Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-03-30

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Faaams Cor saeA os ahe w@Sa0as staas
so<Aeat#@ hasang headquarters ta Ses
faEk. 10 The amblEA0as scAr2e pso'
poanAed b. tAese S0as Il EaAeSAese
fur ahe eaaeaaaaa and uplifting at the
naatve Goshamaae,
ar. William ]. wOEaea a Mtehigaa'
aaoaexgiy admits thai hs Il the tasA-
or of the movement. which Vas first
aascassed paalaAely ard enthu&Aastie-
ally nj the reeeat annual dinner ef
the Miehigaa Society - the Hotel
Amsos. An Interstate organization d
forming 10 take charge u the move
ment. which promises. - II is said.
to r.pen into . speedy SUGGEST Con
gress at its next seSxi0a will he ash.
I'd 10 appropriate ss!ooo. 900 toward
the COS, q the enterprise. and each
of the state legislatures wiIl be ask
cd TO contribute s2Oo. 900 10 the same
md. II In argued In support of ths
scheme that most Of the people Who
live in New York. as well as q quar-.
ter of a million visitors daily. are
from other places anyway. and that
such a monument 20 the greatness of
Elsewhere staring the naughty m.
tive sternly In the eye from some
prominent corner Of Fifth avenue.
would do much 10 teach him how ltt.
tie he really eounts and foster that
feeling of proprietorship and super.
iorIty no adequately expressed at the
annual talk-feasts OF the various
state societies.
Unique Church.
In view Of the appeal Of a delega.
tion Of New York clergymen TO Pres.
ident Roosevelt 10 aid them in Undue.
Ing the people Of the metropolis to
attend religious services IL In inter.
esting to note that there is one
church In New York that Is not trou.
bled by the problem Of filling lts
pews. perhaps for the reason that II
is an altogether new kind OF church,
based upon the doctrine OF the broth.
erhood and interdependence OF man,
and uniting all creeds while adyocat.
ingnone. The Peoples Church. as IL
10 called. flourishes In the midst OF
New York's teeming east side popn.
lation. under the auspiees Of the Peo
pies Institute. rs meetings are held
during twenty-five or thirty weeks OF
the year In the large hall of Cooper
Union. and no, infrequently the at.
tendance In two thousand or more. In
this unique church the personal views
of the speaker upon controversial re.
ligious questions are never sought a
be impressed. not only for the reason
that the rules forbid any attempt a,
proselyting or any attack OF creed
upon creed. but the audience enjoys
the unique privilege of answering
back: and the clergyman who speaks
Tor the first time from Cooper Union
platform faces the novelty Of having
crude thought or inept statements
challenged. and perhaps refuted, BY
some one OF his hearers. Accordipg
to the statement OF Professor Charles
Sprague Smith. founder and director
of the institute. an occasional roll
call OF the audience by "isms" dis.
closes philosophical anarchists, 80.
cialists OF every phase. single takers
and adherents OF every creed under
the sun as well as adherents OF no
creed at ALL"
City's Taste In Flowers.
| +~" a"hh0i SpCuu more money
for flowers and elaborate floral de,
signs than any other OF America s
buyers. and the combined profits of
its florists are said to amount /,
a.oo0.OO0. There are 10000 florists
In the United States. and an esti.
mate OF the money spent each year
for cultivated flowers Is 100000, 900,
sum equal to onefifth the value Ut
all the coal mines last year or one.
fourth the surplus In the national
banks, The citizens of Newport,
Cincinnati and st. Louis pay $1,000
900 and $2.Ooo.oOO is spent annually
In Boston. Chicago. Philadelphia and
Pittsburg. The popular flowers In
the wealthy homes OF Fifth avenue
and the vicinity are, first. roses. thea
carnations. OF which thousands are
used every day for dinner-table dec.
orations. chrysanthemums and VIC.
let's. The great popular types. how,
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