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street. In 1909 Moses Young bought
two lots at the east end of the square,
and in 1914 lots on Fifteenth street
passed to John D. Barclay, and after,
through Samuel Brooks, to Richard
Cults.
The first improvement of a per-
manent character appears to have been
made by George Graham, who in 1920
bought three lots at the southeast cor
ner Of Fifteenth and H streets, on
which he erected a fine residence,
where he died shortly afterward. The
family lived there for many years, and
until few years ago it was standing.
1t was taxed for $4.50O in the 2Os and
two other buildings on H street near
Fourteenth street for $500 each, and
the ground value was to 18 cents.
1T was in the Graham house that
Senator Ira Harris lived at the time
Of the assassination of President Lin
coin, and where Mr.. and Mrs. Lincoln
stopped for Miss Harris on that fatal
night. Later it was the site Of Colum-
bian fnow George Washington Uni
versity. and where is now the Wood
ward Building.
About 1921 James McCleary bought
two lots on New York avenue west OF
Fourteenth street and erected a school
house as well as dwelling upon it, hav-
ing a well-kept flower garden in front
of his home A school was taupnr
mere for some years, and in 1898 Miss
Mllligan bought the houses and con.
tinued the school for a time"
IN THE forties,s according to Mr.
Croggon, James Pilling erected a
row of three-storied brick residences
on Fifteenth street, and among his
tenants was Mr.. Caleb Cushing, At
torney General. This row was DESTROY
ed by fire in the early fifties. when Mr..
Gushing played the role OF active fire.
man while the hand engines were in
action.
About this period Mr.. Zalmon
Richards built on the northwest corner
OF Fourteenth street and New York
avenue two-storied school building
and opened the Union Academy.
school of note. Maj. A. E Richards,
afterWard superintendent of police, be-
came associated with his brother, and
there were other assistants in addition
to Mrs. z. Richards who had charge
OF the female department. The Trans
Lux Building now occupies that site.
AS to the block between Fourteenth
and Fifteenth streets, New York ave-
nue. and G street, there were few
transfers and little building in the
first quarter of the last century. In
1911 Alexander Mcdonald, a mes
senger in the Treasury, bought the
corner Of Fifteenth and G streets and
had his residence. valued at $3.50 then.
In 1915 John A. Wilson settled on the
lot adjoining the corner Of G and
Fourteenth streets, erecting a house
taxed for $2,70o. which in the thirties
was bought by Benjamin L. Lear. The
corner lot was improved by a shop
| valued at $40, assessed to James Dun
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that Of the National Symphony Or
chestra.
The popularity Of the National
Symphony Orchestra cannot be denied
any way you look at it. Take the at
tendance figures. Orchestra A played
to 67,700 last year. Orchestra BIS to-
tai attendance was 10000. The cities
in which these are located are con-
siderably larger than Washington, yet
the National Symptoms total at
tendance was 2,424.
As far as concert halls are con-
cerned, Washington's Constitution
Hall is second. to none in beauty, sec
ond to only one in size. It provides
seating for 3.S44. Only one other, the
Minneapolis Symphony concert hall.
holds more people@,S40.
Boston's provides for 2,500; New
York, 2,700; Chicago, 2,60o; st. Louis,
1886: Rochester, 3,34s; Kansas City.
2,560: Philadelphia, 5000; Cleveland,
1882; Cincinnati, $500; Detroit, 1000,
and San Francisco, $500.
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the country. OF the total $4,000
IS expected to come from ticket sales
here and from out-of-town concerts.
The remainder-sl03.0 .000-must be
raised in the sustaining fund cam
paign.
This is not high operating figure
compared with those of orchestras in
other cities. Take Orchestra A, 10
Gated in q midwestern city almost
twice as big as Washington. Its
budget for II musicians and season
of So concerts-32 fewer than Wash
TONS $258,00O.
Orchestra B, situated in another
midwestern city larger than WASH
ington, has only six more musicians
than the National Symphony and
gives 80 fewer concerts. Yet its budget
Is 1924, 500
Orchestra c, in . large eastern sea-
board city, has 100 musicians, Q sea-
son of 40 weeks and gives . total Of
168 concerts. But its operating budget
Is $624, ,o0o-more than three times
Evening star., 1938-02-27
By Verna PHILLIPS.

vN THE days when men wore cords
to hold their hats on and women
sported hoops it was considered
L fashionable to buy lottery tickets
And. We are speaking Of the gentry
who held forth in, Of all places, what
was then the Territory of Columbia.
All of which is by way of reporting
that the old Georgetown Market, M
street west of Wisconsin avenue.
built by the sale Of lottery tickets to
adventuresome souls, Is about to pass
out of the hands Of the municipal
government
Nor are any liberties taken with the
word when one speaks of these lot
terry fans as adventuresome. The
Maryland General Assembly, which
then legislated for Georgetown, in
passing the lottery market act. spoke
of awards intended to satisfy the
fortunate adventures for prizes drawn
in said lottery"
All this happened in 1896 when q
couple thousand dollars would pay for
site and formidable building. The
lottery was successful. When the
tickets were all sold and the receipts
were counted there was enough where
withall on hand to both reward the
lucky and build what was then re-
garded as an imposing building.
This structure, now a Washington
landmark, figured prominently in the
news the other day. The District
Commissioners recommended to Con-
gress that they be authorized to sell
the property because 1t had outlived
its usefulness.
its usefulness. Legislation is still
pending.
So let us throw the march of time
into reverse and dwell for a moment
on the events of spring day in 1902
when the doors of the Georgetown
Market were first thrown open to .
public which could be and was i'm
pressed by the marvels Of the some
what plain one-story brick building,
even as you and I would be enthralled
If we tomorrow visited Rockefeller
Center In New York.
Even 30, this wasn't the first mar
ket place boasted by old Georgetown.
In fact, a market stood on the same
site before George Washington and
his compatriots taught the British to
bite the dust and before Lenfant was
called in to map great city.
lust in passing-and this will be
good news to that small band Of
legislators bent on legalizing lotteries
once more-the gambling motif made
possible the now abandoned George
town Market after a movement to
finance the structure by public SUBJ
scription fizzled.
One of the principal reasons for
the selection Of M street and Wis
consin avenue intersection as the site
of the market was that it was only q
short distance from the spot down
the hill where ferry boats linked
Georgetown with Virginia. In those
days, Of course, bridges across the
Potomac were but vague dreams
Evening star., 1938-02-27
By John Cassady.
F REGINALD DE KOVEN were
alive today he probably would find

alive today he probably would ind
L it hard to believe that Washington
has a symphony orchestra almost
seven years old-an orchestra which
plays hot only full season of con-
certs in its home city, but travels hun
dreds of miles to play in other cities
as we'll.
The famous composer made the
first effort to form such an orchestra
in 1902. After a few years, however,
he was forced to abandon his plans,
finding that the money to finance such
a cultural enterprise as the Wasn-
ington Symphony Orchestra could not
be found. While still cherishing his
dream, De Koven probably viewed
pessimistically Washington's chances
for a permanent symphony orchestra.
The road of the symphony orches-
ira in the Nations Capital has been q
hard one. Nevertheless, the dream OF
De Koven and others Is reality to-
day.
The old Washington Symphony Or
chestra made a brave attempt. 1t
was the first time the Capital had an
orchestra of sufficient size to UNDER
take the greatest works of the classic
composers. But season of 80 regu-
lar concerts would have been consid-
cred magnificently successful then.
Compare that with the National
Symphony Orchestra's concert pro-
gram for the present season. Eighty
five concerts. Fifty-five engagements
outside of Washington-from Toronto
and Ottawa in Canada to Jackson
vile, Fla. Student concerts. Educa-
tional concerts for adults. Many other
special concerts.
THE National Symphony Orches-
ira, youngest of the IL major or
chestras In this country, has taken its
place with the Nations best. It Is
rated as among the first half dozen.
It has survived all sorts of obstacles.
Yet today Washington again Is
threatened Will IA1c AOSS VI Aeo oyA
phony orchestra. Last Wednesday the
National Symphony Orchestra Asso-
ciation opened its campaign for q
$103, 900 sustaining fund to insure the
1938-39 season of the musical organ
ization. The association has declared
that unless the full sum is pledged
by March Is all contributions will
be returned and the orchestra will no
longer continue under the associa-
tion's sponsorship.
Last year the association was forced
to reduce the number of musicians in
the orchestra because the sustaining
fund campaign fell short, so that this
present season found only u players.
Now the association feels that to go
on for another season working on .
reduced budget or with a smaller
orchestra would be decline in growth
and quality and harmful to the or
chestra and the public.
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Work of Season at Home and Abroad Shows
Orchestra Has Justified Esteem in Which
1t Has Been Held Here.

THE budget for the next year would
provide for eight additional play
ers. The association and DR.. Hans
Kinder, brilliant conductor of the
orchestra, believe that the orchestra
cannot continue to grow and progress
artistically unless it has, a compile
ment of at least 80 Why are eight
musicians so important?
DR.. Kinder recently explained 1t
in few words:
ITO this day we do not have the
numerical material of other orches-
tras. We still have 20 to 80 fewer men
than others, thereby automatically
limiting our repertoire"
II you've ever wondered why the
National Symphony Orchestra does
not play some particular composition
which you've heard other symphony
orchestras play, that's probably the
answer.
The National Symptoms repertoire
has been built up to include more
than 300 of the worlds greatest
musical compositions. Yet there are
many Of the classics that cannot be
played-all because the orchestra now
has ~ musicians instead of 80.
The factors which determine an or
chestra's status as major or minor
symphonic group are not established
by law. One of the most important
elements which determine the relation
an orchestra bears to similar organ
izations throughout the country is the
number of musicians.
I'VE cannot afford the risk of be-
coming inferior" says DR.. Kinder
I'VE must grow greater in every way"
THE orchestra needs minimum of
80 men. Here are a few things
Washington music lovers must be de-
MED as long as there are only u
musicians:
Richard Strauss Elm Heldenleben, !"
"Salome's Dance" "Sinfonia Domes-
tica" or Don Quixote"; much of
Wagner, as in "Parsifal," or die Got
terdammerung" Debussy's "La Mer"
and Iberia; Ravels "Daphnis and
Chloe" "Rapsodie Espahnole," and
lie Tombeau de Couperin."
In addition, there are many modern
works by such as Alfredo Casella, Jean
Sibelius, William Walton and Arnold
Bax that cannot be played because
there is not a sufficient number of
musicians.
DR.. kinder would like to be able
to have more rehearsals, too. The
building of the orchestra has been
accomplished on meager schedule
of rehearsals, and DR.. Kinder feels
that the orchestra cannot continue to
progress unless money is provided for
more practice.
Before every concert always wish
We could have had at least one more
rehearsal" the conductor said.
THE 1859 budget calls for the
disbursement Of $172,o0o. That's
what 1t costs to run the orchestra,
and that's the smallest budget Of any
Of the major symphony orchestras in
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l409-14l1 New York avenue Originally
a private residence. the grounds con-
nected with 1t extended on the west
side nearly to the corner Of Fifteenth
street. The club was organized by a
number of representative men Of
wealth and renown from all parts Of
the country, who enlarged and re-
modelled the old building at a cost
said to be around $4,000.
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When the financial crisis OF 1877
took place, the club suffered for the
want Of patronage and expired. John
F. Chamberlin then took the property
and ran it as the Chamberlin Club.
However, during the few years it was
operated as a club, it was one of the
most exclusive places in Washington
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and was frequented by Presidents,
Statesmen, legislators and men of pro-
found learning, and some of the FORE
most politicians of that period. Alex
ander r. Shepherd was one of the
presidents of the Washington Club.
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1op. This lot was unused save by
shops, carpenters and painters for
many years"
ONE. Of the most famous clubs In
this neighborhood was known as
the Washington Club, which occupied
the site Of what today would be about
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some not very old men can remember
when but two or three dwellings, a
stone yard. two carpenter shops saved
it from its entire use as a dumping
ground. About 1900, Robert Sutton
owned a lot on H street; Pierce Purcell,
two lots on New York avenue near
Fourteenth street: John McElwee, lots
at the east end of the square; William
Doughty and Robert Alexander. on H
street; Joseph Taylor. on Fifteenth
street, and Thomas Snowden, four lots
on New York avenue and Fifteenth
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IN WRITING Of this block about 80
years ago, James Croggon had this
to say:
Five and six cents per foot was the
corporation value of ground held today
at the same figures with naughts ap-
pended in that square north of New
York avenue and east of Fifteenth
street, now occupied by banking houses,
hotels, boarding houses, stores, ETC. And
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it is still located in 1857 The building
which preceded the present one was
then known as the Plant Building,
because it was built by George H.
Plant, the second president of that
institution. It was many years before
this part of the block was improved,
and UP to the period of the Civil War
it was dumping ground, except a
part which is said to have been used
by jeremiah Sullivan as marble
yard. Close by WAS James Pillings'
carpenter shop,
Evening star., 1938-06-05
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE

The boys went back to their tennis and Isa-
belle wished she could sink through the ground
and never be seen again on this earth. For them
to think of her as the sort of girl who lead any
sort of boy on just for the satisfaction of adding
another name to her list And they thought it
of her. Chester had fixed that with his little
girls shouldn't talk about other peoples busi
ness" Boiling oil was too good for Chester
Armstrong; and it was she who had to get it.
An instant later boiling oil seemed mild
term when her appalled, gaze was confronted
with the sight of Ozzie Pilroys Austin whizzing
up the driveway. 1t stopped with squeal of
brakes and his voice doomed forth "Saluta-
tions, mine frands!"
Ozzie did not note the suppressed laughter
in the chorus of greetings. He wriggled out of
his car and came to sit with the girls beneath
the umbrella.
"Tallyhooo and yoicks, he said. What dost
know that's new"
"Only," Susie answered him, her glance
slurring to Isabelle, only that which is old to
you Ozzie, my sweet"
Isabelle matched her, lifted eyebrow for
lifted eyebrow, and informed Ozzie: Susie, my
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your This loudly spoken reproach came from
Dimpy Armstrong who had abandoned the
Sealyham the moment she had spied OZzle.
Isabelle's heart leapt and the tensity OF her
embarrassment was as nothing to the sudden
tensity of her hope. Should she say something
or trust to luck and Dimpy? Before she could
decide, Ozzie was asking anybody or every
body: What is she talking about?"
'You know" Dimpy saw the boys had fin
ished their match and stood watching her.
Everybody was looking at her. Dimpy rose to
dramatic heights: Out in the woods that day
when my brother went back to get sugar that
was forgotten for the picnic, you acted just
like that with Isabelle" Dimpy shifted and
tossed her head. You didn't love her very
much if already Kay is breaking your heart.
And you said Isabelle was breaking your heart.
heard you. was behind the bushes"
"A spy, eh?" Ozzies amiablity was tinged
with a slight annoyance. Come, moppet,
cease this movie acting. You can't make me
the gay Lothario of your plot. Get this through
your little noggin: That day l was merely
kidding Isabelle. Merely kidding. AS just now
was merely kidding Kay"
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"You bet your life he was" Kay rushed to
the rescue of her reputation.
"Oh!" Dimpy walled and rushed to Chester.
''He was not kidding. He was not!''
Now! Isabelle Strengthened up in her chair.
Now was the moment for her to speak. But she
had no need to speak, for Clifford was asking
her: Gosh, Isabelle, why didn't you tell u.s."
Yeah" Wally and Kenneth said fervently.
Isabelle shrugged. 1T was too utterly fantas-
tic to deserve the importance of mere words"
She was so happy that she felt she'd simply
(Confinved on pose 15)
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dear Ozzie, is being very subtle, you know"
'Subtlety too subtle for you, Oh" Kay
laughed.
What dost mean. gal9" Ozzie tipped his
chair so that he could put an arm around Kay's
shoulders.
"Oh, nothing" She did not find the secret
so funny with Ozzie's arm about her. She
pushed him away. Don't do that Ozzie.'
"In a thrice and love is turned to hate!"
Ozzie accepted the rebuff with his usual amia
bitv. And my heart is shattered"
why, Ozzie Pilroy! And | was sorry for
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rst signal giggle from Kay Oliver. The sound
creed like stiletto through Isabelles sick
initiation and nicked the very core of her.
le found her voice. very grown-up and
dulgent voice, and said:
"Dimpy, you should write books. She swept
surrepttious glance around the group. Kay
i'd Susie were looking at the ground, lips
,itching. Wally. Ken and Clifford were staring
her like - like she was something fallen off
pedestal or something Chester was acting
! if he we're miles away.
''Ho" Dimpy put her hands on her hips. Il
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-20
FOUR JAP ARMIES
 MARCH ON HANK0W
Yellow River Believed tC Have Reached Crest;
 30,OO0 Missing

Shanghai, June 20-(UP)-Four Japanese armies marched on the provisional Chinese capital of Han kow today as he rampant Yellow river, for centuries the scourge ot China, reached it's crest after laying waste thousands of square miles of territory.
 At least 3O,00O persons were miss ing and close to 100000 made homeless by the floods, according to the Japanese.
 Reports from Kaifeng quoted Gnu Ching-Hai, an expert of the Yel- low river affairs bureau, as saying that he believed the flood had reached its crest and that broken dykes of the great river could be repaired soon.
 Spokesmen for the Japanese mill itary said that a numbe rof dykes of the Tsin river an important tributary of the Yellow river in northwestern Honan province, had DCCll OdUCllCd dllO UlldU CllC Q1llSCl of great catastrophe had been lessened somewhat. They admitted that they had not been able to re- pair the Yellow river dykes.
 Despite threats of floods along the Yangtse river, Japanese armies Hankow. The Chinese appeared to continued their crushing drive on be withdrawing to second lline of defense around Kiukiang, about 100 miles southeast of Hankow.
 The Japanese offensive had four SpearheadS:
 1. At Menwar by way of the Yangtse
 2. From Anking toward the Hai riverd in an effort to reach po- sition for an attack on Kiukiang from the north.
 3. From the Anking-Ho high way, north of the Miaotang moun- tains toward Sinyang.
 4. Along the southern banks of the Yangtse in an apparent effort eventually to cut the HankoW-Can- ton railroad south of the temporary capital.
 More foreigners visited London l.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-20
College Commencement
COLBY COLLEGE

Waterville, Me, June 20.-(UP)- Albert s. Osborn, 77-year old New York handwriting expert whose tes- timony helped send Bruno Richard Hauptmann to the electric chair, re- ceived one of 12 honorary degrees awarded by Colby college at its com- mencement today.
 U. s. Senator Joseph w. Bailey of North Carolina, Governor Lewis O.. Barrows of Maine, Dean Paul Nixon of Bowdoin college and Attorney William B. Skilton of Lewiston re- ceived doctor of laws degrees, and Osborn a doctor of science degree.
 Other recipients were: Rachel F. Pederson, New York novelist, and Archibald MacLeish, Pennington, Conn, poet-author and 1882 Pulitzer prize winner, doctor of letters; Rich ard c. Cabot of Harvard university, and Secretary Isaac Higginbotham of the Massachusetts Baptist con- vention, doctor of divinity; Mary M. K. Simkhovitch of New York, doctor of social science; Myrtice D. Cheney, Portland educator, and Rafe Nelson, Springfield, Mass, orthopedic sur geon, master of arts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-20

New York, June 20 - (U.P0 - Steel shares led the stock market higher at a dull opening today. Bonds were firm and quiet. Cotton futures gained 2 to points.
 Gains dominated in the stock list and ranged to nearly points.
 United States Steel opened 2,500 shares at 43 3-8 up l 3-8 and Beth lehem 1000 at 45 5-8 up l 3-8. Youngstown Sheet and Tube gain ed a point to 29 IA and Inland Steel IA to 57 3-4.
 U. S. Rubber opened 2:50o shares at 27 3-4 up IA; New York Gen. tral 1000 at II 3-4 up 1; Westing- house Electric 1000 at 77 3-4 up 7-8; Texas Corporation 1,500 at 38 3-4 up IA, and United Gas Im- provement 1000 at 3-4 unchanged.
 Du Pont rose to 99 up 3 1-8; Union Carbide 67 up 2; Chrysler 42 3-4 up 1 5-8; Eastman Kodak 152 up l l-2; Sears Roebuck 57 3-S up
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-20
ROOSEVELT BACK
 AT SUMMER HOME
Bills Await His Signature Wages, Hours Adminis=
 tratOr to Be Named

Hyde Park, N. Y, June 20-(U.P0 President Roosevelt returned to the Summer White House today after weekend cruise on the Yacht Potomac and settled down immediately to the task of acting upon dozen of bills passed in the closing hours of congress.
 The chief executive came ashore at nearby Poughkeepsie shortly after 10 a. m., E. D. T. The boat docked at a lumber wharf at 9:29 but MT. Roosevelt liesurely finished breakfast before disembarking.
 When the president entered his car he held an informal press con- ference and said that he planned to see Joseph P. Kennedy, American Ambassador to Great Britain, either here or in Washington. Kennedy is scheduled to arrive today for a short stay.
 He was queried as to the possi- bility of a special session of con- gress to consider railroad legislation but he declined comment. At re- cent Washington press conferences, where the railroad situation was concerned, the president empha- sized that he had made his position clear to the congress in special message calling for immediate &C., tion.
 In his cubby-hole office at the summer White House the president found a desk piled high with un- finished business, the bulk being legislative matters. He has about a week to dispose of the measures passed shortly before congress ad- journed.
 Two important bills awaiting his signature are wages and hours and the l938-39 recovery measure. More over, he is faced with the problem of selecting an administrator for the wages and hours act.