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Evening star., 1934-11-24
SALES TAX URGED
BY MARYLAND BODY
Taxpayers Protective League
Will Present Arguments to
General Assembly.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, November "a. - The
adoption of a sales tax in Maryland
for raising funds for unemployment
relief and to ease the general realty
tax burden is being advocated by the
Taxpayers Protective League, Inc.
A brief which will be presented to
general assembly presents the follow
ing arguments for its adoption:
THE sales tax should be adopted to
raise the necessary funds for unem-
ployment relief as well as easing the
burden on real estate, but only as
temporary measure during the contin-
uance of the present emergency.
The ease of assessment, computa-
ton and collection.
1.-The sales tax flows uniformly with
business, fluctuates with business, but
never ceases.
There are no tax-eXempt securities,
no State employe exemptions.
''The sales tax produces substantial
amounts of revenue and quickly.
1T has low cost of administration
and adds diversity to the system"
Evening star., 1934-11-24
CITES
AIDS TO REALTORS
New Publication Discusses
Problem of Earning
Capacity.

A number Of questions in regard to
the problem of keeping an apartment
or office building at maximum earning
capacity are discussed in the second
issue of the new Journal of Real Estate
Management of the National Associa-
ton of Real Estate Boards, which has
just been published.
The major considerations which de-
termine whether modernization Is eco
nomically justified when an apart
ment or Office building is recognized as
obsolete, and the direction the mod
ernization should take, are problems
taken up in the journal. Another
included in the discussion Is, when
does it pay to turn unfurnished apart
ments into furnished apartments?
1853 Items Listed.
The new technical quarterly also
lists 158 items which the skilled prop
erty manager will watch in keeping
an apartment building in good con-
dition.
oscar H. Boenicke, former chair
man OF the Renting and Manage
ment Division of the Chicago Real
Estate Board, contributes the list, with
the assertion that property inspection
is the very essence and root of the
obligation of the agent to the owner,
and of satisfaction Of the tenant in
his home.
The management Of properties in
receivership is outlined by Kenneth
Cotton Brown, former president OF the
institute, and formerly, for nearly a
decade, director of the receivership
and management department of one
of the country's leading trust COM
panies.
Long Range Operating.
The long-range operating view
rather than the short-range resale
view in modernizing Office buildings
and apartment buildings is the one
which owners should take, Leigh r.
Gignilliat, jr., assistant field director
of the Federal Housing Administra-
ton and former editor Of the Ma
tional Real Estate Journal, holds in an
article appearing in the current issue
of the journal. Mr.. Gignilliat cites
actual changes from the red to the
black made by realtor managers in
skillful adjustment of old properties to
new conditions.
The whole present population trend,
which appears to be toward stand-still
rather than toward increase, brings
pressure on the building owner to give
up laissez faire waiting for time
when his city's population will have
grown enough to absorb his obscoles-
cent structure 1t should set him to
work, instead, to modernize his proper
ty SO it may 60 into 100 per cent serv-
ice to meet our 1884 demand, Mr..
Gignilliat holds.
But if undermining is not to be just
quicker way of losing money it must
be done with skilled knowledge of the
local market for space, and with
skilled balancing of expected income
against costs, meaning both rehabili-
tation costs and revised operating
costs.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
MOFFETT GUEST
At HOMES SHOW
Housing Administrator Will
Attend Opening on
Monday.

James A. Moffett, Federal housing
administrator, will be the guest OF
honor at the opening on Monday OF
the Better Homes Exposition, to be
staged for two weeks in the bus
center of Washington by the Wash
ington Better Housing Campaign.
The event. will mark one of the few
public appearances here of the hous-
ing administrator. who has been busy
with official duties.
Mr.. Mofftt will visit the exhibit at
the time it opens, at pm. on Mon
day, November 26.
To Be Open Two Weeks.
The exposition will be staged for
two weeks in the bus center of Wash
ington, located on the north side of
Pennsylvania avenue between Sixth
and Seventh streets, in space donated
by the owners.
Others present will include the
chiefs of the local housing campaign,
which is promoting in Washington
the plans of the Federal Housing
Administration in assisting property
owners to repair or improve almost
any sort of building through mod
ernization" loan.
Thomas P. Littlepage, general
chairman of the local drive, will be
the ranking local official present
Others will be John Poole, executive
director, and Dorsey w. Hyde, as
sistant director, as we'll as Alfred L.
Stern. who is handling the show.
More Than 40 Exhibits.
More than 40 exhibits of materials
and equipment suitable for home
construction and repair will be 10
Gated at the exposition. Dozens of
local merchants will show their wares,
and every sort of information about
the Federal housing loans will be
made available.
Among the information booths will
be those maintained by the District
Building and Loan League; the Dis
trict branch of the American Insti-
tute of Architects and the Washing
to Better Housing Compaign.
Arrangements are being made for
a special celebration at the opening,
including the appearance of band.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
LOAN CONCERNS PLAN
PART IN EXPOSITION
Cooperation Pledged in Better
Homes Program Under Hous-

Cooperation Pledged in Better
Homes Program Under Hous-
ing Administration Auspices.
Plans for the participation of the
building and loan associations of the
District in the Better Homes Expo
sition, to be launched next Monday
under auspices of the Washington
Committee of the Federal Housing
Administration, were made this week
at the monthly meeting of the Dis
trict of Columbia Building and Loan
League.
The members of the league ex-
pressed themselves as enthusiastic
about the program and pledged their
full cooperation. They will have
one of the booths, with representatives
of +, the individual associations in
charge at all times and with de-
scriptive booklets and other literature
giving complete information on the
financing of all types of home repair
and modernization loans.
The exposition. which is to run for
two weeks, will be for the purpose of
presenting in graphic form. with
demonstration, exhibit, charts the
possibilities of the repair, moderni-
zation and rehabilitation program of
the Federal Housing Administration.
1t is hoped in this way t stimulate
the interest of many persons who
have been needlessly putting off such
work on their homes with the feeling
that it was either not practical or
possible at this time.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
BATH ROOM CHANGES
Personality Effect for Lady OF
Gentleman Achieved.

Many rooms in a house have a
definite personality, possessing either
an essentially feminine or masculine
atmosphere. An idea which has be-
come popular lately Is the extension
Of this principle to the bath rooms IN
ones home-bath rooms one inme-
diately recognizes as either masculine
or feminine. Tile or composition
wainscoting with lighting fixtures to
blend, and an inlaid bathtub, create
a room very suitable for milady. VAIN
scoting running up the wall, with per-
haps a few prints on the space above;
a shower partitioned of and vain
scoted with the same material, with a
glass or chromium door-this means
bath room strictly masculine in char
acter.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
TAX ROLL TO BE ISSUED
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, November 24.-With
the awarding of a contract this week
for the printing of the municipal real
estate tax roll in book form the Real
Estate Board won a fight which it
has waged for years to have the as
sessment of each piece of property
open to the public.
Publication of the rolls is being
underwritten by the real estate group
and the city. The edition will be
limited to the number of volumes
paid for in advance. The board hopes
to meet its share of the cost through
the subscriptions. The volumes
cost $40.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
Heating Plant Important.

One of the important adjuncts to
comfort in the small home is an eff
cient heating system. 1t requires an
expert to determine the heating re-
quirements of house, the proper type
of furnace, type and size of radiators,
etc. Once these things are decided.
the system must be properly installed
and kept in good condition if it is to
render efficient service.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
BUILDINGS INSULATED
Many Public Places Treated With
Wool Process.

The Governors palace. Colonial
capitol, and library building in Will
liamsburg, Va. are among the public
buildings in the United States which
have been insulated as protection
against fire and to reduce fuel costs.
Mount Vernon, the House of Repre-
sentatives, the Senate Building, are
alsco insulated.
Rock wool insulation can be blown
into the walls through a pneumatic
hose and will reduce fuel costs any
where from 20 to 80 per cent Al
though being made of rock it weighs
only 8l2 pounds per cubic foot.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
-DAILY SHORT STORY---
JULIET'S FALL
June Never Suspected Her Jealous Husband Would
Bring Tragedy Into the Balcony Scene.
GLENN REILLY.

During the after
noon he had gone
out upon the de-
serted stage and
laboriously filed
the steel bolts
which secured the
railing used in the
balcony sc e n e.
From where he
stood in the wings
Riggs could see the
balcony now, hid
den from the au-
dience by t h e
heavy backdrop.
When June lean
ed on the railing
it would give way,
and she would fall
a good 10 feet. In
his minds eye he
could vision 1t.
ggs sobbed.
and he clutched
the curtain pas
sionately. June
his June! So she
had been merely
q citing after oil
Evening star., 1934-11-24
Home Repairs Delayed.

For several years past homes and
small business properties all over
America have been steadily de-
teriorating. Many property owners
have been unable to pay for normal
upkeep and repairs. A far greater
number have delayed the larger i'm
provements, which mean better
housing and better, living.
Evening star., 1934-11-24

THE tour was
L ending. For II
ork packed
weeks the Delaney
S took Company
had toiled its way
across almost as
many States in an
effort to bring to
the rural Ameri-
can public its in
t pr citation of
Shakespeare at his
best; and now sue
cess, in the form of
a New York bill
ing, was in sight.
For IL weeks
the company had
been making dra-
matte hi tory
larg ly through
the efforts of June
Nj C h OILS a n d
Charles Riggs, the
rom a n t ic leads,
who were Mr.. and
Mrs. stage.
Something about
>,.,NI@
Evening star., 1934-11-24

His face suddenly resumed its
masklike appearance as he heard
June's voice, and he turned to see her
descending the stairway from the
dressing room. Picking up the trail
ing end of her skirt, she crossed with
1.-the step to where Riggs was stand
ing and put graceful hand on his
arm as she peeped through the cur
tain. How is the house tonight,
Charles?" she asked.
Full and all set for some real ro-
nance, June" he replied woodenly.
He hoped that she had failed to
notice that his arm had grown tense
at her touch.
The play dragged on interminably
for Riggs. June was playing admir-
ably, and she seemed more beautiful
and desiragle than ever before. A
growing sense of unreality enveloped
Riggs as the fatal scene approached.
Suddenly, Riggs knew that he didn't
want June to die. He could win her
back. He'd tell her Bates true char
acter, and she'd see her error. They
could go right on being the romantic
couple Of the theater. June must
love him, Romeo, Romeo, wherefore
art thou, Romeo?" June's hands
were resting lightly on the railing.
He must warn her quickly before
she leaned over to watch for his COM
ing. He must call
There was hollow, swapping
sound, and she fell before him, still
clinging to the broken railing.
"June!" His choked scream was
cut short by the impact of her fall
ing body. He stopped swiftly and
gathered inarticulate words of re-
morse. June was horribly limp and
still.
Instantly there was pandemonium.
The curtain was rung down, and in
the sudden hubbub the actors and
prop men surged about the PROSTATE
pair.
In the midst of the ensuing excite
ment, while hastily called ambulance
was picking up June's broken form
and the police were questioning Riggs,
the call boy handed Burke, the as
sistant director, a telegram. Tearing
it open, he read aloud "Dornford
Bates killed in auto crash while
hurrying back to the theater. De-
! tails later"
Copyright. 1934.)
Tomorrow: "His Mother" by
Evening star., 1934-11-24

Tomorrow: "His Mother" by
Marguerite Tinsley, is a humorously
pathetic story of young Nate who
wanted to be loyal to his dead mother
and decided to run away when his
father married . second wife.
Evening star., 1934-11-18
N. Carolina Society Host to
Gov. Ehringhaus Tomorrow

The North Carolina Society will
open its social season with a recep-
ton and dance in honor of the
Governor of North Carolina and Mrs.
John c. B. Ehringhaus tomorrow
evening in the west ball room Of the
Shoreham Hotel. The reception will
begin promptly at o'clock, after
which Gov. Ehringhaus will address
the society. Dancing will begin at
10 o'clock and continue until 1890
o'clock.
The officers and board of governors
Of the society will constitute the re-
ception committee for the evening.
The officers are Lieut.. Comdr. Ovid
c. Foote, president; Representative j.
Walter Lambeth, jr., first vice presi-
dent; Mrs Edmond Randolph Preston,
second vice president; Mrs. David H.
Blair, third vice president; Miss Jane
Elizabeth Newton, secretary treasurer,
Rev. Robert C. Masterton, chaplain,
and Mrs. Thad S. Page, historian. The
board of governors include Senator
Robert R. Reynolds, Representative
zebulon Weaver, Assistant United
States Solicitor, Mr.. Angus D..
MacLean; Mrs. Josiah w. Bailey,
wife of the senior Senator from North
Carolina; Mrs. o. Max Gardner, Mrs.
Robert H. McNeill, Mr.. Edgar Tur-
lington. Mrs. Garland S. Ferguson,
DR.. Worth Daniels, Mr.. Wade B.
Hampton, Mrs. Thomas A. Walden
and Mr.. Edward c. Sasser.
Assisting the secretary treasurer to-
morrow evening will be Mr.. and Mrs.
George H. McNeill, Mr.. and Mrs.
Evening star., 1934-11-18
Notre Dame Gard Party
At Mayhower November &c

The annual Notre Dame card party
and dance to be held at the May
flower Hotel November 26 is expected
to be one of the most enjoyable affairs
of the season. Committees for the
event include Mrs. William Grogan,
general chairman and patronesses
Miss Margaret Fennell, chairman:
Miss Ellen T. Becker, Miss Margaret
McAllister, Mrs Michael McDermott,
Mrs. Benjamin Bennett. Mrs. H. j.
Donoghue, Miss Marie Nohe, Mrs. Jo-
seph Fahey. Miss Margaret Carr, Miss
Mary Miller, Miss Betty O'Connor,
Miss Lidwin Geneau, Miss Catherine
Mulroe, Miss Dorothy Sheehan, Miss
Margaret Barrett, Miss Agnes Gowen
and Miss Regina McGivern.
Tickets are in charge of Mrs. Ade-
laide l. Cavanagh, chairman; Miss
Zita Weide, Miss Gladys Flanagan,
Miss Mary Fitzgerald, Mrs. Albert
May, Miss Helen Collins, Miss Kath-
leen Cagney, Miss Anna Saur, Mrs.
J. B. Coad, Miss Rose Barnes, Miss
Helen Herbeck, Miss Catherine Quill,
Miss Helen Kelly, Miss Lillian Pepper,
Miss Mary Mcdonnell and Miss Their
eSa O'Brien. Mrs Joseph Mulroe is
chairman of prizes assisted by Mrs.
George Denny and Mrs. H B. Nc
Ceney. Mrs. William Sheridan is in
charge of hotel arrangements, and
publicity is in charge of Miss Mary
Augusta kennedy
The dancing chairman is Miss Ann
Veihmyer, who will be assisted by Miss
Kathleen Connors, Miss Helen Fennell,
Miss Mary Henlon, Miss Dorothy Park
hill, Miss Evelyn McGiven, Mrs Paul
Myers and Miss Mary NJ Maloney.
Following are patroneSSes whose
names were received in addition to
the list formerly announced: The
Misses Donovan, Mrs. James Blaine
Fitzgerald, Mrs. Daniel w. McCallum,
Miss Helen Riordan, Miss Eva Walters,
class of 1882, class of 1888 and class
of 1885. Joint patroneSses are Miss
Cecilia Collins, Mrs. J. B. Coad. Miss
Catherine Gwinn, Miss Rita Walsh.
Miss Alice Poston, Miss Catherine
Rhatigan, Miss Margaret Barrett and
Miss Ellen Smith.
Evening star., 1934-11-18
Warrenton Folk Guests
For Quail-Shooting Season

WARRENTON, Va, November IT,
Miss Mildred Gaines entertained at
tea Tuesday in honor of Miss Mary
Peasants Morton and Miss Anne
Barrett.
Mrs. Thomas McGrath motored
from New York with her son, Mr.. Ray
mond McGrath, and spent the week
end here. Mrs. Raymond McGrath,
who has been at her Warrenton home
for six weeks returned to New York
with them Tuesday.
Mrs. Barton Doudge and Miss Grace
Doudge, who have been in Warrenton
since their return from Europe last
Spring, left this week for Washington
and after spending few weeks there
expect to go South for the Winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Cutting enter
tained the Warrenton Hunt at a
breakfast after the run which started
from NordiX Farm recently. Mr.. and
Mrs. Cutting also entertained at din
ner this week in honor of Miss Vir-
ginia Fair of Montreal, Canada.
Lieut.. Alfred Randolph, U. S. Navy
sAAAA 4s4A -. ANoilNO4PAi d1C 1C(ClNlllS SOIl-
gratulations on the birth of a son,
Alfred Magill Randolph, 4th, in Nor
folk, Va, November 5. Lieut.. Ran
dolph is the son of Mrs. A. M. Ran
dolph and the late Mr.. Randolph of
Warrenton and a grandson of the late
Right Rev. Alfred Magill Randolph.
for many years Bishop of the Diocese
OF Virginia. Mrs. Randolph was Miss
Lucy Tunstall of Washington and
Norfolk, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison Colkett of
Haverford, Pa, came to Virginia for
the opening of the quail-shooting sea-
son, November Is, bringing a party of
friends from Haverford and Phila-
delphia, who are being entertained by
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin B. King at their
camp on the Shenandoah near Luray.
Mrs. Colkett was Miss Mary Forbes
King, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs King
Of Stuyvesant, Warrenton.
Miss AuStine Mcdonnell of Warren
ton will be a bridesmaid at the mar
riage of her cousin. Miss Ann Chiffon
Mcdonnell, to Mr. Oliver Russell
Grace at 4:30 o'clock November 90. at
st. Dominic's, Oyster Bay, Long
Island, with large reception follow
ing at Glendonnell, country home of
the brides parents, at Mill Neck, Long
Island.
Miss Austine Mcdonnell, who is now
a student at Notre Dame of Maryland.
will go to New York November 90. with
her parents, Mai. and Mrs. Austin
Mcdonnell, to attend several enter
tainments preceding the wedding,
among them a dinner dance at
Sherry's and large supper dance for
the wedding party at the Piping Rock
Club.
Mr.. Larry Christian of Richmond,
Va, and Mr.. Julian Mason of Wash
ington were the week end guests of
Mr.. and Mrs Alan Day.
Mrs. Clark Baldwin of Boston, who
closed her Summer home here some
time ago, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs
William E. Doeller.
Mrs Cousins of Nau VOrE jc tho
Evening star., 1934-11-18

guest Of her son and daughter In law,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Sloane.
Mrs. w. T. Willis has returned to
Shadow Lawn after a weeks visit to
her children in Washington and Balti-
more.
Miss Kate Cooper of Washington,
recently spent few days with Mrs. E.
M. Spilman and Miss Kate Keith
Lieut.. Taylor Scott Keith. U. S.
Navy, has returned to Norfolk, Va,
after spending two weeks with his
mother, Mrs. John Keith.
Right Rev. H. st. George Tucker,
Bishop of Virginia, was present at a
special meeting of the vestry Of ST.
James Church held Tuesday evening
at the home Of the rector, Rev. Paul
D. Bowden.
Evening star., 1934-11-18
Mrs. Howard Takes Timely
Topic for TUESDAY, Talk

What Price Social Security" will
be the subject of Mrs. Georgette Ross
Howard's weekly current topic talk at
the Sulgrave Club Tuesday morning
at 1870 O'Clock. With the meeting
last week of the Presidents Commit
tee on Economic Security, where
studies toward a comprehensive pro-
gram of social planning for consid-
Grafton by Congress were discussed,
the topic of Mrs. Howard's lecture
takes an additional significance and
interest.
In addition, Mrs Howard will de-
vote part of her lecture hour to a dis
cussion Of the most disputed area in
Europe today, and the promise of
Mussolini to found a corporate state.
Several luncheon parties have been
planned at the Sulgrave Club follow
ing the lecture.
Evening star., 1934-11-18

Alexander M Walker, Mrs william
H. Hessick, jr., Mr.. Leon NJ Fuquay.
Miss Mildred Battle. Mr.. George W.
Ewell, Mr.. Giles Yeomans Newton
and Miss Walden
All North Carolinians are cordially
invited to join the society and to
attend its meetings. A thousand "Tar
Heels are expected to greet the
Governor and Mrs. EhringhauS at the
first meeting, and membership cards
and guest tickets may be obtained
from Miss Newton, secretary-treas-
urer, at the Chastleton Hotel, or at
the door tomorrow evening.
Future parties planned by the
society are Saturday. December Is,
Christmas party; Saturday, January
10, congressional night; Monday,
February IL, valentine party; Mon
day.. March 10, Spring dance. and
Monday. April is, annual meeting.
Evening star., 1934-11-18

and Mrs. Edwin j. Cameron. This
tea is given in connection with the
annual Fall ingathering of the guild.
During the afternoon, the garments
collected by the Bethesda branch will
be on display. Mrs. Miles, who is the
State chairman for Maryland of the
Needlework Guild of America, will
give short talk on the work of the
guild. A program of music will be
presented by Mrs. A. H. Fast.
Evening star., 1934-11-18
Colonial Danes of
Alexandra Card PARTY

The Colonial Danes of Alexandria,
Va. are sponsoring a card party to
be held Monday, November 26, at 2
pm. and pm, in the American Le-
gion room of Gadby's Tavern, en-
trance on Cameron street. The party
is for the benfit of the tavern.
The officers of the Colonial Danes
are: President, Mrs. Malcolm Math-
eson; vice president, Mrs. Louis Green;
recording secretary, Mrs. Richard
Marshall; corresponding secretary and
treasurer, Mrs. Daingerfield Love.
The committees of the card party
are: Reservations, Mrs. Henry Toule;
Evening star., 1934-11-18

arrangement Of tables, Mrs. E. C.
Dunn and Mrs. G. L. Boothe; candy,
Mrs. Robert Marshall, and prizes, Mrs.
T. B. Cochran and Mrs. William J.
Boothe.
The Colonial Danes have been
most sympathetic with the preserva-
ton Of Gadby's Tavern and have re-
peatedly demonstrated their interest
in the efforts Of the American Le-
gion to restore this building. This
historic spot arouses the pride of the
entire community and the card party
is open to the public. The tables are
being rapidly reserved and as the space
is limited 1t is necessary to make res
ervations owing to the demand. The
time limit is Friday, November %. To
Evening star., 1934-11-18
Needlework Guild Tea
In Battery Park

Mrs L. Wardlaw Miles of Balti-
more, will be the guest of honor at a
tea to be given by the Bethesda
branch Of the Needlework Guild at
the Battery Park, Md, Community
House Tuesday afternoon.
Presiding at the tea table will be
Mrs. Reginald B. LOCKER, who will be
assisted by Mrs. William T. Owens
Evening star., 1934-11-18

China is importing more chemicals
from the United States than from
Japan.
Evening star., 1934-11-18

add to the attractiveness of the card
party the rare and beautiful Hender-
son collection Of antique furniture will
be on exhibition.
Evening star., 1934-11-18

The area devoted to tobacco growing
in Argentina has decreased by $780,
600 acres in the last II months