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Evening star., 1937-12-18
mo ROOM IN THE INN
CHRIST LUTHERAN TOPIC
Rev. J. r. Wenchel Will Speak,
Walther League to Mark
Anniversary.

AuulVcTsdTy.
The Rev j. Frederic Wenchel, pas
tor Of Christ Lutheran Church, will
speak tomorrow morning on mo Room
in the Inn. or Has the Modern Man
Any Place for Jesus In His Life"
At 5 pm. the Walther League will
commemorate its second anniversary
with a social and devotional meeting.
The Rev. e. Pieplow of Mount Rainier
will make q brief address.
At the business meeting of the
church the following were elected offi-
GERS: Louis Dismer. president; G. G..
Buck, vice president: H. Strasser, re-
cording secretary; W. F. Kesmodel,
financial secretary; W. A. Kesmodel,
treasurer; George Rohrich, trustee.
and M. Behrens, Sunday school su-
perintendent
There will be midnight service on
Christmas eve, beginning at 1880
O'Clock. Previous to the service both
the Junior League and Walther
League will 60 caroling and sing to
shut-ins.
The Sunday school Christmas exer-
cises will be held the evening of De-
cember 26.
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HILLCREST PARSONAGE
TO BE SCENE OF SERVICE
Ryland n. e. Church to Begin En-
trance Into Randle Highlands
Mt. Dome Community.

ME- Oo"o NO""uulty,
In addition to Its regular morning
services, church school and church
activities, held at its present south
west location, Ryland M. z. Church
tomorrow will begin its entrance into
the Hillcrest-R -Randle Highlands-M Mount
Dome community, where ON Sunday
evenings ut o'clock it will conduct
services in the downstairs Of its new
Hillcrest parsonage, 1904 Branch ave-
nue. Sc. The Christmas Fireside
Services" announced are as follows:
December 19, Stories Of the Christ
mas Carols; December 26, candlelight
service.
side Carols; December 26, a candle
At II o'clock at the church, the pas
tor Is conducting advent services, as
follows: December 10, THE Shepherds
Christmas"; December 26, It'll Earth
Send Back the Song" On Christmas
Eve at 1880 a candlelight service will
be held and on December ~ the chill
dren's Christmas program.
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DEATHS REPORTED.

Barbara Wittstatt, o. 91s Madison at.
Frank Parker. 81, Gallinger Hospital
Home Hospital.
Kate swearingen. "a. 43s 9Th st. ne.
Elizabeth Martin, 80, 1910 Allison st. ne
eral Hospital
Sarah Nathanson, SO. .5o26 Hutchins pl.
I,. Ivs nerdle; ,;s AZ 81 sElizabeth's Hospital.
Lucy Turner. 81, 234 9Th st.
Nellie King, 72, Garfield Hospital.
Phillip Reed. 90. 945 Rhode Island ave,
Walter Scott, 81. 2S Fenton pi.
Alice Jackson, 40, Emergency Hospital.
James Elliott. ~, Freedmen's HOSPITAL.
James Scrangge. 81. GaIlinger Hospital.
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SERVICES SCHEDULED
By REV. A. P. WILSON
aWhite Gifts" Christmas Will Be
/ Held at Columbia Heights
Christian.

A white gifts" Christmas will be
held at the Columbia Heights Chris
Gan Church tomorrow. The Rev. A.
p. Wilson's sermon will be His In
carnation-And Ours
During the evening service the
young people will present the play,
HWhy the Chimes Rang" and at the
close there will be a dedication of
the white gifts
The intermediate department of the
church school will hold its Christmas
party at the church Tuesday evening.
The prayer meeting will be led by
Mrs. A. M. Carey.
On Christmas eve, under the lead
srship of Mrs. e. H. Ehlis, service
will be held In Brewers alley at s
O'clock
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Concert at Church.

Dorothy Lofts and Mary Lehman,
altos. will be guest soloists at con-
cert Sunday at pm. at the. Takoms
Park (Md.) Christian Church.
Others on the program include
Maxwell Galloway, soprano; Leo Hub
bard, tenor; Elizabeth Whitemire
also; Elmer Stephenson, bass; Walter
Reed, violinist, and Florence Jacobs
organisk
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WEST WASHINGTON

At the West Washington Baptist
Church tomorrow, II am, the Rev.
Charles B. Austin will preach on
How to Celebrate Christmas"
The white Christmas pageant, "The
Birthday Festival" will be presented
at 8 pm. by the church, Sunday school
and B. Y. P. u, under the direction
Of Supt. Robert L. Haycock. The
white gifts of sacrifice will 60 to the
kingdom building program.
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DR.. BIRD SPEAKER
@The Vision Splendid" to Be
! Theme at Church Of Pilgrims.

AAe S1S1oH SPIeuuIu To Dc
. Theme at Church of Pilgrims.
DR.. Andrew Reid Bird will preach
atthe IL am. service tomorrow at the
Church of the Pilgrims on 1.-THE VI
sion Splendid" and at 7:45 pm on
rGood Tidings of Great JOY" The
latter will be the third in a series of
sermons on Joys of Christmas in the
Light of Gods Word"
/ The prayer service will be con-
Quoted by the young people, who will
present a Christmas service pro-
gram at 7:45 pm. Thursday. The
congregation Is invited.
! This church will unite with others
In the Washington Federation of
Churches in the Christmas morning
service IN the CoveEant-First Pres
hyterian Church at II am.
/, The Young Peoples Society will
have its vesper service and light sup
per tomorrow at 6:15 pm. The Fellow
ship Group will meet at pm. and
the Christian Pioneers at $50 pm.
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SERIES ON PORTRAIT
OF SAVIOR TO END
"a Miniature" to Conclude Rev.
z. o. Clark's Study of Johns
Descriptions.

Concluding his series of sermons on
Johns Portrait Of Jesus" the Rev
Edward o. Clark, pastor Of the Chevy
Chase Baptist Church, will speak on
"A Miniature in the Picture" at the
IL o'clock service tomorrow.
A white gifts service will be held
Thursday at 7;45 pm. Donations and
gifts for needy families will be re-
ceived.
The Rev. John D. Clark Of Towson,
Md, will be the guest speaker at the
early Christmas morning service on
Saturday at 7:30 am.
Evening star., 1937-12-18

The story so far: Santa's sailor
doll and tiny squirrel haze found
Helga. doll, in the den OF the
Uhtte for, where she looks unhappy
and homesick. The sailor plans
to rescue her.
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firm fruit, as we'll as a most decora-
tive way of shipping the dainty fruit,
and in strawberry baskets they can
be transported without much damage.
Those we have in our stores taste far
different from the ones picked ripe
from the tree. However, the fruit is
eaten whole, as the rind is spicy, the
white inner rind tender and sweet,
though the juice is bit acid, but not
too acid to keep you from enjoying
the unusual flavor. Try one and see,
and call up Uncle Sam for some recipes
for kumquat marmalade.
(Copyright 1877
Evening star., 1937-12-18
Bedtime Stories

BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
No beast Of forest will or can
Approach the heartlessness Of man.
old Mother Nature.
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Chapter XVIII.
Outwittinp the For.

w YHILE the white fox was hav-
M ing dinner with Helga and
Wv the sailor and the tiny
squirrel. the sailor was
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Kaline. %. both stti'e of Baltimore Ine W Nd.
Waldo Leroy Paul. 20. and Bertha Maxine
Humphrey; -; both of Washington;
and Marjorie Josephine McNair. 16. Of
Washington.
Harry B. Owens Al. and Marie z. Krick.
35. both of Washington
Evening star., 1937-02-20

20 State Parks in California.
California has 10 State parks with
an acreage of 293, ,l29 and a valuation
Of s14,742, 900.
Evening star., 1937-02-20
EXPERT DISCUSSES
LOW-COST HOUSING
Little Direct Building by Govern.
ment Likely, Coleman Wood
bury Predicts.

That there will be very little II any
direct building of low-cost housing by
the Federal Government in the future
was the prediction of Coleman Wood
bury, director of the National Asso-
ciation of Housing Oficiak. address,
ing the North Central Conference of
the United States Building and Loan
League last week He said that local
agencies are likely to be distributors
of whatever subsidies are developed
in the program to provide housing
for families which cannot afford the
shelter produced by private builders
and private lenders.
Advocates Of public housing have
erred in their attempts to generalize
about the proportion Of the popula-
ton included in the group for which
some form of subsidized housing Is
sought" he pointed out. Nobody
knows what the proportion is for the
Nation, and it can only be deter
mined for each locality separately.
I know that in New York City there
is nearly a third of the population
living in old-law tenement buildings
which it has been illegal to erect
since 1901. but know there are small
towns in the Middle West where the
proportion Of those living in this type
of housing is very small indeed and
some cities where it is practically non
existent"
Woodbury. said that, judging from
the English experience, the lifting
Of housing standards for the very
lowest income group will have its
effect in heightening the demand for
better homes in the income group
just above. which can pay for its own
housing. He said that both the pri-
vate lenders and the public housing
advocates are agreed that more eco
nomical, more eficient, less costly
methods Of building must be de-
veloped.
Evening star., 1937-02-20

therefore, one Of the most serious OBJ
jections heretofore encountered In the
construction Of concrete houses Is
overcome.
Twenty years ago Billner was bridge
engineer in charge Of design and con-
struction Of the first concrete spans
built in the State of Oregon on the
Columbia River Highway. These
structures received considerable at
tention In the technical press of this
country and abroad. In 1925 he DEM
onstrated his invention of lightweight
concrete, which he called aerocrete,
at the British Imperial Exposition in
London. This product has subse-
quently come into universal use
throughout the world. Here in WASH
ington 1t has been used in the floors
Of most Of the large Government
buildings, such as the Department OF
Justice, the General Post Office, the
Federal Reserve Bank, the ]. C. C.
Building. ETC., as well as many public
and private buildings throughout the
country.
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ter the moisture is absorbed inside.
Chemical combinations thus form
structure resembling the original rock.
1t Is this property that makes it pos
sible to form a rocklike structure
from the pasty concrete mixture To
obtain proper flowing qualities in the
concrete, 1t Is necessary to add about
80 gallons Of water to a cubic yard Of
the sand-rock-cement mixture. How
ever, only half Of this amount or less
is needed to restore the cement with
the amount Of water which was driven
from the original rock by heat. Ex-
pelling about IS gallons Of water per
cubic yard is the problem that has
confronted concrete workers through
the years. Billner's vacuum process
is the solution.
improvements Noted.
Without attempting a scientific ex-
PLANTATION 1t has already been estab-
lished that stucco and other finishing
coating applied to a vacuum-treated
house does not crack or scale of and,
Evening star., 1937-02-20
BULLETIN GUIDE
FOR HOME OWNERS
Mechanical Equipment In
formation Announced by
Housing Officials.

Publication of Technical Bulletin
No. s. titled Mechanical Equipment
for the Home" was announced today
by the Federal Housing Administra-
ton.
The purpose of the publication Is
10 provide suggestions and guidance
10 prospective home builders and
owners of existing property whereby
"the home may be equipped at reason
able first cost in such manner that
the equipment will produce maximum
of comfort and convenience, coupled
with economy of operation and slow
depreciation over the years-which in
the final analysis will produce true
economy and the greatest satisfaction" :"
The bulletin, which goes into the
problems Of purchase and installation
of home mechanical equipment,
stresses the importance Of a rational
attitude on the part of equipment
purchasers regarding the relationship
between equipment itself and the basic
factors governing home value and
economy.
Improvement in Quality.
There has been marked improve
ment in the quality of mechanical
equipment for homes during the past
years, the bulletin says.
An outline of the subject matter of
the bulletin gives an idea Of its scope.
The following subjects are discussed
in detail: Utilities, sewage disposal,
septic tanks, cesspools, water supply,
deep wells, shallow wells, electrical
service, flues, heating, space heaters,
warm air furnaces, steam and hot
water boilers, radiators and convec-
tors, steam distribution systems, hot
water heating systems, automatic fuel
burning equipment, domestic coal
stokers, domestic fuel oil burners, fuel
oil storage, gas burners, air condi-
Evening star., 1937-02-20

tioning, plumbing. water piping, water
softening, domestic hot water heaters,
storage tanks, plumbing fixtures, wiz
ing systems, lighting fixtures, auto
matte heating controls, ranges, re-
frigerators and many others.
Installation Importance.
The bulletin closes with the sugges-
ton that purchasers Of equipment
realize the importance Of proper in
stallation and the economy OF patron
izing dealers with reliable installation
and service crews.
Copies Of the bulletin. mechanical
Equipment for the Home" may be
obtained from any Office of the Federal
Housing Administration.
Evening star., 1937-02-20
NOISES SILENCED

A "House Of Silence" has been de-
vised In Germany for persons seeking
relief from noise. Floors are made
Of rubber, doors are unslammable
locks and switches cannot click and
no radios are permitted. The apart
ment building containing these sound
eliminators was completely rented
even before the foundations were
laid.
While the United States, as far as
Is known, has no counterpart OF Ger
Evening star., 1937-02-20
Concrete
Continued From First Page.)

ceeding interest to Billner. Vacuum
concrete makes it possible to erect
first-class dwellings at a low cost
that could not be attained in other
ways at the present time" he said.
They would have ample thick walls
in which conduits and utility pipes
would be concealed There would be
air spaces for insulation against cold
in Winter and heat in Summer"
Billner explained that concrete is a
mixture Of cement, sand. broken stone
and water. The cement is composed
of limestone or other mineral SUBJ
stances which have been calcined or
burned to expel the chemically COM
bined water. The residue is then
ground to fine powder. When the
burned substance is supplied with wa
Evening star., 1937-02-20

many's House Of Silence" the
modern home, through careful plan.
ming and construction, judicious
choice Of building materials and wise
selection from the wide range of
equipment and machinery offered on
the market may be freed from many
unpleasant and nerve-racking noises.
Evening star., 1937-02-20
MRS. BLACK

MRRs. BLACK
TON answered
the door herself.
mo, he is not in"
she said.
There was some
thing suspiciously
appraising, some
thing frightened
and somehow pa
thetic, too, in the
way Mrs. Blackton
looked at the visi-
tor, as though she
guessed her iden-
tity.
Marion Marvin
smiled and pushed
her snartly shod
foot expertly and
unobtrusively for
ward so that the
door could not
close. 1t was a trick
she had learned
working her way
from Kansas to
49, UA~lr lnvronr.
Evening star., 1937-02-20


strating aluminium roasters to small
town housewives.
"Of course not" she said. II hoped
10 find you alone. You see, I-1'n-1
mean came
You're Peggy Marvin, aren't YOU?
Shed been fool, of course, to think
Barry Blackton's wife would not have
seen the pictures in the rotogravure,
In the theatrical pages OF the news
papers. Equally foolish was it to
imagine she had not read the gossip
columns, too Peggy and Barry" Or
1t might be Barry and Peggy" The
days grist Of gossip would have looked
forlornly barren in a day when the
names were not coupled in the chron-
icling of this or that night club gay
ETY.. Absurd to imagine Barry's wife
shouldn't have seen their photographs,
taken together on the beach. at the
races, at any Of half hundred places.
True, Barry's wife had been away all
Summer, but
IT came to talk to you" Peggy Mar
vim said, and held her foot more firmly
against being shut out.
About"
"About Bar-your husband"
The knee-the famous dimpled
knee OF Peggy Marvin-pushed the
door as it had pushed, gently but
firmly, so many doors from Junction
City to Manhattan.
What was she doing? It was mad
thing, a rash, a melodramatic act.
Barry had advised against it. He had
stormed and threatened. But Peggy
had been insistent. She would not
run away leaving things unsettled;
1t must be a clean break sharp,
clean cut with the pastor she would
not 60.
IT asked for him only because I
wasn't sure. I hadn't met you"
II X n
THERE was no denying the expert
- ness Of the ex-aluminum sales
woman and Mrs. Rlackton yielded the
door.
Her tense voice, hiding nervouness,
said: 1--WE could talk in my room"
She led the way to a room-the one
room in the house Peggy Marvin had
never entered-and sat in q chair,
leaned back against the frest white
lace that covered Its back.
It might have been q Middle West
ern sitting room, this small retreat in
the hard and glossy apartment house,
behind the rnodernistic living room
that reflected Barry Blackton's sophis-
ticated taste. Old pictures on the wall,
Victorian furniture, the gas log
on the crate, Kissing as 1t burned. And
through the open door Barry's own
exotic study, with his bed hidden in q
curtained alcove.
It was going to be harder than Peggy
had thought. It couldn't be easy ever
telling O woman she intended taking
her husband away. But this room
this room and the difiident, frightened
attitude of Barry's wife-made 1t more
difhcult. It was 50 unexpected.
She remembered her first meeting
with Barry, the interview in his ONCE,
the rehearsed scene from the new play.
the verdict:
You have q definite talent, Miss
Marvin. We must develop it."
And then, after q dozen dinners,
q score of night clubs, uncounted eve
nings Of talk in he apartment or on
the terrace overlooking a million
twinkling lights:
But your talent Is not for the the
eter."
Then WHAT"
"To make some man happy. To
make me happy If you viii allow me
TO be specific
" "
A ND 30 1t had come about. She
could not question hts Judgment.
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Daily WSAAA AASe
do it-and he would not-then
she, Marian Marvin, would go to her.
Barry stormed. Barry sulked.
But she had come. And now Bar
rvs wife was speaking.
You are to be in star Of 1872"
IT wonder"
"You are very beautiful, you know.
And have you-"
'Talent?" Peggy Marvin shook her
head. I'm afraid not. Not for the
theater. II am not all actress.
Bar-your husband has told me that"
Then"
Peggy could find no words. She
looked for escape. Her eyes caught
upon picture, framed on the marble
mantel."
"You?"
Mrs. Blackton nodded. Our we'd
ding picture" she said. IT was 16 then,
Barry "a. Handsome, wasn't hep"
Peggy nodded. Both of you" She
studied the face that was beginning to
show the lines of age and worry, the
hair that showed graying locks, the
figure that looked a little tired. THAT
was on your honeymoon"
I'm still waiting for that. There
was no time. He had new play.
Rehearsals started at once. thought
hit had No talent"
$50 you were not in it?"
mo, I stayed at home. That was
where belonged. And my husband
always said that was talent enough for
a woman-to make one man happy.
He wanted me to be always as was
then. This room is exactly like our sit
ting room back home when was a
girl But-well, sometimes wonder.
He is away so much. wonder If I
have given him all he wants, all he
needs"
Doggy heard a key in the latch
heard Barry's familiar footsteps
across the modern living room, his
entry into the moderr bed room study.
She waited tensely.
But he did not speak or approach
the half-opened door.
How she loved himl His TENDER
ness, his assurance, his handsome face
and 1.-the figure.
But his wife -.
I'm sure you have" Peggy said,
and her voice rang little more loudly
than necessary il the old-fashioned
room. "Of course you have"
All movements in the other room
stopped. She knew he was listen
ing.
only" she went on clearly, some
times man stays always a little
afraid of the woman he married when
he was young-his first love. And
he doesn't tell her. doesn't dare tell
her, all that's in his heart. He's SELF
conscious. With younger women,
casual friends, he can talk, with
with girls he doesn't take seriously
girls who wont-won't take him seri-
ously. Like me-"
MY dear, what do YOU mean2"
HAS he told YOU how much he
really loves your I wonder. Has he
told you Of his dream that you might
60 away for a trip-a belated honey
moon-to the Southwest, to Mexico,
and France? He's been afraid you'd
think 1t silly"
But wouldn't.
Then 60 to him. Now. And
make 1t easy for him. Tell him you
want to CO."
Outside in the corridor Peggy
Marvin powdered her nose, wiped
away . tear. $50 can't act!" she
said.
GCopyright. 1879
Evening star., 1937-02-20

his sure decision.
Barry Blackton!
Even his rivals
Joined the critics
in proclaiIning him
among the immor-
tai producers
He mentioned his
wife but little.
They talked Of
France, Mexico,
Nevada - places
where a divorce
might We had with
a minimum Of
trouble. She would
60 with him. They
would simply leave.
And they would
live happily for
ever and ever.
But she would
not go without
seeing his wife,
without telling her.
Something Unborn
impelled her. II
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-21
LAND TAX TILT
HERE OPPOSED
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Continued from Page II
would favor attaching the tax
measures to the appropriation bill.
Ready to Speed Bill
This proposal has been attacked
in both House and Senate, but the
Senate District Committee is ready
to give prompt attention to the
tax program as soon as it comes
from the House.
With the District Commissioners
prepared to submit their new five
point tax program 70 the congress
sional subcommittee on local taxes.
Representative Everett M. DirkSen
(R0, Of Illinois, announced today
he viii wage determined battle
against the Commissioners pro.
posed 2 per cent sales tax.
Representative DirkSen, q mem
Der Of the House District Subcom'
mittee which is drafting a tax pro-
gram to raise revenue to meet
the anticipated six million dollar
deficit in 1888, asserted that the
Commissioners proposal to ta1
retail sales is discriminatory"
Reasons for Proposal
The Illinois Representative Is
proposing an income tax to raise
the bulk of the revenue, in the
belief that a tax on income is thu
most equitable" method Of rails
ing funds. He declared:
Gan income tax reaches those
persons who are most able to
nay, and it taxes according to
the public's ability to pay. A
sales tax, on the other hand.
such ~ the Commissioners pro.
pose, taxes everybody equally re.
gardleSS of their ability to pay"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-21
u. S. PROBES KEENE CASE

last time he saw Keene was be-
tween II and 1880 that night,
when he was standing with an
unidentified man by the news
stand Of the boat. ...
Shannon, the purser, testified
that there is a safe on the steamer,
and a notice in the cabins advis-
ing passengers to deposit valuable
there. Keene mad no such de-
post, he said. One theory ad-
vanced in the case was that Keene
might have been slain by jewel
thief who believed Keene was car
rying valuable gems.
Tells Of Companion
]. M. Eby, who operates the
newsstand. testified that Keene
purchased two bottles Of a soft
drink during the evening, and
that later he came to the stand
with q "red-faced man who looked
like an old soldier from Soldiers
Home" This man bought a bottle
Of beer for Keene, he said, and
then they both left in separate
directions for their cabins.
Shannon testified that a maid
came to him around 8:45 q. m
after the boat had docked al
Norfolk and said there was some
thing wrong in Cabin 70. He went
there, saw the cabin in disorder
and then notified line officials
who called police.
Not Certain Door Locked
Lieut.. Keene asked Shannon Il
the call bell in his fathers cabir
was in order, and the purser ad
mitted he did not know.
Ella Montgomery, the coloreC
maid, testified that a key fell from
the inside Of the cabin as she in
serted her pass key, but she was
uncertain If the door was locked
She looked in and said she knew
"the room didn't look right" an6
called the purser. :
The window of the room was
almost wide open, testimony
showed.
Capt. Chap Posey, veteran skip
per Of the vessel, who has been or
the river for 81 years, denied re
ports that he was a close friend Of
Keene, saying he did not know the
missing man,