davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
Music as Cure for Human Ills Under Scientific Test

and note there, he gave acceptance and
found in this theory the reason why the
simple strains of a foreign people affected
him more profoundly than more complex
strains OF modern composition.
'T believe that is So" said he, "and
Everything we have discovered so far seems
to bear out the assumption that when the
feelings of simple, uncultivated people are
touched by music the reaction is much
greater than those OF any other class. The
feelings of these are more vivid. I guess
they actually see things in music.
"An instance of this was shown by tests
taken in hrehouse in Indianapolis
month ago before the fire company The
chief was much impressed by the res0lts
and asked that the test should be taken
in all the frehouses of the city. He said
It's a good test as to whether a man ought
TO be fireman or not. Any man who does
not react to music lacks the heroic fibre
necessary in this job That seems a
pretty good way to put the matter. Evi-
IDENTIFY this fire chief had no doubt about
the value OF the chart. as he could use IL
in his business"
In the mass OF correspondence that has
gathered around the subject is a letter
from Dr. Gatewood herself, giving data OF
o series of experiments made on a group Of
young architects while working at their
drawing tables. The music was played on
a phonograph and consisted OF rather light
pieces in the main, but only about half
could be called jazz. or the number of
listeners about one-half declared the music
speeded up their work and kept them hap
pier. while the other half didn't mind H."
One youth only was distracted and wanted
to break the instrument. but the majority
desired that the music should play all the
time.
In paper devoted to music as a cure
for diseases the same authority sum.
married. $50 cases that had come under her
personal supervision. These persons we're
about equal in mental equipment and she
euualized the totals as revealing relatively
uniform character and almost similar judg-
ments.
Perhaps Mr.. Maxwell summed up the
situation. so far as he has examined the
data in hand, by saying that while every
body reacted TO some kind OF music IL was
the unmusical man. "who only knew what
he liked" who gave the strongest reaction
TO that favorite kind, because such man,
does not analyze."
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
More Than 20 900 900 Enrolled
In the Nations Sunday Schools

More than 1000 900 persons devote d
whole or part OF their time to teaching in
Sunday schools and Bible classes On this
basis approximately one in each fifty per-
sons in the United States is actively en-
gagged in advancing the cause of religious
training. not counting ministers. mission
aries, church secretaries and volunteer
workers
The movement to give religious training
to children has obtained an unheard Of
impetus in the last fifteen years reports
show. Sunday schools always have been
maintained by most church denominations.
but in recent times special attention has
heen given TO them. The Sunday school
extension movement soon was made inter
national in scope. so that there now is direct
connection between the younger generation
of the United States and the young of the
nations of Europe.
The idea that development of the sun
day school extension work would result in
larger membership rolls for churches
seems to have been proved reliable by the
census investigation.
In addition to Sunday school teachers
there are more than 100000 persons who
give practically their entire time to church
work These are ministers speakers. read
ers, rabbis, priests and others described by
different ratings according to the denomi-
nations but authorized to solemnize mar
riages preach and perform other works
generally regarded as those of the church
head. Assisting the ministers are several
million lay workers. secretaries and volun-
The New York herald., 1921-06-05

weight of sober. decent public opinion
built up through the national and world
educational campaigns.
Bridging the world with background
of religious training, the churches of the
United States and other nations will event
ually bring about an era of fair dealing
and international Righteousness which
shall make war unreasonable This is the
argument of church workers, ministers,
elders and officials, who back it with their
references to the Government investiga-
tions of church activity in the United
States.
The Governments Investigations along
this line began in 1890, under a special act
of Congress amending the law under which
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
Country Districts The Bulwark
Of American Religious Life

The great bulk of American church mem
bers are found in the rural sections and in
small towns of less than $4,000 population.
the census data show, contrary to what
might be expected. The largest number of
congregations also is reported from out
side Of the great cities.
Less than 40 per cent. of the total church
membership is enrolled in the big cities.
Indicating that churchgoers there number
only about 100000 persons and that the
best field for recruiting is in the urban
sections.
In the cities. however. nearly as many
men are church members as women, the
latter being only slightly in excess. In
the country and small towns the women
members far outnumber the men.
New York appears to be the most deeply
religious State in the Union II the number
OF church members Is an accurate test
About 10 per cent. Of the total number OF
church members live in that State. Thir-
teen other States have memberships to.
falling more than 100000 persons each
Pennsylvania. illinois, Ohio, Massachu
setts. Texas. Missouri. New Jersey, Georgia,
Michigan Indiana, Wisconsin. North Caro-
lima and Alabama.
The New York herald., 1921-06-05

data for their own use. There is wide con
fusion as to terms like church member" ="
"communicant,' congregation" and the
like. But in the main the church census
serves to indicate roughly the vitality i'm
portant power which religious bodies exer-
else in the life of the nation.
The first church census, taken in 1890,
showed a total membership of approx.
mately 81 100000 individuals, out of a total
population of nearly 63,000,000. This
showed 35 per cent. of the population was
enrolled in churches.
Sixteen years later the total church go.
ing population had increased to 35,O00,0 600.
as compared with a national population of
S4,000000. The church membership then
The New York herald., 1921-06-05

family groups in the nations population
Taking this into consideration in connec-
tion with the total church population OF
As ,000, 900 and the Sunday school attend
ance of 20,000000, it is argued that every
family must have at least one member con-
nected in some way with religious organ
ization, church or religious society. Whether
this is actually the case the census data
does not show exactly.
Modern methods of church recruiting,
disapproved by some ministers are given
credit for part of the large increase in
church membership one Of these is the
recreational church plant. with gymnasium.
bowling alley and game rooms, where
young women ana men meet, organize
clubs and engage in special study. This
class of religious work may be studied in
the next census count If Congress author
ICES the Census Bureau to do it. The mem
bership and work of organizations like the
Y. NJ. C. A., the Y. w. G. A.. the Young
Mems Hebrew Association and like socie-
ties now are not included in the studies of
the Census Bureau.
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
Three Interesting Nature Stories

TROUESART. OF the Paris Museum Of
Natural History has pointed out
= that the dog. whose resplrations in
repose number only twenty-five or thirty
minute, may in running acquire rate Of
respiration as high as $50 a minute. The
effect of this acceleration favors the dissi-
patton OF animal heet by evaporation from
The pulmonary vescles.
The dog perspires very little or not at all
by the skin, pulmonary taking the place Of
cutaneous Transportation II Is this fact that
enables the dog TO pursue It's game 80 long
and persistently. Animals OF the cat family.
on the other hand. do not possess this
popularity. and for that reason tigers
panthers and lions lie in wait for their prey,
but do not pursue II over long distances.
The bird possesses pulmonary Transportation
N very high degree.
IHE camphor output Of Formosa, com
bned with that OF Japan. constitutes
- the bulk of the worlds supply Of
this valuable gum The most valuable OF
the camphor forests, Il appears, are within
savage territory. An American consular Of
ficer who visited a Formosa camphor for
est has made an interesting report on the
subject
After climbing a steep and slippery hill
side he came upon a large camphor tree
lying feled across his path. II was about
four feet in diameter and had been sawed
longitudnally in two portions. Two men
were engaged in pairing off with a kind OF
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
RELIGION SWEEPING NATION, CENSUS FIGURES SHOW
Church Property Valued at $4,000 600 With
S5OO,OOO,OOO for Endowment and 100000
EMPLOYED in Teaching Morals

is more than one hundred Probably no
other country in the Occidental world has
as large a number OF denominations.
On the Pacific coast for instance, are
5000 Buddhists among the Japanese and
Chinese. They have more than dozen
temples and church edifces. Among other
denominations represented are Bahais.
several subdivisions of German Dunkers,
Christadelphians, Icelandic Evangelical
Lutheran Synod and Defenceless Menon
ties More than sixty of the main demon
nations reported in the census total
membership Of 100000 persons or more
each.
The various denominations are divided
into nearly 100000 congregations or local
groups, most of which hold services in their
own buildings owned by them
The position occupied by the church as
an institution in American life is illus
trated by the ownership OF upward OF
So 900 .OOO0O0 in buildings where services
only are conducted. This does not include
hospitals, colleges. schools and structures
used for purposes other than meeting
Mortgages on this total only about 10 per
cent.
Many congregations have two or more
buildings in which services are held, while
a few have none of their own, but meet In
rented halls and theatres. In some places
two congregations reported Joint ownership
of a church auditorium.
In addition to ownership of auditoriums
and meeting places, approximately S5oo'-
600 900 is at the disposal of churches in en-
dowments and other properties for home
missions, hospitals, colleges, &c. sum
more than onetenth as large is invested
for the benefit of missionary work In for
eign fields.
The annual expenditure of more than
$50 900 900 a year for special extension
work in the United States long ago became
a common thing for churches Reaching
the churches in contributions, this repre-
sents more than one dollar year for every
enrolled member. 1t does not include the
collection and expenditure of nearly Sl6,-
OOO, 900 additional on account of foreign
mission work or the annual overhead ex-
penses of maintaining meetings halls, pay
ing ministers and other workers in the
United States This last item alone alb
sorbs more than S400, 900 900 year.
Missionary work in foreign fields was
interrupted TO a large extent by the great
war. but now is being resumed by most
denominations. Before the war American
church members were carrying their prin-
ciples to more than 100000 members OF
1000 native churches.
Nearly 10000 American ministers and
their families were undergoing voluntary
exile to make possible the foreign missions
Toiling all hours, in the midst OF hatred
frequently, and confronted by epidemics oil
sickness complicated by famine. these mis-
sionaries consecrated their lives to their
faith and their work.
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
Advertising Important Factor
Developed Only Recently

Adoption of advertising methods by
churches also is credited with being an i'm
portant factor in increasing church mem
bership. In most large cities newspapers
are carrying a page devoted to church ad
vertisements and church news at least once
each week In some cities the newspapers
donate to each church an inch of space
classified in this special page. In cities
where the space is not donated the charge
is comparatively small.
A few years ago church newspaper ad-
vertising would have been regarded as out
of keeping with church practice. 'Ihe
change in public sentiment illustrates the
fact that churches are keeping abreast of
modern methods.
Campaigns for converts and new mem
bers now are a regular part of the annual
programmes of most churches in the United
States. The campaigns are conducted on
systematic lines worked out by profes'
sional campaign managers. Most denomi
nations now have within their ranks min
isters and evangelists who have learned
how best to stage campaigns for new
church members and who travel from one
section to another encouraging and help
ing local workers
The Census Bureau returns show there
are roughly sixty-nine denominations OF
religious faith in the United States II the
many subdivisions within the denomina-
tions are taken into consideration the total
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
World Is Getting Better,
Figures Show, Not Worse

The steady growth of religious training.
the rapidly growing army of converts who
openly avow their purpose to live accord
ing to the teachings they elect, say church
officials, gradually is making the United
States and the entire world better instead
of worse. Manifestations of evil and wick
edness, small and large. are seeming only,
II is argued
The foibles of fashion, scanty dressing,
divorce coming in what seems like wave
in the wake of war, extravaganza, law
breaking and violence. are only petty out
bursts in the view of thoughtful churchmen.
Such manifestations will pass, they prom
ise thrust into the background by the
The New York herald., 1921-06-05

ates. Special Investigations have been
made under the amendment at regular in
tervals since, apart from the regular decen.
nial census count, which is made up on the
basis Of information supplied by in
dividuals.
The church or religious census is based
on questionnaires distributed to denomina-
tions, congregations and divisional organ
izations within the denominations. 1t is
taken with great difficulty, census officials
say, because of lack of uniformity of
method in the denominations in obtaining
The New York herald., 1921-06-05

teer helpers, who devote their time 10 the
work because of interest and enthusiasm
and who receive no or practically no COM
pensation.
Dovetailing the church investigation
With the data of the regular decennial CEN
sus count, church officials rate the United
States as the greatest churchgoing country
in the world. The regular decennial census
shows that there are roughly 20.00O,0O0
The New York herald., 1921-06-05

true, what is folk song? | have asked q
good many people and they have never told
me so that | understood
To the reply that it was song without a
composer that had arisen out of condi-
tions among a people centuries ago and
that it had a composite authorship like the
old ballads. somebody adding line here
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
70 MILLION
SUNDAY SCHOOL
~ CHILDREN

constituted AZ per cent. of the total popu-
lation
In 1916 the church membership had
jumped to more than 41,000,000 persons.
An unusual factor in the present church
situation is seen in the fact that more than
20,000,000 persons. mainly children are en-.
rolled in Sunday schools. This is within
100000 of the total church membership
in 1890.
The New York herald., 1921-06-05

vited to consider might perhaps be found
in the fact that nearly all the Russian
music which has been performed here, like
the operas Boris Godunofr," Prince Igor"
and songs by Rimsky Korsakoff and Nous
sorgsky is based on folk song But he
asked
THAT being true, and | suppose 1t is
The New York herald., 1921-06-05

gouge shaped adj chips measuring some SIX
inches in length and about the thickness oi
ones little finger. The whole air was per
vaded by strong odor Of camphor. a little
further up the hill he found the stills them
selves. situated by the side Of a mountain
stream amid the most luxuriant vegetation.
The process by which the camphor is eN
tracted from the wood is simple and mex
pensive The chips are placed in an iron
retort and heated by a slow fire The cam
phor vapor given off from the chips passes
along a bamboo tube into cooling box.
where II condeuses In the form Of snowlitt
crystals. Tho cooling box Is partially inn
mersed in a stream of running water. The
chips are renewed every twenty -four hours
and every eighth day or so the fire is eS-
tinguished and the crystals scrapcd off from
the sides and bottom of the capitalization
box.
~ TO white pigments have been found 81,
NJ feathers. and the whiteness OF whit,
feathers is ascribed TO total refec.
tion OF light from their exposed surfaces
Some have supposed the reflection to b.
structure but one authority contends that
the white effect Is mainly dependent. as IN
the case OF snow or powdered glass upon
the small size Of the structural elements
These have large number OF surfaces SO
placed FOR any position of the eve that there
ie maximum reflection 10 the eve. and
almost no absorption by the unpigmented
feather substance.
The New York herald., 1921-06-05

Copyright, 1921, by The NEW YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, ID. c.. June A.
A army of nearly 45,000000 men
~ women and children now Is en-
rolled on the membership lists OF
churches of the United States. Forty-two
cut of each one hundred persons according
to data of the United States Census Bureau,
are reported as actively affiliated with
congregations, parishes, missions or other
organizations conducting services regularly
to encourage the spread of religious train
ing and practice.
Militant membership in churches mas
practically doubled in the United States in
the last twenty-five years, although during
the same time the nations population has
increased only 50 per cent.
Church membership is climbing at the
rate of 100000 individuals year. Nearly
100000 persons became members of re-
Iigious bodies in the ten year period ended
December 81, 1916. according to the Census
Bureau, which period included two years
when the great war was spreading it's in
fuence over the nations of the world
Ministers and officers of churches ia
miliar with the Census Bureau investiga-
tions, which are presumed to be impartial,
point to this data in answer to the many
times repeated question as to whether the
world war proved the church movement a
practical failure.
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
Nearly 45000,000 Persons of the l05,00O,000
Population Directly Affiliated, Vast
Increase Since 1890


interesting THE YORK
recently Herewith presented what probably
of the
Goyernmenh actual about religion Truly astonishing
findings
of
confused
of church and the annually
billions
The Washington times., 1921-08-12
HOOVER To
DIRECT RED
CROSS AID
CONTINUED from First Page).

F., Continued from First Page).
they were than be parties to any
such transaction.
Some of the Soviet officials attempt
+, ed to convince them that Lenin and
! Trotzky were already in negotiation
with the Washington government, but
the Americans refused to believe
them, the letter said.
DR.. Estes is dentist by profession,
and Is known both in New York and
Washington. He saw service abroad
during the war. Being Of an adventur-
|ous bent, after the Armistice, he took
IA moving picture operator and
travelled through the Balkan States
and some OF the territory contiguous
Ito Soviet Russia making films. He
WAS successful and conceived the idea
! of going into Soviet Russia to film
some of the history-making develop
7nents in the interior.
: Information as to his movements
after crossing the Russian border is
sketchy, but 1t is known that he was
arrested soon after entering Russia
and imprisoned by the Soviet au-
thorities.
The Washington times., 1921-08-12
MANY WILLING TO TASTE
BOOTLEG RUM FOR JUDGE

NEW YORK. Aug. 12.-"Don't push!
Keep back" called a dozen officers in
the Washington Heights court yester.
day. James Smith, porter, was ar
raigned by Policeman Benjamin, who
produced two quart bottles said to con-
tain whiskey. which he had discovered
Smith carrying Wednesday night.
How do you know 1t is whiskey?"
asked Magistrate Simpson.
"Smelt II" said the policeman.
Why didn't you taste it?" asked the
court.
Il don't want TO taste it. Some Of
that stuff is poison these days." was
the reply.
IF you don't want to taste II, I can
get someone in the court to do it," said
Assistant District Attorney Sayles,
waving his hand toward the audience,
and then II was those in the front were
nearly MANNED in the crush which the
officers held back. Benjamin tasted 1t
and on his testimony Smith was held
for trial
The Washington times., 1921-08-12

POWERS AGREE
To HAVE LEAGUE
PASS ON S|LES|A
Continued from First Page)

Continued from First Page.)
iesia on the basis that Germany would
get most Of the, Industrial and mining
districts.
The next meeting Of the League Of
Nations will be held In September.
The removal Of the Upper Silesian II.
cue from the Supreme Council pre-
cludes the possibility Of further Ameri.
can participation I'm the discussions.
The United States is represented upon
the Supreme Council but is not a
member Of the League of Nations.
Comment Of Papers.
'Tt appears very doubtful If the two
countries can reach an agreement
upon Silesia," said the Matin. IF the
entente breaks up over Silesia we will
be obliged to state that Lloyd George
always pleaded the cause OF Ger
many"
1--WE hope that George Harvey. the
American delegate, and Premier
Bonomi. of the Italian delegation, will
advise Lloyd George to adopt an atti-
tt,de of moderation to save the situa-
ton" said the Journal.
London Claims Victory.
LONDON, Aug. 12.-Premier Lloyd
Georges successful move to have the
Upper Silesian issue referred to the
league of nations was hailed In Off
ciai circles today as his greatest VIC
tory.
The British premier's move came at
a time when it appeared certain that
there will be an open rupture be-
tween France and England and the
supreme council would cease entirely
to function.
Foreign office officials said they
ernected the league Of nations to act
promptly upon Upper Silesian ques-
tion and render a decision In Sep
TENDER.
The Washington times., 1921-08-12
LEGION ENJOYS
REACH FRANCE ON TOUR

PARIS, Aug. 1.-THE delegates OF
the American Legion who will travel
over the French battle fields as the
guests Of the French government, ded-
icating a number Of monuments. arriv-
ed at Cherbourg on the liner George
Washington at 1880 o'clock this morn.
ing.
They will arrive in Paris at o'clock
this afternoon.
At Cherbourg the Americans were
greeted by delegation from the Paris
Post Of the American Legion. the
American consul and the project Of
police. The Americans were disem-
barked upon a French government
steamship, which proceeded to Pointo
Breton. where the American legion
naires were formally welcomed by the
French. They marched to the city
hall, escorted by French troops,
where they were guests Of the NUM-
cipality at a formal breakfast.