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GUILD TO CONTINUE ,
SERVING LUNCHEONS

The Barbara Worth golf club was
the scene of the meeting yesterday
of st. Pauls Episcopal guild. The
members served the luncheon for the
club ladies day and gathered after
wards for a business session.
Among the decisions reached was
that of continuing the serving OF
luncheon for the women of the club
Other important matters were dis
cussed at this time.
Those present at the meeting were
Rev. and Mrs. Charles Wilson Baker
Mesdames w. A. Tondro, Norman
Lombard, 1. A. Thomas, A. Thomp-
son, T. 3. Pasteur, c. 3. Clark, J. I
Devore, c. s. Thatcher, all Of F.
Centre, and Mrs. Mckinley and Mrs
Rutherford Of HoltVille.
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by the officers Of AV chapter. the
ether FL Centre chapter.
The group then adjourned TO the
Barbara Worth hotel for a BANQUET
held in the private dining room.
The dining table was prettily ap-
pointed in color motif of yellow
and white. A seven branched can
/ delabrum occupied the center OF
/ the long tables, bowls of marguer-
ties being arranged at intervals.
/ Mrs. Podstata, Mrs. Carleton. Mrs.
Harold a. Burnham. president of
AV, and Mrs. S. L. McCrory, pres
ident of CIV, were honored with
exquisite corsages. while corsages of
marguerites were presented TO the
three initiates.
Following the banquet the chap
ter returned to the King residence
where Mrs. D. B. Roberts delighted
the group with a vocal solo, Mrs.
King playing the accompaniment
Mrs. Podstata gave a talk on the
constitution. after which the new
chapter elected and installed the
following officers: Mrs. S. L. Nc
Crory, president; Mrs. Joe E. King,
vice-president; Mrs Frances Shep-
herd Of Holtvflle. recording secre-
tary; Mrs. Guy Hatch. correspond
ing secretary; Mrs. James De Long
champs, treasurer; Mrs. Florence
jackson, chaplain; Mrs. Louis Slee,
guard. Mrs. Z. Q. Carter was ap-
pointed pianist.
The new chapter will meet on the
first and third Saturdays of each
month and the next meeting will
be Saturday, January II. at the
home of Mrs. s. L. McCrory, 583
Euclid avenue. Luncheon will be
at o'clock.
Charter members of CIV are
Mrs. McCrory, Mrs. King, Mrs.
Stephens. Mrs. Hatch. Mrs. De
Longchamps, Mrs. Jackson, Mrs.
Slee, Mrs. Carter, Mrs. w. E.
Malan, Mrs. Scout B. Foalds, Mrs.
j. L. House, Mrs. c. E. Sones, Mrs.
". w. McEuen, Mrs. D. B. Roberts
and Mrs Norman E. Dupont.
AV officers who were present for
the banquet and ceremonies yester-
day were Mrs. Harold A. Burnham,
Mrs. Harry Horton, Mrs. Vaughn
". Thompson, Mrs. o. @. Horne,
Mrs. W. J. Clements, Mrs. Roy E.
Breedlove, Mrs. Q. J. Bradshaw.
and Mrs. Howard P. Meyer
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Dorothy O'Quin, Ethel Danenberg
Kathryn Henderson, Mary Catherine
Horton
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ward Marie Graham, Barbara Hor.
ton. Lillian Henson. Betty Reid
Stella Mae Johnson. Lauanne Mutual
Tommie Sue. Daisy Rapson, Bessie
Hopkins. Howard Childers. Stanley
McCallum. Don Madden, Eunice
Young.
Mother Goose tableaux: Little
Miss Muffette. Betty Jane Cole,
Dorothy Coulter, Rosie Hayward
Frances Bloemsma. Lois Mae Van
Horn, Emma Jean WEIGH, Johnnie
Geneva Bramhau, Rhoda Mae Ro-
bertS. Mariko Matsumoto. Lois Fay
Hodges:
"Diddle Diddle Dumping. Stone
lshilnrrei, Roy Nakagawa, Gloria
Maddox. Barbara Plemons, Gealia
Biggest. Mutsu Suzuki. David But
terworth. Richard Johnston, Ortha
Console, Mary Yano. Lawrence
King;
Pussy Cats" Lenore Nett, Doro-
thy Rapson. Joe Philley. John Gum,
Betty Avery, La Verne Zayala. JIM
mie Schofield. Jack Becker, Helen
Mae Beronio. Stanley Conkey;
Jack and Jill" Burton Lemons.
Mary Friore, Henry Easterling
Yvonne QuakenbuSh Donald ZaYa
la, Juanita Johnson. Constance
Lazo. Lenora Costello, George Nc
Guire. Marilyn Perkins, Paul Pa
oheco, Louise fresh;
Little Miss Etticoat. Eleanor
Frederick. jeanette Killgore. Minnie
Frisbey Mary Ann Riddle, Cathryn
Bromley. Betty Lemons. Dorothy
Sheriff., Glenna Killgore. Katharine
Tags:
Folk dances: Marjorie Farmer
Roberta Barrett. Maxine Spears,
Marjorie Coulter, Rheta Dorr Perc,
Ruth Meyer, Helen David. Mary
Katherine Horton, Katherine Jane
Henderson, Gereva Obel. Ola May
Margaret Mousseau, Mildred Ro-
berts. Dorothy Mall. Gloria Graves /
Betty Douthitt, Dorothy Lou Gillian !
Rosemary Madden. Kathleen
Stevens. Virginia Bosworth, Gayle
Townsend. Mildred Summerhill. .
Freida Berchtold. Gwendolyn Bib j
bins, Lorena Cass, Prudence Latta,
Juanima Jernigan, Louis Shaw, Hill
dur Nelson. Ethel Dannenberg.
Eastside juvenile chorus: Minnie /
George Cleveland, Doris !
Cleveland, Robert Jones. Lovet Mae
kiles, Margaret Prince, Jaunice
Goree, Sara Payne, Katie Gebtry.
Frank Mccoy, John Bell, Catherine
Taylar:
Girls Glee club and ukelele
Helen Nakagawa, Marjorie
Coulter. Margaret Chestnut, Eleanor /
Childers, Kathryn Nuffer Charline !
Mack, Lorena Cass, Ethel Pearl
Cross. Merl Tinker, Virginia Burke,
Marjorie Burke, Rosemary Madden, /
Betty Surface, Gwendolyn Bibbins,
Marguerite Hurst. Dorothy Lou Gil
lam, Ruth Riddle. Katherine Sur
face, Mary Becker, Sybil Shipp, /
Helen Dowd, Margaret Mousseau. !
Virginia Cosby, Helen Siegel, Mary {
Edgar. Allen McChristy, GeneVeve +
Martha Dyson, Juanima
Iernigan. Elizabeth Mathews, Doro-
-hy Mall, Hildur Nelson, Margle
Palmer. Roberta Barratt, Maxine
Spears. Raola Marisette, Gale Town
end, Louise Shaw, Annie Lee Rap
on, Edith Mordah, Marguerit Fos-
sit, Jackie Peddicord, Leona Doug
as, Kathleen Stephens, Aleta Potter,
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TWO HOSTESSES
GIVE SHOWER

Mrs. Z. Saxton and Mrs. F. Lash
were hosteSses at a charming sur
prise shower honoring Mrs. Louis
Torricellas.
The affair was an event of last
evening and was held at the Lash
home. 1884 Euclid avenue, where
decorations in pink and blue. and
masses of sweetpeas, made a dainty
background for the party.
Mrs. Torricellas received many
charming gifts, and refreshments
were served by the two hostesses to
the following guests: Mesdames
Henry Bond. Irmadene Bird, Norma
Bird, =. Bird, Annie Greed. D. Cot
hey J. Baskins, Lynn. M. Hines,
William Mcdonald, F. McClellun,
Phillips. Sharpe. Roberts, J. S.
Moore. Beulah Keeler, Daisy Hydes
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GUILD MEETING AT
CHURCH YESTERDAY

Presbyterian guild members met
yesterday in the church for the
monthly luncheon and business ses-
sion
yellow daisies made effective Ia
BILE decorations, and the committee
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The War Memorial,

Healing time has softened in some
that severed heart strings thirteen
years ago as casualty lists brought
home grim tidings of how the battles
Jared. Hash grief has given way to
sweet memory and thought of those
who died no longer is obscured by the
dust and turmoil Of angry battle, but
shines white and clear, like the first
star Of calm Summer evening. Some
of this purity and dignity Of death for
cause has been expressed by the
skillful artisans who conceived and fash
toned the District of Columbia War
Memorial, dedicated by the President
of the United States on this the thir-
tenth anniversary Of the signing of
the armistice.
The exercises today crown the
efforts of these thousands of Washing
tonians who, through generous sub
scription and unselfish service, have
made the memorial possible. More
than any Of the splendid monuments
in this city OF monuments, its erection
represents the achievement of Wash
/ ingtonians. Carved in the solid stone
of its base are the honored names OF
those Sons and daughters of this city
who lost their lives in the war. In
closed in its firm foundations, sealed
against the ravages of age and decay,
are the names of those who answered
the call Of duty sounded by the war.
And the completed work itself, stand
ing in a grove Of friendly trees In
West Potomac Park, is testimony of the
success of the members of our Wash
ington community who labored to build
the memorial.
Not 50 long ago the ground upon
which now stands this memorial was
treacherous marsh. Now it is solid
and firm underfoot We build, and
leave the still unfinished work for those
who follow us to accomplish. 1t Is q
pleasing thought to believe that when
many, many years have rolled over the
hill and the children Of our children
pause moment over the names carved
on this memorial they can look about
them at the things that men have
sought to do and say, They built
we'll"
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Seeds of a great lily. held in the
hand we're nothing but small brown
squares almost as thin as paper.
They had been neatly packed In one
Of the finest protective wrappings we
were ever privileged to see.
The poo was a thick. tough mem
brane, inside of which the square, fiat
seeds were placed eide to side, SO that
as many as possible might be put
into 1t.
Here was Natures package, as yet
unrivaled by man.
In this pod the seeds would keep as
long as necessary. which was. of course,
until the package would burst OF its
own accord, and the seeds fall out.
Scattered by the winds of Autumn,
most of them would be lost.
Only a few would fall on soil where
they would get chance to survive
Nature, being very old. knew that,
and so put hundred seed into her
package, not to get a hundred lily
plants later on. but to get one, or may
be two, at the most.
X
Suppose nan helped Nature and
carefully planted all OF the seeds for
her?
This was the thought that came to
the amateur gardener as he stood look
pod
But lilies are difficult to raise from
seed. Nevertheless some Of them shall
be planted at the rear of the garage.
where IL makes no particular difference
whether they grow or not
They cannot begin to grow until
Spring. at any rate
The urge to collect flower seed comes
to every gardener at this time OF year.
lie n.
but one which ought to be resisted.
Be sure that II you collect your own
you will not have as good seed to plant
next Spring as If you purchased fresh
SEED from some professional grower
This comes about because the seed
men make it their life work to grow
good seed, and the average amateur
gardener Goes not
There is just that much difference
81
To the scotsman, the lovely flowers
are nothing. the seeds are all
To the amateur gardener the flowers
are everything.
He scarcely thinks of the seed until
he happens to see some withered pods
in the Fall
Then he becomes very enthusiastic
over his discovery.
1t is too late. however,
Enthusiasm will not take the place
of care.
1t will not make up, all of a sudden,
for a plan.
The professional pursued his plan,
which was to get first-rate seed, from
the beginning to the end.
He planted with good seed, crammed
with vitality. and he grew with the
ideal of good seed in mind
He fertilized and watered to get big
ger and better reed.
X
Now the amateur comes along, and,
with one glance a. a seed pod, thinks
that he Is quite a grower of seed!
Surely he would do better to leave all
that to those who have made 1t their
business OF course, If he insists he
can put his own home grown seed into
the ground and he will get reasonably
good results.
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greatest possible profits. was willing to
pay for labor. American labor has
been successful, as it has in Britain
in a lesser degree. through organiza-
ton. in obtaining more adequate re-
turns for It's effort.
What the Government has proposed
to do in the Federal Farm Marketing
Act is to enable the American farmers,
through their cc-operatives. to protect
themselves when the time comes to
market their crops. Would the grain
trade. to which Mr. Beck delivered the
funeral Grafton of the Farm Board,
welcome the success Of farm co-opera-
tives. organized without Government
aid? Rather not.
Ever since the creation OF the Fed
eral Farm Beard the dealers in grain
have been hostile TO 1t. II reports
are true they have undertaken to dis
credit the board in every possible way
with the farmers themselves. The sit
uation which has existed in this coun-
try and in the world practically since
the establishment Of the beard has
played into the hands of the trade. And
where is the brilliant success OF the
private industries in this country dur
ing the period of the depression? There
was no bureaucracy there, but the
failures and cost to the American
people have been so many times great
er than the cost of the Federal Farm
Board that the opponents of the Farm
Beard might at least give those failures
slight consideration. The same law of
supply and demand that Mr.. Beck eX-
tolls has worked in the case Of indus
try Just AS ineXoraOly as it has in the
case of the Farm Board sterilization
operations.
The grain trade is unalterably op-
posed TO cooperation among the
farmers to sell their own produce at
the highest prices they may obtain.
Perhaps the farmers will never be able
to perfect their selling organizations.
If so, the grain trade will continue to
reap its millions from the efforts OF
the farmers. But the effort to give the
farmers a better break" in this matter
of selling has not yet been ended, nor
is the Farm Board likely to remain
"burled"-not yet.
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well as the Democratic national or
ganization. The National Prohibition
Board OF Strategy. adopting a slogan
that DRY Dimes Will Beat Wet Dol
lars" is seeking million dimes from a
million people. 1t argues that such a
contribution reaching Washington will
be more impressive than a contribution
CT 100000 made by few wet million
aires to the snti-prohibition cause.
Perhaps the community chest idea
might be applied to political organiza
tions. giving the long suffering citizen
an opportunity to subscribe once for
all. a gigantic pot CT money from
which the Democrats and @. o. p, the
prohibitionists and the anti-prohibi-
tionists might all draw the needed sus-
tenance for the coming year. Alloca-
ton of such a national political fund
might be difficult. But those big in
terests which feel that it is necessary
to make contributions to all political
parties in order to have anchors out
in case of storm probably would heave
az sigh VI ltlItL IL bilCg COIlu Illdke JUST
one donation to a central organization
and let 1t go ct that.
Senator George w. Norris OF Ne
braska and others who do not feel tn,
party yoke or who wear 1t lightly have
suggested in the past that all separate
national campaign funds be wiped
out and that such publicity for candi-
dates for national Office and their plat
forms as may be Necessary to inform
the people be handled impartially by
the Federal Government. But so far
such proposals have not taken hold
Of the imagination Of the politicians,
and millions of dollars continue to be
expended in political campaigns. This
year and next these funds may help.
after all. to reduce unemployment.
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Man Flags U. S. Report
On Plight of Musicians

To the Editor Of The Star:
Two years after the beginning of the
depression and three years after re-
placing musicians by vitaphone pat
ents the Bureau of Labor Statistics
condescends to investigate the plight
Of the local victims Of q double ca
tastrophe
As usual, where statistics are con-
cerned, nothing was discovered that
every one didn't already know. A
small percentage-by hook or crook
manage to work professionally; a large
percentage are either employed on
greatly reduced pay at some trade they
don't understand or not working at all.
This Labor Bureau, it seems, isn't
concerned with eliminating the basic
cause of losing life profession, with
puts off to the last possible moment
admission that such things exist!
Now where can a starving musician
60 for help If he can't even get SYM
pathy from the very department whose
charter states that its duties shall be
Ito acquire and diffuse among the peo-
pie of the United States useful infor-
nation on subjects connected with
labor in the most comprehensive sense
of the word, and especially upon its
relations to capital, the hours Of labor,
women and the means of promoting
their material, social, intellectual and
moral prosperity?
Some might contend that musician
is not laboring man. Be well assured.
however, that he often skaters his
nerves and loses his health by conScien-
tious application to his instrument. His
musical playing" is work" in every
sense. But now he can save his nerves
by starving his stomach.
Would 1t be altogether absurd for the
Department of Labor to live I'D to its
charter? And would 1t not be in order
for this branch Of the Government to
investigate the financial branch-the
Treasury Department-and find out
why it is necessary for all interest nav
ments to be made religiously; why the
Sanctity OF all bonds. mortgages and
securities" must be protected to the
death; why interest payments during
the depression have actually been higher
than before. whereas wages. salaries and
just profits are cut and altogether dis
continued! Isn't 1t, at least, the bounden
duty of the Labor Department to serve
the common people-even If all the
other departments choose to serve only
the usurerS of Wall Street?
There Is reason for everything. And
even If the trail Of investigation should
lead straight to advocacy Of an ENTIRELY
new financial system, It Is I'D to this
department, rather than the Treasury
Department, to point the way to three
meals day! The Treasury Department
is by nature conservative. The Labor
Department Is by nature exactly the on
posite. H. c. DE v. CORNWELL.
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What is your question? Whatever
it may be, unless it be q request for
legal. medical or financial advice, 1t
will be answered without cost to you,
and you will receive the reply in a
personal letter Write your question
clearly and briefly inclose 2-cent stamp
for return postage and address The Eve
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric j. Haskin, director, washington,
.. c.
@. Why was the weight Of the Akron
increased ever the original estimate?-
S. NJ S.
A. Rear Admiral William A. Moffett,
chief of the Bureau of Aeropautics,
says: The Akron has been splendidly
Observation-Disclosures than any dirigible
within our knowledge. The slight ex-
cess in her weight as originally esti
mated by the contractor is a direct
conversion into increased safety and
military factors"
@. What is meant by a sustaining
program on the radio?-G. S.
A. Broadcasting companies deliver
two types OF programs to their associ-
ated stations, sponsored and sustain
ing. Sponsored means that client of
the company has engaged the facilities
Va
for a program. Sustaining means that
it is furnished by the studio.
c. What are the student publica-
tions of West Point and Annapolis
w. c. E
A. The Pointer is published fort
nightly by the Corps Cadets. The
At the Naval Academy, the Log is pub
lished weekly; the Trident, quarterly,
and the Lucky Bag. annually.
c. What cities are the leading to-
bacco markets of the United States?-
J. F.
A. Wilson, N. c.. and Lexington, KY
The former had total of 77,788, 682
pounds of tobacco sold in 1930-1931,
while the amount sold through Lexing-
ton was 67,285,835 pounds.
O. From what language is the word
"sesquicentennial' taken?-P. M. C.
A. From the Latin. "Sesqui" means
one and one-half. Centennial is de-
rived from 'centum," meaning one
hundred.
c. Who was first to take action
against slavery?-E. F. Y.
A. Practical action against the slave
trade was first undertaken in England
by the Quakers, following the lead of
their founder, George Fox, who as
early as 1871 had expressed himself as
opposed to slavery.
@. Is it correct to use pretty in
the sense of to considerable degree?
"A. H. B.
A. This use Of the word is sane
toned, as pretty WELL" pretty sure"
@. Where was earth taken from the
Holy Land in order to put it in ceme-
tery?-D. A. H.
A. Fifty shiploads of earth were taken
to the Campo Santo in Florence Italy,
in ordM' that the dead might lie In
sacred ground.
Q. What is the derivation of Russia?
p. H. S.
A. The name is derived through Ros-
siya from Slavonic Rus or RoS, a name
first given to the Scandinavians who
founded a principality on the Dnieper
in the ninth century, and afterward ex-
tended to the collection Of Slav states
Of which this principally formed the
nucleus. The word Rus is probably de-
rived from Ruotsi "a Finnish name for
the Swedes). which seems to be a COR
ruption of the Swedish rothsmenn,
rOwerS or SeafarerS,
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Burying the Farm Board.

Representative James M. Beck Of
Pennsylvania, speaking to the Chicago
Board of Trade on the subject Of the
Federal Farm Board, said: Il have
come to bury Caesar, not to praise
him" Nor did Mr.. Beck laud the
Farm Board. His tactics had none of
the Mark Antony about them. When
Farm Board and its supporters had
been completely excoriated. The
Board ard its operations were pictured
as abiect failures. Mr. Beck insisted
that the law of supply and demand will
always continue to operate; that the
Farm Board was only glazing in
stance of the menace of bureaucracy.
This greatest failure in the history
of our government" he said, will not
be wholly in vain If 1t teaches the
American people that even the opulent
purse Of Uncle Sam cannot stabilize
the price Of q world staple. It should
not have required the expenditure OF
$5oo,0oo,ooo to teach US this obvious
lesson"
In his attack upon the futile effort
Of the Farm Board to stabilize wheat
AMI cotton prices by the expedient OF
buying up SURPRISES Il is easy to agree
with Mr.. Beck But his wholesale at
tack upon the agency set up by the
Government to aid the farmer in the
better marketing OF his crops Is a diff
ferent matter. The American farmer
has always suffered from the fact that
an unorganized unit, he has been com.
PEELED to sell his produce. not for whai
he offered it. but for what the grain
trade was willing to pay him.
To follow Mr.. Beck to the ultimate
conclusion Of argument for stark In
dividualism would leave the American
laborer entirely at the mercy Of wha
anNsmDlOysr. seeking 70 make th'