The Washington herald., 1920-04-07
In the Linelight
BY George Perry Morris.

BY George Perry Morris.
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Raymond Robbins has been cam
psigning in Michigan aiding Sen
ator johnson. of California. This is
the most important detail concern
ing this gentleman's activities since
he was named a member Of the conn
mfttee TO gather data for a tentative
platform for the Republican party.
As a Bull Moose" lieutenant he
now aligns with johnson rather
than with Wood as the residuary
Ieeatee of the Roosevelt political
estate. Mr.. Robbins's capacities as
an orator and vote getter are above
the average. and Senator johnson
is fortunate in getting his support
The interview between the eclipse
of DR.. Parkhurst's fame and the
present hour has not given New
York any conspicuous clerical foe OF
vice and Of Official coIlusion with
the same. Now Rev. DR.. John
Roach Straton. pastor Of the CAL
vary Baptist Church, has appeared
to play the role, and already has
begun to get some results. The job
Is not an alluring one. and sub
jects the person volunteering for
the task to all sorts OF misrepresen.
tations and misunderstandings. He
not only has open foes in front OF
him but secret ones in his rear. He
often fails of support where he-has
most reason to expect IL. But II
the traditions OF the synagogue and
Of the church in their best estates
are to be maintained some men have
to be prophets as well as priests
and hagrant sins and communal
vices have to be denounced.
Ecuador. having profted recentl,
by his expert knowledge. demon
strated by his achievements in Pan
anna, Peru IL now to let Gen. Gorgas
former Surgeon General of tn,
Unitcd States army, work his will
in putting Peruvian cities and port
In order according to latest stand
ards Of sanitation and medical sci
ence. He, II Is said, is to get $4,000
a year and his expenses. His worl
will begin next January. and viii
last fve years. Meantime. he Il
to visit Belgium and West Africa
To measure precisely the life-savins
record of this man is impossible
also, equally impossible Is the cal
culation of the wealth he adds {,
the countries to which he teache
the fundamentals Of the new sci
ence. For they primarily, and al
other nations sccondsrily, gain un
told sums in commercial stabilit.
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of the disease pests that for cen
turies have made tropical and semi
tropical ports dangerous to mariner
from afar. The sum he is paid 4
paltry compared with the propert.
and life values he conserves.
Roger Babson is an New Eng
lander. a CongregationaIist by her
edity ana preference though no
much Of a sectarian now. He advise
laymen about their investments an,
has a large following as such Il
the interior and West, and he ais
breaches social ethics and practica
Christianity to clergy and lait,
alike. He is one of the speaker
travelling along as Flying Scouts
under the leadership OF John I
Rockefeller. tr, who are stirring tn
Protestants of the country to pledg
themselves to give more than $500,
000, 900 for the Interchurch Worl
Movement Mr.. Babson has had
technical engineers training: h
has done social settlement work
he is the best salesman of industria
commercial and social statistics 70
personal prof. that the country ha
developed; and now. at his home a
Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts,,
is carrying on a school for ric
mems sons. teaching them how {
enter business with some othe
knowledge than golf. tennis, jaz
dances. and dispersion of the paren
tai allowance.
Dennis A. McCarthy's retiremen
from the post Of secretary OF tn
local City Club will enable him {
return to lecturing and authorship
for which he has native gifts ths
he can capitalize with personal sat
isfaction and profit. AS he ha
grown maturer the singing ar
which he masters has been turne
away from the lyric form that
took when he was first an emigr
from ireland to America, and ha
become more serviceable to contem
porary life. Long before the "Ameri
canization" movement came he wa
writing verse that has proved help
full of late to civic reformers and {
workers who are trying to max
the melting pot melt.