Evening Star Newspaper, January 17, 1928, Page 20

HOOVER TOADDRESS INDUSTRIAL GROUP Cleaners and Dyers in Con- vention to Hear Secretary This Afternoon. ‘The problems of reclaiming solvents used in the cleaning business were di: cussed today by prominent chemist and cleanng authorities at the twent. first annual convention of the National Association of Dyers and Cleaners of the United States and Canada at the ngton Auditorium. Sales and s of the cleaning and dyeing busi- re also discussed by speakers. Secretary of Commerce Hoover was scheduled to speak this afternoon on | the progress ot the indusiry. Katherine | A. Fisher. director of Good Housekeep- ing Institute: M. F. Hollister, vice presi- dent of the Hollister-Milne & Co.. busi- | ness engineers of Seattle and Chica and W. G. Conover, president of the | Laundryowners National ~Association, 0 on the program sident Conover t; that the committee appointed fo in wvestigate the advisibility of moving tt national headquarters here, where would be near the inst e at Sil Spring, had reported that such & move would not be satisfactory at this time and heacdgquarters will remain at La Salle, 11l for the pri W.J. Sto dent of th y announced | Asks Non-Sectarian Chapel on Grounds Of Reed Hospital Erection on the Walter Reed Hos- pital grounds of a non-sectarian chapel, somewhat similar to the one on the Soldiers’ Home grounds, which is used by all denominations, is provided for in a bill which passed the House yesterday, fathered by Representative James of Michigan. The funds for this chapel would be raised by the Gray Ladies of the Red Cross at Walter Reed. This re ion, with & popula- tion of 2,500 persons, is & town in itself, the report accompanying the James bill emphasizes. Although there now are schools, shops, a library, post ofice and bank on the T ation, it has no church or chapel. The site selected for the chapel is the tr overed knoll near the 4n- tersection of Alaska avenue and Dahlia street. It is proposed to ercet an “architec gem of stone” after the English type, with a seat- ing capacity of about 200. MRS. DONALD KING CLAIMED BY DEATH | Wife of Newspaper Man Who Fig- ures in Sinclair-Burns Procecd- ings Dies in Fargo. Donald King. wife of the Wash- aper man figuring in the ns contempt proces t her home in Fargo, cording to word received En route from China to join her hu nd, a reporter on the Herald, M g was stricken with pneumonia aboard ship. Upon reaching San Fran- CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. g | | society a: n Uses of tha Bow and by Paul E. Garber of the Smithsonian Institution. The depart: of religious educa- tion and the Woman's Auxiliary wil have a joint a: al missionary meet- ing in Epiph: Parish Hall, 8 o'clock. Rev. S. Harrington Littell. president of the council of advice of the missionary Hankow, will speak of The Business Women's Council will | meet in the Jecture room of the Church of the Covenant. Rev. Willam A.| Eisenberger will conduct the Bible class | from 6:45 to 7:15 o'clock, to be fol- | lowed by a recption to Miss Ethel | Bagley, in charge of the recreation committee. A joint meeting of the board of governors and officers of the Hutradena | Club will meet, 8 o'clock, at the resi-| dence of Frank Leo Gardner, 3318 Sherman avenue. | Lacies® Auxiliary to the Ancient Order | D of Hibernians, division No. 7, will have 8 card party, 8:15 o'clock, at Chestnut Farms auditorium, Twenty-sixth street and Penrsylvania avenue. Kalorama Citizens' Association will meet, 8 o'clock, in parish house of St. Margaret'’s Church. Albert L. Harris, municiple architect, will give an il- lustrated lecture descriptive of the pro- posed civic center. The Ternley-Janney Parent-Teacher Association will replace its morthly meeting Jor Japuary by 8 joint session with the Northwest Citizens’ Assocla- tion to be held, 8 o'clock, in the Jan- ney School. There will be a program and refreshments. Capt. Paul V. Collins of The Star will speak of “Good Citi- | zenship.” A comedy, “The Family Album,” will | geuimscnufi this evening in the parish | of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Anacostis, for the benefit of the Ladies’ Guild. FUTURE. | The Alumni Association of Kappa | Alpha Order will join with Alpha Nu Chapter at George Washington Uni- versity in the celebration of its annual banquet on the anniversity of Gen.| Lee's birtnday, January 19. - quet will be held at the Lee House at 7:30 pm. Bpeakers: Randolph Lee, na- tional director of the National Oratori- cal Contest, and Burton Smith. ‘The parishoners of St. Paul's Cathollc Church will give a card party January 31 for the benefit of the church. A committee of 100, made up of the allled gn.shlomeua. will be in charge. Rev. . J. Dacey, honorary chairman. Lincoln Post, G. A. R., will meet to- morrow, 2 pm, in Grand Army Hall A card party for the benefit of the rector's aid of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, will be given tomorrow. 2 p.m and &t & pm., at the Thomas Circie Clyb, 1226 Mascachusetts avenue. Chalre Eanford. ‘The Eta Beta Phi Club will be host at an informa) Gance Wwmorrow from 9 pm 8t Knights of Columbus Hall. The ar- Tany-ments commitee is headed by | e of her parent rgo. King left Washington last week when it became 1 that her condition was the Government in connection with the contempt proceedings here. but had to e city so hurriedly that his paper the district attorney of his departure. During the Teapot Dome trial, King . and J. Ray Al an informant, filed affidavits vernment setting forth that Juror Edward J. Kidwell, jr., had discussed the trial with them Horan's near-beer saloon. davits played an important part in the mistrial. It is expected King will return here immediately after his wife’s funeral. Before coming to Washington King and his wife had been living in China for several years, where he was engaged in newspaper work. Mrs. King was 25 years old. Simpson Will Is Filed. ‘Thomas Stelle, nephew of Fanny B. Simpson, is given $2,000 in the will of his aunt filed yesterday in Probate Court. The balance of the estate, osti- ated at about $4.000, is devised to the ister, Emily H. Ross: the nieces, Emily Ross, Adelaide Holmes and Beulah Knee, and the nephew, Edward Stelle, and the grandniece, Evelyn Stelle. The testatrix_died Jan 8. hall of the Cosmos Club. Dr. L. E Tuckerman, Bureau of Standards, will deliver an address on “Theoretical Principles Underlying Balloting,” and Y. George H. Hallett, ir, will speak An_Appraisal of Election Meth- ods.” Election procedure suitable for scientific socleties will be discussed. ‘The annual ball of the American Legion will take place, January 24, in both ballrooms of the Willard Hotel. Spalding Council, Knights of Colum- bus, will give & card party January 19, €:30 pm., at K. of C. Hall, for the bene- fit of the sick and relief fund. Dehigren Terrace Citizens' Assocla- tion will meet tomorrow, 8 p.m., at the Social Oyster #Club. Election of officers. ‘The Washington Soclety of En- gineers will meet tomorrow, 8:15 p.m. in assembly hall of the Cosmos Club. vising engineer of the Bureau of Valua- tion, Interstate Commerce Commission, will speak of “Railroad Valuation: Its Scope, Problems and Difficulties,” Buffet supper. ‘The Citizens' Association of Chevy Chase, D. C,. will hold its annual meet- ing tomorrow, 8 p.m., at the E. V. Brown Schgol. The Felloweraft Club of Federal Lodge will have a dance at Meridian Mansions, 2400 Sixteenth street, to- morrow, 9 p.m. A children's school luncheon will be given by the Park View Parent-Teach- z; Association, in the school, Thursday, at noon. Joppa Lodge Chapter, No. 27, 0.E. 8, will celebrate its seventh birthday an- niversary tomorrow at Joppa Temple, 4209 Ninth street. Fraternity invited. The auxiliary home board of Joppa Lndge Chapter, No. 27, O. E. 8, will give a card party for the benefit of the hospital fund January 21, 8 pam., at Joppa Hall, 4209 Ninth street. The Northeast Associated Charities Conference will meet at 816 I street northeast tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. 4S S0-inch Sunfast, 31.50 and Striped Taffeta, yd. Edyin Young, president, The Washington Academy of Bci- ences will d a joint meeting with cal Boclety of Washing- ton Thurséay, 8:15 pm., in assembly At Sloan’s Art Galleries 715 Thirteenth Street Valuzble Mahogany Furniture, in all the interest- Ty ing old styles, including Rugs, both large and sm many Antiques, Oriental all; Paintings and Water Colors, Chinese Works of Art, including Paintings, Screens, Tables, Tabourettes, Bronzes, etc., Dec- orative Mirrors, Sheffield Plate, Imported China, Bric-a-Brac, etc. AT PUBLIC AUCTION (By Ca talogue) # WITHIN OUR GALLERIES i 715 1 3th St. Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday, January 17th, 18 At2P.M From Estates, amilics and Other Sources. Application to th and 19th, 1928 . Each Day Storage Concerns, Prominent Loeal Catalogues on the Auctioneers, TERMS CASH. 0 very | o rious. He was under a subpoena by | CAT SHOW AWARDS ARE DUE TONIGHT Many Rare Species on Dis- play as L’Aiglon Exhibit Prepares to Close. With more than 200 proud inhabi- tants of the fellne world recovering from a night of severe strain on their nerves, shattered by constant parading before judges, and from a day and a haif of incessant inspection by thou- sands of visitors, the two-day s the Washington Cat Club p of awards to be made tonight at the Club L'Aiglon The show boasts many cats of un- usual species, of which the most is one from the Isle i owned and shown by E. C. W: , and is the only one on X. L breed almost i known in this country. have attracted attention gold Wendell Revelation white male owned by Miss Payne and an enormous pounds; several royal Siamese cats, ac- counted as of holy gin_ in their native country, ‘being shown by Wiiliam Hard of Washington, who im- ported them from London, and Pansie, a magnificent “bob tail” of curious mixture of red, gold, and | white stripings, which was_imported by its master, Capt. Marin K. U. S. N, from Turkey, where it be- longed to the Sultan, There are 1 different classes in which the fe are being judged, £ varicties of prize made public th Winnin tom of 15 evening. exhibitors in the e announced today as follows Emma C. Payr irst; Mrs. F. E. Winkel, d: | Amelia M. Olmstead, third. Whil | George W. Dobbin, first; i 1 Dobbin, first: Mrs. Maud Farrar, sec- ond. White female, kitten—Mi: V. N. Y., first. White male, diss~ Champe Geraldine White female, vellow Ve S. V. Johnson, first; Miss Mary V. Goodwin. second. White male, ., novice—Mrs. John W. Tif- rles B. | White, second. eyes, novice, senfor—Miss CF aldine Farrar, first. White female, low eyes, kitten—Miss Mary V. Goodwin, | first. Black male. Mrs. W. Richison Scho- field, first; Mrs. 8. A. Dawson, second and third, Black male, novice, senior, Mrs. S. A. Dawson, first and_second. Black_male neuter, James J. Dawson, Maud Colomy, second. Black White mal Srst: black female, novice, senior, Mrs Elizabeth Shaw Read, second. Black female, neuter, Mrs. Frank Thompson, first. Blue male, Miss E. G. Hydon, first; Miss L. M. Goodwin, second; Mrs. George W. Dobbin, third. Blue male, novice, junior, Miss G. Hydon, first; Mrs. R. W. Grosset, second: 5 Theresa Byrne, third. Blue male, no ice, senfor, Mrs. H. Al Mrs. G. V. Johnson, second; M | King, third. Blue male kitten, Miss Hydon, first; Miss E. G. Hydon, secons Mrs. Anna V. Jennings male, neuter, Mrs, J. L. Garrett, first; Miss Carroll Soule, second; Lieut. Col. L. S. Morey, third. Blue male, open, imp., Miss E. G. Hydon, first and sec- {ond; Mrs. George W. Dobbin, third. | Blue female novice, junfor — Mrs. Paul L. Bonner, first rs. R. W. Gros- set, second and third. Blue female ten, senior—Miss E. G. Hydon, first; Mrs. W. Richison Schofield, 3d, second. Blue female kitten, junior—Miss E. G. Hydon, first. Silver male—Miss L. M. Goodwin conclude with the final announcement | > | dertake to decide how All awards will be T " | form sc AMUSEMENT NATIONAL—"Six Feet Under.' After & period of waiting, which may extend almost to the middie of the play, it begins to dawn upon the auditor, who has been disappointed in his ex- ctation of volleys of ll’\‘lsl‘pomlbln rl’:‘llflhbel'. that “Six Feet Under” is not altogether a farce. The title “Stx Feet Under” 18 not ca- ried on by the story to its logical con- cluston of “more work for the under- taker. Harry Delf, who wrote this play, is the author of the unmistakably comic comedy, “The Family Upstalr: In the present endeavor he merges his comedy almost completely into pathos s he depiets a family situation which | yrecalls Artemus Ward's patriotic an- | nouncement_that in case of war he would be willing to sacrifice all his re- lations. The figure in the list of characters on which interest is centered Is played by Mr. Delf, the author. It s a humble {enough model from which to paint a [ hero. Yet a hero he becomes, this pa- | tient, loving, toiling and contriving El mer Nebbelpredder, who, even at birth, encountered hard luck with a name which must bring him into doubt and delay as the operator tried to find out ho is talking. Job himself w ree- more aflicted than this Elmer. Job could not surp: him in forbearance, rthetic auditor might wish tor-dramatist had been will- | ing 10 e it a little more clear that | his rally on a sick bed in order to at- tend to his store duties indles a se- cure convalescence and not a symptom {of further nervous breakdown. T ming from the pomp and pageant- | ry of rank and yet halting far from the | abject life of mendicancy, Mr. Delf as- s ind ‘os he pr i short and stmple 2 ] | arge a number of persons can subsist on the earnings {of one are vitalized in the character of Elmer, r . whose un- |co and disappointment, » chances of work and The main duties of most of the suj ast are to dis- | willing W orge Marion has his chance to be irascible and self-import- ant; amusingly so, aithough his public kes him better in a role of ncater dig- nity. Jesse Crommettte, as the mother, is querously dependent. And so om, :en down to the small boy. played by Tom Brown, who does his full share in turning what should be a happy home into a pandemonium, as his delinquen- cles in study call for threat of the re- ool by a truant officer. With all this handicap, Eimer proves himself a good, game sport and faces cal collapse rather than weaker a type of play which succeeds | emphatically or snuffs out quick There should eastly be a public for “Six | Feet Under,” if it can be reached with a convineing exploitation of the ma- terial offered. Whether it endures or not, those who see it this week will feel a little better and withal a little more sympathetic toward the struggler for this passing acquaintance with Elmer. PHILANDER JOHNSON. SHUBERT-BEL! i Gesture.” The white race has no mongpoly upon love, hate, vengeance and repent- Shanghai Gesture” at the Shubert Belasco Theater this week is to be be: lieved. In fact the picturesque mongolian of song and story is influenced by the same motives and actuated by the ne fmpulses as his white brother, al- might be the last person to realize such i a thing. Few Britishers, perhaps, have had the | first: Miss Emma C. Payne, second. Sil- ver male kitten—Mrs. R. W. Grosset, er male neuter—Miss L. M. Goodwin, first. Silver female—Miss L. I, George Durity, novice, junior— M. Goodwin, first; Miss Emma ne, second. Silver female kitten R. E. Greene, first CO—"The Shanghai | { ance if the lesson contained in “The | | though the latter in some instances| but the frightful results of Sir acquaintance with Pink to raise the serious whether such dalliance is really excus- able. Especially is this so, when one reflects that Kipling was undoubtedly right when he made the remark that all women are sistors under the skin. ‘Therefore “The SBhanghal Gesture” is likely to serve a8 a warning to those white men who go to China. But, again, it may not achleve thas purpose, temptation to sow wild oats in fgn land is fostered by the t that nothing will ever come of it. ‘To use the vernacular, in which “The S8hanghal Gestui abounds, they all look good when' they're far away. But that is certainly no excuse for tak- reting the plot of this bizarre nce Reed and her company d a reallstic impr@sion of the Orfent and its ways. Miss Reed, dominating the play, cre- ates a profound wonder at the plquant humor, sly repartee and crushing ven- geance bound up in the character of Pink, the Chinese plaything of Sir Guy, who pays her “debt” to the Eng- lishman, only to find that she too has been marked by the gods for retribu- tlon. The fact that she can be chastened by grief to the point of forgiveness and that she can allow Sir Guy to go hi way with the white daughter, who has barely escaped slavery, 15 indeed an dic: n that Orlentals are subject to impulses very similar to those which in- fluence their white friends. Miss Reed's performance and make- up were extremely convincing. She was ably assisted by cy Waram as_Sir Guy, Langdon Bruce as Koo Lot Foo, C. Henry Gordon in the role of the Prince Ashima, and Mary Fowler as Poppy. Miss Fowler rose to the de- mands of her part, doing very fine act- ing in tense situations. Others in the cast worthy of mention were C. Haviland Chappell as Caesar Hawkins, Conrad Cantzen as Lin Chi and Louie Emery as Ching Chang Mary. ‘The scencry and costumes were very effective. MRS. MARY W. FRAZER IS DEAD IN NASHVILLE Mrs. Mary Washington Frazer, a kinswoman of George Washington and mother of Capt. George Frazer, U.S.R., of the judge advocate general's office, died late last night in Nashville, Tex Mrs. Frazer spent the last two Wi ters at the home of Capt. Frazer, 5312 Thirty-Eighth street, Chevy Chase, and is well known in Washington. Her brother, the late Joseph E. Washing- ton, was for 17 years a representative from Tennessce, Mrs. Frazer, who was 71 years old, was born and reared on the famous Wessyngton estate of her father, one of the show places of Tennessee. The estate preserves the original spelling of the Washington name. Other relatives of Mrs. Frazer in Washington are Mrs. Joseph E. Wash- ington, her sister-in-law, and Mrs. Randolph Leigh, her niece. POLKINHORN FUNERAL. Last Aites Held Today for District Native. Funeral services for Henry Birth Polkinhorn, who died at his residence, 1533 P street, Saturday, were conducted at his home this afternoon, with Rev. Charles A. Stakely, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Montgomery. Ala., officiating. Interment was in Oak Hill Cemetery. ‘The pallbearers included Jacob Schar!?, Percy S. Foster, Representative Woodrum of Virginia, Judge Isaac R. Hitt, Charles V. Imlay, Howell Young, Edward B. Bagby and William A. Day. ton. Mr. Polkinhorn, who was in his sev- enty-sixth year, was a lifelong resident of the District of Columbia and a lineal descendant of Capt. James Askie, who served in the Revolutionary War. Mr. Polkinhorn is survived by a sis- ter, Miss Catherine E. Polkinson; two nephews, Dr. Henry A. 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