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Evening star., 1936-03-01
Canada's s Varied
Flora

In Canada, so varied is the weather
situation because of territory extend
ing from warm regions into the Arctic,
it has been found possible to divide
the floral regions into six geographical
regions, the Arctic, the Northern,
Eastern, Southern, Prairie and West
ern.
With regard to the Arctic region,
while the growing season is short and
the lower strata Of the soil remains
frozen, it Is a mistake to suppose that
this area is devoid Of plant life. AS
a matter OF fact, the colors of the
Arctic flowers. such as the beautiful
blue lupins, azaleas, rhododendrons
and Arctic primroses, are deeper than
elsewhere Like other floral areas,
the Arctic has plants that are not
found outside its own district, Just as
in the Southern area there are a kinds
of plants which do not occur in any
other part of Canada. Although only
three species Of trees appear to be
confined to the prairies (the large
leaved cottonwood, narrow-leaver cot
tonwood. and prairie ASH, the prairie
region can boast of 267 species Of char
acteristic plants which do not grow
outside OF the great plains, while IN the
Eastern region the species of plants
found IN that area alone are too nu-
merous to enuE.erate.
Evening star., 1936-03-01
BY MARTIN CODEL.

MUCH as some of the radio set
manufacturers would like to
squelch the persisting reports about
television, fearful lest it hurt their
prosperous market for broadcast re-
ceiving equipment, the fact remains
that television is making progress and
that definite clues as to its probable
eventual place in the broadcasting
picture may soon be expected.
That television is on its way out of
the laboratory and into the home Is
apparent to all close observers Of the
radio scene. and especially to those
who have been privileged to witness
what some of the major television
experimenters have already ac-
complished. Still undetermined are
the when and the how of its public
emergence. though it seems apparent at
this time that visual broadcasting will
require system of wave lengths and
receiving apparatus all its own and
that it will develop side by side with
audible broadcasting. neither displac-
ing the present system nor rendering
Evening star., 1936-03-01
Soviet Makes Strides.

THOUGH it has borrowed in the
past from American technique,
Soviet Russia's radio industry is rap
idly becoming self-sufhcient and is
supplying that country with the equip
ment for the vast network of broad
casting and short-wave transmitters
and receivers now being installed.
According to q report from Col.
Philip r. Faymonville, American en-
bassy military attache in Moscow, the
Soviet Union now has 81 broadcasting
stations with total capacity of
1,600, 900 watts, and this year Is in
stalling 100000 more radio receivers.
mostly in rural districts, bringing the
total to we'll over 100000. The
Soviets are emphasizing short-wave
radiotelegraph and radiophone install
lations to link together their far-flung
communities, many of which are not
connected by wires.
The military attaches report also
states that unusual emphasis is being
placed on the manufacture of bat
teries to answer the Red army's need
for portable short-wave transmitters
and to supply the demand from radio
amateurs building their own equipment
in districts not supplied with electricity.
Evening star., 1936-03-01
Teleuision Progressing, Definite
Clues for Future Expected Soon

existing radios obsolete so far as sound
reception is concerned.
Whatever may be said and written
in disparagement of television for
trade reasons-and 1t should be re-
called how bitterly opposed some were
to the introduction of the all-metal
radio tube, which now seems to pe
here to stay, though it is less than a
year since its introduction-the biggest
industrial entity in the radio field.
Radio Corporation of America, can
hardly be accused of pursuing will
O. the wisp in setting aside cool
million dollars for experiments which
are about to begin in New York City.
Nor are the British, who are intro
ducing television publicly in London
within the next few months; the Ger
mans, who have already established
public "televiewing" stations in Berlin,
and the Russians, who are undertaking
ambitious television propects of their
own, likely to be regarded as seeking
rainbow's end.
Some definite facts about r. c. A. s
plans in the television field, which that
company is in strategic position to
carry out by reason not only of its
laboratory and manufacturing facili-
ties. but because 1t owns Nation wide
broadcasting network, are revealed IN
the company's annual report to It's
stockholders made public last week. A
considerable portion of the report is
devoted to television. recounting what
has been done and what is being done
to carry forward the three-fold plan
enunciated by President David Sarnoff
last Spring-when, incidentally, Mr..
Sarnof also made the remark that
American television Is further ad-
vanced than that of any other country
in the world.
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ANTHEM FOR PRESIDENT
WILL BE SUNG TODAY
Choir Of st. Thomas Episcopal
Church Ready With Song
Dedicated to President.

The choir Of st. Thomas Episcopal
Church, which President Roosevelt at
tends, will sing special anthem. dedi-
Gated by its composer to the President.
during the morning service at the
church today.
The anthem. "Come Unto Me-" is a
special arrangement by Cyprian Sha-
nowsky. California musical director.
based on a melody by Bortniansky
It was sent to the White House some
time ago and a member of the presi-
Dental secretariat asked the st.
Thomas Choir to sing it. The anthem
was rehearsed for several weeks and
sung at service, but the President
was unable to attend at that time.
Evening star., 1936-03-01
S LITERARY BOON, .REVIVING STORY TELLING
Publishers Are Reassured
Against Losing Position
Saturday Review of Literature Admits, How
ever, Listening Is Often Easier
Than Reading.

the fact that they are tuned to the
current styles in living.
THE Saturday Review takes the po-
sition that a fully developed novel,
or history book, or drama, or poem is
enriched from those powers to think
which are the privilege Of Q writer
who does not have to recite his work.
Such a tome would not enjoy proper
reception over the air, the Review
feels, because the hearer Is sure to
want it faster or slower than it can
be read.
: "In a radio delivery" says the Re-
view, there is for the l1earer no turn
ing back the pages, no allowance for
misunderstanding. for the author no
leisure to play about the subject. no
refinement Of phrase without the risk
of puzzling the audience"
On the other hand, the writer of
that article would have a hard time
denying the refinement of phrase in q
Woollcott broadcast. which that fiery
artist admits consumed nearly all of
his week in preparation.
As a matter of fact. radio may do
a good deal to restore good reading,
the Review says. This conclusion is
reached by a process of elimination.
The magazine suggests that radio will
eventually take over some light fic-
ton. leaving the better books to a
freer field to attract good readers.
Many Westerns. it adds, as well as
many boy-and-girl stories. detective
thrillers, sermons on economics and
politics. books on current events and
popular science. and finally simple
lyric and narrative poetry. will find a
happy home on the radio.
Book publishers are now enjoying a
prosperity they have not known in
years. In the final analysis. says the
Saturday Review. ito suppose that the
book is to be supplanted by the radio
Is to assume that we are going to be
content with storytelling"
GONE facts about what children be-
tween the ages of II and Is like
or dislike on the radio. as adduced
from survey conducted among TO-
900 boys and girls of New York City
by the Children's Aid Society:
Adult programs are distinctly pre-
ferred to juvenile shows. though the
latter have their faithful tollowings.
Comedians are liked best. Eddie Can
tor topping the list. Burns and Allen.
Jack Benny and Dick Powell tying for
second place. Dick Tracy" is the
most popular children's show
Dance tunes and popular songs rank
along with comics in juvenile prefer
ences, with dramatizations of the
thriller sort coming next. Then come
amateur programs, with the children
admitting that they like them main
ly for the excitement of waiting to
see who get the gong.
The average of listening is two hours
day, which is 81 times as many lis
tening as reading hours.
Evening star., 1936-03-01
Major Features
and Notes
: RVING BERLIN, famous American
composer. will celebrate compile
t;o,, ~ 0s ,,oore of eoror 1r,,.;t;vr

r RVlNG BERLIN, famous American
composer. will celebrate compile
ton of 25 years of song writing
4 in special program tonight at
o'clock on WMAL. Appearing with
Frank Blacks orchestra and the Rev.
elers' Quartet, Berlin will relate in
teresting anecdotes from his years of
composing. Many of his "hit" num-
bers will be played and sung
Colette d'Arville. lyric soprano of
the Paris Opera Comique, will make
her American radio debut tonight on
the Sunday Evening Hour concert,
which will be heard on WJSV at 9
o'clock. She will sing "Adieu, Forest"
from Tschaikowsky's opera, Jeanne
dare; Duparc's "Chanson Triste,"
q traditional setting of Comm
Through the Rye" and Calm as the
Night"
Arturo Toscanini, world famous con-
ductor and musician. will be the guest
conductor Of Erno Rapee's symphony
orchestra during the concert tonight
at 10 o'clock on WRC. Dusolina Gian-
mini, soprano, will be guest soloist.
The program includes Weber's over
ture to der Freischuetz," "Cieh AZ
zurri" from aida" "L'Apres-Midi
dun Faune," the serenade from Gold
marks Rustic Wedding Symphony"
and the prelude to Act 3 Of. "Lohen-
grin"
Ruth Etting will be Paul White
mans guest during his broadcast on
WNdAL at GAS O'Clock tonight. She
will sing several numbers, including
'Ten Cents a Dance" Love Me or
Leave Me-" and Shine on Harvest
Moon"
Beethoven's Sonata Pathetique,
Opus 49," and the "E Flat, Opus T."
sonata will be played at 1880 this
morning on WJSV by Alexander
Semmler as the eighth Of series of
26 programs In which the concert
pianist is playing the entire cycle Of
the famous composers 80 piano
sonatas.
The program Of the New York Phil
harmonic Symphony Orchestra on
WJSv viii include "Once Upon q
Time" five fairy tales In music, COM
posed by Bernard Rogers: "On the
Steppes OF Central Asia" and the
"Polovetsian Dances" from Prince
Igor" Ray Lev, young Brooklyn
woman pianist, will be guest artist,
playing the Beethoven Concerto No.
3 in c Minor" .
Evening star., 1936-03-01
Bv the Radio Editor.

rs RADIO putting an end to good
reading?
With book publishers some
i times muttering that lazy pub
lie likes to light up its pipe, sit on its
neck and absorb without effort the de-
lectable offerings waited through the
ether, a reassuring word to the pur-
veyors of literature comes from that
highest-collared of literary period
icals-the Saturday Review Of Lit
erature.
Although admitting that listening
often is easier than reading, this
straight-laced advocate Of the clas-
sizes belittles the fears Of those who
see lurking death for the practice
of good reading by describing these
fears as nonsense" and then giving
several good reasons" to support its
stand.
In the first place, the Saturday Re-
view points out. radio really is giving
back to the human voice the telling OF
stories and the narrating Of events.
That's where they started from, long
before writing and printing had been
conceived, so radio really Is giving
back storytelling to the story tellers
and giving them carrying power FAR
beyond the ordinary range of the hu-
man voice.
Lovers of the classics must work for
what they get out of them. OF course,
because come easy -go-easy reading
doesn't mix with real books" as the
Review terms them. But at the same
time. radio has developed some story
tellers whose thoughts are absorbed by
millions who derive considerable
pleasure and information from their
slight efforts.
lust as a sample, take glance at
- the talent lists of the networks,
There is the learned and informative
Hendrix William Van Loon, at present
taking a vacation from his Sunday
evening program. A group of his radio
talks have been gathered between COW
ers and they are rated highly by
many literary big wigs" And there
Is Alexander Woollcott, that irrepres-
sible and unfettered disciple of sophis-
tication, who just now is nursing a
pout because his sponsor spoke up
when he showed signs of running
amok before the microphone. 1t was
an enthusiastic review over the air of
one of James Hilton's books by Wooll-
colt that made" that young English
sol1arc
For the lovers of poetry there are
the radio rhymes of Edgar Guest, the
key-hole gossip of the machine-gun
narrator, Walter Wincheu. and the
home-spun yarns of the Arkansas hill
billy laureate, Bob Burns. Perhaps
some of the latter may fall far short
of Aristotle and Milton and Shake
speare. but there is no denying their
popularity and influence, as well as
Evening star., 1936-03-01
Follow British System.

RRoADcAsTING In South Africa
is being reorganized as a govern
mental monopoly along the lines Of
the British Broadcasting Corp, ac-
cording to Department Of Commerce
report. Local advisory committees win
be set up to help cater to local needs
and tastes.
Evening star., 1936-03-01

the fact that they are tuned to the
current styles in living.
Evening star., 1936-03-01
American Radios Popular.

A MEXICAN radios are far outselling
= British and the cheaper japanese
competition in the Chinese market, re-
ports Trade Commissioner A. v. Smith
from Shanghai.
It is calculated that China has only
250,00 radio equipped homes and that
it is ripe market for radio exports.
Evening star., 1936-10-28
Secretary of Treasury
To Spend Election Day
At Farm in New York
Secretary of Interior Will Speak This Aft.
~ ernoon and Tonight in New York;
Other Official News.

TINE Secretary of Treasury and Mrs Henry Morgentha
are planning the Capital the first OF the week TO
their country home in Fshk N " where they will spen
election
Evening star., 1936-10-28
New York Society
Halloween Dance
Tomorrow Might

THE New York State Society will
open its social season with Hal
loween dance tomorrow evening in the
west ball room of the Shoreham Hotel.
Dancing will begin at 10 and con-
tinue until / o'clock. Halloween
favors will be distributed and those
who wish to may come in costume.
A cordial welcome Is extended to all
New Yorkers and their friends. Nine
teen hundred and thirty-six member
ship cards will cover admission of
members and guest tickets may be
procured at the door the evening OF
the dance. or from the officers of the
society. who are: President. DR.. Lamar
Harris; vice presidents, Mr.. Walter D.
Sutcliffe, Mr. Samuel J. Gompers and
Miss Leona Decker; treasurer, Mr.. c.
M. Little; secretary, Miss Irene E.
Boehlert, and historian, Miss Mary
Teresa Paro. The trustees are Repre-
sentative John Taber, Representative
John j. Boylan, Representative James
P. B. Duffy, Mr.. William F. Richard,
Mr.. Herbert c. Barott and Mr.. Henry
H. Wright.
Parties will be held at the Shore
ham Hotel December IL, January is,
February 20 and March 20.
Evening star., 1936-10-28
Diplomats Officials Kept Busy With Varied Acvte
By the Way
Beth Blaine

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washington gathering Famous for his parties and especially = fr MS
perfection the perd tootan who opened the door
velow and turquoise blue
perfect setting for carencs rare treasures collected during
found % nn se B m a % while @ hs
Powell clayton served coffee Peckham unfortunately
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BY host Dr. Joseph Nmec and MIS- Charlotte Mayo standing front front
distinguished and Cecilia looking smart
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rhompkn wyek looking
which are so well hung with small Yellow satin also
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in red velvet DR. Myer and Herr Hans Thomson both the German Embassy
animated conversation Caroline Huston
IN M h @ 5 % Jack A B HARDER Many n s ws s
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black her striking black eyes and her black hor tucked under
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| Admiral md Mr., Leguisamon the
Argentine Eoas eonnoeurs OF Oriental art Oee Tested in the
campho placed wh his trunk towad the door to bring luck
sphinr solid OF
Clarence Hwes has two panels in perfect
period portayng high priests
| OF q background gold
unused going to houses where the hosts have many wonder
perhaps the why particularly
they beautifully
artists for beauty and collectors pride OF pos
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this Winter The dates
the the past
| few the Sulgrave Club
added original committee which consisted Mr. and Mrs John
F and Mrs Joseph Letter
members all n the family it ~ere TOR MT and MIS-
her husband Mr. Benjamin
selected Wilkins ddugh-
husband Mrs Letters
that these parties
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Mrs. Daugherty Here.

(See ORCHESTRA, Page BAD
Evening star., 1936-10-28

Miss Elaine Terry Boughner and
Miss Mary A. Aiken entertained at tea
on Sunday afternoon in their apart
nnent on Sixteenth street. Miss Jane
Herndon assisted and Miss Elizabeth
M. Haney and Mrs. A. r. Crook offi-
ciated at the tea table. The guests
Evening star., 1936-10-28

I'M rented her house, at 1901
V Biltmore street. and has
4 4 taken an apartment at the
Woodward for the Winter.
Mrs. Lee P. Warren, accompanied
her daughter, Mrs. Floyd G. Blair.
to New York Monday, and will stop
with Mrs. Blair on Long Island. where
she has a house at Oyster Bay. Mrs.
Warren will return to Washington
the end of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Leibel will en-
tertain at dinner tomorrow evening
at the Griffith Farms, in Maryland,
to celebrate the twenty-flfth anniver-
sary of their marriage. Their guests
will number 40.
Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Trorey are
Mt Miami Beach, Fla, where they
have opened their house on Royal
Palm avenue, after spending the early
Autumn in Cleveland Park.
Mrs. Margaret Hopkins Worrell has
as her guest, Mrs. Frances j. Kuhns
of PENNSYLVANIA, national president OF
the Ladies of the Grand Army of the
-Republic, who Is here to attend the
meeting of the advisory board OF the
twelfth Women's Conference on Ma
tional Defense. Mrs. Kuhns is third
vice president of the conference and
Mrs. Worrell is fifth vice president
The meeting of the board will be held
at the Mayf1ower Hotel.
Mrs. William F. Dennis has returned
to her home on Wyoming avenue from
Lexington, KY, where she spent Oc-
tober. She has as her guest her SIS
ter, Mrs. Brewing Moore Of Chicago,
who will be in the Capital until after
Thanksgiving.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Hobart McCubbin
and their daughter, Betse, and Mrs.
McCubbin's father, DR.. Karl Langen-
beck, will return to Washington No.
vember from GAINESVILLE, Ohio. They
have taken a house at 1893 Thirty
first street, in Georgetown, having
leased their home at 2218 wyoming
avenue.
Miss Helen E. Curtin, Miss Alma B.
Curtin, Miss Mary E. Garrett and Miss
Marjory A. Logan are in New York
City, where they are stopping at the
Hotel McAlpin.
Mrs. William W. White Of Cleveland
Heights, Ohio, and Mrs. Alfred N
Parks have arrived in Washington and
during their visit they will be at the
Wardman Park Hotel.
3.
Miss Elaine Terry Boughner and
Miss Mary A. Aiken entertained at tea
on Sunday afternoon in their apart
n1ent on Sixteenth street. Miss Jane
Herndon assisted and Miss Elizabeth
NJ. Haney and Mrs. A. r. Crook OH.
slated at the tea table. The guests
Evening star., 1936-10-28

Henry Morgenthau
are planning leave the Capital the first OF the week Tor
their country home Fshkl N " where they will spend
election day.
The Secretary Interior Mr. Harold 1ckes left the
yesterday Altoona Pa where he spoke last evening
He will 60 to New today where he will speak this afternoon
at the Statue of Liberty this evening Carnegie Hail.
The Polish Potocka hosts at
for Mr. Landreth Harrison
shortly for his post as third secretary OF the
United States Embassy at Warsaw Among the guests the
counselor of the Embassy Nine Mankowcz Mr. M s.
Syzczak OF the Federal Reserve
and Mr. Robert Kelley.
The Royal Ambassador and Signora Suvich
ceved afternoon by the Secretary OF State and
Mrs Corde their apartment at the Carlton Hotel
The Albanian Minister Konitza host at lunch
con Saturday entertaining honor OF the retr-
ing Yugoav Consul General in New York Mr. Radoye Jankovcn
sail November 81 for his post as YugoSav Mner
The guests also included the Yugosav Minister ana
Nine Fotch Minister Mr. Scianos; the Bulgarian
Wallace Murray of the State Depart
ment and Mrs. Murray.
The United States Minister to Ecuador Mr. Antonio c. Con-
zaez is spending the Mayhower before leaving to
return to his post.
The air aache Embassy and Signora Coppoa
Viola will have guests week Dr. Giuseppe Gabrlea
of Turin italy Baltimore today Dr. Gabrielle is
visiting plants in the United States
similar to the one with which he is associated in Italy
Dr. and Sgnoa Gabrielle at the Mayfower before leav-
ing for Baltimore.
Mr. and Mrs Leander the British En-
bassy entertained luncheon today at Langley Park their estate
in MARYLAND of Miss Suzanne Hill and her ance Mr.
Phillips Huntington Clarke whose wedding will take place in Bal
Saturday.
Evening star., 1936-10-28
. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the many
circles Of the National Capital
L-I 49,. eret ~ tbir GEO Son's

- OCIETY-representing the many
circles Of the National Capital
~ heard the first of this seasons
concerts Of the Philadelphia
Orchestra last evening in Constitution
Hall. The orchestra, with its new con-
ductor. Eugene Ormandy, had as SOLO
ist Josef Hofmann, a great pianist
since his childhood days. The Hun
garian Minister and Nine. Pelenyi
were in one of the boxes enjoying the
work of the Minister'S countryman,
Mr.. Ormandy.
Mime. Saito, wife Of the japanese
Ambassador, was hostess to several OF
her countrywomen in her box, and
among others at the concert we're Mrs.
Henry Morgenthau, wife of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury; the Swiss Min
lister and Nine Peter who seldom miss
a concert and last evening Nine. Peter
wore the most becoming frock Of pale
green flowered taffeta: the counselor
of the British Embassy and Mrs.
Mallet. Mrs. Herbert Wollner. wife OF
the special assistant to the Secretary
Evening star., 1936-10-28
Prietos Return.

Capt. Enrique Prieto and Sonora de
Prieto, who have been in Mexico,
have returned to Washington and are
stopping at the Mayflower for a few
days while opening their house at
5000 Massachusetts, avenue Capt.
Prieto served as military attache Of
the Cuban Embassy for some years and
with Sonora de Prieto were popular
members of the diplomatic corps and
have many friends in the Capital.
Capt. and Sonora de Prieto stopped
in Charlottesville, Va, on their way
North, to visit Sonora de Prieto's son,
Senior Enrique A. Tessada- -Gusman.
who is a student at the University Of
Virginia Law School.
Evening star., 1936-10-28

were: Mr.. Anis Aver, Charge d'Affaires
at the Egyptian Legation; Mr.. Robert
Rowan, Mrs. Helen Halloran. Miss
Joan silica, Mr.. Ray Mikari, Miss
Hazel Demo, Mr.. James Sudduth. Mrs.
Betty Gwyer, Mr.. Copeland Robinson,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. N. Nash, Mr.. and
Mrs Earl Columbus, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
s. Harveycutter, Mrs R. Haney. Miss
Grace Wisnom, Miss Charlotte Wo-
mack, DR.. James L. McGrath. Miss
Jean McManus, Miss Helen Martell.
Miss Maude Wells Wood, Miss Wini-
fred Criss, Mr.. James H. McClothlin,
Mr.. C. L. McEachern and DR.. P. J.
Sweetzer.
Evening star., 1936-10-28
Gala Orchestra Opening
Many Residents and Diplomats Attend
First Concert of Philadelphia Orchestra.

of the Treasury; Miss Mabel Board
man. Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Town.
send, Mrs. Wilton j. Lambert and
her guest, Mrs. William Bailey La
mar; Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Brett
Noyes. Miss Mary Randolph. the
Rev. Henry Lee Doll, rector of Christ
Church in Alexandria and former as
sistant at the Church of the Epiphany,
1See ORCUESTRA Paoe RAJ