The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-18

DR.. Ethelbert D. Warfield, President
of Lafayette College, has been made a
Doctor of Divinity. He can, therefore,
never again extricate himself from a
difficult position at Girard College, as
he once did.
Every one may not know that this
great Institution in Philadelphia, found
ed by. the millionaire, Stephen
Girard, has the most remarkable re-
striction of any institution in the
world. 1t allows no clergyman of any
denomination within its gates. This
does not mean that the college teach
ings are atheistic; they are Christian,
but non-sectarian. But no ordained
priest of any creed can visit the col
iege, become member of its board, or
take part in any celebration.
At the great semi-centennial banquet
given at the college men distinguished
in letters, craftsmanship, art and the
sciences were present. Hon. Thomas
B. Reed was the speaker Of the even
ing; he was followed in impromptu
speeches by Hon. Charles Emory Smith
and many others of equal prominence.
Among them was DR.. e. d. Warfield,
President of Lafayette College. Cen
eral Louis Wagner, then an official Of
Girard College, was the toastmaster,
and when he announced DR.. Warfie'd'S
name as a speaker a ripple of coaster-
nation went over the guests. Many at
once remembered that he was lie
head OF famous Presbyterian college,
under the guidance of the Presbyterian
Assembly. He was announced as DIR.
Warfield." Men wondered what had
happened. 1t was a very great occa
sion and for General Wagner to have
made a mistake on this night was sig
nificant. No Doctor of Divinity had
ever before been allowed inside the
walls of the estate. 1t was an awkward
moment for every one.
DIR. Warfield (who, by the Way, is a
very young man for so large positior)
saw the CONSERVATION in every face.
He arose and said: Gentlemen, was
invited, then unlimited, then reinvited
to this banquet. I was only accepted
at the eleventh hour. I was invited
because had the honor of being Pres
| ident of Lafayette College. / was I'M
invited by courteous letters because /
add the prefix Doctor to my name. I
was reinyited when promised to clear
myself. My position is best illustrated
by a speech heard an old negro make
| in Virginia. We were invited, along
with some Northeners, to go to fam
Gus c1Rurch and hear a colored revi-
valist.
1--WE filed into the church and spread
ourselves we'll over the front pews.
When the old revivalist got UP to
preach he surveyed that double line of
interested white faces with dismay and
said: Gentlemen, beg you to believe
I am not a preacher; l am only an ex-
horter'
| ''And I say to you, gentlemen. his
words and add: I am not D. D.,
am only an Ii. d.
CARS HAND IN WASHINGTON
SOCIETY.
| The recent granting of the title of
Countess to Mile. Marguerite Cassini,
grandniece and adopted daughter of the
Russian Minister to the United States,
has greatly interested Washington so
ciety and is regarded as a deserved
honor for a charming and popular girl.
(She is not quite nineteen years of
age.)
/ Countess Cassini is mistress of the
Russian Ambassadors household AID is
looked upon as one of the most grace
full and dignified hostesses in Washing
ton. The title Of Countess was given
to her a few weeks ago by special
ukase of the Gear OF Russia, and the
new dignity will add greatly to her So
cial position.
| In spite of her tact and her charm
| ing manners, some Of the wives and
daughters in Washington society re-
fused to give her the position that
Count Cassini considered her to be due.
The trouble was that she was neither
the wife nor the daughter of diplo-
mat; and there have been numerous
heart burnings, discussions and deli
cate negotiations in regard to questions
OF precedence. Now her social rank is
the same as II she were the wife of the
Ambassador.
| Countess Cassini is tall and slender,
with dark brown hair, fine brown eyes
and a fair complexion. She is highly
educated and speaks several languages
with fiuency. She is an ardent golf
player and also enthusiastic over auto
] MODELLING, fencing and wheeling. With
her love for active sports goes a de-
lightful modesty and womanliness.
Since the age Of four years she has