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The Washington times., 1937-04-22
DISTRICT A. r.
PLANSCLUBI IN
EVERY SCHOOL
Citizenship Activities
Among Youth Out
lined by Regent

Annual reports from the State
regents of the IS States, the Dis.
trict Of Columbia, and II United
States Territories and foreign
lands were heard at last nights
session Of the forty-sixth Con-
tinental Congress of the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution.
Mrs. Charles Carroll Haig, regent
Of the District Of Columbia. de-
clared that her group has par
ticularly stressed work among the
youth this year. Six new clubs OF
Junior American Citizens have
been formed in the public schools,
Mrs. Haig said, which brings the
total clubs to II, with member
ship Of more than 400. The local
Daughters plan to form such a
club in every public school.
Virginian Reports
All of the State regents had
something to say of the work done
for youths Of the country. MRS.
Arthur Rowbothan, Of Virginia,
reported:
Junior American Citizens
Clubs, one Of our more recent
undertakings, deserves reo0g-
milton. Beginning in Virginia
with the excellent initial work
of Mrs. Luch Day, Of Cherry
dale, we have now seven we'll
organized and prospecting clubs,
each club sponsored by . chap
ter whose members volunteer
their time to develop good citi-
zenship among those less privi-
legged in a pleasing and con-
structive way.
I'm these days of cOmmuniS-
tic clubs and atheiStic Sunday
schools, we do not hesitate to
enter the field of impreSSiOnable
youth with practical help in
What it ought to mean to an
American boy or girl"
MISS SHELDON REPORTS
Miss Ruth Bradley Sheldon, Of
Milwaukee, Wis, who is regent OF
the Philippine Islands, reported
that only about half of the 81
members on the islands now live
these1 but that work Of the
D. A. r. is carried on neverthe.
less. Miss Sheldon reported that
their outstanding work was In con-
nection with youth.
Mrs. Frederick Eichberg. Der.
lin, Germany, regent, had this to
say as part Of her annual report:
Gas the outlook in Europe is Z,
not reaSSuring, our American
colony in Berlin has not in
creased. But the help and faith
fulneSs of each member makes
up for our lack Of size. We re-
port, as our best activity during
the year 1896, the casting Of .
bronze tablet to mark the site
in Magdeburg where Friedrich
Wilhelm Won Steuben, later an
American general, was chris
tened"
WORK IN ALASKA
The Alaskan Daughters were
heard through their State regent,
Mrs. o.mas McCroSkey, Of
Anchorage, who reported that
there were as members in her
group, all of whom are loyal and
cooperative patriots.
Activities of the California
ID. A. r. were recounted by the
The Washington times., 1937-04-22
FLOWER SALES
ARE HEAVY AT
OAR. FARLEY
Cardinals and Orchids
Favorites With Many
Of Delegates

Flowers play q big part at the
D. A. r. Congress. Hundreds OF
dollars worth were carried by the
State regents as they stepped on
the stage in turn to read their
annual reports last night.
Each regent had two personal
pages, dressed in white. One held
the regents bouquet and the other
held the State flag as the regent
spoke.
At the flower shop in the cor
ridor of Continental Hall, it was
reported more money has been
spent by the Daughters for gar
denias and orchids than any other
flowers.
Two delegates of the D. A. r..
Congress reported the loss Of large
sums of money. One woman lost
$50 and another $40.
The most unusual article re-
ported lost is a set Of false teeth.
A large number Of small articles
such as gloves, handkerchlets'
belts, tickets and umbrellas, are
crowding the lost and found booth.
Washington members Of the D.
A. r. are raising money for the
District of Columbia Chapter
House Corporation by selling post
card portraits of Martha Washing
ton. The picture shows Martha
Washington in her girlhood when
she was Patsy" cambridge. The
original painting is in the entrance
hall Of the Martha Washington
Seminary.
Colorful exhibits, some Of which
are for sale. are in the basement
of Constitution Hall. These ex-
hibits of wood carving, weaving,
pottery, hammered copper articles
and other handicrafts are the
work Of students in the D. A. r.
approved mountain schools. Berea
C ollie &c in Kentucky, TamaSSee
School in South Carolina, Cross.
more School in North Carolina,
and the Kate Duncan Smith
School in Alabama are the schools
represented.
Exhibits Of the work done by
the immigrants on Ellis Island as
well as the patients in the Marine
hospital there, taught by paid &C.
cupational therapy workers hired
by the q. A. R., also are shown.
The Washington times., 1937-04-22
ASKS WOMAN
ON BAR GROUP

Appointment of at least one
woman member ON the Committee
on Admissions and Grievances of
the District Bar Association would
be compulsory under the provisions
of bill introduced into the House
yesterday by Representative Ross
Collins Cd of Mississippi, chair
man Of the House Appropriations
subcommittee.
The Committee on Admissions
and Grievances passes upon the
qualifications of applicants for the
District bar.
The Collins bill declares that in
the appointment Of the members
Of this committee "all shall not
be Of the same sex"
The bill also provides that any
one appointed to the committee
shall not be related within the
third degree to any other member
or to any member Of the bench.
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regent, Mrs. Joseph Taylor Young,
who said, in part:
zone of the most outstanding
activities in the State Is the
Indian citizenship work which
has received national recOgni-
ton and the State Conservation
Committee, which is now busily
at work on q meritorious project
Of inducing Congress to enact
legislation 10 save from destruc-
ton the Carl Inn Sugar Pine
Forest near Yosemite"
Brief quotations from other re-
gents reports follow:
Cedar Rapids Reports
Mrs. Imogen B. Emery, Cedar
Rapids, Iowa:
"The most unusual project re.
ported by chapters in our State
was that Of the Mayflower Chap
ter, Cedar Rapids, who have o
toy lending bureau at our COM
munity house. Toys are loaned
weekly to children and it has
come to mean a great deal in
the lives of the children Of the
district. Many of them would
never be able to own a bicycle
or . sled and in this way their
desires are met"
Mrs. Frederick Palmer L.atimer
Hartford, Conn:
1--WE have stressed in a Iligni.
fled way that the d. A. R. Is not
. militant organization, but
stands for peace"
The Washington times., 1937-04-22

Want to become . movie star? Watch
for The Timcs-M.G-M.Loew'S Screen Tai
emit Quest starting Monday In The WASH
ington Times.
The Washington times., 1937-04-22
I'D. A. IL. Program
TnnAv

TODAY
8 q. m.-Election Of off
GERS: Polls open at 8 o'clock.
Voting in Memorial Cont
mental Hall.
$3.50 q. m.-RepOrt Of the
resolutions committee. Sup
Elemental report Of commit
tee on credentials. Reports
Of national committees.
2 p. m.-RepOrts Of ma
tiOnal committees. Report Of
committee ON national de-
Tense through patriotic edu-
cation. Addresses.
$3.50 p. m.-RepOrt of the
tellers. Addresses.
The Washington times., 1937-04-22
New ZeaIdnder Draws
With Nat Mann

NEW YORK, April ga
bright fistic future was predicted
today for Maurice Strickland,
New Zealand heavyweight who
held Nathan Mann, highly touted
New Haven, Conn.,, slugger, to q
draw in a 10-round bout here last
night.
Strickland limited himself to de-
fensive fighting throughout, land
ing sharp rights and leftS to
Mann's face time and again when
his opponent charged. Although
Mann was the aggressor, the fans
saw him out-generaled by the
clever Strickland and voiced their
disapproval with the decision.
Strickland weighed 1874, Mann 1856.
The Washington times., 1937-04-22
DISTRICT WAITS
. 2NEW JUDGES

The Supreme Court reorganiza.
ton program and other impor-
tant business of the Department
Of Justice has delayed indefl-
nitely naming Of two new Police
Court judges for the District.
That was admitted today by
Attorney General Homer S. Cum.
niings at his press conference.
He said he does not know when
the appointments will be made.
General Cummings explained
the appointments had been
"sidetracked by the rush Of
other matters"
The Washington times., 1937-04-22
Catholic University
GIee Club in Concert

"A program Of classical and pop.
ular music will be presented by
the Catholic University Glee Club
In its annual spring concert at
:8:15 p. m. tomorrow in Mcmahon
Hall Auditorium.
The club is directed by DR.. Leo
.Behrendt, Of the faculty. Milton
Schwartz, concert master and first
violinist of the National Symphony
Orchestra, will play several solos.
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FRIENDS SCOUR
CONVENTION
FOR VOTES
BaIIotinQ Continues
All Day; D. c. Woman
Seeking Post
CONTINUED from Page y

(IOnLlnueu from rage ~
Wis; Mrs. w. H. Belk, Charlotte,
N. c.; Mrs. H. J. Carey. Kearney,
Nebr.; Mrs. F. M. Dick, Cambridge,
Md; Mrs. C, e. Head, Seattle;
Mrs. G. Hogg, Lewisburg. w. Va;
Mrs. R. K. MinSon, Tempe, Ariz.;
Mrs. M. C.. Turner. Texas, and
Mrs. E. H. Whitaker, Pasadena,
Calf.
Polls Open ALI Day
The polls will be open all day,
but will not interfere with the
regular order Of business.
Judge John J. Parker, address
ing the convention of the Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution
assembled this afternoon, said
this country is great, not because
of it's military victories, its bank
deposits, it's towering buildings,
its farms or its factories, but be-
cause it stands for the open door
of opportunity and a square deal
to every man. He said:
"The century that has gone
by has been one of unparalleled
achievement; but we are prone
to forget that this achievement
came because of the spiritual
rebirth which liberal democracy,
as exempIified by America,
brought to the race"
He referred briefly to the Su-
preme Court. saying:
"When 1 accepted the invita-
ton to address you, no cOntrO-
versy had arisen with respect to
increasing this membership of the
Supreme Court. What / shall
have to say is intended to have
no bearing on the controversy"
Miss Rose Richardson, a mem
her of the Chintimini (Ore0 chap
ter, was to speak later in the after.
noon on youths Viewpoint"
The evening session will be fea-
tured by the presentation Of the
newly elected officers.
The Washington times., 1937-04-22
SKIRT ABLAzE,
DANCER DIES

SAN PEDRO. Cal, April "a
Q.N.S0.-Mathew Donahue, 81
was booked on suspicion of murder
today after the death Of a young
Hula dancer whose grass skirt he
aSsertedly set afire.
Donahue was said to have held
a match to the girls skirt after
she spurned him. She was May
Perdue. %
The tragedy occurred in a
crowded night club yesterday after
the dancer finished q number.
When she refused to sit at his
table Donahue was said to have
struck the match. The girl be-
came a human torch.
Watch for the Times-M.G-M-LOev
Screen Talent Quest ON Monday in Tho
Va oh afOA TtVaAa
The Washington times., 1937-03-03
Ripley HOnOred
By Exposition
Of Texas
Special to The Washington Times

NEW YORK, March 3.-Robert
L. "Believe-It-or-Not" Ripley was
named last night as honorary di
rector general of the Greater
Texas and Pan-American Exposi,
ton to be held in Dallas this sum
mer.
The selection was made at the
annual Texas Independence Day
celebration of the University OF
Texas ex-students' association and
other Texas clubs in New York
held at the Rainbow Grill, in Radio
City.
Ripley, who visited the Texas
Centennial last year and came
away m-ch impressed with Texas,
expects to be present for the open
ing day ceremonies June IL.
Already a Texas colonel, he will
wear on that day the largest hat
in the world, mammoth hun
dred-gallon" affair which was pre-
Sented to him last night as hon
orary director of the exposition.
The donor was E. J. KieSt, pub
Usher of the Dallas Times-Herald,
and prominent in exposition actiVi-
ties.
The famous cartoonist and
world-traveler accepted his new
title in a coaSt-to-coast N.B.C.
broadcast
The Washington times., 1937-03-03
III UTN WASHINGTON'S Sn
/ SziA Heroes 1nBZLX9 8s
Marine Corps Veteran in Philippines Cot
Greatest Thrill as Member Of District
OF Columbia Police Department

Born in California, Arthur H.
Pool served with distinction in the
Marine Corps in the Philippines
and in Guam before he came to
washington and Joined the Metro
politan Police Department.
He read in his regulations that
the law must be obeyed by all per-
sons, so the very first person he ar
rested was a secretary to the
President on a charge of speeding.
He made several sensational ar
rests, one of them being of a thief
who tried to escape by hiding in a
huge hayStack.
One of his greatest thrills was
when President Woodrow Wilson
attended q Daughters of the
American Revolution meeting
here, and he was selected to be
color-bearer to the President.
Since his retirement. he and
Mrs. Pool reside at 1902 Georgia
Ave. N. W., where they recently
celebrated their twenty-first we'd
ding anniversary. His chief hobby
is constructing and solving cross
word puzzles.
The Washington times., 1937-03-03
By CARL L. BEMIES

Dy OkAHsA OGNk1G0
The tempestuous reception given
Igor Stravinsky's ballet, 'The Rites
of Spring" when first played in
Paris, is described from the humor-
GUS angle in March Coronet by
David Even: THE performance
had progressed only few minutes
when disSenSion spat among the
audience.
while the music was in prog
reSs, a lady stretched into the next
box and slapped the face of man
who was kissing; her escort arose,
cards were exchanged, and a duel
took place the following morning.
SaintSaenS viciouSly denounced
the composer: Andre Capu, the
critic, beloved that it was all a
colossal bluff, while at the same
time, Maurice Ravel was crying
genius to his inattentive neigh.
borS.
THE Princess de Pourtales left
her box exclaiming: I am so
years old but this is the first time
anyone has dared make a fool of
mel Another proud society lady
spat in the face of enc of the
demonstrators. And throughout
it all, Claude Debussy, pale and
trembling, was pleading to the
audience to remain quiet and
listen patiently to the music"
Following this demonstration,
Stravinsky and NijinSky drove the
remainder of the night through
the park, but finally were heart
ened by the notice given the
music to portend an ultimate ac-
ceptance Of the composers mod
ern ideas. If people in this coun-
try would take their music as
seriously as did this Paris audi.
ence, opera companies and sym
phony orchestraS would not have
such large annual deficits.
Elisabeth Rethberg, soprano,
and Ezio PIMA, baSso, met with
a rousing reception last night in
Constitution Hall when they ap-
peared in joint recital. Both
Metropolitan Opera stars were in
excellent voice and responded to
many encores following each
group of songs.
Nine. Rethberg gave a group OF
songs in English as her first con.
tribution to the program and
added two encores, my Lovely
The Washington times., 1937-03-03
Patriotic Defender
OF Monarch ExiIed
For His Enthusiasm

WINDSOR, ontario, March 8
G.N.SD-Because he socked a
man who insulted the late King
George V, Syrian-born Samuel
Joseph Abraham, 46, is today a
man without a country.
The United States immigration
Department, which found him
keeping a grocery store in Detroit,
wants to deport him to Syria. But
Syria won't take him back be-
cause he was naturalized a Ca
madam citizen in 1912. Canada
takes the stand he forfeited his
acquired citizenship by staying
away from the country more than
a year.
1t happened this way. Shortly
after King Georges death, Sam
cut out a newspaper photograph
of the late Monarch and was fran
ing it. A man in his store passed
some sighting remark. Smack
Sans fist landed on the aSpersion
throWer. Sam doesn't think he
hit the man very hard, but q
couple of days later immigration
men came down to Sans store
and started asking a lot Of persona
questions.
The Washington times., 1937-03-03
By IDA JEAN KAHN

Stars of stage, radio and opera,
who are noted for their beautiful
figures, must almost invariably
go through a slimming process
before making pictures.
They have learned better than
to starve themselves, however, for
a star must be slim and radiant
not thin and wan.
If the screen stars cannot take
chances with their beauty-when
they have so much-the rest of us
certainly can't! Their beauty pro-
gram is a health regime any Wom-
an can follow to advantage.
When you see that lovely new
conner, Greta Niesen, on the
screen, it may encourage you in
your figure program to know that
she also has had her weight and
measurement problems. Nineteen
pounds had to go before she was
ready for the camera, and her
125 pounds were diminished to a
slim 106.
Miss NieSen was put on a
months regime of exercise and
diet. Her twenty-seven-inch waiS-
line was whitfield down to a
slender twenty-five and one-half
inches, making a nine and one
half inch difference between the
bust and waist measurements
the same as Venus! Two whole
inches had to go from the hips,
and off they came, pruning the
thirty-eight inch curve down to
a perfect thirty-six.
The problem involved was to
pare off hips and waist while
maintaining the original 35-inch
bust measurement, and this is the
identical problem of the average
figure. For this need, a special
program was prescribed to build
up the pectoral muscles of the
chest while breaking down the
fatty tissues Of the hips and
waist. She used a four-foot rod,
grasped in either hand.
The exercise was to swing the
rod vigorously overhead, back,
and up and down to touch the
floor at each side, maintaining a
steady, rhythmic movement. She
did this only 80 minutes day!
To whittle down the waist, she
stood with feet wide apart, light
dumbbell grasped in each hand,
arms held straight out from the
shoulders. Then she revolved in
semi-circles, twisting only at the
The Washington times., 1937-03-03
special areas.

experts for reducing special areas
of the body. These measures
were supplemented by the follow
ing diet:
Breakfast: An orange and a
cup of black coffee.
Luncheon: Poached egg on
Melba toast. A lettuce and to-
mato salad without dressing, and
a glass of buttermilk.
Dinner: A small broiled steak
or lamb chop; beetS or other
cooked vegetable without butter;
lettuce salad with vinegar and
seasoning, fresh fruit, and a glass
of skinned milk.
One day out of seven she went
on an all-iquid diet consisting
of two quarts of skinned milk.
If you care to go on this diet,
add one Vitamin A capsule daily
The Washington times., 1937-03-03
Briton Is on Program
OF Virqinia institute

CHARLOTTESV VILE, Va,
March 3.-International coopera-
ton for world peace and collective
security will constitute the major
portion of the next meeting of the
Institute of Public Affairs to be
held at the University of Virginia
from July through July IT.
AS part of the program, Sir Her
bert Brown Ames, former financial
director of the League of Nations,
will conduct a round-table on inter
national organization for world
peace.
The Washington times., 1937-03-03

a GREAT FELLOW as well as a great
n uncle but maybe trihe dull.
For the old boy stuffed himself with rich
foods and heavy drinks, and it didn't
sharpen his intellect. In those days man
could live that way, for life was slow
and easy.
Unlike Great uncle Henry, modern
man lives keen, fast life. He dimes SEN
sibly . and prefers light, mild whiskey
that considers his welfare. For he knows
he must make his own training rules,
or find himself running behind in the
competitive race.
The Washington times., 1937-03-03

Celia" and an aria from "Tann-
hauser." This group was highly
appreciated by the audience, but
she seemed to give more fluent
expression to the group of Ger
man lieder.
Her flexibility Of voice was
well demonstrated in Mozart's
"Alleluia," and the richness of
tone was such as to blend well
with the heavy bass of Pima
in the duets. Aside from the
slight sound of breath intake
and the bodily movement i'll
breathing, her tone production
was effortless and full of a vi
brant warmth.
Mr.. Pima has a powerful
voice, unchanged in the upper
reaches, and vibrates with a
wealth Of overtoneS. The &C.
companying facial expressions
add much to his every presenta-
ton. His dramatic expression
in "Che fiero costume" Ge-
grenzD; "Fuggite, Fuggite," Gan
encore); and I'll lacerato spirito, -
from Simon Boccanegra, "
VerdD, were done with consum-
mate attention to every detail.
Edwin Macarthur, pianist, who
has appeared here previously
this season with several other
artists, supported the vocalists
with an accompaniment that was
sympathetic and well modulated.
With Beethoven and Haydn
represented on the program of
chamber music yesterday after
noon at the auditorium of the
Library of Congress for the con-
servative melodic portion of the
concert by the Coolidge Quartet,
the audience was amply rewarded
even if many did feel duty bound
to listen to the work of Malipiero.
IT suppose we must keep on
listening to such modern works" F"
said one elderly lady, and con.
tinued, IT wonder how long it will
take us to get used to these pieces. "
There were moments of harmonic
lucidity in the Quartet No. 4"
(Malipiero), and then again there
were passages that produced sort
of maelstrom Of odds and ends in
ones ear.
The Coolidge Quartet played
with a strong emotional feeling,
the "Quartet in C Minor" (Beeth-
oven), and "Divertimento in E
The Washington times., 1937-03-03
Dr., Cox Loses Suit
AGAINST Hospital

The $50,O0G damage suit Of DR.
Oliver C. Cox against Emergency
Hospital was dismissed yesterday
by Justice F. Dickinson Let's in
U. S. District Court.
Several weeks ago DR.. Cox ap'
dendectomiSt, brought suit against
the hospital charging his patients
were barred from the institution.
Defense Attorney Arthur P. Drury
maintained the hospital was a
private institution and was within
its rights to say who might use
it's facilities.
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waist This also was a commute

waist. This also was Commute
exercise, taken at intervals.
Miss Niesen slimmed down in
the hips with a kicking exercise,
which is illustrated in the leaf
let, Hips, Hips-AWay!" The
exercise was followed by pound
ing with clenched fists encaSed
in rubber gloves, a routine con-
sidered infallible by Hollywood
The Washington times., 1937-03-03

Flat" (Haydn). The final move
ments Of both works contained
many fast jolly passages for the
first violin that were akin to
sailors hornpipes.
The United States Navy Band
Symphony Orchestra, under the
direction Of Capt. Taylor Branson,
will give the following program
tonight at 8 o'clock at the Marine
Barracks: Overture, "Sakuntala"
(Goldmark); characteristic, But
terflieS and Roses" (Benkman);
waltz from the ballet, Dorm.
roschen" (Tschaikowsky); cello
solo, "Berceuse," from "Jocelyn"
(Godard), played by John Auer:
grand fantasy, "Rosenkavalier''
Or. StrausS); bagatelle, "Lugano,
No. 2" (Kaun); "Czardas," from
''The Spirit of the Wojewoden"
(Grossman); Peer Gynt Suite"
(Grieg).
The Department of Agriculture
Orchestra, DR.. Walter Bauer con.
ductor, will present a concert to-
night at $3.50 o'clock in the audi.
torium of the Department at
Fourteenth and Independence
Ave. Leslie Atkins will appear as
cello soloist in Max Bruch's "Kol
Nidrei." Other works included on
the program follow: Overture,
"Ruy Bias" (Mendelssohn); "Kel-
tic Legend" q. PowelD; "Pas-
torale d'Ete" (Honegger), and
"Sinfonietta" (ChadWick).
The Washington times., 1937-03-03
1,OOO,O O,OOOth Plane
Passenger Wins
Real Vacation

VENICE, Fla, March 3.-Theo.
dore Colcord Baker, of Brookline,
Mass, boarded an American Air
line transport plane in Boston, all
set for a winter vacation in Flor.
ida several weeks ago, but today
was anxious to return North again,
cutting his Southern outing short,
For, when he arrived in Flor.
ida, he found that he was the
airline's 1,O00,000th passenger and
entitled to a prize trip to Europe
on the Zeppelin Hindenburg, a
return trip on the Queen Mary
or Normandie, a solid gold medal.
lion and $1,000 in cash.
He is returning to Brookline,
where he plans to arrange for
the carrying on Of his automobile
business while he enjoys his prize
trip abroad.