The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-26

and who substitutes lectures on poli-
 tics and socialism for the preaching
 No. mistake is greater than the mis-
 take Of the minister who conceiyes it
 the pulpit To an audience who
 have read the daily papers all the
 week, and the Sunday papers that
 very morning. nothing Is more super
 church. remember the case of
 prominent clergyman who, during
 ed Sunday, after Sunday against one
 of the candidates, to a constantly di minishing audience. On the night when the returns came in, the object of his attacks was apparently success
 full, and he cried out in despair. What
 can be done now? He was effective
 ly answered by one of the ungodly,
 who happened to be present. T don't see that there is anything left for you now, Doctor, except to preach the goSpel.'
 '.One of to-day's favorite questions, both in private speculation and in public debate, is this, Why do not
 more men go regularly to church 9
 Like all questions of real interest, it is much easier to ask than to answer. The pews undoubtedly contain more women than men, though this fact by itself need occasion no alarm. It
 does not prove that the church has Host it's hold" or that the habit of
 going to church is relatively uniIn- portant- Women have always taken more interest in religious organiza.- tfons than men, both because they l. have. more leisure: for contemplation more to- wonnan's nature than it does to; a mans. If the mere fact that the minister sees in front of him more brilliant hats than bald heads be sign that the church does not appeal to the solid intelligence of hu- manity,f then the symphony concert and the art museum fail even more l signally.
 ThemascuIine proportion of listen l CTS at high class musical entertain
 pnent or among thesv1sitors at an art gallery. is even less than it is at church. Indeed, it is rather interest ing to observe that at almost any | is in inverse ratio to the intellectual value Of the performance. At a .Kau- deville the men vastly outnumber the women, and amid the enorm nous l throng at prize fight there are hard ly any women. at. all. Thus-tI1e fact that the seats at prize fight Sare are filled with women, does not in it. self indicate that the church is on the down grade "Sti1l, it is sunforfunate that more
 men do not attend church, and it is
 more unfortunate for the men than it is for the church. Men need the church more than the church needs
 men, The real difficulty is not a fundamental one; it does not lie in
 the nature of religion or in the na-
 sex and means of subsistence. the
 average mani is at heart more inter
 ested An religion than in any other
 one thing The ordinary man is a natural theologian. He takes keen
 interest in constructing his God, his scheme of the universe, and the prob
 lem of life after, death has always
 had, and probably always will have
 an irresistible fascina tion
 To keep the finger nails clean and white, bottle of pure olive oil. soap and water should be on every wash stand. About one tablespoonful of liquid Soap to an eight-ounce bottle of water. Add a tablespoon of peroxide of hydrogen. Keep an orange stick handy, and after each washing of the hands, dip the orange stick into the bottle and run the stick around under the nails. It will both cleanse and bleach the nails.
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