Judge — December 17, 1881 — page 2: what you’re looking at

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THE JUDGE PUBLISHING CO, Nos. 13 & 16 PARK ROW, N. Y. PUBLISHED ON A WEEK, TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS. Ustren Starpa ax CANADA) Ove Copy, one year, oF 82 numbers. Ove Cops, six month, of 26 uembers One Cops, for 13 weeks, : : > Poa FREE “C2 ve 38 BLISHING Co, 13.4 18 Park Kow, N.Y. Address Tue Ieoor Pity the Mormon. From the time of Adam man has been a very foolish individual, and perhaps never more so than when he embraced more wives than one. The records of men’s lives that have been filles h othor wives than one is so terrifying that THe Jupce is almost dis- posed to drop his quill and ery “enough.” But now that the national government, under the inspiration of the wise and lamented Gar- d, is about to take up the subject of Mor- Tue Jupce presents to the law: ion a few scenes in the life of make the average Mormon, letting the pictures | speak for themselves in a manner more plain- ly than any pen can describe. Look at t poor, foolish man, surrounded by his furious wives, and ask yourselves whether he shall not be rescued froin his misery! Glance at the horror of his situation, when taking his children to the circus, and Ict your tears flow fast! Think of his washing bills and all the rest, and call yourselves protectors of your fellow-men if you dare, if you do not move hand or foot in their behalf in Mormondom! In submitting these pictures to the national legislators, THe JupGe asks them, in the naine of all that is worth living for, to rise in their might, and with their strony voices blast froin this continent the foul blot of Mormonism upon it, so that it may never take shape again, per- mitting every American to shout, “One flag, one country, and one wife!" “Poor Little Corinne.” ‘Tus is certainly a remark: we live. created under the delusion tha the waifs of a great city finds itself at the present moment occupied with all the machinery of the local government at its command, in snatching a beautiful lit- ple age in which A rich and influential society, it from shameless lives, to save tle child-actress from a home of luxury. Pre- coe 3 “Little Corinne,” surrounded by ail that might delight a child, with no knowledge of the miseries of the poor, has been permit- ted by her legal guardians to prattle on the stage, amusing others and being amused her- self. The Society forthe Prevention‘of Cruclty to Children (Heaven save the mark‘), gloating over a prize when they beheld her, has set to work to grasp her from home and friends, and to shut her up in an asylum, so that her THE JUDGE. young days may be ciouded with the awful fact that ske is a prisoner. If this is not cruelty to children, what is it? Cannot a man so high-minded, and from so fine-blooded a race as Elbridge T. Gerry sprung from, understand this, or has he, too, succumbed to the advertising itch, and taken poor little Corinne from her home for the purpose of glo- rifving the work of his society in the minds of Christian people opposed to the drama? Far be it from Te Jupcr's desire to not appreciate all that is proper for Christian men and women to.hold sacred, but THe JupGE has such infinite faith in the judgmentof the most orthodox of these people that he will not be- lieve them parties to the crime of Mr. Gerry. | The field of work for his society is by no means a small one. There is plenty of work 1 his officers to perform. ary for Tue Jupcr to point out where these oflicers may be put *‘to do the most good?" Mr, Wales shows in his realistic drawit that is not unfamiliar to thousands of men in this city, and it is a picture that every man, woman and child in this metropol derstand, In such places as the artist por- trays a great work is open to Mr. staif of officers, Clutch the poor little rag: ged girls, many of them with faces as pretty as that of Corinne, from lives of shame and dishonor, and when you, Mr. Gerry, shall go down to you grave, noble women and men will bless your name and pray for more like you, Is it nece: a SCI ne Jerry's A Prime Necessity. NEARLY one-twentieth of the entire popula- tion of this miraculous land of unrest resides within a ten-mile radius of Union Square. Such is New York and its environs as aggre- ated in the last census. Two millions and ahalfof people! And of this vast multitude there are many thousands who, though inad. equately paid for their labor, are serious- minded enough and ambitious enough to de- sire education, How are they to getit? They can atfurd to buy no expensive books, and the technical works most desired are usually the most costly. Now, what is, today, the great- est need of this mighty island city, and its near-by towns and hamlets the papers, but in this his opinion. ase declines to reserve We must have a public library, and the biggest and best ever instituted. This is His Honor’s charge, and he earnestly hopes it will be echoed by the speedy verdict of a grand jury of liberal citizens, Give the people free ac. of information, Open to their eager grasp the richly teeming veins of modern science. Let the artisan con the literature that de- lights the man of wealth and leisure. Let those who toil have equal advantages of cul- ture, as afforded by books and newspapers It is the duty of the hour, and must no longer be shirked. The Astor Library is only cossible in the daytime. ‘The Lenox Lil ig a marble and glass-cased montiment of rare editions and touch-me-not bindings. . The So- ciety Library is exclusive. ‘The Cooper Union to every mine and Apprentices’ libraries are meager and | antalizing, and the Mercantile Library is— an un- | ‘THe Jupce takes | well, to draw it mildly, it is exaetly what it should not be, and never was intended to be. Who, among our millionaires, will s Here is a chance to write an epitaph that will be as imperishable as the bed-rock of Man- hattan. Giving the Rascal Rope. NotuinG could have been more fortunate for the cause of justice than the putting of Guitean upon the witness stand to testify in hisown behalf, for if ever a raseal hung him self with the rope that was given him, this Prot not one person who ard him wri ewith Judge Porter, and not one ina thousand who read of it, bes lieves but that he is devilish enough to de j serve punishment, and sane enough to be responsible for his actions. Like Wilkes Booth, | he believes that © The ambitious youth who fired the Ephesian dome, Outlives in fame the pious fool that reared it,” and after repeated attempts to make a mark in the world which would satisfy his morbid vanity, his devilish heart finally conceived the firing of the nation’s great dome, his, he knew, would bring him the fame that his brains never could, but, as a cowardly. after- thought, he concluded to sneak behind the Deity and posture fora lunatic. ‘The gallows was made for just such “in- spired ” lunatics as he is, and ull this talk to make it ont that he should not be held respon- sible for his devilish act, is just so much ted breath. The wretch must swing, and his lawyers and the jury before whom he being tricd, may as well understand first as | last, ifthey do not know it now, that there not a lunatic asylum in the world strong enough to keep the wretch safe from the ind nations of an outraged people, and thank God for it, too. A Superb Annual THe Juve bibliographe is indebted to the well-known Mr. F. Leypoldt, for a copy of the illustrated Christmas number of the Pub- lishers’ Weekly, for 1881. It is a complete exhibit of the luxury and extravagance of r cent American books, and stands unr | a sumptuous trade ¢ uled logue. Almost every age glistens with artistic ornamentation. Dowy-tows people are thinking about get- ting up a resolution of thanks io W. IL. V derbilt and Eugene Kelly for the rare privi- lege they accord to the citizen pedestrians of New York of allowing them to fight their over barrels, piles of brick and stone, across dangerous holes, ete., with which they have ornamented N: months. sau street for the past fow Tur Mail and Express were wedded last Monday; Mr. Bundy performed the ceremons, saying (at length), ‘“ Bless you, my children, bless you!” - Cyrus W. Field was “ best man,” and John Kelly gave the bride away (for | $175,000). We trust the pair will harmoniously, which is more than can be said of most marriages for money comicbooks.com