the managers. While the d
dies who organized the institution 81
ere members of the Protestant y
hurch, and the religious services at
'e Home under the direction of f
rotestant Christians, a number of r,
atholics have been cared for and as V
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