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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 31 Jan 1924, p. 9

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TfflB XtHXRHY PUnmiiLER, MeHEHRY, 400 feet above the Potomac wUI cause it to dominate the landscape of Washington and environs. The tower win rise 70 feet higher than the Washington monument. There will be three chapels. Bethlehem of the Holy Nativity, already completed and In use, is in the crypt, ft a regarded as a memorial to the late Bishop Henry Yates Satterlee, the first head of the Washington diocese and a leader In the first planning of the cathedral. The Lad} chapel, common to most OK World cathedrals, and tha coronet of chapeia found around the apse in French cathedrals have been omitted to preserve in full the height d proportions of the apse. or the two main chapels the choir aisles, each ^00 feef long, are to be used. Many fine art conception* -are to be expressed .in the Interior fittings. Some already have been installed. Stone for the high altar was I VUI0N EPROCESS or REALIZATION j/SJrimcAztf, ixatr « >£• i- •,$ ) • By JOHN DICKIN80N SHERMAN I RESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON V* In laying oat the nation's capital, provided for "a church for national purposes." The nation has been _ negligent In carrying out his psovi* sion. The next few years, however, will see his vision a reality in the National Cathedral on Mount St. Alban, overlooking the City of Washington. It will be one of the finest church edifices In the world. George Washington was a great man for tlgl reason, among others, that his intelligence functioned efficiently in all circumstances. He wga a success in everything xhe undertook. Athlete, surveyor, fighting man, business man, farmer, builder, military leader, statesman, president--In all of these capacities he was of the first class. ^ Whenever he did anything he did it right. When ha chose to bedlgnified, nobody could approach him In dignity. When he chose to put on style nobody could outdo him; his coaching outfit was the last word hi -vehicle and horseflesh, and there was not a better pair of legB in the United States than his silken-clad extremities. And when he rode furiously to tha front to stop the retreat at Monmouth he cursed Lee "till the leaves curled up on the trees." The •"Father of His Country" had an extraordinary sense of the fitness of things In every activity of life. So. when Washington was selected as the site «f the national capital In 1790, President George Washington at once took measures to see that tha capital city should be built right. Most of our Amertotii cities "just growed" after the fashion of Topay --and look it. Not so the Capital of the Unitad States. Washington determined that It should be tha complete expression of the best of the nation that was to come. And being entirely without" false modesty, he knew of nobody who could do a better job at planning it than himself. And Washington knew just the man to work loot the plans. Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant was rthat man. He was a young French engineer who -same over with Lafayette in 1777 and served In the Continental army. After being wounded, he was assigned to Washington's personal (ommand and was made a major In 1783. He was an (engineer of ability and something of an architect. Iln passing, a monument to tils memory was unfretied in 1911 in Arlington National cemetery. So Washington called In L'Enfant ana set hfiin at work on the plans of the Capital city, which aome day will probably be the finest capital |n the world. And ' ever Washington was at I/Enfant'8 elbow. More than that, Washington himself laid the -comer stones of tin Capitol and of the White House, personally overseeing the erection of tha attentive mansion which was first occupied by President John Adams. That the first president of the United States and the young French engineer did a masterly piece of work between them ; hi aasn by the Washington of today. . How, tbe United States has been a Christian nation from its earliest beginnings. Tha Virginia aettlers brought the Church of England with ttiem as a part of their daily life. The Pilgrims, separafc lag from the Church of England, came to America to secure religious freedom. The Puritans brought the Church of England with them--to reform it. Peon was a Quaker and colonized fon Quakers. Baltimore was founded as a refuge fot Roman Catholics. Huguenots flocked to New Amsterdam because guaranteed religious freedom by the Dutch. In 1784 tha. first Protestant Episcopal' bishop and the first two Methodist Episcopal. bishops in America were ordained. In 1788 a convention in Philadelphia organized the "Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States Of America." The same year the "First Generate Meeting" of the Presbyterian Church la America was held in the same city. ^Appealing to the Supreme Judge of tbe World," says the Declaration of Independence; probably two-thirds of the "signers" were Church of England members. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," says the Constitution. "--that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom--" says the Gettysburg Address. "In God We Trust" is on our coins. Washington waT a member of the Protestant ^ Episcopal church. And he was sincerely and devoutly religious. "Religion and morality enjoin this conduct," says the farewell address. And . religion and morality were equal factors in his life. So it Is entirely natural that Washington's directions to L'Enfant should contain this: A church (to be erected) for national purposes* suCh M public prayed, thanksgiving, funeral ora- . tlona, etc., and to be assigned to the special use of no particular denomination or sect, but equallyopen to all. It will otherwise be a shelter for suchmonuments aa were voted by the last Continental _ CongTeaa as Cor the heroee who fell in the causae of liberty. "The church to be erected" bears the formal name of the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul., It Is being erected by t(pe Protestant Episcopal1" .< church. But It is commonly called the National Cathedral. And this has been the purpose of its sponsors from Its beginning : It ia to be a national ' house of prayer and religious consecration befitting a great people and ,a great nation. Above all things It 1a to be a free church, a beautiful church, a national ,church. It in to be ami Is absolutely a free church. There will be no rented pews, in fact no pews at all, only chairs to be assigned to persons aa they come. The pulpit is and will forever be free. In 1890, one hundred years after the selection by congress of Washington as the national capital, members of the Protestant Episcopal church began a movement for a National Cathedral. In 1893 congress passed an act to incorporate the Protestant* Episcopal Cathedral foundation, ^ "empowered to establish and maintain within the District of Columbia a cathedral and institutions •of learning for the promotion of religion, education and charity." » Twenty-fiye years ago a large tract of wooded land in Mount St Alban, the highest point in the capital, became ..the property of this foundation. The foundation stone of the oathedral was laid in * 1907, with ceremonies participated In by 25,000, , persons, including President Roosevelt and other high officials of the government. Today the completed apse Is one of the great landmarks of the capital. Work on the cathedral. Interrupted by the World war, has been resumed. It 1s being built by public donations. It will cost about $10,000,000 and will be completed in about five yeaf». The design, worked out by Dr. George Bodley erf London and Henry Vaughn of New York, follows In the main the Fourteenth century Bottiic. The structure will be slightly smaller than the Cathedral of St John the Divine In New York,, larger than St. Paul's in London and much larger than Notre Dame in Paris. There will be stand- , ing room for 27,000 and space for more than 5,000 /seated. The central arch wUI be 90 feet high, and the two side arche* 80 feet, the great central tower . rising to a height of 282 feat Its unique location, brought fron Jerusalem, being taken from the •supposed quarries of King Solomon and the ledge 0# rock In which the sepulchre of Christ vyas hewn. Stone was brought from .the River Jordan f&r the Jordan font, which is large enough to permit baptism by immersion. The bishop's seat was built from stones taken from the ancient British Abbey of Saints Peter and PauL The Archbishop of Canterbury contributed a pulpit, a .•beautiful work in marble, known as the Canterbury Ambon, In memory of Stephen Langton, the v archbishop who led the barons when Magna _ Cliarta was wrung from King John. The long Anglo-Saxon struggle for political and religious Uberty will be symbolised In much of the Interior jK>rk. " George Washington's Idea that the National Onthedral is to be a "shelter for monuments" Is . ta l>e carried out, without restrictions as to creed. Possibly In time It may become a sort of American Westminster abbey. The first memorial to be Installed will h& the famous and familiar Gilbert Stuart portrait -of George Washington. It is presented by John Jay Chapman of New. York, descendant bf John Jay. r From the time that President McKlnley at- Tftlnded the first open air services at the cathedral ' «*ery president, scores of cabinet officers and foreign diplomats and thousand's of members of 'fhe senate and house have been "present on historic occasions at the cathedral, from the ceremonies following the conclusion of the Spanish . American war to the religious services In connection with the conference on the limitation of itrmaments. When the last stone has been placed and the fSthedral opened It will be one of the largest and finest church buildings In the world. Surrounding the foundation and apse which are now complete, are the National Cathedral School for Girls and a similar school for boys, a bishop's house, a library which Is to be the most complete religious -• library in America and an amphitheater which today accommodates 25,000 persons, •v Dr. James E. Freeman was consecrated Prot- : estant Episcopal bishop of Washington last fall i-- with outdoor services In the amphitheater. The new bishop's career is wltliout parallel in the history of the Protestant Episcopal chureh of America. For two years he was employed in the legal department of the Long Island railroad and for twelve in the accounting division of the New York Central. During this time he tpok an active (Merest in politics antLjappeared often on the public platform. His brilliant forceful speeches, attracted the attention of the late Bishop Henry Codman Porter ef New York, who Induced him to join the min- * fairy and personally supervised his study. He continued in the employ of the New York Central until 1894, when he was ordained and placed in ,#itSiarge of the new chapel 0T Sfc. Andrews in Tinkers, hlg native city. " During (lis rectorship In Yonken Dr. Freeman conceived the idea of creating a substitute for the saloon In the form of a club for working men. Two years later his "Hollywood Inn" had become so successful that the late William F. , Cochran, one of his parishioners, built and en- - dowed a house for the club costing in all $375,000. Theodore Roosevelt, then police commissioner in .New York, visited the club and banging the table with his fist said, "Bully! Freeman has done more to solve the difficult problem concerning the saloon titan all the other reformers." In 1910 Dr. Freeman was called to St. Mark's 'J h Minneapolis. During his eleven years there he *ras responsible for the building of the Citizens' club, a working men's organization similar to the one be started in ^takers. In February, 1921, Dr. Freeman became rector of the Church «of the Bpiphany Ui the downtown district of Washington. SEEKS AN EXPERT ON WHALES BrtUeh Colonial Offloe Plans to 8end Out Expedition to Solve the / Mysteries of 8ea Monatera. > V|OQ would like a job with « «F|5,000 a year, with free board and lodging and plenty of adventure thfvwn in, here is the thing for yon. 'Some time ago the colonial office ad- •srtlsed for a man to take charge of an expedition which is being sent to the Falkland Islands to study the habits of whales. So far no puccesaful application has been made. The expedition will be the first of Its kind. The Falkland islands and* neighboring parts of the world depend upon whaling and it is hoped that the expedition will discover many facts useful to the Industry. Great Britain has for hundreds of years taken a leading part in whaling. The Green- # t : ' / I - i " • - . . " W ' ^ ' 3 ^ * ' land stations are becoming empty, and it is necessary to establish the industry in new grounds. One of the questions to be answered Is: Where do whales go in the winter time? Nobody knows what whales eat and their mftfriage habits are quite unknown to man. How many wives do whales have? What Is their birth rate? How long do they live? How far do they travel In a year? It Is Interesting'to find that Capt Seott's famous Antarctic ship, the Discovery, will be used for this new voyage. There will he many dangers and difficulties. No attempt will be made to capture the whales, they will merely be marked with harpoons. The .skipper of the Discovery will be Captain Stenhouse, the well-known explorer. Asked the other day whether whales ever attack ships unprovoked, he said that be had never known such a case. Once he knew a whale to come_ alongside to rub the barnacles off lU back. The ship shook as the creaturl rubbed Itseif "gainst the side.--London Tit-Bita. .» ^ 4*0 Meet Changed" Conditions New Forms Have •. • Been Devised., •• <Fr*par«a br tha United State* MjutmM of Agriculture.) To assist American farmers In organizing their husiness to meet the changed economic conditions of present- day agriculture, new forms of agricultural information have been developed, and fundamental studies In farm organisation, marketing and crop estimates have been expended by the bureau of agricultural economics during the .past year, according to the annual report of the bureau. "In the period of agricultural faadjustment experienced during the past year, it was important for farmers to secure the facts bearing upon current, problems that would give them the greatest aid in making accurate decisions In planning farm operations and in marketing their products," says the report "The first attention of the bureau staff has been directed constantly toward these problems in response to the greatly increased demands upon the bureau for information on the general conditions of supply ond demand, price trends, the effect of various domestic and foreign factors upon the farmer's returns, and for information bearing upon problems of crop readjustment." Live Stock Surveys Help. Special effort was made to strengthen present crop and live stock reporting methods, and to supplement these methods by surveys designed to give a more accurate knowledge of future supplies. The semi-annual pig surveys which give an Indication of Intentions of farmers regarding the production of hogs, and- the reports of farmers' Intentions to plant various crops are outlined as indicating the bureau's activities along this line. Numerous mechanical and other methods have also been developed to obtain maximum accuracy in acreage and production estimates. A world-wide crop and market report* lng service was developed by the bureau, to obtain tbe essential facts concerning probable foreign competition and demand for American farm products. Agricultural commissioners in England and Europe, and the International Institute of Agriculture at Rome keep the bureau constantly Informed, regarding the current foreign agricultural situation. This news is broadcast by the bureau to farmers by radio and thfe press.' A Btudy of the factors that Influence tbe market demand in domestic markets, as expressed In the prices and, > movement of crops snd.ln consumers' requirements was made. Results 6f several years of farm tfianagement surveys were reviewed to secure facts of value in the present agricultural readjustment, the objective being shifted somewhat from studies with the historical point of view to the current readjust in en t point of view. A steady growth In the bureau's work In warehousing. Improved* farm finance and In the study of agricultural co-operation Is required. Tha correlation of various research projects conducted by state and federal Institutions such as in the establishment of the New England research council oai marketing and food supply Is also regarded as a forward step. A similar council has been plamta^^or the Middle West Market NeWs Service. ' The market activities 'jf the bureau have been extended along the lines of research, standardization, market news, and food products inspection at shipping points and terminal marketa Grades were prepared for hay, wool, tobacco, rice, rye, peanuts, dressed meats, and a number of fruits and vegetables. Farm management studies were expanded during tbe year to Include studies of farm income on various types of farms, farm production in localities adjacent to cities, the organisation of cane sugar farms, a special survey of cotton farms in boil weevil districts, studies of the earlier farm management records, surveys of regions on which studies have been made in previous years to discover important changes In management. Cost of production work was expanded to Include wheat cotton, tobacco, fruits, sugar beets, sugar cane, and cattle. This extended service to farmers was made possible largely by the consolidation of three former bureaus Into what Is now the bureau of agricultural economics. In the new bureau the identity and the organization of the various lines of work formerly handled In the three bureaus \as been pre* served In the associated divisions under the three groups of production, marketing, and problems dealing with the economic phases of both produ^ tion and marketing. Mm EBxa Ttifcr HAVE YOU A C0UGH7 What Tins Woman Says is of vw Interest to Too Goshen, Ind.--"I had coughed night and day for a whole year and had loefc so much ftesh I began-to look like a walking skeleton. Two of my filters had died from tuberculosis and I felt certain that my time had come. Finally, a friend recommended Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to my husband, and it made me feel new strength and vitality right from the start and in a yearns time I waa just ad strong and hardy as ever I nave never suffered with a deep, hacking cough since (that was about 20 yean ago) and have always feit very gratsful to Dr. Pierce "--Mia. Eliza Tc-cter Middlt bury St. Whenever you fed the need of good confidential medical advice, address Dr. Pierce, president Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo N. Y , and answer will be returned without charge of any kind. * Clutch-Holding Device Very Handy on Tractor The Scientific American In Illustrating and describing a clutch holder, the Invention of F. F. Wunder, Valley Falls, Kan., says: The Invention relates to devices which are adapted for attschment to a tractor to engage a clutch control Clutch-Holding Devio* for Tractor. lever of the ttactor to releasably hold the latter In position to occasion the releasing of the driving connection between the engine of the tractor and the transmission thereof, without disengaging the gears of the transmission. A further object Is to provide a clutch holder which comprises but a single piece of resilient material. • FEED DAIRY COWS LIBERAL RATION Hay, Silage and Grain Mixture Needed in Winter. (Pnptrad br th* United States Departmeat of Agriculture.) If dairy cows are to be fed for profltsble production they must recelvi liberal ration a( all seasons. In sum mer, pasture generally Is depended upon, but oftea it must be suptpleinen ed by soiling crops or silage, and sometimes by concentrates as well. For winter feeding, the ration usually Is composed of hay, silage, and a mixture of grains. In properly balancing the ration tbe grain mixture is compounded to fit the roughage with due consideration for cost, bulk, fralatablllty, and physiological effect upon the cow. For best results, cows must be fed Individually, salted regularly, and furnished with all th'e. clean water they will drink. A few simple guldtfis for feeding have been summarized by the dairymen of the United States Department of Agriculture a3 follows: (1) Under most circumstances the cow should be fed all the roughage that she will eat up clean, and the xmln ration should be adjusted to the milk production. (2) A grain mixture should be fed In the proportion of one pound to each three pints or pounds of milk produced daily by the cow, except In the case of a cow producing a flow of forty pounds pr more, when tbe ration may be one pound to each three and a half or four pounds of milk. An even better rule Is' one pound of grain each day for a pound of butterfat that the cow produces during the week. (3)' Feed all the cow will respond to In milk production. When she begins to put on flesh, cut down tbe giain. -• to 70 degrees should be malnta|ne<u In the hotbed Plants should be set about three feet apart each way. A dozen plants are sufficient for the needs of a family. One ounce of seed will furnish 10 planta. Start Egg-Plant Early in Spring Under Glass ' Tha egg-plant Is a warm-weather plant as yet not acclimatized In the North. It should be started early, under glass. Plants should be "pricked off" when the second leaves appear, four inches apart. In boxes. "Pricking off" means removing tbe plants from their crowded position In the hotbed and placing at some distance apart in boxes or in flower pots. Tbe boxes should be kept in a coldframe and plenty of light and air should be admitted on warm, sunny days in order to harden the plants. After frost danger is past and the soil Is well warmed the plants may be transplanted. Care must be taken to avoid the use of extremely rich soli or the plants are likely to keep up their growth until jtoo late In the season to escape the early Tall frosts. The seed should be sown ktoqnt April A tanperafure -ef OS Inefficient Production No Cure for Low Price# la discussing various aspects of farm product values, Professor J. L Falconer, agricultural economist. Ohio State university says: "Inefficiency in production Is no cure for low prices. Experience and research have shown that farmers with high yields make greater profits thaa loeir neighbors with low yields. Oa high-priced land high yields are mors economical to produce than low yield* If a reduction In output of a partlcu* lar crop seems desirable. It would ha better to reduce the acreage or, for individual farmers, to abandon the crop entirely than to reduce the yields." Green's August Flower The remedy with a record of fifty sevsa years of surpassing excellence. All whe suffer with aervovs dyspepsia, soar stoiaaeh, constipation, indigestioa, torpid liver, diisiaess, headaches, coauag-op of food, wind oa stomach, palpitation and ether Indications of digestive disorder, will fiad C.RF.KN s AUGUST FLOWER an effective and efficient remedy. For fifty-sevenyean this medicine has been successfully used Is millions of households all over the dv9- ixad world Because of its merit and popalarity GREEN-s AUGI ST FLOWKK CM ha foaad today wherever medidaes are «|M. 30 sad 90 cent bottles. m- ••' - I** The Painless One Dinah made up her mind to go to the dentist. But the moment 1^ touched her tooth she started to wriggle and scream. The dentist said, severely : "What on earth Is this fuss about? Why. I am a painless dentist. Didn't you see my advertisement outside?" "Well, sah," said Dinah. **yo* may ha painless, but Ah isn't." The apple was raw, therefore Adam didn't get a chance to attribute the r» suit to Eve's cooking. Rotted Majiure Excelled Fertilizer for Cucumber dotted manure Is an excellent fertilizer for cucumber plants. The mixing of acid phosphate with manure Is to bo advised. If added before the nitrogen has a chance to escape it will hold the nitrogen in the manure. Add phosphate contains gypsum and gyp. sum has this same power to bold tbe nitrogen, but acid phosphate la more effective than Is gypsum alone *nd, of course, contributes valuable phosphor rus. Acid phosphate retards the feii mentation of the manure.. Acid phosphate may be added either before or after composting, and ln: either case Is a valuable a< Chip* off Aw Old Block M JURIOMUtMe Wa Oo*-thira tb* lar doM. Mad* •# • a m • tacradtoata, tban candy eoatad. For ahlldran aa4 a4ult». a«U» BY YOMI Dairymen Are in Favor# 4 of Calves During Fall Dairymen have practically settled the question of having calves come spring or fall. In fbvor of the fall season, because cows that freshen in the fall always produce more milk and butterfat than those that freshen in the spring, and because there Is more time to attend the cows during tha winter. Hence from Januury l to March 1 la the moat favoraMa to bread. - Worths Corn Crop. Three-fourths of the world's com crop is produced in the United States. Our 1923 corn crop again runs over the three billion bushel line and Its farm value Is estimated at nhout aa4 * I*1# billion Cliaical testa have proved thah -M.- ^ Zonite is highly effective in - of nasal catarrh when used ut v dilution aa a nasal spray. Its effect. •. - .>%•.. . is to cleanse the raucous aea*f'^> hrane and reduce abnormal disjfc^i charges, thus clearing the aaaaf\ passages. f"' "" ^ * iiiF /Note: Atomizer Ittlagl WMl' blk>- ( of hard rubber. V'- 4 STOP NIGHT COUCHING RFTTAJ PILKW. Ail re1*. y* WIMU o>. Mrw« tham Mailun* Bakuun insaafaaad iss; for 7J year*. SmU E»*ryu.'hmrm 2Sc. MALL * RUCKJUL N. 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