Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-10-26

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LANES Eads Howl
Later he was student at oxford. He
is withall a man of Drawn and sinew
and strength of mind.
He arrived in New York City recently
from the West, feeling that he had n
great task before him and seeking the
means to perform 1t. lie announced to
n friend that he wanted work. The
friend, who finds work for hundreds of
unfortunate men every year in the
Bureau of Charities in Brooklyn, sought
IL for him also, just as he does for
trampS who want to reform, for sailors
who have outgrown their usefulness at
sea and for the riffraff Of humanity.
There was almost nothing the rich man
could not do; even menlal place, 1t
was said, would be acceptable to him
Imagine the Christ as the great Ital.
ian masters have painted Him and the
reader will get an idea of the man. A
great deal more might be said. for his
personality, face and physical proper
tons carry an irresistible suggestion
of the Saviour to almost everyone who
meets him. He Is gaunt, spare man,
with long, slim face, long, slim arms
and hands.
This interesting persons name Is
James Eads How. James B. Eads, the
great engineer who built the Missis-
sippi River bridges at st. Louis and
also the jetties ut its mouth, was his
grandfather Mr.. How reveres the
memory of his granfathor above that
of all men. He emulatcs his grand
fathers persistence, and like his grand
father he is determined IL accomplish
what he undertakes. 1t took nerve and
grit to become foremost rs a college
athlete; it has taken more grit to re-
nounce vast wealth and take monkish
vows.
When Mr. How arose one day last
week a warm breakfast awaited him
ON the table of college chum who was
his host He did not eat it, not because
he could not afford it, for 1t was free.
He went instead to the Medical Mis-.
sion in Fulton street, Brooklyn (walked
over a mile to reach iD, and there he
bought n breakfast of pea soup, bread
and coffee, which cost three cents. He
is a strict vegetarian, and eats no meat.
1t took grit, an observer thought. to
leave the beefsteak and savory coffee
of his host and eat the pea soup in the
Medical Mission on n hard bench and
at a wooden table without any cloth. 1t
would take grit. at least on the part of
most men. but ii seems to be no effort
for Mr.. How.
AS he sat at the table an orthodox
preacher accosted him. The preacher
did not quite understand Mr.. How. but
1t was apparent that he understood the
preacher.
"What kind of Christian work are
you engaged in?' asked the preacher.
1.-THE hardest thing | have to do"
Mr.. How replied, sis to get away from
the Christ and the Church, as common
ly understood, so as to use what judg-
ment have myself.
Mr. How went back to his ideals to
the beginning of the Christian era, and
started on the plan of the early fol-
lowers of Christ. He resolved TO re-
nounce the world and extinguish him.
self. He will not talk about himself
and he means to go through life with
lust as little as he can subsist on, do
ing all he can for other men The van.
ity of ministers eager for big salaries
and preaching in superb churches he
contrasted with the early apostles, and
was not long in making up his mind
which to follow, for he had already re-
solved to devote his life to Christian
work. The early monks had subordin-
ated themselves as the Christ did. Mr..
How would not take Monkish vows ex-
cent by resolve in his own mind, but
having once resolved nothing should
swerve him from his course He be-
gan by extinguishing himself so far as
he could by simplicity of attire, abstin-
ence and frugal living.
A friend remembers when he arrived
at Meadville, Penn. from Harvard,
eight or nine years ago to attend the
evangelical school. He had a banjo
and n dress suit in his outfit. He was
one of the fashionable young men and
n fayorite with the fair sex. When he
left. the banjo, the dress suit and his
social pleasures had been cast aside
forever.
Mr.. How has spent years in thought.
the outcome of which and of the meet
ings was a plan to establish a new
brotherhood among men. where it is.
no thinks, sadly needed. 1t is the
brotherhood of Daily Life. One might
think that. having done so much for it,
Mr.. How would take the highest office
in the direction Of its affairs, but not
so. He would not put himself forward
in any way. He would ont seem to put
the brotherhood forward, either, save
in its teachings.
The plan of the Brotherhood is taken
wholly from some or the orders in tho