Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-14

4 UEatluS IL DRAW
- cry and resource
fulness, but you
A have only to read
the news with watchful eye to learn
that the women were never more apt in
graphing with unexpected exigencies
than at the present time. The pluck
and bravery shown by Mrs. Maria Ker-
ners is case in point
She is musically inclined, and she
recently located in New York with her
musical talent and training and rare
old violin left to her by her father-a
"Strad, = in fact--and no other possess
sions. Her husband, a helpless paralytic,
was with her, and she began to look for
music scholars at once in order to earn
support for him and herself. OF course
the couple had to live somewhere, and
because of her slender means Mrs. Ker-
ners rented few rooms in tenement
at the corner of First avenue and Second
street, house which sheltered 80 fam
lilies Of more than 100 persons all told.
Mrs. Kerners did not have very good
luck. Money, she found, was scarce
among the people she visited, and of
pupils she secured none.
One night she returned to the human
hive in which she lived, weary, worn
and well nigh discouraged. That night
fire broke out in the basement of the
tenement. At once there was a panic.
for the tenement was death trap Her
first thought was for her beloved
"Strad. She hurried to the corner
E-w,ss,s,see it was kept, and, folding it ten
derIv in befr. arms, started for the roof
For second she had comp 5se u foi oorgot-
ten her helpless husband But it was FOR
second only Dropping the instru-
ment, she lifted him bodily and carried
him to the top of the house, where others
took charge Of him. Then, though fear
| full of being too late. she returned for
the violin, which she rescned just in
time. Her husband and her inheritance
safe, she tainted, of course. Properly
completed, the story should tell of her
subsequent success as music teacher,
but it. is yet too early for that.
Quite different were the experiences
and the achievement of Mrs. Bertha
Richter, who makes ideal jam and is
greatly admired by her neighbors be-
cause of her ability in that and other
directions. A night or two ago she
heard great noise among the jam jars
and started to investigate. She couldn't
kJelieve her cans were working. ~ 1t
must be cat had got among them. But
neither cat nor fermentation was the
cause of the commotion. It was bur-
glar. Mrs. Richter saw him, screamed
and--dung her strong arms so close
about him that he was effectua1ay PIN
ioned. Then she screamed some more
and kept it up, occasionally knocking
his head against the wall, until a police
man came and lugged the burglar away
to the station, where he was enrolled as
John Doherty.
Mrs. Marie Susson is another New
York woman who has recently distin-
guished herself. As her name indicates,
she is from fair Italia, and she has lived
for years with her husband near Null
berry bend, once densely populated, but
now being turned into park. In the
main Marie and her life partner are
good friends. but occasionally they fight.
They were engaged in this pastime few
days ago when Policeman McKeever
interfered in her behalf Did Marie
thank McKeever? Yes, with a 38 cali
Der revolver, which she aimed so effect
lively at his head that surgeon had to
dig bullet out of the officers skull
FHhory A<F-
woman, but she was taken all right
few hours later. The chances are the
policeman will be out FIST.
1t is popular notion that women are
like cats in their friendship for one an
other, with claws sheathed, ready for
attack on the slightest proyocatioD. But
the devotion of Mrs. Woods to Mrs
Conlin proves the theory wrong, in one
case at least. They lived in adjoining
fats on the top floors of separate houses.
Speedily they became great friends and
used often to visit across the airshaft
and through the open windows Some
times they would exchange calls, when,
with sewing in hand, they would make
elaborate plans for new window seats
and other improvements. It was a
pleasant friendship and whiled away
many another weary hour. One night
Mrs. Woods had gone home, and all
was quiet. Mrs Conlin sat down by the
open CRATE fire to darn a few socks
Feeling uncomfortably warm, Mrs.
Conlin looked down and discovered, to
her horror, that her dress was afire She
ran screaming to the bathroom, turned
on the water and jumped into the tub.
Mrs. Woods heard the screams. but in
her haste failed to open any of the doors
OF the fat. Seizing an ironing board,
she placed it On the window sill opening
into the deep airshaft and bridged the
space to her neighbours fat and slowly
and perilously made her way into the
next house. It was too late, however.
for Mrs Conlin was fainting In tub
Of scalding water, having turned the
hot water faucet by mistake. She died
that night, but the courage of Mrs
Woods in taking the risk Of such an at
tempt to save her friend was worthy OF
celebration.
A woman whose name has not been
made public won much admiration be-
cause of the courage she displayed in
the recent wreck on the Pennsylvania
railroad near New Brunswick, N. j. She
waited until tbs rescuers had saved all
who were in sight before she called their
attention to her own condition. She
was pinned tightly in 0le Of the win
iows Of an overturned sleeping car. She
directed the work Of releasing her until
she was finally cut out from the debrss
and than quietly dressed the wounds Of
the injured until they were all made as
comfortable as possible. Then she slip
ped away after positively refusing to
give her name or any clew to her iden-