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CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS REPLY.
1(! * nit. .JORDAN'S SKRMON SI M
>U:I) li* MV K- CARMAN.
The Doctrines of Christianity From
I h**ir Standpoint The Church
Ivnets and Rules Signed by i'liose
iniGng With the Christian Sri-
Movement hk by
blather Vary Maker G. Eddy,
r eV Dr. J- I>- Jordan's sermon at the
Baptist Church last week on “Chria
| ~ cnce” has excited considerable
comment. Dr. Jordan spoke plainly of the
be lei ailing it mere “Jingle-jangle. ”
. , m without an idea or ideal; Chris
va, ; w .thout a Christ; science without
£ ;n title fact stated or demonstrated;
r c . i■ a 1 without theology, confessing
j tv i iptural, it denies ail scriptures;
a r e ation without revealing anything
ev . p ‘jingle-jangle;’ claiming to he a
jfvfli ion irem GoJ, which shrouds God
ln ], i: - ess and veils Him with mysti
cal nonsense.”
T- t a lers of Christian Science in Sa-
. when, asked about Dr. Jordan's
sermon, had little to say. Mr. Edward
y, Carman of Atlanta, who usually re
p:?rs to attacks on Christian Science, has
thi. to say in reply to Dr. Jordan:
Hr. Jordan’s text, on which, he bases
p : sermon against Christian Science,
* Pr .w all things, hold fast to that which
good.’’ is one of the favorite texts of
r) ny Christiah Scientists, because from
the i t hings of Jesus, explained and
jp ; ;n.: i by Science and Health, with
KCv to the Scriptures, by Mary B. G.
. they are enabled to prove that
j. . meant what He said, when, just
1 • me ascension, or disappearance to
y <!ght, He said, as given by Mark
(sixteenth chapter, seventeenth and eigh
th i verses), ‘And these signs shall fol
low Cum that believe, understand; in My
carr. pirit) shall they cast out devils;
fh- shall speak with new tongues; they
6hall take up serpents ,and if they drink
any deadly thing, it shall not nurt them;
t 1 ■- C all lay hands on the sick, and
they shall recover.”
This command has never been revoked,
a: 1 stands to-day as a command to all
trim believers, just as truly as it did the
day u was given, and believers are to be
known by their fruits. Hike the doctor,
\> writer, when he lirst read “Science
n r, i Health,’' said "It is all. nonsense, or
jingle-jangle.” Unlike Dr. Jordan, the
vm : reached his conclusion from the
very opposite standpoint. Being an in
fidel and materialist, he said, “The system
of rhrisiian Science is founded on the
miracles of Jesus, and miracles of any
kind are not admitted by the materialist;
therefore, it is nonsense.”
Three years after this conclusion was
reached, one of the believers and practi
tioners of this new r -old religion, believing
that she understood sufficiently the words
of Jesus when, he said: “The works that
I do ye shall do (John 14:12), healed one
rear and dear to this infidel, of diseases
pronounced incurable by eminent physi
cians. thus far proving all thing®, holding
fast to that which is good, demonstrating
that the day of miracles was not past.
The doctor quotes from the Bible: ‘‘All
(persons) have sinned and come short of
the glory of God,” and immediately fol
lowing this quotation he dwells at length
on the personality of God. If all persons
have sinned and come short of the glory
of God, and God is a person, then God
rr i have sinned and come short of his
own glory (or character). If this is true
then all must finally end in confusion.
The doctor says, “If God is principle and
not person, then there can be no love in
the universe but principle, and loving
principle is- folly.”
Mr?. K idy says: “Do I believe in a per
s nai <a d? I believe in God as tire Su
j-r* ! e B ing. I kn w not what the person
of omnipotence and omnipresence is, or
what the Infinite includes, therefore I
worship that of which I can conceive,
first a? a loving Father and Mother,
th n. as Thought ascends the scale of Be
ing to Divine consciousness. God becomes
t" m as to the'apo?tle who declared it,
1 is love I ’—Divine principle, which I
worship and “after the manner of my
lath'r. so worship I God.” This is the
tru sense of worship, f r says John, “God
is spirit ON. V.), and they that worship
Him must worship Him in spirit and in
h ; and net as a p rson. What is spir
i \Wbster defines spirit* as substance.
I- k rays, “The true import of the word
i>u;*stance) is in plain English, “standing
ui or upho’dlnj.” Dr. 1-lam mien has
srid ‘ln is logical and metar>hy?ical
se e. is that naure of a thing which
m \ he conceived to remain when every
■'h r natire is removed er abstracted
tr' m it.” F eming says: “Und rlyitg all
' ' i- we conceive of one universal and
oi lute cause,. one substance in itself
D‘ i'Hnt, ard upholding all things.” Then
i f 1 ■ and s love, and Go 1 i3 sp : rit, and
' 1 substance, the substance of spirit
: >" the real and only substance, fill
-1 universe, for ail that (he human
calls substance is subj ct to discord,
: nd and ah, is not real in the eter
’ iritual. infinite sense. Then God
iti be all in all—as the Bible declares.
* * Do dor quotes frem the first chap
f,: < J nesis: "In the beginning God
'' 1 '- 1 the heaven and the earth.” In
tl,: sime chapter we read: “Let us make
btau in our Image, after our likeness, and
1 hive and minion over the fish of
sca - and over the fowl of the air, and
ry living thirg that movetb upon
f earth. (Gen. 1 Chap. 26 verse.
'<>l created man in his own imag?.
image of God created he him; male
ar, i t* mile created he them. ’ That Is, He
! *fd in this act of creation the two
! ! *os of thought. Truth and Love.
* 1 made in His image must ever re
l'" 'o have power and dominion. (Gen
p 1-27.) And God saw everything that
bid made and behold, it was very
(Gen. 1-31.) If everything Is good,
w ■ cnce comes evil?
lutement of creation Christian
! c accepts as the true statement of
l 0n * and from this basis reckons The
as the ideal man whom God created
bower and dominion, and that this
M manifested Itself to the human mind
!, : 1,1 the man Jesus, who tells us that
: '* Abraham was I am,” thus prov
-1 * that he antedated his own birth as
J' j rna K of His perfect principle, God.
1 and realized the same fact when he said:
in Adam all die, so In Christ all are
•mi-lo alive.”
• hrough' faith wc understand that the
"'ere formed by the word of God,
J** things wh'lJh are seen were not
of things which do appear.”
t 1 s aid: “These things are hid from
y*‘ u |f e and prudent and revealed unto
Again, “Except ye become as a
■‘ • Mild ye cannot enter the kingdom of
is * W 1 Again, “The Kingdom of heaven
w ”hin you.” If the kingdom of heaven
n A|,tlin Uii ’ ,t: must be mental condi
-1 or a state of consciousness, and not
p.a f-.
Cf ‘ ’ ,nerf ‘ly believe Jesus’ words and ac
i ' tfir-m us true is of no practical value
\ ' on< ‘‘ are told to* “Work out
b| '.‘ vvn sulvotion with fear and trem
that is, apply the teachlngcs of
• io the overcoming of evil and thus
• to. it. We are to deny and put out
"vercome the false claims of evil
ari< l hourly a® did He who said,
,he Way, the Truth, and the
0 . , lle overcame, put down and put
f f> cl4l im of evil until He destroyed
, nrn Mf all temptation to sin, and
proved ihe power of spirit by over-
Hu* false sense of death for Him
t i , ' proving "That the last enemy
6 ’ 11 "me is death.” He sec for us
' 1J • 1 1 example, that if we meet and
H k ' x 'il* the suggestions of sin and
n’,,. can moke even death as
f. , \ c As we deny (or contradict) self,
” nsr. testimony, practicing His teach
r " prove all things and hold
0 that which ia good; for U w
us physically and uplifts us morally and
spiritually.
The doctor says: “Christian lienee is
Christianity without Christ.” The found
er of Christian Science in answer to this
question, “Do I believe in the atonement
of Chris*?” says, “I do, and this atone
ment becomes more to me, since it in
cludes man’s redemption from
as well as from sin. I reverence and
adore Christ as never before. It brings
to my sense and to the sense of all who
entertain this understanding of the sci
ence of God, a w r hole salvation.”
The church tenets and rules arranged
by Mary Baker Eddy, to be signed byf
those uniting with the Christian Science
movement, are:
As adherents of truth, we take the
Scriptures for our guide to eternal life.
e acknowledge and adore one Su
preme Infinite God. We acknowledge on®
Christ, the Holy Ghost, and man as the
divine image and likeness.
God’s forgiveness of sin, in the destruc
tion of sin, and the understanding that
win and suffering are not eternal.
Ihe atonement as the efficacy, and evi
dence of divine love, of man’s unity with
God, and the great merits of Jesus, the
way-shower.
I niversal salvation as demonstrated by
Jesus, the Galilean prophet, in the power
of truth over all error, sin, sickness, and
death; and the resurrection of human
faith and understanding to seize the great
possibilities and living energies of the
divine life.
We solemnly promise to strive, watch,
and pray for that mind to be in us which
was also in Christ Jesus, to love one an
other, and to be meek, merciful, just and
pure.
IN SOCIETY.
Continued From Twelfth Pag-e.
form a pleasant party who are spending
the day with friends in Brunswick.
Society in Wayeross.
Mr. Alfred Strickland and Miss Cox
were married at the home of Mr. Cuyler
Cox. the bride's father, Wednesday
night.
Miss Annie Bradshaw has gone to
Moultrie, where she will join a wedding
party to go by special train to Obe, Ga.,
where Mr. Sam Harrell and Miss
Norman are to be married. A large recep
tion will be given at the home of the
bride’s parents.
Miss Eva Wolf, who is a visitor at
Judge H. P. Brewer’s hospitable home, at
tended Miss Thigpen’s house party at
Downing.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. McWhite and Miss
Lucy Fryer were in Waycross yesterday
from Leliaton.
Miss Hattie Grace will leave in a few
days for an extended visit to New York
and other points in the North.
Miss Delegal of Darien was a visitor to
Waycross yesterday.
Miss Boxie Bradley, who is teaching at
Wilsonvllle, came home to attend the
Agathen-Bradley nuptials and visit her
father’s family.
Sunday afternoon two prominent young
people of Fierce county were married at
the home of Mr. David Summeraii, near
Blaokshear. The contracting parties were
Mrs. Ella Peacock and Mr. Henry Bowen.
The ceremony was performed by Bev.
Morgan. Ihe attendants were R J. Phil
lips and Miss Lula Riggins, Mr7 Mack
Brown and Miss Alice Bewail. The groom
is a successful farmer of Pierce county,
and the bride is the widow of the late
Lewis Peacock and sister of
Summeraii, of Pierce county.
Mrs. B. F. Bullard of Savannah is the
guest of Mrs. Alexander Sessoms on Lee
avenue.
Mrs. R. P. Jzlar and her children are
spending some time in Greenville, S. C.
Misses Sadie Waldron and Mattie Bul
lard of Savannah, are the charming guests
of Miss Pauline Sessoms.
Mrs. J. N. Horne has as her guest Miss
Rosa Turner of Brunswick.
Miss Allie Law has returned to her home
in Dorchester, after a visit with the
Misses Allen on Jane street.
Miss Lizzie Bird has returned home
from Brunswick.
Miss Nora Lee Smith will return home
from St. Simons about July 35, when she
will take a trip to Baltimore and points
North. '
Miss Mary Young has returned home
from Valdosta.
Mrs. W. T. Seaman and Miss Mary
Young have gone on a trip through Flor
ida with Mrs. Seaman's father. Capt. W.
W. Ansley. in his private car.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Agathen will spend
a short while on Cumberland Island after
which they will re urn to Waycross,
which .place will be their future home.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lightsey, of Keysville,
Fla., is visiting relatives here. She is a
sister of Judge Warren Joel and John A.
Lott and Mrs. Fannie Sharp.
Mr and Mrs. J. S. Frierson of Sofkee.
are visiting Mrs. J. R. Weills, who is a
sister of Mrs. Frierson.
Mrs. W. J. Smith and her two daugh
ters, Misses Nora I.ee and Ada, left Mon
day for St. Simons.
Miss Maud Stokes will spend leu days
w ;th friends at Baxley, after which she
will visit relatives in Mcßae.
Rev. T. M. Christian and family will
tent during the Holiness camp meet ng at
Indian Spring.
Mrs. F. W. Bibb will spend a month at
Indian Springs.
Mrs. G. W. Been will spend the sum
mer at Asheville, N. C.
Miss Jessie Boyd will leave soon for her
home near Atlanta, after a delightful so
journ with her sister, Mrs, F. W. Bibb.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Fox will make Sa
vannah their future home.
Mrs. J. C. Humphreys and her niece,
Mies Marie Wester have returned home
from Stockton.
Mrs. S. M. Stokes and Miss Helen left
Tuesday morning for Mcßae, where they
will visit Mrs. R. J- Strozier.
Miss Roxle Bradley, of Hogan's, Ga ,
attended the Agathen-Bradley wedding.
She is a niece of W. H. Bradley.
A party of Waycross people spent Wed
nesday evening very pleasantly with the
Colony people up at Ruskin. In the pait>
were Misses Hattie Grace, Maggie Craw
lev. Kate Johnson, Annie Paine, Lula Mc-
Culley Eugenia Reynolds and Mabel
S„ars ' Mr . and Mrs. F. M. Hawkins and
Mi's. itL H. Burnette chaperoned the par
'mlps Kate Belllngton was here Sunday
f om Annie on. Ala.
Mrs. G. A. Radford and children are
visiting their uncle, W. M. Abbott at le
taehatta, Fla.
Mi's. W. H. Mclntosh and her mother,
Mrs 9. A. Kteele are spending the heat
ed term in the mountains of Virginia.
Mis. George Kempton, who has been
quite sick here, has gone to spend a while
at Douglass.
Miss Ida Gray is visiting in Albany.
Mrs. J. M. Freeman and her daughter.
Miss DolSte, have returned to their home
in Douglas.
Mrs. Strasser and daughter slopped
over in Waycross on their way to Thom
asvllle, where they will spend some time.
Miss Leila Fryer was here yesterday
from Leliaton.
Mrs. J. M, Miller and children were
here Wednesday, visiting. They ure from
Elllsvllle, Missy
Misses Maggie Crowley. Fay Word,
Hat.ie Grace, Bulah Hilliard, Josle
Meara, Nora Burke and Mis. W. H. Mil
ler expect to go to Indian Spring next
week.
—Cured.—"You lived a* a water-cure es
tablishment a whole year. Did it cure
you?” "Y'es, it cured me completely of the
cold-water l,ablt."-Chicago jj’rlbun*.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JULY 15, 1900.
THE RED CROSS CHARTERED.
THE SOCIETY MOYV HAS A LEGAL
STAMDIXG.
niflienltlpH Which Hlm Rarlun Ho
Overcome During the Nineteen
Years of its Existence—The Cere
monlea Which Took Place at the
Arlington lintel and nt the Coun
try Home of Clara llnrtou—Some of
the Incorporti tors—Other Matters
of Interest.
Washington. July 13—One of the most
interesting incidents of the closing hours
of Congress was the signing of the bill
which had passed the House and Senate,
incorporating the American National Red
Cross and protecting- its insignia from
fraudulent and unauthorized use. It oe
currred In the Marble Room of the Cap
itol, in the presence of Miss Barton end
a few of her devoted assistants, and was
almost the last document to which Presi
dent McKinley affixed his signature. He
seemed to realize that among the hun
dreds of bills he has signed during his
.term of office, none will be more import
ant and far-reaching in their consequence.
After the name was written, he turned to
Miss Barton with a hearty handshake,
congratulated her upon the splendid rec
ord already made by the organization of
which she has been the mother and sus
tained the heart and soul, through years
of difficulty, and added that she deserved
the pen which set the. highest seal of rec
ognition upon her life-work, if she desired
to retain it. In a few well-chosen words,
full of eloquence and straight to the point,
as are al! Miss Barton's speeches, she re
plied! accepting the pen and saying she
would always cherish it for what it im
plied.
For nineteen years, amid untold difficul
ties and obstacles which would have
daunted a less resolute spirit, Miss Bar
ton has been seeking this legal recogni
tion of the Red Cross, -which has- hitherto
had no way of protecting itself against
impostors. Any scalawag, male or fe
male. might wear the emblem cf the or
ganization, and solicit funds in Us name,
for their own selfish purpose, as has many
times been done, and the money thus ob
tained never reached the channel for which
It was contributed. The long-delayed
charter now gives the society complete
control of its work, enabling it to extend
and perfect its organization throughout
the United Slates. Auxiliary societies and
state organizations will be immediately
created by the national body; and'it is he
lievcd that the Amerfoan National Red
Cross will become one .of the wgalthiesi
charitable organizations in the world,
with a field that is practically unlimited]
and incomputable pow-er for doing good.
Tuesday the reorganization of the soeiety
under its new ehater was effected ir. this
city. The meeting was held in the beau
tiful parlors of the Arlington Hotel a
large number of the fifty-five incorpora
tors named in the act of Congress being
present, together With other prominent
people, some of whom had come from
New York. Boston, Philadelphia and more
distant cities for the occasion. The in
corporators include such well-known
names as Senators Proctor of Vermont
and Hoar of Massachusetts, Representa
tives Russell of Connecticut, Miers of In
diana and Ridgely of Kansas, ex-Secreta-
IY of State William R, Day and Richard
Olnoy, ex-Secretary of the Navv Hliliary
A. Herbert, John W. Noble. ex-Fecretary
of the Interior Charles E. Fairchild, ex-
Secretary of the Treasury; A Ivey A
Adce, assistant secretary of state; George
Kennan, the author and Russian
explorer; Judge Joseph Sheklon
of Connecticut. Judge Alexander Terry
ex-mirister to Turkey; Gov. Giay Lee he
Shaw and Gov. Tillinghast, of Iowa; Col.
Abraham Kaufman, member board of
iters to West Point M litarv Academy-
Judge George. Gray. ex-Unite'd States sen:
atcr of Delaware; Gerrge Bolt, proprie
tor of the Waldorf-Astoria, New York
city; Wm. T. Warden, treasurer Standard
Oil Company; Gen. Daniel Hasting, ex-
G over nor of Pennsylvania; Prof. Jch .
Lemmon of California; Walter Wyman
supervising surgeon general Marine Hos
pital Service; John Hitz, ex-consul gen
eral to Switzerland; Mis. John A, Logan,
Mrs. H. L. Reed of Boston, national of
ficer W. R. C.; Mr. J. B. Barton of New
York city; Gen. Sears of Kansas; Ellen
Spencer Mussy, red cross counselor; Dr.
Hubbeil, field agent of the red cross; Dr.
and Mrs. Joseph Gardinrr, of Indiana; Dr.
J. Wilker O’Neill, of Pennsylvania, arid
s viral men and women who are m-om -
neni in 'he affairs of the District of Co
lumbia.
The act of incorporation sets forth the
fact—with which most pe'T’e are now ac
quainted—that in 18(54. at Geneva, Switz r
land, plenipotentiaries representing Italy
Bacien, Belgium, Denmark. Spain. Portu
gal, France, Russia, Saxony and Wur
tembrg and the federal crunch rf
Switze land, agreed upon ten articles of
a convention for the purpose of mitigat
ing the evils inseparable from war; of
suppressing the n ediess severity and am
eirorating the condition of soldiers
'voundrd on the field of hatile, and par
ticularly providing that persons employ
ed Mri hospitals and in affording relief to
the sick und wounded, and supplies for
this purpose, should be deemed neutral
and entitled to protect!'n, and that a dls
'ire ive and unif-rm fl >g should be adopt
ed for hospitals and ambulances and con
voys of sick and wounded, and an arm
badge for individuals neutialized.
The. purposes of the corporation are
stated to be: To furnish volunteer aid to
the sick and wounded of armies in time
of war, in accordance w th the spirit and
ccnc.itions of the conference at Geneva:
and io continue and carry on a sys'em of
national and international relief in time
of peace; and apply the same in mitigat
ing the suiT-rirgs causrd by pestilence
famine, nre. floods and nation
al calamities, and (o devise and carry on
mnasures for preventing the same, and
g-m rally to nromrte nvuisurfs of human
ity and for the benefit of mankind, A gen
alty is provided for any person using the
inalguß f, r any fraudulent purpose; and
it is lastly provided that the said Ameri
c; n National R'd Cross shall, cn the Hrs
day of January of each year, make and
transmit to Congress a full, complete and
itemized r pert of all receipts and ex
pendhun s cf whatever kind, and of its
proceedlngs during 'he preceding year,
and shall aiso give such information con
cerning its transactions and affairs as
the Secretary of State may require from
time to time; and in respect of all busi
ness and r roceedings in which it may bt
concerned In connection with the war and
navy deparimems of the gOvcrnm' nt,shall
make reports to the Secretary of War and
ilie Secretary of the Navey, respectively.
••••* •
Every man and woman in the country
is lnleiest'd in this groat national char
ity. particularly in these djs cf wir.
w. li our sons and bro ilers In the Phil p
pints—and hiavon knows how soon they
nay lie called to more hfrrlble scenes in
China. The work lately accomplished by
the Rfd Cross in Cuba—not only for stsrv
h g reconctntrados. but for our own sol
diers, as well as ita far-reaching bene
factions in cami sand hospitals of the
United S'a'es, including officers and men
alike -Is too well known to need recapit
ulation. Thousand* of our boys in blue
decline with entl uilaam and emo'lon that
to its timely tnlr.i’tratlons they owe
their lives, wl en the Incompetence or
carelessness of some in authority would
otherwise have left them to die without
succor. During the twelve years that
havo elapsed since Congress was first
asked to Incorporate the Red Cross and
give protection to Us insignia—a petition
which once before passed both house* of
Congress and then President Cleveland
refused to I*n on !y **> A ord Lord
SUMMER SNAPS
Men should appreciate Midsummer, not only as a time
to keep cool, but as the season for garnering comfort
ers for the future. This season's Crash and Linen
Suits, Negligee Shirts, Straw Hats, etc., won't be vis-
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SHIRT
“PRETENSE”
Couldn’t exist In*re. That in
evident to any one uho ha* ever
viewed our
GIGANTIC STOCK
or all sort* of Good Shirts* par
ticularly
NEGLIGEES.
This is the time to fret Right
Shirts at RIGHT PRICES.
PUFF BOSOMS.
B. H. LEVY & BRO.
knows why—ehe work has gone steadily
forward and has been, the channel
ihrough which the people of the United
States have reached the suffering with
the minimum expense of administration
-becaust most of the workers have given
their time and labor gratuitously, with
out a thought of earthly reward. Miss
Barton herself, the soul of the, cause, in
herited an ample fortune, which she often
draws upon for the public good. In the
Armenian work, for example, the ex
pense of distribution, including the long
journey, was less than 8 per cent, of the
tmount disbursed—which is a record un
uqualed'in charitable work. The publish
ed records of the Red Cross show that
upward of a milion and a half has gone
through Its hands, and every penny has
been duly accounted for.
••••
Forty-three nations of the civilized
world are now confederated for their mu
tual good under the Red Cross "Treaty
of Geneva;” and it is a mortifying re
flection that Spain and Turkey and a doz
en other countries adopted the treaty
nearly twenty years before the United
States, and that only Just now, thirty
six years after the International conven
tion at Geneva, has our government giv
en proper legal recognition to the society
which has struggled along as best it could
since President Arthur was persuaded by
Miss Barlon to sign the treaty, on March
t, 1882.
While originally formed only to give
aid in time of war, through Miss Barton's
efforts, there has been added an article
enlarging the work of the Re.l Cross to
all cases of national emergency and dis
aster, known in foreign countries as the
"American amendment.” In accordance
with this amendment and under the
leadership of this same heroic woman,
the United States has already given its
aid to Russia at the time of the famine,
in '92; to Armenia and Turkey, In '9B;
in our own ceunlry has relieved the suf
ferings prising from the fires in Michi
gan. in '81; Mississippi floods. In ’B2-'B3:
Mississippi eyolone, 'B3: Ohio cyclone, in
'88; Florida yellow fever epidemic, in '88;
Johnstown disaster, in 'B9; Town cyclone,
In '93; and the South Carolina island hur
ricane, in '94; and as all the world knows,
at the request of the President of the
United States and with the permission of
Spain, the American National Red Cross
carried the bountv of the people of this
country to the suffering in Cuba in '97-'9S.
The vital idea of the Red Cross it not
charity, as the word Is usually under
stood, but helpfulness and friendliness to
those In trouble, in the Good Samaritan
scnstvthat they are neighbors. It recog
inizes iio particular creed or denomina
tion, except the broad religion of Jesus
Christ, as embodied in the words "Love
one another.” Some of the subjects which
come Just now before the national so
ciety are the requests of Alaska and Por
to Rico for a branch, each, of the Amer
ican Red Cross or provisional connection
will! II- If Cuba a provisional eonnee
ion has already been arranged, which
■iwaits acceptance under proper officers.
The Re-1 Cross has iso been lately so
licited by the Governors of various
states to aid In the establishment of a
soldiers' and sailors' home at Manila.
The Red Cross will continue to retain its
headquarters in Washington; hut In order
to properly perform the work demand
ed of it, there ought to be a
fund of at least half a million dollars.
This may he easily raised among our
ninety odd millions of peonle, Independent
of the government, for the fact should
never he lost sight of that the Red Cross
means people's help for notional necessi
ties. rot national help for people’s reeds.
The American National Red Cross has
never received a dollar of support from
the government as such, and has never
sought it.
At the meeting of Tuesday Miss Barton
closed a glowing speech with this modest
reference to her own services: "Added to
the home duties, with a correspondence
equal to a bureau, with no revenues, no
dues, no fund, seventeen fields have been
worked in nineteen years—every one car
ried'through. Its work finished, its com
munities reacued. Its lives saved, the ac
count of each closed at the end and the
public report made, if there was some
thing left to make M with. • • • I
took up the wor* of the Red Cross for Us
ibly or noticeably oat of line next season, and yon
can fay m a supply away below Begmnmg=of= Season
Prices. We throw out this suggest ion: The Doty to
Exhibit Wisdom is Yours.
“We Love Odds”
By that we mean men who are
endowed with unusual physi
cal proportions. Anybody can
fit a regular. It ? s the irregular
or extra-shaped man who “has
a time getting fitted.”
THERE’S OUR SUPREMACY
We fit all men from Underwear to Coat and all Between.
Sams With Hats,
Any sized head can be matched
with sty j e an;J com f ort .
CTPAW HAT<S SOFT AND STIFF HATS.
o 1 ty lari 10. And awlully easy prices, especially on Straws.
*.♦*. *.♦*.♦*.<* ♦* .**;* %v ♦***■#♦ $* j*****;**y *• *** %•♦***#**• *'*
THE UNDERWEAR MOVEMENT
Is brisk, and all varieties are represented in
our Shrunken Prices.
TRY A WHITE SUMMER UMBRELLA.
I gcsid. for the good of humanity—and not
jmy oam. The object has at last been at
! tallied; the Red Cross of America Is an
I accomplished fact."
She closed by earnestly requesting to be
relieved from the position of the presi
dency—that others younger and more fit
ted might take up the work. Her report
was accepted with regard to everything
but the final request to be relieved, which
ex-Secretary Herbert said, amid ap
plause. the Rd Cross Society could never
be brought to consider as long aa she, its
mother, remained on earth. A constitu
tion and by-laws was then adopted. The
latter provides, among other things, that
the annual meeting of the society shall
be held in Washington, in December; and
that the business and property of the or
ganization shall be managed by a board'of
wontrol, consisting of persons elected by
ballot from mem liars of the corporation.
This board has general superintendence of
the affairs of the association, and the
officers of the Red Cross are to be chosen
by the board, from among its own mem
bers, at a meeting to be held within ten
THE ROAD BY THE BRIDGE.
days. In view of ttie fact that the Incor
porators had surrendered to the board of
control their power to elect the officer* of
the association. ex-Secretary Herbert in
troduced a resolution, which was unani
mously adopted amid much applause, that
it was the sense of the meeting that th*
board should elect Miss Clara Barton as
perpetual president.
A number of associate members were
then elected, Including Gen. Nelson A.
Miles and wife, Mrs. Phoebe Hearst of
California, Senator N. D. Money and
wife. Representative William Alden
Smith, Mrs. Fanny R. Ward. Mrs. J.
Ellen Foster and Mr. H. B. F. Macfarland
the new commissioner of the District of
Columbia. Then the whole happy party
took the electric cars for Miss Barton's
commodious summer hbme, on the Mary
land shore of the Potomac, about seven
miles from Washington. There luncheon
was served and the hours of relaxation the
more enjoyed by those who have borne
the heat and burden of the battle for legal
recognition, in year* of weary toil and
more wesjry years of waiting.
A Oeltclon* Smoke.
Th* Herbert Spencer Is an elegant cigar
and is truly a delightful enjoyment to
inhale the fumes of this fine tobacco; It
is exhilarating and delicious.
bee that the name of Herbert Bper.cer
Is on every wrapper of every cigar, with
out which none are genuine.
The Herbert Spencer cigars are only sold
by the box of 80, ''onehas at $3.30. nnd
Perfectos. $4.50 at Lipptnan Bros., whole
sale druggists, Barnard and Congicse
•treets, of thi* city.—ad.
pW~tgfHT■'Shoot' Wc*wiT. ’■Fttnl
c.qi-ON'ip, n.
, * t- C.
WE FIT THE HARD-TO-FIT
r RAPE MARK
IHR9. M’KIM.IfY'S FAVORITE DRIVE.
Tlie President'* tllfe Spends n Large
Part of Every Day Ont of floor*.
Washington, July 13.—Mrs. McKinley
starts but for a drive these summer days
about 10 o'clock in the morning. There
are many picturesque roads in the suburbs
of the capital city, but she enjoys most
of ail the densely shaded Inne near tho
Soldiers’ Home, with its pretty rustic
bridge, and the interlacing boughs ot
giant elms overhead.
She generally requests the driver to
stop so that she can listen to the mur
mur of Ihe little stream down in the glen
helotv or hear the whistle of the brown
thrush as lie hitiea in the leaves above.
When there are no visitors at the White
House, and the President is free from the
cares of office, as he is now, he generally
drives out with Mrs. McKinley, to her
great delight.
If Miss Mary Barber or any of the
President's nieces are at the executive
mansion they always accompany Mrs.
McKinley on her morning drives, ana
seldom a day passes but they go to the
“drive where the bridge le," as they des
ignate It to the driver.
If the President remains at the While
House while Mrs. McKinley goes out. us
he Is obliged to do when there Is a cab
inet meeting on bond, he begins to man
ifest a decided feeling of anxiety as the
time approaches for the return of the
carriage and lie precious freight.
Ho frequently steis Into the room of
his private secretary that overlooks the
front driveway.
When the carriage drives up under the
porte cochere she Is sure to see. his face
ut the window. The habitual expression
of perfect content uient gives away to ,i
radiant smile as the wife see the look
of welcome on her bus.rand's face. With
the Ingenue of a child she wafts him a
kiss from her finger tlpe, just as young
er lovers do. These two have kept the
faith and beatify of their youth by mu
tual devotion.
Luncheon Is served at the White House
between the hours of 1 and 2. If the
President Is too busy to be with Mrs.
McKinley at this repast lie sees to It
before hand that someone Is Invited In to
bear her company.
In the afternoon she rests for an hour or
so. If there are visitors to be eeen they
call later, between 3 or 4.
The President's dinner hour l* 7 o'clock.
There are generally a few friends present
In an Informal way. The President alwuys
wears a dress suit at dinner, and Mif.
I
Thin Suits
And Airy Prices.
We’va had su h an extraordinary
mand that we've had to replenish. Manu
s’ icturers are glad to close out summer
garments, mid we have gotten prices that
enable us to benefit you more than ever.
Spanish Linen Suits,
Crash Suits,
Alpaca Suiis,
Blue and Black Serge Suits,
Thin Coats and Vests.
McKinley dons one of her pretty, light
evening gowns.
After dinner the President and his wife
goto the ‘blue room,” if there are guests,
who come under the heading of "compa
ny," present, but if the guests are relatives
or intimate friends they are taken up
stairs to the library or corridor. If it 1*
too cool to sit out, they have a game of
cribbage alone, if there are no guests.
When friends come in they play ix-han4
euchre. This is the President’s favorite
game, as it lends itself to lively conversa
tion. ll* always holds the leading cards,
and I- almost aura to get the “Joker.'*
When the weather is hot the President
and Mrs. McKinley always sit on the
south veranda of the mansion, where the
park stretches away almost to the borders
of the distant river. If callers coijie in
they are invited to join them there. Light
refreshments will be served later, and tha
party lingers late. When the moon rise*
its rays glislen like so many diamonds up
on the waters of the fountain, and th#
odors that come from the flower parterres
in the garden below tempt them to linger
until a late hour. Lucy Page Steile.
Mistaken In Plate Halsingts.
From the Philadelphia Record.
It Isn't everybody wlio knows how to
throw the Americans colors to tho
breezes. Flag-raising* are every-day oc
curences, but there are few people among
those in charge, be they ever so patrlottc,
who are cognizant of the fact that Ok*
Glory topa everything In the American
possessions, and must not go below under
any circumstances. At many of the nag
raisings there are pennant* unfolded on
the same poles, and generally the mistake
of placing the pennant at the top, over
the flag, Is made. This la very Irritating
to the regular navy men, who regard
such an act In their ranks as deserving of
dismissal. A number of the officers sta
tioned at League Island navy yard have
time and again had the flag given 1!
proper place on poles In various part*
of the city, especially over the school
houses downtown On Decoration Day
there was a flag-ratsing over the Matthew
W. Baldwin school. Sixteenth and Porter
stieets, and the pennant, which contained
the school name, was placed at the top
of the pole. Word came from League
Island that the country's colors should
be put at the top, and the error was Im
mediately corrected. Recently the same
mistake was made at National Park, on
the Delaware river. Thq Irritating sight
was seen from League Island, and u mes
senger was dispatched In a boot to have
the positions of the flag and pennant re
versed.
If you wish to cure scrofula or salt
rheum permanently, take Hood's Sarsa
parilla. It expels all Impurities from tha
blood.—ad.
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