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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-25
Hard to Stop Legend
Once Started on Way

It is rather interesting to watch
legend in the course of growth, re-
marks the Manchester Guardian and
cites the case Of the ancient chalice
which was recently found and which
after a hectic newspaper career Is
now SO far advanced that it is hon
ored by some as the cup that served
the Lord at the Last Supper. 1t was
similar jumping at conclusions which
involved medieval legend makers in
some hopeless tangles, Pierre Van Pas
sen comments, in the Atlanta Constl-
tuition. The classical case is that of
the Eleven Thousand Virgins Of
Cologne. Diggings in the Twelfth Gen.
fury brought to light big collection
of human bones. An ecstatic woman
proclaimed them at once to be the re-
mains of the Eleven Thousand martyrs.
Further search showed the bones of
men were among the piles. The &C.
static lady was not put out. She de-
clared at once that certain ecclesias-
tics had been put to death with the
virgins. Worse followed. The bones
of children were found. Were the
seers defeated? By no means. Entire
families. had been put to death with
the 1000, they said. Modern re-
search made an end to the whole farce
by establishing the fact that the bones
were those of the first Roman colonists
in Cologne and that they had been
buried in a catacombian cemetery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-25
Long-Liued Twins

That the oldest twins in Wiscon-
sin live in Port Washington, is as
serted by friends of Mrs. Katherine
Kaiser, and Mrs. Mary Dunglinger,
eighty-f1ve years old, who have lived
there more than sixty years. The
twins are daughters of the Delles fam
lily. one of the first Luxembourg fami-
lies to settle in the state. Both wom-
en- are active, keeping up their homes,
and enjoying travel. They make reg
ular trips to Chicago and Milwaukee
to visit sons and daughters, always
travelling without aid. Mrs. Dunglinger
has adopted all conveniences and en-
joys them, although her sister still
uses candles and oil lamps to light the
hOuse.-Indianapolis News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-25
Taken at His Word

One day while riding on q crowded
street car noticed woman standing
in the throng struggling with MANY
bundles and baby. Thinking of be-
ing of some assistance, ] inquired.
Cant l relieve you of some of your
bundles?" To my surprise. she handed
me the baby.
My bachelor dignity was already at
the zero point, but when l noticed a
group Of giggling girls who were stu
dents in my class at the city high
school my modification was complete.
/ assure you my embarrassment did
not end with the incident.-E. N. A.
B.. in Chicago Tribune.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-25

or delays, and enabling at all times
any one anywhere to pick up tele-
phone and talk to any one else any
where else, clearly, quickly and at a
reasonable cost.
The year 1926 brought the service of
he Bell Telephone System measur-
ably nearer that goal.
There were 7S1, 900 telephones added
to the number owned and operated by
the System.
The total number of telephones in
the United States interconnected in
and with the System at the end of the
year was 17,574OOO.
There has been definite improve
ment in local exchange service. The
number of exchange plant troubles
per unit Of plant was reduced II per
cent.
The average time from the receipt
Of requests for the installation OF
telephones to the completion Of such
installation was reduced by one day
INCLUDING telephones installed in new
legations on account of subscribers
moves. more than 100000 installa
tions were made.
There is inevitably some demand
for telephone installations in outlying
sections that cannot be met tmme
diately. The number of such cases
that were waiting for service was re
duced 50 per cent.
More than $4,000 miles of toll wire
were added during the year, this
being the largest number of miles
added In any one year.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-25

That variety is the spice of life is
a weak statement where the weather
is concerned, but all kinds of weather
are necessary to continue mans exist
ence on the globe.
II there were all sunshine, vegeta-
ton would dry up and blow away and
man and beast would perish. II 1t
should rain indefinitely, there would
be second flood and every living
thing would, be drowned. And so it
goes with too much heat or too much
cold. In fact too much Of anything
will overdo the matter, so there must
be changes in the general scheme OF
things. even though they often upset
the we'll regulated plans Of numerous
people
Nowhere do sudden changes In
weather conditions upset the general
plan Of operation more than in the
telephone company" says Frederick
L. Rhodes, outside plant development
engineer of the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company in Bell Tele.
phone Quarterly. Every day more
than -50,000,O00 telephone converse.
tons take place on the lines Of the
Bell System in the United States
Rain or shine, hot or cold, under the
lash of winters sleety blasts or amid
the flashes Of the summer lightning
storm, this vast. intimate, personal
service to the American people car.
hs on day after day"
IA THE more inclement the weather
the more do people resort to the use
of telephones. There are appoint
ments to be cancelled or deferred, and
taxicabs to he summoned. The state
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-25
Cariboo Saved Frapper

Herbert Porter, Alberta trapper, in
jured himself In fall and crawled
to his cabin of logs in the wilderness
to rest and wait for his injuries to
heal. He had but two days supply
of food so he took up his station near
the cabin door and shot and killed a
cariboo as It passed his cabin. He
managed to dress out a quarter and
lived ON this for three weeks until
help arrived. He had great difficulty
in keeping the meat fresh and a por-
ton of it be dried, When searchers
found him he was somewhat emaciat-
ed hAt felt We'll.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-25
Served the Villains Right

A poor spider struggling for liv-
ing was indiscreet enough one night,
in his walk up Bridgeport (Conn.)
street, to step from one electric light
wire to another. An industrious ant
soon after discovered the electrQcuted
body and hasteway notified his rela-
tives, friends and scluaintances-hun-
drefts Of them AS fast as the ma
rppders stepped upon the dead spider
they in turn were electrocuted. The
wholesale tragedy was discovered
when electricians sought to find the
cause of the dlmming of lights In
houses in the vicinity.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-25

men in many ways. A sudden storm
may cause veritable flood of tele-
phone calls to rise quickly in central
Offices where, in fair weather, more
tranquil flow prevails.
Many portions Of the telephone
plant are peculiarly susceptible to at
mospheric conditions. In order that
the service shall not fail in the face
Of natures challenge, the plant must
be designed, constructed and main
tanned so as to be practically immune
to the ordinary vicissitudes of the
weather.
Careful plans for protection against
violent downpours and heavy gales
are not enough. The sultry, humid
summer dog-days and the clear, biting
nights of mid-winter would each
breed, in the telephone plant, host
Of their own peculiar kind of troubles
were it not for the vigilance of an
army of telephone people constantly
bent on outwitting the weather in all
of its varied moods.
Despite the unremitting care and
effort of the construction and main
tenance forces Interruptions of the
service due to rain, wind, sleet, heat,
cold and lightning would be frequent
and widespread but for the basal work
Of the telephone engineers and scien-
lists. These men. who invent, design
and test, in the laboratory and in the
field, the complex apparatus and
methods essential to modern telephone
service, must constantly keep in
mind the necessity of producing equip
ment that shall ever be best adapted
to withstand the onslaughts of the
elements.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-25
Bell System Adds 7S1, 600 Telephones
In 1926, Making Total OF II, $4,000
Annual Report President Clifford Tells of Continued Progress
of the Nations Telephone Service

The average length of time for COM
plotting toll calls for the whole System
during the year. including both toll
calls completed by local operators and
those handled at separate toll boards.
was two minutes per call, the lowest
for any year by IS seconds.
The quality of voice transmission
was practically perfect in SO per cent
of toll calls, an improvement of per
cent over the previous year.
During 1926 an adjustment in long
distance rates was made by the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company amounting to a reduction of
about s3,000.00O annually.
Mr.. Chords report on the financial
status of the Bell System as a whole
says
The investment of the American
Telephone and Telegraph Company
and its twenty four associated operat.
| ing telephone companies which com
prise the Bell Telephone System in
creased over $31S,OO0.000 during the
year, and total assets were over So.
256,000 900 at the end of the year.
The facts which this report gives
about the stockholders of the Amer
lean Telephone and Telegraph Co. are
striking proof of the tendency for
widespread ownership of American
corporations.
With 399,121 stockholders at the end
of the year. the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company doubtless has
the largest number of stockholders Of
any corporation In the world. The mel
gain in stockholders during the year
has been SO 942, which is larger than
the gain in 1925 The average number
of shares held per stakeholder is now
26.6, No shareholder owns as much
as one per cent. of the total STOCK
outstanding.
Although the telephone was one OIL
the greatest inventions of an age oil
large fortunes, the inventor and the
original hackers never made a grea'
fortune from tin fact. there are MOI
any Telephone fortunes"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-25
Party-Line Incident

whenever my sister called up my
mother, as she did every morning at a
certain hour, the people downstairs
listened in. That led to installing a
private line," writes NJ. G. "a short
time afterward a member of the fam
lily met one Of the eavesdroppers. She
said, You're not on our party line
any more, are your The answer was,
No I'm sorry said the eavesdrop-
per, because we don't get the latest
news any more.'" That sort
of evened 1t up.-Capper's Weekly
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-25
The CrucibIe

The passing over from one year to
the next offers opportunity for stock
taking or inventory-making in life.
What interest in service has my life
yielded7 Life has been considered by
some one as doing business under the
firm name Of "Soul & Company" Soul
is the senior partner. Body is the
associate. January first is the time to
set down the income and the outgo of
the. character, to consider how life's
business prospers; to determine
whether "Soul & Company" are rich
in the coin Of heaven or are facing
moral neutrality-suspicious. A. Her.
rick.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-25
Not the Curate,s Fault

A clergyman, called away suddenly
and unable to offfeiate at the services
In his church, entrusted his new curate
with the duty. On his return home he
asked his wife what she thought of
the curate's sermon.
'The poorest ever heard" she de-
clared; nothing in 1t at ALL"
Later in the day the clergyman,
meeting his curate. asked him how he
had got on.
"Splendidly,sir, replied the curate.
"T didn't have time to prepare any,
thing myself. so preached one Of
your sermons."-London Answers
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-25
Literary Monarch

Charlemagne, king of the Franks.
A. d. 76S-S14. is responsible for the
present type of letters, such as occur
on this page, according to an an
swered question in Liberty. Although
he himself never learned to write.
Charlemagne commissioned Alcuin, an
English monk, to design the letters.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-25
Celebration Passed Up

Fourth of July in Vicksburg, Miss,
is much the same as any other day.
1t is the only city in the United
States which does not celebrate the
Fourth, as it was on that day that tile
city fell to the Union troops during
the Civil war.-Detroit News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-25
President Clifford

President Clifford
defines the ideal
and aim Of Rhe
A m erican T ele :
phone and Tele-
graph Company and
it's Associa t e d
Companies as a
telephone service
for the nation, free,
so far as humanity
possible, from i'm
perfections, errors
Evening star., 1927-05-14
BIBLE CLASS TO HOLD
ITS CLOSING EXERCISES
Young Peoples Group of Central
Presbyterian to End
Winter Program.

The Young Peoples Bible Glass of
the Central Presbyterian Church.
which meets every Friday night, will
hold its closing exercises next Friday
at 7I5 pm. The class has been In
session since October and has been
studying the lie of Christ
The closing exercises will consist
of a public recitation. at which the
pastor, Rev. James III. Taylor. who
has been teaching the class, viii pre-
side and ask the questions.
The Woman's Auxiliary will cele-
brate its birthday anniversary next
Monday night. There will be a pag-
cant entitled THE Land of the Morn
ing Calm" The free will Offering will
be for the Presbyterian Girls School
at kwanju, Korea.
The Pitzer Bible Glass of young men
will present their Spring play We'd
nesday night. All the members
and friends Of the congregation are
invited. This class is taught by o. T.
Wright and C. r. Unger.
The General Assembly of the
Southern Presbyterian Church will
convene at Eldorado, Ark, May 10.
Selden M. Ely, an elder i'm this
church. has been appointed one Of
the commissioners.
Evening star., 1927-05-14
LAYMEN TO CONDUCT
Iceland SERVICES
Program for Ceremonies in St.
Barnabas' Church Is
Aunnnncad

Services in st. Barnabas' Church at
Iceland. Md, tomorrow will be con-
Quoted by four laymen of the Diocese
of Washington who were speakers In
several parts of the country during
the extensive period of the Bishops
Crusade of the Episcopal Church
during January and February last.
DIR. w. Sinclair Bowen and Ogle r.
Singleton will conduct the service at
II o'clock and the second service at
pm. will be conducted by Col John
III. Finney and DR.. l.. w, GlaZebrook.
Members of the Laymen's Service
Association Of the Diocese of Wash
ington have been requested by the
committee on evangelism to make a
pilgrimage to Iceland on this oc-
casion.
Arrangements have been made for
automobiles carrying members of the
Laymens Service Association and
their families to meet at the White
House Station. at Sixteenth and II
streets northeast, at 10 am. Others
who cannot attend the morning serv-
ice will motor out in time for the serv.
ice at 3 o'clock
Evening star., 1927-05-14
BISHOP FREEMAN
TO GIVE SERMON
Washington Cathedral Serv-
ice to Be Broadcast at
4P.M. Over WRC.

Right Rev. James Edward Freeman,
Bishop of Washington, will be preach
er at the peoples evensong in Bethle-
hem Chapel of Washington Cathedral
tomorrow at a pm. This service will
be broadcast over WRC.
At the II am. service the preacher
will be Re Edwin B. Niver, chap
lain United States Navy. The cele-
brant at this service, which will be
one of holy communion and sermon.
will be Rev. DR.. w. l.. DeVries, chan
cellor Of Washington Cathedral.
The other services tomorrow will
be: 7:30 am. holy communion; cele-
brant, Very Rev. G. c. f. Bratenahl,
dean of Washington, d. c.; 10 am,
morning prayer and litany, Rev. DIR.
w. l.. DeVries.
Rev. DR.. DeVries will conduct the
peoples evensong. at which Bishop
Freeman will be the preacher.
Evening star., 1927-05-14
CHURCH WILL mark
| 5TH ANNIVERSARY
Special Program Arranged
for Tomorrow at Concordia
Evangelical Lutheran.

The thirty-fifth anniversary Of the
dedication of Concordia Evangelical
Lutheran Church, Twentieth and G
Streets, will be observed tomorrow.
Rev. Charles Enders, the pastor, has
hrranged special program.
Rev. Davis Bruning, pastor or ST.
Matthews Evangelical Church, Bal
Iimore, and president of the board of
Educational institutions of the Evan
Eelical Synod of North America, will
the speaker in both the German
kervice at 10 am. and the English
5ervice at 11:15 am.
DIR. Menzel to Speak.
DR.. Paul A. Mcneil, executive secre-
larry If the board of foreign missions
Sf the Evangelical Synod of North
america and former pastor of Con-
ordia Church, will be the speaker in
he evening service at O'Clock. The
hirty ninth anniversary of the Con-
'ordia Mission Society and the fifty
'eyenth anniversary of both the Sun
law school and the Ladies' Aid So
'iety will be observed in the evening
'ervice.
The church was organized January
M, 1900 OIIueT luS ,iSduSl SlitP VI itS
Irst pastor, Rev. Mr.. Ungerer. the
trst church edifice was erected at
twentieth and G. streets in 1885.
When the fiftieth anniversary of the
|ongregation was celebrated in 1888
| movement was started to build a
/ ew church to meet the needs of the
+rowing congregation.
New Parsonage Built.
In 1885 a new parsonage was built
8 permit the tearing down of the old
|arsonage to make room for larger
3hurch building. After these steps
| ad been taken a desire on the part
Z many members to relocate the
*hurch and a change in pastorates
.elayed the building program for
|ew years. In 1890. however, 1T was
ecided to remain at the old site. In
hat year a Sunday school building
Fas erected on the site Of the old
arsonage and two years later the
resent church edifice was completed
nd dedicated on May Is, 1892.
4 In 1900 the new building was par
ally destroyed by fire, necessitating
bme rebuilding and redecorating.
Extensive improvements were made
1906 and again in 1925.
Evening star., 1927-05-14
Gardens of the Lord"

May 10 to 19--Fiftieth Annual Conven-
tion of Christian Mis-
sonary Society of
Maryland Delaware and
District nf CnlrIrn
Evening star., 1927-05-14
NOTICE!
News for the Saturday Church
Page must be received by the
Church News Editor not later
than Noon ON Friday.
WILL ATTEND ASSEMBLY.
Rev. and Mrs. Dunham to Start
West May 90.

Rev. j. Harvey Dunham, pastor of
the Western Presbyterian Church, III
street between Nineteenth and Twen-
tieth streets, will take for his sub
ject tomorrow morning at IL o'clock
''The Kings Business" and in the
evening at s o'clock, Wholesome
Worrying"
The pastor and Mrs. Dunham will
leave for San Francisco May 20 to at.
tend a meeting of the General Assem-
bly, of the Presbyterian Church. The
monthly meeting of the Young
aides Bible Glass will be held Tues.
day evening at SIS at the home of
Mrs. Gertrude Giffin, 1850 Spring
road.
Evening star., 1927-05-14
Support Is Urged
In Solving Rural
Church Problem
By the Associated Press.


Churches of all denominations
should get behind strong rural
church movement to correct over
churching in some communities
and underchurching in others, de-
c1ares C. J. Galpin, head of the
Division of Farm Population and
Rural Life of the Agriculture De-
partment.
Pointing out that the movement
of population is from the country
to the city and that farmers stand
out distinctly as family group,
Galpin feels that rural churches
must be more equitably distributed
and efficiently organized if the city
church is to succeed in adapting
those moving to urban centers and
maintaining the family touch, it's
strongest element.
Latest estimates show that the
farm population deceased $4,000
persons last year. A total of 2.155,-
900 persons moved from farms to
cities, but this figure was cut down
by the migration of more than a
million persons from cities to the
country and natural farm in
crease of 371 900 persons.
Evening star., 1927-05-14
FRIENDSHIP" is TOPIC.
Rev. Fl. B. Wooding to Preach al
lexington Church.

Rev. Henry B. Wooding will speak
tomorrow morning at IL o'clock at
the lexington Presbyterian Church,
North Capitol street and Florida ave.
nue., on Friendship" The installa-
tion of elders will take place. The
theme of the evening service is 1.-THE
Good Physician
Thursday evening at o'clock the
pastor will speak on the International
Sunday school lesson.
Evening star., 1927-05-14

7:3O a.m.-Hoiy Communion.
g:30 a.m.-Church School.
1I:Q0 a.m.--Morning Prayer ana Sermon.
s;9o p.n: yspsps Prayer and ssym0ps =
Evening star., 1927-05-14
PLANS ALL-DAY SERVICE.
Program Tomorrow at Gospel AS.
sernb1y's New Tabernacle.

There will be an all-day program
at the new Tabernacle of the Full
Gospel Assembly, North Capitol and
K streets, tomorrow. The pastor, Rev.
Harry L. Collier, will preach at II
am. on Let Us Go Into the House
of the Lord" and at 1880 pm. on
ruth, the Satisfied Stranger" The
Sunday school will meet at $40 am.
and there will be praise and song
service at pm. Mrs. M. T. Herman
will hold her Bible study Tuesday at
z pm. and the healing service will
be Tuesday at pm.
The pentecostal service will be We'd
nesday at 1880 pm. and the young
peoples meeting Friday at 7:3o pm.
Evening star., 1927-05-14
WILL PREACH TWICE.
Rev. DR.. Charles Wood to Speak in
Morning and Evening.

Rev. DR.. Charles Wood will preach
at both services at the Church of the
Covenant tomorrow. "A Reasonable
Man in a Reasonable Universe" will
be the morning subject, and Heroes
Who Keep the Soul of the World
Alive" the evening subject.
Rev. William A. Eisenberger will
preach the sermon to the junior
church. Mrs. Albert r. xley will give
an illustrated talk to the c. E. Society
at 6:45 o'clock on 1.-THE Moslem
World" The Mems Society will hold
its annual meeting for election of
officers Monday evening, when Will
helmus B. Bryan will speak on myths
in the History of Washington" The
Society of the Covenant will hold its
last meeting Of the season Wednesday
at IL am; speaker. Miss Georgia
Robertson. Midweek service Thurs
day at pm.
Evening star., 1927-05-14
PLANS FATHERS NIGHT"
Special Service, With Sermon, al
Second Baptist Church,

Fathers night" will be observed
at the services of the Second Baptist
Church tomorrow night. Rev. Ellis
C. Primm, the pastor. will speak on
the subject, "A Delinquent Father"
This sermon will be delivered at the
East Capitol Street branch, Seven.
teenth and East Capitol streets, at
$50 o'clock, and at 8 o'clock at the
church, Fourth street and Virginia
avenue southeast.
The subject of the morning sermon
will be mot to Destroy, But to
Fulfill" This will be the continuation
of a series.
Evening star., 1927-05-14
Pastors Sermon Topic.

Rev. J. l.. S. Hollowman, pastor of
Second Baptist Church. Third street
between Fl and streets, breaches to-
morrow at III am. on 1.-THE Conquest
Toward Gods Undiscovered Country" :"
and at 8 pm. on "The Lure of the
Ideal Versus the Lure Of Gold" The
Bible school will meet at 9:30 am
and the B. Y. p. y. at pm.
Evening star., 1927-05-14
DR.. A. ]. COOPER'S TOPIC.
Will Talk of "Notre Dame Cathe-
dral' Tomorrow Afternoon.

DR.. Anna J. Cooper will speak on
"Notre Dame Cathedral in the parish
hall of st. Luke's p. E. Church, Fif.
teenth and Church streets, tomorrow
at 5 pm.
Her address will be part of spe.
cial musical and literary program
under the auspices of st. Lukes
branch of the Nvomans Auxiliary of
the diocese of Washington.
Evening star., 1927-05-14
TRUTH, SERMON TOPIC.
Program Announced for Peck Me-
mortal Chapel.

"What Is Truth?" will be dis.
cussed tomorrow morning by Rev.
Irving w. Ketchum at Peck Memo.
rial Chapel. AT the night services he
will talk on 1.-THE Great Portrait of
Jesus by Himself" This will be IL.
lustrated by copy of the painting
by Soord, which will be thrown upon
the screen.
Z. d. Hathaway, chairman Of the
Presbyterian Laymen's Fellowship,
will address the mems class at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning.
Evening star., 1927-05-14
WILL CONTINUE SERVICES
Gospel Feast Evangelistic Party to
Officiate Tomorrow.

The Gospel Feast Evangelistic
Party, led by DR.. G.. Wilson Benton
Of Zenia, Ohio. will continue their
services through tomorrow at John
Wesley Church, Fourteenth and Cor
coran streets.
The pastor, Rev. DIR. III. T. Medford,
will attend the Philadelphia and Bal
timore Conference next Tuesday.