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Evening star., 1925-04-18
THE ADMIRAL GIVEN
/ BY NOTED PLAYERS
Cast of Three Presents Play by
! Charles r. Kennedy at Ward
man Park Theater.

A gratefully appreciative audience
gathered at the Wardman Park
theater yesterday afternoon TO wit
ness the performance of The Ad-
miral," a play by Charles Ram Ken
nedy, rarely enacted by Edith Wynne
Mathison (Mrs. Kennedy, Margaret
Gage and Mr.. Kennedy. The occasion
was for the benefit of the twenty-fifth
anniversary fund being raised by the
hlumnae association of the Cathedral
School for Girls, and in spite of in.
element weather was we'll attended.
THE Admiral is described as a
comedy of purpose, though it would
seem that the whole gamut of emo
tions are run through during the
course Of the play. The scene, which
is the same throughout the play, is
the encampment of a king and queen
at war, and the period called now and
then conveys. through the stirring
happenings of the year 1892, their
significant relation to those of our
own day. The persons portrayed are
obviously Queen Isabella of epain,
Beatriz Endiquez and Christopher CO.
lumbus, but they are merely symbolic
for their problems are those Of today
as we'll as yesterday-"What to dc
with a new world?" And the entire
theme Of the play hangs on this
question and the purposes and prob,
dems surrounding it. There is little
action, but this is not missed in the
delightful conversation between the
sailor, his sweetheart and their
sovereign upon may high themes.
In the hands of such players this
dialogue leaves not a dull moment.
Miss MathiSon makes of Isabella a
strongly appealing character. She is
regal, yet, because of a deep under
standing of and sympathy with the
inJustices of life, she unbends to meet
her subjects on equal terms, listening
TO their problems and comprehending.
MFR. Kennedy makes of the great dis.
coverer rather a braggart. But he
Is a braggart who wins sympathy
rather than Scorn. He paints the
dreamer and vets shows the keen
practical quality of the man. There
are many lights and shadows in this
character and Mr.. Kennedy portrays
them with fine intensity and deep
feeling.
Miss Margaret Gage, as the sailors
sWeetheart, adds a picture of woman.
~ grace and tender understanding of
one who loved life rather than facts
1t would seem that these three artists
are perfectly balanced in their roles
yThe smoothness of the entire perform
ance being a rare dramatic achieve.
ment
THE Admiral is a compelling piece
of pure theater. 1t is also a trumpet
call TO citizenship, and a plea for
patriotism in its highest. most glori
fled meaning -.
! The performance was repeated last
evening in the gymnasium of the
Cathedral School for Girls,
Evening star., 1925-04-18
PAINTERS STRIKE
/ PEACE MOVE FAILS
Union Refuses to Attend
Monday ParIey Despite
UItimatum.

Efforts of John Colpoys, conciliator
for the Department of Labor, in the
present labor trouble to bring about
a meeting between the employers and
the union men, seemed hopeless today
as a result of the decision OF the
citizens fair wage committee that
they would meet the men at 10 O'Clock
Monday morning or not at all and the
equally firm decision of international
Organizer w. j. Gallagher that he
could not be present on Monday.
Mr. Gallagher said he would have
to attend a meeting in Pennsylvania
on Monday, and Mr.. Colpoys endeay-
ored to get the conference postponed
until Wednesday, His efforts, how
ever, were of no avail as the result
of the decision made by Mr.. Lusk s
committee.
Colpoys' Object Explained.
! AT union headquarters today it was
Indicated that union men felt they
would like to have some of the master
painters on the committee with which
MIR. Colpoys suggested they meet. Mr..
Eolpoys said that his duty ceased as
boon as he had brought both sides to-
sether, and whether they came to any
agreement was something that he
could not control. Both sides appeared
inclined toward the lOnS-leTIn wage
tontract, but both sides expressed
themselves determined on the wage
Scale the real cruX of the situation.
The master painters today said that
they would not change their refusal
TO grant $40 per day. +. l.. Smith OF
the master painters also said that 1t
was absolutely impossible for the
union men to run their own shops and
give material at So per cent less than
she employees.
f! Equipment Cost High.
He admitted that they could do the
actual painting and the supplying
of material at cost, but pointed out
that they would have to buy scat
Folding, trucks and a large amount
of other modern equipment necessary
to begin an up-to-date painters and
paperhangers' shop. The SO day
wages would also increase the unions
price, Mr.. Smith said.
He said that he did not think that
the union shops could be successful
because of Partially" which. he said,
was always evident in union matters.
He said that the master painters were
continuing their work without any
difficulty.
About $50 striking painters were
present this morning at the union
headquarters receiving their first
strike pay. Single men are getting S5
per week and married men SO per
week.
Evening star., 1925-04-18
Looks for Complete Victory"

Furthermore, she announced that
as she does not intend to go abroad
until the first of next year, she will
have plenty of time" in which 10
fight for complete victory"
The complete victory" both she
and Miss Margaret Whittemore of the
Woman's Party emphasized, would be
the ''inalienable right" of married
women to use their own names, not
some aliases insisted upon now bv
Evening star., 1925-04-18

sticklers for antiquated rules and
customs"
What does your husband think
about this?" Miss Black was asked
today.
'Oh, he thinks just the same as I
do about it" she smiled. He mar
ried Ruby Black. didn't he? And he
says I'm still Ruby Black to him.
Why should | call myself Mrs Her
bert B. Little. That does not identify
me. 1t is not my legal name. If he
had married some one else she would
have been Mrs. Herbert B. Little, also.
lalthough legally that name would not
be means of personal identification
attached to her. any more than 1t
is to me. l have been married three
years and have always gone under ray
so-called maiden name
Calls Rule Ridiculous.
1T would be just as ridiculous to YOU
for my husband to call himself Mr..
Ruby Black because he married me
as II seems to me to have ANYBODY
call me Mrs. Herbert Little | once
refused to accept checks made out TO
Ruby Black Little by the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin, where | was head
of the department of journalism al
though | finally had to submit to il
when they fatty said they wouldn' t
pay me unless | accepted checks made
out in that ridiculous way.
II don't contend that every woman
because she is married. should not be
known by her husbands name. II is
q matter of individual taste. But |
do contend that the Government
should not say to me: You are Ruby
Black in this country, but when YOU
go abroad you must 90 under an as
sumed name, that of Mrs. Herbert r
Little.
Attorneys for the National Woman's
Evening star., 1925-04-18

Party today were engaged in drawing
up the brief suggested by Secretary
Kellogg. The brief will cite many
laws effecting the use of a woman's
married name, and Will take up the
whole question In its general phases,
as a principle, rather than as a per
sonal plea Tor Miss Black. it was eX-
planned. The brief probably viii not
be completed for several days.
Official Was PerpIexed
"You should have seen the per-
picked look on the countenance of the
young man to whom we first went for
the passport bearing my own name"
Miss Black recalled today. HE start
ed to add Little to my name, but ]
stopped him, and told him the name l
signed was my right, legal and only
name, despite the fact / had a hus-
band. OF course, he could not see ii
that way, just as l had expected, and
so we carried the matter right on up
the line TO nearly dozen officials,
ending up eventually with the Secre-
tary himself.
He was very courteous. and we
were much pleased with the considera-
tion he gave us, even though he
wound up by saying he couldn't un-
derstand what we hoped to gain by
using our own names instead of those
of our husbands. He had three pass
port officials in the room with us dur
ing the conference, and he agreed to
let me sign my own name, with the
explanatory note about my being Mr..
Little's wife, after asking their opin-
ion.
But ! don't think that was much of
a concession, as ! understand actresses
have done that right along"
Evening star., 1925-04-18
Plan for Outing.
HUSBAND ASKS DIVORCE.
Wife Also Files Papers for Same
Purpose.

John J. Patten, 141sh E street
northeast, has filed suit in the District
Supreme Court for a limited divorce
from Lillian NJ. Patten on a charge Of
desertion. Mrs. Patten filed petition
for a limited divorce from her hus-
band only a few hours before in which
she gave his address as the home of
his mother $50 Fourteenth street
northeast.
Through Attorney Rudolph H. Yeat-
man the husband complains to the
court that his wife left him and their
two children without cause April 3.
The husband declares that he has
taken her back on more than one oc.
casion, has been a dutiful husband
and has turned over to her the finan-
cial management of the household
giving her nearly all or his earnings.
Since his alleged desertion by his wife,
he states, he has had to place the chill
dren with his mother.
Evening star., 1925-04-18
Women to Seek CooIidge's Hid
In Fight to Use Maiden Names
Kellogg Refuses to Drop
That of Husband From
Passport.
Writer Declines Offer OF
Document With Both
Included.

Miss Ruby A. Black, journalist. is
not inclined to accept the proposition
OF Secretary Kellogg that she go to
Europe labeled, on her passport, as
the wife of Herbert b. Little" and
all the legal resources of the National
Woman's Party are going to be
brought to bear in an effort to have
President Coolidge alter the passport
regulations so that she and any other
married woman can sign their maiden
names TO the document.
Miss Black brought the matter to a
head yesterday afternoon when she
and representatives of the National
Noman's Party sought "the right" to
have passport issued in the name of
Ruby A. Black, instead of the GUS
tomary Mrs. Herbert B. Little"
Two Alternatives Offered.
After being turned down by a num-
Der of passport division officials, the
young woman and her supporters.
Burnita Shelton Matthews. attorney
for the National Woman's Party, and
Helena Normanton, English barrister.
went to the Secretary of State, and
after considerable discussion were
told they could do the following:
/. Receive "a passport for Miss
Black, or Mrs. Little, made out TO
Miss Ruby A. Black, wife of Her
bert B. Little" which would serve
for the time being
2. Present a brief outlining their
arguments for the change in pass
port regulations for reference by
Secretary Kellogg to President Cool
idge.
But Miss Black, at her studio
apartment in the rear of t12 East
Capitol street, said today she was not
at all satisfied with the first PROPOSE.
tion, as she did not believe it was
really q concession
Evening star., 1925-04-18
Mennonites Flock to Canada.

: More than 10000 Mennonites from
Europe have already settled in Can
ada, and $4,000 more are expected,
according to Col. John Stoughton
Dennis. chief commissioner of the
department of colonization and de-
Nelopment of the Canadian Pacific
Railway. Col Dennis has gone to
Europe to speed up the tide of i'm
migration to Canada from Northern
Europe, for which Canada is waiting.
About 100000 acres of farm land
await these new corners, Col, Dennis
said, upon sailing in March.
Evening star., 1925-04-18
President Stresses Economy
As Inspiration to Citizens

Continued from First Page.)
Evening star., 1925-04-18

Heartily Approves Project.
80 1 heartily approve the efforts of
the women of the Middle West who
have undertaken a program of getting
all kinds of people better acquainted.
Evening star., 1925-04-18
TRIP
IN 1885 DESCRIBED
Society of Natives Hears of
Outing of Jackson and Cab
met. on Canal Boat.

The way in which Presidents OF the
United States were entertained hun
dred years ago was contrasted with
the manner in which they are enter.
tanned today by John Clagett Proctor
president of the Society of Natives OF
the District of Columbia. when. at the
regular monthly meeting of the so
ciety in the Washington Club last
night, Mr.. Proctor contrasted the
presidential yacht. Mayhower. with
the canal boats of the past.
"A hundred years makes quite a
difference in the way our Presidents
are entertained" declared Mr.. Proc.
tor, and quoted from an article pub.
lished in 1895, which gave an account
OF an outing of President Andrew
jackson. his cabinet and other high
officials, who journeyed up the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Canal to Great Falls
and back.
Describes Swift Trip.
The article reads as follows:
I'VE left Georgetown at half-past
in the morning in handsome style
the excellent Marine Band of music
playing various delightful airs as we
Glided swiftly along" AT this point
Mr.. Proctor said. it is evident prohi
bition was not in The minds of the
party, the article continuing. in part
After passing about six miles above
Great Falls, still delighted with the
ineXhaustible beauties of the, Potomac
the party began returning.
"Soon after which we sat down to a
sumptuous dinner. where was display
ed a great variety of good things, EN-
bracing an abundance of the choicest
luxuries of the season and a generous
sIIpDly of ca Dital wines and beVerag ges
After appreciating many good sentt.
ments, promotive of good fellowship
and happiness, the company retired
on deck and, as we were approach
ing home. the ladies honored US with
their company in the pleasing amuse-
ment of the dance.
"We returned at in the evening
The day was very fine. The air was
of a comfortable temperature. and
every one appeared to enjoy them
selves very much. The President,
am happy to say, seemed in very good
health and spirits, and from the pleas
urable pastime he appeared to enjoy,
contributed materially to the happi'
Plan for Outing.
DR.. Paul Bartsch OF the United
States National Museum addressed
the society on THE Wonders of the
Deep" in which he treated the sub
ject in a scientific way.
The society vbted to send letter
of sympathy and a present of flowers
to Capt George w. Evans. prominent
member of the society, who is i'll.
Tentative plans were outlined for
an outing to be given in Rock Creek
Park by the society in June
Evening star., 1925-04-18

Becker and Martie were other artists
who helped the dawn TO break incon-
spicuously at Fifteenth and G. streets
In snort. a grand time was had by all.
including the performers.
Evening star., 1925-08-10
PLAN ENLARGEMENT
OF TRAFFIC COURT

The room in which traffic cases are
tried will he enlarged and another
courtroom Will he crea ted. according
TO plans for the remodelinE Of the
Police Court Building. a Fifth and p
streets. made public by Engineer Com
missioner Bell
Col. EeH made the announcement
after receipt Of letter from Judge
SchuIdt presiding member Of the
court. giving the sanction Of the
judges to the scheme worked out by
the municipal architects Office. The
Improvements Will cost about $1,000
and are made necessary. huI only hy
the volume of traffic cases. bur by the
growth in ordinary court business
that has taken place since the court
house was erected
The need for a new Police Court
Building was touched upon by Judge
Schuldt who wrote the Commission
er follows:
Although wholly inadequate for
our needs, this appears 10 us tn he
the only practical manner consist enl
with economy and fea sihility or en-
largine the court. and. likewise.
demonstrates the urgent necessity for
new Police Court
The new courtroom viii be eStab-
lished by rea rra n-in- the quarters
row used by the corpora tion counsel.
on the floor below the present Tra f7c
Court.
Evening star., 1925-08-10
new DRIVEWAY PLAN
FOR POTOMAC PARK
Road in Place of That Along River
Made Desira BILE by Other
Projects.

Plans have been completed for con-
struction of new riverside drive in
West Potomac Park to replace the
present roa dway, which runs along
the river shore. Lieut- Col Clarence
O. Sheriff.. director Of. public build
ings and public parks Of the Ma
tional Capital, said that the Ar
hngton Memorial Bridge plans and
the actual construction Of the E,rics-
an extent that work could he started
son Memorial had progressed To such
on the proposed new roadway.
The new road will he placed close
TO the sea wall which has been erect
ed there and will run directly by the
Ericsson Memorial. This area will
be Immediately opened to dumping. so
that the grade may be raised prepar.
atory TO laying the new road After
passing the Ericsson Memorial this
roadway will join with the present
one near the polo grounds. AS soon
as there has been sufficient dumping
in the new area. the lawns will be
seeded and preparations made to have
it beautif1ed by the time of the
Ericsson Memorial unveiling next
May.
Twenty-third street south of Lin
coin Memorial will be cut through to
connect the memorial roadway with
the new riverside drive.
Evening star., 1925-08-10
BROWNING CALLS SELF
FOOL, IS THROUGH
WITH ADOPTION PLAN

Continued from First PaSeD
has gathered in the case to the surro-
gate. He will also seek to determine
whether any crime was committed IN
securing the adoption.
\ reward of $500 was offered today
by Robert II. Dunnet. business asso-
ciate of Browning. for Information of
the wherea bouts of Mary. lie did not
explain the purpose OF his search.
District ATTORNEY Newcombe de
clared the girl was akins re
Voting effort To capitalize the n0to.
riety she had obtained.
There is nothing romatic or inter
esting in the incident he said. My
examination of this Young woma n will
prove to any one that she is designing
and INSCRIPTIONS and that she va
seeking only to obtain ease and lux
urN.
1T is the same old story underlying
crime Easy money and something
for nothing But you "a mot fout
common decency and truth. which is
the bulwark Of the American home,
and get away with ii.
Miss Spas has kicked off her Cinder-
ella s slipper To make her own way
in the world by writing her fairy
story for newspa per for $500 and
proba bly, acting it in the movies
She didn't even say goodbye Ia ST
night. The clothes she wore were
those given her by Mr.. Browning
cause she had nothing else 10 wear.
She left the 50 frocks. strings of
pearls and other articles bought in
her recent shopping tour of Fifth
avenue
Il spent so. O.OoO trying to make
that girl my foster daughter" Mr.
Browning said. You have a hard
time being honest in this world. II
you are. somebody's sure to double
cross you.
Il had confidence in her to the
very last. If she had been Is years
old ii would have been different. but
81 is too much. Her age defeats the
sole purpose for which | adopted her.
TO he compa Mon for 9-year old
Dorothy Sunshine Browning.
No More Adoptions.
"Win ! adopt another? Absolutely
never. ! am through trying 10 do
good for people. She is the sma rtest
actress in New York"
Mr.. Browning. in fun sympathy
with authorities who had heen inves-
tieating the case said today he would
seek to annul the adoption on grounds
Of fraud, so that Mary could have no
claim on his fortune. Yet he said he
would do all he could to help her make
her way.
When Mr.. Browning made up his
mind that she must leave Saturday
night. Mary and her maids were sent
to the home of Mrs. Dunnet TO escape
publicity. Mr.. Browning said the
literary agent" found her there
He's my hest friend : Mary said OF
the agent. The world has been max
ing me suffer. and now I'm going 10
get even and make them suffer. /
haven't any money. but tpointing to
Mr.. Brownins) l will fight him.
The disillusioned fairy godfather
was not SO resigned about the attempt
TO take little Dorothy Sunshine from
him. Bird s. Coler. commissioner of
public welfare, was TO confer todav
with Dorothy's foster. mother. Mrs.
Anna st. John of Rye y. Y. who had
complained that Browning adoption
OF 2l-year-old girl was evidence that
he was not a fit guardian for Dorothy
Evening star., 1925-08-10
klansmen's Autos
Damaged by Gang
During Ceremony

group OF bows wrought havoc
with score or more of the thousands
of automobiles parked in the fields
surrounding he Arlington Horse SHOW
Grounds last night during the first
public 'naturalizat ton ceremony OF
the ku kluX klan. Tires We're
slashed. windshields broken and water
drained from the radiators, according
to reports made to l.. A. Mueller,
grand kleacle of the District Khan.
rs he presided Al the exercises.
When the complaints from the en-
RACED motorists became numerous. 40
klansmen in civilian clothes were de-
tailed by I<leagie Mueller to comb the
fields. for the culprits. Several boys.
who We're said To be acting suspiciousN
around the parked cars We're taken
into. custody by the klansmen and
turned over TO the Arlington County
police. Horseshoe nails were said to
have been found in their pockets. but
they We're released by the county
authorities.
The machines. whose radiators had
been drained. became oVerh Gated.
stalled and intensified the traffic jams
on the Virginia roads after the Cere
monies.
Evening star., 1925-08-10
-FOUR MEN TAKEN
IN ATTACK ON GIRL
Freed on Failure of ldentlfl-
cation, However. as County
Hunt Continues.

\ i6-vear-old white girl was assault
ed on Sligo road saturday night by
negro. who drs gged her from the road
way along which she was walking 2 nd
held her prisoner for about tWo hours
Four suspects We're arrested. one IN
Washington and the others in Mont
gomery County. but all We're relea Sed
after questioning.
The arrests We're made following the
finding OF poCketb book near the
scene of the crime and which contain
ed photogra ph of n colOred woman.
woma ms name and the name and
address Of 4 Coi"red man in Washing
ton. as well as So in cash Police he
leve that this pock book was dropped
by the girls asss liant. and immedia o.
ly went TO Washington. nd with GlfT
Detectives SprinEmann and Darneil
went 10 the address and arrested the
man.
According to tho. Young woman, she
was walking along Sligo road, when
some one came from behind and placed
hand over her eyes. Threatening
her life with a knife which he bran
dished. if she made an outcry. he drag
sed her through the mud and water
into an excavation near the road, ana
then TO n spot behind pile Of Tile,
the police Investigators report She
ia inte she "a id. and when she re-
NiVed he told her if she reported the
crime he would return and kill her.
She went to nearby home a : soon n 8
she was released and later was treated
by DR.. II. II. Hewlett.
Sheriff Pmmmer and his officers
called at the home of Il colored woman
OF whose face the picture was like
ness This woman denied that the pic
ture was of her. The name on the slip
was similar 10 that of her sister.
The police are confident they will 10
cate the fugitive with the aid Of the
pocketbook clues.
The ma me of the Young woman Is
withheld by The star for obvious
gea sons
Evening star., 1925-08-10

1cers and men of the Police Depart-
ment Tor the manner in which thev
performed their duties during the visit
OF the ku klux klan to Washington
His letter TO Acting Supt Charles A
Evans, which will be printed on the
police bulletin this afternoon. follows
From many sources | have heard
expressions of approval of the serv-
ives rendered by members of the
Metropolitan police during the ku
klux klan parade and while there
were so many visitors in WASHINGTON.
These encomiums were we'll earned
by members of the department. /
wish to express my very sincere
thanks to all officers and men for the
splendid manner in which they dis
charged their duties on this occas sion :"
Evening star., 1925-08-10
BRITONS LEAVE.

Eleven prominent English Rotarians
who are making tour of the United
States left today for Philadelphia
after a two-day stay here. They were
entertained at luncheon at the Will
lard Hotel by local Rotarians headed
by William l.. Radcliffe.
Among the English party were
Vivian Carter of London. Paul Graves
of Brighton, England. an interna-
tional director of the order; DR.. A. f.
lkins. Blackpool. England: r. J. Rees,
Swansea. Wales: Sidney F. James.
Ilkeston, England: Walter Malcolm.
Belfast. Ireland; Herbert Callers.
Brighton. England: Frederick F. Vim
cent. Oxford England; J. c. Bensusa n
Butt. Colchester, England: r. l..
Grange, York, England. and J. Lead
bitter. Newcastle-on-Tyne, England.