Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-23

ranorter called on the joint hymnal
comm,ss,on Of the Methodist Episcopal
C,burch and Methodist Episcopal Church
South. which was in session at the Enpit'
House recently.
amy newsy'
"Are you a newspaper mann
Eyes
.sWell. 1 do not think the commission Is
doing anything that the newspapers want
to print"
ct know. but Just give me little story.
Anything. you know. There will be some
body thatll want to read it-maybe looking
for it"
Responding to this pressing request the
member of the commission, who was one
of the prominent men in the Methodlst
Episcopal Church. gave the reporter lit
tie story" naming several of the old ia
miliar hymns that had been adopted
Then he told the news gatherer this story:
There was a conference in session in
Kentucky last year that was considering
hymns also A bright young lady reporter,
who, l do not suppose had been IN the
business very long, rushed in one day and
made the request that you have just MADE,
and that L answered to the best of my
ability. There was even less that we could
tell the Kentucky miss. But she must nave
something 1t seemed as II her job de-
pended on Ii. So at last we remarked that
we had decided to include Jesus, Lover of
My Soul in the church hymnal. She said
1t was a good piece of news, but 1T didn't
appear to us why it would compare favor
ably with the story of the latest murder or
political scandal 1 have thought since
that 1t was that young reporters first as
signment
THE city editor of the big daily for which
she was reporting did not, however, hold
the same opinion as ours In regard to the
news Item He saw vast possibilities in
that story. When he came to read the
copy he thought 1t would be vastly more
interesting If 1t was stated that the hymn,
Jesus. Lover of My SOUL had been left
out. instead of in. by the great Methodist
Church. and accordingly he made 1t to read
that way.
THE stir the item created was not under
the estimate the editor had made. Every
churchman was aghast- That old, tried and
a thousand-thousand -times useful hymn
was not to be sung any more by any con-
gre cation of this denomination. It was
outrageous and that conference and that
newspaper had to explain things before
very long.
And now concluded the Washington
reporters informant, do not follow in the
way of that young lady and tempt your
city editor to err"
X *
1t was seldom that President Mckinley
went without a carnation in the top but
tonhole of his frock coat. He was fond of
all kinds of flowers, but the carnation was
his favorite- 1t was so pronounced a IA
vorite with him that the superintendent of
the White House conservatory always made
up bouquet containing these flowers for
the Presidents desk. Sometimes there would
be baskets of other flowers, the white rose
being conspicuous.
The habit of the lamented President ac-
counts for the appeal issued by the Carna-
ton League of America that the people of
this country observe, as far as possible.
the birthday anniversary of William Nc
Kinley as national holiday. The ami
versary is January 90 In 1903 the day
was observed in a good many states, and
the feeling In favor of a more general OBJ
servance has been growing
President Mckinley's favorite among the
carnations was the red or carmine. He
wore one of these in preference to the
white, as rule, and when he wanted to
show his pleasure at meeting some one he
invariably gave a carnation. most frequent
ly red. All over the country today are
women who have in various states of pres
ervatfon carnations given to them by the
PRESIDENT when they called with their hus-
pands or others TO visit him. The Presi-
dent liked little girls and 1t was q pleas
ure to him to pin carnations on their little
dresses or give them one each to take away
In their hands. No honor could have been
higher to these fortunate ladies and misses
than this There were times when beyy
of school girls would call at the White
House President Mckinley would see that
ne could not give them all carnations as
he did not have that many on his desk
out number of times some of the more
courageous girls would ask for the flowers
THESE girls got what they asked for with
a charming smile in addition
Members of the excise board are always
glad when the work of passing upon the
bulk of the applications for liquor licenses
Is finished Then they are at liberty to at
tend to their other duties.
''The work of passing upon the license
applications" said man closely connected
with the boards labors "is not an easy mat
ter by any means. In cases where contests
are made. and there are many of them.
witnesses have to be examined at length
and are subjected to rigid cross -examina-
lions 1t Is true that the witnesses are al
ways willing ones. but on one side they
have a grievance. and by the time the prot
estants have been heard those on the other
side usually imagine themselves on the de-
fenSfve and IL Is only after considera BILE
trouble that the members of the board are
able to draw a long breath and prepare for
the next attack"
The nature of the protests in many of the
cases. he explained, shows that people are
hard to satisfy, and IL the members of the
board succeed In pleasing everybody they
are diplomats worthy of filling positions In
the diplomatic service.
1.-TWO cases recently handled by the
board" he said, will give an idea of what