Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1937, Page 26

B—8 =» HISTORIC GARDENS WILL BE DESCRIBED Mrs. Roosevelt Heads List of Patrons for Benefit Sunday Evening. Historic gardens will be described In an illustrated lecture by Mrs. Joseph G. Walker of Woodberry Forest, Va., wt & benefit under auspices of the Washington Committee of the Ken- tucky Frontier Nursing Service at 9 p.m. Sunday in the Mayflower Hotel. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt heeds the Yst of patrons of the affair, Among the gardens to be covered in the lecture are those of Shirley, West- over, Stratford, Brandon, Montpelier, Rippon Lodge, Woodberry Forest, Wil- lamsburg and Fredericksburg. Mrs. Lawrence Groner is chairman of the Washington committee and the eommittee in charge of arrangements for the benefit and Mrs. Cary T. Gri #on is vice chairman of both comm! tees. The Frontier Nursing Service was | organized 11 years ago to improve liv- | Ing conditions among people in the | Kentucky Mountains. Through its widely separated nursing centers it maintains a group of nurse-midwives who take many risks to attend women | in childbirth, to nurse the sick, and to teach hygiene. It has an 18-bed emer- gency hospital, its own medical dir tor and a consulting surgeon. It-co- operates with Federal and State euthorities and with the Rockefeller Foundation for the eradication of trachoma and hookworm. It has given over 77,000 inoculations against com- municable diseases, such as typhoid, diphtheria, smallpox and influenza. The service reports success in reduc- tng the maternal death rate in the last 10 years, and in protecting and fos- tering the lives of young children. More than 2,000 babies have been de- livered without the loss of one life trom obstetrical cause, it is announced FESTIVAL CIRCUS PLANS | RAPIDLY TAKING FORM | Community Becretahies Work ‘With Mrs. Peeples on Third Annual Event. Plans for the third annual Chil- | dren's Festival Circus of the Com- munity Center Department are rapid- | 1y teking shape under leadership of a | committee of community secretaries | working w.th Mrs. Elizabeth K. P ples, director of the Community Cen- | ter Department. The circus will be | held Saturday, May 8, in Central | High Stadium | A wide variety of postors have been | made by elementary and junior high achool students for distribution to | department stores May 1 for display. It is expected 2,500 boys and girls will take part in the circus. A meeting was held yesterday at Franklin Administration Building to perfect plans for the closing act of the circus. THE EVENING Young Washington The rudiments of mechanical engineering. Thomas M. Davis, gr., builds a windmill. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Davis, 214 C street. Tomorrow: June and Jean Statz, twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Statz, at the Truesdell School. —Star Staff Photo. Charbert's de luxe perfumes are now presented in drum flacons for the perfect gift. Drumbeat, Of Thee | Sing, Gardenia and Carnation. Each 2.50 AVAILABLE AT ALL THE BETTER SHOPS STAR, 'WASHINGTON, D, O FRIDAY, APRIL 2 VSTORS INITED TODECATURHOLSE Funds Secured Will Go to Naval Historical Foundation. Visitors today were invited to in- spect the old home of Commodore Stephen Decatur, American naval hero. The historic mansion, located at 748 Jackson pisce, 38 being opened to the public today and tomorrow to raise funds to oarry on the work of the Naval Historical Foundation. Permission for the Decatur house 10 be shown $o the public was grant- ed by its owner, Mrs. Truxtun Be: Admission is being charged to bene- fit the Naval Historical Foundation. The 'United States Marine Band was achedued to play at the house this afternoon from 3:30 to 6 o'clock. The United States Navy Band will play tomorrow at the same hours. The Decatur house is the first dwelling built on Lefayette Square after construction of the White House. It was from this house in 1820 that Commodore Decatur went forth to fight a duel with Commodore James Barron and was killed. Cannon captured by Decatur from Algerian pirates will be exhibited at the house, which will be open from 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m, Civil Service Exams Listed. The Civil Service Commission will hold examinations for associate phys- {cist, Public Health Service, at $3,200 annually, and endocrinologist, at $3,800, in the Bureau of Animal In- dustry, it was announced today. Ap- plications will be received until May 17 and 20, the latter date being for Colorado and States West. IRVING'S Spring RIDING SALE! FEATURING OUTSTANDING VALUES IN SPRING AND SUMMER RIDING APPAREL! 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Here's a rare opportunity . .. a full-size, efficient electric refrigerator, at what you'd ordinarily expect to pay for a cottage, table model. Brand-new models, just out of the factory carton. And, at this price, the quantity is naturally limited. Come down tomorrow and look it over! MAIN FLOOR—Electrical Arcade NO MONEY DOWN! cA DA in the Electric Clock Buys It FOLGER TO OBSERVE DAY Prof. G. L. Kittredge to Talk on Bhakespeare Tonight. The 373d anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare will be ob- served at 8:30 o’clock tonight at Yol- ger Shakespeare Library. Prof. George Lyman Kittredge, professor emeritus of English at Har- vard University, will deliver an ad- dress on “Snakespeare and the Orit- ics.” A reception in the founder's room will follow. WINE Mookl 19%. 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