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THE WASHINGTON TIMES: SATURDAY; APRIL 4; 1914.
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SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1911.
A SEALING HORROR.
The loss of nearly a hundred of.
the crew of the scaler Newfound
land is one of the typical tragedies
of the North Atlantic that are re
peated, perhaps not year after year,
but so often that they have come tc
he considered inevitable.
This newest horror is the worst of
many years; worse even than the
Greenland horror, in which forty
eight men were frozen to death on
the ice field.
One of the appealing things about
these tragedies is that the victims
perish so near to their ships that,
until the blizzard come3 upon them,
they can see even the flags that are
supposed to summon them back from
work when the day is ending or
when the captain decides that there
is danger of a storm.
To one unfamiliar with the sud
den fury of these sub-Arctic storms
the occupation would seem very
anfc; quite as safe as the work of a
farmhand going to the end of a ten
acre lot to kill a calf, except that
this sealing business is a more piti
ful butchery.
The men that go out on the ice
floes to kill the herds of seal must
stay at their work until they are
summoned back to the ship by the
flag signal. Sometimes, it is sus
pected, the masters of the sealers
have been too full of the greed for
steins to pay much heed to the
changing wind or the falling glass;
they have taken chances that there
would not be a sudden storm, over
whelming and killing the crew on
the ice. Sealing is not a nice busi
ness, even in Kipling's verse. Some
how, every wretched seal that is
beaten on the head seems to be
avenged.
THE FALL OF TORREON.
With the fall of Torreon. several
things are made very clear concerr-
ing the present revolutionary move
ment in Mexico. One is tliat Villa,
whatever may be thought of his
record or his methods, is an effective
soldier of a high order. It is not
that he has taken a city, so much
as that he has builded an able and
efficient army in a marvelously short
time out of most unpromising mate
rial, and with exceedingly limited
resources.
They say Villa is a bai-dit; but
then they said that Washington was
a rebel, that Grant was a butcher,
and that Wellington was a brute.
Villa, at any rate, has accumulated
tho largest measure of military prcs
te that has accrued to any Mexi
can soldier in a generation.
With Torreon in his hands, he may
be expected quickly to take Saltillo
and reduce Durango. Tampico will
be his prize soon 'Jjr-reaftcr, and the
taking of Tampico will Thce in his
control one of the best customs ports
of the country, with the reasonable
certainty of giving his cause some
thing like $200,000 c month of cus
toms revenues. That alone means a
art deal to the C.irran.:rta cause,
for it needs money quite as much
as it needs men.
The event at Torreon emphasizes
the suf-picion, long forming, that the
Huerta regime is bluff and f'-ont,
rather than real power, lluerta has
discoursed about goine- to the front
and, by taking personal command in
the field, infusing confidence into
his forces and his backers, and hurl
ing back his enemies. Hp has staked
much on Torreon, and he has made
good in no direction. It may yet be
that the march of Villa to Mexico
City wil Ibe necessitated; but
whether Jlnerta's administration
collapses without the necessity for
that campaign, it is reasonably ob
vious that Huerta vill not finally be
able to btand before the tiger of the
north.
RESERVE DISTRICTS.
N'o matter what Federal reserve
districts had been carved out by the
committee in charge of the work,
States, cities, and individuals would
have been dissatisfied. There was
no chance for the committee to es
cape criticism. One can bear that
fact in mind, however, and yet not
escape the conclusion that somo of
the district boundaries might have
been drawn by a comic sketch artist
and not have had more real humor
in them.
An example in New York i? in;
the placing of Newark, Jersey City
and Hoboken in the Philadelphia
district. The connection between
those communities and Philadel
phia social, commercial and finan
cial is scarcely les3 remote than it
is between those communities and
Dallas, Tex., selected for one of the
reserve cities. Newark, Jersey City
and Hoboken don't naturally do
banking or any other business to
speak of with Philadelphia. -Except
politically, they are virtually as
much a part of New York city as
Brooklyn or the Bronx. This is par
ticularly so as to their business and
banking.
There is no occasion to get excit
ed about the thing. Those New Jer
sey cities will go on doing their
usual banking and other business
with New York just the same. It's
only the unusual, provided for in the
new system, such as rcdiscounting,
that will turn their faces for the in
stant to Philadelphia. But it is an
obvious absurdity for the usual
banking relation to go on between
New York and the Jersey cities and
then for them to have to go to Phila
delphia only on occasions or in emer
gencies, not unlike the family that
won't have anything to do with a
physician unless its own physician is
in Europe and can't possibly be
reached.
SECRET SENATE SESSIONS
It has been apparent for a num
ber of years that increasing disaffec
tion with the secret consideiation of
Presidential nominations was certain
sooner or later to lead to revolt
against the system. It is perfectly
senseless and illogical that such
business should be attended to in
secret. No part of the Presidential
duty is more immediately important
to the public than the selection of
the men who become the executive
and the judicial establishment of the
Government. No matter how good
our laws may be, their effectiveness
depends on the men who are to ad
minister them . Publicity about the
kind of men who are to exercise the
real powers of the Government is of
no whit less importance than pub
licity in making the laws.
The rule about secrecy has been
far more honored in the breach than
in the observance, and the sugges
tion that under the rules a Senator
may be expelled for violation of the
secrecy rule is laughable. The Sen
ate couldn't possibly muster a quo
rum, and it couldn't have mustered
one at any time in many years, if
every Senator against whom the
charge of violating secrecy would
lie, were excluded from its sittings.
There is justification for the re
quirement that treaties shall be con
sidered in secret session. Foreign
relations, as a matter of fact, are
quite too freely discussed in open
sessions. The lion's tail gets twist
ed whenever an issue like that of
canal tolls comes up, and the foreign
press, getting accounts of the pro
cpedings, is wont to wonder what
sort of a people vo are. If the
recognized leaders of parties talked
as recklessly in legislative chambers
of France and Germany as they do
here, it would be quite impossible to
prevent stirring up war before long.
Our isolation and the less intimate
and vital character of our foreign re
lations save us from the logical con
sequences of thoughtless utterances.
But when it comes to confirming
men for high place in the Govern
ment, a very different rule should
apply. The Constitution provides
that "by and with the advice and
consent of the SenaV" the President
shall exercise his appointhc power.
As a matter of fact, no President
ever "advises" with the Senate.
Some Presidents advise with par
ticular Senators, in prhate; the no
tion of asking the Senate whether it
thinks a certain man's nomination
to a certain place would be desirable,
has never occurred to any President
so far as we know. The Senate, in
deed, must yet "consent;"' but under
the pressure of political authority
and patronage power from the White
House, its consent is so rarely with
held that it is a remarkable occas
sion when a nomination ib rejected.
There ought to be a very different
relation between President and Sen
ate in these regards. The Senate,
as a body, is entitled to be "advised"
with, and in cases where there is bit
ter opposition on principle to confir
mation, the country is entitled to
know what the fight is all about. The
Daniels case, that has this week
brought tense warfare to the floor
in secret sessions, will have been a
most useful incident it if shall end
the nonsense of secret sessions.
HERE'S COMMON SENSE.
The upper house of the Maryland
legislature has passed a resolution
looking to submission of a constitu
tional amendment which would re
duce the membership of the lower
branch of that body from K2 to 61.
Probably the lower house will reject
it; the certainty that it would re ire
some aspiring members from their
seats is commonly sufficient to kjll
such a measure.
In the interest of both economy
and workableness, the membership
of most legislative bodies ought to
be rxduicd. The British house of
coaUUn fed B tt!fl under which a
very fcinall minority of members is
a quorum to transact all legislative
business; and most of it is done with
the benches well-night empty. Our
own National House of Ttepresenta
tives is about twice as numerous as
it ought to be, and any' individual
' member will admit it; but the cen-
sus year is always followed by an in- (
crease of the present unwiemy Douy,
because nobody is willing "to support
a proposition that will reduce the
representation from any State.
By every rule of common sense
legislative bodies ought to be kept
within such compass that real de
liberation, detailed consideration,
would be possible. Maryland will
give the country a good example if
she will take the lead in this direc
tion. There are several thousands
of legislators in the country, in na
tional, State and city assemblies,
that are worse than useless; a posi
tive hindrance to business, simply
because they make it harder to get
results.
WHERE WISDOM IS REC
OGNIZED. There is and will continue to be
more or less expression of disaffec
tion over the distribution of the
regional reserve uaiiiva uuuuuuu,
the country, and the arrangement of
boundaries for the reserve districts.
But amid the protests and objec
tions, it will be observed that twelve
towns are pretty fully satisfied of
the wisdom and patriotism of the
men who selected tho group of na
tional capitals of finance. Those
towns are:
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Richmond
Atlanta
Dallas
Cleveland
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Minneapolis
San Francisco.
Two Books
Vain Obligation, by Katherino Fullertcm
OrouM. published by Charles Scrlbner's
Sons, New York.
Short stories arc either too long or
too short, too full of meat or too lack
ins in meat in these days. Ono reads
and forgets, the tales do not cling, and
that perhaps is tho reason for so many
of thtm.
But these short stories are different.
While neither very long nor very short,
they remain, they haunt, perhaps oe
cause they end in a minor key. Again
thev are easy to read, told in the once-upon-a-tlme
style. On tho Staircase,
and The Tortoise are good, but they
are not pleasant. But some folks like
unpleasant tales.
A New England girl of Puritan an
cistry is captured by African savages,
and the man to whom she is engaged
goes to search for her. Nothing melo
dramatic or bloodthirsty, or worried
about the telling. The tale supplies
its own horror, for no finds her. But
he doesn't know It,
The tales can bear retelling by word
of mouth.
Mr. Erand. by H. A. Mitchell Kea-ys, pub
lished by Small, Maynard & Co., Boston.
Every once In a while an uuthor puts
out a book with the wrong title. At
least the reader always has a sneaking
suspicion that he coul 1 have supplied
a bettor one. There is an element of
annoyance in it, too. for. obviously, the
author wishes the attention to be con
certrated mainly upon the leading char
acter in the book, and the reader rinds
himself forgetting the title, heroine or
hero, and focusing all Interest upon an
other character.
There are half-hearted attempts to
get a sympathetic view point of the
author's choice, and a disjointed knoivl
edpe of the whole plot is the result.
H.d the author of Mrs. Brand, as
long as a single name was chosen, had
Justified the like Hfo character study of
the minister, Mr. Overholt, by ustn-c his
name, as a title, tho consistency of the
story would be strengthened.
Overholt has gone into the ministry
because he Is a born orator, and, like
the Salamander of Owen Johnson,
'acted'' mokt of thi time. lie loved
to send hi3 genius up in a fiignt. then
watch it soar. Taking up tho work In
a parish where lives a Mrs. Brand, for
merly engaged to him. he soared too
high. IBs wife dies, Mrs. Brand's hus
band, pillar of church and prominent
citizen, also conveniently dies. The
young son of Overholt is cared for by
Mrs. Brand after leuth of his mother,
thus uniting the households. Nothing
could be better for Overholt than he
should rnarry Mrs Brand.
The plot concerns itiielf with whether
he did or d'd not, and the resultant un
folding of tho character of both. Per
haps Mrs. Brand rises to a more noble
height, but the study of Overholt is in
tensely more Interesting.
What's on the Program in
Washington Today
Metlncs. evenlnc"
Odd Fellows cvnton Washington,
Patriarchs Militant.
Vo. 1,
National Unloa Government Prlatinc OJflco
Council
Special music and dancing. Homo Club.
Guardians of Liberty meetlnz, l'ythlan Tem-
ll'i, a i m
UntiTtalnment by students in Kaatern High
Pchool, & i m
Play by children In Houre of Play. 433 M
street northwest. 3 p m.
Tennsj Ivanla Society monthly meeting, Pjlh-
lan Ttmple, 3 i in.
Amusements.
Nntional "The Doll Girl." I:1S and 8:15 p. m.
Columbia "Thw Man Who Would Llc." 2:li
and S It I r.i
IMaBC "The Third larty," 1.3) and 8::o p.
m
Polfa "The Ghost Breaier." S:15 and 8:13
p m.
Kelth'o Vaudeville. 8:13 p m.
Cosiki-VauI 111', continuous.
Cnrlno VHudi vllle, afternoon and nenlnc.
American Vaudeville. ;.15 and 7:15 p m.
Gayit) Durlevjue. 2-15 and 8'1S D. m.
THE YOUNG LADV
ACROSS THE WA I
U TM MSI Wrti
TML MUM-n! W
Cv-T Bantan i
1 ME.LPJ
We asked the young lady across
the way if her friend were a girl
of good address, and she said, O
yes. she lived in the most fashion-
able part of the city.
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Beauty In
isisisisV3 "?? ''aliiMwiHiiiiiiiiiWiMBjg-i1
"i
KNEW four of them last week."
That is the highest score one man who boasts of a
wide acquaintance among the fair sex could chalk up. How
about you?
"Who was the one published yesterday?" is a frequent question
of visitors to The Times Office.
The Times is not telling. If you know them you arc. lucky. But
the secret of the identity of The Times beauties will be guarded care
fully from strangers.
All of them arc Washington girls. Some of them may work
with you, live near you, be seen by you daily.
There are no prizes. , This is a genuine art-for-arfs sake series.
Back to
"The Bible is a record of man's best expression of his hopes and
ideals when in his divinest spiritual mood." President Wm. H. Black,
Missouri Valley College.
A MODEL OF GOOD ENGLISH.
By CHARLES F. THWINQ, IL. D.
(President of Western Reserve University, Cleveland.)
A good style in writing is clear: tho
meaning can be understood. A sood
Ftyle Is forceful- the thoufiht makes
a proper impres
sion on the
reader. A Rood
stylo Is lienutl
ful. It gives
pleasure. A aood
stjle- is econom
ic.il: words
enough and no
more aro used to
convey the de
, sired meaning.
A good stylo Is
Minple. it does
not call atten
tion to Itmlf.
J'ko the beet
glass, th'J leH seen in it and tho
more teen throught It, the better
it is.
The English Hlble contains litera
ture of many sorts: historic poetic
THE SILVER LINING
EDITED BY ARTHUR BAER.
Llnd is corning hotmi to rest. Keep
ing quiet is a iernflc strain.
Tho legend on rebid coins "Death
to Huerta," will not worry Vic unices
ho is unable to spend them.
THE OLDEST INHAB SEZ
"What's become
o' lh' feller who
uster spend his
evenings at the
Republican Club?"
sfl
"Villa then anarchy." warns
O'Shaughnrssy. AVhy not get In tne
proper ratio of horror? "Anarchy
then Villa"?
Polico aro nfter the English pro
fessor who eloped with his "soul's
echo." With the Tourist season in
the Alps open, they will need all the
echoes they are able to get.
John Finn Our error. We meant
to say that the American spirit was
"gauged" by the Senate, not "gouged."
New York man gets - when an auto
mobile knocks out two of his teeth. As
there are 12.000.CO) school children in
tho U. S. with defectlvo molars, this
looks like a good chanco for the auto
fiends to have some fun and for the IX
000,000 school kids to make some money.
The new "handcuff" bracelets now af
fected by society do not Jntcrfrn with
the wearer's dancing the muxlxo or the
tango, so wo f-ill to sco what good the
blamed things aru.
Washington
the Bible
(dramatic and lyric), argumentative,
plstolary, biographical. Ita history
is clear without bareness, simple
without dullness. Its poetry aa seen
in tho Book of Job moves liko a.
drama of Aeschylus, strong, rugged,
human. Its poetry also sings songs
of trust, which give calm to the mov
ing depths of tho sorrowing or aspir
ing spirit. Its letters, ns seen In St.
Paul, ciulckrn the lntollcct and stir
the heart. Its letters, as seen In St.
John's epistles, are personal and
tender and loving. ItB biographies
are, nbove all else, truthful. It
Hoes not hldo Jacob's chicanery or
David's adultery and murder, or
Petpr's dofection or Judas' treason.
The rtlble of Luther has been the
formative influence in the making of
tho German language. Tho King
James translation of the Bible has
bn a standard of good English and
tlio most quickening forco in keening
tho Krgllsh language puro for mora
than 3u0 years.
(Copyright, 1011. by Joseph B. Bowles.)
If the English polico want to get
even with the militant suffragettes,
they should compol them to drivo
nails with heavy hammers. The mor
tality anions lady-fingers would bo
enormous.
Fall to enthuse over the taking of
Torreon Klther way. It Is in the pos
session of Mexicans. .Now ir well, as
Patrick Henry said, etc.
Radium sells at 5120,000 a gram,
which, aocordlng to Garrett Servlss,
Is entirely too high. All right, make
it an even $100,000 and bring it with
in reach of the workingman
J"
Jsr(y
What does tho House want with mile
age'.' They never get anywhere.
Richardson Buried.
I1UNTSVII.L.C. Ala.. April 4. Tho
funeral of former Congressman William
Ulchardsou of tho Eighth Alabama dis
trict, was held at his residence hero
today The Uev. Car Gamble con
ducted Hirvicfs in the Episcopal
f'hurcli. Interment was In Maple Hill
Ometory For a short f'ne. iit1n
tho funeral proceedings, praetlrallv jll
local business was at a stands' ill.
Activities Of
Society
By JEAN ELIOT.
THE marriage of Miss Emma G.
Reed, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles W. Reed, and Ensign
John Roy Palmer, U. S. N., was
solemnized today at 11:30 In Eastern
Presbyterian Church. The bride, who
was given away by her father, wore a
smart coat suit of dark green and a
small green hat with a corsage bouquet
of orchids and lilies of the valley. She
was attended hv MIm T?esit Jlnrt. ns
maid of honor. Her gown was of dark j
bluo cloth with a black straw hat, and
she wore violets.
The best man was Lieut. Tracy Hunt
er, U. S. N., and the ushers were Leon
ard Leland and Charles E. Reed,
brother of the bride, a program of
organ music was given by Louis Cotter.
After the ceremony there was a break
fast at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Reed,
to which only the members of the fam
ily were asked, and later the young
couple left for a wedding trip.
Ensign Palmer is attached to the
Delaware, which has been ordered Into
dry dock at Portsmouth, Va,, and they
will make their homo there for the
present.
Mr. and Mrst Casper Miller will enter
tain at dinner on April 16.
--
Miss Minnie- Smith, wCio has been
visiting her brother-in-law and sister.
Senator and Mrs. Nathan P. Bryan of
Florida at tha Connecticut for several
weeks, has returned to her home In Ten
nessee. J
Miss Roberta Downing, of Philadel
phia, arrived In Washington yesterday
to visit Miss Edith Grade. Miss Grade
will entertain at a small luncheon party
on Monday for her guests. Miss Gil
ford, who has been visiting Miss Grade,
has returned to her home in Now York.
T
Col. and Mrs. J. it Dorst and Master
Dorst, of Warrenton, "Va., have arrived
In Washington and are spending a short
timo at the Shoreham.
The South American Club of the
Toung Women's Christian Association,
of Washington, will give a buffet sup
per and reception to Miss Mary L.
Thomas, general secretary of the
Buenos Aires Y. W. C A. on Friday at
6:30 p. m. at Rauscher's.
The toastmlstress will be Mrs. Frank
E. Edging-ton, and addresses will be
made by Dr. Albert Hale, Miss Mary
L. Thomas, and Secretary of State
Bryan. Mrs. Frank E. Edglngton. Miss
Mary I. Thomas, Mrs. F. G. Wilklns.
Dr. 'Ada R. Thomas, and Miss Mary
Alice Finney will receive.
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President Wilson attended the per
formance at the National Theater last
night. In the box with him were Miss
Eleanor Wilson, Miss Holen Woodroy;
Boccs, and Dr. Cary Grayson.
--
Tho Japanese Ambassador and Vis
countess Ciinda entertained at dinner
last n!ght. Their guests were the Rus
sian Ambassador and Mme. Bakhmetel
Senator and Mrs. John Sharp Williams,
Mies Williams, the Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury and Mrs. Charles S.
Hamlin, Mr. and Mrs. John Bossett
Moore, Capt. and Mrs. James H. Oliver,
the Naval Attache of tho Russian Em
bassy and Itao. Vassllleff. the Military
Attache of the Russian Embassy and
lime. GoleJfAskl, the Hon. Ernest Scott,
of the British embassy; Mr. and Mrs.
Rufus Day, Counselor of tho Japanese
Embassy and Mme. MJura, and Mr.
Matsuoka and Mr. Salto, both of the
embassy.
.j.
Gen. George Barnctt, commandant of
the marino corps, and Mrs. Bamett en
tertained at dinner last night in honor of
the Secretary of tho Navy and Mrs.
Daniels. The guests to meet them were
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Blue, tho As
sistant Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
Roosovelt, Col. and Mrs. Charles Mc
Cawley, Captain and Mrs. Capehart, the
Naval Attache of tho French Embassy
and Viscountess d'Azy, Captain Jones,
commandant of the Washington navy
yard, Mrs. Schwcrln. and Mrs. Merry
man. Mr. and Mrs. David Jayno Hill enter
tained nt a dinner last night In honor
of the Vico President and Mrs. Mar
shall. Tho other guests were tho Attor
ney General. Congressman and Mrs.
Dunn. Mrs. Burton Harrison, the As
sistant Secretary of the Interior and
Mre. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Chandler An
derson, Mrs. George W. Aldridge, Mr.
and Mrs. Alexander Graham Bell, and
Mr. and Mrs. John Temple Graves.
--
Mrs. H. R. Martin and her daughter.
Miss Dorothy Slartin. from Indianapolis,
aro at the Hotel Powhatan.
- -
Congressman and Mrs. Thomas Ged
ney Patten are at tho Waldorf, in New
York, for an indeflnito stay.
-J.
Mrs. Elmer Black, of New York, who
spent part of tho winter here, will re
turn to Washington today, and will be
hern for tho early spring season. Miss
Flora Wilson and Mrs. Black will re
ceive tomorrow afternoon.
Mme. Dumba will sail from New York
next Tuesday on the Kaiser Wllhclm to
snond some timo in Austria, bho will
leavo Washington Monday, and will bo
accompanied to New York by the am
bassador. ... i
Miss Anna Portn'er. whoso marriago
to Congressman Flood, of Virginia, will
take place this month, will bo tho honor
guest of Mrs. Henry D. Clayton at a
bndgo Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. William Wheatley is entertain
ing at bridge this afternoon.
a
Mrs. W. D. MncDougail will be h03tess
at a tea this afternoon.
Mr. at.d Mrs. R. D. Shcpard are at
their home, 13S Biltmore street, and
vill remain until May. Mrs. Shcpard
has written a play, whl.m will bo pre
smtcd in New York the llrst week in
May. .
The House Committee of the Woman's
Clinli- Au-tlllary has sent out cards for
a reception this evening from 8 until 10
o'clock at 716 Thirteenth street, when
Mrs. John Hays Hammond will assist in
..u-iif 'Hi rommllteo receiving will
include Mrs. William Hitz. Mrs. Julius
Lansburgh. Mrs. E. G. Siggers. Mrs. E.
V, Boyle. Mrs. T. C. Howard. Mrs. bara
Jam. a. Dr. Elnora C. Folkmar. and Dr.
I. H. Limb.
4.
Miss Ampara Martin Rivero, daughter
of the Cuban Minister to Italy ana
'PRETTY SPR1NGBRIDE I
I liBJ
Photo by Buck.
MISS AMPARA RIVERO.
Mme. Martin Rivero. whose marriage
to Thomas Russell Ransdell takes place
this SDrinT. will be the guest in whose
iionor CoU and Mrs. Robert N. Harper
will entertain at a bal masque Tuesday,
April 14.
Mrs. Dunn, wife of Congressman
Thomas B. Dunn of New York, Is en
tertaining at a the' dansant thl3 after
noon from 5 until 7 o'dock. at her resi
dence in Sixteenth street in compliment
to Miss Marjori Dunn, of Rochester, N.
Y., her house guest, and Miss Frances
Dunn.
Assisting will bo Miss Margaret Mc--hs.,..
xtiai TJani-ir .Tnhnson. Miss Edith
Grade aydier house guest. Miss Roberta
Downing, or iniiaaeipnia, aou jiia am
laldo Heath.
x
-f miin "rim vitn of Senator
Tamea of Kentuckv. and Mrs. James
Preston, of Baltimore, aro the guests in
compliment to whom Mrs. Jesse w.
viehntson. of Chew Chase. Md.. is en
tertaining at tea this afternoon at her
home in Newlands street, from 4 until
6 :30 o docK. i"
iK.l.iim- Mrs Nlehnlson will be Mrs.
Robert Lee Henry, of Texas; Mrs.
Charles Carter and the Misses Carter, of
Oklahoma: Mrs. Emma G. Hager. Mrs.
i,MKa PMDtnn fihpAlfftr. Mra Mavme
Ghcen, Miss Margaret Trimble, and Miss
Lillian -Mae uavis.
AT HOMES
As Dr. and Mrs. William Cllno Bor
den are moving from 1S01 California
street to their new residence. 305 Terry
place northwest, Mrs. Borden will nojt
bo at homo today.
Mrs. Joel Hlllman and Miss Emllie
liuimnn will he at home Informally to
their friends tomorrow afternoon. The
win leave snorxiy on a. inp iu cujutrc.
Pastor Starts Movement
For Erection of Church
Unusual success has attended the
ministry of tho Rev. Nicholas De
Carlo, who took charge of tho Holy
Rcsary Roman Catholic Church last
December, and the consregation has
increased so rapidly thai it was neces
sary this week to move from the tem
porary building at S3 H street to
la'ger quarters at tne norcnwesi cor
ner of Third and I steets northwest.
This, is the only Italian Catholic
Cliuich in Washington. A movement
to erect a larso church here has been
launched under Father Dc Carlo's di
rection. A number of sodeties for
boll men and women have-been, formed
and are aiding In tnia work.
High mass w ill be suns V Father De
r.irlo tomorrow morning at 10:30
ovlnck. Tho choir will be directed by
Miss Mary Judd. who has devoted
much attention to this feature of
church activity.
To Preach First Sermon
In New Pulpit Tomorrow
Tho Rev. Dr. Clarenco A. Vincent will
preach his first sermon as pastor of
the Mt. Pleasant Congregational Church
tomorrow morning, having been for
malty Installed In his new pastorate last
Tuesday In the presence of representa
tives of tho Congregational council.
Prior to hla call to Washington. Dr.
Vincent served as pastor of lmmanuel
Walnut Avenue Congregational Church,
Roxbury. Mass., for several years. He
1m a graduate of Oberlln College. Oberlin
Theological Seminary, and Yale Divin
ity School, lieroro going to Aiassacnu
setts ho was pastor of tho First Con
gregational Church, of Galesburg. Ohio.
Phi Mu Sigma Elects;
Plans Summer Camp
The Gamma Chapter of tho Phi Mu
Sigma Sunday School fraternity tias
elected tho following officers: President,
Rcnah F. Camaller; vice president. John
U. Edwards. Jr.; secretary, James Leslie
Cook. Jr., asl&tant secretary, H. Dew-hirst-
treasurer. Milton A. Bosley; his
torian. H. B. Culbertson: marshal, H.
Ellsworth Warner.
Gamma Chapter Is composed entirely
of young men of the Metropolitan Meth
odist Sunday school. Clifton P. Clark,
supreme master of the fraternity, pre
sided at the installation. A summer
camp and a summe'r ataletlc program
will be discussed at a meeting of the
executive committee of the fraternity at
the Mt Vernon Place Church tonight
Rev. J. B. Clayton in
Mt. Pleasant Pulpit
t-.. nf the Methodist and Methodist
Protestant pastors will be absent from
the city tomorrow attending a conference.
At the morning service In the Ar.acostla
M E. Church, the Rev. G. Leroy White
has announced, the Rev. J. K. Clayton
.. in ........v. in ti f.venlnir Dr. P'avton
will preach at the Mt, Pleasant Methodist
The Rev. W. W. Barnes, pastor of
Douglas Memorial Church, also will be
out of the city.
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Prominent Men to Speak at Ex
ercises for First United"
Presbyterian Edifice.
The cornerstone of the First United
fPresbyterian Church, which, when com
pleted, will be one of the most beautiful
edifices in the District, will be laid to
morrow afternoon at 3:30, In tto pres
ence of a number of prominent clergy
men and laymen. The building wIU
stand at the comer of New Hampshire
avenue and Randolph street.
William F. Gude, president of th
Chamber of Commerce, will deliver an
address on "The Church and the City,"
and the Rev. Dr. George Robinson, re
tired chaplain of the United States Army.
win speaker on 'Trie cnurcn ana mj
Kingdom." The cornerstone will be laid
by congressman H. W. Temple or renn
svlvanla. The Rev. J. Alvin Campbell
the pastor, will conduct the devotional
exercises.
The church building will be Encllsh
Gothic In style and will cost J35.000. Its
scatThg capacity will be about 450 In
the mam auditorium, ana there will o
several dass rooms and a large base
ment. The architects are W. E. Moonen
of Washington, and C. W. Bolton, o
Philadelphia. It is hoped that It will
be ready for occupation about Septem
ber 1.
Aa the church is to be of a memorial
character, " the United PresbyterUa
Church at large Is contributing to It. A
committee of Philadelphians will super
vise the building operations. 4
Clergyman Will Preach
On Two Unique Topics
Two unique topics are to be dis
cussed at tho Metropolitan Baptisl
Church; Sixth and A streets southeast)
tomorrow by tho Rev. John Comptoi
Bali, pastor. The morning subject
"Which Chair at the. Table?" is th
result of a study by the Rev. Mr. Bj.1
of a painting of the Lord's Supper, and
is a character sketch Of tha dlsdplei
applied to men of today. At the eve
ning service four crosses will bo use
to illustrate tha subject. "What Coloi
Is the Cross?"
Special music will be given by th
choir, under the leadership of Gilbert
A Clark. At the morning service th
choir will sing. "O. for a Closer Wall
With God" (Williams), with Inddenta,'
solos by Miss Ethely Callaway an
Ds. W .Bruce Hoofnagle, At the eve
ning service the following prograix
will bo given: Anthem, "Jerusalem
(Parker). by Miss Nellie Barber. Ml3i
Emma Guschewsky. Dr. Hoofnagle
ard choir; duet. "In the Cross ol
Christ I Glory" (Henshal), by Mrs
Gilbert A. Clark and Dr. Hoofnagle!
and anthem. "Darkly Rose the Guilt
Morning" (Buck), by Mrs. James St
Brooks and choir.
TAKES NEW PULPIT
REV. DR. CLARENCE A, VIKCEHT
The new pastor of Mt. Pleasant Con
gregational Church, late of Roxbury
Mass.
Confirmation Services
In English and German
Ten young people will be confirmed
tomorrow at 11 o'clock, at the Concor
dia Lutheran Church, at Twentieth an
O streets. Tho services will bo in botl
English and German, the pastor, thi
Rev. Paul A. Menzel. taking for th
text of hi3 sermon in German: "Glorj
Is Tho Namo of Christ." and in Eng
Hsh for the confirmation clnss, "Thi
Prlvllego of tho Christum Life."
Those to be confirmed are Paul Burk.
Herbert Fahy. Vio'a Bartz. Rita Duer
inger. Louise Erhart. Frieda Herman
Margaret Holz. Elsa Krieg. Katherlnt
Tresselt, and Elsie Zuberano. A con
firmation, reunion, and fellowship te
will be given by tho Concordia ChrisUai
Endeavor Society at 7:13 p. m.
Th services for the holv passloi
week will consist of preparatory serv
ice for holy communion Thursday even
ing at S o'clock: holy communion oi
Good Friday at 11 o'clock, and specla
service for the children, tho story or
the suffering Savious, Saturday, at L
a. m.
Church to Honor Memory
Of Edward Everett Hale
memorial service for Edward Evef
ctt Hale will bo held at All Souls
Church tomorrow at 4:45 p. m. Thli
soivlce Is one of the great events o
ttw year in the I'nltarlan Church. Tl
Rrv. L. G. B. Pierce minister of Al
Sculs will dellve-- the sermon, taklni
at his topic. "He Being Dead. Ya
Speaketh."
The program for the week Is a
follows: Monday. "Yearning for Tm
mcrtallty": Tuesday. "The Assurano
or Immortality; Wednesday. "The Wit
nt-s-i of Immortality': Thursday. n
Test of Immortality": and Frldaj
"Str:e of Consecration."
C. E. Society Meeting.
Tho Young People's Christian En
deavor Society of the Congress Stree
Methodist Protestant Church, of George
town, will hold the monthly consecra
tion service tomorrow evening at
o'clock in the lecture room of th
chur?h. William N". Payue. prestden
of the socletv and also president of th
District of Columbia Christian Endeavo
Union, will speak on "One of tho TwelT
Great Verses of the Bible."
LAY CORNERSTONE 0
CHURCH
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