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The Washington times., 1935-06-29
World Of Music
s

/" by Ethelbert Nevin
, and fell in love with his own
image reflected in the water.
Looking at his own image almost
continually, he pined away and
was changed into the flower
which bears his own name.
The composition sounds much
like love song; there is swing
that may describe the nodding of
the flower in the breeze; the tune
sustains a delicate cling
throughout with frequent pass
ages of triplets in the accompani-
ment.
From the story Of Narcissus,
modern psychologists have coined
the word "narciSm," meaning the
qualification derived from self
admiration. AS a further explain
alton of this term, a certain mu-
sic teacher told a poor music
critic who had the temerity to
pass a mild criticism on one of
her pupils, that her work was
above criticism. Music sometimes
does that to people.
Sacred Concert
The United States Marine Band,
under the direction of Capt.
Taylor Branson, will give a sun.
set sacred concert in the Amphi-
theater at Arlington National
Cemetery tomorrow evening at
$50 o'clock. The following pro-
gram will be presented: March
Religioso" (Chambers), "Andante
Cantabile," from Symphony No.
S" (Tschaikowsky); cornet solo,
THE Rosary" (Nevin), played by
Winfred Kemp: "Kol Nidrei"
(Bruch), Lift Up Your Hearts"
(ElgaD, Largo" (HandeD, from
bone solo, "Calm as the Night"
(Bohme) played by Harold Bayes;
Reeve Angelique, "Kamenoi o.
trow" Rubinstein); Romance"
(Svendsen), "Open the Gates of
the Temple" Knapp.
The students of the Alice Louise
Hunter Studio of the Dance will
hold their June recital at the
Wardman Park Theater tonight
at $50 o'clock.
One of the features of the pro-
gram will be entitled Baby Bits"
and will be given by a group of
youngsters between the ages Of
21a to S years. Among the num-
bers to be given by the advanced
group will be "Liebesfreud," a soft
rhythmic dance; Controversy"
will present four different types
of dancing: rhythm, modern, jazz
and classical.
Strauss Tales from the Vienna
Woods" will be danced by Miss
Hunter and the group. The pro-
gram will close with Hungarian
Fantasy" a colorful dance panto-
mime depicting gypsy life. Mrs.
Edith Hunter will accompany the
dancers.
Choral Festival
The Nathaniel Dett Choral So
ciety under the direction Of Miss
Virginia Williams viii give the
fourth festival Of the summer sea.
son tomorrow night at O'Clock
at the Sylvan Theater on the
Washington Monument Grounds.
Mrs. Dorothy Hodgkin Dorsey
announces four full-length piano
recitalS for the coming season
that will be of particular interest,"
to piano students and general
music lovers.
These four recitalS will bring to
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The Majors In Town!
First Haul. $40

Say, what a break, unused
Philip Keyes, as the well-groomed
major" he met in front of the
Willard Hotel yesterday offered
him a job as chauffeur.
Would he take the job? He
snapped at it quicker than you
could bat an eye. Jobs are scarce
these days, Mr.. Keyes said to him
self.
There was only one hitch in
the deal. Mr.. Reyes did not pos
sess a livery outfit. But that
could be easily fixed.
So up to a fashionable outfit
ting shop on Connecticut Avenue
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paraded Mr.. Keyes and the
major" What? The major"
hasn't got 40 bucks? That's
funny, Mr.. Keyes thought. Well,
what's 40 bucks when you're get
ting a job, Mr.. Reyes said to him
self, and forthwith brought out
his billfold and handed the
major" $40.
Then the major" walked out
of the store and Mr.. Reyes hasn't
seen him since. Neither has he
seen the $40.
Mr.. Reyes, who lives in the 100
block of Willard st. N. w., told
the story to police.
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Search Launched
For Sick Student

GREENWICH, Conn.,, June %
G.N.SO-Wide search was begun
today by State police for Arthur
M. Collens, jr., son of Arthur M.
Collens, president of an insurance
company, Hartford, who disappear
ed from Blythewood Sanitarium
here late Thursday afternoon.
Young Collens, a brilliant stu
dent, withdrew from Williams Col
lege last fall following a nervous
breakdown.
The Washington times., 1935-06-29
APPLE HARVEST NEAR

RICHMOND, Va, June 29.-The
first Of next week will see the be-
ginning Of the Virginia early apple
harvest, it was said by commercial
growers, who are expecting better
prices than obtained for the last
several years, at least for the first
part Of the season.
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Letters to the
Editor

Letters to the Editor should
not exceed 200 words. They
must be signed by the 1Uriter
tOith his name and address.
These tDiH be held confidential
and initials used in publication
If the HOriter so deSignGteS. Read
erS are inDited to discuss any
subject of interest.
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between Calvert
st. and Chevy
Chase Circle, Il
densely p op u
lated area, to
become effec-
tive September
l, has taken a
step to improve
a service which
many car riders
contend is both
inadequate and
inefficient.
The change
from street, car
to bus service
~ - %;Y,a@
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The Weather

District of Columbia - Local
thundershowers late this afternoon
or early tonight; not quite so
warm tonight; Sunday partly
cloudy; gentle variable winds.
Maryland-Local Thunderstorm.
ers this afternoon or early to.
night; slightly cooler in central
and east portions tonight; Sunday
generally fair.
Virginia-Partly cloudy, prob
ably local thundershowers tonight
and in west and south portions
Sunday; slightly cooler in north
east portion tonight.
Temperatures
Yesterday Today
4 p. m. ..... SO 4 a. m. .....71
8 p. m. .....84 8 a. m. .....77
Midnight ITS Noon ...... .89
Departures From Normal
Accumulated excess of tempera,
ture since January l, 1885. 157.
Excess of temperature since
June /, 1885, 81.
Accumulated excess of precipita'
ton since January /, 1885, ST.
Deficiency of precipitation since
June l, 1885, Al.
Tide Table
High tide today at 6::35 a. m
and at TOT p. m.
Low tide today at 1888 a. m.
and at 1885 p. m.
High tide tomorrow at 1928 a,
m. and at 7:55 p. m.
Low tide tomorrow at 1:44 a. m,
and at 2::23 p. m.
The Sun and Moon
The sun rises today at 4:44 a. m,
and sets at 1888 p. m.
The sun rises tomorrow at 4:45
a. m. and sets at 1888 p. m.
The moon rises today at 1921 a.
m. and sets at $3.50 p. m.
The moon rises tomorrow at
4:l9 a. m. and sets at 7:45 p. m.
TEMPERATURES
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D. c. EXPLOSION
KILLS Z MEN
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its operation for the day three
hours before the explosion &C.
CURED.
Eighty transforms of the type
that exploded today are in use
here, officials said, all in the same
plant.
c. Melvin Sharpe, assistant ex-
ecutive officer of the company,
issued the following brief state
ment:
Gas to the cause of the acct
dent, there is no way we can
find out. We have had all Dis
trict inspectors look into the
plant and they have been I'M
able to tell us what caused the
blast. The transformer had
been thoroughly tested and will
be diSmantIed now to determine
the cause of the explosion"
Brother Dazed
At the company's office a
woman, who said she was sister
to j. w. Foxwell, who is in a
serious condition at Emergency
Hospital, tried to keep back the
tears as she told how she had
been permitted to talk to her
brother for a second.
He didn't realize what had hap
pened, she said.
She asked if her own doctor
would be permitted to take care
of the injured man, and the Off
cial readily granted the request.
The dead:
Fred L. Davis, of EdmonstOn
Road, East Riverdale, Md.
Thomas B. Sheppard, IS, 5000
block Visitor st. N. E.
Three injured men, one OF
them colored, were taken to
Emergency Hospital. Their con-
dition is considered critical.
The injured:
william w. FQxwelI, 81, of the
5000 block Thirty-fOurth st.
N. w.
william Wright, 31OO block
North Pershing Drive, Herndon,
Va.
Floyd Bennett, 81, colOred, Of
the 1900 block Dix st. N. w.
Three other workers were treated
for minor bruises at the scene of
the accident. They are Frank Fas-
nacht, Harry Solomon and George
S. Wolfe.
The fire rescue squad, four COM
panieS of fire apparatus and sew
eral ambulances were rushed to
the scene.
The explosion occurred at S:15
q. m.
At the time of the blast a large
crowd of work-bound men and
women gathered about the scene
but were prevented from entering
the building by a Gordon of police
thrown about the scene.
Property damage was slight and
was confined to the basement Of
the building.
In advancing one possible cause
of the disaster police said oil had
been found on the outside Of the
transformer and that it probably
leaked into the inside Of the ma
chine causing a short circuit.
The Washington times., 1935-06-29

the Capital, in the same season.
such masters of pianoforte technic
and Interpretation as Gabrilo-
witsch, Artur Schnabel, Rach-
maninoff and Josef Holman.
Concert goers will recall the
brilliant joint recital that was
given here during the past season
by Gabrilowitsch, poet Of the
piano." and conductor of the De-
troit Symphony Orchestra, with
Albert Spalding, the distinguished
American violiniSt. These two
artists will appear next season in
joint recital as a feature of the
first Sunday afternoon series. In
this series will also appear Artur
Schnabel, the Austrian pianist,
whom many critics consider the
greatest living piano exponent OF
Beethoven and Brahms.
The Washington times., 1935-06-29
P. j. {. BUS LINE
SUBSTITUTION
|SWATCHED
BY A. J. DRISCOLL
Citizens Associations Editor

The Public Utilities Commission
in ordering substitution of buses
for street cars on Connecticut Ave,
The Washington times., 1935-06-29

Last weeks thrilled
crowds told their friends
and their friends told
US they want another
chance to see this mighty
hit! We've had so many
requests we had to hold
it for a second week in
Washington! It's moved
to the Metropolitan for
this week only. Hurry!
See it today.
The Washington times., 1935-06-29

From the besf.selIer thaE
roised the veil Of the
east. DGrEnsly filmed by
the mokerS Of Sleek
Fury" ond &c Men,
with a huge oIl.Stor eoStI
Evening star., 1935-09-05
|CHERTOK'S CLAIM
IS TAKEN LIGHTLY
Concession" in Ethiopia Is
Held Not Dangerous to
u. S. Policy.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.


The State Department is taking
lightly the alleged concession In
Ethiopia obtained this Summer by
Leo Y. Chertok, New York broker.
It is pointed out that the con-
tract between the New Yorker and
the Ethiopian Minister in London
is extremely vague. It provides that
in return for $1,000, ,00o-which has
not yet been paid-the Ethiopian gov
ernment would give company to
be formed by Chertok q concession
for mineral rights in an underlined
area and at an unspecified time.
This agreement, in the opinion Of
experts, is not worth more than
concession for a row Of hot-dog
stands along the Eritrean- Ethiopian
border.
Conference Unlikely.
In the light of the wording of
the Chertok concession there Is little
likelihood that he will be summoned
to the State Department and urged
to abandon his rights"
The administration is following the
activities of important American con-
Germs in order to avoid any possible
entanglements in the future. AL
these are now being warned that in
view Of the existing political tension
throughout the world they must use
extreme care in their operations The
Government is not in the mood for
following dollar diplomacy" and
is not prepared to accept RESPONSE
bility resulting from ill-advised eco
nomic operations American business
men might undertake in the hope of
large gains.
In order to leave no doubt in the
minds of the foreign governments re-
garding this attitude of the United
States Government, the State De-
partment forwarded last night to the
American Ambassadors In London,
Paris and Rome copies Of Secretary
Hull's statement regarding the hands
off policy of the United States in re-
gard to economic concessions to be
granted American citizens.
Called Embassy on Phone.
Chertok appeared on the scene
after the cancellation Of the sensa-
tional concession granted by Emperor
Halle Selassie to the Standard Oil Co.
The New Yorker Tuesday called the
Italian Embassy on the phone from
New York. He informed the officials
of the embassy that he Is willing to
discuss the matter with them and
when informed that the Italian En-
baSsy had no knowledge of the new
Ethiopian concession and was not
much concerned about it, he told them
that they will find all the news in
the afternoon papers since he had
given the story to the news agencies
in New York.
Whereupon, the italian officials
thanked him cordially for the in
formation and hung up the receiver.
Evening star., 1935-09-05
ALEXANDRIA GETS
GRANT OF $45,0O0
P. w. A. Advance for Curb and
Gutter Construction Is
Given Approval.

Presidential approval Of Q $45,o00
p. w. A. grant to Alexandria, Va, for
construction Of concrete curbs and
cutters was announced today.
It was estimated the cost OF the
entire project will be 100000. giving
a years employment to workers on
relief rolls. Alexandria is defraying
the balance of the cost from It's own
funds, no loan having been requested.
President Roosevelt also has ap-
proved another grant Of $106,650 to
the Albemarle County. Va. School
Board for construction Of school
buildings in Charlottesville. Earlyville,
Stoney Point and Meriweather. The
entire program will cost $237, 900.
Evening star., 1935-09-05

yesterday read q comdemnatory mem
orandum on the African empire to
the Council, told foreign correspond
ents he would refuse to answer ques-
tions or otherwise enter discussion
with the delegation Of Emperor Halle
Selassie.
Hence two diametrically opposed
nations glared at each other across
the Council table. The last word Of
each yesterday was calculated to
sting the other.
ut is beneath our dignity to parley
further with uncivilized and unspeak-
ably barbarous states" spoke Italy.
"Ethiopia's problem" was the re-
joinder of that empires spokesman.
has been to persuade the Italian
government to follow in this particu-
lar case the procedure Of civilized
Evening star., 1935-09-05
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, September 5.-Italy will i'm
pose its own conception Of civilization
on Ethiopia, official sources insisted
today.
These sources added that Musso-
lini is determined that Emperor Halle
Gelassie shall not be left to his own
devices In his backward empire"
A government spokesman reiterated
that II Duce was not bluffing when
he said recently "the nation is pre-
pared to go ahead with the League,
without the League or against the
League"
Evening star., 1935-09-05

states-that Is, recourse to arhitra-
ton rather than force"
Premier Laval Of France, who con-
tinued striving to bring italy and
Great Britain together by compro-
mise, was particularly gratified be-
cause the word sanctions" was not
uttered.
ITALY TO "CIvILIZE" ETHIOPIA.
Evening star., 1935-09-05
Ethiopia

(Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1935-04-10
BOLIVAR PAGEANT
SET FOR TWO NIGHTS
Roosevelt High School Audito-
rum to Be Scene of
Entertainment.

The pageant, Simon Bolivar, The
Liberator," by Dr. Barbara Ring, will
be presented tomorrow and Friday at
$3.50 pm. in the Roosevelt High School
Auditorium under auspices of the
Community Center Department.
Produced under direction of Marie
Moore Forrest, the music will be
played by the orchestra of the Marine
Band.
The first episode, Golden Days" +"
will be directed by Lisa Gardiner and
is sponsored by Mrs. Edith H Hunter.
The Gardiner dancers and members
Of the Players Club will take part.
Miss Elizabeth Beatty directs the
second episode, "The Vow" which is
sponsored by Mrs. A. j. Driscoll, with
John Sikken and James Thomas.
Harold Allen Long directs the third
episode, Declaration of Indepen-
dence," in which members of the Arts
Club will participate.
"Over the Andes is directed by
Miss Mary Olive O'Connell and spon-
sored by Mrs D. E. Middleton. Epi-
sode S, Conspiracy" will be narrated
by Miss Hester Walker Beall and
Maurice Jarvis.
"A Dream of Peace" is sponsored by
Mrs. L. w. Hardy.
Attempted Assassination" will be
presented by the Southeast Com
munity Players, sponsored by Mrs. M.
W. Davis.
THE Last Message" is sponsored by
Mrs. Martin Joynt.
Two symbolic scenes. sponsored by
Mrs. Maud Howell Smith and Mrs.
Mary G. Cromwell will be presented
by students from Georgetown Vista
ton Convent, the Alice Louise Hunter
Studio of the Dance and the Marion
Chace dance group.
Evening star., 1935-04-10
This
Changing
World
Old Diplomatic Hands
Have Jokers Ready
for Stresa Deal.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

Under normal conditions the for
midable political gathering at Stresa
would have caused a sensation and
occasioned the writing of a number
of long and optimistic editorials in
newspapers throughout the world.
Three prime ministers and two Sec
retaries of state are attending the
momentous meeting. MusSolini has
selected one of the most beautiful
spots in italy for this assemblage.
They will have quiet and seclusion.
All the delegates are old hands
in the diplomatic game. Hence,
there is little hope for new diplo-
matte deal.
Sir John Simon's views are already
known. Lets find some good little
formula and everybody will be happy"
Ramsay Macdonald, who was not
scheduled to attend this meeting.
Evening star., 1935-04-10
DEFENDS
N. R. A. At PROBE
Says Only Alternative Is in
Townsend, Long or
Coughlin Plan.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Edward A. Filene, Boston business
man, told the Senate Finance Commit
tee today there was no alternative for
N. R. A. except whatever DR.. Town
send, Father Coughlin and Huey Long
propose"
Holding that N. r. A. was funda-
mentally sound. Filene said the day
had passed in this country when busi-
ness could make more profit by paying
employees less.
The issue now facing the country,
Filene said. is Shall we keep on with
this effort to organize American life in
accordance with the new economic
facts, or shall we go back to the prac-
tices which landed us in this de-
pression?"
The elderly Boston merchant, who
has written several books on econom-
les, testified before a capacity crowd,
but only half dozen Senators.
Earlier. spokesmen for retail grocers
and cotton garment manufacturers
had urged the committee to extend
N. r. A.
Witness Voice Waivers.
With his voice a little shaky. Filene
testified the economic theories under
which he succeeded in business no
longer were sound.
There was a time" he said, when
business could get more If the masses
got less. There was a time when en-
ployers could make more profits If
their employees got less wages, and it
was during that time that most of us
business men developed our theories of
business.
But that time has passed. The
trouble is that the theories are still
sticking around. All that business
needs for recovery today is to recover
from those theories. ="
Filene told the committee labor
unions have a better understanding of
what is good for business today than
our chambers Of commerce have"
1t was President Roosevelt and not
the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States who has been repre-
senting the true interests of business
during the past two years." he said.
N. r. AS failure, Filene testified,
could be attributed definitely to the
failure Of business men to change
their basic attitude toward business
when this basic economic change had
made it necessary"
Asks Two-Year Extension.
H. c. Peterson of Chicago, speaking
for the National Association of Retail
Grocers, urged the committee to con-
tinue the recovery law for two more
years.
A similar plea was received from 8.
L. Hoffman, New York cotton garment
manufacturer, who testified to wide
spread benefits to workers and business
under the code.
Peterson said his industry's code
had been a code of ethics, and that
its abandonment would bring IAN era
of price cutting so vicious that many
grocers would be forced out Of
business,
Competition" Hoffman said, de
generated into a mad scramble,
wherein the manufacturer adroitness
Evening star., 1935-04-10
DC. Woman Still Hunts Parents
Who Left Her 80 Years AGO
Records Lost, St. Louis
Girl Unable to Find
Real Mother.
Located Brother and Cor.
responded With Hin,
During World Var.

A forlorn hope, perhaps, but a per-
sistent one has prompted q Washing
ton telephone operator to search for
the parents who left her at a st. Louis
founding home 80 years ago.
Mrs. Beatrice Wood SoNers, now 81,
Of 1405 Rhode Island avenue, ex-
planned that she was Is before she
learned she had been adopted and was
not the daughter Of her foster parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. George B. Lee of Ovens
vile. Mo.
The girl began to hunt for her par
ents then and has continued it since.
She first wrote to the home from
which Mr.. and Mrs. Lee had taken
her. the Missouri Founding Home on
Margaretta avenue, st. Louis.
Records Lost.
The records apparently had been
lost, and only meager information re-
mained. The girl learned, however,
she was left there in 1905 at the age
of by a Mrs. Amanda Wood" along
with a brother, Charles, then 7.
Three weeks later, she was adopted
by the Lees and Charles was adopted
soon afterward by a Mr.. and Mrs.
Geggus, 1916 Thrush avenue, st. Louis.
By the time the sister obtained word
from the home of her brothers where
abouts, the United States declared war
and he had sailed to France.
Located Brother.
The sister in the little Missouri
town, however, learned her brothers
address in France and corresponded
with him until his return following
the armistice.
Upon the brothers return, she was
living in Keokuk, Iowa, and he came
to see her in July. 1919. Mrs. Sellers
cames East some time later to find
job here.
She is now employed as a telephone
operator for taxicab agency. Re-
Gently she saw newspaper accounts of
where children had been reunited with
Evening star., 1935-04-10
at human exploitation was of para

at human exploitation was of para
mount importance.
THE Blue Eagle appeared to us al
most like an angel from heaven. In a
very short period it bettered the con-
dition of all workers tremendously.
Wages in some cases were increased
300 per cent. The industry itself has
shown steady and substantial profits
since the code went into effect"
Cites Cut in Hours.
Hof man added that under the code
working hours had been reduced a
third, hourly rates of pay had risen
lit per cent and employment had
increased 10 per cent over 1929.
He denied the code had injured
small business, asserting 1t rather had
reduced handicaps under which small
business has competed"
Hoffman testified that before N. r. A.
the cotton garment industry was work.
ing as high as So hours a week and
there was "a vicious cycle of wage
reducing, which resulted in the pay
ment of mere pittances. sometimes as
little as So week, for incredibly long
hours"
He said also that $4,000 child
laborers had been replaced by adult
workers. and that wages as a whole
were only per cent below 1929 levels
Lumber Code Will Hold.
An agreement for continuation Of
the lumber code yesterday heartened
the beleagured friends of N. r. A.
continuance.
Asserting they had been abandoned.
many members of the code favored
suspension. but N. r. A. officials an
nounced after conferences that the
agreement was to be continued, but
that compliance would be voluntary.
N. r. A. officials said that only those
firms living UP to its terms would be
given Government contracts.