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The Washington herald., 1913-09-07
CANADIAN CHURCH UNION
"FOR GOD AND CANADA" CRIES
ny ]. A. MACDONALD,
Editor Of the Toronto GIob<)

The movement for the organic union Of
the Presbyterian, the Methodist and the
Congregational churches in Canada
seems, for the moment. to be in an eddy.
There is no. reaction. There is no change
Of sentiment The undercurrent, as indi-
Gated by significant surface manifesto
TONS is positively forward. But, looked
at from the Observers standpoint, the sit
uation, by its very quietness, suggests
that the great body of the people scarcely
appreciate the fact that a ver.- tremen-
dous thing is about to happen.
1t is tremendous thing-the prospec-
tive union Of these three great forces for
religion and morality in the life of Cam
ada. 1t is bigger thing, more potential,
more far-reaching than anything in the
policies and programs OF Parliament.
They deal with the raiment and the body;
1t has to do with the life and the soul
of the nation. Canada's prestige tomor-
row will depend not merely on its natural
resources or the output of its factories,
but far more on its people, their ideals.
their standards Of duty, the purposes that
organize their life and the olives that
through them drive the wide activities of
the nation. If there is falsity and indeci-
sion at heart, the nerve of Parliament
will be numbed, and. all history being
witness, Canada can never be endur:ngly
great among the nations
Making all due allowance for the argu-
The Washington herald., 1913-09-07

vote efficient study to the thoughts and
beliefs of others, and earnestly TO try to
understand them" In this way, as NJ
BoutrouX added, We will get religion to
respect science, and we will get science
TO refrain from trying eternally to
weigh things spiritual in material scales" 1"
If the contrast between philosophy and
religion was intaresting, the contrast be
tween two forms of religion was also in
teresting-for instance, between the Jew
ish and Christian form. The Rev. DR.. Step
hen S. Wise. rabbi OF the New York
City Free Synagogue, addressed the con
gress on this subject. DR.. Wise pointed
out that the congress showed anew how
Jew and Christian can worship together.
and. for his own communion, expressed
the opinion that the Jews ought to re-
assign Jesus to his proper place in Jew
ish life, even though they might be
charged by their fellow-Jews with at
tempting too much, and by the Chris
tians with attempting too little. When
1t came TO the feature of the congress.
the debate on the question, rs a Uni
versal Religion Possible or Desirable?" a
ma jority OF members were Of the opinion
that the establishment OF a universal
religion was not necessary. But the
members unanimously pronounced the
present congress a real step toward re-
ligiouS unity.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-07

leaders, but by the rank and file Of the
people. Essentially it is a peoples move
ment.
And as a peoples movement II needs
not dictation, but leadership. Its lead
ership must not be that Of a few theo-
rists or dogmatists, but rather the lead
ership of vitalizing ideas released and
made potent in the minds of the COM
mon people. Everything must be in the
open and above board. Discussion is its
life What danger there may be is not
in aggression. but in stagnation
spark must disturb the clod-the dis
turbing spark of a new idea Sin and
evil and vice are not personal merely;
they are becoming socialized. II is ma
tonal character tat is in danger The
nation also must be saved To meet
this very real crisis the church must
match itself with the new grooves of
the nation. Many other things il must
also do, but If in this thing II falls
short or turns back il will not answer
the supreme call Of this generation.
Therefore IL is that the old shibboleths
For God and the Westminster Divines."'
and For God and the Wesleys" are
being caught up into the new slogan Of
the Canadian Church militant, For God
and Canada" The fire OF that new re-
ligious enthusiasm will quicken the
pulses of the people. When the negotia-
tions are over, the forces will be ready.
As the German Emperor would say,
While negotiating, mobilize"
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government must in ever-increasing
measure proceed against the degraded
promoters of this commercialism, for
their activities are interstate, and
the nation can often deal with them
more effectively than the States, al
though, as public sentiment becomes
aroused, nation, State, and municipality
! will all cooperate toward the same end
OF roofing out the traffic. But the prime
need is to raise the level of individual
morality; and, moreover, to encourage
early marriages and strict sense Of re-
ciprocaI conjugal obligations. The wom-
en- who preach late marriages are by
Just so much making It difficult to better
the standard OF chastity.
Worse Than Murder.
As regards the white slave trafic. the
men engaged in 1t, and the women, too.
are far worse criminals than any ordi-
nary murderers can be. For them there
is need OF such a law as that recently
adopted in England through the efforts
OF Arthur Lee, NJ. p, a law which in
cludes whipping for the male offenders.
There are brutes so low. so infamous, so
degraded and bestial in their cruelty and
brutality that the only way to get at
them is through their skins. Sentiment
tality on behalf of such men is really al
most as unhealthy and wicked as the
criminalty of the men themselves. Ny
experience is that there should be no
federation of any ''tenderloin" or red
light" district, and that, above all, there
should be the most relentless war on
commercialized vice. The men who profit
and make their living by the depravity
and the awful misery of other human
beings stand far below any ordinary
criminals, and no measures taken against
them can be too severe.
socfety's Duty.
AS for the wretched girls who follow
the dreadful trade in question, a good
deal can be done by a change in econom-
10 conditions. This ought TO be done.
When girls are paid wages inadequate
to keep them from starvation, or permit
them TO live decently, a certain propor-
ton are forced by their economic mis-
cry into lives OF vice. The employers and
all others responsible for these conditions
stand on a moral level not far above the
white slavers themselves. But II is a
mistake to suppose that either the cor
rection of these economic conditions or
the abolition of the white slave trade
will wholly correct the evil or will even
reach the major part OF it The eco
nomic factor is very far from being the
chief factor in inducing girls to go into
this dreadful life. AS with so many
other problems, while there must he gov
ernmental action, there must also be
Strengthening of the average individual!
character in order TO achieve the desired
end. Even where economic conditions
are bad, girls who are both strong and
pure will remain unaffected by tempta-
tiOns to which girls of weak character
or lax standards readily yield. Any man
who knows the wide variation in the pro-
portions of the different races and ma
tionalities engaged in prostitution must
come TO the conclusion that it is out OF
the question 10 treat economic conditions
as the sole conditions or even the chief
conditions that determine this question.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-07
Brotherhood of the Kingdom
Plans New Social Epaneel

lar question OF social conviction OF stn
would have a place.
Two other addresses, treating Of the
social spirit Of Christianity and the Re
lation OF the Brotherhood Of the King
dom OF Socialism" were by Prof Wal
ter Rauschenbusch, OF Rochester Theo-
logical Seminary, and the Rev. DR.. Will
lam II. Gardner, OF Nutley.
1t was pointed out by both speakers
that the churches and all interested in
social reconstruction were indebted 10
socialism for its criticism Of the present
social order. Socialism has an ethical
idealism, attractive to those who are
seeking to advance the social thought
OF Christianity, and it has also much
of the fervor and enthusiasm Of a re-
hgious character. Elements OF this kind
1t was shown, are faith, hope, a sacri-
fetal spirit. a passion for righteousness
and determination rivaling that Of the
perseverance of the saints" It was
also maintained that economic determin-
ism is only a partial explanation of
social phenomena That which gives ef-
fectiveness to the economic course Of
things is spiritual determination, in
which many Socialists are lacking.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-07
STUDY OF HEADS.

The study Of heads reveals some inter-
esting facts One is that the left side Of
the head is almost always larger than
the right, due, 1t is aid. to the universal
practice of using the right hand more
than the left, says the Strand Magazine.
Another curious point is that nationality
considerably affects the shape OF the
head. 1t would surely be an interesting
subject for a biologist to explain why It
is that the nearer the equator a race re-
sides the rounder the heads become. No
one needs reminding of the round. bullet
shaped skull of the negro, but the halter
Will assure US that Frenchman head
is rounder than an Englishman's, and
similarly an Englishman's rounder than
a Scotchman's. The average Scots head
tapers considerably toward the front,
narrows at the temples, and becomes
square and prominent at the forehead.
German heads, on the average, are
rounder than English. and broader at the
back, like the Scotch, but scarcely as
narrow.
The SIavonic head is narrow in front
and very broad at the back. When the
recent peace conference took place in
London a few months ago the first thing
that the delegates Of the Balkan States
did on arrival vas to call on Messrs.
Heath with demand to be Immediately
fitted out with the top hats that their
new position nscessitated. and that IA
nous firm was well nigh nonpiused to
provide, at instant notice, hats OF % To-
tally unused shape.
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misdirected the energy Of the child. not
for him or his good. but for the tradition,
for the people who turned the cranks ami
did the grinding.
Tony's brother came to plead 70: him.
you remember, judge, when I was up
for the same thing twelve years ago."
why so you were, Angelo. How old
are you? What are you doing now?"
I'm twenty-five now. judge. You see,
you let me quit school when was in the
sixth grade. I just couldn't get along
there, and you let me go to work. I'm
married now, and. say, judge, you just
ought to see our baby"
That's fine, Angelo. We certainly had
a time of it, didn't we?''
The battery is looking on with disgust
The owls are hooting.
Yes" says Angelo; st can't thank
you enough for what you did for me.
If you will only give Tony another
chance like you did me. He isn't really
bad. He Just won't stay in school.
When he gets out he just has to do
something. They won't let him go to
work, so he gets into mischief and then
into trouble. But please don't send him
up, Judge"
Now, of course, the teacher wanted to
do the right thing. So did all of the
battery. 1t was not a matter of their
good will, or even of their intelligence,
but of tradition-of silly educational GUS
tom like that Of the Chinese.
I can imagine a little girl brought be-
fore a juvenile court in China.
''She wont keep the bandages on"
says the prosecutor. She tears them
off and runs out into the street. She is.
bright enough and knows that it is all
wrong"
There is nothing to do but send her
up" chimes the Chinese battery. 'Of
course, judge, you will insist upon having
her feet bound. Hasn't it been done for
a thousand years? This court has been
established to defend the traditions of
great people-our ancestors. who are
now dead. The children. Oh. that is
different"
Poor teacher. Poor battery. Victims
all, rather than culprits; as much to be
The Washington herald., 1913-09-07

question was a huge pithecoid lout Of a
creature, with a wooden face and a re-
ceding forehead. and his accuser whom
he had arrested the preceding evening
was little grig OF a red-heAded man,
obviously respectable, and almost inco-
herent with rage. The anger of the lit
tie red-headed man was but natural. for
he had just come out from a night in
the station-house. He had been arrested
late in the evening on suspicion that he
was a policy-player. because of the two
rows OF figures on a piece OF paper which
he held in his hand, and because at the
time Of his arrest he had just stepped
into the entrance OF the hall of a tene-
ment house in order to read by lamp
light. The paper was produced in evi-
dence. There were. three rows of fig
ures, all right, but, as the accused ex-
planned, hopping up and down with rage
an excitement, they were all Of them the
numbers of hymns. He was the super
intendent OF a small Sunday-sChool. He
had written down the hymns for several
future services, one under the other, and
on the way home was stopping to look
at them, under convenient lamp posts,
and finally by the light of the lamp in
a tenement house hallway; and it was
this conduct which struck the sagaCious
man in uniform as suspicious
Vice and Law.
One Of the saddest features of police
work is dealing with the social evil, with
prostitutes and houses of i'll fame. In
so far as the law gave me power, al
ways treated the men taken in any raid
on these houses precisely as the women
were treated. My experience brought me
TO the very strong conviction that there
ought not to be any toleration by law
of the>vice. I do not know of any meth
cd which will put a complete stop to the
evil, but 1 do know certain things that
ought TO be done TO minimize it. One of
these is treating men and women on an
exact equality for the same act. An
other is the establishment OF night courts
and OF special commissions 10 deal with
this special class of cases. Another is
that suggested by the Rev. Charles Stel-
Zle, OF the Labor TempIe-tO publish
the name OF the owner
of any property used for immoral pur-
poses, after said owner has been noti-
fed of the use and has failed 10 prevent
it. Another is to prosecute the keepers
and hackers of brothels, men and wom-
en-, as relentlessly and punish them
as severely as pickpockets and common
thieves. They should never be fined;
they should be imprisoned. AS for the
girls, the very young ones and first Of
tenders should he put in charge of pro-
baton officers or sent to refoTmatories,
and the large percentage of feeble-mind-
ed girls and of incorrigible girls and
women should be sent to institutions
created for them, and thereby remove
from this hdeous commerce the articles
of commerce. Moreover, the Federal
The Washington herald., 1913-09-07
School Lessons by Motion Pic.
lures Would Keep Tony
from "Playing Hockey"
and Going Wrong.
BY BEN b. LINDSEY,

Judge Of the Juvenile Court Of DenTI)
Exclusive Service The Survey Bureau.
Tony would not go TO school. He was
a chronic truant in spite of all threats
of reform school. What difference did
that make to him? He was already in
jail-when he went 10 school. Fear of a
policeman was as nothing compared to
his fear OF the least common multiple
and the greatest common divisor. He
could not help it," he was always say
ing when he failed.
Finally he couldn't stand it any longer
to have the boys and girls in school
laughing at him, as he stood dumbly at
the blaCkboard-he, the leader of a gang!
He bolted, stole some brass from a
fright car, sold it to the ragman, saw
moving picture show, and was of for
the mountains that seemed to rise to the
clouds just at the foot of the street
He nearly froze TO death sleeping in a
box car, and was carried away to Lin
coin, Nebr. There he got "pinched by de
cop" and they brought him back to Den
Yer to my school, the Juvenile Court.
Tony is just hopeless said his
teacher, truant officer, a railroad
policeman, a probation officer, a plain
clothes man-the whole battery lined up
against him. IT'S the third or fourth
time. Is it possible the judge won't
send him up? Is he going TO encourage
crime like this? Just listen to that kid
this, as Tonys fearful pleas rose above
wagging tongues and shaking heads
Il couldn't help it, judge. 1 just
couldn't help 1t. l dunno why did it."
But" chimes in teacher, or tIuant
officer, some member of the battery, we
told him that if he did it again he surely
would go TO the State Industrial School
for Boys. And he can help ii if he
wants to. He is one of the brightest
boys in school Don't be easy with him.
There are SO many others like him."
Tony was mischievous indeed. Now,
by law and fate he was criminal His
eyes were full of tears, but as roguish
as when he first beat it from de cops"
was saying to myself what I coula
not say out loud: Tony, you poor little
victim. This whole wretched system
should be here before the bar of justice,
not you. How I would like to try tiff
it did not get change of venue on the
ground of prejudice"
How cruel 1t was, this system that
chained him TO desk, forbade him even
whisper, wiggle or a giggle-Woul1
not let him break out with a spontan-
eous question or laugh. 1t stifed and
The Washington herald., 1913-09-07

The conference of the Brotherhood OF
the Kingdom, which closed four days
sessions last week at Marlborough, n.
Y, was more largely attended than at
previous conferences for several years.
New plans were formed for propaganda
work.
Especially was il believed that new
chapters should be formed in some Of
the larger cities. Previously no effort
had been energetically to establish
chapters, so that only four charters have
been thus far issued by the general
body for the New York City, Los An
geles, Cal; Boston and Rochester, n. Y,
chapters.
Correspondence between a committee
Of this organization and religious lead
ers in England, France, and Germany
has brought inquiry about the principles
and aims OF the organization here, with
view of developing similar movements
abroad, 1t was reported. In England and
France are the beginnings of such a
movement
1t has been decided by the brotherhood
OF the Kingdom to establish a library
composed OF books, pamphlets, and re-
ports written by its members. Though
organized twenty years ago, a consid
cradle literature has developed along the
lines of social construction and the spirit
ual Interpretation of history and human
experience. Some OF these books have
had a wide sale, as the works Of Prof.
Walter Rauschenbusch, the late the Rev.
DR.. William Newton Clarke, OF Colgate
University, and the Rev. DR.. Josiah
Strong. One Of the subjects of the pres
ent conference, The Racial Question"
was by DR.. Strong. This paper is to be
incorporated in one of the books under
preparation, entitled Our World" The
first volume has been issued and the
whole work has grown out of a sugges-
ton made at the time Our Country"
was written by DR.. Strong about twenty
five years ago.
The chief theme Of the conference was
Social Evangelism" and subjects re-
lated to it. This theeae was opened by
the Rev. W. W. Barker, Of Pawling,
n. Y, who outlined the differences be-
tween evangelism Of the individualistic
type and the evangelism that takes ac-
count Of the relationships of mem here
and now. There is a social gospel he
pointed out, that is not being given its
proper emphasis in the general social
reconstruction now under way. In the
course OF the discussion the question was
raised, How, in the use of the social
gospel, can conviction Of sin be pro-
duced2" Consciousness of sin is an in
dividual matter, II was held by some
Strong pointed out that the theology of
the social gospel had not yet been de-
veloped. and when it was this particu-
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pitied as Tony. Like him. they might
say: We can't help tive just can't
help it,
The Judge might say: "Yes; know
IL, poor little teacher. But we can't say
IL out loud-at least, you can't, for ira
dition might have II in for you. But
am sorry for you. How long must you
wander in the darkness OF your inheri-
tance-in your institutionalism? You
could not turn on the light IL you would
you can't reach the switchboard. But
some one can; some one must reach that
switchboard, II you are to save Tony.
1 can send him to the reform school
by the DEGREES OF the same tradition,
but what good will 1t dor
The case goes on. Tony is ever coming
back again. and always will be until
some one reaches that switchboard.
am not surprised that Mr.. Edison is the
man. 1t is just like him. He is coming
to the rescue of Tony. He is going TO
make Tony run away to go to school
He will take Tony away from me, put
him in a school that is not a school at
all. but just one big game-just one
round OF joy. Of play, of gladness, of
knowledge, OF sunshine, warming the
cells in Tony's head until they all open
up as the flowers do. They have been
chilled so long that they almost shriv-
eled up and died. They will be some
thing moving, something doing at that
school all the time, just as there is when
Tony goes down 10 the tracks to see the
engines
When tell him about It all Tony
shouts, 'Hooray for Mr.. Edison" right
in front OF the battery, just as he used
to say, Ito he'll wild de cop"
We are just awakening 10 our FOOLS
ir.SfiHa which hau g.
the community. traditionalism. fnstitu-
tionalism, the PhiIistines OF the world,
were to blame for Tony's offense. We
never arraigned them before the bar OF
justice. You think it is not felt by
Tony and his kind? 1t is. Perhaps un-
consciously. but it is felt Since the
world began, ignorance and violence
have begotten ignorance and violence.
Men have been pointing the way for a
generation, but there has been so much
pointing and so little travelling. Now the
procession is forming. getting ready for
one grand march to the music of the
new education. Even the Juvenile Court
will go to the junk heap, as it ought to.
1t was a thousand times better than the
old Criminal Court and Jail, worth all
1t cost and more. But at best il was
only a poor expedient, one Of the pallia-
tives, forever recording effects. It's
greatest service has been in showing up
the causes, pointing the way. urging
men TO march against institutionalism
and tradition.
Interest is everything in the child's
life. He plays harder than he works
because he is interested in his play.
That is all. He will work as hard as he
plays IL he is interested in his work.
Mr.. Edison has found the way. report
for duty under him.