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lists that, even in their early Childhood. =.
showed an amazing facility in every
direction on that instrument. 1t would
seem that the piano is destined to be
the next in order to make the step
forward in progress, and the chances
are that in another quarter of CEN
tury both the instrument itself and
the ideals of playing will have UNDER
gone great change.
For a time, when the radio first
became popular, 1t seemed that the
end of interest in piano study was in
sight. There was period when deal
ers complained that no sales were
made. teachers that pupils had fallen
off, and music stores that the demand
for the popular piano selections had
dimished. This was only temporary,
however. and after musicians had had
their fling with jazz music they re-
turned to the piano as the most salts
factory. after ALL for both the ordinary
and the abOve-average talent.
Whatever instrument the student
elects to devote himself to, the piano
is necessary to round out his educa-
ton. Singers and all string instru-
mentalists are the better musicians if
they have some foundation on the
piano. Not only are they dependent
upon it for almost any performance,
but they must know what effects IN
the piano accompaniment will enhance
their own solo performance.
A SIDE from these points. which
"a every serious musician has ap-
preciated. there is the question of what
the future will require of SPECIALISTS
on the piano. 1t has been customary
to say that the piano has its limita-
tions as an instrument of color and
expression. but within the last few
years it has been proven that the
limitation lies, to great extent, in
the performer and not in his medium.
The old virtuoso style, which has given
us some of the greatest artists. has,
nevertheless. exhausted itself. and
pienists themselves are trying to pro-
duce a finer tonal beauty than has
been the aim heretofore, and thereby
give the piano a wider scope in the
anterpreting of its rich literature.
The artists of the future will be
known for what they can bring out
Of the piano besides brilliancy and
volume. They will have evolved a
technique that develops the touch
In more expensive way than at pres
ent and a pedal facility that will
increase the desired effects. Some Of
the concert artists before the public
today have taken the first step in
this direction, but, while the possibili-
ties of the piano in the way of greater
expressiveness has been demonstrated,
It has been In one pathway. a road
that excludes those whose tempera-
ment lies in a more dramatic field.
The artist of the future will not aban-
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don the brilliant display of virtuosity.
but will heighten its appeal through .
broader range Of dynamic control
THE tendency toward expansion Is
further shown in the many recent
attempts to invent q new keyboard
that will allow of the introduction OF
additional tones. Last Winter Rus
sian, Ogolevets. brought out piano
that provided II intervals in the oc-
tave instead of the present IL. His
invention was demonstrated In Mos
COW before a distinguished gathering
of musicians and scientists with the
greatest success.
Mr.. Ogolevets' main desire in fash
ioning the new keyboard was to find
a means of differentiating between
sharps and fats. To accomplish this
he took the ordinary Arrangement OF
seven white keys and five black ones
and divided each black key into two
sections. To strike G sharp the
player would touch the part of the key
nearest to the white G natural and
for A fat the part of the black key
below the A natural. The superf1ne
distinction between G sharp and A
fat, known to string instrumentalists.
would then be possible on the piano.
Some six years ago Hans Barth
introduced quarter-toned piano
which was not 50 simple in form as
that of the Russian inventor. The
ouarter-tone piano was in reality two
pianos, one above the other, with the
upper one tuned a quarter of tone
higher in pitch. In using the two
sets of keys the performer was able
to range through the intervals of
quarter, half and even three-quarter
tones.
A S YET, even the most modern Of
composers does not think in
these fractions of tone But the time
will inevitably come when these finer
shadings Of tone will mean the open
ing up of a greater field in compost
ton. There is every possibility that
the music of century from now will
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color. and if such should be the case.
the sphere of music will be changed
indeed.
But whatever the development of
the instrument itself the trend of the
artist will be toward finding a finer
degree of color in execution, coupled
with the brilliancy of technique. The
old manner when the process from
pianissimo to fortissimo was thought
to carry its own effect Is already CIV
ing place to desire to make its
meaning more real by an infinite play
of color in the process. The art Of
the piano has been reborn. and under
the influence of modern thought its
life span may see many undreamed-
Of changes
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Marine Orchestra Plays.

ON WEDNESDAY at 800 pm. the
Marine Band Symphony Orchestra
will present the following program
in the auditorium at the Marine Bar.
racks: Capt. Taylor Branson. conduct
ing:
overture. 'Tphisenis in .Aulis" Gluck
Tone Poem. Don JUAN" Opus 20,
Concerto in 3 minor for violin and or
Soloist: Musician Albert Schoepper.
Fourth Movement from Suite Roman.
tiuue' Fete Nuptiale) Herbert
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Concert Schedule
Today.

Grace WaShburn, coloratura
soprano, song recital. Columbia
Hall. Washington Missionary Col
lege, 8 pm.
Tomorrow.
Don Cossack Russian Male
Chorus, Constitution Hall, 4 pm.
"Symphonologues," Charles Ed
ward Russell, Arts Club, 8 pm.
Felicia Rybier, piano recital,
Roosevelt Hotel, $50 pm.
Mathilda Kolb Bartlett, lecture,
History and Stories of Famous
Christmas Carols; Eleanor Har-
rington, guitarist. assisting. Bark
er Hall, Y. w. c. A., S pm.
Monday.
Navy Band, Hour Of Mem
cries" program. 2 pm.
Army Band, 6 pm.
Marine Band, 4:30 pm.
Tuesday.
Philadelphia Orchestra. Eu-
gene Ormandy, conductor; Mischa
Elman, violinist. soloist, Consti-
tuition Hall. s:45 pm.
Ruby Smith Stahl. soprano:
Edward Henneberry, pianist. joint
recital, Arts Club.
Navy Band Symphony Or
chestra, Sail Loft. Navy Yard,
g pm.
Marine Band. shut-Ins Dream
Hour. , pm.
Soldiers Home Band Orches-
ira, $50 pm.
Wednesday.
Thomas L. Thomas. baritone:
Kurt Hetzel. pianist. benefit re-
cital. House Of Mercy" Shore
ham Hotel, $50 pm.
Marine Band and Symphony
Orchestra, Marine Barracks, 8
pm.
Thursday.
Interstate Male Chorus, Clyde
B. Aitchfson. conductor: Anne
Monson, soloist. United States
Government Auditorium, $50
pm.
Nation Boyce. piano recital,
Arts Club.
Soldiers Home Band Orches-
ta, $50 pm.
Friday.
Army Band. 6 pm.
Soldiers' Home Band Orches-
ira, $50 pm.
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Miss Rybier in Recital.

FELICIA RYBIER. concert pianist.
will be heard tomorrow evening
at the Roosevelt Hotel at $50 o'clock.
Miss Rybier, well known on both
continents, was born in Warsaw.
Poland She was brought as a child
to Berlin, Germany. and at the age
of 13 made her debut in Berlin. In
1925 Miss Rybier came to America.
making her debut In Boston. During
that season she appeared in several
recitals and was soloist with the Peo-
Piles Symphony Orchestra there. She
Is we'll known also as radio artist,
having been for two years soloist on
the Stien Piano Hour in Baltimore.
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Song Recital Tonight.

1 rHACE WhSdbUHN, COlOraCura 10.
prano and radio artist, will give
a song recital in Columbia Hall,
Washington Missionary College, this
evening at o'clock.
Miss Washburn is not a stranger to
Washington. having sung here on
numerous occasions.
Her voice is Of wide range, includ-
ing three octaves, and she sings to A
fiat above high c without apparent
effort.
At her concert this evening, Miss
Washbtrn's program will include
Caro- Nome" in, Italian. Mother
Machree," annie Laurie" IT Hear
You Calling Me-" The Swallows" +"
"Lo. Hear the Gentle Lark" with
flute; Tosti's "Good-By' and many
others that appeal to music lovers
everywhere.
She will be accompanied by Prof.
James w. Osborn. pianist. and Robert
Reed. hutist.
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Mary Gastfock Belt, teacher Of piano
and voice, presented her pupils In re-
cital Friday evening at the Dcwd
Studios. 5 Dupont circle. Those TAX
ing part were Camille Jones, Harriet
Franklin, Helen Joan Emeigh, Alma
Padgett, Jean Rittenhouse, George
Holmes, James Finton and william
Rowe. Members Of the Baraca Glee
Club. under the direction Of Mrs.
Belt, were The assisting ARTISTS.
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N TUESDAY at the Arts Club.
Ruby Smith Stahl, soprano.
director of the A Cappella
Choir. will give a Joint re-

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Ruby Smith Stahl, soprano.
director of the A Cappella
~ Choir, will give joint re-
eital with Edward Henneberry pian-
lst. Mr. Henneberry, who is new
conner in Washington. is graduate
OF the New England Conservatory.
On Thursday at the Arts Club,
there will be recital by Nation
Boyce, pianist. organist Of St. Mat
thews Church and professor of music
at Catholic University.
''Mid-Winter Episode" the third
calendar event of the season, will be
presented by the LOvette Choral Club,
Louise K. Hartung, president, on Mon
day evening, December IA, at $3.50
o'clock in the club room Of the D. c.
League of American Pen Women,
Grafton Hotel. Francise Bass Will
son, assistant director, is in charge OF
the program with Mrs. Joseph j. Hill
hostess Of the evening. Members, as
eociate members and guests are in
vited.
Mathilde Kolb Bartlett, contralto
soioist and lecturer, will give lee
ture on the History and Stories OF
Famous Christmas Carols" tomorrow
at o'clock in Barker Hall at the
Y. w. C. A. Mrs. Bartlett will sing
some Of the old carols and will be
assisted by the Y. w. c. A. Glee Club
In several numbers Eleanor Harring-
ton, guitarist, will also assist. The
public Is cordially invited to attend.
be guests at luncheon on Monday at
the Army and Navy Club given by
the Daughters of the United States
Army and on Wednesday at the Wom-
ans City Club, jackson place, given
by the Delphian Society. Mr.. Simon
will make an address before the
Daughters of the United States Army
on ''The Singer. His Traditions. Art
and Technic." and Mrs. Simon will
lecture before the Delphians on the
subject Of CLARA Schumann. Artist
and Woman"
George Myers. tenor soloist at the
Washington Heights Presbyterian
Church and the Eighth Street Temple.
will assist Lewis Atwater. organist, in
Q program of Early English music at
All Souls Church. Unitarian, tomor-
row afternoon at 5 pm.
Irene Lerch, pianist, will be pre-
sented in q short piano recital by the
Women's City Club tomorrow after
noon at 5 O'Clock.
The District of Columbia Federation
Of Music Clubs. Eva Whitford Lovette
Lowe. president. presents It's second
Junior concert of the twelfth season
this evening in the Sale de Recital.
when . program arranged by. Ger.
trude Lyons, state junior counselor.
Of classic and romantic music, will be
given. The following students will be
presented: Jean Marie Boyer. Carolyn
Rose Cowper, Emma Rhea Elliott. Ann
snd George Filgate. Helen Glasco,
Nancy Lee Halsted. Lisa Inazawa.
Josiah McHale. Carol Mitchell. Louise
Siegrist. Egor Shlopak. Patricia Ann
Shipe. Julia Yarnall. The Junior
Counselors presenting their students
are: Madeleine Aughinbaugh. Virginia
Bestor, Dorothy Radde Emery, Daisy
Fickenscher, Nine. Louise Coutinho.
FRANCES Gutelius, Celia Luce, Mrs. w.
g. Mead, Mabel Potter Payne. So
pf1ocles Papas. Thelma Callahan and
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Two Artists
In Program
For Benefit
Baritone Singer and
Pianist to Appear
at Shoreham.

A BENEFIT concert for the House
of Mercy will be given on Wednes-
day at $3.50 O'Clock in the ball room
of the Shoreham Hotel by Thomas L.
Thomas, Welsh-American baritone,
and Kurt Hetzel, pianist and con-
ductor.
Mr.. Thomas, who comes from New
York. has sung baritone roles most
successfully in opera under the direc-
ton of Schelling. Sevitsky, Amato.
Elkan and Kasschau, and his ora
torio and church work has brought
him unstinted praise.
He won the national 5000 At
water-Kent radio addition prize IN
1892, and since then his experience
has embraced = wide field ranging
from radio transcriptions with Ma
thaniel Shilkret and Frank Tours, to
featured soloist on major network
programs. On November l he was
heard in the metropolitan Opera
Addition of the Air." with Wilfred
Pelletier, the well-known conductor
Of these additions.
During frequent visits to the Adj
rondacks he has sung at Lake George
and Schroon Lake, where he received
high praise from the great artists
gathered there, one Of the most en-
thusiastic and appreciative being
Mime. Louise Homer.
DR.. Kurt Hetzels ability as q pianist
and conductor Is well known In this
country as well as in Europe. where
he has had several successful tours.
He Is recognized rs an outstanding
authority on Wagner and his ar
rangements Of the great Wagnerian
masterpieces are unique In musical
history. He will open the program
with three short Chopin numbers, fol-
lowed later by his own arrangement
Of the "Ffre Music" from Wagner's
opera, "Die Walkuere."
Mr.. Thomas, who win be accom-
panied by Nathan Price. will sing the
following numbers:
"Benvenuto'' Eugene Diax
Sweet Lii Jesus Boy oy'--------McGlnisy
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Navy Orchestra Concert.
THE United States Navy Band syn

THE United States Navy Band SYM
phony Orchestra, Lieut.. Charles
Benter conducting, will give . concert
at the Sail Loft, Navy Yard, Tuesday
evening at 8 o'clock. The program Il
as follows:
Overture and Entr Actes." from Ia
.Pskovitsins" NICOLAS Rimsky.Korsakow
"GoJterdammerune' Richard Wagner
Two slavonic Dances" op. 72:
Fantasy. "A victory Ball" after the
poem by Alfred Noyes Ernest SchelltnG
yslse. Roses Of the SOUTH Johann etrsuss
Ernst Won DohnanU
(1l .Oapriceio. -t2) Rapsodie, %
ScherSo. ~ Tema con variasl0n1.
second kcnmsinIan RHAPSODY" op.
The etSr epsnsIed Banner"
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"Merry Widow" to Be Given.

ent the opera, Merry Widow"
by F. Lehar, at the end Of January.
The first rehearsal will take place on
Wednesday at the studio, 1922 Ver-
mont avenue northwest, at 7:30 pm.
Anyone wishing to take part in the
chorus will please be present At re-
hearsal
The title role will be sung by Mar
jorie King. and the part Of Prince
Danilo will be taken by the we'll
known Russian opera singer, Vladimir
Svetlov, who will come from New
York to appear In this performance.
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Organ Recital at Howard u.

University concert series will be
held in Rankin Memorial Chapel.
Tuesday evening. December Is, at
$50. The program will be given by
Conrad Bernier. organist at the Shrine
of the Immaculate Conception, Cath
olic University, Washington, D. C.
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The PHPCo olee Club, under the
direction sf Harry Z. Yeide and Cor.
nelia Long Kinsella, accompanist.
gave Q concert ut the Brightwood
M. e. Church, corner Eighth and
jefferson streets on Thursday. No
vemhaf 10.
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THE dynamic, electrifying quality Of
Cossack Chorus concert is so
unusual and indescribable, that little
hint Is given by a recital of the pro-
gram. For tomorrow's concert, the
Cossacks have listed additionally, such
songs as Aliabieff's Nightingale. i"
Liadoffs Lullaby" Tschesnokoff's s
comic peasant song. The Little
Ditch: the Jaroff -Gogotsky song,
The Old Corporal; two white Rus
sian songs, arranged by Jaroff but not
titled. a Cossack rendition of Borodin's
Polovetsky song: songs of the River
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The f1rst Will consist entirely OF sacred
music such as Gretchaninoff' THE
Tschesnokoffs Praise
the Name of the Lord" Pantschenko's
I'm Thy Kingdom" Archangelsky's
20 God. Give Ear to My Prayer" and
the old church melody. 20 Lord. I
Cried Unto Thee"
THE second part Of the program will
offer the history in song of the
Don Cossack Chorus by Schvedoff,
written especially for the chorus in
honor of its 3,000th concert at Car
negie Hall, in New York, a little over
q year ago. This number is described
as follows, in a program note: .
and ss. ssim rveT Tru%Dsts pHn tremSss sSSnd
louder and one begins to hear 'Deutcsh-
land uber Allies mingled with God
tries Strange and nsA' far, where he e people e
night one against the other. The war
Hoan is at It's, its ,elimaxM;suddynly :; the cry;
xs.ts tas 'fisss Siood Asen s051ssf
Then. strange Counties sfs.hS iea With Seei eoid
hunger. sickness and death. Adieu,
comrades, loved ones. Mother Russia.
home and thee. o comforting DOM
Cossacks die with last whispers to their
beloved Don. Anxiety. despair hope
lessness-'Oh Lord, Save Thy Faithful.
Again the calm Don trembles and the
souls of the Cossacks live again in
melodies OF their homeland-lost but
never to be forgotten. United around
their leader they march TO peaceful
victories. Songs of Mother Russia re-
place the trumpet. Loved ones live
again. Enemies become friends. Sud-
denly the cry. Long Live the Army OF
the Don Cossacksr"
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COssack Chorus Gives
Program Tomorrow
Gentlemen on Whom Will Center Public Interest This Week
Concert to Include History of Organization
in Song, Favorite Selections and
Sacred Music of Russians.

Don Cossack Russian Male Chorus under the leadership
dynamic
tive annual Washington
appears
parts
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Finer Piano Technique
May Add to TOnal Color
Dramatic Possibilities Suggested for Future
Developments s-Gains Predicted in
Instruments and Playing.
Bv Alice EverSman.

VERY decade seems that some particular branch Of music re-
further development
capabilities standard Of technique The most
VIOLIN which, Paganns
Ku vuosy appeared violin
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Margaret Tolson, pianist. playing
"Kreisleriana" by schumann. Helen
Turley, contralto. and Elizabeth Ever
ett, soprano. will be presented BY the
Friday Morning Music Club on Friday
st IL: 30 an, Barker Hall. Y. w. 9. A.
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group from the Don cossack Russian Male Chorus ,0hch
Constitution Hail. pictured aboue being directed By its dynamic
conductor Serge Jarot nse Eugene Ormandy 1ho again
Uied the Philadelphia Orchestra at its
Tuesday evening Constitution Hail. Dhen Mcha Ean
celebrated Uiolnist soloist Abope
Weh-American baritone together h Kurt Hetze 1rH be
Wednesday afternoon at the Shoreha Hotel benefit
of
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All notices regarding
Christmas music in the
churches intended for
publication in the special
page to appear before
Christmas must be re-
ceived by the Music Ed
itor not later than Mon
day. December IA, and
must be typewriter.
The Washington times., 1936-10-29
FOUND GUILTY
OF ROBBERY

UPPER MARLBORO, Md, Oct.
29.-William H. Foster, alias Will
liam Faulkner, of Washington,
was convicted of robbing the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew j. Gill,
in Boulevard Heights, Md, of
$1,000 last April 2, after an all-day
trial in Prince Georges county cir
cult court here yesterday. The
jury deliberated three hours be-
fore returning the verdict which
carries a penalty of from three
to ten years imprisonment.
Miss Roberta Ford, neighbor
Of the ellis in Boulevard Heights
and Fosters codefendant in the
case, was acquitted of the seven
counts on which they were in.
dicted by the grand jury last
week. A third person indicted,
Carmen Quantrille, also of Wash
ington, has not been arrested.
Mr.. Gill testified that Foster
and another person had entered
his house on the night of April
2, held him and his wife up at
the point of a pistol, bound and
gagged them and beat him on the
head with the butt of the gun. He
told how they had then taken his
81, 300 savings from trunk in the
bedroom.
The Washington times., 1936-10-29
BOARD T0HEAR
D. {. HEADS

Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen
was informed today by j. L..
Jacobs, Chicago tax expert in
charge of the special fiscal rela-
ton committee, that heads of Dis
trict departments will be heard
by the committee on November z
at 10 a. m.
After receiving this informa-
ton, the Commissioner sent out
the full,speed-ahead order to the
department heads in the compila-
ton of their reports justifying ex-
penses of their departments. The
major department heads were
called before the Commissioners
yesterday and instructed as to
how these reports should be pre-
pared, giving a comparison Of the
expense of the department with
that of a similar agency In cities
of comparable size.
Jacobs also told Commissioner
Hazen that the city heads and
Major Daniel j. Donovan, munich
pal auditor, will be given a hear
ing by the committee on NoVem-
Der 20 at 10 a. m. The committee
was appointed to devise a more
equitable fiscal relationship be-
tween the Federal and District
governments, particularly regard
ing the annual Federal contribu-
ton to the District budget.
VOTE AMERICAN
The Washington times., 1936-10-29
6 ARE INJURED
IN TRAFFIC
ACCIDENTS
Two Drivers Charged
With Serious Law
Violations

Six persons were injured in traf-
fic accidents in the city yesterday,
as a result of which two persons
were charged with serious traffic
violations.
While crossing Seventh st. and
Massachusetts Ave. N. w., yester-
day, Charles Wolf, IS, of Sis
Second st. N. W., walked into the
side Of an automobile driven, po-
lice said, by William S. Eaton, "a,
of $50 Twenty-fifth st. N. w. Wolf
was taken to Emergency Hospital,
where he was treated for lacera-
tons on the head, arm and hand,
and was then dismissed. His con-
dition is not serious.
Eaton, however, was charged
with driving on an expired permit
and with having improper license
plates on his car.
Elizabeth Bowen, 81, of 610 Eli
colt st. N. W., was treated for
internal injuries after the automo-
bile in which she was passenger
collided with another at Third and
E SITS. N. E. Rae Demott, of the
same address, driver of the car in
which Mrs. Bowen was riding, was
treated for shock.
Mary B. Anthony, %, of 905 Sec
ond st. N. E., said by police to
have been the operator of the
other car, was charged with reck-
less driving.
Gary Brosmer, 3, of 724 Third
st. N. w., was struck by an auto
mobile as he crossed the street
in front of his home. The car,
police said, was driven by James
Hawkins, 20, colored, of 3l2 I st.
N. w., who took the child to
Casualty Hospital where he was
treated for bruises and sent
home. The boys condition is not
serious.
"A possible conclusion of the
brain was suffered by Lizzie Har-
ley, SO, of 1900 Thirty-fifth st.
N. w., when the auto in which
she was riding collided with a
car driven by Arthur Kay. of
1743 North Capitol st. police said.
The accident occurred at Seventh
and H Streets Northeast.
Struck by a truck on Benning
viaduct, Claude McGillivey, q, of
IA N st. N. w., was treated for
head injuries. The truck was
said by police to have been
driven by James D. Pierce, %,
Of 705 Mt. Vernon Pl. N. w.
The Washington times., 1936-10-29
Permits Of 80 Drivers
Ordered Suspended

Walter E. Thomas, 17O9 Trini-
dad Ave. N. E., A miles.
Edwin j. Uhthoff, 70 B ST.
N. w., AZ miles.
Ralph R. Wayland, jr., 1725
Lanier Pl. N. W., 48 miles.
Erwin C. Weiss, Alexandria, Va,
As miles.
Roy P. wilkins Sill Sixth ST.
S. E., 48 miles.
Edwin ]. Wise, 400 N st. S. W.,
48 miles.
Charles w. Woodland, 2700
Woodley Pl. N. W., IS miles.
Justine M. Young, 638 Morton
st. N. W., As miles.
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