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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
By special request, made by The Gate
way editor, Wm. A. Thomas, priest in
charge of All Saints’ church in Seward,
contributes the following editorial in
answer to The Gateway editorial publish
ed last Monday entitled “The church and
its field.”
When the statement “the more intel
lectual a man becomes the less he attends
church” is directed against the church, she
may truthfully reply that the same may be
said in respect to politics. Substituting
the higher term wisdom for intellectuality,
we have a more debatable proposition. The
man who applys his knowledge to the best
and highest ends is likely to be found ac
tively interested in both church and state.
Intellectualism in the church usually finds
expression in theological dogmatism not
readily understandable to the average lay
man, while the temporal affairs are in the
hands of zealous men who, not overly suc
cessful, perhaps, in their personal enter
prises seem to have leisure time to devote
to ecclesiastical matters. The average in
telligent man of affairs is “too busy” to ac
cept election to vestries or church commit
tees or to go as delegate to church conven
tions hence resolutions, bearing upon poli
tical issues especially, have little weight
when adopted by such conventions. The
rule makes the exception all the more strik
ing. George Wharton Pepper and J. P.
Morgan seldom miss a convention of their
church. Giving freely of their time and
ability they, with their fellow lay-deputies,
help to mold the thought and expression of
their branch of the church universal. Were
such men more generally available, the
church would be more and more a power
in the affairs of men and her methods ac
ceptable. Clergy alone by no means con
stitute the church; she needs her wise and
intellectual laymen. Just so with politics.
When all knowledge is consecrated in the
cause of service, the church will cease for
warding resolutions to Washington; they
will not be necessary.
ONE MAN’S ROUTINE BUSINESS
In case you think your own life is a bit
tough, consider the case of Lieut. Frank
O’D. Hunter, operations officer at Selfridge
Field, Michigan.
Lieutenant Hunter began his career as
an aviator during the war when he brought
down eight German planes.
Then, a couple of years ago, his plane
came down in a crash and he broke his
back. He recovered, went back to aviation,
and had to jump out in a parachute while
2000 feet above the ground when his stabi
lizer frame collapsed.
Now he has again flirted with death by
leaping 800 feet—in a parachute, of course
—to the ice of Lake St. Clair. His plane
caught fire.
Some day, if that young man doesn’t
watch out, he’s going to get into danger.
Interesting Facts: The only liquid that
won’t freeze is hot water.
GEORGIA HONORS ITSELF
In Statuary Hall, in the Capitol at Wash
ington, stand 50 or more statues. They are
mostly of the leading politicians of their
day. Just the other day a new, white statue
was added to the assemblage—that of a
thin, elderly man gazing down with a look
of compassion. -The assembled statesmen
of his time probably never heard of him in
life, but if there is increased wisdom be
yond the grave the other figures in Statu
ary hall must have bowed gravely, in spirit,
to the newcomer, as to one who did more
for humanity than most of us.(
For the figure is of Dr. Crawford W.
Long, who on March 30, 1842, was the
first man to use sulphuric ether as an anes
thetic during surgical operations.
This unknown Georgia country doctor
figured out a way to bring merciful and un
conscious sleep to ease the agony of his pa
tients—a way in which millions have since
been eased.
The state of Georgia, which contributed
the statue, has honored itself as well as Dr.
Long by bringing this benefactor into the
public notice for all time, and by breaking
the precedent which has seemed to dictate
that only a politician could achieve granite
immortality in Statuary hall.
ANOTHER FREAK BILL
Congressman Parks of Arkansas has in
troduced a bill which would prohibit am
bassadors or cabinet officers from writing
for publication and profit anything contain
ing information which they might have ob
tained through their occupancy of such
public offices.
Just what inspired Mr. Parks to offer
such a bill is not clear. Certainly it would
infringe upon the liberty of an American
citizen in a most unwarranted manner, be
sides it would doubtless in many cases de
prive the public of information of great
value.
Statesmen of all countries and in all ages
have written of the events in which they
played a part and some of these writings
are among the most illuminating of the
world’s historical documents. Others, it is
true, are devoted mainly to a glorification
of the writers, but even these give the
thoughtful reader a better insight into the
significance of the times with which they
deal.
The author of this freak bill is probably
a poor writer, who never expects to be an
ambassador or a cabinet officer.
HOW FIRES START
If your home or business building bums
down it will generally be due to one or six
causes, according to the National Fire
Waste Council, which names these: ;
1. Improper building construction.
2. Defective wiring or other improper in
stallation of equipment furnishing heat,
power and lights.
3. Careless storage or handling of ex
plosives and inflammable liquids.
4. Handling and use of nitrocellulose
films.
5. Accumulations of trash and rubbish.
6. Carelessness with matches and in dis-,
posing of cigar and cigarette butts.
With the exception of the first named,
all the above causes of fires may be largely
eliminated with little or no expense. Sum
med up, the fact is that at least two-thirds
of the fires which destroy more than $500,
000,000 worth of property and about 15,000
human lives each year may be traced dir
ectly to pure carelessness.
It is a terrible price to pay for stupidity
and reckless disregard of danger.
William Ward, New York financier, con
trols a $2,000,000,000 bread trust, it is
charged. Tha’t nothing. We once went
not have any control over it.
home with a $2,000,000,000 bun, but we did
Sculptors in New York are arguing whe
ther Venus de Milo today would fit into a
Broadway chorus.
Sure; nobody would ever notice her lack
of arms.
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