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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-29

Brief Moment on the screen at
the Indiana, stage Mother" at the
Palace, MY Weakness at the
Apollo, TOO Much Harmony at the
Circle, "Tugboat Annie" at the Am
bassador, Picture Snatcher" at
Keith's, and ~burlesque at the Colo
NAL.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-29
Value of Our Orchestra
to Be Point Of Drive
Indiana State Symphony Society Receives Assurance
That Support for New Season VIII Be Great.
BY WALTER ID. HICKMAN

THE value of orchestral music IS a local produced ond controlled IN
Il sttuion was inteIigently developed by Cars Adams. former prose-
cutor of Marion county and now of Detroit, at the beginning of a drive
which gets under way today.
Mr.. Adams spoke last night before the workers of the campaign in
interest Of the indianapolis Symphony orchestra at a dinner III the
audtoriun Il b American Central Life nSuranc building
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-29
THIEVES LOOT HOMES
Residents Suffer $500 Loss as Bur-
glars Are Active.

Loot valued at nearly $500 was
taken by thieves from two homes
Thursday.
Earl Bauchle, 1872 Leslie avenue,
reported loss of 500 in cash and
articles valued at $40, including
jewelry and a revolver.
Suit valued at $25 was taken from
the home of Everett Osborne, 401
West Norwood street.
Evening star., 1933-03-05

COME Of the exceptions. however. were most
y interesting. Perhaps the most elaborate
living quarters offered to Inauguration visitors
was the Joseph Letter house on Dupont Circle.
This famous mansion. which tourists have had
pointed cut to them by barkers from passing
sight seeing busses, was offered with complete
living service.
Then, there was another type OF elaborate
accommodation made available to the weather.
visitors-the completely furnished apartment
One of these was q suite in prominent Six
teenth street apartment building. The suite
included two sleeping rooms q large drawing
ROOM dining room. servants room and kitchen.
A staff Of servants, including cook who had
been In the employ Of the apartments master
for IL years. and all foodstufs for the prepara-
ton of meals were included. The furnishings
were of the richest. there being $1,000 rug on
the living room floor and exquisite silver and
crystal from T1ffany's and unique furnishings
from virtually every world mart And this out
lay was listed with the Inaugural Housing and
Hospitality Committee for SIS per day for each
person and the period Of occupancy was to be
three days.
While these luxurious establishments offered
their guests complete service, including meals.
thousands Of quarters necessitated dependence
on the city's restaurants. Here again was
possible source Of imposition on the visitors, SO
the Inaugural Housing and Hospitality Com
mittee sent another subcommittee into action.
This smaller group was captained by Augustus
Gumpert and was charged with contracting the
restauranteers in the interest Of maintaining
sensible price levels. With inconsequential ex-
ceptions the keepers Of cafes, restaurants and
lunch rooms from the humble ''side-arm
chair" variety to the most thickly carpeted
places of aristocracy, pledges of fairness were
given to the subcommittee. These cooperating
establishments were listed and as visitors ac-
cepted quarters throughout the city. they were
invited to patronize these places.
All this, then, was the set-up Mrs Banisters
committee arranged in its efforts to provide its
service for the visitors. All that remained to
make the achievements of this efficient organi-
zation available to the visitors was a system OF
contact with the arriving throngs OF course.
the mails aided in making many such contacts
between visitor and host. The invitations to
the members of Congress bore fruit and many
persons who were quartered here during the
last few days never even saw the workers who
provided them with the quiet service they
required.
DUT there were thousands who came here
y with no advance preparation. They arrived
in trains. in buses and in their own autOmo-
biles. These presented the chief problem for
most of them arrived within the space of
few hours. These folks were met sometimes
miles outside the District. by the Inaugural
Committee service. The Greater National
Capital Committee of the Washington Board
of Trade maintains hospitality booths on the
main approaches to the District. One is 10
Gated on the Baltimore Pike between Laurel
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and Berwyn. Another stands on the Rich
mond- Washington Boulevard. near HybaA
Valley and third does duty on the Maryland
highway near Rockville Each Of these booths
housed workers from the Inaugural Housing
and Hospitality Committee and each was
equipped with Lists Of all kinds Of living quar-
tiers. Great banners proclaimed the proffered
service to the passing files Of cars 50 that mo-
torists were able to equip themselves with &C.
curate information and directions even before
they crossed the District line
Besides the permanent booths of the
Greater National Capital Committee, half q
dozen temporary booths were erected at strate-
gic road points by the Housing and Hospitality
Committee. These provided the same service
and, altogether, the roadside stations aided ma
terially in diverting and distributing traffic into
the District and in avoiding confusion.
The American Automobile Association also
worked with the Housing Committee Of the
inaugural organization to provide assistance to
visiting motorists
Booths also were maintained In Union Sta
ton Incoming hosts were greeted almost at
the moment they quit their trains with official
banners of welcome. Persons were able,
through this provision to find living quarters
for themselves even before they set foot on q
Washington sidewalk and thus were able to
take q street car or taN 0lrect 70 their WaS0-
ington residence from the station.
And last Of all. II any visitors escaped the
vigilance of the hospitality outposts-and some
did-there was the Housing and Hospitality
Committees headquarters in the Willard Hotel.
It was in a small suite Of rooms in that hos
telry which, ITSELF is veteran of many in-
augurationS and other important functions in
the life of the Nation, that Mrs Banister main-
tanned her own Office and the offices of her
staff Not day passed for the past two
months that did not witness file of pros
pective hosts or prospective guests fot the
inaugural.
So it was that Washington housed the in-
augural crowds. With the exception of an
executive secretary. who was Miss Helen Nance.
and the girl and boy clerks who executed the
mass of work directed by the committeeman
themselves, the workers all were volunteers.
The members of the committee included 73
names among them. those sounded in the
highest places of Democracy. There was. for
instance Mrs. Carter Glass, wife of the Vir-
ginia Senator and former Democratic Secre-
tary of Treasury. Then there was Mrs. Cordell
Hull, wife of the new Secretary of State, and
Mrs Pat Harrison, wife of the Senator from
Mississippi. And there were others.
While the workers were prominent. so were
some of the benefciaries of their labors. Some
of the leading Democrats in the country. for
getful of their own interests here during the
Inauguration of their leader. delayed long in
securing hotel accommodations and the Hous-
ing Committee fixed it for them" There was
in this group, for instance James A. Farley.
chairman of the Democratic National Commit
tee, and several Governors, including Mary
lands own Albert Ritchie.
Evening star., 1933-03-05

and so Washington's visiting throngs were en-
titled to friendly interest The city'S guests
here now we're not merely given the address
of haphazardly preferred quarters. but they
were invited into homes that first met with
the standards set up by the committee And.
most important Of all. there positively was to
be no "profiteering" or "gouglng." the charge
all too frequently made against cities that are
hosts to conventions or great ceremoniaLS
AS quarters were offered for listing in re-
sporse to the broadcast appeals, the commit
tee undertook to inspect them. In this work
the group was confronted with one OF its most
difficult tasks. Plenty of volunteer women were
available. but for some time during the early
stages of the campaign of preparedness the
lack of transportation for these inspectors was
deterrent Repeated calls were made for the
loan Of automobiles and. realizing the i'm
portance Of the inspection. Washington came
through.
Mccoy Jones, an experienced real estate man.
was chairman of q subcommittee on inspections
It was under his expert guidance that the vol
unteer workers visited all manner of living ac-
commodations to determine whether they were
worthy guest rooms" And it wasn't only
"rooms" these inspectors visited for the Hous-
ing and Hospitality Committee listed every kind
of accommodation from q modest little hall
room, through the scale of apartments to
luxurious mansions.
This inspection work was facilitated admir-
ably through the cooperation of the citizens
associations who functiOned under contracts
made with them by another subcommittee chair
named by Curtis Hodges executive director OF
the Greater National Capital Committee Of the
WASHINGTON Board of Trade. Each citizens
association served as Isison body between
the main housing committee and the homes in
its territory. Hence it was that neighborS
worked with neighbOrs in preparing for the
visitors.
Besides assuring itself that the accommoda-
tions it sought for the visitors were thoroughly
acceptable, Mrs. BaniSters committee took pre-
cautions to guarantee reasonable charges. In
the registration blanks distributed throughout
the city, the committee specifically stated that
"the average price of rooms now being listed
by the Inaugural Housing and Hospitality Com
mittee is from 81 to $1.50 per person per day.
with this as basis" the committees reg
istration blank continued, "the committee sug-
gests a schedule of rates ranging from 81 to
$3.50 per person per day. with maximum rate
Of IS per person per day with private bath.
Attention. however. is called to the fact that
rooms priced too high may possibly not be
easily rented.
Garage accommodations and breakfast, il
served, may be charged for in addition to the
room charge"
While these precautionary measures were
taken they were found to be almost unneces-
sary. Washingtonians. apparently. had little
thought of overchargng their guests. for the
vast majority of the rooms offered by house,
holders were priced at 81 so. with the 81 rooms
second in numerical strength. The more ex-
pensive quarters were far in the minority.
Evening star., 1933-03-05
BY CHARLES B. DECCES.

LITTLE old lady in upstate New
n York who had watched Gov.
~ Roosevelt mount in prominence until
n he became the man of the people
in the November election was
mighty anxious" to see him take
Evening star., 1933-02-12
One English Pope

A DRIAN " Was the only Pope of the Roman
Catholic Church to have been born N
Englishman. His original name was Nicholas
Breakspeare. A poor man while IN England
he left early In life for Paris, where he becamG
a student OF much diligence and sincezsez
Eventually he became an abbot. later Q cas-
dinal and finally was chosen as the Sup4emds
Pontif at Rome. He was elevated to head t118
church in 1854, assuming at that tins a.
name Of Adrian ~. He lived but fve yeaek
however, his fllustrous career coming = =
end IN 1859.
Evening star., 1933-02-12

other point Of interest in the Nations
Capital.
CollinSon Owen, a noted English
traveller, writer and lecturer, who re-
Gently visited Washington, had the fol-
lowing to say In an article that appeared
in Christian Science Monitor:
"The intelligent pisitor ,piH not haze
been long IN Warrington before he
,oends his ,ody to that old fashioned red
brick hoxse on Tenth street ,oIere, IN q
little bed room on the first floor, the
great Abraham Lincoln passed oaoay
after being shot IN Ford's Theater, inn
naediately across the street.
"As the tan President iDas carried ostt
of the theater a light ,oas obserped IN
the tioo front sptndosos of No. SIG, and
into this house he tpds carried and placed
on the bed Of q young naan-a roonier
there, toho, IN consequence, occupies his
small niche IN American history. So
much / learned at once. One knew fairly
aoeH the story OF Lincoln's assassination,
but all are NOT asodre of these details,
and it toas most thrilling to learn them
on the spot. It Das the modest little
room In sohtch the Great Enaancipator
died that appealed to me as the most
historic spot had seen in all America.
1t ,oas more altve Nth a great presence
than anytoSere else ! had Disited or ony-
,ohere else, think, that could be Visited.
So poaoerfl Is Hs historic appeal, or sDas
to me, that It seems to belong to a past
much more remote than is really the
case. 1t occurred to me that the i'm
naense interest attaching to the place
,oas, perhaps, not quite realized By those
,oho should be most familiar toith them.
The custodian ,0ho sho,os pisitors around
Is stepped n his task. He talks IN q
hushed roice, as though the tragedy had
occurred not many days before, thus
heightening the impression that, sentt-
mentally and Historically, this Is the
holiest spot IN the National Capital.s
Evening star., 1933-02-12

lore. It is especially valuable because Of
the fact that many of the books and
pamphlets are now out of print.
Hanging on one wall is the large
painting, by John H. Littlefield, titled
'Lincoln's Last Moments" It is not an
imaginary picture at all, as the sketch
and layout was made right in the room
by Mr.. Littlefield few days after the
death Of Lincoln, when everything was
fresh in the minds Of those who could
assist the artist in the details of the
scene, especially young Mr.. Clark, who, in
letter to his sister, written soon after
the tragic event, said:
II soas engaged nearly all day Sunday
1ofth one OF Frank Leslie's special artists,
aiding him IN making a complete sketch
of the last moments of Mr.. Lincoln, as I
kneso the position OF Everyone present.
He succeeded IN executing fine sketch"
Mr.. Littlefeld's painting is certainly
the most authentic picture Of the DEATH
bed scene. All of the persons represented
as surrounding the bed were not there
all during the night. Lincoln passed
away at about TBS. Along about z
o'clock, DR.. Stone, his private physician,
thought the end had come, or was fast
approaching, and all who were in the
house were 80 informed. Then they sur
rounded the bed and awaited the final
passing.
All Of Lincoln's cabinet was there, ex-
cept, Of course, Secretary Of State VIII
liam II. Seward, who had been attacked
and stabbed by Lewis Payne, one Of
Booths accompliceS, few hours before.
When DR.. Stone pronounced the Presi-
dent dead the stormy Secretary of War,
Edwin M. Stanton, made that we'll
known remark: ''Now he belongs to the
ages" Suspended from one of the door
ways of the room is a framed card
reading as follows:
"'Notu he belongs to the ages As
spoken By Secretary OF War Edtotn N.
Stanton, 5ust as Lincoln's spirit had
passed d,oay"
On the reverse side of this card, read
able from the next room, Is Lincoln's
beautiful reference to his mother:
"AH that an. and all that hope to
be o,oe to my angel mother.
A. LINCOLN"
In few places in the world can so
much inspiration be absorbed as in the
house and tho room in which the great
Abraham Lincoln passed away. It was
the desire and intention of Col. Grant
to make these two places on Tenth street
Lincoln Shrine" and not merely an
Evening star., 1933-02-12

floor boards, doorways, windows and
woodwork everything except the side
wall paper. That, Of course, could not
be removed in its entirety but one fine
strip of the original paper was salvaged.
The keeping of the house as it was is
true of all the other rooms; in fact, the
whole house, from basement to attic, is
as it was except for large room at the
back, which was subsequently added.
The front steps have been repaired,
where worn by the feet of thousands, but
not otherwise changed
After the removal of the Oldroyd
relics, several thousand in number, came
the job Of cleaning up the Petersen
house and repapering the walls in old
fashioned designs. Then it was turned
over to Miss Helen r. Downing and her
efficient committee to locate and procure
suitable furnishings for all the rooms
on the first floor. Some articles were
donated by members of the various
women's patriotic orders of the Civil
War, and some were bought with funds
supplied by them. It has been essentially
women'S work, no mems societies have
had any part in it. A large part of the
rehabilitation of the rooms has been
sponsored by the National Society Danes
Of the Loyal Legion, and the national
president Of that organization, Mrs.
Percy Y. Shelley, has been valiant aid
to Miss Downing. Unstinted credit must
be given to each organization in its
effort to procure, or supply, the appro-
pirate things that would make the Peter
sen house appear as it did in 1855. The
identical furniture, or exact reproductions
of it, all the way through could not, of
course, be had, but furniture of that
period has been obtained and properly
placed.
TWO things were OF great help to the
women; one was a floor plan Of the
house as it was at the time, with diagram
of each Of the rooms, showing just what
pieces of furniture were there and where
they stood. This diagram was made
many years ago when things were fresh
In mind. The other helpful thing Is
newspaper article that appeared in the
Washington Chronicle on Sunday, April
16, the day after the Presidents death.
This article was written in the room on
the afternoon of Lincolns death, and it
describes the room and its furnishings
just as the reporter saw it. It was pos
sible, therefore, to reproduce that par
tic ular room to exactly what it must
have been when President Lincoln was
Evening star., 1933-02-12

carried into it nearly 68 years ago. Each
of the several rooms on the first floor of
the Petersen House (Which Is the only
part that had to do with the tragic
death of Lincoln) have been assigned to
different women's patriotic organizations,
and each organization, from its presi-
dent down, has shown deep interest in
the work of rehabilitation that has been
assigned to it.
The room in which the President died
is, perhaps, the one of greatest interest
to every visitor to the house. This Is
sponsored by the District of Columbia
Society Of the Danes Of the Loyal
Legion, with special individual gifts from
members Of that society, and other rooms
have similarly been refurnished with
equal devotion by other organizations.
The women have endeavored to look
upon the work of rehabilitation as a
whole and not upon their own room as
a distinct and separate unit.
The hall is sponsored by the Ladies of
the Grand Army of the Republic and
Abraham Lincoln Circle of the G. A. r.
The front parlor has been assigned to
the National Auxiliaries to the Sons of
Union Veterans of the Civil War, with
individual gifts from William B. Cush-
ing Camp Of Ladies' Auxiliaries. The
back parlor is sponsored by the National
and Department of Potomac Woman's
Relief Corps, with special gifts from
Departments of New York and New
Jersey, and Ellen Spencer Mussey Tent,
No. 1, Daughters Of Union Veterans Of
the Civil War.
The small room adjoining that In
which the President passed away Is In
the hands Of the National Daughters Of
Union Veterans Of the Civil War.
The small bed room in the rear, which
has been termed the Pennsylvania room,
is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Society
Danes Of the Loyal Legion, several In
teresting and appropriate items being
donated by individuals.
THE large room at the extreme rear Of
the house Is most attractive and has
great possibilities in its final furnishing.
This room was assigned to the National
Society Danes of the Loyal Legion, who
were ably assisted by district societies
of the same order in Massachusetts,, New
jersey Connecticut Missouri, California,
Illinois, New York and Indiana. In this
room is a large bookcase which stood
in the White House for some years. It
contains several hundred volumes Of Col.
Osborn H Oldroyd's collection OF Lincoln
The Washington times., 1933-02-23
Evidently It Is
Considered Dangerous

At the meeting which was
suppressed, letter was to
have been read from Thomas
Mann, one of the most bril-
liant figures in German lit
erature, who recently was
given the Nobel Prize.
There was one paragraph in
the letter which would have
been obnoxious perhaps:
II am a democrat in this
simple and general sense.
I believe in the indestructi-
bility of certain ideas that
I regard as indissolubly
bound up with the exist
ence of humanity-such as
the idea of freedom, which
nowadays is being declared
superannuated and which
others would dump on the
historical scrap heap"
That sentiment is only
dangerous provided there
are great numbers of Ger
mans who share it. Evident
ly it is considered danger
Gus.
The Washington times., 1933-02-23
LISTEN, WORLD!
By Elsie Robinson

I have known many kinds Of
men-foolish men, stupid men,
bad men, loafers, weaklings,
criminals. But I have never
yet known a man who was not
proud, or any man, save crazy
men, who could not have been
saved through his pride.
That is why men rotting in
poor houses and cells are so
bitter. 1t is not only because
they are shut away that they
are bitter. They know they
haven't played the game ac-
cording to the rules. They
know they've wished a certain
amount of grief upon them
selves, and they are frequently
willing to admit that the SEN
tence is fair, But there's some
thing that isn't fair-some-
thing which they feel is horri-
bly, unfair.
THE ATTITUDE OF OTHER
MEN TOWARD THEM ISN'T
FAIR.
OTHER MEN MAY HAVE
A RIGHT TO PUNISH THEM,
BUT THEY HAVE NO RIGHT
TO WHOLLY DESPISE THEM.
FOR, NO MATTER WHAT
THEY HAVE DONE, THERE
IS SOMETHING IN THEM
THAT DOESN'T DESERVE
CONTEMPT.
They are not bitter because
they have failed, or because
they are being punished. They
are bitter because they are
denied respect; because their
pride is affronted. To affront
a mans pride-that is the bit
terest wrong you can do him.
Often I think of that, these
days, watching the dreadful
bread lines. Seeing men grudg-
ingly given dimes. Hearing
men lectured because they've
been lazy, eXtraVagant.
1t is terrible for men to have
to stand and hear things like
that; terrible to watch the
contempt in the faces of those
who give grudging charity.
What is said is true, and the
beggar knows it is true. Still
it should not be said. For
there is something in a beggar
that is not a beggar. There is
something in every man which
is finer than the man him
self-something of which he is
proud-something which other
men should respect.
A man will do anything fol
you if you will respect his pride.
He may fail you a thousand
times, just as he may fail him
self a thousand times. But, on
the thousand and first time, he
will justify your faith in him
and his pride in himself.
But man will do nothing
for you if you despise his pride.
He will hate you. And you will
deserve it. For you have no
right to desecrate that Holy of
Holes in any man.
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Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1933-02-23
opened her mouth during the
entire evening. She was just
speaking her mind.
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Syndicate, Inc.)
ONCE OVERS

peal to the common sense Of
the youngster.
Figures should be presented
and talked over with them so
they understand.
Angry words, loud talking,
blunt refusals won't do.
Visual education is an i'm
portant method of putting ideas
across.
If the young people are al
lowed to do some figuring on
the family budget they may
grasp the necessity of the cuts
in many directions that must
be made.
Most young people will do
what is expected of them If
the facts are presented in the
right way.
(Copyright, 1888 King Features
Syndicate, Inc1