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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-26

Venice by Danlolo are the four bronze
horses above the west front of st.
Marks Cathedral--the ones that make
such popular tourist post cards. and
which incidentally Napoleon swiped
from the sacred edince because he
thought they would look so lovely in
Paris. but which in the flight of time
raced back to Venice with the sureness,
though not by the same method. that
brought Dandolo's pigeons home. And
little Eureka of Washington City be-
longs with Dandolo's crowd!
X
IN a country place about stones
throw from Great Falls--if one be
a good hand at throwing stones-~a
Washington woman has transformed an
unsightly underground Of brambles into
n veritable dream of rustic beauty
And among the wonders of her Eden Is
rather unusual pet. Although she
has made many bird houses and is or
friendliest terms with all the small
feathered songsters that sing about hei
all day long, this particular pet. which
has no wings at all, but. like the old
song Gets there just the same" Is a
big. fat. lolly-looking frog. Bright anc
early every morning he hops from un'
der the front porch for the breakfast
Of dead flies, carefully laid out for his
delectation on one corner Of the loWel
step.
Having gorged himself, his frogshiI
hops along the middle of the step and
solcmnly blinking up at his mistress
waits for her to come down to him fol
the stroking along his broad back
which he seems hugely to enjoy. Their
he hops Oft with a skip and jumr
until the next fly meal comes around,
And does 1t all over again
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-26
d. Naval Reserve

officers of the battalion during the
ensuing year will be the provision OF
an armory. The building now used for
this purpose Is an old store building
which was taken into the navy yard
during the war, and the drill hail Is
frame lean-to erected along two sides
Of the building for use as recreation
hut, also during the war.
The drill hall is now so small for the
outfit that it is difficult to form the
entire organization properly for an in
spection, and there is absolutely no
room in which to drill the battalion
during inclement weather. During some
periods of the Winter, the organization
is forced to suspend drills, because OF
| the lack of adequate heating facilities.
The only heaters now in the building
are very small coal stoves, and some
! gas heaters
| Plans have been drawn by the pub
lie works forces at the Washington Navy
| Yard for an armory to suit the needs Of
! the battalion, but so far no concrete
| steps have been taken to obtain the
| funds with which to construct it, AS
matter of fact, no site has yet been
selected but it seems probable that il
will be located in the Washington yard,
as close to the berth Of the training ship
| Upshur as possible. in order that the
officers and men will not lose much
time in going between the armory and
/ the vessel for drill.
! The unsatisfactory building used as
an armory by the local naval reservistS
was the subject of very unfavorable
comment from the Navy Department
board of inspection, which visited the
! battalion early in the Summer. 1t
spoke of the difficulty of the battalion
| carrying on its drills properly with such
poor facilities at its disposal.
| II is the hope that this unfavorable
comment of the regular Navy board of
| officers will be of considerable assistance
when efforts are made TO obtain funds
with which to build new structure.
| The method to be used in obtaining the
/ appropriation has not been disclosed.
but, of course, it will have to go through
| the regular channels. With better
armory facilities at hand, the officers
are quite certain they can raise the
annual inspection marks. for they then
will be able to train the men during
! the armory drill year in things which
they cannot have now on account Of
lack Of space,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-26

BRAIN-LADEN adage tells us
n that a single robin makes no
II Summer~-Which entities any
plain soul to remark that one
immannerly Capitol guide failed
TO represent his better colleagues. sun,
it is the exception that makes story,
while excellence goes Its way unnotico~-
which accounts for this small yarn.
A kindly. fair-minded woman and her
husband have been entertaining old
friends, clergyman and his VIE, ana
among sightseeing trips they visited the
Capitol Building where they diVideo
into couples to take In the archi-
tectural magniticence of the big place,
They reached the Presidents room and
the hostess was showing the minister
the freScoeS, paintings and general
gorgeousness. when a guide, leading a
party of about 30 tourists, said to the
gentleman--in the voice of one VINO
must be obeyed:
You will have to leave now. / am
bringing in parity,
The woman. being native VINO
knows her Capitol like a book, clipped
in with the right sort Of answer
I'VE have as much right In here as
YOU have"-after which she turned TO
her companion and paid no more
attention The guide accepted the
situation with perfunctory "all right,
and began lecturing to his crowd. the
minister. feeling that he was expected
TO pay quarter to the guide, suggested
forking over. but his hostess nailed
the financial deal;
Il know as much ABOUT this building
as he does. Sit down. it's the easiest
way TO study the ceiling
So the two we're able to hear, free,
for nothing, If they cared to listen,
everything the woman already knew
about, without having to pay for the
information. Then the party filed out
for new thrills. and that was all there
was about it--eXcept that
Suppose you were called on to TOW
out-of-town friends through the Capt.
tolls miles Of marbles and frescoes.
paintings and sculpture, and while do
ing. say. the Whispering Gallery. q
guide should pop from behind mono
18th to order you out Of the magic
radius because he wanted his paid-tor
party to listen-in? Or another guide
should order you out of the crypt to
make room for client that was Civ
ing him a quarter for a peek? Would
you like It? Would you? Would you?
Which makes it pleasant to realize
that the average Capitol guide is a
worth while sort of man, with regard
for the rights Of others. And the only
reason this small complaint gets into
print Is because the exception Is always
more conspicuous than the rule.
. A LINE from out of the friendly I'M
known brings another variation Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-26
AROUND THE CITY
BY MAMIE LANCASTER.

the demonstrated challenge--"What's
in Nance"
The maid of an Atlantic City hostess
who had been absent a few days to
nurse sick sister. returned TO her ser
vice place, jubilant over the birth OF
baby niece. Her employer congratulated
her on the happy outcome of her sisters
Illness. and asked II the baby had been
named yet.
oh yes, it was already picked out
and waiting for her. Her name is
La-u-ra.
why, where did you get that name?
Is 1t from one of your family?"
mo, indeed. My sister got 1t out OF a
book"
odd, never heard the name before.
How do you spell it?"
And the maid pridefully named the
letters on her fingers; "L-a-u-r-a.
A FRIEND who knows about pigeons,
and most everything else. tells this
about Eureka
On July l6 this prize racing pigeon
flew to it's home in this city with the
honor of having won a 1.200-mile trip
from Cuba ahead of scores OF COM
petirg birds
Sent by ship to Havana with its
companions by the American Racing
Pigeons Union OF this city. Eureka and
the other racing contestants we're re-
leased July from the roof of the
Seville Biltmore Hotel in Havana. The
entire feathered array of contestants
after circlng about for few minutes
headed northWard upon their long fight
over twelve hundred miles of unknown
waters. Eureka, the Washington prize
racing pigeon. therefore has been ac-
corded The honor of making the Amer
lean record i'll long-distance flying.
In this connection it. is worth noting
that up to Eurekas victory the most
famous long-distance flying record by
carrier pigeons has belonged to Italy.
and dates back to the historic instance
In 1901 when the great Doge DandolO.
sailing proudly from Venice in the GAL
leys of the republic. took with him q
number Of pigeons on his expedition to
Constantinople. Having successfully
slain the young Emperor Alexis. grabbed
of such valuable booty as he desired
and incidentally opened the way to q
crusading expedition to the Greek En-
pire through the Turkish stronghold,
Dandolo let loose his pigeons, freighted
with the news of his mighty exploits
The pigeons arrived with their as
stounding messages, and the populace
paid them the honors due to conquerors
And from that time to this the carrier
pigeons of Venice are held In such rev.
erence that to wantonly kill even the
humbleSt violates a most stringent ordi-
nance of that city set between water
and sky
Among the plumber brought back to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-26

The annual training cruises of the
United States Naval Reserve Battalion
of the District of Columbia were COM
pleted yesterday, when the u. s. de-
stroyer Abel P. Upshur returned to
Washington, with the I'd Fleet Divi-
sion aboard. There are three divi-
sions and q headquarters unit, COM
posing the local battalion which is
headed by Lieut.. Comdr. Finney Bas-
com Smith, who also completed his
training period when the Upshur re-
turned yesterday, acting as her execu-
tive officer.
Plans. it was said have already been
formulated for starting the Winter
drill schedule tomorrow. This consists
Of the establishment of a number OF
specialist schools for the purpose Of
assisting the enlisted personnel to pre-
pare themselves for the examinations
tor promotion, for which many of them
have been recommended as result OF
the efficiency with which they per-
formed their duties aboard ship during
the cruises just completed.
| In short time. according to Lieut.,
| COmdr. Harry j. Nichols, executive off,
| Ger of the battalion, q board Of ex-
| aminers will be appointed from among
| the commissioned personnel of the bat
| talon. This board will sit each drill
| night and examine as many men as
| possible until all Of those recommended
| for promotion have been examined and
| their papers passed upon.
| In addition to the school system, the
men will be given practical training
/ both in the armory and on fair nights
/ aboard the vessel at her dock in the
| Washington Navy Yard. One of the
| important features of the armory train
| ing which is to take place during the
year is the insistence on the use Of
| the new indoor rife gallery, under the
present armory building.
| Efforts will be made to stir up COM
| pct I'm between the various divisions,
| the prime purpose of this indoor shoot
/ ing being 10 train men for selection as
gun pointers for the target practice
! during the annual cruise periods next
! Summer. The team work in load
| ing the guns and getting them ready
/ fer action is reported to he well in
| hand, and attention then will be con-
! fined to the perfection of the pointer
group, the men who actually fire the
gun This feature is to be much
stressed during the coming drill year.
| The first formal battalion inspection
since the annual cruises began will be
! held tomorrow night at the armory, ac-
cording to the schedule announced by
| Comdr Smith. Following this the re-
mainder of the evening will be given
! over to the men for athletics, which
| will include number of boxing and
wrestling matches between members of
| the several divisions.
| One of the important questions. aside
! from the drill, which will confront the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-26
Water Divining Paws.

Finding the secret presence Of water
with a divining rod has been profitable
to Thomas HIGHWAY of Llandrindod
Wells in Wales. Twenty-Five years ago
he discovered that he possessed the pow
er of welding the hazel twig and he
opened the Rock Park Spa, famed for
its medicinal waters. which was visited
by the Prince of Wales in 1926. Even
tually he sold out to the city council
at good figure
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-26
Claims Most Moral Town.

LINZ, Austria LP)-This little town.
capital of Upper Austria. claims to be
the most moral and best governed in the
world Because of the lack of litigation
the law courts here have closed their
doors. the police having reported nc
crimes or misdemeanors of any kind
among the so 900 inhabitants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-26
METEORS NOT HARMFUL,
Scientist Says Earth Has Little to
Fear From Showers"

NEW YORK (P)-How little there is
to worry about from metecrs striking
the ground when the earth passes
through an expected shower of them
is shown by the astronomical belief
that normally about 100000 meteors
per hour strike the earths atmosphere
Harlow Shapley in Research Notes
from Harvard Observatory in Science
writes: ut has been reliably estimated
that The earth's daily catch of rhetoric
bodies is about 100000. Perhaps as
much aS 30 tons of matter. largely iron,
is caught by the atmosphere every "a
hours"
The two commonest metallic con-
stitucnts of meteors are iron and mag
nesiunl.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-26
100000, 600 Stamps Viewed.

The FIRST International Stamp Boursc
has been established In London, Ems
land, where postage stamps worth more
than $50 060,0 600 are on exhibition,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-26

@. NJ Clerk w V. Harris upon ar
rival in the United States from the Far
East. Is to be assigned to duty at Ma
rine Barracks. Mare Island, Calf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-26

Second Lieut. L. r. Burke. now on
duty at Marine Barracks. this city. is
scheduled to take the next course at
the Army Signal School. Fort Mon
mouth. N j.. and Is authorized to de-
lay in reporting until September 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-26

Second Lieut.. w A Hamilton will
shortly arrive in Washington for as
signrrent to duty at Marine Barracks.
coming from Marine Barracks, Navy
Yard Mare Island Calf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-26

Capt W r. Croka assigned to duty
last week Al Marine Barracks. Mare
Island. Calf. was later detached there
from 10 report for duty at Marine
Barracks. Navy Yard, Norfolk Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-26

Chief O. NJ Clerk r. II Retham has
been assigned 10 duty at the Marin"
Corps Base Naval Operating Base. San
Diego. Calf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-26

Capt Charles Grimm. now on duty
In Nicaragua. will shortly be returned
To this country upon recommendation
OF the medical officers attached to the
I'd Brigade Of Marines. Nicaragua.
Capt. Charles Fl Medairy, upon re-
port Of board Of naval medical off,
GERS has been ordered for treatment at
the Naval Hospital, Navy Yard, Mare
Island. Calf. after which he Will be
assigned 10 duty at Marine Barracks
same station
Michael Tassa, attached TO the Of
fce Of the Officer In charge Of recruit
ing. will shortly return 10 his desk
after an auto tour Of the Central and
New England Gtates
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-26

Brig Gen. Charles L. McCawlev
nuartermaster of the corps. is now at
his residence at Bar Harbor Maine.
where II Is stated he will remain on
leaVa TIL Octnker
Evening star., 1928-03-31

Mrs William NJ. Jardine. Mrs.
Herber; Hoover and Mrs James J.
Davis will be among the honor guests
at the annual cabaret grill of the
womens National Press Club, which
will be given al O'Clock this evening
I'm the night club Of the Carlton Hotel
Among other guests of the club Will be
Representative Florence F. Kahn and
Representative Edith NourSe Rogers
Evening star., 1928-03-31

The Ambassador Of Spain and Sonora
Dc Padills will return % washington
Monday. They ere now in New York
after having spent few days in Phila-
delphia.
Evening star., 1928-03-31

Wellington. Miss Winifred West. Miss
Mildred Tytus, Miss Annette st. Dennis
Miss Betty Ridesdale, Miss Mildred
Ramsey. Miss Myra Rivers. Miss Mary
Mcintyre, Miss Evelyn Gordon. Miss
Edith Saul Miss Ellen Jones. Miss Mary
ONeill, Miss Elizabeth Ives and Miss
Elizabeth Warner.
The antique furniture was by courtesy
Of Guerin. Inc. Washington; the garden
furniture by courtesy of the Tile 81
Mantel Shop: the costumes were eXe-
cuted by Van Horn Il Son. Inc. Phila-
delphia, and all participants I'm tht
program volunteered their services.
Each scene depicted in the elaborate
tablcauX was plentifully cmbelliShcd
with musical selections Old melodies
of hymns and folk tunes found in re-
search by Percy Lee Athcrton COM
poser, and Charles A. Benson. director
Of the choir participating were sung
with organ accompaniments PLAYED bv
Eugene Stewart Of Abbott Memorial
Church, Baltimore. formerly Of Wash
ingtOn. during the tablcaux
Those in the choir were Ralph Col
Inns. soloist; Joseph Kiernan. George
Gallagher. Denis Lane. Bernard Nc
Elroy. Charles Payne. T c. Jeffers. John
Kiernan. C.. j. King Paul Grant. Ber-
nard LAWNS. Lawrence j. Mills Henry
w. Starr, II. M. KnOWlton. Gerald l..
Whelan. r. II. RathVon and Charles
Il Wood
Following every tablcau solos were
sung. With duets following two scenes.
sung by Rose Guaraldi a young singer
in Washington with particularly beau
tiful contralto quality. and Ruth Ride
way whose soprano voice blended pleas
ingly with SignOra Guaraldis Others
Evening star., 1928-03-31

The Minister OF China and Nine. S2e
and the Minister of Czcchoslovakia, MIR.
Zdenek Fierlinger. will share honNrS at
the dinner to be given tonight by the
former Minister of Bulgaria and Nine
panaret0f
Evening star., 1928-03-31

and Miss Eileen ODonnell, Miss Fran
ces NJ. Saul. Miss Nina BeImonte and
Miss Louise Spencer.
The tenth scene represented a garden
near York England. about 1900. The
venerable Margaret Clltheroe, the CEN
trail figure. was impersonated by Miss
Gytha Stourton, the sheriff by Miss
Celeste Colby. and the child who be-
trayed her by Miss Katherine Meyer.
Others in the ensemble included Miss
Sheila Broderick, Miss FRANCES Nc
Kenny, Miss Candida HethcringtOn and
Philip Fell and James Pope -Hcnessey.
Sixteenth century Lima afforded the
setting for tableau representing ST.
Rose Of Lima, with Sonora de Bedoya
as the saint Miss Florence Meyer. Miss
Elizabeth Meyer. Miss Stellita Staple
ton, Miss Margot C0uzcns, Miss Peggy
Mahoney. Miss Rome Wilkinson. Miss
Joan Wilkinson. Miss Benedicta Gan
non, Miss Madeline Cotter. Miss Mar
garet Cotter. Miss Claire Cottcr Miss
Leonie Mccoy and Miss Suzanne Cissel
had other roles.
The twelfth tableau the Temple Pri-
son in Paris during the French Revolu-
ton. presented Miss Jean Cochran as
Nine Elizabeth de France, Miss Helen
oIIduSS us queen MHIlt hHIoIiitblc.
Miss Christine Richards as Mime. Roy
ale. Mile. Renee Claudel as the Dauphin
and John Oke Tottcn as revolutionary
guard.
The thirteenth tablcau presented Miss
Theodoria Catalani as st Theresa of
Lisieux, the little flower" with Miss
Patricia Prochnik. Miss Ruth Meyer,
Miss Margaret White, Miss LiSettc En-
gel. Miss Elizabeth Fish and Miss Anne
Huidekoper and Christopher Rodgers
and George Wadsworth as angels.
The fourteenth and final tableau
showed all the saints grouped like a
picture by Fra Angelica.
The costumes and tablcaux were de-
signed by Vicken Won Post Totten MRS
George Oakley Totten. jr); the scenery
by Mr. Clarke Waggaman; Miss Estelle
Allen directed: the stage management
was by Mrs Evelyn CLAWS; the scenic
effects and lighti0g by Mr. John
O'Brien; the properties by Mr. Cecil v
Wymann. and the whole was under the
general management of Countess Scherr-
Thoss.
The program sellers were Mrs
Henernan, Mrs. c. Lodge, Miss Rebecca
Evening star., 1928-03-31

The second scene, the garden OF st.
| Agnes villa In Rome. In AID. 284, in
| troduced Miss Dorothy Fell as the saint,
| Miss Gertrude Laughlin as st. Emeren-
tiana and Miss Flaminia Lais, Miss
Elizabeth Langlais, Miss Julia Worthing-
| ton. Miss Mimi Worthington. Miss Caro-
| line Wisner and Miss Isabel Johnson
and young Lucio LaiS. Paul Drury. Hen
ry Huidckoper William Burch and John
O'Brien as Roman children.
For the third scene. n forest near
the WartburR in Thuringia. In AID.
1906 Countess Cornela Szchenyi por-
trayed St Elizabeth of Hungary. and
the other principals were Miss Caroline
Thom Miss Rose Saul. Miss Nancy
Letter. Miss Ingc Won LeWinski. Miss
Valerie Prochnik, the Baroness Melanic
Nagel. Miss Kate Carlisle and Miss Bar
rine Drake
Cologne Cathedral, about 1913 AID,
provided the setting for the next scene,
representing the statue of Our Lady and
the Christ Child portrayed by Miss
Janet Newbold and young Gilbert Tot
ten. Alexander Laughlin appeared as
the Blessed Hermann Joseph, and
Countess Cornela Szchcnyi and Miss
Dorothy Fell. Miss Gertrude Laughlin,
Miss Evelyn Walker. Miss Francesca
Stewart and Miss Margcry Eustis as
statues.
Queen Blanche of France was i'm
personated by Mile Refine AntOinette
Claudel in the next scene. a palace in
France about 1910 AID. and st. Louis
by George Totten. The Baroness Me-
lanie Nagel Miss Victoria TytuS. Bobby
Lawson and Henry Ellis had the other
roles
The sixth tableau represented St.
Bridget of Sweden, portrayed by Nine.
Weidel Miss EXilOna Hamilton, Miss
Laura Blair. Miss Betty Couzens. Miss
Elsie TuCkerman Miss Alice Tucker
man. Miss Inge Won LeWlnski Miss
Valerie Prochnik and Gilbert Totten, A.
Laughlin and Bobby Lawson appeared
as people Of the court at Castle UlfoSa
in the year 1904
st. Joan of ARC was portrayed In
the seventh scene by Mile. Refine
Claudel. st. Katherine of Alexandria by
Miss Margery Eustis, St Margaret of
Antioch by Miss Francesca Stewart and
St Michel by the Countess Seherr-
ThoSs. The scene was a garden in Lor-
raine.
The eighth tableau. OF which St
Theresa as girl was the central figure
had its locale at Avila. Spain, The
SAINT was portrayed DY MISS kalneTlne
Meyer. and others in the scene were
Miss Mary Kenna, Miss Florence Meyer,
Miss Elizabeth Meyer. Countess Seherr-
Thoss and James Pope -Henessey The
ninth episode also dealt with the life
of St Theresa at the convent of PaStra-
ma. in Spain in 1870. Senorita Rose
de Padilla portrayed the saint, and
others in the group were Mrs. Lewis
Stuyvesant. Senorita Maria de Padilla
Evening star., 1928-03-31

evening in their apartment at 1885
Massachusetts, avenue.
Gen w E. Wilder was host at dinner
CAST evening in the crystal room at the
Willard. where he had four guests.
The Misses Lejeune. daughters of the
major general cOmmandant OF the
Marine Corps and Mrs John A. Lejeune
will give tea dance this afternoon in
the commandant'S quarters at the
Marine Barracks.
A brilliant company which filled the
National Theater yesterday afternoon
witnessed Les Tableaux Vivants, given
for the benefit OF the House of Good
Shepherd The pictures presented by
each OF the tableauX were beautiful ir
color. posing and authenticity of cos
tuning, and the services of the entire
cast were donated as were those OF the
musicians. Among those in the audi
ence were the Ambassador Of Great
Britain and Lady Isabella Howard, the
Ambassador of Peru, DR. Velarde: the
Ambassador Of Italy and Nobil Donra
Antonietta de Martino the Ambassa-
dor OF Cuba and Sonora de Ferrara the
Ambassador Of France and Mime Clau-
del. the Ambassador of Chile and
Sonora de Davila. the Ambassador of
Belgium and Princess de Ligne. the
Minister OF Portugal and ViScountess
d'Alte. the Minister OF Hungary and
Countess SzechenY. the Minister o!
Greece and Nine Simopoulos. the Min
ister of Rumania Mr. George Cret-
ziano: Col. and Dame Una POpe-Hen
nessey the secretary OF the Italian en-
bsssy and Signora Mascia. Frau Won
LewinSki Mr.. and Mrs Perry Belmont
Nine. Lombard. Mrs Walter r. Tucker
man, Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Meyer, Mrs
James Carroll Frazier Mrs Wilmot:
Lewis. the Misses Patten. Mrs Effing-
ham Townsend, Mrs Francis r. A.
Junkin. Mrs. Edward Keyes. Miss Flor
ence Keyes. Mrs Robert Hinckley. Mrs.
Percival McCeney- Werlich, Mrs Peter
A. Drury. Mrs. Francois Berger Moran.
Mrs. Tytus McLennan. Miss Anne RAN