Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1928, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR., WASHINGTON. e TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1928, BOYS ARE OPPOSED AS TRAFFIC POLICE . 'Northeast Citizens’ Associa- tion Asks Board of Educa- tion to Halt Practice. Opposition to the participation of boys in the direction of traffic was voiced in action taken by the North- east Citizens’ ciation at a meeting in the Ludlow School, #treets, last night A resolution, recommended by the executive committee and adopted unan- imously, objected to the system of schoolboy patrols as now in effect in a number of the District schools and re- | quests the Board of Education not to consider it for application to schools | in the Northeast. It was argued that the boys are not fitted for the task and are disregarded because of their | age by motorists, and that one of the boys had been killed. Refuse Removal Bill Backed. A bill pending in Congress providing for the removal of refuse reduction and disposal plants on Benning road and | also on Montello avenue and the erec- tion in the Southeast and Georgetown of modern incincrators was indorsed. It also was voted to favor the Gibson bill | providing a five-year program of build- ing and extension of the library sv: tem in the District. The association has long sought establishment of a branch of the Public Library in North- east Washington and gratification w: expressed over the placing of this se tion first on the list of 13 proposals in ! Tthe bill for library branches. On motion of Bruce L. Casteel it was voted to approve the Zihlman bill for revision of corporation laws in the District. compulsory automobile insurance reg- tions to be administered by the Dis- ict Government. Jand law providing for assessment of prop;r!y owners for street paving was New members elected were William C. Herbert, S. Webster Farrar, E. S. Fakes, L. Bethea, Felix Roilgen, Al- bert Repetti, Frank J. Coleman, Joseph P. McGrath, Mrs. L. Crute, Albert B. Venakle, J. W. Powell, Daniel Drury, Charles Morland, Charles L. Glaze, Carl Weber and Joseph Notes. Committees Are Named. President Evan H. Tucker announced the following committee assignments: Executive” committee—Mr. Tucker, chairman: Roscoe Jenkirs, Mr. Casteel, Edward N. N, Patker, E. C. Worden, O. T. Humphries, John F. Jamieson, D. W. Stancliff, Harry Gerber, M. F. Painter and John F. Callan. Legislation—Mr. Tucker, chaifman; Percival Hall,' Mr. Casteel, Dr. J. K. Duncan, Hugh Reid, Mr. Jenkins and Mr. Parker. Publicity and . mail Parker, chairman;, A. A. Bell, Scope, W. T. Buxton, Elizabeth J. Carter and Robert S. Peterson. Streets, avenues and alleys—Mr. ‘Worden, chairman; W. N. Deal, Williara Loefler, William E. Muffley, Louis Amorosi, Curtis E. MeCalip and J. S. Allison. ‘Water, lights and sewers—Mr. Hum- phries, chairman; Samuel Thomas, Peter Peterson, Charles D. Holden, Gus gr:tl;br Thomas F. Foley and John C. Assessments—Mr. Jamieson, chair- man; J. M. Annadale, William J. Koerth, John Casey and R. Campbell Hess. Parks lnd spaces—Mr. StancliiT. service—Mr. F. | years old, . Georg | E. Dr. Robert McCullough and Dr. Henry | Pnbllc utilities—Mr. Jenkins, chair- man; Henry Zuschnitt, Elmer Zirkie, ::)flm A. Kapp, William H. McConnell A. Carpenter. Police and fire protection—Mr. Paint- er, chairman; Timothy Hanlon, Samuel Thomas, ‘E. L. Weber, Hugh A. Kane . Stange. ‘Membership—Mr. Callan, chairmar; Samuel Barnard, Albert Collins, Frank J. Coleman, Cyrus Cook, William H. Giddings, W. Hurly, P. H. Judy, T. A. McClintic'and John J. MgCasthoy. U AT G S ARMY ALTITUDE FLIGHT PUT OF FINDEFINITELY Btreett and Stevens Are Delayed | by Unsatisfactory Weather Conditions. By the Associated Press. DAYTON, Ohio, December 11.—Un- satisfactory weather conditions caused indefinite postponement today of the Proj altitude flight of Capts. St. Streett and Albert W. 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Sixth and G | Mr. Casieel also appealed for | Repeal of the Bor- | 0. A | as_result_of a_stroke AMUSEMENTS ). P. DALY ACQUITTED ‘ OF TAX CONSPIRACY | ! NATIONAL THEATER—“Jim the [ Penman.” In an arbitrary allotment of the fields theatrical eminence Belasco 2nd zmgmd have been mentioned as su-| mrrmc leaders in respective lines of en- | deavor. The love of the traditional deramsllr literature found too little re- gard in the classification. | | The name of George Tyler calls for | an_obscquious bow Since early years Tyler has devoted ‘hnn:elr to the ideal of glorifying the Amcrican_actor. | "As recollection trickles from the past when Erminie was singing “When Love Was Young and All the World Secmed Gay, Tra-la-la,” there always sounds a counter theme of the simple drama that depends on clever thought and | specch apropos, apart from musical emotion. For many vears “Jim the Penman"” | held only a humble position. It dis- played good actors at their best. But it studied the underworld with a de- gree of sympathy that could not be con- | doned on ordinary terms of social | econnmy. “Jim the Penman" actors at their best, even while assert- ing a defient reversal of the process which makes a ecrime play a guessing | contest in the minds of auditors as to { who “did the deed | |~ The playwright, Sir Charles Young, | takes his public frankly into his mn-, still disn'ays good | | fidence from the outset. Nobody seri- | ously doubts that the polished Faver- sham represents the forger. advanced | to a social and political position worthy of the charm of Cecilia Loftus in the {role of wife and hostess. There is no auestion of Charles Richman’s position | in the plot as the sincere lover, cheated {bv clever imitations of handwriting. The Baron, plaved by Ben-Ami as th> compelling influence that holds Jim in bondage to an unscrupulous, though rather aristocratic underworld, is a revelation of the “crook” in super-re- finement. Reginald Mason's portrayal of the seemingly somnolent detective. brings forward a method of character treatment long disregarded—so old, in fact, that it becomes astonishly new. It is a play of the '80's, when a play | was judged by the opportunities it af- | forded for artistic playing and the abil- ity to takeé advantage of them. An example of this is given at the close of the third act when the wife's discovery that her husband is the forger, wrecking lives as well as fortunes, brings { down the curtain without a word to define the agony of mind so clearly delineated on the mobile countenance | of Cecilia Loftus. Her playing is, at | vlhl': juncture, a triumph of silence, an {irristible temptation to revive the trib: i ute to an emotional actress which calls for a tear-moistened kerchief—and at the same time for an opera glass that | may reveal excuse for still more tears. Players upon whom the theater-going public has learned to rely are cast for | parts unassertive, yet conspicuous be- cause of names memorable in theatric | | annals. Fuller Mellish, now a deferen- | | tial political adviser, was never known to do anything badly. And Lawrence D'Orsay as a governmental personage with not much function, retains the exaggerated enunciation which has so often proved delicious to th~ ear. | A!tcr the lapse of time “Jim the Pen- man” comes before the public not only | as a vital drama but as a costume play. There is enough silk in the flounces and enough feathers in the headwear, co- | quettishly poised above luxuriant ring- lets, to provide raiment for a chorus quaint, and all very handsome. Many wno had known Penman” in its early history waited until last night to realize the play’s gen- uine excellence. | PHILANDER JOHNSON. Woman Sllccumbl at 101, Special Dispatch to The Star. “DANVILLE, Va., December 11.—Fu- | | meral services were held here Sunday| for Mrs, Sarah Jane Carpenter, 101 | She had an inmate of | the city home for 14 years. She died | f_paralysis. __ | “A Useful Gift” “General Electric” VACUUM CLEANER Junior Apartment Size 1345 Attachments $6.50 Extra Regular Size 354 Attachments $10 Extra mente 2 Time Payments 1f D ¢ MUDDIMAN 709 13th St. N.W. Main 140-6436 HRISTMAS GREETING CARDS expressed with the artistry oy e and distine ion af DBrewood engraving have an added warmth and ron/fafi'//. See our Mk/z/a] now. BrewaD graners and fRationers en-12th St.N.w. Ritz? Accurate tailoring of the foot. scene in a musical show. It is all very | rics sets off the slender gracefulness Soles of light and long- FIRESTONE FOOTWEAR COMPANY' Former Federal Auditor Freel in Florida in Income Levy Case. Joseph P. 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Ganna Walska is a name that in it- self is sufficient to make the public, and | especially society, literally “sit up andi take notice.” Quite a distniguished | | representative audience of the National | | Capital at the height of the season as- | sembled in Poli's Theater vesterday aft- | ernoon to hear Mme. Walska's local debut as a concert artist. Eurovean critics have spent many words and much space in discussion of the pros and cons of Ganna Walska as an opera star. She won sincere plau- dits for her efforts in organizing a com- | pany to bring the Mozart operas once | more to the stages of Paris. Later she tried totally different talents in organ- | izing a beauty salon in Paris. Yester there was a most dramatic | moment_when she first apeared on the | stage. She wore a marvelous Parisian | ‘creation” of period lines, skillfully mod- ernized and with gorgeous silver em- broidery. 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She was admirably accompanied at the piano by Walter Golde, one of the best accompanists on the concert stage. so accompanied Giovann Miartino. , who presented the air “II | from Verdi's “Simon | and a group of short numbers in a very pleasing mannex. Walska also gave a group of | German lieder and another group "?igroup of Lieder which followsd won who presen‘ed an ar- | little encore, recital at the Mayflower Hotel yester- day afternoon, came not unheralded to | Washington. 'She has appeared here previously, although not very recently, and has many warm friends and ad- {mirers in the Natlonal Capital. Her | audience, which practically filled the | Chinese "room yesterday, showed the warmest enthusiasm and appreciation. This American singer, hailing from Kentucky, has a voice of considerable volume. It is called a contralto, but it is not of the Schumann-Heink variety |of contralto, being rather mezzo-con- [tralto. 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