Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-12

Mrs. Kate Walker Barrett. national
secretary and organizer of the women's
rescue work, spoke yesterday afternoon
to an audience in the Opera House in
behalf Of the work in this city and of
her twenty years experience in rescu-
ing fallen women. The meeting was
held under the auspices of the local as
ISOLATION. Before Mrs. Barretts adj
dress, the audience Joined in singing a
hymn. Rev. ]. H. Littell offered a
prayer, and Mrs. A. H. Sisson sang a
very touching solo, Cast thy bread upon
the waters"
Mr.. Charles S. Morton, a worker in
the movement who came TO Wheeling
with Mrs. Barrett to make plea for the
success of the home institution, took
charge of the meeting. Miss McFetus,
the matron OF the Rescue Home of
Wheeling, made a brief repoC- of the
work that had been done by the home
here within the last eighteen months.
She reported that there had been over
fifty girls in the home within that time,
and that many of them were now living
| pure Christian lives. Some Of these
had been the worst characters in the
city, and one who was apparently be-
yond all redemption had been redeemed
by the love of Jesus.
The matron said she had never in all
her experience met one who was IN the
Life because she wanted to be, but be-
cause she had dropped to it and could
not get out. Many of those who had
been rescued from places of sin and
cared for, had returned TO their homes,
and were now living pure and sinless
lives.
Mrs. Barrett made a deeply impress
sive talk. She is a very intelligent, UNI
assuming woman, and speaks with an
earnestness of one absorbed in her
work and knows that 1t has been fruit
/ full Of good results. She related touch
ing incident in her lie twenty years
ago. which had induced her to enter
upon The work Of rescuing perishing
women. She said that having spent the
best years of her life in visiting haunts
=
! Europe. and having been along all the
paths of reformation, she knew that
there was one way and only one way TO
reach these fallen women, and that was
! by the love OF the Lord Jesus Christ.
This class was termed as the white
slaves of America, and that this slavery
knows no North, no South, nor Mason
/ and Dixon's line, a slavery that knows
no alien race. 1t is more terrible than
the negro slavery, for the negro had
| few rights in the eyes Of the law, put
the white slave has none. The Supreme
Court OF Missouri has said that a life OF
immortality does not permit woman
IN testify in the courts, but men who
! live lives of immortality are not disquali-
| fed
Mrs. Barrett strongly condemned inc
practice of the police in arresCng street
walkers. claiming that it only sent them
faster on the downward road and re-
suited in making them hardened GRIM
mails.
Mrs Barrett was rough on the men,
declaring that the great cause OF I'M
morality was due to the unhoy passions
n: men There is only one way TO check
this evil. and that by The power OF
Tesns The advocate of necessary evils
was strongly criticized.
The sneaker stated that there were
nearly three thousand girls in rescue
homes in this country, and while the
managers had to deaf with many con-
trodictorv and weak characters, yet the
work was not only moral Dut d pIac7
tical work. The girls could De caIeu
for with less expense IN rescue HOilleS
than in the iai,s and warehouses. ana
instead of turning them out harueheu
choracters they leave to earn honest I'VE
Ihoods and in many cases are saVeu anu
redeemed in Jesus Christ.
She said Il was the duty OF all cltles
and all people to encourage the WORK
and assist il financially. Atlanta con-
t,ibutee 5000 annually 10 the support OF
tho home IN that city. Mrs. Barrett
Needed with her hearers to make re"
rac~ifces and instead of spending
roonov foolishly to satisfy mere personal
vanity. to put it where II VIII s"'n''
many crowns to the glVer. -
Mr.. Morton followed MIS- baiIel' IN 80
q brief history OF what Is known a. eho
F1orence Crittenden Work. 1t was a
n'~-ement started eight years ago ny
NJ [-ittenden in New York City IN , tne
offor> ~ save women who were ieaolhs
sinfnl lives. Since that time t i,5
t T,lree rescue homes had been established
in the country from New York 10 o San
Tranclsco. Mrs. Crittenden was sne
onIv large supporter Of the WORK, ou'
the movement had assumed such mag 3
nitude that it had gone Deyohu w. ,il
hounds b1,n Of his income. He requested me
audience FOR contributions Tor tne III
et %t' in this city, and several re-
snonded generously. ,....os
Sp Trs barrett will deliver i|o lectures f,res
to-day at the Opera House lec.uI L
~ ~ w ', only at four o'clock tbs 2iteT Tier
r ~ and to men only at cignt o c.g g,S
his Ms evening. Mrs. Barrett is splG ,.I
SaIker and should be greeted by large
audiences.
REV. DIR. sOON.
r,o So,r Pastor of Fourth street
HE FIRST Sermons