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Changes In the Prayer Book Bishop Johnson Writes From Are Being Approved House of Bishops

Resignation of Bishop Paddock Causes Discus­ Feels That Questions of Prayer Book Revision sion— Bishop Brown Charged with Heresy Are Receiving Too Much Attention

By Bishop Johnson. The House of Bishops has voted 36 to Two new dioceses have been formally 27 that the word “ obey” be eliminated created. The Missionary District of from the marriage ceremony. The change Southern Florida becoming the Diocese of has been concurred in by the House of South Florida, and the District of Ashe­ Deputies. The long discussed sentence ville becoming the Diocese of West North “ with all my worldly goods I thee endow” Carol.na— a rather bewildering name for was also voted out of the marriage serv­ a singularly beautiful diocese. ice, as well as the reference to Isaac and Much oratory was displayed in the invi­ Rebecca, by both Houses. There is much tations extended for the city, in which spirited discussion on the questions aris­ the next General Convention is to meet. ing out of Prayer Book Revision, and the Pittsburgh, Providence and vote is generally close. were applicants but the speech of the On Monday last Bishop Brent of West­ Bishop of Louisiana hinting as to New ern New York introduced a resolution Orleans, seemed to get the most flowers. making it unlawful for any divorced per­ A committee to consider the existing sons in the Church to remarry, whether relation of this Church to the Federal the ceremony was performed by any oth­ Council of Churches of Christ to report er minister or by the civil courts*. The not later than September 19th, was moved resolution was vigorously defended by and adopted. Bishop Brent and was opposed with equal The House of Bishops insists on mak­ vigor by Bishop Reese of . On ing the Revision of the Prayer Book the Friday the motion was voted upon and chief business of the day. “ The Curfew passed by the Bishops. tolls the knell of parting day” as “ the The resolution in favor of Faith Heal­ plowmen homeward plod their weary ing was discussed and the Bishops finally way.” reported their disapproval of anointing If one can visualize a committee of with oil and advocated careful restrictions one hundred Bishops writing a book one Bishop Lloyd of New York on healing work, strongly recommending can get some conception of the task. No that the clergy cooperate with physicians Who took a prominent part in the Brother­ hood Convention, and is no less prominent one need worry. Much will be proposed, in the cases of sickness. but little will be accomplished. Great interest is developing over the in the General Convention. He has pre­ sided at numerous mass meetings and is in Everything must go on to the next Con­ resignation of Bishop Paddock of Eastern popular demand as a speaker, especially vention and must receive a constitutional Oregon. The recommendation of the spe­ on Missions. majority on the second reading. This cial committee which had made investiga­ means that three years from now, in a tion, following his resignation, urging that resignation was accepted. House of about 100 Bishops, 64 must ap­ it be accepted, met with instant objection The nomination of Bishop Paul Jones prove any change. from a score of Bishops. Bishop Burgess as his successor is being urged by a con­ Like the Revision of Mbrning and Eve­ of Long Island was the first on his feet siderable number. Bishop Jones, formerly ning Prayer already completed, the to inquire: “ Has the committee consid­ Bishop of Utah, resigned from his diocese changes are not radical and scarcely jus­ ered the alternative of a year’s leave of during the war in order to save the House tify the valuable hours of the convention absence?” Bishop Page of Spokane, who of Bishops the embarrassment caused by which have been devoted to them. had presented the recommendation, an­ his pacifist activities. His friends are say­ The Bishop of Georgia is the Chairman swered in the affirmative. Bishop Pad- ing that all of his activities during the of the Committee on Despatch of Busi­ dock, who has been severely criticized for war were thoroughly Christian; that his ness. His position is as unenviable as that the way he has administered his diocese, social views are exactly those expressed of a train dispatcher during the strike. many claiming that he has been lax in his by Bishop Lines in his convention ser­ Everyone has a notion, an idea, an amend­ interpretations of the canons and rubrics, mon, and that it is a blot on the Church ment and no one has any regard for the was then defended by several Bishops, to have such a man without a jurisdic­ clock. among them Bishop Johnson of Missouri, tion. An appeal in his behalf has been The matter of giving suffragan Bish­ Bishop Lloyd of New York, and Bishop mailed to every Bishop and Deputy, and ops a vote was lost on the second day, Nichols of California. The latter said copies have been posted about the city. by the failure to get a constitutional M a­ that Bishop Paddock was a much misun­ It contain a large piotur® iPshoji Jones jority. The resolution required 63 votes derstood man and urged that no possible with this ctptlip, “ Ah appeal t f t|e Chris­ and secured qnly 59. injustice be done a member-of the House tian Conscience of the Bishops, rather On Monday this vote was reconsidered of Bishops who had stood for the funda­ than their statesmanship. He resigned and secured 68 votes, but in the mean­ mental maxim of the Church, “ Beak Peril under pressure during war excitement. Is time the Deputies had voted it down by a to Follow ’God.” The discussion was re­ it not time that the Bishops do justice to large majority. At present writing a com­ newed in a later session and finally the this Godly yeung man?’* > mittee of conference from the House of

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The Letter From the in the of America. We be­ Telegraphic Reports From lieve that at this time there is special need House of Bishops and opportunity for a clear statement from the Convention the Christian Church of those principles Bishops was appointed to confer with a which find expression in the resolutions The first steps in a trial for heresy of similar committee from the House of Dep­ and encyclical of the Lambeth Conference Bishop William Montgomery Brown, the uties. of 1920. The social and economic ques­ retired B.shop of Arkansas, were taken The House of Bishops passed a resolu­ tion Is rooted in a moral question, and last week. The appeal came from the Dio­ tion of sympathy for the President of the the Church is bound both to proclaim the cese pf Arkansas, the charges being based United States in the sickness of Mrs. principles o f Christ and also to insist up­ on passages from Bishop Brown’s book, Harding and prayers were said for her on the duty of applying them in all de­ “ Communism and Christianism,’* where he recovery. partments of human life. We wish the is said to deny the Divinity of Christ. If A canon was submitted by the Bishop Church League of Industrial Democracy held, it will the first trial of a Bishop for of Western New York forbidding the mar­ every success in its efforts to assist the heresy in the history of the Church in riage of any divorced person. This will Church in fulfilling this great responsi­ America. ------be acted upon later in the season. bility/' One of the biggest social events of the The Diocese of South Carolina has been Convention was the reception at the Mult­ permitted to divide. The Summer Training School for nomah hotel given by the Diocese of Ore­ The resignation of Bishop Paddock was Workers, Sewanee, Tennessee gon to visiting Bishops, clerical and lay received and considered and finally ac­ The 12th Session of the Summer Train­ deputies and women delegates to the Aux­ cepted. Bishop Paddock is ill, but there ing School for Workers was held at Se­ iliary meetings. Between three and four is absolutely no foundation in the rumor wanee, Tennessee, August 9th to 22nd in­ thousand people attended. that he has ever been asked to resign by clusive. The attendance was the largest the House of Bishops, in the history of the school. There were A huge mass meeting was held last Sun­ The weather in Portland has been ideal; present 4 Bishops and 26 Clergy, and re­ day night to present the objects and the hospitality unbounded; and the ora­ presentatives from 22 Dioceses and 3 Mis­ ach eyements of the Nation-Wide Cam­ tory unlimited. Everybody is enjoying sionary Districts. paign. Bishop Reese of Georgia presided. the good things to eat, with which the The work done in the Departments of The speakers and their subjects were as markets of Oregon abound at this season. Religious Education, of Missions, and of follows: Judge Parker of Boston, “ The The fresh fish, vegetables and fruits are Social Service, was all that could be de­ Laity and the Campaign” ; Dr. George relished by all. sired. There was a particularly strong Craig Stewart, “ The Parish and the Cam­ The Auditorium is a l.ttle noisy but faculty in charge. The Deans of the De­ paign” ; and Bishop Wise, “ The Whole otherwise is the most satisfactory of meet­ partments were the Rev. Gardiner L. Church for the Whole Task.” The Audi­ ing places. Everybody is happy and good Tucker, D. D ., Dr. W. E. Sturgis, and the torium was jammed and many were turned feeling abounds on every hand. Rev. C. T. Street. away. The atmosphere is one of kindliness, Special lectures were given by Bishop earnestness and energy. The Church is Roots, of Hankow, China, Bishop Colmore Bishop Johnson of Los Angeles has in­ awake and resolved to do great things fqr of Porto Rico, Dr. Sturgis, of New York, troduced a resolution asking that permis- God. and Bishop Bratton of Mississippi. Dr. W. s on 'be given to use unfermented grape Woman's Auxiliary C. Sturgis and the Rev. Louis Tucker had juice instead of fermented wine in the Among the outstanding features of the charge of the noonday services. sacrament. Bishop Johnson in comment­ General Convention of the Episcopal It would be very hard to speak in other ing on his resolution which so far has not Church now being held in Portland, there than the highest terms of the work done been discussed, said, “ My reason for in­ stands out especially the corporate cele­ by the members of the faculty of the three troducing the resolution is that the use bration of the Holy Communion of the departments. of fermented wine awakens the appetite women of the Church, held at Trinity for intoxicating drink and now that the Work among young people, begun last country has prohibition I believe that the Church at 7 :30 a. m., Thursday, Septem­ year under the direction of the Rev. Gor­ ber 7th, when the United Thank Offering temptation to drink ought not to be en­ don Reese, was this year in charge of the couraged by the Church.” totaling $669,136 was presented. Over Rev. Aimison Jonnard, assisted by a num­ $200,000 more than at the last convention. ber of councillors. When the amount of this offering was The Rev. John M. Page, student rector announced at the mass meeting held the One cannot well imagine any group of at the University of Illinois, has asked same evening in the Auditorium, the sing­ young people who did better work, or who for an appropriation of $60,000 for the were happier. ing of the Doxology was indeed a most erection of a building to care for the reli­ real hymn of praise. The Rev. Mercer P. Logan, D.D., who gious needs of the students there. He The womanhood of the church is very organized the School 12 years ago, was on states that there are 309 students and 102 well represented in all its organizations, hand to make everything comfortable. This members of the faculty who have ex­ Over 3500 delegates and visitors have reg­ was his slogan. Every time the School pressed a preference for the church but istered. met, the question would be asked: “ Is that there is no place to extend hospital­ The whole note of the convention everybody happy?” and the answer al­ ity. The state universities of Kansas, Ok­ seems not to be reviewing what has'been ways came back, “ Yes, everybody happy!” lahoma and Iowa have made similar ap­ done in the past but to catch a real vision The railroads were especially courteous peals. of the mission of the Church and to deep­ in making rates and putting on extra en the sense of stewardship and service coaches from Cowan to Sewanee. On Wed­ The Church League for Industrial De­ in the advancement of his kingdom as nesday, the day of the opening of the mocracy is conducting an Open Forum at one common task. school, the train with its additional the Convention. Several well known labor coaches came up the mountain crowded to leaders have been among the speakers, as well as Bishops Williams of Michigan, the Seven English Bishops Send a Social its fullest capacity with people bound for Sewanee. President of the League, Parsons, Tucker, Message to General Convention Brewster, Sanford and Roots. The meet­ Through the Church League for Indus­ ings are attracting large crowds and are trial Democracy this message is sent to The number of Churches where the W it­ st rring up much interest. Convention by the following: The Bishops ness is put on sal* Sunday morning has of Manchester, Litchfield, Carlisle, St. Al­ doubled since August first. Add your The secular papers of Portland are giv-- bans, Winton, Peterborough and Truron. Church to the list. Out* proposition: A ing a great deal o f space to the Conven­ ‘‘We wish to takp advantage of your tion and are commenting very fayprably bundle each week at 2 % cents per copy, visit to "England to express our apprecia­ editorially upon the work being done. tion o f the work that is being done by the with the privilege o f deducting for unsold Write-ups on interesting Uhurchmen is Church League for Industrial Democracy copies. Try it for a few, months. One of the daily features.

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Invitations for the Convention in 1925 Dean Gateson Made Council last May, wh*en the Executive have been received from the following College Chaplain Board was asked to take definite steps to cities: , Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Provi­ The Very Rev. D. Wilmot Gateson, Dean this end. The movement received a great dence and New Orleans. of the Pro-Cathedral Church of the Na­ impetus from the latrge and successful tivity, Bethlehem, has been appointed mass meetings of laymen of the diocese Bishop Roots of China has presented Chaplain of by Presi­ held on (the evening immediately preced­ his resignation to the House of Bishops dent Richards. Students and parents ing the opening o f the councils of 1921 on account of a call to do Interchurch coming to the city are cordially invited and 1922. As a result of these two meet­ work in China. The House has as yet to call and make themselves known, either ings, the Council of 1922 was convinced taken no action. at office hours, 2 to 3 p. m. daily at 321 that the laymen in Southwestern Virginia Wyandotte St., or by appointment over are full of enthusiasm for the progress of Bishop Beckwith asked the Bishops to telephone, 2712. Rectors of students at the work of the Church in this diocese sustain him in the interpretation of a Lehigh are urged to send their names and and the Diocesan Laymen’s League was canon which resulted in an ecclesiastical addresses, and to urge their young par­ formed with a view to directing this en­ trial this summer. He was not sustained, ishioners to introduce themselves. thusiasm in the most useful and effective however, by the House of Bishops. channels. It is hoped that before the Fifteen Deaf Mutes Council of 1923 convenes, a branch of the Are Confirmed League will have been established in every The case of Bishop Jones is being widely parish in the diocese. discussed. Many feel that he should have On the eleventh Sunday after Trinity, Bishop Paddock’s place, but on the whole Bishop Coadjutor Ingley confirmed a class At the last meeting of the Executive the discussion is unfavorable to Bishop of fifteen adult deaf mutes at St. Mark’s Board of the diocese, Mr. W. D. Mount Jones, according to a telegram received Church, Denver. They had been prepared was formally appointed Diocesan Chair­ from M!r. Schaad. He feels that his case by the Rev. James H. Cloud, D. D., mis­ man of the Laymen’s League. Mr. Mount has been very badly handled by those most sionary to the deaf, who has been giving' was one of the leaders in the formation interested in helping him. the month of August to such work in of the Diocese of Southwestern Virginia, Colorado. and was Chairman of the Mass Meeting on Dr. Cloud, who is himself deaf but not May 15th last. He is Senior Warden of Attempts were made last week to block dumb, read the first part of the service St. John’s Church, Lynchburg. the discussion of Prayer Book Revision in the sign language, the candidates and but it failed in both Houses, so that the the many deaf mutes in the congregation subject has the right of way. making the responses in the same manner.. CURED HER He also repeated in this way those parts RHEUMATISM The House of Deputies on Monday had which the Bishop said in the usual man­ Knowing from terrible experience the suffer­ ratified changes in Morning and Evening ner. The Bishop had written the sermon, ing '»aused by rheumatism, Mrs. J. E. Hurst, Prayer services, and have finished the which was delivered in signs by Dr. Cloud. who lives at 608 E. Olive St., B. 843, Blooming­ ton, 111., is so thankful at having cured herself first passage of the Amended Revisions This sermon is to be printed in a maga­ that out of pure gratitude she is anxious to tell of Holy Baptism, Confirmation and Holy zine for the deaf. all other sufferers just how to get rid of their torture by a simple way at home. Matrimony. The fine spirit which has Eight deaf mutes, with their children, Mrs. Hurst has nothing to sell. Merely cut marked the Convention from the start, nineteen in all, had been baptized in St. out this notice and mail it to her with your own continues. naine and address, and she will gladlj send you Mark’s the Sunday before. this valuable information entirely free. Write her at once before you forget. Evening sessions for both Houses began Notes from the Diocese last Friday. At that time there were 272 of Colorado Free to Asthma and Hay resolutions pending in the House pf Dep­ The Rev. Walter H. Stowe has returned uties. to his parish in Willmar, Minn., after Fever Sufferers spending August with the Associate Mis­ Free Trial of Method That Anyone Can Use The Joint Sessions and Mass Meetings sion, Denver. Without Discomfort or Loss of Time. on Missions, Christian Education and So­ On the Sunday before Labor Day, the cial Service ended last week so that the Rev. Percy Dearmer’s “ Litany of Labor” We have a method for the control of Asth­ Convention settled down to hard work, was read in St. Andrew’s, Denver, by Mr. ma, and we want you to try it at our expense. the first of the week, with both day and J. W. Hudston. This is regular custom No matter whether your case is of long stand­ night sessions. in the parish. ing or recent development, whether it is pres­ On the Sunday before the opening of ent as Chronic Asthma or Hay Fever, you General Convention the Rocky Mountain should send for a free Trial of our method. A fund was presented to Bishop Rowe, No matter in what climate you live, no matter at a mass meeting held last Friday night. News (Denver) devoted almost two col­ what your age or occupation, if you are umns to an article by Bishop Johnson on troubled with Asthma or Hay Fever, our Resolutions denouncing ‘certain socie­ the work before the Convention, and its method should relieve you promptly. ties whose members are secret, disguised legislative customs. We especially want to send it to those ap­ parently hopeless cases, where all forms of and masked,” and deploring war between The current issue of the Diocesan pa­ per, “ The Church at Work in Colorado,” inhalers, douches, opium preparations, fumes, nations and between groups within a na- “patent smokes,” etc., have failed. We want tion, were presented to the House of Dep­ is devoted to Church Pageantry, and con­ to show everyone, at our expense, that our uties last Thursday by the Rev. John D. tains a paper on the subject by Mrs. Harry method is designed to end all difficult breath­ Wing o f Savannah. In presenting the E. Bellamy of Denver, author of the re­ ing, all wheezing, and all those terrible resolution he charged these organizations cent successful pageant, “ Darkness and paroxysms. with appealing to religious prejudices and Dawn.”, Mrs. Bellamy and Miss Dorothy This free offer is too important to neglect a racial antipathy. Weller of Denver, are going to Portland single day. Write now and begin the method in connection with the pageant— to be pro­ at once. Send no money. Simply mail coupon below. Do it Today—you even do not pay The House of Bishops has voted to duced at the General Convention. postage. omit the rubric in the burial office Diocésan Laymen’s League in which in effect provided that services FREE TRlAIi COUPON should not be said over the remains of Southewestern Virginia FRONTIER ASTHMA CO., Room 967-G. Niagara and Hudson Sts., Buffalo, N. Y. unbaptized or ex-communicated persons, While for some time past there have Send Free trial of your method to: or suicides. Bishop Lawrence charged been organizations of laymen in several that the rubric is medieval. of the parishes in the Diocese of South­ western Virginia, th© plan to consolidate Help The Witness by renewing your sub­ them into a diocesan federation began to scription during the summer months. take permanent form at the Diocesan

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w.akipg, o£ &ii made jt., Th.§n man ggt on de train and jes would have ü t t t t ß a a fh# Raid thfe GuiM £q;r its ^prporgte action hi» QWfl h§rth* .Ah pays to him» ‘Man, in making her apron» which she gave to Published every Saturday, $1.50 a year take dis heah other berth, aqrost de aisle. the Bazaar Committed. It am jes’ as good.’ But he warn’t a-goin’ The great day arrived. She attended THE WITNESS PUBLISHING CO. to gib in. ‘Ah done paid fo ’ dat here (Not Incorporated) the Bazaar and bought two aprons, not berth and ah am a-goin’ to hab it,’ he 6140 Cottage Grove Ave. her own. By chance her apron remained CHICAGO, IIX . says. Ah jes’ didn’t know what ter do. unsold, until the President of the Guild Den Ah happen to see youah boots peer­ persuaded Mr. B. to buy it as a surprise in’ out from below de curtain. Ah picks for his wife, and to save her the chagrin BOARD OF EDITORS up one of dem numbah fourteents an’ of having her apron unsold. He did so, says to dat man, ‘Man, de man what is a- Editor-in-Chief and she was duly pleased at his thought­ sleqpin’ in dat dere berth wears dat dere Rt. Rev. Irving P. Johnson fulness. Managing Editor boot.’ An’ dat drummer jes shet up and Rev. William B. Spofford Before she left the Bazaar, the Presi­ says it was all right and took de other London Editor dent of the Missionary Society approach­ berth.” Rev. A. Manby Lloyd ed her and said that they were making up Associate Editors a box, and would she make a contribu­ Rev. Julius A. Schaad tion. She would, one apron. She then One of the interesting families attend­ Rev. George Parkin Atwater went home and talked it over with her ing the convention is that of Rev. Dr. husband. They agreed that the Bazaar John C. McKim of the diocese o f Tohoku, Sintered as second class matter at the Post Japan. Bis wife and their five small chil­ Office at Chicago, 111., under the Act oi Congress was great fun, but that it was a flimsy of March 3. 1870. foundation for financial soundness.” dren— the youngest less than a year old— are here, having left Japan eight months ago on furlough, traveling across the Pa­ And some approve the Budget plan. cific and the continent to New York and Cheerful Confidences Under this system the vestry makes an back to the convention. They expect to estimate of its entire needs for a year. THE PARISH BUDGET sail for Japan from Seattle three days EVERYTHING. Then they set out to se­ after the close of the general convention. cure pledges enough to cover the needs. By Rev. George Parkin Atwater, D.D. After this is done they arrange three or There are several opinions in the Church four special offerings, by which generous Bishop Arthur Lloyd, suffragan of New as to the best method of raising money people may exceed their pledges, for spe­ York and formerly president of the old for the support of the parish, for Mis­ cial objects. It is a good system. board of missions, has his two sons-in-law sions, and for other efforts of the Diocese The backbone of all financial strength here, both of them clergymen and both and General Church. in a parish is the generous pledge, prompt­ delegates from their respective dioceses. Some approve the “ Minute Man” effort, ly pa:d, from each member of the parish. Rev. E. P. Dandridge, D. D., hails from by which the rector takes from one to ten southern Virginia, and Rev. Churchill minutes each Sunday to stage a cam­ Gibson from southwestern Virginia. paign, and to plead with tears in his voice Stories Being Repeated for the congregation to contribute. Con­ In Portland “ Bishop William T. Manning of New gregations are very patient. York tells it himself, so it must be true,” Others approve of a multitude of special says one o f the many devoted admirers Down in Texas the Rt. Rev. George envelopes and of a multiform pledge by of the metropolitan bishop. During the Herbert Kinsolving, D. D., Bishop of the which the individual divides his dollar war, Bishop Manning served as chaplain at Lone Star state, is popularly known as among many specific objects. This must Camp Upton. One night, coming in late, he “ Texas George.” Tall and muscular, he be puzzling to the uninformed who wonder was stopped by a guard. “ Halt! Who goes how far 12 cents will go to the support qualifies for the title, and many stories there?” challenged the soldier with fixed of our work in China. They forget that are told o f the respect in which he is held bayonet. “ Chaplain,” retorted the clergy­ thé Church has several million members. for his physical as well as his spiritual man. “ Advance, Charlie, and give the prowess. Others are forced to operate on the countersign,” said the unsuspecting movie- “ catch as catch can” plan-—and arrange His nickname was given him on one oc­ educated guard. a multitude of catch penny devices, by casion when he was mistaken for the late William F. Cody. “ Are you Buffalo Bill?” which at great economic loss, there is a Even before his choice as bishop coad­ asked a man at a railroad station of the trickle of funds into the treasury. jutor of Georgia, Bishop William B. Green Bishop as he descended from the train, was an intimate friend of the bishop Have you heard the story of the apron? dressed in khaki and his high hunting “ The Guild of St. ------Parish de­ boots. “ No, I’m ‘Texas George,’ ” the of Georgia, the Rt. Rev. Theodore Due cided to give a Bazaar. Mrs. B. was Bishop replied^ Bose Bratton, and was a frequent visitor at his house. He became especially friendly asked to contribute one apron. She agreed Along with many of the other incoming with one of the bishop’s grandsons, who to do so, and asked her busy husband to delegates, the Bishop exeprienced a little was visiting his grandfather at the time buy the material for her in town, giving difficulty about his Pullman reservation him a sample of the goods to match. of Bishop Green’s elevation to the on his way to the convention. When he episcopate. He failed to find the material after an boarded his train at Dallas the porter did hour’s search, and was so peeved that, Before the consecration there was a not know which berth to assign him to, great deal of talk about the house con­ when reaching his office, and finding a and asked him to wait until the train statement from the Treasurèr of- the cerning the forthcoming important event. reached the next station, when the last “ Mr.” Green was frequently mentioned. Church, he wrote at once reducing his through passengers would be taken on. pledge for the coming year. Then came the important day on which' But the bishop was tired and insisted on the title and rank of bishop were given When he reported to Mrs. B. she de­ retiring in one o f the vacant berths, leav­ cided to have the Guild make the apron him. ing the later passengers to take what re­ The family had gathered in the sitting for her. She would pay for it. As she mained. was a member of the Guild, she attended room after dinner on the day of the con­ A diminutive drummer appeared after secration. Young Bobby sat, as was his the next meeting, and made known her the train had made its last stop with wish. They agreed to make the apron. wont, on the lap of his dear friend, but a check fer the berth in which Bishop regarded him with particularly keen and At the same meeting they served tea at Kinsolving was peacefully snoring. Next; questioning look. The newly elevated 25 cents a cup, in order to make a little morning the Bishop learned of the con­ prelate was now addressed repeatedly as money to buy material for the aprons they troversy that had taken place between the “ bishop.” Bobby could stand it no would make for the Bazaar. Mrs. B. had drummer and the porter, longer. “ This isn’t any Bishop Green,” tea. T h e, President then assigned the “ Bishop, ;pou-kH nearly lost youah berth he said. “It is the same old Mr. Green. work, and to Mrs; B. was assigned the las’ night,” said the colored man. “ A little He deesn’t leek any different at all.”

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League Urges Interest In industrial cqufiiet-s principle uf CQ-operation in service for put % til* g^Ljjgijilj^ Q t ififip^ial the cenunon good in the place of unre­ Social Problems co-operation which opr Church has repeat­ stricted competition for private or section­ edly endorsed; but the Church in America The Church League for Industrial De­ al advantage. All Christian people ought has given her children no words of light, mocracy, of which Bishop Williams of to take an active part in bringing about no act of leadership. Surely this General Michigan is President, has presented the this change by which alone we can hope to Convention will meet with courage and following message to the General Conven­ remove class dissensions and resolve in­ tion: definiteness the call of Lambeth Confer­ dustrial discords.” (Resolution No.v 74, ence as voiced in these clear works and Lambeth Conference, 1920.) The Church League for Industrial De­ strong: mocracy would respectfully express to the Ways might be pointed out, free from “The Conference regards it as an out­ partisan, bias, in which the Christian prin­ members of the General Convention, its standing and pressing duty of the Church ciples of brotherhood could be made to deep desire that our Communion should to convince its members of the necessity increasingly offer the leadership toward apply in such matters. The state may in­ of nothing less than a fundamental change voke armed force for the preservation of a Christian interpretation of social duty in the spirit and working of our economic for which the world more and more looks peace; but those who follow Christ must life. This can only be effected by ac- surely discover and proclaim the practi­ to the Churches. Those who speak in the cepting as the basis of industrial relations name of Christ should help the members cal bearing of his ideal on such situa- of His Body to a deeper and braver un­ derstanding of the practical demands of Christian ethics in the sphere of Industry and politics. We recognize gratefully that in the cre­ Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky ation of a Department of Christian Social Service, with the same status as her other Born a Lithuanian Jew, he emigrated to America, became two departments, the Church has provid­ ed herself with an official organ through a Christian, rose to a Bishopric in China, and translated which the interests of social righteousness the Scriptures into Mandarin and Easy Wenli for the are to be recognized and promoted as vig­ American Bible Society. orously as those of Missions or Religious Educat.on. We pledge our loyal co-opera­ O remarkable and tion to this Department; and we are glad productive a life is to note its far-reaching plans, partially in S justly immortalized. operation, for- the training of the Chris­ tian conscience on social lines. Study Handicaps? He made throughout the Church of the class book them stepping stones to published by the Presiding Bishop and real greatness. H is Council should result in a large accession training at the General to the number of those actively engaged Theological Seminary was in social and civic work as a natural part perhaps a small part of of their Christian duty. the equipment he pos­ If the Department will but follow the sessed or acquired for his modern spirit of that book, we are confi­ wonderful career. dent that “ Christian Social Service” will Though offered important be construed in the broadest sense, as a positions in this country the Macedonian call from the millions term transcending philanthropic activities. With such activities the Church has al­ of China was one that he could not neglect. The answer he ways been honorably identified; but today made to that call is one of the brightest pages of Christian the demand rises for constructive and pre­ missions. ' . ventive work. In such work the Church All of his work was done for the American Bible Society. is weak. First, he translated the Book of Genesis in Mandarin in 1866. We need especially to define and adopt Then, as one of a committee, he participated in the translation a Christian attitude toward the problems of the Mandarin New Testament. He later alone translated which vex civilization; as we are encour­ the whole of the Old Testament in Mandarin at the expense aged in this thought by the comprehen­ of the American Bible Society. This was followed by the sive utterances of other groups (Metho­ dist. Roman Catholic, Federal Council) whole Bible in Easy Wenli and the first reference Bibles in and by the social utterances of the last either language. Unable to hold a pen because of his partially Lambeth Conference. We are glad to paralyzed fingers, he wrote the entire text of his Wenli Bible in the Roman letter on a typewriter, using only the middle have our Church co-operate with these finger of each hand. He called this his “ two-finger Bible.” other organizations and especially to give In 1921, with an appropriation of $80,000, the China Agency wide circulation to the declarations of of the American Bible Society reported a total distribution Lambeth. But we confess that we are not of 2,862,730 volumes. Though many of these Bibles, Testa­ Bishop Schereschew­ satisfied to have our Church surrender sky at work on his ments and Portions were in dialects or versions with which a leadership which she once enjoyed. We translations, and fac­ Bishop Schereschewsky was not directly concerned, yet this simile in Mandarin oi distribution was largely due to the influence of his life and have our own responsibility; it is no time John 111-16, the inspiration of his personality. for silence. And if our Church has no contribution to make to the development “Tke grandest conquests of the world’s mightiest heroes sink into littleness beside the W#rk which our faithful missionary had done when he made the Bible speak in of a Christian policy, she will not only lag Mtmpute and heralded out salvation over half a hemisphere.”—The Right Reverend behind others, but will signally fail to William Bacon Stevens, Bishop

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tions. ,It is not sufficient merely to assert the chance to make themselves felt in the in many quarters has become dim. W© in a general way that Love holds the clue ; great current of thought and lifd. This therefore call upon the Church to realize our business is to follow that clue into desire doubtless falls short of pur Chris­ that it is high time to awake, that the day the maze and midst of industr.al strife tian ideal in several important aspects, is at hand, and hope of the Ideal Commu­ till it leads to the City of God. but who will doubt that it is a. stirring of nity, the Kingdom of God, and to conse­ We can at least try to understand the the soul? And if it is spiritual, should crate herself anew to the high calling of nature of our problem. Eçonomie life in not the Church be the first to appreciate God in Christ Jesus our Lord. our modern world is organized on the it and gladly co-operate with it until it It is the earnest prayer of this League basis o f a struggle to control the natural grows into complete harmony with the that the Church through its appointed in­ resources of the earth for selfish advan­ ideals of Christ? strument, the Department of Chrisian So­ tage. In the bread-getting of humanity, In 1913, the General Convention de­ cial Service, may give us during the next which is the foundation of all its develop­ clared, “ We do hereby affirm that the three years more of the guidance for ment, there is an organized conflict. To ’ Church stands for the ideal of social jus­ which Christians and non-Christians alike the men and nations who can win in this tice and that it demands the achievement are eagerly waiting. That Spirit who struggle come wealth and power. But of a social order in which the social cause shall lead us into all truth will not fail this struggle means industrial war between of poverty and the gross human waste of us if we trust in Him. the classes and economic wars between the present order shall be eliminated.” the nations. Our Christian principles of The Church League for Industrial Democ­ the worth o f personality, the necessity of racy seeks a society in wihch no individual CROUP brotherhood, the obligation of service, or class of individuals shall have what is when applied to the basic economic con­ God’s free gift to all; except to the ex­ ditions, will remove this irreconcilable an­ tent that their own work produces that WHOOPING COUGH tagonism. When the economic life of wealth. This demands that some who now mankind is organized in co-operation in­ ROCHE'S^EMBROCATION possess this wealth shall give it- up, either Relieves promptly and safely Effective stead of conflict it will become a fellow­ voluntarily by the moving of their own in Bronchitis, Lumbago and Rheumatism. ship instead of a fight. Is not industrial consciences or by the action of the com­ W. EDWARDS & SON °r democracy the very foundation on which munity. The community has ever exer­ »London, England 9o.| i2 ekmanlt.N0Y. fellowship must rest in the world of in­ cised the right of eminent domain and dustry which is the largest field of human has taken from one for the benefit of all, relationship? Can the Church afford to as in the case of land for the railroads stand for anything less than this? If not, or public use; and as in time of war it has then the following example is respectfully Rheumatism forced individuals to give their very lives A Remarkable Home Treatment Given by presented for the thoughtful consideration for the common good. of the members of General Convention. One Who Had It There are those who insist that all cap­ In the year of 1893 I was attacked by Whereas, the meeting of the Synod of Muscular and Sub-Acute Rheumatism. I ital must be socially controlled. Their suffered as only those who are thus afflict­ the Province of the Pacific held at Salt method of accomplishment of this end may ed know for over three years. I tried Lake City referred to the Provincial Com­ remedy after remedy, but such relief as I be impracticable and may result in dwarf­ ofbtained was only temporary. Finally, I mission on Social Service the . question as ing individual growth, and devitalizing the found a treatment that cured me complete­ to whether the Church League of Indus­ ly and such a pitiful condition has never community, which has no life except in returned. I have given it to a number trial Democracy expresses the mind of the individual lives. But the principle is who were terribly afflicted, even bedrid­ Church in this Province; N and whereas, den, some of them seventy to eighty years sound and is in harmony with the ideal old, and the results were the same as in several Bishops, many priests and many of the early Christians. The Church of my own case. lay people within the Province have en­ I want every sufferer from any form of Christ in Jerusalem started “ having all muscular and Sub-acute (swelling at the dorsed the Church League for Industrial things in common.” True, this policy on joints) rheumatism, to try the great value Democracy, indicating their feeling that it of my improved “Home Treatment” for its the part of the early Church was volun­ remarkable healing power. Don’t send a does express ideally the mind of the tary, not enforced from without; may it cent; simply mail your name and address, Church on this subject, therefore be it and I will send it free to try. After yon not be the task of the Church today to have used it. and it has proven itself to be RESOLVED: That this Conference re­ raise the community to the spiritual level that long-looked for means of getting rid quest each. Social Service Commission of such forms of rheumatism,- you may where such policy may be that common send the price of it, One Dollar, but un­ within the Southern Section to study care­ choice? That is still the ideal situation derstand I do not want your money un­ fully the principles of the Church League less you are perfectly satisfied to send it. for the wealth of the world if we could Isn’t that fair? Why suffer any longer, for Industrial Democracy and to report have a higher average of intelligence ana when relief is thus "offered you free. Don’t their findings back to the Provincial Com­ character in humanity so that individual delay. Write today. mission on Social Service of the Southern Mark H. Jackson, 532J, Durston Bldg., powers could be effectively developed. The Syracuse, N. Y. Section: community now recovers for future gen­ Mr. Jackson is responsible. Above state­ ment true. In the Christian and democratic ideal erations by means of the inheritance tax of industrialism each factor will continue capital produced by individual ability. to have its own separate natural function, Our patent laws limit the period during I WILL TEACH YOU but no arbitrary decision affecting the which the inventor is to profit after which general welfare will be made, either by the the patent benefits the public. In Eng­ THE BIBLE directors, the executives, or the workmen. land on the eve of the world war the land My complete course The autocratic policy of some of our in­ values tax which will tend to restore to of Bible study by mail dustrial corporations is diametrically op­ the community the property, of the com­ consists of 4 books with posed to both our Christian and our Amer­ full instructions, examinations, etc., munity had entered the field of practical with a certificate upon completion of ican ideals. politics. We have reached the point where course. This study will teach you fully to understand the Di­ In opposing the autocratic method of the right of private property must be vine thoughts of the Bible modem industrialism the workers are subordinated to the right of life. Our task nnd will unfold its Spiritual meaning. It is fully en­ moved by a new interest in spiritual life, as Churchmen is to give ourselves to the dorsed by ministers, is whether they are conscious of it or not. principles of Christianity. The social adapted to Ministers, Sunday School Officers, Men everywhere are coming to see the principles of our Master is clear and true teachers, Parents and importance of the ideal factors in life. and we must seek to apply them to this Bible students gener­ ally. My course is so No greater harm is done by some Church­ complex modern civilization. God gave interesting that it men than by their failure to see in the the earth to all His children of the pres­ becomes a pleasure labor movement nothing but a grasping to study. White me for my books and stgrt now, ent and future generations,. But so many I will gl.adly send you endorsements of m,y sys­ after money. It is not money as such of us, intrenched in our economic privi­ tem by leading ministers, students, etc., upon that the workers want, but intangible re­ request. leges or concerned with our selfish ad­ BIBLE STUDENTS’ LEAGUE alities sueh as freedom, power, brother­ vantage, are content with- things as they Dept. 5 Claremont, Cal. hood, the opportunity for self-expression, are. The vision of a better social order

Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. THE WITNESS 7 CHURCH SERVICES An Important Housing CHURCH SCHOOLS Campaign CHICAGO Mr. Haley Fiske, leader among Church­ BERKELEY DIVINITY ST. CHRYSOSTOM’S CHURCH. men, and president of the Metropolitan 1424 North Dearborn Street Life Insurance Co., of New York City, be­ SCHOOL Middletown, Connecticut The Rev. Norman Hutton, S. T. D., gan, by turning over the first spadeful of Rector. earth, the $5,000,000 home building cam­ Address: Sunday Services: 8 and 11 a. m.; 4:S0 Re*. WILLIAM PALMER LADD, Dean p m paign inaugurated by his company. One of the points of interest was brought out in the address of the little IHBIiaMBnailBIIBIIBIiaiiailBliailBliaiiailBlllllBliaiiaiiaiiauailBliaiiaillliaillnlii girl who handed Mr. Fiske the spade. She | Western Theological Seminary * N EW YORK said: CHURCH OF THE HOLY COMMUNION « No fees, but such requirements as are • necessary for strong class-work, a Sixth Avenue at 20th Street “ The children of New York want me to thank you ever so much for these beau­ b peaceable dormitory and a full chanel. “ Always open and free to all. tiful homes. Now we needn’t be shut up s Address » Sunday Services, 8, 9:30, 11, 12, 4 and 8. | REV. WM. C. DEWITT, Dean. “ Week-day Services, 7:30, 12:30 and 4. any more in the dark old tenements where = 2720 Washington Blvd., Chicago we haven’t any place to play; but we will come here to live in sunshine and see the wonderful garden and the flowers all day. CLEVELAND, OHIO We hope that every little child in New TRINITY CATHEDRAE York may have a home as fine as these.” The Protestant Episcopal Theo­ The Very Rev. Francis S. White, D. D„ Mr. Fiske, in speaking of the object logical Seminary in Virginia Dean. of the campaign, said: For catalogue and other information Sunday Services, 8:00, 11:00 and 4:00. “ We are about to try the experiment address the Dean, Daily Services, 8:00, 11:00 and 4:00. of furnishing homes that will rent for the REV. BERRYMAN GREEN. D. D.. sum of $9 a room. These will be homes Theological Seminary, for the workers. We did not take up this Alexandria, Va. work of our own accord, but were brought NORFOLK, VIRGINIA CHRIST CHURCH. into it through legislation. We are en­ The Rev. Francis C. Steinmetz, S. T. D., deavoring to keep the trust imposed upon Rector. us. We have the plans and we expect to NASHOTAH HOUSE Sunday Services, 7:30 and 11:00 a. m.. 4:30 p. m. spend $5,000,000 in the effort. Our suc­ Wednesday and Saints’ Days, Holy cess will depend upon the assistance we THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY CommuriioD, 11:00 a. m. get from the building material men. La­ bor leaders are here today to assure us Founded 1842 of their co-operation. Our company is For Catalogue, Address now negotiating with the material men.” THE WOLCOTT SCHOOL State Senator Charles Lockwood ex­ THE DEAN Nashotah, Wis. Boarding and Day School for Girls plained the work accomplished by this DENVER, COLORADO committee to relieve the housing short­ College Preparatory and General age. John Gill o f the Bricklayers’ Un­ Courses ion, representing labor, said: ST. STEPHEN’S COLLEGE Affiliated with the Wolcott Con­ “ The workingmen will do their part in The only Eastern college officially con­ servatory of Music this undertaking. Labor will speak in the trolled by the Episcopal Church and en­ CIRCULAR UPON APPLICATION dorsed by the Synod of any Eastern Prov­ only language in which it can speak, and ince. Its degree of B. A. Is recognized by all universities in this country and abroad. that is ‘deliver the goods.’ If the labor Tuition, board and room, $500.00. unions are given even half a chance, they Post-office: Annandale-on-Hudson, N. Y. ST. KATHARINE’S SCHOOE ' (Station: Barrytown on the New York Davenport, Iowa make good. They have never been called Central Railroad). Under the care of the Sisters of St. Mary. upon in vain in a crisis. They have been “On the Hudson River Facing the A thorough preparatory school for a lim­ called upon to help solve the housing Catskills.” ited number of girls. Write to the President, the Rev. Bernard School recommended by Eastern Col­ shortage, and they will do their part.” Iddings Bell. iges. Beautiful grounds. Outdoor sports Church for Colored and riding. Address THE SISTER SUPERIOR Work has begun on the foundation of the new church for St. Cyprian’s Mission (colored) of Boston. For a number of HOBART COLLEGE years this congregation has been using va­ (FOS MEN) ST. FAITH’S SCHOOL rious halls, and lately has been having its SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. services at the Church of the Ascension. WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGE Provincial School of the Synod of New York and With the aid of the Bishop and Council (FOR WOMEN! New Jersey. a generous sum has come in hand so that, A Church school for girls which emphasizes Geneva, N. Y. vocation” and seeks to develop efficient Chris­ with what the congregation can raise, a tian womanhood. Elementary and secondary new church building is assured them. The 101st Year Opens Sept. 19, 1922. courses. College Preparatory, Household Arts new building will be on Tremont and Wal­ Hobart offers a large number of scholarsmpt Business Training, Music. to students preparing for Holy Orders Invigorating climate. Out-door sports and sys­ pole streets. The Rev. LeRoy Ferguson tematic physical education. Moderate rates is priest in charge. RT. REV. CHARLES H. BRENT. D.D.. LL.U. Send for catalogue and list of patrons. Chancellor. REV. H. C. PLUM, Rector. REV. MURRAY BARTLETT. D.D , President MOST ALARMING For information address the President August shows another decrease in re­ SAINT MARY’S SCHOOL ceipts on account of the Nation-Wide Campaign. The decrease for the month HOWE SCHOOL KNOXVILLE, ILLINOIS of August is $53,030 as compared with A Superior and Thorough College Preparatory and two years of advanced the month of August, 1921. This brings CHURCH SCHOOL FOR BOYS work. Music; Expression; Domestic Science; the decrease in receipts o f the last eight Careful Selection—Limited Enrollment Athletics. A separate school (St. Margaret’s) mhnths to $192,937.42 below the corre­ A separate school with individual sponding period last fear. The decrease for younger girls. For catalogue address, the attention for little boys. Rector. of September 1st 1921, was only $2,- Rev. Charles Herbert Young, M. A. Rector 300.86. Another loan of $190,000 has ADDRESS BOX W, HOWE, IND. been negotiated. Copyright 2020. 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— and then Emma Broach told me about her “Magic Purse Filler”— an ideal way to earn extra money each week without having to step out of the house.

OW we were going to manage was worrying I NO LONGER HAVE TO DO WITHOUT me almost sick. I hadn’t had anything new Before long I had all the 'back bills paid up H for so long that I was getting ashamed to and enough money to blossom out in new clothes, go anywhere. And I wanted things for the house Also for the first time in my life I now have a —new curtains and a long list o f other items. little money in the bank-—all my own. And the Bveret’s teeth needed attention. So did mine. amount is steadily growing larger each month. And there were some bills six months overdue. It’s really surprising what a difference a little But where was the money to come from ? extra money can make. More than once I have We were paying for a home. That and the butcher’s and grocer’s bills and other necessary earned enough in a single week to pay for a nice expenses took every cent almost as fast as Everet new dress. The biggest check I ever received in could earn it. No matter how we skimped and all my life came one week when Everet helped squeezed and went without, there was never any* me every evening. Everet said last night maybe thing left over. we would be better off if he were to quit his job I COULDN’T NEGLECT MY HOME as a painter and give all his time to knitting “If I could only earn some extra money!” I hose—and at that perhaps there’s more truth in kept thinking. But it seemed like wishing for the his remark than he realized. pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. MRS. HELENE H1MBERG, Nearly every day I had my work all done by one or two o’clock or a little after. Often I was 261 Wyckoff St., Brooklyn, N. Y. all through by ten or eleven in the morning. It seemed a shame to let all that spare time go to waste when I needed money so badly. NOTE'—The above is an actual experience. It But what could I do? I couldn’t neglect the housework—so a place in was related by Mrs. Himberg to one of our rep­ a store or office requiring regular hours was out resentatives, and is printed practically in her of the question. Except for plain mending, 1 own words. Mrs. Himberg’s signed statement couldn’t sew. I knew I was not cut out for sell­ as to the facts is on file in our office. ing-—and I was too sensitive about what the neighbors would say to try anything so public. Rack my brain as I would, there seemed nothing IT’S HELPING HUNDREDS OF OTHERS else left. All over America, the Home Profit Knitter is EMMA HAD A LOT OF NEW THINGS helping girls and women (and men, too) turn One afternoon last spring when I was feeling their spare time into money—helping people get out of debt—helping them pay for homes—-help­ blue and discouraged, Emma Broach came over. EMMIA TELLS THE WAY We had been friends since our school days. But ing them dress better—helping them buy new we now lived so far apart that it was often a “ But who pays you?” I asked, “ and how did furniture and pianos and phonographs—helping long time between visits. you get started?” _ ’ „ them provide for trips and vacations and other 'Of course I was glad to see her. But I must ‘ ‘There is a concern in Rochester, New York, pleasures—helping them to lay up money to send confess that in a way she made me feel more blue Emma answered, ‘that wants all the home-knit their boys and girls to college—helping them and discouraged than ever. From head to heels hose it can get—to supply to stores. You know build bank accounts—helping them buy cars— everything she had on was new—she looked as if how nearly everybody thinks genuine home-knit helping them get more comfort, more enjoyment she had just stepped out of a fashion plate. I goods are so much better than the factory kind- and more self-respect out of life. couldn’t help envying her. It’s the Home Profit Hosiery Company. You get the knitter from them. They show you how to . Knitting socks on the Home Profit Knitter is When she mentioned a little trip she had taken use it—how to knit hose, sweaters and many easy, rapid, profitable and pleasant. You can the week before, and some new furniture she had other articles. They also furnish free yarn—-it also knit sweaters, golf stockings, ladies’ stock­ just ordered for- her living-room, my envy doesn’t cost you a penny. You do the knitting ings or children’s stockings, and many other doubled. I knew her husband didn’t make any entirely at your own convenience—sit down at articles. All you have to do is to follow the more than Everet. I wondered how she did it. the machine just whenever you feel like it. Then, simple instructions. You can send all your work Finally I blurted right out and asked her. as fast as you finish a dozen or more pairs, yon to the Home Profit Hosiery Company and get send them to the Home Profit Hosiery Company good pay for it—all on a guaranteed basis—or I WAS ALL EARS you can buy your yarn ‘‘Really Helene,” she answered, “ I have bought and they send you a check. It’s the easiest way to earn extra money I have ever heard of.” and sell the finished so many things in the last few months that I work direct to friends know people must think some rich relative has If Emma could do it. why couldn’t I? She had and neighbors and lo­ left us all his money. But it’s even better than a booklet with her that told all about the plan. I cal stores just as you that. I call it my ‘Magic Purse Filler.’ eagerly read every word of it, and then immedi­ choose. Either wj a y “ Helene,” she went on, “ I’ve found the ideal ately sent for a machine. you can earn extra way to earn money at home—in spare time. It’s With the machine came a book of instructions money every week the so easy and interesting that it doesn’t seem like that made everything simple and clear. After a year round — the work at all.” little practice—simply following directions care­ amount depending on I was all ears—maybe Emma’s “Magic Purse fully-—I quickly got the knack of it and have how much time you Filler” would solve my troubles, too. been doing fine ever since.' give to the work. “You know horw popular wool hose have be­ If your regular in­ come,” she continued, “ Even in summer—for MY FIRST CHECK come is not enough— golf, tennis and other sports. And in winter The first week—just sitting down at the ma­ if there are things you everybody wants them. That’s the secret of all chine whenever I had nothing else to do—I knit want or n e e d—why my new things—I earn them by knitting hose.” four dozen pairs. A few days later I received m j not at least write to “Oh, no!” Emma explained, in answer to my first check—and how happy and pr«ud I was. the Home Profit H o­ question. “ Not by hand. I knit them on a won­ Since then the postman has brought me doze»s siery Company and derful little hand knitting machine—my ‘Magic of such checks—many of them for much larger get full information ? Purse Filler.’ I can knit a pair in so short a amounts; but none has ever given me such a Through their simple time. And I get fine pay for every pair I make.” thrill as that first one did—for it meant that at and guaranteed plan last I had found the way to keep by pocketbook you can easily bring filled instead of empty—a way to end all the old an end to yotir wor­ COUPON skimping and worrying and doing without. ries about money— Operating the Home Profit Knitter looked So and without having to easy that Everet—-who at first sort of pooh- step out of the house. Home Profit Hosiery Co., Inc. poohed the whole idea-~got interested and tried Use this coupon. Do DEPT. CK-9, 812 Hudson At«., his hand. Now, many an evening he fills his pipe it right away—it may ROCHESTER, N. Y. and sits down at the Knitter and knits two or make a difference of Send me full information about making money three or a half dozen pairs of hose before going THE MASTER hundreds of dollars a at home in my spare time with th e " HOME to bed—says he would rather do it than read. KNITTER year to you; PROFIT KNITTER. I am enclosing 2 cents postage to cover cost of mailing, and I under­ stand that I am not obligated in any way. NAME ...... STREET ...... Home Profit Hosiery Co. CITY ...... g k *b S f j m t . . V ...... :...... Write Name and Address Plainly $72 Hudson Avenue - Rochester, N. Y.

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