Evening Star Newspaper, November 18, 1924, Page 22

TAR, WASHINGTON D. C, TUESDAY. OVEMBER 18, 1924 —_—_—— e e e e URGED IN DISPUTE Chaliapin’s Two Appearances Can Be Profitable to All, Citizens Believe. #~ The statement issued by Mrs. Katie I%Wilson-Greene, local manager of the ;Chinagu Opera Company appearances here this season, last week to the effect that Chaliapin wuold not be allowed to $ing with the . Washington company ibrior to his appearance with the Chi- ieago organization In “Boris Godonouv,” *and indorsed by €. A. Shaw of the Chi- cago Opera Company, has aroused much ‘comment among Washingtonians. § Prominent citizens who have shown their loyalty to the Washington Opera since the first news of this v appeared include Mrs.. Wil- Boardman, Mrs. Francols iBerger Moran, Mrs. J. B. Henderson, I¥rs. Ernest Wa'ker, Robert N. Harper ‘and Col. Arthur O Brien, all of whom have taken boxes for the performance ot ust,” with Chaliapin in the role fof Mephistopheles. The first box reserva- {tion was made by the British embass fMany members of the cabinet and dip! matic circies are listed among the patrons of the local company’s perform- @nce. ks X .etfer Praises D. C. Opefa. {vA. 3 D president of the Mid-City Citizens' Assoclation.of the District of Columbia, residing-at 2651 Woodley road northwest, has written & letter to The Star containing the following protest: “1 was Indeed surprised to note in the columns of vour valuable Sunday ditlon, the objection raised by Mrs. {atie Wlison Greene to the "appear- mnce of Feodor Challapin, -who is dooked to appear in the opera of Faust in t city on January 28, With the Washington Opera Company the direction of Edouard jon “It is to be reretted by %he lovers and patrons of grand opera that the vision of Mre. Greene is not broad enough to realize there id room in the Capital City for. both performances. 1 feel that It is safe to assume that the appearance of Chaliapin In Faust wwould in nowise effect his appearance jn a later performance, espgaially from u financial viewpoint, wMch 1 feel is most Interesting to Mrs. Greene Urges elp for Company. “It is rather unfortunate that this most cstimabl does not display jnore Inte mbition In helping 6 secure a rerman or our Capital City, or should in any way attempt to obstruct the splendid work along those linesthat the Wash- jngton Opera Co. is doing under the leadership of Mr. Alblon. In Mr. Albion we have a man who is an artist and a leader In his chosen profession, who is devote most® freely of his time and talents without personal compensa- tion to the voung singers and actors of our city in developing their ambi- tions. At the yresent time Mr. Albion fs rehearsing for the coming opera of *Faust’ some 100 of our local &ingers. i Praise for Mr. Albfon. i "It has been my good fortune to know Mr. Albion and his work for the past several ve I am not a member of his compan not have I ever been, for have I ever had business relations With him, 1 do know of his work, fiowever, among our residents, and ¢an say that it merits the commen- @ation of all interested in the future @evelopment of our wonderful Capi- tal City, as it must beadmitted that fnusic must have Its alloted place in the upbuilding of any community. © I am a Washingtoritan first, last, and alw; . and as such realize. what the Washington Opera Company under the leadership of Mr. Albion is doing for our city along musical lincs. While fully aware of the fact that the Chi- ¢éago Opera Company is composed of high-class talented artists, whom we will all enjoy hearing. I am. however. con- vinced of the fact that as Washing- 19 ns our first allegiance should be {5 our own Washington Opera Com- pany.” rs, MRS. ELIZA McREYNOLDS """ DIES AT THE AGE OF 75 Wife of Pioneer Business Man, and i Native of Ireland, Expires Fol- H lowing Surgical Operation. Mre. Eliza McReynolds, wife of Robert McReynolds, one of the pion- ter carriage builders and automobile dealers of this city, died unexpectedly at 11 oclock this morning. She was @he mothey of Joseph McReynolds and &f William E. McReynoids, both prominent in business circles of the National Capital. Funeral services will be held at St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, Eighteenth and Church streets, but the date and hour have Bot yet been fixed. The deceased, who was 75 years of age, was born in Tyrone, Ireland. She ¢ame to this country when 13 years of age, to reside with an uncle, and was marrieq to Robert McReyriolds, 52 years ago. For 47 years the ‘couple resided at either 1515, 1517 or 1519 Seventeenth street, She was a devoted jmber of St. Thomas' Church. {Mrs. McReynolds was In excellent nd4ith until quite recently. when »&h\ trouble developed. She was vised to undergo an operation and btered Emergency Hospital Friday. ¢ operation was performed Satul day. and/ the patient rallied from it sicely. She scemed to Improve stead- ily! Her husband and sons were at liér bedside .last evening, when her cpndition seeined most-favorable. A 1 the worse occurred about 4 (Ié!ucggrthis morning, and ®he mem- ljens of the family were summoned to ler hgdside, death coming quickly thereafter. | &) RIiCH BEQUESTS CHANGEP i, BY FINDING OLD WWLL 1 T spatch to The Star. ! WINCHESTER, Va., November 18.— #stribution of the large estate of the 18t Miss Martha Shumate was fur- thier complicated today by the firding of a will of a sister, Miss Elizabéth Shumate, executed several years be- fbte her death, more than 20. years 889, The will was unearthed during a |- arch among effects of the old Shu- 1jate mansion, which recently turned out to be a veritaple treasure chest, crammed with money, which already has totaled about $15,000, fnuch of it in gold coins minted more than 60 years ago. The will of Miss Elizabeth Shu- mate leaves her portion of the large estate inherited by herself and two other spinster sisters, and which has been constantly increasing in value, 16 a number of cousins, some who are supposed to be still living in Wyo- ing, and also. to. loca} relativeg, No {ll_was found when she died, and er estate passed.to the twd' sister Misses Rébécca and Marthe Shumate, who spent little of their ever-grow- ipg’ foftunes. « When. Jiss Rebecca Shumate died; her share.passed to the other sister, ~Miss ., Mastha, ‘whose death’ “occurred ‘onty recently. “The newly discovered document will cause nt opera company { villing and does | Top row, Left to rigl Catherine Scott, Mr Lower row, left to right: Mrx. Whee!, NEEDLEWORK GUILD With Activity of Or- ganization. The District of Columbia Chapter, {Needlework Guild of America, i garments at St. Margaret's Church, Connecticut avenue and Bancroft place, today. The exhibition is to ac- nuaint the pub'ic with the organiza- tlon's activities. The gufld. which founded early in the nineteenth {century in Europe and is organized in the old world today as in America, | furnishes garments to the poor in hospitals, homés and other institu- |tions and does not dlscriminate | againet color or creed. | Here it is aMliated with the Asso- {clated Charities, the Red Cross and the Federation of Women’s Clubs and centers its activities in orphanages, hospitals and other institutions for ependent persons. Its members cage garments either of their own make or purchase, which are sup- plied to meet the constant demand for them. In connection a business mee | was ! the exhibition was held_this Rev. Dr. Herbert Scott rector of St c! delivered the invocation and addressed the gathering. Remarks algo were made by Rev. Dr. Z. g T. Phillips, rector of Epiphany Chirch, who pronounced the benedictiofi. Among the exhibits today is a table holdihg 72 garments made by with ng Massachusetts avenue, which won ads miration from all who saw it. Mrs. Larz Anderson is honorary president of the District Chester D. Swgpe, president. To- morrow the garments in the exhibit will be distributed to Yhose in need throughout the city.. ~* : Mrx, C. C. Craven, H. M. Henderson, Mrx. Nellie F. D. Stoddard. sdgar H. M. Miller, Mins Edna Sheehy, Mra. Florence B, Helfebower, cpmmander of the corps; Mrx. C. Red Cross Motor Corps—During the rest of the year they carry entertainers to the wom wounded who are able to go cut to the theaters for entertainment. They alno deliver the jams and jellies made by the Juniors to the hospitals, . Brown, Mr: Waldo, Mrs. Marguret Cowan. URGES OPEN WINDOW ed men {NAVY WILL TEST POSSIBILITY \ OPENS EXHIBITION| Purpose Is to Acquaint Public| | conducting its annual exhibition of | | | | Murgaret's | g { nelpless the women of the Louise Home, 1500 | chapter and Mrs. | {mon help from land. how could she |get fuel to her engines high in the OF REFUELING Experiment of Piping Oil Into Tanks Will Greatly Increase Safety Range, if Successful. Her fuel running low far out at som, the giant dirigible, Shenandoah, aeronautic pride of the United States Navy, ran toward the American coast with but three engines of her com- plement of eight operating, throttled down to slow epeed th order to con- serve fuel. Already the crackling of the air cruiser's radlo had told the Navy Department and her mother ship. the Patoka, of her plight, un- folding the possibility that she would run out of gasoline several hundred miles from help, and already swift destroyers were convefging upon her course, ready to help the Leviathan of the air—helpless without fuel to drive her glant engines. Heading to & 20-mile breeze from the west, the ship nosed her way slowly toward home, operating at half her usual speed. A slow sput- tering from the rear starboard en- gine indicated that its last reserve of fuel was Tailing. “Quickly the how starboard engine and the rear port 'engine followed and the giant aircraft hung 2,000 feet in the air, over a limitless expanse of ocean, as a ship with a broken propeller shaft. More helpless, In- deed, for although she could sum- air. The only remedy possible to help the aircruiser in her plight, although neither the vessel nor her passengers were in immediate danger short of a hurricane, was to devise Some way to pipe fuel to her tanks—enough to run her back to her hangar at Lake- hurst This hes not yet alr pride of the Navy, happened to the the Shenan- | | of the AIRSHIP AT SEA doah, or to the newly acquired ZR-3, her sister ship. But it might hap- pen at any time. Driven far out of her course by high winds, the air vessels might run out of fuel over the ocean. ith this possibility in mind. engi- neers of the Navy are preparing for an experiment in refeuling & dirig- ible airship from a surface vessel at sea. One experiment has already been conducted along this line, but under ideal conditions of wind and | sea. The next step is to determine its fewsibility under adverse condi- tion The Shenandoah will be used in the experiments to be conducted shortly, with the mother shfp Patoka, the mobile fuel ship for dirigibles, acting as her mooring base. The plan, ac- cording to officers of the Navy Aero- nautic Burcau, contemplates mooring of the nose of the Sherandoah to the tall mast of the mother ship, and running a hose line from the tanks| Patoka up the mast into the fuel tanks of the air vessel Difficulties In the way of carrying| out the plan are numerous, but | Navy engineers are confident they | can be surmounted. The Shenandoah has already been anchored to the Patoka’s mooring mast at sea, and the Navy is sure a fuel line can be run from the mother ship into the gasoline tanks of the dirigible, en- abling her to proceed on her way without hindrance In case the fuel- ing tests are successful, the cruis- ing radius of such ships as the Shen- | andoah will be greatly increased as | well as the safety factor in the event| in the Government hospitals, and earry ti irs. F. L. 1.. Hiller, Mrs, G. Brayton, Mrs. L. H. Hettriek, Mrs. George Rlcker, Mrs. Virginia McRoberts, Mra. FEDERAL PERSONNEL TURNOVER DEPLORED 20 Per Cent Changes in Year Too | High, Says Official in Engi- neers’ Society. Deploring the personnel turnover of 0 per cent” In the Government serve. ice during the pust vear, and the loss to the Government of a large number of technical and scientific employes who have left to accept similar pos tions at “much higher rates of pay in private employment,” Allen B. Me- Daniel, secretary of the Waghington office of the American Association of Engineers, last night called upon Uncle 8am to adopt a “labor policy.” Speaking before a meeting of the District of Columbia Federation Em- ployes’ Unions, in the Bond Bullding last night, Mr. McDaniel said: “Any laboy policy which Uncle Sam adopts should, in my opinion be based on justiee, uniformity, and fairness for all Federal employes, regardless of position, whether high or low, sex, creed or race.” The prevalent feeling that estabs lishment of classification as provided under the recent classification act would_increags Government expendi- tures, Mr. McDanlel said, was not jus- tified. On the other hand, he pointed to instances where savings could be effected cording to the Navy, for using the Shenandoah during the Pacific fleet maneuvers early néxt year. The &ir vessel has already visited the Pacific Coast in her trip around the Unjted States. Under these plans she will have her base at San Diego or Seat. where there are mooring masts, and at Honolulu, where a mooring mast is being erected. The ZR-3 will make a trial flight, her first trial flight with heltum in her gas chambers, on Wednesday. Favorable conditione, officials indi- cated. will permit the new air vessel to_cruise over New York and Phila. of accident. Plans are being worked out, ac- delph! and she may fly to Nortolk, passing over Washington. == -2 == = = e The House of Courtesy * assure.you of ELEVENTH ST, Important Sale of . Women’s Higher Priced Low Shoes About 2,000 fiair:—qll this season’s styles taken from our regular stack 32 BEAUTIFUL MODELS FEATURED IN THIS SALE AT 3 STYLES PLAIN-STRAPS FPANCY STRAPS INSTEP TIES SPORT OXFORDS PLAIN OXFORDS GORE PUMPS MATERIALS BLACK SATIN PATENT KID TAN CALE . BLACK SUEDE. 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Attention was called by the parent:teachér leader to the fact, as shown in the chart of the Public Health Service report on the “Causes of absences in one grade of 15 public schools in * Washington,” that the open-air schools had far fewer ab- sences on account of colds or other sickness than did the other schools. Dr. Harry Ong, public chool physi- cian, pointed out that underweight was not the only factor to be noted in building the héalth of children. It was the job of the physician to note | any physical defects and have them corrected with the co-operation of the parents. He stressed the need of rest as a prime factor and urged parents not to let their little ones go often to the theatérs or be kept up late for any cause. Miss Ella Marris of the American Child Health Association &poke of { the vital importance of parents co- | operating with the schools in en- abling children to form health habits. Miss M. M. 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