Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-22
MAKES PLEA FOR THE HOME
PROF. MONAGHAN ADDRESSES
WAUGH CHURCH SOCIETY.
Program Follows and
Banquet Is Served-Features
y of the Evening.

1--WE must have homes in this country
such as there were in New England in the
old-fashioned days and such as there were
in the south in it's palmiest days." declared
Prof. ]. c. Monaghan last night, speaking
at the third annual banquet of the Waugh
Brotherhood Of the Waugh NJ e. Church,
Sd and A streets northeast. Prof Mona
shan voiced a warning against neglect of
the home and eXhorted for its preserva-
ton.
Fun was a leading characteristic of the
banquet and there were few moments
during the evening that the $50 persons
present should not have been growing cor
pulent, If the wags adage that laughter
makes fat be true. c. c. Carroll president
of the brotherhood, acted as POSTMASTER,
and several speeches were made. Miss
Elaine Sebring was the soloist for the
evening and she won the applause of her
auditors.
His Plan for the Home.
Continuing his plea for the home Prof.
Monaghan said:
IT once heard Mr.. Justice Brewer of the
Supreme Court say that the country with
the cross. the school house and the flag is
safe. And 1 took issue with him. You can
have churches. schools flags. but things
may not be safe. There are no churches on
the earth to compare with those of France
One cathedral there is the Bible in stone;
one man has declared those magnificent
structures to be frozen music. The flag Of
France has 1,5O0 years of glory back of it.
And the schools-there are none even at
Boulogna, Berlin, Rome, Oxford or Cam
bridge to compare with those of France, its
technical school being the mecca of stu
dents from all parts of the world.
$50 there we have churches, flags and
schools, the splendid ideas of a once-great
people. In 1870 the population of France
was 100000 of people. and in that same
year the population of Germany vas 49,
the population of France is still 10000, 900.
The population of Germany, with enor-
| nous emigration, is 60. 100000 In Germany
there are homes in the best and noblest
every household has it's special observ-
| ances. In France Christmas is not cele-
brated There are over 100000 Germans
| in France today.
The Divorce Evil.
"But turn to own country. In the
| past twenty years 400 900 divorces have
been asked for in the United States, and
an average of $4,000 divorces have been
| granted in each of the last twenty years,
the figures for last year being 1900. There
is merely a suggestion here for you. 1
say the home must be kept as sacred as it
| once was We have over a million of peo-
Indifferent to home. The woman must do
the work of the home. -
The address was greeted with much ap-
plause and the sentiments were Endorsed
by many of those around the banquet
board.
After the guests had been called to the
banquet board by the strident tones of a
cowbell in the hands Of N. c. Harper. the
mattresses, twelve pretty girls of the
church, marched into the room with their
trays and sang greeting, the chief burden
of which was to the effect that the serv-
ice might depend on the size of tips given
Following the excellent repast Toastmaster
Carroll announced that two leading
bachelors of the brotherhood would wait
on the mattresses. who were provided with
seats at the table. and that service was
performed by N. c. Harper and Walter
Jett.
Entertainment Features.
Miss Sebring opened the entertainment
program. and although handicapped by
| having to play her own accomplishments.
she was called upon for encores. Follow
| ing the lights were turned low and Rev.
George f. Maydwell paid tribute to the
| three members of the brotherhood who died
during the past year, Fl. Armstrong.
| Frank Smith and James Platt. Mr.. Mayd-
| well maintained that in these cases
| that men do lives after them the good is
oft inferred with their bones" was not car
| red out. the-good living after. Next the
| "Green Quartet"-t was stated by their
| friends that the name had no reference to
| their singing-was called upon, and after
| Joseph Harper has impressed upon those
present the fact that the quartet could sing,
| and the modest four declared that they
| could not sing. they were persuaded to try,
| and a quartet, composed of n. c. Harper.
c. c. Carroll, Walter Jet and B. ]. How
ard rendered some excellent parodies
| which made good.
| Wanted-A Man.
| The toast Man was responded to by
| Mrs Court F. Wood. After declaring that