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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-01-26

with the advent of the new tapestries
there should be simultaneously set
forth in the Corcoran Gallery of
Art, in which emphasis is usually
placed on painting and sculpture. so
notable an exhibition of handicraft
as that Of book binding by hand
today" which is now in progress.
Not only does this exhibition comprise
bindings by master craftsmen, now
living. but specimens of fine work by
masters of the past, illustrative of
achievement along specific lines.
Through the medium of this display,
one learns the meaning of half
bound" and whole bound" books in
leather, Of blind" tooling and tool
ing in gold" and can follow, step by
step, the binders process from the
time the pages are brought together
until the finished book may be taken
in hand. The collection OF lend pa
pers" by binders, made to harmonic
with bindings of differing style ana
character, opens a new avenue Of i'll
terest to readers who therefore, have
taken this part Of the book for granted
as something which happens just so.
Great variety is shown in the style
and manner of binding. The work
of the Gerlachs is extremely simple
in design and very dignified. Espe-
cially handsome from sheer simplicity
are their bindings of Hamlet and
"Candide." Miss Sears. on the other
hand, shows very elaborate work,
combining for ecclesiastical works
metal with leather. An altar book
which she did for st. Clements
Church in Philadelphia has bronze
corners and decorations in low relief
and very suitable in design. One of
her other bindings is ornamented
with silver and has an unusual,
plated leather clasp. Especially at
tractive are the cover designs worked
out in tooling and in inlay. in the
latter instance by Helen Dreis for
Gertrude STEMS -Four Saints in
Three Acts" and by Fanny Dudley for
the inimitable alice" Some of the
binders exhibit very pleasing designs
of leaf and flower motifs, fooled in
gold.
To the work Of Marian Lane two
cases are given with special emphasis
upon what might be called miniature
bindings-little books made into ar
tistic gems. Among these Is the XIII
Psalm in a book not more than four
inches square with pages exquisitely
illuminated. A second local binder,
George A. Scheirer, is also well
represented.
In setting for this exhibition every
care has been taken to insure pleasing
effect, not only In the arrangement
Of the books and other exhibits, but
In modulating the light by place.
ment Of sheer curtains. deep rose
colored, at the windows. A list Of
prices, neatly printed by hand. and
posted, announces certain exhibits
for sale at prices ranging from fifteen
to one hundred and fifty dollars-none
too much, considering the skill and
labor reeuired-but luxurious. Surely
q great work Of literature is worthy Of
q good dress-and how often, alas,
the craftsman provides it as purely a
labor Of love.
A PORTRAIT of Mrs. Joseph Ruck-
er Lamar, honorary president Of
the National Society Of the Colonial
Danes of America, painted recently
by Hilda Belcher in Mrs. Lamar's
home in Atlanta, has been presented
to Dumbarton House, 27l5 Q street,
and placed In the working library.
It u the drst portrait Of . living
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-01-26

7 ARGELY through the munifi-
cence Of the late Judge John
Barton Payne, Secretary Of In
- terror during the Wilson ad-
ministration and from 1921 to his
death last year chairman of the Amer
lean Red Cross. a new art museum has
come into existence. This is the
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Rich
mond, which was tremendously
opened with an inaugural exhibition
illustrating 1.-THE Main Currents in the
Development Of American Painting"
last Thursday. to which invitations
we're issued in the name of the Gov
ernor Of the State.
To this exhibition art museums
throughout the country have made
loans and among the most generous
lenders are the National Gallery OF
Art, the Corcoran Gallery of Art and
the Phillips Memorial Gallery, all OF
this city. Furthermore, on the Ad-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-01-26

represents the best Of Mr.. Flecken-
STEMS long and distinguished achieve
ment For many years, Mr.. Flecken-
STEMS name has been we'll known
among photo pictorialists specializing
in portraiture and in almost all the
more important exhibitions he has
been represented. Among the prints
in the gift collection are some very
charming studies Of children and a
most excellent portrait of Frank w.
Cuprien, artist and musician, OF La
guna Beach, Calf.
The Washington times., 1936-06-15

latively to determine If these new
developments had wrought any
change in the size of the Landon
hat band.
Well, employees at the State
house reported that for a time
Landon had been q bit on edge.
jumpy, perhaps Short-tempered on
occasion as the pressure increased
but that had disappeared when
he took q week off in April, his
first vacation in two years.
Landon still walked home at
noon, still stopped at his neigh
bors' hedges to swap talk. and still
got in line at noon every day or
so for lunch in a downtown cafe.
terra. He was putting on no no,
ticeable airS-he went down to
Wamego as usual to Kenny
Doyle'S spring fish fry, and plain
KanSanS could still get in to see
him in the governors office.
But what was regarded as eSpe.
cially significant-the governor
still wore his crumpled, old hat
a source Of bewilderment to the
Landon womenfolk for years. The
hat clinched it. Landon was still
Landon!
The Washington times., 1936-06-15
Landon Popularity Surprise EUen to Backers
), KNOWS
BASEBALL

Every day at 4 o'clock five-year.
old Billy Linden waits on the
porch of his home, 1901 w ST..
s. E. for the carrier boy who
brings The Washington Times.
The first thing Billy looks at
is the sport page, for Billy is a
baseball fan, who owns a suit
and a real baseball. Furthermore
he has heard his daddy, Bill, ST.,
general counsel for the WPA. talk
so much about the players that
he knows each one by name and
what their batting averages are.
Billy can read letters and num-
bers so he manages to keep in
touch with what the players are
doing.
When it comes to WaShington's
own team he really shines. He
knows all the players by name,
their weaknesses, their strength
and what position they play. He
shows a remarkable memory for
one so young. He'll pick out the
teams on the sport page and
read them one after another
without a mistake.
The Washington times., 1936-06-15
Garneh and His Staff
Go on Annual 0utinQ

United States Attorney Leslie c.
Garnett and Mrs. Garnett were
guests Of his staff at their annual
outing Saturday at Morgantown.
A motorcade of approximately
so employees and guests left the
courthouse at noon for the river
resort, where a picnic dinner had
been provided by special COM
mittee headed by Felix Haynes.
Members of the committee in
cluded Horace Murdock, Charles
Crogan, John Conliff, Ethel Bras
we'll, Margaret Carr and Euphro-
sine RIPLEY.
The Washington times., 1936-06-15

panaceas to offer; what we
need is some horse sense In lib
efaI doses applied to govern
ment."
EDITORS TAKE NOTICE
What these economists. indus
trialists, farm leaders and politi.
clans said when they returned to
their homes was not recorded in
every case, but early this year the
Landon supporters awoke sudden
ly to find their candidate not IN
third or fourth place in public
favor, but in first!
Landon-F o r-PreSident clubs, SO
per cent of them volunteer organi-
cations, were Springing up in
every state. Even though in
many States political leaders re-
tnained aloof, the rank and file
were showing a tremendous curl
oSity about the Kansas Governor.
The mail doubled, then doubled
again. People wanted speeches,
literature, autographs, anything
and everything. What was more
amazing to Landon supporters was
the interest shown by the East.
New Jersey leaders announced
their support. The Massachusetts,
primary! Kentucky, West Virginia,
Tennessee!
Never Changed Him
Though the Landon strategy
was altered to hold the lead so
Unexpectedly obtained, the gov
ernor stuck fast to his original
plan of a minimum number Of
speeches. He made only four
q Kansas Day speech at Topeka
in January; a Lincoln. { NebD ad-
dress in February. q radio inter
view in May, and a high school
commencement address in Little
Attica, Kan, the same month.
Kansas eyed its governor specu-
The Washington times., 1936-06-15
Amateur-Pro Golfers PIay

A large field of amateur and
professional golfers will tee off
today at Beaver Dam Country
Club in q Middle Atlantic P. G..
A. amateur-pro tournament.
Approximately 100 golfers are
expected to compete ~
The Washington times., 1936-06-15
DARK HORSE
CAMPAIGN
FIRST AIM

Editors Note: Governor Alt
N. LGndon'S supporters Dere
amazed at the immediate at
tention oiuen the Kansas goU-
eTnor's name tDIIen it WGS pro-
posed to the Republican Uoters.
In this third article of q series
on GoUernor LGndon the inside
strategy of his campaign for the
nomination is TeUeGledD
The Washington times., 1936-06-15

panaceas to offer; what we
need Is some horse sense In lib
eral doses applied to govern
ment."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-03-05

The above
adjustment submitted this
be construed
proposals made conference
of
IDS ~N -oF-e
Data similar to that contained herein,
Road Maintenance
month hereafter, at the close of -
Very truly yours,
(SgneD A. CoDD
hief Audito
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-03-05
Worlds Day Of Prayer
Observed In Gaithersburg

The Worlds Day of Prayer was OBJ
served in the Methodist Home of the
Aged in Gaithersburg on Friday after
noon with over a hundred persons in
Iattendapce from Neelsville, Laytons-
vile, Jamestown, Germantown, Gosh.
en-, Washington Grove and Gathers
burg. The Observance of this Day of
Prayer is sponsored by the Protestant
Churches and is hoped to be made an
annual occasion.
Mrs. Harry Farmer of Washington
Grove presided at the meeting.
A most interesting program was
rendered with Miss Elizabeth Barber
a returned missionary from China be.
ing the guest speaker. Others partici.
pating in the program were Mrs
Charles Hershey, who gave several
solos, accompanied by Mrs. Clyde
Thomas, readings by Mrs. Fearnow
Mrs. He'll, Mrs. Wachter, Mrs. Town.
er, Mrs. Norman Jacobs, Mrs. Law.
son King, Mrs. Cover, Mrs. Chadwick
and Mrs. Worton. Mrs. Rogers &C.
companied several musical numbers
by the members of the Home.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-03-05
Lenten Season Opened
At 3 County Churches
With Special Services

The Holy Season of Lent opened
afor the Pensioners of St. Roses
Chopper, and St. Martins, Gathers
sburg, with the Solemn Blessing anC
Distribution of Ashes. The Holy Sac.
srifice of the Mass was celebrated i'm.
mediately thereafter, at which good
sly number of the congregation receiv-
red Holy Communion.
On Ash Wednesday evening, an in
'struction on the symbolic meaning OF
the distribution of Blessed Ashes, to-
gether with an exposition of the pur-
posed penitential character of the
iLenten Observance according to Cath
~olic practice was given by the Pastor.
The evening services closed with the
giving of Benediction of the Most
Blessed Sacrament.
The pastor, the Rev. Michael j.
sFinnerty, has announced the following
protected plan for the holding of spec
SSal Lenten Services: on the Wednes-
day evenings of Lent, the recitation
of the Beads, the third part of the
Most Holy Rosary; a sermon by a
visiting priest; and Benediction of the
Most Blessed Sacrament; on the Fri
day evenings of Lent, the performance
of the pious devotional practice of the
S'Via Crucis", (the making of the
way of the Grossly, closing, again,
with Benediction Of the Most Blessed
Sacrament. All the Lenten Services
will begin at 1880 o'clock,
On Wednesday, March A, the Rev.
Father Joseph F. Lane, pastor of St.
Joseph's Church, Taneytown, will
preach; on March II, the Rev. Father
Walter L. Read, pastor of Our Lady
of Mt. Carmel Church, Thurmont; on
March 18, the Rev. Father Thaddeus
]. Skrzynski, pastor of st. Joseph's
Church, Buckeystown; on March %,
the Rev. Father John J. Donlan, pas
tor of St. Johns Church, Frederick;
land on April 1, the Rev. Father
Joseph P. Josaitis, the assistant pas
tor at St. Johns, Frederick.
The announcement of the order of
special services for Holy Week will
be made, duly, later.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-03-05
Riggs Griffith Is
Victim OF Bullets
At Seneca Home
Montgomery County Policeman
Is Held Suicide By
Physician

County policeman Frank Riggs
Griffith, who was found fatally wound
ed Saturday morning at his home in
Seneca, was certified as suicide by
DR.. William G. Miller, of Gathers
burg.
The certificate was signed by the
physician after comforting with Mrs.
Harriet Griffith, mother of the &c.
year-old officer, who burst in the bed
room and found her son lying across
1.-THE bed in his pajamas and 1920
caliber pistol clasped in his hand,
after hearing several shots.
Griffith died in the rescue truck of
the Rockville Fire Department en-
route to the Montgomery County Cen
eral Hospital more than half an hour
after the shooting occurred.
Mrs. Griffith told Police Chief ].
William Garrett that she called her
son about $50 A. M. to prepare for
work. At 7:05 she said she heard
several shots and found her son lying
on the bed with blood flowing from
wounds of the mouth.
Police at the Rockville station,
where Griffith was assigned to duty,
dispatched the rescue squad when
Mrs. Griffith frantically telephoned
them for help.
The firemen made an enforced de-
tour through nearby field, when
muddy roads cut off the main ap-
proach to the Griffith residence. They
were stopped by quagmire 200 yards
from the home and carried the wound
ed man to the fire truck on a
stretcher.
Griffith, who was unmarried, had
been member of the force a little
more than year.
He was known by county residents
and officials as one of the most polite
and courteous members of the depart
ment.
In addition to his mother, Griffith is
survived by his father, Artemus R.
Griffith, who lives at Laytonsville.
Services were held Monday at Rock
vile with burial in Mount Carmel
Cemetery, Sunshine.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-03-05
Big Amateur Night At
Gaithersburg On Friday

Arrangements are being made to
provide extra seats and loud speakers
for the auditorium of Gaithersburp
High School to accommodate a capacity
crowd for the Big Amateur Night on
Friday, March 9Th, at eight o'clock.
The competition is being sponsored by
and is for the benefit of the Washing
ton Grove M. E. Church.
radio Joe" Kaufman, of the fam
Gus Radio Joe Night program of sta
ton W. M. A. L., will be the master
OF ceremonies. He is expected to bring
some of the members of his "gane"
to furnish part of the entertainment
for the evening. However, they will
not compete for any of the five valu-
able prizes which are being offered.
Entries are coming in from all parts
OF Montgomery County and vicinity
and indicate that the program will be
both varied and interesting.
Prizes will be awarded on the basis
OF the careful judgment of the three
prominent citizens of the county: Mrs.
Peyton Whalen, President of the
Montgomery County Federation of
Woman's Clubs; Francis Thomas, Sec
rotary of the Sandy Spring Savings
Institution; and William F. Pretty
man, Rockville attorney.
In order to handle the details of this
large program the local committee has
been enlarged to include v. M. Tabler,
d. W. Becraft, Ruth Pope, Mrs. Paul
Lynch, Mrs. Joseph Brake, R. S. Bill
heimer, D. F. Bradley, C. T. Hershey,
and Rev. P. C. Edwards.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-03-05
COMMISSIONERS VOTE TO
COMMISSIONERS VOTE TO
GUARANTEE RELIEF FUND
Continued from page y
STATE ROADS COMMISSION

rl O. =. February e. 1885,
Rockville, Maryland
Dear Sas
At recent meeting of the Commission, and directed
Commission for the County purposes concenn
road activities been authorized
lat the Session of the Legislature in 1885 = "u
At the beginning year. 1885 this Conris
arranged construction
year. and respecting the maintenance of roads, schedule of
County Roads
$554743 authorized
tenance of County Roads from October 1885 September 3d. 1886
Ito expenditures ee
Amount authorized for County Maintenance
period October to 80 h711o
Octooer 1880 10 January 81, 1886
Remainder available for expenditure Maintenance of
County Roads during period February
80 1886 $4s2282
this Commission ~
Cash Position at September 3d. 1885
u' 70 De pao on oongauons previously authorized 206OA3
Overdraft in the Account at October $24575766
Receipts October l. 1885 to January 81, 1896:
Feeder Road Funds 1o55O9 $41,425e2
Anticipated Receipts, Feb to Sept. 80, 1896:
Lateral Gasoline Tax .$80365.84
Feeder Road Funds 87411 s123995
Total Receipts 1886 80 1aees5E7
Amount available for expenditure, i, 1885, to
Authorizations during the fiscal year - T
For County Maintenance ...... S554741a
For Construction Of
Additional Costs, Bridge Approaches
Repairs to County Rd ~ R, 1 6E ooz.
Total Authorizations. ............. $57969e8
AID usment for Underruns Overruns
Authorizations 9Oe6 57seoo2
Approximate Of overdraft at September
80 1886 Csubject to Adusment) $1SO752n
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-03-05
Two Families Are
Saved From Death
By Rescue Squad
Rockville Firemen Heroes AS
Cracked Furnace Pipes
Burst In Homes

Members of the Rescue Squad Of
the Rockville Fire Department per.
formed as heroes this week when theil
promptness and efficiency saved two
families from death.
The family of G. Edward Altemus
socially prominent and well known in
Washington real estate circles, mar
rowly escaped death by asphyxiation
when broken furnace pipe discharg-
ed coal gas fumes into the bed rooms
in which members of the family were
asleep on the Altemus estate near
Potomac, early Monday.
Altemus, an official of the H. L.
Rust Co., awoke in daze to find the
house filled with gas and discovered
his two daughters-Shirley, 9, years
old, and Ann, Sand their governess,
Miss Ann La Rue, 81, unconscious in
their rooms nearby.
His wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Altemus,
was not affected, police said.
The realtor, groggy from effects of
the gas, made his way to telephone
and called Montgomery County police,
at Rockville for help. Members of the
Rockville fire rescue squad responded
and revived the victims with the aid
of inhalators.
DR.. William F. Burdick of Chevy
Chase then was called to the home
and he ordered the two daughters re-
moved to Children's Hospital for fur
Their attention after he also had ad-
ministered first aid. 1t was reported
that their condition is not serious.
The Altemus family is we'll known
in Washington business circles, where
the realtors father, the late George C.
Altemus, for many years conducted
the Knickerbocker Market at Eight
zenith street and Columbia road.
Other relatives also were in business
here.
Escape of the Altemus family had
its counterpart Sunday in another
Montgomery County mishap in which
four persons were overcome in an
identical manner. They too, were re-
vived by the Rockville Rescue Squad.
George B. McGehee, 80, an instruc-
tor at st. Adams School: his 3-year-
old son George, Jr.; his mother-in-
law, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Justice, 81,
and Miss Constance Simpson, also 81,
all of Norbeck, were overcome when
furnace pipe cracked at the formers
home on the grounds of the Manor
Club.
Attendants at the club called the
rescue squad when notified by tele-
phone by another occupant at the Nc
Gehee home. Club employees put out
a fire resulting from the break with
chemical extinguishers. Damage was
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-03-05
Mrs. Nora Beatrice Stup

Mrs. Nora Beatrice Stup, wife Of
Elmer Stup, died at her home near
Laytonsville, Monday morning, fol-
lowing short illness. She is survived
by her husband and the following chill
dren, William and Russell of Gathers
burg and Leroy and Clyde who live
at home. She is also survived by her
mother, Mrs. Mollie Schwartz and
three brothers, Cleveland, Harvey and
Spurier Schwartz.
Funeral services were conducted
from her home at ten o'clock Thurs
day by Rev. M. L. Fearnow, of Lay.
louisville, assisted by Rev. w. T
Cover, of Gaithersburg. Interment
was in Mt. olivet Cemetery, Freder.
lick.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-03-05
Rockville Hands Acacia
Quint Of d. C.. a Defeat

Rockville defeated Acacia Sunday in
the Rockville High School Gym by the
very close score of 24-21. Acacia came
to Rockville with very good record,
having defeated Delaware and Hud-
son, one of the leading teams in the
District of Columbia. They lived up to
their reputation and gave the Rock
vile boys one of the closest games of
the season.
The girls did not have a game
scheduled.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-03-05
Rockville Losers In
Overtime Post Tourney

Rockville's iron men lost a thriller
TO the George Washington Freshmen
Last night in battle of the courts
requiring two overtime sessions.
Placing the ball in play for the
Z. W. U. outfit in a questionable
decision in the closing moments of
play is blamed for the Rockville de-
feat. By all means the game was
the most interesting witnessed in
Washington this year.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-03-05

farmers son in the county and at the
same time offers solution to skunks
whose close presence is not only often
obnoxious to the olfactory sense but
whose existence offers a serious
menace to quail and fish that are
dear to the hearts of the Isaac Wal
ton leaders whose fishing and hunting
expeditions have become seriously
hampered of late by the skunk and
mink that have proven themselves to
be better huntsmen than the modern
proponents of the Isaac Walton tech
lnique.
Another resolution was unanimously
adopted by the club in opposition to
a proposed bill scheduled to be
brought up in this special session Of
the Legislature that would enable the
county authorities to raise assess
ments on taxable property throughout
the county. It was pointed out that if
the County Commissioners were
granted this power they would be able
to hold big stick over the heads of
various citizens and voters who might
conscientiously oppose some of the
Commissions policies. Louis Thomas
of Chevy Chase stated that he thought
such power would smack of tyranny
and dictatorship; and, reassessment
of property should be made on either
county or statewide scale at duly
authorized periods.
The meeting was closed with the
passing of a motion to have a new
election of officers at the next regular
meeting in April at which time it is
urged that all members of the club
should be present.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-03-05
David w. Traister

The funeral of David w. Traister
70 year old Seneca merchant who died
at the Montgomery County General
Hospital last week, took place from
the funeral home of VIM. R. Pun
phrey, in Rockville.
Mr.. Traister, whose death was due
to pneumonia, was a lifelong resident
of the county.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-03-05
Walter JOhnsOn's Team
Plans Dance Friday

A group of athletes of the German
town neighborhood will give dance
Friday evening, March 6, at German
town for the benefit of the baseball
team now being organized under the
supervision of Walter Johnson, former
big league twirler, who makes his
home in that vicinity.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-03-05
Mrs. Mary Lillian Robertson

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Lii
liam Robertson, widow of Curtis Rob-
ertson, who died in Washington fol-
lowing long illness, were held in St.
Mary's Catholic Church at Gathers
burg Monday morning, Rev. Charles
R. O'Hara, pastor of the church
officiating. Burial was in st. Mary's
Cemetery on the Rockville-Norbeck
pike.