Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1926, Page 24

“CASTLE SET APART - FORU.S. MUSICIANS “Kansas Woman Proposes Gift Edifice in France as Conservatory. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 21.—A Kansas singing teacher, who was given a historic castle in France by an abbe and who didn’t know what to do with it, is planning to convert the ancient edifice into a conservatory music for American operatic e ’-‘: stle's owner is of Wichita, Taurine Miss Pearl Kan., or the ess do as she is told she may now be known. The castlo is located near Lourdes, in southern France, and has 21 rooms and no baths. Miss Flanagan, who is at the Plaza Hotel, says she is form- ing an American committee to raise funds for the conversion of the thirteenth century structure into a habitable place for modern young ladies. Gift Bestowed by Owner. The castle was given to Flanagan last Summer, she its owner, the Abbe Loubiere, upon whom she had called in Paris to ob- tain his blessing on a souvenir she had purchased at the Sacred Heart Church in Montmartre.. The abbe questioned the young woman as to her mission in life. and she told him it was to organize a school for American music students in France, but that she could find no suitable place. “I have just what you want,” the abbe is quoted as saying. He then told her that he had inherited the Chateau de Taurine and did not know what to do with it. Refused to Sell to Movie Company. He told her an American motion picture company had offered him a large sum of money for it, but he refused to part with the castle when he learned they planned to burn it down for & movle spectacle. He then offered her the castle, she said, and she ‘accepted it. The castle is a square structure of brick and rubble, flanked by towers, The walls are marked with the fire of the cannon of Richelieu and by bat- tering rams said to have been em- ployed against it by the Saracens in the thirteenth century. It was held by the Calvinists against the Catholics in the religious wars three centuries later. Miss d, by OFFICERS ORDERED HERE. Will Be on Duty at War Depart- . ment. Each of the following officers of the Army has been relieved from his present. duties and ordered to this city for duty on the War Department general staff: « Lieut. Col. Upton Birnie, jr., 7th Field Artillery, at Fort Ethan Allen, Vt; Lieut. Col. Ernest Van D. Murphy, 34th Infantry, at Fort Eustis, Va.; Lieut. Col. Raymond S. Pratt, Field Artillery, at Newport, R. I.; Maj. Max B. Gar- ber, 2d Infantry, at Fort Wayne, Mich.; Maj. Karl Truesdell, Infantry, at Newport, R. L; Maj. Ralph R. Glass, Infantry, at Fort Sam Houston, Tex.; Maj. Anton C. Cron, Infantry, at Fort Schuyler, N. Y.; Maj. Joseph A. Green, Coast Artillery Corps, at Fort Totten, N. Y.; Maj. Adna R. Chaffee, 34 Cavalry, at Fort Myer, Va.; Maj. Martin C. Shallenberger, Infar®ry, at Fort Leavenworth, Kans.; Maj. Em- mert W. Savage, Infantry, at Fort Jay, N. Y. Maj. Rapp Brush, In- fantry, at Fort Strong, Mass.; Lieut. Col. John P. Terrell, Coast Artillery Corps, at Fort Worden, Wash.; Maj. Lloyd R. Fredenhall, 7th Infantry, at Vancouver Barracks, Wash.; Maj. George M. Parker, jr., Infantry, at Fort Wright, Wash; Lieut. Col. George M. Holley, adjutant general, at San Francisco, and Majs. Marion O. French, Infantry; Jesse L. Sinclair, Coast Artillery Corps; Francis B. Mallon, Infantry, and John B. Brooks, Air Corps, all at the Army War Col- lege, Washington Barracks. WOULD DIVORCE DURKIN. Wife Files Suit for Freedom From Sheik Slayer. JOLIET, Ills.,, December 21 () .— Divorce from Martin Durkin, Chi- cago's sheik slayer now in prison, is being_sought by Irma Sullivan Dur- kin, daughter of a small-town black- smith. She was won by Durkin as he was attempting to elude the police, ac- companied him to California and was with him when he was caught at St. Louis. Durkin is serving a 35.year sen- tence for the murder of a Federal agent who sought his arrest as an au- tomobile thief. Notice of the divorce was served today. [ Dirty Barber Shops Declared Likely to Make Women Bald By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Decem- ber 21.—Baldness is inevitable among women as well as men un- less sanitary conditions are im- proved in m: barber shops, be- lieves James C. Shanessy, president of the Journeymen Barbers' Inter- national Union. “It is not a wild dream that bald- ness may come to plague women,” ared. “Baldness affticts many men, not because they wear their hair short, but because they encounter scalp diseases in barber shops. The remedy is State super- vision of the trade to enforce hy- gienlc conditions.” PARK SITES BILL Measure Would Preserve Status of Land During Con- demnation Proceedings. A bill designed to protect the natural appearance of proposed park and playground sites during the time that condemnation proceedings are in progress in the courts was introductd in the Senate yesterday by Chairman Capper of the I t committee. The bill provides that as soon as the condemnation proceeding is filed in court for the acquisition of a park or playground site, the director of Public Buildings and Parks shall have immediate control over the property to prevent th ner from cutting down trees, ating or erecting buildings during the period which must elapse before the Government obtains title to the land. ‘Would Require Deposit. The Park and Planning Commission would be required to put up a de- posit and the court would be directed to determine as soon as possible a fair amount of compensation for the owners for the deprivation of use and control over their land while the con- demnation proceedings are in prog- ress. It is further provided that if the land is not acquired within two years by condemnation, the court would be empowered to use the deposit to pay the owner for having been deprived of control of the land during that time, and if the condemnation pro- ceeding is completed within two years, the deposit would apply as a credit on the purchase price. To Preserve Status. Senator Capper has been informed that the necessity for such legislation has become apparent because there is danger of trees being cut down and buildings ereeted on proposed park sites before condemnation proceed- ings for their acquisition could be completed. The Senator has been informed of one case in which thesowner of a pro- posed playground site began plans for a building after the Park and Plan- ning Commission had decided to ‘seek its acquisition. >~ GUSTAV’S SECOND SON . TO LECTURE IN AMERICA Official Functions Will Be Avoided by Prince William of Sweden. By the Associated Press. & STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Dedember 21.—Prince Willlam of Sweden, King Gustav's second son, will sail from Cherbourg December 29 for a lecture tour of the United States. Speaking of his mission, he said: “I have mo pretensions of being considered a_scientist. My lectures and films will be descriptive of my experiences and adventures in the black continent of Africa from a sporting viewpoint, and of the life of the dwarf peoples, gorillas and wild game as seen with the camera. “For the rest my visit will be that of a private gentleman study- ing the daily life of the American people and avoiding as much as pos- sible official functions. My brother, the Crown Prince, I consider, has done that for me. ‘Would Adopt Boy. Application was made to the Dis- trict Supreme Court yesterday for the adoption of Willlam Menchey, 11 years old, son of Benjamin 8. and Naomi Menchey, by George A. Parks, a patternmaker at the Navy Yard, and his wife, Mrs. Lulu M. Parks, 1324 Massachusetts avenue southeast. The court is asked to change the name of the boy to John Willlam Parks. Attorneys Leeman, Dean & Lynch ap- pear for the petitioners. JOIN WORCH’S VICTROLA CLUB Balance on Accommodating Terms No Interest Charges on Talking Machines HUGO WORCH THE EVENING BSTAR, WASHINGTON, D. { It’s Christmas Time at the Palais Royal and Every Day Around Noon Members of the Store Family Render Christmas Carols Make a note to be in the Palais Royal at noon every day until Christ- mas to get the thrill of shopping amid the joyful tunes of age-old Christ- mas melodies. @a&&m&um&mzx&mw&m&%&: ., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1926. Store Hours 9:15 A.M. to 6 P.M, " The PALA G Street at Eleventh “A New Palais Royal in the Making” 2 Just the Toys You Want at Lowest Prices Doll Carriage Well made, reversible Pull- man body, rolled edge front $12.69 and body, foot brake and rubber tires, in fawn, sage or blue. 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