The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-08
CHURCH ON MISS SMITHS BOAT
az HiNDS PIPTD TO WORSHIP
ON ma Urn THE WANG.



Mas PirLrd OuI for SUNDAY services.
About forty craft 30 he New Rochelle
! Yacht club dropped anchor on Ship
pan Point. near stamford. Conn YES
/ terday IN th', course of ia. clubs annual
cruise up tn. Sound which started last
Saturday. In front Of the stamford Yacht
tlnb Law Miss Helen u. smiths yacht.
the viking and all yesterdays tine morn
ing it'll" launches ran out TO the yacht
from the clubhouse float bearing folk =
dresaed IN their sunday b"st and prayer
fully stunning spray. The iaunchgocrs
had such ~ tn meeting appearance
that u was mo- surprise t. iuluirers to
learn that they were found Tor religious
EXERCISES on hoard 81 Miss smiths yacht.
The Viking ~ IN" largest vessel that
IN" stamford club poSsssses. so Com
modore X. ". Gillespie decided that for
the time being she should serve as a
place Of worship
Miss Smith uf Stanford - n commo-
dore's daughter herself and the author
OF certain clever l-ttrrs addressed 10 a
Young man who has sued her for breach
of promise and printed the letters STAN
ford stands Ivy Miss smith 80 perhaps
that ~ one reason whv So many uilAd
into the launches about church time
yesterday 20 go tn Miss Smiths ser, ices
Going down from stamford on the
Shippan Point car was rather a Jolly AGAR
because Of the collegiate atmosphere on
tn" rear platform. You could tell that
the bows all around YOU were regular
collegers because Of their caps. gray
checged swagRcr ana their pipes with
way that they matched pennies ton. 80
nonchaiant ~ n ~ saw What do | care
tor money And then u was too ludiC-
rpus to see one Of them Gasp his forehead
and cry Out ruined when he lost h.'-
cause YOU knew all the time that he didn'
carr really and was only putting that OF.
when they finally cam" 90 the CluhouSs.
II tidn't take them long to get into their
bathing suits and 20 running happily uD
IN" npa' and dive ~ into the water with
y splash that made all ~" girls scream
dali ghtsdlv and wish they too could -
Ambiguous. that - IN say iust As much
at home IN the water A. on land. some
spoil d; amphibioU~
out on tho astunl-hed rear deck - tho
VIKING people were sitting IN camp stools
listening To- IN" Rev {. Kyd"r acting
chaplain 81 the stamford Yacht thb
who preached "a short s-rmun hey sang
Throw out ia" Life Linz and God
Moves IA a NySterIn Way and then
th"r" was n scripture r"ading at more
ymns an ever on" went pac, 20 N"
clubhouse IN the launches after ~ mpling
- ot Miss smiths ion cream The
only drawhack with ICING q church
out on the water u that 20 must h.a there
on time. ~ little old lady discpN er.d
who putt"r-d up alnnsslde M" Viking
just a. -" sermon had begun One -
III" yachts crew held u an ad'uuni-hIng
and 10 N" man " n was guiding thus
bat" Comer'S c-a't and mottpn,.d him
away ~ the launch kicked Indignantly
~ On" could hear tho httln DID lady saving
across the zahha'ICal calm upon the
waters What do,- h" mean hy telling
~ 10 e. away lf'San HutraC". And one
could hear what th. crew ~ tho 70 lect',,i
launch thought about the crews 81 yachts
IL one 80 desired
Going hack IN Stamford WAS rather
gloomy because Of the ~ ,--enca on the
hack seat ~ an agricultural peS-irnist
who proph''sied rain IN The immediat.
future ram 10 80 CunsiS ,abls extent
that you wouldn't hay" = -" 20 chang,
Your clothes before they 81 an wet again.
and against IN" tIn" e 'hi- impending
deug" Their" N"r" forty 'un uf hay {" be-
put away