Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1931, Page 20

ROCK REEK FUNDS 10 BE AVALABLE Maryland - National Capital Park Body to Get First Unit Money. BY HOWARD M. BAGGETT, Staff Correspondent of The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md, 19.—Money for the purchase of park lands in the first unit of Rock Creek Park in Montgomery County will be | made available to the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission early next week, when park bonds for $96.000 are delivered to the National Cwysital Park and Planning Commission, in return for which the Maryland body will receive a total of $144.000 in cash, including the one-third paid by the Federal Government under the terms of the Cramton park act. The national commission yesterday aporoved a joint agreement between the Washington Suburban Sanitary Com- mission, the Maryland Planning Com- mission” and itself for handling the problems of sanitation and stormwater flow in all of the park valleys of Mary- December | Garner Joins Boy Scouts THE SUNDAY S§ TAR, WASHINGTON, l land to be developed under the Cram- | ton act, which was necessary before | the transfer of funds could be made.| The national commission also approved the appraisal report for the first unit of Sligo Creek Valley Parkway and the second unit of Rock Creek Park. Approval of the appraisal report of the first unit of Rock Creek was given some months ago. Basic Agreement Approved. The basic agreement between the two planning bodies, which covers all phases of the issuance of the bonds, the form of the bond issue and the guarantee to the Federal Government from the State and county, has already been approved by the two commissions and is now ready for signatures. This is to be signed by President Hoover, Gov Ritchie, members of the Board o County Commissioners of Montgomery County, the national commission and the Maryland commission. In discussing the matter today, Irving C. Root, chiel engineer of the Mary- land commission, also announced that his commission is preparing plans for the extension of the park drive in Sligo Creek Parkway through the second unit between Blair road and the Colesville pike, a distance of about 1 mile, which is expected to be constructed next Sum- mer. These plans are being prepared, Mr. Root said, in anticipation of the securing of the land in this unit. The present road in the first section of Sligo Parkway will be extended, the same type of construction being used, with the work to be paid for out of the 7-cent park tax money. Upon the delivery of the $96,000 in park bonds next week the Maryland Commission will have completed all of its obligations under the Cramton act for the purchase of the land in the first unit of Rock Creek Park, which extends from the District of Columbia Jine to the East-West highway. A 30- foot concrete road, known as Rock Creek Drive, has already been con- structed in this unit by the Maryland Commission, but will not be opened | a connecting road is completed within the District of Columbia. The bonds are in demonination of $1,000 and are dated 1940 to run for a riod of 50 years. Interest on the ggnds under the act does not begin for B years from the present date. The bonds will be held by the Federal Gov- mment as security for the advance- ent of the money to Maryland for he purchase of the park lands and in 940 will be sold and the money ad- 'anced by the Federal Government re- d. In connection with using the $144,000 for the purchase of the lands in the Rock Creek first unit, Mr. Root stated that some of the land is already under contract by the Maryland Commission while other parcels will have to be con- demned tu secure clear title, as they are held by estates with minor heirs. If the actual cost of purchasing the Jands in this unit is more than the $144,000 which the appraisal estimates, the difference will be made up by the Government when money for the pur- of the second unit i made avail- Bble, while if the lands costs less than fstimated the balance will go as a credit on the amount to be made available for the second unit. Financial Set-Up. In the first unit of Sligo Parkway nuch of tire land is already owned by the Maryland Commission, as it was gurrhas(‘d out of $50,000 appropriated y the State in 1927, before the passage of the Cramton act. This amount will be returned to the Maryland Commis- ion when bonds for the purchase of he first unit of Sligo are issued and Al be used to make other advantage- us land purchases in enticipation of he ‘nc(ge\pl. of money under the Cram- The financial set-up under which the faryland Commission # now working noludes the purchase of the park nds in Rock Creek, 8ligo, Cabin John nd the Northwest Branch Valleys ‘#th money to be available under she u&m u,?roo,ouo, of which nryhng Wi Fequired to pay two- hirds end the Federal Gm‘l’er{unent one-third, Bonds are being issued, however, which do not bear interest uring the next eight years, which will urnish the Maryland portfon. Mean- hile, during this 8-year interim, the F-cent park tax money from Mont- gomery County will be used to improve the park areas and build roads to make them available. At the end of that period this tax money will 80 to pay for the park land purchase bonds These borids are secured first by the ‘m}pl‘r!v of the Metropolitan area of | landscaping at PEAKER JOHN N. GARNER of the House is shown being enrolled vester- day as an honorary member of Troop 80, D. C. Boy Scouts, by John K. Early, Scoutmaster. SPEAKER MADE HONORARY MEMBER. —Star Staff Photo. FINE ARTS COMM Approving in principle the proposed legislation to place a fountain and Chevy Chase Circle, Charles Moore, chairman of the Com- mission of Fine Arts, yesterday empha- sized the value and desirability of having more fountains and more dis- plays of water in the National Capital. Several new pools and fountains are now in prospect, Mr. Moore explained, but he thinks that many more could well be used in the development of the city. During the past few years charged, Washington has been losing fountains instead of gaining them. ment of Chevy Chase Circle was in- troduced in the Senate by Senator Fess of Ohio, and in the House by Repre- sentative Sol Bloom of New York, and in each case was referred to the Com- mittee on the Library. The bills au- thorize the director of public buildings and public parks of the National Capitel, who is now Lieut. Col. U, 8. Grant, 3d, to accept donations for the appropriate development of the circle with & fountain and landscaping. The final designs are to be approved by the Fine Arts Commission before being exe- cuted, according to the bill. Repre- sentative Bloom said yesterday he felt that Washington should have more fountains, especially where they are to be gifts. The proposed development of Chevy Chase Circle, Mr. Moore said, with a pool and & central jet of water spouting high into the air in the midst of land- scaping, “would make & wonderful en- trance to the District of Columbia.” ‘The boundary line between Maryland and the District of Columbia ~ cuts through the circle. The legislation is being urged as a Bicentennial measure, to beautify this important entrance to the National OCepital for the many visitors expected during the Bicenten- nial year. Island Fountains Possible. Possibility of two more fountains at an important location on Columbia Island near the south end of the Ar- lington Memorial Bridge has loomed, Mr. Moore explained. Tne suggestion has been advanced that instead of the two tall columns originally proposed for this position, two fountains be used instead. Among the new fountains in prospect for Washington in the near future, Mr. Moore explained, will be the Straus Memorial Fountain in memory of Oscar Straus, former Becretary of Commerce. This is to be on the east side of Foyr- teenth street in the Grand Plaza of the Federal triangle, facing the new De- partment of Commerce Bullding, Another new fountain will be the large one in the plama between the Capitol Building and Union _Station, be placed on the line of North Capitol street on top of the new underground garage now being constructed for the Senate. This fountain will flow into & large pool at the foot of North Capitol street, in which will be reflected the dome of the Capitol. Other Sites in Prospect. Another large display of water, which will be perhaps the most pretentious in the District of Columbia, is now under way in Meridian Hill Park. Cascades he county, and, secondly, by the eounty as a whole, NATIONAL U. STUDENTS F0 GIVE NEEDY CLOTHES Sampaign #0 Collect Garments Foi- Sows Editorial in Sohool Paper, Nattonal University students have undertaken to collect clothing for Washington's needy in accordance with the editorial plea of the Crier, new stu- dent publication of that institution, Wwhich has just made its appearance, Presented in the paper’s first editortal & plan by which each student can render s valuable service and further ,‘nhme the splendid reputation whieh. his sohool enjoys” the National Uni- relief plan embraces contribu- Sion of articles of clothing by each stu- dent. The clothing will be turned over to the Balvation Army for distribution through the Gospel Mission to the needy persons. AUTO SELLERS WARNED Judge McMahon Finds Man Guilty of Pailing to Return Tags. on i Court yesterday &n mobile ‘owners who fall to found Timothy Daly, 1210 pitol street, guilty of failing to Tetarn his old tegs, but suspended sen- tence, as his was the first case of its kind In recent weeks. However, he warned that this offense in the future will bring a heavy fine. The regulation, he said, is being violated constantly, :;ho;tqh Dolice seldom are able to de- are to flow down the hillside, descend- ing from one pool to another. Other fountains or sites in prospect in the future for the city, Mr. Moore explained, will be in Union Square at the foot of Capitol Hill, another on the cross axis of the Mall, facing the new Archives Building on the site of old Center Market, and a fountain and pool development in the triangular park re- cently completed between the new De- partment of Commerce and the Treas- ury Department, bounded by Pennsyl- vania avenue, Fourteenth, Fifteenth and E streets. But Chairman Moore thinks that still more fountains are needed through- out the city, especially on account of the Summer climate of Washington. This city has an adequate water sup- ply, flowing from the Potomac River, and could well follow the ancient ex- ample of the city of Rome in providing frequent fountains throughout the city. Compares Capital to Rome. It was in Rome, Mr. Moore explained, that American officials were most favors ably impressed with the value of foun- tains and with the lack of them in Washington. In s trip to Rome made in 1901, Mr. Moore explained, “we found that Rome in June was more at- tractive than Washington in the same month and not so hot. The sky was clear and in Rome as in Washington one has to look out for noon, and the heat. We found in Rome a sense of beauty, dignity and grandeur due quite largely to the amount of water used in she city. You don’t go more than a in Rome without eoming to fountain.” Referring %o & report of the Commission” of 1901 d by the Senate Committee on the District of Columbia Mr. Moore recalled this com- mission said that during four and a halt months of the Summer here “public business is conducted at an undue ex- penditure of physical force.” Report Praised Eternal City. “Of course, nothing can be done to change weather conditions,” said the “but very much can be accom- mitigate the physical heat. Singular] SAYS CITY NEEDS FOUNTAINS Charles Moore, Approving Principle of Chevy Chase Circle Bills, Compares Capital to Rome. he | The legislation to provide for develop- | ISSION HEAD ,abundant facilities which nature af- fords for healthful and pleasant recrea- | tion during heated terms have been | neglected, and in this respect Washing- ton is far behind other cities whose climatic conditions demand much less, and whose opportunities are less fa- vorable. “In Rome throughout the centuries,” continued the report “it has been the pride of Emperor and of Pope to build fountalns to promote health and give | pieasure. Mile after mile of aqueduct | has been constructed to gather the | water even from remote hills, and bring great living streams into every quarter of the city; so that from the moment of entering the Eternal City until the | time of departure the visitor is scarcely out of sight of beautiful jets of water, now flung upward in great columns to add life and dignity, even to St. Peter's, or again gushing in the form of cascades from some great work of architect or sculptor, or still again dripping refresh- ingly over the brim of & beautiful basin that was old when the Christian era began. The Forum is in ruins, basilicas and baths have been transformed into churches, palaces have been turned into museums, but the fountains of Rome are eternal. L'Enfant Plan Cited. “If all the fountains of Washington. | instead of being left lifeless and inert | as they are during a greater portion of (time, should be set playing at their full capacity, they would not use the amount of water that bursts from the world-famous fountain of Trevi or splashes on the stones of the piazza of St. Peter's. At the Chateau de Vaux- ie-Vicomte, near Paris, the great land- scape architect Lenotre bullt cascades, canals and fountains, using one-twelfth of the daily water supply of the District of Columbia. The fountains at Ver- sailles are one of the mast attractive spectacles enjoyed by the people of France. “The original plans of Washington show the high appreciation L'Enfant { had for all forms of water decoration.” 'SANTA GLAUS RULES BURLEITH FESTIVAL Music, Dancing and Singing Fea- ture Program at Gordon Junioy Kigh School. The Burleith Citizens' Assoctation celebrated Chxistmas last night with its amnual holiday festival at Gordon Jun- ior High School before a large audience of parents and children, Prior to the entrance of Santa Claus with his pack of gifts for the children there was & program of music, dancing and carol singing. Members of Girl Scout Troop No. 71, in charge of Mrs. R. Bruce Horshall, presented a fantasy entitled “Making the Laws,” in which appeared Mrs. Fred M. Doudna as the story book lady, little Barbara Mitchell as the Brownle and several other char- acters impersonated by Martha Jane Sturgeon, Beth Drake, Christine Doud- na, Frances Rosenbusch, Elizabeth Wood, Janet Mitchell, Eleanor Harris, Virginia_Kibler, Nancy Gfiiam and Louise Carroll. Betty Squires and Squires %:ced accompanied by Richard Group singing of carols and of an original song, “Dear Burleith,” was led by Norman Pields, accompanied by Harry Radcliffe at the piano. Geoffrey Creyke, jr., was heard in piano solos. Santa Claus in costume came jingling into the auditorium as Mrs. Harry Parkinson sang “Jingle Bells.” He dis- tributed gifts of candy and fruit to the children. J. 8. Gorrell, president of the asso- ciation, announced that a silver cup is to be given by the Electric League for the best lighted and decorated house exterior in ‘Burleith. A committee of judges will be selected. Mr. Gorrell also announced that the eommunity is invited to the Christmas celebration at Gordon Junior High School next Tues- day evening at 8 o'clock under auspices of the school, when carol singing will be a feature. ‘The committee in charge of the pro- gram last night consisted of -Mrs. J. B. Gwin, Mrs. R. B. Horsfall and Mrs, Paul McCrea. ~e HELD IN-FATAL SHOOTING Coloved Woman Bound $o Fusy n Xilling of Girl, Wa Eve Jones, colored, was held for the grand jury after & coroner’s Jury investigated the fatal shooting Friday of Vandelia Mosby, colored, 17, of 2300 Thirteenth street. ‘The killing, which took place at the Thirteenth street address, where both women lived, is said to have arisen from a quarrel concerning possession of clothes. W Arrested W debectives, ‘woman alleged to have the Jones confessed to the shooting. Mer state- ly | ment was read st the yesterday Refersisn BB CLIPPER HEADS FOR HOME PORT Commodore Off Tatoosh Is- land While Rival in Race Is Silent. By the Assoclated Press. SEATTLE, Wash, December 19.— | Recalling the “sports of empires,” when American clipper ships crowded the | seven seas, the four-masted schooner | Commodore was breasting the heavy | swells of the North Pacific tonight fo Cape Flattery, “home and Christmas. Mariners were asking “Where is the Vigilant?” the five-master that started out from Honolulu six days after the Commodore left that port & month ago in an attempt to beat her rival-n the | lumber-carrying trade from Puget Sound to the Mid-Pacific Islands. The Vigilant, last reported December 3, had shown a tendency to gain on the Commodore. After a gale the Vigilant ceased to report her position. It was | believed the wind had carried her aerlal‘ away. Left Honolulu in Ballast. The two scooners left Honolulu in ballast, riding high in the water. The five-master is owned by a wealthy Chi- | nese business man in Honolulu and the Commodore by Lewers and Cook of the island city. They are used in the lum- | ber trade, instead of steamers, because | they are cheaper. | Thelr predecessors, the long, narrow clipper ships, reached the height of | their glory in the fifties of the last cen- tury. In four vears 160 clipper ships were built to carry passengers to Cali- fornia for the gold flelds. Then, to the disqust of old-time sailormen, who termed the rew generation “'sea-going mechanics,” the age of steam began to ) crowd the clippers off the se The voyage ing vessels in a dozen days under avorable conditions. An airplane might make the 2.287 miles in a dozen hours, a steamer in eight days Carries Crew of 13. | Superstitious mariners point out the | unreported Vigilant has a crew of 13, | Capt. Charles Hellberg is the master of | the Vigilant. built in Hoquiam, Wash,, | in 1920 The Commodore is com- manded by Capt. B. N. A. Krantz and | was built in Seattle in 1919 At Cape Flattery tugs will meet thn‘ schooners and bring them into the | sound. Officers of & tug company here which will send one of their fleet to meet the Vigilant said they felt sure the five-master would show up, and “perhaps ahead of the Commodore." Heavy weather during the past two days caused the Commodore to lose two salls. Under usual conditions the voyage is made in 20 days by wind- jammers, which, after leaving Honolulu take & course well to the north to get out of the northeast trades and then head in a northeasterly direction for Cape Flattery. | Last reports gave the Commodore's position as 460 miles from Tatoosh Island. most northwesterly point of the United States One day the Commodore sailed 183 miles. Her poorest log was 8 miles She has averaged about 65 miles a day in 28 days out CRIME INSTITUTE WEIGHS | ABUSES IN LAW PRACTICE| Executive Committee Says Some Xawyers Must Be Checked to Reduce Offenses. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 19.—The Na- tional Institute of Mercenary Crime to- day began a study of “abuses that have £70Wn up in the legal profession and in the administration of the civil and criminal law | The Executive Committee of the in- stitute asserted that “certain types of lawyers must be checked in the matter | of questionable practices” before any| substantial progress could be made in reducing crime. WILL PRESENT PAGEANT Boy 8couts Will Enact Episodes in Boyhood of Lincoln. District Boy Scout troops will sent the pageant “Following the coln Trail” in the auditorium of Mec- Kinley High School the night of Feb- ruary 12, it has been announced. The presentation, arranged by Commodore W. E. Longfellow, will consist of 22 epi- sodes of the boyhood life of the Civil War President. As a feature of the pageant the in- fluence and inspiration of George Washington on Abraham Lineoln as a youth will be depicted. The pageant is being prepared as an ouultamflnx s;er& in the twenty-second anniv e Boy Scout organi- zauonemmencn d S pre- | From the D. C, DECEMBER 20, 1931—PART ONE. Front Row Reviews and News of Washington's Theaters. Earle Offers Good Film And Trixie Friganza. MOTIONAL acting of the kind that moves is supplied by Claudette Colbert in the screen play, “His Woman,” at the Earle Theater. Miss Colbert gains new recognition from time to time, because she has mas- tered the art of adapting this type of characteriza- tion to the dis- jointed require- ments of the films, and in the present Paramount pro- duction she is as effective as in anything that she has done. Complementing her excellent work is the quiet, well poised, master- ful type that has come to be identified with Gary Cooper. Claudette Colbert, A ‘Woman,” these two artists have a play which is more than character painting, for their roles are min- gled in a plot which has elements making it a plece of vigorous drama. A woman whose record has geen of the kind to be hidden from the pub- lic gaze is engaged by a ship cap- tain to care for a foundling, picked up in a boat and taken in charge by the ship's officers. Her story has impressed him and in time they prepare to marry. The mate on the ssel knows the woman’s record, but fails to convince his chief. The latter knocks him over- board when he pays violent atten- tion to the woman. The mate is picked up by & liner and makes charges against the captain. The officer is cleared when the woman confesses her record. The play offers a most effective feature in the infant, which has been the means of bringing the chief characters into association, and which later reunites them after they have separated. This infant, known as Sammy, has been photographed with sufficient care to produce a most remarkable study of the baby boy of only a few months in age, and the achievement is to the credit of the director. The baby also is part of the cause of the emotional experiences of Miss Colbert. The three persons are joined in worth- while dramatic incidents. Two col- ored roles furnish the comedy. Addity 1 merit in a well balanced program is furnished by the appear- ance of Trixie Friganza in person. Her place in the ranks of musical comedy entertainers has shown no variation in the years since she first loomed on the horizon with & copy- righted name. Other lights dimin- ish, then grow stronger, but her luminosity has seemed to be & per- manent part of the American stage. She has the singing voice of the popular entertainer, and an infor- mality which always makes friends. Her present subject is, “A Trip to Hollywood.” ~Another act on the program which received the approval of opening audiences is given by Loma Worth, who plays about every rument that could be accommodated on the stage. Sing- ing, dancing and comedy are fur- nished by Bobby Pincus. assisted by Isabell Dwan, and by Marion Wil- kins, assisted by Jack Meyers, Roland Galligher, and Mills and MlltolgA o “Working Giris” At the Metropolitan, THE once moderately successful stage play, “Blind Mice,” has been taken over by the films and made into a silly talkie. Retitled “Wor Girls." it concerns the experiences of _two rive in New Ycrk what to do with < 1o doubt a great deal is meant to be satire, it is treated so clumsily that little can be said in its defense except that Judith Wood occasionally looks like Con- stance; Bennett, It is shown at the Metropolitan. Tt seems too bad that such a thor- oughly capable trouper as Paul Lukas should be relegated to such second-rate material. The same may be said for “Buddy” Rogers, who had just began to show signs of becoming a first-class actor. As for Stuart Erwin—well, again it's t-o bad—and as for the two “leads.” Judith Wood and Dorothy Hall— here are some players who ought to be told first how to make up and second. how to speak Miss Wood's performance and Miss Hall's may be an interesting example of how to be “different”—but in the process one's eardrums are shattered by their voices, and one's temper lost by the monotonous sameness to everything they do. The story is, of course, impossible—even olever ac- tresses wouldn't get very far with it— but, as it stands, Director Dorothy Armner (the only woman director in the industry) has cut out her dolls NN NN S S S $2.50 Up This beautiful wreath should sell for $3.50. Leapley’s Xmas Wreaths are Exclusive The Finest Assortment of Window and Cemetery Wreaths in Washington — Priced from 50c Up i % 2 Make this a Floral Christmas Choice Seasonable Plants and Cut Flowers at Pre-War Prices Special Poinsettias Plants priced $1.50 Free Deltvery In City F.F.Leapley Florist with little imagination and a re- markable oversight of humorous situations of which there might have been many. Miss Wood and Miss Hall are two vapid youngsters who blow into New York one day, get a job the next and try for husbands the next. Be- fore they have gone very far, Miss Hall has gotten all disillusioned by the “wiles” of a handsome million- aire, who in the end decides he would like very much to marry her after she has planned to marry her archeologist boss (here's where poor, unfortunate Paul Lukas comes in), and does—with the sister of his “in- tended” standing over him with a gun. That gives you an idea—a rough idea—but enough E. de S. MELCHER. Rialto Has a Horror Ha Ha! AT 2 time when our world, at least, is attuning itself to thoughts of. Heaven and singing “Glory to God on the Highest and Peace on Earth,” the Carl Laemmle organization sends to its Rialto ‘Theater in Washington a melodra- matic creation titled “Journey to Hell,” with a story written by a woman, adapted by a man and di- rected by Heaven knows what. It bears a strong resemblance to the contents of the boiling pot of the witches, from which Macbeth rted his memorable march to the throne. And, it might be added with genuine sincerity, it left the mentally sensitive folks in its won- dering audiences with a taste which the * mysterious though sometimes doubted regions could hardly hope to_impart even at their worst. In its portrayal the talents of a fine actor, Walter Huston, who has done several things really great for screen entertainment, have been sorely taxed in sacrifice, and a normally good supporting company has been left in the position of the young man who was yoked to a steer and left to reap the conse- quences. Nevertheless, it should tax the capacity of the Rialto Theater at every showing, if for no other rea- son. just because it shows how ter- rible the movie makers can be in producing results when they are desperate. “Journey to Hell” may suggested by O Ji Elms,” from which it has boldly borrowed the idea of a son’s con- quest of a foolish father's bride, but somebody enjoyved a nightmare be- fore providing its other excellencie: the mail order bride probabl ing crept in from the West Virg: “Bluebeard case.” It is unquestion- ably a picture which, if it doesn't awe with its horror, may tempt the cynical to merry ha ha's. It is not a subject for serious review However, the %upplementals the program are good. Th clude the Universal Newsreel, nine Capers.” “Half Holiday," nonsensical laugh Christmas musical Come, Let Us Adore Him! Ontario’s 1931 tobacco crop was 70 per cent greater than that of 1930 Open Evenings Until Christmas i i ¥ ¥ b Dennis Successor Connecti- cut Democrat and a Labor Leader Here. Ira Omburn of New Haven, Conn yesterday was selected by Pres Hoover to succeed the late Alfrcd Dennis of Maryland, as the Democratic member of the Tariffl Commission Ornburn is president of the Interna- tional Cigar Makers' Union of America and makes his headquarters in Wash- ington. | Although a leader in labor affair | many years, Ornburn recently into the national limelight when | American Federation of Labor, in c vention session at Vancouver. nar him as secretary of a committee to seek modification of the prohibition laws. The new appointee is 56 vears old He is a native of St. Louis, Mo., going to Connecticut from that city when a young man and took up the cigar-mak ing trade. He was made first vice ident of the International Cigar M: Union when Samuel Gompers, hea the organization and also president of | the American Federation of L When George W. Pe succeeded Gompers, resigned count of il health, Ornburn elected president of the union In 1924, Ornburn resigned taryship of the Connecticut Fr of Labor to become chairman « Eastern Campaign Committee of | groups in behalf of John W. Da Democratic presidential nomine Afterward he went into ing business in New Haven | while published a labor there. It was in 1927 wi over the presidency of th tional Cigar Makers' Union 'KIWANIANS TO FETE i Over 200 CHILDREN | Christmas Tree and Santa Claus [ Will Feature Party at Boys' Club. The Washington Kiwanis Club today privileged children of the District a | Christmas party in the Boys | Third and C streets, under the a |of the special committee of the {headed by Col. Claude D. J | superintendent of the National Train- ing School for Boys. | A Christmas tree and a Santa Claus will be features of the party, the latter |role being assumed by John S. Ben- | nett, head of the Central Union Mis- |sion. Pruits and candles will be dis | tributed to the needy children, who wi | be transported to and from their homes in_automobiles of members of the club. Each child will receive also a useful | gift. such as shoes, clothing, etc. Enter- tainment will be presented by the band of the boys' training school. Established 35 Years BARGAIN GIFT SALE! |3 Here are Price Reductions that really mean something. Compare Prices! Come Early! 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