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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-05
FOUR SERMONS BASED
ON SAYINGS OF JESUS"
Rev. Or. Pierce Of All Souls Church
to Inaugurate Special
Series Tomorrow.

A series of four sermons based on
sayings of Jesus. which. while regard
cd as genuine, did not and their way
into our gospels. will be inaugurated
at All Souls Church Unitarian. Six
teenth and Harvard streets, tomorrow
morning at IL o'clock, by the minister,
Rev. DIR. Ulysses G.. B. Pierce. A SER
mon on The Bridge" Is developed
from a beautiful and characteristic
saying inscribed in Arabic within the
gateway of the Mohammedan mosque
near Agra, India. and was discovered
by the Scottish missionary, DIR. Alex
ander Duff. In 1S49.
The speaker at the book chat at sac
pm. will be Or. William r. Ritter.
president of Science Service. He will
discuss his own recent book, THE Nat
ural History of Our Conduct" The
motion picture hour will be resumed
at 100 pm. The feature to he shown
In Alaskan Adventures"
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Christian Endeavor

A meeting of the District OF Colum.
bia Christian Endeavor Union will be
held March II, at the United Brethren
Church, North Capitol and r streets.
at pm. William Knowles Cooper.
secretary OF the Y. NJ. c. A., will be
the speaker of the evening, his sub.
ject being Evangelism and Bible
study" This will be joint meeting
of the Senior and Alumni Endeavor.
ers, at which time the Alumni will
hold their annual election Of officers.
One.half OF the quota of registra-
tions has been secured for the thirty
first international Christian Endeavor
Convention, 10 be held at Cleveland,
Ohio. July 2 to :.
intermediate.
The intermediate Christian Endeav-
or Union will meet March II, at 7:45
pm, at the Takoma Park Presbyte-
rian Church. The church is near the
corner of Maple and Tulip avenues.
1t will be social meeting, A. pro-
gram lis being prepared. A feature of
the evening will he one.act play
presented by the First congregational
Society.
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SERIES IS ARRANGED.
Albright Memorial Church to Hear
Lenten Sermons.

Beginning tomorrow, community
Lenten services VIII be held Sunday
and Thursday evenings at the tempo
rary meeting place Of the Albright
Memorial Church, 1924 Third street.
Rev. George r. Schnsbel, the min
lister. will preach on the crises In the
life Of Jesus from the following texts:
March 6. THE Parting OF the Ways;
March 10. The Temptation: March
13. THE Conditions of Discipleship";
March II, "A Critical Hour; March
20. Christ Rejected; March "a, Fac.
ing Criticism; March %, Answering
Skepticism''; March 81, Christ Ac-
cepts Divine Homage; April 3. "A
Crisis in Disappointments"; April Z.
~ Denial Is Needed; April 10. Fac
ing the Cross"
Construction work la proceeding on
the perma nent church at Fourth and
Rittenhouse streets.
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PASTOR WILL PREACH.
Communion servicesS Tomorrow at
Epworth M. e. Church.

Rev. John Paul Tyler, pastor, will
preach tomorrow at II o'clock in Ep.
worth Nj. K. Church, South. Thirteenth
street and North Carolina avenue
northeast. Communion service will be
held He will also preach at 3 pm.
The regular monthly meeting of the
board of stewards will be held Monday
at pm. The Sunday School Teach
ers' Council will meet Wednesday at
pm.
A cable from China states that DIR.
Herbert P. Ramsey, medical mission.
airy to the Methodist Hospital In 500.
chow, Is safe and well. Or. Ramsey
liz a member OF this church and Is
partially supported by the church In
his work In Soochow. which Is approx
tmately Sc miles northwest of Shang
hal. and in the area of the warning
factions. With DR. Ramsey are his
wife and little girl
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REV. ABERNETHYS TOPIC
Is 1.-THE LONELY WAYv
Subject of Preside Sermon Will
Be Beauty Hints for Girls"
Other Activities.

THE Lonely Way" ia the topic of
the sermon which Rev. DR.. W. 8.
Abernethy will preach tomorrow
morning at Calvary Baptist Church.
This IL the fifth sermon In the series
on THE Cross" The Preside sermon
on home problems will be given at
8 o'clock. the subject being Beauty
Hints for Girls"
Communion will he observed at the
close Of the morning service.
The Burial class will hold It's
quarterly at home" from to 7 to.
morrow in the primary room. The
Chinese department Of the Sunday
school will meet at 5 o'clock and the
deaf department at 8 O'Clock In the
Sunday School house.
Miss Ethel Heath will be tho lea der
Of the intermediate Christian En-.
deavor Society. which meets ct 7
o'clock tomorrow evening. The SEN.
Tor Society meets at GAS o'clock.
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Rev. Homer A. Kent, pastor of the
First Brethren Church, Twelfth and Il
row morning at II o'clock from the
subject Elijah. Gods Saint, in Con-
fict." In the evening at 7:45 his sub
ject will he evangelistic, ITO Whom
Shall We Coz" Sunday school meets
at $50 am. and Christian Endeavor
at 6:4S n m
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FESTIVAL ARRANGED.

The annual Spring festival of the
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
OF the Methodist Churches of the
District of Columbia will BE- held
March % and q in Calvary M. e.
Church, Fifteenth street and Co
lumbia road. Miss II. l.. Fowler Ia
chairman.
Dinner will he served each evening
from 80 to 7 o'clock, the hostess
in the dining room being Mrs. Harry
Hoskiuson, district treaurer Of the
society. assisted by the treaSurers OF
the w. T. M. S. of the different
churches
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VAUGHN CLASS AS HOST.
Printing Office Force to Attend
Meeting Tomorrow.

The Vaughn Class Of Calvary Bap.
fist Church will be host to the men OF
Judd DetweileF's printing estab.
ushment tomorrow morning at $50
o'clock. and George III. Judd will pre
eide. Rev. Homer j. Councillor win
teach the lesson.
The class club will meet in the
Sunday School House Monday evs.
ming at O'Clock, when Conadr. r W
Schrum, chaplain of the Mavsovs,
will give lecture, Tapping the Dcor
Bells of Europe" which will he illus.
trated with stereopticon slides. tn.
men will invite their wives and sweet.
hearts. Ne''
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EUROPE IS TOPIC.
Foundry M. z. Church to Hear of
Survey on Continent.

Rev. Or. Frederick Brown Harris,
pastor of Foundry Methodist Episco-
pal Church, will preach tomorrow
morning on the theme The Greatest
Love Story"
At the evening service Rev. George
Mechlenberg, who has recently re-
turned from survey of the mission
field in Europe, will speak on the
Moral and Spiritual Conditions in
Europe"
During the last week DIR. Harris
and family moved from the old par.
sonage on r street to the new Foundry
parsonage at 2soo Thirty,sixth street.
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REV, r. w. NEVE TO TALK.
Mountain Mission Work Will Be
Topic Next Wednesday.

Rev. Frederick w. Neve, archdeacon
for the Blue Ridge Mountain Missions
of the Diocese of Virginia, will he the
guest of honor at the residence of DR..
and Mrs. w. c. Rives at 1902 Rhode
Island avenue next Wednesday. at
$50 pm, when Dr. and Mrs. Rives
will entertain the Washington auxil-
larry committee on Virginia mountain
missions.
Accompanying Archdeacon Neve to
the meeting will be Rev. w. r. Mason
Of Charlottesville. Rev. F. s. Parsons,
of Elkton and Rev. David Lewis of
Stanardsville, all of whom will speak
Ogle r. Singleton il secretary ot the
Washington auxiliary and DIR. Marcus
Benjamin Is the treasurer.
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voyage OF LIFE" TOPIC.
Rev. III. W. Tolson's Fifth Anniver-
sary to Be Marked.

The Westminster Presbyterian
Church will celebrate the fifth ami
versary of the pastorate of Rev.
Henry w. Tolson tomorrow at the
morning service. The pastor will
preach by request a sermon on THE
Voyage of Life"
At the evening service the subject
Will be How To Get Rich"
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BY REV. HUGH T. STEVENSON.

SHARING THE GOOD NEWS.
Acts. villas; III Corinthians,
v.14-20.
Golden Text-Ye shall be my
witnesses.--Acts, Is.
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The first Of two illustrated lectures
on the New Testament will be given
at the Central Y. NJ. e. A. tomorrow,
at 4 pm. This 10 one Of the course
Of lectures that IL being given each
Page Mex. Etchiscn.
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DR.. HERS0N AT HAMLINE.


Rev. DR.. Joseph r. Herson will
preach tomorrow morning at Hamline
Methodist Episcopal Church on Win.
ming Ones Self"
At o'clock he will continue his
series of evangeliseic aermons, the
subject being What Is God Like"
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CLOSING SERVICES.
Evangelists Announce Ending Of
Revival at Local Church.

HcVlVdl nj LOCAL CnOrCh.
Evangelists Hickman and McCravy
Will conduct their closing services to.
morrow morning and evening In the
revival at Metropolitan Baptist
Church. Rev. DIR. John Compton Ball
will be In charge of the services and
will baptize a number of converts at
the evening service.
Mr.. McCravy will Also address a.
union meeting of the senior and inter.
mediate e. Y. p. u. and the Y. p. 8.
of c. e. at e;45 pm.
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ing the World War, is expected to de-
liver an address.
The comedy, Not Herbert" was
successfully presented in ST. Martin
auditorium, Gaithersburg, early in the
week by the st. Martins Players,
under direction of Rev. John S. Cuddy,
pastor of st. Martins Catholic Church
Gaithersburg. 1t was given for the
benefit of st. Martins Parochial
School and a nice sum was cleared.
The members Of the choir OF the
Rockville Baptist Church and a few
other friends were entertained by Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Blandy, the latter
directress Of the choir, at their home
on the Rockville pike, at Montrose,
Thursday evening. The guests in
cluded Mrs. Eugene Scott, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry E. Stratmyer, Mr.. and
Mrs. Russell Conklin. Mrs. Ella
Baker, Misses Louise Reynolds,
Blanche A. Corwin, Edna Benson and
Helen Ramey and Messrs. Harry S.
Beall, Adds Robertson and John Clag-
gett of Rockville, and Horace A. Lake
of Washington.
Under the auspices Of the woman's
auxiliary of st. Bartholomew's Epis-
copal Church, Laytonsville, the COM
edy, safety First" will be presented
in the Modern Woodmen Hall, Lay.
louisville, the evening Of June II. by
the st. COLUMBIA Players of Wash
ington.
The rite of baptism will be admin
istered to two candidates in the Rock
vile Christian Church tomorrow eve.
ming, according to announcement by
the pastor, Rev. S. j. Goode, who will
conduct special services in connection
Herewith and preach the sermon.
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VIENNA.

VIENNA, Va, June 4 (SpeciaD.-
Memorial day services were conducted
at Flint Hill Cemetery, Oakton, Mon
day by Rev. L. v. Schermerhorn, pas
tor Of the Presbyterian Church here.
Music was furnished by the Vienna
Music Club.
Fairfax County Chapter, D. A. r.,
held its June meeting Friday at the
home Of Mrs. Franklin Williams, the
new regent, at Franklin Station.
The Vienna Music Club will meet
"Wednesday at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. B. Sellars on Maple avenue.
Dr. A. J. Clark of Washington gave
an illustrated lecture on The Daily
Vacation Bible School Work" Sunday
at the Episcopal parish hall. Vienna
last year conducted such a schsol I'M
der auspices of the four churches, and
will continue this work this year,
holding sessions the last week in June.
Rev. Edwin Latch is local director,
and 1t is planned to have a paid in
structor in addition to the local corps
OF teachers.
The Vienna public school will close
next Thursday. Graduation exercises
will be held Tuesday night.
r. E. Berry of Ash Grove, near
Vienna, has announced his candidacy
for the Fairfax County Board of Su-
pervisors from Providence Magiste-
rial District in opposition to Harry v.
Leigh, incumbent. The other candi-
date is j. NJ. Patterson Of Franklin
Park.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05

ALEXANDRIA, Va, June (Spe.
cab. The local executive committee
which is in charge of arrangements
for the forty-first annual convention
Of the Virginia State Firemen's Asso-
citation will meet Monday night at 8
o'clock in the clubroom of No. / Mo-
tor Company. An excursion to Mar.
shall Hall will be given by the Alex
andria Fire Department Friday night
to help raise funds for the convention.
The Virginia Lodge, No. 1916, will
meet Tuesday night at 1880 pm. in
Carpenters Hall.
The thirty.first anniversary of Alex
andria Tent, No. 2, and second ami
versary of Alexandria Hive, No. AZ,
will be celebrated Jointly at banquet
in the Odd Fellows Temple Thursday
evening. Rev. DR.. E. V. Register.
former pastor Of the Methodist Epis'
copal Church, South, will be the prln-
cipal speaker.
Misses Elsie Wine and Elsie BloXon,
both OF Harrisonburg, Va, have been
selected to teach at the next term OF
the primary department Of the Alex
andria Public Schools. Six more
teachers have yet to be named by the
school board.
Carpenters to Elect.
The local union. No. 1865, Carpen-
tiers and Joiners of America, will meet
Saturday, June II, to elect officers.
Candidates for the Offices We're nomi.
mated Thursday.
Mrs. Elizabeth J. Nails, 70 years OF
age, widow of the late B. w. Nails.
and former resident of this city, died
in Norfolk. Va, this morning. The
body of the deceased will be brought
to the home Of her daughter. Mrs. r.
A. Wilkins of West Bellefonte avenue,
Del Ray, and will arrive here on the
Norfolk boat tomorrow morning.
Funeral services will be held from the
home of Mrs. Wilkins Monday after
noon at o'clock and interment will
be in the old Christ Church Cemetery.
Last rites will be conducted by Rev.
Percy L. Vernon Of the First Baptist
Church. this city, and Rev. John s.
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ANDREW CHAPEL.

ANDREW CHAPEL, Va, June
(SpeciaD.-Farmers and Mechanics
Council, Fraternal Americans, will
meet Tuesday in the schoolhouse.
The Aid of the Southern Methodist
Church met with Mrs. Roy Money
Wednesday and voted money to pay
for repairs to the parsonage at Fair
fax.
There will be no services at the
Primitive Baptist Church tomorrow,
many of the members planning to at
tend the meetings to be held at Up
perville and Cedar Creek. Special
services were held last Sunday, with
four visiting preachers assisting Elder
Dalton of Baltimore.
At the Junior League meeting
Thursday. Mr.. Rector was appointed
to buy an unabridged dictionary for
the school. Plans were made for the
annual outing of the league members
at Great Falls on Thursday. The
league will provide transportation for
the children, and refreshments.
commencement exercises will be
held Wednesday night, including
songs, recitations and several play
let's. Certificates will be awarded to
five 5-point children and reading Ger.
tificates to 10 members of the Junior
League who have complied with the
rules Tor collateral reading.
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HERNDON.

: HERNDON, Va, June (SpeciaD.-
Bids on the new school were opened
this week, William II. Dawson maxi
ling the lowest, $44,9S7. The school
aboard declined to let the contract until
provision is made for the funds, and
meetings Of the town council and citi-
s2ens' association have been called. A
$4,000 loan by the State oBard Of Ed
ucation has been granted. The school
board has entered suit for $4,000 in
surance on the building destroyed by
fire January Is.
Allen II. Kirk, appointed chairman
of the July carnival by the Cham
Der of Commerce. has chosen Silas +.
Hutchinson, Raymond n. Wrenn, @.
Robert Sims and w. Frank Humme
members of his committee.
To Address Graduates.
Rev. J. w. Anderson, pastor of the
Washington Congregational Church.
will deliver the baccalaureate sermon
to the graduating class of the Herndon
High School tomorrow evening in the
Congregational Church, and f. Hilton
Jackson of Washington will be the
speaker at the graduating exercises
Friday evening.
The closing exercises of the Floris
Vocational School, Miss Sadie c. Det-
wiler of Herndon, principal. began on
Wednesday, when the class in home
economics held it's exhibition. Tomor-
row at IL o'clock the Rev. Chancellor
NJ. Brown will preach in the school
auditorium.
Wednesday night the commence
ment of the high school will be held,
Walter S. Newman of the Virginia
Polytechnical Institute being the
speaker.
Representative Harvey E. Hanes
will present diplomas to the graduates,
who are Misses Elma Jarrett Middle
ton, Harriet Moultrup, L. Virginia
Presgraves and Ralph F. Armfield,
Joseph E. Beard, John E. Hessick,
Oliver w. Keyes. Richard L. Lee,
Daniel L. Nails, Gilbert r. Presgraves,
NJ. Henry Rogers, Allen A. Shear and
Grafton c. Utterback.
The grade commencement of this
school will take place on Thursday
afternoon.
Wins Essay Contest.
Miss Virginia Presgraves of Floris
won the SO prize in the county for
estry essay contest held last week.
Jack L. Mock of Rosslyn and Miss
Edna NJ. Robey of Fairfax were mar
ried in Washington last Saturday.
A meeting of the Fortnightly Club
was held on Wednesday afternoon,
Mrs. Jesse Hughes giving her report
as delegate to the Federation Of Wom-
ans Clubs.
The Home Interest Club will hold
its June meeting Tuesday at the home
Of Mrs. Alexander Gait.
Next Sunday afternoon the Dranes-
vile District Sunday School Associ-
alton will hold it's semi-annual meet
ing at Salem Methodist Church, a
number Of good speakers and special
music being on the program.
Decoration day services, arranged
by Mrs. Mary NJ. North, were held in
Chestnut Grove Cemetery Monday,
Rev. Harold E. McClay and Rev. c. NJ.
Brown conducting services, after
which the graves were decorated by
school children. Mrs. North was in
charge OF the memorial service held
Sunday afternoon at Key Bridge for
the airmen who fell during the war.
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BOERS|G GRANTED
3|EDAY REPR|EVE
Alleged Slayer of Two Chill
dren Near Alexandria Seeks
New Trial of Case.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dlspatch to The star.
ALEXANDRIA,. Va. June A
30-day reprieve was granted today to
Louis Boersig, alleged murderer of
Loretta Elizabeth Ridgeway, T-year-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
'Ridgeway. by Gov. Harry Flood Byrd
following applicati ton for a new trial
The request was filed by Frederick l..
Flynn and Lindsey Carne. counsel
for Boersig. before Judge Fl. r. L.
Chichester at Fredericksburg Tuesday
Boersig was convicted in the Fair
fax courthouse on April 6. before
Judge Howard W. Smith, and SEN
fenced to be electrocuted in Richmond
June Z. 1t was alleged that on March
4 BoerSig entered the Rtdgeway resi-
dence in Fairfax county, just south
of this city, and attacked Mrs. Ridge
way and two of her three children.
~'rhe mother has recovered.
Application for a new trial was
made on the grounds that a request
for a change of venue and a motion
for a verdict contrary to the law in
evidence were denied. It was also
.pointed out that a motion for con-
;tinuance was enormously denied and
that juror became incapacitated
during the trial.
"a" application will now be placed
in the hands of five judges of the
State Court Of Appeals, and if a IA
Ivorable decision is given. the trial may
sbe held anywhere i'll the State.
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ALEXANDRIA NEWS NOTES
wers of the Baptist Church of Del

I Sewers of the Baptist Church Of Del
| Ray.
Arthur Black, executive secretary
| of the Lutheran Laymen's League of
Washington, will address the J. r. N.
Curtin Memorial Baraca class of the
First Baptist Church tomorrow morn
ing at $3.50 o'clock.
William E. Becker of 1880 Eighth
street northwest, Washington. assist
ant accountant of the Richmond
Fredericksburg & Potomac yards. was
presented with mahogany clock by
the employees yesterday in celebrating
the twentieth anniversary of his en-
ployment by that railroad.
The presentation was made at a
special meeting in the accountants
office and J. w. Varney., accountant;
H. j. Price, chief timekeeper; j. Leo
Smith, storekeeper; A. j. Downey,
chief clerk American Railway Asso-
citation; w. c. Carrick, general auditor.
and w. r. Pitt, special accountant OF
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, made
talks before the gathering of en-
ployes.
To Address Bible Class.
John 3. Abraham, former president
of the Vaughan Bible class of the Cal
vary Baptist Church, Washington,
will make an address before the West
minister Bible class in the Second
Presbyterian Church tomorrow morn.
ing.
The annual missionary sermon will
be delivered in the chapel of the
Theological Seminary Wednesday
night by DIR. John w. Wood. secre-
tary Of the National Council of the
Episcopal Church.
The Baptist Young Peoples Union
will meet tomorrow night at o'clock
in the First Baptist Church.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Jacobs, who died Thursday night. will
be held Monday afternoon at 230 pm.
from the Cunningham, Kennedy &
Watkins funeral home, 500 Cameron
street. Rev. Percy Foster Hall, rector
of st. Paul's Episcopal Church. will
conduct the services and interment
~ t. I4
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NEW BRIDGE OPENED.
Mile-Long Train Passes Over Mary
land-West Virginia Span.
,ecial Dispatch to The Star.


HAGERSTOWN, Nd, June A.
The new bridge between Cherry
Run. w. Va, and Big Pool, Md, con-
struction of which means elimination
of the Cherry Run interchange yards
for the Western Maryland and Balti-
more & Ohio railroads, has been COM
pleted.
Several days ago a train mile long,
pulled by one Of the 900-mallet en-
gines, passed over the bridge. The
old bridge would not bear the weight
of heavy trains. 1t was necessary to
bring trains across the old bridge in
sections. Baltimore & Ohio freights
coming over the southwestern branch
Of that road will be dispatched direct
to this city now and then sent out
over the Lurgan section of the West
ern Maryland to Northern points.
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CAPITOL HEIGHTS.

CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md. June
(SpeciaD.-NeXt Thursday a. mass
meeting will be held at the Prince
George Theater for promoting the
cutting through Of East Capitol street
from the Capitol to the District Line.
The Stanton Park Citizens Associa
ton has asked the District Commits.
sioners to put this through. Voters of
the district have been invited to at.
tend.
Tuesday the women of the First
Baptist Church held a successful din.
ner at the church.
The Columbia Rebekah Lodge held
a social at Odd Fellows Hall, which
was a success.
The first session of the newly
formed court was held at the fire
house Thursday, the judge, Chew J.
Sheriff, presiding. Court will be held
each Thursday at the firehouse.
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Buddhist nuns in China shave their
heads and wear the same garb as the
priests. --.- ~ .--..--....-- .s. -.-..-....--
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05

Thirty years ago nearly one.fourth
of the Inhabitants Of New York CITY
were of German birth or parentape.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-13
BROKERS WORK AT NIGHT.

NEW YORK. August 10 tR.-
Night work was the rule in all lead
ing brokerage offices last night as
the market. Restaurants in the finan-
cial district were thronged with
workers and in many cases meals
were served in offices by caterers
hired for the occasion. So great was
the volume of business transacted by
some Of the larger commission houses
that clerks were kept on duty until
the early hours of the morning send
ing out margin calls, posting books.
mailing notices of sales and pur-
chases, and arranging for an adjust
ment of loans. Many week end plans
were spoiled by IN cancellation of
leaves of absence KeEessitated by the
excess work.