Evening Star Newspaper, October 27, 1935, Page 23

" PHOENICIAN GITY SLOWLY EMERGES Ruins of Ancient Civilization Reveal Beautiful Archi- tecture. TRIPOLI (#).—An ancient Phoeni- elan city, founded 700 years before Christ and conquered by the Romans 8ix centuries later, gradually is emerg- ing from the Libian sands at Leptis. The ruins, one of the most amazing archeological discoveries of the pres- ent day, are situated about 60 kilo- meters east of this capital of Ilalyjs colony of which Gen. Italo Balbo is the Governor. They compdse the remnants of one of three contiguous communities from which Tripoli de- rived its name after the Greek words meaning “three cities.” Of the other two, one known to the ancients as Oea occupied the present site of Tripoli, but has been almost entirely obliterated, since the Arabs built their town atop its ruins. ‘The third lies west of Tripoli, at Sabratha. Masonry Found by Chance. Excavation operations at Leptis have been in progress for six years since an Arab laborer, digging in the sand dunes, accidentally uncovered a section of masonry, at first be- lieved to have been a piece of, an ancient Roman viaduct. vestigation revealed that the ruin in reality was the topmost structure of a triumphal arch the base of which lay nearly 60 feet beneath the desert sands. Subsequent excavations brought to light one archeological treasure after another. Bit by bit, sand were carted away, there have come into view luxurious baths lined with marble, heroic statues of stone imported from Rhodes and Cyprus, vast basilicas, the limestone docks of the city’'s port now pushed back from the sea by the desert’s shifting sands, and a forum circled with marble columns which' compares in beauty with the Forum Romanum. The ruins are in an extraordinarily good state of preservation. Although assembled without mortar, the lime- stone blocks of which the buildings are constructed were so expertly cut that they well withstood the ravages of passing time as they sank beneath their protective armor of sand. 1,000,000 Lire Already Spent. The task of restoring the ruins is proceeding under the direction of Prof. Giacomo Guide, with the en- thusiastic sponsorship of Gov. Balbo. More than 1,000,000 lire already have been poured into the operations and much more must be expended before the site is completely disinterred. The sand dunes adjacent to Leptis are littered with fragments of statues, dismembered arms, legs, heads and torsos. There the archeological ex- perts labor to articulate the fragments | and restore them to their original po- sitions in the city. The sculpture dis- plays unusual skill and the subjects a race of high degree of civilization. The women are modeled with ex- quisite grace, while the men are of brawny stature with noble features. Leptis was conquered by the Ro- mans in the Augustan era, about 130 B.C. It was occupied by vandals in the fifth century and inhabited Christians two centuries later. Evi- dence of the Christian occupation re- mains in the baptismal founts con- structed in the pagan temples. HOKE WILL ADDRESS CHEST'GIFTS GROUP Indianapolis Manufacturer and Civic Leader to Speak To- morrow Night. Fred Hoke, Indianapolis manufac- turer and former president of that city's Community Fund, will be the principal speaker at a dinner meet- ing of the Com- munity Chest special gifts’ unit tomorrcw night at the Mayflower Hotel. ! Clarence Phelps Dodge and Her- bert L. Willett, jr., president and director, respect- ively, of the Washing ton Community Chest, also will speak, Willett to outline plans for Rred Heke. this year's cam- paign. Coleman Jennings, chairman of the special gifts unit, will preside as toastmaster. Hoke served during the World War as a member of the Indianapolis ! Executive Committe on the Third, Fourth and Fifth Liberty Loan cam- paigns, and was chairman of the Committee on Personnel for the Y. M. C. A. overseas service. He is a trustee of the De Pauw University, a | member of the Indiana Department | of Public Welfare and former State | director of the National Emergency | Council and Federal Housing Admin- istration. He also is a member of the National Citizens’ Committee on the Mobilization for Human Needs. B Tire Is Weapon. Auto bandits hurled a spare tire through the window of a London shop and escaped with valuable furs. ‘Miss America’ Bans Undraped Poses in Spurning ‘Vanities’ Bathing Suit as Far as She Will Go, Beauty Declares. By the Assoclated Press. PITTSBURGH, October 26.—Hen- rietta Leaver, the 5-and-10-cent store clerk, who became “Miss America of 1935, turned up her pretty nose to- night at an offer to join Earl Carrol's “Vanities.” Carroll must have suggested the beauty queen appear undraped in his show, because she remarked, some- ‘what sharply: “I'll pose in the nude for no man. A bathing suit is as far as I will go.”” Furthermore, interjected her moth- er and grandmother, the showman would have to foot the expense of a chaperon if Miss Leaver joins it. Said Grandma Hettie Ebert: “We’'ve brought Henrietta up right and she’ll go in no show without a Shageron Further in- | as tons of | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, Three Little “Piggies” owned by Mr. and Mrs. William Edq 15-year-old son Daniel brought the answer her barks. their feeding became a problem. Guess solved it immediately, nursing them as well as her own two offsprings, without even being asked to. Still less than a year old, it's her first family. These three little pigs weren’t afraid of Guess, German police dog en of Bremerton, Wash., when their motherless little porkers home and Their squeals and grunts —A. P. Photo. 'BRIDGE TOURNEY OPENS WEDNESDAY Washington Bridge League to Sponsor Fifth Annual Competition. | The Washington Bridge League an- nounced yesterday the fifth annual | tournament for the championship of | the District will be held at the Shore- ham Hotel beginning Wednesday and | lasting through next Saturday. Match play will begin Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. Trophies will be presented to the winners in each of the following scheduled events: Mixed pair cham- | pionship, open to any man and | woman; open pair championship for the Woodward Cup, open to any pair; | open team of four championship for | the Eynon Bowl, open to any team of four; intermediate championship for | The Evening Star Trophy, open to | players of intermediate experience, | and the match play for the American Bridge League Cup trophy, open to | any pair. | Officials of the bridge league said master points toward qualifications in | the national championship matches | will be awarded for all championship | events in’ the four-day tourney. " The committee in charge of the | event this year includes the following: A. P. Stockvis, chairman; V. A. Clarke, P. E. Golden, J. H. Lemon, Mrs. E. B. | Swanson, O. L. Veerhoff, L. R. Watson and Mrs. M. R. West. | at the Vanderbilt Bridge and Wash- ington Whist Clubs. s GREGORY IS APPOINTED Professor to Represent Amherst at Tuskegee Exercises. J. Francis Gregory, English profes- sor at Miner Teachers' College, has | been appointed ‘by the president and | Board of Trustees of Amherst Col- lege to represent them at the inaugu- ration of Dr. Frederick Douglas Pat- terson as president of Tuskegee Insti- tute tomorrow. Gregory, a graduate of Amherst, was captain of the college base ball | team and senior class orator at the | commencement exercises there. | | “Shrew” in Junior High Students Will Give It Own Interpretation. students of the Paul BY DON BLOCH. ITH the recent discovery of William Shakespeare by W has been set for renais- done with his plays. Washington has been touched in a unique manner. On Tuesday evening, November 5, in the Roosevelt High School audi- torium, there will be given a per- formance of “The Taming of the Shrew” by members of the Children’s Community Theater. The cast will be composed of boys and girls from 10 to 13 years old. ‘They may or may not be given spe- cific parts. They will not speak the lines according to the book. They will not have learned their “business” according to stage directions. Chinese Methods. Adopting methods of presenting a play used by the Chinese for many centuries wherein no script is fol- lowed, but only an idea or story or theme is developed as the. play pro- gresses, these children will step into the action involving Petruccio and his wench, Kate, and carry it through entirely to suit themselves. It is called creative drama method by Miss Helen I. Burton, director of the group presenting the play, and is described by her as follows: | On Friday open house will be held Members of thescast of “Taming of the Shrew,” to be presented by 5unlor High School. Left to right: Juanita Isherwood, Marian Grove, Dorothy Mae Belt and Pauline Hurley. —Star Staff Photo. Hollywood, the world’s stage | sance of interest in what can be| |BARTENDERS PLAN | 10-POINT PROGRAM Union Calls Meeting for Tuesday | Night—Allied Groups to Attend. Bartenders’ Union, No. 75, is spon- soring a meeting Tuesday night at the Washington Hotel at which a 10- | point program will be discussed by Charles E. Sands, executive secretary. | A number of allied organizations have | been asked to send respresentatives. The 10-point program includes: Return of the open drinking bar for men. i The sale of liquors at limited hours | | on Sunday. | Elimination of Class D licenses, which provide for the “on-sale” of { light wines and beer, and the substi- | tution of Class C licenses which permit | the sale of both light and hard drinks. | A limit on the number of on-sale and off-sale liquor stores to one per | 1,000 population. | Reduction of the Federal and Dis- {trict taxes on beer and liquors. Reduction of the import taxes. Creation of a force of 25 men ex- perienced in liquors as inspectors inde- pendent of the Police Department. Maintenance of the old N. R. A. code provisions on sanitation lnd‘ labor. Limitation of licenses to American citizens who can prove ownership. A minimum license fee of $1,500 for all dealers. 'POLITICAL éCONOMlST WILL SPEAK AT G. W. Francis W. Hirst, eminent British political economist, who is in the| | United States as a visiting Carnegie | | professor, will deliver a public ad- | | dress on “The Value of Liberty” in | Corcoran Hall, George Washington University at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday. | Hirst, author of many authoritative | works on political economy, is a for- | mer editor of the Economist, lead- ing British periodical in its field. Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president | of George Washington University, will | | introduce the speaker. New Guise ~ own words. They have no set lines to 18arn, no bits of action to imitate. | The play grows out of their own minds, imaginations and emotions. “This natural manner of building a play so equips the actors that they can freely exchange roles. This re- | sult in a poise and spontaneity that does not come when lines are memor- |ized and ‘business’ imitated. “The Children’s Community Theater is trying to raise the standard for children’s dramatics. Guidance and direction are necessary, of course, but give the child an opportunity to release his .own personality, to exercise his own gifts, and the re- sults will be delightful. Training to Think. “Then, too, because the actors use their own words, they are constantly forced to think on their feet, a training which many adults would like to have had in their own youths. Among other benefits derived are the oral English training, with its de- velopment of vocabulary; training in voice and diction; freedom in bodily expression; the independence, re- sourcefulngss and ingenuity neces- sary to the establishment of person- ality and leadership.” Miss Burton studied creative drama at Northwestern University under Miss Winifred Ward, originator of the new technique applied to children. “After a study of a plot, and a careful analysis® of each character, ttchumdevelopnmhmeh She also directed the Rambling Thea« ter group which toured the parks and playgrounds this past Summer. COUNCIL UPHOLD REZONING DENIAL Survey of Sentiment in Ta- koma Park Case Results in Confirmation. TAKOMA PARK, Md., October 26.— Action of the Town Council in dis- approving the petition for rezoning property on Woodland avenue will be adhered to and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commis- sion will be so advised. This action was taken on_ the rec- ommendation of the Civic Improve- ment Committee of the council after an investigation of the facts in the case and rechecking of the petition. The request for rezoning from resi- dential “A"™ to residential “B” was filed recently by L. F. Freemire, a prop- erty owner on Woodland avenue. The council disapproved the request and notified the Maryland-National Capi- tal Park and Planning Commission. The commission suggested that a canvass be made of all of the prop- erty owners in the area, taking the position that no abutting owners should be heard. The suggestion was accepted and the committee had a complete check made of the signa- tures. The petition favoring the re- zoning contained 24 signatures, of which investigation *showed that 16 were lot owners and 8 non - owners of iand in the area proposed to be rezoned. The protesting petition bore signatures of 17 residents of the im- mediate neighborhood. The Civic Improvement Committee arrived at the conclusion that owners on Sycamore avenue, whose properties directly abut the area, as well as property owners on Beach avenue, which intersects a part of the area, should also be considered, despite the | view of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. The committee stated that “it is unable to follow the view that those citizens who have invested in real estate and built their homes upon land imme- diately abutting an area proposed to be rezoned are to be denied a voice in this matter.” On the basis of this survey, the committee recommended approval of the original action. D. C, OCTOBER 27, Killer Who Served 22 Years Doomed For New Murder By the Assoclated Press. STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo,, Octo- ber 26.—John F. Willilamson, 55- year-old woodcutter, who served 22 years for murder in an Illinois prison, was condemned to death today by a circuit ‘court jury for the slaying of George Williams, a farmer. Judge Taylor Smith did not fix the date of execution. No defense was presented for Williamson, his attorneys admit- ting his guilt and pleading for a sentence of life imprisonment. Willlams was found shot to death last August 11, only eight months after Williamson had been released on parole from the Southern Illinois Penitentiary at Menard. He had been sentenced to life in prison in 1912 for the murder of Smothers, Marion County, Ill, farmer. CAPT. BRISTER SLATED TO BE REAR ADMIRAL Medical Officer of Fourth Naval District at Philadelphia Form- erly Served Here. Capt. John M. Brister, U. 8. N, District medical officer of the Fourth Naval District at Philadelphia, is slated to become a new rear admiral, the Navy Department revealed yes- | terday. e served here in the Bureau | of Medicine and Surgery from 1927 to 1929 and then left to command the | Boston Naval Hospital. The department said he will be eligible . r promotion January 1, when Rear Admiral Ammen Farenhold, in- spector of medical department activ- ities on the West Coast, retires upon reaching the age limit of 64 years. Capt. Brister was born in Pennsyl- vania in May, 1877, and entered the Navy in 1800 as an assistant surgeon. He served for several years at the Asiatic station, at the Philadelphia Naval Hospital, and during the World War he was attached to the Naval Hospital at Boston. During 1925-26 he served as fleet surgeon and aid on the staff of the comander of the Battle Force. 1935—PART ONE. D. C. JAIL EXECUTION ROOM PLAN DELAYED Annex With Underground Pas- sage May Not Be Construed as Legal. Tentative plans for development of a separate death chamber at the Dis- trict Jail to end executions in the | mess hall may have to be revised be- cause of local law on capital punish- ment, Commissioner Allen revealed yesterday. The law specifies that executions must be staged “within the walls” of the District Jail, “Allen has been in- formed. It has been proposed to build @ small annex to the jail as & USE x\\\\\ s B-3 | death chamber, with an underground | connection with the jail proper. | Corporation Counsel Prettyman will be asked to rule on whether an execu- tion performed in such a connecting | chamber would be “within the walls” of the jail. W. P. A. officials have drafted ten- PROGRAM FOR CHARITY_ Ladies’ Oriental 8hrine Plans Mu- sicale on Wednesday. Proceeds from a. program of music and dancing at the Shoreham Hotel tative sketches of a one-story build- | next Wednesday night will be d 1 - ing, about 20 by 60 feet, to serve as & | yoted to charity, it was announced | death house and contain three cells in | addition to an electric chair. Engi- neers estimated the cost of materials i would amount to beween $2,000 and $3,000 and the labor between $5,000 and $7,000. If Prettyman finds such a death ! chamber would meet District legal requirements, engineers plan to lay the project before Allen for possible inclusion in the District work-relief program. Allen has not committed ! himself to the project as yet. Fred Jacoby, using Champions, won the annual Albany to New York Mavathon and made a clean sweep of the Inter-Shrine Convention Regarta, Classes A, B, i T yesterday. The affair is being spon- sored by the Ladies’ Oriental Shrine, Part of the funds will be donated to the Children’s Hospital and part to buying clothing for tubercular chil- dren, it was announced. . Mamie J. Allen is directing the program, .on which are listed several vocal and dance solos. —_— Britain is now the largest egg-ime porting country in the world. If Easier Starting Is Important, Spark Plugs Are Vitally Impor- tant. 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