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NEWS OF THE CLUBS

May 4. Arrangements have been COM
pleted for a card party for the benefit
of the scholarship fun next Friday eve-
ming in st. Peters Hall, Second and c
streets southeast Under the chairman
ship of John Donnelly, hike will be
taken Sunday afternoon, April 81
Members will meet at Chain Bridge for
a f1ve-mile walk up the banks of the
canal at 3 O'Clock. Food will be served
| at $50 pm.
The annual reception and banquet
to Archbishop Michael j. Curley OF
Baltimore will be held at the Mayf1ower
Hotel May at pm. Miss Stella Nc
Garvey and Miss Maud Norton enter
| tanned at card party Friday evening
! in st. Martins Hall. A benefit will be
held at the National Theater May 10.
| American Association Of University
Women.--A group of alumnae club
| presidents and representatives met
Monday, when tentative plans were
made for college day to be held at the
| club house, 1884 I street, May 8. Col
| leges not represented at this meeting
but who wish to participate in the eX-
! hibit are requested to notify Mrs. Ed
! win G. NourSe.
A business meeting of the Washing
| ton Branch was held Monday, Mrs
| A committee consisting of Mrs. Karl
| Fenning, Mrs. Howard Nichols and
| Mrs. Hiram Smell attended the confer
! ence of the South Atlantic section OF
| the American Association of Univer-
! sity Women. Mrs. Nichols reported for
| the committee. Mrs. Howe, chairman
| of the education committee, reported a
series of recommendations relative to
| the kindergarten situation in the Dis
trict, and other school matters, which
were accepted by the club
| The tea tomorrow will be joint
meeting of the Twentieth Century Club
| and the Washington Branch of the
| A. A. u W., under the auspices OF
| the fine arts department of the District
| of Columbia Federation of Womens
| Clubs. The book review section Will
meet Thursday at IL am.
| Study group meetings: French lunch
con-, followed by French conversation
class Monday Pre-school education at
| 8 pm. at the Washington Child Re-
search Center, 1925 Columbia road,
| Thursday. Pre- adoleScent group, Wed
nesday at Gas am.
| The HOusekeeperS' Alliance con-
Quoted the book hour at the Mount
Pleasant Public Library April IL, un-
der the auspices of the Federation OF
Women'S Clubs Mrs. Stuart Northrup
spoke on Decorative and Useful Roles
of Silver" Mrs. Georgette Ross How
ard gave a talk on why the New Biog-
raphy is So Popular" Mrs. Steinbar-
| ger of the library staff reviewed humor-
| Gus books on housekeeping. Mrs
| Snodgrass gave a brief resume OF the
/ history of the Housekeepers' Alliance
! The next meeting of the alliance will
| be April "a at the Y. w. c. A. Mrs
! Franklin w. Fritchey, president Ma
| tional Housewives Alliance of Balti-
more, Md will speak.
| Lincoln Woman's Relief Corps met
Monday evening in G. A. r. Hall, the
president, Mrs Virginia Sheetz, presid-
| ing. Mrs Della O'Brien, department.
president of the Potomac, and Miss
Jennie Hamilton, department councillor,
and Mrs. Anna Horn made addresses.
The memorial meeting will be held in
the board room, District Building, to-
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Coast Artillery, s7os; Band. fist Epgi-
Very satisfactory-oompany G, 12lst
Engineers, 1910; Company F, 12lst
Engineers, 1927.
Satisfactory-Medical Department De-
tachment, 121st Engineers. e8.42; Bat5
terry C, 26Oth Coast Artillery, 67.74;
Company B, 121st Engineers. 67.21
Battery B, 26Oth Coast Artillery, oo.16;
Company A, l21st Engineers, 1888;
Battery A. 260th Coast Artillery, 62.7l.
Unsatisfactory Company A, 372d In
fantry. $3.50; Company d, 12lst Engl-
| neers, 56.45.
Very neutrality-suspicious. E,
121St Engineers, 1883.
Under the staggering system Of max
ing up armory pay rolls adopted by
the War Department, so that such rolls
do not all come in at once from all
parts of the country change will be
| made by the local Guard this month
1t was announced that the next pay
rolls will be made out only for the
| month of April, and that hereafter pay
rolls will be sent in at the end of July,
| October. January and April. The order
| also points out to unit commanders that
| the pay of the officers is dependent
upon so per cent attendance of per-
sonnet, and that for the next pay roll
| this means the so per cent during the
month of April. In subsequent pay
rolls it will be for an average of go per
cent for the quarter.
First Lieut.. John L. Atkins, Battery
A. 260th Coast Artillery, has been
transferred to the unassigned list
pending acceptance by the President of
the United States of his resignation
This officer, according to brigade head
quarters, resigned because pressure OF
personal affairs prevented his giving
the necessary time to the service.
The colors of units of the local
| militia together with the color guard
have been ordered to be present this
afternoon at the flagpole at Mt. ST.
Alban for the third annual massing OF
the colorS. The local Guard, 1t was
announced, was invited to participate
by the Military Order of the World
War. The militia units will report at
the scene of the ceremonies to Maj.
Walter w. Burns, commanding the
260th Coast Artillery.
The militia bureau reports that all
corps area commanders comment on the
cordial cooperation given them and
the Regular Army instructors by the
National Guard authorities. 1t adds
that more instructors, both commits
stoned and enlisted, are desired by
several, and a general request is made
for more travel pay for National Guard
field officers and Regular Army instruc-
! tors so that more visits could be made
| for Institutional purposes. This is
much to be desired, the bureau con-
| tinues, but it is not practicable under
the present appropriations for the
militia.
! High morale and esprit de corps, high
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the music group, will present at the
musical tea a "Tannhauser" recital ny
Miss Julia z. Schelleng, assisted by
Augustus Atone basso; Miss Minnie
Volkmann, soprano, and Miska Merson
Hungarian pianist.
Zonta Club.-Mrs. Grace Hays Riley
dean of the Washington College Of Law
was the speaker at the luncheon at the
Raleigh Hotel. She told of the pioneer
work of Miss Emma Gillett and Mrs.
Mussey in starting the Washington
College of Law. The club welcomed
Ruth Sawyer Durand. author ana story
teller, a member of the ithaca Aonta
Club.
Members of the local club drove to
Frederick last Tuesday and presented
that club with its charter
The Daughters of 1912 met Monday
afternoon in the New Willard Hotel
Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker presided. MIS-.
William A. Kelsey was appointed as
sistant registrar The memorial SerV-
ice in honor of our departed mem
bers will be held today at pm. In
Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church.
The Thirty-eighth Associate Councli
vii be held at the New Willard Hotel
tomorrow, Tuesday and wednesday.
The Writer'S League of washington
awarded the prizes in the feature story
contest at the last meeting. The nrst
prize went to Mrs. Helen Orr Watson;
second, Miss Marion Usher; third, MISS
EVELYN Crane, and honorable mention,
Miss Kathryn Hopson.
Mrs lone Lee Mooney, Miss Georgia
Redway and Mr.. McFadden gave read
ings. 49,
Thomson School Friday evening at o
o'clock.
Phil Sheridan Woman's Relief Corps
met Tuesday night and the president,
Mrs Cora L. Mandy, presided. The
department president, Mrs. Della L.
O'Brien, and members of her staff were
presented. Mrs. Irene M. Graf was
initiated. National general orders were
read pertaining to Memorial day.
The next meeting, May 6, will be an
omen one. in which the patriotic in
structor. Mrs. Mary Van Ness Feuth,
will have a flag presentation for CIR
Scouts. A card party will be held April
80. Mrs. Mary H. Wingate, department
secretary; Post Comdr. Samuel @
Mawson, Mrs. Ella Orr and Mrs. Alice
Meade made addresses. Mrs Mandy
requested CIle OllCclo w AlCCV az AA~
home the evening of May l.
Burnside Corps. WOman's Relief
Corps met April 10 with its president,
Mrs. Cora B. Davis, in the chair. Mrs.
Rosalie Shelton reported being in
strumental in gaining increases for two
widows pensions. Mrs. Cora b. DAVIS,
Mrs. Alice Meade, Miss Adelaide Fos-
ter and Mrs. Clara True were appointed
to represent the corps at the meetings
of the Memorial Association, to be held
in the board room of the District
Building.
Curley CIub.--Rev. Francis X. Cava-
nagh. spiritual director, delivered a
short address at the conclusion of the
meeting last Thursday evening at the
Gordon Hotel. He will entertain the
members of the club at breakfast fol-
lowing the annual communion mass
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Company Expert rifieman, Capt.
Clarence S. Shields, First Lieut.. Thad-
deus A. Riley. staff Sergt. Baxter
Smith. SergtS. Bernard P. Donnelly and
William r. Lane, First Sergt. William
@. Nicholson, Pvt. (firSt class Arthur
r. Tomeldon, PvtS. Theodore L. Har-
rell, Harry B. Parsons, Henry M.
Boudinet, Leo C. Streitburger and Rich
ard c. Weigle; sharpshooter, First
Sergt. william H. Clements, Sergt. Will
liam G.. Putnam, Corps. Henry d. Green
and Howard A. Burd: PvtS. first class
Oscar Siegel and Edwin Flaharty; Pvts.
Owen A. Chambers, Stirling E. Cham
bers, Alex j. Stuart, jr.; Edward A. Fin
layson and Walter E. Hudson; marks
man. Second Lieut.. Samuel w. Marsh,
Staff Sergt. George Rheinbold, Sergt.
Edward L. Borlik. Corps. Steve M.
Brown, John K. Randolph and Paul
A. Joray, Pvts. first class Edward P.
Howlin, Patrick A. Clifford, George K.
C. Hardesty Thomas A. YinglA.es,
James L. johnson, George P. Hill. Wes-
ley B. Harding, August F. Pohlg,
Martin L. Green and Edward H. Hill,
Pvts. Marion w. Chinn Melville G. Nell
son, John r. Brasel, William A. Cope
land Stanley W. Robertson, Harry j,
Portch, Maurice l.. Rogers and Richard
H. Hart; pistol expert, Capt c. S.
Shields, First Lieut.. T. A. Riley, First
Sergt. w. G. Nicholson, Staff Sergt
Baxter Smith, Sergt. B. P. Donnelly,
Pvts H. B. Parsons and H. M. Boud1-
net; pistol sharpshooter, Sergts. w. r.
Lane and E. L. Borlik, Pvt. T. L.
Harrell: automatic rifle sharpshooter,
Staff Sergt. Baxter Smith: automatic
rifle marksman, Pvt. A. A. Tomeldon.
Company F. Sharpshooter, Staff
Sergt Leon M. Smith and Pvt. Samuel
Di Francis; marksman, Capt. George w.
Johns. First Sergt. Ralph P. Gilbert,
SergtS. Walter E. Horn and Paul Works.
man. Corps. Bolivar B. Bulla and
Frances A. Howell and Roland "A.
Haley, Pvts. Charles G. McMahan,
Harry Shaw and Albert j, Sciacca.
Unit commanders have been in
structed to put in acquisitions for sufh-
cient bars and badges to be awarded
to those who have made the qualif1ca-
tions as shown by the order just pub
lished.
Five units had enough of their men,
bership in attendance at drill last week
to be classified as superior in attend
ance, 80 per cent or better being re-
quired to make this grade. Two of the
organizations, the Medical Department
Detachment, 260th Coast Artillery, and
the Headquarters Detachment, 18th
Division Special Troops having 100 per
cent to their credit. The other units
in this grade, with their percentages,
follow: Twenty-ninth Division Military
Police Company, 96.87; Quartermaster
Corps Detachment, 91.66; Headquarters
and Service Company, 121st Engineers.
The other units, in their respective
classifications, with percentages follow:
Observation-Disclosures Detachment,
goth Division, 1888; Headquarters De-
tachment and Combat Train, 260tl
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WOMAN TAKERS WIN

Endurance Contest" Laurels Are
Given Them by Briton.
LONDON P.-Feminine superiority
in endurance talking has been acknowl-
edged by Susan Lawrence, parliamentary
secretary to the ministry of health.
Physical endurance is more impor-
tant than wit and temper in parliament
tary work" said the intrepid legislator
at a recent public meeting.
Women are all powerful when they
use the weapon God has given them,
the tongue"
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THE FRANKLIN MODEL ONe-FORTY-
FIVE INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING
TYPES, THE PURSUIT. The CON-
VeRTiBtE COUPE, THE VICTORIA
BROUCHAM. THE SEDAN, THE
SEDAN De luxe, THE Club SEDAN.
The COUPE. THE TOWN SEDAN.
THE MODEL ONE-FORTY-SeIEN IN.
GUIDES, THE SPEEDSTER. THE PIRATE
TOURING. THE PIRATE PHAeTON.
THE SALON SPECIAL. THE SEVEN
PASSENGER SEDAN, THE ROADSTER.
THE LIMOUSINE. THE SEDAN I'M
CUISINE. PRICES RANGE FROM $25S5
TO $3425. r. O. 3. FACTORY. PRICES
OF CUSTOM CARS RANGE FROM
$3725 10 $500. r. o. 8. FACTORY.
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A Growing Record of Disaster.

Italy,s disaster from earthquakes
proves to have been greater in 6<tent
than was at first indicated. Yet even
in the initial reports Of the catastrophe
th7re were indications of probably
larger totals Of casualties as communi-
cations with the stricken areas were
effected The latest official summary
places the number of dead at 1.788, the
injured at 4.264, the houses destroyed
at 1888 and those damaged at Asst.
These figures are all likely to be in
creased as the devastated region is more
fully explored by the relief workers
who have been sent out from Rome and
Naples.
Familiarity with the tremors of the
earth, which have racked Italy for
countless centuries, did not lessen the
terror of the visitation. The shocks
occurred at night, in short succession.
Thrice the ground was violently shaken,
each shock adding to the frightful dis
order and the panic of the people.
They could see little. owing to the
blackness of the night. Of public
illumination there was none, as the
electric conductors were severed. Thus
the quake wreaked its maximum effect
upon the hapless population.
Comparative figures are immaterial
in measuring the extent of a disaster.
If in a village of thousand inhabi-
tants fifty are slain by the CONFUSION
of nature, which wrecks half the dwell
lings, the catastrophe is one of terrible
effect. Those stricken are unaware Of
the sufferings or the escapes of others
in neighboring communities. To them
it is as though the end of the world had
Gomez
Now in the late reports of this woeful
happening is added the note of an adj
ditional peril at Naples. Vesuvius,
which has been more than usually ac-
tive for some time, is boiling" and
there are fears Of another of It's titantic
outbursts. That there is relation be-
tween the volcanic I activity and the
earth shocks seems to be fairly assured
The possibility OF further tremors. even
If the great vent does not pour, forth
its molten stream in destructive vol
'une, is dreaded by the countryside. The
disaster of early Wednesday morning
may be but prelude to a greater one,
though usually the shiftings of the crust
do not continue in long sequence, es-
pecially after a period of rest. The
prayer of all is that the worst is over
and that the toll of death and destruc-
ton will not mount higher.
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tiighlights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands.

however, 1850 Italians. who had prev
iously emigrat ted to Brazil, returned to
their native country, showing a net
Italian immigration loss to this coun-
try Of some CAT persons for 1929.
Reject Proposal to
Standardize Social Work.
COLOGNE GAzETTE-The General
Synod rejected at Berlin, recently, a
proposition to standardize the social
work of the church. Under provisions
established in the assembly of 1904, re-
strictionS were minimized in regard to
the active channels for church work
and an effort to regulate these activities
by conformity to a definite and prear-
ranged schedule has since been con-
sistently disapproved Conditions differ
so much in various districts that the
social service units and programs of the
church must be left to meet their dis
tinctive problems in the ways that seem
best to them.
Bilbao Manila
Steamer Line Suspended.
Ell Sol, Madrid-The line of steamers
between Bilbao and Manila has been
suspended because it was not financially
lucrative. There Is now no direct line
between Spain and the Philippines,
much to the dissatisfaction of the
Philippine press and chamber of COM
merce, who have lodged a protest for
resumption of the service They claim
this discontinuance will limit sales of
archipelago products to the North
American markets.
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associates wrought there in the days
when flying was little more than an
iridescent dream. Like the Wright
brothers, of whom Curtiss was a
contemporary, he broke into aviation by
the bicycle route. From tinkering with
wheels" Curtiss evolved into an in
ventor of motors for balloons. After
that successful venture, in 1904, his
name was destined to be linked. in
ever-increasing degree. with the meteor
like progress of aviation.
Four years later Curtiss won the Sci
entffic Americans competition for the
airplane that first would fly kilometer
at an announced officially observed test.
Then he began plodding. testing and
experimenting anew His basic objective.
practical hydroplane, was an accom-
plished fact in 1911. The World War
found Glenn Curtiss ready to place his
incompatible skill and experience at
his country's service, and his old type of
plane, the Curtiss Jenny" proved of
providential value. Postwar industrial
and military developments brought the
Curtiss and Wright airplane industries
into prosperous combination.
Glenn Curtis was worthy companion
of Langley, Manly, Wilbur Wright,
Lieut.. Selfridge and all the rest of their
gallant company, American and EuIo-
pean, who will rank in the history of
our time as the immortals of the air.
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At Last--a Tree Sitter.

Despite the many sterling qualities
Of this city giving rise to civic pride
and setting the Capital of the Nation
above and apart from other cities Of
the world, the keen observer cannot
fail TO have noted the hanging heads
and shamefaced expressions of the
population this Summer over the lack
OF that one thing needed TO keep Wash
ington in step with progress.
While the city has sent men TO war
from the time there was city and a
war; while its youth has gone out into
the world and left its mark; while
within the space of the last week the
Nations Capital set new heat record,
with other cities merely perspiring in
futile effort, and raised its car fare
10 ten cents; while our movies have
as many electric lights as the best in
the country, there is only one thing
to do, which is to admit candidly that
until yesterday evening the Nations
Capital was without a tree sitter.
Some persons might point to this
previous failure as denoting lack Of
spirit and initiative on the part OF
youthful Washington. Some might go
so far as to make it an indictment
against all the fine children of the
Capital, the. indictment including the
counts of timidity. slothfulness. COM
plete lack of enterprise or that pioneer
spirit which sent Daniel Boone into
the wilderness and George Washington
across the Delaware, not to mention
Paul Revere's. ride. Molly Pitchers
cannon or Barbara Fritchie's candy--or
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Glenn Curtiss.

Another pioneer of aviation, Glenn
H. Curtiss, has joined his comrades of
the sky who preceded him into the
Great Unknown, leaving behind an
other name for the hall of air fame.
He did not die with his wings on.
though long since, like Col Lindbergh,
Curtiss had eschewed all forms of
travel other than by plane. Only this
Summer he flew to Washington TO at
tend the Naval Trophy Competition
for the cup which bore his name as
founder of that classic. About the
same time Curtiss traversed the Hud-
son River air route down the very lanes
through which he blazed a then sensa-
tional "two-stop" air trail twenty years
before.
Hammondsport. New York upstate
town where Glenn Curtiss was born,
came to be known as the cradle of
aviation" because OF what he and his
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was IL . fiag--that she waved In Stone
wall Jackson's face.
But the real washinatonian knows.
deep down In his breast, that the
Capital has merely delayed producing
tree sitter until other cities have
perfected the science. 1t has held up
and watched experience, that great
teacher, point out the weak spots in tree
sitting, the things to be avoided, the
things to be emphasized. And now,
when the time is ripe, Washington has
produced a tree sitter who may-who
knows?-bring the tree-sitting record of
the United States TO our own doorstep.
Such an accomplishment would be
worth waiting for Such a thing would
dry our tears assuage the deep and Bit
ter pain that has ranked in the breast
of every loyal son who, gazing into the
leafy tops of Washington's fine trees,
has heretofore failed to find a tree
sitter. Such a record may lead to
bigger and better things. If the tree
sitting record is brought to WASH
ington. may we not hope. also. for the
pole-sitting record? And If we have
the pole-sitting record. does this not
open limitless vista of even roster
prospects? How about the pie-eating
contest? How about the dance mara
thon record? Aye-how about the
bicycle-riding contest?
Remember that great oaks from
little acorns grow and little drops of
water, little grains of sand, make the
mighty ocean and the pleasant land!
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irregular as man in politics can be-"
says the Kansas City Times, yet he
always takes advantage of the Re-
publican label in running for Office.
But. in spite of this record. II was q
pretty cheap trick" The Times con-
tinues: IF Senator Norris had been
disposed to be scrupulous he would
own choice, for he has little claim on
the Republican classification. Never
theless, neither his alignment nor the
free choice of the people should be sub
lect to this cheap and unworthy po-
litical trick. which has failed"
People generally like fair play. This
isn't" states the Louisville Courier.
Journal. THE regular variety of Me-
braska Republicans may resent Whist
they ought to beat him in a straight
out contest, as the North Carolina
Democrats beat Senator Simmons.
Their leaders manifest doubt of their
ability to do so by this transparent
trick. Tt magnifies Norris
The Bangor Commercial calls the at
tempt to defeat the Senator clumsy
and certain to fall" although it be-
lieves 1T might not be unmitigated
error if Norris were beaten" The
Charleston Daily Mail contends that Ii
the Senator had run as an inde-
pendent this would not have changed
conditions much. for, although he pre-
fers to run for Office as a Republican
and thus have the support of the or
ganization in the election, no sooner
has he been elected than he discards
all party obligations.
There are a good many persons in
washington and Nebraska and else
where" thinks the Manchester Union.
who will take the view that If Sena-
tor Norris were to run as an indie
pendent he would be classifying HIM
self more properly than he could by
the use of the Republican label" The
Madison. Wis. State Journal says:
I'VE believe Senator Norris should be
defeated. but we do not desire his de-
feat shall be encompassed by methods
plainly intended to mislead the voters"
UNFOLDING a sense of fair play, the
st. Paul Pioneer Press yet records:
Senator Norris bolted the Republican
party in 1928 and is one of the stanch-
est of the senatorial irreguiars. It Is,
therefore, not without reason that he
has become anathema to the regular
faction of the Republican party, both
in Washington and Nebraska"