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PREACHERS.
Are the Colleges Responsible for Mod,
ern Deaeieneies In the Pulpltss

To rHE EpIToR or THE SrN-S-. DO
our theological colleges and universi.
ties attenpt to teach ~elocution or voice
training In the preparation Of young men
for the ministry ask this question
! for the reason that the majority OF the
young men taking up the calling OF the
Church al the present day. 80 far as I
hear them, seem to me TO he complete
failures az preachers. This has been
particularly noticeable In the past few
years.
II has been my painful privilege re.
Gently TO hear several OF these Young
men. aspirants for ministerial positions.
graduates OF some OF our leading col
leRes and universities, who ssser, they
have carried OF all the honors at the
disposal Of these institutions az learning.
whose attempts At reading and preach
ing nave been simply execrabl-, The
,oicc. only a partial. almost lnarticu.
late sound. absolutely lacking in any ex-
preston o. enunciation. coming just from
the lips the closing words OF ever ser-
tence entirely lost emphasis. IL any.
20 words tina, should no, he stressed
and Invariably omitted from important
words all hne passages and phrasing
lost seemingly an entire ignorance Of
every rhetorical rule or form, all har-
non and beauty Of the reading or
preaching being sacrificed.
Yet these men are being sent on ht
colleges a. having completed th. course
with all the honors the Institutions have
10 Offer. Who Is to blame for ms de-
i~iciency' IL II n lack OF ability on the
par, OF The instructors: Are the Young
men deficient Of the qualities necessary
to make successful preachers o. are
parents to blame in choosing the pro-
fss-lon for their sons without the hnowl-
edge Of their fitness FOR SUCH u calling?
Arc Instructors In colleges aware u
this lack in graduates justified IN send
ing them out. 10 be laughed n, and c-itl-
cised. as the finished product OF their
institutions?
4 LOVER or 0oop PREACHING.
New BRITAIN. Conn. November 20.
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The Great War and White Flour,

On several occasions The SrN has
pointed out certain probable benef.
cent results Of the war now raging
In Europe as evidence of the fact that
famine. disease and war are among
the evolutionary forces that have de-
termined the rise OF mankind from
the primOrdial cell To It's present high
development.
1t Is reported that WALTER RuNcr.
MAN, President OF the Board of Trade
OF London, will present to Parliament
q measure providing for the compul.
sorry, replacement of white -four and
forbidding fancy cakes ana pastry in
Great Britain.
If such a law becomes effective thc
resulting benefit to The English peo.
pie and by their example to all other
peoples will be inc,Iculnblc.
Mr.. RrNciMAN's proposal has n
sound basis In physiological facts. The
mechanical devices supplied IN the
modern milling processes are OK.
tremely efficient In separating the va
rlous parts Of the wheat kernel. which
consist OF the germ, the bran and the
endosperm, the starchy part. or the
latter alone consists the white -four
which Is now In common use by rea.
son OF the erroneous assumption that
It's Wilderness tcstlfies to it's purity,
The miller suffers no loss by separat.
Ing these parts Of the wheat. Indeed.
he gains materially through the bet,
ter preserving quality Of the -four, and
he sells the carefully separated outer
part Of the wheat kernel ~ food for
animals. The consumer, on the con,
trary, being Influenced by nsthc,i,
preferences, suffers great loss in mn,
tritlve quality or bread made from,
fine -four.
Recent researches by TELLER In tho
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Temptations.

st. Andrews Methodist Episcopal
Church has gathered the opinions of
II number Of eminent persons as to the
most dangerous temptations that beset
young men and young women In New
York. The field IL a large n the
harvest Of wisdom accumulated by
MIR. ADAMS only suggests Its pOssibill-
ties. Jacob II. SCHIrr sums up the
results Of his observations In the
word women" President BUTLER Of
Columbia believes the impulse to
spend In excess Of income; In the ef-
fort to keep up with" more prosper
Gus associates. Is the most seductive
Of temptations for young men. He
does not attempt an examination Of
the temptations affecting the female
Of the species. Miss KArHARINE h.
DAVIS speaks for the young women /:
THE desire for pleasure Of the kind
that Is typife,r In the glamour and
glare Of Broadway, Of the theatres
aud c%abarets." Miss CRAFTY Of the
Young WOmen's Christian .Associa-
ton bOils her knowledge down To one
word Clothes"
None Of these authorities casts his
ballot for drink. for drugs. for gam
bling. Fashions In temptations must
change. A few years ago n symIp-
stun such us Mr.. ADAMS undertook
must have revealed at least u sub
stnniinl minority of It's participating
thinkers as impressed with the seduc-
tive influence Of the t;ilde,i Palace.
otherwise the Rum Hole. Drugs are
The daily diet IT u large fraction Of
the population. II We are NOT misin.
formed by earnest nm%eliorators Of So.
clnl conditions. And when did the
Goddess Of Chance. as she was once
called. cease to attract the thought
less: The wheel. the poolrOom, the
betting ring how many moral tales
have been told NJ their ruinous effect
on the young.
Unless we misJudge n yiriuous aud
vOciferous generation. Mr.. SCHIfr has
stirred up n hornets nest f"r himself.
Woman never temptS. She is invari-
ably tempted. and when she falls II is
because she does NOT get SS.G6+ u
week g reports ~ inInmrrable
white slave" inquiries for convincing
statistical tables. The difference be-
tween chastity and ~looseness has been
reduced 10 n minute percentage of n
cent. The pay envelope il the sign
bonrd NJ the crossing roads the oh
servant traveller needs no other guide.
JOHN WASAMAKrR records himself rs
Ia The opportunity for temptation.
rather than the actual temptation
Wasting ones time is al the bottom
OF more sir and temptation than any
other cause"
Time wn>trels have time to he
tempted. Honest labor protects IT,,
practitioners by dulling their senses
To the sednctions that appeal 10
strikers. Yet there are men who
did n wrong thing merely be.
cause they were too lazy. But herein
Is exposed II detestable doctrine. 4
skllful tlebater might make out laZl.
ness n moral agent rs admirable rs
labor: N would never do. We must
he true 10 the copy books.
Put In It's shortest terms. the mos,
dangerous temptations To men and
women. young and yonnger-thpre are
no old folks nowadays-are the temp
tations I" which they succnmb. All
others are negligible.
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The Glorious Gobbler.

An hail The glorious gobbler,
when autumn skies are gray
He mounts his china platter throne
And rules Thanksgiving DAY;
II IL 4 noble oval
with ailded ssrlands fair.
Or II may be an heirloom priced
OF old blue willow ware.
salute the glorious gobhisr.
Though sometimes rs \ hen
That dswns In appetizins brown
Upon our famished ken).
He wears his festal dressing
Contrariwise, within.
Receiving all his subjects true
In nothing but his skin.
Here's TO the glorious sobblsr,
Though TAR afeld they ros IN,
Yet In his honor every year
The children gather home.
His drumstickn beat assembly
From mountain top 10 sea.
He wears a golden celery crown.
The king Of birds IL he.
Long i've the glorious sobbier.
With his attendant pies.
Mince, pumpkin. apple. cranberry,
And each of generous size.
OF all the famous monarcha
From Ecuador TO Spain.
He IL the only one who boAsts
An u~ndisputsd reign.
NINA iaviKo,
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be accomplished, but 1t will be well
not to expect It. What can be done
lies mostly with the public and the in
dlvidual. Study to buy as cheaply as
you can 90 without a little: don't be
ashamed to take a home prepared
lunch II you u do 70 advantageously /;
make your old suit Of clothes do a
little longer; 60 to the movies only
once a week smoke fewer-but no,
there are limits to self-denlal.
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The Hon. JAMES +. FIELDER. Governor
OF New Jersey. delivers himself "
these thoughts in his Thanksgiving
proclamation
"For the people OF the United States
Of America the blessings OF national
peace and prosperity should at this time
hold a peculiar and deep significance.
while our brothers OF the other great
nations are c~ontcnding against the sac
%Iifices, wastace and horrors o! a
while devastation stalks through their
lands. bringing pri,stion. suffering and
distress IN its train, and the paralyzine
hand OF death II laid upon them and
fathers and mothers, widows and Or
phans. amid the ruins OF their homes.
our country ~ a. peace. u people are
employed. cortented and happy and no
homes are lGsoiste because the spectre
OF war casts its shadows upon them. For
this fortunate condition IN which ~"
people OF our s'ste share. as well az FOR
other blessings the waning year has
brought ~. w should set aside u spe-
/, ciai day upon which TO offer grateful
acknowledgements
In spite OF this n large numb Of
New Jersey folk viii enjoy the Thaaks-
giving.
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thought they were at odds with nj an
other. that the spirit Of America was
not expressed except in them and that
possibilities Of antasonism were the only
things that we had to look forward to-"
HERMIONE would have explained,
however. that In order to get rid OF
groups 1t If necessary to form little
groups to combat the group spirit /;
for what is 9 effective as group con.
seriousness? Let the seeming echo
proceed TO utter greater truths:
Achievement Is a comparatively small
matter, but the spirit In which things
are done Is the essence OF the whole
thing"
HERMIoNE scarcely could have i'm.
proved on 1t. Isn't spirit wonderful?
she might have added (; unless we have
spirit we have nothing. Continuing:
ar we cannot enter into zach others
thoughts. IL We cannot comprehend each
others interests. II We cannot serve each
Others essential welfare. then we have
not yet qualified as representatives Of
the American spirit
HERMIONE could not have said It
more neatly The cOsinlc urge must
have all Of us behind It or 1t fails.
And II Is HERMIONE's nocturnal habit
to say to herself: Have I failed. or
have | been comprehensive"
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ELECTING THE PRESIDENT.
Does the Present system Discourage
Voting In Texnsf

To rHE EDITOR OF THE SrN--Sir: The
last national election was unique and
brought on a dangerous crisis, Would
IT no.. be n preventive TO cleo, the Presi-
det'; by popular vote" Many are OF the
opinion, feeling that it would he best,
MANY are careless about going 10 the
polls. as they consider their votes If NJ
tie weight as to the Presidential cleo
ton, II the popular vote reached the
Presidential candidate directly the voter
would feel the touch between himself
and the candidate.
This question ought to be threshed out
during the next four years.
RAYMOND VERNIMoNr.
DENTON, Tex, November Is.
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Field Day for Schoolgirls.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--SF; Why
not now drop further discussion Of the
question. why the high cost OF living .
Charge It all to the top man, the mid
dleman and the end man. and take up
the equally important and more easily
answered question. why the cost OF
high living" ISAAC MARKENs.
New YORK, November 20.
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ON a visit to Lakewood JoHN D..
ROCKEFELLER mas taken his cows with
him. How much more sensible than
NOAH. who impcded his travels with Az
many attractive but reproductive
animals.
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The appeal Of WERNER HoHS. await
ing trial FOR dynimiting the Internal
tional Bridge at Nanceboro. Me. from
the dismissal OF his suit for release on
ha IA corpus. was advanced yester-
day by the Supreme Court for hear
ing on January S. The prospect now
Is that HoRN's case may outlast the
war which furnished the excuse for
his military" attack on the bridge.
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Representative elect JEANETTE RAN
KIN OF Montana Is greatly annoyed by
offers OF marriage received since her
success a, the polls. Miss RANKIN will
have enough TO do in Congress TO o.
cupy her time without undertaking. the
tanning o. a husband.
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MR.. STEWARDS PORTRAITS.
One In the Chamber Of Commerce, An.
other In the Garden City Hotel.

To THE EDITOR or THE SrS-Sir: Their.
IL an oil portrait Of the late 4. T. Stew.
art in the rooms OF the Chamber NJ
Commerce and another in the Garden
'liN Hotel r. W A..
NEW YORK, November 90.
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According to reports from Athens
the representatives OF the allied cause
are convinced OF the friendship of the
Greeks. whose pockets will conse-
quently he searched now for concealed
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Perhaps the hotel mems convention
will discover a method by which hotel
coffee may he kept fairly hot until It
reaches the consumers table.
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Miss LAW is deserving OF the fame
that has come TO her. She has found
means OF getting away from Chicago
at the rate OF owe a hundred miles an
hour.
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Beaufort. y. e.. announces hat; II has
p%ropaga;ed this year 262+ diamond
back terrapin; SO the bottom may drop
out OF the food market at any moment.
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The local wise men have listed "A
dozen temptations OF New York" and
every one OF the twelve II as new as
the Garden OF Eden.
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The attitude Of the German Ad.
miralty seems to Dc that a on-com
Blatant who puts his trust in the ga
credness OF international law II open
To the charge OF frivolity.
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ANNA DICKINSON AND HER PETIT.
COAT CAMPAIGNS OF LONC AGO.
Personal "Reminiscences Of One Of the Earliest and Greatest Of wo.an
Speakers.
Speakers.

.-.s @.N
election. with q bevy Of women's faces
turned %expectantly toward the land
that lies 'twixt the Grand Central
station and the Golden Gate, 1t was
said that an epoch In political history
had been marked. For the first time
in the history Of the country an organ
ization OF women had oficialiy under
taken campaign operations under the
direction OF a national campaign
committee. All their energy and much
Of their afhuence a being thrown
into work for their psrty's platform.
including the engineering Of a train
load Of speakers TO s stump the country
for a Presidential candidate.
The reports Of this expedition re-
minded me OF another petticoat CAM
paigner. Anna r.. Dickinson. so far
or l know she was the pioneer politl-
cal woman speechmaker Of this coun-
try. She had the wit and beauty OF a
woman and the brain OF q man: o
dangerous combination which when
linked with intolerance and intensity
~ feeling never ausurs well for hap
pin-ss. However that may oe. as a
political speaker her triumph was not
to be denied. Because ~ her combina-
ton of gifts campaign committees
would send her into rough districts
where their men orators declined to
20 and where. throwing the magic of
her magnetism into the cause for
which she was speaking. she would
invariably win out by force OF brain.
"One trouble with the women who
speak these days she said 10 me not
long ago. is that they never seem to
know how 10 stop. I do not mean by
that they talk too long. but that they
talk too long after they have finished.
They don't seem to know how to work
up TO a good climax and leave It,"
In the beginning Miss Dickinson was
a friend Of my mother. Mrs. Samuel
Day. the two having met al the Crys-
tai Palace Fair at Philadelphia and
continuing acquaintance by CORE
spondence between the Quaker town
and Ann Arbor. Mich. where was
educated. Later the mantle ~ friend
ship was extended TO my shoulders.
NY direct personal knowledge Of her
came after her political work was
ended and when she had entered the
general lecture field and was aspiring
tn hls,rionic recognition. But from
accounts I have had OF her political
work from men like Wendell Phillips
and George William Curtis she was
probably the most fearless and the
most brilliant stump speaker among
women this country has ever heard.
Briefly her history:
She was reared in the Society OF
Friends In Philadelphia. tina, freedom
loving. Rnti-slavery sect. the fold of
the first Abolitionists in America.
Her father. an iilimate friend OF Gar
rison and PhiNs. passed the last
evening of his NE making a telling
appeal for the slaves and fell dead at
the close ~ the meeting. In 1850
Anna Dickinson made her first punlic
speech al a meeting OF the Progressive
Friends on "Women's Rights" She
was employed in the United States
Mint in Philadelphia ana was later
dismissed. IL was said. because of a too
frank and fi~rebrsndish speech con-
nected win the civil war. But in the
mea ntimc her fame had travelled
abroad war GoNprnprs ir,Dnei into
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need food control so much as mood
control.
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The Maryland Mssumeat On Ground Net
Historic.

To THE Enron ~ TINS srS-Nr: no.
tics In TINS srS Of November rs a letter
signed ~" asking what happened where
the Maryland Monument 10 situated In
Prospect Park. may say that nothins
happened whore the Maryland Monument
10 placed In Prospect Park, I am In.
formed that the park authorities asked 10
be allowed to place the Maryland Monu.
ment In Its present location. II 10 com
memorativs oaly. E. E. WiHsLoW.
Nsw YoaK. November ~.
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shsNsheu respectfully " HVdr WnatnNpr
Of truth--whether bitter or sweet-.bc
chose TO pour into them.
The story Is told Of her leaving
hall once escorted by the chairman @,
the meeting TO catch an Observation
man made and plainly for her assim,.
lation.
THE Lord a v her husband. II Oh.
has one"
Anna Dickinson turned swift az
lisht:.2E and, looking amiably into tho
eyer OF her annoycr. remarked. And
may He be mercifully disposed toward
your wife"
One day she arrived in San Fran.
cisco to find that four Chinese had
been killed in a street riot as the 70.
suit OF an attack that was af,crward
admitted to have been unwarran,ed
and probably the result Of the prem.
dice prevalent in California against the
yellow rae When she spoke in on.
Of the largest a,iditoriums in the city
that evening II was to state VIVA. sh.
thought Of the affair in terms no,
minced in the telling. At first. Il Wa.
said. an ominous pail OF silenr.
wrapped the crowd. Then a voice WI,
heard: she means 10 apologize e"
Another. shes going to run away"
And. having given her opportunity.
another. "She don't dare face mis-
r,,,a ~, ,,..inu $3.50. ,n
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oo"n ~ ne"' "h"' wv WIZ" 'H'lN'Il~
na
perience from winch II mad evidently
hitherto been exempt.
What she thought about audience,
IL recorded in "A Ragged Repistor o. ,
-
b.. -. p.a,n... 100
o.a,a, chiaano 49,,
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renor,. IN tho ,ad,ss n, tho unrh.s
Sneciai She wrot..
.Some audience. .re stone w.,
strike apains, them and ,obouua
anoe,ed Ia, ,b,i, h,,dro.s Som, go,
sponee-absorh and absorb and ,r.
sorb~and rive notbin, back ant
some are ,ik. champagne or ,irorng,
tea. or clear rosnac. or aepresse.
coffee. or whatever i, NAV be tina, ,gc
mos, quickly and enchan,inrlv slim
lates your brain and nerves. hat,
Chicago"
one day. a story OF her poe. sh-
was espied on the train by a III
fesslonal a~gitator.
II don't like YOU nor your theori,. .
hc told her briefly.
"Ah," she replied FORTUNATELY
have the strength Ia bear the vci-l
OF your d%ispleasure.'
No. he continued. Il used To- A.
to hear you til Won took to ta,kiI- -
a matter YOU don't know nothin' auoi'
no business TO touch. an now D
rather hiss o than listen To YOU tut
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L. the money TO be spent on the
night OF January | deductible ron the
returns filed on March l or must 4; go
over a year"
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How do the cities ever get along
when the city managers 20 to their
conventions?
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How can any permanent agreement
between WILSON and CARRANzA he made
to which VILLA does not subscribe?
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What chance has man agains,
worna for "A nonstop record?
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Only ten days remain In which to
count your blessings.
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Suppose people had to inventory
their blessings as they do their sources
OF income.
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Monastir. says Berlin, was without
any military importance" The same
was said ~ Nerdun.
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Nowadays 1t Is Rtrm amid the alien
clouds.
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II W. are 10 have a winter Mayor
atty campaign. why not a spring cleo
ton.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-15

Henry Sydnor Harrison, Field Section
No. i. American Ambulance, in
Friends of France" Q1oughton Milf
flin).
NN HE came to know these youths
WV very well-the gallant and
charming poilus who have SO
long carried the western front upon their
shoulders. We sincerely admired them;
nd on them largely we formed our opin-
ions of France, and of the war generally,
and of war.
We were with the poilus In the hour
of rout and disaster: we were with
them in the flush of a victorious charge
brilliantly executed. We crawled along
roads blocked for miles with them, NOV
ing forward we wormed into railroad
stations swamped with the tide of their
wounded. Now we heard their boyish
fun, and shared their jokes in the fine
free days off duty; and now we heard,
from the unseen we'll of the jolting car,
their faint entreaty, "Doucement, douce-
ment!" ("Gently, gently). We saw them
distressed by the loss Of their precious
sacs or elated by the gift Of button
or a cheese; we saw them again, in ST.
lence and the darkness beside the User.
very quiet and busy. with the ping and
whine of many rifles, and again we
found them lying on straw in dim lit
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-15
Football Schedule

From a spectators viewpoint. Biz
mingham will have a splendid sched-
ule for football" said Courtney Hen
ley. with the Thank sgiving game be-
tween Alabama and Georgia, the Van
derbi!t-Auburn championship engage
sment and the other big games, we foot
ball fans will have opportunities to
see the leading elevens of the south
in action.
But to my mind the biggest scrap
of the year will be the Washington
and Lec-Georgia Tech game in Atlanta
on october %. Virtually every alumnus
in birmingham of the Virginia insti-
tuition is going to journey to Atlanta
to witness that battle, and we intend
to see every play. 1t has been six years
since Washington and Lee came south
and since that time the Generals have
made phenomenal record. We are
confident that Washington and Lee
will win on this occasion.
The captain of the team-Young-
Is a wonder. He has been elected cap
tain of four teams-football, baseball,
basketball and track. At football he
is the fastest man in the south At
lantic division"