Evening Star Newspaper, April 28, 1926, Page 40

40 TAXATION SYSTEM CALLED OBNOXIOUS Kalorama Citizens Expected to Urge Substitution of Low Income Assessment. Abolition of the pres:nt method of ion#n intangible personal prop f Columbia will sociation at ret’s parish house, enue and Bancroft presented e to the declared the present t; “to be most abominable, ob- unscientific and unjust, in- h and works ds s The in he said, is number h*hn( ted for the suf- | frage committee on the presentation of the plea for the franchise in the | District, and praised those who pr ented the m: to the house judi committee last week for the man- ner in which the subject was handled. h\ reiterated his statement ration of Independence is nothing but a scrap of paper if not intended also for the ants of the Nation’s Dr. William - C. ith officer, speaking on contagious ferred to the polluted con TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS. Nationai—"Little 0ld New York." New York, at 8:20 p.m. Park—"“Weak Sisters,” Samuels, vaudeville, 5 pm. Berlin vs. Franz vaudeville, continuous from he Battles of 1926,” . continuous from 12:30 to “Kiki," at 11:20 am, nd 9:30 p.m. ‘Brown of Harvard 1:10, 3:20, 5:20, T:20 at m., and 9:30 p.m. t,” at 11:05 :10, 7:10 and $:10 p.m. Heaven's the Comes dian,” at 6:1 9:40 pm. Central J CH ) nd The largest stock in the eclty. See our display first. E. Morrison Paper Co. ~COLONIAL MANTELS ARTISTICALLY DESIGNED Main 8331 MT. VERNON STEAMER® Charles Macalester Leaves 7th St. Whart Dally 10 A.M. and 2:30 P.M. Round Trip, 85¢ Admission, 25¢ Mt. Vernon not open on Sundays Accident and Health Insurance COVERS ANY AC 4"|D’E.\""_l:m:‘§£ SICKNESS EAR AND soit Expert Watch Repairing Oppenhelmer & Shah 907 N.W ECORATIONST For the N.E. Pageant lave eversthing you GARRISON S Wholesale Toy welty Co., Ine. 911 l;, Your Shocs As Goud /. As New R, ir Experts FRANK BREDICE o Shoe Repairing in 963 HONESTY PAYS And our_ ever-increasing business has proved this to our entire satisfaction J. Benson Thomas Co. 819 15th St. N.W. Main 8416 heResult of 50Years of ~ /wz ctical coffee cxperience i M-E-SWING CO. E STREET- at Age 30. Send Date of Birth dition of Rock Creek and advised against bathing in it. Resolutions were adopted _urging the Zoning Commission to refuse to grant further commercial zoning on Columbia road between Flordia ave- nue and Eighteenth street. It was pointed out that there were sufficient places of business already in opera- tion in the Kalorama section ade- quately to provide for the section as at present populated. H. chairman of the highways committee, said streets in this section are in deplorable condi- tion with no indications of improv: ment. Judge Milton of the education resolution, wh questing the Bo: ke immediate purchase of several frame shacks adjacent to th Cook or the purpose of enlarging acilities this burger, chairman tee, presented s adopted, re- the playground of school. 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AT|°NA|. TONIGHT $1.10, 78e, Soe MAT. SAT. EXTRA MAT. FRIDAY ALL SEATS, 50c 5 & 50c In costume and setting ¢ stands even with the elaborate vehicle that broight Genevieve Tobin to Washington in the play’'s premiere. ndvoight, Star, boyishly bobbed Eton Jjacket and trousers, looke ‘the cutest thing that has trod the stage here this season, her vers best, not, 1 _belleve even excepting her Kiki"."—Harold_PMilips, Times. NATIONAL THEATER PLAYERS Direction Olifford Brooke, Offer The Swestest Play Ever Written ota Lane. By RIDA JOENSON YOUNG e +The best thing she has done in her two seasons here—not except~ y ing htrmimonhv “Kiki.” A D. Paimer, News. . (LR *Leneta Lane has the character \ creation of her career and meas- ures up to its every demand.” —John J. Daly, Post. e “Just chuck full of charm and honest to goodness sentiment.’ —Irvin_Shaviro, Herald. 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