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STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION

STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INsUR-
ANCE COMPANY OF MILWAUKEE,
CURED under the District Of Columbia Code,
amended June 80, 1902, ana August 10, 1911.
Capital stock none.
Capital stock. paid up, in cash, none;
purely mutual company.
ASSETS
Real estate dncluding nome
Loans on real estate mortsases 4ii44i s5s is
Loans on policies as collateral Ill ,956,6421 is
premium loans ............. 7,ss9,O6sll
Ssf 56Sd. ysSs value
ca:s sa hama ir ssd y & 81
accrued ...... .''s ls.14s,slss SO
Miscellaneous assets .......... 27,S95.00
Total admitted assets -. Ss37,72l, 500. SO
LIABILITIES.
Reserve required by law to be
held on the company's.
cisI contracts ........t..... 4,4sO, 7ss. co
,ments .,:.......,... 44.s2s,ossoo
adjusted, etc. .........'..... 3,5ss541 "a
Estimated amount of taxes
payable in 1881 .s.......:... s,ss7,355.4i
commissions, etc. $3.50. s15.7oe.97
payment 1870. 2,17ss7s. 81
1881 and thereafter -. 2SO,S7s.oo
Annual dividends payable in
Dividends left to accumulate '''Si''OOO'OO
and Interest thereon -. 2,s4s,s32.s5
Reserved for contingencies tas-
set depreciation, mortality
fuctustion, etc) ........... 5s,2ss.9745 IS
Total liabilities .......... s937,72I, 800. 50
includes 81 323.3l8.12 for death losses in
CURED for which no proofs have been
received.
Character of business transacted during
the year 1890: Life insurance. purely mu-
tual company
Total income during the year
Losses and matuured endow- O''' '''oO
ments paid during the year
Total disbursements during
the year 1880 ....s......... 1875. SIS, lss 40
No. Pol. Amount.
Nf for d dariaE is5 Rsia .7ss
December 81. 1850. i.O4s.5os 4.os5, 474,ls7.oo
WILLIAM D. VAN dyke, President.
z. d. JONES, Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th day Of March, 1891, =, -
Notary Public. Milwaukee County. Wis.
NY commission expires March 26, 1898.
A. L. BALDWIN,
General Agent,
SIC Union Trust Bldg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-24

Extension Of the transatlantic tele-
. phone service 10 all parts Of Canada
North America, including Cuba.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-24

Among French parents who received
prizes for large families last year were
two couples having Is children each,
three with IA and eight with 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-24

Note-An stocks sold In one hundred share lo@
excepting designated by the letter (SOs) (2eOS)
which shows those stocks were sold in odd lots
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BIRTHS


, Edwin H and Mary v, McDermott,
boy
Warren and Elizabeth johnson. boy
NorveIl T. and Ruby Patteson, girl.
Edgar A. and Lillian wenGerd, girl
John o. and Eleanora Youngblood
girl
, William H. and Sadie waldow, girl,
Abraham G. and Wanda Cruz, girl
Joseph B.. and Grace snead, girl.
Walter R. ana Dorothy Null, girl,
Gino ]. and Regina simi. girl.
Charles A. and Ida Diven. girl.
Leroy W. and Marabel Mason. girl
James A. and Helen Hamilton, girl
James A. and Elizabeth Brown. boy
Eugene A. and Mabel Hollowell boy.
Joseph c. and Katherine Bruce. boy.
Thomas W. and Maude Kines. boy.
John H and Margaret Bready. boy
j.: George c. and Louise Musselman, n,
Marion H. and Florence Bradford
Joseph L. ana Marguerite Workman
boy.
Marshall L. and Marguerite Spencer
Francis W. And Dorothy schoenbausr
boy.
John % ana Lucis McDermott. boy.
George e. and Elizabeth Tolson. boy
William W. and Martha Kinnomont
girl.
Samuel H. and Annie willoughby
girl.
william J. and Mary Lydia Cole bow
Samuel and Ethel Small, girl.
Allen NJ. and Bernice Collier. boy.
Raymond and Rebecca Brown, boy,
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AIDE Of Upton
DOUBTS HEIR

LONDON, Oct. 9 G.N.S0.-The
claim of Thomas Paul Upton, TN.
employed carpenter of Tulsa,
Okla, to the estate of the late
Sir Thomas Upton was discounted
today by Harry C. Waghorn, the
n1illionaire's former secretary.
I'VE never heard of a man
calling himself Thomas Paul
Upton and claiming to be the
heir to his estate" Mr.. Wag.
horn said. "Many people claimed
kinship with Sir Thomas, and
in most cases he took the trOu'
ble to trace back their history,
but never was any relationship
established"
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S0Ued From Suicide,
Only to Pay ALimOny

CHICAGO, Oct. 9 U.SO =.
0 bottle of chloroform in his
pocket, Anton Kollman walked
up the steps of the church where
he had been married seven years
ago, intending. police say, to com
nit suicide. Instead, he was in
a cell today.
Just as he was raising the
chloroform to his lips. two police
men arrested him for failing to
pay alimony to his wife from
whom he already is separated.
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nEATH9

BLAINE, ALICE R.-Passed away, on
Wednesday, October T. 1881, ALICE r.
BLAINE, the beloved wife Of Edward B.
Blaine. Besides her husband She is sur.
vived by three children; two daughters.
Mrs. Edna v. Greenfield and Miss Rose
A Blaine. and one son. Roger E. Blaine
Funeral services will be conducted from
Ave. N. E.. on Friday afternoon, October
., 1881 at 2 o'clock p, m. Interment
will follow in Congressional Cemetery.
Services BY W. W. Chambers Co.
HICHEW, EVA M.-on Thursday. Octo-
EYS Per H2SAEW faSSiA HsS%sSSpsthiS sSnsSp,s. HSsDitsl
John Denton and Josephine semmes
Funeral services will be held at Almus
cut Ave, n; ", on Saturday. October 10,
1881; at $50 a. m; thence 20 Sacred
Road Northwest where mass will be sung
at o q. m. for the repose of her soul
Relatives and friends are invited to at
tend. Interment, Mount 0livet Cemetery
on "wednesday night October Z, 1881. al
10 oclocM JEREMIAH McAULiFFE. the
beloved husband of Mary A. McAuliffe
fSved b9 nre: eSdren ns oDe ~ Ss !.
Florens McAullffe and Jeremiah McAu:
Funeral services will be conducted from
his late residence, AZ K Street Northwest.
on Saturday morning. October To- 1881. al
8 80 o'clock, thence to St. Aloysius'
at o o'clock for the repose of his soul,
Relatives and friends are invited to al.
tend. Interment will follow in Mt. Olivet
Cemetery. -
SMALL. JOsEPH-Passed away on Thurs
day morning october g. 1881. JOSEPH
SMALL, the beloved husband of Hattie r,
Small (nee Dalton). and son of the late
Funeral services will be conducted on
2 o'clock. from the residence of his sister.
Mrs. R. o. Rudd. l8419 Wisconsin Avenue
Northwest. Relatives and friends are in
vited to attend Interment will follow in
GG,lenwood Cemetery. Services by W. W
SELTG. ESTHER = Passed away on
wednesday. October Z 1881. ESTHER
sELIG. the beloved wife Of the late Simon
". " selbLs; liz. s6s 4 surveyed y four sSii;
Ter MrsI FlSrsnss n Grub and mrs;
one son, Mr. Bert !: selig; Of Los Angeles,
Chambers Co. funeral home: Fourteenth
anf GssIn ,eSxes stFsst' H bs
O'clock O'clock from from the ", Y, chaYbeEs CO:
Streets Northwest Relatives and friends
Interment will follow in Chicago. nj.
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Cherry Tree AbIOOn1
In West AnnNpOLiS

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Oct. 9.-In-
diana, which has been Dragging
about an apple tree that burst
into full bloom there last week,
has nothing on West Annapolis
Clarence M. White. a leading
merchant of this city, was
astonished yesterday when he
awakened to find a cherry tree
on the grounds of his home in
West Annapolis a mass of deli
cate white blooms.
Incongruous as the snowy bios
SONS seem at this time of the
year, in contrast with the golden
foliage of early autumn, the
cherry tree is a lovely sight and
is attracting much attention in
this reighborhood.
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
WOMEN TO BOWL

Ladies of Seven Oaks Manor,
in Montgomery county, have Or
ganized a bowling club and will
meet Monday evening to effect
formal organization. Promoters
Of the movement are Mrs. Perry
Hoover, Mrs. Edwin Warfield,
Mrs. E. M. Whitcomb, Mrs. Ralph
Wells, Mrs. William Parry, and
Mrs. S. j. Solomon.
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MRS. LESSEE E. WHITING

Mrs. Lessie E, Whiting, "a, a
resident Of Washington for 81
years, died suddenly yesterday
while visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Francis w. Lee, IT'S Lanier Pl.
N. W.
Born in Stockholm, N. Y, Mrs.
Whiting came to Washington in
1874. She was a charter member
and past president of the Political
Study Club and a member Of the
Excelsior Literary Club.
Surviving are her husband,
Richard G.. Whiting; her daugh-
ter and three sons, Capt. Louis
w. Whiting, of Nina, New; Har.
old r. Whiting,s of Brazil, and
Warren w. Whiting, of San
Francisco, Calf.
Funeral services, will be held
tomorrow at 2 .. m. at her home,
20 Marion st., Hyattsville. Md,
with interment in Fort Lincoln
Cemetery.
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helped out hereafter by Prof.
Warren T. Powell Of the school
Of religious education. Prof.
Powell inclines to the belief
that those students who can
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not seem to adjust themselves 10
the practices Of the day are more
likely to bec"' = social and indus
trial leaders than the born opti.
mists.
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cor. r. c. TREADWELL

Col. Thomas C. Treadwel,
United States M zine Corps, re-
tired, died suddenly yesterday at
the Hotel Brighton in Atlantic
City, N. j. His home address
was 3462 Macomb st. N. w.
Born in washington 81 years
ago, Colonel Treadwell was grad
uated from the Naval Academy
In 1890. He served continuously
in the Marine Corps until his re-
tirement in 1922. He saw active
service in the Spanish-American
and World wars.
His widow, Mrs. Katherine
Treadwell, and a brother, Abbott
Treadwell, Of Concord, N. H.,
survive him.
Funeral services will be held
tomorrow at IL a. m. at Ft. Myer
Chapel, with interrnent in Arling-
ton National Cemetery.
THEODORE s. DUVALL
Theodore Sedgewick Duvall, 81,
an employe of the highway de-
partment of the District, died
suddenly yesterday at his home
in the Cordova apartments
Funeral services will be held
toorrow at 2 .. m. at the chapel
Of Joseph r. Birch Sons, 3034
M st. N. W., with the Rev. H. A..
Kester officiating. Interment
will be at Potomac Chapel, near
Rockville, Md.
Mr.. Duvall was a native of
Washington. Surviving are his
widow, Mrs. Ann Elizabeth
Clagett Duvall; a daughter, Miss
Elizabeth Sedgewick Duvall. and
a son, John Clagett Duvall, of
Pittsburgh, Pa.
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WASHINGTON TIMES
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Orders can be sent BY mail or tele.
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weekly By carrier
RATES By MAIL
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DEATHS

Ester selig. SIS years. Home for
Aged and Infirm
Mary Ellen Yates, SO years. Gal
linger Hospital.
Carrie A. Lawrence, SO years 1911
Wisconsin Ave. n. w.
|. Mamie E. o'Brien, 55 years. Provi-
dence Hospital.
Edward Pumphrey, Al years sibley
Hospital.
Evelina schrivener, IS years. Provi-
dence Hospital.
James H, Payne, 3S years. Freed
mans Hospital. ''"
Geraldine Thomas, years. Freed
mans Hospital. '-.-.
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A STUDENTS FRIEND

BOSTON, Oct. 9 UNS0.-Stu.
dents who fall into a mental
rut" at Boston University will be
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/. IN MENfORIAM

sohkE; i,E rem:babaahcs bApi q our Beloved mother &
and my dear sister MALINDA L.. SOR'
RELL, who departed this life one year
ago today. October o. 1880.
Deep in our hearts lies q picture
OF a loved one laid to rest.
In memory's fame we shall keep IT.
Because she was one of the best.
Her loving children.
ROY W. SORRELL,
ARNISTARDE sORRELL,
LEO L, SORRELL.
MAE B. SORREL,
And sister: Mrs, Willie A. Simmons.
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JAMES T. NARROWER

4 Funeral services for James T.
Narrower, so, who died Wednes-
day at his home in Lorton, Va,
were held today at Crawford
Memorial Church, Crawford, Va.
with interment in the church
cemetery. ,.. .....
Mr.. Narrower is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Mary Alice Narrower,
and a son, c. A. Narrower.
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Edward E. Feindt, 81. ana Edythe
NJ Bailey. 21. The Rev. F. W. john
son.
Louis Ray Torpy, %, and frankie 10
Mann. %. The Rev. G. G. Johnson.
Arthur NJ Upperman, "a ana
veronica Brady 81. The Rev. j. 7.
Albert e. Brault 25. and Margaret
c. Higgins, "a, Chevy Chase, Md The
Rev. T. G. Smyth.
Harry Umschweis. IS, Newark, n. Jc
and Belle Meyerhoff, 21. Rabbi S. H.
Metz.
Walter A. Brown jr,. rs, and Lillian
May Shoemaker. IS. The Rev. j. c.
Palmer.
oscar OHM, Al, and. Laura " Mar
tin, Sc. The Rev. w D. Moore.
George S. Shafer %, and Jacqueltne
r. Sinclair. 21! The Rev. r. L. Lewis.
William Cecil Sinners 23 Baltimore.
Nd and Thelma NJ. Holland, 10, Balti-
more. Nd. The Rev H. NJ. Hennig.
Winston S. Kiser, 20. Richmond Va,
and Ruby Harper, 81 Richmond, Va.
The Rev H. w Tolson.
Drewry H. Alley. 26. Richmond: Va,
and Annie T. Jones. 81, Rich nond, Va.
The Rev. william Pierpont
walter ArHosast, %; Rsistsrstown,
town. Nd. The Rev. A. F. Poore.
William S. Smith. 5S, and odeal j.
Freeman, IS. The Rev. c. H. Fox.
David H. Willard, 35 and Leota
Perry. 90. The Rev. c. T. Murray.
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
FLORISTS

GUIDE BROS. CO., 1912 r st. NV
Phone Nat. 1878. Funeral designs
The Washington times., 1931-10-09

Funerals
by
Chambers
Are Getting Less
Costly Every Day
We are getting caskets
at IL what we paid two
years ago. We will give
you a full funeral equal
in looks and quality of :
a $3.50 Couch Caslket
funeral - the full
funeral, $195. Shipping
funerals, complete, a.
low as SOS. We have a
wonderful funeral, cars
and all, only SIS. The
greatest Of all, we are
the largest in town-1O
cars, 3 chapels, S par.
lors, hearses and am.
balances. Finest EN-.
balmers and directors
obtainable, such as w.
F. Elliott and r. K.
Harvey. These men are
men Of experience
why, Harvey was born
an undertaken. They
have been undertakers
90 long his father
buried Abraham Lin.
coin. As for w. w.
Chambers, he is just an
expert on economical
funerLls.
If You Want the Best :
and Pay the Least, Call
The Greater
| Chambers Co.
Undertaken
Cor. 18th &
Chaplin Sts. N. w.
Columbia O432
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JEREMIAH McAuLIFFE

Funeral services for jeremiah
McAuliffe, 70, who died wednes-
day after a brief, illness, at his
home, 42 K st. N. W., win be held
tomorrow at 9 a. m, at st. Aloysius
Church, with burial in Mt. Olivet
Ceemetery.
Mr.. McAuliffe had lived In
washington for more than SO
years. He Is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Mary A. McAuliffe;
two sons, jeremiah, jr., and F.
Frank McAuliffe, and daughter,
Mrs. James II. BruI1t.
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
JOSEPH SMALL

Final rites for Joseph Small,
who died yesterday at his home,
21OO I st. N. W., following q
brief illness, will be held tomor.
row. at 2 p. m. at the home OF
his sister, Mrs. r. o. Rudd, 34fS
Wisconsin Ave. N. w. with inter-
ment in Glenwood Cemetery.
Mr.. Small was native OF
washington and retired from
business several years ago. He is
survived by his widow, Mrs. Hat
tie F. Small, and two sisters,
Mrs. Rudd- and Mrs. E. L. Edelin,.
Evening star., 1931-12-20

logue Of his ambitions And thus began
the microphone career of Edward Thor
gersen, 28 years old, veterans Of N. B.
Cs announcing squad and runner-up
to Graham McNamee, his friend and
counselor.
He was born in New Jersey, the full
blooded son of Norwegian sea cap
tain who had sailed before tie mast
and roamed the seven seas. Endowed
with rowing commission" Ed mi
grated soon after high school to the
golden West, where he learned to
crack bronchos on an Arizona range.
Later he wandered on to California,
whence he shipped as an apprentice
seaman to Honolulu. From there his
course sent him to the Indies and
South America, where he boarded
ship at Port Iimon, Costa Rica, bound
for Boston. Back once again in the
States he set out to be demon re-
porter
500 he decided to pursue a course
in engineering, which he did at numer-
Gus schools, including Cornell and Chi
cage Universities. until he went broke
and drifted into radio, where his many
and varied assignments have led him
to cover President Hoovers campaign
speeches, the New York reception to
the King and Queen of Siam. Pough-
keepsie regatta, numerous city recep-
tions to world renoWn figures, including
Premier Ramsay Macdonald and Dino
Grandi as well as some of the bigger
sponsored programs.
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Bethlehem Station
To Ring New York
Yule Eve Chimes

- A radio wave from Bethlehem
will set the chimes of old Trinity
Singing in New York at midnight
on Christmas eve. to be heard
over a National Broadcasting Co.
network.
Rev. DR.. Rennie Machines,
Anglican bishop of Jerusalem,
will start an electrical impulse
which will be flashed by tele-
graph from Bethlehem through
Nazareth, Jersualem, Jaffa, Tel
Azziz and to Alexandria to span
the Atlantic by wireless. The
Impulse will be received at Riv-
erhead, Long Island, and travel
thence by land wire to the IA
fnous old church at Broadway
and Wall street.
Christmas eve listeners on the
fadio will hear first the "clitk"
from Bethlehem. and then tie
chimes. The program Will lagt
scarcely longer than a mi1Ito-
and Christmas day, 1881, will
have begun.
This unique event has been ar
ranged by the Veteran Wireless
Operators Association with w. A.
Winterbottom, vice president of
r. c. A. communications, and
with the British government,
which Is providing the wire ia
ealtties In the Holy Land.
Evening star., 1931-12-20
HINDENBERG ON RADIO
German President Will Speak te

German President Will Speak to
America New Year Eve.
President Paul ven Hindenburg of
Germany will speak to America New
Years Eve, when his greetings from
Berlin will be rebroadcast in the United
States over combined coast-to-coast
National Broadcasting Co. networks.
The S4-year-old chief of the Reich
will talk in German for about 10 min
utes. His remarks will be translated
into English for the American listeners
by DR.. Max Jordan, international jour-
nalist. The program is scheduled for
3:25 pm
Evening star., 1931-12-20
AIR CAROLS THURSDAY

A special nrogram of Christmas carols,
sung by the mixed choir of the Fir9t
Congregational Church at the District
!e;l, will be broadcast over WJSV THUS
Cay at $50 pm.
The choir, under the direction of
Ruby Smith Stahl. will be accompanied
by Paul De Long Gable, church organist
This will be the first time a Christmas
eve program has been broadcast from
the District Jail.
Evening star., 1931-12-20
AIR
|DR|VE TO Be PUSHED
Institution Ready to Press
Move for Enlarged Radio
Programs.
BY ROBERT MACK.

TICKING up where they left off
- last March, educational interests
| seeking to increase their broad
i casting facilities already have
Evening star., 1931-12-20
NATIONS JOIN IN AIR FETE
Both Sides cf Atlantic to Be Heard

Both Sides CT Atlantic to Be Heard
in C'.-.s .rlas Numbers.
/ Both stas CT the Atlantic will join in
, PRO .uc.ng en- c2kcrate series CT holiday
programs fer Christmas week that will
be broadcast over a Nationwide hook
up of the Columbia Broadcasting Sys-
| TEN.
Programs from Nuremberg and Leip-
zig, Germany; Cambridge University,
England, and Washington have been in
cluded in the networks plans for cele-
bration Of the holiday week.
Evening star., 1931-12-20
Folks Behind
The Microphone
BY THE RADIO EDITOR

7 T happened on a dreary afternoon
back in November. 1927, that Ed
ward T'horgerSen breezed into the
office Of Phillips Carlin with a
vague idea of improving the radio
business.
Carlin was busy, so 'Thorgy" left and
shed his hat and coat over the desk of
telephone operator at another met
Evening star., 1931-12-20
u: TO CLOSE STATION
Great Lakes Naval Unit to Be Cut
as Economy.

Uncle Sam will close down his naval
raofo stations at the Great Lakes Naval
Training School, near Chicago, January
/, 1882, as measure of economy. The
equipment, however, will be maintained
in operating condition, so that it may
be manned by personnel of the Naval
Communication Reserve for communica-
tiop with training vessels of the Naval
Reserve Units during their Great Lakes
cruises next Summer.
The Navy Department January l will
also close down the radio stations al
Sa3nnah Ga, and st. Augustine, Fla
Tho two Southern stations will be dis
martled permanently.
Evening star., 1931-12-20
WMAL
GAS
TONIGHT
GEkEEEEHE TyBEN

The Castcloe.g Transcription
Review comes on tonight at 6 AS.
Miss Tebin. a Universal Star, will
be the guest artist.
Miss Tobin will be assisted by
Paul Specht and his dance Or
ehestza.
Evening star., 1931-12-20

ropOlltan r a q ] o
m a r t. He was
given ar addition
and clicked with
everybody ex e pit
the operator whose
ear he had virtual
ly talked off. He
had a promise to
begin in two weeks.
Not so 6 o o d ,
mused Ed as he
C o u n t e d his
change.
Back to Carlin's
office he ambled
and was h ire d
after Carlin heard
h j S Interpretation
of a Russian con-
tiDl1itv and q nro-
Evening star., 1931-12-20
: Chile Likes Air Records.

Radio listeners in Chile prefer radio
photograph combinations, because
tropical climatic conditions render re-
cepsion so inconsistent that they want
photographs to play when programs
cannot be turned in.
Evening star., 1931-12-20
MASONIC CHIMES ON AIR

w dsIIIlIS IOlI IAeIIlO1 ldI bbIIS 20 BE
Heard First Time.
The George Washington National
Masonic Memorial Chimes IN Alexan-
dria. Va, will be heard for the first
time over the air at midnight Christmas
eve when WJSV broadcasts a program
featuring a full massed choir singing to
their accompaniment
For one half hour the 100000 chimes
from the memorial which has not vet
been officially dedicated will be PLAYED
by Margaret Jane Crawford, noted
Washington pianist and organist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-16
BERLIN RESTAURANT
SELLS SPACE FOR ADS
Floor, Ceiling and Every Available
Inch, Including Dresses of Wait
resses, Used to Profit.

BERLIN (N.A.NA.) A novel enter
prise Is the restaurant on the Kurfur-
stendamm that is relying on advertising
70 pay all its expenses. Every con-
ceiyable space will provide accommo-
dation for advertisements-the fIocr
the ceiling, the walls, the tables and
the chairs. The dresses of the wait
resses will serve the same purpose and
even the china and the cutlery will
recommend various proprietary articles
The cafe will be like one vast hoard
ing, save only for a frieze of mirrors
around the walls. And these will be no
mere plain mirrors, for the organizers
have decided to decorate them with
boards, muStaches and whiskers.
painted on a level with the heads of
the gusts, who may, therefore. see
themselves as others do not see them
except in the publicity restaurant. A
quaint idea, but then 1t is a cafe Of the
new quaint order.
With every square inch of the place,
except these hirsute mirrors, at rental.
the proprietors anticipate that they will
be able to provide excellent fare at ex-
ceptionally low prices.
Copyright. 1881. BY North American News
paper Alliance)