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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
BY Ralph Courtney
IN ow I'm all out for poll
~ tics, and I'm hoping
for seat at Westmin-

ster before very long
on the labor vote"
Thus the British servant girl poll
tlcian Jessie Stephens announces
her plans for the future. -Four short
years brought Jessie from the OBJ
scurity Of the back parlor into the
lmelight of world politics. Now
she moves among the great ones of
the earth Lloyd George has WINGED
under her singing words at labor
meetings, and the great Albert Hall.
holding ten thousand persons has
been filled by popular demonstra
tons in which Miss Stephens PLAYED
the leading part
A tall, slight girl. her face alive
with intelligence and framed with
thick dark hair, Miss Jessie Ste
phens Is personality not easily for
gotten. When she speaks her deep
voice, her earnest manner lighted
by flashes Of humor, make it a pleas
ure to listen to what she has to saw.
Twelve years ago Jessie Stephens
entered upon her domestic career at
me age Of fifteen.
Father was out of work." she
says, and the wages l could earn
IN service were needed to keep the
home together"
For seven years she worked as a
servant. She began in the kitchen
aid passed through all the stages of
domestic employment. She was
house Darlormaid," then general, .
den cook general" and, finally
graduated into odd staff maid" in
hotels.
When the war broke out she be-
gan to think Of new possibilities.
she became for time q porter in a
chemical warehouse and drove a
three-ton lorry in Glasgow, her ma
tive city.
During most Of this time she was
e,deavoring to organize her fellow
workers. The idea occurred to her
early in her career that trade
union vas necessary for the protec-
ton of domestic servants. Condi-
tons were not the same before the
war as now, and domestic servants
were not the independent individu-
as they are to-day.
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fellow barons from sitting
with them in the British House Of
Lords. She is entitled to do so
under every heading except for the
fact that she is a woman. Smarting
under her rejection, she is deter
mined to have her revenge. When
the Lords refused to admit her
among their number she declared
to The Tribune correspondent
II now regard it as my mission in
life to get into the House Of Lords. .
The Lords took their decision to
keep their august assembly petit
coatless on the eve of Lady Astor's
election to the House of Commons.
Those in the know were already pre-
dieting a 5000 majority for Lady
Aston The Lords refused to take
this lead, and now it ls to be a fight
to finish between them and Lady
Rhondda.
The British House Of Commons is
less conservative on the woman
question. A bill dealing with the
disability Of women was passed
through their body with compara-
tive ease. Many positions in the
legal profession and the civil service
were thereby thrown open to women,
and clause was inserted enabling a
woman to sit in the upper house.
Venerable peers held I'D their
hands in horror at such a revoutior-
airy prospect and took immediate ac-
ton when the bill came to them in
due course.
women may hold any posts they
like said the Lord, in substance,
$50 long as they do not invade our
sanctum.
So the Lords assented to the whole
of the bill with the exception Of the
one offending clause. Viscouutess
Rhondda thus lost the first round of
her fight for a position in the most
deeply intrenched stronghold of Brit
ish conservatism.
But they are not likely to succeed
in keeping women out for long.
England's super-woman seldom
threatens what she cannot perform.
But she will have an uphill strug-
Gle. Little help will come from the
Commons at present, for they have
decided not to fight the Lords on
the question of the rejected pro
vision. Their excuse was that the
long projected reform of the
House of Lords might materialize
at any time now and that the ques-
ton could wait until then.
Lady Rhondda places little faith
in the Lords reform" and is re
signed to fighting her own battle.
"A bout ten years ago." she told
The Tribune, during the great con-
troversy between the two Houses
when the powers Of the Lords were
curtailed, there was a strong feel
ing that the upper house could not
continue as constituted at present.
| have the impression, however,
that this question is no longer the
burning one that it was and that
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Is Getting Ready

When have had some more ad-
ministrative experience on the
Borough Council" she tells her
friends, II shall be ready for West
Minister"
Asked her views on the servant
question, Miss Stephens said:
Il consider that the condition Of
domestic service in England needs to
be altered. Putting aside those
which prevail in exceptional situa-
tons, the hours are too long and not
enough free time is allowed. Many
girls may not crave for time to
study, but they do desire free time
TO enable them to have some life out
side their work. 1t is right that
they should have it, and wise from
TIE employers point Of view that
they should.
Il have met nlistresses who en-
couraged their maids to read, draw,
paint, learn some musical instru-
ment; who regarded the girl first as
a human being and secondly as SER
want. But there are many who,
often unconsciously, can see nothing
in the servant but servant-a kind
Of flesh and blood vacuum cleaner.
Often mistresses are merely thought
less, not Intentionally unkind, but
the result is the same.
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how to be authoritative without Civ
ing offense; she cannot understand
the difficulties, the temptations Of
the life Of a working girl; and,
further, more often than not, she
does not even understand the duties
Of housewife. She tries to teach
without Knowledge
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The Present Process

"For instance, if I want 70 bring
before Parliament a question IN
which women are interested I have,
first Of all. to find peer or member
who - sufficiently amiable to IN
dertake 70 do It. This takes time
Then the next five weeks or more
are taken up IN coaching him on a
question in which perhaps he is not
specially interested. Even SO, dur
ing the whole period Of tho debates
you are in a continual state of
anxiety for fear the whole question
may be prejudiced through some
slip due to lack of knowledge With
women in the national legislature
all this trouble can be avoided
Asked for her opinion concern
ing Lady Astor's election, Lady
Rhondda said:
She VII be great help am
delighted to see her iu. No one
would have been more welcome to
the Commons than she; she IS
great favorite with every one.
Not far from the House Of Lords,
which she has vowed TO enter, Lady
Rhondda has her suite Of Offices.
She has chosen the top floor of
building overlooking one Of Lon
don's busiest thoroughfares. and hcr
own room, more Ike a stldio than
an office, possessing top light as
well as windows On several sides.
probably IS the hghtest office in
London. Dressed in a simple black
Office dress, Lady Rnondda sits in
the far corner Of her large room
before desk Of modest dimensions
while large open fire burns in the
CRATE. From here she directs the
many pies into which she has been
invited to place her finger. She has
just completed arrangements to en-
ter the board of directors of
'Lysagts, one of Britain 5 century
old iron companies.
Asked whether many other Eng
llsh women were following her ex-
ample and taking to finance in
large way. Lady Rhondda said:
Yes. there are q great many
You don't hear much of them, but
can assure you that number of
women have entered upon very large
undertakings
Lady Rhondda says she has re-
turned from America with many
pleasant recollections. She declined
to state her views on the Senates
rejection Of the peace treaty, but
believes that the league of nations
is the greatest ideal of the present
day.
at is probably the greatest ideal
that this generation will see"
While in America Lady Rhondda
studied the labor question there
and came away with the opinion
that on the whole, the labor troubles
were greater in America than in
England. But we take ours more
seriously, think, than you do
yours" she commented. IN nv
opinion, broadly speaking, the rem,
edy for all labor as we'll as of
all international differences lies in
the two sides becoming better
acquainted
Reverting to politics. Lady Rhond-
da declared in answer to a further
question that if offered the OPP
portunity of contesting a seat in
the House Of Commons at the next
general election, she would prob
ably refuse.
II prefer to stick to my mission
Of entering the House of Lords"
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Train the Mistress. Too

II feel very deeply that the do
mestc worker should be trained for
her profession and that the employer
should also be trained for hers.
"a girl marrics; she is young and
has led the sheltered life Of a well-to-
do young woman. She has no real
knowledge Of life; she does not know
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Left, Miss Jessie Stephens The English serront ,c]to
has announced her candidacy for the House OF Com
mons; belo'c, Viscounfess Rhondda co has been de-
med admission TO the House Of Lords, and her hus-
band, Sir Humphrey Mack,corth
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english Servant Girl Would Emulate Lady Asst

ago. was nearly sixteen myself
whom went to service, but was
very lonely"
Miss Stephens looks forward to
the time when she will have secured
state aid for schools to train Young
girls between the ages of fourteen
and sixteen
You'd Train Girls
If a girl leaves school at four
teen, she Is too young to go into
service. She is taken away from her
mothers care just when she needs it
most. Such a girl, if trained for
two years, would at sixteen enter
service stronger mentally and physi-
cally and with a good working
knowledge Of the duties she will be
expected to perform. Under present
conditions working parents cannot
afford to keep their girls so long
financially unproductive. Such
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London.
yISCOUNTESS RHONDDA,
! q peeress in her own right,
has been prevented by her
follour bnrnna frorn ritf I, es
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kno,cs by Experience

as they are to-day.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-10-04
RARE ExcEPrIoNS-

AS a rule the leading officials of
our city, state or nation in speaking
before Negroes seldom assume that
we are in~telligently acquainted with
the issues of the day and in their eff
fSrt at simplicity fail to drive their
speeches home to our minds and
hearts. Mayor Mendenhall of Kansas
City, Kansas, in his welcome to the
ministers of the Kansas and Nebraska
Conference proved to be a rare eXCep-
ton. And the address delivered by
overnOr Henry j. Allen of Kansas to
an overlooking congregation at the
First a. NJ. E. Church during the edu-
C~ational meeting of the same confer
ence was another. No overnor and
Mayor ever spoke more neatly. more
intelligently, more weighty or suffer
ed less emptiness in what they utter
ed TO a Negro audience. Both are
qualified for their positions and are
eager to respond to the breath of every
human aspiration regardless of race or
creed. With such rare exceptions as
Governor Allen and Mayor M%endenhall
in the fore, Kansas will become the
chief theatre of harmony and prosper
ity in Americas great hereafter.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-10-04

We don't know anything about the
mayor of Omaha except what has APP
peared in the dispatches connected
with the rioting there. But he is a real
maA. When the mob had a rope
around his neck and was on the point
o. hanging him for refusing to sur
reader the negro prisoner he was still
game. In the face of what seemed
certain death he was true to his duty
as chief executive of Omaha. Mayor
BSWsrd p. Smith has made a name
for himself.-K. C. Star.
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MEMBER
NATIONAL NEGRO PRESS
ASSOCIATION.

Fully approaching the danger to
school children, from the immense
volume of traffic on 18th street at
Woodland, Alderman Scannell, ener-
getic and faithful alderman of the
Eighth Ward has introduced an ordin-
Ancc making a compulsory stop of all
street cars on both corners aud has
petitioned the police commissioners
to station a traffic officer at this cor.
ner during certain hours for which
he Ess the thanks of the parents and
citizens of the district.
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MAY SPLIT OVER M'JIMsEY.
Koeln-Foriste Faction in ST. ouis
Fears for Its Patronage.

NoeIn-ForisteF Faction in St. outs
Fears for Its Patronage.
Opposition is developing in the st.
Louis Republican organization to E.
f. E. McJimsey, the Springfield edi.
run for governor next year. The
Koeln-Foristel faction in hat city
fears for its share of the patronage
should McJimsey be elected, and is
now whetting its knife.
The Springfield newspaper mar is
backed now by the Kiel-Schmoll fac
ton. At this end of the state he prob
ably will have the support of the
Marks faction of this city, and of "old
guard" Republicans. The politicians
generally admit McJimsey received a
tacit promise of support for the gov
ernorship when he declined to enter
the Republican primaries last year
against Senator Spencer. AS Spen-
Ger was backed by Kiel and Schmoll,
the latter's organization feels indebted
TO McJimsey for staying out of the
race.
The chief objection of the Koeln,
FOristel faction to McJimsey is fear
that he will listen too much to the ad-
vice of Jesse Tollerton, Springfield
banker. who was fish and game war
den and chief adviser of Ex-Governor
Herbert S. Hadley.
Henry s.. Caulfield, former member
of the St. Louis court of appeals, has
been suggested by the Koeln-Foristel
faction as a possible candidate for
governor.
As st. Louis Republican leaders ex-
pect to roll up a Republican majority
at mex years election of from thirty
to sixty thousand votes, hat city is
expected to have the final word on
the choice of gubernatorial candid
ates.
Wednesday Times.
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rAERoIsM WITHOUT FRlLLs.

While we are talking about gallant
deeds on wars firing line and acts
Of heroism in general, let us not for
get Edward P. Smith, mayor OF Oma-
h2.
Mayor Smith is not of the rough-and-
ready, skin-'em-alive type of man. He
has no cowboy record, such as gave
fame to former Mayor Jim Dahlman,
his predecessor. He does not affect
midwest toggery or picturesque man
ner of speech. He is educated, high
~ refined, an attorney by profession,
and while he has for many years been
prominent as a party leader on the
Democratic side, he never held politi-
cal office until he was pressed itno
service as mayo Nowhere along the
line, has Edward p. Smith ever pos
ed as a hero, yet he is a hero, never
theless, as was demonstrated Sunday
night.
His plea for order was answered
with a frenzied cry from the rioters
Tell the sheriff to give us that mig
ger!"
DuI Inc AHdJOT I0luSCu W dppVdl "
the sheriff for the surrender of the
prisoner.
Then the moose was tossed about
the neck of the mayor and he was
dragged through the streets to a box
which was to be used as a place OF
execution
Once again he was told that he
would not be harmed II he would ask
the sheriff, who stood guard over the
negro. to yield.
4 Will not do it,"
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This from he mayor.

This from the mayor.
Then wen lynch you!" shouted the
mob, and the threat was being put into
execution as rapidly as possible when
policemen cut the rope that was being
used by the mob.
Not once did the mayor waver.
*. G. Post.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-10-04
Classified Wants and
Rooms to Rent

For Rent-Furnished room. 1890
Brooklyn, upstairs; Mrs. Perry.
POSITION WANTED-By first
class church pianist. Mrs. Gertrude
Bruce, Bell phone Grand 4154.
FOR SALE.
See my new addition for Colored;
36th and Topping. Buy like rent.
to five rooms. H. B. ALLEN.
WANTED TO RENT.
Furnished Restaurant, or would buy.
Gail Bell Phone East AS.
FOR SALE-Seven passenger Oak
land Car. Good as new. Terms TO the
right party. G. w. Reed, 1714 e, 18th
st. At
FOR RENT:-Rooms in a quiet and
respectable home. Mrs. N. S. Adkins,
01O Garfield. E. 1866.
FOR RENT-Newly furnished rooms
at the Kinsler Apartments. Bell East
5S3OW.
wanted-Competent hair dresser.
None other need apply. Call Bell
Phone East 1921.
WANTED TO FTND-My son who is
13 years of age. His name is Simon
Shreeves and is sometimes called
Willie" He left Kansas City for
Gary, Ind. about the 3rd or 4th Of
August. Any person knowing of his
whereabouts or delivering the boy TO
me will be rewarded to the extent of
$4,000. Address Mrs. Katie Sbreeves,
1O41 jefferson St., Gary. Ind.
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Buyers, Don't Buy
Until You Read This!

2119 Flora Ave.-S-room frame;
water in; $1,000; 5000 down, balance
easy payments.
Bales, 2o12-Six-room frame. partly
modern. Price 81, 500, 500 down and SO
per month and interest.
Highland, 12s2-Two houses on lot,
house in front a six-room frame, water
and gas, arranged for two families; three
room brick in rear, both renting for $751; 90
a month. Price $1,000, 500 down and
$1,000 per month and interest.
s1s E. 18th st.-5-room brick; strictly
modern except heat. Price 81, $50. $500
down, balance easy payments.
1916 Washington St.-4-room cottage,
30 foot lot; water and gas inside. Price
s1,1OO.oO; $500 down, $1,000 a month
payments.
1867 East End St.-Two apartments,
frames, with electric lights and water in,
lot fifty feet wide. Price 81, 500, 5000
down, balance $1,000 per month and in
terest.
Tracy, 2~21s-Four-room frame cottage.
Price 81, 400, 800 down, balance $12. 90 per
month and interest.
Tracy, 2215-Newly built brick apart
ment flat, four apartments, four rooms
to each apartment, strictly modern ex-
cept heat, income $1,000 monthly, price
NJtOvVf |OVO uOWIf DdldnCb eOU.VU per
month and interest, don't overlook this
bargain.
Flora, 222o-Four-room frame cottage,
strictly modern except heat, price 50, $50,
500 down, balance $500 per month and
interest.
Garfield, e14-Six-room frame, partly
modern, price $4,000. 800 down, balance
$4,000 per month and interest.
Brooklyn, 131a-Six-room brick, two
apartments strictly modern. price Sc, 500,
81, 600 down, balance easy payments.
Forest, 1714-Eighteen-room brick.
partly modern, fine place for roomers,
price $3.50, $500 down. balance $4,000
per month and interest.
Northeast corner Tenth and Woodland.
-Ten-room frame strictly modern except
heat, price $3.50, $500 down, balance
$500 per month and interest
Holly, 2e37Na-Two frame two apart
ment buildings, partly modern, price
$4,000. $500 down, balance easy payments.
1909 e. 18th st.-Eight-room frame, all
modern except heat, price SO, $50, $500
down, balance to suit.
Remember that we make real estate
loans. also small short time loans on
household goods, pianos, etc.
See Rinsier, Office 91s East 21st st.
Bell Phi. CIR. 4204. Home Del $50.
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Why pay rem when you can buy a
lot and have a house built to suit
yourself at a very low figure? East
williams & Jackson. Either phone
East 1915.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-10-04

(By the Associated Negro Press.l
New Orleans, La, Sept. 23.-The
Josephite Fathers, a Colored Catholic
order, has purchased the building oc-
cupied by the Third Presbyterian
Church and will convert it into a
Catholic Church.
The church will bear the name of
the Church of the Holy Redeemer."
Dedication ceremonies will take place
within the mex few weeks and the
edifice will then be turned over to
Rev. Joseph A. LAZY.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-10-04
ATTORNEYS.

FORREST B.. ANDERSON, Lawyer,
529 State Avenue, Kansas City, Kas.
Bell Phone West 1860.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-10-04
BAKERIES.

HOME BAKERY. Mrs. A. Compton,
Prop. 1901 East 18th Street.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-10-04
THEY SAY

THAT if you have the blues" read
the twe~nty.seVenth Psalm.
THAT if your pocket book is en-
pity. read the t~hirty-seventh Psalm.
That il people seem unktnd read
the fifteenth Chapter of John.
That wedding bells" have almost
ceased ringing in this old town late
ly. Why
That the man who sets a trap for
you ~uniustly will eventually fall in it
himself.
That no man can hold another
down in the ditch unless he stays
down there with him.
That you had better not let this
good weather fool you-"It's just over
yonder.'
That the parent who does not
send his children TO school is doing
that child an irreparable injury.
THAT if you can't have your own
way in everything keep silent and read
the third chapter of James.
That every Colored ~ex-seryice man
in this city should join the new Post
just established.
THAT q Baptist minister Of this
city laid down his religion for a few
minutes last week and whipped every
deacon who got before him. Go to it.
parson.
That if you don't send the Sun to
your boy and girl off at school or &c
your relatives while you can get il
for fifty cents until next year. yol
are ncglecting a duty and making q
mistake.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-10-04
BEAUTY PARLoRs AND HAIR
DREssERS.

BEAUTY PARLoRs AND HAIR
DREssERs.
MRS. DELLA BALLEW, Poro Hair
Dresser, 61S Garfield Avenue, facial
and body massage, singing and
manicuring. Bell phone West
3161-W.
MRS. CORA D. WILLIAMS, Poro Hair
Dresser, body and facial massage.
Manicuring. 1917 e. 22d st. Bell
Phone Grand 2319.
MRS. FANNIE HERNDoN NAPIER,
Poro Hair Dresser, $40 South Fourth
St, Armourdale, Kans.
MRS. ELLA DOWNING, Poro Hair
Dresser, S54 Garfield Ave. Bell
Phone West 1894.
MRS. ANNA MCGEE, Poro Hair CuI-
turist. 924 e. 21st st. Bell Phone
Grand 3430.
NINE. NJ. B.. JAcKSoN'S wonderful
Hair Preparations. Agents wanted.
200 e. 9th street. Bell Phone East
1269-M.
MRS. hattie WILEY, 800 Parallel
Ave., Kansas City, kansas, Poro hair
dresser, m~anieuring, bleaching and
facial massage. Bell Phone West
237aW.
PHOTOGRAPHERS.
MURDock'S STUDIO, 211O Vine, W.
E. Murdoch, Prop; Bell Phone East
1849.
J. E. MILLER STUDIO, 1922 East
Eighteenth street. Bell phone E. 81.
CLEANERS.
DELUXE, Cleaners and Dyers, 1907
Troost. F. A. McWilliams, Prop.
Bell, Grand 744; Home, Main 1855
BOND CAFE, S15 Independence Ave
Mrs. Amanda Bond, Prop. Home
Cooking.
COAL COMPANIES.
PAYNE COAL CO., 19O2h Vine St
Bell Phone East $50, Home East 4132
ICE CREAM PARLOR.
Mrs. Charles Black, 2915 North 5th ST..
Kansas City, kans.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-10-04

wANTED-A good colored waitress
at once. Compton's, 1901 L. 18th st.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-10-04
BARBECUE AND LUNCH.

eARTEE a VERTER, 1905 East 18th
street. Open day and night. Bell
phone, E. 3679w; Home phone, g..
4133.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-10-04

LAWYERS.
e. A. sHAcKELFoRD, Attorney-at-
Law, 511 Minnesota Avenue, Kan
sas City, Kans. Bell Phone West
1866.
HUSTON G. GALLOWAY, Attorneys
at Law, 1912 E. 18th st. Home
Phone, East 1850. Bell Phoue, East
464S.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-10-04

THAT if your pocket book is EN-
pity. read the thirty-seventh Psalm.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-10-04
WORKERS

JOB WORKERS.
CHARLES WASHINGTON, plasterer,
brick work and stone work. Bell
Phone, East 1928.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-10-04
Call West $50.

FOR SALE on convenient terms
books of value to teachers. Call or
come Immediately to 2444 MOntgall
Ave, or phone East 4901W.
FOR SALE-Kansas City, Kansas
S13 OF SIS Cornell Ave-two story
frame, city water and sink in kitchen
Will be near new Union Station.
$500; $3.50 cash, $500 monthly.
1924 Ann Ave, two apartment. six
rooms now rents for $500. $500
$50 cash, $500 monthly. W. A.
Slough. 1916 Michigan. Home phone
LinwOod 90. It
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-10-04

That il people seem unkind read
the fifteenth Chapter of John.