Evening Star Newspaper, July 9, 1922, Page 36

Thero are many indoor as well 88 ®utdoor sports once monopolized by men and boys that women and girls are now taking up extensively—in some cases too extensively—to do themselves or anybody else any good- One of the indoor variety which we have especially in mind is cigarette smoking. Thé old tradition of the girl, the box of bonbons and moon- light, is one of the prettiest, “sweet- est” pictures that many of the.pre: ent generation have in thelr memory gallery. The new version of the girl, the cigarette and the parked roadster, is neither as artistic nor as in- triguing. There has been no little trouble in local high schools, as well as elsewhere, in keeping flappers from smoking during and after school. ot course, i she really wants to do it, thers is no law against a girl's smok- ing her head oft when she is on ter- ritory the proprietors of which will tolerate it. But the point is that, at heart, so few girls really want to do it or enjoy the taste of the Btinging smoke. As far as being used.in place of perfume, the cigearette is certainly wuch the cheaper odor, but it little fits the girlish, frilly summer frocks, and it certainly gives no individuality to the girl as a dainty, elusive scent does. Noted beauties of history who were acclaimed far and wide as charmers of men never smoked in their moments of charming. and even in the sordid vampire movies, which have just passed into the discard of the public mental trash heap, you will remember that few of them smoked until after they had their man well ensnared. They generally reserved the cigarette and the indif- ferent eyvebrow for the scene with the beautiful little deserted ingenue wife. We found some -very interesting passages in_an old history of the social art of smoking which shows that the flapper is not the Columbus of - smoking for women that she thinks she is. A minister by the name of Rev. Giles Moore, rector of Horsted Keynes, Sussex, made a note in his journal and account book of 1665 of “Tobacco for my wife, three pence.” Another seventeenth cen- tury matrom, the second wife of Isaac Appleton of Buckman Vall, Norfolk, in writing to her husband at Grayes Inn, says: “I have done all the to- bakere vou left mee; 1 pray send mee a some angelleco ceedd and sum cerret sed.” Thislady, couldn’t evidently spell any better than the average flapper of today, signs herself “your afextinat wife." i Yet women have, as a majorit never liked smoking either for them- selves or their men-folks, because they have never cared for the odor. Probably no woman who has smoked has reaily enjoyed her first cigarette, but has cultivated a penchant for this vice just as she has cultivated a taste for olives, and often for the same reason—to appear congenial, obliging and a good sport. It is also doubtful if most boys could frankly say that they enjoyed their first smoke taken out in the barn or in the cellar, where their mothers wouldn't find them out. They doubtless did enjoy, however, the sensation of doing something grown men did and doing it on the aly. p Queen Elizabeth did not like smok- ing. She became So sick after taking the first few whiffs of a pipe sent her as a gift that she made her gig- gling ladies-in-waiting all smoke, too, in punishment for their undue levity at_her plight. Also, Queen Victoria did not care for smoking or approve it for ladies. Even the men had to fight for a place to smoke In in the early days, and the great Charles Dickens admitted that he smoked ‘when by himself.” Few houses had smoking rooms and the gentlemen at a house party had to get as far from the drawing rooms as possible when indulging. Historical instances show that it was quite customary for them to adjourn to the kitchen or stables in order to smoke and not offend the ladies. s A very old copy of Punch (In 1857) contains a sketch showing a gentle- man of smoking tastes giving a little dinner in the absence of friend wife. Beside him sits his small son and on either side of the table are two of gust on her face. is the way of small boys, remarks: “Lor! Pa, are you going to smoke? My eve, won't you catch it when ma comes home for making the curtains smell!” And nowadays it is the men who are grumbling because the girls and women are smoking openly just as the men do. My, but it's a funny world, isn't it? D. C.Girls at_P;ztley Of Friendship Clubs A conference Is being held at Camp Nepahwin, Canton, Pa, by the dif- ferent Friendship clubs of Girl Re- serves of the Y. W. C. A. from this mection of. the country. Delegates from the Washington high school are Olyve Barbee, from Tech: Ruth Car- penter and Ella April, from Eastern; Alice Willlams, from Central; Mar- jorie Smith and Martha Magatee, from Western. Mrs. Harris Baldwin, who 13 the leader of the Friendship Club at Business High School, is act- ing as chaperon. The conference theme is “to widen the reach of our love, to deepen our thinking, gift bearers all.” The Washington delegation is par- ticularly honored at the conference by having charge of the preliminary work for the discussion on personal standards of the girl reserves in high schools. The president of the Washington High School Cogmell of Girl Reserves, Miss Alice Willlams, will lead the discussion. Persona standards include such subjects as dress, honor, finance, health, and the 1/ reserve spirit, which was de- ned at the conference last summer as “the spirit which creates habits and ideals of health, knowledge, de- pendability, Godliness, comradeship, cheerfulness and service. Other discussions to be held during the council hour will be social serv ice, social, world fellowship and mem- bership. Camp Nepahwin is situated in the mountalns on the edge of Nepahwin lake. The delegates will participate in athletics, swimming and hiking and regular camp activi- ties while attending the conferenc: The conference closes July 10. Camp Bmd]e_y—flcn To 103 Girl Scouts The Girl Scout camp at Camp Brad- ley, near Edgewood Arsenal, will be swarming with little Girl Scouts this week, for the total enroliment for the week is 103, only twenty-nine of whom are to be there for the first time this summer. The week-old veterans will probably be of great assistance in making the new-comers feel at home. The scouts are all most enthusiastic and enjoyed some peppy ceremonies on the glorious Fourth in spite of the gloomy weather. There are over fifty littls girly who have arranged to attend the camp during the sunmer who are not yet seout. members, but expect to take their tésts when the troops resume their regular meetings In the fall. ,Conauctecl by Helen H. Fetter. IBRARIAN JOBS. Books Offer Many Excellent Opportunities for Girls. The profession of llbrarian is one which appeals to many girls who are real book lovers. In itself it is & very interesting vocation and it Is also an excellent traiping and back- ground for many other professions to Which it may prove a stepping stone. It offers invaluable training in re- search work and detailed reference facilities, as well as proving a fascl- nating kind of work for those who are of an extremely systematic turn of mind and to whom the cata- loguing work has great appeal. This latter work is really the technical side of library work and ability along such lines is & necessity to one who would make library work the prime aim of her career. There are many opportunities out- side the public libraries for girls and omen trained in this profession. Nearly every man of any wealth has & large library to be catalogued and constantly kept in shape. Some of these private libraries contain price- lTess treasures in the way of old and rare editions, valuable {lliminated texts, etc. Every school district, and often every school building, has need of an intelligent librarian, and all the high schools and still higher institu- tions of learning, such as colleges and universities, have libraries. There i8 a wide fleld for the.librarian who is of a missionary spirit and would help » 1 MISS M. A. GILKIE. the public develop a taste for stand- ard and virile literature in the public libraries and the little branch libra- ries connected with book stores and drug stores,” where books are circu- lated till their titles are dimmed and their backs broken. Many Openings Here. In Washington there are many openings in the various government departments for librarians, as nearly every department has its own library, which is often composed mainly of valuable records along highly special- ized ‘lines. The State Department library has copies of all kinds of books on treaties. international prob- lems, political economy, etc. Work in this library would ‘be excellent training for one who wished to ac- quire an extensive study along these lines. The Army Medical Library and the Public Health Service Library specialize In works along medical lines. The library of the bireau of education specializes in books dealing with that subject in its many inter- esting phases. The patent office, the Navy Department, the War Depart- ment and many others have splendid collections of books on thelr particu- lar subjects. These just suggest the widespread possibilities for the girl who wishes to specialize in some pa: iticular line other than library work, !but for which detailed reference and research work is a necessary pre- liminary. Until recently library work, like teaching, has been a much underpaid profession. It is becoming more and more appreciated as a real profession, however, and the pay 1s being raised in many of the municipal and private institutions for those so employed. Before the war the pay of librarians in the National Library of Congress. was considered very good, but with the new standards established since the war it i8 now much lower than that offered librarians in many other places, and consequently there have been many vacancies in important posts in the Congressional Library during the last year. It is hoped that Congress may make the nece: sary appropriations soon to increase the pay of these employes, who are splendidly trained, college graduates in many cases, and who have to have the necessities of life now as much a3 they needed them before the war. ‘Third Largest Libzary. The Library of Congress the third largest library in the world. The British Museum {s first and the Bib- lioteque Nationale in Paris is second. It is really a great homor to work in the national library, as work done there is recognized of very high anding not only in this country but all over the world. At present there are over 200 girls and women em- ployed a® assistant librarians in the Congressional Library. There are ninety-one women in the catalogue division alone, forming by far the greater part of the personnel of this very important division in the n: H,onl{"lll‘irlr{‘.. A woman, Miss Je: sica Louise Farmham, is secretary of the library. oreiary: Among the many tralfed women in the Library of Congress is Miss M. A. Gilkie, who has been connected with the catalogue division since August 1, 1898. She is a New England woman. She went to high school in Water- town, Mass., and then entered Welle: ley College. After completing her studies there she went to Paris for further study and traveled extensively in Europe. She began her library experience in the Boston Public Li- brary and the Boston Athenaeum Li- brary under Mr. Charles A. Cutter. Then, after thres years’ experience cataloguer and classifier at the Me; cantile Library in St. Louls and three years as librarian of the Washington City Free Library, Miss Gilkie came to her present position in the Con- gressional Library. She has been in the national library fox twenty-four years and does some reference work as well as cataloguin, In regard to opportunities for women in this pro- fession Miss Gilkie says: Demand Imcreasing. *“The demand for trained workers in libraries, business houses, biblio- graphical socleties— and insti- tutions is rapidly increasing. Wide general information, good health, an alert mind and an aptitude, for hard work -are invaluable assets damental for ‘success and advanc ment in the work. A college degree or its equivalent .in.reading, travel and varied experience are more and more recognized as necessary. This does mot mean, of course, that no d library work has been done with , but standards are constantly be- ing raised and' the beést Ilibrary schools are now demanding the col- I degree for admission. “Far the reference work and cata- 1o uln, in a large library a know! oq'o French and German is essen- tial, and & knowledge of Italian, | How easy were the days of olden time When violets and roses twined thembelves Ahsu each And the elves And Boonlight jects uia ond Milady's eyobtow, took & m But now, how sadly has the fiapper changed “Tne Tortunes ‘of he humble, soinetesr! Bhe spares 10 pains to make it crystal clear That past the Violet stage her thoughts hav ranged. The fiapper's bobbed her long and gorgeous And eyebrows! ‘Why, they just aren't there. NAMES FOR GIRLS And What They Mean Isn't it funny how few, of us really satisfled with our names? And when it comes to nicknames—it's just terrible! Yet, surely, if 'some of us realized what nice meanings rather unattractive names had and what horrid meanings some of our most attractive-sounding names had, we would be reconciled to our own, pro- vided we were among the fortunate. Who wouldn't? For instance, take the name Ablgail. We havé snickered at it in derision, more or less, for the last few cen- turies, because we felt that this name typified the angular d type of old maid. In name is one of the most interesting a girl can have. It is of Arabic origin and was used extensively by the He- brew. Any girl might be glad to claim it, as it means “father's joy.” And, what girl doesn’t always lile to be in good standing with her father? The Abi- gail of the Bible was the wif favorite with early Englis| Marlow's famous tragedy, of Malta, had an Abigail heroine, and the star part of one of Beaumont and Fletcher's charming comedies was that of an Abigail. Then, too, Abby makes a rather cute nickname, doesn’t it? LIKE VIOLET GEM. Flappers Show Partiality for Amet}lysta. In the windows of the jewelry shops downtown and on flappers everywhere one sees amethysts. The popularity of the lovely purple stone is doubtless due to this season's flapper fad of having all the articles |y of one's apparel, even to the minutest detail, “match” or harmonize, and all shades of purple from palest orchid and lavender to deepest grape and plum tones are being favored this year. It used to be that purple was reserved for grandmama along with little black bonnets, quivering with Jet, that tied under the chin, and knitting ad infinitum. But now grandma has been ruthlessly shorn of her traditions by her flapper de- scendant and she is forced to attend the movies in white skirts, giddy sweaters, and gaily-flowered, tilted hats, while her sweet young grand- child in purple outfit, jet earrings, and the inevitable knitting swings up and down F street during the tea hour flirting and knitting. She does both at a furious rate of speed, yet never seems to drop either a glance or a stitch. We admit that there are many things which the flapper knows that her grandmother didn't, and doesn't know. We doubt, however, if the fapper does know that there is an added significance to the use of the amethyst during this time of prohibi- tion and bootleggers. The amethyst is supposed to have a great power as an antidote to drunkenne The theme is treated prettily in an early French legendary verse. The tale re- lates how Bacchus, whose peculiari- ties and gifts have become especially well known to all of us since prohi- bition descended upon our country was feeling rather offended and gen- erally neglected one morning after a gala night. He pettishly announced to all who were unfortunate enough to be in his employ that he should have the first person whom he met when taking his morning constitu- tional devoured by his cholce collec- tion of wild tigers. Fate willed it that this person should be a young and beautiful Greek flapper named Amethyst. was on her way to worship at D shrine. As she had never studied rhythmic dancing, she was no match for chus’ tigers, so she fled to Diant temple In trembling haste. The goddess pitled her and turned her iInto stone. - Bacchus was sorry when he saw the pure white stone malden, and in the depth of his re- pentance he poured a liberal supply of fermented. grape juice over the statue, thus giving the stone the beautiful violet hue that is the chief charm of the amethyst. Small Dance in Honor 0f Pennsylvania Girl Miss Helen Burke gave & small in- formal dance last evening in her home, on 16th street, in honor of Miss Susie Mitchell of Blossburg, Pa., who is visit- ing Miss Marceil Greenhalgh. Miss Greenhalgh entertained at tes Thurs- day afternoon in honor of her guest, who will remain with her for a fort- night. ——_—_“__———'—‘— Spanish, Latin and Greek 1a very valusble. All large libraries are be- coming more and more specialized and authoritative scholarship in some particular fleld of knowledge is essen- tial for the advanced bibllographical research, cataloguing and ordering of books where an expert knowledge of the literature of the subject and scholarly methods are required. College Degree le‘-lg!‘.lb e oldest and best known library Iglgol is the New York State Li- brary School at Albany, requiring the college degree for entrance. ther schools offering _ special library courses are: Pratt Institute, the New York Public. Library School, Simmons College, University of Illinols, Wis- consin Library School, Library School of * Atlanta, Ga., and the Library School connectéd with the University of Californi: These and many others demand either a college degree or an examination requiring the equivalent of at least two years’ collge work for entrance. , To give ‘an idea of the many spe- cialized branches posail in_library work itself, we list the divisions of the Co: ssional Library: Divl .bu e card divisk bllan slon, ca o dat -lo‘:‘:‘,’chulfluuon division, logue d.lfl:lon of documents, lggisiative ref- erence and law division, manuscript division, maps and charts division, music division, order division, divis- sion of periodical, prints, division, Semtic division, Smithsonian deposit, copyright office, library branch of the government printing office and iibrary and building and grounds di- vislol 1y ‘There are many opportunities for translators, reference specialists and jore, more op] t is, that s opportunit ooni mux offered in new tor 1il 2 . ¢ A Page for Girls: Flfippers fcmd Otherwise Y. W. CAST BUSY. Plans for Presentation of *Main Street” Meet Enthésiasm. The plans for “Main Street” the unique entertainment to be given on the evening of July'20 at the Blue Triangle House by the Y. W. C. A. are going forward with greay enthu slasm. Miss Grace Brames, chair- man of the council which has charge of the entire performance, says that the girls are taking hold of their re- sponsibilities for the different fea- tures of the entertainment in a highly satisfactory manner. The heads of the different oups which will be MISS GRACE BRAME, responsible for the first half of the program are: iss Pauline Lawson, the All-round Club, which has charge of the con- struction of realistic “general store” and also the artistic fitting out of a Japanese bazaar; Miss Winifred Staubley, Wohelo Club, in charge of the parcel post and letter grab-bag post office; Miss Aurelia Canaday, keka Club, in charge of an ice cream parlor; Miss Julia Boileau, Sunshine Club, to presept a typical corner dr tore, lolling Willie Bax- ters, etc. Bessie Chaney, Good Fellowship Club, candy store; Miss ary Landfair, Business Girls' Forum, as charge of peanut vende balloon man; Miss Mary Massengill, Commonweal Club, has charge of the fortune teller’s booth, and Miss Ethel Wakefleld, Top-Top Club, will act as traffic co; In all, over 100 girls will take part in the program. - The numbers for the second half of t given in “Main Stree "op'ry house” are not yet ready for announcing, but very interesting plans are being formulated. v Laf-a-lot Lodge was very popular last week in spite of the wet weather, it is alrerdy ‘“dated up" for a g |large part of the coming week. The Blue Triangle Swimming Club will have a party there Wednesday even- ing, the Girl Reserves will enjoy a day there on Thursday, and the Bur- rall Class will occupy the attractive little cabin on Thursday. There are also plans for over the week-end to accommodate many of the members of other clubs connected with the asso- ciation. Margaret BiTThird In Junior HOI’IOI’! Margaret Cordelia Bird, the’ little fourteen-year-old daughter of Repre- sentative and Mrs. Richard E. Bird, captured third place as an honor stu- dent in the class which just gradu- ated from the Columbia Junior High School. This was especially difficult for Margaret, and is the greater achievement because she was under the handicap of coming fro schools of Wichita, Kfilf. harmholl:: town, which, while having excellent, advanced methods, have very differ- ent methods from those employed in the Washington schools. Moreover, there were five students in the cl. e |Whose marks were very close. Ruth Buser, who won first place, and whose picture appeared on thi page a couple of weeks ago, had an average of 97; Emily Herzog was sec- ond, with 96.5; Margaret Bird thira, with 95.7, and Arthur Deming and Mildred Mattingly were fourth and fifth, with 95.5 and 94.6, respectively. Margaret had the highest mark of the class in Latin and her record throughout her school career in ‘Wichita is-an excellent one. She will probably leave Washington early next month to spend the summer in Kan- sas, but hopes to attend the Central High School upon her return to this city next winter. She expects to study business as well as academic subjects. Margaret read the class history at the commencement exer- c Artificially Waved Hair. An extraordinary number of ~my readers want wavy hair and few of them have the opportunity for any sort of permanent hair-waving process. It is 50 much quicker and easler to roll the hair around a hot iron or some of the patent curlers on the market. These methods may be qiicl they are always harmiess. & Mo 1:‘»‘:: drys the hair. even when it does not scorch or burn it directly off. Metal curlers break the hair, and in many cases are more harmful than a scorch- ing iron. The least harmtul of all curl- g methods is the most old-fashioned— soft kid curlers, or bits of muslin: raj around which the hair is wound. Thi old-fashioned method has an old-fash. ioned disadvantage—it takes time to produce a curl, though this disadvan- tage is more than compensated for by the fact that the curl will be soft and natural-looking. But even this method can be used too much. Continuously waved hair will not grow, short halira with split dry ends and a general untidy appearance will inevitably result. To be healthy the hair must get plenty of rest, and it cannot rest if it is constantly being pulled about and tortured into waves. Besides all this, wavy hair universally becoming. Some " faces are infinintely better 'when framed with a_soft mass of perfectly straight hair. . But the owners of these faces rarely agree. there are times when - irable. Sometimes when the hair s recently Wi Still 1tmp, ‘when th too olly or too dry little waving will help.. I only prof against its con- tinuous u: Constant Reader—A. girl of fourteen years wears her hair hanging over 'her shoulders in any simple fashion that is becoming to her style. Fritz—To cause the hair to grow ‘below the hair line, you should brush it in that directior and massage the part where you want this halr, usi a good toniq several time each week with the m: e N. X. R—If you take a drink of water when the stoma¢h is inclined to cause that rumbling it will often stop it; however, since this comes. lin‘-. t! l rvousness, - the -cure. will on! :‘lpfiod by improving the heal THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C and a | hi l l | JULY 9, 1 " BEAUTY IN CAPS.- - Helfi(én Gives Bathers Added Charm at the Beaches. Exceedingly numerous and Intense are the criticisms of mermaid flap- pers’ wearing apparel, yet somehow nobody ever bothers to criticize or even to notice her often very at- tractive bathing cap. I Wonder why? Few flappers who. take to swimming or beach adorning are without some more or less intriguing headgea ‘A'nd it is ususlly more rather than damp waves to excess flappers carefully protect their bobbed and curled heads with two caps. The un- der cap is one of those plebian affairs which can be found on heaped count- ers in any five-and-ten-cent store in blue, green or red. The top cap, how+ ever, is generally a work of real art, indigenous to nothing of lower mer- cantile rank than the utllitarian drug store. Surely If one were cast adrift on a | desert island containing absolutely | nothing but one normally equipped American drug store, one could live a long and happy life with little or nothing for which to want. There would be patent medicines from tooth pastes to liniments for all ailments, radiophones to help keep in touch with the world at large, bathing sults, eggs, fruits and syrups, alcohol stoves to cook on, catnip mice to t- tract any stray island pussies, a va- ried assortment of dog biscuit to please cannibal canines, cigars and perfumes galore. What more could any castaway, mermaid or man, de- sire? But to return to bathing caps. It is traditional to make them of rub- ber. The material, however, is con- sistently and defily concealed by clever manipulation.” Some caps are adorned with huge flapping rubber butterflies and some have coy pleated bows. Others seem completely cov- ered by fringed flowers of rubber, and still others have wildly exotic animals running around them in gaudy bands. We are all fairly well acquainted with the bathing hat that strongly resembles mother's—or shall we say grandma's?—favorite ple tin, covered by a shirred rubber fold and topped by a mushroom crown of the rubber. It is movable, like a lampshade, so that the flapper can change its slant from one side to the other to emphasize her most effective eye or what she considers the least freckled side of her nose. The price asked for some of the most_stylish bathing caps is terrify- ing, but one must admit that many of them are charming in design. Erte, the famous designer, has sketch- ed some unusually effective bathing caps in his latest collection of sum- mer ideas published in Harper's Bazar. One of them is a_combination of rubber and jet, which is shirred S0 that the flapper's shell-like ears may be uncovered to the sea air. It is claimed that this arrangement holds the cap on tighter and keeps the hair dry. One merely wonders how much water the mermaid is cal- culated on admitting into her head. No wonder some folks get water on the brain. Another of this artist's designs is a tightly fitting black cap with cute 1ittle fishes embroidered all over it To add a realistic touch, the whole cap, is covered by a green silk net of heavy cord, which gives the sugges- tion to one on shore that the flapper been fishing successfully—which is probably true. And then, when a girl poses her- self to the best effect on the beach, gracefully tosses her cap from her still curly and not too disarranged colffure and complains that “her hair got 2ll wet,” mere man wonders Wy she wore the cap. Whatever else a mermaid may or may not do, she never sticks her head in the sand. Wherefore the bathing cap. Mr.s. Stancell Hostess For Tennessee Guests Mrs. William M. Stancell entertained Thursday evening at her home, on Massachusetts avenue, in honor of Miss Mary Justice and Miss Mary Dicker- son of Wartrace, Tenn. Bridge-Luncheon Given, Mrs. P. L. McLain, Hostess Mrs. Percy L. McLain entertained at a small luncheon followed by bridge Friday afternoon at 2400 16th street, ‘when her guests were Mrs. Miles Poin- dexter, Mrs. Willlam Kahn, Mrs. Cush- man, Mrs. Gately, Mrs. Standifer, Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Durham. l LISTEN, WORLD! BY ELSIE ROBINSON. Grace and Ed have been engaged for eight years. They will doubtless be engaged for eight years more, or elghty—provided dear mamma lives. For dear mama dosen’t approve of Ed4, and Grace is far too dutiful a daughter to “break her mother's heart.” Not that dear mamma {s nolsy or brutal about her possibly broken heart. Nothing of the sort. Dear mamma {s really a_charming and most popular person. She never raises a rumpus. She tells Grace over, and over, and over, that she won't stand in her way a minute. Not a minute. But somehow, as she says It, she manages to convey the appealing S SHE A BLESSING OR A TSARNACLE ? widow with only one child—only one child for whom she has sacrificed all and that while she would try to be brave if deserted, very, very brave, nevertheless her ' foolish old heart fact that she is a widow, a frllll just can't seem to understend that children care nothing for their ents nowadays and would break in spite of her, although she probably wouldn’t be missed and every one knows she'd rather die than give her 1ing the least bit of trouble. all this she conveys, without WOr( in one patient, smiling sigh. nd Grace, whose code has been modeled on. the’ dogma that mother Tove is the.most beautiful thing on earth, puts aside her dream, has an- other little talk with Ed, and goes on, with her life growing grayer snd emptier eve;y ;hy. ‘Which same resignation has just about spiritual et beauty as though el gh ake- bit o death. ing youth excusing herself with a ulouu.':g T Capect -aftection, - deteramse " EL on, de: financial aid from Grace, bus ne rioig whatever to demand her life. If she truly loved she would let her claim her heritage of love and ex- filgne., Lwhcéth:r'hlhe 'l'uuroved" of or nof ut the on! loyes ts herself. * T er love e “most ful thing on earth” when it fl::l:g: sacrifices or imposes restrictions which nullify the natural and divi s only- ‘belntuu.l ‘wh t no right ne n 5 sy rl‘flm!ll It it gives and serves life, 2| po: m 922_PART 2. ' Musical Mention Concelved in the historic pageant and masque of St. Louls in 1914 and brought to fruition two years later when it was opened with a perform- ance of Shakespeare’s “As You Like It with Margaret Anglin, Robert Mantell and Frederick Lewis head- ing a distinguished cast, the St. Louis Municipal Theater, wth its eight weeks' alfresco light opera each summer, is a unique venture among American community. institutions, and in its magnificent success is an example that might well be emulated by clties the length and breadth of the land. This, the fourth season of the municipal opera, proves that its invasion of the fleld of jazz has been successful beyond the hopes of Its most sanguine promoters, and, it Is claimed that no other community movement in America has been at once sc democratic and so successful, both artistically and financially. Municipal opera in St. Louis pre- sents for eight weeks in the heated period each season the best light opera artists obtainable in a series| of standard light operas for the en- joyment of, sometimes, as many as 10,000 people. It has dlso proved financially profitable, but these profi- its must, under the charter of the Municipal Theater and tha city's laws, be devoted to improvements in the theater and to the upbuilding of its productions. Last year's profits of $24,000 were expended in the erec- tion of a new shelter pergoda and in the establishing of a free chorus school in which were trained the 237 St. Louis boys and girls from whom were chosen the present chorus of ninety voices. From this year's profits this school is to be geatly expanded, and it hoped to ultimately develop the tal ented youth of St. Louis until th have become accomplished artists T Municipal ple and 1,700 of these seats the remaining seats being disposed of at popular prices. Every seat ha an unobstructed view of the stage, which is the largest in America, and the surroundings ideal for an open-air auditorium. Huge oaks seventy feet high frame the pros- cenium arch and back of the stage runs the River des Peres, with a foot bridge crossing the stream to the dressing rooms and scenic studios hidden in the shrubbery beyond In 1919, the first season of municipal opera, the reportoire during the eight weeks included: “The Bohemfan Girl, he Mikado.” “Wizard of the and “The Chimes of Normandy, equally attractive works were given in 1920 and 1921 This year “The " “Sari,” The The and Springtime” will flll the eight weeka' seazon. St. Louis has so far this summer broken its own records in attendance at municipal opera, Victor Herbert's operetta, “Sweet- hearts,” establishing & new mark in figures for the second week of the opera season “Sari” this week and “The Yeoman of the Guard” next week are expected to fill the 9,270 seats at every performance. While financial and artistic success was necessarily the first objects of the promoters of municipal opera in St Louis, the management is already assured that it pays the biggest divi- dend in-its development of civic spirit, and that the summer opera there is the melting pot in which the races are fused in the spirit of enjoyment Your neighbor in the audience may be a member of one of those old French familles that founded the city, a German banker who divides his time between his own singing soclety and the opera, a millionaire American manufacturer or an Italian banan: peddler. None of these conditions seem to matter any more than at the great American game, “base ball The National Capital has just such company in “The Washing- organized, comducted and brought to success by Rollin Bopd ia its several productions during the past three years. Why, with proper encouragement from public-spirited citizens of the city and of the general public, could Washington not also be enjoying just such a season of whole- some pleasure? ‘The special musical services for the summer have been again inaugu- rated at the Church of the Covenant, and Miss Richie McLean, controlto, will be the soloist this evening, the preliminary program_ commencing at 7:46 o'clock, with Estelle Thomas, violinist; Richard Loreleberg, violon- cellist, and Claude Robeson, organist, also participating in the program. | Miss McLean will sing “The Voice in the Wilderness,” by Scott, and “Blessed God” (Ave Maria), by Luzzi. Mr. Lorleberg will play as solo “Air,’ by Pergolesi, and two trios for violin, ., " by Barthelmy, and “Andante Religios by Massenet, will complete the mus! cal portions of the service. The National Community Chorus will give its elghth monthly concert Tuesday evening at 8:15 in the Mount Vernon M. E. Church South. This will be the last of this season’s con- certs by the chorus, and a very at- tractive program has been arranged by the conductor, Charles Wengerd. No cards of admission are necessary. Miss Mildred Pidgeon, soprano of the choir at the Church of the Incar- nation, sang “O Perfect Love,” by Harry Burleigh, at the wedding of her sister, Miss Jane Pidgeon, Wed- nesday evening. She was accom- panied by Miss Helen Miller, who played also the wedding marche: Tuesday evening Miss Pidgeon wil sing for the radio program to be broadcasted from White, Boyer & Co. when her numbers will be “Fairy Tale,” by Silberta; “Stolen Fruit,” by Nutting.” and “I want to Do M: ‘Work Today.” by Mowbray. Emelie ‘Margaret White will be the accom- panist. Ay ‘Word has just been received here by Mrs. Henry White ffom Elsie Carleton Strang, who was for many years well known here soprano soloist of the Vermont A ue Chris: tian Church and of the Church of the Incarnation, of her removal to Rose- burg, Ore., where she will be soloist and choir director of the First Pres- byterian Church. . Strang leaving a similar position First Presbyterian Church of Med- ford, Ore. where she has made her home since her marriage several years ago, and where she has been most popular in musical circles. ‘Harlen Castle, tenor, will be the eoloist this morning at Ingram Con- gregational Church, and will sing “The Publican,” by Van de Water, with Mrs. Henry Hunt McKee at the an. or;ha ‘Mendelssohn Club of Philadel- phia, N. Lindsay Norden, conductor, announces its fourth prize composi- tlon contest to closs November 1, 1922. A prize of $100 will be given for the best & cappella composition, in eight parts, for large mixed chorus, the conditions as follow: The contest is open to composers re- siding in the United States &and Canada; the work must not have been glven before; the right to use the words must be secured by the com- poser, if necessary, and written state- ment to that effect must accompany manuscripts submitted; text may be secular or religious; preference will be given to & secular text, but a worthy religious plece wijl not be discarded on account of the text be. ing religious in character; the com- er should write for eight parts ore, if necessary, occasionally), but it is not essential to use eight 1 the time; the work, how- hould be interestingly scored for large chorus; the composition should be, about twelve or foyrteen pages octavo in length, requiring about five minutes for performance. It should be well written vocally and not needlessly intricate or too modu- latory in character for vocal style; something of the length of ‘The Plume Grass,” Sahknovsky, would be 2 worthy model. Prizes have been given for “De Sheepfol.” Will 2 Webbe composer, and “Then Shall the Righteous,” Frances McCollin. mpositions should be sent to N. Lindsay Norden, conductor of the ey 8 'he i 1 { club, Maneheim Apartments, Queen lane, Philadelphi: Manuscripts must be sent first-cinss mail. These ghould bear only a nom de plume—no other | indication as to the composer. AJ‘ sealed envelope containing the nom de plume on the outside the composer's name and address Inside should be sent to the secretary, Ar. | George U. Malpass, 6711 North 6th reet, Philadelphia. Accompanying the manuscript should be return post- e. The club cannot guarantee the prompt return of manuscripts if firs class postage is not included. The composition after ite first per- formance by the Mendelssohn Club will become the composer’'s property. The composer must send with the | manuscript a statement that the Mendelssohn Club has the exclusive | right to the first performance of the ! (work if awarded the prize. The judges for the contest will be Richard Henry Warren of New York - City, David McK. Williams of New York City and N. Lindsay Norden. The award will be announced as soon as possible after November 1, 1922, and not later than January 1, 1923. The chorus of the Mount Pleasant Congregational ~ Church, which is under direction of Norton M. Little, and the solo quartet, composed of Frances Scharger, soprano, Cornelia Black, contralto, William Shanahan, tenor and Herman Fukler, baritone, have disbanded for the summer. | During July Mr. Shanahan will be the offertory soloist at the morning, ser- vices, and during August Mr. Fakler will supply the number, with Claude Robeson, as usual, at the organ. The |afternoon services have been discon- tinued until fall. Pupils of the junior tnd inter-| mediate classes of Mabel White | Hubbel were heard in recital Monday | afternoon at her residence studio, | when the following program was! presented “Santa Claus Guards” (Krogman) and “Hide and Seel (Ellenberg), Virginia Fisher ning Song” (Elmenreich) “Soldiers’ Parade” (Krogman), Bessie Sint; “Morning Prayer” (Streabog). Rosa Lalona; _“Robin's Lullaby” (Krogman), ' Dorothy ~ Newman; Doll’s Dream’ (Oesten) and “Bad! Mildred Bishoj “Curious Story” and “L’'Avalanch (Heller), Esther Hughes; “Romance Sans Paroles” (Streabog) and “Will o' the Wisp” (Jungmann), Virginia Sherrier; duet, “Martha” (Flotow). | Esther Hughes and Mildred Bishop: | Playmates” (Lincoln) and “On the Lake! Newkirk), Bessie Gover; ‘Dance Wild , Flowers (Wenrick), Muriel Gernand; zurka” “(Heins “Sparklets” e: Gipsy” (Bohm), “Valse Arabesque” Norweigan Bridal (Grieg). Doris Bishop; duet 1| Trovatore” (Verdi), Loulse Fisher{ and Dorls Bisho i (Mokrejs), The chofr of the Church of the!im, Incarnation, under direction of Mrs. | Henry White, will conclude season's work this morning, the musical porti consi of Deum' (Dressler), (Garre), and, at the offertory, the duet, “Love Divine, All Love Ex- cellin 3 from “The Daughter of Jairus” (Stainer). sung by Katharine Rich Fielder hnd Wilbur C. Fielder, with Emelie Margaret White at the | organ. “The choir will reassemble September 17, again under direction of Mrs. White, with some changes in the solo personnnel to be announced later. Herman Hoffmann, violinist of the United States Marine Band, and John Russgell Mason, organist, will be the soloists at this evening's service at the | Centennial Baptist Church. Plano pupils of Claude Robeson. were heard in recital last Thursday evening at the Mount Pleasant Con- gregational Church. They were as- sted by Miss Frances Scherger, who sang “One Fine Day" adam_ Butterfly” (Puccini), erman Fakler, baritone, who Prayer for You" (Tours), he Moo-Cow-Moo” (Bullard) and he Star” (Rogers). Those con- | tributing piano numbers were Marie Duvall, Helen Fleming. Margaret Barber, Edith D. Underwood, Mary Fleming. Murgaret Scott, Margaretta Elizabeth Keller, Ellen Stokes, Vir- ginia Hammerley, Jane Duvall, Helen Jones, Martha Bocorselski, Margaret Wilson, Carmelina Y. Ofano, Stuart Gordon, Eleonora Hayden, Virginia Rand, Anna Muarian_Danne: |LHly Elridge, Marion Burns Kathryn Dowling, Caroline Rogers, Margaret Benha Ruth McLean, Alice Espey, Esther Goodpasture, Frances Sullivan, Everet¢ Milans, Edward Duvall, Thaddeus Jones, James Burns and Brewster Mhrshall, Hazel Gibson Wood, sopran: returned to the city zer’-n:}m?:; the Mu Phi Epsilon convention helg recently in St. Louls, Mo., where she represented Rho Beta Chapter as musical delegate. A brilliant concert was given by pupils of the cin- cinmiti, New England and Detroit conservatories, and of many other well known schools of music. Miss ‘Wood, during the past winter, has coached with Isadore Luckstone, and her voice was much_admired in the aria “Pleurez mes “Le in i the K-nawhi Va., and last whs soloist at o, Presbyterian Church. —_— WILL TAKE RIVER TRIP. King’s Palace “Family” Going on Annual Outing. The King's Palace “family,” friends and relatives will embark for a voy- age_on_the St John's Wednesday night for the annual summer outn At various times throughout the y:ngx: the King’s Palace Mutual Benefit As- ociation snatches the empioyes away from their pleasant duties and makes them go out and have a good time, Wednesday night's outing is one of those snatches. The association also pays sick benefits, operates the store lunchroom and has valuable social features. = The merry voyagers will assemble on the §th street aide of the store after the closing hour, where a group photograph will be taken. Three spe- cial street cars have been chartered to take the crowd to the wharf, ready for the boat's whistle at 7:15 o'clock. A number of enjoyable features are in store during the trip, including dancing and group and chorus sing- ing. Refreshments will be taken along to supplement those served on the boat. 5 , _The ticket-selling teams report a gratifying demand, proceeds from which sales go into the treasury of the benefit asgociation. The com- mittee in charge consists of Mrs. Sey. mour, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Luckett, Dan McCarthy end S. King, manager of the store. CALLS MEMORIAL ‘ALIEN. To the Editor of The St; So far as the records show, the beautiful available Monument of Peace, Pennsylvania avenue and 1st | ' street, is an alien monument, inasmuch as it appears nmever _to have been born, unvefled nor dedicated— the d of such function being marked “Unknown.” Of the many elderly people still living, there may survive some who attended the un- velling of the Peace Monument, or who remember the date, and I re- queat any such to communicate with me as to said date. C. Q. WRIGHT, U. 8. N., retired, The Lonsdale apartment Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses bhave been issued to the i L ly and Myrtle Frasier. jon_and Bertha Galloway, ff ot New York city and clty, this erman Scha: Harris, Mack Davie of s city and Mary B. Ander- of Louisville, Va. iBoyer,.George J. Neuner, Francis C. VETERANS OF GREAT WAR National Capital Post, No. 127, Vet- srans of Foreign Wars, met last Fri- day night at 1412 Pennsylvania ave- nue with a full attedance. The following members were named on the department staff at the de- bartment convention of Veterans of Foreign Wars: Val N. Brandon. junior vice commander; Robert P. Parrott, department judge advocat Dr. G. B. Trible, department surgeon. and E. J. Sullivan and Francis Huhn. members of the council of ad- ministration. Citations for the following mem- bers of the National Capital vere approved as a mark of appre- ation for their efforts in building D the organization: Harrison D. u Huhn, Henry Loveless, Willlam J Harrington and Joseph B. Gardella Post Commander George J. Neuner, newly elected department guarte master, was presented with the rank of past department commander at the convention. The recruiting drive which will open in September will be handled by National Capital Post. which is ge ting a batch of recruiting propoganda in_shape. Henry Loveless has been appolnted department bugler. Of interest to practically every par- ticipant of the world struggle are the stories now appearing in the Ameri can Legion Weekly by Marquis James regarding the operation of the Vet- erans’ Bureau. The batch distributed during the past week especially have timely i terest because of the fire at Balii- more, which threatened the destruc- tion of the wooden buildings of the Fort McHenry Veterans' Bureau Hos- pital there. Dr. H. D. Luse. medical officer in charge of the hospital. is authority for the statement the day following the fire that had not a heavy down- pour of rain suddenly taken place the wooden hospital ward buildings would have been destroved Hospital officials apparently met tha situation energetically, since they re- ported that all but one of the 400 patients vere evacuated from the building within thirty minutes foi- lowing notification from the acting fire chief of Baltimore that the build- ings were in danger. The James ar- ticle tells of the inexcusable suffer- ing. insanity amd th among ex- rvice men while government hos- pital building is delayed. The officers’ meeting of Richard Harden Camp, No. 2, United Spanish War Veterans, was called last week by Commander Francis C. Huhn to plan commijtee assignmenmts for the Santiago day excursion to Chesapeake Beach Monday, July 17. The following committees will co- operate with and under direct order{ from the department committee Executive, Commander Francis C Huhn: tickets, William 1. Jenkins; ance. Thomas A. Hudlow and Al- Michaud: athletic, Clar:nce arrange. 3 bert mond and William T. Herritage; press, George J. Neuner, A program has been arranged, with prizes for winners in contests which include sports for all persons, regard- less of age, sex, size or shape. Tickets are being mailed to all mem- bers of the camp for personal use or sale. The proceeds may be sent to the committee on finance, Albert Michaud, 432 Manor place northwest. or to Thomas A. Hudlow, camp quar- termaster. . While the excursion is being held of the Department Columbia, all camps participate in the profits from the sale of tickets disposed of by the camps. It has been suggested that the matter of inviting the Department of Maryland to participate in ce! brating Santiago day be taken up at the department committee meeting. SERBS REMODELING JUGOSLAV CAPITAL Belgrade /Awards Prize of $75,000 for New City Plan. BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, June 20 To make this capital a worthy s ting to the magnificent territorial patrimony to which they have fallen heir the Serbs are working swiftly. They are cutting new streets, paving them with asphalt instead of cobble- stones, dnd ing uew dwellings and public buildings. A prize of §7 for a new hundred 1 and 4.000 vear. new hotel npleted opposite the station. It was bezun before the war and used as a barrack, but 1ts walls have been replastered and the building was complcted and opened two days before the wedding of King Alexander. The city is still overpopulated. Residence has been refused to 60.000 persons. Prices in the city are very high, and should the local money im- prove in value Belgrade will rivat Constantinople as a city of huge ex- pense for living. House rents are prohibitive far the native and for the foreigner. They range upward of $100 monthly. Farm land within thirty miles of Belgrade sells from $100 to $300 an acre—a big price when converted into the dinar currency of the country. The Hotel Moscow, within the city, recently sold for 14,000.000 dinars, or upward of $200,000—a price that astonished strangers. The best buildings within the city at the present time are the two pal- aces of the king. located centrally and adjoining. A parliament building is partially constructed. Other offices for public uses are planned. Soi portion of the new American loan will be used for projected public buildings. SEEK COLONIAL PORTRAITS. RICHMOND, Va., July 8.—William McKillop, a photographer of New York, who has just finished the work of photographing original colonial portraits in the Virginia state library here for the private collection of Miss Helen C. Frick of New York, daugh- ter of the late Henry C. Frick, an- nounced today that Miss Frick is having photographic reproductions made of every available colonial portrait in the United States. all of which will be placed in her collection in New York MUSICAL INSTRUCTION city eplan. buildings went up in 1 % Washington Conservatory of Music Hampshire Avenue. Circle, M. 7855, IN—Auer method. PIANO—Leschetizki. VOICE—Shakespeare (Italian). Your Children in Music This Summe: TEACHER PIANO AND HARMONY. PEA body Conservators, desires pupils durisg su mer; alf hour or term of six weeks, two week, $20. Address Box 328-P, Star “OPERA SINGER Nooslnst-ucter s Opeatic Conch mer will conduct master class. church, comcert work, ious, ambitious girls, with good tural volces will be mccepted. Voice_trial by appointment. _ Phone Franklin 1507-3 W‘&.I;TER T. HOLT e nto, 1210 CORN, AVE, T BESSIE N. WILD Volce Culture. Piano ai - lls: e ind Harmoay. Phone 1408 New K Dupont. * AR