Evening Star Newspaper, June 8, 1935, Page 4

'K—ZT D.C.HEADS SCORED ON PENSION PO IEY Dlscrumlnatlon Charged by\ Burroughs Citizens’ I Association. i Discrimination in pensions of fire- men and policemen of the District was charged to former Commissioners last night by the Burroughs Citizens' Association The association accused the former | city heads of permitting discrimina- tion in allowances of certain pensions end the incumbent officials with fail- ure to correct these declared evils. Reports on Investigation. Paul E. Jamieson, reporting an in- vestigation on the subject, said, “Ninety-seven per cent of the officers ©of the Fire Department on the retired t receive the maximum pension, 30 per cent of the privates do I do not mean pensions should be the privates' should sions were cited in t to show that some men in ervices had been favored. Jamie- mentioned case of two broth- the Fire Department. one of m had been thrown from an ap- 1 ved a fractured d his_sight on $87.50 a her vet his $100 a incidents ested e in the emen and 1930 and were also given the wer e fv unfairness in past son added. “They have not rect mistakes and some of the T are protest because pensions to poly ¢ $80 a month presented to the Commissioners for the maximum $100 a month, but the request was refused.” Resolution Adopted. tion, heartily in- nt David Babp, Washmgto WILL GFFER SUBSTITUTE FOR BLUE EAGLE. l New Plan ! Governor, who was brought to Wash- | | Timers® THE EVENING STXA SWEET IS ELECTED BY " OLD TIMERS Former Colorado Governor Chosen to Honorary Membership. William E. Sweet, former Colorado ington by President Roosevelt to promote interests of the N. R. A., was elected honorary member of the Old Club of the Young Men's Christian Association at reunion and dinner last night at the Central Y. M. C. A. Sweet rivaled George Francis Wil- liams, local attorney, for the title of “oldest Y. M. C. A. member in point | | of continuous service” attending the | ARTHUR D. WHITESIDE, President of Dun & Bradstreet, Inc., New York City, and former mem- ber of the National Industrial Re- covery Board, announces that he intends to present & plan at Wash- ington to take the place of N. R. A.—which, he said, was killed by “amateurish efforts. gross misman- agement and academic economists.” —A. P. Photo. 10,000 See Ox Roasted. isand people recently paid to witness the roasting of an ox at Tottenham, England. bitterly condemning the Commis- sioners, was unanimously adopted by the association. Copies will be sent to Representative Mary T. Norton, Senator Willlam King and the federa- tion. The Northeast conference resolu- tion to create & Juvenile Court was indorsed along with adoption of a resolution opposing the bill in Con- gress for the construction of a bridge across the Pennsylvania railroad at Sixth street northeast. The resolu- tion recommended instead that the idge be changed so as to benefit the heavy north and south bound traffic This was the last meeting of the association until September. n Wayside Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. LESS TIPS THE TIP-OFF. T ONE of Washington's well A known hotels & bell captain " The manager decided the vacancy afforded an opportu- nity to show the boys he wo e to them have a voice in who shoul ly, he called the staff to- all one big family” to choose their new Meanwhile, new guests were arriving #nd one by one the bovs were called out of the election conference, only urn as soon as the errand was went on for more than an the manazer finally in- the reason for the delay. a veteran bell-hop ex- n vou called & boy out him. Then when he back ed to be the cap- We've elected every single boy on the staff when he was out, and none of them will have the job.” “What's the matter?” the surprised manager asked. “Don't they like the | Job of being boss?” | “No, sir. You see, the captain has d the boys on calls. He only ers calls when everybody else is So he don't get so many tips.” e DIONE NOT DIONNE. 'HE headquarters of the Coast Guard, which determines names of boats of the force, has taken much good-natured banter over the patrol boat Dione. This 165-footer, which is gtationed at Norfolk, was not named for the Dionne quintuplets. To hasty readers, it is pointed out that there is & slight difference in the spelling of the names: 1d there are not five Diones. Boats of this type were named for characters in mythology. Dione is a female Titan. and in the Iliad she was the mother of Aphrodite by Jup- iter. Other boats of this class include the Hermes, named for the messenger | of the gods: Calypso, a nymph of sland on which Ulysses Pandora, who spread v, and Nemesis, the goddess of | chastisement and vengeance. * ok % ok SPEEDY FORTUNE. E\ ERY ONE has heard of the fellow who took his girl to the base ball game, and along about the fifth in- ning she asked him what quarter it was. The other evening one of last Win-‘ ter's debutantes was telling the for- tune of a young gentleman who was calling on her. She told him to make | & wish, and when the fortune was | ended she told him he would get his wish, and asked if he would tell her what he had wished for. “Certainly,” he said. “I wished that the Washington bn<e ball team would win the pennan | she replied, you know—tomorrow? “and when will " National University Law School Summer Term Begins June 17, 1935, at 6:30 P.M. Standard three-year course leading to degrees of LL. B. and J. D. Graduate courses leading to de- grees of LL. M, M. P. L. and 8. J. D. All classes held at hours conven- fent for employed students. School of Economics | and Government Degree courses of collegiate grade offered in Political Science, Govern- ment Economics, Psychology, His- tory, Finance, Business and Lan- guages Address Secretary, National 6617, 818 13th St NW, | . | to_curtsy.” | De Sayn’s pupils at the General Fed- | eration of Music Clubs reception at the | WONDER l [F WAS just 4 years old and he was getting his shoes shined He sat on the edge of the great chair and watched the fat colored boy warm up to his work. The polishing air. It his stroke that sent cloth swept through the crackled off the end of like flashes of lightning shivers down the spine. But the little fellow minded none of this. He kept his eves intently on the fat boy and his rolling white eyes. Directly he stooped over and, in a stage whisper that all could hear, he said “Is you Amos or Andy?" X % % PROGRESS. OUSEMAID'S knee is a forgotten malady around the new Post Office Building. Science has liberated the charwomen from their drudgery of bucket and mop. From electric plugs distributed down the long corridors and throughout the rooms vacuum cleaners and automatic washers are operated. K % K | CURB CONVERSATION. \ WOMAN. the schoolmarm tvpe, paused before the blossom-littered flnv\i‘r cart at the curb. The vendor looked up from his stem clipping ex- pectantly. “Are these flowers propagated in your gardens or do you procure them from the horticulturist?” queried the auster one. The vendor reflected. shifted from one foot to the other and wrinkled his brow. Then came his uncompromising | answer | “I just sells 'em, miss.” % ok ok MUSICAL NEED. 'I‘HERE is something as important in teaching children to play the vio- lin as the holding of the bow, Elena de Sayn, musical instructor of 1705 K\ street, believes, It is the manners of the performer. | “Good manners mmnhu(o much to the success of the artist.” she says, | “and every boy should learn to bow gracefully and every girl should learn | The bowing and curtsying of Miss White House brought amused delight | m](he face of Mrs, Franklin D. Roose- velt | SPRAY NOW -to Insure your shade trees against serious injurs f o = Dests and fungus Mfect ?""("" e ve "are equinped to satisfactorily handle vour' tpray handle Sour spraving requirements at THE FoRMAN & DuLER TREE EXPERT Clarendon 565 DAY LEFT To Secure Tickets for The Spectacular Shrine Parades and Pageants ON SALE At Convention Headquarters Almas Temple, 1315 K St. N.W, and the Willard Hotel “F" St. Entrance Tickets $3.00 and up (plus tax) Good for All Events “reminiscence bee.” Williams joined | the Washington “Y” in 1886 and Sweet sald he joined the Colorado | Y. M. C. A. about the same time. The N. R. A. official served 25 years as its annual | | his R, WASHINGTON, D. €,° 8 \TURDAY, CHAPTER XX. MAN BEMUSED. UY was looking at the “He'd come down to see | it and wanted to look at it again.” She frowned at her father's slightly | skeptical face and tapped impatiently with her foot. “Oh, I know it sounds queer, his staying and everything, but it wasn't. If you'd been there you'd have done just the same!” Robert frowned. *I don't know that I'm particularly pleased about his staying there with you all night,” began, but the girl cut in fiercely. “You wouldn't have minded—not one bit—until she started interfering!” Alison!"” “I know, father! But there are limits! Just because she doesn't like me’s no reason why she should barge into my affairs! It's no business of hers. I'm grown up now and surely I can make friends if I like without asking her?” Robert put out a hand and drew daughter toward him. “Now, president of the Denver association.|my dear, listen.” “Y” Responsibilities Cited. Pointing out that young men of today face heavy social and economic problems, Sweet declared the Y. M. C. A. has a large responsibility in helping them “find themselves” in | this era of stress and changing con- ditions of life. “The Y. M. C. A. must adapt itself to the modern trend,” he said, “by exercising a wider application of the principles upon which the association was founded.”* Charles W. Pimper, toastmaster, called attention to the fact the Wash- ngton "Y' will observe its 83d birth- day anniversary Sunday. It was found- ed at a meeting of clergymen and lay- men June 9, 1852, in the old Masonic hall that stood at Tenth and, E streets. Tribute Paid to Dead. On motion of C. E. Fleming, secre- tary. the members stood in silent trib- ute to seven “old timers” who died dur- ing the year. They were Capt. C. O Howard, Ed Morton Willis, John David Ingalls, Charles Bancroft Bell. E. O. McCreight, E. Quincy Smith and W. T. Faulkner. L. W. DeGast, general sec- retarv of the outlined recent progress of the Y. M. C. A. and pre- dicted rapid growth Justin Lawrie, tenor soloist and di- rector of the Foundry M. E. Church choir, sang “old timers’” songs. ac- companied by Mrs. Lawrie. Y. M. C. A, members who have been on the rolls for 10 vears or more par- ticipated in the get-together. Voice Insured for $50,000 W. B. Slater. a London newsree] an- nouncer, has insured his voice for £50.000. “I don't want to listen! I think it's horrible! Just because & man helps me when I'm in a jam, she has to think—to make you think—oh!"” Alison broke down. The strain of days of anxiety, of her night's vigil in the old house and today's distress, all gathered into that one cloudburst of tears. Because she seldom cried, because he had never seen her so up- set, Robert was almost shocked. He gathered her into his arms, soothing her with pet names and kisses until her last slow sobs subsided “I'm sorry.” She wrenched herself free, dried her face. “There. Like all men, Robert Rede attributed any feminine emotion to physical causes. “But you mustn't think, my pet, that Daphne doesn’t like you. She's only too anxious to be friends, Alison, and was a little hurt because you didn't seem to like her “She means so much to me, I can't bear to think that you and she won't get on. Poor little thing, she had such an awful ‘time—fancy, she was married at 15 to a perfect brute years older than she was, who treated her most abominably. “Lots of women would have left him, but Daphne stuck to him, even when he got ill, and nursed him her- self through the two vears that he was ill. And then, when he died, she found that he'd gambled away every thing he'd got and left her absolutely penniless! I tell you. of him I see red! If only I can give her a little happiness!” Suddenly. impulsively, and kissed him “I'm sorry, dear!" That was true she was sorry for her outburst. “I won't again. I expect we’ll get on Alison turned house, father,” said Alison. | children do.” he | KD splendidly when we know each other. | It was piggy of me to be upset—only, vell, I love you so, and I felt—-" jealous. Of course. Robert was not con- scious of quoting. “But you needn't be. I want you both; and she wants both of us, particularly you. By the way, I've got something for you—I meant at first to give you a check for £50, and then I thought you'd rather have this.” He felt in his pocket, drew out a jewel case. Alison took it. Inside, on a dark blue velvet lining, lay a turquoise and diamond pendant. A pretty little pendant, “I got Daphne to choose it for you while we were in Nice. I thought she could pick one better than I could, she’s got such good taste. It's a ‘wel- come home’ present.” “It's just lovely! Thank you so much, darling. Thank her, too, for me.” Not for worlds at that moment would Alison have said aloud what was in her heart—that she would rather have had a present at half the price chosen by her father himself. She put it around her neck, fasten- ing the tiny platinum chain, and looked at herself in the glass. “It’s just perfect, isn't it?” It was worth any lie. she told her- self, to see him smile like that again. If turquoises do not look their best with red, well, what matter? Only when she went up to bed taking off the pendant, she noticed something which made her stoop, peer closely at the bright platinum setting of the jewel The ring by which it hung upon the chain was slightly thinner at the top, worn into a tiny groove? son’s lips twisted a trifle as she stared | down at the jewel You're overtired, that's all.” | At best not we more than £30, it was not even ne She began to visualize how Daphne Sumers could afford h hairdresser and that chic Paris dress! Well, it was the thought which counted—her father She put E thinking of pang of dismay, Alison she had asked Guy to arrive tomorrow, exp: & to lunch with ner father. How could she plain to him that the invitation was off? Tomorrow T Second hand! after all, remembered He would was to lune which made it all the more awkwar Alison knew that she could not face a meal with Daphne and Guy feeling all the time that her father objected and t Guy wasa suspect. She knev that she would give herself awa when I think s Guy was a crook! Could she get hold of him him off? what had and put If she did. would he guess happened |8 house where he was not wanted! It's natural. | JUNE 8, 1935. again? He was not the kind of per- son who would thrust himself into But that would be unbearable! She had a sense of chilly desola- | tion as she stood there, such a sense 0[ loss that she was forced to face| | the truth, She wanted more than anything on earth to see him again! ‘What should she do? wondering next day. Daphne appeared at half past 12, in a taxi, with half a dozen large | parcels and, while Perter settled with the driver, she opened the parcels in the library and showed the contents to Alison. Huge flat books of wall- papers and a mass of furnishing fabrics. | “I wondered if you'd help me, dar- ling, to choose my new coloring for the rooms upstairs?” She had a| gushing way of asking. “I feel sure you've got a wonderful color sense!” Alison looked up, startled, from the letter she was writing. “The rooms upstairs? But I thought father was giving up this house?" “He did think of it,” agreed Daphne airily, “but we've talked it over and we feel that'd be a pity. After all, we must have a house in London, too, while you are growing up. It’s not as if he couldn't afford it, is it?” The swift glance she shot at the girl dropped away unsatisfled, for Alison | knew nothing of her father's affairs. “Which rooms are you going to do up?” she asked. “Our bed room and the little sitti 1nz room I'm taking for my boudoir.” Mrs. Sumers spread out a length of patterned silk. “Look, isn't this rb?" ather expensive, isn't t?” Alison red. | “Oh to get lhf‘ best,"” t’s go upstai 1d you rather not , no! I'd love to,” Alison rose andous to make amends for She was still | ven! with fuxnnhmg stuffs it pays said Mrs. Sumers , shall we? more than chic y blue coat trimmed et and a Reboux g round the rooms which en her own mother’s, lay- fabrics on the eries worked by the d woman, was surely punishment enough! “I think zebra'd here—with black cushions—don't you tk hen I'd just have to have glass over fire—but perhaps you'd like that portrait of your mother in your bed room? “Father thought he'd like that pic- ture moved to the library, or to his r g room.” put in Alison. “He d it last night at dinner.” look marvellous Tomorrow, \Ilton runs away with Guy. Girl, Ray 12, Is Organist. 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