Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-24
ROXY" TO DIRECT
INAUGURAL EVENT
RothafeI to Be Master of
Ceremonies at RiaIto
Theater Program.

Coincident with the announcement
yesterday that tickets would go on sale
tomorrow for the Perturbation of
Washington" feature arranged in con-
nection with the inaugural celebration,
1t was made known that S. l.. (Roxy)
Rothafei of radio fame would come to
the Capital to act as master OF cere-
monies at the Rialto Theater on the
nights of March ga, when this part Of
the program is carried out.
This feature will center around an
illustrated lecture by Charles ColfaX
Long, THE Enchanted City From Dawn
to Dusk" and is designed to impress
upon visitors the significance of the
National Capital in the lives of all
American citizens. Supporting the lee
turer will be notable array of must
cal talent.
The soloist Sunday evening, March 3,
will be Miss Eleanor Painter of the
Metropolitan Opera Co., and on Mon
day evening Miss Helen Arth of this
city, winner of the Atwater Kent ma
ttonal addition contest, will sing. On
both evenings musical organizations of
national renown will be heard, including
the Republican Glee Club of Columbus,
Ohio; the Hamilton Glee Club Of Chi
caRo with 200 voices. the Grotto Chant
erS of Topeka, Kans., and the Indian
Reservation Orchestra OF Tulsa, Okla.
General Admission to Be 81.
Boxes to view the presentation will
be held for official guests. Mezzanine
STATS will cost 81 so while general adj
mAeion tickets will sell for ST.
This ticket sale will be in room 1926,
Homer Building, Thirteenth and F
streets.
Parade stand tickets now are available
and are being mailed out by the parade
committee to those who reserved them.
Headquarters for tickets for the stands
is at room 302, Transportation Build
ing. An unusually heavy demand for
tickets for the stands Is being mani
fest and the enlarged ticket committee
stan has been working nightly to get
the tickets out.
Motorized ambulance service will be
afforded during the parade on March 4
from 10 am. until PM, under plans
arranged by the District chapter of the
American Red Cross. The ambulances
will be under the direction of DR.. VIII
liam Earl CLARK.
Scouts to Be Messengers.
Boy Scouts will provide messenger
service for this work.
Public comfort station arrangements
llhVe 0cCl COHik1CbC0 &hu AOAALC tC4AA-
pOrary stations win be established to
supplement the permanent places.
Along i've Of the principal highways
leading into the city units of the Amer
acan Automobile Association will be
stationed to give complete information
10 persons arriving in the Capital by
automobile.
subcommittee Announced.
The composition of the IL subcom-
rnittees which are working out the de-
tails of the program for the entertain
mcnt of the general public during the
inaugural period was announced yes
terday by e. G. Graham, chairman of
the general entertainment committee.
They are as follows:
! Schedule-Mrs. John j. O'Connor,
chairman; Miss Sibyl Baker, Mrs. L. M.
Curtis, Mrs. Joshua Evans, jr.; Percy S.
Foster, E. c. Graham, A. F. e. Horn,
sidney B. Lust, Claude w. Owen,
Thomas w. Sidwell, Mrs. Sidney ITALIA
ferro, Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley.
F1reworks-L. p. Steuart, chairman;
j. T. Bardroff, Edwin M. Graham, Ed
gar Morris, Charles H. Pardoe, George
Pitt, John Saul
Music-Percy S. Foster, chairman.
Washington Building Exhibit-C Claude
w. Owen, chairman; Arthur Middleton,
Glenn Brown, Charles 3. Fairman, W..
b. McGroarty, Charles Moots. Vernon
Owen, John G. Proctor, DR.. Frank W..
Bapou, W. Waverly Taylor, jr.; Robert
r. Beresford, H. p. Caemerer, Robert j..