The Washington times., 1920-11-08

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&c A ND what conclusions have
"A you come to! of you
think the system should
De enlarged and reorganized. ! am
willing at any time to go over II
with you, with view to making
an additional contribution. Per-
sonalN, while ! have sympathy Tor
, the unfortunate. I'm not at all sure
that much OF the energy and money
put into the institutional work OF
the churches isn't wasted"
81 haven't come to any conciu-
,sions-yet," said the rector. with
a touch of sadness. perhaps i de-
mand too much--expect too much.
The ffnancier, deep in his leather
chair under the shaded light. the
tips of his fingers pressed together.
regarded the younger man thought-
fully. but the smile fingered In his
eyes
lems." he said.
A SYSTEM OF SPHERES.
Holders cosmos might have been
compared, indeed. to that set forth
in the Ptolemaic theory OF the an
clients. Like a cleverly carved
Chinese object of ivory In the bank
ere collection. 1t was a system OF
spheres. touching. concentric, yet
separate.
In an outer space swung Mr..
Parr: then came the scarcely less
rarefied atmosphere OF the Con-
stables and Atterburys. Fergusons.
Plimptons. Langmaids. Prestons:
Larrabees. Greys and Cores, and
then a smaller sphere which claims
but q passing mention.
There were, in the congregation
Of st. Johns a few people OF mod
crate means whose houses or apart
ments the rector visited: people to
whom modern life was increasingly
perpiexing.
In these ranks were certain
maiden ladies and widows who
found in church work an outlet to
an otherwise circumscribed exist
ence. Holder met them continually
in his daily rounds. There were
people like the Bradleys, who rented
half the pew and never missed
Sunday: Mr.. Bradley. an elderly
man whose children had scattered.
was an upper clerk in one OF Mr..
PARIS trust companies; there were
bachelors and young women, mar
ried or single. who taught in the
Sunday school or helped with the
night classes.
For the most part, all OF these
mentioned above belonged to an
element that once had had a COM
Portable and well-recognized place
in the community, yet had some
how been displaced. Many OF them
were connected by blood with more
fortunate parishioners, but eco
nomic pressure had scattered them
throughout new neighborhoods and
suburbs. Tradition still bound them
to st. Johns.
with no fixed orbit, the rector
cut at random through all OF these
strata, and into fourth. Not very
far into 1t, for this apparently went
down to limitless depths. the ve:!
contemplation of which made him
QtZGy. ne parish houoS
float precariously on it's surface.
NOT UP TO DATE.
Owing partly to the old-fashioned
ideas of DR.. Gilman. and partly TO
the conservatism of its vestry, the
ipstitutionalism OF St. Johns was
by no means up to date. No settle
ment house. with day nurseries,
was maintained in the siums. The
parish house, built in the early
nineties. had its gymnas UNI hall
and class and reading rooms. but
was not what in those rapidly NOV
ing times would be called modern.
Presiding over it's activities, and
seconded by a pale, but earnest
young man recently ordained, was
Holders first assistant, the Rever-
end Mr.. McCrae.
McCrae was another puzzle. He
was fifty and gaunt. with a wide
flat forehead and thinning, gray
hair, and wore steel spectacles. He
had a numerous family. His speech.
Of which he was sparing, bore
strong traces OF a CALIFORNIAN ac-
cent. And this, with the addition