Evening Star Newspaper, April 28, 1930, Page 5

POPULATION GAINS SHOWN BY GENSUS Ventura, Calif, Reports 186.3 Per Cent Increase for Last Decade. Preliminary indications in the trend ©of the country's population growth show that during the last decade in the first 90 cities of 10,000 or more inhabitants #or which census returns are available @ growth of 22.5 per cent has been reg- istered. The Associated Press has com- piled this information on the basis of Teturns by 1930 census enumerators from all parts of the country. Atlanta, Ga,, is the first of the coun- | try's largest cities to report, with a Jopulation of 268557, representing_an crease of 35.6 per cent over 1920. The banner increase for the communities thus far reporting goes to Ventura, Calif, with 186.3 per cent. Next come Lakeland, Fla., with 130.2 per cent, and Decatur, Ga., with 121.2 per cent. Fall River, Mass., with a population of 114,~ 3848, shows a decline of 5.3 per cent. South and West Lead. Communities showing 50 per cent frovih In the last 10 years are located argely in the South and West. Long- view, Wash., not in existence in 1920, reports a population of 10,491. The population and percentage of in- crease (or decrease, indicated by an *) since 1920, of the cities of 10,000 or more thus far reported follow: Atlanta, Ga. . 266.557 35.6 Nashville, Tenn. 147.045 243 Pall River, Mass 114.348 *53 Mount Vernon 2.4 Malden, Mass. . 84 19.1 Kalamazoo. Mich. . . 1.7 New Rochelle, N. ¥. 54,055 49.2 Austin, Tex 51,435 48.0 19.8 tockton, 183 33 15.%9 379 Lynchbur 348 Auburn, N. 35 3.3 'lhll g;% DAL 260 Eau Clat 25.9 Nanticoke. Pa. g 15.1 New Al y. Ind . . 125 Concord, N. H.. . 24975 126 . Miss. 22,927 268 18 22,280 256 21,668 63.5 21.351 6.7 21209 382 20695 10.8 20,560 20.9 20415 720 La Gr .S e 18,639 759 18.397 130.2 8.000 155 17.965 *7.1 17.130 222 16,746 46.4 T 16,602 446 e Pa 16,595 13.9 Geneva, N. Y. 16,010 9.3 Vancouver, W 15,756 347 Lake Charle: 15,753 16.9 Minot, N. 5,650 49.3 Corsicana. Tex 15195 33 Charlottesyille, 15,154 418 Cortiand, N. Y. 14989 12.7 Keokuk, Io 14918 ‘! 4 Parsons. Ka 14.843 7.3 Lafayette. La 14.622 86.1 Provo. Utah. 14612 412 Cambridge, Ohlo. 14,577 110 Walla, Wa: 14,511 6.4 Fre ick. . 14415 320 Moundsville, W. 14387 348 Anderson, S. C 14130 337 South Portland, 13.819 490 Emporia, Ki 13.687 214 Decatur, Ga... 13.616 121.2 Premont. Ohio. 13.35¢ 7.1 Fayetteville, N. 13.155 50.0 Adrian, Mich. . 12,891 8.5 Bowling Green, K 12314 215 Greeley, Colo.. 12,141 108 Jeflersonville. 1 12,021 8.6 McAlester, Okla 11,781 %35 Wenatchee, 11,620 83, Harrisburg, 11,582 Hunu\'llle.TM l‘gg% ’} . {Ll!? 186.3 11,260 40.5 11,245 2.7 11,127 1.0 10,847 884 10844 50.0 10,743 log 10,734 2. 10726 299 10.693 22 0,309 10.302 10.140 10,057 COLUMBIAN WOMEN WILL DINE TONIGHT Program of Music and Addresses Arranged, With Attendance of 300 Expected. ‘With’ 300 members and invited guests sttending, the annual banquet of the Columbian Women of George Washing- ton University, celebrating the thirty- sixth anniversary of the organization, will be held tonight at 7 o'clock at the Chevy Chase Club. Miss Sophia Speiker, president of the ‘Women's Flying Club of Maryland, and Miss Alice Hutchins Drake, lecturer, will speak. A musical program will include piano and vocal selections by Mme. Louise Coutinho, pianist, and Miss Henriette LeMenager, soprano. Among the guests of honor will be dor of Mexico; Mme. Veverka, wife of dor of Mexico; Mme. Ververka, wife of the Minister of Czechoslovakia, and Mrs. James J. Davis, wife of the Secre- tary of Labor. Mrs. Joshua Evans, h&st&. Miss Elizabeth Cullen will pre- side. BUILDERS BOARDS START SESSIONS Program to Limit Activities of Irresponsible Contrac- tors Is Studied. |the A. G. C. believes would affect ad- | versely free | tractors. | ing, conducted by A. E. Horst, president Executive boards of the Associated | General Contractors of America con- | vened In semi-annual session at the| Washington Hotel here today to pro-| mote a scheduled program of the or-| ganization, designed to limit the activi- ties of the “jerry builder” or the finan- clally irresponsible contractor, to foster proper expansion of the construction in- dustry and to oppose passage of & num- ber of bills pending in Congress deemed inimical to the industry. ‘The leading contractors attending the convention will hear a report on the Graham-Norris bill, which proposes the employment on a wide scale of convict labor in Government building and con- struction operations to an extent which labor and private con- Following a brief session this morn- of the contractors’ association, the meet- ing was adjourned to permit members to attend the opening sessions of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. ‘The executive boards of the A. G. C. tomorrow are to hear an address by Maj. Gen. Lytle Brown, chief of En- gineers, United States Army, and Wed- nesday morning Secretary of Commerce Lamont is scheduled to address the body. The contractors on the closing of their convention also are to hear from Thomas H. McDonald, chief of the Bureau of Public Roads. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. ‘TODAY. Meeting, Mid-City Citizens' Associa- tion, Thomson Community Center, Twelfth and L streets, 8 p.m. Meeting, North Capitol Citizens' As- sociation, McKinley High School Build- ing, Second and T streets northeast, 8 p.m. Meeting, Georgetown Citizens' Asso- ciation, St. John's Church Parish Hall, O street at Potomac, 8 p.m. Meeting and dance, Illinois State So- clety, Willard Hotel,' 8:30 p.m. Meeting, Lincoln Woman's Relief Corps No. 6, G. A. R. Hall, 1412 Penn- sylvania avenue, 8 pm. Meeting, Christ Child Society, Merid- ian Mansions, 2400 Sixteenth street, 8 pm. Banquet, United States Chamber of Commerce, American section of the in- ternational chamber, grand ball room of the Mayflower Hotel, 7:30 p.m. Dinner, St. Paul Association of Com- merce, Jefferson room of the Mayflower Hotel, 7:30 p.m. Card party, benefit Washington Re- view, No‘."‘, yWA B. A, 1750 Massachu- setts avenue, 8:15 Meeting, Takol Horticultural Club, Takoma Library, Fifth and Cedar streets, Takoma Park, D. C,, 8 pm. Card party, Division No. 7, Ladies’ Auxiliary, A. O. H,, 1750 Massachusetts avenue, 8:30 p.m. Dance, American Legion Auxiliary, Unit No. 139, Arlington Post, Hamilton Hotel, Fourteenth and K streets, 9:30 pm. Banquet and dance, Gamma Delta Sigma Sorority, Wardman Park Hotel, tonight. Sermon, Luther Place Memorial Church, Fourteenth street and Vermont avenue, 8 p.m. Preacher, Dr. A, Earl Kernahan, director of visitation evan- gelism. Subject, “The Opportunities and Reasons for Visitation Evangelism.” Meeting, Southeast Washington Citi- zens’ Assoclation, Southeast Branch Library, Seventh and D streets south-| east, 8 pm. ! FUTURE. Meeting, Argo Lodge, Jewish Com- munity Center, Wednesday, 8:15 p.m. Luncheon, Capital Traction Co., Pdn- American room of the Mayflower Hotel,| jr., will act as|tomorrow. Dinner, Allied Business Councll, Better THE EVENING VIRGINIA ORATORICAL JUDGES wp s rwo0D The board of judges who will pick the winner of the Virginia State Ora- torical Contest, to be held tomorrow night at the Washington-Lee High School, Ballston, Va. The boy or girl chosen will represent the State In The Star area finals May 8. Upper left: Representative William E. Evans of California, who was judge in a zone oratorical contest last yea: Lower: Representative John C. Ke am of Michigan, lecturer of note and former county commissioner of schools in his own State. Upper. right: Miss Sarah Simons, head of the department of English instruc- tion in the Washington high school north room, Mayflower Hotel, 6 p.m. to- morrow. Meeting, Woman's Foreign Missionary Soclety, Washington District, Y. W. C. A, Seventeenth and K streets, to- morrow, 10:30 a.m. Luncheon meeting, Advertising Club of ‘Washington, 1244 National Press Building, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon meeting, Civitan Club, gold room, La Fayette Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 pm. Meeting, Washington Round Table, Untversity Club, 12:30 p.m. EXPLAINS WIFE HANDLING LONDON (#).—Some 400-year-old rules for handling wives will soon be published in connection with a new book on Rabelals. The rules were drawn up by Tira- queau, friend of Rabelais, who had con- siderable experience with wives. First of all he sets forth the dicta that “woman is man’s inferfor.” Having established his premise Tira- queau goes on to say, “she is not to be struck or mistreated in any way.” 2 “The wife is to be eductaed by ex- ample and by caress mingled with sever- ity. She may be threatened when necessary.” “Winds of Chance” by STAR, WASHINGTON, ITEN MAKE RECORD AS RIFLE EXPERTS One Qualifies as Sharpshoot- er and Six as Marksmen at Camp Simms Match. ‘The National Rifle Association club members’ match, the second event on the outdoor program of the National Capital Rifie Club, was fired yesterday at Camp Simms, Congress Heights, and resulted in the qualification of 10 ex- pert rifiemen, 1 sharpshooter and 6 marksmen. ‘Thaddeus A. and Hugh E. Riley, twin brothers, won gold and sflver medals, respectively, with scores of 240 and 239 points out of a possible 250. Having won third place in the Army pistol champlonship competition two weeks ago, George E. Cook, jr., captured his second bronze medal with a 234-point total. Fifty shots were fired by each par- ticipant from the 200-yard line, 10 phone, 5 sitting, 5 kneeling, and 10 standing, slow fire, at a 10-inch-diame- ter bull's-eye, and 10 shots, sitting from standing, and 10 more, prone from standing, rapid fire, at the silhouette target. One minute is al- lowed for each rapid-fire “string.” Win Sllver Insignl Since this is the War Department’s qualification course D, the following | will receive silver i mia from Col. | John M. Coward, director of civillan marksmanship: Rifle expert—T. Riley, 713 Nineteenth street, 240 poin H. Riley, Arlington County, Va., 239; George Cook, 1719 Eighteenth street, 234; Willlam Cook, same address, 233; Robert Hartshorn, 903 Webster street, 232; John D. M Nabb, 228 A street southeast, 229; Theo- dore Strom, 1309 Seventeenth street, 227; Edka C. Moore, thirteenth precinct, Metropolitan Police Department, who won the pistol championship and is now in the lead for the club's silver loving cup to be awarded the best all-around shot, 227; Raymond Davis, 1422 Perry place, 226, and Leroy R. Sweetman, 729 Twenty-second street, 224. Rifle sharpshooter—Meyer H. Willcher, 17 Quebec place, 220. Qualify as Marksmen. Rifle marksman—G. F. Kern, 9 Whit- tier street, 213; C. C. Henry, 4322 Argyle terrace, 210; Leon C. Smith, 6307 Geor- gla avenue, 207; Welton B. VanWagner, 223 Cedar street, Takoma Park, 204; C. C. Dyer, 515 Twelfth street, 201, and Alvin W. Thresher, 231 S street north- east, 201. On Sunday, May 11, the small-bore shooters of the District will compete for the 50-yard championship. Only .22- caliber rifles having either metailic or telescopic sights may be used. NEW HEAVENLY FIND IS DECLARED COMET Chicago Professor Claims “X"” Will Disappear Within Next Few Years. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 28.—The astral body ferreted out of the skies by the Lowell Observatory at Flagstaff, Ariz, is not a planet, in the opinion of Dr. William D. MacMillan, professor of mathematical astronomy at the University of Chicago, but a comet that countless eons ago may have been & part of another solar sys- tem. ‘The heralded ninth planet, Dr. Mac- Millan believes, will disappear within a few years and will not be visible again until the year 5000 A. D. “Astronomers in general have had the feeling that the ‘Planet X’ though highly interesting, is not a planet and has no connection with Lowell's predic- tion,” the astronomer said, referring to the forecast of a new planet made by the ll:te Percival Lowell of Harvard Uni- versit; Effective AND ST. Train No. 1 Lv. Washington.... Ar. Cincinnati. . Ar. Louisville. . Ar. Indianapolis... Ar. Springfield. Ar. St. Louis. . Train No. 3 Lv. Washington.... Ar, Cincinnati...... Train No. 11 Lv. Washington.... Ar. Cincinnati. Ar. St. Louis Lv. Washington.... Ar. Pittsburgh. sl Sleeper—Washington to Train No. 6 Lv. Washington.... Ar. Baltimore Ar. Ph Ar. Jersey Ar. New York (42nd St. Station).... 2 Train No. 4 A2 Ar. New York (42nd St. Station).... 4 Lv. Washington Pl Ar. Baltimore. . Ar. Philadelph . Jersey City. . Ar. New York (42nd St. Station).... 6 Changes in Train Service From Washington The Baltimore & Ohio made the following adjust- ments in train service from Washington effective Sunday April 27. All time shown Standard Time. TO CINCINNATI, LOUISVILLE . 4:33 p.m. . 8:30 am ..5:30 p.m. instead of 5:50 p.m. TO PITTSBURGH—ALL-PULLMAN New Train No. 41—“The WILLIAM PENN” .12:10 am. TO PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK .o 9:10am. 5 a.m. instead of 9:45 am. :09 p.m. instead of 12:01 p.m. . 2:08 pm. instead of 2:05 p.m :52 p.m. instead of 2:50 p.m. Formerly leaving Washington 10:00 a.m. discontinued. Train No. 2 Lv. Washington........11:15 a.m. instead of 11:55 a.m Ar. Baltimore..........11:58 a.m. instead of 12:38 p.m. Ar. Philadelphia........ 1:56 p.m. instead of 2:36 p.m. Ar. Jersey City.. . 3:56 p.m. instead of 4:30 p.m. New Train No. 504—"“The HENDRIK HUDSON" D. C., MONDAY, the ninth of a serles of 2¢ men, and them Each s 1s articles designed to help you women find careers which appeal Lo and for which they are fitted. article has been prepared by a lead: some one fleld. Mme A She made her operatic deb | Rome. and first sppe: 1916, when she Jomed the C | pera Co. She jolied the Opera Co. in_1921. Recently from that orgauization. OU need a good general educa- tion plus natural ability and a | long period of training if you | are thinking of a career as a professional musician. You will have to have your heart and your soul in your art. If music is | the greatest thing in your life, if you | love it more than anything and if it | would be a great tragedy to you if you | couldn’t be a singer, & pianist, a vioiin- | ist, as your bent is, you have the quali- fications of incentive that, added to real | talent, make for the true artist. | You must have the power of judging the quality of & tone, the pitch, the shading, purity and resonance of voice | or instruments 1f you are to get artistic Tesults. In short, you need to have the inherent power of discrimination and judgment. And, if you are a singer, you must have the natural volce. That is born, not made. Parents whose children are musically inclined should not wait until they are 15 or 16 before starting them on sys- tematic training. Children are not too young to begin at 6 or 7 years of age if they have talent. It is in the nine or ten vears before a child reaches 16 that the most important part of musical foundation is laid. Starting of Child. You might start your child taking plano lessons at 6, for a singer must have command of at least one instru- ment. The piano is preferred, as it will prove most useful in the pupll's singing. Such early training makes music a source of natural expression, and the youngster will show early enough whether its aptitude is for in- strumental or vocal music. The greatest percentage of those re- maining mediocritles or failures as professional singers, even when they have good voices, can blame their lack of early and proper training. You need more than a lovely voice and good vocalism to be a real singer. Thorough musicianship is most essential. Likewise your education and reading should be broad, for you need every bit of intel- ligence you can command. Your selection of a teacher is of APRIL 28, 1930. Choosing Your Career Music Repays Large Rewards for Those Who Have Heart and Soul in Art and Good Education Plus Natural Ability and Long Period of Training. BY MME. AMELITA GALLI-CURCI MME. GALLI-CURCL amount varies with the which you undertake your studies. ‘While you will always put your art above money, if you are a real musi- cian, it might be well to remember that prime importance, whether you are an instrumentalist or a vocalist. A com- petent instructor, if you have talent, can show you how to use it to best advantage. But you must know what is good and what is bad to get Teal help from your teachers, You can't be lazy or indifferent if you are a professional musician. You must always strive to improve. Once you are satisfied with yourself you have stopped growing and have begun to slip backward. Be your own most severe critic at all times. You will find many excellent con- servatories in this country and good teachers in all the big cities. Be sure you get an instructor able to help you. Otherwise you may spend a small for- tune and have nohting tangible to show for it. 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