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Evening star., 1927-02-17
Ball Tomorrow Night for
Episcopal Home for Children.

The Springtime ball given annually
for the benefit of the Episcopal Home
for Children is expected to achieve its
usual brilliancy tomorrow evening in
the Willard, as practically all of the
boxes are sold and the long list of
patronesses is headed by Mrs. Coolidge
and Mrs. Dawes.
clude Sonora de Ferrara. Mrs. Peter
Goelet Gerry, Mrs. James Couzens,
Mrs. Lawrence c. Phipps, Mrs. Gibson
Fahnestock, Mrs. William Wallace
Spalding, Mrs. Charles Boughton
Wood, Mrs. Walter S. Hutchins, Mrs.
Clarence c. Williams, Mrs. Joseph E.
Thropp, Mrs. Peter A. Drury, Mrs.
George T. Marye, Mrs. William Cor
coran Eustis, Mrs. Herbert J. Slocum,
Mrs. Alfred Pembroke Thorn. Mrs. Gill
bert Cole Smith, Miss Bessie j. Kib
boy. Col. Robert NJ. Thompson, Mrs.
Duncan c. Phillips, jr.; Mrs.
Frank S. Hight. Mrs. William C.
Rives, Mrs. Frank j. Hogan. Mrs.
William Mcclellan Ritter, Mrs. Wal
ter r. Tuckerman, Mrs. Carl B.
keferstein, Mrs. G. r. Cecil, Mrs.
Walter G. Peter, Miss Leila f. Draper
and Mrs. David Meade Lea.
Additional members of the floor COM
nltttee include Admiral Cary r. Gray
son, Mr.. Frederick H. Brooke and Mr.
j. Rowland Chase, Sd, who will assist
Mr.. Benjamin Warder Thoron, who is
chairman.
AT the Hoot of the Owl Coffee House
symposium tomorrow afternoon of
the League of American Pen Women
Mr.. Stanley Olmsted, musician and
writer, will talk on 1.-The Literature
and Music of the Operas of Richard
Wagner" Mr.. Olmsted Is well known
IN Washington where he makes his
home. Patronesses for the occasion
will be Mrs. Charles S. Dewey Mrs
Cabot Stevens, Mrs. Alfred Pembroke
Thorn and Mrs. Wallace Sherwood.
The following will act as special
hostesses: Mrs. Helen Ray Hagner,
Mrs. Frank w. Bacon. Mrs. William
A. Du Puy and Mrs. Ashmun Brown.
Mrs. George Eastment, State chair
man of the ID. A. K. student loan fund
committee, announces the District of
Columbia with its 60 chapters as 100
per cent in its patronage of the card
party which will be held in the large
ballroom of the Willard tomorrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mrs. Calvin
Coolidge leads the long list of patron
esses, ainong the latest of whom are
Mrs. Dwight r. Davis, Mrs. Cabot
Stevens and Mrs. George Kicker.
Mrs Grattan kerans is chairman of
the card party and i'll charge of reser-
NationS.
Miss Clara Rossman Saunders, well
known Washington artist, will be the
guest of honor and speaker at a lunch
con to be given at the Women's City
Club Saturday at / O'Clock. Miss
Saunders spent the past Summer and
Fall in Japan visiting in the homes
Of Japanese, thereby encountering the
intimate side of Japanese life that is
seldom experienced by travellers. Mrs.
i. Garfield Riley, president Of the club,
viii preside. Experiences during this
foreign visit will be told III the after
luncheon talk.
Tremendous interest is being shown
Evening star., 1927-02-17
Mr.. Vile Honor Guest
of Quota Club Today.

Mr.. Frederic William Vile was
the guest of honor at the Quota Clubs
luncheon today at the clubhouse of
The National Association of Univer-
Sity Women, and gave some of his
views on the national problems, also
telling some humorous stories.
Mrs. Fielding H. Yost of Ann Arbor,
Mich, was the guest of honor at
tea yesterday afternoon, given by Mrs.
Ellis A. Yost Of Washington in the
lounge of the Grace Dodge Hotel.
About $50 guests attended the tea,
among them the Congressman from
Michigan and West Virginia and other
guests from the official administra-
tive and congressional branches of the
Government
Aiding Mrs. Yost, were Mrs. Porter
II. Dale, Mrs. Kate Trenholm Abrams.
DIR. Louise Stanley, Miss Mary Stew
art, Miss Charl Williams, Mrs. Roy
a. Haynes, Mrs. John Wolverton, Mrs.
Frank L. Bowman. Mrs. James
Strother, DIR. Mary Atkeson, Miss
Mary Lindsey. Miss Rebecca Rhodes,
and Miss Isabel Bacon.
Mr.. Chester w. Lockwood enter
tanned a company of 10 at the supper
dance at the Club Chantecler last
night
a bridge luncheon in the Florentine
room at the Wardman Park Hotel
Yesterday. when her guests were Mrs
Raymond White of Philadelphia, Mrs.
Fenner of South Carolina, Mrs.
Kingston of Buffalo, Mrs. L. E.
Ash, Mrs. Wilfrid Barton, Mrs.
William Boyle, Miss Margaret Ball
antyne, Mrs. Edward Graves, Miss
Gore, Mrs. Newton, Mrs. f. E. Cans,
Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. John Welker, Mrs
Downey, Mrs. William c. Wheeler,
Mrs. Clarence Dufour, Mrs. John
Early, Mrs. Elizabeth Northrup, Miss
Ada Osborne, Mrs. Roman, Mrs.
Samuel Kendall, Mrs. Aubrey Clarke,
Mrs. Blaine Lipscomb, Mrs. c. G. Kill
bourn of New York, Miss Olive Nc
Neal. Miss Katherine McNeal, Mrs.
Elwood Morey. Mrs. Krechting, Mrs.
Herman Grimes. Mrs. Henry Clay
son, Mrs. Harry Fowler and Mrs.
L. A. Clarke.
Mrs N. H. Foster of Milton, Mass,
is at the Carlton Hotel for few days.
Mrs. w. Edgar Dalton entertained
several guests at luncheon yesterday
at the Mayfiower.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Pillsbury and
y
neapoiis are passing few days at the
Willard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter w. Roberts of
Eillanova, Pa, are at Wardman Park
Hotel for the remainder of the week.
Mrs. Charles E. Tudor of Cincinnati
Is passing a few days at the Willard,
having come to Washington to attend
the annual meeting being held at the
Willard of the Society of Sponsors vi
the United States Navy, of which she
in q member. Mrs. Tudor christened
the United States cruiser Cincinnati.
Col. Lewis A. Watres, president of
the George Washington Memorial AS
sociation, will be host at dinner in the
diplomatic suite at the Willard Mon
day night.
Mr.. Meyer Davis will leave for Palm
Beach tomorrow and will remain there
for several weeks.
Evening star., 1927-02-17

Mrs. John B. Larner Mrs. Lisner,
Mrs James A. Lyons, Mrs. George
Hewitt Myers, Mrs. Edwin 3. Parker,
Mrs. Charles w. Richardson, Mrs, Ma
son Scott. Mrs. Joseph E. Thropp,
Mrs. Charles II. Tompkins, Mrs. Hen
ry White, Mrs. Charles Boughton
Wood and Mrs Charles H. Woodruff
are among prominent ox-holders for
the event.
Miss Fannie Dial, daughter of for
mer Senator Nathaniel b. Dial. and
one of the popular buds" of this sea-
son, has accepted the craftsmanship of
the debutante committee for the ball
of the Cos, which will take place Sat
urdav. February 26, at the Mayfiower
Hotel She has selected as members of
her committee Miss Jane Dunbar, Miss
Helen Clifford, Miss Helen Galley,
Miss Nancy Hamilton, Miss Frances
hopkins, Miss Barbara Hight. Miss
Mary Page Julien, Miss Georgiana
Joyes, Miss Margaret Howard Kerr,
Evening star., 1927-02-17

Miss Rebekah Lipscomb. Miss Ma
belita Mead, Miss Marguerite Orme,
Miss Sadie Phillips, Miss Betty Rids-
dale. Miss Dorothea Richards, Miss
Olive Sherley, Miss Eleanor Bryan
Smith, Miss Harriet Stearns Whit
ford, Miss Mary Bradley and Miss
Maud Mason.
Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter will be the
honor guest at the extensive entertain
ment at the James F. oyster School
tonight given in celebration Of the
thirtieth anniversary of the founding
of the National Congress of Parent
Teacher Associations. Many of the
more important women of the section
adjacent to the school will he guests
and take part in the hospitality. when
there will be a program of music by
the children and the Tchernikoff
dancers will give exhibitions. Re
freshments and a social time will fol-
low the program.
Evening star., 1927-02-17

Mr.. Frederic William Vile was
the guest of honor at the Quota Club s
luncheon today at the clubhouse OF
The National Association of Univer-
Sity Women. and gave some of his
views on the national problems, also
telling some humorous stories.
Evening star., 1927-02-17

Tremendous interest is being shown
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-26
LEASING BUSINESS
HOUSESAPROBLEM
Bangs Tells of Responsible
ties in Address 10 Real
tors Forum.

Leasing of business property is one
of the large fields in the real estate
profession, Fl. Clifford Bangs told the
Realtors Forum at Wardman Park
Hotel last week. Such business en-
braces not only the responsibilities of
finding tenants for available property
In the business sections of our large
cities, he said, but also the RESPONSE
bility of negotiating the terms of the
lease or instrument of hiring which
will at the same time make for reason
able conditions in the transaction of
business and protect both the owner
and the tenant.
This character of business is con-
Quoted largely by brokers who special
lie in the subject 10 greater or less
extent Mr.. Bangs sid. This spe-
Cialization is necessary by reason of
the great number of technicalities that
enter into the negotiation Of business
leases. These technical phases Of
business leases are extremely inn
portant for the benefit of both the
owner and the tenant. Millions OF
dollars have been lost due to failure to
observe and consider many of these
important elements.
Duty to Owners.
The duty of the manager of dwell
ing properties-Such as homes and
apartments largely to the owners
of the property, and primary consider
alton is given to the interest of the
owner in an endeavor to acquire for
him the rent which he thinks his
property should bring, with no par
tisular attention to the needs of the
tenant. The business property man
ager. however. has a duty not only to
the owner of the property, but to the
tenant as well. He should endeavor
to secure for the owner a rental which
would benefit the owner by giving him
as large a return on his property as
possible and at the same time safe.
guard the interests of the tenant in
not recommending to him a lease
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-26
DAVIS pr Asses AR TISTIC HOMES
PROVIDED AMERICAN WORKERS
More Contentment Comes from Beautiful
Surroundings, Promoting Industrial
Peace, Says Secretary.

Praising the emphasis that is placed
in this country on architectural beauty
in home construction, Secretary of
Labor Davis today declared that the
peace and good will prevailing in the
building industry, as well as the gen
eral prosperity of the country, are
due, in a large measure, to the con
tentment of the American workman
with his home surroundings.
The statement by the Labor Score
tary was made in letter to thu
Architectural League of New York. ir
which he Endorsed the architectural
and allied arts exposition. which
opened Monday in Grand Central Pal
ace for two weeks. The exposition /.
being staged by the Architectural
League in cooperation with the New
York chapter of the American Insti-
tute of Architects.
The worknlen of no other country,
Mr.. Davis said. have been afforded
homes comparable TO those owned by
the American workers. Declaring that
architectural beauty has a profound
effect upon the social. political and in
dustrial stability of country. he
urged the architects of the Nation to
even greater efforts along this line.
I'VE are the greatest of all builders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-26
URGES HIGHER INTEREST
FOR SECOND MORTGAGE
Baltimore Real Estate Board Sec
rotary Says Legal Rate
Too Low.
special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
BALTIMORE, February 26,--Legali-
zation of interest rates in excess OF 6
per cent for second and third mort
gage loans is proposed by c. Philip
Pitt, secretary of the Real Estate
Board of Baltimore.
Mr.. Pitt pointed out that the Mary
land Legislature some years ago recog-
nized the fact that small chattel loans
could not be made at 6 per cent, and
he proposed that efforts be made to
have the Legislature take similar &C.
ton in recognizing the need Of higher
interest rates for second and third
mortgages.
Beating around the bush is game
at which most money lenders have be
come expert" Mr.. Pitt said. "If the
recent decision by Judge Fl. Arthur
Stump, holding the amounts collected
as service charges must be refunded
stands, it will simply mean that mort.
gage companies will find a new way
to collect the same amount, and per
haps little more, to compensate them
for the additional risk"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-26
"SERvICE CHARGE"
FOR LOANS ILLEGAL
Baltimore Judge Rules Extra Fee
Is Usury and Must Be
Returned.
Special Dispatch to Tn, Star.

BALTIMORE, February 26.--
Banks, building associations and
mortgage companies which impose a
service charge" in addition to the
regular per cent interest charge
when negotiating loans with borrow
ers on real estate mortgages, are
guilty Of usury and, on demand,
must return the extra fee. according
to ruling this week by Judge H..
Arthur Stump in Circuit Court.
This decision will affect every bank.
building association. mortgage com.
pany and similar institution In the
city. it is said, as it is the custom to
impose such service charges when
making loans.
Some banks and mortgage com
panies operating in the city impose
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-26

the many I see on every side in proof
of the ready response of the American
worker to this constant raising of his
standard of life.
II hope the coming exposition Will
he especially rich in suggestions for
further improvement in workers
homes. Give the workers the homes
they want and you have nearly housed
the Nation, for the workers far out
number all others among us. / hope
the architects of America will strive
always to add to the vast progress al
ready made in this direction
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-26

is not to be despaired of when it's very
artisans are artists. / regard TINS
duty of satisfying our workers sense
of fitness and beauty, in the proper
designing of their homes, as one OF
the highest duties the architect OF to-
day can perform.
II wonder, too, if architects would
be surprised at the political and social
good they can do III providing for
workers homes of the same good taste
and bea uty, though OH q more modest
scale. as they design for the richer
patron. Beauty should be not the
prize of any class, but the possession
, of all. In this country we are making
it that. And I often wonder how far
this democracy of beauty helps pre-
serve our democracy in everything
else.
Il wonder how mucl. a good home
makes a good workman of the man
who lives within it. I know from my
own observation that the man willing
to live in a slovenly home is slovenly
workman and careless at everything
else. | have seen such a man trans.
formed by moving into better sur
roundings His self-respect never fails
to rise to the conditions about him.
The same man becomes not only a
better workman. but a better citizen
in a better home.
Peace and Good Homes.
Il believe that much of our freedom
from political discomfort comes from
the fact that while many of our homes
are finer than the majority of Ameri
cans can afford, yet all American
homes are alike in this comfort and
charm they provide for us all. ] be-
lieve that much of the peace and good
will that reigns at present in our in
dustries. and that accounts in such
great measure for our prosperity, is
born of the American workers CON
tentment with his home surroundings
and life. You find this reflected in the
better state that reigns. especially in
] the building trades. You find these
far more ready to work in harmony
together 1t is only one example of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-26

which would jeopardize the conduct OF
his business"
Mr.. Bangs discussed in detail classes
of business property in relation to
leasing practices and methods of
assessing rentals for such properties
together with insurance questions.
mortgage problems and the relative
relationship Of tenants and owners.
Real estate brokers, he said in con-
clusion. should endeavor to effect
more or less of a partnership" ar
rangement between the lessee and the
lessor, seeking to obtain a fair return
for the landlord, while at the same
time letting the property to the tenant
on basis fair and reasonable and
under conditions which would enable
him to conduct his business profitably
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-26

a Service charge" az high as 10 per
cent in addition to the per cent in.
terest charged, IL was said.
If actual services are performed by
the banks in addition TO the usual
duties connected with the execution
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-26

of the mortgages. under Judge
Stump's ruling, charges for these
must be collected in the same manner
as charges for other services per
formed rs banking institution for
it's patrons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-26

especially of homes Mr. Davis wrote.
and in a broad sense building thus
far has been our main occupation.
what we have accomplished stands
as one of the astonishing achieve.
ments in history. We have built the
richest and most vigorous nation in
he world on what, 800 years ago, was
| trackless wilderness. Primarily our
hief interest still is in the building
# material and practical things-the
actories that make our wealth, the
offices where this Is handled and the
homes we live in. But we long ago
avinced an instinct for making these
beautiful and artistic. In no other
country is the worker such a lover
of building and owning homes. I be-
lieve, too. no other worker outdoes the
american in love of comfort, beauty
and refinement in his homes. The
result is that in no other country will
you find so many workers housed in
homes that are not only equipped with
all the fittings once reserved for the
rich, but that are designed with grace
and charm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-26
American Workers Artistic.

THE American worker is quick to
see beauty wherever 1t is. He is lust
as quick to demand it for himself and
he has the means TO back his demands.
Certainly the artistic sense of a people
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-26
GATHERING. BALE
BEATRICE COLES
Mrs. Mae Dawson

I32O M st. NV. Phone Main 1882
Ballet. Taps. Waltz-Clog Character SOLO.
Spanish. Gypsy Russian. Course IN new
dances. Black Bottom. Charleston, valencia.
Private lessons day or evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-26
TODAY's ADJUSTMENTS.

NatiOnaI-"on Approval" comedy
at $50 pm. Matinee at 2:20 pm.
Belasco-"Wild Man of Borneo,
comedy, at $50 pm. Matinee at
2:20 pm.
Poli's-"The Student Prince" OPP
eretta. at 500 pm.
Keith's-Helen MacKellar, vaude-
vile, at 2:15 and Sis pm.
Earle-''The Midget Follies of 1927.
vaudeville, continuous, 1880 to IL pm.
Strand-"Broadway Brevities," mu-
steal presentations, continuous, 1880
TO II pm.
Gayety-"Mr Battling Butler" bur
lesque, at 2:15 and SIS pm.
Mutual-"Pretty Babies" burlesQue.
at 2:e0 and $50 pm.
Columbia-"The Scarlet Letter" at
10:45 am, 12:45, 2:45, 4;45, 6:45 and
S:45 pm.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS Bachelors. =
at 1856 am, 1:55, $50, $50, 1865 and
9:55 pm.
Palaces Stranded in Paris" Irene
Franklin. at II am, 1925. 2:15, 4:30,
$3.50, 1855 and 9;55 pm.
RialtO-tSecond week(-"The Night
of Love" at 1850 am, 1880, 3:35, $40,
1925 and S:35 pm.
Tivoli - "Twinkletoes, at 2;15, 4,
$50. 7:35 and 9:25 pm.
Enthusiastically Millionaires,
at 6:15. and 9:55 pm.
Wardman Park--"The Treasurer"
at and pm.
Sealed Lips" at 1880, 2,
$50, 5, $50, s and $40 pm -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-26
REVISION Of TITLE
SELLING IS URGED
Assessor Wants City to Buy
in Property for Taxes
After Advertising.

A complete revision of the system
of selling tax titles to collect dem
auent real estate taxes in the Dlstflc
whereby private purchasers OF sucI
titles would be eliminated and the FED
eral government would become me
purchas ser. was suggested TO the SIlo
son subcommittee of the house DIS
trict committee last night bE DlStIc'
A55ccss" ". +. Richards.
Under the pI eseEt system tax uties
are sold annually to obtain arrears In
taxes and the purchasers are restrict
ed to a group of individual spectators
living in various cities, who put up
the funds. and for whom the Dlstrct
collects the back taxes and interest.
Under the proposed system. as out
lined by Mr.. Richards, delinquent
list would be published the taxpayer
in arrears would be given speclai no,
tice and the property at the sale would
be bought in by the District govern.
ment. The local government would
send a certificate to the u. &. Treas
ury and receive credit for It. Then
the District would act as collecting
agent for the Federal government, IN
stead of fer private individuals. MI
Richards said that the current sales
included $4,000 parcels OF real estate.
Favors Newspaper Ads.
The committee inquired in detail
into the method Of advertising the
property tyr sale. Representatives
Hammer of North Carolina and Hous-
ton of Delaware suggesting that IN
stead of publishing a book listing the
narcels at c1sf of so cents to the
owner of eaSh parcel advertised and
$3.50 to the purchaser of each book,
Using columns of local newspapers to
list the names.
Mr.. Richards announced his indorSe-
ment of the rlan to revise collection
of the tangiblN property tax on auto
mobiles by making payment OF SUCH
tax a condition precedent to obtaining
q license tag to operate an automobile
in the District, thereby insuring pay
ment of the tan annually.
Representative Gibson of Vermont
asked If the lodging of automobile
personal taxes was not one of the
big leaks in the local revenues. Mr..
Richards said 1t was tremendous"
The only other witness to appear
was Harmon Burns, clerk of the Dis
trict of Columbia Jury Commission,
who explained in detail the method
pursued in selecting the names of
Jurors for condemnation cases in the
District.
Mr.. Houston and Mr.. Hammer went
into an exhaustive examination of
this system with the witness. Mr..
Hammer criticized the methods en-
ployed in such selection as being such
as would fail to establish the moral
standing of the prospective jurors be-
fore sent into the courtroom for ex-
animation.
Mr.. Buens stated that he selected
the names from city directory, and
after checking the addresses in a
telephone book put them into the
sealed jury box, from which the jury
commissioners later drew them.
He said no preliminary examination
Of mems fitness to be jurors was
made, as the law stated definitely that
such examination was not to be made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-26
PRESENT CONGRESS
PRAISED BY ZlHLMAN
Civilians Told Bodies Have Done
Most Toward Developing
Capital.

The present Congress has con-
tributed more to the development and
Identification of this city than has
any other Congress at any session.
declared Representative Fred n. Zihl-
man, chairman of the House District
committee. in an address at
luncheon of the Civitan Club in the
La Fayette Hotel yesterday.
Mr.. Zihlnan described the founding
of this city as the Capital of the
United States. and named in part the
appropriations made by the present
Congress for improvements to be made
in the near future. One of the most
constructive things loAi has been
done for the betterment o. Washing.
ton, he said. was the passage of the
act creating the City Park and Plan
ming Commission. The latter body,
he pointed out, can make definite
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-26
plans for carrying out the city's de-

plans for carrying out the city's de-
velopment.
Roy Neuhauser, chairman of the
Casualty Hospital drive for funds,
urged the club to support the drive
and to appoint teams for raising
funds. The matter was taken under
advisement.
Fred Grimm and Rudolph Jose were
appointed delegates to attend a meet
ing, under the auspices of the Amer
lean Automobile Association. in the
Powhatan Hotel tomorrow at 1890
o'clock. to discuss the tourist camp In
East Potomac Park.
Several vocal solos We're rendered
at the luncheon by Lawrence Downey
baritone, accompanied at the piano by
Byron Blodgett. The attendance gift
was awarded to Merle Cain. John n. .
Swartzell, president of the club, pre-
sided.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-26

clock-like mechanical timekeeper
that beats time for the orchestra has
been introduced in Paris dance hall.