Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-03
mrs. MU|RHEAD
URGES RESCUE
HOME FOR CITY
IN ADDRESS TO WOMEN IN TAB.
ERNAcLE SUNDAYS ASSISTANT
ARoUsEs INTEREST IN MOVE.
MENT FOR FALLEN GIRLS.
c ON Y E r SION S
Total announced previously. 1923
Monday evening (women). rs
Total to date. 1904

Ctal 10 Gate. ,SU4
Arousing her vast audience to the
realization that nothing could be ac-
complished toward remedying the
social evil OF Ottumwa until q rescue
home was established, Mrs. Muir
head last evening when calling for
an expression of how Ottumwa woman
felt toward it. received the unanimous
standing sentiment of the 1000 pres
ent in the tabernacle. She then went
about telling how this haven for fall
len women could be established, and
urged ner hearers to form an army for
Christianity. to work for the glory of
God and TO lend their moral and finan-
cial support to the work of rescuing
those unfortunate women who have
fallen and lost their virtue. The i'm
passioned plea of the speaker was
made more effective when she an
nounced that a dollar from each one
standing would run rescue home
for year. The audience was advised
to use their influence in the coming
spring election, and the fruits would
be the tabooing of saloons and houses
of i'll fame.
Long before the hour Of the meet
ing for women only, last evening in
the tabernacle, fiocks of Ottumwa
women, girls and mothers began to
pour into the huge building When
the speaker began her address, fully
1000 were present. The middle sec
ton of the tabernacle was reserved
for girls VINO work in the factories, in
10 i,,t he Sfn RI in
and that these girls are interested in
the movement, was admirably attest
ed by their attendance A large part
of the address was given over to the
relating Of her lifes history, and
pathos and sympathy mingled with the
interest and enthusiasm that prevailed
during the entire evening. 76 women
land girls responded to Mrs Muirhead's
plea for those who desired to live an
out-and-out Christian life. and came
forward.
Her own LIES history and the
manner in which the recitation of her
childhood and young woman hood was
received. stamped Mrs. Muirhead as
remarkable woman. She was raised in
wealthy home: has been college
tective and now, after experiencing
life from many standpoints, is better
satisfied than ever before After her
conversion, she worked in an Office
for Sc per week and inside of five
years by application to her duties adj
vanced herself to a position at which
she was paid $1,000 year. She left
this position to enter the evangelist
field and has since been actively en-
gagged in revival work. Being at one
time working girl. Mrs. Muirnead
is particularly cognizant of them, and
with reference to those who work
daily for livelihood, she remarked,
Don't you girls say you can't work
for SIS a week and keep your virtue.
know you can, for did it. With
reference to q woman's power she
said. "One bad woman can damn a
hundred men. but one true sanity
woman can take them by the hand and
lead them into the glory of heaven
Men love pure woman"
The sum of $3.50 was realized in the
collection, and as this sum Is the
only remuneration received by Mrs.
Muirhead while here, she expressed
herself as very grateful for the Of
fering. That both Mrs Muirhead and
Miss Miller appreciated the magnifi-
cent audience last night, was made
known by these two women when
they remarked that never before in
the history of their evangelstic work,
had they talked to such large and
| appreciative audience.
Urges Women to Work.
Mrs. Muirhead began the address
of the evening with an urgent pleas for
women to get out and work at the
coming spring election with the view
to lettering the conditions. She said:
IF every woman sitting here before
me, were out and out for God, there
would not be a single saloon or o
! single house of i'll fame in Ottumwa
You women say that we have nothing
TO do with that, for it is decided by
the elections, but you women are 3
factor in politics. A man is more
afraid Of a woman in politics than any
thing else. Adam said. "A woman
| tempted me and | FELL So we are the
stronger of the two. Nearly every
woman can influence at least one
vote. So next spring when the time
for election comes around, want you
women to get out and do some cleo
! pioneering for Jesus Christ Woman
sphere is to rule man"
In making plea for The establish
4 ment OF rescue home in Ottumwa,
Mrs. Muirhead dwelt at length on the
needs of such an institution for this
city. She said:
There are Two square miles in
Chicago where you cannot find j
single decent house. There are six
thousand fallen women III those two
square miles. am told that there
are three hundred of these women in
Ottumwa. How can | go to them and
work with them to change theil
| lives? What have | got TO offer them