The Washington times., 1927-11-29
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in these dark days. The Fate which
catches me up and locks me behind
bars is not OF His making.
That ! know. But my faith b
HIM n sneh that know He win.
take . hand; that He win not allow
Innocent persons 30 be punished.
How could the little convent sirl
have fcreseen or prepared Tor the
cruel thing which life was planning
to do to herr
It IS goUd thatsshe could not have
drawn the veil and seen the black
shadow which would some day fall
athwaet her path.
But why does Life do these
things? Whence does It derive ite
heritage Of cruelty-the cruelty
which delights In visiting suffering
upon harmless persons?
Wiser philosophers than / have
attempted in vain to find the an.
swer. 1t Is open to us only to wait
and to have faith that the Father
of us all is biding His time and will
in due course strike at the forces
|Of evil.
1t Is not my purpose, however, to
give here philosophical disserta-
ton upon subject which abler
minds than mine have many times
discussed.
1 merely mean to tell those things
which have happened 10 me m my
life, including this last and most ter
ribls thing which occurred that Sep
teunber day on Great Swamp lane.
when my husband, Dr. Al. William
fnlfavsIaHaH na,as s.na..SlH.. .R.-sk A., Sa@tn.
wllilo looked helplessly on.
was born on Reservoir Street,
In Baltimore, and my life has been,
az IL easily ascertainable, an open
book.
But despite that. II il probable
that not another person In the
world has led a life comparable to
mine.
Helped Love Girls Life
There are things like to remem.
Der about, little 'iisjolnted Incl.
dents. There was little boy once
hurt in an accident.
Don't take me to the hospital;
take me to- Miss ThOmpsOn's apart
ment." he said.
Another time / helped save the
life Of girl who was drowning.
didn't give my name.
The other girl who was imstr,i.
mental tn the saving Of that life
was awarded . Carnegie medal.
IL was In North River. The girl
had tried to commit suicide.
Don't think that / alone was re-
sponsible for saving her life. The
girl who received the medal should
have had it. was an assistant.
Had MOthering Instinct.
I recall these incidents because
like to believe that my life has not
been wholly q useless one. 1t pleases
mel think 1t pleases anyone--to
realize that there are certain serv-
ices which one has been privileged
to perform which are worthy of
having been done.
There Is In meas there Is In al
wOmen-an element of mOtherinR. I
suppose no woman has ESCAPED II.
] hope no woman ever win escape
It. for Il Is the essence Of woman.
hood. lt II the mother instinct:
that Is what / mean by n1Othering.
When one has lived, has borne
children, has run the great race as
a race should be run, then you have
nothing to fear. My conscience Is
clear. and instead of shrinking at
the ordeal Of q trial in which the
win ask the death pen.
atty / welcome it.
I am confident the jury will find
= verdict Of not guilty. and only BY
q trial can I be cleared of these
outrageous charges in the eyes Of
many.
Was Regular T0mbOy
Now. / want to speak of Cardinal
Gibbons
I was not Catholic. But
should like to say here that James
Cardinal Gibbons, as he was Off
cially called. could very nearly have
converted me to any religion he
wished me to embrace.
\ gray-haired man, the average
persons enlbOdiment Of q living
saint, he was my ideal Of what Gods
representative on earth should have
been.
My father was an organist in the
cathedral, at Baltimore. Conse-
quently he knew Cardinal Gibbons
very well. and ]. too. young though
| was. also had a slight acquaint-
ance with him.
At the time when was climbing