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Evening star., 1927-10-29
"Nicodemus' Folly" Is Topic.

At the Chevy Chase Presbyterian
Church tomorrow morning DIR. j.
Hillman Hollister will preach on
''Nicodemus Folly" and at the mid
week service will continue Thursday
on the third of series of the His
:orical Background Behind the Bible"
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Topics at Shiloh Baptist.

Rev. DR.. Waldron will preach at
Shiloh Baptist Church, Ninth and p
streets. tomorrow at IL am. on "Suf-
fering for the TRUTH" and at night
Rev. F. Z. Edmunds will preach his
farewell sermon before leaving for
Hot Springs. Ark.
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EX-PASTOR TO PREACH.
Rev. w. M. Laroche and Rev. C. N
Jarrett to Conduct Rites.

At Fifteenth Street Christian
Church, Kentucky avenue and Fif-
teenth street southeast, tomorrow the
pulpit will be occupied at II am. by
Rev. w. NJ. Laroche
At the evening service Rev. c. n.
Jarrett will preach. Mr.. Jarrett. who
was until recently the pastor Of this
congregation, is now field agent for
Lynchburg College.
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Revival to Continue.

At Mckinley Memorial Baptist
Church, Fourth and l. streets, DIR.
S. Geriah Lamkins. pastor is having
a revival, which will continue all the
week. Rev. DIR. Jones, the evangelist,
will preach tomorrow at II am. and
e.ms
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ALL SOULS SERMONS.
DR.. Pierce to Speak on Unitarian
ism Tomorrow,

'Why I Am a Unitarian" is the sub
ject upon which Rev. DR.. Ulysses G..
B. Pierce, will preach at all Souls
Church, Sixteenth and Harvard streets,
tomorrow morning at IL o'clock. This
will conclude tahe present series of
sermons. The feature at the motion
picture hour in Pierce Hall at 7:3O
pm. will be The Magic Garden"
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Topics for Sermon.

Natures Greatest Gifts to Man
and How to Use Them" is the sub.
ject of Rev. G. s. Jones tomorrow at
pm. before the Secular League,
1906 l. street.
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Scientific Peace" Subject.

Scientific Peace" will be the sub
ject of the address by Mrs. Annie c.
Bill at the service of the Christian
Science Parent Church in Hotel La
Fayette tomorrow morning at II
o'clock.
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DR.. F. B. Harris Speaks Tomorrow.

Rev. DIR. Frederick Brown Harris.
pastor of Foundry Methodist Episco.
pal Church. will preach tomorrow
morning on the theme MY Peace"
and in the evening on "The Beliefs
of Unbelief."
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LUTHERAN SERVICES.
Reformation Sunday to Be OBJ
served Tomorrow.

Reformation Sunday will he OBJ
served tomorrow at the Incarnation
Lutheran Church, Fourteenth and Gal.
latin streets.
Rev. Henry Manken, the pastor
has arranged a special program and
men of the congregation are especial
ly invited to attend.
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Pastor to Give Two Sermons.

Rev. DIR. James Shera Montgomery
will speak at the Metropolitan Memo
rial Church tomorrow evening upon
the subject, "a Brides Dowry." In
the morning his subject will be 'The
Iron Gates of Life"
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Rev. U. S. Knox's Sermon Text.

The subject of the sermon by Rev.
L. S. Knox at the Columbia Baptist
Church, Falls Church, Va. tomorrow
morning will be The Qualifications Of
a Soul Winner" ...
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by fire shortly after the Norman con
quest in 1866.
1t was rebuilt and continued in a
relatively peaceful life until the time
Of the murder of st. Thomas, an event
which caused the church to lie in neg
lect and forgetfulness for many years.
But in the year 1920 the remains of
ST. Thomas were transferred to the
cathedral in which he had been MUIR
dered and the church activities con-
tinued without serious interruption un-
til the time of Henry VIII.
The interior of the present structure
is practically as it appeared since the
fifteenth century. 1t contains, among
other mausoleums, those Of ST.
Thomas, Stphen angdon and Cardinal
Pole, the friend of Queen Mary.
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A Gang Chiefs Funeral.

Chicago's gangland has outdone
itself in the funeral Of the latest of its
leaders to be bumped or" Vincent
Drucci, who succeeded Dion O'Banion
and Earl Weiss as chief Of one Of the
most powerful gangs In the Windy
City--a gang that counted among its
necessary articles of equipment ma
chine guns, bombs. sawed.of shotguns
and rifles, and which never hesitated
to remove any obstacle, human or
otherwise, from its path--became In
volved in the general roundup OF no.
torious characters before the recent
elections. While Drucci was being
taken to the police station for ques'
tioning he suddenly started to fight his
way to freedom. He was promptly
shot and killed by a policeman. who
was taking no chances with the dan
gerous gangster.
And now comes his funeral. A sill
yer and aluminium casket. thousands
of dollars of elaborate floral offerings
and a procession through streets
crowded to the overfiowing with
friends. That is the way Chicago
gangland buries its dead.
Little sympathy is aroused by the
spectacle of another gangster being
carried to his last resting place. These
nen, the majority Of whom have ruled
and died by the gun, deserve no HON
age. They have attempted to set up a
law beyond that of the State and Fed
eral Governments. They have wan
tonly slain those who opposed them
Elaborate as their funerals may BE-
there are undoubtedly Chicagoans who
would be glad TO chip in to provide q
wholesale burial If such action would
end forever the desperate strife which
is staining the name of the second
largest city of the United States.
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The National City.

Announcement is made that tickets
representing the capacity of the Cen.
trail High School auditorium have been
| distributed for the lecture that Is to
be given there tomorrow night by
Charles Colfax Long on the subject
Of Washington, Our National Shrine"
This is gratifying evidence Of
general community interest in a sub.
ject that might perhaps be considered
as a commonplace. For this lecture,
which Mr.. Long has from a public
spirited motive been for some time
past delivering freely in all parts of
the country, deals strictly with the
city of Washington, concerning which
the residents of the Capital are sup.
posedly entirely familiar.
But the Washington that Is seen and
experienced daily by the local dwell
ers is not the Washington that is
shown through the medium of this lee.
ture to the people OF the States. The
Washington that Mr.. Long describes
is the Nations city. the place OF great
present beauty and Infinite future pos
sibilities. 1t is the Washington of the
American ideal, TO the attainment of
which energies are now bending, and
funds are being expended in the name
of the people of the whole country.
1t is desirable that all Washington
should see the city OF their daily lives
from this point Of view. To them may
come a new concept, as by means of
picture and voice the lecturer tells the
story of the evolution of the Capital.
it's struggles. its development and its
expansion.
Every Washingtonian should be a
boomer" for his home town. He Is
not trying to draw new residents to II,
or to induce manufacturers TO make It
their scene Of operation. or to sell
its good to buyers elsewhere. he Is
not seeking an increase OF it's capital
stock through trade or population. But
he should seek to make the Washing
ton of his residence known to the peo-
pie of the States as their city as well
as his own. For washington is in fact
the city of all the American people.
Mr.. Long is by his generous devotion
of time and means to this cndeayor
greatly aiding in causing the dwellers
in the States to understand and apprc-
ciate washington as the Nations city,
in which they have share OF inter.
est and in which they should, and to
the extent that they know 1t by visit
or by description they do, take pride.
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TELEPHONE STATISTICS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

in Great Britain and Northern Ire
land, and 10 in France.
British and French telephone devel,
opment is significant, in fact. only In
the larger cities. In each case more
than one-third of the country's tele
phones are found in its capital city
London having 1872, 303, or SO per 100
of population, while Paris has 226, $50
or 7.6 per 100.
In the use of the telephone, In COM
parison with the 10000, 900 converse
lions per day in the United States,
which averages 191 per year per in.
habitant, Denmark has an average OF
131 per person per year, Norway, 113
and Sweden, 106. Germans use the
telephone only to the extent of 80 con-
versations per person for each IL.
month period, while the British main.
tain their record for taciturnity by
averaging only %. which is less than
one-eighth the average for this coun-
try.
Naples is the major city of the
world that has the fewest number of
telephones In proportion to it's popula-
ton. Shanghai Is next to the bottom
OF the list, with Rome and Leningrad
next in the ascending scale.
Less than 80 per cent of the. tele.
phone companies of the world are
government owned, and practically all
OF them are in foreign countries. Tele.
phone authorities in the United States
ascribe this country's pre.eminence
IN teiephonic communications prima.
riiy to the fact that 1t Is essentially
privately owned and operated in
duStry
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amount OF cooperation on the part
Of the victim Is necessary. One may
be within a rev feet Of plenty OF
fish. or OF desirably large Ash. but II
these will not do their part the ex'
petition is and must always be q
! failure.
II Ii on record that one famous,
ardent and thoroughly Christian an.
gler who noted that his companion
was filling his creel with cool ferns
and sweet grasses against the GER
| tainty of catch forsook him in hon.
est indignation because. by such an.
ticipatory procedure, he was flying In
| the face of Providence" Many a
fisher clings fondly to a certain mel
low garment. or pair of boots, or briar
pipe, or some lure which. although
never used. positively must be In the
tackle box or fiy.book in order to In.
sure success. He Ia making secret
magic. Another may invariably chant
the same tune over and over again.
The Caucasian does not anoint him.
self with unguents. as does the Red
Brother, except as a means of protec.
ton against winged pests. but many
one Ia utterly dependen+ on some
secret and, to him. magical prepare.
ton with which the bait must be
favored. The fact that his companion
In the other end of the skin liz CATCH
ing just as many fsh with the same
bait plain and unfiavored. means as
little to him as would logical argu.
ments to the Nootka.
The prime tradition and perhaps the
most widespread, ut least among
fresh-water anglers. is that the bait
should be freely and conscientiously
spat upon. Purists maintain that this
expectoration is not efficacious unless
one is chewing tobacco and. at in
tervals. refreshing himself from bot.
tie OF brown hue containing inspira-
ton and solace of an even browner
taste. An old and in many sections
well observed slogan Is. Spit on your
bait and kiss the first fish you catch!"
Both pieces of advice are invariably
observed by certain men who own
first. second and third best evening
clothes, and who sit at home sur
rounded by rare etchings and hand.
fooled bindings. When and where
this quaint tradition originated Is lost
In the mists of antiquity. with the
development of culture and logic ages
hence, this and other odd customs
may eventually pass into the limbo
of forgotten things. But let It be said
that the angler who goes forth and
pursues his avocation unhampered by
such nonsense" has put himself out
OF touch with something very ancient
and very appealing, and is missing a
lot Of fun.
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The Irresistible Cross.

| The closing incidents In any great
life make an unusual appeal to us.
| The week upon which we have now
entered lis universally designated
Holy week" 1t is so called because
it's tragic incidents have to do with
the closing days in the life Of Jesus
| Christ. They lead up to His trial and
crucifixion. No character recorded on
the page of human history has made
such a universal appeal to the human
heart and mind as this Man of Snr.
rows and acquainted with grief"
Each year the world turns with rev.
erent gaze TO the lonely figure whose
way was marked by trial and disap-
pointment, by the desertion of friends
and By the stern condemnation of
those to whom He had come with O
message of SURPRISING value and i'm
port. There have been other martyrs
in the course OF human history who
have counted not their lives dear
unto themselves" There have been
those who have sorrowed most that
they had but one life to spend for a
great cause, but to none of these do
we accord a place commensurate with
that which the Savior of man oc-
rupies.
The most striking thing about this
tdSb wees III the ire OF Jesus Is Ills
utter tranquility. He moved along
His way with the full consciousness OF
impending disaster, unufiied and I'M
disturbed. To the observer there Is
nothing in His habit or conduct that
betrays the slightest concern, but
rather an absorbing desire to fulfill to
the utmost the high purpose of His
mission. He had set His face stead.
lastly to go up to Jerusalem" with a
perfect understanding that at the end
Of the way stood a lonely cross. To
Him this cross was the symbol Of the
fulfiilment and completion of His mis-
sion. He had declared, II, II be lifted
up. will draw all men unto Me-" That
which men abhorred He welcomed.
That which they esteemed the supreme
symbol of failure He held to be the
supreme symbol of triumph. That
which the world considered the badge
of infanny He regarded as the distin-
gushing mark of a mighty climax.
Even the Romans regarded the cross
as most hateful method of execution,
TO be used only for those whom they
would subject to the greatest humilia-
ton. II was to be transformed into
universal symbol of supreme accom-.
plishment by the lonely Nazarene.
From the day that He was crucifed
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told You ia ride EN- high. wide
ana handsome, exclaimed "Iig Bill"
on the radio: and hts friends and sup
porters. listening in all over tho town,
Joined In his noisy g!ee.
Bill was in touch with "his pao-
pie from the time the polls closed
untii the midnight celebrations were
almost az an end. The entire city
and all the surrounding country rad
the opportunity OF sitting Ia with TIN
mayor elect and sharing with him BIS
Joys OF victory Nothing like it had
ever happened before. Perhaps the
new idea WIN spread and grow. Still,
one can hardly think OF President
Coolidge broadcRstlng the returns
from the White House a year from
next November.
In the jubilations CT election night
Big Bill" revealed the further srnaz.
ing fact that he is n pessimAt. No
one ever suspected it of the breezy
cowboy mayor. but he proved IL in
person and in picture. He wears both
belt and suspenders.
The Chicago msyoralty election
demonstrated once again the axio.
matte fact that in this country you
cannot deliver either the labor or the
church vote. Laborers rs we'll as
Christians and Jews secm still TO
exercise their personal pregogative Of
voting for whom thcy please.
In the closing days OF the unprece-
denied Chicago campaign it was con.
fidently asserted that the Catholic
vote Of the city would be cast solidiy
| for Mayor Deyer and against Big
| Bilt' Thompson.
It further was known 70 all men
that the labor leaders Of Chicago
virtually 10 a man were supporting
Mayor Dever. Full page advertise
| ments in the papers carried the oflcial
word of labor's Endorsement and in
| the long list OF supporters were the
| officials OF practically every labor
union operating in the city by the
| lake.
But Mayor Dever got neither the
| solid labor nor the solid Catholic vote
II he had received this undivided sup.
port he would have been elected by an
overwhelming majority instead OF go
ing down to defeat by more than
| $4,000 votes. Chicago is one Of the
strongest Catholic and union labor
cities in the country and the test
therefore may be considered more or
less convincing.
The only vote which seemed to 60
solid was that of the colored people
The so-called BLACK Belt" Of Chicago
gave big Bill" large percentage Of
his plurality. But ii was not the de-
termining factor after all, for he car
ried every section Of the city. North
Side. South Side and West Side. II
Chicago had an East Side he probably
would have carried that. too. In any
event lot OF his supporters belonged
to clubs having their headquarters on
households and other strange craft
| and the celebration on one of the
boats became so strenuous the darn
thing sank.
fCOnvrfrhf 1907
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"Osimich. I"

Dispatches from the West tell Of
the deadly seriousness with which the
Nootka Indians, who reside on Van.
couver Island, make medicine" when
resolved to go out and get themselves
a mess Of fish. The Nootka buck
anoints himself with unguents. fol-
lows a secret ritual, and even fasts
for a period in order that he may have
good luck. 1t is all summed up under
the title Of "Osimich," or secret magic.
One does not have to scratch civil
lized man very deeply in order to get
down to more or less primitive man,
and the veneer on the civilized fisher.
men is exceedingly thin and brittle.
He does many queer things and clings
to many little superstitions. In this
regard he surpasses the huntsman,
for the latteg when near enough to
his game. nsls STAY 1t whether 1t Will
or no. while in angling certain
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In His Name.

A corporation that at the close of its
fiscal year shows net excess of re-
ceIpts over expenditures Of only $36.S2
and pays no cash dividends would be
regarded as being close upon the point
of bankruptcy. Yet there is such cor.
poration in the city of Washington
that has made such a showing for the
past organization year and Is viewed
by its stockholders" as having had
q year Of remarkable success. 1t has
paid dividends, too, large and salts.
factory dividends, not computaole In
terms OF per cent or in dollars, but
paIpable and valuable dividends for
the enrichment of the community.
This corporation is the Associated
Charities, with It's affiliated organiza-
ton, the Citizens Relief Association.
The net revenues of that combination
Of factors for the relief of the poor
of the Capital during the year ending
Eeptenber 30 last were just S36.s2. II
is not, however, the custom Of the
corporation to count its profits in
terms of surplus. If 1t had a large sur
blus in cash at the end Of the year il
would have reason TO suspect bad
Management.
The business of this corporation is
DO find and to relieve suffering and
Drivation and need in Washington
eo the extent that it can discover
needy and meritorious cases demand
ing relief 1t is doing its work well. Il
calls upon its stockholders for funds
10 supply the necessities Of these fam
lilies and individuals whom it discovers
In want. Every case relieved, every
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EVERYDAY RELIGION
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN. d. d, LII. D,
Bishop Of Washington.

upon IL, IL was to become the choicest
emblem, the richest adornment, the
| most coveted symbol of men and WON.
en- the world over. Men do not exalt
the gibbet the guillotine or the heads.
mans ak. They shudder at the thought
of them; they are associated with all
that is cruel and british; they are
identified with incidents and circum-
stances that we seek to forget. Not SO
with the cross. Cruelest of all forms of
execution. an uplifted Savior has 70.
cused all eyes upon 1t and so exalted
Ii that II holds place altogether in
comparable In the minds Of men the
world over. Some one has maintained
that the cross Is "the plus sign In our
minus lives" No matter how far the
world may wander away, from its hab-
Its Of devotion, no matter how occupied
It may be in its selfish pursuits--yes.
no matter how Indifferent 1t may be to
the call of the churches--there Is some
thing in the appeal of this Master Of
men as He hangs upon His cross that
is irresistible. Repeatedly during the
World War the great throngs of men
as they swept along the highways of
France on their way to the front
paused reverently before wayside
shrines that reminded them again of
the cruclHeu SaVlOr. Iney might not
he able to comprehend the full mean.
ing of this matchless life, the refine.
ments of His teachings might be be.
yond their understanding, but the
cross they did understand.
Changing civilizations, altered Gus.
toms and habits of living have not in
any way diminished its appeal. Va
rious religious cults have sought to
emphasize their peculiar and insular
point of view concerning the mean.
ing of Christ'S teachings. In spite of
all differences, they have found their
common meeting ground at the foot
of the cross.
There IL something in its appeal
that disolves all differences and com
pels unity. In Carlyle's masterful
book, Heroes and Hero Worship" he
lifts the man of action to a place of
commanding and compelling influence,
but nothing that he relates remotely
resembles in its appeal the sublime
hero of the cross.
Our age may be captious and unre-
sponsive to dogmas and doctrines, 1t
still sees in the Savior on Calvary
the supreme demonstration of self
sacrificing love. A great annalist of
history declares that the most per.
suasive and. compelling appeal which
the church can make Is that of the
uplifted Son Of God upon His cross.