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Oratory Contest | THE EVENING: STAR, WASHINGTON D. 0., SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1925. 1t W'W“WMW BEAUTIES OF NEW " voueh 10use Vo TOTAL NOW 15 ABOVE 4600000 15 PARK STRESSED Speakers at Dinner Laud Choice of Recreation Space in Shenandoah Valley. . A bare glimpse of how the histor ridge of the Southern Appalachian mountains is some day to became a continuous chain of great natural reservations, with the Shenandoah National Park as the nucleus, was furntshed a group of enthusiastic men from Virginia, North Carolina and Washington who gathered at the City Club last night to celebrate the su cessful conclusion of the first steps toward establishment of the first park in the Blue Ridge mountains of Vir- ginfa. Present at the dinner, which was arranged by several of those persons who first suggested the Virginla site as the logical place for the East's first great national park, and worked v and night for passage of the leg- islation at the last session of Con- gress that makes the park possible were many of the leading park ex- perts in the United States. They told inspiring storles of how the blg, natural sanctuaries of the West were established Honor Guests Lixted. Stephen T. Mather, director of the National Park Service, served as toastmaster at the urgent request of the committee arrangements. Seated on eith of honor were Senator tor Glass, Helmer Hbryr from Norway: Represen son, Robert Sterling Yard ton Payne, Representative Pennsylvania, Representative nethy of North Carolina, M liam Welch, Col. Glenn and Engineer Commissione The dinner was origina as a jollification in celebration of the passage <evernl weeks ago of the Temple bill which established a com- mission of five experts to survey the proposéd boundaries of the Shenan- doah Nutional Park and the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. Be- fore the diners departed it had de- veloped into a concerted movement for the establishment in the East of a chain of parks similar to those that dot the entire Western part of the count. vanson, Sena- the Minister ative Harri- John Bar- Temple of Aber- Wil- Smith Bell arranged Needed Nucleus, Is View. Speakers stressed the need of es- tablishing without delay the Shenan- doah National Park as the nucleus of such a chain, not only because of its wondrous seenic advantages and his- toric connections, but also because of its ready accessibility more than a third of the ion’s populatien and the quickness with which it can be opened up for the use of the people. But they frankly told their audience that the hardest work is ahead. Dr. Henry W. Temple, Representa- tive from Pennsylvania, chairman of the commission appointed by tary of the Interior Work which se- lected the Virginla area as the out- standing site in the East and chair- man of the commission which is now to make the survey, declared that the next step is to get ready for the legislation that must be passed at the next session of Congress, the act that will formally take over the land for park purposes, “1 have no fear that get the park,” Dr. Temple said. it needs now all of the help of all of the people and all of the organiza- tions of Virginia. You must get the whole State behind this thing, from the governor down to the smallest landholder. Make Surprising Discovery. Maj. Welsh, another member of the commission of survey and one of the first men (o examine the Shenandoah National Park site, told how he and Col. Smith went into the Blue Ridge Mountains more out of courtesy than in hope of finding anything worth of a national park area. “But we found the Shenandoah National Park he said. “We found an unbelievable thing. It is there; there is no ques- tion about it.” “It is a little piece of unspoiled wilderness,” Maj. Welch continued, “that God has kept unspoiled in the midst of our center of population.” Natienal Park Soirlt Spread: Mr. Mathor thas the pa- tlonal park spi originated in America. has soread o the whole world. Even down in Souti America, he sald, governments have establish- ed such a reservation, and “it is wonderful that we can come back to the Old Dominion, the place almost where our own history began, and find that same spirit, so strong and s0 sincere.” Col. Glenn Smith, who was appoint- ed_secretarr of the commission of survey, asserted that “it would be a very small thing to ask the State of Virginia to donate $1.000.000 to- word a project that is to prove so beneficial to it.” That sum, he said, would find it way back into the State’s treasury, once the park is estallished. in less than 10 years, and then continue to add wealth to the Old Dominion for the rest of time. Will Demand Help of People. Representative Abernathy of North Carolina sald the people want “the whole tree, with all of its branches d wll of its roots” “It ix all right to talk about donations,” he contin- ued, “but before we are through we are going up at the head of Pennsyl- vania avenue and dig down into the Treasury of the American people and get al! of these parks. They, are all worthy of such a signal hofior and the people of the country want them.” Mr. Hbr; paying tribute to the site of the Shenandoah National Park, which he has traveled from end to end, told how he was surveying a bit of Buropean scenery with an Eng- lish friend. Finally the Englishman turned and asked: “Is there anything aquite autiful in the United Stat. , replied the Minister from Norway. “It is down in the Shenandoah Valle Some er,” he continued, “the came Lo see me at my home in ington, held out his hand and s “You were right; the Shenandoah Valley is more beautiful.” to you will not “But dnctared T “BANDITS” SEEK FUND. Bobbed-Haired Girls to Collect Pledges Made in Drive. Delinquent subscribers to_the build- ing fund for the Jewish Community Center will be rounded up tomorrew by a “gang” of bobbed-haired “ban- dits,” armed with glass pistols, and gently urged to pay up. “This unique method of oht \ining the money pledged some time ago by friends of the center was adpted at a dinner last Sunday. A tctal « f $285,000 has been pledged for tha building, which is now under consiiuction at Sixteenth and Q streets. ‘'he “ban- dits” will be: Rose Alloy, Jiate Bein, Jda Garfinkle, Dora Glazel, Martha Goldstein, Lillian Hoffman, Rosalle Kaminsky, Myrtle Kamineky, Sally Gehowitz, Helen Liebman, Ethel Nor- wood, Hoda Rosenberg, Minna Smith, Jeanette Sugar, Ethel Zoffiu and Rose Zuckerman. Movie Actor Dies in Crash. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., March Jack “Shorty” Hamilton, "37 years old, motion-picture actor, was killed here today when his automobile crashed into a steam shovel standini in the streety ide of him a& guests | Secre- | Is Suggested as Permanent Event Tigert Is Gratified That Affair Is Repeated. Value Is Cited. It is very gratifying to know that the national oratorical contest on the Federal Constitution will be repeated. I hope that this becomes a perma- nent natlonal in- stitution Last vear's contest was @ great success. The contest is of twofold value. 1t stimulates our voung people to continye their education Into the college and uni- versity, and at the same time it in- sures -a wide- spread knowledge of the Constitu- tion among this generation of high school students | Who are to be our citizens tomorrow | Through this means it can confidently | be expected that the coming g-nera- {tion of citizens will have a bette understanding of our fundamental instrument of gov- | ernment, than our citizens of today have. No movement could have a | more bencficlal effect upon the wel- | tare of our country. g JNO. J. TIGERT, United States Commissioner of Edu- cation. JOHN J. TIGERT. i | ORATOR IN ACTION BY RANDOLPH LEIGH, Director National Contest. icles by the Director of the oate Orgtorical Cantest deal with: the u ory, and are printed at this time on the theory that contextants, having gathered data “for their orations. are ready to put them into shape. An important feature of the articles will be excerpts from some of the finest nxam bles of the art (Srecial emphauls is placed n the entra s of the contest— brevity and effectiveness.) F As a boy Lincoln did his thinking on his stomach, resting his head on |Bis arm as bhe paused in his reading upon the floor. Patrick Henry pre- ferred to do his upen his back, out- of-doors, and gazing up at treetops and hurrying clouds. Some biogra- phers, while praising Lincoln for his perseverance, have charged Henry with being merely indolent. Tt is a small matter just how they went jabout thinking, long as they | thought. However, It shows the mis- take Henry made in being born in a section which produced so many men v\hp haad all the attributes of immor- tality except a press agent An amazing individual—that Henr He extemporized everything. He al- Ways began by putting his worst foot foremost And vet! Well, he was by all odds the greatest orator that ever used the English tongue. In addition he was one of the most cou- ageous. He studied law six weeks; and then ®ought admission to the most bril- liant bar in the colonies. He wrote | out none of his speeches, but deliv- (-r“vd many of them so effactively that his hearers could, immediately after- ward. reconstruct them from memory. He was awkward and uncouth, but could excel the most polished men of his day. What was his' speaking technique? He relied on himself to transform himself. He had a way of relaxing himeelf and allowing his subcon- eclous powers to sweep him along to tremenfous heights of fervor and elo. quence. He could not always call up this power at just the exact moment of opening his speech. Indeced, he scemed to prefer to have it rush over | him after he had made a rather com- monplace start upon his address. But {he unquestionably had the gift (as | did Napoleon, Socrates, Paul, Stone- | wall Jackson and a number of other genluses who otherwise had nothing ’ln common) of putting himself into {a kind of trance or stupor or §ul e of in which his intellectual | relaxation, ;and emotional processes outstripped élhnsn of his cotemporaries. He went through one of these trans- formations in his stamp act speech. It was even better illustrated In his “liberty-or-death” speech. We know, for instance, that prior to that ad- dress he spent more than a day in tremendous agitation and inward un- rest. He felt that he must say some- thing, but made no effort to write out his thoughts. A few hours be- fore the meeting he hecame almost sick, and then a wefird calmness came over him and he remained as in a trance. When he began his speech he was halting, almost apologetic, decidedly ill at ease. Suddenly the transfor- mation came—lighting him up, and a whole continent with him! A bafing man, truly. He was sin- cere, fearless, far-seeing. That we know. We also know that he got a strange light into his eyes when he spoke, and that men like Washington and Jefferson and Wythe were car- rled away by him. He used gestures sparingly, and was at the same time overwhelmingly dynamic. It is impossible to explain him—or to explain him away. ROAD EENDS AVAILABLE. $2,500,000 Appropriation by Cone gress Is Apportioned. The sum of $2,600.000, appropriated by Congress for road and trail con- ruction in the various national parks, and for monuments, has been apportioned, the Interior Department announced today. An appropriation of $1,500,000 is contained in the In- terior Department appropriation act for the fiscal year 1926, which has just been signed by the President, while an additional appropriation of $1,000,000 for road and trail work was made available in the deficiency act, slgned by the President on December 5, 1924, In addition to the $2,500,000 actual- Iy appropriated, the Interior De- partment appropriation act for 1926 authorizes the Secretary to approve projects, incur obligations and enter into contracts for additional road Wwork in the porks and monuments not to exceed a total of $1,000,000. —_— SUES CHINESE HUSBAND. Virginia Woman Charges Desertion the Constitutlon, | NBOYSEOUTDRIE Workers Seek $60,000 for Two-Year Budget—Value Is Stressed. Ten thousandy two hundred and fif- ty-eight dollars was obtained yester- day in the first day of the $80,000 drive for the Washington Boy Sceuts; it was announced last night at’the" dinner in the Franklin Square Hotel, held by the workers. One hundred and fifty representative business men attended. Huston Thompson, chair- man of the Federal Trade Commis- sion, presided. The prineipal speaker was Rev. W. §. Abernethy of Calvary Baptist Church. The campalgn is for a two-year | budget, and subscriptions are o ar. ranged that contributors m ad thelr subscriptions over a period of 24 months. The drive will continue through March 12, and noonday mect- ings, bexinning Monday, will he held | at the Franklin Square Hotel. Speakes ed the fact that there are 20,000 boys in Washington who are eligible to membership in the out organization, and that it is ally adapted to the underprivi- leged boy. Twenty-five per cent of these 20,000 boys are in the under- privileged ciass, according to the Deakers, and these, they said, should be brought Into the organization. f there is on crime it is the n of youth,” said Rev. Mr. Aberncthy 11 about us we see wrecks of young lives which might have been saved if parents had the right kind of assistance in de ing with the juvenile problem. Wi five per cent of the delinquent boys of Washington are under 17 years of age. None are naturally bad. Sup- pressed childhood, bad environmeat and limited opportunities are the cause of the downgrade. Nobody red whether they got their share of wholesome, God-given fun and play; and the result is the Nation's pitiful crop, staggering in size, of children stunted and misshaped in body and mind. e ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES. TODAY. A meeting of the Susan B. Anthony Foundation will be held at clubroor 1713 H street, from 4 to 6 o'clock Mrs. Nanette B. Paul will speak on “The Folklore of Modern People in Palestine.” The Society for Philosophical In- quiry will meet, 4:45 o'clock, at Cor- coran Hall, Twenty-first street below H street. Edward S. Steele will con- clude his paper, “The Metaphysics of Physics. TONIGHT. Federation of _Citizens' tions will meet, 8 o'clock, room of Municipal Buildins. Associa- in board- Meeting of board of governors of the Tenuvus Club, 7:30 o'clock, at Occidental Hote Complimentary dinner to Col. William C. Harllee, U. S M. C, by Walter A. Brown, board of governor: University Club: Dr. Ashman Car- penter of California will lecture on “Diversified Usea of Weather Science,” 8:15 o'clock. Women welcome. The Tivoll Pastime Club will give a dance in private ballroom of the Arcade. Strangers invited. Visitors welcome. The National Fellowship Club will give a dance¥at the Cairo. Visitors welcome. £:30 o'clock, at Pythian Temple. dancing class, 7:30. The Tip Top Club, Y. W. C. A, will give a dance at Blue Triangle Hut. Twentieth and B streets, Free Chester B, Watts, assistant astron- omer of the Naval Observatory, will jeive an illustrated lecture on “Eclipses: What Science Learns from Them,” at the clubhouse of the Asso- ciation of American University Wo- men, 8 o'clock. Mr. Watts observed the last eclipse from the Shenandoah. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. Charles Francis Taylor of New York City, director of psychological clinics, will give a lecture on the science of life and work Monday evening, at 5:15 o'clock, in the Playhouse, 1814 N street. He will be assisted by Edith Louise Brooks. The Intermediate Christian Endeavor Union will meet next Friday at 8 p.m. at the United Brethern Church, North “apitol and R streets. Owen P. Kellar, past president of the Senior E Union, will make a brief address. Associntion of Oldest Inhabitants will meet Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., at Unfon Engine House, Nineteenth and H streets. The Sixteenth Street Highlands Cit- 1zens’ Association will meet Monday, 8 p.m., at Sixth Presbyterian Church. ‘The Wanderlusters’ hike for tomor- row will start from North Capitol street and Michigan avenue at 2:30 p.m. Mr. Kauffman will lead. The business meeting of the Wander- lusters will be held Tuesday, 8 p.m., in the Ouray Building, Eighth and G streets. T. W. Barritt, baritone, will give a program in connection with Dr. Ger- trude V. Sheckell’s free lecture tomor- row, 5 p.nt, at Health Studio, 1628 K Subjec?, “The Greatest street. Thing in the World." All welcome. “Self-Education and Self-Growth” will be the subject of a talk to be given at United ILodge of Theoso- phists, 1781 K street, tomorrow, § pm. All welcome The Red Triangle Outing Club hikers will meet tomorrow at Chevy Chase Circle, 3 p.m., for three-mile walk. Piney Branch Citisens’ Association will meet Monday, 8 p.m, at Ham- line Methodist Church. The annual dinner party of the Coal Merchants’ Board of Trade will be held Tuesday, 7 p.m., at the Bur- lington Hotel. A_men’s meeting will take place at Brightwood Park M. E. Church tomorrow, 8 p.m. The pastor, Rev. B. 1. McGowan, will speak and the men’s class will assist. All other men invited. The Edna Taylor “Y” will meet Monday, 8 p.m., at the home of Ruth Carlson, 129 V street. The Washington and vielnity asso- and Unfaithfulness. Special Dispateh to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., March 7.—A suit has been instituted in the Circuit Court here by Mrs. Lillian Chin You, American wife of a Chinese, for an absolute divorce on the grounds of desertion and unfaithfulness. An unnamed co-respondent of Washington was mentioned in the application. The complainant was formerly Miss Lillian H. Lerner of Campbell County. She is asking the right to resume her malden name. tice by newspaper publication, advising Chin to appear here and defend his interests, will arcely reach him, as he is said to ve returned to China. clations of clubs will hold & mass meeting tomorrow, 4 p.m., at Asbury M. E. Church. Miss Hallie Q. Brown, Mrs. Daisy Lampkins and others will speak. Public invited. 17-Year-0ld Boys Missing. Two 17-year-old boys—John Paul Murray and Paul Ritter—are reported missing from their homes in Cumber- land, Md., and thought to have come to this city. They left Cumberland Thursday morning, according to a message received by the local police, and Paul Ritter, sr, 7 Camden ave- nue, Cumberland, asked that their disdppearance be broadcast from this city, EE ISTRRPNIN S | | S1028 COLLECTED |S unforgivable social | BY REV. HUGH T. STEVENSON. THE SAVIOR ON THE CROSS. —Luke, xxili:33-46. Golden text—He that spared not his own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not also with Him freely give us all things?—Romans, viil:32, i Christ’s crucifiylon was the supreme tragedy of history. - It has demon- strated to the world “the power of God.” Men are attracted by the story of the cross becuuse they see in the agony of the death of Jesus and the spirit with which He met it the evi- dence that hus compelled them to say, “Socrates died like a philosopher, but Jesus Christ died.like a god!"” Two sites are pointed oft as Cal- vary, the place of the “skull” to tourists. One resembles the kull in appearance, the other is covered by a church that has been erected by the contributions of His worshipers, who recognized that Calvary is the center of all time, Here two eterni- ties have met. In that sacred place outside the city wall, near the road- side and close to a garden, contain- ing an unuged tomb, where the Lord’s |body was subsequently buried, an event took place that fulfilled proph- Being crucified outside the city wall had a_symbolical meaning, inas- much as the sin-offering of old was sacrificed and burnt outside the city gate. The question as to the place is unimportant; the thing that is of special significance to us is that “Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures™ It is this fact that has made Calvary the meetinggpoint of all ages. Anclent history con- verged at the cross, where modern history takes its rise In being crucified Jesus was “num- bered with the transgressors.” This disgrace was in fulfiliment of proph- ecy. He was made conspicuous as the pre-eminent transgressor, being placed between them. It added to our Lord's agony, which was & threefold one—physical, which was ‘commen to every sufferer who died on the cross; mental, which was peculiar to Him because none other ever suffered the mental agony which was His in that Lour; His highly organised and al- most’ divinely sensitive human soul suffered all the shame of the horrible indignities and ipjustice which it was His to bear, and all the dlsgrace of and being considered gullty by the multitude, not to speak of the agony of Leing deserted Ly His disciples. He endured far more mental suffer- ing, which was His because He felt guilt of others, and was consumed with a passionate sympathy which was akin to gulit in His own soul. He suffered a spiritual agony that no human being can understand. He en- dured the feelings of being deserted by the Father in Hls efforts to save men, while He was passing through the most painful and horrible meth- ods of execution ever devised by man. Time and space prevent our consid- ering more of the detalls of the way our Lord had laid on Him the iniquity of us all, belng wounded for our trans- gressions, brulsed for our iniquities, and receiving the stripes due as chas- tisement for our sins. He revealed the attitude in that hour toward His ene- mies, that He had taught His disciples to possess by an amazing prayer for those responsible for Hls being on the cross. Praying for His Murderers. Luke has preserved for us three of the seven words that Jesus spoke from the cross. The first three were for others: the next two revealed His suffering, bodily and mentally: in the last two Jesus announced the tri- umph of His mission, and surrender- ed Himself to the Father, “having finished the work given Him to do. In His word, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do,” the Lord proved beyond question the self- sacrificing spirit_ that had always marked His life. There is no thought of the injustice He suffered, “of the crime against society and the laws of the state, of the sin againat God, which was being perpetrated,” in His prayer for forgiveness for His mur- derers. The soldiers who carried out the orders of Pilate” did not know that they were cruclfying the Son of God. Peter pointed out at Pentecost that the Jewish people did not know that they were ecrucifving the Lord of Glory. While they knew in part, Christ based His appeal for them on ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., March 7 (Special). —The “Peeping Tom" who has been annoying residents of the vicinity . of Sandy Spring for several weeks came to grief last night when he fell into the clutches of Deputy Sheriff Clifard L. Howard, and is now In jail. A young negro was dstected by an employe of the Montgomery County General Hosp!- tal, Sandy Spring, peering into the room of one of the nurses last night and the sheriff's office here was prompt- Iy notified. Deputy Sheriff Howard rushed to the scene and arrested Fil- bert Fraizier. Mrs. Mary B. Fletcher, wife of Ernest J. Fletcher and daughter of Bernard §. Gingell, of Rockville, died o Thy-sd in a Washington hospital, aged 3% years. Blood poison luuuw il wie Tu- moyal of her tonsils was the cause of death. She is survived by her husband, both parents and several brothers and sisters. The funeral will take place this afternoon from Pumphrey’s chapel here, burlal to be in Rockville Union Ceme- tery. Montgomery County did itself proud at the recent dog show held in the 5th (Regiment Armory, Baitimore, under auspices of the American Kennel Club. G. William Riggs of Rockville, who is recognized as one of the Staté's most expert ‘“breakers” of bird dogs, took six of the county’s finest specimens of setters and pointers and brought back six ribbons. Although pitted against something like 200 of the best setters in_the country. Whitestone Freckles, belonging to Judge Harry Hunt, cap- tured third ribbon in every class in which he was entered. Clark Wimms, a young Montgomery County negro, for whom the authori- ties have been looking for several weeks to answer a charge of stealing 55 chick- ens from Rev. J. J. Ringer, formerly pastor of a church at Gaithersburg, and Sherlft Clay Plummer happened to run across each other in Washington late Thursday night, and a speed contest followed. The sheriff landed his’ man after a chase of several blocks. Frank Offutt and Richard Mines, negroes, were saved from terms In the House of Correction yesterday when Joseph Gibbs, also colored, as- sumed responsibility for the offenses with which they were charged—name- 1y, selling intoxicating llquor. Judge Samuel Riggs gave him a year. A disabled automobile alongside the road near Olney, this county, last night attracted the attention of Deputy Sheriff Clifard L. Howard and an investigation by him disclosed that the machine contained 48 quarts of corn whisky. The officer took charge of both the auto and the liquor. Rev. S. J. Goode, pastor of the Rockville Christian Church, has been appointed a trustee of the Rockville High School in place of Robert B. o Smith, resigned. - ° A representative of the Baltimore office of the United States Internal Revenue-Bureau Wwill be in Rockville March 7, 9, 10 and 11 to assist, with- out charge, persons In making out their income tax returns. He will be at the courthouse during the usual business hours. RHT St American locomotives are-being in- stalled on the Central Railway of Rio 4e Janeiro, being counted with the transgressors | unday School Lesson their partial knowledge in His desire to secure spiritual blessings and per- sonal salvation for those who nailed Him to the cross. Four soldiers were appointed to guard the cross and e that the sentence of deat executed ac- cording to Pilate’'s edict. They, were entitled to the garments of. those they executed. They divided the varlous garments among thémselves, but when they came to His seamless robe, which could not be divided without destroying ‘it, they gambled for it by casting’ lats This appar- ently was in_ fulfiliment - of ' the twenty-second Psalm, which pointed out even the details of their wioked- ness. This remarkable fulfillment of prophecy ought to help confirm our faith in the deity of our Leord. . It should serve as a warnfng to those who are willing. to shiare the benefits of Christianity without helping to support the work of the church. Jesus Mocked. While the blessed Savior hung in agony upon the cross He was sub- jected to jeers and insults from three different groups of mockers. Luke passes by the railings of the people, who had assembled at the cross prob- ably out of curlosity. He refers to the actions of the high priests and rulers, who mocked Him pogsibly because they feared that the horror of their actions in connection .with Christ's crucifixion might arouse & spirit of revulsion against them. They cried out, “If you are not an imposter, save yourself and come down from the cross! Here Is your chance to demonstrate your God- head” It was the old temptation again, but He resisted it because He was moved by the desire to save the world. Th Pous soldiers shared in the mocking. Iy they had been inspired by ption written In three his is the King of the It appears to have been placed there over the head of Jesus by the command of Pilate, as a sneer and a reproach to the Jewish leaders, whom he hated, especially because they forced him, against his better judgment and conscience, to condemn Christ to_be crucified, a punishment that no Jew would have ever legally inflicted upon one of his race or religion. One of the two thieves, who had joined in the mockery in an effort to forget his own suffering, was arrested by the Master's attitude toward His murderers. Probably it was the Lord’s prayer for His enemies. This man, who may have been a member of the band of Barrabas, was con- victed of his own need and the pos- sibility that the cross was not the end of the Christ. He upbraided his companton In sin and appealed to the Lord to remember him when He came into His kingdom. Jesus, filled with the passion for the lost. granted the dying thief more than he requested by promising that he would be with Him th ¢ day in paradise. The Lord's End. | After Christ's promise to the thief. | which was the second of His last words, a period of mysterious dark- ness that lasted for. three hours covered the earth. We have no | record of what transpired during those three hours. The mystery of redemption may have been completed then. The cloud that covered. the mountain when Moses communed with God in the dawn of the Jewish nation’s history again appeared as the Father conferred with Christ, whose face and further sufferings He concealed from the mocking multi- tude. During this time the veil that hung between the Holy of Hoiles and the Holy Place was rent.. This pointed out that the work of the temple was completed, as through the sufferings of the Lord upon the cross a new way was opened up for sinners to be saved. Probably it was during the earthquake that the veil was rent. John teils us that it was just after this that Jesus cried with a loud voice, “It is finished” Luke records the words of triumph with which Jesus gave up His spirit. Among others who Isoked upon Jesus on the cross was a soldier, who was convinced that Jesus was the Son of God. He confessed his faith, glorifying God, and proclaimed the righteousness of Christ Jesus. We, too., as we close our study, must record our faith that He was the Son of God and Savior of men, who died to save us all NOONDAY SERVICES PROVING SUCCESS Lenten. Rites at Keith's Theater Achieving Excellent Results, Leaders Declare. The success which has attended the midday Lenten services at Keith's Theater this week, the first of the sixth consecutive season of these ob- servances, demonstrates again that many Washingtonians are hungry for the opportunity to devote some tinmre during the day to spiritual ob- servances during Lent, according to those who have been conducting the services. The Laymen's Service Association of the diocese of Washington, in collaboration with the Washington Federation of Churches, stages these half-hour services every dayv at the Keith Theater. Speakers of note and prominence address the audience in non-denominational messages of im- portance and interest. Special music is provided on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. No collection is taken and the services begin promptly at 12:30 and end at 1 pm. Washing- tomfans of social and business pre- eminence occupy the platform as pre. slding officers and the most fameus of Washington clergymen devote their time to the devotional part of the ‘services. In addition to this, WRC broadcasts the services every day to the waiting audlence of thousands In hospitals, institutions and sick beds, who are most enthusiastioc over this oppor- tunity to partake of these Lenten observances, even though they cannot be personally present. e program for next week in- eludes such speakers as Rev. Joseph R. Sizoo, Dr. Howard A. Kelly of Bal- timore, Secretary Curtis D. Wilbur, Rev. ZeBarney T. Phillips and Rev. James Shera Montgomery, chaplain’ of the House of Representatives. L " SERVICES BY RADIO. Foundry M. E. Church Program to Be Broadcast. The services n Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church tomorrow morning will be broadcast by WCAP. - Rev. Dr. Frederick Brown Harris will preach on the theme, “The Triple Peaks of Lent” In the evening the subject will be “The Govegnment Upon His Shoulder—the Greatest In- augural.” Rev. E. Hez Swem’s ‘Winter Story. “Winter Story XIV—What I Over- heard a Drumer Tell on a Train!" will be related tomorrow night, 8 o'clock by Rev. E. Hez Swem, pastor, Centennial Baptist Church, The 11 o'clock morning subject is “Our Bap- tist Priest.” ———— Average highest temperature of Wales is 73.3 degrees and the average lowest 31.7 degees. WOMEN TO USE VOTE Right Rev. M. Curley Mlls Na- tional Catholic Council That Ballot Use Is Duty. Special Dispatch to The Star, BALTIMORE, March 7—Women of all denominations were urged £o ex- ercise their rights to franchise by Arckbishop Michael J. Curley, in an ‘address this week to the Natlopal Council ‘of Cathoiic Women. “This country has given the wom- an_the righit to' vote,” declared the archbishop, “and it is only by the exercise of that right that the woman is performing Hef duty. She should perform that duty in a solemn and sacred manner.” A defense ‘of modern educational methods in elementary schools was made by Rev. Dr. George Johnson of the Catholic University, Washington. Rev. Dr. John. K. Cartwright, in charge of the archdlocese pilgrimage to Rome, also addressed the meeting, detailing the intellectual purposes and spiritual benefits expected (o ac- crue from the proposed pilgrimage. S PASTOR WILL LECTURE ON MOHAMMEDANISM Rev. Z. B. Phillips Announces Ser- mon Topics &t Epiphany Church Tomorrow. “Mohammedanism” will be the sub- ject of the lecture-sermon to be delivered by Rev. Dr. Z. B. Phillips, in the Church of the Epiphany, to- morrow evening at 8 o'clock. This is the eighth of a series on the Great Religions of the World, which the rector {s giving on Sunday evenings. Dr, Phillips will also occup®his pul- pit at the morning service at 11 o'olock. The epecial preacher at the Lenten noonday servicek, commencing Mon- day at 12:05, will be RIght Rev. Philip M. Rhinelander, D. D., D. C. L, former Bishop of- Pennsylvania. Bishop Rhinelander is one of the most prominent prelates of the church and a speaker of outstanding ability. In addition to the noonday services, shortened evening prayer with address, is given each day ex- cept Saturday. On Monday at 4:45, the rector will continue his talks o “Ideals of Christian Womanhood' Tuesday, Rev. Clement G. Bradley will discuss “Fallacies Concerning Life"; Wednesday, in place of the ad- dress, Louis A. Potter, dean of the District of Columbia Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, will give an organ recital; Thursday, Rev. Henry Scott Miller will talk on amaria” in his course “Along the Way.” and on Friday, Rev. John H. | A. Bomberger will preach on “Char- | acter Bullding: ldealism.” DR. PIERCE TO SPEAK. Will Give Two Bermons at First Congregational. Rey. Dr. Jason Noble Pierce will speak at the First Congregational Church, Tenth and G streets, tomor- row at 11 am., on “Finding Out What's Right,” and at 3 p.m. he will continue a series of Sunday night ad- dresses, begun last week, on “Who Is Jesus Christ?” At 4:45 p.m. there will be a devo- tional-musical vesper service. WILL ATTEND IN A BODY. Men’s Bible Class to Hear Dr. J. C. Ball's Sermon. The men’s Bible class of the Metro- politan Baptist Church will attend the &ervice tomorrow mo; g in e body, when Rev. Dr. John Compton Ball, the pastor, will have for his sub- ject “God’s Man.” P. L. Rogers, pres dent of the clase, will read the Scrip- tures and prayer will be offered by E. B. Shaver, class teacher. In the evening Dr. Ball will have for his subject “Not Ashamed Of, But Boasting About.” NEW CLASS HAS DINNER.| Young Men’s Organization at First Baptist Church Entertained. The newly organized Berean Class of Young Men of the First Baptist Sunday School were guests of their teacher, Robert N. Miller, at a dinner given at the Unlversity Club last Monday evening. Plans for a class building program which will shortly ‘be launched in the local universities were discussed. Whatever else may fail in civiliza- tion, there is proof that the church does not, according to the Christian Herald, which has just completed am annual census, showing a gain In church membership of 690,000 The report states that the total figures of membere, or communicants, in the United States has now risen above 46,000,000—all of the Christian Church except less than 500,000, chiefly of Jewish faith.. It states further that the figures are not those of population, but, so far as they can be obtained, of communicants. Statistics of Membership. “The Roman Catholic Church, the largest body in ‘this country and in the world, reports officially only ‘pop- ulation,’ which practically includes all baptized persons; but it Is repre- | sented in these tables by estimated | communicants, which constitute 35 per cent of its population,” the survey continues. . “The communicant membership of the Christian Church is not, however, fully presented in the total given herewith, because the ordained mini ters of most Protestant Churches are counted separately, as Lutherans, Presbyterians, Reformed, Methodists, piscopalians and others. These would raise the grand total to per- haps 46,250,000. “These various bodies, with a total of 28.021,953, roughly speaking, may be considered as constituting the evangelical group, or more than 60 per cent of all the entire denomina- tional strength of the country. Changes in Ministry. “The gains in membership of this evangelical group amount to a total of 366,336, which is not proportionate in percentage to the total gains— that s, while the evangellcal strength is 28,021,953, or over 60 per cent, the evangelical increase is 366, “CHRIST OR PAGANISM.” Theme of Rev. Dr. Moore’s Sermon Tomorrow Evening. At St. Mary’s Church tomorrow at 7:30 p.m., Rev. Dr. Thomas V. Moore, 0. 8. B, will preach on “Christ or Pa- ganism.” Wednesday at 7:30 pm. Ret. Joseph M. Dougherty, O. will preach on “The Holy Eucharis The novena of grace in honor of St. Francis Xavier will close Thursday evening at 7:30, with solemn cere- monies and benediction; Very Rev Raphael - M. Huber,” O. M. C., wiil preach the sermon. FAREWELI:RECEPTION. Holy Name Society to Honor Re- tired ‘Senator Walsh. Representatives of the Holy Name Society of Washington will gather in St. Dominic's Hall. Sixth and E streets sputhwest, Monday at 8 p.m in a farewell reception to David L Walsh, rotired Senator from Massa. chusetts. The meeting is under the auspices of St. Dominic’s branch, of which former District President Jeseph T. Fitzgerald is a leader. The prin- cipal address will be delivered by Very Rev. Edward Fitzgerald, O. P. of the Dominican House of Studies. President Frank P. Gunning of the Washington section of the society will also speak and short speeches of welcome will be made by Very Rev. Father Scanlon, O. P.; Thomas K. Galleher, president of St. Dom- inic’s branch of the Holy Name, and Joseph T. Fitzgerald. Archdiocesan President P. J. Haltigan will preside. The Boys' Band of St. Dominic's Junior Holy Name Society will render several numbers and _there will be vocal solas, Members of the Holy Name Soeiety in all the local parishes are invited: PREACHES LENTEN SERIES Sermons by Rev. J. B. Clark of First Presbyterian Church. Rev. Dr. John Brittan Clark of the First Presbyterian Church is preach- ing a series of Lenten sermons on “The Question Asked of Jesus.” Tomorrow at 11 o'clock he will speak on “Is Tt Lawful to Give Trib- ute to Caesar?” At the vesper service at 4:30 o'clock he will speak on “My Fleeting Self.” The midweek lettures on the life of Paul will be continued at the Thurs- day meeting at 8 p.m. SR WILL MEET IN ANNAPOLIS, Rew. Dr. Porter, pastor of the church, was the guest of honor. Two mem- bers of the class signified their in- tention of becoming members of the church. e Rev. 8. G. Lamkins’ Sermon Topic. “The Old Bible or New Science— Which?” will be the theme of the sermon by Rev. Dre §. Geriah Lam- kins, pastor of the McKinley Memo- rial Baptist Church, Fourth and L streets northwest, tomorrow at 11 am., and “The Trial and Crucifixion of Christ” will be his subject at 8 p.m. The Bible school will meet at 10 am., and the B. Y. P. U. Mrs. L. A. Pinkney, president, at “Vision Plus Obedience,” Theme. At Lincoln Congregational Temple tomorrow morning, Rev. R. W. Brool will speak on “Vision Plus Obedlence. The choir will render special music at the morning®service. The Senior Christian Endeavor Soclety will pre- sent special features at 6:45 p.m. Shiloh Baptist Church Program. Every Wednesday night Sbiloh Bap- tist Church meets for an hour for the study of the “Life of Christ” as given in the gospel of Mark, while Rev. Dr. Waldron preaches a sermon each Lord's Day upon the same book. e will preach tomorrow morning “Christ’s Use of Parables—And Why. At night, the Social Reapers Club of the church .and the Music_Club of Mount ~ Zion Methodist Episcopal Church will present the scriptural pageant of .the Ten Virgins. Annual Holy Name Convention to Assemble April 26. The annual Holy Name convention of the Archdiocese of Baltimore will be held April 26 at St. Mary's Church and hall, Annapolis, Md. This is the first- time the annual convention- has gone to the Maryland capital, which is due to the fact that the society has been especially active in that lo- cality under the supervision of the Redemptorist Fathers in charge of St. Mary's parish. WILL BEGIN._COACHING. Classes for Instruction of Sunday " School Teachers to Meet. Coaching classes for the instruc- tion of Sunday school teachers using the Christian nurture series of lesson material will be held in St. John's Parish Hall, on Sixteenth Street near H street northwest, tomorrow, begin- ning at 6:30 p.m. These classes are conducted by the Dioceasan Board of Rellglous Educa- tion of the Episcopal Church. The lessons in each grade for a month are explained by chosen leaders to teach- ers who come from a number of dif- ferent Sunday schools. All teachers are welcome. The classes last one Dr, Wilkinson to Lecture. “Who Changed the Sabbath,” will be the subject of the lecture tomorrow, 8 p.m., by Dr. B. G. Wilkinson, dean of theology, Washington - Missionary College, at .the Capital Memorial Church, Fifth and F streets. The musi- cal program at 7:15 p.m., is in charge of Prof. T. H. Barrett. Monday, 8 p.m., Dr. Wilkinson will lecturg upon “Is There an Eternally Burning Hell?" Address on Near East Relief. Miss Adelia Shelley, who recently returned from the Near East, will de- liver an addr on- the Near East Rellef tomorrow morning at the Temple Baptist Church. Rev. T. O. Jones will preach in the evening on “Outbringing and Inbringing.” ‘Will Receive Members. The Silver Spring Baptist Church will recelve new members at its second communion. service tomorrow. The ordinance will be administered by Rev. Dr. H. W. O. Millington, executive secretary of the Columb! Association, under whose pices the churoh 1§ Being organised. Science of Life and Work Charles Francis Taylor New York City Director Psychological Clinics PLAYHOUSE 1814 N St. N.W. Mar. 913" Inclusive, 8:15 P.M. Mar. 15—Sunday, 3:30 P.M. Phycho-analysis (not character analysis) by appointment. Telephone New Wiilard Hotel | | [ ~ | Tuesdas | thi 336, or less than 52 per cent s The changes in - the number §of ministers and. churches conti b move, up or down, in an uncertain way, as though they were governed by no particular set of rules. Thus the ministerial increass for 1924 Is 3,740, while dn 1923 it was 5,207, and that of churches is 541 for the past year, thouga it was 2,404 in 19387 There has been a marked tendency since the war for churches of different denaminations to consoli- date for the sake of economy and efficiency. “Changes. ara gradually appearing in the order of the denominations as to numbers. The Roman Catholic keeps well in advance of all the com munions, with its nearly 16.000,000 communicants and its more than 18,000,000 population. Its estimated- increase in 1924 was over 220,000 Methodlsts Are Second. “The second largest body B Methodist Episeopal Church, with 4,438,494; the third, the Southern Eap- tist Convention, with over 2,500,000; the fourth, the Negro Baptist Con- vention, with more than 3,000,000; thq fifth, the Methodist Episcopal Soutl 2,470,000 the sixth, the Presbyterian Church in the Unifed States (North= ern), 1,791,5: the seventh, thy Northern Baptist Convention, 1,382, the eighth, the Disciples -of .351,000; the ninth, the Prot- Spiscopal Church, 1 are the only single have a million or more “When the order by groups sidered, after the Roman Catholig and associated churches, come tha Tethod 15 bodies, second, with 00,000; the Baptist, with 14 bodies, hird, 8.227,235; the Lutberan, 18 bodies, fourth, the Presby- tertan, 9 bod . 2.560,466; - the Disciples of ¢ bodies, sixth, 1,668.906; the copalian ¢ seventh, 1 “THE WORD THAT HEALS.” Subject of Lecture Tomorrow Eve- ning at Unity Auditorium. “The Word That Heals" is the Ject of a lecture to be given at Unit Auditerium, 1326 I street nortbwest, tomorrow .at § p.am. by Arthuc P Buck Monday at 5 and § p.m in Christian healing by Garnett Janu., ary. Wednesday, at 2:30. p.m., and Thursday, at § p.m., are the classes in lessons in.truth. Thursday, at.3, 5 and 7 p.m., will be three cessions of healing clinic, conductéd Ly Gas- nett January. s the class CLASS PLANS BANQUET. | Calvary Baptist Group to Dine Tuesday Night. The Wilbur Class of Calvary tist Church will hold its first am- nual banquet at the U Duckling Tea House, 115 B.street southeast, at 8 p.m. Mrs. Charles A. Pfender, president of the class, will preside, and Dr. Wil- liam Allen Wilbur, dean of arts and sciences of George Washington Uni-, versity, will act as toastmaster. ator J. Thomas Heflin of Alabam Homer J. Councilor will be th ers. Bap- i STARTING NEW SERIES. Dr. W. S. Abernethy Will Begin Sermons Tomorrow. Following a series of sermong”on the home, which have just concluded; Rev. Dr. W. S. Abernethy of Calvary Baptist Church’ will tomorrow night begin_another series on “Questions That Vitally Affect-Young People To- day,” using as his_subject for tha first of the series, “Young People and* Their Friendships.” The special chorus choir recently organized will continue to sing Sunday nights dur- ing this series. George Bryan, president of the aughn Class, who has been absent in the South, has returned and will’ have charge of the class tomorrow morning at 9:30 o'clock. Dr. H. P, Cochrane of Burma will be the speaker. WHO CHANGED THE SABBATH? B. G. WILKINSON, PH. D. “The Beginnings of Lawlessness” by Dr. B. G. Wilkinson. Dean of Theology, Washington Missionary Gollege. Musical Program. 7:15 P. Prof. T. H. Barrert with his musical saw, oboe, musical chimes. ete. Capital-Memorial Church, 5th and F Streets N.W. Lecturs, 8 P. M. SUNDAY—FREE—MARCH 8. Doors Open 7:00 P.M. Monday 9—The New Dynamic Psychology and Physiolog. Tuesday 10—The Science of Human Behavior. | Wednesday 11—Liberating the Mind and Nervous System. Thursday 12—Developing and Redirecting Personality. Friday 13—The New Science of Human Success. Sunday 15—The Scientific Basis of Christianity.