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Evening star., 1905-10-01

Wilson, who served from 1S4S to 1856; r.
K Wilson, his son. who served until lei4;
w. H H. Smith, who held this ofhce untn
1909 a period of twenty y-eight years, and
the present incumbent, Harry G. k1mbali.
The school has grown from a mere hand
full at it's organization to its present en-
rollment of nearly three hundred.
Tomorrow will be rally day. at the.
Fourth Presbyterian Church. 18th and
Yale streets northwest. The Sunday school
will begin service at $50 am Special mu-
sic will be furnished and addresses Will
be made by the superintendent, Thomas &.
Newton: by william E. Andrews, auG-tor
for the Treasury Department, and the pas
tor, Rev DIR. Joseph d. Kelly. AT 1:30
am services will be held in the church
auditorium, with preaching by the pastor.
At $3.50 pm. the Junior Christian Endeavor
Society will hold it's rally, followed at $50
pm. by the senior societys rally. The day
will conclude with popular meeting in the
auditorium at 1:30 pm, with short ad-
dresses by number of speakers.
Evening star., 1905-10-01
NEW RECTOR
INSTALLED TODAY

Rev Henry Thomas. the new rector of
81. Mlchaels and All Angels Protestant
Episcopal parish, will be formally installed
To-Day. This will be the fourth service at
the church in which he has participated.
He has made an excellent impression on
the members of the congregat ton and is
much pleased with the outlook of work be-
fore him.
Mr. Thomas was born In Woodyille
Prlnce George county, Md, and was grad
uated from Charlotte Hall, st. Mary's
county. He is a bachelor of arts of Dick
dnson College, member of the alumnus of
the Episcopal Theological Seminary of Al
exandria, Va, and had the degree of mas
ter of arts conferred upon him by Trinity
College of Hartford, Conn. His first pas
torate was at Poolesyille, Nd, where he
became the rector of ST. Peters Church
From this church he went to take the rec
torate of Trinity Church of Martinsburg
w. Va, and while rector of this parish he
Evening star., 1905-10-01
PHILOSOPHY OF THE GHETTO

The whole world rests on the tip of the
tongue.
X X X x X
The cruel tongue is worse than the cruel
hand.
1t is easy to say things, but hard to prove
them.
* X x x X
The less you speak the healthier.
y X X X
Talking little may harm sometimes; talk
ing much, always
X X X X X
As long as the word is in my mouth l am
the master; as soon as the word is out OF
my mouth 1 am the slave.
x y x X X
Silence is the weapon of the wise-but
silence is far from being wisdom.
X X X * X
A blow passes-a word remains.
X * X X
You can't shut the worlds mouth.
x X x X
You mouth should not verify what your
eyes have not seen.
X X X x
You can rely more on what one eye may
see than on what two ears may hear.
Evening star., 1905-10-01

Recently there came out OF the west a
plant that hundreds of pulpits are minus
ministers; that vacancies were occurring
faster than clergymen could be secured to
fill them. The commercial world, 1t was
said, was taking the theological graduates
because the inducements held out by other
professions completely overshadow those
offered by the ministry. 1t was pointed
out that no other profession is more af-
fected by the spread Of the commercial
spirit In America than the ministry, and be-
cause it's rewards are small young men
pass by the open doors Of the theological
schools and seek entrance to the colleges OF
law, medicine or engineering, where the
promise of the material future Is brighter
than that afforded by the seminary.
This condition it is stated, is not at all
new; for some four or five years ago the
condition in New York was even more
alarming than that reported from the west.
At that time, it is said, there were fifty
pulpits vacant in that city, representing an
aggregate sum to be paid in salaries OF
$1CO,OO0 year. 1t is pointed out, however
that the condition In New York was not
the result of a scarcity of ministers, but
was due to a preference for men of estab-
lished regulations and proved ability. On
the other hand 1t is stated that one prom
inent denomination recently had 1900 va
Evening star., 1905-10-01

Jews all over the world are celebrating
Rosh Hashanah their New Year, or Me
mortal" day From sundown Friday until
sundown yesterday the reformed congre-
cations observed the ancient festival, while
the orthodox, who also began the celebra-
ton at sundown Friday, will continue 1t
today, when the shofer, or rams horn, Will
be blown. as a symbol of the beginning OF
another year.
The manner in which the Jews nave
maintained their racial existence and their
religious customs intact for centuries mas
long been a matter of comment, and many
have praised their steadfastness and fnde-
pendence.
Especially in the Hebrew districts of the
large cities is Rosh Hashanah great 1es-
tival day. Here the ancient customs are
kept sacred and inviolate year after year,
and here "a certain philosophy and nfe
apart have developed.
The following are some CHARACTERISTIC
sayings expressing the quaint philosophy OF
the Ghetto:
!: x x X
Words should be weighed, not counted.
Evening star., 1905-10-01
Having a Good Time

Special Cablegram TO The Star.
LONDON. September 3O.-The prjmate Of
Incia, the Rt. Rev. Stephen Copleston who
preached at ST. Paul's Cathedral recently,
visited St. Michaefs Church, Barnes, dur
Ing the afternoon, where he told number
OF good stories to a crowded congregation
regarding the manners and customs of the
people in his district. In the hiliy parts OF
his diocese, said his lordship. the people
were very CHEEKY and full of fun and laugh
ter. But they had an extraordinary mania
for carrying heavy loads on their heads.
This to them was delight.
One day." proceeded the. primate, '.the
head of one of the tribes saw very smart
girl dressed in velvet Jacket carrying
an enormous load of stone strapped 10 her
forehead. i think I've seen you before
he said. Yes, sir replied the maiden.
You presented me with prize the other
day. You go to school, and yet you are
carrying stone?' queried the chief. With
a pleasant smile the girl answered: on.
yes; am reading for the Cambridge local
examinati ton, but as this was a half hoii-
day thought / would come out and try
and have good time.'"
Evening star., 1905-10-01
A Wooden Wedding.

From the New York World.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Sheppel followed an
old American custom in celebrating their
wooden wedding by feast to their friends.
The crowded conditions of city life should
not be allowed to destroy the neighborly
ways of the country town. Rather should
the greater ease In gathering together ones
relatives and friends tend to make city life
more friendly and social reunions more free
quent
All family anniversaries are good things
to celebrate. Birthdays. paper, wooden. tin.
silver and golden welding anniversaries and
every other event which gives occasion for.
a family and friendly gathering should bt
observed with good cheer. Opportunities
East s5th street. where the Sheppels gave
their wooden wedding feast, Is not different
from any other street in Its opportunities
for the exercise OF homely hospitality and
the frequent manifestations Of family afrec-
{tion.
Evening star., 1905-10-01
LOCAL CHURCH NEWS

The Western Presbyterian Sunday school.
III street between 10th and Goth streets
northwest, will observe its annual rally
day, today at $50 am. Besides special
music appropriate for the occasion, adj
dresses win be made by the pastor, Rev,
DIR. George Bailey. and the superintendent,
Harry G. kimbaI.
This Sunday school has had a very large
increase in Its enrolment during the last
year, and, beginning with today, plans will
be put into operation which are expected
to double the enrolment during the next
year. On the 14th O. next April this school
will be fifty-cight years old, it's organiza-
tion having antedated that OF the church
by seven years. During Its entire history
it has had but four superiutendents- ID. M
Evening star., 1905-10-01

cant churches upon it's list because enough
ministers Of that denomination could not be
secured.
X
Where to place the blame for this condi-
ton clergymen seem unable to agree. Some
claim that the theological schools are not
receiving students in proportion to the
other schools, and statistics appear to bear
out this claim. There are over 150 theo-
logical schools in the United States in
which the combined scholarships number
only about s,0O0 while SO law schools have
over 12.00O students and 200 medical
schools have fully 5000 students.
1t Is also claimed that the clergy are
underpaid, and for that reason few young
men care to enter the profession. This
claim, it would seem. is also borne out by
facts given in recent statistics. Taking
all the various churches together, statis-
tics show that the general average of
ministers salaries is not far from $500.
The average for Methodist ministers is
placed al SS47, but 1T is explained that
this average is pulled down by the very
low salaries in the south, where the aver
age is $500. The general average in the
Presbyterian church rises from $1,000 to
1920, and the Congregational average
has been placed at SLOT.
BY q few it is claimed that the churches
multiply too fast; that disSensions bring
about the organization of new congrega-
Evening star., 1905-10-01
No Science of History.
From the London Saturday Review.

From the London Saturday Review.
1.-THE moving finger writes, and having
writ moves on" We can no more stop or
guide its writing than could the wild man
whose relics We look for in the drift of an
other geological period than ours. What is
still more humiliating, practically we can
no more tell what it is going to write even
tomorrow than could that cave dweiler. A
short time since and nobody in the world.
not foreign secretary or prime minister or
emperor knew that Japan and Russia
would at the present time be making this
peace and that America would be go-be-
tween. In truth. there Is no science OF his
tory. Conceive man more learned than
Freeman in history, greater In science than
Darwin, deeper versed in human character
than George Eiiot-yet he could not even
roughly draw the map of Europe as It may
be little time hence. The heap of letters
which God put in the hand of his empire
builder, bidding him make with them what
word he could, are still In constant dis.
array
Evening star., 1905-10-01

with your friends and neighbors. Get them
aroused on the abuses right in sight and In
cite them to take steps toward reform.
Still more important is It to get a true
and right view of life and duty in the per-
sonal life There is no greater service
man can do his country, or his city, than to
make his own individual opinion intelligent
and courageous, in order that the con-
tagion of it may affect others, and so
body of opinion be formed that shall be a
mighty force for righteousness.
All hall then, public opinion! Mightier
than kings and cZars, emperors and presi-
dents, mightier than 'the almighty dollar
Hail public opinion, the power that makes
and unmakes the rulers of the earth, the
power that when fully aroused and rightly
directed can bring in the golden age for
mankind. THE PARSON.
Evening star., 1905-10-01

was a member of the standing committee
of the Episcopal Church of West Virginia,
position which in point Of Importance
made him next to the bishop of the dio-
cese. 1t was the most important appoint
ment one can hold In the diocese.
He was next rector Of the ST. Peters
parish in Smyrna, Del, and later of Cal
vary Church near Asheville, N. C. His
latest charge was at Epiphany Church in
Laurens, s. c. While rector of the Church
of st. Peter at Poolesville Mr.. Thomas was
the secretary of the cenvocatfon Of WASH
ington before the present diocese of Wash
ington was formed
Evening star., 1905-10-01
THE SCARCITY OF MINISTER'S
MATTER OF WIDE COMMENT

tfons, and that thus churches spring up
where there is need of only one. This,
they claim, makes 1t impossible for the
seminaries to supply sufficient graduates
to fill the pulpits. To this fact is also at
tributed the small salaries paid the
clergy, the reason given being that the
congregations are too small to afford
large salaries, whereas if there were
fewer churches the congregations would
be larger and they could. therefore, pay
higher salaries.
X *
That part of the claim attributing the
scarcity of ministers to the failure of SEM
inaries to supply the demand, 1t is said, is
not in accordance with the facts. Accord
ing to recent statistics there are in the
United States $1,000 Methodist, $1,000 Bap-
tist, $1,000 Presbyterian, 1900 Catholic.
10000 Lutheran, 1900 Episcopal, 6,00o Con-
gregationaist, 5000 Reformed and COO He
brew churches, making total of 156000
churches. not including the thousands OF
churches under such denominations as the
Adventists, the Disciples of Christ etc,
which. it is claimed will bring the grand
total to fully 100000.
Conservative estimates place the annual
graduations from theological seminaries at
1,0oo From this it appears that In little
less than twenty-eight years the theologi-
cal schools would turn out enough ministers
to fill every pulpit in the United States.
Evening star., 1905-10-01
formal Opening Qooap
Home Of the Bon Secour Sisters Located
at Tenleytowp, D. C.

Simple ceremonies will mark the formal
opening of the new home in the District
for the Sisters Of the Bon Secour, which
will occur In the chapel of the institution
this morning at Z o'clock. The home is To-
Gated at Ten1eytown. In accordance with
the spirit of the organization. there will be
no display whatsoever, and none but the
sisters will be in attendance. Rev. Joseph
D. Mallon. rector of st. AIMS Roman
Catholic Church, will officiate at the low
mass and blessing of the building.
In a quiet and unostentatious way the
Sisters Bon Secour are said to have done
wonderful work in ministering to the
needs of the sick Of all classes and condt-
tions of mankind. They are as well known
in the homes of the Hebrew as the Roman
Catholic, and Protestants of nearly every
denomination. Their work is boundless in
character and infinite in variety, for no
matter when the call comes for their serv
ices to attend the sick they go directly like
good Spartan souls. and remain until the
patient is well into the convalescent period.
For their services they have no fixed
charges, depending for their maintenance
entirely upon the good will or circumstances
of those whose wants they minister to-for
the organization is one of charity. The
order was, in fact, instituted for the bene-
fit of the poor, and In no sense whatever,
it is said, does it bring itself in competi-
ton with trained nurses
1t was in Paris, iH 1e22, that this sister
hood was instituted. In this famous capi-
tai there was great need of a body of wo-
men who would devote their lives to sue
coring the poor in Illness. and to meet this
demand the archbishop of Paris at that
time, Mgr. de Quelen, founded the Sisters
of Bon Secours. Their work won instant
appreciation, it is said, and it was not long
before the sisters were in demand through
out France. Now they have twenty houses
scattered throughout the republic. In due
course branch houses were opened and have
been maintained in England, Ireland and
Belgium, and in these countries they are
also said to have achieved signal resu is.
But it was not until 1881 that the Sisters
of Bon Secours came to America when
ON the invitation of Cardinal (then Arch
bishop Gibbons, a house was opened in
Baltimore, which, until the recent purchase
OF the rectory of St AIMS Roman Catho-
lie Church in Tenleytown, was the only in
ssitution possessed by the order in Amer
lea The field of endeavor has, neverthe-
less, taken in the entire country, and Sis
tiers have gone on missions as far south
as Texas and to distant points in the
north and even to Europe with GONZALES
cent patients. But it is In Washington
and Baltimore that the sisters have been
best Known and most sought after for the
care of the sick.
Evening star., 1905-10-01

It is a notable commentary on the great
strides of the medical profession that when
the Bon Secours came to America in 1881
the trained nurse was an unknown factor
In the sick room and the first school for
the training of nurses was not, 1t is stated,
opened until some six years later, when
Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore
opened her doors to young women for such
training. 1t is stated to have been the con-
sistent endeavor of the sisters to avoid all
competition with trained nurses. They seek
no engagements, and since theirs is a life
devoted to charity and self-effacement,
make no charge for their services, and be
the sickness of long or short duration,
they remain until the patient is entirely
well or the grim reaper death claims their
charge. Then, as likely as not, a sister will
have another case to attend, going from
one sick room to another, without return
ing to the mother house for recreation.
In Washington the services of the sisters
have been very much in demand, and at
times there have been as many as twenty
sisters nursing in this city, especially dur
ing the several periods of typhoid epidemics
that the city has passed through. AS stated
above the sisters have been called to the
homes of people of all manner of religious
beliefs, and, according to good authority,
Evening star., 1905-10-01

the success of the committee on dedtca tion
ADDRESS IN securing DIR. Henry Van Dyke
OF princeton for this OCCASION Monday,
October 80
preliminary registration OF students in
the night classes of the association revea,s
the strong interest there is on the part of
young men TO get ahead. Not only are
young men enrolling who have had the
fundamental education to fit them for a
life work; larger number are beginners.
boys and men who have been deprived of
the opportunity to finish their preparation
beyond the eighth grade. Yesterdays an
plicants included carpenter for free-hand
drawing and design, a Jap from the navy
yard for mechanical drafting. street car
conductor for studies preparatory to enter
ing college. A number of applicants for
courses in chemistry and physics have en-
rolled, tentatively, hoping that enough moro
Will come To assure a class in these sub
Jects Nineteen other subjects are being
offered this year in language, science ard
art.
u got my start in the Y. M. C. A., said
the manager of one of the large printing
and publishing houses of Washington vee,
terday- Il was earning but SO week and
had missed opportunities of further school
ing through misfortune. I attended the Y.
NJ. c. A. night school many years ago. and
1t gave me the supplementary education
needed to get ahead In business. What "a
fine thing for the boys of Washington this
new building is, with the big floor spaco
you announce; l am sure your efforts will
be appreciated more than ever" And the
educational director says he only regretted
that the scores of other young men who
might relate the same story could not have
the ear of the hundreds of young fellows
who might make use Of this chance for
night schooling.
The members who have been looking for
ward 10 living in the new building received
the announcement last week that rooms
would be open for engagement and that
the drawing for applicants already register
ed would take place Monday, October 2
Over FIVE hundred pieces of furniture have
been placed I'm these dormitory rooms the
past week.
Evening star., 1905-10-01
Ube Moral Magneti8m
Of Jesus Christ


Pbarsee Therefore sadam hemel
XII ~
Evening star., 1905-10-01

There was a severe earthquake shock at
Lundby, Island of 1Iissengen, that cracked
the walls of the ho:ses and caused assures
to appear in the ground.
Evening star., 1905-10-01
EDUCATIONAL WORK
OF THE Y. vi. C.. A.

a religious work institute, or conference
is TO be held at the parlors of the Young
Mems Christian Association this afternoon
OF o'clock. Judge Peelle will preside. Dis
cussion of methods in all phases of the as
sociadons religious work will be indulged
in. Lyman l.. Pierce will open the topic
Meetings for Men" on which he speaks
with authority. Secretary Z. G. Wilson will
present the Foreign Work" in which
Washington members are so actively and
substantially interested Secretary w. A
Scott will take up the topic Study of the
Bible"
This institute idea was 20 great extent
original IN Washington. SO far as associa-
tion work Is concerned. 1t helps to dis
cover weaknesses and to establish better
methods. 1t assists in educating stronger
men in committee service. 1t goes directly
after the local situation. with men on the
field who know that situation, as experts
to examine and suggest. good attend
ance upon this meeting today is assured.
Supper win be served at 8 O'Clock to enable
members 20 meet evening church engage
ments.
meeting of interest to boys over twelve
is being held every Sunday afternoon at 4
O'Clock Today Charles +. Nesbit is an
nounced In a talk TO the boys on impress
s!ons from the Wild West" This service
IS in the gymnasium and the music of the
Amphicn Glee Club will no doubt add to
the pleasure of the gathering
Tuesday night at $50 big opening rally
OF members has been arranged for, with
dinner served at the building Acceptances
up to last evening indicate a large attend
ance. The committee in charge announces
among other features of the rally de-
tailed statement OF the plans ahead for the
opening and dedication of the new building.
A call for enthusiastic workers in extending
The benefits of the organization to a greater
number of young men than ever before is
signed by President Woodward and Gen.
eral Secretary Pierce. This banquet will
open in a preliminary way the fall cam
paign OF the Y. NJ. c. A.
Great satisfaction is being expressed over
Evening star., 1905-10-01

address in securing DIR. Henry Van DYKE
OF Princeton for this occasion, Monday,
October 80
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cant churches upon it's list because enough
ministers Of that denomination could not be
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-04-29

IN c,+es where the majority OF pe ope "
-. n+,vas have never handled sp"u r,eht
cons,,l e[, Atwell says, "it is now thougI' a,,,s
necessary to encourage a taste I0a a,eor. ea
ttvating the soil in children ycas+ed Dy cseaS
Ing school gardens. 1t is Sussesteu ng esteu
that the on holidays, which are 80 ,nonv U.,D
Unemployed, t scholars shall acc0%Runs ss tnars
+heir - tutors to these gardens ana 'nvad "nd
learn to use garden implements prtno, "na
ACQUIRE a taste for gardenlng' fur
tudicIously awarded would soon 20 .n,n, nun
nish the stimulus necessary 10 aan l1
the useful worker. The schooi = saLotn = ~
has not yet taken FORM but II +ha "
be hoped that it may become come 'ns as
adjunct of the older WORK Ano" "
the workingmen's garden. -. e,.,+
ut is only just to say that 1ne ,,n ~ o. ~
norson to put the idea of a Workins
mems garden into practice was Minv, 4ir'o
Hervien of Sedan. Since that tlme
obe has had many coadjutors' as sne
n.or- commends itself not only as phll'
anthroplc, but as one of social c0nSe''
vati0n "