Evening Star Newspaper, October 29, 1937, Page 29

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1937. GIRL SCOUT WEEK OPENS TOMORROW Mrs. Brooke, New National President, Will Officiate at Ceremonies. Mrs. Frederick H. Brooke, recently | elected national president of the Girl Scouts, will open the annual Girl Scout, Week tomorrow in the National | Girl Scout Little House, 1750 New York avenue N.W. A special feature of the opening program will be an exhibition of arts and crafts made in camps in the Washington area. During the week Girl Scouts in the District will join members of the or- ganization throughout the country in observance of “Seven Service Days” symbolizing the aims of Girl Scouting. Two Sunduy services, in the Washing- ton Cathedral and St. Scouts in the District. Both serv- ices are scheduled for 4 p.m Beginning Monday and through November 6, programs w:ll symbolize homemaking. handicraft, thrift, hostess, citizen and health day, respectively. Co-operating in the exhibition to- morrow, i1 Girl Scout Council, Community Center, Juanita K. Nye Aloysius | Church, will be attended by uniformed | lasting addition to the Distriet | are the Jewish | VESSEL T0 BE REPAIRED Lighthouse Tender Is Assigned | to Local District. | Bids have been accepted and a con- | tract will be awarded soon for recon- | ditioning of the lighthouse tender | Speedwell, assigned to the local light- | house district, the Bureau of Light- houses, Commerce Department, has announced. Low bidder for the docking, painting | and general overhauling of the oil- burning steam vessel was the Mary- | l]and Drydock Co. of Baltimore, with | a price of $18,398. The vessel was | | built in 1919. Coal deposits in Manchukuo have just been estimated at 8.000,000,000 | | tons SURE — | an tncome tax on all incomes derived D. C. INCOME TAX FAVORED BY GROUP Conduit Road Citizens’ Associa- tion Proposes 40 Per Cent 7. S. Payment. An income tax was favored last night | at the meeting, of the Conduit Road Citizens' Association as part of the permanent taxation system of the | District. | In adopting a report of a special committee set up last spring to plan a taxation system to be urged before the Commissioners and the House and Senate District Committees of Con- | gress, the association voted to favor DANCES, DATES, MOVIES, AND SCHOOL WORK USE UP A LOT OF VITALITY—BUT | DON'T GET OVER-TIRED, THANKS TO TEA. SEVERAL CUPS OF HOT TEA GIVE ME NEW LIFE, AND | FEEL LIKE A MILLION! MOTHER USES BLACK TEA.THE FLAVOR 1S GRAND AND TEA LETS ME SLEEP. in the District except in the lowest brackets. The entire program adopted was that the Pederal Government con- tribute 40 per cent of the budget, that the gasoline and license fee taxes re- main with no increase, and that the balance needed be derived equally from the income tax and a tax on assessed land value. Opposition was voted to sales tax and the business privilege tax. ‘The association opposed the proposed cutting down of 160 trees along the Potomac palisades to make room for high tension electric wires. Support of China’s position in the | undeclared war with Japan was voted, and members were urged in a resolu- tion passed to boycott products. The Irish Free State expects the next few months to be its most pros- perous in years Japanese | | Council House, Neighborhood House, Northeast Boys' Club, Northwest Set- tlement House, Department of Play- grounds, Southeast Community House, Southwest Community House, St. Vin- cent's Home and School, St. Gertrudes’ | School of Arts and Crafts, Boys' Club of Washington, Boy Scouts of Amer- ica, " Friendly Society, Phyllis | Wheatley, Y. W. C. A., the Salvation Army, Twelfth street branch of the Y.M.C. A, Y. M. C. A at 1736 G treet NW., Y. W. C. A, Community Center Department. 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All are of silk, and the one shown comes in rose red, lavender, yellow or blue, from our very colorful collection. Come in tomorrow for this gay touch of color that sprouts from your pocket or hangs from your belt. HANDKERCHIEFS, Alste 17, First FLOOR. with lives and gold. For one week, October 30th through November 6th, the House of Houbigant, perfumers to the great families of the world since 1775, will unroll the pageantry of its $150,000 collection before you. In our eight windows, three on F street, five on 11th Street, in additional cases in our Toiletries Section, you can see the most precious items from the boudoirs of queens, historical documents from the files of Napoleon and Queen Victoria, some of the rare ingredients of perfume, as well as Houbigant's ever increasing collection of scents dedicated to feminine charms. And a commemorative package of six famous Houbigant odeurs, at a special price, will be available only during the stay of the A new mounting of platinum or gold will bring out the beauty and worth of your diamond, or other precious stones. Choose from our complete assortment, or let our jewelers design a mounting suited to your stone. We show, two, al- ready made: Left, baguettes and round stones, $90 Right, small stones, baroque style, $75 JEwELRY Repalr DEsk, PRst FLOOR. pageant. Toieraies, Aistes 11 Anp i3, First FLoor