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CONDITION OF THE
POPE'S HEALTH

Special Cablegram to The Star.
LONDON. September l6-The tia ian cor
respondent of the Lancet writes as follows
regarding the health Of the pope:
Just before the supreme pontiff was
about to soemnize the second anniversary
Of MS promotion to the holy see he had one
OF those recurrent attacks of govt which, II
not serious in themselves. are sufficient TO
cause fiutter in the ecclesiastical dovecots
There was considerable swelling and pain
In the left knee. DR. Lapponi was called
In. and having with local and general treat
ment induced the welcome relief he left his
august patient 10 the seclusion of his pri-
rate apartments with strict injunct.ons to
spare-himself the transaction of all but the
least harassing business. Principally car
ried out. the physicians prescriptions with
In forty eight hours enabled his holiness TO
give more than one audience. and the fol-
lowing day 10 receive deputation of some
forty persons
THE incident derives It's Importance from
the resuscita ton OF the proposal that the
pope should drop the role of prisoner with
doors locked on the inside, and for a salu-
tary change OF scene and air transfer his
quarters from the palace and the garden of
Castel Gandolfo. which for thlrty-five years
has not known the tread of pontiffcal foot
II is an open secret that no one would well
come this new departure more cordially
than Plus y. who, not much beyond the
meridian of life. and accustomed to exerc. Sc
In the open air. often misses the sea pulse
of the still lagoon and the breath of the
Julian Alps. particularly when the Their
mometer registers 104 degrees in the shade.
But In his case, as In that of Leo XIII
and CT -PasssssI TX, the traditional policy OF
the es,ria int, nlDkato"
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which he courted as man always does who
tries to ride into popularity on his gen.
tlemanly manners alone.
When the peace commissioners came to
this country few weeks ago we were all
tremendously interested and considerably
amused by the questions of precedence
raised through their presence at Oyster
Bay and at Portsmouth Some of us learn
ed for the first time to what an extent ex-
ternal politeness figures In connection with
international diplomacy. All this business
OF After you, my dear Alphonso." has Its
ludicrous side. 1t does not follow because
a nation or an individual is punctilious In
the observance of certain polite conven-
items that 1t or he will be any more ready
to yield real point In favor OF the other
party
Indeed. we on this side of the water with
our democratic traditions are inclined to
look upon customs in other countries as
mere empty Journalism. Passing out OF a
Paris restaurant one day noticed how my
companion, q Partisan. lifted his hat to the
lady cashier. II do It," he explained. mot
because she Is lady, hut because am a
ger tleman." I couldn't help wondering
whether 1t would not be better to be trife
less polite and little more truly regard
full Of the feminine sex. And as between the
suave manner with a finty heart and the
brusque manner with the kind heart give
me every time the latter.
But need q man be brusque In order to b
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17
BUDDHIST WORK
IN GERMANY

Special Cablegram to The Star.
BERLIN. September 18.-In a leading ar
ticle which is attracting considerable atten-
ton here the Vossche Zeitung dwells
on the continuous spread of Buddhism In
Germany, not as a definite or organized
creed or church, but as potent influence.
beginning to permeate large sections Of the
population. The leading liberal journal
draws attention to the decay of interest
throughout the country in missionary and
Bible societies and to the decrease OF the
incomes Of these societies as one OF the
surest evidence of this. Men nowadays.
says the article. are more than ever inter-
ested in the religious problems. more than
ever religious. but 1t is religion no longer
militant, but marked by that federation
which Is more characteristic OF Buddhism
than of Christianity
The Vossiche Zeitung reminds Its read
ers that not long ago the Grand Duke of
Hesse-Darmstadt gave commission to the
eminent sculptor. Professor Habich. to
erect a huge statue of the Budha In Sy
renfte under the trees Of his garden at
Wolfgarten. This act was not mere sat
isfaction of some esthetic impulse, but
significant of the profound alteration of
public sentiment In matters OF faith and
dogma.
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have gone of late in appointing every sort
of game and amusement through the morn
ing hours and of making Sunday resorts
less and less decent are such as to create
just alarm among all thinking citizens
The question which these two able men
raise is not unimportant. Indeed, 1t RANKS
with the chief of those which men are dis
posed to group as being among the most
serious problems of the times. We leave
aside the aspect of the case which most
men will think of first, and which a good
many of them will resent-that which IS
classed as distinctively religious and having
relation to the church. Whatever the
bishop may have said, DR.. White leaves
that out of the reckoning himself. man
as we'll acquainted with religious and theo-
logical history as he Is cannot suppose
that this generation is speaking the last
word with respect to the religious life. He
understands very well the persistence OF
the religious instinct in human hearts. ana
can cite too many instances OF Its reap
pearance after periods of apparent opscura-
ton toshave any idea that the spirit of re-
ligion and of religious devotion has left .he
world to stay But there are two lm1ne-
date practical considerations of which he
must have thought, as his words indicate,
and that suggest word or two
One of them is that the modes of fnding
Sunday pleasure which are in vogue among
the large class that seeks SUNDAY amuSe-
ment are not such as provide Sunday rest.
Some observation of the people who most
persistently indulge in them leads us TO the
deliberate conclusion that to very large
extent they create Sunday WEAKNESS, which
not less than twenty-four hours of the So
called secular work is required to remove.
Men and women go off on long ana CROWDED
and fatiguing excursions beginning early
In the morning and lasting until evening TO
places where they subjected to a con-
slant strain of mental and physical excite
ment, eating and drinking immoderately
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Historic Church Sites
Wapy Long Since Abapdoned By local
Congregations and lost to View.

acting assistant surgeon, took charg>-
The Methodist congregation then secured a
little mission building on p street between
18th and 18TH streets. The little chapel.
which had originally been started by Wes-
ley Church, soon became inadequate and
the congregation moved to n new frame
church on NJ street between 9th and 10th
streets. The next and final move was TO
the corner of 9th street and Mount Vernon
place. where It became the Mount Vernon
NJ. f. Church South.
While these changes were taking place IN
the little church on Sth street and in the
congregations that had occupied IL, a small
band of Hebrews were meeting in various
places in what was then the heart OF the
city. Their first meeting was in a room on
Pennsylvania avenue between Sd and Al
streets. where the organization was per-
fected. The little band grew rapidly. ne
cessitating frequent changes OF quarters.
The first move was to rooms on 10th street
just above r street. From there they went
to Az street between ID and f streets and
then to the corner of 9th and streets
northwest In 1850 they moved to Fink
mans Hall on D street. west of 18th street,
and three years later purchased the South
ern Methodist Church property on 18th
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ened and degcuerated. Poverty holds with
In proper limits the appctites of the lower
nature; it produces the necessary element
of resistance in the overcoming of which
true strength is developed. Ludwig Rich
ter. the painter. in his classical autobiog
raphy speaks Of his stay while an art stu
dent in Paris. II had time and leisure to
move amidst the glories with which the
metropolis dazzles the eye and all the
senses of the stranger. l seemed to my
self like Rinaldo in the enchanted gardens
of Armida, and at times l felt something
of the strange intoxication produced by the
vari-colored forms of life in the boulevards
and metropolitan avenues But the many
enticements which bring about the down
fall of so many a newcomer failed TO exer-
else a victorious influence over me. 1 was
restrained by the firm hand of a companion,
whom l had not chosen. whom at times l
would have shaken off. but who remained
by my side for many years after-his name
was poverty" When the final results of
life will become known. how many will
curse their riches. how many will bless
their poverty
But Christ's word is borne out chiefly in
the realm of religious life. According to
Matthew. he plainly points in that dlrec-
tIon by saying: Blessed are the poor In
spirit" and he supplements the thought by
speaking about those who hunger and
thirst after righteousness" The term
poor contains not only the thought of
want, but also the recognition of want.
Blessed are they who are conscious OF
want, because they. only. find the way to
God.
There are thousands without a religious
life of their own. To them religion is no
more than church life or outward observ-
ance, They have entered into no personal
relation with God. There is no love of the
unseen God in their hearts and consequent
ly no living hope. no new life. Why is 1t?
They have never made beginning in the
life OF faith And the beginning Vas pre-
vented through their lack of spiritual pow
erty. They were simply satisfied Satisfied
with their condition OF heart, with their
moral appearance, with their understand
Ing Of things divine. with their fruits of
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ger uine? By no means Let US get back
to the tap root of politeness which is a
good heart. Starting with that let a man
cultivate the amenities and civilities Few
OF US are as considerable as we ought to be
OF the rights and claims of others In how
many homes is politeness at minimum
When company comes you brush up your
msnEers for day two. but when the
&C mpany departs you forget all about
THANK you and IF you please" You keep
the easy chair in the parlor when your
mother or sister comes in. You dare not be
anything ELSE but civil to comparative
stranger, but you are hardly decent to your
dearest ones. So, too. in business circles.
Some proprietors enter their stores or their
offices without so much as a pleasant good
morning" to office boy or stenographer
After you. please''-what q world of
hidden meaning there is In this little
phrase which we take so lightly upon our
lips. 1t means. when we think It through.
that we have made the Great Remuneration
that we have really chosen to give others
precedence, that we are willing to follow
and not to set the pace. that we are con-
tent to be second or third or even fourth.
Are we ready to undergo such personal
sErinkage? OF one who came 1900 years ago
not to be ministered unto but to nlnister, it
was said In later time Jesus Christ was
the only perfect gentleman that ever lived.
THE PARSON.
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There is probably no other section OF
Washington, consecrated to divine worship,
that has a more interesting history than
that officially known as lots nine and ten.
square four hundred and four. This plot
Of ground Is on Sth street between Fl and !
streets northwest. and is now occupied by
the synagogue Of the Washington Hebrew
congregation.
Sixty years ago there was erected on this
site plain frame structure. the counter
part of the early school buildings of the
first settlements. In this building once
worshped the disciples of Calvin and the
followers Of Wesley. There also. many of
the respected citizens of Washington who
have passed away. received the rudments
of their education. 1t was also the scene
of the work of the disciples of Esculapius,
and for more than quarter of a century
1t has been the house of worship of the
Washington Hebrew congregation.
The Presbyterians were the first to select
the site for house of worship, and, like all
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SUNDAY BEING ABUSED BY
THE PURSUIT OF PLEASURE

From the New Bedford Evening Standard.
Considerable interest has been excited by
a letter written by Andrew D. White
to DIR. Ludden, the Roman Catholic bishop
of Syracuse, who has announced that he
will deny 1.-The honors Of Christian burial
TO those who die by accident on the Lords
Day. having culpably violated its duties and
obligations" Dr. Whites letter commends
this decision and as DR.. White stands be-
fore the public as a man representative %
all those who are emancipated from the
bondage to theology, what he has to say
attracts attention which would be accorded
TO no clergyman, not even DR.. Ludden. and
brings the bishops decision into bold prom
inence. There is a distinction, not noted
by some OF those who have commented on
the subject between Christian burial and
the "honors Of Christian burial" 1t is not
the former, but the latter-that Is. burial
with full ceremony in the cathedral or per-
haps other church-which the bishop re-
fuses, in cases where death has occurred
In the course OF what the bishop considers
as violation of the Lords Day. DR.. White
recognizes the distinction, which, he says,
seems to me thoroughly well taken ana
will. 1 believe. set large numbers of think
ing men and women into trains of thought
on this subject which will be profitable.
not only to themselves but to the country
atlarge"A He goes on to protest strongly
against what he calls "a complete paganiz-
ing of American life as regards the first
day of the week." and says:
Although L was brought up under Puri-
tan ideas regards Sunday, and they have
had considerable effect upon me, they have
been so far modified by observation and re-
Election that l am quite willing that the
afternoon of Sunday, after the earlier reli-
gious services are over, shall be given TO
reasonable rest and recreation, beyond, IN
deed, what 1 formerly thought wise. But
the extremes to which communities
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17
Ble88eo poverty
Written foi The Star by Rev. Pau

Written for The Star by Rev. Paul A. Men
Duke vi:20: blessed ye poor
THE trouble with you Americans is you
are getting too beastly prosperous" The
remark was made of course, by an Eng
lishman. and Its language does not suggest
the pulpit. But It shows that the seeming
paradox of our text comedies with even the
observation OF worldly wisdom. Wealth is
power. II the right kind of heart is In
charge OF the safety appliances. Posses
sion of whatsoever kind riches of ma
terial or any other nature, are intended to
be blessing and TO convey blessing. 1t
all depends on the heart of the owner. But
blessed are ye poor" must be emphasized
anew in a world which considers 1t an in
disputable axiom that poverty under all
circumstances is to be pItied, despised and
Stunned.
blessed are the poor is true even In a
material sense. Wealth has never been
able in the long run to uphold and develop
the finer and essential qualities of man.
Under the conditions it creates-not to
speak Of its temptations-the physical and
moral fiber of men has always been soft
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17
SUNDAY MORNING TALK.
"After You, Please"

1t sometimes requires the services of an
expert to determine whether piece Of fur
niture is genuine mahogany or ordinary
wood overlaid with handsome veneer.
Neither Is 1t always easy, from casual ac-
ql sintance, to decide whether politeness in
a certain individual is real or superficial.
But time will tell. l knew two men In col
lege, one OF whom was the most popular
fellow in his class. and the other one of
the most unpopular, but both were exceed
fngly deferential and considerable in the
presence OF others. In the one case. how
ever, the politeness was the natural OUT
flowing of refined and unselfish character
as spontaneous and beautiful as the blush
upon the peach, while in the other case the
politeness appeared to be imply a means
toward the accomplishment Of a selfish end.
species of toadyism, by virtue OF which
he hoped to get the entree into certain cir
cles But in the long run he lost ths favor
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and irreguIarly-and they do not rest They
cannot; and say what may Of the need
of recreation to man who is confined at
hard work during the week, II is perfectly
obvious that persistence In forms of recrea-
ton that wear him out only falsifies a good
word and good idea. Thousands Of people
In this country are doing that every Sunday
in utter disdain of the simple forms Of
recreation, lacking maybe in excitement but
which nevertheless would give them rest.
Their vitality is being Slapped, largely be-
cause they do not know how to use Sunday
temporarily. or knowing how, will not.
The other point of comment is more dis
tinctively mental and moral in it's applica-
ton, and is suggested by the observation
that Sunday is more and more becoming
the day of the week in which the craze Of
large numbers of people for amusement at
any and all hazards Is most signaized
There is pronounced intemperance in the
pursuit of plea sure on Sundays which must
operate inevitably to mental and moral
deterioration. 1t is not a good sign
Strength and sturdiness of character, the
capacity for accomplis hment. the power of
doing things that are best worth while to
be done. are not acquired by men and wo-
men who are insanely bent finding
amusement, and finding 1t all the time-as Is
characteristic of large sections of the Amer
lean people of today. Our forefathers may
have carried the church. going habit to an
excessive certainly think they did. But
the opposite extreme is already reached by
scores of their descendants. who are so
sapping their intellectual and moral forces
that they could never rival their forbears
in the task of building nation. The men
who have done things in this world have
not always been the men who have spent
Sundays in church, but they have rarely
been those who have spent Sundays in a
search for exciting amusement And. as
DR.. White says, the symptom is one which
creates alarm among all thinking citizens.
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street. They found II necessary to enlarge
and remodel the building twice, in 1877 and
again in 1886. and finally built the magnif-
cent structure that now occupies the site.
There are several sections of ground in
Washington that have long since been for
gotten church sites. But unlike the Sth
street plot, these abandoned sites of other
churches are now used for secular pur-
poses. Very few Washingtonians remem-
Der the lRtle carpenter shop. presided over
by Jonathan 7. Walker, that used to stand
at the corner of Sth and X streets north
west. Saturday nights the little shop was
given q thorough cleaning and made ready
for the religious services to be held there
Sunday mornings. Down on the next cor
ner 18th and l StreetS) there was an ex-
tensive pottery. and the columns of flames
and smoke that poured from the kilns was
plainly visible through the windows of the
carpenter shop. Leaders of the meetings
In the shop were wont to refer to these
sparkling pottery kilns as mere trifies COM
pared to what the unrepenting sinners
would probably come to- The congrega-
ton that worshiped there afterward built
a church on Massachusetts avenue near
9th street northwest, and named 1t the Nc
Kendree Methodist Church.
Just after the close of the war a few
Presbyterians who had moved to the ex-
IRENE northern outskirts of the city began
to hold meetings in private residences.
The meetings were a success from the
start. and the little organization soon
found parlors and dining rooms entirely
too small. Buildings of any kind were few
and far apart in that section at that time,
and large store rooms and halls were yet to
be built The only suitable place to be
found was the upper floor of large stable
that was being used a street car barn.
This floor was rented and meetings were
held there for some time, in spite of the
IA
ernor Alexander r. Shepherd attended
these meetings on one or two occasions.
and became so deeply interested in the
organization that later. with money from
his own funds, he built little chapel at
the corner of 7th street and Florida ave-
nue., where drug store now stands. Thks
was the beginning of Gurley Church. which
now occupies large plot of ground a
hundred feet further down Florida avenue.
Another old church site that is rapidly
passing out of memory is that occupied
by the Colorado building, 18th and @
streets northwest. At the beginning OF
the nineteenth century, when Washington
was yet an infant city, iron foundry.
where cannon balls were a speciality, was
operated on this corner. The Foundry"
Methodist Church was erected on this site.
but afterward gave way to the modern
Office building.
Many more abandoned church sites
might be mentioned. such as the George
town Medical School, II street near
9th, which was tn este of the Church or
the Ascension, and the old Ford's Theater.
once the site of the First Baptist Church,
but these are well known to Washing
tonians.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17
OF Course.
the Chicago News.

Prom the Chicago New.
Jack" said Dora, sweetly. II had such
strange dream last night. dreamed we
were sitting here like this. when suddenly q
burglar attacked and vowed that unless
you kissed me he would shoot you. Now.
suppose that really happened. what would
you do p
why. darling. would kiss yss without
hesitation"
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Left-Handed Compliment,

From the Chicago News
Chicago Girl-"And my heart wns in my
boots"
New York Girl-"what large heart you
must have,"
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struments should merely sustain but never
Cypress it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-03
COUNTRY FAIR IN NETWORK.
First of It's Kind Opens Tomorrow at Dom
gan Hills, Staten Island.

Beginning tomorrow, Network will expert
ence a new joy-a country fair within the limits
OF great city. The fair is to be held Don
gan Hills. Richmond County, Staten Island and
the officials hope that Mayor Mcclellan will open
the fair and be accompanied by many of the
city officials. Arrangements for the fair were
completed yesterday Racing is to be one of
the chief features Of the fair. Nathan Straus
has already entered his famous trotters, and W.
c. F1oyd-Jones will also enter his Governor Holt
and King Charles.
The permanent exhibition building is 100 feet
by 30 feet. the grandstand having a seating ca
pacity OF 1900. Every seat commands a full
view OF the track and overlooks the Lower Bay,
the view extending from Coney Island to Sandy
Hook
Some of the leading strings of show horses
horses, single and double, hunters. polo ponies
Four companies of the 9Th United States
Infantry will be at the fair. Major General
James F. Wade and General Grant have accept
has been included in NETWORKS first country
fair, including pike. This pike is to be a
modest one. with nothing TO raise the ire of the
good country people and just enough to make
the city folk curious.
The committee of arrangements will have a
talk with Commissioner .McAdoo as soon he