The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02
Weak Wilied WOMAN Bears
Sins of Her Fathers.
Works for Food and Rags for
Legitimate Daughter.
SHELTERED BY LOCAL CHARITY
She Has Never Had Money to
Buy Child a Tiny Ribbon.
Would You Give Her Price OF
Only an Easter Lily!

Surely the God-of-Things- They
Ought-To-Be had nothing to do with
deciding the fate of Susie-of casting
the horoscope OF Susie.
In-the first place long before Susie
had committed any crime against the
law of eugenies, somebody had eaten
sour grapes, and Susie's teeth were
much on edge And Susie, in paying
the penalty for Ancestors crimes,
became herself ready prey for those
who were waiting to commit another
crime against her Susie, weak-wtIled,
soft-hearted and feeble minded, had
one dominant Instinct-the instinct of
motherhood and a desire to be loved,
and that instinct, by the verdict of So
ciety was her curse and undoIng, be-
cause, out of wedlock. it led her to the
Crittenton Home
One can appreciate what sort of life
she had lived by her frank assertion
that she was never so happy nor we'll
cared for in her life as she has been
at the Crittenton Home, because she
has her small daughter to care for
and because she is busy serving others
and because the matron is good to
her
Her Daily Life
This is something of the life she IS
living every day: She cares for her
own child answers the bell. does
chores and errands, carries water from
the foot of the hill to the top where
the house stands, for the household
use, waits upon the other girls and
their babies putting in the hours
cheerfuIIy and willingly serving She
does her work well, and without one
cent of pay She would be hopeless
without the shelter of the home, al
though legally she has more than
stayed her time out, and there is no
provision for her maintenance
The home needs her but has no
money to pay her She and her child
are clothed by gifts of charity, and
| these often prove a thin enough COW
ering- The matron. in speaking of
Susie and her service, said:
IF she could only have even the
smallest wage, but 1 have not one
penny to allow her. If some persons
could arrange it so that she could have
one dollar a month, itHOuId make her
happy, and it would make me happy,
{ tool. ~a-1szzasaa-
Little Girl Is 5
Susie's little girl, now five years old
viii. ike her mother, have to be pro-
tected, not from her own class, the
haIf-witted men she might have to
meet If she should be allowed to go
out to make her living, bue from men
whose superior inteIfects ought to be
her protection. The woman and the
child are in need OF clothing. In all
the five years of the chiId'S life. its
mother has not been able to buy for n
so much as a scrap of ribbon for
adornment nor material for a gar
ment. Let any woman in ordinary
circumstances imagine herself in such
a situation
This community might raise a fund
for this simple minded woman-tl1is
victim of the errors of a past genera
tOu-make it an Easter offering, and
place it in the hands of the treasurer
of the home to be checked out in
small monthly allowances The gift
might also be a thank-offering. an ex-
preston of thankfulness by the givers
that they and theirs are not serving
Ia RTrG six ~
the law of heredity
The price of one Easter lily would
help to provide for a helpless woman
and a helpless child Contributions.
no matter how small, may be sent in
care of the society reporter, State
Journal, who will see that it is placed
with the proper authorities for the use
of Susie and her child.