Evening Star Newspaper, May 24, 1925, Page 8

-8 GIVE MISS WATKIN SURPRISE BANQUET Teachers Pay Signal Honor to Head of Kindergarten in Public Schools. Kindergarten triet public their high esteem for their d Miss Catherine R. Watkins, at a sur prise testimonial dinner given in her honor last night at the Women's City Club I.ed to the club under a subterfuge, Miss Watkins was zreeted by @ host of the teachers under her direction and informed, to her amazement. that the festivities were designed as a| tribute to her, her seless and un efforts for the ad cement of tion and as a reward for her devotion to the kindergarteners in the Washington public school service. The dinner also was desig d to mark snty-sixth anniversar Miss directors garten department mportant position since the establish- ment of kindergartens as an integral part of the elementary school system, teachers in visibly the Dis- schools displaved Is Given Diamond Ring. Praise was showered on Miss Wat- Kkins in many different ways. Some of the teachers made brief imprompiu | remarks to show their gard for her Others sang parodies about her to the tune of popular kindergarten Songs. As a climax to the ceremonies Mrs. N. U. D. Moote presented to her on behalf of the teachers a ring set with sapphires and diamonds. Miss Grace Alden, president of the District Kindes rten Association, who presided, pointed out that M Wat- kins is recognized in educational cir- cles as one of the outstanding kinder- sarten tors of the country, and as been sought by many large cities » give lecture courses. For two years Miss Watkins was president of the International Kindergarten Union | and has served that organization many other years in other capacities. As a further honor the union has invited her to make the opening address at its annual convention in California next month. Among those who eulogized Miss Watkins were Miss Netta Farris, editor of Childhood Education, officiai organ of the International Kindergar- ten Union; Miss Nina Vandewalker, Miss Mae Murray and Miss Mabel Os. zo0d, the guests of honor, and the ihree District delegates to the Cali- fornia conclave of the union, Miss Augusta Swan, Miss Cornelia Allen | aad Miss Maud Smith. NEAR EAST RELIEF STATIONS ARE LISTED Fire Houses to Be Used as Re- ceiving Centers for “Bundle- Day” Gifts. As many persons living outside of the District line will bring bundles of clothing and old shoes for the Near East relief into the District Bundle day, next Wednesday, and as many are not familiar with the loc: tions of the fire stations in the Dis- trict, all of which will receive the packages on Bundle day, Washington headquarters has requested that the list of fire stations be published. The District fire stations are located as follows: No. 1, K street between Bixteenth and Seventeenth streets northwest; No. 2, Twelfth street be- tween G and H streets northwest; No. 3, New Jersey avenue between D and E streets northwest; . 4, Virginia avenue between Four-and-a- Half and Sixth streets southwest; No. 5, M street between Thirty-second and _Potomac streets northwest; No. 6, Massachusetts avenue between Fourth and Fifth streets northwest; No. 7, R street between Ninth and Tenth’streets northwest; No. 8, North Carolina avenue between Sixth and Seventh streets southeast; No. 9, U atreet between Sixteenth and Seven- teenth streets northwest: No. 10,/ Maryland avenue between Thirteenth | and~ Fourteenth streets northeast; No. 11, Fourteenth street between Irving and Kenyon streets northwest; No. 12, North . Capitol and Quincy Atreets northwest: No. 13, Tenth and G streets southwest; No. 14, Eighth street between D and E streets north- No. Fourteenth and V. s southeast; No. 16, D street be- tween Twelfth and Thirteenth streets northwest; No. 17. Monroe street be- tween Twelfth and Thirteenth streets northeast, Brookland, D. C.; No. 18, Ninth and K streets southeas 19, Pennsylvania avenue and T eighth 1 nt; e southeast, Randall High- | lands; No. 20, Wisconsin avenue and Warren street northwest: No. Lanier place between Adams Mill road and Ontario avenue northwest; N Georgia avenue between Madison street and Shepherd road horthwest; No. 23, G street between Twenty-first and _ Twenty-second streets northwest; No. 24, Georgia avenue and Rock Creek Church road northwest; No. 2i 4 Stanton place southeast, Congress Heights, D. C.; No. 26, Twenty-second street between Frankiin and Evarts streets north- east; No. 27, Minnesota avenue and Hunt place northeast, Bennings, D. C.; No. Connecticut avenue be- tween Ordway and Porter streets northwest Truck houses: No. 2, New Hamp- shire avenue and H street north- west; No. 3, Ohfo avenue and Four- ghire avenue northwest: No. 4, M street near New Jersey avenue north- west; No Dent place between Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth streets northwest; No. 6, Park road between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets northwest; No. 7. Eighth street be tween D and streets southeast; 0. 10, K street between Third and Four-and-a-Half streets southwest. The Earliest Theater. From the Good Hardware Magazine Teacher—Can any boy tell me the ecarliest reference in history to a thea- ter? Tommy—TYes, teacher; we read in the Bible that Joseph was taken from the family cf nd_put_into_the pit. Inspect 4828 Eighth St. N.W. Colonial Home, contains six large rooms, tile bath, h.-w.h., electric lights, tor, | I | | !Charl:-s L. Stewart, Hale Jl and Hearty as He Nears | ; 100 Mark. 1 | Temperance in All Things i Secret of Long Life. | He Declares. Several months before the death of | John Adams, second President of the | United States, and during the admin- | istration of his son, John Quincy | Adams, there was born at a farm- | house near Fairfax Court House, Va., | [to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stewart an | {eleventh child—Charles Lewis Stew art. |" That was to be exact. | The birth of Charles Lewls Stewart | s going to be celebrated tomorrow by his descendants near the scene of the {old farmhouse —and Charles Lewis Stewart is going to be there in person to see that the celebration is con- ducted quietly and without too much ‘gush.” Mr. Stewart, 99 years ago tomorrow, i personally, doesn't think the passing of his 99th mile- tone warrants any undue ostenta- tion, but he is glad that his children and his one grandchild are thoughtful enough to visit him on this occasion. Expects Many More. A atter . he expects to 1 ood v more bhirthdays with his ch n, for he thoroughl; enjoys living, even though he has been blind fo vears. And of re cent years his aring has been im paired The annive ry gathering tomor- | row will_take place at the home of Mrs. J. Marshall Fitzhugh, a daugh- ter, at whose home in Burke, Va., near »wart makes his home. children will attend. to live beyond the century mark, because he intends to stick by his lifelong rule of “tem- perateness in all things.” He never | drinks, chews nor smoke: always | eats his meals regularly and never | goes to bed late. It is a simple creed, | but this venerable Virginia gentleman believes that his adherence to it has enabled him to outlive his 13 other brothers and sisters and many of his | other relatives, born long after he first | saw the light of day Until last year he had never taken medicine nor consulted a physician ex- cept for a broken ankle many years ago. His first spell of sickness last Spring he easily threw off, and since | he has regained the weight he lost at that time. Mr. Stewart's father helped con- struct the noted Little River turnpike, once the principal highway connect- ing_Alexandria and Winchester. He theh purchased 1,000 acres of land in the wliderness near Falrfax Court House, bullt himself a home and barns and became a farmer. It was there that the eleventh child was born. Mr. Stewart received a good educa- tion, for those days, learning book: keeping and surveying as professions. His father later opened an inn, which became a popular stopping place for distinguished men of the day. Stew- art Inn was located just beyond Fair- TEMPERATURE MAY ATLANTIC NEW YORK WASHINGTON HOLLYWOOD 16 DAY TOUR w-OF .- FLORIDA Round-Trip Tour WATER & LAND o - ,...;' el.”.". All Expenses Included CITY.. .84 10 .19 a0 inatructed us to in- crease this tour frem 12 te 16 days at the same low figure. Tour Starts May 29th Reservation must be in May 27 THIS 1S _THBE LAST TOUR WHICH WE_WILL CONDUCT THIS EXTRA SPECIAL Although the number days was increased to 18, WE WILL NOT RAISE TRE PRICE IN THIS INSTANCE. every 16-day tour en r' and land beginming will be increased to §39. Leave Washington Baltimore, making _connection chants and Miner mehip to Jackonville, FI This water trip includes May 2 30. 31 and Ist of Jume. A Jacksonville tne tour continues to St. Augustine and along the east coast of Florida, affording inspection of Daytona. Indian River City, Cocos, Rockledge, Stuart, West Palm Beach, Coral Ga and arriving in HOLLY- WOOD. touring to Miami the same day. The return trip is the same. by bus te By the Sea” $5,000,000 Housing Plan An undertaking of gigantic pro- portions. organized for the pur pose of homebuilding for (he thousands of lot owners 8-DAY RAILROAD TOUR—ROUND TRIP On May 29 our next s'ghtseeing tour starts you the same BUS the Dixie Highway rail Subscriptions te Hellyweod Magazine on Sale at Our Office Open Every Everizg Until 10 P. M. Phone Us at Once Main 347 Maln €755 and Main 6156 front and sleeping porches, cellar under entire house; wash trays and servants’ toilet in cellar. FLOYD E. DAVIS Realtor 733 12th St. N.W. Main 7th & E Sts. S.W/. Main 353 | of the modern wonders of civili THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MAY 24, For Licen-ing of All Auto Drivers T0 PRESBYTERIANS Southern Body Reports Big Increase in Members. Peace Prevails. Uniform State Legislation Conference Acts Upon Hoover Suggestion. By the Associated Press CHICAGO, May 23.—A p [1aw for the examination and licensing | of all automobile drivers as the re- sult of the suggestion of Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover at the last safety congress in Washington, has been drafted by a committee of the national conference of commis- sloners on uniform State laws, it was learned today. The measure, which is intended to put teeth in legislation covering operation of motor vehicles, will be presented June 3 and 4 in Washing- ton to the committee on uniformity of laws and regulations of the na- tional conference on street and high- way safety. The proposed law, to be submitted to State legislatures, provides that no peréon under 16 Years of age would be granted a license. Persons between 16 and 18 years would not be granted a license unless their ap- plication is signed by the parents. The measure also provides that no license shall be issued unless the applicant demonstrates his fitness. In the case of revocation or sus- pension of a license, a new one could t be issued for 4 period of one vear renses would be refused to habitual sposed By the Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky.. May 23.—There were 4 members of the Southern | Presbyterfan Church enrolled at the | close of the fiscal year, March 31, Dr. J. D. Leslie, stated clerk, Chatta- nooga, Tenn., reported to the general assembly today. Total essions |to the church during this year num- bered 24200, he reported. This was said to represent one of the best an- | nual growths in the church’s history. | Membership at the end of the pre-| vious year was 438,818, and, discount ing losses through deaths and with drawals, the present figures showed a gain of 1 7. The denomination, the report said, has 3,500 churches. Peace prevails in the Presbyterian Church in the United States, the judicial committee said, in its report to the assembly today, and a message of greetings sent to the Northern Presbyterians in session at Columbus, | Ohio, sald Greets Northern Body. race be unto you and peace from | God. our Father, and from the Lord, esus Christ.” n After the war he married Miss Fan A short =ession this morning com nie Gibson of Loudoun County, V pleted the business for the day and | 1kards or users of narcotic drugs. who died two years late OUT Years | this afternoon the delesates went to| Vehicle departments also would after her death he married Miss Hen- | hanville, Ky.. to visit Centre College | directed to refuse licenses to rietta Virginia Howard, by whoin he |4n the Kentucky Wome: College. | persons afflicted with any physi had five children, of whom the fol | A hopular meeting in the interest of | or mental disability or disease owing are livin, Mrs. Fitzhugh, | foreign missions was held 1 night. | will rve to prevent such person Mrs. Lyman ce and Stewart. | Sunday will be a day of rest and |from exercising reasonable control all of Burke, Va., and Miss Annie|wopship for the commissioners | over motor vehicle, nor shall a Stewart, of this ¢ The grandson is | registered, and on Monday the most |license be issued to any person un- ewart Bryce, 17 years old important sessions of the sixty-fifth (able to understand highway warn- Mr. Stewart lost his sight through | accembly are to begin | ings or direction signs in English an accident on his farm 20 years A50. | sm—————— Consequently he has never seen an When He.Miused It autemoblle, airplane or, in fact, any | though he tion. | dists, he admits. om the Good Hardware Magazine After this accident he went to live | staur Democrat RTYIGr 1 orrotiiny At with Mrs. Bryce on a farm near Pen-'ment for the pre A e der, Va., removing 14 S 4go o ned forward | Mrs. Miller—How did you come to the home of Mrs. Fitzhugh. Just tell them I'm a farmer who |remember having lost it? Mr. Stewart, te the handicaps enjoys life and who attributes his| “Well, I shouldn't have missed it, imposed on_him a trick of fate life and health to being tem-|only I raised my hand to shut it when never complains about anything, and ate in all thing: the rain stoppe wants to live to “a ripe old age. Simple food, and plenty of it, is his| motto. For breakfast he eats oat-| meal, soft-boiled eggs, coffee and | bread; for lunch, a full meal of meat, vegetables, cornbread, etc., and for| supper a light repast of bread, jelly and milk. Because of his blindness | he seldom leaves his room on the main floor, except to walk now and then about the yard for exercise. He | is still in good physical condition, | weighing 165 pounds. He is 5 feet | and 10 inches tall. | _CHARI . near Chantilly, and the son con- tinued operating the hostelry after his father's death. At the outbreak of the Civil Wa though 35 years old, he enlisted in the Confederate militia, and short afterward v discharged for phys cal disability. During the war troops of both sides invaded his farni. but di little damage, although bullets whi tled close to his house during the bat- | tle of Chantilly, which took place on a | neighboring farm toward the Metho- In ‘leans” - this the non nd said Orrison Coal Company 1523 L St. N.W. E. “COAL with a SOUL” To Apartment House Owners, Realtors and Householders: 1 Our present price of Anthracite Coal, in our opinion, is the i lowest of the Year. NOW is the time to store or contract your fuel for the coming Winter. Our coal is remarkably free of dirt, ashes, clinkers and impurities. Best grades of White Ash and Red Ash. prepared s Superior Service in all departments. A telephone call or a post card will bring a representative dur- ing the day or evening, at your convenience, and will not obli gate you in the least. Vernon T. Orrison A. 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Veterans of the track whose names have the magic thrill for race fans S. will drive in this year's 500-mile race. | of the Grand Army Ralph e Palma, dean of them all,| will be Leld in the will be back again. Harry Hartz, | Capitol this Tommy Milton, Earl Cooper, Albert |o'clock. Guyot, the famous French driver, and | Form | Peter De Paolo, all will be there. | Andre For hours these famous a score or more others wil behind the wheels of roaring, wildly tearing automobiles, their muscles straining | under tense labor, their bodies pun: ished by the cruel jostling of the track, risking their lives for a pur- pose The purpose is not merely to win the prize money. The dangers and IN'SPEEDWAY RACE Supercharger Is Principal Indianapolis Classic Innovation. in Rotunda of the Capitol. Public Is Invited. The annual memc Abr: Lincoln the U. 8. Grant Circle, Circle, No. No. 3 1, Lad rotunda public Representative is invited William By Consolidated Press. rivers and | INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. May When the 30 roaring, spitting speed demons have finished hurtling at a record-breaking pace in the annual 500-mile automobile race over the In- dianapolis speedway course on Memor- ial day, they will have demonstrated either the futility or utility of one more radical change in motor con- struction. hardships that these drivers en- For the Indianapolis race is run not | counter, American Automobile only for the entertainment of the mul- | Soclation officials say, are the seeds titude, but more especially to lay the | from which Spring safety for the ground for general motor car advance- | Millions & automobile users ment. A new type of axle, or steering ap This year the principal objective is|Paratus—a new engine principle to be to demonstrate the utility of the tested out. On the race car they| matic supercharger as a means of in. |59 If they work and stand up dur. creasing engine compression, provid-|iN& this gruelling contest the device ing greater power at less cost. The (1S right. If the car goes over the aim is a 100-horsepower motor, ca-|fence or fizzles, the device is wrong. | their predece: | pable of going 50 miles on a gallon of |, SO the car driver of today, as he early graves, gasoline, with an engine smaller than | takes his sturdy, economical machine comfort and that of a Ford. Supercharger Tested. Most of the cars entered are|® equipped for higher compression. Fre- | @ liminary spins have already resulted | in the fastest lap ever turned on the |l track as the result of the use of the | supercharger. This indicates the like lihood of record smashing next week. | Already. other track records have gone | by the board, 135 miles an hour ave aged in California this vear over a 50- mile course and 129 miles an hour over a -mile course, And while the speed and the power are going up, the size of the motor | is decreasing. Greater power from a smaller cylinder displacement is the aim of the new manufacturers. Only ago, cars in the speedw -al program_will Mary Helen Rowe, Mrs. Harry W. Wilkins and the United Rev. R. E chaplain of the Grand Republic, will say an a benediction. The American will be recited by the audience Mary McTwiggan, patriotic of the U. 8. Grant Circle, Sarah E. Deeds of Abraha Circle will lead i to the flz be given by tes Army Band McBride, Army of | the continent stretch or over t effort— Iy rs, many safety. 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