Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-26
Activities and Plans of Various Congregations.
Christmas Exercises by Sunday Schools.
Notes of Both Pew and Pulpit.

Early. Laura Walter and Miss uealv:
Isl. jessie Galloway. chairman: Walter
BROOKS Rachel Fleharty. Louis Hancock
anu Mrs richardson: junior ReryI Gard
,ler. chairman: Walter Smith, Francis
DOM ard Helen Reed
me society has had very successful
year and hopes for greater things Ths
larger part Of the officers chosen for
next year are those WHO haze never
s%INed 'eforc in these capacities
me "atchWord of he society Is.
Ee time
."nr Fhir in hand
FRAY for the meeting:
rye others come
MISS Anna Hall will preside at the vns.
per service at the Young Women's Chris
tian Association. i2th and r streets 70.
morrow evening Al 4:3o O'Clock Ii viii
De n musical service
iiermon Metcalf Will read Iongfellow's
hlnS Robert of Sicily" with piano
accompaniment played BY Miss Louie Dale
Leeds Miss Clara Kemon will sing A
500 All women and girls are invited
to attend.
Rev. J. Godfrey Raupert. former
clergyman OF the Anglican Church. AZ
bsth. England. and student Of the oc-
CUT sciences. who was the founder and
me hrst president OF the Society ~
Psychic Research of London and obo
Caihollc Church, is in this country to
deliver "A series of lectures on spiritual
ism at some of the Catholic institutions
of learning
NersIty. in this city. and was a guest AT
the Pau!lst House during the past week.
lie is now in Baltimore
Attractive Christmas services have been
arranged by Calvary chapter for tomor-
10Y TOW 10 include an address by Dr. G. r.
.anppeii a former president OF the Dis
trict League: trombone solo by DIR. Rem
Jamin Madert and two selections by n
MAE seNtct. The AUGMENTED league
G Gi VIII sing Holy Night and "Hark.
Hark. My Soul and there will be several
NUMBERS by the league orchestra
The music will be directed by the fourth
vice president. Miss Rose Osborne.
most successful social. appropriately
by the Metropolitan Bible class of Metro
pohtan Memorial NJ e Church. John
marshall place and GO street northwest.
Friday evening. December Is
The church parlors were tastefrllly dec
GRATED and an excellent program was rem
uareo, consisting of a contralto solo,
The Night Of Nights" by Mrs. Dana c.
Holland: reading Santa Claus in tie
Mines. by Mr.. ii. c. Oberholser; cam
tata. I'm Search OF the King" by menu
bers of the class. in which the principals
We're Mrs. Solomon Smith. Miss Frances
Johnson and Miss Fay humphrey Miss
Maude Belle Rice gave several excellent
readings Mrs. Greenstreet was the ac-
companist
several amusementS appropriate to the
yuietide season We're provided and light
refreshments were served by the social
committee under the direction of Mrs w
H. Soelner and Miss Eleanor Walker.
Forty hours devotion will open in st.
Aloysius Catholic Church tomorrow morn
ing at 10 O'Clock. \ solemn high mass
VIII be sung and there will be a process
sion of the blessed sacrament
The clergy Of Washington particularly
of the Catholic and Episcopal denomina-
lions, yesterday and the day before ex-
perienced two of the busiest days I'm the
church year. There were numerous serv-
ices I'm most of the Catholic churches.
All of the afternoon and night of Christ
mas eve the Catholic priests of WASH
ington were confined to the confession
boxes, where penitents came to prepare
for piouS celebration of the nativity.
The Young Ladies' Sodality of ST Domi-
mics Catholic Church has elected the fol-
lowing officers; Miss Mollie OConnor,
president: Miss Rose Carrahar. vice pres
ident: Miss Rose McCauley. secretary and
Miss Mary Broderick. treasurer.
One Of the interesting features i'm con-
nection with the celebration OF Christmas
in the Catholic churches is the repre-
sentation of the crib at Bethlehem where
the Christ child was born into the world
That at the Franciscan Monastery at
Brookland, which is a permanent setting
is one of the most notable in the east
1t was stalled by Father Godfrey the
founder of the monastery. Additional
interest Is given the spectacle through
its location in the "catacombs" OF The
Church of Mt ST. Sepulchre.
st. AloySius Church has one of the
largest and most complete cribs. that it
has ever had set up for Christmas II is
located in the basement of the church
The figures in the picture are OF
normal size. and every detail is car
ried out with the greatest fidelity
surrounding it occupy all the space within
the sanctuary between the two side affairs.
and the scene is made realistic by a starry
sky i'll the background
Rev. w. d. Tudor, DID. of Richmond.
Va. will preach tomorrow morning at
Calvary NJ. r. Church South. In the
evening Rev L. V Register of .Alexan-
dria, Va. will occupy the pulpit
A number of the local Episcopal clergy
men have planned to present Rev DIR. AL
fred Harding. recently elected Bishop Of
Washington, with Lecturn Bible for
the bishops chapel and a large desk for
his library. Rev. Howard England OF
of the fund. which all of the clersymen
have been invited to contribute to
The ministers In the movement are
Revs. Richard +. Williams. Charlesy K.
Buck, James II. W. Blake, W. J. l..
Thomas. Frederick Il. Howden, w l. De