Evening Star Newspaper, April 21, 1929, Page 15

MRS WILBURHEADS SCOUT GEST LST Girls Will Entertain at Little , Economics; Miss Christine Hel House During Better Homes Week. Mrs. Ray Lyman Wilbur heads the st of distinguished women who will be guests of the Girl Scouts at their Little House at Eighteenth street and New York avenue this week when programs will ‘be held in observance of Better Homes week. Other guests will include Mrs. Proctor L. Dougherty, Mrs. Sidney F. Taliaferro, Mrs, Harry S. New, Mrs. Joseph H. Bradley, Girl Scout commis- sioner; Mrs. B. F. Cheatham, deputy commissioner, and Mrs. Frederick Brooke, regional chairman of the Girl Scouts. Mrs. Stanley Collamore Sears, chair- man of the Girl Scout Little House committee in charge of the programs, will be assisted by Mrs. George F. Ak- erson, wife of the Secretary to Mr. Hoover. Nursery Room Is Featured. An interesting feature of the house will be the exhibit and demonstration ; of the nursery and also a room equip- ped for “the toddler.” Dr. Lois Meek, educational secretary, American Asso- ciation of University Women, is chair- man of the committee preparing this exhibit. Rowena Schmidt Carpenter, assistant chief of the Bureau 7:1 Home ig, di- rector of the Nursery School of the Washington Child Research Center, and Mrs. Amy Jane Englund, in charge of the homemaking program of ‘the Na- : tional Girl Scouts, Inc., are engaged in ) ‘preparing this exhibit. | t In equipping and furnishing the room for the toddler, self-help ap- paratus and equipment will be kept in mind and furnishings and equip- ment will be so arranged that the child may carry on his activities with- out difficulty. Mrs. Gans Is Supervisor. Demonstration in hostess work, cook- Ing, nursing, table-setting, bedmaking, will be supervised by Mrs. Isaac Gans, chairman of standards and awards of the Washington Girl Scout Council. Mrs. R. Bruce Horsfall, -president of the Girl Scout Leaders’ Association, will be in charge of an exhibit of rocks, minerals and woods. She will include many features, one of particular inter- est being an exhibit which she calls “The Birds’ Winter Food Basket.” * Other exhibits will include the home library and handicraft, the latter spon- sored by Miss Gertrude L. Carey, na- tional director of handicraft work, Girl Scouts, Inc. Last Chance to Buy These Fine Silks at This Price Silks in New Print or Approved Plain Colors Tomorrow is &our last opportunity to purchase the season’s newest and smartest silks at Spring Sales savings! Every yard of the unrivaled Lansburgh & Bro. high quality—with patterns- authentic in fashion—and colors intrinsic in beauty. Silks that will. meet. the needs of smart women looking for something definitely different and sufficiently distinctive for Summer. 40-In. ‘Heav‘y Washable Flat Crepe--Special A smooth, lustrous quality flat crepe that simply radiates its smartness and authenticity! Now the choice for evening, as well as daytime and sports wear—because of its soft undulating draping qualities—and its unmatched collection of exotic colors sponsored by Paris for Summer. 08 YARD 40-In. Printed Crepes and " Chiffons, $1.68 Floral and leaf designs brilliantly A Fitting Climax to the Spring Sales Another Lot Field-Grown and Bushes Shrubbery Monthly Blooming Roses 35¢, 3 for $1.00 Duchess of Richmond Wellington Crusader Columbia Mrs. Chas. Russell Gruss an Teplits Gemeral McArthur 2 Madame Butterfl Kaiserin Augusta Hoosier Beauty 3 Victoria My Maryland White Killarney e La France Radiance Etoile de France Red Radiance Ophelia Premier Sunburst J. L. Mock Francis Scott Key Climbing Roses 35c¢, 3 for $1 Flower of Fair- Climbing Ameri- field can Beauty Dorothy Perkins Dr. Van Fleet Gardenia Tausendschoen A New Shipment 300 Aczaleas Hinodegiri $1.95 A Jow, bushy flowering shrub that wields a mass of C3% ® Hybrid Perpetual Roses 35c¢, 3 for $1 American Beaaty Paul Neyron Genesal Jack Soleil D’Or 3-Yr.-Old Fruit Trees, $1 Montmorency yslop Crabapple Transcendent Crabapple Elberta Peach Cherry Yellow Spanish Cherry Kiefer Pear LAND NEAR CAPITOL "Among The Fashion Right Colors $448’952 Too H'GH ‘White Pilot ln; Beige Maise Ivory Independence Evergreen Specials Norway Spruce, 12 Juniper Stricta, 9 to 18 inch, $1. to 12 inches, Norway Spruce, 18. $1.45. to 24 iach, $1.45. interpreted —and unusual geometric motifs spaced to show cool back- grounds that express the chic Summer * mode for evening and daytime. fiery red blooms. Roots well wrapped in earth an Paris Plague burlap. . Lucerne Cactus Rose Engadine Deal for Two Large Parcels Held Up Pending Efforts to Obtain Better Figure. ‘The House Office Building Commis- slon engaged in negotiating for the pur- chase of the two large parcels of land east and west of South Capitol street, between Delaware and New Jersey ave- nues, B and C streets, south of the Capitol grounds, have run into a snag. At a meeting of the commission to- day David Lynn, architect of the Capi- tol, announced that while the author- ization for acquisition of the privately owned land in these two squares is $900,000, the owners are asking the Government a total of $1,348,952, which is $448,952 in excess of the authorized appropriation. The compission instructed Mr. Lynn to carry his negotiations further in an effort to see if the owners can be in- duced to sell within the authorization. DINNER IS PLANNED.: Spanish-Amegican War Group to Hold Annual Event. ‘The annual dinner of the District of Colymbia Commandery of the Naval and Military Order of the Spanish- American War will be held tomorrow evening at 6:30 o'clock at the Army and Navy Club. Capt. Sam W. Smali, chaplain_of the local group and chap- Jain-in-chief of the national command- ery, is scheduled to present the local organization with a banner, emblazoned with the order’s insignia. Give That Gas just two minutes! How old is your stomach? Do grum- blings and rumblings and belches after hearty meals tell its age? End such dis- tress —every %‘mg of indigestion—in two minutes! Then give Stuart Tablets the famous Monday-to-Sunday test, for lasting benefits from this happy combi- nation of magnesia, calcium — 5 handy pocket vill be [FULL BOX FREE | w%wwh hm! T e Dent e |At All Drug Stores: 25¢ and 60c \The Quickest Relicf for Gastric Disorder « N Coral Orchid Navy Silverwing Jade Flesh Mother Goose Crane Nile Polar Blue Fallow Lide Sand Hirondelle Helvetia' Gobalin Monet Vanilla Bean Purple TEEEENA = R Pandora Byrd Blue String Coronade Black Blue de Lyen Pink . Goya Red Peach Cashew Nut Sitks—Third Floor : 2,450 Yards in This Sale of Printed Charméuse and Foulards Regularly w 59¢ Yard ° For the last day of the Spring Sales—beautiful dress prints of Gael charmeuse, with a sheen that glistens like silk, and lovely mercerized foulard prints —both in patterns that rival the loveliest silk patterns. White, tinted and dark grounds—with small, medium and large designs. Guaranteed wash- able; 36 inches wide. 89c Rayon and Cotton Chiffon Voile $1.25 Imported Linens—those pre- shrunk at the mill; white grounds printed in floral and modernistic de- signs that will be seen in the smartest Summer ensembles. 79c 36-in. wide. Yard Printed Rayon Chiffons—the favored fabric for Summer afternoon and eve- ning frocks; floral, figured and mod- ernistic patterns on white, tinted or dark grounds. 69c Yard : Delightfully sheer voile in the y season’s smartest C patterns—shadow : plaids, interesting checks and exquisite embroidered effects; all are guaranteed. color- fast; 36 inches wide. o ‘Wash Fabries—Third Floor. LA A With Your Allowance of $35 for Your Old Machine This New Electric Machine %6 Spring Sale Price O5¢ e C]ark"s well known . sewing cotton, in sizes 40 to 80; 250-yard spools ; black and white. Arapac Napkiris —a dozen to a box; 495c boxes Cedarized Gar ment Bags—of extra strong per’; holds 5 ga garments.. oc Ribbon Garters, trim- med with lace or plain ribbon edgz, 39c Will Cost You Only Without Trade-in. $95.00 Special night table size elec- tric sewing ma- chine, walnut finished and completein every respect. Made by the Domestic Sew- ing Machine Company. $5 Down Thh b :.: fio payments. Reconditioned Electric Sewing Machines Now Reduced 1 Western Electric Portable... 1 Singer Electric Portable, ... 1 White Electric Portable.... . 1 Singer Electric in cabinet..... 39¢ Also dots, in all sizes, checks and laids, daringly colorful for sports! n blended patterns showing the new . greens, Kelly and chartreuse, capucine, blues, and ail the sun-tan tints. "L.&B. Red Label Sheets In Five Sizes $1.19 63x90 81x90 63x99 72x99 070 S A wonderful sheet ' for the money; sturdy and bleached a snow white} finished with wide hems. -Fine Pillow Cases, 25¢c Fine white muslin cases made with wide hems ; 42x36 and 48x36 inches. Embroideréd Pillow Cases Regularly 95¢ 69c Beautifully embroid- ered cases, with lace edges and lace inserts; 42x36 inches. 3 18c Unbleached Muslin 13c First quality, free from spots; fine for . mattress covers, gar- ment bags and aprons. 39 inches wide. Domesties—Third Floor 54-In. Tweeds Featured $1.95 vyd. 32.50 Grades For Summer sports coats, travel coats and ensembles—all wool ©! wool and rayon feather weight tweeds, in soft, . blurred shades of rose, tan, green, blue and other mixtures. \ Woslen Fabries—Third Floor Flowering Shrubs 35c¢, 3 for $1 Red Bark Dog- Spirea Van ood W Houttei* Purple Lilac Weigelia Forsythia Hydrangea P. G. Phlox Hydrangea Hills Peonies of Snow Spirea Anthony Buddleya Waterer Deutzia Lily of the Valley Althea Grape Vines, 35¢; 3 for §1 Concord, Niagara, Catawba Golden - tipped Retinospora, 9 to 12 inches, $1. Golden-tipped Boxwood, 9 to 12 Retinospora, 12 inch, $1. to 18 inches, Golden Arbor $1.45. Vitae, $1. " . Dwarf Boxwood, Juniper Stricta, 6 6 to 8 inches, to 9 inches, $1. 75¢. . Oriental Arbor Vitae, $2.95 A very bushy shrub, that grows 4 to 5 feet high. Arbor Vitae, 12 to 18 inch, $1. Arbor Vitae, 18 to 24 inch, $1.45. Shrubbery—Sixth Floor Remarkable Savings Possible in This Sale - Metal Lamp Standrd‘s Bridge and two-light junior floor 4 standards, with heavy cast metal bases, $ uniformly plated; new style arms and PS tubings; all most exceptional at this. price. Six-foot cord and socket furnished. 3 Summery Patterns in 32.Pc. Luncheon Sets $3.95 each Lustrous ivory chinaware—in solid color old rose pattern, a pink floral de- sign, and the open stock Mayfair pattern. Service for six—at an extremely low i o $gu9.5‘ and Lamps—Sixth Floor Bridge orf Jr. Shades $1.45-.-$1.95 New bridge and junior shades, bought specially for this sale. Parchment paper with infaid de- signs; laced top and bottom. Lamps—Sixth Floor Hear i’re,sident Hoover Talk Tomorrow! This Radiola Model 18 Cabinet Sketched, With Tubes and 100-A Speaker $132 A radio that “speaks for it- self’—just: come in, listen to its matchless reprodiiction— and you'll know why ‘we sell more Radiolas than any other radio! 3 $10 Down The balance in twelve equal payments; plus a small carrying charge. Our Radlo Salon—Fourth Floer