Christian herald and signs of our times . ges for the husband andfather, who was the only bread-winner in thefamily. That day the mother had thrown herselfout of the window and was carried up from thestreet, dead. She was discouraged, saidsome of the other women from the tenement,who had come in to look after the children,while a messenger carried the news to the fa-ther at the shop. They went stolidly abouttheir task, though they were evidently not with-out feeling- for the dead woman. No doubt she * From Hmv the Other Half Lives. Studies among the of New York, by Jacob A. Riis. Th
Christian herald and signs of our times . ges for the husband andfather, who was the only bread-winner in thefamily. That day the mother had thrown herselfout of the window and was carried up from thestreet, dead. She was discouraged, saidsome of the other women from the tenement,who had come in to look after the children,while a messenger carried the news to the fa-ther at the shop. They went stolidly abouttheir task, though they were evidently not with-out feeling- for the dead woman. No doubt she * From Hmv the Other Half Lives. Studies among the of New York, by Jacob A. Riis. These studies may berecommended to all readers, but especially Christian may be practically useful to ladies who are pleased withbargains, because they will explain to them what often puzzlesthem—how it is that the store-keepers can afford fo sell ready-made garments at so low a rate as they do Pp 304. Publishedby Charles Scribners Sans, 745 Broadway, New York. 188 THE CHRISTIAN HERALD AND SIGNS OF OUR TIMES. March 25, Bearing the Newly-Discovered Mummies of the Pharaohs Over the Plain of Thebes. was wrong in not taking life philosophically asdid the four families which a city missionaryfound housekeeping in the four corners of oneroom. They got along well enough togetheruntil one of the families took a boarder, andthat made trouble. The Jew of the as are the Jews private feuds, it is notuntil his religious life is invaded that a real in-side view is obtained of this Jew whom the his-tory of Christian civilization has taught nothingbut fear and hatred. There are two or threemissions in the neighborhood, conducting ahopeless propagandism for the Messiah whomthe Tenth Ward of New York rejects, and theyattract occasional crowds who come to hear theChristian preacher as the Jews of old gatheredto hear the Apostles expound the new result is often strikingly similar. Foronce, said a welbknown minister to me, aftersuch an experience I felt
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