Evening Star Newspaper, June 1, 1924, Page 51

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JUNE 1, 1924—PART 2 1Y D. A. R. ACTIVITIES Livingatone Menor Chapter was en- tertained Wednesday at luncheon by Mrs. Anderson B. Lacy at ier home in Washington Grove, Md. This was & very happy the closing meeting of the vear Reports of the regent. Mrs. Brum-{ baugh, and the several officers and committees show a decided srowth, the meetings have been well atrend- cd, ten new members addod and the work of the chapter ndvanced In a wmusical program given by Mrs. Lindsay and Mrs. Melntosh the | songs were happlly chosen and ad-| mirably sung. The canary obligato, while » part of the prepared pro- gram, added its note of appreciation, One of the most interesting fea- tures was the song written by the first American composer and the reading of the letter George Washington in compliment session and of ‘The Thirteen Colonies Chapter held its closing meeting at the home of Miss Anna Bogan. Takoma After the election of officers plans for next winter's work were dis- cussed und & committee appointed to outline the program. The chapter vo! pted to Troop hunt Pleasant Church leven new nam a flag to be pre- Boy Scouts, of Congregational were ad |B Park. | Its founder and first regent, Mrs. A. G. Wilkinson, was present. to whom the chapter presented a large silver vase and bouquets of flowers. Ars. Sadler read a poem which she had writter in honor of Mrs. Wilkin- son. Reminiscencés and accounts of chapter work were given by Mrs. H. Polkinhorn, Miss Josephine E. Prather, Mrs' J. Edgar Smith and Mrs. L.’ D, Carman, former regents, and Miss O'Hare, treasurer, and pub- lished poems dedicated to Our Flag Chapter were read by Mrs. T. A Broadus Mrs. Wilkinson presented to Mrs. A. L. Hazelton a handsome silk flag in appreciation of her Interest in the D. A. R, this being Mrs. Hazelton's ninety-third birthday A birthday cake with eighteen cundles in red, white, and blue was provided by the hostess und served with the rofreshment TROPICAL DISTURBANCE ON JUPITER IS WATCHED Giant Planet. Now Visible in Early Evening Hours, Attracts Atten- tion of Astronomers. Jupiter, the giant planet of the solar the membership of Year. Refreshments were ocial haur enjoyed the chapter in the served and o The Susan Riv held its final meeting of the year Tuesday at the residence of Gen Richard 1. Hoxie. on K stree with Mrs. Hoxie s hostess. The newly-elected regent, Miss Margar €. Withers, in the chair, and a full nimber of the new official bourd was present. Plans for nest year were discussed; chalrman of commit- tees were assigned, and a suffcient number of members offered heir homes to take care of ihe reg meetings for the next season of tie Daughter of the American Revolu- tion Mrs. Hoxie gave a flug to the ehapter, which will be displuved out side of the houses of th where the mesties will b letter from the (ibrarian general Larz_Anderson. outlined a new od of conducting the manageme-ut of the library of the nutional society. | this plan received the chapter's un- qualified approval. A resolution as «wlopted that, in the future, Miws Su- san Riviers Hetzel shall he known s | the founder of the chapter: Mrs. Larz erson, honorary life memb, g arlotte Pendleton. hon | gent: Mrs. Edmund Pendle \ orary vice regent: Miss Brues Wil- | now Mrs. colm Graham | of Berry Hill plantation. News Va.: Miss Mary J. Wiliams | . John J, McMahon, shall be Own as past regents, The corre- reported she had esolution intro- sponding secretary sent copies of a duced by Mrs L. Rust, giving a vote of confidence in and indorsing the administration of the nationa' hourd to the president general and other national officers. Miss Eli beth Du Hamel, house guest of Mr: Hoxie, presided at the tea table. Hetzel Chapter hostesses beld A Mrs Victory Chapter held itx mecting at the home of Mrs. D, Caldwell, 3342 Mount Pleasant | street. Monday evening. Mrs. Joseph | Stewart und Miss Addic Bourne were | issisting hostesses. Mrs. Frank R Sale. regent, presided it the business | mieeting. RReports of officers showed | that the chapter hud hid a very suc- cessful vear, all obligations both ftate and national having been met and 4 small balance left in-the treas- ury. On May 6 & marker was pluced | at the tree planted by the chapter at | Mount Alto in March to the memory | of Lieut. Harold Frederic Selden, U N. R. F. On May 16 a flug_was pre sented to Troop 20 Girl Scouts, at the Cleveland Park Congregational Church, with appropriate ceremonies. According to the hy-laws of the chap- ter. no member can hold office for 1ore than ‘two vears. Consequently the election resulted in iplete annual David | i | omer, sysiem, is now visible in the ear «vening hours. The chief features of the plunes including the great red spot aud south tropical distarb- | wnee. situated in nearly the sume lati- tude. continue to Le perceptible und |are at present matters of Intense in- |tetest to asironomers. us these phe- 4 invile renewed observations. spot Is at present situated |in longitude about 180 degrees and will therefore come to the meridian ubout 1 hours and 55 minutes be- fore and ufter the pussages of the | zero eridlan. b 1 on the period. 9 hours minutes, 40.63 given the Nautical Al- red spot is now planet opposite ridi in the the is llowing the i end of the M. Ryves' At SaraKos Spain, in gitude 197 degrees and “0ire<ponds in place with the follow- ing end of the hollow in the great uth «quatorial belt The conju tion of the centers of the two ob- jects will probably cecur in about three years The great red spot 0 grent interest to been visible on the d tic member of our solar system unde Gifferent aspects since 1537 and seems o huve grown especially couspicuous recent veurs W.F. Dennlng, the English astron- it ~lould be obs:rved as possible during the ay nerfod of the time of its across the central meridian, ecarefu'ly noted and recorded. Tts rate of motion. he save, in recent vears has indicated a period of rota- tion equal to 9 hours, 55 minutes and 48 ceconds During the last few veurs the srot has exhibited & slack- ening of v ity Mr. Denning s4ye there is another lor dusky marking in nearly the ne latitude of Jupiter, which closeiy follows the eastern end of the re spot. This, he says, will well repay clove vbeervation. which is now of artronomers, has of this gigan- say. often nroaching transit —_— FREED ON WIFE’S PLEA. Husband Sentenced for Contempt of Court Released. Lewis Win Rapee of the Research University, was re- leased from jail vesterday by Justice S.laffnrll on the plea of his wife, Frances C. Rapeer. The wife complained to the court about & month ago of the failure of her husband to keep up his alimony payments of $200 per month and Justice Stafford sent him to jail for ninety d for contempt of court. former president change of officers, as follows: Re- gent, Miss Kathrina L. Harvey: viee | regent. Mrs. W. W. Husbond fng secretary. Mrs, T. M eorrespondini secretarsy, Mr J. Ford: treasurer. Mre. J registrar. Mrs, F. B, Litell, and his- torian, Mrs, J. L. Owens. The mem- hers of the board of management are | AMrs. Joseph Stewart. Mrs. H. K. Ful- | ton. Mrs. W. C. Rue r, and Mrs. | F. R. Sale. A pleasant social hour followed the business meeting. Thomas Marshall Chapter.—A was given in honor of the new offi- cers by the regent, Mrs. Jessica B. Acker, last evening at her residence. 1 22d street. Mrs. Acker was assisted in rec ng by the vice vegent, Mrs. H. L. Tavlor. Mrs, Are thur W. Dunn and Miss Jessie W. Me- Tnery presided at the table sic was furnished by Mrs. R Lefevre, assisted at the piano by Styron tea Columbia Chapter.—On Friday eve- ning Mrs orge B. Ashby of Capitol Park Hotel gave a benefit card party for Columbia Chapt The affalr was a gratifying success. Bridge and five hundred were plaved, prizes be- ing awarded at each table. Refresh- ments were served. Mrs, C. C. Coombs, regent; Mrs. James H. Har- per, Mrs. Ella G. Biaden, Mrs. Wil- Jiam Cole and Mrs. Paul Anderson assisted. Federal City Chapter held its May mpeting at the home of Mrs, Robert ¥, Cook, with Mrs. C. Viola Fellows as assisting hostess. The reports of the officers were #iven. The chapter went on record as indorsing the stand of ths Daugh- ters of 1812 against the Women's Tn- ternational League for Peace and Freedom. The vice regent. Mrs. Nalle, and the corresponding secretary, Mrs, Chadsey, presented the regent with n gavel made from wood from the Washington Inn. Mrs. Winter. thel regent, accepted the gavel for the ohapter with appropriate remarks | In discussing work for next vear, it was decided that, if possible: the chapter would glve a scholarskip to some boy or girl. in that way keen ing up its Americanization work, During the social honr whien fol lowed the adjournment the host served refreshments and plans were discussed as to ways and means of raising funds for the work planned next year. The Sarak Franklin Chapter held its last meeting of the season at the home of Mrs. John Graham, Braddock Heights, Va. The regent, Miss Edna Alexander, presided. Following the opening exercises the monthly and annual reports of officers and chair- men of committees were given. Each vear has found the chapter grow- ing in membership and widening its scope of usefulness. The following officers were elected for the ensuing Vear: Miss Edna Aloxander, regent; Mrs, Milton Johnson, vice regent: Mrs. John Graham, recording secre. tary; Mrs. A. Eugene Barr, corr sponding secretary: Mrs. John Max. well, treasurer; Miss Belle Browning, registrar; Mrs. Robert Harrison, his- torian; Mrs. Mary Cochran, chap- lain. Mrs. Richard Dwyer played p no solos and Mrs. Graham sang “T! ‘World Is Waiting for the Sun Rige. A soclal hour followed. Our Wiag Ohapter met Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. G. W. Trowbridge on Nebraska avenue. The regent, Mrs. John T. Sadler, pre- sided. Report was made’of gifts to Monticello, Kenmore and America ization work. A donation of $75 was made to the chapter house fund; $5 was given to 6COral w1 y ex- nses. A page in the chapter house ook was voted in honor of 5 past regent. Two new members were admitted Mrs. Rapeer relented after her hus- band served about five weeks in today through Attorneys Bell, | & Rice axked the court to let * husband out of jail saying that he promised to pay her 335 per month w and 1o increase the payments when his flnancial condition will permit. The court ordered the release. The sult of the wife has not vet reached for trinl on the court docket, the alimony order belng a temporary one. Attorney Henry M. Fowler represents the hu: band. - = Women Score as Inventors. More than 5.000 patents have been issued to women in the United States, according to figures announced by the United States patent office at Washington. Their inventions run the gamut from hairpins to bomba, and some of their devices are notable engineering or mechanical achieve- ments, ' [ole——alalc——]o] The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Regent, Mrs. John T. Sadler. vice regent, Mrs. Frank L Williams: recording secre- tary, Mrs. Edward M. Weeks: col responding secretary, Mrs. G. W. Trowbridge: treasurer, Miss Laura C. O'Harre; registar, Mrs. George ‘W. Eastment; historian, Mrs, Samuel Polkinhorn: chaplain, Mra. E. Grat- tan Kerans. 5 ‘The eighteenth birthday of £hapter was observed oy thiBocoaeions ingly charming Bo dy AROUND THE CITY By Nannie Lancaste; ANDS in purses to buy flowers on stalls made the big fea- ture of Thursday's market day. One oustomer, who looked s if she could afford to re- member her dead with wreaths, potted plants and Mly stalks, passed by such aristocrats; and even {gnored the pink wildernesses of laurel and wild honeysuckle, until she came to @& Bl side curbing with fa rumshackle cart in the rear. For flowers there were fleld datstes that farmers cuss, droopy yellow [bloasoms that hud iy been lively but- | tercups, and odds | and ends of like ~Ifloral folk; and on the ground back of the box an up- rooted jimson plant, its wet earth packed in newspaper and tied with a knotted ra There was one full blossom with # couple of buds and many leaves of the rank greenncss that comes of being a weed that v one cares to bother over—except t Customer, It was what she hud come or. i The brown woman chuckled relief and turned to an ancient body seat- ed on cushions enough to satisfy « Turk: “Look here. Blank, don't you? ma—you remember Mrs. t's getting so late 1 was afrald _you wouldn't come around—only 1 knew vou would. I have to start for home earlier when T have ma along. It's getting so now I'm afraid to leave her stay at home unless some of the folks are round—yes'm. forty cents. Jeemson w is are scarce this yvear--just sits an' talks to herself about old war times—aund you know how bright she u to be at selling The customer membered, Buying a jimson plant from the sauie woman every Memorial day for near on to two decades is Hable Lo make @n im. “Ma's mind didn't give way until little while ago. and the doctor says she's all right if we don’'t croux her—1 don't mea shes feeble-minded ZPut she's Just forgot cversthing except what happened wien she was @ girl While the woman explained, the ancient one, <miling like a good lit- tle child. said to the customer- and In her volce was the quavering chunt that was Africa before {t became Old South ; Yoii see that bLridge over the canal? See them amblances creepin over slow, with the blood w-drippin’ ungd a-drippin’ on the planks? Some folks aroun’ this mahket suy the blood don't drip thoo, but I know better—1 sev it—an’ 1 know I'hel’:\‘ it comes fum. Don’t you know they's been a-fghtin’ at Bull Run—can’t you hear them death-monin's in them mblances?" i The customer went to Arlington and on one grave she inid a white blos som and two buds, in memory of a veteran who liked to tell how he d another wounded chap had crawled to safety along a ditch flowered on both sides with jimson weeds, Lord Wews 'em. Then she crossed to where the exercises were going on. There were noble speeches. The poems were inspiring and the bands patri- otie, but—for her—the realism of What those countless white stones stood for was voiced by one who had seen—and could wtill see— The Lridge over the canal, with ambulances creeping ucroea it. each tenanted by wounded and dying men who had spilled the wine of life on a battlefield called Bull Run. * x x % WASHINGTON resident has a brother who lives in the country. And the brother has a son. Being a small son, he was naturally in a bubble of anticipation when barns and roundside fences began to blossom out in flamboyant announcement that the circus was coming. Elephants, giraffes und every other “animal in the known world,” each more color- tul than nature and twice & big, made that small boy wild to see the show and, of course, his father sent bim. After ghe big thing was over the man naturally expected the boy to break out in pyrotechnics of jublla- tion, but no, sir. Littie son was so conservative that at last he had to be asked what he thought of the elreus. “Not s0 much—there wasn't & cow in_the whole show. Be country bbéy, With June comes the demand for Garcleh Hats —of which we are making a spe- cial display—at a special price— Tomorraw—in the French Room—will be displayed & wonderful collection of bewitch- Garden Hats—embroidere Straws and Flowered 'Leghorns—in | vari-colored effects. 'All priced at $10. Tourth Floor Would Develop Parks, Approaches to Capitol and Waterfront. about cows and thought a circus ought to carry an extra fine one. Just for contrast, the New York Zoo has had to add a cow to’ its menagerie for the sducation of Bast Side children who have never seen one. Which seems to prove that Mrs Moo possesses @& personal charm apart from her dairy value or com- merclal standing as beef on the hoof. * ok k¥ (QUR friend the railroad oficlal tells another little incident that Intro duces Mrs. Moo: “That time-aged story of the cow that strayed into a field of popcorn on a hot August day, where the sun's Tays were popping the corn into white fleecy flakes not unlike snow, and thereupon had a chill, was reproduced in & way down in Potomac Paurk in cherry blossom time “It was sunset hour in Potomuc Park, and the benches under the bloom-laden trees held their quota of lovers—some lovers of nature, others Just naturally lovers. The spring breeze decided to go and blow in an- other direction and with added speed Instantly the white petals were torn from the cherry trees and filled the alr as completély with the snowlike flukes as ever did a February bliz- zard in bleak old lowa. The afr was white with the driven blossoms—so completely filled that one could not sew the flowing river for the blinding nowstorm of perfumed flakes. They vddied around in swift-moving swirls on the driveways and seyrr the gutters Ly the roads lik hefore a wintry blast. On the bench the maid cuddled a wee bit closer and the lad turned his coat collar about his neck as though for proe tection against the driving storm." * ok ok % Hex AdvocatesBoulevardPlan to Speed Traffic. Would Change Streets. Leaving the municipal service after four years as one of the ussistant engineer commissioners, Capt. John E. Wood makes twelve suggestions for the upbuilding of the National Capital of tomorrow. Briefly stated, they Development of Channel waterfront “Modification of undeveloped = In accord with the best principles of lundscape treatment eIt highways In tions to circumyent and connecting parks. “Radial boulevards furnishing r: transit arteries. “Development south approaches tween Soldiers’ tomac Riv are: the Washington eets suburban congented areay seo- of to Home and [ the nurth the Capitol and the ¢ acquisition Acquisition und development the Potomac pulisudes. “A metropolitan plan embracing territory in Maryland and Virginla contiguous to the District of Colum- bia. ) “Local treatment in centers _||)(z Georgetown and Takoma—archite tural and lundscape cffects | vista value. “Assumption by the munici ernment of thut public space b building lines of strects for and consistent treatment Some policy of havi design bufldings with r. tiguous structures 1o street effects. “Improvement by beautification. the of face showed for a half cen- tury’s hard work, minding other people’s affairs. And she passed through a swarm of laughing, scrap- ping voungsters she nugged out to the unfortunate she had in tow “Why don't the police make those boys Bo to the playgrounds instead of letting them run wild on the streets? 1 told you it was foolish- s when you used to throw away 5 your geod dimes on them plavground | serapping. until, in a flush, they mado tags _that wasn't worth a cent |a rush for the side duor of a news- Didn'€ T tell you so, huh paper buflding. And. in another flash, The unfortunate knew enough to|they were selling papers. keep quiet, and the boys paid no at.| As the woman said, they were run- tention whatcver. They just kept on [ ning the streets, all right. with thelr laughing. were not running wild as ROV~ ween proper rehitects to con- better I3 P obtain Capt. Wood, Leaving 12 Proposals to Upbuild Capital “Means of co-ordinuting park prop- | D. C. Post, Makes parking of ra trances to the eity.” rk Bill Recentl branches of ad and highway en- Punned. Ziews within sed the bilf Both the part few days huve ereating the Nationsl Capital Park Commission and wuthorizing an an- nual appropriation 4 rate not to exceed one cent for vach Inhabitant of the United States to develop and extend the park system of Washing- ton and surrounding territory. Thiy legislation opens the way for the car- rying out of several of the sugges- tlons mude by Capt. Wood There s also before Congress at this time in the District uppropria- tion bill an ftem of §15,000 for & sys- temutic study of the highway plan outside the old eity limite, whicb would take care of other points men- tioned. Fortunately for the District, Maj. J.] Franklin Bell, the engineer Commin- sloner, Commissioners Rudolph #nd Oyster are deeply Interested in the succesaful carrying out of all these roposals for the beautification of the ational Capital. To See Program Executed. And, with the enactment of the park commission bill, they will be enabled, through that commission, to see the' greater part of thix program gradually executed. As one of the members of the newly created com- misslon, Maj, Bell In now considering possible suggestions the Bourd of Comminsioners might make to the park commissfon, Cupt. Wood, In summarizing the im- premwions left in his mind after four yeurs of wervice here, emphawizes the desirability of properly treuting the surroundings of the United States Cupitol, “The highly pedigrecd and univer- wully approved Mall, embraced be tween the Capitol and the Lin, Memorial, is almost sacred in its in- tegrity,” he said. “It ix, however, but one axis line through our Na- tional Caupital. The Capitol building should occupy « lofty und unique place, no less from a physical stand- point’ than from a sentimental one Seen Other Axis Rulmed. “It is, therefore, shocking thut its other axis has bee #ted by w mingle ct. The line which passes ut right angles to the Mall and extends from the Fotomac River to a brief stretch a few the Soldlers’ Home has been violuted It magnificent length of six miles has besn dsitorted and abbreviated to & brief strentch u few hundred yards in length. terminating with the Unlon Btation. Fortu thix wun detected by Eliott late architect of the Capl red efforts were to reclul ¥outh axis line of the and South Capitol streets should be given prominence approsching that of the Mall iteclf. Washington's fisiest boulevard should delineate this Iine. The beautiful grounds of the Holdicrs’ Home would furnish a purk at its present north extremity. The Anu- costia River at the south extremity offers unlimited powsibilities as terminus, murked by the national bo- tanic gardens, a possible naval war college, exposition grounds and other monumentul groups.” Sees TraMc Impeded. Turning to traffic problems, Capt Wood expresses the belief there muny intersections in that prevent proper movement of vehicles “Traffic problems can be benefited if not solved, by principles of dewig: he suggested. “A notable example is the octopus-like location &t 15th und H streets norgesst. The engineer department hus made an attack upon this intersection. proposing in place of the existing eonfusion a magnifi- to find obliter- control und Put hundred | are | Washington | cent plaza from which entrance tould be made to contributing streets in orderly fashion. Such local problems exist ut dozens of Intersections due to unguided growths. Proper plan- ning would remedy them.” Favors Boulevard System. Cupt. Wood believes every large eity has an obligation to perform in providing spacious and direct greer- ies for interstate highway trafiic. ' He #uggests through traffic boulevards avolding the congested sections of the city Vashington,” he continued, “is now in the stage of & congested down- town section and several suburban centers. There ix still fi e territor: in a great circle roughly marked by Arizona avenue, Nebraska aven oncord avenue, South and the Anacostis Thix surrounds th comparatively virgin belt downtown section at a radial distance of approximately three miles from the location of Cer trul High School. It i well within the DistricUs bounduries. 1t miay he conceived of ax wn sveloped belt half a mile wide surrounding the |downtown section 1ike u city wall | T is croxsed Ly various inbound thor oughfures. such ax Massachusetts wvenue, (onnecticut avenue, 16th street and Rhode Island avenge, It 18 otherwise practically free from lo- cal developmen | "Most of the streets indicated by the highway plan do not exist within th [belt. It offers ut omce un admirabl | route " for krund belt boulevard This monumental thoroukhfare might | become the skeleton of x new de- | velopment on euch of ite sides. From wucl @ sturdy trunk might grow hun- dreds of interestingly planned streets anches of a Be Selzed. ipal highway would pre and inspire the minor which would become its com plenentary functions. This possibil | ity alone “might furnish the key to the plan of Greater Wushington, the need of which hus only lately become kenerally acknowledged. Further de in estublishing & proper plan of the Washington outside of Florida avenue will mean glowing opportu nities lost and tragedy invited.” Under the rules of the Army, off cers ure required to serve one vear in five with troops. For that reason Capt. Woud has been ordered trans- ferred from the District government to Fort Humpireys, effective later in the sumn Capt. Wood has practi- terminated his local term, how- for he is now on i vacation trip tory 1o reporting for his new assignment - — i 0ld Home Week. From the Louisville Courier-Jourus Golug home for Old Home weeh | “1s the grand jury in session”” ope | Urgen Opportunity | streets your Furs in our keeping for the warm weather. We've brought the pressure to bear Every Featured Weave--- The smart Canton Crepes— Georgettes, Satins, Roshanaras, Flat Crepes, Printed Crepes, Fou- lards, Laces—and kindred fabrics v epdidy sl to the distinctive WZ of design. Second Floor. 77 that made possible this purchase of Distinctive Froclcs ---to such advantage that we are placing them on sale . Mondaylat a phenemenal price. fled: embroidered: sizes. . Handsomely - Designed--- Plain or combination effects; of new and unique draping: ruf- ribbon bedecked, etc. For street, sports and afternoon wear—in women's and misses’ lace trimmed: