Evening Star Newspaper, December 17, 1925, Page 41

‘ ‘ TEE-TIN A1 BUILDING OPPOSEL s NI U > 1 P d Transfer of Labol v i \ e FEATURING A SPECIAL CHRISTMAS DISPLAY Business Move.” ammeas| COLONIAL DESKS AND SECRETARIES mitted to Secretary Davis by a grou® of Labor Department officlals headec by Assistant Secretary Robe Car White, who inspected the Pensiol Building a few days ago. \ = s Secretary Davyis has told Senato Reed Smoot of Utah, chairman of the Public Buildings Commission, tha ‘:mnsfsr of the Labor Department tc the Pension Bullding, without mtn) major alterations {nvolving expendi ture of a considerable amount o . = = money, would be a bad business move Piquante Gift Box -, The objections to the occupancy o Poctims sudoliessiares he buliding at Fitth and G street ; A timely event for the seeker of fine make an attractive gift chiefly upon unsuitability. of thc st $4 Esh la.rger Fooims xr;l lha‘ Beasiiy ‘ i . Foma”ded by the highiy” mpe- gifts. Dozens of charming styles and clalized division of the large Gov- ernment unit. Substtuto Proposal. ; ductions ’w der d for This was made known today at the repro uCt O ay un e pnce o Department of Labor, and at the same . 3 time department officlals indicated | - that in case the Labor Department i C m does not move into the Pension Build- hrlSt as. the structure in which all vet. I erans’ r rds with the exception of the World War are housed may be taken over and occupiled by one or more units of the Department of Com. merce. Secretary Hoover was said to - :e”:iooklng for a Gn\-emmenu)‘wned . - uilding to house the eight units of i the Commerce Department now.egou S -looking designs—every one— pying rented quarters or quarters wl'nxgch n;ey hflveh outgrown. « . Transfer of the Labor Department 5 3 - H ot amton Buidieg. menrament , L. ality—desks th: o the Ponsion Bulaing was- recom: genuine Lifetime qu: esks that Buildings Commission, after Secretary = of the Interior Work had told the — == . . - s oy ot & i 8 e become intimate personal possessions id- Department transfer was undertak 1 R e | e acieR i e e and so low priced now. by the owners of the structure oc- 5 Attractive Secretary Desk, with two ‘Toilet Water. $1.50 cupled by the department at 1712.14 G Mahogany and Gumwood Secretary, smal] drawers and two large drawers ; St aummen e G with three drawers and wood knoby, =limabiondoyss $24,000 @ year rent, and a demand for an increase to $96,000 caused Secre- 69 75 tary Davis to look around for a Gov- i ernment-owned structure which his department could use. The unfavorable report of the Labor Department officials will not mean a change in the transfer of the Pension Bureau to ‘the Interior Building to consolidate all Interior Department ac- tivities uider one roof, it was indi- cated today, as in case the Labor Department does not take over the building other agencies will want to use it. Technical Units Considered. Highly specialized and technical ' units doing much of their work in Wil p;tvu.te co‘!;:erenne form a large part I.\,v‘w‘ e of the Labor Department, Mr. Davis b Fordhelinlegirl—perfume | | Sius™Soldr rhose o 10 a1 Y “just like mother’s”. plained, need private offices, small in il ¥ size and amply lighted. fhun Adaptation of the pension building I to the needs of the Labor Department would {nvolve much construction work within the building itself, and the actual floor &pace avallable, placed at 130,000 square feet in preliminary esti- mates, is reduced by storage of files of war veterans on the fourth floor of the building, a badly lighted floor with about 22,000 square feet of space. For these reasons, and the future possibility that Congress might not care to appropriate for a new build- ing several years hence to house the Labor Department, if it already oc- cuples a Government building, the ad. verse report was made. DESCRIBES OLD CUSTOMS 36-inch Secretary, in mahogany and uaint Secretary Desk, with two Secretary, in mahogany and choice For the smaller corner or low-ceiling jpowder compact and bot- gumwood; antique brown mahogany rawers and fluted legs; good-look- mwood; - beautiful colonial red room; mahogany and gumwood; 3 rl:‘:fl-‘lorlutperfnma. $1.50 . IN DISTRICT CHURCHES finish— ing antique brown finish— nish— drawers— Bee many other-Colgate Miss Lucille Wilkinson Tells of $57, 50 Gifts at your favorite store. Early Baptist History in ‘Washington. Many methods and rules—which now seem unusual and amusing—used in the conduct of churches in the Capital City more than 100 years ago, were described by Miss Lucille W. Wilkinson in an address before.the Columbia Historical Society in the Cosmos Club Tuesday night. The title I - = of her subject was “Early Baptist == V"fi@‘ T == Churches in Washington.” ] i AN [ Miss Wilkinson =aid the requir- D i i i i T e— o \, £ Who Shall Survive? ||| ments tor becomine x'church member DEHTY | DI - . = 0 urvive in the early part of the last contury G ) ) M f ; were very strict. She told how the ) | Business today is based on H| Wi Bapust churches held trinls for quantity production and in- M| cople who had falled to live up creased sales bring you lower | strictly to church rules and regula. prices. Only the “merchant H|tione and were excommunicated for who' buys 1n quantity can petty offenses. survive. She traced the growth of the Bap- tist religon since it was founded here cH AMBERS BUYS IN in 1802, when'the congregation oc- cupied a small building at Nineteenth LARGE QUAN‘"T]ES and I streets. It was there that Rev. | Obadiah Brown, the first Baptist min. That is why he gan furnish ister in Washington, preached for 43 VE VAULTS at years, sald Miss Wilkinson. COMPLETE FUNERALS Among the early people of prom- for $100; and other funeral and M| inence of the church mentioned were mortuary needs at half the old- Dr. Luther Rice, who founded Co- time undertakers' ck S lumbian College, now George Wash- ington University, in 1821. At that CHAMBERS GUARANTEES ||| time it was exclusively o theological Reliable and Complete Service at [f | %oho0: ohe saif, The first class was ‘Washington Topham, Dr. B. W. LOW PRICES Summy and Frank H. Stickney com. Good-looking Secretary Desk, in Beautifully figured mahogany panels, Charming Colonial Secretary, 36 Solid -Mahogany Secretary Desk, mented on the address and added in- mahogany and gumwood; two mshogany interiors ; quaintly charm- inches wide; secret compartments, 4 two-drawer type; Queen Anne style W. Ch formation regarding early church de. 124 : H 3 S o 2 ? W. W. Chambers Co.|| cxmation’osaraing e B , s FEE fees The Brown Stone Funeral Home A program of vocal music was o Chapi . N.W.|l| turniched by the following: Ruth Kin; $ $ 5 chl:;n Cdalumhrx 4?} W. Deewall, Mable Flehr, Fioyd C. Wil 120 195 liams and Charles Moore, with Mabel Linton Willlams at the piano. DR. BALLOU GIVES TALK, n o fl’ t N“lect Addresses Manual Training Teach- ers at Special Meeting. that coucn Manuel training teachers in the pub- o P, e E Because of their individuality and distinctive It neverpayston .:".:u.:’. ;Shm:i)s, ujt = hspegi:;o lTee‘unguhehi B - i 2 n e Vocatiol 3 o A ecy whk | oo T8 thel e e Moational i === charm, you'll find instances of only one or two of r doctor might not approve. to smdv::fiy;g:r: ol} :'}:53‘3.2 &t:.nd-lgg " . : L en I : : < : T e mncmat o | e otiiined some of tha polnts né hed : a kind—but remember variety is almost unending. fally for twenty years in the in mind, so the teachers could adjust ; hemselves accordingly. - . ¢ sreatment of all harmful coughs, T toach children.” Dr, Ballou told 5 ncluding whooping cough. the teachers, “and not merely to PERTUSSIN soothes the teach a trade, must be your guiding <ough spasm, helps to clear the principle. There has been a general .hmudnkky.‘flu-hd'fl drift away from the teaching of vo mucus and reduces the inflam- cational work to young children, byt mation. It is entirely free from the existing system in Washington #njurious or habit-forming drugs. will be adhered to for the present.” 5 ia la fEis e J T e Practioal Training Needed. : 3 Prom the Chicago News, ke taking he to Solid Mahogany Winthrop Desk, Solid Mahogany Governor Winthrop -cll:‘o‘:l' !?r";ho" :\;:‘llmol:{d. Stier im. 36 inches wide; beautiful colonial red 4 Desk, secret compartments; serpen- ressing the 1 th - — . . . tine front— ge_'u;,‘of m:flr'\‘:-?i a mowriou;n.\"sg& finish : & . Seventh St‘ e Bet. _D & E . tine frant .| cation, finished up by saying: “And $98 50 $87 50 : e or be sure he learns Latin.” i : g “But, my:dear madam,” said the master, “Latin fs a dead language.” “All right,”. said Mrs. Timkins, “he’ll want | He's going to be n.nl undertaker.” )