Evening Star Newspaper, January 6, 1929, Page 11

NERCAN MYTHS OF 1A EXPLODED Woman Chieftain Hopes to Educate U. S. About Her Nation. One of the most outstanding figures | in India, Madam Sarojini Naidu, “poet | by destiny and politician by necessity,” visited Washington yesterday for a brief rest before starting on a lecture tour | which, she hopes, will educate Ameri- | cans beyond the stage of regarding her | native lanl as a haven for “swamis, | snake charmers and dancing girls.” Madam Naidu, who succebded in 1925 | to the highest public office open to a | native Indian, the presidency of the| Indian Nafional Congress, will be at the Mayflower Hotel until tomorrow | morning, when she leaves for the Pacific Coast to begin her lecture tour. She plans to return to Washington to speak in February. Madam Naidu, in discussing India, speaks lightly of the “popular miscon- ception” of India and Indian ideals, but one gains the impression that she resents unintelligent foreign criticism and that she is imbued with an intense love of her 350,000,000 fellow country- men. Amused by Attention. Her Indian features and native cos- tume have attracted attention during the two months she has been in this country, which Madam Naidu finds | “most amusing.” i ‘In the minds of most Americans.” said Madam Naidu, “India is a romantic | myth—a land where mystics rule and | women go barefoot and eat with their fingers. Of the real India, they are | ignorant. “It 15 true that our women go with- | out shoes and eat with their fingers, but does this mean they are less cul- tured, less intelligent or less civilized than their foreign sisters? Indian women are on the threshold of a new and more advanced era than even your women know. Our women are begin- ning to lead the men in public lite, Child Marriages Disappearing. “The evils of child marriage are fast disappearing. That which was bad in the caste system has gone, although the system itself never will disappear. It is invaluable in India, filling a real need in our social organization. “The teachings of Gandhi, who in- troduced ‘Satyagraha,’ as passive re- sistance, have shown us there is something bigger in life than personal achievement. The people of India strive for this bigger thing; they seek 1o cleanse themselves of that which is bad by doing that which is good. Your own prominent business men who sud- denly surrender their careers for social work also have realized-that ultimate happiness does not lie in personal gein,” Madam Naidu believes the Kellogg peace pact is a “noble gesture in the right direction.” She warns, however, that it carries many economic implica- tons of which few people are aware, Thinks England Unstable. She feels that the whole world is changing economically and that politi- cal realignments will follow the eco- nomic shifts. She believes that Eng- Jand is in an unstable position. India, she says, is dissatisfied with her position in the empire, but is pin- ning great hopes on parliamentary ap- proval of the new constitution, which embodies all of the freedom enjoyed in Canada and the Irish Free State. Although for two years she was gen- erally recognized as Gandhi's successor when the latter's health gave way, Madam Naidu's heart is with ; The latest collection of her verse, “The Sceptered Flute,” has just been pub- lished. Madam Naidu was educated in India and at King's College and Cambridge. After her lectuge tour, she plans to re- turn to India. SALVATION ARMY: HEADS CLEAR PATH ‘Way Paved by Council for Quick{ Action in Disposing of Booth Questign: By the Associated Preps. . : LONDON, Januagy 5.—An ‘informal meeting of members of the high council of the Salvation Army, who are here to decide at a session beginning Tues- day whether Gen. Bramwell Booth is to continue as o) ander-in-chief, was held today-afd-cleared: the way Tor quick action at the ofleial assembly. A high official told ~Associated-Press tonight that the issues 16w, were clearly defined. “ No member of the Booth family at- tended the preliminary gathéring. Catherine Booth was understood to be with her mother in the cottage at gou(hvmid. where the general lies ill. vangeline Booth, commander of the| army in the United States and its pos- sessions, remained at her hotel inter- viewing officials. This is a task to which Comdr. Evangelme has been giving an average of 14 hours daily. Her appearance in the council at Sunbury-on-Thames is ‘being awaited with much curiosity. There was speculation in both camps foday concerning the rumored deter- mination of Gen. Booth to appear at Sunbury, Everything hinges upon the decislon as to Gen. Booth's physical fitness. If the council votes in his favor, it auto- matically will be disbanded. TROPHY IS RETURNED. Father of Boy Flyer Urges Per- - manent Award. NEW YORK, January 5 () —The #1000 prize won by Richard E. James, 17-year-old Flushing schoolboy, for his flight across the continent, has been returned by his father, Forrest E. James, to the American Soclety for the Pro- motion of Aviation, donor of the prize, it was announced tonight. ‘The elder James, backer of his son's flight, expressed a wish that the money be used to buy a permanent trophy, to be awarded each year to the boy or girl who does the most to advance American { aviation. 11th Cavalry Squad Composed of Four Sets of Brothers Wour sets of brothers are serv- ing in the 11th United States Cavalry at the Presidio of Mon- terey, Calif,, and are members of ihe same squad, a combination declared by veterans at the War Department to be without prece- dent in the United States Army. “These brothers in arms and blood are Leo and Aleide Carron of Cambridge, Mass., Reuben and Norman Drielach of Los Angeles, Calif., Robert and Stanley Sante of Hazleton, Pa., and William and THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C; TANUARY 6, I INDIAN POLITICAL LEADER HERE MME. SAROJINI NAIDU. —Star, Staff Photo, By order of .the War Department, military honors will attend funeral services for Miss Anna C. Maxwell, internationally known nurse, who will be buried tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock in the section of Arlington National Cemetery allotted to Spanish- American War nurses. Miss Maxwell, often referred to as the American Flor- ence Nightingale, died on New Year day at the Harkness Pavilion Medical Center, New York. The American Red Cross will be represented at the funeral by Miss Mabel T. Boardman, secretary, end 1ls® Clara D. Noyes, director of its Nursing Service, together with a group of uniformed Red Cross nurses. Miss Maxwell was a member of the national committee on Red Cross Nursing Service and for many years interested herself in the organization. During the Spanish-American War she was associated with the Red Cross, and helped the Army with its nursing work at Sternberg Hospital, Camp Thomas and Chickamauga Park. She was an active supporter of the measure to pro- vide an Army Nurse Corps of graduate woman nurges, which ultimately re- suited in the present corps. Miss Maxwell was a delegate to the ninth International Red Cross Con- ference in Washington in 1912. She also rendered conspicuous service prior to the entrance of the United States in the World War by making a trip to au‘;ope, studying systems of nursing, a which later proved of great value to_the Army Nurse Corps. For 30 {leln Miss Maxwell was head of the School of Nursing at the Pres- byterian Hospital in New York, and was acknowledged one of the first Ameri- can women to take up the profession of nursing. She also was connected with the development of nursing in q Flovd Cruzan of Ellsworth, Kans, All are serving their first enlist- ment. War Depai‘tment Orders Military Honors At Anna Maxwell Funeral Tomorrow varjous hospitals in Boston, St. Louis and New York and is given credit for radical improvements in that profes- sion, She was 71 years of age. MONARCH RESTLESS, | BUT HOLDS HIS OWN Bulletin Indicates King George | Has Entered Another Stationary Period in His Illness, By the Associated Press. LONDON, January 5.—King George It was said this latter condition was to be expected at the present stage of his slow recovery from weeks of illness. The evening bulletin, signed for the secand consequtive evening by only Sir Stanley Hewett and Lord Dawson of Penn, said: “In spite of a restless day, the King's condition remains unchanged. No bul- letin will be issued until tomorrow eve- ning.” ‘The ultra violet light treatment again was administered to his majesty tonight, It was felt at Buckingham Palace that tonight’s bulletin indicated the King had entered another stationary period, but that this was not an oc~ casion for any undue concern. .. Gets Reserve Commission. Ernest R. Redmond, 1629 Columbia road, this city, has been commissioned by the War Department as a colonel and specialist in the Reserve Corps of the Army. held his own today despite restlessness. | 300 AUTO MODELS AT GOTHAM SHOW Range From Tiny Creations to Huge, Luxurious Limousines. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, January 5-—Motor | cars excelling in comfort and splendor the royal vehicles of kings and emperors today attracted the attention of thou- | sands who milled through Grand Cen- tral Palace for the twenty-ninth Na- | tional Automobile Show. | Three hundred models, the product of | the Nation's greatest engineering talent, | | brought to the millionaire and the fac- | tory hand an automobile for 1929 which few kings could afford to produce fof | g, | their personal use. | _From the tiny creations of a British manufacturer, aranteed to run 50 miles on a gallon of gasoline, to the huge, Iluxurious limousines, the 1929 show" provides a range of cars to meet the individualistic whims of each motorist, Have New Refinements. ‘The products of more than 30 years of automotive engineering evolution, the 1920 models have new refinements and innovations which force the excel- lent cars of 1928 into obsolesence, The man who goes to the show convinced that last vear's model is running fine and is good enough for another sea- son, cannot help but feel that his fine car of yesterday is numbreed among the “has-beens” of today. It is the great American game of changing the pub- lie's mind just when it is well made up that the automobile manufacturers have succeeded in playing successfully. The 1929 show emphasizes greater } beauty of lines, more perfect and pleas- mg_ color schemes, and greater comfort. he old standard color combinations of black, blue and green have gone by the board and the 1929 automobile i rivals the rainbow in its array of | shades. Even the more conservative | manufacturers who held to the darker colors for 1928 have brought lines in new color schemes to the present show. Mass Output Fears Allayed, The man who feared that mass pro- duction would result in all of his neigh- bors having the same kind, color and style of automobile will have his fears allayed when he learns that the 1929 the benefits of a custom-built car for g\e price associated with mass produc- on., Standardization and consistent im- provement of mechanical details on all cars, regardless of their manufacturer, have made it necessary for the pro- spective buyer to bring a staff of engi- neers and artists with him to the show if he insists upon getting the best car for hjs money. ven then the dif- ference between them would be so lit- tle that the experts might stir up a battle among themselves. BLAST KIL'LS THREE. Explosion of Boiler at 0il Well Is Unsolved. OWENSBORO, Ky, January 5 (). — Three men were instantly killed late today when a boiler at the Mary Cundiff Ofl Well, operated by James D, Ellis, in Ohio County, exploded. The dead are James Alexander, 34, superintendent; Delmar Alexander, 27, pumper, and Arnold Newsom, 27, as- sistant superintendent. Each_of the three men leaves a widow and three children. ‘The cause of the explosion had not been ascertained tonight. It was under- stood the three men were adjusting the boiler when it exploded. Ordered to Bolling Field. Capt, Ermnest Clark, Army Air CQPFI, has been relieved from duty at u&. edy Field, Va., and ordered to Bolling Field, Anacostia, D, C., for duty effective ! March 18. - 6. WASHINGTON’'S FINEST MEN’S WEAR STORE The Best Men’s Shoe Value in Washington - “Raleigh SHOES Q45 Overweight Oak Soles Martin’s Imported Scotch Grain Oxfords — black or tan; leather lined; plain-toe style or smart straight tip. Wing-tip Brogues of Nor- wegian grain in black or tan—the newest leathers in real oxfords for men—leather lined. Raleigh Haberdash | Christmas gift of cigars and to learn LUCEY, “SHOEMAKER SAGE,” LEAVES TODAY TO VISIT COOLIDGE (Continued From First Page.) elected Vice President, wrote a letter to the shoemaker, in which he said that much of his success in life was due to his having followed Lucey’s advice when the President was a young lawyer in this city, He invited Lucey to visit him, but Lucey preferred to wait. “Not now,” he replied, “I guess I'll wait until you get on that upper perch.” The then Vice President finally achieved the "up‘per perch,” but still the shoemaker del I{Ed his Washington visit. “I guess I'll wait,” he replied to questioners, “I don't want people to think that I'm one of those office seekers.” Now, however, with the President ap- proaching his retirement, Lucey feels that he may make his long anticipated ‘Washington visit without embarrass- ment. “I guess you can't accuse me of doing things in a hurry,” he sald to- ay. He said that he would visit Washing- ton primarily to enjoy a visit with hi old friend, to thank him for sending a his future plans, particularly whether the retiring President will return to Northampton to live. He said he would be met on his arrival at the Capital by his son, James Lucey, jr., employed in the office of the United States Shipping Board. The correspondence between the President and the shoemaker after the former's election to the Nation's highest office attracted country-wide interest. “If it were mot for you, I should not be here. Do not work too much and try and enjoy yourself in your well earned lelsure of age,” the President said in one letter. “Do not work too hard. Heed what came to others in your place and save your health,” Lucey replied. 1929—PART 1. SHOEMAKER FRIEND TO ViSIT PRESIDENT JAMES LUCEY, Seventy-three, whose advice Calvin Coolidge followed as a young lawyer, shown in his workshop. 11 AIRGES TREATY BAN ONPOISON GAS Ut Czech Speaker Asks Pact as Supplement to League and Kellogg Provisions. By Radio to The Star. FRANKFURT ON MAIN, Germany, January 5.—Conclusion of a treaty out- lawing the use of poison gas in war- | fare, as a supplement to the conventions | of the League of Nations and the Kel- logg pact for the renunciation of war, | was suggested today by Dr. Alois Sasek of Prague, Czechoslovakia, in dis- cussing “gas war and international law” at the Congress of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. Reviewing the present legal provisions | against gas warfare, Dr. Sasek said that there was no recognizable inter- national law to prohibit the use of deadly fumes. He said that although the Washing- ton convention of 1922 attemoted to make valid international restrictions on the production, importation and em- ployment of gases in warfare, as im- osed on Germany by the Versailles aty, France never ratified the draft and England omitted from her executive article five of the Washington conven- tion, forbidding gas warfare. Dr. Steck, chief of the Swiss organi- zation for protection against gases, and Dr. W. Nestler, German delegate, dwelt with means of protecting the clvilian population against chemical warfare, (Copyright, 1929.) EE====IEMERCHANDISE ADVERTISED HERE ON SALE MONDAY AND TUESDAYIE=—==10 Rayon Kimonos $1.98 red. green; orange and mmed tri asting ar Charge Kautman's gecond Hloor iHARRY 1316 to 1326 Seventh Street N.W. Accounts Solicited “The Store for Thrifty People” K Half a Block Below O AUFMAN: Rayon Bloomers 69c Nile, orchid, peach and flesh; elastic waist and knee, double croteh. 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