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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1914-02-06
Efficiency" in Church Management

''EUiciency' in Church Management
Efficiency" is the watchword of modern indus
trial. civic and military life To promote efficiency"
is thing in the air-a germ, maybe.
Rev J. c. Lynn, pastor of the United Presby-
terrain church at Romeo, Colorado, sometime ago hit
upon the application of the principle of efficiency" to
his church organization So he divided his church up
into COMMITTEES" to promote efficiency" along
tain lines and placed in charge of each
mittee to be held responsible for results.
Here is the arrangement
The building lin made tat for meet
Eficiency-{ 1.-The grounds beautiful.
3-The current expenses are promptly met.
To encourage members to be faithful in
Home and public worship, by the rewards
of a Cody life -
3-Intercession and giving for missions by the
weekly pledge system.
To p5omotf ray s,4 g51"ps and group
Gods Purposes For Mankind.
ios 'ad chsased hf e church, and the ma
izaton and christiansation
3-For citizenship and statesmanship. the
aS and tss highest sfs
tiona institutions.
ITO enlist and inspire others to do personal
Efficiency 2-To plan advance the work by united
prayer and effort
$40 lead individuals accept Jesus by Chris
tian love and persuasion.
Social
Ito increase church attendance by invitation
and welcome.
Efcency- 2-To promote mutual acquaintance by social
evenings.
3-To advance community interests by confer
and cooperation.
VI Civic
Ito direct civic thought by choice literature.
Efcency ITO lift civic standards by public address
3-To crystalline the best civic thought by a
united ballot.
Come to think of it, why should not the church
become efficient in it's business relations in its social
and its civic relations we'll in its devotional and
ecclesiastical functions.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1914-02-06

Come to think of it, why should not the church
become efficient in its business relations in its social
and its civic relations as we'll in its devotional and
ecclesiastical functions
Why not?
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1914-06-23
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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1914-06-23

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BON Baltimore.
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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1914-06-23

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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1914-06-23
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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1914-06-23

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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1914-06-23
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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1914-06-23
Der rGonnitntter @orf1 iuirb ciuse-
meiht.

Mlor9en 9(beno fin0et 0ie formele
llc6ereobe oes vGonnitatter @orfs"
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nit cinen gliisiae Der soblreideu
jungeu Mdohcn il iAwdbiider
Era@t croiiuct oic 4iuter Stein-
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1914-06-23

&crungIidtcr Scuf8er.
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5ur llc6crlcGituq-il in adt 9agclt ior
lin Sic f&riiilicben 8eIheib uuf Sbz
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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1914-06-23

9lnma (Su i6rem Geliebteu, einem
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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1914-06-23

Giuigc Sduer iinO Oorunter iAou
fat in @ergeiicnbeit gerot6en, oa Die
GeriMmel5ung nit Der
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I'M Sabre 1901 itoitgeilnocn babcn
iol.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1914-06-23

panr hrs Nnslanp DeiDrat g. 1lalue 4iI
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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1914-06-23

n9l6er Dor grSfFullng Ser SagoToH
len 6iirfen Sic rod nidt i9ieBenl"
n0as 1T ia einerlei, treffen tbue id
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Evening star., 1914-12-30
Remaking the National Guard.

From the New York Tribune.
One reason for the enactment of the
present federal law governing the or
ganization Of the militia, or National
Guard, was the knowledge that this
well trained citizenry" was anything
but we'll trained and fit for duty. The
national guard Is a joke to regular
army officers. They hold it to be rid
died with politics. society foolishness
and general incompetency They do
not criticise every organization. and
they know that in the National Guard
are many officers and men who take
the service seriously. giving 1t study
and time and making personal sacri-
fees for 1t.
Nevertheless. no military expert, fig-
uring on this countrys defenses. ever
rated the National Guard at anything
like its paper showing. All over the
country there is now a commepdable
endeavor to make the militia q genu-
inc, efficient, supplementary body to
the nations small standing army. To
be that it cannot harbor politics OIL
social fuss and feathers. Its armories
must be training places, not club
rooms and dance halls. II in this state
or any other 1t becomes necessary to
disband a regiment in order to remak.
it, it may be taken for granted that
the loudest protests will come from
the hard hit. not from the able men
who love the work and can be sure OF
finding place and honor in the reor-
ganized body.
Evening star., 1914-12-30
Make Ready for Resolution Day.

Day after tomorrow Is the day on
which people are supposed to start
fresh and try to put aside weaknesses
of character and bad habits and to
start straight again on the course OF
Righteousness. Friday will be no diff
ferent from Thursday or Saturday as
a matter of fact, but just because 1t IL
the first of the year 1t is accepted as
convenient and significant date for
good resolutions, even though most OF
them are promptly broken. During
these few hours that will eiapse before
the dawn of a New Year it will be
well to survey the field Of possible bet
terments, to take an account OF stock,
so to speak, and inventory the personal
outtit so as to see what can be done
toward real improvement. There is
scarcely one who cannot find some-
thing in which a change for the bet
ter can be effected by good resolu-
tion, however briefly kept. 1t is well
10 take this look ahead so as to con-
slider carefully what the chances are
Tor sticking to the resolve for personal
Improvement. 1t is better to try some
thing easy and succeed than to try
something hard and fail Success In the
little things this year will make the
accomplishment of greater reform
more possible a year to come.
Evening star., 1914-12-30
Russian Strategic Successes.

reports from Petrograd and from
Vienna regarding recent operations In
Galicia are in agreement in effect. The
only difference is that Russia claims
that the Austrian retrograde movement
is virtually a rout, while Vienna Off
cfally announces the result OF recent
operations as a Withdrawal along the
entire line" The only qualifying state
Inent in the Austrian announcement
respecting this situation Is that the
"withdrawar does not affect the opera
tions in the north. That is to say. ac-
cording to Vienna, the Austrian defeat
in Galicia has no bearing upon the
chances of German success in Poland.
This, however, may be susceptible OF
some doubt, inasmuch as 1t is impossi-
BILE for any part Of the eastern CAM
paign to develop a marked change
without effect being produced else
where.
Apparently when Won Hindenburg re-
newed his offensive against Warsaw
the Russians withdrew a part Of the
force that was investing Cracow In
order to support the lines thrown
against the German advance. Taking
;,dvantage Of this shift. the Austrians
nushed forth and assumed the often
siye against the Russians throughout
Galicia, doubtless expecting to drive
the invaders across the boundary and
possibly relieve Prsemysl which hai
been under siege for weeks. Onc<
again. however the Russians made Z
shift OF troops more quickly than va,
Evening star., 1914-12-30
The Herdic Service.

Regardless OF the question Of whether
the herdic service on Pennsylvania
avenue from 18th street to Sth street,
discontinuance of which has just been
permitted by the public utilities COM
mission, has or has not served a useful
purpose. the reasons alleged by the
operating company for the change sug-
gests an unsatisfactory condition. 1t
was represented by the company that
the cars necessary to operate the
longer service had been only leased and
that the owners had requisitioned their
return. No public utility should be
operated in Washington on this basis.
The owner Of a franchise or a priyi-
lege for the occupation of certain
streets for traction purposes, with or
without tracks. should be required to
provide an equipment sufficient to fur
nish whatever service the public needs
In the Judgment Of the utilities com
mission. On the basis that the herdics
In use on the 10th street line are only
leased, in whole or in part, the plea
entered in the case of the curtailment
Of the Avenue run would justify any
change or modification In tho route q
any time.
This herdic service meets the public
Evening star., 1914-12-30

believed possible and catching the Aus
| trians OF balance drove homo an at
tack that staggered them.
The Russians have repeated this ma.
neuver several times during the war.
It was accomplished successfully in the
first invasion of southern Poland by
the Austrians. when in the fighting
around Lemberg the Russians retreat
ed and then plunged forward with an
impetus that drove the Austrians over
the border and finally past Przemysl
and we'll up to the gates of Cracow. 1t
was done again in the first German in
vasion of Poland, when the fighting
line receded to the neighborhood Of
Warsaw and the Russians advanced In
counter-attack to the Silesian boun-
dairy. This was repeated in Poland
when Won Hindenburg was first re-
pulsed near Warsaw and 1T is believed
would have been trapped disastrousiy
but for Rennenkampfs delay. 1t oc-
CURED In Suwalki, when the Rus
SLAMS were driven from their hold
ings In East Prussia and re-
treated. only to return to the ag-
gressive and renew the invasion OF
German territory. The third German
drive against Warsaw Is in progress
and is apparently again checked.
The Russians are accredited with ex-
ceptional strategical ability. Grand
Duke Nicholas. commanderin chief of
the cars forces. Is regarded as one
Of the ablest strategists in Europe, and
save for the fault of subordinate in
the second advance upon Warsaw he
has apparently succeeded in his opera
tions. This latest Austrian defeat-for
it cannot be regarded as otherwise
than a Russian victory-is further
proof Of the ability of the Russian
commander to manage his great masses
of men effectively over a wide area.
One of the most surprising develop
ments of the war is the mobility of the
Russian army. 1t was put into the
field more quickly than was believed
possible and 1t has been handled with
a speed that none regarded as con-
ceivable in view of the deficiency Of
the Russian railway system.
Evening star., 1914-12-30
An Up-to.D Date War.
From the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston 1fahsc1ipt.
This war is thoroughly up to date. 1t
is distinct not only in degree but In
kind from all the wars that have pre-
are simply agencies Of destruction
greater in degree today than ever they
which is the development and refine
ment of the idea the Confederates sue
cessfully applied to primitive craft in
our civil war. The cruisers and bat
tleships of the. air give this war its
unique place in the history Of the
worlds fighting. Not even the naval
commanders Of the Russo japanese
war, which Is but ten years gone, were
called upon to look out for airships.
Destruction threatened them from both
sides and from beneath, but not from
above. The fight at Cuxhaven, with
airships, submarines and plain. ordi-
nary cruisers In action at once. 10 a
wonder of war destined for this year OF
progress 1914. Such q spectacle never
appeared even in the visions of night
mare to the great sea warriors Of the
past or even to their successors who
went on the retired list In 1904.
Evening star., 1914-12-30

need inasmuch as 1t supplies wide
field Of territory lying between the
18th street and Connecticut avenue
lines. It is regarded as undesirable to
run tracks up 18th street, and cross
routes between H and U streets to af-
ford connections with the north and
south lines have always been resisted
by property owners. Consequently the
herdic line serves q public necessity
and should be made as effective as pos
sib1e. Complaints have recently been
heard as to the efficiency of the service
and the size and condition Of the We
hicles. The utilities commission might
properly have conditioned the grant of
a shortening Of route upon improve
ments In the service between U street
and New York avenue.
Evening star., 1914-12-30
Wilson, Clark, and 1916,

In the discussion of Mr.. Wilson and
1916 1t is useless and almost ridiculous
Tor his democratic opponents to quote
the one-term plank of the Baltimore
platform. That deIiverance does not
| take Mr.. Wilson out of the equation,
and there is no Justification for the as
sumption that it was inserted with any
such object in view.
And, anyhow, why drag in the Balti-
more platform? What has 1t amounted
TO except as a thing for the democracy
to get In on? Plank after plank has
been knocked galley west since. A
tarin for lowering the cost of living
could not be drafted. Economy in gov
ernment expenditures has not been at
tempted. The Panama canal tolls plank
mas been repudiated by legislation. And
so on. Even if the democracy had
pledged itself at Baltimore specifically
against a second term for Mr.. Wilson,
the plank. in the light of what has
happened to other planks, would cut
small figure today.
But If, for any reason, Mr.. Wilson is
undesirable as candidate in 1916 but
one man of the number voted for at
Baltimore two years ago will be avail
able to the democracy. AS Vice Presi-
dent Mr.. Marshall is member of the
administration. AS leader of the House
Mr.. Underwood is intimately connected
with the Wilson legislative record.
covering the tariff, the trusts, the
currency and the enormous appropria-
tons. Gov. Harmon has ceased to be
political quantity. and could not be
resurrected. Mr.. Bryan was not voted
a. Ra h,,f !, jo Mr.
sons leading adviser he win go down
too If his chief goes down.
Mr.. Clark is the man He has in
dorsed the party record, but he did
not help make it. In putting him in
the Speakers chair his party foolishly,
for srandstand effects. deprived him of
all power to impress himself on legis-
lation. He has simply been a presid-
ing officer, when he might have been
the leading legislative influence in the
chamber. And, first and last, he has
been less consulted by the President
sion in Washington. and far less than
Col. House of Texas, who is not in
commission anywhere.
Moreover. there attaches to the Mis-
sourtan a sympathy growing out of his
treatment at Baltimore, and an admira-
tion for the way he accepted defeat
In 1880 the democrats were urged to
make an issue out of their contention
that, they had been counted out in 1876
But Mr.. Tilden by that time was a
rickety old man physically, with only
his master mind left. Mr.. Clark is
both a physical and an intellectual
giant, and will be two years hence. So
if Mr.. Wilson, for any reason, should
drop out Of the running, the friends
of Mr.. Clark. in urging him for leader
ship, will have a strong card in his
| favor by pointing democrats to the
sort Of counting out which took place
at the Baltimore convention.
Evening star., 1914-12-30
The Philippines.

The news from the Philippines, II Is
s.a+ed viii, not delay the Jones bill IN
the Senate committee now considering
II. A report to the Senate IS likely u
he made about the middle OF January.
Rut the committee will look into ehe
news. and try to discover It's source
and value.
That is the proper course. Since the
matter Is in hand. let 1t be handled IN
the open as expeditiously as possioie
commemorate with its Importance.
And in the open Senate 1t can De ais
.ussed for the Information OF all.
IT is insisted by the advocates OF
scuttle that the present furry IN the
islands is either greatly magnihed IN
the telling. or else a plant" with the
object of defeating the Jones bill ana
thereby tightening the hold OF this gov
ernment on the archipelago.
Well. there is no law against suspi-
cion. But 1t must be said that suspicion
has been greatly overworked the past
twenty months. Nearly everything
brought before Congress has proouceo
q crop. Nearly everybody opposed to
AN administration measure mas oeen
under charges. The tariff debate. the
currency debate, the trust debate, all
bore heavily in criticism on those VINO
held and expressed views in opposi-
ton to those Of the President and MS
lieutenants on Capitol Hill.
Nevertheless, the opposition accom-
p'ished much that was worth while. IN
all those cases the hasty work OF the
uouse-performed under presidential
pressure-was considerably improved
by the Senate under the opportunities
and announcement Of free speech and
,ieIiberation.
If this can be repeated in the case OF
the Jones bill 1t should be. 1t was
mistake to take up the measure at this
time. But, as it Is up-partly under
the droll excuse that the Baltimore
platform demands action-the Ques-
tion of scuttle should be threshed out.
Will scuttle be voted? Not by this
Congress. The rank and file of the
Filipinos-if they can be reached by
any other agencies than Filipino agi-
tators and perfervid orators-should
know that American duty to the is
lands still demands American occupa-
tion, and still comprehends the well
fare and advancement Of the natives.
We are not going to run away. as the
result of any political maneuver IN TINS
country, or as a result OF the european
war. Our army should be larger and
our navy considerably SO; but, de-
f,cient in size as both are. they are
large enough for US to assert our rights
and attempt discharge OF our obliga-
tions even in the face Of q disturbed
world.