The sun., 1902-11-09
CITY DAUNTS MISSIONARY.
MT NE SEES 4 CLEAN or HOPE
FOR SIRINtN IEPERS.
New Yorker Into whose once lie Couldn't
Penetrate Reads "The sun and
Writes TO Him Ia Can on Nonda,
Gar Conductors >ccd Missionary.


The Rev; Henry + Weiss, the Morayian
MISSIONARY, felt a little le,. lugubrious
yesterday a. to the outlook for his mis-
sionary clurts ia New Work. ia behalf of
his Suriuam icpcr colony. than he had
felt after falling To- < past Bishop Potter =
butler and after tine un-ympatucuc treat
mcut he had received when trying to reach
some New York bu-iucs, men of the Wall
Street district.
MIR. Weiss and his. wife remained at home
AT ?55 West lvcuty-jhird street, almost
all day, waiting to make a fresh start thls
week at seeking t. interest New Workers
of means in the MuIav.lu lcler colony.
Mr.. Weiss received early IN IL" day a letter
from New Yorker ct the Wall street -cc-
tion asking him To call tomorrow morning
The clergyman had had letter of intro
duction - the gentleman, but had faded
10 get into communication with him. In
the cpmplexitv of New York customs he
had been unable 10 get near enough 10
present his hotter When the New Yorker
saw the story Of the Rev. Mt Weiss in TIE
Sun Of Yesterday. however. he wrote him
at once, b.ju.uL him call tomorrow
morning.
Mr Weiss said that the man was one
whose name was known To every one, but
that he did not feel al liberty 10 mention
II in advance of hls call. There was no
promise of money in the letter. he said.
but he hoped that after he had had a talk
with the New Yorker some money " ould bc
forthcoming for the lcper colony
Nir. and Alrs. Weiss have found il a pain
fully difficult thing 70 get around New York
city. Both speak f. gii~h and may he readily
Il "a L.. Ita u gi at
tention 10 them. But the speech particu-
larly of Mr. " ciss Is OF 80 peculiar an aC-
cent that needless person might easily
get the impression that IL would be a waste
of labor 70 Try to listen 10 him, and amuI
the needless al" numbered III Mr.. Weiss
experience such employees Of the surface
and elevated car lines as he has chanced
10 meet.
Both he and Mrs Weiss fail 10 understand
the New York temper. Of mind. They
almost fear tho CITY. Mr.. Weiss has LAM
tern slides and lecture material, but he is
afraid TO try 10 address a New York audi
ence. he has had such Ill fortune in his efforts
20 make the street car mon grasp he mean-
ing of his words
We went downtown on a Broadway
car" he said. As Wa got on | said to the
conductor that We wanted 70 60 10 Broad
street
Wall" he bawled at me.
Broad" said |
WAL" he, shouted again. I repeated
Broad, and h. roaTcl Wall. So | said
Well, let rs get of; we must b" on the wrong
car, Then IA citizen bade Us rest on the
car, explaining that We were To get of the
car at Wall street To- 60 TO Broad street
/ cannot understand why the condu ,tor
could not have tolt US that. But all he
did was 10 say Wall
"Now am not child but cannot under
stand these ways We went again Oh the
Hochbahu-what YOU call the elevator
and asked the man at tho door II | could
that way get to 10Th street He was busy
eating an apple and he replied: Christie
pher street.
Il said again 16ith and he echoed Chris
topher' | remarked that | had heard
Of Christopher a. a Heiliger. a holy man,
but knew not what he had 10 do with l6ith
street, and the man opened his mouth
apple. People crowded behind us and
we went ahead and later a passenger ex-
planned 10 u- how TO reach l6ith street.
And the citizens, We fear 10 stop them;
ron moved his slpcws briskly, indicative
OF the multtudinous swinging arms o.
Broadway. He added: Your policemen
are very kind"
Mr. Weiss will speak this morning at the
little Moravian church IT, Sixth street.
One of Mr., Weiss ideas is that 1t would
be very happy thing If he could head
made in this country with some OF the money
which he hopes to collect here, either
small chapel OF bathroom for the Surinam
colony. There is needed at his Bethesda
Home for Lepcr- chapel and a bat broom,
among other things, and he thinks that il
would be well perhaps to build portable
chapel here, exhibit il, and then transport
it to Surinam and put II up for u-e there
as the gift of Americans. This. however
is only a suggestion Of his own, a, the
Moravian Board directs the expenditure OF
the money.
Mr.. Weiss said that the Government
could take only such lepers "a left their
houses and went into the street but that
they could not take "a lcpor from his homo
which was his castle. As a result Of this
working Of tho law, lepors assisted at their
homes in work, laundering and the making
OF small articles. which were then sent gu,
to the homes Of the healthy, so endangering
every one in the colony. There were in
Paramarbo, he sld moro than 1000 lcpers
and the Government was very glad TO
cooperate with the Bethesda management
in the efforts 10 get the lonor, 70 leave
their homes and go to the Bethesda Home
OF their free will