Evening Star Newspaper, July 1, 1923, Page 55

HERE f{s one quality in the young girl of America, the EIrl who has been generally termed “the flapper” for the past few seasona, that has been men- | ytioned in all discussions regarding the feminine sex of ‘our country, of which there have been many and va- Tious, That quality is the inclin- tion to imitate a successful girl of the stage or screen in dress, man- nerisms and even expression of coun- tenance, This quality is noticeable in Wash- ington, os elsewhere. It is particu- [ Ylarly evident In crowds of high school glrls streaming out after viewing a motion picture. Undoubtedly part of it is unconscious. After amirl has gone into the busi- mess world for a few years this qual- 1ty is shed, even &8 the tadpole changes into the frog, end a definite Jndividuality i& developed among the £irls and women of business life. This is not true to such an extent of the girl who grows up into a so- clety ‘matron. She makes the fash: jons A more important thing in her life than does the business woman, and is therefore much more llable to folbow strictly fashion's dréss decree. Shye also spends more time in the beauty parlor and has the lines of character carefully rubbed out of her « face. Beamuse of the widespread recogni- tion of this quelity among the young Amerlean girls, it Is particularly in- teresting to find that Florenz Zleg- feld, high potentate of the Follies, has recently issued A statement to he effect that girls and women gpoil their own beauty by imitating others and that_originality is the cardinal charm. Mr. Ziegfeld saye that he selects the girls for the Follies who don't “follow the herd,” who do seem to realize when current styles in ex- .pressions don't suit them as individ- and who cultivate their own of expression. Says Mr. Zieg- “I' am conslantly on the lookout for gfris who have originality, and nowhere Is this more apparent than in their faces. No matter how pret- %% a girl may nawrally be, if she comes to apply for worx with her face made up €o that she thinks it's ®oing 1o look pretty, I'm likely to pass her by for some one else whose looks have more personality. * ok ok K Y YT is quite true that many girls adopt a regular mask for their features. It may be an expression that some one has &t one time ad- mired and that the girl therefore thinks “makes her look cute” It may be a rolling of the eyes that the girl thinks makes her lashes look longer. It may be a direct effort to coby some motion plcture actress that the girl has been told she resembled Whatever the motive, If only the girl “would realife that such an cxpression stamps her Indelibly as lacking in originality and real charm, she would certainly stop the effort and turn her energy into more productive chan- nels. In going over the list of girls who are leaders in any school or club it will always be found that these girls are Individual in the way that they dress their halr (a great factor in ‘v developing one's looks), are always @ little different in their dress from everybody else. and do not spend their time constantly thinking about just what expressions they e on their faces. They generally dr up-to-date frocks. but they ‘scem to wear them dlffercntly, because they are not constantly thinking about how they 100k in these dreswes. That is the big, fundamental differ- onee between the girl who Is the In- competent imitator and the popular | girl leader of social, a‘hletic or other activities. The imitator is not confident of her own abilities. but is aiways thinking abow® her external appearance. The leader is right and ls 8o busy putting over her ideas and carrying out plans of action that she just naturally reflects her success in her manner of W ing, wearing her ciothes and the expression on her face. * kX % PINHIS does not mean that the girl who Is a leader shows egotistical appreciation of her capabilities, but it does mean that she has a wi awake, interested expression on her face that gives a light to her eves and a fascinating mobllity to ail of her features. 7 In groups where some girls ape the actions of the most popular girl of their “set” the groups only increase the one girl's popularity. Ry thelr very imitation they emphasize her success as a personality. The answer to the whole problem is the old one that has proved ratisfac- dory throughout the ages, ‘“Just Dbe natural” If a girl is trueé to herself and does not try to make hergelf into some one else, she will develop all the elusive little qualities of a dis tinct personality that make* for in terest, and the best way to be nat- ural s to be ko Interested In things really worth while that one's personal expressions and mannerisms will take care of themselves. King Richard Haircut for Girls. JORD comes from Hollywood that Wallace Beery, the actor who depicted King Richard the Lion, Hearted In the Fairbanks film, “Robin Hood,” so ,satisfactorily, has set a new fashion for the girls. The flap- pers are said to be quite taken with the square-cut bob of the wig which Mr. Beery wore in that picture, and are having thelr own bobbed iockp trimmed accordingly. Moreover, Mr. Beery was s0_popu- lar in that characterization that he is going to do a whole picture fea- 4uring the bluff ruler who kept knighthood blossomihg plenteously. Central High Editor Aims to Be Secretary Asquith, head of “Brecky” HERE i novelist toberts R ht and Washington premier at a hart is above sons, and no sons and nof n girls. Th be a capabl girl. “T lke the other mornin drawingroom. s basleaily tl conservative her cusses _every above-board “I thimk who does not | today®do_no | They b ia much clo “Of gours: career for gi ithe responsil { Inc.udes. | the real work L Wi @ scholarshi | tainebleau, street north | wmbi i was gradual Conservatory Lederman. of the Capital years she h studles with Letty. 1 the S. near Parls. months' cou specializing under Isidor sic_upon her arshi can sho: o in hel modern girl mother or iittle or no e: that which ambitions. ! “How can I that I can repay”’ eration is a human endeavor, her very much,” advantage of frankness. | doesn’t ktow any mor grandmother others what she does know and she dis- bove her own level. are merely human beings. Knows she | mutual interes Miss Leonard exp: der of success. not say, “W] gially or otherwise, Their Affairs. by ‘Helen H. Fetter. s perhaps no American who is so qualified to dis- ss the modern American girl as Mary hart. the popular pmy- novelist who is lving right now and who has just produced her newest play with a local theater. Mrs. Rine- all else proud of her three woman can have three fine t keep up with the styles en, too, as a writer, Mrs. Rinehart frequently proved herself to e chemist of the modern modern zirl and approve of * said Mrs. Rinehart the g in her breezy apartment . “I think the modern girl he same as the girl of more times, but with the added She about life than did, but she tells thing in a commendable, manngr. that parents, particularly parents of girls, are largely responsible | for the development of the type of girl | seem to consider her par- Parents of t try to Keep themselves encourage their children all their actions to reallze that they In this tie of affection is_developed. believe that the one re s i= homemaking and all pilities that this life-work and However, 1 think business,or . | professional careery for girls who have ¥ inciinations in those directions are very | good as ‘fllers' until the girls take up with marriage. Local Girl Studies in ! France~ {()NE of the younger musiclans of shington, who has qualified for D course of training at| the beautiful palace-school of For- France, this summer, is Miss Josephine Leonard of 1717 17th west. Miss Leonard, who s an wnusually us glrl, Southern Raflway She was born in Centralia, Hls., ana is a clerk in the Company office: ted from the Centralla y of Music under E. R. She has ltved in Wash- ! ington for five yeare now and is fona 1 City. For the past three as continued her pfano Louis A. Potter of this On June 18, Miss Leonard sailed on S. France to attend the Fon- talnebleau School of Music, located She will take a three rse there this summer, in piano. She will study Philipp cts tosteach mu- return in the fall. Such an achievement as this schol- what an American girl 1ping herself up the lad- The question for the is no longer that of her grandmother. She does ho will help .me?’ with xpectation of giving back may be lent her, finan- to gratify her The modern girl sa; do it myself or with ald Of course, co-op- factor in all it must ba co- necessary bu opeération and the more an individual relies upon herself the more firm become her vill bellef in herself and the strength to back that belief will sim- | ultaneously popular me Central She liked th #ot along In commercial 8chool and i position. Brecky, the senfor year, weekly ne! During he! quith was ol school council. Mary Asquith,’ High School graduated a couple of weeks ago. Miss Asquith took the classical course jand specialized | subjects—typewriting and shorthand. of the Central Bulletin, increase, School Editor M\ J18S MARY ASQUITH, seventaen | years old, was one of the most mbers of the class of which was in the commercial ese subjects so well and them so nicely, that she says she is going to take the strictly course next year at the t herself for a secretarial ‘While taking the academic studies, Mies - Abquith was editor of the school yearbook, in her and also associate editor the school aper. r junior” year, Miss As-. ass representative on the She is an active mem- ber of the Zodiac Soclal Club, which staff this yean, o speeialize in eom-| was formally -utnor;u?y the school authérities. in really Maury stoberts Rinehart, authoress, believes that real career is home-makl Mary Roberts Rinehart and Girls | “To me the favorite type of gitl is the home girl, and this is the type I have selected for the heroine of my new play, ‘The Breaking Point.’ Elizabeth represents work and love to the hero. This is the same kind of girl that w the heroine of my very first pl Double Life,’ which, by the w written before 1 wrote any of my “In “The Refuvenation of Aunt Mary the young girl was the typical ingenu light, happy and effervescent. ‘Babe’ was, of ccurse, a typical flapper. My heroine of ‘Cheer U'p,’ a farce, was a red-haired, sharp-tongued girl, a mod- ern versian of Catherine the shrew's type. The heroine of ‘Spanish Love' ‘was an emotional Latin type that is not American. ‘Seven Days' had a sophisti- cated debutante heroine, and the girl in ‘The Bat’ was a swect young girl, vic- tim of circumstance: Mrs. Rinchart herself looked the most attractive type of the modern American woman. She did not come to the inter- view at 11 o'clock in the morning dress- ed in an elavorate French neglige con- coctlon. She wore a crisp pink and white plaid gingham dress, such hundreds of American women don each morning. Her thick black hair was | simply dressed and her blue eyes were Intent with the problems that she had before her, but not with herself. She is very businessiike in her manner and very charming, particularly when she es, which is often. Do 'you want me to say what I think mbout girls going on the stage?’ she suggested townrd the end of the inter- view. Receiving eager acquigscenc said: should advise any girl who seri- ously considered taking up a stage oareer {0 first attend a rellable dra- matic school and then get stock com- pany experience. 1 would not advise any girl to get into the motion pictures. The fleld is more than overcrowded at present. | | Sails to Study Music ! | at French Institution im gt talented planist, | will enter Fontainebleau School. A NCW Dress {Ot a Dollar MIP.IAM COOPER, motion ploture actress, has announced that she and Olga Printzlau, scenario writer, have combined their ingenulty ‘and ability as costume designers, and have made a gown that is attractive and that costs only one dollar. This dress is sald to be becoming to all types of girls, and Miss Cooper has five made up in different material suitable for every occasion in her wardrobe for the picture on which she 18 now working. The simple instructions for making this dress, as issued by Miss Cooper, nclude the following facts: “The ma« erial should be as wide as possibl ut not motre than two yards Is re quired. The model 18 ‘the simple, stralght one which is in vogue no: From one end of the goods a. fe: inches of materfal for the ves is cut, and another small plece for the narrow sash. This leaves about one and a half yards to be folded once lengthwise and cut In two pleces, each plece remaining a yard and a half long. These can be Quick- hem tufned up. In the small open- ings left for the arms, the two pleces out for the sleeyes are sewn. Cut 4 semlefrcle at the top of the goods for the neck, slip the gown over the head of the model and arapé th or belt, gracefully about the waist. “For the.lighter materials, a few inexpensive artificial flowers are el fective, and still keep the dress with- in the doliar Hmit® % aterials especially -utgu-l T the frock are voile, dimity, cotton crepe, gingham and seco silk. i tai "Wellesley Coilege tn 191 | siderable 1y basted together at the sides and a| Girl Scout Camp Notes. 1SS ANNE HOF, Miss Constance Roberts, English girl guide, who is vielting (n Washington, and Miss Mabel Shan have just r turned from the national girl scout ¢amp, Camp Andree, where they took the campers’ tralning course. It fea- tured ploneer wobk and primitive clmvlnf. Miss Roberts and Miss Shannon will gn this week to the Washington Girl, cout camp, Camp Bradley, they will be instructors. Troop No. 37 of Alexandria will go on & ten-day camping_trip up the Potomac river on the Virginia side. They will be chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Travis and their cap- Mrs. Blunt. Equipment has been loaned by the Natfonal Guard of Alexandria, Next Sunday the ‘members of the Washingteh and Baltimore Girl Scouts will entertain at luncheon at Camp Bradley for the officers and Wwhere | their wives from Edgewood Arsenal and Fort Hoyle. Washington Girl Gets Boston Post IS8 MARJORIE STICKNEY, a ‘Washington girl, has just been appointed as Girl Reserve secretary for the Boston ¥, W. C. A.. according to a statement mcently issued. Miss Stickney was graduated from arfd has been busy working with girls for two years, teaching in the Norton “House of the Pines.” She_has also had con- experience with groups camping. N\ - For threc years she traveled as the national mecretary for the Girl Reserves and covered some of the faf in her trips of general conference for Girl Re- rves of the New England reglon at Camp Maqua, Poland, Me., which opened yesterday and will be con- cluded July §, Mi Stickney will have charge of the girls' council hour. —_— Girl S%ut Writes ' Camp Poem E District Division of Girl Scouts of America is proud of the poem {written In honor of the local scout icamp, Camp Bradley at Edgewood, This pocm was by Girl Scout Flllabelh Franzon! and reads as fol- ow: CAMP BRADLEY. Which is the camp we love so well, The camp that lies near hill and dell, ‘The camp that brings us life outdoors, Woods and fields, health and joys? It is Bradley—the ‘one we all adore, ‘Where we spend each year @ month or more, 3 If Miss White, the District dinector will let us, And the moths and bugs and mos- quitoes don't get us. Thirty tents make up our camp, Each supplied with an electric lamp, Ralph and Sum the champion cooks, . Flenty of councillors, all atrong on 00ks. S OMfers‘ from Edgewood, which lles close Come take our councillors for a horse-back ride, Oh, boy! just tho And jump, I'll wager, rance. So when the school is ended, All Girl Scouts' hearts are bended, To_the camp we love so well, That lies from hill and dell. horses prance from here to NAMES FOR GIRLS And What They Mean IBYL is an apt name for a girl who Is Intelligent, for, literally translated, it means “wise girl.” The name is particularly favored by the Scotch and Irish people, and is of similar origin to the Italian * meaning “wise old _women. source of both words has been to the Greek word meaning cillors of Zeus." As Zeus, known to the Romans In their mythology as Jupiter, was the supreme deity wor- shiped by these early people, it was a position of high honor that was held by_his councilors, the Sibyls. The blossom for Sibyl is the olean- der, a beautiful flower of wax-like texture. The sentiment, or motto, for girls of this name is “fore. thought.” The Sibyl, women reputed to have special powers of prophecy and divi- nation, and belleved by the people who lived in the times when myth- OlogY Wi the popular form of re- ligion to possess the power of inter- cession with the gods on behalf of mortals, were commonly listed as ten, but are sometimes referred to as twelve women. They included the Perslan, Babylonian (sometimes con- sidered identical), Libyan, Delphian, Cimmerian, Erythraean, Samian, Cu. maeon. Hellespontine '(or Trojan), Pirygian and Tiburtine. ‘The most famous in hiastory and literature of all Bibyls was the Cu- byl—or Amalthaea, the Sibyl Italy. “She is said to have appeared ‘before Tarquin the Proud, eventh and last king of Rome. and 0 have oftered to him nine books for ale. He refused to buy them, where- pon the Sibyl had three of them burned. Bhe then returned with the remaining six volumes and again of- fered them to him. He still refused der the purchas So Amal- in had three burned. a thii ime she went and presented the remaining three volumes for sale and at the original price of the nine volume; Tarquin was so astonished at such perseverence that he was im. pressed to the extent of purchasin, the three book: rections as to how to worshij gods and also regarding the poliey of the lomans. The books are generally known as the Sibylline books, and were written In Greek hemameters. They were carefully kept in Rome until §3 B when the temple of Juplter wi urned . anddthey were destrdyed. Michelangelo, the great painter, made the most famous paintings of the Sibyls, alternating them with his figures of the prophets on the tri- angles of the vaulting of the Sistine Chapel, Rome. Nearly every variety of heathenism has its Bibyl. Sometimes poetic pre- diotions were ascribed to these women. Rome was, . perhaps, the place above all others where the Sibyls were held in deepest rever- ence. An interesting fact concerning the Sibylline prophecies Is that they | were all originally written upon palm leav. We, find no variationsébf the name S81ibyl or any nickname; Enthusiastic Ann. Folks thought Ann was pretty, Admitted she was bright Znn was gay and witty Amd coufid dance all night; Joyous over little thing: A veritable P People always called her Enthusiastic Ann. When they planned a party, Or a simple tea, Ann was ajways there Lively as eould be. s She sparkied and suggested ‘What they do in every ; And she 'ways helped to do .the . work,: Enthus! ‘t;c Ann.“om Time-came for. vaca! ; Some went to the shore, Others _to the mountains; Local camps called more. e gave her aid Until gan, But quietly at home remained ° Enthuslastio Aan. / Folks rarely took her seriously, < But 1 to_hear the sound . of gamr and laughing en Ann woll gome around. And everybody liked her— ‘Woman, OF Mman— Seemed to feel the better for Entustastic Ann, Vet l Paren This column is conducted under the ausplees of the District of Columbla branch of the Natlonal Congress of :“:l'l;fl'n and Parent-Teachers’ Asso- tion. /The pgplic schools of Washington have suffered a serious loss in the voluntary retirement of Miss Alice McNantz. the prineipal and eighth grade teacher in the Edmonds bulld- ing. Owing to Miss McNantz’s modest and retiring @tsposition, comparative- Iy few people appreciate her splendid qualities both as m teacher and as & principal. The teachers in her dulld- ing and all those closely associated with her, renlise what an Inspiration and help she always has been to her pupils. Years ago. she determined that she would retire before age had made her a detriment to the aystem, 0 true to her uneelfish habits she has quietly wighdrawn though still a competent and up-to-date teAche: The rchool syatem 8 to be congratu. lated on having posseased a teacher of auch ability and the teachers and mothers of the Edmonds puplls are disconRolate at her retirement. She has eafned a rest from her labors, but her spirit and the ideala she has in- stilled In her pupile will 1ast for more than one generation. e teachers in her bullding loved het as a valued friend, and members of her Parent. Teacher Amsociation consider her the inspiration for thelf success. . In the words of Wordswarth, she is “A woman nobly planned, to love, to honor and command.” . An interesting fact was made known the other d showing the value of this Parent-Teacher column, Mrs. Byler, the president of the Langdon-John Burroughs Parent- Teacher Assoclation, received a letter from a Parent-Teacher Asaociation pres- ident in Sacramento, Calif., in which the Californian stated that her husband had attended the Bhrine convention and had sent home a Bunday Star in which she had been much Interested in the Parent-Teacher Activities, and she wrote to Mrs. Byler to make some inquiries about the Woodridge Cooke book, which had béen mentioned in the Parent-Teacher column. As there has recently been a meet- ing in this city of a councll to estab- lish a code for the ume of the flag, it is earnestly hoped that when the schools open after the summer vi tion, there will be a flay classroom. Since the pup ected to pledge leglance to the ag a8 a part of the dally program, it ip appalling to think of the number of “clasarooms where there are. no flags. This particular part of the pchool equipment should be supplied by some of our many patciotic or- ganizations. Another matter which should receive attention Is the <dic- tionaries in the schools. Many of these books are very old and battered. One parent-teacher clation re- cently requested the board of educa. tion to give this matter some atten- tlon. The recently organized parent- teacher association of the Morgan school raised funds right after they organized with which they placed a flag and a dictlonary in every class- room’in thelr building. The mothers of the Edmonds School took the pupils of that building on a plcnic Thursday to Montrose Park in Georgetown. Each child was given several baHoons and ice cream was served after lunch. Réces were held and prises given to the winner Those children who won were Andre Shannon (who won twice), Elisabeth Frits, Dorothy Clark, Anne Mullen, Susie Mullen, Dorothy' Talbert, James Dietz, Esther Belnick and William Bianchard. After the chiMren had fun, the mothers had two races, those winning being Mrs. Fritz, president of the cigb, Mrs. Grinder, Mrs. Hild and Mrs. Belnick. A parent-teacher aseociation is the one distinct organization in the Dis- trict of Columbia that seeks to bind the parents to the school and secure their interest in the better education of the children. No public achool can have continued success unless there is a genulne spirit of helpful- ness on the part of the parents and a sincere desire on the part of the teachers and achool officials to un- derstand the educational needs ot the home, it is declared. The task of educating all the children Is tre- mendous one, and too great for either Naval Afr Station. Thousands of miles were covered by planes of the station since last {Thursday in flights radiating from Anecostia to all poiats of the com- pa More long-distance flights are fore, which fs unusual for the base, as its pecullar duties call for short flights almost altogether. In con- nection with these journeys to New York, Hampton Roads, Cape May, Philadelphia, Lakehurst, Pough- keepsle, N. Y., Media, Pa.; Middleburg, Va. and other places, not one acei- dent or minor disturbance resulted. Operations are belng conducted by the photographic section with the,re- cently acquired, tri-lens mapping camera iA preparation for the Marine Corps maneuvers this simmer. Four hundred miles of road in the viclnity {of Washington are being mapped by - thlolrlphlc plane, which will re- t In providing means of a minute study of the aera of operations. The tri-lens camera, in one “shot” can ob- | tain & straight ahead perspective, one the left and one to the right, reg. n the film almost a com semi-circle of view. The cameras are understood, however, to still be In the experiment stage, as gsome difficulty with thelr operation is experienced at times. The photographic section also is conducting tests with the Bausch and Lomb telephoto lens, which is o the camera as a telescope is to the eye. The object of these experiments is to compare it for service use with the Cook Telar lens of British manu- ‘tlcu’lre that Bas heretofore been used. in Which radio plays & part, are being made by Gunner John Reuschel, wWho has been ordered back to the station from the naval alrcraft factory; where he was dispatched two weeks ago. nature ‘of the tests are considered a government secret. Lieut, George R. Pond and Lieut. A. W. Gorton, respectively, flew a Martin observation monoplane and a nvecllll‘ constructed Vaughi-biplane up to Media, Pa. yesterday, to ex- hibit the ships and take part in an alr meet being held there. It is un- derstood that the air station also will -8 {haps the Vaught out to Minneapolis iearly this month, at which place a new.landing fled will be opened up. !rolul nd Boatswain Deltrich of the statioR flew an to Cape May last Friday and returned Tuesday of vas to enable Commander Griffin to ;uke an Inspection of the station. Included among the cross-country jut. Carson-and.Lieut. Commander }g‘“ln_‘.. 10 the torpedo barge at .ne mouth of the Potomac; Lieuts. Pond Lieut. Commander Griffin of the bu- }this week. The purpose of the flight flights miade during the week were: and Ross to Philadelphla, Lakehurst and return the same day; Lieut. Com- } mander Webster and Lieut. Stone to Philadelphia: Lieuts. Miller, Farns- worth and Ostrander to Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; Commander Albert Reed, of transsAtlantio fame, to Hampton Roads, with Lieut. Commander Mitscher; Ensign_A. J. Willams to Middleburg, Va.; Lieuts. Calloway and Shoemaker to New York via Medi: Lieut. F. W. Wead to Hampton Road: Lieut.’ Rutl Irvine to Cambridge, Md.; Lieut. Commander H. B. Grow and Lieut. Ramsey to Hampton being made at present than ever be- | The | send the Martin observation and per- | | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D, O, JULY 1, 1928—PART 2. the home or the school working alone. But with & wise co-operation the force at work Is more than doubled and th. task bécomes comparatively eas) The parent-teacher assoclation, home and school assoclation oF Mother's Club is & unitying force. It vupplies the perative spirit, it brings the home and the school closer together. themuelves In the study and solution of & great number of problems which relate to the growth and develop- | ment of the chiid. < Thene associgtions will be succe ful just to th€ extent that they at- tack problems of vital importance to the weltare® of the children in the schools and in First of these problems relates to the Nealth of the childre Under that heading comes medi Inspectio mental inapection, &chool nurse: weighing and measuring the children, #chool lunches, milk lunches and all n;lnl:;eu concerning the health of the ¢ t Investigation elation to un- dertake relates Jo the recreation and play of the children of the helghbor- hood. What are the provisions for play {n the school? t do puplls of different ages do during the r cess and after school hours? If there Is a playground, Js it supervised? Along with this investigation should ¢ome the knowledge of the amuse- ments and other recreations of the nelghborhood. How frequently do the children attend the movies? The theaters? Do the boys hang around the corners, the garages, the pool- ? Do the girls promenade the In othet words, what do they do with thelr leisute time? Is the assoclatlon of the boys and girls Ppropertly supervised? The —parent-teacher asmociation can hélp In the regular work of a school. There s gevortunity for very earnest work. No school In our country can do all that it should do today without the co-operation of the parents whose children attend #chool. An up-to-date school must have adequate equipment for - effect- Ive work. Also pupjls should follow program outside of the school [ Which wae not requlred of them in &n earlier day. When a parent- teacher association becomes well e tablished so that it can do serious work, then problems connected with regular school work should be con- aidered. The assoclation should see that adequate equipment for the teachers is provided. Parents should remember that it 18 not for the teach- ers' advantage but the welfare of the children that adequate equipment I8 obtained. A toplie of great importance {8 how the local sohool is providing for the needs of individual children. 1Is & &ifted child permitted to go through the school more rapidly than a dull ¢hiliz What is being done for ohil- @ren of superior natural ability &0 that they will not waste time d acquire habits of distraction? What Is being done for the child who marked mechanical ability but who not apecially studious? 1Is It' bes lieved that al]l children are about the Same or can be made the same by training and education? The association should study new educational movements, it {s pointed out. Are there facilities for manuel arts and household art, provision for sehool luncheons? Does every boy and gj#l have access to &ymnasium? e there athletic fa- cilities for all“the children? These matters are all of great importance &nd progressive schools are studyin, them today. A forward step In re- Bpect to any of them cannot be taken without the sympathy and co-opera- tion of parenta. The Importance of rlfht reading as a factor in the upbullding of charac- ter is generally recognized and is one of ‘the most important subjects for consideration; the association with very limited means can arramge with lhekl’ubllc Library for a collection of 8. | The Importance of every association having a real live ohalrman of legie: lation is stressed by Mrs. Rafter, the District Parent-Teacher Assoclation president. In arecent article she said ‘I the mothers in Washington who have children in the schools had spent gome time at the Capitol last | winter during the session of Congress, they would reallze how necessary It is for women to understand what Teg- ‘l:l tion means and how necnnryfit |18 Yor every parent-teacher - [ tionto have & 2" Test | 1ative, committee, AVIATION ACTIVITIES IN WASHINGTON | Roads: Lieut. David Ritten {H mpton Roads; Lieut. L. H.h%:;:le: son, Marine Cotps, and Comm ‘:X:l.l\ldo tunfibc.rdmym Md.: Lieut. C | er Rankin | Bander I and Lieut, Stone >mn Rufidx Lieut. eut. McKenna to Langle - mander White, Lisuts. Ramasy, Rii- tenhouse, Price and a mechanic, ail |in_a Douglas Torpedo plane, built jordinarily two passeng: to Hampton Roads and Lieuts. uotrn"‘iml Shoemaker to Philadelphia and retura. Bolling Field. From Langley Field, Hampton, Va., to Bolling, thence to Fairfleld, Ohlo, r Dayton, and return to Washing- ::n. Was the route covered Ilast ursday by Lieut. Foster, a di of more than 300 miles in a da;t:flfg geveral Wpurs to spare. Had not Lleut. Foster surrendered his plane ®t the Fairfield intermediate depot for service; his journey would have been made in much, less time. How- ever, the present flight is considered & record over this particular airway. When Lieut. Foster landed here at 0 o'clock, Lieut. Guy Kirksey re. lieved him as pilot and continued the filght to Langley field and return. During the week many civilians gof an inside peep Intd th’. ex| o of flying, neariy a dozen ha taken on hops around the e cluded in this number was Fullerton, nephew of Senator cer of Missouri. Lieut. Loster J. Mait- 1and took him up for a spin and the 14-year-old youth was very slastic over the sport when he landed Eight officers from the office of the chief of air service also engaged ‘;:el: for practice an@ cross-country . Licut. Grisham of Langley fleld ar- rived Friday in & Martin bomber trom Mitchell fleld, Long Island, and the next day proceeded to his home sta- ton. He was forced down at Leon- rlni::!:lllla. M‘g., hgwevzr, on account of T trouble, but after repal sble to continue the Journay =~ " oF to i Lieut! Pond to Hamp- Sanderson and ast: Spen. Lieat. Walter K. Burgess completed 8 tour of the model airway ’l?hurs- day, returning to the field with Pri- ::;5&::':'“?{ 2 Sraduato of the air echnical school field, Rantoul, 1il. o‘ =t e Aside from those alread my there wered twelve arrivad ennx:.t'lo'.;g' Hnuru fon the week, as -follows: leut. Brown with Capt. Robert Oldyd for Langley, Lieut. Russell L. MAughun to Mitchel fleld from whers he soon Will undertake his daylight to dark- ness transcontinental four-stop fignt, | Lieut. Clayton L. Bissell '.l;y'l"ld;lxl":'nrs‘M:llcsoll field. 8t. Campbeli from - deen.” Md., to Fregerlokuburg, o Lieut. Clarke, plloting a Martin bomber, from Langley with two pas- sengers; Lieut. Kunkel of Chanute fleld for New York, carrying Master Bergt. Holtzman: Lleut. Langmeade for Langley fleld, carrying Lieut. Reed; Lieut. Matthews, Selfridge feld lalrway plane, for Langley field; Lieut Kunkel from Mitchel field with Litut, Crawford, and Messrs. King and Ro; of the national advisory committee for aeronautics arrived and departed the same’ day for Langley field. Not Fully Prepared. Feom the Bohemian Magasine. Tim—Help! Help! I'm drowning. Hero—Courage, my brave man! Just walit untll I get a ro a measuring rod, a Carnegie applieation blank, two witnesses and s notary publie. : with Lieut. Sergt. Hud- These associations interest | | Is there|ganizations will support in the next well organized legis- |near future. The base ball team of National Capltal Post, No. 127, Veteraus of Foreigh Wars, ‘was defeated last Bun- day by the Quantico Marines. Plans are being made by the post members to attend the national com- vention at Norfolk, Va, In 4gugust. The On to Norfolk Club of the Na- tional Capital Post announces the chartering. of the Washington &nd Norfolk line steamer Northland, for the aocommodation of those golng trom the District, at a special rate. Joe Gardello of National Capital Post night of August 26, arriving in Ner- folk the following morning. At the last meeting of the Henry C. Spengler-Post, No. 12, the Ameri- can Legion, two new members were added (o its roster. Arrangements have been made for the post te hold its annual excursion to Chesapeake Beach, August 24. Past Commander Twyman, chairman of the committee on arrangements, in desirous of hav- ing an early distridution-of the tick- ets, in order that the date may be set aside by the members and their friends, so that the day will be mark- | ed by & large attendanc The poet held its monthly luncheon at the City Club June 26. The luach- eon was well attended by both mem- bers and their guests. The next luncheon wiil be held at the City Club July 24 at 12:30 p.m. Amendments to the post's by-laws and initiation will be the items of | business at the meeting July 5. of American world war Europe are never to be for- tten, beeause of efforts of the merican Legion . in ralsing a fund to provide annual decoration in pers petulty for these resting places. The overseas graves endowment fund, sponsored by the Leglon, has now reached $110,999.99, according to re- fiol’(l of National ‘Treasurer Robert . Tyndall of the organisatio Pennsylvania leads all states in amount ‘contributed. Others of th first ten leading states are Ohlo, New York, Illinois, Massachusetts, Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, Minnesota and California, in the order named. Contributions may still be made di- rect to national headquarters of the American Legion in Inidanapolis. The American Legion will’support efforts of the government to dissem- ingte among veterans of the world wer information conterning _their rights to public lands, Lemuel Bolles, Legion national adjutant, N an nounced. + The ex-service men's organization is_especially Interested in encour- ing land settlement movements, because a recent questionnaire is- sued by the Legion revealed that many legion posts {n small towns and farming communities have suf- fered from decreases In membership occasioned by the departure of le- glonaires from the country to the in- dustrial centers in large cities. Emphasis will be placed uppn the land settlement and home and farm edd features of the adjusted compen- sation bill which the veterans' or- senslon of Congress, Mr. Bolier said. Although the conclusion of the worlg' war found the-area of the| publfe land greatly reduced. the gov- ernment is opening up hundreds of thousands of acres In western states. Veterans will have preference in se- lection of the best land, according to the Interlor Department, and will have the right to” deduct from the legal period of three years necessary to prove a homestead title, the time he spent in theyservice. Disabled former service men, who had prior 1o the war made homestead entries, were permitted to make proof with- out further residence, upon a show= ing that they were physfcally unable to return to the land. Preference Mght of entry over all other citizens for_uiretyfdays to wnteriany public or Indian lands, to be opened or res- tored to entry in the future alsc is afforded to veterans. The business meeting of the Ameri- can Legion Auxlillary of the Vincent B. Costello Fost, No. 15, scheduled for July 3, has been cancelled. There wui’ be but one meeting a month dur- ing the summer months. The unit is planning to give a box party at the home of Mrs. Mary S8hanahan in the Mrs. Shanahan, presfs dent of the unit, has just returnel from a trip to Chicago. - Will be nwarded' to thy member who secures most reeruits. | The members at the lust regula meeting contributed & ten-dollar goid Plece to Mre. James Reed, aiso oms o Miss Mary Beriin, as & small re- ward for the wonderful récord that they made during the recent Poppy campaign conducted by the post. The Ladies' Auxillary of Equalitye Walter R Post, under the direc- tion of Mrs. James Reed, is arrangipg to send delegation of members to the National Auxiliary -coavention, which will be held in Norfolk, Va., jat the same time the Veterans of | Foreign Wars hold their encampment, the neighborhood:|is in charge of these arrangements.|®nd additional information can be se: {The boat leaves Washington on the cured from Mrs. James Reed, 1228 B street morthwest. Mors than 200 disabled vetérans at Whaiter Reed Army Hospital shook hands with Alvin Owslsy, national commander of the American n, when he visited that Institution Wed- nesday. He was accompanied on his Inspe: trip by Gen. Frank T, Hines, director of the United States Veterana' Bureau: Joseph Sparks, chairman of the legion's national res habllitation committee; Gen. Walter . McCall of the surgeon Eeneral’s office, and Col. J. D. Glennan, coms manding officer of the hgspital. The war-wrecked soldiers brights ened visibly at Owsley's cheety groeting. and eagerly mhowed hlm samples of their dccupational therapy work, of told of-their improved con- ditlons in government hospitals. Owsley addressed mdre than 100 of the disabled who had gathered Ine formaily Ih the recreation hall of the hospital. He was rouadly applauded when he Informed his audience that not a single plece of leglslation for the relief of the disabled had been enacted by the Congress which had not first been advocated as a part of the tegion's national ey tive program, and the legion would press for ths enactment of additional laws at the next session of Congress. Following the visit to the hompital, Commander Qwaley was the guest at a luncheon given by Ambassador JuSserand at the French embassy. BOY SCOUTS Camp Roosevelt, the Washington Boy Scout camp at Calvert Cliffs, Nd., on Cherapeake bay, opened last Mone day with more than 100 scouts in ate tendance. Thursday was visitors’ day, when a large delegation of pars ents visited the ¢amp. The scouts are fortunate in having two camp sites— one on Chesapeake bay and the othet at Burnt Mills, Ma. ‘The camp on the bay has & capacity Of 150 scouts and has an ideal 1oca- tion, having a frontage of about one~ third of a mile on the bay—with ons of the finest sandy beaches found anywhere along the coast. As the water is ehallow for a distance of a quarter of a mile from shore, it makes an absolutely safe swimming place. The camp 1s cquinped with & dining hail, boktnouse uad recreation buiid ing (In the course of construction), nine row boats, a launch with expe- rienced boatman, Uspt. Hazard, in charge. This is Capt. Hasard's fifth season with the camp, during which time he hes not had a single aceldent in traMporting the 3.000 boys who have attended the camp. There are iwenly large new tenis «quipped with board floors and steel cots. One of the nources of Interest for the scouts is the new radio =et loaned to the camp by_Scout Commissioner L. A. Snead. “The camp is supplied with artesian well water and food s pre- pared by two expert United States Army cooks. The fiest week in July is alwaye & Dblg week In camp as on uly dth thers is arranged & big celebrution In com memoration of the day. In the even ing will be a monwiec campfire and fires works. Scout Executive Edward D. Bhaw feports the demand for reservation being heavy this year; but that there Is stll a little room for a few :m;‘l: scouts who may desire to ate ond. 'ln;: following scouts will I;ns tor camp tomorrow morning: Troop 1, William Phelan, Robert Marshal Troop_ 8, John Berry; Troop 15, Wil liam Moulden, Paul Blackburn, Gor- don Webnet, Edward Roth, Tom The puxlilary of the Henry C. Spenglpr Post, 12, will hold a meeting next Thursday evening at National Guard Armory. The auxillary of the George E. Kil- leen Post, No. 25, will hold a meetin; next Fri evening at Potomac Ban! bullding. Norfolk, Va., is ecalmly, more, ens thusiastically awaiting an invasion cf fighting men that will commence about August 30 and continue until the 12T7. ‘hereafter for a weck the virginia metropol!8 will te in a stat) of seige. A squadron of battle cruis- ers will patrol Hampton Roads, troops trom surrounding garrisons will swarm about the city and veterans of innumerable campaigns will billat in the principal hotels.. All this be- chuse the Veterans of Forelgn Wars will conduct their tWenty-fourth an- nual encampment the Col. C. D. Davidson, former assis- ant_United States District Attorney, is chalrman of the encampment com- mittee and _his organization has raised a fund of $50,000 for the en- tertainment of the overseas veterans who_will come from every state in the Union, Hawaii, the Canal Zone. the Philippines and France. A decorations committee comprising local artists has arranged profuse decorations, a unique feature of which ‘will be a court ot honor four blocks long. This is belng constructed of living flowers and will completely bower the city it covers. of the Army, Navy, departments of the government have Already signi- fied their intention to attend and rep. resentatives of the allied military es tablishments will be guests of honor. QGen. Pershing will be given a post ot honor In all of the veterans activi. ties which run the gamut of enter. tainment from an acquatie and athletioc meet to a monster military ball the closing night of the gather- iny p The Oliver cup, gift of Past Na tional Chaplain A. C, Oliver of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and award ed each year to the veteran post most active In Americanization work, tht year will be presented to Emerson Hovey Post, No. 168, V. F. W. of Portsmouth, N. H. The prize has been awarded largely for the wide stope of thelr work among allen citisens and the public schools. Honorable mention’ is_given Emil Hubsch Post, No. 596, of Mount Vernon, N. Y.; New- port Post, Nol 406. Newport, R. I and Lieut. Hascall F. Waterhouse Post No. 819, of Oakland, Calit. San Francleco was chosen as tav next convention city of the Women's Overseas Servics League at their an- ndal conventiow which just closed at The convention will be July 4 w pnl-k- 1 Hglen Courtenay, Indianapolls, recordin secretary: Dorothy P. Smith, Chicago, corresponding secretary, and Eliza- beth F. Martin, cnleu\a treasurer. A resolution was adopted urging the War Department to construct a home ‘and hospital for the exclusive use of disabled overseas women. uality-Walter Reed Post, No. 284, vfizun-ya( Forelgn Wars, will meet Thursday evening at Pythian Temple, 1012 Ninth street northwest, at which time & large class of new members are scheduled to be obllgated. The automobilé outing given by this post last Sunday at Mount Alto Hoa: pital for the benefit of a number of disabled_comrades, under the direc- tion of Sam Berlin, chairman’of post activities among the patients in that institution, was a succe: Plans are being arranged to start an intensive membership campaign directly period an he summer vacatl “Reveras” valuabte “prizes ' chan Roth, Waliter Mchiroom, Edgar Chase, George Wales, Afthur Kimball, War- ren Kimball, " Phillp Herrick, Bam Herrick, Bennet Durand; Troop 1 Wheeler Braden; Troop 10, Alex Hulse; Troop 23, Dr. Mertill, Charles Lan Heney Halley, Harty Mul A Drice; Troop 30, Jack Mason; Troop 33, F. H. Grime: Troop 26, Kondrup Graves; Troop 0, J. C. Marsh, 8 K. Kramer, James Bowen, Howard Kinzer, ' Calvert Hines, John Boyd, Robert Blondheim; Troop Alfred. Thomi Minchaells, J. Andrews, R. Severton, William Wall, K. J. Holt, E. Bank, Cofe, H. Smith. A. L. Hutton, J. ndrews, B. Wilcox, M. Bliverberg, H. F. Behorn, M. B. Davis, W. Cof- burn, J. B. Carpenter, T. é Holmes, M. Browning, F. Leverton, R. Fal banks, R..Dudley, F. A. Handy; Troop 58, Weiton chnlv‘ Harris, Robert Haywood, F. Wesl K, R. MacDonald, J. McDonnell, rady, R. Horne; Troop 58. Corwln Steward, Percy Ruwssell, Willlam_ Russell; Troop 57. J. Rogers, Charles Waters, C. Cardw Troop_ 63, Midkey, J. Whckerman, D. Wacke: man, C. Thomas; Troop 74, E. Parke, C. Minor; Troop 82, R. Luki; Troop 91, J. England; Troop 100, . Ma: quis, R. Smith; Troop 101, E. Beef ham, F. Biggs, A. Brent, E. Brust, W. Budd, E. Bush, N. Clark, W. Clark, R. Crack, V. Crack, 1. Ellis, J. Fen~ ton, G. Foutain, H.' Foutain, G. Gar- land, H. Garland, D. Qilbert. J. Hill er, J. Hollands. C. Kendricks, H. cCormick, 8. MeDonald, E. Moyer, L. Shephard, B. Sherwood, S. Spee N wme A IY:I:. A. Wright, erw . Medbury; Troo Wallach Linfoot. 4 prs The Wilson Hoy BScout reservation at Burnt Mills) Md., opened for the season on Thuraday with A. B. De @root In charge. ‘Thie camp is for £C0uts Who cannot attend the organ~ ized camp on Chesapeake bay, but who can run out for & day or over Night occaslonally throughout the . There is & fine swimming hole at the reserv tion where swimming is supervised at regular hours. Mr. De Groot While a Scout in Tfoop 10 won the highest honor in scouting, that of eagle scout, and has forty-four merit badges. Experienced as he is fin souting, he will be able to give $0outs Instruction in the various scout ! A new innovation this year for local scouts will be the organized Qutings each Saturday afternoon dur- ing the summer, which wHl be ynder the direction of a fleld executive. These outings will be arranged for all the acouts of a certain section of the city and will star$ from the Dis- triet line at Georgla avenue cach g;ltl:rd-y ul{!erlnoon &t 2 o'clock, as wi eglon A—All troops | northeast, Saturday, July 7. Rpe'lnl.l troops southeast and south- west and northwest below N, Satur- day, July 14. Region C—Ali troops in northwest, east of Rock Creek Park and Connecticut avenue. north of M stfeet, Saturday July 21, Reglon - DAl ‘troope ih northwest west of Connecticut avenue and Virs glnla troops, Saturday, July 28. The outing will take the form of treasure hunt with a field day, con- cluding with & swim and a camp fire for those who can stay for the evening, Valuable Diamond Found. Prom the Boston Transcript. . A diamond . weighing twenty and three-quarters carets has been foun by the De Beers Company in its Wes- selton mine In Africa. The diamond, of a rich brandy shade, is described a the largest of its kind and is valu at £10,000 (§46,162.50 at present éxe rates).