Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-03-03
Cruelty 20 Chiiarea.

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How appalling and horrible are the
tales Of the cruel treatment Of children
by women which almost every week
brings TO the light Of dayi Words can
express thought to its height or its depth,
but under the emotions of fierce indiz-
nation and shuddering horror aroused
by abominable outrages ON the helpless
feebleness OF infancy words fail to AZ.
ford expression. and one longs for the
dumb vent Of the pillory or the crude
eloquence of tar and feathers. Think
Of what little child of three years Ia;
think Of its timidity. Of its pliability to
the guiding mind. Of its affectionate.
ness, OF its ignorance, or its absolute de-
pendence and incapability OF self de-
fense or even protest, and then seek in
vain in our law as 1t stands a penalty
meet for the woman who takes such q
little creature and shuts 1t in q dark
cupboard, pinions, 1t mp there TO hook
In constrained position and leaves Ii
without ray Of light, bite OF food, Q
word Of companionship, In cold, fear
and silence, unlocked Mt for full three
hours.
Many . tender woman who never saw
IL has cried for that child--not for its
death, He gathers the lambs to his
bosom" and il rests in peace--but for
its awful dying hours; and yet its own
mother, she but for whom IL would not
have had a sentiment, suffering exist
ence at all. owns that she did the thing
without pity. ana its goyerness '.consid-
cred her responsibility at an end when
the mother was there"--and these also
are women.
One OF the worst features OF many Of
these shocking cases is the silence and
indifference of the lockers on. Persons
who might be supposed 10 be ordinarily
pitiful and tender will see the daily III
usage OF children without word OF
remonssrance or . movement Of inter
ference
This supine attitude, never excusable,
10 less so now than ever, since the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty TO Children
exists to step Ina and take up the practical
task OF preventing. by warning first and
by process Of law II needful, the contin-
uance Of outrages. In many towns there
~ now branch Of this association, and
the movement Of pity for childhood
caused In Us by such painful and heart
rending records. as we TOO often are con-
demned TO read. may well be expended |
In aiding the local branch In our own |
neighborhood or the parent association |
with funds 70 carry ON its work.--Mrs. |
Fenwick Miller In London Illustrated |
News.
xrsnsied wamen ~ tfss Poils In Eeaaa.r.
In but few other provinces has more |
enthusiasm been exhibited In the exer-
rise Of electoral rights than in this az /
Leon NOT alone have the men disputed |
the triumph. but the women In Sara
quisili have also proclaimed q revolution
mot against the government OF senior |
Elonsa, but against their respective hus-
banda On Sunday the Clericals were
gaining, but on the following day, Mon
day, II was evident that the Liberals |
we're going 70 taks their revenge. A |
run1nx was circulated that the parish |
priest would be assassinafed on election |
day b. the enemies of religion, who are |
known an Tao constituents OF DIR. Lnis
cordaro, elected On Jan. ~ e. president /
e Ecaador. 70 suecssd General Antonio
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