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A6 & OFFICIAL PROGRAM | BEGINS TOMORROW President Hoover Will Lead Washington Tribute Be- fore Cangress. (Continued Prom Pirst Page.) chamber, with Vice President Curtls leading the procession. Speaker Garner will relinquish the gavel to the Vice President. Guests of honor will be seated in a reserved section. In addition to the President and his cabinet, they will in- clude Chief Justice Haghes and his as- sociates of the Sipreme Court. Ambas- sadors and Ministers of forsign govern- ments, Gen. Pershing, Gen MacArthur, chief of staff of the Army; Admiral Pratt, chief of naval operations: MaJ. Gen. Fuller, commandant of the Marine Corps; Rear Admiral Billard, com- mandant of the Coast Guard: the Dis- triet Commissioners and Governors of the States, members of the United States and District Bicenternial Com- missions, representatives of the Wash- ington family and members of the Joint Committee on Arrangements of the Benate and House A brief musical prcgram will open the exercises. The audience will sing the first and last verscs of “America” and the Interstate Male Chorus, under direction of Clyde B. Aitchison. will of-| fer De Koven's “The Recessional.” Vice President Curtis will recognize Senator Fess of Ohio, vice chairman of the Federal Bicentennial group, who will present President Hoover. 1t is sald the President has devoted considerable time to the preparation of his address for this notable occasion. When the President has concluded his address the audience will sing “The Star Spangled Banner.” Those in the chamber then will be escorted to the east front for the public demonstration. Arrangements for the jeint sesslon were in charge of a committee consist- ing of Senators Fess, Capper and Glass and Representatives Woodrum, Byrns and Tilson | The throng on the plaza will be! called to order at 12:45 o'clock by Dr.| George C. Havenner, executive vice, chairman of the District Bicentennial; Commission. who will present Dr. Cloyd | Heck Marvin. president of George| Washington University and chairman of the local commission. Sousa to Lead Band. Appearance of the Prosident will be | heralded by strains of “Hail to the| Chif,” played by a massed band.com- posed of the Army, Navy and Marine Bands. John Philip Sousa, one-time leader of the Marine Band, will con- duct the big unit. i The President will give the signal for the epic broadcast of “America” to be- gin. Led by the massed bands and by the monster choral groups of children and grown-ups under the noted s}‘m-l phony conductor, Walter Damrosch, the ; assemblage will make the plaza nng! with the patriotic hymn. The voices will be picked up by a battery of micro- phones and hurled to the far corners of the globe by national and internationai radio hook-ups. Americans through- out the world will be asked to join in the stirring song. Following an address of welcome by Dr. Luther H. Reichelderfer, president of the Board of District Commissioners, a eulogy of George Washington will be voiced by Representative Jomes M.| Beck of Pennsylvania, noted for his patriotic oratory. ‘The remainder of the plaza program will be musical. School children will sing “Washington, Fair Capital,” under leadership of the song’s composer, Dr.l E. N. C. Barnes, and to accompani- ment of the Army Band, Capt. William J. Stannard. leader. Representative Clifton A. Woodrum | of Virginia, widely known as a_singer, will render “Carry Me Back to OI' Vir- ginny.” Children of the colored elementary schools will sing “To Thee, O Country,” under leadership of Prof. A. H. John- #on znd to accompaniment of the Navy Band, Lieut. Charles Benter, leader. New March Will Be Played. A climactic feature will be the playing of the “George Washington Bicenten- nial March,” composed by Sousa for the oecaszion, by massed bands of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, with Sousa conducting. Singing by the audience of the national anthem will conclude the Ci gll.to] exercises. esident Hoover will return at once to the White House for luncheon. and then will join with the personnel of the Pecderal and local Bicentennial Com- missions in a pilgrimage across the Potomac to scenes made famous by their association with the Father of His Country. The trip to Alexandria, where Wash- ington maintained his business office, attended lodge and church and met the widow Custis, will be made over the new memorial boulevard, constructed by the Federal Government as a Bicen- tennial gift of permanent nature. In the old town, about 3 o'clock, he will watch a military and civic parade from a special reviewing stand. in which also will be Gov. Pollard of Virginia and other officlals. From Alexandria he will proceed to Mount Vernon for the brief ceremony at Washington's Tomb. Members of the two Bicentennial will accompany him to the | Alexandria will celebrate again with 8 colonial ball tomorrow night at 10 o'clock in historic Gadsby's Tavern. ‘The ball will be under auspices of the Colonial Dames of Virginia, the Mount Vernon Chapter of the D. A. R. and the Washington Society of Alexandria. Three Balls Scheduled. ‘There will be three Bicentennial balls in this city tomorrow night, outstand- ing of which will be the official costume eant and ball at the Mayflower Ho- el, arranged by the United States and District commissions. The All-States Society will hold & costume ball at the 8horeham Hotel and the New England Btates Society will give a colonial ball at the Willard Hotel A special Washington memorial serv- dee will be held tomorrow night at 8 oclock at the Metropolitan Baptist Church, Sixth and A streets northeast. Miss Amy Lee Stockton will deliver an address and a troop of Boy Scouts will render a salute to the flag. Pohick Church Ceremonies. At 2:30 o'clock this afternoon Rep- resentative Sol Bloom, associate director of the United States Bicentennial Com- mission, will give an address at Pohick Church, with which Washington was affiliated. The speech will be broadcast over a Natlon-wide network. In a statement yesterday Bloom said that virtually all of the 232,000 churches in America will hold spectal memorial services today. He called on all the people to join in the whole Bicentennial program during the next few months. All this week there will be shown here a motion picture depicting prin- cipal events in the life of Washington. e film, “Washington, the Man and the Capital,” was produced by Warner Brothers with the co-operation of local civic interests. There will be a patriotic address on “Washington, the Valiant,” by Thomas Ruben Gaines in the small ball room of the Willard Hotel tonight at 8 o'clock. The public is invited. 8,000,000 Visitors Expected. Between now and Thanksgiving day there will be an almost continuous suc- cession of major and collateral events in celebration of the anniversary. It is expected that these attractions will bring from six to eight mililon visitors to the Capital. A revised and amplified official pro- gun made public yesterday by Dr. eorge C. Havenner, executive director of the local commission, disclosed the addition of s number of important events not previously announced. e of these major events will be & e poctal parade and pageant on July HE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, FEBRUARY 21, 1932—PART OXE. CITY DRESSES UP (HEED WASHINGTON, | [ Has Washington Heirloom | |2300 0F DE MOLAY Events Introducing Bicentennial TODAY. 11 s.m.—Bicentennial religious services in churches. 4:00 pm.—Sons of the Revolution ceremonies, Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G street. 8:00 p.m.—Bicentennial services in various churches. 8:00 p.m—Wakefield Masque, Constitution Hall. TOMORROW. 8:00 a.m.—Flag ceremony at Monument. 9:00 a.m.—Joint floral tributes at Monument, continuing through the efternoon. 9:00 a.m.—Military mass, Church of N streets. 10:00 a.m.—Oldest Inhabitants’ celebration, old engine house, Twenty- first and H streets. 11:00 am.—Pan-American Union exercises, Pan-American Building. 12 noon—President addresses joint 12:45 p.m.—Popular demonstration, east plaza of Capitol, including pa- triotic addresses and broadcasting around world of massed chorus singix 2:30 p.m.—President reviews military and clvic parade in Alexandria. 3:00 pm—President lays wreath on tomb of Washington at Mount Vernon. 8:00 p.m.—Colonial Ball, Mayflower 8:00 p.m.—George Washington University convocation, Constitution Hall. 8:00 p.m.—Special service, Metropolitan Baptist Church, Sixth and A streets northeast. 8:30 pm.—New England States Society Colonial Ball, Willard Hotel. 9:00 p.m.—All States Officers’ Society Costume Ball, Shoreham Hotel. 10:00 p.m.—Colonial Ball, Gadsby's Tavern, Alexandria, Va., sponsored by Colonial Dames of Virginia, Mount Vernon Chapter, D. A. R., and Washington Society of Alexandria. 26, in connection with the laying of the corner stone of the magnificent new building for the Post Office Department at Twelfth street and Pennsylvania ave- nue Parade plans call for floats and marching units depicting the develop- ment of the postal service since its founding, July 26, 1775, by Benjamin Franklin Other events added for July include | the Southeastern Outboard Motor Boat | Regatta on the Tidal Basin July 1 and | 2, and the American Canoe Association championships. also probably on the Tidal Basin, on July 23 and 24. | The outboard and canoe races will attract thousands of boat enthusiasts from all parts of the country., The out- | boarders will seek for world speed rec- | ords. The canoeists will fight it out for the national race championships. Aeronautical Demonstrations. A group of official Bicentennial aero- nautical demonstrations will take place on August 19, anniversary of the birth of Orville Wright, and throughout ‘the Bicentennial period there will be five separate aeronautical exhibits open to the public. The Army will hold open | house at Bolling Pield; the Navy will receive visitors at the Naval Air Sta- tion. Anacostia; the Department of Commerce will have a special display: Washington-Hoover Airport will exhibit mail planes and commercial transport planes, and the Smithsonian Institution will show the history or flying by means of its collection of historical airplanes from the Langley fiying machine to| Lindy's Spirit of St. Louis and other | noted planes of the present. Another water event will be staged | September 15 and 16, when the fifth | President’s Cup Regatta will be held on e Potomac River thColumbus day will be observed Octo- | ber 12, anniversary of the discovery of | America. Navy Day Celebration. vy day., October 27, will be cele- | br:‘:uy i sonjunction with the Bicen- tennial. The Navy is expected to have the old frigate Constitution and modern cruisers, destroyers and submarines at anchor off the Navy Yard. and the Akron or Los Angeles will fly over the | ¥ was announced yesterday that Senator James J. Davis of Pennsylvania, noted “Moose” leader, will have charge of arrangements rgrt“:rmemal Day. | held during October. mgc'tober a1 Wil bring the National| Fox Hunters' field trials at the Mont- gomery County Fairgrounds and a col- orful Halloween pageant on Pennsyl- vania and Constitution avenues. = The commission also has qomplg(e tentative plans for the concluding event of the Bicentennial—a national ‘Thanks- giving service at th2 ‘Washington Mon- ument. A special progxal athletic eVEl;\lLsd hlas tentative schedule c: 1 features in March, boxing and swim-| ming exhibitions in April, crew racing, Davis Cup tennis matches and speed- boat racing in May, professional wres ling, amateur golf and lacrosse in June; base ball, distance swimming and canoe | racing in July; alistar tennis exhibi- tions and appearance of Olympic heroes in August; open golf and possibly more | speed-boat racing in September, and | foot ball and bowling in October and November. Washington Star Marathon. Among the outstanding athletic championship contests will be The Washington Star Marathon, starting at Mount Vernon and covering a course of 26 miles, touching numerous points of historic interest in_connection with George Washington. The race will be | rn @nder official direction of the A. A. U. and will be held after the Olym- pics to permit foreign runners to com- | m of Bicentennial been arranged. The alls for basket ball P other event will be a base bal game between the 1924 world serics championship Washington team and | the 1932 team, preceded by an exhibi-| tion game between oldtime stars O(‘ the sport. This contest will be a ranged by the Washington Herald. The Washington Post will sponsor a basket ball tournament in March and later in the season a regatta. | Dates for other major events follow: March 19 to November 24—Exhibit of mural paintings on Washington's| career, National Museum. April 6—Army day parade on Penn- sylvania avenue. April-May—Cherry blossom fete. May 7—Re-enactment on Capitol plaza of first inaugural reception and ball. May 8—Mothers' day ceremonies. May 9-13—Week of American music. May 14—Festival of youth at Monu- ment. May 29—Massing of colors at Monu- ment. May 30—Memorial day service at Arlington. Jur%e( 14—Flag day celebration, with parade on Pennsylvania and Constitu- tion avenues to Capitol plaza. June 22-25—George Washington pag- eant. Monument grounds. July 4—Old-fashioned Independence day celebration. August 10—Boys and Girls’ day. September 5—Labor day firemen's arade. i Late in September—Visit of -French var veterans. “aflrovember 11—Armistice day. dedica- tion of new marble tomb for Unknown Soldier. FIRST AID PROVIDED Red Cross Will Have Station at Capitol Tomorrow. A first aid station will be maintained by the District of Columbia Chapter of the American Red Cross at the east front of the Capitol during the Bicen- tennial exercises tomorrow. Brig. Gen. F. R. Keefer, U. S. A, retired, chairman of the chapter, an- nounced that two Red Cross ambu- lances will be stationed at the plaza, attended by drivers and experts in first aid . administration. Ira Lee Law, director of first aid and life saving for the chapter, will be in charge. Should inclement weather prevail, & room in- side the Capitol on the basement cor- ridor will be used for the station. Immaculate Conception, Eighth and session of Congress at Capitol. Hotel. REPRESENTATIVE BECK. Mr. Beck, one of the outstanding speakers of Congress. has been award- ed the honor of delivering the oration on George Washington at the Capitol tomorrow. CRONDS ARRVI FORBGENTENNAL Railroads and Busses Shdw Influx—City Hotels Fill- ing Rapidly. With the railroads reporting an un- usually large volume of traffic yester- day and last night and a steady stream of motorists augmenting those coming to the city by rail, the number of visi- tors here this morning was believed to assure the success of the opening day of the George Washington Bicen- tennial Celebration tomorrow. The city’s larger hotels are booked to capacity and the smaller hostelries showed a marked increase in registra- | tion yesterday and last night. Indications were that the largest pro- | portion of Bicentennial visitors were coming to Washington in private auto- mobiles. A check of garages showed most of the downtown automobile storage places nearly full. While no extra trains were put on, those running on regular schedule | carried more passengers than usual. It was estimated at Unlon Station that approximately 30,000 persons passed‘ through the gates during yesterday and last night. This number, however, in- cluded those leaving the city for the week end as well as those coming to | the Capital to do honor to the First | President. | ‘The bus companies, likewise, reported | it had not been necessary to utilize extra equipment. but that the number of passengers transported exceeded the average. NEW ESSAY CONTEST BICENTENNIAL FEATURE | Sponsored by prominent scholars of | 14 States and the Distriet of Columbia, an essay contest on topics relating to the German background of the Amer- ican movement for independence has just been announced. It will be open to Juniors, seniors and graduate students of the colleges and universities of this country and Germany as a part of the | gieotr‘ge Washington Bicentennial Cele- ration. Prizes totaling $1,000 are offered as the total amount of cash prizes. There will be two first prizes of $300 ell:h‘ and two second prizes of $200 each., First and second prizes will be awarded in both the United States and Ge\- ! many. The United States George Wash- i ington Bicentennial Commission is en- couraging the contest by offering three ' George Washington medals to be dis- tributed as additional awards. EDUCATION LIMITED Washington Had Few School Opportunities. George Washington, it is said, was less formally educated than Booker T. Washington. Bancroft, the historian, writes: “At 11 {nn old left an orphan to the care of * * * an unlettered mother, he (George Washington) grew up without learning. ~Of arithmetic and geometry he acquired just knowl- edge enough to be able to practice measuring land; but all his instruction at school taught him not so much as the orthography or rules of grammar of his own tongue. His culture was altogether his own work, and he was in the strictest sense a self-made man; yet from his early life he never seemed uneducated.” The first President, according to these standards, owed little to schools or professional teathers. But he was a patron of education throughout the later years of %wefl—- testimony training and believed in ratization of knowledge. His own ex- perience his convictions in the circums George mpted pl'vm’. ‘The last le:.t:ful’ he ever wrote had to do with a academy. It was ad( to Alexander Hamilton, FOR CELEBRATION Colonial Atmosphere in Evi- dence as Tribute Is Paid Washington. On the eve of the formal opening of the nine-month celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Washington, the National Capi- tal today is dressed in Colonial motifs. Buildings throughout the District yesterday were bedecked to character- ize some incident or trend of the times when Washington frequented the city which bears his name. B lizing the opening of the initial rog“r:.m of the Bicentennial Celebra- fon, which will continue through next Thanksgiving day, large and small downtown buildings were made gay with flags and banners and bunting. Against this background there were built up scores of large-scale exhibi- tions depicting incidents of the life or illustrating the character of the sur- roundings of the first President. Sil- houettes of the great Colonial figure were to be seen op every hand. Displays in Show Windows. Saturday afternoon throngs in the downtown section of the city viewed the extensive exhibitions of Colonial household setlings. clothing and fur- nishings of Washington's day, which had been placed on exhibition in the prominent show windows of the de- partment stores and other centrally located structures. The countenance of Washington, in marble and bronze, in enlarged photo- graphs from famous paintings, in plas- ter plaques and wood carvings, bronze busts and panels, was displayed on every hand. Other plaques set up for public view carried quotations from the inaugural address of Washington, other portions of this writing and the Declaration of Independence. Other display windows are devoted to large settings picturing the manner in which Washington worked and lived. Other exhibits were housed in case- ments pleced in display windows against a background of patriotic col- ors and scenic effects. Various Activities Depicted. Here is to be seen Washington cross- ing the Delaware. in an exhibit built in the likeness of the famous painting. Nearby is a group of life-size figures, depicting George and Martha Wash- ington &s they mey have appeared at Mount Vernon while entertaining friends at a lawn tea party. Other exhibits about downtown illu- strate the boyhood days of Washing- ton, his work as a surveyor, the scene of the first inasugural. the dark days of Valley Forge, Washington at work at a blacksmith's forge, the scene of his farewell to his mother, leaving Pohick Church after a service there and as host of Lafayette at Mount Vernon. Figures in anofher display are de- signed to show Washington riding horseback to attend as a delegate the Pirst Continentzl Congress. MOUNT VERNON FREE T0 PUBLIC TOMORROW For the first time in the history of the national shrine, Mount Vernon will be thrown open to the public for free inspection on the occasion of Washing- ton’s birthday and the opening of the George Washington Bicentennial Cele- bration. ‘The Mount Vernon Ladies’ Associa- tion, which maintains the historic man- sion, announced that the doors will be open to the public between 9 a.m. and 4 pm. Although special groups have been admitted free in the past, this marks the first time in the memory of the oldest attendant that the public has been given free access to the place. _ The Mount Vernon Ladies’ Associa- tion took this action as a contribution toward the success of the Bicentennial Celebration. Pageant Chaplain DR. NEVILS TO PORTRAY COLONIAL FIGURE. Dr. W. Coleman Nevils, 8. J., presi- dent of Georgetown University, who will impersonate the role of Rev. Andrew White, Jesuit, chaplain of the Lord Baltimore co who founded Mary- land, in the offiical Bicentennial pagent to be given Monday night at the May- flower Hotel. ? It wasn't necessary for Dr. Nevils to dig out clerical robes of the period of 1634, for the robes worn by the Jesuits at Georgetown today are exactly the same as those worn several centuries ago, with the exception of the turned down white collar. Although few wear the shoulder cape in these modern times, it is prescribed by the Jesuit Order and Dr. Nevils has always used one. The cross which he will wear in the pageant is made from wood taken from the tree under which Father Andrew White celebrated the first mass in Maryland at what is now old St. Marys. ‘The book is the d kept by the famous Jesuit snd the are those tary worn by another famous Jesuit mis- sl . Father John Bapst, onary, ‘who preached to the Indians in Maine. IS LEWIS' ADVICE Says Wisdom of Avoiding En- tangling AHiances Has Been Vindicated. Special Dispatch to The Star. ATHENS, Ga., February 30.—Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois, speaking at a joint meeting of the University of Georgia and the State Press Association here today, took as his subjecs “George Washington, Hlf Key to Action; His Day and Our Day. The Illinois Senator, a native of Vir- fx‘:flh and a student during his youth Georgla, laid particular emphasis on Washington’s warning to his fellow countrymen not to enter into foreign alliances and to remain aloo from “in- sidious wiles of foreign influences,” and iuvited his audience to note how events have vindicated “the wisdom of this great Pather of Our Nation.” His Advice Distegarded. America, Senator Lewis said, went nto the World War in violation of the advice of Washington, and “under the guidance of the spirit of humanity and trusting in a union of faith and friend- ships and sacrificing personal gain to the citizens and national profit to our Republic, we harkened to the cry from the nations of Europe beseeching us es from Macedon, ‘Come over and help us!" “Today we summon the history of time to note that it is America who is to be recorded in the annals of man- kind as the only nation that ever of- fered its children to die that the chil- dren of other lands might live. And now, with the lapse of sufficient time to have tested the result of our sacri- fice. noble and unselfish, we are com- pelled to record ingratitude of nations, scorn of the people to whom we gave the treasure and blood of our nation, resentments and assaults through every c.arter where such could be all leveled araingl America and her institutions, all congregate in the climax of a scorn of our just demangs for our righteous debt, and international enmity shot toward us in every arrow of hatred, leaving us where before all earthly jus- tice compels us to certify that America has not to this day one friendly nation in all the world." | Discusses Unemployment, Senator Lewls insisted that America could best help the rest of the world by retaining independence of action. He strongly urged that the advice of Wash- ington regarding preparedness for war be followed. Turning to plovmen and aid for the destitute, the Tllinois Senator said: “It cannot be assumed that emergen- cles such as now are upon us were not to be acted upon and relieved by whatever source of power in government could | promptly serve its call ‘Therefore, to the object of protecting each and all citizens in rights or privileges assuring | contributions and reliefs. within the | spirit and intention and purpose of our Government, we should now adopt as | the text of our new day that whatever { agency or power in the administration of the Republic or State that can most promptly and most effectively serve the urgent needs of the citizen when within the powers of each. should be done by whatever branch or character of government that could most ef- | fectively give the remedy and the relief.” \WILBUR TO ADDRESS UTAH STATE SOCIETY Interior Secretary to Be Speaker at Annual Meeting at May- flower Saturday. Secretary of the Interior Wilbur will be the principal speaker at the annual | meeting of the Utah State Society at the Mayflower Hotel next Saturday evening. Senator Reed Smoot will in- troduce the Secretary. Harold A. Candland, the soclety’s president. announced yesterday that noted New York artists, including Miss Pauline Winslow, composer; Minnie Pollock Church, dramatic reader; Charles Cosmo Cosentino, lyric tenor, and Samuel Harwell, pianist. would be on the entertainment program. Com- mittees arranging for the event are headed by Mrs. Samuel R. Carpenter, Karl J. Hardy and Owen Reichman. Those attending the dinner will in- clude Senator and Mrs. Smoot, Senator and Mrs. William H. King, Representa- tive and Mrs. Don B. Colton, Representa- tive Prederick C. Loofbourow. Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Frank T. Hines, Mr. and Mrs. Horace M. Albright and Lieut. Col. and Mrs. U. S. Grant, 3d. LAUDS REVOLUTION NAVY Alexandria Attorney Pays Tribute to Washington for Fleet. Greater credit should be given to the American Navy for the part it played in the Revolutionary War, J. Newton Baker, an Alexandria lawyer, declared yesterday in eulogizing George Wash- ington over Radio Station WJSV. He commended Washington for organizing the fleet. “It is not generally understood how very importsnt was this first line of defense,” Baker said. “This little navy raided the enemy’s lines of communica- tion. The first reward was the capture of a British supply vessel loaded with war material and rations that gave new Iife to the army on shore and changed the whole character of the campaign. Altogether there were 1,325 prize vessels captured or seized from the uenzmy during the American Revolu- lon.” the problem of unem-‘ 1 DRAFTS MT. VERNON BILL Massachusetts Representative Asks Its Purchase by United States. Purchase of Mount Vernon by the Government was advocated yesterday in a bill introduced by Representative ‘Treadway (Republican), of Massachu- setts, on the eve of the Bicentennial observance of the birth of George Washington, A national shrine would be made of the beautiful Colonial estate under the measure submitted by him. It would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate with the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association of the Union, pres- ent owners of the Washington ho:ne. — Washington Spent $74483. George Washington's expenses dur- ing the Revolution are sald to have totaled $74,485—a relatively small sum, considering the circumstances. The ac- count, in his own handwriting, was “all correct to & cent.” The papers are still in existence, in the care of the Treas. ury Department. Washington’s Favorite Horse. ‘The favorite charger of George Washington was a chestnut stallion with white face and legs, named Nelson. His master rode him at Yorktown when he received the surrender of Cornwal- lis. After that event the steed was pensioned at Mount Vernon, where he died many years later. ‘Washington’s Name Bond. noted for excellence Was every- barrel So thing bearing his brand Mount Vernon” was uu"rgud from the customary inspection in the West Indis ports. Such of Washington' wmnfi of one biographers, SILK FROM COLONIAL DRESS WELL PRESERVED. LENGTH of shimmering uflaa,‘ A intricately flowered and almost as well preserved as_when it was worn by Martha Washing- ton in one of her handsomest dresses. is in the possession of Miss Nancy Lee Gibbs, shown above, who Te- ceived it 20 years ago on the death of her mother, Mrs. Martha Custis Peter of Montevideo, Md. Miss Gibbs, an employe of the audit- ing department, Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co..’ living at 1341 Monroe street, can remember when the piece of fine silk, 18 by 45 inches, was used as & scarf for a parlor table in the Peter home after the family moved from Montevideo to Baltimore. ‘The heavy canary-colored silk still retains its sheen and original bright- ness of color. although it was woven and dyed tome 200 years ago. The embroidered flowers on the silk are 'MAGAZINE PUTS OUT URGES TARIFF CUT BICENTENNIAL ISSUE AS DEMOCRATIC PLAN| Special Edition of Chamber of Wilson's Daughter Places Issue at, Commerce Organ Is Elaborate- | 1y Illustrated. ! | Elaborately fllustrated and containing | and “index-key” to points of interest in | the National Capital as well as a cata- logue of major events scheduled here in connection witi the George Wash- ington Bicentennial. a special Bicenten- nial edition of the official organ of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, the Greater Washington Magazine. was made available by the trade body yes- terday. The magazine, which has 68 pages, contains articles by Vice President Cur- | tis. Representative Sol Bloom, associate director of the United States Bicenten- nial Commission; Dr. Cloyd Heck Mar- | vin, chairman of the District Bicenten- | nial Commission, and Robert F. Nelson of the Virginia State Chamber of Com- | merce. The Bicentennial proclamation of President Hoover also is reproduced in the publication. A section of the magazine is devoted to “Public and Private Buildings Asso- | ciated with George Washington.” and lists the taverns, churches and other places that were attended by the first | President and still stand for visitors to see today. The largest portion of the magazine, | however. is devoted to a_portfolio o[‘ views of the National Capital and con- tains a select group of unusual photo- | graphs of the outstanding monumental edifices and other places of interest in | ‘Washington. | The magazine contains Washington, showing the principal points of interest, with a key as to how each may be reached. The publication was edited by Dorsey W. Hyde, jr., sec- retary of the chamber. { PATTEN RITES TUESDAY | Late Army Colonel to Receive Full | Military Honors. | Funeral services for the late Col William 8. Patten, U. 8. A., retired, will | be held Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock in Arlington National Cemetery, with full military honors from the Fort Myer | gate. His funeral was to have taken place yesterday, but was postponed on account of the delayed arrival of the body from La Jolla, Calif.,, where Col. Patten died on February 12. Col. Patten was 80 years old. He was retired after 30 years' service in 1910. | a map of| | disaster,” | the present dangerous Republican policy —Star Staff Photo. done in gay colors, each & perfect ex- ample of expert and patient needlework. The heirloom was acquired by the Peter family through marriage with a descendant of Martha Washington. Miss Gibbs has preserved it carefully since the death of her mother in Baltimore. Miss Gibbs is uncertain whether she will sell the bit of bordered silk or leave it on her death to be displayed at Mount Vernon, since there are no girls in her immediate family to whom she could will the heirloom Experts say the silk is of such ex- cellent quality that it could have with- stood_almost constant wear for the past 200 years. The silk. according to family legend, was cut from one of Martha Washing- ton's finest dresses. Miss Gibbs re- cently sold a much smaller piece of he same material to a wealthy col- t lector for $100. Top of Suggested Party Platform for 1932 Campaign. By the Associated Press., A lower tariff tops a st of six sug- gestions for the Democratic platform advanced by Mrs. Jessie Woodrow Sayre, daughter of former President Wilson, in the current issue of the Woman's National Democratic Club bulletin. “I call for an immediate correction of the injustices and injuries wrought by | the Hawley-Smoot tariff act, which has done more to cripple our foreign trade and thus injure domestic production | than any other single piece of legisla- tion.” Mrs. Saeyre says. "Our tariff rates should be substantially lower.” Asserting “isolation is the pathway to Mrs. Sayre holds that “for of the lone hand, America must substi- tute genuine international co-opera- tion.” She also advocates abolition of the “lame-duck” session of Congress, ad- vancing the date for tnauguration of the President and direct election of the President and Vice President instead of by State electors. Discussing unemployment, Mrs. Sayre would have the Government “‘assume ent critical unemployment situation similar to those exercised during the war.” She oppoced the “dole,” however, and would provide jobs through a large scale bond issue for public wo BOYS TAUGHT BOXING Facilities at Club Are Popular— Classes Held Each Evening. The facilities recently provided at the Boys' Club of Washington for boxing instruction are proving popular with the young members. Classes are being held each evening under direction of Harry Child and John Hospidor, both ex- perienced instructors. Enough space has been made avail- able to permit the boxing to go forward without interfering with other gym- nasium activities, and the boys are given private as well as group lessons in self-defense. Candidates for the boxing instruction must pass physical tests before they can be enrolled. Wrestling classes have also been arranged for the members. REWARD OF STUDENT’S PRANK CLAIMED HAIRS OF WASHINGTON Six Snow-White Strands Surrendered by Servant, Faded Document Attests. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 19.—Six snow- | white hairs, with documents attesting that they are from the head of George Washington, have been offered the New York Public Library. They are sewed with black thread upon an ink-blotted nearly 100 years old, whereon is written the story of a college rnnk that brought them ultimately to their present owner, He is Dr. R. A. Baker, professor of chemistry of the College of the City of : them to the library by the simple expedient of put- ting the card in an envelope and the envelope into a breast pocket for trans- portation. The hairs came into the possession of the Baker family as an Leirloom from the grandfather of Mrs. Baker. In 1840 he was a student of divinity at Wesleyan University of Middletown, Conn. The story was current in those days that at Washington's death each of his servants had received a lock of his hair. Here the postcard picks up the narrative. “When I was & student at Wesleyan in Middletown,” the narrative goes, “there lived near the college buildings the old colored man, Hamet, who at among other trings, had a small lock of hair which he asserted was ‘Massa Washington's, which had been given to him at the time of Washington's death and which he had always kept securely preserved. “On one occasion he had been im- plored to sell s small portion, but be-|2 | | and slightly warmer | January . ARE DUE TOMORROW Representatives of 30 States in Pilgrimage to Mount Yernon. Approximately 2,500 yeun‘lmm from 30 States are expected in Washington tomorrow for the fifth annual pilgrim- age of the Order of De Molay to Mount Vernon. Ernest A. Reed of Newark, N. J, grand master counselor, will lead the pligrimage and will make a short mem- orlal address as a wreath is laid on the Tomb of the Pirst President. The also will go to Arlington where anotl wreath will be laid on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Frank 8. Land of Kansas City, founder and grand scribe of the order, will be with the party. The Robert Le Bruce Chapter of Washington, which, under the direc- tion of Robert D. Francis, master coun- cilor, will be host to the visitors, has arranged for registration headquarters at McKinley High School, where the gymnasium has been turned over to the order for the day. A basket ball game and dance to- morrow evening will be among the en- tertainment features offered the visi- tors. The chapter also has arranged a serles of sightseeing trips. In addition to the pligrimage, which 1s the first one sponsored by the grand council, other De Molay plans are be- ing worked out in Washington this week. Dr. Stratton D. Brooks, execu- tive chairman of the grand council, has been in the city for several days and presiced Friday at a meeting of the Vocational Guidance Commission which diew up a general vocational guidance plan use i all the chape ters of the country. There is to be & meeting of the Come mission on Train‘ng for Citizenship, for which former Senator Henry J. Allen of Kansas is chatrman, at the Mayfiower Hotel tomorrow. PAGEANT WILL DEPICT WASHINGTON RECEPTION Here Will Present President’'s Levee” Thursday Night. “The President’s Levee,” 8 pageant deplcting the reception given by George ‘Washington shortly after his election |§ as President, will be presented at the Colonial ball of the Society of Virginia of the District of Columbia Thursday night at the Willard Hotel. Final re- hearsals for this pageant, the most pre- tentious ever undertaken by the Vire Virginians “The | ginia Soclety, will be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the hotel. The pageant is being arranged by Mrs. Lena Epperly MacDonald, queen of sponsors of the society, assisted by Mrs. Richard A. Allen. It is designed to fit into the general Bicentennial pro- gram and will show the President and Mrs. Washington receiving the cabinet and their guests, members of Congress, distinguished war generals and other notables. Each guest will be announced on entrance and the reception will be followed by a grand march, led by Washington and Mrs. Washington. I. C. Buchanan will impersonate Washington and Mrs. Richard A Allen will appear as Martha Washington. Capt. Arthur Clarendon Smith will act as aide to the President. NAPOLEON’S TRIBUTE Ordered 10 Days of Mourning in France for Washington. When news of the death of George Washington was received in France, Napoleon Bonaparte had the following notice read to his army: “Washington is dead. That great man fought against tyranny. He established the liberty of his country. His memory will be ever dear to the free men of both hemispheres, and espscially to the Prench soldiers. who, like him and the American troops. have fought for lib- erty and equality. As a mark of re- spect the first consul orders that for 10 days black crepe be suspended from all the standards and banners of the Republic.” THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Partly cloudy tomorrow cloudy and warmer, probably rain: moderate northeast shifting to east winds Maryland and Virginia—Partly cloudy ghtly warmer: tomorrow Tain and warmer: fresh northeast shifting | emergency powers to deal with the pres- | t0 cast winds. West Virginia—Increasing cloudiness | and warmer. followed by rain tonight and tomorrow. Report for Last 24 Hours. Temperature—Midnight. 38: 2 am., 34; 4 am, 34; 6 am, 32: 8 am. 32; 10 am. 34; 12 noon, 37; 2 pm, 41; ¢ pm. 43; 6 pm. 42: 8 pm, 39. Highest ..... 43.4 pm. Yearago... 42 Lowest. . 32,8pm. Yearago... 38 Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today. 7:30 a.m. 1:58am. 7:51 pm. 2:08 p.m. Rainfall. Monthly rainfall in inches in the Capital (current month to date): Month. 1932. Average. Record. 3.55 7090 ‘82 TomorTow. 8:1 4 February March April May June July L 231 Precipt- ~Temperature.—~ Max. Min _ tation:8 Asheville, N Atlanta, G ... City. N . Md Cincinnati. _ Cheyenne, Wyo. Cleveland, Ohio. Davenpori, Towa Den cause of the remonstrance of Dr. Fiske | g and others he could not be induced to sell any more. On one occasion ingly offered to throw a piece of fur- niture from an upper window into the yard, telling Hamet that if he would catch it he might have it. “He became very much excited—was too old to walk upstairs, wanted me to bring the plece down, and as the strongest temptation he could command —1 give you—I give you—Oh, I give| Qv you Massa Washington's hair.’ “The bargain was closed and exe- cuted, and is the hair. “C. G. DOWNEY." Apparently Downey himself sewed the | 5 hairs on the card—the sewing job at any rate has the crude masculine touch. The that Mrs. Baker's itten other card, to ther made & of its story on an- ave & nent rec- the time of Gen. Washington's death, was his small errand boy. Hamet, Xy I jok- | Los Loutsville, Ky Marquette. Mich. Memphis. ' Teni Phoenix Pittsbureh. Portland. CEBREANBBILRELLLIL ’ S Portland. Ores : Salt Lake City. Utah t Mo..... ru s 2283 card became 50 ink-spotted later o