The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-29
MINOR MENTION.
Derby.

ANOTHER faith cure is reported, from Newark,
O.. This time 1t is young lady, Jennie Brown,
aged seventeen. A year ago she caught cold.
resulting ip what was believed to be consump
ton. She lost flesh till she weighed mot over
forty pounds" and her physicians very naturally
gave her up A seventeen ear-old girl that
does not weigh more than forty pounds has
! mighty little business in this world Of avoirdu-
pois, and it is comparatively easy to give her up.
Jennie Brown continued to waste away Until
she was too weak to help herself, and had to be
carried to and from her room. At this stage of
the disease an evangelist from Pittsburg under
took the faith-cure process, and with what sue
cess let the conscientious reporter tell in his own
words:
1.-THE young lady the following morning was
| able to arise and robe herself, 60 up and down
stairs without assistance, and aided her mother
in doing the housework, besides singing and
performing on the piano She continues to as
sist in the household duties daily, and eats as
heartily as any person in sound health. She
flesh rapidly, while before she was skeleton"
This. indeed, is remarkable, especially if she
really had consumption. But if she did have
that disease, it is little premature to rejoice
just yet The "cure' was effected on Monday
of last week. and it is barely possible that it
may not hold out to a complete recovery. Her
disposition to play on the piano and to sing indi
Gates a malignity of purpose not easily defeated,
and it may be that she will pull through. She
| is evidently bent on making life burden to the
| neighbors, and it would be well to wait.
WHEREVER popular evangelist" may be
temporarily laboring there is sure to be more or
less grumbling. echoes of which are heard
| through the local press, over the fact that he
exacts liberal payment in hard cash for his
| work. These complaints are hardly reasonable.
| Opinions may differ as to the proprety and
value of his methods and services. but it may be
supposed that the gentlemen of each community
| with whom his contracts are made believe that
they and the people to get value received for
their money. else they would not engage him.
However strongly opposed conservative people
| may be to this form of religious work. the evan
eelst is apparently fixed fact in the Christian
world, and before objectipg to his demands for
hundred dollars a week and board, it should
be questioned whether he is more presumptuous
in fixing high price upon his services than is
the regular pastor of church, whom the same
fault-fnders help to pay S., 900 salary, nor
dream of protesting. The pastors ministrations
may do the critics most good out. on the other
hand. the man who Ito theml seems mounte-
bank may touch the hearts of a class whom
their own beloved shepherd could never reach.
If the same end for which the pastor strives is
attained by other means, the laborer who has
reached it is equally worthy of his hire 1t is all
| a matter of taste.
Miss KATE SANBoRN, who lately compiled
volume of the ''Wit and humor Of women" for
the laudable purpose of refuting the old charge
| that women have no sense of humor is driven
| to the vergeof distraction by the demand Of
cruel and critical reviewers for diagrams or other
explanations of some of the jokes. In very in
dignant letter to New York paper she init
mates that the reviewers being mostly of the
male persuasion, are resolved not to be con-
vinced against their will that women are either
witty or humorous. and tia they would refuse
to ''see the point" of of the jokes. even with
the aid of map
| Miss Sanborn should not be discouraged, even
if she docs not succeed in relieving her sex of the
imputation under which they have hitherto
rested quietly, and without much apparent suf-
fering. Some of the funniest creatures in life
are people devoid of the faintest sense of humor;
| indeed, such persons are far more apt to be an
unfailing source of hilarious joy to their friends
| than if they were what is known as witty. Miss
| Sanborn may comfort herself with the reflection
that whether they can successfully perpetrate
| jokes or not women are sure to be laughed at
| SARAH ALTHEA HILL is not allowing herself
| any time in which to mourn for the departed
Sharon, but is going right on with her prepara-
tons for appearing in the Merchant of Venice, {"
as if she had not met with great sorrow. The
| play has been rewritten in order to introduce two
or three very effective scenes from the famous
divorce trial; and literary and dramatic circles
of San Francisco are anticipating the enjoyment
of a new sensation at the sight of Shakspearean
drama with all the modern Pacific coast i'm
provements
EVIDENTLY the neighbors forgot to bring in
their customary contributions to the Philadel-
phia Press man on Thanksgiving day. Says
that paper discontentedly: ''One blemish upon
the memory of the modern Thanksgiving day is
the growing tendency to devote it to giving
thanks aud nothing else"