Evening star., 1925-10-11

a reporter on flrst-class newspaper.
Then the city editor would gently
drop him down the elevator shaft.
Rev. William Hawley was rector Of
st. Johns Episcopal Church when
Mrs. Van Ness died. 81. Johns Epis
copal parish was organized in 1914
and the church was ConSeCrated by
Bishop Kemp Of Maryland. December
q, 1916. DIR. Hawley was the first as
sistant rector and the second rector.
The first rector was Rev. William II.
Wilmer. who had been rector of
Christ Church, Alexandria. He asked
that Rev. Mr.. Hawley be named to
assist him At st. Johns. When Mr..
Wilmer left 81. Johns, in INT, to be
come president of William and Mary
College. at Williamsburg, Mr.. Hawley
Was elected rector and retained that
office till his death. in 1915. He should
have known Mrs. Van Ness we'll; prob
ably had from her some facts about
her girlhood. and it Is not likely that
he would make statements at her
funeral without feeling sure that they
were facts. one can nearly always
discount facundia post obItunl, be-
cause it is consuetudn funerea of many
ministers.
THE Rev. Mr.. Hawley said at Mar
cia's funeral that when she was
girl she was sent to Baltimore and
was educated by private tutors with
the daughters Of Luther Martin. an
able and prosperous Maryland lawyer.
She was part Of that mans family
and mingled with the best people OF
Baltimore. There are two things that
l do not like. Mr.. Hawley used
tutor" which meant for centuries a
protector or a guardian of a woman,
minor or imbecile. He might have
said teacher, praeceptor, rlagister or
ludi maSister.
l will not make n public outburst
against the phrase. educated by
private tutors" because perhaps
Marcia educatur or educatus erat, but
what gets my goat is the assumption
that going 10 school and being edu-
Gated are the same. Old newspapers
used To print items like this: Miss
Mary Smith, having completed her
education. has returned home from
school" Mary could say. Pass me-
the potatoes" in French, had learned
by heart the list Of the kings and
queens of England. and got Il copy
OF Byron'S poems for polite deport-
ment and emhroidering tides.
Mr.. Hawley's funeral sermon was
printed as a booklet 10y Francis Pres
ton Hlar IN lS32. and, Without per-
mission Of the publisher, but with
out expectation of rebuke from him,
the Rambler takes the following:
In early life she was distinguished
for great sprightlinesS OF mind and
amiableness OF disposition, which sell
dom or never failed of winning the
affections and securing the esteem
of all her acQuaintanceS. The sedate-
ness of her manners gave dignity to
her department, and the genuine
ptety of her heart, IS was eXempli-
fled more extensively in after life,
placed her among the first in society
in the estimation of all who knew
her intimately and enjoyed the
pleasure of her acquaintance.
After she became the mother Of
her only child she realized all the
duties and responsibilities of parent
toward the living charge committed
to her hands, and to her God, and 1t
was her peculiar delight In teaching
the young Idea how to shoot, to di-
rect its juvenile thoughts to the great
Parent of all and thus train up the
object of her affection for a happy
Immortality"
The speech impressed the mourners.
The reverend man expressed himself
IN the routine way. There is no origi-
nality In most men, and a minister
speaking at successive funerals falls