Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1929, Page 3

s WHITE CHRISTMAS TOBE WIDESPREAD Most of Country From Maine to Texas to Be Covered With Snow. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 24 —A white tmas was in prospect throughout Most of the country from Maine to Texas today. A northeast storm brought snow and 8leet to New England and the Atlantic Coast States, while the West, hardly Tecovered from the blizzard of last Week, expefienced another heavy fall. Unprecedented snow which visited the South as far as Louisiana was melting, but in Texas and other sections prom- ised to linger over the holiday. Fatal Accidents Reported. A number of fatal accidents, disrupt- ed airmail service, delayed trains and difficult highway travel attended the series of storms. A heavy snowstorm in Maine ham- per~d the work of repairing damage done by last week's sleetstorm. Pil- ing drifts in Vermont tied up rail service and halted motor traffic. In New York State snow ranged in depth from 6 inches at Buffalo to more than a foot in the central part of the State. In New York City a slight rise in temperature turned a light snowfall to _sleet, which roze on pavements and sidewalvs and impeged traffic. Several minor accidents were blamed on slip- pery pavements. ‘The street cleaning department called out 7.000 men to clear away the snow and tested a new chemical snow re- moval device invented by Prof. Horace es of McGill University, spraying a? blocks of Fifth avenue with the mix- re. ‘Three Deaths Listed in Virginia. ‘Three deaths, numerous injuries and blocked highways were the result of heavy snows in Virginia. Residents of Hillsboro, Tex., were digging themselves out of a fall of 26 inches of snow, the heaviest ever Tecorded there. Florida had freezing temperatures and overcast skies as far South as the * Everglades. At Miami and Key West warmer veather prevailed, with the mercury at 68 degrees. ‘The forecast on the Pacific Coast was for snow and rain in Washington, Idaho and probably Northern California and Nevada. NAPOLEON GIVEN CREDIT. United Europe Was His Idea, Film Brings Out. BERLIN (#).—That Napoleon, and not Aristide Briand, was the originator of the “United States of Europe” idea is brought out in the film, “Napoleon on St. Helena,” which has been shown in a Berlin theater. It is a historical fact that the when, after his defeat atl he was banished to St. confessed that his policy had been wrong. ‘The medley of European nations could never be fused into a perma- nently peaceful whole by the sword, he said, but only by the creation of a “federation des etats Europeens.” SPECIAL NOTICE. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK- hoiders of W. T. 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Little Jimmy Harvey Prentice, 6-year-old son of the superintendent of the Gospel Mission, who has spent all his spare time for the past several weeks in pairing toys brought to the mission for distribution to poor —Star Staff Photo. Boys Visit Mission With Sack and Beg Old Bread Crusts i Appeals From Destitute Frequent at Home of Gospel Mission. BY GRETCHEN SMITH. ‘Three small boys appeared before the doors of the Gospel Mission, John Mar- shall place, last Saturday. A sack hung | from the shoulders of the oldest lad. “Please, m'am,” he said to the woman | in the office, “have you any old bread crusts you can give away?” The appeal brought forth the same old story. No father at the home— mother sick in bed—three small, hungry boys —and ignorance of the usual method of seeking assistance from charitable organizations. The cheer of Christmas would be un- known to many such children, were it not for the help rendered by the kindly workers at the mission. Many, ignorant of how or where to appeal, @ttracted by the sign “Gospel Mission” which ap- pears above the doors of that institu- tion, enter with hesitation, later to pour forth a tale of want and distress to the sympathetic ears of those within. ‘The “bread line” of the Gospel Mis- sion has been unusually long this year. “For what reason, I do not know,” re- marked Mrs. Harvey Prentice, wife of Supt. Prentice of the mission. “I don't think for over five years I have met so many men—fathers of families—out of work and in need of help. There seem to be so many transient families who need, assistance badly.. This year, more so than any year previously, we are getting a great many families from the North—from the manufacturing centers. They have come to Washingtcn and for several months, perhaps, have secured work. Then the bad weather came, they lost their jobs and now Christmas and there is nothing for either the grown-ups or the children.” Mrs. Prentice reported that ever 180 familles would be provided with Christ- mas dinners this year by the Gospel Mission, an excess of at least 40 over the number taken care of last year. Paper bags filled with toys, fruit, candy and useful articles will be distributed to over two hundred of the Mission Sunday school children. “But I'm afraid the toys will not all be new,” regretted Mrs. Prentice, “nor may we have enough to go around. There are so many children right in the neighborhood who will go without @rmmu if we do not take care of em.” Down in the basement of the mission, little Jim Prentice, 6-year-old son of the superintendent, has for more than three weeks been repairing and painting and “fixing up” old toys which he has him- self collected from neighbors and little friends. Jimmie's work has been purely voluntary. “It's lots of fun,” smiled Jimmie as he dabbed red paint on a rusty old fire engine and incidentally on the chubby little hands which han- dled the brush. . FARM BUREAU PLANS FOR ANNUAL MEETING Frederick County Unit Directors Outline Program and Elect Officers. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., December 24.— Plans for the annual meeting of the State farm bureau in Baltimore Jan- uary 8 to 10 were made at a meeting of the directors of the Frederick County bureau, one of the largest county units in Maryland. The following officers for the local unit were elected: M. Frank Holter, Middletown; David G. Zentz, Thurmont, vice president, and Among Burgee, near Frederick, secre- tary-treasurer. Executive committee: Frederick B. Krantz, Frederick; Edgar L. Thomas, Buckeystown; Harry C. Poole, Ballen- ger; David H. Fry, Jefferson; John M. Souder, Petersville; Ira J. Young, Mid- dleton; J. L. Routzahn, Myersville; Roy Shafer, Braddock: Ronald E. Kling, Ur=- bana; Frank N. Maynard, New Market; James G. Stevens, Creagerstown; H. Ernest Warner, Lewistown; T. S. An- derson, Tuscarora; David G. Zentz, Thurmont, and Stanley Sundergill, Unionville. Front Royal Tree Fete. FRONT ROYAL, Va, December 24 (Special) —Pront Royal's community Christmas tree will be lighted with im- pressive ceremonies at 5 o'clock this afternoon. The exercises will include singing by Boy and Girl Scouts and the placing of gifts at the foot of the tree, to be distributed later to the needy. Ibe represented at an old-fashioned “Y" WILL BE HOST AT PARTY FOR 250 Gifts, Music, Carols and Din- | tients and duty personnel will feature PARTES ARRANGED | AT WALTER REED ner Are Among Christ- mas Features. * Walter Reed Hospital is tarrying out an elaborate program for its war vet- eran patients, including_parties, gifts and Christmas carols. “Jappy Walker and his jazz orchestra will provide | Christmas dinner music in the mess hall. Movies and a dance for the pa- the holiday festival. Each patient will receive a filled stocking, which will be delivered by a bewhiskered and corpulent Santa Claus, who is himself a patient. State pack- ages, the gifts of qrganizations and in- dividuals from var'ous States: surprise packages, flowers, fruit and smokes will be distributed. X A large illuminated Christmas tree that can be seen from almost every window in the hospital stands in a cleared circle on the grounds. Every ward has its individual tree, decorated and lighted. Competition is keen for the prizes offered for the best decorated wards, and patients who are not con- fined their beds take pleasure in helping the nurses and orderlies. Carols Will Be Sung. Groups from the downtown churches will sing carols throughout the hospital tonight. The carolers go from ward to ward and are one of the big features of the Yuletid>. This is followed by the ceremony of the lighting of the tree. A specfal movie will be shown at the Red Cross House. There will be a special midnight mass at the Y. M. C. A, with Millard’s Choir and Orchestra. ‘Th:re will be an early mass tomorrow from 9 am. until noon, packages will be distributed, and at noon the big Christmas dinner will be served. The menus ‘are printed and given each man. They contain a list of all the nurses, Young Men Will Be Guests at Christmas Breakfast and Entertainment. Many of the States of the Union will | Christmas party to be staged tomorrow by the Young Men's Christian Associa- tion for 250 resident members of the association, who will be away from their homes this Yuletide. With a view to simulating homelike conditions as much as possible under the circumstances, the “Y” will give the young men a special Christmas breakfast and entertainment, at which neither Santa Claus nor the inevitable Christmas tree will be lacking. Many of the younger members will be spending their first Christmas away from -their own firesides, and every ef- fort will be made to contribute to the good cheer of those who might other- wise be homesick. Rev. Dr. Jason Noble Pierce, pastor of the First Congregational Church, and Leonard W. DeGast, general secretary of the Y. M. C. A, will assist in the program. Dr. Plerce will tell “The Story of Christmas” and Mr. DeGast will extend the greetings of the asso- clation to the guests. Guy Lane of Indiana will serve as toastmaster. Gerald Desmond of Cali- fornia will lead in the singing of carols, with Wilbur Swanson of Minnesota at the piano. Santa Claus will distribute gifts sent by the home folks, assisted by the fol- lowing young women of the First Con- gregational Church: Nell M. Berghout, -Louise Bowman, Dorothy Cutler, Cath- erine Cutler, Lenore Goodwin, Mar- guerite Luckell, Harrlett Nordby, Jose- phine Peters, Lillian Peters, Irene Strickland, Pearl Strickland, Abigail ‘Whiton and Anita Brown. gt L JUMP SEEN IN SALE OF CHRISTMAS SEALS Reports Today Show Increases That Carry Total Up to the 8,000,000 Mark. Market quotations on Christmas seals were bullish today at the headquarters of the Tuberculosis Association, 1022 Eleventh street, with a substantial gain | in cash receipts for the seals which car- ried i&: total of sales up to 3,000,000 toward the goal of $40,000 for the cam- paign. Buying of seals was reported as very brisk yesterday and today with the eleventh-hour Christmas rush in full sway. There were a number of calls for more seals at self-service stations in different sections of the city where the initial supply had sold out. The Christmas seals can be used ap- propriately on mail throughout the Christmas holidays and afterward with their message of health and good cheer, and it is urged by the seal sale man- agers that all who have received seals ' on approval will make use of them and ! send in their payments as soon as pos- | sible if they have not already done so. Only in this way can the association make a proper check-up on all of the seals issued in this territory. Will Rogers Says: | BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—Poor Democrats, I love 'em. I guess it's because some are so dumb. Now they are dying to scare up an issue by trying to discredit Mr. Hoover. Be- cause some lobbyist wrote a letter saying that he knew President Hoo- ver's secretary, and that the secre- tary was very partial to Cuban sugar in his coffee in the moming, and, that in view of this dastardly plot, Mr. Hoover should really be im- peached. Then they wonder why they don't get anywhere. Admiral Byrd has flown over both Pdles, but he has yet to experience real discomfort. Wait till he attends a Washington dinner in full rear admiral regalia, with everything on his shoulders but the Poles. in Was| - CHRISTMAS GREETINGS From the Finest Shop For Men SALTZ BROTHERS 1341 F STREET NORTHWEST hington doctors and duty personnel. These are saved as souvenirs. Representatives from the post Red | Cross will be on hand at the enlisted men's mess hall to present each member of the hospital detachment with a gift package. These detachment men, all members of the Regular Army, number about 500. There will be a Christmas ‘post office’ for them also. Party for Children. Another feature of the day is a special | party for 50 children from one of the community houses downtown. The party is given at the Red Cross House and the patients act as hosts, For the men who cannot leave their beds there is the hospital radio. Every bed in the hospital is equipped with a head set. In every Government hospital throughout "the country special effort and preparation has been made for Christmas. Through the agencies of the Red Cross and the Y. M. C. A. gifts and cheer will be distributed with a free hand. The American Legion, women's auxiliaries and clubs and various other welfare organizations have been busy for months planning a Christmas for the veterans. Greetings from the White House and chief of the armies are hung conspicuously in each ward. War mothers will visit the bedside of these men. There will be flowers and visitors and gifts. Officials to Hold Yule Observances In Individual Ways! By the Associated Press. Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick actual- ly hangs‘up her stockings on Christmas eve night. | Mrs. Dolly Gann puts all her pack- | ages in a spare bed room and doesn't peek until after breakfast. Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen insists on singing carols, even though it is in an apartment house. Thus, with Christmas customs that have come from childhcod, official Washington celebrates just like the rest of the land. Fourteen Carol Singers. “I've 14 children in my carol crowd,” | reported Representative Owen, “two| grandchildren, four own children, a son-in-law, three borrowed children and four invited-in children. Sometimes | I've been afraid we'd be put out of the apartment house with the noise we've made practicing.” “We're having a happy time, the first Christmas in our new home,” said Rep- resentative McCormick, who now occu- pies one of Georgetown'’s historic homes, remodeled to her taste. “The thfldren,‘ Katrina, Medill and Ruth, are deep m‘ the annual tree-trimming ‘and Christ- mas-decorations contest, and we all have our stockings ready to hang by the fireplace.” At the Longworth home the report was that everything seemed to be cen- tering about little Paulina, the child | who does her own Christmas' shopping. | “Christmas breakfast is the big occa- | sion in our home,” confided Mrs. Gann, sister of the Vice President, “but we'll have a happy family dinner, too, and a peek at the midshipmen's ball after- ward.” Will Talk of Home, Representative Pearl Oldfield was | happy because a young man from her tome town, Batesville, Ark., also couldn't get home for Christmas. He will have dinner with her and her mother, with Batesville as the topic of conversation, Representative Florence P, Kahn of far-off California also found Christmas cheer with friends. But perhaps the most meaningful Christmas of all was that of Ediin Nourse Rogers, who could rejoice in the Yuletide signing of her bill au- thorizing construction of vterans' hos- pital facilities costing $15,950,000. She invited a group of disabled vet- erans to join.in a celebration Christmas dinner with her and her mother—a gay dinner, indeed, with many colorful fa- vors, and she prepared to spend Chrisi- mas morning touring hospital waras, 4 for sore throat ¢ When your throat is burning and raw —when every cough is like the scrap- ing of a rusty knife—get some Mistol quick! Gargle a spoonful. Feel that quick soothing relief as Mistol enfolds the sore membranes, and the raw -_xr{nm relax. Get a bottle today! Mistol + Made by the Makrs of Nujol | | Mount Alto Hospital D. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24 The new approved Siormy weather uniform of the schoolbuy traffic police- men. The uniforms will be furnished by the American Automobile Associa- tion. » ~—Star Staff Photo. DISHBLEDSOLDERS TOBE VN PARTY American Woman’s Legion to Be Host at Hospital Tonight. ‘Two hundred disabled veterans at will be enter- tained tonight at 7:30 o'clock with a Christmas party, to be given by the George Baldwin McCoy Unit of the American Woman's Legion. Mrs. Charles Demonet, president of the unit, is in charge of arrangements, assisted by Mrs. Laura V. Dann, chairman of the entertainment committee. A list of distinguished guests, headed by President and Mrs. Hoover, has been invited to attend the function. Included in the array of-distinguished personages to whom invitations have been issued are: Secretary and Mrs. Patrick J. Hurley; Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Frank T. Hines, Chief Justice and Mrs. Walter I. McCoy, Senator and Mrs. William E. Borah, Chairman Fitzgerald of the House veterans’ committee, Maj. Edgar T. Hitch, regional manager for the Washington area, Veterans' Bureau; Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Kline, Maj. Charles Demonet, Isaac Gans, Col. E. P. Easter- brook, former chief of Army chaplains; Maj. and Mrs. L. E. Atkins, Col. and Mrs. Raymond Patten, Col. and Mrs. ‘T. Harry Shanton, Watson B. Miller, E. D. Merrill, Edward Pardoe, Clyde B. Stovall and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Campbell Shields. Mrs. Shields is na- tional president of the American Wom- an’s Legion. Each veteran is to receive a present. With Mrs. Demonet and Mrs. Dann, | assisting in arrangements are Mrs. Andrew Hero, Mrs. Frederic Wiliam Wile, Mrs. Myrtle Shaughnessy, Miss Pauline Block and Miss Lillian Danne- Judge Robert E. Mattingly will act as Santa Claus, presenting the gifts to the patients, GAS FUMES FATAL TO TWO. Woman and Her Chauffeur Found Dead From Asphyxiation. CINCINNATI, Ohio, December 24 (#).—Craig Heins, 27, chauffeur, and Mrs. Myrtle Van Winkle, 28, were found asphyxiated in an apartment here late today. Firemen found the man's body on a davenport and the woman on the kitchen floor. A bucket of water and a doll with its face half washed were found beside Mrs. Van Winkle. Fire- men said she evidently had been pre- paring to give the doll away as a fh"‘“m“ gift when overcome by gas umes. Judge Broadcasts Christmas Message To Married Folk By the Associated Press. CHICAGO. December H4.— Judge Joseph Sabath, who spe- clalizes in preventing divorces, broadcast a Christmas present to all husbands and wives yes- terday. It is his own special version of the best rules for do- mestic happjness. For husbands: “Be faithful and kind to your wife and show her your love; avold relatives, interference; have children or adopt some.” For wives: “Be yourself, a woman, not a cry-baby; be not afraid of motherhood; be con- servative; let your husband make money and you save it; be not flirtatious; be a wife, the one woman for the one man.” \ 4 1929 CHRISTMAS SPIRIT CHEERS NEW YORK Open - Handed Generosity, Marshaled by Charity, Car- ries Relief to Poor. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, December 24.—The spirit of Christmas dominated the slip- pery sidewalks of New York today. From upper Fifth avenue, where liveried chauffeurs carried gayly wrapped bundles for smartly befurred shoppers, to the tumbled tenements under Brook- lyn Bridge the spell of the-holiday sea: son made itself manifest. Open-handed generosity, marshaled by charitable organizations, invaded hospital wards, orphanages and other institutions to see that not even the most wretched and humble is forgotten tomorrow. Liners Pressed Into Service. ‘While the city was preparing to care : for its own, the outside world was not unheeded, for New Yorkers pressed transatlantic liners, airmail and the radio into service to carry greetings of the season to the corners of the earth. ‘The voice of the city, lifted in Christ- mas carols, will be heard tonight, when 10,000 are expected to assemble in Madi- son Square Park, from where the songs will be broadcast through WEAF and 60 allied stations throughout this coun- try and to Europe. The singing will be led by 1,500 trained choristers and the bands of the city Police and Fire De- partments. Mayor James J. Walker will open the exercises with an address. $10,672,595 Sent to Europe. Residents of New York sent $10,672,- 595 to Europe this Christmas, post office officials said. Of this $3,000,000 went to the Irish Free State, $2,300,000 to Ger- many and $2,000,000 to England. The rest was dividled among more than 30 countries. The total was an increase of $577,073.290 over high amount. Charles Lubin, assistant postmaster for Manhattan, said that more persons than ever had heeded the “Mail Early” slogan, so that the crest of the Christ- mas mail rush was reached Saturday, earlier than usual. Outgoing parcel post, he sald, was 6 per cent heavier than & year ago, and the incoming mail was 10 _per cent lighter. The New York Times, which annually at Christmas time receives donations for the “hundred neediest cases,” today ;ggr;gwledxed contributions of $224,- CHICAGO IS BEDECKED WITH SNOW RUG FOR YULE Temperatures in Other Cities Much Lower—St. Paul Goes Four Below. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, December 24.—There is virtually no question about its being a white Christmas in the Middle West this year. Early yesterday it was getting whiter and whiter. Rallroads, bus lines, street car com- panes in many cities had hardly gotten their heads above the snow drifts re- sulting- from last week’s blizzard when the Chicago Weather Bureau warned of more snow. It began falling here late Sunday night. But it was only of a few hours’ duration. At St. Paul, Minn,, it was 4 below zero, but in the Middle West tempera- tures ranged higher—from 12 above at Omaha to 30 at Milwaukee. Chicago readings were in the middle twenties early today. The general forecast is for less frigid weather in the Middle West, but not warm enough to remove the white rug laid for the holiday. WINDSOR TO BE LENIENT WITH DRUNKS UNTIL JAN. 2 Holiday Freedom Announced by Constables Who Usually Arrest Intoxicated. the previous By the Associated Press. DETROIT, December 24.—Police of Canadian cities across the Detroit River have been instructed to follow a “golden rule” policy toward visiting celebrants who may become more or less helpless but refrain from unruliness between now and January 2. The policy on ordinary days in the border cities is to arcst on charges of drunkenness those wi~"e condition at- tracts the attention of policemen. For the next 10 days, however, chief con- stables of Windsor, Walkerville, East ‘Windsor, Sandwich and Riverside have instructed their men to be more lenient. Policemen in most instances were told that they should give service in helping those who need it to find their homes. Chief Constable M. S. Wigle of Wind- sor put the matter of making arrests up to the constables themselves, telling them to use their own judgments in each case. Among the Fijlans, when anythin; has been stolen, the priest gazes {nw E crystal, believing that the ima; thief will a ge of the MY Favorite Homes Are Heated With Hessick Coal. Yours For A Cozy, Health- ful Christmas. 14th & Water Sts. S. S. Claus W. Opposite Bureau of Engraving Christmas Eve No Time for Divorce, Says Chicago Judge By the Associated Pre: CHICAGO, December 24.—No divorces in Chicago toda: Its Christmas _eve, an _cccasion which Judge Joseph Sabath does not believe coincides with the spirit of domestic discord. Judge Sabath, who has granted many thousands of divorces, said his entire court session tomorrow would be devoted to an effort to effect reconciliations. Whether the warring factors want to or not, Judge Sabath said, he will make them “th‘nk about it over Christmas.” CHRISTMAS COMES EVERY DAY 0 POPE Receiv_es.More Gifts Probably Than Any Man in Christendom. By the Assoclated Press. VATICAN CITY, December 24.—Al- most every day is Christmas for Pope Pius. Probably no man in Christendom re- ceives so many presents the year round 25 the Pontiff. Christmas time brings a particularly heavy avalanche of them, but Christmas is but the climax of a series of little Christmases. ‘This year, b-cause Christmas falls within his jubilee year, and comes only four days after the golden anniversary of his first mass—December 21, 1879— the flood of gifts has been all the greater. It began with the presentation of a table service of 600 separate pieces, the gift of the German reich, sent by President von Hindenberg. The service was a copy of the celebrated “red serv- ice,” ordered made nearly two centuries ago by Frederick the Great. Simultaneously, the Hungarian gov- ernment announced it would present 1,000 books, especially bound and en- graved with the Hungarian and the papal coats of arms, to the Pope. And the Czechoslovakian government an- nounced presentation of a painting of {the Eucharistic Congress held in Prague. P Gifts to the Pope range from the ridiculous to the priceless. They come from individuals, cities or states. A widow will send a pathetic relic. A ymillionaire will send a valuable jewel. A government will send almost any- thing. so long as it has great value, or will give the Pope buildings or land. Because_Achille Ratti b2fore becom- ing Pius XI was for almost a gener- ation a librarian, gifts to him consist mostly of books. In the last few weeks several large private libraries have been given to him With the approach of the Christmas scason these book gifts increased in number. Of the best of these probably is the library of the late Prof. Frances- co Brandileone, given by his widow. The collection consisted of thousands of rare judicial books. During this last year the Pope has been the recipient of three different automobiles, the last of which came from America. Gifts from America consist in large part of money. SRMAER L CRUSHED BY TRUCK. Dairy Employe Caught When He Cranks Machine in Gear. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK. Md, December 24.— Austin McDevitt, 37, was crushed to death on Saturday between two trucks at the plant of the Walker Hill Dairy, this city. The body. dangling between the two machines, was found by fellow work- men. McDevitt cranked a milk truck, gears engaged, which stood near an- other truck. When the motor began to run it pushed the man against the forward truck. Justice Alton Y. Ben- nett, acting coroner, decided that death was accidental. CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS, _____ OTHER SERVICES. Liberal Catholic Church at N st W HOLY EUC 4th and E Sts. N.'W. Missourl Synod Rev. Hugo M. Hennig 6:30 a.m.—English Service. 8:30 a.m~—German Service. “God Revealed in Christ” :00 p.m.—Children’s Service. L CATHOLIC. Jron YULETIDE GREETED BY CAROL SINGERS Group of Vocalists to Parade Boston Streets, Sounding Age-0ld Tidings. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, December 24.—Along the narrow, winding streets of Beacon Hill carol singers will wend their way to- night. singing the oge-old Christmas tidings beneath softly lighted windows. In every home candles will be shin- ing brightly in the annual observance of one of the city’s most beautiful eus- toms. In some the soft gleams will reveal tableaux of early Christian his- tory, in bthers wreaths and Christmas trees and cosy, home-like interiors, Beacon Hill Brilliantly Lighted. Christmas eve on Beacon Hill, lo chserved here, annually calls several thousand to that aristocratic old sec- tion of the city No snow or frost ainis the plaze of lights ~r halls &% march of singers. Hundreds of chanting voices are heard through the twisting, climbing, winding streets. Students, church workers, glee clubs, 8 newsboys’ foundation, west-end set- tlement houses and unorganized groups of all ages join in small bodies to sing and stroll among the throngs. Bell Ringers Mingle With Crowd. Many of the homes are opened to the wandering groups to enter. Groups of bell ringers mingle with the crowds. Many of the singers return to churches for services of worship. Whether swirling snow or steely cold December weather greets the groups who wind upward from the bleak ex- panses of the city common to “the hill,” the groups will gather little di- minished in number tonight and Christ- mas will be welcomed in the observance of an old Boston tradition. CHURCH _ANNOUNCEMENTS, St. Luke's Church s. N.W. 15th and*Church St Rev. T. J. Brown, Rector Christmas Services Midnight, December 24th ' Full Choral Service Xmas Day, Communion 8 a.m. GRACE CHURCH Wissentin SeEhes Buiew 22 Rev. M. M. Perkins p.m., Chri; Shristmas Eve—Holy Communion, 10:30 a.m. Day—Holy Communion, ‘Ahursday, 8 _p.m. s B Sunday School Christmas ‘.ST. MARGARET’S Conn. Ave. and Bancroft Place Rev. Herbert Scott Smith, D.D. Reetor Christmas Eve 4:00 p.m.—Sunday School 3 Bervice and Garois:t " Christmas Day 12:00 a.m.—~Midnight Eucharist, 9:30a m.—Plain_Celebration of Holy Communion. 11:00 a.m.—Holy munion _ with Serm the “Rectbr, Christmas Week Monday, St. Stephen’s Day; 'y 8 Fon, 03 Wednesdny. Haly Inhocents” Day, Holy Communion, Com: on” by HWashington Wisconsin A e N.W. Christmas Da; @athedral near Woodley Road December 25 Communion. country by the Columbia_Broadcasting em). 4:00 p.m.—Evening Prayer. « Bl Take Wisconsin Avenus s !‘!.eLF-r'A or Woodley St. Mary’s Church Fifth St. N.W, Bet. G & H Sts. Christmas Masses Solemn High Mass at Midnight Low M at 6, 7, 8:30, 10 and 11 AM. Benediction after 8:30 Mass. Last Low Mass at 12:10 P.M. “Visit the Cr i’ | Catholic University MIDNIGHT MASS CHRISTMAS EVE Under Auspices of The Christian Brothers to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the ordination of Pop. Pius XI and _the 75th anniverury}ol the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception Celebrant, Rev. Dr. Bernard A. McKenna Sermon by Rev. William A. Fincel, 0. P. Choir from Brothers’ Novitiate, Ammendale, Diamond and Golden Jubilee (Reserved seat tickets may be secured at the National Shrine on Tuesday morning, Dec. 24th) | NATIONAL SHRINE OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION Take Brookland Car or Drive Out Michigan Ave. to University Grounds Maryland Brookland, D. C.