Evening Star Newspaper, February 24, 1921, Page 4

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ZLuzurious Footwear 134 F St Adioliqlu: Palace Theater Dé'li;bers This': Duofold Bed to Your Home Your Choice of Oak or Mahogany Finish Upholstered in Black or Brown Leatherette OF AMERICAN HOME FURNISHERS CORP, 735 7th STREET N.W. Another Wonderful Recital By Rachmaninoff Today another big audience will <it entranced b the charm of his music. 3 This famous Pianist-Composer will live in fame throughout the generations by means of his perfect VICTOR RECORDS Millions of people throughout the civilized world hear Rachmaninoff in their homes under the most favorable conditions for the full appreciation of his splendid interpretations. You should hear these numbers by Sergei Rach- maninoff in our Victrola Rooms. 1% 75| Prelude in G Major. 1208175 | Prelude in G Minor. ::68!: 2 ! Troika en traineaux. 6""‘,:‘* 5} Spinning Song. 10, $1.25 | (Song Without Words.) Rachmaninoff Is Also A Steinway Artist The exalted heights he attains are possible only through this instrument, whose singing quality, sus- taining power, durability and perfect action are un- paralleled in any other Piano. E. F. Droop & Sons Co. 1300 G Player-Pianos Victrolas Val Richter .. gation in Congress and Presentation. ‘When Secretary. of the Navy Daniels returns to his old home in Raleigh, N. C., he will carry back with him among many relics and memaries of his eight years of cabinet life the tall, cozy leath- er upholstered mahogany chair in ‘which he sat at the councils of the.President’s cabinet. 5 Secretary Daniels cherishes a great fondness for this chair, and as the wan- ing days of the present administration have slipped past rapidly he has several times visited the cabinet room alone and looked wistfully and longingly at the comfortable plece of furniture. He is not the only member of the cabinet for whom their cabinet room chairs have great attractions. But they have been con- tent with removing the metal name plates which adorned the backs, to serve as mementos of their office: Secretary Daniels’ desire was great- er and deeper rooted. He wanted the whole chair and not merely the name whole chair and not merely the name T30 ©° — T MEMBERS OF CABINET PLAN FUTURE COURSE OF THEIR LIVES|&esiaes valrert e 4367 | While President-elect Harding |is preparing to announce the make-up of his complete cabinet, heads of de- partments of the outgoing adminis- tration are making preparations to retire to private life or to resume the occupations they pursued before being called to Washington to service in the cabinet of President Wilson. None of the incumbents of the pres- ent cabinet has made definite an- nouncement as to his plans. although it has been unofficially learned that two members of the cabinet will re- main in Washington, these being At- torney General Palmer and Secretary Houston of the Treasury. The other cabinet members are un- derstood to have made their plans to £0 back to the places from which they NEW C. OF C. COMMITTEES President Albert Schulteis An- nounces Personnel. The personnel of two new com- mittees of the Washington Chamber of Commerce was announced yester- day by President Albert Schulteis. They are: Committee on parks, highways and bridges—Willilam F. Gude, chairman; W. C. Hanson, vice chairman: B. A. Bowles, Alton B. Carty, H. C. Chand- lee, M. G. Copeland Company, J. H. Cranford. Allan Davis, E. W. Davis, J. V. Davis. Thomas E. Echols. A. Fishel, Adolphus Gude, Adolph Gude, Benjamin W. Guy. E. D. Hath: Robert E. Heater, Harry C. C. Lacey, Grant Leet, ingstone, F. W. Loefler. R. G. [1H. 1. ‘MacCartee, A. C. Moses. Miss Cecil B. Norton, Allen H. Rogers. John Ruppert, John K. Shoemaker. A. L. Sinclair, B. W. Spille, John W. Thomp- son, Washington Tgpham, Joseph I Weiler and Wadd¥ B. Wcood. Committee on Wholesale trade— Ross P. Andre chairman; A. J. May, vice chairman; W. H. Bradbury, Perry W. Browning, A. A. Chapin, F. ‘B, Crovo, jr.; Ernest Daniel, James H. Denty, J. B. Earnshaw, David J. Garber, E. C. Graham, Benjamin W. Guy, E. D. Hathawav, A..G. Herr- mann, C. Phillips Hill. W. M. E. Horton, Charles Jacol Kimberly, C. S. Larimer. Letts, A. Liebman, E. J. Murphy. Howard_Norton. H. T. Offterdinger. Samuel Ross, Saivatore Scalco, Charles W. Semmes, F. Baker Weaver and John H. Wilkins. GO TO SCHOOL MEETING. C: Officials Attend National Education Convention. D. A number of officials of the public schools and the bureau of education left Washington last night for Atlan- THE EVENING. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2t 1%t Friends Give to Secretaly Daniels | 13 CLUB HEARS TALK. |DARTMOUTH ALUMNI DINE. Chair Used in -Cabinet Councils Practically All the ”cmbén of the North Carolina Dele- - |derstood to contemplate remaining in - iment of Agriculture will go back to - lis understood to be planning to re- SPONSORS NEW SHIP. The combination cargo and pas- senger vessel Blue Hen State, named in honor of the state of Delaware, was launched yesterday at Camden, N. ;ponsored by Clara L. Bolling, eleven-year-old niece of Mrs. Wood- row Wilson. University of Virginia William F. Gude Makes Address on |Speaker Says New England College Floriculture. Is Crowded Beyond Capacity. Members of the 13 Club heard Wil-| Registration at Dartmouth College ::?.Tlfi ((’;l:::r :)2"(;. ga‘flg‘?‘z %{ has lnc\:eued 8o rapidly that at pres- Bohe oid "the assomblage” some inter. | €0t OnlY a few of the applicants can esting facts about flower culture, and |be admitted, according to reports read with the aid of motion pictures, fur-(at the annual dinner of the Dartmouth nished by Crawford & Carter and the | Alymni Club last night at the Uni- THE Hoffman Co. CLEANERS and DYERS 12— STORES—12 Joined in Purchase ‘Company, portrayed _the ATTENTION, AL 1! P ol €|oversity Club. Dr. John Gile of the UMNI! e e ot Ta. o e PTeperas | faculty of medicine ‘and a trustee of £ Main Office, 740 12th S¢. N. W. market. the college, pointed out that the un-| Don't fail to attend mesting and smoker Plant, 1530 Pa. Ave. 8. E. Dlate. When he asked about the pos-| W. C, Hansen, president of the club, | dergraguated student body ls now : BBy S ettt this moaess wish | caled ine meeting o order and het | ©0% 5000, wpeakers were: pror.| Assembly Room, Commos Clib | ppone M, 4724 he was told by the office of the super- James P. Richardson, head of the de- ; . ublic buildings ana|Randall, who arranged the program for s 3 of the de 4 Y intendent of public % partment of political science; S. R.|Thurday, February 24 at 8:30 P Ee | puypsry BRANCH EXCHANGE rounds, which acts as guardian for [the evening. Addresses were made by (‘ha ‘White House property, that the|E. P. Ray- tary could gratify that longing ‘Lodge. ' 8. A. %:-c"g:z?ng that t;mflce $141 in real| Fox, as critic of the evening, gave his| 'and by paying for the cost of | opinions of the speeches. Motion pic- Temoving the chatr. tures of the Army Air Service in action Yes, the price was high, the office | were shown. i explained, but the cos‘lho! !y:jr‘nllurc : has leaped some since that chair was urchased, and although it only stands " (':hg government $65, the office contends -ANTHONY A HIRST DEAD' that it would cost $141 to duplicate it I now. However, the sale was not trans- | Georgetown University Benefactor | t. 1t needed ponder- Sctedionae Bpat L Succumbs in Pennsylvania. ing over. It was learned at the White House today that there is no need to longer Anthony A. Hirst, for more th ponder, as friends of the North Caro- twenty years a regent of Georgetown ! Do tesman have joined hands in | University and one of the institution's | buying the chair and presenting it to|more prominent benefactors, died at the retiring Secretary. Among these|his home in Haverford, Pa., Tuesday, |friends are practically the entire North following a brief iliness, it was learn- Carolina delegation in Congress. ed here yesterday. He wae-seventy- five years pld. Mr. Hirst was a well known Catholic! leader and attorney. He was counsel | for _Arohbishops Dougherty, Wood, | Ryan and Prendergast of Philadelphia. ; |} He founded the Bond, Senator George H. Moses, Rep- resenitative Sherman £ Burroughs and ‘A'“‘"‘""‘"‘" Enfies | wulcons. epresentative Edward H. Watson, | i Promised a1l of New Hampshire. R o Hirst Erfldun:eddfrhomd Georgetown in 1870, e received the degree of A. M. in 187. and his LL D. in 1901. = of the nation. John Barton Paync,| He is survived by his wife, and three, Secretary of the Interior and director |children. Funeral services will be! general of railroads, will go to Pine-fheld tomorrow at Bryn Mawr, Pa,| hurst March 10, and will then go back | with Rev. John B. Creeden, president to Chicage to resume the practice of |of Georgetown University, and Rev. law. Secretary Payne is president of | W. Coleman Nevils, dean of the de- the board of park commissioners of | partment of arts and sciences, assist- Chicago, and is_expected to resume|ing. active work as the head of the board. Chicago’s park area is greater than that of any other American city, and the post of president of the board is no sinecure. Secretary Joshua W. Alexander of. the Department of Commerce has an- nourced he will go to his home town, Gallatin, Mo., to practice law and direct the extensive agricultural in- terests he has there. Assistant Secre- tary Sweet will go to Michigan to take up again direction of his farm- ing interests near Grand Rapids. Although William B. Wilson, Secre- tary of Labor, has not definitely made up his mind as to his plans after March 4, it is understood he has prac- tically decided to remain in Wash- ington for a time and then go back were called to sit in the high councils Wholesale Selling ‘Price of Beef in Washington below, as published in the news- papers, averaged as follows, showing a Bond Building, 714 14th St. N.W. A. GATES, Prop. }‘Z..f’;%?:éfifi;fi;fl;- e :9 ‘;“Md the wfl‘kfl-‘A ; No-wait system, call Franklin 6814 and make your appointment to suit your time. The A e Y ot 3,""‘ RANGEPERCWT. ':E‘:: most modernly equipped shop south of New York, furnished with white vitrolite glass cases his publishing interests in that city. Heads of the War and Navy depart- ments have not indicated their plans after March 4, while at the Depart- ment of Justice it was stated today that-in all probability Attorney Gen- eral Palmer will open a law office in Washington. Mr. Palmer is head of the law firm_bearing his nahme at Stroudsburg, Pa. Secretary Houston of the Treasury Department is un- and ten white enameled chairs, individual lavatories and sterilizers at each chair. Each customer is served with a freshly sterilized hairbrush, lather brush and an in- dividual lily paper shaving cup, destroyed after use. All barbers are first-class artists, expeditious and courteous, desiring to please each customer, however particular. : All barbers wash their hands before waiting on each customer. We furnish our own linen, which is pure white and thoroughly sterilized. Send your children to our Children’s and Misses’ Hair Cutting Department. Specialist for ladies’ scalps, facial massage and shampooing. Experienced manicurist. Swift & Company U.S. A. Washington for a time, at least, while Sccretary Meredith of the Depart- Towa to direct his extensive publish- ing and agricultural interests in that state. Postmaster General Burleson turn to Texas, where he has extensive farming interests. —forget that Plitt stands ready to do the Painting, Paperhanging or Upholster- ing when you say the word. G__.CO- P‘iu c°_. 1325 14th St, The Company OF the People, FOR the People—made BY the People The Greatest Life Insurance Company in the World. -Greatest {1o oo (ireatest {rm poauceio ofstorsatiey In Busi Placed Greatest {1 Bu:::::(‘nhed In Business In Force METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (INCORPORATED BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK) 9 Maln 4324-5, Health and Welfare Work Ventfon'of the department of superin: HALEY FISKE, President FREDERICK H. ECKER, Vice-President 'y tendence of the National Education | Association, which opened there to-| TR R et Business Statement, December 31, 1920 Among u'-_: 1local om.im- who are 5 $omk W. Baltou, muperintendent of | Assets - - - - siae - - $980,913,087.17 ,‘::3“;}';;.“5'?‘0‘;53' :i‘é“;:,’:;{,,“,g:c,‘iu’dg{: : {.argn than those of any other Company tn the World. fi‘.i"‘;{egmi.“fi‘ffif' cé’,;n{:f‘\u':‘e{g; Increase in Assets during 1920 - - - - $116,091,262.62 R o dEm:‘Af’ Hiay ot i Larger than that of any other Company in the World. &8° Benton ‘or “the Depariment of Liabilities - - .. = = = = $947,465234.24 cli:l‘::l;h:;:.ke adreases at the con- Surplus = = o - o % £ $33,447,852.93 wvention. TR Ordinary (annual premium) Life Insurance paid for UNION ALUMNI MEET. | nd920 - - . a = - e S10SIN W. W. Childs Elected President at More than has ever been placed in one year by any Company in the World. Annual Dinner of Association. Industrial (wecklzgrcmium) Insurance {\aid forin1920 . $589,560,231 More than ever been placed in one year by any Company in the World. Total Insurance placed and paid for in 1920 - $1,651,950,151 The largest amount placed in one year by any Company in the World. Gain in Insurance in Force in 1920 - - - $1,036,360,080 More than has ever been gained in one year by any Company in the World. The Company GAINED more insurance in force both in 1919 and in 1920 than any other Company WROTE. William W. Childs was elected pres- ident of the Union College Alumni Association of Washington at its an- nual dinner and business meeting last night at the Cosmos Club. A. E. Anderson -was selected vice president and Capt. G. S. Woolworth secretary. Charles Alexander Richmond, presi- dent_of Unfon College, delivered the principal address. He ridiculed some educational institutions, whose chief ambition seems to be athietics or size. GOES TO CAMP MEADE. Maj. Lee R. Dunbar, Medical Corps, Total Amount of Outstanding Insurance - - $6,380,012,514 S it o Meate MA Larger than that of any other Company in the World. ' Number of Policies in Force December 31, 1920 23,899,997 Larger than that of any other Company in America. Gain in Number of Outstandin$ Policies - - 2,129,326 More than any Company in the World has ever gained $n one year. of Claims paid in 1920 - - - 312,689 Number Averaging one claim paid for every 28 seconds of each business day of 8 hours. Amount paid to Policy-holders in 1920 - - $81,257,393.70 ayments to policy-holders averaged $556.86 a minule of each business day of 8 hours. Reduction in general mortality atages 1 to 74 in gears, 22.7 per cent. Typhotd reduction, 72 per cent.; Tuberculosis, 40 per cent.; Heart disease over 19 per cent right’s disease, nearly 27 per cent.; Infectious diseases of children, over 28 per cont. In general reduction and for each principal cause of death this is far greater than that shown by statistics of the Registration Area of the United States. Death Rate for 1920 on the Industrial business lowest in history ot Company. Dividends declared payable in 1921, nearly - $11,000,000 Metropolitan Nurses made 1,625,271 visits in 1920, free of charge to sick Industrial Policy-holders, including 14,667 visits to - persons insured under Group policies. Metropolitan men distributed over Eighteen Millions of pieces of literature on health— Bringing the total distribution to over 213,000,000 exclusive of Company’s health . magasine, of which over 18,000,000 _awm«:l&( desiributed. WASHINGTON OFFI John Dolph, Supt., 412 Homer Bldg. T. A. G. F. Dunkum, Supt., 133 B Street S. We can examine into the interior of your eyes with scientific precision. We are outfitted to give to your eyes the scien- tific examination that they should receive. We will discover your eye defects, and fit you with glasses to remedy your vision. M A.LEgsE OPrchL@; OPTOMETRISTS ST W