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Evening star., 1938-02-24
Lawrence J. Kelly. pastor Of st.
Aloysius, Is the moderator.


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The Hollins Alumnae Club will meet
for the annual founders day dinner
today at $3.50 o'clock at 1701 Twentieth
street NV. Mrs. George Butler will
speak on Trees in Colonial Gardens. :"
Miss Harriet Anne Jackson will speak
on the founders day celebration which
took place February 21. at Hollins COL
lege in commemoration Of the 117th
anniversary Of the birth of the founder,
Charles Lewis Cooke. Hollins College
was founded in 1842.
The comuittee In charge Of the
arrangements for the dinner is Mrs.
Paul Hannah, chairman; Mrs. Louis
Hood and Miss Maude Steele.
DR.. r. M. Bassler of the National
Museum will be the speaker at the
meeting of the Womens Alliance of
All Souls Church tomorrow at II
O'Clock at the church The lecture
will be illustrated. Mrs. Frank B.
Steele will be hostess for the luncheon
to follow.
The journalism workshop Of the d.
G. Branch Of the League Of American
Pen Women will meet with Miss
Marguerite Merigold at Apartment
108, 1901 K street NV. tonight at
o'clock. Members are asked to bring
feature articles for criticism. Miss
Anne Celestine Singleton in charge.
Mrs. Lucille Foster McMillin, civil
service commissioner, traced the
growth and development of women in
Government service in a talk given
yesterday at the meeting of the
Soroptimist Club at the Willard. She
recalled that Clara Barton held a
Government position in 1884 and that
she was the first woman to serve in
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II of events that comprised the
u annual meeting Of the Won.
~ ans National Democratic
Club, Senator Alben W. Barkley OF
Kentucky gave the principal address at
dinner held in the clubhouse last
night. Earlier in the day a pilgrimage
was made by club members to the
tomb of Woodrow Wilson in Washing
ton Cathedral. when tribute was paid
to the war President by Mrs. Charles
Warren.
Committee reports we're heard at the
business meeting held In the after
noon and officers and members OF the
board of governors were elected. Mrs.
Wilbur W. Hubbard was renamed
president
Senator Barkley said he believed
Congress would adjourn in May and
that then the members would return
to their homes, where some Of them
are badly needed. so that the people
may not be deprived of the services OF
some of the leaders whose guidance is
Of great value at this time"
Taking as his subject. THE Present
Challenge to Democracy" the Senator
said since its foundation democracy
had never been challenged as it is
today both in this country and abroad
people take it for granted that 1t is
an inheritance, like religion, but 1t
must be nurtured. not just by enact
ment of law nor by thought. mind and
aspirations 1t is the duty of those
who believe in democracy to fight
for it."
Tracing the history of the Demo-
cratic party from the days Of Jeffer-
son, he said it always has stood for
equal rights for all classes. He
eulogized the great figures in the
party and pointed out that, politically,
Roosevelt was the lineal descendent
of Woodrow Wilson, Jefferson and
jackson, and that the new deal was
an extension Of the new freedom OF
Woodrow Wilson and of the square
deal of Theodore Roosevelt. He said
there will be no American dictator as
long as the Government works with
the people and tries to guide and help
them.
The speaker was introduced by Mrs
Wilbur w. Hubbard. Besides Mrs. Hub
bard and Senator and Mrs. Barkley
those at the speakers table were Mr..
and Mrs. w. j. Price. Miss Charl O.
Williams, Mrs. Caroline Woodruff, Mrs
j. Brent Clarke, Mrs. Blair Banister
Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, Mrs. Loren
johnson, Mrs. John B. Gordon and
Miss Ellen Gowen Hood of Philadel-
phia.
Officers Elected.
In addition to Mrs. Hubbard. officers
selected we're: Mrs. Garland S. Fergu-
son, first vice president; Mrs. j. Brent
Clarke, second vice president; Mrs. Al
bert A. Jones, recording secretary; Mrs
Frederick w. Weigester. corresponding
secretary and Mrs. Frank S. Bright
treasurer Members of the Board OF
Governors elected were Mrs. Emily
Newell Blair. Mrs. John Allen Dough-
erty, Mrs. Edward B. Meigs, Mrs. Sam
uel Herrick, Mrs. Cordell Hull. Mrs
Loren johnson, Mrs. Charles Warren
and Mrs. Howard Moorhead.
Mrs. William Jennings Price. chair
man of the Election Committee, made
the report of the election at the close
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tives from the Scout organizations will
be present
Tea was served to the guests by Mrs.
Thomas J. Howerton and Mrs. Frank
A. Linzel.
The Senior Club OF the Girls
Friendly Society will meet at the Ma
tional Center, 1888 New Hampshire
avenue NV. tonight. Miss Mary
sensel Epiphany Branch, is president.
The annual hobby show and tea for
the diocese of Washington will be held
at the Epiphany Parish House, 1917 G.
street NV. Saturday from to 6
o'clock. Each branch will exhibit hob
bies OF the members.
A bingo party for the benefit of the
Holiday House will be given at the
home Of Mrs. E. l.. Whitney, 34l1
Oakwood terrace NV, Saturday at 8
pm.
Two composers, Miss Ida Hoyt
Chamberlain and DR.. Edwin Earle
Ferguson. will present examples OF
their own work. as we'll as that OF
standard composers, at the twilight
musicale for the d. c. Branch of the
National League of American Pen
Women at the Hotel Grafton Sunday
at 4:30 pm.
Miss Chamberlain Is the inventor
Of the "Ori- -Occident' system, through
which she has adapted Chinese music
for western instruments. She will
sing Chinese songs as well as Italian,
modern French and English songs.
DR.. Ferguson will play two of his own
compositions recently given in a radio
program Of Iowa composers.
The following pupils Of Miss Cham
berlain will assist in receiving and
ushering: Miss Gyneth Eagleson,
Miss Katherine Willis, Miss Isabelle
Foster and Robert Rands.
Chi Sigma Chi Fraternity will give
q dance Friday at the Jr. o. U. A. M.
Hall, 2407 Minnesota avenue Sc.
The Washington Chapter of the
Alumnae Of St. Mary's Academy,
Leonardtown, Md, will hold an open
house meeting tomorrow at $3.50 pm.
at the home Of the president, Mrs.
G. c. Ellis 81 Longfellow street NV,
for all former pupils Of the academy
In Washington. This meeting will
mark the first anniversary Of the Or
ganization Of the chapter. aFther
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Medal Given
Leader of
Music
Mrs. Townsend
Honored by
City of Halle.
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embassy staff assisted. and the guests
numbered between so and 80 and
included members of diplomatic and
resident society who are most active
in music, among whom were the
Austrian Minister and Nine Proch-
mix, the Czechoslovak Minister and
Nine. Hurban. the Yugoslav Minister
and Nine. Fotitch, Mrs. James Ham,
ilton Lewis, Mrs. Truxtun Beale, Mrs.
Mahlon Pitney and Mrs. Mathew
John Whittall. Mrs. Tracy DoWs ar
rived toward the close of the cere-
mony from meeting Of the COM
mittees starting the drive for the
endowment fund of the National
Symphony Orchestra. and also DR..
Hans Kinder, conductor Of the Or
chestra, who had been present for
the first gun" to be fired" in the
annual symphony drive.
Mrs. Sumner Welles.' wife of the
Undersecretary of State. and formerly
Miss Mathilde Townsend. a cousin Of
Mr.. Lawrence Townsend. who was
United States Minister to Portugal and
to Belgium, was late in arriving. She
explained that the delay was caused
by the congestion of traffic and she
was more than an hour driving from
Oxon Hill, Md. to the embassy Mrs.
Robert Woods Bliss, wife of the former
United States Ambassador to the Ar
gentine. arrived at the embassy from
the train, having returned from New
York in time for the ceremony of
presentation. Others at the party
yesterday were Mrs. Millard F. Tyd-
ings and her mother, Mrs Emlen
Davies: Mr.. Leander McCormick-G Good
hart and Mr. and Mrs. Harold H.
Sims of the British Embassy circle.
Mrs. Townsend, who has gained
most fame during the past IS years
for her annual series of morning musi-
Gales, already has arranged for her
series next year, her list of artists
containing many of the most famous
artists of the day. Although this
"Grande Dame" of music in society
circles works for her own morning
musicales. she is tireless in her efforts
for substantial and lasting founda-
ton for the National Symphony Or
chestra. She never misses an oppor-
tunity to plead for support of the
orchestra from the platform at her
musicales and even yesterday, when
she received the medal and accepted
1t. grsciously she turned to the guests
and made a plea for the orchestra
fund.
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that capacity, but stated II was not
until 1929. when the Classification
Act went into effect, that women had
the same rights as men to hold Gov
ernment positions.
1T is the aim Of the civil service
to appoint the highest type of per-
sonnet to serve the Government" she
said.
Solos and duets were sung by Miss
Marjorie Berger and Miss Elizabeth
Thrasher, with Mrs. Jewell Downs as
accompanist. Miss Mary Bourke, vice
president, presided in the absence Of
Mrs. Agnes Newman.
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sity will be held tomorrow evening in
the Continental room of the Ward
man Park Hotel. The committee is
composed Of Mr.. John Clipper, jr.,
chairman, and his assistants, Mr..
Alexis Rozvar. MIR. Kelly Shelton, Mr..
Reginald MARITIME, Mr.. Francis SIM
mons, Mr.. William McKinnell, Mr..
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George Blank, Mr.. Michael DAILY and
Mr.. Robert OConnell.
To complete the week end, ON
Saturday and Sunday the foreign
service fraternities, among which are
Delta Phi Epsilon and Delta Sigma Pi,
will hold open house" with q round
Of receptions and teas,
Evening star., 1938-02-24
Joppa Lodge Chapter
Annual Dance.

Joppa Lodge Chapter, No. q, Order
Of the Eastern Star, will hold its
annual dance and card party at Ward
man Park Hotel Saturday. Past Pa
tron Mr.. Harry Johnson is chairman.
Card playing will begin at o'clock
and dancing will be from 10 to /.
Evening star., 1938-08-18

allies, claims to hold the undiminished
loyalty Of many followers, boasts Of ac-
quaintance with President Roosevelt.
Also, he has not yet lost confidence In
himself. The whole crusade, he says,
is politics" He tells reporters that his
wife and children have not ceased to
believe that he is "all right" It is pos
sible that he may be acquitted.
But if the verdict be guilty, Mr.. Dewey
admittedly will have won a victory Of
great national significance. 1t may clear
his path to higher office. Theodore
Roosevelt travelled a similar road from
Police Commissioner of New York to the
presidency, Charles Evans Hughes rose
to eminence by his campaign against the
insurance trust and Charles S. Whitman
became Governor of New York as the
result Of his prosecution of Lieutenant
Charles Becker and his gunner.
The Hines trial, it seems, may make
history in more ways than one. 1t will
be fascinating to watch as it moves
toward its close.
Evening star., 1938-08-18
Parking Meters.

With the installation within a few
days Of more than 300 parking meters
in the downtown shopping district,
Washington motorists will be given their
first opportunity to pass on these much
discussed mechanical dispensers of pub
lie parking space. The opportunity was
thrust upon local car owners by the last
Congress over protests Of the American
Automobile Association and in the face
Of skepticism by some District officials.
The A. A. A. based its opposition on
the unsatisfactory experiences of a ma
jority of cities which have tried out the
slot machines and on court decisions
questioning legality Of the revenue
producing feature of the nickel consum-
ing contrivances Some courts are said
to have ruled that imposition of charge
for parking on a public street is an
improper exercise of police power for
taxing purposes. Business interests in
several cities claimed that the machines
hurt trade and many motorists resented
being assessed q special fee for using q
public space.
Advocates Of the plan have claimed the
Evening star., 1938-08-18
Soap-BOx Derby.

Norman Rocca, winner of The Star
American Legion Soap-Box Derby, was
"out of luck" in the finals at Akron Sum-
day and Robert Berger of Omaha won
the national and international prizes.
The Washington entrant was handi-
capped by having to change his wheels
to conform to a ruling on costs. He
did his best under the circumstances
and accepted his elimination with q
smile. His friends congratulate him on
the character of his sportsmanship.
They also salute his successful rival and
every other boy who participated in the
contest.
Victory, of course, is important; but
honest effort perhaps is nearly as useful
in the long run. A whole generation of
young people bravely struggling forward
is something to be glad about. Only a
few can attain the ultimate goal. The
majority, however, will be the wiser
and the happier for having competed.
1t is the verdict of history that progress
depends upon the whole human family,
not merely upon its leaders.
Evening star., 1938-08-18

machines will produce nearly three
quarters Of . million dollars revenue per
year for the Districts general fund, that
they will eliminate the parking hog"
and that enforcement Of parking regu-
lations will be simplined for police. All
this remains to be seen. The prospect
of so much revenue Is q nice one, OF
course, but the fairness Of the additional
nuisance tax" on motorists must be
taken into consideration. As for the
parking hog" there appears to be no
way of curing him of his staying powers
so long as his nickels hold out. Police
supervision will be required, of course.
to insure that parkeTs do not use more
than their nickels worth of time per
parking period. Az.
Little attention was given by Congress
to pro and con arguments, however,
the Senate approving the trial Of the
meters without taking the trouble to
discuss the matter at all. Under the
circumstances there is nothing the Dis
trict can do but proceed with the con-
gressional edict that the devices be tested
for year. Perhaps an actual .try-out
is better than hours Of debate, anyway.
Evening star., 1938-08-18
MIR. Allen STAYS.

The Presidents desire to retain Com
missioner Aliens services as Works
Progress Administrator for the District
after he leaves the post of Commissioner
is we'll understood. He and Mr.. Allen
have become fast friends personally, as
well as politically. Mr.. Aliens facility
for making friends, for himself as we'll as
for the District, has been one of the
high lights of his service as Commissioner.
The new arrangement should be Of ben
eft to the community and will certainly
simplify the task awaiting Mr.. Aliens
successor as Commissioner.
Now that Mr.. Aliens resignation from
the Board of Commissioners is definite
and finally accepted by the President,
to the Presidents regret as well as to
the regret of the Commissioners many
friends in Washington, the President
will be working for the best interests
of the city by making his selection of a
successor as soon as possible.
Washington needs the vigorous, active
services of three full-time Commission
ers. Commissioner Sultan is soon to
leave, with a record of extraordinarily
efficient service behind him. Commits
sioner Allen has been on leave for some
time. Commissioner Hazen has been
forced to bear the brunt of the routine
work at the District Building for sew
eral months. The President would IA
cilitate the work of the new Board of
Commissioners by Fastening his ap-
pointment of Mr.. Aliens successor, so
that the two new Commissioners may
become as familiar as possible with the
Districts new budget and other prob
lens in advance of the next session of
Congress.
The fact that Mr. Allen will remain
in Washington as Works Progress Ad-
ministrator after his resignation takes
effect September carries with it the
hope that he will be able to continue
to give his effective services to the cause
of national representation for the Dis
trict; cause which found in him a
champion and friend whom the Dis
trict would not willingly lose.
Evening star., 1938-08-18
Crop Laboratories.

The Department OF Agriculture has
announced the designation of four agri-
cultural research areas in which labora-
tories are to be established under the
new Farm Act. The laboratories, for
which s4,000000 was allotted, are to
make studies Of the products in each
area.
For decades the Department of Agri-
culture has done valuable work, on
national scale, in the sciences upon
which agriculture depends. The State
agricultural colleges and other institu-
tions have carried on similar work upon
more localized lines. The new labora-
tories will have the effect of combining
the best features Of both national and
local studies.
The laboratory for the Eastern area,
which includes Maryland and Virginia
will confine it's studies at first to to-
bacco, apples, potatoes, milk and vege-
tables.
The step is another toward the proper
solution of the farm problem. Crop
control benefits and the like help only
temporarily. Better results will come
when the farmer can devote his labor
to producing crops for which utilization
studies have demonstrated a demand,
and from which scientific work has elm
mated waste.
Evening star., 1938-08-18
PrepOsterOus Idea.
From the Hartford Times.


The average citizen can think of moth
ing more preposterous than that w. p.
A. workers who are members of unions
aflliated with the A. F. OF l.. should
threaten to strike because non-union
men are employed upon w. P. A. prof.
ects with them.
The idea that men who have no work
should not be given employment on
w. P. A. jobs because they are not
unionists simply is not tolerable.
W. P. A. work is not public construc-
ton in the common usage of the term.
It is made-work, devised primarily to
give earning capacity to those who are
without jobs. and who otherwise would
be obliged to accept straight charity
To apply union restrictions to employ
ment so given would be simply out OF
the question:
The A. F. of L. body has not shown
good judgment in threatening to call
union men out on strike under the con-
ditions. Fortunately few or no union
members appear to have left their work
in response to the threat. TO attempt
to force them out would be an under
taking to advance the union cause IN
wholly improper and impractical way
and would do it more harm than good.
Evening star., 1938-08-18
Hines Trial.

The trial of James J. Hines. Tammany
leader, Is something more than an Or
dinary proceeding. 1t involves number
OF persons already famous. The pre-
siding justice is Ferdinand Pecora,
celebrated for his skill as prosecutor
in the days before he reluctantly ac-
cepted elevation to the bench. Lloyd
Paul Stryker, a lawyer believed by his
friends to be among the best in the
business" captains the defense. Thomas
e. Dewey. in the role of District Attorney,
goes into court with a record of vic
tories unparalleled in recent years. The
jury is of the blue ribbon" variety,
both sides agreeing that the Importance
Of the case demanded panel of excep-
tional character
Policy racket operations by the late
Arthur Dutch Schultz Flegenheimer
brought about Hines indictment. 1t is
alleged that he was associated with
criminals who defrauded thousands Of
people of millions of dollars. Among
those who will testify against him is
J. Richard Dixie) Davis, "mouthpiece"
who has turned states evidence. Others
who might be in the dock with the
Tanmany chieftain have fled the coun-
try or have been wiped out" in gang
wars.
Whether or not Hines will be convicted
remains to be seen. He stin has powerful
Evening star., 1938-08-18
THIS AND THAT
B, CHARLES &. TRACEWELL.
II you 60 along In the suburban areas.
Ind see fancy pillows and upholstered

II you 60 along in the suburban areas,
and see fancy pillows and upholstered
furniture out in the sun on the lawn, you
may feel pretty sure that an effort Is
being made to rid them Of mildew.
Those great trees, pride OF all suburban
dwellers, are partly responsible, since
they draw up thousands OF gallons Of
water every day, and keep the air around
houses saturated.
Summing things which have been at
tackled by mildew seldom does much
good.
Prevention, here as elsewhere, is the
best cure, but how is one to prevent the
invasion of this parasitic fungi in such
q summer as this?
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Cloth and leather are favorite grounds
for attack.
Hence old shoes left in easements
suffer much from a white powdery form
OF mildew which covers them, and which,
If allowed to stay too long, is extremely
difdcult to remove.
Books In open cases often are severely
attacked, the invading fungi gathering
beneath the dust jackets"
Red and black covered books seem to
be chief hosts.
Mildew loves to settle on the backs
Of phonograph record albums, too.
The best "cure" is simply the gentle
application of q clean dry cloth.
Removal of the offending fungi must
be attended to at once, however, for If
too thick a coating is permitted to gather,
the removal Is not easy.
Sometimes the application of a very
weak solution Of oxalic acid is recon-
mended, but this should be applied only
as last resort to book and album backs,
and then the cloth barely dampened
with 1t.
The best way is to keep a watchful eye
on all articles which tend to attract the
fungi, and to keep them wiped clean.
Eternal vigilence, the price of liberty,
Is also the price Of mildew-free articles
in homes beneath great trees, especially
when the air is saturated with water as
it has been this summer.
Photograph records under no circum-
stances should be left in Easements.
Jackets should be kept on them at all
times, Of course; how this rule can be
violated by any one who has any ap-
probation whatever for the wonder of
recorded music is difficult to understand.
Yet nothing is more common than to
see stack OF records without wrappers,
grooves sliding and rasping against
grooves. This is no way to keep them.
The careful person who loves music,
and who. at the same time. is apprecia-
tive Of the wonder of his discs, will see
to it that records not in albums are kept
in paper covers at all times except when
In use.
So housed. few records will get mildew
upon them, even when it appears on the
outside of albums.
Evening star., 1938-08-18
House Of Lords and the
United States Senate.
BOLSHEVISMUs. Jr.


To the Editor Of The Star:
THE British Upper House House of
Lords) and the American Upper
House Omitted States Senate), Of course,
differ as to background. But they have
one thing in common. They are inclined
to hamper the will of the people as voiced
by the House and the Chief Executive.
The only thing that the President can
do about it is what he is doing right
now. He may indicate-at election time
to the voters whom he would like to
do business with. In England they do
1t differently.
In 1720. due to the attitude Of the
Lords, all public affairs practically came
to standstill. Then King George I, on
the advice of the House Of Commons,
created new peers Of the Houses way Of
thinking. Their votes weighted the
scales in favor Of the planned new leg
islation. The King (only five years out
Of Germany, no doubt did not know
what it was all about. His English was
confined to Eyes and no." But, anyway,
he did what he was told to do by the
people, in Parliament assembled. He
said Eyes"
Same in 1880. Important laws were
sidestepped by the recalcitrant Lords.
Among the most hard-boiled was the
great Duke of Wellington. In peace and
war the old gentleman was always
"die- hard" Riots started all over Lon
don, and the Duke had his windows
smashed for his pains. Then the King.
(W1lham Iv) parked" the Incds once