New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-31
SUGGESTIVE CONTRINI.

"usvo mercy upon all Jews. Turks inhdeis
"ond berotics and take from them all ignorance
"hordncSs of heart and contempt OF Thy Word.
This is the nrayer which will he offered in many
q Christian house of worship to-day. What pc
tjtons Mahometans may make in our pchaii o'
what PRAYERS The children of Israel will offer mp
for their Gentle nciChbors we are unable 10
cav but a curious commentary on this Good
Friday collect is 10 be found IN Nv" recent
stories Of which most newspapers IN ms hcieh-
borhood made note at the time.
The one S that Of a young girl VINO leaves
her family TO earn her own living ny tcachlhS
school" in a Connecticut village rejoicing IN INC
Scriptural name Of Mount Carmel. She has mol
bccn many months in this community whch
stories 10 her disadvantage begin to he WIS
,crcd about and finally some anonymous scoun-
drcl brings charges before the school Commit
tee accusing her Of being an Immoral person.
unfit 10 leach the Young. Vague as 10 facts
lint ON investigation bent TWO members OF the
Board of Visitors of them a clergyman
call NJ the schoolhousc and for eight long hours,
without intermiSsion. subject the poor girl 10 ii
trial that reminds one fOrcibly Of the eXamlna-
ton Of a suspect" before n French "iuge IN
structiOn." For eight long hours these inqus-
,tors question. and cr0ss-qucstion. badger Tor
ment and frighten al inexperienced girl against
whom there Is no proof whatever OF mishe-
havior beyond little youthful imprudence and
same not unnatural thOughtessness. Not CON
,cnt with this they next proceed to call in the
school children one 10y one. and inierrogate
then rs 10 what they know about their teach
er's daily doings After this humilating ordeal
the moor victim goes home and tho next morn
ing her mind having given way under the
strain. she is found lying unconscious in Il
snowdrift all but dead from mental excitement
and physical exposure.
'rhc Other story is that Of young woman Of
Jewish parentage who mysteriously disappears
from her home in Brooklyn. For n while no
trace of her is found anywhere. After week
or so Il friend Of the family, much upset at
finding that the police suspect him OF being i'm
plies ed in her disappearance. attempts suicide
end on his dcathbed las he supposesj cOnicSses
10 a knowledge Of her hdlng-place. In the
house of 4 midwife IN this city she is found by
l:cr distracted parents only a few days after
the birth of her child There Is no room here
for doubt or uncertainty. No inquiStOr!al pro-
cccding is necessary 10 wiring a confession OK
the wrc;chcd story from her lips. The one stub
born fact-her maternity-is not 10 he "a InSaid.
She has violated all moral and social law. In
the eyes Of n charitable world she has become
an "outcas;" In Mount Carmel she would only
inspire loathing.
But how do the parents whose hearts she has
vrung and whose heads she has bowed treat
this weak and crrlng child? How. indeed: Is
she rcpudia;rd ard thrown ont upon the world
Ia hide her shame as best she may and. alone
ard unprotected. Ia 20 from bad 10 worse he
cause no helping hand Is held out. no reSpccia-
bic future considered possible for her? No. OH
yc Carmclites. She Is forgiven: her sin IS for
gotten: she Is welcomed she and her child--by
those whom her transgresson dishonored The
parental roof once more shelters her whom YOU
would east into tho snowdrifis of an unfeeling
world. She stu has future before her.
+, The moral courage Of that step In tho face Of
socittys prejudlces. reveals a spirit Of devotion
and sacrifice on the part of those Jewish parents
that Is sublime.
And yet and yet shall go on, no doubt