Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1928, Page 27

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O. FRIDAY. DECEMBER -~ T 1928 |and they may also be secured at 1300 |G street. | Beta Alpha Chapter and the Wash- | ington Alumnae Association of Phi Mu | Fraternity entertained in honor of the _ | pledges at a_dance last evening in the { Willard Hotel. tatlon of those in charge to make the SOCIETY ucd from Nineteenth Page.) affair more enjoyable than cver. ‘ Club will resume | this evening at 7 yhouse Inn, at 1814 | pLpTON HOLME! when Mrs. Gideon | of Chang. of honar and | Burton Hoimes presented “Siam, the d table ¢ and of Chang,” at the National Theater i ay afternoon. ) 5 : This remote and unsmiling people— dio adjoining, | not counting types selected for camera speakers. No cards | posing ely satisfied with their . and with their habi- ny of which were built on above damp, or water-covered | ground—a _condition _so prolific of mosauitoes that when the lecturer dined ; the open with H. R. H. Prince Pura- Edith | chatra, he said, hosts and guests were a | obliged to case their legs in huge bags before they could eat in comfort. In tural, or small-town Siam, the Iy irrepressible _tourist path is so | unbeaten that Mr. Holmes secmed the only white man on the scene. Even in Fok, with its “astounding skyline of pagodas and palaces,” its hotels and bungalows: automobiles, along _with jinvikashas, and with officlal milita uniforms making highlights on street where native panungs prevail, the atmo- sphere is strictly that of Eastern Asia, for {he modern_contrast pro- and European lega The Art moter: m, the Land northwe be the gue r at the r alism - shor heen issued it 1 event or the early r | pole place n's under tt s Matt r wide son. celeb ap- greatly s on the : t in recital form from ishand “original Siamese twins” were ed: the youngsters anemic and parents sad. For feminine fashions, t home in Siamese society” gave wotion_view of the betal nut habit and of “how a lady changes her pa- nung. This article represents three vards of cloth a yard wide, which is round the waist, with both e d together in a long point dr between the legs to form a knicke efiect picturesque garment | needs no dressmaker nor any tal- ent for design. In viewing the wonders of Wat Chang, | the lecturer described this Temple of | the Elephants as a glorification of crashed crockery. Many wats, repre- wting the splendors of Siamese archi- cture, were shown, and a visit was *| made to “the monks and worshippers | in various Siamese sanctuaries, where giants and guardian angels, and hosts of Buddhas testified to the religion of a_people, Mongolian and pure Siamese, who dwell without the prejudicial piety that sometimes prevails in more modern lands. The | tastic aver Fox, ts for nts a eenth a Mount Pleasant Edward Clarke, tickets e _exchange is already is very great. erformance will b 8:15 i “wandering through the fan- fairyland of the Royal Wat” made bz Lo ey | & Wonderland of colo In angkok | owa Society will hold its first| {ere are military drills; a royal ballet of the season Thursday at|gances the sacred and historic deeds of o'clock, in the Willard Hotel. ' .| {he past, and cruising along the Broad- Gov. Gen. Horace M. Towner of Porto |, yay of a Siamese Venice, were humorous 1 be the guest of honor. An|gyiiches of the “climbing” fish, with a 13 musical program has been | yeq) " deadly combat between fighting . at the conclusion of which | 58 it G Y (i tragic end—in a tan eption will be held for the goVernor | 4long the Menam River with its “floa the congressional ¢ tion. Danc- | iy yopulation” were given glimpses of until mid- | ipe herdsmen and farm folk of rural Hull 5 | jam, also the home life and industries fiss M.| of the jungle. In the real life of Chang “the do- mesticated elephants—meaning changs | —are shown hauling and piling teak in the forests of Northern Siam.- where the romance of travel still endures. Next week Mr. Holmes will devote to “The Irish Free State, Happy Days in the Erin of Today.” Marriage Licenses. 9 o Representative Harry E. dent of the society and M the Roo 1d has charge of gus Miss Margaret West heads the com- ttee of ushers foi the benefit per- of Cornelia Otis Skinner, who present a program of her original character sketches in Memorifl Con- tinental Hall, Saturday, December 15, | under the auspices of the Smith College Club of Washington. Among the mem- | | ht _|of the morning was the playing of Mrs. [ Beach’s “Suite for Two Planos,” found- | quality is so nearly perfect that therc ! ! 1USIC ] MRS. BEACH'S PROGRAM. | The mi | two distinguished musicians native to | Baltimore, but returning after a nu ber of years spent abroad o make the home in the National Capital, made an of morning musical program | yesterday when they presented Mrs. H H. A. Beach, American_composer, and | assisting artists, in the first of a series of three morning events at the Wash- | ington Club. An audience of social and | musical _ prominence, including Mrs. Frank B. Kellogg and Lady Isabella | new movement and ~nthusiasm in the | current program. 1 The M Sutro are featuring | these three events Ame American artists given in the charming | informal setting suggested by the Eu- ropean salons. The comfortable chairs were grouped so that friends might find moments for chatting before the pr gram. Palms surrounded the two pianos, and debutantes assisted giving out the programs. The whole idea scem- | ed most happy, assuming as it did the | aspects of music in the drawing room of a spacious home. | It was entirely fitting that this initial and even guest artist for Few men comp wonien composer of a “one-man program.’ Mrs. Beach }can. She has written lovely songs, but | even lovelier and more significant music | 1HI the bigger forms, even to symphon proportions. Her opening number yve a Fantasia Fugata” is a mo; remarkable work with a fascinating fugue theme logically developed. works still in manuscript, also played as piano solos by the composer—-Out of | the Depths’ and “A Humming Bird"— | showed nicety of combination of pro- | srammatic ideas and thorough musician- ship. They both_absorbingly teresting and to listen to oc- | turne” gave good contrast to this group. A composition “hot from the pub- lishers,” literally, was “Rendezvous,” a | song, capably sung by the Washington ! soprano, Helen Howison, with violin | obbligato by Henri Sokolov, first violin | of the National String Quartet. The | climax of this song is of operatic aria | proportions and it is a brilliant concert | number. In the group of three s | Miss Howison seemed to infuse lent blend of musical inter with the poetry of the song in It might interest Washingtonians to | know that a former Washington woman ! —Lenora_von- Stoesch, who became a | leading talented violinist under the guidance of Josef Kaspar of this city— wrote the poems that inspired two of | Mis. Beach’s songs on yesterday's pro- | gram. The poet is now Mrs. Speyer and one_of her loveliest lyrics is embodied in | “Mine Be the Lips.” Mr. Sokolov w playing of Mr: mance, for Violin, progran few very satisfactory in ach’s mellow “Ro- The grand finale :d upon old Irish melodies by the Mi Sutro, to whom the suite Was origin ers remal interpre- ensemble | con- | tonal | tation and technique. playing has all the trolled and the balance of their arc many moments when it is almost impossible to distinguish which of the two is playing a chance solo phrase. | This suite with is rich contrasts in col- | oring of the different themes, has been | heard in Washington before, but never | to better advantage. These sisters are a CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. The National Geographic Society will meet this evening in the Washington Auditorium Reptile life of Honduras will be the subject of an address by s Rose and Ottilie Sutro,|Dr. Raymond Lee Ditmars, curator of the Department of Mammals and Rep- tiles of the New York Zoological Park. Tlustrated. | | — A concert for the Business Women's | auspicious debut as joint hostesses at & ' council by the Chaminade Glee Club | vill be given, 8:30 o'clock, in the ball- room of the Raleigh Hotel. The club will be assisted by Evelyn Scott, vio- lllnls(. and J. E. S. Kinsella, bass. The: annual bazaar of All Souls’ Uni- torian Church I be held all day un- L: | til 10 p.m., at Pierce Hall, Fifteenth and Howard, showed keen interest in this: Harvard streets. The Writers' League of Washington an music by | School. in!will meet this evening at ‘~homson Visitors welcome, The St. Peter's Players will have a ance at the Colonial Hotel tonight in- stead of at Grace Dodge Garden House, as previously announced. The Masonic Glee Club of Washing- | ton, directed bv Chas. R. Bartlett, will | sing, 8 o'clock. at Temple Baptist Church, Tenth and N streets, The executive committee of the D. Mrs. | ¢, Daughter: Beach should be chosen as the eminent | ¢ion ~ will mest of the American Revolu- this evening at the Ciamber of Commerce, 1615 H street, Two | | on call of the State regent, Mrs. David an stand the strain | D, Caldwell, [ Women’s Union Suits Band-top, with knee length. sizes, Sie, Suits, 55¢ and 59¢ rayon-striped Union w neck. sleeveless and Size! to 41. Regular and extra sizes, bie. Children’s Union Suits, 79¢ Forest Mills Fleeced, Waist-attach- ment Suits, with slecves and knee length. 10 years, Dutch neck, elbow Sizes, 3 to Street Floor Church will continue its Christmas ba- zaar throughout the afternoon until 10 o'clock tonight. The Ladies’ Aid Society of Congress Street M. P. Church will have its an- | nual supper from 5 to 8 n'clock in the lecture room of the church, The Christmas bazaar at Christ Lu- theran Church, New Jersey avenue and M street, will closz with a supper from 5 to 8 o'clock. An art exhibit by the Palestinian ar. tist, Saul Raskin, will open at the Je: ish Center and continue for 10 days. Mr. Raskin will give talks on his pa ings from time to ti Public invitad. | The annual bazaar of the Fifteenth | Street Presbyterian Church will be con- | tinued today and eveaing. The Chillum Heights Citizens' Asso- | ciation will meet, 8 o'clock, in the Jo- seph R. Keene School, Concord avenue and Rock Creek Church road. | | The Semper-Fidelis Club of Kenmore | | Council, No. 23, D. of A.. announces | the postponement of its card party for | this evening at 808 I street. FUTURE. Vincent B. Costello Post, No. 15, American Legion, will celebrate its ninth anniversary with a banquet t | morrow, 8 pm. at the Racquet Clu, 1135 Sixteenth street. Informal. En- tertainment program. Mrs, Ellis Logan, chairman of the { Departm ‘Women' | pices of meeting at the Mount Pleasant Public Library tomorrcw, 2 p.m. Chris‘mas program of story, music and poetry. The Ladies’ Auxiliary to the Gavel Club will have a five hundred card party tomorrow, 8 p.m. at the resi- dence of Mrs. Alice Heimer, 1222 E street southeast. A lecture on “Christian Science: The Culmination of the Teaching of the Bible,” will be delivered in the Wash- ington Auditorium, Sunday, 3:30 p.m., by Gavin W. Allan. C S. B., of Toronto. Cana The. lecture is under the aus- the four Christian Science churches of this city. Public invited. A 500 card party for the benefit of Urell Auxiliary to United States Span- | ish War Veterans. will be held tomor- row, 8 pm. at the residence of Mrs. Emma Tull, 424 First street southeast. National Press Club Post, No. 20. American Legion, will hold its annust election December 11. at 6:30 p.m., in | the post rooms of the National Press Club. The Cardinal Gibbons Institute Glee Club will give a recital Sunday at St. Augustine’s Church hall. Public invited. The Pioneer Women of Palestine will give a benefit concert December 11 at. the Jewish Community Center, Six- teenth and Q streets. Stanton Park Citizens' Association will meet Monday, 8 pm. Address by Dr. George Havenner, president of the Federation of Citizens’ Associations. Mr. Harris, District municipal archites 27 will show lantern slide views of pro- | posed new District Building and there will be a play by children—"“Traffic.” Music. Refreshments. | FELLOW WORKERS GIVE BOY’S RESCUER MEDAL Raymond Olive of Gas Light Com- | pany Saved Colored Youth From Drowning November 19. | Raymond Olive, who .rescued James | iH'"Od' colored, from the Chesapeake | & Ohio Canal November 19, yesterday | was presented with a medal in behalf | [of fellow mploves of the Washington | Gas Light Co. by George M. Whitwell, | secretary. | _Olive. from the third floor of the | shop building. saw the boy struggling in | the water. When he reached the scene | young Harrod had sunk beneath the | surface. Olive dived and fished the boy out and he was later resusciated. ‘The medal was purchased by con- tributions of employes in the meter shop, where Olive works. GETS ELECTORAL DATA. Presidential electoral records of the States of Delaware and Arkansas have just been received at the State Depart- ment, and copies will be sent to Con- gress for consideration by the electoral colleg ACCUSED OF SHOPLIFTING, WOMAN ASKS JURY TRIAC Pleads Not Guilty—Trio Wai’ Hearing on Grand Larceny /) Charge. g Accused of taking nine lamp_shades from a local department store Novem- ber 28, Miss Madeline Briges of the 3000 block of Otis street northeast toda pleaded not guilty and demanded & fry trial when arraigned before _Judge Ralph Given in Police Court. She is at liberty under $100 collaterial. Nicholas Humphrey, Samuel Brown and Ruby Hill, all colored, waived their preliminary hearing on a grand layesny charge following theft of i~ | quantity of merchandise from another ‘depnrrmont store. Mrs. Cecelia A. Clarke of the Women's Bureau. who assisted in arresting the | trio, told Judge Given they were wanted for ' shoplifting in Baltimore. Under these circumstances the court fixed | their bond at $2,000 each. Demand Foot Ball Coach's Scalp. | ALLENTOWN, Pa. December . | P).—The student council of Muhlen- | berg College yesterday drew up a pe- tition to be presented to 'tw athletic council asking that Harry A. “Haps!" Benfer, head foot ball coach. be re- | quested to resign. Muhlenberg won | only one of nine foot ball games played thi s NGSP. eThhe Chf‘ stmasmf‘;oumuys{obe 5 $1.75 and $2 Pointed Heel Full Fashioned Silk Hosiery | | i | | | Stunning New Hosiery 3 prs. for $4.25 Slightly irregular. Sheer chif- fon in all-silk quality with chic pointed heel, also smart service chiffons with square heels. Striking new shades for street and evening use. 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