The Washington times., 1909-01-30
DR.. ParkhurSt Writes Views
On Many Topics of
the Day.
TELLS MEANING
OF NEWS ITEMS
Fact of Crime, Not Its Record,
What Interests Social
Students.

NEW YORK, Jan. 3o.-Under the sig
nature Of Dr. Charles H Parkhurst, the
famous divine. the Evening Journal to-
Gay prints an article giving that min
ister's views on the value of news
papers and news, criticising and prais-
ing President Roosevelt. and suggesting
that the Christians I'm this country
should be more interested in the grow
ing Jewish population. DR.. Parkhurst
says. in part:
There is a great deal more in the
events recorded in a live newspaper
than readers ordinarily make OF them.
A gang of burglars sweep down u
bank, blows open the vault. aud
IL of its contents. All that, of C,
interests the bank office, the stocI
ers, and deDOsitors, and any reco -
It viii be seriously read by them
Commentary on Conditions.
But quite apart from the peIaerss
interest they take ia it. there &
other kind Of Importance attachi-
t. in the fact that a bank robbery rzte
rot only the bank people, but al
rest Of as something as TO the Crr=f-
ton Of the times, the laWiessne
the times, and the inability or II
disposition Of the authorities TO re rf=r
laWlessness.
"A man runs away with his
Dor 8 wife. A woman tires of her ..--
band and settles the thing in di r4-la
court, all Of which concerns not e-.t
that parties Immediately involved.
also concerns everybody else. for
lords a symptom OF the prevailing .H#a
or Ire. Some people complain
newspaper columns contain a TlJ
or so many murders, burglaries. r-e
the thing primarily 10 complain
not the record Of misdeeds bu .r
misdeeds and the general state Of nrrs
ais mat renders II possible for
things TO exist.
Estimate of Roosevelt.
IF people have been. until lat
wild in their admiration OF Mr..
Welt, they are now, many Of them,
showing symptoms Of being quite IRA
tiOnal in their vituperation of him. Az
though We are Americans with a con
siderable infusion Of Teut0uic blood, va
are. nevertheless. an effervescen- folk,
and are almost as disposed as the
French or Irish 10 serve dispOssess pro-
Ceedings upon our intelligence. and TO
frame our judgments at the impulse OF
passion.
ut is q great thing to have had for
six years q Chief Executive that q
ma jority Of people believe TO be honest
Ia his Intentions. clean In his Efe, AMI
may have been unTlse, EUgiiistic, and
meddiesOme, but he has dora -hugs and
thrown a dam across some streams Of
bad tendency He has had q lot of heart
and lot Of intelligence even # he has
not always let the two work together.
Arrogance and Brotherliness.
''He is a medley of arrogance and
brotherlEess, and his very Incompatible
tiles are captivating He probably has
% fa4
bridge gentleman was recently quoting
a remark that young Roosevelt said
YVES made in regard TO his fathers self
esteem TO this effect, that when Mr..
Roosevelt went TO a wedding he thought
he was the bride. And when he went
to q funeral he thought be was ths
corpse.
some may feel that the> country
would be safer after March (. when
Teddy is out among the elephants and
anacondas, but we love him in q way
tEst we cannot quite get over. and hope
that II the pantheTs get a taste OF him
they will leave enough OF him uueaten
TO enatie him to get back TO America
Mos Of Mr.. Roosevelts mistakes and
his acts Of indiscFetiOn and hot-hea sd
ness will be forgotten, and while ais
tory VIII never give to him the honor
er place occupied by Washington and
Lincoln. ne viii. IN course OF time De
placed in the company Of those who
have deserved best at the hands Of their
COuntrymen.
Jew and Gentle.
"Gentiles ought TO be interested In
the recent Jewish convention at Phila-
delphia. The Jewish population In this
country has doubled tlH-ee times since
1850, and constitutes an element that
not only in numbers but in strength re-
quires 10 be taken account OF Il Is z
little late 10 have our judgments hardi-
capped by racial prejudice and in a
country Ike our own It is time that we
all learned to look upon one another
with a fraternal eye.