The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-30
THE WIFE BLAMED
Bossed Her Husband, the
Sunday School Superin-
tendent, and the
Teachers.
SHE rs YOUNG AND PRETTY
1t May Be Some of the Older
Ladies Of the Lafayette Baptist
Sunday School Are Jealous.

The teachers and officers of the Lafayette
Baptist Sunday School have ~disregarded the
Biblical injunction ito love their ~neighbors,'
ETC., and as q consequence there Is q lively
row in progress in the school. The dissen'
sion has been caused, it is alleged, by the
young and pretty wife of Superintendent s.
J. Stephens, who has for the past year pres
ided over the infant class. The Sunday
School has been in existence but a little
over a year. 1t had a membership Of nearly
on hundred and fifty. The adult members
had hopes that a church would be organized
within the next few months, but the row
has caused many to resign, and now there is
no likelihood that the church will be organ
lied for some time to come.
When the Sunday school was first organ.
lied it prospered. OF late, however, the
membership has decreased. This, the teach
ers chargers due to the ann in which
Superintendent Stevens and his wife dis.
charge the duties of their positions. Mr.,
Stevens. finding that he was not as popular
as q Sunday school Superintendent ought to
be, decided to no longer continue in his
position and at the last meeting he and his
wife presented their designations. At the
same meeting Secretary George Wells and
Treasurer j. Mahlstead also rendered their
designations. ALI of the designations, how
ever, were laid on the table until the next
meeting, which will be held on Thursday
evening, May 8.
THE CLASS WENT WITH HER.
Prior to the meeting Mrs. Jennings, Mr..
and Mrs. Ramsel, Mrs. Stanley and Mr.. and
Mrs. Byrassett resigned and left the school.
Mrs. Jennings was the teacher of the ladies'
Bible class, and when she left the school the
thirteen scholars of her class left also.
These designations have created havoc with
the membership roll of the school, but it is
said these members will return when Super
intendent Stephens name Is expunged from
the roll. At the next meeting his resignation
will be accepted. Secretary Wells and
Treasurer Mahlstead nave reconsidered their
designations and will continue in their re-
spective positions.
One Of the teachers of the Sunday School,
when interviewed last evening by a reporter
of THE JERSEY CRY NEWS, said:-
"We have no fault to find with Mr..
Stephens personally. We only objected to
him as Superintendent. While he held that
office we lost a great many members,
and we were not backward in telling
him that we thought the school would have
more prosperity it it had a different Super
intendent. We did find fault, however, with
his wife, n made no effort to conceal our
contempt for her. Mrs. Stephens is the
Superintendent's second wife and Is but
twenty-five or three years old. Now, the
lady teachers, who are all older thar she, OBJ
jectsd seriously to having her boss them.
She put on airs and acted as though she was
in command Of the school. Mr.. Stephens
also treated us in a mean manner on a num-
Der of occasions. Some time ago when we
had an entertainment he promised to secure
some talent for US and never did so.
HAD TO BUY EXTRA ICE CREAM.
ION last Thursday evening we had an
other entertainment, n as before Mr..
Stephens promised to secure persons to fill
five numbers on the programme. We had
the entertainment, but the talent that Mr..
Stephens promised to secure did not ma
terfalize. He did not notify us that he
would not keep his promise until Thursday
morning. OF course, we could not secure
any one to fill the places of those he promised
to secure for us and Secretary Wells had to
purchase thirteen quarts Of cream to make
up for What was lacking In tho programme.
Secretary Wells also had to hustle among
his friends and sell forty-nine tickets to
secure enough money to pay for the cream.
This has made us feel all the moro bitter to-
wards him and I don't believe that there will
be any hesitation on the part Of the teachers
in accepting his resignation"