Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1926, Page 19

CHARITIES QUOTA 1 §21,500 SHORT | . Enlistments in Easter Dnve 536 Fewer Than Last Year, THE EV th nd Cl ING work of th Charities and Citi Association. 10,000 givers. needed to carry non - secta are on this city- 13 l AMILY HILD-CAR- e Associated izens' Relief urgently rian Social INING STAR., WASHINGTON, NAVY CONTRACTS 11| FOR SHIPS DELAYED Bids for COnstruchng Cruiser { | | | Salt Lake and Sister Ship I D. C., FRIDAY, mitted a bid of $10,580.000 under the same terms as the Newport News bid, while the New York Shipbuilding Co. submitted one proposal under the terms of $10,350,000, with certain con- ditions, and another of $10,410,000, and the Bethlehem Steel Corporation an offer of $10,985,000. Lump-Sum Proposal. As an alternative bld the Cramp company submitted a lump-sum pro. posal of $10,900,000 to construct the SaM Lake complete, with propelling machinery employing normal steam pressure and a similar engine for the APRIL 2. 1926. Has Novel Bamboo Lights. New street lights installed in of San Francisco in the C quarter consist of a single s designed in imitation of a bamboo stalk which is surmounted by a lan tern of pagoda design glassed with amber panels. the Spanish Women Love Homes. The Spanish mother, even of the upper class, can seldom be persuaded to separate from her children, and as. tonishment is often expressed in Spain to | proved to be unsatisfactory and the machines never were completed. The framewonk is all that is stored in the armory. Capt. FEEEEE:—EE occupying 4pace that is needed- fory storing regimental equipment. Tires wood seekers should apply at the back | door’ of the armory any day between | 9 a.m. and 6 p.m Speidel said the planes are wide, Service. Will you be one vou feel able, using fowing blank : Pensacola. The New York Shipbuilding Co., as an _alternative to the department's high-pressure steam proposals, sub- mitted a figure of $10,268,000, while the Bethlehem corporation’ submitted alternative bids, including a proposal of $11,960,000 for construction of the Salt Lake complete and the engine for the Pensacola, or $11,190,000 for the Salt Lake complete. Gold was discovered fn Malacca in 1731; in New Andalusia in 1785; in Ceylon in 1800; in California in Sep- tember, 1847, and in Australia in 1851 when foreign visitors are found have left their children at home. Offers Planel Pree Special Dispatch to The Star. BUFFALO, N. Y., April William _Speidel, regiment: officeryof ‘the 106th Armory, will give away 76 Bristol type airplanes that cost the Government $150,000 during the World War to any callers who want them for firewood. The planes were made at the Curtiss plant when the Government was trying to catch up in aircraft manufacture.” The type With One Day Left. Equipment Complicated. to give as the fol- With but one more dav before | Faster Sunday the Associated Char- ities and the Citizens' Relief Associa- on_find (hemselves still in need of $21.500 to complete their combined minimum b of $59,000 for the rrent vear. Up noon today 110 givers had enrolled themselves support of this city-wide family- Ining and home-saving service. | This is 336 fewer enlistments than In the corresponding period of last year's campaign contribution received within 24 hours included two com- Dlete pavnients of members in the | | Dallar-a-Day Club, or $365 each. and | is xwelled the fotal of the days veceipts The amounts « Bids for the construction of the 110‘900:% treaty crulser Salt Lake land the propelling machinery for her | sister ship, the Pensacola, which will | be built at the New York Navy Yard, involved nance Committee, Assoclated Charities 1022 Eleventh Treasurer, Joint F telier 4 Ord Preston and Citizens peiation but alt to | were opened yesterday, |so many conditional and rnative | proposals that prolonged examination | [ will be necessary to select successful | bidders. Four shipbuilding companies tendered offers to construct* the hull {of the Salt Lake and the bollers and |certain auxiliaries for both ships, {while four engine-bullding concerns submitted complicated proposals on the propelling plants. Newport Bid Exceeds Limit. “The Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. of Newport News, Va., submitted only one bid of $11,250,000 for construction of the one ship and both hoiler equipments according to de. partmental specifications. The legal limit of cost for each ship, exclusive of s and armament. is $11,000,000. np & Sons of Philadelphia sub- Inclosed find § se indicate class of membership) MEMBERSHIPS Associate ...§ 2.00 Active 5.00 Special 10.00 Supporting . 25.00 Sustaining .. 50.00 Capital £100.00 the Name the best in the long run THEY LOOK BETTER—THEY WEAR BETTER and BECAUSE THEY WEAR LONGER THEY ARE “LOW” IN PRICE! It will pay you to bring vour children’s feet to the LEADER SHOE STORE (Washington’s exclusive Buster Agency) and have them properly fitted. All sizes; widths from A to E—100% leather construction. Girls’. Address previous duys sumber of dollar sub- scriptions all the way up throush the s of membership to the ntioned above. ze of funds come: \| | | | (Payment may be made in installments.) several cl larzer amounts m This serious short Just rick G. Melcher, edi tor of the Publisher's Weekly. “Its sale beggars other totals of pro- duction and lu|- since printing began 3ut though the field of religious bookss has always supplied the: book | stores with their est sellers. this sel | dom has beer 1spicuously | ng the las or three years Kk of church ac interest. An men,” said Fre RELIGIOUS BOOKS GAIN FAVOR WITH PUBLIC Two Recent ka: on Christ Are at the time when the reports of the visitors disclose the fact that for month of March the calls for rgency relief disbursements were heaviest in the history of these welfare agencies, a total of nearly £6.000 for the month. The local work: | hive been overwhelmed with ap is for help and two extra workers | ) ave had to be N oon with the sit 13,000 SQ. FEET, ENTIRE FLOOR FIREPROOF WAREHOUSE Railroad Sidin Toward Top of List Among 10 Best Sellers NEW YORK, April of _ the Associated | books have . increased their Charities can expend only such funds | within the ranks of best sellers to a as the good will of Washingtonians | conspicuous degree during the last sev. e for it has long been the | eral vears. the gain being attributed tled roncy of these (tions not | by publishers to a greater demand 1o run inte | not only from church members but be sent to Ord P | from persons without definite ecclesi Sreial Service House | astical affiliations. | A glance over the list of the 10 best v shows st now the h ity empasize other interesting iy it has been characteristic of t demands that they have spread far beyond church | boundaries.” In addition to the books by Barton and Papini, Mary Austin’s “The Small Town Man’ and Robert Lynde Hartt's “The Man Himself” have attracted wide reading. Much interest ix I shown in W \ Lyon Phelp’s Carpenter of Nazareth. Sales on a series of Rev. Harry E n Fos dick’s serr ond the million of the Bible have been another outstand. ing feature. £1 b g Rouging the lips is no longer bad | taste. It is now possible to buy any flavor lipstick desired. e - FURNITURE SAVING WANT TO BETTER YOUR HOME? OF COURSE! EVERY ONE DOES You want the most style and quality vou can possibly get for your money. to cope Religious position IT PAYS us examine after each Slight dam- be promptly remedied at little st, they become real requiring big out lay for repairs to have e leathers the roof Winter can organiz Contributions may er, at leventh , Loading Platform - 1022 ages Long Lease to Reliable Party PIGGLY WIGGLY STORES, Inc. 1935 FIFTH ST.N. 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