The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-11-23
TIE WASHINGTON TINES WI. NESRAY NOVEMBER % 1904

weeks ago when L vas walking b-.,K
from church one .,-aday / noticed "a
great fre and fOuL that it was Down
ey's livery stable-yOu reCOllect IL. thrce
or four weeks ago when the livery sU-blS
burned. Through train OF cIrcum-
stances That 4 need not mention, my at
Jtutlpu was particularly called 10 tnc
case, and ] looked into II, / had ions
known of the very admirable Work done
Wl-n singular mOdesty and selI-eHdce-
meuJ by AiT DUWuey i'm trying 10 give
homes 10 the homeless and to bv HIM
self a friend of those in "a peculiar sense
Iri,ndIeSs I'm this community, and 4 Iy"
10y accident found out what mad nap
pened In connection with this parucu-
lar Incident II appears that last spring
Mr. nOWucy started 90 build new i've
ry stable; his stable is next door to a
COlorcd Baptist church. Mr.. Downey Is
"a white man and "a Catholic ana these
ueighborS of his are cOlOred men ana
BaptiSts, and their kinship was simply
the klnShlp of that broad humanity tLat
should uuderlie all our feelings toward
one another tApplauseD
Mr. Downey started 10 build his stable,
and naturally wanted 90 have II as big
q stable as possible and build IL right
up 10 the limits of his land That
brought the wall close up against tne
back or the CUlOred BdptiSJs clLFcai
cutting OUT the light and air The
preacher called upon him and told him
feet broad of the ground of Mr. DOWncN
upon which he Was intending To build,
10 would De- a great inconvenience 10
them 10 lose the light and the air; that
they were aware that II was asking a
good "a al of him 10 cramp the builoinG
out Of which he intended To make mis-
livelihood, but that they hoped ne would
do il because OF their need. a -er n
good deal OF thought, Mr.. DoWueF came
go the conclusion that he ought 10 gran,
the request and SO he modified them
that he would change his plans, make a
somewhat smaller building, ana sell
them the six feet of land i'm the strip
adjoining their church. After a little
while the preacher came around with the
trustees of The church. and said that
they very much appreciated Mr., Dow
ney $ courtesy, and were sorry they hdt
bothered him as they had. because, on
looking into the affairs # the church
they found that as they were already
I'm debt they did not feel Warran ed ~
mourning any further financial ohllG1-
tions. and so they had 20 withdraw their
request They thanked him for his kind
ly purpose. and said good-by
A Preachers Advice.
But Mr.. DoNuey found he could not
get tn sleep that night until finally no
made up mis- mind that as H.ey could
not buy it DE would give il 90 them
anyway, which he did. But mfortu-
uately. We know that TIE tower of
Sloan often falls upon the Jusl and the
unjust alike, and Mr.. DowIty $ livery
stable caught fire and burn "a GOWN. 1t
was Sunday morning. and tn BAPTIST
Church was I'M SESSION uest door 10
him and the Clergyman ste. led and
said Now. YOU women stay Hoe anc
pray and YOU men go straight )ut and
help our bonefact0r, Mr.. Dow s. And
90 out they did. and got his horses al
cut. so tFaJ none of them was burned.
although le suffered otherwise total
loss Now. / call that "a practieal APP
pIicatiOn of Mr.. Waguers teachings.
/ Here i'm Washington, we have a right
10 be proud of "a citizen like Mr Dow
ney. and IL only We can develop enough
such citizens we shall turn out just the
kind of community that does not need
To-. but viii always be glad 10 study
1.-The Simple Life the author of which
! / now introduce 20 you.
In several respects this address was