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porary Military expediency the Church has
been stripped of one of Its riRhtS and glories.
iffifcrerWriro Hbt only tlio voice of Ool, but
the voice of lha people, And ttyy ftro honored
Just In proportion as they fulfil that dual
function wmifu'iy.
Germany hah rnado n grievous mistake In
fonfuslnie military occunanev with Conquest.
When the same military authorities that put
Cardinal Mereler under arrest suggested that
United States Consuls now certified to Bel
gium bo recertified to tho German occupants
our Government saw no reason to tako ac
tion. Belgium Is not a German provinces a
Belgian army Is still In the field led by the
Belgian King, tho Belgian civil government
still exists although In exile, tho United
States and othor nations still recognize Bel
glum as an autonomous State ahd Ucop, fully
accredited Ministers there. German nmbl
tloits, therefore, must not overrldo Interna
tional law op violate tho rights of tho Chris
tian Church.
riirLADRLPHiA, FltlDAY, JANUAI1V 0. 1915.
tt I Jiard to pleas o people anyway; if a man
l economical, you call him parsimonious;
, if h U a spendthrift, you call him a
tool; If ha is rioh, you call Mm a
plutocrat.
Election Must bo Held in March
;'. loan In Juno would emasculate tho transit
program, causa a wasto of hundreds of thou
sands of dollars and amount to a temporary
Aefeat of the plans.
It requires from eight to ten days to got
feB official count of tho votes, tho appro
priating ordinances must bo advortlsed for
19 days, and general legal routine demands
ft period of about 60 days aftor an election
to put tho verdict Into effect. A Juno oloo
tlon, followed by tho summer adjournment of
Councils, would prevent deflnlto action until
November or December, -when tho weathor
would Inhibit tho beginning of operations un
til the following spring, an unnecessary and
disastrous delay of a year. Moreover, Instead
of following tho relocation of sewers with the
subway digging itsolf, a comploto wasto of
effort would result
The election must bo held before March 15.
The contracts must bo let In timo for work
tills summer. This is tho vital point at Issue
Just now and It must bo insisted on vigor
ously. Digging Instead of voting in Juno
must be tho slogan.
Transit Program Smashes Along
ALVL that tho peoplo of Philadelphia havo
Xiwanted or needed was an opportunity to
register their will in regard to rapid transit.
The introduction of tho two ordinances yes
terday in Councils paves the way for a spe
clal election to authorize a loan of 30,000,000,
an amount amplo enough to carry tho whole
program for tpward completion.
Mr. John F. Connelly Introduced tho bills
at tho request of Director Taylor, but in tho
manner of his doing so he seemed to tie him
self up to the plan definitely, and he Is
clothed in the garb of Its support. In him
obstruction assumedly was crystallized and
the' public has a right to concludo that tho
opposition has collapsed boforo tho thunder
of popular demand.
Thero is avallablo Immediately J500.000 for
the relocation of sowers. This work is really
the beginning of digging for tho new sub-
ways. It will be so Interpreted. In fact, tho
lifting of the first earth should bo accom
panied by ceremonies of Jubilation properly
to celebrate the Inauguration of the great
enterprise.
The campaign of education begun by the
Evening IiimciEit in October was emphasized
'and carried to fruition In a series of extraor
dinary moss meetings conducted by Director
Taylor In all parts of the city. There was
nothing demagogies In his appeals, which
were. In fact, characterized by tho broad
xalnded. fairness which has boon a distin
guishing feature of his entire program. He
has tried In protecting the city's Interests
to conserve all other Interests also, though
never at the sacrifice of the public.
At last there Is a concrete proposal teforo
Councils. This means that the meeting of
January H should draw together all elements
of the city In a demonstration so vast that
every possibility of delay or hesitation on
the part of Councils will bo precluded. It is
not the time for citizens to hesitate or to as
nuns a false security. They must put drive
behind the present advantage, follow it up
and assure its permanency, A great victory
la in Bight, not yet achieved, but certain to
be If the people keep the sweep of their en
thusiasm behind the movement until tho
last barrier has been crossed.
Put nn Enihargo on Wheat
milB sensational rise In tho prjco of wheat
'Is a menace to tho well-bolng of tho na
tion. Already tho price of bread Is beginning
to respond to tho bullish market. Tho neces
sities of Europe nro being capitalized at tho
oxpenso of citizens of tho United Btatcs. Tho
domestic price of wheat Is being based on
tho prico stricken Europo Is willing to pay.
Tho speculators havo gono crazy In tho
market, and tho Administration sits supinely
by whllo this extraordinary levy on tho cost
of living is being engineered.
Tho normal wheat consumption of tho
United States Is known. Not ono bushel of It
should bo permitted to leavo tho country.
Tho Government should Immediately estab
lish an embargo. It can absolutely stabilize
tho domestic prico by assuring that tho nor
mal supply will bo conserved at home. Tho
warring nntlons havo safeguarded their own
peoplo by fixing tho price at which bread
can legally bo sold. They havo Inhibited
speculation and minimized tho discomfiture
resulting from tho decreased supply. It re
mains for tho Unltod States to bear tho full
brunt of tho extraordinary situation by per
mitting unlimited cxportntlons and thus put
ting it in tho power of wheat-owners to
exact tho full pound of flesh.
Australia has protected its products and
its peoplo by wlso regulation of selling. It
Is only in tho United States that tho Govern
ment docs nothing. It Is a hard winter for
the unemployed, ono of tho worst thoy havo
ever known, yet on top of it their staff of
lifo is capitalized and taken from them that
extraordinary profits may flow into the
pockets of speculators or others. It Is mon
strous, unthinkable, intolerable. Not ono day
or hour should Washington delay. Exporta
tions should bo definitely limited. The wild
rush to run away with our food supply
should bo halted. Is it for this that tho
Government wishes to buy and opcrato mer
chant ships? Is tho Government going to
assist in sending abroad vast quantities of
wheat that our own citizens may thereby bo
mado to pay an exorbitant price for what
they put Into their mouths?
Thero has been plonty of absurd legisla
tion, plenty of needless interference with
legitimate business. But now that a colossal
robbery of tho American dinner tablo is
under way, the Administration plans no
remedy and does nothing. Tho Government
must wako up and exerclso its sovereign
rights. Thero is no people under tho sun
who would countenance so bold a raid on
their pantries.
WASHINGTON KEEPS
ITSELF INTERESTED
Social Year Opens All Awry, But There's
l3lnck Magic to Wontlef At anil the
Servant Problem Furnishes Some
Excitement.
By EDWARD W. TO WNSEND
TTIE social year opened all awry here, tho
two big opening events of New Year's Day,
receptions by tho President and by tho Sec
retary of State, being omitted.
At tho White House, of course, all big so
cial affairs aro canceled, and diplomatic re
ceptions by tho Secretary of Stato aro Impos
sible bccaURO of tho "stained" relation, as
somo one has called them, resulting from '
that messy affair In Europe.
Old Jack Frost did his darndest to start
something by unexpectedly laying an eight
Inch sheet of Ico over Potomac Park tidal
basin. Tho frosty old gentleman did very
woll, too, for exactly on tho first day of tho
year tho red flag went up announcing skat
ing Ico on tho lake. It Is somo lake, 25 or 30
acres, I should Say, dredged out of tho old
swamp of malarial ill-roputo between the
monument and whero tho $2,000,000 Lincoln
Momorlal Temple Is slowly raising Its beauti
ful proportions In .whlto marble,
Tho wonder was at first whero all tho
skaters camo from In this region, whero Ico
Is more familiar clinking In tall glasses than
In othor shapes. "Tho red ball Is upl" The
word flew through bored Washington, and In
a couple of hours 2000 men, women and chil
dren were delighted participants in an Ico
carnival on which Quebec had nothing in tho
way of variety, fashion and fun.
Gono But Not Forgotten
Thoro wcro somo secretaries and assistant
sccrotarlcs from embassies in tho crowd, but
tho Entente llockod by themselves, as did tho
Alliance That suggests why thero was no
diplomatic reception that day. Diplomatists
who no longer speak as they moot can man
ngo vory woll on a 25-acro lake, but tho thing
couldn't bo done in tho assembly room of tho
Pan-American Union building whero Secre
taries of Stato havo hold theso Now Year's
receptions of late years. Moro's tho pity, too,
for they wero decidedly interesting and plc-
turcsquo affairs.
That Pan-American Union (hero's a note
for tourists: It's tho most beautiful building
in Washington) has been used becauso no
Secretary of State, either In his homo or In
tho department building, had room suited for
such an affair. Tho first of theso affairs I
attended was when Philander Knox born
host! was Secrotary of Stato. And it was
then I first had tho quivering delight of not
ing tho miraculous performance of tho Secre
tary's messonger a colored man, a little,
old, smiling Negro, with a suggestion of a
Richard III back, but upon whom correct
evening dress seems wholly in placo. But
perhaps that is because ho Is a magician.
First, here's tho stago setting: Scores of
Ambassadors, Ministers, secretaries, military
attaches, naval attaches, many accompanied
by ladles, aro onterlng tho foyer, facing tho
lovoly Aztec court with its boautlful foun
tain. "Ladlo3 to tho right, if you pleasoj
gentlemen to the loft," to be rolleved of wrnps
and coats. Thoy rejoin at the foot of tho
noblo stairway leading to tho lobby outside
tho assembly room. Tho Secretary of Stato
stands at ono end of tho lobby, his wlfo be
side, him; at tho othor end, flower screened,
tho Marino Band plays'.
BETTER SHUT THAT WINDOW
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In at the Kill
THERE Is bitter irony In the announce
ment of the Pennsylvania Railroad that
It, too, Is dissatisfied with the recent decision
of the Public Service Commission, and will
battle at the hearing today for the establish
ment of the increases It originally sought.
Tho shoe is on the other foot.
The railroads have not succeeded in estab
lishing their case by any means. On the
contrary, tho Impression Is general that In
selecting the commuters as fair game they
have blundered fearfully, It was admitted
at the first hearing that the commutation
business was highly profitable under the old
rates. Since then the 5 per cent. Increase in
freight rates has been granted. That the
equalisation of coal rates to tho Philadelphia
...iSUtrlot Immediately followed, by order ' of
the Public Service Commission, does not
alter the situation to such an extent as to
warrant any hold-up of suburban traffic.
There seems to be an' assumption that so
much must be got out of Philadelphia and
jicr less. Jt is the duty of the commission,
however, to see that the business pays what
It ought to pay, and not what tho railroads
think It can be made to stand.
Not Too Fast, Germany
fPHUE to the traditions of his Church Car
JLdlnal Merder voloed the deepest oonvlo
tfejas an4 aspiratjawi of the Belgian people
flua be. called upon them to be true to their
souatry. la arresting and Imprisoning him
the German military authorities have com
gUtfMl a gratuitous blunder. No wonder
jpMft Benedict la Indignant and demands in
ia rar of ha urong. If the eletgy are
9 fe telfaiiMtoSsit. jillad tfae afrpreeafcta of
INtWNxHs isMrtwf b3 i4KUatl i tem-
The New Governor is Not a Chameleon
YOU may put puro gold In tho flro or in
the refrigerator. It remains gold. Chang
ing surroundings do not affeot its funda
mental character. You may put a man
whore you will and ho will remain true to
his manhood. Tho some is true of a chame
leon. This versatile lizard, true to its' type,
is green or yellow or blue, according to- its
surroundings. Tho great dlfferenco between
gold and a chameleon is that gold Is per
manent and the lizard is ficklo and flitting,
and constant only to its Inconstancy.
The members of tho Philadelphia School
men's Association, whom Doctor Brumbaugh
addressed last night, know whether he Is a
chameleon or a man. Thoy know that the
only permanent thing In life is character,
and they have had experience enough with
the Governor-elect to know tho kind of
character he manifests. When ho assured
them that he proposed to Insist upon Justice
and impartiality while in tho Governor's
chair and that he could not be bossed by
any ono he was engaged in a work of su
pererogation. They know him as every forward-looking
person hopes ho may be
known to the whole Commonwealth before
the winter is over. Doctor Brumbaugh has
demonstrated to Philadelphia that he Is a
man. He is expected to make the same
kind of a demonstration on a larger stage
and to .Justify tho confidence of those who
put their trust In him In November.
Tho Organization Is built on "Johnson"
contracts.
Italy gives Turkey three days, the usual
hash period.
Railroading these days Is Just one rate
hearing after another.
In raising a 930,000 fund In 20 minutes for
the relief of their co-rellglontsts in Europe,
the Jews at Mercantile Hall last night very
nearly established a record, There Is inspi
ration" in spontaneous charity of this sort,
Senator Oliver is right. Too much legis
lation is forever raising the cost of living.
The Idea of some people seems to be that the
more taxes citizens pay the greater their in
comes will be.
Mr, Taft was at his best last night, and
Mr. Taft at his best is well worth while at
any time or in any place. He la so heartIy
a peace man that he believes in adequate
preparation to assure It.
Probably some Congressman will soon in
troduce a bill for the Government purchase
and ownership of prosperity. It would be
Just as sensible as the plan to put the Goy-
l-ernmont in the shipping business.
England, It ems, is going to let us trade
with Holland and Italy if we follow the
Unas laid down by her; that la to say, we
must not use our own ships. At any rate,
it WMjtau reasonably certain tbo" ooda
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Impossible But True
Never mind them, nlco enough In tholr
wayBj but nover mind them. Keep all tho
attention of your cars and eyes for that
smiling little old Negro at tho head of tho
stairway. You notice his look of ease, of con
fidenco as he faces those scores of approach
ing men and women tho men brave In gor
geous diplomatic and military uniforms, the
women (all but the wlfo of tho Chinese Am
bassador) in Paris gowns. Enough to throw
a scarco into almost any one, but that 13 not
what ought to mako that little old Negro pass
away. It Is bocause ho must announce each
man and woman to tho Secretary, all with
their names In full, correctly, including titles
of nobility and military titles, and never a
mistake!
Impossible you think, considering the fact
that every country on the globo that keeps a
perfectly good diplomat on Its payroll Is rep
resented thore, and every Jaw cracking na
tionally characteristic namo borno by those
scores of peoplo must bo given its proper
accent.
Whew! You persplro In sympathy with
that little black man. But he Just smiles.
They're off! A Chinese orchestra accompany
ing a duet between a pack of firecrackers
and a banjo would remotely suggest tho sound
Issuing at times from tho smiling lips of that
little man doing magic black magic, as it
wore.
Some names and titles are entirely formed
of consonants, It would seem; and, listening,
you long for the sound of one, only ono,
vowel, until you could scream.
I'll bet tho prettiest rod apple sold for a
half dime that that prodigious feat could not
be performed by another person in Washing
ton with the exception of one other Negro.
This is a man who has recently risen to be In
charge of tho Houso Democratic cloakroom.
The man whose place he took had held tho
place for 40 years; tho present man had been
an assistant at least half that time.
Here's Another Marvel
Now, as I am an honest man, hero is ex
actly what happens when a new member goes
Into the House for tho first time: A friend
or a page directs him, If he's a Democrat,
to this cloakroom, where he is met at the door
by a colored man, who takes the member's
coat and hat, turns on his heels, walks confi
dently to a certain rack and hook and there
stows the luggage. The new member, per
haps, investigates, and is flattered to find
over the hook where Bwlngs his topper a new
metal plate engraved with his name and the
abbreviation of his State.
The explanation, which leaves a Jot to bo
explained. Is that that cloakroom man gets
early possession of pictures of new members
and memorizes their names and faces thus,
All right, it's a marvel at that, Isn't it? And
these two men I've talked about are mem
bers of that race of whom It Is said that they
are Jncapable of concentrated mental effort!
Housewives Surrender
To return to this uneventful social season.
One effect of It Is that even mora than the
usually large proportion ' of officialdom will
live this winter in hotels and apartment
houses maintaining restaurants. Housekeep
ing here is a sore trial for housewives ac
customed to wreatjing with the servant prob
lem only aa jt reveals itself in the North and
iHara the probl insoluble. North
gf Wel.fi wly, Jijroically grapple
with It, go to tho mat once or twlco and then
surronder or, as they aro doing this winter,
run from it. '
Domcstio servants hero, almost entirely
negro women, refuse, as a rule, to room In
tho places of their employment. They inslBt
upon going to their homes overy night and
such homes as they go to, In their turn, pro
sont another problem of such hldoous mien as
to call for remedy by social workers, by Con
gress Itself.
You havo heard of "alloy homes" In Wash
ington? Better not. They aro overcrowded
cabins, in congested districts having no sew
er connections. That seems to bo about all
ono should wrlto about them. Housekeepers
shiver In dread over the thought of tho germs
this sort of a schemo seems perfectly de
signed to lntroduco to their children's, and
finally tho doctor's attention.
Another thing that makes this plan of
housekeeping unpopular Is that a slight
storm will dolay tho cook's morning appcar
anco, and then mamma has to slither down
to tho kitchen In her pretty boudoir robe and
percolate coffee and bako cornbread for tho
old gentleman. So, relieved of tho necessity
of prlvato entertainment as tho housekeeper
will bo this winter, she files with her fellows
to hotels and apartments.
STORIES OF THREE OTHER EVANGELIS
The Ways and Works of Moody, Gypsy Smith and. Chapman Men Wg
Methods Were as Different as Iheir rersonalities.
Bv WILLIAM RADER
WIGHT L. MOODY sleeps on Round Top,
THE SEARCH OF NEUTRAL SHIPS
Authority on Admiralty Law Defines tho Real
Issue Britain's Dilatory Tactics.
By JOHN FREDERICK LEWIS
THE circular uttered by Philander C.
Knox, when ho was Secrotary of State,
and sent to tho Powors, was particularly per
tinent to conditions then existing, but at
present, when tho Powers to which tho cir
cular was addressed aro actually engaged in
war, it is hopeless to expect tho suggestions
Mr. Knox then mado to bo carried out for
tho solution of the new problems under the
new conditions.
If the present question concerning tho de
tained ships and tho searching of vessels for
contraband Is referred to Tho Hague by Sir
Edward Grey, It should bo regarded simply
as dilatory tactics.
If tho warring Powers cannot bo brought to
see tho necessity for any feasible solution of
all their present difficulties, It Is hopeless to
expect them now to undertako to settle a part
of their troubles by means of arbitration at
Tho Hague.
Tho right of search for contraband car
goes has existed from timo immemorial, and
has been a woll-recognlzed right under Inter
national law.
A warship can lawfully stop on tho high
seas a neutral ship, examine hor papers and
her cargo manifests, and even examine the
cargo Itsolf In order to make complete the
search for contraband goods.
Tho law contemplates, and has nlways con
templated, that such a search can be thor
ough because, as contraband goods are llablo
to selzuro when discovered, tho lntorests of
the shippers and the consignees naturally
impel them to conceal tho shtpmonts of con
traband goods in any and every way' that
their Ingenuity suggests. All that tho neutral
nations can require under tho provisions of
International law is that the right of search
shall be exercised without oppression and
with as little interference with neutral com
merce as possible. The law provides that'
tho delay of the vessol searched shall be
brief, and tho conduct of tho officers who
board neutral ehlps shall be respectful to tho
rights of neutral nations.
A belligerent nation can often bring a war
to a close by cutting off the enemy's sup
plies, and such a method of terminating a
war Is much moro humane than shooting tho
enemy's soldiers in actual battle. Hence, the
right of search can be said to be really Balu
tary In the cause of humanity and ought to
be fully allowed.
The present difficulty, as I understand it,
is chiefly due to the delay en the part of
Great Britain In acting promptly when she
searches and detains neutral ships, and the
United States Government is entirely Justi
fied In protesting against such delay, and in
sisting upon a prompt determination of tho
questions at Issue.
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The Silent Prose Writers
Two books of war poetry from English and
American sources have already appeared.' Ger
many is prolific in verse, and even the Empress
of Japan has been moved to ipeak in measures,
but the Commercial Appeal, of Memphis, nptea:
"The prose-writers, the builders of romance
and fiction, are omlnounly silent. This may be
because, In the countries Involved In the strife.
io many of the foremost writers have gone with
the army, even the women novelists serving as
Red Cross nurses. But It Is probable that a
more potent reason may be found In the numb
ing Immensity of the catastrophe. We are too
close up to It to get the thunder of guns and
the drip of blood out of our ears. Wa see the
horror, unsoftened by time or distance, and it
has palsied the powers of the story-builders.
The truth i not only stranger, but It Is more
terrible than any fiction that can be written
about it, and so it seems a useless effort tQ
weave it Into literature."
DWIGH
at No
In Swanzoy, N. H., Is a simple shaft which
marks tho grave of Denman Thompson, of
"Tho Old Homestead." Tt is probablo that
tho two men nover mot, but thoy wero not
unllko in appearance. Both were big, hearty
Americans with good appetites, warm hearts
and filled with loving kindness. Tho one
spoko fiction on the stago as if it wero truth;
tho other to repeat a thought ot Garrick
spoko truth on tho pulpit as if it wero fiction.
When Moody wus a clerk In a Chicago shoo
store, ho becamo interested in religion
through Dr. Edward N. Kirk and Edward
Kimball. Without college or theological train
ing, ho began his groat work und preached
tho gospel throughout tho English-speaking
world.
In the Old Pennsylvania R. It. Depot
Ono of his notablo campaigns was In Phila
delphia. Tho meetings wero held In the
abandoned freight depot of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, used afterward as tho Wanamaker
store. Tho building wns provided with scats
to accomtnodato 13,000.
A striking Incident of Moody's Philadelphia
campaign was tho meeting set apart espe
cially for intempernto men and women. Ills
tender appeal to that assemblage Is still re
membered by Phlladelphlans who heard him.
Singing helped tho preaching of Moody.
ThO songs of Sankoy grow to be as famous
as tho sermons of Moody. A hymnal was
published which caused Moody and Sankey
much trouble, slnco It was roported that
thoy recolvcd royalties from tho salo. Cer
tain watchdogs of the moneybag bellovo
that tho blackesti sin on tho calendar Is for
a preacher or ovangollst to mako money.
Every evangelist must mako it plain that ho
is not a grafter.
Mr. Moody was tho greatest ovangellst
preachor of his generation. Ho did not use
tho best grammar, but ho had common sense.
Who could forgot his sermons on "Sowing
and Reaping," "Tho New Birth" and "Re
pentance"? Everybody Sing I
Thoro was no claptrap In tho Moody
method, no straining for effects, but convic
tion, point and directness, and Irresistible
persuasiveness. Ho did not shatter tho Icicle
of sin with well-directed aim, but melted it
with words hot with a passion for redemp
tion. The first timo I heard. Moody he did what I
thought at tho timo a sensational act It
was In Tromont Temple, Boston. Anxious to
see him, as a student at Andovcr, I went
early and took a seat near tho front. Tho
big choir on tho platform was being trained
while tho people gathered. An old gentle
man sat on ono side of me, a lady on tho
other. Moody soon appeared. He was an
noyed by a man reading a paper in the audi
ence, and asked him to put It away and Join
In tho singing. "Everybody sing!" ho shouted.
"Everybody get a bookl" Ho announced a
hymn, but the singing was very unsatisfac
tory, and ho had tho peoplo sing It over sev
eral times, Seeing I had no book and showing
annoyance, ha took fair aim and threw a
hymn book as straight as a bullet at me. It
took mo in the stomach, and I think It raised
me about two feet from the pew, but my con
sternation was no whit greater than the
surprise of those who sat with me. We were
strangers, but wo all sang out of the same
book, and Moody from that moment was my
acknowledged master.
Ho was a man-finder. He discovered Henry
Drummond and Introduced him to tho Ameri
can people. He found a great preacher in
Campbell Morgan, of London, and made him
at home in tho American pulpit. He took inj
terest in liberal and conservative,
The Northfleld conferences, which continue
to this day, furnished an opportunity for
testing tho mettlo of promising men in Eng
land and this country. A number enjoy an
international reputation who owe their start
to the InBight of Mr. Moody.
Ho was a builder of institutions. The Y.
M. C. A. work throughout the country was
assisted by him. Ho raised great sums of
money for the work. Tho Mount Ifermon
schools for young men and women are one of
his memorials. His evangelistic vfork reached
Its zenith In his British campaign and at the
World's Fair in Chicago.
The Stolen Overcoat
The last time I heard Moody he made an
impassioned plea in behalf of criminals and
prisoners, and while he was making it an ex-
conviot stole his valuable new overcoat, Jt
was a study in practical theology to observe
the etfcot of this disappointment upon the
great preaahar. who, while furious at first,
finally submitted to tho inevitable itr
graco that an evangelist Is supposed (Tn
sess.
Gypsy Smith is ono of my favorite
gellsts. Ho is a full-blooded gypsy''tj
swartny skin ana beautiful big brown-n
Socially ho Is "a hail follow well metHiL
one of tho ripe fruits of tho Mbojj3!
banicey liritish campaign; Ho has -ail
sense of humor and a wit that Is lnexluB
bio. Ills volco is musical, and It fs n. hS
hoar him sing. ( jS
Gypsy Smith uses faultless Enrilih?
asked him how ho acquired this Addlsd
gift of English diction, and he sal
after leaving tho gypsy qamp ho was.plil
in a refined English home, where heheaidtl
best grammnr. If you havo. cver""EJ
Gypsy Smith's great sermon on "w
tho Stripes" you havo listened to a ii
that has all tho qualities of great prw&J
A Cultivate Qypsy
Ho Is tho perfect gentleman on th?p
form, winsome, attractive, eloquenfire!
natured and sympathetic. As a makcr,$!
mons ho has no equal. His breadth c(ii:
arshlp, depth of feeling and height of,S
lectual reach mako him n superior ,naa
tho field of higher evangelism. ,1l
nuuuuy is ms roai namo. tie l$ et c
Tachlno Romany gypsy tribe, and his n
wjir n fnrfiinn.fnllft,. nnv. m 1. (..tf
. ....w.. .w.u iuu in i(iyi
una lent nas cnricneu his imagination,
mm a strong body and aided him In, mis
clean, puro life, nnd not since the dtjij
John Bright has imv man anneared In-E
i.H.i ...u i .. ,?iM
urn, wuu uu mora jiuriccuy reveairai
possibilities of Anglo-Saxon speech.
J. Wilbur Chapman was a Phllade
pastor. For somo years he was the pasts!
Bethany Presbyterian Church; then t&jl
camo a world evangelist.
Doctor Chapman's approach t9 theTgl
may bo likened to tho sun eating iMJjl
inrougn a snowanrt. Here is a quiew
est. devout man who takes a. nasSM
scripture and illuminates It with h.lJg
prctatlons. His sermons search andjo
U3 tho leaven works its way througSJ
meal. Doctor Chapman Is not the M
man who creates a big furore, thoop.l
campaign In Australia and Great 51
mado a profdund Impression. Ho Is lot
tentlous, with a charming modesty, interef
In his mission, with deep convictions,
Wllllo a mfin nf flwnafnnaa nnd HchL &
occasion, a real son of thunder. -I
The popular response to e,vangellstjj
matter which compels a study of the
uiiua una or tno organized preporauiflLi
overy great evangelistic effort The,!
tudes do not fill large tabornaclcs to hm
nit, ii mm, uul iu ueur nun mm a"ul.&
glon. Tho sea of public feeling is tos$lf
YirTtlt. Mm.,.. AH.a, KH.Inl. I.. nn.nttfi'niX S
glon. It is a question whether thf
men could gather bucIi crowds to lsts
lecturo on Browning or Shakespeare, tntw
bellevo that it the press nnd literary wl
should back tho movement Rudyard WPf
or Bernard Shaw or Theodore Roosevelt j
fill for a period of time a vast audita
discussing a literary or secular subject;
Doctor Wanted
It must be conceded, however, thatP
aro interested In matters which concern"
destiny. Wicked men have a strong 8
to. hear a good man denounce themifl
people most of them like to see tb cog
All men have spasms of goodne$M
aspiration loves company. A min wi"1!!
rope on a stormy sea will have no irt6;
attracting attention. Perhaps the aUla
the public toward the evangelist la belj
trated by the scene on the Atlantic
which was, sinking. Jews, Catholics,
tants and skentlra unthcrnd In the Cab
Moody, with one arm clasping the $IUU
the 91st Psalm. Then he went to wijj
and fell asleep. Men who give help n
will have the multitude, for people
sheep they follow a shepherd-DEFIANCE
It life Its legioned army throw '
Against my pennoned castle w9.
with curse ana jibs and bitter sro
aw Dana or lowly seneschals.
But when the dust of conflict blowing
And sounds the busla o'er the l&
They shall not find me fallen. ietAfi
xney snail not kill the love in tat;
Tho stained with blood of bleeding W
Up in the ramparts' evening bre'
uy panner noats tne same as ynr
Above the brooding cypress trees-
The sun has st; the shadows fade.
The night cornea sweat from the
They shall ftftt Sad tee fallen, d4
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