The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-21

Mrs. jeremiah Sheppard. of Bridge
ton, faced this problem on the fourth
birthday of her son. Her reward ir
solving 1t was the life OF the son, fol
she saw her husband sink slowly under
the waters. drawn down by q~uicksands
Rather than let her child fall from her
arms so that she might go to her hus-
bands aid, she solved the problem by
keeping the lad secure from the hun
cry waves which Tapped about her.
What would you have done? In the
exchange of a life for a life which life
would you have saved?
Wide diversity of opinion is shown
in the replies sent to the city editor
of THE EVENING STAR. Men de-
clare, for the most part, that the hus-
band should ave been saved; women,
generally, say that the wife and mother
did right. Among the latter Is Mrs.
E. Griffith, of 22 Osborn street, Bloom
field, who writes:
Mrs. Sheppard acted as a mother
should. Had she let the child
drown to save the life of her hus-
band she would have committed
lIuIdclp did WOhiu nave iiioic VA
her conscience the rest of her life.
/ would have trusted to the child's
hanging to my shoulders and would
have ventured to 20 to my hus-
bands aid, even If I thought I
would lose the child by doing so,
writes Nellie O'Hare. of "a Cherry
street.
George R. Flanagan, of 420 John
street, East Newark, declares he would
have saved the husband. He says:
II would save the husband. be-
cause he is Of more use and has
lived a life of usefulness. On the
other hand, the baby does not know
what it means to die.
If Mrs. Sheppard had tried to give
aid to her husband. who was sinking
in the ~quicksand, she kne the same
fate would have been melted out to
herself and her child. writes Mrs.
Mabelle Kilduff. Of 4S2 Fifteenth
avenue. Her thoughts. doubtless,
were not of herself. but of her
child, thinking that he would nave
been thrown on a cold and pitiless
world without a mothers love to
guide him.
Mrs. Sarah Sabelson. of lis Spruce
street, writes:
l would say, without an instant's
hesitation, Let the three of us
DROWN and go to my husband.
Wifely low ann be as strong
as motherly love. declares VIII A.
Trench, of so Elm road. The mother
did right. Her heart prompted her;
the child can always comfort her
and its loss could never be forgotten.
Florence NJ. Byrne, of 279 High street
writes:
"She should have attempted to save
her husband If he were a true husband
Providence has Joined man and wife
In a holy bond that death alone car
rightfully part. If h man were not
true the mother should have saved hel
child. Next to her husband her boy
was closest TO her,
! would ave done just as Mrs.
Sheppard has done, writes Mrs.
Pauline Bechmann, of 269 Central
venue If she had tried to save
her husband there would have been
not only one life lost, but two or
three.
I would save my husband, as he
would be the main support of u
family, declares Mrs. Anne Floros,
of SO Boston street.
Mrs. P. F. Ubhaus, of 512 Clinton ave
nue.. writes:
1 would save both, husband and
child, or go with them.
D. NJ. Davis, of 200 Windsor street
Kearny, says hat he would have dom
as Mrs. Sheppard did. He says:
She saved herself and her child,
urbiIa ~ cba had left the child to
save the father, all would have been
- lost.
Space does not permit the printing II
these columns of all answers In detail
Therefore, bear in mind that thu
shorter the answers, the better.
shorter the answers the better, In nj
case must a reply exceed 10 words
Thursday. July %, is the last day o