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UNION HOLDS MEETING.
Christian Endeavor Organization
Elects Convention Delegate.

The monthly meeting Of the Golden
Rule Christian Endeavor Union was
held at Shiloh Baptist Church, Ninth
and P streets. Monday night. Twenty
nine registrations to the Cleveland
convention were received. Mrs. Bessie
r. Taylor. secretary of the union, was
elected as the delegate to the conven-
ton.
A pageant of convention States was
PRESENTED by the following societies:
Shiloh. New Bethel. Union Wesley,
Galbraith and Third Baptist. Union
, Wesley, representing the State of
Pennsylvania. and Third Baptist, rep
resenting the District of Columbia,
/ were awarded first and second prizes.
| III Lee Smith, vice president, made an
address. The next meeting of the
1ll.ion will be held at the Plymouth
! Congregational Church. Seventeenth
1 and z streets.
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Y. Nj. G.. A. NEWS

The pulpit of Garden Memorial
Presbyterian Church. Anacostia. d.
c., will be occupied at 5 pm. tomor.
row by w. II. Loving. The pastor.
Rev. George NJ. Cummings, is attend
ing the sessions of the general as
sembly of his church in California.
Page Mex. Etchison, director of re
ligious work of the Y. NJ. C. A. will
teach the E'oxall Bible class of
Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church
tomorrow morning at $50 o'clock.
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DR.. PIERCE TO SPEAK
BEFORE UNITARIANS
Will Address Anniversary Meeting
to Be Held in Boston
Next Week.

Rev. DR.. Ulysses G. B. Pierce min
lister of All Souls Church will be one
of the speakers at the Unitarian ami
versary meetings TO be held in Boston
next week. He will address the Gen.
eral Alliance of Unitarian and Other
Liberal Christian Women on the sub
ject, The Function of a Church of
the Free Spirit"
Other speakers are William E.
Sweet, former Governor of Colorado;
Prof. George A. Coe of Teachers Col.
lege. Columbia University, and DR..
William l.. Hooking of Harvard Uni
versity.
In addition to DR.. and Mrs. Pierce,
the following delegates have been
chosen to represent All.Souls' Church:
Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Robertson, Mr.. and
Mrs. George A. Kicker, Mrs. f. H.
Horton, Mrs. r. Fl. c. Kelton, Mrs.
w. r. Maxon, Mr. and Mrs. Rees E.
McDuffie. Mrs. Whitman Cross and
Mr.. and Mrs. Laurence c. Staples.
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DR.. Bullock Gives Topics.

Rev. DR.. George o. BulIock's topic
at the Third Baptist Church, Fifth and
q streets. tomorrow at II am. is
The Spiritual Gift Impaired and at
pm. is The Lame Man Healed "
Bible school meets at 915 am; y. p.
c. l.. Society will discuss at pm.
topic Bible Guide" j. G. f. Society
will discuss at pm. Good Things in
School Life; prayer meeting Tuesday
s to 10 pm; young peoples prayer
meeting Thursday. s to 8 pm
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Plans Cemetery Service.

a Rogation Sunday service will be
held by Rev. Enoch NJ. Thompson at
Congressional Cemetery tome row,
with holy communion. at 9:15 am.
followed by Sunday school, in charge
of Melvin J. Mitchell. jr.; Mrs. Mitch
ell. Miss Doris Buell. and Miss r. NJ.
Well, teachers of the Annunciation
Chapel. Holy communion at the Ma.
tivity at 1880 and II am. Ascension
day, and 1890 am
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GUILD TO HOLD SERVICE.
Will Have Annual Ascension Day
Rites Next Thursday.

The annual Ascension day service
of the Washington Guild Of Lay
Readers and Acolytes will be held
in Christ Church, Sixth and G streets
southeast, next Thursday at pm.
The service win be conducted in
part by lay readers and Rev. Calvert
+. Buck, rector of Washington Par
ish, will preach the sermon. The
guild is composed not only of lay
readers licensed by the bishop as
assistants to the clergy in conduct
ing church services, but of the young
men and boys who are used i'll many
Of the Episcopal churches Of the city
as acolytes and servers at holy COM
munion and other services. Rev.
Enoch M. Thompson, vicar of the
Chapel of the Nativity, is director of
the guild.
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AUTHOR WILL LECTURE.
Florence Scovel Shinn to Appear at
Auditorium.

Florence Scovel Shinn of New York
City, author of ''The Game of Life
and How to Play It," will lecture in
the Unity Auditorium, 1926 l street,
tomorrow night at o'clock. Unity
Sunday school and Bible class meets
Sunday mornings at 9:45 o'clock, Mrs.
Lillian Christman superintendent.
-Arthur p. luck conducts a study
class in the Development of Spiritual
Man" Sunday afternoon at Sis
o'clock. and al Gas o'clock is the
Good Words Club. The speaker for
this week is Mary A. Williams. on the
subject Self Confidence"
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all Souls Services.

At All Souls Church Unitarian),
Sixteenth and Harvard streets. the
minister, Rev. DIR. Ulysses G. B. Pierce
will preach on the subject Friends
of Mammon." at the morning service
at IL o'clock. The feature at the
motion picture hour in Pierce Hall at
7:30 pm. will be Thank You," the
great stage success.
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REVIVAL CONDUCTED.
Claude F. Witty Is Giving Series
of Travel Talks.

Evangelist Claude +. Witty of De
troit, Mich, who is conducting re-
vival at the Fourteenth Street Church
Of Christ. Fourteenth street and Merid-
ian place, is giving n series of travel
talks on Egypt. the Holy Land, Turkey
and Italy and some other points he
has visited. These lectures are brief
and precede the r>~llar services.
which are conducted at 7;45 O'Clock.
lecture on the city of Jerusalem
as it is today will be given tomorrow.
The sermon Sunday morning will be
on Gods Measuring Reed"
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PROGRAM OUTLINED.
Mount Vernon Place Pastor tt
Talk on "Believe and Receive"

DIR. w. A. Lambeth will preach at
Mount Vernon Place NJ. f. Church to.
morrow on Believe and Receive and
in the evening Search Me, o Lord"
Rev. Mr.. Mckee will preach to the
junior congregation at II o'clock.
The Woman's Missionary Society
will meet Tuesday at . o'clock and
Wednesday at $50 ann. Mrs. J. r
Jacobs, conference officer, will be pres
ent. The Bible study class will con
clude its study of Great Bible Char
acters," next Tuesday at 1890 o'clock
Peter and Paul being the characters
studi d.
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Pastors TO Meet.

The Pastors Federation of Wash
! ineton will meet for the last time be-
fore the Summer vacation, Monday.
at IL am, at the New York Avenue
: Presbyterian Church. The chief item
/ of business is the consideration of
J new constitution for the association.
! At 11:30 o'clock DIR. Paul Heyl of the
j Bureau of Standards will give an ad-
dress on weighing the World"
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Advertising for a Wife.

''Why a Man Advertised for a
Wife" is a story to be related tomor-
row night. o'clock. by Rev. e Hez
Sven. at the Centennial Baptist
Church. The II o'clock morning ser
mon subject is, Rich in the Unreach-
able
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Men to Hold Smoker.

The Mems Club of the Blessed
Sacrament Church, Chevy Chase, will
hold a smoker, May %, at 8 pm. at
the Chevy Chase Library. Edward
RUPERT, chairman, announced there
win be special dance and song num-
bers, as well as an address by a
prominent speaker. Refreshments
will he served.
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Will Visit CHAPTER.

The Daughters of the King at the
Chapel of the Nativity, Massachusetts
avenue and Fourteenth street south
eeast, will be visited by the diocesan
sofficers and other members of the or.
lsder, May rs. at 8 pm. Rev. f, NJ.
'sThompson directs the work of his
lichapter.
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SERMONS ANNOUNCED.
Rev DR.. Wood to Preach on Daniel
Tomorrow.

Keeping the Soul of the World
Alive: Daniel. Master of Kings and
Wild Beasts VIII be Re Or. Charles
W0' IS sermon subject at the Church
of the Covenant tomorrow night His
morning subject win be "Harmonized
Wills"
Rev. William A. Eisenberger will
preach the sermon to the Junior
church congregation in the chapel.
Miss Daisy Gordon will lead the
Christian Endeavor.~ Judge William
f. Norris will teach the All Corners
Mems Bible Glass a. 945 am. Mid
week service Thursday at pm.
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Rev. w. Z. Darby to Preach.

!. Rev. w. l.. Darby. executive secre-
tary OF the Washington Federation of
churches, will preach tomorrow morn
3ng and evening in Western Presby-
iterian Church. The pastor, DIR. j. II.
.Dunham, has gone to San Francisco
40 attend the meeting Of the General
lAssembly.
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WILL DISCUSS TASKS"
Rev. H. B. Wooding Announces
Sermon at lexington.

Rev Henry B. Wooding will speak
tomorrow morning at II o'clock at
the Ecking ton Presbyterian Church.
North Capitol street and Florida
avenue, on the theme Common
Tasks" and at the evening service
on "Why Jesus Went Away"
Thursday evening at o'clock the
pastor will speak on the international
Sunday school lesson.
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Will Preach Twice.

Rev. DR.. J. Milton Waldron, pastor
of Shiloh Baptist Institutional
Church, Ninth and p streets. will
preach tomorrow night on "Thc
Wife's Influence" At II am. the
subject of his sermon will be, More
Blessed to Give Than to Receive"
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Pastor Will Preach

The pastor, Rev. H. J. Smith, of
the Petworth Church will preach an
other of the series on "The Divine
Challenges to Life" at the evening
service tomorrow. The morning serv-
ice subject is Our Obvious Relation
ships"
Evening star., 1927-05-21
BAPTIST UNIONS
ELECT OFFICERS
EIgin Smith Chosen Presi-
dent of Columbia Fed
GRAFTON.

Ligin Smith was elected president
Of the Columbia Federation of Young
peOpie'S Unions at the annual business
meeting Tuesday night at the West
Washington Baptist Church. Other
officers selected were; First vice pres
ident Thomas r. Wilson: second vice
president, Elwyn Caskey; recording
secretary. Donna Mae Sparks: CORE
spending secretary. Martha LaviSsOn,
and treasurer, w w st. Clair. John
Ruthven. first president of the fedora.
ZION. retired after eight years of serv-
ice and was elected president emeritus.
Was Formerly Superintendent.
Mr. Smith was formerly superin-
fendent of the Sunday school of First
Baptist Church and treasurer of that
! church for II years. He is chairman
of the committee on young people S
work of the Columbia Association of
! Baptist Churches of the District, rep
resentative on the board of managers
/ or the Is. y. r. L. A. and transporta-
tion leader of the District of Columbia
delegation to the b. y. L. I. a. con
vention in Philadelphia. He is past
master of Lebanon Lodge, No. I, and
/ patron of Lebanon Chapter, Order OF
The Eastern Star.
A collection was taken for the Mis-
SiSSippi flood reHet, amounting TO
SS6.36. The federation voted to have
its annual boat ride June is TO Mar
! shall Hall. 1t was announced that
convention rally would be held at the
First Baptist Church, July >, by dele
gates from Illinois. Missouri and West
Virginia. who will be on their way to
the thirty sixth convention of the
Baptist Young Peoples Union of
America. which meets in Philadelphia
July 10 10.
Campaign Results Given.
Results of the efficiency campaign,
extending from November. 1926.
through April, 1927, were announced,
with First Church first. Bethany sec
ond. Fountain Memorial third, Temple
! fourth and East Washington Heights
fifth.
The following awards were made IN
the athletic department: First Church
received a trophy for winning first
nlace in the Girls Basket Ball League,
Bethany "B' won first place in the
Girls Bowling League and Fifth won
first place in the Boys Bowling
League for the third year in success
sion, thus becoming permanent own
. ers of the present trophy, Mrs.
Reamy won eight individual medals
in girls bowling Plans were made
for meeting the Philadelphia B. Y.
= y. L. in a tennis match during the
summer.
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BUSBY WILL SPEAK.

Mississippi tative to Ad-
dress Georgetown Presbyterians.
The evening service tomorrow at 8
O'Clock at the Georgetown Presbyte-
rian Church will be under auspices of
the Mems Bible Class
The speaker will be Representative
Jeff Busby of Mississippi.
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is to improve the public health. 1t is
realized that sound bodies mean an in
creased Industrial efficiency. But the
purpose goes beyond this to the
cleansing and clarifying OF the mind,
raising the whole standard of life. 1t
is becoming better and better under
stood that sound body, an informed
mind, normal social contacts and that
contentment which comes from oppor-
tunity for broader self.exprsssion
are all vital factors in the preserva-
ton of our national existence. The
significance of this development is tri'
umphantly American. In this country
the sciences, the arts, the humanities,
are not reserved for a supposed aris-
tocracy, but for the whole Of the
people. Here we do not extend privi'
lege to n few; we extend privilege to
everybody. That which was only pro-
vided for kings and mobiles in former
days we bestow freely on the people
at large. The destiny OF America Is
to give the people still more royal
powers. TO strengthen their hand for a
more effective grasp upon the scepter.
Developed Social Equality.
eat the risk OF being tedious, l have
attempted to explain what / conceive
has been taking place In this region,
because 1t is so representative of the
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| This park is real memorial to World
War service because 1t distinctly
recognizes the sovereignty and mate
rally enlarges the dominion of the
people 1t is a true emblem of our
Republic.
1.-THE making of parks Is not new
idea in the world. We can trace 1t
back to the Hanging Gardens of Baby
lon and the practice OF the early
Egyptians, from whence 1t leads down
through all the Old World history.
But this idea had little to do with the
public. Parks were private affairs for
the benefit of royalty and the nobil-
ity. Areas devoted to the pleasure and
recreation of the people at large, for
mally laid out and beautified by pri-
vate benefaction or public expense,
are of recent origin. 1t is true that
Boston Commons reaches back to 1894,
but it was q common in those days
only in the legal sense that 1t was q
place for public pasturage. Some pc.
litical exiles from Germany created a
temporary interest In outdoor gymna-
Sums prior to 1880. The old First
Church in Boston established an out
door playground for children in 1868,
and soon after the neighboring town
of Brookline purchased land for the
lie parks and gardens adorned with
shrubs and flowers and laid out with
walks, one of the first efforts to pro-
vide such places with recreational IA
cilities was made in the famous
Charlesbank Outdoor Gymnasium at
Boston about 1890. Louisville, KY,
quickly followed, and around 1900 the
city Of New York. partly under the
influence of Jacob Riis, began to open
number Of small playground parks.
Social Life of Young Folks.
Now there is scarcely a municipal
ity in our country that has not made
some provision for these important
functions. Almost as much attention
is given to providing places for the
people to play as is given to furnish
ing them with places to live and places
to work. The present century has
seen tremendously vital develop
ment in the opening up of small parks
in congested centers. the laying out of
Fairgrounds for children, the building
of community centers to minister to
the normal social life of the young
folks, and the establishment Of ath-
letic and recreation fields for the gem
eral public. The wholesome, strength
ening, refining influence which all Of
these have had upon American life Is
beyond estimation. 1t Is all an impor-
tant part of the dominant purpose of
this Republic to raise up people who
are fit to rule.
1.-THE immediate aim Of these efforts
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growth of our whole country. Taken
as a whole. 1t liz the most wonderful
picture of human advancement that
the world has ever seen. We can
visualize 1t in its early beginnings,
few people daring the perils of an un-
known wilderness along the Atlantic
seaboard, seeking only the privilege
OF living their own life in their own
way. inspired by fervent zeal to be
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We. know how thew .f,ourished

free. We. know how they. fourished
and became numerous and strong.
They set up their local town meetings
and established a representative sys-
tenn for the government of their colo
MES. They built free public schools
and centered their community life
around their places of worship. As
they nearly all drew their substance
from the soil and were individually
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tary ability are shown by the number
of citations for distinguished service
which they received. Hammond, East
Chicago and Whiting all gained spe
cial recognition in each Of the Liberty
Loan drives for having raised their
full quotas in every call within "a
hours A notable achievement in
Hammond was the construction of the
building for war work, called Liberty
Hall. Six hundred workmen contribut-
ing their services, this structure,
which seated $500 people, was erected,
painted and dedicated within eight
hours. 1t was not only as individuals,
but as whole industrial organizations
turning out vast supplies, furnishing
engineering and technical skill, that
this township put its whole resources
at the service of humanity.
'It was to be expected that after
the victory was won the men and
women who had accomplished it
had turned to their peace-time voca.
tons, the strains and dislocations of
the war had been somewhat adjusted
and prosperity had again returned,
that the public spirit of this commit
nifty would require that some hitting
memorial be provided as a tribute to
all who served, and particularly to
those who gave their lives in the
great conflict. Having practical
turn of mind, they wished for some.
thing not only beautiful but useful.
Happily 1t was determined to combine
the desire for a memorial with the
desire for an extensive recreation
park. To promote this project 10 men
from your three cities met in 1925 and
made an initial subscription Of $4,000
e., n
later added $4,000 for the develop
ment OF a 226.acre tract, which We
are dedicating today as the Wicker
Memorial Park. Although by act of
the Legislature this property was
taken over, the original projectors re.
imbursed, and it Is now administered
bv a board of trustees, a great deal of
credit is due to the foresight and
public enterprise of the 16 men who
made this public benefaction possible
and brought it to a final success.
Athletic fields. base ball diamonds.
tennis courts and golf course of IS
holes are among the attractions which
this recreation field opens to the
public.
Appropriate Memorial.
"It is peculiarly appropriate FOR a
public recreation field to be dedicated
as a memorial to those who served in
the World War. Perhaps the chief
issue in that great conflict was the
determination Of whether an arto.
cratic form or a republican form of
government was to be predominant
among the great nations of the earth.
1t was fought to a considerable extent
to decide whether the people were to
rule or whether they were to be ruled;
whether self-government or autocracy
should prevail. Victory finally rested
on the side of the people. A great
step forward was taken in more firmly
establishing their rightful sovereignty.
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self-sustaining, they held strongly to
the theory and the practice Of social
equality. When they saw their free.
dom, their .self-yovernmeht and their
social system rnenaced, they struck
out boldly for dependence. Having
achieved 1t. they enshrined the prin-
ciples which they had established with
their blood in the'matchless provisions
Y -lc.ouAin.aoA o.. Cax.araAi, pnnoA
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| NOSAAtAAbOA AlOIIl II II ~ No5 ~
Lake Michigan, so that ore and other
raw materials come in by water,
while it is also close to the great coal
fields of Indiana, Illinois and OHIO,
| Through this region run the lines OF
many great railroads, taking its PROD
ucts easily to a great part of our ma
| tional domain. 1t is near to the cen
ter of population, which is now 10
Gated in Indiana, and is peculiarly
connected with the growth or the
great Southwest. But when all THESE
advantages have been considered we
| come to the unacceptable conclusion
that the real foundations on when
these communities rest, the main reil'
ance on which they depend, is the
character OF their people. To the I'M
DERIVING strain of native stock have
been added the industry, the skill. the
perseverance and the courage OF many
other lands. Many languages are
spoken here. But considering them
all, who shall say which are making
the most valuable contribution, which
most truly represent the spirit of the
age, which are the best Americans?
Spirit of Patriotism.
Patriotism is indigenous to this soil.
Not the visionary variety which talks
of love of country but makes no sacri-
fees for it, but the higher. sterner
kind, which does and dares, defending
ASA ults upon it's firesides and intru-
sion upon it's liberty with musket in
it's hands. Yet they are orderly,
peaceable people, neither arrogant
nor quarrelsome, seeking only those
advantages which come from tbs we'll
earned rewards of enterprise and in
dustry.
'Such, a people always respond
when there is need for military serv-
ice. At the time of the Mexican War,
Lake County had but a scattering set
Element, yet 25 or 80 of its men Joined
company Of volunteers which was
organized by Joseph P. Smith. In
the war between the North and the
South the county had but little over
5000 population, but it supplied
more than 1000 men for the Union
forces. OF that number rs died as a
result of their service. Almost every
able.bodied man in the county must
have gone to the defense of the flag.
The city of Hammond furnished the
entire roster of Company A of the
161st Volunteer Infantry, and other
parts Of the Northwest Township re-
sponded equally well in the war with
Spain. It was not until the World
War, however, that this township
made it's large contribution for the
defense of our country. It's record
there is a most distinguished one. In
the I'd, Saith, seth and the Rainbow
Divisions there were 6,971 of your peo-
pie. Their capacity, courage and mill
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PRESIDENT [AUDS
AMERICAN LOYALTY
Says Country's Future De-
ponds on Peoples Advance
ment-Points Out Faults.

Continued from First Page.l
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PERSONALS

Miss Winifred Kavanaugh, OF
Manchester, England, is visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Kenyon, where
she will remain until September
The Misses Clara and Margaret
Hollingsworth motored to Jackson
vile, Florida, where they will make
short stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Steelman
, are on a tour in Canada.
The Seaside theatre which has
been closed all summer reopened
on Sunday evening. A large audi
ence was present.
Allan johnson and two children,
have left for their home at lambs
Terrace, Pa, after being enter
tanned by Mrs. Anna Hera.
Miss Mary Cummings of Wash
ington, D. c.. was entertained by
the Misses Alice and Mary Woods
for a week.
Mrs. Charles Schuyler, of Phila-
delphia is the guest of Mrs. Hannah
Wright for several days.
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of her sister, Mrs. Mary H. Edge.
She will remain until after Labor
Day.
Harry Horgal, of Philadelphia,
is having his property improved.
Miss Dorothy Craig spent a
week in Philadelphia with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Jones and
daughter, Mrs. Harry Castor and
children, of Oaklyn, Pa, are
wpending the remainder of the
summer in the annex of the
Gibson Winner cottage.
The Misses Helen and Margaret
Caldwell, of Germantown, are be-
ing entertained at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Worthington.