Evening Star Newspaper, January 29, 1930, Page 3

CHEST CAMPAIGN | GIVEN MOMENTUM Entry of 2,000 Workers Into | Drive Greeted by En- i thusiasm. (Continued From Pirst Page.) dinner meeting last night in the Slower celebral thg entry of . Impouun Unit. seen anythin, puunbly never will again, for as the Jears continue, the Community Chest will !u:: . sndl mors & ac- m requiring less campaign- “ nnnnee it. l‘»m at the Mayflower was Med volunteers and the crowd THE . EVENING 'STAK. WASHINGTON, D. Pageant Features Meeting. eeting, and Although most of the crowd was made | vivid and up of men and women of the Metro- | staged itan Unit, hundreds of others showed | Fra. heir sympathy with the- chest move- | Moore Forrest of the Gommunlty Cemer ment by crowding the halls to witness | department of the public schools, the the spectacular pageant, “What a pnunt depicted the work being done ‘World,” that featured the evening’s en- | by organizations affiliated with the It served as a vehicle for Cammunlty Chest. every officer of the Chest, from Cam- imism was the prevailing keynote gn Chairman John Poole down the of the entire meeting. John FPoole, e, to give voice to the one important | campaign chairman, expressed the feel- question of the campaign, the need of |ing of those present when he reminded increasing 20 per cent the sub-|the workers that while the task is tions of last year. greater this year than last there ithout interruption today, thelare more workers in the field, more metropolitan unit 'fll devote its entire louml from which to draw funds and time to individual solicitation. Its a greater need to stimulate the interest report. tomorrow at the Mayflower will | of the prospective contributor. be an important factor in determining the trend of the campaign. Sentiment Is Added. John R. Hawkins, president of the ; A touch of sentiment, was given the Prudential Bank, will be the chief|meeting when Merritt O. Chance, pre- speaker at the first Teport meeting of |siding, called upon Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tegion five of the metropolitan unit | A, Goldsmith to arise. He then in- at the Whitelaw Hotel at 7 o'clock to- | formed the audience that Mr. and Mrs. ht. mmve of which Dr. Kelly | Goldsmith were celebrating their thirty- an and M-j Campbell | ninth wedding anniversary by :mndhu . Johnson _secretary, braces the | the Community Chest meeting. colored population of tlu city. To-|Goldsmith is vice chairman of the lpe- n’(htl m““fll will include & report|cial gifts committee, a co-chairman in the special gifts committee of | the mideity division of the Metropolitan nflnn five, of which Judge James A.Unit and a member of the budget c is chairman. Ths committee, | mittee, while Mr. Goldsmith is “key" ‘hich devoted its activities to obuln- man for the Group Solicitation Unit at Lansburgh & Bro. department store. gifts of $100 or more from col will report gifts of $3, 335m Rev. John C. Palmer of the Wash- pronounced vocation n! e o and William G. scnmuckex led the Those thus far giving $100 or more | community ollows: National Benefit Life Metropolitan Unit, called the E. | his organization the “clean-up” nb, md i |sald that its success depended -uem:evmpemnintheelcymd Ipson, | stressing the need for larger gifts. Jay O’Connor, chairman ormation Unit, urged all work- us in any possible Walter H. Brooks, $100; Richard C. $100; Mrs. Mary L. White, .100, tha furnished them and mittee has the biggest job of any of the |, 1y K. units of the campaign. “It has T done its work so well,” Mr. Noyes *“that if you do your part she was taking to & s treently, muu e Personnel of Unit. ‘The p&fwnnzl of the Metropolitan Unit leaders who took command "fi nhhcunwchmchmeewm W. DeGast, , and Page Etchi~ son, assistant numry wlth the fol- uu:.u.:m xm.é)-a:m—x at Lhu 3 itimer: BTOCK. THE LIN g T AT OsiR0o% aad - scvsally e e P A m e existing indebtedness s & note for clty. .hmfi; % :ém 3,000 in the ““#'n Pev. b &d W..O. Ex owno mrn'l. Nfll’th Capitol, J.Leo Kolb; No. 11, Towa, Mfin John W. Hardell; No. 12, pont, Cole- A '— -u): ..,,.,. ge- | man Jennings, and Chauncey G. Punt. 1 Petworth, R o Pabic. M. Schoonmaker; No. 16, Piney January 27, 1930. Bunch W. N Freeman; No. 17, Sher- )N _COMES FROM CARE- | man, Dwia N. Burnham; N ‘on-fime” arrival and low hn\luhalfl goods from points hone and we will juote our rat u-. IATIONAL DELIV- ., INC., National 1460. Takoma, No. 20, Brook- land, M. M by Dr. Percival Hall; e, Harry N. Stull; No. 27, south- Squar Wl uavfi YOUR east, Mrs. Allan Davis; No. 28, south- Lo Prank E. James, and No. 30, Anacostia, 1 mo DAvIDSON TRANGFER & e e ‘quets, receptions, parties or meetin; From 10c 30¢ T dl' each. chairs. ST, STO! NEIGHBOR—LET ;u T T -m west, G. M. Yeatman; No. 29, Benning, FOR BAN- 'l'hrmllh the efforts of Joseph D. E CO. Metropoiitan 1844 BE SOLD FOR STORAGE CHARGES. 1930, Cadillac touring car, motor ieL bear trict tag No. = t by Mr. LAN MOTOR e iob 1118 16tk at. NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY Subs pomtracted for by any cos otber il)uu sonal Fxo w'.fnmmn, NOT BE B b; . othe lhf‘_A" e St CPRABORE fv&chm' 1601 Ar'}o'-'n‘m . nw. BY MISS MILDRED TERRETT, 0T B FO! m s those tracted b; - | Executive Director, Juvenile Protective .%'3::.‘:. Srultaren, 363 Trenton pL s+ Association. One day recently, an old friend of Teapontibig for-Geris Tncurred oiper”than L1 assoclation made & visit to our Bl ave. nwos R R. SMALLWOOD, 3}5“ omce Upon leaving, her comment was: SANTED_RETORN TOADS » ‘Well, if the Community Chest has From LYNCHBURG. VA. FEB. ;| done ‘as much for the other social 1| agencies as it has for the Juvenile Pro- . 3| tective Association, it has certainly - 13| been a great gift to Washington.” 6| The members of the staff of e . 10| agency that belongs to the Chest agree with her that it has been a great lflL And 'ho hw“ better the benefits has brought than the poovln 'ho do the actual work of the orgnlnflm? ‘e know that our hands have been released to do what they were trained to do. We know that for the first time i B practica; m"i.‘i"i 418 3ed o Jofering, _exceptionsl facilities el-nu The Nafioml Capital 7310-1213 D ST. N.W. _Phone National 0650. om ROOF REPAIRING Tin -Slas_Slate |AJAX ROOFING 0. one of us has had the Joy of orherornnmuvnukem under the stimulus of feeling best service that we can ren- the Chest mith’s Truufer & Storage Co. LMY na and | meets will dwmemm.lultumeuhhunn ished his ous prepared 2 wptc orouuly mru . ORATORS' GONTEST RULES EXPLAINED Extemporaneous Speech to Be of Equal Importance to That Prepared. The questions which have been asked by hundreds of Washington, Maryland and Virgini hl.‘h school students about the exumponneoux speech fea- ture of the Seventh National Oratorical Contest were answered today when Randolph Leigh, director leneul of the contest, announced the plans under which that phase of the contest will be_administered. In The Star's contest area finals, the contending orators will be handed slips of paper bearing topics relating t» the Consmuuon of the United States 45 minutes before they take the stage to deliver their prepared speeches. Dur- ing the three-quarter-hour interval be- Tore the meeting is opened, the con- testants will be permitted to arrange in their minds their ideas for the ex- temporaneous speech. In that pre, tion, however, the contestants Wl n be permitted to use reference books or l&?(fi lx,;: the .tmlmll); I'&flf il&rxpe;kd Tequ! peah e entire four minutes allowed. Both Speeches at Once. ‘When the contestants take the stage to dzllver their orations, each will pre- sent both addresses without mumm{ his unc‘ In other words, a contestan! will deliver his six-minute npnnd spech first and then, lmr a grle terval during which his second tc will be announced, he will launch !nu: the {our-minuue extemporaneous talk. ‘The plan in other contest areas will be virtually the same, but instead of iving the extemporaneous topics to the contestants before their prepared speech, the conductors of the various hand out the new topics first oration. As they have their second the con- testants will be permiti o leave the stage for a quiet room where they may prepare for the second test under the same conditions governing that prepar- ation here. Are Equally Important. monu speech an poraneous Yaplc. -nd v.hey will ‘be ad- Vl.lel: to attach equal importance to eac ‘The topics for the extemporaneous speeches will deal in each case with lome uddmc;nal“ and more p-rtlcuhr- ized phase of prepared s The topics will be announced m& na- tional contest mlnnnmem for each zone and national flalist, and will differ for each speaker and each occasion. In selecting these ics the will have this ob the breadth and genuineness speaker’s understan of his prepared speech, by compellln: a deve!nmnent of new and untouched phuu of that h. A npenxer l!l & platitu- be given m: of his hmlmm In zv:nt :puker ‘uses entire four ml.nu\u for the extemporaneous address, l whistle will be blown, whmu must ltap instantly or fiqnu ifled. —_— American Bar Founder Dies. PHILADELPHIA, JlnulrL 29 (B)— Francis Rawle, 83, sald to the only m&o at Elglhn Bpflnn N. in 1878, died yesterday. e "’ 1¢ hants yesterda: agiren: our more merchants yesterday sgreed give part of their radio hourl w featuring _the communny Chest. The M. E. Swing Coffee Co., Morrison's, Gude Brothers and Saks Fur Co. have each given time, both this week and next, while “Radio Jc .| is devoting his full program, both to- night and next Wednesday night, to the work of the Chest. e Another radio gift to the Chest h being made by Mr. and Mrs. W. Plexnon of Station WMAL, who mnduet an “Opening the Morning Mail” hour three times weekly and will feature the Chest in their next three features. This radio time is in addition to the regular daily allottment made by WRC, WMAL, WOL and WJSV, special speakers on Chest subjects being fea- tured every night during the campaign, fdiee T %Y | CHEST FREES SOCIAL WORKERS | FOR REAL TASK, WOMAN DECLARES Miss Mildred Terrett, Juvenile Protective Group Director, Cites Advantages. SHOWN IN PAGEANT| 200 Take Part in Community Chest Drive Feature, “What a World!” for Washington by the 75 nrrnninunm in the Community Chest and typifying the spirit of the Chest campaign, fea- tured the opening drive of the Metro- pom.l.n Unit last night at the Mayflower Hotel. At least 200 persons, nearly all of | them connec’ed with some organization | affiliated with the Chest, took part in the | elaborate production, which was re- ceived enthusiastically by the voluateer workers of the uer.mpouun Unit. All the officials of the Chest and of the various units in mebyh“gl“t. c';m r'tn present. pt. Tay- r Branson, the United States Marine chestra added to the success of Chest Leaders Take Paris. “What & World!” was written by Frank Baer, and a master of ceremo- nies, Orme Libbey, former star of the St. Patrick Players, kept things going at a lively pace. One of the scenes, de- picting the *“means and methods” of the Chest in its campaign, was partici- pated in by a cast that included Fred- eric A. Delano, president of the Chest; Elwood Street, director, and John Poole, general clmpal(n chairman, with all the various unit leaders. Mrs. Marle Moore Forrest, director of the pageant, was assisted by Miss Donna A large chorus of giris and women, directed by Mrs. Gertrude Lyons of the American Legion, and a group of dancing witches trained by Caroline McKinley were features that won much applause. The co-operation of the Community Center depart.mcnt of the public schools was enlisted in the work of putting across in a novel manner the “four-square gospel” of the Community Chest as evidenced in its work in behalf of child and family wel- fare, health and character building. ‘Two costumed trumpeters, Mrs. Sarah Bergling and Miss Dorothy of Friend- ship House, heralded the opening of the pageant, which introduced Mr. Lib- bey in the role of master of ceremonies. Many Services Volunteered. Costumes for the cast were furnished by the Community Center department lndluhu&):fi?eehonummnd; painted by vingstone lemy of Fine Arts. A col of youngsters of the Boys' Club ‘Washington made many of the properties used in the va- rious scenes. Harold Snyder was direc- tor of the effective stage ligh two accompanists, Edith Hunter and Margaret Snyder, volunteered their services for the special numbers. The program and cast were as folldws: PROLOGUE. Scene I—Trumpeters, Sarah Bergling and Dorothy Doyle; ‘master of cere- monies, Orme Libbey. ‘WITH OLD MAN MONEYBAGS. Scene II—Old Man Moneybags, Mel- vin D, Hildreth; office boy page, David ‘Wolf; first detective, Chester Ring; sec~ ond detective, n Wilkins; first so- cial worker, Yvonne Kushner, and sec- ond social worker, Ruth Keren. ‘THE RAIN AND THE RAINBOW. Scene III—Ex-service man, Francis Miller; blind father, Charles Knight; mn'.lur. Mrs, Virginia Nickell; first so- cial worker, Yvonne Kushner; second social worker, Ruth Keren; first child, Robert Nickell; second child, Anna Lee Nickell. ‘THE BIG CLEAN-UP. Scene IV—Tom, Edwin Callow; Blill, Ivan Liljeroot; first social worker, Yvonne Kushner. LOVE FLIES OUT THE WINDOW. Scene V—Pirst social worker, Yvonne Kushner; second social worker, Ruth Keren; the girl, Caroline Murray; the singer, Mrs. Herman Hertzberg. A TRANSFORMED CHARACTER. Scene VI—Christ Child Society Boys’ Club, Scout Troops Nos. 92 and 95. Scoutmaster, George Palmer; the bully, Francis Burch; Tom, Irvin Brewe Dick, Harry Fissell; Bill, John Looney; Bob, Angelo Brubbese; bathers, Russell Ward, Tom Burch and James McLar- ney; hikers, Eugene Kilroy and James Phillips; Indians, Ralph Matera and Francis McDonald. THE HELPING HAND. Scene VII—Girl Scout Troop No. 28. Leader, Miss Marion Stevens, with Anna Mahin, Margaret Mahin and Dorothy Ames. ‘'WE NEED MORE. N Scene VIII—Soloists, Marion E. Hart- —] ley and Mildred Marts; chorus of work- ers, Evelyn Perry, chlunoey J. Gentz- ler, Mrs. Willlam E. Chamberlain, Dor- othy Alderman, Ruth M. Noyes, Alma Stone, Helen A. Kelly, Mrs. George H. Price, Mr. Charles Mrs. J. Har- ris Franklin, Rosa Brown, Anne E. Loker, Ensign Dorothy Guice, Mrs. May Ferns, George Woods, Gertrude Feld- man, Ruth Mlnhlll, Edwin L. Pnlur Beatrice Cox, Chaley, Beasley, llm with Anlnlo Cllle sunley :Burch. Chris Wienecke, Joseph Albanesi, Anastasi. MEANS AND urmons Seene IX—Old Man Moneybags, Mel- . Hildreth; Aot detective, Chester ‘Wilkins John Braddock, Santo C., WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 29, 1930. The junior members ol the information unit of the Cmmlllfly Chest at the Mayflower Hotel (left to right): Helen Stone, Marian Jardine, Huston and Kath aged, Rev. W. D. Jarvis; hospitals, Miss Elizabeth Dempsey; child welfare, Rev. Laurence Shehan; family welfare, Dr. Walter S. Ufford; character building, Milton Korman. Speakers (for the ‘Metropolitan . unit chairman, Merritt O. Chance; group solicitation unit chairman, Prank R. Jelleff; information unit chairman, Mrs. John Jay O’Conno uditing unit chairman, Raymond Mai quota re- vision committee, Austin Imirie; cam- paign chairman, John Poole; budget committee chairman, Corcoran Thom; president, Community Chest, Frederic A. Delano; director, Community Chest, Elwood Street. Witches, J\Idy Lyeth. Ruth Shoemaker, Pauline Oak, Sidney Alexander, Virginia Alexander, Ruth Critchfield, Martha Fisher, ginia Miller. HAPPINESS REGAINED. Scene X—Happiness, Helen Middle- ton; Enthusiasm, Edith Spaulding; en- semble. VOTING FOR HOOVER INCURS PENALTY Florida Attorney General Says Anti-Smith Men Will Be Exclud- ed From Democratic Primary. > ALLAASSE, i P, ., With campaigns for June primaries the offing, Florida voters were informed Mondt by Attorney General Fred that literal lpplluuon of Shte eleeunn laws would bar from participa. tion as candidates in the Dmocnuc primary all persons who voted for Hoo- ver in the 1928 general el ‘The opinion was expressed “in the attorney general's answer to - letter from a resident of Hufinn. . _The same rule applies, said Mr. Davis, whether the candidate voted for Hoo- ver and otherwise followed the nlullr list of Democratic nominees. Floridans_voted on such a split ucm in November, 1928. ‘The attorney general pointed out that a candidate for office on the ticket of any party must take an oath that he or she did not vote for the nominee of any other party, national, State or county, at the last general election. This means, sald attorney general, that Drimary will have £0 slgn a Sworh siate: ve X - ment that they did not vote for nomi- nees of other les, ‘The law applies h) the Republican the Democratic. Repul with Hoover for President and Willia: J. Howey for governor, polled more 30 per cent of the votes in the last general election. Attorney General Davis declared he did not presume to say what effect the application of the .lecflon law will have any Rexmbllun at the last general elec- tion may become a candidate for Demo- cratic nomination to office. STRIKE HAL' HALTS PHONING. City in Argentine Deprived of All but One Line.. ROBSARIO, Argentine, Jlnunry 29 (@) Except for one line to Buenos this city Monday was without outside telephone communication. Employes of tha Union Telephone Co., after de- claring a strike, were alleged to have cut '.h: long distance cables. ptny is part of the Buenos Aires s %rehned last year by the Inwrmuonn lephmu & Telegraph Co. ‘The workers demand improved condi- tions and higher wages. Officials of the International Co. lut night ex- pressed confidence that they would be :&l’e to compromise on the demands of strikers, AR Garment Strike TIs Voted. ‘TORONTO, Ontario, January 20 () —Toronto members of the Interna- tional Ladies’ Garment Workers' Union, by an overwh vote Monday, de- cided to strike in an effort to obtain a wage agreement. Mildred —=Star Staff Photo. Son of Chest Worker Increases Donation To Community Fund Charles Goldsmith, 2nd, the 7-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Goldsmith, 1617 Varnum street, needs no chart to tell him how much he shall give to the Community Chest. His grandfather, Charles A. Goldsmith, bel in the lmun wllclutrl%m unit and his grand- mother, Mrs. Goldsmith, being one of the vice chairmen of the clal Gifts Committee and co- an of the mid-city division of the metropolitan unit as well as a member of the budget com- mittee, Charles has had plenty of apd)onunlty to learn all about Last year when the boy w only 6 years old he had uved u llmoet $10 in his bank and when he asked his father for enough to round out the $10, stating that it was to give to the Community Chest, the balance was quickly forthcoming. This year Charles figured that being a year older he should in- crease his subscri) saved faithfully year, gathering together $11 which yu'erd.y he gave to the Chest. 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President, Born July 11, 1767, Died Feb. 23, 1848, Administration “Financial economy is very important” THE importance of financial econ- Quincy Adams, omy now is that it secures for EX-OFFICER ACCUSED. Former Customs Man Escapes as Liquor Is Seized. NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario, January 29 (#).—United States customs men that Cla; Mac- axeeennown, formerly & e o it Shey wers enmmln( his Anfiomobfl: nt the Amm- d of the Lewiston man said r.hey ‘found Monday Donald of quor were confiscated and a warrant was issued for MacDonald’s arrest. Two Killed as Plane Dives. ROCHESTER, N. Y., January 29 (A —Two men were killed as their plane crashed in a nose dive at Brizee Field, near here,» Monday afternoon. ‘The men were Gordon Smith, student fiyer at Rochester Airport, piloting the plane, and Jack Loesby of Boston. 3 g Subways to be constructed at London, Ontario, will cost $3,770, OPPORTUNITIBS IEV(§H ACTOR TO SPEAK ON “STAGE OF TODAY” .Tled'b Ben-Ami Will Supplement Forum Talk With Other Subjects. Jacob Ben-Ami, Jewish actor, will speak Sunday night at the Jewish Community Center, Sixteenth and Q streets, at 8:15 o'clock, under the aus- pices of the Forum. His main rubject, “The Stage of To- day,” will be supplemented by two minor topics, “The Jews in the Theater” and “The Modern Repertory System.” Read- ings from the two Russian authors, Tol- stoy and Tchekov, will conclude his program. Maur !tuye‘r director of the cen~ ter, will in behalf of the Com- munity ‘Chiest. Robert Macgunigle of the New Yurk Theater Guild, spoke on “What Is Right With the Theater and Modern Dra- matics” last night under the a of the' Round Table of the center. for the purchase of Finest Quality Merchandise for men are now presented in all sections of the shop. SALTZ BROTHERS 1341 F Street N. W. Send Flowers for Joy Flowers for Congratulation Flowers for Condolence Our assistants are splendidly equipped to -catch the spirit of your thought and prepare the flowers accordingly. 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