i3d IS istî s S2S The Witness t n# A9y Vol. V. No. 39. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, MAY 21, 1921 $1.50 A YEAR Bishop Williams Stirs Clergy at Dr. W. T. Manning Consecrated Annual Convention - Bishop of New York

The Church Must Stand for Justice Regardless Beautiful and Dignified Service Attended by of Consequences to Herself Dignitaries of the Church

Bishop Williams of Michigan delivered The Consecration of Dr. Manning as a stirring address before the 88th con­ Bishop of New York was attended by an vention which met in Ann Arbor May New York Elects Suffragans extraordinary amount of dignity and 11th and 12th. He warned against the beauty. It is the first time in many a danger of materialism as a result of the year since a man was actually consecrated Nation-Wide Campaign, and then launch­ Bishop Arthur S. Lloyd, rector of Bishop, for hither to, since a time beyond ed into a summary of current events St. Barthalomew’s Church at White the memory of most men, there was which bear directly on the Churches: Plains, has been elected as one of the always an assistant to succeed. Although He said in part: suffragan bishops of the Protestant it is said that six of New York’s ten “The Church must have a message to Episcopal Diocese of New York, asked bishops had been rector of Trinity, Dr. deliver as well as a service to render. for by Bishop William Thomas Man­ Manning is the first since the Civil War. And you and I, my brethren, must de­ ning, when he was consecrated head So everything tended to make his conse­ liver that message and prepare ourselves cration a great civic as well as religious diligently and prayerfully for that deliv­ of the diocese Wednesday. The Rev. Dr. Herbert Shipman, rector of the function. The program in itself indi­ ery. We must consecrate to the office cates its distinguished character. of preaching our best gifts kept at their Church of the Heavenly Rest, New York, was elected as second suffragan. Consecrators— The Right Rev. Daniel best. We must be men of devotion and Sylvester Tuttle, D.D., LL.D., D.C.L., pre­ hard work in the prayer closet and the siding Bishop; the Right Rev. Boyd Vin­ study if we are to be men of power in cent, D.D.., L.L.D.,. Bishpp .¥of ..Southern the pulpit. And that suggests my Second Rofiian Catholic Hierarchy, of various Ohio; the Right Rev. William Lawrence, counsel. Congregational Associations, the Social D.D., LL.D., Bishop of Massachusetts. We must not only have a message, but Creed of the Churches, promulgated by a message for the day, the day in which the Federal Council and since adopted by Presenting Bishops—The Right Rev. we live and in which the Lord has laid the National Y. M. C. A. in its conven­ Arthur Crawshay Alliston Hall, D.D., ,His 'burden upon us. And never was tion in Detroit, the report of the Com­ LL.D., Bishop of Vermont; the Right Rev. there a day in which it required more mission on Christianity and Industrial Philip Mercer Rhinelander, D.D., LL.D., wisdom to discover the message or more Relations appointed by the Archbishops of D.C.L., Bishop of Pennsylvania. courage to deliver it. Canterbury and York, the Reports of the P re a c h e r — The Right Rev. Thomas It is a day of disillusionment, when committees of the Lambeth Conference Frank Gailor, D.D., Bishop of Tennessee men, bitter with disappointment in the on Christianity and Industrial Relations and President of the Council. failure of high visions hitherto cherished, and Christianity and International Rela­ Attending Presbyters—The Rev. Wil­ turn in wrath upon all new seers and tions and the resolutions of the confer­ liam Whaley, Bellinger, D.D., L.H.D., phophets and sometimes stone and cruci­ ences thereon, etc., etc. Out of such de- D.C.L., Vicar of St. Agnes’ Chapel, Trin­ fy them. It is a day of hysteria and clai’gtions the lines of the Church’s mes­ ity Parish, New York; the Rev. Milo Hud­ panic fear. Nerves are on edge every­ sage, for the limes are emerging. There son Gates, D.D., Vicar of the Chapel of where. Men normally cool, sane and bal­ is the message for the prevailing social the Intercession Trinity Parish, New anced in judgment are seeing red and., are discontent and industrial unrest. York. afraid of their very shadows. In none of these utterances does the R e g istra r— The Rev. George Francis The foundations of the world order are Church take sides with any particular Nelson, D.D., Secretary of the House of out of course and the structures of civili­ “isms,” “capitalism,” “socialism,” or least Bishops and Honorary Canon of the Ca­ zation are tottering and reeling. Many of all of course with syndicalism or Bol- thedral. with common consent look to the-Church hevism which find only universal abhor­ of Jesus Christ as the only stable insti­ rence for its outrages. In none of them Master of Ceremonies— The Rev. E. tution in the midst of this shifting cfiaos, are specific social, economic or industrial Briggs Nash, B.D., Canon Sacrist of the and to the religion and gospel of Jesus nostrums advocated. They contain only Cathedral. Chrit as offering the only effective and for the most part sane, well-balanced, L itan y — The Right Rev. Arthur Selden final solvent of our crucial problems. And carefully thought out statements of plain Lloyd, D.D., Rector of St. Bartholomew’s yet they are often afraid of what the simple Christian principles in their bear­ Church, White Plains, New York. gospel and religion may have to say and ing on the present situation. Readers , of Testimonials resent the message when uttered. They assert, as for instance, does the I. The Certificate of Election—The The Church is groping for her message. resolution of the Lambeth Conference, the Rev. Charles Lewis Slattery, D.D., Rector Prophetic voices, hitherto solitary, have fundamental, and essential right and duty of Grace Church, New York. been gathered into chorsues of official of the Church and her ministry to speak II. The Canonical Testimonial—Mr. and semi-official utterances. A literature boldly and plainly on all moral 'issues, George Zabriskie, Chancellor of the Dio­ of such utterances is accumulating. Bare­ all issues of righteousness and justice in­ cese of New York. ly to name those uterances would make volved in any question economic, indus­ III. The Certificate of Ordinations— quite a lengthy list—for example: trial and social. The Right Rev. Alfred Harding, D.D, The platform of the Canadian Wesleyan They declare in most instances that LL.D., Bishop of Washington. and the Canadian Presbyterian Assembly, so long as the state of warfare neces­ IV. The Consents of the Standing Com­ the declaration of the Methodist Episcopal sarily involved in our present industrial m ittees— The Rev. Ernest Milmore Stires, Bishops, of'the Catholic Welfare Commis­ system continues both sides in the conflict D.D., L.H.D., President of the Standing sion, and the War Commission of the (Continued on page 5) Committee of the Diocese of New York. Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. 1 T H E WITNESS GENERAL NEWS OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH Dr. Drury Declines there has developed some organized effort consists of conventionalized foliage of the Rectorship of Trinity Church to secure Church publicity, but for lack of lilies. The simplicity both of design and The Rev. Samuel S. Drury declined the any general understanding conditions are treatment produces an effect of remark­ rectorship of Trinity Church, New York, more or less chaotic. It is believed that a able beauty. The north aisle gate is given and will remain as Rector of St. Paul’s favorable time has arrived for making a by Mr. and Mrs. P. A. MacDonald in School, Concord, N. H. It is understood common effort to solve the problems in­ memory of their daughter and grandson that Dr. Manning will retain Trinity’s volved and to reach some agreement as to Mrs. Elsie MacDonald Hammond and rectorship, until the fall, although many principles and methods. It is felt also that Harry Wm. Hammond, Jr, The south hope for the early election of Dr. Milo only by conferences of this sort can the gate is given by Mrs. J. G. Hamblin and H. Gates, the most popular of Trinity’s dioceses and general headquarters discover her two sons in memory of Joseph G. vicars. The declination of Dr. Drury has how to be mutually helpful. Hamblin and Louis W. Hamblin. had a curious public effect. People were The conferences will be informal. There as astonished at it as if a man had de­ will be no fixed program of addresses and Boys Attend Diocesan clined to be Archbishop of Canterbury or papers, but a round table discussion of C onvention President of the United States. With that such subjects as Church advertising, local The- choir boys and troop 8 of the goes a sense of uplift that in a great and general; local and general news bu­ Boy Scouts left Pittsburgh, Kansas, at instance it is proved that the clergy do reaus; diocesan publicity, through diocesan 5 o’clock Thursday evening, May 5th, for not run after high positions or large sal­ papers and otherwise; parochial publicity, Topeka, to attend the opening of the aries, and that they do have a sense of through parish papers and otherwise; how Diocesan convention at Grace Cathedral. loyalty to what are ordinarily called lesser to reach the indifferent within the Church After a short address and prayer the boys places. Teachers who have their profes­ and the unconverted without the Church; left in the care of Rev. J. P. DeWolf and sion are also rejoicing that one of their distribution and circulation; and relations Scout Master Cornelius. The men of the chief members is able to resist a glittering between the diocese and general head­ Parish furnished six cars to convey the temptation to leave their ranks in these quarters. boys to Topeka. Accommodations was. days when so many have done so for It is possible that out of these confer­ provided at the Elks Hall, Chanute, where reasons of money and place. ences may come the formation of national the party spent Thursday night and the commissions to study and report upon some journey to Topeka was resumed on Fri­ / Laymen of Altoona Archdeaconry of the more important general problems. day. The boys will return to Pittsburgh Hold Banquet J after Sunday services. The laymen of the parishes in the Church at Work Altoona, Pennsylvania, Archdeaconry, held to Omit Issues A Strong Alabama a banquet in the Wilson Memorial Parish The Department of Publicity has an­ P arish House, Tyrone, Pa. It was an affair run nounced a change of plans in regard to One of the strongest parishes in the exclusively by laymen. The toastmaster The Church at Work. It has been decided Diocese of Alabama is St. John’s at Mont­ was Mayor Richard Beaston, of Tyrone. to omit the May number; the June number gomery. Its church building which is one He introduced the speaker of the evening, will appear as previously announced. In of the most beautiful, is also one of Thomas H. Hammond, Esq., of Williams­ the fall only two numbers will be issued, most historic in the South, for when the port, Pa., who in an eloquent and able ad­ instead of three as originally planned. capital of the Southern Confederacy was dress spoke of the relation of the layman located at Montgomery President Jeffer­ to the Church. He urged that our daily Dr. Pott Honored by son Davis and many high Confederate of­ life be co-ordinated with our religious pro­ Chinese Government ficials worshipped there. fession. He also pointed out very convinc­ By a presidential mandate dated Febru­ For the past two and a half years the ingly the need of the Church for conse­ ary 3, 1921, the Government of China con­ Rev. Richard Wilkinson, D.D., has been crated laymen, as well as the laymen’s need ferred upon the Rev. F. L. Hawks Pott, rector of St. John’s. Dr. Wilkinson is of the Church. D.D., President of the St. John’s Univer­ not only an eloquent divine and faithful The meeting decided to organize a per­ sity, the Third Class Chai-ho Decoration minister, but he is a man of great energy' manent laymen’s organization for the for valuable service rendered to the Chi­ and as an organizer he has few equals. whole Archdeaconry, and a committee has nese Nation. The alumni of St. John’s are He is distinctly a leader, and during the been appointed for the purpose. jubilant- at this honor bestowed upon the rectorate St. John’s has taken on new president of the institution of which they life. Publicity Conferences are all so proud. The Honorable H. C. Three hundred and thirty-six names to B e H eld Suez, the Chinese Consul in New York, have been added to the church roll during Announcement is made by the Publicity himself a graduate of St. John’s and a his term, ninety-nine being by confirma­ Department of the Presiding Bishop and Churchman, has interpreted the meaning tion, and the church now has over 800 Council that three publicity conferences of the decoration as follows: communicants. The old Sunday School are to be called. One will be held in New “I would say the Chai-ho Decoration is building has been completely remodeled York on June 21st and 22nd; one in St. the civil decoration conferred by the Chi­ and added to at a cost of several thou— Louis on June 28th and 29th; and one in nese Government to those who have given sand dollars and is now a handsome and San Francisco in the early fall, at a date excellent service to the nation.. It means commodious Parish House of which the to be announced later. the Excellent Grain, the Chinese Republi­ Church is very proud. The church build­ Each diocese and missionary district will can national symbol of prosperity.” ing has been greatly improved by the be asked to send its publicity director or installation of a new heating plant and some other official representative to one Beautiful Memorials for by the re-decoration of the interior. Sev­ of these conferences. The attendance will Detroit Cathedral eral handsome and useful memorials have not be confined to these official represen­ On Sunday morning, May 8, at the morn­ also been presented to the church. tatives. All who are definitely interested ing service at St. Paul’s Cathedral, De­ The growth of the Church School has in Church publicity will be made welcome. troit, the Very Rev. W. L, Rogers, Dean been most gratifying, the attendance hav­ It is hoped that every diocese and mission­ of the Cathedral, dedicated what are prob­ ing increased over three hundred per ary district will be represented at some one ably two of the finest specimens of cent. The school is still growing and the of these conferences, and that these con­ wrought-iron gates which can be found young people of St. John’s are faithful ferences will be the means of establishing anywhere in the middle west. and devoted in the performance of their a closer relationship between every part The gates were designed by Ralph church duties. of the field and headquarters. Adams Cram and were executed by the Under Dr. Wilkinson’s leadership the The main purpose of holding the confer­ Grecian iron-workers of Cambridge. They entire membership of the Parish has been ences is to afford an opportunity for the were particularly constructed for the formed into a Group Organization. There discussion of the practical problems of Chancel Aisles. The body of each gate are twelve groups, each with its own offi­ publicity which the publicity men in the is made up of repetitions of the quatre- cers and territory, and each responsible field are facing. In most of the dioceses foil of the four evangelists and the crown for the work assigned them. In this way

Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. THE WITNESS 3 every member of the Parish has some more intimate brotherly approach of the about 75,000, among which are scattered duty to perform and is thus brought into Eastern Orthodox Church to the Angeli­ some 500 baptized persons. Ninety per active touch with tlfe church and related cas Since the Reformation, the pallium cent of them live in the three centers > to its work in performing duties he or she has not been in use in the English Church where we have churches—Chanute, Iola is best fitted for. A Good Fellowship because it had previously been conferred and Yates Center, while the rest are scat­ Club has also been organized among the as a badge of office by the Pope. Those tered in the smaller towns and out in the men of the parish. The club meets twice who brought the omophorion to Bishop rural district. The real work is to minis­ a month in the Parish -House and is large­ Manning were the Rt. Rev. Archimandrate ter to these scattered people and to find ly attended by the men of the parish and Patrick, the Abbot Ina, and Canon Ste­ and reclaim the others that we know are their friends. Another club has been or­ phan. The simple ceremony of presenta­ there from a law of percentage—because ganized for the young people of the pa­ tion was in the presence of Bishop Tuttle, almost daily we are getting some clue to a rish and an interesting social session is Dean Robbins, Canons Jones and Nash long lost Churchman. held semi-monthly; and other Diocesan clergy: The church has been placed on a solid To visit this work, recently the Bishop financial basis and is fast approaching a Churches Commence spent a part of four days. The first place realization of the slogan adopted: “Every B uilding was Grace Parish, Chanute (where the rec­ tor lives). Sunday morning he preached, member a contributor.” Although a large Emmanuel Church, Hastings, Michigan, number of old debts have been wiped out, confirmed a class of 8 men (one of whom is greatly enlarging and improving its was a shut in) and celebrated. In the many thousands of dollars of valuable im­ parish house at a cost of about $4,000.00, provements made, and all the obligations afternoon he laid the cornerstone of the and is planning to build a rectory to cost new plant that is about complete. To ap­ and assessments of the church promptly about $6,000.00; more. Other repairs have and fully met, the church is practically preciate what the people have done you been made to the church. ought to have known the plant before it out of debt, and except for one small note Trinity Church, Niles, is also at the which will soon be paid, it would be free was remodeled and it stands as an evidence point of building a splendid parish house of what can be done in the way of remod­ of all debt. for which plans were adopted about a A new spirit pervades St. John’s. Her year ago. eling. The present building is of Carthage services are attended by capacity congre­ stone, ashler pattern, and mat face brick At Dowagiac a fine large parish house with a green roof. It is a beautiful build­ gations. Her people have seen the vision has recently been completed for St. Paul’s and under the faithful and able leader­ Church at a cost of some $8,500.00. Its ing, but much more useful than beautiful, ship of „ their rector, Dr. Wilkinson, are dimensions are 80 by 35 feet with a the seating capacity is now about 225 as going forward with giant strides in the wing or cloister connecting with the against 125, the chancel has been quadru­ work and service of the Church. church. The basement is nine feet high pled and by a color effect the whole inte­ and has a concrete floor. Tables, dishes, rior has been changed. The necessity of Notes from Diocese linen, and silverware have been provided the building was to provide facilities for of Colorado to serve 200 people. One hundred New child work, which has been done most sat­ A remarkable class was presented for Hymnals have been placed in pews. A isfactorily—seven nice class rooms with confirmation at Ascension Ghurch, Den­ Litany „desk has been presented by Mrs. blackboards have been provided on the ver, the Rev. H. S. Foster, Rector. The John Howard, a private communion set floor level of the church while the whole class numbered fifty-eight and they were by Mrs. Edna McMaster, a pair of cruets basement, outside of the coal and boiler divided into five groups of approximate­ by Mrs. Fred Blackmond, and a fair rooms, has been built with the child in ly twelve each. First, boys of high school linen cloth by Mrs. Arnold Foxon. The view. Down stairs there is a large audi­ age, then girls of the same age, then Rector, the Rev. James H. Bishop, recent­ torium and stage, a, kitchen, a good size women, then six married couples, then ly presented a class of forty-five follow­ dining room, a rest room and lavatories. twelve men. ing a class of thirty-three last fall. The It is one of the most complete little plants . The Rev. J. A. Stansfield has resigned communicant roll has grown to nearly two in the west and when complete will cost his work at Alamosa, Colo. hundred. This seems to be the really phe­ about $20,000, and when the work begins The Rev. Donald J. Ottman, of Hono­ nomenal work of the Diocese this year. in the fall Grace Church will be in the lulu, has been called to St. Matthew’s, position to offer an active and an attracT Grand Junction, from which the Rev. Consecration of Coadjutor tive program to the youth of the city. Joseph N. Barnett goes to Red Wing, for Colorado St. Timothy’s Church, Iola. The Bishop Minn. The Presiding Bishop has taken order was driven here from Chanute and he The Rev. Thomas Worrall has taken an for the ordination and consecration of the held Evening Prayer and confirmed a class extensive leave of absence and is at pres­ Rev. Fred Ingley, Bishop Coadjutor-elect of two—both of whom came from the rural ent in Linden, New Jersey. of the Diocese of Colorado, as follows: part of the county. The next morning he The Rev. A. P. Mack is ministering to Time, St. Barnabas Day, Saturday, June celebrated, after which he visited the high St. Mark’s, Durango, until September. 11, 1921. school and gave his “striking talk” to 500 Place, a St. John’s Cathedral, Denver, young people. While here he was the guest Two New Rectors Begin Colorado. of a home which claims to have entertain­ Work in Michigan Consecrators: The Presiding Bishop, ed every Bishop of Kansas and the home The Rev. Walter B. Reed of Holy the Bishop of Pittsburgh, the Bishop of also has a room which has never been oc­ Cross-Emanuel Church, Chicago, has be­ Colorado.^, cupied by any save a Bishop or a minister. come Rector of St. John’s, Sturgis, Michi­ Preacher: The Bishop of New Jersey. The hostess, Mrs. Jamison, is a foster gan, and the Rev. Mark G. Paulson of Presenters: The Bishop of Wyoming, daughter of the late Mrs. Sarah Simpson, Christ Church, Albert Lea, Minnesota, will the Bishop of Western Nebraska. who was confirmed by Bishop Chase in enter upon the rectorship of the impor­ Attending Presbytery: Rev. Henry S. 1848 at Jacksonville, 111. The family has tant ' Parish of St. Andrew’s, Big Rapids, Foster, Rev. C. H. Shutt. the confirmation certificate with his auto­ where is located the famous Ferris In­ Master of Ceremonies: Rev. F. W. graph—and it is in perfect, condition. Mrs. stitute. Oakes. Simpson, who was 93 when she recently Daniel S. Tuttle, passed away, left to St. Timothy’s Parish Greeks Confer Gift Presiding Bishop. a very desirable piece of property next Upon Bishop Manning door to the church. From here the trip On the evening before the consecration Bishop Wise Visits was made in the rector’s Ford to Calvary of Dr. Manning a delegation representing “The Heart of Kansas” Church, Yates Center, where a Healing Archbishop Alexander, all officials of St. “The Heart of Kansas” is the name Mission was held at 3:30 p. m., to a most Nicholas Russian Church, New York, came given to that part of the Diocese by the interested congregation. Confirmation at to the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Rev. R. Y. Barber to which he administers. 4:30, when six were confirmed. At night and there presented him with the omo- It covers all of three counties-—Allen, Neo­ a dinner was given in honor of the Bishop phorion, the Greek equivalent of the Latin sho and Woodson, and a part of Wilson, to over 100 persons, who were later joined pallium. This is regarded as not only a in area it is somewhat larger than the by others to hear the Bishop’s address on thing unprecedented, but a symbol of a state of Delaware, with a population of the visit to the Lambeth Conference.

Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. 4 THE WITNESS bankrupt if they had to depend upon the wealthy. Such men do not give them­ ® 1|? H tttt0 0 0 business enterprise of the vestry to keep selves, nor do they inspire anyone else Published every Saturday, $1.50 a year ■ them going. with the desire to give. I know Rectors who, like the Pope, There are wealthy men who are con­ THE WITNESS PUBLISHING CO. claim a supremacy of temporal power secrated men and they are men who both (Not Incorporated) fi? 19 Cottage Grove Ave. and i know Vestries which exercise a give and work, but a man whose wealth Telephone Midway 8935 ptpal censorship over doctrine and rit­ insulates him from spiritual ideals is a CHICAGO, ILL. ual. ’ And I know a few parishes in brake and not a dynamo on any Church ■*$£**>287______- v.hic'h the balance of power is so nicely enterprise. A NATIONAL NEWSPAPER adjusted that the atmosphere is most The Church has had a bitter experi­ Intended to be instructive rather than con­ exhilarating and delightful. ence with its tendency to defer to mere troversial. A plain paper, aiming to reach What are the elements in that nice ad­ wealth in spiritual enterprises.. One the people with plain facts, unbiased by strong, influential wealthy man can partisan or sectional views.______justment which should characterize an institution which should be adequately throw more cold water on a spiritual BOARD OF EDITORS:" financed to produce spiritual results ? opportunity than a dozen enthusiasts can Bishop IRVING P. JOHNSON, Editor-in-Chief. REV. WILLIAM B. SPOFFORD, Managing What is the relation of the Rector to ever heat. Editor. I have no feeling of envy or antipathy REV. JAMES SHEERIN, New York Editor. the vestry in such a parish and what REV. A. MANBY LLOYD. London Editor. the relation of the vestry to the Rector? to wealth as such. I believe that it is REV. J. A. SCHAAP, Contribnting Editor, The Rector is a man with a message. necessary to promote culture, art and IMPORTANT NOTICE. He is simple, direct, forceful and always refinement, and when it is really conse­ That onr readers' may not be inconvenienced by failure fo receive their paper we will not dis­ courteous in the delivery of that mes­ crated it is a most potent force; but as continue at the expiration of subscriptions, un­ an obstruction to high idealism it is fatal. less requested to do so. sage.. He puts no personal animus into We urge our readers to watch the date of ex­ his message. He does not get angry be­ “Put not your trust in Princes,” said piration, printed under their address, and to re­ the King himself. He knew them better new promptly; or else notify us if they wish cause his vanity may be hurt and is not their paper discontinued. timeserving when his mosit prominent than anyone else. And “How hardly shall they that have riches enter into Entered as second class matter at the Post layman becomes dictatorial outside his Office at Chicago, 111., under the Act of Congress proper sphere. He is not fussy about the Kingdom of Heaven,” said the King of March 3. 1819. his prerogatives, not holding the reins of Kings, and He knew them even bet­ Rectors, Vestries and Their so tightly that 'his team cannot pull the ter. load nor so loosely that they can entan­ The Episcopal Church because it is Product gle the harness. He welcomes lay in­ the Church of culture (and bad taste al­ itiative, being more fearful of creeping ways indicates bad theology) has attract­ By Bishop Johnson paralysis than he is of St. Vitus dance. ed a large constituency of wealth. It It. is the essential characteristic of the He is not afraid to trust the laity with has never as a whole been a generous Church that it should stand for spiritual responsibility even though, they may .constituency in promoting spiritual ideals, and of ministers that they should make some mistakes. Mistakes were a ideals. It will build splendid material be idealists. part of his own education. fabrics, that appeal to the eye. We have It is the esential characteristic of busi­ In temporal affairs he is President of the finest Church buildings in America. ness that it should be practical and of the Vestry. If he has an aptitude for It will not contribute generously to business men that they should be prag­ business he keeps a firm hand on busi­ purely spiritual enterprises such as Mis­ matists. ness affairs, but never takes refuge in sions. The Church is composed of ministers his clerical character to enforce purely In the early days of our Missionary and business men. business matters. enterprise, the President of the Board It is natural that the idealist should If he knows his limitations in a busi­ of Missions expressed the hope that the be impatient with an over emphasis upon ness way and realizes that an academic wealthy men of that day would give gen­ the business side of the Church because education is not a particularly thorough erous sums to the support of Missions. he is apt to be over anxious about the training in business methods, he appoints The hope was never realized and the spiritual purposes for which the Church a Chairman of the Board who guides Midwest is weak in communicants be­ exists. It is natural that the business the vestry through its temporal trials. cause the Church of the original colo­ man should be exasperated at the im­ But,—he must put inspiration into the nies had no vision. practical and visionary plans of the Board. From that day to this the Church has Clergy. Yet, if the business end of the What a happy name the word “board” developed some splendid men of wealth Churchy falls down, the minister moves is for most of our ecclesiastical corpora­ who have given themselves and their on to get a more secure support for him­ tions ! How very wooden it is apt to f)e fortunes to spiritual ideals. One would self and family; and if the ideals of and how devoid of vision and force. It be dense indeed if he did not appreciate Christ are lowered 'the Church ceases was J. Fenimore, Copper who once wrote the splendid contribution of such lay­ to have any real reason for its existence. that whenever three Americans got to­ men as William Welsh, George C. The minister must eat or he cannot Work gether they, elected a President, Secre­ (Continued on page 8) and the congregation must see visions or tary and Treasurer and passed resolu­ it will perish. tions. How many vestries abide per­ I think it is fair to say that the Church manently in the Valley of Resolutions, The Witness Fund is one place where the business instinct out of which they never ascend. The Witness acknowledges with must be subordinate to the spiritual pur­ My experience is that the worst pos­ thanks the following donations to the pose for which the Church was founded sible Board or Vestry for the Church Maintenance Fund: is one of unconverted, successful busi­ Mrs. S. A. Moore ...... $2.50 and that the spiritual leadership must be \ .. .50 patiently considerate of business meth­ ness men. On the street they have a G. W. H udston ...... 50 thousand dollar vision. In the vestry J T, Rloss ...... 1.00 ods. Miss Marien Becker .. .. 1.00 Yet how often it happens that the it shrinks to thirty cents. Mrs. J. B. 'Root ...... 50 Mrs. E. A. McKinnon . .. .50 Clergy have no spiritual leadership and I have known several good institu­ .. 1.50 tions in the West that have perished Rev. M. A. B arber ...... 50 the vestry no business capacity. I know C. C. Goulding ...... 50 parishes that would be spiritually dead from the face of the earth because their Florence W. Conger . .. .50 if it were not for a few' devout laymen fortunes were in the hands of men ap­ Miss C. F. Benford... .. 2.00 and I know parishes which would be pointed merely because they were

Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. THE WITNESS 5 NEWS LETTERS FROM NEW YORK AND LONDON NEW YORK LETTER Church of God, which He bath purchased By Rev. James Sheerin with His own blood.’ Bishop Williams Warns And now, my brother, it is impossible The sermon delivered at tne consecrat­ that I should close this sermon with­ Church ing of Bishop Manning in the manly, out permitting myself to utter a few powerful way customary with Bishop words of personal counsel and appeal. (Continued from page 1) Gailor, was in part as follows; Your life and mine have been bound have equal right to organize for the pro­ “We are assembled here today to con­ together by many precious and sacred tection of their several interests and there secrate one of our brethren, who - was memories, by the experiences of very must be some kind of collective bargain­ elected by the free vote of the clergy and blessed and happy relationships. We have ing between them. laity of this diocese, to be a Bishop and shared the friendship of some true saints But they view with abhorrence the in­ Chief Shepherd in the Church of God. of God, whose influence on our lives can tolerable evils necessarily resulting from The solemn rite and ceremony which we never die. Therefore, my heart is very that conflict, evils that characterize equal­ use in this service has come down to us full this morning, as I stand here to ly both sides, the frequent dishonesty, through more than fifteen centuries; and welcome you into the ranks of the Bish­ graft, and trickery of the labor unions, it is worth our while to reflect for a few ops of the Church, and invoke God’s the tyranny of the closed shop, the vio­ moments upon what the Church stands foi blessing upon you. lence and force used to secure demands, and what this rite and ceremony means.” And, as I look into the future, and the limitation of production, the slacken­ He then proceeded to give in masterly try to realize the tremendous responsi­ ing of duty, the repudiations of responsi­ outline the great Christian facts that bility which will be yours, as Bishop of bility and of obligations. And also the Christianity claims to be not a new relig­ this great diocese, there is just one equal frequent dishonesty, graft, chican­ ion but “a re-relation of the source and thought that comes to me out of my own ery and trickery on the other side, the significance and satisfaction of all relig­ long experience as a Bishop, and that is equal use of violence and force, the de­ ions,” that the Church stands for the that the Holy Spirit’s best gift to a spicable system of espionage, the control Gospel of the grace of God, that man is man, who has been called to exercise of legislatures, the frequent tyranny of not sufficient of himself, that it is more that office is what St. Peter called “a the so-called open shop which is some­ than mere social service, that man needs living hope,” which is only another name times open only at the back door through belp, redemption, rescue, healing, and that for “the confidence of a certain faith.” which labor may slink in only one by these are given to us in the incarnate It was St. Peter who received the charge one to make what bargain it can as help­ Christ as nowhere else. Therefore “the from our Lord to strengthen and estab­ less individuals dealing with overwhelm­ Church insists upon the creation of moral lish his brethren, and it was St. Peter ing masses of organized power. necititude and spiritual character as the who made the foundation of his leader­ They would eliminate it by substituting end and purpose of religion, aye, as the ship consist in the possession of a liv­ cooperation in common service for the basic problem underlying *all questions ing hope. For only the hopeful, confident present competition of private good. They nelating to human life—social, industrial, man can be a leader of men—only the declare, in the language of the Lambeth civic, and political. The Church still man of positive conviction and clear vis­ Conference that in order to that end, preaches the gospel of the grace of God, ion. It is his to encourage the waver­ “There must be a change in both the the obligation and blessing of worship, ing and to open the way for the faint­ spirit and the working of our present and the meaning and virtue of the Chris­ hearted. It is his to brave criticism and system,” as in certain vocations like tian sacraments.” to encourage his people, “hidden in the teaching and the ministry, service is “And thus shall we T>e enabled to un­ secret of the Presence from the provok­ ideally established as the paramount mo­ derstand more clearly the office and work ing of all men,” because he has been tive and the returns for service are of a Bishop in the Church. He is not a begotten again unto a living hope by the only the means for carrying on that serv­ mere administrator. He is not the mere Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Yes, it is ice, so it must be throughout industry, •executive head of a business corpora­ his to let that hope trample upon and if we are to have peace, production and tion. His primary and solemn responsi­ overcome the defeat of present plans and above all a stable Christian civilization. bility is that of spiritual leadership—to personal schemes, because it is anchored So long as men on the one side can say feed—to shepherd—the Church of God. with resolute optimism in the faith of without shame, “I am in business simply *To' him there must be no parties and no the eternal purpose of God. to make money and nothing else. I am classes, only souls of men and women, And, my brother, I pray for you today, going to get all I can get. I am going precious in God’s sight and redeemed in that the Holy Spirit may grant you this to exact all the traffic will bear regard­ Christ,—the lowliest and the highest, the living hope and that He may renew in you less of consequence to anybody else, humblest and the noblest, equal before the spirit of wisdom and understanding, my limit is the sky, my business is my the Church’s altar and worthy of his of counsel and ghostly strength, of knowl­ busines and nobody’s else, and so long thought and care. Wisdom and faithful­ edge and true godliness, and fill you with as men on the other side can say “I ness, loyalty and devoutness—the pro­ the spirit of His holy fear, now and for­ work for wages and nothing else, and I found sense of responsibility for the ever, Amen.” am going to get all I can by use of the welfare of the whole Church; and of every individual in it exercising his au- -thority not to injure but to save—these PRINCETON, N. J. 1921 GENEVA, N. 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Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. 6 THE WITNESS power of combination or the law of sup­ ficial and semi-official. But this simple, The letter proceeds to urge that-the same ply and derhand with as little and ineffi­ sane Christian message meets sinister sus­ policy of starvation be applied to the cient service rendered as possible with picion and violent opposition in this day Federal Council of Churches until it is only so much' production as~ I am com­ of hysteria and panic fear. forced to withdraw its published Social pelled to produce,” so long as men work Europe is aflame with hatred and im­ Creed of the Churches, since adopted by with such motives, we are bound to have perialistic policies and ambitions and in the Y. M. C. A .' This crass criticism is warfare, violence, dishonesty, tyranny and our own America, although now 93 cents made of one of the secretaries of the oppression and the public will suffer most out of every dollar of taxes goes for Council: “In other words, he intimated of all. wars past and future, we are exhorted to that the teachings of Jesus Christ should It is only as every man can say “my build up the biggest navy in the world be brought into the industrial fields and business, whatever it may be, whether that we may keep America first, America that the cardinal principles set forth in ruling a nation or digging ditches, is the “uber alles.” the Sermon on the Mount should be in­ ‘Father’s business,’ part of His plan for “When we speak for peace, they make jected by the Churches into industrial re­ an ordered world, for the service and them ready for war.” This situation is lations.” welfare of His children, and the ‘Fath­ bound to test the courage of the Church’s What else is the function of the er’s’ will and order. In -human service conviction. And as to our message for Church in this field? and welfare shall be my supreme motive the industrial situation, it is meeting The National Civic Federation publish­ and material returns, necessary as they everywhere denunciation and suppression ed a'syndicated article, declaring on the are, shall be the means to that end, like by withdrawal of support. ground of these utterances of the coal under the boiler to keep the wheels For example, the Young Woman’s Churches that “Bolshevism having failed going” ; it is only as man can say that Christian Association was constrained, in to capture American labor is capturing from the heart that the Kingdom can the course of its ministry'to working girls, the colleges and Churches and therefore come or even civilization stand. to find out something about the industrial these must be watched and controlled.” That, as I gather it from many utter­ conditions surrounding these girls. It Brethren, the challenge is plain. Either ances, is the generally accepted message published an industrial note book, the re­ the Church must abandon the well con- of the Church today to the industrial sult of patient, careful, fairminded in­ cidered, sane and fair message which she world. vestigation and setting forth simply the has formulated, suppress her proclama­ On international relations the Church bare and unquestioned facts. Immediately tion of it, a thing unthinkable for any has spoken in official utterance with prac­ the Employers’ Association of Pittsburgh who have a conscience and convictions. tical unanimity. She stands for peace, sent a letter to all correspondent associa­ Or she must enlarge and democratize a peace to be obtained by the breaking tions urging them to withdraw support the basis of her support so as not to, be down of inter-racial and international fel­ from the National Y. W. C. A. In an­ dependent upon or subservient to any lowship, to be realized in such practical other letter' dated March 2nd, addressed class, high or low. measures as universal disarmament and to the^ same constituency, the Pittsburgh Or she must be content with more mea­ the substitution of the abitramefit of rea­ Employers’ Association boasts that by its gre support and restricted operations. son for the abitrament of force in an previous letter it had cut down the Y. Her master was poor and persecuted association or league of nations. W. C. A. campaign for funds from the but free and it may be that He is now I am simply reporting to you what the $200,000 needed to $90,000 and warns calling His Church to follow in His fo,ot- Church is saying, her message for the the “worthy” ladies that no further sup­ steps. day, the standard she is setting up, as I port will be forth coming until they aban­ This brings me to my warning. I can have gathered it from many sources, of­ don entirely this industrial investigation. but repeat what I have said in two pre- A MAN’S BODY

is important, and physical training, together with that of the mind and the spirit, makes up true education. To that end ST. STEPHEN’S COLLEGE: 1) Has built this year a $70,000 gymnasium. 2) Takes part in intercollegiate football, baseball, basketball, and field sports. 3) Employs a skilled director of physical activity. 4) Engages by the year for free and PREVENTIVE treatment of the students one of the best medical men in the Hudson Valley. 5) Makes twice a year a careful physical examination of every undergraduate. 6) Requires every student to take at least three hours directed physical exercise a week. 7) Uses in Commons the highest grade of meats and vegetables, carefully in­ spected milk, and purified water. For information about this, the Church’s official College for Men in the East, ad­ dress the President, the Rev. Bernard Iddings Bell. ST. STEPHEN’S COLLEGE Post-office: Annandale-on-Hudson, N. Y. R. R. Station: Barry town, N. Y. Fees: $500 a Year for Tuition, Board and Room.

Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. T H E WITNESS 7 vious addresses. Either through the Na­ “a going in the tops of the fnulberry trees,” CORRESPONDENCE but the roots need dynamiting, so send on tion-Wide Campaign we must enlarge and “Save yis from overweaning love of our democratize our support as the Canadian own ideas.” the TNT. Wesleyans have most successfully done I received the “booklet” sent out from and the Federal Council of Churches are The Witness, Chicago, 111.: the New York office today. The title is now trying to do or we must be content Sirs:— “Stewardship,” the author being the hon­ with a possible withdrawal of subscrip­ Enclosed please find $1.00 currency ored Bishop of Colorado. Ah! He is a tions and diminuation of support and con­ (also transient and fleeting) for which Bishop after the order of Melchizedek sequent restriction of work or we cannot send to me for eight months the v‘Wit- surely. I waive all “Commissions,” rebates deliver the message for the day which ness.” I may dig up another 50c by that or percentages, and shall pay the postage the Church at large is putting upon our time and complete the year. I am in a on the parcel gladly. lips. I do not want in the least to im­ trying and promising field on the eastern Yours “for the war,” pose my own decision upon anyone else. border of Oklahoma, have a wife, five mis­ JOSEPH CLARKE JAMISON. Each is of course free to follow his own sion stations, a constituency who do not conscience, conviction and judgment. But bow down to wood and stone,” but lean Big Peace Meeting Will my own choice is fixed and unalterable. mightily toward oil and cotton. The former Be Held in Chicago The charge of St. Paul to Timothy has non-lubricant, so far as the wheels of the The World Alliance for International a singular pertinence and applicability to Gospel Chariot is concerned, while the latter Friendship Through the Churches will the ministry of today. It might well be has a knack of getting into the ears when hold the annual session in Chicago May repeated at every ordination, “Stir up an appeal for liberality is made'. I was 17-19, this year, and the Chicago Church the gift that is in thee through the put­ ordered Deacon on last Whitsuntide, an Federation will be host to the meeting. Dr. ting on of my hands. For God hath not Ulsterman (true blue) and Irish Wesleyan Henry A. Atkinson is the secretary of the given us the spirit of fear but of power by birth and training; “got religion” (old organization. The following men of na­ and of love ahd of a sound mind.” style) early in life, drilled in class-meet­ tional reputation will be among the speak­ Of power—let us speak with all the ing, love-feasts, and family altar (the ers at the afternoon and evening sessions: boldness of our convictions, with the sense latter twice daily), married to an Irish Hon. Wm. Jennings Bryan, Mr. Edward A. of a burden of the Lord laid upon us—a churchwomari (thoroughbred) in the old Filene, Mr. John Spargo, Dr. Charles word of the Lord which burns In our parish church, Doughadee, Co. Down; (had Aked, Dr. Arthur J. Brown, Dr. Samuel A. bones like fire and will not stay—and be­ to go there or miss). Gur youngest son is Rector at Boyan, Texas, and Chaplain at Eliot, Dr. Charles S. Macfarland,- Dr. Neh- hind that word His promise that it shall emiah Boynton, and Bishop McConnell. not fall to the ground fruitless. But let A. & M. College there; also Secretary of us speak our truth in love, not with the Diocese, Texas. We are doing fine up carping censoriousness of the detached here, and fighting hard; the devil has a critic nor the fulminating thunders of the tail-hold, and down-hill-pull on the masses. Earn a. Scholarship accredited herald of the divine wrath of We are trying to make him turn loose; he appointed executioner of the divine doom, doesn’t want to, and the war is on. It is Would you like to attend a sum­ lay oh MacDuff. The field is promising but with that love like Christ’s “which and we like it. We are poor as a snake, mer school—at Racine, Wellesley, suffereth long and is kind, endureth all and happy as a lark.: We need ammuni­ Princeton, Geneva? The money things, beareth all things, believeth all tion, hence this subscription to the “Wit­ which has been given to our Main­ things, hopeth all things,” the love that ness.” tenance Fund will be used to pay bears the sin and evil of the world as its If you can send me a bundle of sample large commissions to those who se­ burden, sometimes its heartbreaking and copies, I shall go to work “sub-chasing.” cure subscriptions for the Witness. soul-crushing burden, in vicarious suffer­ I opine the “Witness” will be a fine assist­ You can easily earn your way if you ing, rather than makes them the mere ant pastor. The natives need stirring up, care to attend. Write us for de­ object of its wrath and denunciation, the and shaking loose. This Deacon is doing tails. love that sees the suffering and injus- some preaching on that line, and there is tive of the world as more often inherent in the wrong system of things than in the wills of individual sinners, the love that pities the havoc of soul in oppressor and oppresses alike. Let us speak out truth in that love. As I see it, many that think they aré persecuted for righteousness sake are simply persecuted for their own sakes, because they are what they are, bigotted, intolerant, self-centered and egotistical. It is not the truth that brings non-oppo­ sition and antagonism but the utter lack of love in its utterances. And lastly, let us cultivate and devel­ op the “sound mind” with its sane, well poised and fair judgment, its accurate knowledge, its wide horizons, its clear vision. We are living in perilous times. Everywhere ayalanches impend. Careless, reckless shouting may bring them down on our heads. Two courses are most dangerous, the futile and fatal attempt at the repress sion and suppression of ideas, the blind denial of freedom of thought and liberty of conscience on the one side and the rash utterances of fools on the other. In this day of disillusionment, with its consequent hysteria and panic, may God give to us His ambassadors and spokes­ men, not the spirit of fear, but the spirit of power and of love and of a sound mind¿ -

Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. 6 THE WITNESS CHURCH SERVICES The Editorial CHURCH SCHOOLS (Continued from page 4) CHICAGO Thomas, George Gordon King, and BERKELEY DIVINITY CATHEDRAL SS. PETEK AMD PAUL. many others, to the life and work of Washington Blvd. and Peoria St., Chi­ SCHOOL cago. (Five minutes from the Loop via the Church. Madison St. cars). But vestrymen should be men who Middletown, Connecticut Sunday, Holy Communion, 7:30, 8:30 and Address: 1 1 :0 0 . love Christ and the ideals for which Rev. WILLIAM PALMER LADD. Dean Week-days, Holy Communion, 7:00 a. n». Christ died independently of any other consideration. They ought to be as con­ siderate of their Rector as the directors ST. CHRYSOSTOM'S CHURCH. College of St. John, the Evangelist 1424 North Dearborn Street of a bank are usually considerate of The Bev. Norman Hutton, S. T. D., Greeley, Colorado Rector. their President. It heartens a man to The Rev. Robert B. Eimber, B. D., know that you respect him and are will­ FULL COURSE IN THEOLOGY Associate. Opportunity afforded to combine this Sunday Services: 8 and 11 a. m.; 4:30 ing to defer to his judgment, unless you p. m. course with Arts Course in the Colorado know it to be unsound. _ Teachers’ College. Wherever I see the Rector of a par­ For Information apply to ish whorimpresses me as a “big” man, I SAINT LUKE’S EVANSTON. know that he has had a “big” vestry, DEAN BONELL Dr. Geo. Craig Stewart, Rector. who saw to it that he was not humiliated Sundays: 7:30, 11 a. m„ 4:30 p. m. Open all day and every day. by their ill concealed disrespect for his N. W. Ry. or N. W. “L” to Main St., authority. The Rector has as much ST. STEPHEN’S COLLEGE Evanston. The only Eastern college officially con­ right to influence in his sphere as the trolled by the Episcopal Church and en­ dorsed by the Synod of any Eastern Prov­ President of any corporation has in his ince. Its degree of B. A Is recognized by and if he does not receive it, he loses the all universities in this country and ST . LO U IS abroad. Tuition, board and room, 8500.00. power th a tTcomes from powerful back­ Post-office: Annandale-on-Hudson, N. Y. CATHEDRAL. ing. (Station: Barrytown on the New York 13th and Locust Central Railroad). As a spiritual force no Rector can “On the Hudson River Facing the - 7 and 8 a. m.. Holy Communion. Catskills.” 11 a. m., Service and Sermon. become a real leader unless he possesses Write to the President, the Bev. Bernard 8 p. m., Healing Mission Service. poise in every situation. When a Rec­ Iddlngs Bell. ~ tor loses his temper; -scolds his congre­ gation; criticizes one of his flock, no N E W YORK matter how aggravating, to another one ;, HOWE SCHOOL CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE acts petulant because he cannot have his A Superior and Thorough Amsterdam (Avenue and U lth Street, CHURCH SCHOOL FOR BOYS New York. own way; truckles to one person, how­ Sundays: 8, 10, 11 a. m., 4 p. m. ever strong, and lords it over another, Careful Selection—Limited Enrollment Week-days: 7:30 a. m., 5 p. m. (choral). however weak;—in so far as he does A separate school with individual attention for little boys. these things he loses the power of spir­ Rev. Charles Herbert Young, M. A. Rector itual leadership. ADDRESS BOX W, HOWE, INP. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA It is the job of the Vestry to hearten CHRIST CHURCH. The Colonial Chnrch of Wesley and its Rector and to make him strong. Many Whitefleld. an ordinary young priest has been made The Rev. John Durham Wing, D. D., St. Alban’s School Rector. a strong man because he had a strong Sunday Services: 8 a. m., 11:30 a. m., 8:15 p. m. vestry. But a vestry which doesn’t put SYCAMORE, ILL. Saints’ Days: Holy Communion, 10a.m. honest work into the service which it A School of High Scholastic Standing renders in Christ’s name, is impeding and not helping its Rector’s work. Moderate Rates. OMAHA, NEBRASKA A young clergyman brings certain tal­ ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH 26th St. and Dewey Ave. ents and certain limitations to the par­ Holy Communion, 8:00 A. M. ish to which he has been called by the Children’s Church, 9:30 lA. M. Morning Prayer and Sermon, 11:00 A. M. vestry. His career lies before him as The Donaldson School First Sunday in month, Holy Com­ munion, 11:00 A. M. a soldier of Christ. Half of that ca­ TLCHESTER, MARYLAND 1 THOMAS CASADY, Rector, reer will be decided by his own qual­ 506 So. 26th Street. ities and the other half will be deter­ Rev. W. A. McClenthen, D.D., Rector mined by the response that he gets from Rev, H. S. Hastings, Head Master. his vestry and congregation. HOBART COLLEGE If they make him feel that She is the A Church boarding school for (FOR MEN) leader whom they want to follow; if boys, in the hills, twelve miles from WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGE they will be generous enough to forgive Baltimore. Self-help and self-gov­ (FOR WOMEN) him the average of mistakes which a ernment gives the school exceptional young man may be expected to have; tone and spirit. Geneva, N. Y. if they will give him honest support and The school prepares for college and 100th Year Opens Sept. 20, 1021. honest work—they will make the other is limited to sixty boys. $600 a year. Hobart offers a large number of scholarships half of his subsequent career. Write for a catalogue and pay th« to students preparing for Holy Orders. One of the leading and most useful RT. REV. CHARLES H. BRENT, D.D., LL.D., school a visit. Chancellor. clergymen of this Church was on the REV. MURRAY BBATLETT, D.D., President. point of giving up his ministry after his For information address the President. first charge, not because he lacked abil­ LOANS. GIFTS AND GRANTS to aid in building churches, rectories ity, but because he had failed to get the and parish houses may be obtained of Madonnas of the Great Masters in other half of the mixture that would the American Church Building Fund color. Also other religions subjects. make him go. Commission. Address its Correspond­ Post card size. Ministers are half what their vestries ing Secretary*- 281 Fonrth Avenne, C. ZARA, | make them, just because they are usu­ New York. Box 4243, Germantown, Pa. ally just like folks.

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