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Evening star., 1937-09-25
By Miriam de Haas.

TT WAS not Washington heat" that
made some 800 District hearts
beat with such anxious rapidity
4 toward the latter part of Au-
gust. 1t was at approximately that
period that the list of successful can
didates for the bar was due to appear
IN the daily papers, informing the
would-be lawyers for the first time
whether they had passed the Dis
trict bar examinations over which
they had agonized for three swelter-
ing June days in the class rooms and
library of Georgetown University Law
School.
Those three days, however, were only
the climax of years of hard study,
of nightly delving into hard-earned
lawbooks after hours in the class
room and frequently, also, after day S
hard work at the mere business of
earning a living and law school tut
ton. For many, the securing of an
LII. B. degree had meant not only
three or four years in law school, but
If they had attended the law schools
of George Washington, Georgetown
or Catholic Universities, four years
preliminary work in obtaining the
A. B. degree necessary to fulfill en-
trance requirements for law school
Already, only at the beginning ol
their careers, these embryo lawyers
had been for years painfully learning
the truth of the statement by the IA
NOUS jurist. Lord Eldon, that TT
succeed as a lawyer, man must worl
like q horse and live like hermit"
The committee Of District bar ex
sminers (now known as the Commit
tee on Admission and Grievances
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greater ratio. As late as 1920, when
325 took the examination, only four
applicants, or slightly over per cent,
were women, but in recent years the
percentage frequently runs from to
10, or from about so to 10 women
entrants at an examination.
The difficulty Of the examinations
and the high standard they set Is at
tested to by the fact that only AZ per
cent Of the candidates were success
full in last June's ordeal, and OF these,
number had taken previous examina-
tions and failed. In 1920 about 10 per
cent we're successful.
Those who take the examination
find that the examiners are exacting
but fair. Two papers are given each
day. covering several subjects in each,
and the questions are suff1ciently COM
prehensive to allow little time for
| lengthy cogitation or mental excursions
Evening star., 1937-09-25
The Game November 1862 Considered
the First lntesectional Game Played in This Country.
Twenty Million Will Watch Fall Contests.

yards apart, and the object of each
cased with leather, through the goal
of its antagonist" This writer closes
his explanation of the game by say
ing that sometimes the players kick
each others shins without the least
ceremony"
Foot ball in seventeenth century
Virginia, according to old accounts
of Colonial sports, might be CLASH
fed as the Charming" sport of early
English days which women and
young men doe play at. They make
their coolies like ours (the English)
only they never hghte nor pull an
other doone. The men play with a
littel ball, lettinge it fall out of their
hands and striketh with the top of
their foote. He that can strike the
ball fartherest winnes that which
they play for"
Foot ball was an interclass sport
in many schools of the country for
several decades before the first inter-
collegiate game, in 1869. Evidently il
was not a charming" sport at Har-
ward in the 1820s, for "the first Mon
day of the Fall term was known a.
bloody Monday because of the Gus
tomary game between the two lowel
classes on that day" The game wa.
played at West Point as early as tht
184Os, and in 1850 the name Of Cade
Philip H. Sheridan WAS on the de-
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HOME COMFORTS ON YACHTS
Two Washington Men of Affairs Live AAoat in All Seasons With
Convene,ces Which Would Be Expected in Homes
Of Conventional Type.

much the same az anywhere else. says
Mrs Allen. arniable and soft spoken.
Keeping in mind one Of the chief char
acteristics Of q yacht, that Of the
optical illusion one invariably receives
at a comparatively short distance
away from the vessel, in relation to
its actual size, let us peek through
the portfolios of the Chicago, so to
speak, for a sketchy view of its layout.
THE acme Of simplicity! Peaceful
comfort, restful TO ragged city
nerves. No startling modernism.
Beginning aft are two dinlinutive
cabins or sleeping quarters occupied
by the junior members Of the family.
Each resembles the other in size, with
its built-in hunks against the wall.
and in the few practical accessories.
Next In order is the dining room,
moderate size. compact in every detail,
and hunks again on either side to put
up visiting guests.
From this room a ladder leads to
the deck. Since the motion of boat
and intelligent utilization of space are
both prevailing factors that must be
taken into consideration, 1T is essential
to have built-in chests of drawers for
the silverware, linens and dishes, not
to mention the trimmed table, and
shelves for glassware. The galley.
small but complete, is equipped with
a combination coal and gasoline stove,
of benefit in both Summer and Winter:
a furnace that heats the entire boat
and vast electrical refrigerator.
Most unpretentious and unassuming,
an alligator. ALBERT" tiny facetious-
looking reptile, floats and wiggles
around In small square pan here IN
(see FLOATING HOMES, Page B-3.)
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in his arms and ran with it, thus
originating the distinctive feature OF
the Rugby game
How or when foot ball started is
not known. A game of kicking the
ball back and forth between players"
although called by various names. was
played by ancient Polynesians, Eski-
mos, Greeks and Romans The me-
dieval Italian game was called calico"
and the Colonial Virginia game was
known as camp ball"
Foot ball was always popular in
England, and according to one writer
it was favorite after dinner sport"
in the latter part of the twelfth CEN
tury. Its popularity continued to in
crease until in 1914 the King forbade
the playing of foot ball 'on pain of
imprisonment" because it was in
terfering with the warlike game of
archery.
TWO HUNDRED years ago foot ball
was "a useful and charming
Winter exercise in England, and one
author describes the game as played
with "a leather ball about as big as
ones head. filled with wind. This is
kicked about from one to t'other in
the streets, by him that can get it.
and that is all the art Of it," A writer
in the early nineteenth century adds
that there are two goals 80 to l0C
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are SO feet inches, with l5-foot
beams, 5 feet inches draft. 1t Is
operated by Wolverine engine. slow
speed, that weighs approximately
eight and one-half tons. There Is a
gasoline radius of 500 miles, signify
ing that a long voyage would be out
of the question.
THE family crew consists Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Allen, daughter, Mary, .
senior music student 1T the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania this year, and
son. David, who recently matriculated
at Purdue University. The yacht Is
moored directly in front Of the Wash
ington Canoe Club, midway the width
of "Ole Man River" There they stay
from May to September, when they
return to the Wilson Line dock for
the remaining few months Of the year.
Deprived of no common luxuries. the
Aliens have access to telephone. three
radios, city lights, running water, and
even . bathtub all of this comfort
made possible through the medium
of submarine lines that extend from
the shore.
In case Of such an emergency that
the city lights cannot be used or
while cruising, simply by childlike
maneuvering of . switch electricity
becomes available instantaneously by
means Of the installed electrical plant
in the engine room, the only failing
feature being the distracting noise
made from the process Of generating
the batteries. This happens on an
average Of once q week.
The private living quarters below
deck are equivalent to q seven-roon
apartment, and. incidentally, thu
housekeeping routine there Is pretty
Evening star., 1937-09-25
By Mary Machin
Gardner.

-ALL means foot BALL Twenty
l. million people will watch the
games played during the sea-
a son by some 1000 teams from
high schools, colleges and universi-
ties throughout the country in amphi-
theaters with seating capacities from
2 few hundred to hundred thousand
persons. Less than 10 years ago the
first intercollegiate foot ball game in
this country was played between Rut-
gers and Princeton, with 25 men on
side, although foot ball had been a
\ popular sport since early Colonial
days.
Foot ball, game of very ancient
origin, was really foot ball until a
little over a hundred years ago. The
ball was always kicked, never carried,
until in 1923 William Webb Ellis, dis
regarding the rules of association foot
tall, caught the ball and carried it.
Thus originated carrying the ball, -
the distinctive feature of rugby-the
immediate forerunner of American
foot ball.
A memorial tablet has been erected
at Rugby in honor of this occasion
and of the player who, with a fine
disregard of the rules of foot ball as
Alayed in his time, first took the ball
Evening star., 1937-09-25
DISTRICT BAR EXAMS STIFF
Fnk More Than Two Papers Require That Whole Test Be
Taken Again-Less Than Half of Candidates Pass
First Trial.

came into existence in 1853. shortly
after the establishment of the ST.
preme Court of the District, or the
District Court of the United States
for the District of Columbia, as it is
now designated. The committee orig
inally consisted of three members.
Later the number was increased to
five, then to seven and lately to nine
John Paul Earnest, chairman Of
the committee, has been member
of the bar since 1889. Until recently
professor of criminal law at George
Washington University Law School,
known and loved by thousands Of his
boys" Mr.. Earnest has been par
ticularly loyal and active alumnus
Of the university where he taught and
from which he received his LII. B.
and LII. NJ degrees.
Lieut.. Col. Walter c. Clephane has
also been a, member Of the commit
tee for many years. Obtaining his
LII. B. and LII. M. from George Wash
ington University Law School Cor, az
| it was formerly known, Columbian
College,, Col. Clephane until 1885
taught pleading and procedure al
his alma mater, presided as strict
but fair Judge" over moot cour1
sessions and the eases" pleaded before
him by stammering young. law students
and impressed his influence lastingly
on his admiring classes by his lee.
lures in legal ethics.
| The third member of the commit.
tee to have served for a number ol
years is John E. Laskey, who received
his LII B. and LII. M. from Columbian
college and is now professor of Law
| at Georgetown Law School.
l. Edward Stafford. also one Of th'
senior members. has taught In loca
Evening star., 1937-09-25
The yacht Sunshine, floating home OF Walter Blonnt

back into law school lectures, the
words Of which more than one woebe-
gone wight, chewing frantically at the
top Of his fountain pen, wishes he had
treasured more carefully. At the pre-
liminary statement made to the ner-
vous gathering of applicants before
the examination, Mr.. Earnest stresses
the fact that time should be watched
and distributed carefully over the ques-
tions, as one of the purposes Of the
examination is to test not merely the
already acquired knowledge OF the ap-
plicant, but his ability to reason and
formulate his statements under pres
sure. Those who desire to save them
selves the physical strain Of writing
in pen and ink for three solid days
have typewriters sent over for their
use, but less hardy concentrators are
(See BAR EXAMS, Page B-3)
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law schools, and obtained his IL. B. in
1914 from George Washington Uni
versity.
More recent members of the COM
mittee are Bolitha j. Laws, Vernon e.
West, Charles F. Wilson. Edmund l..
Jones and Andrew B. Duvall, all ap-
pointed shortly before the December,
1896, bar examinations.
CANDIDATES originally were exam
ined in one Of the court rooms at
the court house. Later, from about
1897 to 1900, examinations were held
in the old "Rathskeller" in the base
ment of the then Civil Service offices
at Eighth and streets, where Lans-
burgh's store now stands. About 1900
the commodious class rooms and Ii
brary OF Georgetown University Law
School were made available, and the
examinations have been conducted
there since.
Originally graduates Of certain COL
leges Georgetown, Columbian College
of Law, and later National Univer-
sity and Howard Law SchooD were
admitted upon diploma without being
required to take an examination
From about 1887 this practice wa.
discontinued and all applicants re-
quired to submit to examination.
The extraordinary growth in the
number of law students and lawyers ir
the District, as elsewhere, is indicated
by the fact that in 1898 there were
% candloates Tor ADMISSION, as con-
trasted with figures ranging from 60t
to $50, approximately, at each Of thu
semi-annual examinations, given IL
December and June, Of the past sew
eral years. The proportion of womer
applicants has increased In eve,
Evening star., 1937-09-25
By Agnes E. CriveUa.


r VOW much more romantic and
exciting to 60 calling on such
nautical-spirited families as
4 4 the Aliens or the Blounts,
who reside in yachts on the Potomac
River, than to visit with our close-to-
the-earth neighbors whose lives are
apt to be less glamorous! Though
the life is a simple one, early to bed
and early to rise, these supposedly
seafaring folks find the surroundings
alluring enough to live there the
whole year round. Perfectly con-
tented, they abide anchored, except
for the infrequent cruises that are
taken in company with friends and
relatives up and down the river, en-
joying to the fullest extent their mov-
ing abodes, which bring to them
those present historical sites,
along with the enchanting river
scenery, beautiful, yet paradoxically
calm.
David p. Allen, distribution en-
gineer of the Washington Gas Light
Co., and family make their perma-
nent home aboard the Chicago, .
brown-colored trunk cruiser which
was originally intended for survey
work In 1916, thus built to accom-
modate the Chicago district United
States Engineers, q branch of the
United States Army. 1t was trans
ported to the District Of Columbia In
1922. for survey purposes In the
Chesapeake Bay, up until the time
OF a competitive sealed bid in 1888
when Mr.. Allen purchased the vessel
He and family chose the following
Summer to move aboard and have
been there ever since.
Displacing Is tons, the dimension.
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first uniformed foot ball team in the
country
An example of the difficulties en-
tests is found in the game between
Harvard and Yale in the Fall of 1875.
Considerable diplomatic negotiations"
we're required to formulate rules for
this game, as Harvard played with
IS men on team and strongly favored
Rugby rules, while Yale played 20 men
on team and followed association
rules.
by THE Fall Of 1876 the need for
uniform rules was evident to all
the schools engaging in intercollegiate
games. Under the leadership of Prince
ton meeting was called in Novem-
ber of that year which resulted in the
formation Of the intercollegiate Foot
Ball Association. Although not rep
resented at the meeting. Yale adopted
the rules drawn up by Princeton,
Harvard and Columbia. Thereafter
each side had Is players on field
140 by 10 feet, with referee and two
| judges as officials.
| Probably the most radical depar-
| ture from the English game was in
| determining the winner of a game
Under association rules the victory
was determined by the number of
goals and the touchdown was only an
incident in the play which entitled a
team to try for a goal. Under the
new rules the game was decided by
the majority of touchdowns. One
writer suggests that this basic change
in rules started movement in the
American game that became one Of
the features of the sport-the annual
changing of rules. This feature OF
the annual meeting in 1880 reduced
the number Of players to II men on
side.
The Chicago Foot Ball Club is US
ually credited with having introduced
foot ball in the Middle West during
the early 1905. Michigan organized
a team in 1878 and during the next
three years generally defeated the
nearby teams with which it played.
Probably the first Intersections
games were played in 1881, when
Michigan made trip East and played
Evening star., 1937-09-25

linquency list for kicking foot ban
in vicinity of barracks"
At Harvard and Yale foot ball was
recognized interclass sport during the
l840s and sos. The game was abol-
ished at both schools in 1860 but was
reinstated in 1872. Despite this action
Of Harvard and Yale. foot ball became a
recognized intercollegiate sport in the
late 1865.
TRADITION maintains that the Uni
versity of Virginia played intercol-
legiate games under the old English
rules long before Rutgers, incensed by
an overwhelming defeat at base ball.
challenged Princeton to a foot ball
game. The Rutgers-Princeton game,
on November s, 1869. however. is con-
sidered the first intercollegiate game
in this country. Because each side had
its own rules, special rules had to be
drawn up just before the game.
One of the many intriguing tales
about this first intercollegiate contest
maintains that as the first game was
played at New Brunswick. the rules IA
vored Rutgers, and that team won
A few days later. in return game at
Princeton, the rules again favored the
home team, and Princeton won. The
might-have-b been result Of third
meeting of these teams is left to con-
lecture, for "a decisive game was pre-
vented by the two faculties. as it was
felt that it would tend to take the
students minds from their studies"
BY 1875 Princeton. Columbia, Har-
ward and Yale, as well as number Of
smaller Eastern schools, were regularly
scheduling games with each other
The rules were usually modified form
of those of the London Foot Ball AS.
sociation game, which was known then
as now. as association" or soccer"
McGill University of Montreal SEEM
to have introduced Rugby rules to tn,
| United States at game with Harvard
in 1874 Eager to continue playinl
under Rugby rules, Harvard challenged
| Tufts in the Spring of 1875 and Tuft
accepted, ito the Joy Of future genera
tions, as the mighty Crimson was low
cred in that game" The Crimson rec
ords indicate that the Tufts team ap
| peared on the field in uniform-th
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n Hank Hardtpick Nary coach IetD and Capt R. F
Du Bo 0ho plays guard pictured during early practice at
famous Bowl during foot ball classic "A Phoo) )
Capt Jim IsbeH ne OF the 1887 Army foot ball team gets
OF from Davidson the Cadet practice
gets under at West Point "A P Photo). ~ Jim Schwenk
Ueeran tullbcck through Dde hole during Army
practice "A p Photo 0 Ercting bits OF action like this
caught by the hen Stanford player took to the
high lights that make memorable a.
p PhOto).
Evening star., 1937-10-14

Innersprine Felt Mattresses With 224-coi
unit The coil unit is covered with q
Steorns 6 Foster InsuIo pod which is
stitched every four inches This extra
sturdy construction assures you that the
unit will not work through otter many
years Of satisfactory wear. Single and
double sizes.
Evening star., 1937-10-14

TAnguay, who back In 1918 penned
Please put little finger on the right
hand; Andrew Mellow. who signed
yours sruly," ~ Of 1928 In . sketch
trimmed in stars, red, white and blue.
and Actor william Farnum, the toast
Of Broadway In World War days.
Hsudini Signed.
George M. Cohan, playing at the
National in 1925, signed for Grifith
= sketch drawn In 1918. He penned:
Dear Mr.. Grifith, you certainly did
make healthy-looklng chap Of me.
Sincerely. George M. Cohan."
The great magician, Harry Houdini,
autographed = likeness of himself
with trimmings. Harry Handcuff ,Hou-
DIM, born April 6, 1874, Appleton,
Wis, U. 8. A.-l9l6.".
Sir Harry Lauder, the Scotch singer,
suggested to Grinith in 1928, As he
signed \ drawing Of himself, Put
Gig in mouth, as in The Waggle O.
the Kilt" Griffith let the message
and the drawing stand as is and
hasn't yet painted In the cigarette Sir
Harry wanted.
Grifhth also has collected 5000 old
theater programs, some so or more
years old, and 10000 postage stamps,
Of which those Of Germany are his
specially.
In the course of conversation Grif-
fifth will burst without notice into an
imitation of train or q cat and dog
fight. In Al physical condition, he
attributes his health to former local
championships he says he held in
rowing and bicycling many years ago
and to abstinence from liquor and
tobacco.
Evening star., 1937-10-14

L B. GRIFFITH started some
~ thing back in 1897 when he
~ visited the dressing room OF
a a the famous actor, William H.
Crane, at the National Theater.
Just a youth then and getting a
taste of the theater, Griffith took to
Crane pen and ink sketch of the
actor he had drawn from a theater
program that portrayed Crane as
main character in that stirring melo-
drama, "A Fool of Fortune"
Crane liked the sketch, but it wasn't
for him to keep. He signed it at
Grifiths request and returned It,
This started a collection of hand
drawn pen and ink, or water color
and chalk sketches Of great people,
each autographed by its subject and
returned to the author.
How well Griffith. ex-theater usher,
trouper, legitimate stage actor, ven-
triloquist and imitator, succeeded may
be seen today on the walls Of the
apartment he has occupied for 20
years at l414 V street.
The walls are covered literally with
plain and fancy examples of AIS
handiwork The great and near
great of the past generation, and
many of the present. are there, look
ing down upon their creator.
Griffith is white-haired and getting
along in years now, but he still draws
and he has a lot of the vitality that
helped him work through so years in
the Patent Office, while he spent
nights and annual leaves on the stage
and among stage stars.
Edison Didn't Sign.
His collection numbers about 200
and all of them are not on the walls.
As good as the collection itself Is
the story it tells-sidelights humorous
and serious. Not every parsonage
would sign the drawing. Griffith pre-
sents them back stage or at hotels in
person. or sends them in by usher
or bellboy. Numerous others he ham
dies by mail.
Take the case of the immortal
Thomas Alva Edison. Always kind,
the great inventor in 1928 returned
Griffiths sketch unsigned but sent
along an autographed photograph.
The late Senator Dwight w. Nor
row Of New Jersey, banker and IA
ther-in-law of Col. Lindbergh, sent
his sketch. unsigned. back from his
hotel room and on piece or letter
paper penned autograph Of Dwight
W. Morrow
Here are a few others Griffth
didn't get and why: Henry Ford.
whose secretary said he was out Of
town; John D. Rockefeller who, said
his aide, doesn't give out his sig
nature; ex-President Hoover-Grif-
fifth couldn't get his sketch Of H. H.
past the White House secretaries;
Warren William, movie star, who
penned think you should try again.
darling" and actress Joan Crawford,
who followed in 1885 the example
Edison set for Griffith in %.
Has Hughes, Roosevelt.
The credit side of the ledger is
overwhelmingly in Griffith's favor.
Here are some he does have: Presi-
dent Woodrow Wilson, 1918; Lind
bergh; two OF Amelia Earhart, one
after her first transatlantic flight
the other in 1898; Vice Presidents
John Nance Garner, Charles Curtis
and Charles Gates Dawes, the lat
ter with his famous pipe; Orville
Wright, pioneer aviator; President
Roosevelt, signed when he was gov
ernor of New York in 1892, and Chief
Justice Hughes, who kindly returned
his signed sketch by mail.
Il sent one" said AL, 'to little
Alyce Jane McHenry, the upside
down-stomach girl, along with .
children's drawing for her to keep
Evening star., 1937-10-14
ILLEGAL" APPETITE

MIAMI, Fla. R.-J. Z. Gaughan
was in Jail today for trying to eat In
court.
Gaughan, charged with working ~
= plumber without = city certificate,
suddenly seized and crammed into his
mouth an afiidavit used as evidence
against him.
Judge Cecil Curry supervised recov-
cry Of the document and then sent
the defendant to jail for contempt.