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The Washington herald., 1922-06-24
HONORARY DEGREE
| GIVEN TODR WARD

At the ffty-second commence
ment of Western Maryland College
President A. Norman Ward bestowed
the honorary degree of doctor of
divinity upon the Rev. G. I. Hum
phreys. pastor OF the Rhode
Island Avenue Methodist Protestant
Church. Of this city.
Or. Humphreys graduated from
Western Maryland College In 1902
with the degree Of bachelor Of arts.
In 1905 he received the degree of
master Of arts.
When the time came to decide
upon a vocation Dr. Humphreys
felt he was called to the ministry
and in 1902 he entered Westminster
Theological Seminary. where. two
years later, he graduated with the
degree of bachelor Of divinity. Fol-
lowing his graduation he was or
dained and received in the Mary
land conference of the Methodist
Protestant Church.
During the last eighteen years Of
Isctive work in the ministry he has
lhlled a number of pastorates in
various sections OF the Maryland
Conference and has demonstrated
Unusual ability as an executive and
Ia scholar. Evidences of a con-
structive leadership that built mp
organizations and put new life into
the work OF congregations were
found In every pastOrate he left. and
Today his preaching shows his un-
usual scholarship and also a keen
understanding of the problems that
confront men in their daily walks
,of life
The Washington herald., 1922-06-24
DRAWS CHARACTER
WITH VIVID COLORS
Elsie Singmaster in Bennett
Malin," Tells of Strug-
gle of Conscience.

"Bennett Maun,- by Elsie Sing
master. Houghton, Miffiin Com
pany, Boston. Mass. Price $500
Elsie Singmaster has drawn care
fully and finely an interesting char
acter. Bennett Malin, who twice in
his life acted as nobly as he looked.
Malin bartered opportunity to serve
God as a minister for the overween-
ing ambition to achieve fame as a
writer. The only thing under his
name that achieved recognition was
a book of poems-which he never
wrote. He robbed his dead uncle
of the credit. The only thing Ben
net wrote that might have won him
fame he laid on the fire. as retribu-
tion for his sin.
1t took three generations of
Malins to produce a writer - Ben
nett Malin's son, Arthur. And
Naomi Blessing was Arthur's mother,
unselfish. grateful. self-sacrificins
Naomi, whose maternal devotion is
one of the finest things in this un-
usual book.
EsIie Singmaster found beautiful
colors on her palette. and she used
them. But she also remembered
that q solid foundation Of good and
accurate workmanship Is ss nsees-
sary as beauty. There is nothing
meretricious about the book. You
will not be puzzled by IL. You will
either like 1t or not. but your opin-
ion VIII be decisive. It's that kind
Cf q book.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-24
MEETS HIS HEROINE
IN CANADIAN TRAVELS.

T. NJ. Longstreth in his new
travel book. The Laurentians, !"
tells about a visit to the house Of
the heroine OF Maria Chapdelaine." /"
Mr.. Longstreth was up in Canada
last year gathering material for his
own book. and was surprised to
learn that Maria was a real person.
being now Maria Bedsrd of Peri
bonks. Mr.. Longstreth describes
Maria as he saw her. nearing mid =
dle-age woman still habited in her
Sunday-go-to-m clothes. whose
tendency was toward portliness. but
elegantly. and whose complexion
still recalled the rose" Maria dis
likes to talk about herself as the
heroine OF a novel now famous on
two continents, but Monsieur
Bedard does not mind talking about
the novel, its author and its charac-
ters.
YES" said Monsieur Bedard,
Louis Hemon spent the winter
with us. a silent man, and frail. I
don't think our winter agreed with
him. He said that he was after
health and wished TO work In the
fields. The work In the bush was
too. hard for him, so he worked
with me here. and in the evenings
wrote. We did not know that he
was writing about us. until one day
after he had gone there came three
copies of the book. I'm afraid
they've all been taken People will
take things. you know"
The Washington herald., 1922-06-24
THINKS VILE BEER
ASNATlONAL DRINK
MADE TEUT0NSBAD
DR.. Wilson Lays German
Cruelty in War to De-
bauching Beverage.
.rAe Diyi.. RisAt Of Democracy

'The Divine RfEht Of Democraey,s
by Clarence True Wilson. Cab
ingdon Press.)
Relations between government
and religion In the United States
are seldom probed by the student
Of politics. Thus. while the sub
ject matter Of DR.. Wilson's book u
highly controversial. it's unusual
thought and presentation will make
It Of interest to the average reader
whatever his personal convictions
concerning the proper adjustments
between the church and the. ad-
ministration OF public Affairs.
The inception and source Of the
Constitution Is traced to the Bible
by DR.. Wilson, who expresses his
astonishment that none OF the
great lawyers who have written of
the Constitution have expressed q
similar view OF its origin. This
tone prevails throughout the book.
oddly enough. alongside Of his
plea for Christianity and praise OF
the Christian spirit. DR.. Wilson rec
ommends capital punishment and
INDUCES in bitter arraignment OF
Germany, principally. so far as we
could understand, because of the
vile habit OF beer drinking preva-
lent in that nation. Let US quote:
They tthe Gerrnans) made the
most debauching of drinks known
to mankind the national beverage
beer, the scientific effect of which
on its drinker Is that the last
traits that are developed in human
evolution are the frst to go down.
Speak to one. and his
voice Is not a human voice but a
brutal growl, and the degrading
effect seen in every individual beer
drinker showed forth in the nation
that adopted it. Their
brutalizing beverage ought to 20
out of America forever
Quite a pretsntious program OF
reform" Is advocated by DR.. will
son. He wants a total abstinence
pledge signing campaign" He
wants a church. state and school
to campaign against
the personal use OF the doped
cigarette foisted upon the coun-
try In war time" He wants
the movies to feature the beau
tiful. clean home life OF America" 9"
He wants the American Sabbath"
to be replaced on its "civic founda-
tions as Il stood before Il was
trampled into the dust Of our
American cities" whatever that
means.
In fact, Mr.. Wilson wants an
awful lot of things. To be quite
confidential. we don't care IL he
doesn't get any of them. We have
a pet slogan we'd like to Introduce
into lot Of churches. II is. More
Of Christ In Christianity" Two OF
Christs most prominent character
istics' as we recollect our Bible,
were tolerance and love.
NJ. v. II.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-24

delicate sense Of Justice than the
Bibles God are very much shocked
at the thought of God laying a
stumbling block In ones way. They
take the words out of their cor.
nection and refuse to consider the
context. The beginning of the SEN
tence reads, Again, when a righte-
Gus man doth turn from his righte-
BUSINESS and commit iniquity.,
God does not lay a stumbling
block in the way of the righteous;
1t is in the way of the wicked that
He lays a stumbling block.
In the administration Of justice
human governments do the same
thing. II q government attempted
to lead an honest man into crime,
II would be subjected to just critf-
cism, but when the government
lays a stumbling block in the path
Of the wicked 1t Is aiding the ao,
ministration of Justice. II one de-
cides to turn from his righteous
ness and commit iniquity," he has
no reason to complain of a stum-
bling block that entraps him.
Those who defend the wicked to
the extent Of criticising the Stun
bling blocks are much in the posi-
tion of the friends of criminals who
become indignant when the govern
ment entraps those who are enga ged
in the violation of the law.
1t is not necessary that a man
who does not believe In GsA shall
be convinced OF the Justice OF the
Almighty The goodness of God
need not be established by proof
offered before a biased tribunal; mo
thief ever felt the halter draw with
good opinion Of the law; Gods
goodness Is proven by experience
taste ana see that the Lord Is
good"
Those who commit their wsy 70
Him and conform to His laws will
have no reason to complain of either
His Justice or His mercy.
(oepyfieht, ie1a,)
The Washington herald., 1922-06-24
PARK SERVICES
BEGIN SUNDAY
Twenty-six Washingto n
Churches Are Co-Opera-
ting With Y. M. C. A.

The regular summer Sunday
afternoon religious services at Lin
coin Park under the auspices of the
Y. NJ. c. A. and the church
committee, composed of twenty-six
churches in southeast and northeast
Washington, will begin tomorrow
at 4 o'clock. This opening meet
ing will be in, the nature of a chill
dren's service. The public is corr
daily invited to attend. The series
of meetings will be continued
be the fifteenth consecutive yeal
that the open-air religious services
have been held.
The churches cooperating are:
Metropolitan Baptist, Second Bap-
tist. Grace Baptist. Maryland Ave-
nue. Baptist, First Brethren, Ninth
Street Christian. Fifteenth Street
Christian. Ingram Memorial Luth-
eran. Church OF the Good Shepherd,
Christ Episcopal, st. Marks Epis.
copal. st. Matthews Lutheran,
Keller Memorial Lutheran, Church
OF the Reformation. Bruen NJ. E.,
Douglass Memorial NJ. E., Rosedale
M. E.. Trinity M. E., Waugh NJ. E.,
Wilson Memorial NJ. E.. Epworth NJ.
e. South, First Methodist Protes-
tant. North Carolina Avenue Meth
odist Protestant. Eastern Presby-
terian, Garden Memorial Presby-
terian and Metropolitan Presby-
terian.
In general charge of the series
Of summer meetings will be Mr..
Page NICK. Etchison. religious
work director of the Y. NJ. c. A.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-24
:: BOOK REVIEWS ::
Book Notes
and
Chatter.


DETER KEEP AN EYE
on THOSE BOMBS.
z. Alexander Poweil. author Of
Asia at the crossroads." who is in
the Near East gathering book and
masazine material. writes from a
moving point east OF Damascus
Il am writing this scrawi in =
rsmshackie Ford car driven BY q
crazy Arab on our way to Join the
caravan (which we will overtaks
about 100 miles out-in. the desert)
with which we are going straight
across Northern Arabfa to Basdad.
II nothing happens und anything
may happen In the desert) we
should reach the Euphrates In
eleven or twelve days. We had
planned to 20 across by motor. via
Aleppo and Mosue. but the northern
tribes are making trouble. the
French have had to withdraw their
outposts, and we could not md
anyone with a car who was willing
to take us across. We had about
decided that we would have to go
by the Red sea-Persian Gulf route
when the British Consul in Damas-
Gus informed me that a special cara
van was just starting for Bzgdad
by the direct route. composed Of
former Turkish officers who fought
with the Hedjaz forces during the
war and are now being sent across
to Bagdad to join the Emir Feisai,
who Is now King OF Iraq. There are
about sixty camels In our outft and
soiBe thirty rifles. SO. unless We fail
In with a big tribe, we shall be able
to take care OF ourselves. Because
OF my back. which is not yet as
strong as / would like, l am going
to make the journey-sbout 500
miles-on a horse, but the others
are riding racing dromedaries.
THE French military thortties
have provided me with rifles and
Ammunition and from q sheik, who
Is one Of the most notorious gun
runners in Arabia. ] have obtained
letters Of introduction to the chiefs
OF the tribes we are likely to run
into on the way, SO l do not antici-
pate any serious trouble. Though
Hadji Mohammed Bassani. the
millionaire camel merchant who 10
running the show. assures me that
he has already paid the regular
tribute demanded by the big tribes
through whose territory We pass.
there is always a chance. of course.
that we may be attacked by some
smaller, irresponsible tribe out for
booty But the British military
authorities are very resssuring.
The Chief OF stsf in Palestine was
particularly optimistic about our
getting through. If you are kid
mapped in the British sphere he
said, well send out our planes and
jolly well bomb the beEgars until
they let you GO He didn't explain
how the British airmen were to
differentiate between captors ana
ter"
The Washington herald., 1922-06-24
CoNKLTN WRITES NEW
PREFACE FOR HIS ROOK.

Prof. Edwin Grant Conklin has
written a new preface for his book.
The Direction Of Human Evolu-
tion." which has just been reissued.
In II he takes full account OF the
controversy regarding evolution
which has been in progress in re-
cent months. and in which Prof.
Conklin himself has had a promi-
nent part.
mo scientific investigator OF ten
years ago" he declares, would
have thought It possible that the
truth or falsity of any scientific
theory would ever again be decided
by appeals to the Bible. or that an
attempt. would ever again be made
to determine by legislation what
might be considered orthodox or
heterodox science; and yet this has
come to pass. All this is
being done. we are told, to save the
religious faith of the younger
generation. Apparently the leaders
in this movement do not realise that
they. and not the evolutionists, are
making II impossible for young
men and women who are intellee-
tually enlightened to remain in
their denominations"
The Washington herald., 1922-06-24
FAR EAST QUESTIONS
BETTER UNDERSTOOD,

One OF the outstanding features
of the Raymond Leslie Buell. volume,
The Washington Conference" Just
published by the Appletons. is the
full exposition of the Far Eastern
phase. Of the conference labors. Mr.
Buell. emphasizes how little is
understood of what the conference
accomplished in this matter At
the time OF the conference public
attention was centered mainly on
the Limitation OF naval armament,
and the general knowledge Of the
more subtle intricacies of Far
Eastern affairs was sinsularly
limited. Mr.. Buell. points out the
fact the American Advisory Com
mittee received only s,542 resolu-
tons asking that Far Eastern
questions be included in the con-
ference. while 11.242,ss5. asking for
cooperative Limitation OF arma-
ments. and 10.os3.s4s pleas for Dr.
vine guidance" were received In
his book Mr.. Buell. does much to
clarity the dim depths OF Far
Eastern affairs.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-24
Text of Mr.. Bryan's
Bible Talk Today
Ezekiel 2;l.s; s:i7.,1D

And he said unto noe, son Of
man. stand upon thy feet, and l
will speak unto thee. -.. ,s-.
And the spirit entered into
me when he spake unto, me, and
set me. upon my feet, and I heard
him that spake unto me.
And he said unto me. son Of
man, ! send thee TO the children
of Israel. to a rebellious nation
that hat rebelled against me; I;
they and their fathers have
transgressed against me, even
unto this very day.
For they, are impudent chill
dren and stiffhearted. l do send
thee unto them; and thou shalt
say unto them. Thus saith the
Lord.
And they. whether they will
hear. or whether they will for
bear (for they are a rebeilious
house). yet shall know that
there hath been prophet
among them.
And thou. son of man. be not
afraid of them. neither be afraid
OF IHCH "oTus tHOuEn DrldTs
and thorns be with thee. and
thou dost dwell among scor-
p!ons: be not afraid OF their
words, nor be dismayed at their
looks, though they be a rebel
lious house.
Son Of man, have made thee
watchman unto the House OF
Israel: therefore hear the word
at my mouth. and give them
warning from me.
When I say unto the wicked.
Thou shalt surely die; and thou
givest him not warning. nor
speakest to warn the wicked
from his wicked way. to save
his life: the same wicked man
shall die in his iniquity; but his
blood will require at thine
hand.
Yet IL thou warn the wicked
edness. nor from his wicked
way. ne shall die in iniquity:
but thou has delivered thy soul.
Again, when a righteous man
doth turn from his righteous
ness. and commit iniquity, and I
lay a stumbling block before
him. he shall die: because thou
hast not given him warning. he
shall die in his sin, and his
righteousness which he hath
done shall not be remembered:
but his blood will require at
thine hand.
Nevertheless IL thou warn the
righteous man, that the right
eous sin not. and he doth not
sin, he shall surely live. because
he is warned: also thou has de-
livered thy soul.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-24
SCOTT FITZGERALD
TELLSOF CEHENNA
FOR BAD DFLAPPERS
Beautiful and Damned
Is Lesson for Folks of
Younger Set.
-rA. Be..tif.I ..s D...ea.- by

-rhe BeastifuI ana Dsmned.- by
Scott Fitzgerald. (Scribner.D
The ultimate Gehenns OF nappers
here pictured. 10 far worse than any
mere copybook hell. Even the
sauciest bobbed head will was
aghast at the spectacle of Gloria
G'lbert's degeneration
There is something of the sur
geon about Fitzgerald. with q
pitiless and shining lierary scalpel
he lays bare all the trivaiities. the
taziness. the selnshness that may
subsist and thrive most easily In q
beautiful girl brought up without
sense Of responsibility and in the
belief that the world is her own
exclusive system. In the same vein
Is disclosed Anthony Patch. GIoria's
husband. an amisbIe. weiI-inten-
toned youth. but without suficient
force Of character to do otherwise
than drift with the current Of dis.
sipation and inertia that whirls him
lightly from sflded cafe to apart
ment house party" II is the
tragedy of selfshness and pleasure
seeking made a business. Gloria
speaks lightly of I'm being true
to me-" and of her desire TO ge;
every drop of fun out Of her youth.
But, poor thing. she doesn't seem
to have so much Of a good time.
after all. The parties all have to
be paid for twice. IL seems. first. out
OF the income that will not stretch
enough TO cover continual extrava-
gance; second. and even more inex-
orable is the price Of youth. fine
ness and sanity that is exacted for
every excess.
In depicting the gradual disin-
tegration OF the love of Anthony
and Gloria, Fitzgerald has accom-
plised a work of art The refine
ments of mutual cruelty involved
In this long and painful process are
painted with psintaking minute
ness. We see Gloria's plying toll
erance for Anthony's weakness de-
velop into outright contempt. We
see the little lines gather around
Gloria's beautiful eyes. the eyes
themselves lose their crystal clar-
ity Of gaze, the cheeks grow hol-
low. There is the tragic moment
when she looks In the mirror. ad-
mits the truth to herself and cries
distractedly. oh. my pretty face!
Oh. don't want TO liYe without my
pretty face" In this mutual decay
and coarsening of body and mind
Anthony has the worst of Il. II
Gloria fades and becomes sharp
tongued. at least she does not
whine to others. But Anthony. the
keen-witted. ironic Anthony. plays
the pup frequently enough. Init
macy degeneration into the mere
familiarity of matrimony, which. in
turn. Is succeeded by something
very like aversion. Out of many
small clashes. cowardices and self
ishness come stalking the dull and
dusty tragedy of futiiity.
Repeating ourselves. here is a
book that will give pause to the
)auntiest galoshes tripping along
the primrose pathway. As for
young married couples. they win
read IL together and vow that the
fate of Anthony and Gloria shall
not overtake them. Here's hoping
IL won't.
NJ " II
The Washington herald., 1922-06-24
son OF AUTHOR
TR1CkED ny TINE.

Harry A. Franck, on his way &C
China to walk over its vastness and
put in on paper, writes from Yoka.
homa OF a mean trick time has
played upon Harry A Franck, tr.
who with his mother is accompany
ing the author as far as Pekin
Young Franck was born of Ameri-
can parents on April 25 on board a
Eritish ship in a Colombian port SO
that, by law, he is an English, CO.
'ombian and an American boy. His
parents were counting on celebrat-
ing Juniors second birthday on
shipboard. but the Koga Maru
crossed the lsoth meridian on the
evening of April "a and therefore
when Harry A. Franck, jr., woke up
the next morning II was April 2s
Mr.. Franck plans to get far away
from the beaten track of the tour
list. One place in particular he
plans to visit is Japan's northern
island. the original home OF the
hairy Ainu.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-24
CHURCH NOTES

\ continsed from Page Sir.
give testimonials of demonstrations
made during the past month.
Mrs January will give a special
lecture Wednesday evening at 8
o'clock on the subject of Science
Yand Sense"
A beginners class and healing
meeting Is held each Thursday eve
hing at 1890 o'clock. This class ia
well attended. and many are get
hing wonderful results in the so-
Tuition of their everyday problems.
VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA.
II Is our purpose to take 500 or
more Of the poorest boys and girls,
Including many mothers. from the
streets and alleys of the city. from
|where the word Home" is but a
mockery. to Chesapeake Beach,
where they can enjoy themselves
for full day TO their hearts con-
|tent.
We provide transportation both
6n the train and trolley cars. good
substantial picnic dinner and sup
bier, free tickets for various amuse-
|ments, bathing suits. and a care
fully planned program Of healthful
recreation stunts. including races,
aseball games. water stunts and,
h fact. everything in the line Of
lean amusement that can be
PROVIDED into the time limit by
Trained recreation leaders.
FULL GOSPEL ASSEMBLY.
The meetings at the Full Gospel
ASSEMBLY seem to be very popular,
as there has been a splendid at
tendance at every service. The
ervices will be continued through
ut next week and plans are being
hade for the future. The Full
ospel Assembly plans to DO gem
ral city mission work, such as
isiting the homes Of the sick and
eedy. visiting prisons and hos
litals.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-24
RADICAL CHANGES
ARE BEING PLANNED
by PRESBYTERIANS
Thirteen Boards and Per.
manent Committees
To Be Merged.

By merging thirteen boards and
Permanent committees of the Pres
byterian Church into four organi-
nations the Presbyterian denomi-
nation meeting in general assembly
at Des Moines. Iowa. May IS to IS.
made the most radical change in
its organization ever attempted by
any large denomination.
Under the plan adopted by the
assembly the church boards will be:
Foreign missions. national mis-
sions, Christian education. minis
terfal relief and sustentation. The
foreign board will unite the work
0previously carried on by two such
boards. one operated by men and
None by women. Women are given
fifteen of forty members in the
new board.
VIII Have Departments.
The board of national missions
will have departments which will
care for the work which prev
iously has been done by two home
boards. mems and women's, the
work for colored people. church
srection, evangelism and work
through chaplalns in the army and
navy. The women will also have
fifteen OF forty members of this
board.
All Of the educational work Of
the church will be centralized in
the board Of Christian education in
Philadelphia. This will include the
work of hfty-seven colleges and
the efforts OF Christian workers at
State universities. scores of schools
maintained for Indians. moun-
ktaineers and negroes. missionary
education. the large work Of re-
| ligious education. especially through
Sunday schools. the work of the
board OF temperance and moral
welfare. the publication interests
! Of the denomination and the sps-
eial work among men.
VIII Continue Pensions
The pension department Of the
church will continue under the
board OF ministerial relief and
sustentation. to which will be
added the general oversight Of
hospitals. orphanages and homes
for aged OF the church.
Several minor activities of the
church will be merged in the Of
fice of general assembly. under the
direction OF the stated clerk of the
assembly.
In addition to these changes con-
fsummated by A ssembly, to take ef-
feet at the end of the current church
year. March 81, Assembly also sent
down an overture to the Prs;by-
teries asking approval of the cap
stone OF the reorganization plan.
the merging OF the work of the
present executive commission and
ithe new era movement into a gem
(eral council. which would have pow
| ers over the four boards. This
change in the fundamental law OF
the church must be ratifed by a
majority OF 2s0 Presbyteries and
action thereon will be reported at
the next meeting in Indianapolis,
Ind, a year hence.