Evening Star Newspaper, January 1, 1925, Page 19

RAIL LABOR BOARD FIGHT1S DROPPED Howell-Barkley Bill ~ Side-| tracked as Compromise on Abolition Is Sought. L | Supporters of the Howell-Barkley bill to abolish the Railroad Board have decided to abandon theit to press that measure in the Labor railroad lab. compromise Senator Cumm a member of t ives of the carriers There still are s opposition L the | § a com- torily in labor dis- Want Hoover as Speaker. al Dispateh NCHESTER, Va., Hoover of t vitation to address the conventien of the Virgt: ultural clety, to January 2 9, uary 1.— Department nded an in- th annual a State Hor- be held here The exhibition at bany, in 1925 ing proble buildings. Dresden, Ger- wiil be devoted to hous- settlements and city T TYLE Fascinating! is a queer First {an industry | their thing '—Elusive! THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C 1, 1925; THURSDAY, JANUARY FOLKS Mrs. George W. Vanderbilt, in the opinion of many experts on soclal welfare, has performed the most use- ful rk of her generation in estab- lishing that in- dustrial school on the edge of the Biitmore esta where wood ca ing and the t tile arts of w ing and_ spinning are taught accord- ing to the most modern method: known, which will still keep the work hand made. While the late George W. Van- derbilt was busy | in the great for- ests of Biltmore | and was develop- | ing the splendid| system of conservation, with which vernor of Pennsyl- hot, was intimately connected, Mrs. Vanderbilt took over the combing or carding of wool and the weaving and dyeing of the same, MRS. VANDERBILT. | the | force which had engaged the tain people of North Carolina in | pre-revolutionary days. These moun- | awellers mainly from | . Scotland and England. where | inning of the wool from the| the family sheep was as| 1ch of the day’s routine as salting and curing the bacon and ham from | fax) the family pig. Living in remote| the wearing apparel, the blan- nd other necessities had been work of the women of these s and the looms and crude uttles the handiwork of the men. | . Vanderbilt less than 20 years chool for these the prod- | ucts compare most favorably, as to homespuns, with those which Amer- | icans_impor such a lofty figurs from E and, as to carved \\'l\lrd.‘ with that done in Bavaria and the Swiss Alps. Recently a patriotic movement has been started to Influ- ence ricans toward patronizing products, as was done in colonial and post-revolutionary the the days Mrs. Vanderbilt wears nothing in the way of cloth but the fine, sturdy homespun from her schools, and every garment of her daughters (Mrs. Cecll) trousseau which required cloth came from the hand looms of these mountain people, descendants of the| pioneers who flocked to North Car- olina from the Stuart wars and who brought their homely arts with them and have cultivated them during all these intervening centuries unalded until Mrs. Vanderbilt made their cause her own. g ANNOUNGES PLANS OF NAVAL RESERVE Commander Schefield Out- lines Training and Cruises Proposed for This Year. New toda; Year greetings were received by every officer and man of United ates Naval Reserve in the District of Columbia from Com John A. Schofleld, com- manding the organization. After ex- tending his wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year, Comdr. Scho- field outlined to the command the | prospects for the development of the reserve for the current year. He “The commanding officer, District of Columbia Naval Reserve force, ex- tends hearty New Year greetings to every officer and man in the organ- ization and hopes this may prove a happy and prosperous Ney Year for| all, 1925 Outlook Bright. outlook for the Reserve force Is brighter than it h been at any time since the demobill- tio following the wa Necessary legis] on for reorganizing the whole Na serve force and continuing on a firmer foundation is expected to be passed early in the year. Mean- time, the funds netessary for contin- uing t ning and cruikes have again been included in the naval appropri- ation bill passed by the Hous This will make the fourth consecutive vear Congress sias provided specifi- cally and separately for the training of the civillan reserve, and there is every prospect of so continuing in- definitely Nineteen hundred twenty-five will undoubtedly be the banner year for drill attendance in the District of Columbia Reserve force. The re- cent call for the formation of a drill and parade outfit was met with spirit and enthusiasm. It is confidently ex- pected that the District of Columbia Naval Reserve force will be repre- sented in the inaugural parade should there be oue. Three Cruises Planned. “Those members who are bringing their friends down to drills are to be commended for the fine class of en- thusiastic young men who are now taking this training as non-members. Regular attendance, of course, is nec- essary, and non-members who are now on the waiting list will be sworn U. S. ENVOY TO MEXICO OFFERS CO-OPERATION Says He Has Promised Calles Help of American In- stitutions. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, January 1.—On the eve of departure for Miami, Fla., for a three-week vacation to convalesce trom recent illness, James R. Shef- field, the American Ambassador, said he had discussed general sublects Guring the courtesy call he made on President Calles last Monday. Mr. Sheffield said he had promised all the co-operation possible In carrying out the educational campalgn of. Gen.| Calles with regard to Mexico through | | i American institutions The Ambassador confirmed reports that a guard of 20 soldiers had been | and gardens of the hotel at Cuerna- | = ! is determined how many of them can be cared In the regular drilling and cruising quota assigned the Dis- trict of Columbia, probably during | February. In case {t should happen | there are not sufficient vacancies for all at this time, first consideration will be given to those most diligent | in_their drill attendance. “The itinerarles for the three Sum- | { mer cruises for our Fagle boat dur- | Ing the Summer of 1 Bermuda, (2) to West Indies and (2) | to Halifax, appear to meet with gen- | eral favor; already a large number of | requests for one or another of these | cruises have been received. Should | there not be vacancles for all those | requesting any particular crulse, | ference will be given to those who | highest in their drill attendance, | luding non-members now on the | waiting list. Extra attendance, such | as parades and special drills in pre- paration hterefore, will be counted to- | ward drill attendance. A_happy o i | | [ T riffith § " oal ood orporation lean \Joal o ___ A Formerly ‘with Woodward & Lothrop O Start the New Year With A 1925 Model Alluring! you have it—and then you don’t! Where does it go—and why! What a riot a Beau Brummel with a fringe of walrus whiskers, flowing ers, lady-finger waist-lin, pose would create today! “style”—he was a real rio cravat, spat-strapped trous- e and a “look-me-over-kid” But when Beau was in = f And—it was a proud moment in the lives of owners of ancestral flivy vers when “Pa” cranked the thing, and “Ma” and the envious neighbors sat high and handsome in the back seat while it roared and rattled down Main Street Lifetime Seventh e We'll Be Very Glad Living Room But—there isn’t money them to be seen driving down the back alley in a model like that today! Yet—if you've ever noticed—there’s a remarkable antediluvian cake-eater, Model 000X bus, and furniture designed in the popu- similarity between an lar punkness of the period wh rolling pin and hang it on the parlor wall. Gone are the shiny lids, tk hard-boiled dickeys, the one-horse chaise and the Gone are the motor ve horseless carriage. gles and linen dusters. meringue on last Sunday’s len ‘Where did they go? did they go? didn’t get lost, strayed, stol simply went out of style! Style in dress! Style in ture—in home background and environment! Attain a new style and you “advance the spark” which keeps vou “on your way”—whether six or a chaise longue! to Help You With Your Problems of Furnishing and Decorat;on Is Furniture More Than MAYER & CO. Street I Iy 13FE_TiNE] Between D & E I Gone are the manners, the customs, the styles of yesteryear—as gone as the When did they go? Nobody knows. enough minted to hire a en they used to gild the ¢ gazelle-like pants, the s, the gog- on pie. Why Nobody cares. They len or worn out—they motors! Style in furni- vou're riding in a twin- . posted around the extensive grounds || 3 | in as regular members as soon as it ||g vaca, in the state of Morelos, where he recently spent a fortnight during his illness. He also confirmed state- ments that there had been a shooting affray in which a watchman of the hotel was wounded in the hand in ah exchange of shots with several un- known persons who had scaled the walls of the garden. Mr. Sheflield, however, denied that the incursion had anything as its June 14, son basis, except an attempt at robbery although he admitted that the tary authorities of Cuernavaca had | taken precautions while he was there because of a fear that some in- cident might occur which would bring | ne about international complications. | were An automobile carrying a speeial | military escort am- | bassadorial on | its return 1908, was sentenced, Seeks Absolute Mrs, suit for rank H uppo married Divorce. toduy filed |95 divorce from |y rging desertion, [ with the misconduct. They | Toomey Alexandria, Va., | wife. Bertha L. Hanson an H solute 1son, cl d at co-respondent Toomey appear & for RN E Rock-Bottom Priced Building Materials ROOV 0T <, w sinks of all kind 2 t $19.50 up: at $30 tee of AR Start the New Year Right By Riding Ina Red Top Cab We a Happy and “money gany bar hin bridge in the « N T T S T T T T el & F1 ged and nev ew 6 lights, $1 each; hot-air furnaces purchased Government UMBER r with Wish You and Prosperous our many purehas wreeking operations imme of ney , sheathin £, 1 cei ling PAINT—W eathershield house m in-teed Comp Color actured by Cer ny 1l other colors, $2.2 rd mailed on request per gallo New Year Red Top Cabs West 84 I¢s Easy to Pay the Grayson Way rs, $5.00 per squa fiber board, 3¢ per sq 1t WRECKING 8¢ E smen at 1 lv"\]h e ‘ ‘A”l‘ il 3 ¥ THE HECHINGER CO. 5th and Fla. Ave. Northeast and 6th and C Sts. Southwest TEEN YEARS RIA FULLY R ANDISE RETURNED HAVE GOOD WILL OF THIS COMPANY. o L e per sq SIDNEY THINGER HOUS Meigs, 5 f P or co., NG YOU MONEY ON BUILDING UNDING ON ESTABLISHED R e S ST A T Grayson Way (' DIFFERENT THAN THE REST ™) ' OFF REGULAR PRICES DURING OUR FINAL AND MOST SENSATIONAL CLEARANCE SALE Our Entire Two Floors of GOOD Clothes for Men and Women are Included in This Final Clearance Sale of the Season Ladies’ Fur-Trimmed COATS ‘22" That sold all season up to $40. Ladies’ Fur-Trimmed COATS 829@ That sold all season up to $50. Ladies’ Fur-Trimmed Fur-Trimmed COATS COATS '37° ‘52" That sold all season up to $60. Ladies’ That sold all season up to $80 DRESSES DRESSES | | SUITS AND OVERCOATS That sold all season up to $30. That sold all season up to $40. That sold all season That sold all season up to $25. up to $40. EVEN AT THESE EXTRAORDINARY PRICES YOU MAY BUY ON PAYMENTS Store Open Until 9 P. M. 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