Evening Star Newspaper, January 23, 1932, Page 4

A4 THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON MRS, GLOVER DIES " OFLONG ILLNESS Wife of Assistant Postmaster General Succumbs at Age of 52. Mrs, W. Irving Giover, wife of the | Assistant Postmastor General, died | shortly before noon today at her home, | #t the Wardman Park Hotel, afer | s long illness. She was 52 years old. | Mrs, Glover was born in Green Point, Brooklyn, N. Y. and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Englis. Her father was one of the early wooden shipbuilders of the country, and was formerly operator of the Hudson River night boats between New York City and Albany. . Active in Society. Mrs. Glover's home was at Engle- | wood, N. J, but since her husband's appointment to the Post Office Depart- ment in 1921 she .had lived at the Wardman Park. Until two vears 8go | she was active in soclety and Was aspecially interested in the ladies of the junior cabinet | Mrs. Glover attended Dobbs Ferry School, in New York, and was an ac- tive member of the Dobbs Washington Alumnae. An ardent Philatelist, she had been | collecting stamps since she was 14| years old, and her collection is re- | rded as one of the most interesting f2'the country -possessed by # woman She was the first woman member of the Collectors' Club of New York and was & member of long standing in the American Philatelic Soclety and As- sociation for Stamp Exhibitions. She possessed a collection of “first day | covers,” said to be among the best. con- taining several unusual Lindbergh | covers, Member of G. 0. P. League. Mrs. Glover had been affiliated with Republican organizations, both in New Jersey and Washington, and she was & member of the League of Republican -Women here. She was & member of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. Besides her husband she is survived by three children, Thomas, WarTen Iry- 4ng, jr., and Prances Glover, and three sisters, Mrs. J. R. Melcher, Mrs. Charles D, Sayre and Mrs. Jobn H. Emanuel, il of Englewood. & Funeral services will be held at the | #New York Avenue Church Monday aft- Sernoon. Burial will be in Greenwood £ Cemetery, Brooklyn, N. Y. THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Rain tonight, } probably ending tomorrow morning; % colder late tonight and tomorrow; low- % est temperature tonight about 45 de- I grees; increasing southeast and south § winds, shifting to northwest late to- & night. 1" Maryland—Rain tonight, probably ending tomorrow morning, except snOw flurries in extreme west portion tomor- Tow; colder late tonight and tomorrow; increasing southeast and south winds, shifting to northwest late tonight. Virginia—Rain tonight, probably end- ing tomorrow morning; colder tomorrow and in west and extreme north portions 3 late tonight; fresh southwest, shifting % to northwest, winds. West Virginia—Rain and much cold- er, probably changing to snow flurries in' north portion tonight; tomorrow enerally fair and colder, except snow urries in northeast portion. Report for Last 24 Hours. Tempergture. Barometer. Degrees. Inches. 30.05 30.09 30.11 B . ‘ - - . H ' 30.10 30.07 29.98 Highest, 61, 3 p.m. yesterday. Year 48 Year | | Tide Tables. | (Purnished by United States Coast and | Geodetic Survey.) | ‘Today. Tomorrow. T:55a.m. 8:40 a.m. 2:20am 3:11am. 8:55 p.m, 8:58 pm. 2:27pm. 3:llp,m‘ The Sun and Moon. Rises 7:22 7:22 5:19 Moon, today.. 5:26p.m: 7:44 a.m. Automobile lamps to be lighted one- half hour after sunset Rainfall. rainfall in inches in the (current month to date): 1932, Average. Record. 7.09 Lowest, 51, 7 am, today. 26. Sets. 5:18 Monthly Oepital Month. 6.84 884 9.13 10.69 10.94 10.63 14.41 10.81 857 # Beptember .. % October # November 8.69 2 December ... . 7.56 ther In Various Cities. Phoent; Pittsburgh, Pa.. P d. Me Portiand, Oreg < Raleigh.' N, C Balt Lake City. 30 Ban Anton 2 - Bt Seattle Spokane (1 am., Greenwich time. today ) Temperature. Weather . 41 Rain Pokey Cloudy Fosey Cloudy Part cloudy Part clouds 8y Part cloudy N Part cloud: Bamien, B part louty avans, DA ...\ [ Cicar lon, Cansl Zone . Cloudy In the last fiscal year Canada im- from the United States for use hlg‘hvny work more than 34,000.000 pounds of calclum chloride, which is ,the hardening and curing of T I LT From the Front Row Reviews ;nti News of Was}lindton.s Thenters. Charlie Chan Play at Fox, With Effective Stage Show. HERE is enough mystery in “Charlie Chan's Chance,” at the Fox Theater, to keep an audience on the alert for the fine points of the plot, for there is an international hunt for a criminal, with crimes on both sides of the Atiantic. There is pleasure in following the adventures of this _character, which has been identified _with the personality of Warner Oland, physi- cally the em- bodiment of the police genius who has been made the sub- ject of a series of stories and plays. In addition to the work of the keen but humor- ous Mr. Oland and his screen associates, there is a well organized stage performance. with numerous talented performers, and two or three outstanding feature acts in a per- formance that never lags. There is evident throughout the performance that attention to detail which is cus- tomary at the Fox, especially the co- ordinating of the show in such & way that the effect is of a continu- ous program. From the standpoint of originality and personal talent, the contribution of Zelda Santley is most effective. In a period of the dominance of sight acts she points the way to the restoration of the traditional to the stage and the demonstration that good acting is the ultimate requirement in such performances. Her style is asso- ciated with genuine personality, and her ability to imitate known char- acters is cleverly demonstrated. ‘There is also much interest in the elaborate feature, which is both a farewell to Les Stevens and the Diplomats and an introduction to La Mae and Alice Louise in finished demonstrations of the tango and other dance numbers. Their accom- paniment is uniquely conceived, ar- tistic in effect and remarkably ap- propriate to the nature of the dances. One of the further unusual features of the program is an exhibition of daring adagio on a darkened stage with white costumes, in which “Three Jacks and & Queen" score emphatically. Others on the pro- gram who do their share with mu- sical and comedy features are Kirk and Lawrence, with imitation rodeo horses; Lee Wilmot, Ralph Peters and Kathleen Kay. In the Charlie Chan play, which has a typical Chan plot, there is ex- cellent work by the associate play- ers, especially H. B. Warner, Alex- ander Kirkland and Marian Nixon. The Fox also offers short subjects, including some musical selections characteristic of the Tyrol D.C.C. Warner Oland. “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” As Good and Gruesome as Ever. “l)R, JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE” is & pleasantly unpleasant pic- ture. Based on the gruesome legend of duo-eccentricity ~ written many years ago by Robert Louis Stevenson, its cinematic resurrection has been cunningly executed by Director Rou- ber. Mamoulian and brilliantly acted by Frederick March. The first audi- ence yesterday, at the Columbia, sat properly enthralled and refused to wiggle until the last of Mr. Hyde had been seen. Mr, Mamoulian, who used to be the Theater Guild's fair-haired di- rector, has caught the spirit of hair- raising horror o an amazing degree. By pitching his camera at almost any angle, he has done things just & little different from any one before him, with the result that he has made Mr. Stevenson's story seem not s0 cld as it is, and has done so well by Mr. March that the latter may now definitely be nominated for John Barrymore's crown, whenever the latter chooses to relinguish it. The most exciting minute, of course, which is far too complicated for youngsters to see, is when Dr. Jekyll mixes a kind of chemical bromo-seltzer and, tossing it down, changes himself into a grim monster, with lavish tooth display and a head of such hideous proportions as only a very tender mother could love. This change from handsome man to unhandsome beast has been treated with great skill, the lines in Mr. March's face gradually receding in favor of the blotches and effronteries of his animal successor, and his manner of grunts and groans com- ing in as a funeral theme song. When this is done (most eflectively) in front of a mirror, the audience may be seen to cringe and the fright to be as great as any caused by cinematic wizardry this year. Mr. March is splendidly grotesque as Mr. Hyde and properly amorous and otherwise as the eccentric doc- tor, who feels that man is two dis- tinct and separate entities, This is by far the best piece of work March has done—and may be ranked among the season’s best. He is splen- didly assisted by that delightful actress, Miriam Hopkins, and to a lesser degree by Rose Hobart, who loves the strange doctor nigh unto death. E. de S. MELCHER. Lew Ayres at the Rialto In “Heaven on Earth.” OMANCE of a sort is offered in “Heaven on Earth.” Lew Ayres’ new picture at the Rialto Theater. The show probably will pe a box- office success, because Ayres is be- coming a favorite with the women. It undoubtedly will appeal to the ultra- sentimental. The plot is all clutter- ed up with broken hearts and shat- tered illusions. A feud between a steamboat crew and a shantyboat settlement is thrown in for good measure. One of the bright spots of the picture is the exceptionally good character acting of Elizabeth Patter- son. She plays the role of aunt somebody or other, who promotes love affairs with a new type of magic wand which she calls “‘goofer dust.” She smokes a mean looking corn- cob pipe, which the audience can almost smell, and wards off ghosts with a “spirit bag” made of mosquito netting. Most of the cast affect a Southern drawl. They talk as if they never had been south of Brooklyn or possi- bly Philadelphia. Hollywood pro- ducers—all of them—don't seem to realize a Southern accent, regard- less of its merit, cannot be success- fully imitated. It's like rheumatism or the seven-year-itch, one either has it or one doesn’t, and once you have it you can't get rid of it. Not that any one with a Southern accent ever wanted to talk in any other fashion ‘Youngsters will like the picture be- cause of its performing dog and the antics of a disgruntled oa' captain, who knows how to make his vessel do everything but talk. D.B. W. Loew's Palace Offers “This .Reckless Age.” A VERY human, truthful and en- tertaining story of two doting rarents and their son and daughter, 1 pifying the youth of today with its 1T ty and thoughtlessness, but its fundamental straightforward- ness, efficiency and lovableness, is entertainingly portrayed in “This Reckless Age,” the week's feature at the Palace. Every parent of offspring of high school or college age should see the picture. It an optomistic note at a period ominous prophecies and shakings of the head accompany all storfes and plays woven about the convention-careless younger gen- eration. It shows that, despite the extravagance, thoughtlessness, and defiance of all well established rules of soclety, on the part of our “wild” young people, when it comes to & showdown, they are all right, and efficiency and action take the place of foolishness and extravagance. The weakness and incredibility of the story, in which the brilliant, family-loving father finds himself in serious trouble through the careless signing of an important paper, is forgotten by the excellent acting of the cast throughout. Although sup- posedly a story of today's young people, it is pre-eminently a por- trayal of the problems, joys and worries of the average modern mother and father. For once, the cinema does not represent the father and mother of an 18 and 20 year old son and daughter as old, decrepit creatures, lacking in charm and per- sonality, merely living to lean on the shoulders of their children. Frances Starr is the typical, at- tractive mother of today, Yyoung enough to sympathize with the love of “fiesh pots” of her pretty, dancing daughter. Richard Bennett as “Dad,” is what “every boy should have sacrificing personal necessities and keenly en- joying his sacrifices in the knowledge that it will give his boy an educ tion. His disappointment when his son returns from college with the news he is to marry, instead of graduating, affords opportunity for a bit of superb acting. Briefly. telling the story of the Ingles family—mother, father, son Bradley and daughter Lois—the play introduces the parents awaiting the Christmas homecoming of their col- lege boy and girl. After a series of complications, including telegrams for money, staying out all night, wrecking other people’s cars and causing innumerable petty disap- pointments to their parents, Brad- ley’ and Lois and Mary, Brad's flancee, emerge victorious and triumphant in solving the problem of Mr. Ingles’ financial difficulties. “This Reckless Age” is by no means what its title would imply. It is an appealing and frequently humorous portrayal of the problems of “ today's society parents, sitting up until 6 in the morning for daugh- ters to come home. The cast includes Buddy Rogers, lovable as Bradley: pretty Frances Dee as Lois, Richard Bennett as Dad, Frances Starr at her best as Mrs. Ingles, Peggy Shannon as Mary and Charlie Ruggles as Goliath, the wealthy bachelor friend of the fam- ily, godfather of Lois and eventually the man she marries—frankly, the one disappointing feature of the story. Included on the program are some interesting short-reel pictures, in- cluding a very lovely travelogue of Ireland, throughout which old and popular melodies. of the Emerald Isle are introduced. This is one of the few short reels which deserve particular mention and its con- clusion was marked by hearty and enthusiastic applause. . On the stage the “Hollywood Col- legians” entertain with numerous popular songs and novelty numbers, while Marcelle Willlams and Helen Carltons add some entertaining terpsichorean bits. G. 8. 20,000 TAKE V. F. W. | OATHS OVER RADIO | Tribute Paid Commander De Coe at Banquet—Patman's Bonus Speech Broadeast. Initiated over the radio, 20,000 ex- | service men last night became members | of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, their | oaths sdministered by Commander in | Chief Darold D. de Coe, while he was | gest of honor st & banquet in the Na- | tional Press Club After nearly & score of officials, legis- |1ators end military officers had paid | tribute to Comdr. De Coe, and Repre- | sentative Wright Patmen, Democrat of | Texas, had spoken over the air on his | plan for cash payment of soldiers | bonus, the commender initiated the new members of the V. F. W. in 2,500 posts | throughout the country. Representative William P. Connery, Democrat of Massachusetts, wes toast- master and introduced the guests of honor, who included Gen. Frank T. Hines, director of the Veterans' Admin- | istration; Admiral Robert E. Coontz, Maj. Gen. Ben H. Fuller, Brig. Gen. Henry J. Riley, Thomas E. Campbell and ~Representatives Lamsr Jeffers, | Paul Kvale, John J. Corcoran, Wilbur | White and 'Ralph Horr. MRS. HANNAH KENNEDY DEAD HERE AT AGE OF 81 Long Illness Fatal at Daughter's Home—Resident of District for 20 Years. Proves Mrs. Hannah Lithgow Kennedy, 81, wife of Logan P. Kennedy, died today after & long llness at the home of her daughter, Mrs. M. H. McIntyre, 3106 Thirty-fourth street Born in Loulsville March 7, 1851, Mrs. Kennedy was married there in March, 1871. She and her husband celebrated their sixtieth anniversary | last March. She had resided in the District for 20 years | “Mrs. Kennedy is survived by her | husband, two daughters, Mrs. McIntyre |and Mrs. Henry C. Bonnycastle, both |of this city; seven grandchildren and | six great-grandchildren. |~ Funeral services will be held at the residence Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock Burial will be in Cave Hill Cemetery, | Louisville. OFFICERS ARE ORDERED TO DUTY IN FRANCE Group Assigned in Connection With Pilgrimage of Mothers and Widows of Soldiers. Officers ordered to Paris for duty in connection with _the pligrimage of mothers and widows to the ceme- teries of Europe, include the following: Maj. O. B. Bolibaugh at Fort Sem Houston Tex.; Maj. E. A. Casserly at | El Paso, Tex; Maj. A. R. Gaines at Denver, Colo.; Maj. W. L. Starnes at | Fort Benning, Ga. and Maj. F. O | Stone at Fort Sam Houston, Tex. all of the Medical Corps, and Capt. R. H. | Bacon, Field Artillery, at Des Moines, | g Iowa, Capt. D. G. Barr, Infantry, at Fort Knox, Ky.; Capt. S. J. Boon, | Cavalry, at Fort Russell, Tex.. Capt. | Clarence Longacre, Quartermaster Corps, ’ll Duncan Field, Tex. and Lieut W. Hammond, jr, Infantry, at Fort | Washington Md. | Other officers ordered to duty at New York City in connection with the p!l‘rlmlfi to Europe are Capt. J. E. fantry, &t Vancouver Bar- racks, Wash.; Capt. J. P. Ratay, Field Arvilery, at Fort Hoyle, Md.; Capt. W. R. McReynolds, Infantry, at Gettys- | burg, Pa., and Capt. C. O. Shelton, Coast lery, at Council Bluffs, Iows. ‘Turkey has restricted porta- tion o{’moflfln picture George € T, | Wanda A. Knoph ) TURDAY JANUARY 23, - 1932. 184 PER CENT LOWER Figure for Year Is Based on $2,000 Income by Bu- reau of Statistics. The cost of living for famflies in Washington whose incomes are not more than $2,000 per year has decreased 8.4 per cent during the last year, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Statistics an- nounced today. This means the pur- chasing power of the homemaker's dol- lar is now valued at about 72 cents, as against an even $1 in 1913, The purchasing power of the dollar at the end of December, 1930, accord- ing to the bureau, was a fraction less than 66 cents. At the same time the bureau com- puted the cost of living for the entire United States at 9.3 per cent lower than in December, 1930, as based on a survey in 32 cities. The index number for the cost of living throughout the Nation is 145.8, based on the cost of 100 in 1913. In other words, the purchasing power of the dollar among the working class is now a fraction more than 68 cents, as_against an even $1 in 1913. The dollar’s value at the end of 1930 was 62.2 cents, showing an increase in its only approximately 6 cents. Increase During Slump. the Wall Street crash, which started the prevailing depression, the Nation had & dollar purchasing power of 583 cents, revealing an increase for the entire country of about 10 cents during this slump period. Locally, the buying power of the dollar has increased 8 cents dur- ing this period. When the Welch act increasing the salaries of Government employes went into effect on July 1, 1928, the dollar here was netting at that time about 63 cents, as against 72 cents at present for those earning less than $2,000. Since 1914 to December 31, 1831, the wmkin‘l class in Washington, ac- cording to the statistics compiled by the bureau, has felt an increase in food cost of 17.8 per cent; clothing, 39.7 Yer cent; rent, 27.9 per cent; fuel and ight, 34.9 per cent; house furnishing, 79.9 per cent, revealing a general aver- age of 39 per cent. For the entire Nation the cost of liv- ing, figured on a percentage basis, has decreased 149 since the depression started in October, 1929. At the same time employment in 54 leading manu- facturing groups has been cut down 28.9 per cent and pay rolls of the same group have been reduced 34.7 per cent. New Budgetary Survey. Commissioner Stewart is now advo- cating a new family budgetary survey to supplant that of 1918, because the cost of living figures published by the bureau are extensively used in the ad- justment of wages in the various in- dustries. “Thousands of establishments,” he said, “have entered into agreements with their employes to change their wages, based in general on the changes in cost of living as compiled by the bureau. “The present system is acknowledged to be very much out of date, and it is believed by many that it does not ac- curately represent conditions at the present time, BILL WOULD EXTEND D. C. WATER SERVICE Tydings Measure Proposes Un- limited Connections in Maryland. A bill to broaden the scope of the law under which District water is sup- plied to adjacent communities in Mary- land was introduced yesterday by Sen- ator Tydings, Democrat, of Maryland. The original provision, contained in the District appropriation act for 1918, specified three locations on the boundary namely: Chevy Chase Circle, Georgia and Eastern avenues and Rhode Island and Eastern avenues. Under the amendment the connecting of mains is not _confined to any specified points. ‘The bill would re-enact the terms of the prior law, setting forth the condi- tions under which agreements are en- tered into between the District Com- missioners and the Washington Sub- urban Sanitary Commission, including the proviso that the amount of water shall at no time be more than can be spared. No change is made in the pro- vision that the rates be based on the cost of delivering the water, including interest at 4 per cent and an allowance for depreciation. Births Reported. Irvin M. and Mary E. Rogers, sirl and boy twins. Ty d Gladys 8. Tayloe, boy. arry C. aud Margaret E. Grenawalt, boy. N James R. and Edith E. Allison, boy. Ralph 8. and Sallye Kirby, boy. Hubert M. and Hulda Reid, boy Harry F. and Ruth E. Hanson. girl. Thaddeus J. and Virginia L. Clark, sirl John E. and Emily A. Loving, girl. Carl A. and Louise L. Moore, boy. Anthony J. and Gladys L. Schmidhammer, bo, {(enr( H.and Margaret J. Weidner, boy. Charles R._and Helen J."Orndorfl, boy. Carl and Shirley Lindiey, boy. Richard C. and Isabel H. Coupland, boy. Roy L. and Marie L. Bowlin, boy. Victor L. and Nina D. Adams, boy. Ralph H. and Ruth M. Sievers, boy. Clarence R. and Els.. £_Edw, Charles M. and Lou T. Busbee, boy Walter B. and Marie K. Fletcher, girl. Thomas T. and Gertrude Bruce, irl William H. snd Anna McKen Richard A and Anna Stewart. John R. and Eleanor M. Meyer Leonard F. and Emma E. Pinkney. Augustus and Dorothy Primrose. Alonzo 8. and Ethel B. Gaskins, Robert and Priscilla_Atkinson. girl William H. and Marylene Thorne, girl. George R. and Anna_Shelton, girl Raymond and Mary E White. glrl g, girl, Francis and Rosie W. Medley, boy Charles H. and Charlotte V. Stubberfield, boy. Robert and Juanita Nelson. boy. Harry and Dora Fields, boy George R. and Mary C. Sims, boy. Marriage Licenses. Wayne D. Kiefler 26, and Della Mae Hunsberger. 20: Rev. A F. Poore. Joseph H. Poore. 22. and Ida E. Keeler. G.'D. Sampson. Abel, 32. and Margaret Bebastian, 18; it A ev. J. C. Murphy. John D. Reinhardt. 24. and Clara C. Tay- man, 23; Rev. P. J. Daugherty. A. Thompson. 20, and A. E. Fenlason, M. P. German " Carroll. 29. Hyattsville. Md. and bbons, 21, Washington; Rev. Thomas .’ Chaffman. jr. 34, Baltimore, and E. A Knell, 24, Baltimore: Rev. A_H. Mehm. J. H. Moses. 38, and Shirley Bargrosser, 287 Rev. J. T. Loeb Naylor, 24, Baltimore, and . 21, Batimore; Rev. Wil- 22. Culpeper Va. and Rev. A. F. J. K. Lamberth, 30, Baltimore. and Mabel Gregor, 77, Baltimore: Rev. W. S. Abe; J. Y. Upham. 23. Richmond, and L. liam Plerpont. Otis _H._ Burpe, D Mary Hoffman, 27, Culpeper; v. n$0) Robert M. Desper, 24, and Virginia Robb, Re J. Olds : Rev. A. J. Old David D. Price, 25, L 24; ROy, Robert Angsrssn - Tope Fersuson, 4 Charles R. Chapman. 23 and Elizabeth W. A, Murph o i L turn Rev R T Gask ot power during the last 12 months of | In Decembet, 1929, two months after | line where mains were to be connected, | IDNAPERS DEMAND $50,000 FOR DENVER MAN. BENJAMIN P. BOWER. | | By the Assoclated Press. | DENVER, Colo, January 23.—A written appeal of Benjanin P. Bower, 62, Denver bakery manager, to “send $50,000 immediately, * * * they will kill me if you don’t,” spurred officers in | the quest of his kidnapers today. | The letter was made public early to- | day by the chief of police, who said Mrs. Bower had received the letter Fri- day morning, but had kept it secret. The letter, which Mrs. Bower identi- fied as written by her husband, said he was alive and unharmed. It designated a rendezvous on a road west of Denver | and instructed Mrs. Bower how to handle the money. | “Make a bundle of all cash” the letter said, “and wrap it in an old| newspaper and cover it with red cloth.” | The letter added the money was to be given to men who would meet her two miles from Golden, a town about 15| miles west of Denver. Chief Clark would not reveal the time designated. The letter was postmarked Thursday evening. Bower was abducted from his home by gunmen Tuesday | night. METHODISTS DROP OBSOLETE HYMNS | Many Old Favorites, How- ever, Kept in Revised Book of Church Songs. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, January 23—“Rock of Ages” and “Nearer, My God, to Thee” will live on in the hymnal of the Methodist churches. A commission yesterday culled age and exaggeration from the hymn book, | but when the music and words of the | old-timers favorites rolled from piano and - human throat, they passed un- | challenged. ‘There was none to deny the power of their appeal. The commission represents the Meth- odist Episcopal, the Methodist Prot- | estant and the Methodist Episcopal | Church, South. The hymnal is being | revised while other commissions con- sider & proposal to unite the three de- nominatfons. Passed Unchallenged. The rich, baritone voice of James R. Houghton of Boston University, was lifted again and again in the parlor of a hotel while clerical and lay commis- sioners listened. Houghton had a piano accompaniment. “Rock of Ages, cleft for me,” sang | the baritone. | Not one present was willing to say “Rock of Ages” should go into the dis- | card. “Jesus, Lover of My Soul, Let Me to | Thy Bosom Fly.” Never an objection raised to the old familiars. But other old-timers did not pass. They are, the commissioners say, the least known and favored of the hymns. ‘Thev includ» “Church Triumphant,” “O Come With Me,” and “O Perfect Love.” | And Houghton sang some new hymns. | About 200 of them were welcomed to | the new book. They passed inspection | as fitting company for the ancients. 725 Songs in New Book. In sll, aporoximately 200 hymns were | removed. The old hymnal contained | 714. The new will have 725. Some of the hymns removed were taken out because thev were regarded “impossible.” and contained “exaggerat- | ed imagery” or are obsolete. The words | of others did not fit the music. Some | were largelv repetition of others, Commissioners say the modern hymns will make even more beautiful the de- nominations’ collection of tunes. It is the first revision of the book in 25 years. GALLAUDET STUDENTS SEE PARK LECTURE | An illustrated lecture on the national | parks was presented last night to the students of Gallaudet College in three | ways. Randall Jones, Cedar City, Utah. first displayed his colored slides on| the screen at Chapel Hall, explaining them as he went along. Then Dr.| Percival Hall, president of the college. interpreted the lecture for the students | in _the sign language. | Dr. Hall sald it was the first time | an {llustrated lecture had been pre-| sented in a hall necessarily darkened | to permit display of slides. The feat| was accomplished by diffusing light | so that Dr. Hall's figure was thrown into rellef s0 he could be seen by the students without interfering with the | darkness needed for presentation of the slides. | | John T. Money, their counsel. | as compared to the $2 rate which | ship Committee, COAL RATE HEARING WILL RESUME HERE 1 i D. C. Dealers to Continue Baltimore Plea at Ses- sion Monday. Hearing on the application of coal dealers in the Washington area for a eduction in the rates on shipments Tom the anthracite flelds of Pennsyl-| vania, which was in progress in Balti- more earlier in the week, will be re- sumed here Monday morning at 10 o'clock at the Interstate Commerce Commission. W. J. Stroebel, rate expert for the coal merchants, will conclude his argu- ment after which the petitioners will Test their case, it was said today by The carriers will then start with their de-} fense, Ask for “Fair” Rate. The local coal dealers are asking that the commission set a “fair” rate, and that they be awarded reparation for alleged overcharges during the statua- tory period which covers the past two years, The present rate averages $3.28 a ton, existed up to 1918. At that time the rate was boosted to $2.60. two years later it was raised to $3.64 and then n 1928 it was brought back to the present figure. The shippers are contending that if the raflroads fix a lower rate it would not compensate them for the traffic over the distances which coal is now hauled. Also Seek Rate Cut. ‘The Baltimore Coal Exchange is also seeking a reduced rate from the Penn- ylvania fields to that city and its argu- ment was slso heard in Baltimore this week. Mr, Money said that he as well as the Baltimore shippers may have rebuttal testimony to offer when the carriers have rested. Y.W.C.A.RE-ELECTS NINE AS DIRECTORS Two New Members of Board, Mrs. Joel T. Boone and Miss Elsa Peterson, Elected. Nine members of the board of direc- tors of the Y. W. C. A. last night were re-elected to serve for 1932, while two new members were chosen. ‘The new members were Mrs. Joel T. Boone, a present member of the Health Education Committee of the assocla- tion, and Miss Elsa Peterson, vice chair- man of the Girl Reserve Committee. Members re-elécted were Mrs. E. E. Danley, Miss Margaret Fox, treasurer since 1911: Miss Elizabeth Haney, chair- man of the business and professional women’s department: Mrs. Charles Evans Hughes, Mrs, Arthur Jones, chair- man of the Food Service Committee; Mrs. Willlam Adams Slade, chairman of the Personnel Committee; Mrs. Ben Temple Webster, chairman of the Eliz- abeth Somers Committee; Mrs. Charles Will Wright, chairman of the Member- and Mrs. Fred E. ‘Wright, chairman of the Executive Com- mittee of the education department. ‘The election was a feature of the annual dinner and membership meeting in Barker Hall. More than 200 were seated at dinner prior to the business meeting. Mrs. A. Chambers Oliphant, president of the association, gave her report for the year of the activities of the group. Following reports by various other officers of the association, Miss Anne Guthrie, continental secretary of the South American Y. W. C. A., addressed the meeting on “The Countries and Peoples of the Southern Continent” and told of the work of the association there. BOYS ARE ENTERTAINED Civitan Garden Club Group Guests of Edith Reed's Troop. The Civitan Boys’ Garden Club was entertained by Edith Reed’s juvenile troop at their meeting in the Y. M. C. A. Auditorium last night. Club members also were shown a motion picture comedy, indulged in & good swim and topped off the evening with a buffet supper. The club, com- posed of 70 underprivileged boys from all sections of the city, was organized by the local Civitan Club. On land loaned by the Goverpment on the Anacostia flats the club maintains a ?&g?e{‘ lzr z:’l;detx;m, where, under expert supervision, the boys are v Byt 5 taught to grow ENGINEER RELIEVED War: Depnriiasat Names Man for Baltimore Area. Maj. Joseph D. Arthur, jr., district engineer for the War Department in the Washington area, who for several months has been carrying additional duty of district rnl{ln:g: (fl'r the Balti- more area, will soon be relieved of his extra duty. War Department officials today announced that Col. Elliott J. Dent, now in command of the 13th En- gineers at Fort Humphreys, Va. will take over the post of district engineer at Baltimore, about February 1. Deaths Reported. Mary Elizabeth Kahlert, Satah Hennime. 88, Homeopathic. Hev fenry '8, Miler, 7). 1 vis 8 Min ruce. allin A Samuel B, German. 18 1933 Lawrence st. e Margaret Buckley, 74, Wil Holly. 1. o3 () ap- LcKErman st. Jacob Rosenberg. 65. 5100 7th st 2 J. Babbinzton, 64, 622 Maston pl. ‘ John Marti, 53, Georsetown Hospital | Richard G. O'Dea, 42, United States Naval Hospital. Michael McGlynn. 41, 226 M, ancis R. Haidinger. 35, 21115 Jennet B. Gover. 28, 1310 Shepherd ' nosfant 1o Willlam ‘and Anna McKenney, 17 Hannah . » James erson. 26 flnm ency Hosoital. Tnfant to Alvin and Bidnes Dixon. b hours. i tant to” Aloh ntant to Alphonzo and Minni 3 hotirs. ‘Gallinger Hospitale e Furvis. 8 BICENTENNIAL EMPLOYES OFFER FREE WORK ON SATURDAYS Volunteer for Night Duty Also if Necessary to Keep Up With Daily Mail. The United States Bicentennial Com- mission, its appropriation cut by sév- eral thousand dollars by Congress re- cently, announced today its em- ployes have “volunteered 100 per cent” to work without pay on Saturday after- noons, which are legal holidays for Federal employes, in an effort to cope w‘:)th the increased work of the commis- slon. If necessary, the commission’s an- nouncement said, they also will contrib- ute night work to meet the increased demands on the bicentennial body in- cident to the approach of the celebra- tion period and the requests for ma- terial from all parts of tbe world. E Six to ten thousand letters are re- | celved every d&n the commission | headquarters, it requires “four ! clerks, working 8 hours a day, to keep | abreast of the flow of dally mail. It is planned to place several clerks on & night shift so that all mail may be opened and distributed by the time the departments of the commission report for work in the morning. “I do not like to have our ple work extra time without additional compensation,” Bol Bloom, director, ex- plained, “but because of the great in- crease in the number of letters received, all of which must be answered, it is absolutely necessary, Instead of being able to put on extra help, I find that we have to cut right and left in order to keep within our budget. “But,” he added, “I am proud of these employes. Thelr willing co-operation i indeed gratifying.* ‘WoopwARD & LOTHROP 2 g 2 If you are giving Gifts to Graduates ‘—these offer smart suggestions, from countless gifts all over the store. For the girl These wisps of chiffon that call themselves handker- chiefs are in smart demand. White, peach, black or Nile green are popular shades in this one $I sketched . HANDKERCHIEFS A1siE 20, F1ast FLOOR, All the smart young things are wearing clips—so gradu- ation time is a particularly nice time to present one, or, more smartly, a pair, Charming rhinestone ones, in varied designs. ... eaChx I NOVELTY JEWELRY PIrsT FLOOR. Silk pajamas—another very smart thought for girl graduates—particularly these rather tailored ones in tearose —with a bit of blue $5 trimming for contrast S1LK UNDERWEAR ‘THIRD FLOOR. If one is going away to school after graduation—this fitted case makes a most at- tractive gift. It is of fine leather—black or brown— and most attractively fitted. Unusually low priced for such s 12.50 Luceace, Fourtit FLooR. An Elgin watch, 7-jewel movement, in li-k white gold-filled case—with smart ribbon strap—much lovelier than you would ordinarily ex - pect Jewsiry, Fiast Fubod For the Initialed linen handker- chiefs offer still another idea—one, or preferably a half - dozen, of these fine linen ones ith hand-em- broidered initials in blue, treen or gach 55¢ HANDKERCHIEFS A1sLe 20, FIrsT FLOOR. The pajama ensemble, in fine broadcloth—includes pa- jamas and a matching robe —and may be had in tan, green, or blue—for as little as Boys’ Store, FOURTH FLOOR. There is such a satisfaction in having a dressing case of one's own. And this one of pigskin, completely fitted, is our idea of a really smart one to give to any $|0 young man gradusting. LuGGAGE, FoURTH FLOOR, An excellent suggestion, we think, is thi in watch— 7-jewel movement, 14-k. white gold-filled case—with leather wrist strap. An un- usual value, indeed—and a gift certain to well liked JEWELRY, FIRST FLOOR. The Beltogram is another smart choice for the young man graduating — nickel- plated, with a fine black 1i : ddecor-lion — and in- itialed, of ool 31 Boys’ Store. FOURTH FLOOR.