El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-27

t-u heard a great many ministers Of
the gospel pieacLiett' }sI< sIouI fs
4 causes Of evil in the world and the need
Of reforms; heard them oeseIlDe WA ~ T5-
could best help bad people TO pc better
have heard sermons ana lectures gwen 70
~ md am OF these addresses contained
S5eas worthy Of serious thought and re-
spf sat ne most compelling, far reaching
and absorbing conversation j ever nero nee oL
these subjects. ana the ia, VgLllcn leIe 7i S
lasting Impressions, and Wnicn lnosts Clea-ls
defined the needs OF good society 70 re-
form. was given by a man VINO D4Iely g.
capped the electric chair Jack Rose Dy
Is Doing Much Needed Work.
lack Rose is q remarkable man. Ana he
IS doing one Of the most needed Worhs ~
bv inaunerabie men and women in the
world today. The Rev J. H. Brown o5
south NorwaIk, Conn, who 1rsu tnuuceu
TeCi- Pose to sneak to his congregation.
sboufd be crowned by laurels He hao
talked with the man who turned states evl-
Jerce for several weeks at various times
Then he went to him and said
lyon have expressed the hope that the
world would open mp to you some method
ps - yC7Ir Family I have found the
hooo + 3s; yOe eince first talked with you
nv sermons have been made out OF the sub
5ects you gave me. You are full OF ideas.
fbeD your way will open to talk to others.
That is your career as see It. In that work
you can 90 more 10 AS-p --0 "1--- e--'-- Al
any other"
rbersupon a very lively Iornets nest
seemed 10 be stirred ND BY the Rev M
Brown Good, moral well behaved people
that he must not and should not let a bad
man stand in his pulpL ana taIA 10 thelll
TO them, Gods elect
7,t Rose did speak to them, even when
his lie and that Of his sponsor were threat
ened
And after he hsu once spoken, public SEN sem
mat lack Rose had something to say which
the public at large needed to hear
That which most people expected 20 nser
Things about the great political murder
scandal-they do not hear
But they learn how 1t was that one man
and many other men. came into the under
world where crime breeds -,
They learn how Jack Rose, a small hus-
sian bow brought TO this country at the age
OF three, and living in the poor districts OF
our American cities, found himself at an
early age an object Of ridicule ana a DuII OF
tests because ne had come out OF long
fever illness absolutely bald. IKE an olo
man Re was an oddly When he went to
ecTool children who were better off than
ne and whose parents believe themselves 70
he GOOD Christians, tortured the sensi-
tive child heart by their rude and unAzlno
tests at his appearance
His is not solitary case Only q rev
Years ago a little defOrmed girl OF 10 com
United suicide in New York, leaving a note
saving she no longer cared to live because
her schoolmates ridiculed her bumped DacA
Touches Too Lightly on Failures Of Parents.
enormous sin Of parents who 1all 10 teach
their children from the cradle up nqInellly
and kindness and the courtesy which make
it Impossible for them to r1dlcule less 1or-
He should duate to greater length on this
ne talks forcibIy and earnestly regarding
the great educational crime Of sending out
rough and uusympathetic men as truant
masters and allowing them to railroad a boy
or girl into houses OF correction, where they
associate with others who are more unruly
than themselves, and from which they go
forth bearing a brand Of Cain
He makes plea for more sympathy and
more understanding from the truant mas
ters- q plea TO have truant and unruly chil-
dren led away from the wrong paths into
right ways by wise and loving methods
not driven like mad dogs into some place
Of punishment
After this man came from the house Of
correction he many times tried to get a new
start in right ways There is always in
every human heart this impulse-this long
ing to do right. And it was a very strong
impulse in the heart Of Jack Rose But the
way was very difficult. and no sooner would
he get a fOOtLold than some one reminded
him Of his past. and the new friends and as
sociates in the upper world would draw
back and finally it was borne in upon his
mind that he belonged in the under world
For there people did not ask for credentials.
and there you had nothing to hide and no
cause to feel ashamed Of your past
And so Jack Rose went into the under
world TO become a gambler and a poll
tician Of the New York Tammany type.
All that happened to him afterward we