Evening Star Newspaper, November 30, 1930, Page 12

SEWING OF INVALID AIDED CATHEDRAL Forty Gold Dollars Left “for . Free Church on Alban 9 A story of how the modest proceeds of an invalid woman's needle work, left after her death, “for a free church on Alban Hill” were instrumental in pre-| serving for sacred purposes the most commanding elevation in the National Capital was told yesterday by authori- ties of Washington Cathedral. i The facts in the narrative were dis- closed in connection with the activities of the committee of women recently or- ganized with Mrs. Herbert Hoover as honorary chairman and Mrs. Willlam Adams Brown of New York as national chairman to conduct the Nation-wide effort for completion of the north and south transcepts of the cathedral by 1932. The heroine of the story is Phoebe Nourse, granddaughter of Joseph Nourse, first registtar of the United States Treasury. Her grandfather lived in a mansion on the present site of Wash- ington Cathedral. Looking down from the hel,h'l of his home, he is said to have felt that his property, which was named Alban Hill, was the ideal loca- tion for a majestic church building. After his death, one of the upper rooms of the mansion was furnished as a chapel. Here on Sundays many people from the outlying districts would gather for services. Left Funds From Fancy Work. Phoebe Nourse was & regular attend- ant at these services until her health herself to fancy work, which . Nobody knew why she did ‘what she did with the pr 3 ‘was thought to be the whim of a suf- woman, but in 1850, after her death, & box containing 40 gold dollars was found among her effects. A note sccompanying the money read: “For & Free Church on Alban Hill.” i The sincerity of this offering stimu- lated others. With the 40 gold dollars effect the realization of Phoebe Nourse's dream. A small free church was bullt on Alban Hill. It was the first free stands, & portion of St. Alban’s Parish Church. d St. Alban's Parish Church is the moA'.nher church of Washington Cathe- dral. Because of it, the majestic hill- sids which dominates the northwestern orizon of the Capital City mmlx:mu- wl purposes in 1893 a charter was granted by Congress to the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation providing auf ity for the erection in the District of Columbia “of 8 cathedral and institutions of learning for the promotion of religion and edu- cation and charity.” Woman Gave $50,000. The cathedral’s book of remembrance, a record of benefactors which is to be preserved in the sanctuary of the com- pleted edifice, reveals that other women also have contributed effectively to the substantial advancement of the cathe- dral undertaking. The land, which is oceupied by the great structure and its associated institutions, was cleared from debt in 1906 and the donor of the last $50,000 was a woman, Mrs. Julian James of Washington, who also gave & bronze sundial surmounting an open- air altar, which commemorates the hal- of Cathedral effective_secondary ive e m:u::’hm in association Cathedral choristers. ‘The erection of the apse, the eastern- most exterior of the Cathedral and the first of the superstructure of the m 1ift its proportions above the trees of Mount St. Alben, was made possible by a gift of $500,000 from Mrs. Archibald D. Russell in_memory of her mother, Mrs. Percy R. Pyne. This benefaction also provided for the decorations and sym! adornment of the sanctuary. The library, indispensable adjunct of this religious center, was started in 1924 as the result of a gift from Mrs. Violet Blair Janin, who provided for the erec- tion of the first wing as a memorial to her mother, Mrs. Mary Jesup Blair. ‘Twenty thousand volumes are now housed in this wing and are available to students and clergymen. The buhoflz house, handsome Tudor dwelling, is al 8 memorial. It was given in 1913 by Mrs. Susan Evelyn Murray in memory of her daughter, Mabel Murray. Old Jewelry Donated. Other gifts from women have been devoted to’ general construction, to the pursuance of various Cathedral activi- ties and to the placing of memorial stones. These have ranged in amount from a few dollars to the $500,000 gift from Mrs. Russell. There also have been appealing contributions. Only re- cently a collection of very old jewelry was received with a note which read: “This is truly a widow's mite. Please accept it as such.” Even the gardens which surround the Cathedral owe much to women. Many of the historic plantings in the bishop’s irden are the gifts of women, and All- allows Guild, which is sponsos the Cathedral landscape activities, numbers mapny women among its nearly 1500 members. Mrs. G. C. F. Bratenahl is the landscape architect in charge of the beautifying and care of the spaclous grounds. ‘The National Women's Committee for Washington Cathedral, com| of prominent women from all over the country, alms at the stimulation of in- terest in the plans for the completion of the north and south transepts of the Cathedral by 1932 for use during the Gegrge Washington Bi-centennial ob- serfance. The specific objective is the enrpliment of 15,000 men and women as members of the National Cathedral As- tion. Gifts received during the first year of the committee's effort are to be devoted to the construction of the porch of the north transept. When completed this will be marked as the gift of American womanhood. REPORTS OF FINANCES TO BE GIVEN CIVIC FUND Election of Trustees and 1931 Pro- gram Discussion to Be in Order Friday Afternoon. Reports of finances and operations for first 11 months of 1930, elec ¥ THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. WORLD’S GREATEST AIR LINE NEARS COMPLETION PANRIR SYSTEM OPERATING. wcmcm—m PANRIR SYSTEM PROJECTED. ST.JOHNS (ANTIGUA) PORT CASTRIES STLUCH A) O Teoa . COLOMBIA = PUERTOPIZARRO, TALARA ¢ Inauguration of a 737-mile overseas jump from Kingston, Jamaica, to Panama on Tuesday will bring to ew;‘n the basic development of Uncle Sam’s giant international contract airm: il system, operated by Pan-American The map shows the great network already in operation and the few minor connections now being made. The long water Jump wfil be used as a test ground in preparation for transatlantic airmail service. SUZANNE POLLARD’S CINDERELLA IS JUNIOR THEATER HIGHLIGHT Barrie’s Phantasy Notably Performed by Washington Amateurs—Casting Proves Exceptionally Good. The first lady of Virginia, alias hither just as any other Broadway per- “Shirley Horton,” according to the pro- | former. 3 gram, actually Miss Suzanne Pollard, Miss “Horton” was very much the turned theatrical yesterday morning at |star of yesterday morning’s production. the Shubert - Belasco Theater and | Although not possessed of quite the played heroine for the National Junior |same intonation of Scotch dialect that Theater. Miss Pollard, under the sobri- | Maude Adams mastered in the original quet of Shirley Horton, became for the |production, there being cross-currents morning the Cinderella of Sir James |of Southern accent bobbing up every M. Barrie's famous phantasy, “A Kiss jonce in a while—yet, in appearance for Cinderella.” She played, in fact, |and in the emotional crisis, Miss “Hor- 50 well that those in the audience who |ton” was the complete actress and not were unaware of this “London walf's”|at all a mere “amateur.” She was the identity, thought perhaps that—as in |very essence of a Cinderella, and a very the case of the leading man—the young | attractive one at that. Her acting was lady was once connected with the New | nigtural, convincing and always pleas- York Theater Guild and had been lured ' ing—even when she lapsed into the lingo of her Southern home, and made Cinderella something of a Richmond “waif,” later—fittingly enough—the | belle of the ball. Appearing with her in this Junior ‘Theater production, which seemed to please a large audience mightily, was | & cast that helped to maintain the high standard set by Miss Pollard. Espe- cially well presented was the role of policeman, done by Henry Fonde, with all the thoroughness that one had come to expect of an erstwhile Theater Guild actor. Others in smaller roles who | seemed especially good were Kate Con- way in two excellent roles; Robert de Lany, likewise dually cast, and Leonard Davis, John Shellle and Kurt Noth- nagel, The settings were well enough. the staging in a happy vein and all in all a very auspiclous occasion, made especially so by the presence of Miss Pollard. E.de S. M. Planes Stock Lakes With Fish. Lakes, inaccessible by automobile in | the high mountains near Merced, Calif., have n stocked with fish through the use of airplanes. CHRISTMAS SAVINGS CHECKS CASHED FROM *l — — 7th, 8th and E Sts.—NAtional 9800 77 Glorifying the Christmas Gift SWITZERLAND A_Pr-Christmas Sale Swiss Lace Scarfs The first time we’ve ever offered this type scarfs at this low price. Sets to match at §1. Imported Luncheon Sets, $4.95 Our own importations! 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Inauguration Tuesday of the world's longest scheduled overseas air transport service, 737 miles from Jamaica to Pan- ama, will forge the final great link in the mighty contract airmail system which Uncle Sam has pushed into Central and South America. Establishment of this and other new links, following the re- cent merger of two great international American air transport systems in the Latin Americas, has resulted in what is sald to be the largest air transport system in the world, which now calls for 100,000 miles of flying every week. The 22,000-mile chain of international airways now operated under foreign mall contract by Pan-American Air- ways, connecting 29 countries - and colonies of the three Americas, com- plete a circuit of alrmail lines reach- ing every country but two in North, Central and South America. With the recent opening of regular airmail serv- ice between the United States .and Santos, Brazil, the international trunk line paralleling the great Eastern trade route to South America was extended 3,500 miles farther down the South Atlantic coast, bringing Rio de Janeiro within seven days of the United States. Routes Will Dovetail. On Tuesday the first direct service from Miami to Panama on a new route through Kingston, Jamaica, thence across the Caribbean to Cristobal, will get under way. By next Thursday the new routes will have been co-ordinated with existing schedules and a fleet of 98 transport planes, most of them multi-motored types, will be in opera- tlon over Central American jungles, over the four-mile-high Andes, across nearly 1,500 miles of tropical seas, over the sweeping pampas plains of South America and over the green isles of the Indies and the Antilles. In three years of international opera- tion, during which it has expanded steadily, Uncle Sam's contract airmail system has rolled up impressive records for safety and efficlency. Between July, 1929, and June, 1930, 3,522,000 miles were flown without a single injury to passengers and with 99.64 per cent regularity of schedule. Operations for uled flying. Uncle Sam's South American de- velopment of air transportation has been carried on successfully in the face of steady advances of subsidized Eu- ropean air lines, which were aimed at monopolistic control of important aerial | trade routes on the southern continent. The importance of the American suc- cess to American business is indicated by the fact that this country's trade | and commerce with Latin America last | year amounted to more than $2,000,-' 1931 require 4,500,000 miles of sched- | NOVEMBER 30, 1930—PART ONE. 000,000, more than one-fifth of our whole world trade. Two South Trunk Lines. line, terminating at Brownsville, Tex., and serving as an outlet for the Western half of the United States, extends through Mexico City to Guatemala, Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama, through Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile and across the Andes to Buenos Aires and Montevideo. At the Panama Canal this route branches eastward through Colombia and Venezuela to La Guira, to serve the oil and industrial regions of the South American north coast. ‘The second trunkline, based at Miami, extends to Cuba, then east and south through Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Porto Rico, the Virgin Islands, British and French West Indies, Trinidad, the Guianas and Brazil to Rio de Janeiro and Santos. From Miami one line op- erates directly to Havana and another route ties in Central America via Cuba and across the Straits of Yucatan to Mexico and British Honduras, joining the other main line in Nicaragua. An- other branch route serves Nassau, in the British Bahamas. Twin-engined flying boats carrying 24 and 30 passengers will be used for the long ocean flights beginning Tues- day. They will carry a crew of three— pilot-navigator, co-pilot and radio op- erator. While celestial navigation and sextant, in addition to dead-reckoning, | will be experimented with, the operators are relying upon the ability of radio | communications and direction-finding equipment to carry the planes through to destination. The schedules call for a seven-hour service from Jamaica to Panama. At first service will be maintained only twice a week. Mall only will be carried during the initial period, but shortly after the first of the year passenger service also will be established. SCHOOL LEADERS URGED TO CURB PUPILS’ COLDS School teachers are urged to teach the practical application of health hab- its and measures to prevent colds, in an article by Surg. Gen. Hugh S. Cum- m of the United States Public Health Service in the December Journal of the National Education Association. “Common colds .cause more absence from school than any other disease,” the surgeon general declared in em- phasizing the importance of prevent- ing them. While the teacher cannot control all of the child’s health habits, Dr. Cum- ming says, there is a great deal that the teacher can do, such as keeping the school room at correct temperature, keeping children from going out of doors without the protection of extra wraps, and insisting that all children have a clean handkerchief. The teacher should also see that every child is pro- vided with an individual drinking cup | when no “bubble fountain” is provided, and strict requirements that each child have his own pencils, erasers, rulers and other school equipment and use only his own, should be enforced as far as possible. No child should be permitted to acquire the habit of borrowing these things from other children, he states. He also stressed the importance of the teachers taking care to preserve their own health. SHORTRIDGE ASKS FILIPINO BARRIER California Senator Will See Bill Called to Vote at Coming Session. Senator Shortridge of California, after a call on the President at the | white House yesterday, announced he | intends to urge legislation at the com- | ing session which will bar Filipinos| from emigrating to the United States. | He explained that their coming to this | country should be prohibited upon the OPPOSITE KANN’'S here. week reserves any toy till $8.50 Tables, dro d d 2 ch Special Others from $2.79 Up extension foot part. Only We Also Carty a same grounds as that on which other itics are barred. Asia N The California Senator said he in- troduced a bill to this effect at the last session and that it has not yet been called out of committee. 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