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The Washington times., 1937-03-06

held for IL years, will be the prin-
cipal speaker. Mr.. Stewart is q
veteran newSpaperman and the
editor of a number Of school text
books. After the speaking there
will be a program of varied enter.
tainment and refreshments.
Delegations from neighborlng
chapters will attend the meeting,
and the full membership Of the
newly created chapter Of Airing
ton, Va, instituted last month,
plans to attend.
The Buenos Aires Inter.Ameri-
can Peace Conference will be dis
cussed by speakers from the Peo-
pies Mandate Committee, Tues
day at p. M, at the Women's
City Club, before members and
guests of the current events Sec
tion.
Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley, president
of the club, will preside at the
board of directors meeting, Tues
day at 8 p. m.
There will be a meeting spon'
sored by the travel section, Wed
neSday at 8 p. M, at which Mrs
Laura M. Waters will present q
program.
Miss Mary Carter Roberts will
review "The Hundred Years" by
Philip Guedalla at the book review
section meeting on Thursday at 2
p. m.
Music Program
Mary liant Couch will present
the third Adventure in Music
Thursday at 8 p. m. Ministries
and Troubadours" will be the
theme. Mrs. Helen Turley will
appear with the Schubert Singers
a male double quartet directed by
Mrs. Chester Adair.
Preparations are going forward
for the annual gala celebration o.
st. Patrick'S Day by the Women!
City Club. March 16 will be thI
date for this dinner party. Rober
Brennan, secretary of the Irist
Free State Legation, will be th'
principal guest speaker. Othe!
speakers will be Martin j. O'Dono
ghue and Judge Ellen K. Raedy
The presiding officer will be Judg'
Mary O'Toole.
Mrs. Thatcher Hoyt (Phylli
Fergus). national president Of tn
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AnSon Phelps Stokes, commissioner
of the District Of Columbia Girl
Scouts, will introduce the speakers
Senior Surgeon r. r. Spencer,
Of the United Stats Public Health
Service, will talk, as will Mrs. Har'
per Sibley, vice president OF the
National Council Of Federated
Women and chairman Of the
women's division of the 1887 Mobil
ization for Human Needs. Another
speaker will be Mrs. ONeal John
son, leader of group As. The princl
pal address will be that Of Mrs
Hoover, which will be brought tc
the group over the radio.
Twenty-Five birthday cakes, with
a large candle on each one, will
be carried into the banquet hal
by 25 Girl Scout leaders, in Cir
Scout uniforms, and the hostess
at each table will cut the cakes.
The model of the house in which
the first Scout meeting was held
still the meeting place for Cir
Scouts in Savannah-iS beint
made by Troop 8, and will dec
crate the speakers table.
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What Women s Clubs
OF the Capital Are
Doing Next Week
TUESDAY


District of Columbia Daughters
Of the American Revolution
Annual state conference, $50 ..
M; afternoon session 2 p. m,
Memorial Continental Hall; annual
banquet, 7:30 p. m. MaytloWer
Hotel.
Women's City Club-Current
events, 5 p. M; board of directors
meeting, 8 p. m; French class fol-
lowed by luncheon, 10:45 a. M:
bridge class, / p. m; evening
bridge, z p. M, clubhouse, 736
Jackson Pl. N. w.
Park View Woman's Club
Meeting, 8 p. m, home Of Mrs. A.
H. o. Role, 1922 Buchanan
st. N. w.
Chapter B, P. o. E. sisterhood-
Meeting, 8 p. M, home Of Mrs. Sid.
ney R. Jacobs, 1873 Harvard
st. N. w.
WEDNESDAY
Women's City Club-Meeting
sponsored by the Travel Section,
8 p. m, clubhouse, 736 Jackson
Pl. N. w.
Rubenstein Club-Presentation
of program to entertain the
Wednesday Club of the sewing
rooms at 614 E st. N. W., $3.50
p. m.
Xenos Club-"Spring Fashions"
8:15 p. m, Y. w. C. A.
THURSDAY
Woman's National Democratic
Club-Meeting Of Education Com.
mittee, II a. m; meeting spon.
sored by the Business and Profes.
sional Group, 8 p. m, clubhouse,
1926 New Hampshire Ave. N. w.
Women's City Club-Book Re.
view, 2 p. M; Adventures in
Music, $3.50 p. M, 1856 Jackson
Pl. N. w.
Park View Woman's Club-Meet.
ing of the educational department,
1890 p. m, home of Mrs. Charles
Bair, 1430 Holly St. N. w.
FRIDAY
| Woman's National Democratic
Club-Dinner meeting, 7 D. m,
clubhouse, 1925 New Hampshire
Ave. N. w.
Women's City Club-Meeting of
Civic Section, p. m; Pushkin
Centennial, 5 p. NJ; afternoon
bridge, 1870 p. m. 1856 Jackson
Pl. NV.
Susan Riviere Hetzel Chapter,
, D. A. R.-Meeting, University
Women's clubhouse.
Girl Scouts-Silver jubilee din.
ner, p. m, All States Hotel.
Ladies Auxiliary, D. c. Fire De-
partment-Meeting, 8 p. m, board
/. room Of the District Building.
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space between the ovals is the in.
scription UNITED States Postage"
in dark Gothic. Within square
panels with dark ground in each
lower corner of the stamp Is the
large numeral "a" in white. Along
the lower edge is a narrow panel
with dark ground, in which ap-
pears the wording -Four Cents"
in white Roman.
NAVAL HEROES
The central design of the 4-cent
Navy stamp is composed Of por-
traits, in large ovals, of AdmiralS
Sampson, Dewey and Schley, ar.
ranged in order from left to right.
Within the ovals below the por.
traits in curved panels with white
ground are the names Sampson"
Dewey" and "Schley" in dark
Gothic.
The central oval extends to the
upper edge of the stamp, leaving
space below the outer ovals for
the inscription United States
Postage" in dark Gothic. Below
is a view of the sea with vessels
in the distance.
The stamps will be in keeping
with the size of the previously
issued Army and Navy denominas
tions, measuring 0.s4 by 1.44
inches.
It was also announced that the
Post Office Department has
ordered 25,000,0OO of each Of the
| Army and Navy stamps.
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day afternoon. Mrs. Thomas
THOMPSON will be co-hosteSS.
This is one Of the first Of a
series Of entertainments which
are being arranged for the benefit
of the hospital under the sponsor.
ship of the women's board, of
which Mrs. Sutton and Mrs
Thompson are members.
Mrs, H. H. Dodderidge, vice
presloent of the Democratic Wo'
mems National Council, will be
hostess at tea tomorrow from 4:3O
to 6 D. M, to members of the
group in their clubhouse, 1925 New
Hampshire Ave. N. w.
The council will entertain at a
card party at 2400 Sixteenth st,
N, W., Thursday, March 18, at
8 D. m. Mrs. Ethel Murray is
chairman Of arrangements.
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Pomp and ceremony Will reign
at the thirty-sixth annual State
conference of the District Of Co
lumbia Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution, convening Mon.
day and Tuesday in Memorial
Continental Hall with delegates
from the SO local chapters in at
tendance.
The formal entrance march CT
the State regent and State off.
GERS, escorted by the pages, at
10 a. M, will mark the opening OF
the two-day session.
Mrs. Charles Carroll Haig, State
regent, will preside. Greetings at
the opening meeting will be given
by Frank B. Steele, secretary-gen-
eral Of the National Society, Sons
of the American Revolution:
Charles Y. Latimer, president OF
the District Society, Sons of the
American Revolution; Mrs. C. A.
Swan Sinclair, national president
of the National Society, Children
Of the American Revolution.
Reynolds to Speak
Senator Robert r. Reynolds, Of
North Carolina, will address the
members on Restricted Immigra
ton and Deportation of Aliens,
at the session on Tuesday after
noon.
The annual banquet will be helc
Tuesday night at the Mayflowel
Hotel.
The nomination for endorse
ment of Mrs. George Madden
Grimes for vice president genera
will be made at the afternoon SeS
sion on Monday. Mrs. Grimes is
the State chairman of the resolu
tions committee.
Mrs. Frances Mitchell, past re
gent and chairman of publicity o1
the Women of the Moose, ha!
arranged an interesting program
for the next meeting Of the group
which will be in the nature Of ar
open forum on publicity, next Fri
day evening in Moose Hall, 141"
/ ST. N. w.
There will be a business meeting
Of the chapter from 8 to 9 O'Clock
The public is invited to the pub
licity sessions following.
Donald r. Stewart, editor o
Moose Magazine, and in charge o
publicity for the Loyal Order o
Moose, q position which he ha
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(ZubaOueu Of CnpifnI Midst of Unusually Gag Pres
TODAY

Woman's National Democratic
Club-Tea in honor Of newly
elected officers, 4:30-6 p. M, club
house, 1926 New Hampshire Ave.
N. w.
District League of American Pen
Women-Presentation of Gold
Madonna" 8 p. m, league studio
in the Grafton Hotel.
Story League of Washington
Meeting, $3.50 p. M, Washington
Hotel.
Ruth Chapter No. /. o. E. S.
Cabaret, sponsored by the ways
and means committee, in Scottish
Rite Cathedral, Third and E
Streets Northwest.
st. Johns Lodge Chapter, o. E.
S.-Card party, sponsored by the
ways and means committee, 8
p. M. home Of Mrs. Gertrude Van
Allen, 1911 Allison st. N. w.
TOMORROW
Washington Section, National
Council Of Jewish Juniors-Bene'
fit bridge party, 3 to 6 p. M,
Raleigh Hotel.
Junior Hadassah-Fifteenth an
nual dance, 10 p. m, Willard.
Hunter College Club-Meeting
8 p. m, Jewish Community Center
Y. w. C. A.-At home hour, 4
p. m; music hour, 5 p. m, head
quarters, Seventeenth and Z
Streets Northwest.
Democratic Women's Nationa
Council-Tea, 4:30 to 6 p. M, club
house, 1925 New Hampshire Ave
| N. w.
MONDAY
Woman'S National Democratic
Club-Forum luncheon, 1890 p. m
clubhouse, 736 Jackson Pl. N. W
Eighth Street Temple Sister
hood-Meeting, 2:15 p. M, vestr,
rooms Of the Temple.
st. Gertrude Guild-Lecture b,
: DR.. J. Edward Rauth on Chill
Psychology, for the benefit Of 81
: Gertrude'S School of Arts an
Crafts, II a. m, Carlton Hotel.
Women's City Club-Afternool
, bridge, 1870 p. m; beginners
French class, 4:45 p. m; Frencl
dinner, 6 p. m; advanced Frenc
class, p. m, clubhouse, 736 Jacl
son Pl. N. w.
Women's Board of George Wasl
ington University HoSpital-Ben,
fit bridge party, afternoon, at tn
bone o. Mrs. Lloyd Sutton.
= Y, w. C. A.-All-memberS' NEE
! ing sponsored by the World Fellow
! ship Committee, $50 p. m, Barke
: Hail: class in "Art Of Listening
Music" 8 p. M. "Y" headquarter
The Washington times., 1937-03-06

With information concerning the
4-cent Army and Navy stamps
comes a further announcement
that the Post office has departed
from the regular 4-cent denomina-
ton color of brown or yellow
brown. and similar shadings, to
gray.
COLOR SCHEME
This is the first time since 1901
that there has been a color change
in the 4-cent denomination. This
particular series, the Pan-Amer,
ican Commemorative, was a BIZ
colored adhesive in chocolate and
black, while the Trans-Mississippi
issue of 1898 contained a 4-cent,
orange.
The 4-cent 1883 issue was printed
In blue-green, while the issue OF
1888 showed the denomination in
carmine.
The 4-cent Army stamp has for
its central design oval portraits
of Generals Robert e. Lee at the
left and Thomas j. (StonewalD
jackson at the right.
In curved ribbon panels with
white ground at the base of the
respective ovals are the names
Lee" and jackson" in dark
Gothic. Between, and partly under
the ovals, is a reproduction OF
Lees ancestral home, with the
name "Stratford Hail. underneath
in dark Gothic.
In a horizontal line along the
upper edge Of the stamp in the
The Washington times., 1937-03-06
Coronation Issues
Supply Is Limited

LONDON. March g. Crown
agents today sounded a warning
to the mp-collecting public re"
garding the new coronation issues.
Orders for the new issue will
greatly exceed the initial printing
orders and the first supply will
probably be very short.
There are only a small number
Of leading English dealers on the
crown agents selected list.
All reputable sources, however,
both English and American, will
be able to make delivery shortly
after the stamps appear.
The Washington times., 1937-03-06

Lost in the limbo of the earliest
postal history of the United States
and buried by current commemor-
ratives anr airmailS which have
swept the nation during the past
few years, the date, March g.
should be kept alive philatellcally.
TWO VALUES
Relative to the issue Of 1847
these stamps automatically lIIegal-
lied the use of the Postmaster
Stamps and others not authorized
by the Postmaster General. The
issue was declared invalid as OF
July /, 1851, at which time a new
issue was placed on sale. Incl
dentally, this second issue was
authorized by Congress through
act on March 8, 1851.
There were two values OF this
first issue of United States stamps
the scent and the 10-cent denoml'
nations, The stamps were en-
grsved by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch
& Edison Co., New York, 1mper'
forated on plates Of 200 in two
panes Of 100 each.
They were printed on unwater'
marked thin blush paper. The
scent stamp was printed In dark
brown and depicted a portrait OF
FRANKLIN, after the painting by
John B. Longacre.
The 1O-cent d e n o m n o n
showed a portrait Of Washington
from Stuart's fine painting. This
stamp was issued in gray-black,
gree mis- h-hlack and deep-black,
while the companion scent ad-
hesive was printed, in addition to
red-broWn, in dark-brown, orange
brown, orange, black-brown and
gray-brown.
EAGERLY SOUGHT
The current catalogue value OF
the scent unusued is $40, with the
used copies going at SO each
Unused copies of the 10-cent ad
hesive are $3.50, with used copies
catalogued at $50.
The stamps were placed on sale
August 5, 1847. The total mum
ber Of scent denominations issued
was 3,712,000, while the 10-cent
value amount to 891, 900 pieces.
Probably no stamps are sc
eagerly sought by the beginner az
the issue of 1S47. 1t is the proud
est set in any stamp album con
tanning United States stamps-be
cause it is the first.
The Washington times., 1937-03-06
Dance April 20

The Women's Auxiliary of the
district of Columbia Optometric
Society will hold a dance at the
shoreham Hotel April 20. Pro.
ceeds will be used for the estab-
lishment Of q free eye clinic in
the District.
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day evening at 8:15 o'clock.
Charles A. Kenny, stamp editor
of The Washington Times, will
speak on "Philately and the
Press"
The Washington times., 1937-03-06
MARCH 3 WAS NNETIETH ANNIVERSARY OF FlRS
Four-Cents Army-NaVy
Issue, Gray on Sale
Here March 23

According announcement by the Post Office Department
the 4cen stamps Army Navy heroes series will be placed
sale for the first time at the Washington d. C post office
Tuesday March g. and post offices throughout the country
the following day thereafter as distribution VIII
permit
The Washington times., 1937-03-06
Annual State Meeting
OF D. A. r. Opens
Here Monday
Rv MARY PADGETT

It's gay presprng for the citys cubwomen with
their benefit entertainments their work in the interests Of
the communities their social affairs and other gatherings 60
ing in full swing But spring is in the ar-judgng from
the plans being made by many Of the groups for spring
activities
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Important Philateic Date
Overshadowed by New
Numerous Issues
Bv CHARLES A. KENNY
The Times Stamp Editor

Last Wednesday of the initial landmarks OF
phaec history and the first far as United States postage
concerned for on that date years ago. March S4 Con-
es authorized bv act and approved the first issue Of United
States stamps which would take effect July i, 1S47
The Washington times., 1937-03-06
ON NEW COMMEMORATIVE

PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE HEROES the 4cent Army
stamp of the Army and Navy series pictured above At
the left Robert Lee and the right Thomas stone
waD Jackson These photos made from life by Cook
Richmond v and furnished by Col August Diez Of
Richmond In the center pictured General Lees ancestral
home "stratford Hall"
The Washington times., 1937-03-06
New Sale Record

Total sales for February at the
philatelic agency amounted to
$217,859.93. This is the largest
February sale since the establish
ment of the agency. January's
total business amounted to $143,-
41l.58.
The Washington times., 1937-03-06

MANY INTERESTING foreign issues are arriving
in Washington daily The first two stamps upper lefty are
Zaagoza air mails Of the Spanish Franco government while
the third regular Franco issue depicting scene in Sala
The two stamps (upper rght are the latest from
Lithuania Lower left is the new Costa Rca air mail while
The Washington times., 1937-03-06

The Government Printing
Stamp Club will hold its semi
monthly meeting in the Green
Room Of the G.. P. o. on Thurs
The Washington times., 1937-03-06
Activities Of Local
PhiIateIiC Clubs

The quarterly business meeting
of the washington Philatelic So
ciety is scheduled for Wednesday
night in the Carlton Hotel, start
ing at 8 o'clock. The main topic
of the evening, whether or not the
club will affiliate with the Amer
ican Philatelic Society, will be
thoroughly discussed, with prob
able final action taken.
The Collectors Club Of Wash
ington, S. P. A., Branch S, will hold
its meeting in the Thomas School
Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. The
speaker of the evening will be
Julian T. Baber, of the United
States Secret Service. There will
be an exhibition of stamps by the
ladies of the club.
The Government Printing
Stamp Club will hold its semi
,,noft,Jvy V,oaabiyoo in the Green
The Washington times., 1937-03-06
Silver Jubilee Set Totals

London last week revealed the latest figures on the
totals of various Silver Jubilee sets They
Evening star., 1937-05-08
Mothers Day May Have It's Drawbacks aYoung Active Family
The Old Gardener Saws:

Tulips may be left for several
years before they are dug up, but
after a while they must be di-
vided. The necessity for this can
be told when the flowers begin to
grow smaller Or are less abun-
dant. That applies, indeed, to all
Of the Spring bulbs. Something
depends upon the soil and the
general cultivation. In any event,
the lifting should never be done
until the ripening Of the foliage
is well advanced, unless for any
reason it is absolutely necessary
to have the ground. Then the
bulbs may be lifted carefully, with
as much earth adhering to them
as possible, and replanted in
trenches, where they can remain
until the ripening process has
been completed. When dug up
after the foliage has yellowed,
they are much easier to handle.
They should be placed loosely in
shallow. trays with open Stats on
the bottom and stored in a cool,
dry place where there will be
plenty OF ventilation. A cellar, If
it is dry and can be well venti-
lated. will serve the purpose. but.
in a damp, humid cellar the bulbs
will rot.
(Copyright. 1870
Evening star., 1937-05-08

shown to every one else, and Squealed
about for what seems an interminable
time. And great care must be taken
that each offering receives exactly the
same amount of praise and delight as
the one before it-otherWise, you are
apt to find daughter later hiding in
the coal bin, and muttering about
what she gives doesn't count-ev-
erybody always likes brothers pres
ents BEST"
That means a weary while of pro-
testing about the unparalleled beauty
and usefulness of her gift before she
is willing to emerge and mingle once
again with society. And, of course,
there is always the possibility that
the protestations will be overdone, and
brother will be told a little later that
Il know mother likes my present
best-she almost told me So" Then
you've got brother to straighten out.
I A MOTHER unpleasant aspect of
Mothers day is that either the
children forget it, have to be prodded
ut the last minute and rush hysterical-
ly to buy the first horror their eyes
fall upon, or they have been brooding
over the situation for an unbearable
length Of time beforehand. That
means that elaborately mysterious re-
quests are made for extra pennies;
carefully yelled hints and questions
are profered in an attempt to find out
mothers hearts desire, and the entire
household is turned upside down in
An effort to find ways and means for
taking the offspring shopping without
arousing mothers suspicious (Poor
woman, she always knows about it,
and usually has to call the shop as
soon as the party goes out of the
front door, to tell the salesman for
heavens sake don't let daughter buy
gray stockings for her, or mules with
fur for Summer.)
All in all, it's difficult situation
for every one concerned. This year
I decided to take the matter in hand,
and explained at great length just
Evening star., 1937-05-08
Manners
of the
Moment

p INNING after busses or after
friends who are fitting on ahead
OF you down Main street is something
that q woman should hesitate over.
It's cute, spontaneous, attractive
pursuit in girl. But it's something
for a woman over 80 to think twice
about.
One thought should go to her fig
ure. Is it the kind that looks as
though it were in anguish when run
ming? And the second thought should
GO to her face. Is 1t the kind that
gets red without warning? II the
answers are yes let the bus go
or the friend down the street fit out
OF sight. What's a missed bus or q
passing friend to woman's self-es-
TEEN?
If the answers are no, you prob
ably flatter yourself, but the more
power to you. lady. II you think you
can still run prettily go ahead and
run your legs of. 1t will keep your
figure in shape, your appointments on
time and your belief in your own youth
perennial.
But don't say we didn't warn you
A woman who can't run prettily prob
ably looks funnier, running, than
fish would walking. That's all.
JEAN.
Copyrisht. 1881
Evening star., 1937-05-08

what thought Mothers day should
mean to the family. and how it could
be best observed. Waxed positively
lyrical on how lovely it would be to
let the old lady sleep late Sunday
morning; how she was 10000" tired
from working hard all week and get
ting up SO terribly early to get to the
newspaper; how wonderfully kind of
her dear little children it would be to
keep everything in the house as still
as mouse until she chose to come out
of her coma
I stressed the fact that if I might
be allowed to have my breakfast in
bed, after some one had kindly pulled
up the shades and fetched me my bed
jacket, it would be better than a dozen
potted plants. How unmauled Sum-
day morning papers would be worth
20 gardenias. How a telephone that
was answered by some one other than
myself when it rang would be far
more Of a gift than bottle Of per-
fume.
= = =
T HAD their fairly interested atten-
ton up until then. But. like
many who taste success, I was not
content to call 1t quits at this point
No, stupid woman that 1 am, I had
to blunder on, and wreck the works
I suggested that as real, true
Mothers day present, which would
please me more than anything else,
they would behave like little angels
That they would straighten out their
closets and bureau drawers and put
their rooms in order. That they
would desist from all quarreling, sharp
retorts, wise-cracks and teasing the
cook. That they would feed Skip-it
the rabbit, without being told and
that they would be amicable about
who got which funny papers first
That they would be helpful around the
house and not keep the living room in
state of cyclonic disturbance.
I should have known. A glazed
look had begun to come into their
eyes with my first sentence. BY tht
oA4llS Pou5Sd AOl OlCdOAJ SAACl1 ShPlCo-
sion was entirely frozen. I could
see no response whatsoever. I began
to realize that all was lost.
In desperate attempt at lightness
I inquired in a lifting voice if they
didn't think that was a wonderful
plan to make Mothers day a happy
one for me.
The answer, given with a definite
coldness, was chat perhaps 1t might
make happy day for me, but tha,
it certainly would be anything but
for them. They conferred in whispers
and then announced that they wouC
much rather spend all their savings
on presents than adopt the program
I had outlined.
I met defeat, I hope, bravely. But
when I think of that awakening to-
morrow morning, heave weary sigh