Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-10

minutes. G1.5 miles an hour. Then there is
the Caiedonian express, from Forfar to
Perth. thirty-two and one-half miles. in
thirty-two minutes, which is G0,9 miles an
hour These the three trains at the top
of the official LIST.
Great Westerns Proposed Fast Train.
But from October 1 the Great Western
will run a more wonderful trrin than any
of these, inasmuch as it will be booked to
run at sixty miles an hour Ior a much
longer distance This is the famous Corn
ishnan," which runs from Paddington to
Exeter in the summer season without Il
stop. Next month this train will leave
Paddington at 1915 in the morning, and.
travelling via Bath will reach Bristol in
exactly two hours. The run from London
to Bath wiPbe accomplished at sixty miles
an hour, which, besides being the first
booked train at that speed On the Great
Western. will be the finest all-round run
in the kingdom.
OF course, we have heard of even finer
runs than these, but they are not booked
in the regular time tables. Everybody can
recall the famous run on the Great Western
this year, when the Prince and Princess of
Wales were whiZZed from London to Ply
mouth. 24G miles, in 2:S5 minutes. Another
record accomplished this year was the nom
stop run on the Northwestern from London
to Carlisle, a distance of 2!.ia4 miles. A
Southern record which will take lot of
beating was created one Sunday in last
July by the much-maligned Brighton rail-
way, which in fit of uneXampled rapidty
covered the 81 miles from Victoria TO
brighton in As minutes Al seconds, attain
ing speed At one portion OF the journey of
80 miles an hour. This was entirely expert
mental and unfortunately benefited no
body
Anent the Rev. E. Ker Gray.
The Rev. e. Ker Gray, whose sudden
death is announced from Edinburgh, was a
most unconventional clergyman, and about
two years go was the most-discussed cleric
in London. At that time he had just start
ed his special Sunday evening 8 o'clock
service at ST Georges Chapel, in Abe
marie street. People were inxited to at
tend it in evening dress. The invitation
was largely accepted, ard the body Of the
church had almost the appearance of a
theater on first night. This SAVIOR of the
playhouse was heightened by the fact that
several noted members of the hiStrionic
profession lent their assistance at the serv
ice, and among others Mrs. Brown Potter
gave a recitation Indeed DR.. Gray was
not inaptly termed the actors parson."
He had the highest opinion of the power
of the stage, and was himself a member of
the Garrick Club At one service Miss
Florence ST. John sang the solo in an an
them, and Nine. Belle Cole, Miss Clara Butt
and Nine. NOrdcl have also rendered
similar services there. 1t was no unusual
thing to see half-a-dozen Well-known actors
at service in his church, and DR.. Gray
has more than once avowed his ambition to
reconcile the church and the stage. Another
of his pcculiarities was to hold an annual
Waterloo service in coEmemoration of the
Britishers who fell in 1915, and on these
occasions he always had in the church or
vestry a number of relics of those taking
part in the great battle. That DR. Gray
did highly useful and original work can
scarcely be denied, and he was a man who
will be much missed. l.. II. MOORE.