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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-05
CLERGYMAN DENOUNGES
SOCIETY AS VICIOUS
The Rev. Mr.. Richardson Sc
we're on The Smart Set.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 5.-Twice with
in the last eight months the vices of So
ciety have been denounced from fashion
able puIDits in this city.
The first bToadside against the habits
ana amusements Of the elite was deIiv-
cred last spring by the Rev Dr. Floyd
". TomKHs, rector OF Holy Trinity
Church.
The Rev William c. Richards rec
tor Of st. James Protestant Episcopal
Church, Twenty-second and Walnut
Streets. sent q second and even more
damaging broadside into the ranks of the
smart set in his sermon yesterday morn
ing.
He asserted that society's devices are
a menace to the institutions OF the couH-
try; that young women high in the So
ciaI life Of the city drink, smoke cigar
cites and gamble; that on their breath
can be detected the smell Of tobacco and
the fumes of liquor. and that their pin
money is too often won OF squandered
at the gaming table
This attack is not the first that the
Rev. Mr.. Richardson delivered from the
pulpit Of St James. His fashionable
congregation has not yet fully recovered
from the shock he gave them soon after
the great missionary council held in this
city
It was thought by some that so great
Z body of church dignitaries should be
immune from criticism Of every sort, but
apparently, Mr.. Richardson did not share
the belief He treated the subject OF the
missionary council without gloves. az
raigpIng the members for paying so
much attention to work in other lands.
while forgetting the needs of tbs negroes
in America.
The Indignation among the eongrega-
ton at that time. high as It vas. was
mild to that which followed the sermon
of yesterday morning There was talk %
direfui results to the rector should the
powerful peTsonages who sit under his
preaching choose to act in the matter
There is no indication that the rector haa
given thought to the consequences.
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ANNIVERSARY SERVICES
At ST. PAUL'S CHURCH
The Rev. Mr.. Moot Reviews
It's Sixty Years Work

Impressive services marked the cele-
bration yesterday Of the sixtieth ami
versary of St Paul's Lutheran Church,
at the corner of Eleventh and H Streets.
A feature of the occasion was the pres
ence of many of the former members
IF the parish. who are now communi-
Cants of other churches 4 special pro-
gram was given by the choir, and the
church was prettily decorated for the
celebration.
Al both the morning and evening ser
vices the sacrament Of the Lords Sup
per was celebrated. Two sermons were
delivered by the pastor, the Rev. F
u. Moot, who had for his themes, re
spechvely, In Remembrance and How
Old Art Thou In the latter sermon
the pastor reviewed the work of the
church and its progress and develop
ment in the past sixty years He said
in part:
The question Of age is often a ques-
ton Of curiosity. The idle, the tickle,
the curious, often ask the age simply
TO note the number of years But the
serious and the considerable, when they
ask how old art thou?' seek a deeper,
broader meaning With the reply in
years. they also desire q history Of those
years. And so upon this anniversary
day, when we ask of this church how
old art thou?' we desire more than
years; we want TO know something of
what the years have been
What have the years of this church
/ been? Let her historian tell US first.
/ Lutheranism IN the city Of Washington
/ begins with the German Concordia
/ Church. organized in 1888 English LII
/ tlIeranism begins with the organizing
/ CT St Paul's on January 2, 1913. The
/ original papers show that there were
forty persons who formed the charter
membership.
THE lot on which the church stands
was donated by General Van Ness, and
/ the church was dedicated in 1913. In
/ the sixty years there have been but six
/ pastors, while fifty years OF the pastor
/ ate were covered by the Rev. DR.. J. G.
( Butler. who occupied the pulpit from
! 1919 to 1873, and the late Rev. DR.. S.
+ Domer, who was pastor from 1874 to
/ 1900.
ne church mas passed through many
/ struggles and trials. IN her early his
tory there were financial and other diff
culties, while IN the civil war various
/ opinions of that day had their effect
upon the church"
/ IN concluding Mr.. Moot said: What
/ have the sixty years been to those who
! have worshiped at its affairs? Many
homes have been frightened, many pa
rents have been made glad, many have
/ found here the Christ. and many have
/ been comforted and strengthened by the
/ ministry OF the pastors. Many have
each year gone to the life beyond, car
rying thither better characters for hav-
/ ing come in touch with the power and
influence of St. PauI's.''
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YOUNG MEN NEEDED
FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS
Prof. Mott Tells of Condi-
LOIS in Japan

Although the weather was incIemeut,
d large audience greeted Prof. John r.
Mott. the speaker yesterday at the
Lafayette Square Theater before the
Sunday meeting for men held under the
auspices OF the Y. NJ. c. A. of which
he is one of the national leaders. His
address was devoted to the immortality
of the world.
Several years ago. he said, before
I had spent much time in the Asiatic
countries, was of the firm opinion that
we had no business thI listing our Chris
tianity upon them when we were so far
from perfect ourselves. There are, no
doubt. some of you today who think this
way, but to you who do I say go abroad
to those countries, study their con
ditions. and then tell men if you have
not been converted
Il believe it is our duty to help them
as far as It is possible for US to do
SO. Let me cite to you three instances
that go TO show the condition IN Japan.
y certain member Of the imperial house
hold Of that island empire is Immersed
in immortality. The president of col
Iege in Japan has just published an ar
tiCle in a woman's magazine of that
country defending immortality as means
of livelihood, and famous priest of
Japan is known all over the nation for
his immoral practices.
ct is impossible for US 10 convert
the older men of both China and Japan,
and, besides, we have not the money
necessary to do the work We can.
however, convert the young men, and
it is the duty of young men 10 inaugur-
ate the movement"
Prof. Mott concluded his address with
a description of the work now done in
the three Asiatie countries by the Y. NJ
c. A To carry on the work there IS
needed four classes Of men-native young
men, to preach to their own people;
young men from this and other Chris
tian countries to organize Y NJ C. A
established business men Of this country
10 manage the finances and assume the
expense Of secretaries, and the vast
army of young men to give financial aid.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-05
DR.. RADCLIFFE TALKS
OF THE IRON AGE"
Interesting Lecture at New
York Avenue Church.

A large congregation heard the Rev.
DR.. Wallace Radcliffe, D. D., pastor OF
the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church. deliver the first Sunday evening
lecture of his winter course on Ia
bIeaux of An Iron Age" His subject
last evening was THE Old Order" Dr..
Radcliffe said in part:
The Iron Age is the age of expedi-
ence, experience. and transition. Israel
failed in holding distinctly the idea OF
God. The old order must pass away
that the new order may do the work
No old ruler passes without the appear
ance of a great man. Sometimes it is
the man on horseback The story OF
Israel is a parable Of human life. The
old order Is always changing and
through these changes God is fulfilling
Himself Old customs, formulas and
governments must pass away, but they
have fulfilled their purposes. The new
forms must come for the larger express
sion Of an old idea. The judges pass
away ana samuel must appear II IS q
parable Of the spiritual life. IN the
development Of man the old order
passes. the new creation comes. and this
is by the strong man, Emanuel"
Anthems by BaTnby and Stayne were
sung by the church quartet-Mrs. Shir-
Cliff. soprano; Miss Whitaker, contraIto;
John H Nolan, bass. and Mr.. Stevens,
tenor. John Porter Lawrence filed his
usual place at the organ
The following lectures. with their
dates, will be given by DR.. Radcliffe On
''Tableaux of An Iron Age" January II,
Portrait Of a Child" January IS. "a
New MANTLE" January IS, "A Pilgrim
Ark" February 1, - Great Revival; "
February s, a Disappointed Patriot: "
February Is, An Historic Theater,' 20
February %. The Challenge Of Life; 81
March /, THE Bleat of Sheep" March
s, The Transformed Nation" and
March 10. The Prophet Specter.''
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taken to the aImshouse and the OIL
man was left alone, without food and
money and without means to procure
either.
Last Seen Christmas Eve.
How he lived in the interim no one
knows. He was last seen alive on
Christmas EYe.l That night he stopped
in the cigar store Of John Wagner, at
Ninth and Lombard Streets. and had q
moments chat.
When day after day passed and Phara-
zen did not emerge from the cellar no
speculation was aroused, because at no
time had he been seen often. It was
only a night or two ago that the constant
waiIing Of a cat created the first sus-
picion.
All night long and the greater part of
the day it screamed and whined in most
uncanny fashion, and at last somebody
noted the sound as coming from the eel
Lar. Then it was observed that a candle,
which had burned in one of the cellar
windows night after night, year In and
year out, was gone.
Cat Found on Death Watch.
NeighboTs went to the police station,
at Lombard and Eighth Streets, and told
what they feared. Sergeant Duffy and
Policeman McCusker went to the house
yesterday afternoon. The cellar door
was locked, and they broke it open.
Before them stretched vista of black
ness, from out which cleaned two fero-
cious green eyes. They struck a light
and advanced. On a tumbe-dow cot
lay the old man, dead, and on his breast
was cTouched q black cat in an attitude
Of challenge.
Then they looked about them The as
peet Of the place was a curious blend Of
squaIor and refinement. The atmosphere
was fetid and the floor was filthy No
where WIS there a sign of food; not even
a crust Of bread
over the inner door hung a faded
crimson flag bearing In white script the
word Harvard" TwIning about it Ike
garland were withered punches of
herbs. Around the walls were old pho
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-05
DEBT VANISHED AT THE
DEDICATION SERVICES

Freed from debt by prompt offerings,
the new house OF worship erected by
the congregation Of the Methodist EpIs-
pal Church at Gaithersburg. Nd. was
formally dedicated yesterday. love
feast was held In the morning conduct
ed by the Rev. Charles E. Ely, pastor.
followed by a sermon by the Rev. Henry
z. NayIor, D. D.. presiding elder Of the
Washington district The formal dedi
cation ceremony then took place The
board Of trustees. composed Of Albert D.
Appleby. James Bradley Dorsey, Nelson
G. Jones. John L. Best, and Perry E
Waters. presented the building. Presid-
ing Elder Naylor was assisted by the
Rev. S. MacBurney, D. D., OF the Phila-
deIphIa Conference, and the pastor
At the afternoon service the Rev. DR..
MacBurney preached and in the evening
the same clergyman occupied the pulpit,
inauguratlng an eight-day revival In
these meetings the pastor Will be as
sisted by the following well-known
Washington Methodist preachers: The
Rev. Luther B. Wilson, D. D.. the Rev.
s. n. Hartsook, D. D. the Rev Edward
L. Hubbard. D D.. and the Rev, T. E.
Copes, and the Rev. Frank T. Griffith,
Of the u. E. Church South, at Darnes-
town.
a deficiency Of between $500 and $500
IN the cost Of about $500 TO erect the
new church was provided IN the offerings
given yesterday.
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I. N. c. A. TO BANQUET
At THE NEW WILLARD
Prominent Men Who VIII Be
Present Monday Night.

The fiftieth anniversary Of the Wash
ington Association Of the Y. NJ. C. 4.
win be celebrated with a banquet next
Monday night at the New Willard. In
vitations have been sent out ~ the board
Of managers of the Washington branch
and the international committee Of North
America
Commissioner Henry B. Mcfarland,
chairman Of the committee on specially
invited guests. has communicated with a
large number of public men. who have
expressed their intention TO be present.
The President and several members OF
the Cabinet are to attend, and the list
of those who have accepted includes Jus
tees Brewer and Harlan, OF the Supreme
Court; Senators Redfieid Proctor. Chaua
cey Depew, W. a. Clark. George c.
Perkins. Henry e Burnham. and J. II
Willard, and Representatives J. w. Nc
Call, J. A Hemenway. and J. a. T. Hull:
Surgeon General p N. Rixey, of tie
navy; Rear Admiral J. c. Watson, Capus.
Colby N. Chester and Charles D. Sigs-
bee; Gen. J. c. Breckenridge and Gen.
Henry c. Corbin, of the army; Assist
ant Secretaries William Cary Sanger and
Charles H. Darling, of the War and Navy
Departments. respectively; Commissioner
Henry LitchfeId West, and Bishop Il.
Y. Satterlee.
Among those from out of town who
have accepted are: The Hon. James H
Garfield, Of Columbia University; The
Hon George D. McCreary. Philadelphia;
Herbert K. Caskey, general secretary Of
the Central Y. NJ c. A. Philadelphia;
c, W Dietrich, Brooklyn Dr. L. L.
Doggett, president of the Y ". c. A
Training School at Springfield, Mass;
Walter C. Douglas, general secretary OF
the Young Mems Christian Association,
Philadelphia; George A. Hall, one Of the
State secretaries of New York. the first
general secretary Of the Washington as
ISOLATION Edward ". Hearne. OF New
ark, y. J.; A. G. KnebeI, State secretary
for North and South Carolina: Joshua
Levering. president of the Y NJ. C. A,
OF Baltimore; William C. Lotze, Of New
Haven, Conn; Charles w. McAlpin. OF
Princeton, y. J; D. H BIcAlpin, jr., Gen
John J. McCook, Noah C.. Rogers, Will
lam H. Sage, and Frederick B. Schenck.
Of New York city; H. K. Porter, of Pitts
burg; General Secretary Edwin F. See of
Brooklyn: Edwin l. shuey, of Dayton,
Ohio; G. K ShurtIef, general secretary
at Cleveland, Ohio; Judge Selden 2.
Spencer, of St. Louis. and Luther D.
Wishard. of New York
Next Sunday a number OF Washington
congregations viii celebrate the event
with appropriate services. At these ex-
erclses, members Of the association will
be present and speak. On the evening
following the banquet at the New VIII
lard, & jubilee meeting will be held
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-05
TEMPERANCE WORKERS MEET

A number Of local and national tenn
perance workers began the first of the
series Of evangelistie meetings at the
Central Union Mission last night. The
services were opened with a prayer by
Director Boyce, of the mission, follow
ed by a cornet solo by DR.. F. A. Swart-
won't. Addresses on Temperance were
made by Mrs. Elizabeth Gordon, one Of
the organizers of the Woman=s Chris
tfan Temperance Union. and Mrs Mar
garet Dye Ellis, national superintendent
OF legislation Of this body. Mrs, Ewing
followed with q soprano solo.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-05
BUSINESS HIGH SCHOOL
NIGHT CLASSES RESUME

The night classes at the Business
High School will resume tonight after
the Christmas recess. Following the
usual custom, new classes in shorthand.
bookkeeping, typewriting, grammar, and
arithmetic will be started. f. NJ. VIII
son, principal Of the school. will be in
his Office after $50 to enroll applicants
FOR admission. Though the rules shut
out adults from participation in these
classes, several young men and women
receive Instruction who are unable to
continue study after the eighth grade.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-05
UNION VETERAN LEGION

The officers OF EncampmeDz No. 8,
Union Veteran Legion. recently INSTALL
cd are: Colonel. Gideon A. Lyon; lieu
tenant colonel A, Hewitt NickerBon;
major. Lewis H. Wilcox; adjutant, VII
liam J. Weiss: Quartermaster. Orlando
Z. Caruana; chaplain; William Il
Worm ssley; surgeon, Florence Donahoc,
n. D; officer OF the Cay. William E
Keefer: officer OF the guard, Joseph
Haalam; sentinel. Harrison L. Dean
trustees, Nathaniel shatswell, Daniel A.
Babcock, and Homer Riggs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-05
WEEK OF PRAYER.

The week of prayer viii be observed
at the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church this week with services every
afternoon at 4:15 o'clock. except satur-
day Following is q list Of the subjects:
Monday, The Holy Spirit Tuesday.
The Confession" Wednesday, THE
Witness Bearer" Thursday. The
Church" and Friday, The Young PEG =
pie"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-05
GRANT POST G. A. R.

Oncers Of q. s. Grant Post, No. 8. G.
A. r, have been installed as follows:
P. c., F. L. McKenna: S. Y. c. H. NJ.
Bennett: j V c., b R Ross; adjutant,
J. L. Young: Q. NJ, Fred C. Calvert;
surgeon. A NJ Daniels; chaplain, ". H
Miller; 0. G., W. H. saIlers; S. NJ.
F. A. Clark, and @. NJ. s, Phil NJ.
O'BrYon-
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tcgraphs Of actresses and beauties of q
half-centHry ago.
IN another corner was a woman's sew
ing table Of mahogany. with deliberately
carved legs, ard on this lay an ink bot
tie shaped like huutsman's horn, and
a seal bearing the letter ''P" lay next
a piece OF red wax.
Love Story of Dead Man.
Coroner's Deputy wadsworth aud De-
testive Mckinney were sent for. and a
cursory examination Of the body dis
closed the fact that the old man had
been dead for perhaps a week. starva-
ton was undoubtedly the cause The
body was Their taken to the morgue.
When Pharazen was about twenty
years old he fell in love with a girl,
still remembered to have been beautiful
Then he married His wife died in Civ
ing birth TO the son. and the son grew
up feeble in intellect. Fate's cruelty
was too much for Pharazen. He began
to decline. His business failed and ne
became a retailer in Lombard Street. Al
last even this went.
One day Pharazen and the boy d1sap-
peaTed. No one heard Of them for two
years, when they as suddenly returned.
For a time they lived In a cellar in LON
bard Street below Eighth. and in some
way or other gained a hand
livelihood
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-05
THE SECOND CHURCH OF
CHRIST, SCIENTIST, MOVED

The Second Church Of Christ. scien-
list, congregation last week moved
from their hall, in Twelfth Street. to
Robinson's Hall. 1902 Fourteenth Street
northwest. two doors north Of P Street.
They had outgrown the smaller hall. and
were forced to seek larger quarters.
The church IS in a prosperous condi-
tfon- The services yesterday were
largely attended. The platform was dee
GRATED with palms. ferns, and cut flow
ers. and presented an attractive appear
ance. Edward E. Norwood is first reader.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-05

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our many institutions in this country viii
give our services free, our only charge beiRg
for the Koch ''Tubercuiine," which VIII fur
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-05
HOUSE OF ABSENT FAMILY
LOOTED BY BURGLARS

NEW BRUNSWICK. \. J., Jan. 5.-The
house OF ". H. Johnson, In Highland
Park. was looted Friday night. Sill
verware. jeweIry, and Christmas gifts
were stolen. The family is IN New
York. The key was given to Harold
Greenslitt. 4 relative, whose house was
robbed Wednesday night.
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pEAN HODGRs BREACHES.

At Trinity Church yesterday, the Very
Rev. George Hodges, D. D.. D, G. l.,
dean OF the Theological Seminary at
Cambridge. Mass, preached at the
morning service, H!s address dealt
chiefly s<itL tae Observance Of Epiphany.
the story Of three wise men. and the
Iatter-day lesson 70 be derived from
their loyal faith IN the star OF Bethle-
hSm.
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DEATH FROM WANT IN CELLAR
ENDS OLD MANS LOVE STORY
Eroacia+ac R01v Found Matched nv Faithful
Body Found Watched by Faithful Cat

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. SIN dark
and noisome cellar, alone and unfriend-
ed, q gentleman of the old school"
starved to death in Philadelphia more
than g week ago.
Until yesterday his wasted body lay
there, guarded only by a black cat that
had been the sole companion of his last
days. Perched upon his breast It was
when he was found. and it fought SO
ferceIy against intrusion that it had 10
be killed before the body could be
moved.
Such wa. the end of Henry Pharazen,
relic of the days Of fashion and gal
Iantry, a beau and a patron OF the arts;
a scholar, a gentleman and a lover,
whose life was as romantic as his death
was bizarre.
Pharazen was seventy-one years old.
and Cor perhaps the last twenty of those
years had lived ia what was called by
courtesy the basement" Of 507 South
Ninth Street. That is an old-fashioned
three-story house, the upper part OF
which is occupied by a family named
LafoIlette.
Few knew him by his right name
Years ago he had chosen to call him
self Brown. and because he had occa-
siouaIly sold herbs and strange deCoC-
lions Of his own to superstitious negroes
Of the quarter, the title of Doctor, -
eustomariIy shortened to Doc" had
been bestowed upon him.
Dressed IN Style of 1880.
The earliest and the latest recollec-
lions Of Pharazen picture him in the
quaint costume Of half-century ago, for
he would wear no other. for reason as
ISOLATED with the romance of his youth
The son, himself about fifty years old,
was called Cray Brown" by those who
knew him, and the sequel proved the jus
tice Of the ePIthet-
Until few months ago he eked out a
precarious living for them both by doing
odd Jobs when he could get them But
one day Cray Brown was stricken
with paralysis. What little mind he had
was altogether gone then He was
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