New-York tribune., 1898-01-12
TALKS ON TEMPERANCE
WORK OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
SOCIETY.
AN EVENING MEETING AT THE wALDoRF-AsTo-
RIA-ADpREssED BY BISHOP sATTERLEE.
JOHN LLOYD THOMAS. BISHOP

Tho sixteenth annual meeting OF the Cnurch
Temperance Society held yesterday. The pro-
ceedngs were divided into two SESSIONS one tah"s
nlace in the morning at the Church Missions house,
No 2Sl Fourth-ave. which was devoted ehtire'S ~
the transaction OF business. Bishop W. :. Doane
presided The officers chosen were The hight i'e''
Dr William Crosweu Doane. OF Albany, chairman
the Rev Dr. c. Dewitt Bridgman. o, New-forK
vice-chairman: Irving Grnnel. OF New-York. treas
urer. Robert Graham OF New-York. general sec
retary. ,,
Women's Auxlliary-Mrs. George ). Bowooih'
president; Mrs. Irving Grinneii' v'ce-presue"e'
Mrs. Charles Townsend. treasurer MISS II. ~
Fellowes, corresponding secretary HieS ii' ~
Graham, recording secretary.
The report of the Women's Auxiliary was reau
by Miss Fellowes and dealt principally win INC
excellent work done by the lunch-wagons Which arc
managed by the auxiliary. They are moro '''.'
seIfsupporting, and the profits are useu u '''''
ice for the poor in the summer.
Another session was held In the evening at tno
Waldorf Astoria Bishop Potter. who was oes's-
mated as the chairman OF the meeurs' was U
avodably absent at the opening or the sess'oi,' ~
his Mace was taken for the time being by Archuea
con Tiffany There was extremely large attend
ance including many prominent MINISTER'S VI ~"
ferent denominations Of this city.
BISHOP sATTERLEE'S ADDRESS.
p,s,o, Henry Yates Satteree. OF Washington, was
tho first speaker introduced by Archdeacon Iinahy'
and the subject upon which he dwelt was the
D.,.h 1Iousa and It's Functions" There were two
Winds of parish houses he pointed out one purely
for parishoners and another for the poor ior INC
vorkngman OF parish an instruineh'ai'y' ''' i"O"
for the Frightening and uplifting OF the hVes oi 'no
noor II was the latter kind OF parish mousse 10
which Bishop satterlee devoted his attention In
speakng of the most popular form OF parish house
for the attraction OF the poor Bishop satteree re-
ferred 10 the Peoples Palace. Of London, but ex-
plained that, although 1t accomplished certain re-
sut its sole ministry was one OF amusement 80 iar
as IL went The Peoples Palace was an antido'e
TO the saloon for the that 1t supplied place
to which the poor people might go. but ne thousht
that the ideal parish house. in addition to amuse-
mon, should aim at the Intellectual education and
the teaching OF religious tendencies TO those VINO
came within its influence. 1t should combine the
spiritual with the practical As corrective 10 the
saloon Bishop Sateree said that in the parish house
there should be card games. billiards. athletics and
dancing.
II believe in dancing" he said ''n parish houses
IL 1t is kept within proper bounds. The only DIM
Guilty is that people get so fond OF 1t that they
want TO dance every day In the week / am afraid.
too that it Is the young women who lead In this
desire"
The Bishop also advocates the establishment OF
coffee houses but maintained that they should not
be places for free food. Nothing should be free
ex ,ept the Gospel. He inclined to think that
even the readng-room should not be free, because
Il was then largely used a lounging place. The
gratuitous giving away of food and other advan-
tages he explained, often tended to pauperize men.
WORK OF MILLS HOTEL no. L.
John Lloyd Thomas. the superintendent Of Mills
Hotel No l. gave an Interesting address THE
Mills Hotel and It's Objects" in the course Of
which he graphically described the results at
tanned since the opening Of the building. Bishop
Doane, in introducing Mr.. Thomas spoke OF the
hotel as OF the most benclcent contributions to
the city that this generation had witnessed. In
his address Mr.. Thomas said. among other things:
THE Mills Hotel has but one object. and that is
TO be a model hote-the best In the world, barring
not even the beautiful in which gath
cred tonight. I mean the best in that It provides
all the comforts OF a home for man Of small
means When this is said practically all is said
that is necessary with regard the objects Of the
Mills Hotel.
Il would like TO point out, however that before
the hotel was opened Mr.. Mills. its bencfccn.
founder provided in the leases of the stores in the
front OF the building that liquor should be sold
in those stores. and glad to say that there IS
at least block in the poor region of Bleeckerst
In which there Is no saloon. Nppause) This ex
ample at least provides practical solution Of
the restriction of the liquor traffic. and. having
saloon tho block 1t perfectly consistent that
we should not sell liquor in our restaurant. Among
those who TO the restaurant are great many
Of the foreign class who have perhaps never eaten
their meals before without beer. but when l say
that we never even asked for liquor 1t is.
think. good example OF the judgn ent of the peo-
pie as TO the ends sought to be attained by the
Mills Hotel. They recognize that liquor would be
out Of place in the hotel
ATTRACTIONS WITHOUT LIQUOR.
I'VE try to provide all the attractions OF the sa-
loon for our patrons minus the liquor. We have
ghf ed nd we "a a
rents Of fresh air running through them. We have
a library that is much sought after. and Its priv
ileges are much appreciated by our guests. They
do not always turn TO light reading but ask for
historical works. French, German and English
works and books dealing with the sciences and old
classics. We have games OF chess dominos. check
ers cards, and many others. and am told that We
have very many expert players. especially at chess
We have free bathrooms also. People have set at
naught the idea that bathrooms would be popular In
lodging houses such the Mills Hotel. but the sta
tistics which | have brought with me altogether
condemn this notion. For the week beginning Jan
uary and ending January 2.5SS baths were taken
or an average OF 80 Il day out Of population OF
1850 showing In fact that more than one In Ave Of
our dodgers had bath every day. think you will
agree with me that this Is perhaps better average
than could be found in the American family.
1--WE have beds which for cleanliness and COM
fort are a constant invitation TO decency. There
is perfect rtedom in the NILS Hotel IL Is not
We nave never pasted rules of any kind the
walls of the hotel. We have every night over 1850
quests and IL seems marvellous that we have never
had A single ight quarrel. We ind general
response to every suggestion that comes from the
ma anagement and they give hearty aid In our ef-
forts to protect the interests OF cur guests and
their comfort
THE RAINES LAW
NJ " Clement, Deputy Excise Commissioner. Of
Albany spoke on the "Ra!res Law and Its Work.
ing" and said in the course OF his remarks:
During the last year under the old law only
about s. 10000 OF excise revenue derived, In Its
collect lion Boards of Excise absorbed upward Of
$4,000 expenses. Not one dollar OF this fund
reached the State Treasury 10 decrease the general
burden Of taxation, although the traffic gem
erOusly contributed Its full quota OF victims 10
I'LL the almshOuses asylums and penal institu-
tions Of the State. which We're supported by direct
assessment on the already overburdened taxpayers.
Notwithstanding the persistent cry that the city
is being robbed. It appears that It's total benefit