Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-06-02


car accommodations might be made
more reasonable: the dining car ser.
vice on many roads might be improved
in quality and made less expensive;
the ventilation and heating Of trains
might he better looked after. Mean
while the man who Is forced to travel
on Sunday and who at the same time
wishes to observe the day properly
may be able to do SO without the ne.
cessity Of bringing ministers into the
corporation service.
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At the recent session OF the ecumeni-
cal conference In New York an idea
was advanced which IL Of much signih-
cance, though II was not acted upon.
1t was an entering wedge, however,
which may yet have the important re-
suit of doing away with an old and
timc-honorcd Institution Of the church.
The suggestion was made by the young
people that the oyster supper, the
strawberry festival. the Rachers well,
the grab bag. the bazaar, and other
features Of this kind, known IN the ag-
gregate rs the church festival ana In
tended TO raise funds for various
church purposes, should he abandoned
us out Of date. In It's place they made
the suggestion that the raising OF mon
ey for the support Of the church should
always be conducted on business prin-
clples. II cash was wanted they should
go out and get 1t In business way, and
the donors equivalent should he the
consciousness Of duty well done ami
the feeling OF relief that ho had not
been obliged to 90 to :ne festival. The
church festival as II now exists Is In u
comparatively harmless stage Of Its
evolution, though II Is cumbersome ami
represents an output Of labor AMI
energy for which no sufficient return II
made, but It Is blameless as compared
with the festival Of the past. "Other
times, other manners" In the colonial
days the church was robust institu-
tlOn. 1t IL still within the memory OF
some when New England rum was one
Of the adjuncts OF Puritanism. That
beverage was not regarded with SO
much dlsfav0r as now. 1t figures In
many a statement Of accounts. 1t
helped to 'ralse" many church struc-
ture. Its use was not considered as ex-
traordinary, nor was It called hard
names rs now. In the course of ev0lu.
ton II has disappeared altogether. The
lottery, which also at ONE time was de-
pended upon for revenue, by the same
processes has dwindled down to the
grab bag" and the "village postofiice."
AZ at present managed there Ia nothing
seriously Objectionable In the church
festival. The action Of the young pe0-
pie Is inspired, doubtless, by the feel
ing that the pecuniary results Of the
festivals IRE Insignificant when COM
pared with the amount OF labor re-
Quired to prepare them, and undoubted-
~ they are correct In this decision. \
put forth on business lines would un.
doubleday secure larger financial re-
suits. People are OutgrOwing the in
stitutiOn. In other words, the church 10
advancing and the funds for Its sup.
port must be raised In different way.
The church festival. with all Its com.
plicated paraphernalla, will soon be q
thing Of the past. The much simpler
method OF merely passing the hat" 10
destined to take Its place.
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The New Line to the Fox Lake Country.
On sunday. May ~, 1900, the Chi
cagO, Milwaukee ana vt. Paul Railway
established train service on Its new line
Chicago to the Fox Lake country, pro-
vldlng quick and comfortable all rail
transit to Gay's Lake, Round Lake.
Fox Lake, Nippersink Lake, Grass
Lake and Pistakee Lake.
On each week day trains will leave
Union Passenger station, Canal and
Adams streets, Chicago, ut $50 a. M,
1:3O. y. M. $40 p. IN. ana $50 p. m.
leaving Nippersink for return ut 7:l5
Il. NJ, I:2O u. M, 100 p. IN. ana 7:30 p.
m. On sundays trains will leave Chi
cagO at $40 u. m. and $40 p. m. and
leave Nippersink for Chicago at 7;2O
u. m. and $40 y. m.
Ticket rates from Chicago to Gray's
Lake: Round "trip. ~; 1O-ride, $3.50;
25-rlde, 81. TO Long Lake: Round
trip. 81; 10-rlde, $7.S5; 25-ride, $l3.55.
TO Fox Lake: Round trip, W; 1O-ride,
$s,15; 25-rlde, Sl4. TO Nippersink:
Round trip, ~; 10-rlde, $s.45; 25-ride,
$14,G0.
For further information, tickets, time
tables, etc., apply ut ticket office, %
Adams street or Union Passenger Sta
tion. Canal, Adams and Madison
streets.