Evening Star Newspaper, April 6, 1924, Page 57

AROI‘JBND THE CITY y Nannie N icy rain jezzing down in the | windy blackness may have Kept the world indoors: then, again, it might have been the tome radio, but anyhow, for one rea- som or another, there were but two passengers In the car. One was a woman humped up in @ window seat with the collar of her storm- coat cven with her < eyes, and her eyes ; i turned to the The other an, but had what « looked 1ike un- | he started in a J4 {1 sterious way En\ me wondérs to 4 3 The first thing i that turned her i om the rain-fog | ged glass was the H cackle of a hen— i # hen that has i iust laid an egg. This note of tri-i umph was responded to by a rooster Who crowed as if he had done it him- self. “General interest in the achieve- ment was added to by the grunting| of an old mammy sow and the wee- weeing of little pigs. Throughout this farmyard reel the man—on an upper side seat—main- tained an absent-minded air of know- ing nothing whatever of his goings on. He was so remotely unconscious that the woman was having her when a low whisper in her rely explained the program d” that my efforts amuse—I play you a little piece on the \ violin wAnd the way that man “played" Traumerei” with his lips was noth- Ing short of genius. The woman ap- u plauded—thank goodness, you can uf- | ngs like that when you | ford to do t| are oldish and plain—and by wsy of return, the man “gave” the “Mocking with variation Then he rub- bed the blurred gla presumadly to see outside; irregular ups and dow and acros the pane with finge seemingly as _irresponsible <¢hild's, but making such orge ‘llarmnn not melody but mus chords, that the thrill of it straig ened the woman with a Jerk. Bhe Enew that in all her life -countin in years of vaudeville going—she 1 n r heard equal and she meaning to tell him so, when anothe Wwhisper gave otice that he we close the program with a recitatio: & Ym“. have heard “The Beautiful Snow” unt u wished it had never been writte: but—if you had heard man, an oldish man in every- v clothes, sitting straight up on a » seat, with no apparent consci 5 doing a wonderful ing ment of that very first reading of the poem, as his voice visioned for you the broken woman, who was once 4s “pure as the beautiful snow. Then he touched & button leaving, turned to the woma: . kindly humorous bow. V"I thank tention.” The woman responded with a word of appreciation and that was all about it, except that— There must be a big lot of geniu going around loose in this world— and w n you think of the leglons who make mon and reputation d things so ordinary as to be almos dley—it makes a problem worth dying. Fo one case, there was a ovods girl, who went barefooted pt on and of all glori- ous contral —but that doesn’t bLelong to this yarn and n with a you for your kind at- TWO women came together across from the Center Market. One was a lady with a bunch of gory cherries dangling over her left ear. The other soul in black. was garrulously worried: in for bad luck. I can bones—just metter e was so dead n' a spring tonic, so thin, you know up an' tolder I 1 ier than what ughed at the ve ‘'Me? Why, woman, I'm so strong well, T wisht I could be sick onct, © what it feels lik ame way with me.’ I clips back at y lady 1 know T 1t snder 1 E on Junty tT my bel an The State Amecricanization Com- mittee held its final meeting of the season at the Capitol Park Hotel on Monday evening. The chairman read a the year's work, showing that $1,52 had heen raised by the District for Ameri- | canization work, of which $1,284.17 went for teachers' salaries, flags and recep- tions for newly naturalized citizens, etc. The volunteer work accomplished. by Mrs. Kadtherine H. Donnell, Miss Ina B. Jordan, Miss Elena Oakley, Mrs. Neyle Colquitt, Miss J. Tibbetts and Mrs. J. Franklin Gross at the Americanization School was emphasized. Mrs. J. Edgar Smith gave an account .of a visit to an Americanization class being taught through the visualization method. It was announced that the net amount report of realized from the Americanization card | party which was given ‘was $134.59. in February Mrs. John M. Beavers, the newly elect- | ed state regent, brought a message of helpfulness to the committee, and Wil- \ liam E. Brigham, president of the Grid- iron Club, was the speaker of the eve- ning. A group of eongs were rendered by Royal M. Tinker, with Mrs. C. S. Hyer at_the piano. The meeting was followed by & social hour, when refreshments were gerved Ly the hostess, Mrs. George B. Ashby. Capitol Chapter celebrated its eighth \ birthday anniversary at the home of Mrs. Catharine E. Nagle, 1338 Shep- herd street porthwest. Many of the District chapters wers represented among the guests and several regents brought greetings. There were also present several newly elected officers of the state society, among them Mrs. Caldwell, recording secretary; Mrs. Waterman corresponding secretary, and Mrs Wheat. historian, All of ‘whom mad: responses to their presentations. Mrs. William B. Hardy, state re- \ Zent. gave a short talk on the work Of therecent conference. A musical program was rendered by Miss Eleanor Webster, soprano, and Misg Mary Apple, contralto, accom- panied by Mlss Hay. e Ciehinents wers served and many Sl i e ot M many e Tas The State Historie Committee met at Continental Hall March 20 at 10:30 am. in behalf of the committee, Mrs. Jlarry H. Thompson presented the re- tiring state historian, Mrs. Nagle, with flowers and a cut glass vase in token of “the splendid service which you have rendered.” Mrs. George Combs, vice chairman of Old Trails road committee, stated that Old Prails rond in the Disirict can now be marked. It starts at Brad- dock’s Rock, at the roov of 24th street, where the Naval H zal pow stands. Mr. D. W. West, vice chairman of historic spots. co pittee, said the bill to restore old gor&. Niagara had been signed by the state regent and state corresponding secretary. The Sons of the Revolution will also in- dorse it as will the New York Daugh- ters of the American Revolution. “Gen. Bullard will talk on the sub- ject “Old Fort Niagara” Thursday ivening at Continental Congress. Mrs. Nagle called attention to the azimuth stone and asked the co-op 1 o | helpful . You would have felt the excite- | The | Lancaste her, ‘‘etptn I'm too well to' get sick—and I'm so worried over sayin’ it, T dono what to do.’ " The everyday soul shifted her mar- | ket bag to the other arm and made a ! sensible remark: | “Well, yes, you were both ungr ful, seeing that millions of sufferers would call health the greatest bless= ing the good Lord could give them, but now that you are sorry, I don't believe He would want you to worry over it.” ou wouldn't? forgot to rap wood.” % * FPHERE is a Thomas Meighun young man in a bank about a stone's throw from the Treasury—if one be & 2ood hand &t throwing stones, i i D el i Why, woman, I i The kindliness of Tom of the Screen is an acknowledged Jewel of the first water, but also, maybe, he wouldn't keep it 30 constuntly on tap it it wesn't for the movies. His pro- totvpe of the bank goes him one bet- | ter by wasting his Sweetness on the | desert air—meaning stupid people, | with this, for illustration: i An uncient woman wanted to draw a check. Also she wanted to deposit nother check. And she fumbled over both. Instead of sending her to a counter to fill out the things properly, the Thomas Meighan young man fixed everything except the signing of her name, and for that he handed her his pen, with a smile that was as good as a toni She must have known she was stu- pld, but his genuine good nature 50 buoyed ‘up her self-respect as to send her off with quite the air of a busi-{ ness woman. ' And as every act car- ries its little moral—Lo: Another woman Who the bank to uphold a weaker sister in the suiting of a yellow-back that {she vearned fo spend on Faster sald {unto her when the ordeal vir- | tuously over: “The next time I get any mone am going to put it in this bank on account of the kindness of that { Thomas Meighan young man. Any- | body—everybody—will be mice to outh, beauty and common sense, but i when I see an official being kind and | o stupid. poor lvoking old bodies, that's the one ! pin my faith to.” d: R4 » had come o was & And you couldn't ask for u better working moral than that P | ¥T is platform ereed thut if you wish i for a thing hard enouzh you are | kound to get it. And for one womnn,’ { What she wanted was a home of it has worked out true. { her own. H was for the marble halls that the Bohemian girl dreamed about, but when her common sense came out of lits egg shell <he settiea on a little [ bung, with slices of grass on both ides, lawn in front and a tree An‘ the back yard And birds i So she worked and wished until by the time 1 have what she ! wanted-—bun . tree and birdz* callow ambition ething that you {m out for vourself: If vou are alone, with no dear one of |¥our very own to cross your threshold, {the loveliest bungalow can be no |home. 1t is only a house with so ¥ windows and doors That's he truth, isn't?. So: The woman gave up her longing— | You notice you learn to. as the years | &0 by.and by—but the unexpected is al s happening— e other d he was giving her- self a character over the phone. The |listener at the other end of the wire owned a small plot of land immedi- ately adjoining a home she intended |occupying herself later on, and which | she was willing to sell, but naturally |the purchaser must be a suitable |neighbor. When arrangements had reached a stage of agreement, the owner described the spot, which the {probable purchaser had never seen: “It is a very desirable site, on a hill overlooking the boulevard.’ Sounds nice and sociable—and. of { | there are trees and birds and | the very best of neigh-| A bit of a giggle went over the wire nd the owner added to the attrac- tions: “Oh, yes, real aristocrats—and as | pretty a spot as there 1 the ceme- | tery—new section, you know Which seems to indicate that. like the dear poet over at Oak Hili, the | woman who never had a home will have a home at last. | ration of the chapter in,raising and | marking it | Mrs. Barber stated forty stones | were used in the original- survey. | Thirty-nine have been located and | four or five raised and marked. The | | approval of the surveying depart- ment of the District of Columbia must be secured to move one of these stones, Miss' Ada Glassie made the motion, seconded by Miss Schmidt, that the state historic committee raise funds to mark and fence the azimuth stone and these funds be a thanks offering to be raised by July 4. Personal con- tributions of = members present | amounted to $35. { Mrs. Nagle appointed the following committee to take charge of raising and marking the azimuth stone: Mrs. D. W. West, chairman; Mrs. Owen, | Mrs. Barber, Mrs, Polkinhorn and | Miss Ada Glassie. Miss Fanny Corsen of Louisa Adams Chapter. read a paper entitled “Life of Mary Washington.» Mrs, Georrel Combs read a short paper on Gen. James Shields, who was sent to the United States Senate by three sepa- rate states, Illinois, Minnesota and Missouri. Mrs. Owen made the follo: tion, seconded by Mrs. West, since so much interest and instru tion is derived from the intercaznge | of papers, it is moved that these be | published for use in libraries and | schools and such others as d i practical. The next meeting committee will be held the Thursday | preceding Continental Congress, in- which would { stead of the usual time, fall in that week. C. A. R—The monthly meeting of the state committee was held in the children’s Toom at Memorial Conti- nental Hall Tuesday morning. The state director, Miss Helen Stout, pre- | sided and welcomed _the _invited guests, who included Mrs. Mondell, national president, Children of the American Revolution. Following the opening exercises, led by the chap- lain, Mrs, Ellsworth, the monthly re- ports of officers and annual reports of the officers, committee chairmen and chapter presidents were read. The treaxurer's report showsed a bai- ance on hand ana the president's re- Ports showed the chapters to be grow- ing steadily in numbers and in good worke. Mye Tamloy spoko of Miss Herminie Schwed. who gives talks on the Comstitution. The committes Soted 1o Arrange for = mestine o CTRY R members and invitea Suests to hear Miss Schwed some time in April. Mrs. Smith told of Kenmore and the efforts to restore it. She gave the ladies of the committee and Children of the American Revolution a most cordial invitation to visit Kenmore. Mrs. Mondell gave an out- | line of the program for the annual | congress of the C. A. R, to be held the week of April 13. Mrs. Holzberg, chairman of the District of Columbia C. A. R. Dramatic Club, told of her plans for the entertainment to be given in honor of the visiting C. A. R. on the evening of April 16 at the Wilson Normal School. At the con- clusion of the meeting a social time followed and refreshments were served under direction of Mrs., W. W. Sloan and assistants. Y. W. C. The vesper service is |scheduled for 5 o'clock today. Miss Helen Hudson of the Law Enforce ment League will speak on the sub- ject, “Our Citizenship.” Supper will be served in time for evening church. Tuesday evening six clubs wi i | Landsfair, Aldrich in_charge. and Necessary Qualification Benjamin Cook. and count ser department of Doors with Girl Reserves | topic of ai { campin | Mildred fand lead the discus: jda will i girls won attendance [Active and associate members paid up for a year count two. members count one. same as old members. the home of the March meeting. eet for supper, followed by a_club program. Saturday night the Busi- ness Girls' Forum gives a dance at th and B streets. Misses Mary Grace Landsfair, Helene nd Ora Belle Willilams are The first week end at Vacation Lodge opens with the club council of the young | partnient as guests. business women's de- Miss Lyndall u Vall of the social committes is in charge of the recreation. Thursday evening clubs meet at for supper, followed by an ad- by Miss Ruth Pope on the sub- “Occupations Open to Two asses will follow: A health exer- se class, under the direction of Mr: “Aids to Beauty, Nellle White in charge. ock the clubs will assemble creational program of old ¢ dances. The industrial committee will meet M |for a business session Friday at 1:30. rs. Albert Putney will preside. Another interesting meeting in the conducted by the girl reserve scheduled for Wedn: 30 p.m.. at 614 I street. is the ussion, with subheads of hiking and dress. Miss Bartholow will preside on M Red ‘Triamgle Outing Club—The third annual attendance contest will begin April 6 and continue through ay 4. Attendance on the four Sun- hikes In April and on unday, 4, will be counted. The contest Le between the boys and the In the spring of 1922 the boys Last spring the girls won. The contest will be based upon the of d-up members. Associate puid up for six months New members count the The captains are: Lawrence H. Sample for the boys and Miss Mildred Lovett for the girls. They will appoint their own assistants, The losing side will pay for the plenic Sunday, May i1 The Emily Nelvon Chapter met ith Bolion Mrs. F. A 3 St lair, regent, presided Mrs. Adelbert Christ was welcomed candidates were rolls Wal repor of the he names added to § W. Hicks, f the sta port of mittee Plans w W0 for another card Waists Kimonas Sweaters Diamond Dyes Buy “Diamond Dyes” kind—and follow the simple direc- tior: in every package. Don't wonder whether you can dye or tint | } goods successfully, because perfect home dyeing is guaranteed with Diamond Dyes even if you have never dyed “Out | | at | for | a new mem- | MEN! DYE T YOURSELF FOR To¢ no other | | this D. C 1924 —PAR! ordered to Walter Reed General Hos- pital, this city, for treatment. Capt. Harry Wall, Medical Corps, has been transferred from this city to San Francisco. ) Sergt. O. W. Hall, 12th Field Artil- lery, at Oklahoma City, has been de- tailed to duty with the Oklahom National Guard and Sergt. W. R. Shuler, Coast Artillery Corps, at Fort Barrancas, Fla., with the Florida Na- tional Guard. a guest. Re- freshments and a social hour followed the business meeting. Changes in Stations of Army and Navy Officers of Interest to Capital ARMY. Col. Frank D. Ely, infantry, sta- tioned at Chicago, will be placed on the retired list June 30 on his own application after more than thirty- four years' service. Capt. A. W. Stanley, Quartermaster Corps, at Fort Sam Houston, Tex. has been ordered to this city for duty. First Lieut. P. W, Lewis, Coast Ar- tillery Corps, has been relieved fromr command of the Army Music School, Washington borracks, this city, and ordered to Manila, P. 1, for dut. Capt. Willlam C. Ocker, air service, at Boliing Field, D. C., has been o dered to Coronado, Calif., for duty. Capt. Frank A. Jones, infantry, has been transferred from this city to Fort Howard, Md.; Capt. T. H. Cham- bers, finance department, from this city to Chicago, and ( Crom, air service, from 3 Tex., to this city. i Lieut. Col. Harry W. Gregg, U. S. infantry, has been placed on the re- tired list on account of disability in- eident to the service. The President has accepted th resignation of Second Lieut. Williain NAVY. Rear Admiral W. W. Phelps of the third naval district has been detailed to the general board, Navy Depart- &bt G. W. La pt. G. W. Laws, commanding the Wyoming, has been detailed as come [mandant ‘of the mavy yard, Cavite, Lieut. Commander Van L. Kirkman has been transferred from the Okla- homa to the Navy Department, Lieut. Commander E. M. Woodson from the vy Department to the Asiatic st: tion, Lieut. Commander E. M. Hacker, Supply Corps, from the naval base, Hampton Roads, to the Nevada, and Lieut. Commander L. W. Jennings, Supply Corps, from the Nevada to the Atlantic coast. Lieuts. B. J. Connell, C. T. Durgin, J. 8. Farnsworth, T. C. Lennquest and F. B. Stump, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, have been assigned to temporary duty at the bureau of aeronautics, Navy Department. Rear Admiral W. W. Phelps h: been assigned to the third naval dis- ric The Hecht Co. Commander C. H. J. Kepple, at the Navy Department, has been ordered to_the Richmond. Lieut. B. W. Wilson, Construction Corps, has been transferred from Olongapo, P. I, to San Franeisco, and Lieut. W. E. Tripp, Supply Corps, from St. Thomas, V. I, to the Dohbin. Chief Machinist Thomas F. Fahy will continue on duty at the mavy yard Washington, D. C., the o assigning him to the Vestal having been revoked. Marine Corps. Capt. T. E. Bourke, at Managua, Nicaragua, has been ordered to_ this city; Capt. M. B. Curtis, at Quantico, to New London, Conn.; Second Lieut. H. M. Leighley, at Quantico, to An- napolis, Md.; Capts. L. P: Hunt and E. E. Biler and Second Lieut. B. F. Carl- son, at Quantico, to San Diego, Calif., and Capts. D. Curtis, W. W. Aiken, C. H. Brown and F. T. Steele, at San Francisco, to Quantico. & Officers ordered to the 1st Marine Brigade, in_ Haiti, are Capt. M. 8. Berry, at Philadeiphia; Capt. W. T. Evans, First Lieut. A. Galt apd Sec- ond Lieut. G. B. Beatty, at Quantico, and First Lisut. H. F. Addicks, at Philadelphia = Officers ordered to the 2d Marine Brigade, in S8anto Domingo, are: Capt. C. P. Matteson, at Philadelphia, and Capts. M. Corbett and R. G. Anderson, First Lieut. W. ¥. Brown and Second Lieut. J. M. Smith, at Quantico. First Lieut. W. G. Farrell has been transferred from the 1st Brigade, to Quantico, Va. NAME LIAISON OFFICERS WITH WELFARE BOARD Twenty-One Local Organizations to Co-Operate in Improving Legislative Code. Twenty-one additional organiza- tions have appointed liaison offi- cers to work with the commission on public welfare legislation in im- proving local ilaws dealing with all phases of welfare work. The duty of these representatives is to keep in touch with what the commission is doing. The organizations and their Tepresentatives follow: The Baptist Home for Children, Mrs. E. Hilton Jackson; The Child Welfare Society, Dr. Hugh J. Davis; Rhode Island Avenue Citizens' Association, Mr. E. R. Kalmbach; Consumers League, Mrs, Edward P. Costigan; The District of Columbia Federation of Women’s Clubs, Mrs. Otto Veerhoff; The Mother's Council of the District of Columbia, Mrs. C. Fuller Winters; Florence Crittenton Home, _Mrs. Basil M. Manley; Jewish Foster Home, Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith; Takoma Park Citizens' Association, Mr. George W. Chase; Boy Scouts of America, Mr. Barry Mohun; Ana- costia Citizens’ Association and Board of Trade, Dr. Dan. Smithson; Young Women's Christian Association, Mrs. Fred E. Wright; Stanton Park The Hecht Co. A. Watson, field artillery, to take ef- fect April 8. i Majs. R. W. Kingman, R. L. Eichel- | berger, L. T. Gerow and W. M. Rob- ertson, all of the infantry, stationed in this city, have been designated students at the Infantry School, Fort Benning, Ga., effective September 1. Col. E. T. Hartman, infantry, at the | War Department. has been detailed | to duty in the Signal Corpe at Gov- ernors sland, N. Y. Capt. A. B. Jones, 11th Engineers, in the Panama Canal Zone, has been assigned to duty at Fort Humphreys, a Capts Q. Elmore and. A. A. Hobbs, jr, Medical Corps, in the have been assigned to Philippines, duty Army Medical Center in apt A. H. Johnson, Signal Corp: mp Alfred Curtains Coverings Draperies Ginghams Stockings Everything before. Just tell whether t dye @ wool is linen, your druggist material you wish to or silk, or whether it e cotton, or amy mixed . Diamond Dyes never st spot, fade, or rum. s ’1 UPRIGHTS As low Smooth Running *—with NO OIL Most important in a vacuum cleaner is smoothness and ease of operation. Does it need constant oiling? Does 1t balk whenit’sdry? 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Ellen Spencer Mussey; Girls’ ¥Friendly Soclety, Miss Beall; Cosmopolitan Cub, Cleveland Skinker; Metropolitan Police Depart- ment, women's burean, Mra Mina C. Van Winkle, and Instructive Visiting Nurse Society, Mrs. Whitman Cross. ANSWERS DIVORCE SUIT. Irving 8. Brewer Says Separation Was by Mutnal Consent. Irving S. Brewdr, insurance agent, has filed an answyer to the suit for a limited divorce Mrought against him by his wife, Catherine L. Brewer, on charges of dmnkcnmess and deser- tion. The husbanB denies the charges and says their eparation was by ma- tuai consent. Mr. Brewer lays his wife is in no need of support, as she inherited $40,- 000 from her father's estate. and when he left her last September he gave her $3,880 in cash and personal property wortth §6,500. The wife is extravagant, Mr. Brewer tells tho court. He 1S irepresented by Attorn: Richard L. rrick. Monday—Annual April Sale USED PIANOS Players, grands, uprights, all in splendid condition. Pianos that have been taken in exchange and recondi- tioned. All to go at unheard of prices. Monday morn- ing at 9:15. A once-a-year opportunity. riect i every detail. $245 PIANOS 510 Delivers Any Piano in This Sale Liberal Credit Terms NEW BABY GRANDS As low as Good as new. The Baby Grand Jor your apariment at the low price of $3 In this sale of used pianos, we will give free a stool with every upright. And with every used player, a bench and 24 music rolls. These pianos offer a won- derfu] opportunity for substantial savings. Such values will prob- ably never repeat themselves. The Hecht Co Music Store—618 F S OPEN LVENINGS UNTIL 9 P.M. DURING SALE