The Washington herald., 1912-09-29
The Trend OF Things

At the Congress on Hygiene and Demog-
raphy last week, Vernon N. Cady as
serted that II costs the United States
50. 000. 100000 yearly to pay bills derived
from prostitution. white slavery, trans
missable disease and general immortality.
No wonder churchmen are ready to get
into the present campaign to prevent.
by early education and religious train
ing. the even greater losses to the souls
who perish.
Rev. DIR. Henry ]. Pope, who has just
died In England. Is said TO have been
an extraordinary man. He was at the
head of the home missionary activities
of British Methodism. His name fitted
his character. Not that he was arbitrary
or pontifcal- On the contrary, he was
a shy little man. without much personal
magnetism. Yet he engineered almost
every big advance British Methodism
has made during the last quarter OF a
century. By his financial genius he fos-
tered the central missions in the great
cities. He discovered the men to lead
these aggressive movements. Methodism
must be In possession of millions Of
pounds worth of property through his
far-sighted management He had little
use for Free Church declarations. yet he
was the Napoleon OF the army Of Brit
impoverished.
Among the distinguished representa-
tives OF Christian activities in other
countries who have come to this coun-
try to attend the meeting of the contin-
uation committee OF the Edinburgh mis-
sionary conference. now being held at
Lake Mohonk, are DR.. Julius Richter. OF
Germany and Count Won Moltke. OF Dem
uCT w A<.k
in Boston. examining methods OF admin
istration of the American board and Bap-
tist Foreign Mission Society. and being
the recipients of a number of courtesies
from officials OF these organizations Dr.
Richter Is an authority OF high repute
on missionary problems. being especially
well versed In the statistics Of mission
airy fields. Count Won Moltke. layman.
is vice president of the Danish Mission
airy Society and actively identified with
the Worlds Christian Students Move
ment He attended the recent confer
ence OF foreign Y. NJ. c. A. secretaries
held at Mortified under the direction
OF DR.. John r. Mott.
A Congregational minister. Rev. Dana
W. Bartlett, who is in charge OF that
aggressive institutional church. Bethle-
hem in Los Angeles, Cal. has just been
appointed by Gov. johnson a member OF
a State immigration commission to work
out a plan for the wider distribution Of
immigrants who are expected in Cali
fornia after the opening Of the Panama
Canal. Robert Watchorn, former COM
missioner of immigration at New York,
is another member OF this commission
OF FIVE.
An American Walter p. Griffin. OF Chi
cago won the prize Of S. 800 over a hun
dred competitors for plans for a new
city-the capital Of the commonwealth OF
Australia. The city is to stand midway
between Melbourne and Sydney. about
seventy-fve miles from the sea, and
work is to begin at once. The Molonglo
River. n small stream, is TO be utilized
to furnish lagoons, which will add to
the beauty Of the scheme. and the i'm
portant avenues are so planned that each
has a beautiful mountain view at the
end OF its vista, while Mount Bimberi.
one OF the Australian giant mountains,
can be seen from all parts Of the site.
What is a suffragan bishop" asks
a reader of The Herald suffragan is
about the same to a diocesan bishop as
an assistant minister is to the rector Of
a parish II is a new. and apparently
popular, plan TO avoid the division OF
dioceses which have grown too large to
be administered by one bishop The law
allowing suffragans was adopted by the
Episcopal Church two years ago, and
since then the number OF sufrragans has
60 increased that II Is said II will soon
equal the number Of regular bishops.