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The Washington herald., 1914-03-08
Woman's Single Tax Club.

The March meeting of the Womans
Single Tax Club was held last Monday
evening at the home Of Mrs. Julia
Thompson, 1853 Thirteenth street north
west. with a good attendance.
During the business meeting 1t was
voted to join the Federation Of Women;s
Clubs, and the secretary was instructed
to make application. now that the club
has a sufficient paid-up meUbership TO
Arrangements were made for memorial
Monday evening at the Public Library.
After the business meeting. Mr.. Will
liam D. Mackenzie gave a talk on Com
verting the Heather to the Single Tax"
DR.. Thomas W. Will, who was to have
followed with a talk on Paying the
Bills was prevented from attending.
Mr.. Hyman Levine. of New York. gave
an amusing account of the single takers
tight against Tammany Hall during the
recent mayoralty campaign. Following a
general discussion, refreshments were
served and the club adjourned to meet
in April with Mrs Jennie l.. Monroe.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs. Leland
p. Shidy. Mr. and Mrs. William d. Mac
kenzie. Mrs. Jennie L. Munroe. Mrs.
Jessie l. Lane. Mrs Julia Thompson,
Mrs. Ida NJ. Woodward. Mrs. Carrie Nye,
Misses Julia Woodward. Addie S. Clark.
Ada Rhodes, Lily Ross. Col. II. Martin
Williams, Messrs. Benjamin F. Lindas.
Elias ]. Dakin. George B. Rose. George
A. Warren, Hyman Levine, Walter I.
Swanton. and NJ. F. Kerbey.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08
Religion and Social Service

pastor. will so shortly Rev. Charles F.
Hubbard, dean Of the college department
Of Berea College. Kentucky, a brother of
the late DR.. w. II. Hubbard, of Auburn.
N. Y: Mrs. Hubbard was formerly Miss
Marquis. president Of Albert Lea College.
At Rio Janeiro. the community is to well
come as their first pastor Rev. Rerbert
A. Manchester, Of the Presbyterian
Church, East Boston. DIR. and Mrs. Man
chester sail in April for the Brazilian
capital. where they will find a large and
needy field for the exercise Of their
widely recognized talents. The inter-
denominational committee on the re-
hgious needs of Anglo-American COM
munities abroad. under whose auspices
these ministers are going out, wishes to
remind American Christians Of the union
chapels In numerous foreign cities. where
earnest. cultured and efficient pastors are
laboring.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08
JOHN B MOTT REFUSES
IMPORTANT SEcRETARIAL POST

More than two years ago Richard
y. morse. VINO mas been general secre-
tary Of the international committee of
the Young Mems Christian Association
10: nearly forty Years, signified his de-
sire to retire. The immediate decision
of the committee was that John r. Mott
was Mr.. Morsc's proper successor. Mr..
Mott had for years been associate gen.
eral secretary. with chief responsibility
for student and foreign work, and stood
logically in line to continue and enlarge
Mr.. Morse's great services But at the
time the proposition was made to him
he had just accepted the Craftsmanship
oi the continuation committee appointed
by the Ediburgh Missionary Conference,
end could not fofesee what demands that
responsibility was likely to make In
consequence, Mr.. Mott was unwilling
either to accept or refuse the associa-
ton call. and at his request the whole
matter was left in allegiance
No answer had been given until within
the last few weeks when Mr. Mott has
finally said to the committee that he
cannot become its general secretary with
out giving up his relation to the con-
tinuation committee. And he judges that
he is more needed in the latter place
than in the former. So Mr.. Morse, who
is now in better health than three years
ago. has been persuaded to withdraw his
resignation and remain at the head of
the committec. Meanwhile, however, Mr..
Mott continues without change in his
former relation to association work,
which he finds compatible with his obli-
cations on the continuation committee.
The same number of Association Men
which makes this announcement con-
cerning Mr.. Mott also contains Fred
B. Smiths explanation of his unex-
pected withdrawal from the interns-
tional committees stan. Mr.. Smith
gives three reasons for turning aside
into business life: First. his desire to
exemplify the theories which he has
preached so strenuously all over the
country regarding the religious duty
of business men; second. his fear that
he could not maintain in coming years
the standard Of efficiency that he has
set for himself in the last twenty-five
years OF association service. and, third.
his feeling that the associations are
demanding a type of religious work
different from that to which he feels
himself adapted.
None of these reasons is obvious to
Mr.. Smiths friends. But the disap-
pointment which his decision occasions
is partly Modified by his promise to
continue an active volunteer helper
for associations wherever he goes on
business travels. Mr.. Smith becomes
assistant to the president of the Johns
Manville company. a large asbestos
manufacturing enterprise. which has
branch ofiices in every considerable
city in the Union. His visits to these
branches will enable him to reach IN
the course OF the year most of the i'm
portant associations of the country.
and his stirring appeals for Christ and
the church will undoubtedly continue
to be heard every week in the typical
association Sunday afternoon meetings.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08

Bank Bookkeeping" before the board Of
directors Of High School Bank Friday
afternoon. 10y II. Brodie, Henry Wander
lip and Leopold Freudberx are making
arrangements for q public meeting during
the month
The Central High School debating
team VIII so to Baltimore April s and
uphold the negative side Of the PROPOSE
ton, Resolved, That restrictions on
Epfopean immigration should be in
creased by literacy test" against the
team Of Baltimore City College.
Supervising principals took nm the
roller towel question" at their meet
Ing last week, and have since put into
force thorough system of inspection
of all school buildings by principal
and tanitor. With the present appro-
priation individual towels are out of
the question. but out Of the contingent
fund 1t Is proposed to mako an added
supply Of clean linen.
Out Of respect to Dean Rose, whose
tragic death occurred during the week
all social functions at Western High
School were postponed.
Three one-act plays will be given ~
the Normal Alumni Association of W.,
son Normal School next Friday and Sat
urday. evening. under the direction of
Miss Alberta Walker.
The reading OF Peg wofinston" by
Edith Coburn Noyes. of the Boston
School Of Oratory was largely attended
by NJ Street High School patrons.
Alumni Association of Armstrong has
offered s. gold pieces as prizes in several
subjects to students of the school
High School Night will be observed
at Metropolitan NJ. Z. Church next Tues
day evening.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08

men to church who cannot get In. or. at
any rate, not until after their patience
Is likely to be exhausted waiting for a
seat. There Is only one other day in the
year ahead of Palm Sunday in this re-
spect and that is Easter Day, when
many OF our churches have to turn num-
bers away. Candidly. Washington is not
a bad church-going city. What would be
a fine campaign would be a campaign to
persuade those who crowd our churches
to do a little toward maintaining them.
Most of them are hearers of the word
only who plead because they do not live
all the year in Washington that they can
not help support churches here. yet they
use them quite as much a. the conscien-
tious supporters themselves.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08
Catholic Woman's Christian
Art Circle.

The Catholic woman's Christian Art
Circle held its regular meeting Monday
evening in the Public Library, Mrs.
Margaret L. Coope. presiding.
The speaker for the evening was Mrs.
Jane Hofrliger, who gave a talk upon
Angels Of the Bible Illustrated by fifty
reproductions of famous masters, among
which were examples from the works OF
Giottio, Gaddi. Angelica. GhirIandajo.
Botticelli. Lippi, Raphael. Michael Angelo.
Burne-Jones, Rosetti and La Fargo.
The subjects included Scriptural scenes
from the Annuncistion. Nativity. Geth-
semane. Resurrection, and Ascension.
and scenes from the lives of Abraham.
Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Tobias. Daniel.
Elias, Sampson. Hagar. Judith. Lazarus,
Magdalene. and the three Marys at the
tomb.
Mrs. Honliger received vote of
thanks from those present and promised
to repeat the talk at an early date.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08
X. v. |. Club.

The bi-monthly meeting of the y. V. l.
Five Hundred Club took place at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Tice, Con-
gross Heights, Thursday evening. Miss
Marie V. McGrain acted as hostess.
Five Hundred was played and prizes
were awarded as follows: Miss Eva
Rannie, L. A. Lyles, Miss virginia U.
Hunter, Edward c. Hauer, Miss Josephine
Mcdonald and Frank A. Connolly. Fol-
lowing the cards a luncheon was
served to the guests Those present
were the Misses Marie v. McGrain,
Hazel Wells. Josephine Mcdonald. Eva
L. Rannie. Virginia G. Hunter. Regina
c. Watkins; Messrs. A. W. BrtOa, E. c.
Hauer, ]. ]. Keane, II. S. Miner. j. H.
Lyons, L. A. Lyies and Frank a. Con-
molly. The next meeting will take place
at the home of Miss Hazel Wells, 13S c
street southeast, Thursday evening.
March 13.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08
Readers Club.

The Washington Readers Club held Its
March meeting on Tuesday evening last
in the Comstock Studio on F street. Mrs.
Maud Howell Smith. the vide president OF
the club. called the meeting to order in
the absence of the president, Miss Emma
L. Ostrander. The special program
was AN Evening of Debate" the SUBJ
ject selected for that purpose being:
Resolved, That the Reader Shall Use
No Properties" On the side for the
affirmative were Miss Kate Curry and
Mr.. Theodore Willis. On the negative
were Miss Maude L. Lee and Mr.. Charles
T. Thurman. The judges were Miss Lucy
II. Feagin, Mrs. J. Ernest Smith, and Mr..
Edward c. Townsend.
After a most interesting and clear ex-
nositon Of their reasons for and against
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08
Mu Phi Epsilon.

Rho Chapter. the local chapter of the
National Mu Phi Epsilon Sorority, held
its weekly meeting Wednesday. February
18th. at the residence OF the vice presi-
dent of the chapter, Miss Ardala Moore.
near Lincoln Park. When the business
OF the meeting was completed a delight
ful luncheon was served. after which
Mrs. Flynn. contralto, favored the men,
bers with the following selections:
Somewhere a Voice Is Calling and "a
Dream" by Bartlett.
The local officers OF the sorority are:
Miss Gertrude McRae, president; Miss
Ardala Moore. vice president: Miss Car
rie T. Bruce, corresponding secretary:
Miss Frances Gutelius, recording secre-
tary; Mrs. Henrietta E. Flynn, treasurer;
Mrs. Margaret Umhau Wolf. historian.
The object of the sorority is the ad-
vancement OF its members in music.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08
NOTES OF THE DISTRICT SCHOOLS

Superintendent z. L. Thurston Is sys-
tematizing the functions and duties Of
his office and apportioning business
hours with scientific precision. On school
days his Office hours are from 3:3o to 5:3o
In the afternoon; on Mondays and Satur-
days. from to II a. m. Certain hours
have been assigned for audiences with
school officials, others for business work.
with stated times for uninterrupted
service OF the clerical force Of the ONCE.
In this way Superintendent Thurston ex-
poets to spspd much time personally
visiting schools
The conference Of school ofiicials, social
workers. ministers. and teachers of South
Washington. called by Miss Anne Beers
at the Jefferson Building last Wednesday.
expressed hearty cooperation in further
ing plan suggested by her for establish
ing a vocational school in that section of
the city. Addresses were made by As
sistant Superintendent S. E. Kramer,
Principal Woodward. Of the Wisconsin
Avenue Vocational School. and Miss En-
ma Jacobs. director OF domestic science.
The. model home" which Mrs. Wilson,
wife OF the President. has frequently
visited, is in South Washington
Mrs. Nora Hoegelsberger, assistant
principal OF Central High school, gave
practical and helpful talk to parents at
Brookland Wednesday evening. on what
parents can do for children entering high
school. Mrz. Hoegelsberger advocated a
closer union between the elementary and
high schools.
A school play. entitled Half Back
Carey" will be given at Business High
School for the benefit OF athletic interests.
Songs and bits OF humor written by
pupils in various issues OF Balance Sheet
have been Incorporated in the play.
Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett spoke before
the Mothers Club OF the Dent School
Thursday afternoon. A short talk was
also given by Mrs. Wallace Streatcr. and
a pleasing number by the president, Mrs.
]. Adkins.
Not for many years have the schools
been as badly crippled In their teaching
force by the continued absence. through
illness or accident. OF many of the
strongest and best on the staf as at
present Mrs. Clara Baker Smith. princi-
pal Of the Cooke, who underwent a seri-
Gus operation at Garfield Hospital. is re-
ported improving. is Miss Reeve,
scventh-grade teacher in the same build
ing. who fell on the slippery pavement
last week and broke shoulder. Mile.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08
Grove Class Club of Peck
Memorial Chapel.

The Grove Glass Club, Of the Peck Me-
mortal Chapel. held its first social of the
season recently at the residence of Mr..
L. II. Grove. 1Se0 Ingleside terrace north
west.
After the business Of the club was
transacted the members were entertained
by the Rutan Song Birds. Tho played at
the Casino Theater several weeks ago.
Thoseprese mt were Eloa Grove. Made
line Donohue, Thelma Grove. Alva Nc
Glue, Carrie Mech. Rachel Robey, Flor
ence Hall, Cathern Helmuth. Naomi How
ard. Louis II. Grove. John Chrisman,
Wilfred Perkins. Raymond Hall, Henry
Walker. Howell Gross. Joseph Stein
braker. Edwin Bryan, Leon Dziegulaw-
ski, Mr.. and Mrs. Robey. and Mr. and
Mrs. Hartman.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08
EPISCOPAL.

Palm Sunday has been selected as the
"Go-to-Church Sunday by those who
originated the plan or have adopted 1t.
The choice OF Palm Sunday is. perhaps.
a little unfortunate. II is a day whenn
we have unusual congregations. In pew
churches they have then as many as
they can take care of. To work up a
still large congregation on that day may
have the unfortunate result Of sending
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08

Berlin. March THE recent action
of Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm In
paying q visit to the Duke of Croy and
his American bride, the former Miss
Nancy Leishman. of St. Louis. has
given birth to a rumor that the crown
prince Will intercede with the emperor
in an effort to have the duke and his
bride restored to court favor. The
Duke of Croy married Miss Leishman
daughter of a former American Am.
bassador, in the face OF the most pro-
nounced opposition on the part OF all
the nobility of the German empire
from the kaiser down. and the friendly
action of the crown prince came as q
distinct surprise.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08

formed American Catholics. The reasons
are that there are no foreign cardinals
in the reckoning and the Italian govern
ment will not permit any save an italian
to occupy the vatican The government
is supreme. and its wishes will not be
disregarded There is excellent UNDER
standing between vatican and quirinal,
and II is not going to break.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08
AMONG THE SOCIAL CLUBS

Terriss. Mrs. Walsh. Miss Shiney. Mrs.
Holmes. Miss FaIlon. Mrs. Denham. Mrs.
Lawson, Mrs. Driver. Mr.. W. F. Meyers,
Representative l. C. Dyer, Capt John
Doyle Carmody. Mr.. W. Gynne. Mai.
Hodgson, and Paul Lawson.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08
Union Churches Abroad.

DR.. Robert E. Speer, chairman of the
INSTRUMENTATION committee ON re-
ligious needs of Anglo-American COM
munities abroad, Announces new pastors
for union churches abroad as follows.
Rev. G. Chapman Jones, a much-beIoyed
Methodist clergyman, of Hornell, N. ".
is juet beginning year of service at
Yokohama, Japan. stopping of there on
a tour which he is making around the
world. To Pekin, China. where the union
congregation has not heretofore had a
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08

A student board of health has been
organized in Columbia University to
improve eating houses and restaurants
near the university.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08
Form Defensive Leagues.

Believers in the Bible as It is, and
opponents of the higher critics, are FORM
ing Christian leagues in principal cities.
prepared, at the hand of some definite
committees, to call to account any min
lister of their respective cities who may
deny the divinity of Christ, the virgin
birth, or make any statements similar to
those utterd recently by Rev. Charles F.
Aked, of San Francisco. In Toronto and
Los Angeles committees of 100 have been
fully organized. and in New York, Boston
and Pittsburgh they have been partly
organized. Other cities where preliminary
steps toward organization have been taken
are Chicago, Cleveland. Cincinnati, Phil
adelphia and Baltimore.
The promoters of this plan are the
members of Bible League OF North Amer
lea, with headquarters in New York and
Toronto. It is not a new body, but il
has been organized anew within a month,
and new strength given 1t in members
and finances. officials of IL state that
Christian laymen are sound in the faith.
but that many ministers, some of them
in the foremost rank so far as concerns
fame and salary, are not sound and are
preaching to the popular ear. saying one
thing today and another thing tomorrow.
They declare that publicity is the cure,
and that to bring them to book at once
in their own cities, and make the fact
known to the country, will soon end the
careers OF such preachers. They also de-
clare that the higher critics have long
carried on a propaganda of publicity, and
that II Is now time the orthodox people
took a hand. The method of the old
Bible people Is the formation of leagues
In cities. They say they will IN time
have such organizations in all cities.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08

Niagara tourists total a million an
nually.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08
"Hurricane in a DemI-ta.sc.,

Meanwhile the Rev. DR.. Charles r.
Aked, pastor Of the First Congregational
Church, San Francisco, and formerly
pastor of the Fifth Avenue Baptist
Church, New York, declares in q signed
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08
Noonday MeetinE. On Lent.

The season Of Lent, which opened
wednesday. and ends with Easter Sun
day on April L, will witness in a num-
Der OF cities a radical change in the
form OF the Sunday evening services and
in the same cities and some others a
marked extension Of the number Of noon
day services IN downtown churches and
halls for business people. Philadelphia is
leading with the changes in the Sunday
evening services. All cities are extend
ing their MONDAY services, carrying them
even into the residence districts. They
began in Episcopal churches, but are
being entered upon this year by Meth
odist. Presbyterian, Congregational, and
Baptist churches, where these chance TO
have churches in business districts.
The Sunday evening service in most
Protestant churches has long been like
the Sunday afternoon service OF nifty
years ago. when there were three serv-
ices On Sundays. The new plan now
being widely inaugurated for Lent, is to
revive the Sunday afternoon service for
such as desire a strictly religious serv-
Zee. and to introduce at night the pro-
gram of the Pleasant Sunday night, So
called, long popular in England. That is,
the Sunday night cervice is being made
in some severely orthodox and old-fash-
ioned churches, a hymn-singing, popular
talk, and social night affair, often with
refreshments before or after the set pro-
gram The scheme is reviving interests,
and nobody has been heard to complain
about worl6liness.
The newest plan In Lenten MONDAY
services IN downtown districts Of cities
Is the bringing famous preachers, usually
from other cities, having them speak
each noon hour OF certain weeks, and
seeing to 1t that they treat different and
prearranged subjects. Thus repetition Is
avoided, and preachers have opportunity
to present subjects in exhaustive form:
Total attendance during Lent in some
single churches now reaches $1,000
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08
Ministers and Rural Life.

Recently the University of California
entertained between 400 and 500 ministers
from all over the State at its farm
school. The railroads furnished free
transportation and the university pro-
vided free meals and beds. Lectures in
rural hygiene and sanitation, community
work in country schols, and every
branch of rural sociology were given.
The preachers took a lively interest in
demonstrations on judging beef, han
ding and storing fruit, and other farm
problems. The idea of the movement
was not to make ministers over into
agricultural leaders, but to promote
practical relationships between minis
tiers and their communities AS II was
expressed, when a minister can talk
to a man about a mans business with
out making a fool Of himself, he gains
that mans respect" 1t is reported that
the ministers returned to their homes
feeling that the week had been a highly
profitable one and with a renewed de-
termination to adopt the message Of the
everlasting gospel to the current mind
and needs.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08
Plan Sunday school Lessons.

An ninter-donominational Sunday school
council, established in recent years, had
its fourth annual session in Chicago, jan
uary q to g The object appears to pe
cooperation in matters educational, edi-
toriaI, missionary, and publication. Its
membership consists of representatives OF
the official Sunday school boards OF
evangelical denominations in the United
States and Canada. Thirty-one denomi-
nations, with a total Sunday school en-
enrolment of more than 100000 are
actively affiliated with the council. Presi-
dent R. Douglas Fraser, Toronto, in his
opening address. reviewed the sunday
school progress work for the future. The
secretary's report was a comprehensive
survey of the Sunday school situation
throughout the world. The following
named officers ere elected for the ensu-
ing year: Rev. Benjamin S. Winchester,
Conversational Educational Society. Bos-
ton president: A. c. Smither. Christian
Eoard of Publication, st. Louis. vice
president: Rev. II. H Meyer. Methodist
Church, New York, secretary; D. NJ.
Smith, Nashville. Tenn, treasurer. The
chairmen of various committees are: Rev.
George P. Mains. New York; Rev. f. B.
Chappell, Nashville. Tenn; Rev. ]. c.
Robinson, Toronto, and John II. Race.
Cincinnati.
The council announces an extra meet
ing in Philadelphia, April -, in con-
ference with one of the international
Sunday school associations. The next an
nual meeting will be held in Cleveland
in January, 1875 Every phase of religious
education as related to the Sunday school
is reviewed at these meetings. Workers
are beginning to realize the religious edu-
cation of future churchmen depends
largely on the Sunday school. They are
seriously studying larger maps"