Evening star., 1940-12-22
Churches Will Mark
Christmas Weeks
Beginning Today
fT
Continued MiIdness Is
Forecast at Least
Through Tomorrow

will be marked in Washington s
churches today, as the Capital turns
from gift"buying problems to con-
temptation of the birth of the Prince
of Peace. The Nativity in Beth
lehem will be recalled in sermons,
and the notes of beloved carols will
pour from organ pipes as choirs
sing.
Holly wreaths hung on doors and
In windows of homes throughout
the city today. Electric candles and
strings of colored lights on ever
greens were ready to carry on the
Christmas aspect of residential areas
after dark. The Weather Bureau,
however, could make no appropriate
contribution.
"Some cloudiness today and to-
morrow; not much change in tenn
perature"-that was the prediction,
making return to real winter
weather improbable before Tuesday,
at least. AS for the possibility of a
white Christmas" to make the
picture complete, the forecaster saw
very little hope last night.
Roosevelt to Light Tree.
The extensive yuletide program
contributed to by church aff1liates,
fraternal and civic groups and well
fare agencies will continue toward
It's climax Tuesday afternoon when
President Roosevelt lights the ma
tional community Christmas tree
on the Ellipse and broadcasts his
greetings to the Nation.
Parents and other relatives will
attend a party for children in the
Washington Home for Foundlings,
1910 Forty-second street NV, at 8
pm today.
,"Song of the Wise Man." musi-
cal pageant, will be presented at
$3.50 pm. and again at 7:30 pm. in
Friendship House, 619 D street Sc.
First performance of the produc-
tion, written by Edward Trip, a
member of the settlements staff,
will be for children, while adults will
be welcomed at the second.
Potomac Heights Community
Church, 5000 Cathedral avenue
NV, will present the Christmas
story with music tonight.
Events announced for tomorrow
include:
A pageant of the Nativity at the
Episcopal Home for Children, Ne
braska avenue and Rock Greek Ford
road NV; childrens party at
Opportunity House, II I street NV
at pm; party at the Central
Branch, Boys Club of Washington,
230 c street NV, at $50 pm. and
featuring marionette show; COM
munity Christmas tree lighting cere-
mony at Fifteenth and T streets
NV. at 7 pm. under auspices of
the Midway Civic Association, and
the annual party of Metropolitan
Police Boys Club No. 10, at 7:3O pm.
In its clubroom at Sixteenth and
Harvard street NV.
Program to Begin at 4:30 pm.
The national community Christ
mas tree program will begin at 4:3O
pm. Tuesday with half-hou con-
cert by the United States Marine
Band.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt are
expected to arrive at the official
stand on the Ellipse at approxi-
mately 5 o'clock, and the invoca-
ton then will be given by the Rev.
H, H. D. Sterrett, rector of All Souls
Memorial Protestant Episcopal
Church.
Introductory remarks by Commits
eioner John Russell Young are to
follow.
Girl Scout Helen Almy of Chevy
Chase Md) Troop 20 will present
greetings and a bouquet to Mrs.
Roosevelt and Eagle Scout Robert
Willenberg of Boy Scout Troop 88
will greet the Chief Executive.
The President then will press a
button lighting the decorations on
the 35-foot evergreen and present
his Christmas message to the Ma
ton, which will be broadcast by the
three major radio networks as we'll
as the new local station, WINK.
A group of carols by the George
Washington University Glee Club,
under direction of Mr.. and Mrs.
Howe Harmon, is next on the an
nounced program and cornet solo,
"Cantique del Noel" by Marine
Band Musician Edward Masters, will
conclude the musical portion Of the
celebration.
y The Rev. DR. John K. Cartwright,
pastor Of the Church of the Immac-
ulate Conception, will give the bene-
diction.
Young Heads Committee.
The annual e-lighting program,
signal for similar community OBJ
servances throughout the Nation, is
sponsored by the District Commun-
ity Center and Fairgrounds De-
partment, the American Forestry
Association, the Greater National
Capital Committee of the Washing
ton Board of Trade and the Office
of National Capital Parks.
Commissioner Young heads the
National Committee for this years
observance, the eighteenth of its
kind. Other members of the COM
mittee are:
Newton B. Drury, vice chairman;
DR.. Frank w. Ballou, Lewis r. Bar
Yett, James B. Burns, Ovid Butler,
Senators Capper of Kansas and
King of Utah, the Most Rev. Joseph
M. Corrigan, Frederick A. Delano,
Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, Mrs.
Saddle Orr Dunbar, DR.. Edward W..
Engel, Col. Edwin A. Halsey, Com
missioner Melvin G. Hazen, Secre-
tary of the Interior Ickes, DR.. Nor
decai w. johnson, Gen. George C..
Marshall, DR.. Cloyd Heck Marvin,
Commissioner David McCoach, jr.;
Eugene Meyer, A. G. Neal, Theodore
W. Noyes, the Very Rev. Arthur A.
OLeary, S. j.; DR.. John ORourke,
Mrs. Eleanor Patterson, Representa-