| Show HETTY GREEN TO JOIN CHURCH mra hetty hatty green who la Is in her seventy eighth year was baptized tho the other day in the episcopal faith in order to prepare for confirmation as a member of the church the ceremony was performed in jersey sei alt city by the tha hev augustine detmen do dort rf rector of holy cross episcopal za church arlington and claremont avenues in the presence of col edward j howland robinson green on whose shoulders have fallen much of his big mothers lothers ri great business ties father elmendorf as the cler clergyman 9 Is called by his parishioners Is distantly related to mrs green gre on and for five or six years he has been andea endeavoring V to induce her to think less of things earthly ile he kept his secret to himself and labored diligently in his role of missionary by writing letters or carrying the message to her office in person father elmendorf elmendorp Elmen dort went to the trinity building in new york city where mrs green has her office on the day of the ceremony although the great 0 majority of workers in the financial district had taken advantage odthe saturday afternoon holiday mrs green was still busy hut but as soon as she could straighten tighten tit everything she said she wag waa ready to go with the minister cc colonel 1 on 01 gre n had ills his car in nose ness and the trip across the river to jersey city 0 on their spiritual mission was made several persons persona noticed mrs green as sho she alighted alig cited from the car and entered the rectory bl but ut nobody recognized her iven ven the sexton of the church was kept in ignorance thu baptismal core ony was conducted in the church owing to the lie advanced age of mrs G een sponsors were not required according to the church laws and colonel ireen reen merely acted awa as a 01 the greens returned to new york after ahn ceremony mrs green will now prepare herself for r aaion a ceremony that will bo be conducted by bishop edwin 8 lines of the now ow york diocese |
