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Show i U DESKIIKT EVENING NEWS SATGHDAV MAY 15 RENOUNCED BREWERY MIEMONS1 I I ? I F i ' Special Foreign Correspondence of The Saturday Newi. : . American VItrhait erertaded nimr at Ageof Twenty-t- o f If ht . Drink Evil Instead of Living Richly on Rrofita Derived' From It Thereupon He Relinquished Fortune of More Than Six Millions An Evangelist of the Slums Honored on Seven. tieth Birthday. Frederick Charrington Disinherited for Fighting the Induriry, by Which His Family Became Wealthy t J SECTION THIIKE 1020 ' ' Beaside I gald. 'excpx me, air. but Is It of ell Parliamentary authority. May I. Thtfire baa family. With the exception of the At-- 1 I fore he could dd fcbl huwever. harwaa been possible that you own be hungry?. picturesque eequql re- bart Hell, Charrlnaton's Is ths largest i em, he said, verjr hungry inset upon by the aerifant-st-artiran- d building of Ka kind' In the world. cently to & tory that te his myrmidons, assisted by six 11. I, s deed. a that of one of the Frederick Charrlngton'e historic act To make a Jong story short. ths 'and dragged out of the chwniber by moat astonishing acta of renunctatioo of renunciation furnished the late pir evangelist wsnt on, that man proved main force. to be one of the most famous of Amer-lea- n The stranger was F. N. Charring, Walter Bcaant with the theme of one of record. Thle aeqtlel area the ton. Hla object in making Ihla minister of He had the gospel. moat famous novel, "All Sort 10 protest against of hie 70th birthday end of the of hla come to England on a visit and, while raid bare in the Jubilee of thle work by Frederick N. and Condition of Men.," In writing staying at a hotel, had lost hla mem- the relenllon of drinkingnotwithstandory. Not knowing who he waa, or Iliuses of Parliament, who perhepe may be hla romance, however, 8lr Walter saw Charrington, where he belonged, he had wander- ing the example set by the king Ine (it to transfer tits brewer's eon Indekribed a the most extraordinary to ed about London until hie last penny abolishing intoxicants In the royal an attractive young woman Miss and against a bill which, he claimhad been (pent Exactly what befell reformer ead evahgallat living. . Messenger, the heroine, of hie tale. him In the Interval we never found out ed, would make everyone a partner In world whole the Ftfty years' ago, Once Charrlngtone act became pub but when he wee almost at the point the liquor traffic. Hie face and head .of starvation he beard that wa fed bleeding ea a result of the maullhg .rang with Jhe tale of how the youth licly known. It wee the talk of Lonful heir to one of England greatest don, and what Is said to hqv been the hungry people here end ao 16 ua he he had received, he was locked up for Tha a few hours and then released. came. brews ss. suddenly having had brought largest crowd that ever poured Into bill to which he objected waa dev : We fed him, found lodgings home to him the extent oflhd mltfery the Htrand blocked that thoroughfare In of Charrington spile i) him, and then oommnnicated with the feated, but. parliament debred by the ebuee of drink, had re for hours for the sake of seeing the American consulate. There they made novel form-o- f on protest, water clined the to wagon durgo nounced an lnherltanca amounting to young convert to temperance who had Inquiries which revealed hie Identity, ing the course of Us deliberations and hie members of eventually family from the derived brewing $4,350,000 relinquished a fortune, end who was to I asked him what he considered arrived from the United fit ate and Induatry end determined to devote hie maka hie first public appearance at took him back home. It wee not long, would be the afreet upon Greet Bri1 understand, before he life to fighting the source of hie fam the old Exeter Hall. completely re- tain of Americas example In adopt. . covered end wae able to resume hie ing Prohibition. fo work te end Income In Now, hie princely Frederick list year, tlye career ee one of the leaders of spiritual Instead of waxing enthusiastic, as Charrington la "carrying on" almost a might havq been expected, and exthe good of humanity. thought In the United Btatea." pressing himself as full of hepe that That brewers son was Frederick N lustily ea at any period In hla career Hie Fight to Make Parliament Dry. this country would eventually follow birth recent career big whoea that from the beginning, Charrtrtgton, Too old In years to fight at the the American lead, this lifelong of temperance shook his head front during the wrar, Charrington party In celebration of hit attain has been on long, unceasing battle. dy fought at home for patriotic ends One despondently. ment of the age of three acora year for a Scraps Always Ready W ahull never go dry. he avid evening In May 1$U, the House of and ten wee aa colorful a gathering ae e , the "I hate been fighting ell my life," Commons waa the scene of one of the For your country I can .recent in London in held moat sensation episodes In Ita long brightest of destinies; of my own I has' been he said to mo the other day, and I little have Your (I hope. adoption of history. All of a sudden while a sesyesre. Freelded over by the O sion was in progress, a stranger dash- prohibition la only the first of many late Intend ' to- keep on fighting as long at I the heat who ( of London, bishop lest." ed through the awing doors leading te reforma that will oome Into being on u When thle veteran reformer talks of the chamber and. before he could be the other side of the ..Atlantic and Theodore Rooeevelt in their tennle "UXa.. ha doesn't only mean waging stopped, pounced on the historlo mace that will make you morally the most match at the White Houee, K wae at fighting, war against evils of various kinds he euooeasor to the 'baoble' that Ollv-e- r perfect aa well as the greatest nation tended by thousands of the needy means Cromwell ordered taken away In the world. physical scrapping, too, for he the about round . district tn HAYDEN CHURCH. the Is atlll equal to a and lifted It from ita rests on the dwellers tussle. London's of one clerlux He demonstrated table, his evident Intention Copyrlghti 110 by the Edward Mar-- . this only a few One of the Rig Feeds"' In Frederick (barrington's Assembly Hall, Which Wkh the Exception of Albert Hail, grimy Mil Eed Road, months back, tn October last, to be . shall fiyndlcate Inc. being to carry off the classic emblem pooreet region. among whom, London, la Largest Building of Ita Kind In World. exact. Then, single-handetackhe half a century, Frederick Charrington led and overpowered a burly East-Und- fisted" man who welcomed me on money, the children are crying for tha last of which seated 1,100 parsons who was waiting, in a drunken ths threshold of hi "den" in Is mon- bread.' At that the man came has Bvad and carried on hie work of through Later,, aided by friends and to own kill hie reclamaand wife. wee frensy, This ster He made no reply In Assembly Hall, lie stands over the doorway. attempted redemption the lata Earfof Shafts In six Bethnal v feet street, Brady which end carries himself like an worda lie looked at her for a mo- bury,including Green, ha built the great Assembly Hall, tion.1, The scene of this party before had been atown shortly hla to ao la athlete; hair ment and then knocked her Into the (only a few hundred yards from the grey Charrlngtons rAmster Assembly Hall, Queen Mary as one of the worst In that one would not gueaeslightly him more gutter. Just then 1 looked end saw that is said to be the than SO; he la almost as virile aa my own name Charrington,up In huge family brewery), which stands close to tha great brew London. largest mission hall in existence. The Tha drunken man already had tried Kooaevelt was and has a grip that gilt letters on the top of the In most Great one of extensive the ery, public site it occupies was formarly that of to hit hie wife over tha head with e suggests "Teddye," in Idee end and It suddenly flashed Into my the Manor-Housof the Pemberton Britain, that is a till carried on by hla The Inhabitants of the street I formation he Is up to the absolute house, mind that this was only one case .of Barnes family, which at one time was were afraid to enter the house. No minute, in hla breery manner there dreadful misery and riendlsh brutality said to own more houses, chiefly In policeman happened to be within 1m- nothing that the usual In one of the several hundred public the East End of London, than any mediate call. Inside was the man. type of evangelist.suggests houses that our firm possessed. What other family in tha world. Tka hall armed with a heavy chopper, and also It was. he told me, direct y owing a frightful responsibility for evil rest- holds fi.000 people and cost $300,000. wth a hammer which he threatened to to the influence of a famous Ameri- ed upon us! Then and there I said In it la used by the sup throw at the flrat person who entered. can clergyman that he made up his to the sodden brute whose porters of nearly every 'religious faith Imagination Frederick Charrington, who hap- mind to fight the liquor traffic In- act I bad have witnessed, Well, you reprasented in England, including the pened to be passing, was aaked to stead of living like a lord on the prof- knocked your poor wife down, and Jews, who now form the bulk of the help. Armed with nothing deadlier its derived from It. same the with blow have knocked you regloq. than an umbrella, this game veteran Educated at fashionable Marlbo- me out of the brewery business.' Then population tn this London afternoon Regularly every Sunday opened the door and Gashed an elec- rough school, h immediately entered and there I determined whatmen and that, 350 700 for Si years, persons, tric torch on the man. He walked In, his fathers big brewery with a view to ever the result. I would never epter a like number of women, have been struck at the fellow with his umbrella, learning every detail of the vast busi- the brewery again. fed at the Assembly Hall. breaking It; then, seising the drunkard ness which he was supposedly to InAU It. with both hands, he threw him head- herit. A few months later he made a. And he never did These people come from all over long out of the house and then held tour on the continent, and It waa tn that hlaofastoundedandfather could do London." said Mr. Charrington.on and threats the him down until a couple of policemen the course of It that he became ac- by way persuasion, the some of them are literally There have. In Charrington did, but Ills son was point of starvation. arrived end took charge of him. with one of the bent known elder quainted Not many months after- fact been cases of both men and Mr. Oharrlngton kept the chopper, American divines, the Rev. Dr. W. 8. adamant. a brutal thing, aa sharp aa a knife, aa Ralnsford, of New York. Young Char- wards, the old brewer died. When on women actually dying of hunger In the death-bed nt for his eldest Hall before we could bring food to he a memento of the occasion, and rington returned to England In Dr. his showed it to me. together with a lot Ralnnforde company, and the' latter, son. "You were right, Fred. he said. them. They are all, needless to tmy, of similar souvenirs of scraps ho has in the weeks that Immediately fol- "You have chosen part, the poorest of the poor and you could which will never be takon away. I am not imagine, what strange human had, mostly in his younger days, with lowed. ueed all his powers of perstia, afraid that I have left you very badly dramas our attempts to assist some and criminals. sion In urging the claims of religion of them have revealed. On two ocpeople ot tha. street bought upon .the.youag.znan .who appeared off but It Is too late uow." Soon after- casions L have brought famous Lonme a new umbrella," he said, to re- destined to be one of the richest In- wards he died, don business men here, magnates When his will was read, it was dis- from place the one I broke In the scuffle. dividuals tn the kingdom. Mincing Lane and Lombard I heard that they were planning to do Mr. Ralnsford's efforts with young covered that he had disinherited his street, and they have recognised, t son tune the most of $6,256,000, so ?.!E?hem-h!r- ; Charrington fag bore fruits., to among the crowd of ragged unfortlead the 0" brewer to Interest him-- ; of which went to another brother, unates watting to be fed, former assobusiness the to this In a ragged school" for boys. who carries on self ciate in business men once as prossubscriptions were limited to a penny. conducted In a loft over a stable- - It day. . but having ad - themselves, The sum which Frederick Charring- perous on to the lowest depths through venln while he was walk- rifil? mmh fallen thulWM ton thus relinquished represents about drink end other forme of dissipation. ,n from th brewery to the evil alum vlrvhn?n v 2i nT 7 $250,000 a year, roughly $5,000 a In both these cases, 1 am glad to say. H nee, m you m, tn which th. school wee hed, that the week, or about umbmna lTne7 $$50 a day. Luckily the men of millions interested themd h,ch chan6ed hls what the spokesman described as for the his mother had selves In their associates of other days man, young entire career, good hefty handle, that might come On hla way he had to pass a grimy left him a goodly heritage, consisting and wers the means of restoring them In useful in another set-tlittle saloon or house known, partly of shsres In tha brewery. These to something ilka their former posiKnowing In part what he has been Iron lcklly enough,publla as tha Rising he converted into other securities and, tions. I withdrew from he at 30, since, Hfrtertck Charrtagtmi, BfwwwFfi Bon through What was perhaps the strangest vhlch stood In a atreet with Immediately on leaving tha brewery, Sun. founlaid the and the brewery family - Who himself to the work of rescu- episode in my experience, ha went on Retlnquiahed m of dations of his Tower Hamlets Mis- so evil a repute that even the police applied found it prudent to patrol it in cou- ing drunkards and outcasts of Mile will be of special Interest to your SIX sad Quarter MUHom to Devote sion," I expected to find Frederick ples. End and Whitechapel. No man could countrymen. One Sunday afternoon Life to Fighting Source of Hla Charrington looking his 70 years end have denounced more courageously when I was about to enter the Hall I A I approached thle 'pub, said 1 bemore. aa a bit had pictured him and bobtail Family s Income. Has lust Cele- comes a poor woman, with the product,, of the family estatlish- - noticed among the rag-.ta- g Charrington, the mere figurehead of a move- two crowd that was waiting to be admitor three children dragging at her .njent tn the Mile End Road, brated 70th Birthday and Jubilee ment little more than a name. , ted to our feed a really distinguishBegan Preaching in Hayloft. skirts, went up to the swing doors Of me Work as Evangelist and -- A ed looking man in clerical dress. I Second Rooeevelt. - Inside to and otit her.hueband He his calling began In work evangelistic wot Imagine what he possible Great Charrington Brewery la Mile End Road Which Is SUU Carried on could 'Reformer, Instead 4t waa a big, huskY, two- - she said: 'Top, do give me some hayloft and continued it In tents. could be doing By Young Brother of Famous Temperance Advocate. . there, and, taking him , L ONDON, -- r world-renown- XT l pel-acr- a fr J al u band-to-han- J u i) d, er 1 n, er the-bett- er wife-beate- .Th J .i y ! o. Fox-ton- e iia. iTownshend fronpi Clock Court. Ken- ently suits her admirably, aa she te York, and the perennial effervescence Largest Gold sington Palace, siylng that, Princere today an exceedingly handsome woman STCRTOF CHINESE Nugget of the Fenian bubbled yver lq antiBeatrice wants me to express to you with a slender figure and a beautiful her great enjoyment of all of yoiir complexion. She certainly ta In that rolled-golde- n Found draft in age, riots, very 1 Congo Mine play. Her Royal Righnesa says Jt Is a good argument tn favor of tip theory May Day wa Moving Day, A long tim since she haa been to any- that Is being prepounded by beauty HEIHESS LIKE PLOT Beautiful Brooklyn, with breezy LONDON, May J4. A lump of pur thing ao good and amucing, and She specialists that the eating of red meat wishes it all possible success." Prin- coarsens the skin. turbulent gold weighing over .12 pounds, on of Heights overlooking Jh cess Beatrice, you will remember, used tides of East River, and the round the largest nuggets ever found, ha to be called before the war, Prlnceps Ladles to Show Own Horses, Women Grooms and Drivers Also OF RECENT NOVEL green pajeh of Governor' Island, and been discovered In the Kilo State ltd extraordinary how even at this course, date Henry of Batten berg," But-o- f . , Princess Pleased With Noblewoman's New Play War Remindwe occasionally coma face to face w do not mention tha long low metropolis of Manhattan, mines in the northeastern district the nowadays. ers in Advertisements. i , name Battenberg In England. The with incident connected with war, I and the hflla of New Jersey and Staten of the Belgian Congo according to' which act almost brother-in-lalike a stab to was Princess who the (Continued from page one.) Island beyond the busy harbor! What th African World. It is now in the For memory. the once inatance, Louts I of and Prince following Battenberg, ' (Special Correspondence.) a broad and noble putlook, what a ru- possession of the London Branch .?t harness horses and ponies. Von der admiral of the fleet, is now thq Mar advertisement in The Times meets my ' consider I am crul in not returning ral OXDON, May charm wa thine, the B&nque du Conge Beige and wdil Everybody I Horst Koch Is to give his opinion of quitaS!Mtord' Haven, while her own to you . our lives and " very busy Just now with an park-teace and while Leopold of Batenberg, la "all C!Y of Ideas are so uqravaged by be sold on behalf of Ahe Belgian govchurchef, far it it apart X 100 Roy Jackson will b qne of the judge called Lord Mountbaten. Aa you may Reward. To Individuals, impossible for me to do so. pisker aorta of social engagements, and of lot the cen ernment. intellectual life the fierce 'Wishing hunters, and McE. saddle recall. Princess Beatrice was th Hospitals, As)lums and Institutions 4 trathe' New best you of in Yours, very luck, London is Just about as full as horses Many ladies Bowman, England tury, wrapped Vicare expected to youngest daughter of old QuOen Missing, .since 1st July, 1916, 2nd ditions and based on a solid Ddtch fi- New Mexican Preachers Is possibly can be. Probably the most show their own horses, while I am toria, while Victoria Eugenie of Ppaln Lieut. Xi. Russell Courtney Martin, In the following November, he nancial foundation! . that as a sort of reminder of war- is this English Princess' only daugh- last seen leading his men into the Ger- wrote: Interesting social event to which er- -' told Beecher and Storra were thine, man lines during an attack, and aftertime conditions, a large number of ter. Average $964 Per Year ' la and Boaz, pillars of the orator-lea- l "Dear 'Ton looking forward with intense women grooms and drivers of teams proof of wards reported wounded and missing Queer Peerage Puxlc. how and. Is I fair misconduct Lord, which should they Temple. only satisfaction U th revival of th will be in evidence. At any rate, this These title that are bestowed upon Loss of memory la prolable. Descnp- - give you. hat-th- g ALBUQUERQUE. N. M May 14. decided never t'o re- hated each other! Wait Whitman al- Hors 3, Shaw, which was last held at 1920 Horse Show bids fair to achieve English royalties and others are very lion;-'efrI- ,y and so thS was For minister in New Mexico, accordturn to bilL RhapsodiI enclose thine, Insurgent Your, you. a record tn social brilliance aa well confusing and are often pitfalls to the most likely looks older. About 5 ft. 9 cal poet, but thou knewest him not B. Olympia in June 1914. . Tills year aa horsey" a in. in height, rather long face, magnificence. unwary writer, lir fact, peerage Placid ing to statistics made public after a gre. With this, Letter was a bill which because he was flannel-ehirteonce more OljmpU will be the scene are frequently almost as bewilder blue ejes. brown hair, fair complextoo Louth and Dancing. ntcss.ru and were thy canvas of the state, the maximum sal- - -thy streets, had and prim ef this splendid pageant of horee ion, and perhaps fair mustache. Mid- showed that the respondent sure that the ary 1 $4,500 a year and a parsonage ' Now that we have a play by a real ing as Inthat once popular game called dle waa spirit at the Cavendish the ho stayed night nail of finger Clover." For instance,' people right hand split tn flesh, and from June llth to June marchioness being performed In Lon- allPigs St. James's, with a woman other ultimate truth and the final aocial free, whii tha lowest i $420 annualcenter. Middle Joint qf little finger on tel, wjprld over recognise the name left don, It has become one of the fash- and the than his wife. Th president of the form wer embodied In Brooklyn, SUh, the- - bjg glass-roofhand is of of uaejeae. title fhe Earl but ly, the recipient paying hi own house building ions of town life to make up Rosebery, divorce court- - pronounced a decree parties If you were suddenly asked the Identithat In the early days of th war waa to rent. Th average salary of all min.MATERIAL visit Lady Townshenda very enter- ty of Viscount v I HAT nisi NEW and costa LEATHER IN with gave Countess A little further down In the same Hoey-Stokyou used a a sort of clearing house jTor taining comedy, "The Fold,"-- at ister is $994 annually. of her child. the the would End it difficultverkeithing. custody -- to to realise column that devoted leather Personal" PARIS, Slay adverGerman civilian prisoners will be Queen's theatre. I was there one night the same titles belong to the same tisements. In society the countess Is A great The man who receives $420 a year there appear another favorite. She speaks French, English, and plumes are arqong the materials la reported to be a college turned into a fairy palace of delight recently when the Countess of Louth man. Other unfamiliar names attached which more humorus reand a of 13 or 14 well known to quite German and Italian almost as easily being used'by Pari milliners In the an excellent preacher and angraduate, n peers Include. minder of th past; evidently the air- as and a aocial mecca. Lord Lonsdales social party untiring celebrities occupied the four Baron 'she does her own language, and making of thle seasons summer hats. worker. He ekea out a Is ac Pally the man who advertise 'ts also a rhym-B- ,r who Botreaux, living for him. splendid home, Lowther Castle, Penboxes on either; side of the stage, Earl of Loudoun- - Baron Chatworth. fa also a brilliant pianist. modes this ultra Her of hate self ths and say They great which family by making window adin hum Is explain the rith. has been chosen. by the scenic and were most proruse tn their who Is th Earl of Meath. Baron Lady Drogheda, who Is so year will cost as much a a dress. which the advertisement lalanguage vertising cards couched; at the act. The who i Lord fiouthesk. Baron keenly interested in aviation and had rtit ae th setting In which to place Countess of Louthendis ofoneeach of the few Grinrtead who 10 the Karl of Inmakll-len- , planned to take to America the big the entries for the various competi- aristocratic dames who Handsome, exhibition of aircraft Illustrating the refuses to acand Earl Strange etherwise the thirty, debonair; tions- The arena itself will be laid knowledge the supremacy of the mod- Duke of Athell. So many in fact, are brainy,, thorough, always there, flewihlriory of flying, that she organised out as a replica of Jh English gar- em crate for dancing. Fhe la a strong the titles borne by some of the peers In France, now seeks to be right- - during the War. believer in tha. waits of Great Britain that they might well hand man or eecretary, schooled to Countesa Hoey Stoker is almost ae den at Lowther, and all sort of and the last , be excused It they themselves wrre manage tireaome bore; swift to ecent "keen century lanoera and on aviation aa Drogheda. beautiful plants ar being aent tfp by rtllee. I don't think she haa quad-unable to memorise them! Very often, real customers; works all dav, would" She was on of th flratLady many society women work all In London in this some- - however, although smli a well known Lord Lonsdale to decorate the floral svmpathlzers night; still bs loyal, live and to avail herself of the permission Some unfortunate men and women for what antediluvian point of view, and peer ae the Earl of Londoun is known bright. Paper Hanging, ar prone to wonder why eom of their after the ar ap cmhah flying garland that encircles the great ahow I was am used to hear LADT MART. her discussing under that name to thw public, 4n the aecent from the several made g friends are blessed with an abundance I think everyone la taking he eu ground Paper Cleaning, eject between the with House of Lords he takes jhle seat, for (frryriKht, 1920. by the Kdw. Mart aerodrome at Cricklewood, ef rotor pink cheek and rad lipa especial Interest In the fact the the Vi arch lores Townshnd. sets shall Syndicate, Inc.)' Window Cleaning, some remote reason, under his title of who Is whtie eoiorlea ar London. The lets Alfred anderhilta no. that (heir always greet devote of the fox-trraaaon for thi last named pondttirn and the- - Baron Botreaux. How all these things te carry oq hit fathers interest'intends In the one-ste(Copyright by ths Edward Marshall, and think that everyone l Calcimining, not enough red blood rot, and why, la a matter of exther" Hors fihnw, and le presenting an Ad- should dance hapn. Hyn Inc.) In dicat, and dance hard in order treme mastery to me, bU it I on of th blood under a pure! General venture Cup for the best trad t horse to House, Cleaning. th thla la blood wretl and end keep those amazing relie bappv. tsrn-ou- t. f feudal daye Th We are also expecting fleah I flabbv. too. Well watery known Mention 'of Th Fold remind me that even A Van th modern condition of Dyke n th assert Rhpsody Physician merica adJudged for manr of rrineeea Beatrice waa present la life make.it difficult to eradicate. Phone Wasatch 4256, ministration for eexerel regular The the ciaaaes, among them being Cot. that momha, of the audtenre at the n Moving Day in Brooklyn three-graih Theatre W i.nwr.xht of the tablet win United Elates srmv one night reeentlv. fiheQueens seemed to engreatly Improve th color, ard te the I did ml know of occupation st Cohlena. who wtii be the other day National HonseCleaning Co joy herself hugely, and the following that th Duchess, until wa'ghc make the cheeks and the tn ore of the udae is tha mull are wa of in a con ego the Portland Lorg Brooklyn, t'P red end in general hepnvfrx. bene. day Mies Minnie Cochrane, who ta vgetanan. It eeema that ah gave f For Vanderbilt Is o Judge her up when rh- Fernando aulsh'p riancua, t fV1, 56 Post OSke Place. eetmg meat years ago, and R appar- Wood waa Tammany manor of NewJ opfT ("tbecarg 1920 Horse Show at Olympia With. 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