Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1894-03-24

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fully and pleasantly than the delicious
/ en-. -...-
The presence of those fifty men In the
| gallery, satisfied with the wholesome food,
cheered by the friendly atmosphere, with
hearts lightened II but for q little while of
their heaviness, gives hint Of what might
be accomplished in this way should the
thousands of churches In onr cities
1t is true that the men may
have remained only out of politeness, fear.
ing to seem ungrateful to those who had
been kind to them, yet IL among them
there was but one poor soul, hungry for
the Bread of Life, who went away re-
| freshed and strengthened, and with the
FIRE of worthy purpose kindled within him,
who shall say that the experiment is Q fall
| uref And as 1t could be tried at no other
time go well as on Sunday morning there
can be no objection to the day and hour.
Who doss not remember the old adage,
''The better the day the better the deed"i
tHe who ordained the Sabbath loves the
| poor" and even If the "sisters" came late
into church after their serving one could
hardly find fault with them. Says the
Talmud, Lowing kindness 10 greater than
laws; and the charities of life are more
than all ceremonies"
POETIC CATALOGUE.
A catalogue of musical publications has
been Issued recently In which every title
of vocal and instrumental pieces receives a
very attractive description. One piece of
dance music is described as being "beauti.
full through the open window" another
"might be played at meal time as 1t makes
the table very alluring," and third 'fs
good for church voluntary If played
without the preachers knowing the title"
Several other competitions might be
classed with the latest mentioned-at least
they are sometimes executed by organists
who trust to the preachers and congrega-
tion's ignorance of Its secular or profane
character. One of the finest descriptions,
however, is given to an anthem of which Il
is said, "a soprano and alto duet coming
In after q brief prelude La always very
beautiful. This is one that will made even
plain voices sound lovely. The chorus
gives each voice splendid leading, 60
that 1t does its best and fetches up at the
end in the city of gold.'" What more
than this could one desire Of musicl and
are there not many "plsin" voices that we
would wish to have 'fetch up" In just this
waya s.-
ct .- TWO WOMEN.
Mrr. Quincy Shaw, the daughter of Louis
Agassiz, has for many years carried on an
educational work of great value to the lit
tie people of Boston and of Brookline, her
place of residence. She established the
free Kindergartsns of Boston and they
were supported by private enterprise until
about three years ago, when the Public
School Board were convinced of the value
of Kindergarten training by the work of
the children who graduated from them
into the public schools. They were
then incorporated as part of the
school system. The Brookline Kindergsr-
tens have been entirely supported by Mrs.
Shaw, as has also the private school in
Boston which bears her name. Continued
ill-health now forces her to lay down the
last Of the lsbors that have been SO dear
| to her and upon which she has 30 freely
spent her time and strength and money.
At the close of the present year she will
discontinue the support of the schools, and
the Brookline Kindergartens viii probably
be adopted, as were those of Boston, into
the public school system. The founder
has won the gratitude of the community
by her wiee, far-sighted and unselfsh
work, and though she is compelled to sb.
stain from active interest In them, her in
fuencs through them will go on unceas-
ingly.
Mrs. Myrs Bradwell, who died q few
weeks ago after desperate fight for three
years with o cruel disease, was noted
throughout the United States as the first
woman to apply to admission to the bar.
Because she was q lawyer, and the pro-
moter of laws for the benefit of women,
the manager and editor of the Chicago
Legal News, a prominent suffrsgist, q
delegate to the prison reform congress-, Q
member of the exposition board of lady
managers, and of almost everything else
that needed managing, she had doubtless
been looked upon by many people as an
antagonistic, aggressive, obtrusivs person
ahty, an Emancipation shrieker," o
woman careless of home interests and of
unwomanly traits.
Nothing further from the truth could be
imagined. She studied law that she might
be useful to young and struggling lawyer
her husband. She had carried on her
tai vigor and sagacity onoe land even now
in some benighted corners of the globe)
supposed to be the exclusive property of
men, but che was essentially domestic in
her tastes and teuderly devoted to her hus
band and children. That che dared to be-
lieve it fitting for q woman to practice Law
brought much ridicule and abuse upon her
name, but never from those who knew her.
During the war she worked untiringly fol-
sick and wounded soldiers, and helped Wig.
orously in conducting the great Sanitary
Commission fair; after she war she worked
As earnestly to secure to soldiers wives and
all other wives the right to control theil
own earnings. This law was secured
through her efforts in 1869; also the Law
, giving to widow her award In all cases
At the time of the Chicago FIRE, Mrs
Brad well, like thousands of others, lost boti
! her home and her business possessions, ,bu
with the undsunted spirit that char scter
ICED 80 many in that trying time, she wen
straight on with 1.-THE Legal News" and 4
came out on the regular publication day.
Her bic9rapher in recent issue of tn
paper which she founded says: $50 sweet
so gentle . soul, with such Q charming
personality, such g quiet, unobtrusive
courteous manner, such exquisite tact
could not fail to win and turn Q detraotol
into an admirer." ''Nsver antagonistie o.
0 aggressive, many were the converts sh'
: msde by her gentleness and grace. Earn
est, tender and womanly, full of tina
> poetic inspiration which Is commonly bu
q mistakenly considered the exclusive pre-
0 rogAtive of youth, she lived Q beautiful
= her lust when she was beginning to see tn
fruition of her life work, the dawn of tn
y better day for women-for humanity"
o One Of her last acts was to give her hus
band book asking him to read 1t after sh
: had passed away. In Il he found inscribed
In the dear, familiar handwriting, q poer
: she had written In commemoration of thei
II happy welded life of more than fort
;. years.
= ROLLING Gossp's RAPID GROWTH.
This is the way gossip grows. Thougl
! So rolling stone gathers no moss" the sam
: cannot be said of scandal, for as 1t rolls th
!, original core of fact becomes entirely co,
) cred by the accumulated details of falsity
;. For instance; Mrs. II remarks to Ari
. III: 'Isn't Mrs. dear little womaniJ
!. called there the other day and found hs
o blowing soap bubbles out Of . oommo
70 clay pipe to anuse her little children
y Mrs. III to Mrs. ", . few days late
n "Mrs. must BE- queer sort Of woman
J. Mrs. II found her and her children plsyiu
!, with clay pipes"
g Mr.. w TO Mr.. v, ct the corner grocer.
.. 'rI's wife must be curious creature. u
ID wife knows, from good authority, that st
N smokes Q common clay pipe"
10 Mr.. v: ssThat soi Too bsdi . preti
70 woman like that. Probably drinks, too
u Mr.. ": "Shouldn't wonder
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