Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-12

''Mr. Lionel Lightfoot.''
Tho first annual party at the Marths
Home for Homeless Women was neic
Thursday from until 10 o'clock at ~
ing Of the home more than sixty women
! have been sheltered there for periodt
Of from q few days to several months
The public generally was invited anc
donations for the work received; The
| officers of the home are Miss Mamie
| X. Riggs. president Of the board OF
! managers; Miss Rafaela Acosta, vice
! rotary; Miss Julia H: Laskey; treasurer
i and Mrs. Maurice F. Tally, visitor.
Representative B. K. Focht Of Penn
sylvania. William Knowles Coorer
general secretary of the 7; M. C. A.: r.
| K: Caskey. secretary of the Laymen'i
Missionary Movement in the United
| States. and Rev. Henry H. Ranck were
| the principal speakers Thursday nieh,
at the seventh annual banquet OF tne
men of the Grace Reformed Church
| 18th and streets northwest.
Vocal selections were given by II. r
Fitzgerald G. H. Wilson and the Capt.
tai Male Quartet. composed of W. E
Braithwaite. A. l.. Hoffman, A. M. Ped.
| erson and B. A. Lineback.
E. r. Troxel was toastmaste ano
chairman of the banquet committee, OF
which the other members were J. c. h
The dinner was prepared by the
young ladies of the Sunday school.
John Knox, the apostle to peasant
and peer" is the subject of the even
ing sermon to be preached by Rev
Metropolitan Methodist Church tomor-
row. This is the third Of his sermon
lectures in the series, The Heretics OF
Yesterday"
Episcopal clergymen and superin-
tendents of Sunday schools in the Dis
trict are requested to urge their teach
meeting of the Sunday School Institute
to be held at 1880 o'clock. Tuesday
evening. in the parish hall Of st. Mar
garet's Church. Connecticut avenue and
art U. Mitman, field secretary Of the
province of Washington, will give an
address on 1.-THE Child's World" and
at $3.50 there will be a number of de-
partment conferences, the speakers at
which will include Canon De Vries.
Miss Emma Abbott and DR.. Mttman.
X * X \
The annual banquet of the Timothy
class of Ninth Street Christian Sunday
school will be held in the church, 9Th
and D streets northeast, Tuesday even
ing at 1880 o'clock. The toastmaster is
Frank A. Carpenter. teacher of the
class. Addresses will be made by Rep
resentative James B. McClintic. Maj.
Raymond w. Pullman, superintendent
of police, and Rev. George A. Miller,
pastor of the church.
The class has now a membership OF
Anderson, president: W. Dorsey Crit
fifth, vice president; Carroll B. Laplace,
secretary: Fred Simkins. assistant Sec
Rotary; Thomas Quantrille. treasurer:
J. Spencer, assistant treasurer; e. w.
S. Kerper. sergeant-at-arms, and Mr..
Frank A. Carpenter, teacher.
The committee in charge Of the ban
ouet is as follows: Reception. Dorsey
Griffith. v. e. Grotlisch, E. H. Smith.
F. L. Wight. c. La Place. Milton
man. Refreshments. T. Quantrille. Ed.
Anderson. Guy kefauver, F. Simkins.
King De Lawder. Roy White. e. w. r.
Kerper and Robert Graef.
Ought the United States to Adopt a
Policy of Preparedness for War;" is
the title of an address to be made by
the Washington Secular League at
Pythian Temple tomorrow afternoon.
Following the address the question will
be debated by members Of the league
and the audience.
rev. DE- >. n. Ireene, pastor OF Cal
vary Baptist Church. has recovered
from his illness and will occupy his
pulpit tomorrow morning. A chorus
is being organized in the church under
the direction of Prof Otto T. Simon,
the director Of the Motel Chorus. A
o'clock. in the Sunday school house.
9Th and H streets northwest. All per-
sons interested in the improvement Of
their voices, whether members of the
oh, roI it, L
chorus. Prof. Louis A Potter, ir.. the
organist at Cavalry Church, is the ac-
companist.
All collections taken up in the Cath
Ollie churches of Washington tomorrow
will go to the American Jewish war re-
lief fund. by order of Cardinal Gibbons
The cardinals letter. which was read
in all the churches last Sunday, con-
graduates the Catholics of Washington
on the manner in which they responded
to the first appeal for war relief funds
at the beginning of the war. and en-
treats them to help relieve the present
suffering Of the people Of Poland.
Rev George A. Miller. pastor OF
Ninth Street Christian Church, will
preach tomorrow evening on the topic
First Century Revival" a continual
tlOn OF special series on the theme
First Century Christianity" Wednes-
day night T. A. Hostetler, the only in
vited guest Of the Ford peace expedi
ton, will lecture at this church on 1.-THE
Henry Ford Peace Expedition" Mr.
Hostetler is president of the Sunday
School Union of the District Of Column
bia, and superintendent of the Ninth
Street Sunday school. A silver offering
will be taken for the benefit of the
new Bible School annex of the Church.
The Phi Mu Sigma National Sunday
School Fraternity announces the approval
Of the following petitions for charters as
chapters Of the fraternity: Calvary Metho-
dist Episcopal-George s. Collision. super
intendent; William A. Thomas, Pearson
S. Meeks, Francis B. Iced. Thomas A.
Eppley, Horace E. Blair. Jash Cooper,
Paul E. Waring. J. Burton Glenn, Ralph
f.. Nuber and Shelton Newbold. Emmanuel
Baptist-Loring D. Gaskill. teacher; F.
g. Hammer. John E. Jackson, Leonard L.
Bowen. Maurice D. Shannon, T. Stuart
Murray. Spencer Gary. Julian D. Simpson,
WHY'S H. Brown. Charles F. Miller. jr. !;
George H. Sutherland. Charles w. Friede,
Robert E. coleman, William H. Parmelee
and +. NJ. Walter. jr. st. Marks Protes-
tant Episcopal-Rev. C. r. Stetson
trector), William A. Pidgeon, John E.
Styler, Albert p Erb, Earl G.. Jonscher.
William Morrison. H. Eugene Cole, Ken
meth S. Miller Harris Hastings. r. A.
Jonscher and NJ. F. Ford. The three new
CHAPTERS will be installed with annronri.