San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-16
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Mrs. Charlotte Smith, President
OF the Woman's rescue League, oil
Boston, has been rubbing 1t in on
Commissioner Grant OF New York,
with reference to the thousands OF
women of the demi monde whom II
is the boast OF the Commissioner
have been run out of their houses
in New York. The scope Of Mrs.
Smiths enquiries can best be seen
from the following;
What has become of the 10000
or more professional courtesans
who have been turned out of dis
orderly houses within the past
year as an incident of the reform
movement in New York~ What
are our political Christians doing
for them? What percentage OF
these unfortunstes have been re-
claimed and where are the others?
What have the churches done?
They have done practically moth
ing. These women, poor creatures,
are all out in the street, worse off
than before, and society is no bet
ter off than before they took to the
street.
Before Commissioners Grant could
recover his breath from these en-
quiries Mrs. Smith fired at him a
string Of arguments to show that
the only solution OF the evil lies in
its official federation and regula-
ton. She asked that these women
be taken off the streets, to which
they have been forced, and colo
nized and licensed, and she secured
from Commissioner Grant the
promise that the matter should be
considered in full board meeting.
There is no end of courage in the
breast of the woman who will so
far overstep the prejudice Of her
own sex as to recognize the
truth of the situation and so
fearlessly meet it. Every ira
dition Of her sisterhood and near
ly every feeling that they
possess is in direct opposition to
the course outlined by this woman.
That she Is correct in her conclu-
,ions as to the remedy does not
admit of doubt. Boston is to be
on having a woman
If such breadth, penetration and
courage at the head Of her
'Woman's Rescue League" 1t
would be interesting to call the
roll of the reformers of Gotham
and see how many of them dare
ACE the situation as presented
by Mrs. Smith. That nothing Is
lone to aid the thousands driven
rom their homes out upon the
to ply as best they can
their vocation there, is only too
The indecency and publ
city of this latter course as COM
pared with the old condi-
tions need not be dwelt
upon. Men, the men who
regulate New York, are re-
sponsible for the condition Of
thousands Of the unfortunate
women whom this reform" has
turned out on the streets. No pro-
vision has been made for them.
What is there to be done by them
but to turn the streets into chan
nels for the only means of liveli-
hood that they possess? 1t is time
that the Christians of New York
were opening their eyes to the con-
sequence of their extreme spasm
of reform and reforming some of
their own work. No more inhu-
man thing than this turning out
of 10000 women on the streets to
starve has been done in this age.
Spain concludes to pay that
Mora claim in one lump next
month, but without interest. She
will come back at Uncle Sam some
Of these days for aiding the Cuban
rebellion.
The hot and excessively dry
weather OF the past week has not
improved corn conditions in many
of the leading corn growing states.
Still, the prospects Of an immense
yield hold good.
Those eastern saints who a while