The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-09-19
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In the Eastern States there are two cities
pre,entipg the most striking contrast be-
tween two different aspects oI thought and
lie. Oae Is New York, the other Phiia-
LrIpkia. Oae l. Cosmopolitan, the other
provincial One e1eTys a great iDhaence
upon every pa 'se OF national lie; the 9th
tr is impotent beyond her own narrow bSr-
der.. One is progressive ard large hearted,
the other il retrograde aud liable in the
most extraordinary degree 10 the impres
siOns which Offend against pet prejutlces
aud the bigo,ry Of a Darrow religious and
secular schoolcraft, which has inherited all
the sins and eschewei all the virtues OF lis
founders. IL is 20 Use to argue the question
Patience itself ceases to be virtue when
humanity rebels, shuaderins against the
miserable exclusiven.sS which would
s.,k 10 drive in period Of national
c iiaa.!iy even Charity from her holly
ui.i,e. But these are simply
the facts as reported from Philadelphia
itself
\ committee was formed for the relief OF
he sufferers in the South, composed, as the
local reporters say, OF some oil the most
recruitment merchants and business men
The presiding officer was a certain Mr..
! Henry ID. Welsh, and TO him a letter was
| nruu hit, Offering theatre, and the gratu-
,aus services of all the attaches, as con-
irritation for the beneti. Of the sick aud the
/ .pverty-stricken. Amazing as it is in this
I nineteenth century, the kind offer was de-
clined because it came from "play people "
| The Pharisees of Philadelphia would have
nothing to do with the stage, even when IT
vas offered TO give help 10 the needy and
consolation TO the afflicted III the hour ol
heir EXTREMIST want. Mis-, Rose Eyiinse
Is an actress, but she knows and feels lar
more Of the spirit of the gospel OF mercy
lhan.these self righteousP hilsdelphian eva
| imagined. She wrote well and 10 the point
Resentiny this wicked insult OF the man
ayers of the 80 called Board OF Charity, her
letter closed iu the following language, and
a qu,oation from book called the Bible
which Mr.. Welsh and his colleagues nj
doubt talk about, but which. TO judge from
their acts, they neither admire nor study
In long experience as an actress, TIN
i the first instance that | have ever me
with when a committee formed 10 do ;
work OF charity turned its attention frOu
its legitimate work to insult an honorable
profession. Permit me to call the atton
ton of these gentlemen TO the divine lessO'
Of Paul TO the Corinthians, that Chart,
,ufisreth long, and is kind charity envie,I
not; charity vaunteth not itself, is 10
pulled up"
and now abideth faith, hope, charity
these three; bat the greatest OF these /
charity
The best comment, however magniscen
in the practical abundance OF its sympa
thrtic charity, is contained In the follow
.ng subscriptions OF actors and actresses
play prophetic the great benefit in II
Filth Avenue Theatre at New York o
THURSDAY, the very day upon which tn
psnnsy mia PharislcS ryius1d klnGTe
aid:
Iphn McCullouSh.....-...
Edwin Booth
Jp-eph JciieFsDn--
VI ny
: Other Volunteers in aSsre-,ate-.--------..-.-. %
Ii is fortunate Tor the good repute {
America that these subscriptions were sen
| in 30 nearly simultaneously with the exb
billion OF bigotry in the neighbJrinG ci'!
, promptly. Had il not been ~, il woTa
r have te,nrted thousands TO declare III;
: The dark days Of intolerInc when the boo
Y OF Adrienue Lecouvreur was denied Chri
: tan burial, and thrown isnonimously ini
a ditch in cattle field upon the banks {
0 the Seine, simply because she was an az
. ircss, had reappeared to darken the eyes :
. the world and cover them With the scale
= Of an iliiberaiity worse than medieval, b
) cause is sins would be committed in 1t
: very presence of the brighter light, "i
0 newer and better civilization.