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trict taxpayers are pleading are dis

trict taxpayers are pleading are dis
approved.
A number of important bills are
pending before both District COM
mittees, many of which are gen.
orally approved in principle. Con-
snicuous among these are the anti
gambling bill and the proposed hu-
manizing and moderniAng OF the
lunacv laws. OF course interest is
specially centered on the District
appropriation bill, for the District
is really governed through that in
strument and by the committee in
the House of Representatives which
handles that bill.
The rules of the Senate provide
for the service Of three members
of the District Committee as mem-
bers OF the Appropriations Conn
mittee when considering the Dis
trict bill. The same rule applies
to other committees Of the Senate
having particular interest in cer-
tain appropriation bills. In this
way the Senate Committee on APP
preparations and its subcommittee
at all times have the benefit Of the
information possessed by those who
have made special studies of the
problems involved. The House lacks
a similar rule and the House Dis
trict Committee and the District
are deprived Of the benefit OF so
businesslike an arrangement. Chair
man Norton of the House District
Committee is an ardent advocate OF
rule similar to that Of the Senate,
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port on proposed bridges and those
which have already been started
Progressive Summit Park Citizens
Association. pm. East Washington
Heights Baptist Church Action to Sc
cure 1897 District budget item pro-
viding for new Hillcrest school, Presi-
dent William r. Whipp states. Action
to secure new water mains.
Washington Highlands Citizens
Association, 9 pm, meeting place tc
be announced Report and action on
pending District legislation in Con-
gress, announces Earl Nair, president.
Friday, February 7.
Burroughs Citizens Association,
pm, John Burroughs School. Address
by Mrs Jesse C. Adkins on proposed
establishment of juvenile court system
in the District President David Babr
announces q discussion of policeman's
retirement act.
Chillum Heights Citizens Associa
ton. pm. Keene School. Annual
election Of officers. announces Presi-
dent Thomas w. Joy.
Saturday, February s.
Mount Peasant Citizens ASsocia-
ton, 8 Pm. Mount Pleasant Branch
Library. Address by John Nolen. jr.
of the Pork and Planning Commission
Presiden. r. j. Werner announces
plans will be made to participate in
reception for Isaac Cans of the Alco-
holic Beverage Control Board, at the
Mayfower on February 10.
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Jooss Ballet in New York.

X URT JOOSS, who has brought his
~ famous European ballet to the
United States for the first tour here,
which includes single appearance
in Washington Friday, February 81,
at 2:30 pm, under management of
Dorothy Hodgkin Dorsey, won a SEN
sational success with his group in the
opening program in New York We'd
nesday, January %, when they played
to packed house at the Metropolitan
Opera House.
John Martin, critic of the dance for
the New York Times. said:
"An enormous audience expressed
its approval Of the performance and
the evening can be fairly considered q
success. The Green Table remains
by far the company's best achieve
ment thus far and exhibits the ca
pacity of Jooss for deep human un-
derstanding, tenderness and warmth.
The ballet, cast something in the form
of a medieval Dance of DEATH is a
moving denunciation Of war, directed
not to the intellect with argument,
but to the emotions with experience.
Its satiric opening and closing scenes
around the futile council table of
futile diplomats are eloquent Of a
vigorous reproach beneath their clever
surface"
Reservations for the Washington
performance, which will include this
Green Table Ballet" can be made
at Mrs. Dorsey's bureau in Droops.
1900 q street.
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SCHOOL MEETING
| TO SURVEY NEEDS
PIT. AS and Civic Groups
to Gather at Franklin
Building on Friday.

Every parent-teacher association,
all citizens and civic associations. par
ents and others interested in the well
fare Of the District public schools. are
expected to attend special confer
| ence ct the Franklin administration
building, Thirteenth and K streets.
Friday night at 8 o'clock to present
the school needs of their own COM
munities.
The conference, patterned after
similar meetings held IN the past, will
have a greater significance this year
| than formerly because of the con-
templated five-year building program
now under consideration by the Board
of Education.
In recent years new school con-
struction has been reduced to mini
mum by Congress, and as result
physical equipment of the system is
far behind actual demands of the
ever-increasing school population OF
the District.
Overcrowding Is Cited.
DR.. Frank w. Ballou, superintend-
ent, recently pointed out that in
Northwest Washington-where recent
additions have included Roosevelt
High School, Mcfarland Junior High,
! Paul Junior High and other new
schools-a new combined junior senior
high school could be filled to capacity
by the time it could be completed with
out relieving the congestion in existing
| schools.
He has suggested a junior-senior
high school, patterned after that in
Anacostia, for the Manor Park-Ta-
koma Park area. A combined junior
high-vocational school for Southwest
Washington was also suggested.
The superintendent believes such
combinations are better suited to the
needs OF the system and that their
authorization by Congress will be more
easily obtained than if separate junior
and senior high schools or vocational
schools are requested.
Mrs. Doyle to Preside.
Mrs. Marion Wade Doyle, board
presidenI, will preside at the confer
ence. George M. Whitwell, chairman
of the Finance Committee. will direct
study of all proposed projects for
their fiscal aspects. Lawyer members
of the bcard-Henry Gilligan and
Henry 1 Qulnn-composing the legis-
lative committee will probably draft
the actual proposed legislation. A
vacancy on the Legislative Commit
tee was caused by the recent death Of
Benjamin l. Gaskins, whose successor
has not yet been appointed,
DR.. BalloC. meanwhile, is continu-
ing a survey of the present physical
system end is preparing an outline of
the present and future needs of the
schools
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Service Band Concerts.

THE United States Navy Band SYM
phony Orchestra. Lieut. Charles
Benter conducting. will play at the
Sail Loft, Navy Yard, Tuesday eve
ming at 8 O'Clock
A program of light concert music
! by the orchestra will be presented
Wednesday afternoon at 4 O'Clock.
The band will play the Hour Of
Memories" concert Monday morning
at II o'clock and the Patriotic Half
Hour" Thursday morning at 1880.
Concerts by the United States Army
Band, Capt Thomas F. Darcy, leader,
will be given in the Army Band Audi
| torium tomorrow at pm Wednes-
day at II 80 am. and Friday at AIS
pm.
The United States Marine Band and
Symphony Orchestra under the direc-
ton of Capt. Taylor Branson, will play
the following concerts during the COM
ing week:
On Wednesday at pm. the Marine
Band Symphony Orchestra will pre-
sent a program of Brahms works.
1 On Tuesday at IL am. the weekly
/ Shut-ins Dream Hour concert will be
/ given. Half of this program will be
devoted to works of Emilio Murillo,
composer from Colombia, South
America, who will be decorated that
day by the Colombian government.
This program will be broadcast over
the short-wave length.
Another band concert will be given
on Friday afternoon at o'clock.
Concerts by the United States
Soldiers Home Band Orchestra, John
S. M. Zimmerman, bandmaster;
Anton Pointner, associate leader, will
be given in Stanley Hall on Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday evenings. be-
ginning at $50 o'clock.
Programs of the Service Band con-
certs will be printed during the week.
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Inadequate Health Funds
PrnIanpS Vital Civic ProhIen1

Prolongs Vital Civic Problem.
THE Committee on Public Health
of the Board of Trade is doing
its utmost to obtain increased
funds for the District Health De-
partment. The estimates submitted
by Health Officer Ruhland sus-
tained heavy cut by the Commits
sioners and the Bureau of the
Budget made further cuts, which
it is said will not only mean q Sc
rious setback in the plans to inn
prove health conditions, but will
seriously retard work already un-
der way. The committee is not at
all proud of the record of the Dis
trict in public health when COM
pared with other communities. The
District is unable to cope with the
situation because of the insuffi-
cheney of appropriations for this
purpose.
1t is pointed out by members of
the committee that the per capita
expenditure for public health in
the District is only SO cents, while
in most other cities it runs from
So to $3.50 per capita. The battle
against tuberculosis is seriously
handicapped through this lack Of
money.
Under the edict of the Bureau Of
the Budget the present Tuberculo-
sis Hospital ct Fouytseuth and Up
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District Bar Association
Pr0uides Aid IN Ciuic Work
Walter M. Bnstian Reuie,Us Record in
Weekly Broadcast-Fred S. Walker
to Talk on Traffic Thursday.

the lawyer Is to protect the pubic,
he said, and litigation resulting from
improper preparation of legal papers
tends to bring the bar and the court
into bad repute.
The trial of alleged insane by Judge
and jury is found by the bar asso-
citation to be obsolete and objection
able, Bastian stated. The pending
lunacy law provides for creation of a
commission on mental health which
delivers its opinion directly to the
court for final disposition. The right
to a jury trial is preserved to the
alleged insane person upon demand by
him, his relatives or friends.
The three courts buildings and the
recorder of deeds Office are at present
housed in buildings which are totally
inadequate for their needs. There is
no question Of the necessity for new
buildings, he said The present strpc-
lures are a disgrace to the Capital.
The recorder of deeds Office is in a
rented building Of insufficient size and
is subject to a fire hazard.
Small Loan Bill Backed.
Corporation Counsel E. Barrett
Prettymans small loan bill has been
indorsed by the bar group. In 1913
Congress enacted a statute requiring
all small loans by concerns to be made
at not more than per cent per month.
Virginia and Maryland have laws
regulating interest rates up to the
amouont of 3l2 per cent per month.
while concerns in the District often
charge much higher than the District
law specifies. The bar association
approved the charging Of per cent
for such loans.
The bar association has voted to ask
Congress to appoint commission to
revise the District code of law. Our
present code was adopted in 1901. he
said, with amendments from time to
time. The association favors the COM
mission be composed of lawyers who
have practiced in the District for the
past 10 years.
Other legislation discussed by Bas-
tan includes the bill prohibiting un-
authorized practice of law, financial
responsibility law. already enacted, and
the corporation law.
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Another Safety Campaign
Along Educational Lines.

A CONF ERENCE of all the safety
committees Of the member
bodies constituting the Federation
of Citizens Associations is con-
templated by the federation'S
Standing Committee on Safety.
This idea was developed at meet
ing of the federation committee
held al the District Building last
night 1t is proposed to ask asso-
Citations which do not have regular
safety committees to appoint spe-
cial committees to cooperate in
this movement.
The committee is in agreement
with the recent declaration by the
Interfederation Conference that a
general educational campaign is
needed tc promote safety. The
committee recognized the benefits
derived from the recent Safety
Council campaign conducted by
The star It was felt that the
idea aovs need in that campaign of
individual responsibility was of
practical educational value. Other
campa.pns were also approved as
contributing toward greater
safety on cur streets and highways.
The coucensus was that be-
cause Of tie continued large num-
ber OF traffic accidents there is
great need for a continuous cam
pai2n in which there will be the
widest possible organization par
ticipatlon. Many of the serious
accidents are occurring in the out
lying residential sections and
within the territory OF these neigh
borhood citizens associations. Con-
sequently the committee feels that
this is verv much neighborhood
as we'll as District wide problem.
The question of plain clothes or
uniformed traffic policemen was
one OF the matters discussed at
this meeting last night. 1t was
suggested in this connection that
policemen dressed in a distinctive
conspicuous uniform. mounted on
horses ann motor cycles would have
a Statutory influence for observance
Of traffic rules. 1t was held that it
was far better to prevent violations
of the usual safety rules than to
make arrests for such violations.
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The John Philip Sousa
Bridge Over the AnacOStia.

UTHEAS WASHINGTON
- CITIZENS ASSOCIATION has
the distinction of originating new
idea in connection with the pro-
posed replacement of the Pcnnsyl-
vania Avenue Bridge over the Ana
costa River. At its last meeting
it approved a suggestion that the
association urge that the new
bridge be a memorial to the late
march king" John Philip Sousa.
Advocates of this proposal offer,
as they believe, the strongest of
reasons for the naming Of this
bridge of the southeast section after
this famous native of the District
Of Columbia. Sousa was born in
Southeast Washington, spent
great part of his life in that Sec
ton, won his first fame as leader
of the Marine Band in that section
and his body found its last resting
place in Congressional Cemetery.
which almost adjoins the site of
the proposed bridge.
Further appropriateness is seen
in the fact that the bridge across
the Potomac at Georgetown is
named after Francis Scott Key,
the author of THE Star-Spangled
Banner" This bridge was so
named, not only to honor Key. but
because its District approach was
beside his home and Office while
living at the National Capital
What could be more appropriate.
1t is held, than to have the COM
poser of 'The Stars and Stripes
Forever" honored in a similar man.
ner? The idea has attracted the
notice Of number Of citizens who
have been considering as to just
what form of memorial will be most
appropriate to SO eminent native
son as the immortal John Philip
Sousa.
1t is understood that the South
east Washington Citizens Associa-
ton hopes the District civic bodies
and other admirers of Sousa will
become interested in the proposal
and that there will be joining of
the forces to accomplish the de-
sired end.
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Class at Y. w. G. A.

A CLASS Of Dalcroze eurhythmics
= is being formed at the Y. W..
c. A. on Friday evenings between z
and 8 O'Clock, beginning Friday. Iris
Bland Smith, graduate of the Paris.
London and Geneva schools, will take
the class. She has taught in Eng
land, Italy, Sweden and this country
for number of years. Beginners may
take one trial lesson. If they decide
to remain this will be included in the
10 lessons. Those interested in this
class should get in touch with the
Music Department of the Y. w. c A.,
Metropolitan 2102, as soon as possible.
Dalcroze eurhythmics is a study Of
rhythm in an effort to teach people
to know themselves through creative
movement, to learn to coordinate
body and mind through the universal
language Of music.
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Civic Problems, Civic Bodies
Movement Under Way to Name New Bridge for
Sousa-lnadequate Health Funds Nov Major
Problem of City.

shur streets must be abandoned
January /, 1897. Those familiar
with conditions insist that this hos
pital will be needed for another
three years. The boards commit
tee seeks to have the use of this
old hospital building authorized
while 1t still is needed.
The committee Is urging that the
appropriation bill at the very
least carry the amounts approved
by the Commissioners before the
Budget Bureau cut. Items of spe-
cial need are said to be increased
personnel for the children's sani-
tarium. increased staff at CAL
linger Hospital and The re-equip-
ment Of the Health Department
laboratory. This laboratory, which
has to pley so important a part in
the modern fight against the
spread Of disease and its treat
mefft, is said to be far behind the
times in its equipment. Without
an up-to-date laboratory the
Health Department cannot begin
to give District residents the serv-
ice to which they are entitled.
The committee is asking the
Board of Trade to do everything
possible t. arouse the people of
the District to the necessity of
demanding that the Health De-
partment be provided with ade-
quate furGs to carry on its pro-
tective and curative work along the
most modern approved lines. 1t
holds that this is matter affecting
every dWeller in the National Cap
ital, whether permanent or tran
sient. 1t points to the fact that
even members of the appropria-
tions committees of Congress and
employees Of the Budget Bureau are
not immune from the possible
ravages ci preventable disease.
This great need to give the up-to-
date health officer the up-to-date
equipment and personnel to handle
his job is considered by many civic
leaders as . problem worthy Of
united effcrt by all.
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The District Bar Association. which
has always maintained an interest In
proposed legislation as well as gen.
eral interest in civic betterment. is
often called upon for assistance In
civic matters, Walter M. Bastian.
president of the bar association, be-
lieves.
In a radio interview last week with
Thomas E Lodge, president Fedora
ton of Citizens Associations, he ex-
planned the association is a nom
political. non-partisan corporation of
members OF the District bar which
strives to maintain the honor and
dignity of the legal profession. Its
growth has been steady and healthy
since its original incorporation in
1874, he said.
Law Library Maintained.
A modern and complete law library
is maintsined by the association. Its
efficiency end usefulness in the COM
munity has increased yearly and its
present membership is about l,l00.
This week speaker will be Fred
S. Walker chairman Of the Fedora
tion's Police and Fire Committee and
delegate from the Park View Citizens
Association
Each week speaker on civic affairs
makes an address over Station WMAL
on current civic problems. The
series is sponsored by the federation
and is under Lodges direction.
Walker will speak on Traffic" He
is past president of the Park View
Association and has been resident
of the District since 1908. A native
of West Virginia, Walker is married
and has two children. One Is mar
ried and the other attends the public
schools of Washington.
Reviews Actions.
In last weeks talk Bastian declined
to give his personal views on pending
District bills in Congress, but confined
his remarks to action taken by the
District Bar Association.
OF the unauthorized practice Of the
law bill pending. Bastian said this
measure is not primarily for the bene-
fit of the lawyers but for the protec-
tion of the public. The first duty OF
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Lecture Recital on Ibsen.

NINE. SARA FLAkSHAAR, inter-
4'A nationally known lieder singer.
will give lecture-recital on Thurs
day at $50 pm. at the Arts Club.
Nine. Flakshaar will open her pro-
gram with an informal talk on Hen
rik Ibsen, Norwegian dramatist, with
whom she was personally acquainted,
his poems, dramas and characters.
Following this she will sing several
of his poems set to music by his
friend, Edward Grieg. "Solveig's
Song" Mid en- Vand-lilie.' En-
Svane," "Princessin," Mid in Primula
Veris" and "Spillemand." Gustav
Heinze will be the accompanist AID
also will be heard in piano number
by Grieg.
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Board of Trade Committee
Against Ticket Fixing"

TRYING to stop the fixing of
traffic tickets is a difficult task
undertaken by the Traffic Commit
tee of the Washington Broad of
Trade. Students of the local traffic
problem have long recognized that
the presence in the District of
large privileged class is the chief
difhculty encountered in securing
the impartial enforcement of traffic
laws ard regulations. To arrest the
wrong persons" in traffic cases is
generally conceded to be just too
bad fol the policeman. This is held
to be responsible for the apparent
"blindness" of some policemen who
are more apt to see much personal
trouble than to see violations by
people with pull.
One of the remedies being sug-
gested by the committee is to re-
uuire the booking at the police
stations of all traffic arrests except
in cases of minor parking viola
tions. Where traffic tickets are
given to the violators by the police
and these tickets are then fixed"
through effective pull" there is
no record of the arrest on the books
of the Police Department, as in
the case of other offenSes.
The boards committee recognizes
that it is graphing with a most
difficult problem but is convinced
that its Importance in the interest
of safety warrants the best effort.
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Civic Legislative Program
Still Appears to Be Lacking.

WHILE it was generally expected
w in organization circles that
there would be legislative confer
ence between representatives of the
civic organizations and the Com
missioners regarding the legislation
to be pushed during the present
session Of Congress, it has not yet
materialized. Mr.. Fee of the cor
poration's office, appeared before
some organizations and explained
some of the bills in which the
Commissioners are interested, but
there has been no apparent effort
to bring about team work on an
approved program. Some are OF
the opinion that the new so-called
gag rule" may have something to
do with this change Of attitude by
the Commissioners regarding Dis
trict legislation.
Civic leaders have been interest
ed to note that the Budget Bureau
has advised the Commissioners of
approval of the several bills pro-
posing increased taxation, all Of
which have the rather general dis
approval of organized civic WASH
ington. On the other hand 1T is
pointed out that bills for the erec-
ton of the needed court buildings
and other items for which the DID,