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Evening journal., 1909-08-31
FRIENDS SCHOOL
4lh and West SIS, WiIminutOn, Del.

The largest and best equipped pri-
vate school in the State, with a corps
Of eighteen trained instructors. CO.
educational, kindergarten, Primary,
Grammar School and High School de-
partments. Scientific, Latin-Scienti-
fic, Literary and Classical Courses.
Graduates entered on certificate in all
the leading colleges. Finest gymna-
sium in the state. with special in
structors for girls and boys. Trans
portation provided Cor the younger
children School year begins Soptem-
Der IS. The Principal will be at the
school on and after August goth, to
enroll pupils and to answer inquiries.
For new illustrated catalog address
HERSCHEL A. NORRIS, NJ, ,Prin.
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President Taft in wiIminoton2

President Taft. Alice Longworth,
Speaker Cannon and other celebrities
can be seen in a moving picture show
ing the Wright Brothers Flying Ma
chine at Hyrup's Auditorium, All Mar
ket street. Several excellent different
views Of the President are shown. To-
day last day.
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cEpAR HEIeHrs SCHOOL.

At a meeting Of the Cedar Heights
Church congregation last night, vote
OF thanks was passed to General Man !
ager Crook OF the Peoples Railway
Company for giving free car last
week to take the school to Brandy
wine Springs Fark. II was decided "
hold an ice cream and watermelon
party on Saturday evening next
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To Have "Race Pp the Delaware"

"A Race mp the DclaWare,' a novel
plan to secure new members for the
United Presbyterian Sunday School
viii start tonight Miss Anna keeson
is captain Of the Reds and Miss
Mitchell is captain of the Blues" The
start will be made from Dover" and
when either team gets nifty new schol-
ars Wilmington will he reached. Di.
Cecil Hsrbardt. Of Dover, will sing at
the social tonight.
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w. II. Beacon
President

all kinds plain and fancy sewing
ombroidcring, wood burning ana "'her
crafts of the household. display by the
Delaware Industrial school in thus DEPART
mcnt Is Interesting.
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2.t5 p. m. quotations from ?. D.
Laekey g. Co., Bankers and Brokers,
members philadelphia Stock Exchange,
s43 Market street. Wilmington. Del.
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street sprInkIer at Newark.

An automobile sprinkler OF the
Standard oil Company sprinkled two
squares OF streets in Newark last night.
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BRINGS PHILADELPHIANS
HERE TO BE MARRIED

Married here one year ago by the
Rev. George L. Wolfe, Samuel L..
Cavis' Of Philadelphia, came here to-
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cHAN0I ER Undertakes
ShANDLLN g Embalmer

No. PA W. Ninth Street
Careful attention day or night.
Bodies in Boarding Houses. Hotels
and Hospitals removed and cared for
until claimed. Carriages furnished
Appointments first-class. Both Phones.
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Thomas cardmeIl is IA.

Mr.. Thomas Cardwell. OF No. 1929
West 9TH street. celebrated his 18th
birthday yesterday. He mas been an
invalid for nearly three years.
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TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.
FOR SALE-REGISTER HOLSTEIN
\ Friesian Bull calf.
BROOKDALE FARM,
aug3l-ft. Greenville. Del.
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Grain Market

Reported daily by =. D. Lsekey q
Co., bankers and brokers, members
Philadelphia Stock Exchange, s43 Mar
ket st.
WHEAT CORN. OATS.
Sept. Dec. Sept. Dec. Sept. Dec.
as% aih @7s 5sh 80 asa
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day as witness TO the marriage OF
Miss Helen Sensenbaugh. OF No. 30i4
North Eleventh street, and Oscar A.
Frankendeld, OF Jenkintown. Frank
enfield is a contractor. After Or. Wolfe
had united Miss Sensenbaugh and Mr..
Frankenheld tho wedding party re-
turned at once to Philadelphia
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-04

ance Hospital, situated outside of the
Nan-dai-mon Gate. This is the gift OF
Louis M. Severance, a well known Pres
byterian business man of Cleveland, u,
who has given a great deal of money to-
ward mission work throughout the far
east. Mr.. Severance takes a business
look at such undertakings. He says he
believes that money invested in missions
in Corea pays bigger dividends in the way
of results than the same money so in
vested anywhere else. The head of this
hospital is DIR. Avison and the assistant
is Dr. j. W. Hirst of Philadelphia. This
hospital treated something like 1900 pa
tients last year, of whom more than
300 came to the dispensary. The hospital
is now practically self-supporting. 1t re-
ceVes only Sl60 a year from America,
the rest of the expenses, amounting to
1900 yen, coming from the work of the
physicians in charge. A large part of this
Is derived from Corean patients, and over
500 from medical services to foreigners
in Seoul The hospital has a medical col
lege connected with it, and it graduated
Sc en- Corean doctors last year. 1t has
Corean nurses and a nurses training
scholl, and also a clinic, at which the
better class Corean patients pay one
yen per visit.
The Corean Y. M. C. A.
One of the most striking of the new
buildings of Seoul is a three-story brick
structure which has just been completed
near the old bell tower in the heart of
the city This Is the home of the Young
Mems Christian Association. 1t is the
gift of John Wanamaker, and as far as
good is concerned it will probably do
, more, dollar for dollar, than any money
he has ever spent. The building has cost
less than $4,000, but 1t coulo not be
erected in the United States for three
times that, and with the ground upon
which it stands it is worth several hun
dred thousand dollars today. 1t covers, 1
judge, something like quarter of an
acre and is thoroughly equipped as a
technical training school and as mod
ern educational institution similar to the
Y. MIC. AS of our country. 1t has q
large lecture hall, social rooms and lacks
only a modern gymnasium to make IL
complete. There is room on the lot for
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this, and ii will be added as soon as the
| money can be raised.
The Corean Y. NJ. c. A. is only eight
years old, but it has already 1900 members
and these comprise some of the best men
of Corea. When the cornerstone of the
new building was laid. Prince Ito aided in
the celebration and the little crown prince
who is now in Japan gave $1,000 to the
association in bank notes of 10 yen each.
1t was the prince who laid the corner
stone, and his name Is on the front OF
the building.
Among the members of the Y. NJ. c. A.
are 90 high Corean officials, students of
the modern schools and colleges here,
and leading men in the business and mis-
sionary circles. A fund of 100000 yen Is
now being raised to endow the institution
, and more than 1000 Coreans have already
subscribed about 1000 yen to this fund
The institution is carrying on a large
educational work, and in the past it has
had to turn away many students for lack
Of room. 1t has now IS teachers, 13 of
whom are Coreans, two Japanese and one
American. 1t gives three-year course,
including many of the studies of our
high schools, and it has also night schools
for advanced work in English and Japa-
nese and in bookkeeping. 1t has a man
ual training department and also an ath-
letio branch devoted to gymnastic sports
of all kinds. 1t has a religious depart
ment which is doing great work, and
social work department which gives two
lectures week and often has audiences
of several thousand people.
The secretary of the association is Mr..
Frank M. Brockman, young American,
| who came here from the Y. NJ. c. A. at
| Suchow, China. and among its trustees
are the Hon. I. Arai. the Japanese head
| of the finance department. Mr.. Thomas
Sammons the American consul general,
| and the heads of the English and German
consulates.
Mr. Brockman tells me that the associa-
ton needs $4,000 to build gymnasium
| and $4,000 to complete the equipment OF
the industrial department as we'll as a
few thousand dollars more to employ
native men who have graduated from
American colleges on the educational
force. I know of no place where any
| investment will bring better returns.
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rostrum, while Corean girl played the
organ, little affair so small that at the
close the sexton carried 1T out on his
shoulder. EIymnbooks were used by all,
and every one in that congregation is able
to read. Indeed, the church will not take
in any one who cannot read the Scrip
lures When a man becomes converted
he is asked as to his education and is told
he must learn to read before the church
will admit him. The Corean language is
such that this can be accomplished in the
space of one month so. Indeed. the
spur of the desire for church member
ship is one of the great forces now work.
ing toward the education of the Coreans.
How Money Talks.
After this hymn was sung 90 men and
women were baptized and taken into the
church. They were all full grown and
the sexes We're about equally divided.
They sat on the floor during the cere-
mony, the Rev. DIR. Gale touching the
heads of each with water from a glass
bowl.
Before the dismissal a collection was
taken up, and 1t seemed to me that every
one gave something, although most could
afford but a penny or so. One woman
brought in /S7. This was the widow of
a honey merchant who had church box,
in which he put his odd cents, and when
the accumulation amounted to something.
turned it in. His widow is doing the
same, and this was her gift for the
month. No one who does not appreciate
the poverty of Corea can realize how the
people are giving. They say money talks.
If it tells the truth these people believe
what they profess.
Faith With Works.
Faith without works is said to be dead.
If so our American Christianity Is in a
bad state in comparison with Corean
Christianity. There is Methodist
church in Seoul, maintained by the ma
tives, which is larger and quite as earnest
as the one l have described, and there
are number of other mission churches,
most of which receive little help outside
Corea There are many places in which
money could be used to advantage, and
] know of no foreign country where 1t
will meet with such large returns as
right here Some of the native churches
are miserably poor. Take that of DIR.
Bunker near the east gate in Seoul. 1t
consists of one room about the size of
a parlor in an American fiat and so
small that only 100 men can be crowded
down upon the floor At all the services
in that church the doors and windows are
full and many must stand outside. 1t
has three meetings every Sunday morn
ing There is one for boys, which lasts
from to 10: then one for men, from 10
to u, and after that third service for
the women. DIR. Bunker tells me that
his people all give, although they are OF
the poorest class of Coreans, and that
many OF them cut down their food in Or
der to give to the church They will eat
a spoonful or so less rice at a meal or
perhaps eat half the meal amount on
one day every, week. The collectors of
the congregation amount to about 81 per
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by native contributions, and its members
gave S25O0 to it's support last year. In
connection with two other native Presby-
terian congregations, its members are
supporting two mission churches outside
the city. This church has a regular at
tendance of 1900, and when I entered it
last Sunday there were more than that in
the audience room. Fully 600 of those
present were men. 1 doubt much If any
United States city of 100000 has single
church with 600 men among it's regular
attendants; and more than 500 of these
Corean men had come to Sunday school
as we'll as to church. There were fully
that many women.
But how do l know that the men and
women were equally divided?
That is easy in a Corean congregation.
The men all sit together on one-half the
church floor, while the women are squat
ted on the other half, wide canvas
screen being stretched from one end Of
the church to the other between them.
The women are supposed not to be seen
by any men but their husbands. They
come to the church with green cloaks
wrapped round their heads and they put
these on upon going out.
The church floor Is covered with white
mating. All take off their shoes as they
come in and lay them beside them on
the floor as they listen to the sermon. At
the front of the hall is a frostrum sup
porting a pulpit from the middle of which
the screen extends through the church,
so that both men and women can see
the pastor and he can see them. 1t was
on this rostrum 1 sat.
A Queer Congregation.
The congregation comprised all classes
of Coreans. Among the men were cab
met ministers, governors and princes, sit
ting side by side with common coolies and
others of the lower classes. The same
differences of condition were observed
among the women The men all were
bareheaded. The men had on gowns of
| white rose-pnlS or sky blue grass cloths
or cotton, with white cotton under trous-
ers and white padded stockings. Their
hats were of black horse hair, so braided
together that their top-knots could be
, seen through the meshes. The women
wore jackets and skirts of white, lilac,
pink and sea-green, and their hair was
carefully combed. Some of the women
had babies with Them and / heard a
slight squat now and then. Before the
sermon began one little girl stood up
with her baby sister tied to her back. The
little one was crying. The girl rose and
fell on her toes to quiet it.
have never seen such attention in any
church. The faces of the people fairly
shone as one of the elders, nicknamed
the wisest man in Corea, once a member
of the Corean legation in Washington, adj
dressed them. There was not a snore to
be heard and of the whole 1900 not one
went to sleep. The preacher held them
from start to close, now and then bring
ing out laughter. After this a hymn was
sung. the presenter standing in his stock
Ing feet. big hat and long gown on the
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Wonderful Work OFF Our TIissiom=
aries There

lions already number something like TO-
geo adherents, while the Roman Catho-
lies count 5000 Coreans. The Protestants
have 900 native preachers and 900 Sunday
schools, with about 10000 men, women and
children as regular attendants There are
more grown people than children in the
Sunday schools, and all are anxious to
learn about the new religion and what it
can do for them. There are 800 self-sup-
porting day schools, run by the churches,
and altogether 10000 or 10000 gold dollars
were spent upon such schools last year.
When it is remembered that the Coreans
are one of the poorest peoples on earth,
and that they live fromrHhand to mouth,
these gifts are a surprising evidence of
their faith
The Foreign Mission Bodies.
But first let me tell you about the for
eign missions which are operating in Co.
rea. There are four, each with large
staff of American or European workers.
The Roman Catholics are French Jesuits.
They have been here for more than a
century and have a fully organized
church. AT their head is bishop, who Is
assisted by a large staff of priest and
nuns, among whom are Coreans. The
Catholics have a cathedral in Seoul 1t
stands on a hill overlooking the rest of
the city, and it is by far the largest
church building in Corea
The Protestant missions are all working
together. They have about 200 American
and European men and women employed
and their stations cover the country. The
Professionals are divided into Presbyte-
rians, Methodists and Anglicans. The
Presbyterians represent both sections of
the church in the United States, north
and south, and there are also small
branches of the same denomination from
Canada and Australia. Our Methodist
Episcopal churches, north and south. are
carrying on a great work, and the En-
glish have well managed mission at the
head of which is a bishop. In addition
there are the mission of the Russian
! Greek church in Seoul, the Young Men s
Christian association and the Salvation
army, whose advance guard came last
fall All of the larger missions have
schools and hospitals, and all have many
native workers. AS / have said the move
ment has so advanced that the most of
the foreigners are now employed In d.
recting native Christians. who have be-
| come the chief element in the evangelical
ton of the country.
The Coreans at Church.
You religious drones of the United
States. who stay at home from church
and prayer meeting whenever it rains,
should come out to Corea to learn what
! live Christianity means! Take, for in
stance, native church which l attended
this week. 1t was that of DR.. ]. s. Gale
belonging to the Presbyterian mission in
| Seoul The church stands on hill, not
| far from the palace of the Emperor, and
above the big technical school which the
Japanese have just founded. Its audience
| hall is 80 feet wide by so feet long, and
] it seats about 1900. This church was built
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Copyright, 1909, by Frank G. Carpenter)
Seoul, 1909.
UST before L left Washington last
summer to start ON this trip across
~ the Pacific one of our leading bank
ers said to me:
Il understand you are going out to de-
scribe the awakening of Asia. There is
one thing l wish you would investigate in
a practical way. That is the mission
movement. There are tens of thousands
of us business men who are giving reg
ularly toward the introduction of Chris
tianity among the heather. We want to
know what our money is doing, and
whether 1t will pay us to continue giving
or not. You are an unprecedented observer
and we should like to know what you
think"
This desire to know the truth about
missions is not confined to our business
men. 1t is a live question to the 100000
who belong to our various church organ
izations and to every Sunday school and
religious body throughout the whole Unit
ed States
10000 Native Christians.
I am glad to have this country as my
first field for such investigation. The
Coreans are now doing more than any
other nation along such lines Our mis-
sionaries went to the Japanese first, but
Corea has today more converts than
Japan and proportionately many times
more than China, which has been exploit
ed by the churches for several genera
lions.
The Christian movement is one of the
vital elements of the reorganization of
this country. A great revival is now taking
place among the people, and more than
10000 converts have been added to the
church within year. There are about
10000 native Christians, and there will
be 100000 before many months This land
has. all told, population of less than
100000 and of these one in every 100
has professed our religion. If similar
success could be had in Japan that coun-
try would have 100000 Christians If in
China, it would have 100000, and in In
dia 100000 or more.
You remember the wonderful work
which was done by Edward Everett
Hale's plan of "Ten times one is TEN
the endless chain principle-in which ev-
cry one engaged to interest ten others in
making the world better. The same thing,
although not on a numerical scale, is
going on in Corea. The converted natives
are different from us In that as soon as
they adopt Christianity they go out and
try to convert their friends and neigh
bors.
Indeed the mission movement is now
being pushed by the natives themselves
under the direction of our missionaries
Native churches are being built by native
assisted by large staff Of priests and
there is a Corean congregation in every
large village The Protestant organiza-
The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1909-02-05
THE OLD OREGON GANG dies HARD

The proposition grayey forth bill that has
small majority the Oregon house test that candidate
for the legislature should be permitted Under penalty take
pledge that shall be contrary the constitution Of the United States
Of the The sponsors for the bill claim that for legislator
pledge himself for the peoples choice for United
violation of the fundamental law Most legislatures
true upon the theory that the senator should be the choice Of
special interests and that under circumstances should he be the
choice OF the people In Oregon the people passed by initiative and
referendum law that candidates for United States senator's duly
nominated by primaries would have their printed upon
official ballot and that candidates for the legislature could sign
statement they desired that they would peoples
choice asceaned at the polls Through this method Repub
legislature forced elect Democrat Chamber
lain to the
Men OF exceeding wisdom assert that e method Of elect
ing United States senator contrary the constitution Of the
United States and be abolished else will become
representative body and the of the So
have pushed forward the bill The old
gang must be growing desperate upon this folly Through
the referendum the people would make short work of the nam
AS to the legal aspect Of the there difference between
candidate for the legislature taking pledge
man for senator than there for candidate electoral college
to take pledge which all do certain candidate for
president.
The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1909-02-05
RUSSELL'S ERROR

Charles Edward Russell at time Republican now So
cast writes afruh Success Magazine regarding the
Breaking Up of the Parties
The facts are that the Republican party and has many
years the of the predatory Coming into power at
the breaking out of civil the Republican organization
was SO strongly entrenced that grew contempuou of public
opinion 1t quickly became the special interests And it
50 To-Day koosevets endeavo have been nged with per
ona interest that people only geved the strong blows
some indicators while the olive branch held out to the Se
trust and such voato OF the law Paul Morton The Roosevelt
administration has been special all men know
it.
MI Russel recognizes all these facts but conempto1s
sneer for Bryan and the Democracy which he claims dead The
wish father to the thought He admits personal participation in
the effort to discred Mr. Bryan in the campaign and states
ha the people will always prefer Cannon and Adch BRYAN and
us associates 1t IS hard to deal with such character and Mr.
sseh IS consuming more space in the magazines his um
ltons worth