Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-24
Special Correspondence.


| I ONDON, Aug. 17.--As a class Eng
lish bishops are neither strenu-
L Gus nor excessively popular with
the masses. but there are some
| exceptions to this rule, and the most
notable of them is the Right Rev. Ar
thur Foley Wilmington Ingram, bishop
of London. He is by long odds the
most popular and the hardest work.
ing bishop in England. As will gen.
orally be known in America before this
is printed. he Is crossing the Atlantic
shortly. and win attend the general
Episcopal convention, which opens at
Richmond, Va, on oct. 2. He has the
most picturesque personality Of any of
the liguitaries of the established
church, and in view of his approaching
visit some account 81 him may be of
interest to american readers
The popular notion of a bishop is
man with n pumpous manner, a portly
frame and spindle-shanked legs clad in
CATERS. Barring the CATERS, DR.. In
gram does not look a bit like this type.
which rreverent English cartoonists
have made SO familiar. He is slight,
spare and lean He is always on the
move, which Keeps him trained down
Ike an athlete, He Is too rushed to
bother about dignity For the same
reason he is Indifferent to his personal
appearance. His hat always looks as
If 1t would eNtinguish him. His col
lars don't tlt Enthusiastic maiden
ladies describe his face as that of a
medieval saint If the typical face
Tor medieval saint is thin and
brown and expresses a mingled Keen
ness. kindness and humor. then the
l. i'll. Il. I'm
never has thought about IT himself.
BUSIEST MAN IN LONDON.
lie has the wel-merited reputation
~ Keeping lusier than any other man
IN London. Certainly no cabinet min
lister or member OF parliament works
so hard for lis country as DIR. Ingram
does for his church, But hard work
never troubled him He is used TO II
He is one oe the few men who owe
their position on the Episcopal bench
entirely TO hard work. He worked hard
at oxford talrng both nm excellent de.
gree I'm the schools and on the river.
for h. was iiue oarsman. He worked
hard as a clergyman I'm the west Of
England, where ho showed that he was
N mar 10 DE reckOned with. lie worked
harder atll When ut the age OF 30 he
hecum the cad OF oxford house, one
of the pioneer college settlements IN the
east eud-thc slum epd--of London
II was there he developed his organ
lziug capacity, II WAS there he learned
how 10 use men 10 upllft their less
fortunate fellow creatures n was he
who Induced many of the public schools
to take hand In Settlement work"
7o that they each undertook, IN part Mt
least, 10 support a club. Personal, not
Vloarlnus, work was his method OF get
ling hold OF people IN the east end
Hni they are q particularly difficult lot
To- get hold or
'FooT-AND-DOOR TRICK"
The "foot-nnd-door trick" M no cot.
led a. was one that he thcn learned 10
perform with considerable success ana
llc once declared, EVERY clergyman
who understands not only his own
business, but what is more Important
his Masters business must learn to
pthrtise'. II ~ an example OF getting
nn inch IN order 10 take an eli. Wbon
the clergyman calls,ps pr Ingram once
explained after some time "A little
sl opens the door aud you hear n
voice from the Washtuh at the baci,
ask Who Is that, sally? Sally shouts
hack. Please, mothCN ~ Religion 49,
n phrase which the bishop believes
needs an mans presence Of mind To
combat with the door Opened mo
clergyman gently insinuates his root he.
tween Il and the doorpost. 80 that N
cannot be shut easily, and thus he pets
chance OF speaking for "a few min.
utes IA all evcnts, Thought II Is I'M.
inniion to the boots ana sometimes
hurts the toes"
TOTAL AKsTAINTR.
Most bishops preach temperance, but
don't practise total abstinence. IN