Evening Star Newspaper, July 15, 1930, Page 19

- SCHOOL N RUSSIA INSTRUCTS CLOWS Buffoons Get Free Course tof Spread Communist Propaganda. By the Associated Press MOSCOW.—Soviet Russia claims to be the only country in the world which | has a school for clowns. It also boasts | of a school for training acrobats, jug- glers, tight-rope walkers, bareback riders, | magicians and other circus performers. The school for training clowns, which gives instruction in the art of being funny and grotesque to both sexes, s lo- cated in Moscow and furnishes clowns, | male and female, to hundreds of thea- ters and circuses in the Soviet Union. | All are well grounded in methods of dis- | seminating Communism { One of the oddest things about the #chool is that it was founded by a wom- | an, the first wife of Anatole Lunachar- sky, formerly commissar of education. Students of both sexes between the ages | of 14 and 20, who are thought to have | special aptitude for buffoonery, are ac- | cepted. ‘ Pay Nothing for Course. | ‘They pay nothing for their education, the Soviet government considering that clowns are good not only for spreading merriment, but in disseminating through their “white-face art” Communist doc- trines and proletarian idealogy. There are no win the Soviet Union 100 pairs of musical clowns, 150 solo trick clowns and 50 “rug” or tumbling clowns, many of them having been trained by the Moscow school. 1930 RECENT VISITORS IN CAPITAL i Mrs. Edward L. Schott of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Miss Madeleine Jasper of Newton, Towa, who have returned to their respective homes after —Underwood & Underwood Photos. | unt, Miss Stella McCord. 'CLERK'S COLLECTION OF CHINESE ANTIQUES OF IMMENSE VALUE| Experts Studying 1.065 Fabrics Quietly| Gathered on Small Salary and Willed { K A F K A b S to Metropolitan Museum. Special Dispatch to The Star. y perhaps late in 1931, when the name | ting their | | Thereaster his heart was in Cathay. In the daytime he was engaged in passing on unusual occupations, giving them a | | rating to determine in what category | they should be placed. in order to fix | the class of insurance the applicant was entitled to receive. At night he fingered | }silken dreams. ) Up in a small flat in the Bronx. whither he rode by subway, he opened his trunk and counted the golden hreads of his treasures—brocades, satin- | embroidered hangings, mandarin’ sleeve | bands and_skirts. He looked upon the |gorgecus dragons and fantastic birds | that fewzotten sons of Han were weav- ng in the time of Marco Polo, and then | he’ put them .all carefully away again |and doubtless fell to dreaming of ban- nerets and lanterns, strs e gongs and slowly swinging jun rimacing gods and lustrous jades, and all of the mys teries of the yellow men who go with | catlike féet in the cities he had known. | At the insurance company he is re- | membered as a quite unromantic figure, | who stinted himself on food and cloth- | ing for no apparent reason and liked to attend auction sales of Oriental an- tiques. Occasionally he visited a Chi- | nese restaurant and he was known to | a number of dealers in Chinese art, | | but naturally he was a bargain hunter, | because he had to be, and some of his | rarest pieces were picked up in out-of- | | the-way places. | Once in an upstate town he passed | a pawnshop and noticed a scarf.in the | window. He went right in and dick- ered, finally buying the scarf for about | 82. It was worth hundreds of dollars. | | He had seen immediately that this | piece was of an unusual weave. It was aid_that only one other piece of the ! | has been thoroughly examined same weave existed, and a Frenchman owned that, Value Now Unestimated. For one bit of old Chinese fabric he paid $6.000 and gave his note for $1.000 The asking price had been $10.000. ‘The Metropolitan Museum refuses to make any kind of estimate of the value of the entire collection until every piece It is known that Paul spent from $30,000 to $40,000 in assembling it Alan Priest, curator of art at the mi Far Eastern s that the “many unique and superb example: politan Museum’s collection of Chinese textiles the best in any museum in the world, with the exception of the Im- perial Palace Museum of Peking, the extent and importance of whose col- lections it is impossible to estimate.” Paul was 57. This collection is his entire estate. His nephew, Leland C. Paul, has co-operated in carrying out the provisions of the bequest to the museum, The collector was also an inventor of a typewriter. Long ago he had been a telegraph and train dispatcher, and had gone mining in Alaska. For a metropolitan life publication he wrote 8 poem on “Lindbergh’s Ocean Flight.” (Copyrisht. 1030, by North American News- paper Alliance. Liverpool Manchester and Birming- ham, England have an experimental airliner service to the European Con- tinent to determine the feasibility of istance service from t F at 10th Street hat make the Metro-: THE E\ ENING _STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. TUESDAY, JULY - ROAD GROUP TO FAVOR |Spanish Added to German, Frenc and English as Official Con- ference Language. Practically every Latin country, as well as nations parts of the world, will be representes at the sixth International gress in _Washington, October Thomas H MacDonald. predicted today. Special efforts have been made t make the congress appeal to all coun Gold Stripe silk stoc regular points of superior silk, cotton reinforced, in t standing styles. ngs Chiffon .for formal wear, « LATIN AMERICA NATIONS American in other Road Con- 6-11, chief of the United States Bureau of Public Roads, tries of the Western Memisphere. Span- iah was made one of the ofcial lan- guages. as well ax Prench. Clerman and English. Efforts also were made to have speakers become familiar with eon- h ditions in Latin Amer U. S. TO HANDLE BIG LOAN BASEL, Switzerland, July 15 () — Half of Austria’s $50.006,000 loan. which d | the Bank for International Settlements will sponsor, will be floated in the United States England has been allotted $15.000,000, an announcement today stated, and Hol- land, Italy, Sweden, Prance and Swit- o | zerland will divide the remainder - | Interest will be 7 per cent. Paris Washington This is what $1.50 will buy GOLD STRIPE Silk Stockings , with all their ity, 100% pure hese three out- . Chiffon lelicately sheer, with pointed or narrow French heel. : : ’ Welre growing fast— Washington is adding \ J three new stories to \ Jelie A FASHION INSTITUTION NewYorh . na HUNTERS GET CONTRACT ™ Man nate Recognize Endurance Flight HOLLYWOOD, Calif. July 15 (A" Howard Hughes. film nroducer. and Sid Grauman. theater magnate. announced Iast night they will bring the four Hun ter brothers, their sister and mother o Hollywood under a film contract ‘The contract also called for bringing to Hollywood the planes. the City of Chicago, in which John and Kenneth Hunter stayed aloft for more than 21 days, and Big Ben. which Walter and Albert Hunter used in refueling the | endurance ship Film Producer and Let our doorman park vour car while you take advantage of Expansion Salel in 20 Service-Sheer Laclustre Service-sheer for those who still prefer a heavy stocking...in all Summer shades. Laclustre, the new dull-finish stocking, that is becoming a leader very quickly. | Before their acceptance of students, | — | “Willi hris Paul collection” h: applicants must pass & rigd medical | NEW YORK, July 14 (N.AN.A)- ‘William Christian Paul collection™ has d physical examination. They then | The way to get somewhere in this }’x‘;’;] s?;‘;flddo’:r ';‘-’:Lu ‘Scu‘:;rgf:x?“bp'e}:} Are given a two months' trial before final | world, Heriry Ford advised recently, is | ang while guards in gray uniforms pace | enrollment as regular students. DUring | 45 spend money in a big way, and now | slowly to and fro the public will be | these two months the student must i ‘appears, through an obscure in- | permitted to view the finest collection | prove aptitude to “play the fool” so that | surance clerk’s bequest, that the prin- of Chinese textiles outside of the Im- | the government can determine “h"“’:"" | ciple can be made to work even after | perial Palace Museum of Peiping. it s worth while to spend the $5.000 ¢F" P48 o0 o | DISTINCTIVE APPAREL And—*“No run that starts abov can pass the Gold Stripe” Silk Stocking Shop—Street Floor July Clearance Sale | i necessary to make him a first-class | clown. ‘William ‘Christian Paul took his cleri- | Visited China in 1908, ‘When Paul died, two years ago, com- | Or Stoneleigh Court Shop—1013 Connecticut Ave. cal income for two years—believed to | : be about $10,000 in all—and blew it | paratively few of his fellow employes i | on a worn piece of figured fabric that | the insurance offices were aware of it, | | covered the shoulders of a Chinese |because they hadn't been aware of ms} Emperor of the Ming dynasty, and for | existence, although he had been with | | doing that he gets into the class of | the company for 17 years. In 1908, after Diplomas Are Awarded. After a three-year course of instruc- tion in acrobatics c, dancing, sing- ing, juggling, mimicry, pantomime and Shantungs—Linens—Moires—Raffias ! % the late | he had been there for six years, he took |3 ermont Morehn, Frank 4. Mundey |a trip for his health and got to China. | and H. O. Havemever as a. patron of “ He literally fell in love with the Orient | t e )i~ | and with its past. In Japan he put on At fana ‘benefactor of ‘the Metropoll= |, 8 ei0 Sostume and! lived sccording to the customs of the Japanese and | learned all he could of their language. as “certified clowns.” Students are also given instruction in political economy, social and labor movements, Tevolution- ary subjects and the history of the Communist party. | tan Museum. ‘Within the marble halls of the mu- seum, along Upper Fifth avenue, ex- | The director of this unique school is | Oskar Gustav Lindner, a thick, heavy- | set. athletic man of German origin, who was formerly a circus acrobat and clown ‘himself. | “The aim of our school,” said Lind- | ner, “is to turn out clowns who will not | only coavulse people with laughter, but who, by gubtle jokes and appropriate mimicry, Will convey to the public some | of the social and political aspects of pro- letarian life and the revolutionary re- forms_ introduced by the Communist regim®” Summer perts are now studying, piece by piece, | the 1,065 examples of sixteenth, sev- | enteenth, eighteenth and nineteenth century textiles that Paul bought here‘ and there on Saturday afternoons and at odd times when he could get away | Insurance Co. Building at Madison Square. | ‘When they are evaluated and classi- | fied according to dynasty and symbolism they will be carefully arranged in glass | cases in some august chamber and | [ | Two Hats for the Price of One Black & Colored Straws : Summer Felts. 3.00 5.00 77.50 Were dresses ever so appealing. Can you resist them so attractively priced? Shenton 1309 Connecticut Ave. hilip ELEVENTH ST. = : Three of Our Best Selling Numbers July Sale of Beverly Chiffons and Service Hose in $1.65 and $1.45 Qualities Capers shoTN BETWELN F4G Summer Shades Regular 1 19 3 Pairs, $3.50 If Paul had been wealthy | ably would have lived there for the rest ut he was only an insur- of his days, ance clerk on a leave of abse had its limits. He had to come home, and did, yet he was a changed man. | from his desk in the Metropolitan Life | —— CREERON 614 Twelfth St. N.W. 5 Ft.50r Under? They Fit Without Alteration July Clearance oF HALF Si1zE DRESSES $||.95 Formerly $16.50 5 Entire stock of Nos. 275 and 255 Beverly Lavender- Silk-top Chiffons— with or without picot edge. stripe Entire stock of No. 1,000 Beverly Silk-top Medium - weight Stockings. All are per- fect, full fashion- ed and in these wanted Summer shades: Beige Clair, Dream Pink, Ivoire, Midi, Mcdoree, Plage, Musca- dine, Sunbask. Replenish your hosiery wardrobe for Summer during this special sale and SAVE . nsiderab! he_prob- nee that C5FT-SiNge || 5F1] \ 4 FT) All Sizes from 14 to 52y, 3FT| 2FT| Silk Pique INCORPORATED Reduced Regardless of Former Prices Shantungs, Pin Dots, All Sales Final 250 rints, Tub Silks, JBJones &Co. 1219 1221 G Streer NW. BETWEEN 12 &13 StREETS. o, EROCKS ALL NEW MID-SUMMER FAS Materials Printed Shantungs, Crepes, Printed = Chiffons, Printed Georgettes. Styles Short sleeves, dresses, ensembles with color coats. Every dress a sleeveless, contrasting e aaA—— ) On Sale Second Floor Wednesday 9:15 O’Clock HIONS Values to $6.95 and $8.95 Plain _Shantungs, Silk lain Georgettes, jacket superior style—workmanship unsurpassed. Colors Every new Sum- mer shade imagin- able. Polka Dots, Bright Summer Prints, Navy Prints, Black and White Prints, plenty of white. SIZES 14 to 50 Fabric Bags The headline tells the story...bags of typical Jelleff quality and last-moment fashion at this outstanding price tomorrow. These are thie shapes and styles selling so well all this season . . . with simulated -shell and prystal ornaments. ..roomy pouches, envelopes, tai- lored and vagabond styles. Just about the best we've seen yet and you’ll agree and buy them up quickly, so better be down when the doors open! Black Blue Green White Eggshell Handbag Shop—Street Floor It’s new—cool—ultra-smart—the New “No-bagk” Scanty 3% 50 It’s just the newest thing in Summer foundation garments . . . elastic and brocade for firm support . . . full-fashioned bust, slightly boned diaphragm...crepe de chine panties . . . gloye silk top. Another reason why so many smart young 'things say “Scanties—that’s all!” For this single piece takes the place of all underthings. . .vest, panties, girdle, bras- siere. Sizes 32 to 42 Grey Shops—Second Floor Extra! Sale of Handkerchiefs 53 ‘for i reduce Bright Colors—New Designs Chiffon Rayon Pajamas 8] Gorgeous colors are just one of the reasons for the popularity of these. pajamas . .. for they have the fascinating 42-inch “trou” two-toned tops. . .and are of such cool, thin yet substantial rayon.’” Some with gay ‘young boleros. . .others with cap sleeves. Also at this price, flesh color gowns with imported Swiss embroidery and ribbon “sash. Sizes 15 to 17 Grey Shops—Second Floor Extra! for the Expansion Sale “Answer” Shoes 510 Regularly $12.50 The rule is—twice yearly “Answer” shoes —but Expansion, Sales Regularly 5 for $1.25 Very fine pure white linen with hand-rolled hems, colored embroidery or ap- pliques. Handkerchtef Shop—Street Floor sale of come but once, so we present for this week, a these comfortable .shoes. Smartly built for fashion and comfort . . . recom- mended by c and specialists through- famous physicians out the country. The KNITBAC ma- chine mends men’s or women’s stockings flawlessly in 24 hours. Black or Brown Oxfords Black, Brown, White 3-Strap Shoes Military or Low Cuban Heels Only at Jelleff’s in Washington Kidskin in Black, Brown, Beige Cut-out Ties Shoe Shop—Street Floor