The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-16
SCRAP BOOK FOR TO-DAY

Although to some extent divided on questions of leadership, Christian Sci ent1sts are in thorough accord in cell ebrating to-day, in spirit, the ninety
 second anniversary of the mortal birth of their spiritual mother Mary
 of her followers, Mrs. Eddy is as much
 alive to-day ever. and many disct-
 ples of Christian Science firmly believe
 she will soon reappear on earth.
 Mrs. Augusta B. Stetsons of New York, who has proclaimed herself the
 successor of Mrs. Eddy and is leading
 fight to gain control of the sect, is
 one of the prophets who predict the
 second coming of the founder of
 Christian Science.
 1T believe that what was possible to
 man, His reappearance in the world,
 after seeming death, can be possible to
 woman,'' is the remarkable statement
 attributed to Mrs. lStetson. Mrs. Ed
 dy's individual identity is an emana-
 ton of the principle of being-the
 great causation is creative thought force. She has always existed and
 she will continue to exist forever as
 an ideal of God. When I state that
 Mrs. Eddy never died refer to her divine selfhood. The human, mater ial personality has disappeared from our material view. For a time Jesus so disappeared but he rose to dem onstration over the human thought
 which embodied itself in flesh. and
 through the power of his Christ con- sciousr1ess manifested Himself. Would you deny g. woman who has learned
 Jesus method of destroying the false thoughts which caused disease and
 death, the spiritual ability to pnove her teachings as Jesus proved His by manifesting himself to the world ?"
 In the dfngy cafes of the lower east side of Manhattan island the s'piker" gamblers. gunmen and crooks of the American metropolis will gather to- night for g little celebration. Farther uptown, in the gi1ded fttender1oin, the gilded resorts will be the scenes of more pretentfous sblowouts-" This is an important anniversary for the denizens of Gotham's underworld, for 1t was just a year ago to-day that Her man Rosenthal was bumped off. " Rosenthal was a gambler who, by running to the district attorney with his troubles had violated the first commandment of the underworld. Thou shalt not sQueal.' He was threatening further exposures when he was assassfnated in the streets Of New York by men who escaped in an automobile, sensationa1ly referred to as a murder car.''
 Tn the year that has passed much water has run under the mill. Police 1 Lieut.. Charles Becker, who was con victed of instigating the crime. is now in prison under sentence of death. His l appeal from the verdict will be argued next October. Four gunmen with nov el names will not attend to-night's festivities, for they are also behind the bars awaiting the brief trip to the electric chair. if their appeal, also to 1 be decided next Autumn, fails of it's purpose. Four other former distin-i guished citizens of the underworld | will also remain away from the cir cles in which they once moved, for they, too, by playing the tnformers | at the Becker trial, broke the unwrit- ten law, Thou shalt not squeal." Nine | will scarcely be missed, however among so many hundreds enrolled in "croaking'' of Rosenthal will doubt less be f1ttingly celebrated.
 The first step toward the founding of Washington as the capital cjty of the United States was taken 123 years the District of Columbia as the seat of government. In the following year President Washington appointed Thos. Johnson. Daniel Carroll and David Stuart commissioners to survey the federal district The city of Versailles, France. was chosen as a model for laying out the capital, at first called Federal City" but soon changed to City of Washington Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant, F'renchman. drew up the plan for the city, and. although he was dismissed. his scheme was car ried out by Andrew E1licot. There was much rivalry among various cit es for the honor of becoming the cap tai of the republic. Kingston, N. Y., Annapolis, Md, and g. point below the falls of the Delaware in New Jersey, were suggested as desirable sites. The shoice of the District of Columbia