The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-05-12
DANGEROUS sosTon cRANXs.
Christian Science Mothers Send ChIdrSn
ont to Spread Coutagion.

Agut To pre- al ARHAA &NH'
with how much violence that vagary
known by an assortment q names such
"a Faith Cure Mind Cure" and
! Chris tan Scsence~-for despite the hre
distinctions which the followers Of these
fade make among themselves there Is 10
( auction that in the end al these things
/ come 10 about the same thing. despite
whatever dissirnilarity Of title-has
( broken ont in Chicago ! have no espe-
rial knowledge. but phase Of the mat
. ter which has recently presented itself
20 Boston Is likely 20 cause good deal
IF t-oubIe and no. a litsle hardness BE-
/ fore all is Eaid- There has oecn some
wonder expressed n tic spread among
the children 81 the city who arc most
, carefully guarded from contagious dis
eases Of such ailments - scarlet fever,
chicken pox, wAoopiEg cough and the
like.
II is now evident that the chief factor
in the distribution Of these troubles has
been the children Of the Christian SCI
ence theorists. There are a number Of
/ instances known Ia which persons whose
children have been afflicted with con
tagious diseases have let them go uure-
strictcdly among their usual comrades
because Of course there is no real dis
ease and there can be no such thing as
contagion. The children imagine that
they are sick, but it would 10 foolish to
encourage that fancy in them by shut
ting them of from others On this
beautiful basis Of logic Is based the plan
Of allowing the children to spread con
tagiou unrestricted.
\ fine Gccnc was enacted in al electric
car coming into town from the suburbs
last week. \ woman who is Of social
standing and whose husband is 4 man Of
wealth started to come into town. Her
little daughter had a slight case Of scar
latina, the mother, Of course, insisting
that there was really nothing the matter
except that the child's imagination was
somewhat astray; and wishing to keep
the patient under her influence Mrs
Blank took her along into the car bound
for town. Unluckily for the Christian
Scientist, when she got into tho car she
found there physician who lives close
by her and who was aware Of the state Of
the case. There were children in the
car, and when the mother and daughter
appeared he sprang up and called 10 the
conductor to stop.
Mrs. Blank" be said, you cannot
bring that child into this car. She has
the scarlatiua and should not be out
You shall not expose the other children
here if you do not choose to take proper
care Of your own child"
The sensation may be imagined. Mrs.
Blank at first refused to leave the car
and the other mothers began inconti-
nently to hurry their offspring out at the
most remote door, but the physician
stood his ground.
81 am very sorry, Mrs. Blank he
said, but | cannot let this thing 90 on.
shall be forced to call a policeman if
you persist, and | beg that you will not
fOrce me to do that"
She attempted to explain that the
child really had nothing the matter with
her beyond the distortion of her fancy
but he still insisted that the child's dis
ordered fancy should be taken home and
put to bed. The conductor joined in
declaring that the car could
not wait forever, and that if the doctor
did not call policeman he would. In
the end Mrs. Blank had to return home
where she was soon visited by health
officer, who put her in quarantine. She
probably looks upon herself as a martyr
in the cause Of truth, but there is a gen
eral feeling against her which would
possibly make her anything but com
Portable were it made manifest to her.
Fortunately, the type of all these dis
eases for the last two years has beel
light here q fact for which the Christian
Scientists take all the credit to them
selves. Parents whose children hay,
had to lose their schools for the white.
through the willfulness of these cranks
however, are not inclined to accept thi. |
theory as a sufficient compensation roI
the damage done. boston Cor Chicago |
Tribune.