Evening Star Newspaper, November 26, 1927, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ©, NATURDAY, NOVEMBFR 28, 7. R 3000 MAKE ERRY AT SOUTHEAST FETE Community Center Holds Annual Carnival at Hine Junior High School. Three thousand residents of South east Washington made merry last night in a carnival ged by the Southeast Community Center in_ the Hine Junior High School Building, Seventh street and Pennsylvania ave- nue southeast, in conjunction with the Southeast Business Mer and allied organizations. The entrance to the school buildin, @ecorated like the entrance to “the big top” of a circus, with glaring posters and flying banners and even the chain- post entry aisles, where ticket-takers halted each patron for his admissi card, opened to a fete of dancing parading and reveling that attracted men and women of every community. tically all the stage arts in acordance with a program, ope ing throughout the building at once that the patrons were migrating from one feature to the other throughout the evening. Costume Parade Held. A costume parade in which clowns, “Indians,” frontiersmen, sailors, colo- nials, gypsies and mar re took part filed through the cor of the gayly decorated school building, while & jury of judges selected prize winners Among these to win awards, which included everything from a box of candy to an embroidered scarf, in cluded Richard Cooke, who, as tramp, won a prize for ‘the most com- ical man”; Harvey D. Cleveland, imi- tating a popular motion picture actor, won the award for the most attractive man; Miss Marion Masters was pre- sented with a prize for being adjudged the most attractive girl; Miss Annette Davis won as the most comical woman, Florence Davis took a prize as the most comical child and Roma LaHaun won the award for the most attractive child. The decisions were made on costume by a jury composed of Mrs. Joseph L. Gammell. Mrs. William A. Carlin and David Babp. Two little sisters, Audrey and Estella Hayes, costumed as a bridal couple. won a special prize, and Mrs. Bessie Miller, in the garb of a lored mammy, won an unscheduled “honor- able mention” by virtue of tha popular demand of an applauding audience. In the basement gymnasium of the school, where more than 100 couples danced throughout the evening, an- other” contest was held, with a prize offered for the best waltzers on the floor. Mrs. Esther Bjorklamd, 2312 Q street southeast, and Louis A. Peter- sen of the Marine Barracks were ad- Jjudged most graceful by Joseph Gam- mell, Mrs. Gammell and Mrs. John H. Virnstein, who was also chairman of the dance committee. School Work Exhibited. In the basement room of the school exhibitions by welfare organizations of the Southeast and members of the Southeast Business Men’s Association attracted considerable attention from the roving attendants at the carnival. A feature of the exhibition was a con- test in which children under 16 yvears of age were to identify pieces of cut wood as they were displayed by the Johnson & Wimsatt Lumber Co. Charles A. Knox of 101 D street south- east won the award in that contest. The exhibition organizations included the Red Cross, Child Hygiene Service, the Instructive Visiting Nurse Society, Southeast Branch of the Public Lib- rary, Friendship House, Associated Charities and Casualty Hospital, which put into operation a real “first aid station.” Music and Vaudeville Features. At various times and places during the evening the Elks' Clown Band, under the leadership of Chris Sproes- ser, played in lively concert. A vaudeville show, staged in the auditorium. held the attention of 600 persons—all who could gain admission to the hall—and included a diversified program of dancing, singing, drama- tization and {instrumental presenta- tions. Among the numbers of this program were a oneact play, “The End of the Rope,” presented by the Southeast Community Players, under the direction of Mrs. Helen W. Zeller: a revival of the cake-walk by the chil- dren’s dancing group of the center, under Miss Evelyn Davis; a tango by Miss Inez Chester and Frankie Weiner, and a vocal solo by William Hanft. Other features of the vaudeville show included monologues by -the Forrest | Players, selections by the Kazoo Band of the Degree of Pocahontas, a Boy Scout demonstration of their craft, revue acts by the Zig Zag Players of the community, and orchestral sel tions by the National Capital Athleti Club and the Costlow Fretted Instru- ment orchestras. Mrs. Davis Directs Carnival. The carnival was under the general direction of Mrs. M. W. Davis, com- munity secretary, Southeast Com munity Center. The various activities s Assoclation | 7 |a week’s v and she realiz — e THE EVEN NG STORY . At the Top. i ARJORIE BRYANT rose from her knees, where she had ' been wiping the dust from | the varnished floor. Marjory bit of her hous: gave ‘every quisite attention. keeping the most Even though the floors were only nished, she cared for them as if the were ed oak of the highest orde Reside: she wanted everything to 100k its best for her friend, Lelia El- liott, who was coming to visit her. had not seen more ‘e in four years, and then it had been only briefly in the city, where she had gone for the day's shopping. On hoth occasions Lelia had taken her out to lunch at an expensive resta rant, where they had talked a 1 farjory’s mad and Lel increasing suc in the busin world. Even in her best clothes M jory had felt shabby and smalltowny heside the graceful and modish Lelia She realized that Lelia’s freedom, sal ary and opportuniti ade her and | her achievements scem small and she did not blume her friend for patron s comi ke her d that, s to see her friend, areaded having Lel there in her home. Not that Marjor was not perfectly satisfied with h home: it was only that Lelia would ee all the little makeshifts and short cuts. Lelia would understand at once | that Will's salary had to be stretched | to the limit in order to cover all the ¢ for the small hous d something for a Earning $5,000 a year, Will's § was going to seem infinitesimal to| eager as she neverthel igh Marjory looked around the plain vet cozy living room. Like all the rest af the house, it was in a state of perfect order now to welcome ving guest. K came by the 7 o'clock train, nd Will went in the flivver to meet er while Marjory fussed over the wiss steak which was to be the “big special” for her dinner, It was rain. ing a <oft Spring way and the cro- cuses had blossomed forth in a great flock of gold and white and lavender. There was a low glass dishful of them on the dining room table, which Lelia noticed almost as soon as she was in the house. She looked handsome and distinguished in her dark tailleur, but some way worn, and the excellent little dinner did not seem to revive her much. Marjory said tenderly. But in the morning Lelia looked as it she had not slept wi She came down in a charming neglige and cap, breathing forth a faint, exotic perfume which Marjory at once mentally Ia beled Parisian. She herself was wea ing a pink percale bungalow dress that had been washed many times and her hair smelt of coffee. But Will kissed her good-by without a glance at Lelia as he went away. Before the morning was over Mar- jory realized, unhappily, that either she or Lelia had strayed from the old common ground where they had used to meet. Marjory tried everything— books, plays, fashions — she thought she kept up on these things, but al- ways Lelia came back at her with some shattering remark: “Oh, yes, I saw that at the Premier,” or “I glanced at that,” or “That's going out in the city.” accompanied with a disparaging shrug. “What can T tune in on?” Marjory thought desperately. And she was glad when she had to go into the kitchen to prepare lunch. The afternoon was worse. That eve- ning Will took them to the movies and Lelia lokoed so bored that Mar- jory was ashamed of her own enjoy ment. They were proud of their little Bright Spot movie theater. The third day Marjory felt as if she must jump out of her skin. Lelia was getting on her nerves. It rained very hard all that afternoon and Marjory got out her new set of mah jong given to her by her parents. But Lelia was not interested. Presently she said she she believed she would go to hey room and take a nap. An hour later Marjory ran upstairs for something and neard a sound of crying coming from her spare bed- room. Lelia was crying! Without hesitation Marjory walked boldly in and sat down on the bed. “What's the matter? Won't you tell me?” she pleaded and she bent over and kissed Lelia's hot, salty- stained cheek. Lelia_hid her face in the pillow. however, were under the immediate direction of subchairmen, including: Costume parade, Mrs. Martha Dun- ham Gordon, Mrs. Annie Robey and Mrs. Bertha M. Coeyman; childre contests, Mrs, Gordo Charles H. Jenkins, pr Southeast Business Me: vaudeville, Mrs. Zeller; refreshments, Mrs. Howard Wilson: grab bags, Mrs. E. Bull, and lighting and decol tion, Harold Snyder. The reception committee was composed of members of the Southeast Citizens' Association and the Lincoln Park Citizens’ Asso- ciation, and the treasurers of the carnival were Capt. Willilam Luckett of the Southeast Citizens’ Association; Mr. Babp of the Lincoln Park Associa tion and James B. Flynn of the South- east Business Men’s Association. | sweet face of her friend. bl b “You need a good night's sleep,” “It isn’'t anything,” she <aid with a b. “I couldn’t tell you anyway, You wouldn’ returned, stroking Lelia's free hand, the one that not eneaged with the handkerchief. “If love makes nding T ought to be ablé to nd pretty well, Lelia.” looked up at the troubled, ealous and envious. You're so happy,” she said In a burst of con- I've been struggling with nce I came here. Oh, T made awful fool of my- f not to marry Chauncey Hall. I But 1 had that good from the city, and I'd never had Ul the money 1 wanted—I knew it wouldn't be any better when I got Chauncey and so T went.’ “You've made good,” Marjory said . ves, I've made good. I'm earn- $5,000 and in 10 years more I'll be = two or three times that. But in 10 years T'll he 40—Marjory! Don't you see? When I've heart bounded. Tn her ad envied Lelia, but perhaps all she had the hest of it. Money She was happier with the tails cut off Lelia was in her French tailleur. afraid of being at the top Lelia sobbed on. “T lose all ) when T think of it. What are a few clothes and the like of that to a home and love? I suppose Chauncey co himself now that he didn't get me, “T don’t know A said. “He are pretty good friends. Of course, I don't know, but I shouldn't wonder if he thought a lot of you yet. T saw him looking at your picture one nizht when he was here. * Chauncey is doing pretty well and he's hound to get married Cunning was given to Marjory “He's been paving quite a little atten- tion to Julia Burns—wait! there's the telephone!™ She flew downstairs. When she came back a few minutes later she was smiling. “It was Will. He wanted to know if he could bring Chauncey home to dinner. Now look here, Lelia, if you really mean what you said get up and help with this meal.” Lelia got up off the bed. “I'll help you, Marj.” she said, “but don’t dare give me away. I may de- cide after all that I'm better off at the She was ashamed of her out- jory smiled to herself. She had discovery that overjoyed her. she had had a sneaking regret t she had not gone to the city with Lelia instead of marrying Will Bryant Now she knew that she had chosen wisely. As for Lelia—wait until she saw Chauncey! THE END. (Copyright. 1927.) STATE FACES FLOOD. Washington Rivers Overflow Into Streets of Towns. SEATTLE, Wash.,, November 26 (#).—Rivers in many parts of the State of Washington were at flood age last night, and water filled the streets of several towns. Local rains in both eastern and westerh Washington for the next two s were predicted by the Weather Bureau. Ten blocks in North Kelso, in southwestern Washington, were in- undated when a_creek overflowed. 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