Evening Star Newspaper, May 1, 1923, Page 3

SOCIETY T0 PLANT FORTY TREES HERE Lieutenant - Governor and Mayors of Massachusetts to Take Part. Local civie and business organiza- tions are co-operating with the Massa- chusetts Society in arranging for the three-day celebration to be held here beginning Friday, the big event of which is to be the planting of forty trees by Lieut. Gov. Fuller of Massa- chusetts and mayors of the state's largest cities. The trees are to be planted on the Lincoln Memorial reservation, which is to be knolwn as the “Massachusetts avenue of memorial trees.” The trees will be planted in the name of .the state and the cities of the state. Reception at Station. The party will arrive Friday morn- ing and at §:30 will be tendered a re- ception at Union station by the me bers of civic and federal organizations, together with the officers of fhe socie- ty and the committee members. The official party will then proceed in auto- mobiles, decorated with banners and headed by w sixty-piece band and al mounted escort of police, to the Willard Hotel. There will be a registration of the distinguished party and also of the visitors from M achusetts. At 11:30 the party will rmrlde_ up Pennsylvania avenue past the White House to 20th street and to thel plot assigned for the planting of the trees at the Lincoln Memorial.- Llfu[. Gov. . ‘reprasenting Gov. Cox. will p tr in the name of the state and ewch of the mayors will plant one in the name of his c Tlere will be exercises and con munity singing. Directly after the the officlal party will be Zuests of honor at a luncheon at the Willard Hotel The lady mem- bers will be the guests of the ladles’ entertainment committee at luncheon at the Ebbitt Hotel. The entire par! 1 be guests of honor at a reception and tea at the rooms of the women's national party from to o Prominent and di tinguished women will be in the re- ceiving line Ball and Reception. In the evening at § o'clock, in the balirooni of the New Willard "nl»l.I elaborate function of the pr | m will take place, when a recep- n and ball will given by th sciety in honor of the party. Mayor | nes Curley of B . president of Mayors' Club, will he the speaker the evening. On Saturday at 1 o'clock th purty will be received at the White House b President Hard- in Through the courtesy of the Secretary of Wa a drill_ will be given by Troop F at Fort Myer. As @n added feature a drill by the Washington society debutantes may Ve ziven i Upe ir return from the drill the official party will be guests of or at a dinner in the Willard Ho- tel at § oclock and the lady members of the party will be entertained at | dinuer at the Women's City Club at the same hour. At 83 o'clock, in the baliroom of the Willard Hotel, an en- tertainment program. consisting of local professional talent and also! that from several theaters, will be Ziven Sunday will special yiew of the activil from the tim tour of the ci SEEK “ALCOHOL CHIEF.” | Roquest of the users of industrial alcohol that there be established the office of an industrial alcohol com- missioner, who would give more tech- al attention to the need of the trade than can be given by Prohibi- tion Commissioner Haynes, is under consideration at the Treasury, it was ®aid today. Although Commissioner of Internal Revenue Blair recently appointed an industrial alcohol com- mission of experts to advise the pro- hibition commissioner, the alcohol users still protest they need an in- dustrial alcohol commissioner. be given over to a motion pictures taken °s_of the official party of their arrival and a and suburbs. | WESTERN HIGH SENIOR - WINS YALE SCHOLARSHIP Franklin T. Bigelow Awarded An- nual Prige of D. C. Alumni Club for Merit. THE EVENING 8 Snapshots. The scholarship committee of the| Yale Clyb of Washington has an- nounced that the Washington Yale alumn! scholarship for this year is awarded to 'Franklin Thomas Bige- low of the senlor class of the Western High School. The successful candi- date is the son of the Rev. F. E. Bige- low, pastor of the Cleveland Park Congregational Church. . BY the terms of the scholarship the Incumbent receives $500 a year for the first two years and $300 a year for the second two years of the under- graduate course at Yale. It isaward- ed on the basis of high schoihrship, sound character, general ability und future promise. The first award was made last year to Willis iKern, Central High School, '22, who is now finishing the freshman year at Y The scholarship committes making the selection is composed of Dr. L K F'helps, ‘94, chairman; Charles Chene Hyde, jr. W. C. Miller, '11; D. B. Karrick, and B. Vandevan- ter, ‘19, FORD TABOOS THIRD PARTY NOMINATION Reported to Have Declared He’ll Run as Regular or Not at All in 1924. 14, BY FREDERIC LLIAM WILE. Authentic word 1is said to have cached the White House that Henry Ford will not run for the presidency in 1924 as an independent. ot given the nomination of one of the regular parties he will not tempt fate at the head of a third party tioket. The assurance is understood to have been conveved more or less porsonally to President Harding. A variety of emotions will be aroused by this announcement. It does not exact!ly take Mr. Ford out of the running. Indeed, though hi reputed communication does not spe- cifically fay so, it contains the plain implication that if either the demo- cratic or republican national con- vention chould see salvation in making Ford its standard bearer next year, e is ready to be drafted As 10 one seriously thinks of the motor magnate as a G. O. P. pres dential possibility, tha presumption Is that he has the democratic nomi- nation mainly in mind. 1f he can't 8ot that. he will renounce his ambi- tions. President Harding need not fear him as an independent candi- date, splitting the normal republican vote in middle west and western states and precipitating another 1912 To that extent the news from De- trolt i comforting to the republican high command. But their anxietles, It is an open secret, will not be com- pletaly at rest until thev know whether Mr. Harding will e to face a democratic Ford c: 18 That remains the ation. Little ¢ W It is the commonest politicians Ford is - talk among both parties that Henry robably the greatest vot getter in the United States” tod Republican leaders and democratic leaders alike will tell you that if Ford could secure either nomination. no- body could beat him." His cha s of capturing the major ¥y required in the republican conv ntion are, of course, nil. The Harding administra- tion forces will dominate to that ex- tent. if not completely. Conditions In_the democratic convention will be different. At no opening state of the balloting there will Ford command anything like the two-thirds neces- sary to a choice. But as the thirtieth, fortieth and fiftieth ballot rolls by, and the McAdoo, Underwood, Smith, Ralston. Glass, Davis, Robinson and Copeland forces find themselves in a hopeless jam—each of them now and then just short of the required SPECIAL NOTICES. MR B L. Y connected Tith the Allegheny Coal C ansociated with I “P. 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There are. of course. “Ford dealers” every where, but no specific political ac. LiVity on their part is dlscernible. The ceymwr grocery and barber shop “talk” is what is glving the “Ford movement” bone and sinew. "There is current in Washington at the moment, and much further afield than Washington, a circumstantial story that Ford Is about to proclaim a new minimum wage poli vast establishment. Instead of the $3 minimum level, he is said to be contemplating a $10 basls as’ the lowest wage anybody who works should be pald. The promulgation of the $10 minimum would be Ford's supreme bid for the proletarian vote of the country. Politicians have heard the story and shiver in their boots as they contemplate its po- litical potency. If it were to be followed by some concession or gesture to the farmer, as alluring as the bid for labor sup- port, leaders admit there might be a Ford wave sent rolling across coun- ry which no party would be caj of holding back. TER Schemer Lays Trap. _Ford's most conspicuous public ac- tivity at the moment finds expression in his “international weekly,” the Dearborn Independent. It is now call- ed “chronicler of the neglected truth,” as a subtitle. There is an intensive drive for circulation afoot and paid subscribers are said to be on the In dependent’s books to a number run- ning into six figures. The street sale is in proportion. The Independent is now running a mysterious feature, entitled, “Does Your Organization Need Funds?" Leaders of school, church and fraternal socleties are in vited to write for “full information™ as to the Ford plan for enabling them Jto raise funds quickly and easil Whether this is a subtle scheme to build up a Ford presidential cam- paign organization is not known. A democratic strategist has worked out an ingenious scheme to abolish Henry Ford as a presidential possi- bility by turning over Muscle Shoals to him. That, it is asserted, would put him out of the running, because it would make him a “government contractor” and therefore ineligible to hold federal office. (Copyright, 1923.) SOVIET HOLDS PRIESTS. Thousands Thrown Into Prison for " Religious Reasons. RIGA, May 1.—The soviet prisons in Russia contain more than 2,000 orthodox priests and bishops as well as 3,000 priests of other .confessions and laymen in prison for religious reasons, it is stated in soviet circles. If he is| Ny senator, representative or ! v for his | SAYS MEL. BE READY SECOND - 9UST WANTS TO BAL- ANCE CHECK BOOK FIRST = - € COMPARES IT WITH BANK'S TIGURE AND SAYS WELL. THAT'S TUNNY GOES OVER. FIGURES AGAIN AND THEN SITS STARING AT THEM PORTPAIT Guvas WILUAMS (C) Wheeter Syn. Inc. i | FREER COLLEETION OPENS TOMORRDW Invited Guests to See Fa- mous Art Works—Public Admitted May 9. The Freer Gallery opens tomorrow. | admitting specially invited guests for | one week, after which—that is, from ! {May 9—it will be opened to he public. | For several years this opening has been anticipated with unusual inter- est and impatience, because of the unique character and value of the Freer collection The gallery is built around & court. In the center is a fountain with plants and shrubs and across it strut three peacocks. This Is almost the first sight that greets the visitor as he ascends the i stairs of the maln| entrance, on the white walls of which are two magnificent Chinese ' hangings of red velvet. The galleries where most of the hibits’ are incircle the court, but| e weparated from it by a wide cor-| ridor. ~Turning to the right after! ascending the stairs. one enters gal- {lery No. 1, in which are hung paint- {ings by Abbott H. Thayer. the wail opposite th well known “Virgin,” Abbott Thayer's own daughter. leading by the hand the vounger brother and sister. the | clouds behind her suggesting angel| wings. ' jex Centering | doorway is the ! Two Superb L: capes. On the walls to the right and left! as centers are two winged figures,! one of which wears a gilded crown of | laurel leaves. With these figures and ! a number of portrait studies, are‘ shown two superb landsc apes, one of “Capri.” with its head in sunlight, ) ts feet in shadow. The other of “Mount Momadnock,” snow capped | and inwrapped in blue shadow. Gallery No. 2, which is adjacent, contains paintings by Gari Melchers, George De Forest Brush, Winslow Home, Whistler and Sargent, as well as by Thayer. It is a harmonious and at- tractive group of American painters, each distinctive in style. The Sar- ents are small and comparatively ate works, subject pictures painted for the jo¥ of the doing. not por-| traits nor flgures. Gallery No, 3 is given up to paint- | nes by Thomas W. Dewing, exquirite | little figure paintings done decldedly | in_the spirit_of Whistler, but quite differently. Most lovely perhaps of these are the canvases entitled “An and “The Garland.” respec- Studies of Nature. | Gallery No. 5 contains only paint-| {ings by Tyron. an American painter {still living and producing (as. by| the way, is Dewing). These pictures lare interpretations of moods In na |ture. subtle effects of sunrise, twi- light and evening. In the corners of thig room, which are cut off diag- onally. are hung little landscapes and mariney in pastel, each a little mas- terpiece. | These galleries are on the north | side of the building. To find the ! Whistlers one must cross to the south | side, and, doing so, will pass through a gallery occupied by beautiful screens painted by great artists of Japan in the seventeenth and eight- eenth centuries. One represents the waves of the sea, and {5 by Sotasu. It gives a remarRable suggestion of the motion and weight and rhythm of | water, and is splendidly decorative in { effect. | “Another of these screens shows a i | | third sets forth a beautiful represen- tation of flowers, among which the coxcomb is conspicuous. There is also 2 beautiful screen in this gallery painted by a master of the Kano School of the sixteen and seventeenth {centuries, showing white wistaria. 1 Whistler Works Shown. Four galleries are given up to the works of Whistler, a_collection sur- passingly rich. In gallery No. §, one finds paintings of outdoor subjects. Here in a group are three of Whist- ler's_most famous nocturnes, “Blue and Silver Batter Sea Reach,” “Blue and Gold Valpariso,” Blue and Silver Bognor.” In this gallery also is the famous “Thames in Ice.” Gallery No. 9. contains figure paint- ings by Whistler, the famous portrait of Mr. Leyland, for whom the Pe: cock foom (later to be discovered) was originally painted. Here are the CLittls Blue and Gold Girl. the “Balcony,” the “Gold Screen,” the “Little Lady Sophle of Soho,” and a portrait of Charles L. Freer, the friend of Whistler and the donor of the Freer Gallery and its contents. Pastels, drawings and water colors by Whistler occupy gallery No. 10, and constitute one of the loveliest of the oxhibits. These, -even better than the ofl paintings, manifest Whistler's extraordinary artistic perception and gift. Here are pastels that have the suggestion of mosaics of jewels. Here are exquisite little nudes which sus- gest the purity and color of i earl. Here are water colors, showing on part of the painter full compre- hension of the limitations as well as ! possibilities of the medium. 4 Fameds Peacock Room. I ‘The fourth of the Whistier series of .&alleries (Gallery II) containg etch- BALANCING HIS | with murder as the result of a brush Secretary Hoover A, | were: Vice presidents, Mr. | George Tully Vaughan, Mre. Andrew composition of floating fans and a|J. TAR, WASHINGTON, ‘D. . TUESDAY, —By GLUYAS WILLIAMS. HUMS BRIGHT LITTLE TUNE WHILE MARKING CFF RE - TURNED CHECKS STLL HUMMING .l(’\ = GRUNTS AND LIGHTS A CICAR. GCES OVER TIGURES AGAIN A g \(’\ GETS SUDDEN HUNCH IT'S THE BANK THAT HARS MADE THE MISTRKE. HUNCH PRCVES NO GOOD ©F A MARE CHECIN-BOOK ISPLIT NOT FATAL 10 THE ARMS PACT Though Santiago Parley Fails, A. B. C. Republics May Get Together. SRYS TOR HEAVENS SAKE INTERRUPT. YOU CANT A CHECK BOOK IN A SECOND ings and lithographs and completes the cycle. leading up to the peacock room, which is precisely as it was originally set up in London and later in Mr. Freer's Detroit’ home. This room must be seen to be appreciated, no description sufficing adequately to visualize it. Over the mantel hanks the painting, entitled “The Frincess of Porcelain Land.” On the wall opposite is the decorative deslgn of peacocks, which Is variously re- peated on the shutters win- dows. The walls are cov shelves, decorative in desig these are a few specimens of Japa- nese potteries harmonious in color. The Chinese and Japanese works! of art, for which this collection I!‘ most famous, are disposed in gal-| leries at the east and west ends Df" the building. The Japanese are at| the west end and adjoin the hall of vcreens. In all instances more than | ae Associated Pres., ANTIAGO, Ch i I between five county officials and Hoover | on the outskirts of Ravenna yesterday. The officials had raided a still in the county and were returning with two prisoners. Apparently Hoover had trailed them and, undismayed by their numbers, opened fire when he reached a vantage point. Coles, the only man wounded, although struck by three bullets, opened fire on Hoover. five bullets found their mark on Hoo ver’s body before Coles fell — MRS. GANS RE-ELECTED. Chosen for Seventh Term President of G. U. Hospital Board. Mrs. Isazc Gans was re-elected | president of _the Ladies’ Board of Georgetown University Hospital for the seventh time at the annual meet- | ing vesterday. Other officers chosen Milton E. Haynes, Mrs. one form of art is simultaneousiy | exhibited—that is. paintings and pot- | bronzes, sculpture and paintings. In|limitation of naval armaments in the Japancse section there is a hall | Latin-America has caused a strained in which are seen beautiful €xamples|geeling in the camps of the Argentine, and Korean bronzes with Japanese | Brazilian and Chilean delegations to aintings. In another gallery are!the Pan-American conference, th P enth iy (o h Tata niner | oPinion is expressed in well informed | seventeenth century to the late nine- o et v teenth, together “with etatues of |quarters that there will eventually be Buddhas and Budhisattva of the|post-conference conversations which twelfth and thirteenth centuries. will result in an amicable settlement. Chinese Art Di At the present time Brazil strongly The Chinese art, set the | favors an A B C conference on arma- | e e aevony, (ullier date;|ment, to which Argentina is opposed. ne room shows scrolls. paintings o = At landscapes, flowers, animals, particular- |1t 18 believed, however, that there is 1y interesting and amazingiy well pre-|a prospect of separate treaties later, served, though of the Ming and Sungone between Argentina and Brazil, dynasties. One little gallery is given|and another between Chile and Ar- up to a statue of a Buddnisttva of the|gentina. Furthermore it is intimated sixth century, and to a remarkable |y the Argentine delegation is dis- stone lunette showinz in line the Bud- | josed to negotiate with each of thes dha Amitabha and attendant divinitles, | nations separately, but not together. which is reckoned as being of the! eighth or ninth century | Efforts Are Restricted. The corner gallery of this series B § shows carvings and sculptures, much| D¢ &rmament committee of the of it polychrome, some from the ancient | conference finds itself only able to E recommend that the nations repre- S | sented adopted a resolution affirmin; Turning back along the north cor- | 5 aop! " . rider toward the main entrance, one their peaceful intentions and desires, specimens of Chinese pottery of the: v h i v Shne o nee 900 to 1273 D, | conventions humanizing warfare. Magnificent in color, fine form. The breakdown is believed to have also a room given up to the pottery | Brazil notified Chile last December of Persia and Mesopotamla, which | S tan ai is likewise colorful and superior. |that she wouid undertake to discuss armaments at Santiago only because manner of display. The walls of all | courtes of the galleries are very light in tint, not white or gray, but something | N Beriimcmieaocene The unwiliingness of the United each exhidit has abundant space and ! can be seen separately or collectively | to the best advantage. Such an ar.incorporated in a pan-American rangement sets a standard in the art | treaty because the United States has of display for museums. ' mainteined and will continue to main- was made clear by Henry P. Fletcher n committee discussion yesterday of | Uruguay's proposal for an American Kentucky Mountaineer Held |of “the principle of the Monroe | Slaying of County Officer. | Doctrine by all American states. IRVINE. Ky.. May l.—John Coles. | alleged moonshiner, is in jail here to- | CHEMIST GETS POST. dey dangerously wounded and charged o Curtis to Head Nitrate Inquiry. Harry A. Curtis. an industrial chem ist. today was appointed by Secretar. tion authorized by Congress in con- nection with the question of fertil- izer_production. te are shown together, jades and| of the gray, green Korean pottery, temples. long hidden in the interior of finds galleries devoted to splend'd |and that they ratify the Washington beautiful in surface finish. There is/ been hastened by the disclosure that A word to the arrangement and required such course. in between. No gailery is crowded. States to have the Monroe Doctrine KILL tain the doctrine as its own policy in | league of nations and for the adoption | constable, is dead. and J. D. Hoover. ppoints H. A. Hoover to head the nitrate investiga- ] | Time for a gno; picture of Baby $20.00 Dozen RWOOD DERWOOD Main 4400 Over !; Million Visitors Will be here June daring Shrine week Help make your city beantiful ave your work done mow. Painting "and ‘Papering Mrs. Harry V. cIntyre, Mrs. Wilfred M. Barton, | Henry Gower, Mrs. J. E. Dono- Harry W. Taylor ., Mrs. Thomas J. Stanton, Mrs. 2333 18tk St. N.W. Col. 1077 Nellle E. Fealy and Miss Margarete 9 Mitchel; recording secretary, Mrs. F. E. Duehring; corresponding secretary, Miss Mary E. Keliher, and treasurer, Mre. M. J. Ready. Owners obtain the utmost satis- faction from the Hupmobile be- cause it is easy to drive; it almost never gets out of order; it costs so little to main- tain, and it keeps on plug- ging away with such everlast- ing faithfulness. smmh%, 1?0. Ealerama Road. Columbis 5080, Branch Selesroom 1333 Commecticut Ave. . : M Ride 8,000-Mile Guarantee Free Repairs T. 0. Probey Co. Phone West 133 2100 Pa. Ave. N. W. absorbed, with no strikes of more than | } ! i MAY -1, 1923.. SHORTAGE IN LABD SURVEY INDICATES Pre-War Stability Nears, as Business Booms—Wages on Upgrade. Prosperity throughout the country, the steadily growing business boom and an industrial revival approaching pre-war stability are mirrored in an actual shortage of labor, including farm help, existing in twenty-three states of the Unfon, with twenty-one other states reporting unemployment, 80 prevalent in 1920-21, completely 16cal character in progress or ex- pected, according to figures, statis- tics and reports gathered from labor leaders, industrial commissions and ate and federal employment agen- cles throughout the nation by the Associated Press. In only four states does general unemployment exist. Industrial peace In the United States is indicated by the reports of only nine strikes of any consequence, ac- cording to the Associated Press. Some of these are trivial and none of them appears to cause more than a ripple of local interest. Among these are the big shop strike of last July, that in some quarters is still hanginz fire, and others of less importance among the New York stevedores and in one Pennsylvania mine. ages on Upgrade. Increases in wages have become ef- fective in %o many states and in so many different trades and occup: tions that they point to a static con- dition in that direction. These include an 11 per cent in- crease to 200,000 packing house er ployes, a 15 per cent increase to ca penters, a 121 cents an hour increase to common laborers and a general {n- crease among steel workers, all in Chicago, and & 123% per cent increase to 200,000 workers in the woolen and cotton mills of New England. Only Ome State Cuts Pay. ‘The reports also show a general increase in wages in Michigan and an increase to the buflding trades, metal and machinery workers in New Eng- land. Increase in wages of ranch hands in the northwest, carpenters in Kentucky, farm labor in Iowa and Minnesota, bricklayers and plasterers in Montana and plasterers in Buffalo are also shown. Eight thousand | Bethlehem Steel Company men have received an 11 per cent raise. Common laborsis at a premium in Ohio, tex- tile workers and the plasterers have received Increases in Virginia, and the wages of miners have been Increased in Arizona. Reports from only one state show that wages have been lowered. This is in Louisiana, where the pay of common labor has been sharply cut. Middle West Needs Men, The survey shows that in fourteen states in the central, middle western. | western and _southern sections a shortage in farm help confronts the tiller of the soil this spring: that in| | New York, Indiana, Kentucky, nois and California a shortage is known In workers to carry on huge building programs that are planned In nine states skilled laborers are in demand, with jobs going beggin while in four other states the short- age comes in common labor. The building boom is noted in sev enteen states, and takes in territory i in every section of the country, while a general boom in all business is re- ported from the seven states of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Li- linois, Missouri and Delaware. Few Report Surpl The reports show that only in Oklahoma, Tennessee, Georgia and South Carolina does an excess workers. over jobs exist generally. True, there is a surplus of workers in clerical help, porters and chaffeurs | in New York, Kentucky, North Caro- lina, Oregon, Washington and Cali- fornia, but in each of these states the workers in other lines are em- ployed and in certain lines a surpius of jobs exists i In Pennsylvania it is reported that( negroes are being brought up from the south to work in the mills, while in the southern states this report is confirmed through statements of the nrest among negroes in certain ter- nitory and @ tendency to desert the south for more wages in northern manufacturing plants. § Greater New York has 44,000 dwell- ings under construction, besides hun- dreds of huge business and municipal ! projects, and is exceeding last vear" program of new bullding by nez $50.000,000 a month. Rallroads are preparing to make new demands on the labor market by spending, In the New York district, a part of the $1.100,000,000 appropriated | for work throughout the nation in 1823, and in_manning all shops full | force to put rolling stock in order for an unprecedented tonnage expected in the fall. Present conditions and prospects for the next few months were de- scribed by New York railroad officials as “normal. with sufficient skilled and unskliled hands, and including an as- tounding efficiency among shopmen, better than at any time since before Sy Remington Cash Registers Manufactared I Remin[lon&llhkefier(:o.lnc. | Remingt;nAn::C;mpmy, Inc. | ILION, N. Y. || trol your business. Features not shown on any other Register. It will pay you to see this machine before you buy. Hundreds of Washington mer- | chants are using Remington Cash Registers. Allowance made for other || makes of Registers taken in ex- | change. [ | H. George Thyson, Jr. Sales Agent 431 11th St. N.W. Phone Main 2403 Hurt India, and Indiana Feels It! of ind 3 By George E. Roberts (Alse _39 ether Business Articles, Editerials, Departments.) . NATION’S BUSINESS E ] - Oftictal Monthly B B D. ree. AT NEWSSTANDS—25c Or send 35e for & single Copy. $7.50 for FULL 3¢-month Saveciption: jot SEEKERS OF U. S. | JOBS WAIT ALL NIGHT/ 2,000 in Line at 8 0'Clock, When Doors Open to Give Out Ap- | | plication Blanks. | Several men and women sat up all | night to be fn line this morning at | 8:30, when the Civil Service Commis- | slon began handing out application | blanks for positions as laborer (male) | and cherwoman in the government | departments. | A few men and women took up po- | sitions at 1 o'clock this morning in | front of tie commission's headquar- | ters, on F street between 17th and | 18th streets, and sat on boxes to keep | off the cold ground. After the sun came up a woman | with a eteaming coffee pot did a | thriving business along the line. which by 8 o'clock approximated 2.000 people. “When the commission opened for business at 8:30 o'clock that num- ber of persons received blanks, | After the long line had dwindled, | It taking only about half an hour to | distribute the blanks, late comers be- | Ban to arrive. The commission at | noon had given out 500 more blanks. | Officials said the rush for the appli- cations was not as heavy as had been | expected. i The applicants, in the majority of cases, filled out’the blanks on the grounds, and handed them in to the commission. As they were received, the blanks were stamped in order, and when appointments are made the early numbers will be called first. There s no mental examination, it only being necessary that the appli- | cants be in good health It is from these applicants that the large corps i0of workers which clean the depart- ments before the clerks arrive each ' day Is recruited. MASARYK’S WIFE ILL. echoslovakia, May 1.—= Mme. Masaryk, wife of the president the Czechoslovakia republic and formerly Miss Charlotte Garrigue of Brooklyn, N. Y., today suffered an apoplectic strok Main 123 As Fresh As a May Morning That's the way everything should look and taste that comes from your refrigerator cooled with sparkling, crystal clear American these glad spring mornings. The milk and cream may have traveled * all night in an iced car, but they're as sweet and fresh as if old Bossy had delivered the goods at your back door. The Honeydew melon has come from South Africa—but comes to your table apparently picked before sun-up and with the sweet dew really on it. 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