Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-23
"a MORMON MISSION
WORKERS PAY VISITS
10 A PUBLIC SCHOOL
,ber at the Stephen Girard,
,sth and Snyder Avenue,
"Couldn't Get Rid
of Them"
TO CHILDREN

\ ~. ex-senator FRANK '' a,,I,, " "
came here to help fhlauelphla
.rrren in their campalsn sa, ssa''s. Isl.
Hffn oon,,Sntiv repeated charge that Nor
& 8e hs.,sr.InnarIes have been accorded lib
70 nllsssrohv they have been able to
fHn y. nropa sanda before school chill
.oaAent on which the charge Is
ne ~ never been printed In any of
w. ,,.s hs newspnpers, but II has fire.
lh oA"s Ian referred to in the sectarisr
sain'p !. soes back to last autumn, and
Fin ,he stephen Girard School, at
.,rsat and Snyder avenue.
,s..,.ra with the missionaries, the
lnsllsi N the school and the teacher,
fhepa. ~ whose name the mission
*E'.sra able to speak in the school,
ne hring forth parallel statements;
q ny ny conclusion, after assembling the
" las...snis OF all, Is that the mission
NV ,ook advantage of the young
w who is Miss Alma M. Scott, of
" aoston avenue, and has charge OF
....d y 4 grade at the stephen Girard.
sreordIng to the story, wnlch mas
~ cIrculatlon--and even now, four
lDasl l.u. sfter the visit. It is being more
eaa' .,ora circulated-the missionaries
~ ~ Inc stephen Girard School at the
s w. ,nvitatlon of Miss Scott, spoke In
-, grades there, bringing In dis
r's ..sr n the Book of Mormon. eXpound-
M Mormon philosophy about poly
Z. ,ha missionaries contend 1t Is right
~ %..,rc,n,e. but illegal in practice-while
,t1as Under the subject of Idaho and
I ,Is Rocky Mountains.
I ~ ~. nrincipal Of the school, Miss Jessie
i =, reg told a reporter for the EVENING
t,.narp that there was absolutely no mem
= y. n reilrion while the Mormon mission.
! ~ talked.
E -. two missionaries mentioned In the
.,sh.r .reneated story are Miss Edna Crow
& An N 1918 North 18th street, and Miss
,s.,raret Edward, who was a companion
rI.15onary with Miss Crowther in Phila-
llama. but recently was transferred to
III K.w York.
MISS SCoTT'S DEFENSE.
4 N an Interview with Miss Crowther the
rnortsr got the impression that they
3 v'rs Invited to the Stephen Girard School
+ y account of the deep friendship existing
Nsween chem and Miss Scott. That i'm.
f radon was dspelled by Miss Scott. She
B Is cnly g.
F 4 wish somebody would show up those
psfmons," she said "They keep bother
~ me until I don't know what to do.
II never knew a thing about them until
& one morning they both came here. 1t
8Suit have been on Saturday-there was
Ast any school that day-and answered
+ IA bel They told me they were from
&no Church of the Latter Day Saints;
1cfmon missionaries, you know was
& he way they put 1t, and then l interrupts
B a to say that / didn't know anything
i6cut Mormonism. I was, going to add
+ hat wasn't interested, but they said
Hay realized the people didn't have a
FHv good understanding of what Nor
n1nism was, and 1t was their business
& j b explain II.
II didn't want to appear impolite, but
linking they would take the hint and go.
aid to them as coldly as dared, you
HFoudn't want to come In. would your
md hey seized the opportunity right
#1gay and said, why, yes, thank you,'
~ pushed right in, going back to the
nshen with me.
COULDN'T GET RID OF THEM.
They stayed an hour before could get
4 Of them. I don't know whether they
new when they came In that / was a
i4Aool teacher. but they learned 1t while
B = talked, and Miss Edward told me she
asd TO teach school in Salt Lake and
-. ~ASNiAA AOi al AlNlNoNAOi W OhA
tAocl until I had to give one of those
Fnerai invitations which most persons
z,yeF accept. You know, Come, around
"a visit my class some time never
bought they'd come.
But In few days they we're down
nge They went to see Miss Bagg and
"a het had invited them, and asked to
= the school. They visited in several
2Qms and at lunch time called on me.
ny kept me talking all through lunch
9 and missed mine. Then, when
a 10 go back to the classroom they
sepglzed for keeping me, and said some
ene they would come back and we'd all
#ie luncheon together. That would be
~ ! said, or something like that, and
~ enough the next day they were back.
hau told Miss Bagg who they were,
~ % she was on the lookout and stayed
" mem when they returned. They
ze1e IN the fourth grade during the
..raphy lesson"
nss Scott was asked IL they had spoken
he Mormon religion, or had kept
eneuY 10 the geography topic, and she
s.nered that some one asked a question
w the Mormons. and Miss Edward
z-'sd 10 answer, but was silenced by
.arning glance from Miss Bagg.
ne hormons stayed for luncheon on
second trip; there was no way out Of
MISS Scott put 1t. She hasn't seen
since, though they have called sew
lhnes at her home. '"rhey made me
their Book OF Mormon, which have
W looked into" she said, "and al
l,snsr haze caused me a whole lot Of
RELIGION NOT MENTIONED.
w Bagg said the visit of the Mormon
aaries need cause no one any
~ Tor she saw to IL that they kept
rA entirely out of their talk. I'VE
careful never TO allow anything
1At to creep in" Miss Bagg said.
was worried lest 1t might. For
sason ! stayed in the room the
Is, while they talked. and saw to II
seihing like that was mentioned. /
ta them beforehand"
Srowther Is continuing her mis-
~ work. Her method, she said, Is
hs as that practiced by Miss Scott
HAkes a house-to-h house canvass, to
eenNerts to the church of Mormon.
aiss Edward went to New York,
~ hawkes. has been helping Miss
- sloather says her support comes
.snas she saved to make a study OF
ana then gave that up TO do mis-
Nerk. In talking about polygamy
.seted with the Mormon Church.
~ 'ed that It's practice has ceased
put, she held. the MoT1nons still
= Il In principle.
IS 1ol.'ils' she said. may be ideal.
s5,ny Is necessary under certain
'9as She cited Europe as a place
would be necessary after the
o"ther said she would be proud
s'e me daughter Of a polygamous