Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1925, Page 18

G STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1925. “GAME OF MAH'.IONG” n’?x:;:‘.‘ out of the hotel with- PLANS PROCEEDING A dormitory at Masse School was also burned during t dents ted the wives of the head- || lai Great Interest Taken in Prepara- tions for Benefit Performance for Belleau Woéd Memorial. dances and their esprit du corps, and | gu says that the mah-jong girls are|out going to put over a “good job” on February 6. production director, daily rehearsals are being held for the dances which are to be the speclal feature of the spectacle. Charles L Morgan, jr., well known all over the country as the director of the Mask and Wig Club produc- tions, as well as for the Princeton Trinagle Club and other big spec- tacular events, is in Washington, and i condulting rehearsals each day from 10 to 6 o'clock of the many groups. Owing to the increasing in- terest, and the numbers of girls in the groups, a very large baliroom has been found necessary, and the New Willard has extended to the Belleau Wood Memorial Assoelation = the use of its big ballroom for all rehearsals until the day of the pre- sentation, when the final rehedrsals will take place in the Auditorfum. U. S. TAX ON ESTATES IN CALIFORNIA ILLEGAL Government Must Refund 3, 000 Incorrectly Collected, Stone Rules. SAVE COAL, PUT $§§ IN YOUR POCKET tort ce ST 38 comteniints ot nge, s ‘Heating Tnduat 5 Good Housekeeping and ubers throughout the United 8t Honeywell Tempeulnre Regulators Are wold, isstalled and serviced by JOHN J. ODENWALD 1200 H N.W. OFFICIALS LEARN LESSON OF TRAFFIC Evans Announces Plan for | Handling Cars at Audi- torium Functions. STORMS AS HOTEL BURNS. | &a*tth. " Seachers"out ot the burning ELYPTUS CASTILLL S Guests Driven Out When Tempera- ture Was at Zero. STAMFORD, Conn., January 28.— In a blinding enow storm and zero tem- peraturs, thé Grand Hotel, a landmark, was burned early today. Fifty-two é B Attractive Hangings LANSBURGH & BRO. Nothing makes the home so beautiful than | FAMOUS FOR QUALITY SINCE 1860 The Federal Government's basis of taxing California estates under the Californis community property law is incorrect, according to & rullng by Attorney General” Stone, as a conse- quence of which the Treasury will refund taxes thus allocated since the California law was enacted. The Attorney General expressed no opinion with respect to the principles governing the taxation of income de- rived from community property. Simultaneously with the announce- ment last night of Mr, Stone’s opin- Plans are being completed for the presentation of the Chinese musical fantasy, entitled “A Game of Mah- Jong" at the Washington Auditorium, Friday evening, February 6, for the benefit of the Belleau Wood Memo- flal Assoclation. Under the man- agement of the committee on ar-| Mr. Morgan, who is an enthusiast rangements, of which Mrs. Albert N.| on the work of amateur groups in -|{on on the estate tax phase, which! Bag®s is chairman, the 6,000 reserved | big musical and spectacular produc- was requested by the Treasury, the|Seats in the big auditorlum are be- | tions like “A Game of Mah-Jong,” ex- latter announced it was prepared to|in€ sold, and under the direction of | presses the greatest satisfaction in seek a final court determination of Forrest, author and|the progress of the 'LANSBURGH & BRO. make a separate return’ covering one- AMOUS FOR QUALITY SINCE 1860 Phone Franklin 7400 FAr'v‘M:x;f'mM s handling .auto- obile trafic at the Washington Auditorium o 5 other b Draperies—Exclusive and Newest Materials to select from—all work guaranteed and excep- tionally ressomable. CORNELL WALL PAPER CO. 714 13th St. N.W. - Main 5373-5374 Antiseptic for the Throst His Emln co OARDINAL VAUGHAN wrete: ave always found Procts Plnelmua tulen ‘efhcacious.” ‘AT YOUR DRUGGIST last at the opera tation will be amended in a r of important respects, of lessons learned from the . Inspector Charles assistant superintendent of | unced today two major changes ed n ¥ to make are the half of the community income. The Treasury, under Mr. Stone's ruling, will have to refund about temporary 1in SR © 152,000,000 collected illegally on estate vy Trate e e aeree e Ofra | taxes. Approximately $77.000.000 is ShanEinE of ienine sl and the linvolved In the income tax feature T ot e o | of the two-year old controversy. Furthermore, m. s will be urged to make use of strests sev- eral remote fro the audi- torium 1 their approa to the ing, thus relieving congestion on which it Cross-Word Jewelry Is the Latest! Milady now wears the symbol of - her devotion to the cult of cross- word puzzlers! Whether as a charm to help her in solving the brain teasers or merely because they are new and different, 'tis hard to say, but every up-to-dalc costume includes a ring, a bracelet, or a pin, representing cross-word puzzles. The_designs enameled on ster- ling silver. Rings, 3100 pins, 50c; bracelets, $1.00 to $4.95. STREET nWl, LANSBURGKE & BRO. For the Larger Woman FROCKS of Flattering Slenderness $39.75 Others $16 to $69.50 By many ingenious way: do these achieve the enzrl of youthful straightness and slimness. No attrac- tive feature of the mode is sacrificed, but each clever detail serves its purpose— that of concealing an un- becoming heaviness. Long straightline effects for the most part, heavily beaded, emb roidered, braided, tucked, pleated and flounced From the most severe of street frocks to the very formal attire for evening. Sizes 40; to 5414, The Materials —Crepeback Satin repe Ful repe Faille —Canton Crepe —Flat Crepe —Georgerte —Crepe Roma —Charmeen —Poiret —Jersey blocks CHI, BEATEN QuITS e Mondey gt e CHINA FOR JAPAN 7th to 8th to E Street One Wa = = i I hich of the| Army Leader's Departure Held to LIRS AR, Forecast End of Fight for Shanghai. If You Would Save in the Hurry! Hurry! H urry! Last Day Pre-Inventory Short Lot Clean-Up The Final Pre-Inventory Reduction! ' $35.00 and $39.75 Great Savings | ‘ in the Short e : AR oS! i Lot Clean-Up i it Wi Dr. W. Irving Kaufmen ing our entire popular by motorf orTemEERIw priced line. Coats that, 500 English 00 Enghs . Broadcloth Shirts ke as muc “‘m 1th St one and all, possess $1.39 It St ettt = style and distinction— All are neckband style, in white only, and eth and east of Nineteenth as | 5 5 Furthermore, 1 plan to have many of them specially purchased, others taken size range 13% to 17. Remainder of a recent special purchase. remedied,” Inspector “As many as four cars sary, use this street cars will reach E south on Twentiéth, Twenty-second and to the west of the audi- will thus be enabled passengers at the E By the Associated Press. SHANGHAIL January 28.—Gen. Chi Hsieh-Yuan, who recently captured the environe of Shanghai from the adherents of the present Peking government, but e o . | whose army was defeated early this e e man® grne | week at Wausih, 80 miles west of here, Nineteenth streat o ihe |left with his family today on the o thise street will | Steamer Nikko Maru for Moji. Japan. abreast also, as it| This is believed here to mean that the oy {horbtightire fight for the possession of Shanghai is Eighteenth strect a|definitely ended treet instead . as at present. wishing to use the New avenue entrance may drive Eighteenth street or e reet 10 New York ave- and thence west to the entrance Would Expedite Departure. " machines leave the Dispatches from Shanghai on Mon- day said that Chi had suffered a de- cisive defeat at Wusih, and that his troops were retreating along the line of the Shanghai-Nanking Railway to- ward Shanghai, leaving Wusih in con- trol of the central government's troops | under Lu Yung-Hsiang. Tuesday's dis- patches reported that Chi's troops had w York avenue they |partly evacuated Foochow after eharp e directed by the officer at the | fighting with forces of Lu. Shanghal n of New York avenue and | authorities are preparing to transport t-|the defeated soldiers to Shantung, as was done with the army of Chang Yung- Min, when it was defeated by Chis troops ana fell back en Shanghai earlier in the month. south o require, a traffie Twentieth and F streets may pelled to switch some of the ma muwl 3 Twentiet . = vou need work, read the want The Star. e neles necess made to n Mlin 288 Twenti s place there and will ask New, Easy Way to End it Nasal Catarrh CIVITANS HEAR ACTOR. e Bruce McRae Discusses m drawn before the next from our own stock. Suedes and bolivias— mostly browns and blacks—trimmed with wolf, squirrel, muskrat, mandel, opossum, seal- ine and moufflon. SECOND FLOOR. LANSBURGH & BRO. CORSETS Radically Reduced Regular $3.50, $5.00 and $6.50 Models $98350 and $115.00— 92 - 815 With' h|gv olster or crush collar and Mandarin sleeves. Rengo Belts ,m.; Lansburgh | Silk lined \p(‘cug\ Corsets, that accentu- Fur Coats formerly $98.50, ate the slim, modish lines of | $115 and $125— 589.,50 the figure. With medium or now o long hipline and low bust With Collar and cuffs_of Well made in flesh and white | marmot or squirrel and puff or coutil or broche—discontinued models erQm;‘o Co-!;)fl{ormnlv $165, Brassicres, De Bevoise and model and Nemo circlet styles now 3125 00 in broche and plain ma- l With huge collar of squirrel, terial. Regularly 29c Kolinsky fitch and skunk— SECOND FLOOR. shawl, bolster or crush effect. SECOND FLOOR, Fine Embroidered VOILE Our Regular 98c Quality 69c Quick and sure; safe and mo trouble—the new way to get rid of loathsome Catarrh in nose and| throat | It may be acute or it may bal chronic—of years' standing—you may have tried salves and oint-| ments and other treatments. You're probably disgusted Ahd think you haven't a chance in the | world of overcoming it | Try omce more—try this. 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Boys” Needs At Great Savings 1+Stout Suit, size 20. $595. 27 pairs _of Youths' Long Trousers. $2.95. 6 Tweed Topcoats, for young men. $9.75. 96 Hat and Cap clean-up. 15¢c. 30 Wool Mufflers. 50c. 68 Flannelette Pajamas. 50¢. 10 -Boys' Tweed Raincoats. 95. 14 Tan Raincoats. $L95. A Smart Collection Women’s $5.85 and $7.50° SHOES $2.95 The size range is limited in each instance—but you are sure to find one or another of these styles in your size—and every model is exceptional at $2.95. Patent leather, satin, dull and brown kid and a few gold and silver cloths. One-strap and oxford styles, with Span- ish, Cuban and mlll\ary heels. STREET FLO( Lovely designs, embroidered in white on tan, white on gray, white on brown, red on copen, green on helio, white on honey- dew and red on lavender. 36-in. Challio Prints, with small, dainty, figured designs ?_n medium and da;k grounds. suaranteed fast colors. Regularly 59 yard.. 39c 36~in. 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Reduced Y3 to V3 Short lot clean-up, includes such desirable pieces as tablecloths, napkins, towels, crashes and fancy lin- ens, at one-third to one-half off marked prices. STREET FLOOR, LANSBURGH & BRO, resist buying “the youngest” all that he needs to- morrow! A trip to our Infants’ Department is sure to prove worth your while. Rubber Shects, fine quality red rubber with eyelets. color. J/;X.S 5&: inches . Crocheted Sweaters .nd Sacques, trimmed in pink and blue. Button “yle or with ribbon ties. sl Very special.. Blankets, 30x40-inch size, double cotton blankets, in pink or blue plaids or white with pink or sl.zs Infants’ Dresses, bishop or yoke style, long, with tiny tucks, stitching and embrcud- ery for trimming. Lace trimmed neck 15¢c and sleeves and deep hems Handmade Dresses, trim- med with hand-embroidery and tucking, lace trimmed neck- and’ sleeves. _Sizes 6 months to 1 1.50 year .... bishop style with set-in sleeves. ‘Trimmed with face and reather 1.00 blue border. Nursery Furniture S ial. 1 $2750 Ivory-finished ‘Wardrobe, four sections, hand - decorated. Now, $15.00. 1 $15.00 Hamper, hand- decorated. Large and roomy, $7.50. 1 $15.00 Layette Box, hand-decorated, $7.50. 6 $1250 Ivory High- chairs, with wicker back, $10.00. stitching. months to 1 year hand-crocheted and trimmed in pink or blue. 28c and S0c. Cambric Sheets, hem- nuchcd on_both ends — two - inch hems inches Pillow Covers, of fine lawn, lace and embroidery trimmed. Several styles . ‘ed Star Diapers, one dozen to a pack h med and ready for Nursery Chair, of rced use. Regularly $3.00. Now . $2.45 with cover and tray, $3.95. FOURTH FLOOR, LANSBURGH & BRO.