New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-01
TPyTNG TO AID THE LEPth".
WHAT 4 BROOKLYN WOMAN Is DOM" ~
nrNEFlT THESE STRICKEN PEOPLE.

.h,r, ,he ,r,e tina, tho death ~ Fsther Damien
~, leor,sy on the island of Mookai hid aroused INC
c,,.,,lzei world to tho necessity % kh'"'"b M,
49,, r,d disease thai ls 80 ola. 80 feared ana so
.'' 800. v,hco the Prince - Waies was
.t,,-,, aver the -ommiite" formed 10 raise
n,,,,.n. - Father Damien. - establish lePe'
wards IN hospitals. and - send ou' phF'''''"' ~
s.ud, tho disease in its stronghold mo''S, "''''"
IN Hrookiyn WAS nrcl with -" JOSH" '' 90 I'm
.t,r,, IN neln the work along The woman VIZ
NIiss Elizabeth Harper. who iv's ~ 80 80 ''''''
- From, ,ho day that Ms Harper nrs' CAV"
Nor heart 70 this cause, mp To IA" present "'' ,'
va remained stcadfasily AZ the work kh'"''lS'
of tho situation only serving 10 mn'tp'y ''i "'''
Of ways In which she could do'eoo1
ro.,s,. vy,s brought 10 the Sandwich Islands by
,-av,l,cr from Asia IN the cary part OF tle P''S'
...,,r, The disease spread 50 rapidly that the
rtr.,ilan Government felt Obliged 10 resort To eN-
IRENE measures. and In 1853 decree was =. JIM
rate, that every man. woman or chi'd Pio''' - w
a l.pcr should De separated from the rest o. 'n' IA
h.hit,n,s forever by being banished 10 the isind Oh
uolokaI which is about in the centre OF the group Oh
thess Islands Since 1865 more than 'Vo OF '"'''
,ors have been banisAed to Molokai, there 10
,uroit death when Father Damien went 'h're J"
1875 he found these lepers given over 10 '''lS 'o''
81 iilcn,es lawlossnoss and vice b'fcfe u" "''H
he had the satisfaction Of seeing a great improve
,r.,, lie had not alone awakened the Hawaiian
Government 10 Il sense OF sham" ana '"'y 'o"''u
,bes. unfortunate people, but he had aroused the
world "a an admiration OF his work. and this al
WORN ~ '' "'''''' ,,- A., ,.,h
mraiion was only ac'eh'uh'eu ~ ne
Among The first to respond TO Father Damiens cal
-, ~, ,,.,s Mia Uaroer She entered into CORE
I"' "'r w" 49,. go, h,e ro,, MANY ner-
spOndencc with the priest M" mo NV =
sonal letters from Father Damien. extending down
- ., ,,r,o Union his hands were so crippled by the
10 '''' '' 49,, ... .,.,, tho lo,,era
disease that ne codl o"'y ''o' '''' $780, =,
The Hawaiian Government Is no" caring ior us
- ,o~, a,d ,cfuslng assistance from foreign
""" i'I''' ~, -. r,ac,ioD ,ou,d only
government NheIc f1'"'' D"'"'''' ~ 80
the mos. miserable huts. the poor people nave no"
ole,, comfortable ca hing Where there no hos
-, g., 49,, h.i, ,,i, ,hvsician they have now
PU anu "o vac -' ' ,,' .. .-,,o,,,
"A hospital Whlrh mas 'oSt INV ''"""''"'' '''
SlD0O and skilled physicians in Attendance fet
-, II. ,..ls nat she cannot better serve the
MISS i'P'i ''' -. -. ,u ,h,s ,,o-i,
ciuse OF righteousness INA" J"'' NV ." w
Saiher Damien accustomed to eHhOrt MS
,,,.rs =, q life NJ holiness nv spcaking Of them
pans, - 49,, -. vi, b. ,o,,r, thu,
ana hniscil as W. i', ~. ~ hS of1r,ion h,.
ne Tc'Iiy was a ~ tnI.s go ~ bringing him
trI"S u',i .la, ,ooe,bor. maj he now, vas really
anu ~. n ,hat be suffered as they suffered that
VVi' 20 i.",L ~. ,nirnf learn to live uprghtly
- ~ r,roi,, U.s. n lrlelan a native Of the town
rn'I r ai II ia in I,rlriI,m thai most OF The