Evening Star Newspaper, May 28, 1929, Page 19

THE BVENING STAR, WASHINGTOX, IF._C. TUESDAY. MAY 28 1929.° FRENCH RIVIERA ““Dearth of Dollars From Tour- | ists Alarms Resort Leaders. By the Associated Press. NICE, France, May 28—A hundred thousand tourists who neglected to in- clude the French Riviera in their itin- eraries this year are responsible for a business men’s revolt against the muni- cipal governments of the leading Riviera resorts The past season has been one of the leanest since the war. Nice had 50,000 fewer tourists than last year. The aver- age tourist spends a week in Nice. That means a loss of 350.000 tourist days, which rolls into much money. Cannes. Menton, Juan les Pins and St. Raphael suffered corresponding decreases. Business men in all the resorts have organized to force their municipal au- thorities to do something to stop the tourist seepage which this year has re- sulted in millions of dollars” loss to some of the leading hotels. On the other hand, the Italian Riviera has enjoyed its most prosperous season since 1918. In some measure this is due to the fact that roulette is played at San Remo and many tourists who ordinarily visit Monte Carlo were fright- ened away by reports of trouble in the prinic) However, an order from Mussolini is credited by the French with being chiefly responsible for the sudden inrush of foreigners. He ordered the municipal ISOCIETY | _continued Prom_ignteentn Page) next month from the Georgetown Uni- | versity School of Medicine. | | Mr. and Mrs. Alexander C. Columbus | are spending a week at Atlantic cuy.] N. J. Mr. and Mrs. Columbus will en | tertain a party of friends May 30 at | the dinner dance-at Beaver Dam Coun- try Club. The Rev. William E. La Rue enter- tained at luncheon yesterday at the Grace Dodge Hotel. when his guests. | numbering about fifty, were Baptist | ministers and their wives. | Mrs. 3. W. Schwenk was chairman of the committee arranging the dinner | dance being given this evening by the Daughters of America, Triumph No. 8, at the Grace Dodge Hotel, in celebra- tion of the thirty-second birthday of the organization. Mrs. W. H. Dyer of 910 Lawrence street Mrs. W. H. Dyer of 910 Laurence street | northeast, entertained four tables at bridge in honor of their house guest, Miss Martha Brokaw of Orlando, Fla. | Among the guests were Miss Mary | Chadwick, Miss Katherine Bean, Miss Margaret Chadwick, Miss Rosemond Johnson. Miss Mildred Miller, Mrs. D. V. Smvthe, Mrs. Ricketts, Mrs. Mann, Mr. Wesley Hatton, Mr. Ted Snyder, | Mr, Don Vanice, Mr. Frank Mann, Mr. | Ralph Ricketts, Mr. Wallace Dunlap, | Mr. W. H. Dyer. The house had an effective arrange- ment of pink and white roses and a buffet supper was served later in the | evening. Mrs. Smythe won first prize, Miss Brokaw guest prize and Miss Mar- | garet Chadwick the “booby” prize. Delivers Cigarettes With a Light. | A new gadget is ready at any time to ISOCIETY SPLASHES authorities and the police to see that| hand the driver of a motor car a lighted every tourist went away contented.| cigarette. With a magazine to hold 20 Overcharging died overnight. The most | cigarettes, it draws air through the important hotel keeper would suffer at| cigarette and at the same time applies the hands of the law if a tourist’s com- | one end of it to an electric hot point. plaint was found valid. 3 the hotels add 10 per cent to the bill as & service charge and not even a bell boy will accept a tip. The Chamber of Commerce of Nice estimates that of the city’s missing 50,~ 000 spenders, 30.000 went to Italy. 10.- 000 to Egypt and 10,000 to Spain® Their general reform program which aims to entice the missing 50.000 back next year includes extensive international adver- tising, strict watch on prices charged tourists and a definite program for beautifying the various cities. PLANNINGAT(.J IMPROVE AIRPLANE MAIL SERVICE P. 0. Department Officials in Con- ference With Contractors om Question of Reducing Cost. o By the Associated Press. Postmaster General Brown and As- sistant Postmaster General Glover are conferring with holders of air mail con- tracts with a view to lowering operating costs and improvirg the service. Mr. Glover said it was his intention to discuss all the problems of the air mail with the operators and that many of them might be solved by closer co- operation between the department and the men who actually do the flying. BOATSWAIN OF VESTRIS DESCRIBES SHIP’S SLANT Vessel Never Recovered Upright Position After Violent Shock Sunday, He Testifies. By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 28.—Warwick Rob- erts, boatswain of the steamship Ves- tris, testifying into the liner's loss, said that the vessel never recovered an up- right position after the violent shock she sustained on the Sunday evening before she foundered. The ship was taking some water that evening through her half doors and submerged scuppers, but he could not account for all the water unless there was a leak somewhere. By 6 o'clock Monday morning he felt In San Remo | delivering it alight and smoking to the | | drivers’ hand. 'WE PRAISE Our_work because our customers do it. Tt is pleasing_them that makes them do it. Repairing—Remodeling Summer ices—Storage. [ wo FURRIER TISIVERAP I | AV e 8L NN f Freshat6 P.M. That tired, dragged-down mid- afternoon feeling on a hot’ Sum- mer's day may be, and probahly is, caused by your feet, or, rather, the shoes that you wear. Tired foot muscles and relaxed arches cause weariness through- out the body, which eventually results in nervousness. Dr. A. Reed Cushion Shoes —support the foot naturally and comfortably. Try a pair and see how much fresher and brighter you will feel at the end of the day. John Ebberts Shoe Co., Makers 1318 G St. N.W. cir ON HAVANA BEACH Cuba Gets First Fashionable Seaside Resort as “Com- mon”’ People Ousted. | | By the Associated Press. HAVANA, May 28.— Cuba at last has 1its fashionable beach resort, its public preserve, where Soclety with a capital “S” is proud to be seen in| bathing deshabille. It is the new La Playa, former gathering place of peo- ple who loved sea bathing enough to put up with the irritation of steaming cubby holes, an inadequate shower sys- tem and the vulgarities of an uncen- sored_crowd. | La Playa for yers has been Havan's only protected bathing place. It is a | short stretch of concave sandy beach, | measuring in all a little over a quarter | of a mile and protected from sharks | by a sand bar running across its mouth. | Here nature gave old Havana residents | A huge, untroubled swimming pool. and astute concessionaires insured resident appreciation of nature’s beauty at the rate of $1.20 & day. It was the joy of Havana children and the curse of the exclusive Havana Yacht Club, which | stood in staid security on its western edge. &5 Beach Management Changes. ~ | But in the last year beach geography and beach manners at La Playa have been transformed. American hotel ex- | ecutives decided it should become an- | other link in the chain of resort prop erties developed nd operated to entice the dollars of rich Americans with tropical charm and up-to-date service. La Playa has become a rendezvous for the socially athletic. Replacing the chocolate-colored skins and double-duty underwear of hundreds of its former visitors are the fashionable tan of American girls and the checks and stripes of the latest thing in bathing suits. Great Success. Socially, the new La Playa is a huge success. Even Havana Yacht Club me bers d themselves robbed of the tra- ditional privilege of patronizing the public beach. They swarm over and through the now useless barbed wire barrier in eager appreciation of the variety of sights to be seen, the cool shade of countless beach umbrellas and the zestful “niceness” of the new public beach atmosphere. La Playa. after 30 yvears of health- | giving service to the ‘common run of | folk, has come into its own as a fash- ion resort. THREE SPANISH REVOLT HEADS SENTENCED TO DIE ! Several Ordered Imprisoned for Life—Judge Dissents, Making Retrial Necessary. By the Associated Press. CIUDAD REAL, Spain, May 28.—Al- though strict secrecy was maintained, it was learned today that three sentences of death have been passed by a court- martial against artillery officers who | participated in a revolutionary move- ment last January. Those sentenced to death were a colonel and two captains. Several sentences of perpetual impris- onment were voted. The 23 artillery officers on trial were acquitted. 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