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The New York herald., 1922-03-26
New Churches for Old

kind to-day, including therein al
social, economic and political affairs
In brief, traditional Christianity. and
especially it's theology, has lost its
grip.
But, he says. I've want religion!"
Something must take the place left
empty by the departure of the old
gods. And he adds: "We want it
[religionl not for itself, but that we
may harness it to the service of
mems needs" That is the new doc
trine in a nutshell.
1t is suggestive that he started
from Burroughs, for what he is aim
ing to do is to provide dynamic,
emotional content to much the same
| ideal of religion that Burroughs sug-
gests. 1t Is religion Of evolution;
or. more accurately, of social evolu-
ton, with man as its starting point,
in place of any transcendental reve-
lation. It's logic is inductive, scien-
tific; its goal social betterment," to
the ultimate evolution of a perfected
whole, with it's God product, or.
better, a Process that is fulfilling
itself. Our revelation" says he, ito
day is from earth to heaven, from
clod to God-not Uice Tersd, as in
the old days."
1t may be called religion of so
cialism-except that that word has
come to have wholly unwarranted
horrific meanings to many undis-
eliminating minds. In Mr.. Holiness
grandiose conception of it the re-
. ligion of socialism thus extends to
comprehend all things; it obviously
abolishes all distinction between
sacred and secular, and it eventually
unites with-or swallows-the state.
i Needless to say, it abolishes all olt
dogmas, and has no place for any
! revelation or any supreme authority
either of a Bible or a prophet. The
one thing it would hold fast to i.
Christian ethics, reduced to their bed
: rock, freed Of the vast Pauline, Au
, gustinian and medieval increment
He summarizes:
r Suppose we set ourselves to tn
Y task of working out and listing tn
basic principles of the religion o
Jesus. The religion of Jesu
/ lis it not all summed up in the tw
a commandments of love to God an
: love to man? Can there
. any dispute about the Golden Rule
Q Are we going to quarrel over tn
beatitudes?''
Y But upon this simple basis he con
/ ceives an organized church still to b
n necessary: not as q school OF theolog
!: or n place for metaphysical specu
,s lation, but as a concrete soci;
10 agency. working for the social bel
u terment of mailkind." That is III
=, central idea of his Communit
n Church. So brief an outline as tn
II must remain inadequate and possibl
J. misleading. The interested read,
= should go TO the book itself.
m If one may venture q criticism,
al is that the scheme rather everest
sd mates the stage OF progress of a ST
n somewhat imperfect humanity; tht
" it will need few centuries more
hs bring man zip to a level where ]
rs can feel qaite at home in NJ
q. Holiness church.
The New York herald., 1922-03-26

NEW CHURCHES tO1 olD. 0y
John Haynes Holmes. Dodd. Mead
& Co.
N ER. HOLMES has produced
lVu highly suggestive, stimulat-
ing book, which leaves one,
however, with the feeling that if he
Is right no is possibly several gem
erations ahead of his time. One need
not agree with him at all points-in-
deed. much of his argument remains
highly controversial-to realize that
his general attitude Is nobly con-
eeived and that he has very much to
saw that is of prime Importance and
demands a thoughtful hearing. One
would like to be able to accept his
vision as capable of fulfillment-a
vision of all mankind united In one
comprehensive religion; religion OF
universal love and brotherhood, OF
democratic liberty tempered and con-
troIled by the Golden Rule. And, IN
deed, he is not indulging In mere
rhetorical exuberance or vague gen.
eralities. He has a concrete pro-
gram; tangibly solid ideas.
1t is not mere Utopian theoriZing
or scheming. Mr.. Holmes can polnT
TO his own Community Church here,
which is not infrequently in evi-
dence: and we are told that there are
already more than four hundred SIM
liar experiments in the country and
that the movement is spreading. 1t
NAV well be that it is pointing out
The road upon which future genera
Mons may travel. His summary out
nue of il as it is to-day and his
demonstrations are therefore not to
be lightly regarded. The book, more
over. is of unusual interest from
sther angles and is withal very read
able.
It is of value in two directions: IN
the first place because his analyses
Of the state of the churches as they
are to-day and his rapid outline ex.
PLANTATION of how they came to theil
present decrepitude are unsparingll
clear, outspoken and carry full con
yiction. He has put into forceful eX'
preston q statement of facts tina
any intelligent observer knows to b.
true. If his manner is a trifie bel
ligerent it is justified; when he see
q head that he thinks needs hittini
he hits it, and hits it hard.
His starting point is-significantl,
taken from John Burroughs's bool
accepting the Universe" wherein
the dispassionate old seer remarks
"The old religion is a tree that ha
borne its fruit. 1t is dying at th
top; it is feeble at the root. 1t n
longer touches mems lives as of old.
Mr.. Holiness early chapters des
in some detail with the collapse {
the churches with denominations
ism and with the various futile a
tempts to revivify the old bodies froI
within. lie sees that the tradition;
Christian churches are concerne
with matters that do not at all ir
ferest modern man: 11d, secondi
that the churches arc not In I'll
least concerned Yith those mattel
that do hold Il 9 ate asoa Of faat
The New York herald., 1922-03-26
The Book Factory
By EDWARD ANTHONY.

Credo" on the strength OF the pref
ace alone - and we almost sue
cumbed to the temptation to do So
we'd say:
AS for this wordy book.
It makes us pretty sore;
1t is a Borzoi product,
With the accent on the "bore."
But, weak as we were from our
struggle with the preface, we stag
gered on and found relief in the re-
freshing paragraphorisms that make
up the body of the book. Here the
authors are occasionally smart
Alecks--which isn't surprising when
you consider that they travel in the
smart set-but we are all for them
when, as part of the American credo,
they submit such felicitous notions
as the one "that the late j. Pierpont
Morgan was the easiest mark the
fake antique dealers Of Europe had
discovered in 250 years. and that
syndicate of Italians built five fac
tories in Italy for the sole purpose
of manufacturing fake Rembrandts
to sell to him."
"SHINE, BOSS?"
| Parodying the vocational quatrains
in B. L. It's "a Penny WHISTLE"
Jim Quigney writes us:
Bootblacking I have always thought
A most attractive line;
| At least it is a game in which
| think that l could shine.
To which we might add:
The notion, Jim, that you advance
Is one we can't demolish,
For anybody knows that you're
A gentleman of polish.
"After all, there are only twenty
plots."-E. Phillips Oppenheins.
As Mr.. Oppenheim has written
seventy novels this would serve as
justification for using the same plot
three or four times, not twenty five
or thirty times, as he has done.
HINTS TO FRESH REVIEWERS.
I.
"Pan" is too quiet title for this
noisy book of verse. 1t ought to be
called "Pandemonium."
If the Government wants to raise
/ enough money to defray the cost oi
; the we'll known bonus of contention
let it require every poet like Lee
Leonine, author of the trashy Gals
and Madrigals'' (and there are 7,479,
16S like him in America), to pay al
!. annual license fee of 800. Let thes'
mongrel poets pay their doggere
, license or be taken to the pound.
III.
e "a good book is the precious lif
blood of O master spirit" said Milton
9 And bum one like Bernardino Bo
n logna's new novel Lovers Wer
The New York herald., 1922-03-26

NOW DO YOU DOUBT THAT THIS
is A GOOD ADVERTISING
MEDIUM?
On the Il" the other day a boy
opposite US was having so much fun
reading a book called "Joe, the
Circus Boy, and Rosemary"-(we
couldn't make out the authors name,
but part of tive don't know which
parts Allen)-that this paragraph
is written to tell the publishers
thereof or any one else that we'll
give anything we own, except our
copy of II. NJ. Tomlinson's London
River" for peep at the enthralling
volume.-The Book Factory (seven
or eight weeks ago).
A letter from NJ. Il. r. is to the
effect that "Joe, the Circus Boy, and
Rosemary" is by A. E. Allen and IS
published by Page G Co. He is send
ing the book for our perusal, he
writes, and he will permit us. despite
our expressed willingness to part
with something precious for o.
chance to read the thing. to keep it
as long as we like for-(and his
rates are more reasonable than those
of any circulating library in town.
| nothing.
The feminine leg plays an i'm
portant part in every circus per-
formance. so it isn't surprising that
for moment we thought Joe the
circus boy was Joe Hergesheimer,
| who, in his compelling "Cytherea, !"
has limned, so to speak, full many
| stand we are wrong,
The New York herald., 1922-03-26
THE ORIGIN OF COCO"

In Evan Zanten's Happy Days"
Knopf), David Pritchard's able
of Laurids BRUINS idyllic
novel of the South Seas, there are
many colorful bits Of Pelli Island
'olklore. One of these is vindica-
ion of the Harlemite's practice Of
to his pate as his coco"
Here is the story we mean:
"There once was a man, and
his wife bore HIM a son.
When the son grew up he was
swallowed by q shark. The man
and his wife wept and cried the
whole night-but their son did
not return. But the shark had
only eaten the boys body, not
his head. And one day it was
washed up on the shore, where
the father found it and buried
it. But the mother sat all day
and all night by the grave, cry
ing and tearing her hair; and
her tears fell on the grave, until
at last there grew up out of the
earth a tiny plant. When the
man and his wife saw it they
carefully scraped the earth TO
one side. and now they could
see quite plainly the eyes, nose
and mouth of the boys head; it
had taken root in the earth.
"Then said the mother: Let it
grow; we will see what it be-
comes
"And the plant became q tall
tree, which bore fruit.
"One day ripe fruit fell down.
Although it was as hard as a
mans skull they broke it open
and ate the contents. One fruit
after another fell down, and they
all tasted good.
'Thus a good youth gave the
cocoanut tree to mankind"
So that the next time you hear
a feller call his sconce a coco"
don't correct him. 1t is proper
usage" as our prim little rhet-
oric teacher used to say "a-nany
years ago."
And, by the way, that story of tn
origin of the cocoanut reminds u
that we can tell some pretty goo
stories of similar nature oursel
Remind us some day-won't your
to tell you the one about the ma
who planted a bulb-an electric bul
and had q blooming power plar
the next year. And the one abor
the etymologist who planted Lati
root that grew up to be garlic ire
(Hcbest. that is the origin of garlic.
And the one about-but we'll say
'em until we hear from you. No or
in America is better equipped to sp,
CAdHAe III 1oihiofe tldn W.T. cOt
sin Of ours is an attorney at lore an
our grandmother was Annie Lorie)-
and we'd enjoy nothing better tha
la story-hour with you, reader. Lo
bless you, yes!
NOW DO YOU DOUBT THAT TIL
is A GOOD ADVERTISING
The New York herald., 1922-03-26
THE JUSTIFICATION.

IIIL OA5I Il 1>~~H 1O-S'
(Mdrtidl, Booh U.-20.)
Friend Paulus wants to be q pote,
Yet lacks potential energy;
But does he let that get his goat?
Not he!
In order that he may bestov
Iambics on a certain her,
He buys 'em of a bard at so
Much per.
And calls 'em his. And, after all,
That they are his is easily shown
For what you purchase you may call
Your own!
The New York herald., 1922-03-26

Much per.
And calls 'em his. And, after all,
That they are his is easily shown
For what you purchase you may call
Your own!
"AND THEN SHAW SAID TO
Me-
Writers are so glad of an oppor-
tunity to tell the world that they
have seen and talked to Bernard
Shaw that, having met him, they
zealously quote from their conver-
sations with him, even when G. B. S.
has said nothing more compliment
tary than, "Sir, you are a jackass."
1t will be recalled that when Max
Eastman (see his 'sThe Sense Of
Humor'') told Shaw he was work
ing on a book OF that title, Shaw
told him that no man with sense Of
humor-and the Prince of testers
said mouthful-would write such a
book. Eastman, glad to be able to
drag Shaw's name into his book,
printed the slam.
When Hesketh Pearson (see his
Modern Men and Mummers") told
Shaw he was going to write about
him, Shaw said, Neither I nor any
man of my generation takes the
smallest interest in you. OF
all literary bores and failures the
most hopeless are the Don Quixotes
who make Dulcineas of their pet
authors and rush about breaking
lances for them instead of doing
some honest original work" Again
Shaw said an olificeful. His state
ment is tip off on much Of the worl,
OF Hesketh Pearson. Mr.. Pearson
proudly printing it as something
that the great G. 3. S. really and
truly told him one day $50 help him
GoO-does not realize this.
If "One Hundred Russian Verbs
(Brentano) is the first Of a series
we'd like to suggest few additions
including "One Hundred American
Blurbs' Can anthology of publishers
notices..
WE ACCEPT YOUR APOLOGY
GENTS.
mo doubt we should apologize TO
writing so long a preface to so sue
cinct a book" say Messrs. Menckel
and Nathan in their 103 page fore
word to the new edition of 9Th
American Credo" (Knopf).
You should, gentlemen. If W
were appraising "The America
The New York herald., 1922-03-26

NEW CHURCHES FOR OLD. BY
John Haynes Holmes. Dodd. Mead
& Co.
N ER. HOLMES has produced a
V highly suggestive, stimulat-
ing book, which leaves one,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-07
Bill To Afford
 Protection For
 Migratory Birds

Washington, March 6-Acdon prob ably will be taken during the next week by the House Agricultural Com Ynittee on the public shooting ground game refuge bill introduced by Rep resentative Anthony, Republican, Kan sas, members said. A similar meas ure has been introduced by Senator New, Republican, Indiana.
 At a nearing held recently by the House Committee, it was brought out that the bill if enacted into law would afford added protection to
 migratory game birds at the same time increasing the shooting opfpor- tunities of sportsmen of the coun- try.
 The measure provides that hunters of migratory birds shall pay a federal fec of s1. Funds thus received by the government would be used to purchase and improve land and water areas through out the country many of which would be designated as public shooting grounds with cer- tain parts set aside as refuges on which no shooting would be permit ted Some of the areas would serve as public shooting grounds during the open season, functioning as refuge during the closed period, while on others no shooting would be permit ted at any time. The bill provides that no land may be acquired with out the approval of the legislature of the state in which the property lies
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-07
BIRTHS

Grand street, a son. Ralph, Feb. 27.
 Damiano and Angiolina S. Fino, 369 Olive street, son, Luigi, Feb. 25. 367 Main street, a son, Rocco Antonio, Feb. 25.
 Alfredo and Annie Gerardi De Luca, 546 Harral avenue, a. son, Luidovico,
 Tony and Lucy saleno suppa, s7o Olive street, a daughter. Sylvia shir- ley, Feb. 27.
 Maher harrS 1913 i8o stratford a ADeo0a avenue, a daughter, Agnes Mary, Feb. 25. mund La Prade. 223 Norman street. B son, Walter Joseph, Feb. 2S.
 Leo and Chartlote Simpson Doyle S55 Barnum avenue, son, Richard Thomas.
 MassimiIiano and Nela F. veroneo. TO Duy street, a. son, Romolo, Feb. 28.
 Giovanni and Glorieta D. Fattebene, 1192 Pembroke street, a son. Giovanni Michele 4ohs+d Mario; rio Fe6; sris 26 s,,n+o 7as Nichols street, a daughter. Gloria, Feb. 25.
 Georgi and Anna Balbig Nicita, 165 Pembroke street, a daughter, Saliva
 Pasquale and Maria M. DeRise. 66 Lamson street, daughter, Catherine s., Feb. 25.
 Giuseppe ana Carnela De Hapn, ID George street, son, Picalino, Feb. 2S.
 Donald H. and Caroline Brown Choate, 1032 Laurel avenue, a daugh- ter, Martha Haskins, Feb. IS.
 Bella and Rosa Nemesh, 103 Orland street, a daughter, Erzebeth, Feb. 16.
 Josef and Erzebeth Jakab, s6s Wordin avenue, a daughter, Gtsa Mariska, Feb. 20.
 Issvan and Fusa Cseman, s4 Pine street, a daughter, Helen, Feb. 4.
 Arthur R. and Frances G. Mo Donough. S34 Seaview avenue, a son, Robert Roy, Feb. 2S-
 Dominic and Francisco c. Belfelo, 236 Lexington avenue, son, Enrico,
 Joseph and Frances 2. Ochman, s55 Kossuth street, a son, A1bin, March 1.
 Luigi and Maria D. Ragonesf, 25 Booth street, a son, Giuseppe, March 1.
 Leonardo and Incoronaa P. Bal dino, 416 Ogden street, a son, Fede1e. March 3.
 Leonardo and Cateria Calargo Am brosino, S06 Ha1leet street, a daugh- ter, Carme1a, March 8.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-07
Host Presented
 With TiePin

4 delightful birthday party was held last evening III honor of Fred Boynton, at his home, 4SO Wooo ave nue. During the evening games were enjoyed and vocal selections were rendered by Miss Mildred Farrell, Miss Madelyn Farley, Edward Fen dergast and William Walsh, accom- puanied at the piano by Miss Alice Paetsch and Miss Mildred DonneIly. An orchestra composed of William Walsh: piano; William Hamilton, v1- olon: Martin Brown, saxaphone; Will liam Bowen, banjo, and William Boynton, drums, furnished the music for dancing.
 Late in the evening a. delicious sup sented with a handsome tie-pin The house was attractively decorated with pink and white crepe paper and the faHors for the guests were dainty crepe paper baskets filled with candy.
 Those present were Miss Alice Paetsch, Miss Veronica Donnelly, Miss Mae Keane, Miss Bessie Skane, Miss Dorothy Williamson, Miss Mildred Donnelly. Miss Josephine Finn, Miss Maude Mink. Miss Mildred Farrell, Miss Made1yn Farley, Thomas Els worth, William Hope, Edward Pen dergast, Joseph O'Donnel1, William Walsh, James O'Connor, William Bowen, Thomas and William Boyn- ton, Martin Brown, Fred and Henry Boynton, William Hamilton, Mrs. D. OConnor, Mrs. T. P. Donnelly, Mrs. M. Eisenmann, MT. and Mrs. George Byron, and Mrs. F. Boynton.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-07

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-07
Church And Hotel I To Be Novelty
 In New Building

New York. March GA com bination church and History modern hotel is to be New YPrk's latest novelty in buildings. it was announced today. Oscar B. Konkle, a realty man. announced that the new structure, providing Sunday school space in the base ment. a church on the first three floors and a missionary school on the roof, would be erected on the site of the Metropolitan Taber- nacle. Broadway and 1o4th street.
 The final service was held in the Metropolitan Tabernacle night. The structure will be razed this month when work will be begun on the hotel-church, according to MT. Konkle, who is a member of the congregation
 A strict censorship will be ex- ercised over hotel guests, 1t was announced. and card playing and dancing will be prohibited. In all other respects the hotel will be strictly modern, 1t is under stood The estimated cost is S1knA-0nn-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-07

One outstanding characteristic marks this assembly of rich silk dressesthey of clnging soft Some substantial like the heavy chamos- kind and the tricolette Some light and almost sheer; like the canton crepe and the crepe de chine.
 But all clingng- and they've been made in new styles which fitted to their allIing type of
 Simple lines mark their bodices; graceful drapery and attractive peas and fine fitness mark their skirts Here touch of novel beads that look like tiny flowers Here long sweeping effective fringe: Here beading in graceful design Here tiny bit of brilliant color delft and dainty that it merits the word artistic.
 Handsome shades of mahogany, deep blues, rich glowing blacks, fine combinations of two colors.
 In harmony with their fneness of material these dresses made with both skill and Women will appreciate this-as well as their special price CDR of ~-S
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-07
RAISE FENCE TO CURB
 SWATS OF BABE RUTH

New Orleans, La, March 7-House- holders in the nIeighborhood of Heine- mann Park became alarmed when Babe Ruth, king of swat, canh along here to train with the New Y ork Yan- kees. Premises would be bombarded by baSebaIlS clouted from the fungus stick of the Bambino, claimed the residents. Julius Heinennann, presi- dent of the local baseball club, took notice And in order to curb the cloutS of the home-run king the walls surrounding the ba1l-yard have been made four feet higher.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-07

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, District
 of Bridgeport. s. Probate Court. February 21st. 1922.
 Estate of JULIA FRANCES LEWIS, late of the Town Of Bridgeport, in said District, deceased.
 The Court of Probate for the District of Bridgeport hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for Creditors of said Estate to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to present their accounts properly at tested within said time, will be debarred a recovery All persons indebted to said Estate are requested to make immediate payment to
 MARIANNA P. TRULOCH,
 SAMUEL C. SHAW,
 Executrix and Executor. Address, Samuel c. Shaw, Attorney, Security Building. Bridgeport, Conn
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-07
Traveling-bags, fine and extra value-S7.5O

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-07
CHINESE FIND EGGS OF
 PIGEON "STOP SMAIIRONv

Shanghai, China, March 7-Accord- ing Co the Chinese press Chinese here have discovered an infalhble safe guard against smallpox. Some genius tonic food'' and that a person dieted with the same is in no danger of con- tracting smallpox.
 The rumor has spread around town and there is @ rush to purchase pig cons eggs and the same are now in great demand at the extraordinary price of seven cents apiece.
 Truly" as one editor observed. sthe spectacle of the public gulled by a silly rumor is enough to make an Intelligent man laugh"
 Especially, it may be added. the man who has pigeons eggs for sale.