Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-01-11
ALL ATTEND CHURCH
Washington People Regularly
Go to Divine Worship.
MANY DIPLOMATS CATHOLICS
Speaker Clark Belongs to the Chris
tlan Denomination - President
Taft, Though a Unitarian,
Claims Affiliation With
the Eplseopallans.
BY GEORGE CLINTON.

BY GEORGE CLINTON.
Observation-Disclosures perhaps
equally with Brooklyn has a right to
be called the City of Churches. Capt.
tai city people are church-going. 1t
is barely possible that a certain per
centage of the officials go TO church
regularly because they are in public
life and because the church-goer is
likely to be looked upon by the peo-
pie as a desirable citizen. The resi-
dent part of the city's population Is
~church-going by heredity. for a large
part of 1t comes from Virginia or from
Maryland, where attendance at re-
tigious service has been the uninter-
rupted order since colonial days.
The ~Episcopalians are strong in
Washington. Their churches are ey-
erywhere, and in every nj attendance
is large. The Methodists In the capi-
tai are many. Their churches are
filed to overlooking and they are a
strong factor in the religious life Of
: the community. The Presbyterians
and the B~ptists are strong. and the
Lutherans are far more numerous
than one would expect to find them in
a non-German community.
The Roman Catholics are strong nu-
merically and particularly strong in
caliber. If the word may be used. Of
their parishioners. A large part Of
the diplomatic colony attends Roman
Catholic worship. The southern Euro
pean diplomats and practically all the
Central and South American diplo-
mats and their families are worship
pers at st. Mathews or st. Patrick's
or st. Augustine's.
Roosevelt's Church Flourishes.
The little German Reformed church
on Fifteenth street. which was attend
ed by Mr.. Roosevelt when he was
president. is today In a fo~urishing
condition. There were people who
thought that after Mr.. Roosevelt re-
tired the congregations would fall of.
but they are still large. and the pa
~rishioners feel that they were justi-
fed in building a new church which
was opened 500 after Mr.. Roosevelt
came to Washington as president.
So much has been written about
the church which President Taft at
tends that it Is seemingly almost use
less to search for anything new. 1t
might be said, however, that while
Mr. Taft Is a Unitarian, he feels he
has a sort of a step-brother's right
to attend the Episcopal church. He
goes occasionally with his wife to the
historic church OF st. John, known
here sometimes as the church OF the
president and at other times jocose-
" as the church of state. Mr.. Taft
bases his claim to halfway member
ship in the Episcopal church on the
fact that when he used to spend his
vacations at Murray Bay, Canada, he
was the trustee there of a summer
colony church which was a union
church. but which saw many more
Episcopal services than 1t did those
of any other denomination.
On the Supreme Bench of the Unit
ed States there are two members of
the Roman Catholic church, Chief Jus
tice White and Associate Justice Nc
kenna. Associate Justice Harlan.
who died recently. was n Of the Dill.
lars of the Presbyterian church In the
capital, He al interested IN all
lines of church endeavor and work,
among young men was one Of his hob
bies. Associate Justice Hughes is a
Baptist and with his wife regularly
attends Baptist services in Washing,
ton. Associate Justice Oliver Wen
dali Holmes. like President Taft. is a
Unitarian. He frequently attend All
Souls Church where the president
worships. Associate Justice Lurton
Is an Episcopalian and for many years
was a warden In a Tennessee church
of the Episcopal faith.
B~akhmetieff In Fairbanks House.
Mr.. George Bakhmetieff, master or
the imperial court and ambassador
extraordinary and minister plenipo.
Tertiary from Russia to the United
States, has had a hard time Of it
trying to find a place to live. Mrs.
George M. Pullman, widow of the
great car builder, within the last year
has erected a magnificept--no other
word fits--home on Sixteenth street.
Mrs. Pullman has not occupied the
new house. Mr.. and Mrs. Bakhmetieff
wanted to take the new structure off
Mrs. Pullman's hands for the time that
the ambassador is to represent his
country here, but Mrs. Pullman either
said mo-" or put on price restrictions
or something else which made the
Bakhmetieifs look elsewhere.
Russia finally has hit on the big
house once occupied b. the Fairbanks
family, and there the ambassador will
throw out the Russian colors and
make some thousands OF flooring