Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-05-21
COAMI1TCEMEN'S ANNUAL
Festivities of Young 4
Christian AssociatioF
A PLEASANT SOCIAL GN,-
The Officers EnterE
Ladies' AuxIPs OF
General Secretary Lang'&
Improving the OreanizM us.",nS ,,',','a'
ters Favorablv Receivqi VI "h'o"
Project Not to Exceed "'e7 7


Project Not to Exceed N''ef-7
A project of Generbin Iournd
tpf the ,improvem@ of my fghth
Young Mems CHI ono whb Il
Building was receih was t;Iuebt
at the committsengast gentInman
Tuesday aud a nu hntry bY abid-
were received tow If anybody is
the general secreFgry, gife him
plan ! : to maIwould Yhrow 10
me3r. G the p1hich would taste
on the noa1 COS cosY do not ask what
n was apparel ;tsH sn a,sn,b byieves; 40
jsembled this 7 ,.Ss Wnetn1 that one
mipsd n 70 '1o hrin nnoSsts[ longs fgr. " So in in
lfhs Rev e q n, it ie! understood
{rovod that The eiat ng for food is to be
Eindefinitely ma fyonsegufnty, / was
~ zfdiss fdtfts. - =. .sSN when Same in out Of
&t1e sunshine the other fday, to find a
woman drinking tea, thirstily and
ieating food, ravenousJ. | looked at
her and passed on; then | came back.
There was so-sething In her eyes that
Attracted me. They were festless; they
were rather -ldoking, but they
seemed to havo in item the story of a
eoul. And | wondered what it. was.
AS this woman was under my roof |
could not ask her d question any moro
than | could question Mrs. Millionaire,
4 who took a cup of tes wit'Hme the
~ other afternoon and condeL Tended to
Mike 1t,
THE F0RsAKEN ONE.
Perhaps this weird looking beggar
&was used to reading hearts, don't
IL know. Anyhow, in fow minutes a
" message came to me that she wished
e. Nhsee me, ard went to her. She was
N n he'd, she was dirty, and she appeared
Ere n,she might be any age. We looked
IN pa3ch otser for while, and then she
F. feded have seen you in the Park
kcessa a time" | made no answer, but
4 se Ead at her again closely. Looked
Heir csied To remember The face was
"A meg familiar l seemed to see it
eection French bonnet above it and
! sEood eF parasol behind it, and then
NchieTs.D who my visitor was. A woman
K.'speed tlyo years ago, was known by all
Hhall. York that drove in the Park or
,Cabe ID Fifth avenue, at least by sight.
I first Anewspapers told Of her extrava.
iMck kuces and good women pointed her
III sit to their daughtors-w for?
Drlertainly not, in those DAYS, to point
the moral. But in that silly way peculiar
Md women, and which is, after ALL but
saJoing what woman has 50 often done,
a.lThsrped the province of the serpent
to point out such a woman in
'fo4sr glory, is to say to a young, innocent
GR&ing, See how vice prospers Ny
:shs3sitor laughed when she saw recogni
k1dhn on my face, and then she looked
ativeIrprised, surprised because | didn't
N6lJrn her out surprised because,
Ahowing how much wickedness she
(read wrought, ! did not draw my skirts
Df ron Ina l.
pfr begone. But what right had to |
~ 41dge herr
nofs So | said, "Yes, remember, but l |
YfoIon't understand. I"
MA . gain she laughed, that hard, miser- |
Nq4 ue, God fOrsaken laugh that makes |
fsflomen like you and me wonder what |
3ebngels or demons think of it, il it is |
81 beard either in heaven or hell.
WI Understand 1t is easy enough to |
II jAnnderstand, she answered; 81 ate too |
fnuch, | drank too much, got i'll, and |
WI he people who had claimed to be my
I. Friends we're the first to leave me and |
uE 10 let me seek either the street or the
hospital. Well, have been to both,
"A hnd | drifted here because l was
sIbungry. suppose ought to repent,
ghput somehow, my head hurts too much
II for me to think.
~ / said something to her about helm
o{ng her If | could, about feeling sorry
K For her, about feeling sorry for every
Qoman who was lod into the paths Of
erfin because of her intense though mis-.
srbaken love. Again there came that
'a#wful laugh And she smoke. "You
e&re mistaken; where one woman does
'oesrong for love's sake, there are
thousands who do wrong because they
'0tvant to.
qX Because it IN in them, because they
Fi4ant line clothes, because they want
" " lead lazy lives, and because they are
AFlscontentcd whore they are. Don't
ao{ook 80 horrifled. Three quarters of
oifhe women that go to the bad, do ii
luPecause they want to-becauHe they
? 9een that way--bocause they like vice
uNvith all its attendant. Injuries better
3 fhan they do virtue with its lack of
re8hem. Love has nothing to do with it.
iVpften as not, the life pleases either
pVheir vanity, or else their avarice-and
e4ne greed of women is awful-is salts
t4iod. Years ago men may have been
'fxhe tempters-they are not often nova
'f4nys. Where do such women as come
at4fomf From the country; from tho
aefouptry that the poets write about and
hifbe city people think so innocent. We
le&et to hate the green of the grass, the
'nPlue of the skies. the monotony of the
Httoft auts OnCo ulHCOntenG IS IN LDB |
Atfeart OF woman, once she longs for
sfthoae so-caled good things that please
e1Aer physically, the devil owns her. What
'nHid you see in the country last sum
athler2 mean what did you see in tho
os$aces Of the people, the real country
U@eoplef Either stupid, dogged, stolid
&ntislaction, or badness.
III 1t ia the country that caters to the
cefics OF the city. Women like me come
ahere, claiming that we wart to go into
,lF|lope or factories, hut always before
II (ua there is the hope that we will have
imthe opportunity that we long for, the
to do wrong, when wrong
2c}11aans hne clothes and an inooient life.
, Hitpen now j cannot work. am only
piUt for the hospital and the morgue.
!. Il Touch them to be better? How can
70 fouf Out where l was born and where
ID lived until was l6 years old. WAS
aIauefft what they called religion;
nhFout no al the services of the church,
orfnd whiIe the preacher preached, /
. Hreamed ok the day when | should loll
n4n my carriage. be finely dressed, and
|n4h@ envy Of all other women. Well,
ae1nnt day came. and ! was happy. |
refippuse " is wicked to say that, but
tere is something that is wicleder.
nyfeyer felt sorry until money and lovers
q bad gone from me. and | had no
4. n.II.inftlu ffi 4 ,lnnsf lyno,, th,t 4 ,,,,, |