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New-York tribune., 1906-11-18
ATHLETICS AND MORALS
What Effect Sports and Games
Haze on Character.

1t is probable that in college in this country
at the present time is the young man who will be
twenty years hence either Secretary of State. Am
bassador to England, Japan Germany Russia,
or even Chief Executive of country. Among
the young men now In the colleges the future
captains OF industry heads of corporations fnan-
ciers lawyers and men of science. VIII these men
be more efficient in their various lines of activity
through their interest in athletics. or is the infu
of opposite nature?
1t is not with the effects of athletics upon the
body that dealing Just now. but with the
influence of sports and games in forming the men,
tai and moral habits of the young men who en-
gage them Is the general effect upon character
of athletic games good or bad? Do such exercises
help young men to fight the battle of life more
fearlessly. honorably and successfully? To what
does the practice of athletic games tend to
develop those qualities of mind which we value
most highly In practical everyday life?
great thinker has said that the difference be-
tween men consists. essentially not in variations
Of ability or In opportunity or In personal charm
but in will power. An indomitable win always
ouers in the end. If we glance the epoch max
ers of life-the men whose names stand out upon
the scroll of history Caesar. Savonarola Napoleon
Luther, Cromwell, Bismarck. Washington. Jackson
we shall find that their most marked character
istic was Will power. the determination to do some
thing no matter what the consequences.
Now will power easily becomes a habit. The
man who says 10 himself: Il am going TO break
down the guard. no matter what the consequence
even If break my collarbone. break my arm. my
leg or lose my life" is the who will also walk
ND TO the cannons mouth or face any other
exigency of life in exactly the spirit.
As n means of developing Will power and courage.
place football first of all Other games are close
seconds but better than all these stands football
as a means of developing aggressiveness. courage.
WILL other athletic games have something of the
same effect in training character. The man who
catches of the bat, the man who pushes his horse
at the ive-bar gate. realizing that fall will prob
ably mean injury or destruction the man who in
boxing risks the blow that is going mean defeat
ana dangerous injury the who drives his auto
mobile at the raue of Two miles a minute. KNOWN.
New-York tribune., 1906-11-18
UNDER THE NEW RULES.

The door opened: the preceding twelve 0ptooA
out. The silence was profound. religious.
You may stay only two minutes" whfzpGe4
the usher The twelve advanced, like psepia
about to receive a sacrament
The way led into q small room expenSfvelW
overdecorated. A wafnscot was OF seuood(
picked out with gilt. A white onyx table In Tho
centre OF the room bore a white onyx lamp WITH
gilt trimmings. OF white onyx, too, was The
mantelpiece. A gilt bookcase in the corner wAs
filed with white volumes titled IN sold-ths
complete works Of Mrs. Eddy. Above tho nnan-e
telpiece and opposite 1t were passages irons
Science and Health" signed "N1ary BakeP q
Eddy" and verses from the Gospels sisne0
Christ Jesus" On the back walI-the mosu
prominent thing in the room-was a painting oe
a chair and a table; at furniture like this. 50 a
legend beneath 1t told Science and Health was
written. An alcove room with a white maple
bedroom set opened one side OF the door,
and on the other toilet room. complete. except
for bathtub. in every particular There were
many more details-as heavily upholstered white
chairs rallied off with ribbon so that no visitor
might sit In them. eiderdown rug, and
stained glass windows of mystic symbolism
Before the central window. which showed a
woman writing. hung a. Grecian lamp. The
whole effect was ornate; everything was heavy
with decoration; even the plumbing in the toilet
room was gold plated
The pilgrims looked about In utter silence; no
one spoke word until the door opened to show
that the two minutes were up Then woman
approached the guardian of the doorway
'I have been here three times" she whispered.
"and each time it has seemed more wonderful
to me-"
"Ah." said the guard. indrawn BREATH
"1t reflects purity"
Twelve others. their hands folded. their eyes
upon the word Love-" were waiting their turn
outside and down the church aisle stretched .
file of quiet, intent people, waiting-Frum adj
vance proofs of McClures Magazine for De-
ceulber.
New-York tribune., 1906-11-18
MUCH SOAP FOR PUBLIC USE.
Great Sums It Costs Railroad Companies to
Supply This Convenience.

More than one hundred and fifty thousand individ-
,o, cakes of soap leave the city of New York every
dsy as a part of the equipment Of steam railroad
trains leaving New York One railroad system
alone it is said, expends 100000 year to equip
its coaches at either end WIN TINS comihonty-
,.-,,, ,bes. Lrovn Auures IL is wonderful TO think
-, the vast sum of money that is spent every year
IN furnishing cakes of soap in public washroons.
IN hotels large office buildings, department stores.
etc OF the amount OF money thus spent now
much is wasted because or the uifsapPeatance OF
the cakes OF soap before they nave Deen used more
tben two three times 10 autho,hs can De clted
T'he purchasing agent for railroad. however.
IN tat If thev could control the waste. their ex-
nendture for soap would es Sn @ ~ tbeee niaca .,
soep are taken by passengers VINO nave We, neglected
20 prepare themselves I0l = '0O-N0' vow eNNe
New-York tribune., 1906-11-18

Of toilet soap and the list of these dsappearances
through passengers is further augmented by petty
thefts by attaches of the railroad such brake
men and cleaners
The amount Of money that we blow IN for soap
is astonishing. the purchasing agent of the large
railroad system said few days ago. I'VE equip
train of cars by the delivery of certain number
Of cakes of soap to each man In charge OF
He Is supposed to that the washrooms at either
end OF the in his supplied. We know,
however that many of the cakes never dis
tributed properly for cleaners and other employees
pocket of the cakes before they have been
used once, and many hundreds of the cakes
lost, stray away stolen before they have
been used more than two three times This
one item alone in the eQupping of train is an
pensive one, and the only thing do is to
keep down the cost far as is possible and with
out having our passengers complain. | presume
on our roads alono we spend as much as $4,000
year for soap and know of one system where
the soap Item for a year is about $4,000 This
item will probably be cut down soon. as the In
dividuai cake of common soap Is fast disappearing
from public places-that Is to say, many women
and some men prefer to carry their own soap
rather than use the soap that is supplied and in
tended for all comers
The roller towel? Oh that has disappeared en-
tirely from trains and in fact, you rarely see it
in any public washrooms. They went out of ex
istence some time ago. because there was 80 much
said against 1t, with much truth. That
such a garing transmtter Of all uncleanliness be-
tween persons that 1t was tabooed entirely and
had to be dispensed with. The roller towel for
common usage, when in vogue. was a fragrant
offender of all that was hygienic and cleany. The
New-York tribune., 1906-11-18

that he obliged TO withdraw his offer,
and yet he has enrolment OF LOO persons who.
regularly following his course 1t IS by UNI
usual methods such these that many OF ths bee-
ter class of japanese. who feel themselves above,
attending a Christian service. being reachsds
by the missionary campaign
At a meeting held here since my arrival the
missionaries adopted a pamphlet setting forth the
history o. missions, together with the
nature of the work and It's location, for distr1bu-
tton among tourists. fhe missionaries say thAs
the criticisms OF the globe trotter are due to ac8
OF information, and they want to help set hdrAl
straight.
New-York tribune., 1906-11-18
CRITICAL DAYS IN JAPAN.

If they cannot preach the missionaries think
They have to do II they to work here.
Japan not big enough to hold that type of small
who is inhospitable TO new ideas Confden-
TALLY, I understand that this is the reason why
few who felt themselves called to be
missionaries have been recalled by the boards
after few years the field The religious prob
lens of Japan tremendous; Just now they are
acute There is nothing like them IN America,
nor are they at all understood there. Christianity
in Japan is passing through an epoch that Is also
crisis. OF this I shall write in later article.
for it ranks among the most important news of
the religious world
1t must now suffice to say that living face face
with great and vital question. which has had
parallel IN missionary history. and is bound itself
TO become precedent for other nations, has rnado
serious minded statesmen of many of these mis-
sionaries. They have time to qubble de-
tails that many American minister's and, in
consequence, Christian union in Japan IS far
ahead Of the same movement anywhere else in the
world. and the missionaries more catholic, cos
mopoltan and large visioned than any similar body
of clergymen Of whom have knowledge.
AS Illustrative Of their broad views of the situa-
ton take their sentiments concerning William J..
Bryan, whose recent visit Is vivid memory with
the nation. The Japanese fell in love with Mr..
Bryan because Of his smile and suavity; good
manners go further than private car in this land.
The missionaries without respect TO creed party
are enthusiastic the religious influence of Mr..
Bryan's of Japan: everywhere he committed
himself unequvocally TO the Christian position.
and his addresses and printed comments mis-
sions published in native newspapers through
out the empire, his biography and speeches had
been printed upon his appearance.
Now the missionaries talking of a possible
visit from President Roosevelt at the close his
term. He will be formally invited and an eminent
missionary now bound for America is charged
New-York tribune., 1906-11-18

with ths mission of representing to the President
the attitude OF the japanese toward him. For
there is man, outside of the Emperor and
few war heroes. who is popular in Japan to-
day with all classes OF people Theodore
Roosevelt
Taking advantage of this. the missionaries have
circulated widely. in japanese, the address on tho
Bible and other religious utterances of the Presi-
dent His letter to the Interchurch Conference on
Federation in New York was Immediately printed
by most of the japanese dailies. In these ways
II may feirly be said that President Roosevelt and
New-York tribune., 1906-11-18
THE SIMPLE LIFE.

IN the light Of what see here in harulzawa,
the many tales have heard OF the missionary's
opuence are rapidly being disspated The mis-
sionaries here dress most inexpensively, and one
does have 10 look closely TO see the evidences
Of enforced economy familiar IN the case of the
country parson in the home land. The summer.
homes hereabouts can boast little except fine views
and plenty Of fresh air The buildings are plain
wooden structures, generally unpainted or else an
ugly red color and each dwelling seems TO be
crowded. the approved summer resort fashion.
for expenses diminish by division. There is al
ways room foc the hospitality which missionaries
Learn in the East If they never knew it at home;
and these homes of real refinement, since
four-5fths of the missionaries are college bred
There are more servants here than in any similar
resort over sea Each household has from two to
five native servants. depending generally on the
number OF children in the family. This is not
quite so luxurious it sounds for servants are
cheap here Housekeeping in Japan does not
tail the domestic drudgery common in the West.
and altogether life is smoother and more COM
Portable. Already IL has been made plain that the
commonly entertained notion concerning the hard
ships Of missionary life, in Japan at least, is
erroneous This is a civilized land Most OF the
convenences and comforts Of life in America are
obtainshle here, plus many not known TO the Occi-
dent. So far the material aspects Of residence
in Japan concerned. L see reason for the
fearful pity and sympathy frequently extended
70 the missionary. Life in the Sunrise Kingdom
may be as enjoyable as life anywhere else.
One less pleasant aspect of the missionarys lot
was brought TO mind the first Sunday service I
attended. in the auditorium. which Is situated
within fifty yards of old Shinto shrine The
seating capacity is about four hundred and fifty,
ard the building filled with Europeans (as all
white folk are called out here) interested brown
fsoes peeping in at doors and windows. During
the first hymn many persons even to a little child
in front OF me. were affected TO tears. I could
New-York tribune., 1906-11-18
THE WORST HARDSHIP.

Even worse, as l may as well mention at the
outset. since it is the constant spectre every
missionary family board, is the enforced separa-
ton of parents from children. This strikes down
to the deeps of human nature. The breaking of
THESE ties that are old as the and stronger
than death, is the recurring tragedy of mis-
slonary life. Children must be educated in the
homeland; 1t seems impossible to raise good
American in Asiatic atmosphere. Even in ear-
est years the children imbibe with the native
tongue more knowledge of evil than comes to the
normal boy and girl home In twenty years
AS they approach enter their teens mission
aries children must be surrendered. and frequently
they are not again by their parents until they
nave attained manhood or womanhood. Tragic
tales arc told of children who do not recognize
their own parents and OF parents who do not rec
ognize their own children, after these long separa
items This appears to me to be the worst of all
the hardships that to these uncompaining
missionaries
BY the way. tho local tennis club enrolls more
than one hundred and fifty members out of a vis-
itag population of about six hundred, which fact
may present the missionary in rather ngh.
to some persons. I find him rather unsancti-
monious and individual. entirely unlike the
pictured gentleman in a plug hat standing under
palm tree preaching to the heather.
sociable held in the auditorium a few
evenings ago. with the usual elocuuonary and
musical stunts" and cold tea and cakes for re-
freshments: of the missionaries famous a
japanese speaker. did an imitation of American
street faker selling patent medicines that would
easily have secured him a position the variety
stage. and 1t might have shocked some dear old
ladies with pronounced IDEAS to how ministers
should conduct themselves
After several days of close observation of this
company of missionaries I have formed the opin-
ion that they are, a whole. rather above the
level of similar gathering of American preach
They differ in that they have few star
speakers, and the average of preaching ability Is
quite low. have seen even missionaries go TO sleep
under Of the sermons 1t is said that the con-
stant of the Japanese language, in which these
people do their work. units them for successful
preaching in English. Frequently in English
speech they interject Japanese phrases which ap-
narentIv strike the auditors as being pat
New-York tribune., 1906-11-18

Mr. Bryan are moro potent influences in the re-
hsious evolution of Japan than many professional
missionaries combined.
The use the latter make of these men I cite as
evidence Of their alertness and broad mindedness.
Another progressive plan which waits only spe-
clal gift from America to put It into immediate
execution is the use of the advertising columns
OF the daily japanese newspapers for purposes of
religious propaganda Publishers of leading jour-
nails have agreed to place from one to two col
umns day at the disposal of the missionaries for
the insertion of Christian teaching in popular form
New-York tribune., 1906-11-18

Tho expense OF publication for year In a news
paper OF 10000 daily circulation including the
preparation OF material would be less than the
salary of ordinary preacher in America. Only
by this method. a leading missionary assured me
to-day, can the churches hope to reach great
churches
Some missionaries conduct correspondence
courses in Christianity. One man stationed on the
West Coast inserted a notice in the daily papers
that he would be glad to answer questions concern
ing Christianity So numerous were the responses
New-York tribune., 1906-11-18
Nv william T. Ellis.

.,,+ 1906 bv Joseph B. BoViesl
-. aov 7 landed In Japan set out hot root
. ers missionary. / wanted 10 near "ila' ro
- - say for himself in answer to some OF the
4s" .,.+ I had heard aboard ship But
90 + ,,n-.Lt.ha riding in Yokohama and Toxic
L1a5 ~ uncover one-and. incidentally II maze
so well acquainted with the tofflu' huliid
nne - ra,an's seacoast in midsummer that
.,.o willing 10 grant that the missionary
- ..L. a vacation; though HIS month or more
a, ,ra mountains is the subject of comment on the
,srt OF the Yokohama business man. VINO counts
tt,,salf husky to get away for two weeks
1,is ouest afforded MY first impact with heath
,,aoro., "a word never heard out here, and the
xass and the apparent futlty of the task which
81 -enresentatives OF Christianity have accepted
es their own were driven home TO me by that
+srse tour Of Toxic. For two hours I saw rot a
s,relA white face The tough legged coohe IN
,hosa habv carriage rode could not understand
word If English; even his barndoor hinge bows
were quite unlike anything / had ever known in
+ba states Still he could read the japanese cards
carried and so. with amazing tirelessness and
sneed ever and mopping his perspiring fore
head with the towel which he carried in his teeth,
y. hustled me from one part OF Toxic to another,
through beautiful broad avenues. and narrow.
svarrning streets where the foreigner was sight
70 be stared At length It was plain that. Just
ss in America religion had taken a vacation for
the heated term.
.sKaruizawa' was the word I got from native
servants in tenan-Isss missionary homes and
Ka-lizana. said the red guidebook' which is the
tourists badge Of ereenness. is a resort IN the
mountains OF interior Japan much frequented by
missionaries and other foreigners. When L said
Kar1IzaVa" TO one of the polite officials at the
railroad station he straightaway took my affairs
.n hand attended 10 my baggage, requisitioned the
rroper porters ard then himself went with me
and ordered my ticket and saw that got the right
change all without expectation of fee. which he-
ike the Japanese policeman. would consider an
insult.
4 little more than three thousand feet above sea
lezel at the foot OF the largest of Japan's still
active volcanoes we 10 the ancient village
OF Karuizawa, now. like its prototypes IN New
England prospering off the summer visitor The
me street still retains its japanese character; but
al about are the summer homes of Americans and
Europeans who have reproduced summer resort
akin 70 Ocean Grove Lake Geneva Winons- Pa
cifc Grove or the numerous 'Chautaquas" that
flourish throughout America Here are summer
schools and conferences and entertainments and
an auditorium, quite the other side OF the
world. The population is mainly missionary from
sH parts OF Japan. China and Corea and the
New-York tribune., 1906-11-18
158zq MISSION WORK In JAPAN is NEARING A CRISIS dZaR
tor Finds the Missionaries Facing Unusual
difficulties, but Mana eing to Eniov
Life Nevertheless.

td s'and why anybody should weep over the
aai1 singing OF familiar hymn until 1t was
explained that the sight and sound of SO many
NifiSuans singing together was too much for the
missionaries, who. for at least year. had been
smut on in the interior and villages seeing
only japanese faces and hearing only Japanese
speech.
Then began to realize the loneliness which Is
ol'en one of the heaviest taxes laid upon a mis-
New-York tribune., 1906-11-18

small individual towel has taken the place of the
rag that used to hang a roller
The Washington times., 1906-08-19
Protecting the Acids.

Suppose il is the carpet that has
come 10 Sriefg" Mrs M5vtin had been
unusually sober an The afternoon. and
now spoke auXiuusly. My waitress
knocked a lamp on the table This morn
The Washington times., 1906-08-19
Starch and sklul nl1M I0rInk gbots

ing. and the darlingest rug I have-a
wedding TTesent-gOt every drop. Ny
heart is brokeu.'
1T need not be so much as cracked! y!
Mrs Sterlings S smile was sunny. When
YOU go home. sponge the oil arena with
pure alcohol. This is 10 get the dust
OF that settles on the grease and makes
paste of it's own Wipe dry and hang
In the air until the kerosene evaporates
If. after using and drying the alcohol
YOU coat the oil with oatmeal. YOU has
ten the work Of evaporation. If the
mischief had been done with any other
oil YOU should treat IT with a paste OF
fuller's earth and household ammonia
This, too. must be covered for a couple
of days before brushing it off. And"
Tausing lmpressively-
"If. at first YOU don't succeed.
Try. try again.
THAT is the secret Of the mistress
success in a line where the htreIing gen
orally fails"
Now, for my inlIy ruin!" pleaded Mrs
Black "A ruin that reminds me OF
TiuIcbat TItmouse's dyed Whiskers. You
recoHect how they varied from purple
to green?"
Ink spots ceased to have terrors for
me ten years ago, when discovered ac-
cidentally that I had in my kitchen a
remedy for those Of darkest dye. Two
In fact-nav. three Foremost among
them I set cream Of tartar. I coat the
stain thickly with f. and pour boiling
water slowly through the coating and
the linen beneath. If the ink be fresh
and wet. il will often disappear after
two or three applications and within a
few minutes. II IL be an old stain. 1
run the water through several install
ments Of cream Of tartar. lay the linen
In the sun and leave it there all day.
wetting il from time 20 time with a So
luton OF cream OF tartar At night Il
is thrown into pure tepid water. and
left there until morning. Sometimes q
faint blemish is left and / try, try
again.
My seCond-best method Is 70 wet the
stain with lemon juice. ruo INTO II all
the salt IL viii take. and sun as long as
the sunshine holds 5000 uuC nos. Al
night 1t Is soaked Ia eIeaF water. and
The Washington times., 1906-08-19
RolhRq~ate7 mates tomat,
beeZsn2 e&sy "

gar. two tablcspOonfuls OF celery seed.
one tablespoonful Of salt.
Prepare the melon by cutting of the
green Tlnd and scraping away tne softer
inner coating. leaving less than an inch
firm and white. Cut into thin strips, put
into a pOTcelain-lined kettle. cover with
cold water. and sprinkle a tablespoonful
Of powdered alum over H. Cover close
ly and cook gently for three hours.
Drain well and cover with ice water.
Change the water twice in four hours,
and then wipe the melon dry.
Cut the cabbage into quarters, cook IN
boiling water slightly salted for fifteen
minut" Let IL get perfectly cold Par
boil the onions and allow them also 10
get cold and stiff.
Now chop cabbage. melons. and onions
separately and very fine. Mix ali to-
Eether in a large crock and pOUT over
them the scaldinE-hOt vinegar, in which
have been boiled for one minute the
spices, sugar, and celery seed.
Leave the crock covered twenty-fOur
hours. strain of the vinegar, bring it 10
a boil. and pour again over the mixture
in the crock Repeat this for three DAYS
In succession. after which pack in small
Jars. cover closely and set away to
ripen. II will be ready for use In six
weeks, but improves by keeping.