Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1929, Page 8

L SOCIETY President and Mrs. Hoover Were Hosts Last Night to President-Elect of Sister House last night by Republic and His Lady. T and Mrs. Hoover, and while the | followed in the grand ball room with a home of Presidents in our capital must | seated supper served at midnight. seem exceedingly new to a President | There were about 400 guests present, whose Summer palace. Chapultepec. is | including, in addition to members of the hundreds of years oid, the mansion | diplomatic corps and official and resi- never looked more homelike and at- | dential society, a large group of mid- tractive, | shipmen from Annapolis and cadets A huge Christmas tree trimmed in from West Point the hcmemade conceits of a century President-elect of Mexico and | she wore a corsage bou Se de Ortez Rubio were en- | roses. tertained at dinner in the White The guests quet of pink were received in the | i | i THE .EVENING ST FIRST LADY-ELECT OF MEXICO AR.. WASHINGTON, President | Chinese room of the hotel and dancing |- ago and another in the State dining room. as well as red flowers used every. Where about the drawing room suite. | bespoke the Christmas season. The | dining _table was handsome | its low decorations of poinsettias, ! red roses and fern, so arranged as not to obstruct the view of guests from one to_another. i The guests of President and Mrs. Foover, besides the President-elect of Mexico' and Senora de Ortiz Rubio, were the Ambassador (Senora de Tel- | Mrs. Henry Ch: Finkel, wife of the legal adviser of the imperial leg: tion of Persia, is entertaining at a tea | dance in the palm room at the Willard | today in honor of Miss Frances Good- acre, daughter of Col. and Mrs. Samuel | acre, who is home from Southern | College, Petersburg. Va., for the Christ- | mas holidays. There are 28 guests, | among them several of the debutantes. | midshipmen and diplomatic youngsters. | Capt. and Mrs. G. Livingston Thomp- | son, U. S. A., announce the engagement | lex not having sufficiently recovered from a recent iliness to attend). Senora | de Mejia, Dr. and Senora de Puig| of their niece, Helen Benton Stone- | braker. to Capt. Marion Carson of the ! Cavalry, now stationed at Fort | | | | | | | | | Foundation for the Advancement of Of Roswell, N. Mex. D.. C., SATURDAY,. DECEMBER 28, 7979 SPANISH TEACHERS | HEAR WORK LAUDED Language Remains as Only Barrier to World Peace, Peru Envoy Says. Most Popular ? Basing their discussions upon the theme of co-operation between the United States and its Spanish-speaking | neighbors, the envoys from Peru, Spain | and Colombia addressed the American Association of Teachers of Spanish at | a banquet last night at the Willard | Hotel in connection with the associa- %LONDON TAKES TO BOXING PANTAGES 10 ASK SREF AL RESPIT 1 Grave lliness Feared Follow- ing Defeat of Efforts to Gain Release on Bond. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, December 28.—Alex- ander Pantages, multimillionaire vau- deville magnate, today decided to ask the Appellate Court for temporary free- dom as a result of defeat in his fight in Superior Court to win liberty under bond pending decision upon his appeal from conviction on a charge of attack- ing Eunice Pringle, dancer. tnav Ring to Be Constructed at Blackfriars. LONDON, December 28 (N.AN.A).— | Public interest in boxing is growing in | this country. A new boxing ring will | be built at Blackfriars. This stands on the site of what was once the Surrey | Chapel, and which was built in its | present form “so that the devil might | not lurk in its corners.” | Brig. Gen. C. R. Champion de Crespigny, a son of the famous all- round sportsman, Sir Claude Champion de Crespigny, has been made chairman of the company which is building | the new ring, which will probably in- clude & roof garden, & restaurant. a | billiards saloon, a dance hall, an fce- | skating rink, a cinéma and gymnasfum, | (Copyright, 1929, by North American News. paper Alllance.) PUPILS HEAR LECTURES. tion's thirteenth annual convention which is meeting here under auspices of the George Washington University. Dr. Henry F. Suzzallo of the Carnegle Teaching also was & speaker. | Dr. Don Hernan Velarde, Peruvian Ambassador, declared that a diffusion of English and Spanish throughout the Western Hemisphere would destroy the only remaining barrier between the va- MISS NEL MULLIS who received a testimonial of her popularity among her classmates of Wesleyan College, Macon, hen she was voted “Miss Popu- lai in the annual selection of su- | perlatives. ssociated Press Photo. After a hearing in which Pantages’ physical “and mental condition was described by several physicians as not |Every Christmas London chiidren's necessarily dangerous, Superior Judg: George Pricke yesterday denied a mo- |of special lectures organized by the tion to admit the wealthy showman to |Royal Institution of Great Britain. The ball. |idea was Faraday's and the six illus- Pantages, who is in jail here pending | trated lectures will be the 104th of the decision of his appeal from the convic- | series. tion and penitentiary sentence of 1 to| This season the general topic of the 50 years, has been il several weeks. | lectures is to be “How Things Were Done in Ancient Egypt.” and the lec- Grave Tades " Fered: turer is S. R. K. Gianville of the de- LONDON, December 28 (N.AN.A) . — rious nations. 'SARGENT ATTACKS He petitioned for release under bond on the ground that jail life was menac- partment of Egyptian and Assyrian an- tiquities of the British Musuem. ‘The Spanish Ambassador, Senor Don ing his health. Physiclans who ex- Casauranc, Col. Hernandez Chazaro, | Alejandro Padilla y Bell, emphasized | amined him the request of his at- Senor and Senora de Campcs Ortiz, Col. and Senora de Rojas, Senor and | Senora de Quintanilla, the Secretary of | State and Mrs. Stimson, the Secretary | of War and Mrs. Hurley, the Attorney | General and Mrs. Mitchell, the Secre- | tary of the Navy and Mrs. Adams, the | Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. Wil- | bur, the Secretary of Agriculture and | Mrs. Hyde, the Secretary of Labor and | Mrs. Davis, Senator and Mrs. William | E. Borah, Senator and Mrs. Claude A.| Swanson, ‘Mr. and Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow, Mr. and Mrs. George Akerson, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Lane. Capt. and Mrs. L. B. McBride, Capt. and Mrs. Alfred W. Johnson, Lieut. Col Pelham D. Glassford. Mrs. J. H. Large Mrs. E. W- Allen, Miss Susan L. Dyer, Mr. Allan Hoover., Miss' Ruth Pesler, Capt. Allen Buchanan and Lieut. Col, Campbell B. Hodges. | | Sir Esme and Lady lsabella Howard | Fosts to English-Speaking Union. i The Ambassador of' Great Britain | and: Lady -Isabella Howard will enter- tain at_tea this afternoon for the| English-Speaking Union. This will be a farewell reception for the members | of the organization, with Sir Esme and Lady Isabella Howard as hosts. | The Ambassador of Mexico and| Senora de Tellez will give a reception this evening at 10 o'clock at 2829 Six- teenth street in honor of the President- elect of Mexico and Senora de Ortiz Rubio. Senora de Campos-Ortiz, wife of the first secretary of the embassy. will act as hostess for the Ambassador due “to the fliness of Senora de Tellez. ‘The Ministér of Switzerland and | Mme. Peter entertained, at dinner last | evening for their sons and daughter- in-law, Mr. Marc Peter, jr, and Mr.| and Mrs. George Peter. ‘The Minister 6f Panama and Senora de Alfaro will entertain at dinner this evening in honor of the Governor of the Panama Canal and Mrs. Harry K. | Burgess. The Minister of . Norway and ‘Mme. ‘Bachke will be hosts to the members of | the legation staff at a Christmas party this evening. Senator and Mrs. Hugo Black have been joined at the Wardman Park Hotel by the latter's mother, Mrs. Sterling | Foster, who has come from her home in | Birmingham, Ala., to pass several weeks. | . ntative and M.r: 8. ':i! Kel;l‘: dall expected to return ay to | their .l’;rhnznl at the Hotel Roosevelt passing Christmas-with ‘their-son, Mr. 8. A. Kendall, jr., in Philadelphia. Representative and Mrs. Allard H.| Gasque of South Carolina have with them for the holiday season their dsughter, Miss Dorls Gasque. | Mrs. H. E. Barbour, wife of Represent- ative Barbour. who is at their home in | California. will join Representative Bar- | bour in their apartment at the Hotel | Roosevelt after the first of the year. Mr. and Mrs. Percy Hamilton Davis will present their daughter. Miss Emis- | eah Gale Davis, to society at a tea | Riley, s. The wedding will | rial Presbyterian Church on New Year Ir. | Coi place on February 12, 1930, in St. John Church, Brooklyn, N. Y. Capt. Thomp- | son is now on duty at the Army base, | Brooklyn, N. Y. i Miss Rebecca Dial, daughter of for- mer Senator and Mrs. Nathaniel B. Dial will entertain a small company in- | formally at tea this afternoon her | studio apartment at the Portland Hotel Miss Dial will entertain a small com- pany Tuesday eveni Mr. and Mrs. Homer Le Mar Kitt are | eniertaining at a dance in honor ol their daughter, Elizabeth Weber Kitt, in | their home in Woodland drive today. Following their annual custom, the Rev. and Mrs. Bernard Braskamp will | be at home to the members and con- gregation of the Gunton-Temple Memo- | day, from 4 to 6 o'clock, in their apart- ment at Southbrook Courts, Sixteenth and Newton streets. Mr. and Mrs. John Prancis Amherst Cecil have as their, guest in their home | in Biltmore, N. C., Maj. William Alston, formerly naval attache at the embassy in Washington. Mrs. James B. Mann_entertained at luncheon yesterday at the Carlton Ho- | tel in honor of her sister, Mrs, Irving A. Dufty, when the guests were Mrs.| Eberhart Hayes, Miss Barbara Boss, Miss Mabelita Mead, Miss Harriet Whil ford. Miss Sarah Worthington, Mrs. James Nolan and Mrs. W. H. Rapley. Mrs. Duvall of Dower House will en- tertain at a dinner party tomorrow eve- ning in honor of her daughter, Miss Catherine Duvall. Miss Elizabeth Tres- cot, who was to have shared honors with her, will be unable to attend due to iliness in her family. Dr. and Mrs. Reginald R. Walker en- | tertained at dinner last evening at the | Chevy Chase Club Miss Rebecca Garvy | Nourse of Dawsonville. Md., and her fiance, Mr. Raleigh Chinn of Rockville, whose marriage takes place at the home of the bride’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. Upton D. Nourse, at Dawsonville to- day. Members of the families and at- tendants at the wedding were the other guests. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Reed of Mays- ville, Ky.. who have been in residence | at the Mayflower since the former's ap- pointment as general counsel of the Federal Farm Board. have with them! for_the holidays their sons, Mr. John | A. Reed of Yale and Mr. Stanley Reed. . of the Taft School in Watertown, nn. Mrs. Rutland Duckett Beard of Chevy Chase, Md., arrived in New York Tuesday aboard the S. S. Leviathan after a two-month tour of England and | Northern France. Mrs. Beard was the guest of her aunt, Mrs. John Milner of Harrogate, and she also spent con- siderable time at the Royal Marine | Depot at Deal, Kent, where she was! entertained by Comdr. and Mrs. H. E. R. Stephens and Col. and Mrs. William Godfrey of the Royal Navy. ‘Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock ths dance to be.given today in the Chinese | Club of Colonial Dames will entertain : o et -|at a tea when a unique New Year day mmom and grand ball of the May- 1&&'{;"‘ é’;“ — Jll;‘flns'd b‘{ g % assisted at the tea | m Channing Johnson, who will T by M, Fereeirn de-Mello, wite | be assisted by Miss Helen Stuart Grif- of the second secretary of the Brazilian | fith and Mr. Ambrose Durkin, the latter embassy; Mrs. Richard W. Bolling, Mrs. | baritone soloist of Epiphany Church Alfred Johnson, Mss. Harral Muiliken, choir. Mrs. Daniel Ruden, Mrs. Edward Kint- | ner. Mrs. Bagley Wallace, Mrs. Henry L. | Aspinwall and Mrs. Charles Wagstaff | Batson. | In the group of young girls assisting the_debutante will be Miss Junia Cul- bertson, Miss Victoria Catalani, Miss Lucia Tessada Guzman, Miss Isabel | Lamberton, Miss Clara Bolling, Baron- ess Astrid Ungren-Sternberg, Miss El- | vira Johnson, Miss Margaret Swenson. Miss ‘Mary Ingraham Henry, Miss Elea- nor Corby, Miss Mary Ruden, Miss Susan Kintner, Miss Margaret Olm- stead. Miss Katherine Yates, Miss Mar- | garet Stringer and Miss Eleanor Trippe of Easton, Md., house guest of the hosts. Miss Davis will wear a gown of . pale blue faille silk and will carry an arm bouquet. of pink roses and white lilacs, the same kind of flowers to be used as & decoration on the tea table. | Following a four-year residence in Paris, where Miss Davis completed her education, her parents returned to this country a short time ago and are now making their home in Washington. They are former residents of New York. Mrs. Willlam Corcoran Fustis wiil entertain at dinner. followed by a smali dance, this evening for her debutante daughter, Miss Edith Eustis, | Representative A. J. Sabath will re- | turn next week to his.apartment at the | ‘Wardman Park Hotel from his home in Chicago. Soasiy ' Miss Phyllis Hight will be hostess to | A group of friends at a dinner dance ir | the palm room at the Willard tonight. { Col. and Mrs. Percy M. Ashburn have recalled the invitations for the debut of their daughter, Miss Anne Virginia | Ashburn. December 30, ‘at “the Ma flowsr Holel. due to the serious illness i of Mr. Prank Davis. jr.. only brother | of Mrs. Ashburn. Maj. Gen. and Mrs. | Thomas Q. Ashburn have also recalled | invitations for a buffet supper in honor | of Miss Ashburn on the same date. Mrs. Berry Presented Daughter i At Charming Ball Last Night. i Mrs. Geargia Knox Berry and her daughter, Miss Katherine Berry, who made her formal bow to society in Washington at a ball given last evening | at the Mayflower, .were assisted in | Teceiving their guests by Miss Mary | Blackman Bass, daughter of Gen. and * Mrs. Prank Bass of Nashville, Tenn., who s their house guest for the . holidays. Included in the group of other young girls essisting the debutante were Miss Clara Eolling, Miss Mary Ingraham Henry. Miss Barber-Nell Thomas, Miss Virginia Austin, Miss Eunice Lee Evans, Miss Jean Woodson, Miss Dorothy Mc. Master, Miss Kath'een Carmichael and | Miss Carolyn Davis, Barkley and hor hous Sumpter of Nachville, Tenn., who made also Miss Laura her debut at the same time Miss Berry | was presented the latter part of Oc- | Detroit, Mich., are visiting Miss Eugenie and Mrs. George Dorsey Price, | guest, Miss Mary i ren’s Christmas Dance ‘With Many Small Notables Attending. The Cinderella Christmas dance, under the direction of Miss Minnie E. Hawke, will be given tonight in the Willard room at the Willard. This is one of the most entertaining of the parties being given for the younger set during the Christmas holidays. Miss | Hawke will present several features with | attractive favo, Christmas decora tions of holly, evergreens and poinsettias will carry out the festive holiday spirit of the dance. Mr. and Mrs. J. rett Lancaster of Lowell street were hosts at supper and | bridge last evening, the occasion being Mr. Lancaster’s birthday anniversary. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. J. O'Con- nor Roberts. Mr. and Mrs. Royal R. Rommell, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Yates, | Mr. and Mrs. Winfree Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence A. Lane. The Swiss Club will entertain at a banquet and a dance at the Hotel Roosevelt this evening. Mr. R. Keller | Is chalrman of the entertainment com- mittee. Miss Beatrice Robins of Little Rock, Ark., a student at Mary Baldwin Col- lege. is spending the week end with her uncle and aunt. Mr. and Mrs. Fenner Eowell. ‘on Underwood street, Chevy ase. Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Williamson have returned to their apartment at the Wardman Park Hotel after pa: Christmas with their son-in-law daughter, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Chal- mers, at their home in New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Norman J. Ayers of Le Merle at her home on Q street. Mrs. E. R. Walmsley of New York, formerly of Washington, is visiting her son-in-law and daughter, Lieut. Comdr. REGISTER NOW Gym—Clog and Social Dancing—Golf New Term: January 6 to March 15, 1930 Y. W. C. A, 17th & K Fdueation, 5th Floor T 727 P OLD MONK MAYONNAISE makes the salads you like best taste better 1,-Pt. Jar....25¢ Pt. Jar......45¢c tobér at the girls® cotillion Nashville. Miss wore a Patou gown of ivery satin and carried an arm bouquet of Americen beauty rcses, and her mother's gown was silver and green Jame. 1Miss Bass’ frock was a very lovely French blue velvei with which ‘Qt. Jar......85¢c N. W. Burchell 817-19 Fourteenth®St. take ! | o] | SENORA DE ORTIZ RUBIO, | (4 Wife of the President-elect of Mexico, who accompa and with him Is enjoying a round of | includes a reception at the Mexican em| home, 2821 Ordway street. be here for about 10 day Robert V. Boyd of E season at the Dodge Hotel. Mr. and. Mrs. Conrad Young, for- merly of Chevy Chase, Md.. buf now residing in Bass River, Mass. are in ‘Washington to renew acquaintances for a few days. the anuual Christmas eve play and She will party arranged by Mr. Farrington at | the Chevy Chase Seminary. Mr. and Mrs. Young left yesterday by motor for Palm Beach, Fla., where they will re- main until the middle of April. Mrs. party of 36 at the dinner dance this evening in the gold room'of the Ward- man Park Hotel. Miss Martha King, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. E. J. King, U S. N., is the guest of Miss Alice Hill at her home on Q street. * Mr. J. Austen Bancroft has come from his home, Broken Hill, in North- ern Rhodesia, ~Africa, at the Wardman Park Hotel while at- tending the joint convention of the Geological Society of America, the Paleontological Society and the Min- eralogical Society of America, being held at the hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Cashell and two children, who visited Mrs. J. Wil- liam Kyle, returned to Cincinnati, Ohio, today. % Mr. and Mrs. E. Hart Havens and Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Snyder of Avon-by- i J.. .are. spending several ne-Sea, N. J., | days at the Dodge Hotel. Mrs. Vesta L. Watson entertained at & supper-dance last evening at the Carlton, her guests numbering 80. Mr. and Mrs. David Hunt Blair will return today to their apartment at the Wardman Park Hotel after passing Christmas in Winston-Salem, N. C. Mrs. Damon Runyon of Bronxville, N. Y., is at the Carlton for a few days, accompanied by her daughter, Miss Mary Runyon, and her son, Damon ‘Runyon, jr. Sweet Briar Alumnae Celebrates With Annual Luncheon. The Sweet Briar Alumnae Club gave | its annual luncheon at the Carlton to- as cities and towns throughout the coun- try. Mrs. John V. A. Groner was chairman of the committee on arrangements for the luncheon, and there was a large at- tendance of both former and present students of Sweet Briar. In the com- pany were Mrs. Bernard Wyckoff, Mrs. Monroe Warren, Mrs. William B. Sims, Mrs. Randolph Leigh, ‘Miss Lucille Schoolfield, Mrs. Peyton Evans, Miss Margaret Banister and Mrs. Vivienne Barkalow Breckenridge of Denver, the rB!ildenl alumnae secretary at Sweet riar, Mr. and Mrs, Harry C. Hayne of 1507 | Van Buren street, left Washington Thursday for an extended motor trip to Jacksonville, Daytona, Palm Beach, Tampa and Miami, Fla. They were ac- companied by Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Hum- phreys of 1412 Shepherd street. After spending_some time Mr. and Mrs. Humphreys will return to Washington, and ‘Mr. and Mrs. Hayne will go to Sarasota, Fla., to spend the remaining months of the Winter with friends, golfing, fishing, bathing and boating. Mr. Rennie Smith, private secretary to the undersecretary for foreign affairs of Great Britain, will be the honor guest at an international relations dinner at the clubhouse of the American Associa- tion of University Women, 1634 1 street, ‘Wednesday, January 1, at 7 o'clock. He will be in Washington from January 1 to 4, during which time he will make several addresses. Mrs. Morgan, chairman of the international relations section, will be hostess for the dinner. Mr. W. N. Christmas has left for a few days' motor trip. He will visit in Lexingion and Harrisburg, Va. Everybody's Reading New Worlds to Conquer Richard Halliburton's new book of daring adventure. WM. BALLANTYNE & SO BPOKERLLERS AND 142] F St $3.50 Philadeiphia Mummers’ Day Parade New Year's Day January 1 AND RETURN L» Washington T:15AM. A Philadelphia 10:00 A.M. RETURNING LrPhiladelphia 9:15r.M. Same Day Consult Ticket Azow Mr. Young took part in | N. H. Stern will entertain a | and is staying | | CLAMP LID ON CHICAGO. these resorts | Raymond B, | d him to Washington, nusually brilliant social events, which sy this evening. Miss Margaret R. Roach of Philadel- phia, Pa. and Mr. and Mrs. William | Alf of Washington were holiday guests | the Eagle Gate House, United State: Soldiers’ Home. | Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Leaman entertained a party of 14 at their home | on Kenyon street in honor of Mrs. H. W. Weakley. | Mr. A. E._Anderson of Brookings, | S. Dak., is stopping at the Potomac | Park Apartments during his stay ir | Washington. | Mrs. Eric Greenleaf leaves Washing- | ton Tuesday afternoon for New York to | Greenleaf, ‘who is spending | some days there. ‘ YORK HOUSE QUARTERS | OF PRINCE RENOVATED e | | Wales, Fond of Role of Host, Does | Lot of Entertaining During “Little Season.” | LONDON, December 28 (N.AN.A.) The Prince of Wales has been doing | much entertaining at York House dur- | |ing the “Little Season.” He has had | mauy alterations made at his bachelor quarters. His secretariat has been | | moved to the further end of the build ing. Consequently he has much more | room in which to receive his guests. A reception room on the ground floor | has been provided and this has been | | beautifully decorated “in quiet bachelor | taste.” A stone-flagged hall gives on to| this new room and the rubber flooring | laid in the entrance hall when the | prince was in Africa last Winter has | been removed. { | The dining room has been redeco rated and there is a room for dancing. | | All the decorations at York House have bezn carefully earried out with a view |to keeping them in the style of St. James Palace. The prince has de- frayed the entire cost of the adapting and redecorating out of his private purse, | The prince is fond of the role of | host, particularly at private dinner | parties. His guests say he plays it to | perfection. (Copsright, 1929. by North American News- paper Alliance.) | Dry Administrator to Use Whole ‘ Office Force New Year Eve, ! CHICAGO, December 28 (#).—E. C. | Yellowley, prohibition administrator, will | use his entire force—man and woman | stenographers and undercover agents— | in an attempt to mop up any wetness | that may seep into Chicago's welcoming | of the New Year. | _This force will be spread throughout the city's cabarets, night clubs and ho- | tels—wherever any celebrating 35 in | progress. “Whenever you see any one taking a | drink,” Mr. Yellowley instructed his force, “call up the office so we can make a raid.” | Fascists Name Secretary. ROME. December 28 (#).—The OM- | eial Gagette published a royal deeree | vesterday nominating Augusto Turati | secretary of the Fascist party. ‘This was in accordance with a re- cent statute whereby principal appoin ments are made by royal decree after | nomination by the head of the govern- ment. Another decree calls upon the secretary of the party to participate |in sittings of the council of ministers. | of the fact that “there is nothing de- | the importance of the Spanish lan- | guage with the assertion that it is used | as a native tongue by more people than is any other language excepting English. Declaring that the teacher of Span- ish opens th> channels for mutual un- derstanding with the Spanish-speaking ountries, Mr. Don Enrique Olaya | Herrera paid tribute to the work of | he convened association, which, he as- | erted, was promoting understanding etween the United States and Latin- America. t The association will attend the cer monies in which Ortiz Rublo, Presi- dent-elect of Mexico, will be awarded an honorary degree from G<orge Wash- | —————— | ington University at 10:15 o'clock this ot the Chicago & North Western Rail- | morning in Continental Memorial Hall. Dr. Mann Reviews Methods. ‘The passing of the old-fashioned and tedious grammatical methods of teach- ing the Spanish language to English- speaking pupils was reviewed bv Dr. Charles R. Mann, director of the Ame: can Council on Education and chau man of the national advisory committee on education, at yesterday's session of the_convention. Dr. Mann, who was reporting he | progress made by the commitice on modern language study, composed of school teachers of Spanish of various | sections of the country, declared that | the modern tendency in teaching the language . is to make use of the me- chanies of automatism. Automatism, he explained, is the physical and mental reaction of a pupil to the sound of a word. Commenting upon the committee's work in approving the automotive rather than the grammatical system of lan- | guage study, Dr. Mann declared tha the greatest contribution which the committee has made is the acceptance grading” in recognizing the merit or | automatism as against the trying, verb- | parsing and ultragrammatical methoa | regarding the project. of teaching. | RAIL CONSOLIDATION, Based on Law Ten Years Old and| Unnecessary, Says North- western Chief. By the Associted Press. CHICAGO, December 28.—The recent | report of the Interstate Commerce Com- | mission calling for consolidation of sev- | eral railroads was termed unnecessary | yesterday by President Fred W. Sargent | | re The report of the commission is; | made because of the requirement of a | law (the transportation act) passed| nearly 10 years ago. The reasons for the enactment of the law have largely | ceaced to exist.” President Sargent said. Problems of weak lines have been ob- viated by the American Railway Asso- | ciation. he sald. so that mow the 259,000 | | gross miles of railroads in the United States are operated to a great extent as a single system. AUTHOR AND COMPOSER WRITING MODERN OPERA Otto Kahn Commissions Erskine and Antheil for New Metro- politan Project. Br the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 28.—John | Erskine, the author, and George Antheil, | composer, have been commissioned by Otto H. Kahn to write a modern cpera for the Metropolitan Opera House. Mr. Kahn Thursday deelined to give details | Deems Taylor, who, with Edna St. Vincent Miilay, wrote “The King's Dr. Wilbur Opens Convention. The convention was opened by Dr. William Allen Wilbur. provost of George | Washington University, in the absence of Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president of | the institution, who was to have de- | livered the opening address. In his talk, | Provost Wilbur stressed the culturai value of the study of Spanish and out- lined the value of the language as a | means of promoting international un. derstanding. The convention, which adjourned for | luncheon at the Cosmos Club shorty | after noon today, will continue througn | tomorrow. The formal banquet which | is an announced feature of the con- | ference, will be held at 7 o'clock tonighs, | at which time the Ambassador of Peru will be the speaker. | This afternoon’s program of speakers includes Prof. Arthur L. Owen of tne | University of Kansas, Prof. S. L. Millard Rosenberg of the University of Cali- fornia, Prof. Esther L. Crooks of Goucher College, Prof. S.,Patterson ot Syracuse University, Prof. Colley Spark- man of Mississippl State Teachers'. Col- | lege, and Robert H. Williams of Colum- bia University. | Henchman,” is now at work on a mod- ern opera for Mr. Kahn, writing a libretto and score based on Du Mau- | rier's novel, “Peter Ibbetson Will Consolidate Jails. RALEIGH, N. C. ().—Eastérn North | Carolina is to have the State’s first con- solidated jail, serving four _counties | whose lockups ‘have only a few boarders. The counties are Pasquotank. Pesquis mans, Camden and Currituck. Cho- wan County may join in the project. | A Colonial employer. in 1625, com- plained that wages had become “in- tolerable . WATER COLORS CORCORAN GALLERY Sun.. Dec. 8th—Sun., Dec. 29th Paintings—Etchings—Dratcings May Be Purchased Washington Water Color Club | trouble was not of an acute nature, all | ITOKIO POLICE IN CLASH NEW YEAR SUPPER Your New Year’s Party at THE LEE HOUSE Will Tinkle With Joy Dancing Two Orchestras Superb Supper Novelties' Noisemakers Souvenirs for the Ladies Star Entertainers—Under Direction of Edith Reed, Nationally Xnown on the Air, Who Will Appear in Person. Starting at s6 Per Person 10P.M. RESERVE YOUR TABLE NOW THE LEE HOUSE 15th St. at I Decatur 0160 New Year’s Eve and DANCE FROLIC Gold Room of the WARDMAN PARK HOTEL December-31—January 1 ten to three o’clock ten dollars per person Call Oscar, Columbia 2000 Supper damcing every might except Sunday, tem to ome (Copyright, 1929, North American Newspaper ‘ Alliance.) torneys testified that he was in danger of becoming gravely ill, This was the second time: Pantages | has been denied liberty under bond. | The court refused immediately after | conviction to admit him to bail. Judge Pricke said he believed Pant- | ages was suffering more from “prison | psychosis” than from any pathological OUR NEW ADDRESS 1S 1202 G St. N. 3 WH FLOOR devoted to Draperies. Slip Covers, Window hades, Fabrics and Art Objects OUR_NEW HOME McDEVITT 3 Floars | 3211 cause. In his ruling, however, Judge Fricke decreed that Pantages may be removed | to the general hospital, or, if it is preferred, may remain in the county | jail hospital and there be attended by his own physicians and nurses. Confined in Hospital. Since suffering a heart attack sev- eral days ago, the theater man has been confined in the county jail hospital. i Five physicians appointed by Dis trict Attorney Burton Fitts to examine | Pantages as to his physical condition agreed that the showman's heart | New and Slightly Used Oriental and Domestic Rugs—Also Antlaurs Hizh-srade goods at low Drices. Dawes Furniture & Specialty Co. DINING ROOM CLus BRZAKFAST 50¢ SPECIAL 65¢ LUNCHEON Taste D'HOTE DINNER $1.50 agreed that Pantages' condition shows | deterioration, but expressed the belief | that worry is his worst physical foe. Attorneys for Pantages announced they would carry the bail fight to the | Also A La Carte. No Cover Charge higher courts. | 7 | EXCELLENT CUISINE — MUSIC .\ | # WITH KOREAN STUDENTS 100 Arrests Made Blocking Demon! | stration to Effect Release of Pris- | oners Held as Communists. ’ By the Associated Press. TOKIO, December 28.—Police moved | quickly against a crowd of Korean stu- dents and laborers here today and ar- rested 100, Officials said the Koreans were pre- paring a demonstration in favor of the release of 180 of their countrymen, ar- rested Tuesday night on charges of |9 membership in & communistic secret | (¢ society. Many of those held are students at_Tokio universities. More than 900 students were arrested by Japanese authorities at Seoul, Korea, December 9, on suspicion of implication | £y with the same soclety. 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