Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-05
BISHOP FALLOWS
. DIES IN CHICAGO.
Author, Publlclst, Preacher and
Leader in Middle West for
Half Century
FOUNDED "H0ME SALOON"
BY Associated Press

BY Associated Press
Chicago. Sept. 8. - Bishop Samuel
Fallows, presiding bishop of the Re.
formed Episcopal Church, famous rs
preacher, soldier, author and lecturer
died at 4 80 o'clock this morsang at his
residence after an illness Of less than
month.
Bishop Fallows' death, shock to the
religious world especially, but cause
of general sorrow, was unexpected IN
spite of his advanced age. was ap-
pronching his eighty seventh birthday.
The bishop fell Ill of pneumonia last
winter. and to that was attributed tne
beginning Of his fatal Illness, Last
spring he went to California, where he
wns able TO recuperate and was be-
lieved TO have escaped further ravnges
of the disease.
He did not return to CChicago until
August II. hopeful of regaining his old
vigor and reassuming his varied activi-
ties which had made him widely
known national figure.
The long overland trip. however,
drained his strength. and the following
day he was reported exhausted. I'm
the next day, however. his physician
expressed the belief that he would EN-
tlrely recover.
with the bishop during his illness
were his daughter, Alice, and his son,
Edward Fallows, the latter Of New
York. Edward Fallows returned to
New York yesterday, and after his de-
parture the bishop suffered a relapse.
Bishop Samuel Fallows was n man OF
boundless energy. Not only did he daily
carry on the manifold duties of his
parish-preaching. christening. marry.
ing. burying. visiting the sick and
needy-but he found time to write and
edit almost score of books and count
less articles. to address regularly many
patriotic bodies. serve as the supreme
head Of his church. the Reformed Epis-
copal, in the North American conti-
nent; function on many committees,
hold numerous trusteeships. propngan-
die actively at Washington when that
was needed. and walk no less than two
miles each day of the year for exercise.
A curious instance Of Bishop Fallows'
penchant for discovering the truth
prngmatically was his establishment in
1907 of "hOme snloon.' as he called
il, in Chicago devoted to the selling of
temperance drinks. To prove that soft
drinks could be sold protitably and to
the very men who frequented saloons,
the Bishop put in coffee. chocolate.
Crane juice and the like; he allowed
smoking. For two years the place did
profitable business.
The Bishop. convinced that a nom
alcoholic substitute for beer could be
found, spent large sums hiring the best
chemists to discover the formula for
such fluid: but every beverage they
concocted sooner or later developed al
cohol by fermentation.
Meanwhile the saloon" had become
mecca for visitors from all over the
globe. who came to see the refreShment
parlor conducted under such auspices
by famous man of the church. Finally.
his theory vindicnted, the Bishop sold
out the enterprise.
Samuel Fallows was born December
10. 1850. at Pendleton. near Nam
chester. England. His parents mi.
grated to Wisconsin in 1918 to engage
in farming. Thus Samuel Faiiows
grew up as farmer lad near Madi-
son. Ills first schooling was at Aste.
Ian. Wis, and then at Lawrence "uni-
versity" at Appleton. There he began
to preach.
In 1915 Bishop Fallows became rec
tor of St. Paul's Reformed Episcopal
Church Of Chicago and continued 80
for the succeeding years until the time
of his death. Simultaneous with ris
assumption of the rectornte, he as.
sulncd the title missionary bishop of
the West" and soon thereafter he be-
came presiding bishop of the entire
church, both in the United States and