The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-07
MAGDALEN SOCIETY.
OBJECT, AMONG OTHER THINGS, TO
LOCALIEE HI SOCIAL EVIL.

Also 70 PORN n Sort or club ana Benent society
In which uaednIcns shall Have monbcr-
uh,p Rights and ne Regarded ms Human
-Trndesmcn Are Expected to Subscribe.
Harry @. Parke OF 7o5 Sixth avenue, a youth
with an i~ncipicnt mustache and a bicycle cap, u
tho mouthpieco up to date Of n Society for the
suppression of vice in the ana mas
of Greater New York, to take such measures as
will protect tho young and unsuspectinR from
the faint and wiles OF immoral and lcwd women
scattered everywhere in this Greater Nc"
York. Invitationsw were sent out to thirtyiour
persons to meet in II parlor of Lyric Hall, In Sixth
avenue. near Forty-second street, on thursday
night and organize the society and agree on a
plan and scope. Harry said the invitations were
sent TO representative business mon, bankers,
doctors. Il lawyers, and merchants. Ho also says
hat fourteen responded, and that the society
was formed. A letter was received from Mics
Lnyinia H.. Dempsey Of the st. Cloud Hotel.
nuthoross OF the ballad about Capt. Chapmans
whiskers, stating that she was obliged to attend
the convention Of the Now Holland DANES In
Washington. of which she is Queen. but that
she wanted to become u member of the new
society.
Harry. MS tho only member Of tho Shield OF
Mercy Mutual Aid and Reform Association
who has talked about its formation and objects
for publication, IL the possessor OF wciBhty
secrets. He declines just at present to tell who
tho leaders in tho movement are. declaring that
nc is ,njoincd to secrecy. At the next meeting,
however, there is to be an election, and tho cain
didatcs arc a clergyman and n business man.
hdential aRcnt-a woman, who was q LoNoW
wi!p Ms q, ~. - ,oto nm the work Of Or. Park.
hurst said Harry. Instead Of purifying tho
city. rs he set out to do. he only caused disaster
and scattered these immoral women through
tonomonts and flats. The Clergyman. who Is
one OF our conspicuous members, Is 2 man OF OK.
psp,%Me shi IN F Hs has TSS sen ana All ovur he "mSorIi
and ~ an acute observer of social conditions.
After we get the society started We are going 10
hold u mass meeting OF citizens OF all classes IN
Madison Square Garden and ascertain II pos
eibc the sentiment. of the public on TINS
or prohibit the vice so much as to license or
localize 1t. or provide some plan that will keep
OF PsspectNbio citizens. We will also cndeayor
to provide institutions for the ouLcasts when
w Which nG Ihe sSV e"n en- enter erS without having the sense
of being intruders or criminals. we VIII also
strive TO relieve, those persons from the hound
ing and, persecution TO which they are now suo-
Harry produced a letter from an unnamed
member OF the society. which will DO sent out as
an appeal to the public. The letter says in part:
Our aim IL to form q league wherein money
case of sickness. trouble or persecution by the
law and its officials; TO see that they nave a
the Mngdnlcn has had to bear the brunt of per
secution in all matters of reform, and to-day, in
q court OF Justice. sh" stands Gomv,e'eH ,w w @es
forced in most cases. against dishonest officials.
while that testimony was, OF vast inheritance
and did "a great deal toward helping 10 rid TINS
great city of "A number OF its corrupted officials.
We also wish your, aid In helping
women who become III and decrepit. or any who
nay wish to change their EI0, !e o., 3; li ,raai a rntoE ng,
wave h 5 ~agitatcd our city thousands OF women
have been driven hither and thithcr TO fall SICK,
lsnRuish and die among s,ranEers' ana reiI lives !
tlntil the resurrcgtion) the true cause OF
, h Long long silence, ,hsIr ,n, NOR the ses lGnsiy pI sr9t
There arc scores Of Missionaries and reform.
ers who are doing their best to convert and
save the Magdalen in a spiritual sense. But
there are no places where she can or does re-
ceive practical aid. Tnis must come from our
She has enriched in il lines OF trade. She must
have u place where she can 10 by right OF men,
ever open to recsive her, whore she sees and
feels that all are interested in her welfare. both
paymsnt f from s% Ihose who sn nnde nqsas f her na.
ture. Then only will there be evidence OF her
true reformation.
itself into bodies whose object has been to look
after the welfare OF it's members; to-day we
well as men. and there Is a project on foot 70
provide a hospital FOR sick plants. All are cared
change OF heart. or. like In the days OF miracles,
become clctnsed OF her iniquities through faith:
then. and NOT until then, Is she Sonsi tered eligible
to practical help from the Christian standpoint;
but as she tho Magdalen) sees and knows the
actual side of, humanity and receives persecu.
ton instead OF protection from the very source
that ia detailed TO care for tho citizens welfare,
II is hardly to DO expected that many wonderful
changes will take place in her rank until her
good faith iR restored. Nomatter whore
one may be nor whatever hcr condition, she. be-
in; a member of the society. shall receive prac-
teal assistance to reform and aid in trouble and
sickness; and II she SO desires, will be restored
to her home and loved ones.
.The Maudal.n has never been n burden Mnon
the city. and to-day is one of the greatest sources
OF revenue TO all classes OF industry wherever
she may exist; hence all should give her a help
ing hand Mt this time. There is not a hotel nor
a srloon keeper who should refuse to aid her in
this great cause, for not 2 small amount OF his
revenue comes through tho Magdalen.
I'm conclusion we ask your hearty co-opera-
ton in securing loCalizRtion for her whore she
may exist, away from the manifold prosecutions
which beset her on ovcry hand"
ELIZABETH TEDER'S ESTATE.