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STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 21, 1926—PART 1. FENNING’S STATUS AS GUARDIAN UPHELD BY BUREAU AND HOSPITAL trict Regulations to Protect Wards. Explained by O 0 rume: s ciravra | DOUBLE-DECK BUS NOT TO RETURN MINUS GIRAFFE : HEARING IS SOUGHT To Discuss Music POPULAR CLASSICS " SHENANDOAH PARK WILL BE DISCUSSED CAMPAIGN TO OPEN Zoo Head Is Determined Drive to Be Launched to Raise D. C. Share Toward Purchase Fund. The Na Honal 1 the drive here tomorr prominent ‘Washington’; supnd that mv fvte of the Shenandouh s to by business are committee men to of the a Chngress national park money a worthy r tions of the West. Virginia_alone 000 toward the $2 estimated will be 600 square miles of ness in the The drive for add and appropriate o but < 1 that at least 1,000,000 nfust be raised in the bor- dtates if the necessary total is d. Only three hours' ri a by motor e from the pro- ud on the main nimity ould benefit at if the Shen- serted wi ational Cay much as Vi ah National Park became a real ity, both from financial and recrea- tlonal points of view. Harper to Head Drive. As a result it has been determined %0 begin the drive for funds outside of Virginia in the District. Robert N. Harper is chairman of the com- mittee in cha and he is assisted $n the solicitation by leading vepre- sentatives of all of the business, pro- 1l interests ampaign here is ume the form of personal so- tion so that every responsible jnan and woman may have an oppor- tunity to subseri When the Southern Appalachian National Park Commission designated the area as the site for the East's first great national park, it plainly stipulated at the time that the peo- yle would have to present the land 1o the Federal Government gratis. There is no precedent for Congress ever having purchased land for na- tional park purposes, but it was add- ‘ed that the entire expense of develop- fng and maintaining the park would Le borne by the Government. Early in the Winter the Shenan- @loah National Park Association was informed that the commission would feel justified in asking Congress to «esignate the area a national park when $1,200.000 toward the purchase of the area had been subscribed. It was provided, however, that assur- mnce must be given that the remaind- er could be obtained. Virginia Supplies Minimum. Virginia has raised the necessary minimum sum without asking out- ride help. The commission has indi- cated that it is prepared to put its promise into effect. Now, members of 1he Washington committee declared last night, is the time for trict to give the necessary assurance that the remainder will be raised by gubscribing generously toward yund between now and April 1, when the commission is to make its report to_Congress. : Present plans contemplate canvass- tng among the business interests first, Vecause it is the business men who will reap tremendous profits from the park if it is established. A tide of a gillion tourists a ye: it is estimated, wwill pass through Washington to and from the park. Later the appeal will be carried direct to the citizens, who \will benefit from a recreational stand- ofnt. v Expects Large Return. “The establishment of the Shena: foah National Park will write a new ®ra in the history of Washington, d W. W. Everett of Woodward & throp. “Denver reported that its returns grom tourists visiting Colorado in 1924 Rmounted to $12,500,600, and it ex- ects much greater returns in 1926. olorado as a whole reported 700,000 Visitors in 1924, and expects to reach the million mark this season. The Virginia park, situated in the heart of a populhtion of 40,000,000 people, mnd amid the scenery and shrines of 1he Old Dominion, will draw a great many more people than those of Colo- vado, to reach which, the average vis- jtor must travel four times as far. And Washington—of course, we know that Washington will draw more of 1he Virginia park visitors than Den- ver draws of the Colorado tourist tide. “Denver merchants say that August, formerly the poorest sales month in the commercial calendar, has now be- come, next to December, the best. ¥Furthermore, I find that what has happened in Denver has happened in every tourist-center city in America. o I look upon the buying of land for jncorporation in the park as one of fhe best investments we can make.” Mark Lansburgh of Lansburgh & Bro. and president of the Washington Kiwanis Club, expressed similar views: “We have a considerable and growing clientele in Virginia, who shop with us by mail. Practically all of the people of northern Virginia feel a closer attachment to Washing- 1on than to any other city. The Shen: ndoah National Park is going to bring Washington’s Virginia friends great prosperity. And Washington will reap,| b largely increased business. Add to this the millions of dollars the tour- §sts who are drawn to Washington in the course of their visit to the park Avill leave with us, and 1 am sure \Washington will reap magnificent re- #urns on any lands its citizens buy for tnclusion in the park.” Sees Huge Population Growth. Another of the enthuslastic sup- orters of the park movement is saso Gans of Saks & Company. “Why, of course, I am heartily behind the Shenandoah National Park,” he said. “We have seen what the past 25 pears have meant to us as mer- chants. doubled and trebled, our turnover trebled and quadrupled. And why? Pecause of the remarkable growthwof our population. Give us the Shenan- dosh Natlonal Park and we will flouble our present population in the pext 256 years. With the tremen- dous stream of visitors it will bring to Washintgon, thousands will con- lude that it is the best place in merica to live. Coming to see, they Wil remain to settle.” Members of the real estate group vere equally enthusiastic. President nohoe of the Washington Real tate Bogrd sized up the situation dike this: *“J was proud to have the opportunity to join hands with Mr. Harper in having Washington do its full part in making the establishment of the proposed Shenandoah National Park a reality. Study the. statistics t home owners and property buyers n ‘Washington and you will discover hat the number of non-Washington- rn home owners and buyers is ngly large. Once the park is established and the tourist move- wnent gets into its stride there are £olng to be all sorts of demands for firban and suburban property. The opening up of the Lee High the construction _of the Mount Vernon Tiulevard, the completion of the will fit 4n| depend largely upom be inaugurated of raise I public { be obtained with which te purchise the proposed avea before formally designate it a the ary to develop it into 1 of the great reserva- shiand wilder- Mountains. contributions in the Old Domin- ‘We have seen our clientele to Bring “Pet” Back for D. C. Children. Smithsonian Party Sails for Africa to Bag Rhino ! Also for City. “I'm going to capture a giraffe or never come back!” With these words on his lips, ex- pressive of the determination in his heart, Dr. Willlam M. Mann, head of the Natlonal Zoological Park here, sailed yesterday from New York with a party of four more or less wmateur giraffe hunters, en route for the jungles of Tanganyika, Africa. “This unique expedition, sent out by the Smithsonian_Institution through the generosity of Walter P. Chrysler, Detroit automobile manufacturer, 1S the direct result of the wails sent up these many years by youngsters disap- pointed at not seeing a giraffe at the Washington Zoo. “We wanna lookut a giraft!” the children have been chorusing persist- ently to the dismay of parents and keepers at the Zoo. But there was no “giraft” for them to see, and you trying to pass off some other animal with a long neck as a giraffe. The thing had about driven everybody at the Zoo to distraction. Then came Mr. Chrysler’s offer. Determined to Get One. “Yes sir,” Dr. Mann told The Star before leaving Washington Wednes- day night, “I've just gotta get those kids a giraffe, if I have to stay in the jungles’ the rest of my days! I cer- tainly wouldn't have the nerve to show my face again if the chief ob- Jject of this expedition fails. I'm gonna get a giraffe, that's all.” “But just how does one go about getting these giraffes of which you speak?” Dr. Mann was asked. “Your guess is about as good as Dr. Mann replied, with a smile. “I really don't know of any approved tand generally applicable method of capturing the elusive giraffe. We're Just going to handle the situation as it pops up.” “'Lasso 'em, maybe?” he wasasked. ure, if we get a chance. But getting close enough to a wild giraffe to lasso him is a difficult task. He's a very, very timid animal. Scared to death of anything strange. I think the best way will be to have a lot of natives round several of them up and Pitfalls Not Feasible. “How about using pitfalls?" “Not entirely feasible to catch giraffes that way. The British gov- ernment has a law against pitfalls, anyway. If we got permission to use them, however, the giraffe probably would break his long legs falling into the pit. Or maybe his neck. The giraffes we bring back must be first- class specimens. }hnt kind and it's up to us to get ‘em.” “We're going to bring back some Zoo here hasn't got any rhinoceroses, either. What's a zoo without a giraffe or a rhinoceros? Getting the rhinos will be a little easier, I think. We could use pitfalls for them, if the British will let us, but the more prac- ticable way is to find a Mama Rhino with some children and put the mother to sleep with a bullet. That doesn’t sound humane to some peo- ple, I know, but there really is noth- ing cruel about it. You see, we're going to take mighty good care of the orphans, and a baby rhino won’t miss his mother after a day or two.” The party, incidentally, expects to capture a large number of other wild animals of all types and dispositions. It will undoubtedly be a remarkable collection of jungle pets which Dr. Mann and his colleagues will bring Back to America with them. Enthusiastic as a Boy. Dr. Mann is just as enthusiastic as a boy in preparing for his sojourn in ihe wilds of “Darkest” Africa. He has been to that continent before, but not to the Tanganyika section where the party will pitch its camp and sally forth in quest of feroclous and other- wise big game. The party is going to England on the Leviathan and will sall from Southampton on the. Bal- moral Castle April 9. They will not reach the scene of their operations until late Summer. “By that time the young animals, horn this Spring, will have become old enough to make suitable captives,” Dr. Mann said. “Maybe they will not have had time enough to acquire too disagreeable jungle habits and man- ners. It's going to be hot work, any- way you look at it, at that time of the year. 4 In Tanganyika the party will enlist the services of a large entourage of natives, who will serve as guides and assistant hunters. The natives will be given the privilege of scaring up the animals from the underbrush. Once captured, comes the problem of what to do with them, Dr. Mann pointed out. Giraffes, for instance, were not designed for crating, in the general sense of the word. Dr. Mann is taking along with him, however, a model crate designed by Headkeep- er Blackburn, who used to handle glraffes for a big circus before coming to the local zoo. The party will have native carpenters build a life size crate in the midst of the forest into which Dr. Mann hopes to coax the captured giraffe. A giraffe, in the act of ‘“rubbernecking,” height of nearly 20 feet. Once in the crate, however, he will have no oppor- tupity for sight-seeing. The only way he can stretch his neck is to lie down. A Perplexing Problem. Just how the giraffes are going to be put into these crates is not clear yet, even to Dr. Mann. The problem is one that will require snap judg- ment, he believes. It may be that an enticing titbit, like alump of sugar or a head of lettuce or something, will be all that is necessary to induce the elongated beasts to enter their shipping quarters. On the other hand it may necessary to build the crates around them. Crating is a mere detall, compared with captur- ing them allve, and the hunters will let eventualities take care of them- selves. : With Dr. Mann on the expedition are Arthur L. Loveridge, Harvard University zoologist; F. G. Car- nochan, New York ' naturalist; Stephen Hawels, author, artist and naturalist, and Charles Charlton, Pathe news cameraman, “This I8 our first expedition for this purpose,” Dr. Mann stated. “If it is successful, I don’t see why it should be our last. It seems to me the Zoo should send out such parties regularly. We've got to make this —eeeeeeeeeee with the establishment of the park.” Francis G. Addison, jr., president of the District Bankers’ Association, de- clared that the value of the Shenan- doeh National Park to business inter- ests here could not be overestimated. “It will make our dullest months our boom months,” he said. “And, aside from its intrinsic value, that area is one of the most beautiful spots on this earth. It will give us a great outdoor reservation, where we can go now and then to mend tired bodies and minds and gain renewed strenfith to carry on in the battle of lifey” = can't fool the average boy or girl by | | drive them into an improvised corral.” | The children want | ‘rhinos,’ too,” Dr. Mann went on. The ! The map shows the location of the great giraffe belt of Africa, where Dr. William Mann, director of the Wash- ington Zoo, shown in the inset, will try to find a giraffe and bring him back to Washington. The other sketches indicate two methods by which the wily e may be caught. One is to lassoo him and the other, favored by many un- known explorers, is to lure the beast :Im (l*.ga with sugar lumps, then push n. first one a huge success to pave the way for future plans.” “What do you mean by successful in this instance?’ Dr. Mann was querfed. “We're to get at least one giraffe | for the children of Washington and their out-of-town friends who visit the local Zoo," he replied. “If we don't—say, wouldn’t it ba awful if we didn't Police investigation of”the activ- ities of a worthless check operator— who gave bad slips of paper for items ranging from paint in sizable lots to a tombstone for his mother, mak- ing the amount of the check larger than the purchase and pocketing the change—resulted last night in the arr of Hafry Austin Butterfleld, 29 years old, of 734 Sixth street, who is being held for investigation. Butterfleld was arrestel by Detec- tives Nally and O'Brien at Allen’s coal yard, on New York avenue, near Sixth street, vesterday afternoon, during an attempt to purchase coul with a check. which aroused sus- piclons of a clerk. At police headquarters, it was said, he admitted being the man who two weeks ago ordered a tombstone for his *“mother's” grave from Frederick | H. Heldenrich at Bladensburg road jand Neal street northeast, giving an i alleged check for $90 and taking $12 change. When Heldenrich was ready to deliver the stone he could not lo- Citizen Federation Official Also Wants Reopening on One-Man Cars. William McK. Clayton, chairman of the public utllities committee Federation of Citizens' Ass announced last nizht that he would petition the Public Utilities Commis: slon to grant the Washington Rapid Transit Co. a public hearing on its application for permission (o pur- chase six new busses of the double- deck type. The commission denled the appli- cation Jast week without the for- mality of a public hearing, and Mr. Clayton declared that this was a bad principle for that body to adopt. The company, in the meantime, is taking & poll of its bus riders to as- certain if they favor an increase in the number of the two-deck busses on the streets of Washington. The commission will be advised of the re. nd If the sentiment indorses o of bus the company plans <k for reconsideration of its ap- lon. May Be Reopened. Engineer Commissioner J. Irank- fin Bell, chalrman of the commission, indicated last night that in view of recent developments the double-deck bus question may be reopened, and i it is a public’ hearing likely will be held. : “If thera is considerable sentiment in favor of the double-deck busses we nt to know it. id Col. Bell. The ballot will serve a certain pur- pose, but the motorist must be con- sidered, too. It seems to me that the proper thing to do is to sound out the man who drives an automoblile as well as the hus riders.” The company's request for author- ity to put six additional double-deckers into service was denied primarily, it was explained, because of a report by Clifford Lanham, superintendent of trees and parkings, that considerable trimming of shade trees would have to be done on account of the high busses. The bus company was un- able to understand why additional busses would injure trees any more than the ones running now Scrapping of Cars. Mr. Clayton said his p would contain a request f eration of the application of the Washington Railway & Electric Co. for authority to ap 15 of its old- type one-man cars and replace them with an equal number of modern, front-entrance and rear-exi S, ‘This application was appro out a public hearing, Mr. Cl tends, and the case is in the sanfe category with that of the Washiygton Rapid Transit Co. ition also r reconsid- Bad Checks for Articles From Paint To Tombstones Bring Man’s Arrest cate the place to send it. and mean- while he discovered that the check was worthless. He reported the in- cident to police at the ninth preeinct, Detectives stated they were awaiting the clean-up of other before placing specific charges against But- terfield, who is shown by police rec- ords to have been recently releascd from Occoquan after a two. sen- tence for passing worthless checks. Among the worthless checks which figure in the investigation by the po- lice are a number to coal dealers who attempted to complete deliveries of coal paid for by the checks. In one instance a number of coal wagons met on North Capitol street hetween M and N street, after a few operations by the spurfous check passer, a ing to find the proper pia liver the coal. Checks also passed among paint dealers in Anacostia {n payment for paint and to a local automobile and a local lumber dealer also are being run down in this investigation. Modern Mothers” By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, March 20.—The Lenten jere- miads of Mgr. Dien, apostolic prothonothary of Parls, who is de- crying the license of modern youth, are a feature of the pre-Easter season and are drawing large.crowds to the Church of St. Roch, as celebrated for its Lenten discourses as the Cathedral of Notre Dame or the Madelaine. His subject is, “Before Marriage: Lectures for the Women and Children of Soclety. “Can any one see any of the fashion- able beaches of the day without a laugh—or a tear,” Mgr. Dien is ask- ing his fashionable audiences. “The daughters are as much madé up as the mothers and as little clothed. What has become of taste, refizement, delicacy and good breeding of the French women? At 18 girls already have become hard. At 18 boys already are pouring their pernicious confi- dences into the ears of their sisters or young girl friends. Conscience is soon killed and mothers let these things go 0! ‘They seem tired of re “Wherc Security Is a <> Lenten Sermons in Paris on “Hardened Draw Large Crowds sponsibility. They have sclousness of their dut “The evil could be repaired and the country saved if mothers would fulfill their role as guardians of consciences. In this hard, modern age mothers must preserve the love of a united family in the hearts of their sons and daughters.” lost con- Chicago Tribune to Build. CHICAGO, March 20.—The Chicago Tribune has planned an additional $6,000,000 construction program. Ad- Jjoining the tower on the north side, a 17-story building will begin at once. Press expansion is sought and three ements and one story to a Michi- gan avenue entrance will be com- pleted this year. When present plans are completed the Tribune will be able to print 1,600, 000 copies every week day and ,200, 000 each Sunda; Radio telephones are being used as a means of communication between Hines and White—Commissioner’s Conduct . Praised by Superintendent. With some members of Congress vent on determining whether Com- missioner Fenning could legally and with propriety hold his post as Dis- trict Commissioner and at the same time act as guardian or ‘“committee’ for mental incompeternts, inquiry at the Veterans' Bureau and at St Elizabeth’s Hospital yesterdy dis- sod the officlal opinion that guardianship matters here generally were under stricter regulations than in most of the States, and in neither quarter 8 there the slightest criti- clsin of Commissioner Fenning. Director Frank T. Hines of the Veterans’ Bureau said he was looking into the case reported by Representa- tive Green of Florida, which started the discussion, with a view to deter- mining whether the Veterans' Bu- reau had performed its whole duty in the protection of the rights of the beneficiaries. Gen. Hines said it was no secret that Commissioner Fenning fhad been guardian for mental incom- petents and that his record in this matter went back many years. Dr. William A. White, superintend- ent of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, frank- ly eame out with praise for Mr. Fen- ning as a guardian, saying he had had dealings with him for many years and had found him most succdssful and ethical in handling this class of pro- fessional work., Condition Prevented Move. Dr. White looked up the case of the soldier which Mr. Green discussed on the floor of the House and found, he said, letters from Mr. Fenning show- ing that the guardian had taken a so- licitous interest in his ward. The rea- the man had not previously nsferred to a hospital at Au- gusta, Ga., nearer his relatives in Florida, Dr. White sald, was because of his condition and not because Mr. Fenning had interposed an objection. In fact, it was explained by Dr. White, one letter was found in the folder where Mr. Fenning had called atten- tion of the hospital authorities to the fact that the patient's relatives wished him moved closer home, But findings of a conference of the entire medical staff of the hospital, Dr. White sald, d been against the transfer. The question of whether the patient could be moved had again been raised, however, Dr. White said, previous to the recent statement by Mr. Green, and his case was 1o go before the staff again to see whether he might have improved sufficiently to be gnoved. Gen. Hines said he could not discuss the merits of the participation of Mr. Fenning, as he did not have a com- plete report on the case, but he knew Mr. Fenning appeared in the records as a proper legal guardian for incom- petents for years. g Hines Offers Report. Should the proper authorities call upon him for a final report on the case, Gen, Hines said, he would give to them a complete record of his find- ings. Representative Madden, chair- man of the House committee an ap- propriations, recently announced such igation was being made by the Veterans' Bureau. Gen. Hines explained that the Vet- erans’ Bureau had for some time been giving special attention to the matter of guardians for ‘incompetents and others who were beneficiaries, and that in some sections of the country, where practices were lax, much ir- regularit. had been uncovered guardians had been prosecuted and money refunded to the Government. In the District, however, conditions were reported to him as in excellent shape, as the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, a Federal court, exercised jurisdiction: over guardian- ship. In cases of irregularities, Gen. Bliss said, the poli of the bureau had been first to approach the guardian, where satisfaction was often ob- tained. The second step, he said, would be to approach the court. In what he termed ‘‘aggravated” cases, n. Hines said, he would go so far vithhold funds payable to the v _until the difficulty was straightened out. Service Reorganized. The guardianship service was reor- ganized in_the central office of the Veterans' Bureau on April 27, 1925, although it had existed in other form some time prior to this date. At that time it was placed under the super- vision of a national guardianship offi- cer, Maj. Davis G. Arnoli, who was assoclate counsel of the Senate com- mittee which investigated the Veter- ans’ Bureau. Maj. Arnold supervises the activities of all guardianship offi- cers in the 52 regional offices or sub- offices of the bureau. W. R. Gould is regional guardianship officer for the ‘Washington regional office here. The duties of this service, as out- lined in an officlal statement, are to “render special assistance to mental incompetents and minors in (a) obtain- ing from the bureau all that they are entitled to under the World War vet- erans’ act, as amended, and (b) check- ing administration of guardians of bureau beneficiaries.” There are about 35,000 bureau bene- ficiaries under guardianship who are reciplents of custodial awards, divided into three general classes: Mental in- competents, widows or aged and in- competent parents of deceased claim- ants and minor children. In the District of Columbia, it was explained by Maj. Arnold, the na- tional guardianship officer, the guard- ians or ‘“committees,” as the guard- ians of incompetents are legally 6% 1st Mortgage Bonds Denominations, $100—$500—$1,000 Insured: The first morlgages underlying these 6% Bonds are insured against loss of- either principal or snterest by the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. of Baltimore, with its $41,000,000 of assets; or by the Maryland Casualty Co. of Baltimore, with over $36,000,000 assets. Guaranteed: Each issue of these bonds is the dérect obligation of some known, are appointed by the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia and must make strict accounting to the court. In additfon, he explained, there is a court auditor here, Herbert L. Davis, to whom are referred all these accounts for audit. # Beueficlaries Protected. This procedure is unusual among the States, Maj. Arnold said, and is another safeguard thrown about local guardianship affairs which tends to make the situation here still more favorable for the incompetents. In 95 per cent of the country, Maj. Arnold said, his studies had revealed guardlanship matters are handled by probate courts. Kully 756 per cent of these probate judges, he said, are not even lawyers and the methods of ac- counting and audit in same places have been found very lax.” In the District of Columbia, under the law, it was explained, the guar- dian is appointed to be in charge of Lagh the ‘“‘estate and person’ of* the ward. In the District of Columbia code of law it is provided that the guardians *“shall be allowed credit for taxes, re pairs, improvements, expenses and commissions not exceeding 10 per centum of the principal of the per- sonal estate and on the annual in- come of the estate.” MUSIC FRIEDA HEMPEL'S RECITAL. Frieda Hempel, who has hecome welt managed mortgage company. Protected: These bonds are secured by first mortgages on real estate for not more than 60% of the apprassed value of the property, and in most cases for not over 50% of the apprassed value. Ap- prassement made, by disinterested parties and an additional in- dependent appraisement made by the Surety Company before they sign guarantee. ¥ ¥ Title to all propertics examined and guaranteed by respon- sible Title Guarantee Co. If desired, these bonds may be purchased on the Morns Plan of Deferred Payments, and 5% interest will be allowed on installments as paid. For further information consult our Bond Department. THE MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision of U. S. Treasury 1408 H St. N.W. Main 2486 . world famous for her charming “Jenny Lind recitals,” gave the latest redition of that delightful entertain- ment at the Washington Auditorium last night, where a large audience greeted her and her assistants en-( thusiastically. It has been two vears since the gracious German coloratura has sung | in Washington. Many singers have appeared here in the interim, yet none has possessed more fully the complete art of the exquisite singer. More over, Mme. Hempel enters whole heartedly into her character of Jenn: Lind, singing even the famlliar “Dixie” (which aroused storms of ap- plause last night) with the quaint mannerisms of the “Swedish night- ingale.” This was also noticeably true in her presentation of the Nor- weglan Echo Song. Her manner of accepting flowers and applause, of both of which there was abundance, was delightful. Several changes were made in the program as printed and not a little confusion was caused by the inablity on the part of the major portion of the audfence to hear the <ubstitu- tions anounced. However, the num- bers substituted were equally as fine as those omitted. Instead of the Secar- torale,” Mr. Erno Balogh, an fdeal accompanist and a talented planist, played Beethoven's “Turkish March” as the opening number. and | played it delightfully. i Then Mme. Hempel cang Havdn's “My Mother Bids Me Bind My Hair, followed by “Vol Che Sapete” from Mozart's “Marriage of Figaro,” hoth with clear enunciation and attention | characteristic of this soprano. As an encore, she gave a whimsical Ger- man folk song, “The Cuckoo Cloc! The famous “Shadow Song” from Meyerbeer's “Dinorah,” followed with another German folk song,"” Zu Laub Bemacht” and “Dixie” as the encores. Mr. Balogh then played two Chopin numbers, a waltz and the “Etude in G flat majol with a Glazounow “Ga votte” as the encore. Both style and coloring of these numbers were ad- mirable. Then Mme. Hempel 1eturned to program and presented German lie as only a native singer can giv Her singing of Schubert's * ‘\xy| Maria" was exquisite, and the same | composer’s “The Trout” was equal fine in its interpretation and in the| excellence of the German diction. “Der Nusshaum,” on the other hand. was sung in English very well. It is, indeed, a subject of added pratse for Frieda Hempel that she has the good taste to give fine Knglish translations to so many of her songs. “The Nut Tree” was a splendid ex- ample of what can be done with the translation of foreign lyric Follow- ing the Norwegian Echo the encores were an old Eng] song, “I'd Be a Butterfly” and the inevitable “Last Rose of Summer” from “Martha."” Louis P. Fritze gave two solos thafof each composer's work. were presented with the skill that ‘makes the difficult seem supremely easy. He played Boehm's ‘““Andante Pastorale” and Beethoven's ‘‘Minuet in G, with a “Caprice Waltz,” by Pilzer, as the encore. Mme. Hempel carried her audience with her in the English interpretat of Mendelssohn’s “On Wings of Song."” and won flattering attention in her| really lovely coloratura work in the cadenzas of Taubert's “Bird Song, sung without the little black bool and gaining much in freedom and| power of effect thereby. A hint of, the season was given in the s | teenth century Easter hymn, luia,” and “Home, Sweet Home, sung as only Frieda Hempe! can sing it. An old French folk song, “Coucou, Cauari Joleux,” Strauss’ “Blue Danube Hotel Inn 604-610 9th St. N.W. Daily, $1.00, $1.50, §2.00 6 weokly: $10.50 rooms, $8: 1et, shower and lavator, 10 7_rooms, £14 with tol in_room. 50 HIGH-GRADE Shoe Repairing At Reasonable Prices We are Shoe Makers —Not_Shee Fixe: We Call for and Deliver Main 9642, " The Edmonds Building 917 15th St. N.W. Thoroughly modern office building. Facing MacPherson Square In heart of financial district. Several Iarge, well-lighted suites. Kievator service. (SHANNON: & LUTHS)| 713 14th St. Main 2345 !g' to artistic shading of tone that is a| 4& MRS. MARX E. OBENDORFER. PROPOSES CHANGE Mrs. Obendorfer to Address Meeting Sponsored by Women’s Clubs. So-called “popular musie will be demonstrat cussed at a special meeting Ambassador Theater Tuesday afte noon at 3:30 o'clock, when Mrs. Ma E. Obendorfer, chairman of mus the General Federation of Women's Clubs, will be the speaker and guest of honor. This program Is free 10 the public and promises some un usually at ctive features. 1L wa arranged by joint supervision of Mrs J. J. Stahl, chairman of music. and Mrs. Harriet Hawley Locher, chair man of motion pictures, both of the District federation. The prime purpose of the meetini is discussion of the 50 works b: famous composers which are to he used in the national music memor: contest, to be held in Atlantic City in June, through co-operation witl the national music week committes This lIist of 50 compositions include: works by Bach, Brahms, Beethove Chopin, = Delibes, vorak, E Grainger, Gounod., Gricg, Glu n ri, Liszt, MacDowe!l Mendelssohn, Mozart, Nevin, Pade: IND. C. FUND BIL Senator Cameron Asks l $400,000 Instead of $100,- 000 for Enlarging School. The amending the Dis comes up in yesterday when Senator Ca Arizona filed an amendment ase the item for enlarging the .ngley Junior High School at Second and T streets northeast from $100,000 to $400,000. The amendment would provide for an assemply hall and gymnasium. The action ofathe Tlouse in passing the local supply measure several ays ago was reported formally to the Senate vesterday and it was referred to the appropriations committee, a subcommittee of which will begin holding ive hearings at 10 first move toward *t_appropriation bill when it the Senate was tuken reron of to in- The subcommittee in charge of the bill in the Senate is headed by Senator Phipps of Colorado, and includes ators Jon of Washington, Mec- Kinley of Ilinois, Cameron of Arizona, Glas of Virginia, Jones of New Mexico, Kendrick of Wyoming, Capper of . Weller of Maryland and King of U'tah. The last three named are on the subcommittee by virtue of their membership on the District legislative committee. . Two members of the subcommittee, Senators Capper and King, have signi- fied their intention of giving careful consideration to the House provision calling for a_25 per cent increase in the price of water before they ap- prove it. The Citizens' Advisory Counetl, rep- neighborhood citizens’ has gone on record winting out that without per cent of the total water on here and that since 1917 | vstem has been | vr supply out the rates the city. Suwanee River the final encores. BASSOONIST AND PIANIST. Joint Recital Before Army Music School. A unique instrument in recitals is vet yesterday afternoon AMusle School at Wash- . Angel del Busto of netrated its possibili ties when he appeared in joint reeftal with Dorothy Bedford, pianist. ticularly effective was the * Suite.”” by Grieg. The “Interme written especially for this occasion by Samuel Gardner, and Grainger's ar- angement of “An Old Irish Air of County Derry” also brought out the finest qualities of this instrument, which pos s a plaintiveness and resonance that are truly amazing. Mr. del Busto is an especially enthusiastic Appear Miss Bedford also proved herself a talented musician, with ability to catch nd present the characteristic beauty Her tech- sure and fluent, her Chopin numbers being especially good. Par- ticularly interesting were the two modern works, Albeniz’ “‘Seguililla™ Ragamuftin,” by John Ireland. nique wa sakoff, Rachmant aint-Saens, Sibelius, it . Schubert, Schu mann, Tschaikowsky, Verdi, Webe: and Wagner. Each radio station and motion picture theater is to give of this number of selectio as preliminary contest during musk week, May 2.8, At the meeting Tuesday, Danie Breeskin, director of the Metropolitar: Theater Symphony Orchestra, wil demonstrate the corrclation of music with the motion pi re. He will v ““The Voice of the Nightingale,” which won the Reisenfeld gold medal, as an examiple. 7This film was judged to be the best onereel picture of the vear and was made in Russia Mrs. Ida V. Cla play some of the 50 selections. Thix list was compiled by Mrs. Obendorfer from works which seemed to be espe cially popular in varfed musical pro grams during the past five years. The national contest will be held durine the biennial ses Federation, May SCOUTS TO SEE STUNTS. Fort Myer Cavalrymen to Enter- tain District Boys at Exhibition. A special exhibition drill will be given by the Third Cavalry in the drill hall at Fort Myer next Saturday morning for the B Scouts of the District of Columbia Council. The es hibition, arranged through (ol. Haw Kkins, commanding officer of posi will include fancy a ack rid ing, pyramid building and other equestrian feaus. Scouts of the first. second, and fourth divisions will mobilize Sat ay morning at £:30 on the Wsh ington side of the K Bridge 1t march across and go by trolley to For Myer. Scouts of the fifth division wil mble at the Fort Myer station by o'clock to join other divisions The Fort Myer Scouts will act as hosts. organist, wil! ion of the 4 1o June & MRS. BUSCH HONORED. Local Woman Named Florida Rep- resentative in Society. Mrs. Clarence M. B selected to represent Flovi honorary membe the American Woman's Assoctation. is in reality & native of Washington and still mat tains her home here, it was learned last night. Mrs. Busch was signall honored hy her selection since onlt one such member ix eligible from a of the 48 States of the In announcing M tion, Miss Gertrude { of the American Woman's explained that her election was made hecause she was held to be the out jonal woman in wide cirele of the author of nd has written con he is national a ix s < siderable other fietion. vice president of American Pen is noted for her phil among orphaned childven and al though she has scveral children of her own she has adopted severs! others. =4 Leading dentists of Gr: are turning to American-made dent supplles in preference to British goods, whose annually expenditures of some one F so, begin today to cut your ex- pendifures to below your IN- COME, and put the surplus in a savings account with this bank, on which you will be paid 5% interest, componnded semi- ARE you ftrying to keep up with the income is treble your: B e S e S S S S AY not the reason that some people do not save be that they do not truly un. stand that things are relative? TTHIS bank pays 59, interest, compounded . semi-annually, on Savings Deposits. THE MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision of U. S. Treasury 1408 H Street N.W.