The sun., 1894-03-04
TAKING GREAT LIBERTIES.
zN ODD war or GETTING HELP ron
BROOKLTN CHIRITE


Phiisnthropi.ts who Arsse that No o..
Can Be sure or His Dsushter's snfsty,
Therefore All should A'd ths FaIisn.
The househoiders Of the city Of BROOKLYN ar.
now being canvassed for aid for well-estab-
lishod and doubtless worthy charity By means
OF circulars. panphlets. and subscription
blanks This tsslFthich should be . gracious
one. has fallen into the hands OF persons as
tonishinRiy devoid OF sensibility and wanting
10 taste. Whoever they are. they have suc~
ceeded in throwing a bombshell into thou
sands Of respectable homes and In arousina
such indignation as the readers OF The suS
can lest measure in their own minds when
they read this literature for themselves. Be-
cause the institution for which aid is asked 10
designed 10 succor women in distress. the
circular seeks to arouse the keen personal in
terest of each parent by warning him or her
that, however " safe" the daughters in each
house may seem, nevertheless they may yet
become depraved and wild and waywaEd"--
in fact borrowing q phrase which the most
erotic writers of the time have rendered dis
gustlnR tho parents are ASKED what they will
do II their girls q" love not wisely but too we'll"
Here is the exact language OF this pamphlet
which is sent under cover in the name OF char
ity broadcast into the homes OF Brooklyn:
YOUR DAUsHTER-
seem as II your child could meet an untowstd fate.
Yet II she is wild aud wayward. 10 your heart ready 70
forgive her the worsti II she loves not wisely
but too ve' will you care for her when she has been
thrown aside a. worthless toyf when. widowed and
psnniess she would return to your door the sufferer
from hsa sadstronE and nLadvised marriage. win you
admit her to your devastated home again to receive
your bounty as before she Iett youi
God grant you may Do not turn away your own
nesh and blood, you hope for your own sdmttsnc.
to your Fathers home. after your lfetmes mistakes
and sins
The ruin OF young girls having been dis
cussed In this free and philosophical way
thing quite likely 10 happen in tho home OF
the mother who receives the circular. the
writer next thrusts tpon her attention tho
other alternative in the life Of her daughter-A
and unhappy marriage The cir-
culsr then goes on to state that for girls who
become worthless toys but who have no dsvss-
tated homo to which to return. the institution
in question has been established. There. the
writer continues. under the heading Your
such girls may learn that one
sin is not to be q lifelong curse; that she need
not 20 to yet lower degradation. but can be
lifted up to take equal place with the man who
has been her .undoing: that she has sinned
no no more % thai. than he a. apd is entitled to respso.
some pnre young daughter Of the reader has
died proceed: to ,9 SSnure ju Nth that death
as means OF Rottlne ala ior the outcasts ana
tion cd as 70 whether there is . daughter that
his heart has yearned for that has never
sSe name of III: asa eSid 1'e 70 eon.idss e1 ,he
elaine OF those who have dissraced or dsvss-
tsted their homes The appeal ends. as Y be.
nice folks Of Brooklyn who receive the circu-
In5. I,a. may yet stand q need oi such a inst,a
,,hoSinf even less regard for xtsmmsI than
may como when one you would he'll D and could Il
sSe mo and want Of care 6eosuss We are not.
90 s n % or out Ss th!s sssyTm
wives. = yet the dominsnt. tone Of the circular
fRse Pssiins, % tS. @ sspiess S WSs
nat his dauehter e LIKELY 70 bring dissrsSs
he writer % procesds % to d.s! with the % Worf pso-
pie about the building with . sweep Of the pen
sSs ..ns p ss :sh: as ssS
"Within the. doors Of the tinstitutionl'" he
iossn yesrs the % oooklns W.s done 'S ~ one Who
,ad come to receiye our care. There she re-
Ss Hs sS
.ervioe. anything about the house. IL done by
Eomen who have come % US not knowing
,ast and they fecsiys % small wages ~ as 3 well ss
rom temptation and danger within our walls"
reatsd not only to precspt but to example. also,
y way Of shatterinE the security OF mind
Welfare Of the daughters who form 10 part part Of the
little circle at home. The examples take the
orm Of little stories like these. The names OF
york were withheld. but In these stories the
writer's task as thorough as possible: