Evening Star Newspaper, November 16, 1895, Page 22

22 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1895—-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. Cannon. Catchings. AID OF THE CAMERA In Identifying Members of the Next House of Representatives. NEW DEVICES AT THE CAPITOL Electric Bells at Each Member's Desk and Other Improvements. SIGNALS FROM THE DOME —__»—_—_. Ts COMING CON- gress will surpass all of its ‘ity-three pre- decessors in the mat- ter of novel acces- sories and time-sav- ing conveniences for the expedition of pub- lic business. With the aid of the new de- vices to be introduced at the convening next month our national statesmen will be en- 1 abled to serve their onstituents more effectively, and at the same time more easily than ever before. Of late years the constantly growing mem- 'p of the House and the increas'ng in- acy of its legislative processes have be- come so cumbersome that the latest mod- ern appliances have been found absolutely indispensable. Some of the innovations now to be made are altogether original and have never been used anywhere before, so that their em- ployment mark an interesting depart- ure fn parliamentary contrivances. Others would not be considered new or striking in certain up-to-date business communities, but the fact of their adoption is noteworthy in such a venerable legislative body, which for years back has rendered strict obedi- ence to past usages and traditions. The most novel and interesting of the Im- provements proposed will be a device by which both new and old members of the House can be identified instantly, from the opening of the session, by each other, by the doorkeepers and other officials, by the correspondents in the press gallery, and by visitors in the other galleries. The means of this identification will be none other than a series of large photograph albums, filled with realistic pictures of the 360 mem- bers. One of these albums It is proposed to hang beside the Speaker's desk, for his benefit and that of the tally clerks and reading clerks; another will be placed in the mem- bers’ private lobby, to be studied by the members; another will be hung in the press gallery, for the corps of correspondents, through whom the great body of the Ameri- can people get their information as to the doings and sayings of our national legis- lature; still another will be kept handy by the doorkeeper and his assistants, for their edification, and lastly, copies will be de- posited in the members’ and Speaker’s gal- leries, reserved for accredited visitors. True to Life. These photographs are to be entirely dif- ferent in kind and style from those ordinar- ily executed by conventional photographers, who amiably instruct their “victims” to “look pleasant,” and who, In the effort to produce pretty pictures and artistic effects, subordinate accurate likeness to arbitrary standards of taste. In securing these unique photographs exactly the reverse method will be pursued. Vivid likeness will be made the first requisite, and artistic auxiliaries will be relegated to second place. Nor will these pictures be simply vignett2d heads. On the contrary they will represent Dalze of Pennsylvania, the statesmen in full length and panel size, both hatted and uncovered, and, above cll, in their most characteristic and familiar at- titudes. A good idea of what they will be like is conveyed by the photographic illus- tration accompanying this article, the sub- jects being prominent members of the lest Congress, and also will be in the new Con- gress. : They were taken for amusement by a tal- ented amateur, Mr. F. J. Randolph, during odd moments of the last Congress. Most of the subjects were “caught” standing on the marble portico outside the members’ private lobby on the south facade of the Capitol. Same of these, representing members re- elected to the coming Congress, will be util- ized in the proposed album collections. New members will be photographed in a similar way as opportunity offers from day to day, in the next fortnight and after, as they gather in for the opening on Monday, De- gember 2. Such pictures as these delineate the subjects exactly as they are and as they look in daily contact and intercourse, and once seen the subjects can be recognized at a glance. They Will Know Each Other. This device will fill a want long felt in Congress. Its necessity in the early weeks of a new “tidal wave” Congress has always been particularly urgent. In the coming Congress over 120 members are utter straag- ers to the old members and to each other, while many even of the old members are strangers to each other and wholly unac- quainted with the new members. Back in the democratic Fifty-second Congress, com- posed largely of new men and the result (ike the coming republican Fifty-fourth) of @ reactionary tidal wave in our national politics, the greatest embarrassment ensued from this cause. Fully fifty per cent of the members didn’t know over fifty per cent of their associates at the close of that Con- gress, and probably not twenty-five per cent knew over seventy-five per cent of their fel- lows. Likewise in the last Congress, the Fifty- third, which was in session for the unpre- cedented length of fifteen months, many Hopkins of Illinois. modest and unobtrusive members rematn- ed urknown to their nearest neighbors to the very end. The doorkeepers whose duty it was to admit oniy members or delegates to the floor of the House during sessions, and the tally clerks who kept record of the yea and nay tTesponses, didn’t know more than 80 per cent of the whole membership, and the dcorkeepers were frequently known to refuse admission to full-fledged members who should have been well knowr, and the next moment to allow outsiders to pass in, if their general appearance seemed to indicate that they might be Congressmen. It is said that only the Speaker’s clerk, one of the chief pages and one reading clerk knew by sight all the members of the last Congress. Newspaper correspond- ents in the gallery above were often put to their wits’ end to identify unknown mem- ters who happened to blossom forth un- expectedly in important speeches, and the pleasure of visitors in the other galleries was constantly diminished from fgnorance as to the identity of orators in debate. Hereafter all these difficulties will in great measure be obviated by reference to the photograph albums, hung in convenient Places and accessible at all times for ex- amination and study. Electric Call Bells. Another radical innovation in the House will be made in the method of summoning Page boys to the desks of Representatives. Hitherto, ever since Congress has been in existence, the members have called up the pages by lightly clapping thelr hands to- gether—a method open to criticism and often the cause of much inconvenience. When a considerable number of members clapped their hands at the same time the ordinary confusion of the House chamber was increased ten-fold and oftentimes an eloquent orator on the floor could not make himself heard above the din. Many a blushing new member, too, while delivering his maiden speech, has mistaken the fusillade of hand clapping for applause and has suffered deep chagrin on discover: ing that it wasn’t. There are thirty-three pages in the House service, and these young gentlemen in an exciting session of- ten become mingled in the crowd of war- ring statesmen clamoring round the Speak- er’s desk, getting in thelr way and adding to the general disorder. All these annoy- ances will now be obviated. Electric wires have been strung from each member’s desk to an indicator and call board in the cioak rooms, similar to those in hotel offices, and each desk will be supplied with a push but- ton for starting the current, so that all a statesman may have to do when he wants a page will be to press the button and the page will appear. This new system will place the boys in a less conspicuous posi- tion in the House, as they will be expected to remain in the cloak rooms out of sight until summoned into he hall by the but- ton. The republican and democratic sides will have separate indicators. To Vote by Electricity. A similar plan has been proposed, though It may not be adopted, to facilitate voting and eliminate the long and tedious oral yea and nay roll call. This plan contemplates running electric wires from the members’ desks to a large indicator located in front of the Speaker, where it can be seen read- ily, so that when the yeas and nays are or- dered a vote may be taken all at once by means of pressing the buttons. In this way members could show whether they are pair- ed and whether they vote yea and nay, all in a few seconds, whereas it now takes from thirty to forty-five minutes to finish a roll call. If the new electric system for summoning the pages works well it will be the forerunner of further uses of elec- tricity in the conduct of both houses, Another invaluable innovation will be a separate and special telephone directly con- neeting the House and Senate for speed and certainty in communication between the two bodies. Heretofore the only tele- phonic communication available was had through the central exchange down in the city. A Representative wishing to talk with a Senator at the other end of the huge Capitol building had first to ring up the central office and then take his chances in getting switched on the Senate wire. Usually some one of the branch wires would be busy, and delay and annoyance were inevitable. ‘When the Capitol was built, over a hun- dred years ago, none of our modern time- saving conveniences were thought of, and nearly all communication between the two houses w effected by messenger. But oftentimes Representatives and Senators, especially those from the same state, need to communicate in a confidential way, and in such cases if the roundabout telephone was already occupied one or other of them had to walk over personally to the other chamber, a distance of two city blocks, and then might learn that the man he sought was not there. Various Improvements. At the close of short sessions of Congress the need of frequent personal consultation between the two houses has made it nec- essary almost every hour for prominent statesmen to leave their own hall and el- bow their way physically to the other hall, through the crowd obstructing the lobbies, and in a hundred other ways the primitive character of the communicating facilities was felt to be a great hindrance to public business. Indeed, it seems unaccountable that direct telephone was not introduced long before this. An improvement still more useful will be provided in the shape of a continuous bulle- tin of proceedings in both houses, to be dis- played in the lobbies, giving in brief outline the current proceedings at frequent Inter- vals, like telegraphic bulletins from national political conventions. From it members and Senators can see at a glance what Is going on in the other co-ordinate body, and thus Save valuable time and effort. It will be a special boon to the newspaper correspond- ents, for they will be able to know exactly where the storm center of news may be at any moment, and can accommodate their movements to the requirements of the hour. A perfect-running chronometer will also be established in the private lobby of the House, where the Speaker can c time and open each day’s s on the dot of noon. The law expressly provides that this shall be done, but in prac- tice it has seldom been followed rigidly, as no two of the official clocks of the Capitol keep the same time. Signals on the Dome. In addition to all these reforms, a new electric lighting system has been established in the Capitol, with a plant in both wings. Two engines and dynamos have been placed on each side, down in the subterranean vaults, with a total capacity of 6,000 lamps of sixteen candle power each. The engines of either wing are capable of rendering full service for the whole building, and they are so arranged that they can be used inter- changeably in case of accident or derange- ment of part of the plant. An attractive feature of this new system will be a set of powerful electric signals on the summit of the great white dome. Heretofore when either house has been in session at night that fact has been indicated by a lamp displayed from the dome, visible at a distance. But nobody could ever tell from it whether the House or the Senate alone or both houses were in session. In the new signals a red electric light will de- nofe that the House fs in session, and a blue light the Senate, while both red and blue, with white thrown in for color effect, wil! announce that both houses are sitting simultaneously. The heating and ventilaiion apparatus has likewise been overhauled and improved, the pictures on all the interior walls have been retouched and freshened, every apartment in the historic edifice has heen cleaned, the furniture and carpets have been renewed, and everything has been put in spick-and- span order. On the theory that pleasant surroundings promote good work, it may be expected that the new Congress will dis- tinguish itself by wholesome and effective legislation. TRUMPS IN WHist, The Importance of Their Management in Playing a Good Game. From the New York Herald. The management of trumps !s one of the most important as well as difficult points of good whist play, and is the fatal rock on which the average theorist goes to pieces. Cavendish recommends students to hear in mind that “the use of trumps Is to iraw the adversaries’ trumps for the bringing in of your long suits. With great strength in trumps, five or more, lead them at once, to disarm your opponents without waiting to establish a suit.” James Clay, who was the best plaver of his day, was noted for his skillful handling of the trumps, and was a great stickler for their proper use. He was a member of parliament for thirty years, and was as noted for his courteous demeanor and even temperament as for is sterling qualities. In the popular play of uy Livingston” the hero, Castlemaine, is made to utter a remark which was once actually made by Clay, and is quoted by those who knew him as being the nearest approach to finding fault with a partner which the distinguished whistite was ever known to di It is well worth repeating, as impre. valuable rule of wtist upon the memory: “It is computed,” he said, as he looked sorrowfully at his partner, who had failed to bring oft trumps at the proper time, “that there are 2,861 young Englishmen of good family and born to brilliant prospects who are now wander- ing shoeless about the continent becaus they would not lead trumps, having five! The story is better appreciated when it is understood that Clay lived in the day of high play in England, when the rule of all ciups was to play for five pounds a point and a bet of twenty-five pounds on the rubber. Probably the first question that a player should ask himself after glancing at his cards‘is, “Would the exhausting of trumps help or weaken my hand?" For the advan- tage of holding the last trump, as well as the severe consequences of leaving it in the hands of the opponents after establishing a long sult, should be well understood before venturing to.exhaust trumps. As a matter of course, it must be favorable to one side or the other, for with trumps ail out long sui® become important factors, and a strength i: imparted to the small cards which they did not possess before; hence the principle of the modern game, which turns almost en- tirely upon the bringing in of the long suits. oe Frowned on His Extravagance. From Truth. He—“It doesn’t seem possible, dearest, that just one week from tonight you will be my own sweet little wife.” She (dreamily)—‘Doesn’t it? But (sweet- ly) if you are always as good to me as you have been during our engagement, I shall have no cause to complain.” He—“I didn’t know that I had been so gocd to you.” She—‘‘Indeed you have. Why, just look at the lovely engagement ring you gave me! It’s almost twice as large as any of the other girls’— He (remembering the bill)—‘True, my darling, I wanted you to have the best.” She—“And look at all the other beautiful things you have given me.” He (modestly)—“‘You deserve them, dear.” She—“And think of the lovely wedding trip we are going on.” He—‘I'm glad that you are pleased with it. By the way, I have something else for you. Something in diamonds for your wed- ding present.” Ske (clapping her hands)— know it is perfectly elegant! a peep at it beforehand?” He—“Certainly. I want you to. It will be ready tomorrow.’ She—‘‘And will you let me see it tomor- row night?” He--“I am afraid not, dearest. You see, tomerrow night I have arranged to give my ushers a little dinner.” She (coldly)—‘‘Do you think it necessary to give your ushers a dinner?” He—‘Certainly. Why not?” Bhe (reproachfully)—“Have you consid- ered, dear, how much it will cost?” ‘Oh, I just Can't I have Early Practice. From Fliegende Blatter. Father (an athlete)—“Yes, dear friend, just eight weeks old is my boy, and think, e spurns already his milk bottle.” ‘circular wall put in its place, thus giving A BEAUTIFUL EDIFICE opportunity to build circular stairs, which Opening Services at Calvary Baptist Church Tofoxrow Morning, So INTERIOR IMPROVED AND ENLARGED Ss Fine Facilitiest fer Carrying For- ward a -Gipat Work. Te A GENEROUS GIVER When, on January 1, 1898, Calvary Baptist Church and congregation made their mag- nificent subscription of $152,000 for the pur- pose of enlarging their work, both at the home church and in their missions, it was not known just when the plans might be completed. Though the times have been ex- ceedingly dull, fortunate circumstances have enabled the church to accomplish much more in the three years than seemed pos- sible at the time of making the subscription. Acting wisely, as has been demonstrated, the first step was the construction of the Sunday school house, at a cost, in round numbers, of $100,000, and which house is said to be the finest of its kind in this country. A little later opportunity was offered the church to purchase a fine house of worshin, known as the Tabernacle Church, 9th and B streets southwest, on very moderate terms, for the use of the Kendall branch in South- west Washington. While something of this kind was included in the plans, yet the for- tunate circumstance which secured the edi- fice on such reasonable terms in so short a time was not an ated. The next step in the prosecution of the work which had been laid out to be done was practically rebuilding the interior of the main church edifice. The audience room has always been regarded by the congreza- tion as having an attractive appearance and it has been a question whether arrange- ments could be made for more seating ca- pacity without marring its beauty. It was necessary, however, that something should be done, and the church extension associa- tion, an organization outside the church it- self, though constituted of church members, proceeded to perfect plans for enlarging the auditorium and doing other work nec y to be done. To this end public worship w discontinued in the church last June and the building turned over to the contractors with the expectation that it would be rebuilt and ready for occupancy some time the latter part of October or the first of November. The congregation have been fortunate in having the Sunday school house as a place of worship, and there has been no break in the regular services. The splendid improve- ments which were undertaken have row been completed, and the church, with its great congregation, will occupy it in reli- gious service for the first time tomorrov, morning. An organ recital and concert, however, will be given this evening, which will be’ the formal opening of the house. Changes in the Interior. The improvements in the church have cost more than $30,000, and give to Washington one of the most beautiful audience rooms to be seen in any city.. The plans Included the selling and removalvof the old organ; the purchase of a new oie and the placing of it in the opposite end of the church from where the old one sfood; that is, back and over the pulpit platform. This organ is pronoune xperts to he very fine, and for the opening con- anil opening religious ser- y morning, for which exten- aré being made. been built, commencing swinging around on , coming down to This will in- out fifty per cert this evening, vices tomor e prepa Galleries the north and s the pulpit end of th crease the seating cent, making it 1 t 1,300 in the | has been done, and very greatly enlarging the exit. Great. improvement has also been made in the stairways leading to the audience room at the other corner of the building. An edditional exit has been provided in the northeast corner of the building opening on H street. There are six communicating passageways between the church and the Sunday school house, which, with the other points mentioned, give this auditorium probably the best exits of any church in Washington. A beautiful oak wainscoting has been put into the audience rcom, and, in fact, everything which could beautify the place has been done. The lower room of the church has also been thoroughly overhauled and redecorated, making a fine room for Sunday school purposes. Bacx of this room arrangements have been made for the con- venience of candidates for baptism, and fine robing rooms with all the conveniences necessary have been provided for their use. Between these rooms and also back of the main lecture room is another, twenty-one by twenty-six feet in size, which has been set apart for one of the large primary schools. It will accommodate about one hundred and twenty-five scholars, and adds very much to the capacity of the building for enlarging the Sunday school. This be- ing completed gives Calvary Baptist Church a well-adapted building for church work in all its different branches. A Remarkable Record. Calvary Church has had somewhat of a remarkable record in the past, and it is be- lieved that if its opportunities are wisely improved it will accomplish even greater things in the future. From small begin- nings it seems to have had life and great activity from the first, which has continued almost without interruption. It has been little more than thirty years since the church was organized, and almost thirty years since they entered the first house of worship, that was destroyed by fire, rebuilt and again occupied in 1850, The fortunes of the church were varied for ten years, when the present pastor, Rev. Samuel H. Greene, D. D., was called to the field. For sixteen years he has ministered to the people with marked success. From a membership of only four hundred, the church has grown until at present it numbers nearly fifteen hundred. Beside these, many hundreds have ccme into its membership and gone out again to almost every state and territory in the Union, so that its influence reaches far beyond the limits of the city of Washington. Dr. Greene has the happy faculty of draw- ing around him the strong men and wo- men of the church and of setting everybody to work, and keeping all in their respective places. The entire church and congregation is thoroughly united in him, and he min- isters to a people who waste no energies in dispute, but reserve all force for the prose- cution of the work to which they are called. Services on Sunda The service tomorrow morning will be a beautiful one, and the sermon will be by the pastor. The new organist, Mr. Frank Gebest, recently of Berlin, will be assisted in presenting the music of the day by a chorus organized among the young people of the church, and one of the best quartets which could be secured in Washington. The singers in the quartet will be Mrs. Dorothy cgers Noyes, soprano; Miss Eleanor U. monds, contralto; Mr. Perry Turpin, r; Mr. William D. Hoover, basso. The s rs in the chorus will be: Sopranos, Mrs. Joseph Chunn and the Misses Katharine Stickney, Bertha Bristow, Bertha Loucks, rter, Fanny Jacobs; contraltos, the M Helen McKeever, Blizabeth Tabler, Ethel ester, Laura Walker, Rosamond Irene Cowman; tenors, Messrs. Smith, Fred Hoskins, George H. Frank A. Swartwout; bassos, Messrs. J. R. Mothersh , L. C. Brown, Frank Mothers- head and Mr. Broaden. It is only fair to say that while almo: every member in the co ‘egation done all that has been possible to do financial way, yet the splendid cont tion of one member of the congregation kas made it possible to accomplish the great work done in so short a time. When Dr. Greene, on the gloomy Sunday of January 1, 180%, set forth the possibilities of the work in the church in his eloquent way and called for subscriptions to prosecute that work, enthusiagn was kindied once by the subscription of $70, y member referred to, church. The walls have been beautifully redecorated; handsome new pews have been purchased and put in place; the floor carpet- ed with the very best of body Brussels, and apparently nothing left undone which will go to make up a beautiful, attractive and commodious room. The most striking feature of the improve- ments Is the pulpit platform, back of which 1s a marble baptistry, and over all is the magnificent new organ, reaching almost to the high ceiling. The platform ts built of quartered oak, and in place of movable chairs it has four finely carved stationary chairs, which form part of the general de. sien. The baptistry 1s unique. The top of {t stands about twenty-eight inches above the platform and all of it, within sight of the congregation, is faced with beautiful mar- ble. It Is lined with white tiling and is al- ways open. An arch built of quartered oa swings over the baptistry about two-thirds back from the front of it, and through this arch coming toward the audience the pastor and candidates for. baptism will first be seen. Handsome drapgries set this off with fine effect. > come@le 4 Glass. At elther end of the“pulpit platform are two large wooden pillars, highly polished, and resting on th top of them are four large brackets, gixing them the appearance of carrying the dpgatvloft and the great organ. BeautifulSopen-work railing sur- rounds the organ loff, and the case of the organ 1s built to harmonize with the platform and its surroundings. The same design is carried into effect for the front of the galleries. Ga aee ‘The old glass has all been removed from the windows and'repliced with the finest glass to be obtained, thé colorings of which are beautiful, giving a most attractive ap- pearance to the room and blending well with all the other ‘work of the interior. The rose windows at either end of the church are specially beautiful, the one at the east end containing a cross and at the west end @ crown. The design of the architect, Mr. James G. Hill, has been to give as great seating ca- pacity as possible, and at the same time not to destroy the acoustic properties of the room, nor its beauty. It is belleved that he has accomplished this to the greatest satis- faction of the church and congregation. New windows have been placed in the front of the building opering into the vestibule, which in the old arrangement was some- what gloomy. Improving the Exits. Formerly the entrances to the auditorium were far too meager, and not well adapted for the exit of a large crowd as rapidly as migit be desired in case of an emergency. To overcome this objection the north wall of the tower was taken out from the ground to a point above the galleries and a has never waned for one moment from that time to the present. Even those who have been. able to give only a few dollars have given it as cheerfully and as enthusiast- ically as those who gave their thousands, and this imparts to each and every one of both the congregation and the Sabbath | school an intense interest in the outcome of the great undertaking. Nothing but harmony has prevailed from J first to last. If any differences exis they were so slight that they were los sight of in the general forward movement and the church comes up to its splendid | opportunities for work with an unbroken front. => Pays for What He Took Voluntarily. From the Milwaukee Wisconsin. A curious case came up for trial at Stur- geon Bay the other day. A saloon keeper sued a patron for liquor and cigar bill. The defendant put in a counter claim, ask- ing damages for impaired health, on the ground that the Hquor contained all kinds of vile and unwholesome ingredients, and that cabbage leaves had been Ibeled by calling them tobacco. The court decided that, inasmuch as the patient had ‘“volun- tarily taken his medicine,” he must pay the doctor. sos Not Entirely. From the Chicago Tribune. Mrs. Billus (reading from a magazine ar- ticle)" ‘Many a good matrimonial ship that sails from port with a fair wind and all the omens in {ts favor goes down on the sunken reef of incompatibility, which is on- ly another name for self. If true affection stands at the helm, beloved, the good ship will weather all storms, steer clear of all hidden rocks and anchor safely at last in the harbor of happiness. Wherefore, ye married ones, be forbearing, gracious and loving to each other. Remember that cold- ness blights, withers, kills.’ John, do 1 ever seem cold?” Mr. Billus (looking contemplatively at the ceiling)—“Only your feet, Maria; only your feet.” Presence of Mind. From the Indianapolis Journal. Weary Watkins—‘‘Wot's de matter, pard- ner? Did she throw water in yer face?” Hungry Huggins—“Only on me face, only on me face. I had the presence of mind to shut me mouth when I seen it coming.” ‘When Ordering Cocoa and Chocolates be sure and ask for Huyler’s, They have no superior. PASTORAL WORK| Dr. Radcliffe Describes How a Busy Minister Can Be Helped. HE HAS NOW A PRIVATE SECRETARY A Distinction Between Assistant Pastorand Assistantto the Pastor. PLACE FOR A LAYMAN All HE EMPLOYMENT of a private secretary by a minister is some- thing of an innova- tion in Washington. Dr. Talmage, who has recently come here to make this city his headquarters, has, of course, for years made use of one or more such adjuncts of this character to his business life, but at the same time his private secretary has had little to do with his purely ministerial career. He has been employed in the preparation of his syndi- cate matter and aiding him in his career as a lecturer and editor. Dr. Wallace Radcliffe, the pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, however, has a private secretary who has made himself invaluable in assisting him in Rev. Dr. Wallace Radcliffe. his pastoral work. Dr. Radcliffe came to Washington last June from Detroit, where he had charge of one of the large and in- fluential Presbyterian churches of the west. ‘The employment of a private secretary ai well as of pastor's assistants is rather mcre general in the breezy and progressive west than it is in this part of the country, and the only wonder on the part of a good many is that more of the ministers who are over- burdened by the work of big churches do not avail themselves of the assistance of a man who can practically take charge of their correspondence and much of the routine clerical work necessary in the conduct of an important city pastorate. Several of the ministers in the city are compelled to give so much time to their cor- respondence and to matters of that sort that they find it a severe tax. On the other hand, by devoting themselves strictly to church work they find themselves way behind in routine matters, the details of which a bright young stenographer and .ypewriter could relieve them altogether. A yourg man need noi even be a stenographer to be of the utmost assistance to a pastor, for nowadays there are too many typewriters who are able to take from dictation directly upon their machines about as fast as the average man can compose his sentences. When Dr. Radcliffe came to this city it was understood that he should have a private secretary to do much of the onerous work attaching to the position, but in addition to this the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church authorized Dr. Radcliffe to engage @ pasior’s assistant. This position is some- ching of a novelty in this city. Dr. Radcliffe’s Views. Speaking of the advantages that accrue to a church from the employment of a pas- tor’s assistant, Dr. Radcliffe said to a Star reporter yesterday “We used to hear a good deal about the assistant pastor. The time has come for the pastor’s assistant. he genius of the American church takes less and less kindly to the idea of two or more pastors of co- ordinate rank and office. When two nen ride a horse, one must ride behind, and even when these men are ministers their unperfected human nature will generally suggest as the providential fitness of things that the other man ride behind. The co- pastorate works well in Europe, but in the American church recent years have de- veloped the pastor’s assistant as apparently more suited to our genius and methods. He is preferably a layman. Hence, there can be no question as to his place in official cts; no intrusion of preferences or rival- it no excuse for shirki.g in the pulpit and no divided responsibility. “The pastor remains che administrative head and unquestioned representative of ine church. But he is thus enabled to throw off a great many details and secure time for study and his distinctive public work, and the innumerable outside engage- ments. which philaathropie and_ other schemes impose upon ministers. It goes without saying that the pastor’s assistant should be not only an intelligent, earnest Christian, but interested in and committed to the doctrine and method of the church engaging him. His work is in part that of @ pr vate secretary. Few of the laity bave any idea of the immense burden of corres- pendence which falls upon many pastors, especially of prominent or wealthy churches, A Wide Range of Pastoral Work. “In the non-episcopal churches it falls to a few pastors to assume duties which in other churches are committed to the bishop with his secretaries. In my recent pastor- ate in the west I know I gave as much, if not more, time and labor to the churches of Michigan than I did to my own pastor- ate. And all pastors are besieged on all manner of subjects by all sorts and con:il- tions of men. The assistant looks after the correspondence, meets the callers, makes appointments, and thus relieves the pastor. His office should be in the church building, which, among other benefits, would relieve the door bell of the manse and make the church more and more the center of ac- tivity. The assistant can also be of service in consulting the libraries and other liter- ary work. He acts as secretary of the cburch and of the different societies. He ought to be superintendent of the Sunday school and be in intimate touch with the young people’s work, and, if he is also a stenographer, he can put the pastor’s ser- mons and addresses into parchment form, and thus do a good thing always for the pastor and sometimes for the church. The Springfield Training School and Moody's Bible Institute at Chicago send out men certified for these positions. The Presby- terlan churches best manned in this respect are the North Broad Street Church of Phil- adelphia and the Westminster Church of Minneapolis, and their remarkable success is largely attributed to the ability, faith. fulness and efficient organization brought about through these assistants. “Many other churches are adopting the system in modified form. It pays a church financialiy and in every way to adopt the pastor’s assistant. New York Avenue Church authorized me to engage such an as- sistant, but I have been unable, thus far, to secure the man to fill ihe bill. The post- tion is a comparatively recent one, and the few first-class men are held at larger fig- ures than I can offer. But the supply is increasing every year. I have an excellent private secretary, who relieves me in my correspondence, and in a great deal of my clerical and library work, and reports sten- ographically all my sermons and addresses. As I prepare my sermons only in brief and speak extemporareously, this latter work is of great advantage. But I and the church, and, I doubt not, nearly every Washington pastor and his church, need very much the pastor’s assistant in the Sunday school and other organized work.” Huyter’s Cocoa and Chocolates are unsurpassed for thelr purity and deliciovsness of flavor. All grocers. See tetecntecteceteteteeeteteee Victor E. Adler’s 10 Per Cent Clothing House. e [Astounding ‘Bargains! 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