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TOR TO SPEAK ON “FUTURE OF WORLD” West Coast . i"i”e;“sLh“?‘:;n Dr. Kasai . . ANdri 8 ©Cchoo. 1 | Trip Over | ReopenTomorow. | Is Speaker For Pastor At Forum The Sunday School of St. Andrew's Dr. McCartney Will |Mt. Pleasant Congre- B—6 ; JAPANESE LEGISLATOR FRANKLIN AND ART Notable Exhibition at Metropolitan Is Made Possible by Generosity of Many Appreciatiye Friends. Episcopal Church will reopen tcmorrow at 9:30 o'clock for the Fall term. The meeting will be held in the church. It is the only Protestant Sunday school in the neighborhood and Dr. A. J. Wil- 3 der, the rector, invites all children to . By Leila MeChh.”' dufimuug.:n&en:hmmlle b Occupy Plllplt “’i;:dwflder will preach at the church | gatlonal PrOgram Set NE of the most interesting 83 | erally overlooked: i Tomorrow. service'at 11 a.m. on “God's Valuation | for Tomorrow. well as notable exhibitions of the current season was that of “Benjamin Franklin and His Circle,” set forth by the. Metro- politan Museum of Art during the four Summer months, when travelers from all parts of the country pass through the turnstiles at their en- trance. It was a clever and well con- sidered idea, arranging such an exhibi- tion at this particular time, for pri- marily it brought to attention the fact that the early builders of our Republic were men of culture and taste—men who, while occupied “carving a na- tion out of the wilderness” and setting up a government, valued the arts and accorded them due place in life. The tercentenary exhibition at Harvard evidences the uses to which the arts ‘were put by the early settlers and the #kill with which they were employed— & common acceptance of fundamental principles in the matter of design as well as an obvious yearning for beauty, The Franklin exhibtion in New York carried the theme farther by showing that an intelligent appreciation of the fine arts is a common denominator of | understanding and fellowship among | the cultured citizenry of all nations. Benjamin Franklin was chosen as | the pivot for this epoch-marking ex- hibition, not only because he himself was a lover and patron of art, but on account of his intimate association with those prominent in literary and artistic circles of America, Enzllnd\per,,umm Houdon to come to this | and France, in order that emphasis might thus be placed upon art as one of the most prominent links between | the three nations involved in the American Revolution. Thus this exhibition took on an international aspect. “No American of any period,” Mr. ‘Winlock, director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, suggests, “sat to so many artists, nor to painters so widely disassociated, as, for example, Robert Feke, early American, and Jean Baptiste Greuze, Parisian.” And none, he might have added, has been 80 generally well portrayed. ‘Two of the most significant portraits in this exhibition were those by Benjamin Wilson, painted in London in 1759, when Franklin was acting as agent for Pennsylvania in its con- troversy with the Penn family, and by Joseph Wright, the son of Patience Wright, painted in Paris in 1782, when Franklin was officially in at- tendance at the Conference of the Treaty of Peace with England. The first of these has permanent place- ment in the White House, and was lent by the President of the United States; a replica of the latter is owned by and hangs in the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Incidentally there is an in- teresting story about the former. The artist was known to Franklin for his electrical experiments and for his sympathetic cartoon, “The Repeal of the Stamp Tax.” After being painted in London it was brought to this country and hung in Franklin's home in Philadelphia. Upon the evacuation of that city by the British it was taken by Maj. Andre and sent to| England, where it remained until 1906, when Earl Grey, whose ancestor | had commanded the departure of the troops, returned ‘it to our Nation. ‘While next to the earliest known portrait of Franklin, it shows him ‘Wwith little vestige of youth and with- out the strength of character which later canvases portray. THE portrait by Joseph Wright is | much more satisfactory. Curi- ously enough, that owned by the Cor- coran Gallery of Art was purchased from a dealer in London in 1885 for £200 under the supposition that it was by Duplessis. Charles Henry Hart, ‘well known authority on early Amer- fcan painters, discovered and called attention to the erroneous attribution in 1906, when the label and catalogue listing were changed. There is cer- tainly a striking similarity between the Duplessis portrait and this, The pose is identical, the expression prac- tically the same. In this portrait, as ‘well as in that by Greuze, he is seen | wearing a fur collar on his coat, which | does not appear in the Wright. ‘The Duplessis oil was painted in 1778, the year of Franklin's presenta- tion at the French court, and remark ‘was made at the time that he wore no wig and hy his dress proclaimed his “innate simplicity.” Undoubtedly Franklin was acquainted with the Wrights in Philadelphia. It was under Franklin's protection that Joseph vis- ited Paris in 1782 after having studied with West in London. His mother, who, it will be recalled, was the first modeller in America, specializing in portraits in wax, wrote Franklin at that time that she heard her son was painting his portrait, and was' much gratified thereby. Franklin gavg Wright sittings, and from the first portrait from life, the painter made several replicas for ‘which ‘additional sittings were given. To Pranklin's grandson Wright wrote: *“I would wish he would give me leave to make another copy of his picture— I am fearful to ask, as I consider I may be in some measure troublesome, and he must be tired of seeing me so constantly.” This probably accounts for the, fact that the replicas are by no means identical. The one in the Corcoran Gallery of Art is, for example, more finished . and a much more mature work of art than that shown in the New York exhibition, lent by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, but no change whatsoever has been made in the drawing. In this partic- ular they are one and the same. Franklin, inventor, author, diplomat, printer, lover of the arts of music and painting, connoisseur of prints, is seen in red-brown suit with white stock and ruffied shirt, seated in a straight- backed chair, turned to the left, but looking toward the observer. His eyes are very seeing. his mouth large and firm, his hair, brushed back from his forehead, falls in uneven waves to his coat collar—it is the face of a man of high intelligence and strong char- Acter. The Corcoran Gallery of Art can indeed be proud of such a por- trait of such & man. And let it not be forgotten that this man who served his country, and ours, so well and at- tained such eminence as philosopher and statesman, ‘economist and inven- tor, was keenly interested in all the arts. This is a side of Pranklin which, as Mr. R. T. H. Halsey, who with Joseph Downs, curator of the Metro- 'HIS new knowledge. of Franklin as patron of the arts has been culled from his autobiography and other writing, and his letters, and is authentic without a doubt. Franklin played the guitar, the harp and violin, as well as an instrument which he invented himself, the “armonica,” musical glasses—on which “he whiled away many an evening during those long years in London when he was endeavoring to stay the attack of Par- liament on the chartered rights of the American Colonies.” He loved poetry and read much from the time he was a boy. He had “a lifelong interest in the graphic arts,” did some engraving and fully appreciated the esthetic value of fine printing. Dur- ing his residence in Europe he made the acquaintance of the greatest print- ers of the day, such as Didot of Paris, Ibarra of Madrid and Strahan of London. He established friendship with Robert Strange and William Hogarth, and purchased “sheir works, not only for himself, but for public institutions in this country. He strongly advocated the cultiva- tion of a taste for art among the young and advanced in his writings the value of art as & pleasurable asset. - While in Europe he made a collection of representative pieces of chinaware of the best quality, which he sent home to his wife. It was he, |in co-operation with Jefferson, who country to model a portrait of Wash- | ington; in fact, it was in the company of Franklin that Houdon traveled to America in 1785. He made a study | of architecture and advocated, as did Jefferson, a scholarly knowledge of ! the great works of the past. ;mberened himself in securing fine | models for our early coinage, for | medals, etc. He took great pride in the achievements of our American painters. In 1783 he wrote a friend |in Vienna: “In England, at present, ,‘the best history painter, West; the best portrait painter, Copley, and the best landscape painter, Taylor, at | Bath, are all American.” Referring |to the development of this country, Franklin, in 1782, wrote a friend in London: ‘“‘After the first cares for the necessities of life are over, we shall come to think of the embellish- | ments. _Already some of your young geniuses begin to list attempts at painting, poetry and musick.” But the exhibition in New York was not merely devoted to Franklin— circle—those with whom he asso- ciated through the years of develop- ment and achievement—a brilliant galaxy, reflecting honor on their time and their associate. This included such celebrities as Charles James Fox, ‘Washington, Jefferson and Adams: John Jay, Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, Houdon, Wright, Noah ‘Webster, David Rittenhouse, Dr. Bard, Richard Bache. Of Franklin portraits, painted, engraved, in marble, wax and porcelain, there were listed 75; of his contemporaries, nearly 200, and no portraits were included save | of those with whom he was known | to have had contact. ‘What a picture of soclety in the old world and the new was thus drawn through the medium of the arts—the gift of artists—and how much more graphic than the printed page! As | background to this picture engravings were included of Boston, New York and Philadelphia as seen from their water fronts at the time of Pranklin, together with scenes of London and Paris. A few pieces of furniture, as well as pieces of silver, porcelain and glass used by him and his family, and a costume worn by him, lent further aid to visualization of life in America in the late eighteenth century. To this exhibition and those who as- sembled it too much praise and appre- ciation cannot be given. To it more than 60 “friends of the museum”— 26 institutions and 41 individuals —made generous loans. Among the former were both Harvard and Yale Universities, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Boston Atheneum, the National Academy of Design, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Wedgwood Museum, England, and the Commonwealth of Virginia; among the later are named descendants of Franklin and other celebrities as well 88 numerous - distinguished collectors. The elaborately illustrated and well printed catalogue contains valuable data of historical as well as artistic significance, and will serve as a con- tinuing memento of this most interest- ing event, at the same time perpetuat- ing its influence. Whistlers and Holbeins In the Frick Collection. 'HOSE visiting New York during the current season will be glad to know that it is no longer necessary to write in advance for permission to visit the Frick collection, which is now open to the public daily from 10 until 5 o’¢lock. This permission is granted so long as the number of applicants for admis- sion does not exceed the number that can be accommodated to the safety of the collection. It is & rare and much to be coveted privilege. Herein are some of the world's chief treasures in the field of painting, shown, further- more, under the most favorable condi- tions of light and environment. = Of especial interest to Washingtonians— because of the Whistlers in the Freer ggift of artists—and how much more the Library of Congress—will be found four full-length poftraits by Whistler which, with a portrait of Philip IV of Spain by Velasquez, have a gallery to themselves. Two of these are very dark in tone; two are very light. The former are of Rosa Corder and of “Comte Robert de Montesquion — Fezensac, French writer and poet; the latter are of Lady Meux and Mrs. Leyland. It was for Mr. and Mrs. Leyland, it will be remembered, that Whistler deco- rated the Peacock room now installed in the Freer Gallery. This painting Mr. Frick obtained from the Leylands; the portrait of Lady Meux was likewise purchased from the family, but the other two canvases came from the Canfield “collection. The four show ‘Whistler in the fullness of his power and evidence the characteristics of his art in such wise that none couid deny him greatness. They are superb exam- ples—individualistic in the matter of technique, but essentially of the spirit in the matter of interpretation. Ot special interest in this collection, politan American Wing; is responsible for this exhibition, sayspin his intro- because of the recent marking of the 400th anniversary of fJrasmus’ death, a large part of it was given to his | Frederick North and Louis XVI; | DR‘ ALBERT JOSEPH MCcCART- NEY, minister at the Covenant- First Presbyterian Church, has re- turned from his trip to the West Coast and will occupy the pit to- morrow /at the 11 a.m. service. His subject will be “How Does It Stand With the Religious Life of the Na- tion?"” ‘The Sunday school will observe Rally day at 9:45 am. The Westminster group will resume meetings at 7 p.m. in the church house, 1229 Connecticut avenue. The Covenant Fellowship will not resume until September 27. The Business Women's Council at its meeting Tuesday evening in the chapel will be shown an illustrated lecture by the National Parks Service. Devotlonal period, 6:45 6:15. ‘The Sadler Missionary League will meet Tuesday evening at the home of Miss Leah Gustason, 4831 Sixteenth street. | | ; supper, 5 to | Al Portrait of Benjamin Franklin, by Joseph Wright, at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. is the portrait of Sir Thomas More | painted by Holbein. This was painted {in 1527 and is said to have been the | first portrait Holbein painted after | his arrival in England with a letter | of introduction from Erasmus to his | friend, Sir Thomas More, in whose | house the painter was invited to stay. | It was the “other-worldliness” of Sir ‘Thomas Moore which, it will be remem- bered, moved Erasmus to write his famous satirical essay, “In Praise of Folly’—and it was the “folly” of loy- alty to prigcipal and vows which eventually brought this great, good | man to the block. This idealism, conjoined to tenacity of purpose, is seen dn the face which Holbein por- | trayed. Of likewise great interest in | this famous collection is Holbein’s of a blacksmith of Putney, who rose | from obscurity to great eminence, and |to whose legislative measures the Church of England owes its estab- lishment. These are but 2 of 136 equally fine and rare works witnessing to the greatness of painting as an art and | within what might seem to be a ‘lermnry limited by unity of purpose. |For sheer delight, nothing exceeds |no desire to take the Harmsworth Cup | | for the art lover, the potentialities |of the small museum containing a | | limited but supremely fine collection, as in this instance, Textile Museum Reopens. THE ‘Textile Museum of the District of Columbia reopened for the cur- yrent season September 16. This | museum, containing rare and beau- | tiful rugs, tapestries and other textiles visited on Monday, Wednesday and ! Friday of each week throughout the | coming season, from 2 to 5 p.m. The | museum is at 2330 S street northwest, | but cards of admission are issued on | Hewitt Myers, 730 Fifteenth street, Coast Guard (Continued From Page B-1.) finally he found himself in shoal water. Summoning all his remaining strength he watched his opportunity and finally crawled up onto the beach exhausted at a point a few hundred yards northward of the wreck. The second mate, who also was saved, said that soon after the captain had been lost to sight from the bark & great sea dashed over the wreck and swept Mrs. Jorgensen and the heroic Baptiste overboard, drowning both. Baptiste, faithful to the trust imposed upon him by the captain, had stayed by the woman to the last. Their bodies were recovered several days afterward on the beach. Shortly after Mrs. Jorgensen and Baptiste were swept overboard the en- tire after and midships portions of the bark went to pieces, the mizzenmast in its fall carrying the colored stew~ ard with it. . He was drowned. The sailor who accompanied the first and second mates out on the jib boom also was washed away about the time the cap- tain went over the ship, and he was lost. The two mates were the last on the wreck. The chief mate, who could not swim, had lashed himself to the jib boom. ‘While. the two ‘were dis- cussing taking a chance to reach the shore together a heavy sea dashed over them and swep® the second mate floundering into the surf. He man- aged after a desperate struggle to get near enough the shore for his cries for help to be heard, and he was saved. The second mate was drowned when the final crash came. Thus 7 out of the 17 persons on board the Dictator perished. The annals of the Coast Guard are replete with such accounts of ship- wrecks and rescues along the Hatteras coast, The cases that havé been re- counted here are incidents in the every-day lives of the men who make up the Coast Guard. Talk with these men of surpassing stamina and endur- ance, of wondrous daring and courage —heroes all—and they speak of their exploits as & part of their duties. They tell you their stories plainly and sim- ply. To them, “It's all in & day's work. SELECTS TOPICS Rev. J. Hervert Garner, pastor- of Sixth Presbyterian Chutch, will preach tomorrow morning on “Seek and Ye the evening. meeting at the F. Thompeon home ‘ofDr. portrait of Sir Thomas Cromwell, son | |of the Near and Far East, may be | | application at the office of Mr. George | Regatta (Continued From Page B-1) high Government officials who are in- terested spectators during the event. With President Roosevelt a likely | spectator this year, having announced | his intention of attending at least on= | and perhaps more, of the races, the | prospects of the first Chief Executive since 1930 witnessing a regatta spon- | sored by his office adds to their hopes | of the land. Wood and Johnson have built four Miss Americas since their near-fatal | crash, with the last, Miss America X. | having achieved a speed of nearly 125 | miles per hour—124.9 to be exact. | Having brought back the Harmsworth | Trophy the year after it was taken | abroad for the first time, they stand | ready to accept any challenge that | Kaye Don, the great English driver, or any other foreigner might make. | Frankly, it is their opinion that the English could regain the international the diversity of expression possible | trophy originally offered by one aof | their countrymen if they wished, but | believe that our British brothers have | home. | SPEAKINO of Gar Wood, his wife | recently made some pertinent com- ments on those who compete in one of the most hazardous, sports of all and one in which her | sport, she declares, does such a fln2 | spirit of fellowship and co-operation | exist as among rival drivers. | Nothing is too much for s motor | boat pilot to do to aid a rival, whether it be the loan of a spark plyg or jump- ing in to help in the installation of a motor. Down in the pits before a race. | where the smell of grease and oil | mixes with the saltine taste of the briny deep, a rival will work as ear- nestly on your motor as on his own. Once out in the course, when the start- ing gun has been fired, however, it's goodby to fraternalism with every man for himself and the backwash take the hindmost! Such sportsmanship is reason for one of the most singular aspects of wny | phase of sporting activity—the com- | plete absence of betting in the marine world. Unlike other sports, where a wager upon the outcome of an event normal- ly adds zest to the sport’s devotee, the yachtsman'is in his game- for sheer love of the sport alone. Prizes and reputations are not ignored, to be sure, but first and foremost is the. pilet's love of the game. Indeed, there are those who get just as big & kick out of the spray of a conqueror as those who provide the spray for others, Gar, himself, won't be here this week end for the classic, but one who bids fair to emulate him under the same name will. For Gar Wood, jr., & driver who is earning a reputation just like his*dad, is entered, and will be here, accompanied by his mother. Johnson probably will be his partner, even as he has been the aide of the elder Wood. But Gar, jr., bearing & famous name, will be but one of many nationally- known figures who will be here for this eleventh of President’s Cup regattas, now the September mecca for every motor boat enthusiast in the land. Herbert L. Mendelsohn of Detroit, who won the President’s Cup with his Notre Dame in 1935, heads the list of those who seek the possession of the coveted trophy until 1937, but his com- petition is keen. Unless you, as-an observer, are well acquainted with the design and color of a particular boat, you will wait, like the rest of the uninformed crowd, until the amplification system announces it before learning the identity of & win- ner. Nothing, it seems, is to difficult to determine as the identity of & boat or driver, tearing through the water at close to & hundred miles an hour. BD’X‘ that won't prevent your share of thrills, It won't stop you from watching the boats skidding around the buoys on one thin edge, of. bounc- ing across the top of the water like some small stone you used to skip across the surface. And If the water is the least bit choppy, watch for the spills! ‘There’s no time to get set to take those waves “just right.” Either you ride them safely, or you don’t, and if you don't—well, that'’s what life belts are for. Certainly not all the races will be of the hair-raising, spine-splitting type as you very well know if you ever watched & sall boat race, now an integral part of the regatta. Unless a sudden squall but thrilling, | | famed husband has Jed the field. Inno ' moths or sailboats of the class A and | B variety, every nerve is strained, every movement watched to take advantage of every condition, brought about by | | changes in the wind or weather or | tactical maneuvers of an opponent. | Propelled by the wind, the craft are | | no fit diversion for those who must | complete a race in the fastest possible | time. | But the true sailor, who enjoys nothing better than testing his skill | | against Nature, it's the only aquatic life. He will leave the most up-to- date engine to his more speed-inclined | of impressing the highest authorities | colleague. - He will stick to the sails of | % Columbus’ time and he doesn't care if it takes him all night to get in. Which accounts for the tremen- | dously growing popularity of sail- | boat races in the coming classic. Last | year sailing was on the regatta pro- gram for the first time. This year | nearly 100 per cent increase in con- | testants has been noted. Next year the sailing races may be one of the | features of the annual aquatic car- | mival. This week they will be held all day Friday and Saturday morning, and although a horde of crack out-of- town_sailors will be here Washing- ton stands a real chance of grab- the efforts of D. Verner Smythe in | the comet class. Smythe, one of the | comet pioneers here with his Sassy, |is considered one of the cleverest skippers of those boats in the East, | only recently winning three races at the Miles River regatta—a big sec- | tional event. ‘SATURDAY ang Sunday will find the power boats churning the waters adjacent to the Speedway, with i' championship events scheduled for : Saturday and 11, including the Presi- | dent’s Cup, on Sunday. Another event | which (bids fair to rival the head- |line race will be.the thrilling com- | petition of the 225-cubic-inch hydro- planes, those “floating pipe organs.” The 225s will have two races, the one on Saturday being for the Ameri- |can Power Boat Association cham- pionship and the one on Sunday be- | ing for the elaborate new-trophy pre- sented by John Charles Thomas, noted | singer. Other final heats on Baturday will be for the Class A, B and C outboard amateurs, as will the finals for the midget class outboard amateurs, the 91-135-cubic-inch hydroplanes and cruiser chance competition. An all- ‘Washington sweepstakes, limited to Washington owners and drivers, also will be held on Saturday. Sunday's program opens at 11:10 o'clock with the. following order pre- vailing throughout the day: Pirst and final heats for the Class A, B and C outboard professionals; the free-for- all outboard handicap; H Class in- boards; E Class inboards; the Presi- dent’s Cup; 225-cubic-inch hydroplane for Thomas Trophy; ladies’ free-for- all handicap, and the American speed- boat championship. If you are a yacht owner you will watch this week end’s regatta from aboard, favored over even those land- lubbers who have the best seats they can buy. And if you are impressed half as much by what you see as some have been known to be, you will seriously consider trading in that au- tomobile of yours for a new motor or sail boat. For, just as Bill Rogers’ enthusiasm for the water led to Washington's launching of the country's biggest annusl regatta, so might the neo- phyte’s new enthusiasm result in the launching -of what unconsciously has been & life-long dream—a boat of his own! ANNIVERSARY SET The 25th anniversary of the pas- torate of Rev. Leslie L. Bowers and Homecoming day will be observed to- morrow at the Fifteenth Street Chris- tian Church. The sermon subject will be “25 Years on the Highway.” A “Back to School” program will be given in the evening. A ‘congregational reception will be held Thursday night. Salvation Army. Meetings tomorrow are: Washington No. 1 Corps, 606 E Washington No. 2 Corps, 1501 Sev- enth street, 11 am. and 8 pm. Maj. James Roberts. * ‘Washington No. 3 Corps, 733 Bighth street southeast, 11 a.m. and 7:45 pm. Edward Shall Find." The young peoule’s 80- | comes up, &s sometimes happens in our. cieties will hold separate meetings i | very water yard, there's little hurry to | street bing the national spotlight through | street, 11 am. and 8 pm. Maj. Ray’ Gearing. SEASON CHANGE Emanuel Episcopal to Be- gin Fall Schedule. Emanuel Episcopal Church begins | its full schedule of Fall and Winter activities tomorrow under the leader- ship of Rev. Gordon L. Graser. The church school reopens at 9:30 am. On the second Sunday of each month there will be & Children’s Eucharist at 9:30. The regular services of the parish will include s celebration of the Holy Eucharist at 7 am. and on the | first and third Sundays a second cele- bration with sermon at 11 am. On| will be morning prayer and sermon | at the latter hour. The Young Peo- ple's Service League meets at 6:45, | and beginning October 4 there will be. evensong and address at 8 pm.| there will be celebrations of the Holy Eucharist at 6:45 and 9:30 am. The Ladies’ Guild, Women's Auxil- | iary, Daughters of the King and Young People have started their Fall activities. SELECTS THEME Rev. Howard E. Snyder, pastor of | Atonement Lutheran Church. will} preach tomorrow morning on “When the Godless Worry” and in the eve- ning on' “As We Sow So Shall We p."” | Rally day will be observea In the Sunday school October 4. The Ruth and men’s Bible classes will hold a social meeting at the home of Charles Reed, Oak place, Bethesda, Md., September 25. Holy communion will be adminis- | tered October 4, morning and eve- | ning. ‘ | The Sewing Circle meets every| | Wednesday from 10 am. to 4 pm. in the parish hall. Visitors always wel- come. | Mrs. Paul Leidig will ‘Women's Missionary Society and their friends September 28 at 8 pm. in the | chapel. | PLAN ANNIVERSARY | Arrangements are being made by | members of the Eckington Presby- terian Church for the observance of the fortieth anniversary during the week of September 27. On Septem- ber 29 will be fraternal night, Sep- tember 30, young people’s night; Oc- tober 1, historical night and reunion of friends; October 2, home-coming night. The text for the 11 o'clock sermon tomorrow is “Why Are Ye So Fear- ful? How Is It Ye Have No Faith?” ‘The second address of a series of Sunday evening sermons by Rev. Mr. ‘Wooding on “Lesser Known Char- acters of the Bible” will be “Benaiah the Valiant.” PASTOR RETURNS Services at Grace Lutheran Church, at 11 a.m. tomorrow, will be conducted by Dr. Gerhard E. Lenski, who is re- turning from Wheeling, W. Va., where he has been attending the annual sessions of the Eastern district of ihe American Lutheran Church. He has | served as chaplain at these sessions, conducting the daily devotional period. He will continue his series of sermons tomorrow. on “The Greatest of All Prayers.” His special subject will be “Thy Will Be Done.” i Rally day in the Sunday school will be held September 27, at 9:45 am. Supt. Frank Stutz will be in charge. address the ' SUBJECT SELECTED Dr. Carl C. Rasmussen, pastor of the Luther Place Memorial Church, will take as the text for his sermon tomorrow “Is Religion Caught or Taught.” The Mothers’ Club will meet Tues- day evening in the chapel. The Rainbow Missionary Society will meet Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Ruth Blocher, 6712 Forty-fourth' street, Chevy Chase, Md. Miss Sarah Jones and Miss Mildred Sieg will act as hostesses. Calvary M. E. South. Rev. W. D. Keene will preach at 11 o'clock on “Mount Oiivet; the Mount of Conquest,” the closing ser- mon in the series on “Messages from Bible Mountains.” The Young People will meet at 7:15. At the 8 o'clock service the pastor will preach on “The Web of Life.”” The " Ballengee Class will have charge of the worship service in the adult department. The Board of Christian Education ards Tuesdsy and the astor will talk Thursday on “Are We Not Toa Easily Contented?” Church School Reopens. The. Sunday school of St. John's ‘Church, Norwood Parish, of a Man.” “Holy communion, 8 am. BRETHREN PLAN ON HOMECOMING Holy Communion to Be Observed at Morning and Evening Services. In Memorial United Brethren Sun- day School, homecoming will be opened tomorrow at 9:40 am. Holy communion will be observed at both morning and evening services. The evening service is changed from 7:30 to 8 o'clock. The minister, Dr. Simpson B. Daugherty, has selected for his ser- mon themes: “The Joy of the Way to Calvary” and “What Makes a Soul.” The Aid Society will meet to sew Wednesday at 10 am. At the Thursday night service Dr. John H. Ness, superintendent of Penn- sylvania Conference, will preside over the meeting of the last quarterly con- ference. Delegates will be elected to the annual conference held at Dallas- town, Pa., the first week in October. CHINESE CHURCH IS ONE YEAR OLD | Community Congregation | | Will Mark Anniversary | Tomorrow. The first anniversary of the Chi- nese Community Church here will be observed tomorrow at 2:30 o'clock at the Mount. Vernon Place M. E. the second and fourth Sundays there | Church South. Dr. Peter Y. F. Shih | of the Nanking Theological Seminary will be the speaker. There vill be Chinese musics Rev. Ching Chong Hung, the minister, will preside. ‘The anniversary banquet will be On All Saint’s days and festivais. nejq Monday at 6:30 o'clock at the| Calvary Baptist Church. For reser- vations call Me. 3895. A Chinese film, “Twilight,” will be shown at Calvary Bap Church next Friday at 7:30 pm. The pro- ceeds will be for the aid of the Chi- nese church. GOSPEL 1S THEME Rev. J. S. Loughran to Preach Tomorrow. At the Cleveland Park Community Church tomorrow morning Rev. Joseph 8. Loughran will preach on “The Christian Gospel and Our Mod- ern World.” The church school will reopen September 27 for registration of new pupils. Classes will be resumed the following Sunday. The Committee on Religious Edu- cation will meet at the church Monday evening. ‘The Woman's Association presented the pastor with a new preaching gown at the morning service last Sunday. The church was completely reno- vated during the Summer under di- rection of Dean W. C. Ruediger, presi- dent of the Board of Trustees. e . — POTOMAC HEIGHTS “Heart to Heart and Hand to Hand” will be the topic at Potomac Heights Community Church by Rev, O. J. Randall at 11 am. tomorrow. At 8 p.m. his subject will be “School Days Ahead.” The Randall Bible Class will bold a social and business meeting Tues- day evening. A fried chicken dinner will be served by the New Idea Society ‘Wednesday from 5:30 to 7. THEMES SELECTED “The Grass of the Field” will be the subject tomorrow at 11 a.m. in George- town Lutheran Church by Rev. Har- old E. Beatty. % “Christian Living” will be the dis- cussion theme of the adult classes at 9:30 am. Joseph C. Wimmer an- nounces Rally Day October 4. John Albert will be the leader of the young people’s meeting at 7 p.m. “The Spread of Christianity” will be the prayer meeting meditation ‘Thursday, 8 p.m. CLASSES ARRANGED The Baptist Bible School, Inc., at Waddell Hall, 715 Eighth street, will begin its class work Monday. They will meet each week on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays from 5 to 9 pm. One class will meet Tuesday at 1:30 p.m., Christian Missions. The school offers studies and special train- ing in 23 courses, Classes are open to all. OFFICERS CHOSEN “The Alathean Class of Temple Bap- tist Church met Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Ruth Horner: ‘The following officers were elected: Mrs. Jessie Nowell, chaplain; Miss Audrey Simons, president; Oliver Boorde, vice president; Miss ~Alice Aubuthnot, secretary; Miss May Hen- dricks, corresponding secretary, and George Fulford, re-elected treasurer. PASTOR RETURNS Dr. Herbert Scott Smith has re- turned from his vacation and will re- | sume charge of all services at St. Margaret's Episcopal ‘Church tomor- row. Holy communion, 7:30; morn- ing prayer and sermon, 11 o'clock. Rev. G. Berkeley Griffith, who has been unable to discharge his duties during the Summer, is better and expects to resume his regular work. The Sunday school will meet for registration September 27. The first regular session will be.held October 6. R e S VACATION ENDS Dr. Oliver J. Hart, rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church, has returned from his vacation and will preach at the 11 o'clock service. Dr. Hart spent the Summer attending confer- ences in California and preaching on Cape Coc, Mass. From his contacts with the church | in various places he will speak on| JIUJ! G. KASAI, member of the House of Representatives of the Imperial Diet of Japan, will be the | speaker at the forum to be held at the | Mount Pleasant Congregational Church tomorrow at 10 o'clock. His topic will be “The Future of the World.” Dr. Kasal reached America this week after being a member of the Jap~ anese delegation to the Interparliae mentary Union held in Budapest. On his way through Europe he had an interview with Mussolini in Rome and called on the leaders of the Nazi gov= ernment in Berlin and the leaders of the British government in London. He is in Washington as a guest of Dr. Arthur D. Call, secretary of the Amer~ ican Peace Society. “The Search for Mercy” will be the sermon subject of Rev. Russell J. Clinchy, . minister, tomorrow at the 11 o'clock service. The church school will meet at 10 o'clock, in charge of the parents, while | the teaching staff is holding a two- day retreat this week end at Holiday House. The conference tomorrow afternoon will have under considera- | tion the problem “Is Co-operation | Merely a Gesture?” A U-table dis- cussion will be led by Dr. Clinchy. At that session a motion picture of the life and work of Kagawa will also | be shown. The annual supper conference of church officers and the officers of all the church organizations to discuss with Dr. Clinchy the program of the church for the coming year and to | plan how it may be put into action { will be held at the Y. W. C. A. Monday at 6 o'clock. A setting-up conference for Sep- tember 26 is being arranged by the cabinet of the Young People’s Forum. | DR. BALL TO PREACH | Baptism at Metropolitan | Baptist Tomorrow. § At the Metropolitan Baptist Church tomorrow morning the pastor, Dr. | John Compton Ball, will speak on “The Ladder of Blessing.” and in the evening on “What a Preacher Sees From the Pulpit.” The ordinance of | baptism will be observed at the close of the evening sermon. The Shaver Class meets in the | main auditorium at 9:45 o'clock. E. B. Shaver is teacher. The Woman's Bible Class will have |a business conference Tuesday eve- ning. Mrs. B. P., Hickox will lead. ‘Wednesday, at 10:3G a.m., the Woman's Missionary Society will meet. Mrs. Albert Brown will lead the program. | Thursday evening at 7:45 prayer service will be held. The pastor wiil { be in charge. | Miss Emma Gardner, 2604 Seven- teenth ‘street northeast, will be the | hostess at a meeting of the Farther Light Mission Circle Friday evening. ' o AY SERVICE St. John’s Church School | Program Announced. St. John's Church School at Mount Rainier, Md., will have a Rally day | program tomorrow at 9:30 o'clock. A | pageant, directed by Mrs. Hilda Lynch |and produced by members of the | school, will be the feature. The vicar, { Rev. Walter P. Plumley, and Supt. John Brandhoff will speak. Beginning tomorrow, the early cele- | bration of holy communion will be | held at 7:30 am. The morning prayer service will be conducted by the vicar at 11 o'clock. RALLY D MARK ANNIVERSARY Zion Baptist Church Will Hold Special Service. | Zion Baptist Church, Southwest, will | celebrate its - seventy-second anni- | versary tomorrow with special services conducted by Rev. J. M. Ellison. | At 11 am. the guest preacher will be Rev. William R. Strassner, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Charlottes- ville, Va. At 6 p.m. the young people discuss the subject, “The Law of Love Works.” At 8 pm, the anniversar: | will close with appropriate services. i First Brethren. Rev. Homer A. Kent returned this | week from his vacation and will speak | 8t 9:30 tomorrow at the unified Sun- day school and church service. His subject will be “Rise, Take Up Thy Bed and Walk.” At 8 pm. his subject will be “The Man Up & Tree.” It will be young peoples’ night. The adult missionary societies will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m., at which time reports will be heard from the recent General Conference of the Brethren Church at Winona Lake, Ind. 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