The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-05-31
Bishop Samuel FalIoWs Of Chi
cage Speaks at Mems League
Meeting Monday Night
TALKS ON VITAL LIVING ISSUES
Gives Mastery Address on Problems
of Great Human Interest High
Praise is Accorded to John
Mitchell by the Speaker

Chicago, was the guest of honor at a
meeting of the Mems League of the
First Cong egationa1 church Monday
evening and his address on Living
Issues" was one of the greatest
masterpieces Of the orator ever heard
in Kenosha. The attendance at the
lecture was limited to the members Of
the league and a few of their friends
but it is to be regretted that every
man and woman in Kenosha could not
have heard the forceful address of the
bishop.
/ Bishop Fallows spoke for nearly
two hours but there was not man or
woman in the room but would have
been willing to have remained for two
hours more listening to his interest
ing presentation of the great ques-
tons of the day. In his address
Bishop Fa1lows touched on many
matters of vital interest. He began
with a discussion Of the influence of
woman. He spoke of the homes over
which the women Of America rule
supreme. "Thesmost royal thing be-
meath the.ssun tonight" said the
bishop, s"iss the uncrowned woman
hood of America and we can trust her
to do no unqueenly actor no upright
full deed" The bishop then spoke
of the arduous task that the women
of America had found in reaching a
plan of equality with the men ia the
great schools of the country and he
told interesting incidents of the COM
ing of co-education to the University
of Wisconsin, bringing out host of
interesting sunwritten history IN re-
gard to the state university and its
admission of women.
Bishop Fallows paid great tribute
to the work of organizations among
women and especially to the Woman S
Club of Chicago, (which he declared
was doinggmore to uplift the people
of Chicago than any other institution
in the greatlcity. He stated that the
greatest duty of, this noble woman
hood Of America was to prevent the
dissolution of theohome and one of
the greatest of theOliving issues be-
fore the world today was the question
of divorce. 7He spoke at length on
his Investigations in this field Of the
law. ssDivorce, he said, lis the. sad
dest word in any language-the syno.
nym of misery. 1t means the ami
hilation of the home. In some cases
it may be necessity, but it is always
|dep1orable. = He spoke of the trial of
divorce cases in courts of Chicago
where divorced DEGREES were turned
out at the rate of one in every five
minutes. 70 He showed the rapid
growth of divorce suits in America
during the past ten years and that the
increasing ratio ofElunhappy mar
riages was'sappalling. He found in
hasty and Fill considered marriages
the primaryss.cause of the growth Of
this evil ssand sclose behind it as a
secondary scause was the inability of
married couples to view with decency
and reverence the sanctity of the
marriage vows. The bishop spoke of
the influence of lawyers in divorce
actions ands declared that the true
function of the lawyers was to recon-
Gle the litigants and not to take the
cases into court. "Every divorce
case" heydec1ared, lis tragedy
and the cry of the little children is
the saddest thing Of ALL Bishop
Fal1ows declared that he was not an
extremist and that he was aware Of
the fact thatg.there were times when
divorce became necessity, but that
it was the duty of the people Of the
entire nation ito work to the end of
securing a uniform divorce law for
all states. T5He declared that the in
fuence of woman should be the most
potent one in bringing about, this
greatly to be desired result.
"The question that is uppermost,
middlemost and bottommost in
America today, said the bishop, is
the sin of grating or bribery.
Bribery issnot like the rushing lion
hurting himselfs upon his prey, but
like the serpent.skulking in the grass
infusing his poison before he brushes
his victim. Both the briber and the
man accepting the bride should be
outcasts of society"
The bishop spoke of the. great for
tunes that had been built up in
America by Legitimate means and de-
clared that he would be the last man
to cry out against ( the legitimate
wealth oflany man. He tlonored men
who had grown wealthy by honest
means and who had turned their
wealth back into the channels Of the
public in the away Of benefactions,
Graft, he said, 'shas become COM
mon in every walk of life and.there is
no profession that has not been
touched by the faint Of suspicion.
Even our ministers are bribed to cry
out Peace! Peace! when there is no
peace, and to daub the walls of Zion
with the mortar of corruption. Finan-
cia1, political, professional and con
yiva1 graft are all Of the same brood
and We have got to purge ourselves
of the faint Of it"
Bishop Fal1ows found another vital
living issue in the sin of gambling,