New-York tribune., 1906-01-27
GENERAL ITEMS OF THE WEEK.

At Calvary Baptist Church tomorrow the ser
vice at p m Will be Of unusual interest. Gabriel
Bar Alexander, as his name appears I'm English
form. will then be ordained to the Gospel ministry
and will soon return as missionary TO his own
people in Kurdistan. Mr.. Alexander once belonged
to one of the wild tribes in the mountain districts
Of Kurdistau. Through the influence Of woman
wing met him az Ellis Island when he hTsf 4T5iHea @
OF Calvary Church and Dr. Macarthur. AIier ms
Colgate universities Some Of his cOuntrymen IN
have already subscribed money 10 build him
chapel in his own land, and they and several Amer
~ his forT1er Instructors Of Colgate University the
ton sermon, ana several other clergymen will as
sist DR.. Macarthur.
Miss Margaret slattery, Of F7tchburg, Mass, has
been engaged the principal lecturer at the
School OF Methods Of the New-Jersey Sunday
School Association. to be held at As5Ury Park
from July TO "A next Miss sIattery's subject will
be Practical Teacher Training on Sunday, July
g. q model Sunday school session will be held. The
as specialists in the different departments. More
than eighteen hundred teachers have attended It's
sessions in the last twelve years.
PurIey A. Baker, the fighter Of bossism in Ohio
will address the mems mass meeting At the Ma
jestic Theatre tomorrow afternoon at $50 o'clock
dered by Nlctors Band beginning al SO I1e
meeting is under the ausoices Of the West SIDE
presided over by Senator Page,
The annual presentation Of Bibles from the Amer
lean Seamen's Friend Society 10 the graduating
class Of the Naval Academy at Annapolis Will take
re Pew m Dr. CbsrIes AeIIstus stoddaP presie5
Of the society Will preach for the chaplain, the
Rev. II. H. Clark on this occasion, and present the
graduates viii form in front of the chancel and TO
each viii be glVsn an 9cLaEo copy or tHe american
except fourteen who will receive copies Of the
Cst56lfc G5rcb The midshipmen had the cboc
of several books, and as in former years, all Of
A service which may well be regarded as out Of
the ordinary will be conducted by Commander Miss
Booth, Of the Salvation Army, at Carnegie Music
Hall. tomorrow night IN which this speaker is
announced TO appear costume of rags. as she
used TO dress when on her customary rounds Of
visitation in the London slums. The subject will
be r The story Of a Broken % ken Heart and Miss Booth
OF the harp A Detroit paper recently remarked:
This IS the girl who, at the time when other girls
are finishing school was seeking 10 get at the heart
OF Ihe LondgH sums dlSsu!slLs herseiI as match
pour droPs Of healing into the plague spot of the
OF four conducted by Miss Booth in Carnegie Hall
in January.
The work OF Hampton Institute Of Virginia for
negroes and Indians is 20 be presented tomorrow
at in the afternoon In Broadway Tabernacle
and also IN the evening at O'Clock in the Madison
Avenue Presbyterian Church. Addresses are TO be
made at both meetings by Principal FrisseU Of
Hampton. and by representative Hampton gradu-
ates; including the following speakers: Dr. Booker
I; NaShjnsto4, principal Of Tuskegee Institute;
Major Robert r. Notion commandant at Hampton
and Charles DOXsOn, of Buffalo n HAMPTON Indian
graduate The singing Of the old plantation melo-
dies by a male chorus OF twenty negro students
from Hampton viii be feature Of these meetings
In the afternoon the Rev DR. James W. Cooper a
trustee or Hampton and secretary OF the Amer
lean Missionary Association Of New-York will pre-
side. In the evening the pastor Of the church the
Rev. Henry Sloan Coffin, will preside An Offering
Will be made for the work at these meetings.