464 



The Review of Reviews. 



Juiie 1, 1906. 



" Yes, although we claun that the material help 

 we give is more apprnpriatelv gi'i'en, and made 

 better use of than is done under other systems. 

 But we try to induce a better life, to promote at- 

 tendance at some church, to renew old good associa- 

 tions (and it is surprising how many there are who 

 have had them), and to lead to a higher level. A 

 few words of Scripture are read and often prayer is 

 offered. It is not long before the poor recognise 

 in the missionary a true friend, and they unburden 

 their hearts in a truly wonderful way. The visitor 

 becomes the friend and adviser in many wa\s." 



'' But you have centres ?'' 



" Yes, each missionarv has a hall or room in 

 which meetings, religious and social, are held, both 

 for adults and children." 



" Does this clash with tlie churches?" 



■■ No," said Mr. Steggall emphatically, ■' the folk 

 we get would not at first go to churches, but they 

 often pass on to the churches and the mission thus 

 forms a stepping-stone to the churches and to tem- 

 perance meetings. We are a valuable adjunct to 

 the churches." 



" And how manv missionaries have vou ?' 



•■ Eight, of whom six are ladies. One of these 

 has charge of a pre-matemity home and another 

 spends much time among the evil that flourishes 

 round Lirt'.e Bourke-street, where in a small space 

 one afternoon she ccime across 38 young women re- 

 garded as outcasts." 



■' Of course yo.i get some help from Govern- 

 ment ?" 



■' Xot one penny, sir." 



•■ Why not ?" 



■■ We have never asked for a penny, nor have we 

 ever received a penny. Our Mission is supported 

 entirely by voluntary contributions." 



Room for thought and assistance there. Truly 

 this Mission is as "■ a light shining in a dark place." 

 This is organised charity, beginning at the basis, 

 too, and not neglecting the superstructure. This is 

 the methodical, brotherly charity on the Elberfield 

 basis, that I urged an extension of so strongly a . 

 couple of years ago, with Mr. Steggall's full appro- 

 bation and help, the same in kind, except that the 

 religious aid is added. May it grow into a system 

 that covers Australiasia. Mr. SteggaJl's address is 

 315 Little Collins-street. 



ENGLISH INTERVIEWS. 



LXXXII.-WHY SHOULD WE BE BURIED 



MISS LIND-AF-HAGEBY. 



ALIVE ? 



■^ 



T7W7/' 



Miss Lind is 

 a Swedish 

 lady, a philan- 

 thropist full of 

 good works in 

 her own coun- 

 try, whose over- 

 flowing svmpa- 

 t h v extends 

 from the living 

 even to the 

 dead. That is, 

 to the seeming 

 dead. For Miss 

 Lind is quite 

 certain that 

 many corpses 

 are like Kip- 

 ling's '' Fuzzy 

 Wuzzy," in that 

 they are " gene- 

 rally shamming 

 when thev are 

 dead." Well, 

 not generally — 

 that is an over- 

 statement. But 

 out of every 1000 corpses, at least ten are not dead 

 at all, and the thought of the horror of their awaken- 



Count Karnicki's Invention, 



( Diajjram of the Apparatus ) 



ing when screwed down in the coffin haunts Miss 

 I^ind's kind heart. Accompanied by her cousin, 

 Baroness Barnikow, she visited the sanctum at Mow- 

 bray House to enlist recruits in the cause of the 

 society which has been formed to prevent the burial 

 of the living before they are dead. 



•' Do you really mean to tell me," I asked, " that ! 

 the proportion of quick among the certified dead is 

 so large as to necessitate the formation of a society? 

 Dc niinimis non curat lex." 



Miss Lind replied : '• That depends upon what 

 you think is worth while. Would you think it worth 

 while if vou knew that the proportion is one i>er 

 cent. '" 



"Never! One per cent, buried alive! Mon- 

 strous! It is enough to give one the nightmare. 

 Let me see how it works out. In round numbers 

 700,000 persons die every year in the United King- 

 dom. At your one per cent, rate 7000 are buried 

 alive. Think what that means. That this very 

 day, and every day in the year, two living persons 

 are screwed down into coffins and buried alive ! I 

 don't believe it." 



Miss Lind replied : "' We have facts to go upon. 

 Miss Cobbe records the case of a graveyard where 

 400 bodies were exhumed, where four showed signs 

 of life after interment. But the most conclusive 

 evidence is that supplied from the experimental 1 



