Evening star., 1923-09-16
WEEK
lis BEING OBSERVED
District Bar and Lawyers
Throughout Country Are
Leading in Programs.

| The District of Columbia Bar As
sociation, with other organizations
of lawyers throughout the United
States will celebrate the present
week as Constitution week"
! In Washington the plans of the
! committee, under tho leadership of
Frank Sprigg Perry, chairman. will
be centered on the addresses before
| the several civic organizations. Some
| of the citizens associa tions already
| have heard speakers on the Constitu-
| tion and other bodies plan to have
| to have members of the Bar Associa-
| tion address them at their regular
meetings later in the month.
The Bar Association and the COM
| munity Music Association have ar
ranged a program for a patriotic
concert TO be given next Thursday
night at S:15 o'clock, in the audi
! torium of the Central High School.
An address on the Constitution will
/ be delivered by Frank ]. Hogan of
the Bar Association. The concert
will include patriotic songs for COM
munity singing, several musical tea-
| lures by some of WashinGton's best
artists and pipe organ music under
the leadership of Robert Lawrence,
director of the Community Music
Association.
Mai. Peytou Gordon, president of
out a special appeal to all of the
members Of the Organization and TO
the resident members of the Amerl-
can Bar Association and local law
yers to unite with the public in max
ing the meeting at the Central High
School the outstanding feature OF
Constitution week"
Various Meetings.
The PetwOrth Citizens Association
I,nIH at -
Petworth School on Tuesday and
Chairman Perry will speak on the
Constitution.
The Park View Citizens Association
and the Park View Women's Associa-
tion will hold a, special meeting on
/ Friday at the Park View School, and
Paul j.. Lesh of the local committee
Of the Bar Association will address
the audience.
The Midi City Citizens Association
will have Daniel W. O'Donoghue, vice
president of the local Bar Association
and a member of the committee, as
its speaker at its regular meeting at
; the Thomson School on September -
The North Capitol and lexington
Citizens Association will be address,
ed by Justin Morrill, Chamberlain, a
former president of the local Bar As
sociation and a member of the com
! mittee. This association will have IT'S
meeting on September %.
The Catholic clergy of this CITY
nave made gratifying response 10
| the letter Of Frederick Stohlman OF
the local committee, it was stated.
\ copy of letter from Archbishop
Curley indorsipg Constitution week
was forwarded to the pastor of each
church. Father P. c. Gavan of the
Sacred Heart Church and Father John
e. Geale of st. AloysiuS Church Were
among those who said they would
mention the movement today.
Praise From Brooklyn.
The effort of the local committee
la attracting outside attention and IL
/ has just received a letter from Rev.
CHARLES j. Allen, rector Of the Park
vile congregational Church, Brook
! lyn. y. Y, asking for data on the
movement and closing with the ex-
| preston, Your Washington effort is
/ glorious"
! 1t is the hope of the committee
! that this celebration will lead citi-
zens TO more earnest and careful
study OF the Constitution as the great
! foundation stone of liberty Rev
george F. Dudley. rector Of St Ste
tphen's Episcopal Church. says: What
the backbone is to the human body
! the Constitution is to our nation
/ There can be no loyalty greater. OF
more necessary than a strict observ-
! ance of and obedience to our glorious
Constitution, under which we have
| become the great nation we are to-
J day. God speed the movement which
Will make all Of US better citizens
/ by binding US in heart and mind
! closer to the constitution of our
republic"