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Evening star., 1925-04-27

Mathilde Eiker. the Washington
high school teacher whose novel,
MRS. Mason's Daughters" has
proved one of the successes of the
season. also explained her work at
the session this morning, as did Pearl
Dolles Bell and Marguerite Gerry,
successful short story writer's.
Mrs. Elizabeth Burgess Hughes was
announced as the winner of the an
nual award as the writer of the best
short story by a member of the
league. Mrs. Harry A. Colman pre-
sided at the short story session.
The dramatic group met at IL: 80
with short talks by Miss Rebecca
Dial. Jack Wilbur, Jasper Brady and
Ida Bailey Allen.
At noon the short story group gave
a luncheon in honor of Mr.. Mcclure.
DR.. Kaufman, Vera Simonton, G, G..
Clark, Pearl Dorsee Bell and Mathilde
Eiker. This function was in charge
of Mrs. Ida Peters, Mrs. Eugene Col
lister, Mrs. Walton +. John.
Book Fair Is Opened.
The book fair. which will continue
throughout the week, was opened in
the book department of Woodward &
Lothrop's, at 2:30 pm. The reception
committee consisted of Mrs. William
Howard Taft, Mrs. j. Borden Harri-
man, Mrs. Rose G.. Hoes, Mrs. Harry
A. Coleman. Mrs. Edward N. Dingley
and Mrs. George G. Thorpe.
The following were hostesses: Mrs.
Evening star., 1925-04-27
Look, Mother!

FOREMOST dental authorities now ad-
Il wise a new way in caring for child's
teeth. A way different in formula, action
and effect from any other method.
AS a nationwide hygienie movement,
Today test is offered mothers free
You are urged to make it. To see what
modern science is doing for the better pro-
lection of children's teeth and health.
Simply use the coupon.
What film indicates. Why it must be
fought several times daily
Look at your child's teeth. If cloudy, dull,
discoiored, there's film. And that film is
often danger sign. The child can feel it
by running his tongue across his teeth.
Ordinary tooth pastes won't combat IT
successfully. Try the one. you now use
See if the film does not still remain.
- -
Film is viscous coat that clings to
teeth, gets into crevices and stays. ltmakes
pearly teeth ugly, discolored-dingy. Many
Evening star., 1925-04-27
THE WEATHER

District and Maryland--Increasing
cloudines and cooler tonight, followed
by showers late tonight or tomorrow;
cooler tomorrow; moderate north and
northeast winds, increasing tomorrow.
Records for "a Hours.
Thermometers pm, rs; s pm,
So: II midnight. 81; 4 am, "a; s
am, SO; noon, rs.
Barometer-4 PM, 29.S8; pm,
29SS: II midnight. 29.S9: 4 am,
29.s9; s am, 1892; noon, 1892.
Highest temperature, 81, occurred
at 2 pm. yesterday. Lowest temper
ature, so, occurred at Ella am. today.
Temperature same date last year
Highest, 10; lowest, Al.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast
and Geodetic5 Survey D .s'l@sF77ss
Today-Low tide, 5:25 am. and
,5:5S pm; high tide, 11:07 am. and
11:40 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 6:12 am. and
6:44 pm; high tide, 11:54 am.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose SIG am; sun
sets 6:56 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises Sis am;
sun sets 657 pm.
Moon rises S;29 am; sets 11:1S
pm.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Weather in Various Cities.
Evening star., 1925-04-27

Edward N. Dingley. Mrs. George c..
Thorpe, Mrs Peggy Albion. Miss
Edith Allen. Mary Meek Atkeson,
Mrs. Susan S. Alburtis, Ida Baily
Allen, Mrs. Lillian C. Bethel. Mrs:
Mary Blackburn, Mrs. Emily Newell
Blair, Miss Amy Blanchard, Mrs. e.
NJ. Busch. Princess Cantacusene,
Miss Florence Day, Miss Florence G.
Fox, Mrs Grace B. Geldert. Mrs.
Elizabeth A. Helmick. Mrs. j. Borden
Hartman, Mrs. Willard Howe, Mrs.
Harriet H. Locher, Miss Winnie K.
Lowther, Miss Ada T. Moffatt. Mrs.
1. w. b. Moran, Mrs. Mary IT, North.
Miss Nanette Paul. Miss Gertrude
Bonin. Mrs. Vernon bailey, Miss Har-
riet Conistock, Jane Abbot, Mrs. Carl
Vrooman, Miss Ann Squire. Miss
Susan MCGOWAN and Mrs. Rose Gou-
veneur Hoes.
Poets Have Matinee.
The poets matinee was held at the
Shoreham yesterday with some of the
most notable masters of verse expires.
sion in the United States present.
Those who spoke or read from their
own works included Caroline Giltinan
Roselle Mercier Montgomery, Rather
inc Hopkins Chapman, Isabel Ftske
Conant, Margaret Ball Dickson,
Jeanne Robert Foster, Mrs. Luther E.
Gregory, Sharlot NJ. Hall. Minnie Fer
ris Hauenstein. Katharine Tiff Jones,
Sallie Bruce Kinsolving, Mary Sinton
Leitch. Virginia Mccormick, Blanche
Evening star., 1925-04-27
CAPITAL ORATORICAL
CONTEST WINNER WILL
BE PICKED TOMORROW
Continued from First Page.)


ratings of all eight of the speakers.
The ratings will be one, two. three,
four, five. six, seven and eight. The
three ballot sheets of the judges Will
then be totaled, and the one with the
lowest total will be declared the win.
ner. A tie under this low point total
system is virtually impossible. There
Is. however, remote possibility of
tie. In such a case the tie, If 1t Is one
that cannot be broken by reanalyzing
the ballots in relationship to the per-
sons tied dropping the non-tied) will
be broken by abandoning the low
point total system and having the
judges consult and make a ma ajority
selection from the persons tied.
Tie Not Likely.
AS the low point total was used
throughout last year without the diff
ficulty of a permanent tie presenting
itself. and as 1t has escaped such a
stalemate throughout this years con.
test up to date, it is practically GER
tain that the one ballot to be cast in
dependently tomorrow by each judge
will decide the highly important ques-
ton as TO who is to secure the Dis
trict of Columbia championship. with
all the rights, prizes and hard fighting
thereto appertaining.
Interest in the national finals, to
be held in the presence of President
Coolidge in the Washington Audi
torium on the evening of May 3, con-
tinues to mount. Applications for
tickets are pouring in 10 contest
headquarters, 323 star Building, at a
heavier rate every day.
DIR. Broome to Attend
1t became known this morning that
DR.. Edwin c. Broome, superintendent
of the Philadelphia school system,
will be present at the meeting May s.
He has been invited to occupy q place
on the stage of the Auditorium, with
DR.. Ballou. United States Supt. of
Education Tigert and other outstand-
ing educators and publicists. DR..
Broome, when the plan of the ma.
tional oratorical contest was first sub
mitted to him in 1928. worked out the
plan, since known as the "Broome
plan." for school participation in the
project. Under this plan work in the
contest becomes a part of the regular
school curriculum. 1t resulted In the
of ssome- .4, 900 p,.pns in
the territory clearing through I.hila-
delphia, and has been widely adopted
in other contest centers.
Evening star., 1925-04-27
HONOR TO MEMORY
OF JAMES0. WILSON
Bronze Profile of Late Su-
perintendent of Schools to
Be Unveiled Today.

A bronze profile bas-relief of the
late James Ormond Wilson, superin-
tendent of the District public schools
from 1870 to 1885, will be unveiled at
exercises at the normal school which
bears his name, at Eleventh and Har-
ward streets, Friday afte loon at 2
O'Clock. The memorial is the gift OF
Mr.. Wilson's daughters, Miss Cora
Wilson and Miss Annie Wilson. 1t is
the work of Herbert Adams, famous
American sculptor.
VIII Relate Personal Memories.
DR.. f. G. Kimbali, supervising
principal of the third division of the
school system, whom Mr.. Wilson
brought into the schools as teacher,
will relate some OF his personal mem
cries of the superintendent. a sra nd
daughter of Mr.. Wilson Will unveil
the memorial.
It had been originally planned to
unveil the memorial early this month
on Mr.. Wilson's birthday and death
anniversary, he having died on his
eighty-siXth birthday. Failure of the
memorial to arrive in time, however,
caused postponement of the exer-
cises
MIR. Wilson is characterized by DR..
Kimball as the father" OF the District
public school system. for il was un-
der his administration that the public
schools took definite form. During his
administration the first normal school
and the first high school were organ
lied, and a large school building pro-
gram carried out.
Termed as School Trustee.
Before Mr.. Wilson became super
intendent of schools he served as a
member of the board OF school trustees
from 1862 to 1870. He came to Wash
ington from Massachusetts in 1S4s.
and through the influence of Daniel
Webster, was appointed to position
Webster, was appointed to position
in the Treasury Department, where he
served until 1869. His interest in edu-
cation resulted in his election to the
presidency of the National Education
Association in 1880.
Mr.. Wilson held positions in numer-
GUS organizations during his career
in Washington. He was a member of
the board of trustees of the Garfield
Hospital and the Metropolitan Nation
al Bank and was prominently identi-
fed with the New York Avenue Pres
byterian Church. He also was secre.
tary of the American Coloniza ton So
ciety,
Evening star., 1925-04-27
MCCLURE EXPLAINS
WRITING TECHNIQUE
Editor Addresses Pen
Women on Short Story.
Celebrities at Luncheon.

The short story group of the League
of American Pen Women got practical
advice on the selling and craftsman
ship of their art from masters at the
session in the ballroom of the Shore
ham Hotel today.
S. s. Mcclure, dean of American
magazine publishers, spoke from the
viewpoint Of the editor, who must pay
actual cash for manuscripts. and out
of his long life of association with
some of the foremost literary men of
the generation told a number of anec-
dotes showing the difficulty of making
a mark even with f1rst-class work.
Among the men Mr.. Mcclure dis
covered for American readers are
Rudyard kipling. Sir J. M. Barrie and
A. Conan DOYLE. He told of picking
up 1.-The Study in Scarlet" the first
of Doyle's works in which Sherlock
Holmes appeared. as a dime novel on
an English newsstand.
Characters Must Live.
The essential requirement for
short story. Mr. Mcclure said, is that
it have life-that it's characters be liv-
ing men and women. 1t is for this
quality which editors ever are on the
watch. he told the pen women.
The editor" the veteran publisher
said. lis the slave TO his market. but
the slogan. Give the Public what
They Want is rather difficult to fol-
low out. The public doesn't know what
it wants. | have interviewed num-
bers of newspaper editors on the sort
of stuff they would buy. The plain
fact is that they don't know. One
never knows until the public has ac-
cepted.''
In regard to some of the salacious
literature of the day Mr.. Mcclure
said: why display manure heap of
life when the same material. properly
handled. can bring into words all of
Gods great beauty"
Now Want Happy findings.
DR.. Paul Kaufman, professor Of
English literature at American Uni
versity. said that American editors
fow seem to have penchant fof
happy endings, almost regardless of
the natural sequence of events.
J. Lewis Moneyway of the George
Washington University faculty, who
also is successful short-story writer,
gave practical hints on what not to
do in producing salable story. These
plots. said Mr.. Moneyway, are so over
worked that it is practically impossible
to sell story based on one of them:
Mistaken identity. mixing of babies.
mixing of bridegrooms, gratitude for
rescue, lost wills requiring the hero
to marry some unknown woman, the
poor against the rich suitor with the
poor triumphant, the cruel father and
the cruel stepmother. heaping Goals
Of fire on the head, overheard pray
ers, 'the little child who shall lead
them" the unprotected country girl
in New York, the poor boy who works
hard and weds his employers daugh-
ter.
He urged the use of notebooks by
which chance ideas which may come
into the brain at any time may be
set down for use as occasion requires.
Evening star., 1925-04-27

j. A.. Ls- van den Bosch, Mrs. j. NJ.
Beck, Mrs. Alfred Pembroke Thorn,
Mrs. Henry T. Allen, Mrs. E. A. Harri-
man. Mrs. Duncan Phillips, Mrs.
George Judd, Mrs. Charles I. Corby,
Mrs. Sarah Stokes Halkett, Mrs. E. H.
G. Slater, Mrs. H. G.. Sheridan, Mrs
Arthur O'Brien. Mrs. Calderon Car
Isle, Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant. Mrs.
w. r. Castle, jr.; Mrs. S. ]. Henry,
Mrs Alvin T. Hert, Mrs. Eugene
Meyer, jr.; Mrs. G. Fl. Myers, Mrs. j.
E. Thropp, Mrs. Emile Berliner, Mrs.
Edwin B Parker, Mrs. Annie G. Mill
er, Mrs. E. j. Henning. Mrs. John Jay
O'Conner, Mrs. Frank Noyes, Mrs.
Joshua Evans, jr.. Mrs. Edouard Al
bion, and Mr.. William Phelps Emo.
Evening star., 1925-04-27
Group Too, $3.50

Real He Man Luggage-are these bags in
group number two. Illustrated is a three
piece double handle Oxford bag with an Eng
lish frame sewed by hand and leather lin
ing. There are good boarded cowhides in
this group and black and brown Walrus bags
too at S16.60
Evening star., 1925-04-27
For Burning Eczema
Apply Zemo, the Antiseptic
Liquid-Easy to Use.

When applied as directed Zemo effec-
lively removes Eczema, quickly stops
itching, and heals skin troubles, also
Sores, Burns, Wounds and Chatting. 1t
penetrates, cieanses and soothes. Zemo
is a clean, dependable and inexpensive
antiseptic liquid, that is especially
adapted for daytime use because it does
not show. Trial bottle 35c, large size
s1.oo. Zemo Soap, antiseptic and heal
ing, Csc. All druggists.
Evening star., 1925-04-27

Ray, Ruth Mason Rice, Jessie. B. Rit-
tenhouse, Virginia Lyme Tunstall.
Margaret Widdermer and Grace Hoff-
man White.
The following patrons were an
nounced today for the first annual
festival of music of American woman
composers which will be held at Me-
mortal Continental Hall Wednesday
and Thursday evenings:
Mrs. William Howard Taft, Mrs.
Joseph G. Grew, Mrs. Frank Mondell,
Mrs. Henry F. Dimock. Mrs. Law
renee Townsend, Mrs. Robert Lansing.
Mrs. Hennen Jennings. Mrs. Walter
Bruce Howe, Mrs. F. NJ. Ehle, Mrs.
w. Irving Glover, Mrs. James Sharp,
Mrs. Arn1istead Peter, Sd: Mrs. Henry
White, Mrs. Christian Heurich. Mrs.
Evening star., 1925-04-27
OKLAHOMA PICKS WINNER,
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla, April o.
Walter Emery, II years old, of
Shawnee, won first place in the Okla.
homa State elimination of the national
oratorical contest here Saturday night
on his oration. The Constitution. y
He was awarded a 800 cash prize by
the Daily Oklahoman and a trip to
Kansas City on May l to enter the
Midwest semi-finals.
Evening star., 1925-04-27
Group One, S12. IS

The bags in this group are all of heavy quail
ity smooth cowhide and everyone is lined
with leather. There are blacks and browns
in 18 and 20 inch sizes. During Travel Bag
Week they are all the same price-$12.75.
Evening star., 1925-04-27
Group Three, S24. Is

Even English Kit Bags are includedsin this
group!-Box end styles, 20 and 22ainches
long-they1l hold world of clothing. There
are also oxford and club shapes If your re-
quirements call for a smaller and lighter
weight bag. Saddle stock cowhide andhextra
heavy walrus are the important feathers in
this group at STATS.
Evening star., 1925-04-27

Pigs grown on the high attitudes Of
Tibet are covered with thick, rusty.
colored hair, quite different from the
half-naked animals of the plains
Evening star., 1925-04-27

a naturally pretty child is handicapped in
this way.
Film also holds food substance which
ferments and forms acid. 1t holds the acid
in contact with the teeth to cause decay.
Germs by the millions breed in it They,
with tartar, are the chief cause of pyorrhea-
Now new way
Now modern science has found safe way
to combat film. Super gritty substances
are judged dangerous to the teeth. Soap
and chalk methods are inadequate.
This new method, embodied in the tooth
paste called Pepsodent, provides the scie-=
tifcally proved combatant that is being
adopted by the people of some so nations.
It's action is to curdle the film, then harm
lessly to remove It
Test Tube Free
Don't you think it worth while, in justice
to your children, and in fairness to YOUR
self. to try it for ten days? The test will
cost you nothing. Use the coupon for
To-day tube, free.
The Washington times., 1925-08-07
AERIAL PARADE
To START BIG
CIRCUS.
Will Circle Capitol and Wind
Up With Altitude Flight Over
Hearst Building

Things win be looking up" for
Neutrality-suspicious. tomorrow, starting
at noon, when The Times free
three-day air circus begins.
The big show will start with an
aerial parade by Gates Flying
Circus over the National Capital,
around the Washington Monument
and Capitol and winding up at the
Hearst Building, 1921 H street
northwest.
Two interesting events will take
place over the Hearst Building at
1890 o'clock. First there will be
a series Of spectacular and hair
raising stunts by the Rough
Riders of the Air and then will
follow an altitude flight which
ought to command more than ordi-
nary attention because it will mean
free airplane flights to five Wash
ingtonians.
Details OF Flight
Here are the details of the altf-
tllde flight: One of the .aviatOrs in
the Gates Flying Circus troupe viii
start aIOft after the others have de-
parted tor the donated avia-
ton field where the three-day circus
will be put on. When he has at
tanned a certain altitude he win
drop several explosive bombs to at
tract attention and then remain at
that same altitude for five minutes.
The first five persons who come
nearest to estimating the actual alti-
tude attained at the. time the bomb
explOdes, will receive from The
Times free tickets for airplane
flights at College Park, Nd, Mon
day afternoon. All estimates of the
altitude must be in the hands OF
the Air Circus Editor of The Times
by noon Sunday. The winners will
be notified by telephone or mes
Senger.
Monday afternoon at College Park,
Continued on Page 8, Column g.
The Washington times., 1925-08-07
WI I Ne SIS
DIES ON
STAND
RyIett I. Hoffman, Prominent
Real Estate Man, Falls as
He Gives Name

Aylett 7. HoItzman, seventy
five, of 1913 K street northwest,
one Of Washington's pioneer real
estate men, died from an attack
Of heart trouble while testifying
in a case before Judge Schuldt in
Police Court today.
Mr.. Hoffman had been called
as a witness for the Government
in the case of Zenns E. Thorpe,
charged with driving an auton1o-
bile while under the influence of
liquor.
Had Just Taken Stand
Mr.. Hoffman had just taken
the witness stand and had barely
finished giving his name and oc-
cupation to the crerk, after being
sworn, when he collapsed in his
chair.
He was removed to an adjoin-
ing witness room and first aid
treatment given him by court at
taches until an ambulance from
Emergency Hospital arrived, about
ten minutes later. When the am
btllance arrived the attending
physician pronounced him dead.
Here Forty Years
Mr.. Hoffman was one OF the
oldest and most prominent real
estate men in Washington. He
was born in Rappahannock coun-
ty, Va, and came to Washington
about forty years ago, when he
engaged in the real estate business
and also practiced law.
Mr.. Holman was a bachelor.
Most of this time his office was at
1920 New York avenue northwest,
but two years ago he removed to
1913 K street. lie shared a home
with a nephew, Thomas Clark.
Relatives surviving are Douglas
and Walter Clark, OF Washington,
and Robert Clark, of San Diego,
Cali four nieces, Mrs. N. L. Glib
son. Mrs. Charles s. Doing and Mrs.
Harry M. Horton, of Washington,
and Mrs. Kinsley Laws, OF Front
Royal, Va, and a sister, Mrs. Sallie
M. Clark, Of Manassas, Va, who is
very i'll.
MIR. Holman attended the First
Baptist Church here. He had or
late been subject to heart attacks,
suffering a bad attack a month
ago and another on Mon lay last.
He had just returned from visit
to his sister in Virginia, apparently
much improved in health.
The Washington times., 1925-08-07
Macmillan AirpIanes
Are Giving Him
Trouble

Considerable difficulty is being
encountered by Lieutenant Com
mander r. E. Byrd with the air
planes taken north with the
Macmillan arctic expedition, &C
cording to a dispatch to the
Navy Department today.
Both planes, the MAJ and
NA-3, could not take off from
the water when fully loaded,
Byrd radioed, and it is neces-
sary to move some Of the gas
equipment forward in the hull.
Today both planes were sched-
uled to hop off at Etah for
Ellsmere Land on q reconais-
sance trip to select q suitable
place for locating the first base.
Byrd paid tribute to the naval
mechanics.
The men with me are tire
less in coping with adverse OPP
Grating conditions he reports.
They seldom knock off work
until near midnig ht z
The Washington times., 1925-08-07
ADVERTISEMENT

Popular Excursion via REAP. August
7-R-a. Round trip to Richmond, $500,
Fredericksburg. $2.o0. Consult Agents.
The Washington times., 1925-08-07
. 0 CHARGE
SPI AGED
AGAINST
HIM
roe Of K K. K. Seized ~
Rolice While DistribJt
ing Circulars

Thomas L. Avaunt, head of the
Protestant Knights Of America,
avowed enemy Of the Ku Klux
Khan, was released from the cus-
tody of the police shortly before
noon today, following his arrest
earlier this morning for distribute
ing anti-llan circulars on Penn
sylvania avenue.
Avaunt was arrested with an
associate at Ninth street and
Pennsylvania avenue by Traffic
Policeman Joseph Sincavitz, on
complaint Of Traffic Inspector
Brown, and was held at the First
precinct station, with no charge
against his name, for investiga-
ton.
Wanted to Go to Court
An effort was made, after
Avaunt's arrest, to have him held
on a charge. of attempting to i'm
cite a riot. The accused man pro-
tested that he was supposed to go
before Justice Siddons in the Dis
trict Supreme Court during the
morning, but he was unheeded.
He said other litigation was pend
ing there.
In the meantime. legal minds
were working over the suggested
charge against the zoe of the X. K.
K. The handbills distributed by
Avaunt were examined by District
Corporation Counsel Frank Steph-
ems. He told the police that the
charge of attempt to incite riottng
must be brought on a grand jury
indictment.
Avaunt Then Released
Shortly after this decision was
handed down, Avaunt was released.
1t Is possible he may yet invoke
an old local law to stop the Khan
parade. contending it is to be an
assembly of more than 500 people.
and likely to cause trouble.
The circulars he was distributing
last night were headed: Washing
tonians, Arise and Stop This Farce
With Legal War"
Today the handbills were en-.
titled, stop the Ku Klux Khan
Parade! and read:
Text of Circular
"All Christian men and women
bow their heads In shame when
they know the streets Of their city
may soon be bathed in blood. Those
of us who are Christians and be-
lieve in law and order cannot forget
the scores of cities where similar
parades of the X. X. K. have been
the cause of murder and bloodshed
and without minutes notice men
and women have been shot down.
Hiram w. Evans, the so-called
wizard of the ghost army, lives in
luxury in his apartment No. 8, $500