New-York tribune., 1903-03-02

The students Of vassar College have already
raised 1900 the $4,000 required for novel en-
terprise they about to set ahoat in connection
with the college. This is nothing more nor less
than clubhouse for the maids employed in the
college They intend to make the club self-sup-
porting and main features it is to be like any
other working girls club. Glasses which already
have been started among the maids by the students
will continued; instruction in whatever subjects
nH onde SeO eachRs viii be engaged classrooms on
the second floor and a paT1or. reading room and
The scen- Of a brave woman's work not hun
dred wears ago is being leveled to the ground, but
the transformation she effected in the condition OF
thousands of her sex held in captivity will live
forever in the memory Of the English speaking
race. In 1914 the prison Of Newgate was hrst Vis-
tied by Mrs. Elizabeth Fry. Up to that time the
state of the female prisoners was dreadful Idle.
abandoned, riotous and drunken, they were herded
together indiscrtmnately the only distinction be-
ing between the tried and the untried The change
effected by Mrs. Fry and her helpers was rapid
and remarkable. The most degraded of the women
showed the effect OF the teachings; the worst be
came orderly. quiet and industrious, and al! grew
others sat knitting with the kindly visitors; Two
of the pTs69e xtS eP dPe handE 1iy such as
knitting spinning and PATCHWORK. was SOLO Lor
proceeds against their coming out again Schools
were started. both for the women and the children:
of work, not one was stolen Many OF the women
served good characters as servants or in their
homes after leaving Newgate. and those who, re
start again repaid by weekly instalmerlts with
BY auc5io4 of the principal fittings other relics
OF NeWgate Prison took place The degree OF IN
of the Newgate, which for a thousand years had
been place of captivity; may De eathe'ea me r 1rG t
nubIit trod the dark forbidding corridors and
fi59Pus stream To this time the door Of the old
debtors prison has been known as Ms; d-as FITS
as rehc Of the days when the woman .Il pnI!an,
into clean. whitewashed room
Before these days Of delightfully."- written and
widely distributed descriptions of passing events.
conversation was regarded as an artistic
pIishment. and valued great deal more highly
than il is at present" said matron- We hear
so many curious facts. see so much more OF
the world than coach-ravellfng ancestors. that
the spirit of astonishment is easily conjured
than of old when the sciences had destroyed fewer
of our illusions and mankind less analytical
Crispness. concseness and hum9r 6 are t9e mos h
pensabIe ingredients OF the oisn ofteTed 10 lhe
jaded mental appetites OF the old ana young OF
be considered quite as necessary girl whose
mind is expanding in the hotholse OF @ her nltIe @
nSG9r modern aneuages The Chief dicuty apart
from the girl hesrscIf would be to find teacher
competent make the study both profitable and
interesting But the cause Is well worth strCg-
cultivation Some people are born with a turn
Ior conEersauon: IL comes oS ,betc nbrase
when occasion calls for II; others have the airy
reserve thawtng. contagious laugh. These are
gifts of the favored few. but we are all endowed
with faculty Of intelligtble speech and it be-
hooves TO regard the making the utmost of it
not as frivolity, but a duty to our social
neighbors-
''Vagabondage is state which prominent
bishop recently took occasion to recommend as q
saIutary corrective the 3eadsning influence or
the routine life people more or less likely TO
fall into" said a man yesterday. This counsel
has not the episcopal rIng one would expect from
sach source but. happily. THE public mind has
broadened. and what would once have shocked and
scandaIized does longer. for II has been
found that the best and wisest ecclesiastics are
those who bid people steer clear Of grooves II
We do not the rush and tear and pressure OF Ire
in our great cities become unbearabie. To most
of those who bear the stress Of high pressure Ire
there come times when We long to break loose
from the shackles of routine 1t Is this tendency
toward the spirit Of vagaboncaSe that has made
the AnRlo-Eaxon the greatest colonsts IN
the world and the most indefatigable Of tourists.
Our fads-the devotion to ping pong. the passion
for bridge the recent craze for cycling. not TO
mention the present outbreak Of auton1obiltsn-ali
proceeded from the desire to break away
from the sameness and the monotony OF life. 1t
is this same ouickenng tnpulse within US that
makes us give welcome IN SO many strangers VINO
come within our gates, that gives us our love or
Independence and a desire TO be up and doing,
hewing out paths in all directions OF hfe