The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-17

please she snid, FOR II you don't. she'll bo
sent to the Island for six months, she's been
put mp so often
and when We opened the door the old womniA
was standing on the corner OF the block talking
70 n poll ,1mnn. The girl thought that she had
been arrested. ana began 10 scream, MY poor
old mother They've, got ,herl They've got
having a friendly hat With the officer. and.
although she was stupidity drunk. she seemed
to realize that she was on, her good behavior,
and kept perfectly quiet oil through the night.
She came back every night until the shelter
closed; and never ghye any, more trouble. since
home for her. and that shc can't sos enough
about her mothers escape from the Leland.
last sunday as, ! was going up 10 ncaa.
nble nd woman who came to us ever n'gItt:
She WINS sitting on n stoop sound asleep. ny
reused her She told Inc she had slept IN tho
streets every night since the, shelter bad closed,
80 sleepy. BY that time she was asleep again,
utterly worn, out, and couldn't get nnother
word out OF her.
''The worst part Of Il all is that her son called
hero u day or two later and asked for her.
We told. him that slc hadn't been here for sew.
closed temporarily. The fellow said:
,r ~rpY0r ole Ieo mqi &c | d on h&yg no w m9p psy
an / comc here to dfiyId5 now -" "s
81 couldn't tell lin where to find her. We
mis-; our people very much 81; They = are poor aS9
mothers and somebody must care for them"
Brigadlcr Brown Is nj the head of tho Stun and
rescue work IN the Army, and no branch OF her
department interests her more at present than
the Oman Shelter.
ITS their souls that we are after" she said
earnestly. and tn reach them we must first
care II little for their neglected bodies. We
want to teach these women that the material
things OF this life are as nothing compared tn
the Possibilities Of the hereafter, and we want
TO make them feel that not only wo love them
but that the Almighty Father cares for them.
There seems to have been some misunder-
standing about the fec of ten cents charged for
lodging. This was really for the food, aud not
for the beds. and many II woman has slept
there who did not have even that small sum.
Then, too, experience has taught us that this
slight charge prevents dcmurali2ing effects
that often arise from pure charity. II makes
the women self-respcctlng; IL lifts them ny.
They feel That they pay for what they yet. and
that they help to support the institution. and
~. re- ore that It belongs to them. No extra
charge is made for babies, and u woman who
pays for n bed can bring MS many children as
knows that n mother with babies isn't accom-
modated AT many places, even If she has the
price of a nights lodging. y good many wo-
men who work say that they are very glad to
patroniZe the shelter. and some of them Say
that they intend to contribute their mite to its
best features Of the shelter is the clothing that
we sell to the inmates. Thev are secondhand
garments contributed to headquarters, and
we sell them from two to ten cents 1 garment,
fine the material. When we are able to fit up
the whole building. we can accommodate sew
and from the way the shelter has
started OFT, IL Is hard to say whether this will
satisfy the demand or not. | wish we had
room for every soul sick woman who has no
one to care for her. and who. IL she ever knew,
has forgotten the meaning of tho word home.
God bless 'em, every one