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Evening star., 1939-11-26
Knights Of Pythios
Nomination of officers will be hel

Nomination of officers will be held
this week as follows: Monday,
Calanthe; Tuesday, Webster, We'd
nesday, Franklin, Friendship Tenn
pie and Union; Friday, Rathbone
Temple. Meetings scheduled for
Thursday are omitted.
Grand Chancellor Charles E. Stoll
installed the following officers in
Webster Lodge: James F. Eisman,
prelate; c. D. Gibbs, master at
arms, and William Bennett, inner
guard. This lodge will award a prize
annually the most outstanding men,
ber for the year. E. Richmond OF
Massachusetts, spoke.
The Knights of Pythias' Civic AS
sociation will meet at the Pythiar
Temple Tuesday night. The Com
mittee on Safety Traffic Regulations
will make their final report, also the
Committee on Un-American Activi.
ties will make report.
At Rathbone Temple, Pythiar
Sisters, Mrs. Olga Baum was the
recipient of a baby shower, giver
her by members of the temple, az
chairman. Nomination of officer.
was made, with the election
next Friday night. Refreshments
were served. c. j. Fishel, most ex.
cellent chief of Independence Tenn
pie, Warren, Ohio, spoke.
Friendship Temple, Pythian Sis
ters, will elect officers December 8
Syracusians Lodge will elect off,
GERS December is. Mrs. E. Richmond
of Massachusetts, spoke at the last
meeting. The Entertainment Com
mittee are preparing elaborate
plans for the final visitation Of the
grand chancellor, which will be held
early in December.
Calanthe Lodge will confer the
Evening star., 1939-11-26
National Union

President Harry Selinger presided
at the meeting of Congressional
Council. William j. Carey spoke
on the membership campaign and
Clarence NJ Mitchell reported on
the proceedings of the Executive
Board and the Hospital Service As
sociation. An appropriation was
made for the supplying of baskets
of groceries, ETC., for INDECENT men,
bers at the December 20 meeting.
Deputy Calvin S. Orth reported
% new members for United Council
at their meeting in Pythian Temple.
The deputy is leading all other
councils in securing candidates for
the class ceremonial to be held in
Northeast Masonic Temple on Janu-
ary 16. Vice Chairman Samuel
Trupp of the Executive Board spoke
on the preparations for the joint
installation of all officers of the six
councils in January. John r. Dick
man is candidate for Senator to
fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Senator William j. OBrien.
Evening star., 1939-11-26
RoyoI Arconum

A delegation of 81 members ac-
companied the bowling team to Bal
timore last Sunday which defeated
the Baltimore councils.
Past Supreme Regent Milton A.
Wilmett of New York was in WASH
ington yesterday for a conference
with the grand regent and A. J.
Horn, president of the Boosters
Club. Plans were completed for a
Grand Council meeting early in De-
cember and joint meeting with
Baltimore in January followed by q
Booster Club dance.
Council meetings in December are:
Oriental, December 6 and 90; Mu-
nicipal, December 13 and 81; Dis
trict, December IA and %; Capital,
December Z and 81; Kismet, Decem-
ber, Is and 20. The Loyal Ladies of
the Royal Arcanum meet December
and 10 at 1015 l. street NV.
Royal Arcanum charter day will be
celebrated by each council at its first
stated meeting.
Evening star., 1939-11-26
Sons and Daughters
Of Liberty

Washington Council, No. 3, met
with Councillor Mrs. Mary E. Nichols
presiding. Final arrangements for
the State Council dinner we're COM
pleted. A large official flag of the
District of Columbia was presented
to the council jointly by Mrs. Sue
Mahaffie and Mrs. Carrie Anderson.
The speakers included Associate
State Recording Secretary Mrs
Floda M. Reagan, Deputy State
Councillor Mrs. Sue Mehafie, Past
Councillors Mrs. Carrie Anderson and
C. T. Smith. A meeting will be held
tomorrow night at 935 G place NV.
when the entertainment will include
a motion picture. There will be
nomination Of officers.
Evening star., 1939-11-26

PRESIDENT Miss Rose E.
Moore, a charter member OF
st. AIMS Auxiliary, Knights OF
st. John, who has just been
reelected for her twentieth
term to head the organization
and will preside at the 41st
anniversary on November 80
at st. Peters Hall at 8 pm.
Other charter members are
Mrs. Elizabeth Deakins, Mrs.
Joanna Smith and Miss Ida
n1ullhall.
The annual memorial mass
will be celebrated today at 8
am. at st. AIMS altar at the
National Shrine Of the I'M
maculate Conception.
0far Sfo ff phofn
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esquire rank on five candidates to-
morrow in Pythian Temple at pm.
Webster Lodge will sponsor a card
party at Pythian Temple December
IL at 8 pm. Refreshments will be
served.
Evening star., 1939-11-26

1ellelll SIidpGcI. dllllOuIlCeS lIllUld-
tory work on Tuesday evening. The
Officers Club entertained the ma
tron and patron, James E. Clements,
at banquet at Mrs. KS Toll House
Tavern on November 10. They were
recipients of many gifts.
Mary E. Beahm, matron of Mir
lam Chapter, announces the chap
ter will have charge of the religious
services today at pm: at the Ma
sonic and Eastern Star Home.
The chapter will have a business
meeting tomorrow night followed
by entertainment. The Star Point
Society met last Thursday night at
the home of Ella Hunt.
The Auxiliary Home Board of
Bethany chapter will have a lunch
con tomorrow at noon at the Earle
Restaurant before going to the Ma
sonic Temple for the General Home
Board meeting at 1:30
The Bethany Social Boosters will
have a Christmas party on Decem-
ber at the home of Bertha Stark,
1346 South Carolina avenue S.E.
The 1896 Association of Past Ma
irons and Past Patrons will hold
its annual Christmas party at
Holbrook Dairy, Brentwood, Nd, on
December 9. Dinner at pm, after
which election of officers. Mr..
Prawde will show the field day pic
lures of 1886 and some of the asso-
citation pictures of that year. Santa
Claus will present gifts. Dancing,
cards and Chinese checkers. Presi-
dent Grace Chapman requests
you bring the family or a friend.
Call Georgia 2243 or Emerson 6293.
BrightWood Chapter will hold a
card party December 2 at the home
Of M. Moore, 1882 Eighth street NV.
The 1882 Officers Club will meet
November 80 at the home of Dee
Cochran, $40 Ingraham street NV,
g pm.
The Home Board will entertain
the Sewing Club at the Masonic and
Eastern Star Home on December
13, l pm. Those who desire to go
call Georgia 2243. The next chapter
meeting will be December IA for
election of officers and vote on
amendments to bylaws. Matron M.
Helff will preside.
Lebanon Chapter will have grand
visitation on Tuesday evening. The
grand matron is holding her last
visitation in her own chapted. After
ward buffet supper will be served
in the new temple property at 26OC
Sixteenth street NV. All men,
bers of the order are invited.
Treaty Oak Chapter will meet to-
morrow evening. The degrees will
be conferred on three candidates.
The General Fund Committee will
hold card party Wednesday eve.
ming at the home of vi Hodson, Sis
Connecticut avenue NV.
All Acorns are asked to be present
at the meeting Friday evening at
the home of Clara Reynolds, 4524
Chesapeake street NV.
The Endowment Committee OF
Brookland Chapter, will meet or
Tuesday, 1890 pm, at the home
of Mrs. Grace Hiscox for a covered
dish party.
The Auxiliary Home Board will
meet tomorrow at noon at the S. ane
w. for lunch, and then attend the
General Home Board meeting al
1870 pm.
Martha Chapter will meet Decem'
ber !. Officers will be elected.
Mrs. Elsie Douglas, matron Of Ga
vel Chapter, welcomed the officers
of the Grand Chapter on the annua
grand visitation on Tuesday even
ing. Other guests included: Mrs
Minnie E. Keyes, right worthy grand
secretary, and Mrs. Flora Campbell
right worthy grand treasurer of thu
General Grand Chapter; Past Grant
Evening star., 1939-11-26

Mrs. Elsie Douglas, matron of Ga
vel Chapter, welcomed the officers
of the Grand Chapter on the annual
grand visitation on Tuesday even
ing. Other guests included: Mrs.
Minnie E. Keyes, right worthy grand
secretary, and Mrs. Flora Campbell,
right worthy grand treasurer of the
General Grand Chapter; Past Grand
Evening star., 1939-11-26

PetWorth Lodge Fellowcraft Club
held an oyster roast at the home of
Mr.. Blankenship, Suitland, Md.
Evening star., 1939-11-26

Master Pryor E. Hefner of Fed
eral Lodge announces a special
communication December 2. The
M. M. degree will be conferred.
Fredericksburg Lodge and Rich
mond Lodge will pay a joint fra
ternal visit.
Montana labor news., 1939-12-21
White House Maintains
Traditions I30 Years Old

WASHINGTON. - Santa Claus
makes his 10th visit to the White
House this Christmas, carrying on a
tradition started December rs, 1900,
when Kris Kringle called on little
Savannah, granddaughter of Presi-
dent John Adams from Massachu-
sets.
The White House in those days
was in an unfinished state and the
great barnlike rooms we're only
scantily furnished, providing a great
contrast to the beautifully appointed
mansion of today. Yet the same
joyous spirit prevailed on that
Christmas morning, more than a
century and a quarter ago, as that
found in the White House this Yule-
tide.
From early years of our country,
Presidents have set aside the heavy
burden of state and made merry
Christmas day with their families.
Montana labor news., 1939-12-21

BOSTON. - (FP) - The Vermont
Marble Co., whose Rutland quarries
were the scene of a bitter 8R-month
srtike from November 1885 to July
1886, has finally agreed to disestab-
lish its company union, to reinstate
35 strikers who were not rehired
and to place l6 others on a pref
erential hiring list. The settlement
was reached at NLRB conferences.
Montana labor news., 1939-12-21
DRAMA SOLVES PROBLEM OF
GET-RICH-QUICK COUPLE

Problems in the lives of a young couple
who suddenly nave good fortune thrust
upon them after years of struggle to make
a Divorce drama, Sunday, December "a,
at 2 p. m. over KGIR. Instead of bring
Ing. peace n contentment, their good
luck turns into a series of m~isfortunes
during which the wife's loyalty to her
husband in an emergency is the sole
means of holding the family together.
Rita Weiman is the author.
Montana labor news., 1939-12-21
Virginia
Still Has Faith
In Santa Claus

"Ys,, Virginia. there Is 9 Santa Claus.
He exists az certainly as love and gener-
osity and depotion exist. and you knoie
that they abound and give to life its high
est beauty and JOY"
Greenbelt cooperator., 1939-06-15
Players Present Room Service"
This Tuesday and Wednesday

Greenbe1t's own Community Theater manned by the
Greenbelt Players all set for the presentation
the 1augh-provohng, RoOM SERVICE the evenings Of
June 20 and 81. This Is the fifth Of tho groups ef-
forts and It is r7mored to be the ver best Of them
all. Minor changes have been completed the cast
greatly improved by the addition Of "Bing" Nj ller
and Bert G. Delma, Jr. The latter is a to
the group but Miller is established trouper.
Sunday afternoon has been set aside for the dress
rehearsal end Will mark the end Of two the
hardest kind Of work BY practically every member Of
the Players. They have worked extra hard to make
ROOM 0EV1c cE success because it Will be their last
show until the opening Of the fall some time
in September October.
Two more off GERS appointed to the Executive
Committee to fill vacancies created by expirato Of
the terms Of Office They are. Lymann Woodman, Pub
licity and Margaret Miller, Program chair rman. The
staff is complete and assembled last Thursday to
plan the program for the coming year. Their most
1mportant step will be the inmedi ate launching Of
membership drive for moro thespian enthusi asts.
Anyone is eligible and welcome to in the
new and greater Greabelt Players.
Greenbelt cooperator., 1939-06-15
David Lewis Speaking in Greenbelt Tonight

David j. Lewis, former
member d Congress from Mary
land. who he's recent ly been
'smointed to the Natl onal
Raa]Aey Medi alton Board will
speaE IN the Social Room Of
the SCHOOL this evening under
the auspices of the Mary land
DEMOCRATS of the 2lst Dis
triot. Mr.. Levi 81 topic Will
be "War or Peace in the In
ternational Community" Mr..
Tom connor, State Chairman
Of the Maryland Democrats,
will also be on the speak
er's st and TO out line briefly
the political situation in
the state, and the work Of
the Maryl and Democrats.
Everyone is invited to
this first special meeting
Of the club. Plans are be-
ing made to have monthly
meetings addressed by well-
known individuals from WASH
ington and Maryland on sub
jects related to problems of
the New Deal Admin trait on.
Greenbelt cooperator., 1939-06-15
Fish Story

Repre- sentatives from the Bureau Of Fisheries
inspected the Greenbel Lake last week and it in
the light Of their recommended ons that the Town
Council consid cred the question Of ordinance
the lake at Its meeting last Mond ay light.
The history of the fish in the Greenbelt Lake is
a interesting than that Of any fish In any
lake around these parts. On November II, 1886,
President Roosevelt put in the first batch Of them.
At the time the lake stocked the fish
as follows:
Thirty adult 1arge-mouth bass, sixty six-inch
large-mouth bass, seventy three-inch s,mfish. two
hundred three-tnch catfi sh, two hundred fifty three
inch crappies six hundred threeinch yellow perchs
and twenty thousand little fish for the above to
feed on.
It found necessary to cut down the number
Of ducks in the Lake because they ate the fish spawn.
Their number is at pre- sent restricted to thirty.
Evening star., 1939-01-01
Bulletin of Current Exhibitions

THE CORCORAN GALLERY OF
York NV Fortythrd exhibition
ngton Water Color Club. Special exhibition
Alice Acheson.
THE ARTS WASHINGTON, Work n
industrial design and water colors by Hugo linden
ngton D. c.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Graphic Arts the Mall
Tenth SW. Exhibition echings prints by
Cyrus Leroy Badrdge.
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM
the Mall Eighth Exhibition pictorial photo
graphs by Estelc Campbell of New City,
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM Tenth
tuition NV The Gelaty collection the Ralph john
collection selection included
national collection of fine
PHILLIPS MEMORIAL GALLERY, 1900
Exhibition of works by contemporary European
artists emphasizing intenationasm
ton of drawings and posters of Toulouse Laurec.
THE MUSEUM MODERN ART GALLERY OF WASHINGTON
sculpture
THE WYTE 1707 Exhibition of portraits
In sculpture by 10 Davidson of leading Spanish Loyass
benefit of the Spanish Childrens Milk Fund)
PUBLIC LIBRARY, Main Building, Eighth
hbion of prints by Preniss Taylor Takoma
hibion Of paintings by the Landscape Washington;
Mount Pleasant Branch exhibition Mdic
CHLDRENS FEDERAL ART GALLERY S16
SW Exhibition Of paintings and drawings by children.
W. p A ALLEGATIONS GALLERY 816
Exhibition OF paintings drawings and sculpture by local
DEPARTMENT INTERIOR, between Eighteenth
and Nineteenth streets NV paintings sculpture
lege students throughout the United States
GEORGETOWN GALLERIES, 1924
ton of paintings by Orren Louden.
WOMENS CITY CLUB Exhibition
ings Mrs Lillian Abbot
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS- Department Exhibition
original illustrations by Walter Taylor and stories by
well known authors
Evening star., 1939-01-01

acquisitions by public institutions a
very fair balance was maintained
between works of the great masters
and those by modern, often con-
temporary, artists.
Some very important sales were
held in 1888 in New York and in
London. which today are considered
as the leading art markets of the
world. The Mortimer L. Schiff
collection was taken from New
York to London for sale and the
works comprised therein brought
not merely high but fantastic prices.
In this sale a painting by Roger
van der Wayden-"Dream of Pope
Sergius' - brought approximately
$70,0OO
Late in 1898 the William Ran
dolph Hearst vast art collection
came on the market and was not
wholly dispersed when the year
closed. Part was sold in London,
part in New York, by famous auc-
ton houses, and in the latter city
large section is at the present
time being disposed of at private
sale, works sold being replaced from
the enormous collection long held in
storage warehouse. A unique fea-
ture of the last is an admission
fee charged the public and given
to charity. The sale in December
at ChriStie'S in London of the
Hearst collection of old English and
Continental silver, from st. Donat's
Castle in Wales, said to be product
of silversmithing for over five CEN
turies, alone brought over 100000.
At this sale two notable pieces
one the "Pusey horn"-were pur-
chased for the Victoria and Albert
Museum, London.
A smaller but also very notable
collection came up for sale in New
York in December-that of the late
j. Horace Harding-consisting of
masterpieces of painting brought to
America in the last 81 years. This
collection too was disposed of at
private sale, and only by appoint
ment were even potential buyers
permitted to see it.
Prints brought high prices in the
open market in 1898, etchings by
Rembrandt fetching as high as
$4,000, and, even more remarkable,
some by living etchers attaining
to over $1,000. For instance, McBey's
Dawn" brought $1,050.
Heavy loss was occasioned in the
field of art in 1898 by death. Among
the painters deceased, mention may
be made of E. C. Tarbell, Thomas
w. Dewing, Horatio Walker, Sar-
geant Kendall, Elizabeth Nourse,
w. L. Latrop; among the sculptors,
TAFT Mckenzie, George Gray Barn
ard, David Edstrom and Paul
Troubetskoy, and the print-makers,
Troy Kinney, Donald Shaw Nc
Laughlan and 8. Arlent Edwards.
Evening star., 1939-01-01

She plays with light and shade
in her pictorial renditions of old
houses as does the painter or the
sculptor with his own tools, at his
best. Her shadows are as trans
parent and alive as are those of the
greatest masters of the brush
they fall like lace across the facade
of a ruined church or a humble
dwelling and invest it with the
beauty which is inherently its own.
Sometimes the tree which casts the
shadow is not in the picture, but
It's image is as significant as if it
were. And, withal, there is no
blurring of detail no escape from
historic fact. Miss Johnston is too
wise to forget that primarily the
cameras chief function is to bear
reliable and veracious witness: but
also she knows that accuracy in
this respect is only halfway sta
tion-and that what is wanted Is
the whole truth. 1t is for this rea-
son that Miss Johnston's photo
graphs Of not only the old planta-
ton homes. but also buildings of
an early era in States North and
South, have found such favor with
architects and have got for her
grant after grant for the continue
ance of the work from the Carnegie
Corp. of New York. Under these
circumstances her plates 60 eventu-
ally to the Library of Congress to
be held in perpetuity, as historic
data, while her prints are finding
their way into the keeping of State
institutions, such as the University
of Virginia and the University of
North Carolina. by private gift or
public subscription.
Miss Johnston Is Washingto-
nian, and the work she has done
and the name she has made for her
self in this field are matters of local
pride. Occasionally she exhibits
here: once, it will be recalled, q de-
lightful group of her photographs
of old houses was shown at the
Arts Club; another. more lately, in
the foyer of the National Museum.
But the reproductions in the
Plantations of the Carolina Low
Country" the majority full page,
numerous and excellent, now con-
Stitute, as it were, permanent eX-
hibit, accessible. for all time. to
those who are interested. To them
one can turn, not merely as pic
torial record of chapter in Amer
lean life which is closed, but for
evidence of an understanding of art
Evening star., 1939-01-01

these mention should be made of
the Gallery of the Interior Depart
ment, the Studio Gallery of George
Washington University and the
Whyte Gallery, in addition to which
there was an upspringing of small
galleries in Georgetown, Bethesda
and outlying districts.
Out-of- town there was even more
welter of art activity. OF utmost
Importance may be reckoned the
completion and opening of the
"Cloisters" in Tryon Park, upper
New York, inspired by the lesser
"Cloisters' which George Gray
Barnard built on his own property
nearby, later purchased by John
D. Rockefeller. This building, with
it's contents, the gift of Mr.. Rookie
feller, consists of cloisters from five
French abbeys, a chapter house, a
reconstructed Romanesque tower, a
modern chapel in Gothic style and
eight exhibition galleries brought
together harmoniously in a unified
whole neither composite nor copy"
but a reincarnation embodying the
spirit of medievalism. While the
"Cloisters" is, in fact, branch of
the Metropolitan Museum of Art, it
is a place apart and in itself a
complete institution.
Museums of art now long estab-
hshed-such as the Metropolitan
Museum in New York and the City
Museum, St. Louis-added rooms,
as well as exhibits in 1888, and two
or more new museums came into
exiStence-for instance, the Art Gen.
ter in Wilmington, Del, erected
at cost of $25O,O00, and a fine arts
building on the campus at Cornell
College, Mount Vernon, Iowa. Ober-
lin College added a new wing to
its art museum, as did the Balti-
more Museum of Art-the latter to
house the Mary Frick Jacobs COL
lection of paintings by old masters
and objets dart.
James Earle F'raser's heroic statue
of Benjamin Franklin was placed
in the Franklin Institute, Phila-
dephia; Carl Miles monument in
commemoration of the landing of
the first Swedish settlers on the
banks of the Delaware River was
unveiled; a frieze in the main
entrance of the Columbus Gallery
of Art, comprising full-length figures
in relief of 68 artists from Phidias
to George Bellows, the work of Rob-
ert Aitken, was completed. A greater
number of notable exhibitions of
sculpture were held in 1898 than
heretofore.
Many exhibitions were held
throughout the country and the bor-
rowing and lending of masterpieces
publicly and privately owned was
unabated. despite the recognition of
danger in connection Herewith. In
the matter of exhibitions and also
Evening star., 1939-01-01

which differentiates man from the
beasts of the fields and the wilds.
Mr.. linden is no novice, as his de-
signs for furniture and textiles
would show. Before coming to this
country he had won reputation in
Germany as designer of the new
school, and since he has been in
Washington he has made contribu-
ton, of no small value, through de-
signs for decorative features in con-
nectlon with the Bal Boheme and
in stage sets for local drama groups.
This exhibition, which opened on
December l6, will continue until
next Friday, January 6.
Portraits in Sculpture of Spanish
Loyalists By 10 DAVIDSON to
Be Sho1Un at Whyte Gallery.
An exhibition of unusual charac-
ter and interest will open next
Wednesday, January 4, in the Whyte
Gallery, 1907 H street NV. This
will consist Of portraits in sculpture
by 10 Davidson of leading PERSONAL
tiles in Spain-Loyalists-men of the
army and civilians, struggling to
win the war, which has gone On so
long and SO far with such tragic
consequences. These were done dur
ing the past summer in Spain and
had first showing in New York
about month ago In the Arden
Gallery, sponsored by his excel
lency, the Spanish Ambassador, DR..
Ferdinando de los Rios, and a long
list of notable New Yorkers, among
them Paul Manship, Robert Laurent
and William Zorach, well-known
sculptors. Here, as there, these
portraits will be shown for the ben
eft Of the Spanish childrens milk
fund, a small admission charge
being made for the purpose.
Davidson, who now makes his
home in France, was born in New
York in 1883 and studied under
Brush presumably painting) and
under Hermon MacNeil, sculpture.
France has made him a chevalier
Of the Legion Of Honor. He is rep
resented in the Palace of Ver-
sailles by bust of Marshal Foch,
in the Luxembourg by a bust of
Woodrow Wilson, in the Musee de
1nvalides by busts of Gen. Pershing
and Marshal Joffre. Here. in the
Capitol. are his statue of the late
Senator Robert M. La Toilette and
bust of former Vice President
Charles G. Dawes; his bust of
Clemenceau is in the Palace of the
Legion of Honor, San Francisco;
Evening star., 1939-01-01
Stamp Bid Costly

To bid for rare United States
stamps which were being sold in
London representative of an
American firm had an open tele-
phone line to New York for 20 min
utes, the tolls being 5000, and he
bought stamps valued at $25,0O0