Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1912-01-11
Washington People Regularly
Go 10 Divine Worship.
MANY DIPLOMATS CATHOLICS
Speaker Clark Belongs to the Chris
tlan Denomination - President
Taft, Though q unltsrIsn.
Claims Afhllstlon With
the Eplseopallans-
~ GEORGE CLINTON.

tal city people are church going. u
Ia barely possible that certain per
oentAge OF the officials 90 TO church
regularly because they are In public
life and because the ehureh-goer 10
likely 10 be looked upon BY the PEG
pie as a desirable citizen. The resi-
dent part OF the city's population 10
church going by heredity. for a large
part OF II comes from Virginia or from
Maryland. whsre attendance at re-
ligious service has been the unintef'
rupted order since colonial days
Tho EpiscopallAns are strong 10
Washington Their churches are e''
srywhere. and in every one attendance
10 large The Methodists In the eap''
tai are many. Their churches are
nllsd TO overfowing and they are q
strong factor in the religious lie Of
tho community. Tho Presbytsrians
and the Baptists are strong. and the
Luthsrans are far more numerous
than ono would expect TO end them IN
q non AfTmAn touhhhuiV'
The Roman Catholics are strong nu'
mericAily and particularly strong In
eallbsr. n the word may be used. OF
their parishionera A large part oil
the diplomatic colony attends Roman
Catholic worship. The southern Euro
peAn diplomats and practically all ths
Central and South American diplo
mats and their families are worship
pers al 81 Mathews or 81 PAtriek'
or 81 Augustinea
Roesssslt's Church Floorishsa
The little German Reformed church
on Fifteenth street. which VAS attend
I'd By Mr.. Roosevelt when be vn
prpsldsnI IL today In . houriAhins
condition. There we're people who
though, that after Mr.. Roosevelt, re
/ tired the congregations would fall on
but they are stlll large. and the pa
I rishiouers feel that they were JUST
fed IN building q new church which
vas opened soon after Mr.. Roosevelt
came TO Washington As president
Former Vice President and Mrs
Fairbanks are Methodis,s and whil'
they wers in Washington they attend
cd the Metropolitan Methodist Episoo
pal church in which General Gran
and Mckinley when they we're presi
dents Of the united States held pew
Champ Clark. speaker Of the hous
Of Representatives.. belongs TO tn
Christian. or a. II 10 frequently called
the Campbeillte church. Mr.. CLARK u
credited With once saying that tw'
thinss were necessary Tor complete
happiness OF mind membership II
tho Campbsllits church And in th,
Democratic party
SO much has been written abou
the church which President Taft Al
tends that Il Is seemingly almost use
less 10 search FOR anything new
might he said. however that Will
Mr. TAFT 10 CnltArisn. he feels b
has sort OF \ s,ephrothsr's RICH
"a attond the Episcopal church II
goes occasionally with bis wl!e 10 III
historic church Of 81 John. know
herv sometimes as the church Of N
president and IT other tines i0cos,
" as the church ~ state. Mr. Tat
bases bis claim 20 halfway metnoet
ship tn tho Episcopal church on IN
fact that when be used 20 spead hi
vacations At Murray Bay Canada, b
xas the trustee there ~ a summe
eot0ny church which vas unto
church. but which sa~ many NOR
Episcopal services than Il did thos
OF any other denomination
on the supreme Rench Of the TINT
sa states there are two mem htrs {
the Roman Catholic church, Chief Iur
slco white ana Associate Justice NJ,
kenna Associate Justice Harlan
who died rocentIy, vas enc Of the ~
lara Of the Presbyterian church In u
capital. He Was Interested In a
linea az church eRdeayor and wor
among young men Was one Of his hol
, htes Associate Justice Hughes is
: BAPTIST and with bis wife regularl
attends Baptist services In Washing
: ton Associate Justice oliver Wei
dali Holmes. tike President Taft, ia
Unitarian. He frequently attend A
Souls Church where the presldeI
worshlps. Associate Justice Lurtc
= ls an Episcopalian and for many year
= was a warden in q Tennessee churc
. OF the Episcopal faith,
Bakhnsstctf Ia Fairbanks House.
MI. George Bakhmcttefi. master {
the imperial court aud ambassadc
extraordinary and minister pienip
= Tertiary from Russia TO the Unite
States, has had bard time Of
! trying to End place TO live Mr.
d George NJ. Pullman, widow Of II
!. great car builder. within the last yes
!, has erected magnlfcent--no oth'
word fta-home on Sixteenth stree
n Mrs. Pullman has not occupied Il
j new house. Mr. aud Mrs Bakhmetie
q wanted TO take the new structure Q
( Mrs Plllmans hands for the time TIL
> the ambassador Ia to represent h
"a country here, but Mrs. Pullman elth'
& said mo-" or put on price restriction
or something else which made Il
D Bakhmetieffs look elsewhere,