Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-16
LONDON news. LETTER
Priest Stirring Up the Fashion
able World.
CHURCH FILLED SUNDAYS
Some Gossip About Salaries of Public
Officials.
COMPARED WITH THE STATES
Comment Over Election Of Cardinal to
tho French Observation-Disclosures
for a Noted Painter.
COMPARED WITH THE STATES
Special Correspondent. Of tn. Star.


OF slashing sermons upon gambling. bridge
immortality and divorce. These sermons
on smart society have been listened to by
large congregations and printed widely In
Monday mornings papers.
The church has been crowded every Sum
day and among those present have been
many fashionable ladies and ultra-fash-
ionable men, who plainly went merely to
enjoy a new sensation. One hopes they
appreciated it; but the fact Is that the
reverend father talked plain truths with
such lucidity and power that those who
came to mock inwardly went away
abashed The evil of the "iepers Of mod
ern England is too well known to be ig-
nored, though there not wanting those
who consider Father Vaughan's denuncla-
lions Unbalanced and too sweeplngly COM
prehensive. His delivery, at any rate, is
excellent. There is no deliberate attempt
at over-emphasis, and the sincerity of his
utterances cannot be gainsaid. His ser
mons are from the heart a denunciation
OF sin. the horror and extent of which
clearly appalled, the preacher. and May
fair thrills with the criticism OF strong
man deeply stirred, who does not fear to
speak his mind
The handsome orator who is now playing
the part of Savonarola at Farm Street
Church, Berkeley SQUARE exampIifies the
skill of the Society of Jesus In selecting
the right man for any special work for the
West End pulpit For social life in the
most exclusive circles Father Bernard
Vaughan is ideally adapted OF ancient
lineage. with the blood of Herberts and of
Rolls well as of the Vaughans In his
veins. of strikingly handsome and com
manding presence. possessing the gift of
eloQuenCe in a pre-eminent degree he is
splendidly equipped as a preacher to a
luxurious society. To the hatred of the re-
ltgious man and the moraist for the vices
of the recklessly self-indulgent he Joins
some OF the scorn which comes of pride
OF birth for the smart set. For him they
are parvenus, creatures socially almost
beneath the notice of a Vaughan of Court
| field of close kinsman of the Herberts
of Pembroke and Cardigan
That Father Vaughan is as intensely de-
vout as he is admirably gifted Is due largely
to his mother. She was woman singu-
larly beautiful. of excellent piety. and OF
many accomplishments. Though of Prot
estant birth and up-bring. 1t was her In
iuence which gave seven priests to the
Roman Catholic Church and three nuns
The late Cardinal Vaughan was about to
become a soldier when she died. Her death
dispersed his martial ambitions and the
emotions 1t excited made a priest of him
On all her children, Father Bernard
Vaughan included. her life and her mem
Dry have been dominating Influences and
his transparent sincerity and earnestness
have been conspicuouf amid his more
snowy qualities.
his Is why ne Is amdng the men whom
| the king had delighted to honor with
whom his majesty converses on terms of
friendly intimacy, by he Is among the
very few Roman Catholic priests who have
dined at the royal table
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Public offices in England are on a rather
different basis than those in America. es-
peclaIIy II one compares London with New
YORK. say. Here the lord mayor gets the
presidential salary. OF $4,000 for his one
years term OF office. but probably spends
well over 100000 Members of parliament
ana the London county council get no sal
airy and their office Is a great expense to
them. And to meet the expenses of a sheriff
OF London needs a deep pocket. Two new
sherlHs were elected yesterday, both neces-
sarily rich men,
The office of sheriff OF the CITY Of london
Is not so expensive as that of the lord
mayor. Still 1t requires considerable wealth
10 enable a man to hold IL. At the town
clerk office l saw one sherifr's return OF
his expenses while occupying the post and
expenditure unbalanced receipts to the
amount OF nearly $4,000. Some people
imagine that the city pays the cost OF the
banquet on lord mayors day. But that is
not So The lord mayor pays one-haif and
the two sheriffs between them the other
half.
Then every day the central criminal court
sits the sheriff provides lunch for the
judges and others. Each sheriff pays the
salary of his undersheriY, and In the In
stance inspected 1t amounted to over f70O
To add to the length OF his bill each
sheriff has a state carriage and liveries to
provide. SO that in all lie must spend be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 more than he re-
ceives. At any rate, In the return just re-
ferred to a well-known sherin's expenditure
largely exceeded his receipts. He spent over
10000 and received about s2,400
The National Trust for Places of Historic
Interest Natural Beauty to which
have referred more than once in these let
tiers, now owns twenty-four properties
amounting to nearly ZOO acres. For these
it has paid about I'll. 800 1t has just ac-
quired $50 acres of common land (and by
doing SO becomes lord of the manorl on
Hindland Summit. thus securing forever
one of the finest views in southern England
| at time when there was every likelihood
of the land being dishgured. Another place
has been bought in order to keep 1t free
for the people. At the meeting in Grosve-
nor House yesterday Sir Robert Hunter
| told how subscriptions had come in from
workmen IN Leeds and Manchester and
| other big towns. One working woman of
| Sheffield when sending a postal order,
| wrote that during thirty years' work In
shefieid factory 1t was her greatest JOY
| shillfngs and half-crowns had come In to
4 prove how widespread was the belief in
the scheme. which, mainly through Miss
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| been brought to this successful conclusion
| About 81. 900 Is still needed to complete
| the purchase money for that fine Eliza
| bethan mansion. Darlington Court. The old
| market house at Minister. in Derbyshire
| has passed into the trusts hands Mr.. c.
| N. Rothsohild IL about to present some
1 thirty acres in the Burwell Fen, to remain
l in Its primeyal state as a sanctuary for
| birds and plants. and beautiful spots on
| Newton common and the Malvern Hills
| have been presented to the trust. This Is a
| side OF Its usefulness that Is steadily grow
| ing and Is q permanent influence for pub
| lic-splrfted deeds. The trust now believes
| that the time has come to ask for q royal
| charter and to apply for parliamentary
| powers to make suitable bylaws for their
| properties. Clearly tho national trust de-
| serves the honor. In days when SO much
| of beautiful England Is being DESTROYED
| there Is some sweetness in thinking that
I the trust Will stand between US and he
| excavations OF posterity.
|
So
| The election OF Cardinal Matthew to he
| member of the French Academy was quite
In the nature of things The academy
treats itself to the luxury Of having 4 car
| dinai among It's members. just as 1t care
| fully cultivates the parti de dues The only
thing = that in republican France 1t is be-