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girls and is the leading spirit In the
movement to bring them together fh
club.
mot SO bad as It was" said this
erstwhile st. Nazaire maiden.
Sometimes ! am SO lonesome, and
the American womcn see on the
street seem SO horrld! There is
more freedom in France. You new
er see groups of ten o. twenty
girls walking along the sidewalk
and singing here like you do in st.
Nazaire. They would be arrested.
But, then, the motion pictures are
better. You can talk in the tbeater
here, and they would arrest you II
you did that in France.
Reprimands Loose Takers.
THE way American women dress
is horrid. Their shoes are too Dig
and their skirts are too tight NeV.
er will I wear a tight skirt ana not
be able to walk. And the way some
Americans talk about the Frencn
girlsl I was in q store the otner
dav and heard a bunch Of sailors
taIking about how bad all the girls
from France were / walked up to
them. told them I was a French
girl and that they were liars.
II know we all would be so much
happier IL we could get together
and talk things over. Then the
girl. would not cry SO much when
they get lonesome.
ut is so much easier to keep the
house clean in America than In
France. The running water in ev-
cry kitchen is wonderful. Tne
American women can go to the
theater, when the French woman
must scrub all the time.
Several Live In District.
Il know when American women
understand US they will not talk SO
much about US. Why. some of the
French girls in Washington 60 10
church every day in the year and
there are not many American womer Z
that do as m1cn
1T is only when I am very. very
lonesome that want to 6, back
to st. Nazaire now. But I will &c
back sometime to See my father and
mother
Among the French war brides n
Washington interested in forming I
club to discuss their likes an, dis.
likes stirred up by contact with
American institutions are: Mrs
Statsberg. Mrs. Dieux, Mrs. Thomas
Boles. 1910 Fourth street northeast;
Mrs. ]. e. Bachtu. 61o street north
west: Mrs. Furbershaw. so r stree,
northwest; Mrs. Beale. 2140 r street
northwest; Mrs. Quinn. COS Twenty.
second street northwest. and Mrs
Humphry, 1877 First street south
east
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August and several days in Septem-
Der. Hundreds of exhibits were
placed in evidence, including letters
from Mrs. Eddy, original drafts of
the trustee deeds, the records of
both boards. letters from and to the
directors and trustees, various edi-
tions of the Manual and other docu-
ments.
The bitterness which had appar-
emily marked the disputes between
the two boards crept into the hear
ing. Sharp clashes between the op-
posing counsel. charges and count
ercharges. made by witnesses and
lawyers alike, enlivened the pro-
ceedings as they dragged on
through the fierce summer heat.
1t soon became evident that many
unexpected issues would come into
the case. Such an issue was the
question of the two boards of direc-
tors: one, the four trustees under
the deed of 1892 holding the church
property and having certain specific
duties under the deed, and the other,
a board consisting of these four men
and one other and acting under
the bylaws of the church Manual
as church officers.
The hearing on the trustees case
closed early in September. There
is a controversy as to just what
happened to the Dittemore case,
which had been heard jointly with
1t. Counsel for the trustees and
Mr.. Dittemore Assert 1t was agreed
before the close of the hearing
that the Dittemore case might be
decided by Judge Dodge as neces-
sary to a decision in the trustees.
Counsel for the directors have
since claimed that they did not so
The Washington herald., 1920-05-02
Polish Students
OfDistrict viii
Observe Holiday

with the white falcon OF Poland
in their lapels, Polish-speaking stu
dents in Washington colleges Will
take part next Sunday, May 3, in
the nationwide movement TO cele~
brate the 12sth anniversary OF the
adoption Of the constitution Of the
Polish nation.
The Polish-speaking population OF
Washington is confined largely 70
college students. About fifty stu
dents at st. Johns Polish College,
s22 Girard street northeast, will ob-
serve the day by reading the con-
stitution and conducting exercises
in the Polish language.
The constitution probably means
to the average Pole what the Decla-
ration OF Independence means 70
citizen Of the United States. II was
adopted shortly before the fall OF
the Polish Kingdom. Its opening
sentence is: "All power OF the
state comes from the viii Of the
N0OU&
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1000 Sociologists to Confer
Here on Race and Social Work

Tuskegee Institute; Professor Rob-
ert T. Kerlin, Lexington, Va; Pro-
fessor Irving Fisher. Yale Univer-
sity.
Governors of States: Governor
Edwin T. Morrow. Kentucky; Gov
ernor Carl E. Milliken. Maine; Gov
ernor Thomas w. Beckett. North
Carolina; Governor Charles H.
Brough. Arkansas.
Government OmciaIs.
Government oficials and states
men: Philander P. Claxton, United
States Commissioner Of Education;
Surgeon General Hugh s. Cum
mings, NJ. D.: United States Sen
ator Selden' p. Spencer, Missouri;
United States Senator Wesley Jones.
Washington; DR.. Henry L. Jackson.
United States Bureau OF Education.
Churchmen - Bishop Theodore d.
Bratton, DID,, LID, jackson, Miss;
Rabbi Stephen S. Wise. New York;
DIR. J. Fort Newton, City Temple,
London, England; DR.. Sidney L. GU
lick, Japan; DR.. Worth NJ. Ttppy,
Federal Council of Churches, New
York; DR.. T. Albert Moore. Canada:
DR.. Henry A. Atkinson, Church
Peace Union; DR.. Robert S. Holmes,
Daytona, Fla; Bishop c. W. Clinton.
Charlotte, N. c.
Magazine editors-Dr. Edward T.
Devine. Editor Survey; DIR. Harvey
w. Wiley, associate editor Good
Housekeeping Magazine
National Club Women.
Women - Mrs. ]. d. Wilkinson,
General Federation of Women's
Clubs
Among other social workers of
national repute who will participate
in the program are:
DR.. Clarence J. Owens, president
Of Southern Society and director
general of the Southern Commercial
Congress. Washington. d. C.: Dr.
Samuel z. Batten, Philadelphia; DR..
Livingston Farrand, chairman ex-
ecutive committee American Red
Cross; DR.. John E. White, Anderson,
S. c.; DR.. Edward A Steiner, New
York: A. p. Schalet. Virgil v. John
son, National Travellers Aid Society.
Washington, d. c.; William Horton
Foster, vice president Community
Motion Picture Bureau: George w.
Coleman, Boston; DR.. e. c. Dinwid-
die. Washington, D. c.; DR.. William
E. Boggs. Jacksonville. Fla: Louis
Erownlow, Commissioner District OF
Columbia: Judge Gilbert 7. Stephen
son. John spargo. DR.. h A. Atkin-
The Washington herald., 1920-05-02
"Snap-Lnto-K" Order Is Issued
By War Chiefs for Chaplains

It's a long call from Cromwelrs
psalm singing troopers to Per-
shing's crap-shooting doughboys.
But Uncle Sam intends to build
up a gospel corps in his new army
that will be one Of the most ef-
fective arms of the service.
The parsons must snap into 1t.
Although American army chaplains
long have been recognized as men
of superior standard to those who
minister to foreign armies. 1t is
planned to bring into military serv-
ice q still higher type of clergy
man. Requirements for o chap
lain's commission are being revised
upwards.
Education Needed.
Examination OF the old require
ments shows that an ordained
clergyman could qualify for q COM
mission even IL he had only q
tions were conducted on elementary
subjects, such as history and arith-
metic.
Special training in military prae-
tice win be given the persons after
they are commissioned. This Gus
tom. which started with the big
influx Of chaplains during the war,
will be continued In the peace
time army on q more eficient
basis. Camp Grant. Illinois. has
been selected as the Asite of the
first chaplain's school, which will
open sometime next month.
chaplains John T. chenoweth and
G. c. sBateman, who have been on
dukx NJ ths War Depaxtmenf n
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20. Monsieur. c'est tres joli. tres
interessant!' ... ..:. -
Mime. Marie Dieux. pretty. black
eyed war bride. of a Fort Myer SOL
der. had seen her first baseball
game. Tired but happy in her cosy
apartment at 1915 Tenth street
northwest she told her impressions
OF the great Yankee institution.
That ball game was the climax
OF Nine. Dieux's course in Ameri-
canism. Though lonely and home
sick still for white-walled Troyes,
In the Department of Aubet where
she met her soldier husband, she is
beginning to like the United States.
New Joys Open to Her.
For flve months, while she has
mixed with jostling crowds that
spoke In a strange tongue and en-
gagged in strange customs, Marie has
fought back the gnawing desire to
go back to France. But now new
avenues of enjoyment have been
opened to her, especially since she
saw the crowd go wild in the sew
enth inning.
Nine. Dieux Is typical Of about
hfteen French war brides living in
Washington. All are homesick. All
are not quite SO homesick as they
were. Tho undefinable atmosphere
or American life is increasing its
hold on them every day. Most of
the husbands still are in the sery-
ice.
Washington motion picture houses
have offered the lonesome French
girls their greatest relief from the
monotony of life in the great CITY
where they had no acquaintances
The film drama is the one outstand-
ing feature of Washington that
they do not hesitate to say is SUI
perior to anything they have seen
in French cities. The ytyacious
brunettes who captured the hearts
OF Yankee doughboys can dis
cuss Mary Pickford and Douglas
Fairbanks like dyed-in-the-wool
Yankees.
Want n Meeting Place.
The French brides are learning
English with difficulty. They de-
pend on their husbands to act as
interpreters for them. Lack Of a
common meeting place has been q
Dig drawback. Some of the more
ambitious among them have plans
Tor Club des espouses de guerre
franca1s in Washington modelled
after those established in New
York, Chicago and Boston.
Most of the girls have been in
Washington about six months. The
Red Cross and Y. w. c. A. have
obtained most of their addresses
and efforts have been made to bring
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Washington for the past three
months, will be in charge of in
struction. Five will be detailed
as instructors and Is students are
to be assigned.
There will be no room for the
straight-laced variety of clergy
man in the new army. He. must
be a man of iron nerve, sunny dis
position and ability to see both
sides of a question. The morale
Of the service is improving, War
Department oficials claim, and the
chaplains must see that the moye-
ment continues.
Prohibition Helps.
Prohibition has been a big help to
the uniformed sky pilots. with
whisky at $40 a quart around army
for the past fve months
enlisted men have hesitated to use
the money which must finance them
in crap games for a month for one
nights dissipation.
The guardhouses are nearly empty.
Efforts of welfare societies in camp
nefghhorhoods have reduced the
temptations for the enlisted men
outside the gates.
But crap and blackjack are going
strong. Reports received by the
Moral Control Division of the War
Department show that the recruits
are keeping up the record Of the
A. q. F.. winning ana losing small
fortunes with the nonchalance of
hardened habitue at Monte Carlo.
The chaplains' will advise against
the men participating n these
The Washington herald., 1920-05-02

Two thousand social workers
from all parts of the world will
come to Washington the second
week in May to attend the ninth
annual convention of the Southern
Sociological Congress. United States,
Japan, England, Canada, Australia
Mexico, Cuba and Central and South
American countries will be repre-
sented. The sessions of the con-
gress will be from May 9 to 13, the
speakers being men of worldwide
reputation in the field of sociology.
The first two sessions. Sunday
MAY 9, will be in the Metropolitan
NJ mortal Methodist Episcopal
Church. Day sessions will be in
the auditorium of the new National
Museum. Efforts are being made
TO arrange for a building that will
accommodate 1880 persons for the,
night meetings.
Conferences Scheduled.
The convention will be divided
into conferences as follows: Mon
day, May 10, public health, Senator
Wesley NJ. Jones. chairman: Tues
day, May IL. church and social
work; Wednesday. May IL, travel
ers' aid; Thursday, May Is. race re-
lations.
These conferences will I'LL each
afternoon, while at the morning and
evening sessions every festure Of
social welfare work will be discuss
ed by experts of worldwide fame.
The convention will be conducted
under the auspices of the American
Sociological Congress, the national
headquarters of which are in this
city. The Southern Society, with a
membership of 1.75o, will act as
host of the convention. Music will
be contributed by the Hampton
Male Quartet.
Speakers Of Repute.
The speakers on the program are
divided into sections as follows:
College heads and members of
faculties: DIR. Samuel c. Mitchell,
president Delaware College; DR..
Charles A. Elwood, University of
Missouri: DR.. Shailer Mathews.
University of Chicago; DR.. william
Louis Poteat, president Wake For
est College; DR.. Samuel p. Brooks,
president Baylor University: Pro-
fessor Monroe N. Work, Tuskegee
Institute: DR.. Emmett J. Scott,
Howard University; Professor j. e.
G. Aggrey, Salisbury, n. c.; Pro-
fessor Allaine Leroy Locke, Har-
ward University; Professor John NJ.
Candy. president Virginia State
NorDas Dr. n n Wotnoy pEoEz6Guf
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agree. and that they were surprised
when Judge Dodge in his report.
also ruled as to the status of Mr..
Dittemore as a director. This con-
tention was overruled by Judge
DeCourcy, of the State Supreme
Court.
Masters Report Delayed.
In September 1t was supposed the
masters report would be made by
November, but owing to issues rails
ed by the directors counsel and by
attempts to intervene in the dispute
1t was not actually filed until March
2, although its essential features
were known weeks before.
In finding in favor of the trustees
the master says:
The trust deed Of 1898 seems to
be to contemplate a church whose
voting members were to elect new
members and make its bylaws and
a publishing society in close alli-
ance with. but not under. the rule
of its officers"
Judge Dodge upholds the ground
taken by counsel for the trustees
and for Mr.. Dittemore. that the by
laws Of the church did not confer
upon the directors the powers pos
sessed by 'Jeacons' or "wardens"
of churches incorporated under the
statutes of Massachusetts. These
bylaws, in his opinion. are simply
a contract created by the signed
application - membership in the
church.
Judge Dodge denied the conten-
ton of the directors counsel that
the directors created by the deed of
1892 and those created by the church
bylaws are one and the same board,
having equal powers and authority
to dismiss one of their own mem
bers as well as trustees Of the pub
fishing society.
Have Two Sets OF Directors.
On the contrary Judge Dodge
ruled that at present there are two
sets. of directors of the Christian
Science Church, each having the
same name; one consisting of a
board Of four under the deed of 1892
and one OF five members acting
under the bylaws made by the d.
rectors since 1908 after the first
members transferred their powers
to the directors.
In deciding In favor of Rowlands,
Judge Dodge stated that his re-
moval by the directors was unlaw-
full because there was not concur
rent action on the part of the first
members of the Christian Science
Church as required by the deed of
Mrs. Eddy in the paragraph relating
to the filling Of vacancies. He SAYS
that IL the first members had the
power to abolish themselves and
transfer their duties to the directors
those directors were the directors
under the deed, not the directors
created afterward by the by-lawsI
The only two directors, he saws.
who had a right to vote to remove
Rowlands were Adam n. Dickey and
William r. Rathvon, and their votes
were not a majority. Edward A.
Merritt as a bylaw director, had
no right to vote. and James Al. Meals
attempt to vote by telephone was
Illegal. Mr.. Dittemore did not vote.
Wanted Cause for Removal
Judge Dodge further finds that
the charges against Rowlands were
not made in good faith. in that the
directors hoped that the remaining
trustees would refuse, to fili the
vacancy and thus give cause for
their removal.
The master finds that Dittemore
y . directos nndar IL 1ss3 haad
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and could be removed only by a
court OF equity and that as a by
law director he could be removed
only for cause. He expresses the
opinion that the first members of
the church may at some time re-
sumo their functions. and that
without such a membership the
Christian Science Church is not a
body corporate under the statutes
of Massachusetts,.
NO such intent or purpose on
her (Mrs. Eddy's) part seems to
be very clearly manifested at any
time" said the report 1T is to be
gathered If at all only from by
laws approved by her at O later
period. after the trust established
by the deed had been for some
years in operation and as the var
ious branches of Christian Science
developed in number and import
ance and it appears to have been
an intent or purpose later former
rather than 'one existing when. the
deed was made.
Changes Deemed Necessary.
The trust deed of 1898 seems to
me to contemplate a church whose
voting members were to elect the
new members and make its bylaws
and a publishing society in close
alliance with. but not under, the
rule of the church or of its officers.
The provisions of the deed do not
seem to me to contemplate or to
suit a church absolutely ruled by
an independent board or a publish
ing society also under the rule OF
the board.
Changes in the terms of the
trust. which Mrs. Eddy omitted to
make were necessary in order to
bring them into harmony with the
plan of church government adopted
and followed after 1901 or give
them the effect contended by the
defendants. As they stand can
not consider them capable of a con-
struction such as would give them
that effect"
Later. in referring again to the
removal of Rowlands, Judge Dodge
says that If the Supreme Court
should decide that the directors had
the power to remove him without
concurrent action by the first mem
bers the vote dismissing him would
still be illegal and ineffective as it
was not majority vote.
Judge Dodge draws a distinction
between the two sets of directors
Merritt. who voted to remove Row
lands, was elected July 1s, 1917, to
fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Archibald Mcclellan.
The latter was made a director
when that board on February Z,
1908. adopted a bylaw to increase
the number of directors to five.
Such action Judge Dodge believes
was in violation of Mrs. Eddy's
declaration OF trust which provided
for four directors and therefore
neither Mr.. Mcclellan nor Mr.. Mer-
ritt was ever a legal member of the
board.
Removal Held Not Lawful.
"In adopting the resolution" says
Judge Dodge. referring to the reso-
luton for the removal of Rowlands,
''the defendants. Dickey, Neal, Mar-
rftt and Rathvon, but not the de-
fendant Dittemore. were acting in
persuance Of Q plan to bring about
the retirement Of the plaintiffs and
to install in their places trustees
who would admit the directors final
authority. The result was to be OBJ
tained by making the anticipated
refusal of Eustace and Ogden 10 ap-
point Q successor to Rowlands.
around Ter thsis ssmovai aasn !
The Washington herald., 1920-05-02

History Of Modern Church Difficulty Traced
From Root of Growth Three Decades Ago
to Present Status; Charges and Counter
Charges Form Links in Chain of Interest
ing Litigation Which Takes in Whole
Structure of the Church of Christ, Scien-
tist, and Is vitality important to All Mem
bers Everywhere.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-02

Original Controversy Between Board of
Trustees and Board of Directors as to Ju-
risdiction and Authority of Each Under
Deeds Executed by Mrs. Mary Baker
Eddy, Carried Into Court Three Years
Ago, Has Multiplied FVe-fold and At
tempts at Intervention and New Suits
. Threaten to Swell Number.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-02-14
ST. JOHNSBURY CENTER

Leonard Champany of Lyndonville
is avisitor at Charles Salmon's.
Mrs. Arthur Coe of West Burke
came the first of the week to help
care for her daughter and family Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Wheeler who have
been very sick with the prevailing
distemper. Mrs. oe is now sick with
the same trouble.
Mrs. Nina Goliath is seriously i'll
at her home with a severe case of
nu A trained nurse is caring for her
and the house is quarantined. Sever
al other families are on the sick list.
Harvey Powers is visiting his sis
ter, Mrs. Fred Simonds at Claremont,
n. H., for a few days.
A surprise party was given Homer
Ruggles last Monday evening it be-
ing his birthday by the Calumet Club
and a few invited friends. They pre-
scented him with a fountain pen. Re-
freshments of sandwiches and coffee
were served.
w. A. Miller died at his home in
OF. j OltliSUuly ScllISI L GU - VI
bronchial pneumonia. He was SO
years old and leaves besides his wife
and one daughter and son, also his
father and two sisters, Mrs. Jack
Porter of Fitchburg, Mass, and Mrs.
A. Waite of North Bend, Oregon. be-
sides several other relatives. Funer-
al services from his late home Sat-
urday afternoon, Feb. IA.
A reception was given Mr.. and
Mrs. Milton Montgomery Wednesday
evening, Feb. II at Green Mt.
Hall. They spent the evening dancing.
They received one half dozen silver
knives and forks, one half dozen tea
spoons, two desert spoons and sum
of money. A very pleasant time was
enjoyed by all.
Mrs. Hill died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Charles Bonnet
Thursday evening at the advanced
age of rs years.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-02-14
LYNDONVILLE

The Rev. +. A. Lewis has returned
home, and will hold services rs usual
in the Bemis Memorial church Sun
day morning. The subject of the SER
mon will be "Some Factors in Sue
cess" In the evening he will give an
Illustrated lecture on "The Pictur-
esque North Shore" with many beau
tiful colored slides.
The Ol.ientals held their usual
dance in the Music Hall Thursday
evening, with Mrs. Wilkes orchestra
refreshments served in the hall, and
a general good time.
The ladies of the Congregational
church served an excellent supper in
the vestry Friday afternoon, from
$50 on, which was attended by a
hungry crowd. The menu included
soup, coffee, ice cream and cake. The
tables were very attractively ar
ranged, and the ample supply of pro-
visions disappeared rapidly. Most Of
the guests remained afterwards to
enjoy social visit together.
Miss Amanda Folsom, who lives
with her nephew, Fred Folsom, is
very i'll with bronchitis, and in a crit
ical condition. She is very weak, and
at her advanced age of 81 years, it is
feared she cannot endure severe i'll
ness.
The men of the Universalist
church are to serve a supper at their
vestry next Friday afternoon, Feb.
20, for which great preparations are
being made.
There was a barge ride to st.
Johnsbury Thursday evening to at
tend the basket ball game, which was
enjoyed by a large crowd of young
people.
Milo Wood, who lives on the form
er McGinnis farm, was married
Thursday evening to Mrs. Hannah
Metcalfe Schofield. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. F. II.
Stephenson at St. Peters church.
Mrs. Wood is native of England,
widowed by the great war, and came
to this country but a few months ago,
to make a home for herself and her
two children.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-02-14
PASSUMPSIC

Julia Bruce is sick with the mumps.
Mrs. E. P. Little came home from
the hospital Wednesday and E. T.
Little went to the hospital Wednes-
day taking Mrs. Titles room.
Mrs. Matte Wright is better at
present writing.
Mrs. Nellie Miles received word
Thursday of the death of her son,
Harry F. Miles of the u. S. N. at
Philadelphia, Pa. She left on the
night train Thursday night. She has
the sympathy Of the community IN
this sudden bereavement.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Stanford and
son, Erwin Stanford and Miss Mabel
Stanford returned to their homes
Thursday. They were called here for
the funeral and burial of their moth
er, Mrs. Caroline Stanford.