Evening Star Newspaper, May 15, 1929, Page 3

1949, 3 D. €, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, |FLU EPIDEMIC HALF AS BAD AS IN 1918 THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. CLUB TO OBSERVE 15T ANNIVERSARY Congressional Club House to Be Scene This Evening of Informal Supper. begin with an informal supper at 6: 30 o'clock, at which time there will be a large birthday cake with 21 candles that will be cut by the president of the club, Mrs. Porter H. Dale. A large basket will be placed near the entrance and guests are invited to bring birth- day presents of some humorous sort to the club upon its reaching an age of maturity. Mrs. John B. Henderson, who was invited 10 be the special guest of honor in appreciation of her assist- ance at the. founding of the club, is unable to be present, due to her iliness, but will still be the honor guest of the club at the celebration. Dancing Will Begin at 8 O'Clock. Danting will begin with the arrival of the United States Marine Band at 8 o'clock and will continue until 11. A short break will be furnished in the dancing by a group of children from the Neighborhood House, who will dance the “Highland Plains,” and an informal good time is anticipated. control. Pill analysis of the data col- | lected will require considerable time. | The influenza attack rate was lowest | l in Boston, 9.9 per cent, and highest in | | Des Moines, 28.6 per cent. With these | two exceptions, the survey shows, the incidence rates were remarkably uni- | form. ranging only from 113 per cent | in Baltimore to 17.9 per cent in Seattle, | and were only about half as high as| those found in 1918. Now Are the Salad Days Mo take liberties with a line of poetrv—"now, if ever, salad fdavs.” The heavy foads of Winter and early Spring have lost their appeal. Nature w a change of, diet things, vegetables and what the body craves 2 vear. A good salad is one that' is tempting to the eve and well iced. American | Ice, clear as crystal, will keep vour refrigerater perfectly chilled and will protect perishable, expensive foods. American I CE Company American Drivers will take your order for American Quality Coal. i come Will Rogers Say IGNAVYMENOF'T9 TO PRESENT SWORD: Fiftieth Anniversary of Grad- uation From Annapolis to Be Observed Saturday. Spread Move Uniformly Over Na- | tion, However, According to Health Service Data. 1v demar fresh green lads, are his time of nds Crisp, PHILADELPHIA. — Farm stock market, Federal Reserve, chain stores, mass production. and all that, is a joke. The State of Louisiana, without any blare of trumpets, is doing the biggest thing being done in our land today. They stood highest in illiteracy. They opened up moonlight schools and are teaching over a hundred thou- sand to read and write; mostly older people. They are going to | wipe out illiteracy in two years with both whites and blacks. That beats el your luncheon clubs and your good roads, and your advertising campaigns. That's like learning the cripple to walk and the blind to see. One hundred thousand happy citi- zens will bring your State more divi- dends than one hundred thousand miles of bonded concrete roads will. relief, > 6 B:u.ms 4 Hot water Sure Relief REPUBLICANS MEET l By the Associated Press. —_—_— Preliminary tabulations of the United | The League of Republican - State States Public Health Service survey of | Clubs will hold its annual meeting at) the influenza epidemic last Winter | the headquarters of the Repubncnm |show that the disease affected only|State committees, 823 Fifteenth street, | about half as many persons in each |at 8 o'clock this evening. Reports of | unit, of population as it did during the | officers will be received, and after the epidemic of 1918, but that its attack |regular business has been conducted was spread out more uniformly over |several Republican leaders will speak. the Nation - ety | The survey was for the purpose of | making comparisons between the epi- | demics of 1918 and of 1928-29, with a | view to learning more of the nature of the disease and the progress toward its FOR INDIGESTION 25¢ and 75¢ Pks$ Sold Everywher- The Congressional Club tonight will | celebrate the twenty-first anniversary of its founding at the clubhouse, 2100 | New Hampshire avenue. The club, which has as members thr[ wives of Senators, Representatives, | Owing to the early start the celebra- cabinet officials and _the wives of the |tion at the club will be informal. President and Vice President, will ex- & 5 tend its hospitality to the husbands of members and to all other members of Congress, inviting them to join in observing the occasion “birthday part: Sixteen survivors of the class of 1879 of the United States Naval Academy will celebrate their fiftieth graduation anniversary Saturday at the academy | with the presentation of the class sword | to Charles Edward Trescott, regimental commander of midshipmen. It is the hope of the class to estab- | {lish a precedent for the classes of '80 | | 2nd '81 to present in turn class swords | to regimental commanders serving dur- {ing the year of their respective half- | century graduation anniversaries. | The ceremonies will begin in historic | Bancroft Hall at 11:50 o'clock in the MINISTER ACCEPTS CALL | morning with the uneeing of » bronse | TQ. CLARENDON” CHURCH| versary of the class, The tablet was | o | purchased through a trust fund, which | Rev. Tsaac Stevenson. Recently En- will be raised annually for the purchase | of a sword for the regimental midship- man commander, to be presented Oc- tober 1 each year. i Appeal Nets Surplus. | The appeal for this year's fund ex- | ceeded the amount necessary and the {class tablet was purchased with the | surplus money. A second sword will b presented to the highest rating officer " See The IRIS SHOW 2! May 16th & 17th ZI|8 at the Carlton Hotel 5‘ ‘ RAGAR] " SRR R For Better Service Select an Apartment Under Wardman Management SO SRS SN A% During the recent influenza epidemic in Europe, 967 people died in London | in one week. FOR LEASE OFFICE SPACE HOMER BLDG. South half of second floor contain- ing 10,680 square feet on the corner of 13th and F Streets NNW. All open space, which, however, may be divided to suit tenant. Term lease, at an ex- ceptionally low rental. 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Harlow will ad- $7,150 = | Open Every Day and Evenings dress the cadets and following the speech will make the presentation of | the sword to Midshipman Trescott. | The &word is of regulation style with |a decorated gold hgndle on which is engraved the name ‘and class of the regimental commander. He will have | read a report on Christian_educational work in the various Presbyterian | churches throughout the count: Rev. R. Paul Shearer, pastor of the | Takoma Park Presbyterian Church, was made chairman of the committee on | educational work to succeed Dr. Sizoo. The Sure Road to Better Health and We Have the Right to Sell Within 3 Days THIS $38,000 HOM EAVER BRO REALTORS 809 15th St. N.W. Main 9486 Safe Reduction Good looks, good health and a slender figure are today largely within one’s own control. Proof of this and more lies in_a short, free trial of the Battle Creek Oscil- lo-Manipulator, made right in the privacy of your own home. 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Harlow will also present the | tablet to the school. ‘ ‘The surviving members of the class | who will attend the ceremonies arc: | | Capt. . O. C. Acker, Rear Adm)nh B. C. Bryan, Rear Admiral Clarence | | A. Carr, Capt. John H. Gibbons, Capt. Harlow, A. ‘M. Hunt. Capt. Frank W.| Kelloge, Rear Admiral Edward E.| Hayden, Walter M. McFariand, Rear | Admiral Harold D. Norton, Commo- dore R. F. Lopez, Commodore George. R. Salisbury, Comdr. Edward H. Till- man, Commodore Ruben Oscar Empr‘ and Charles W. Jugen. Letters will be read from Capt. C.| ©. Morse, at present in England, and from Comdr. Randolph H. Minor at Paris. . both of whom are members of | the class of 9. Following the services at the acad- | emy, members of the class will gather at a dinner at the Mayflower Hotel | here where addresses and a program of entertainment will be given. | In a recent month Norway shipped | nearly $150,000 worth of cod liver ofl | to the United States. 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