Milford chronicle., 1926-06-04

ironclad next captured the wooden
Congress and blew her up.
News of this disaster alarmed
Washington, as it was feared that
the new iron monster might force
her way up the Potomac and shell
the national capital. But something
else new was coming. That night
the little monitor, invented by John
Ericsson, steamed into Hampton
Roads. She was an irOnclad too,
built on a new pattern. Her deck
was nearly level with the water and
the most visible part of her was a
revolving gun turret. The COnfed-
crates jokingly referred to her as a
Yankee cheese box on a raft, but
later found that the Monitor was
no joke. The strange little ship
fought so effectively that the Merri
mac limped away, going south and
not in the direction of Washington.
And the little Monitor steamed in
solently around the end of the bay,
like a doughty bantam which has
Unexpectedly disposed of an adver-
sary several times its size.
The Monitor may not have saved
the Union, but she certainly saved
the Union navy lot of embarass-
ing moments. And this battle be-
tween the Monitor and the Merri-
mac-for the name Merrimac sur
wives in history revolutionized
naval warfare. Wooden ships were
rendered archaic by that battle at
Hampton Roads and the day of the
ironclad had arrived.
Now. very fortunately, there is
but one American navy. 1t is fine
navy of ironclads, and it represents
the North, the South, the East and
the West. All sections are equally
proud of it and all patriotic Ameri-
cans want it kept to the top notch
of efficiency, as strong and capable
as our international agreements
will permit. Of course we hope
that it will not be needed for a long
time for actual fighting, but no one
can fortell what is ahead of the
nation. Certainly the outlook, the
world over, is none too encouraging
so far as universal peace is con-
cerned. And the best way to assure
peace for ourselves is to be ready
to defend America should the occa-
sion arise.
People of the United States of all
classes are gradually coming to
realize the value of newspaper ad-
vertising, and the use of the col
umns of the newspaper, in the city
and village alike, for purposes of
paid publicity is growing steadily.
Now the progressive churches of
the country have come to recognize
the value of newspaper advertising.
At the International Council of
Religious Education held in Birm-
ingham, Ala, recently, DR.. John T.
Barbner Smith, of Chicago, ILL.,, in
charge of the secular press pub
licity of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, declared that the lack of
knowledge by the clergy of the
working of the press, and in some
cases lack of knowledge of the
church by the press, is a real handi-
cap. He added that the church can
find no better medium than news
papers for advertising its wares and
spreading the gospel and declared
also that he had always been given
fair and accurate treatment by the
representative of the press.
e. I. Layton, who addressed the
same conference, declared in pictul
esque language that "the church
bells solemn peals have been muf-
fed by din and clamor of automo-
biles and street cars, and if the
church wants to reach those who
wanted to hear this ancient ap-
peal, it must be supplemented by
direct advertising"
A few days later, Rev. DR.. Chris
tian F. Reisner told the Associated
Advertising Clubs of the World, in
session at Cincinnati, how advertis-
ing had built the Broadway Temple
wonderful new five million dollar
church on New Yorks Broadway. 81
am a hearty believer in church ad-
vertising," DR.. Reisner declared
"For even as advertising promotes
business, so it can be used to aid in
the spread of religion. Years age
the churches dominated the scene
in New York. Today the churches
are submerged and hidden by COM
mercial skyscrapers. The same
methods used in advertising busi-
ness must be employed in selling