News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-07-23
The Finding of the Trail

The most important of which are PEG.
pie and through or by them, have come
the manifestation of Gods love in their
hearts to do more than anticipated or ex-
pected for the work to which my life is
consecrated, THE Welfare Union"
Have you fully realized the meaning of
an organization to whica you may belong
and receive the benefits not only for your
family but for the poor in your vicinity ?
| Shall | tell you a series of articles as
opportunity affords and time permits
! some experiences while crossing the con-
| tinent as a Welfare worker?
Leaving Seattle December Is, 1911, my
| first stop was Omaha, Nebraska, where
l found John Gordon, the magazine man,
| who crippled for life by fall. lies in bed
and with revolving desk, table and every
office device, conducts business requir-
ing many girls to do his bidding. His lower
limbs are simply bones with dried flesh
covered with scars of past bed sores, now
healed. They only serve to hold by
weight of bed clothes his body from top
ping over as he moves in bed to attend
to bis business, giving employment to
many poor women and girls, who come
daily to carry out details as he directs.
Through the Sunshine Society, Cynthia
Westover Alden, founder, his condition
many years ago became known and the
magazine business was started, for he
is such a self-respecting fellow, he does
not accept charity. Miracles of Christ's
time are no more marvellous than this
mans achievements. The history of his
life is more pathetic and interesting than
any story ever written. What | learned
from him was worth the trip, but another
phase of suffering and the bright release
from the horrors of the White Slave Mar
ket got from Josie Washburn on Burt
ST., with whom l correspondent.
She heard of my work at the A. Y. P.
E. in Seattle and soon after the Welfare
Unions aims and objects were published.
She sent donation of ten "a 500 books,
1.-THE Underworld Sewer" the story of
her own experiences, covering her life as
a slave and mistress until redeemed.
These books l sold to preachers at the
M. E. Conference in Washington to give
them facts from the standpoint of one
who knew by experience that they might
preach sermons of warning to save their
church members from such lives.
If the inspiration of John Gordon's
not only to keep out of the
Poor House, but to help girls to earn
good living paid, | was enriched beyond
measure by Mrs. Washburn's aims.
She lives in seclusion and is giving her
time to writing all she can to save other
girls from her cruel experiences-all the |
result of ignorance. Her last book, 1.-THE |
Scourge of Civilization, go cents) should |
be read by every person beyond fifteen
years of age.
The Welfare Unions text-"My people
perish for lack of knowledge" is the key
note of its methods TO prevent the traffic
in girls.
DO you, dear readers, wish to hear
more of our work, and how to save the
young girls in your vicinity from life of
shame which fills 10000 graves annually
IF the sweetest young girls who are cap
,ured for the slave markets-the Red
light districts of our large cities? Be
,ome a missionary member by sending
me dollar (s1.O0) to our secretary, Miss
lula A. Wellson, 1926 10th Ave-, Oak-
and, Cal, and get for distribution our
Home Culture" pamphlets on the rear
ng and training of children and what
he girl entering womanhood should
NOW. The "Home Culture" education
5 the kind that counts in preventing the
raffic in girls and all other crimes.
NJ. A. MCKENZIE.
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