Middletown transcript., 1894-01-20

prescriptions. He is all right In case
Of simple ailments, but when there's
real sickness he can't make the com
binations. =
The most earnest workers this win
ter among the poor and sick and the
unemployed are the wives Of tba prom
inent clergymen. These La have
each their own individual to
look after, and they are ition
largely responsible for the les of
their husbands parishes anu a5r the
successful carrying on Of the different
aid societies, helping hands and shell
ters, which are part Of the great work
Of great city church.
The world, as rule, gives the credit
Of the work to the clergymeD, and
perhaps it is right that it should do SO,
but it is fact that the clergymen
themselves rely largely upon what is
known in lower circles as the 'sbetter
half' Of the household for help among
the poor, and that when perplexed they
turn quickly for counsel and aid to the
one who does not do the preaching In
the pulpit, bnt whose little curtain
lectures are highly valued at home in
times like these. Among the most
notable Of New York clergymen wives
is Mrs. Parkhnrst. She knows how to
do public work and she is not afraid to
do it when occasion demands. The
able assistance she gave DR.. Parkhurst
last month when his political moves
drove outcasts to bis doors in 1ocks 10
dozens is well-knoWn, and the way she
helped the erring and gave work to all
who would accept it, has been limited at
whenever her name has been mentioned.
Mrs. Parkhurst has no children and
her household cares leave her free to do
any kind Of work she wishes, and she
has chosen to be her husbands right
hand. It is she who reads all his let
ters and dictates answers to all but
purely personal ones, and 1t is she who
sees callers, is interviewed by reporters
about the Doctors work, and it is she
who goes to the fore when any danger
threatens. Mrs. Parkhurst is a won
derful woman even in times Of peacs;.
in times Of war she could be warrior.
A story is told of man who recently
applied to DIR. Parkhurst for ticket
to the uptown Hoodyard--a winter
charity Of which Mrs. Parkhurst is
particularly fond-and when Mrs.
Parkhurst spoke to him be asked for
'the Doctor" Something about the
mans appearance excited Mrs. Park
hurst's Wifely apprehensions, and get
ting the man out Of The door by diplo-
matte skill she called for help, when 1t
was found that the applicant was a
dangerous, armed crank. Since that
day no one sees DR.. Parkhurst without
seeing his wife first.
In appearance Mrs. Parkhurst is
very beautiful. She much resembles
Mrs. Potter Palmer in style if not in
actual feature. Her radiant dark eyes,
her whitening hair and her lovely rich
voice and charming manner would
make her society queen were she to
enter it as society woman. But alasl
Mrs. Parkhurst is so much more than
occupied with woodyards, midnight
missions, open doors, homes for little
wanderers and the mission house of the
Madison Square Presbyterian Church
that society and its friyolities might as
we'll be at the North Pole with the |
Pearys. The average number Of beg
ging calls at the Parkhurst residence is
by actual count fifty per day for the
last month.
OF course clergymen without wives
are not idle; nor can it be said that their
charities suffer, for there are always
Daughters in Israel'' who can Be
found to assist. But a clergyman with
2 wife finds it twice as easy to be use
ful in emergencies like those now
present.
The missionary is very frequently
more than an earnest and religious
young woman. Frequently she ii
doctor, and frequently q acollege gradu-
ate. Miss Jennie Taylor, who has just
sailed With her uncle, Bishop Taylor,
Tor Africa. is college graduate, q |
graduate in dentistry and trained
nurse.
Love has been the handspring Of . |
good many actions, and 1t seems that |
It may claim to be the first cause Of |