Evening Star Newspaper, September 14, 1930, Page 5

OPENAR CONCERT SEASON NEAR END Approximately 90,000 Per- sons Entertained at Cen- ters During Summer. Approximately 90,000 persons attend- ied the open-air concerts held here dur- in the Summer, the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks estimated yesterday. The season will be brought to & close Wednesday night with a con- cert by the Army Band at the Washing- ton Monument. ‘The concerts started May 13, and a tabulation shows the following at- tendance: For May, 11,700 in the parks and 4,800 in the Syivan Theater; for June, 6,000 in the parks and ‘4,000 in the theater; for July, 13,200 in the parks and 10,700 in the theater, the jump be- ing attributed to the warmer weather, and for August, 13,400 in the parks and 5,000 in the Sylvan Theater. The fig- ures for September have not been com- pu'.[‘he following is the schedule for the ensuing week: Monday, at the Brookland Recreation Center, Twentieth and Otis streets northeast, the Army Band; Tuesday, at Anacostia Park, south end of ~the Eleventh Street Bridge, the Navy Band, and Wednesday, at the Sylvan Theater, | the Army Band. The concerts start at 7:30 pm. TRAINING FOR MEN A training course for men covering | the elements of groups of boys will be- tomorrow_at 7:30 p.m. at the elfth street ¥. M. C. A, 1816 Twelfth street, and continue for a period six Monday evenings. The course will be given by Z. F. Ramsaur, deputy commissioner of the sixth division, and West A. Hamilton, chairman of the sixth division, with the assistance of local Scout head- quarters. SR RIS A Buildings Cushioned for Quakes. BOGOTA (#).—Because of frequent slight earthshocks, modern office build- ings here are built on a cushion of 30 feet of soil which is left between their foundations and bedrock. Engineers claim this layer absorbs the shocks. Garment Worn at First Diplo- matic Reception as Presi- dent’s Wife. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., September 13.—Mrs. Calvin Coolidge has presented the Monroe Memorial Shrine in this city with the dress she wore at the first diplomatic reception in the White House under the Collidge regime, it was announced today by Mrs. Rose Gouv- eneur Hoes, great-granddaughter of President Monroe. The shrine already contains dresses worn by Mrs. James Monroe while her husband was President of the United States and also while he was repre- sentatives of the American Government at the Court of Versailles. The collec- tion is in the little brick building in which Monroe began the practice of law in Fredericksburg, and which he was using when he was elected town councilman, his first political office. Later he was elected to Congress from this district, beginning a career which included the holding of more important public offices than any other American citizen. Relates White House Incident. 1In stating her intention of presenting the dress to the local shrine, Mrs. Cool- idge told an interesting little incident of her first days in the White House. “I had just come to the White House to live and was appalled over the run- ning of such a big establishment when I was told that I must have something to wear at the first diplomatic reception of Mr. Collidge’s term. I hardly knew what to do. The reception was almost at hand. I could not leave the White House to go to New York. There were of | too many things to be done, so I called my automobile and went to a Wash- ington establishment where I poured my ‘woes into the ears of the proprietor. Gratetul to Proprietor. “He told me not to worry, promising to produce immediately the finest dress that could be procured in Washington. We decided if was to be of white satin and the proprietor gave me the whole of his work room and his entire dress- making force for the fittings. There | was rush and excitement but the dress was finished. “I was and still am very grateful to the proprietor and I am very glad to I SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SEPTEMBER 14, 1930—PART ONE MRS. COOLIDGE PRESENTS DRESS TO MONROE MEMORIAL SHRINE dress, Mrs. Coolidge wrote: “Run” in Stocking. “Northampton, Mass. “August 23, 1930. “My Dear Mrs. Hoes: “T should be very glad to have you ase the white satin dress in the Museum 1| of the James Monroe Shrint in Freder- icksburg if you so desire. “A sightseer wrote me that she had | discovered & run in one of the hose. If have the dress I wore at my first big White House function go into a per- manent collection, especially one as in- teresting as the Monroe collection at Predericksburg.” Mrs. Hoes expressed the that the dress would be accompanied by the shoes and stockings that were worn with it. In her formal presentation of the I\s‘ the S}és on fo_z"" DR APERIES E'lm‘ve lfouml it so"and we have pre'pTrfl for it Ly méjd;:g our stock )o.f Jr:pery‘falarics the most extensive 1n Waslfiingtq!x. Thereis a 51c11 ael‘gstion of plain and figuretl matcri;h, many of'_tlxem exclusive with us; and all are reduced wl:;l: our“s;l.e»continues; SILK VELVETS .3 fromt$800 per;yd: BROCATELLES DAMASKS . LINENS . . CHINTZES . from'$400 perny. from‘$100 per}yd. - P R e s The Fller for ohie materal, without Tyre:dedign, is- 900 per. yard. Your Draperies May Be Made> In Out Own Wor]fl‘»ooms &-PTER you have selected yourg materials yoi& may, at reasonal:le cost, ane tlxem made into draperies by our Drapery Depart- ment located in our own building. Upon-receipt of a llétter ora tel;glione message to our Fabsic Division, District 7262, our, rep- v , v resentative will call to advise and consult with you: this is true, I should be glad to replace them at some convenient time. “With cordial greetings and all good wishes, “Sincerely, “(Bigned) Grace Coolidge.” Dress of Medium Length. The dress had been on exhibit at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, where the “sightseer” discovered the run in the hose. The dress is made of heavy white brocade satin, and al- though not worn in the long dress period, it is not short. It is low-necked, with short sleeves, and is trimmed with pearls. 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