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vy LA 21 -« § ] i f + Part4—6Pages ST. JOHN’S CHURCH, 16TH AND H STREETS, KNOWN AS “THE CHURCH OF THE PRESIDENTS.” (Photo by Leet Bros.) HEN Senator Harding hangs up his hat in the wmzei:“ | House and takes possession on March 4 he will be the first of our twenty-elght Presidents of the Baptist faith. . Naturally, public interest is cen- tered on his choice of a church home, and predictions and prophecies. are fiying thick and fast in church circles as to which of the group of Baptist churches will be lucky enqugh to ‘number the White House famuly in its congregation. T From the point of historical asso- ciation and location, it woufd seem as though the First Bapt.st LChurch, of whicn Kev. Henry Allyw tupper is pas.or, would have a stong ciaim. Beginning its career as a chukch con- Bregation 119 years ugo, it is con- temporary with the most aged of the other denominations. 1ts first ediice was a staiely one on 10th sireet be- ' tween E and F sireets, iong known “Parson n’s,” which Wes later s0ld and converted into Ford's The- ater. = i The speculation over the future church affiiation of the incoming presidential family brings to mind | 1he fact that so few of the nearly 400 churches of Washington: can claim the distinction of a presidential wor- shiper. number have had this good fortune, a1l of which goes to show how much alike the religious convictions of these ©of our great men have been. %% * 2 CHRIST CHURCH, in Alexandria, like Mount Vernon, is a shrine for the visitor in search of memories of the great Father of His Country. Dedi- . eated in 1765 and completed in 1 Rev. Lord Fairfax was its first rector. devotions and the pew in which he facing the congregation instead f the rector, ‘still draws with the power of the magnet the throngs of tourists to pay their tribute to his fame. Next to the church in_Alexandria in age must come the Christ Prot- estant Episcopal Church of G street ®outheast, near the navy yard, where the aristocrats of the vicinity used to_worship. Before the close of the revolution and before the plans of the capital barn on what later was termed New Jersey avenue near D street, was a gathering place for adherents to the Episcopal faith. For thirty years | this modest meeting place resounded to their songs. Thomas Jefferson and the busy Washington frequently tied their horses to nearby trees and attended a service there while pass- ing through this part of the country. Next, the Methodists rented it and established a school as well as a church. This double usage continued | more brilliant weddings and impres- |sive funerals and held more distin- city were ever conceived a tobacco :Euished personages that any WASHINGTON, D. C, RESIDENT-ELECT HARDING Is First Chief Executive of Baptist | Faith—Speculation as to Which Church He Will Attend—Long List of Presi- dents Who Attended St. John's—Christ Church, in Alexandria, One of the Shrines of Sightseers, Was First Presi- dential Church—How Lincoln Heard Sermons Without Being Seen by Con- | | gregations. destruction of the British in the war of 1812, it had the benefit of the “era of good feeling” which char- acterized the close of the Madison regime and the best part of that of lonroe. Long dubbed the “Church of State,” it has always reserved a pew for the President of the United States. Through its history of a hundred and fifteen years it has been the scene of other church within the city limits. Here Madison, Monroe and Jschn Quincy Adams, resplendent in velvet breeches jeweled buckles, silk hose, point lace and powdered wigs, set the church-| going pace for society. After Mon- roe accepted the use of the pew at St. John's he found it more convenient| to attend there, though he still kept the pew in Christ Church. It is claim- ed that he presented the old bell to St. John's. Later on, Jackson, in his high hat MAGAZINE SECTION Sundlay Star, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 30, Only nine out of all of this|from their barracks to attend serv- built of bricks brought from England, | aiong with the courtly Hamiiton and until the Washington Parish was or- ganized, in 1795, and the church on the present site- edecteds and used first in 1809. Like the little tobacco barn, it. too, was the church of the elite’ of the residents of the young city. Its proximity to the navy yard gave it _the name of the “Ma- rine Corps Church” and this was and military cloak, and the elegant Van Buren followed the crowd across the drill ground-graveyard that them comprised the area of Lafayette square. As the years brought changes in_politics and aiso styles, the pro- cession of dignitaries headed by the nation’s chiefs continued, and Harri- strengthened by the fact that every son, Fill Sunday the marines were marched |are Imore. Tyler, Buchanan and Arthur all found beneath its roof the isolace and courage they sought. St. John's has always had the la- dies of the White House—Mrs. Har- rison, ‘Mrs. Taft, Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Wilson, all appeared to find there their ideal church home, though their husbands were identified with other churche: The church has always been the choice of the long line of English ambassadors, as well as that of the. celebrities of the Army and the Navy. A few blocks away the New York JAvenue Presbyterian Church boasts jan even greater age and almost as ices there. Marine boys comprised the choir, and when the edifice was nearing completion and the carpen- ters found great difficulty in placing the bell in the belfry, Gen. Archibald Henderson went to the rescue with bunch of marines and personally su- pervised its proper installation. % ¥ % P‘R ESIDENTS Madison and Jefferson frequently attended the church, he elegant Lafayette. President iof his army’s strategic maneuvers. | There, | T PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, WHERE PRESIDENT CLEVELAND ATTENDED. (Photo by Leet Bros.) ices there in Tespect to his wife's memory until the pastor, Dr. Camp- bell, took a decided stand in the Peggy O'Neal gffair.. As this was | contrary to the views held by Presi- the |dent Jackson, the church, like the | cabinet, suffered an upheaval and the old Joseph Stuntz reminisced on the glories of Napoleon, while he whittled the little wooden soldiers with which the Great Emancipator solved many h little Tad !in tow. 1921. ‘Churches Attended by Presidents Since Establishment of Nation’s Capital NEW YORK AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, WHERE ABRAHAM LINCOLN ATTENDED. - jCapitoL.” In its beg ed “Parson Pos! * k% * IN 1812 the “Little White Church Under the Hill,” as it was termed, Iwas dedicated. In 1827 the cormer stone of the preent building was laid and a few years later this church re- ceived the first charter granted to any church in the District of Columbia. Illustrious attendants include the following: Presidents, Jackson, Polk, Pierce, Grant and Cleveland, Vice President Colfax. and of recent years W. J. Bryan, Robert Lansing and {many notable statesmen. The beautiful Church of the Cov- enant, completed in 1589, was attend- ied by President Harrison, and also The _tall. spired Metropolitan, on i John Marshall place, which owes its ibeautiful chimes: of eleven bells to the efforts of Mrs. J. H. Newman, wife of Bishop Newman, is one of the few Methodist churches to be favored by the Presidentseof that faith. This, called “the National Methodist Church,” was dedicated in February, 1869. Tablets on the walls of the auditorium_in memory of Presidents Grant and McKinley, and Gen. Logan, Matthew Emery-and A. B. Duvall bear testimony to their interest. Other . prominent men who have worshiped there are Colfax, Fair- banks, Justice$” Chase, Clifford_and Anderson, Secrftary Delano; Post- BY DIXON MERRITT. HE Custer wolf is dead.” He was the master crim- inal 6f-the animal world. For fiine years this wolt had lived as an.outlaw—the cruelest, the most sagacious, the most guccess- ful animal outlaw that the range country ever had known. His cruelty was surpassed only by his cunning. He killed with the refinement of ani- 14 inning it was call- | by Blaine. who was buried from there. | (Photo by Harris & Ewing.) master General Tyner and a_long line of senators and representatives. Foundry Church, when located at 14th and G streets, where the Colo- rado building now stands, always had the family of President Hayes In the President’s pew on Sundays. This church was a gift of Henry Foxhall, a Georgetown foundry owner, at whose place all of the can- non used in the war of 1812 were claimed to have-been cast. The ones used in the battle of Lake Erie ren- dered effective work and drew to their maker the bitter enmity of the British. Hence, when the ~Capitol was burned during the brief British occupation, this foundry was marked for utter destruction. The storm which turned the invading army to flight before they had accomplished all of the ruin planned was the means of sparing this place, and as an expression of his gratefulness Mr. Foxhall erected a house of worship, which he called Foundry. President Garfield, upon arriving in ,Washington, sought for himself a | membership in the Christian Church, then a little frame structure on Ver- mont avenue, on the same site as the beautiful church since erected there as a memorial to his memory. Always the devoted friend of Rev. Frederick Powers, Garfleld not only ‘was a regular member of this church, but he frequently filled the pulpit. Dr. Powers, who was the pastor for tyred President during his long ill- {##=red President during his long ill- ness and delivered the funeral ora- his body in the Capitol The present minister is Rev. Earle .| Wilfley. * % X ¥ UT one of our Presidents, William Howard Taft, was a Unitarian. He worshiped at All Souls', formerly fon the corner of 14th and L streets, under Rev. U. G. B. Pierge, and where the gifted Edward Everett Hale frequently preached: To this church was brought the Jfirst large church bell in the city. |Cast in Paul Revere's foundry, it was installed in the tower of All Souls lin 1822, and continued through the |years that followed to remind the community of time, calamity, joy and worship until the demolition of the |church structure put an end to its | memorable career of nearly a cen- i tury. E | President Roosevelt, like Garfleld, |sought an unpretentious institution for his church allegiance when he first came to the city. After he came into the Presidency the little Dutch Reformed Church, under the Rev. John M. Schick, blossomed out into { {a handsome structure in front of its old location. However, Col. Roose- velt was a frequent attendant at St. John's with his wife. President Wilson, though affiliated with the Central Presbyterian, of which: Rev. J. H. Taylor is pastor, like all other Presidents, divides his | church-going between this and St. John's, where Mrs. Wilson has long been a membe: | Worst Animal Criminal Killed by Hunter Consiructed of substantial material | Monroe accepted the use of the Pres- President was lost in the indulgent long a line of presidential attendants. | | head-of the White House group went with the pecuiar skil of tne artisa period, tais aged -chuica d staich, and ready lor another ceatury’s service - house of God. A vmit to the qui it ture, with its air of mellowed age. plain pews and s.mple pulpit, Where early rectors read services and pray ers over the heads of the. Virgin patriots of Washi.ngton's day, is as nspiring to patriotic pride as’a’ trip to Mount Vernon. Around the church the discolored, moss-covered, storm-beaten grave- stones bear mute testimony to the i Joving memory of the living toward fthe dead and the ceaseless: care through the succeeding seasons of 1300 years, to which their preserva- » .tion Is due. “"There the immortal Washington, from carefree boy to proud ‘states- man, laid aside all of the cares of r. home and state, for those of the tryman. And since the time of his death to the present day this church. which witnessed his religlous jident’s pew in 1817. | Presidents Smoked Pipes, -Cigars and Also Cigarettes Two other Episcopal churches were ! the offshoot of this sturdy ploneer. iThe day following the dedication of s | the navy yard church S John's, in | Georgetown, also was dedicated. More accessible from the White House, by reason of the more thick- Jy settled state of Georgetown, its doorway shadowed Adams, Madison and Jefferson when the Sunday mood was strong upon them. Francis Scott Key served as vestryman. Soon after, about 181§ came th birth of another church, likewis Episcopal and called St. John' at 16th and H streets. Beautifully and centrally located, even in that day of swamp and forest, this church quickly came to be the proudest of all of the Washington Episcopal churches, and its leader both in numbers and in the attendance of the nation’s chiefs. Built when the straggling little capital was labori- ously recovering from the ghastly OME folks are always ready to take a little joy out of life in the way of reforms, and among them there's a lady out in Chi- cago, S0 the press accounts state, who has lodged a protest with the ‘world in general against the in- |auguration of President-elect Hard- iing. Her reason for such objection {13 based on the fact that Mr. Hard- ‘ing. like many other substantial citi- | zens of this free country, enjovs & ! smoke now and then, and prefers {the cigarette to the pipe or cigar. Now this lady reformer may object lto Mr. Harding's cigarette smoking 80 long as she keeps within the facts, {bu'. her declaration that the Presi- *dent-elect will be the first occupant of the White House who ever smoked cigarettes should be resented by every devotee of America’s favorite smoke. For facts say otherwise. Mr. Arthur. for instance, smoked cigarettes. He was a connoisseur in tobacco, as in many of the good ‘things of this life, and he enjoyed - nothing more after a godd meal than ; & fragrant cigarette of substantial body, rolled of Turkish or Egyptian tobaceo. Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Jiarrison were smokers. though iy preforred the cigar and pipe to the cigarette. Records of the lives of Soth men. both of them sportsmen, tell us that always the pipe made up & regular part of their equipment for hunting_or fishing excu; 5. President MoKinley smoked a gigar- Jetts on more than one occasion, those Jwho knew him say, and he smoked with relish and enjoyment. ,_Anybody who ever visited Col. Roosevelt in his offices at the White |¥House will remember the cigarette box he kept alongside the box of . 'cigars, put out for the choice of the )caller, whether he was formal or in- ,tormol. and if the visitor happened 10 be in a hurry and chose the cigar- . Jotte the President often would join . dnim. Perhaps the colonel would not mmoke the gigarette to the bitter end, but he would blow a couple of rings or 80 and make his visitor feel at home. Ex-President Taft is sald to have tried everything smokable in the to- bacco line. Many have been the instances when Mr. Taft, at one of the hundreds of dinner parties he has attended, sat at the right of the toastmaster and smoked a cigarette without blush, while the gentleman on his left went about the usual “We-have-with-us-tonight.” | "Now. if all the aforementioned is {pot enough to keep the lady from lgmcuo quiet, the following should e: President Woodrow Wilson hag been known to smoke a cigarette on at least two occasions, though the evidence is mostly hearsay. The first, ccording to the story, was at a din- ner in New York. when he was a guest of the Southern Society, just prior to his first inauguration. The gecond is said to have taken piace in Paris, when the President, Clemen- ceau and Lloyd George were seen to emerge from a conference and stand for a moment in a darkened hall. The | “Tiger” drew a packet-of cigarettes ifrom his overcoat pocket and offered : them to his companions, both of twhom accepted. An officer in . at- tendance struck a spark from his little lighter and the three “lit up.” So much for getting the Chicago lady out of Mr. Harding’s way. The {next task for his sympathizers may {not be so simple, for there are some strict constructionists of the law in Washington who think that if Sena- tor Smoot's latest bill gets through it will make Warren G. Harding commit a misdemeanor every time he lights a cigarette in the White House. This_bill prohibits smoking in any building in Washington that is owned by the government and used by any executive branch of the government. The Capitol seems to be excepte because Senator Smoot probab realized he could never stop “Uncle | Joe” from smoking. But the White House is owned by the government and used by an ex- ecutive branch, and there are some who fear there is no way for the President-elect to squirm out of it it the bill is passed. Senator Smoot, by the way, does not smoke. i | 1 father, and “Papa Day” bought for the John's thereafter. Van,Bureau, Harrison, Polk. Pierce, | Buchahay and Andrew Johnson all at- ended the church from time to time, The growth of this church b one| Tundeed. and mimetoon veeea® of®lchild all of the toys he would have| First. next to Willard Hotel on F|Eiven the othér boy had he lived. street, and then on the present site, | the Presbyterians of these groups de- | his pew as did Vice Presidents Colfax, Wheel- cided to unite and build the present | Fhineas Gurley expounded th r, Hendricks, Stevenson and Senators Structure, for a time ealled “Parean |Lrinies of Calvin. It was Dr. Gurley | Frye and Gorman and many members e e 4rSON | who attended Lincoln’s death bed,|of various cabinets. Dr. Wallace aker's.” Located in the very heart|preached the funeral sermon in the | Radcliffe, has - just completed his of the city, its walls have witnessed | eastroom of the White House, and |twenty-fifth year of pastorate. a constantly changing panorama of whgiAccompanied the body to its last' Presidents with Presbyterian lean- ST. JOHN'S CHURCH IN GEORGETOWN, A’I'I'EKDED'BY PRESIDENTS JEFFERSON AND ADAMS. (Photo by Leet Bros.) ings appear to rival those who cling to the tenets of the Church of Eng- land, and other churches of this de- resting place in Illinois. Stories are current to the effect that Lincoln at- tended many an evening service un- seen by the congregation. He would walk down to the church, enter the | nomination also proudly point little room next to the assembly room 2 D corhiet by wray 0t ‘the. atley oo and tnere | €Xecutives on their rosters. Of these i the dark with the door opem just!churches the most aged is the First a crack, would silently remain through | Presbyterian, on John Marshall place; e erlce e only way his pres- of which Rev. J. Britton Clark is now ¢nce there was ever known was bY | the pastor, filling the pulpit for so . trail of boots. many years made famous by the be- President John Quincy Adams was a {loved Dr. Sunderland and later by regular-attendant and a trustee, at-|De Witt Talmadge's brilliant oratory. tending in 41l kinds of weather. At|In 1794 the first pastor was installed, one he made a donation of $1,200 | when the, services were held in the to meet the church needs. Repeatedly |carpenter shop of the White House. fterward, ‘he gavé substantfal proof|Later this privilege was extended by of_his interest. the Supreme Court when it occupied President Jackson.enjoyed the serv- quarters in the basement of the old N national life as the activities ana visi- ble evidences of the great civil war seethed and swirled about its door- ways. A close neighbor to ‘Franklin and Lafayette squares, both small tented cities of soldiers, this church must have meemed a veritable oasis of peace. X * Kk % OWN the street upon which the church stands Lincoin wended his favorite walk to Stuntz's toy shop, a square beyond, where war and politics were put aside in the quiet atmos- phere of the quaint little shop, where mal ferocity. 'Here tonight, tomor- row night he devastated a range half a hundred miles;away. He loped threugh every kind of danger. He sniffed at the subtlest poison and passed it by. The most adroitly concealed trap was as clear to him as a rhirror in the sunshine. 01d hunters, unerring shots, drew the bead on him and saw him glide away unharmed. The price on his head was $500. Bounty hunters sought him for profit. Sportsmen put forth every device to slay him for reputation’s sake. And still the old wolf went unscathed about his work of destruc- on. Credulous persons said he was a charmed thing. Others attributed his fmmunity to a wisdom greater than beast ever before possessed. Still others said he escaped by plain luck. In whatever way they explained his uncanny elusiveness, everybody feared him. All "kinds of stories got abroad. ‘This thing. they said, was not merely a wolf. They beélleved that nature had perpetrated a monstrosity, half wolf and half mountain lion, possess- ing the craftiness of both. In public opinion -he~had all the qualities of the werewolf of old world legends. No wonder that the telephones hummed when the word went out that a hunter, Sent by the Depart- ment of Agriculture to protect the live stock industry, had killed the criminal wolf. That word ended @ nine years' reign of dread, during which the stockmen around Custer had paid tribute $o this wolf to the extent of $25,000 worth of live stock. ‘And mere money- loss was not the |whole of the horrible toll he took. IWhen he killed for food he took only the choicest animals, but sometimes he killed in atroclous ways for the mere sake of - killing. Often he wounded cattle, breaking their legs, biting off their tails, mutilating them in unspeakable ways. Four years ago his mate was killed. He never took another and many per- pons supposed that he devoted him- Self to revenge for her death. Later on he attached to himselt two coyotes. He never permitted them to come near him, and they could feed from his kills only after he had fin- ished. They traveled far out on his flanks, giving warning of ambush or approaching danger and adding to the atmosphere of mystery that surround- him. O fter a bounty falled to bring in the old criminal’s scalp, after private trappers and sportsmen’ had given up the quest, after poisons and dogs had failed, the stockmen tried a round- up. Having, as they thought, located the wolf, a large number of riders started in a'gréat circle and closed up. ‘This, like all the gther devices, was unsuccessful. Therefore, in March, 1920, the bureau of biological survey sent to Custer . P. Willlams, one of its best hunters, with instructions to stay after th&Wolf until he was taken. . Williams went. He took with him a bunch of traps, but, as the old wolf was known to_ be trap-wise he ex- pected to depend’mainly on his rifle. As things turned out, he required both the trap and the rifle to get the wolf when he finally was taken, Octo- ber 11, 1920. B Here is the story from the time Willlams _went to_ Custer until ‘he brought down tke -criminal: “When Williams first went Into the country where the wolf ranged, he xrfi? to fipd fresh tracks, but without success, He asked some of the men THE CUSTER WOLF AND THE MAN 'wno KILLED HIM. who had lost stock where the wolf made his headquarters in their sec- tion. They sald the wolf may have had quarters anywhere within a dis- trict of forty miles wide and sixty- five miles long. Williams went into the hills west of Pringle md found that the wolf was staying around some old dens in Pelgar mountains. “Williams scented up the soles of his shoes and started stringing out his traps. The wolf got on his trail jthat night and showed signs of great iexcitement at what he thought to be the presence of a possible mate. He followed the scent entirely around the line and then, returning to Pelgar mountains, cleared out two old dens and made a new one which ran back into the hill about fifty feet. “On April 1 Willilams had his first glimpse of the wolf, but was unable to get a shot at him. The coyotes were acting as bodyguards, traveling from 100 to 200 yards on the flanks of their master. They would warn him of danger by taking flight. a while Williams did not shoot the coyotes, hoping that he would get a chance at the wolf without having to give him warning by the shots that would be necessary to dispatch his bodyguard. Finally, realizing that there was no chance of getting at the wolf unless the coyotes were killed. Williams shot them. “The wolf played hide and seek with him. After making a Kkill he would go on some distance, back trail for 2 few rods to a point where he could keep under cover and watch the hunter on his trail. At other times the wolf took to fallen timber and so could not be tracked. 4 “Twice during May the wolf Step- ped -on the jaws of traps and on the night of July 3 he rolled into or lay 1down on one and had a lot of his hair pulled out. This gave him such a scare that he left the country for a while. “Early in September the wolf step- ped on a trap and was caught slight- 1y by one foot. Apparently the trap had tipped so that it caught only one side of the foot and the wolf was able to pull loose. This hap- pened again in the early days of Oc- tober." - I tober 11. Here is his own account of -it: g “‘He stepped into a trap in the morning and it got a good grip on him. He ran with it about 150 yards, when the hook caught on a tree, but that did not seem to stop him at all. He broke the swivel of the trap, and ran on with it on his front foot. I trailed him three miles and got a shot at him and got him. He is : smaller: than the- average. male wolf, weighed ninety-eight pounds and measured six feet from tip to tip, eleven inches from toe to hock, For | “Williams _finally got the wolf Oe- | and had a tail fourteen inches long. He is am old wolf, with a fur that is almost white.' " In this simple fashion does the man who outwitted the cleverest of animal eriminals tell his story. Knocking Sweeny. A BOSTON municipal reformer. in 1 the course of an address to Har- vard students, said: “Man wasn't made to loaf. The min- ute he begins to loaf he takes to drink or hypochondria—I don’t know which is worse. “There’s a loafing hypochondriac named Sweeny who spends all his time talking about his health. He's always ailing and usually when you go to see him you find him in bed with a head- ache or rheumatism or dyspepsia or what not. “Sweeny was tottering feebly down the street one day when he fell in with a burly friend named George. “‘George,’ he said. ‘I'd give anything to be as strong and healthy as you are. What do vou live on? ““T live ‘on fruit,’ said George. ““Fruit, eh? said Sweeny eagerly. “That sounds good. I'll have to try it. What kind of fruit, George? ““The fruit of labor,’ George answered significantly. —_— f The Condescending Chef. | \[RS: EDWARD F. HUTTOX of New | *'* York, discussing the innovation of servants’ balls at her summer camp, said : “One can be good to servants without spoiling them. Spotled servants are apt to exaggerate their importance. § “T am reminded of a chef employed by one of my friends. “Deciding to abandon her town house for reasons of economy and to reside permanently at her country place, my friend feared to break the news to her chef, a great cook, but spoiled by a huge salary and overmuch praise. She sent for him, however, and in her most apologetic tone acquainted him with the proposed change, putting it on the score of her daughter’s health. “But to her surprise the man did not throw up his job. On the conf . he was geniality itself. Swelling' "S- portance, he said kindly: for a moment consider remaining here on my accoust. I will go with you.'"™ g l