New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-20
oDD IDEA or THE TULKIyGHORN LADIES'

No matter what it is that manifests itself IN
different parts of the country at the same tlme'
IL is always referred to as an epidemic. mus
,ye have an epidemic Of the grip, an epidemic OF
Queen Anne houses, an epidemic OF CRIME. anu
so FORTH though more properly this last Is calleu
y carnival of crime because there is much less
rooson for calling a general outbreak of crime a
carnival than epidemic. Therefore, since
epidemic is the word, we hope TO be pardoned Tor
referring to an epidemic Of church money rals-
ing in odd ways which is sweeping over the women
If this country.
The Tribune has already mentioned large
number OF queer ways to which women have re-
sorted during the winter to obtain money for
church and charitable purposes. Among these
have been that of the ladies of Mndcn City,
Mich. Essex, ~ j., Sterling, Ind, and IIolyolle-
vile. Mass. who have taken contracts for saw
ing wood; that of the Persell, Wis. and Ram
scy. Ohio ladies' who shovced the snow of the
sidewalks and, more recently, that OF the Osego,
Mich ladies who have gone out on the streets
with hand organ, bOOtbaching kits, evening
papers and so FORTH and picked up over SIS toward
paying the expenses of sending the Rev Mr.. iollo-
way to labor among the medium sized dwarfs OF the
Uwibwab country, Africa. Other instances have
been reported of ladies carrying in coal, selling
peanuts driving strcct-cars, running errands, &C.
livering groceries, and forth, to raise money
in the name Of charity, the amounts realized
ranging from 81 So to S22. We never heard OF
n general movement of the kind before, and there
can be no doubt that it is a wclldctincd epidemic.
But it has been left for the ingenious ladies
Of Tulkinghon Centre, Ind, to evolve the oldest
thing so far in this new money raising craze. We
might have known all the while that Indiana
would probably cap the climax though it is an
ominous fact that Scranton. Penn. still holds
back Superlatives. always dangerous. become
absolutely impossible before Scranton is heard
from on any point whatsoever. But let us return
TO Tulkinghorn Centre On the first day of Jan
nary there was debt of $500 on the Tukinghorn
Centre Baptist Church The ladies of the con-
gregation determined to raise this amount. They
held long conference and talked over the various
plans sweeping over the country for obtaining
money, but rejected them all IA lacking orlgl-
nality. They determined that they must have
something absolutely unique and when tho meet
ing broke up they felt that they had hit upon
it. That night each of the ladies said TO her
husband "One hundred Of us ladies have de-
termined to raise the church debt.
which is $500, or s. apiece. Since
this must come, eventually. out OF the Tulk-
inghorn Centre men, we have determined to
come straight to you and each Of the other ninety
nine ladies is saying 10 her husband precisely
what am saving TO mine What | propose to do
is this For one year each night TO have supper
ready on time and to have it warm and well
cooked to have your slippers out and your favor
itc chair before the fire; TO keep the buttons
scwed on your clothes; 10 keep the chill
dren neat in their dress and their
faces clean: TO sweep when you out Of the
house, and to let you sleep late Sunday morning
TO attend no societies for raising money for any
thing, and to spend only a reasonable amount OF
time in shopping; TO use no face powder or chew
ins-gum, and as little false hair as possible, the
amount not TO exceed what now have on hand,
and TO exercise closer watch over the manage
mcnt of the kitchen. Some OF these things
NAV do now-all OF them ! propose to DO the
coming year In return, | want YOU to give
ne. at the end OF the year, 81 for the church
DEBT | hope to save that much on Iuln powder
and culinary extravaganza, so YOU VIII be nothing
out. We first thought OF saving wood or black
ing boots. but decided to try this as an eA-
pertinent. What do you say to it, Every man
without exception agreed 10 the proposition, and
at the end of less than three months trial they
are 50 much pleased with it that over thrcefourths
of them have already paid in their 81, only some
Of the older and more cautious men having de-
cided TO hold back till the end of the year: AMI
there is no LONGER any doubt about the debt
Icing raised
This scheme OF the Tulkinshorn Centre ladies
for raising money s, SAID the oldest Yet
brought forward. The belief that women have
no originality seems 10 be n mistake. We should
like nothing better than to see the Tulkinshon
idea spread 10 the boot-blacking and wood-sawing
ludics. To that end we would call their atten-
ton to the fact that the iuiilinghorn Centre
ladies are raising $500 while organ-grindng and
singing Annie Rooney" the corner are pro-
ducins much smaller returns.