Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-15
aeFmeNps WOMEN pRIsonen,.
Mrs. Foster, Of Ncw YORK. aud Tier Pe.
euliar Position In the Courts

euliar Position In the Courts.
There is q woman in this town wbr
makes 10 the business Of her life 10 haunt
the police courts and prisons In search ui
unfortunate women whom she may b.
friend. She has been doing this Tor yearl.
and yet hHs escaped uofoncty Tie n-t
object Of her life BE- to help women iu mis-.
fortune Her second object seems 10 he to
avoid publicity.
Go into any prison or any police court
you choo-e In this city, however, aud ASK
any official what he thinks Of Mrs Fnstet.
and be will reply earnestly In words Of nl.
most cNtravHgaut praise. Il is really very
surprising how powerfully she has in.
pressed them ali with q sense " her royl
ncs. Jailens who look upon the most pitl.
ful scrncs daily with supreme indifference.
and from much practice talk habitually Ia
hard. authoritative touu.. soften their
voices pcrtcpiibly when speaking II her.
She h the widow 81 General John A. Zoe
tor q war veteran, Judge advocate nun-
crnl IN the south after the war, lawyer
aud once q United States district attorney
Ia this city. lie died lew ycir, ago
His widow lives At Hl PARK avenue. She
adopted her present work after her bus.
bands death. She is connected with the
Protestant Episcopal city missions. and
gives her whole time and most Of hcr IN.
come to her missionary speciality Of helpiux
arrested women. Mu Poster il about forty
years old, tall. slender. gentle SPOKEN
woman, a. brave ~ she " gentle, and with
capabilities Of great resolution on occasion
She j. one Of the women whom other won.
en- Involuntary trust md conhde 10.
Mr Fosters headquarters are the
Tomhs and special sessions. Tor here center
most II the unfortunate women who get
cnianFlcd with the law The prisonrf,
from all the police courts, II held Tor triul.
eventually come " the 1ombs prison. 10
this b naturally her base u operations
liut sometimes she visits the other courts.
and the Rev. Brockholst Morgan, 10 his
rounds through the courts aud pri-ous
often sends Tor hor to cheer aud comfort
uniortunnte.. Even the jaiirrs in the pris.
ons attached to the police courts send to
the TOmhs for Mr., Poster sometimes when
they have unmanagcable women In their
care whom they think she would like to
ace.
Mrs. Foster ha, great Influence with the
police Justices She gets acquainted with
the women prisoner, before they are sum
moned before the bar. and she has made 40
her mind what should bc done In the case
OF each one II she Ntya nothing when the
woman Is arraigncd the Justice knows
without asking that M~ Foster thinks
this woman would not bc improved By bs-
Ing freed
II she steps forward and asks the Justice
TO release the woman VI TO commit her TO
such or such AN asylum or retreat her 10.
quest j. pretty sure 10 be granted, Tor her
opinion Is respected. Her object Is 20 soften
every evil minded woman's heart. ani 10
have her 10 disposed OF that the influences
around her will be Tor the best There is
me- woman 40 donrayed that Mrs Foster
Will not attempt to save hur What shu
rcgnris ~ her special mission, however, is
the influencing Of women who are involved
with the law for the first time, aud who
therefore stand In very critical position.
A iirst arrest, Mrs Foster believes. il
often the turning point ina womans carver.
She may not have been bad before, only fool
ish, CARELESS, reckless or unfortunate, but
now she may go down But taken In time
hcru In her trouble, when she most need. a
friend She may be switched upon the right
track Tor good and all MIS-. Posters sue.
cess has been such that she Is more than
satisfied that She has found her mission In
lifc.--New York sun