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going to continue to take your medi-
cine" Placed alongside Of this tes-
timonial was his death certificate,
dated about three months after the
testimonial was written.
Another exhibit shows a beautiful
Young woman who had decided that
her eyelashes needed improvement.
She purchased a widely advertised
preparation to make the laShes more
attractive. second picture taken
some months later disclosed that the
young woman had lost her eyeslght.
One of the eyeballs was actually par
TALLY eaten away by the prepara-
ton.
Another woman, using guaranteed
hair remover, found it successful. 1t
removed hair efficiently, not only on
her arms. where she used the prepa-
ration, but from her scalp. where she
had not applied, as well She was as
bald as the proverbial billiard ball.
Trick food packages. which while
stating the correct weight, by their
size give the impression Of larger
quantities, are on display. You would
be surprised at some of the brands
found in the exhibit. Packages of
noodles disclose further trickery. Plain
noodles, wrapped in yellow cellOphane
so that they resemble egg noodles are
shown, with the name OF the pro-
ducer attached.
Columns could be written about this
phase of the departments work, but
there is too much else to be discussed
to linger longer.
THIS city of 10000 must be fed
Not all, of course, eat at the
cafeteria operated in the south build
ing by the Welfare Association. Five
thousand and more of the employees
do eat their lunch there. however
Serving them is a problem Of vast
magnitude. but it is problem eX-
pertly handled The actual prepara-
ton of the food is under the direc-
ton of experts of the Bureau of Home
Economics, those who tell the average
housewife how she should run her
home Naturally. such leaders in the
matter of food preparation are ca
pable of coping with the task of
feeding 5000 and more at one time
Actually four cafeterias are in op-
Grafton, two large and two small, and
in addition, service dining room is
provided for those who do not care
to stand in line and help themselves
To provide food for hungry thou
sands a large kitchen is operated,
manned by scores Of women who are
proficient each in her own line Bat
tev after battery of electric stoves
and electric ovens turn out vast guam
titles of food. A special room is pro-
vided for the preparation of sand
Wiches and salads, the burden Of
work between The hot food kitchens
and the sandwich division varying ac-
cordlng to the proximity to pay day.
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MARYLAND BEACHES POPULAR
Vast Summer Playground Around Annapolis Invites the Week
End Mooris- -1nnumerable Beaches in the Vicinity Offer
Wide Variety of Recreation for the Entire Family.

Many fine play spots are located
along South River To reach them,
look tor large road sign several miles
beyond Parole, that directs you to
leave route so and take the high
way that turns sharply to the right.
You cross the South River over a
white bridge. Just beyond it a sign
points to road to the left leading to
South River Beach. There's lot for
public picnicking and bathing, fishing
and boating may be enjoyed.
About stones throw farther along
the main highway another sign points
to Edgewater Beach. which is reached
via road to the right This resort
is private. A bit farther along is
another restricted playground, Wood
land Beach. There are a number of
lovely cottages here and the bathing
is supposed to be very pleasant indeed
Close by is Camp Let's. Washington
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cent months. Owners of Bay Ridge,
Beverley Beach and Sherwood Forest
certainly believe in advertising. Every
5 or miles they have erected enor-
nous road signs describing the par
ticular charms of their resorts and
how to locate them
From q point about IL miles this
side of Annapolis the road has been
given fine new surface Bad road
shoulders are being Strengthened out,
dangerous curves are being banked.
Thus if you are wise enough to hold
your speed down to about 40 miles an
hour you may reach your destination
with utmost safety and minimum of
annoyance
SOME folks are not enthusiastic
- about visiting the larger beaches.
If you are one of these you'll no doubt
be interested in the many signs point
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dren. old folks and non-swimmers,
chiefly because the slope is so gradual
that there is shallow water during
most of the $500 feet of beach. How
ever, the experienced swimmer, if he
so desires, may enjoy his favorite
sport by wading out near the float,
located at the far edge of the net.
The depth here ranges from IL to
IA feet.
This playground section is being
used more and more for night SWIM
ming parties. There are several rea-
sons for this. One Is that the beach
after dark is illuminated by vari-col-
ored electric lights; and the other is
that there is dancing afternoon and
night from to IL, free Of charge.
Dancing is also enjoyed on Sunday
afternoons.
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Art in Washington

CORCORAN GALLERY OF
ART-American paintings; w.
A. Clark collection paintings,
furniture, tapestries, rugs, lace,
ETC.; Barge bronzes; American
sculpture; etchings.
UNITED STATES NATIONAL
MUSEUM-National Art Collec-
tion-American paintings; works
by the old masters; stained glass;
objets dart; sculpture.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITU-
T1ON - Division of Graphic
Arts-Prints and process ex-
hibits; fine printing and IL
luminations.
FREER GALLERY OF ART
Oriental art; the Peacock Room;
etchings, drawings and paintings
by Whistler; paintings by other
American artists.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS-
Division of Fine Arts-EthingS,
llthograph and engravings-
color prints and reproductions
by leading printmakers. Pennell
collection. Whistleriana, Art
reading room.
Mural paintings in public
buildings; sculpture on public
buildings and in city parks.
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Y. M. c. A. camp for boys. It has an
excellent swimming place on the
Rhodes River. The George Washing
ton foot ball team trains here.
IN BETWEEN are two or three small
watering places Most OF the re-
sorts In this region are alike in these
respects: They have bath house,
beach and a half dozen to dozen
cottages. Most Of them charge quar-
ter for parking and sell light refresh
ments.
Selby and Beverly are two of the
best-known beaches on Chesapeake
Bay. Selby Is about miles this side
of Beverly and is reached via road
to the left of the main highway. On
the estate are q number of attractive
private cottages, many OF them owned
by Washingtonians; An excellent bath
ing beach and . dance pavilion. There
ara quite Z number Of bungalows for
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rent and several new ones under con-

rent and several new ones under con-
'struction.
Beverly about miles from Annapo-
lis, is growing by leaps and bounds
every year. Its manager, Edgar Kalb,
1871 Washington boulevard, Baltimore,
expects this season to be the biggest
In history. The set-up here includes
an amusement park, bath house, sew
eral hundred picnic tables and boats
for sailing, canoeing and fishing.
Many new recreation facilities have
been built this year at Beverly. To the
old building, housing a dance floor,
has been added a new casino with
novel types of games and other amuse-
ments. A new concrete walk has also
been built, and a large net to keep
out the sea nettles.
Beverly is known as a semi-private,
or restricted resort. The beach is ex-
ceedingly popular, especially for chill
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TO REACH all other leading beaches
in this vast playground area, SIM
ply return to route so, go straight
through Annapolis and be on the alert
for highway signs.
Bay Ridge, Annapolis Roads and
Arundel on the Bay are easily located
as follows: Drive through Annapolis
till you strike the one-Way circle.
Half way around you enter Duke OF
Gloucester street; follow that across
a bridge affording view of yachts,
canoes and other boats of all descrip-
tions, and after crossing bridge take
second road to the right along Chesa
peake avenue. A couple of miles over
this highway sign to the left says
New Annapolis Roads Club"
Don't figure on getting into this
strictly private resort unless you have
an admission card. Sailing. canoeing,
yachting, fishing and other aquatic
sports are enjoyed by the something
like 300 members, mostly from Balti-
more and Washington, either on the
open bay or on the three adjacent
sheltered lakes. Other sports are golf
and tennis.
Large boats may be landed at the
club pier. The estate consists OF 341
acres Of lovely forest land. A friendly
Irishman. E. J. Farr, is on hand for
his fourth successive season as man
ager.
Just beyond Annapolis Roads sign
points to dirt road to the right of
the main highway, leading to Arundel
on the Bay. While it's generally des-
ignated as private resort, being made
up mostly OF rather exclusive Summer
cottages, there's hotel which in
cludes bath house that's open to the
public. Surf riding here is very pleas
ant indeed.
A BOUT mile past Arundel Is Bay
Ridge. This wooded resort is
semi private and rather exclusive.
One section consists OF privately
owned cottages and another Of fine
sandy beach with bathing facilities
open to q restricted group. Many
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From that day the City Hall in New
York, embodying the fine and delicate
art of the French Republic, looks up
in its purity and grace to the sky
scrapers of lower New York. From
that day there comes to us q message
in the Capitol at Richmond, in Month
cello. iii the University of Virginia,
in many a fine old dwelling in Charles
ton. in many Colonial and Revolu-
tionary structure preserved in quiet
corners in the North and in the South;
and as our Nation looks back to gather
renewed inspiration in politics, in So
cial wisdom, in patriotism. it finds also
that the fathers of the Republic had
in their souls the conception of beauty
We find that republicanism. that
democracy. that the government of
the people, did not mean to them
things unlovely, did not mean squalor
or ugliness or meanness. but meant
all that was noble and. beautiful in
art"
JEFFERSON has been styled an
dristo-Democrat. 1t was his de-
sire to distribute privilege as widely as
possible and to do away with class dis
tinctions, He advocated religious free
dom the abolition of the law of entail,
and did all he could to provide for
popular education in his State-but
his expectation was that thereby So
ciety would be elevated. that the stand
ard for all would be that of the best.
To him it was inconceivable that any,
thing less than the best could be
coveted.
This is admirably brought out in
a letter which Jefferson wrote Madison
from Paris in 1885. The capitol in
Richmond was to be built and Jeffer-
son had been asked to secure a plan,
which he consented to do but COM
munication was slow in those days and
before the plan could be drawn and
dispatched jefferson heard that the
building had been begun. Very tenn
perately he wrote as follows:
To James Madison,
Dear Sir:
Il received this Summer a letter
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and the finer sensibilities. If we mo.
morialize him as we should. it will bs
in, such wise that this spiritual sig
nificance is dominant and obvious,
that the precious heritage we have
from him shall be continued, its in.
f1uence made perpetual.
There is little chance that Jeffer.
son the statesman, the author Of the
Declaration of Independence, the
third President of the United States,
will be forgotten; but Jefferson the
lover of patrons Of arts should also
and for no less reason be held in
grateful remembrance
There are four portraits of JefYer-
son here; one painted by Sully; a
bust by Moses Ezekiel, and two statues,
one by Hiram Powers. the other by
David dangers. He was painted also
| by Gilbert Stuart, the leading por.
traitist Of his day, and others Of dis.
| tirctiOn
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despite his own statement that "all
men are born free and equal" we
know and he knew was not SO, jeff
erson had two qualifications both rare
and very useful These were good
taste and common sense.
DOTH Of these qualities he and the
~ people of his day took largely for
granted. The former was invariably
the badge of those gently bred and
well educated; the latter was what en-
abled him to put his knowledge to ef-
fective use; the combination contrib
uted to his leadership
Strangely enough, this great radical,
"at war with existing conditions and
in basic laws striking at the very roots
of the social order with view of In
augurating a new era Of opportunity
and spiritual, intellectual freedom,
was In everything inherently an aris-
tocrat, but an aristocrat of the MIND
Evening star., 1937-07-03
By James Nevin Miller.


~ INCE tomorrows the Fourth
and Monday has been set aside
as legal holiday, the thoughts
~ Of many motorists are leading
in the direction of the nearby beaches,
where, amid the rolling breakers, well
Soils rays
Washingtonians are especially fond
of driving to Annapolis over the week
end. Small wonder for that. There
are innumerable splendid beaches,
large and small in the immediate
vicinity; on the bay and along the
South and Severn Rivers Most of
them may be enjoyed by the entire
family, for besides swimming. there
is plenty of sailing, fishing and crab
bing here, too.
Newcomers to the District may want
to take a peep at the United States
Naval Academy and they may do so
with the greatest of ease. for the
grounds are open all day every day in
the year
AS for those motorists who have
visited the recreation spots around
Annapolis in recent years, they will
be interested to hear that the facil-
tiles at most of the beaches have been
enlarged, renovated or improved this
year and that the Summer bathing
season, which officially starts tomor-
row, is expected to attract the largest
crowds in history
The wise motorist will start his
Journey to the Maryland capital even
before 9 am, in order to avoid heavy
traffic. 1t is further recommended
that the map on this page be clipped
and taken along. Especially prepared
for The Star by the American Auto
mobile Association, it shows how to
locate the major Annapolis beaches
with the least possible trouble.
FIRST. of all, get on route SO, One
way is to ride along Rhode Island
avenue and follow that until you see
sign pointing to the Annapolis
Boulevard Another route is to follow
NeW 1OIk avenue IlSlAG dioilS' VI yOu
can take Maryland avenue just be-
hind the Capitol dome and drive past
Sears Roebuck's along Bladensburg
road until you find yourself on route
so; then continue on that to Mary
lands capital.
OF course you won't attempt to
visit all the beaches mentioned here
n one day, or even two. There are
Ear too many for that. AS matter
Of fact it took this observer an entire
week to line up those shown on the
map. A good plan is to select one Of
the recreation spots, make that your
destination for your initial journey
and then file away this article and
map for future reference. Actually
you could drive to Annapolis on at
least six or seven Sundays and still
miss out on several of the major play
grounds.
You will be pleased to note that
the Defense Highway to Annapolis
has been widened considerably in re-
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By Leila Mecklin.
~HOMAs JEFFERSON was n,

THOMAS JEFFERSON was not
only patron of the arts but
in the best sense of the word
Il he was an artist Fiske Kim
ball has called him our first American
architect and although he was es-
sentially an amateur in the arts we
owe to his taste, judgment and ad-
vocacy much that was finest in our
early American architecture and our
conception of art as a whole. Partic-
ularly here in Washington we should
recognize this Indebtedness
Pierre Charles LEnfant planned
the city OF Washington but it was
Jefferson, while serving as American
Minister to France, who collected for
him those maps Of foreign cities,
drawn on large and accurate scale"
which proved so servicable to the
young French engineer in laying out
the Capital City. and it was on Jeffer-
sons advice that both LEnfant and
Gen. Washington leaned heavily. 1t
was Jefferson who, when the time
came for the erection of public build
mgs, urged that classical models,
examples which the world had agreed
to admire" be followed, obviously
not slavishly but as superbly correct.
and it was he who brought to this
country books and working drawings
which made it possible for our early
builders to carry out his admonition
Undoubtedly it was jefferson who
persuaded Houdon to come to this
country in 1885 and model his famous
portrait statue of Washington for the
rev Capitol at Richmond, replica of
which is here in our National Capitol
And 1t was this and other portrait
commissions by Houdon that set and
maintained standard for such work
here. Also in the field of painting
Jefferson gave patronage to the best:
indeed in whatever had to do with
art his instructive judgment seems
never to have led him astray.
THIS was apparently effective in
every department of art. Within
the last fortnight announcement has
been made by the Metropolitan Mu-
scum Of Art, New York. that from
sketch made by Thomas Jefferson of
window draperies for his home, Month
cello, hangings have been created
recently for the windows in one of the
rooms in its American wing
Jefferson wrote for us our Declara-
tion of independence, enshrined not
only in the Library of Congress but
in the hearts of all American citizens,
but he also left us this other heritage
which shows US how, once free, our
lives can be enriched by beauty and
lived on higher plane.
''Jefersonian simplicity" is a term
much on our tongues today-but
Jef1ersonian simplicity was the SIM
pliclty OF true art He. better than
others, realized the extravaganza in
duced by following false gods, by
blunderlng stupidity.
In an address on The Simple Life"
made at memorable dinner given by
the American Institute of Architects
in this city a good many years ago.
Ellhu Root put this very plainly
Those were" he said, great days
when the colonies were made into a
nation, and they were the beginnings
of great days in architecture. From that
period the State House in Boston, pre-
serving the genius of Bullhnch, looks
down today on the Sham Memorial.
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Tomato wilt" is caused by fungul
which lives in the soil, and may infect
the plant at any stage Of growth.
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Yours affectlonately.
THOMAS JEFFERSON" "

THE reference in this letter to the
Maison Carree at Mines recalls
the fact that in the late Spring of that
famous journey to Southern France
along the Riviera. In the course of
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Garn nf ThankH.

LANHAM. FRANCES EMMA. The family
of FRANCES EMMA LANHAM wish to
express their sincere appreciation for
the beautiful floral offers and helpful
sympathy of her classmates. friends
neighbors and relatives at her recent
death and funeral. THE FAM1LY.
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FRENCH TRAINING SHIP
OFFICERS TO BE FETED

Capt. H. P. Latham, commanding
the French cruiser Jeanne D'Arc,
now at Baltimore, today is being re-
ceived by official Washington. The
vessel Is employed in training mid
shipmen and she has just docked.
following long cruise.
Capt. Latham's schedule today
provided for an official call to see
Secretary Swanson, Assistant Secre-
tary Edison and Admiral William D.
Leahy, chief of naval operations.
Admiral Leahy is host this after
noon at a luncheon rendered Capt.
Latham and officers of the Jeanne
D'Arc at the Mayhower Hotel.
At 3:15 o'clock Capt. Latham is to
law q wreath on the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier. He is being accom-
panied by four French naval officers
and the French naval attache.
Tomorrow Capt. Latham is to make
an Official call upon Rear Admiral
David F. Sellers, superintendent Of
the. Naval Academy at Annapolis.
From to Z pm. tomorrow, here,
Admiral Leahy will give q tea dance
and reception to the officers and
midshipmen Of the Jeanne D'Arc at
the Mayflower Hotel. On Saturday
midshipmen Of the French ship will
be guests Of the midshipmen at An
napolis.
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BILL URGES j. s.
HOSPITAL CENTERS
Civil Service Cottage Units
in Various Areas Would
Be Funded From Paw.
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

Plans for establishing over the
country chain of civil service cot
tage communities, centering about a
hospital, to be operated in the same
way as are soldiers homes, are in
corporated in a bill introduced by
Representative Randolph, Democrat,
OF West Virginia, member of the
Civil Service Committee.
The establishments, open to i'll or
retired Government workers, would
be in strategic scenic, health and
recreation centers and would be en-
tirely self-supporting. The Randolph
bill is sponsored by the Joint Com
mittee on Civil Service Retirement,
representing all groups of Government
workers. 1t proposes to establish "the
Civil Service Home and Hospital
Fund by taxing all civil service
employees one tenth of l per cent of
their base pay. Actuaries have COM
puted that as Of January this would
yield sl,075,000 a year. The bill pro-
poses to purchase tracts Of land in
desirable localities on which groups
Of small cottages would be erected
around central administration
building which would also serve as
the hospital.
Suggested locations include the New
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.PR0POSALSASKED
|ND|SASTER PROBE
Alfred Urges Military Court
Recommend Action in
School Blast.
BY the Associated Press.

AUSTIN, Tex, March 24-In 4
precedent-breaking move, Gov. James
v. Alfred sought recommendations to-
day from the military court of in
quiry which investigated the blast
deaths of ass at the London Com
munity School.
Adult. Gen. CASTOR Howard, who
headed the investigation, responded
by asking preliminary statements from
assisting officials Ordinarily, only
the record of testimony is filed with
the Governor by the military authori-
ties.
Gas Definitely Blamed.
Capt. Edward Clark of Austin,
member Of the court, said unofficially
he believed evidence definitely estab-
lished the explosion last Thursday was
due to accumulation of gas between
the ground and the concrete slab of
the first floor, perhaps from broken
pipe or loose connection. The school
was heated by gas.
Both Clark and State Senator Joe
11ilA VI I1cIiQCl oOli, wiz odI III dI
the military inquiry, expressed the
opinion no person was directly re-
sponsible for the blast Clark said
he believed the School Board had
not exercised good Judgment in its
plans for the building. He did not
elaborate
Testimony brought out the school
ceased buying its gas from CONNER
cial concern last January and tapped
in on the residue line of the Parade
Gasoline Co., thus using gas from the
oil fields from which the gasoline
content had been extracted Com
pany officials said they had not grant,
ed permission for the tapping.
Shaw Confers on Plans.
Supt. w. c. Shaw, who lost son
in the disaster, conferred with Off
cials of the State Education Depart
ment concerning plans for the sur
vivors.
I'VE want to finish out the school
year." Shaw said, "and graduate the
80 remaining members of the senior
class, which originally numbered 10.
They want to graduate from New
London. That's where they went to
school,"