Evening Star Newspaper, March 11, 1923, Page 15

CHAUFFEUR SCHooL GETTING RESULTS Traffic Noticeably ~ Safer Since Beginning of Instruc- tion on Driving. SEE ECONOMY IN PLAN Suggestion That Only Holders of ! Diplomas Receive Top Pay Meets Favor. Driving of automobiles and motor trucks, and safety conditions general- 1y, are noticeably better as a result of the drivers' schools being conduct- ed under auspices of the Washington Safety Council as a part of the pro- sram to make the streets safe for both vehicular and pedestrian traf- fic. Business men who are ins their drivers attend these schools regularly and receive one of the diplomas, which issued after a twelve-week course, are beginning to notice betterment in their service and more cconomlical operation of their Jnotor equipment, for in addition to learning to drive better the drivers are taught to ndle the troubles which frequently oceur when a motor Vehiele is out on the road a long dis- nce from the home repair station. They are taught to detect these trou- bles and to avoid them as far as pos- sible. sting that One Firm's Example. Tt is the hope that business men and employers of chauffeurs generally will follow the system inaugurated by one large emplover of motor truck drivers of paying top salaries only to men who attend every session of the *hool and obtain diplomas. Every river for this firm has been instruct- «d to attend and every week e corporatior iformed by the council ‘as to the vho attended. al delinquent d up, 1d the we that unless thes > one of 3 the conelusion of the Tikely 1d their 1 sx A or topuoteh sularies onl Will be paid by this employer to men who get diploma and other drivers, no matter how the are how well they thei the or drive v with | th tim. clusses onc: Close Watch Is Kept. Obseryers ptoa eir ment hax careful dr for other vehicle for their own ve The b ficial of ploye: would fo sult in and consider: «the communit Tn additi ous parts of taken as. subject their and ope that a d the function chine if em- necally it would benefit 1o them eneral benefit to iditions, chauffeurs M system nd car are is or is not work- nition, carburetor. differer nd anan with the least schoolin derstand. Irench cru Mediterrane: a submerg! PERPETUAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION Pays 6 Per Cent on shares maturing in 45 or 83 months. Tt Pays 4 Per Cent on shares withdrawn be- fore maturity. Assets More Than $8,500,000 Surplue More Than $850,000 Corner 11th and E Sts. N.W. JAMES BERRY .President JOSHUA W. CARR, Secretary 'MSCLURE 'HOMES AND . FINANCE ' CORPORATION Offers an exclusive franchise in every locality, City, Town, County. Contractors } It will quadruple the business of the contractor who secures | this exclusive sales plan, cause it allows the most liberal terms to the home buyer and enables thq,builder to realize the full construction cost and profitfrom first mortgage funds | upon completion of the home. | Business Men It offers a most unusual oppor- , tunity for a business man with " a builder associate, to organize an agency to handle McClure homes under this original system of financing. Landowners It is unquestionably the sound- | est and mostattractive method | for the realtor or landowner of city, suburban, industrial, | beach or resort property, to turn this unproductive land into immediate profits. McCLURE HOMES AND 1 FINANCE CORPORATION COLUMBIA TRUST BLDG. | FIFTH AVE. AT 34TH ST. i NEWAYORK CITY Home of Washington’s Sister Endangered by BY W. CLAGETT. Dear Folks: With “co-operation” the battle cry of ‘every worth-while civic and pa- triotic body in the District of Colum- bia, attention is here called to a par- tially completed movement by a' little group_of Virginia ladles to purchase Kenmore, the well preserved, stately old colonial home of Col. Filelding Lewis, patriot, and soldier and hus- band of Betty Washington, much beloved and only sister of the great father of our country, which still stands in all its simple grandeur within the city limits of our littls neighbor commonwealth to the south, Fredericksburg. 1 said purchase, and purchase for all time! The Lord knows, America hus only too few reminders of them in- domitable spirits who suffered, bled and dled that you and me could enjoy the greatest freedom ever experienced by man. And now that modern com- merce is marking time at the very gates of this famous shrine erty, no stone should be left unturned H. as a memorial to the unmatchable founders of our incomparable Union! Revered by Washington. Kenmore! And, oh, the story it tells! Mount Vernon itself was no nearer nor dearer to the heart of our country’s mighty hero than this dig- nifled old mansion, where, durin® all the tryin’ days of that nerve-wrackin' period, when the fatc of the nation was tremblin’ in the balance, lived the brave, strong-charactered, uncom- promisin’ sister in whom our first President had unbounded faith! There, in_this very Kenmore, with her husband, who no‘ only bore arms and held counsel with nis feller patriots but gave his entire private fortune and established the fir't gunnery in these United States, that Old Glory’s proud folds might freely flutter forever, she kept her long vigil, 5o valuable to her brother and the fightin’ men of the time! Visited by Noted Persons. For years this truly excepticnal co- lonial dame was mistress of the noted dwellin,’ which remains today as it did then—its walls stanchly built, with- standin’ the storms and stress of years its beautiful rooms unspoiled by any s | modern _appointments, and its decora- tions, chosen by George Washington himself, a8 fresh and charmin’ as if just rom the hand of the artist who wrought them! And ree-member, too, folks, through s of Kenmorc have echoed of Jefferson, Madison, Mon- Henry, Richard Henry . John Paul Jones, Light Lee, Mercer, Rochambeau t cluster of Frenchmen h went with him to the great gen home after the surrender a it gives you the shiv think that if not for the alertns triotism_ and never-say-die spirit of few wide-awako Fredericksburg wim- 15 and | H an of- ! i vari- ¢ Special Solitaire Diamond Ring, very snappy, bril- liant diamond set Thrift Club Price Ladies’ Beautiful Diamond Ring, blue- karat white gold, blossom pattern. Ladies’ and Gentiemen’s Rings—7 diamonds, set in a of 1ib- | that might hamper its preservation | Lack of $15,000 min_ this jool of Revolutionary days would soon be chopped into pieces! Planted Trees and Bushex. Think of it, folks, just think! Can you picture the foremost American of all times, standin’ today, facin’ the old colonial mansion, a colonnade to the left, central hall, heavy doors, with brass knockers, spacious rooms with wonderful stucco ceilin's, carved mantel pieces and open fires, and hear him say: “This house T helped to plan, the picture over the mantel In stucco, the ornate ceilings I designed for Hessian_prisoners to work out: “The trees I planted; must they be cut down? I shrubs that have budded and blossomed; are they to bo rooted up? The rose garden be- hind the old brick wall; will it be destroyed? _ Will tenement houses crowd out Kenmore when there is so much other lund to be had? “Will all my memori d loving associations ef this hallowed place be blotted out? Glories of the past, will you fade aw. $30,000 Needed. vour excellency, a thousand no! Not a shrub, twis, lintel nor door plate will be removed from io0ld Kenmore! The minute men and | wimmin of 1923 will see to that! ! Rest in peace, great white father, the home of your sister is to be preserved for all time! And now briefly to the status of the movement to purchas Kenmor: Unscatched for more'n veurs by the gentle folk into whose keepin’ the noted mansion had fallen, the home of Col. Lewis finally* got into the hands of investors, and ou! i1 dirt shovels were already bein’ 1 the Kenmore Asso- 3¢ . D harpened wh o B tion, In; hundred | Fleming, Mrs. C. O'Conor Goolrick, H. H. Smith, Mrs. M. G. Willis, Miss Sallie N. Gravatt, Miss Dora C. Jett and Mrs. E. F. Birchhead, all of Fredericksburg, came into bein’ overnight, and emulatin’ their illus- trious forebears, the alarm for action was sounded, and in less than seven months, without any fanflare, unas- sisted by advertisin’, or the expendi- ture of one centime for overhead, this litthe band of patriotic wimmin raised $15,000 of the required $30,000 to buy Kenmore outright! tonlans Urged to Ald. folks, now_how about it! aid $16,000, not $15,000,~ 000! There’s just a scimpy little $15,000 to be subscribed and ‘the home of Betty Washington will be ourn for @il time! But why continue! Come Kenmore is as’ much ourn as it is Virginia’s! Send in your checks im- mediately to any of the above named"| ladies or dispatch them in haste to the Planters’ National Bank of, Fred- ksburg, treasurer of the assocla- and have done with this job! peration means working jointly for any worthy undertaking, and if ever there was an occasion when co- operation was in order it is right at this moment in regard to old Ken- more. I thank you, DOPEY DAN LEAVES ESTATE TO WIFE. Property Holdings of P. T. Moran, Deceased, Valued at $348,574.23. Patrick T. Moran, former president of the Chamber of Commerce, who died at Baltimore February 22 last, owned forty-cight parcels of real es- tate in Washington, according to the petition of his widow, Mrs. Annie T. Moran, for the probate of his will The assessed value of the real tate is given as $211.483. In addition he had stocks, bonds and other per- sonal property Worth $137,091.23. Mrs Moran is sole beneficlary of the e She is represented by Attorne Thomas G. Finucan il “The 1deal bomestic Fu(;l;’ Price of Coke Reduced $2.00 per ton, Effective March 12, 1923 Immediate Delivery—Any Quantity J. MAURY DOVE COMPANY PRINCIPAL OFFICE 1408 H Street BRANCH SALES OFFICES: 01 Wisconsin Ave. N.W. 2l1stand Eye 619 H St. N.E. SPECIAL SALE OF . Exceptionally Beautiful @ lamond = Rings in 14-karat gold mounting. '$1.00 '« Week Will Do vhite gem, hand-engraved mountings. orange Kay’s Thrift Club Price - $1.00 a Week Do cluster—have the appearance of a 2-KARAT solitaire. Kay’s . Thrift Club Extra Special f-or Monday Only Price $29.75 set in newest 18- $49.50 $74.75 Odd Pieces of Ivoryware at Unheard-of Prices Cuticle Knife. .. 3c Buffers . . Soap Box. Hair Receivers. . . . e ...39¢c One.Only to a Customer Shoe Hook. .... 3¢ Combs . .. Puff Boxes.....59c ..59¢ / .89 shingtonians, let's make it snappy- | MOTET CHORAL SOCIETY PLANS BENEFIT CONCERT Proceeds Jointly for the Washing- ton Home for Children and Summer OQuting Camp. A concert for the joint benefit of the Washington Home for Children and the Summer Outing Camp, will be given by the Motet Choral Soclety, under the direction of Otto Torney Simon at Continental Memorial Hall, Thursday night, March 22, at 8:30 o'clock. The program will include the class- fcal numbers arranged from the works of the master composers, and, according to the announcement, have rarely if ever been heard in this country. The society has been re hearsing for the past two months, ‘Among the numbers on the pro- gram will be two motets by Vittoria and Lisst “To The Evening Star,” by “Star That Bringest Home the by Coleridge-Taylor; two chor- Granville Bantock: “On M: “The Tyger” and “Joshua, by Moussorgsky. The chorus will b accompanied by Mrs, Walter Nash. In addition to the singing, Richard Lorleberg, local cellist, will give the following program: “Sonata in A Major,” by Henriques ‘anto Amor- 0s0,” by Sammartini-Elam, and “Sal- terello,” by Linder. Mrs. William H. von Bayer will be the accompanist. _ FORTY HURT IN CRASH. Applications for tickets should be made to George R, Conybears, 1844 l'B“fl" Falls With Crowd Watch- Mintwood place. Officers of the Motet Choral Sosiety | § fame 1 are Alexander Galt, executive chatr.| .08 Soccer Game in London. |man; Mrs. Joseph Dunn, secretary;| LONDON, March 10.—Forty person< | LeRoy Goff, freasurer, and Miss Hazel | were injured today when part of a Elughes Hbeaxian. twelve-foot barrier surrounding tic | playing fleld collapsed during the | SCHWAB ON WAY HOME. {progress of a soccer cup match be CHERBOURG, March 10.—Charles M. | tw ariton and Holton, which lSchwnb. who cut short his visit to|was the latter, 110 0. el et e er gave way under the jEuope onfiacoount tohilinean; friasi & ure of the crowd and hundreds passenger aboard the AQuIania, |wees thrown i o henp s I“mch salled for New York today. He iback of the was accompanied by a_physician, support gone, also collap Yor one week we are placing on sale a large number of splendid suites in a great clearance sale at greatly reduced prices! We have carefully inventoried our entire stock, and in every case where there is only one or two suites of a kind we have reduced prices sharply—in many instances to cost and even less! Make your selections promptly. Included in this great sale of suites are many of the most desirable period styles for the bedroom, living room and dining room. The greatest oppor- tunity of the season to buy suites at savings so genuine, so compelling that those who need new furniture will be quick to apprec Your Choice of Any One of These Three Suites Listed Below, Exact- ly as Pictured, ;( . This Low ate the extraordinary advantages now offered. $89.00 $7.50 Down on Any One We Have a Limited Num- ber of These Suites, so Do Not Delay Making Your Selection. of These Suites. Long Time to Pay Balance N Choice of Any Three Pieces Pictured Tomorrow you may come in and choose any three of the pieces *89 pictured above at this greatly reduced price. .00 beau- tiful suite, finished in walnut, every picce extra well made and designed. Just think what a wonderful combination the Bow-end Bed, Dresser and Semi- vanity Toilet Table is at such a low price as this! 8-Pc. Wanlut-Finished Dining Room Suite 1ggue . _This Beautiful Queen Annc \Walnut-fin Dining Room Suite, consisting of Large Buffet with mirror, Oblong Table, five Side Chairs chair, in genuine leather. hed and one Arm- Special price | 1 1 3-Pc. Overstuffed Living Room Suite .00 39 Refrigerator Guaranteed ice savers, with a large food and ice compartment. Priced at 11 Easy Terms FREE Beautiful 26- piece Rogers Silver Set FREE With Every Pur- chase of $100 or Over. \W MM | Every Living Room Suite in our great stock has been slashed in price! ing Chair, Rocker and Davenport, attractively up- ==holstered in tapestry, is a wonderful value. The suite pictured, includ- A sale of Comfort- able Fiber Rock- ers, brown, at a new low price. They are substantially made, with large, wide arms. A wonderful rocker for the livixgg room or porch. of early Monday morning. Your Choice of Any of the Three Suites in This Group at This Very Low This Price. Buy $4.50 Down On Any One of These Suites. Long Time to Pay Balance Every Suite Is Strictly Guar- anteed. These Suites Are Worth Twice 3-Piece Bedroom Suite Here is a real bargain! The bed has massive con- $39 tinuous posts with substantial fillers, while the dr ser, finished in golden oak, has four spaclous drawers and a large mirror. A full size chiffonier completes this wonderful suit e of the most extraordinary bedroom values we e ever offered TR Compare this astounding value! A complete dining room suite at less than you would ordinarily expect to pay for the buffet alone. Includes a large size colonfal buffet with a big mirror, an extension table to match and four chairs. The suite iy substantially made and one of the most extraordinary dining room values we have offered in many a day. It is specially priced in this Double Value Sale at $39.50. 3-Piece Library Suite Now is the time to buy that Library Sulte vou have $39 50 so long wanted. Pictured above is a 3-piece suite nicely finished in mahogany. In your choice of blue moleskin or tapestry, iber Rocker $ 4.98 sensational finished in | & Gas or Electric Floor Lamps pBeautiful - Sitke ~ Shades, We have just aa:ls;s a:l‘l:l ed in mahog- them, so be on hand bright and [ s iall em, SO be on pl?i:e%la‘o}: 512.75 morrow at. $2.00 Cash—75c Week T ; We Deliver Anywhere Freight Paid to All Points Not Reached by Our Trucks |Thn"". mlll"“. \n"