Evening Star Newspaper, September 17, 1922, Page 15

W. & J. SLOANE Present Stock§ Very Complete— An Unlimited Ciwice Our exhibit of Floor Coverings for Fall is unusually large and beautiful. There are domestic rugs and carpets of new designs and colorings, and a large assortment of Oriental Rugs. We urge an early selection. Prices are moderate now, and choice is more limited as the season advances. WILTONS—Worsted 9x12.. $110.00 and 118.00 WILTONS—W ool Gx1Z. . WILTONS—Seamless 9x12. ...60.75 10 82.00 BRUSSELS AND TAPESTRIES 32.50 and 49.00 CHENILLES—Plain colors 9x12.......$80.00 and 110.00 AXMINSTERS—Extra heavy grades’ WOOL RUGS—Plain colors 9x12.... REVERSIBLE WOOL RUGS Plain colors with band bordifi 5 In all sizes up to 11 ft. 3 in. x 15 ft. Prices in proportion RUGS FROM THE ORIENT We have at present the largest assortment of Oriental Rugs we have had in several years. There isa wide choice of de- sign, colorings and size. All extremely moderately priced. SLLOANE VACUUM CLEANER $ Complete with all attachments . Accepted by and supplied to U. S. Government for use in Government Buildings Goods purchased now will be held for shipment when desired. Freight paid to all shipping points in the United States. Store Hours: 8 A. M. 10 5.30 P. M. October Record Release Notable New Recordings by Latest Dance Sensations by Al Bernard Isham Jones’ Ernest Hare Carl Fenton's Brunswick Concert Bennie Krueger's Orchestra Gene Rodemich's Brox Sisters ‘Walter B. Rogers and Oriole Terrace Reser and His Band Orchestras ducing that famous Prima Donna of Vaudeville, the ever-popular Marion Haxris, for time, as an exclusive Brunswick Artist. Singing with Isham Jones’ Orchesiza. The amazing clearness of Brunswick Records Marie Tiffany Dorothy Jardoa Hear the difference— BRUNSWICK RECORDS PLAY ON ANY PHONOGRAPH - Wy oA POPULAR DANCE HITS SELECTION ones’ Nobody Lied—Fox Trot Ishane]onswiOrcheste { My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms—One Step. N Serenade Blues—Fox Trot.. & Oriole Terrace Orchestra.... ) gridle Blues—Fox Trot.. { Away Down South—Fox Trot . Coal Black Mammy—Fox Trot...... Struttin’ at The Strutter’s Ball — Fo: Bennic Krueger's Orchestra. . Trot ) ‘Wholl No. Size Price 2301 10 $.75 5 Isham Jones’ Orchestra 75 75 Nobody Loves Me Now—Fox Trot (Piano Trio, Rodemich-Silverman- Wrylie) ‘Whenever You're Lonesome—Fox Trot (Piano Trio, Rodemich-Silver- man-Wylie) ARTIST SONGS—CONCERT AND BALLAD SELECTION Bonnie Wee Thing (Burns-Lehman).. Good Night, Little Girl, Good Nigh (Hays-Macy) e OF Car'lina (Cooke) Darling Nelly Gray (Hanby) E INSTRUMENTAL SELECTION Polonaise Militaire (A Major) (Op. 40, No. é) (Chopin)... 3 Waltz in E Flat (Chopin). Blue Danube Waltz (Strauss) Concert } Gene Rodemich’s Orchestra. . Theo Karle (Tenor) Marie Tiffany (! and Male Tri ARTIST Leopold Godowsky ( Pianist).{ . Orchestra Brunswick Concert 0“‘“""{ ‘Whispering Flowers (von Blon) Con- ~ cert Orchestra Jogy Cdomramith (Peters) Concert ANA. .. boveerrisioarscrioncnns .. ,{King Cotton March (Sousa) Band... ‘Walter B. Rogers and His Harry Reser (Bano Solos)... { ST (evers 1o ARTIST POPULAR SONGS gvlveet Indiana Home. Marion Harris (Comedienne) e > My Cradle Melody . and Isham Jones’ Orchestra | ‘1.7, “Juge “wild” About > “Shuffle Along”). .. Brox Sisters (Vocal Trio) and [ Away Down South. Bennie Krueger’s Orchestra | Kicky-Koo.... ) . ,N?t:f ‘l‘;‘Fsfi!fll ?‘1‘922"“' (From 1egte. ‘oll1e Dorothy Jardon (Soprano)... { yZiskieid Folles of 1922). Ties of 1922) Al Bernard and Ernest Hare (Tenor and Baritone) - THE BRUNSWICK-BALKE-COLLENDER CO. CHICAGO NEW YORK CINCINNATI " | geological TS ANNUIY DS GALLED T00 He Federal Employes Declare Pensions Do Not Justify the Present Fees. Inadequate annuities and unjustly high contributions required of the higher paid employes in the govern- ment service are the chief criticisms {brought out in a sympostum of opin- lons of high government officers on; operation of the retirement act, made public yesterday by the Civil Service Commission. The opinions of the; government officials were reached through questionnaires sent out in March of this year by the commission. Notwithstanding that practically all the officials questioned state their conviction of the beneficlal results of the retirement act, many reiter- ate that the fees exacted of the higher paid emploves are too high, and that the annuities on retirement are too low to correspond with thel high required. Dircctoor George Otis Smith of the survey records his em- phatic disapproval of the present rate, of annuities. He points out that re tentioin of 21z per cent of salary sults in the same annuity, and “is so obviously unfair that ‘it seems scarcely to merit discussion.” Secretary Hoover states that sta- that the cost of | tistics have sho the retirement - s; than was anticipated, and that this} might be good ground for consider-| Ing a general increase of the annuity | rates. Secretary Davis belleves that! the annuities paid are very small} and that it is impossible for an em-| ploye to,exist on the amount set-aside | for’ that purpose. The Postmaster ‘| General states that one of the best results of the retirement act has been the clearing the government service of the superannuated employes who were no longer able to perform their duties. The same view is taken by the assistant secretary of the Navy. WL AD OFFIEERS N HONTFOR 10 iWar Department Starts ! Movement to Assist Re- tired Soldiers. { An agency to aid Regular Army | {ofiicers eliminated from the service {through operation of the bill requir- |ing reduction of the officer corps 10 00 by the first of the year has [becn established in the War Depart- Iment, it was announced yesterday. |wwith the statement that any business {house sceking to employ such former | oficers “can recelve complete infor- mation of their qualifications by com- | {municating with the adjutant general {of the Army or the corps area com- imandcr!.“ 2 “Of the officers to be separated from the service,” It continued, “many are highly Qqualified professional - men— |1awyers, surgeons, chaplains, engi- |neors, 'dentists and _veterinarians. _|Many others are men of high attain- ments, qualified to fill responsible po- sitions in commercial and industrial establishments. “They have served the government for a long period, some of them for ftwenty years or more, and have r {dered_ faithful and efficient serv | The United States government s in: debted to them ang it is only fitting that they should be afforded every opportunily to attain success in civil life.” \ | In connection with the effort to laid such officers in finding civil em- iployment a special file of the qualifi- fcations of each man is belng estab- lished and with the co-operation of commercial organizations, such as chambers of commerce and commer- cial clubs, a country-wide survey to locate posts m _private life for which they would be fitted is to be made. 0. S, FELICTATES FVE. REPUBLCS ON BIRTHDAY {Harding Wires Executives of } Latin American Governments on i Their Independence Day. i { Cablegrams congratulating l‘n‘e] { Central American republics on the {anniversary of ' their independence {have been sent by President Hard- {ing, it was announced yesterday at {the State Department. They were) |addressed to the presidents of Hon- ! duras, Salvador, Nicaragua, Guate- imaja and Costa Rica. The messages | sent to the presidents of Honduras, {Salvador and Nicarague, which re- | cently were parties to a peace agree- | ment signed aboard the U. S. S. Ta- ! coma, were as follows | ““On this annivers of Central American _independence, * which ac- quires a special significance this year {from the fecent memorable agreement to assure the maintenance of peace be- | tween the government over which-you preside and those in the neighboring countries, I take pleasure in convey- ing to your excellency in the name of the United States, and in my own, sincere congratulstions and earnest wishes for the happiness and p: perity of yourself and of the repub lic of Honduras.” | “The messages addressea to the !nremdems of Guatemala and Costa Rica, which were not parties to the agreement, also were identical. That to the president of Guatemala reads ~On this anniversany celebrated to: day by the people of Guatemala ¥ | take pleasure in conveying to your excellency in the name of the people of the United States, and in my own, sincere congratulations and earnest | wishes for the happiness and pros- | perity of yourself and of the re- public of Guatemala.” r e — PIERSON ONLY DESIGNER. Local Arth;et Not Being Assist- ed on Lincoln Statue. To the Editor of the Star: In your issue of Tuesday, the 12th, I noticed a news item concerning; the Lincoln statue which states that| the pedestal of this’ monument is| being- designed by Mr. Frank G. Pierson, Washington Loan and Trust bullding, city, in collaboration with Mr. Henry Bacon of New York city.! ‘This information is entirely errone- ous. as Mr. on has no connection whatever with the design of this ped- estal, which is being handled entire- | 1y by Mr. Pierson, the local archi- tect. 1 would be very glad if you would publish this correction in jus tice to Mr. Pierson, who, by-the w: has the great distinction of hawing “ldesigned the beautiful courthounse building, in front of which this monu- ment will be located. - o \ ©O. SHERRILL, gtgnant colonel, Corps, of BEngi> 5. b FEE 7 NEW STAR GROUPS 6ROW, BRIGHT IN HEAVENS AS AUTUMN NEARS In the course of an “evening among the stars” at this season of the year an observer will find some of the most striking objects of celestial beauty of the entire year. The sum- mer constellations are now disappear- ing, to be succeeded by those of the advancing autumn and winter months. The attention of the casual observer turns to the brilliant “dog star,” bet- ter known as Sirius, the brightest of all the -fixed suns, and sald to be one million times as far from us as is the sun. In the regions formed by Sirius and its numerous outer neigh- bors In space there may be found Lepus, Columba, Argo and others, some orange and red, the mystery of vhose color has been the wonder and dmiration of astronomers of all the Pennsylvania Avenue ages, and still remains an unsolved astronomical enigma. even when ob-| served through the great telescopes of the present day. L Pegasus Flies in Southeast. In the changing appearance of the evening sky among the constella- tions we may begin with the great square of Pegasus, conspicuous high in the southeast. Its western edge points northward past Cassiopeia and Cepheus to the Pole star and to the Great Bear below it. Carried south- ward and trending a little to the west, the same line reaches Fom haut and the southern constellation of the Crane. The eastern points southward to star in Cetus. The rest of this large constellation lles to the left and can | side of the square the brightest Iine of conspicuous stars run through, Andromida and Perseus, whose brightest star, Capella, is 1ow in the northeast. Aries -is well up in the eust and Taurus rising. In the op- posite quarter we find Cygnus and Lyra, very high, and Hercules aund | Corona below. Farther to the left !s Aquarius and Capricornus occupy 2 dull region in the south. Best Planets All Present. « Among the planets Venus has reached her greatest elongation, and, though one -of the brilliant celestial objects, will soon disappear beyond the southwestern horizon. Yet the planet is from forty to sixty times more brilliant than any stellar object in_the northern heavens. Mercury is'an evening star all through Sep- tember and will te farthest away from the sun in the sk f the month. Mars is in & e earth a crosses ter sunset u mains in sight until 11 o'clock Ju- be clearly outlined. From the nortl eastern corner of the g i piter and Saturn are evening stars during the ut are soon to be Aquila, above the setting Sagitlarius. | lost in the evening twilight. Mer- cury is in conjunction with Jupiter on the 21st, but the planets will be low in the west. The planet Uranus is now just visi- ble to the naked eye, but is conspicu- ous in a field rlass, and by watching for his motion he may be certainl: identified. Neptune is now a mor: ing star, rising about 4:30 a.m., jusi | #head of the sun. | At 3:10 pm. on the 23d of the {month the sun crosses the celestial | equator, southward bound, and “au tumn commences.” WARANT OFFICER RETIRED. | Warrant Officer Lewis E. Hinshaw under treatment at Walter Reed Gen- eral Hospital, this city, has been placed on the retired list on account of dis- ability incident to the service. GIVEN VIRGINIA DETAIL. Capt.. John C.’Sandlin, infantry a: | Camp Meade, Md., has been detailed professor of military sclence and t: tics at Augusta Military Academy at aks & (lompany Store hours—8:30 to 6—Daily Seventh Street Another Advance Sale of ~ Men’s Winter Overcoats In all probability it’ll be a month or six weeks before you will have need of heavy=weight Overcoats. But you can make an investment now—that will save you from $5 to $7.50 then. Isn’t it -‘worth while? They come to us under extraordinary conditions—too at= tractive to pass by. ' There are both Conservative and the Ulsterette models. We will reserve any Coat you may select upon payment of a moderate deposit. ' True to the fashion for winter. The Conservatives in Oxford mixture and dark fancy patterns. The Ulsterettes in Double- faced Cloths and self-back weaves—in Gray and Brown shades. With belts and patch pockets and all that stamps the Ulsterette as smart. Now for the surprise— There are nearly 300 of the Coats—in sizes up to 44—and there’s going to be a scramble for them. First come, first served—Monday morning. ;