Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-24
American Institute of Mining Engi-


The American Institute ~ Mining Engi-
ueers held an evening EessjOa at the Smith
sOnian Institute last evening. MeSsrs e 3.
Cox, " p. Shinn and A. l.. Holly were ap-
pointed committee OH transportation for
the members on the Centennial excursion.
NeSsTs f. w. aymond, A. l.. Holly and Z.
h. Coxe were appointed committee to con-
can Society Of Civil Engineers on the prepa-
ration of a form of technical education. O5-
void j. Heinrich, of Virginia, read an essay
upon the midlothian Colliery In 1916"
Twenty-one new members were elected.
Prof Henry WurtZ, OF Hoboken, n. J., read
try, showing the application of geometry to
chemistry.
TO-DAY.
Papers were read and discussed on "What
steel Is ;" by Prof Fred Prime, jr.. OF Easton,
Pa. "On the effect of manganese on phospho-
rus in STEEL" by Dr. A. Wendell, of Troy, Ny.
Washington Society and the Clergy.
VIEWS OF A PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL
RECTOR.
Dfg Dear St0T:-l always read you, and do
not often trouble you with communications;
but your report OF the Methodist Preachers
and Society" tempts me. / suspect that you
sent your roguish reporter to mat weekly
meeting" and that he was "invited out"
before proceedings began. But If DR.. New
man did say that "yOu cannot go TO any OF
these gatherings without drinking and
dan CiDg,' so much the worse for DR.. New
man, and do lot wonder thst he has given
up going" And if other clergymen did fol-
low, "condemning, in the strOng est lau-
gusge, the effort on the part of certain par
ties to cover their sins by inviting clergyinen
to attend such Places / think that those
clergy men might be better employed in de-
nOuncing worse sins.
Washington is a bad town in winter and
during 1.-The season. and Washington So
ciety' exposes one 10 great aud perilOus
temptations. But "A "Rall," and even q
Ground dance" is not sinful ger sc. And we
Washington clergy have sins enough to
hight, without inNenting new oles. They
certainly took wine. and, / aLn afraid, they
dar ced, at the maria ge in Cana. "The Son
Of Man came eating ard drln hiking, aud they
said: Behold sluttououS man and wine
bibber, friend Of publicans and sinners"
But He said: "Wlsdom f. justified of all her
children" Let US fight the abuse, and not
the use, OF things lawful What have we to
put in the place OF Washington society dur
Ing the sea. on? Aud what is the benefit OF
destroying mems lives" If you do not
"save them?
believe that there are great many good
ard CevOut Christian people, who have little
choice In Ihis matter Of conformity 10 the
world, p" WLO are forced by their official re-
ldtiOus iItO social temptations, which often
prove t. be their ruin, and l should like to
see any reform in Washington society that
would make social life less perilous But
the Christians OF Washington society are the
salt tnat keeps IL from pUtIefa elton, aud the
tone OF WasLiI gtOn morals is as wholesome
as In sny city of my acquaintance, and the
way to make II still more wholesome, is for
the clergy TO cast in their lot with the DeO-
pie among whom they dwell; to set them a
good example, of early hours and mO1era-
ton in all things, and not to suffer Washing
ton society TO become the prey of carpet
haRgsTs," "CfiiCe-seekers," and "lObbyisfS
II the clergy cannot 90 that, who can? $50
j On2h went out of the city, and sat on the
east side of the city, and then made him g
booth, and sat under II, In the shadow. till
he might see what would become of the city"
Then said the Lord, dOsst Thou well to be
angry TIE Centennial camp meeting of
The Methodist preachers of Washington NAV
be EXP ected TO ba held next summer on the
feights across Bennings bridge. The church,
men ard Roman Catholics OF Washington
begin Lent next week and stop all this nol-
sense "shOTt of" Bat "there is a time tn
laugh and a time to weep"
JOHr VAUGHAN LEWIS
Rector of So. Juhu's Parish