Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-02-22
President and Wife Contribute
Literally to the Fund of All
Souls Unitarian.
EDIFICE TO COST 100000
Members Of Lower House Know Lords
Prayer-PIans for Making Their
Hall SmaIer-OfficiaI Report
ers' Troubles in New
Congress.
BY GEORGE CLINTON.

tended by President Taft, intend to
build new home for the congrega-
ton. The church structure which
has been planned will cost probably
100000 and it is said that Presi-
dent and Mrs. Taft have made large
contribution toward the purchase Of
tho new site.
All Souls church had large mem
bsrship and was in a prosperous con-
dition before Mr.. Taft, as president,
Joined the congregation. OF course
his presence every Sunday in pew
in the church brings many strangers
to the service, and 1t is a hard matter
to find seats for all who come because
the church was practically filled with
Its own worshippers before it had
chief executive for member.
Roosevelt and or. Schick's Church.
It was a different story with the
German Reformed church which Theo-
dore Roosevelt attended when he was
president. When Mr.. Roosevelt was
elected vice1president Of the United
States Or. John Shick, the pastor Of
a little church on 18th street, wrote
a letter to him saying that the church
was the only one in Washington
which was akin in its creed and OBJ
sePvance to the one of which the
vice~president was a member. Mr.
Roosevelt wrote back and said he
would attend Dr. Schick's church.
At that time the church edifice was
little more than a chapel in size.
When Mr. Roosevelt became president
the place was packed every Sunday
and crowds stood on the street trying
to get in. Members of the German
Reformed faith all over the United
States contributed money to help the
members of the congregation build a
new edifice. A beautiful structure
was erected, not a very large one, it
Is true, but much larger than the orig
inal. 1t was not big enough to hold
the crowds which came every Sun
day. To the satisfaction of DR.. Schick
and his congregation it may be said
that the church has held its own won
derfully since Mr.. Roosevelt retired to
private life. Many of the people who
went to the services, possibly out OF
curiosity, became interested and to-
day are church pillars.
House Knew the Lords Prayer.
A story recently was printed in
Washington, and of course elsewhere
n the country, to the effect that the
chaplain of the Kansas state senate
found that only eight senators in that
body knew the Lords prayer YER
batim. Due allowance must be made
FOR understatement or overstatement,
whichever it was in this case, but the
story had its Washington interest
nevertheless.
Representatives in congress recall
ed the time when a substitute chap
tain was taking the place of the regu-
Tar chaplain, DR.. Couden, who was i'll.
It happened that the substitute clergy
man was there on a day of two ses-
5ions, for an extra session had been
called and there was an opening
prayer for The last session of one
congress and an opening prayer for
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This state of affairs was unknown
10 the visiting clergyman who ap-
parently had prepared his prayer
thinking he was to offer only one.
when he was called upon to offer the
aecond he was taken by surprise and
could hardly collect his thoughts. The
result was that after hesitating
moment he started directly into the
lords prayer, asking the representa-
dves to join with him. AS far as
could be determined from the press
gallery, all the men in the house were
letter perfect in the petition, and they
Joined audibly in the prayer and with
fervor, the chaplain leading 1t may
ne that some state senators do not
Know the Lords prayer, but there are
ct least one hundred and twenty-five
members Of the present house of rep
resentatives who were members of
Che house when it showed that Il
anew the prayer of prayers verbatim.
Chamber of House to Be Smaller.
If President Taft does not call
an extra session to meet in March,
the hall of the house of repre-
sentatives will be remodeled, the
work TO begin as soon as the present
session of congress adjourns. Elliott
Woods, superintendent of the capitol,
has the plans all made and has his
force of workmen ready to go ahead
with the work of dismantling the
present chamber.
The chamber of meeting proper will
be made much smaller. The cloak
rooms and lounging rooms for the
members, which are In the rear of the
present hall under the galleries, will
be very much enlarged, while the
house itself will be contracted in d.
mansions. The desks will be taken
out and the members will be provided
with STRAIGHTFORWARD chairs with lit
tie swinging arrangement in front of
them upon which they can write let
ters. These desks" when they are