Evening Star Newspaper, January 9, 1929, Page 5

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. 1. €., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1929. o5 e . DEMONET TO HEAD NEW CHEST GROUP Accepts Chairmanship of Cor- poration Unit for Commu- nity Charities Campaign. Maj. Charles Demonet, president of Demonet’s, Inc., has accepted the chair- manship of the national corporation unit of the Community Chest campaign, John Poole, campaign chairman, an- nounced today. Maj. Demonet has called a luncheon meeting of representatives of out-of-| town torporations doing business in Washington for next Tuesday, and at | that time will draw up preliminary plans for soliciting funds from the 230 corporations of this nature. Maj. Demonet's Statement. “I am glad to do all T can for Wash- ington.’ 'sald Maj. Demonet today. “The man who lives in a place and gets his living from it has a responsibility to render service in such a movement as the Community Chest. I am sure it must appeal to all citizens, regardless of rate or creed, because of the all-in- clusive service of its member organiza- tions. “I am quite sure that the national corporations will rally enthusiastically to the support of the Community Chest and will be glad to do their utmost to help in the adequate financing of soctal work in the Nation's Capital for which it seems to me that they have a peculiar responsibility.” Poole Commends Choice. “Maj. Demonet’s acceptance of the fmportant chairmanship of the nation- 8l corporations unit is a most happy one and indicates well the caliber of the men who are rallying to the support of the Community Chest,” said Campaign Chairman John Poole. “The city's business leaders in unprecedented num- bers and with unprecedented enthusiasm are cheerfully rendering every service esked of them. “T am sure that Maj. Demonet will make a great success of the national corporation unit, and with the active co-operation of representatives of these corporations will set new standards of giving by national corporations, giving us a record in Washington which will surpass the experience of Community Chests in any other city.” Frank R. Jelleff, chairman of the group solicitation unit, gave out the names of four additional divisional chairmen who had accepted service in this work of soliciting establishments having 25 or more workers. They are as follows: Percy Thompson of W. A. Prince Co., for the Rhode Island and North Capi- 1ol divisions; Charles H. Frane of the American Railway Express Co., for the central division; William E. Russell of the Capital Awning Co., for the Iowa Circle division, and Sidney W. Strauss of the R. Harris Co., for the Mid-City division. Large Firms Co-operating. Mr. Jelleft further announced the names of several more large establish- ‘ments which had offered to co-operate with the unit by naming key men in thelr employ to aid in organizing the solicitation of their fellow employes. These concerns and their key men are: American Railway Express Co., C. H. Frane; American Security & Trust Co., Charles J. Bell; American Dairy Supply Co., E. J. Grayson; N. Auth Provision Co., Nicholas H. and Lawrence J. Auth; Acacia Mutual Life Co., Willlam Mont- gomery; Federal-American National Bank, Henry H. Shackleford; Frank R. Jelleff, Inc., W. E. Ingalls; King's Pal- ace, Sylvan King; Lansburgh & Bro, | “Dixie” and “The Star Spangled Ban- | | MUSIC I THE PRAGUE TEACHERS' CHORUS.| All the Bohemians in Washington | and a generous representation from the’ diplomatic and resident social circles| assembled in the chamber music hall of the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Founda- | tion, at the Library Congress, to hear | the debut in the National Capital of the | famous Prague Teachers’' Chorus, from the capital of Czechoslovakia, Metod Dolezil, conductor. It was gala occasion, | with a huge wreath sent from the lega- | tion and, as a finale, a group of thre American numbers—"Suwanee River, ner"—to mark it as an event of inter- national significance. Appreciative ap- | plause, well deserved, was the rule of | the evening. The Prague Teachers’ Chorus has ex- isted 20 years, having been founded in 1908, and it is unique among choral groups, in that the members all are pro- fessional teachers in the elementary, secondary and technical schools of Prague and surrounding districts. New members submit to voice tests befare the conductor and the elected members of the artistic committee. Each season every member is given a new voice test and rating. Even when vocally indisposed, they are requested to attend regular rehcarsals as “dumb listeners.” All works are memorized by the members privately or in small groups. The artistic motto of the group is: “Absolute perfection of performance. to attain the highest level in the repro- duction of charal works from the point of view of technique; next to this, the maxim that there are no difficulties in- surmountable.” Moreover, this chorus lives up to the minutest degree to both the letter and the spirit of this motto. There are about 50 men in the touring organiza- tion. Their control of graduate tone color and of phrasing in some ex- tremely difficult contrapuntal numbers such as “Hymnus,” by Foerester, a liv- ing Czech composer, and “70,000,” by Janacek, who died last year, both double choruses, are truly remarkable. The volces, as individual voices, are not un- usual, but the choral ensemble is amaz- academic background, these singers have retained a buoyant spontaneity in the lighter mooded folk songs, such as Dvorak's “Sparrow's Party,” Jindrich’s “I Have No Joy” and Palla’s “Tit for Tat” Also the sweeping allurement of the dance rhythm in “Cardas” was as completely presented as the crooning beauty of the Novak “Christmas Cradle Song.” The enunciation was obviously fine. Those who did not understand the Czechoslovak tongue had full op- Charles A. Goldsmith; Metropolitan Life lisurance Co., John Dolph; W. B. Mosés & Sons, R. A. Freeman; National Lumber Manufacturers’ Association, Theodore M. Knappen: National Radio Institute, G. Birrell; National Savings & Trust Co. Audley Savage; Palals Royal, Robert E. Buckley and A. C. Case; Riggs National Bank, George O. Vass: Union Trust Co., Irving Zirpel. W. W. Spaid, chairman of the metro- politan unit of the chest campaign, added another recruit to his force of division chairmen in the person of C. W. Shoemaker, cashier of the Potomac Savings Bank, for the northwestern division. Mr. Spaid also gave notice of the next meeting of his unit, called for tomorrow evening at 6 o'clock, in the ew Willard. NChMrmnn Robert Fleming of the special gifts unit has called a special * meeting of his vice chairmen for this afternoon, at 4 o'clock, in the Riggs Bank. BURLEITH CITIZENS INDORSE CHEST FUND J. S. Gorrell, President of Asso- ciation, Appointed Captain of Team. The Community Chest was indorsed unanimously last night by the Burleith Citizens' Association, meeting in West- ern High School. J. S. Gorrell, presi- dent of the association, has been ap- pointed captain of & chest team from the Burlelth section. It was announced that a drive for membership in the association will be conducted later this month under di- rection of Col. L. C. Lucas, chairman of the membership committee. Mr. Gorrell is making plans to ob- tain for future meetings of the organi- zation a series of speakers on civic questions. THREE COUNTIES MAY UNITE ALMSHOUSES Prince Georges Commissioners In- vite St. Marys and Charles Boards to Confer on Proposition. Bpeciz] Dispatch to The S UPPER MARLBORO, Md.. January | 9 —Prince Georges County Commission- ers at their meeting here yesterday decided to ask the County Commission- ers of St. Mary's and Charles Counties | 10 attend a conference with them, with | a view to the consolidation of the alms- | funas of the threc counties and | the erection of a modern almshouse and | hospital* which will serve the three | counties, Establishment of such a tri-county institution would mean that the three fes would have an emergency hospital care for their ill and in-|{ jured citizens, and that modern hospital facilities would be at hand for the treatment of the aged inmates of the | institution. It is believed by the com- | missioners that the needs of the three counties can better be served through | the proposed institution than through individual efforts of the counties at this time The Prince Georges commissioners are seeking to have the conference as socn as possible, in order that proposed Jegislation can be presented to the Leg- islature now in session. Lady Bailey Delays Flight. | LE BOURGET. France, January 9 ().—Lady Mary Bailey, ‘Who has been at'Le Bourget several days, held up by fog, again postponed a hop to Croydon, England, today because of poor visibil- ity. She is completing a round-trip filzkt betwreen Frgland and Cane Town, portunity to judge of the chorus’ diction in the excellent presentation of the Stephen Foster song, in English. The chorus is being much feted while in Washington and will go on an extended tour of the country before returning to Prague. Under its skillful conductor’s restrained gestures, the slightest of which is instantly obeyed, the Prague Teachers’ Chorus is an organization not to be missed by those who have highest musical achievement at interest. H. F. MR. MENGELBERG CONDUCTS. A packed house, headed by Mrs Cool- idge and Mrs. Hoover, greeted the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orches- tra in its initial appearance of the season at the National Theater yester- day afternoon. Willem Mengelberg, the masterly conductor, who hails from the Netherlands, was given a personal ova- tion and a huge wreath just prior to the intermission. This orchestra is of such general ex- cellence in personnel and training that it has a perfection which threatens at times to become almost machine-like. This was particularly noticeable in the precision of effect in the fortissimo pas- sages of the first movement of the Beethoven “Seventh Symphony” and again in the militaristic interpretation that was given the final movement. Mr. Mengelberg certainly is_individual in the reading of this symphony. His interpretation is engrossingly interest- ing and won outbursts of applause from his enthusiastic audience. The second movement, with its more solemn mood and the poetry of the pizzicato passages, was especially lovely. It is small won- der that the great composers and critics of several schools of music have held warm discussion over Beethoven's pro- gram (if he had any at all, which is to be doubted) in writing this work. The novelty to a local audience of the Johann Christian Bach “Sinfonia in B Flat Major,” which opened the program, won special notice. are traces in it of the influence of the parental Johann Sebastian, but his sternness is replaced by that “Milan- cse” warmth and color for which the works of the eleventh son of Johann Sebastion Bach have become noted. It seemed, on first hearing, to be a grace- ful and welcome piece for the concert hall. Mozart’s “Symphony in E Flat” (Koechel 543) was beautifully played, emphasizing all the exquisite charm that is innate in the works of this composer. H.F Clinical Surgeon's Home Bombed. CHICAGO, January 9 (#)—A bomb | amount to be allowed,” was brought | the Board of Education. ing. In spite of thorough drilling and I ‘There |~ CITIZENS INDORSE - PENDING PAY BILLS | Association Urges Measures: Proposed to Increase Fed- eral Employes’ Salaries. Resolutions urging the passage of the | Brookhart and Sirovich Government | | pay bills during this sesslon of Con- § | grcss were adopted by the Columbia | Heights Citizens’ Association at a meet- | ing in the Columbia Heights Christian | Church last night. Resolutions regarding both bills were introduced at the mecting by Mrs. Mar- garet Hopkins Worrell, president of the League of American Civil Service, who explained their provisions. Heated Debate Over Dry Law. A lengthy discussion was precipitated by a resolution introduced by C. T. Clayton, proposing that the dry law be so changed as to permit the issuance | of search warrants permitting prohibi- | tion agents to enter private dwellings “beiieved to be used for manufacture of intoxicating liquors.” It also provides that all District police officers be des- ignated as prohibition agents and that the so-called “flying squads” be quad- rupled. Jesse C. Duke, lawyer and member of the association, declared that | such changes as proposed would be un- constitutional and gained enough sup- port to have the motion tabled. More heated debate arose when the proposal of the Board of Education that the school estimates be submitted | to the Bureau of the Budget with'® recommendations from the District Commissioners only as to “the maximum before the association. _The motion was tabled after H. L. Bushong had characterized the proposition as a dis- pute_between the Commissioners and Approves School Building Ttem. ‘The association adopted, however, the recommendation by the Board of Education that the sum of $3,000,000 for school buildings and grounds be appropriated in 1931 in addition to cur- rent expenses for that year, provided that the total is not in excess of one- third of the total revenues of the Dis- trict. Another resolution was adopted re- questing that the pay for privates in the District Fire Department be in- creased from $2,100 to $2,500 a year. This motion was adopted after the as- sociation was addressed on the matter by Capt. Harmon A. Chapman of No. 18 Engine Company, president of the City Fire Fighters' Association. The so-called five-year program for the extension of the public library sys- tem in the District was approved in the form of a resolution following an ad- dress on the subject by Dr. George F. Bowerman, public librarian. was given the efforts of the Community Bible Readers’ League to obtain per- mission for the distribution of the Book of Proverbs in the public schools, as outlined by Mrs. Frances Howlett- Wright. Other Subjects Considered. Other resolutions adopted were as fol- ows: A resolution requestiing that the license fees for the conduct of business establishments be done away with, a resolution requesting adequate lighting facilities for Eleventh street and a reso- lution thanking the Commissioners and Maj. Hesse for establishing a rescue unit in No. 10 precinct area. The association voted to present Lewis D. Peppler, chairman of the membership committee, with some spe- cial token of appreciation for the many new members he has brought in. Out of 86 new members enrolled last night Mr. Peppler personally brought in 81. Announcement was made that the as- soclation will hold a celebration in the Arcadia the second Tuesday in Febru- ary in commemoration of the thirty- fifth anniversary of its founding. J. Clinton Hiatt, president of the associa- tion, presided. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Kismet Council will meet, 8 o'clock, at 935 Grant place. Speaker, I. S. Childs. The Sodality of Holy Name Church will give a card party, 8:30 o'clock, at Holy Name Hall, 916 Eleventh street northeast. American University Citizens' Asso- ciation will meet, 8 o'clock, at Rust Hall, in grounds of university. Parkview Citizens' Association will xsnefit.la gclock. Ein Parkview Platoon chool. eorge E. Keneipp will speak of “Schoolboy Patrols.” Ly o K. of C. educational committee will give a dinner, 6 o'clock, at the May- flower Hotel. The Geological Society of Washing- ton will meet, 8 o'clock, in assembly hall of the Cosmos Club. Speakers: W. H. Bradley, Anna I. Jonas and H. S. Washington. All interested invited. An illustrated lecture on “Canada, from the Atlantic to the Pacific” will be presented at a meeting of the Canadian Club, 8 o’clock, in the May- flower Hotel. FUTURE. * The Biological Society of Washington will meet Saturday, 8 p. in Sore Throat ;i o D an ge"s difficulty in swal- lowing wam you of sore throat,take Tonsiline rightoff. It usually brings speedy reliel. At [’ druggists, 35¢,60c. Hospital size $1.00. |y, TONSILINE 5. 752252, i Can Not Embarrass was exploded yestcrcay at the home of Dr. Charles E. Humiston, professor of Illinois. 1c1inica| surgery at the University of | | The professor, his wife and | daughter were awakened by the blast | but no one was injured. | | Just sprinkle a little Fasteeth on your plates. Makes false teeth stay in place and feel comfortable. Sweetens breaih. Get Fasteeth at Peo- ples Drug Stores.—Advertisement. Japan Green Tea Perfectly blended and packed— with a delicious flavor. Ask for SALADA Japan Tea "SALADA" TEA The indorsement of the association | 3 Official Dies DR. W. H. DAVIS. bly hall of the Cosmos Club. Speakers: Dr. P. S. Galtsoff, H. F. Prytherch and all of the United States Elmer Higgin: isheries. Visitors welcome. Bureau of Temple-Noyes Lodge will meet tomor- row, 7:30 p. American Association of Engineers, Washington Chapter, will meet tomor- row, 8 pm. at the Playhouse, 1814 N street. Buffet luncheon will be served. Th fcal Society of Washington et Tisly | American Child Health Association, the will meet, Friday, 8 p.m., in assembl hall of the Cosmos Club. Speakers: H. H. McKinney, M. B. McKay and George H. Godfrey. James E. Walker Post, No. 26, Ameri- can Legion, will meet January 24 in- stead of tomorrow, as scheduled. Capitol Council, Royal Arcanum, will meet tomorrow, 8 pm., at Pythian ‘Temple. The Sojourners’ Club will give a ban- quet at the Mayflower Hotel Friday, 7 pm. . BULOW ASKS LEGISLATORS TO SEE SPEECH IN PAPERS South Dakotan, Facing Republican Body, Tells Where Message Can Be Found. By the Associated Press. PIERRE, S. Dak., January 9.—Some- thing novel in the way of delivering an opening message to a hostile Legis- lature was resorted to here yesterday y Gov. W. J. Bulow, who suggested that the Republican-dominated body ob- tain his recommendations from the newspaper accounts. When the Assembly convened, the governor read the first three paragraphs | _ of his message and then said: “It's going to take an hour and a half if I read this. I don't want to read it. You don't want to sit that long. The Associated Press boys will send it out. Printed coples have been furnished members of the Legislature and I want you to read it and abide by the recom- mendations.” Amid laughter and applause, Bulo™ For Troubles to Acid “nncesmion Many people, two hours after eating, suffer indigestion as they call it. It is usually excess acid. 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Death was attributed to a heart attack. He was 57 years old. { Dr. Davis was an internationally | known authority on vital statistics and had attended several international con- | ferences where important data on | causes of death were compiled. . In 1920 he was vice chairman of the International Conference for the Re- | vision of Statistics on the Causes of Death, held in Paris, and in 1925 made an_extensive tour of European coun- tries with a group of physicians travel- ing under the auspices of the health section of the League of Nations to make a study of the causes of death. Attends Parley in 1927. Again in 1927 he was delegate to the | International Statistical Institute at Geneva and London which did impor- tant work in collecting and compiling data on the percentage of death rates and causes of deaths. Dr. Davis was a member of the Amer- ican Public Health Association, the American Statistical Association, the New England Historical Society. and the Genealogical Soclety. He con- tributed many important articles to | | various health bulletins and medical | journals. Graduate of Harvard. Dr. Davis attended Amherst in 1889 and 1890 and three years later was graduated with an A. B. degree from Subsequently in 1897 he was graduated in medicine from Harvard and then studled extensively | | In_Vienna, Austria. | He is survived by his widow; by two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Davis John- ston, residing near Pittsburgh, and Miss Barbara Davis of this city, and four | sons, Crown H., George W., Kenneth | and Gordon Davis, all of this city. He also leaves a stepmother, Dr. Ella M. Davis of Holyoke, Mass. | Funeral arrangements are to be an- nounced later. Bandits Get $10,000 Pay Roll. | NANKING, China, January 9 (@).— | Thirty bandits took a $10,000 pay roll | when they held up the Shanghai-Nan- king train just outside Nanking yester- | day. 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Turrentine, Mrs. Charles B. Crawford. Mrs. Franklin Ellis, Mrs. R. M. Kauffmann, Joshua Evans, jr., Miss Pearl A. Griffith, or- thopedic supervisor, and Miss Gertrude H. Bowling, director. iy MRS. CROSS AGAIN HEADS NURSE BODY | Board of Managers Names Officers for Society at Meeting. Re-Elected Tokio, Japan, is planning a down- stairs “skyscraper” 80 stories deep. this building will be built down into the earth 1,100 feet and is designed in deflance of earthquakes. Mrs. Whitman Cross was @e-elected president of the Instructive Visiting Nurse Soclety at the meeting of the board of managers, held in the Evening Star Building yesterday. Mrs. John W. Davidge was chosen first vice president, Mrs. Mandeville Carlisle second vice president, Miss Mary Hale, secretary, Joshua Evans, jr., treasurer and Mrs. | Frank E. Weeden assistant treasurer. Miss Pearl A. Griffith, orthopedic supervisor, reported her experiences while studying in Boston last Summer on a scholarship offered by the soclety | for special training in orthopedic work. | The course was given under the Har- | vard Infantile Commission. In 1928 the society made an average | of 200 monthly visits to orthopedic pa- tients in Washington. This work is car- ried on in co-operation with the Ki- wanis Club, which pays the salary of one nurse and last year presented an automobile to the organization to be used in this connection. The report of the director showed a Make an Extra Room Out of Your Back Porch We have eversthing necessars| for the job. We can save youlf money. Window Frames Windows—Hardware Paint and Sheetrock Small orders given careful attention ry Charl Kelly, Inc. ain H: Building Supplies North 1343 MRS. SCHOOL BALCONY FALLS; MANY HURT Spectators at Basket Ball Game Plunge Onto Heads of Others in Gym. WHITMAN CROSS. du Coal 2101 Ga. Ave. By the Associated Press. 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