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CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS

IF YOUR Christmas tree is a l balsam-and that is the love Hest kind of all, both for appear ance and for fragrance-then when you first light it a cheerful old superstition urges glance at your shadow on the wall-if you dare. Should it appear headless you will not live to see another Christmas. Then, later, when the tree is burned, another tradition suggests keeping partly burned stick to ward off lightning.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-21

to please any taste and adaptable to any period or setting. Many of the new shapes and in tricate or simple patterns are splendid gifts for any woman who is already a homemaker, or plan ming to being one.
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 There is practically no illiteracy in Sweden
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speed dash around the world is
shreWd plan by Miss Earhart to con-
serve the human resources on which
the success of her undertaking will in
large measure depend. She hopes to
accomplish the three most difficult
legs of her flight on successive days,
crossing the entire Pacific with only
brief stops for fuel and rest in Hawaii
and at HoWland Island, and by using
Mantz and Noonan as relief men to
save as much as possible of Manning's
energy and her own for the last
phases of the gruelling enterprise
Mantz is scheduled to go only as
far as Honolulu, while Noonan will
be dropped 1900 miles farther on at
HoWland Island. At the end of the
2,4l0-mile flight from the California
mainland to Hawaii. Mantz, after act
ing as co-pilot on the overnight jour-
ney, will assume complete RESPONSE
bility for preparing the flying labora-
tory for the next stage of the trans
Pacific. fight 50 that Miss Earhart
may spend the entire day in rest and
relaxation.
Also Familiar With Ship.
He is as familiar with the ship as
his ability to look out for every nee
essary detail of preparation for her
second take-off, so that her only re-
Sponsibility will be to step into the
plane and go when the time arrives.
This means that she will be able
to start the second leg of her flight
in almost as good physical condition
as when she leaves Oakland Airport.
Concerning the last minute change
in her plans, Miss Earhart said to-
day: Il am going to take along two
hitch-hikers on the flight to Homo
lulu. 1t is the first case of thumbing
this kind of an air ride that l know
Of"
AS technical adviser, Paul Mantz
helped me prepare for my previous
Pacific flight just as he has with this
one, So, if he really wants to make
the trip I'm glad to have him.
BY the end Of this first long hop,
any incipient mechanical troubles
should show up. 1t will be fine to
have him on hand for a final check
before I shove off westward.
Fred Noonan has been helping US
on the navigation end With Pan
American, he has done much pioneer
Pacific flying and has 18 air passages
to Manila to his credit.
He, too. has decided he'd like to
go along for the ride and I'm delighted
to have him-and so is Henry Man
ming
Paul Mantz will be relief pilot as
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weight saving of about $500 pounds"
The fuel consumption tests of the
flying laboratorys" two 550-horse-
power Wasp engines were completed
recently in cooperation with experts
from the Lockheed and Pratt & Whit
ney factories. Numerous flights were
made under varying load conditions
and it was established that the gaso-
line economy of the power plants un-
der proper handling by the pilot was
SO great that the average fuel con-
sumption from here to Honolulu is
expected to be we'll under so gallons
an hour
Due in Is to 18 Hours. ,.
1t is probable that Miss Earhart
win be able to complete the 24l0-mile
flight to Honolulu in Is to l8 hours
and she has substantial fuel mar
gin to keep her In the air several hours
beyond that time. The reduction In
the fuel load also simplifies the prob
lem she faces at Howland Island on
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the take-off for Lac, New Guinea, 1850
miles away-the longest hop Of her
entire nd-the-World itinerary. In
cidentally, Bureau Of Air Commerce
officials have just reported that the
airport construction force sent to How
land Island some time ago to put the
landing area there in shape for her
use now have 2,000-foot east-west
runway and 3,000-foot northeast
southwest runway rolled down into
perfect condition.
Miss Earhart said that on the test
flights she and Capt. Manning have
been making together it became more
and more evident that the double duty
expected of him as navigator and radio
operator imposed a greater physical
strain than any one man should be
accentuated when it was decided that
the flying laboratory" should send
out periodic signals as focal points
for Pan American Always long-range
direction finders, since this arrange
ment and the necessity of receiving
the position fixed" as radioed back
by the airline's operators, added still
another job to the already over
worked Capt. Mannings' list OF duties.
BY dividing the work Of radio op-
Grafton and celestial navigation be-
tween two men just as is done on Pam
Americas trans-Pacific Clippers, it
is expected that much greater eff
cheney will result and that neither
man will be worn to frazzle" by his
duties and responsibilities
Miss Earhart said that with Capt.
Manning trying to do the work of
radio operator and navigator it kept
him jumping around all the time"
From Howland Island to New Guinea
she not only expects that he will
have escaped becoming over-fa-
tigued through the previous presence
of a relief man in the navigation
radio compartment, but, because there
are a number of small islands which
can be used as landmarks during the
latter part of this flight, the problem
of navigation will be greatly simplified
as compared to that involved in hit
ting mid-ocean pin-polnt objectives
such as Honolulu and Rowland Island.
Will Report Every Hour.
In addition to the schedule worked
out with the PanAmerican Airways
for regular position fixes during the
entire time The flying laboratory is
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far as Honolulu. That will cut down
the fatigue factor for me. And Noonan
will be relief for Capt. Manning, who
actually has almost too much to do
without help. This will leave Man.
ming fresher for the long hop from
Howland to Lac and thence to Darwin,
Australia. Manning by the way, will
handle the radio. He is an operator
qualified in code sending and re-
ceiving. which none of the rest of us
are.
Pan American has generously Of
fered to cooperate with their di-
rection finders in checking positions
This means more work for Manning
my decision to enlarge the crew Is
possible because our final fuel con-
sumption tests have proved far more
satisfactory than we dared hope. In
stead of filling the tanks with the full
1,150 gallons, Ill start with only 900
gallons-and at that have an estimated
40 per cent safety factor. This was a
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Pool Lures to Death.

Third Of his family to drown him
self in the same pool at Blackheath,
England, Thomas Cole, %, was de-
clared at the inquest to have been in
the best of spirits short time before
his suicide. Ten years ago the father
OF the family ended his life in this
deep pool amid Stag mounds. Eight
cen months ago one of Thomas Coles
brothers drowned himself there.
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Continued From First Page)
at the Oakland field, but Mantz is
satisfied that it is ample for Miss
Earhart's purposes.
Will Garry Less Gasoline.
Both Mantz and Miss Earhart are
confident the Mills Field runway is
long enough for the flying labora~
tory's' getaway, particularly in view
of the fact that recent fuel consump-
ton tests showed the ship would be
able to make the California Honolulu
flight with some $50 gallons less gaso-
line than was originally expected-a
saving OF about 500 pounds.
Oakland authorities are consider
ably perturbed over their airport not
being the official starting place Of
Miss Earhart's fight. She still will
start" from Oakland, however, land
ing at the other airport to take on
her main fuel load and, on completion
of her trip around the world, simply
rolling her wheels on Mills Field to
end the flight officially for timing
purposes then proceeding to Oakland
for her official landing and reception.
A crew Of men and trucks and a
steam roller were to be at work early
tomorrow to fill in the soft spot in
the runway Miss Earhart originally
contemplated using, but both she and
Mantz were fearful Of such last-minute
measures. They expressed regret
over the unforeseen events leading to
their decision.
On the test flight this morning the
two flyers and Capt Harry Manning,
Miss Earhart's trans-Pacific navigator
said they obtained results" in work.
ing with Pan-American Airways' radio
direction finder station at the airline's
Alameda base. the operator there CIV
Ing them position fixes" without diff
Guilty and his signals coming in so
strongly that Capt. Manning said they
nearly took my earphones off" On
this flight they also discovered that
neither the planes magnetic COM
passes nor its Bendix radio "homing"
compass was in need of further COM
penSation before the world flight be-
gins, and all were in high spirits when
they landed
Capt. Manning was accompanied in
the navlgator'S compartment by Fred
Noonan, former Pan American navlga-
ton instructor, who has been cooper
atlng in preparations for the labor
atory' planes fight Noonan has 18
California Manila air passages to his
credit.
In addition to Mantz, Noonan also
is expected to be in the plane at to-
morrows take-off They will be the
first aerial hitch-hikers in trans
oceanic flying history.
The primary reason for these added
starters on the initial stage of her
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down his key for 30 seconds or longer
until the I'd" operator can take 4
bearing on the plane. The ground
station then reports to the plane the
number Of degrees it bears from the
"d' and, with the known position Of
the latter on his chart, it is a simple
matter for the navigator to tell wheth-
er he Is keeping on his appointed
course.
~ tCopyright, 1881
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CLARK LOCATED
BROKE" IN NICE
Former Los Angeles District
Attorney Missing Since
January 5.
BY the Associated Press.

LOS ANGELES, March 13-Mys-
teriouSly missing since January 5,
former Deputy District Attorney David
H. Clark was located today in Nice,
France-"broke" and anxious to get
home.
The Los Angeles Times interviewed
him by telephone, asking him to eX-
plain his disappearance. He said he
had no particular motive and insisted
no threats were involved
Il guess 1 just went crazy" Clark
told De Witt Meredith of the Times.
ut was Screwy thing to do
ITS long, long story. It's too long
to tell over the telephone. 1t was just
an accumulation of a lot of things
that drove NE away, guess"
A few hours earlier, Clark's wife,
Nancy, received a telegram from Secre-
tary of State Cordell Hull in Washing
ton saying he was in Nice in bad
straits and had asked that she be in
formed so she could send some money
TO the American consulate.
In his conversation with Meredith,
Clark asked repeatedly about his wife.
Tell her l love her, that's ALL" he
requested
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over the Pacific, Miss Earhart has ac-
ceded to requests received from hun
dreds of radio amateurs to give posi-
ton reports over her radio telephone
every hour she is in flight. On the
occasion of her solo hop from Honolulu
to Oakland such broadcasts were
picked up in the United States almost
from the moment of her take-off.
The airline direction-flnding fixes"
are obtained by code radio, Capt.
Manning's procedure being to hold
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Earllart

Continued From First Page.)
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Center Program.
THE Community Center Dena

HE Community Center Department
of the District of Columbia Public
Schools has chosen Margaret Speaks.
soprano. to be the opening event on
the new series of programs which the
department is sponsoring this Winter
IN the auditorium of the Roosevelt
High School. Miss Speaks will sing
there Wednesday evening, November 8.
at BIS o'clock. She is nationally
famous as THE Voice of Firestone.
1t is probable that Miss Speaks will
sing number of American and Eng
lish songs, for she is a firm believer
in singing in the language of the
audience. She is descended from pio-
neer settlers who migrated from Eng
land, and her father was a political
leader of her native State. Ohio. at
the time of her birth and later became
Representative in the United States
Congress from that State.
The coming week is the second and
final week in the campaign inaugu-
rated for this new series of events.
which also includes two dance pro-
grams, Ballet Caravan" on December
l, and "Nimura and Kay" March %.
and one dramatic attraction, Juliet
Deli" February %.
The series tickets and information
are available at the campaign head
quarters and at the T. Arthur Smith
Concert Bureau, 9l0 G street.
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Visit
Here to Be
Guild Event
Famous Organist
At Catholic
University.

MARCEL DUPRE, the famous
" French organist from Paris. will
appear at the Shrine Of the Immacu-
late Conception. Catholic University,
next Sunday, october "a, at pm. His
appearance in this city is under the
auspices Of the local chapter of the
American Guild Of Organists.
In 1920 Dupre startled the musical
world by the almost incredible feat,
for the first time in history, Of playing
perfectly from memory the entire or
gan works Of Bach in a series Of 10
extraordinary recitals at the Paris
Conservatory. This accomplishment
involved the memorizing and playing
Of over 200 different pieces and 1000
printed pages OF music.
One OF the most talked-of events
with which any organist has ever been
connected with Marcel Dupre's playing
Of the musical program at the we'd
ding of the former King Of England,
the Duke of Windsor. The event was
publicized the world over and Dupre's
name has been brought to the atten-
ton OF millions who had probably
never heard of him before, although
for the last 20 years he has been at the
top OF his profession.
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RUSSIAN WELFARE
GROUPS MUSICALE

THE Russian Welfare Group in
Washington, Of which Mrs. J. j.
Mack is president; Mrs. w Joukowsky,
vice president. and Vladimir Grodsky,
secretary, announces that a musicale
will be given at the Washington Club
Friday night, October 29. at $50
o'clock for the benefit of Russian chill
dren.
This Russian children's day program
is given each year and the funds raised
by the Washington group of Russian
welfare workers in this way are sent
to the orphanage for Russian children
in New Jersey and to other organiza-
tions in this country or abroad where
the need is especially great.
This year artists who are giving
their services in this program include
Nine. Nadia FAM d'Aulby, soprano:
Elena de Sayn, Russian violinist:
Tania Gnoocheff, Russian dancer. and
Tamara Dmitrieff, Russian pianist.
The detailed program will be an
nounced next week.
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CHANTERS' MUSIC
FOR CHEVY CHASE

THIRTEEN holds no fear of hoodoo
for the Chevy Chase Chanters,
who this week start their thirteenth
year OF choral singing. This popular
choral organization of professional and
business men still includes many of
its charter members.
From the waiting list, membership
is to be enlarged in some of the voice
parts. which will further improve the
shadings and balance Of tone with
which a performance by this club has
become synonymous. The singers will
continue under the direction Of j.
Horace Smithey, formerly OF New York,
whose first year Of leadership OF this
organization eliminated in a Spring
concert last May. After completing
several previous radio engagements,
the club was invited by the National
Broadcasting Co. to sing on the pro-
gram opening the new studios OF
WMAL and WRC in the Trans-Lux
Building in July.
Ofncers for the coming season
include: William A. Rogers, president;
Ross A. Rudd, vice president; Thomas
H. Claffy. secretary. and. Lynn L.
Gillchrest, treasurer.
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LECTURE RECITALS
in PIANO HISTORY

NORMAN FRAUENHEIM, pianist,
will give series Of eight lecture
recitals on the history of the piano
literature and the evolution OF musical
form beginning Monday The lectures
will be illustrated by Mr.. Frauenheim
at the piano, with masterpieces Of the
great composers from the English Vir-
ginilists Of the sixteenth century up to
and including Debussy. Entire pro-
grams will be devoted to Bach and
Beethoven.
The course is under the sponsorship
of Mr.. Joseph Horgan, and the first
meeting will be held In her home in
Brandywine street Monday morning at
IL o'clock. The subject to be discussed
will be the origins Of musical express
sion, the evolution Of scales and the
influence of church style, folk-song
and dance upon the early examples Of
instrumental music which will be
player.
The lecture-recitals will take place
on consecutive Monday mornings at
II o'clock, the second being In the
home of Mrs. Edward H. Everett, 1904
Massachusetts, avenue, on Monday,
october IS.
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Rosa Ponselle is a soprano of Ital-
ian descent who was born in Meriden.
Conn.,, and whose youthful talent 80
impressed the late Enrico Caruso that
he urged her to prepare for an oper-
attic career. Six months later, on
November is. 1918. she made her oper-
attic debut at the Metropolitan in LA
Forza del Destino" opposite the great
Caruso himself, achieving an operatic
triumph that has since made musical
history. Her appearance in Washing
ton at this time marks the first on
portunity Washington music lovers
have been afforded to hear the great
dramatic soprano of the METROPOLITAN
at popular prices
Seats for Miss Ponselle's concert are
obtainable at Mrs. Dorsey's Concert
Bureau, in Droop's. at 1900 G street
northwest, and at the Constitution Hall
box office tomorrow morning after
10 o'clock.
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HOLIDAY PROGRAM
BY CHORAL UNION
TWO important choral works are

TWO important choral works are
slated for performance at local
theater by the National Choral Union
on December 81. The program is ap-
propriately chosen for the Christmas
season and will represent compositions
never before heard in Washington.
The National Choral Union, 125 voices
strong, is now preparing this concert
under the personal direction of Hugh
Ross, director of the Schola Cantorum
of New York and one of the leading
choral conductors in the United
States.
The particular works for the De-
cember performance are Fantasy on
Christmas Carols" by H. Vaughan
Williams, for chorus and orchestra,
and the pageant Bethlehem" by Rus
sell Boughton, for chorus, solo voices
and orchestra. Additions for chorus
members in this concert will close at
Epiphany Church Tuesday at 7:30.
The National Choral Union is found
ed as a medium for the improvement
and stimulation of local church choirs.
1t is in reality training school where
choirs and choristers may directly
benefit under the instruction of a su-
perlor conductor. The organization is
indorsed by leading clergymen and
prominent organists, many of the lat
ter being represented in the choirmas-
ters' course conducted by Hugh Ross.
1t is through the results of such &C.
tivities that the clergy see a definite
means for improving church music
standards, and through the formation
OF an afiliated group. the Church Mu-
sic Society, a means Of passing these
improved conditions on to the congre-
cations Of Washington churches.
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mezzo-soprano, and Lloyd Harris,
basso.
The ballet, chorus and orchestra,
largely drawn from Metropolitan per-
formers, lends smooth and expert
enced support to the principals.
To make Washington's brief opera
season as complete as possible, I'm
presario Armand Bagarozy arranged
to transport nine individual produc-
tions here for the seven-day series.
The operas. selected as the most popu-
lar in the Columbia's repertoire, are:
"Cavalleria Rusticana" and "Pagli-
acci," Monday night; "Rigoletto,"
Tuesday night; Faust" Wednesday
night; Barber Of Seville" Thursday
night; La Traviata," Friday night;
Martha" Tin English), Saturday matt
nee; Carmen" Saturday night; LII
cia Di Lammermoor." Sunday matinee;
III Trovatore," Sunday night.
Single tickets for each performance
are now on sale at the T. Arthur
Smith Concert Bureau, 9lo G street
northwest.
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ANA paw oc a dAlANCl odl dlb.
1t is this new interest that has en-
abled the Columbia Opera Co. of New
York, after successful seasons in Bal
timore, Albany, Rochester, Quebec and
countless other opera-less cities, to
bring nine of its most popular presen-
tations to the Rialto Theater next
week beginning Monday. And it comes
not as noble experiment, but COM
plete with everything traditionally ex-
pected of grand opera stars. chorus,
ballet, orchestra, scenery-all devel-
oped through several seasons of sue
cessful performance
Among the outstanding principals
are Louise Caselotti, mezzo-soprano,
whose famous Carmen" has won her
plaudits with the San Carlo, the Hip
podrome and New York Opera Co.'S;
Ralphe Errole, tenor, and Rocco Pam
diScio, baritone, of the Metropolitan;
and such acclaimed Columbia favorites
as Elda Ercole and Luisa Coronina,
sopranos; Mario Palermo, tenor; Al
fredo Chigi, baritone; Gretchen Haller,
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ORMANDY TO LEAD:
-KREISLER, GUEST
EUGENE ORMONDY. who will

EUGENE ORMONDY, who will
lead the Philadelphia Symph-
ony Orchestra in its first pro-
gram OF the season in Washing
ton at Constitution Hall a week
from next Tuesday evening at
8:45 O'Clock, has announced in full
the program to be given at that
time.
The opening selection will be
Johann Sebastian Bach's beau
tiful Prelude and Fugue in B
minor" as arranged for orches-
ira by M. Cailliet, gifted COM
poser member of the orchestra.
Following this. Fritz Kreisler.
World-famous violinist, who is
guest artist of the Philadelphia
organization on this program, will
play Bach's Concerto in E major
for Violin and Orchestra" After
the intermission Mr.. Kreisler will
play Mendelssohn's popular Con-
certo in E minor" and the or
chestra will close the program
with excerpts from Wagner's op-
era "Siegfried."
The T Arthur Smith Concert
Bureau is presenting this orches-
ira in Washington and reerva-
tions can be made at the bureau
9l0 G street northwest.
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7. W. C.. A. SUNDAY
SEASON OF MUSIC

THE first Sunday music hour Of the
season ut the Y. w. c. A., Seven
teenth and K streets, is announced for
tomorrow ut o'clock. Elena de Sayn,
violinist. has arranged the following
program:
Concerto (for violin and viola-hrst
partl Mozart
., Norma coombs Miss de sayn;
Mary Alice Ferguson
Golden Sonota" (for two violinS). Purcell
Mary Alice Ferguson. Miss De Sayn.
"Mistica" - Tirndelli
Spinning Wheel Pepper Amer
"A Ia Russo" Vieuxtemps
Miss De Sayn.
Frances Berkman will be the accom-
pAnist.
A cordial invitation is extended to
men and women to attend these In
formal music hours. planned for each
Sunday from october to May.
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MUSIC TEACHERS
BUSINESS SESSION

THE semi-annual business meeting
of the Washington Music Teach
ers' Association will take place tomor-
row at o'clock ,at 1910 Connecticut
avenue.
Names of new members will be
announced, and any member wishing
to present the names of prospective
members may do so at this meeting,
applications in time for them to attend
the first program meeting.
The tickets for the concerts of the
National Symphony Orchestra will be
given to those drawing winning num-
bers. These tickets were obtained with
the credit for the associations sub
scription to the sustaining fund of the
orchestra.
In order to stimulate and encourage
the music student, the association is
sponsoring q "pianists' contest" With
the kind cooperation of DR.. Hans
Kinder and the National Symphony
Orchestra, the winner of the contest
will be accorded an appearance with
the orchestra, and be featured as
soloist in the last students concert of
the National Symphony Orchestra in
Constitution Hall in March, 1888.
Further details of this will be an
nounced at the meeting.
The first program meeting will be
on Monday, October 25, at 8:15 at
the Arts Club, 20l7 street. The pro-
gram will be "A Talk on Development
of the Art Song in America" by Prof.
William Treat Upton, professor emeri-
tus Of the Oberlin (Ohio) Conservatory
Of Music. This will be illustrated by
four groups Of songs by some Of the
outstanding singers in the association
with Mrs. Emery at the piano.