The evening world. Newspaper, May 17, 1919, Page 11

SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1919 WhereN. Y. Wentto Church | 100 Years Ago When Slaves Sat Up in the Gallery Oaken Doors of Pews Still Swing on Hinges Placed There 100 Years Ago, but ‘Church of the Sea and Land,’ at Market and Henry Streets, Second Oldest Church Building in New York City, Has Changed From Housing Wealth and Fashion to Work of Civic Betterment. the place of worship of the wealth and fashion of New York City, T* Church of the Sea and Land at Market and Henry Streets, once to-day a great civic and social betterment factory directed by religious inspiration, will celebrate dation on June 20. The church bui the 100th anniversary of its foun- ding, scarcely changed in its outer form and furnishings since it was first built, is the second oldest in New York. Btreet. It was antedated by St. Paul's Chapel at Broadway and Fulton ‘The encroachment of business and the influx of immigration have wombined to wipe out sixty churches Although the Church of the Sea and Land ts in the centre of a district which was first flooded by immigra- tion and the racial character of the immigrants has wholly changed three ‘times in the jast seventy yoars, and the community surrounding the old edl- fice shelters probably the most polygot Population to be found in any area of similar size in any city in the world, the uplift work of the con- gregation has never halted. To-duy {t is probably more of a factor for good than it has been at any time in its carcer of a hundred years. The church was founded by the Rutgers family on the o'd Rutgers} farm, hard by the orchard in which Nathan Hale was hanged by the Brit- Lik) the Hetavee OAAMOn, AWE Co cnt Cen cee es Ce butchers are giving an At Home. Er—ahem—Corsets fooled the the. great bay lee Un Heveidtion’ (Pees nae ceive WEISS) Neat Srouene A blind beggar can have his share|ternal Revenue sharks. were entertained, overlooked the Svan Nieat od oe leptireartrs merely by buying a new collar for} They've played ‘em across ehireh) ‘Henry: Rutgera donated the ‘ornes: cease wy, Sack, Boner! the little dog that guides bis uncer-| board. lund for the church to the Reformed Protestant Dutch denom'nation; he also donated other churoh and school sites in the neighborhood, notably at Oliver and Henry Streets and Kutgers and Henry Streets. Thore is nothing more genuinely antique in w York than the ip- terior of Chureh of the Sea and} Land. ‘The original hand-hewn oak timbers show in the ceiling, The eaken doors of the pews still swing | the lower east side water front and every girl should on the marble bar, is nicked for two] “Till get it while the gottii on the hand-made hinges which were | were considered the legitimate rey not learn to shoot, cents’ tribute on a fifteen cent) good! piabea'100"yeara alo: ‘The aide gal-! of the dive keepers harpies ‘the dectares Miss June trapped luncheon. All catalogue figures are Jericg In which thg, nogro slaves of | section, The work was spread out’to Halighton, oF Uncle Sam is taking the chewing) now. the + out old burg! i in the seats) embrace the welfare of the people of markswoman and gum right out of her mouth. ‘That catches the customer, es He ground fl er eS lan for | the neighborhood. Intelligent direc- international tro- Mrs, De Puyster Van Der Oush| sucker, rvices every day a P o - ! th va pal ca eee tion and enthusiasm wrought con- phy winner, In can order a ton of ice cream tn con-|The poorer we are the more y e ys. tinual growth until, under the pas- fact, Miss Haugh- studded The ‘ormed Protestant Dutch : tainers for her diamond pay, i Teaneeeetile ;Sinivohy'/ than | cere ee outa a eeemeanionen erie em ton sees at least dinner guests without tipping the| But we'll get hunk on El 4 i Lae) | 1895 to 1901—the welfare activities of ton good reasons called the Market Street Church, for! tne Church of the Sea and Land be-|why girls should be trained care- Government a single cent. Day! fifty years. It was then taken over! came known throughout the religious | fully to load, alm and fire a rifle. ~~ by the Presbyterian Church as a} mission and has so served for the| 4 ® eg of gece Rte ranch of social uplift ao-/eanould shea ere’s a Garden You Can The church experienced its most|dergarten and school adjuncts to the] 2, “To steady her hand. ( 1 m perous period between 1853 and| church. Services are conducted in| 3, “To co-ordinate eye and hand. ] ¥ A when Dr. Theodore Ledyard pnglish, Italian, Russian, Greek and| 4, “To protect herself against bur- n our ity part ent was pastor and the congre- on the lower east side of Manhattan. to $5,000 a year and Dr. Cuylor’s salary was $2,600 a year, a tremond- ous income for a clergyman in those days—and an incofne that would be considered as close to tremendous by thousands of clergymen in these days, it may be well to remark in passing. The Civil War wrought great changes in downtown New York and at the close of the conflict the rich and fashionable congregation had largely moved further uptown, At that time the missionary and social uplift factor in church work was adopted by the congregation. It may be said that from the old Mar- ket Street Church and the training President of the Y. M. C, A; Robert McBurney, for thirty years Secretary of the organization, and Morris K. Jesup and William E. Dodge, among the earliest financial supporters of the Y. M. C. A., were workers in or members of the old Market Stroet Church congregation. The first widespread missionary work of the church under Presby- terian auspices was launched among amen, thousands of whom swarmed world, Yiddish. This great institution in the lars. ae ‘ a. Liss | uded the richest and most|shadow of Manhattan Bridge is in- “ | Bigheat. score. girt tals year, Wise | shado a se 18 In-| 5, “To protect herself against gst é ne fnfluential families in the city. ‘The|dced a melting pot, and its century of | mashers. Margaret Marston, made 865 out of Al! You Need Is a Sunny Window and a Shelf, and Ye ents in those di amounted | service has not lessened its powers. = Lins 6é a? MI , 1. “To make herself beautiful and) panic rer Leads: Are? . | ey, Miss Grace Marston, Miss havo an instinet for gardening Wendy,’’ the New Spring Veil, |... lian Nees ae Oey Oe a ian "Miah "6 Sonate Gives Milady a New Charm alas PONE HAOGHTON. MargueriteMooers Marshall Oupyright, 1919, oy The Prem Pubiidtang Ov, (The New York Byening World) HOOT! ‘We may have lived through | the world’s last war; let us hope we have, But that is fo reason why “The American Gin,” she says | 6. “To protect herself against Bo!- sheviki, 8 “To lose a silly fear of firearms. | 9. “To acquire a new and delight- ful pastime. Can a Girl Shoot Straight? Barre” Bh iy TT LESSON GIVEN comprises but ten, periods, yet my in the recent trophy shoot at Travers mars, Miss Marion Zeth. “Must .a girl be unusually strong and muscular in order, to handle a Out of Yes! And These Girls Prove It! Forty-One Girls From Twenty-Six States, at School Here in New York, Under Tutelage of Miss June Haughton, Crack Shot, Have Learned to Hit the Bull’s-Eye—One 365 Times 375 Tries! in the current Atlantic Monthly, she SATURDAY, MAY 17, tadtiy gui teamiamias 191 |A Careless Congress Left | | Luxury Tax Within Reach ~-| Of Even the Very Poort: Few Examples. By Wil Coprrisht, 1019, toy the Press Publishing Co, ORY hunters risk their lives | Africa to lay low the wild bull elephant. How foolish! ‘Washington, D. C., is infested with tame Congressmen during a long open season. The heads of those who voted for the Luxury Tax would furnish enough solid bone to make more bil- Ward balls than the A. EB F. has beans. They didn’t know enough to put ‘the prize above the reach of the grasping poor. A tax with that exclusive title should have been reserved for the limousine trade. But here's a privileged clase dis- tinction made available to all the tumble pocketbooks that ride for a five cent fare. ® It has become as common as pig tracks in the reception hall of & Chicago pork packing establieb- ment when the Czecho-Slovak per cent. on everything that spells the National Game to him. Ho's sore enough to bounce the ball a mile high off the concrete domes of those legislative spoil- sports. Bstelle, the beautiful typist, with one rounded arm gracefully draped Humble Pocketbooks That Ride for a Fim Cent Fare Have It on the Limousine Trade far” Privileged Class Distinction—Witness i 1 Mack X (The New York Brening World). x That is rank discrimi against the worthy rich. Frugal Gshermen are } the ten per cent. fmpost from new lines. When the “biggest one I saw” breaks the old strand * pH away, the enraged angler yearnecte | throw a Washington Senator ‘ it. . He would sink head first and ? row up to his ears in the bo The Maine guide in his remiggg, fastnesses cannot escape the on his new rifle. an He would be justified in b i ft over the petrified crantum of iy Representative who voted “Yoal™ | The stock would be splinter into a thousand pieces, m Electric fans must help to tho Federal wind. 200% If that makes you hot, cool offi the rain. 7 Umbrellas also are open to % tax. si “Laxury”—straight! “Necessity” —place! “Charity”—show! It’s @ problem for the Service, The law permits a m reduce his prices so as to the luxury of paying the tax He into: construes that Can Grow There Plants Without Any Soil. bitterly that they are dented all ac- cess to the soll, and are thus pre- lives near Seattle, and during the] vented from gratifying their horti- 10. “To be @ better chum to her/rine effectively?” I asked Miss recent riots so happily checked by|cultural tastes, Such people will be busband. Haughton. Mayor Hansen, she made herself a] surprised to learn that there is such I met Miss Haughton at the Bal- vation Army headquarters, No. 680 Fifth Avenue, for, like the society | “Not if she has been trained to handle it,” she replied. “A gun, you know, is balanced so that its weight vow that when anarchy and Ameri- canism contend with each other she personally—despite gray hair and a & thing as gardening without soil, as anyone who has @ convenient ehelf near @ sunmy window may easily Mars Ton rie, 7 CORE FOR The Little Silk Dots and Thread of Silk, Features of the Piquant New “Wendy” Spring Veil, Give It Not Only the Distinction of ® “pforelty, but Also a Hint of Springtime Buds, Yury Building in Wall women, the tired business men and! everybody else, she is going to pitch | in next week and help put across the Army's Home Service Fund Drive for $13,000,000, On “Dollars for Dough- nuts” day, May 21, she will shoot holes through doughnuts on the steps of the Public Library and the Tre: Street, sald doughnuts to be sold later for the “dough” that 1s negotiable coin of the realm. And she is imparting her skin to young sub-debs at the Scudder Schoo! | on West 724 Street, some of whom made remarkable records the other day in a trophy shoot held at the New York Athletic Gun Chtb, Travers Island, ‘There are forty-one girls in the shooting course, from twenty-six States, She also has a class for women on the roof of her apartment house on Riverside Drive, for which he has a special permit. ‘A girl,” sho told me, “can learn to shoot just as easily as a boy, and T think it is the most practical train- Ing in the world, “Every animal, except the human animal, teaches its children the art of self-defense, Yet many of our boys went into the army absolutely ignorant of how to handle a gun. As for our girls, how few of them are trained to defend themselves against peril? Yet 1n ninety-nine eases out of a hundred the fact that she knows how to use a gun will be sufficient de- fense for @ woman. She will lose her absurd fear of firearms, and she will be able to handle them without ac- eldent, “1 can teach a girl to shoot in three lessons, After that practice is the only thing necessary, At the Gcudder i (when she aims and fires, may be manipulated easily by a per- son skilled in its use. A few of the girls who come to me are unusually frail, and for them I have spetial ex- ercises to strengthen their arma, fn- gers and backs. Also, before the girl handles a gun at all, I drill her in lifting her shoulder, as she must do If the shoulMer ts not lifted the head must be lowered—and that is the instinctive but incorrect gesture of the untaught markswoman." There are, Miss Haughton explains, exactly eight correct motions to be made in firing a rifle. Here they are. in their order: 1 Place right hand on small part of stock. 2. Balance and lift gun with left hand on magazine grip. 3 With thumb on hammer and finger on trigger, unlock safety catch. 4. Bring back magazine grip and raise gun to shoulder, preparing po- sition, 6. Close magazine grip, automat- jeally leaving gun ready for firing. 6, Aim and fire. 7. Drop gun to the waistline, lock- ing safety catch. 8. Lay gun down properly, so as not to hit sights, One of Miss Haughton’s reasons why wo all should shoot puzaled me. “How,” I asked, “does it make ono beautiful?” “If you shoot you learn how to ‘breathe and stand oorrectly,” she re- plied. “Also the muscles of shoulder, arm and torso are brought into play and the waistline is kept normal, and fat does not accumulate around shoulders and chest. The marks- the course in rife shooting woman will be outdoors @ great deal, at » station and call it "railroad duft.” RES OV OF 37 | taking long tramps and breathing fresh, pure air, So sho will keep her |complexion better and longer than other women. | ‘You have no idea what a sense of protection @ woman has when she knows she is qualified to use a gun in an emergene As Miss Haughton spoke I recalled , the confession of an American woman | rheumatic back—is going to settle She has the family horse pistol cleaned, oiled with at least three Reds, and ready—nore power to her! “However, the most important re: sons why I advocate guns for girl she concluded, “are the benefits they : YORK city dwellers who prove, Percy Collins, writing in Popular Science Monthly, outlines a garden you can have growing right in your clty apartment, A number of bulbous plants, of which the most familiar are hye- cinths, will prosper in glass jars will gain in health and poise and] ning with water, Crocuses in ‘4 herve-control, the enjoyment they! variety, not to mention many another will derive from shooting and the! (i aiming flower, may be raised in good comradeship the sport promotes bet nen and women, Sailors 1 WIE saflor has his own name for | his officers and for those who ’ Slang A whip feebly built fs said to have been “born w have special work aboard ship. The captain is usually “The old man"; the second mate, “Dicky”; | \ship's surgeon, “p carpenter, sallmaker, \ “chips” ducks” or | “sails; cooper in a whaling vessel, “pungs”; cook, “doctor’; steward’s| mate, “Jack in the dust.” A sailor who has some kn ‘© of marine law and is capable of giving the captain an argument is known as @ “sea-lawye an awkward or stupid sailor is a “swab” or a “lunkhead”; a sailor who clalms to have seen bet ter days before taking to the sca,! and who is usually rather lubberly, is contemptuously known as a “brick layer’s clerk” sailors are “land sharks,” while @ sea | port loafer 1s a beach comber.” Food ts “prog;" the rum ration, “gro bread, ‘“tommy;" pickled beef, “malt horse;" chewing tobacco, “pig-tail."" “Duff ie a pudding made from flour and water and boiled in a| canvas bag, It sometimes contains raisins, but they are often so scarce that the sailors say they find only one =| People who prey on| ros at Lama ep me eee which throws up a huge and gro- seenip’a prhvom the |teatue bloom, often as much as two ley ot Kitehen, “ea. | fet 1a height. All that Is necessary pea taokestack, "Charley |! to Place these bulbs In a saucer, ar When a pistol abot is firea| Sven On.® Shslh 1A & good Hab Sad nature will do the rest, up the stack to clean it of soot, green- horns are told they have been shoot-| The gardener to whom soil ia do- ing “Che Noble." Small stonos|Bied will soon discover that many used for cleaning the deck, are known| kinds of seeds will eprout and grow 4 “holystones,” “bibles” or “prayer|almost anywhere provided they are books," probably because the gator, kept moist and in a fairly warm at- has to kneel to use them. ‘The sound- | mosphere. ing lead ts the “blue pigeon.” Ono plan Js to wrap a piece of felt For the man who ts somewhat in-|or flannel around a brick, which is toxicated the sailor has several pi then placed in a dish of water. The turesque phra He may “togsy.” | water soaks up constantly through id Seas over,” or “three| the substance of the brick, and seeds in the wind.” When really} scattered on the moist fabric will | intoxicated hoe Is “loaded to the gun-| soon put forth shoots and roots, mak- wales,” “Hot coppars" is his phrase|ing an interesting novelty, for the parched thraut after a spree! Instead of a brick en ordinary When a@ sailor is “on his beam ends” or “all at sea” he is completely bewildered or entirely at loss, “cuts his painter” he makes off with- out giving any notice. of a man” is to quarral with him. To be “above board” while he says of @ It he aowite sm | novelties, the same way. Several kinds of bulbs will blossom quite freely without either soil or water, Such is the case with the common colchicum and several of the fine amaryllis lilies, as well es the remarkable “Monarch of the East,” sponge soaked in water may be used; Carrot ferns and moss trees interesting curiosities, easy to“ tivate. Cut a couple of tmohes the top of a big carrot, and the centre of the piece so that a of cup is formed. Hang this ina Nght by means of a wire, and cup filled with water. Very soon i ty fernlike leaves will sprout upward, and in a short the the bit carrot is transformed into a sm decorative object. q Moss trees are simply ¢ shaped tufts of the moas that is mon in fir woods, fixed by means of long pin to the top of a stick. can be easily made during a h excursion; and if subsequently moss is constantly wetted, it flourish for months—even for in any room to which a amount of fresh air is admit regular intervals. Trees may be raised from chestnuts and the lke, tn bot water, and will continue to thi years if a little judictous is practised from time to time in these and all other @ with plants where standing w used one or two small bits of coal should be put into the ‘ or hollow clay shapes, in the form of amusing heads or animals may ve purchased from stores that sell such Perliaps the best seeds to use for experiments of this kind are jo of mustard and cram, especially , keep the water sweet and pure, There are several kinds of “resurrection” plants that resulty when grown in @ ro ab! CY easiest of a6 ang