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The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
VAN DYKE TELLS WHY
WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST

Women and children first" A thought
that has been in the minds of all in
these last days has been given classic
expression by DR.. Henry Van Dyke.
Why, he asks in a letter to the New
York Times, is this unwritten law of
the sea. so ingrained a tradition OF our
seamanship? ''On the average" he
writes, "a man is stronger than a wom-
an, he is worth more than a woman, he
has a longer prospect OF life than a
woman. There is no reason in all the
range of physical and economic science
no reason in all the philosophy of the
superman, why he should give his place
in the lifeboat TO a woman. Where
then, does this rule which prevailed IN
the sinking Titanic come from? Ii comes
from God, through the faith of Jesus OF
Nazareth. 1t is the ideal of seIf-sscritce.
1t is the rule that the strong ought to
bear the infirmities OF those that are
weak It is the divine revelation
which is summed up In the words:
Greater love hath no man than this, that
a man lay down his life for his friends.
The ideal that the strength of the
strong is given them to protect and save
the weak, the ideal which animates the
rule of Women and children rrst,' is in
essential harmony with the spirit of
NuE46L II "ildl ne SdlQ dDOul OUT r d.
ther in Heaven is true, this ideal is su-
premely reasonable. Otherwise It is hard
TO find arguments for It. The tragedy
OF facts sets the question clearly before
us. Think about it. Is this ideal to
survive and prevail in our civilization or
not? Without il, no doubt, we may have
riches and power and dominion. But
what a world to live in! Only through
the belief that the strong are bound to
nd ha II .Rdl
wills il so can we hope TO keep self
sacrifice, and love, and heroism, and all
the things that make US glad to live
and not afraid to die
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
Unrest Over Financial Methods.

AS a result OF InquiriNa made through
American Methodism there have just
been adopted by the Central New York
Conference a petition to the General
Conference to meet at Minneapolis next
month setting forth unprecedented un-
rest in Methodfsm over financial mat
ters. Bishop Cranston presented the Pc
tition, the study OF conditions having
been made by Methodist bishops author
ity. He said that fully 1000 men in po-
sitions to know the were conferred with.
The petition asks that the General Con-
ference '.....
l. Enter upon an exhaustive study OF
successful methods for the collection OF
benevolent and missionary funds.
. Either with or without a reduction
in number of organizations, immediate
steps be taken TO secure relief to the
churches.
T. Until some plan can be devised and
put into operation, some central author
ity. not the general missionary boards,
take charge and by some system Of ap-
portionment, bring distracting appeals
to an end, or as nearly to an end as
may be.
l. Prohibit special appeals that have
not been formally approved by official
bodies.
II was stated by the people who
adopted this petition that Methodism Is
near to q condition OF revolt. Ministers
are driven almost to the point OF resig-
nation. Spiritual power is wasted and in
consequence is on the wRne. II was
stated by Methodist leaders who attend
ed the meeting. and heard the petition
unanimously approved, that the situa-
ton is so serious that in their opinion
the inneapolisSeonference will be COM
PEELED to take some action.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
An Eminent Publisher.

The late DR.. Isaac Kaufman Funk.
head OF the publishing firm OF Funk &
wagnalls, of New York, through the
publications for whose origin and con-
duct he was responsible, exercised on
the evangelical ministry OF the United
States an influence scarcely surpassed
by any other one man. Born in Ohio,
he became a Lutheran minister, and
after a pastorate in Brooklyn organized
in 1873 the publishing house which has
since become famous His first under
taking was the Homiletic Monthly, later
known as the HCmiletic Review, which
has had among clergymen in the United
States a circulation never approached
by any other magazine specializing in
their profession. In 1883 DR.. Funk estab-
lished the Missionary Review of the
World. and In 1889 the Literary Digest,
both of which quickly became authori-
ties in their respective lines. He con-
ceived the Standard Dictionary of the
English language, and organized the re-
markable stan which created that Inn
portant work. He published also the
Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia Of Religious
knowledge, the Jewish Encyclopedia.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
Union Seminary and Heresy.

Conservatives are again bringing for
ward their guns to attack the liberal po-
sition held by many Presbyterians. The
target is Union Theological Seminary,
New York, and the place the General As
sembly. which meets in Louisville on
May 1s Last year. as some may recall,
a committee was named, with the Rev.
DR.. d. G. Wylie as chairman, to confer
with Unions president and professors
upon the subject OF theological teach
ings. and report at the Louisville as
semAy. No inlxling can be gotten Of the
nature of this report, but Il is known
that several conferences have been held.
The New York Presbytery has elected
President Francis Brown. OF the SEM
mary, a commissioner to Louisville, and
Prof. William Adams Brown an alter
nate.
The complaint Of the conservatives is
that there are going into the Presbyte-
rian ministry, chiefly through the New
York Prebytery. many young men whose
views on the Virgin Birth. on the raising
Of Lazarus from the dead, on the physl-
cal resurrection OF Christ, on the authen-
ticity Of the Gospel of st. John, and on
other cardinal doctrines held by the
Presbyterian Church. are unsound and
uncertain through instruction received
at Union. There is no way directly for
the General Assembly TO discipline In
ion Seminary since II is a wholly inde-
pendent institution. Upon its faculty
are the Rev. DR.. Charles A. Briggs. ac-
cused OF heresy. driven out OF the Pres
byterian church, and now an Episco-
palian, and the Rev. DR.. A. c. McGif-
fert, who was held to deny Christs d.
-vinity, was put out even by the New
York Presbytery, and is now a Congre-
gationalist.
Last year some New York conserva-
dves protested. and the outcome was
the committee to confer with President
Brown, of the Union. faculty. The chair
man OF the committee is himself a con-
servative Without regard to the nature
Of the report, Union Seminary will, II
conservatives can bring # about again,
get into the assembly this year on
heresy charges as affecting students
coming into presbyteries for ordination.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
TOPICS OF INTEREST IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD

and perhaps church boards be held, and
that regular II not always large gifts
ought TO be made. They reminded the
young man also that they spoke not so
much for gifts as they did 10 be of real
assistance in helping him to maintain
the traditions OF a wealthy and honor
able family name.
Half a dozen versions OF what actual
ly took place at the interview have been
given out. None is Of much importancs
beyond the fact that little appreciation
of the purport OF the visit was thought
to have been expressed by the young
man waited upon. Nothing to speak OF
came OF the interview and the offer.
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Is not known
to have given much money to charity
and less to Christian causes, n some
gifts 20 Yale are excepted. and he has
not taken time t. serve on any mission
boards as his father did,
Vincent Astor promises rather more.
The Astors are Episcopalians for gen.
erations, although the original Astor was
German, and Vincent is doubly re-
enforced in Christian ancestry and
Episcopal as well. through his mother.
The Willings. of Philadelphia, were long
active and liberal EpiscopaIians. Vim
cent Astor has been confirmed, and is
reported TO go, when at home in Rhine
UeCh' " SeLeoiduOhS VI VIC hOiS GUM
munion with regularity. He has had
little or no church life In New York
City, having lived most OF each year at
Newport or Rhinebeck, but he is said at
Cambridge TO have entered to some ex-
tent into the life which centers in Phil
lips Brooks House, the religious head
quarters OF the Harvard University.
Older men will make. at the proper
time, the same offer TO Astor that they
made to Vanderbilt. and with the same
helpful intention behind IT.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28

Miss Grace Elizabeth Bell Is repre-
sentative Of the claE Of pupil which
does well at Business, and Of the ex-
ceIlent work that Is done there. Miss
Bell was born in Brooklyn. n. T.. in 1ss1
She attended the Kindergarten In Brook
| lyn. When she was six years old she
VEN, with her parents to I've in Glas-
gov. Scotland, where she resided for
Ave years On their return to the Unit
ed States. where the family went to
Germantown, Pa There Miss Bell at
tended the F. ID. Pastoiu School Three
years ago. when the family came 70
Washington, Miss Bell entered Western
High School. Last year she entered
Business High School and Is taking the
three-year course.
This course comprises physics, English.
history, German. accounting. finance.
shorthand and typewriting. hat Miss
ReIl stands high in her school work Is
proved by the fact that she Is an honor
pupil and was awarded the bronze medal
for general proficiency.
Both Of Miss Bells parents are Of
Scotch birth. Her father has been con-
nected with Fairbanks & Co. for more
than fifteen years. and is in charge OF
the Maryland and Virginia businets of
that firm. A brother Of Miss Bell attends
Western High School and a sister follows
the professional course at the Normal
School.
Miss Annie Blackburn Nelson was
born in Virginia. October :. 1884 Her
father, James Nelson, vas born in Ire
land and came to the United States
when he was nine years old. He Is en-
ployed in the War Department
Miss Nelson was educated in the pub
lie schools of this city. and Is taking
the regular four-year course at Busi-
ness This includes English, German.
shorthand. typewriting, business organ
ization. government, Industrial prob
lens. and law.
Miss Nelson is not only well placed in
all of her class room work, but takes
an active part in athletics for which
the school is conspicuous. She Is the
captain OF the senior class basketball
team.
Does Bank Work.
Miss Mary Ruth FELTON, is the daugh-
ter OF Charles W. FELTON,. who Is con-
nected with the Farmers and Mechan-
les National Bank. OF Georgetown. She
was born in this city. November Is,
1895. and received her education in the
public schools OF Washington. She has
taken an active part in the school work
at Business. and il following the four
year course consisting OF English, Ger
man. shorthand, and civics.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
Ventilating the Proprietor!

Raymond Robbins, once OF the Klon-
dixie, now of Chicago, was one OF the
most effective speakers at the Christian
Conservation Congress. 1t is not hard
10 see why, when one reads in The Sur
vey'' how he brought a department store
to time. 1t was one of the largest in
the city, in some respects one Of the
finest in the world, but the air in its bar
gain department in the basement was
very bad. Mr.. Robbins took samples and
had them anaIyzed. Then he went to
the owner. This is what happened: II
said to the proprietor: Now, what will
you do about IT? Can you get ventila-
tbsn put into that department? 1t could
be done, but at considerable cost, be-
cause il was not done when the build
ing was constructed He said: We
can't do IT. Other stores are as bad:
/ said: Well, l am perfectly frank
with you; L am going 10 see that it is
done, and 1 will tell you how. The f1rst
thing 1 am going to try to get some
publication through the press and my
facts as the basis and he laughed.
said: I am gong to work this thing
up and get some true case and get a
doctors certificate. 1 will put this be-
fore the Citizens Club, and there VIII
be three or four hundred people there
and II Will get out and we VIII puDnsn
II through every trade union in the city
and through every church. II Will carry
the implication that the store is SO in
sanitary that TO buy bargains there you
take the chance of sickness. 1 took the
facts up with three owners OF three
newspapers. These three men looked the
facts over and made US prove every step
OF the way. Then they said: We will
authorize you to say that there Will ap-
pear simultaneously in our three papers
an editorial statement of the conditions
Of the air. with special references TO this
place / went back ana told the pro-
prietor. He said: 1 have considered
the matter, and we are going to put IN
the ventilation
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
Record of Business High School Since
Establishment in 1890 Has
Been Remarkable.

apprentice system in force in this coun-
try during which period Of life boys.
and girls too. were taught by their en-
ployers. This system persisted even to
later period than Is quite apparent.
For. while boys and girls were no long
er to be called apprentices the teach-
ing in business and trades went along
in much the same way.
In order to get a business training
twenty-five years ago It was necessary
TO leave school very early in life and
TO thus lose the opportunity OF getting
that higher education, the true value
Of which as q factor in success In life
everyone fully appreciates To meet this
handicap and 10 meet the conditions
which have existed since the complete
abolition Of the apprentice system the
load of the school has beeen steadily In
creased.
Added responsibilities have been ex-
acted and the school has been obliged TO
find way to meet them. One Of the
ways In which the educators have met
the situation Is the building up of a sys-
TEN OF business education and at the
same time get that cultural training in
other subjects which society demands.
EstabIfshed in 1890.
1t was in 1880 that Business High School
was established. with fits present prin-
cipal Allan Davis, at its head Hoy well
it has solved the problems Of supplying
advanced education to those who sought
a business career is well known to all
who have had even superficial knowl-
edge OF its work. Its effects are to be
seen in the successful business carers
Of its graduates. many OF whom are to-
day occupying high positions in Washing
ton professional. Commercial, and hnan-
cial circles, while many more have gone
out from Washington TO take high places
in the business world in other cities. The
early days were experimental and the
school was finding its place in the edu-
cational economy OF the city. In the
twenty-five years that Bas passed since
its foundation. Business High School has
faced and solved its problems with a
degree Of success that is eminently pleas
ing to the friends Of education and to
the business men Of the community who
well know its advantages.
The division of the school course into
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
Astor Name and Churchmanship.

William Vincent Astor. now head Of
the American branch OF the Astor fam
lily. and coming into control OF $3.50. 600 900,
is not yet Of age. He takes a keen in
terest, II is said by his rector, in Chris
tian work, and has done so for some
years. Often of late years his father,
Col John Jacob Astor. who went down
with the Titanic. attended church on
Sundays through the influence OF his
son Vincent. The father was a vestry-
man Of the Church OF the Messiah,
Rhinebeck-on-the-Hu church
which he built almost entire. VIncents
grandmother, the late Mrs. Astor. owned
a pew in st. Thomas Episcopal Church.
New York. and Col. Astor retained 1t.
He also owned a pew in Trinity Chapel,
New York.
Col. Astor was for some years a trus-
tee of the Cathedral OF st. John the d.
vine, New York. and gave $4,000 to-
ward its building fund of $3,5oo.OoO. He is
now declared TO have given much more
money to charities. even ito missions.
than was generally supposed. and his
fellow-vestrymen in Rhinebeck speak in
much higher terms OF him socially than
have men Of New York in late years
with whom he Las had business deal
ings. 1t is said the former really knew
the man, the latter did not.
1t ~ fact not generally known that
after Cornelius Vanderbilt died. and Al
fred Gwynne Vanderbilt came to be head
OF the family, with nearly the same
amount OF money in control as now has
Vincent Astor, some Christian men OF
New York. ministers and laymen,
sought an interview with him, and OBJ
tanned II. They reminded young Van
derbilt that the Vanderbilt name de-
manded that a reasonable number OF
memberships on missionary, charitable,
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28

Burghatz, in the very center Of Vienna
A special platform will be erected for
the Cardinal the Emperor. and the
princes. who will witness the professions
The Emperor Francis Joseph has accept
ed the position OF protector Of the Eu-
charistic Congress. On September Is the
grand procession will arrive at the Held
enplatz. 1t will proceed from the Ca
thedral of St Stephen. traverslng the
Ring and passing the Holfburg.
The streets and squares will be hand
somely decorated. On September 10 the
cardinal-legate sent by the Pope will
reach Vienna. Roman Catholic ladies
OF high rank will interest themselves in
the congress.
A committee has been formed under
the presidency of the Archduchess Maria
Annunziata. divided into six sections.
each of which will be presided over by
an archduchess. II has been definitely
stated that the Eucharistic Congress will
be held in Malta in 1913. II is believed
that the Archbishop OF Westminster.
Cardinal Bourne, will be the Pope's
legate on that occasion.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
Work for Men to Be Permanent.

The Conservation Congress OF the Men
and Religion Forward Movement proved
hardly half as large in numbers as the
Congress of Laymen's Missionary Move
ment, 1000 delegates in New York as
against 1900 in Chicago two years ago.
Ninety per cent were the very same
men. The Titanic news both hurt and
help the congress. 1t hurt IN publicity
and impress that II was able to make
upon the city, and it helped in the seri-
business of its message. The Sunday COW
cred by the congress dates. April q, was
perhaps the most remarkable one New
York ever went through. 1t was re-
markable along the very lines for which
the congress stood, but IL was the IT,
tanic disaster and not the congress that
had the public notice.
Indications at the close Of the con-
gress seem to be that the work is like
ly to be permanent to some extent Ru-
mors are heard of endowments for some
Of the lines, notably the Bible study and
the social service, and Of funds with
which to put the publicity plans into
working shape. Committees on cities, a
moderate proportion at least, report
themselves on a lasting basis Local
campaigns are In a way to become an
nual and some leaders OF teams may be
able to make annual tours. To the in
ternational committee Of the Y. NJ. G. A.
belongs the credit of carrying the move
ment through its first year. but there are
indications at its close that some other
organizations will now take hold in fact
as they have 50. far in name.
The real results claimed TO have been
attained thus far are several They are
first, a tremendous push to the schemes
of Christian unity. 1t is not felt that
organic unity has been much helped, but
II Is felt that working unity il much the
gamer. Second. there havs-been surveys
OF conditions that are of enormous value.
both in the facts revealed and in the
knowledge OF ways to get new facts Of
the same kind. And in the third place
the attention Of the non-Christian people
has been caught and held to some ex-
tent. Not much has been gained In def
mite plads for work. and not many of
the 100000 new men and boys have
been gotten into actual church member
ship. AS for money expended. II has
been considerable. but so far as can be
learned few unpaid debts remain. The
national committee is said TO have ex-
pended about s125, 900, the New York COM
mittee spent $500, and an aggregate Of
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28

4 two-year course and into four-year
period is an excellent way Of supplying
the needs OF its students. But the most
encouraging feature Of this division is
to be seen IN the number OF two-year
pupils who return to the school TO nnish
the four-year course after little time
spent In actual business. These have
gore into the business world and IN a
very short experience have come to real
ize by actual contact with that life
that business can supply DEFICIENCIES and
give an equipment the full value Of
which is not to appreciated without
a knowledge Of the demands that busi-
ness makes upon all who would sue
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvoR.

Sunday evening. at ] O'Clock. the Chris
tian Endeavor Society OF Ingram Me-
mortal Church. Tenth Street and Mas
sachusetts Avenue Northeast, viii be ad-
dressed by Miss Eta J. GIfin. assisted
by the well-known blind musicians, Miss
Catherine l. Grady. pianist; Miss z.
Louise Patterson, contralto, and Mr..
French S. Hufty. viollnist. Miss CHM.
who has been in charge OF the room for
the blind at the Library Of Congress for
a number Of years. has travelled very
extensively I'm the interest Of the blind.
She will take as her subject Literature.
Music. and Mechanical Appliances for
the Blind" At the close of her talk
specimens OF the books and machines
may be seen.
May walk for city children from
twenty families has been arranged by
the phiIanthropic committee OF the
Mount Pleasant Congregational Christian
Endeavor Society, for next Saturday,
May L The afierpoon win be spent in
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
Russian Archbishop Dead in Japan.

The famous Archbishop Nikolai, the
head Of the mission OF the Russian
Orthodox Church in Japan, is dead. The
work of the Russian Church in Japan
has not been particularly successful nor
wideseread, but Nikolai himself made a
tremendous impression in the country.
He was highly regarded by Protestan Mt
missionaries as a far more generous and
fraternal spirit than the average eccle-
siastic of the bigoted Russian Church,
He was also highly popular with the
pagan Japanese. When war broke out
between japan and Russia in 1904 the
archbishop continued to live quietly in
Tokyo, following his usual routine Of
religious work, and suffered not the
slightest molestation even when public
feeling against Russians in general de-
veloped unbounded bitterness. 1t was
In 1851 that Nikolai went TO Japan as
chaplain to the Russian consul. In 1S7I
he began missionary work among the
japanese. In 1850 he was made bishop,
and in 1907 archbishop. The great ca
thedral which he had built on one Of the
most conspicuous sites in Tokyo was
crowded TO the doors by the most rep
resentatiye men of the city and mission
aries Of the Protestant churches on the
occasion. of the prelate's funeral
The Next Eueharistic Congress.
, The Eucharistic International Con-
gress win meet at Vienna from the 18th
to 18th OF September. Cardinal Nagl
presided at a recent meeting of the COM
mittee Of arrangements The 18th Of
September is the anniversary Of the day
on which King Sobie1Cy. in 1sss having
taken the holy communion, moved his
troops toward Vienna for the memor-
able battle in which the Turks were
conquered.
The 18th Of September is the Feast OF
the Name OF Mary, which was specially
established in memory Of the liberation
of Vienna from the power Of the Mus,
sulman. The meetings Of the important
congress will be held In the Ausserer-
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
Waldensian Aids Annual.

Rev. Henry Collin Minton, d. D., Of
Trenton, n. J., ex moderator Of the gen.
eral assembly Of the Presbyterian
Church, U. S. A, VIII visit Washington
for the purpose Of addressing the Wash
ington Branch OF the American waId-
ensiRn Aid Society at its annual meet
ing. Tuesday morning. April 30, at II
o'clock. in New York Avenue Presby-
terian Church, Thirteenth and H Streets
DR.. Minton has just returned from a
visit 10 Italy. where he studied the work
and investigated the condition OF the
old Protestant Evangelical Church Of the