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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 10, 1910)
J Tin: omaiia mniay www. .in.v m. mm. k Years of Service in Public Schools Rewarded by Honorable Retirement T WENTV years In the Omaha gihoola: In tbat time . many changes would be notched in the stick or yruprriw; changes not only iu the externals of school life build ings, equipment and kindred things hut alto in the methods of teaching. Likewise in that time a long procession of young Americans native and naturalized who have entered the primary depart ment, timidly and fearfully, have gone out from the high school, boldly and proudly, waving their ciiplomas In testimony that they've finished school"; so far, that Is, as the city's public school is conce; lied. Measured In this way twenty years become an epoch, Indeed, but there is even a more vivid way of getting the picture. Remember that th; four teachers who this summer entered the retired list have all served at least that time In the Omaha Echools, and most of them for longer. . Miss Nancy Lewis, Miss Louise M. Adams, Miss Virginia Kennedy and Mrs. Lucretie S. Bradley, who this year put aside the crayon of the Instructor to en joy a life of more leisure, could each and all give a personal picture of the changes which have come In the twenty years. This retirement list is a romiara tlvely new part of Omaha school life, dating only from the year H includes, beside the four teachers named above, the five who left active' service a year ago Miss Jennie McKon. Mrs. Ingeletta Ware, Mrs. Nettie C. Rbett, Mis Ada E. Alexander and Miss Villa B. Shipper. - Miss ('ranees Butterfield. who had taught forty years and was entitled to a place upon the list, did not ask to be retired, but who, during the last year, was forced by ill health to give up ner work, did not live to enjoy the pension. The popular old song, which has itself survived more than the score of years, has many points of pertinency In regard to the story of these teachers' service: The old school house Is altered now; the benches are replaced By new ones, very like the same our penknives once defaced:- But the same old bricks are in the wall; the bell swings' to and fro: lf music just the same, dear Tom, 'twas twenty years ago. ; . . . For twenty-three years Miss Nancy Lewis taught the toddlers at the Walnut Hill school; that is, they were toddlers twenty-three years ago, w hen they en tered the first grade: now they are much more sophis ticated, having gained some school experience in the kindergarten. Twenty-three years ago first grade meant the first of school; the painful or pleasant ex perience of gettiug accustomed to the fact that one had a Uind which must be traiuod. Training, too, used to be leas painlessly administered. Instead of just as simulating words, sounds, meauiug and all that, the beginner used to struggle with the awful sequence of A. B, C, until be could sing-song it off backwards and forward. The same thing has happened lu num ber work. The child who used to watch with fascina tion akin to terror the teacher's skillful and quick sliding of the colored balls upon the wires of the num ber frame, and, trembling, announce that two and two made four, now learns the same important fact with much less difficulty However, It is recorded that even twenty yeais ago the toddlers who began their studies at Walnut, Hill found school life a thiDg of Joy. The steady march of educational methods did not daunt nor distance this one educator. From the time she left the Slate" Normal School of Nebraska at Peru In 1S75 ,until her retirement in.;. lfcpo she was always tn step with the fore guard. Before coming to Omaha Miss Lewis UugAt iu ?ow'a. Missouri and at Peru, Neb., and was at one time principal of a four room school at Grinnell, la. She began teaching In Omaha In 1S8C and entered upon her valuable service at the Walnut Hill school iu 1SS7. Miss Louise Adams has during the last six or seven years ofher teaching lu Omaha been much interested,' and given valuable service to one of the more modern developments of school wort the night school. This work with our foreign charges she found exceedingly Interesting, and it was iter ambition to some time give all her attention to tutoring the stranger who would be American. , , The night school work, while a quite recent develop ment, is already an Important and much-needed one. In one of the night schools last year a whole roomful of Greeks were studying the language. The Btudents Included,' sometimes, whole families father, mother and all the children all intent upon learning the lan- ooo 5v; i .t' ' :v I w v if ftV j -v 4 - - . L"4.-sr- si WkJ-;- A ' - it.'- -Mi to the All her jeara of years of study !or hr, be- iUdous in keeping abreast of firmia KriLucrelia Bradley Hiss Uancy lewu guage of the new country. In some cases the sons, who had already acquired proficiency, came to the school only that they might act as Interpreters for their parents. Before coming to Omaha, where she has been iden tifiedto their great- benefit with the work of the seventh and eighth grades. Miss Adams taught in Plttsfleld, 111., and Lincoln. She was a graduate of the Pittsfield High school and later studied English literature at the Nebraska State university. , Mrs. Bradley, who also has been identified with the upper grade work of the various schools, and always, of its other splendid teacher interested in the young people therein, came to Omaha In 1889 from Red Oak. la. Previously she had taught in both Chester and East Haden, Conn, rler present plans Include doing those pleasant things which school duties had made impossible before. In Tact, she pur poses to make the reward for good work done, a real recreation and yacation. Miss Kennedy, who likewise was interested inhe upper grade work, came to Omaha iu 1887. She came from a normal from which Omaha has received many he Oswego Normal Y. Tier own years as a student in and also in high school were spent school, Oswego, N. the "upper grades" In Middleport, O. .Miss McKown, who -retired last year, came, to Omaha In 1870. She was at one time principal of the old bodge school, now the city jail. Later, tool she was principal of the Pleasant school now all.schools are pleasant and none is distinguished by the special title That It was the "pleasant" school may. with reason, be judged due to the principalship of Miss Her Money Helps Young Men and Women McKown. Kor ers she was principal otms ira ninK school. Like Miss Kennedy, aha re ceived her normal training al Oaweo. N. Y. Ar.er teaching for fourteen years la Co in 11 Llufs Airs. Ware crosaed the Alissourl at th cMueft bollcitatioii of the then school board a.id bikan her work with the Omaha youth. tajtiu from the first 6rade . up mum u-ri back &Kin. Ail her jeara U-itcliii W v c il?0 cauc til--' V'fcs s tl.e educational ;.io. omenta. She was gradu aieu lioai .no CouLtii Bluffs High school In y. . o; itvcM iai Mis. Ware taught at the --ii.v.tvfca -'ol and was influential In keep!;..- u. . iliK-.a iu:e rented in school work. ..i an;- ackn.vi..d8 that when the season of utiict and desire to "leave school aud Htudks ai 0 b-t out Into the world" seized tutui i: vrb A.rs. Ware w ho made them realiie hw ih.i-oitjt i. it was that instead they keep "on witit liioir riuiiiea. Anotber eighth grade leather among those reiirod is Mis Ada V. Alexander. At tn time cf her reiiieu.eii; slie was teachiug the eighth grade at the Co'.unitiau school. Mrf. Neiti" Kr.eit, who came to Omaha li, isvjj. received her eduiatiou at St. Joseph. She was graduated from the Colon' seminary in 1S8 and taught in Mithlgau and also in Tri- Kansas City bc-rore coming to Omaha. L5 Mis sbippey, whose year of teaching wete years which helped put value into many lives. is now living with her sister In the home of her girlhood, Oowonda. N. Y.. and enjoying some of the. treats of rural life the flowers and gre.-n tnd quiet of the extern vii'.ase. Theje dates and scattered Tacis give but glimpses eff those years of service in tha great army of educa tion. They don't tell anything pf the thousand and one times "teacher" has reached out and helped some discouraged or slipping pupil back into the path of en deavor. They do not tell, either, of teacher's weary and discouraged tours, nor of her inspiration which has in turn. come from appreciative pupil. These faots only glimpse at that great human side of the matter glimpse It even as the pension system does know it is there. ' The Omaha pension bill, by the way. Is considered 1 MAKING her recent most generous gift to the Young Women's Christian asso ciation and Young Men's Christian asso ciation Mrs. Ida M. Wharton paid a sub stantial-tribute of appreciation, since the gift was impelled by a belief that it was through these organizations the money could be made to reach with most benefit the most lives. This wHsn t what Mrs. Wharton said in so many words in reply to the query, because Mr. Wharton did not reply directly; in fact, she prefers not to talk of her gift. And so, for the story of the gift, it is moro satisfactory to address the query to the "right hand" rather than to the dowering left hand; that is, to ask her husband, John C. Wharton, to tell you about it. And as Mr. Wharton Is himself exceedingly interested In the work of the associations, particularly that for the young men, the talk rapidly resolves itself into .a discussion of the good work being done. Immediately, then, you have jour finger on the motive the ap peal nd the importance of the work which the associations are doing. "You see, 'five years ago, when we were carrying on the campaign to raise the $100, 000 for the Young Men's Christian associa tion, Mrs. Wharton became much interested in the w ork. She was interested at that time, contributed to the fund then, and ber interest has grown as she has investigated the work which the association is doing. "Particularly was she impressed by the work being done among the boys. The fact that the association provides a place for them a place where they can go and enjoy them selves, as well as a place which offers educa tional advantages impressed her very strongly. Then she learned that among the boys who work there are many to whom the to be one of the best of many such, inasmuch as It rec- expense attached to the night school is pro- ognizes both the teachers' and the people's interests, hibitive. and so she thought If a fund .would The pension fund is supported by both teachers and help these boys to the education they, needed, wanted, such a fund would be well applied, and so she made the gift. There are no strings to the endowment; the income can be applied as the directors see fit, but these are the possibilities which particularly impressed her. At the Young Women's Christian associa tion' I think it was the travelers' aid work w hich impressed her most vividly. . She real the community; the teachers give 1 per cent or every month's salary and the board gives one and a half times this amount. To be eligible to the retired list a teacher must have taughtfor thirty-five years twenty years in the Omaha schools. Upon retirement she leoeive $500 a year so long as she lives. The annuity is a recogni tion of her work for the conimuiiliy. It means, in a way, an appreciation of all those thousands of right ized that many girls do come to the city impluses the teacher,, in her public service, hat set la totally unprepared to cope with conditions here; unacquainted with conditions and quite unprovided with funds. ' Their assistance she considers an important part of the work. And the rest room, which offers an hour's rest to the business women whose work means hours of standing, seems to her a very much needed department. She is exceedingly interested in the business women. - ; ... "In fact, when we were talking about ber gift she asked me which I thought really more motion in the lives of Omaha's children. It means that after twenty years' work for Omaha children, Omaha children growa up will contribute through their representatives to the comfort of their one-time preceptor. - Omaha has made considerable progress In the mat ter of providing for the honorable retirement of civic employes." 'Firemen have long bad a pension Hat, to which members of the paid fire department are eligi ble after continuous service of twenty.-one years. For the policemen a similar provision was recently made important, this work, for young men-or that and several of both departments have been placed on for young women, she herself felt that the work for the girls waa. "The girl who comes to the city usually gets smaller w ages than the young man. She must then live in a cheap room, and after business hours she must stay in that room; she hasn't the freedom that is accorded to the ioung man. So the institution which enlarges C -.4 W w 1ILSW V im p. IUd iLLWLkll U l v the pension list This pension fund U for the purpose of insuring the men against want in t'-ielr old age. after they have spent the best years of their life in public service at a rate of pay that does not permit the accumulation of any considerable -competency. The public disenssion that is so general concerning workingmen's compensation and old-age insurance brings the matter closer home. The Omaha plan for her opportunities of living and puts some of providing retiring pensions for public servants is such the social elements into her life is doing a as has been proven expedient in the relation between much-needed work." , employers and employed In private enterprise. Great Airs. Wharton Is decidedly an Omaha corporations all over the land make provision for the 'woman, having lived here for more than thirty retirement of faithful employes, and the city is buj a years. She came here when her father, great business enterprise and should see (o it that the Daniel Kendall was bridge contractor for the men and women who soend their lives In iis service Union Pacific, with headquarters here, and ber are provided against the days w hen User are no lonter subsequent life has been identified with available for the strenuous activity of the city's Omaha. " business. KING GEORGE IS THRIFTY Uh Th ' ror itiree years, and the contractor!! ar. Inherits SaYinjj Traits from Hit Late!" ru"- Paltl mai rmir-yeariy inti:- , ftr-nrfmAth.T I menu. A greti deal of work Is .'so don. whiuh are aupplied to the royal hoU.ehoMof Quea VIctorra-retumed to England. I b contract 8Uch aa coal, for example . thoueh the following ar he w, gazetted The contract, in r.io.-. ltanes, are mad- , general and -sent Lack to Quebec as ' C- in-C" of America. the forces In British .North Me Little Dispute. A surprising dispute has just arisen over the presentation by King George of the ai Aiarioorougu liouta under contract, such . ' " ' w indow cleaning, carpet cleaning, chlm- uisv a n k ryTxrrrr TTnrcrTrrr-nm ney snerDine and th via fnm. : ...... ... uoai a yaj.jc uii . auu jx,n. r.r.rx.fl. , - - " - sun carnage mat was used at the iuner- . - ! nU"lber of, "re Hurs are also cleaned . la of King Edward and Queen Victoria . . , ' under contract. 1 to" the naval establishment on Whale btl IraHe.mr W b Ku(l.l the Royal All the tenants' wages are baid monthlv. ! .nj . . ... . The upper servants, holding Important and . flee conceived the brilliant Idea that, as repou.nble potions, are paid by check, j the gun carriage originally belonged to the ! which lu wn; to each from the treasurers army, and was paid for out of the army , 'e oiner servants attend at estimate, the navy should now be called la '-'lerkB' to receive their wage. I upon to pay a sum lu compenaUon. This BY UADT 1IAUY MAXWAKlXU. "he king's accounts tor clothes, cigars, j view was communicated to the admiralty LONDON'. Juiy S.-tS:cial Dispatch to ' thcat'' tickets, newspapers, books aud i authortllea. who. not unnaturallv. dolinl Tha Bee )-King George inherits a goodly j other Pronal articles are sent In to his j to discuss the matter, and a very pretty ahaie of the thrifty spirit of his grand- ec! ", a;id are not dealt with at all In quarrel ensued. , This dispute quickly reached the ears of Larder Mast Farmlsh Ike Best at Prevailing; I'rlres No t'kaar for Urafl. FINE EDINBURGH RECEPTION Great Welcome for Delegates to Con ference. MISSION WORK IN AIL NATIONS Broteb Capital la. tials Attire far the Vlaltars, and Organisations from K err where Ara Heprrsealed. mother, Qocen -lctona. Mis majesty ls'l"u c"'--1 aepa.tmont. Tliese accounts rot in the least parsimonious or Inclined : ttie l'acharj;ed evtry month, but King to scrimp, but he is firmly of the cplnlon i'e always like to at-e them before that the roal household Is cntlik-d to full I ,hoy ar J"'1- . value for th money it expends Just the (! a Taiater. same as the humblest of his subjects. In j It ' not generally known that Queen this ha brfs the hearty co-cpcrathn of ' ar' is au artist of no small merit. Among careful houe- ; many oouvtnlra of her travels aro .some chrmh,g!y executed watui- tx-Iorj of l.ceuer cf tliei,er oivI painting. Ei.comaged by Quceu li.e d-eciion of j Alexandra, her u-.ajesty has also become a clci leal depart-1 devotee to photography, which Is now one who is a Vueen Mur, keeper. ?1r Tl!liam Carrlr.tton, king's privy purte. undvr hi majesty, has formed a merit consisting of threi clerkn. ' Dockets for gocda purchaketl for the kitchens, h tore keeper's or butler's departments baa to be made out by the head of each depart ment responsible for the orders, which arc sent up to the clt-rk's office. of her favorite hobbies. Her artistio talents have been inherited by Princess Mary, w ho di-aws exceedingly well. Among the queen's most valued treasures la a little drawing, done specially for the wall of her a highly-placed military official, who promptly quashed the whole question, and gave the clerk who Ktarted the trouble a severe dressing down. It is quite a moot point from a strictly constitutional point of view, w Lethe.- his majesty Is correct In transferring material belonging to one service or the other. In th meantime the garrU-ona at tl.e Tower of London and Fdinburg castie, where the limner and gun carriage were respectively kept, are very jtore that tticy have been transferred from their custody to that of the navy. Klagr t Have a Home. It is stated abjut the court that aa soon as a fitting opportunity presents Itself his Aeeaaalluai la complete. A docket glvcb article purchased a"d the name of tiadcnian who supplied I. ami its cog!. The paillc-jlats of all the daily dockers are entered up in a geneial day-book, from wt.ca they at tranofet red to eaeii trades man's account in the roal lelger. The ldC, by l::e way, a:e bojud in dark red ieal'uer, and a crown U to'd on ;h baik uf each. Ka--h t:ademai who has the ioyI cus tom roust vend lu ins hill itt ;he end of tne utoath, when It Is compared with the ledger ' account, ant if it is found to be correct, , is discharged during the tirst wetk l: tlie ! month. No disctiunt is asked for off any 1 royal aocountH. A tradesman who reclca ! tha lojal custom Is Informed that h must ' cubln in the Ophlr during the long colonial majesty will follow the example of his tour, by Princess Mary, and which was : 'ate fathtr, and purchase a private resl- iduly hung in a place of honor. YVheu the dence somewhere within easy reach of All w ,m . l. ' '. Cruise came to an end th 1,1,-111- a London, where he and tha mn ran entnv ho ,.,,. ,..... . " . . ' . ... . .... "uj t-ii vlhh ami aent to Marioorougn v aim 4uici. jmv run praaeiic lime tving house to be kept among the many meirm-' ('t is worse off for residences than tuc-s of that inunic rabl journey. ! has been the case with any British sover- Marlhoronsaa Mmj Vake Is, eign for many yra;s put. it is quite ut A leport is current In high social circles'"' ,he question that the k.i.g and queen that the differences between the duka a. id ! should now rcs'.de at either rrogmore or t in 1 it ' llUi;n's uf ilarJb.ioiigh have been or aiel"'1 cottage, since both these pla-e are r atupc. I Boout to llf ncnujsed g".d thai they soon j 'r too Mnall for the state a will l,e ncces- wni ue togetner again. I have been unable 1 " rur "'r majesues lo maintain, even to fe any oftkial confirma.'lon of th!s it- Port, but It Is generally believed to be trae lu wtll Infiirn ed alleles. Krsi la Canada. The duke of t'onnaught. wf.en he takes possession of Itldeau hall. Ottawa, will not be the first of his family to serve the when living In retirement. H'uWII ill (Vnuda ! rrnilMtl.r k. guppiy gocd. at the loet re,on.Lle duk, of Uunt ,c, C0Iura.lldM..ln.ulll,f pi Ices, and there Is never any attcinp. at . lUtf,.e for om, tlm. fcnJ h ,,,,.,.. noW bargalnlr4 .y the official of Lie royal . co4rua lnto , hoIel ni.v stl ,tm Louiehold. If a tradesman is thought 1 1 , ,1N,r t!le Honttomtry falls, yuebec. ilav bo making extort lot.ai. charges, he simply . Ula pruv tCK, mjth ut a nnintl ,t Gll. -'"" : i.itar. ine d..k was sent to cool hi iitxer aue-iipis to ao so. (i ait, of co.ut. -eiai Teddy Mlakt Saare 'f.m. Mr. Roosevelt having captured the atten tion of everyono In every corner of the globe. It is not surprising that tads of- t and years are agog with his Invasion of Europe. A little girl atd to her grand father: "It was too bad that the king died before ir. Hootevelt got to Engla&d, wasn't It. grandpa?" and iter giandfaiher agreed that it was a great pity, but her small bi other seemed plui.ged in deep thought by the remark, and after shaking a i tils head wl'.h a mishtv- t th reirarWeH- tieels n Canada; but. being Invalided by al-xiavba he wouldn't have shot him. any ai ,lc. e i fall fruUi hi hone. h-ine father-to-be j ho."-Ntw lora dun. ' . Bt V. y. FRANCIS. SEW YORK, July .-(Speolat Dispatch to The Bee.) Some of the delegates to the great missionary conferences at Edinburgh are returning home and without exception they are enthusluatiu over their recep tion at the Scotct capital and the splendid spirit shown at the great gather ing of earnest Christian men. There were present at the conference more than 1,100 delegates representing nearly every organ ization existing for the purpose of propa gating the Christian faith throughout the world. The majority of them are engaged In the work In foreign fields or have been so engaged scholars, statesmen, publicists, soldiers, sailors, divines, thinkers the very cream of the Christian community on earth gathered together to consider how best they can attack heathenism and most advantageously take the go.spel to the non Christian world. . The conference Ig nored the points and minor differences which divide the fon-es of Christ, and one of the mopt pleasing and most promising signs is that while the I Ionian Catholics stood aloof, .they were rot In-. ani way antagonistic. In point uf ni.mbrri the conference ex ceeds any councrl hold In pat ages. It includes experts from the four corners of the earth, not only white men. hut repiv aentaiivr of nearly ew-ry na tion and ra e under the sun. The k-adir g student of missions and the most ey r-em ;d mission ary administrators In Europe anl America were Included among the members of the commi.tsloue. The Edinburgh conferences differed from all former conferences. In that for the first lime the delegates were dlrvctly nominated by reogn'zrd mission ary souleties In due proportion. All ceo lions of the Christian rhurch lave long seen the folly of (ierpematlng in China or India the divisions which ha-.a acted so disastrously at home, ur.d the neces sity fi.r union Is being more widely rec ognized each year. One of the most tan guiue expectatioi.a of the promoters is the drawing together of the churches at I home as the direct result of the world I missionary conference, which lightly re- I garded. will no doubt prove another epoch making event which will mightily affect the world's history and destiny. . . From all sections of the world reports were made showing the great progress be ing made by the missionaries. ' The following figures show the magni tude of the missionary work of the world: One year's contributions, .351.12; or dained missionaries, ordained and un orduined worker", OS.J-ji; native Christians, 5.31, ST1, and woman physicians, working as missionaries, 341. "The missionary outposts are the skir mish lines of the advancing army of civil ization," said Rev. Martin 8. Eldrldge of Toklo, now tn thi country. "That their mere presence means opening new territory to foreign Influence, and hence a new mar ket for foreign goods, no one can deny. "It Is Interesting to study the methods by which these results were accomplished. For Instance, one missionary came to Japan twenty-five years ago and went to live In a remote town In the Interior. This man and his family could not buy the simplest article for household use, as no Euroiwan had ever lived in that sec tion. The people went to see the foreign house and furniture just as they might crowd Into a museum. "They examined the queer foreign clothes with their curious buttons. They were filled with admiration when they gazed U on the metal wash basin In which the I foreign barbarians washed their fa:e and ! i hands. The first know-ledge that came to 1 ! the missionary that he was a drummer In I disguise waa when a. uV.egalloii or prom- ' lnent c'llzene wailed upon hira and re- j ! quested him U tei.d to one tf the open , 'polls and buy them tome iretal tusinn. "Then followed '.ha tt Tiii.d iu ' turner- i ! clothing with buttcni, which '.s o:.u fc-iHwej iof occidnr.ta; dress t,ulie ge.i" i:)ly el-v:,-d ; now, even in rural Japan. Vie !.. ivl'.i'vss t of a i-vckel knife f:r.aily l.iucii tl-e Jr.tf-i aneye, no teat the m:ah-ra:'y Ir.-pertud supply of them. Within two vefra tli'-re i was au'h a demand for foreign guotis that,; he persuaded a Japaneve merchant to open : a foreign store. A stock waa purchased at one of the porta and the store was oei.eJ. Front that little beginning grew up-one . of the great trading cjmpan!c4 of Inland i Japan, handling many thoneandu of dollars ' worth of goods every er. j . ' Not ar! of tills tiado id goes a'uoad, i for tr.u conifan;.- has a uumber of factories, j one of which makes oietnl wash bas,r.s and ' such utensi's, ar.d lue oir.er is ar J knits cotton underwear." Ariangtii ents have been made under the auspices of the Catholic Association of 1 England for the journey from England to ; Montreal for this year's Eucharist !c con- j gTcss, which will be held from September to September 1L A party w 111 embark at . Liverpool on Friday, August I?, and ar-.' rive at Quebec and Montreal on the Friday ' following. Thia allows of four clear days ' before the congress opens on Wednesday, t September 7. Midnight mass will be sung ' at the church, of Notre Ifame. Thursday will be given up to the ordinary session of the congress, and on Friday. September 9. pontifical high mass will be sung, at; Mance park in the open air, - The ordinary I sessions will be resumed on Saturday, and Sunday will be the concluding day, when a procession of the blessed sacrament will take place. Tbe party will not go on board for the return Journey till Friduy. Septem ber 16. The German emperor, in one of his many frank moments, haji given what would bo deemed In certain circles a good religious testimony. He not only reads and studies ; the Bible, but he admits that In the per plexing affairs of his life he constantly turns to It and asks "What does the tiihle say on this point? The Bible is to me tiie soureo from which I draw strength and light. 7:i hours of trembling and tear 1 iay hold on this treasure of comfort." There m a touch of human pathos tn the last admission, &r,d the outspoken afaith of thie monarch coincides with the publication of a work that Is sure to command much of the public Interest In days to come namely, -lh4 Religious Lite of Gladstone." It la mid of the great statesman that he seldom raveled any distance to a cabinet meeting ! w ithout learning a portion of scripture or j consulting his prayer book. Aud If one) studies tho temperaments of the two U 11- j il 'tns, one finds much in common. They j v. e;o both f'-arle s and wnen compiled lo j up. :ik the coi.Vl i'.icns rf the tor', rrurd- j lt-K-. o:' public opinion :,: when, us .e tv.it' tr.O il:i:t Oi puh.'ic d'.e.i lr. luo lax It3 lo j t t:iU v of it. no ji.-i ti.e rueultatio.i, v.e i c-riiiile,1 it u litpt-y oiiio;dcii""e t.'-.fct the I kii-.;c:- a.nl ii;mnu,f. -. ere by his livi.ig ' voice and tl.o oilier by l.!s mtr.ioit-s, should re.ull U'i to th" vhiuo, and inspiration of that "linpregnubloi rock," thfe Bible. Tl.o inlnclpal services in connection wltii the lUiiimn Oitholn ceieniouicH of the Wktn,li,iter cat)u4.rul In Engiui d were in follows: On June S, tho nifcii nits., it which the birhop of rrtMiiomli wua cilc brant, beaan about 1J i-.jc ii. Al 7:1 p. it!., flr'.t vi-rpora cf S. t ni i'-i, Iho archbishop w.-is t-.u cclcLuiit. T!ii in. o:i .-as ;iai5-il h .h: ;,:lci of CI fto.i, Lt.4 U.o Uj "cjhi ;.ij : et e d.i 'lo... n June -"i, li.o feast jf tl.e i'ei, r ftnl I'm al, a solemn mats of llisnki-glvlng for the concecration of the caihedral ani fr tlte restoratn of the hierarchy. Tbe e tnon was preached by Uie bishop of Xw post. At 4 p. in., second vespers f Peter and Paul wa suug. The b.fUvfl. i Birmingham acted as celebranC. OFF TO ROUGH IT OUT WEST Discs of Amateur llaaters 'tart Irons rw Vsrk far Wjol. AVtth some slight modifica'.hvi the lobbc of tne Manhattan iiotel. New York. Monday afternoon m'.giu hae looked like thai of the principal hotel al Nairobi before the big hunt started, so many gun case and other leather carriers of various aorta being in evidence. The owners were just about to start on a Mg hunt, but their destina tion is the Rockies and the Yellowstone park.- The p.rty was Charles C. Moore's out fit, and it Included youngsters from Har vard. Yale. Princeion and the l"nlvers:t of Pennsylvania, and from auch 'prepara tory schoola as St. Paul's, Groton. Pom fret and Law renceville. They tint start ing out to see the real "wild and woolly." to become cowboy temporarily, lo fol low the trail and live in camp, just as If tiicy were reul hard ranchmen. Mr. Mocre has a ranc.i out ti.ere In Wyoming. He Is a graduate of the fni vers'.ty of Michigan, and four years ago, having entertained several of his school mates out there, he got the Idea It would be a good thing to give eastern young sters a chance to see the far west as It really Is. lie started out with four boys, and this year he will have twenty-five, which he says Is his limit. Besides the youngsters there were a lot of anxious mothers at the Manhattan who personally commended their sons Into Mr. il core's care nml cave blin hints as to Tomrr.y'n or Freddy's iecullai' needs. The porty hbd bee:i uiemtili. g since the morn. Ir.g cf toe dty before. The outfit left ut 4:30 o'clock I:: a special car. A atop of tliieu hours was luado in Chicago to take on romo inembcii, of the party who liva thereabout. Lander, Wyo, was reached on Thursday, June SO, and thence the journey will be mudo by coaches to Fort Vas;ianie, where M. Mvcie's ranch is. A few days will be Si-tnt in breaking lu those who do noi ride a..d g.vlrg the others practice and In vlalt Ini; Indian emainpuitnia. and then, on July V2, 'a, long horse-hat k trip to and throu44 .ha Yellovvstf ti,. pane will start. The party v.!l hiial: u; eipw-mbcr 1. Anions thos- In the party ate O. Hall I'.o 4cv i'., .. v. Cl.auncey, Joseph K. i.licl.eoii, Ceoige W. Young, jr., of New York, ami K. .W. Clark and Barclay Me. l-'a.id'ii of Philadelphia.-New Vol a a io. (I i 4" !' ! 0 t. f el