New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 10, 1922, Page 3

WOMAN PREACHER FOE T0 MODERNISM Miss May Lord, Methodist Minis- ter, Calls Flapper Trashy When a man begins to cut things out of the Bible, according to. Miss May Lord, ' evangelist and Methodist minister, who 18 conducting a two weeks' evangelistic campalgn at Trin- ity M, E. church, he is taking the props ont from under the whole structure of Christianity, and {s treadingson very dangerous ground, Miss Lord was interviewed at the Y. W. C. A. yésterday afternoon. Practical Religion. “I think religion {8 a tremendously practical thing and I am trying to bring it down to the things of every day life,"” she said. She sald she {s not a sensational evangelist but préaches the gospel as she under- stands It and as she understands her mission in life. 8he believes in a lit- eral interpretation’ of the Bible and denounced {n no uncertain terms the men who would interpret it accord- ing to more modern thinking. "I don't want to let go of that rope that lifts men up from the bottom of the pit," #he said. She defined the vague term “saved" often used by evangelists as meaning that people have been saved from future punishment, When told of the controverseéry on modern the. ology versus literallam that grew out of a recent essay here, she was in. clined to agree with Rev, A, B. Tay. for In his attitude against the broader | Interpretation, In the geries of ser. mons he is preaching Sunday nights in the People's church, The Useless Flapper, Only pity s felt by Miss Lord for the flapper. When asked her nrfln-l fon, she sald she would like to rn\-el the flapper from the results of her own folly, The flapper was charac- terized by the feminine preacher as trashy and superficlal, who was not much use to anyone “Women who smoke clgarettes are not geting very far in helping them- selves or the world, nor are they making much of a success in mak- ing homes,'’ she added. '"When a woman lets herself down on these lines she little realizes her position." New England's congervatism and the indifference of the present gener- ation towards religlous matters are regretted by the evangelist who in- timated the ultra conservatism of New England people was not conalstent with the fine, old, Puritan consclences. Anent Short Skirts. There {8 a happy medium in ap- parel, added the minister, when asked her views on the &hort skirt. T don't want to see the women go back to the old-fashioned style of skirts |sweeping the ground, They were |day or Monday nights NFW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1922 neither healthy nor sanitary, But the extreme short skigts are nelther modest nor moral and they have a decided immoral tendency." Migs Lord is pastor of the West Granby Methodist church where she was sent by the presiding elder of the distriet during the war when the West Ciranby minister died of Influenza §he handles all her own ministerial duties without help except volunteer assistance from members of the con- gregation, dges her own housework in the parsonage and 1is, as she aptly puts it, “Both pastor and pastor's wife to the congregatioh.' Miss Lord will preach in the Metho- digt church tonight and twice on Sun. day, There will be no sermon Satur- The campaign will continue all next week, beginning Tueeday. Rev. A, B. Taylor {s lead- ing the singing. Justice in Court Calls Flighty Flapper an Evil New York, Nov. 10.—"Flighty girl flappers are ruining this country,” sald Justice John M, Tierney in su- preme court in the Bronx in the case of Agnes Kreisler, 16, of 1610 Bryant avenue, who sought annulment of her marriage to Monroe Kreisler, to whom ghe was wed after a five days’' ac- quaintance. 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CHURCH HEAD DEFENDS DRY LAW Wilson Claims at Its Worst It Is Better Than License Princeton, Ill, Nov, 10 (By the Asgociated Press) —Prohibition at its worst. 18 better than license at its best, declared Clarence True Wilson, secretary of the board of temperance, prohibition and public morals of the Methodist Episcopal church in re- porting today a five months' survey by that board of conditions in Chi« cago Secretary Wilson said that Chicago was selected for this study “because it was desired to uncover prohibition at its worst." The committee com- pared wet and dry vears in their re- lation to erime, welfare and rellef, Fealth, thrift and prosperity ' and general business conditions. In each case, he sald, the advantage was shown to exist since the advent ' of prohibition days. ““The effect upon crime alone fully justifies the policy of prohibition in Chicago.” the report states. '‘At the same time, a note of alarm must be scunded. | Current crime statistics plainly reveal that the wet propa- ganda intended to incite uninformed or evil-minded people to violation of the prohibition law and to the con- sumption of liquor {s having an effect. Good Tresults, so noticeable at first, are being modified.” The report cites statistics of the medical superintendent of the House of Correction who ‘stated that'in 1918, 845 cases of acue alcoholism were re- ported and in 1921 this number de. creased to 61. Chronic alcoholism cases In 19.3 totalled 1,614 and dropped to.127 in 1921. . Three cases of dellrjum tremens were reported in 1921 as compared with 109 {n 1918, “While the bank clearings in 1921 ‘vere almost the same as in 1918, the total savings deposits increased from $249,436,913 to $509,086,968. Em- ployers of labor throughout the city almost invariably declare that pro- hibition has increased efficieney, de- cieased absenteelsm and {mproved the general physical condition of the men. The real estate situation has been distinctly helped.” GIRL IS SAVED BY “HUMAN CHAIN” WORK Boston Child Who Fell Into Deep Well Is Rescued in This Way. Boston, Nov. 10.~-Quick work on the part of his sister in calling aid and the formation of a human chain, saved 7T-year-old Virginia Holmes, of 2 Adams street, Braintree, from drowning in a well into which she had fallen. Aside from a few scratch- es and being chilled through by the cold water, the ‘¢hild was uninjured. Virginia fell through the boarding over a blind well not far from the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Frank S. Holmes. Her sister, Jose- phine, 11 ‘years old, heard her screams and running to the well, saw her sister struggling in the water, She ran to William Reardon, who was passing. 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