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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-03
Sailors Donor Chaplain.
Handsome Altar Presented by Norfolk Tars Popular Clergy
rnan-Hs Farewell Sermon Last Sunday on Occasion
ofCapt Dilingham's Departure From heFrankan.

There is no more popular chaplain In the
United States navy that Chaplain Jones,
now stationed at Norfolk. Va. Every Sun
day he breaches to about $500 jack tars
from Uncle Sans ships, and they all hold
it a pleasure as well duty, to give him
their best attention.
In token of their affection for him the
boys of the receiving ship Franklin recently
gave Chaplain Jones a beautiful altar of
their own construction, which is now set
out on the deck on Sunday mornings when
divine services are held.
Chaplain Jones is we'll known in this city
and among naval men generally. He was on
board the Texas at the battle of Santiago,
and has had wide experience in his chosen
calling.
For some months Chaplain Jones has been
stationed at Norfolk, on board the Frank
lin, commanded by Capt. A. c. Dillingham;.
Last Sunday was the chaplain's last day on
board this ship. he having been promoted to
the head of the naval training service and
ordered to Newport Chaplain Jones, at the
morning service on that occasion. preached
a sermon which was farewell to Capt.
Dillingham; and an expression of the sailors
regard for him. His text was:
WHO gave himself for US that He might
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mitted yourself, you know full we'll that
Capt. Dillingham; usually served out to you
your medicine you needed it, and often
for tonic gave you five days bread and
water, double irons. Not one of you ever
went to that mast with any reasonable plea
but what Capt. Dillingham; has listened to
him, even to the smallest boy that ever
came on board this ship.
Il mentioned to one of the enlisted men
yesterday that was going to preach a ser
mon this morning as a farewell to our
captain. He said 1t would be very easy
matter to select a text for that subject,
and if he was going to preach he would use
the text: For their works do follow them.
Capt. Dillingham; is known throughout the
world by his work in the training service,
and one of the greatest compliments ever
paid any officer was paid him in this
months issue of that magazine devoted in
the interests of the service, published as
the Bluejacket. 1t goes on to say that He
was strict discplinarian but fair in every
thing, and that the service would be bene-
flied by the departments choice of him as
superintendent of the training service and
1t is very gratifying to me to be able to
stand before you this morning and say this
Is one instance where the Navy Depart
ment has sought the man for the position
And boys, as I said six weeks ago this
morning in the captains absence, I now
say in his presence, that one of the ambi-
lions of my life in the navy will be some
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WESTERN CLERGYMEN
TO FIGHT DIVORCE EVIL

in consequence of their major political in.
fiuence have by dint Of trades, threats and
entreaties practically assured the death
of the effort headed by Bishop Hare of the
Episcopal diocese of South Dakota and the
State Civic Federation to make the divorce
statutes more stringent The lawyers are
the way of the migratory divorce colony,
for in transit the Divorces part with large
fees. The merchants also find their trade
greatly increased by The good spenders.
The charge Of the State Civic Federation
that the judiciary kept the matter in their
hands until now in order to smother 1t is
received with equanimity. Senator Dudley.
member, said IL he had his way 1t would
never come out of committee. He believes
1t an effort to abridge personal liberty.
Rt. Rev. w. H. Hare, Episcopal bishop
Of the state, who was a delegate to the
uniform divorce congress. has mailed his
cuperating his health. together with a per-
sonal appeal to the legislators. He says
for thirty-four years he has annually ira
versed the state and knows the people and
moral and spiritual welfare. He is found
er of All Saints School for girls, one of the
largest In the west at Sioux Falls, and
makes his home there. He says he has
Falls divorce colony on the young girls in
his school. He adds:
Il am intensely jealous regarding the
sweetness. purity and happiness OF the
migratory divorce Is striking a terrible
blow at that dear domestic sanctuary. The
people who come to our state 60 seek di-
vorce generally have money, This possess
sion Of money puts them In the position,
always influential, of patrons. Even our
self-reliant, Independent people. alas, seem
subservient to them. These divorce seek
ers dress well. They spend money freely
for professional services. for hotel con-
veniences, for house rent, for hack hire
and for jewelry. The air of culture and
of fashion which they carry makes them
appear to many persons. especially the
young, as worthy of admiration.
Poor souls! They do not know that
these whom they would initiate are gem
orally members of that class of society
which has exhausted all it's reality and
is, IN truth, only vain show. Thus II Is
that the perjury of these persons in swear
ing that they have taken up bona fide
residence In South Dakota, when 90 out Of
100 leave the state as soon as they get their
divorces, Is overlooked or condoned; and
the divorce they procure, although 1t Is the
horrible contamination Of many antecedent
follies and sins, comes to appear to our
people-to our boys and girls, alas, as well
as others-not as a painful catastrophe,
but as quite an ordinary event In married
life"
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Farming for City Boys.
Lads Who Are Used Paved Streets and Limited Horizons
Will Poll Weeds in the Open Under Auspices
Of Y NJ c. A. This summer

want to buy some radishes or lettuce
or something? They're fresh. ma am"
Good housewives of many cities and
towns will hear that question at their back
doors this spring and summer. The
speaker will be a boy. Maybe he will be In
overalls maybe not. AT any rate he will
sell his truck either at home or to the
neighbors. Which all gees to say that the
Young Mems Christian Association In
various parts of the country will branch
into out-of-door work this year, and will
establish gardens or farms with agricul-
tural clubs for the thousands of associa-
ton boys.
With the advent of the pussy willows the
first appearance of the spring sparrow and
robin-all harbingers of spring-even be-
fore the winter breezes have turned into
suggestions of mellow zehpyrs schemes
will already be under way in all directions
to interest the irrepressible summer boy
just out of school and yearning for some
thing to do
There Will be camps, outings, summer
trips, games, clubs, and so on indefinitely,
but interest will turn on the summer gar
den. OF course, "it will be up to the boys"
| but. knowing the enthusiasm with which
boys, young and old, have been interested
in school gardens in some places and In
private gardens in others, association lead
ers are banking on success, though the
greatest development of the idea will only
come after repeated experiments
From the New England states, from New
York, from Tennessee, from Indiana and
Ohio, and from Nebraska, the state of the
plains, comes the news of new gardens,
increased activities and more attention paid
to giving the summer up to healthy out-of-
7oor employment. At one place they will
| raise corn, at another Strawberries. at an
| other they will rotate the crops. and at
still another they will specialize on one or
| two special things, such as lettuce, cucum-
! bers, tomatoes or peas and beans.
Within recent years, since the rush into
| the city has become more apparent, there
| has been an increased desire for more out
of-door life. Maybe it is on the basis that
"a man wants what he cannot have" At
any rate, with better transportation facili-
ties, there is an outward movement from
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dren, husbands and wives, brothers and sis
tiers should not only say, on birthdays and
Christmas, that they love one another, but
that every day in the year they should seek
the others good and happiness. Each, I'D
to the measure of his ability, should illus
trate the law of kindness, should be a bur-
den bearer and a peacemaker. No amount
of religious activity in the outside world,
no brave show of faith at prayer meeting
can atone for any neglect and failure to
exhibit the courteous and chivalric spirit
within the four walls Of the dwelling we
call by the sacred name Of home.
We believe in the life of love in the place
where we do our work. 1t governs us In
our dealings with out competitors, our SUBJ
ordinates. our equals, our superiors. 1t
grips us, whether we are captains of in
dustry or tenders of machines. We must
love the men and women associated with us
in carrying on the work Of the world. No
matter how unlovely or how unfair thew
are, our constant attitude toward them
must not be one of hate or suspicion or
envy, but of love. We must do to them
as we would have them do to US. We
must seek their highest interests as much
as our own.
We believe in the life of love in society.
Circumstances place us daily In social rela-
tions frequently with the men and women
of our club or set, sometimes with the beg
gar on the street, always with the dwellers
in our neighborhood and our community
Our love must be expanding itself on some
of them in forms of service that love can
invent and carry on. Would that we could
all repeat from the heart Faber's beautiful
wish:
Lord, that could waste myself for others,
With no thought of my own;
That l could pour myself into my brothers
And live for them alone.
Eager then to enter into the rapture of
the life of love, sadly conscious of our
shortcomings, yet sure that this is the way
God intended his chlidren to live upon the
earth, we add to our reasonable creed this
noble article:
I'VE believe In the life of love-"
THE PARSON
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Sunday Morning Talk
A REASONABLE CREED.
Article Five I'VE Believe in the Life
of Love-"


Thomas Huxley and Herbert Spencer
were once talking together about the mys-
terry of human life, when one remarked,
well, / suppose the only thing a man can
do is to make his mark and then die"
No" rejoined the other, "a man can give
the world push before he dies" There Is
a great American by the name of Edward
Everett Hale. who has put his idea of the
object OF life in motto which has gone
all over the world:
Look up and not down,
Look out and not In,
Look forward and not backward,
And lend hand.
No creed is worth the paper on which it
is written unless II proceeds swiftly and
logically from the earlier articles to an
article which reads substantially az fol-
lows: We believe in the life of love"
SHOW me thy faith by thy works has been
churches and upon professedly religious
people. 1t Is just demand. The finest
fruitage of religion Is the life of love. If
that is absent no amount OF doctrine counts
for anything; IL that Is present one can
be indulgent toward what one may look
upon as vagaries and errors of belief
Is this life of love an iridescent dream?
Ought We to look for It in this hard, cold
world? 1t is the only life We ought to
God, shall find in due time everywhere
upon this planet. And in what particular
places ought we to look for It? In those
places where a mans interest and activities
come to the surface. We believe in the life
OF love in the home, that parents and chill
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day to have the honor to serve under his
command when he shall fly his flag as adj
miral Of fleet.
Il have been with grand commanding
officers. have been with that officer who
took Jesus Christ on board his ship, the
beloved Capt. John w. Phillip of the bat
tleship Texas, and have been with other
officers who have commanded ships that
were not ashamed to acknowledge that they
have been with Christ, and that Christ has
been with them, but I have never been
with one who has given me such hearty and
valuable support as has Capt. Dillingham;
on board this ship. 1t was not on my &C.
count that L have had his help; 1t was SIM
ply because he knew that the religion Of
Jesus Christ was able to make noble men
of you and 1t was on that account that he
was willing to allow me to spread abroad
the influence of the Christ who has done
SO much for us.
You young men have taken upon your
selves a profession; some of you are will
ing to remain at the foot Of the ladder,
don't you do 1t. There are fine plums at
the top of the tree, and II you will only
reach after them there is not a man on
this deck today but what is able to make
of himself a man and become, as many
other men in the service have, commits
stoned officers. If you do not reach tho
highest plum on the tree 1t Is more than
likely, even though you miss it, that you
will receive one of the plums close to II,
and SO l ask you to aim high in life, lift
yourself up and remember no walk in life
offers the advantages that the service does
to you today. Who can go into mercantile
life and fill meager position and in 80
short time become one of the members
of the firm? In the navy you can come in
as an apprentice seaman, and II you be-
have yourself 1t will not be many years
before you can become a commissioned off,
Ger, but 1t all takes work and you must
work for II and aim for it,
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Women Sit Too Much.
From the Pittsburg Sun.


And women stand quite too much. Moth
ing is more wearisome than standing
about" even to the well-trained body that
has been drilled into good poise. and sitting
is not resting, however cleverly women
may decide themselves on this point
The young girl who desires to keep away
crows feet and the jaded look and to re-
tain the suppleness and bloom Of youth
should, when or parade and duty and in
her own. room. make couch on the floor
her habitual resting place.
Absolute repose comes to the tired mus
cles only when the body Is in reclining
position, and absolute repose comes to the
overstrung nerves only when the muscular
system Is perfectly at rest, relaxed.
The middle-aged woman can WOO back
much of the freshness and lithesomeness
Of girlhood II she VIII be at little pains
to learn how to rest.
Five minutes to rest fat on the back on
the floor or on a hard, smooth couch are
worth half an hour Of so-styled rest in an
armchair or in that unreposeful tempter.
the rocking chair.
Some one has said to the women OF today:
Never stand when you can sit; never sit
when you can lie down." This IS an ex-
cellent beauty recipe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-03
HOLDS FIRST MEETING.
Mems Club Of the Takoma Presbyter-
ian Church Launched.

The first meeting Of the Mems Club Of
the Takoma Presbyterian Church was held
last Monday evening In the Sunday school
room Of the church at Takoma Park Presi-
dent George Francis Williams called the
meeting to order shortly after o'clock,
when reports Of the treasurer and the va
rious committees were presented and read.
Between forty and fifty charter members
enrolled their names in the organization.
At the conclusion Of the business meeting
the glee club of the organization rendered
several selections. $3.50.
The remainder Of the evening was devoted
to an address by Rev. Teunis 8. Hamlin,
pastor of the Church Of the Covenant, on
Italy from the Standpoint Of American
Citizenship"
The attendance was large and a deep in
terest is being manifested in the club,
which was organized about month ago
and is the first OF its kind in the history
of the Takoma Park Church. The evening
concluded with the serving Of refreshments.
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redeem us from all lnlquity and purify unto
himself a peculiar people, jealous Of good
works" Titus, ii14.
I'VE meet on this deck the last time, per-
haps," he said, land in all probability the
last time at divine service with Capt A. c.
Dillingham; commanding officer of this ship.
l do not know of any greater pleasure that
could have come my way than to have had
this opportunity of being here with him to-
day, and to reiterate every statement that
i have ever made, either in his presence or
In his absence, and am proud this morn
ing to be able to say and 1 know that
every man that has been on this station with
Capt. Dillingham; will bear me out when l
say 1t in the language Of st. Paul, that he
has given himself, heart, body and soul, to
make OF US a peculiar people, jealous of
good works / knew before / came to this
ship the character of the men that this
station was turning out. For in the olden
days or In the days when We took appren-
tees for training cruise on the Mononga-
hela and the Prairie the officers always
said that the best material that the navy
ever received were the boys that were
trained at this station under the command
of Capt. Dillingham;.
Il am glad that such a man our COM
handing officer has had the training of the
boys OF the navy, and In recognition of his
work in that office he has been elevated not
simply TO look after the training service,
but to be chief in that work.
Whenever l mentioned anything for the
good OF the men / have had his hearty sup
port in all that was right and just. / am
pleased also to be able to say this There Is
not a man who can say that when he came
up to the mast at IL o'clock that he has not
had justice. Capt. Dillingham; could al
ways back of the man, and knew ex-
actly when he was trying to make a false
statement. II you went there having COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-03
ON THE TRAIL OF THE
AMERICAN MISSIONARY

new Notifications and on the dismantling
or restoring of the sunken Russian warships
that still lie in the harbor They seemingly
have had no time to patch up the buildings
If the conflict had taken place only a week
ago There stands the hospital, bearing its
blazing red cross, with it's corner still a
gaping wound. Churches, schools, office
broken by the terrible fire. The spectacle
Is Notwithstanding one, making the visitor
wish that some new missionaries of peace
might convert the powers of civilization.
The best view of it all is from historic
203-Meter HILL whence Port Arthur is seen
as an open book. On the way thither-it
is about three miles back of Port Arthur
proper-I passed through a Chinese town.
called a foreign devil" Two small boys
ran after my carriage for half a mile, mo-
notonously and spiritlessly repeating the
epithet, as If 1t were a religious duty with
signs Of pleasure that a small boy usually
displays when up to mischief. At the end
Of the village they waited for my return
and repeated the performance. Very few
hill. which is not now fortified, is appar-
emily becoming Japanese patriotic shrine.
The debris Of that terrific assault is still
to be seen upon the mountain--broken gun
carriages, fragments Oh smell, outlets, MS
charged cartridges and intrenchments. In
one Of the little holes which one of the
soldiers had vainly dug for his protection
found part Of a mans backbone-all that
was left Of q once brave soldier. The very
top Of the mountain was blown of by the
battle. The whole country for miles about
Is pitted with the smallpox Of war-holes
torn in the earth by the exploding shells
and intrenchments dug by the contending
armies.
In all these tragic signs Of wars devas-
tation the thoughtful person must read the
story or prophecy Of another conflict The
white man has passed away from this PEN
insula and the yellow has come in again.
Have the old creeds of heathenism come,
too? That depends, I take it, largely upon
the caliber and number of missionary rep
resentatives who are dealing with the prob
lem. The Japanese Christians on the PEN
insula have proved their fidelity and ag-
gressiveness. They, cooperating with west
ern representatives of the type Of Mr..
VIM, must early plant Christian enter
prises for the incoming Japanese up as far
as Newchang (Which, instead of Dalny,
seems destined to remain the principal port
Of Manchuria) and as Moukden. For most
persons admit that in the swift changes
which are Transforming this corner of the
world religion may have a big and vital part
to play The far east is today the Christian
church's 2O3- Meter hill in its struggle with
heathendom.
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the city and a corresponding increase IN
interest in things rural
Because of the instruction in the agricul-
tural colleges and the exhaustion of free
land, the farmers, under the stress of cir
cumstances and through an increased
knowledge of facts, are turning from ex-
tenSive to intensive agriculture.
The Young Mems Christian Association,
in recognizing these facts, is now turning
Its attention to meet conditions. 1t SUBJ
mits that boys are interested in doing
things; that they like to be out OF doors as
much as possible; that they like to COM
bine their work and play in an attractive
fashion. Hence the agricultural club
For the city boy it will prove a boon in
garden truck which comes on the table is
actually raised and how much trouble It
takes to raise II, with too much rain or
not enough, bad ground or poor drainage,
the Fostering insects and robber birds and
dogs and all the other things which go to
make the truckers" life miserable.
The country boy, on the other hand, will
see the dignity OF agricultural labor. the
fascinating understanding of natures
processes, and the science and clear think
ing necessary to accomplish the greatest
results.
The first thing done, both in the large
and small cities, will be to obtain possess
sion of piece Of ground, improved or not,
which will be turned into a small farm,
or, better still, collection of farms.
Larger lots will be divided into smaller
ones which the boys will have under their
charge. One. two or three crops will be
raised during the summer. the case may
be, and the boys will make what they can
from their truck by marketing It.
After the site has been selected will coma
the grand "cleaningup" day. when the
ground will be put into shape and then
plowed and narrowed. Then the small
army Of boys will advance and take formal
possession. stalking out their claims which
they will file on for possession. Then will
come planting day. after which follows
the routine of farm work until the crops
mature But in the meantime the bows
will have an opportunity to blister their
fingers on the hoe handle. sunburn the
backs of their necks while they pull weeds.
and get a crick in their backs while they
study out why a plant grows in one way
rather than in another.
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Dedication Postponed.

The dedication Of the Roman Catholic
chapel recently erected at Langdon, d. c..
has been postponed until after Easter.
Bishop Curtis of Wilmington, Del, who is
expected to be present at the ceremony,
has been delayed in his visit, but will be
here, 1t is said, by that time.