Evening Star Newspaper, April 29, 1929, Page 19

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, MONDAY., APRIE 29, 1929, SPRNG FESTIVAL HELD TH WEEK Children of Neighborhood House to Crown “Queen” Saturday Afternoon. Arrangements are practically com- pleted for the three-day Spring festival at Neighborhood House, Thursday, Fri- day and Saturday, in which the children of the settlement house are to partici- pate. "Three operettas will be given by the Girls' Clubs of Neighborhood House. while both boys and giris will engage in folk dances, Maypole dances, the High- land fiing and other exhibitions of terpischorean skill. Taen there will be the craft, candy and mystery shops, as other features of the fest! The op- erettas_are entltied “Peter Rabbit,” | “Rose Dream” and “Blye Butterfly.” The principal event. Sowever, will be the crowning of the Queen of May on Saturday afternoon, fofiowing the May | rocession down N strévt southwest to Veighborhood House. The selection of the queen fs kept secrot until just 30 mirtes before the coronation ceremonies a%d she is_then crowned by last year's aueen. Little Mary Hennessy wes queen last year and | en her this year devolves the work of | crowning her successor. | Flnal details for this year's festival were decided at a meetirg of members of the general committee; of which Mrs. Clara D. Neligh, head resident at| Neighborhood House, is chairman, and | chairmen of the various subcommittees | at Neighborhood House Thursday night. The Spring festival is a strictly all- settlement house project. The children | who take part are the neighborhood. | The parents and older girls, under direc- tion of the neighborhood staff, make the costumes and decorations. The | older boys help the professional elec- trician who arranges the lights and do other of the heavier tasks in connection | with the festival. The women make | the candy, bake the cakes and cook the | meals which are served during the festival. The craftwork offered for salc | is all the work of the youngsters of | Neighborhood House. | Qualifications governing the choosing | of a queen are changed from year to| year, Last year's queen was selected | for her continued attendance over a | period of nine years, her willingness to | serve the settlement and neighborhood, her scholarship record at school and her devotion to her home and family. Rules governing the selection of this year's queen are still secret and will be made known, together with the name of the queen, 30 minutes before the coronation JUDICATURE SOCIETY TO MET HERE IN MAY Reforms in Law Procedure to Be Considered at Annual Convention. The American Judicature Society will hold its annual convention May 9 to 11 at the Mayflower Hotel, at which many proposals for reforms in judicial pro- cedure, law revision and kindred sub- jects will be discussed by prominent | speakers. Members of the Diwrict of Columbia Bar Association have been in- | vited to attend the sessions. There also will be in Washington dur- ing the same period a convention of the American Law Institute, and it is ex- WAR BEGUN ON RUM SALES| | 70 BOYS STILL IN "TEENS Attorney Says Youths “Hardly Out of Short Pants” Buy Liquor | in Nassau County. : By the Associ»ted Press. | NEW YORK, April 29.—Charging that a condition existed in Nassau ! County where “boys hardly out of short trousers” tell their parents they are | going to a movie and “return home at | midnight so drunk as to be nearly helpless,” District Attorney E. N. Ed- wards said yesterday he would present the situation to the grand jury. The district attorney said that spe- cifically he will seek the indictment of William Shapiro, whose Inwood, L. I. apartment was raided after reports wete | | received that boys as young as 15 years | | were among customers he was alleged to have sold home-made liquor. cup. 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