Evening Star Newspaper, November 2, 1930, Page 3

MRS, HOOVER O AI \CATHEDRAL CAUSE Accepts Honorary Leader-| "ship in Nation-wide Organi- zation Among Women. Announcement was made by Right. Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of | Washington, yesierday that Mr. Herbert | | Hoover has accepted an invitation to! serve as honorary chairman of a com- mittee of women to ini a Nation- | wide movement In behalf of the Wuh~ Cathedral. general purpou ‘Bishop Przcmnn, -ld Wnllld be to stimulate interest ml the Dltfls for the completion of the north and south transepts of the Cathe- dral by 1932 for use in connection with the great public services planned dur- ing the George Washington Biceriten- nial observance. Thes committee will known as the National Women's Committee for Washington Cathedral. Mrs. Hoover's title will be honorary chairman. 15,000 Donors Is Objective. ‘The specific objective will be the en- Ustment of 15,000 men and women as donors of small, annual amounts for the building and maintenance of the great edifice. Gifts received during the first year of the committee’s efforts are to be devoted to the construction of the porch of the north transept. When completed it will be suitably marked as the gift of American womanhood. | Details of the effort will be directed by Mrs. William Adams Brown, presi- dent of the Colonial Dames of the State of New York, as national chairman During the World War Mrs. Brown was publicity chairman and later _vice chairman of the National War Work Council of the Y. W. C. A. Recently she was the leader of a successiul cam- | paign to raise funds for the restoration of Sulgrave Manor, the ancestral home | of the Washington family in England. Prominent Women to Aid. Among the women of prominence | who will serve under Mrs. Hoover as honorary vice chairmen are: Mrs. Gib- son Fahnestock of Washington, D. C.; Mrs. E. H. Harriman of New York, Mrs. omr ‘Wharton Pepper of Philadelphia, ames De Wolf Perry of Providence, R. L; Mrs. William Cooper Procter of Cincinnati, Mrs. John D. Sherman of Estes Park. Colo.; Mrs. Charles L. Slattery of Boston, Mass.; Mrs. Harper Sibley of Rochester, N. Y., and Mrs. Frederick Rhinelander of New York, daughter of the first Bishop of Wash- l':‘lmn Right Rev. Henry Yates Sat- Tlee. ‘The committee also will include prom- | inent women from all sections of the country among its membership. Th:se will direct activities in their p-mc'uln‘ territories. The present members in- | clude: Mrs. Robert Amory of Readville, Mass.; Mrs. Frederick H. Brooke of Washington, D. C.. Mrs. Georgz C. Christian of Minneapolis, Minn.; Mrs. Prederick 8. Converse of Westwood, Mass.; Mrs. Robsrt Hallowell Gardiner, ; Mrs. Alvin T. Johnston of Glendale, Ohio; Mrs. Arthur B. Lisle of Providence, R. 1.; Chlrkl H. Merriman, jr., of Provi- dmce R. I; Mrs. Frank B. Noyes of ‘Washington, D. C.; Miss Elisabeth E. Poe of Washington, D. C.; Mrs, Marvin Bristol Rosenberry of Madison, Wis.; Mrs. Wll.lllm H. Schofield of Peter- borough, N. H.. Mrs, Stokes of Washington, . Prancis C. Wilson of Bln'.lh N. Mex. Cathedral One-Fourth Built. Chartered by Congress in 1893 and in plocess of construction since 1907, Washington Cathedral is now about one-fourth built. The structurally com- pleted elements include the massive lmlAl. NOTICES. FOR ANY Wue Doy Gre_Other -THar mysell HOLSONBAKE, 1708 Euclid Au.lm VAN LINE, MOTOR VAN RE- e SRR o Tl SR o $8 STORAGE COMPANY. 1140 Wif- Saeth gtrent. Docatur Sd5. LIVE TS _REVNOLDS BOAT HOUSE, X st vetween 35ih and 36th sis. rhau West_2829. NY | walk, Conn., where she was a student | I WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A bills other than those contracted [ X ROBERT STEWART, 1203 New Jersey TY YEARS EXPERIENCE lock and jewelry repairing at Four service; work dome in our own shop. PLITT. 1302 H St 2 i FOI airs. TO HAUL FULL _OR PART_LOAD from New 'York, Richmond, Boston, :uuhuun and all way points: special rates ELIVERY ~ASSN.. INC.. 1317 6o Locat 1 moving also. PNITED STATES STORAGE 0. 413 10th 8t Me AL MEETING.OF SHAREHOLD. Home Mutual Building & Loan iation of Washington. D. C., will bed Bela“In the Directors' Hoom of the National ank of Washingion We be: officers and dire d for any othet Bess that may lesally come before the meetin; CiarENCE "l;‘ NORMENT. President. .Hollywood Orchard Out Georgia ave. 2 miles Delicious cider, 40c galion. Company. 1313 You St North 3343, Allled Van Line Service. Window Shades 95¢ ! Genuine $130 Quality Harshorn Water- proof. Cleanable Curtains on your roller our factory: any size up to 367xi sizes In proportion. This sale for two weeks 7. No meannm orders | he Shade Factory PURE APPLE CIDER Made fresh daily {rom selected apples un. sanitary conditions at our keman's Stores by the LYA pples—Sweet Cider Rockvdlg Fruit Farm Unclaimed artic les from the mails will be sold at PUBLIC AUCTION, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1930 at 9:30 A M. in POST OFFICE DEPT. 12th St. and Pa. Ave. 900 DIFFERENT LOTS. Mdse. of All Kinds. GOODS ON EXHIBITION WEDNESDAY, NOV. 5, 1930, Frnm 10 AM. to 3 P.M. " Furniture Repairing, Upholstering, BLDG., :|MISS' GHERARDI STRICKEN Upper: Architect’s drawing of the THE SUN WOMANHOOD’S ' PART IN CATHEDRAL mnorth porch of Washington Cathedral. | | Mrs. Herbert Hoover, wife of the President, is honorary ‘chairman of a committee | ! of women who are seeking gifts fcr the construction of the appealing portion of | the great edifice at the Nation's Capital. | marked as a gift of American womanhood. Lower right: Mrs. William Adams Brown Lower left: Mrs. Herbert Hoover. When completed it will be suitably of New York, who is to serve as national chairman of the National Woman's Com- mittee for Washington Clthrdrll ||| A oou loundltlon% the crypts, with three beautiful apels and many vaulted | passageways; the apse or :asternmost exterior, and the choir. Present work is concerned with the | nl.ry -wide !florl Ill be of the rdlllce PIERCE HALL PLAYERS TO OFFER “KINDLING” transepts, the arms of the cross-shaped | Play to Be Given Friday and Sat- structure. - ‘fhe task of securing funds for the completion of ths entire edifice is in| the hands of the committees which are | serving under the leadership of Gen. John J. Pershing as national chairman, former United States Senator George Wharton Pepper as executive chairman and Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon as campaign treasurer. AR A o WITH INFANT PARALYSIS 16-Year-0ld Daughter of Rear Ad-| miral Patient at Medical Center in New York. Stricken with infantile paralysis, Miss ‘Bancroft Gherardi, 16-year-old daugh- ter of Rear Admiral and Mrs. Walter R. Gherardi, 11 East Bradley lane, Chevy | Chase, Md.,, is in the Medical Center in New Yor! Her condition is critical, according to Associated Press dispatches received here yesterday. Miss Gherardi was stricken at Nor- at a boarding school. It was reported | she was pu‘:{ned from her hips down. | Admiral and Mrs. Gherardi are in New York now. They have requested that detalls of their daughter’s iliness be withheld until the crisis has passed. | CITY NEWS IN BBIEP TODAY. Tea, Kappa Beta Pi Legal Sorority, Mayflower Hotel, Chinese room, this ternoon. | FPUTURE. Meeting,. Dupont Circle Citizen Association, Mayflower Hotel, Jefferson | room, tomorrow, 4:45 p.m. Meeting, Political Study Club, May- flower Hotel, room A, 11 am. Luncheon, Alpha Delta Phi, University Club, tomorrow, 12:13 p.m. Luncheon, Virginia Military Institute Al OLD & WORN FUR COATS ALSO MINK & JAP MINK CAPES Highest Cash Prices Paid If You Have an OLD FUR COAT Please Bring It to 635 F St. NW. Room 207, Barrister Bldg. Opposite Hechi's Depariment Store Will Be Here 3 Days This Week ONLY 'l Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday We sell nothing—we trade mothin Just buying old fur coats for ca BAY STATE Special Red Roof Paint $1.50 Gallon In-Or-Out Four-Hour Enamel Agate Four-Hour Floor Varnish Rutland Roof Paint Savogran Crack Filler Valspar Varnish HIGHLAND A General Purpose Paint 75c qt.; $2.75 gal. Expert Paint Advice Free Chair Caneing CLAY ARMSTRONG .,3‘ 10th St. N.W. litan 2062 me |uuuon 1 zears, whish towures bw nf.‘- high-srade workianship. MUTH || 710 13th St. N.W. urday; Is Drama of New York Tenements. ‘The Pierce Hall Players will present at their playhouse, Sixteenth and Ha vard sireets, Friday nad Saturday ev nings of this week a production entitled “Kindling,” by Charles Kenyon. The| play concerns the life of a New York tenement family and includes in its cast Laura Stockton Voorhees, Paul Alexander, Irving . Cleveland, Ruth Snodgrass, Howard Smith, Harry West- cott and Sarah Clark. Miss Janet Gover is the stage man- of the production, Miss Marjorie Skinner is the business manager and her committee includes Miss Ina Hawes, Miss Marjorie Brockett, Mrs. H. L. Knight, Mrs. John Adams, Miss Alice Cushman, Willlam G. Eliot, Robert Cushman and Howard L. Knight. Miss Jessie Harden is chairman of ushers, Miss Edna Whitehorn designer of post- ers, Miss Mabel Van Dyke in charge of publicity and K. Hilding Beij in general charge of arrangements, DIES DRIVING CAR Yard Engineman for B. & O. at Keyser Stricken at Wheel. Special Dispatch to The Star. WESTERNPORT, Md., November 1. —William Burke, 60 years old, of Mc- | Coole, Md., near here, died suddenly | while' driving his car to Keyser to go on duty as yard engineman for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. It | thought he had a heart attack. His car crashed into a pole on a street corner in Keyser and he died as he was being removed from the machine. EDISON and STEWART WARNER RADIO SETS Sold on Easy Térms Your Old Set in Trade There are none Better and Few as Good. GIBSON’S 917 G St. N.W. I Every Branch of Home Improvement “Best-Built” Metal GARAGES No Cash Necdod cording to the type you select. Also Frame. Concrete Block and Stucco Garage. Terms in proportion 10 the cost American Radiator Co. HOT-WATER HEATING PLANT *12 A MONTH NO CASH NEEDED AY STAR, WASHINGTON. STATUS OF WOMEN TOBE DISCUSSED Educational Alliance of South- - ern Women to Hold Dinner November 7. Establishment of the status of women in this country today will be attempted by the Southern Woman's Educational Alliance at & dinner forum in the May- flower Hotel November 7. Under the theme, “Just Where Are Women Now?" general discussion. with three-minute limits to talks, will be invited at the dinner meeting. Dr. Kathryn McHale, executive and educational secretary of the American Association of University Women. will preside at the forum, which will be Southern Woman's Educational liance and presidents of co-operating here Friday and Saturday. Opens With Business Session. Tentative plans call for opening the conference with a business session at 30 o'clock Friday morning in the Mayflower Hotel. A luncheon and committee meeting will be held at 1 p.m., following which, at 4 o'clock, the delegates to the convention will be the guests of Dr. McHale at the American | Association of University Women Club | House. The dinner forum will take | place at 7 p.m. that da: A business meeting will open the | sessions Saturday, which close with a luncheon meeting at 1:30 o'clock. A special list of speakers has been drafted for the closing session. who will discuss the subject, e Mountain Problems in_Educatio Dr. O. Lathan Hatcher, president of | the Southern Woman's Educational Al- author of “Occupations for | will lead the discussion at the | dinner forum. Among the sub-topics tentatively arr: the following: rupt?” “Can Practical Considerations | Accounting for Small Families Among Educated Parents of Moderate Means Be Modified?” “Does a Woman's Work- ing Tend to Prevent or Promote Her Marrying Today?” “Are Occupations Reverting Increasingly to Sex Classifi- catlons Today?” “Are Women Taking Jobs from Men? Can They?” “What 1s Grandmother's Place in Modern So- clety?” and numerous like subjects con- { cerning the modern woman. Washington Members Listed. ‘The Washington members of the board of the alliance, Dr. McHale, include Mrs. M. Cook of the United States Bureau | of Education. the Federal Board for Vocational Edu- cation and Miss Gertrude L. Warren jof the United States Department of | Agriculture. Dr. W. Carson Ryan, jr., in( Swarthmore College, who is tempo- | rarily stationed in Washington as di- rector of Indlan education at the De- partment of the Interior, is also assist- ing in preparations for the conclave. Try De Luxe Street Car. DRESDEN, Germany (#).—Steel frame seats with small tables attached to each window mark a new de luxo | street “car here which the motorman operates by push buttons instead of controller handles, Argentina’s present radio boom l.l greater even than last year. from new Also a Large As also a few finer coats at sligh PARKER’S YOUR For part of a two-day conclave of n;e‘ Al- | Washington organizations to be held | Mrs. Anna L. Burdick of | TWO GET COMMISSIONS Jack J. Nichols and L. 8. Saulsbury Reserve First Lieutenants. Jack J. Nichols, 1900 F street, and Laforest S. Saulsbury, 918 Eighteenth street, this city, have been commissioned by the War Department as first lieu- tenants in the Reserve Corps of the Army. Commissions also have been issued to Lester G. Wilson, Chevy Chase, Md,, as a lieutenant colonel and specialist; to Humphrey Beckett, Lanham, as a major of Ordnance; to Willlam Bewley, Berwyn, Md., as a first lleutenant of In- fantry; to George Robertson, Clarendon, Va. as a captain of Engineers, Louis R. Williamson, School, Alexandria, Va. lieutenant of Infan! Reserve Corps. NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE DISPLAY WEDNESDAY | Public to Learn Ativities of New Nursery, Junior Kindergarten and Other Branches. The various activities of the Neigh- borhood House, 470 N street southwest, will be on display at an “open house,” to be held from 4 until 6 o'clock, Wed- nesday afternoon, in celebration of the | twenty-ninth anniversary of the found- ing of the settlement, it was anounced | yesterday. Members of the Board of Trustees of | the house will be hosts at the affair and there will be exhibits in the new nursery, the junior kindergarten, the boys' clubs, the girls’ clubs, the music department and the art department. i Luncheon will be served by the “Neighbors” and supper will be served by the Woman's Club. ‘Throughout the day the house will be open to visitors and there will be guides | to explain to visitors the work done | by the settlement. From 4:30 to 5 o'clock in the after- | noon the children of the settlement will | . under direction of Miss Martha dlvhion of ‘the National Federation of Sememenu - z Honor Von Steuben. BREMERHAVEN (#)—In connection | with the bi-centenary commemoration of Gen. Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, who fought for the independence of the United States, a new throughfare here be: in_ addition to | Katherine reascnable rental. 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