The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-02
The Truly Good in Exidence.

As Solomon remarked on that mem
orable occasion; Il said in my wrath,
uneasy lies the head that wears a
crown" " President Roosevelt although
his hOnOrs are fresh upon him. and
hardly yet have been broken in 20 fl
without chatting. must already realize
the justice Of the great proverbiaI phil
Os0pher's remark. In short. the cranks
are after him, and he needs To look out
for himself An association Of people
known as the National Sabbath Ali
ance." and which met the other day in
New York, has heard 10 its horror that
when the President was only a plain
everyday Vice President he WAS wont
10 attend social functions on the sab
bath" Now that ne is chief Of state.
the alliance demands Of him that such
errors. which are not worth noticing
in people Of lesser degree. shall be-
abandoned; and he is required not only
10 refrain from all human intercourse
on the day in question, but ne is at
once To put a stop 10 the delivery Of
ice cream on the sabbath pleasant
but pernicious practice understood 20
be prevalent in WashiuEt0n-aud. fur
Their ne is expected To go out TO Chevy
Chase ana the Seventh Street Road and
club the hoary and goddess sinners
who regularly play golf at those awful
resorts on occasions when they should
boz dropping their uicke-s in the mis-
sionary box OF the alliance"
We say the box of the alliance, be-
cause. excepting the Hebrews and the
Seventh Day EapusJs. other worship
pers are not IN general commission Ola
the sabbath" History and logic iden-
tify that term solely with the seventh
day Of the week, which IS Saturday.
II is a day Of strictly Hebraic cOncep-
ton and observation. II is ia purpose
a day of fasting and prayer. and IL il
were generally observed as such in this
country. we could readily understand
that the delivery Of ice cream during
its hours might be frauEht with soul
disaster both 10 the caterer and the
consumer. But the Christian Sunday
which is not fast. but a feast OF
Thanksgiving, is day Of far different
meaning. It's observance differs so
widely among Christian peoples and
among different sects % the same peo-
PIE, that the subject of proper show
OF respect for the day necessarily must
be left 20 corporate and individual con-
sciences. In European countries Pro
testmt as well as Catholic. religious
duties having been performed. there
Is fesuvity and games. Here in the
United States much the same c0ndi-
tons woulc obtain but for the pres
cuce of Sabbatariau laws representing
al the shades Of Puritanism from baby
To- indigo blue. In most parts Of the
Union il is hard indeed for the worker
who labors from daylight Co dark from
the second 10 the seventh day Of the
week 10 find any opportunity for limo
cent recreation on the first
There is not the slightest reason in
a free country why members Of the
sabbath Alliance" should not c0nfus-
the Christian Sunday with the Jewish
Sabbath on the other hand there is
no reason whatever why they should
insist upon compelling the President Of
the United States and al others in au-
thOrity 10 conform 10 their peculiar
views. On the whole, their assumption
Of a right to interfere in the affairs OF