East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-12

they threw the box and bundle away
Another boy poked the bundle That
was fate again, unmistakable, knock
Ing at the door this time. The bum
die revealed the baby. The boys
thought the youngster dead and were
for leaving It and running away.
when one of the boys insisted on TAX
ing the baby to nearby undertaker's
shop. Fate again. The undertaken
found signs of life and hurried the
baby to a hospital, where the little
fellow soon revived and proved to be
sound IN every way. The child has
not been identified.
The multitudes of greater New
York now have Daily Temple, the
doors of which will never close and
In which religions OF every denomina-
tion and sect may hold services and
discussion. The little unpretentious
building in East Thirty second street
was made possible by the enterprise
and generosity OF Miss Elizabeth
knopf and will be Opendaily and
nightly the year through. Catholics.
EpiscOpalians, Methodists, Baptists
Presbyterians. United Brethren. Uni
tarians. Chistian Scientists, Buddhists.
CONTIGUOUS followers Quakers. Seven
Day Adventists, Latter Day Saints
any and every kind of believers will
hold meetings in the Daily Temple. 1t
Is the plan OF the promoters to make
the unique chapel a sort of religious
clearing house, where devotees Of va
rious sectsand beliefs may meet and
discuss their varying creeds and ten
nets.
An instance of the kind for which
the Daily Temple was built occurred
on the night of its formal opening
y hen w. T. Wei. Chinese student in
Columbus University read from the
writings of confusius and discussed
them. He was followed Immediately
by Miss hnopf's young woman secre-
tary who read several chapters from
Isaiah. Viewed Eyeub. young
Turk studying In Columbia University.
then read from the Khoran. He in
y
who read from the chapters of St
Paul. offsettng the Mohammedan
readings. as her chapters from Isiah
were opposed to the teachings of Con-
fusius, read by the Chinese student.
Miss Knopf then read from Robert
G. Ingersoll's "A Vision of the Fu-
ture"
For the present the Daily Temple
viii hold nightly meetings for the dis
cussion OF announced subjects picked
cut by Miss Knopf: that is one week
Will be devoted to the discussion of
each subject. the same topic being ta-
ken up each night in the week. But
after the initial discussion, the meet
ing viii be open to all who desire to A.,
say anything. The voluntary speak
ers may discuss any phase of any re-
ligion that appeals to them. "The
Daily Temple IL my gift TO all who
want to use It," Miss Knopf said |
Never will there be collection ta-
ken and nobody of any creed or be-
lief shall ever be turned away
A wealthy New Yorker who said
he was tired of climbing stairs" has
engaged an entire floor of costly new
q partment house not far from Cen
trail Park. On one floor. with an ele- 4
vator approach. he has thirty rooms
The apartment house is one of the
largest in Manhattan. covering an en-
tire square SO the man who wante
10 escape stairways has street expos
ure, air and light on four sides. some |
thing that the multtimillionaire own
ers OF Fifth avenue palaces are un-
able to command. Tired of living in |
detached houses where his home was
scattered over three, four or five
stuffy floors. necessitating endless |
stairways and worn out with the dis
fractions of life in an ordinary apart
ment house. where he had to rent two |
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