The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-02-07
REBELLION TN a -
SUNDAY. SCHOOL.
A Teacher and Her Glass
Lapse Into Sinful Ways.
They Play EIchre. aud the super
intendent Holds Up Hts
HLnds i'm Horror

The congregation of the Embury Meth
odist Episcopal Church Of Decatur
| street. Brooklyn, has been brought to the
verge OF sinful strife by euchre party,
| Miss Emily MacEIrOy, teacher in the
| Sunday school, gave the party. She in
vited the members Of her Sunday school
| class to come to her house on the night
| of Wednesday, January 10, to join in a
| Salmagundi party. At a Salma gundi
party the gamut Of joy may run from
Simon says thumbs up 10 solitaire
| matches. There were eleven girls in
Miss Macislroy's class. Three of the
| eleven, when they heard that games in
which cards were to be used were TO be
played. decided that they couldn't pos
sibiy go to the party if that were TO be.
They let out some hint Of their feel
| ings to the other eight The eight low
ing their teacher dearly. went straight
way and told her. IL was provoking, to
say the least, to think Of trying to have
good time when a quarter Of the COM
pany We're 80 eNcTuciatingiy ciTcumspect
that they would be sure to think twice
before they smiled and wouldt play hop
scotch for fear someone would think they
were dancing. Miss MacElrOy had been
In the church ever since she was five
sistent Christian. and she and the eight
rather thought they could remain good
and still have party. So the party
came OFF. When the eight faced each
other in the realization that they were
not to be restrained by the qualms Of
the sanctified, they pondered with little
piOus yearning and concluded fina lly
that since they wouldn't be tempting
their absent sisters 10 offend. they might
wasn't really wicked.
They saw the look Of sympathy i'm the
teachers kindly eye. and they said they
wanted to play.
What" said Miss MacE.lroy. observ-
ing their hesitation with smile.
She need never have asked. One girl
answered shyly "Euchre. Miss MacEl-
roy. and there were seven filuttering
echoes of 'Euchre, euchre, euchre."
They played euchre They had a per-
fectly beautiful time. They all told Miss
MacElroy that they had enjoyed il ever
so much.
The girls who hadn't come heard all
about the party. They were not the
least bit envious when they heard what
good time the others had had, but they
were severely shocked when they learned
that the party had turned out to be a
euchre party. In the regular course 81
church events the story was one after
noon and evening In reaching Superin-
tendent II. r. ROden. Of the Sunday
school He was scandalized. There was
only one course for Mss MaeEIroy to
pursue and IL became nOIsed about that
he hoped she would take the course with
out further suggestion from him.
Somebody told Miss MacElrOy. and
she wrote out her resignation and sent
ii to Mr.. ROden. Then she sent word to
the eight girls. and they all came TO see
her. and she told them that she wasn't
to be their teacher any more. because
she had tried TO make them happy at
her party. Everybody felt badly. The
girls said they wouldn't go to Sunday
school any more II Miss acElrOy
culdn't be- their teacher She told them
that she appreciated their love and would
never forget IT, but that il would be very
wicked Of her to be the cause of their
not going tn Sunday school any more
Miss MacElroy." suggested one. dry
ing her tears with a radiant smile.
why can't we come 10 Sunday school
here. at your house >"
The girl who made the sug gestion was
almost Rugged TO death on the spot For
two Sundays Bible Glass. No. L. has been
taught BY another than Miss Mac E;lroy
and the scholars in it have numbered
three. Every Sunday just as the Sun
day school Was breaking up and get
ting ready for church. Miss MacElrOy
and her eight pupils have come lovingly
down the street from her home.
The mothers Of the eight have arrayed
themselves ON the side OF their daughters
and The congregation has been talking
the matter over. Mr.. ROden's side
noints to the church rule against card
playing. and there rests its case