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New-York tribune., 1905-01-19
COURAGE AND WILL

70 live the simple life requires courage and a
.,r,ne viii and above all, Just sense Of proper
80 Il is not 2 life of idlenCss. because il implies
~ time for rest and silence nor is it life with
y. emotional experience. because Il involves The
-,,-sinatiou Of The lesser 10 the greater and the
.rr7ination of the unreal and morbid. The simple
ne has room for love and grief and JOY and
righteous anger. but none Cor envy hatred and
selhshnBss. DO We honestly want TO live II?
II We do. one Of our greatest helps will be the
ror-esson OF high and controlling ideal St Paul
u5-h his waschwoId. This one thing ! do." is a
,lendid example OF who. in the midst Of tolls
and eriefs lived a life Of noble simplicity The
,rdst the veformer the missionary. the physician
sn testify TO The power Of the ideal. And who does
not know the might Of supreme love inspiring
,be unlid with courage. strengthening the weak
XII and giving that sense OF proportion which
makes the great things seem great and the small
thinEs smalls To Us all come moments of such
spiritual sanity But for US all The heavenly vision
Is sometimes obscured. and it theu that we need
the lesser heps-the practical ruIes ana sooG habits
Of daily lie
From a thouChtful observation OF womens lives
It seems evident that simple living IS inconsistent
with long days spent in shopping for things that
are unnecessary; that il IS Incompatible with the
fear Of being behind the times that leads one 10
read as many as possible OF the new books TO see
every new play. 10 adopt every fad. To live
ths Simple lie IL is sometimes (ecessary 10 deny
oneself what might be pleasure for the sake OF
mere physical rest or quiet time OF meditation
To turn 10 The more sensitive side: certain amount
Of order and regularity Is an AID 10 simplicity. In
every business this is recognized and in households
q some extent. but its sphere might be enlarged.
the saving q much nervous energy. Tor the more
dudes We can assign 10 the realm OF habit the
more time and strength shall we have for i'm
pOftaut concerns.
The society Of small children is one OF our means
q grace. Some OF think have more OF IL
thu is good Tor our weary nerves But. do we
r6El-y play with the children, and read TO them,
sBits surely the uns5otie5 child 10 whom every
loved thing IS beautiful be il mothers face or
battered. lODE-sUtlerlug doll. IS our best teacher
a sincerity and simplicity. And our deepest need
fr simpler living hes IL the fact that by our con-
Flzrt seeking after excitement destroy the
home atmosphere and train our children 10 be
restless and UCsats6eG-
There can ne no formula for the simple life What
tO one temperament means worry and confusion
means 10 another only healthful stimulus. But
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the association wished TO give up all responsibility
for this work was that il too busy with other
duties Mrs. Wilson herself has resigned from the
committee. In her report she stated that the
largest contribution to the fund, S317 came from
Mrs. William Cumming Story, which she raised by
entertainment at Lawrence. Long Island.
In the report of the chairman of the commfttee
Mrs. Osborn stated that the 500 which had been
pledged for years salary 70 the deaconess was
raised by last October
DeacOness Louise. who came from Philadelphia
TO take the place Of deaconess in St Marks Church
at the meeting yesterday and made n report
of her work. She has established an Industrial
school among the children of the Sunday school
which has increased from thirty-eight 10 one hun
dred members. Many families have been given ma
teral help Of food and clothing. she reported aud
dozens Of little sufferers from the SlOcum disas-
ter sent to the country through the help OF
the Tribune Sunshine Society.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-19
CASTING OUT Discomfort.

have read The Simple Life and ] have read
about it, and have been very much interested in the
Inquiry. What is the simple life?' and the DIFF
ferent answers. The simple life in my opinion is
rad that people are wasting a great deal of time
talking about and preaching about. instead of v-
ing it,
how can one live il? FIRST of ALL by getting rid
OF that spirit OF 'discontent that casts q shadow
gray on all the brightness Of the common day." and
then by doing each day to the very best Of our
ability. and in the easiest. best and peasantest
way, the various duties that each one OF
US whether they be complex commonplace. We
should have ever before perfect ideal. which If
we fall to attain. il is far nObler feel that we
have failed nearer the top" than to be satisfied
nearer the bottom. E s. G.
Athens. y
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LEE SING IS RELEASED.
accused Of Numbering Noel: DucA;
IN Chinese Feud-No Evidence.

Lee Sing Of No Is Mott-st, who was alleged 90
have tried to murder Mock Duck. a restaurant
keeper, OF No. 70 Doyers-st. who was shot In thu
back on November 8. was discharged yesterday By
Magistrate Flammsr for lack OF evidence Thsrs
have been eight hearings
Said the maEistrats9
The prosecution has shown that q man was ar
rested probably the first person that the policeman
grabbed, but that IS no evidence IN my mind that
that particular committed the crime. The
name OF another man has been mentioned n this
case. and he has not been since the assault
and II was testified 70 that he had quarrel with
Mock Duck about a girl
1t was also shown that the quarrel which led to
the shooting was the result OF feud between two
rival factions OF the several Chinese societies.
therefore discharge the defendant and II ths
District Attorneys office believes hirn guilty OF
attempted murder. IL is at liberty to take up ths
case
New-York tribune., 1905-01-19
GYPSY WEDDING ON SUNDAY.
Hungarian Society Of This City to Hold
Costume Ball.

real gypsy wedding ceremony. performed by a
priest at gypsy village fair and competition be-
tween the Hungarian Gypsy bands OF this city Will
be among the features at the big Hungarian Gypsy
costume ball at the Grand Central Palace
on Sunday evening Il is the first bail given by tha
Hungarian Society OF New-York. the oldest Hun
gar4an organization in the United States, founded
h1ty-three years ago by eudgrants-
For the three most original costumes py
men and women. President Gabriel Agostan and
Szsntslas Fleisher, chairman or the ball COM
mittee Will give handsome prizes. The winner
will be carried around the hall IN a gypsy
wagon. There viii be election OF gypsy king,
national dances. groups and gypsy fortune tel-
Ter. The ball begins with concert at 2. fol-
lowed halt an hour later By dancing.
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LOW TO SPEAK ON NEw-YoRk SCHOOLS.

The Peoples ROrum OF Nsw-RochsIe viii hold IT'S
third meeting OF the present winter On Sunday.
January p, at p m, In the New-RocheIs Theatre.
At this meeting DR.. Henry NJ. Leipziger supervisor
OF lectures OF the New-York Board or Education.
viii deliver address The Extension ot tbs
Uses OF ths Schoolhouse and Education for
Adults" Or. LeDzigsrI who Is one of the greatest
pubic educators IN this country, and who con-
ceived ths plan. and put into execution ths sys-
tenn OF free lectures that nightly crowdtng
the school buildings OF New-YOrx City, will
plain and illustrate his educational work among the
working people Seth Low will preside and de-
liver address The Management oe ths New
York Public schools" Great intsrsse "a bang
taken Ia the meeting.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

The Henry-st. synagogue taxed to its ut
most capacity last night when Louis Bernstein, of
No. 1OS Canal-st. and Miss Frances Bernstein. the
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. Simon Bernstein, OF NO.
50 East Broadway, were united IN marriage. Mr..
Bernstein besides being a prominent Republican
politician and the originator OF the law which ere
ated the Office of Superintendent Of Elections, Is
the Deputy Internal Revenue Collector. His BRIDE
who has been connected with the Educational ALI
ance Is q social favorite In East Side circles
Interest IN the wedding was not. however. con-
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THREE OF FAMILY Dlg IN A DAY.

Chicago. Jan 12-Three sudden deaths within
the last tEenty-SoUr hours hAvs occurred Ii thu
family OF Thomas Msshan, wsl known In the
commercial circles IN Chicago. Yesterday after
noon word reached thu family that James Msshan,
the youngest son, had died az Kankakes1 A few
hours later ths mother, Mrs Z Msshan. taken
Ill with heart trouble az railway station hers
and died after being taken TO Mercy Hospital
To-day telegram received that Thomas
Meehan had died in Denver, where he went last
week for a vacation The survivors ot the family
three sisters OF Thomas Meehan- The news
OF his death reached the skaters as they wsra
taking tha bodies OF thslF rlothar and cthex
brother TO the family home.
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lanx in what has been called the best aga IN the
intellectual life Of America thus far. Her public
renoWn was as hostess and organizer. but 10 her
lhlirnates hers was the glory and nobility OF char
Scter, or sincere and true human nature. Mrs.
sargent embodied her faith and religious convfc-
uOns IN her own life and character and works.
IN her nature there was a fustng OF spiritual in
teIlectual and physical powers whose influences ra-
dlated spontaneously and sympathetically. She
was an tdealist without preaching q practical har-
efactOr without aggressiveness'
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A HERO OF SHILOH DEAD.

Kansas City. Jan 1s-David J. Borghman, a
Civil War veteran. who was one OF the arse men
to enter Atlanta under General Sherman, and who
made a thrilling OF a federal daS on the
battlefield OF Shiloh under the eyes OF General
Grant is dead here aged hfty-nins years Bough-
man served with distinction through tho Civil
War IN the sfth Illinois. and he Is mentioned BY
both Grant and Sherman IN their memoirs for dis
tinsuished services during their eampalgns.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-19

Phpps, Mrs J. Archibald Murray. Mrs. Douglas
Robinson, jr., Mrs. William ID. Sloane Mrs. John
Hobart Warren. Mrs. Seth Barton French, MRS
James A. Burden, Mrs. Henry E. Howland, Miss
{. De Forest Miss Frelinghuysen, Mrs. r. Fulton
Cutting. Mrs NJ. Dwight Collier and Miss whitney;
The hospital open for inspection from 3 TO .
o'clock and nearly all visitors up into the
wards where they talked ana played with the
little patients, many Of whom known personally
to them. and who threw their arms around the
necks Of the beautiful ladies' and would not be
comforted when they had 60
New-York tribune., 1905-01-19
PRIZES FOR BABIES.
A Kansas Town Offers Premium for Every
Child Born.

From the report read by Mrs. Belle De Rivera
chairman of the committee on progress, at the
annual business meeting OF the Rainy Day Club IN
Carnegie Hall yesterday afternoon. it would seem
that Kansas is a progressive and alert State.
1.-The Board of Commissioners Of Shawnee Coun-
ty," Mrs. De Rivera read, has decided to offer a
premium IN the form Of advance OF S a month
in the salary Of every clerk IN the courthouse IN
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SAY TELLER STOLE $4,000.

Duluth. MINI. Jan ia B. Loutzenhsssr,
paying teller OF ths First National Bank r.
charged with the theft OF $4,000 from the bank
and a warrant has been sworn out for his arrest
He lefs here December 20 for Pennsylvania.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-19

PLAIN LIVING AND HIGH THINKING.
Ny idea Of the simple life is plain living and high
thinking, or the ideal life which is to look out not
in; TO look up. down. and lend a helping
hand; 10 deal justly. to love mercy. The simple
NE Is practical Christianity. is il not? Nj
NeM-Nnrl
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E5etere eStlRO
;ACXSlzys-eI~yE2V.
HorsSee0fx,es Exc6on6e,

given the courage 10 live independeutlv tho
sIeneth OF VIII % control environment and
the power 10 the minor ills Of life in their ir
perspective. We can all II wish work ont for
ourselves tie problem OF the simple life F.
Rrooklvn y =.
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Following are Mr.. Channing's words:

To live content with small means; to seek ele-
gance rather than luxury, and refinement rather
than fashion: 10 be worthy, not respectable; and
wealthy, not rich TO study hard. think quietly talk
gently, act frankly: to listen stars and birds
babes and sages with open heart bear all cheer
fully 90 all bravely, await occa si'ns, hurry never
In word, 10 let the spiritual unbidden and uncon-
scious grow up through the common. This is to
be my symphony.
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Ny SYMPHONY.

To the Housewives Exchange
In yesterdays Tribune the article on The Simple
Life by l. c. H in the same line Of thought
as my own. which thought 10 write and send as a
competitor. Now ! abandon the idea and leave
the field to L. c. H But send My Symphony hy
Charming. which I think is the epitome of the
whole question Of the simple life, and which some
time during the discussion of the eboye question
Exchange. C A II
GloyersVille N Y
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and make less row" was Dicks uncivil retort and
he cast what I chose TO consider a Yindictlve
glance in the direction OF our hrstborn, who lay
IN my blinking unconcernedly at the ceiling.
and looking s far any baby could look from
sinking into peaceful slumber.
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fragments CHURCH.
organized at Wilmington, Del, Re-
Gently Amid Enthusiasm

Multiply the ordinary ragman's cry bv
ooo ana get an impression of what the
singing is like the new ragman's church
at Cady and Herald streets. Wilmington
Del. The church is an old warehouse. hut
1t was dedicated to religious services Five
hundred ragmen shouted with Joy and sang
old songs to the tune of ANY Rags. ANY
Bones. Any Bottles Today"
HEAD and front of the movement is Rev
FRANK Robinson, negro ragman on week
days and preacher on Sunday. He tried to
get up great open-air meeting of ragmen
to be held Saturday, but found that the
ragmen could not afford a holiday. There
lore, with the assistance of a number of
white men, he rented the warehouse which
he has named 'Christ's Temple OF the Will
ing Workers"
He went about the streets Saturday call
ing out the notice of his meeting. and from
y O'Clock Sunday morning he waited in his
church for worshipers. They did not come
until evening, but then they came in hun
dreds. large delegation being on hand
from Chester and Philadelphia Most o.
them were negroes. but a few were white,
and they were welcomed as true ragmen,
irrespective of color
In opening his service. Rev. Mr.. Robin
son offered a special prayer for the protec-
ton and salvation of ragmen, and then an
nounced his text:
so Ebed-melech took the men with him
and went Into the house of the king, under
the treasury, and took thence old cast of
clouts and old rotten rags, and let them
down by cords into the dungeon of Jere-
miah.-Jeremiah xxxviii, H."
My friends" said the preacher, this
will prove to you that our craft is an
ancient and honorable one. Ebel- melech
was ragman. perhaps the first of them.
the founder Of the craft He rendered a
great service, as he rescued a prophet who
afterward became one Of the advisers OF
the Lord
A shout of appreciation followed the an
nounccment. and as his sermon proceeded
on this line the enthusiasm became in
tense. Soon the preachers voice was
drowned by the shouting. and when he
called for the elect to come forward
and give Christian testimony, the rejoicing
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dependent upon His will for their exist
He setteth up one and putteth down an
other" The kings heart is in the hand
OF the Lord, as the rivers of the water He
turneth it whithersoever He will But
from time TO time men have murmured
against the universal sovereignty of God.
When st. Paul, arguing with the Romans,
contended for this doctrine, he represents
one of his disputants saying, Why
doth God yet find fault? For who hath
resisted His WHIP
With all the dignity of an Apostle st.
Paul answered. Nay, but man, who art
thou that repliest against God? Shall the
thing formed say to him that formed 1t,
why hast thou made me thus?' Hath not
the potter power over the clay?
And verify the Judge of all the earth
cannot but do right" His rule, the abso-
Lutte Is strictly consistent with His law,
which is holy just and good" His do
minion ruleth over ALL for by Him were all
things created that are in heaven and that
are on earth, visible and Invisible, whether
they be thrones or dominions or principali-
ties or powers; all things were created by
Him and for Him, and He is before all
things, and by Him all things consist"
So we may well say Thine is the king
dom. for ever and ever"
But what is royalty more than a mere
pageant If # lack the power to maintain its
rights Therefore the almightiness of God
IS connected in our text, with the recogni-
ticn of this right to rule-"for Thine is the
power for ever and ever"
Creation abounds with palpable proofs OF
Gods omnipotence; for He who is compe-
tent to the works of creation is adequate
to any act and any effect. We might point
You to redemption and ask you to estimate
the strength of that arm which carried II
into full and final accomplishment or
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Sleepiness in Church.
From the Baltimore Sun.

AT the recent meeting in London of the
public health congress paper was read
by Mr.. BLIZZARD of the Institute of Civil
Engineers on the relation Of iIl-yentiIated
churches to the dissemination of infections
diseases and on the cause of sleepiness in
church According to this authority, as re-
ported by the London Telegraph, Sleep
ness In church Is not, as rule. due to the
dLliness of the sermon, but to slow poison
ing brought about by breathing over and
over again the air already breathed by
others. Ill ventilation, therefore not pau
city of ideas on the part of the preacher or
stupidity on the part of the churchgoer.
explains the drowsiness felt in the pew.
Many theories have been proposed to ac-
count for the somnolent air of the wor-
shipper. 1t Is beyond dispute that persons
afflicted with insomnia have been able to
get sleep at church when they could get it
nowhere else. Aged pillars of the church
whose zeal could not be questioned have
been found often in the enjoyment of re-
fresking maps while the minister was set
ting forth some Of the most important doc
trines of the creed 1t has been suggested
that the enforced silence Of the man in the
Few tends to produce torpidity of the brain
and sleep. If he could join In the discourse
or talk back to the speaker, he would be
better able to maintain a waking interest
In the proceedings. Another view goes upon
the idea that the listener, by dropping off
into doze. expresses his serenity of mind
and perfect confidence In the minister's dis
erection. If a doubt were felt as to the COM
potency or soundness of the speaker the
worthy church member would be on the
alert. But Mr. Billiards. explanation rem
ders all these far-fetched hypothesis UNI
necessary The closed eyes and trombone
enects OF the congregation are due to short
comings neither of the pastor nor of his
neck, but of the architect who designed the
church building. Give the people fresh air
to breathe in abundance and the sermon
will not seem too long nor will the pews
seem to be wanting in appreciation of its
fine points.
Mr.. Blizzard strikes serious note when
he maintains that ill-ventilated churches,
theaters and other like places frequented
by large numbers have much to do with
the spread of consumption. The air within
them becomes laden with the germs of dis
ease. and the want of pure air-secured
by good ventilating arrangements-com
pels the people to take them into the lungs
Infectious diseases are thus communicated,
and the edifcation of the spiritual man Is
obtained at tht cost of serious risk to the
health of the body.
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PRESBYTERY OF WASHINGTON
HAS CATHEDRAL QUESTION
IMPORTANT SESSION AT VIENNA, VA, NEXT MONTH

Presbyterians are showing renewed in
terest in the proposition of Justice Harlan
for national cathedral in this city. The
reason for this is that the presbytery of
Washington city is scheduled to meet Oc-
the committee chosen last spring by the
general assembly of the denomination in
America will present the matter formally
to the local body.
The status of the movement at present is
interesting. While it is generally under
stood that the national church or cathedral,
as Justice Harlan chooses to call 1t, is pro-
posed to be made institutional in character
and representative of the denomination in
the United States, yet the organization OF
Presbyterianism is such that church, even
of this character, cannot be built within the
confines of the Washington city presbytery
without the consent of the presbytery. In
fact, a presbytery is absolute in the con-
troll of the churches within its jurisdiction
and a proposition of this nature must, the
oretically at least, originate with it. The
general assembly recognized this fact when
it appointed committee TO await upon the
local body.
But Justice Harlan, who has long favored
the national cathedral idea, sought to give
it greater impetus by having it indorsed
first of all by the general body. He is one
of the most prominent laymen of the church
and was vice moderator of the general as
sembly at it's last session. This fact gave
the proposition considerable weight, and, II
is said secured for it a more faVorao!e
hearing than it would otherwise nave mad
The lack of enthusiasm for the project,
however, was very noticeable and 1t was
only Endorsement which the assem-
bly, put upon It. The committee appointed
to carry it before the local presbytery Is
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PLANS FOR
BIG CONFERENCE

Word comes from New York that the
plans are nearing completion for the great
religious gathering to be held in that city
In November next. under the name of the
Inter-Church Conference on Federation
This meeting. which is to be held in Car
negie Hall from November IL to p, will be
the first In the religious history of the
United States. to which delegates have been
named officially by the various Protestant
denominations. previous conferences on mis-
sions and other topics having been unofficial
In character. There will be present from
five to six hundred delegates. representing
twenty-four religious bodies with an aggre-
gate membership of over 100000.
A general committee composed in large
part of leading ministers and laymen OF
this city and vicinity ID In charge OF the