Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1931, Page 5

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MRS. CULBERTSON RETURNS TO GAME Bridge Score 17,090 Against | Lenz, With 55 Rubbers Left to Play. confl t that n his bridge with Sidney wald Jacoby in a systems 55 rubbers left to be Culbertson, with pla different ps lead of 17.090 three ed a sicuation verage gain for him in s been 311. The same nz and Jacoby would ch ubbers had been p st of the| tson with | they | m we s would than 30,600 ecords of aces and kings disparity. In fact Lenz | ve held 1,156 acres to “for Culbertson's side. The kings compare 1,166 and 1,114, with Culbert- son's side having held the greater number. neodore A. Lightner, the partner re- sponsible for most of Culbertson's lead, | ves the match tonight. Mrs. Cul- bertson, who bv the contract for the match must take part in at least 75 rubbers, has 27 left in which to play he completes her quota, Culber s to have Howard Shenken op- n. He has arranged for Mrs. Wagner, the former Emily daughter of Alfred E. Smith, to partner for one session Lenz's Right to Change. can change partners, now that has played at least half but he has given no indica- doing so. There will be sessions tonight ow night, Wednesday night rday afternoon. 1e 95 rubbers played stand 54 for bertson's side and 41 for Lenz and Jacoby. Of nine played at the last ses- sion Saturday afternoon Culbertson and | Lightner won six and increased their | Pplus 2,565 points, | Distribution provides a snare for each side at times. On hand 540 Lenz was | et one trying to make four Trumps did not break. The hand | LENZ (NORTH) 5—Q 10953 ~J 65 4 Lenz Jacob; match tions of to- and | spades. | CULBERTSON (WEST) LIGHTNER (EAST), DEALER.| | at a church me!lir‘ South, one | North, two| four spades; | East, pass West, pass pass; South spades; East all pass tner led the four of clubs. He| 8B Culbertan took thves poss and the spade knave | Lightner Set One. was set one at two clubs | for ships and personnel, The hand LENZ (NORTH). S—Q 10 5 H—AJ1098 D—Q942 Cc.—2 CULBERTSON ULB LIGHTNER w (EAST) S—A 962 K H—6 AR D.—10 5 -6 3 C—AJ91754 JACOBY (SOUTH) S—K J3 H—75 D Wh J C—K Q The bidding East South Pass 1 diamond 1 8 clubs Double Jacoby led the king of clubs 817 10 8 West. N heart rth Loubie All pass BRITISH TEAM TO PLAY U. S. Culbertson Invited to Arrange Bridge Game Probably for April. (NEW YORK, December 28 (#) 8 contract bridg will be held here probably in tween a Leam was annou An match April, be- sh team of four and & g American players, it ced today by Ely Culbertson Mr. Culbertson, now engaged in a 150-rubber match with Sidney S. Lenz said he had accepted a cablegram in- vitation from a committee him to organize an Br one London a well authorit select a rep- can team d have a hard time generally accept- of the Card r Whist ro n would ke as the best suggested °n by a single m 4 general rican team team shc and t Tournament set be used for the He n Cham- ruary Mr mem- ecently retiring of for trial on the t Culberts: n Zedtwitz, Theod yd Oswald Jacoby. The ay include George ri y Domville and Capt neth Hogg and possibly Col Beasley. DANCE TO RAISE FUNDS Plan eam H. M. I 0. 0. F. and Rebekahs Benefit New Year Eve. A Néw Year eve dance and enter- tainment will be given Thursday by the | Washington Odd Fellows and Sisters of Rebekahs at the Washington Audi-| torium for the benefit of the Home for the Aged, operated at 3233 N street by the two organizations A large number of tickets has been gold by the orders, which have engaged the Jan Garber Band of New York and the Edith Reed Entertainers to ap- ear at the celebration. test of | | pressed opinion of Albert Blumenthal | ciologist he says he has come to the in London | American | that | be selected by com- | Music and Has Successful Presentation. HE seventh annual presenta- tion of “The Other Wise Man” was given yesterday alternoon “The Other Wise Man” I | | | | in the Luther Place Memorial Church, _This religious play, arrenged from the Henry Van Dyck story by Bess Davis Schreiner, who | is also the dircctor, has already be- | come one 150-rubber | and the cast is | large—are also | traditional. They | love their paris | through { d spirit ! that | e | omes it Bess Davis Schreiner " has been taken wnell for five years. Mr 0 co-director with Miss ing Koch, who plays 3 er, has held his part the beginning, as has Judith h, the Parthian slave girl. Some children, who have grown toc e to be children more, have ded down their places to younger rs and sisters. The whole alled the Chapel Players fluid orga d groups neity that is surprising It is from ch & the festival at | Other | Der since ha rom m s a home mell surpasses is particularly strong when he hands his second treasure to the Roman captain to save young Hebrew baby from death and falls down then in repentant prayer An atmosphere is created as one enters the church by the presence of ushers in white Tobes with bright colored head shawls. The tableau appears in the choir gallery. Katherine Riggs, who plays the part of a tradi- tional minstrel, knits the drama to- gether with aliemate recitative and | playing upon her harp. The bicture Small Towns Held Just as Wicked as 'Bigger Communities In 'ulmk the rest. He |Sociologist’s Three-Year |Study Indicates Only Dif- in Rusticity. ference By the Associated Press CHICAGO, December 28.—Folks the small towns are just as wicked as | they are in the big cities, in the ex- in | of the faculty of the University of Chicago. | After three years of study as & so- | conclusion that the only way the moral- ity of the small town differs from the congested areas is in its Tusticity This was revealed in a preview of a thesis to be published January 5 under the title “Small Town Stuff.” Among other things, the writer says the village maiden no longer wears a starched petticoat and a blush, and she is more likely to be found in a road house on Sunday evenings dancing to the tune of a big city orchestra brought in by radio than sbe is to be present | NAVY ASKS FUNDS cuT But Only for Estimated Saving of | $24,071 on Recruits’ Clothing. Although the Navy has been com- plaining heatedly of the lack of funds it now wants Congress to pess a lew that will lop nearly $25000 off next year's appro- priation, through savings in allowances for recruits Speaker Garner has received a let- | ter from Secretary Adams, advising him | that the clothing allowance is $100. | Now a recruit’s outfit can be purchased | for $08.27. The Navy figures if 13914 | recrults enter the service there will be Secretary Adams is ask- ssary legislation. | AMUSEMENTS | Gayety Show l | Is Good and Lively. | YA/ANDA DE VON, the vivacious red- | { head, held over for the second | week, is again charming the multitude | at the Gayety this week with her po-‘ culiar style of making whoopee. As usual, the demands for her reappear- | | ance outnumber the ~encores. Along | with this popular girl are presented a | bevy of feminine artists who seem de- | termined not to be outdone by the Ritzie Phillips, Jeanette Anna Fink, Sally Van and | Rose all are seen at their b’“'i Phillips and Jeanette Allabasi, | ith Millie Rose, would easily be the | king of any peppy show. Each is a ime favorite in her own style of dancing. _ Millie especially deserves | credit for her interpretative dancing in “Minnie the Moocher.” Jack La Mont and Jack Erickson, the comedy team, have & brand of fun dif- | ferent from the usual run, and Allan | Forth, Irving Witt and Al Murray measure up well in support, while the | chorus. individually and collective supplies all the requirements of fast- moving burlesque P. L C. but indica- | Sponsor | CHOSEN FOR HONORS AT | UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY. MISS BETTY WHIPP, Who has been elected sponsor of the University of Kentucky Band. 8She is a sophomore and & member of Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority, She comes from Lib- s K¥, ', Photo, - Reviews and News of Capital's Programs. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY, DECEMBER 28,0 1931% | e— have “voted against flllflclflon had they not been pledged last June.” In submitting the moratorfum pro- posal to_Congress, said McFadden, President Hoover “said not a word about subsequent chang though it had been modified by &n agreement with France on July 6 and by a London protocol signed August 11. He assert- ed thai under these amendments the moratorium has “not lightened the absolute burdens of Germany; it has made them heavier.” “It cannot be said, therefore, that the final agreement has improved con- | ditions in Europe.” he added The debate was broadcast by WOR, Y\Nt’wnrk. SPAN{SH FLYERS REST PAY WITH COLONIES, EURDPE 1S ADVISED McFadden Calls on France and England to Cede Pos- ence while she played Borodin's “Reverie” and Chopin's “Prelude in sessions to U. S. C Minor.” o o Each year some new interlude is introduced. This time, between the first two scenes, three wise men are heard singing “We Three Kings” in the back of the church. They ad- vance slowly up the aisles, following the bright star in the east, lay their resents at the altar and retire. Their voices are good and therefore Musicians of the white-fobed girl at her golden instrument, high up amid midnight blue curtains, is a beautiful one. The music is sometimes alone, sometimes an accompaniment to the action tak- ing place below her. There was an admiring hush over the huge audi- By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, December 28.—A sug- gestion that England and France pay part of their debts to the United States by ceding to this country their colonial ssessions “in _waters that wash our coast” was made yesterday by Repre- | | sentative Louls T. McFadden, Repub-| MADRID, December 38 ()—The impressive. lican, of Pennsylvania | Spanish fiyers, Cipriano Rodriguez and One or’lhe most beautiful moments | Mn!-‘atlide-n, 1lhr Rv[)r(‘:&mba\(i\'el w!)m.sr | carlos Haya, who flew from Seville to is the singing of a Hebrew lullaby |moratorium views recently brought him 4 i e b MiceiEheteitne Joung Hebrex | into conflict with President Hoover, de- | Spanish Guinea last week, will rest a mother. Miss Sherrer has a rich |bated war debts with Norman Thomas, | week and return in five hops, dis- contralto and does her part well |socialist leader, who took the position | patches from Bata said today. Charlotte Harriman, who is well | that all such debts should be wiped out | known in Washington, has done the |and that their cancellation should be | part in alternate years and will come | accompanied by general disarmament. irom New York to act for the re- |This, said Thomas, “is the way of con- maining performances of the season. |struction and peace.” | A dubious listener is shaken from McFadden said that Britain's 110,000 his apathy by the obvious sincerity |square miles of colonial possessions and | and good will of all the actors. Great | the 33,000 square miles that belong to | credit must be given toMiss Schreiner, | prance should be proffered “in partial | who has instilled this religious spirit. | payment” of the debts | D.C. “The people of the United States.” | | he ‘said, “have already proved their | willingness to help England and France; ‘ | it is time for those countries to demon- | | strate their willingness %o nmgnm our past helpfulness and to relieve the United States of the presence of foreign naval bases in our home waters. We American Association of University |have no- territorial ambitions in Eu- Women. The concert will begin at | rope.” 8:30 o'clock. Mrs. Florence Howard | He criticized President Hoover for is director of the club, and tomor- |pledging congressional lea to sup- row night's hostess will be Mrs. [port the moratorium in advance, assert- Selden M. Ely. assisted by Mrs. Wil- |ing that “a dangerous precedent was liam E.Chamberlain set,” and adding that Congress would rom, NEW YORK AVENUE of FIFTEENTH and Haya to Return Rodriquez From Guinea in Five Hops. Elevator Operator Going to England For His Baronetey By the Associated Press. WATERLOO, Iowa, December 28.—Sir Reginald Wolseley is go- ing back to England, leaving someone else to run the elevator in the Blackhawk Building. He has been an elevator oper- ator for 13 years, saying that he preferred this to living as & baronet in England. Sir Regi- nald and his former wife, Lady Wolseley, were divorced last Sep- tember, but she recently returned to Waterloo. Plans to have the decree set aside were announced Christmas Music To Be Given by Tuesday Club. \ PROGRAM of Christmas music will be given tomorrow by the Tuesday Evening Music Club at the FINAL DAYS of P-B’s Closing-Out Sale Prior to Reorganization P-B’S NAME IS YOUR SURETY OF SATISFACTION * MORE THAN 41 YEARS IN WASHINGTON * Special Purchase Men’s and Young Men’s P-B SUITS AND “Greater Values Than Ever” If Priced Regularly by Us, Would be $30 and $35 All Sizes—Regular, Short, Long and Stout—All Models No Charge for Necessary Alterations All Sales Final and for Cash Only 1 Free Parking at the %Wa New York Avenue at Fifteenth Branch Store: 3113 Fourteenth ! Capital Garage While Shopping Here i. Il }} TRULY DELIGHTFUL Is the widespread expression of our cus- tomers’ response to our efforts last week in bringing to you the finest quality foods that the World affords for the Christmas season. We most sincerely appreciate your won- derful patronage and offer now many items of unusual value for the week and the New Year Festival on Friday. //I'lllllllllll"!ll IIII|I\\\\\\\\\\\\‘\\\\ IN OUR MEAT MARKETS Lean Fresh HAMS Fresh SHOULDERS 10¢c E Pork Roast 2 » 25c¢ S Tender Round STEAK™." SAVORY SIRLOIN . Tender half or whole 25¢ v 2%7¢ 2 » 25¢ -31¢ PORTERH’SE 39¢ GROUND BEEF » 17¢ SPARERIBS, 2 25¢ 15-1b. pkg. sliced 13¢ 15¢ Loin Lamb Chops . . » 35¢ Rib Lamb Chops ... ® 29¢c Lean Plate Beef . 10c Sunnyfield Bacon Adams Scrapple . Auth's Royal Pork :'b- 27¢c Blue Peter Sardines . . 2 Van Camp's Tomato Soup . . Standard Corn or Tomatoes, 3 = lona Lima Beans . 3 mea. A&P Apple Sauce 3 me. lona Peaches . Buffet Fruits . . . Sparkle i Gelatin Chocolate Cake Stix . 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Oranges *= |9¢c, 25¢, 29¢ Iceburg Lettuce 2 T 23c; | ' Idaho Potatoes . . . ™ 3c Rutabagas . . . .»3c Stringless Beans, 3 » 25¢ | Hubbard Squasnh .. 2 » 5¢ Bunch Beets . 2 vwene |5¢ White Squash . 10c New Cabbage . .3 ™ 19¢ 1::( 5¢c - 35¢ 39¢ l4c Quaker Maid BEANS Pork or Vegetarian 4 - 19e Ready to Heat and Eat 17¢ 25¢ 29¢ 20c tall cans Uneeda Bakers QUEEN CAKES Drop Pound Cake With ABNER DRURY Light and Dark Beverage Aged in Wood Bottles 2 5 e Carton of 12 Bottles OCTAGON Laundry Fancy Cooking Bunch Carrots

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