Evening Star Newspaper, March 7, 1930, Page 12

R w® » = - REACH RIPE AGE War Department Records Reveal Five Over 90 Years Old. According to the records of the War Department, there are five officers on the retired list of the Army who are over 90 years of age. The senior of the list is Maj. John V. Lauderdale, who was born in New York, November 13, 1832, appointed a surgeon in the Army May 14, 1867, and was trans- ferred to the retired list November 13, 1896, which was his sixty-fourth birth- day anniversary. At present he resides in Pasadena, Calif., where he recently celebrated his ninety-seventh birthday ersary. He was junior by about four months to Brig. Gen. David S. Gordon, who died at Takoma Park, Md., January 28, 1930. The second oldest officer of the Army s Maj. John W. Bean, a retired In- fantry officer, now in his ninety-sixth year, who is a resident of Attleboro, Mass. March 8, 1833, and was twice brevetted for gallantry in action during the Civil War, in which he served as a captain in the 5th New Hampshire Volunteer In- fantry. Appointed second lieutenant, 35th U. S. Infantry, in January. 1867, he was retired for disability incident to the service in September, 1890, in the le of major. ‘"Nd!xt in ui\lm'ity is Capt. William H. Nelson of Tennessee, who was born May 17, 1837, served in the Tennessee Volunteers during the Civil War and | was commissioned second lieutenant, U. S. Infantry, in May, 1866. In April, 1604, he was transferred to the retired list because of disability in the line of duty and since then has made his home st Roan Mountain, Tenn. ‘Fourth in the list of nonagenarians 4n the Army is Brig. Gen. Aaron 8. Daggett, who has resided at 201 A street southeast, this city, since his re- tirement from active service April 27, 1905, on his own application. Born in Maine June 14, 1837, he served with special distinction in the Civil War. in as second lieutenant, 5th Maine E‘!‘:‘nfly. and being mustered out at the close of the war as a lleutenant colonel of Volunteers. He was brevetted three times, the third time as a brigadier gen- eral of Volunteers for personal gallantry in action. He was commissioned cap- tain, 16th U. S. Infantry, in July 1866; served as a brigadier general of Volunteers in the sh War of 1898 and reached ‘the same grade in the Fegular establishment in February, 1901, Fifth in longevity is Capt. William B. Beck of Pennsylvania, who was born July 31, 1837, was a cadet at the West Point Military Academy from July, 1855, until October, 1856, and served in the during the Civil War, ETIRED OFFICERS [ Maj. Bean was born in Vermont |} receiving brevets of ca major and g:?fim in three Msaxim Karolik, Russian tenor, and Henri Sokolov, violinist, gave a joint gecital last night at the residence of F. Dimock. The program & happy one. Mr. voice and Mr. displa; tone that did complete jus to his The dramatic cxpression that Mr. ik chooses to interpret into vocalizing is perhaps at its best in short, almost ethereal pieces as Rach- ff’s “Lilacs,” ‘maninot or more 'vigorous and familiar “Les " of Chausson. Last night he treated them ‘both with color and command. In the more guttural passages, which seem to be part and parcel of so many Russian compositions, he varied his tonal em- hasis with surprising agility, striking he low notes with brusque, almost harsh resilience, and then with un- expected suddenness ranging into the high, lyrie wty of what seems to be another voice. He was unwilling, gab-bly due to the size of the room, extend his voice to the limit, with the result that his rendering of the now classic “Volga Boatman,” which, in its most stirring moments, is apt to reach the climax of a tenor's power, fell rather short of perfection. In some of his encores, however, he was more than generous with his tone, especially in his rendition of “Love Is in My Heart,” which pleased the audience Mr. Sokolov’s playing is admirably suited to the whimsicalities of Kreisler's ‘com] . Last night he demonstrat- ed that even in the most exacting cadenzas, without which the composer seldom is to be found, he is completely 8t his ease. Especially in the ripe and ever pleasant “Siciliano-Rigaudon” were the evidences of his technical ability the artists, was excellent in every way. E. de 8. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is recovering Hflxm its paralysis of construction activi- Made to Order Layton Woodworking Co. 2103 Ga. Ave. N.W. Pot. 5670 Night Phone, Dec. 2405 Millions of motorists have come to learn a char to Autocrat insures better per- formance, and will keep your engine young. Nothing is more important than thorough lubrication. \UTOCRAT alirenen Al emers, ™ " Kaye Don Not Quite Sure Jus What He Will Prove by New Record. Is Much Impressed by What He Has Seen Since Ar- rival in America. Kaye Don, British racing car driver. who next week expects to pilot 412 tons of roaring metal across the sands of Daytona Beach at the greatest speed ever attained by man on the ground, 240 miles an hour or better, was in Washington today conferring with of- ficials of the sociation, which will supervise Don’s at- tempt to shatter the record set at Day- tona last year by Maj. Sir Harry O. D. Segrave of 231 miles an hour. What he will prove by such speed Don was at a loss to explain in a con- ference with newspaper men at A. A. A. headquarters this morning. The big Briton, who will trust his life to the special machine built in Eng- ties of America in general and Wash- ington in particular—it is his first visit to this country—than he was in his forthcoming speed attempt. Calls This Great Country. “I feel,” sald Don, who had spent all morning and until after midnight last night inspecting the Capital, “like a man who has just eaten a big dinner. I'm having a hard time digesting it all. It is a great country you have he‘re. It is hard to believe it could exist.” \ Of his speed attempt he admits that there is a whole lot he doesn't know. He has never driven the 24-cylinder s:.\;ben‘mwnmc&nzk a:r mfl which he will attemp! al e mile speed record. As a matter of fact, it has not been under the varying conditions met at Daytona Beach he hesitates to say, other than reiterate his confidence that the machine will shatter the existing speed record. ‘The goal of Don is 240 miles an hour, for one mile. Anything over that he will be thankful for. It is a scant nine ‘miles an hour better than Maj. Segrave's record, and would bring to Don the Your Do Your Savings Financial independence is as- lured,’lnoldm if you save a One Dollar will Open daily 9 to § Saturday NATIONAL PERMANENT Building Association Organized 1890 949 Ninth Just Below N. Y. Avenue American Automobile As-| land, was more interested in the beau- | THE ;EVENTN'G' STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1930. RITISH RACE DRIVER CONFERS WITH A. A. A. ON SPEED EFFORT | | KAYE DON. —=Star Staff Photo. coveted Wakefield trophy, donated by Sir Charles Wakefield, British racing enthusiast, emblematic of the highest land speed, which carries with it an honorarium of $5,000 a year to the title holder. | “Can't Just Say” Faced with the question, “What will{ you prove if you do break the record?” | Don said today: “I don't know. There is hardly :nyl ultimate proof or conclusion to be drawn from this sort of thing. It is a test for the various features of an automobile. It is an achievement to attain and surpass such narmrd as Sir hour would . It is the that are the “governor,” so to speak, on Don's juggernaut of speed. It has long been recognized by racing drivers that the machine is only as fast as the maximum its tires will stand. Don has high confidence that his tires, made mostly of fine cot- ton fabric, with only & thin coziicg of smooth rubber over them, wdl stand the strain. “They were tested,” he said, “at 300 miles an hour in British laboratories. Future Denote Security? start you with us. until noon Street N.W. They stood a speed of 300 miles hour for two minutes before they burst.” Realizes Blow-Out Danger. Don said he was well aware of the fact that = blow-out tire at any speed in excess of 200 miles an hour would kill him and leave his car a mangled mass of wreckage upon Daytona Beach. The Briton’s machine has a wheel- base of about 15 feet. Its body is little wider than the shoulders of the driver and is stream-lined throughout. It is powered by two ]2-cylinder engines es- pecially built for the attempt to break the speed record. The engines are mounted in tandem, and the front drive shaft runs through the rear engine’s drive shaft onto the rear wheels. The two engines are fitted with supercharg- ers and are expected to develop 4,000 revolutions & minute and 2,000 horse- power. Guest at Luncheon. Another danger was admitted by Don. A bump on the beach that would jar the driver's foot on the accelerator pedal of the car would be apt to lock the drive wheels and bring disaster to the car and driver. Cutting out of one of the engines, however, would only result in the snapping of the drive shaft, the driver said, and would not necessarily mean disaster to either car or driver. Don was the guest of honor at 1 o'clock this afternoon of the A. 'A. A, at a luncheon at the Willard Hotel. The guest list was: Lieut. Alford J. Williams, U. 8. N,, the Navy's crack speed fiyer; Gladstone Williams, A J. Montgomery, Theodore P. Noyes, Pike Johnson, A. W. Childs, E. S. Leggett, G. Adams Howard, Fran- cis P. Daily, Oscar Leiding, Daniel O’Connell, Lowell Mellett, George R. Holmes, Thomas Stokes, Ernest N. Smith, executive vice president of the A. A. A; C. P, Clark, general manager Don’s physician; Lawrence Cade, Brit- ish newspaper man attached to Don’s party: E. P. Sanderson, British carbure- tor expert; Jerry Ryan and Leander McCormick-Goodhart of the British em- bassy. For the first time in history the Bank of Engiand recently agreed to finance an installment business. Correct shoes professionally fitted are the surest cure for aching feet. Under Supervision U.S. Government AMUSEMENTS NATIONAL—“Hamlet.” . ‘The character of the melancholy Hamlet seldom has been interpreted with truer insight than by George Hayes of the Stratford-upon-Avon Festival Co., at the National Theater last night. In Hayes’ presentation we see the man whom, it may be presumed, in the light Lof present-day personality analysis, Shakespeare intended to picture—the contemplative idealist wandering con- fusedly in the dim borderland of mad- ness, where there is the continuous in- teraction of reality and unreality. Few characters offer such difficulties to the actor. ¢ ‘The world of Hamlet was a world of almost intangible nuances, the success- ful reproduction of which, in the mind of the audience, is an artistic triumph. Mr. Hayes' interpretation was all any psychiatrist, of whom Shakespeare was an early and not uncredited representa- tive, could ask. He gives us the Ham- let figure of hospital case studies rather than that of the traditional stage. And in this presentation the Prince of Den- mark becomes a character of very great reality and applicability in the modern world, with constantly recurring doubts of himself, of his surroundings, of the reality of good and evil and of life itself. ‘This, we cannot but belleve, was the man created in the mind of Shake- speare—the sort of charatter that would be encountered often enough in the Elizabethan environment, and is a frequent product of the shifting con- fusions of the present. At the same time it is a character which could hardly have been understood 20 years 0, which is an adequate explanation of some of the grotesquely unconvinc- ing Hamlets of the past. A personality is the product of its total environment and hardly can be understood out of that environment. Now, in the after- math of the war and the moral in- stability of the age, the world is pro- ducing Hamlets steadily once more. This, then, is the great accomplish- ment of the actor—that he has recog- nized the type in the present-day world and thus is enabled to present a char- acter of intense reality. ‘The work of Mr. Hayes easily was the outstanding element of the drama, as it Painful Joints Find Quick Relief in WALK-OVER RELIEF SHOE with Main Spring Arch —just made for comfort. Roomy at toe, snug at heel and arch (made on Relief Last), Cuban heels and most important of all has MAIN= SPRING ARCH in dull black kid at— Wolfs Uiatx-Over Shop 929 F Street PLANTER’S HOT FRESH ROASTED PEANUTS ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL SATURDAY PER POUND MARCH 8th ONLY | should be. There have been too many Hamlets without Hamlet. Even so, too high ;f‘“ cannot be bestowed on Joyce quisite characterization of to Kenneth Wicksteed in the. | Polonius, the All the other parts equal fidell of sh-mpure”whk:h movie producers to the contrary, hardly can be greatly im- proved upon even from the viewpoint of the box office. T. R. H. G. W. U. DEBATERS WIN FROM FLORIDA GROUP The George Washington University debating team, arguing for & policy of complete disarmament for the nations of the world, defeated the team of the University of Florida last night by a unanimous decision of the judges. The George Washington team, com- posed of Robert L. Parsons and Hearst Duncan, contended that armaments lead t they afford no security avily Europe prior to the World War. Dr. W. M. Gewehr of the history department of American University, L. S. Hulbert of the Federal Farm Loan Board and Carl Smith Dow, practicing attorney, acted as judges. —_———— Britain's ministry of agriculture is | working on a plan to trade mark all beer made in Britain and of British hops and malt. Followship Mational Club's Informal THE CITY CLUB 1520 @ STREET Wanted—A Real Estate Salesman Young, ambitious and deter- mined. Splendid opportunity. Personal attention and as ance will be given. 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