The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-08-31
ABSOLUTELY PURE

friend is lost when this is scattered.
through 1T soul may meet the emer-
gency OF soul, and heart may sing to
heart safe In the blessed secret of love.
what care then should be taken to
preserve 1t! And if signs OF regard are
OF any use-as they must be until We
pass into that domain where we shall
know as we are known-should we
neglect to offer them?-HGrpe7'S
BGzGT.
Parish Work Among the london Poor.
Inc parish system provides every
thing: for the men, clubs; for the
women, nursing in sickness, friendly
counsel always; help in trouble; the
girls are brought together and kept
out of mischief, and encouraged in
self-respect by ladies who understand
what they want and how they lock
at things; the grown lads are taken
from the streets, and, with the
Younger boys, are taught arts and
crafts, and are trained in manly exer-
c1ses just as if they were boys OF Elton
and Harrow. The Church services,
which used to be everything, are now
only a part of the parish work. The
clergy are at onc servants of the altar,
preachers, teachers, alinoners, leaders
III all kinds of societies and clubs, and
providers of amusement and recrea-
ton. The people look on, hold out
their hands, receive, at first indiffer-
entity, but presently, one by one,
awaken to a new sense. AS they re-
celve they cannot choose but to dis
cover that these ladies have given up
their luxurious homes and the life of
east in order to work among them.
They also discover that these young
gentlemen, who run" the clubs.
teach the boys gymnastics, boxing,
drawing, carving. and the rest, give
up for this all their evenings-the
flower of the day in the flower OF life.
What for? What do they get for it!
Not in this parish only, but in every
parish the am kind of things goes
on, and spreads daily. This-ob-
serve-iS the last step bat one OF
charity. For the progress of charity
is as follows First, there is the pitiful
dole to the beggar then the bequest
to monk and monastery; then the
foundings of the almshouse and the
parish charity then the Easter and
the Christmas offerings then the gift
to the almoner then the cheque to a
society next-iatest and best-per-
sonal service among the poor. This
is both the flower and fruit of charity.
One thing only remains. And before
long this thing also shall coIne to pass
as well.
Those who live in the dens and
witness these things done daily must
he Gfn0<c and Cfnnoc If fl1ovy n@%
moved by them. They are not stocks
and stones they are actually, though
slowly. moved by them.-WaIte7
BesGmt IN the august Sc2i6ner.
Are We Less Respectful of Women?
1t is a question that depends a good
deal upon the point of view, whether
consideration for women in public
places be not vanishing as a charact-
eristic of American men. There are
those who insist that it is not, but l
fear that their point of view is not
that of the passenger in the convey
ances or on the streets of our large
cities. To one who is daily forced to
observation in this extensive field
there is little chance for doubt. 1t is
not that women do not receive the
prompt and unfailing courtesy that
was formerly accorded to them, but
they are treated with a cool and i'm
pudent rudeness, with a lack not
merely of g~entleness, but of respect
that l believe would have been i'm
possible to our fathers. They are not
only allowed to stand in public We
hicles when men are seated, but they
are subjected, in ways that it is as need
less as it would be offensive to describe,
to annoyance, and, not to put too fine a
point on it. to insult.
1t is easier-and safer-to~ speculate
IN the cause of this humiliating
change than to Finland apply-a
remedy: The great. increase in the
proportion of persons of foreign birth
or descent, and of the uneducated
classes, has something to do with it.
The immensely greater volume of hu-
manity in motion on public thoroug-
fares and on the passenger lines, and
the corresponding greater difficulty in
enforcing the standard of conduct
held by the minority, is a~nothercause.
The fact that the behavior of employ
ees and the the officials of corpora
tions, as of the municipality, reflects
the average" impulses and ideas of
the mass, counts for much. But the
~disagreeable fact remains. from
1.-The Point of View" in the Septem-
hor Coa.ibaaaa.