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Show Respect for Sister's Garb. . In the Xew York Evening Post the other day there appeared the following description of a lit- i tie incident which occurred in that citv. Many a moral may be drawn from it, but above all ifrjl-lustrates ifrjl-lustrates the respect which the garb of a Catholic feisterhood demands and receives in the most unexpected un-expected quarters: "In the basin back of Fulton market is lying a trim smack, the skipper'of which has shown his gamesome qualities by naming her the "Roulette With strange oaths and rough words three men were whipping from her 'noisome and chill hold heavy baskets vof fish .and bloody ice. The' men were not nice to look upon. Their rough, red faces were unclean and cove- with a brambly growth of beard, and their Ik ' untamed sea-boots and clothing were smeared with blood and fisk scales. To them at their work came two Sisters of Charity Char-ity bearing an empty basket. The two black-robed, clam-faced women stood for a moment on the' stringpiece of the pier, before the brawling men on the deck below noticed them. A bearded fellow with a great black pipe in his mouth was the first to see them. Clumsily he pulled off his. blue watch cap, took his pipe from his mouth, and selecting three of the largest fish from a basket swinging over the open hatch, carried them across the deck and put them in the empty basket held by the nuns. He did this with bowed head and revent- as one might perform a devotional act. Not a I word was said,, and when the women were out of hearing the men resumed work, brawling as before." |
