The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-04
SOUND, OF AGE, HELD ANYHOW
WISS lIIEN iRRUE - TO JON
THE "PIIItR or FIRE"
Her Father Ob J~ctrd. hat N English In"
Could Not Pre-, snt Her sailing. for
she Is IA Gab,~~ Called Nrr Minor
thlLi with Mania and Tuberculosis.

! G. Allen. m-rchan, Of London has
been sending letters and "abegrams and
wireless messages for several weeks ~
he British consulate here. the polio" and
the Immigration Bureau a. Ellis Island
asking that hi- daughter. l.ilv Maid
Allen. whom h. described A. minor.
shorld b. held ,Ip OH her expected arrival
here bv steamer. She arrived bv he
American liner ~ Paul. yhiCh locked
last evening The immigration boarding
officer McGrcgor. boarded n" ~ Paul
a. Quarantine expecting Ia find u raliii
aud slcklv looking girl described Dv her
father "a III of ph,hiss He was sur
pri-ed 10 see a robust. typical English
woman 81 20 with very red cheeks. clear
british gray ryss and general aspect III
perfect health She was in the second
cabin and WAS accompanied by a pretty
young American Miss Mabel Galloway Of
Connecticut whose parents Are listing
friends in London
M Allen had said IN hs varIoI- com
rl'.ntcations 'har his dswght-r was suffer
.ng from religious mania The Young
Woman said IL was true that she had been
converted in London to the sect calling
itself The Pillar Of Fire" and that Their.
wa- nothing stranger about its doctrine
than about that Of the salvation Army or
he old time Methoiists She mad come
her. TO prepare herself 10 become a mis-.
sionary and WA going 10 the headquarters
of -he sect az Bound Broox v She
laid that her father had not supported
her and that he had no religious belief
and was opposed 10 her having any. Sh"
had been employed in bakery in London
and after her conversion had met Miss
Galloway. who il aiso a member OF the
sect She had intended originally 10
sail bv the White Star liner Ma e-tic and
had booked on her but when she read
in London newspaper hat sh. Was s,ls-
pecred of being Ethel l.. N.ve sh- lie
cided Ia take another ship
Her father could not stop her in England
from sailing she said as she il her own
mistress legally. but he did all he could
20 make things unpleasant for her ON her
arrival her" She said che had NO inten
ton Of marrying man named Bridswell
had been reported from London. and
that her only object in coisfng 30 America
was to com pl.te her reli giosi- education
Mrs A. l.. Wolfram. who described her
self rs deaconess OF the sect and a
resident Of Bound Brook. its heado'ls rfers.
was ar tho pi~r 80 greet Miss Allen and
expressed surprise that the ship news
reporters knew SO lii'I. of The Pillar
Of Fire Mrs Wolfram wore plain
black and a black poke bonnet on the
front Of which in silver gilt letters was
IN. name Of he sect She AID there was
nothing NOR. undlgnifiad about IN.
practice OF her belief than about that Of
the primitive Christians
Miss Ga llo~av who spoke with much
precision and seemed TO have mad. a
study Of her faith declared that 'h-r.
"a. som. jumping occasionally bu'
that u Was Indllged in only by the IN
tense enthusiasts and that til. sect wat
not bit different otherwise from old
fashioned Methodisrs and thai it, praC-
tees were sane, ion-d by the New Te-ta-
msD'.
The ships surgeon J T. Stuobsrt
-aId il was s-lf-ev idenr tina, Miss Allen
did not have tuberculosis: in fac hat sh.
vas an exceptionally healthy person and
he could discover no traces of insanity
IN her Boarding Officer McGrrgor said
he was not competent Ia LASS ON he cas-.
Of Miss Allen. He simply IF her III
charge " the ships officers for the nIght
with instruct IONS to semi her so Ellis
island this morning Sh" took her de
ientIon placidv-
Miss Galloway and Mrs Wolfram l.fi
,h.. shin and the pIer together DToIui--
ing 10 call al Ellis Island for Miss lien
this morning They said they did not
.-. how the GOV eminent could de'ain her
merely because she believed IA q sect
that her father did not like. II il likely
hat she will he permitted To land SA.
hs. S2s and Mrs Wolfram promises TO
se- that she - properly provided FOR
afr.r -h. lands