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geniuseS are rare. However they dlHer,
they have an instinct for greatness.
BRAND will be French president if he
wishes. | say If lie wishes, because
ne is not only a genius. but a strange
one
At thirty-five lie was outsider and.
worse seemingly. failure even as
LAWYER Suddenly Ire willed, and all
ca me easy To him. Easy is the word that
seems to characterize linn now. as then.
Only genius could have led the ease
Loving. hail fellow. cafe cllarmei. haif
newspa perman. half lawyer without
cases, in ten years to dizzy power as the
great man of France. The public is still
astounded Perhaps BRAND remains
trif1e surprised.
And perhaps not. He remains a bun
die Of contradictions. France wonders at
his erudition. AS cabinet minister, sue
cessively, of public instruction, beauX-
arts. culteS. Justice and interior. he ap-
peared. q Iaborious specialist of each. In
the separation. he held the record OF all
time for brilliant readiness in the tribune,
master of thousand technicalities. Yet
no one has ever seen him open book
o. take a note.
When does he prepare those speeches
that charm. equally, in cold print? They
are all impromptu.
lie still loves his ease in his cafe. As
J, mister of justice he took his meals
:; mong witty companions. in the common
3all of the Restaurant Weber. Now
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young lieutenant on service in the court
room. How pathetic he was, ullite-lipped,
with burning eyes. in silent indignation
lat the antimiiitarist doctrine. On him
Fiery watched the victorious progress OF
what he calls Brands Internal diaIectics;
read his success in that honest innocent
young face. relaxing from bitter fury to
a smile When BRAND had finished a
friend whispered 80 Herve: DO not aCd
word; you're sure of acquittal" :
& But Herve would rather be condemned
than not make a speech. He spoke long
heavily; and Terry says that he still hears
the little lieutenant murmur, in regretful
sympathy:
I ION. poor Hervc. he is running his
chanceS.'
OF course. il every lawyer is to be per-
manently saddled with the sentiments Of
his client none would dare defend MUIR
derer: but would il not be curious if
BRAND should, after all, find some easy
disarmament plan. SO long desired by the
burdened nations?
Last May day shout went round the
world that BRAND had kept down the
rude brethren's demonstrations by an
overpowering show Of military force. But
has any one reflected that the Socialis.
masses. for some reason or other, are not
Licking?
Once again. BRAND has gone down to
ST. Etienne, the factory city, where they
have sure majority Once again they
have received him with delight. "Ah, ce
Briand.'' Just as at the Cafe thinner.
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tered and when ne would act the scene
of Jaures and Pressense, solemn!y COM
pairing the cut of their trousers, hairy
revolutionists and beardless reporters
rolled alike with delight on the plush
benches.
He made his debut as deputy by giving
them sample of his influence over the
rude brethren. 1t was only nine years
ago, but he was unknown to his col
leagues. So the future prime minister
woke them mp with an Grafton against
the police for killing a striker.
The victim was TO be buritd next day.
and the government feared new troubles
at the funeral. Unknown, BRAND said
10 the project. simply: 'Tt is easy. Prom
Use me that there shall not be a single
policeman along the route of the funeral,
not soldier in sight, and ! Will be re-
sponsible for order.
1t was d great undertaking. He had
no real right to promise it, But, calling
the laboratories together, he said to
them, without blinking: Comrades. |
have given my word that there shall not
be an incident, not cry: but on express
condition that they do not provoke you
with vain exhibition Of red pants and
brutes in blue. l count on your revolu-
tiOnary honor and socialist discipline to
keep the engagement Show this project
of what socialists are capable; and make
your own service Of order
so IT happened The wliskered com,
panions armed themselves with clubs.
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made the itinerary, organized the funeral
and put sure men with clubs along Its
entire EDGES. So it was a parade of 10000
excited worlsingren. DO you hear. TO-
600. laughed BRAND, when he told his
friends. land under the club of liberty
.'hey marched like lambs, without a
bleat." L
His enemies give it as an example of
cynicism | am not a all sure. At bot
tom. what did BRAND do, that day? He
gave an exhibition to both sides. For one
day, it worked because for one day, each
side made concessions, understood each
other.
Then why not continue?
1 can almost hear BRAND say 1t. Who
knows what plans of reconciliation he
may have these days when he is accused
of not pushing socialist claims and giving
the. conservatives too near their just
share in public life.
Two years before he had given the
bar of Auxerre a taste of his quality as
lawyer. The bar of Paris had repaired
the injustice of ST. Nazaire. The bar of
Paris followed, after he had obtained the
seemingly impossible 'acquittal of Gustave
Herve at AuXerre.
One of his present enemies quotes from
the speech to make out BRAND an anti
militarist: but what strikes me in Gus
tave Tery's attack is his unwilling tribute
to BRANDS genius for finding every task
easy.
He describes the worried face of the
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let him. lie was not OF the ruling set of
ST. Nazaire
Possibly resentful. possibly great heart
ed, he certainly felt FOR the workingmen.
who at once understood him and swore
by him. Buying secondhand press in
Paris. he took it from the freight office
alone With a horse and wa gon. and. with
one box, put it together, set the type and
launched the Democracy of the West.
Socialists We're not In ma iority at
81. Nazalre. BRAND excited great ami
mostly OF. the ruling classes: and SO. foc
one reason or another not too clear.
ana Whlch his enemies throw Up against
nm he seems 70 have managed to get
slhlseli dlsDafred as lawyer.
He cult ST. Nazaire. his career appar-
entity broken at the start, He came up
10 Paris What could he do? But Paris
is larger than St Nazaire and BRAND
could write Paris socialists We're edited
by the young strangers grasp of their
SUBJECTS, His articles in the Lanterne
became at once noted for their clearness
and Doldness. They expressed the dis
contented workinsman to himself as if
1t We're the worEinsnen who wrote them.
This is part of R-iand's genius. He
cannot help srasping, at once, both the
great whole and all the little parts OF
Another side OF his genius was revealed
audience. Rriand is a charmer and a
dominator. II I We're not afraid of being
misunderstood l should compare him to
Napoleon in more ways than one.
In those days the general committee
Of the socialist party sat near the tenn
pie, in the turbulent Rue Portefoin. In
half-darhened room hung in red. hairy
and savage. vociferated over tobacco
and red wine the forty delegates of the
declarations. But they would be struck
to silence on perceiving through the Gig
arctic smoke pale face barred by 4
great black mustache. 1t was their new
secretary. BRAND, their new dominatol
by the force of intellect and charm.
BY charm he held the rude brethren
the table and cry more ferociously for
direct action? They would be forgot
ten in jest of Brands.
Easy, sincere, nOnchalant. free from all
pretense, he to whom everything comes
easy communicates to his hearers. per-
haps unwittingly. sense that every
thing they wish to do is easy.
To this. day in the tribune, attacked
on ten sides from socialist rival Jaures
to royalist Count de Mum. he comes out.
negligent and smiling, victor. all the
more because his majority gets the inn
preston that there has been no battle.
BRAND has explained. All is simple.
What Paris journalist does not ren1em-
Der Brands rollicking charm as new
itics seem easy to them, at the Brasserie
thinner? This ability to come down as
a sincere equal Is specially of Brands.
With grandiose plans in his brain, he has
no pretense in his manner "Ah &c
Briandr' they would hurrah when he en-
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He Is a Breton and a stranger in st.
Stienne as he was in Paris, when. un-
known. unrecommended. ne walked into
the secretaryship OF the central commit
tee
Here at St Etienne he walked into tho
sovereign Office Of French deputy. first in
1902. again in 1905, and now this present
year
As simply he has walked into the cabi-
net. and puts himself at its head. No
one realizes how he does 1t. All happens
TRANQUILITY. without fireworks. with a. jest.
a ready answer. cigarette to lip.
What will he do? Nobody knows. WHAT
does he do lie acts as a kind o. Young
Richelieu TO Fallleres and the govern
ment" at moment when the public
power was getting rather badly dispersed
He says it himself Called to govern
ment, 7 have wished 10 govern. and
through the routine OF Richelieu. who's
mtnuteness would set ~ American states
man wild. he steTs nonchalantly. as IL e.
We're al PAY
The routine occupation OF French
prime minister's time is a marvel. Mon
day morning, reception OF projects: after
noon. the chamber OF deputies. Tuesday
morning council OF ministers: afternoon.
the chamber Wednesday. commissions
OF chamber and senate and particular
audiences. Thursday morning. cabinet
meeting. with President Fallieres: after
noon. the chamber. Friday. interpella-
lions IN the cnanlDef. NarueSt Gay VI an
Saturday morning, council OF ministers:
afternoon free. Sunday. all day free.
This program includes none OF TIE RON
tine dinners. lunches and receptions al
the presidents the ministers and am
bassadors. nor. the weekly hazard OF
inauguraticns. fetes, banouet.. strikes.
catastrophes and conflicts.
last spring he accepted the invitation 70
lunch of the banded Anslo-Americsn
newspaper correspondents of Paris. And
he afterward sat round with them. anus
ing. easy, simple, good companion. swap
ping stories, "blaguins.'' careless OF the
passing hours. deIighting and delighted
until almost early winter twilight.
When he let's himself go every one lis
tens. Every listener feels the presence OF
mighty intellect. perhaps a great heart.
Yet every foreigner at fret wonders how
he came to be prime minister. He is so
negligently gay, almost bohemian. And
yet-and yet. with all those easy ways.
one feels gossamer web between HIM
self and this strange, worn young mar.
What will he do? Nobody knows. What
does he do? He steps through cruel diff
ficulties without effort, nonchalant. Gig
arctic on lip. the young prime minister.
Other prime ministers. gray-haired or bald.
grew UP SLOWLY 10 tie perilnus position.
BRAND has step al into Il almost ten
derfoot. He neYe, Sc rs INTO trao.
AN .-IEEtC-.-, y P=RlS.
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converted, and become as little children,
ye can in no case enter into the king
dom of heaven And Mark 00:15) and
Luke 17:17) both tell us that on this &C.
casion he said. "Whosoever shall not re-
ceive the Kingdom Of God as htt,e
child, he shall not enter therein. In
other words. Christianity is state of
glorified childhood. The church is learning
this truth. We are awaking to the fact
that our first business is to lead the chill
dren to Christ. For every reason this
should be done. First. the work is
easily done. No strained or agonized
effort is necessary in bringing the child
to Christ. Second on the score of
economy: not only OF effort. but of time
What a loss to himself. and what loss
to the world. are the years spent in SIM
but how beautiful is the life consecrated
to God from childhood to age. Third. the
truest. noblest, most rounded Christians
are those who begin the service Of Christ
in their early years. This is not theory. 1t
is history. In these times Of excitement
Of confusion and of intense worldlineSs,
when character is nodded early in life. it
becomes the first duty of parents and Of
teachers to sec to it that the children are
brought to Christ.
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5.Tfs-1sy5s-Ss .tss5sst.Ss-ff..55s1iis-55s'

I'D you ever stop to think what
the love of the Father for
Jesus must have been? Think.
IL His only Son. dearly beloved
Think what Jesus is and then
Won will have a better idea of how His
Father loved Him. Jesus. perfectly pure.
perfectly sinless, perfectly unselfish and
noble and courageous. and all the other
attributes one can name. Perhaps it
would be better to say perfectly godlike,
for He was His Father in very being.
And Jesus loves us that way, the way
His Father loves Him. AS we think
what we are it seems incredible. for we
are all He is not. and we are none of the
things that He is, yet He loves us that
way.
Earthly friends sometimes gained
because of wealth o.. position or beauty
or character, or because we have done
something for them, but Jesus is our
friend because we need Him; because we
are poor and powerless and unlovely in
His sight, and He wants to make us all
that we are not. And this incomprehensi-
bic love is ours as gift, with one little
injunction, Continue We in my love" Does
it show how lightly we value that Won
derful love when we SO easily cease to
continue in it?
IF a man would have friends he must
show himself friendly, says the old prov
erb.
IF We keep my commandments, ye shall
abide in my love" says Jesus. And what
is His commandment that is the condition
of continuing in His love: Listen: That
We love one another as have loved you"
Then the love that the Father has for the
Son he passes On 10 us with the condl
ton that we pass it on to others.
Then wouldn't il be we'll when we find
some one with whom Il is hard for us to
be friends if We were to remember that
good-fellowship with them is a condition
of the wondrous friendship of Jesus? ''Ye
are my friends IL ye do whatsoever ] COM
mand you This is M comma ndment,
that We love one another as have loved
you" How can We get away from those
two verses?
That unpleasant other member of the
same committee with yourself, with whom
YOU cannot bring yourself to work. and
therefore stay out of the work. 1t seems
very hard job to love him and be will
ing to work shoulder TO Shoulder with
him. We have a feeling that Jesus is
asking almost too much in asking US to
do that. Then comes the echo of His
words Greater love hath no man than
this. that a man lay down his life for
his friends"
Just a gentle reminder of what He has
done for US. He does not argue the mat
ter with our conscienees. only reminds us
that He laid down His very life for us,
while il is only to bear a little disagree
US would do that to save his own life
Mark Guy Pearse once said: God has
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Rhode Island Avenue.

evening meetings with the church on
the lawn has been followed with great
success by the Christian Endeavor or
gar cations Of the Rhode Island Ave-
nue. Methodist Protestant Church dur
ing the month of july. Starting at Z
o'clock a thirty minute preliminary
meeting has been led by an Endeavorer,
after which the pastor. DIR. Benson. has
made a brief talk. taking the Christian
Endeavor topic as his theme. Dr.
Benson went on his vacation yesterday
and his place tomorrow evening" will
be filled by Rev c. II. Strausburg of
Greensboro Md. The service of the
first half-hour will be led by L. L.
Ballard. president of the Young Peo-
pies Circle of Christian Endeayor.
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The Model But Imperfect Young
Man.

The truths concerning children which
We have been studying have their illus
tration in the case of young man
that is now presented. There is some
thing beautiful in this young man. Luke
tells Us that he was ruler. Possibly
this means that he was ruler of the
synagogue. These rulers are chosen from
men of leisure who We're free from the
necessity OF abcT and who could devote
themselves to the duty of the synagogue
and to study. From this class Christ
won but few disciples. Even now the
rulers were plotting his death But this
young man was possessed of rare eX-
cellences He was both reverent and
humble
We must however. remember that
Christ was comparative stranger to
the peoplcof Perea. True, His fame hac
preceded him and His miracles Of heal
ing profoundly impressed the people. The
plots Of the rulers. beginning In Jerusalem,
and reaching as far north as Capernaum.
We're there but little known. And this
may in Some degree account for the
frankness of the conduct or TINS young
man. However that may De- MS course
was most commendable. He was an eager
seeker after that which can satisfy the
soul. He had much. We may be sure
that many others looked upon him as a
model. And so far as the outward con-
duct was concerned lie was most eAeln-
plary. But he was conscious or his own
defects The round of religious services
in which he engaged failed to bring MIN
the satisfaction he so mucn DESIRED;
Here, at last. was the One whom he mad
long desired TO find. Let the crowd Won
der; let the skeptics scott: he would
learn the secret by which eternal ne
man be won.
And So openly. before the wonder
ing crowd. he ran and, kneehns oelole
Christ. he cried: Good Master, What
good thing shah / do that l may inherit
eternal life?' The question reveals d
mistake in his creed. He thousht ina
salvation was something 10 De earned
BY doing some heroic deed the prize
would be his. He would be conscious VI
It's attainment. The peace that he ionssu
would enter upon life of joy ana press
tdness. Strange that men snouio SO
blunder Eternal life is not thin.; 10 Dc
e?rned. Here the child never mistakes.
But with all his humility and reverence
the young man did not apprehend ihe
nature OF Christ Our lesson has taught
US that Christ never failed to claim the
Young man had called Him good. but ne
mad not recognized in Him the Son OF
500 His reply said: IF ] am not 600
! DO not deserve to be called good inefe
is none good but Cod And as Coo Is the
only good. all good must be a compliance
with His law. Keeping the command
mehts must, therefore. be the way TO
eternal life"
NOW the comma ndments had been the
study OF this young man through all his
me from his viewpoint he had KEEP.
mem. How eagerly he asked, 'which ::
Inc reply of our Lord passes over the
commandments of the first table and
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Open-Air Meeting.

Philip Sidersky of Baltimore will
close his series of Open-air meetings
in front of Central Union Mission.
Louisiana avenue near 18th street, this
evening at 1880 o'clock. He speaks in
Yiddish. Hebrew and English and uses
views. Miss Grace Beel-
man, cornetist, will give several Sc
lectionS
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First Congregational.

The First Consrega tional Christian
Endeavor meeting tomorrow evening will
be led by Miss Aarien CoyHood on the
subject. What Doth the Lord Require OF
Thee? After meeting of its executive
committee Thursday this society held its
monthiE business meeting Yesterday in
connection with Its August picnic in Rock
Greek PARK near Pierce mill
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Calvary Baptist.

Miss Rosa p. Merit. President of
Calvary BAPTIST Society, accompanied
Icy Misses Mcnette and Nellie Ha!lam
and Gertrude Willard, are a. Mortified.
Mas. where ti.ey will attend tie meet
mss Of tac General Conference fo..
Christian No! kers. II session there this
moEth. Mss Emily Gilman, Correspond
ing secretary c. the society. spent a
part CT July al Northfield
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Mount Tabor Methodist Protestant.

Mount Tabor Methodist Protestant en-
dcaVtr ofs held their Ausut business
meeting Wednesday evening at the home
OF Dr. Samuel jones, ard made plans
for the fall worl: Twenty-Five dollars
has been raised a. this soc:ety's ccntri-
button toward Tie W. rk of the Methods st
PrtteStant Endeavor missionary in ia
pan. The coming of Field Secretary Kari
lehman was discussed, and muc.l in
terest expressed i'll his campaign.
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ligent force that scareS them. NO one
can be more familiar than BRAND, but
no one gets familiar with him, nowadays,
without invitation.
Born in the dull Breton port of ST.
Nazaire, ne conquered degree of law
Would he have been content to plead
party-wau cases. marry an 5000 dot,
play the violin, sing admirably, beat them
all at billiards and talk politics at the
Cafe du Commerce?
Probably he would have been delighted
with such destiny. But they would not
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st. Paul's Lutheran.

The use Of. st. PauTs Lutheran
Church has been offered by the council
to the Christian Endeavor Union for
the union meetings of the coming year,
and has been accepted. The meeting
of October will be the first one held
in this church
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Senior Assembly.

The senior brotherhood assembly has
accepted an invitation to meet with the
Baltimore local assembly next Saturday
evening in ST. AIMS Church, Annapolis.
Arrangements have been made to enter
tain those who attend the meeting from
Baltimore and Washington
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but it was not thought to be of serious
nature. His death. it is declared, has
come as distinct shock TO not only men,
bers OF the Brotherhood of ST. Andrew,
but to churchmen throughout the coun-
try. Mr.. Houghteling was prominent
banker of Chicago and actively identified
with many of the financial institutions OF
his home CITY
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National Convention.

Recently the use of the state capitol at
Nashville has been granted for the con-
vention headquarters during the sessions
of the tWenty-fifth annual gathering of
the brotherhood, which is to meet in
Nashville, Tenn. during the latter part OF
next month
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prime minister. he yields to dignity OF
state by doing the same thing in private
rooms of another swell establishment or
the Place of the Madeleine.
He was almost born i'll cafe You
cannot be with him five minutes without
feeling the amusing. easy-going compar-
ion. bubbline with the joy of life: yet
back of it. even his Old cronies feel a neg
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st. Johns, Georgetown.

Edward f. LOCKER of ST. Johns Chap
ter. Georgetown. will be in charge of the
service held in the Union Chapel, Colonial
Beach, tomorrow morning, under the aus
pices of the Washington brotherhood
CHAPTERS.
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Vermont Avenue Christian.

~ Gle business meeting Of the Yer
mont Avenue Christian Society, which
will he heid Tuesday evening a com
mittee will be appointed IA no innate new
eiicers fcr the year beginning Oc
tober |.
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Christ Church, Navy Yard.

The Junior brotherhood chapter of
Christ Church. East Washington, has the
following officers for the ensuing year:
Director, w. Arthur Storm; vice director,
Hutchinson, and treasurer, William I'm
hau.
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EXTRAORDINARY Rise
IL of Young Prime Minister
All Things Come Easy to
Him-Was Not Even a Con-
gresham Ten Years Ago
He Is a Bundle of Contradic-
tons and Paris Wonders at
His Erudition-Holds Record
for Brilliant Readiness.
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RAND is forty-six
years old.
He is prime min
lister and ma ster of
the French repub-
lie.
lie was nobody,
not even congress-
man. ten years ago.
Also. he is a
genius. in the sense
of a Pitt, jefferson
or Robespierre: and