Evening Star Newspaper, July 26, 1932, Page 11

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OPTIMISM KEYNOTE: OF SHRINE SESSION Capital Weli- Represented at Convention Opening in | San-Francisco. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, July 26—Red- fezzed Shrinedom of North America to- day hailed the opening of Im])brisl‘ F Council sessions with an announced keynote of “National optimism.” Bands, drum corps and drill dressed in gala_colors, m: streets. invaded hotel lobbies up trafic in impromptu cel Plain r'iizens jammed the streets and | } cheered the Shrine's “crusade for pros- perity.” | The city's civic center, transformed into a huge stadium, was the scene of most of the open-air ceremonies. Hasti- ly consttucted grandstands were built to ‘lmperlnl potentate, was programmed to| respond to a series of welcoming ad- dresses by Californians. Motion picture stars from Hollywood were on hand to join in the entertain- ment features during the three days. Nobles Harold Lloyd. Wallace Beery, George Bancroft and Douglas Fair- banks led the invasion from filmland D. C. WELL REPRESENTED, Representatives in Five Imperial | Council Session. Special Dispatch to The Star SAN FRANCISCO, July 26.—Headed n of Almas C., Shriners Jumbia had five Imperial Coun- representati ers as they met R cil session of in_annual convention I ‘The official gro le arrived yes a: ting Almas worning and at the St. Anderson 1 Officer car, James r. recorder n Shriners, . arrived afternoen and was_accompanied L. P. Steuart, Robert J w. L Other Wa th the sterday mas. affiliated Shrine con- on held in cisco 10 years * Potentate familiar with THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JULY 26, 1932. BIG PARADE OPENS - CHURCH CARNIVAL Holy Comforter Line of March. Hundreds of Persons Join in| | A parade of 75 floats, hundreds of marchers and several bands inaugurated | the Bicentennial carnival of the Holy | Comforter Church last night. The car- | nival, which will continue for twe weeks, 18 being held on the parich school lawn, Fiftesnth and East Capitol streets. Twenty-two young women had en- tered a popularity contest being con- ducted in conjunction with the carni val lest night, and more entrants are expected tonight. The contest s epen to_all young women of the District. Three hundred children and young women in Colonial costumes were S!in the line of march and bands which furnished music included the Holy Comforter, the National Training 100 | Joseph L. Gammell, president of the Lincoln Park Citizens’ Association, and general chairman of the carnival. FETE TO BE GIVEN BY COLORED GROUPS Program at Sylvan Theater Tomor- row Night Will Include Many Varied Features. Colored groups of the city will pre- sent at the National Sylvan Theater in the Mounment Grounds tomorrow at 8 o'clock a program of band solos, choral numbers, acrobatics and dancing, under the joint auspices of the Community Center Department and the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, assisted by the National Capital Civic Fund. With the Mabel Jones Freeman Dancers, directed by Mrs. Freeman, and the Community Center Band, conducted by Prof. James E. Milier, offering the | major part of the program, added features will be the Arnold Acrobat Sisters from Banncker Recreation Center, accompanied by the band, and a girls’ chorus, from Birney Community Center, conducted by Mrs. Edna Dock- seat thousands of spectators The 250,000 registered visitors found the true Oriental touch in San Francis- co's Chinatown, where the recently formed Chinese lodge, the only one of its kind in the order, was host at al- most continual celebrations. The first of four parades up 1} street, now transformed into an av of obelisks, was set for 9 am. (P. C. T.). Time for the opening exercises of t Imperial Council sessions was 10:30 am. Thomas J. Houston of Chicago, it will be one in years.” and Mrs. Anderson and Mr. and egar and daughter came here of the Grand Canyon and Las and plan to travel through n Canada on the return trip to gton. ted to have lost $25, Japan is T 0! stored under the ind 00.0 | ings, who will play their accompani- ments on the piano. There are 30 singers in the chorus. The Community Center Band will be assisted by Miss Edna Ryan, soprano soloist, who also will lead the finale number, & pageant feature, singing “The Star Spangled Banner,” assisted er | by the girls’ chorus. The entire audi- | ence will particip The dancers will be seen in six special numbers Including tribal dances, School, the Elks Boys, the Wheeler Club and Fircmen's Fife and Bugle Corps. C>l. William Peak, superintendent of the District Jail, was grand marshal of | the procession, which included among its notables Dr. George C. Havenner, chairman of the District Bi- 2l Commission; Rev. 1, pastor of the Holy Ca Rev. Edward J. AF | character dances and int tive | dances. A group of children will take | part in a special Colonial number, en- | titled “The Spirt of Yesterda nd also in “The Blue Danube | “Butterflies.” Misses Doris _Carter, Beatrice Martin and Eleanor Dixon will | appear in the feature numbers, “Afri- can War Dance,” “The Golden God- dess” and “Enchantment.” Boy Scouts of the District of Colum- will assist in the event, serving as shers. The public is invited to attend this festival, and for those who do not | wish to sit on the grass, chairs will be available at 25c. | —_—— e | Seven-tenths of the railway mileage in the Netherland East Indies is in Java. and WATER HEAT American Radiator Heating System | Consisting of 17" | Boiler—300 Feet Radiation 827 | g 5-Year Guarantee | ¢ No Cash Needed € Free Estimates | | | | | | | | SUBLETTE HEATING CO.,Inc. || 1922 M St. r{w Nat. 0653 | Every Suite Easy Terms The NATIONAL Furniture Co. 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