New Britain herald., 1921-10-29


delphia store, New York or Paris.
Begins With Bible.
Philosophy begins and ends with
personality. In sense the philoso-
pliers are just catching up with the
Bible. The bible begins with per-
sonality. Some women have six or
seven personalities, SO have some
men,"
Here followed a humorous descrip-
ton of a man who was SO straight
in his church that he almost leaned
over backwards. When he went to
Paris on a visit, the bright lights got
the best Of him and, thinking he was
away where no one who knew him
would ever meet him, he began to side
step the straight and narrow path
and walked out of questionable
theater just in time to meet the pas
tor of his own church on the side
walk.
Began With Lodges.
DR.. Bartiolow said he began to get
the real answer to the problem of
getting the men after he had been
noble grand of the Odd Fellows and
worshipful master of a Masonic lodge.
1.-THE success of the LODGE he said,
lis that it keeps in vital contact with
every man, the church doesn't" He
spoke of the real vision Of what was
ahead Of him. coming after he had
gone through the offices Of these or
ders and learned that it Is the per-
sonal contact that counts.
Jobs and Laws With Teeth.
Every vision that comes from God
is linked up with a Job. If 1t is not
hooked UP with task, then 1t did not
come from God 1t came from some
thing you had for supper the night
before. You can't hold together a
body OF men unless there is some un-
DERIVING principle to hold fast to their
interest and their energies. Men want
something with a grip. with teeth In
it, the kind OF a law I hope we have
against strikes some day. law with
teeth in It, for the labor unions Or
any one else"
Large Organizations.
IN describing the growth of his
bible class, which now numbers ap-
proximately 1850 men, DR.. Bartholow
told of how the organization wal at
tected. It looks after the personal
side Of the men. The class has It'll
out OF work; it has small loan asso-
who are hard up; 1t has its military
| jors. observation-disclosures colonies and
| even a general.
In Political Power.
These companies have as one o.
their Important duties that Of keep
Hing personal track o: every man. i
| haa its political union, OF which Ed
/ In a 90 nj % "a For Al
/ ninth termvas mayor of Mount Yer,
non. almost the entire board Of alder
! men, the corporation counsel ane
other CITY officials are members. Thi
politcsl union Ii 80 strong that, Will
its auxiliary OF 100 women, st repre-
sexfts 20 per cent OF the cntires vofin
| power In the city. Whenever som
big issue is up before the people, Dr.
Bartholow Is sought by politician
who want to know. What does tn
class think about 1t 2"
II, , Must Have Personality.
Going back for an instant to HI
remarks Of the loan feature Of tn
class. DR.. Bartholow said the class ha
distributed thousands Of dollars
loans and never lost cent. In tel
: ing n story of how a local characte
So called anarchist, labor agitator an
general industrial disturber finall
came into the class. became a captain
brought in laboring men until n
! company numbered $40, for which h
9 alone was responsible and was pre-
: NOTED to be a major, tho speake
, said, mo man can be leader unles
? he has some personality"
l Some Facts About tho Class.
!. The class has a series Of lectur
, courses. changing the series ever
year. One year it had sociology ar
other year 1t had applied ethics, on
year It studied psychology and now
lis studying the principles Of apple
religion. "No man comes near til
pontl Of DEATH" said the speaker. "b,
what there is member OF the class
hic bedside before even the domino
get3 there
All Denominations.
There are "a Roman Catholics !
this class, with the fun consent of IL
Catholic priest. There are ov,
400. men with no known demon
nation. There are many Jew
In the class are 40 commercial ira
elerr, 40 sleeping car and railroa
conductors, % physicians and 80 Law
yers There is a Hungarian group ar
an italian group. The admission
seven negroes sometime ago threatent
a race problem and an exclusive neg
group was formed.
Some Bunch.
At reject banquet wehn ov
1000 of the members turned o,
= they marched to the state armo
four abreast, making processit
mile long. At the armory it to,
400 women to act as mattresses al
cook to serve the men.
A 1--we Class.
The class recently started a cal
paign to raise 100000 for a NJ
building in which to meet. Ov
half OF this has been raised alreat
= There is not hall in Mount Vern
4 'afge enough 10 hold every mel
bcr. The new hall will have bow
ing alleys, billiard rooms, gymns
an ium, shower baths, reading rooms, e
Once a month the class has bang,
and some speaker Of national pro
inence is invited to speak. Sol
r men, who work until midnight Sat,
n. day night attend the Sunday MOI
Ing sessions regularly. Others W
live at disfo noe oof IN a, rI,,