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LUTHER LEAGUE

delegation from the Young Peo.
pies Society of st. Paul's English
Lutheran Church recently attended
the weekly meeting of the Luther
League of Epiphany Lutheran Church.
Sixteenth and u streets. John Lucas,
president of St. Pauls Young Peo-
pies organization, delivered a brief
address.
AT recent meeting of Epiphany
Luther League held at the home of
William Dismer, 1347 Columbia road,
the following officers were elected
John Loehler, president; Miss Lois
Hoover, vice president; Miss Margaret
Monk, secretary, and Norman Wall,
treasurer. The installation of these
officers will be held in May.
Robert Il. Damon. chairman of the
reception committee of the New York
State Luther League convention,
which will be held at Niagara Falls
N Y, May 80 to June /. inclusive,
was in Washington last week end as
the guest of Fred l.. Schickler, cor
responding secretary of the Luther
League of the District of Columbia.
Mr.. Damon brought with him litera'
ture concerning the New York state
Luther League convention.
Letters have been received by the
corresponding secretary of the Luther
League of the District of Columbia
from Miss A. Margaret Bedient, cor
responding secretary of the Luther
League Central of Baltimore and
vicinity, and Miss Selma a. Trede,
first vice president. the Luther
League of the District of Columbia
commencing the committee on ar
rangements for the program rendered
upon the occasion of the joint fellow
ship meeting of the Baltimore and
Washington leagues.
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"AT ATHENS ALONE"
THEME OF DR.. PIERCE
Motion Picture of "Wild Beasts of
Borneo" Tomorrow Night at
All Souls.

AT Athens Alone" will be the sub
ject of the sermon by Rev. DR.. Ulysses
G.. B. Pierce at All Souls Church
{Unitarian) tomorrow morning at II
o'clock.
The feature at the motion picture
service in Pierce Hall at 1:30 pm. will
be wild Beasts of Borneo."
At meeting of the Washington
Chapter, Unitarian Laymen'S League.
in Pierce Hall last Wednesday eve
ming. Charles II. Strong Of New York
national president was the guest of
honor. MIR. Strong is counsel in the
Scopes case. which comes before the
Supreme Court of Tennessee within d
few months. The Unitarian Laymen' s
League has been the only distinctly
religious organization to espouse the
cause of science in this important con-
troversy, and the Washington chapter.
like other chapters throughout the
country. is taking an active interest in
the situation
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CHEVY CHASE BAPTIST
CHURCH COMMUNION
"Lord of ALL" Sermon Subject of
Rev. Edward o. Clark-Enroll-
ment of New Members.

Lord of All' is the sermon sub
ject of Rev. Edward o. Clark at
the communion service of the Chevy
Chase Baptist Church tomorrow
morning. This will be the final
message in the series on christian
Stewardship" An opportunity will
be given to enroll in the League of
Christian Stewards, or to make a
six-month trial of systematic giving.
Those recently \baptiZed will be re-
ceived into the church, together with
many others uniting by letter.
''Thanksgivin' Ann" is the title OF a
drama which .he young people will
give tomorrow at s pm. The B. Y. p.
U. meets at pm. The intermediate
Society of B. Y. p. u, which has been
organized by Miss Helen Hudson, will
meet Sunday evenings at Z o'clock.
At the quarterly business meeting
last Thursday reports from church Of
ficials were given. The trustees plaf
shortly to make the exterior of the
church attractive by developing a
lawn and putting in shrubbery.
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Sermons at Foundry.

The services in Foundry Methodist
Episcopal Church tomorrow morning
will be broadcast by WCAP. The
subject of Rev. DIR. Harris sermon
will be Listening In" AT the eve.
ming service the theme will be Spirit
ual Lenses
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Will Address Mems Glass.

DR.. w. w. Weir will address the
Mems Bible Glass of Hamline M. r..
Church tomorrow morning at $3.50
o'clock
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LUTHERAN Church
HAS OLD HISTORY
President Polk Attended DIED.
ication of St. Pau's Soon
TO Close.
This week has witnessed the transfer

This week has witnessed the transfer
of another downtown church to new
field of activity. St. Paul's English
Lutheran congregation. which for
nearly a century has worshiIed at
Eleventh ard II streets. accepted plans
Wednesday evening for a merger with
Epiphany Lutheran Church at Six
teenth and u streets. These congre-
cations will Immediately proceed with
the erection of group of church
buildings at the intersection of Con
necticut avenue and Ellicott street
upon the site purchased by Epiphany
Church last Summer. The combined
congregation will take the name and
charter of st. Paul's English Luth-
eran Church, and Dr. John II. Hud-
die and Rev. w. c. Waltemyer will
be the co-pastorS.
ST. Pauls is known locally as the
mother" of the Lutheran churches
in which the services have always
been conducted In the English Ian
guage. Memorial. Reformation and
st. Marks had their beginnings in
st, Pauls. Founded in 1843, st.
Paul's worshiped first in Odd Eel
lows Hall on Pennsylvania avenue
Rev. Albert A. Muller serving as the
pastor. Later. Gen. John P. Van Ness
streets, where the church and par
sonage now stand.
Begun i'm 1874.
When the corner stone was laid,
June II, 1874, both former President
John Quincy Adams and Gen. John
p. Van Ness were present, and at
the services of dedication. October
/. 1S4S, President James X. Polk and
his secretary of State. James Buc
hanan. attended
In 1866 the people of st. Paul's pur-
chased the site at Thomas Circle
where the Memorial Lutheran Church
now stands, and Rev. DR.. J. G.. But
Ter then pastor of St. Paul's) became
the first pastor of the Memorial in
1873. Rev. DR.. Samuel Domer served
as pastor of st. Paul's from Novem
ber 5, 1874, until May 81, 1900. the
Sunday school under LuciuS d. Alden
being one of the largest and most ac
tive in the city. Rev. DIR. John r..
Huddle began his duties as pastor of
st. Paul's in February. 1904.
Other Started i'm 1909.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church
of the Epiphany was started in 1909
and for a while held it's services in
4iSLlOi iul Ileili Will Ii
Samuel V. Leech preaching. In No
vember. 1909, DR.. Charles F. Steck,
then at Frederick, Md, accepted the
call to Epiphany, and the present prop
erty at Sixteenth and u streets was
acquired. DR.. Steck resigned in 1922
to accept a call to Waynesboro, Va,
and the pulpit was supplied tempo
rarily by DR.. Foster u. Gift Of Balti-
more. The present pastor, Rev. w. c.
Waltemyer, came to Epiphany on
January l, 1928. from st. Johns Luth-
eran Church at Thurmont, Md.
Last Summer the congregation saw
that it's development vas being i'm
paired because of the location of the
church. and new site was purchased
overlooking a public park on Connec-
ticut avenue. At present there are
about 200 communicate members and
$50 in the Sunday school. Epiphany
has been particularly active in its
benevolences. and this work has been
done by the Ladies' Aid Society, under
the presidency of Mrs. George c. Hus-
mann. and by the Missionary Society
directed by Mrs. f. G. Dinwiddie.
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Will Address Ministers.

The Presbyterian Ministers Asso-
citation will be addressed by Rev. Z.
B. Phillips on Religion and Music,
Monday morning at the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church.
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EPWORTH LIST ISSUED.
Conference Year Committees Are
Given to Public.

Committees for the conference
year have been announced at
Epworth NJ. E. Church South as
follows: Music, X. j. Minot. S. II.
Bowman. |. p. Disney: publicity. l.
A. Lehman. w. NJ. Shouts. Ishmael
Burton, G. B. Hiatt; finance. w. F.
Hummer. I. P. Disney, w. G. Furr,
II. H. Rarstin, f. l.. Loving: care
of the church. w. /. Earnshaw. Fl.
f. Dygert. b. Fl. Hardesty. J. G.
Rives, G. L. Small. G.. w. Barkman.
jr.: j. NJ. Hodge; use of the church,
the pastor, S. II. Bowman, w. F..
ushers, I. A. Lehman. r. A. Brewer,
w. 1. Earnshaw, II. II. Harstin;
young people. w. NJ. Shouts. G.. B.
Hiatt, J. M. Mcdaniel, w. c. Furr,
the pastor: missions. Fl. r. Winn,
s. E. Moore, w. E. Monroe, Eugene
Compton. +. l.. Loving; welcome.
Ishmael Burton. Y. P. Clayton. II.
Fl. Hartsin. II. f. Winn: evangelism,
W. c. Furr, Ishmael Burton. L. r.
Clayton. w. Fl. Loving. G. b. Hiatt;
social service. c. r. Bush. DR.. j. r.
Mann. J. NJ. Mcdaniel, c. S. Taylor;
stewardship and tithing, f. p. Clay
ton, G.. s. Taylor. w. Fl. Loving:
lay speakers. w. RI. Loving, E. p.
Clayton, w. c. Furr; church litera- :
ture. Ishmael Burton, W. f. Monroe.
L. A. Potter. w. S. Gray. S. w.
Goodson; Christian education, w. II.
Loving; printing. r. j. Mears. J. Z.
Supplee, r. H. Harstin. r. l.. Lynch.
E. n. Beard, 7. 3. Priddy, Mr.. War
riner, J. a. Donohoe, j. II. Conner.
W. d. Hawley.
The Epworth League of the church
had charge of the services held at
Blue Plains, d. c.. last Sunday. AT
the Thursday evening prayer meet
ing were started a series of talks by
the pastor on Calling Comrades to
Christ These are to continue for
several weeks. Rev. DR.. John Paul
Tyler. pastor. will preach as follows
tomorrow: II am, THE Mystic
Presence and pm, The Silent
Partner
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MISSION HEADS TO TALK.
Western Presbyterian Sunday
School to Hear Benretts.

Rev. ]. Harvey Durham, pastor OF
the Western Presbyterian Church, on
III street between Nineteenth and
Twentieth streets. will take for his
subject tomorrow morning at II
O'Clock, fragments" and in the eve
ming at O'Clock, THE Fruit Test"
MIR. and Mrs. John S. Bennett Of
the Central Union Mission will ad-
dress the Sunday school tomorrow
morning. The Ladies' Aid Society will
give a dinner Wednesday from to Z
o'clock.
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COMMUNION OF ASSEMBLY
Pastor of Full Gospel Church Will
Discuss Preaching Here.

Communion service will be held at
the Full Gospel Assembly, $50 Penn
sylyania avenue, tomorrow at O'Clock
and interdenominational evangelistic
service at 7:45 pm. Pastor III. l.. Col
lier will speak in the afternoon on
THE Offense of the Cross" and in the
evening on lis st. Paul's Gospel
Preached in Washington"
The Bible study will be conducted
Tuesday at 6:30 pm, and the healing
service Tuesday at s pm. PentecostaI
meeting Wednesday at 8 pm. A rally
meeting of the Young Crusaders VIII
be held tonight, when large deleSa
ton of young converts from the re
vival just closed at CedarVlile, Mo.
will speak and give musical program
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Will Address Bible Class.

j. w. Collier of Mississippi will ad-
dress the Harrison Bible Glass of Con-
gress Street M. p. Church tomorrow
at 9:45 am. His subject will be the
fundamental principles of the early
Christian Church, after which the
pastor of the church, Rev. George
Hines. will give the class a short
talk and pronounce The benediction.
Evening star., 1926-05-01
Unity Glass Meetings.

Unity Sunday School and Bible Glass
will meet tomorrow at o'clock at
1926 / street. Arthur p. Buck will
conduct the class in Christian Healing
at 4:45 pm, and at 6:45 the Good
Words Club meets. The speaker is
Mrs. Maude Schooley and the subject
THE Music of Life At pm. Viva
NJ. January will give Bible interpreta.
tions. The subject is 'The Song of
Victory"
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SUMMER BIBLE SCHOOLS.
Will Operate After
Public Schools Close.

The Washington Bible School Asso-
citation will establish Summer Bible
Schools during the vacation period.
The plan is to begin these schools as
soon as possible after the closing of
the public schools.
Information concerning plans of
the school may be had from the super
visor, Mrs. II. Moffatt Bradley, room
223. Mills Building.
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Second Baptist Church.

Al Second Baptist Church, Third
street between IL and | streets. TO
morrow the pastor. Rev. j. l.. ,
Holloman will preach at II am. on
'BelshazZar Tried and Condemned at
the Great AssiZe." At pm. the
pastor will have for his subject 'Ihe
Church and the Negro Exodus
North" At $3.50 pm Rev. DR.. Frank
F.. Hearnes, pastor of Shiloh Baptist
Church, Alexandria. Va, will preach.
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Revival Service to Close.

The revival services that have been
conducted a Kendall Baptist Church
Ninth near street southwest, bv
Rev. Milford Sanford of Virginia will
close tomorrow night. His subject in
the morning. will be THE Christians
Wealth" and at night, Blood
Tokens"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-04-15
DEER PARK

| Mrs. Prudence Dawson and Mrs.
Hugh Calderwood visited Mrs. Henry
Schmidt at Altamont one day last
week.
Miss Hattie Friend was the guest
of Miss Gladys Lewis at Crellin re-
Gently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Holtschneider
visited the latter's home here on Sum
day.
Miss Thelma Harvey, of Cumber-
land, spent Sunday here with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. 0. J. Harvey.
Grandma" Mckenzie celebrated
her eighty-fourth anniversary on last
Wednesday. She is a good Christian
woman and loved by all who know
her. We are glad that she has been
spared to live among US and trust that
she may continue to live and celebrate
other anniversaries.
Mrs. Mosser and sons Datan and
Daniel and Mrs. Daniel limbaugh
went to Cumberland one day last
week. They were accompanied home
by Misses Ireta and Elizabeth Mos
ser.
Mr.. Charles Pysell was a guest of
Mr.. E. B. King, on Sunday.
In the absence of Mrs. Robertson,
teacher of the Boiling Spring school,
who remained at her home in Barton
last week on account of the extreme
illness of her sister, the school was
taught by Miss Eunice George.
Miss Myra West, of Oakland, is
visiting friends here.
Those who participated in the ex-
animation for rural route carrier at
the Deer Park postoffice were O. J.
Harvey, Clarence Lashorn, Newman
Harvey, Bruce and Carl Lohr, Erwin
Bittinger, Albert Holtschneider, Ken
meth George, Clarence Chadderton,
Leslie Rodeheaver, Ray Friend, Albert
Groves, Robert Thrasher, Charles But
Ter and three others whose names
cannot now be recalled.
Miss Bessie Reyes spent Sunday at
the home of Mrs. F. N. Refs.
Mrs. Edward Helbig, of Oakland,
and Mrs. Charles Haines visited Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Chadderton, near
town, on Friday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-04-15
GORTNER

Mrs. Anna Bittinger returned home
Wednesday from visit to Washing
ton and Baltimore.
Mr.. Webster cl.Sk-c,,, no has been
employed at Terra Alta, returned
home Friday and is working for
g g, .. -. - - -.
Nj. c:.a Mrs. John n Yoder, of
Mifflin county, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Milton Hershberger, of Springs, spent
the weekend here, the former with
Mrs. Yoder's brother, Mr.. L. NJ. Bea-
chy, and the latter with the Lichtys.
Mr.. Charles Lewis spent the week.
end at Swallow Falls.
The Lees are recovering from
attacks of influenza. Il
Mr.. and Sam Beachy and children,
Mr.. Normen Beachy and daughter,
Barbara, spent Saturday and Sunday
with Miss Lucy Beachy, near Meyers
dale. We are glad to note that Miss
Lucy is recovering after being
seriously i'll with pneumonia.
Mrs. Earl Hanger and daughter
Elouise, of Gary, Ind, are guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. W. C. WEIGH.
Mrs. W. E. Spoerlein, Misses Lena
Slabach and Emma Burkholder visited
Mr.. j. C. Petersheim and family on
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joel Slabach and
daughter Matte, Mr.. and Mrs. Noah
Schrock and children, and Mr.. Ross
Lichty spent Sunday with Mrs. Sla-
bach's mother, Mrs. Marie Miller, at
Springs. Mrs. Miller celebrated her
S7the birthday, all her children being
home except one son from Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Schlossnagle
and son, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dewitt
and son Whitfield, of Hoyes, recently
visited Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Spoerlein.
Mr.. and Mrs Sam Beachy and chill
dren recently visited Mr.. and Mrs. G.
B. NJ. Friend.
Mrs. Anna Bittinger and son Law
renee returned home Monday after
spending few days at Grantsville.
Mr.. Charles Lewis has secured en-
ployment with Mr.. Elmer Schrock for
the summer.
Mr.. N. E. Yoder is a Grantsville
visitor at this writing.
Come to church next Sunday, servi-
ces conducted by the Brethren. Mr..
Hamstead from Eglon is expected to
be here.
Mrs. Hervey Smouse, who spent the
winter months in Florida and who was
called back to Garrett county by the
death of her aunt, recently spent
day at her home near Gortner before
going to visit her sister, Mrs. Frazee,
near Selbysport.
Misses VERNE Hershberger and
Emma Burkholder called on Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Arnold at Sunny Side on
Monday.
Mr.. Arthur DERRICK, of Oakland, is
employed at Mr.. Noah Schrock's.
The following attended the quilt
ing at Mrs. F. S. Twins at Mt. Lake
Park on Tuesday: Misses Minnie
Shaffer, Lena Slabach, Grace Mason,
Susie Petersheim, Emma Burkholder,
Mrs. Joel Slabach, Mrs. B. H. Yoder,
Mrs. Lewis Beachy and Mrs. Sol.
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Importance Of Drinking Water.

Water is necessary to life. Man can
fast from food for many days; a pro-
fessional faster, q German named
jolly, did 1t for A days. The account
reads: "He was helped out of his
glass cage. which was carpeted with
cigarette butts and strewn with min
eral water bottles. a physical wreck. !"
Man can only live few days without
water Our lungs, our skin. our kid
neys, are constantly throwing off wa.
ter. IL we do not replace this waste
the blood and secretions get thicker
and finally various organs lie down on
their Jobs.
DO you drink your share of water
each day?
Is your body drying UP, and, like an
automobile without oil, burning out
its bearings? Water promotes the se-
cretions of the body-that Is a., the
saliva, the gastric and pancreatic
juices for digestion; (2) increases the
secretions of the mucous membrane in
our noses and throats. When you
need a drink of water your throat is
parched." And it Is, for the moisture
has all dried out and the membrane IS
dry and irritated. Our lungs need wa
ter to breathe. In Winter we can "see
our breath"-that is, the moisture ex-
PEELED from our lungs condensirg In
the cold air. The lining OF our joints
must be moist to work properly. 1t is
only when our food is in solution that
1t Is absorbed into the blood by our
body and furnishes nourishment TO
keep us going.
The wrong idea of o. couple of gen
erations ago that 1t was harmful to
drink water probably grew from the
fact that typhoid and water-carried
diseases often broke out. We now
know that It is impure water which Is
the foe. Pure water is mans best
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EAT AND BE HEALTHY
Dinah DAVIS Daily Talks on Diet
The Right Food Is the Best Medicine

friend. We must not abolish wete'
drinking: we must safeguard the Wa
ter supply.
The knowledge that impure water D.
dangerous IS taught the children i1
schools, in camps, in Boy Scout lor"
On vacations be sure the water yoG
drink Is unpolluted. A nice little broct
dancing along in the sunlight countr'
may he draining some farmers sew
age and be carrying millions Of IT,
rhoid germs. The BOY Scouts ar
taught that on their hikes they mus
boil all water from unknown spring
lakes, brooks, no matter how clear am
tempting it looks, The water is the
put in q clean covered vessel and tn,
container immersed In the cool b.-ts
to chill for q refreshing drink.
The average person needs at leas;
six or eight glasses Of water a day. A
good plan Is to take one or two glasse~
the first thing in the morning and the
rest of the amount distributed
throughout the day-one or tw"
glasses at meal time, between mouth
fuIs of food, or water taken between
meals only. This Is the way thost
trying to reduce should drink water
Readers desiring personal answers % the
questions should send self-addressed anc
stamped envelope to Dlnah Day. care Of IT,.
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CHAPTER ".
The Big Game.

Jean did not see Conrad again until
he ran out on the field with the team.
she had not awakened until noon, and
the minute her eyes had opened men,
ory had surged over her and she real
lied that she was as sure or herself
as she had been last night.
Over a late breakfast she had some
what succeeded in modifying Merton
for her behavior of the evening before,
and then there was the walk across
the campus to the field where the
grandstand was beginning to fill with
enthusiastic rooters.
Across the field the Burbank blue
and white huttered In the breeze. Bur
bank was expecting to win. 1t had
made u better seasons showing than
Hamilton. but for all that there were
plenty of enthusiastic Hamilton fans
ready to bet money on their team.
1t was colorful sight. The day
was perfect, the sky cloudleSS blue,
the sun dazzling. AS the teams trotted
out on the field the roar swelling out
from hundreds of throats was deafen-
ing. The cheer leaders jumped up and
down like wild men as they led the
singing, the bands played the differ.
ent college songs.
Jean had never been particularly
affected by the drama of the game
until today, but because of one man
down there on the field Hamilton had
suddenly become her college. Their
side must win. and when the Hamil-
tonians rose to a man and gave the
cheer for big Morgan" Jean felt
quick tears against her eyelids and
her heart swelled in her breast.
During the first quarter neither side
scored and 1t was the same during the
second. In the intermission between
halves, after he had cheered himself
hoarse with the others Merton turned
to Jean excitedly.
THE team is holding 'em. they're
playing foot ball today. Morgan al.
most got away there once. IF he
scores for us in this half, the town
will go crazy"
jeans fingers were locked in her lap.
the wind had whipped her cheeks to
scarlet, but she only nodded abstract
edly. She was intent on that one in
dividual. She wondered If he knew
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THE MARRIAGE MEDDLER
BY HAZEL DEYO BACHELOR

she was watching him. Did he have
time to think of her when he was
down in that melee of writhing bodies?
And suppose he was hurt. Until today
she had never given the dangerous
side of foot ball thought. Now it
was something to be considered.
In the middle of the third quarter
Burbank's halfback made a touch.
down. The Burbank bleachers went
wild, the excitement was intense.
They missed the kick, however, and a
roar went up from Hamilton. AT the
end of the third quarter pandemonium
reigned. It was in the fourth quarter
that the thing happened. The Hamil-
ton team huddled for a moment. then
separated. There was a forward pass,
and then in a flash Morgan was down
the field with the ball. A Burbank
man tackled, and Morgan sank to his
knees, then he was up again for a
straightaway run. Jean was on her
feet with the others, screaming, cry.
ing. When a moment later 1t was
all over and the touchdown for Hamil-
ton was a reality, her knees shook
under her and she had to sit down for
fear of falling.
Silly to feel this way over @ foot ball
game; silly to feel as she did anyway.
Idiotic to want to laugh and cry at
the same time! All, he was going to
make the kick now. There was a
hushed moment and then as the ball
sailed straight and sure over the goal
posts a great roar went up from the
stands. The score was in favor Of
Hamilton, 6 to s. A few minutes more
of playing and the game was over.
Jean and Merton pushed with the
others down to the field. Every one
was half hysterical and not caring
1t was a great day for Hamilton, and
although Jean did not know 1t yet. it
was to be the greatest day in her life
Continued in tomorrow's starr
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HOW 1T STARTED
BY JEAN NEWTON.
The Lucky Coin"

Many q man carries in his pocket
as Il mascot" u coin with hole in
il. And many a lad, changing from
blue serge TO Khaki cloth, whimsically
turned over in his hand the lucky"
coin and with a lift of the chin
dropped it into his new pocket.
The idea that n coin with a hole in
it will bring good luck had its origin
centuries ago with the Franks, the
tifth-Century ancestors of modern
Frenchmen. Among these people the
common token for the consummation
of an agreement was a broken coin.
In this way lovers plighted their troth
and by virtue of the sacred vows ex-
changed over them, the two halves
had ascribed to them peculiar mystic
powers.
When g coin would not break for
such a purpose it was bent and hole
bored through it's center. 1t was given
to one of the parties, who wore it on
a ribbon around the neck. Soon 1t
came to be regarded as a sort of tails
man and a power against disease and
he evil spirits which i'll those days
bounded.
Today to fight disease we look to
science and of spirits we have no fear.
But If by chance we find Il coin with
=. hole in 1t, we don't throw it away.