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...proposals brought a spate of angry letters to the Times. The gist: "There is surely enough for the church to do within its own accepted field." One defender of the Archbishop popped up with a retort from the late G. A. ("Woodbine Willie") Studdert-Kennedy, best-loved British padre of World War I: "Nobody worries about Christ so long as He can be kept shut up in churches . . . but there is always trouble...
Died. Rev. Geoffrey Anketell ("Wood-bine Willie") Studdert-Kennedy, 46, of London, famed & beloved Wartime chaplain, champion of workingmen, author (Food for the Fed-Up, The Warrior, The Woman and the Christ), rector of St. Edmund's, London; of influenza; in Liverpool. "Woodbine Willie" personally gave away 8,750,000 Woodbine cigarets to soldiers. As one of 15 Court Chaplains he preached to King George V at Buckingham Palace. He slept there, and under hedges with tramps. Visiting the U. S. often, he delivered his tirades against social conditions. The most famed "Woodbine Willie" stories tells of his interruption...
...delegation from the Ex-Service Men's Anti-Bonus League called on the President who said that he was gratified to hear the sentiments they voiced coming from veterans of the War. ¶Visitors at the White House, aside from officials, included the Rev. G. A. Studdert Kennedy ("Woodbine Willie"), chaplain to the King of England; the graduating class of the New York School for the Deaf; Senator Jose T. Solo of Porto Rico, who pleaded for Porto Rican statehood; the Japanese Ambassador to present Vice Admiral Kenji Ide; Senator Fess and John N. Willys (automobiles) for luncheon...