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ket- and I in the iers Lint In", the the and hul- Jon. the 0!) flag. the QVOI’ ‘ited 'of Ind itly off the ; in in- To one who remembers the herd end nnpopnler beginning'of the Selvntion em, in London it eeeme ioctedlhle that the donghter of Willleln Booth. the despised street preeoher oi Whiteéhepel would come to tell the lime old story to an im- mune end populei- eudienee in the great Auditor- inm oi Chicago. Then. it we. the deily problem how to pay the rent of n low clue manic hell and get n following with tin whistles end crooked drains. Now Eve Booth e‘peeke to n crowd who poy for eeete in on endienoe room that comm tor en evening. end the best 0! all is that thin one "'zrentnrmyofworkm’hive'iot IOsI’The stiffâ€"Ito! their message”. no they hove grown into enormous force with power end populnrity. lien Booth’e mange lest Sunday was benntiinlly pnthetlc. It ' wu ‘. fine piece of dnmntic Itrategy to appear on the greet etege clothed in the recs 0! a match 43in}. and thus gave to her Words the effect of n net- unl setting when she eeld: ' "My nunehu been associnted too long with sorrow and sadness for me u: give any explanation for this garb." "I have felt a passionete love for the poorest. of the poor since I was a child, and I wanted to go to the dark, unknown places. I wanted to take to these people the angel song that. broke over the Bethlehem hills when Jesus of Nazareth was born. 80 I cast. ewey when stood between Ans Ind lived as a flower and match girl, sometimes singing for my living.” Miss Booth then produced four key: from her tutored dreu. She said they were “Love." “Sym-’ puhv," “Sacrifice.” and ,“Action.” and.they un- locked ybe doors out of the darkest hells. The dny of populerity for Young Men's Chris- tlen sseocietions has eome. Sever-.1 large gifts heve'been Innde recently to these izstitntione in the country, the letest and most notable being .100 000 to Chicego end 81 000 to Luke Geneve from the Keep esteie. ‘ We venture one remerk in all kindliness. Since these institutions In so lnrgely supported by pub- lic benevolence. ought there not to be a Wider open door to some departments for the stranger and the poor ? it is too true the! the young man who enters ‘the costly building of a Y. M. (‘. A , a stranger end without the member's fee, is not welcome? "Every convenience of the piece is closed to him. [hit when the some youth turns to the se- loon end the dive. n wide-open door. and m'ore than Highland Park News-Letter IthMdmws-m Great Gifts to Y. M. C. A. 0ur Outlook W. .0101”. Ian.- Eva Booth. . unload. In his. I: is two. ind-d, “at our eit- who "pom-t hall I million mph 0! Ohio.“ l.- .-A M-II_ an-__- -_- ‘-_A,. ,¢. CW 0! The etnen of generosity ha .130 ruched the Y. w. c. A.'l mono hoer too e009. but it he come. Pitubur‘ ha h“ 3 (mt whirlwind eun- peign in which 300.000 m rotted lor . new build- ing. end $300,000 more is aided to the emonot by H. C. Erick. thus piling up 1 total of he]! i mil- lion. At Omhe 3 than" mulch was started lut yen when the citizen: responded with 0100.. 000. beeidee en mnonot to cover eoet 01 one o! the moat VIM-bk city building eitee. It in in order w logged. to these aaeoelatione that the remarka applied to the Y. )1. C. A.‘a may aleo be taken to them. although it. ought to be known thnt the Y. W. C. A. of Chicago, recently eriticiaed for in inhumanity to a stranger girl. in not. connected with the American committee of Y. W. O. A.’a. Thai. aociety is an independent. one which assumed the name and reiuaee to be a part‘or ahe national monmeni which run: paralleiwicli the Y. II. C. A. ' There ,sre none questions of the most serious concern to the public weal which the svenge in~ dindusl dislikes to touch. Hence we hush up Inst- ters which ought to be fmd; end. like hunted os- u-iches, thrust. our (sees in the send lest we should see the ‘deuger- ' " "Bin? mere he's been quite a. owekefling in re- cent months on subjects of the mo“ viul interest to the very life of the community. In New York and Chicago medic-M practitioners hue organized Social Hy gieue societies, the purpose of which is to convey messages of physical science as warnings against ignorance and immorality. Deaconness Han. who «minutes tho; the roll of lost. women in Chicago numben 82,000 strike- at a still more serious condition when she says tint. for every such woman there In at least ten mén who consort with them. ‘ The fact that the. market is supplied by n sve- tem of white slavery in a. serious menace to woman- hooa which the government ought to find means to stop. We are told that the fact of this form of evil in not entahlished, amtâ€"yet less than a week ago.a. case of small-pox on I steamer arriving at Port Townsend Wash. .. necessitating general in- migation, discovered the presence of six huge pine boxes. in each of which was a Japanese girl. thus being transported to the immoral slave market of this country. But greater thnn hygiono measures or gov- ernment. action, the real need of the times in a better regard {or moral purity in home life and social standards. This is I matter in which Mayor Busse is not. a competent adviser. Even if. us he an. his arena went. after him in thn wsyPMr Bum has no boys of hi: own M Mayor Buue told the delegation of the Sundny Saloon Closing Lengne that the use of bed slats on boys would be more effective for governing the unruly than the closing of «loans. Rut. grunting u we dodhnt better domestic government is a (rent need of the Americnn homo, that in no nnnwer to the Snndny Closing Lennie. Young Women’s Associations. The Deeper Depths. Bed Slats For Boys. 0i”- 0uiloo'lr The eppmeehln. Pence conference will he et- tended by repreeeutetlvee o! elmost ell the greet powere of the world. It will be en event of the ntuoet lntereet to every country. for it is inpoeel- ble to eetllnete the lu- mashing ooneeqeeneee thet my ettend thle eonfemaee. We believe it le open to the A-enbly, Conlemeee. Preehytertee end Ae- eoeutloue of the greet religions hedlee whleh at meeting this month to eppolnt delecetee to the eonlennee et Rune. Mr. Hughes has discovered that. A than with t '100. of public reforms on M. handn, has enough to look after without undertaking I Presidential boom.- The Genet.) Assembly of this (test volition body is meeting this week st Columbus. Ohio. Amongfinsny importsnt questions under consider stion is the subject of Union with the Camber-lend Presbyterisns. No subject is meeting with such unanimous snd enthusisstic disenuioit nod en- dorsement ss theta the team question. Ohio in the native stste of the Netionsl Anti-Saloon Mundane workofthetvigomusnndexeeedo ingly practice! sgeneyonght to receive the most encouraging endorsement of the Assembly. The Auocietion 0: the Congregationalism of this sum in in section e: Quincy. Hue, as "Long Presbytetiene. the question of Union is up. A very eel-mt. endeavor in nude to find I Innis of organic union between three chnréh deno'minn- tioneâ€"«Congreznionnl, United Brethren end Meth- odist_ Protestant. The restriction: and'limiutious of the United Sum mail service have not elwave been [each 0115 r just. end there is “together too mheh neg tepe end too, little room for‘eommon sense ruling in the service. Nevenbeless the Postal euthori’ ties perform vein-hie public service when they ex‘ elude from the meile vile end fraudulent agencies. Perhaps there is no one phase of traffic which needs 'the censor more than in the msiborder quack medicine and fake medical advice swindles. and it. is with a sigh of uthhction that one roul- thnt twenty one of these, in Chicago alone, hive been deprived of the use of the nuns this week. The Ponmuter Genet-ti atyn in his communionâ€" tion to Postmaster Cnmphell tint none of the per- sons or concerns mentioned will be permitted to operate with the uid of the mails.” Revamp": containing their ndvertiseménts’ will likewise be boned. The postmaster zenenl hls issued an order or not ice that. all run! mail urriers have the right. of way on .11 country mud: and tint. ull other carri- ages or convey‘nces mun surrender the right of wuv to the rural urn-12m; _ I] Medical Fakes and the Illinois Congregatiomlists. The Hague Conference. Pmbyterian Assembly. 0m- Outlook