Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 201, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1915 — Mrs. Mary E. Rockhold In Important Rescue Work. [ARTICLE]

Mrs. Mary E. Rockhold In Important Rescue Work.

Mrs. Mary E. Rockhold, sister of Mrs. Louie Ramp and Mrs. Ralph Donnelly, is identified with an important rescue work in Chicago known as the New Future Association, the object of which is to rescue women from lives of sin and crime and start them on the road to honest living and secure for them employment away from temptation. It is non-sectarian and no special religion is allowed to be taught but where the persons who come under its influence given every moral and material aid to enable them to get a new start in life. In a brief letter from Mrs. Rockhold to The Republican she writes': "Encouraged by the success of the aPrting of the Ways Home, which cares for men upon their release from jails and prisons, the News Future Asgociaton aims to make good women of those who have slipped and fallen either through ignorance or weakness. An average of five girls are released from the House of Correction, commonly called the Bridewell, every day, with only 5 cents car fare. Igo to the Bridewell every day for girls. This morning I brought a woman home who had been in the Bridewell six months for drunkenness. Most of the women have been in either for drunkenness or because they are dope fiends. It is pitiable to hear the stories some have to tell and I am glad that I aifi able in my small way to help these poor and often misguided sinners back to the right road.”