Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1924-02-14

stead she asks that they subscribe
TO the new church project as a gift
to her! Any "rice Christian tend
ency noticeable there?
! I inveigled Mara into tasting
brand new dish, just so that she
could say she had eaten it. 1t look
ed and tasted much like a tiny oys-
ter, being cooked 1 trust) and then
picked in heavy brine. 1t tasted
raw, but I hope was not. 1t was her
| first taste of snails. She didn't
throw up her meal even when / told
her what she had eaten. In truth,
these little morsels Of gray flesh
have raciness and succulency that
is very appetizing. That is their
purpose at meals, just such as your
olives or caviare.
She and I went over to Nantai to
a wedding feast one evening last
week A preacher was taking unto
himself wife and we enjoyed the
cats even though she was too busy
to get away for the ceremony itself.
She was plugging on her music for
the concert this afternoon, rather
swell affair at ST and So per each
auditor, the proceeds going to the
G. M. S.. (Church Missionary So
ciety, for the benefit of you ignor-
amuses over home.) Mara is ac-
companying Mrs. Boyer (the "g'' pro-
nounced as 'j') who is one very
good violinist. A Mrs. Bulkovitch
who is quite singiste is also on the
/ program as is one other singer from
here and a truly excellent pianist
from England who is visiting here.
Said lady is blessed with unlooks
in plenty, but man, what tricks she
can play on the piano! She is a
"licentiate of the Royal Academy
if you know what that, means. I
cont You see Mara IS running in
high company.
This man ran away from his fam
! ily yesterday afternoon and went to
the communion service at Trinity
chapel, and. folks, I guess I am an
Anglican when it comes to that.
Possibly / merely emphasize the E
in my claim to be M E. preacher.
At any rate that type of service, in
the dim, almost cloiStered quite of
the church. makes tremendous ap-
peal to me-. No preaching, no choir
to sing at you, just the stately in
tonation of the ritual (And it is in
tonation instead of mere reading) J
coming from the recess of the altar,
then the quiet going up of the COM
municants with no invitation, no
dismissal, just groups going in 81
lence and coming back to kneel in
similar silence in their pews until
all have communed who care to do
so. Lately the Quaker type of wor-
ship, silent prayer where the force
Of united worship adds to the psy-
Geological effect, has appealed to me
far more than our more audible but
less dignified services of prayer. 1t
was a good afternoon.
The return was equally impress
sive, crossing the bridge Just as the
fires of the west were dying down
into pale greens and mauves and
river in myriad shadings while the
sampans wove their placid way
through the glory of light The
strident noise of the busy street on
the far side of the river, the fam
ing lights of the Bund, the poor lit
tie "white faces gathered at the
GOOrS OF Cnelr houses or desire, the
peepshow fellows with their gaudy
and filthy mess of pornography--
all these were transfigured by the
very memory of Gods art gallery.
[ hurried on to meet my gang in
fine spirits.
They yelled at me from the busy
street a mile or more from home
where they had come to meet M.v.
But at that we had a hard time
getting the children started away
because they had found shop
where the people were making glass
beads, buttons, and glass headed
pins From their descriptions It
must have been as interesting as a
visit to Fostoria at night.
Run along now folks. Two COM
mencement talks to be shaped up
for further treatment and transla
ton later demand that I get busy
We are fairly well. Naomi has a
cold still hanging on. The rest
feel fine. Be good and keep we'll.