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Evening star., 1928-12-01
Will Address Ministers.

What Does Jesus Want?" is the SUBJ
ject. OF the address that will be deliy-
cred to the members of the Presbyte-
rian Ministers Association Of Washing
ton and Vicinity by the Rev. James D.
Buhrer Monday at ii O'Clock in the
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church.
Evening star., 1928-12-01
PASTOR BACK FROM WEST
DR.. Barrows Has Served Eastern
Church for 16 Years,

DR.. Alfred E. Barrows, pastor Of
the Eastern Presbyterian Church, has
returned from the West and will preach
tomorrow morning and evening. This
first Sunday of December marks the
beginning of DR.. Barrows seventeenth
year as pastor of Eastern Church Dur
ing his paStorate about 900 new men,
berS have been added to the church,
the church has been freed from large
mortgage and a manse purchased
The annual turkey dinner and ba-
zaar under auspices of the Ladies'
Aid Society will be held Tuesday eve
ming.
Evening star., 1928-12-01
REV. BEATTY TO PREACH.

"a Good Remedy for Discouraged
People" will be the subject tomorrow at
II am. in Georgetown Lutheran
Church, Rev. Harold E. Beatty, pastor.
Christian Endeavor meets at Z pm.
leader Miss Paulyne Ham.
The Human Soul will be the SUBJ
ject at the pm. service.
Evening star., 1928-12-01
MEETINGS TO BE HELD
DURING ADVENT SEASON
Series Beginning on December z
Is Planned by Education De-
partment of Y. w, CA.

A series of meetings during the Ad-
vent season is being planned by the
education department of the Young
Women's Christian Association, the
first and second to take place December
and December IA from to o'clock
around the fire in the third floor assem-
bly, room at Seventeenth and K streets.
A talk by Miss Mabel N. Thurston will
be the feature of these meetings.
The last of the three meetings will
be held December % from S to 6
o'clock, with Miss Thurston as speaker.
Mrs. Irving Ketcham, executive of
the education department, issues an In
vitation to the public to attend these
three 'pre-Christmas hours"
Evening star., 1928-12-01
Lincoln Program Announced.

At the services of Lincoln Congrega-
tional Temple tomorrow morning, at the
Lincoln Theater, Rev. r. w. Brooks Will
speak on the subject Maintaining the
Spiritual Glow" The Christian En-
deayor Society will meet at the Twelfth
Street Y. M. c. A. at 6:45 pm. The
subject to be discussed is, What Is Our
Reasonable Service?"
Evening star., 1928-12-01
Rev. B. H. Whiting to Preach.

"The Christian Heritage" will be the
subject of Rev. B. H. Whiting, pastor
of the Friendship Baptist Church, First
and H streets southwest. tomorrow at
IL am. Our Neighbor" will be the
subject at 8 pm. Sunday school, $50
am; B. Y. P. U. at pm. Prayer and
praise service Tuesday at pm.
Evening star., 1928-12-01
"Reincarnation" Is Subject.

"Reincarnation Explained" is the sub
feet of a lecture tomorrow evening at
BIS o'clock at the United Lodge OF
TheosophistS, 709 Hill Building, Seven
teenth and I streets. Wednesday at
S:l5 pm. the regular study class will
consider the subject of Mind"
Evening star., 1928-12-01
CENSUS TO BE TAKEN.

Falls Church Group to Put on En-
largement Campaign.
FALLS CHURCH. Va, December l.
The various Protestant churches will
put on an enlargement campaign or
census tomorrow under the direction
of Rev. E. T. Smith. Mrs. j. L. Nc
Cutcheon and Miss Alberta Jones. Rev.
Smith will meet the census takers at
the Baptist Church today at 7:30 pm.
Every home will be visited and a COM
plete religious individual census taken.
A union service of the churches will
be held tomorrow night at o'clock at
the Baptist Church. It is expected that
Rev. E. T. Smith of Richmond. Va.
will speak.
Evening star., 1928-12-01
"H0LY SPIRIT" is TOPIC.

Shiloh Baptist Pastor to Continue
Sermon Series.
Rev. DR.. Waldron, pastor of Shiloh
Baptist Institutional Church, Ninth and
P streets, is preaching his second series
of sermons upon "The Person and
Work of the Holy SPIRIT" At IL o'clock,
tomorrow morning, the subject of his
discourse will be THE Holy Spirit
Who Is Hep" At $50 pm the hand
OF Fellowship will be given to a large
number of new members and "the
Lords supper" will be observed by the
church.
The pastor will preach at 8 pm. on
"Heaven-What Is 1t and How to Get
There"
Evening star., 1928-12-01
DR.. Jarvis Will Preach,

DR.. William D. Jarvis will preach to-
morrow at IL am. at the New Bethel
Baptist Church on Wondering Graft
tude" and also in the evening. The
LORDS supper will be held at $3.50 pm. -:
Christian Endeavor $50 pm.
Evening star., 1928-12-01
Day of Devotion Planned.

st. Agnes Church, IS @ street. will
have its annual day of devotion We'd
nesday, the conductor being Rev.
Franklin Joiner, rector of st. Clements
Church, Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1928-12-01
FIRESIDE TALK LISTED.
Highlands Baptist Pastor to Con-
tinue Evening Series.

tinue Evening Series.
The pastor of the Highlands Baptist
Church will continue the Fireside talks
tomorrow evening, speaking on Living
In Our Successors" In the morning
communion will be celebrated and a
short address given.
The Workers Council, which directs
the affairs OF the school, will meet Tues
DAY. Or. Amber is adding to the inter-
est of the sessions by his addresses every
Sunday.
A canvass of the field of the church is
being conducted by the church, the
Federation of Young Peoples Societies
furnishing the canvassers.
Evening star., 1928-12-01
METROPOLITAN CHURCH.

Will Follow Morning Sermon.
At the Metropolitan Church tomor-
row morning the pastor, Rev. John
Compton Ball, will speak on the topic
The Deity Of Jesus Christ" followed
by the administering of the Lords
supper.
In the evening his theme will be Can
a Man Insure His Soul?"
Evening star., 1928-04-22

were finished and released by the pro-
ducers of agricultural motion pictures,
Almost 400 copies of films were made.
including more than a hundred copies
to replace old films. There are now 222
subjects in circulation, and the depart
ment has a total of 1892 copies, COM
prising 2,746 reels
Many copies of the moving pictures
were sold to cooperating institutions
and foreign governments. Among the
domestic purchasers of $50 prints. in
389 reels. were State universities. ag-
ricuitural colleges, State departments of
agriculture. boards of education. State
forestry associations, State departments
Of entomology and farmers cooper
ative associations. Ten foreign govern
ments bought 80 prints.
Although the increase in attendance
at these movies appears TO be great c.
A. Lincstrom, associate chief and In
charge OF administration and diStribu
ton, points out that the 1925 report
was not as complete as that for 1927
The first year there was an attendance
at the movies booked from Washington
Of 2,453.l7l; the second. 4.300,l64 He
estimates that the outside agencies have
In circulation as many films as has the
department.
k1ONeFer,4 the great demand fDr EAsSE
films is shown by the need of inserting
the following statement on the list OF
released pictures. THE number OF
copies OF films available for free distri-
hutIons ordinarily Is not sufficient to
meet all requests. The attention OF in
terested organizations and institutions
Is invited to the fact that new prints of
Department OF Agriculture films may be
purchased at a cost Of approximately
$32 for the standard width. slow burn
ing reel Of 1000 feet
Evening star., 1928-04-22
Oh, Fireman, Save NY Child!

There was a story popular back in
the days of "Chimmie Fadden" the
climax of which went something like
this: Jump, jump, we gotta nett But
say, hully chee! / hadda laugh. We
didn't have no nett" 1t was usually
good for laugh and, If told by skilled
dialectician who knows how properly
and skillfully to lead up to the point.
gets laugh to this day.
Out in Chicago the other day a fire.
house crew put the reverse English on
this merry yarn The wife of g La
Sale street broker had climbed out on
q seventh story ledge of an apartment
building determined on ending an ex-
istence that seemed to her not worth
prolonging She lost her nerve tenn
porarily and delayed, with the result
that conveniently located f1remen were
notified. rushed to the scene and spread
and tautened the big reticulated life
saver beneath her. That took all the
fun out of It, according to her standards,
and she re-entered her dwelling,
BY this time the police. too. had re-
ceived warning and, rushing upstairs,
broke into her room Just after she had
s,ashed both wrists Now she is at a
hospital. recovering not only from her
injuries. but from her mental aberra-
ton. and expressing regret over her at
ternnt The life net is folded up again
and slowed away ready for the next
emergency. What with pulmotors, nets,
scaling ladders used to release persons
who have locked themselves into rooms,
and in many other ways city's fire.
fighters today are saving about as many
lives from serious situations unaccom-
panied by flames and smoke as they
are from burning buildings,
Evening star., 1928-04-22

Sam set the example IL would be more
easy to induce States. counties and mu-
inequalities to enact similar laws and
ordinances
II all the subordinate branches of
government In the United States ere :
ated construction reserves along this
line there would be pool OF more than
billion dollars ready 10 be tapped IN
the event depression should raise its
ugly head And II Is not contaminated
that unnecessary work be done the ad-
ditional funds merely would speed up
public works carefully planned and
merely awaiting time for consumma-
ton,
So far as the actual funetioning of a
bill OF this character Ia concerned, 1t II
noteworthy that there has not been n
three month period since the war when
II would have become operative, for In
no quarter have construction contracts
fallen 10 per cent below the average OF
the corresponding periods Of the pre-
eedlng three months not even IS
much as per cent,
Thus, the Jones bill, had II been a
law, would not have become operative
Within the last ~ months, when bust.
ness has reeeded In some degree from
previous hlgh levels, Yet 1t would
have applied 20 the situation Ms a
psychological infiuefce. and perhaps
some 0f the ara 600 WaGe eArlers re-
ported by the Department OF Labor out
of employment In January above the
number unemployed three years before
might have been working
teeesFlEAt ivsal a-aNsnnA
Evening star., 1928-04-22

into the lake and sank It. She and
other relatives of Streeter filed claim
for the property in the Federal courts,
which held that the tenancy had never
been legalised. and 1t Is this decision
that has just been in effect affirmed,
Meanwhile the widow" had been elm
mated from the proceedings by show
ing that Sreeter had another wife liv-
ing when he married her.
The real estate to which Streeter and
his descendants laid claim is now worth,
1t is estimated. at least $500,0o0 900,
1t includes some of the largest of Chi
cago's hotels apartment houses and
warehouses. as well as the municipal
pier and shipping facilities Thus prob
ably ends the Streeter case, which in
its time has filed many pages of news
print and has furnished some exciting
episodes.
Evening star., 1928-04-22
EVERYDAY RELIGION
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, d. D., LII. d.
Bhop of Washington

The situation here presented Is not
unique or unusual. 1t has been repeat
ed again and again IN the course OF
human history 1t finds expression to-
day in our modern life. Where new
truth runs counter to our cherished
ideas and ideals, it is hard to accept
it, Nothing is more obvious than that
the teachings of Jesus come into NOR
tai conflict with mans conceits, his de-
veloped and studied prejudices, and
when they do, they arouse his deepest
passions We hold with tenacity to our
biased opinions. In the main, we are
in ourselves bundles of unreasoned be-
liefs. The prejudice that issues in a
closed mind is conspicuously evident in
most of us. 1t Is clearly evident that
the great progressive movements in
human history have been effected in
spite of all opposition We cannot ac-
cept the principles of life laid down by
Jesus Christ and still hold to our con-
ceits and prejudices. Either we must
accept Him as the supreme exponent
of the highest standards of living, or
we must reject Him and hold to a
conception of life that grows out of our
own experience and observation. In
nothing was He more insistent than in
His authority.
TT was said by them of old time, but
say unto YOU" This was His afflrma-
ton Confronted as He is today with
our prejudices, our conceits of learning.
our bigoted opinions. He still calls for
and demands whole-hearted allegiance
and devotion. II we would have the
great gift Of life that He alone claims
the power to give. then we must yield
our obedience to Him, accept His teach
ings. and be obedient TO His will
AS the revealer Of life, as the supreme
exponent of mans immortality, He re-
sists the opposition that arises from
mans ignorance or prejudice. He in
ssts upon the priority of His claims.
He afirms the eternal character of His
mission, the timelessness of His being.
He claims the right to give to those
who will accept 1t the assurance of i'm
mortality. He pleads the cause of mans
emancipation from restricted and
limited existence. He floods with light
the somber and shadowy tomb and
makes 1t glow with the radiance Of an
eternal meaning.
Evening star., 1928-04-22
Loss Of Values.

The strange mental twists taken by
the human mind which cause life TO
be destroyed as the result Of total
less of the sense of values is illustrated
in the case of Pennsylvania bootlegger
who killed man because he would
not pay him a one hundred thirty
dollar debt and Immediately afterward
killed another man and his wife be-
cause he owed them one hundred and
fifty dollars. Three people killed for a
total consideration of two hundred and
eighty dollars! That his life win prob
ably be forfeited for his deed did not
occur to the bootlegger Yet II any one
had offered him two hundred and
eighty dollars for killing three people
he would have sSorned the idea. 1t is
a marvellous and sometimes dangerous
thing. the human mind Directed in
the right channels. it is civilizations
most precious possession, but when the
dividing line Of logical thinking is
crossed. it may become thing Of
diabolical impulses
Evening star., 1928-04-22
A Dollar Down.

Almost any commodity, especially
those in the high-priced class, can br
bought on the instaliment plan now
adays. Pianos. automobiles. electric
washing machines. ieweiry and clothes
are being sold at "a dollar down and
dollar week" London. however.
Is carrying the idea of credit stili fur
ther, and now theater tickets are 10 be
distributed on payments Of shilling
week for six weeks.
Startling as is this innovation, 1t does
not cause the surprise that 1t might
have a few years ago. Theater prices
have been steadily OF the upward trend
and have been pointing fof some time
20 the luxury cost class. In the old
days the average salaried man could
pay couple Of dollars for the bea
seats in the house and take his wife
Or his girl friend to the show The idea
of instailment buying would have been
ridiculous. But with seats AT some Of
the higher priced shows nowadays cost
Ing upward of six dollars, the average
man can zee very good reason for In i.
Stallmsnt buying and consequently is
not as much surprised as he might b"
~ the new London method
/ The English theatef instaliment plan
| operation ig really quite simple Tickets
are " be reserved six weeks in advance,
| 10 thai the seat win be entirely paid
for when the customer turns II In At
the door II IL nothing like the mer.
chant who viii send out a plus per,
feet" radio on receipt of q coupon plus
dollar for thirty days' free trial. ail
transportation charges paid, with the
understanding that II the customer is
| not satisfied all money VIII he refunded
! Everything ls settled up before the par
| ticlilaF tbeagsr-goer will be able to opr
serve the curtain fise, and II he does
not Ike the show II is just tough luck
IL probsbiy Will not be Long before
some American theaters try the plan
and the query liaew much DO you owe
Evening star., 1928-04-22
Art thou greater than our father
Abraham" est. John, Uttt.53.
"The perils of Prejudice"


Prejudice and bigotry have ever been
the enemies of new disclosures of truth.
We are all the victims of unreaSoned
opinions We are all largely governed
by our conceits and conjectures. Every
reformer that has come to men enun-
ciating a new principle of life has met
with opposition and in many cases
martyrdom Jesus Christ is no excep-
tion to this rule
Nothing so angered the bigoted re-
ligionistS of His age as the claim He
made that His authority transcended
that of the fathers. These people were
hoastful of their lineage, they we're
proud of their traditions. To them
religion consisted in what they had
Inherited from the past. They were
poor exemplars of the principles handed
down to them
In the instance taken from the pas
sage from which the text is quoted
Jesus had come into conflict with this
age-old prejudice. Again they had
challenged His authority; they had
called in question His right to speak as
Gods spokesman He had said to them,
He that is of God, heareth Gods
words; We therefore hear them not, be-
cause We are not of God" Smarting to
the quick, they had responded, Say we
not we'll that thou art Samaritan and
hast a devil?" To which Jesus re-
sponded. Il seek not mine own glory:
there is one that seeketh and judgeth. "
The height of His offering was in the
statement He made, IF man keep my
saying. he shall never see death" In
stantly they were loud in their con-
demnation, saying, Now we know that
thou hast devil Abraham is dead,
and the prophets; and thou say2St If
a man keep my saying, he shall never
taste of death Art thou greater than
our father. Abraham, which is dead?''
His assumption of superiority to Abra-
ham and the prophets did violence to
their most cherished beliefs. Never did
Jesus rise to greater dignity; never did
He disclose more divine authority than
in His final answer, Verify, verify, /
say unto you, before Abraham was, /
am" The issue of this controversy was
that they took up stones to cast at Him.
Evening star., 1928-04-22
This and That
By Charles E. Traeesrell.

There is a lady in this town who saic
she thought our story OF JACK SpEat|
the cat. sleeping upon the dining room
table was perfectly disgusting.
wonder what she would think II she
knew that Jack sometimes sits upon
the table during meals, perSoc9Lly
shifting at every bite consumed ey Ms
human friend?
JACK is one Of the eleaneSt hrtle
fellerS in the world. We are quite sure
that if the lady could see how snow
white his shirtfront IS. and how 2ni-
maculate he keeps himself IN every
way. her indignation would vanish.
Jack conducts himself like gentle
man upOn the rare occasions when he
Supsrintends the meals. Perhaps rs
is only fair 20 him 20 state that these
occasions are really rare
His personal fancy for the dining
room table top occurs only now and
then. OF course. II Jack wanted 70 Si
there every day
Jack has an Unsuitable curiosity as
70 coffee in the cup.
A Steamfng cup Of coffee tntrIgIeS
his feline curiosity. the most curious
sort Of curiosity III the world.
Even a scientist. peerinS into test
tube. is no more intent OH finding
something out than cat when expa0r-
ing room
We have never been able 70 deter
mine whether is is the aroma Or she
smoke" from the Sseamilg brew which
appeals to Jack SprStt
He viii wiggie his sensitive pink nose,
cleft as it Is, then draw back. and COX
very innocent, much as II 70 say, why.
what do yea drink that stun for"
The advent Of the dish Of baked
beans was the signal for Spratt 60 arise
nom his nook at the left Of our r,s:s
and protyude his head cut IN an efse-g
20 set better Whit
Jack Is very fond OF baked beans Of
q certain brand. but VIII have nesNsNx
10 do with those Of another make.
Jack Is very critical; almost too critical.
IN this case. since both brands are very
good,
The steam arising. however. caused
him 10 halt. Reluctantly he sat back
ON his launches, not 2 Inches racsn
cur plate og bread and butter, (pleaSs
don't faint lady. This al hapr%nea
dayS agoN
Then he Sniffed saSpscioaSly AZ the
butter dish. While his friend Iiss1e
Nipper. Is very fond Of butter and WIu
lick the sharp edges OF, II given tse
opportunity, Jack Spyatt dceS nos share
his taste
Perhaps the faint butter ~Snaen %
scarcely diStlnguiShahle by a As,YsaN
being, hecoFecS very pronounced ~ eae
sensitive cat, Our observation s thAt
food ociorS, rs a rule, are not cA,eSttoa-
ahle 90 cat. He muse recognise that
they Are edible. and. although he nsay
not enjoy the particular foOSStWn AsE,a-
self. ne Is perfectly willing t. allow
others to do 50, A cat is like that
Jacks table manners are aSnoS,
perfect
The remainder Of the meal hs sal
stretched Gus at ease. never once takEsAs
his eyes OF us We could SynapasAsa'
with him.
Often We amuSe ourSelt IN rsStap-
rants watching the pccple eas
" Is q ccnsicsl ssxAs.
We hope JACK Snratt get - mOCh
nun cut ot II as We do. II ne VII watch
US eat eorn~ea~she-cce some time he
ne viii fail OF the table with feline
laughter,
Evening star., 1928-04-22
Over the Top.

Numerous as have been the thrilling
achievements of the airmen during the
past year, 1t is still possible to arouse a
somewhat Sated public with new sc-
eonpliShments, of daring and hazard
Gus nature, Such is the fight Of VIII
kins and Eielson from Point Barrow,
Alaska. TO Spitzbergen. the news OF
which came with startling SuddenneSs
yesterday and without knowledge that
the winged journey had been begun
It was known that wilkins and Eiel-
son were at Point Barrow awaiting ia
vorable conditions for their venture
across the top Of the world" It was
expected that they would send by radio
news Of their start. In the absence of
information on that score it was be-
lieved that they were stiIl up at the
peak of the American possessions when
came the fash telling of their landing
on rocky islet OF the Spitzoe-gen
group, some two thousand miles distant
They had been forced down there and for
FIVE days they subsisted on their sup
plies and then, perhaps after effecting
needed repairs, or possibly with favor
able change Of weather, they made their
way 10 the mainland"
Il IS not yet known whether wilkins
and Eielson few across the Pole. as did
Amundsen in the Norge" dirigihle, or
as did Byrd in the Josephine Ford
plane It was not particularly their
object thus TO cross the polar point
Their purpose was rather to survey the
unvisited region. possibly to make
soundings and to take other scientific
observations. They may have intended
70 land. on their way across, but it is
evident from the text of message
that has come from them By radio that
they made q nonstop flight. save for
the landing on the small island of the
spitzbergen group. q fight Of twenty
and one-half hours, which is good air
travelling.
Until detailed reports come from
Capt wilkins, the leader Of this two
man expedition il is impossible TO esti-
mate the actual scientific value of the
fight. It is, however. plain that, what
ever has been gained In knowledge, an
other brilliant feat has been performed.
II has been again demonstrated TO be
possible to 6y by plane across the Arc
tsc TO definite objective. Byrd did
that when he dew to the Pole and re-
turned to base. wilkins. however. had
TO trust te, unknown conditions. flying
at less favorable season Of the year
The day VIII probably come when ali
Of the great Arctic waste viii be sur
Teyed and charted. when its mysteries
win be solved. its secrets laid bare. The
plane and the dirigibie will make this
possible Byrd Is soon 10 start upon an
aerial survey Of the Southern polar re-
gton and from his expedition, for which
elaborate preparations are being made,
there must come valuable results In
knowledge Of a hitherto virtually un-
penetrated zone OF forbidding danger.
There was something "Lindbergian"
In the wilkins fight. the unannounced
nop-od and the sending Of a laconic
message of arrival report. The true
bircmen. who concentrate upon the task
and ignore the publicity aspect Of their
enterprises. arc after all those who
most deeply arouse the public apprecia-
ton and gain the sincerest applause.