New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-04
THE PRISONS STUDY.

| NOTES AND OPINIONS ON CURRENT TOPICS.
There is a prominent Episcopal rector of this city
whose reading OF the service is dcNervrdly admired
ONLY one thing, indeed. can he said in criticism Oh
il is too fast. II God visibv present. LAY 1t
with all revercnce-thc ncongmty of gabbed prayer
| would be IT once apparent. Were on our knees
bcmc even an earthly sovereign pleading for health
happiness and lie would hardly make onr requests
as though racing against time. Ana vel tha'
i what many otherwise excellent readers among the
Episcopal clergy do But il IS only fair 10 say mat
the fault j. not altogether theirs. Their Church I'M
poses upon them the duty Of saying certain NUMBER
of pS:,lms cantic., lessons prayers and hymns: and
their congregation, compel them 70 get through their
task I'm Just many minutes. They Know thM nun
dreiS of busy and more less bored men are caciulN
| timing them and hundreds Of fdgcty women are think
ing Of The sunday dinner; and 50 they don't dare 10
let their surhareed feelings express themselves In
solemn silence, and deliberate ntonatons. Every
minute must show is quota of words uttered vita
a hop skip and Jump they rush from ono prayer to
another from the solemn Sublmity Of De Pl1inndi'
30 c0rouS 0utburst of joyous praise in almost the
manner aud tone of an auctioncer The Episcopahan'
have a noble liturgy in which the heights aud depths
Of worship graudly expressed and IT Is something
more than a subject Of regret that many Of lis
clergy mar it, power aud beauty in their reading Of it,
! rr.ad the other day that LOO women were in a
months OF iilcnces. they were to have chance TO
wor, a. .'hand>" IN factory. Poor, unfortunate
! wrechcs! How little it takes to make them happy
! No home life for them. No opening ont OF joyous
yi>a~ No opportunity f. cultivate the sweet gface'
OF social life. No chance 10 inform the mind or Wie
/ the No leisure for Thought. No time &"
prepare the duties and responsibilities Of wiirhnod
/ ard mothcshood Nothing but 4 cca>clc~- round of
/ toll for Fi'tancc. Nothing but hard and rrpcllan
worn. The sleep Of phy seal exhaustion. and then the
/ ,ame lari. Iclcant work again. Nh vet they arr
happy because they have chance 10 do al! t~. while
nIyr,ud> of their sister, thrown into ecstasy
OF uEhappnc-9 IL ldo suil~ at hi, chop il Thomas
minute late with the carriage Nc:.iy this j, a
Strange ard euignatlc world. Im. the par-"n, tel
/ lis that it, tniGmaS wisely ordered. AID that We
should an De coujtni with oar lot IN ~. Maybe 80
Int il is ha 10 believe that God Is content with III"
lot of hc.c 100 women. with the lot Of the great
mutudcs whose condition Is fnSpcalably worse even
/ than theirs.
There are those who hold that General Booths sub
merged tenth whose equivalent may be found, Of
course, in every country. i simply tho natural and
necessary ~ia@ % civilization. TIE social hcots ana
slaves. the maa and women whose I've, are bnr long
tragedy o degrading toll and the other ard women
who are thr innocent victims % greed. ity crime
and vice, the vast multitude, Of human beings VIII
| have never had chance 10 know what he pO-,
Llitic> OF lie and happiness they say. make progres
and comfort and rcnncmenl possible for TIE rest Of
/ IL by their iii sacrifice. They the human Stag
evolved by ~: prVcN'~, of and though II NAV
rouse our pity To contemplate the" hopeless misery
/ yet should reflect that they are playing an i'm
pcrar part in the drama Of civilization. Therefore
II is oHy useless 70 Try better their condition
/ lu; uimc:d the best Interests Of society. The
WOrM> WoFl, must be- done, aud the comfort aud hap
pne> OF the majority must be maintained even though
| The result 4 submerged tenth.
sound, brutal. doesn't IT And is brutal. too. But
! II j. the unsyukcI thought of many Of rho most In
/ telliccnt and humane people in the conmunily Per
soa!ly hey would prefer Ia everybody rich and
GlrIcd md h ppy and tliy would De glad If civilUa
tion could exist without sacrificing nsn' Innocent
/ VICTIMS. IN uitN are '"hNH''U u can = anu ~
they resign Themselves to the Tie. Itsi". and thank
! God that they not on" 81 tie victims. Wort Of
AL, 'hr puW, ,oiu.m., az - ,"I "i
~c'n- To take that tpE". for ~ heart a." cI'ie,
! &C. Today are too thoroughly "iun"d with -" ~pini
of reform and democracy 10 'cnl'!hn an Ia % .ci
/" hop,"-' temporal mi,'E hni u@$ "i'r" ,Eh,f ,
/ ing man that he may he happy In Heaven ana That
caryl, sutcfing b" meals Of Er4cc j.. 10 ,sN
H." co-t. unsa,l,AcDry method OF dealing WITH the
problem Of Starvation.
Year, ago u,cd 10 know my New York we'll as
the London co'kucy i supposed to know london. -
every prominent building The churches ! had At my
/ fingers ends. ard even the names ~ the ph'i"r~ IN
many ca>c- i,tt, dccl M. What Win the "n"Ihvh~
| growth Of III" oN ana ur pr, 81 numerous u',",
| preventing me from going about VERY much. now i''
, like foreigner ih many p'Hl- OF Nt' l'lh. an
c.pecially struck WITH tn. lIutcr ana magnhccucc 81
The churcic, recently erected ~ t" uIprr pht 81 the
civ The a.t dr.a Ir M, been IaticalN cnuicl
build ne era iu Gotham. AMI what 4. IOr" surprising
i, mat thr NethOdi-t~ and rrc.bNo VINO used -
Iclcyr I'm very plain No; - bald. architecture. have
| almost -trpu~-nG cvoy other denomination Ia the
claboracrc,, ard beauty Of their church bHlims-
Til, lat Christmas the decorations N th' 'lur'hr'
have BON notably agIr white on u" other hand the
.ao3uS have been iayi, their of cvcilr cen
dccora ions. TIC explanation Of this j. caSt. Every
the cost of decorating The large cnuIChr, OF ir
. mo greater. aud when the
many other Of spending money II j. icIi 10 lc
wrong W..-t" n for the temp iary glhctliun of me
eye the othcr band. Il pay the alOon, 80 Z" into
the evergreen br-inc-. for Il doesn't them VeN
uu,l aud il them in tie position Of paving defer
cucc t. the rrl ions Scutimcn; Of the season. The
dciatio, are nor" or Is artistic and petty. too aud
artistic beauty.