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The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-11-30
Church Notices
RIRsT BAPTIST CHURCH OF
ALGIERS.

RRsT BAPTIST CHURCH OF
ALGIERs.
Sunday School-Sunday GAS a. m.
Preaching-Sunday IL a. m. and 1890
B. Y. P. u. Junior and senior-sun-
| day evening $50 at X. OF p. Hall.
| Prayer Meeting-Wednesday 7:15 p
m. at Pastors home. 230 Verret St
CHURCH OF THE HOLY NAME OF
MARY.
verret and Alix SITS
Rev. M. A. Cotter. Parish Priest; Rev.
J. Guinan. Rev. 4. P. McGrath and Rev
b. Hayes. assistants.
Phone. Algiers e7s.
SERVICES.
Week Days--Masses, 9. $50 and Z.
Wsdnesday-S:30.
su.a:y.S s;so. 7;aO. . and IL
METHODIST CHURCH.
| Opelousas Ave.
Rev. c: G.; wier. pastor; residence ~
Olivier st. Phone Algiers 1873.
SERVICES.
sunday school-e:3o
Sunday-11 q. m. and z 80 p. m.
wednesday Prayer Meeting--7:se p. m.
MT. OLIvET CHURCH.
Pelican Ave. and Olivier st.
Rev. Nicholas Rightor, Rector.
Residence, 325 Olivier st.
Sunday 7:30 a. m.-Holy Communion.
: u
and Sermon, 10:45 a. m. Evening Prayer
and Sermon, 7:30 p. m.
TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN
CHURCH.
Corner Olivier and Eliza SITS.
Rev. ". II. Hafner. Res. 43s Olivier st
Phone Algiers $40.
SERVICES.
Sunday-S:30 a. IN.
Sunday Echool-9:30 q. m.
Thursday-7:30 p. m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
First Church Of Christ Scientist. brancl
Of the Mother Church In Boston. Hdif1ce
Nashville Avenue and Garfield street. Sur
day services at IL q. m.
Sunday School at $50 q. m.
"wednesday evening service at 3 p. n.
ALL SAINTS CHURCH.
Teche Street.
Rev. James B. Albert. IS. J., Pastor
Masses Sunday and Holy Days, 600 and
900. Sunday School after 800 mass
Baptisms. Sunday, 4 p. m. Sunday night
Service, 1880 p. m. Holy Hour Thursday,
10 p. m. Week Day Mass. $50 q. m.
Confessions. Saturday. afternoon and
night.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-11-30

liver since the advent of the steam engine we
z have been speeding up, and while that speed
has come with inestmable benefit. it has not come
without its measure of attendant harm When the
. legislature of New York first asked to grant a
franchise for eighteen miles of steam railroad the
right to build this first railroad not granted
without bitter opposition which contended that it
would be unsafe because the engine would scare SO
many horses that unwarranted toll of death would
result.
The railroad came and those who opposed it were
right in their death toll predictions. The engines
! did scare the horses. There were runawsys, and
what is worse, there wrecks on the rails and
an everncreasng list of accidents have been recorded
as the iron ribbed mileage multiplied
But for all this would not erase the railroads
| from our maps; would not go back to the days
when even king would cry my kingdom for a
horse"
The thrashing machine has cost many thrasher
an arm But we would not go back to the days when
we fayed grain the floor
Mill machinery and foundry furnaces take their
human toll. But cannot do without them
We fly sky-high and all too often we read OF a
fallen flyer. Ii is the price pay to learn how
with safety to use the swfter way.
The auto brings its price in limb and life. We pay
it and speed away.
We have been in patiently seeking speed. With
the same mpatence must seek safety. The cost
of speed has reached such alarming proportions that
the safety First" slogan was born
Observe, we did not CRY "Cut II out" nor did we
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-11-30
FUNCTION OF "CITY BOOK"
Out the Value Of Some Such
Publication.

We need a little book on what Is G
Cty?" 1t should be q cheap little
book that everybody can buy, a simple
little. book that everybody can under
stand, q sort Of civic primer.
Suppose we live, as so many Of US
do. In an ordinary, medium-slzed town.
Our "city book" should inform US that
q normal town, with the number Of In
habitants our town has, should have
such and such functions, adding to the
simple requirements of the small vii.
lage those other and more varied func-
lions which the larger population Of
Sucb a list, for our ordinary medium
sized town, might run somewhat az
follows:
Smithy, store, post Office, school,
church, dressmaker, milliner, barber,
drug store moving pictures. court
house, jail, fire company. hotel. hall.
These are not placed In any dogmat-
&c order Of importance, or arranged
with great care.
"A pattern town" should be de-
scribed suggesting the income that
should be derived from legitimate tax
alton Of its number Of citizens, and
showing just what advantages q town
with such an income deserves and re-
quires.
Now what are the points upon
which we should base such a judgment
OF towns? Just az q starter, We
might suggest these:
Health, beauty. virtue, public spirit,
educational facilities, social facilities,
administrative efficiency, administra.
tive honesty, progressiveness, mini
mum prosperity.
The health and beauty listed would
not mean the health and beauty due
to natural advantages, but the efforts
made by the town to improve in these
matters--From an article, Making
Towns Fit to Live In" by Charlotte
Perkins Gilman, In the Century Maya
zine.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-11-30
HAVOC in HOUSE OF DEAD
Egyptian Mourners for Departed
Break All Mirrors and the Choicest
OF the chinaware.

When a member Of an Egyptian
household passes away, every mirror
In the house is taken out and smashed,
together with the choicest of china
ware to be found In the home. 1t In
always the women who do the break
ing. while the men sit quietly In q
room on the lower floor Of the house
and smoke.
professional wailing women 20 to
the home which has suffered q loss
as soon as the news reaches them.
They are not invited. but 60 Of their
own accord, taking with them drums,
upon which they beat q loud tattoo.
When the family, the professional
mourners and the friends are all
assembled at the house Of mourning,
the preparing Of the house In
honor Of the dead begins. All Of the
pictures are turned face to the wall,
the furniture is carried into the yard,
the mirrors are taken out and smashed
against a stone, and the choice china
suffers the same fate.
While the women wall and break
the mirrors and china they beat their
faces until they are black and blue,
and tear their hair until they are
completely exhausted.
During all Of this time the men
have. been silent, not even shedding a
tear.
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Ooused Male Flappsr,

1t happened In well-knOwn down.
town drug store during the rush noon
hour trade. A typical F street curb
cootie' dropped in and. going up to the
soda water fountain. started in to In
Quire Of the dispenser of soft drinks :
"S-s-sayl do you cc-ca-carry coca.
caramel Ice c-c-cre-f'-but this Ia an
far as he got when the young man be-
hind the fountain turned a sipbon nj
soda on the suffering fiapper, who
beat a hasty retreat amid shouts of
Observation-Disclosures Star.
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Trinity Evangelical
Lutheran Church
Corner olivier and Eliza Streets,
w. n. Hafner, Pastor.
4Ss Olivier st. Phone Alaiers, go.

No doubt 1t will interest our peo-
pie as to what has been accomplished
In the drive which was conducted
Sunday. The response in general
was very good. in a few cases ex
ceptionally so. Total cash collection
amounted to $117.50 and pledges
$1S1.50. Many of the people called
on were not at home. Besides that,
our poole failed to volunteer as col.
lectors for this drive. With the ex.
ception OF one lady who volunteered
the collectors were all Walther
Leaguers. As result not all homes
could be visited Sunday afternoon.
We would kindly request those
who were not called upon Sunday
afternoon and those who were not
at home to deliver their envelopes
In church services or in person
With all those contributions not yet
heard from, our total contribution
should easily reach the $4,000 mark
To. give you an idea 1t may be stated
that the average donation for ali
who have % far contributed IL about
500. To make this average II was
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-11-30
Mount Olivet Church
Pew. Nicholas Ri9htor, Rector
Residence, 235 Olivier; Phone, A.
glers 81.

| Sunday, Dec. 8, will be Advent
Sunday, the first Sunday in the Ad
| vent season. The Rector announces
that he will hold the following ser
vices:
First celebration of the Holy
Eucharist at 1880 a. m.
Church School at $50 a. m. Rec
tors Bible Class meets in the church
at the same hour.
Litany Service, second celebration
of the Holy Eucharist, and Advent
Sunday Sermon at 10:45 a. m.
Evening Prayer and Sermon at
1880 o'clock at night.
Week Days
Every Wednesday night at 7:3O
o'clock, Litany Service with cam.
paign instructions. Every-member
canvas committee of fifty meets at
the church after the Litany service.
The canvass will be made on Sun.
day afternoon, Dec. 10. Ten or
twelve automobiles will leave the
church at p. m. with the canvass
ers. The work will be completed
in one Sunday afternoon.
Every Friday morning at 800
o'clock the Holy Eucharist is cele-
brated.
Thanksgiving Day Service at the
church at 800 o'clock in the morn
ing, lasting one hour. The public is
invited.
Meetings
The branch of the Woman's Aux
Hilary will meet at the Rectory on
Tuesday, Dec. 8. at 1880 p. m.
At the delightful "Get-Together"
meeting planned by Mrs. George L.
Cunningham. during which Mrs. Cum
bingham acted as chairman, last
Wednesday night at the parish house,
a party of As young men and women
formed themselves into a club, which
Will be known as the Mount Olivet
Young Peoples Club. Meetings will
be held at the parish house monthly,
and always attended by various
forms Of amusement and serving re-
freshments.
The following owners of auto
mobiles are asked to hold them.
selves in readiness for the canvass
on Dec. 10, or notify the Rector that
they cannot serve: Mrs. ]. E. Pol
lock, DIR. M. o. Carey, Claude Bour.
geois, Mrs. John Sullivan, Eldridge
ellis, Rev. N. Rightor, George Her.
bert, DR.. c. v. Kraft. August Schabel,
VIM. NICK. vezien, James Gould.
Elmer Davidson, e. J. Mothe, Mrs.
V. Kramme and John Herbert.
Choir practice at the church on
Thursday night at 1880 o'clock.
Next Sunday will be Rally Day
Tor our church school. We trust that
all members will be present, and
that former members who have neg.
lected the school for some time will
renew their acquaintance at Mount
Olivet.
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LOCAL CHURCH NEWS

orally. So it was. The contributions
range from 25 cents to $4,000. II
the outstanding contributions meas
ure up to the average already con
tributed there is even a possibility
of raising our full quota. No doubt
We would all rejoice If this were to
happen. The above figures include
cash donations and all pledges so far
received. The number Of persons
heard from so far is not even 100
| communicates. The result so far
attained is very gratifying.
This coming Sunday morning Holy
Communion will be celebrated. Com.
munion will also be distributed on
the following Thursday night, Dec.
IL. Confessional services begin a
quarter of an hour before the usual
time of services.
According to a resolution of the
congregation all those who wish to
commune are to announce at the par
sonage on a stipulated day. The
pastor herewith announces that he
will be at home all day Friday of
this week from 700 a. m. to 1000
p. m. to receive announcements. II
1t is not altogether impossible for
you to do so, please come and an
nounce on this coming Friday. Don't
think this too much. II you rightly
prize the Lords Supper, you will not
consider 1t burden to announce in
person. The pastor would like to
get in touch with all his communi.
cant members. A word of encourage
ment, a word of warning, a word of
correction and instruction given at
such a time may prove of inesti-
mable value to your spiritual well
fare. This does not exclude the
practice that members of one family
who are regular and frequent COM
municants may not change off in
announcing. But never should a
family send the same member all
the time IL they decide to change of.
It would be better, however, If each
communicate member would an
nounce in person. II it should be
impossible for you to announce on
Friday and still you should like to
receive communion, you may still
announce at some other time. But
this practice of giving in the name
after services in wholesale fashion
Is impracticable and out of favor
with the pastor.
With the coming Sunday our Sun.
day school will begin practice for
the Christmas program. II you in.
tend to take part in the Christmas
program, attend Sunday school reg
ularly.
This Thursday night at the reg
ular hour we shall have a special
Thanksgiving service. Come and
bring your friends and join us in re-
membering the blessings God has be-
slowed upon US. Let us all turn out
to thank Him for his love and kind.
ness to US.
With this Sunday morning we be.
gin new church year. Sunday is
the first Sunday in Advent. During
this coming church year the pastor
will preach on the basis of a new
Gospel selection. During the past
year we dwelt on the Epistle les
sons. In order to get the full benefit
OF such a series you should attend
regularly on Sunday morning through
out the entire year. Next Thursday
will mark the beginning of our Ad-
vent Meditations. Don't miss any of
them. They will prepare you for
proper observance of Christmas.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-11-30
TROOP 32's DANCE

The Boy Scouts Of Troop 30 are at
work making preparations for their
Grand holiday dance at the Pythian
Han on Friday. December Is. The
hall will be all decorated in the
Christmas colors, and Q good jass
band WIN be In attendance.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-11-30
Methodist Church Notes
Rev. @ C. Wier, Pastor. Residence
$50 Olivier, Phone Alg. 1873.
Church valIette and OpeIousas.

Last Sunday was Conference Sun
day and the Pastor was away ir
Shreveport. The services were con
Quoted in the morning by Rev. w
G. Evans and at night by the Ep
worth League.
During the absence of the Pastor
occurred the death of Mr.. T. A. Pol
lock, ST., who died at the home OF
his son, Dr. J. E. Pollock, 627 Olivier
street, Wednesday, Nov. %, 1922
Mr.. Pollock was born in Florence
Ala, and would have been seventy
nine years of age had he lived until
next February. He had lived in our
community for twenty-eight years
He had been married for fifty-seven
years and is survived by his widow
and five children, as follows: Mrs.
A. B. Smith of Indianola, Miss; Mrs
]. d. Killeen, Summit, Miss: Mr..
Thomas A. Pollock Miss Eveline
Pollock and DR.. J. E. Pollock, of
by DR.. John T. Sawyer. Mr.. Pollock
and his family have a host of friends
in our church and the community,
and they have the sympathy of
friends, and we offer a prayer that
God may comfort them in their sor-
row and affection.
Conference Notes of Interest to
Local Folks
The Rev. w. w. Drake, presiding
elder of the New Orleans district;
Rev. ]. G. Smelling, retiring presiding
elder of the district, will be pastor
at Louisiana Avenue Church and
have charge of the Memorial Home;
Rev. X. w. Dodson will be presid-
ing elder Of the Ruston district;
Rev. R. H. Wynn, presiding elder of
the Shreveport district; Rev. John
F. Foster will be at st. Marks Hall;
Rev. ]. w. Booth, pastor at Amite;
Rev. R. M. Brown, pastor at Merry
vile; Rev. C. C. Wier is appointed
foN the seventh time to Algiers,
where he is delighted to be.
Announcements
This morning at II a. m, DIR. F.
N. Parker will preach the sermon at
the Union Thanksgiving service at
First Methodist Church.
The Board Of Stewards will meet
in regular session Friday night.
Catechism class will meet with the
pastor at the church Friday at $3.50
p. m.
Services next Sunday at IL a. m.
and 1880 p. m.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-11-30
METHODIST APPOINTMENTS

AT the seNenty-seVentn annual con-
ference of the Louisiana Methodist
Church. held at Shreveport, the fol-
lowing appointments will be of in
terest to our readers:
Rev. c. C. Wier is returned to the
local church. where he has worked
so hard and so faithfully for several
years. That his ministry here has
been successful is a fact that all here
recognize. We congratulate his par.
ishfoners on having him to serve
them for another year.
Rev. w. w. Drake was appointed
presiding elder of the New Orleans
dictrict, vice Rev. ]. N. Smelling. who
Will return to New Orleans as pastor
OF the Louisiana Avenue Church. and
also the charge Of the Memorial
Home.
Rev. F. B. Hill was appointed IN
McDonoghville church; Rev. John F.
Foster to st. Marks and to Marv
Weriein Mission; Rev. F. N. Parker
dean of School of Theology; Rev IT
3. Johns. chaplain of state neniten.
tiary; Rev. A. Floyd Vaughan. chan.
lain OF o. s. army; Rev. R. H. WYNN
presiding elder Of Shreveport dis.
trict; Rev. J. w. Booth, Amite: Rev
X. W. Dodson, presiding elder NJ
huston district; Rev. A. J. Gearbead
naynesville, and Rev. R. M. Brown
Merryville. o""'
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A Man Of Meana.

Us this Mr.. Gibson you have become
>engaged to a man Of meansf"
yes, mother; he means all he saya
and that's the sort Of husband want. /"
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-11-30
Church of the Holy
Name of Mary
BAPTISMS.

Gloria Louise, daughter of Frank
Lauricella and Louise Stenger. Spon-
sors, Ed Stenger and Mrs. M. STEM
ger.
Clifton Louis, son of Lawrence
Trahan and Lillian Leveouf. Sponsors,
Mr.. Leblanc and Mrs. Xavier Le-
veouf.
Anna, daughter of Oscar Treuter
and Anna e. Hoey. Sponsors, Edw.
A. Roland and Mrs. May Moody.
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A MIddle.Aaed Guy,

"Uncle lobe, you never yell for the
good old days"
"No, I never began having any real
fun until was forty years old"
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Preferred n Pearl.

''The stork has brought q little peach
The nurse said with an air.
I'm mighty glad" the father said,
He didn't bring q pair"
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A. Il Were.

"And you and your wife get into af.
guments. Of course. about thingsf
swell, I can't say we argue, but she
does q red-hot monologue."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-12-26
POISON CAKE
DEATH MYSTERY
Sterrett Poison Cake Death mystery
Entered on Pennsylvania An
nails rs "UnsOlyed'

Philadelphia. Pa, Dec. 26-The
Sterrett poison cake mystery has gone
down on the crime annals of Pennsyl-
vania as "unsolved."
Two months ago today Mr.. and Mrs
w. w. Sterrett of Devon, near here,
received neatly wrapped parcel post
package that contained two large
slices Of wedding cake n.
Shortly after eating the cake Mr;
and Mrs. Sterrett became all ana
were rushed to Bryn Mawr Hospltal.
Sterrett died from poison tnat was as
secreted in the devils food ana AT
err a long illness Mrs. Sterre'' recoN-
Investigators and postal inspectors
began q nationwide search Tor the sen
Ses ~ the death package" The par,
eel bore no Identification marks and
the address was typewritten' oalliihg
authorities. ~, o,a
.oarch was instituted for q man who
would have had a motive in takmgs
Tbs accountants life, because ne mad
fonnd discrepancies in accounts, oHt
without avail.
Clues first pointed to an insane mar
who was once employed by Sterret'
and later to women, one IN foungs-
town. Ohio, another in Pittsburgh, IA
Typewriters, hundreds OF tnem
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NOTICE

The annual meeting Of the stock
holders of the Iowa Apartment House
Company for the election OF Board
IF Directors for the ensuing year and md
tbe transaction of other business, Will
no held at No. 100 North Fairfax
Street Alexandria, Va, January 9thi
1909 at ten o'clock, A. NJ.
oos I'm Is President
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were examined to find the machine
that addressed the ''parcel of death
but without success.
The investigation had included hun
dreds of drug stores where the arsen-
ic that was blended with the sweet
white icing on the cake was pur-
chased, but without result.
Sven a coroner's inquest into Ster-
rett's death has not been held, be-
cause of the lack of one single tangi-
bic thing upon which q jury might
hang verdict.
Mrs. Sterrett has closed up her
house at Devon, sold her furniture
and returned to the home OF her
mother at Claredon, Pa.
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NOTICE

The annual meeting of the Stock
holders of the Ontario Apartment.
House House Company for the election Of
. Board of Directors for the ensuing
vaar and the transaction of other
business. will be held at No. 10y
North Fairfax Street, AlexanarIn !.
Va. January 9th, 1928 at Io;lo
o'clock A. NJ. corr
ooz +;n 1>S President.
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NEW YEARS GIFTS

punoalow 5 large rooms. Bath Elec
tic IJehts. Large Basement, Front ana
back Porch in St Elmo near Potoi ma
Yards Small Cash Pyment. balance IKE
rent or, Pnnralow
r,l, ~ ISIectric Lights, Large basement
I'ot 30 X 12S. Price $500 Small cash
PAYMENT. balance like rent. ,,.o 9
City-Good location Brick mouse Sch y
rooms Bath II. A. Heat EI1 100 Prics
$3.50 90 reasonable cash payment PAL
ance like rent. l,,r o 20
224 No. Patrick st. 'Vo-4c
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NOTICE

The Annual meeting of the, stock
holders of the McLachlen Banking
Corporation for the election OF
BOARD of Directors for the ensuing
wear and the transaction OF other
business, will be held at 1G9 N0rtn
Fairfax Street, Alexandra, va
January 9th, 1928 at 1880 O'CLOCK
A. NJ. o,,rrN
305-till Is secretary :
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$4,000
IN CASH
AWARDS

A SPECIAL FUND OF s1,5OO.OO IN CASH WILL BE
SET ASIDE TO BE DISTRIBUTED in the form of sal
aries among active non-prze winners 20 per cent
basis Any candidate who remains active through the
campaign making regular report but fails to win one
of the big prizes offered, will participate in this COM
mission feature-THINK OF IT! Oneffth of every
bscrinon Won collect goes into your pocket if you fail
to win one of the Capital Prizes This arrangement as
sures compensation all candidates and it means there
will he no losers; EVERYBODY WINS" Could any
thing be fairer or liberal than this?