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Confirmation Service

At II am. service Bishop James
E. Freeman will visit st. Paul's,
Twenty-third street near Wash
ington Circle, and will confirm a
class and preach the sermon. Holy
eucharist will be celebrated at 7:30
and $50 am, and evensong and
benediction will be held at 8 pm.
The Confraternity of the Blessed
Sacrament will hold its annual
meeting Thursday at 8 pm.
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A Lesson for the Week
How Fishing Is Done in
Historic Lake of GuIiIee
By WILLIAM T. ELLIS.

All the United States and Canada there arising urgent call
for volunteers for all varieties of While the demand
opening
Song of Deborah:
For that the leaders took the lead in Israel.
For that the people offered themselves willingly
Bless Jehovah" Judges W. (R. W
the realm regiowhnce the economists and scientists
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PeorIe's (COl0red) /.

February is young peoples month
In 1.-THE church program. Tomorrow
morning the Rev. A. F.. Elmes will
speak, administer the holy COM
mui lion and present for church
membership such young people from
the trainina class as have made
decisions for uniting with the church.
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Lincoln (CotOred) ,
Episcopal
Church Of Our Saviour.

Church Of Our Saviour.
At 7:30 am. there win be holy
communion and at II am. a second
celebration, with sermon by the Rev.
Alvin Lamar Wills. At $50 pm. the
Young Peoples Fellowship will meet.
At 7::30 pm. the Junior Daughters
of the King will meet and at 8 pm.
the Woman's Guild. On Wednesday
from 10 am. to pm. the Red Cross
unit will meet. On Friday at pm.
the Altar Guild will meet.
A church attendance campaign
will begin in the near future, with
Vernon Swartzfager, field worker for
the Brotherhood Of st. Andrew, as
conductor.
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st. Andrews.

The church will inaugurate a Sc
ries Of vesper services tomorrow at
8 pm. at which various Washington
clerbymen will speak. The Rev. C..
c. Hung, pastor of the Chinese Com
munity Church, will deliver the ad-
dress on ''The Chinese Church in
Action" tomorrow. The Rev. Albert
F. Hawkins will lead the congrega-
ton in the observance OF Septu-
gesima Sunday at II am. and
preach on THE Reliable God"
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(See ACTIVITIES, Page A-150
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capacities but calculated to make
them the forefront Of a movement
that was destined to change the
world.
Memories Of GaliIee Fishing.
I am a fisherman myself, and
took tackle with me to Galilee on
my latest trip. I studied closely
the fishing ways on this lake, which
throughout the ages, has yielded
such a bountiful harvest of fish.
have never read or heard a
description of the methods of Galilee
fishing. They have a meaning for
all fishers Of men," Five common
ways I have observed.
First, there is the gill net, used
for fishing along the shores. After
1t is set, the fishermen prod the
rocks and roots, or keep heavtng
overheard their stone anchor, to
scare the fish from their places Of
hiding and into the waiting net.
Often the fishermen strip naked,
and go overheard for this hunting
out OF their weary prey.
Second is the big net, set we'll
out in the deep and hauled ashore
by dozens or scores Of strong arms.
Local residents wait on the shore
to share the garnering. and pitiful
is the Arab wailing when the net is
brought in empty.
Third of the forms of net fish
ing is the circular net, skillfully
thrown, which expands as it shoots
out and falls upon fish that have
been sighted. The dexterity of the
fishermen with this form of net is
beautiful to behold.
Fourth of the methods Is the
setting of many baited hooks, on
a long line anchored under water
what we call "trot line" in this
country.
Fifth of the methods I have
watched is that Of the individual
fisherman, standing on the shore or
in the water, casting out a hand
line, baited with minnow, as far
as he can throw it, and retrieving
by series of short jerks. The lines
used to be made of twisted horse
hair, but now they are imported
from Europe.
I never saw the Galilee fishermen
trolling with artificial lures; when
I so used spinner-succesSfully-
they were surprised and interested.
A ScaresOme Catch.
In the call of the four, which is
our lesson, we find Jesus appro-
priating a boat as a pulpit, because
Of the crowds on the shore. How
little the conventional forms of
established religion figured in His
life. Like the Hebrew prophets be-
fore Him, and the Salvation Army Of
today, Jesus was a street preacher.
After the sermon, the unconven-
tional Rabbi, who was always in
terested in mems everyday affairs,
bade Simon Peter and his associ-
ates, who had toiled all night and
caught nothing, to put out into the
deep and try again. The result was
a net-breaking catch, that over
loaded two boats, and astonished
and scared the fishermen. Imagine
the sensation created In that fishing
community! There are bigger
catches at hand than we have ever
dared dream.
After this proof Of His authority,
Jesus bade the four fishermen
Simon Peter, Andrew, James and
John-leave their old calling, and
follow Him, as fishers Of men.
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pIymouth (Colored) .

Pilgrim Fellowship Sunday will be
observed at the morning service,
with the Youth Circle sharing In
the, leadership of the service. The
Rev. Arthur D. Gray will preach on
THE Pilgrim Spirit" At 6 pm.
the, Youth Circle will hold q vesper
serdice.
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Mount Horeb (CoIoredl

At II am, sermon by the Rev
Charles H. Fox; music by the senior
choir; 8 pm, preaching.
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Temple.

DR.. j. H. Wiley of Richmond, Va,
recently returned missionary from
China, will be the guest speaker
tomorrow morning. He will speak
on God and the Ordinary Man"
and in the evening on How 1t Feels
to Be a Missionary"
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Une example OF
Jesus, as set
forth in this
present lesson.
AS He recruited
leaders for His
great enterprise,
He found them
among W or k
ingmen engaged
In hum d r u m
tasks. That His
first follow e r S
were four smelly
fisher m e n, in
bedraggled cot
ton robes, wet
from their work
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Diocesan Auxiliary

A meeting of the Washington
Diocesan Auxiliary will,be held Tues
day at II am. at AL Souls Memorial
Church. Mrs. Henry J. Macmillan,
one Of the four women on the Ma
tional Council, will speak.
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Congregational
Ingram Memorial.

The Rev. Frederick j. Bishop will
preach on Life and the Ideal" at
II am. Representative Charles A.
Pluulley Of Vermont will give an
address on Canadian American Re-
lations" at 7:45 pm. The Young
Peoples Forum will meet at $50
pm.
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Good Will (CoIored) .

DR.. James L. Pinn will speak in
the morning on "The Measuring of
the Temple" and in the evening
THE Bread of Life" At this service
communion will be served.
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Berean (COlored) .

The Rev. William E Darlington,
assistant professor in the school of
religion at Howard University, will
preach at II am. on "The Biography
Of Fool"
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New Mt. Zion (C0JoredD

At noon the Rev. o. E. Davis will
preach; $50 pm, B. T. U. meeting;
pm, the pastor will preach at the
Simms M. E. Church. His choir will
sing.
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Trinidad (COIOred).

The Rev. Spencer D. Franklin will
preach at 1870 am. on Spiritual
Worship" At 4 pm. holy COM
munion will be administered. At
8 pm. sermon in song.
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Florida Ayenue (CoIored)

The Rev. Robert H. Rollins will
have for his subject at II am,
Why We Should Wait on Cod
Music by senior choir. At 8 pm,
conservation service.
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Pilgrim (COlOred)

"The Glory of the Church" will
be the subject of the Rev. John S.
Miller at II am. The B. A. U. will
assemble at $50 pm. Preaching at
7::3O pm. and music by the senior
choir.
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Mount Moriah (CoIored) .

At II am. DR.. J. Harvey Ran
dolph will preach on 'The Passing
of the Harvest" and will couduct a
baptismal service. At $3.50 pm. a
covenant meeting will be held and
new members received. The Lords
supper observed. At 7:30 pm, re-
vival services continued.
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Christ, GeOrEetOwn.

At 8 am, holy communion; IL
am, holy communion and sermon
by the Rev. Peyton r. Williams.
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Zion Lutheran

"Jonah'S God" will bey the subject
Of the Rev Mr. Edward G. Goetz at
IL am. The Senior Luther League
meets at pm.
The Church Council. will meet
Monday night.
The Ladies' Aid Socie Hy will meet
Thursday at 1890 pm. at the home
Of Mrs. Caroline Germein.
Plans are being made for the cele-
bration of the 18th anniversary of
the founding of the congregation
this year. =,
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Zicn (Colored).

At II am. the Rev. A. j. Edwards
will use as his theme Greater Than
These, 6 pm, G. E. Society con-
secration services; 8 pm. service by
the pastor.
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Methodist
Lincoln Road

The sacrament of the holy COM
munion will be observed at II am.
The Rev. George H. Bennett will
give a communion meditation on
"The Fellowship Of His Sufferings." !"
At 8 pm. the sermon will be IN
recognition Of the high school grad
yates among the young people Of
the congregation. The pastor will
speak on Pathways to Power" es-
Evening star., 1942-01-31

LECTURER-Dr. Harry P. Van
Walt of The Hague, Holland,
will lecture on "My Escape
From Holland" at the Church
of Two Worlds at the Cont
mental Hotel tomorrow at
8 pm.
He was in Holland last year
when the Nazi invasion start
ed and had a thrilling escape.
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st. Ansgar.

Service will be conducted at II
am. at 1909 Rhode Island avenue
NV. by the Rev. S. Christian An
dersen. The topic will be: Lord,
Save Me"
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Transformation.

Sunday services are at 8, $50 and
II am. The Rev. J. j. .,Queally will
onciate and preach.
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Baptist
West WASHINGTON.

The Rev. Charles B. Austin Will
preach tomorrow at II am. on "The
Guest Chamber" followed by the
Lords supper and reception to new
members. At pm. sermon, En-
largement and Enrichment" Con-
gregational singing is one of the
features at the evening service.
On Thursday at 7:30 pm. quar-
terly church conference.
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Wisconsin Avenue.

"The Church of the Redeemed"
will be the topic at II am. by the
Rev. Clarence Ray Ferguson and at
pm. Judgment After Death"
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East Washington Heights.

THE Centrality of the Cross" a
communion meditation, will be the
theme of the Rev. Glenn B. Faucet
at IL am. The series of sound
pictures on the life of st. Paul will
continue at TAO pm, the fourth in
the series being Grace of Forgive
ness"
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Christian Endeavor Society. The
Junior c. E. Society will meet at 4
pm, the Intermediates at 5 pm. and
the Seniors at pm.
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Third (CoIOredl

DR.. George o. Bullock will preach
at II am. on Transformation of
Waste Into Wealth." At 8 pm,
program under the auspices of the
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News Of the Bible Glasses
Activities Of Interest to
LocoI Organizations
BY PAGE NICK. ETCHISON,

The Harrison Bbk Class Of the Congress Street Methodist Church
officers Fred r. Stephens, president; William
presidents Joseph
Stephenson secretary Powell Bradhed treasurer
teacher; John Apple organis and E. Guha delegate
Bible Glass Association H.
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Divine Science.

The Rev. Grace Patch Faus will
give some Divine Science thoughts
on What Is Truth" tomorrow at II
am. at $500 Sixteenth street NV.
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Second lCoIored

DR.. J. L. S. Halloman will preach
at II am. on THE God of the
Ages" There will be a special
meeting Of the Womans Auxiliary
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Mrs. Helen JeS-
sen, secretary:
Mrs. Hansford
Miller, treas
urer; Mrs. R. G..
Althouse, teach
er; Mrs. Ber-
dine Klein and
Miss Halle Cra-
mer, assistant
teachers.
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The topic of meditation will be "A
Young Persons Jesus" The Young
Peoples Fellowship will meet at s
pm.
Church night Is Thursday and the
young people are in charge of ar
rangements for the social.
Lincoln (Cotored).
DR.. r. w. Brooks will speak on
when Good Is Not Enough" The
vested chorus choir will furnish the
music. At 1918 am. the Mems
Brotherhood. Health lectures will
be continued by DR.. Edwin j.
Watson. whose subject will be Dis
eases and Care of the Kidneys"
The Junior Young Peoples Society
will present its program at pm.
The Young Peoples Fellowship
Group will hold vespers at $50 pm.
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Chnstion
Third.

The Rev. P. A. Cave, pastor in
terim, will have for his subject at
II am. Faith and Obedience" The
Lords Supper will be observed.
Christian Endeavor will meet at
z pm. with the Rev. H. E. Beatty
Of Georgetown Evangelical Lu-
theran Church as guest speaker.
The Guild will meet at 8 pm. Fri
day at the home Of Mr.. Vera Wood.
Mrs. Carroll c. Roberts will be
guest speaker.
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the Pinkham Glass of National
Baptist Memorial Church.
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Representative
A. L. Allen OF
Louisiana will
be the guest
teacher tomor-
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Friendship (COIOred) .

"a Purposeful Life" will be the
subject Of the Rev. B. H. Whiting
at II am. and The First Blackout"
at 8 pm.
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The Sunday school lesson for
February l Is "Jesus Calls Four
Disciples."-Luke, Will.
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Mount BetheI (CoIore{i) .

DR.. K. w. Roy will preach at II
am. on Gods B. A. Degree; $3.50
pm, holy communion and fellow
ship of new members; 8 pm,
preaching.
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Park View.

The Rev. William LaRoche will
speak at the morning service on
christian Fellowship" and in the
evening on What We Need Today
the Cross"
The Junior Church will meet at
II am. with Paul Frederick, jr.,
presiding and John Payne giving
eA,morning talk.
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First (C0lOred).

The Rev. T. Ewel Hopkins has
for his subject at II am. "Seclusion
and Service" and at 7:30 pm. THE
Meeting of Jacob and Rachael"
Holy communion will be observed
at $3.50 pm.
Evening star., 1942-07-02
convention signed at Constantinople

convention signed at Constantinople
on October 20, 1888, the waterway
must always be free and open, in
time of war as in time of peace, to
every vessel of commerce or of war,
without distinction of flag" But
from 1914 to 1918 "the defense and
direction of the canal-its enormous
plant and its expert personnel were
in British hands. The Turks at
tempted an invasion of Egypt on
February 3, 1915, only to withdraw
after few hours of fighting-never
to return.
Much more seriously threatened
now, the "hyphen 'twixt West and
East" still is channel of vast stra-
tegic Importance to the United Ma
tions. Both British and American
ships are making use of it at the
present moment. Nevertheless. if
Marshal Rommel's advance continues
unchecked, the canal undoubtedly
will have to be put out of commits
sion. Whether or not such destruc-
tion actually would accomplish it's
purpose is a matter upon which
opinion Is divided.
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ALEXANDRIA,, Va.

Dear Sir:
II enjoy your articles in The Star tre-
mendously and since you have ones Of
varied nature from time to time, I
wondered If some time you would write
one on parrots, parakeets. etc.
"Psrakeets, called budgies, are now
popular, and these little birds have been
found to talk-if trained at an early age.
Il am very fond of parrots. To me
they are fascinating birds.
Il know of one that is now 50 years
old and has belonged to several people
of one family during its lifetime. It's
an interesting old codger which speaks
Spanish f1uently as we'll as English,
knows every ones name in this large
family and still picks up new words.
Il had bird man tell me that parrots
some times were hard to dispose of when
people were moving or had grown tired
of their squawking, that every one did
not have my fondness for them.
However, have never found one yet
that was to be disposed of.
Sincerely, E. G."
People wouldn't get -, tired of parrots
If the persons who trafned them were
sweet voiced.
Usually, it seems parrot trainers have
shrill, harsh voices.
The only sWeet-voiced parrot we ever
heard lived in the next block to the north.
Evidently it had been trained by a
child, or at least by some woman with a
gentle voice.
1t was a parrot ahead of it's day, for
its repertoire consisted entirely of Army
orders.
Fall in!" resounded In the neighbor-
hood at all hours.
It's speciality, however, was calling a
dog.
This 1t did In a very sWeet-toned
whistle, accompanied by the name Of
the dog, which evidently had been Major.
This parrot was army all the way.
X X n
We knew another parrot which was at
least IS years old.
This one had the typical parrot voice.
He was very fond of coffee, which he
drank black.
Sometimes he would insist on bathing
in his coffee, rather than drinking it.
At times he would not bathe at all
and then the owner would park him on
the lawn and turn the hose on him.
In those days parrots were treated as
If they were made of cast iron.
One time this old bird had been placed
on the limb of tree
He grew tired of his perch, and finally
began to call, Daddy, Polly wants In
there" He called everybody Daddy.
This was the first time, so far as was
known, that he had ever used these
words.
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THIS AND THAT
By Charles Z. Trdce,oeH.

He was very fond Of watching the
family pet dog and cat indulge in a
romp.
Whenever the dog would roll the cat
on the floor, the old parrot would burst
into fit of laughter.
He was not a swearing parrot. but dur
ing one of these dog -and-cat romps he
fell into such fit of laughing that he
fell off his perch.
Then he screamed. from the floor Of
the cage. MY God, cut it out, cut it out!"
He had been taught to squawk hymn
which he did very acceptably.
His singing was always a feature of
prayer meetings held at the home
Persons who listen to the radio may
have heard recently a talking African
parrot, whose trainer, Filipino, spoke
In broken English while the bird used
the most correct English.
Just how the bird managed to speak
so we'll when its trainer did not was
something of mystery to listeners. This
bird seemed to make its answers after
careful listening and thinking. In other
words, it did not speak by rote, but evi-
IDENTIFY weighed fully what had been
said to it, and spoke accordingly
Parrots require large cages and are
subject to long list of maladies. The
mysterious parrot disease of recent years
has deferred many persons from owning
them.
These odd birds often take dislike to
certain members of family and these
they will peck at all times.
There was at one time In this country
Carolina paroquet, bird about 13
inches long, green with yellow head,
which inhabited the Atlantic coastal
region.
Florida, was it's last stand. DR.. Chap
man found SO of them there in 1885,
Since that date reports have been
fewer and fewer and now this parrot
like bird Is believed to be extinct.
The little budgies would afford much
more pleasure to the average bird lover
than parrot.
Perhaps one has to be of a special
temperament, as our correspondent
seems to believe to undertake the train
ing and keeping of parrot
Certainly In recent years very little
has been heard Of this old-time favorite
1t will always hold place in the affec-
ton of persons interested In sailors.
Sailors, now as always, are great for pets
They like dogs and cats and birds of all
types. Many of them keep tropical
fishes.
The parrot has been associated with
seafaring men for centuries, perhaps it
Is not to be expected that "Barnacle Bill
the Sailor" will be sweet-voiced fellow,
so we must be content to listen to
screeching parrots rather than those
which talk gently.
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Deserved Pay Increase

The bill passed by the House to
raise the salary scale in the lower
brackets Of the classified service
provides some urgently needed pay
increases.
The measure, which now goes to
the Senate for action, fixes a mini
mum Of $1,000 annually for subpro-
fessional and custodial workers who
now receive $1,000 and 81 ,080 respec-
lively, while charwomen and head
eharwomen are scheduled to go from
fifty and fifty-five cents hourly to
sixty-five and seventy. The mini
mum for building guards is raised
from 81 200 to $500, and for build
Ing mechanics, from $1,680 to $1,86O.
In the face of rising living costs,
the inadequacy of the present rates
Is evident. 1t has developed also in
House hearings that low wages are
making 1t impossible for the Gov
ernment to retain personnel.
The House made two important
changes in the bill as it came from
the Civil Service Committee, deny
ing benefits to supervisory custodial
employees above the $4,000 level, and
voting down revision of the higher
brackets of the Classification Act
suggested by the administration to
provide new entrance salary steps in
order to stimulate the recruiting of
executives needed In the war effort.
Chairman Ramspeck of the Civil
Service Committee pointed out that
the salary schedules Of the custodial
service will be thrown out of line by
the new ceiling, and in view of the
fact that these workers are a rela-
lively low-paid group, their case no
doubt will commend itself to the
Senate.
In the meantime, the larger ques-
ton of war wages for Federal workers
generally still remains to be dealt
with, the administration effort to
meet the situation in part by grant,
Ing overtime in the departmental
service having been complicated by
demands for fiat raise for all per-
sonnel. Unless an early settlement OF
this issue is worked out, 1t may be
that no one will benefit.
Evening star., 1942-07-02
Suez in Danger

Phe battle of Egypt is, in effect,
a struggle for the possession and
control of the Suez Canal. 1t there
fore is easy to comprehend the an
nounced determination of the British
to ruin the famous artificial water
way rather than to allow it to fall to
the Germans and Italians undam-
aged
To what extent the canal could be
put out of order is, however, another
question. 1t differs from contempo-
rary maritime shortcuts In being
merely "a lockless sand ditch con-
Meeting two landlocked seas and
three lakes" Running from Port
Said on the north to Port TeWfik
on the south, its length is l04I2
miles, while its width varies from
260 to 445 feet. Constant dredging
has been required during more than
10 years to maintain an average
depth of 36 feet for the accommoda-
ton of vessels drawing %.
Some notion of the labor involved
in the creation of the ditch" may
be had from the time required for
it, The work began on April 25, 1859,
and never has ceased since that date.
An official estimate of the money
cost of the entire enterprise up to
the opening of the canal on Novem-
ber II, 1869, was about $100000,000.
Passage fees always have been mod
crate in comparison with similar
charges elsewhere, yet earnings have
been considerable. The British gov
ernment, holding seven-sixteenths
of the shares, received profits In
amount Of approximately $780, 900
in 1927 alone.
Theoretically, under the terms Of q