They have also a refuge like that of the Home which, the ladies of New York have provided, through which members of the most unjustly treated class of society may return to peace and usefulness.

There are institutions of the kind in Paris, but too formal,--and the treatment shows ignorance of human nature.

I see nothing that shows so enlightened a spirit as the Home, a little germ of good which I hope flourishes and finds active aid in the community.
I have collected many facts with regard to this suffering class of women, both in England and in France.

I have seen them under the thin veil of gayety, and in the horrible tatters of utter degradation.

I have seen the feelings of men with regard to their condition, and the general heartlessness in women of more favored and protected lives, which I can only ascribe to utter ignorance of the facts.