Evening Star Newspaper, February 14, 1930, Page 25

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et M v, e 1140 Mot WING IS RESERVED tomorrow at 8 o'clock. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1930, Commerce being housed with other | Commerce bureaus in the new bullding. : FIN D w. T. cLARK In answer to an inquiry, Secretary ing house at 516 Tenth street Abraham Lincoln died after assassination in the Ford Theater, across the street, Lewis | deatn of the wife. Mr. Reynolds said | | defay That he had littie hope of ob- | | taining any further information. the accide: believe the watch bracelet :u League for the Larger Life will give “I was anxious, if possible, to obtain | slipped loose when y orTow night at a_Valentine part; FOR PATENT OFFICE | “oxont mae the following statzmert; IN THE DEATH ROLL | Gardiner Reynolds, custodian of -the ’some ‘of the family photographs that | and that the watc et T 9 IR, |- GO rumor to the effect that the United Lincoln Museum, has obtained a few | Clark had in his room at the time of | Where it lay unnot i BUDY but no masks. —— Py h,” he said, “ ly in | was picked up and removed to the hos. P States Patent Office may not be re- meager facts. | Lincoln's death, sald, “merely n! AP : s | x TN " lete the story.” pital. Annual five hundred and bridge card moved to the new Department of Com- | Clue to Soldier .! Information came from three per- | order to comp] B ' [}I I IZE"S P e ug Urides card | Facilities Are Provided in New) moved Building upon its completion. in Whose Bed Lin:| JTuis ey, come, flom three per- | o Forest Hills Group Unani- mously Approves Choice for D. C. Commissioner. The Forest Hill Citizens' Association unanimously indorsed the appointment | of Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby as District Commissioner at a meeting last night in the Methodist Home, Con- necticut avenue and Ellicott street. A resolution, commending Presiden Hoover for his appointment of Gen. Crosby, was adopted. Copies of the resolution will be sent to the Federation of Citizens' Associations and to the White House. i The association voted also to_extend | 1ts appreciation to Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, for stationing a traffic policeman at Davenport street s and Connecticut avenue to protect | ~chool children. Further commendation ! was addressed to Capt. Charles H. Bremmerman of the fourteenth precinct for his traffic control efforts in the school district. Edward C. Potter, vice president, was chosen to fill the position of delegate | to the Federation of Citizens' Associa- tions. He replaces Lieut. Col. Willlam R. Davis, resigned, because of continued absence from the city. The association voted to join the District of Columbia Public _School Association, with Mrs. Harold Stimson | serving as delegate and Mrs. William F. Meggers as alternate. | CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Phi Sigma Phi Sorority, Epsilon Chapter, will give a closed banquet and dance tonight at the Dodge Hotel at 7 o'clock. Miss Helen Talbott, presi- dent of the chapter, will be toastmis- tress. Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp, No. 1, United Spanish War Veterans, mecets this evening at 8 o'clock in Pythian Temple. Auxiliary meets in the same building at ths same time. St. Valentine’s dance will be given tonight by the Red Triangle Outing ! Club at the Thomson School Gym- nasium, Twelfth and L streets. En- trance on Twelfth street. Nine to 12 o'clock. Miss Lusetti Blevins in charge, Rechabites will give a dance tonight in the Blue Triangle Hunt, Twentieth and B streets. Georgetown University senior prom will be held in the gold room of the Wardman Park Hotel tonight from 9 to 1 o'clock. Charles Coffman, chair- man of committee on arrangements. Zeta Chi Sorority will entertain at a dance this evening at the Roosevelt Ho- tel. Miss Julia M. Bland, chairman. Big Sisters of the District of Colum- | bia will meet at St. Patrick’s rectory at 8 o'clock. Election of officers. Musical and literary program will be given by students of the Virginia Sem- inary and College in the Vermont A nue Baptist Church tonight at 8:30 o'clock. Proceeds for the benefit of the church. All welcome. Mrs. Dolly George is chairman of the Valentine card party and dance to be given tonight at Hillcrest, 2800 Thir- teenth street, for the benefit of Con- gress Lodge Chapter, O. E. S. Miss Elizabeth Bailey will entertain the Washington Alliance of Delta Delta Delta Fraternity tonight at 8 o'clock at | her home, 2231 Bancroft place. Bridge | and other games. { Aviation_section, Women's City Club, will hear Lieut. Ralph S. Barnaby re- | count his experiences in glider flying this afternoon at 5 o'clock at the club- | house, 22 Jackson place. i —_— | Ruth Chapter, No. 1, O. E. S, will | give a card party, entertalnment and | dance tonight at the Mayflower Hotel ! from 8 to 12 o'clock. | Brightwood Citizens” Association | meets tonight in the New Brightwood | School, Thirteenth and Nicholson ! streets, 8 o'clock. i Science of Truth Association meets tonight at apartment 703, Wakefield | Hall, New Hampshire avenue and V street. Mrs. Mary Robbins Mead of | Xllkms, N. Y., will speak on “Medita- jon.” Dr. Hendrik J. De Lange, C. S., of | The Hague, Holland, will speak tonight at the Pirst Church of Christ Sclentist, Columbia road &nd Euclid_street, § o'clock. Public invited. _Wilbur = E. | Yocum will introduce Dr. De Lange. Ohlo Girls’ Club will hold = get- together and Valentine party tonight at the Thomas Circle Club at 8:30 o'clock. Members and friends invited. FUTURE. Home board of Bethany Chapter, | ©. E. S, will hold a card party at the TONIGHT 5 Until 7:30 In eonjunction with eur reg- ular menu we are featuring— T5¢ those not Our Famous SEA FOOD DINNER - sula; Our Oysters Are Fai Served any styl snd boxed to take out WE SHUCK DAILY Dr. Moses R. Lovell, speaker. at the Chestnut Parms auditorium for the benefit of De Molay Commandery, No. 4, K. T., Ladies’ Auxiliary. ‘Washington Classical Club will meet tomorrow. noon, in the Oak room, Raleigh Hotel. Prof. Augustus T. Mur- ray, professor of classical literature, Stanford University, will speak on “Homer and His Translators.” Men’s City Club will hold a dance tomorrow night at the club house, 10 o'clock. Founders' day, P. E. O. Sisterhood, will be observed Monday, February 17, in the Garden House of the Dodge Ho- tel at 8 o'clock, with the postponed Sidereal Soiree. Commerce Building Lamont Announces. Secretary of Commerce Lamont stated fice "had been provided in the new Commerce Building and that the Patent Office would be quartered in the new building just as soon as it is | completed. This statement was made in answer | to numerous inquiries made recently as to the location of the Patent Office | in connection with the Government building program. A report in circu- | lation conveyed the impression that | the facilities for the work of the Pat- ent Office as laid out were inadequate Guy V. Caldwell of the American|gng t t v doubt about Nature Assoclation and a Rocky Moun- | {hiy “hec, there was some doubt ebout tain guide. will give an illustrated lec- | ture on “Birds and Bird Calls” Monday | night at 8 o'clock in the chapel of Georgetown Presbyterian Church, P street near Thirty-first. This will be the seventh in the series of programs | of the Georgetown 10-event course. | Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe in charge. | Georgia State Society will hold an | entertainment and dance on February | 21 at the Washington Hotel. Newcom- | ers are extended a special invitation. } Entre Nous Club will meet with Mrs. Willlam W. Scott, 1423 Decatur street, Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. WORLD-WIDE PEACE PLEA. Topic for Discussion at Gatherings Neéxt Tuesday Evening. International peace will be promoted | at a banquet at 6:30 o'clock Tuesday | night in the Young Women's Christian Association. More than 125,000 busi- | ness and professional women Will unite | in similar affairs throughout the world the same evening. “The New Day" will be discussed by the principal Mrs, Thomas Edwin Brown. president of the District “Y," also will | speak. Mrs. William Adams Slade will | preside. | WoobpwAaRD & l.OoTHROP 'i WEST 2200 20 30 20 2 20 20 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 2 5 24 ‘:**t#t today that facilities for the Patent Of- | necessary, and I hive heard nothing ek dededededededrdeok Ak sk e dede dek A ok Aok ok Book Now for MARCH 6 16 DAY DE LUXE CRUISE Transatlantic Liner REPUBLIC Slip away from treacherous March ... Philadelphia to gay Nassau, thence to Jamaica, thence to Panama, thence to colorful Havana. 4,317 miles over tropical seas. Smart, trained transatlantic service geous time afloat and ashore. Look at the amazingly low cost! ; INCLUDING SHORE EXCURSIONS ‘115“" NO PASSPORTS REQUIRED Consult your local steamship agent or UNITED STATES LINES o . 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Atall druggists 30¢ Laxative BROMO QUININE Tablets Succ ul Since 1889 need not be expensive. Combination lasts, sizs 3 to 8. THE DOWN STAIRS STORE RY EAR Pleated Georgette Scarfs, *1% These pleated georgette scarfs have small painted designs in contrastin, Blues, peach, green and white. THE DOWN STAIRS STORE Capeskin Pull-on Gloves, 1 Tn black, and shades of tan and brown —in the style so popular v THE DOWN STAIRS STORE 19 Ol Charmeu§e price, assortment sleeveless. Featuring well as prints of all de- sizes 14 to 18, 36 to 44 tans, pink, orchi(f, ith women nating taste. Sizes 534 to Along the Dotted Lines of Older Girls’ ““Lucette’’ Frocks In New Styles dresses are gaily yo stay close together wl ground is green, yell light blue. Stylc sleeves—jaunty wide —pockets that are with plain white blouse. 51.95 Adopting a vogue for dotted designs, ung. White dots hether their back- ow, navy, red or with long and short belts and collars different. Some Sizes 7 to 14. THE DOWN STAIRS STORE coln Died Reported From Pension Burean. _ After sending out a radio appeal ‘ednesday night for information con- TniNg & Massachusetts soldier, Wil- m T. Clark, in whose bed at & room- Pension Bureau, reporting that Clark had died in Columbus, Ohio, in 1888. After returning to Massachusetts, where he lived for a time, Clark and his wife moved to Ohlo. He was carried |on the pension rolls until his death. | Mrs. Clark survived her husband only four years and also recelved a pension. ‘They had no children. The trail apparently ends with the LOSES WATCH IN CRASH. | automobile at Seven- d Massachusetts avenue several days ago, Mrs. Margurite Reed. | 50 years old, of 2311 Connecticut ave- | nue, who is confined to Emergency Hos- | | pital, where she is recovering from her injuries, reported to police of the third ' u GREATEST sen car saLE Chevrolet History SEE OURISMAN ADV., PAGE C-2 Brother and Sister Coats, $1375 With Hats to Match Brother buttons his coat to the right and Sister buttons hers to the left. Their coats are made just alike—which is the newest fashion for brothers and sis- ters to follow. These smart coats have just arrived—and are made of a new tan tweed that is warm for the breezy days of early spring. Sizes 2 to 6.... .$13.75 Hats to match. ..$2.95 JuUvENILE APPAREL, FOURTH FLOOR, 5 Fashions in Costume Slips $3.95 New silhouette slips, wrap- around slips, flared slips, step- in slips and slips with semi- bodice tops. Pure dye and flat crepes; tailored or lace-trim- med as you prefer. CosTume Sires, Triap FLOOR. New Silhouettes Demand New Bandettes $1.50 Their very recent arrival is ap- arent in the newness of their ashion. Bandettes of lace, crepe de chine and lace, and all crepe de chine—that give the smartly rounded bust line so essential to the new silhouette. * Comsers, Tamp FLOOR. Yardley Sends A New Cream $ I 50 “Beauty secrets from across the sea” now include this new English cream — a cleansing . cream, skin food and powder base, all in one’ preparation. Try this preparation and learn how England’s smart women retain their envied complex- ions. TONETRIES, AISLE 16, FiRst FLOOK. For An Interesting Week-End Gitls’ Two-Piece Jersey Dresses . Young ladies from 2 to 6 are well prepared for Spring play days when their wardrobes in- clude smart new jersey dresses, These 2-piece styles have plain and striped tops, with vee or crew necks, and pleated skirts. GmLs’ FURNISHINGS, FOURTH FLOOR. Last Day of Celanese Style Show Tomorrow is ' the last' -day the New York stylist will be here to show you how effect- ively you can fashion Celanese Fabrics into frocks for your new wardrobe. This special exhibit is one every fashion- wise woman will want to see. CrLANESE STYLE SHOW, SECOND FLOOR. e ) New Woodshire Suits, $15.75 Woodshire Suits . . . because they are such favorites with well-dressed boys ... are a proud feature of The Boys’ Store. New mixtures and biue cheviots (2-pairs knicker suits) arrive for boys 7 to 18. THE Bovs' SToRE, FourTH FLOOR, Boys’ Felt Hats, $3:%0 Young masculines prefer these new shapes and colors for Spring, 1930. For young men, 12 to 18. Golf Caps to.wear. with new Spring Woolen Suits .$1.50 THE BoYs' Store, FOURTH FLOOR. New Sweaters Are Suit Blouses $10-75 Fashion’s Latest Note Made in the manner of smart blouses—these very new sweat- ers are ideal for wear with the tweed suits early Spring is bringing. Light-weight wools with “dressmaker” touches of tucking, ruffles and buttons, Pastels and brighter shades, as well as tans and gray. Others, $5.75 upwards SroRTSWEAR, THIRD FLOOR. ¢ New Imported Home Frocks $7.95 New silhouette imports that live up to the Old World tradi- tions of handwork. These sleeveless and long - sleeve voile and linen frocks go to new lengths of chic...how wise to choose them now for smart Summer wear, White and colors. Home Frocks, THIRD FLOOR. Junior Misses Sports Oxfords $7 The kilt-tie oxfords of smoked elk that all young students like so well. Gristle rubber soles, contrasting trimmings add sports chic. Sizes 274 to 7. Two-tone Elk Oxfords; with gristle soles and military Beols .. ciceiviiinsininen 8T JUNIOR Misses’ SHoEs, Fourtr FLoom, Week-end Candy Special 2"1537»“15 95C Delicious bonbons, chocolate- covered creams, nougats and caramels . . . Woodward & Lothrop's exclusive candies. CanpiEs, Alsie 14, First FLoOR. The Semi-Annual Selling of Home Furnishings FURNITURE FLOOR COVERINGS LAMPS DRAPERIES Ends Tomorrow—Saturday

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