The Washington herald., 1913-02-01
Episcopal.

The following women. acting as A COM
! nittec: Mrs. Henry White. chairman;
Mrs. W. CorrOran Eustis Miss Gwynn.
Mrs. Henry Cabot Lodge. Mrs. E Roll
! Inns Morse. Mrs. Richard MulIigan: Mrs.
| William Rives. Mrs. George Vanderbilt,
| Miss Maude Wetmore. have organized a
] course OF lectures to be given at the Co
. lumbia Theater by the Rev. Edmund
Seyzinger, of the Community of the Res
! direction, Mirield. England. on "Contin-
uity. Doctrine. and Present Day Power
of the Anglican Church These lectures
, will be as follows: February H. The
/ Claims of the Anglican Church, Febru-
airy p. The Validity Of Anglican Or
ders: February % The Authority Of
the Church. March u. Church Ideals
in Social Life: Practical Outcome"
The Community of the Resurrection
( was founded in 1892. iby the present
Bishop of Oxford. Charles Gore The
aims of the community are: Ca) The re-
Vival of the religious life: Cb) mission
work at home and abroad; Cc) the supply
and training of the clergy
The members at MirfieId. England. are
engaged in teaching at the college, pre-
pairing candidates for holy orders reli--
ious literary work, preparing for church
instruction, at home and abroad. and
for holding retreats, missions in army,
navy. slums, prisons, and rescue homes
and for work in the foreign field.
4 call to he their rector has lust come
from Trinity Church. Asheville. N c.
to Rev. Canon helms. D. D. II IL not
known whether Canon helms will accept
the call. but it is a very fattering one,
as Trinity Church is easily first in i'm
portance and opportunities of usefulness
in that part of the country.
The annual series of I.enten lectures
under the auspices of the Churchman'S
League, will be given on Tuesday even
ings during Lent at O'Clock, in the
Church of the Epiphany. as follows:
February II. Socialism and the Cos
PEI" Rev. J. Howard Melish, Holy Trim
ity. Brooklyn, N. Y: February IS. The
New Democracy" Rev. Walter R Bowie
St Paurs, Richmond: February q. The
Name of the Church" Rev. Elliot White,
Grace. Newark. n. J.: March l. 0uau-
guration Day. no lecture: March Ii. THE
Name of the Church" Rev. Richard w.
Hogue, Ascension. Baltimore, Md.
AS usual these lectures are open to the
public. and the Churchman's League ex-
tends a cordial invitation to all TO at
tend.
The name of DIR. Howard A Kelly drew
an unusually large number of the mem
bers of the Churchman's League to the
Highlands last Monday night. The &C.
casion was the mid-winter meeting of
the league. DR.. Kelly's subject was
THE Church in Social Service" He
spoke for fifty-five minutes and COM
manded the closest attention through
out. He contended that if such evils
as the white slave traffic and the like
are to be effectively fought that the
church must be behind the movement.
Only by means of the church's action
interest and practical cooperation could
anything really be done and how much
that was DIR. Kelley showed by many
startling facts and figures.
Representative Redfield also spoke.
dealing with the same subject from the
economic STANDPOINT. The scanty wages
paid girls in factories-too often respon-
sible for their downfall-were economic
ally a mistake. The cheap worker was
a poor worker. Only by paying good
wages could good dividends be paid.
At the close of singularly helpful
meeting buffet supper was served.
The social service conference of the
Archdeaconry of Washington since its
organization in November. by means of
fortnightly meetings and much active
work on the part of its committees be-
tween meetings, has gone rapidly for
ward in various lines of social welfare
endeavor.
The committee on alleys, under the
energetic leadership of Col. John Van r.
Hoff, has made a survey of four of the
worst alleys In the District of Column
bia. one of them actually running not
into one but into four pockets, and full
of all manner of insanitary and immoral
conditions. In one OF these alleys-a
-g.s
backed up by the conference, will take
over and expand the work of an existing
social settlement and endeavor to regen-