The morning call., 1893-06-15

worth 81 apiece. and this kind woman will
give them her patterns until they are thor
oughly competent TO cut them.
"Auother woman will teach fine sewing
aud fancy sewing al such home. Another
will teach millinery. Others have offered
thought, too, that the big hotels aud
boarding-houses could be asked tn give
their washing and mending to an indus
trial home. And we could solicit private
washing and mending. 1t seems to me so
many gentlemen would be glad to have
some place where their clothes could be
nicely attended 10. There are any number
of things we can fit these girls-and future
unfortunate girls-fOr. The thing TO do
now is to start this home. am quite sure
it would soon be self-supporting."
But" asked the reporter. "are these
girls willing 10 work-are they even Will
ing to be taught to work?'
We'll, of course, great many of these
girls love the life they are liying-.hey
like the excitement of it and they Will
never be satisfied in quiet homes even
though those homes were their own. We
will do our own part in trying TO do for
that kind of girls. But | know a great
number who would be so glad to earn a
respectable living. | think these girls
will, as rule, try to do right If they are
assisted. | am not so afraid OF the girls
but fear we will never find 500 charitable
trial even, if they know they were dive
walters.
Last August met such pretty little
woman working in the dives. | talked to
her little and she implOred me to find
other employment for her. l promised
her | would, but while / was looking
around, pleading with first one family and
then another to only try her, she saw an
advertisement in The CALL and on an
swering it succeeded in getting a good
position with a good family. She was
with them for month or two and they
were delighted with her. One day n gro
ceryman came to the back door and seeing
her instantly recognized her a s a girl who
had worked in dive. Immediately he
went to her employers place of business
and Informed him of her past. She was
promptly discharged. She is in dive now
Yes, many of these girls are willing to
work. The question is not Will they work,
but who will try them. 1t seems to me
country people might be induced to give
tbs Sc poor girls chance. Ii people from
the country or those living in the city who
are willing to employ these girls will ad-
dress the Women's Alliance, 132 Nc
Allister street, we will get the girls to 90
to them"
Mrs. l.. NJ. Carr. president of the San
Francisco district of Women's Home Mis-
sionary Work, and Mrs. keeney, a men,
Der of the Women's Alliance, were seen
by a CALL reporter at 132 McAlisler.
They seemed to hardly know what to
think about all these women who are to be
turned out of employment.
I'VE must do something, that is plain,
but what can we do? There are so many
of them" And these sweet little women
looked ready to cry.
Mrs. Keeney said: II went out yester-
day. and to-day looking for house that
could serve for Il temporary home for
th EN-. but l couldn't find anything cheap
enough and big enough"
"But," said the reporter, you have told
me that most OF these women&have chill
dren or some one dependngWon- them.
What are you going to do with these fam.
lilies if You do find q shelter for the girls
driven out of the dives?"
Really don't know what can be done
with them," and Mrs. keeney looked ap-
pealingly at Mrs. Carr.
Mrs. Carr said: 1--WE have thought of
asking the musicians of San Francisco TO
help us give big concert in the pavilion
or Metropolitan Temple, or any of those
large places whose rent would be donated
to the cause"
You should have seen those poor young
things who came here yesterday" said
Mrs. Keeney, "they were so pretty, and
they looked innocent and sweet. l cannot
believe they have ever done any wrong.
/ felt so sorry for them l have been miser-
able evel, since they were here. The
woman who did most Of the talking said
her name was Mrs. Miner and that she had
been working in the dives six years sup
porting two children and cOnsumptiYe
husband, who had very lately died. She
told me her home was in Berkeley and she
asked me if l would come over and see
her." And this sweet-faced, mOtherly
little woman only looked very sad and not
at all shocked because dive girl had
asked her TO call at her home.