Religion: In the Bouwerie

In the Bouwerie Maidens in "gowns of a flimsy character," dancing, prancing lightly in the nave of St. Mark's-in-the-Bouwerie, glorifying God and the American girl, with Matthew, Mark, Luke and John looking on. They are gone. The famed "eurythmic ritual," so notable a feature of the afternoon services in the Manhattan church last year, will be dispensed with this season, announced the Rector, Dr. William Norman Guthrie. His reasons for discontinuing the dances were described by Dr. Guthrie as "rather physical than spiritual." The difficulties of their preparation, together with the...

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