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Evening star., 1908-01-26
BISHOP OF LONDON TO REMOVE
A REPROACH FROM THE LAND

men of national importance will speak on
the evils and dangers of immortality. and
in London alone more than 100 meetings
have already been arranged for the first
two or three months of the year.
The issue of literature by the new move
ment will be prolific. The following are
some of the pamphlets already in prepara-
ton and their authors:
The Archdeacon of London on The So
cial Aspect of Vice
Mr. Arnold White ON Imported Vice"
The Rev +. B. Meyer on The Cleansing
of the City
Mrs. Bramwell Booth on Urgent Legal
Reforms for the Protection of Children"
The Rev. DR.. Patton on The Moral Edu-
cation Of Boys and Girls"
\ great conference of leaders in social
and religious work throughout the king
dom will be held in London early this
year. at which plans for the crusade will
be mapped out in( detail and arrange
ments made for its financial support. A
special effort Will be made to secure the
attendance at this conference of head
masters of the great public schools and
other prominent educators, and an appeal
Will be made to them to undertake the
moral education of the young people un-
der their care. The Bishop of London
is strongly of the opinion that the sub
ject is one that requires plain talking and
which is seldom spoken of except in whis-
pers and paraphraSeS. lie will person
ally urge the SchoolmasterS to take it
upon themselves 10 talk 10 their BOYS
explain to them the dreadful physical
and moral consequences of vice, and to
te:rch them the proper care of their bod
les. An appeal will also be made to
parents on the same lines. and a periodi-
cal. entitled Prevention will be pub
lished and an effort will be made to place
il in the hands of every parent in the
country.
Much Of the work in London will he
done by the organization of the London
council for the promotion of public moral
ity. OF which the bishop is chairman
and MIR. +. Fox Butlin. secretary. Mr.
Butlin said the other day that the new
organization would not concern itself with
the suppression of existing vice
We VIII leave that to the police" he
said, and as a matter of fact the police
are doing splendid work now. London
today is a different city from London
OF twenty years ago or even of ten years
ago. In the old days one could hardly
walk through certain of the most i'm
portant streets in the West End without
being molested
The police have done all this and they
would have done more had the magis-
trates not taken such technical view
of the evidence required for conviction.
Women of the class that the police are
dealing with are clever enough to learn
what they may do within the law and
10 confine themselves to that.
I'VE are not specially concerned either
with rescue work. although 1t is good as
far as it goes. We realize, however, that
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been backed up by the courts. standing as /,

been backed up by the courts, standing as
sponsor, or sort of godfather, to the habit.
even the automobilist must turn out. He
is no longer even permitted that attitude
of Lam -monarch-of- all-I-survey. No in
deed, He has skated into line along with
fitness of things. and now it is he who
must consider the rights and feelings and
health of others.
With the tables turned. the chauffeur
now slackens speed when he runs into a
crowd of skaters. and. contrary to the old
fashioned custom Of going over anything
or anybody who happens to come into his
way. he now decorously steers around
them.
But. for all that" said chauffeur the
other day in his most complaining tone, Il
think these skaters should be made to
wear lights. SO as to give us some warn
ing. Didn't they make the bicycle fad
dists put them on their wheels? Didn't
they make an awful howl about us, until
we are afraid to venture beyond the door
step after sunset without one? Not lit
tie bit of light, either, but one big enough
to light the way to Mars l intend to in
troduce bill asking that the skaters be
compelled to wear a light around their
necks. so that drivers shall have some
protection. The way these skaters clip
around street corner makes fellows $
head swim. If we behaved that way, well,
Evening star., 1908-01-26
Special Correspondence of The Star.

LONDON January 20 1908.
"NGLAND moral tone. which long
r. has been the despair of her clergy
- and public-spirited citizens, is I"
be elevated.
or late years immortality has been in
creasing in England, although its public
regulation has been improving. This. per-
qlaps. is due To the slackening hold of the
church on the masses of the Deople-a
hold which is being tightened again by
the social work OF ciergymen like the
Bishop of London and his -suffragan.
Bishop of Stepney. Dr. Ingram realizes
that the day has gone by for preaching
reach and benefit the masses who have to
toll for their daily bread is To deal with
the problems which touch them in their
daily life.
The bishop has grouped round him in
his new crusade a notable company of
clergymen of all creeds and of men and
women who have distinguished them
selves workers for the elevation OF
humanity. At the head of the list Of
workers is the venerable Archbishop of
York. primate of England Then comes
the Bishops OF Ripon. Southwark. Dur
ham and Hereford. the Deans Of Durham
and Canterbury. Canon ScottNiolland. the
famous preacher at ST. Paurs Cathedral
the Hon. and Rev. T.. Lyttclton, head
master of Eton College, and among the
nonconformst clergymen are the Revs.
J. s. Patton. John clifford. II. j. Camp
bell. +. B. Meyex Thomas Spurgeon and
J. III. Jowett. Among the laymen and
women are Sir John 7. Brunuer. Mrs.
Bramweil Booth. Miss Agnes Weston,
Mrs. Price Hughes and MesSrs. +. y.
Charrington, George Cadhury. Nipon
Brown. Md; ~. Grattan Guinness. NJ u.
w. T. Stead. Richard Corey, Rendel Har-
ris. w. J. Crossley, MP. and Reader
Harris, k.C
The objects Of the campaign may be set
out follows.
The moral education Of children.
The moral education Of men.
The raising of the standard of moral
conduct
The elevation and purifying of public
opinion.
The stimulating Of the national con
science.
The keynote Of the whole crusade is the
appeal 10 the men and the children. The
bishop and his helpers are convinced that
the work of rescue among the women vic
Tins of mems immortality is almost use
less. What is needed IS work among the
men themselves and among the children
who will become the men and women oi
the future. They are convinced that they
can do much to remove the demand foi
immortality, and that by doing SO they vii
take the surest course tu-.remove tho
supply.
Meetings for men are 10 be held in every
town and village in the kingdom al which
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TO ENCIRCLE THE EARTH
WEARING AN IRON MASK

Then there is the bare possibility that he
will find more takers with the mask on
than he would with it off. and that. when
he ''uncoyers," his future wife may re-
quest that he return TO the mask perma-
nently.
The funniest thing about the whole al
fair iS the fact that the English press
treat the matter seriously. 1t is real
matter for wonder that the alleged S10D
0ep wager didn't land the story on the
financial page along with other American
dealings in futures. The American
millionaire is. of course. unnamed but
he should not he hard TO locate if he
really is in the flesh. For even million
aires with 100000 to spare are few and
far between in these times.
But. % course. the man in the helmet
is only advertising the baby carriage. the
helmet or himself. / don't know which.
but I'm sure it's one or the other
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Yes, indeed, The roller-skate habit has
skated into town and swept every other
sort of popular amusement like an
avalanche before it. Everything else is as
quiet and uninteresting. tame and old
fashioned as a Sunday blue-law town in
comparison.
The children own the pavements. That's
what they do, and why shouldn't they en-
joy the right of way. The courts decided
that weeks ago, and the roller skaters
may skate on every street and byway,
highway, roadway and up-avenue-Way as
much as they choose and as long as they
choose and whenever they choose.
1t has long been understood that the
American pedestrian has no rights, not q
bit of them. Since the days of the electric
motor the reckless chauffeur and the
I-own-the-right-of-wa motorman. there is
nothing left to the pedestrian but to be as
nimble as squirrel, as forgiving as a
brother and as essentially clear-sghted
as a presidential candidate. Else he is
lost.
Evening star., 1908-01-26
Domestics for Sydney.
From the Sydney Herald.


1t may be that many of the sixty-one
young women migrants who will shortly
arrive in the Mitiades will sooner or later
pass out of the ranks of domestic service,
finding husbands and homes of their own.
The state will benefit by that. and tlle
ranks must be filled up by new immi-
grants. If Canada can get a shipment OF
LOCO girls. so can Australia; and We must
see to it that the supply is kept up.
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"Of course, I'm not complaining, You
understand Not a bit of it.. But l think
the town should not show so much par
TALLY toward the limits of any one
amusement. Besides, if there is any new
lining up of class distinctions to be shown.
we chauffeurs feel we are entitled to be
put in the preferred Glass;
The roller-skate habit has made itself
felt in far-reaching territory, and has
been entered as the theme for an inter-
national controversy. Foreigners visiting
the city are divided in opinion over the
possibilities, advantages, detriment. pleas
ure, disadvantages and real consequence
of the roller-skate fashion. Some want to
introduce the fad into their own beloved
countries along with American breakfast
foods, but these longinss get little beyond
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for one woman rescued twenty fresh ones
are ruined and that what has to be done
is TO stop the supply at it's source The
Inducements which the rescue workers
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have to offer are so pitifully small that
many of the women simply laugh at them.
THE bishop has given ali these phases
of the question deep study, and he is
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convinced that the only way to improve
matters is by appealing to the men and
above all by educating the children ration
ally and morally.
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the original inspirationa and philan-
thropic desire
'Et eeZ SO very graceful, says one
visitor admiring the sport through a
nonocle.
"Ach. it is so shocking says another
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merchants temporarily suspend
- ed business. Their demands for
supplies exceeded the steel bust
ness in its palmiest moments. The school
children became panic-stricken when they
learned that there We're no skates TO be
had. even for money. Most of them have
worn out from three To four pairs since
the fashion became popular. so that there
is an ever-increasing. constant and con-
tinuous longing enervating and over
whelming demand
Toward the close of the week the sup
ply market bracad up again. and to a
somewhat satisfactory degree met the
demand.
All the roller skate factories are work
ing overtime to turn out enough of the
little four-wheel contrivances to satisfy
the juvenile trade.
Nothing has struck the town that has
caused SO much excitement since the civil
war Alongside of the roller-skate fad
bridge is an unknown quantity.
Evening star., 1908-01-26

LONDON. January 4, 1908.
yu7 HEN the average English newspa-
| M per is looking hard for genu-
W inc, unmitigated ass, it's a
| plugged Canadian dime to a double eagle
! that it will settle on an American mil
| lionaire. The English reading public
| will believe anything that can be invent
ed by the most prolific and imaginative
of minds and expressed in the confines OF
Il newspaper column about that mysteri-
Gus individual and despits their boasted
strict regard for the truth the English
dailies print a whole lot of stories that
would be laughed out of an American
newspaper office.
The latest instance in support of these
observations goes all that have gone be-
fore good bit better The London pa
pers contain q story of man in an iron
mask who has started to push perambu-
lator around the world TO win a wager of
100000 made by a certain American
multi Furthermore. the man starts
with capital of less than So, must earn
enough to keep him alive on the way, is
forbidden to remove the mask during the
journey and must obtain the signature of
the mayor of every town which he visits
the way.
1t cannot be said that such a feat is
not worth $1CO, 200. There are probably
many more people in the world who would
ask more than would take less. There is,
moreover. good evidence that man has
been found who would take such d wager.
for such an individual with his head en-
-cased in an iron mask of the fashion of
the middle ages. pushing a perambulator
looking very much like the one ordered
for the Spanish heir. certainly has started
from Trafalgar Square. London, for / saw
him with my own eyes. But ii is one
thing to start and another thing to ac-
complish such a journey.
Goodbye for ten years. called the
masked individual as he started in the di-
rection Of the North Pole. And / could
not help wondering as l heard him what
security he had that the american mil
lionaire" would still be about when he
got back to England in the year 1908. or.
being about. that he would still be mil
lionaire and able to meet a demand for
100000. One never can tell with these
newspaper fortunes.
1t appears that the Iron Mask as he
prefers to be called. must also find him
self a wife on the way. Ii is a long leap
in the dark to marry man without
look at his face. but he will probab bly,
have no difficulty in finding many who will
do so. especially If there is good chance
Of his pockets being lined with one hum
dred thousand good American dollars.
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it into his own glorious Abyssina, he told
me; but we have no such pavements, he
complained And skates won't skate in
sand. Besides, it might frighten the ele-
plants and introduce heart disease into
the country of the ancients.
:: x
The bureau Of instilar affairs is seriously
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Special Correspondence Of The Star.
LONDON January L
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roller skating fad attained
its height last week when supply
merchants temporarily suspend
- ed business. Their demands for
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considering sending a consignment of
skates into the Philippine Islands to help
along the civiliZing work of the natives.
THE only difficulty" said Gen. Edwards,
from my point of view, too strenuous
exercise for tropical peoples. What they
need more are ice bags and electric fans
Evening star., 1908-01-26

Yv7 HEN the average English newspa-
M per is looking hard for a genu-
w inc. nnmifiga ted ass. it's q
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-01
NEW KIND OF BASEBALL.
Played in the Water at Y. NJ. @. A.
Last Night.

The introduction of water baseball
TO Topeka proved a very successful
event at the Central Y. NJ. c. A. last
night. The game was staged through
the medium of two teams known as
the Fats and Leans. The Fats won
short three inning contest by the score
of to 0. DR.. John II. Outland was
mainly responsible for this occurrence,
as he did most of the scoring and be-
sides pitched a great game for the
Fats. All the scoring was done after
ming when the Fats. headed by DR..
Outland, started BON bardment. and
three pitchers were called in before
the third out could be made.
The lineup OF the two teams:
Fats-G. w. Moore, c; Dr. ]. H
Outland, p; Smith Bishop. SIS: A B.
Cowden. 1b: c. A. EIdridge, 2; Doug
las Coverly, 3b; Richard Wilson. If.
CT, IF.
Leans-Ralph Murphy. c: d. A.
Dye. p, 1st; G. H. Lerrigo. LIST. p. IF;
]. w. Terrain, SIS; George Plat. 2b;
Harry Stevens. 3b; Wilmot Stevens. If;
Wayland Campbell, IF, p.
Umpire-Leslie Montgomery.
Score by innings: R.H.E-
Leans Lea ..-..--. .-..--.00 o % 4
Earlier in the evening a volley
tournament between teams from diff
ferent denominations furnished a lot
of excitement The different teams
taking part in the tournament were
the Methodists, Presbyterians. Chris
tians and Baptists. The first game
was between the Baptists and Chris
tians, resulting in a score of 21-16 for
the Christians The second contest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-01
JACKSON 10 NEGROES.
Attorney General Tells of Progress Of
Race in Kansas.

The first night session of the an
rual conference of the Colored Meth
odists of Kansas was held at the
auditorium last night and was the
best attended meeting which has ever
been held in the history OF confer
ences. The auditorium was filled be-
low the galleries and the programme
was an interesting one.
Governor Hoch and Mayor Green
were scheduled to speak at this meet
ing but the governor was having
temporary illness and sent communl-
cation instead which was read from
the platform by the secretary of the
conference. The letter was short and
very complimentary to the colored
people and received much applause
from the immense crowd. Mayor
Green's letter gave the colored peo-
pie a welcome to the city and con-
graduated them upon their progress
in the state and in Topeka in the last
few years.
when these two communications
had been read Bishop Abraham Grant
of the district of Kansas and
Nebraska arose and said that Attor-
ney General Jackson was in the room
Mr.. Jackson was then introduced
and he sEoke at length of the pro-
gress of the colored race and re-
cited many medicines in which he
had watched the rise OF cOloreu DOy
into statesman, missionary. educa-
tor and man of national affairs He
discussed the school question and said
that it was growing better in the
country every year and there was no
need TO fear of the outcome. He told
them of the trip he had made through
Kansas lately and of many well to do
coiored people he had met and Of
their prosperous condition. He
brought great applause when he said
that the best state in the Union for
the colored man to live was Kansas.
The attorney general is undoubtedly
a great favorite with the colored peo-
Pile and they showed their apprecia-
ton of him last night by giving him
the chair Of honor on the platform
and applauding him at every move.
As one colored man said: We even
have a band named after him
The meeting last night was not only
a valuable one from an educational
and theological standpoint to the col
Ored people, but as a musical recital
il could be clasSed as an education.
Jackson's band was there and the
south end of the stage was crowded
with a mixed chorus of excellent
voices. a sextet also furnished
music for the occasion. a musical
number was given between every
other feature and after Governor
Hoch's letter the band played three
times It was the best singing heard
in the auditorium for a long time.
The conference continues through this
week and will end on Taft day.
w. T. Vernon. registrar of the
treasury, arrived today and will de-
liver an address on education at the
meeting tonight
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-01

which reproduces all the sounds that
accompany a moving picture. This
new picture machine has electric at
tachments that run from the machine
to a point behind the curtain and it
emits the sounds of galloping hoofs.
the waves of the ocean or the voices
of the actors, as the case may be. The
sounds were taken at the same time
and by the same machine that took
the motion pictures. This machine
was recently invented in Paris and
there are less than a hundred of them
in this country today. Mr.. Pollock
will leave tonight for Chicago to close
the deal for the machine and oversee
its shipment to Topeka. He will keep
the old machine at the Olympic in
commission, too, and use it to fill out
q lengthy programme. He hopes to
be, able TO install the synchroscope by
the latter part Of next week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-01

own. Wednesday afternoon while re-
turning from the mayors office in the 4
city hall and passing the alley between =
Kansas avenue and Quincy on Seventh. q
he was attacked by vicious little dog :
belonging to DR.. Fighter. The dog was I
runsing along behind the buggy in 7
which was seated the doctor and see
ing the chief on the sidewalk ii made i
sudden lurch for the officer andsH
jumping from the curbing it made (
dive for the blue clad limbs. Chief :
Eaton with his stiff neck. sore throat
and general bad feeling could not make :
much of a move for freedom but he !.
succeeded in throwing his overcoat in
front of him thus protecting his lirnbs. !
The dog dove into the big overcoat
and before it could be pulled away it,,
had taken out piece about two feet !.
square. The chief could easily have
sworn out. a=warrant against the doctor.
for keeping a vicious dog but instead
the overcoat was taken home to Mrs.
Eaton and today it is as good as new
as far as protection from the raw
weather is concerned. AS for looks--
II looks bad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-01
Quits Police for Business.

Dick Hull is spending his last day
on the Topeka police force and he
turns in his star this evening. He has
spent three years as patrolman on the
police force and he was considered a
good man. He was appointed to his
position on the force when Davis was
mayor. Hull will enter the suit press
ing business and will conduct the
Shawnee Suit club. on Fourth street
Mrs. Hull has been running the estab-
lishment for a number of years, but be-
ing unable to continue the work Dick
has taken 1t up. In speaking of his
resignation Hull said this morning: 81
hate to leave the force. as 1 have en-
joyed my work with the boys and tho
chief, but l see my way clear TO make
a much better amount of money in the
suit pressing business. We have a nice
little trade at the present time and
with a little canvassing on my part
believe 1 can make a nice sum this
winter"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-01
SCRUBS SCORE ON VARSITY.
Event With Hugh Hope in Charge
Youngsters Couldn't Be Stopped.

advanced over a hundred points last
night. when Hugh Hope, the all-Kan-
sas quarterback of the past two years.
dropped in at the training quarters
and asked for his old suit.
: AS a result of Hopes appearance
the team went through the practice
for the State Normal game Saturday
with a great deal more zest and en-
thusiasm. Hope took his old position
al quarter and ran the team through
the signal practice in the manner
peculiarly "HopeIke." The team had
the best practice of the season and
the men were worked hard all through
the practice. Hope will play quarter
Saturday while McVey will take one
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-01
The Kansas City Men Who

resulted in a 21-14 victory for the
Methodists over the Presbyterians. In
the finals the Methodists made a run
away race out of it, defeating the
Christians by a score of 21-5.
The following is the personnel of
tht different teams:
The winning team the Methodists,
was composed of j. K. Bair, Jewell
Abrams. Ned Mercer, Earl White and
Harry Stevens The Christians. the
runnersup, were composed of Rev c.
A Finch. Rev. Ray Lessig, Homer
Bonebrake. Howard Searle and VIII
Gibbs. The Baptists' team included
Geo. G.. Moore. DR.. T. ]. Kimbrough,
Wayland Campbell and c. A. Eldridge
The Presbyterians had in their team
Rev. w. NJ. Cleaveland, DIR. c. H. Ler-
RICO, Harold Cartilage. Charles KEEL
logg and E. r. Simon.