Show TWO PRAYERS RECENTLY consternation was caused on the deck of a new york ferry boat by the sight of a little girl praying the passengers at once suspecting that she was intending Dt ending to commit suicide the child was closely watched and upon landing was given over to the police an examination for the symptoms of insanity followed and none being found the girl wan waft discharged the comment of the chicago news to is that new york is pretty far advanced on ahe he downward road when the only explanation they can suggest for the offering of a prayer is that the person is insane in chicago it is not so bad but there seems yet plenty of room for religious adjustment as is confessed by the chicago meal which calls cal Is attention to the case of a man who created a sensation by kneeling in prayer on the public street it explains that the fellow was not praying for chicago but for his own pardon we suspect that had this petitioner like I 1 the he other been examined for incipient insanity he be would have had bad a number of chances for getting a long term of probation before bein being 9 entrusted again with the care of himself we should not blame any court for suspecting mental deraD derangement gement in a man that would world sue for divine pardon upon the streets of chicago A sane christian seeking heavenly cognizance if unrestrained would look for more holy ground upon which to offer his hie petition |