Evening Star Newspaper, February 13, 1931, Page 7

» the Original KRIEG’S EXPRESS & STORAGE CO. 616 Eye St. Dist. 2010 Youll find our charges ex- ceptionally moderate. Ask for Them! AT NEW ORLEANS Bankers and Beggars to Rub Elbows as Rex, King of Joy, Rules a Week. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, February 13.—The spirit of the Latin world that Jean Baptiste Lemoyne de Bienville infused into Mobile and New Orleans when the Gulf Coast was but swamps and bayous flared forth today in the annual Mardi Gras festivity. Here, and in Mobile, whatever cares may be are forgotten in masquerade, drowned in laughter or sublimated into dance. For naught must prevail but fantasy when King Felix sails up Mobile Bay and King Rex parades down Canal street here. Mardi Gras itself goes back to the mists of Latin antiquity, but the carni- vals here and in Mobile were started (.?lé}['fll VARIETIES something over a century ago, when French and Spanish were heard far more than English in both cities. Inaugurated in 1827. ‘The first street procession' in New Orleans was staj on the Shrove, Tuesday of 1827 by ‘Creole students just returned from Paris, and similar cele- bration of the day started in Mobile about the same time. Since many Mardi Gras societies have developed, each with its court, its kin, its queen, its rights, and other traj pings of lost romance. One of the out- standing in Mobile is the Cowbellian Society, and its name befits its origin. It started one Mardi Gras night almost a century ago when a gay group had the idea of visiting a hardware store and obtaining cowbells to tell the world that it was carnival time. New Orleans’ Mardi Gras opened last night with Momus, the god of mockery, heading a torchlight procession. Seated on his seashell throne, drawn by two foamy nme steeds of the deep, Momus_broadcast in procession a Notice to Subscribers in Apartment Hduses Subscribers wishing the carrier boy to knock on the door when delivering The Star will please tele- phone circulation depart- ment, National 5000—and instructions will be given for this service to start at once, Colds A!lmfll‘nvflafld.hhl.— it veee =t ey your intestines. n is th one quick way to get T e e, J TONIGHT safe, purely vegetable, pleasant—25c. ® “Th “The Sweetu'. Story Ever Tol other old tunes dear and sweet. Rulers of Mardi Gras. ‘The other rulers of carnival arrive next week by grace of the secret heads of the krewes of Proteus, Rex and Co- mus. who, with Momus, form the big four divisions of New Orleans’ Mardi Gras courts. Each major organization is said to number about 400 members, while the cost of each organization pageant is said to average $30,000. Rex, whose organization was formed in 1872, fits his pageant to suit the " and -MORROW ALRIOHT The All-Vegetable Laxative ek reliet ‘{e NG i tmy d(‘,‘;.mn and e Under the Auspices of the S. A. F. and O. H. * We Announce a NATIONAL FLOWER Appreciation Contest February 14 to April 15 the National Flower Appreciation Contest! Get a FREE Puzzle Book at Any One of Our FOUR STORES G 1603 it e Froer Appeecn tion Contest, in which we are participating. The Contest is open to all children of school age, without charge. Be sure your youngster tries for one of the fine awards! To enter, simply obtain a FREE Flower Puzzle Book at any one of our Four Stores. It cod- tains full instructions, rules and list of prizes. First prize is $1.000.00 in gold; $8,000.00 in all willsbe given. The Puzzle Books will be given to any one calling in person, not to be obtained in any other manner. This Flower Puzzle Contest is an educational treat—a test of skill—as well as a unique oppor- tunity to win a fine cash prize. Encourage your child to enter. To help your child win a prize, we invite all parents, teachers and school children to visit our stores and study the actual puzzle flowers. Call in Person for Your Puzzle Book Obtainable at all Four Stores Member Florists' Telegraph Unafim Association MAIN STORE: 1212 F STREET N.W. Phone National 4278 Other Flower Shops at N.W. 5016 CONN. AVE. Cleveland 1226 1102 CONN. AVE. Decatur. 3146 3103 14th ST. Col. 3103 THE Left to right: Salvatore Scaleo, Commissioner Herbert B. Crosby and Walter C. White, who participated in the formal opening last night of the new Southwest Wholesale Market. —Star Smfl Photo. fancy of the populace in his sunlight parade on Carnival day, and is en- throned with his queen as the principal ruler of the season. ‘The playtime will climax next Tues- day, when banker and roustabout rub elbows in the mask of Pierrot and Pler- rette, knight and lady, clown and In- dian, for at midnight comes Ash Wednesday to usher in the 40 days of Lenten fasting. N P AR From a window pane in a little English village to the pages of millions of hymn books, printed in many languages, is the emrlmce that befell one writer, Har- riet Auber. Confined one day to her home, she composed the words of “Our Blest Redeemer,” afterward amusing herselt by scratching them on the win- dow of her room, since when they have been sung by countless voices all over the world. MADRID APPEARS PLACID King and Queen and Guests Cheered on Gran Via Terraces. MADRID (N.AN.A.).—AIll outward traces of the recent revolutionary trou- bles are becoming conspicuous by their absence, and the sunshine, of which there is plenty, finds crowds of serene people sitting daily on the terraces of the Gran Via. ‘The King and Queen have driven out and been loudly cheered and Lord and Lady Carisbrooke, their guests, are stay- ing on, for they prefer dry Madrid to & foggy English Winter. (Copyrisht, 1931, by North American News- aper_Alliance.) SALE! 15-Jewel STYLED WATCHES Nationally Sold af $27.50 1 5.85' 50c¢ a week! EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY MARDI GRAS OPENS 20000 ATTEND MARKET OPENING Official Inauguration Wholesale Sales District Marked by Speeches. of The Potomac Food Distributors’ As- sociation, consisting of 70 meat and produce dealers who were forced by the Government's triangle bullding program to vacant their stands in the vicinity of the old Center Market, were hosts to approximately 20,000 last night at the official opening of the new wholesale market district, located at Twelfth and Water streets southwest. This action is the result of plans made 13 years ago by Salvatore Scalco, one of the members forced to move from the triangle and president of the National Fruit Co. Between $1,000,000 and $1,500,000 is the esti- mated cost of the new building which was bullt by the Potomac Freight Terminal Association for this purpose. Stalker Speaks. Representative Gale N. Stalker of New York congratulated the Water Street Produce Association in a public address. He stated that he felt justified in claiming to be the legislative father of the Farmers’ Market, which is com- ing to Southwest Washington as soon as the minor technicalities are over- come and which will be located two squares east of this site. Congress has passed this legislation and appropriated the money for this project. “It is my belief,” Representative Stalker said, “that this market center will result in a tremendous saving in prices, owing to the fact there can be no monlzpoxy " “He estimated that savings amount to approximately $10 yearly rr firm. In conclusion he para- phr Abraham Lincoln’s immortal Gettysburg address by saying: “Your community provides that wholesale perishable food from the peo- ple of the Nation, through the market people of Wi n, for the people of w-ahln‘ton shall not perllh from the earth.” Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, who expressed her opinion of the opening as the “realization of & dream,” pointed out that this new location would eliminate expensive truck driving through the city, meaning less cost to the consumer and a greater excellence in food, and will cause less 'utt‘e and spoilage of prod- the ucts during Summer months be- This is a sale for people who realize that a watch is a piece of wearing appargl—an article of jewelry. The distinctive dial, a case like a bit of sculpture, the open link wrist band, all mark this as the watch for people with a strong sense of style. This watch goes on sale tomorrow. 1004 F St. N.W. America’s Oldest Credit Jewelers good | William Wile, 13, 1931. cause of the modern refrigeration facill- e u“Pf_nn.uyl ania Railroad's partici- v 's pation in the Southwest market move- ment was described by C. 8. Krlck. vlce president of the Eastern region of rallroad, which, he said, had ln'uwd in the last five years a sum of $22,000,- 000 in perishable produce terminal facilities. Crosby Speaks. District Commissioner Herbert B. Crosby, following the presentation of a $100 check to Walter C. White, winner of the contest in which the name Poto- mac Food Distributors’ Association was selected, made a few remarks to the public. A speech was also delivered by e F. Harrison of Herndon, Va. Officers of the merchants’ association are Julius T. Richards, president; George W. Davis, vice pruldent, John H. Shreve, secretary and treasurer. The directors are Sllvlwl'e Scalco, Max Shaplm and Charles Biondi. Shreve stated that the employes It the market are prohibited from gll‘klnz their automobiles within two locks of the market in order to enlarge the spacing area for customers, which has no limited time. Fainted Woman Removed. Mrs. Jennie Bloom, 32 years old, of 609 North Carolina avenue, fainted while standing in the dense crowd near ‘Twelfth and Water streets. She re- ceived first aid from Dr. Eastlake, who responded in an Emergency Hospital ambulance. Entertainment was furnished by the Southwest Boys' Independent Band, the Pennsylvania Railroad Orchestra and Keystone Quartet, Band, and the orchestra of George Gaul. A fireworks display with an esti- mated cost of $1,200 was given in the railroad yards in the rear of the mar- ket and an old-fashioned barbecue was he‘lduon E street near the produce ter- minal. AUTHOR TO BE HEARD Discussing “Men Who Have Seen God,” Dr. Horace M. Kallen, New York author and philosopher, will speak Wed- nesday night at the national forum of the Jewish Community Center. He will be introduced by Louis E. Splegler, chairman. The committee in charge will be com- posed of David Wiener, Mrs. Adolph Kahn, Jeanne Porton, Mrs. Isadore Kahn, Maj. Julius I. Peyser, Frederic Joseph Stein, Isadore Hershfield, Abe Shefferman and Mau- rice Bisgyer. e TR S Two Rooms, Kitchen and Bath Electrical Refrigeration THE ARGONNE 16th and Columbia Road Reasonable Rentals Grand PIANOS Upright PIANOS Player PIANOS *90 0 *235 Terms as Low as $2 Weekly WE RENT FIANOS o The Avenue at 7th The new, narrower SNAP BRIM HAND-FLANGED to give it all the natural easé of expensive hats! $5 ® That's only one way that it’s finer. In addition, it is made of all hare’s fur; it’s lined with all-silk Taf- feta; made with genu- ine leather sweatband that assures comfort- able fit, and finished with all gro-grain rib- bon. The finest hat $5 ever bought. New Spring colors. Saks—First Floor CALIFORNIA VINTNERS ASK DRY LAW REPEAL Lifting State Ban to Aid Wine Sellers and Uprooting Vine- yards Urged. By the Associated Press. | SAN FRANCISO, Febru: 13.— The California Grape Control Board h‘! unflzr wnzldmnnn a committee mmending repeal of Cal-| lfnrnlaa State prohibiton law, and de- struction of sufficient vines to curtail production 240,000 tons annually. ‘The report, submitted by a committee studying the grape industry for the board, was forwarded to C. C. Teague, of the Federal Farm Board, sponsor of the grape organization. “We believe if the present Wright att (State dry law), which in our opinion is not in harmony with the present interpretation of the Federal enforcement act,” the report stated, “was repealed, there would be an annual market in California for up- ward of 50,000 additional tons of juice grape varieties. Under recent interpretations of the hdenl prohlbmon statutes, Frederick J. Kosf board president, said, attempts of of ‘were under wine would be formed sellers to care for the juice in ot made to market grape fuice nations stat VNHII‘: ‘homes purchasers until fermentation has ESCAPING PRISONER IS KILLED BY GUARD Body Plunges Down Jail Chimuney After Sheriff Nips Plan to Saw Way Out. plu 'r“ hole bars over the corridor. ‘The prisoner was to have tenced on a robbery cont fl:.y, d&nl with James nnugm and Je THE AT SEVENTH You’'ll never save motre on Quality Overcoats! SALE! 33 —for Overcoats of the quality standard that you paid $40 to $45 for only last Winter! Every fashe ionable model and shade—right for now, and next Winter. —for the exclusive grade of Overcoats that were priced $50 to $60 only one year ago. All this season’s models. Every cor- rect type. Saks—Third Floor TheSuitSale goesrighton! A chance to effect a real ing without lowering your clothing standard—for these are our own hand-picked ! 2-Trouser Suits 528 sav= models and patterns. Greys, ; and 2 Trouser Suise Tans and the lighter shades ideal for Spring. Saks—Third Floor 536 Younger Young Men and Students! $22. 50 and $25 2-Trouser Suits! O’Coats! $16.85 A sale expressly for the smart young chap, the or ‘and Browns 1 models and patterns. ” and the student. height-of-season style. Wanted 31 to 36 chest. Greys, Tans Floor