The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-11
rRcM THE LIPS or JOSEPH COOK.
nyn.n,itic Remarks About wickedness
irx,~d with Mosquito Bi,rr.

nynsmitic Remarks About wickedness
Aingied with Mosquito Bne..
Two miles through the hot sun from Fort
Richmond. s. l.. is the Prohibition Park. the
most successful mosquito farm In tho United
States. the bad lands noar Newark, the Dismal
Swamp. and tho willow marshes below Men,
phis not excepted. Human beings were hold
ing services there. and Mr.. or Rev. Joseph
Cook was talking but II soon became clear
that the couple OF hundred persons assembled
were not worshipping and were not hanging
upon tho lips OF Mr.. Cook. Tho people wore
certainly assembled for the sole benefit OF tho
mosquitoes. The pavilion or tabernacle stands
In we'll. cN posed Ilacc and the sun was beat
ing down upon 1t. Tho mosquitoes fitted
through the fiery and luminous air OF the pa
vilion and sought out the most vulnerable
PARTS OF tho human body. From command
ing seat in the gallery one could see the wclts
rise on the checks. tho pink stains appear
upon the thin white sleeves OF sum
mer gowns. the big black beasts OF
prey sitting in long rows on backs In
the neighborhood Of tho shoulder blades.
These mos luitoes also uscendod the inner
surface OF trousers legs and the under side OF
skirts, and caused such q leg slappinR and
twitching and muttcrinR between clcnched
teeth as would have set anybody In n roar. had
there been anybody not suffering. Even the
Rev. Joseph Cook seemed perturbed. He Is
usually violent and amusing OF gesture. But
yesterday no shook his huge body and Iuiv-
ered his rosy checks until his voice camcin an
indistinct Iuaver. and nftcr hc Ind wearied OF
talking. the MOSQUITOES pursued the ieeing
congregation to tho electric cars. and then
chased the speeding cars until the boundary
OF the park was passed.
. Il, ~ ~ DIR
live or oven abide for little season at Prohi-
biton Park without giving way to his feelings.
seeking surcease OF sorrow in the depths OF
the snake-b ottomed bowl. 1t may be that the
mosquitoes have learned to know and love
and let alone those who, live vt Prohibition
Park, for such there DO. Again 1t may he that
the skin. from being much chewed. passes the
sensitive. raw stage. and becomes as the hide
Those who We're too much distracted by the
did not miss much. Mr. Cook talked for
twenty minutes and then. after the singing Of
the wick edness OF Dr. Rain siord: and tn. drink
Hs ' eoSf %sf 1T In3Tss
"Your American cities said Carlyle. are
rvshing toward the iaws Of perditonn
ress s sSa Sa9Ss you'll III
and John Bright rather than with the T For ;o
and Sstys
butter out OF Thames mud. There has boon
o lot OF churninC. but tho result has been no
Mr.. Cook found that DR.. rarkhurst was a
giles Of God" that showed that his mission
was from heaven: or DR.; Nainsiord he said;
claimed from the pulpit that the dram shor, is
q necessary evil on Manhattan Island. I2
crown the infamy OF that utterance no said
that the social vice was a necessary evil. You
should repudinte those utterances as sparks
Nj. Cook was Inclined to, think that Pr
Rainsford had been tainted by contact with
clubs where liquors were sold.
Cook. who withdrew from q club because in
stories UNIT for an Imp to hear, Men sat there
in an atmosphere thickened with tobacco
SIN oke and told unclean narratives"
II hear reports" said no. that many women
arc addicted to spending a, greut deal OF time
in their own club houses.
He was afraid that clubs had tendency to
spoil the home. Then he talked about the
Worlds Fair and the opening OF 1t on sunday
He said Sunday newspapers Were wicked He
Worlds Fair on sunday and not wicked to ray
ten cents to swelter and endure mosquitoes
and watch the muscular contortions Of lee
u H. also rs sad That some people thought God
was not only fatherly aud motherly. hut also
grandmotherly. and few OF his auditors re.
man, who believed in moderate drinking WAS IN
need OF q nurse or else was an idiot or a fossil.
He made mention Of remedies for good many
evils which were MT In evidence. but no men
forgotten that he spoke OF n GLASS OF t." mill!on;
sres toll rolling 5 II vsts Snd IN soarn and
ties were to he seem Altogether the affair
was very unsatisfactory. and Prohibition Park
Is q long way from New York.