Evening Star Newspaper, January 27, 1922, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1922. 3’ BRANCH LIBRARIES PLAN APPROVED . .. Recitations Contribute to Interest of Seventh and Eighth Grades of The Star’s Essay Contest. Described by Dr. Bowerman as Assuring Best Facilities L for D. C. Citizens. The comprehensive plan for branch library development approved last ‘week by the board of education was adopted by the board of library trus- tees at their regular meeting yes- terday afternoon. The basis of this plan was a report made by the pub- lio librarian i 1917 to the District Commissioners and then approved in principle by the Commissioners, the ltbrary board and the school board. Details have been worked out and the plan perfected recently through conferences between the superintend- ent of schools and the librarian. The purpose of the plan, according to Dr. George F. Bowerman, is to in- sure the best library facilities for all ¢ citizens of the District of Columbia at the least cost. Total of Seven Branches Proposed. To this end the proposal contem- plates the erection of a total of seven branches in separate bulldings, in- cluding one now in operation, the southeastern branch to be built im- mediately and five others. All fi ture branches will be located in con- gested portions of the District. These separate branch libraries will be supplemented by a series of branches, subbranches and stations in public schools to serve sparsely populated sections of the suburbs. Dr. Bowerman believes a popula- tion of 30,000 to 75,000 should be re- quired to justify the erection of a separate branch library building. Ap- plications for a library in a separate building probably will not hereafter be entertained by the board of trus- tees unless the community filing the application has an approximate popu- lation of 30,000 On the other hand, Dr. Bowerman pointed out, all smaller communities will, when this plan is put into oper- ation, be satisfactorily served through branches, subbranches and stations housed in school buildings. These library centers have been lo- cated in the plan to form a series covering the whole area of the Dis- trict. nificance,” teachers at this school. pearing dally in The Star. Describing the Toner, ‘an_eighth grade Star, tion. in my class to keep up the brary Employes. federal government doing Centers of Three Types. They are of three types. Ten branches will have their own book stocks and staffs and will be onen] during school hours, afternoons and evenings. Nine subbranches will be conducted by the staffs of neighbor- ing branches. They will have small permanent collections of books, which will be augmented by loans from the central library or — neighboring ‘branches. to suit the needs of the community. Some will be operated in groups with alternate service. Eight will be sta- tions with smaller, collections, open once or twice weekly. crease in their pay. work _performe these libraries, it is pointed out, eliminates the expense of separate Leating _plants and separate janitors and utilizes the minimum requisite space. Dr. Bowerman pointed out that, as the act of Congress creating the local Public Library declares it to be a “supplement of the public edu- cational system of the District,” it s appropriate that there should be a Jarge expansion of its service through the use of school buildings as library centers. —_— INJURED IN AUTO CRASH. ed that— make ends meet. tors’ bills, ete. medicines, out of their salaries; in actual debt. tion bill, Machine Overturns. John Devereux, son of Maj. Ryan Devereux of Bradley lane, was slight- 1y cut when the car in which he was riding out to Chevy Chase yesterday overturred at Albermarle street and Connecticut avenue, Running north, another automobile approached from the south, and, speeding past him, cut in front of him into Albermarle street, forcing him to turn sharply, Mr. Devereux declared. % His car turned over down a hill about twelve feet, landing against a tree._The car was badly damaged, but Mr. Devereaux, who was in the car alone, managed to extricate himself. The police are investigating. work, was enacted hangs fire. —_— bureau of ordnanc the U. S. S. Cormorant. Capt. Magnus J. Mpyres, this city, Introducing the “Flapper” Pump ATENT leather or Black Satin. Modified short Vamp and low cov- ered heel. Broad Instep-strap, with large side Buckles. One of many new Spring fashions we are now fea- turing at— & "“"I". Included are striking new originations in one, two and three strap effects of Patent Leather, Black Suede and Black Satin. Trim- med with fancy Buttons or Buckles. Low, medium or high Louis heels. Also new tan- Broguish Oxfords for street wear—straight or wing tips. - Unusual styles—unusually good qualities, too—for $5.95 pair, s Proceedings of the arms conference ject chosen by The Star, are being followed closely by the pupils of the seventh and elghth grades of the West School, who are planning to enter The Star's $1,000 prize essdy contest on the subject, ‘The Arms Conference and Its Sig- it was sald today by For their in- formation the pupils rely almost en- tirely on the concise summary of the conference developments, which is ap- interest of her puplls in the contest, Miss C. E. eacher at the West School, said that “each day the childrén read the summarized { procecdings of the conference in The in_addition to using various other legitimate sources of informa- Some days I have recitatioris of the pupils in the conference. When the parley adjourns, Toner said, she intends to have per pupils write compositions on the sub- CANNOT NAKEENDS MNEET ONTHEIRPAY Facts Revealed Regarding | Hattiesburg, Miss., Firm Vic- tim When Bandits Lock Salaries of Public Li- The salaries of the employes of the District government are scaled about 30 per cent lower than those of the similar work in the District of Columbja, ac- cording to statements by District em- ployes, yet the pending District ap- propriation bill for the next fiscal year makes no provision for an in- The salaries paid employes in the Public. Library of the District are among the lowest in view of the Many of the em- ployes of the library, after prepara- Services will be arranged | tion for their work and years of training, find it impossible to make ends meet on the salaries paid them. Sqme of them have to do their own housework, laundry and dress-mak- '"\g. and this in addition to the hours The use of the school hours for!of work they put in at the library. l A recent survey of the staff show- (1) 50 per cent of the Public Li- brary employes had dependents persons partially dependent on them. (2) 68 per cent were forced to extra work, or to receive help in order IDI (3) 11 pe¥ cent only had any pro- vision for emergencies, such as doc- dental work, (4) Such as had illness were forced to borrow money, and are carrying it as a debt they are unable to meet ; 38 per cent are The employes of the library feel Son of Maj. Devereux Cut When | that if the long-awaited reclassifica- designed to provide fair salaries and equal pay for equal into law they would be much benefited. This leg- islation has been promised by Con- gress for several years, but it still GOES TO U. 5. S. CORMORANT. Lieut. George G. Robertson of the Navy Department, has been assigned to the commind of ASSIGNED TO WALTER REED. Medlcal Corps, at_the Army Medical School, has been ordered to Walter Reed General Hospital for duty. |ARMS PROCEEDINGS CLOSELY . FOLLOWED AT WEST SCHOOL and Star's contest. petitive contest. everything possible to keep up conference. “I believ ence.” test, it is emphasized, will be Meantime be explained. settled in the committee meetings Miss | doubtedly will furnish material Star's contest.are going to write. Night Clerk in Closet. By the Associated Press. HATTIESBURG, Miss, January while he was locked in a closet, bandits opened the safe, stocks and bonds valued by Mr. rault at $180,000. the stock and bonds were negoti not listed could not be replaced. Hattiesburg men, was carried and with building. Heard Car Drive Up. the arrangements of or Bishop, said, describing up to and stopping at the main trance of the building. went to the front door to get it them, he stated. | walking back toward the rear the building through the drive ing to meet the men through } side door: him with pistols, ordering “Throw up your hands!” Bishop then was forced to open him he was ordered to open the safe. declared he did not know the com- then placed him in a closet, saying they would bination. The robbers open the safe. The telephone wire: ing were found cut toda: Lieut. William Granat ton navy yard and at the naval proving grounds, In Head, Md. “Sl}ort Lines™ Women's Shoes | - $2.95 | "OMEN’S Boots, Pumps, Strap Ef- fects and Oxfords —re- maining from this sea- son’s $5 to $10 lines that have sold down to a few pairs of a kind. This sensational event ends Saturday night. You may be lucky enough to find just exactly .the sort of a shoe you have had in mind. If we can fit you, you will save from one- half to three-quarters of their worth; Boys* and Girls’ - School Shoes $2.05 'A THOUSAND pairs of good looking, excel- lent wearing School Shoes for boys and girls now on sale at $295. Tans and browns with good leather soles and rubber heels, Plenty of all sizes. And the same grade shoes that sold at the height of the season at $3.95 and $4.45 —now$2.95. All sizes for : ixrls gng mislszes, to 2. oys’ sizes, 12 to and 4 to 5%. Some anéel best of these will be entered in The Some of her pupils, she said, are very modest about sub- mitting their compositions in a com- Miss Toner said that she was dolr;lg the| 7. intesest of her pupils jn the arms " she said, “that it is a civic and patriotic duty to have the children take as much interest as possible in the confer- nounced later, as it will depend upon the adjournment of the conference. the contestants are urged to keep in close touch with the daily developments at the parley, in order to thoroughly familiarize themselves with the problems under discussion. A plenary session of the conference will-be held soon, at which questions adjusted in committee meetings will Some of the problems the compositions the essayists in The MASKED MEN R0B SAFE OF §180,000 —Held up early this morning by two masked white men with revolvers, Grady Bishop, night man at the E. E. Girault Motor Company, was forced to open the cash register, and then, pried open the inner doors and escapel with cash, The robbery occurred at about 2:30 this morning. Mr. Girault, interviewed this morning, said that while none of he was afraid that some which were Police officials were of the opinion that the robbery, if not committed b; by someone thoroughly familiar with the situation of the company’s offices pBishop, who is a brother of Judgo robbery, that he heard a car coming He thought it was some one after gasoline and As he went out he heard them He then re-entered the office, intend- As he opened th side door the two men met him and covered cash register and seven or eight dol- lars were taken by the robbers. Then to the build- LIEUT. GRANAT DETACHED. has been detached from duty at the Washing- ssigned to duty on the ‘The date for the closing of the con- an- un- for EXPERT MAKES SUGGESTIONS FOR FIGHT AGAINST INFLUENZA in treatment of its professor of the following “How to Meet Influenza”: 1. Eat'an abundance of good food. 2. Bxercise In the open air daily. 3. Sleep amply and regularly. 4. Drink an abundance of water easch morning before eating. 6. Avoid all excesse Remember that Gargle night and morning es. you may be the next victim of the disease: The Washington Misslonary Col- lege at Takoma Park had ususual . succe dents during the 1918 epidemic of influenza, and through Dr. E. G. Salishury, ‘hyglene, offe gestlons to tie readers of The Star stu- chila sug- with some good throat disinfectant. 8. Keep the digestive tract free. 9. If the face becomes flushed and a fever sets in, go home that same hour, take a rapidly acting physic and go to bed. 10. Do not leave the bed to ex- pose yourself in the least. 11. Eat nothing except by order of a physician. 12. Drink plenty of water. 13. Stay In bed in this way until the fever goes down, and at least thirty-six hours after you feel that you are well and are anxious to get up. 14. Remember that you have had the influenzs and for several weeks protect yourself. The evil results usually come from attendant com- 1le:fi!.lfln! rather than the disease tself. . HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES |TRADING AND PURCHASE TOLD OF OBLIGATIONS | OF B/ALL PLAYERS, TOPIC Year Business Course. School at the midyear epresentative Beggz Speaks at Commencement Exercises of Two- America is the land of opportunity “and you have the choice of working your own way to the end or sitting down and letting some one else work your way for you James T. Begg of Ohio, told of the two-year class of High Representative com- mencement exercises last night at the school. e Grifith Gives to Kiwanis Club “Inside Dope” on Way Game Is Run. The element of chance that enters in the trading and purchasing of ball players was explained by Clark Grif- fith, president of the Washington g'r;adilmte: base ball club before the members of |room of the hotelry, and from thence usines: | the Kiwanis Club at the Hotel ‘Wash- ington yesterday afternoon. Mr. Grifi'h was one of the three member speakers to address the “The world and your parents have|meeting, and delighted his auditors made an investment in you in giving you a high school education,” said Representative Begg. “It is now up to you to go out and earn the interest on that investment,” Diplomas forty- Baker, were ~presented t of education, presided. Allan Davis, announced thas jalso the Gi- ble, out the ar, the en- for of ay. the to the He an Gladys Richard Mrs. president of ' preside. The fi to be th gram for the affair is being arranged by a committee headed by Capt. Ed- ward O’Connor. Other members of the committee Gates, attainments: were made to the following Carl Simpson Howard L. Hodgkins, —_— FIREFIGHTERS’ DANCE. Capt. Edward 0’Connor Musical Committee. The second annual entartainment and dance of the City Firefighters' Association will be held in the Elks' Hall on H street between 9th and 10th, Tuesday night, at 8:15 o'clock. remen have invited their friends r guests. A musical Lieut. C. C. ‘Woltz, J. D. Su Frank Nesline, C. L. Satterfield, g H. Garrick and John Albers. PRESIDENT NAMES CADET. The President has appointed_John :%"Kflm egan, Quartermaster Corps, U. S. A., at Fort McPherson. Ga. a Cae large at the son of Lieut. Col. lilitary. Academ: ANNUAL CLEARANCE Hess High Shoes Every pair of High Shoes in stock goes into the school board, will Heads o the Susie grad- juates of the two-year course, who are continuing for the four- 4 ear course. Walter Cohn, Engel, Anna M. Clarke, Constance Logle a Norma Wolf. S The commencement exercises for the four-year graduating class will be held at the school tonight at 8 o'clock. acting 1 pro- 1livan J James a cadet at the sale—none reserved: All $7.50 and $8.00 Grades $5.85 | $6.85 All $10, $10.50 and $11 Grades N. HESS’ SONS 931 Pa. Ave. N.W. A Two-Pants Special | Worth Buying SILK-WORSTED - 2-PANTS SUITS $24.75 - Regular three-button model. Will appeal especially to conservative dressers. Other Two-Pants Suits at $29.75 and $34.75 with “inside dope” on how ball clubs are run. Frank C. Steward bf the Steward Business College and _Postmaster Merritt O. Chance were the others to speak, and both produced interesting ‘°‘,‘;J..§:§'€“ff ll;}:; (1’3:-':1‘;‘::11".{““"5 concerning the businesses with : on | whi e Palkeriapresiuent ror, the’ Fens | which they are identified. Mr. Chance Root. Rhodes, member of the board [gave some startling statistics, show- ing the immensity of the job of han- dling the city’'s mail. He continued principal of Business,|his plea for the citizens of Washing- the following gradu- ates had received medals for unusual scholarship William B, Harmon, Benjamin Moss, Elsie Dreschler, Regina Lavezzo and Scholarship awards ton to mail carly. John A. O'Rourke, chairman of the entertainment com- mittee, introduced the speakers. Charles F. Roberts presided, and an- |nounced that Harry E. Karr, inter- Inational president of Kiwanis, was seriously ill. Lewis F. Miller of Toledo and Harry B. Kerr split on a 50-50 basis for the prizes awarded for the handsomest and homeliest guests present. —_—————— TAKE UP SCHOOL NEEDS. Takoma Park Committee Members Hold Special Meeting. A meeting of the educational com- mittee of the Takoma Park Cltizens' Association is being held this after- noon at 3 o'clock in the Maryland Public School, for the purpose of dis- cussing the needs for improved school facilities on the Maryland side of the line. At the special meeting of the Takoma Citizens’ Association Monda; night it was voted to take imme- diate steps for a more modern build- ! ing, with suitable playgrounds adjoin- ing. It is the intention of the re: dents on the Maryland side to pre- sent the needs to the school board of Montgomery county, with a reques for carly action. At 8 o'clock tonight a meeting will be held in the Takema Presbyterian Church, under the auspices of the conference committee on playgrounds of Takoma Park, to discuss the play- ground situation in that suburb. The principal speaker will be Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, who has devoted con- siderable time to the playgrounds of the National Capital. be community singing, movies and speakers from the Takoma Park Citi- zens' Assoclation and officials of the All $8.50, $9.00 and $9.50 Grades All $12, $12.50, $13 and $13.50 Grades i There also will | BY WILLIAM Dear Folks:— I've weighed-in at many enjoyable entertainments in my comparative short span, but can't recall one that surpassed the stoopendous blowout staged by the Rotary Club of Wash- ington up to the New Willard Hotel last night, when the ladies of the organization, wives daughters and sweethearts of the members, were | told right out loud how much they ‘was thought of for the splendid work they done at the recent Rotary Kid- dies’ Christmas Party! Preparations for the affair had been under way for nigh on to six weeks, and when, at 7 o'clock sharp, President Charlie Semmes blowed the whistle, which meant the big doin's was on, fully 500 persons had congregated in the large ball- onwards action run fast! Ed Droop Reads Pome. There was more'n one heart throb recorded when Ed Droop, mounted the rostrum and read a pome from Rotarian Bill Gude, who's recuper- tin' on account of a bad accident. “Bill's Lament” was the title of the work, and it brought down the hous Immediately following this, Mrs. Phil Herrmann, on behalf of the wim- min folks of Rotary was escorted to the platform, and in a corkin’ good address presented the club with a beeee-utiful silk banner, just to show that the female of the species was as enthusiastic as the mal. More voci- ferousness! The excitement musta been too} much for President Semmes, for right at this juncture he relinquished the ireins of toastmaster to Frank R. Shipe, general chairman, and from then to the finish the genial Francois presided. Room Filled With Balloons. I In quick rotation Mrs. Fred Lincoln presented Mrs. Semmes with flowe: “for being the wife of our president, and Edwin C. Graham, the popular president of the City Club, got a see- gar for havin’ just become a grandpa! In the middle of these proceedin's five huge boxes attached to the ceilin’ give way, and the room was filled with col- ored balloons! Neat work! But the assemblage had hardly_got it's breath, when up hops our old friend, J. Harry Cunningham, to ! make a complaint! Harry hadn’t been feelin’ well all day, and as something he eat must have made what ailed him worse, he started to bellow about the service of the hotel! Cries of “Shame!” “Put him out,” burst from the bleachers—I mean platform—but after reconsideration the abjector {was permitted to talk, which didn't help his case! Even the waiters re- d the complaint, walked out, and sn't until Samuel Gompers had onsulted was the disturbance the entertainment got Dry Raid Successful. Followin' close on the heels of this ruther unpleasant happenin’, the guests were thrown into another fit when a big burly police cop rushed | $9.95 Navy, oxford, maroon and brown. V neck and| shawl collar sweaters. All-Wool |Bargains In es, ¥ brown or gray, Z-clasp style, ece-lined; all sizes. “STOOPENDOUS BLOWOUT" | ; STAGED BY ROTARY CLUB Dopey Dan Writes Up Dry Raid, Punch Bowl Mystery and Other Stirring Events at the Willard. IN i 1316 132 H. CLAGETT. into the room. snifted a bit, and finally snitched William Knowles Cooper for violation of the Volstead enforcement law—William Knowles was caught red-handed with a cute little half-pint restin’ on his hip! Attorney Joe Sullivan immediately took Mister Cooper's case in hand, and after a masterly address on it bein’ unlawful to search without warrant, convinced the joory that his client was within his_rights, and Henry Brewood was summoned to eject the majesty of the law! The half pint was consumed in the turmoil! Somebody remembered that Past President Charles J. O.Neill was cele- bratin’ his silver weddin’ anniversary at this point, and he was hustled to tho front and presented with a_token! Blushes and thanks from the Missus! Finds Stolen Punch Bowl. Col. Leroy Herron then sent a thriil through the hall by dramatically an- nouncin’ he'd discovered the punch bowl took out of Dan Callahan’s home When the house had been rob- bed, and. after detailly’ nis sleuth work, handed over to the president of the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company one of the best little pans put out by the five-and- It had a ship on it, too! Roland Robbins, as per usual, whis- tled for attention and, after a few brief ree-marks, presented Miss Mae Eleanor Ball and her brother, playin® this week at Keith's ter, and accompanied by Looey Atwell at the piano. The musicians dee-lighted the audience. Georgle O'Connor, with Matt Horn, followed and done as always, which means no comment! But when Robert Lawrence, com- munity singin’ leader, accompanied by Miss Helen Burkhart, jumped in the spot. I do wish you all coulda been there! Mister Lawrence didn't take a minute when he had the whole outfit singin’ old songs as they'd CALLCONFERENCE OND.C.AUDITORIUM Promoters of New Cofiveny tion Hall Will Meet and Start Drive for Funds. | Robert N. Harper, chalrman, and Charles J. Columbus, secretary, of the Washington auditorium organizatiop committee, today issued a call to memj- bers of the committee and captains of ‘Washington auditorium teams to ub present at a meeting of the committes to be held in the cabinet room of the New Willard Hotel, Tuesday nigh January 31, at § o'clock. Immediately after the meeting, it said, the drive for funds through sale of stocks and bonds, will officially launched. A definite policy and plan_to pursued by the members will be m.? lined, including the selection, withou$ " interference or competition by any ::2 else, of tie names of Washingtonia: from which subscriptions will solicited. § It was also announced by Mr. Colum: bus that the selection of the site had been consummated, a deposit had beem made and only the title details, which he believes are sound, remain to be cleared aw Chairman Harper Outlines Plans. In his letter to the captains of thb auditorium teams, Chairman Harper gave a brief outline of the plans for tap convention hall as follows: : “The auditorium proper will be oné wh including_gallery, will a seating capacity of about . It will be attractively dec orated on the interior, with an ups to-date and commodious stage, with dressing_rooms, scenery lofts and vi The acoustics of this room be given particular attention, and if within financial reach an ams plifier will be installed, as well as an organ for concert purposes. Both floors will be on level constructiom 80 they can be used for limitless pur= poses.” The stage will be arranged so that any one sitting in the auditoriurg will have a full and complete view of all sections of it. “The front part of the building will never been sung before, and, includin’ the exercise that went with th renditions, the act was by far one of the best of the meetin'! Oodles of Kleagles Present. This over, the dim was soused, and much to the surprise of all present a detachment of Ku Klux Klanners broke into the peaceful crowd, and twitches was most perceptible! Old Mister Im- perial Wizard, two ot three Gran Gob- lins, oodles of Kleagles and other high officials of the order snooped around the inclosure, finally snitched poor little George Harris, the club's secretary, and what they done to him was too tragic to write about! The skit was well staged, and won treemendous applaus Words by Kernel Fred C laimed by the afesaid * "Neill, with Bill Roberts as Galloping Goblet. Some galloper! Harry “Honeyboy" Evans brought the entertainment program to a close with a nifty song dedicated to President Semmes, after which all present settled themselves and prepared for the drawin’ of presents, which were most attractive an’ worthwhil Special bokays was tossed at George ‘Whitweli and Beverly Smith for services rendered! Congratulations to the committee in charge is sure in order! I thank you. DOPEY DAN. KA CORPORAT ED Suits Old cus- tomers have bought again and many new ones were made on these great values. o Suits —in serges, cassimeres, flanne]s and worsteds, in single and double breasted models, for regulars and stouts, in sizes 33 to 46. Overcoats —in half and full belted models, as well as conser- vative and form-fitting styles. shades in sizes 33 to 46. Big Purchase and Great Sale of Famous Walton Boys’ Tan Shoes * ‘Good solid, refiable lace shoes know will wear and made with Heels on mo(zli:e:l lpi;g.lisl; last. _Sizes 12 to a3 Big Lot of Men’s Shoes at Clearance sale of misses’, children's, boys® and youths' $ Stylish Apparel For Thrifty Women! ALL-WOOL WOMEN'S SUITS M| Fine lity French men's ‘wear serges h- e BE §] 608 serviceable styles and silk lined. Broken sises. Al A wonderful lot of fine All-wool Suits, of ;l:lld‘l MAN 4.7% ST.N.W. MAN, SIR! THIS SALE IS GOING! Values to $30. All the wanted be three stories above the ground. Off the first floor there will be an ample lobby with checking rooms and other modern_conveniences necessary for & place of this kind. The upper floors will be divided into rooms of various sizes for committee purpose “In the auditorium lobby there will be erected a bronze tablet bearing the names of every one who sub scribes to_the stocks and bonds. Thil ill be a lasting memorial to all subs scribers for assistance on their pa: in a public movement of great benefit to the nation’s capital and its busis ness interests. 7 “The building will be attractivé from an architectural standpoint, and 1am sure will meet with the approval of the fine arts commission as ans other Washington attraction. 3 “I am confident that every one hava ing a financial interest in this build} ing will be proud of his or her pa: in making possible this greatly nee: ed structure for commercial Was ington.” ARMY MEN RESIGN. : Resignations of First Lieuts All. 1 F. Reif, and Robert M. Springer, L. Infantry, have been accepted by President. = the Men’s Pants $9.95 Sturdy wearing pants for _dress and work. Sizes 29 to 44 waist 0’Coats $ 9.75 Values to $35. that. you~ Rubber $2.45 1.95. ! SILK PLUSH & WOOL COATS Unmistakable taialot ot ] 90 A vt Hea -wool hm':finm tall Tancs pockets. A0 sisen up to ‘brown, black.