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Evening star., 1939-06-29

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Evening star., 1939-06-29

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Evening star., 1939-09-24

The voromie. fomous eift-ship
Of the kovoI Academy. heels over
under full working convos as she
"tokes off" in q roce at the mouth
Of the Severn River. The three
mosted ketch is monned by q crew
Of midshipmen and skippered by
Copt. n. n. }. Benson, U. S. NJ, q
former Chesapeake Boy soilor.
Photo by H. B. Henrickson.
Evening star., 1939-07-30
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coIorlngs Every rug seamless and
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Evening star., 1939-07-30
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for every room in the house from the living
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dining rooms. Hooked rug patterns for dens
and bedrooms
Evening star., 1939-07-30
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blue and antique mahogany {. Used in rooms
where you want carpeting from wall to wall Please
bring your room measurements.
Evening star., 1939-07-30
Moth Proof Rug Cushions

-9x12 and 8X10 it. size cushions to add to
the life of your rugs while adding to their
beauty by making them look thicker and
softer.
Evening star., 1939-07-30
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but it's rare occurrence when you find
plain wool Broadlooms at this low price.
9x12-ft. size in green, blue, rust, red and
taupe.
Evening star., 1939-07-30
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Evening star., 1939-01-14
Opportunity for Youth
Remains, SAYS Randolph

Opportunity for youth to succeed
is as great today as in the past,
Representative Jennings Randolph
of West Virginia declared last night
in the first of a series of educational
forum lectures at the Central Young
Mems Christian Association.
"The youth opportunity is present
now just as it was then and will be
here tomorrow to those who are
willing to square their shoulders
and tackle the problems before
them" Mr.. Randolph said.
The speaker named great writer's,
composers, statesmen and generals
of history who were on the road
to greatness early in life, due to
their diligence in youth.
Mr.. Randolph declared there is
an urgent need Of creating in this
country a "job-producing industry, -
pointing out how machinery and
various labor-saving devices have
caused men to be thrown out of
work.
w. W. Harrison presided and in
troduced members of a panel for
last nights forum. They were
Mitchell Dreese, professor at George
Washington University. chairman:
Chester w. Holmes, assistant super
intendent of junior high schools in
the District; Marris NJ. Proffitt, con-
sultant, United States Office of Edu-
cation, and George Sanford Holmes,
director of information service, Ma
tional Youth Administration.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Rev. George 0. Taylor
Will Preach Here

The Rev. George Oliver Taylor, di-
rector of religious education of the
Chesapeake area of the Disciples of
Christ, will be the guest preacher
tomorrow at IL am. at the Ninth
Street Christian Church. He will
preach on Stubborn Youth"
This will be the third Sunday of
youth month. Maurice Petersen
will preside; the morning prayer
will be led by Betty Wray; the
Scripture will be read by Allan
Grove, and the benediction given
by Mary Ruth Scott. The junior
church will be special guests and
the chapel choir will sing during the
offertory. At the communion table
will be Andrew Shannon and Ray
bern Keagy.
James Ellerbrook will preside at
7:45 pm. Dorothy Jackson will give
the prayer; Wallace Reese will read
the Scripture and the benediction
will be given by Mary Ellen Ed
monds. The song leader will be
Ernest Payne. A symposium, Chris
tian Youth Looks Ahead will be
given as follows: ITO a Warless
World" by Andrew Shannon; ITO
Recovery of Personal Religion" !"
by Alice Harvey; ITO Adjust the
Economic System" by Glenn Mann,
and ITO a United Church." by
Dorothy johnson.
Miss Hazel Hoover will be the
leader of the prayer meeting Thurs
day evening.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Funeral Rites Today
For Robert A. Van Horn

Funeral rites for Robert A. Van
Horn, II. of Glenn Dale, Md, a
former Washington businessman,
who died Thursday at his home after
weeks illness, were to be held at
2:30 pm. today at Perkins Chapel,
Springfield, Md, with burial in Per-
kins' Chapel Cemetery.
A native of Aberdeen, Md, Mr..
Van Horn was engaged in the gro
Gerry business in Washington 20
years and later in Brentwood, Nd.
where he lived for IS years and was
active in developing Brentwood. He
was a trustee of the first Brent
wood public school. He retired from
business in Brentwood and moved to
Glenn Dale, where he has lived since
Mr.. Van Horn was an active men,
ber in the Methodist Church South
Surviving are a son, r. Lee Van
Horn of Glenn Dale; three sisters
Mrs. Walter S. Rau and Mrs. Will
liam T. Perkins, both of Glenn Dale:
Mrs. r. Herbert v. Gardner of Los
Angeles, and five grandchildren.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
God in the Midst Is Topic
Al Takoma Park Church

The Rev. R. Paul Schearrer will
preach at II am. tomorrow in the
Takoma Park Presbyterian Church
on God in the Midst" At pm.
the Rev. Irven Paul, of Conception,
Chile, will give a brief address.
Robert Carey. Coleman Hyatt,
Patty Brown, Herbert w. Rutledge,
jr, and Miss Edwinetta Miller will
be in charge of the young peoples
groups at pm. The Brotherhood
Bible Glass will meet at the home
of H. j. Carr. LOT Holly avenue, at
$40 am.
DR.. Oliver j. Hart, rector of St.
Johns Church, will address the
second session of the Takoma Park
Interdenominational Mission Study
Glass Monday morning in the
Presbyterian Church. The Mother
Gordon Bible Glass will meet Mon
day evening at the home of Mrs.
John R. Bovard, 3O8 Takoma ave-
nue..
Mrs. Homer A. A. Smith will be
the guest speaker.
o. NJ. Freeman, botanist of the
Department of Agriculture, will give
an Illustrated address Tuesday even
ing before the Brotherhood Club on
Our Native Plants and Their Pos
sibilitieS About Our Homes"
Evening star., 1939-01-14
|Moughom Gives
| Some Pointers
Ion Writing
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Jan. 14.-Rule No.
/ for .would-be authors, says w.
Somerset Vaughan, is don't ask
Maugham to read your manuscript"
1.-THE only way they can determine
If they have merit" the eminent
English writer explained, lis to keep
on writing and keep on sending
their manuscripts to publishers"
Mr.. Vaughan, haggard-looking
but robust at ga, smokes cigarettes
very rapidly and pays no attention
to what Hollywood does with his
stories because:
"a writer should be like a snake
who sheds his skin-if some one
else wants to make shoes out of the
skin, let him."
He's here for a cross-country trip,
a warmup to an expedition to India
next fall, contending:
"One reason why authors 20 stale
is that they wait for material to
come to them. Instead, they should
60 to it."
He doesn't like the modern trend
of expecting writer's to handle So
cial conditions thinks they should
occupy themselves with human ma
ture.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Luther League

Atonement-Miss Eulalia Solt
will speak on Records, God Keeps
the Books"
st. Stephens-William Frye will
speak tomorrow on Records, God
Keeps the Books" On Friday at
8 pm. the young people will hold a
carnival to which all leaguers of
the District are invited.
Reformation In the Senior
League the topic, "Bible Charac-
ters," will be discussed by Warren
Haugen, Jenora 1verson and Betty
Egloff. Devotions will be led by
Dean Romig. Miss Frances Dy-
singer will speak to the Young
Peoples League on Caring for the
Underprivileged."
Georgetown - Wallace Malcolm
will speak on Records, God Keeps
the Books"
Incarnation-The seniors and in
termediates will meet together. The
program will be in the form of a
Prof. Quiz hour on Bible questions
Allan We'll will be the leader.
Luther Place-Harold Briemyel
will address the young people or
Developing Personality" For, the
seniors, Miss Henrietta Boune will
speak on Records, God Keeps the
Books" Miss Helen Brunner ad.
dresses the intermediates on "Se.
lecting My Friends"
st. Marks+George Cornell will,
speak on Records, God Keeps the
Books" Following the meeting
Miss Jane Moberly will entertain
the league at her home on Arkansas
avenue.
Zion - For the intermediates
Audrey Souder and Anna Pruitt
Will lead the discussion, developing
My Personality" Miss Gladys A
Broker, recording secretary of the
Luther League of America. will
address the seniors on Records
God Keeps the Books"
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Two Speakers Listed
For All Souls Glasses

Gardner Jackson chairman of the
Washington branch of the American
Civil Liberties Union, will speak on
Safeguarding Our Democratic
Rights" and DR.. Paul Kaufman
will talk on Recent Psychological
Approaches to Religion" before the
adult classes of All Souls Unitarian
Church School at 10 o'clock.
The Rev. DR.. Ulysses G. B. Pierce
will preach at II am. on Distorted
Religion" At pm. George Irving
Chandler, tenor, will assist Lewis
Corning Atwater, organist, in pro-
gram of early Italian music. At $50
Mrs. H. Lyle Campbell will review
Women of the Wilderness by Mar
garet Bell. The feature at the mo-
ton picture hour at 7:3O will be
The Hoosier Schoolboy." with
Mickey Rooney.
DR.. Will Hutchins of American
University will give an illustrated
talk on THE Architecture of AL
Souls Church" at the dinner meet
ing Of the Business and professional
Womens Club on Wednesday. The
feature at the foreign language Gin
ema on January 81 will be the Swed-
ish picture SOL Over Sverige" This
evening Ave Maria" with Ben
jamino Gigl, will be shown.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Methodist Pastors
To Exchange PuI pits

The pulpit exchange among
Methodist Episcopal Churches will
bring the Rev. J. Luther Neff, pastor
of Wesley Church. to Petworth
Church at the II o'clock service. DR..
Frank Steelman will preach at Camp
Springs Church. Milton Stephens
will be the leader of the intermediate
League at $50 o'clock. The Rev.
Orris G. Robinson will be the guest
speaker at the Young Peoples
League service at Z o'clock.
DR.. Steelman will give the third
talk in the Sunday night series on
BLACK Rock" by Ralph Connor, at
8 o'clock.
The Philathea Glass will meet
Monday evening with Neva Fiscus,
800 Taylor street NV. A business
meeting of the Epworth League will
be held Tuesday evening.
DR.. Steelman will be in charge of
the Thursday evening service at 8
o'clock.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Dr.. Stone to Speok
At EIdbrooke Church

In the Eldbrooke M. E. Church
tomorrow morning DR.. Reginald H.
Stone will be the guest preacher.
The Harrison. Bible Glass of Con-
gress Street M. P. Church will meet
with the Community Bible Glass at
Gas am, with devotions in charge
of w. Vernon Brumbaugh. Mckinley
w. Kriegh will be the teacher.
Harry H. Loveland will lead the
devotions in the Epworth League at
Z pm.
At the evening worship services
the Rev. DR.. Walter M. Michael will
preach on 'The Unwelcome Prince"
The Ladies' Guild will have roast
beef dinner In the social hall Thurs
day from S to pm. The Epworth
League will hold a business meeting
and social at the parsonage at pm.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Metropolitan Baptist
Baptisms 10 Continue

Baptisms will continue at the
Metropolitan Baptist Church to-
morrow night when DR.. John Comp
ton Ball will immerse number of
candidates. In the morning he will
preach on 1.-THE Call of the Infinite" !"
New members will be welcomed. In
the evening the assistant pastor, the
Rev. Robert Carlton Savage, will
preach on "The Victory of Faith"
At the close of the evening service
a special service, entitled Minutes
Of Melody" will be held.
The Live Wire Bible Class will
hold religious services at the Home
for Baptist Ladies, 3248 N street
NV, tomorrow at 3 o'clock. S. A.
Smith will speak.
The training service groups meet
at $50 pm. The Senior Union will
be led by Miss Mildred Miller on
Baptism" A fellowship dinner will
precede this service. The Thru-the-
Bible Glass meets at pm. Tuesday.
Mrs. William Hasker is the teacher.
The Adult Union, with James Lille
leading, will hold a business confer
ence Tuesday at 8 pm. On Thurs
day at 7:45 pm. prayer service will
be held, with the pastor leading.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Discussion Sessions
To Open Tomorrow
AT Foundry N. {.
Dr.. Horris to Preach
At Morning and
Evening Services

DR.. Frederick Brown Harris will
preach tomorrow at II am. on ION
Looking at Things" and at pm.
on "A House For Rent" in Foundry
M. E. Church. There will be Is
minute organ recital and musical
program beginning at 7:45 pm, pre-
ceding the evening service.
The winter session of the Foundry
Forge for Christian Living will have
elective group discussions on "The
Christian and the World Today"
"The European Dilemma" Living
Religions" and 1.-The Relation of
Science and Religion" beginning at
7 pm. tomorrow, with leaders as
follows: DR.. Jacob 8. Payton, editor
of the National Methodist Press;
Henry c. Barden, for a number Of
years general secretary of the Y. M
c. A. in Czecho-Slovakia; DR.. Eddy
Lucius Ford, director of religious
education of the local church, and
DR.. L. Edwin Yocum, professor of
botany, George Washington Uni
versity.
On Monday at 8 pm, Foundry
Boy Scout Troop No. Al will enter
tain the troop leaders in the Let's
Building.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
y
Georgetown Lutheran
Services Announced

The Rev. William j. Ducker, repre-
senting the Board of American Mis-
sions of the United Lutheran Church
in America, will be the guest speaker,
Sunday, IL am, in Georgetown
Lutheran Church.
j. Frank Butts and Mrs. Hilda
McCord will address the adult
classes at $50 am. on "The Glory
of Christ" Mrs. Millard Boteler will
have charge of the nursery for all
small children during the II o'clock
services.
How We Deny Jesus Today" will
be the subject at the prayer service
Thursday, 8 pm, to be conducted by
the pastor.
At the recent annual congrega-
tional meeting the following council
men were elected: Joseph c. VIM
mer, elder; George A. Boliek and
Kenneth c. Hamer, deacons; Prof
Lloyd McCord, trustee; Mrs. Mary
B. Pettis, financial secretary; Mrs
Mary Raines, treasurer; Mrs. Hilda
McCord, congregational. secretary;
Mrs. Helen Albert, organist.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Augustono Lutheran
To Hold Communion

At the service Of the Augustana
Lutheran congregation tomorrow at
II am. at 2z0O Sixteenth street
NV, holy communion will be cele-
brated. New members also will be
received.
The annual business meeting will
be held Thursday at 7:30 pm. at
Schools Cafe, on Connecticut ave-
nue. NV. The meeting will be pre-
ceded by a congregational fellow
ship supper at 6 o'clock. The Rev.
S. E. Engstrom of Minneapolis,
executive home mission secretary
Of the Lutheran Augustana Synod
of North America, will attend the
meeting and it is believed that he
will have an announcement rela-
tive to the synod's plan to erect a
church edifice in Washington.
The Senior Luther League will
hold a social meeting Friday eve
ming in the chapel at 400 Fourth
street NV.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Dr.. B|atkwe|der
To Continue. Series
OF Master Pictures
Canon Stokes to Give
Lecture Tuesday on
Trip to Africa

At the Lutheran Church Of the
Reformation tomorrow at 8 pm.
DR.. Oscar F. Blackwelder will con-
tinue his series on Master Pictures
Of the Masters Face" using for his
subject Christ Among the Doctors" !"
by Hofmann.
why Miracles?" is the subject
Of the Rev. Ralph William Loew,
assistant pastor, for the $3.50 am.
service.
At II am. DR.. Blackwelder will
preach on Under the Fig Tree"
Canon Anson Phelps Stokes of the
Washington Cathedral will deliver
an illustrated lecture on MY Trip
to Africa" Tuesday evening in the
parish hall under the auspices of
the Young Peoples Department. At
6 pm. Thursday the Executive Com
mittee of the Sunday school meets
for dinner at Mrs. Elizabeth Renkel's,
125 B street Sc. The annual con-
gregational meeting will be held in
the parish hall Thursday evening.
The Children of the Church"
meet at 10:30 Saturday morning.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Anchors Thut Hold
Is Dr.. Rows Theme

DR.. Clifton R. Ray will preach al
Il am. in Epworth M. E. Church
South tomorrow on Anchors That
Hold and at pm. on "A Midnight
Wedding"
The Wesley Fellowship and the
young peoples department will meet
at 7 pm.
Members of the young people
department will attend the meeting
OF the Youth Crusade in Mount
Vernon Place Church on Monday
evening. Bishop w. w. Peele O.
the Baltimore Conference will speak
Mrs. F. c. Calcote, 1712 E street
Sc, will arrange for the collection
Of clothing offered for a needy
family.
DR.. Ray will conduct the prayer
meeting Thursday evening.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Power 10 Resist Topic
Of Dr.. John Rustin

DR.. John w. Rustin. minister at
Mount Vernon Place M E. Church
South, will preach tomorrow morn
ing on The Power to Resist" and
in the evening on Religion In a
Time of Confusion" :
Miss Lola Sanders will speak, on
THE Truth" at the Adult Depart
ment service.
Bishop w. w. Peele will speak at
the Washington District Youth Cru
sade rally which will be held in the
church Monday at pm.
The A. B. Pugh Bible Glass will
conduct the monthly service at Gen.
trail Union Mission Tuesday at 8
pm. Prayer meeting will be held
Thursday at pm.
The Visitation Council is con-
Quoting a campaign to receive all
pledges to the church budget for the
new calendar year 1t began Thurs
day and will end next Thursday.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Rev. H. 5. Anderson Z
To Discuss Defense NJ
Program for U. 5. /
Will Continue First
Congregational
Sermon Series

"A Defense Program for Amer.
lea" Is the subject tomorrow atsl1
am. in the First Congregational
Church, by the Rev. Howard Stone
Anderson. This is the second In q
series urging spiritual revival, moral
regeneration and support Of relig:-
ion as the greatest bulwarks q nal-
ton can have.
outward Bound" is the drama.
picture at 7:45 pm. A song service
from the screen is another feature
The Tuxis Club meets at $50 for
discussion led by Mrs. Warren B.
Burgess on What Is Your Attitude,
Toward the Tuxis Club?" ~
The annual meeting of the church
and society will be held Tuesday at
the church, with dinner at O'Clock.
DR.. Charles G. Abbott, president Of
the society, will preside at the busi-
ness sessions and reports will be
presented by the trustees, treasurer
and the various officers and organl
izations of the society and church.
Because of the successful record Of
the last year the event is being ad-
vertised as a victory dinner. !"
No church night dinner or meets
ing because of the annual meeting
on Tuesday.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
New Universalisf Pastor
In Pulpit Tomorrow

DR.. Seth Rogers Brooks, the min
ister- elect of the Universalist Ma
tional Memorial Church, will begin
his pastorate at the services tomor-
row at IL o'clock. The subject of
his sermon will be THAT Larger
Conception of Life"
DR.. Brooks, who succeeds DR..
Frederic w. Perkins, comes to WASH
ington from Maiden, Mass, where
he was pastor of the First Univer-
salist Church for 10 years. He and
Mrs. Brooks will reside at 1861 Cres-
cent place NV. On Thursday at
pm. the Chufch School Association
will hold its monthly supper meet
ing. On Saturday, from to IL,
the Universalist Players will hold a
dance with a floor show featuring
the Alice Louise Hunter Dancers.
At the Adult Forum at 10 am.
tomorrow Miss Cricket of the
Children's Patriotic Association will
speak on welfare work among chill
dren.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Rev. Norman 0. Scribner
To Preach al Calvary

The Rev. Norman o. Scribner,
pastor of the Gaithersburg NJ E.
Church, will be the guest preacher
at the Calvary M. E. Church at
II am. tomorrow. The Rev. Orris
Gravenor Robinson will be in tse
pulpit of the Brightwood NJ E.
Church. At pm. Mr.. Robinson
will continue a sermon series on
"The Place of Trust-Society." :.
Raymond Swan has planned a
special program for the Young Peo-
pies League at 7 pm. The Pre-
Lenten Institute will be held on
Thursday from tbs to $3.50 o'clock.
After a devotional address on "Old
Testament Characters" by Judge
j. w. Thompson, there will be claS,es
on Problems of Professionalism" by
Dr. H. M. Dudley; Missions Today
and Tomorrow" Mrs. Luther Neff,
and "Rethinking the Family" by
Rev Robinson. Members and friends
are invited.
On Wednesday evening the CAL
vary Mems Glass, with A. Stuart
Vipond in charge, will serve an
oyster dinner at the church from
5 to 7. Tickets are available at the
door. Proceeds are for the Swartzell
Home for Children.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Housing Forum 10 Study
Iow-Income Problem

A forum discussion at the annual
meeting of the Washington Housing
Association the evening Of January
% will focus attention on the hous-
ing problems of $4,000 District fami-
lies with income between $1,10O and
$1,000 annually.
DR.. Anson Phelps Stokes, presi-
dent of the association, has said this
large group needs good, sanitary
houses with at least two bedrooms
renting for $25 to $40 a month. The
income group, he said, represents a
"no-man's land" in housing that lies
between the ceiling of public hous-
ing as set by the United States
Housing Authority and the floor of
housing being provided in the Dis
trict by private enterprise.
The meeting will be held at the
United States Chamber of Com
merce and John Ihlder, executive
officer of the Alley Dwelling Au-
thority will conduct the forum. Or.
Stokes will preside.
Various viewpoints will be pre-
sented by panel consisting of Miles
Co lie n, assistant administrator
Federal Housing Administration
Leon Keyserling, deputy administra-
tor and general counsel, United
States Housing Authority; John M
Dagger, financial adviser, Federal
Housing Administration; Daniel O.
Collins, vice president, Bricklayers
Masons, and Plasterers Interna-
tional Union of America, Sydney
Katz, secretary, Maryland and Dis
trict of Columbia Industrial Union
Council; Morris Cafritz, Cafritz
Construction Co.; John McC. Now
bray, chairman of housing commit
tee, National Association of Rea.
Estate Boards; Katherine Lenroot
chief, Children's Bureau, Depart.
ment of Labor; Jacob Baker, presi.
dent United Federal Workers o1
America; DR.. Robert C. Weaver
special assistant to the Administra-
tor, United States Housing Au.
thority.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Dr.. johnson to Talk
On EVANGELISM

DR.. Cove G. johnson, pastor at
the National Baptist Memorial
Church, will preach tomorrow
morning on THE Call to Evangel-
ism" The Rev. A. Lincoln Smith,
assistant pastor, will preach in the
evening on IF My People" !"
Members of the Pinkham Bible
Class will assist, with President
John L. Wann, Secretary Albert S.
Pittman and Capt. George L. Myers
participating.
On Tuesday through January %,
each evening, except Monday, at
7:45 o'clock the Rev. Walter r.
Macdonald, young peoples evan
gelist and gospel singer, will conduct
series of services under the aus
pices of the Layman's Evangelistic
Committee. Mr.. Macdonald was
once a comedian and member of
a famous orchestra and was con-
verted in the Pacific Garden Mis-
sion.
The Bible school dinner will be
held at the church at o'clock
Thursday.