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Evening star., 1939-11-19

She consults her list. rs Mrs.
Blank home? I'd like to talk to
her about it."
mo, she's not" The door slams
shut.
Don't Go Alone"
Her next stop is suite she has
visited before. Last time the prospect
was i'll and the nurse said she'd
talk to her about it.
I'm from the Community Chest"
she begins. II came before, but you
were ILL.,"
why, I've already sent in my
check. Come in and III show you
the check Stub"
That's that.
Into the elevator again and down
another corridor. The occupant of
the apartment gave IS last year
and there's pledge card for him.
She glances at the notation on it.
DO not 60 alone" it reads.
She taps gently on the door. Then
she rings and rings again. No
answer.
Next stop. my husband brought
home little red feather from the
Office last night"
Two more rides in the elevator.
Two more hikes down corridors.
Two more empty apartments. The
second Is particularly disappointing.
The pledge card reveals the apart
ment occupant gave 500 last year.
That 500 would have helped, but
she must come back again.
Courtesy.
At the next stop she is invited to
sit down for the first time. Her
back is beginning to ache and her
shoes are getting tight.
The young wife explains, I'VE
just moved here from New York.
l was always a volunteer for the
Chest up there, and when I knew
couldn't be this year, gave them
as much as I could to make up for
1T. But I want to help. Would $40
be acceptable?"
Would it?
Across town again and this solici-
tor is housewife. She, too, has put
In a hard days work, in her home,
She had to get dinner for her hus-
band and children before she start
ed out, and now 1t is dark. She
wishes fieetingly for q hashlight as
she trips over a bicycle lying in
front OF some steps.
She has gotten the names of the
people who live in the long row
of houses. Only one of them has
ever given before; the rest are new
Evening star., 1939-11-19
By MIRIAM oTTENBERG.

When you've got 100000 to
raise, $41 may seem like nothing to
talk about at all. 1t may. But this
is the story Of that s4l.
Let's begin in large downtown
ONCE building. The solicitor for the
Community Chest Is young busi-
nessman. He has plenty Of work
on the desk at his office,' but it'll
have to wait.
Being in the Metropolitan Unit,
this young mans job is to solicit
funds from Offices with is or less
employees. The Group Solicitation
Unit takes care Of the larger ofices.
A list of prospective contributors
In hand, he starts out. He akeady
has made the rounds once, Just to
leave pledge cards and persuade Of
flee boys and secretaries to talk to
their bosses about the Chest. He
rarely gets in to see the boss him.
self.
In the first Office the secretary
hardly glances around.
"Everybody's out duck hunting, "
she says You'll have to come back
some other time"
What about your card?" he per-
sists. You'd like to give, wouldn't t
you?"
We'll, I have to talk to my hus-
band. He goes to school nights, and
he never gets home till late"
He elicits a promise that she will
talk to her husband, that she will
get her duck-hunting bosses to sign
the cards when they come back.
The Office Boys, Too.
-Four doors down the corridor he
enters another office. The sole oc-
cupants are two ONCE boys. One is
confiding to the other the adven-
lures of the night before. They're
annoyed at the interruption.
The boss isn't here" the solic-
itor is informed impatiently.
Did you give him the pledge
card?"
Nav, I forgot"
The office boy wants to get back
to his story. He hastily promises
to remember the card, refuses to give
anything himself and resumes his
story before the solicitor is out the
door.
Evening star., 1939-11-19

here to help others who are up
against . few things themselves.
And then, when the block Is almost
exhausted, when only . single house
remains to visited, the worker
gets a IS pledge.
The mother talks in q low tone be-
cause her son is doing his home
work, but she's glad to see the work.
er, anxious to hear how the cam
paign is going.
She signs the pledge card. MY
husband contributes at his ONCE, !"
she explains, but I want to help q
little, too"
In those four hours, the Metro
politan Unit, through these three
solicitors, has gotten $41. Dis
couraging? Frequently.
Today the workers will start again
Evening star., 1939-11-19
Chest
Continued From First Page }

32.73 per cent for Suburban and
32.5l per cent for Capital Unit.
Gen. Frank T. Hines, Govern
ment Unit chairman, said he be-
lieved a larger average gift from
Government workers, reinforced by
complete coverage, would result in
success for his unit.
Metropolitan Unit Chairman w.
w. Wheeler, in a message 70 his So
licitors, stressed the need to reach
every possible giver, past, present
or future.
"You went out determined to work
through Saturday and Sunday, CIV
ing up your own leisure time for
the sake of human needs to be met"
he said. Il ask you to keep on with
that spirit, not alone through to-
day, tomorrow and the next, but
until we can say to this city that
Evening star., 1939-11-19

L. Chamberlain reminded workers
and givers in the suburban areas
that artificial boundaries do not
exist in the common needs of the
sick and unfortunate who must rely
on the generosity Of glvers through
the Washington Community Chest"
Let us prove that we care enough
to share to the fullest extent and
meet the goal that we have set as
our responsibility for the needs of
our neighbors," he said.
Nothing Less Than Success.
Nothing less than success will be
tolerated in the Capital Unit, Nathan
A. Dobbins, chairman, declared.
I'VE are combining in a steady ef-
fort to make our quota, and we will
not let up until we have finished
our task"
Ten members of the WASHINGTON
Evening star., 1939-11-19

the workers In our unit have made
one hundred per cent Of their goal"
Dulcan Exhorts Workers.
Charles B. Dulcan, ST, chairman
Of the group unit, underlined the
meaning OF the campaign slogan
"Give-and Be Thankful You Can" /"
I'VE have the privilege here in the
Nations Capital of our great de-
mocracy Of giving voluntarily for
the sake OF our less fortunate neigh
bors," he said. Nothing forces us
except our charity and our sense
Of social decency.
This is the year, of all years,
when those Of us who fortunately
have, something to share can prove
ts our actions that with all our
hearts we believe in and will sup
port the American way"
Suburban Unit Chairman Donal
Evening star., 1939-11-19

The secretary in the next office
signs. Il just have too many troubles
Of my own"
The young man reminds her
gently that perhaps others in
Washington have more serious
troubles, such as being without food
or medical care or even a roof over
their head.
She mods thoughtfully and sighs
again. We'll, come back. I'll see"
The others in the ONCE are still
thinking about it," so the solicitor
goes on.
Small miracle. In the next office
a $25 check Is waiting for him. The
stenographer smiles. That's from
the boss" she says. "I can't give
that much. but If you'll come back
tomorrow, I'll try to have something
for you"
Three more calls. IT have q friend
In my apartment building that's
collecting. I'm going to give mine
to her" The boss says to tell you
he's giving In his own community"
IVY AHOulCl dIlu dIS $lVlIlK one
gift and she's taking care of it."
At the end of an hour, the young
solicitor has collected that one gift,
$25.
No Easier Here.
Now we head for the residential
section, fashionable hotel apart
ment. The solicitor is an attractive
young woman. Despite full days
work in downtown ofiice, she looks
as though she'd just left a beauty
parlor. If she's at all tired, she
doesn't show it.
She is member of the night
crew. Other volunteers try to see
prospective contributors in the day.
time. But even so, doorbells fire.
quently ring on empty apartments.
You try coming in the morning
and there's nobody home. So then
you think Sunday would be a good
time Rlt M Thon WI, tr1, div
Evening star., 1939-11-19

Alumnae Club Of Alpha Gamma
Delta are banded together In what
they believe is the only "all-frater-
nifty" team of volunteer solicitors in
the city-wide forces Of the Metro
politan Unit.
They are carrying on their So
liciting activities in one Of the down
town divisions under the leadership
OF John B. Cleland, jr., in the Metro
politan Unit area 7-B, which Is
chairmaned by w. Herbert Gill.
Captained by Mrs. Clinton H. sigel,
the team members consist Of Mrs. C..
M. Jansky, first grand vice presi-
dent OF the fraternity; Mrs. Benton
Stahi, Mrs. Montague eastman, Mrs.
Lloyd Sykes, Mrs. Lytton Boyle, Mrs.
j. H. Nelson, Mrs. Wesley ,sauter,
Mrs. p. j. Hennessey and Mrs. Agnes
Fickburn,
Evening star., 1939-11-19
Three Persons and $47 i.
Doors May Be Slammed in Their Foces,
But Not in Every Case

ner time and there's still nobody
there. It's fascinating"
She stops at the hotel desk to ask
about a contributor who is no longer
registered. The clerk gives her the
forwarding address, another hotel
apartment. She will have to pay
the contributor a visit.
Four floors up and down an end
less corridor. She knocks gently.
The door is opened an inch, maybe
2 inches.
I'm from the Community Chest"
she says, and grunt comes from
the other side Of the door.
Evening star., 1939-11-19

She is invited in at the next house
Wait till I get my shoes on" says
the housewife. The worker sits
down and waits. Her shoes on, the
housewife must pause to complain
to her husband about the plumbing.
Time is passing, but the worker
must wait. In the end she is told
long tale of troubles, punctuated
by You can see what I'm UP
against" No money to be gotten
Evening star., 1939-11-19
BY HOWARD w. BLAKESLEE,
Associated Press Science Editor.

Mohammed is derived from
hand" meaning praise" and
means 'the praised"
Evening star., 1939-05-23
Test Play Is Keen as Vets Fail
To Rate Entry in Cards Led
By Tennesseun With 1872

will be with him in that group who
won exemption from the sectional
play by finishing In the low 80 at
Cherry Hills last summer.
There still considerable doubt as
to who will represent several West
ern qualifying sites. At San Fran
cisco. Los Angeles, Tulsa and Min
neapolis the low scorers all said they
wouldn't be able to make the long
trip East, and it wasn't definitely
settled which alternates could 60.
AS usual, the famous failures
veteran stars who failed to make
the grade-shared much of the in
terest with those who were success
full. Among those who missed out
were former Champions Walter Ha-
gen and Chick Evans, slugging Jim
my Thompson, Joe Kirkwood, AL
Watrous and John (the Mysterious
Montague, who finally picked up on
the last green after first-round 81.
On the other hand, there were a
couple of players who really served
notice they meant business. Sam
Snead, for example, had the days
second-best single round, a 65, for
a 139 total, and Clayton Heafner,
the young Charlotte, N. c., pro,
carded 66-71-137.
Evening star., 1939-05-23
Bigger Handicap Gets
Werntz Pin Trophy
Over TuggIe

Six more franked pins today had
given w. H. Werntz, veteran Pen
talpha bowler, the property of the
Shah Trophy over Carl Tuggle OF
Hiram Lodge, for which field of
So Masonic League bowlers COM
peted in the annual tournament at
Convention Hall last night.
Both pinmen rolled $50 from
scratch, but Werntz with a 24-pin
handicap totaled 384 to Tuggle's 37S,
as the latter received only l8 sticks.
Ed Cleary of the pennant-winning
Whiting team was third with
scratch score of 374. 1t was the sec
ond time WerntZ had won the covet-
ed trophy of which l. Shah of the
Albert Pike team is the donor.
At the annual election of officers
Carl Stoner of Singleton Lodge was
chosen president of the 32-club Ma
sonic League to succeed Paul Moore
of the Petworth Lodge. Paul Hart
of Whiting Lodge was named vice
president, stepping in the post va
Gated by Stoner. Arville EberSole Of
Albert Pike was renamed secretary
treasurer, and Ray Cross of Hope
Lodge will serve his 14th term as
scorer.
Thursday night the entire league
membership has been invited to at
tend the presentation Of the cham
pionship cup to the Whiting team
at Masonic Temple, Wisconsin ave-
nue. and M street NV.
Evening star., 1939-05-23
Pass to Pool Is Prize
For SWIMMING Essuy

If you like swimming and have
the time and flair for short-essay
writing you can win season pass
to the Welfare and Recreational
Association pools this summer, it
was announced today. Merely sit
down and in $50 words say some
thing nice about swimming and
why you like it and mail it to the
association Offices at 1135 Twenty
first street NV.
Competition will be divided among
fifth and sixth grade pupils, junior
high and senior high students, Gov
ernment employees and plain, ordi-
nary citizens. Writers of the two
best essays in each class will re-
ceive season pass to the pools.
Five single admission tickets also
will be awarded 10 persons win
ming honorable mention. Entries
must be postmarked not later than
midnight June i.
Evening star., 1939-05-23
Golf Marvel Of Years
Is Seen in Bruen,
Irish Lad, 19
Sincerely Believes Come
Easy, Makes Coddy ITS
Yards Away Duck
BY SCOTTY RESTON,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

HOYLAKE, England, May 23-
Here is l9-year-old Jim Bruen of
County Cork standing on the Hoy
lake practice tee cracking out drives
and making his caddy duck 275 yards
away. Henry Cotton is standing
back of him shaking his head.
miraculous" says elegant Henry.
You'd better tell them in America
all about this boy"
Cotton's theory is that once in
every generation Britain or the
United States produces one golfer
who sincerely believes that golf is
an easy game, and Cotton's nomi-
nation for now is Bruen.
This is the same Bruen, who, last
year, at l8, played No. l for the
British Walker Cup team and car
ried Charley Yates, the British anna
teur champion, to the 35th green
before going down. Since then re-
markable things have happened.
Hopes to Win British Open.
The boy who last year at St. An
dreWs weighed 189 now weighs 1854
He has dieted and exercised away
25 pounds and he's hitting the ball
about 20 yards farther. He also has
completely changed his grip, and
despite these facts he arrived here
a week ago and played this course
the longest in England-fve times
in II under par.
Bruen is a remarkable combina-
ton of cockiness and artlessness.
asked him today what he
thought his chances were of win
ming the amateur this week.
I'm hoping more to win the open
at St. Andrews" he replied Yet
there was no bravado about this re-
mark. He probably believes it, and
there are a lot of critics around
here who give him a good chance
to win both.
Gets True Test Today.
Bruel still has wide loop in his
swing, but like Paul Runyan he
manages to control it perfectly
From the top of the swing to the
finish he is perfect. This swing gives
the illusion that he is just about to
drive the ball away out to the right,
and occasionally one will get away
from him. but most of the time
he's dividing the fairway.
The test of his game came this
morning, when he met Leonard
Crawley, England's finest swinger
and one of the country's true vet
Grams. Despite Crawley's advan-
tages, Bruen was a 2-to-1 favorite.
Evening star., 1939-05-23
Expects to Beot Golento
In Two Rounds.

Another thing about Joe is this.
He keeps relaxed all the time. Moth
ing ever bothers him. AS you know
he don't talk much. Hardly at all,
unless you ask him questions. He
never gets worked up in any argu-
ment and he never gets excited about
anything.
Il don't believe he has any nerves.
He wants to be champion, if he can,
longer than anyone else ever held
the title. He wants to keep fighting
and he doesn't want anyone to think
he's picking out the soft ones. I
happen to know he wishes the
heavyweight crop was better He's
taking on anyone they give him, the
best there is
How does Joe feel about Ga
lento?" asked
Il asked him that one the other
night. He figures it can't go more
than two rounds. If he don't get
me in two rounds Joe said I ought
to get him. And I don't think he's
going to get me
Evening star., 1939-05-23

Brownell Not Bad.
So Witty Cox. Al Houghton, Leo
Walper and Frank Cunningham
among the pros, will run up to
SleepytoWn on the Schuylkill a few
days hence to play in the big show.
We've had lot of sectional rounds
for the open championship, but
never have we had finer bunch of
pro shotmakers than these repre-
senting Washington.
Nor have we ever had a bette.
amateur representing the town than
Bobby Brownell. And do we re-
member correctly when we tell you
that Bobby has played four COM
petitive medal rounds over the Con-
gressional course in 288? Including
the amateur championship sectional
last fall That boy is quite golfer
He happens to be better than ever
this year.
Maybe you noticed that Washing
ton got five of the seven places.
Or would that be a little too much
tub-thumping for the local lads
NAiiN NAd you dloO llOblCc llldI bdllt-
mores boys were led by an amateur.
who happens to be the Middle
Atlantic champ? That Otto Creme.
can play golf himself. He'll be
the man to lick at Chevy Chase
next month, when the Mid Atlantic
championship comes up again.
Big Battle in Baltimore.
Over at Baltimores Five Farms
course next Sunday the semi-final
round in the Maryland State best
ball championship finds Earl Nc
Aleer and Louis Fuchs of Congress
sional playing against Spencer
Overton and Erford Barnes of Rol, i.
ing Road; and Claude Rippy anc
Jock Olmsted of Indian Spring
meeting Ernie Caldwell and Gene
Bruning.
The dope, or so get it. has Rippy
and Olmsted to win, and Fuchs a d
McAleer to lose But it can turn
out that both Washington teams
win and clash in the final round at
Manor.
Golf is too tough a game to dope
it correctly all the time. Even Fred
Mcleod. who won the national open
long before Sam Snead was born
took 7 shots on a par-3 hole. How?
Simply by hitting a golf bag and
Evening star., 1939-05-23
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TODAY.
Baseball.

Baseball.
Chicago at Washington, 3:l5.
George Washington Frosh at
Georgetown Frosh, 3.
Central at Western, Wilson at
Roosevelt, interhigh series, $50.
Tennis.
The Stars City of Washington
Tournament for women, Army
Navy Country Club. 1914.
TOMORROW.
Baseball.
st. Louis at Washington, 3:l5.
Anacostia at Montgomery
Blair, 315.
Tennis.
The Stars City of Washington
Tournament for women, Army
Navy Country Club, 1914.
Catholic U. at Georgetown, 3.
THURSDAY.
Baseball.
st. Louis at Washington, 3.15.
Western at Washington-Lee,
$50.
Track.
Interhigh meet, Central Sta
dium, $3.50.
Tennis.
The Stars City of Washington
Tournament for women, Army
Navy Country Club, 10-4.
FRIDAY.
Baseball.
Washington at Boston. 2.
Georgetown at Temple. ..
Anacostia VS.. Tech, at Eastern,
$50.
Bethesda Chevy Chase at
Washington-Lee, $3.50.
Tennis.
The Stars City of Washington
Tournament for women, Army
Navy Country Club, 1914.
st. Johns. at Gonzaga, $3.50.
Track.
Interhigh meet, Central Sta
dium, $3.50.
Georgetown in intercollegiate
championships, New York.
SATURDAY.
Baseball.
Washington at Boston, 2.
Georgetown at Lafayette.
Wilson Teachers at Blue Ridge.
Tennis.
The Stars City of Washington
Tournament for Juniors and boys,
Columbia Country Club, 81.
The Stars City of Washington
Tournament for women, semi
final matches, Navy Country
Club, 2:30.
Track.
Georgetown in intercollegiate
championships, New York.
La Sale at Catholic U.
Evening star., 1939-05-23
The
SPORTLIGHT
Poor Heavyweight Crop
Makes Louis Sad
BY GRANTLAND RICE,
Special Correspondent of The Star.

HEADING EAST, May % (NAN
Alone of the best known of the
Red Caps he also was a friend of
Joe Louis and had eaten and spent
the evening with the Bomber only a
few nights ago.
So this seemed to be good spot to
pick up few more details about
Joe's simple habits of life.
I'm the first place" Joes pal told
me, Joe amt so much of a chicken
eater. He likes chicken, but his pet
pick is a big steak or roast beef
You'd have to call him beef eater
Many vegetables?" I asked
mot much for vegetables the R.
c. said. "Beef's on top"
How does fellow who is supposed
to eat and sleep so much keep his
weight DOWN." I said.
In the first place" he answered,
Joe doesn't overeat and sleep won t
hurt anybody. In the second, Joe
keeps himself in good condition all
the time. He won't take any chance
of getting fat. He knows what that
would mean. He leads about as SIM
pie and as clean a life as any one
you ever saw and he takes a lot of
exercise.
Evening star., 1939-05-23
20 Years Aqo
In The Star

washington again succumbed
to its St. Louis jinX. blowing a 40
lead in bowling, ga. Fosters er-
ror on Gerber's double-p play
grounder with two out paved the
way for the Browns winning
rally in the ninth.
A big intercity duckpin tourna-
ment is being planned at Recre-
alton alleys. Prizes totaling
$1,000 will be distributed.
Nick Altrock has recommended
Pitcher Wilkerson of Columbus
for trial with the Mats. Nick
says the boy needs to learn to ac-
quire only a change of pace to
make the grade.
With Davis and Owens WIN
ming over Doyle and Morrow in
three sets. Commerce defeated
Interstate in a Departmental
Tennis League match.
Ike" Lloyd famed 10 and all
lowed only four hits as St. Eliza
beth's turned back Congress
Heights. Al.
Schafer defeated Lansche in a
mound dual as War Risk won
over Agriculture. 81, in the De-
partmental League.
Evening star., 1939-05-23
Fair Chance 10 Hold
School Golf Meet
Seen By Emmett
Georgetown Prep Course
Available; DeodIine for
Public Tourney June 26

Schoolboy golfers of Washington
with the Dawes Cup tucked away
In the trophy case at Roosevelt
High School. are not altogether
without hope that the individual in
terscholastic championship may be
revived this year.
Frank X Emmett, spark plug of
schoolboy golf for many seasons
feels that the District Golf Asso-
citation may take the affair in charge
and renew the schoolboy tournament
He talked a couple of days ago with
Dallas McGrew, president of the Dis
trlct Golf Association, and was as
sured that the District fathers of
the game will give the schoolboys
every encouragement for an indi-
vidual title tourney, to the point
where, If necessary, they may play
1t again over the Georgetown Prep
School course. where Buddy Sharkey
won last year.
II 1t isn't played-and every pros
pect points to the fact that it will
be played again this year-most of
the blame will fall on the school,
boys themselves. They haven't been
too keen about it, although they
should be.
Month to Publinks Deadline.
Public links golfers of Washing
ton have only a little more than a
month to insure their entries in the
national public links title tourney
to be played on Washingtons door
step, so to speak The tournament
will be staged over the Mount Pleas
ant course in Baltimore. starting
July "a, and the local lads have been
notified that the deadline for entries
will be June 26.
Qualifying rounds will be played
at Mount Pleasant on June 80 and
July l, which means that for the
first time in local links history the
Washington hopefuls will have to
travel to Baltimore for their medal
rounds.
But the main rub comes in the
city public links title tourney. For
years the boys have qualified for
the national and settled their city
title at the same time. But this year
the solons of the United States Golf
Association decided to put all their
eggs in one basket and play the
sectional qualifying rounds at some
thing more than 80 spots through
out the land.
Not Apt to Aid Baltimore.
All of which means that Wash
ington, not being one of these spots
will send its boys over to Baltimore
The funny part of 1t all is that
the Washington public linksmen
probably are lot better than the
boys who play the pay-as-you- play
courses in Baltimore-and can and
probably will grab most of the places
open in Maryland.
Which might be terrific pain to
the Baltimoreans. If our neighboring
town doesn't land two or three
places, it won't look too good.