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Residential
Notes
Senator Taylor's
Widow Arrives
Here for Winter

Mrs. Robert Love Taylor, widow Of
Senator Taylor of Tennessee, has
arrived in Washington to spend the
winter and is at Stoneleigh Court.
Mr.. and Mrs. David H. Frank Of
Woodley Park Towers have gone TO
California, where they will spend
the winter. They will visit Arrow
head Springs. Palm Springs, San
Francisco and the Grand Canyon
while in the West.
Mrs. John Morrison Kerr will en-
tertain at bridge and tea follow
ing a meeting at her home. 1922
Thirtieth street, Of the National
Mothers Memory Club today.
Mr.. William Young Brady has
gone to Miami, Fla, for month.
Mrs. Andrew P. Hamilton has Is
| sued cards for tea at the Silver
Bowl, tomorrow, honoring Mrs.
Joseph L. Cunningham and her
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Cunning
ham of Knoxville, Tenn. who will
spend the winter in Washington.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Lewis B.
Hershey had as their dinner guests
last evening at their home on
Thirty-first street Senator and Mrs.
Raymond Willis, Representative and
Mrs. George Gillie, Dr. and Mrs.
Cecil Creel and Mrs. Ellingwood.
Nine. Elvina OrlicZ-Dreszer and
Mrs. E. j. Kennedy, wife of the
president of the Paderewski Club
of Washington, will act as joint
hostesses for a tea tomorrow at
o'clock at the Westchester. Assist
ing will be the Misses Elvina Rowe,
Martha Bell Moore, Marion Norris,
Mary Theresa Norris and Achsah
B. Dorsey.
Mr. and Mrs. P. G. King are stay
ing at the Westbury Hotel In New
York City.
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Albert DeWeys
Hosts at Dinner

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Dewey were
hosts at dinner last evening in honor
of the formers brother and sister,
in-law, Representative and Mrs
Charles Dewey of Chicago. The
dinner was given at the hosts home
on Foxhall road, and four tables
were arranged for the convenience
of the large number of guests. who
included representatives of diplo-
matte, official and residential society
Mrs. Frederick Freylinghuysen
mother of the hostess, came from
New York with Mr.. Freylinghuyser
for the dinner, and later in the eve
ming other guests joined the party.
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Georgia Club
Holds Luncheon

The Georgia Ladies Luncheon
Club held its January meeting Tues
day at the Highlands, at which the
wives of members of the congress
sional delegation were honored. Mrs.
S. Gordon Green presided, and Mrs.
Robert Ramspeck, wife of Repre-
sentative Ramspeck of Georgia, gave
a reading.
Those attending the luncheon
were Mrs. Walter F. George, Mrs.
Hugh Peterson, Mrs. Malcolm C.
Tarver, Mrs Paul Brown, Mrs. B.
Frank Whelchel, Mrs. Larry Wan
der, Mrs. Paul j. Ridgway, Mrs.
w. H. Vinson, Mrs. Oscar Parker,
Mrs. George Patterson, Mrs. Vir-
ginia McNair, Mrs. I. w. Duggan,
Mrs. M. S. Canty, Mrs. E. A. Meeks,
Mrs. w. C. Lankford, Mrs. J. M.
Meeks, Mrs. R. E. Herring, Mrs.
Harry G.. Lucier, Mrs. w. o. Welch,
Mrs. Robert B. Crichton, Mrs. Dan
iel A. Bigley, jr., Miss Olivia Wright,
Mrs. John F. Little, Mrs. John A.
Massey, Mrs. Roscoe B. Chalker,
Mrs. Theodore Tiller, Miss Clara
Isabelle Boone, Mrs. Leroy S. Price,
Mrs. S. P. Vanderslice, Mrs. Rufus
w. Weaver, Mrs. Philip Weston,
Mrs. w. A. Chadwell, Mrs. r. P.
Bellinger, Mrs. John Lee Coulter,
Mrs. Otis o. Mills, Mrs. Ralph
Brown, Mrs. Frank G. Green, Mrs.
Charles E. Bell, Miss Katie L. Nc
Wicker, Mrs. Henry w. Sullivan, Mrs.
Patrick A. Hill, Mrs. ]. J. Chappell,
Mrs. R. A. Chappel, Mrs. Percy
Scott Flippin, Mrs. Willis G. Brown,
Mrs. Franklin H. Kean, Miss Carol
Arnold and Mrs. j. Arnold.
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Missouri Society
Dance January Is

The Missouri Society of Washing
ION will hold a reception and dance
January Is. in the west ballroom
of the Shoreham Hotel, with the
congressional delegation from Mis-
souri, as guest of honor.
Senator Bennett C. Clark, Sena-
tor Harry S. Truman and Repre-
sentatives Milton A. Romjue, Will
liam L. Nelson, Richard M. Duncan
Charles Jasper Bell, Joseph B. Shan
non, Phillip A. Bennett, Dewey
Short, Clyde Williams, Clarence Can
non, Orville Zimmerman, John B
Sullivan, Walter C. Ploeser and John
j. Cochran have been invited to
attend the reception.
Mr.. Claude M. Houchins is presi-
dent Of the society.
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Mr.. Desportes
Gains at Clinic

Word received here by friends
Of the United States Minister to
Guatemala and Mrs. Fay Allen
Desportes tells of his improve
ment since arriving at the Mayo
Clinic. The Minister and Mrs.
Desportes went west some time
ago, where the other members of
their family joined them. The
Minister Is not expected to leave
the clinic for several weeks but
is improving.
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Pen Women Hear
Ernest Griffith,
Library Chief

A combination Of religion and
patriotism, which would call for
sacrifice without cheapening the
Importance of the individual, was
recommended as the way out OF the
present crisis yesterday by Ernest
Griffith, legislative reference chief
of the Library of Congress.
The present war is only symptom
of the greater crisis which the dem
ocratic form Of government faces,
Mr.. Griffith told members of the
District League of American Pen
Women.
The Government is wrestling with
an essential need to unity various
groups in the country and make
its administration more efficient, he
said.
Religion Is not the technical
answer to our problems, Mr.. Griffith
stated. butt is important because
'it will never rest content until the
answer is found"
Mr.. Griffith was introduced to so
members of the league at a tea
III lllCll vi alum AAOVSA W
Mrs. H. Lyle Campbell, president.
Miss Annabelle Ward, producer OF
Western shorts for the movies and
author of a book on Guatemala, was
introduced for brief talk by Mrs
Tomas Cajigas, tea chairman.
Sonora Ricardo de Alfaro, wife
of the former President of Panama
poured, assisted by Mrs. Barnet
Mover and Mrs. Curtis Shears. Miss
Matte Richards Tyler was ir
| charge of arrangements.
Among the guests introduced by
Mrs. Cajigas were Sonora de Castro
wife of the Ell Salvador Minister
Sonora Jose Baron. wife of the
Counselor of the Cuban Embassy
Mrs. Everett Wilson, wife of the
chairman of the Puerto Rican Trade
Council; Mrs. Benjamin Horton
Mrs. Huron Lawson and Mrs. Dwight
| Kendall,
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Meem Peachy, Mrs. Robert Davis,
telling a friend about the delightful
play she saw this week; attractive
Miss Barbara Davis accompanied her
mother; Mrs. McCook Knox was
there and Mrs. Emil Hurja had with
her her sister-in-law, Mrs. Arthur
Hurja of Chicago, and the latter's
daughter, Miss Hetty Hurja, who is
a student at Arlington Hall. Others
seen were Mrs. Parker w. West,
Mrs. Charles Dewey, Mrs. Fred
Bradley, Mrs. William o. Burgin,
Mrs. Lawrence E. Imhof, Mrs. Karl
M. LeCompte, Mrs. Robert Knowl-
ton, Mrs. Benjamin H. Dorsey and
many other callers who came in
steady stream and stayed to enjoy
the pleasant afternoon in such con-
genial company.
Miss Viola Wasterlain
Plays at White House.
To return to the White House
party. Mrs. Roosevelt had several
hundred guests with her. She first
received them in the blue room and
following the program tea was
served in the State dining room.
The program was given by Miss
Viola Wasterlain, violinist, and a
group of dancers from the Arthur
Murray Studios. The dancers in
cluded Miss Dorothy Pond, Miss
Michael McSteen, Mr.. John Beers
and Mr.. Frank Dixon. They were
assisted by Mr.. Robert j. Brewer,
pianist, and Mr.. Laszlo Bartal ac-
companied Miss Wasterlain at the
piano.
Miss Wasterlain opened the pro
gram with the andante movement
from Vivaldi's Organ Concerto" "
arranged for violin by P ,chon, and
Mozart's "Dondo," arranged by
Kreisler.
The first of the dance numbers
was given by Miss McSteen and Mr..
Dixon, who did an American waltz,
and Miss Pond did Mr. Beers fol-
lowed with a Vienese waltz. The
four dancers then gave Varsovienne
and a Mazurka.
Miss Wasterlain's second number
included her own arrangement of
Gretry's "Intermezzo and Rondo"
and Peppers Spinning Song" ar
ranged by Auer.
The closing number was a tango
danced by Miss Pond and Mr.. Beers
and rhumbA given by Miss Nc
Steen and M. Dixon The dances
were arranged by Miss Ethel Fistere,
who is director of the Arthur Muir
ray Studios In washington.
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Mrs. Morgenthau's usual flare for
simplicity was evidenced in her tea
table. There was single low mound
of yellow spring flowers f1anked by
four tall tapers in the center and
the tea cakes and sandwiches were
as dainty as one would expect at
this cabinet residence.
Sonora de EspiI Takes
Turn Serving Tea.
Sonora de Espil, wife of the Am
bassador of the Argentine, arrived
at the reception with her attractive
debutante daughter, Miss Louise
6tillwell. Sonora de ESpil took her
turn in serving tea. and among
others who shared this honor and
dispensed either tea or piping hot
coffee were Sonora de Castillo
Najera, wife of the Mexican Am
bassador; Mrs. Alben w. Barkley,
wife of the Senator from Kentucky;
Mrs. Robert L. Doughton, wife OF
Representative Doughton of North
Carolina: Mrs. James Lawrence
Houghteling, wife of the commits
sioner of immigration and natural
ization; Mrs. Keith Merrill and Mrs.
McCeney Werlich.
Mrs. Stanley Reed, wife of Mr.
gustice Reeo; Mrs. Henry L. Stlm-
son, wife of the Secretary OF War,
and Mrs. Sumner Welles, wife OF
the Undersecretary of State, ar
rived together and joined a group OF
ladies representing the diplomatic
contingent. Nine. Bostrom, wife OF
the Swedish Minister, was accom-
panied by Nine. Vessel, wife OF the
Swedish Military Attache. Nine
Hurban, wife of the Czecho-Slovak
Minister; Mrs. Robert Brennan
wife of the Irish Minister, and
Sonora de Bianchi, wife of the Por-
tuguese Minister, were among those
seen at the party, and others were
Baroness van Boetzelaer, wife OF the
Minister Counselor of the Neither
lands; Countess van Rechteren
Limpurg, wife of the Netherlands
Counselor, and a number OF others
from the Netherlands Legation.
Many Other Prominent
Persons Present.
Many and varied were the SUBJ
jects discussed by the guests as
they mingled in the attractive
rooms. War, the Presidents latest
speech, politics, the coming inaugu-
ration, the plans for the Presidents
birthday ball-Mrs. John Allen
Dougherty telling of plans she had
made for her part in the birthday
celebrations; Mrs. Hughes, wife of
Senator James H. Hughes, greeting
friends in the official contingent
present; Mrs. Sol Bloom, with her
daughter, Miss Vera Bloom; Mrs
Karl Stefan, arriving with Mrs
Ralph 0. Brewster; vivacious Mrs
Thomas Burke being hailed by her
many friends, Mrs. Richard M. Dun
can, who has just returned from
q sojourn in Florida; Mrs. Jacob
Leander Loose, Mrs. Allard H.
Gasque, Mrs. Eldon King, Miss Leila
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Congressional Club
Begins Programs

The Congressional Club will begin
its regular program teas tomorrow
afternoon at the clubhouse, 2001 New
Hampshire avenue, at o'clock. Mrs.
Georgette Ross Howard will lecture
on Current World Affairs" Mrs.
Vincent Burke, president Of the club,
will receive the guests.
The election Of officers Of the club
will be held Wednesday.
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Kit Carson CORPS

Kit Carson Corps, auxiliary to
the G. A. r., at the last meeting
elected and installed officers with
Mrs. Bertha Brown of Potomac De-
partment as installing officer. They
were: President. Sarah B. Lynch;
vice presidents, Anna ]. Marks and
Una S. Dorsey; chaplain. Edith Will
son; treasurer, Louise Watson; Sec
retary, Mary H. Wingate; guard
Emma Kibbey; conductors, Kathryn
Harmed and Ella Moore; patriotic
instructor, Maud Hanna; color
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Flower Gardening
Program Arranged

A program on flower garden
ing" designed as entertainment
rather than information will be pre-
sented at the monthly meeting Of
the Evening Auxiliary of the
Women's Guild of Central Union
Mission tomorrow at 6 pm. The
meeting will be the first held at the
Y. w. c. A. at Seventeenth and K
streets NV.
Miss Katherine Whitley will give
a group of humorous monologues
and Miss jeanette Bittner viii sing,
accompanied at the piano by Miss
Reba Will
Mrs. Nellie Nauss Smith, the pro-
gram chairman, appointed Miss Ida
Mcmillan as mistress of ceremonies
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New York Society
Dance Saturday

The first party Of the New York
State Society for 194l will be held
Saturday evening in the West Ball
room of the Shoreham Hotel. Under
arrangements made by the commit
tee, composed of the vice presidents,
the Messrs. William A. Carr, Samuel
P. Gompers and Walter Sutcliffe,
there will be several special feature
dances by members of the staff Of
the Leroy Thayer Dance Studio.
Membership cards for the year
1941 are available through the Office
of Miss Jean Hamilton. treasurer,
1901 Euclid street, or reservations for
the dance may be secured from Miss
Irene Boehlert, secretary, Copley
Courts Apartments.
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Owen Davises
Hosts at Party

Mr.. and Mrs. Owen Davis enter
tained the formers brother and
sister, -in-law, Col. and Mrs. Robert
Davis, at a theater party Tuesday
evening, taking them to see Mr.. and
Mrs. North" at the National, where
the hosts son, Mr.. Owen Davis, IT,,
is in the cast.
The party was in celebration Of
Col. Davis birthday anniversary.
After the play the party went to Col.
and Mrs. Davis home in Arlington
for a buffet supper, to which only
members of the families were in
yited,
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Admiral Leaves

Admiral Sarsfeld P. OKeefe Of
New Haven, Conn, who has been
visiting his son and daughter-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. George w. O'Keefe
of Chevy Chase, Nd, has gone To
St. Petersburg, Fla, to remain un-
til mid-April.
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Benefit Planned

Tentative plans for spring bene-
fit were discussed at a meeting OF
the Women's Board of George
Washington University Hospital yes
terday at the Mayflower Hotel. Mrs
Walter A. Bloedorn will serve as gen.
eral chairman. Mrs. Cloyd Heck
Marvin, the board president, pre-
sided.
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Miss Barry Engaged

Mr.. and Mrs. Alden Vincent Barry
announce the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Catherine Marie
Barry, to Mr.. william Aloysius
Baker, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Philip
Ernest Baker.
The wedding will take place Sat-
urday, February /.
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guard. Myrtle Burke, Minnie Wat
son and Mary E. Di Margo.
Delegates to the department con-
vention at the Grafton Hotel JAN
uary Is and II are Edith Wilson,
Minnie Watson and Mrs. Una G..
Dorsey.
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BOStrunS to Sail

The Swedish Minister and Nine
Bostrum will sail Friday, January
10 from New York on the Kung-
sholm for a cruise to the West
Indies, where they will enjoy va
cation of about two weeks.
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First Cabinet at Home
Is Held; Mrs. Roosevelt
Hostess at Musicale
Mrs. Morgenthau Receives
Several Hundred Guests;
Mrs. Hull, Ill, Cancels Day
By MARGARET HART,
Society Editor.


Members Washington society and some who seldom take part
yesterday for gacng the calendar were
that claimed the spotlight One was the hs oa
this and the other the musicale given
by Roosevelt the White House
who the first to observe this time
holding Mrs Henry L. Morgenthau
IT, Secretary Ang to her great popularity
driveway OF
Thth bringing the leading women
Of diplomatic residential circles their respects
Corden Hull Forced
Postpone Reception.
received yesterday but due to Illness
until later the The other
cabinet the remaining Wednesdays
the Wednesday of February Each these
will home to
OF the cabnet
ladies naugurated IN the Roosevelt admin
the custom for the ofcia hostesses
al the afternoon
Mgenthau received in the drawing OF her home and
here effective arrangement OF blossoms in
silver bowl OF gladoses and
table the low
Other Officials Wives
With Hostess.
Daniel W. Bell
Herbert CASTOR
becoming OF deep purple crepe
made outlined touch red and gold
Mrs Morgenhau had gown OF
gensh becoming turban match Mrs CASTOR was
Sullivan pinksh gold
little hat to correspond.
Arkansas State press., 1941-12-12
COLORED BOYS CLUB

Little Rock Negroes at last have the chance dumped
right into their laps to prove something they have been
toasting about for years and that is to prove their
love for their boys Through the mtrng efforts of Dr. j. A.
Jameson and few others who he has been able to interest
to save tie future citizens of Greater Little Rock move
nent has been started and to surprise much interest
has been aroused from members of the other who
giving their time and helpful instructions as well as their
finance help to give the black BOYS of Greater Little Rock
club to build them into useful citizens NOW it depends
on you Go something for your This is the chance
show where you stand Do a boys club to inspire
your youngsters or do you want to stand around and CAB
II is left entirely TO you to say what YOU want.
You can have a club aud first class instructor me-
thing that your bows will thank for and something hat
we can point to with certain degree of pride If you want
to invest in assurance Of future manhood take few
minutes o OF your regular spare time and get i'm touch with
DIR J. A. Jameson. Dr. 2. C. Over Father C. C. Walker
and get the particulars and don't ignore the notices Of
ings that are sent you If YOU are not interested in hepng
vor Ios TO build themselves into manhood that Won viii he
nroud Of let's stop talking about it and wasting peoples
4.,ra
Arkansas State press., 1941-12-12
EDITO AIS
IT'S A HABIT NOW!!

Six months ago Bob White shot down in a crowded
court room in Conroe Texas while trail for his lie al
ter being accused of attacking white woman. The murder
er s. Cochran husband OF the woman the man was ac
cused Of attacking put trial and freed OF the murd
by jury in less than two minutes who found him mot
guilty"
We are very much familiar with the laws of Texas In
fact they are the laws throughout most of the
South . Doubling seriously as TO the committing OF
felony by mere killing Of a Negro but we dld anticf
pate some action taken for the carrying of concealed Wea-
pon not seeing any left somewhat chagrined.
few days ago in Lufkin, Texas, in a crowded court
ROOM Mott Fomnoly who on trial for his e accused
of sayng Mrs Roy Morehouse stabbed to death by the
husband of the ad It alleged that Morehouse al
ter the murder remarked that II will be able to sleep to
night ana it will be the first night have been able to sleep
since my wife killed. Morehouse congratulated by
bysanders who pushed to shake his hand for his
deed it is reported
According to Sheriff Bngsey, charges would be filed
against Morehouse who surrendered Immediately and
released under $4,000 bail which rapidly signed by Al
Luflfin white people.
There has been and it is very doubtful if it will
ever be an for mob violence the killing of Ne
groes who are trial for crime committed against
members of the other Negroes accused of crimes
mited against members Of other always guilty
before they brought to trial. and irrespective to
the evidence offered justice seldom if found in IA
vor of the defendant No The of enienc
being melted out to the defendant The verdict is generally
known before the trial.
Arkansas State press., 1941-12-12
RUTH TAYLOR SAYS:
Reforming AMERICA

Of course things aren't all perfect in America today TIE
unemployed arc still with us, though the need for
trained has been greater We sa1'r deficient
n adequate well planned housing Far too many Of our Tco
PIE ore hmrithdugh from arabic lands could feed
them all and myrad besides Our farmers find their
economy badly affected OUr pcCrln lack too many things
which idle factories could supply
We are confronted with these facts but what is the
solution?
There many sincere reforners today who are vo,i
ferouSv advocating all sorts of ranaceas destroy the old
they cry. Anything is better than what we have"
But this is not the American way We need reform
Granted But the reforms must he constructive desruc
tive Revolution is too often not turning over Iu turn
ing out Reform to rerAke to roshaper0t TO break
In Impotence too often feel that to reform sua
ton we must destroy it entirely This theory If destruction
not construction is the Achilles heel of dcator- They tear
down faster than they can build W. We must NOT fall into
this way Of thinking.
We can wirc on, al abuses in America We CEN reform
country INTO the Ttora If which dream IF we viii
work together and utilize the THOUGHT and brains an1 a1
ties already possess We do This if we work ooathar
NOT q crimenied force 1nder dictator bu irGiy
dlals believing i'm our reruhic and the democratic pro-
Of Government. Neither Utopia nor Rome can b7
built in day
If we acted individuals TO adjust orr own ceoromv
as citizens TO etr?irhtor ont communities ard as
Americans TO help the whole country. thinking less NJ o
rights than Of dutlss could 10 IT, And without NEG
lnctinc in any way our allout rearm1ment program
We do not need to DESTROY what we havc-but 70 r'mod
end nearer TO the hioh standards toward w0N we
al look But above all need to remember the one basic
rule c reform set forth clearly nearly 2ONo wears ar" in the
Golden rr 90 unto others as you would have them do
unto you"
Arkansas State press., 1941-12-12
TWO "MusTs" FOR CHRISTIANS TODAY

Two attitudes essential in Christian living today if
to continue to be useful and happy regiously anG
avoid hurtfu dssentons that will reflect upon the chuc
in this hour of the worlds great need t. Every Christian
must keep faith with and follow his conscience This he
must do if he be sincerely Christian whether his conc
leads hm into active combat into active protest agans
combat , He must allow others about him. sincerely
gous himself the privilege of following their conscience
though they be led in different direction than HIMSELF and
that without questioning the sincerity Of their action For
dogmaticaly to believe that he has the final word
the proper Of action for all Christians today and
declare is to give evidence of some very superficial think
ing. Such attitude dscredits rather than strengthens
ones leadership The diversity of opinions end conclusions
of worldwide leaders Of mQuestioned INTEGRITY this Quc
In such day let us be sincerely. toeranv Christians
Arkansas State press., 1941-12-12

sion and VITAL continuous religious experience at the
time We would think it folly however Tor the manager OF
mill to become busy trying to make the wheels OF his
ing steam in the boiler So long there is full Of
steam in the boiler this power turns the VIII Is
cordng to PLAN and the products Of the factory 60 cut to
a waiting world We get so busy at times atempng in our
own strength to make the wheels of ecclesiastical ma
chnery go round that lose sight of the fact that 1T is
not by might nor by power but by my spirit saith the Lord
of hosts Our Juniper tree experiences are not the re-
suit of real nsurmounabe difficulties without but of a
spiritual failure within If ministers to give out to
those about them the spiritual help they need it will be
necessary for aymen to realize that the minister needs
time apart from the busy Whr of ministerial activities to
keep alive and fresh his spiritual powers. We must all
realize that spiritual life requires spiritual nourshment
to sustain life just really do physical bodies Our
first big job religious leaders, is to be sincerely religious
Only when spiritual hunger is satisfied feed
the flock