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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19

probably the one authorized by the
Continental Congress and located at
the junction of the axis of the Mall
with the axis of the White House in
the L'Enfant plan
Materials Left Behind.
Through some slip the material for
Houdon's work was not loaded on the
ship which brought him to America.
and he improvised the requisites from
what he could find at Alexandria.
He arrived at Mount Vernon at il
O'Clock Sunday night, October 2.
1855, after Washington and his family
had retired. Three assistants accom-
panied him, and he spent most Of the
week studying his subject. Mr..
Moore then related portions of
Washington's diary Of the succeed
ing weeks, which showed the great
interest the first President took in
the work, and explained the steps
taken by Houdon. An entry dated
October 10 says: mfr. Houdon, having
finished the business which brought
him hither. went up on Monday with
his people, work and implements In
my barge to Alexandria to take
passage in the stage for Philadelphia
the next morning"
Inc DUST Is SuTpdSSlIlSi ~ Sdt4SAoN'
tory as far as an authentic portrait Is
concerned" Mr.. Moore added. declar-
ing that it is made so by the fact that
the elements of individuality in
Washington were observed and re-
corded by a master sculptor who had
sufficient time fully to study his
subject.
Loss Would BE Irreparable.
ls, n1
daily to the chances Of injury be-
cause of great crowds who visit II In
a. very CONSTRUCTED space. IF by any
mischance it should be overthrown
and broken the loss would be irrep-
arabic" The regents, Mr.. Moore
points out, may see in the present
negotiations an opportunity to do
service to the country and at the
same time remove the possibility Of
destruction Of this treasure which
they hold in trust for the people of
the United States"
Mr.. Moore closed his letter with the
recommendation that the amount APP
propriated for the making of the
replica, including pedestal, should be
$4,000.
The entire subject is held at the
State Department to be one of the
most interesting as regards the his
torical facts and the known au-
thenticity of the Houdon bust that
has arisen respecting relic of George
Washington.
In the Office Of Assistant Secretary
of State Wilbur ]. Carr stands bust
of Washington done in black basalt.
In almost every degree a duplicate Of
the Houdon bust. This bust was pre-
scented to President Roosevelt in 1905
and turned over by him to the State
Department. Mr.. Carr presented a
bust of Washington to the city Of
Gothenburg, Sweden, during a recent
visit to that country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19
LARGE WAREHOUSE
TO ROLL 36FEET
Record Move of Building Is
Being Made at Twelfth
and & Streets S.W.

The largest single building TO he
moved to a new site intact in Wash
ington is now being shifted at
Twelfth and r streets southwest. The
structure. large warehouse. a. BY
1855 feet. Weighing 2 900 900 pounds, is
being moved from it's location at the
corner of Twelfth and f streets S1S
feet TO the railroad tracks which ad-
join the lot.
The move is being made at the eX
pense of the Pennsylvania Railroad
and the Washington Storage and
Terminal Co, to serve as freight
warehouse to fruit and produce com
mission merchants. The warehouse
and it's upkeep are being arranged by
the railroad and the storage company
free.
1t is estimated that it would cos;
$4,000 10 reproduce the building and
that a saving of $4,000 is made by
having it moved.
The actual shifting itself is done by
a series Of elevated railroad tracks
over which the building, properly
braced, is slowly moved on rollers
Work was started a month ago when
tunnel was dug under each side of
the building and 240 jacks placed to
hold the structure. The motive power
on the tracks is provided by pulleys
operated by a horse-turned winch
The building will be moved ESQ yards
west. turned around and moved 1875
yards north TO the side of the railroad
tracks. The structure is braced by
huge timbers that have been tested
and sprung.
When in motion, the building is
moved at the rate Of about two feet
per minute. Twelve men are working
on the job and ii is estimated that the
entire project will take two and a
half months to complete, or about six
weeks more.
r. c. Cole, the superintendent in
charge of the project, is not at all dis
turbed at the moving of this large
building. Recently in Omaha he
moved a five-story apartment house
considerable distance while the
tenants remained i'm the building
Sewerage and electric light facilities
were extended as the building was
slowly moved. day by day. In Mon
real he moved a seven-stOry depart
ment store. SO, as he says, moving
this building is a simple job
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19
POLICEMAN GETS WILD TURKEY
IN VIRGINIA BY OLD-TIME RUSE
Caller Made From Shin Bones
of Bird Entices Hen Out
of UnderbruSh.
Long Vigil Nets Good Sunday
Dlnner-Bald Eagle Is Also
Hunters Reward.

Policeman W. f. Williams of the
sixth precinct knows how to talk tur-
key
He talked a wild one into being the
piece de resistance at his Sabbath
dinner today.
Making use of his peculiar gift,
Williams baffied most of the wild tur-
keys in nearby Virginia during a
hunting trip from which ne returned
yesterday. and he also duped a bald
eagle, to boot
Noises Fool Birds.
Policeman Williams utilizes a regu-
lag old fashioned turkey caller, made
from the shin bones of one of the
fowl, and the noises he is able to pro-
luce with it are calculated to fool even
the most sophisticated of turkeys.
For many long. dreary hours the
talented policeman sat in the under
brush near OcCOquan. chasing Chills
and calling turkeys, before he heard
the answering call of the wild birds
In the meantime Il bald eagle had
heard the gobbling and alighted in A
tree to investigate. Two shots had
ended his curiosity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19
PAGE PROCLAlMS FETE.
Georgetown Has Medieval Way of
Announcing Celebration.

The advent of the Christmas sea-
son is being given medieval touch
in Georgetown by a page, in costume,
equipped with trumpet and banner,
appearing on the streets and in the
schools to announce the approach of
the community celebration to be held
in Montrose Park Thursday evening
John Verella is the herald. In ac-
cordance with the old English Yule-
tide custom he sounds a blast to
gather an audience, makes his an
nouncement and posts in cOnspicu-
Gus place a proclamation which reads:
Christmas carolsi Come and sing
them in old Georgetown,s park, Mont
rose! Thursday. December %, 7:3O.
Bring your families and your beaux!
Christmas carols! Come and sing
them
The center of GeOrgetOWn'S outdoor
celebration will be a large spruce tree
decorated and lighted for the occa-
sion. A community chorus will lead
the carol singing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19
STORE SANTA CLAUS THRILLED
BY ROLE DESPITE HARD LABOR
Three Widely Loved Men Never Weary of
Youngsters Pleadings-One's Long
Hair Is Not Makeup
he appears surprised:

he appears surprised:
"Why, these are my children and
he sweeps with his hand a wide area,
including the hundreds of children
who stand before him in awe, and
he'll go on, And this Is my life, my
didn't He say, OF such is the king
dom Of heaven?' Tired Of them, you
want to know? No, mister. He said.
Suffer little children to come unto
Me- and how can be tired of them?"
And when he waves his $50 long,
mister" you see him trundling off
with q string of youngsters on each
hand, bound for some toy to show off.
Another Santa Claus.
And then there's W. P Taylor at
Lansburgh's. He is considerably
younger than Mr.. Braatz, 20 years
younger, in fact, but he, too. is a sill
yer haired man, though he has not the
beard and long hair Of his fellow
Santa Mr.. Taylor Is a Spanish War
veteran and he lives out at Soldiers
Home.
Yes, like this business" he says.
THE children come here and they ask
for things and they are 80 sincere
just like the children of any age down
through the years. Modern children?
don't bother so much with Santa Claus,
you know, but. the younger tots are
Just the same as they ever were. They
ask for the same dolls and the same
little trains as they did in my day
After all, it's the toys rather than the
youngsters who have changed"
Does he ever tire of talking to the
youngsters?
We'll, I'm patient with them, you
know. | sorta like them even though
I'm a childless man myself-and I've
been married twice, too. They mean
a good deal to me, I'll tell you" and
then he disappears down the crowded
aisles, leading a parade of happy CUR
CLING children, who seem not at all
perturbed by the fact that they may
just have left Santa in Mr.. Braatz
at Woodward 4 Lothrop's.
Third Kriss Kingle Seen.
And the third man you might meet
in the role of kriss Kingle is f. H.
High at the Palais Royal. Like his
fellow Santas, Mr.. High is not g. very
young man, as he, too. has reached bis
sixtieth birthday. If you happen to
ask him about his enactment Of the
role of Santa Claus, he'll tell you
about 1t as job:
You see, young man." he might
begin, I've been pretty sick and this
is the first work I've done in two
years and III tell you I enjoy it. 1t
is pleasant work, being here among
all these little boys and little girls
that love you-because they certainly
do. They come here, all kinds of
them little and big, black and white.
and you treat them all alike--they
look for it and they deserve 1t.
well, no, / don't get tired of the
youngsters, but after being on my feet
all day and walking around with
!. --Sem | feel pretty much played out
=, that Nay, you know. But the next
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19
z MILES SAVED
BY NEW HIGHWAY
Thursday to Mark Opening of
Washington Annapolis
Route.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


UPPER MARLBORO, Md..-Decem-
Der 1S.-Thursday will mark formal
recognition Of the opening of the Ma
tional Defense Highway between An
napOliS and Washington. The Mary
land roads commission has announced
completion of the work, except half a
mile at Collington in Prince Georges
County.
At Collington there is a detour be
cause of the construction of a bridge
over the Pope's Creek branch of the
Pennsylvania Railroad. The bridge
will eliminate the grade crossing. The
detour. however, is over a cinder road
in good condition.
Completion of the highway, which
cuts the distance from Washington to
Annapolis from 30 to % miles, would
not have been possible for several
years had it not been for the co-opera-
ton of officials and residents of Anne
Arundel and Prince Georges Counties,
through which the road passes. They
raised 5000, 900, one half of which was
subscribed from each county and loan
ed 1t to the State when it's post road
funds had become exhausted. One half
the cost Of the highway has been
borne by the State and the other half
by the Federal Government.
by lHo new IIlOlOtiSlS leaving
Washington will proceed out. the
Bladensburg road northeast to Blad-
ensburg, where the Washington Balti-
more boulevard joins the Defense
Highway, instead of making the trip
by way Of Upper Marlboro.
1t is expected that considerable
traffic. especially Of the lighter type,
will travel the new road when max
ing the trip from Washington to Bal
timore, as better speed will be posi-
bic because the section Is not so thick
ly settled as that along the Washing
ton-Baltimore boulevard. The route
will be somewhat longer, however.
than that by, way of Hyattsville and
Laurel.
The most direct route to Baltimore
by travelling the Defense Highway
will be by way of the Robert Grain
Highway after the Patuxent River is
reached. The Defense Highway was
designed primarily to facilitate move
ment of troops between Annapolis
and Washington in time of war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19
BAL BOHEME DRAWS NEAR
Plans Are Being Perfected for
Event January II.

Plans are progressing rapidly for
this years Bal Boheme" of the Arts
Club, which will be held at the VIII
lard Monday night, January II.
Both bathrooms will be used for
dancing from Q pm. to am. There
win be two orchestras.
l.. NJ. Leisenring, chairman of the
program committee, promises COM
edy climax in the true carnival spirit.
Announcements, posters and invita-
tons will shortly be sent out, and
tickets may he had at the clubhouse,
from members and. later on, at the
Willard. Boxes for the ball may be
had of Mrs. Fulton Lewis, chairman
of boxes and patronesses, by address.
ing her at the clubhouse, 2017 /
street.
Other subcommittee chairmen are:
Floor, Roy L. Neuhauser; hotel,
Henry j. Staley; music, Mrs. Eugene
Byrnes; tickets. Edward Hood Wat.
son.
The committee on arrangements in
its entirety includes, in addition to
q. A. Lyon, chairman, Mrs Warren
y. Akers, vice chairman: Mrs. Caro-
line Mckinley Ashbrook. VIII G.
Barnes, Walter Beck, Glenn Madison
Brown. Henry K. Bush Brown, Cam
eron Burnside. Mrs. Eugene Byrnes,
Mrs. Willoughby Chesley, Mrs. VII
liam Penn Cresson, Miss Mary A.
Cryder, Miss Alice Edwards, Mrs.
Charles w. Fairfax, Mrs. Frederic f.
harrington, Mrs. Marie Moore For
rest, Mrs. Anne Gaynor, Miss Myra
Hendley. l.. Morris Leisenring, Alfred
e. Lewis, jr.; Mrs. Fulton Lewis,
Lynch Luquer, Felix Mahony, Arthur
F. Musgrave, Edward l.. Muth, Roy
i. Neuhauser. Mrs. Howard Nyman.
Miss Emma l.. Ostrander, William
Partridge, James Otis Porter, Miss
Bess Davis Schreiner. Mrs Maud
Howell Smith. Miss Aline Solomons,
Henry ]. Staley. Carlton Van Vail.
kenbuTg, Edward Hood Watson and
Mrs. Agnes NJ. Wickersham.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19

On the night before Christmas
handful of old men will sit nursing
their memories of a job recently done.
They are the men who have been the
silver bearded, rotund patron saints
Of thousands of Washington's boys
and girls during the weeks before
Christmas, and they have the vision
Of youngsters that only Kris Kringle
himself can hope to have-they play
the department store Santa Claus.
They are an interesting lot, these
men. and when you see them sitting
patiently as they smilingly submit to
the pulling and mauling of Chamber
ing youngsters, and watch them bend
down to give ear to a wee tots con-
fession of "naughtiness," or more fire.
quently to his plaintive request, your
certain that they've known children all
their lives.
But listen: Not one of the three
Santas of as many big stores has
child of his own-nary a one.
Dean of Them All.
There's the old Santa at Woodward
& Lothrop's; he's the dean of them all.
Carl Hermann BraatZ is his real name,
and he was born, as his name testi-
fees, in Germany. away back in
August. 1916. No wig or beard for
him, for, as he'll tell you himself,
God fitted me for the place of Santa
bv these gifts, is 1t not so?" and he'll
stroke affectionately his own silver
hair that sweeps to his shoulders and
his white beard that spreads itself
upon his venerable and ample chest.
why shouldn't I be Santa Claus
TO them?" he'll ask you, and Mr..
Braatz isn't apt 70 stop with that;
he'll go on with his story.
Mister" he's likely to begin, Il
love this Santa Claus job because the
children love him so, yes? And l live
him the best | can. | played Santa
Claus for the first time just So years
ago, over at COncordia Church, there
at Twentieth and & streets. and then
| had my beard. too, only it was dark.
and my hair was DARK, but the years
we'll, somehow l seem more like Santa
this way, don't you think so?"
DO They Believe?
And when you nod your approval,
! YOU might ask him if the children who
come to see him actually believe in
| the good st. Nicholas. Mr.. Braat2
will lift his white brows high.
Believe? OF course they believe
most of them, but you know. mister
there are some people WHo uon De
lieve In the Lord Jesus, and yet He
was here. man who lived Santa is
| here, too: maybe ave don't see him
but he's here, the children know, you
see," and then you realize that Mr.
Braatz is a. religious man. In con
firmation of this realization, he'll
speak of being born again" in 1895
and he'll tell you that in l896-on his
birthday-"the Lord spoke TO me and
told me TO pack your trunk and go 10
the Union Mission He went there
and there he lives and works today
playing Santa in a different way tC
men rather than his hMoved chil1Ea0
Ask him if he has any oh1dreA and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19
FASCIST FOES ARRESTED
BY WHOLESALE IN MILAN
Roundup Declared to Be Result
of Flight of Socialist
Leader

BY Cable to The Star and New York World.
tCopyriEht. 1920
LUCIANO, Switzerland, December
arrests of anti-F'aScists
are reported from Milan as sequel
to the fight from Italy of F1lippo
Turati, veteran Socialist leader, and
other prominent members of the OPP
position who are hiding their identity
to avoid the arrest Of their friends
and relatives in Italy.
Among those arrested are Emilio
Caldara. and Filippo F'ilippetti,
Socialist deputies and former mayors
of Milan: Giovanni Zibordi and
Enrico Gonzales, Socialist deputies;
Prof. Nino Levi and Raffele Pirri,
Luigi Resnat and Ezio Vigorelli,
lawyers.
Resnati was chief Of the Milan
FreemaSonS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19
DOMINIONS' STATUS
IN EMPIRE DEBATED
Degree of Independence Achieved
at Imperial Conference Sub
ject of Dispute.
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, December 1S.-Liber-
al, conservative and radical represent
atives of British opinion agreed today,
at a luncheon Of the Foreign Policy
Association, that an advance toward
independence Of the dominions within
the British Empire has resulted from
the recent Imperial Conference at
London.
Some difference Of opinion was
voiced, however, as to how much or
an advance is represented.
John s. Evart OF Ottawa, Canada.
former vice president of the Canadian
Bar Associate, criticized the report
Of the conference as ambiguous. 1t
contradicts itself, he said, one part
declaring the dominions sovereign or
independent states, united by common
allegiance to the crown. and in an
other part saying the British Parlia-
ment remains the dominant part of
the empire.
Prof III. Duncan Hall of the Uni
versity Of Sydney, Australia. now ex-
change professor at Syracuse Univer-
sity, viewed the report as an indi-
cation of complete constitutional in
dependence of British Dominions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19
TWO FATALLY BURNED.
Father Dies Trying to Rescue
Baby After Saving Girl.

NILES, Mich, December Is P).-
Everett Johnson, 20 years old, and
his 1-year-old son We're fatally burn
ed Saturday night when fire destroy
ed their home.
Johnson awakened by the cracking
of the flames and the oppressive heat
and smoke, succeeded in saving the
life of his 5-year-old daughter Lucille
But he returned too late to save the
baby boy, receiving burns which
proved fatal.
Turkey has an extensive program
for the improvement of railways and
telephone service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19
Removing Greens
From City Parks
Will Cost Plenty

Those DESTROYS of getting their
Christmas trees and natural
decorations out of the public parks
had better take along at least $40
with them to pay expenses. For
that will be the minimum col
lateral which will be taken from
those found cutting trees or mu-
tilating shrubs in any of the parks,
it was explained at park police
headquarters yesterday.
The first report of depredations
on park property came to head
quarters yesterday. when It was
discovered that someone had de-
stroyed beautiful holly bush, full
of berries. In the Montrose Park.
Lieut.. Patrick j. Carroll has
doubled the forces on duty in the
parks and has given explicit in
structions to keep sharp lookout for
Instructors, and to insist on the
maximum collateral if arrests are
made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19
NOBODY EXPECTS BOYS
IN EGYPT TO BE HONEST
And They Seldom Are. Declares
President Of American Uni
versity of Cairo.
BY the Associated Press

by the Associated Press.
CHICAGO December 1s.-The son
of the American household who re-
strains himself with great difficulty
from sampling the frosting of the
cake on the pantry shelf or from
picking up the pennies on the corner
newsstand might like life in Egypt,
where little boys are neither honest
nor expected to be so. thinks DR.
Charles r. Watson, president of the
American University of Cairo.
Egyptian youths" says DIR. Wat
son. have no foundation of morality.
They are not expected to be honest
and seldom are.
"On Egyptian street cars pas
sengers get receipts for their fares,
and the conductor looks at them every
few minutes to be sure nobody is
riding for nothing"
Despite this moral plight, Egypt
will some day lead the Moslem world,
Watson believes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19
Church Budget Is $4,365, 900.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, December
is P.--Announcement were made
today by members of the Southern
Presbyterian Church Stewardship
committee that the total budget for
benevolences of the Southern Presby-
terrain Church for the year beginning
April ], 1927, is S4,365. 900.
The committe says this will be
equally distributed to the various
needs of the assembly, including
presbyteries, synods and missions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19
RICHMOND GETS BUS LINE.
New Service Starts With Two
Schedules Daily.

Richmond and Washington now are
connected by motor bus line.
Two busses were placed In service
last week by the Richmond Washing
ton Motor Coaches. Inc. These bussex
leave Washington daily at 80 am
and 2:30 pm. r. l.. May, president
OF the Virginia Bus Association, is
president of the new company: II. l..
Chapman is vice president, and Il. c..
MAY, secretary treasurer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19
Robbed of $1,000 Pay Roll.

ERIE, Pa, December 10 0P.-
Charges brought against Ray
Yeager, deputy collector of customs
here. in connection with the disap
pearance of a quantity of ale from
the Government warehouse, were dis
missed by United States Commits
sioner Enoch Filler, today for lack
of evidence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19

Toward dusk, as the policeman's
gobbles were growing weaker and
hoarser, he heard the answering voice
of a turkey hen. Williams. with re-
newed vigor. whispered sweet moth
ings into the ears of the hayward
fowl and inveigled it into the clearing.
The story. from this point on, is too
sad to relate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19
DAY CHARGES DROPPED.
Son of Millionaire Was Accused Of
Intoxication in Chicago.

CHICAGO, December IS. @.-Two
charges against Darby Day, Jr., son
Of a millionaire realtor, arising out
Of a celebration he staged December
10 after he was divorced from his
wife, were dismissed today.
Day told the court he was eager to
spend the holidays with relatives in
California, where his former wife is
now in prison for throwing acid in
her husbands face. Day mad been
charged with intoxication and dis
orderly conduct.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19
New Members of Y. W. C. A. Board

Henry Curtis Morris and Mrs. Will
liam +. Mcdowell were elected mem
bers of the board Of trustees of the
Young Women's Christian Associa.
ton, at a recent meeting of the board.
air. Morris has been identified with
the new building committee and Mrs.
Mcdowell has been connected with
the board in former years. Both terms
expire in 1929.
, 1926-02-17
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