Evening Star Newspaper, April 18, 1926, Page 23

D MISSIONS RECALL CRUSADE OF WEST Gradual March of First White Settlers in California Now Marked by Ruins. 4 P the Associated Pres LOS ANGELES. April 17 21 missions in Califorr hling back to the ea they were reared by fathers more than a_century ago, ar monuments to the blight of goverr mental opposition encountered by the Catholic faith in ) then with ofticial Mexico. “They were built in the first crusade of the church to e 5 into the wilderness of Al unendurable overcome in the hese bulwarks of missionaries harassed dian bands, fronted by vast str of frontier as vet unsafe for the white man and forced to meet sickness physical hardships with little to them except the great cou hip of Father Junipe task of these missio « peers had the wave Spain_and the { the plous fund. contr ch leaders in Mexico. dians Were Converted. A centu lowed the v of conrageous work fol- expedition that sailed for San Diego in 1769. Each sions rose to prosperi : bers of Indians were faith und taken withi ! the stately all this time the mis: n the shadow of ultimat At frequent interval rumbling in officisl Mexico and hints unent would not stand ritory in this part of was colonized by the > jts te continent <hurch, \s early as January . a decree 1 by the A change zovernmental administration pre vented this being made effective but November, 1834, the act of secular- 1tion was adopted by Gov. Figueroa. Began to Wither. The ‘0 wither and their decline gathered momentum with the march of time. The priests and the neophytes drop. ped away and one at a time the struc- prosperity of the missions began | THE THE CIRCUS IS COMING TO TOWN! Peanuts, popcorn and pink lemonade! Yes, the means everybody when the circus comes to town—have scratch off the calen Barnum & Bailey wake up the old town with their big sh Clowns—more clowns than ever—trick elephants, sea | bareback riders, chariot races, a whole menagerie 'n_everything with the “big top” troupe to inject the biggest kick of the year in of Tom, Dick, Harry and Mary. 4 Twelve “Baby Bunting” elephants, including 18-month as a fiddler almost wrecks the orchestral offering of the elepl | are just a few of the thrills that will reward Jimmie for saving his between now and the big event. Then there side-bustin’ “Butterfly” Fred Stelling, and his tric n,”" dogs in the business, if the shouldn't. is the fox-terrier, do say it ot is on the way. SUNDAY ungsters—and that | |, ot just 22 days to| . before the combined forces of Ringling Brothers and | May 10 and 11. ns, dogs, horses, re coming | = o the lives 1d “Joe,” who ant_juveniles, ickels | lown, | The store of reliabilit, one of the best y And there er clowns and—. But this is enough to let Jinumie know the big STAR, DOMESTIC SCIENGE LEGTURE ARRANGED Restauranteurs Invite Stu- dents to Hear Talk on Meat at Sessions. All science students of the Washington public schools and colleges are invited to attend an illus- trated lecture on meats and the uses and values of the various cuts to be 0 o'clock Tuesday after. noon, April 27, at the Hotel Wash- ington as a part of the two-day pro gram of the Fastern convention of the National Restaurant Association ‘The invitation to student dietitians was extended by H Wellington, fleld secretary of the association, who wrote to Dr. Frank W. Bullou, super- intendent of public schools, and to other school heuds her The address will be made by Miss Gudrun Carlson, director of the home economics department of the Insti tute of American Meat Packers, Chi- cago, The purpose vention is to domestic the restaurant con- se the standards of the service of American restaurants by educational programs to improve food served and to make cleaner the processes and places for preparing food. All Washington restaurateurs are invited to attend the sessions of the convention, whether or not they are members of the association. Mr. Wel- lington announced. 3 H. J. Boeckenhoff of Des Moines national president, will conduct t program. The Washington division of the association will be represented by B. L. Olmstead, who will make an address on conditions here. Other ad- dresses will be made by representa- tives of Delaware, Maryland, New Jer New York, North Carolina. Penn- ania, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. A banquet and dance will be held at the Hotel Washington the night of the Papering and Painting Very Reasonable Prices Pyistnes 1B10: Phone Main 7422 a 13 EDWIN S. RUCKER No inconvenience. Exi y side from beneath a pile of 1,100,000 Japanese Live Abroad.| panese 1iv 1210 H Street N.W. Bacillus Acidophilus Milk » U the e Mar fow o the p wealth beauty clouded in decay A old m| not heen available to save the gre; number or to restore the chu tlements to their former picturesqué state along been incor) way s and moun era ward The mixtu Mexic fornia buildings are conforming to this First found near the present site of San Diego, in 769 group The this m! all, for * Indian massacre took place. resulting in th cores of neophytes ro ried h the M laid o1 near where brane by Ind ing of the Virgin Mary was unfurled. 1 San founded in 1 ne rt £ the earthq ted at intervals of the padres in the ext five years Santa Clara n Buenaventura and Santa Barbara were founded. So sturdily was the church of Santa Barbara | built that withstanding the elements nearly two centuries it defied in part Roofs fell in drenching rains slowly washed nprotected adobe walls back to arth from which they cam v vears after secularization, a ( the missions were returned to riests, but not until after their 1 had been dissipated and their the destructive quake of 1825, towers alone crumbling beneath that disturbance. Gold Found on Ground. La Purisima, noted for its beauti- | | ful mural decorations: Sants a Soledad and San Jose de | next were dedicated and Juan Bautista, San Miguel Archangel | {and San Fernando Rey de Ispagna. | Two events of outstanding importance in California history transpired within the land boundaries of San Fernando —the discovery of gold and the sur- | ender of Mexico to the forces of Gen. Fremont. In 1798, was founded. near Ocean- side, the grandest of all the mission chain, San Luis Rey de Francia. This mission, restored to the greatest degree of any, is known as the king of the missions. Within its grounds still thrives the first pepper tree to take oot in the soil of the State—ancestor | to the millions of trees now here and loved by Californians. S i BARRISFERS’ CLUB HOST | ATTORNEY GENERAL Sargent Declines to Speak Formally Before Lawyers’ Group at Lunch- eon—Notables Attend. his crusade to Monterey, where | selon rromeo was | Atltorney General Sargent was the | ut. Next San Antonio de Padua |guest of honor at a luncheon yester- )\:ul:l [§ 1‘:;_”1},]9‘;:’ N?r )t“:‘:\b:“lt" day 'afternoon given by the B:Arristm‘sl ells hung fre re ¢ g A e e e o atico |at the Cosmos Club. He declined the | fians averted when un old p: invitation of Assistant United States Attorney George Horning,. jr., the toastmaster, to address the young llawyers and their gu Mr. Sargent merely expressed his | appreciation of the opportunity to meet the.younger members of the Dis- trict bar and to spend a social hour th them. He extended them an in vitation to visit his office and to “sit in my rocking chair.” Justices of the District Supreme | Court, Frederick A. Fenning, District Commissioner; Representative Gibson | of Vermont, United States Marshal Snyder, Peyton Gordon, United States attorney, and Herbert L. Davis, audi- tor of the District Supreme Court were among the guests. The Bar- risters attended in full number and with the guests made a party of about 100. ovement started some years ago rious organizations has resulted fon to some degree of the ission church but funds have ter set- El Camino Real, the king road which are many missions, has ated into the state high ystem through.most of its length mission sign 11s sur- ting metal sta ve been the trek urney north- Style Has Been Adopted. architecture of the missions~-a re of Moorish-Spanish tnd an—has been adopted by Cali as its own, and each year mor chain of Diego of the ed was San by Father Serra of sailors, soldlers and padres. vellowed parchment records of sion tell the saddest story of it was here that the great of several e death padres and m San Diego - Serra car- | Destroyed by Quake in 1812, )bispo de T and in 1776 8 de Asis was formally dedicated. cing their steps southward the Iscans chose a site mid v be- un Diego and Los Angeles to another mission, San Juan 10 ¥ overtook Capist coast-wide earthqu f 1812, y-nine persons gathe Defore altar in the dim light of 1 were crushed to death be- a falling mass_of stone and Luis » in the soul was saved except., the no del Temblor (child ake), born by the hand rror and taken from its crushed HOUSEWIVES! 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PHONE ¥R. 10200 WASHINGTON, D. | €, APRIL 18 1926—PART 1 Horses, Dizzy From Traffic Whirl, The dizzy whirl of traffic at Fif- teenth and H streets yesterday proved too much for the nerves of two tem- peramental coal wagon horses, who bolted up Fifteenth street, crashing into automobil parked along the route all the w to R street before being stopped. ‘The driver, Clarence Moore, had left the wagon for a moment when the horses ran away. En route up IFifteenth street three automobiles were hit by the plunging team, one owned by Carl I. Brooks, 1203 T Run Away; Wound 3 Autos in Route street. Arriving at R street the steeds suffered & change of heart and turned eastwardly, colliding with a Maryland automobile and a_machine owned by Private Suger of the tenth precinct, so us not to slight the Police Depart- ment, ending up at Twelfth and R streets, puffing and winded, but ap- parently happy. The automobile most seriously damaged, according to police, was owned by William H. Benjamin, at 26 M street. which was parked on street. CAPTURED TWO BLAMED FOR JAIL DELIVERY Convicts Seized in Buffalo Believed to Be Ringleaders of Nash- ville Coup. By the Associated Press BUFFALO, . April men captured Thursday have been identified ringleaders in jail_delivery from a penitentlary Nashville, Tenn, April 9, the announced today. The trio have admitted Howard Barr, Nashville, and White and Lloyd Lowe, Memphis. BEach had been serving long terms. A key formed from a file which was used In effecting their escape was found in the automobile they were driving when arrested. ‘The men were brought to f Three he they are police at { police Donald | I headquarters at the point of pistols by detectives who suspected them of driving a stolen automoblle. g ACID SPRAYED CN AUTO. Cumberland Authorities Probe Strange Case of Vandalism. Special Dispatch to The Star, | CUMBERLAND, Md., April 17. a | The State and county police and the Automobile Club ~of Maryland through George Henderson, its at torney, are investigating a complaint of Dr. F. Allen G. Murray, physician, with offices in the Riverside Building | that some person sprayed his sedan, {with an acld, destroying paint and upholstering. This was done last night after the physician ' had parked his car on Green street, near the office build- ing. SO S 1 THE WRIGHT COMPANY UNBEATABLE SPECIALS! & try to equal these values—anywhere! WINNER OF DRAMA CUPTOBE NAMED Meeting of High School Play- ers This Week Will Be Held | at Franklin School. | Announcement of the 1926 winner of the Brown Alumni Cup for excel lence in dramatics in tne senior high schools will be made at a meeting to be held at the Franklin School this weels, it was announced last night by Assistant Supt. of Schools Stephen E. Kramer. Mr. Kramer will invite the members of the Spring play casts of Central Business, Eastern, McKinley Manual Training and Western High Schools to be present at the meeting to hea 1a talk by William Landvoight, drama | tic editor of The Star and one of the judges. Mr. Landvoight, who wit nessed all of the plays, will tell his them from the standpoint of a drama. impressions of them and how he rated time should own it School won te cup last ves Central’s two successive victories It is understood that high quality of the vear that the judges time in deciding upon the winm and that the ultimate decision rat the winner but few points over the second place holder ¢ The judges. besides Mr, Lang ! voight, ‘who named by the Board of to selec Brown cup this vea Arthur D. Call Society: Dr. H. B of the Board of I liam Wolfe Smitl Mrs. M. M. 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