The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-08

lowed to dry up. has been filled with
planted there. 1t is wrong to eat OF
the fruit OF the tree.
III Mahomet taught this. II was 70
emphasize the difference between
Christianity and Islam. The Koran
acknowledges Christ as one OF the
hottest OF Messiahs and credits Him
with even far greater and more nu-
merous miracles than are contained in
the gospels. 1t halls Him as q w.n.
derful prophet. but IT Insists thar lie
assembled living TO heaven. and that II
was bogus Messiah. who r.eens,lcd
Him. who was crucihed. and whose
followers invented for Him the doc:
trine OF the resurrection. The Mos
lens also ascribe the sacraments TO
this pseudo Messiah, declaring that
Jesus would neve: have turned any
thing SO unclean as tho juice of the
graLo to q religious uSv. In fact, the
Moslems are taught to be;ieva THAT the
story o. the Last SUPPER and Of the
crucihNion are akotnnao.a calumnjrs
upon the iifc Of one OF their Il, ly mc:.
For this reason the Turks make Ipo
distinction whatsoever between those
VINO drink wine and those who. as n
matter Of principle and from motives
OF total abstinence, drink grape Juice
The consumption OF the expressed
juice OF the grape is one Of the most
deadly sins, as grave as the murder III
a Fellow believer, and. OF course, in
hnitely more heinous than the killing
OF Christian or OF a Jew
1t MUST be remembered that when
Mahomet created Islam, he aimed not
only at the conversion of the Chris
tians. but also at the conversion Of
the teeming population of India. where
the culture of the vine, and the juice
or the grape. formed part of their
various religious ceremonies. 1t was.
as have stated above. to emphasize
the difference between Islam and these
other faiths that he laid SO, much
stress on the subject OF the unclean-
ness Of the grape
Curiously enough, however, Maho-
met anathema does not extend TO
grape juice when consumed direct
from the skin OF the fruit The
trouble begins when the Juice of a
mixed together before passing the
lips.
Automobiles and handsomely turned
out carriages and horses are not
sine qua non for ambassadors on or
binary occasions. and providing the
new American an bassador to the court
~ use OIL VIGIL APP
pointed pirate conveyance when he
drives to buckingham Palace or to
ST. James's Palace. for state functions,
no exception Will be taken TO his
more ordinary means OF conveyance
ar other times. He can perfectly wen
take taxicab or even a motor omni-
bus write this in response to in
quiries from a couple OF my readers.
one in Chicago and the other in New
York.
In London. Princess Louise OF
Scbleswig- Holstein who ranks as
member of the reigning family. and a
granddaughter of Queen Victoria.
niece of Queen Alexandra, and first
cousin of King George. is frequently
to be met In an omnibus, while In
Paris ] used often 10 sec old Prince
Clovis Hohenlohe, when German am
bassador. riding on the top OF the
bus connecting the Rue de Lille, in
which the German embassy was sit
uated and the Lac st. Fargeau. where
he used to lunch or dine in one OF the
restaurant gardens there. Yet Prince
Clovis Eohe nlohe. afterwards chancei-
lor OF the German empire and Gov
ernor OF Alsace-Lorraine, who had al
SO been Prime Minister of bavaria,
was one OF the grandeat of foreign
mobiles who had ever made his home