Evening Star Newspaper, January 24, 1932, Page 22

B—6 THE SUNDAY S TAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. JANUARY 24, 1932—PART ONE. D. C. WOMAN MAY SHARE IN ESTATE Mrs. Lelia Dew Washington Believed Entitled to Part of Wendel Millions. The impending court battle for par- tition of the $100,000.000 Wendel estate, in which a Washington woman share, will beg oday when 1 and codicils of Ella V. von R Wendel will be filed for probate in the SBurrogate Court, New York City The will is being contested by Miss Rosa Dew Stansbury of Vicksburg, Miss.. on the alleged ground of the testamentary incapacity of Miss Wen- del If Mis em Stansbury is successful in her b the will, there is, a t Lelia Dew Washi will shar state when it s of New. York at chance ton #ubst settled ur Made Millions in Fur. ns originated with tered the fur by k at the same t He retired wi ed his money in which A New cb Wendel, used to keep his sisters from e estate would remain ter, however. did marry s._The brother and Ella being the last, sme on Fifth ave- which averaged $1,000 a da; The will of Ella Wendel leaves the estat > to 14 institutions and organ- The principal beneficiaries are the Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Drew Theological Seminary, the Homeopathic College and Flower Hospital York Society for the Relief of and Crippled and St s Home for Children, Dobbs Y Claims to Be Descendant. Miss Stansbury, who is contesting the will to be a descendant of a | sister s C. Dew, grandfather of Miss Wendel, and the next of kin. She | had signed an agreement waiving her Tights as heir for $25,000, which agrec- ment she s asked the court to set s s agreed to share with cer- tain other Stansburys such portion of the estate as may be awarded her as next of kin Miss Stansbury won the first victory in the courts last December 24. when Judge John W. Mack of the Federal| Court, New York City, dismissed the petition of the executors of the estate that her claim be dismissed, holding she had made out a prima facie case and | that the matter was properly before | the Surrogate Court If the will is set aside, the estate will be distributed in accordance with the New York laws to collateral heirs, there being no surviving lineal descend- ants or father or mother. The legal notice published Septem- ber 25, 1931, cited the various parties who would be interested to file their | objections_to probate of the will as| follows: Descendants of the Wendel father and grandfather: of John Jacob | Astor, of Baden, Germany, who was the | father of the mother of John Daniel | Wendel: of Thomas Dew and lis wife. Ann Gatch Dew, and of Tobias E Stansbury, and his wife, Mary Buffing- ton. Brothers Not Mentioned. The notice with regard to the descendants of Thomas and Ann Gatch Dew mentioned them as the parents of James C. Dew, deceased, who was the father of Mary Ann Dew Wendel, also known as Maria Ann Dew Wendel deceased, who was the mother of Ella | Wendel, thedecedent. These descendants, if living, would be heirs at law and next of kin and entitled to share in the estate. | ‘The notice does not mention the brothers | of Thomas Dew, and they seem to be excluded from sharing in the estate Pursuant to this notice, the various heirs have been busy collecting data in support of their claims. After the ‘Wendels, comes e Stansbury family, which numerous in Baltimore and that vic Their claim comes through Stansbur whose daugit ied James C. Dew, Ella Wendel. of the Dews to establish have met with serious ob- It is believed the Dews origi- lly came from England and settled in Southeastern Virginia. They scat- tered in the eighteenth century to sev- eral c in the Tidewater section of Virginia, and seem to have gone into Maryland with the Puritans and Cavalier Records Destroyed by Fire. The. e Dews living in Washing- ton. B: more, Fredericksburg, Rich mond d New York who believe tr are d of Thomas Dew, but far v have been unable to se- grandfather e eflort aim; s in Virginia and certain ssing under rmore ed on tombstones do conn records cumsta are ces family ago five rence Gordon Battle, atto City, who presenting the Dew heirs in the co: f the will. Among those atte e meeting were Mrs. Wash ington Thomas Welch Dew of cksburg, Va.. William Evans of Dr lliam Dew of Balti- Dew of Gordons- F. Dew of Rich the & Dews here George ney York Boyhood History Blank. eople are all descendants of s Dew of Dewsville, the state in King and Queen deal is known of arly boyhood his- ds of Vir- to a and church ) recs contain man references STEAMSHIPS ‘ _Charm of Architects of Folger Ordinary Print Alphabetical Inscriptions as Purposeful and Conscious Features of the Picture. BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT. ISITORS to the newly-completed Folger Shakespeare Library on East Capitol street invariably are struck by the number of in- scriptions to be found both upon exterior and interior walls. As a matter of fact, the number is they appear to be m they really are by r inence and perhaps because of t tively small size of the stru Lincoln Memorial, the Library of gress, the Capitol, the City Post Office and ihe Union Station are all similarly cribed with apt quotations from the ks of poets. philosophers and states- but since thesc are larger build- than the new Folger edifice the or is less apt to consider them in- iinately labeled The explanation of the inscriptions of the Folger Library is thet they are part { the des he architects deliberate- employed them in their plans: they are a purposeful and conscious feature of the picture. Used Alphabetical Symbols. w men, ings o For example, on the north side of the building a classical frieze might have been expected Paul Phillippe Cret and Alexander P. Trowbridge, architects of the library, desired a simpler. less heavy facade, and to achieve their pur pose they willfully made vse of the d rative beauty of graceful and skillfu arranged alphabetical symbols in_the space which normally would have been occupied by a frieze. So satisfying is the result that it may be said to constitute a discovery—a rediscovery of the archi- tectural charm of ordinary p: They have reasserted a cardinal truth. Noble Latin letters such as they have used are intrinsically lovely, and Mr. Cret and Mr. Trowbridge have demonstrated the fact beyond all cavil The actual quotations raved in the marble wall of the north side of the library were chosen by Mr. and Mrs. Folger. They are as follows “This therefore is the praise Shakespeare That his drama is the mirrour of life " Samuel Johnson. | “His wit can no more lie hid. than | it could be lost Reade him, therefore; and againe —Jokn Heminge “Thou art a moniment tombe, and art alive still “While thy booke doth live. and we have wits to read. and praise to give.” Ben Jonson of and againe, Henrie Condell. without a samuel Johnson, of course. was the celebrated lexicographer and _literary critic whose supper-table wisdom was preserved by James Boswell and whose famous dictionary was _incontinently thrown out of the coach window by Becky Sharp in “Vanity Fair” Ben Jonson was Shakespeare’s personal companion and friend, who loved him as well as any “this side idolatry.” And John Heminge and Henrie Condell were the great poet's first editors Ancient Spelling Retained. The ancient spelling was intention- | |ally retained in reproducing the texts. Mr. and Mrs. Folger believed that this was proper in the circumstances. Mr Trowbridge tells an interesting story in this connection. It seems that one day when the inscriptions were being carved, a stranger entered the library and asked for the superintendent When the latter appeared. the visitor said: “T thought I had better come in and tell you that the men who are doing that carving outside don't know how to spell. They've got ‘mirrar’ speit with a ‘u’ and ‘again’ spelt with a final ‘e’ You'd probably better go out and stop them beforg they spoil the whole wall.” ¥ Across the lower portion of the north front of the edifice there is now being carved a series of nine bas-reliefs, de- signed by John Gregory, illustrative of an equal number of Shakespeare's greater plays. A single moment in each of the nine dramas is represented, but the scenes selected for pictorial treat- ment in this way are those in which the poet's genius is most strikingly | manifest. The subjects and inscrip- tions are King Lear, act 3 crack your cheeks!” Macbeth, act 4—"Double, double toil and trouble, fire burn, and cauldron bubble.” Julius Caesar, act 3 Midsummer Night'’s Dream Oh, how I love thee! Merchant of Venice quality of mercy is nc Hamlet. act 3—"Wi gracious figure? Henry IV, part 1, act 2 chair shall be my state agger my sceptre, and this cushion my crown King Richard 1II, act 3—"How our cousin, noble Lord of York Romeo and Juliet, act 3—"Wilt thou be gone? It is not yet near day.” “Blow, winds, and Et tu, Brute!" act 4 would your One Line From Comedy. On the west end of the build single line from Shakespeare's comed: Love's Labour's Lost “Por wisdomes sake, a word that all men love.” A fountain on the west lawn, to be Thomas Dew 2nd a Capt but it is not believed ciently specific to ments of the law However, if it can be | Thomas Dew of Dewsville wa of a Thomas Dew of Fairfa Va., he would be a brother of James C. Dew and next of kin to Ella Wendel his descendants would be entitled to share with Rosa Dew Stansbury in the division of the Wendel estate Frank B. Walker, 1486 Meridian place, is working in behalf of the Dews and has requested that any one hav- ing informeiion bearing on the case communicate with him nas Dew requir the meet the n that the son Just Think of It— The Star delivered to your door every evening and Sunday morning at 1!:c per day and 5c Sunday. Can you afford to be without this service at this cost? Telephone National 5000 and de- livery will start at once. MSHIPS. WEST INDIES CRUISES FEB. 10...from New York 13 Ports . . . *300 ur @ Enjoy the season. living . . . 6,141 miles of magic . . all high-spot ports . . . Bermuda. Porto Rico, Martinique, Barbados. Trinidad, Venezuela, Curacao, Panama, Jamaica, Cuba, Bahamas. Trans-Atlantic liner Duchess Bedford and service Make reservations now! own agent, or C. E. Phelps. and New York Ave. N.W., Wash., D. C. 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Nor sequent centuries could hit Orbit and sum of Shakespeare’s wit The men who lived with him became Poets, for the air was fame.” o of Above the door to the exhibition hall on the north side of the library is the greeting of Shakespeare “I shower a welcome on ye Welcome all.” Stanza By Winter. In the hall proper, under the Unite States coat of arms. is a stanza by Wil- li>m Winter, American poet and critic There is not anything of human trial That ever love deplored or sorrow knew, No glad sad denial Beyond the pictured Shakespeare drew.” Under the adjace: arms is a stanza of similar length by David Garrick, perhaps the areatest English actor of Shakespearc's plays “Thrice happy the nation that Shakespeare has charmed More happy the bosom his has warmed! Ye children of and whim, He painted you all, all join to praise him.” Mr. and Mrs. Folger had as their ideal from the beginning the principle that the library building and all its decoration and equipment should be a fitting binding for the books they had collected, a proper frame for the treas- ures they had gathered. and the scriptions which they chose have th plac> in the general design; they are captions for the picture. fulfillment and no truth that British coat of genius nature, of fashion Mail Planes Double Mileage SEATTLE, January 23 () .—Pacific Coast mail-passenger planes last year flew nearly double the mileage recorded in 1930 and carried three times as many passengers, the United Air Lines re- ported yesterday. Planes on its Seattle-San Diego air- way flew 1557.097 miles in 1931, as against 874,882 miles in 1930. They car- ried about 10,000 passengers last year and 3,385 in 1930 1932 PHILCO Radios at The HUB “aWeek Terms as Low Y1} iV Vi TAVANONNIAN il VvV Seventh $1- LD and D Streets N. W. T\xu:hrnno(n motor type for 60-cycle | under arrest police sought information | regarding alleged labor troubles in the | bakery. | "The possibility of Bower being kid- napped for revenge by a discharged employe . was discounted during the questioning of the man, who once drove a bakery truck for Bower. Although finger print experts were unable to get any identifying marks from a bullet-scarred automobile stolen from Denver and abandoned near Love- land, Colo., vesterday, police said they did not believe it had been used by Bower’s abductors | EX-MISSIONARY DIES ‘Dr Lucius 0. Lee, 30 Years in For- eign Field, Was 87. BOSTON, January 23 (#).—Dr. Lucius Orren Lee, for 30 years under the Amer- ican Board of Commissioners for For- cign Missiors in Turkey, died during the night at his Auburndale home. He was 87 years old i Dr. Lee was born in Kenosha, Wis was graduated from Oberlin ge and the Yale Divinity School. He went tc Marash, Turkey, in 1880, and served there until 1910.” He was a professor at Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., for one year after his retirement {rom the foreign feld. He was for many years principal of the Marash Theological Seminary, which trained ministers in the Central Turkey Mission. Austria has assumed control of the importation of foods for diabetics Denver Police Press Search for Author of Letter Plead- ing for $50,000. B the Associated Press DENVER, January 23.—Three pects in the kidnapping of Benjamin | P. Bower, elderly bakery manager, have released by police, who tonight centered their activity in a search for the author of a fictitious letter pur- portedly written by Bower and plead- g for payment of $50,000 ransom Handwriting experts said the letter was not written by Bower. The writ- was in no manner similar to that on specimens furnished by a baking company of which Bower is manager The letter dirccted Mrs. Bower to drive west on the Golden road, where she would be met by two men who would collect the ransom. Mrs. Bower does not drive an automobile, a fact which blasted the possibility’ of her husband writing the letter. sus- been 'TROTSKY DENIES PLAN | TO SUPPORT BRUENING Exile Refutes Report He Beeks Visa | to Enter Germany in Return | for Promise. By the As ISTANBI Leon Trotzky sian Ated Pross Turkey, January 23.— exiled by the Soviet Rus- government, told the Associated Press today that there was no truth in reports that he would be admitted to | Germany In exchange for a promise to throw the support of his followers to Chancellor ~ Bruening, against Adolf Hitle “That report ls an invention from top to bottom,” he sald, “I have not asked the German government for a visa. and consequently there has been no reason for that government to Suggest any conditions under which I might enter | Germany. “The idea that T would suggest sup- port for the suy nonsense necessa 1 that a denial consider the German policy a matter for the German people. The Mucller government refused me a visa to Germany three years ago upon the insistence of Joseph Stalin, and there is no reason to hope that wise.” More than half of movement, in the United Kingdom by motor vehicle transport the passenger is Note Believed Extortionist's. ief of Police Albert T. Clark ex- pressed the belief the note was written by some one who intended to extort | money from Mrs. Bower. Authoritics stil entertain the possibility the letter came from the kidnappers, who, ap- prised of the extensive plans made to trap them the day after the abduction, may have killed Bower and hidden his body in the mountains west of Denver Mrs. Bower, anxious to believe her husband still alive, at first was positive the letter was n his handwriting, and this misled officers into laying plans for a ruse in carrying out the orders. The woman insisted, however, that she should be permitted to go to the point indicated in the letter and take a sum | of money. She said she did not wish police pro- tection, adding that after her husband | was safely home it would be time cnough to search for the kidnappers Three persons arrested for question- | ing regarding the kidnapping had been | released tonight. 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