Evening Star Newspaper, March 11, 1924, Page 32

COURSE IN ORATORY TENDERED T0 STAR Miss Ella COrneIia cOIe to In- struct Contestants for Con- stitution Award. T'he Star oratorical contest, the Dis- triet of Columbi: part the n tional movement to increase interes in and respect for the Constitu among the students of secondary 0ols, is in full swing. The magni- tudc of the undertaking tracting widespread attention. ry mail brings ofiers of ssistance to stu dents, and the patriotically inclined here evidently are deternmined to leave no stone unturned to mzkc’ Washington successful in the final. Last week Dr. Bowerman of the Publ Library published a list of } books to guide competitors in select ing material for their orations. Th week a voluntary offer of assistance to help contestants in their delivery reaches The Star in a letter from Miss Ella Cornelia Cole of the Ella ornelia Cole School Elocution, who w i ‘This project has aroused my en- husiasm 1o such an extent that 1 wish to offer s my contribution free nstruction in oratory to any student participating in the conte: 5 1 have a local pride, and would like to e Washington win the priz y studio and its teaching staff is ut the free disposal of The Star from this date until the close of the con- test” on ot ROOSEVELT T0 RADIO TALK ON MONTICELLO Acting Navy Secretary Speaks To- night in Interest of $40.000 Fund Campaign. Acting Secretary of the Rooscvelt will give a radio address tonight through station WRC on the Navy ! Remember how awkward it used t’ be t’ hold a girl an’ a big Ihum both on your lap? If ther’ wuz ever a time when a woman shouldn’ pay no atten- tion t’ a clerk it's when she'’s i buyin’ pajamas fer her husband. (Copyright National Newspaper Service.) GRECO’S ASSAILANTS PAY FINES OF $125 Third Man Accused of Assaulting Officer Will Be Given Jury Trial. Robert L. Rogers and Howard R Talbott, (wo of three young men charged with assault on Policeman Peter Greco of tho third police pre- {cinct early Saturday morning, were !Aned $100 and $25. respectively, by |Judge McMahon in Police Court yes- jterday. The young men paid the Norris, the third man of the party, also charged with as- paign now being waged in the District for $40,000, Washington's quota of the $300.000 needed to pur- cello, the home of Thomas illiam Cabell night, 3 Richard Parker Cren- shaw. chairman of radio talks for the March campalgn, announced. Two tulks each week are to be given by prominent men to aid this fund. Two new leaders were added to the list of team leaders at a meeting Sunday afternoon at the home of Mrs. uverneur Iloes, They are Gutheridge, who will 1ead astern Star, and Margaret Hopkine Wor- rell, who will head the government workers. These leaders will an- nounce their team the third Monticello me to be heid Thursda o'clock at the home of Mrs. Shands, 901 16th street. In addition to the Galt cup to be ziven to the leader winning the rec- ord of gifts and subscriptions dur- ing March and the Andrews cup to be given to the winning captain, a third cup has been presented by ! ' Peyser for a ulnnmg Mrs. the Mrs i AL ———— SCHOOL BODY TO MEET. Western High A.ssociahon Plans Program. ‘The Home and School sociation of Western High School will meet in the assembly hall of the school, 35th and R streets northwest. tomorrow ight at § o'clock. The meeting will Be opened ‘with discussion of busi- ness, to be followed by a program of entertainment by the following: School orchestra, Miss Beatrice Good- Horace Lake and Ceorge M. nnor, Frederic William ~ Wile speal on “Experience of a Radio |w- sault. demanded a jury trial when ar- raigned last week with the other two defendah He will be tried next Evidence in the casc showed Gre- co, with a party of women, went to the Old Dutch Mill, at 21et streetund Pennsylvania avenue, and that the policeman gave one of the women $3 with which to purchase whisky to be used us evidence agal t the place | of amusement, according to (ireco. The woman was forcibly dragged into the automobile owned and operated | by the three men, and, when Greco endeavored to intervene, the woman was thrown out of the car nd the oficer beaten almost cnsible, it was stated. He w marsh in the Anacostia river « has been suspend. m th forc d his caze is und vest] {gation by the police department. He tried befors in flats. probably will be the po- iive trial board. ‘\WEALTH OF 6 STATES | BUOSTED IN IO YEAR Census Bureau Covers Decade End- | ing in 1922—Montana's Virtually Doubled. Details of the wealth of six stutes | at the close of 1922 were made pub- lio wd.u by the census bureau, as s wealth was $10,511,682.000, increase of per cent over with a per capita wealth of ,274, an increase of 24.1 per cent. Minnesota’'s weaith was $8,547,918,- 000. an increase of 8.9 per cent, with | 4 per capita wealth of $3,443, an in- | crease of 37.4 per cent. Nebraska's wealth was §5,320,075. 000, an increase of 44.2 per cen Broadcas President S. Duncan ley 1 p eside. — e HAWKS IS PROMOTED. 1 State Department Press Chief to{ Go to Warsaw. Stanley Hawkes, chief of the press | relations bureau of the State De- partment, who was recently appointed | sccretary of class 3 in the diplomatic service, has been assigned to duty 5 secretary of the United States ‘(‘- Fation at Warsaw, Poland. under Tlugh Gibson, minister. h been succeeded as chief of tions bureau at the de- v Hugh R. Wilson of 11 diplomatic secretary Wis recently transterred here Tokio, vh he served as e elor of the United States ewhassy for several vears PASSION CASTE DUE HERE Oberammergau Players to Call on Coolidge Saturday. The players of the famous Oberam- mergau passion play, who will visit Washington Saturday for a call on | President Coolidge at the White House, will later be guests of the Na- tional Press Club at luncheon. The party, including fourteen mem- bers of the Passion Play cast, will be elved by the President ock and will go directly from the xacutive offices to the club, | | { | | They will depart for Baltimore in| the afterncon. where they will com- plete preparations for the exhibition of more than 10,000 pieces of wood £, pottery and other art work. exhibit opens Sunday. Co-Ordinate School Work. Steps to co-ordinate the work in the ninth grades of the junior high! schools and the first year of the senior high schools were taken by the hoard of high school principals at a meeting yesterday afternoou in the Tranklin ‘School. These two grades | are identical in standing and school officials believe they should teach the same subjects. Gude’s Flowers via ’ru-‘u h ~-to all parts of the world. Consult Gude, 1212 F.—Advertisement. | i i { ORCHESTRA CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ ¥iome Band Orchestra, Stanley Hall, this evening, beginning at 5:45 o'clock, John S. M. Zim- mermann, bandmaster. Pro- gram. Grand march, “Processional,” Gruenwald Overture, “Crown Diamonds,” Auber Scenes from musical comedy “The Girl on the.Film,” Kello Fox trot, “It Was Fate"....Gay Walts suite, “La Belle Rou- . Toaine’ «...Ivanovici Finale, “Just One More Dance .....Cortis “The Star Spangled Banner.” with a per capita wealth of $4,004, an_increase of 32.4 per oent. Oregon's wealth an increase of 68.3 per cent, 1 Per capita wealth of $4,182, | crease of 50.4 per cent. Colorado's wealth was $3.229,352 000. an increase of 40.9 per cent, with a per capita wealth of $3,285 crease of 2.8 ner cent. Montana's wealth was $2,223,007,- 000. an increase of 98.2 per cent, with | an in- ja ber capita wealth of 33691, an in- se of 33.5 per cent. lClnm:ll of the Covenant; {18th and N Sts. & Connectlcn( Ave. . Presbytemn Evangekistic ! Services Tuesduy, Wednesday, TRarsday und Friday of this Week; alno next Week at 8 o'clock Rev. Dr. Matthew F. Smith of First Prsby- torian Church, Indianspolis, Ind., will presch each evening this week and Rev. Dr. Robert 7. MacAlpine of Buffalo, N, Y., the woeek following. ALL ARE CORDIALLY INVITED © 12:15 | If you are needing a Cook —use a Star Clnuified The Star prints MORE Classified Ads every day than all the other papers here combined. 5 “Around the Corner” is a Star Branch® Office s then thrown ina | was $3,419,459,000, | with a | an in- | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. Says: [ LIMITED WORK HOURS FOR WOMEN UPHELD | | Supreme Court Holds New York ; Law Constitutional Restriction Upon Labor. | NIGHT POSITIONS AFFECTED | Cnu Invalved Restaurant Job End- ing at 10 0'Clock. States may legally limit of work of women in certain indu; the hours tries and prohibit their unplmmrnh’\mur pride; but I must quit my sin- after ecrtain hours at night, t pxnn'r Court deciared yesterday In a!l have the true musician's car that ining the constitution- | discords shock and bruisc, although ! docision sus: {ality of a New York labor law The Se was brought by Radice, a restaurant keeper in Buf falo, who was convicted of permitted a waitress to 10 ¢'clock at night the act of 1917, Yointing out that reafon for believing York legislature had correctly cluded that the injurious quences of night employment more pronounced uron women upon men, the Supremo Court. opinion dellvered by |1and, held that the taw under attack | | was not an undue and arbitrary in | terference with the libcrty of con- tract between adults in the matter of employment. Minimam Wage The minimum wage case, recently decided by the Supreme Court, which it was held that an act of Congress fixing wages was unconsti- | tutlonal, presented an entirely dif- ferent question, the court said. The fact that the New York law cxcludes {from its operation women employed ‘ln restaurants as singers and per- | formers, attendants in ladies’ cloak |rooms and kitchens of hotels and in {lunchroom or restaurants conducted by employers solely for the benefit of their employes, did not render the law invalid, Justice Southerland de- clared. The court had well estab- lished, he said, that such a provision did not render a law vulnerable as a denial of equal protection under the laws The question as to what extent the employment of women should be pe mitted Is one, he said, for the legis- latures of the states to determine, When Jaws have been enacted to pro- hibit employment detrimental to the health of women, the courts, opinion said, must go slow in ar(llng them aside, 'and cannot do so when the harmful effect of the prohibited employment is a fairly debatable ‘qu stion. in 1 there was that the con- than —_—— {WOULD SET uP AMERICAN Woman, to Lecture Here, Seeks to Found National Or- ganization. Airs. Catherine A. Antonius of Sun | Francisco will give an illustrated | j travelogue on the Holy Land at the Unity Soolety, 1336 I street northwest, tomorrow e\eninz al 8 o'clos c‘ml music will be rendered. nius has made three ‘)ull;l’lnngoh to the Holy Land, and was the first Christian woman to ad- {drese u meeting of Moslems in Da- | mascu: She is seeking to estzblisi an Amer- {tcan hospice in the Holy, Land. on ! Mount Carmel. at the port of Heifa, ihich is now the gateway to th Holy Land. Other nations, she .serts, have established hospi where their nationals may obtain i | fortaation, food and shelter, but there 13 none for the American. I is | purpos: to establish an organization Mre the | HOSPICE IN HOLY LAND'! | oPportunities eph|leg brands of boozc '"\":\? | the jungle fens. | evil course, and c: conse- | were | righteousness. in an | Justice Suther- | in | C. - e | The Scoflaw. T > . 4 The scoflaw took his morning drink of dark and deadly rum, and said in bitter tones, “I think the last disgrace has come, for, called a scofflaw, strike me pink, T shudder and succumb. I've emptied many a jug and vat, and faced men unfraid, i but when a faked-up word like that |is on my person laid, I sit me down upon my hat, and call for lemonade. 1 They've called me soak and bitters- | hound, they've called me vag and bum; such” raw and ribald names | abound for those who lap up rum; tand still upon my bootleg round the |dealers saw me come They've called me every beastly name the lexicons provide, but I have lmll‘ small sense of shame, have even held ful game when ‘scofflaw’ is applicd. it has been duiled by beer and boot- and ‘scofflaw’ fills my soul with fear, and jars me to my shoes. It is a harsh, discord- ! word, that flouts descriptive s; and it recalls, wherever heard, | song ol guinea hens. or that Vlcsa famous jackass-bird that haunts So I must quit my ut out gin and beer, and strive to be a driving force of it's clear, lest some jone, in whisper hoarse, says, ‘Scofflaw’ in my ear.” (Ci np)nghl ) \\ ALT MASON. TURNOVER OF FARMS | NEARLY 20 PER CENT Greatest Change in Ownership Oc- curred in South in 1922, U. 8. I-'lgures Show. a farms had new occupants in 19 Nine southern states showed changes | {in more than a quarter of their farm the Department of Agriculture an- nounced today after a survey of the ituation, and only six states, all in ¢ England, showed less than 10 per cent change in their farm occu-! pants.” In most of. the corn belt and ' western states changes ranged from | 10 to 15 per cent. ] i | Almost fifth of the country's| The chief cause of the turnover is | believed by agricultural experts to be the attractiveness of new land, | which, in the pa; s set up waves| of migration among the farm popula- tion. ~Another se is seen in m-‘ extent to which farm land has been | investment and | ion, the rapid bought and sold fc speculation. 1In add ation of the United States besides producing a steady movemen | Teligious | Shifling is mare or con industriali of population to the cities, about constant changes in d necessitates ry | justments in sys <, while different | of farmers in country ansiderable number from one agriculturai status to another. © of American eco- the experts | te conditions | nomic and said, also tends to which make for shifting, sinee s dissatisfied with the land they upy_are not deterred from moving the risk f not finding another farm imme ly a ble So »<% aimles: but much of the fluidity rep- | resents desirable economic and social readjustmen QUESNT | ACME AUTO TOP CO., 1421 IRVING ST,NW. OOL.S! AUTO REFINISHING SYSTEM {in Washington to correct this omis- | on. TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS. NATIONAL—"Chains,” at §:20 p.m. POLI'S—"Blossom Time,"at §:20 p,m. BELASCO—"Kelly's Vacation,” at 8:20 p.m. GARRICK—"The Bat, PRESIDENT — “The " at 8:30 pm.. Lullaby,” . at Marle Cahill, at 2:15 and 8:15 p.m. COSMOS—Bobette's Serenading Sex- tet, vaudeville and pictures, continu- ous show from 1 to 11 p.m. STRAND—Melody and dance, vau- deville and pictures, at 2:45, 6:30 and 8:40 p.m. vaudeville, of the 8 15 and 8:15 p.m. SMETROPOLITAN —The Hunchback Notre Dame,” at 11 a.m., 1:03, 3, b, n.m. Three Weeks, 5:30, 7+ at 11:4 nd 9:40 p.m. — Laurette at 11:06 am., 0 and :30 p.m. PALACE—Viol mn Judgment " at 1M:35 am., 1:35, $—Kenneth Harlan, “The Virginian,” at 11 am, 30, 30, 5, 6:30, 8 and 9:30 p.m. — - colds—bailds health. king Father John's Medieine. tisemen 10 Enlarge- .‘M A. LEESE orricaL ¢ G14 Oth 712 11th Street I" HINK oi us if you need Blank Books. We're always ready to supply you -E Morrison Paper Co.| 1009 Pa. Ave. When you eat our Fish they are not over one day o d. How about the meat you eat, DO YOU KNOW? Eacho & Company, Inc. Now. 21, 22, 23 Municipal Finh Market Phonen Main 6176 9510 “THE CHEVY CHASE” FOR BEAUTIFUL HOMES One of the Types Built by the Wnlnnglon Garage Const. Co. mental Trust Buollding $3.00 Cash The Hupmobile is one car you can be sure of. Its | | i unreasonably high by comparison? Columbia 5050 owner-records vouchforthe savings you'll make. Tot up what it cost you to run your own car last year. How do the figures balance with the price you paid for the car—are they If they are, the answer is perfectly plain—get your- self a Hupmobile. Six new Hupmobile Models at the show STERRETT & FLEMING, Inc. Champlain St. and Kalorama Road Branch Salesroom, 1223 Conn. Ave. Day,” - in | TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1924.° AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS. e IT IS TERRIFIC! “wu ameeoncear RIALTO DOORS OPEN 10:38 LEONARD HALL, DAILY NEWS, SAYS: “WONDER OF WONDERS——” “TREMENDOUS OPTICAL BEAUTY.” HE RATES IT GREATER THAN THE BOOK z //////////4% THREE Y ROMEO AND JULIET MARK ANTONY, ET FLIRTATIONS.” 7 7 OUR GANG COMEDY \ Auto Show All This Week Convention Hall, 5th and L Sts. jJERlTZ‘A Poli's Theater, Fri., March 1 Seats, Central High School Fri. Men, 14 Lyric Tonr Chicago Grand Opera Seats, Mrs. Greene's Concert Bureau 13th and G. Main 64 IIFilm Features LIBER’ North Cal MAE MUREAY, GOLDWYN PRESENTS—ELINOR GLYN' WEEKS WITH EILEEN PRINGLE, CONRAD NAGEL, CLARE DeLOREZ JACK DALY, WASHINGTON POST, SAYS: “THE GREAT LOVES OF HISTORY—THOSE OF AND CLEOPATRA AND ' CETERA—WERE MERE | MUSICAL SETTING BY GEORGE WILD-—OVERTURE “MARTHA” USUAL SHORT SUBJECTS LOEW'S CoLiMs NOW PLAYING Metro Presents LAURETTE TAYLOR The fawmous star of “Peg o' 3y Heart” in a picturization of her latest atage success! “HAPPINESS” By J. HARTLEY MANNERS A 7 2 P AI.OEW'S %: at O snnn W NomtH EAPHAI;L o Closed for repairs and complete renovati wlv Will_reopen soon nfl(ll) Wurlitzer llurn‘ Jones lr(ln being NEW STANTON potko o 815 0.3 . i MADI NEW Mms‘ CARE T"F h'ch ll\l & DUMBARTON "\'\'\f\"f"\’fl.fi" o v . Avenne & CHEVY CHASE o558 5075, & FODAY_NOMA TALMADG wrTh 3 K FOMORKOW. Y MARMONT, in THE LIGHT THAT VAILL] Special 1230 © Street N, E. ELLIOTT DEXTER, HOME “BY DIVINE RIGHT.”" HIPPODROME % = 5% Ave. BERE_DANIELS, in “HIS CHILDRE CHILDREN.” CIRCI] Pa. A Pho Ample Parking Space. ARLISS. “THE_GREEN GOD- With ALIC ¥CE, DAVID treet and I 1. Ave. MAY McAVOY, in “HER_REPUTATION REGENT 28t and California Sts. MARY_ PICKFORD. in “POLLYANNA." PAGEANT Estelle Wentworth, Albert Parr and Large Cast Present “The Son . of the Widow of Nain’ 8 P.M., March 9 to 16 First Congregational Church 10th and G Sts. N.W. All Seats ¥ree. Offering SEE_MT. VERNO! ALEXANDRIA ‘and ARLINGTON | Via Historic Ro Round Trip Alexandri and Mt. Vernon Arlington, 10c Additional Fast Eleotric Train Service Every Half Hour M1a-City Terminal, 12th Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. 55 Misutes' Rusning Time Mt. Vernen Open 10 A.M. to 4:30 P.3L Daily Except Sunday + Telephone Main 397 Washington-Virginia Railway Ce. |1 e OFFICE ROOMS In the Bullding At a Very Moderate Rental, Located in a CENTRAL LOCATION Apply to the A NK OF COMMERCE AND SAVINGS Cor. 7th and E Sts. [T T T T T T /// TODAY A.\n ALL WEEK Metre Presents VIOLA DANA IN SEARCH OF A THRILI LATEST SENA “Half-Back_of PATHE N TOM GAN THE HEGHT C0. PRESENTS ITS FASHION SHOW Revealing feminine fashions of the poat, present and future! KElaborately dkmlayed by 15 LIVING MODELS SELECTED FROW THE PEMBERTON DANCERS 8hown thrice dail 20 POLI’S o) Pleturesque—Lovels—Unforgetable 1 ‘BLOSSOM TIME’ iginal N. Y. Cast and Production r u! COMSTOCK and MORRIS GEST Have the Great Honor of Announcing the First and Only Visit in Washington of The Moscow Art Theater Constantin Stanislavsky and N Nemirovitch-Danteheuko, Directors THE WORLD'S FOREMOST ACTING COMPANY, AT POLI'S Beinning Sun. Eve. March 16th REPERTORY Sun., ““Tear Fyodor Ivanoviteh.” Cherry Orchard.” Wed.. *Cncle Fyodor Ivanoviteh. ™" Orclard.” ¥ri., 2227027 $3.50; loge plus 10% bowes, $2.5¢ plus 10% CRANDA [METROPOLITAN 'F AT 10tk SECOND MAMMOTH WEEK. No ADVANCE iN’ CHARG COME EARLY FOR SEATS TONIGHT | AMUSEMENTS. TONIGHT _ MAT. WEI?. Mgmt. Lo and J. 3. SHUBERT A. H. WOODS presents KELLY'S VACATION By Vineent Lawremee witn ROBERT AMES And a Fine Company Inclading ALMA TELL NEXT MON. _ SEATS THURS, ScuiLokravT “THE HIGHWAYMAN' A GAY LOVE COMEDY NOTEWORTHY CAST SHUBEKRT-GAKIKILA WORLD’S BIGGEST HIT AT LOWEST PRICES | NOTE: Last performance ever in Washington, posi- tively, Saturday night, March 15th. NIGHTS 50c to $1.50 | THUR. MATS $4.00 SAT. A WONDERFUL PROGRAM “BOBETTE” SOUTHLAND SERENADERS AND FIVE MORE ACTS 0 ¥ KEITH’S—KEITH’S POPULAR PRICE PARAMOUNT FOTOPLAY The Artist Supreme GLORIA SWANSON IN “THE HUMMING BIRD” A THREE-HOUR SHOW Open at 1—Close at 11 ! GAY ETY COLUMBIA BURLESQUE FOLLIES oF THE DAY WiTH "BOZ O SNYDER THE MAN WHO: NEVER SPEARS NEXTWEEK -"GERARDS VANITIES NATIONAL THEATRE ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF MATS. WED AND SAT. WILLIAM A. BRADY caents e CHAINS B JULES ECKERT uOoILLA\ Y HELEL Cine W, "n";.m._“ g‘ T, B R e NEXT WEFK—SPATS THURS. Heary Miller Ruth Chatterion Geoffrey Kerr | nmuld Mason Felix Krembs edy i The Brilllant Star of Musical Comedy MARIE CAHILL “Does an Aet” A Novelty Presentation of Fua, Seag and ‘rfllg Special Feature THE FAV .RITB! Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Barry “The Scandals of Hensfoot Corners,” A Eonal Tdyl. 8 Other Kelib Super-Acts and YCHARLES KINGy The Recent Bta of “Little Nelly MATZENAUER- Contralto WHITEHILL ‘Baritons Motropolitan_Opera. N. ¥, POLI'S THEATER, Wed,, March 12, 4:30. Neats. Mrs. Greepe's Concert Bureay J'S Teach vou to danre : N'S TAF 12 Tenim fiy private, any hoor. { Snd"dunce Sat 5. Eveniug with oreh Bambalina Fox Tro All the DAVISON ENTRAL Bet. D and E CRANDALI.’S 5 From INBAD, THE SAILOR CRANDALL’S THE Theater Oth & E Sta. Savoy Thenter 14tk andCol. R4, CRANDALL'S P, M. Dally: 3 P.M. Sand. MORROW—BLANCHE T, io “ANNA CHRISTIE.” "CRANDALL'S Az= Apollo Theater 424 M St. N, TODAY AND TOMORROW GREY'S “THE HERIT. SESERT " Ang. BEN TURPIN. ““THE DAREDEVIL.” CRANDALL’S, York Theater in Ga. Ave. & Quobec St. TODAY—PERCY MARMONT, in “THE MA‘I LIFE PASSED BY."” And Comedy, *‘The l}:l"lfl(i \(A‘TF“ % COMEDY. PO e Tt Day phone, Mzin 61 PROF 10h 5. pom. Private lesson Prankin &367. ¥ STAFFORD FPEMBERTON, Ex-partoer o Mae Murray, Geetrude Hoffm Lessons in all sty dancing. T MiSS CHAPPELEAR Private lessons by appointment. ©hone North 5197. 19 VEL'S, 613 PRIVATE LEL. Ly tiine, Tac. Courses & pelys anh-l‘ii Fine snvironments. W. m. Tlu(fl Classic, Ballet, Character Russian Method taught by CHALIF Former instructor of the IMPERIAL RUSSIAN Private l:uuT Ho vate Les: our. Chasce: Ghiidron and Adates 3503 Champinin &t " Evory Wook Night, ARCADE 'rh- Perfect Place to rm Da: Goumpeteat