Evening journal., 1909-08-25
SAYS FAMILY
IS A NUISANCE

EAST ORANGE, n. j.. Aug. 25.-
Whether a family Of seven young chill
dren constitute a public nuisance or
not will be settled when the suit
brought by their neighbors against Mr..
and Mrs. John Van Allen Murray of
East Orange is heard in Trenton on
September is. The neghbors say the
children adopted by Mr.. and Mrs. Muir
ray are noisy. that their clamor Is an
noying. and that efforts to amuse them
with the graphophone add TO the nui-
sancc.
Mrs. Murray, who with her husband,
lives at 80 Warrington place, in the
exclusive section Of East Orange con-
tends that a large family is not a nui-
sance but a pleasure. and that the
laugh of children at play is music to
her, while the cry of child rends her
heartstrings.
Il don't know one Of my neighbors
said Mrs. Murray today. Il have heard
what they say. but don't care. don't
play bridge l don't care for the things
that society cares for and we have
nothing i'm common. These children are
|
not a nuisance. These people about me
cannot understand why myself and my
husband have taken up this work. We
have done so because we believe we arc
doing right These children, with one
exception have come from founding
asyluns. / would like to know who
would pay MS for taking care of them.
MY husband and I believe environ
] q. NI.f.
II up properly and the child will take
care of itself. In the bringing up Of oui
adopted children we do not destro,
their individualism as is done in an
institution. We encourage It. We stud,
their tcmperaments and never punish
child by whipping. A whipping brutal
ICES the person administering It an
blunts the finer sensibilities Of IN
child. Look at these childrenl"
one after another the children wer
brought. All were well dressed. brigh
and Interesting and appeared well be
haved.
"Those are the children they say ar
nuisance" continued Mrs. Murra,
: "All OF them are IN bed every night b
o'clock. We play the graphophon,
b but the selections are all classical. TIL
|ANANA W or VI NtAA AoAf hHAhaf oAAli
hrlch. Farrar and others. Our childre
/ of school age go to school. and Au
gusta. our maid, and the governess c
, the little ones teaches them Germal
How did we come to take these chill
dren? 1t was a pleasure. one afte
another Mr.. Murray and | buried thrc
children. My son by "A former mar
riage was growing up. / wanted
.tT,
err Mr.. Murray Is now the head {
|. the Church Of the Healing Christ"
Mr. Murray arrived az this junctuI
with three children.
Nonsense; the babies are not nu
sances" he declared How can the
be? why as we came along the stree
six puppies on a porch down thci
were keeping up an incessant barking
and a graphophone was grinding OF
, lot Of cheap music. Across the stree
, is a piano that sometimes is pounde
: until / o'clock in the morning, an
, the worst of IL is tho person can't play
Asked about herself Mrs. Murra
said:
MY maiden name was Van Ale
/ My family was among the early sci
: tiers in this country and owned an es
. tate mp around Undertook. My fatl
a er was a Forty-niner, and I was Dor
in Santa Monica, Cal"
you might say that YOU are a cot
sin TO ]. J. Van Allen of Newport" IN
d. tcrjected Mr. Murray.
= Il am" said Mrs. Murray but
never have traded ON my relationshi
), My family connections. aside from a
income, have been a hindrance rath'
than a help TO me I'm my chosen wor
want TO say that ] will never give Il
my children. In tho hard times tN
. years ago I sold my diamonds and m
/, surplus wardrobe that they might hay
+ every comfort. and I even did my ow
washing to have the money that tn,
=. might be clothed"