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Evening star., 1940-12-15
D. A. R. Library Listed
Catalogue Task Is Completed;
$4,000 Books Are Recorded

A catalogue of genealogical and
historical works in the library of
the National Society, Daughters OF
the American Revolution, has just
been completed after nearly three
years of painstaking effort.
Thousands of pamphlets and
manuscripts and $4,000 books in the
library in Constitution Hall have
been catalogued, Mrs. Henry M
Robert, jr, president general, an
nounced today.
The catalogue, comprising nearly
600 pages. will be ready for dis
tribution the latter part of January
Compiled under the direction of
Mrs. Vinton Earl Sisson OF Chicago,
librarian general the jubilee edi-
ton has been dedicated to Mrs.
Robert.
The library, which is used con-
stantly by archivists, historians and
genealogists. is open daily to the
public.
Christmas Program Tuesday.
A Christmas program will be
given by members of Fort McHedry
Chapter at a meeting Tuesday eve
ming at the Chapter House. Mrs.
Charles Carroll Haig, vice president
general, will be honor guest and
will entertain with several vocal
selections.
christmas Treasures will be
given by Mrs. H. Lyle Campbell
national president of the Story Tell
er5' League and president Of the
District of Columbia League of
American Fen Women. Fourteen
new members will be received into
the chapter at the meeting, at
which the regent, Mrs. Frank Lee
Abee, will preside
Constitution Chapter will be en-
tertained at an informal Christmas
party at pm. Tuesday at the home
of Mrs. H. A. Brooks, 3 West Irving
street, Chevy Chase.
Mrs. Arthur c. Houghton, State
chairman of approved schools, will
speak, and Mrs. George A. Cook
Evening star., 1940-12-15
Curley Club Holds
Party This Afternoon

Donations of clothing, toys and
money will be made by members and
friends of the Curley Club at a
party sponsored by the club from
2 to 4 o'clock this afternoon at ST.
AIMS Asylum, 1900 K street NV
The Welfare Committee, directed by
Mrs. Mary Hyland, will be in charge
of the affair, which will be followed
by benediction in the chapel at
pm.
The second bimonthly meeting
has been changed to Thursday at
BIS pm. at the Hotel Continental
The annual Christmas party will
follow the meeting. William j
Boyd, entertainment chairman, has
arranged a program of musical Sc
lections, carol singing and dancing
Evening star., 1940-12-15
Alunnae Unit toMeet

Members of the local alumnae of
the National Catholic School of So
cial Service will be entertained at &
Christmas party Tuesday evening by
Mrs. James Close at her home.
Those who will assist include Mrs.
Anthony B. Caffrey. Miss Katherine
Butler, Miss Olive Gage, Miss Alex
andra Grange, Miss Miriam E. Hart
nett, Mrs. Matthew McKavitt, Miss
Carmel McKiever, Miss Romona
Myers and Miss Esther Wagner.
Evening star., 1940-12-15
Junior Women's Club
To Hear of London

Her experiences in bomb-torn
England and her voyage across the
Atlantic will be related by Mrs. j.
Burke Knapp before a meeting of
the Junior Women's Club, No. /,
Tuesday at pm. at the home of
Mrs. Violet Potter, 8104 Piney Branch
road, Sligo Park Hills.
Mrs. Knapp arrived recently to
make her home in the United States.
Mrs. Ernest Humphrey Daniel and
Mrs. LIE Verne Beales will be guests
Of honor.
A short business meeting will pre-
cede the program, to which club
members will bring filled stockings
for the needy.
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Mrs. Sims to Give
Christmas Tea

Members of the Marietta Park
Women's Club and their husbands
will be entertained at a Christmas
tea today from 4 to O'Clock by
Mrs. Ivan H. Sims, the club presi-
dent. at her home, 5412 Thirtieth
street NV.
Mrs. Stanley D. Reed, founder of
the club and its first president, will
preside at the tea table. Guests will
include many former presidents of
the club.
Evening star., 1940-12-15
Republican Tea
ToHonor Mrs. Burke

Mrs. Edward r. Burke, wife of
Sentor Burke OF Nebraska, will be
guest of honor at the tea of the
League OF Republican Women Tues
day afternoon.
Mrs. Edward E. Gam, the presi-
dent, will receive with Mrs. Burke.
Among those who will preside at the
tea table are Mrs. Franz H. Ridg-
way, Mrs. Bertha Robbins, Lady
Bradford Leslie, Mrs. j. Frank Nor
row and Mrs. Dorothy Lee Ward.
Hostesses are Mrs. Maurice H,
Thatcher and Mrs. Warren j.
Haines.
Evening star., 1940-12-15
To Einieh ClOthinc

Girls dresses and boys blouses
will be completed at a meeting of
the philanthropic section of the
Petworth Woman's Club Tuesday at
1890 pm. at the home of Mrs. v. T.
Brantley, $40 Varnum street NV.
The clothes will be distributed at
Christmas, when baskets will also
be given to needy families in the
community. The baskets will be
filled Tuesday morning. Mrs. H. j.
Smith and Mrs. F. N. Davis will
assist the hostess.
Evening star., 1940-12-15

10-HllIlule SeIFlCc.
Miss Eta Mai Russell, Juvenile
Court worker for the council, is in
charge.
so many times we think Of
Christmas services as performances
which have been rehearsed for
weeks to which we passively listen, "
Miss Russell said. What we are
striving for is individual participa-
ton of every person in the neigh
borhood."
Interesting variations are devel-
oping in various communities. In
the Brightwood area, Miss Russell
said, children from some Of the
churches are making lanterns from
tin cans in which candles will be
placed. They expect to leave their
homes in family groups with the
lanterns slung over their shoulders
from sticks, chanting carols as they
walk.
Folders and posters announcing
the services also are being prepared
Locations for Services
Are Announced.
In the Bloomington area the serv-
ice will be held on the lawn OF the
Rhode Island Avenue Methodist
Church in front of a stained glass
window of Christ. Mrs. T. H. Young
Is chairman in this area.
In Brightwood the service will be
held on the lawn of the Lewis Me-
mortal Methodist Church. around
a lighted tree, under the chairman
ship of Mrs. Valance N. Streeter.
Locations for services in other
areas are announced as follows:
The Brookland-Wo Woodbridge, on the
lawn of McKendree Methodist
Church. Mrs. John E. Jones, chair
man.
Central neighborhocd, Mount Ver-
non Place Methodist Church. Mrs.
John L. Rogers. chairman,
Cleveland Park. Cleveland Park
Community Church. Mrs. Ernest A.
Back, chairman.
Northeast, Douglas Memorial
Methodist Church. Mrs. Roberta
Gravatt, chairman. - -
Southeast, on the lawn of Jefter-
son School. Mrs. Eugene Fugitt
chairman.
Mrs. Sue Richwine is chairman OF
the service for the Petworth area
which will be announced later with
the locations of other services.
Families to Indicate
Articles They Need.
Discussing other Christmas prof.
ects of the council Mrs. Linzel
pointed out that it has long been
customary for her organization to
allow the families ELIGIBLE fo~ Christ
~ ado7tioa to indioate the articles
trcv need before purchases are
made.
Though gifts are not feature
of the alley Christmas services, the
various church units in charge fire.
uuently arrange to meet special
needs. Gifts are never distributed
around the Christmas trees in the
alley, however.
Mrs. Roosevelt has always at
tended one of the alley services
since she has been in the White
House.
Mrs. Linzel yesterday began a
series of three radio programs over
WJSV which explain the councils
Christmas work.
Evening star., 1940-12-15
Democratic Council
Plans Yule Party

A Christmas party and "home
talent" entertainment will be given
by the Democratic Women's Ma
tional Council at 8 pm. tomorrow
at the Willard Hotel
Members and friends are re-
quested to bring toys, which will
be distributed to underprivileged
children of the District. Mrs. Floyd
L. Cook, the president, will preside
at a short business meeting. A pro-
gram of Christmas carols will be
sung, with Mrs. Walter H. Maloney
tn charge.
Evening star., 1940-12-15
AZOans to Dine

The third annual banquet and
dance of the Azoans will be held this
evening at the Madrillon Restau-
rant. The next meeting of the group
will be held Wednesday at the home
OF Mrs. Paul Hyman, 4511 Yuma
street NV.
Evening star., 1940-12-15
Business, Professional Clubs

Pilot Club-Tuesday, 6 pm, 1914
Connecticut avenue NV.
Business Women's Council-Tues-
day, 7:30 pm, Covenant-First
Presbyterian Church; speaker,
Mrs. William S. Abernethy, "A
Talk Pertaining to the Christ
mas Season." bake sale.
Insurance Women's Club of Wash
ington-Tomorrow 6 pm, dinner
meeting, 1925 Fourteenth street
NV. Thursday evening, annual
Christmas party with Mrs. Mary
E. Mudd, 7O9 I street NV.
Soroptimist Club - Wednesday,
Christmas party, Willard Hotel.
Washington Cultus Club-Tuesday,
3107 Woodland drive; hostesses,
Mrs. George Harris and Mrs.
Charles Demonet,
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Insurers to Meet

The annual Christmas party of the
Insurance Women's Club of Wash
ington will be held Thursday at the
home of Mrs. Mary E. Mudd, 800 I
street NV. The regular dinner
meeting of the club will be held to-
morrow at pm. at Gertrudes
Wishing Well, 2s25 Fourteenth
street NV,
Evening star., 1940-12-15
Bake Sale Planned

A bake sale, under the auspices of
the Businesswomen's Council, will
be held Tuesday evening in the
parish house of the Covenant First
Presbyterian Church. Proceeds will
go for expenses of the Ways and
Means Committee.
Evening star., 1940-12-15

day, 1890 pm. literature depart
ment, Takoma Park Library;
book reviewers. Mrs B. B. Der
rick and Mrs. w. P. Duffy. Friday,
pm, Executive Board, Taft
House, K and Sixteenth street
NV.
Petworth Women's Club-Tuesday
1890 pm, philanthropic section
with Mrs. V. T. Brantley, 500
Varnum street NV. Thursday,
10 am. to 3 pm, Red Cross sew
ing group at Petworth Branch
Library.
Evening star., 1940-12-15
Song Writer Advises
Singing to Chase Blues
Mrs. White Composed First Success
When She Came to Capital
From Texas as Bride
BY GRETCHEN SMITH.

Recommending chase the John
White Village
feeling depressed
White the wife of the director Department
Washington Terminal
Scott Penn
years
to Washington bride from Texas
Her Interest In Music
idea 1t would
delighted when home being
Evening star., 1940-12-15
Church Women Schedule
Yule Carol Services
And Help for Needy
Outdoor Events to Include Programs
For Alley Dwellers; Families
To Be Adopted for Holiday
BY FRANCES LIDE,


Community Christmas sections
being planned for Christmas under auspices the Washington
Council of Church Women announced yesterday by Frank
Linzel council president
which will be held outdoors
addition the councils holiday
the five included Christmas worship
tons alley dwelers.
Richard A. chairman the councils Juvenile
The council will continue its Christmas providing clothing
high school boys and adopting families.
Miss Russell Tells
Of Plans for the Singing
limited undeprvleged
community Wahngtonan
participate
caroes will meet at the designated at Christmas
churches sections will represented
members passersby
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poems beside the older writer's
plate. That evening, AZ his lecture
Lindsay told his audience how he
had read the work of that hotel bus
boy, that 1t was good, that they had
q man of remarkab e talent right
there in Washington and hadn't dis
c vered him.
That was a publicity break indeed.
Reporters came to interview Mr..
Hughes; his story and his picture
were printed in newspapers every
where. He won Opportunity 5
"eoetry prize, and began to meet
important people in the world Of
literature-James Weldon johnson
and Fora Hurston, Witter Bynner
and John Farrar, Alain Locke and
Canj Van Vetchten. 1t was Mr..
Van Vechten who persuaded him to
submit his first collection Of poems
to q book publisher, Alfred A.
Knopf. The book was called ''The
Weary Blues" and Mr.. Knopf pub
lished it eaHy in 1926. It went
through number Of editions and
definitely established its author as
one Of Americas important young
poets before he was twenty-four
years old. The doors of literary
New York and smart Harlem were
onen to him; The golden twenties,
with their excitement and variety
and easy money, were beekoning.
Many young man under those
circumstances would have rested on
his taurels, had fun for few CLAM
erous years, and then dropped out
Of sight.
Not Langston Hughes. He went
back to college-to Line In univar-
sity, with scholarship, where he
worked and studied and wrote,
where he instigated certain reforms
in the makeup Of the faculty, and
where he took his bachelors degree
in 1929. During this period he
contributed pieces to many maga-
zines, and published two other
books-"Fine Clothes to the Jew, !"
second collection of poems, and
"Not Without Laughter" novel.
There were week-ends in Harlem
too, and summers spent here. there,
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and everywhere. All the great names
of the literary twenties stud these
pages-Van Vechten and Bynncr,
Somerset Vaughan, Fanny Hurst,
Hugh Walpole, william Seabrook,
Isa Glenn, Reuben Mamoulian,
Horace Liveright, Miguel Covarru-
bias, and dozens of other leaders in
art, music, letters, every fdd of
human activity. It was all wonder
full, and Mr.. Hughes writes Of it
with the zest he must have fe.t fsr
that life while it lasted.
Then one day he aWoke to rea,ize
that the Twenties were over, and
his 'own twcnties were practically
over too. He had gold medal,
fur hundred dollars in ca,h, no
more scholarship, and no job. But
he could write. And he did.
Literature" he says, us a big
sea full Of many fish. I let down
my nets and pulled"
The Big Sea- is the story Of the
man who did that pulling, and II
shows not only what manner Of man
ne is but why he has been pulling
successfully ever since.
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writing.
And right there is the pattern Of
the life Mr.. Hughes was to follow in
the years ahead--travel, and writ
ing. He has travd led in Africa and
Asia, as well as Europe and Ameri.
ca. He has been sal or, writer,
chef, teacher, a college student,
a farm hand watchman, an editor,
and at least minor lion in the lit
erary renaissance of the '2O's.
He has studied at Cd umbia Uni
versity, starved on the Genoa water
front, mixed on intimate terms in
the Negro society Of Washington and
the literary society of New York.
He has met Jim Crow in the South
and Mr.. James Grow in the North,
and no Crow at all in Mexico and
Europe.
And he wrote. At first his pieces
had no publisher; later they began
to appear in "The Crisis and he
became known as poet among his
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Langston Hughes Writes Life Story
Famous Negro Author Tells OF Adventures
In Paris, Harlem, And The Rest OF The World

For fourteen years, since the pub
lication of 1.-The Weary Blues,' III
1926, Langston Hughes has been
widely recognized as one of the
most important young writer's in
America, white or Negro. For much
Of that time he has made his living
exclusively by his pen-probably
the only Negro author to do so be-
fore the great success of Richard
Wright. NV Mr.. Hughes has writ
ten his own story--a story as full Of
color, incident, vita ity, and good
humor as the man who wrote it and
le it aescribes. Called "The
Big Sea- it will be publ ished by AL
lr.d A. Knopf on August 26.
Since he is an American, Mr..
Hughes grew up thinking Of himself
as a Negro. But he went to Africa
on freighter when he was twenty
one, and the people there told him
he was not Negro at all, but white.
He has some Cherokee blood, and
some French, and some English
American, and it shows in his ap-
pearance. When he lived in Paris
a short time later, the people didn't
care about those things; he was, and
is, a delightful human being, and
that was enough for them.
Mr.. Hughes was born in 1902 III
Joplin, Missouri, but he spent his
growing years principally in Kansas.
in Illinois, and in Cleveland. His
laren.s were separated-his father
had gone to Mexico and engaged II
various business enterprises, while
his mother remained in the States,
worked for q living, and subsequent
ly married a see nd time. He stay
ed as boy with his grandmother IN
Lawrence, and went TO school ike
other boys and at TIVE We year oio
went to church and was "saved' Ia
proceeding he never understood at
all, but he knew he had to get up
and say he was saved or else keep
the congregation in church perma-
nently, SO he got up and said it.
When he was graduated from
grammar school n Line In, Illinois,
he was eected class poet, for NJ
reason that he could discover, as
he had never thought Of writing be-
fore. But, being a poet, ne had to
write poem. He wrote it, and raac
it s,s graduation, and everyone ap-
plauded. Thus he became a poet.
Then at high school in Cleveland
he re tly discovered his poetic gift.
contributed many pieces to the
school pub ication and began to
collect rejection slips from national
magazines. And in the summer ne
went to Mexico to visit his father,
a driving sort of man who was IN
terested only in making money, and
who had made it. 1t was not q
...sasant summer; he was glad to go
bac.- 20 Cleveland, to school, and to
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and deliberate about Your effort,
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The freshness and youth of your
rival need not be too large an OBJ
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in Your care of the home, inn
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slipped in the care of yourself,
Immediately consult II good beautl-
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her You want her advice. the same
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Here's Il letter one Of nE

Here's a letter one OF nE Little
Rock, Ark, readers sent to me the
past Week. I'm sure You'll enjoy
reading 1t.
My husband and | have been
married for ~ years. Our children
are grown, and have homes Of their
own. My husband Is adequately
employed, and has been good pro-
WIDER and i loyal family man.
unhesitaringly say that he has been
most considerale OF me, has been
a good husband and a good father.
Recently, however. his interest
In his home has been attracted else.
Where. A Younger woman. His in
difference 10 me is increasing. He
comes home irreeularly and know
lie Is spending more and more time
with this Younger woman.
Il love and admire my husband
don't want to lose hin RAISING
a family. OF course, has aged me
but ] don't consider myself AS en-
tirely unattractivc. Please tell mc
something to do that can help me.
don't know whether or moi il vii
help her. Eut because II Is a batil,
which constantly is coming to The
attention of heantieians everywhere
my reply may help and he'll
many others who regularly read thi.
column.
Family problems and beaut,
problems often are SYNONYMOUS.
feel the answer 10 Nonr problem lic!
In the third sentence OF yonr closin,
paragraph Raising Il family, q
course, has aged me-, hut | don
consider myself unattractive.
You must be unusually atlractiy,
to have held the en,nplete interes
OF Your husband for - wears. And
You're quite right not to want [,
lose him. IL he's been loyal an,
il good family man for that lengtl
Of time. do anything aud everything
to hold his interest. But don't ge
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people. Then Vachel Lindsay saw
some of his work, liked it, and said
50. 1t happened this way.
1t was in 1925. Mr.. Hughes was
back from Europe, and was working
as bus boy at the Wardman Park
Hota in Washington. Mr.. Lindsay
came to the hotel on lecture tour,
and at dinner-time Mr.. Hughes
quietly laid copies Of a few of his
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-08-16

.Jone yep. that's the Dny you
spell the first naiae. Jone Allison.
She does the rote of Henry AID
rich's sister Mary in sTl,e AID
rich Family" does d unristp Of
parts in Lincoln HighsDny" and
is heard occasionally in Light OF
the World" . All the programs
are aired ouer WLW from NBC,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
Mcneil Warden
Gets New Post
Swope Is Ordered
To Terre Houte

Appointment of Warden ". u.
swope OF the Mcneil Island prison
rs head of the new federal Medium
Security penitentiary at Tcrre
Haute. Ind. has been announced by
the department of justice.
The Mcneil island penitentiary
chief. In charge there since May,
1884. already II in the east. his
office revealed Monday. Between
now and July 1. when the new
prison 10 scheduled 10 be ready for
occupancy. Warden swope will
supervise installation Of equipment
and selection OF the new staff.
swope came 10 the local prison
from New Mexico where he had
been warden OF the State penitsn-
tlary.
Also announced by the depart
ment OF justice was appointment of
DIR. Robert p. Hagerman. chief
medical officer at the Atlanta
penitentairy. a. warden OF the fed
eral correctional institution al
Denver
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Marco Heidner
Is Back Home

After six weeks in st. Peters
hospital, Olympia, Marco J. Held
ner Tacoma importer and export
err, injured in an automobile col
lision Feb. 2. was again at his home
at Titlow beach Monday.
He will probably be confined to
his bed for another couple of
months, friends said, as one leg is
still in a cast and one arm is
still strapped to his side.
Heidner was brought home from
the Olympia hospital Saturday.
He was injured the night of Feb. 2
when his car crashed into a truck
on the Nisqually hill grade be-
tween Tacoma and Olympia. Mel
Gange, Tacoma lumberman, was
killed in the crash.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
Death Car Driver
will Not Be Tried

Thsre will be no criminal prose
cutlon II Robert LochridEs. ID
yesr-old T'acomsn whose ear killed
so-yssr-old stsnisy ksdsfs ., 1sd
and Pacific last Saturday morn
Ing, Deputy Prosecutor William
~. Goodwin said Monday.
Investigation ~ ths auto death.
Goodwin said. has shown Loeb.
ridge was going only about 20
mile. p>r hour when he BIT tbs
elderly pedestrian and that ksdsrs
was mol In the eroaswsik,
Goodwin said thsrs viii be no
request to Coroner r ~ Leng for
an inquest. foehridKs lives al
Route q. Boz ass. Tacoma. ksdsrs
1t $40 ruyailup ave.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
Bluffs Bandit
Seeking Money
Officers Proise
Clerks Bruvudo

Gordon Egan's bravado won POI
lice praise Monday for forestailins
. robbery at gunpoint early Sun
day morning.
With the words. You can't pull
that stuff on me-" Egsn out-bluffed
the shabbily-dressed bandit who
stuck gun in his face. and pre-
vented loss of funds in the ice
cream shop where he works as a
clerk.
Egan was alone in Carroll's ice
creamery. GOT No. Prospect st.
when the bandit, about IS years
old, walked in at II :35 a. m. Sun
day. The bandit ordered a quart
of ice cream. AS Egan moved to
fill the order. the customer threw
a cloth bag on the counter and
said: Fill this up out of the cash
register"
The clerk found himself looking
into the muzzle of a .3s-caliber
revolver. He also noticed there
seemed to be no shells In the gun.
you'd better beat it," said Egan,
''you can't pull that stuff on me-"
The bandit looked at him uncer-
tainly for a moment. then turned
and ran out the door.