Evening Star Newspaper, November 12, 1929, Page 5

TRADE BODY BACKS | VOTE IN DISTRICT Appropriates Money in Aid of Committee on National Representation. CITIZENS DEMAND SUPPORT OF LAWS Tgkoma Park Group Asks Clearing of Good Name of D. C. Police. RITES FOR MRS. LANAHAN. Services Will Be Held in St. Dom- inic’s Church Tomorrow. Fureral services for Mrs. Mary Cor- coran Lanahan, 89 years old, widow of Willlam Lanahan, who died at the thome of her daughter, Mrs, Jesse R. | Knight, 407 Kentucky avenue southeast, | Sunday, following fatal complications from a broken hip, sustained 10 days ago in a fall, will be held t~morrow morning at 9 o'clock in St. Dominic's Catholic Church. Burial will be in Holy Rood Cemetery. Mrs. Lanahan was born in County STAR, WASHING' LANIER CITIZENS URGE HEALTH STEP Children’s Center Is Favored by Association Foltowing Dr. Davis’ Speech. - AN L, Alfred P. Perry temporarily attached finds American siang, slang, place to_some Ameri BY ALFRED intriguing to say the least. Perry thinks that some of the languaoe e’ describes below may not be common-, Americans ESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, ENGLISH AS SHE IS SPOKE! How's a Briton to Know Hes Top-Hole When We Simply Call Him a Good Scout? British journalist o The Star stafl, or rather Chicao Mr. cans. His conjec- Ture’ is correct. it is not gommonplace cven to most Americans. P. PERRY. hood that the Americans speak Eng- lish, from which fact he has jumped to the unjustifiable conclusion “that this must needs be the very same English as he talks at home today. Were he about to take a journey of a few hours to France or Germany, he would spend days studying phrase books to fit him- self to cope with all the problems of the (CITIZENS APPROVE CAPITAL PENALTY Piney Branch Association Op- poses Modification of District Law. who deploréd what he regarded as the sentimental tendencies of penal reform crusaders. The body also went on record in favor of a mere stringent law for the District governing the sale of stocks and securities. Another expression favored conversion of the Pension Office into a National Guard Armory. It further was recommended by the association that the entrance to Rock Creek Park, just north of the reservoir, be moved north to a ponnt opposite Kennedy street. ‘With one exception, all officers were re-elected. They were: Edgar B. Hen- derson, president; G. L. Shorey, vice president, who was new to the office; W. E. Hoffheins, secretary; W. J. La- varre, treasurer. Executive committeemen, named for two years: S. B. Cameron and F. C. Merritt. J. H. Pellen s elected to the committee for a yea1W¥) succeed the late E. E. Pabst. Delegates to the Federation of Citi- zens' Associations are Mr. Henderson and Mr. Shorey. T e— . The' Washington Board of Trade, at| Urging that steps be taken to clear a meeting of its executive cummsneq:‘:fl:m“gc':genme of qmr:kl’oéllctfu DepnAr:- yesterday, . appropriated $250 for the | 3 o o R use of the eitizens’ joint committee on | Sociation went on record unanimausly national representation and voted to|in favor of enforcement of prohibition P D o revocve Tor the | and all other laws in the District at a joint committee if it should be needed, | Meeting last night in the Takoma Park The mailer was introduced at Ty o Fuiio T meeting by E. J. Murphy, president of | B & the board, who told the committee that | , The, action of the association was { embodied in a resolution presented by the board annually makes a similar | T1POUSd o6 B Tesoulon presented By appropriation. He said the committee | D™ QUY, CHIGON, Seelaring It iis pre members_were all familiar with the | A0 RSt e HOMS AtanCATd rce use to which the funds were put and | fient'of iy o A then moved that the money be set aside. t - ” = The motion was unanimously passed, | jutin: coonien i Pask” the reso- i e CeunE 1o | stant turmoll ‘and _insinuations _of fo the board. . The new members are: | frimes A Eral N Eming e Clinton A. Allen, Charles H. Bates, usly know! hout Irving N. Boernstein, Porter L. Bush, | fprousy Nown, to is hurt throughou . Fendall Cain, William B, Daniels, G. | % Calls for Support. Carroll Dimond, George E. Elliot, Floyd . Gessford, J. H. Goodman, Harold L.| . ! Hines, Alvin F. Hipsley, W. E. Holmes, |, The Takoma ‘Park Citizens’ Assocla C. T. Hunter, Luther Iager, W. Parker | tion calls upon officlals and the press of Jones, William J. Keane, GW. King, | the city to support the laws and en- T e Riinge %, @ Lakenasy, | [orcement of the same against those 1." €. Major, Richard H. Mansfield defiantly opposing them, whether it be Frank F. Nesbit, W. J. Neuland Ed- | the eighteenth amendment or any other mund I. Oakes, ©. L. Piemmons, Royal | Ja%- And that the good name of our Po- o . B B g e e cleared ol e con- Radlo and Specialty Co., Roy D. Borden, | ;00" ncinuations heaped upon it." * Burt W. Andrews, chairman of the Harold C. Movnclo, L. A Smithers, William Stecher, Harry W. Strietel | sireets and lights committee, called at- Thomas C. Thompson, Heron Todd, T. | Seirion "0 the inacoessibility. of . the new Edwin A. Paul Junior High School, T. Walker, Milton C. Walters, Charles which is nearing completion near A. Zanner, H. Leroy Zile, James H. Seeley. Brightwood. The association voted to urge the District Commissioners to take steps immediately to extend Eighth and Ninth streets southward from Quack- enbos streets, to extend Peabody street from Seventh to Eighth street, to ex- tend Oglethorpe street from Seventh to Eighth streets in front of the school and to grade the streets and provide cinder walks as soon as they are open- ed in order to make the new school more accessible. Grade Crossing Appeal. ‘The association indorsed a resolution adopted by the Takoma Park Cham- ber of Commerce for abolition of the grade crossing of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at ‘Chestnut street, the immediate installation of safety gates and 24-hour service of a watchman at this point. Attention was called to the two tragedies within the ity in which four persons were :\.l'lsed at this crossing. Dr. Lewlyn Jordan of North Takoma, Md., told of a recent conference with District officials - who are hastening plans for the copstruction of an under- pass at Fern streej and of the will- ingness of Maryland authorities to con- struct the necessary approaches on the Maryland side. This will eliminate the traveler in a foreign country. But he takes no trouble whatsoever to prepare hims:If for any conversational difficul- ties which he might expect reasonably to encounter in a land 3,000 miles across the ocean. Such an Anglo-American guide, how- ever, should include a chapter on “dan- gerous words” and “common slang” to keep the stranger on the straight and narrow path. Else he may have the sad experience of the English lecturer who addressed an American woman's club. Touched and flattered by the hospitable warmth of his greeting, this unhappy man expressed his gratitude by begin- ning: “My dear friends, when I look down upon your homely faces——" The evening was not a success. Must Learn Give-and-Take. But apart from the avoldance of such unfortunate solecisms, the Briton has much else to learn in the art of con- versational give-and-take. How am I to take it when my American friend re- plies to 15 minutes' steady talking on my part with the words “Oh, don't be dumb!” And if he adds that what I have bren saving is so much-Boloney, bunk or applesauce, how am I to know thag he thinks'my eloguent discoyrse is twalldle, tripe, flapdoodle or sheer bal- | derdash? Suppose I judge his meaning by the scorns upon his face, will he un- derstand that when I tell him he's a B. F, a ninny or a wet, that I suggest he is a sap, nut or boob? And if he declares my real trouble to be that I am plastered, shellacked, oiled or organized, how am T to know he insinutes that I am half seas over, blotto, bingd or screwed? And when I try to make things up by tleling him that he's a top- hole chap, a stout lad or a pukka sahib, | will he Tealize that I think him a swell guy, a good scout or a printe? I doubt it very much. / But even without such useful guides to conversation it should not take the greenhom long to learn the ropes. For the racy slang of the West is knowfl in p;n nfl:selndy across the sea, thanks to a set-up. If a button files off his coat | the missionary enterprise of Hollywood, and he sallies forth to a shop, now a | Whose latest “talkies” will doubtless has- Store, to get the equipment needed to| ten education in this interesting fleld. repair the damage, he will be met with | A But every wanderer must hope that all titters of amusement or blank stares of | differencesy of speech and custom will incredulity when he asks for a “reel of | Not ‘disappear, for they add such spice cotton in mistake for a spool of thread. | to travel. After all, this language stunt Then when he makes up his laundry | i8 Teally rather ripping. It would bore list_he will mark himself as sending | Me Stiff to hear the same bally words in “pants” and “vests” in blissful ignor: | every blinking spot I blew into, These ance that these garments are now the | Standardizing Johnnies are just talking trousers and. waistcoats of Old Eng-|tripe through the back of their necks. land. And it is only & process of elimi- | What we ruddy well want in this dashed nation which discloses to him that the | Wofld is more jolly old variety—what? mysterious “bosom shirt” is none other than that triumph of civilization in which men sacrifice their comfort on the altar of propriety. Cork, Ireland, in 1840. Immigrating to this country at an early age, Mrs. Lan- A resolution urging the establish- ahan came to Washington, where she | ment of a child health eenter, or clinic, {had permanently resi for over 70 | within the vicinity of the territory gov- years, She is survived by two sons, [ered by the Lanier Heights Citiz®hs’ | Chief William F. Lanahan of the Chevy | Association was adopted by that body | | Chase Fire Department, and Harry A, |at a meeting in the Cooke School, Sev- J. L qahan of the first police precinet; | enteenth street and Columbia road, last three daughters, Mrs. Kifight, Mrs. | night. Mar ‘ret E. Lunsford and Mrs. John ‘The resolution was adopted following | W. . .:llins, and 14 grandchildren. an address by Dr. Hugh J. Davis, di- | T e rector of the child hygiene service of MRS. ADA N. MILNE DIES. the District of Columbia Health De- partment, who told of the growth of Funeral Services Will Be Held To- morrow Morning. the child health centers in Washington and- their work along preventative and corrective iines. ‘The association went on record as favoring “blue sky” legislation in the Mrs. Ada Nunan Milne, 50 years old, | District of Columbia for regulating sale widow of George Marshall Milne, and a | of stocks and securities. resident of thls «wity for the past 16| Following a lengthy debate on the years, died in Emergency Hospital Sun- | question of requiring drivers of motor day after a sudden illness. She was taken to the hospital from her home in the Burlington Hotel. where she was stricken Saturday night Funeral services will be conducted In vehicles to carry liability insurance, the latter question was referred to com- mittee for a report at a future meeting. Other resolutions adopted includ one to establish within the association St. Matthew's Church tomorrow morn- |a committee on community interests ing at 10 o'clock. Interment will be in |and another to establish a special com- the Abbey Mausoleum. mittee on traffic. R. Woodland Gates, Mrs. Milne was the daughter of the late James Nunan, veteran of the Mex- ican War and civil engineer. She is sur- vived by three sisters, Miss B. Nunan and Mrs. Nora Gillesple, with whom she president of the association, presided. made her home in the Burlington, and iy L with real difficul- Alfred P. Perry Mrs. Ruth Rothrock, and a brother, P. W. W. HICKS GREETS ——— ties at first. aving tried to cross t .e oty PHOTO FINISHERS |;iicc seas.tes b i on e asks for a_subway. To his embarras ment, he finds himself in an “under- ground station” instead, and discovers that what he wanted really was a pas- senger tunnel. And as he continues his voyage of adventure he learfs that s” have become street cars, “lor- transformed to trucks, while the vement” is no longer the place of safety known here as the sidewalk, but the middle of the street. Changed Meanings. In his hotel “lifts” have become ele- vators, “boots” bellhops and ginger ale The Piney Branch Citizens’ Associa- tion declared itself last night against any effort to modify the capital punish- ment law in the District as it now stands. The meeting also elected offi- cers for the coming year. The resolution in favor of the death penalty was presented by S. B. Cameron, “A cannon fades a mark and lams it | with the boodle. He is trailed by the| bulls, dunce-capped, given the Niagara | weeps and hooked for the rap.” All of which is doubtless quite clear to most modern Americans, but to the| uninstructed Briton this choice speci- men of ‘transatlantic English sounds like good Greek. And perhaps there are even some Americans outside Chicago who may fail at first to.realize that these un- familiar words describe a very common- place incident; for, being translated, they say: “A gun- man holds up a cit- izen and makes off with his lgot. He is pursued by de- tectives, cornered, bombed with tear gas and captured for punishment.” Ignorance of sucH niceties of the | American language is regrettable but not disastrous for the visitor. It is in the speech of every-day life that he is apt to meo CAPITAL'S PROGRESS T0 BE DISCUSSED Economic Development Will Be Keynote of Board of Trade Méeting Tonight. Says Radium Is Common: In Welcoming Address Stresses| Insiend of being found only 1| yioent Need of National Rep- isolated places, radium is almost a common metal, declares Prof. J. J. Ver- resentation for District. nadsky, member of the Russian Acad- emy of Sciences. He contends that radium is gathered by all living plants and animals and concentrated from its even thinner distribution in natural waters and soils. Tests revealed that water from a freshwater pond con- tained radium. District representation in national af- failrs was urged by Walter W, Hicks of | ‘Washington, territorial vice president, in an address of welcome today at the annual convention of the Master Photo Finishers of America in the Wll’dmln‘ Park Hotel. More than 1,000 guests from ali parts of the country and abroad were present. Declaring they had been disfranchised for Ralf a century, Hicks added that “the citizens of the District of Columbia have less chance than an alien of tak- ing part in the affairs of their city and of their country. The alien may be- come naturalized in any one of the 48 States, and thereby obtain a vote But no native of the District of Colum- bia can remain here without relinquish- ing his right to express his opinion as to_how he shall be governed.” The other speakers included Fred is to be widened to 120 feet as far south as Thirteenth street. John Walker, delegate to the Fed- ration of Citizens’ Associations, reported on the last meeting of /the federation and the action of that body in favoring the use of a portion of the $8,000,000 now to the credit of the District in the United States Treasury for the con- struction of an underpass at Chestnut street, and also at Michigan avenue, B ot Brinoipal peakei-of th 1 e principal speaker of the evening : 3 was Herbert S. Wood, president of the found in this sale. District of Columbia Public School As- sociation, who explained the Capper- | Mayer, Portland, Oreg., national presi- Zihlman bill for an elective Board of | dent; Willlam Burton, Kirkwood, Mo.; Builders’. Association, will also speak. | Chestnut street crosting and open up | Education. A. J. Cunningham, Utica, N. ¥.; J. 1.| All these embarrassments spring from | manufacturer claiming that they are - Clarkson will tell of the telephone | new thoroughfare from Maryland to | John Walker presided, with Chester | Crabtree, Rochester, N. Y., and F. M. |a e original mistake by the erring| much élsiz-r to handle and less difficult Regularly $650 to $35 co! 's plans for Washington, in-|the city via Piney Branch road, which | C. Waters as secretary of the meeting. Moling, Toledo, Ohio. riton. He has been taught from child- ' to rea Al 2 the city via Finey Branch road, which | 0. Walers as seretary of the meling. | Moling. Toledo, Ofio. " " IBriton. He has been taught from child- foread. _ Now $3:2 to $17:5 and when it probably will be installed Every Hat In Stock Included ‘The economic development of Wash« {ngton will be the keynote of the meet- ing of the Washington Board of Trade fonight at 8 o'clock in the Willard Hotel. At previous mectings the board has faken up other phases of Washington's wth since the World War and to- ight the business side of life here will me in for its share of discussion. ¥ Walter B. Clarkson, assistant to the g'emlem of the Chesapeake & Potomac ‘elephone Co., will be the principal speaker. . Lloyd B. Wilson, the telephone company president, also will be present and is to be introduced. Rufus S. Lusk, executive secretary of the Operative Couturier adaptations are among the many smart styles i i Round playing cards having six spots and numbers distributed around the rims have appeared in_ Europe, the in edch section of the city. He is also expected to quote figures, prepared by experts of the telephone company, estimating the probable growth in popu- lation of the District within the next 10_years. Mr, Lusk will outline the real estate development here since the war, paying particular attention to the growth of thé apartment house and subdivision trend. E. J. Murphy, president of the board, will preside, and after the meeting a buffet supper will be served, CITIZENS OMIT PARLEY. Armistice Day Ca#emonies Block Meeting at Edgewood. President Hoover's Armistice day address at the Washington Auditorium last night and other aetivities marking the eleventh anniversary of the termi- nation of the World War were credited with halting a proposed meeting last night of the Edgewood Citizens’ Asso- ciation. 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