Evening star., 1933-02-13
LINCOLN BIRTHDAY
EXERCISES TO END
WITH c. AR. SERVICE
Meeting Tonight Follows
Breakfast by Danes of
the Loyal Legion.
PRESIDENT TO MAKE
SPEECH IN new YORK
Last Major Address of Administra-
ton Will Be Heard by Re-
publicans of District.

Two days Of celebration of the 124th
anniversary of the birth of Abraham
Lincoln will come to a close today with
Lincoln day breakfast by the Danes
Of the Loyal Legion at the Willard
Hotel at 1890 pm, memorial service
by the Grand Army of the Republic
tonight at the First Congregational
Church, Tenth and G streets.
President Hoover will go to New York
this afternoon to attend the Lincoln
day dinner of the National Republican
Club there tonight. The dinner will be
the occasion of the last major address
OF his administration, and District Re
publicans will gather at their local club
house, Sixteenth and N streets, to hear
him speak at 10 o'clock.
The Capitals observance of the BIRTH
day of the Nations great wartime
President began yesterday with impress
sive services at the Lincoln Memorial,
in which 40 patriotic organizations of
These services were but prelude to
those that will continue today and to-
night in Washington and throughout
the country. The anniversary of the
birth of Lincoln will be observed in
Congress at / O'Clock, with Representa-
tive James M. Beck of Pennsylvania,
former Solicitor General Of the United
States and historical authority, deliv-
ering the principal address.
Scene at Memorial.
The scene at the Lincoln Memorial
yesterday was inspiring. Escorting the
national r0lnrc hnnny Nd af c,1
diers, sailors and marines came to
position within the doorway where sits
In lonely revcrie the Lincoln sculptured
by Daniel Chester French.
As IN quiet dignity they laid the
wreaths, one from President Hoover, the
groups from the 40 patriotic organiza-
tions then took places at attention
along the wide front of the memorial
base. Their colors splashed brilliantly
against the alabaster of marble COL |
onnades as, with barred heads, they
heard eulogy read by DR.. Thomas e. |
Green, chaplain Of the District Com
mandery of the Military Order OF the |
Loyal Legion.
"For us the life Of Abraham Lincoln
Is one whose last word can never be |
Salo, Dr. Green said. His personality |
and his wcrfs emphasized by the awful |
crisis In which he was called to move |
and act, have the supreme charm. not |
only Of immediate but of eternal rest. |
1t will be the sacred duty of the |
ages that shall follow in the long un-
folding OF human history to keep him |
IN the white light which shines about |
the memory Of that mightiest few of |
whom the world was not worthy"
Hoover Wreath Presentation.
The wreath from President Hoover
was presented by Capt. William c. De-
structor Of the Georgetown University
r. o. T. c., and one from the District |
Commissioners was placed by Can't.
Howard F. Clark, U. S. A.
The ceremonies were opened with an
invocation by Rev. George D. Dudley. i
rector OF st. Stephens Episcopal Church. |
Inc speaker was introduced by Lieut.
Col. q. S. Grant, Sd, commander of the
Loyal Legion in the District. Charles
Mason Remey presided and Col. L. G.
crawford was chairman of the commit
tee In charge.
At 4:3o O'Clock this afternoon. Rev
y II: Joseph r. Sizoo, pastor Of the New
!oIk avenue Presbyterian Church will
qeolcate the Lincoln Chapel and the
Lincoln room In that church. which
tne wartime President attended.
Inc Danes OF the Loyal Legion held
Mncoln day breakfast at the Willard
Hotel at 1880 o'clock. They were ad-
dressed by Lieut.. Col. U. s. Grant, 3D., |
and Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, retired.
G. A. r. Exercises Tonight.
The remnants of the Grand Army of
the Republic in Washington, with
Others participating, will conduct exer-
clseS tonight at the First Congrega-
tlonal Church, Tenth and G streets. |
Col. Grant, who is also a past depart
mental commander of the Sons of
Union Veterans of the Civil War will
be one of the speakers. William Tyler
Page will read his Americans Creed"
The Visayan Circle, Inc, an organi- |
zation of Fflipinoes in Washington,
held a program last night in memory
OF Lincoln at the Circle Hall. 1917 K
street. Charles Edward Russell was the
principal speaker.
Kenneth M. Walsh Post. No. 8,
American Legion Auxiliary, will hold a
Lincoln day observance tonight at the |
Sears-Roebuck Galleries, with an ad-
dress on Immigration and American
ism" by Representative Arthur NJ
Free Of California.
Mrs. William K. Urban, president of
the Washington unit, will introduce
read by Mrs. Joseph H. Mine, national
rehabilitation chairman of the Auxil-
iary, and reading on Lincoln will be
given by Mrs. Egbert Corwin, depart
mental president of the Auxiliary.
There will be music and other features.