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Blue-grass blade., 1908-01-26
Why Not Try the Church Plan for Saloons
and Close Them Six Days Each Week
to be Opened Only on Sunday?
(By Josephine X. Henry.)

W "NSSPhiiiS Ia iiShi!1
The spasmodic crusades of the clerics in
this day are faint echoes of the Christian
crusades of DID, when the whole Christian
world was instructed to abandon all else
in life to join in the effort to capture the
tomb of Christ. If this indigo Sunday move
ment is no more successful than the cru
sades to capture the Savior's tomb, there is
much breath, effort and vitality being vast
ed. Millions gave their treasure and their
lives to the early Christian crusades, and
crusading has always been a favorite occu-
patton of the clergy. We have crusades of
all types. Crusades against gambling
crusades against saloons, crusades against
bad women known as the demi-monde
crusades against racing, and crusades to
force an indigo Sunday on the American
people. The Christians seem to ignore the
fact that this is a nation of Americans, and
not Puritans To-day at Jerusalem the So
called manager of the Christians Savior is
guarded day and night by Moslem soldiers,
and it is not at all improbable that the SOL
diers of American liberty will yet gaurd the
cradle of the Goddess of Liberty and see to it
that all Americans shall pass their Sundays
in any way they wish provided the rights of
others are not infringed on. The clergy
have no more right to say there shall be an
open church than the saloonkeeper has to
demand closed church and an open saloon
on that day. 1t has occurred to me that the
closing of the saloon six days in the week,
and II we must have the saloon, open it on
Sunday, would be good experiment. This
is the method of the church, closed six DAYS
in the week and open on Sunday. A saloon
opened on Sunday only would certainly
benefit the health, morals and pockets of
the American people. We should remember
too that the church pays not a dollar of
taxes for its protection and privileges, while
the saloon-keeper is the most heavily taxed
man under the American flag. I am not
defending the saloon-keeper's business, but
/ am defending the rights of the saloon
keeper who pays a high price for protec-
ton of these rights given him in his license
issued to him by the civil authority, while
the church is a mendcant and pays not one
penny to support the government, yet pre-
sumes to dictate to the American people
what they shall do with one-seventh of their
time.
1t is the province of the government to
enact laws for the protection of the rights
Blue-grass blade., 1908-01-26

of all the people, and we would have much
more peace and justice if the clergy would
stick to their sermons and psalm singing,
and not intrude themselves into civil affairs
as they do on all subjects and occasions.
Every one knows that the Christian Sunday
which the clergy want to keep holy (what-
ever that means) Is not the Holy Sabbath"
of the Bible, and great stress is laid on
the claim that the Bible is the Christians
guide book. But the Christian world keep
the Bible command to Remember the Sab
bath day to keep it holy" as strictly as the
Bible commands regarding murder, stealing
usury, fornication and a few other such
diversions as hold carnival throughout
Chrstendom. Solomon said there is moth
ing new under the sum-" Perhaps not, but
Solomon, the festive, lived long time ago,
and he never dreamed of Edison, Marconi
& Co., but a holy Sabbath would be some.
thing new under the sun. The command
says, thou shalt do no manner of work,
thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy
man servant, thy maid servant, thy cattle,
nor the stranger that is within thy gates"
This command does not say word about
the wife and mother resting from her labors
on the Sabbath. The Bible command about
keeping the Sabbath was never kept by any
people in any time, and even the reputed
giver of the law did not keep the Sabbath
holy. There never was rest taken for a
day or minute by the laws of nature, since
Adam or even his remote ancestors opened
the world to the public. The laws of nature
can be found at the old stand doing business
on Sunday as on every other day of the
week. The sun, moon and stars shine, the
rain falls, the rivers run, the wind blows
the waves of ocean roll the tides ebb and
flow, the grass grows, the trees blossom and
bear fruit, the flowers bloom, the heart
beats, the blood circulates, food is digested,
the mind thinks, the planets roll in space,
comets fly off at a tangent, earthquakes and
volcanoes do some of their finest execution
and preachers advise the Almighty, and do
their most thrilling oratorical stunts on the
holy Sabbath day. All these things go on
every Sunday, always have and always will
Now all these things call work. The COM
mand says thou shalt do no manner of
work" The ministerial associations should
see to these things that they are put stop
to on the holy Sabbath day. There are
many kinds of work that must be done to
enable the clergy to hold church services on
the holy Sabbath.
The sexton must attend to the heating
and lighting plants blow the organ that
songs of praise may be sung. horses and
Blue-grass blade., 1908-01-26
Sunday /
The Crusade for an Indigo Sunday

coachman must look and do their best as
they convey the worshippers to the palatial
temples that are built by (busy) hands,"
And think of the cooks that never get a
fourth Of July, Christmas or holy Sabbath
day off, to attend to the salvation of their
immortal souls (but then the souls of cooks
and other menials are not worth saving)
1t is the monied saints, and big wigs whose
souls are the chief concern of the clergy.
What preacher would preach his Sunday
sermon and advise god what he should do for
the saints and sinners, if there were not
good dinner awaiting him at the end of the
benediction? Cooks deserve canonization
much more than clerics, as they have been
of much more service to the human race.
The fine Sunday dinner is general custom
in Christian homes, and the cook is required
to be on duty on the holy Sabbath day, yet
the command says thou shalt do no manner
American people live in the navy-blue
abysses of life, struggling and toilng to sus-
tain life, and 1t is downright tyranny to
deny these toilers or other classes recrea-
lions or amusements on the only day they
can indulge in them. If they desire to at.
tend church they are at perfect liberty to do
so. The rights of Christians are more rig
idly guarded and protected than those of
other classes, and the church pays not one
penny in taxes for this protection, yet the
church wrings it's support from the people
by every device human ingenuity can devise
There are S0,00000O of people in the United
States, and the church claim but 80 000000
of members. That is big estimate, but
we'll let it go at that. Did any one ever
hear of the fifty million non-Christians
presuming to try and make the Christians
close their churches on Sunday, and force
them to the parks and secular entertain
ments and diversions? The Christian can
go to mass or confession at daylight thank
god in his church that ''he is not as other
men," be dipped to wash away sin, take on
a violent case of conversion, beat tam
BOURNE to rally the sinners, speak with the
gift Of tongues, or do the holy stunts of the
Holy Rollers, to his hearts content on Sun
day, and not an objection is raised by the
fifty million people in the United States
mont Christian indulge in secular occupations
and diversions the preachers invoke the
power of the civil law to force the observ-
ance of the Christian Sunday according to
the Christian idea
The prophet Jonah was a preacher, who
was more affected by the death of the vine
that shaded his howell than by the threat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-26

to gain the advice of these knowing ones
when the boards meet for action.
Mr.. George w. Ehler made an address
talking of the Public Athletic League
work. President Straus appointed the
following committees:
B. Merrill Hopknson and W. C. Thacher.
Assistant neutrality-suspicious. T. England.
man; DR.. B. Merrill Hopkinson and W. J. Lem-
kuhler.
Records committee Henry G. Penniman. chair,
man; John p. Baer. Maurice Joyce. DIR. d. f.
wiber, Latrobe Cogswell and w. J. Leimkuhler.
Track and field championship committee-Jo
seph T England, chairman; ". G. stuart,
Go eese DR. hh Be- %ser
William H. Hellawell. William Becker. G. f.
B Be- p Tsn5 and ' 6 I
Legislative committee-Maj. Washington Bowie
jr.; J: f: Tyler. 1r; Joseph T. England, DIR. B.
Membership and club investigation committee
Dr. d. F. Wiber, w. c. Harding, George w.
Ehler. Joseph J. Rettaliata and William II
Gymnastic committee William Becker. chair
man; John Lorett and Otto Goebel.
E. Beckett and Walter Cox.
Athletic commissioner-William II. Hellawell,
for the state of North Carolina.
Cross-cOuntry champiOnshp-W. G. Stuart, II
c. Elphinstone. DIR. W. F. II. Phillips, DIR. f.
Kelsey and W. c. Thacher.
BROWN W. j. Leimkuher and Thomas Cornelius
Wrestling championship committees. A Grit
fifth, chafrman: c. E. Edwards. Maurice joyce
Board q Strauss 1a, 1G
f Rattaata stavns Brown e. rysr ,r
DIR. D. T. Weber, Maj; Washington Bowie; jr:
f EdMsrd g. Maules joyce CO and p
Phillips.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-26
MIDDIES CONFIDENT.
Navy Players Finish Hard Work
and Will Have LIGHT Practice,

ANNAPOLIS, Md. November 26.-The
regular team emerged from its practice
with the scrubs yesterday without injury
and ready to enter the game against
the Army team at once IL necessary
Except for the ordinary chances of ac-
cident off of the foot ball field it Is now
certain that the whole strength OF the
Navy team will begin the battle against
against an opposing team of the Navy
players. Today there will be long
signal drill. and tomorrow afternoon there
will be some more work of the same
kind on Franklin Field. Aside from this
the work of preparation for the great
game is over.
Trainer McMasters has duplicated the
work of last season, and has every man
in good condition for the contest In
order to do this he has had TO work hard
and exercise caution at every step. for
several of his charges were suffering
from old injuries when the season be-
gan. He has been able to keep them
from fresh hurt and also take care OF
the other men.
The Navy crowd is particularly de-
lighted over the fact that Meyer the
husky guard, is in such good condition
Meyer has an old injury to his knee
which has hindered his work in the past
but is in excellent condition. Singlufi
and Reifsnider. who had some bad
bruises, have been rounding to during
the week. and the next two days of COM
parative rest are expected to make IL a
team of fighting cocks.
Carey was in the practice at left end
for a long time yesterday afternoon. and
will be used in case Jones weakens or ii
1t should be necessary to- put Jones be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-26
KEYES KNOCKS OUT
"KID" SULLIVAN
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
SAVANNAH. Ga. November 26-Bert
keyes knocked out Kid Sullivan of
Washington in the eighteenth chapter of
their scheduled twenty-round battle held
in this city last night. The opening
rounds left nothing to choose between the
two men, as neither could gain the
slightest lead. keyes changed his tao
tics in the fifth session and worried Sui
livan by his varied styles of fighting. The
New Yorker successfully maintained the
lead thus gained, and in the tenth round
fioored his opponent three times. Sulli-
van came back strong in the elevent h
and tried desperately to even things up
right to the body, however, took the
wind out of his sails and he sank to the
canvas.
The wonderful power of the little boxer
from the Capital city then asserted itself;
and to the amaZement of the crowd Sui
Ivan was again battling strongly in the
next round.
In the eighteenth chapter Reyes forced
sullivan into corner and crossed a right
and left to the point of the plucky Wash
Ingtonlans jaw. Sullivan went down for
the count, but received an ovation
for the great fight that he had put up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-26
MEET PLANS ARE COMPLETED.
Gymnasium Contests at Georgetown
Promise Some Good Snort.

The gymnasium contests and wrestling
bouts which Prof. Maurice A. Joyce is
going to pull off next month at George
town will, from now until they are pre-
scented, awaken a great deal of interest
In the students at the hilltop college.
The date has been changed from Deem
Der Il to the 18th, thus giving those wish
ing to compete four more days in which
to get into condition. On account of the
long list of events arranged it has also
been decided to start things going at
80 pm sharp. This should make it pos
sible to finish the last contest before IL
o clock.
Several more events have been added
which are new to the Blue and Gray in
stltution. One of these, called three
jumps, has lately been taken up in the
big meets of the country and bids fair
to become permanent fixture in Ameri-
can athletics. Another kind of game
which has also been brought into the
!lmellght Of amateur athletics is the tug
of-war There will be two of the pre-
sented IN this meet, one of which will
require two preliminaries. The first will
be between twelve-man teams from the
Medical and Law schools This is put on
in order to excite the interest of the stu
dents of the downtown departments in
the gymnasium. Whether or not 1t will
be success In that regard depends on
the enthusiasm shown by the students
from the contesting schools. A hand
some banner will be given the winning
team and Prof. Joyce thinks that this
will create great deal of rivalry among
the contestants. At any rate the pulling
should be interesting to the spectators.
But what promises to be the most
exciting fight of the evening is the
tug-of-war between the four college
classes for the championship of the
college. This, of course, will require
preliminarieS and these have already
been arranged. The Freshies and
Sophs will pair off. as will also the
juniors and Seniors. The respective
winners VIII then pull against each
other for the title. A handsome banner
VIII also be awarded to the winning
team. In this department, however,
the teams will only consist of eight
men. as some of the classes are too
small to put out a larger bunch of
be added for the Prep School IL
enough enthusiasm is shown by the
students of this department
Entries have already begun to come
in and 1t is expected that most of
them will be at hand by the last of
compulsory. as they do not close until
midnight of December IA.
Many medals have also been pre-
sented and the outlook all around is
very favorable toward successful and
interesting meet. Those in charge are
lines, while those intending to compete
have already begun to practice. With
everything running smoothly. as it
seems to be at present, and with en-
thusiasm running as high as 1t is al
ready, there is no reason why the
second set of games should not sur
pass those which were so exciting
and successful last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-26
M STREET HIGH TEAM
WINS CHAMPIONSHIP

Using a number of trick plays, the NJ
Street High School team succeeded In
taking the final game OF the series from
the Armstrong Manual Training School
yesterday afternoon at Capital City Park
by score of 10 to =. and thus won the
colored high school championship.
The other two games ended in ties, 0 to
0 and to ). The Armstrong boys out
weighed their opponents, but the ag-
gressiveness of the NJ Street boys easily
overcame this handicap.
Bacon, the fullback for the winners,
scored both of the touoildOwns, but he
failed to kick the goals. Shipley of the
NJ Street team did some fine work in the
punting game, and kept the ball out OF
striking distance of his goal line when
ever the Armstrong boys threatened It,
Armstrong scored its two points on a
safety, when, on blocked kick % NJ
Streets 2-yard line, the ball was forced
back over the goal line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-26
Struggles Fields Lanca
Savannah-Dorando Leads Hayes in Marahon--New Base
Ba1League-Keyes Knocks OutKid Sullivan.
Races at Oak1and-Bow1nq.

| cities which have not yet been annexed
| to the organization.
! A well known former major league play
err said to be interested in the league is
Herman Long. the once star second base
man of the Boston National League club.
which was one of the stanch rivals of
| he Orioles during the old pennantwin-
ming days in this city in the COS. Long
is said to be backing the club at Alex
andria- which he will manage.
Some of the Managers.
Secretary Smith of the new league will
manage the Cumberland club, Alex j.
Lawson will lead the Frederick club and
Fred Page the Carlisle club Lawson
was asked to become permanent president
of the league. but because of his interest
in the Frederick club he did not prefer
to become the leagues chief executive.
Smith, Markedly, Page and Lawson were
identified with clubs in the West Penn
sylvania League in 1907. Smith managed
Beaver Falls. Page was business manager
of the Scottdale club. Markedly was
manager of Connellsville, while Lawson
was at the head of the Butler club. Will
liam Earle, the once famous catcher of
the Pittsburg National League club, who
was with Scottdale in 1907, will be
manager of one of the clubs in the
league
Lawson will continue, as president of
the league until a permanent president
is announced. A well known sporting
writer is mentioned as possible presi-
dent of the league. A president will
of the league when the circuit will be
completed. The meeting is to be held
either in this city or in Cumberland early
in January.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-26
ARMY ENDS WORK.
Players Escape Injuries on Slippery
Field.

WEST POINT, November 26-The Army
put on the finishing foot ball touches yes
terday on vet. slippery field. and the
cadets breathed easier when the men trot-
ted off the field for the last time without
an injury to a player The men will rest
today. Tomorrow afternoon from 2:3O
until $3.50 the squad will practice on
Franklin Field. The team will leave here
tomorrow morning at 7:30 o'clock in
charge of Lieut. II. NJ. Nally, head coach,
and will be-accompanied by all the assist
ant coaches and members of the squad,
numbering in all sixty-fve.
The Army headquarters will be the
Bellevue Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia.
The Thanksgiving hop took place last
night at Memorial Hall. but for the foot
ball men the enjoyment was short, the
cau to quarters promptly at 10 O'Clock
bringing them back to the fact that they
have a hard battle to fight only two days
away
The corps of cadets gathered on the side
lines yesterday and gave the team an ova-
ton at the last practice. The Academy
Band led the cadets while they sang songs
proclainiine the army Bun Thunder.
Surely a Wonder" The team was cheer
ed collectively and individually until the
cadets were hOarSe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-26
ATHLETIC DIRECTORS MEET.
And Full Committees Are Named
for the Year.

BALTIMORE, Md, November GA
meeting of the board of managers of the
South Atlantic Association Of the Anna
teur Athletic Association was held last
night at the Baltimore Athletic Club.
Theodore E. Straus, president presided
with Joseph ]. Rettaliata secretary.
The championship committee was in
structed to hold championship games in
connection with the Fifth Regiment Ath-
letic Association in the 9TH Regiment Ar
mory providing such an arrangement can
be made If it succeeds it will be the
first of the indoor championship games
held in this city since the South Atlantic
Association has existed. The matter was
left to the championship committee.
The Baltimore Athletic Club, through
its president, DR.. B. Merrill Hopkinson
offered the tank at the Baltimore Athletic
Club for the purpose of holding the cham
pionship swimming games for the first
championship ever held by the South At
lantic Association, and it was decided to
arrange this.
1t was proposed to have all ex-presi-
dents of the South Atlantic Association
made members of the board and they to
have collectively a vote, the idea being
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-26
WARM BASKET BALL
AT Y. M. c. A. GYM

The lovers of basket ball will be treated
to rare sport in the game that is to be
played at the Y. NJ. G. A. gymnasium this
Saturday night. 1t is to be played be-
tween the fast five of the West Branch.
Y. NJ. c. A., of Baltimore and the local
team, one that Is second to none in the
city in it's ability to play the game.
The West Enders of Baltimore have
only lost one game this season SO far and
they come to- Washington next Saturday
with the full expectation of cleaning up
the local team. The Y M. c. A. five OF
Washington has: clean sheet of five
straight victories-one from Central Y. M.
C. A., one from York Y. NJ. c. A. and
three from Carroll Insttute-so far this
season. and to win the coming game the
West Enders of Baltimore will have to
do some tall hustling, the G street
aggregation have their minds 'sot' on
adding another game to their string of
victories.
The game will be called at $50 pm,
and the following is the lineup of the
competing teams: