The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-14
New York Letter.
Assistant woman Pastor

Assistant Woman Pastor
New York, March 13.-The Madison Ave
nue. Baptist Church is seeking a woman
to act as assistant pastor. 1t has been
announced by the pastor. Rev. George c.
1orimer, d. D, that the woman is to be
to the women Of the church what the
pastor is to the men, it being the theory
that many many women will open their
hearts TO religion when swayed by the
delicate and sympathetic personality of
one of their own sex.
The successful applicant for the assist
ant pastorship of the Madison Avenue
Church must. it is announced, be a wo~
man of education and refinement She
must not be unprepOssessing and must
dress in accordance with the important
position. She is expected to teach by ex-
ample as well as by precept. The salary
offered is said to be 81, 200.
1t is expected that the assistant pas
tor will take an active part in guiding
the church, attending the sessions of the
deacons and outlining plans. While the
young woman will have the feminine con
tingent of the congregation under her
direct charge, still she will not be asked
to confine herself strictly to women.
Columbia ''JeSter" Suppressed
Because it did not reflect the sentiment
of the Columbia University students, and
because both editOrally and in a twO-page
cartoon a direct insult was reflected upon
two friendly institutions of learning
Harvard and Yale. the Jester, the Col
umbia semi-monthly publication, issued
last week, has been suppressed so far as
possible
Further than this Richard Kelly, 1902,
the editor III chief. carrying out the man
date of dozens of students who called
him to task for the Objectionable publica-
ton, has written letters of apology to
the associate editors of the Yale and Har-
ward publications, and has given his
promise that in the issue of March IL
there will be an editorial apology. Ii was
only when a body of thirty students all
firm in their determination that a retrac-
ton and apology had to be made, stormed
the office of Kelly that the editor real
lied that the Jester of last week was not
taken kindly by the varsity boys. So
far as has been possible, copies of the
Jester have been recalled or kept from
the public gaze
Oriental CuriOs to BE Sold
The coming sale of his Chinese pottery
and Japanese kakemones by Samuel Col
man, N. A.. will be awaited with interest,
because Mr.. Colman was one of half a
dozen connoisseurs who bought at a time
when very beautiful pieces were imported
OF ''AONCA nc IA iSCS, anu lie KNEW the ROOE
from the bad as few persons then did
His paintings show him a fine colorist:
but they have never had the vogue their
merit deserves. His Japanese prints, his
lacquers and brOnzes are particularly fine
The exhibition and sale will be held at the
galleries Of the American Art Associa-
ton.
Child Labor in New York
In the first annual report of the New
York State Department of Labor the
keynote sounded by Labor Commissioner
john McMackin, is a plea for more rigid
regulations governing the employment of
child labor in New York State
According to report Il, 897 children under
sixteen years old were employed in fac
tories last year.
He says: This fact suggests the pos
sibility Of legislation to bring employ
nent Of children in factories under more
strict control
1.-THE present system leads parents to
misrepresent child's age to secure a GER
tificate.
1.-THE only sure preventive of such
evasion is the requirement, for a GER
tificate of employment, of official evidence
Of the age of the child derived from the
public records. All the European States
have excellent registration systems. as
have most of the New England States.
AcHCc III olIlu Dolu III any OF LneSe
states the parent could readily obtain Of
fetal evidence of his age.
1T seems as if the time were ripe for
New York to adopt some system of this
kind in order to keep its young children
out of the factory.
Amateurs Play for Charity
The members of the Electric Club are
busy these Lenten days preparing for the
grand operate entertainment to be given
at the Waldorf-Astoria on April 16. A
novelty which will be appreciated by the
music-loving public will be a scene from