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JUDAISM’S STATUS
i SOUGHT IN SURVEY
i
23,000 Questionnaires Sent
t Out to Members in 10 Cities
11 ■to Get Full Data.
NEW YORK, January 19.—The ac
tual status of Judaism In the homes of
members of Reform Congregations will
be determined by a study being con
ducted by the Commission on Research
of the Union of American Hebrew
Congregations. Twenty-three thousand
questionnaires have been sent to the
homes of members of Reform Congre
gations affiliated with the union in
New York City. Chicago, Philadelphia,
Cleveland. Boston. Baltimore. St. Louis,
Pittsburgh. Newark and Detroit, the
10 cities of the country having a Jew
sh population oi more than 50.000 each.
The facts learned from the answers
to the questionnaires will be tabulated j
for the use of rabbis, educators, so- ;
cial workers and lay leadors.
The questionnaire is a confidential
one and recipients of it are requested
to answer without signing their names
or otherwise identifying themselves. It
Includes questions about the religious
education of the recipient and his fam
ily. his Jewish communal affiliations. |
the books and ceremonies, objects in his
home, the ceremonials observed by his
family, his own and his family's atti
tude toward various aspects of the syn
agogue and Jewish shcools and his
evaluation of the essence of Jewish
ness. The questionnaire further re
quests the recipient to make sugges
tions for the welfare of Judaism in
America and to offer criticisms for the
help of Jewish leadership.
The Commission on Research, con
ducting this study, was founded early
this year by the executive board of the
Union of American Hebrew Congre
gations as an outgrowth of the Biennial
Conference of that body held in Cleve
land in January. 1927. The subject of
that conference was "The Perpetuation
of Judaism.” and although those who
participated in it manifested enthusi
asm in discussing the subject, it was
found there was practically no sound,
scientific information about the basic
facts underlying Jewish life in this
country.
The personnel of the commission on
research is as follows: Dr. Lee K.
Frankel. second vice president Metro
politan Life Insurance Co.. New York
City, chairman: Marcus Aaron. Pitts
burgh: Jacob W. Mack and Carl Pritz.
Cincinnati: Jerome J. Rothschild and
Judge Horace J. Stern. Philadelphia,
and Milford Stem of Detroit. Abraham
N. 'Franzbleau. New’ York, is director
of the commission and is in charge of
the administration of its activities.
- The commisson wll report ts find
rig of the study to the next Biennial
Conference of the Union of American
Hebrew Congregations to be held in
Francisco in February.
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Sermon Topics Given Out.
Rev. Henry J. Smith, pastor of Pet
worth Baptist Church, announces the
ffi’lowing sermons for tomorrow: 11
a.m.. "The Background of the Cross";
evening. "The Divine Privilege and
Progress.”
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LUTHER LEAGUE
i At Zion Lutheran Church. Sixth and
■ P streets, a banquet of the Luther
League of the District of Columbia was
held Monday in honor of the delegation
of Lutheran Leaguers which the Cham
ber of Commerce of Omaha. Nebr., has
sent on a tour of the United States and
• Canada in the interests of the national
‘ Luther League convention, to be held
at Omaha in July. Invocation was pro
nounced by Rev. Howard E. Snyder,
pastor of the Lutheran Church of the
Atonement. District League President
Robert J. Volland acted as toastmaster,
introducing Wallace Oest. president of
Baltimore and vicinity, and Paul L.
Brindle. president of the Luther League
of the Maryland Synod, who introduced
the "Omaha gang.” The Omaha dele
gates outlined the plans for transporta
tion, housing, entertainment, etc., of
the convention and presented details for
the post-convention trip to Denver,
Colo., and surrounding territory, in ad
dition to rendering a varied program oi
entertainment. At the conclusion of
the banquet the Leaguers went to the
Lutheran Church of the Reformation.
Second and B streets southeast, for a
45-minute class period in the Lutheran
Sch J of Religious Education, followed
by a lecture. "This Way Up." delivered
by Rev. Oscar F. Blackwelder of Balti
more. Md.
"Seeing the Good in Men Every-
I w here" is the topic which will be pre
sented at Zion's League, New Hamp
shire avenue and Buchanan street, to
morrow' evening by Miss Margaret Me- !
Donald.
When the Luther League of the Dis
trict. of Columbia presents its ‘stunt
night” February 12 at Pierre Hall. Fif
-1 teenth and Harvard streets, a program
will be rendered.
DR. SIZOO WILL PREACH
TWO SERMONS TOMORROW
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At Evening: Service Pastor Will
Continue Series on “Studies
in Religion.”
Dr. Joseph R. Sizoo will preach at
both the services of the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church tomor
row. These services, during the
alteration of the church, are held
in the Masonic Auditorium. New' York
avenue and Thirteenth street. At the j
11 o'clock service he will preach on the
subject, "The Final Equation.”
At the evening service Dr. Sizoo will
continue his series of Sunday evening
studies in religion. He will discuss to
morrow the question, “What is Suc
cess?” A questionnaire period of 10
minutes, at which time he will answer
questions that may be presented to him
in writing, will follow his discussion.
REV.MR.LA RUE TO PREACH
Takoma Baptist Church Program
Is Announced.
Rev. William E. La Rue, pastor of the
Takoma Park Baptist Church, will
preach at ll o'clock tomorrow morn
ing on “From Doubt to Belief.” He
will also give a sermon to the children
on “How a Dog and a Cat Yielded to
Temptation.” Bey Scout Troop No. 36
will attend in a body.
A steropticon lecture, "Modern Good
Samaritans,” will be given at 8 p.m.
The electric battery w r as discovered by
Alessandro Volta, of Italy In 1800.
THE EVENING STAR, \ TTA'SHTyOTON. TV.' v7 S'ATTTT>'AY. _ JANUARY 19. 1929.
VISITORS TO PREACH
SABBATH SERMONS
I
1 ! School of Missions Instructors
i
Speak at Mount Vernon
Place Church.
Speakers at both services tomor
' row at the Mount Vernon Place
! Church are visiting preachers, here as
Instructors in the School of Missions
j for the Southern Methodist Churches
jof Washington and vicinity, being.
! held in the church this week. Dr. W.
J. Young, professor of missions in the j
I Candler School of Theology. Emory
University, Georgia, will preach at the |
i morning service, his subject being J
| "When Our Ideals Fail.” At the eve- J
ning service Dr. Rudd M. Spivey, |
j president of Southern College. Lake- j
land. Fla., will preach on “The Man
Who N ever Despaired.”
At the junior church, held in the j
Sunday School auditorium at 11 !
o'clock. Rev. Haskell R. Deal will,
speak on “Onw'ard With Christ."
Representative Brooks Fletcher of
Ohio will speak to the Epworth
Leaguers at 6:30 p.m. in the Sunday
j School auditorium. His subject will
: be “Who Is Your Hero?”
The prayer meeting service Thurs
j day evening at X o’clock will be held
| m connection with the assembly pe
| riod of the school of missions. Dr. W.
! J. Young will speak on "Was Thomas
a Doubter?”
GAMING CASE CONTINUED.
! Attorney Contends Arrest Was
Made on Illegal Entry.
Charges of setting up a gaming table
1 against George Tetores, 1800 block of
Seventh street, were continued by Judge
Gus A. Schuldt in Police Court yester
day when Defense Attorney Harry T.
Whelan raised the question of illegal
entry.
The man was arrested by Headquar
ters Detectives Varney and Brodie, who
said they played a slot machine in
Tetore’s shoe shine parlor. The ma
chine. which was confiscated, was
brought into court and shown to "pay
off” in quarters.
Detective Brodie said several colored
men were in the room with the machine
when they entered, but escaped. The
defense contended that the machine
was in a private room, above the store,
and the detectives, who had no war
rant. had no legal grounds for entering
the room.
“Building; a Church” Is Theme.
"Building a Church” will be the
subject of Rev. B. P. Robertson, pastor
of the Hyattsville Baptist Church, to
morrow at 11 a.m. The evening sub
ject is "An Unprofitable Transaction.”
Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; B. Y. P. U.,
7 p.m.
List Your Rented
and Vacant Houses with
J. LEO KOLB
J23N. Y. Avt. 1237 Wi*. Ave.
Main 5027 West 74
TO INSTALL OFFICERS.
Church of Pilgrims to Meet in May
flower Hotel.
In connection with the services of
the Church of the Pilgrims tomorrow ;
morning in the garden room of the
Mayflower Hotel there will be an in
stallation of new officers.
The following will be installed as
members of the session of the church-
Samuel H. Boyd. James K. Mebane.
The following will be ordained and
installed as members of the Board of
Deacons: Dr. Joseph H. White, W. Hall
Trigg, William A. Jameson. Eldridge L.
Myers, Ernest A. Golden, Walter B.
Lawrence.
The subject at the morning services,
iat the Mayflower, will be “Twentieth
I Century Christianity,” and at the eve
! ning service in the new chapel, at
i Twenty-second and P streets, is “A
Cloud in the West.”
ST. ANDREW GROUP
TO HOLD CONFERENCE
i
j Corporate Communion and Lay
men's Breakfast Planned for
February 22.
Plans for a corporate communion and
laymen’s breakfast conference to be
held at Washington Cathedral Febru
ary 22 were announced today by H.
Lawrence Choate, national president of
the Brotherhood of St. Andrew. The
attendance is limited to 150 men and
youths representing various parishes in
the diocese of Washington.
Right Rev. James E. Freeman. Bishop
of Washington, will be the celebrant at
the communion service in the Bethle
hem Chapel at 8 a.m. A prominent lay
man will deliver an address at the
breakfast, which will be served at 9 a.m.,
at Alban Towers, the new apartment
house adjoining the Cathedral Close.
Mr. Choate and his associates hope
that the corporate communion will be
an annual event in this city.
The Brotherhood of St. Andrew is a
national organization of men and boys
pledged to the advancement of Christ’s
kingdom through daily prayer and per
sonal service. Mr. Choate was elected
president at the convention held in
Washington last October.
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Q. Why should I open a Budget Account
during the Half-Yearly Furniture Sale?
/{ % To take advantage of the sale sa ings. 'And because The Hecht Co. Budget Plan is
to Furniture what Building and Loan Associations are to the home.
Q, What is this Budget Plan I hear so much about?
I A. I* ls an extended charge account, in which the b'dl is presented in a series of monthly
JMm JBL JBL payments instead of all at once.
M M , Q. And what of the length of time and size of the payment?
I [g ■ /[ % The length of time and size of payment depend upon the amount of purchase
_ . O. What is required of the customer?,
A A v Only the usual references for opening any Charge Account.
® Q, Is there any additional cost?.
F Street at Seventh There is none whatever if the payment is completed in ninety days. A small carrying
w charge is added for a longer period of time.
I Q # What merchandise is included on this plan?
L - A* /I, Everything pertaining to Home Furnishings is included.
\ W \ Q, Do I have to sign anything?,
T Nothing but an agreement verifying your understanding of these terms.
Q. What advantage is there in this method?
You can keep most of your capital intact in the Savings Bank or in Securities, and
0 learn to manage your income so as to save more. You can enjoy your furniture while
rl imitl sip you pay for
Jt HI J Uilllv Q. Why isn't this the same as the old-fashioned installment plan?
m A, Because you get guaranteed Hecht Co. quality at the same price as cash purchases.
M ■ You have every privilege and no penalties.
I I Q. man y P eo P^ e use the Budget Plan ?
I I I A. Yes, almost everybody.. Fathers, Mothers, Bachelors, Business Women, Engaged Girls
I I <*«d others
£ II S * Q, How can I learn more of this Budget Plan without actually opening an
; Y account?
1 Inquire at the Credit Office on the Fourth Floor ,
'< g t Q. What is the best way to buy according to this plan?
% A, By purchasing things in a group. Thus preventing waste by replacement because cer•
tdm yj tam pieces do not harmonize with the rest. Bring blue prints or sketches of your
I home. Then your home furnishings can be planned for growth.
Q, When would be a good time to open a Budget Account?
| A • Monday, when The Hecht Co. Half-Yearly Sale of Furniture and Home furnishings
\■ - g ” See 4 pages in Sunday 9 s Star and
/ a page in the Post for details
0 regarding the Half-Yearly Sale
of Furniture and Home furnishings W m
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FLOATING LIBRARY
BOOK SHOP OPENED
Literature for Merchant Marine
Received at Arcade—More Than
1,000 Already Donated.
A book shop to receive books for the
floating library of the American Mer
chant Marine Library Association has
been opened at the Arcade, Connecticut
avenue and Dupont Circle. The Wash
ington committee is endeavoring to raise
this city's quota of 10.000 books by
February 2 for the men of the merchant
marine.
The Shipping Board has installed an
automatic motion picture there showing
scenes in the merchant marine.
A slogan has been adopted for the
campaign, reading, "Match the Presi
dent and Mrs. Coolidge and donate a
j book or books to the floating library of
j the American Merchant Marine Library
J Association.”
Already more than 1,000 books have
been donated by Washingtonians, so
9,000 more books must be collected in a
little more than a week in order that
Washington may not fail in its quota.
Book baskets have also been estab
lished in hotels, clubs and other public
places where those desiring may leave
books or current magazines. A huge
book box has been placed in Union
Station, where many books are deposited
daily from the traveling public.
Through the courtesy of the railroad
officials this book box will remain in
Union Station permanently.
President Coolidge is honorary presi
dent of the American Merchant Marine
Library Association, President-elect Her
bert Hoover is one of its honorary vice
presidents. Mrs. Henry Howard of New
York City is national president and
Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock is chairman of
the Washington committee.
Evangelistic Services Planned.
Evangelistic services will be held at
the Garden Memorial Presbyterian
Church, Seventeenth street and Minne
sota avenue southeast, beginning Mon
day at 7:30 o'clock and continuing five
evenings. Rev. G. G. Kundahl will
preach.
North Attleboro Aeronautical School—
first, in New England—has opened its
doors for a four-month course in which
56 students have enrolled.
PASTOR TO RETURN.
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Dr. Patterson Will Resume Pulpit j
After Illness.
After an illness of three weeks, Dr.
N. P. Patterson will be back in the
pulpit tomorrow morning and will speak j
on “Life Lamps,” at the 11 o’clock j
service at the Old First Presbyterian
Church. 320 John Marshall place. In l
the evening Dr. Patterson’s sermon j
theme will be “The Perils of Life."
The evening service is held Sunday
evenings at 8 o’clock at the chapel.
Massachusetts avenue and Thirty-sixth
I street. . ... i
A church school is conducted, both
at the old church and at the chapel,
each Sunday at 9:30 a.m.
Theosophists’ Program Announced.
“Sleep—Death” is the subject of a
lecture tomorrow at 8:IS p.m., at the
United Lodge of Theosophists. 709 Hill
Building. Seventeenth and I streets. |
The studv class. Wednesday evening I
i at 8:15 o'clock, will consider the subject
of “Karma.”
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Rev. A. F. Elmes’ Subjects.
At. the People's Congregational Church, j
M street between Sixth and Seventh
streets, the pastor. Rev. A. F. Elmes. will
preach on the theme 'The Fight With
in” tomorrow morning. The Young
People’s Society meets at 6:30 p.m., with
the theme for discussion “Seeing the
Good in Men Everywhere.”
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| Thoxine contains no chloroform,
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and pleasant for the whole family.
Also excellent for sore throat. Quick
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CHURCH TO OBSERVE
45TH ANNIVERSARY
‘•What Is Spirituality?” to Be Sub
ject of Dr. Earle WilHey's
Morning; Address.
The forty-fifth anniversary of the
dedication of Vermont Avenue Chris
tian Church will be observed with ap
propriate exercises tomorrow.
At the morning service Dr. Earle
Wilfley will speak on “What Is Spirit
uality;” and in the evening on “The
Builders.”
Thursday will be “Bible night" at the
mid-week meeting. Dr. Wilfley has
asked that all unusual Bibles be brought
for a display. He will lead a discussion
on the origin and development of the
Bible.
The new officers for the ’teen-age
Christian Endeavor Society are: Rosa
| Lee Reed, president: Marjorie Morton.
| vice president, and George Atkins,
i secretary-treasurer.
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