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Evening star., 1916-09-30
Our National Sport.
m the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript.
The Metropolitan press laughs at the
country newspaper, and reprints from the
''Squashville Palladium or the "Pohick
Gazette" with chuckles that shake the
sanctum. items of more moment to thou
sands OF Americans than all the dis
patches from the European battlefronts
The fact that Miss Skipper Long of
Hurry. Mo-, is visiting her fast friends
the Hasty girls. at Quickstep. Okla"
heads the humor column in the effete
journal that publishes as real news the
hanal doings of the smart set at Palm
Harbor and the estimable Miss Long is
dragged into the pitiless spotlight of pub
hcity to make jokesmiths holiday. This
sort of journalism is due, of course, to the
densest ignorance on the part of citified
editors, who have never heard that Amer
lea starts west Of the Alleghanies, and
labor under the impression that base ball.
golf tennis. polo and foot ball are our
national sports. Hence these molders of
public opinion will give but scant atten-
ton to the statewide horseshoe pitching
contest that will be held in Ohio this
summer, and will live on and finally die,
without ever knowing, or caring, anything
more about this great olympic of the
west.
sturdy descendant of the heroic discus
thrower of ancient Greece, the farmer
boy, with brawny arm and an eye in
herited from long line of squirrel shoot
ers in the day of the muzZle- loading rifle,
such as Daniel Boone used to blind his
tree-top prey. is the only real sportsman
we have left. What do our anemic neurot-
les in the bleachers know of ringers"
and "leaners"? This country needs re-
generation from the bottom up. Give US
the horseshoe scores, day by day. Let
them be telegraphed from Minot light to
the Golden Horn, that the great heart
Of America may throb its palsied way
back to national health.
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N0,000,O()O N |. GOLD \!
IMPORTS YET EXPECTED
English Sovereigns and French
Francs Being Made Into q. 8. Coin,
Director Of Mint Tells Bankers.

KANSAS CITY. Mo. September 30
The gold imports from Europe and
Canada that yet may be expected to
come. into the United States were
placed at &4oO.oOo.O00 by F. ]. H. Won
Engelken. director of the mint. Wash
ington. D. c.. who spoke here yester-
day at the closing session of the an
nual convention of the American
Bankers' Association. He declared
these figures had been given to him by
financial agents of the entente allies
in this country.
We are melting up and turning into
American money millions of dollars
worth of English sovereigns and
French twenty franc pieces" the di-
rector declared
The increased financial demands be-
ing made by the present prosperity
were shown by figures indicating that
the minting of small pieces Of money
had more than doubled within the last
year. These were said to indicate the
increased spending capacity of the
country. H.
A Recommendation for the reduction
Of the reserves of country banks from
IL to 10 per cent of their capital was
passed by the convention.
opposed to Branch BANK.
The subject of congressional author
ization Of branch domestic banks
brought on a spirited debate. but reso-
lutions were adopted against the
branch bank plan.
THE branch bank means the. death
knell of the individual bank" Gov.
J. W. Bailey Of Kansas declared. James
K Lynch Of San Francisco said, after
the vote had been taken. that the ac-
tion went directly against good. sound
banking principles
The resolution presented by George
E. Webb of San Angelo. Tex. asking
congressional inquiry of the livestock
industry was withdrawn without ac-
tion.
The annual election of officers re-
suited in the election of P. w. Goebel
Of Kansas City. Kan. president; c. A.
Hinch. Of Cincinnati. vice president;
Oliver ]. Sands of Richmond, Va, was
reelected chairman of the insurance
committee.
The executive committee reelected
Frederick E. Farnsworth of New York
as general secretary and E. NJ. Wing
of La Crosse. Wis. treasurer.
Evening star., 1916-09-30
Moses Construction Ideas

These Handsome Homes in Wood1ey Park IypHy
the Advance and Perfection of Modern Building.
To this add originality in design and honesty in con-
struction and you tell the story OF Moses built houses
We've already sold six from the group of ten arts
tic homes in this delightful residential section OF
Washington. They colonial type in rough tex
ture brick, combining art, quality, comfort and con-
Every vital part of their construction guar
anteed five years. in writing and this guarantee COW
every Moses-built house
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world is Christianity. yet the universal
sentiment is that 1t is not practical
1t is as II thousands OF preachers were
expounding every Sunday the value Of
shoes. millions Of people singing and
praying once a week about the beauty
and utility of shoes, hordes OF children
taught in Sabbath school about how
wonderful shoes are.- aores Of books
written praising shoes and urging the
wearing of them-and yet the entire
population going barefoot. and II any
man actually puts on a pair of shoes he
is considered a crank.
Business men speak at banquets
about the need of a just distribution
of wealth. equal opportunities for all.
the social duty of big business and so
on. Grand ideas. but tacit. And the
trouble is we think they ought to be
tacit.
Both business and politics are car.
rjed on under old superstitions and
lying principles that everybody knows
to be wrong. 1t is all right to know
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janitors fat, chauffeurs' rooms and
garage, while the sixth floor will con-
tain a roof garden, guestrooms, out
side sleeping quarters, and baths. Each
of the apartments will contain thirteen
rooms and four baths, and, while no
announcement is made regarding the
rent to be asked, 1t is understood it will
be in the neighborhood of $4,000 a
year.
The building Is to be constructed of
reinforced concrete and will be fire.
proof. Its cost is placed at about s175,-
00O
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this: to seek to change It 10 to lose
caste.
II has rot 30 that -one has to be an
outlaw TO tell tho truth about any
thing important"
.Civilisation,r says q recent writer.
has been baked for SO many ages.
not by the wicked. but by the good
people who DONE believe In the prac-
ticabiiity OF their own ideals and lack
the pluck to purge them out OF their
minds, We are destroyed BY ideals
that are not lived up to-ideals that
split our lives In two because We
haven't stamina enough either TO ap-
piy them or to get rid OF them"
Evening star., 1916-09-30
UNIQUE APARTMENT PLAN.
Two Floors of Chicago Building for
General Use.

An unusual apartment building is be-
ing erected by Mrs. E. s. Theurer in the
Lincoln Park district in Chicago. 1t
will occupy a lot 60x170 feet, the build
Ing covering 157 feet Of the lot depth
II is unique In the fact that, while it
will be six stories high, it will contain
only four apartments, the first floor be-
ing devoted to an entrance hall, large
entertainment room. with it's retiring
rooms and service kitchen, storerooms
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bad, utterly devoid Of moral sense. full
OF greed. lust and unregulated appe-
tites, he would not be a bad man. not
even a dangerous mamie wouldn't
be a man at all. he'd be hyena. We'd
lock him in a cage and feed him raw
meat. 10
What makes a wicked man is the
STRINGS of good In him.. A man is
never vicious until he gets vision of
the right. That which makes him
what he ought not to be is seeing what
he ought to be.
That is ST. Paurs meaning when he
says. that-"by the law sin entered
The curse of the world is cowardice.
the conviction that while certain
things are good and beautiful they are
not practical.
You can hardly talk with anybody
who is not full of this poison.
The nominal religion of the western
Evening star., 1916-09-30
They " Should Worry.

From the Boston Transcript
wife-The paper says that nitrates are
higher.
telegraph, anyway.
Evening star., 1916-09-30
ACTIVITY IS SHOWN
IN REALTY MARKET
Increased Volume of Sales
Marks Resumption of Busi-
ness After Vacation Time.
SEVERAL BIG DEALS
FOR THE NEAR FUTURE
Sales of Residence Properties Re-
ported Numerous in District
and Nearby Suburbs.

Increasing briskness marked the real
estate market in the District of Colum-
bia during the week, the volume of
sales of home properties being con-
siderably in excess of that reported for
last week and preceding weeks, while
a number of transactions of importance
are said to be merely waiting upon the
completion of minor details.
Deals which involve the changing
hands of several new buildings as we'll
as one or two now in course of con-
struction, 1t is stated, are practically
completed. though details Of the trans
action as yet are withheld. 1t is under
stood one of the transactions referred
to involves an Office structure now
building, while another, according to
information, is for the purchase of an
apartment house as yet uncompleted.
Another Arlington Rumor.
The perennial rumor that something
is doing In the Arlington Hotel site"
revived during the week. This time re-
ports have had it that a combined hotel.
office building and business block Is
under consideration for the site Local
capitalists, together with interests in
New York, Philadelphia and Richmond.
are said to be giving the proposition
serious consideration, and well in
formed real estate men say the matter
is in more promising shape just now
than has been the case with any OF the
numerous projects discussed for the
utilization of the site since the old
hotel structure was demolished and the
present huge hole in the ground was
eXoavated.
Residence Properties Sold.
Sales of home properties reported dur
ing the week included residences in all
sections of the city and nearby suburbs,
and a number of transfers Of business
properties were also reported.
Through the ofice of Boss & Phelps.
Incorporated, Charles L. Smell has pur-
chased the property at 1920 Mckinley
street. chevy Chase. for a home. The
house contains eight rooms. with two
baths on the second floor. 1t has oak
floors throughout. vapor heat, electric
lights and handsome fireplace in the
living room. together with a large front
porch and roomy sleeping porch.
BUYS Lanier Place Home.
The same firm has also sold for the
owner. Carl H Smith. the house at
174s Lanier place. the purchaser be-
ing Mrs. Katherine B. Seip. This is a
new house recently completed by Mr..
Smith, containing eight rooms and at
tic, two baths, hot-water heat. electric
lights. oak floors and three commodious
porches freproof garage is built at
the rear of the lot
Mrs c. C. Nelson has bought the
residence at 2o36 Flagler street
Bloomingdale. formerly owned by Will
liam g. Calvert. Mrs. Nelson will hold
the property as an investment The
sale was made through the Office of
also reports the sale during the week
OF the three following properties:
Three-story bay-window brick resi-
dence 1913 18th street northwest, to
Louis Browdy. this being one of the
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older properties in the section. 1t Is
understood Mr.. Browdy will make ex-
tensive improvements in the property
and will occupy it as a residence.
One of the new houses just COM
pleted. LIS Rock Creek Church road.
by Samuel Shapiro, sold to H. L. Ham
ilton for a home
Detached residence at 4 East Irving
street, Chevy Chase, Md. sold for the
owner, Mrs. NJ v. Withers, who built
1t about six years ago, to Rene c.
Dagneaux. who will occupy 1t as a
home. .5..-
Sale of a Fernwood Heights resi-
dence is reported by Gardiner & Dent
Inc. the property being 1928 Upton
street northwest. near the Holy Cross
Academy and the Army and Navy Pre-
paratory School The property, owned
by F. Armstrong, who is to occupy it
as home. 1t contains ten rooms, has
two baths and all conveniences, and
the consideration is said to have been
$500
Cleveland Park Home Sold,
The same firm also reports the sale
for Robert N. Dobbins of the three
story detached residence at 1926 High
land avenue. Cleveland Park. the pur-
chaser being J. Koblegard. The house
contains twelve rooms and three baths,
and is built on lot 100 by 120 feet.
Consideration Is said to have been
100000. The new owner. who is from
Ohio. is making extensive improve
ments, and when these are completed
he Is to occupy the residence
Robert N. Koblegard has sold,
through the same firm. a three-story
semi-detached residence at 1917 Co
lumbia road, the house having twelve
hot Of
hardwood floors, electric lights. etc
The price paid for the property was
SIS 900. and the new owner. whose name
is withheld, Is to occupy the house.
Other sales reported by this firm in
clude Nos. 1877 and 139 11th, street
southeast. and 629 c street northeast,
these being sold for H. p. Amos for
a total consideration of about SIP 00G.
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1t Is ideals that destroy men-the
ideals not lived up to.
conscience makes towards of us ALL"
1t would be more truthful to say: Con-
science makes criminals of us all.
If one could conceivably be wholly
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-15
Friday Afternoon Sermon


In the gospel according to Mark,
n the ninth chapter and the 28th
verse Why could we not cast him
out%
When Jesus came down from the
Mount of TRANSPORTATION with Peter,
James and John and reached the val
ley below, He saw the remainder
Of the disciples surrounded by a null
titude OF people questioning them.
There were the Ethical Culturists.
the highbrows Of the day; the Phar-
isees, who were the hypocritical
Churchy knockers: the Sadducees,
who were the heretics and higher
critics As Jesus came nearer lie not
ed father who had brought his lit
lie boy who was possessed Of an evil
spirit which had thrown him in fire
and water. had caused him to have
commissions and made him to fall on
the ground and gnash his teeth and
foam at the mouth. The disciples
had each tried to drive II out, but
had all failed. and the devil was even
then exercising his power and had
the boy writhing on the ground in
such commissions as he had never be-
fore had.
Now notice. First, the disciples
thought they had a big crowd around
them. But what did II matter II
there was no devil cast out? That's
the trouble with many today. They
think that God isn't within 10 miles
OF meeting unless there Is a big
crowd.
Get After Devils.
81 can see those disciples praying
and talking and having big time.
There are many fool. shortsighted
ministers who are satisfied il they
can only draw large crowd. Sonic
are as crazy after sensation as the
vellowest newspaper that ever came
of the press That's the reason we
have these sermons on The Hobble
skirt" and the Merry Widow Hat
and such other nonsenscal tommy
rot. II there wasn't so many March
hare sort OF fellows breaking into
pulpits YOU would have 10 sweat
more and work harder ! wouldn't
give 10 cents for a large crowd "
here weren't any devils cast out.
There are some Of you right here to-
day that have the devil in you. May
be YOU don't treat your wife square.
Maybe you cheat in your weights.
Get rid OF the devil What does 1t
matter II you pack a church TO the
roof IL nothing happens 10 turn the
devil pale? What is the use OF put
ting chairs in the aisles II there Is
no devil 10 chase down the aisles and
out the doors?
"The object of the church Is to
cast out devils.
so the disciples thought they we're
having a great time with that large
crowd. The father had brought his
child there because he thought the
disciples could cast out the devil.
But now the case seemed hopeless
and the devil was showing its great.
est power. That's the way when
Christ expects 10 accomplish any.
thing then all OF the devils In hell
try 20 prevent " That's the way
" is now with his aides. that dirty,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-15
"Why Pack the Churches Il You Don't
Get Rid Of the Devil" BILLY Sunday

we see OF evil we despise when we
have a new mind.
christianity is a new VIII. You
will do the good and hate the wrong.
Christ is a new attraction. ! love
what hated and hate what loved.
Dent tell me that you are Chris
tian when you love lewd show more
than you do prayer meeting
christianity is n new motive pow.
or. Man will never rise higher than
his ideals Man will never 20 farther
than his dynamic force. There was
an old steamer on the Mississippi
which always brought up the rear
when the boat came in and the peo-
pie used TO come down and watch
her behind all Of the others. one
day she failed 10 appear and they
waited and waited and the next time
the boats came in she was leading
them all. She was under full steam
and had a brand new coat Of paint.
'Hev captain some one yelled, does
that new coat Of paint make YOU lead
them all?' Not on your life was
the answer She's got new boiler
and a new engine That's what makes
her go. So with Christianity. Chris
tianity is new motive power II
gives man power TO pass booze
and say, Not on your life
The Church Scrap.
81 think that the worst thing that
ever wriggled out of the pit Of hell
Ia "A church scrap What hinders re.
vivals? II isn't the saloon keepers
alone. il isn't the RIGHTEOUSNESS. II
isn't the red light district It's the
auarrels and selfishness OF Gods peo-
pie O. God pity you. II ] didn't
have enough religion in me to stop
uuarreling and stay stopped. I'd get
1t or I'd quit the church. What could
the disciples think OF preaching?
Zach wanted 10 have the best chance.
each wanted TO be the biggest duck
in the puddle, each wanted to get in
the spotlight.
why could we not cast him out7'
Because they were scrapping with
each other in their selfish arbitra-
tion--they could not see Gods Will.
God will never hear prayer when
pride Is the handspring.
Il believe that some time In the
life OF every man and woman there
will come a time when they will
pray. When the Titanic went down
every man prayed. say there will
come a time in the life of every one
OF you when YOU will pray.
But God won't hear selfish pray.
or simply because you want to bride
God, and think He will hear A. Ny
ears are brass Look AZ the Pharisee
,tFGtUmg up the temple like pea.
COCK, presenting himself like a bird
Of paradise. and in sonorous oratort
believing out. II think Thee, God
that am not as other men. thank
Thee that | am not as this publican
here Right then the recording an.
gel dropped his pen and gave up in
despair But when YOU come like
the publican. God be merciful "a
me. sinner then God Will hear
your prayer. Every man who hum.
bles himself viii be lifted up, but
ever, one who exalts himself will
be lowered
Copyright. William A. Sunday
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-15
Home Sweet Home Far Too Often Disrupted By Liquor Declares Billy Sund

statue and you say, Who IL itF
And they will answer. That is our
Henry. Henry. who?' Henry W.
Grady
Did you ever hear how our Henry
disappeared from home for three
days? Well, he found himself drift
ing away from God that his old moth
er had taught him. and he packed
his grip and bought a ticket and
went into the country-miles and
miles into the country in the wilder
ness Of Georgia-where his mother
lived and he was born.
she had refused 10 leave her old
homestead and live in his big house
with her brilliant son I'm Atlanta.
He went 10 the farm and on past
the pump. and into\ the kitchen, and
when he said. 'Mothef,I. am drifting
away from God she came back and
she took his grip up the stairway
into HIS old room and she baked him
some corn pones and fried him some
hog iowl. made him hominy and
mothered and kissed him like he was
boy and she took him on her lap
and che Rugged and kissed him like
he was a boy. and when II was time
to go 10 bed. she went upstairs with
him and she tucked him in and
kissed him goodnight
She did that for three days and
when he returned 10 old Atlanta, he
came back with Jesus Christ, and
he has never lost him since, from
that day 10 this day.
DO ,xa-t 80 y ., .,
and he stood on Pennsylvania avenue
and looked up al the hill where the
Capitol stands. and he said That is
the Capitol OF my nation. the Capital
where the laws are made: and the
tears rolled down his cheeks and
later when he went back to Atlanta,
to his home In the southland, he
wrote an editorial in the Atlanta
Constitution. in which he said
81 was wrong when | said that
was the Capitol OF our nation; the
Capitol OF our nation is where the
children are taught TO love Cod,
whether IL be palace or log hut.
And what this nation needs is more
Christian homes
81 believe in blood believe in
good blood, bad blood, honest blood.
and thieving blood heroic blood, and
cowardly blood. in yirtuous blood.
licentious blood, in drinking blood
and sober blood.
The lips Of the Hapsburg tell Of
RIGHTEOUSNESS. Those OF the Stuart
tell OF cruelty. biGotry and sensual
ity, from Mary. Queen of Scots, down
20 Charles ! and Charles II. James /,
who showed the world what your fool
Of a Scotman can be when he is a
fool-down TO King James II.
Scotch blood stands for stubborn.
ness. They are full OF stick-toit-iye-
ness | know Mrs. Sunday is full
blooded Scotch.
English blood speaks OF reverence
for the English That is shown by
the fact that England spent 50,000,.
600 recently TO put crown on
Georges block
Danish blood tells OF love OF the
sea Welsh blood tells of religious
fervor and zeal for God. Jew blood
tells Of love OF money, from the days
Of Abraham down until now.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-15

whiSkr-sOaked gang that are spread
ing dirty. blackhearted lies now
about these meetings They never
opened their trap until they heard !
was coming here.
When Jesus Comes.
There never was a meeting held
in which there weren't some who
had devils in them which ought 10
be cast out I'll bet my life that some
Of you out there are filled with the
devil
But how quickly all changed when
Jesus came on the scene. II always
does The scribes and the Pharisees
stopped their quiZzing the disciples
when Jesus came on the scene. So
Will you all. Then YOU won't look
wise and say, Where did Cain get
his wife, You'll staggcr back in
awe at His power
The father saw Jesus and he for
sock the crowd. That's what always
happens when anyone sees Jesus.
The world will flock TO the church
because the world knows that It's
where Christ is. The people will al
ways flock to a place where Christ
Is being preached.
so the father turned his back on
the crowd and said 10 Jesus. Have
compassion That's all. | think
these long-winded prayers will never
get anything. When Peter was sink
ing he said, Help me or I'll sink
That's all, but II he had tried to
make a longwinded prayer he would
have been at the bottom OF the sea
before Christ could have touched
him. I think it's a good suggestion
TO use the condenser freely.
Were you ever in the same fix as
that father? Have you boy who
is drunkard, a girl who is frivolous,
friends who are going wrong. a hus-
band or wife who Is untrue? II you
have some relative like that you will
know how that father felt when he
said. Have compassion. II a ter
rible calamity strikes you there is
only one who can remedy II and that
Is Jesus Christ. You can go TO all
your philosophers. critics, million
aires, but they can't help you. No
one ever went to Christ like that
and was disappointed
Christ Never Dissppoints.
HE knows what II is 10 be friend
less. to have every one desert Him.
to not have n place for His head. He
knows what IL is 10 be lied about.
for they lied about Him from the
time He was born until the end.
They could find no spot. no blemish
on Him. 80 they started regular
campaign OF villihcation lie knows
what it is to be spit upon, TO be
tainted. No one ever had harder
time in this world than Jesus Christ.
II ! can only help him TO bear some
OF the burdens of the twentieth cen
fury, III fight all OF the forces Of
! hell 10 the last ditch.
NO matter what your lot, Christ
will have compassion The father
was helpless himself so he said.
Have compassion Can YOU imagine
Jesus Christ turning deaf ear 20
such plea cant The devil Dc.
fed the disciples but Jesus said, !
charge you 10 come out OF him Ho