Evening Star Newspaper, April 6, 1930, Page 32

C—6 VENERABLE FRENC Recent Flood Waters Surged Around Carcasonne, on River Aude. “Flood waters threatened one of the oldest landmarks of southern France when they recently surged about the venerable Clety of Carcassonne,” says a bulletin from the headquarters of the National Geographic Society. “Carcassonne straddles the river Aude about 56 miles southeast of Tou- louse. Tavelers arriving at the rail- way station in the so-called new town on the west bank of the Aude scan the anorama for a city of antiques, but t is not found on that side of the river. New Town Built by Revolters. “The new town is only about 300 years older than early American towns,” continues the bulletin. “Some of the inhabitants of the old town, across the river, revolted against the King of France and were driven out of the old town walls. They were allowed to settle on the site of the new town. ‘That was in 1247. A beautiful shaded parkway near the railroad station introduces Carcas- sonne, but a few steps beyond the trav- eler is hemmed in between walls of stone and brick buildings rising sheer from the sidewalks. The streets run at right angles, forming solid blocks, the monotony of which is relieved only by a few squares and small parks and a wide, shaded boulevard. Place Carnot Is Civic Center. “The Place Carnot is a combined market place, loafing place, and meet- ing place in Carcassonne. The traveler passes through quiet streets of the city, when suddenly his eyes are dazzled with an array of color as he enters the square. Before the city has awakened shaggy donkeys drawing cartloads of produce from nearby farms wearily tread the city streets toward the square, Beside them stalk shawled women in apron-covered voluminous sRirts and sun-seared men of the soil. “By the time the city awakens the green, red, yellow, purple, and white vegetables, fruits, and flowers are care- fully placed on stands under gay, striped awnings. In an hour the city's housewives are boisterously bargain- ing and gesticulating with the mer- chants. Peddlers of candy and tinware add to the din of the square, while mere curosity seekers and loafers laugh and chatter. “Nearby, guides show St. Vincent's Church, a fourteenth century structure, and St. Michael's, which is slightly older. These are among the oldest land- marks of the new town. Within a stone’s throw of these relics the streets which they border intersect with boule- vards where well-to-do Carcassonnians promenade in Paris fashions, ride‘their favorite mounts and drive their shiny automobiles. ‘Walls Were Impregnable. “Cross the river Aude, enter the gates | of the old town, and you are on a site which was occupied by a_settlement somewhere back in the mists of his- tory. You may cross the Aude by a modern bridge or, with the ancient ramparts ahead of you, you might pre- | fer the old thirteenth century span. The frowning gray walls of the old town were impregnable when battering rams were the ‘high explosives' of at- tackers. There are two walls with about 28 feet between them. One glance at these ramparts convinces the traveler that one historian was right when he said that only famine or treason with- in the walls could cause the capture of the town. “The walls form an irregular oval about the old town and have only four openings. One opening in_each wall is large enough to admit horses and wheeled vehicles, and each is guarded by a series of turrets and towers. The other openings are mere holes in the walls wide enough for only one man to squeeze through. “Inside, narrow, cobbled streets breathe an atmosphere of many cen- turies ago. Windows depicting Bible scenes, and the | chateau, where high walls once echo- ed with the gay revelry of Carcassonne feudal lords. These old structures look down upon streets almost desert- ed, for the life of Carcassonne today is'in the new town, where the wine trade, one of the old trades of the city, still flourishes.” WHITEMAN’S VANCOUVER ENGAGEMENTS CANCELED | Immigration Authorities Refuse Orchestra Permission to Play at Dances. By the Associated Press. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 5—Refused permission by Ca-! nadian immigration authorities to keep two dance engagements here, Paul | ‘Whiteman, famous orchestra leader, also canceled a theater engagement. “I have traveled all over_ the world, and this is the first time I have had any trouble,” Mr. Whiteman said. He said 2 baggage cars of paraphernalia and 33 members of his orchestra were en route to Vancouver and he had not recelved notice from the immigration | department in time to stop them. FUGITIVE RETURNED Mexican Officials Give Up Man Charged With Theft. EI PASO, Tex., April 5 (#).—Mexico, no longer a haven for persons seeking to escape prosecution in the United States, has given up Raymond L. Watson charged by the Federal Government with transportating a stolen automobile from Seattle,, Wash. He was arrested in Chihuahua City and was deported yesterday under a Mexican federal guard to the United States. This was the first action of the kind by Mexico in 11 years, according to United States Commissioner A. J. ‘W. Schmid. He said the Mexican g&7grnment had given assurance this pofey would be continued as & means of wmaintaining friendly relations be- tween the two countries. s NEW TRIAL IS ASKED | Attorneys for Mellons Claim Exces- sive Damage Award. PITTSBURGH, April 5 (#).—Motion for a new trial will be made today by attorneys for Andrew W. Mellon, Sec- retary of the Treasury, and his brother, R. B. Mellon, who were defendants in a damage suit in which $102,427 was awarded Thursday to Miss Mary % Miss Haihn wa§ injured March 16, 1928, when a workman drop) a ham- mer from an upper floor of the Pitts- burgher Hotel, then under construction. The Pittsburgher is a Mellon concern. Attorneys said a new_trial would be asked on the ground the verdict was excessive. ; I Shaw Pays for Wit. LONDON (#)—Bernard Shaw, whou[ life has been just one witticism after another, still ~ likes witticlsms well enough to pay for them. Instead of going to a fashionable wedding to which he was invited re- cently, he wrote the bridegroom a note explaining he had no suitable clothes for the occasion and therefore had de- There is the venerable St. | Nazaire Cathedral, with stained glass| THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, APRIL 6, 1930—PART ON THEATER WILL TRY TELEVISION BROADCAST ALONG WITH SOUND iFLOP HOUSES AND SPEAKEASIES VISITED TO GET BOWERY CENSUS TUWN THREMENED Police and Volunteers Aid Enumerators in Counting Drifting Population. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 5—The Bowery, haven for the down-and-outer in New York, today had yleided the number of its derelicts to Uncle Sam. An army of 250 volunteers aided the regular enumerators last night in a con- centrated drive on “flop houses” where beds for a night rent from 15 cenis up; welfare missions and speakeasic.. in an attempt to list the constantly shifting residents for the 1930 census. Figures were not available, but prior to the start of the round-up social workers said lodging houses of the sec- tion have a combined capacity of more than 12,000 beds. It was the first time so elaborate an attempt ever was made to enumerate the Bowery's population. The difficulty in listing the residents is due to the fact that they stay at a different lodg- ing house each night, making it almost impossible to get an accurate count. Last night enumerators were posted in every lodging house in the Bowery district, from Cooper Union to City Hall Square, and residents were listed as they turned in for the night. With the co-operation of the police the enumera- tors visited 72 speakeasies, listing those patrons who planned to spend the rest of the night in the establishments. One of the social workers estimated about 3,000 men sleep on chairs and the npo}x": of the Bowery speakeasies each night. Pastor Startles Parish. BURY ST. EDMONDS, England (#). -—Rev. E. J. 8. Teviotdale, rector of this parish, has startled old-timers here with modern innovations in the parish house. There are a dance hall, a writing room, where youths and maidens may indite love letters undisturbed; a tobacco shop for men and a tea room for the gos- sipy old women. $5 Ingersoll Wrist Watch “Mite” Wrist Watch, chromium finish e d. Clear dial with sec- ond hand. An ideal watch — steady, re- liable and d e pend- able. | Powder, Cream and Talcum | One regular 75c box Melba Lovme Face Powder (in all | shades), 50c jar Melba Cleanser Cream and a 25c can Melba | Adorme Talcum. All for 79¢c. Tollet Goods—Main Floor $1 Dwarf Sport Pencils 49¢ New Dwart Sport Pencils, each one with 75c Loose-Leaf Photo Albums 39¢ Locse - leaf Photo Al- bums, with covers in as- sorted colors. 50 leaves in each. Size 7x10. Goldenberg’s Stationery Dept. 75c Jars of Noxzema Cream The fav- orite tollet and skin cream. Pro- tects ~against wind and sun. Tollet Goods Main Floor 50c Stationery 27¢ tionery polite spondence . White and colors; ribbon tied. Some with iined en- velopes, " At ractively boxed. Goldenbers’s Stationery Dt. $1 Carlova Body Powder 2 velour puff. Tollet Goods cided to send as a wedding present the money he might have spent on the clothes. ‘The check he inclosed was for guineas (about $75). Main Floor 1 15 SCHUMANN-HEINK ASKS $75,000 DAMAGES IN SUIT Brings Action Against Director for Failuge to Complete Pic- ture Contract. By the Assoclated Press. LOS ANGELES, April 5.—Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink, noted singer, has filed suit in Superior Court for $75,000 demages from Edwin Carewe, film director and producer, for alleged failure to complete a contfact which was to have starred her in four singing pictures. ‘The singer sald the contract called for a start on production of the first picture by February 15, but no action had been taken. She said the contract provided she was to receive $75,000 from the first picture, $90,000 from the second, $100,00 fiom the third and $125,00 from the fourth, Belgians Ask Tariff. BRUSSELS (#).—Belgian farmers, suffering from severe agricultural de- pression, have asked the government to abolish the tax on beet sugar refining and to put severe restrictions on impor- tations of French wheat and.flour. Two Wave Lengths to Be Used in Practical Demonstration Described as First in United States. By the Assoclated Press. JERSEY CITY, N. J,, April 5.—Sim- ultaneous transmission of television and sound is to be attempted from the stage of a theater here next week. ‘Two wavelengths will be used in what has been described as the first effort in America to introduce television on a somewhat practical basis. Sound will g0 out in the broadcast channels, with the television signals on 139 meters, over W2XER of the Jenkins Television Corporation. Sound stations will include WRNY, New York, 297 meters, and probably others. The pickup will be from the stage of the “Television Theater” at Lincoln Park, the first to be made Monday night. 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