Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-06-21
The Lighthouse Of Hope; Western
Women and Their Charitable Work
Interesting Article by Lloyd Kenyon Jones in Chi
cago Publication Anent Noble Work Being
Done by the Las Vegas Ladies home.

few women in the world can duplicate
it, because-well, because OF the high
altitude of Las Vegas and the kind
ness of it's women have united in max
ing it an ideal spot for the sufferers
of "the great white plague"
There is always weight and convic-
tion in the tones of a womanss voice,
.and when she setssaside self and talks
only of the brotherhood of the race,
there is something broader and better
than one finds in literature; some
thing more purposeful than the artist
paints on the canvas.
AS Mrs. Lovedale talked of the no
BILE work OF her sisters in the New
Mexican city, the old North Pier,
stretching out over the depths OF
Lake Michigan, with the lighthouse
at it's further end, seemed to illustrate
her description of the oasis the women
of Las Vegas have made for the un-
fortunate without respect to race,
color or religion.
Mrs. Lovedale has labored long and
patiently among all classes OF poor
and fallen in Chicago. Week in and
week out, she visits the boys in the
Cook county Jail. She carries little
presents to them, and her talented
sons and daughters assist their moth
er in her noble work. 1t Is all done
SO quietly, so unassumingly, that the
public of Chicago doesn't know; IL
doesn't understand.
But there is one daughter who Is
not there. Her voice, rich in the mel
ody Of cultured tone, has ceased to be
heard.
j When the dreaded ailment had
made itself manifest in her daughter
Mrs. Lovedale turned to Las Vegas
the star of hope for those whose lungs
have .siven up the fight, and have
Welded to the tubercular germs
During the days of anxious wait
ing and nursing, Mrs. Lovedale became
acquainted with that little band o.
workers who have cared for hundreds
of men and women from all over tn
strangers all.
The work OF the Ladies Relief so
cjety has grown from mere e11or'
TO be of some assistance to the lOca
moor. to a work that now cares fol
nearly two hundred sufferers yearly
Some come from the country place!
simple in faith and creed, believing
in the great goodness OF all tnlngs
and putting themselves trusungiy ln
TO the hands of their benefactors
Others hail from the crime-cursed re
sorts of the great cities-tired beyon'
relief. caring only for comfort, AM
maryeling at the kindness they find
Some are old aged beyond the keel
endowment of life: others are young
filled with hope eternal, believing II
better days. Some are educated, otf
ers ignorant. But all are sufferers
Hand that is all the ladies' want 7
know.
And here in Chicago" said Mrs
I1ovedale. "are men and women Q
! fashion and wealth. In cafes. in the
aires. everywhere, they do not hes
tate spending fifty or hundred do
lars Their Injuries would keep
thousand patients in Las Vegas-bt
they don't know. They have neve
heard of the work the ladies are doin
: there. Nor have our clubs.
II didn't know. either. until m
daughter was taken from me-until
found out something about their eI
! deavors. We went TO private san
, tarium. but soon learned of the littl
) hospital. where the sufferers wer
; being cared for investigated an
: found the ladies hopeful of bette
( quarters. found that they are plai
t ming for large structure moder