. THE . OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, . TOETLAND, SATURDAY EVENING. JANUARY 1(. ' 1904.
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SUNDAY
.-.Is th moderns Sunday-school r a mere
.pious plaything tor group of lronclad
old theological squabblers and a few good
. but ratber-feeble-mlndetf young persons?
Or has the popular idea of the institution
' become conventionalised into a stock
creation having no Wore truth In 11 than
: the atago Irishman, Ah maiden aunt in
the play, or the minister who perennially
wins the hatred or excite the derision
.; of. the galleryt 'M.uoh; mirth' hai been
made recently In1 popuiaimagazln pages
over theSunday-achools of the paat, In
terwoven wlt,h stock ' criticisms also of
recent methods. 'The old library books,
the. old songs, ' the old teaching, may
become the subject of cheap wit, or of just
criticism now, or they may. be remem
bered with an affectionate smile, just
as "a successful mart of today may thlnlc
of the crude way of the little -old cabin
-of..))is.bpyjiood. There is A dlfferejocft in
th;, smiles. Jt Is : true , that th elderly
person Can, remember, for. Instance, that
the little thin cloudy-covered books out
af . the.. little old homer made pine ease
which Stood in the corner behind the big
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stove had a mouldy smell, and one of
them was horribly decorated with !, a
toam wood-ujutof tha car. xf .Juggernaut
its awful wheels rolling over . a mass of
wrlthlog 4iuman belngaThla volume-waa
not alluring, but It was faithfully read.
Bo wa the "Life; of Cotton Mather," and
the "Dairyman's. Daughter.' ' V-'
vow Methods from Old.
But It should be remembered that; like
the Sunday-school itself, the little old
dry library had the elements" of growth
In it. , The day came when its well-
i filled , shelves occupied a whole wall.
There yon1, could: get.1 "The Sdionberg
Cbtta Family.' Just -""published. .,.Thep
came ' "KlttyTrevelyan," ' of Wesley'.s
- flm.-4,T1jten ,Phllothea," 'telling of Paul
and the early church, with realistic
charm. You could revel In Prescott'
"Conquest of Peru;" and th "Abbott
Jjisl;orJes" ,and the."Rpllo Books,'.' and
' Jilttle Victories;" and, by asd by came
fThei. Eodleys."- and host, 'Of "Other
books that have hardly .been improved
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)s,ftnie safhumorlss say, Jhat you
-used to "give your pennies" then mostly
'becauMvthls was '"pretty -behaved," but
you also had- a glimmering .'that 'they
were "for the heathen" how, or where
you did not know.; The chljdren now do
Know..'. Ask Miss Luckey, superintend
ent of the primary department In the
First Congregational . Sunday - School.
She smiles at the question and eageTly
dlscrlbes'to you the pleasure the chil
dren have In contributing to the: sup
port of a kindergarten far almond-eyed
tots In Japan. Just as. -wee. and fun-loving
as. themselves; and how. they love to
get letters and messages from the little
, brown -children over there.. . ;. .'
1 Children Better Informed.
In the old days children ; learned
Strings upon strings of Bible texts.
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Which
tbey ; recited . with lightning
swiftness and forgot as. Swiftly. There
re people who profess to believe this
must havs been the better way. They
' seem to ' expect that these long-Burled
. verses Will loom -up, somehow, Ih the
nick of time, supernaturally illuminated.
But the children now find out what the
verses mean. : In Miss Luckey's ctass
the child gives , birthday -, pennies
fenny for , each year Of his lif e-thus
f elebrating' his anniversary by. giving as
well as the usual receiving. . Then, the
Whole class learns a Bible text begin
ning with the initial letter of th child's
same, ln,'honor of the event: .The pas
sage Is explained, and always, rehearsed
upon birthdays of the other children.
"Quench not the spirit", repeated, her
little, primaries, .when asked for, the
Initial , vers one Sunday recently, . And
then, a straight little, man in cute knick
erbockers stood up ' and toldj what It
' ' meant: . , ', ' . . '
"When a good spirit comes .into your
heart you must not drle it away by do
ling bad things. ! If you do, It's Jtke 'go
ing and putting-water on a ,tilc pleas
' 4nt fire Um you need.1? ; : ,
This was simply fend naturally spoken
not In .a parrot-like way. , In this
class th children sit In. a body. In little
kindergarten - chalre., before the leader;
at opening xtsrcln, , When lson time
, comes, at s. soft chord from th organ,
sach child picks' up his or her chair,
and for half a roinut the room is full
' of bewildering whirls of cunning ltttl
chairs, -gay frocks .- and bright curls.
They "Stand" cm Instant then another
soft" tfhord finds them seated in' cosy
groupsV each :groupi presided over -by-a
. sweet-faced teacher9 for a ll-mlnutt
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primary department, goes the mission
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ary, spirit hand" in" hand with earnest
Bible study. As am outgrowth, the mis-!
ion school started ten or more years
ago ,up on Front street in South Port
land,; by.. Mr. Lv a.: Smith,, the present
superintendent, - has been lovingly fos
tered,' Iri later years through the care
of Mr. W. D.. Scott and now is to have
a. beautiful new chapel. A letter from a
young man; who gratefully remembers
that mlsBlon scbooP was read to thai
school lately and listened to with loving1
interest' General mledlbnary informa
tion Is attractively placed before i tho'
school once a month. A boy student in:
one of . the mission schools in India
i supported by the school. Perhaps the
most Important of the many fine Bible
classes Is the one led by the pastor, Rev.
E. L. House, in a comprehensive view1
of ths Bible.
Ziibriuy Isirrtsotd.' '!.'- . r :
Some Sunday, Schools have dropped
their' - library work r ntlroly' on
account of the great 'abundance of lit
erature provided through secular chan
nels. Others are being . enlarged, re
modeled and classified, and are winning;
their ' readers Intelligently" once more,1
after, a period of discouragement: ? "At,
the First Congregational school the'
young librarian, In his lonesome nook,
shows you with a deprecating smile the
books that are 4,read,to rags" ' "Pansy"
books, and, "Little Llbby Lee'' order.. He
has , no , catalogue. ' There seems - to be
no missionary literature In evidence, no'
fresh,' practical books of instruction for
teachers. Some splendid volumes - of
fiction occupy neglected shelves; .Bui-1
wer,' '' Scott ' Dickens,'; Barrle. Oeorge
MacDonald, complete. The "Bridge of
the Gods," "The, Seats of the Mightyr"
'"Esce Homo." "The Makers of Florence,";
all : delightful single volumes,, How
strange that the school cannot find a
method' to get these before 1 some ' one
who needs them!. The librarian thought
the city library had lessened .the need
of keeping these books;- not half a dosen
came to take out a book' even of the
"read to- rags" kind. , The library some
how seems dropping through loosened
fingers. ' .
Do, the children sing trash now, Of
the "Golden Crowns" end . ."Glittering
Palms" order? In this school the hymns
,un, are not ftwetly tuneful, but the
words are uplifting, in such hymns as
:.Lead, Kindly Llght'VSun if .My Soul.
Thou. Savior. Dear.'V "Jesus. Lover of
My Soul,'' "Rock of Ages." -"My Country.
'Tis of Thee." In passing, it may be
added that this is true of every represen
tative School in Portland. '
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Many Sunday schools are taking on
more and more tb character of . Bible
Institutes, f of advanced Bible study, but
Mr. S. G. Smith, superintendent of this
school during 1908. emphatically pre
sents his work as primarily for boys and
girls.. ' ; '.,."
The elderly person well remembers the
horrors of a hot summer Sunday in, the
old-fashioned Sunday school, when, the
honored visitor appeared and Addressed
the children, at his own sweet will. He
never knew how to stop, and no one else
could stop him. -t That Is changed now.
The honored visitor Is received Just as
he would b In one of th big, practical
Systematic secular schools. He may,
with the superintendent or one of his as
sistants, as guide, glance at the different
classes &t work, but even her he must
not interrupt He -does not . address the
school unless by prevtous'lnvltatloo, for
some definite pufppa,4 and then his time
IS limited with a snap. No garrulous
wanderer need spply.- '
rirsT-Baptlst. '; . .
One of the most thoroughly graded,
business-like- and well appointed schools
In this city is the First Baptist Sunday
school with Its membership of J 50, not in
cluding officers. ' During recitation time
th large, well-lighted assembly room is
vacated except perhaps by the alert su
perintendent' Mr. J. . 0. Malone.. whose
time Is usually filled up to the brim with
conferences, with preparing some bulle
tin or other on the wlde-awake-looklng
blackboard, visiting the classes, or look
ing, after ; some details of the library
work! , The . last mentioned department
of this school Is particularly admirable.
It occupies large bright room, where
there are ample desks and comfortable
chairs for - secretaries, also a counter
and vestibule for convenient of scholars
taking, out books. A definite sum from
the school contributions is set aside each
month to constitute the library fund. A
committee of three persons makes a
business of oonstant inspection of new
books to be added to th library, and
whenever an addition is ' made., some
member bf the commute presents such
books to, the school in a brief, attractive
analysis.-' Teachers are expected to keep
in touch with th literary material put
lnto,th scholars', hands, If a flood of
literature -is bound to reach th 'child
ren, so much the mora, is It th business
of the Sunday school to see that they
get the right kind at th right time. Is
th theory of these First Baptist
people, -A complete catalogb" of th
books In their library; constantly revised,
hangs la bulletin, -form near the library
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Class Ar Graded.,
"The classes of this school are graded
S kindergarten; 'primary., intermediate.
Junior and senior, a classification mainly
adopted by every large. Sunday school
in the city. The room devoted to the
kindergarten department In a pleasant
thing to look at in every way. A soft
carpet cover th floor. A pleasant fire
place occupies--one coilier. Low tables
invits little fingers to fashion some
charming thing which will help to fasten
a lovely lesson where it belongs; Plen
tiful light streams through a row tof
stained glass windows. On th teach
er's low desk is a crystal Jar for birth
day pennies.' Blackboards, -choice plo
tures, the . organ, and' secretary's desk
ar all In place. -' - . .-.
. Th primary department 'in charge of
Mrs. McDonald, has n apartment' to
Itself with plenty of room t for . work
suitable tor young children; without dis
turbing older: classes. The Junior and
Intermediate classes; are also at, work
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Superintendent First Presbyterian Sun
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Nojarn. Bible Woman In India, Supported by Mrs. AUIone's Bible Class of Young Women of the
: r - ' Baptist Sunday School of Portland. " ;
by themselves. ' How different all this
from ths old-fashioned babel of Sunday
school scholars all reading their les
sons at one time Inth sam room! "
Bibl Work. 'V
A veritable Bible Institute seems this
school as you maks the tour of the
bright and comfortable recitation rooms.
Bible classes are gathered around study
tables, with' Bibles, reference books and
maps. Important classes ar th men's
Bible class,' taught by fhe pasr, Rev.
A. A. Coats, a class of young men snd
women using on of th thorough courses
In use by the Y. M. C. A., also an earn
est class of young women, who contri
bute, th entire support of Nagamv a
native Bible woman in India, while an
other class has assumed the car of
Hanna, a.-' Bible woman who has begun
to, sharsNsgana's work. With all Its
exceptional facilities, Mr, Malone thinks
the school needs .still better equipment
and. that a wise . church should know
that, the equipment of a live Sunday
school never will .stsy put"
Three branch schools ar supported
by the - First Baptist Sunday school.
There were 17 conversions in th horn
schooMn ths past: year.,-. ::r:s..;r
., The country ,: visitor to city Sunday
schools always remark upon th large
proportion Of men at work, A roll call
of all the officers and teachers of th
score of schools : r more would pr.
sent, names of great number of th
most prominent and successful business
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At th Grace ME. church the school
has a noticeably larg .proportion, of
young men, even for th clty. Mr. Gill,
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fort has been made to bring this about
They ar mainly from , th families of
th church. There is nothing "Institu
tional," In the popular sense, st th
Grace church Sunday school. It Is a
good example of the conservative church
family studying the Bible, not because
of special "attractions" leading to It
but out of love -and a sense of duty.
In the main school the lesson Is studied
from the old-fashioned leaflet so much
gibed at as presenting th Bibl in a
distorted wsy. Mr. Gill says he thinks
thst on the whole ther is no better
method.. . The Bible classes tak Inde
pendent courses if they wish. .
Mrs. A. N. Fisher, wife. of th editor
of the Pacific Christian Advocate, leads
a large class of women who ar studying
th Bible through by course, just now oc
cupied with "Acts' of the Apostles," snd
the Epistles. Dr. Whiteside has a class
of young women studying th life of
Christ ' . , '?
The primary, children In this school
are exceptionally fortunate In their
teacher, Mr. C. A. Morden. Here again
Is a pleasant room, with suitable appll
ane'es.
No. showing Is msde of library work,
but the school Is liberally supplied with
beautiful periodicals. - Out of a lonely
bookoas In a vesttbuls ' Lorna Doone"
and Dana's fin old seadog of a book,
'Two Years Bef Or th Msst."; shin
temptingly out from a collection of dull
volumes. "mostly donations" and 'noth
ing worth." On wonders if. h little
stories In th periodical ar .really bet
ter &U th tlm than th great old virile
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stories would be, as the scholars grow
along up to them.
rtrst Presbyterian:
At th First Presbyterian Bunday
school a good library has long been at
the service of the school, a liberal pro
portion of contributions being set sslde
every year for -Its maintenanfce. The
catalogue ofbooks In tha library as
maintained tor 10 years or more gives
titles of nearly 1. 000 volumes. Old books
are constantly replaced by new ones
faithfully selected by an expert com
mittee. ,
A new plan has been adopted, by
means of .which 100 new books neatly
cased ar received 'from a circulating
library company, to be exchanged for
others at th close of each quarter. At
th close of the. contrsct the last 100
books become th property of the school.
Over 1,000 books are thus offered to the
us of scholars In this school: Ther is
practical material In normal helps, such
as "Teaching and Teachers." by H. Clay
Trumbull; "Sunday School Success." by
Amos R. Wells; 'The Child for Christ."
and "The Teacher, the Child and the
Book," by Dr. Schauffiar.
, Oood Working XJbrary.
In th field of general literature ther
Is good fiction: "Beside tho Bonnie Briar
Bush." - "Loey Mary. "Black Rock."
"Th Sky Pilot besides books by Mary
E. Wilklns, Kate D. Wlggin. Mary Hal
lock Foote Nora Perry. Susan Coolldge,
Miss Alrott "Oulda".; Un 'A'' Dog, of
Flandess"), Edward Everett Hale, Mary
Mapes Dortgs, Sarah, Orne Jewell, Jack
London The stories of adventure have!
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a wholesome atmosphere, in "My Dogs
in ihe Northland," by . E- R. Young;
Through Russian Snows,", by Henty;
'Mountain Climbing," by four , great
mountain climbers. . Of animal books
here are splendid ones by Burroughs, 1
Kipling and Seton-Thompson. No boy
could afford to miss Parton's "Captains
of Industry," with it stories of such
heroes as Michael Braxin, cannon foun
der; -' James Nasmyth, . inventor of tho
steam hammer; Joseph Whit worth, tool
maker, and Jnventor .of great guns. Of
books on athletics a notable one, is by
D. A. Sargent! M. D. With all the rest
Ther Schonberg Cotta Family." still
holds a place; also "Tom Brown at Ox
ford," "Two Tears Before the Mast."
"Westward, Ho!" and the "CHildren of
Westminster Abbey," by RoseKlngsley,
the daughter of Canon Klngsiey,
alasy Wlsslosary Books.
' In a library provided by the 'school
in a great missionary church,' important
missionary literature should b found,
and It is here, including "The Laws of
North Slam." "Leavening the Nation,"
a history or American home missions.
biographies of David Livingstone, Gen
eral Gordon, Robert Moffat and a long
line of other heroes. A warmly evan
gellstlo , church should furnish Biblical
commentaries and devotional literature,
and It is here. - As representative may
be mentioned "Imago Chrlstl," by Dr,
'fames Stalker; "Boston .Monday Lec
tures," by Joseph Cook; "The Light of
the World." by Phillips Brooks.
. This Sunday school began oonserva-.
tvely, with the gathering of the' child
ren of families of the church Into the
beautiful 'chapel for their religious serv
ice and Bible lessons. - All the appoint
ments of the place were given, and have
today, a clolster-llke grace. Soft light
falls rather too dimly through lovely
stained glass windows; velvet carpets
give back no sound of footfall. Fine por
traits of two great pastors of the church
in bygone years. Rev. A. L. Llndsley, D.
DH and Rev. Arthur A. Brown, D. D.,
lopk down from an' honored place on the
walls. And In those names we are
helped to find the key to the ideals of
this Sunday school, emphatically mis
slonary Ideals. From the babies In the
kindergarten to the last member of the
oldest Bible class, every one believes in
following the Great Command.
Largest School on Coast '
. With a . membership of 619, not In
eluding the large home department this
school has the largest number . In at
tendance on the Pacific coast, and has
far outgrown the decoroua seating in the
beautiful chapel for opening exercises,
Thaprlmary - department--ln charge .of
that splendid primary teacher, MIbs
Jennie Smith, fills a large apartment In
the basement sometimes to overflow
lng. - The kindergarten babies are cur
tained off In their nook with an enchant
ing, teacher; the older ones after the
opening exercises set thelf own little
chairs In cosy circles.
Music of the piano, motion songs that
mean the Joy and buoyancy of birds, lit
tle prayers in concert over birthday
gifts, tender stories from the Bible,
wisely Chosen and sweetly told, tact and
gentleness, all are here. , -
, It is a far call, from the time when
wretched little beings wedged In be
tween the older ones, sat on high, hard
seats, In the old-fashioned Sunday
school. Do they know where their gifts
go? Ask-the children. They can tell
of all the beautiful things the pennies
do, beginning with Christmas time 1 In
Portland. ? - ' f
Thee primary children havs a special
curriculum or mings to learn lor pro
motion. So also have they in the inter
mediate department, In charge of Miss
Ella McBride, another fine teacher from
the city's 'public schools. Much of the
Bible, is memorized In this course..
The auditorium of the church, the par
lors, the galleries, sre all occupied by
Bible classes during recitation time. Poor
places for suitable equipments, yet with
th Bible and devotion and determina
tion, the lessons are learned, and the
great school continues to grow. In th
senior -department, which occupies the
main chapel, lesson leaflets have been
discarded. Notes are provided, but the
lesson text must be found in the Bibles.
Th home department led , by Mrs. E.
T. 'Allen, has a membership of 121, "mak
ing a grand total of 714. The young
women's Bible class, taught by Mrs,
R. K. Warren, has a larger average at
tendance than any similar class on th
coast, about 100 being -present every
Sunday. It has many splendid Institu
tional features, but its central thought
and purpose is purely evangelistic. ' This
class has given within the past three
years two of Its members as volunteers
to missionary' service. The first, Mrs.
Eva Bailis Douglas, Is at the front in
Persia. The second, Miss Elisabeth Co,
will soon1 leave her position in-th pub
lie schools to take up preparatory study.
Out of 68 additions to the church on
profession -of faith in the year ending
March, 1903, there were 49 who cam
from the Sunday school.
This Sunday school was 'the first in
Portland to substitute Christmas giv
ing for the old fashion of Christmas re
ceiving. No gala evening could be mor
joyous and beautiful than , the " two
Christmas anniversaries It has so cele
brated, the unique exerctses being some
thing long to be remembered..
Ths instruction of this school on' mis
sionary subjects Is systematic and thor
ough, and the giving Is done Intelli
gently and freely. It fosters two fine
branch schools In suburbs of the city.
The genial superintendent of the home
school Is Dr. C. R. Templeton; assistants,
Mr. A. A. Morse, Miss M. E. Smith.
Xaasalo Congregational.
Speaking of the return to the study
of tho Bible text Itself, discarding leaf
lets, a most delightful plan Is in use
by the, Winchester Bible class of Has-salo-Street
Congregational church, led
by their pastor. Rev. Charles E. Chase,
They study the Bible by single volumes,
as you do your tShakespeare, or your
annotated Browning. At present they
are occupied with the study of Isaiah,
in a handsom little book with notes.
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Of Mrs, Warrens Bible Claas,
This class meets every other -Tuesday
evening with the pastor, and' on every
Sunday with, the Sunday school. 'It has
pleasant social features, I and- always
closes before vacation with, a banquet
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Perhaps no church In the city has be U
ter ground for a working "plant" than
Taylor-Street M. J3. church. - The splen
did rolling bass which greets the ear
or tne visitor on entering the assembly
room In th midst of a song tells of a
good, strong element, of young men In
the school, which Is Just as It. should
be, considering where th church Stands. :
There is here an unusually large pro
portion of men and women In Bibl '
classes, who look as if they must b
earnest busy, capable people every day
In the week. Then, again, th classes
have swarmed out of the Sunday school
sssembly room iftjo the auditorium. Th
rear gallery is occupied by a notabl
class of young men, taught by Mrs. J.
Q. Williams. This class Is well organ
ised, -and Judging from past success, may
move rapiqiy up to the 100-mark of
membership. A fine social feature is
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the reception to class and friends held
once a month in the homes of th mem
bers, a delightful recent occasion being -the
Christmas-tree reception given by
this class to two of the young women's '
classes. : ; .
.This school' has 3E0 members, not in-
eluding the home department A spe
cial effort is being mads to gather in
all children In the surrounding blocks
Of this downtown neighborhood. - . Ths
kindergarten department In chaVge of -Mrs.
B. N. Rankin, Is truly kindergarten
in methods, the sand-table and other at
tractive appliances being in evidence.
The cradle roll wins many children to
the school. Incidentally the parents,
oftent
, The sum of f 300 was given' by th
school to missions last year.
In Taylor-Street school there is un
usually good singing at opening assem
bly, ld by the piano. The piano? Why
not? AH the representative schools
use the piano. Youth Is youth, and
needs bright clear music. Perhaps tha -seating
of th school. In - democ ratio
chairs, close together, partly accounts
for the good chorus singing.-.';.
This school has no library at all, but
uses - Sunday school .periodicals plenti
fully.. The home department is being
splendidly worked. It has a membership
of 25, divided into It classes, superin- -tended
by. J 2 visitors, and la proving a
fine evangelistic agency, , aiding the
pastor greatly. . . '
The superintendent Is Mrs.' B. Lea
Paget, with Professor : Davis of ' tho
Portland High school as assistant super
intendent snd Miss Anna Farrell, wo
man superintendent .
Mr. Paget's great desire is for "mor
room snd better appliances." There Is
devotion in plenty, and much of th
teaching fore Is from tho best talent
In the city. But th workman must
have tools. . , . : - ,
"WHf Taylor-Street church and Sun
day sctoool stay her or mov uptown?"
. "W mean to stay where w are."
says Mr. Paget with earnestness. "I,
for one, am devoted to th work her.
It Is a great field. I have to com many
miles every Sunday to get here, but I
have done It for several years, and I
love the work and shall keep on" ' -"-One--secret
of- tho splend Id success Of
th St David's Episcopal Sunday school
can be found- in th teachers' meeting
conducted every week by th rector. Dr.
George B. Van Waters, for-Bibl study
and comparison of methods and experi
ence. Of the Sunday school. Mr. Fred
S. West Is superintendent and Dr. F. C
Bellwood assistant superintendent In
this school, not on of th largest but
certainly ons of the most progressive in -
th city, a noteworthy feature is th
fin body of influential young business
men actively at work. - - i . .
Th kindergarten,; department In
charge of Miss Ada Brown and Miss
Viola Jamleson, has from BO to 00 mera
bers, and out of this charming class
has grown a thriving Industrial school
for gtrls.taught by Miss Brown, -Miss- ,
Jamleson and Mrs. Fred 0. Wt. All
Instruction In th school is entirely free,
materials also being .furnished., and th
articles mads in ths school given to th
pupils who have made them. Th school
meets every Saturday afternoon in th -parish
, house. .
The library supported by this school
Is liberally' supplied with good fresh
literature, and what la Important kept
In th hands of the scholars by tha
efficient secretaries, Mr. C. Bell and Mr.
Royal.-' '
' Educated benevolence ii characteristic
of th school, which has given II 59 to
missions In the past year, besides a
large amount to - local philanthropies.
Including from 115 to $50 each year Co
hospitals. - -' .-'-;-:- --..-, ';
A young men's Bibl class Is tsught
by Mr. H. C. Ferris snd Bible clssses
for young ladles ar led by Mrs, F. S,
West and Miss Viola Self wood.
LL'CT VAN. TRESS.
- TABS ABT0 rAVCXZS. ,
Bands and sashes ptsy an Important
part on many toilets,
Curious flat gold parses, combining
also card cases, are carried,
Cords and tassels. Ilk braids, still
continue to be a favorite trimming.
The old. velvet reticule, wth mono-,
gram and mount of gold or silver, I In
vogue one again.' ,
Afternoon recept'lon frock appear to,
be made In all th lighter and Softly
clinging fabrlts. y i " " '
Attractive crsvats for ut-of-dno
wear ar mad out of a combination of
fur and pleated chiffon. -
Moumsellne and chiffon velvt are th
fabrics that r st th; moment di-!'i'tit-Infr
Parisian fmlnlne hrt.
Coiffure ar bslnr brush! w!l up nn
the sides and only slightly
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Allen St Lewis' Beat iltin-i.