Evening Star Newspaper, February 12, 1930, Page 13

@he Foening Starp WAS HINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1930. * CRIPPLE PUPILS FORGET FOOD PATRITIC GROLPS PRIVATE CAPITAL JOIN'IN' OBSERVING LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY Ceremonies Begin at Memo- rial With Address by Rear Admiral Billard. SENATORS LAY ASIDE WORK TO PAY HONOR Emancipator Stood Squarely on the Exe 4‘”— bR, oo ponry [riton betos, Constitution and Laws, Smoot Declares. Before the beautiful Grecian temple which stands in Potomac Park as this Nation’s tribute to the memory of Abra- ham Lincoln, representatives of 19 pa- triotic organizations in the District gathered today to observe the 12ist anniversary of the martyred President’s . birth. After a march by the United States Marinie Band, delegates of the varicus societies placed wreaths at the bases of the pillars surrounding the memorial. Lincoln's service to this country was outlined briefly by Rear Admiral F. C. Billard, commandant of the Coast ‘Guard, who said that “it would be idle to believe that mere words can picture the service rendered to America by this great man. Ideals Are Stressed. “In this day of direspect for law and furtherance of selfish interests, the ! ideals of Abraham Lincoln cannot be too greatly stressed. He devoted his life to the service of others, submerg- ing his own interests in those of the people. The message of his life should be pondered today in the hearts of men.” The exercises closed with the playing of “The Star Spangled Banner” by the Marine Band. Coincident with the services at the Memorial, the United States Senate laid aside routine matters for a few minutes to pay honor to the memory of Lincoln The birthday anniversary was ob- gerved in the Senate with a speech by Senator Smoot, Republican of Utah, in which he deplored efforts he sai , sometimes made to deprive the great emancipator “of the majesty. he s0 richly deserves and the nationality for which he sacrificed so much.” Senator Smoot declared that brief excerpts are taken from the utterances of Lincoln and “displayed as evidence that he was insincere and that he would have, if alive today, sanctioned rebel- lion, revolution, insurgency and even national gesture for an international dream.” Senator Smoot asserted that Lincoln was a conservative in his day, that mmls. squarely on the Constitution and the law. Organizations Take Part. Organizations participating at the Lincoln Memorial included Abraham Lincoln Circle, No. 3, Ladies of the G. A. R.; American Gold Star Mothers, Dames of the Loyal Legion, d | The vast increase in presidential dutes he | is in sharp contrast to that which pre- L AR AN RN age. se a‘fl:,/«aradf 7%} 4;:." Lye b Missive from the Civil War President, af sample of his Sample of Handwrit Mrs . duties as President and without the al of the modern White House secretarial system, found time to sit down at his desk and transcribe painstakingly in long hand autographed letters to ad- mirers he had never met. ‘Today the President sees but few of the hundreds of letters which come to the White House from persons seeking autographs or other personal favors. resulting from widened responsibilities of the office precludes personal atten- tion to these multitudinous rrqunu1 Three nal secretaries and a corps of stenographers handle most of the correspondence, and it devolves upon them to reply politely and diplomati- cally to the petitions. In exceptional cases and where t:e firefi?n is ?er- tain the corresponden not a profes- sional collector, a reply is typed for the President’s ture. ‘That the businesslike policy of today | vailed in the White House 65 years ago in an original Lincoln let- ter now in lon of Ralph H. Pres- cott of 425 Park road, night foreman of ‘The Star composing room. Lincoln’s Letter. The letter, addressed to Mrs. Amanda H. Hall, a cousin of Mr. Prescott's District Chapter, American Red Cross; District Society, United States Daugh- ters of 1812; Ellen Spencer Mussey ‘Tent, No. 1, Daughters of Union Vet- erans of the Civil War; Sons of the Revolution in the District, U. S. Grant Circle, No. 1, Ladies of the G. A. R.; Victory Post, No. 4, American Legion; Victory Unit, No. 4, American Legion Auxiliary, and Gov. Thomas Wells So- ciety, Children of the American Revo- lution. District Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution; Disabled Amer- ican Veterans of the World War, George Baldwin McCoy Unit, American Wom- en’s Legion; Willlam B. Cushing Camp, Scns of Civil War Veterans; District Department, United Spanish War Vet- erans Auxiliary; Lincoln Corps, No. 6, | Women's Relief Corps, G. A. and Sheridan Corps, No. 12, Women'’s lief | Corps, G. A. R. At 2 o'clock Cushing Camp, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, met at the memorial. Following an address by Representative John C. Ketcham, Miss Rachael Land, accompanied by the Marine Band, sang “The Star Spangled Banner.” George Francis Jenkins was chairman of the committee in charge. G. A. R. Meets Tonight. The Department of the Potomac, Grand Army of the Republic, will meet tonight at 8 o'clock in the First Congre- gational Church with Hosea B. Moul- ton, past department commander, pre- siding. The program will include an overture and march by the Marine Band, the call to order by Comdr. Sam- ucl G. Mawson, presentation of colors by Comrade Hazard Wheeler, salute and pledge to the flag, invocation by the Rev. Frederick Brown Harris, pastor of Foundary M. E. Church; solos by Miss Ruby Smith Stahl and benedic- tion by the Rev. Jason Noble Pierce. The speakers will be Kepresentative Addison T. Smith of Idaho and Rep- resentative C. Ellis Moore of Ohio. Col. John M. Kline will read Lincoln's Get- | tysburg address. ‘Theodore G. Risley, solicitor of the Department of Labor, will speak on “Lincoln the American” at a meeting of the Illinois Society tonight in the ball room of the Wiilard Hotel. The American University Park Citizens' As- ociation, meeting at 8 o'clock in Hurst Hall, will hear a brief talk by Charles 1. Stengle on “The Life of Abraham Lincoln.” Services commemorating the birth of Lincoln also will be held at Plymouth Congregational Church, Seventeenth and | P streets, tonight. + An address on “Lessons From Lincoln” was made by Dr. Abram Simon of the ‘Washington Hebrew Congregation at a Juncheon meeting today in the May- flower Hotel of the Artistic Lighting Equipment Association. Another speaker to discuss the life of Lincoln today was Dr. W. Coleman Nevils, S. J,, president of Georgetown University, who spoke at a meenng of the Washington Lions Club, also held at the Mayflower. ‘Two of the Lincoln birthday broad- casts will be on the schedule of WMAL at 6:30 o'clock. The first will be a novel tour of the Lincoln Museum, at 516 Tenth street, conducted by Lewis G. Reynolds, custodian of the historic tuilding. Reynolds also will tell an orig- inal and heretofore publicly untold story about President Lincoln and Gen. Grant. The other program will i &reovlflf.d by the citizens’ joint com- mif on national representation for the District. MOB RIOTS IN FACTORY. BERLIN, February 12 (#).—The grandmother, apparently was in re- sponse to an indirect request for a sample of Lincoln's handwriting. Mrs. Hall's husband ‘had been killed in the service and she had & son in the Army. She wrote to her brother, employed in the Government service, who brought the letter to the President’s attention. Lincoln copied a from his second inaugural address and sent fit, with a brief explanation, to Mrs. Hall. An in feature indicative of the economy which prevailed in the hite House in war time is the fact that Lincoln used an old sheet of sta- tionery, changing the printed date on it with his pen. ‘The letter, headed “Executive Man- sion, Washington, March 20, 1865, reads as follows: ‘Mrs. Amanda H. Hall. ‘Madazm. “Induced by a letter of yours to your brother, and shown me by him, I send you what follows below. “Respectfully, A. LINCOLN. “‘Fondly do we hope—fervently do Ohrs Mromsn Yo Yate Prastaon cutive Mansion '.7;4,[,’“ Thawt 20 1488 rcirncsos £y o BolZe e e & b, S penes g et s oot &udg.q.kol'fu_/c;‘mqa.m,“’_@(fltb% Seatuger of was sy spesics frassonmy ot, o Goer wnte, iz T CnTinsr WALl 0 L0 LT sreal Tl foillc Ly By Lynoimaais b o olieat lw/f?w f%m HHoate Los punh, @ee: bl tvery ccfs féa..«. Wrtn. oAl LK, far ko Afare L Jrase by arelFan Srtnine bAZH LT, porres) @8 inrms pavaes Bl [ P M) paanr; e L w%,m Alochom lovertl * itly in an: to est for & TSI e b o romnd e —=Star Staft Photo. 'LETTER SHOWS LINCOLN FOUND TIME TO GIVE MANUSCRIPTS ing Is Uncovered in Missive Written to Hall. Abraham Lincoln, in the midst of h‘ié!we pray—that this mighty scourge of | Wwar may edily God wills wealth piled up by the bondsman’s two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall paild by another drawn sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said: “The judgments of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether.”* “ABRAHAM LINCOLN.” ‘The 121st birthday anniversary of the great Civil War President finds Lincolnia—personal letters and other manuscripts in his handwriting or bearing his signature—at a premium. Many Manuscripts Filed. The Library of Congress, repository of vast and generally unexplored stores of the personal manuscripts of nearly all the other nts, has ly & thin volume of the letters of Lincoln which are open_ for public n, The National Library has, of course, a great bulk of Lincoln correspondence intrust- ed to it by the late Robert Todd Lin- coln, son of the President, which is not to be inspected for 20 years. ' The let- ters are in sealed cases. and 80 strict were the injunctions of the bequest that even the librarian himself does not con- sider that he has any right to look at em. ‘The State Department, in whose archives are deposited the state papers of the Presidents, has only his inaugu- ral addresses and his proclamations, in- :::tun. the Proclamation of Emancipa- n. But, scattered through the country somewhere, members of the Library of Congress staff believe, there must be many Lincoln letters, possibly dupli- cates of some of those in the sealed files which contain the White House . So occasional Lincoln Iletters probably will reach the light for years to come, although the supply will never approach the ever-increasing manu- scripts of such prolific writers as Wash- ington and Jefferson. For it is known that Lincoln did write personal letters, possibly more of them than any one suspccts, full of his quaint philosophy, humor and pathos. And he was not stingy with his auto- graphs. Such letters will turn up from time to time in attics and old bureau drawers. away. Yet, if | HEARING PLANNED ON CRAMTON BILL Public Session Will Be Held Next Week on Park Devel- opment Measure. The Senate District committee will hold a public hearing next week on the Cramton park development bill, author- izing a $16,000,000 park extension pro- gram in the District and $7,000,000 for additions to the park system in nearby Maryland and Virginia, At the suggestion of Senator Jones, Republican, of Washington the com- mittee yesterday also decided to inspect the areas to be preserved. Committee members indicated a desire to give the measure early consideration, and de- cided on a night hearing to speed action, as the tariff bill is occupying attention throughout the day. Senator Glass, Democrat, of Virginia sald that the House repealed authority previously granted by Congress for a bridge company to_ build & toll bridge across the Potomac near Great Falls. He sald he thought the bill should be amended either to restore the toll bridge or to make definite provision for a free bridge. As passed by the House the Cramton bill provides for an advance of $16,000,- 000 from the Treasury for carrying out the ‘)ll’k program in the District, to be repaid by the District at the rate of $1,000,000 & year without interest. The remainder authorized would be to develop the George Washington Me- morial Parkway, along both banks of the Potomac from Mount Vernon and Fort Washington to Great Falls, and | to extend Rock Creek and Anacostia parks into adjacent Maryland. Half the cost of this project would have to be reimbursed to the Federal Govern- ment from Maryland and Vi . In the ex along_Rock kK the Anacostia, two-thirds of the cost would have to be reimbursed to the Government by Maryland. Four Held in Store Robbery. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. Socialist newspaper Vorwaerts today stated that 700 Communists, led by & member of the Prussian Diet, today occupled the Opel automobile works ot Ruesselsheim, destroying part of the machinery. The police were called in. General Motors has a controlling in- terest in the Opel works. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., February 12—Four colored men were jailed yes- terday on charges of taking a cash register and merchandise from a gen- eral store at Ritchie. Prince and Dutrow made the arrests, and the men were held for the action County Officers | to HEALTH STUDY SEEN AS SELF-ANALYSIS Visiting Nurses’ Organiza-! tion Official Addresses Society Here. Health study “is in reality self- analysis with the object of determining better ways of serving in the health fleld,” Miss Alma C. Haupt declared yesterday at a meeting of the board of managers of the Instructive Visiting Nurse Society in The Star Building. Miss Haupt is assistant director of the Natlonal Organization for Public Health Nursing. She formerly was di- rector of the Minneapolis Visiting Nurse Association, and until recently was a member of the staff of the Common- wealth Fund in its program for rural hospitals. She is participating in a study of Washington health organiza- tions under the auspices of the N. O. P. H. N. and the American Public Health Assoclation. Similar health studies In other cities, Miss Haupt sald, “have brought about constructive changes and have assisted in more clearly defining the inter- relationships of public and private agencies in the community. R. M. Kauffmann was unanimously elected to the board of managers. Joshua Evans, jr. essistant treasurer, introduced the new Kiwanis representa- tive, Bruce Baird of the National Sav- . Charles Wilson, reporting for the supply _ committee, -announced Mrs. James E. Baden, chairman of the Ana- costia dressings committee, had started m{l with an active committee to meet weekly. l(rz G. Howland Chase, 3d, vice pres- ident, announced a series of lectures would be conducted under the auspices of the Junior League for the benefit of special work conducted by it in medical soclal service. Mrs. G. Brown Miller, second vice president, invited the board members attend a meeting of the Council of Social Agencies next Monday. The of the grand jury by Juctice of Peace Gore, . rvecial studies on the care of {rensients | and the blind i Washington. spet pass b that it continue until all the OLD LINCOLN LETTER COMES TO LIGHT TRA[}"UN MERG[R T0 BE ONVEN 0. K. BY SENATEGROLP Vote on New Court Procedure in Utilities Cases Gets' Precedence. WOULD CONFINE JURISTS TO QUESTIONS OF LAW Present Fare Retained as Condition to Union, but Way Is Not Barred to Revision. The street rallway merger resolution, containing the clause to keep present rates of fare in force for two years, will be favorably reported by the Senate District committee within a few days, but with the understanding that a bill setting up & new form of court pro- cedure in utility cases must be acted upon in advance of the merger. In reaching this decision late yes- terday the Senate committee upheld the two main contentions of the Public Utilities Commission. The commission had written the court amendments into the merger resolution, and, although the committee voted to take them out and present them to Congress as sep- erate legislation, this action was ac- companied with the stipulation that the ;lnlltr.t procedure bill will be taken up irs Merger Up to Stockholders. If Congress should enact the merger resolution in the form adopted by the Senate group, the final decision as to whether there would be a consolidation would rest with the stockholders of the ‘Washington Rallway & Electric Co, and Capital Traction Co. ‘The resolution is a statement of the terms the companies would have to agree to if they desire to merge. The companies have pending in the be | District Supreme Court now a plea for the | higher fares, and at a recent hearing before the Senate committee they voiced strenuous opposition to the clause in the merger resolution requiring continua- tion of existing fares for two years. The mere passage of the merger legislation would not mean continuation of present fares for two years, but would mean that the companies could only merge by accepting that as one of the terms. The companies objected to having the changes in court procedure in the merger resolution, and they also dis- agreed with the commission as to the text of the court amendments. The Senate committee, while handling the amendments as a separate bill, ap- proved the text as recommended by the commission. Members of the commis- sion explained that the purpose of the amendments is to prevent the courts of the District from acting in the capacity of an additional utilities commission by when utility cases are taken into court. Commissioner Hartman explained that under these amendments the courts would not pass upon the facts, except where constitutional questions were involved. The new court procedure would be an amendment to the utilifies law and would apply to all public service corpo- rations in the District. n the committee met yesterday virtually all features of the merger reso- lution had been worked out except the stipulation to continue present fares and the court amendments, 0 Publft “Would Not Gain.” Senator Vandenberg, Republican, of Michigan declared he could see “no justification for merger without the clause continuing present fares for two years.” He argued the companies would effect gs from unified operation and would be relieved of paving charges and the pay of crossing policemen. He sald the public would get nothing out of merger unless a two-year moratorium on changes in fare was declared. Chairman Capper sald the companies had made strong objection to the fare K:omlon, but he did not believe they d ever said finally that they would ;-mtnucem. & merger with that clause n it. Commissioner Hartman told the com- mittee it is estimated the savings re- sulting from the merger would be in the neighborhood of $750,000, and said this is within $150,000 of what they would get if they received all they are seeking in the rate case. Gen. M. M. Patrick, chairman of the commission, told the committee the court amendments were not an essential part of the merger resolution, but that the commission is extremely anxious to heve them enacted either in the merger or separately. ‘The motion on which the committee acted was made by Senator Glass, Dem- ocrat, of Virginia. ‘Others who attended the meeting were Senators Copeland, Democrat, of New York; Gould, Repub- lican, of Maine; Blaine, Republican, of Wisconsin; Jones, Republican, of Wash- ington, and Blease, Democrat, of South Carolina. WAR VETERANS’ REVUE SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT Presentation by Local Talent Will Be Given in Immaculate Con- ception Parish Hall. ‘The Veterans of Fore ‘Ware' Revue. featuring well known 1 talent, will be presented tonight at Immaculate Conception Parish Hall, Eighth and N streets, at 8:15 o'clock. Caj Harvey L. Miller, department commander, will be master of cere- monles. Music will be furnished by the Veterans of Forelgn Wars Military Band, under_direction of Lieut. Arthur E. Harper, It was stated in error yes- terday that the program already had been gl STORE EMPLOYE DENIES WIFE'S THREAT CHARGE W. C. Shepherd Files Answer to Buit for Absolute Divorce. William C. Shepherd, A! emplaye of a department store, has filed an answer to the suit for an absolute divorce re- cently filed against by his wife, Flora Lora Shepherd. He denies the charges made by the wife and asserts that he never threatened to molest her and has given her no reason to fear that she is in any danger from him. He has never visited her place of em- ployment, he tells the court, although she went to the store where he works and attempted to have him discharged session will be marked by reports on:and has otherwise sought to embarrass him. he asserts. Attorney Bertrand Em- erson, jr., appears for the husband. \ passing on the facts as well as the law | I MAY HANDLE NEW CENTRAL MARKET Downtown Market Company, Inc., Negotiates for K Street Site. NEW YORK AVENUE LOT MAY SOLVE DILEMMA Congress, Facing Federal Owner- ship Bills, Believed to Prefer Private Enterprise. If financial negotiations being closed this week by the Downtown Market Co., Inc., prove successful Washington's new Center Market will rise on the block bounded by New York avenue, K, Tenth and Eleventh streets. ‘This prospect appeared more likely to- day than ever before in the long-drawn- out efforts of gflnw enterprise to es- tablish a new home for the more than $17,000,000 dollars worth of annual business which is to be evicted from Center Market when the Government tears down this structure to erect a Department of Justice building. Bills are pending in Congress which would establish a Center Market by the Government, but it is known that the members of Congress would much rather see the new structure built by private enterprise. ‘The Downtown Market Co. has been incorporated for some time in an en- deavor to establish a retail market cen- ter near the fetail shopping area of downtown Washington. Several differ- ent blocks have been under considera- tion at diferent times, but the block north of New York avenue between Tenth and Eleventh streets is the one now picked for the market in case the financing can be accomplished. The plans for a new Department of Justice Building to go on the site of old Center Market have virtually been completed in form to give a basis for preparing estimates. It is expected that such estimates will be presented as soon as the Elliot bill, which has passed the House and is now on the Senate's calendar, becomes law. MANDAMUS WRIT IS SIDESTEPPED Utilities Commission Counters by Asking Amendment to Aail TUnification Answer. ‘The Public Utilities Commission today sidestepped a writ of mandamus, which Justice Frederick L. Siddons was about to issue to compel the commission to take action on application of the Wash- gton Consumers Guild to require uni- fication of the two railroad companies where thelr tracks coincide. Through Assistant Corporation Counsel Robert E. Lynch, the commission obtained per- mission of -the court to amend the answer filed to the mandamus proceed- ing recently heard before the court. Justice Siddons pointed out that the amendment raised a different question of law and withheld the decision, which he had announced he would make in the mandamus case. The commission February 10 wrote E. C. Riegel, representing the guild, that it had given careful consideration to his letter of June 6, 1929, requesting the commission to effect a junction be- tween the lines of the Capital Traction Co. and the Washington Railway & Electric Co., but “an investigation falled to convince the commission that public convenience and necessity require, at present, the action on its part re- quested by you.” ‘The commission further asserted that the investigation has failed to satisfy the commission “that sufficient grounds exist to warrant a formal hearing being ordered as to the matter investigated.” ‘The court permitted the filing of a copy of this letter as an amendment to the answer of the commisison and told Mr. Riegel that he should take such further steps in the case as he may' be advised. Riegel asked the court to require the amended answer to contaln a formal ruling by the commission on his appli- cation, but the court would not rule on the request. Riegel suggested that a formal ruling would be necessary to mit an appeal to the Court of Appeal COLORED HOLD-UP MEN ELUDE ARREST Police Seek Pair- Who Last Night Robbed Four Taxicab Drivers. Two colored hold-up men eluded ar- rest today after robbing four taxicab drivers of nearly $30 late last night. Police have been seeking the pair every since a serles of such robberies began several nights ago. Charles Johnson, colored, of the first block of 8 street, was relieved of $20 at Sherman avenue and Fairmont street, after a rifle was jammed 5t his side. Smaller sums were obained from three other drivers. CITIZENS BODY INSPECTS PHONE COMPANY UNITS For the first time in its history the Federatlon of Citizens' Mflotll":rni last night visited*a District of Columbia public utility, the Chesapeake & Po- tomac Telephone Co. lous departments and detalls of operation of telephone service were in- lgeeud by more than 100 members of the association. At the company's main office, 723 Thirteenth street, the visitors were shown through the long-distance operating room, toji new dial system central office and the manual switchboards of Metropolitan, National, Distriet and Franklin. Dr. George C. Havenner, president of :'l:numll fon, headed the list of vis- o CITIZENS WILL MEET. Nominations for officers for the en- lulfl" year and discussion of the Jones bill liberal requirements for eligi- bility for 't commissionership and appointment of the new Commissioner, Maj. Gen. Herbert pected to be discussed at the regular meeting of the Michigan Park Citizens’ Association at the Juarters of the association 'welfth street north- east, at 8 o'clock tonight. Willlam F. Deviny, president of the civie body, will precide. Johm F. Hill- yard is secretary. | terminal room, the | ing B. Crosby, are ex- | mof “Tra-la-la,” They Sing, but| Promised Hydrotherapy | Treatment Is Myth. | | Queer, fsn't it, that nowadays a | little girl—a little girl with twisted legs, | too—should have to go out to school | almost every morning without break- fast? Yet ‘Violet” does. She happens to | be one of the puplis over at the Magru- | der School for Colored Crippled Chil- | dren, and practically every morning when the big bus stops at her door to | take her off to a day's class work she has had nothing to eat. | And that's not the worst of it. Vio- let never has any money with which | to buy lunch; she never ‘even brings a couple of dry sandwiches in a paper bag, like some of her schoolmates do. Of course, Violet isn't her real name, but, nevertheless, she herself is a | flesh-and-blood child who daily at- | tends that school at Seventeenth and | M streets where she has been promised | not only schooling, but treatment as well—treatment which the doctors say might help straighten out those shrivel- | ed little legs of hers. Strives as Hunger Gnaws. | And Violet is not the only child | who goes to that school to struggle for | good marks while hunger gnaws at her | warped and frail body. There are no | less than six others who never bring their lunch or money for it; there are five more who only occasionally bring a nickel for their noon-day meal, and there are perhaps two who, like her, come without breakfast. Nor is Magruder the only school where little children, handicapped by insuf- ficient food and twisted bodies, seek the learning they're told will help them face the world as men and women. There is the Weightman School, at Twenty-third and M streets, which is attended by crippled white children, but there a parent-teached association which gives of its labor and its money, tempers a cruelty which might other- wise be a more punctual schoolmate of of the children. But to get to Volet. She is an or- phan who lives. with a grandmother. Grandmother goes out in the early morning hours to one of the city’s laun- dries, where she sweats a bit of living out of the soiled clothes of Washing- tonians who happen to be better off. Violet drags herself out of bed some time after the old woman is gone; oc- casionally the child picks up a bite to eat herself; generally she doesn't. The bus drives up to the humble door and the girl is whisked away to school. In class she sits and works. Hasn't she been told that if she studies hard and learns her lessons well the world will make a better place for her with those twisted legs? She's even happy as she works. Hungry? Well, it's all right, the class will begin its singing lesson soon and then—— Then they all toddle or are rolled in wheel chairs ‘out inté the corridor. ‘Those less crippled push those confined to chairs by complete helplessness. Hungry? Not now, 'they're singing. Those words: Spirit of Song Intervenes. “Tra la, la-la, tra la, la-la, tra la, la-la— “Joy is everywhere!” It's the happy “Finiculi, Finicula,” they're singing. That's what it was when this reporter stood by and watch- ed them, and there was gusto in their voices and smiles a foot wide upon their faces. Hungry? No, they're happy! ‘The singing’s over. The little cripples begin their trundling back to their rooms. Some of those steel-braced limbs do queer things; too sudden a step, perhaps, and a leg shoots out a crazy angle that makes the reporter's blood Tun cold, and down sprawls a child. One of the four woman attend- ants there or perhaps a more able pupll goes to the rescue; a bit of a tug and the child is up again. ‘Tidled up, the tottering and rolling | elass crosses the corridor again to the i “lunch room.” It's really the domestic | science room, and the “meal” that's waiting is all that the less than 50 cents allowed the teacher from the manual training fund eould provide for 39 children! It may be a custard. Perhaps it's & soup, but it's food—a small dish of it for each child. Violet and the other six no better off than she get theirs. Some of the children who bring_their lunch in paper bags share with Violet and those like her. Maybe it’s a sandwich they can spare or a plece of jelly-bread, or maybe it's just plain bread—that's all some of them can bring, you see. If the dietician’s provision for the day isn't one made with milk, then the children have milk to drink. That's what the nickels which the teachers urge them to bring are for. Of course. only six of them always have the nickel, and some four or five have it occasionally, so the teacher in charge, with help from the dietician, digs into her own pocketbook for money with which to buy milk for 20 to 25 children every day! Eating Is a Luxury. Looking at it another way. ‘There are m’llyl five children in this school who bring good lunches in bags every their side of it. Most of them, you see, are youngsters of large families, and | the heads of these families earn little. | A nickel & day is & lot of money to/ them. A The “meal” is over and the pitiful | struggling migration to the other rooms ; is taken up again. There are the cerie | collapses of 1imbs, the breathless watch- | ing of the four women in charge, the | cripple pushing the cripple, and the | time has come for the rest period for the younfir children. Fifteen first- ade pupils there are who, the authori- {!’u have decreed, shall have rest. But there are only five beds for them. So the wheel chairs that can be spared are used in lieu of beds, and others, for whom there is nothing, slump in their seats, fling an arm across their desk tops and droop little heads on the makeshift pillows thus made for a| ing nap. i “TRE teatment? Well, there's no use dwelling upon that. There is & physio- therapist at both Weightman and Ma- gruder who massages cr\&pled limbs. They have tables upon which the little ones are placed and they have an elec- tric baking lamp aplece. There's noth- g more. The hydrotherapy treat- ments which were talked about when the schools were opened a month late last Fall still are being talked about. There is none of this equipment in Ma- ! der School and there's none of it | Con, grut at Weightman. Over at Weightman things aren't very different from those at Magruder. ‘There they don't have the domestic; science room to use as a kitchen and they don't have the dally half dollar | to provide luncheon for 40 children, but it's into that vold that the Parent- ‘Teacher Association steps. This body of nts, virtually all of whom are of normal children, who really have no responsibility at all so far as the little cripples are concerned, buy the material for a big pot of soup every day. The soup is cooked by the girls of the Dennison Vocational School and is transported by messenger service paid for by the Kiwanis Club to the Weight- man School. Each child is asked to day, The others—well, you've just read { postal van were ing smecthea, AS SONGS AND LEARNING BEGIN| Knowledge Alleviates Hungerf Pain of Weightman and | Magruder Students, 1 WALTER KERNS, A bus driver, with one of his unfortu- nate charges. This little fellow has been a cripple since he fell out of a high chair when a baby. The bus driv- ers show an interest in the little crip- ples, whom they carry up the steps to and from their homes. —Star Staff Photo. brln{‘ 25 cents a week for the soup and another 25 cents for a daily bottle of milk. Most of them bring it; half a dozen, perhaps, cannot, but they get their milk and soup just the same. But Contentment Reigns. At Weightman, too, there is cheer. No child seems aware of his condition, and the visiting reporter who watcl them at play at recess time wondered how such twisted limbs could support the tumble-about recreation which was theirs. One youngster parades about in cowboy chaps and ’kerchief, another works at a carpenter's bench “building things,” and yet another labors at a bit of handwork between the book- study hours. And so go the schools for crippled children which were opened last Fall after much agitation on the part of folks who believe special provision should be made for the Capital's handi- capped youngsters. ‘The buildings which have been turned over to this use are pretty well known about by this time, the Weightman having been threatened by fire only last week, when flames burst from an iron-grilled floor register in the corridor; and the Ma- gruder having been closed shortly be- fore the Christmas holidays because its heating plant—also of the ancient hot- )n‘tr type—failed to deliver sufficient eat. And in the midst of it all many of the children—most of them in one school—are in real need. They're in need of lunches, The District has no funds for this purpose, yet the little cripples go to school daily and like it. CHORAL SINGERS HOLD REHEARSAL First Meeting of Festival As- sociation Brings Registra- tion of New Members. The newly-organized Washington Choral Festival Assoclation held its first rehearsal at the Thomson Community Center last night in preparation for the choral concert it will give at the Belasco Theater, May 7, as a feature of National Music Week. The rehearsal was conducted by Frederick Alexander, celebrated conductor of the Ypsilanti Normal Choir. More than 160 singers registered to become members of the association last night. Within the next 10 days the parts will be assigned for the concert.. Registrations may be made with Mrs. Gertrude Lyons, secretary of the asso- ciation, at 917 Eighteenth street. ‘The second rehearsal was set for February 25 in the Thomson Commun- ity Center, at Twelfth and L streets, with Kurt Hetzel conducting. In addition to the independent vo- calists present last night choirs and musical organizations represented in- cluded the American Federation Organ- ists’ Guild Chorus, Bethesda Presbyte- rian Church Choir, Calvary Baptist Choir, Calvary M. E. Church Choir, Capital Choeral Club, Chapel of the Na- tivity Choir, Choir Invisible, Church of the Covenant Choir, Church of the Epiphany Choir, Columbia Christian_ Church Choir, Congress Heights Baptist Church Choir, Dam- rosch Singing Society of New York, Elizabeth Somers Glee Club, D. C. Fed- eration of Music Clubs, First Congre- gational Church Choir, First Reformed Church Choir, Friends of Music, Girls' Friendly Soclety of Epiphany Church, Gospel Mission Class, Immaculate Con- ception Church Choir, Lovette Choral Club, Mount Pleasant Congregational Church Cholr, Mount Vernon Place Church Choir, National Baptist Chor, National Capital Choir, National Cap- ital Oratorfo Association, Nativity Church Choir, Petworth Methodist Church Choir, Rubinstein Club, St. Al- ban’s Church Choir, St. Paul's Church Choir, St. Peter's Church Choir, Schu- bert Choral Club, Soloists' Ensemble, Binging Mothers of the Parent-Teacher gress, Takoma Park Presbyterian Church Cholr, Trinity Church Chor, Trinity M. E. Church Cholr, Vermont Avenue Christian Church Chofr, Vienna Music Club, Washingtonians, Washing- ton Cholr, Washington Opera Co., Wil- nor Choral Club, Women'’s City Club and others. Train Wreck Plot Is Foiled. LISBON, Portugal, February 12 (#).— An attempt to wreck a nger train l’;s -vermeur Vlllll’i:.\'llst night when a -man, seel two huge boulders obstructing the tr:ck. Wlln!.d the eer. The engine and the derailed, the latter be- PAGE B-1 BRIDE INTERVENES IN SUBMETER CASE T0BLOCK INCREASE Corporation Counsel Wins Permission to Act for Peo- ple in Hearings. FEARS PUBLIC INTEREST MAY BE JEOPARDIZED Says Requested Sale of Power to Apartments Would Mean General Advance. Corporation Counsel William W. Bride today qbtained permission from the Public Utllities Commission to in- tervene in the submetering cases pend- ing in Equity Court, in view of the fact that the electric power rates to the public are involved in the decision. These cases were brought by owners of large apartment and office build- ings to compel the Potomac Electric Power Co. to continue to furnish elec- tric power at wholesales rates, to be resold to tenants at the higher retail rates, Mr. Bride's position is that if the order is granted, the power company will earn less money than that to which it is entitled. Since electric power rates in the District are adjusted annually on the basis of the company’s earn- ings, he holds that the case has a pub- lic interest. The intervention would normally be made by the people’s coun- sel, but since that office at present is vacant, Mr. Bride will assign an assist- ant corporation counsel to argue the case should the petition to be allowed to intervene be granted. Fears Rate Increase. In a formal statement exphtnln‘; his Pposition, Bride said n view of the fact that the people's counsel has not yet been confirmed, I have asked the Heights | Public Utilities Commission to allow me to intervene in the submetering cases and have received its instruction to do s0. Submetering is a method whereby the owner of an office building or apart- hed | ment house buys electric current at the low wholesale rate and sells it to the tenants at the higher retail rate, retain- ing the difference for himself. “This method gives the user of the current no service which he does not now receive. The plan is innocent enough on its face, but the level of the retain rate to the general public is governed by the return which the elec- tric power company receives. To allow submetering, and thus permit a very large percentage of current now sold at the retail rate to be sold at the wholesale rate, will inevitably result in a loss of revenue to the power com- pany and a consequent rise in the rate to the general public. Public is Vitally Interested. “This is particularly important in view of the contract with electric power company which automatically gives the public here the advantages of any savings to the utility. I am in- formed that in New York alone this difference to the public will amount to 1$10,000,000 a year. The public is vitally interested in preventing submetering here for it inevitably result in higher rates to them with no resultant e e sulte against th powt e suits against the power compan, were flled by the Washington con'\,ren! tion Hall Co, James L. Karrick, the Crandall Realty Co, Myron P. Lewis, Robert A. Nordblom and ¥red D. Jordan, trustess, and Joseph J. Moebs. A preliminary motion to dismiss argued by the power company has been denied atnd th:t ase is shortly to be argued on its merits, IF. J. JOUVENAL DIES AT AGE OF 45 Heart Attack Is Fatal to Son of Late Superintendent of Washing- ton Monument Project. Frederick Joseph Jouvenal, 45 years old, son of the late Rudolph Jouvenal, who superintended the cap-stone work on the Washington Monument, was stricken fatally yesterday afternoon while at work in the round house of the Washington Terminal Co. Death was attributed to heart failure. Born in Washington, Mr. Jouvenal entered the employ of the terminal com- pany 18 years ago, holding the position of accountant at the time of his death. He was a member of the Holy Name Soclety and St. Martin's Church. Besides his widow, Mrs. Florence Jouvenal, he is survived by four sisters, Mrs. Mamie Jahn, Mrs. Sue Sullivan, Mrs. Florence Yocum and Mrs. Ger- trude Beauchamp, all of this city. A brother, Willilam J. Jouvenal of Silver Spring, Md., also survives. Mr, Jouvenal resided at 2415 I street, the home of Mrs. Jahn, : Funeral services will be held Friday morning from St. Martin's Church. terment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery. DEAN POUND TO SPEAK. Harvard Law School Head to dress Federal Bar Association. Dean Roscoe Pound of the Harvard Law School, & member of the Commis- sion on Iaw Observance and Enforce- ment, will speak at the annual dinner of the Federal Bar Association, in the Hotel Mayflower, February 22, at 7:30 o'clock, it was announced today by Willlam R. Vallance, president. In addition to Dean Pound, United States Attorney Charles H. Tuttle of New York and Assistant Attorney Gen- eral Charles P. Sisson will address the barristers also. Seth W. Richardson, Assistant At- torney General, is to be toastmaster at the banquet, which is expected to be attended by approximately 800 at- torneys, including many district at- torneys from other States. DR. SIMON TO SPEAK. Will Deliver Sermon on and Lincoln.” A sermon on “Moses and Lincoln,” & contrast and comparison, will be de- livered by Dr. Al Simon of the Washington Hebrew in the h night at treet Temple Priday - Baturday morning at 10:30 Dr. Simon lical Portion,” k. will interpret “The Bib] v