Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1924, Page 5

‘ ) ) YULE SPIRIT FILLS DIPLOMATIC HOMES Children in Embassies and Legations to Celebrate Day With Native Customs. Ambassadore and Ministers and other seutatives of foreign govérnments Was together with every | ther household head in the District of | Columbia, are making preparations to | surrendes their comm: positions | the night of December 24 and the foi- lowing morning to Sants Claus and the | trom all lands under the | | tivit | extensively Lure of Painted Post Becomes Disastrous To Parcel Post Mail Painted Post, N. Y. an abundant Christmas, ~with plenty of packages for all. In Reneral orders to postal workers, First Aasistant Postmaster Gen- eral Bartlett, in charge of the malle, says: “An increasing amount of mall marked ‘Parcel Post’ Is belng missent to Painted Post.” is due for Rlo. She has two brothers, Engenio, who Is at college, but will be home for the holldays, and Darlo, who Is 15 and attending Western High. The three daughters of the Minister from Ecuador and Senora Ochoa y Ortiz are in Washington less than a month, and oniy echoes of the outside a reach them. They will figure In the fiestas given by the Latins. several of which are scheduled for Christmas eve. New ¢ Claus hav visit. The beer el Church, represented in at six leading legations here, has officlally adopted the Grego rian calendar, which means that Christ- mas for the little foreigners will be De- cember 25 and not Junuary 8. Likewise the Latins have taken over tha day in | its Eng'i Teutonic conception, | whereas the centuries the birthday s deemed a day piritual gifts alone. Even the little children in non- Christian households wiil not be over- locked by Oid Man S: Pollsh Legation Rites. ional traditions are & a ruie ob- served in the various embassies and legations (but to the children it to one thing). and nowhe 50 marked und beautiful as In legation, Minister Wroblewska have rs all deepis imbued nas spirit. Young Frede is master of ceremonies, and when the first star appears In the dusk of the short December day he solemnly lights a taper, and the entire household, in- cluding the Minister and Mme. Wro- hiewska, the members of the staff and | all the cmployes of both mansion and legation v re gathered in the dining Toom, chant the fine old hymn, “Come, all ye faithfy t us hasten to adore Him," and pay homage at the hoiy crib erected in the outer hall. After this it 15 a case of “let joy be unconfined,’ and there is a banquet at which a!l the d »s of Poland are served and there eral exchange of gifts. The Adam, who s 4, and his sister Yy, Who is 7, with their big brother. distribute the gifts and have the most wonderful time themseives. Stafr. and through f the Sa of prayer an Dinner to Brit At the will be no childr be th ner to his staff. residence bration O Brier tle Ch the feast ain- hilton for Mr. and the grandparents the lit there and nothing spared to make the occasion | Mrs. Chilton, being an mingles the customs of the | New World in the Christn lon, but at the home of attache and Mrs. Graham the feast is observed after ancient British traditions Mre. Charlton have been on the Coast, the former making 1al studies and they have eastward n o to meet -son, Wingate, who crosses in order to p: th lidays with his parents and Ht- Moira. This dainty little six, and one ¢f the most at- tractive youngsters in the forelgn set, has been w Mrs. Brooks during the ahsence of her parents in the West, but will b ¢ at thelr home in Jef- ferson place when Col. and Mrs. Charl- ton come from New York with Wingate. This sturdy boy is at a Lithuanian Yule Rites. There are two children in the lega- tion of Lithuania on Sixteenth street adjoining t Spanish - embassy, where the Minister and Mme. Bizaus Kiene preside, and their Christmas will be most colorful and after the| ways of the those ancient people on the Baiti . This republic Is among the last countries of Eastern| Europe to converted to Christian- ity, so there Is a hint of the old pagan | ways In some of thelr observances, Though giving alleglance to the Roman pontift, the Lithuanian rite is entirely distinct and the legation since its establishment {n 1921 has inaintained its own chaplain, a Lithu- anian priest who is studying at the Catholic University. But the little folks are not interested in this phase of the celcbration, but in the long day of wonders which begins at dawn on Christmas eve. Gifts are found in unexpected places by the youngsters, Droma who is four and Alda who is two, and there are sweets and toye and mechanical contrivances coming to light during the entire day. The supper to the staff ends the merrj- ment and at midnight there is mass, which all the household, even the tired little girls attend. On the day itself, these small Lithuanians have a crowded calendar and will see many visitors and make many calls ristmas tree is not among their| ures In this section of the world but festoone of greens, brilllantly lighted, make amends for this. x. Thomas | to notable Ameri old an, nd celebra military Charlton, the most . Col. and the | o tle sister Jady, just | by Still Believe in Santa. Two small Ttallans who are pass- ing their second year In Washington are Marla Angelica and Lodovico, children of the Itallan air attache| and Donna Emmie Calderara. They have become famillar with American customs and have taken Santa Claus o their hearts with great enthusi- asm, and, though Maria Is aimost 10 and Informed of the true state’ of affairs_about this marvelous bene- J factor, she delights in sustalning the falth of her small brother and in ald ing her parents and grandmother, the Countess Gamba Ghiselll, who 15 a member of the family, In making ready for a merry feast. The military attache and the Marquise de Ber- nezzo have a pretty little daughter, Augusta, who is a famillar figure in Christ partles for the juveniles. The Teutonic nations are well rep- resented in the juvenile world, the children of the charge d'affaires and Mme. Edgar Prochnik being the “oungest, though the two conselors of the German embassy, Dr. Karl von Lewinski and Herr Dickhoff, have Young folks in their homes. Valerie| Stirling, Edgar L. Prochnik, jr., | and little Patricla make the Austrian f home very lively all through the hol- | \day season. Mme. Prochnik, who is @ native of Minnesota and a grand- saughter of Massachusetts, combines the customs of old Vienna with the best Puritan traditions in her Christ- || member Only Boy in Famiy. the .very stronghold of Santa the four-year-old son of the Minlster from ‘the Netherlands and Mme. de Graeffe will have a won- derful celebration. This beloved youngster, who bears his father's name and a few others besides, is many years younger than his group of sisters and is the only boy in the family. Besides he has the most abiding confidence In Kris Kingle and his entire year s practically Elven over to plans for his reception. So that he will have everything which the juvenlle mind may picture, in- cluding a visit from the rotund saint. who will unload a huge pack of toys and good things and gifts for every of tho household. Mme. de Graeffe {s the daughter of a colonial official of the Dutch ministry and she passed her girlhood and married In the Dutch t Indies. The Christ- mas banquet at the legation always shows the influence of these years on both the Minister and his family, and besides the favorite dishes of the Netherlands, there are many eastern delicacies and, of course. some of that glorious coffee from Java Sure About Santz Claus. Little Keld Peterson, the only child of the counselor of the Dani legation and Mme. Peterson, is pass- | ing bis first Christmas in the Ameri- | can Capital. He s just four and im- mensely impressed with the activity of Santa Claus, as displayed in the shop windows and in the toy depart- ments of the big stores. Last Christ- mas Keld and his parents were in Berlin, where merriment was much restrained and where the joyous air apparent everywhere in Washington was entirely lacking. Keld has a pleturesque nurse from his own native city, Copenhagen, and who also had charge of his beautiful young mother, and he spends nearly all his waking hours downtown and he comes home tired but just bursting with happiness and excitement to narrate to his elders all he has seen he daughters of the Danlish attache and Mme. Roger Nellsen were born | this country, so that they take Christ- mas and its myriad brilllant sights and air of prosperity and good-will as a matter of course. Among the most interesting new- comers in the corps are John, the small son of the Greek Minister and | Simopoulus, and the youngsters | Mme of the Egyptian legation. John is a bit too young to comprehend all that “hristmas means, but he will no doubt blink and crow at the lights of his new tree and take joy In the toys which make the most noise. There are three little children from the banks of the Nile—Mimet, who is 6, and her brother Wahbid, who Is 10, and the infant of less than a year. Zenab, born in the first Egvptian le- |gation ever established in the Ameri- can Capital. These little folks are Mohammedan, but with the exception of Baby Zenzb they take an absorb- ing interest in the preparations now o much In evidence. The Minister | will gravely observe the custom of al religious festivals in his distribute alms to the poor. land and brate as they wish, and this will un- {doubtedly be in the same manner as | their American playmates. dren of the Chinese Mme. Sze are at the legation in charge of governesses, while thoeir parents are In Geneva attending the oplum convention. These nall boys, Willlam and Kenneth Sze, bestow gifts on their friends at C stmas- tide and accept many invitations to partics. So, too, the many little ones connceted with the Japanese embassy | stafr. In seores of other households there will be colorful observances of the great day. The delégate from Parto Rico and Senora Davllla have a lovely little girl, Alda, who will have all that her heart desires. The Cana- dian Commissioner and Mrs. Mer- chant Mahoney will take part in the celebrations given by the members of the British embassy, hesides having | several for their own children, Peggy, who is 7, and Charles Curtls di Rochlr Mahoney, who is 3. If it were possi- ble to foregather. all the little folks | of the diplomatic households in Washington at one big celebration it | would make a fete as brilllant and as numerously attended as the gather- 1ngs of the corps at the evening levee which the President and Mrs. Coolidge will giv» in January. The chil- Minister and e Cathedral to Get 25-Ton Bell. Correspondence of The Assoclated Press. COLOGNE, November 30.—Cologne Cathedral is soon to have the largest bell in the world. It will welgh over 25 tons. The bell has been ready for shipment from a factory at Apolda for over a year, but on account of the foreign occupation of the Cologn zone it was deemed impracticable be- fore this to install it. e During 1924, 34,356,298 passengers were carried on sleeping cars a dis- tance of 13,160,000,00¢ miles In this CHRISTMAS TUR STANDS 4 Thirty Carloads of Live Unless there is a sudden rise in the thermometer within the next few days Christmas turkeys will retall mas celebration, and the home is the pcene of many little parties during the octave of Christmas and. New Year. The small Dickhoffs have an pbiding faith in good Kriss Kringle, @nd thelr tree is lighted and their gifts distributed on Christmas eve. Xarl Pomeroy, the son of the Von Lewinskis, has recently donned tha trim uniform of the Central High Bchool Cadets, so that his interest in the feast is only academic. Inger is younger and ceiebrates in the tradi- tional way. Of the scores of young forelgners in Washington for their first Christ- mas the majority are of the Latin contingent. The small daughters of the charge d'affaires of Brazil and Mme. Gracie are absent and will be greatly missed, but there is the interesting group of ohlidren of the naval attache and Mme. Riberio to fill the gap. Little Marllla s 7 and is taking the keenest interest in +his new saint, Nicholas, of whom lit- tle 18 heard in the vast country from which she halls, on the outskirts of at Center Market for about 50 to 56 cents & pound. The finest shipments of turkeys received in Washington in many & day now are In the hands of dealers, who will offer to the public a cholce lot of fresh-killed and dressed birds at this Winter price. If the weather becomes warmer, however, there is likely to be a drop in the price. Altogether, about 30 carloads of live turkeys are to sup- ply— Washington's Christmas dinner tables. Killlngs were going on yes- terday and more are scheduled for today and tomorro C. H. Walleigh, assistant superin- tendent of the market, Which is con- ducted by the Department of Agri- culture, made the foregoing state- ment yesterday as the general out- look for the remaining days before Christmas. Mr. Wallelgh has his finger con- stantly on the pulse of the retall business in the market, and he de- clared that, while prices were mnot abnormal and that supplies and con- dition of the products were exéel- He will | permit his younger children to cele- | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. Kimura. the Minister of Egypt. and Mme. children o BY SANTA HIMSELF Postal Men’s Children Given Gifts at Celebration in Mascnic Temple. Santa Clau dropped in at the Northeagt Masonic Temple last night and greeted many of his “agents tending the third annual Christmas celebration of the Capital Branch, Xo. 142, of the National Association of Letter Carriers. As a reward for their good service e presented to the children of the carriers all sorts of goodies and other gifte, unloading a good sized pack on the stage of the hall. Just before Santa arrived, Ernest Greer, who ap- parently does not believe in him, went out. He didn’t come back until Santa had left. | Postmaster and Mrs. Mooney were |suests of honor, together with Sec- retary A. E. Seymour of the Washing- ton Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Sey- mour pledged the support of the |chamber In the carriers’ movement for |increased wages. He cited statistics to show that the increased cost of liv- ing necessitated a corresponding raise tn salaries of the working people. A vaudeville program was pre- sented with the aid of the following: Margaret and William Greatorix, Mrs. John Haun, Ernest Greer, Mrs. Helen Stansbury, Duncan Thompson, Archi- bald Hails, five-vear-old Roma Lee Haun, “Mills and Mills,” Margaret K Lane, Margaret and Bessie Cush, Anna Hanlon, Robert Howard and Cauley's Virginia Orchestra. Refreshments and dancing cluded the program. Lee O. Bryant was chairman of the celebration. RARE VOLUMES TAKEN. New York Public Library Employe Accused by Police. NEW YORK, December Charged with theft of numerous rare | volumes and manuscripts, George Lanizar-Ugarta, 25, an employe of the South American division of the pub- lic library here, was arrested today. He was employed three years ago after his arrival here from Ecuador, con- 20.— books. The police library's treasures to fill a taxicab were found in the prisoner’s room. They also found a number of paint- ings that had been cut from their frames, they sald, but these were not Iibrary property. KEY PRICE T 50-TO-55 MARK Birds to Supply Wash- ington Tables—Sidewalk Market Display Tomorrow. lent, the business so far has not been as good as last year. The general condition of. other products and articles identified with Christmas was outlined by Mr. ‘Wal- lelgh as follows: Baking chickens, 35 to 40 cents; geese, 50 to 56; ducks, 45 cents, the last-mentioned likely to follow the turkey barometer which- ever way it moves; cranberries, 15 to 20 cents a pound; plum pudding, $1 a pound; oranges (cheaper than ever), 15 cents a dozen and up; grape- fruit, 7 for 25 cents; English walnuts and Brazil nuts, 30 cents a pound; pecans, 65 to 90 cents a pound; frult cake, 40 to 60 cents a pound; Christ- mas trees, $1 and up, according to size; holly wreaths, 25 cents; runuing pine, 15 to 20 cents, and mistletoe, 25 cents a bunch. Although there was plenty of green and red in the way of natural Christ- mas decorations in evidence around the market yesterday, the annual dis- play on the sidewalks approaching the market at 7th street and Penn- sylvania avenue was lacking. It is expected that these merchants will take up their stands at all avallable spaces tomorrow. beside a ecintillating Christmas tree | children of the Minister of Poland and Mme. No. 4—FEva and Dagmar, the little daughters of the first secretary of the ¢ Anna Brown, whose father ix assistant Dritish naval attache. | Calderrara, children of the air attache and Donn No. S—Veroneia and Mirfam, little daughters of the Brazilian counselor and Mme. Gracle. CARRIERS REWARDED |FEST | sonk, | | to catalog South American maps and | said enough of the | No. 1—Peggy Mahoney, daughter of the Canadian commissioner connected with the British embassy. Wroblewska. No. 6—Two Emmy Calderara Gamba. 1 President and Mrs in Public Ceremony. which toda here by pital is 1 the last with a splurge celebrations, rriment a general good wi The festlv begin tonight with eeveral celebrations and con- tinue daily and nightly most urft! tha grand Christmas eve senc Wednesday night at the natlo community Christmas tree in Sh man square and in the White Hou grounds, where carols will be sung. President d Mrs. Coolidge will join heartily in the ceremonies by opening the Sherman Square celebra- tion with'a tree-lighting formality later going to the White House for| the carol-singing by the robed choir of the First Congregational Church and the public. The great community tree will blaze forth with myriad lights as the President snaps a switch. The deco- rating was worked out by the Elec- tric League of Washington and the electric connections will be made permanent for use in future celebra- tions. Crowds Expected at Tree. Great crowds are expected to as- | semble about the tree at 8 o'clock Christmas eve to take part in its dedication. The tree will be pre- sented to the President by Ovid M Butler, executive secretary of the American Forestry Assoclation. Dis- trict officials, members of €ongres: judges of the courts and other offi clals will witness the presentation | A program of entertainment, ar- ranged by the Community Center department of the District public schools, will include community sing- ing of Christmas carols, under the leadership of ‘Robert Lawrence, and accompanied by the brass quartet of the Army Music School. The United States Marine Band will be on hand with selections. The public also is carol-singing at the ~White House later. This serenade is a renewal of a custom begun last Yuletide. During the first part -of the week clubs and charitable organizations | will remember the city’s needy fam- ilies with gifts of food, clothing, toys, ete. part in this work. Four big Christmas partles for ‘the poor of Washington are planned Wednesday and Thursday by the Sal- vation Arm They are: Wednesday, 2:30 p.m.—Distribution of 650 baskets of food, each with din- ner enough for five people, at”the Army's auditorium, 606 I street. Christmas morning, 10 o'clock— Christmas party for colored children at Broadway Theater, near Seventh |and P streets. Entertainment and distribution of candy and oranges. Christmas day—DInnér fof men at Industrial Home, 102 B street. | Christmas night, 7:30 p.m.—Distri- bution of toys, dolls,” candy and oranges to 1,000 white children in army’s auditorium, 606 E street. Dress 200 Dolls Women of the Evangeline residence, 1330 L street, in the last few weeks | dressed 200 dolls for the poor chll- dren. These will be on exhibition.to- morrow, Tuesday and Wednesday, at tMe residence, and will be given away | Thursday night at the children’s party. This is the largest Christmas pro- |gram ever undertaken by the Sal- | vation Army here, Adjutant Ernest 'R, Holz, _division _secretary, an- | nounces. The army has been appeal- {ing for $15,000 to pay expenses of Christmas relief. Nearly $8,000 has been contributed. It may be necessary to curtall the program if the $15,000 is not raised by Christmas, army officials say. Do- nations should be .sent to 607 E street. Mrs. Caivin Coolldge has accepted the Invitation of the Central Union Mission to be the guest of honor at the mission’s Christmas Eve distribu- tion of clothing to needy children at Kelth's Theater at 9:45 o'clock Wed- nesday morning. This clothing will be distributed to the children in 1,000 to 1,200 bags, comes but the las Thurs- | ning up | stages and | of nd o tering ace to ge atlonal invited to the No. IVITIES OF CHRISTM ; WILL BE LAUNCHED TONIGHT Missions will take a prominent| C., echoslovakian legation, f the lovely children of the . Coolidge to Join Mrs. Johu S perinter decide from give out Bennett, of the T child wi Coolidge’s the first bag. fe of the sion, w the 1 wh hands Largest of Kind. The distribution of t bags of clothing will be the largest single distribution of the kind in Washing- ton this vear, it is stated. The bags will be banked around a large Christ- mas tree In the center of the stage and Mr. Bennett will act as San Claus. In additlon, there will be an | entertainment for the children | The Gospel Mission on John M shall place, is planning to spread ristmas cheer to something over | 1,000 persons this vear. The officers’ re planning a good dinner for the men and boys at the institution on Christmas da Two hundred and fifty or three h dred poor children, that constitute the Gospel Mission Sunday school, will look to the mission for toys, dolls, candy and fruit i The miesion workers will visit the | home for the aged at Blue Plains, the District Jail and some hospitals, ta ing fruit and candy. About 50 needy families with which the mission is in touch all the year around. will be provided with baskets of food | 100 Children to Attend. | The first of a series of Christmas entertainments will be given at the Neighborhood ~ House, Southwest| Washington's settlement house, to-| morrow night at 7 o'clock. At this| time a party of 100 children will hear | Christmas music and recitations and each child will be presented with an orange and a candy cane. | Tuesday night at 7:30 o'clock the| kindergarten will entertain parents| and friends with special Christmas| program and the Christmas eve cele- bration will begin at & o'clock under | the auspices of the Lions Club of Washington, whose members will| present gifts and entertainment for| the day nursery party and mothers. | The night after Christmas a party | will be staged for the intermediate | boys' clubs and at 8 o'clock, the same {evening, the Down Yonder Dancing | Club will “conduct a dapce. The Junior Boys' Club party will be held at 10 o'clock on the marning of De- cember 27; at 2 p.m. the Girls' Clubs will have an entertainment and the Senior Boys' Clubs party will begin | at 7:30 pm. The Woman's Club party | will be held at 8 o'clock on the night | of December 30. Veternns Serenaded. The Mu_ Sigma Glee Club of St. Stephen’s Church gave its first Christ- | mas serenade last night at Mount Alto Hospital. After the singing of the carols, each veteran was presented with a box of candy. Those participating in the serenade included: Alice Miller, Louise Helff, Martan King, Dorothy McGann, Rose Wildman, Bisie Wildmap, Mary L. Cockerllle, Grace Morgang Ruth Clar- |mont, Nina Allen, Hally =Morgan, | Marion Burns and Jullette Edes. bag | RADIO PLAYERS STRIKE. KYW Musicians Ordered Out by Union Officials. Special Dispatch to The Star. CHICAGO, December 20.—For the first time in the history of Chicago radio a strike has been called of union | musicians engaged by a radio broad- casting station. James C. Petrillo, | president of the Chicazo Federation of Musicians, issued strike orders to members of the union orchestras and individual union players employed by station KYW. | Employment of two _ non-union plano players is giten as the cause of | the strike, which is scheduled for to- | morrow. KYW is the Westinghouse | Electric station, ‘ Envoy Goes to Cabinet. | MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, December | 20.—Dr. Juan C. Bianco, Uruguayan minister to France, has consented to take the post of foreign minister. He will succeed Dr. Manini, who resigned | and Mrs. Coolidge has consented to yesterday. DECEMBER 21, Mme. 1924— Kurazova. PART 1. CHILDREN OF FOREIGN DIPLOMATS HERE WHO EAGERLY AWAIT SANTA CLAUS No. UPRISING OF REDS Spreaders of False News By the Associat PARIS, De suffering ved nd was pelling rumc garding view of government vice of these trou aclion. Ind agitators ha wild r t being Ami w call on operate: aga news which moment. are exc no advice o order. It ha turbers, reg tions. Our for newspa; n Tent Reports. o4 Press ber 20 ed to his which he has sre than a we en this desiror cen Pre bed om 1 ors false reports with a Th, for the ad- | akers to ta foreign The were | ak at| actions the publie w le the been that for did not wait ced, French cornered eparations a grave outbr. all good citizens inst the wave of is being spread rench morale s decided ardless country preserve of political calls for and we guarantee peace.” A clock ing good tin entirely of s of at H | | SANTA WELGOMED BY MINES BUREAU Secretary Work Gives Vis- itor Who Uses Alaska Line Warm Greeting. Secretary of the Interior Work officially welcomed Santa Claus to Washington generally, and to the Bureau of Mines in particular, at the fifth annual family Christmas cele- bration of the bureau last night In the Interior Department auditorium, Nineteenth and F streets Having supervision of the Alaska Railroad, one of the means of tr portation often emploved by St.Nick in his travels at this time of the| year, the Secretary was intensely in- terested in meeting him in person and sald a lot of nice things about| Santa as they shook hands before| several hundred employes and thelr families. | Santa, some of the employes noted, | had a volce remarkably similar to| that of Dr. Andrew Stewart, bureau | | chemlst Toys Are Distributed. Following a pretentious enterta ment, Santa distributed tovs, candy balloons and other gifts to-the chil- dren. The great fireplace throug which he squeezed himself was right there on the stage, together with a large, clectrically lighted Christmas tree and other decorative One of the features of the program as a radio message received direct from Director H. Foster Bain, now in Argentina, and amplified through loud-speaker et up on the plat form. In tuning this remarkable in strument the operator cut in on Chi and several other far-off places fore he succeeded in landing { gentina No. 2—Frederick, Miary and Adam Wroblewska, No. 3—Myra G. Charlton, daughter of the British military attache and Mrx. Henry Getty Chilton. Dr. Kuraz and tallan embassy staft, S—Little Miss Lodovicla and Maria 7—Junichl Kimura at the home of his parents, the third Japanese secretary No. 8—Nevine and Nimet Yousry Paxha, | | ! SCOUTED BY HERRIOT| | Preliminary Celebrations to Continue Until Holiday. | Premier From Sick Bed Attacks | | | | ier Her-| firmed the compos with been re- evening dis- hich had been efrcu- activities premier | re- | | to co-| Ise the and crecit The government nec: public | to repress dis- fac- peace | today on exhibition in Munich and is keep- | Steamship Line. The singing Marion program opened with of Christmas carols, led Kiess and accompanied by the Bureau of Mines hony Or- hestra. Dr..Dorsey A acting director, followed wit of 1924,% aimed at persc burea Katherine Smi piano solo and “Ringmaster” Holbrook presented his “circus, animals being represented by dren. Dancing concluded the bration. Secretary Holme Ly chil- cele Work widow and of Mrs. the Josep bureau's | A first director, were the special guests | of tie cluded clerk Parsons, Chemical occasion Fred J. B: of the bur. secretary Society Other guests ailey, former chief u; Dr. Charles L. of the eric and formerly chief chemist of the bureau, and Dr. F. G. Cottrell, former director and now | head of the fixed nitrogen laborators Julihn was general chairman committees on arrangements. | DAY-HEATON CREDITORS TO GET SMALL RETURN Settlement to Be Made on Basis Ranging From 30 to 60 Per Cent. ociated Press. NEW YORK, December eral Judge Willlam Bondy 20.—Fea- today con- tion plan offered to the bankrupt broker- age firm of Day & Heaton, the | tant feature of which offers a 60 per cent settlement to preferred cred- who had no debit balance on rtember 18, when the firm through the alleged defalca- rge R. Christlan, one of the creditors o 1 failed tions of Ge: the partners. This gettlement is to be made on | the bazis of the market value of the| held by the firm such creditors at failed. All other with acceptable pproximately 30| per cent when the assets in the keep- | ing of Alfred C. Coxe, the receiver, have been lguidated. Such amounts the plans provided, will be distributed pro rata Day & Heaton. one of the oldes firms, in the brokerage busine failed for $2,909,501, and had asse representing $1,148,125. secu the time general creditors claims will receive New Sea Service Launched. HAVANA, Cuba, December new weekly freight service betweer Havana and New York was announced at the office of the Munson The first vessel wil leave January S, features. | Ch he'| P the | | | | within . 5 CAPITAL GITIZENS THANKED FOR AID Community Committee on Christmas Giving Reports Duplication Is Eliminated. The community committes on Chris: mas giving last night in a state ment thanked the citizens of Was! year In trying to provide Christmas cheer for all who are unable to pro vide thelr own, and also for their ef- forts in eliminating to a great exten: the duplication of glving that has prevaiiled in former vears. The organizations that. so far, have registered with the Christmas ex change, are: Ljons Club, Salvation Army, Elks, Assoclated Charitles Catholic Charities, Volunteers of America, Neighborhood House, venlle Protective Association, Friendly Boclety, Washington operative Soclety, Christ Child Socle ty, Noel House, Lutheran Inner Mis on and Child Welfare Socitey. In these lists already sent in, mor than 50 duplicates have been found in other words, more than 50 familie would have been visited and provide for by two, and, in some cases, thre and four organizations, and now tk provisions intended for them may t given families that othe: would have been neglected. Other izatlons that has signi ntion of givir as carol sing hospit ming and sur ing trees for hospitals and institu toys to the children ir supplying entertair ments, are: Sunday school classes o Kendall Ba nd Sixth Presby terian Churches, Wohela Club, Indoor- Outdoor Club. Phy Wheatle Y. W. C. A. Athletic Club. and othe groups from the Y. W. C. A.; fon and a studer Washingto: £ ti hospitals lis rg of $100 from a woman wl does not wish to give her name abled the committee to sup! llos for one erippled and one bl n course in millinery tc a ubsta r several settlements a & institutions. | Any groups or clubs interested |& at Christmas may call | Washington Council of Soctal Agenc Main 8580, DETECTIVE FORCE GETS BIG CHRISTMAS TREL Pine From Maine Forests Airive for Annual Party to Be Given for Children. from the afternoon f | £ pine tree esterday its way to the squadroom at headquarters, where it will be in connection with®a holiday cele the night fore Christmas Memibers of Detective Grant's corp of detectives already have a I stock of to ristmas goodic Jute to thelr children guest elebrations have been h past years, was extended hildren. Decoratio | include a varied | for both sexes | dy for each no age limit has been for the guests, it is the intention |the detectives to look after t youngest rs first. Many of th | neighborhood children are on familia | terms with the detectives | Inspector Clifford L. Grant will appear in the au actically his entire for sisting. Many children schedu prospective no other Bill Saves Duty on Cattle Cattle which may stray over serican boundaries into forei ntries or which may be driven ove pasturage purposes may be free to the United Stat ee years from the time th border, der Represe A for turned by cro: a trodu Garner, Phoze Maiz 8108-8103. 604-610 9th St. N.W. 5 3 with toflet. shower and_lavatory Yoom, 30 per cent more. 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