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The Washington times., 1927-04-30
Woman's Auxiliary to
Convene at Rockville

The regular monthly meeting of
the woman's auxiliary Of the Epis-
copal Church in the Diocese Of
Washington will be held in Christ
Church, Rockville, on Tuesday morn
ing. May 3.
At 10 a. m. there will be a cele.
bration OF the Holy Communion at
which the Bishop of Washington
will be the celebrant. At II o'clock
there will be an address by Bishop
A. A. Gilman. of Hankow. China.
Those attending the meeting In
Rockville are requested to bring
their luncheon with them. A pusi-
ness meeting will follow the luncheon
boar.
The northern archdeaconry which
Ia composed Of all the parishes out.
side the District of Columbia, and
north and west Of Upper Marlboro,
will also meet in Christ Church,
Rockville, on Tuesday One or more
clergymen will address q joint meet.
ing.
The Washington times., 1927-04-30
TOMORROW'S SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
Peters Denial and
Repentance
By Rev. Edward Taber

In all Of this tragic scene
the figure Of Simon Peter looms
large. When Tots had init.
mated that the disciples would
be offended ct Him, Peter had
said: Though all men should
deny Thee, yet will not ] deny
Thee" Jesus, however, know.
ing the instability Of his apostle,
predicts that Peter would deny
Him thrice.
One Of the most dramatic
and significant phrases in all
the Scripture Is this one: "And
Peter followed Him afar off"
He was. unwilling to stand by
Christ in the hour Of His adj
versity, and yet he was unwill.
ing to desert Him completely.
Eventually he came to the
place where Jesus was being
tried before the High Priest.
There Peter stood, warming
himself by the fire. A maid
accused him Of being a disciple
Of Jesus. Three times he was
so accused, and three times he
denied all knowledge Of or
association with Jesus.
The Master said nothing, but
turned and looked upon Peter.
In that look there was a world
Of reproach. The disciple, utter.
~ ashamed, wept bitterly at
his own coWardice.
This most dramatic episode
of the denial of Christ BY
Simon Peter shows in vivid
fashion the cratic nature Of
the great apostle, and the in.
sight and gentleness of Christ.
The Washington times., 1927-04-30
Rev. A. j. Banks to Lead
Mission of Healing

The Rev. A. j. Gaynor Banks,
national director of the Society
OF the Nazarene. will conduct q
mission OF spiritual healing in
Grace Church, Ninth and d SITS.
s. W. beginning tomorrow.
There will be a celebration of
Holy Communion and sermon by
DIR. Banks at II q. M, and eve.
ming prayer and sermon at .. m.
Each weekday there viii be
service with instruction at 1880
a. M, and at s p. m. a healing
service. The mission will close
on Friday. May 6. All are in.
vited, regardless of denomination.
The Washington times., 1927-04-30
DIR. Sven to Preach
At Centennial Church

"a Naughty Woman-She Got
Ten Dollars from a Washington
MANI is a spring story which e.
Hez Sven will relate Sunday night
at 8 o'clock in the Centennial Bap.
fist Church, to be followed by bap.
tism. The church is greatly inter.
ested in the afflicted, lonely. sad:
and there IL much prayer for them.
The IL o'clock morning sermon
subject is THE Blessedness of Hav.
ing the Best Blesser."
The Washington times., 1927-04-30

The last days Of Christ upon
the earth were tragic in the
extreme. The Pharisees and
scribes had long waited the
opportunity to seize the Master.
The city Of Jerusalem had al
ways been unfriendly to Christ.
The town rather considered it.
self as the hub and center Of
Jewish civilization.
The priests Of Jewry consid.
cred it altogether presumptuous
that an untutored peasant Of
Galilee could by any possibility
be the Messiah. But it was
written Of Jesus that "the COM
mon people heard Him gladly"
Had 1t not been for this un-
doubted fact, the Jewish lead
ers would have crucified Jesus
long before they did.
In Galile the Master was
popular. Not so popular, per-
haps, in the last year of His
ministry, because Of His stead
fast refusal to be q military
leader or an earthly king. But
it is an undoubted fact that
the Master sealed His own
doom when He deliberately en-
tered Jerusalem on the first
Palm Sunday. There was a
temporary triumph, to be sure,
but Jesus knew well enough
that it was temporary.
Soon the picture changes.
The sinister figure of Judas
appears at his worst. For a
paltry sum he betrays his Mas
ter, and Christ is led away by
the Roman soldiers.
The Washington times., 1927-04-30
Report on Retirement
Fund for Ministers

Achievements representing the
elimination Of 40 years Of con.
tinuous national efforts toward pro.
viding financial protection for min.
listers In their old age, are set forth
in the biennial report which the
Rev. Charles s. Mills, d. D.. New
York city, general secretary of the
Congregational Ministerial Boards,
IL part Of a broad movement in
which all denominations are en-.
gagged. Churches Of every name are
coming to understand that financial
protection for the last years of a
minister's life, adds nightly to his
immediate effectiveness.
The Washington times., 1927-04-30
DR.. ]. E. Briggs to Attend
Convention of Baptists

DR.. John e. Briggs viii preach
a brief sermon Sunday morning on:
THE Last Supper" welcome new
members and administer com.
munion, at Fifth Baptist Church.
At night DR.. Briggs will preach
on "The Heavenly Race" The
Darlington.Bird Bible Glass will be
taught by DR.. Briggs Sunday morn.
ing.
DR.. Briggs will 90 with several
other Baptist pastors to the South.
ern Baptist Convention at Louis.
vile, KY, next week. 1t Is one
OF the largest religious gatherings
In the world, as there are usually
about 5000 delegates.
The Washington times., 1927-04-30
Ninth st. Christians
To Hear College Head

President T. J. Derthick. of Mill.
gan College. Milligan. Tenn. will be
the pulpit guest Of the Ninth Street
Christian Church Sunday morning
and evening. There is not better
man or a more faithful shepherd
OF souls than Brother Derthick.
DR.. Melton. pastor Of Ninth Street
Christian Church. will give two ad.
dresses at Milligan College Sunday
morning.
The Washington times., 1927-04-30
Clifford X. Bergman
To Entertain Class

Clifford K. Bergman, cartoonist,
will entertain the members Of the
Vaughn class Of Calvary Baptist
Church at their monthly club NEST.
ing Monday evening at o'clock in
the Sunday School House.
The executive COMMITTEES Of the
class met during the week at the
home Of John A. Patterson to plan
campaign for increasing the mem.
bership. The average attendance
during April has been $50 per Sun.
day. The Rev. Homer j. Couu.
cilor is now teaching the class and
Will speak before it tomorrow morn.
ing at $3.50 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1927-04-30
DIR. G. B. Pierce's Topic
To Be ''NOt Without TJs''

Ulysses G. B. Pierce, D. D.,
pastor Of All Souls Church Uni.
tarianl, Sixteenth and Harvard
Streets, will preach Sunday morn.
ing at IL o'clock on the subject
mot Without U.s."
At the motion picture hour in
Pierce Hall at 1880 the feature
will be BLACK Cyclone" in which
the remarkable horse. Rex, plays
the leading role.
The Washington times., 1927-04-30
Hurt on Motorcycle,
Boy Sues for $50. 600

a suit Tor 100000 damages has
been filed In the District Su-
preme Court by Harry X. Lang.
ley. q minor, against Ellsworth 4.
Simpson, Of 2727 Thirty.fourtn
st. N. W., and John J. Beatty jr.,
OF 1927 Fourteenth st. N. W., doing
business as the Potomac Battery
and Electric Company.
Langley, while an employe OF the
concern, was given q defective
motorcycle to ride, It ID charged;
that on July is, 1925 the machine
ran into Mary Johnson, pedestrian
az Fourteenth and Belmont SITS. n.
w, the rider and woman both sui.
fering severe injuries.
The Washington times., 1927-04-30
FRENCH SERVICES

The French services, which are
conducted by the Rev. Florian Vur.
pilot at st. Johns Church, La.
fayette Square, will be continued
during the month of May on Sun.
days at T. and viii be resumed
next winter as a permanency.
The Washington times., 1927-04-30
MRS. Bills subject

The topic Of the lesson at the
Christian Science Parent Church
service tomorrow at IL o'clock in
the assembly room OF the Hotel
Lafayette, and the subject of the
message from Mrs. Bill will be
Deliver Us From Evil"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-07-15
Robbers Loot Fairview
Postofice; Get 500

Fairview Times: Saturday OF
Sunday night the Fairview post
Office safe was rifled of its con.
tents in silver and a quantity OF
registered mail and which Post
master Whalen had placed in the
safe. 1t is estimated that some
thing over 500 in silver was
taken by the providers.
Entrance to the postoffice was
gained through the door. The safe
was opened easily, the combina-
ton being out of order and the
big door not being locked. Who
ever did the job overlooked the
stock of stamps and took nothing
by which they could be connected
With the burglary.
Until the arrival of the postof-
flee inspector announcement of the
exact amount of the loss will be
undetermined. The nature of the
registered mail is not known.
1t is thought the job was done
to get a celebration stake, although
there is no clue to the identity of
the thieves.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-07-15

Round and round goes the wheel, and it stops on-29black. No
body on 23-black. Better luck next time" It's growing warmer
Fright this way for ice cold lemonade" "Toottoottoot. TOOTH
toottoot." Up and down go the wooden horses. incessantlv the
tune repeats and the merrygoround whrls and whirls. The
crowd increases. Country people coming in. Children dressed
in Sunday best, licking melting ice cream cones or clutching bal
loon strings in sticky fingers. Babies just cid enough to toddle
gazing wideeyed at the crowds. A study in copper and vermiL
hon and green, as an old Indian woman, her skirts chastely
reaching her ankles, places a dime o a number and fixes her
eyes longngly on a gay blanket in the booth. Her husband
watches interestedly, slowly waving his turyey-feather fan the
while. Younger Indian girls dressed in the mode with chiffon
gowns scarcely reaching to their knees. "Toottoottoot, tootti-
toottoottoot"
Smell of hot dog and onions. Here's where you get your
hamburger sandwiches. Right this way. With or without" "a
through the streets announcing the rodeo performance at the
stampede grounds. Dust in the streets. People everywhere.
"Toottoottoot". Crowds may shift and scenes may change, but
the merry-gOTound is never still. It's oftrepeated refrain threads
through the day forming the motif of the Carnival
Afternoon
Grand stand full of people. Bucking horses in the arena.
band music. Fans waving. Smell of dust as the horses run
round and round the track. Putputput of circling amplane.
Here's where you get your nice fresh popcorn and candy"
Sticky babies crying, wishing they were at home. Mothers quiet
ing them with candy or ice cream cones. People thirsty after
eating popcorn. ga nice cool drink. Pop II lemonade" "Toottoot-
tot, toottitoot" Family the refrain comes above the shouting
round whrls on.
"Toottoottoot, toottitoOt, foot, foot" Everybody down town.
Cars parked everywhere. Pwr of moving cars. People going
round and round the square. Bright lights o n merrygoround and
ferris wheel, headlights of cars. Brightly lighted booths. Brill
ant display OF fireworks. Languid spelers come to life, on the
qui vive. People trying their luck, hoping to win dolls or blankets
or trinkets. Cowboys counting the days winning. Groups visit
ing. Weary tOddlers being carried now. Smell of sizzling hot
Girls gigging and hanging onto the arms of their SWANS. Merry
goround and ferris wheel filled. Streets begin to clear of young
people. Two dances are in progress. Older people and children
walking round and round the square. "Toottoottoot, titoot".
Not many riding now. Whirr of starting cars. Streets almost de-
serted. Litter of paper and trash. Lights on merrygoround snap
out The first stampede day is over. Bed time comment: Gee
but it's a great show this year."-C. B. M.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-07-15
FreHy Legends Told
About Fairy Crosses

airy crosses are natural
crosses formed of iron pyrites, alu-
'linum silicate or other minerals
ana are supposed by some people
" bring more good luck than the
proVerbial rabbits foot. They are
lound In great abundance in GER
laih parts of Virginia, Georgia and
other states. The mountaineers of
the Blue Ridge mountains have an
interesting myth as to the origin
OF these fairy stones" They saw
mat In the dim past, when the red
men were masters of America, the
Great Spirit showered down these
crosses as a sign of coming saliva
llon TO the savage race. Another
legend, the one which gives the
srosses their name, says that when
christ was crucified fairy messen
gers carried the sad news to all
parts of the world. When the it'd
lngs reached the fairies in the
mountains they ceased their merry
FRANKS and began to make these
:rosses as mementoes of the event.
Exchange.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-07-15
OUR GOOD ROADS OUTLAY

The constantly growing populari
ty of automobile travel in the
United States has increased ex
penditures for road building and
maintenance from a negligible fig.
ure to one OF the largest items on
the nations tax bill. according to
a survey just made public by the
national industrial conference
board in New York.
Our present annual road bill a.
mounts to more than one-sixth Of
the entire public budget, and is
exceeded only by our government
al expenditures for education and
protection.
Twenty-Five years ago, when the
<~'horseless carriage" was beginn-
ing to make its way into popular
favor, road building cost the ma.
tion only S75,965,9 1916, while the
road building and maintenance
program of the United States dur
ing 1925 reached a total of more
than $1,000, 900, 900. or more than
20 times the former figure.
About 1,O00,O 900 miles of high
ways have been added to the total
roadway mileage of the United
States since 1904, making a total
mileage OF something over 3,000,-
900 at the present time through
out the country.
The conference boards study
shows that prior to 1904, when
traffic consisted chiefly of short
distance market hauling and a few
venturesome bicyclists," scarcely
more than Z per cent of the total
roadway mileage in ,the United
States was graded and surfaced.
This percentage had risen to
slightly over 10 per cent by 1914,
and by June 1925, more than II
per cent of the total roadway mile
age was graded and surfaced.
Great Falls Tribune
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-07-15
Hoop Skirt Furnished
Electrical Men Idea

The Empress Eugenie's hoop
skirts made a contribution to the
advancement of electricity, accord
ing TO Frank H. Stewart, a PhiIa-
lelphia veteran of the electrical in
dustry. The beautiful consort of
Napoleon III, just prior to the birth
Of the prince imperial, created the
n~ew-fangled fashion in skirts. At
once the fashion spread all over
the civilized world. But the wire
frames for these skirts rusted and
stained the cloth. 1t thereupon be-
came necessary for these frames to
be wrapped in some sort of protec-
rive textile. The machinery de-
signed to wrap this wire was at
Aand and was converted to a new
use when electrical men decided
that copper wire for carrying cleo
frical current ought to be insulat-
I'd. So the insulating industry
evolved out of the hOop-skirt in
lustry.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-07-15

the fact that Vice President Dawes
normally would be entitled to
that honor if he wishes it, which
may be doubtful. Vice Presidents
have been side-tracked before for
other more desirable running
mates, exactly as was planned for
MI. Coolidge in the event of Mr..
Harding's denomination. The death
of the Presidents predecessor
changed all that, however.
Back in 1920, it will be recalled
that Irving Lenroot, former Senat-
or from Wisconsin, was slated to
share the ticket with Mr.. Harding,
when a delegate from Oregon
started a rumpus by naming the
Governor of the State of Massa-
chusetts for that honor. The
idea took like wild-fre; before
the party chieftans had squelched
the conf1agraton, Mr.. Coolidge had
been put forward and nominated
by the rank and file of the Grand
Old Party.
McNary is strong and infuen-
tial in the Senate, among the lead
ers of his party, and in his state.
1t has been reported before that
he would accept the Vice Presiden-
cy if offered, but always his name
has been coupled with that of for
mer Governor Frank o. Lowden,
Of Illinois. Recently word was
passed around that the President
and Mr.. McNary are nearer accord
On the farm relief question, and
now comes the suggestion from,
influential quarters that the Ore
yon Senator would make an ideal
mate for the Vermonter.
McNary. is serious, young, am
and capable. He charts
he course re hopes to follow. He
S not antagonistic to Vice Presi-
Dawes, who has been credited
With preparing either himself or
Governor Lowden as the next can
of his party. McNary would
III out the picture in either frame,
ut he would grace the President.
Officially, z little better than Mr..
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-07-15

Postmaster General Harry New
is a genuine pioneer of air mail
service. Ten years ago, as a mem
Der of the Senate from Indiana,
he dreamed of the day when the
United States mail would be trans
ported long distances by airplane.
He talked of it with his associates
and sponsored legislation for that
purpose before the Congress.
Appropriately enough, he was
called upon to be Postmaster Gen
eral at a time when the air mail
service was to receive it's greatest
recognition and rise to its highest
efficiency by reason of the fight
of Lindbergh.
The Postmaster General likes to
recall, in connection with the re
cent exploits of Commander Rich
ard E. Byrd. that as long ago as
or 8 years ago he discussed
he future of aviation, especially
transatlantic air mail service, with
he young aviator. Byrd recently
,ecame the first official air mail
ilOt across the Atlantic.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-07-15
Farmers Enter
Banking Business There

The Farmers and Merchants
changed management and is now
the property of a number of farm
ers living in that neighborhood.
The officers of the new organiza-
ton r Paul Peterson, president;
Henry G. Fast, first vice president;
Victor Jelmberg, second vice presi-
dent; M. A. Lien, cashier; John o.
Dick, assistant cashier.
G. w. Flint, former cashier of
the bank, will go to California
about September l, accompanied
by his family and they will make
their home there this winter
Glasgow Courier.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-07-15

whatever you chose to call it, of
mosquitoes hit this section of the
woods recently and the said skeet-
r can surely raise cain. Most
of them are small editions as far
as the pesky insect usually comes
but their biting and annoying ca
pacity is just as fierce as the larg-
er species show. Many weird
stories are being told about the
trouble they are causing, but we
believe most of them are caused
by a too vivid imagination, al
though | am positive they devour-
ed or ate three "weenies" last
night, as | write this they are I'M
tying my shoe laces and giving
me writer's cramp. They are GER
tainly a pest. Bauch powder which
can be purchased at any drug
store is the stuff used in Alaska
to fight 'em with and it surely
gets 'em. If a room is infested
or a tent, just put a tablespoon
full of the powder on a tin plate
or lid and ignite it with a match.
In five minutes every skeeter in
the room will be dead. It's great
stuff, folks, and it enables a fell
low to get some rest at night. If
they are bothering you, get a can
and celebrate their demise.
AS my pencil slowly writes
l can feel their singing bites
And can hear 'em always buzzing
Like a swarm of angry bees.
I am swatting 'em and slamming
'em
1 am cussing 'em and damming
'em
On my forehead, on my fingers,
on my knees.
They can drill a rubber boot
Dr. a heavy leather shoe
And a pair of wooden socks or
maybe two
Tor their bills are double jointed
Telescope and steel pointed
And it doesn't take 'em long to
push 'em thru"
F. B. Camp in Troy Tribune
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-07-15
One of Oldest Games

The game of lawn tennis, as
played today, is not particularly
old, but tennis is ancient, for it
was played by kings and mobiles of
Qlden times. However, the kings
game was what today is called
court tennis, an indoor game, requir-
ing an expensive building. Lawn
tennis was an outgrOwth of Il game
of 1878, called sphairistike, but this
clumsy title a soon dropped and
by 1877 the game had emerged in
its modern form.
In that Year the first champion
ship a established at Wimbledon.
under rules that approximate those
of today. The game was brought
to the United States early and the
keen rivalry between the United
States and England began and has
continued without interruption.
From that rivalry has sprung in
ternational competition, at first
cOmpassed within narrow limits.
but ultimately extended to cover
the world.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-07-15

make no reference to the use for
which the gifts ae intended.
Senator Bruce, the erudite re-
preventative of the state of Mary
land in the Upper House, main
tains that there are not enough
personally dry Senators to fill a
taxicab, whatever their political
attitude may be. Most observers
prefer to believe the Senator is
somewhat in erorr. 1t would re-
quire more than one.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-07-15
GREAT YEAR FOR MONTANA

Cooler weather, local showers
and a gentle rain that appears to
be general today are all that re-
manned necessary to make GER
tain a wonderful crop of small
grain and hay in virtually all local
titles of Northeastern Montana.
1t will be a great year for Mon
tana. 1t will be the means of putt
ing thousands of farmers ON their
feet financially. 1t will speed up
the movement that has already
started in farm land and bring an
influx of farmers to aid in the
great work of developing our state
and its abundant opportunities.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-07-15

Cultivated cherries grown in
this country, originated in Asia,
says the department of agriculture.
From the price they ask for them
in the markets, we were led to
believe they are still grown in
Asia and sent here by refrigerated
air-mail.-Helena Independent.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-07-15

one of the worst explosions that
ever took place in Sidney occurred
Tuesday when a terrific wind blew
up the race track and blinded
many of the spectators.-Rich-
land County Leader.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-07-15

South Dakota is figuring OH
putting up the largest hay crop
this year that it has ever harvest
ed, but we are wondering who is
going to put up the hay in Vermont
this season with Cal gone.-Rich-
land County Leader.