Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-01-19
BY GEORGE CLINTON.

WdSNl4BLOU.--W dSnlDSLOu perhaps
equally with Brooklyn has right to
be called the City of Churches. Capt.
tai city people are church-going. 1t
is barely possible that 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 desirable citizen. The resi-
dent part of the citys population Is
church-going by heredity, for a large
part of it comes from Virginia or from
Maryland, where attendance at re-
ligious service has been the uninter-
rupted order since colonial days.
The Episcopalians are strong in
Washington. Their churches are ev-
erywhere, and in every one attendance
is large. The Methodists in the CAPT
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 Baptists are strong, and the
Lutherans are far more numerous
than one would expect to find them in
q non-German community.
The Roman Catholics are strong nu-
merically Internationally 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.
Rooseveit's Church FIourishes.
The little German Reformed church
on Fifteenth street, which was attend
ed by Mr.. Roosevelt when he was
president, is today in a flourishing
condition. There were people who
thought that after Mr.. Roosevelt re-
tired the congregations would fall of.
rishioners feel that they were justi-
fed in building a new church which
was opened soon after Mr.. Roosevelt
came to Washington as president.
Former Vice-President and Mrs.
Fairbanks are Methodists and while
they were in Washington they attend
ed the Metropolitan Methodist Episco-
pal church h$-aich General Grant
and Mckinley when they we're presi-
dents of the United States held pews.
Champ Clark, speaker of the house
of representatives. belongs to the
lett &c fro mt xy 1o1
the CampbeIlite church. Mr.. Clark is
credited with once saying that two
things were necessary for complete
happiness of mind-membership in
the Campbellite church and in the
Democratic party.
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 sort of 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-
ly 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 summer
colony church which was a union
church, but which saw many more
Episcopal services than it 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 one of the pill
lars of the Presbyterian church in the
capital. He was 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.
Bakhmetieff in Fairbanks House.
Mr.. George Balxhmetieff, master of
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 place to live. Mrs.
George M. Pullman, widow Of the
great car builder. within the last year
has erected magnificent-no other
word fits-home on Sixteenth street.
Mrs Pullman has not occupied the
new house. Mr.. and Mrs. BakhmetieH
wanted to take the new structure off
Mrs. Pullman's hands for the time that
y - - L. T.