The Washington times., 1914-03-10

her quiet was work and she begged
She spoke q dialect Ittic known
and no court reporter could could inter- inter,
she was charged. She was IKE wild
At last by crossing my hands in
an attitude OF prayer and looking
up to heaven. ! made her under
stand that I was her friend and
derstood this she fell on her knees,
gathering my skirts In her hands
and covering them with kisses
Never have / seen such q change.
went to a prosecuting attorney
and got him to give me the girl on
restaurant where she mad her first
meal in five days. and where We
found some one who could speak
her language.
When she heard the fate Of her lit
tie baby. 1t was pitiful to hear her
weep and call on God to forgive her.
reading Of a newspaper article. that
g,rl would today be languIshing In
q prison while the william who was
the cause of all her trouble would
be at large to continue his work OF
evil.
A Case In Washington.
But We need not go to New York
or Cleveland to ind Just as pathetic
cases. They arc to be found In our
own Capital City and many Of them
are ministered to by the Florence
Crittenton Home. A few years aGo
q young woman belonging to this
class got OF the train at the Union
Station with q baby In her arms.
She escaped the notice Of the dea-
Coness hut a man, who had noticed
her In the train and feis that some
thing was wrong. notified Us.
We found her sitting in = corner
Of the woman's waiting room. with
the baby In her aims. She just came
out OF lyinG-in hospital in Balti-
more, and they told her she did not
belong to that city and must 90
home. She had no home and. a.
which her money would carry her,
she came here. We brought her to
the home and In q few hours her
baby died.
Although she was dreadfuny dis
tressed. as she had been with us
no doctor. We had to have an in
quest Of the baby's death. When
the Coroner came. I shall never
forget the sight
There sat the mother weeping over
the death Of her first born. and In.
stead Of having the comfort Of
gentle ministratpns. she was being
questioned to show where she came
from and if'she was guilty Of hav-
ing caused the baby's death. The
verdict was that the baby had died
from malnutrition-starved to death.
The mothers milk. weakened and
poisoned ydth by the grief nt and ,se tSs
baby to drink.
Whose the Responsibility.
The very fountain Of the baby's
life poisoned. Who poisoned the
baby7 Who starved the baby?
Was 1t that girl mother who would
have laid down her life for the
child, OF was it you and I who had
made possible such q social order?
never read in the papers Of a
mother committing such crimes that
1 do not write and offer to help
I will take such a one into my own
home at any time Of the day or
night, for II there Is any one In the
world to whom I owe q debt It Is to
one VINO mas perpetudteo INC rae a.
such a frightful cost-has responded
to the call of nature at such a fright
full cost.
would make a comfortable place
for a cat with kittens or a dog with
its young. and would see that they
had proper care.
Wien my own sister Is denied such
care. shall not blame myself for It
and try in every way possible to
u.ake up to her for the sin that has
been committed against her?
But I could fill a book with such