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TIIE MORNING OKEGONIAN, MONDAY, JTTNT3 II, law.
GIRL USHERS ARE
A RIG SUCCESS
Mere Man Will Have No Show
at the White Temple in
. . the Future.
WOMEN IN A NEW FIELD
Itev. 3. AVhltcomb Brougher's Novel
Scheme "Works Like a Charm,
Fair Attendants Do Their Duty
Punctiliously and "Well.
Mere man had no show at the "White
Temple last night, and sad were the faces
of those who had once so proudly "ush
ered" in the church and now had to give
way to dainty, white-gowned ushers oi the
fair sex. The innovation was made for
the first time last night by Rev. J. Whit
comb Brougher, and so far as results
are concerned there waa little more to
wish. There were 50 of the ushers. Is
it a wonder that the church was filled to
the last seat in the gallery? The "S. R.
O." sign was out early in the evening,
and many had to stand.
The ushers did their work nobly. They
were busy all evening, running to and
fro, assigning seats, answering questions
and proudly sustaining the confidence
placed in them by their pastor. And not
only that, young men who never before
had gone to the Sunday evening services
were there in flocks. It was to be noted,
too, tht many of them changed seats
with marvelous frequency. But the new
ushers were onto their Job. They were
firm, yet polite. They showed little ner
vousness and went about their task with
the courage and confidence of old-timers.
Before the sermon, Dr. Brougher gave
, instructions to the ushers, one of them
being for them to go slow, as they were
not yet experienced. But it could not be
noticed that the girls were in any wise
slow. The boys simply were speeohless.
They were confident of seeing a reign of
chaos when they came to the Temple, and
Instead they found everything tip-top
shape. The girls did not allow any un
necessary talking either. They showed
the seat and walked away ready for the
next. Dr. Brougher's instructions to look
pleasant were carried out to the' letter.
They were all in smiles, and so was the
audience, at seeing how gracefully the
smiling waa performed.
Mrs. Brougher in Charge.
Mrs. Brougher was the general chairman
of the reception committee, which did the
usher work. Two women, one young
woman, one married and one single, were
stationed at each aisle, and although the
majority of the young men steered
straight for the single ones, both women
had their hands full.
Miss Clara "Webb, Dr. Brougher's pri
vate secretary was the head usher on the
main floor of the large auditorium hall.
.She was assisted by Mrs. "Wingate, Mrs,
A. J. McDanlel, Misses Fern Bristol,
" Emma Love Helen Bushnell. Marguerite
Quarnberg. Elda McDanlel, Pearl Tooley,
May Mascher and Mrs. Borger, Mrs. J.
"W. Wise, Mrs. Grant Phegley and Mrs. O.
P. M. Jamieson.
Mrs. Klnathan Sweet, wife of the assist
ant pastor of the church, had charge of
the main floor of the Sunday school room.
Mrs, T. W. Altman and Misses Jessie
Gray, Rohena White, Bertha Quamberg,
Jessie Henderson, Ethel Kay, Hattle C.
Floyd and Sarah Jones were the assist
ants. Muss Grace Baird was the head usher
for theh gallery of the main auditorium.
She was assisted by Mrs. McGulre, Mrs.
Fred Johnson, Mrs. J. W. Gorman, Mrs.
Kleanor Olmsted, Mrs. C. E. Wigh'tman,
Mrs. W. Osborne and Misses Nellie Fur
nish, Leota Finnell, Homa Nelson, Alice
Johnston, Laverne Boozer and Edna
Lewis.
The Sunday school gallery was In
charge of Mrs. Frank Beardslee, assisted
'by Mrs. C. E. Grove and Misses Lucy
Foulks, Monta Maegley, Alta MoFeron,
JJosephine Beach, Helen White and Lydia
Dunn.
This innovation of feminine ushers will
apply only to the Summer months and
onlyon Sunday evenings. Dr. Brougher
at first intended to do this for siz Sun
days only, but after last night's trial it is
hard to say when the service will be
changed."
When time for the collection came eight
young ladies came down the aislc9 to
the pulpit and with bowed heads heard
the pastor's invocation. Then proudly
taking up the baskets, they wentJ.hrough
the aisles and with smiling faces passed
the plates. And how could anybody re
sist giving a liberal contribution? The
young men who sat at the ends seemed
to have considerable trouble in fumbling
in their pockets for their contributions,
and the malicious remark was overheard
that they did it on purpose to keep the
girls waiting.
Stood on Their Dignity.
But there was no fooling. No man
could be firmer than these pretty ushers,
who never for a moment forget the dig
nity of their exalted position. When the
girls iirst went down toward the pulpft
there was a considerable stir and dis
cussion in "theh large congragtion as to
how the girls would act. But those who
expected to see confusion were sadly dis
appointed. The old ushers simply sank
through the floor. Their former sneers
at the innovation were broken; they were
crushed.
After the congregation was safely
seated and the collection taken up the
girls took their seats. One lone, forlorn
man of the reception committee was
seen hiding behind a pillar. He had
nothing to do and was trying to get
away without being seen.
Little spooning done last night The
girls were on the lookout for such of
fenders and were eager (to get a glimpse
of a couple who seemed too affectionate.
But the boys were prepared and prob
ably suspected that some old scores
might be paid off. so that an adjourn
ment to a moonlight night was unanim
ously taken by all couples who were In
clined to bill and coo.
(Sermon to Young Men.
Dr. Brougher spoke on the "Fits and
Misfits of a Young Man." He dwelt
at length on the problem, which con
fronts each boy at the beginning, of his
career as to his occupation. He eaid
very few of the present day young men
have ideals. They are simply drifting
when they ought to navigate. They are
floating with the tide, expecting some
thing to happen and then they are sur
prised when they become failures. Then,
he said, so many young men, have ideals
of an ignoble kind. They strive for
wealth, fame or pleasure. In fact they
Fpend most of their lives in seeking
pleasure and having a good time.
The speaker insisted on young men
forming an ideal and striving to attain
it. The choosing of a profession has
much to do with a man's success, said
the speaker, and1 many a man would
have become a success if he had chosen
the occupation "which suited him best.
The speaker cited numerous examples
of men who became successful through
having an ideal, many of whom are fam
ous but who died poor simply because
they did not consider wealth a noble
aim.
At the conclusion of his address Dr.
Brougher gave the benedicitton and the
memorable Sunday evening service came
to a close.
Dr. Brougher's Little Joke.
An amusing incident occurred in the
early part of the evening. The electric
lights grew dimmer and dimmer "and
suddenly went out, leaving the church in
almost total darkness. The gas, how
ever, came to the rescue and for half an
hour the church was lighted with gas.
When Dr. Broughec began to speak he
asked the ladies to remove their hats
so they could see the speaker, and added
that he would also see who he was talk
ing to, remarking that It was not every
body he would want to be with in the
dark.
A ripple of laughter ran through the
large auditorium and it was several min
utes before order was restored.
LESSOX FROM DAVID'S LIFE"!
Rev. J. A. Leu s Preaches -on Chris
tian Helpfulness.
In a sermon at St. James' English
Lutheran Church yesterday Rev. J. Allen
Leas, the pastor, drew from I Samuel,
xviii:3,4, a pleasing lesson in the value
of Christian humility and helpfulness.
In part he said:
"In a single day David rose from an
humble shepherd to the most picturesque
and famous hero in all that realm. With
the bloody trophies of his great victory
he stands in the presence of the great
King. David knew more than he was
willing to divulge. He might have said
I am the King, for Samuel has1 anointed
me, and this is the first sign of my king
ly power.' He simply said in his modest
way, 'I am the son of thy servant Jesse,
the Bethlehemite.' His modesty and
valor completely captivated the heart of
Jonathan, the eldest eon of Saul, and one
of the noblest that ever lived.
"This prince seeks a covenant with the
valiant young man. Under the raiment
of a shepherd lad, he sees the true worth
of character. The modern way of doing
things is to court the good will and com
pany of the well-to-do and to neglect the
poorer, even though of real worth. Not
only does Jonathan seek the company of
the shepherd, but he desires that he ap
pear properly attired in the presence of
the King, and so removes hia own
princely raiment and puts it on his friend.
"I see in this act Hie true spirit of
Christliness. It is the spirit that recog
nizes good wherever it may appear. At
the foundation of it all lies the vital
spirit of Christianity. Wherever the spirit
of love prompts the actions of the fol
lowers of Christ, there is no room for
criticism. It is the absence of the basic
principle of the Christian religion that
causes the world to sneer at the pro
fessed Christian.
"In the life and teachings of the' Sa
viour, this principle is aptly demon
strated. ..Before the time of Christ men
had traveled into distant countries; the
naturalist to collect specimens; the histo
rian to accumulate facts; the philosopher
to hive up wisdom: and the adventurer
in search of fortune. But the spectacle
of an apostle crossing the oceans, not to
conquer kingdoms, not to hive up knowl
edge, but to impart life not to accumu
late stores for self, but to give, and to
spend himself was a new feature in the
history of the world.
"It was the spirit which was born with
the Babe at Bethlehem. From the time
that the voice came across the channel
until the time that now is, "men with a
yearning for their brethren in all the
parts of the world have been scaling
mountains and crossing deserts and span
ning the oceans and fording the rivers in
order to dispel darkness and pour light
and happiness into hovel and dungeon.
"Jonathan's love was pure and unsel
fish. With the Saviour's, the same in
kind, but different in degree. Jonathan
loved and saved others and himself also.
Not so with the Saviour. He saved others.
Himself He cannot save. How could
He? Wow can He keep what he gives?
How can He live for self -when He is
living for others? Highest love gives it
self. The mother spends herself giving
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life to her child; the soldier dies for his
country; even the artist produces nothing
destined for eternity, except so far as he
has forgotten himself and merged his
very being into his work.
"So it is with every one who would
become immortal. Only so far as we live
for the least of these our brethren in
utter forgetfulness of self, shall we erect
lasting monuments in our memory which
shall remain when Inscriptions on stone
shall have crumbled with the elements.
AVORK OF TWO CEXTURIES.
Dr. McGIade Reviews Presbyterian
ism in America.
"Two Hundred Years of Presbyterian
ism" was the theme of Rev. Jerome
McGlade's sermon last night at the Miz
pah Presbyterian Church, on East Thir
teenth and Powell streets. Dr. McGIade
spoke of the appropriateness of such an
niversary services in the Presbyterian
Churches in this country celebrating 200
years of Presbyterianism in America,
He showed, however, that the history
of the church dates much farther back
than 1706: local Presbyterian Churches be
ing organized in Virginia and elsewhere
as early or earlier than 1650 but that the
first Presbytery was organized In Phila
delphia 200 years ago.
Attention was called to the divisions
which have occurred; first the separation
of the Cumberland branch 96 years ago,
and the reunion happily consummated
during the past month at Des Moines;
second, that of 1S37, when the old school
and new school were rent asunder
through doctrinal controversy, a reunion
being effected in 1S70; third the separation
of the denomination into the Northern
and Southern Churches in 1861, which
breach has yet to be healed.
Attention was then called to the fact
that Presbyterianism has been most
closely identified with ojir country's his
tory. He said in part:
"From its very inception in this coun
try, Presbyterianism has been true and
loyal and brave. Bringing from those
lands where it was persecuted, fundamen
tal principles of government, it repre
sented these before assemblies, and gave
its sons to fight for them in battle.
"The Revolution of 1776 has been styled
'The Presbyterian Rebellion.' Presbyter,
ian soldiers bore the brunt of the war;
five out of the six colonels commanding
at Battle of King's Mountain were Pres
byterian elders. Our denomination fur
nished nine elders and one minister to
sign the Mecklenburg Declaration of In
dependence, and provided the only cler
gyman who was a member of the Conti
nental Congress to sign the Declaration
of Independence of 1776, Dr. John Wither
spoon. "The Presbyterian Church is thorough
ly Christian, supremely exalts God and
tenaciously clings to the Scriptures as
being the only rule to guide man in glo
rifying Him. It takes place in the front
ranks of the great denominations, in lift
ing up the standard of righteousness; its
ideal in education is very high; its spirit
of charily is broad, its benevolences are
multiplied; its spirit of evangelization is
vigorous and earnest; its missionary
agencies are planting their standards the
world over and seeking In the truest
sense to carry out the Master's great
commission.
"Although Presbyterianism has persist
ed through two centuries in America, yet
is it in Its youthful strength and bears
no evidence of becoming decrepit.
"While we recognize the good and great
work of sister denominations and the
great work before them, Presbyterianism
has also a most important mission in the
land and is strongly aiding In carrying
out the great scheme of the world's evan
gelization. "The vision of a mighty past rises be
fore our church, memories are tender,
and the examples of courage, heroism and
unselfishness prompt to patriotism and to
loyalty to Jesus Christ, in the words of
another, 'Let us teach our children not
to be satisfied whilst the virtues and vic
tories of the past are more numerous or
glorious than those of the present.' "
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HONOR II PATRIOT
Hundreds Attend the Michael
Davitt Memorial Exercises.
IRISH LEADER EULOGIZED
Father H. J. McDevitt Delivers Ora
tion His Suggestion for Requiem
Mass Adopted Tribute rtora
Rabbi Stephen S. AVise.
Every true Irishman cherishes the
memory of Michael Davitt with the
deepest and most abiding tenderness, as
was shown last night at memorial ser
vices held in honor of the dead patriot
In Hibernian Hall under the auspices of
the Ancient Order of Hibernians. The
hall was crowded to almost suffocation
and' all seats were taken long before the
commencement of the exercises, during
which several hundred persona were ob
liged to stand. Despite this fact not a
single person left the hall during the
services.
Father H. J. McDevitt, who delivered
the -memorial address, suggested that a
ihigh requiem mass for the honored dead
be said in the near future in Portland.
The suggestion met with the instant
approval of the audience. He suggested
that the committee which had in charge
the services make the necessary ar
rangements for the requiem mass, and
it was understood that it will be cele
brated at the Cathedral within a few
days. It will be one of the most im
pressive services- of the kind ever held
in Portland.
The assemblage last night was as re
sponsive as it was large and thoroughly
representative of the Irish-Americans of
Portland. The speakers had but to men
tion the name of the great patriot to
bring forth outbursts of applause, which
rang true and with the warmth and en
thusiasm common to the sons and
daughters of the Emerald Isle. The fact
that many of those who were present
had met Michael Davitt when he was
in Portland in 1S86 at a great public re
ception given in his honor at the old
Market Theater tended to Increase in
terest in the services.
Father McDevitt's Address.
The memorial address delivered by
Father McDevitt was a scholarly pro
duction in which the unselfish and noble
life led by Michael Davitt was held up
as an example for all other patriotic
Irishmen to follow. He dwelt upon his
self-sacrificing patriotism and his great
love of al that was Irish.
Dr. Stephen S. Wise, who was in the
audience, was requested) by Father Mc
Devitt to take a seat upon the platform
and later made a short address.
"My heart is filled wtth sorrow when
ever I think of the departure of our
great friend," said Father McDevitt.
"He was a friend of all of us and an
ever true lover of dear old Ireland. He
was not an ordinary man or he could not
have obtained the admiration and love of
the thousands of his countrymen who are
scattered to the ends of the earth.
It was his great patriotism and his
love of his country arid of his followmen
that made Michael Davitt what he was.
His countrymen who had never seen him
and who had not been In Ireland in
years loved him aa dearly as those who
knew him best,"
Dr. Wise made a stirring and particu
larly effective address, In which he eu
logized the life and memory of the noted
Irishman. The Jewish people feel pro
foundly grateful to Michael Davitt he-
cause of his exposure of the Kishineff
massacres in Russia when acting as cor
respondent for American newspapers and
which it is believed has and will prevent
a repetition of the terrible atrocities to
which the. Russian Jews were subjected.
Tribute From Dr. Wise.
"His death is not merely a loss to the
Irish, but to the whole world," said Dr.
Wise. "He was a soldier of liberty and
every man and woman who ever loves an
honest man should feel the loss in the
passing of the unconquerable soul of
Michael Davitt. The Irish are not the
only ones who mourn his death and who
will hold his memory in unfailing affec
tion and undying love."
The other speaker on the programme
was John Fleming Shields, who deliv
ered a splendid oration. P. E. Sullivan
presided and Introduced the speakers. His
introductory remarks were brief, but he
read a poem entitled "Welcome Davitt,"
written by William Munly when the great
patriot visited Portland in 18S6.
The remainder of the service consisted
of appropriate music and national songs.
Among those who sang were Miss Eliza
beth .Harwas, Miss Mae Breslin, C. .J.
Murphy and M. Keating. At the close of
the services the audience rose and sang
"America,"
HIS THEME, HOW TO SUCCEED
Rev. E. S. Muckley Says There Is Xo
Such Thing as Chance.
"Only be strong and very courageous,
to observe to do according to all the law,
which Moses my servant commanded
thee: turn not from it to the right hand
or to the left, that thou mayest have
good success whithersoever thou goest,"
Joshua 1 7. With these words Rev. E. S.
Muckley,' of the First Christian Church,
introduced his sermon on "How to Suc
ceed," the second of the "How Series"
for June evenings. He said, in part:
"Our text seems to suggest two kinds
of success, a good and a bad. All success
can be placed under these two. categories.
We are in the Habit of calling all success
good. God seems to discriminate and call
some success bad. We are all looking for
success. We have a right to it. God de
sires It for us, if we will choose the right
kind. But. like everything else, success
comes in harmony with law. We do not
live long in this old world until we dis
cover, if we are wise, that there is no
such thing as chance.
"Things come by cause, not by chance.
The reign of law is supreme. If we work
In harmony with laws, they bless; if not,
they curse. And there is no sphere in
which man lives where law does not
reign. It is universal, because it springs
from an omnipresent God. People who
wait for chance, for luck, for something
to turn up, for some so-called happy co
incidence that will bring them and the
thing they want together, are flinging de
fiance in the face of God, and at the same
time making him out a capricious being
cursing and blessing without cause.
Chance and luck are names for things
that do not exist. Coincidences are the
meeting of events, the cause of which we
cannot see. There are no coincidences.
For God reigns. Every event is the re
sult of obedience or disobedience to law,
physical, psychical or spiritual. The word
'succeed' implies law and order in its ety
mology. Let us Bee the law of success.
There are more victims of fear In this
world than of strong drink. Men are
afraid, afraid of themselves, afraid of
their fellows, afraid of God. And I don't
wonder at it when I think of the kind of
theology the world has had rammed down
its credulous throat. God was vengeance,
and man so hopelessly fallen in original
sin that he couldn't do anything for him
self, lost if God chose to glorify himself
by caprlcously damning him. That kind
of a God, and such a God is not pictured
in the Bible, would scare success out of
almost anybody. False theologies, and
they are of the Devil, have been respons
ible for untold defeat and failure. To
Joshua God said: 'Be of good courage, be
not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed:
for Jehova thy God is with thee whither
soever thou goest. Don't be afraid of God:
he is your friend. Come to him. Don't
be afraid of your enemies; you can over
come them if you are right. Fight them.
Don't be afraid of yourself; for God has
planted every element of success in your
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you will succeed. Therels a kind of self
reliance consistent with humility. Culti
vate your powers; T5y assuming some re
sponsibility. Rejoice in hard tasks. .Keep
a ready ear for duty's calls. You will
then succeed." X
- Teachers Elected at Astoria.
ASTORIA, Or., June 10. fSpeclal.) The
School Board of Astoria District No. X
held a special meeting last evening and
reappointed the following teachers for the
coming school year:
Professor I. N. Garman, Miss Dora Radol
let. Miss Gertrude Hulse, Professor S. K.
Dlebel. Miss May Utzinirer. Miss Annie Pow
ell. Miss Ethel Bllnn. Mrs. Joule MeCorjnack.
Miss Mary Garner, Miss Mary Dealey, Mrs.
A. L, Fulton, Miss May Fawcett, Mrs. J.
Busey, Mrs. M. B. Lemon. Mrs. A. E. Huden,
Miss Catherine Slnnott, Miss Eva Todd, Miss
Llllie Lewis, Miss Annie Olson, Miss Helen
Dickinson.' Professor J. W. K cater, Miss Jes
sie Sands, Miss Nellie GerdlnK, Miss Lena
Llnne, Professor C. F. WlUcoU, Miss Clara
Barker and Miss Lucy Martin.
The resignation of Professor J. W. Mac
Cormac as principal of the Shively School
was accepted and Mrs. W. J. Barry was
appointed to ffll the vacancy. The board
decided to combine the offices of City
School Superintendent and Clerk of the
Board and Professor A. L. Clark was
elected for the dual position.
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sion of a body of eminent Jurists and
scientists at Yorkshire, England, who an
nounce as the result of careful study and
Investigation that there are no bald crim
inals and no bald lunatics. Judge J. T.
Riley, of Halifax, says that in an ex
perience of 23 years on the bench he has
encountered only two baldheads charged
with criminal offenses. The testimony as
to the absence of Insanity among the
bald comes from the lips of Rev. M. H.
Nield, of Bradford. England, who speaks
for the principal keeper of Ramshlll In
sane Asylum. Of course there are many
scoffers who will declare that if there are
no baldheads in the Jails and asylums it
isn't because there aren't plenty who
ought to be there, and along comes Dr.
John V. Glrdner, the well-known alien
tist, who Insists that baldheadedness Is
due entirely to the kind of hat one wears,
and has nothing to do with either the
piety or the morality of the person who
owns it. Let the baldheads have their
Inning, however. The season is rapidly
approaching when the flies and the other
Summer insect pests will have their In
ning with the baldheads. The man who
can stand the assaults of Summer In
sects, the gibes of the idle Jester of the
world and retain his sanity and his moral
sanctity, is not to be despised. Hereafter
it would be well to look upon that front
row of shiny pates at the theater In rev
erence rather than in levity. .
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SAN FKDRO, Cal., June 10. The giant
Kramer California, the largest ocean
freighter that so far has called at this
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