Evening Star Newspaper, November 22, 1923, Page 32

ONEH0UR PRRKIG URGED AT HEARNG Columbus, Speaking for Mer- chants, Says Present Limit Is Inadequate. ‘THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1923. (Copyright, 1923, by H. C. Fisher, Trade Mark Reg. U. 8. Pat. OF.) AMUSEMENTS JO!C( ]{quann's Concert. Joset Hofmann, one of the famous planists of the concert stage, played to an appreciative audience that filled Poli's Theater to standing room yesterday afternoon. Mr. Hofmann was evidently in a whimsical mood with no desire to be melancholy, for it was the lighter compositions, full: of runs and bril- llant chords, that he played with the most apparent enjoyment, while the Beethoven sonata, opus 110, that opened the program, was given with impressive - pauses . between . the changes of mood and tempo and Liszt's “Venezia e Napoll” and a plaintive quality as well as warm | color. Sgambati's “Vecchio Minuetto” was glven with due regard for the dignity of fts different movements. noon session vesterday, pointed out | Weber's “Perpetuum Mobile” was (hat the present one-half hour law | PEFEARS (hE most” britllant, number was unsatisfactory inasmuch as it]the great pianist's virtuosity. did not give patrons of the shops| Cul's “Causerie” (Gossip) opened time to make their purchases. D Sroant Sroup g ws Slowed Following Mr. Columbus' testimony | F . : 8 terelle” and “Chauve-Souris” by Pi the committee recessed until next’'dini. A “Valse Phantastique” by Tuesday morning. Edna Woods more than lived up to “We certainly should have a one- | its name under Hofmann's skillful s [ s, whil v me- hour limit in lieu of the present regu- | chanical “Tavatiors 5 Mosione me, lation,” said Mr. Columbus. “If the |chanical “Tabatiere a Musique” was o beautifully played that its repe- pew law was adequately enforced 1|ttlon was demanded. believe that it would meet in every | en Hofmann, the composer, v sense the needs of the shopping |Peared on the program in two un- bublic. And in this connection, T{Usual compositions, “Nenien” and would like to say that I believe the i, Caleldoscope.” = Both were full of driving public would more readily co- ; technical beauty but lacked the sing- operate with this proposed reasonable | Ing melodles that one glimpses in time limit than it does with the pres- |the work of the master Chopin. Hof- ent one.” mann, played his lovely “Berceuse” : . as_encore. Merchants Voted 50-30. | Chopin group Hofmann o { In the vlnn(‘l\\nb: on the question of one-irather muffied the melodies of the Nay streets. Mr. Columbus said that|“Rallade” and gave the “Grande the merchants believed that this type | valse Brillante” a somewhat erratic of street was injurious to business. !tempo, but the “Nocturne in F Minor™ He asserted that’the association had |was softly beautiful and the filppant made thorough study of the situa- little “Minute Waltz,” plsa tion and had come to the conclusion |core, was delightful. Ra. that one-way traffic was {noft’s popular “Prelude in ¢ o ‘w"!] m"ru questionnaire i Minor” was played dramatically, but Sxer 3”‘39‘1‘3'“;;5“3 o f,'fi’i.f,’.’f;a‘ not as smoothly as one is accustomed 80 per cent opposed ‘the. on 8 somonition ‘of all was the fnois jlreets we believe that they : w elp business. 3 Its rhyth- There have been rumors, in the y | press and el. Drestnte. MUTT AND JEFF—The Little Fellow Goes on the Warpath. WHOEVER HEARD oF A CHINK BEING AN \RISHMAN! AN INSULT, T CALLS IT! ME No €07 Time™ Foo: Meé | COUNTEE COoLLAR, Mmée COUN_Tee- YouRe A LIAR! THERe's Ao COUNTY IN IRELAND BY THAT . NAME L TMSURE MUTT A TELLING THE TRUTH WHEN HE SAYS THe CHINAMAN 1N THe [NEwW LAUNDRY Down ON THe - CORNER \S A COLNTRYMAN "l LISTENs WHAT | PART - OF . IRELAND D0 .You COME £ R Urging upon the Senate traffic in- vestigating committee an hour park- ing regulation in the downtown sec- tion of the city, Charles J. Columbus, secretary of the Merchants and Manu- factufers’ Association, at the after- claring the late President would stren- | funds, includes the erection at Marion, uously have opposed anything that sav- of an appropriate mausoleum in ored of a forced collection for a lrlbule,wh h to house the body of the late to_himself. President. The body is now in a pub- In connection with the memorial, it |lic vault at the cemetery at Marion was announced, 4 chair of diplomacy | guarded by soldlers of the Regular and functions of governments will be (Army. The association also proposes established at some leading university, [to take over the Harding home on probably in the District of Columbis, | Mount Vernon avenue, Marion, from Other features of the memorial, for | which the “front porch” campaign of which ing ' 1920 wax conducted. Hats of Faille Silk Are the News from Paris! 62 Qe +] 2z BRILLIA.\'TLY colored hats of faille silk, dot the pano- rama of the winter mode as seen at the smartest of restaurant gatherings. Most {requently seen are those lavishly embroid- ered, along with those corded and shirred. Mainly in small and medium sized off-the-face shapes. and in these sprightly new colors: Eon 1227°E:St. NW. AMERICAN TRADE IN CHINA!CHILDREN’S DAY SET HURT BY INTERNAL CHAOS‘. FOR HARDING FUND Lack of Authority in Central Gov- ernment Blamed by Delegations l The Harding Memorial Association has designated Friday of the Harding Sallingion R agtes: | Memorial week, December 9 to 16, as Development of Amerlcan business |the day for the children of the coun- 3 o o ;s | 1Ty to honor the memory of the Thlun L Becomaimexc o fnipos | President. The assoclation has planned sible, Secretary Hughes was told yes-| 1, have special exercises of an im- terday by two delegatlons, represent- | pressive nature held in the schools. |ing the China and Asiatic societivs.| The association, in announcing this, principally due, | explains that President Hardiog was unusualy fond of children, recalling how on many occasions he displayed his personal interest in them. Asso- ciation officers also insisted that the 1 idered in de- TYPEWRITERS Rented, Sold, Repaired (Lowest Rates) General Typewriter Co. 616 14th St. N.W.—1423 F St. N.W. BAND CONCERT. By the U. S. Soldiers’ Band Orchestra, Stanley this evening, beginning at 5:50 o'clock, John §. M. Zimmerman, directo Home val Australlan -.....Lithgow dus the assoclation is colle Nilenberg Suite—"Fromy Album Pages" Nocturne.” Scenes from musical comedy— “The Rise of Rosie O'Reilly,” Cohan | g government possessing power to speak for all of China. i Although the reply of Secretary | Hughes was not made public it is i known that difficulties experienced i by the American minister in Peking and his colleagues of the diplomatic corps in all recent negotiatio; with the Peking government have been due to the situation outlined by Mr. | Hughes' visitors. | The course of negotiations con-| ducted by the Peking diplomats rel- ative to the Lincheng handit out- rage and similar incidents in China as been determined by the powers argely on the theory that while the Central Chinese government was In . rfact lacking in power and unrecog- nized in many parts of China, it would tend to increase the authority of that governmment to deal with it {given as the first encore. {mic beat was fi cha perara . “The Star Spangled Banner.” foot to abolis the congested move would meet with the most em- | phatic pretest from our association. |pr o+ Ploasant and Force Citizens'| HEAD SPLINTERS BULLET. Bodies Take Action. : The Mount Pleasant Citizens' and |Large Portion of Missile Removed | Force School associations today noti- | | fled the Public School Assostation or, From Skull With No Trouble. { appointment of delegates from cach | of these bodies to the association. . ML Light Shop” FIXTURES of ORIGINAL DESIGN Cites Shrine Case. “During the Shrine week, when! great crowds of people W in Washington, the Commissioners abol- nthl‘d parking downtown By 11 lock that morning there were pro- in my office fro practically merchant in the v ough our representitions the ban was lifted, so that t next day i business more nearly resumed nor- maley. It would absolutely ruin business in the big stores fo have any such regulation put into effect, and I wanted to take this occasion ta tell the committee just how the a sociation that 1 renresent would r gard any such move GOLDFIELD, Nev., November 22.— | Edward Collet demonstrated in a brawl oL, 18 | here yesterday that his skull was im- d as | pervious to a pistol bullet. und | The missile splintered when it struck | and require of it such protection as | his head. the larger portion of the slug | all civilized nations extend to foreign tion dete- | being removed from Collet's skull with | Subjects within their jurisdiction blas Baggs, | little inconvenience to him. Another ias ulso had | fragment cut & furrow eight inches deep ool matters. |in a wall. Holcombe, unt Pleasan dy submitted to th a plot of the city showing locations and needs. 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