New-York tribune., 1903-03-15

T. ,,r ~ ,he completeness Of the modern notei
neore are prone to call them little Cues Al 80 -
selves Some Of the larger ones sOeitei % 80
.ree-s as would populate a village ano give e
I.,. 70 a .rnar army Of help With news
Glands drug stores. florists pr1Vate odiiAs CT ot-o
stock exchange brokerage onces, piio'' r,s
a,5 what not under the same roo1' the ps
b.,e become miniature towns. They nave long iiau
- Foc,n-s ard even dentists and now their
e,,7,n-nent is made more nearly conplete oS '1ie
a-r,.ararce Of the hotel chaplain
Sav-York idea this OF providing a spiritual
adviser for the hotel population 1t came TO 'he
pa,- Tr n NJ Warren. then pastor OF the Zen
~, p.rk Fautist Church after the disastrous hre
which DESTROYED the Windsor Hotel IN t11th-dse'
He worked for hours among the injured dho Wy Sil.e
z-5 MAS struck by the fact that SO many OF the
guests had no church connection How TINS lauie
tzs, could be remedied was the subject OF nioci
.,,.--+. 1Ie finally decided TO try 10 reach theH
-,7-o,sr2 cards hung in conspicuous places III t,i9
,-a-i01!s hotels. On these cards he slsnlneo MS
;-creSs TO respond calls OF any SORT WHICH iie
~ made upon him by hotel patrons Inc "orh
= i-. e,,ob rani5ity that a week ago he re-
.5-,..5 his oastorate and Will in the future give
his v--n,e time TO the work among the hote popu-
la-ion-
Other large cities in the country are liheis "
a6o;t ta,s idea Already Dr. Warren mas recelseu
1e--,-s from clergyrnen asking for lntormauoii
a-5 stating that hotel men have asked 'lal q 9-ii
- work be started their cities Ire SUCCESS
o. the new phanthropic idea IN TINS cltS =
sllred and there seems H;tle doubt that lhe oop
af VIII become regular feature of the American
hnte,-
Dr Warren at present has his Office in his home
IN East Eishty-fIrSt-st. lie Is man OF strlAihs
personality and appearance. thirty years oiu'
and for seyen years the pastor OF the cnoieii
from which has just resigned. He IS the youngest
eor of the late S-,.ator Warren. OF NeW-ftainl
er:-. and direct descendan Mt of General Joseph
warren. of Bunker Hill faI1es
The nature Of the work which comes to Dr-
Warren in his capacity cannot be better IN
dfcated than by relating Of the incidents that
have come up. They are typical and conoinuaiS
recurring with slight variations
one Sunday evening. few weeks pelCre ne
resigned his pastoral charge hackman caileo
his residence
I vas walking through the hotel to-day ne
said and I saw YOUR card. MY little baby Is
dead and my wife has been worrying because we
could have funeral
And why can't have a service asked inc
minister
We don't know any preacher. and wel-We
didn't like TO ask a stranger
4 will be glad to come" Dr. Warren tolo ene
fellow you will have to wait until my church
service is ended
Come any time" said the man, ano ne hasteheo
home TO prepare for the funeral
In a tiny fiat over in Avenue A at 10 O'CLOCK tnat
Sunday night DR. Warren read burial service
over the dead child comforting the motfer as
nothing else could
fall 10 the lot of the hotel chaplain A few days
ago he performed one which had rather unusuai
aftermath 1t was II O'Clock when his telephone
rang and voice at the other end asked eagerly:
Doctor. won't you come down TO the Manhattan
and marry Us2' The man explained that MS
bride had just arrived from California. and that
he had come down from Connecticut to meet her
Dr. Warren hastrned downtown. and before MO
night made them man and wife
Three days later woman called up and SAID that
he ei
call with the man right away if the minister was
willing DR.. Warren went into the parlor after
their arrival had been announced and mucn 10 MS
surprise found the identical couple he had married
few days before
II thought that they had come to act as wit
nesses for some other couple" said Dr. Warren.
IN telling the story. land greeted them heartily.
They were obviously Ill at ease and asked where
their frieI ids were
-What triencs? asked the
- The couple who want to get married, ex-
planned
-ThSn ths woman spoAA We ars tas oeapsA