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Evening star., 1940-12-11
Emergency Housing

Speakers at the annual public
meeting of the washington Housing
Association called attention to the
need for careful study of the prob
lem of providing adequate housing
for new residents employed in the
expanding national defense program.
The problem is a particularly per-
picking one because of the lack OF
definite information as to the present
and possible future needs. Large
numbers of employees are being added
to the Federal establishment as a
direct outgrowth of the preparedness
program. Admiral George Pettingill
is authority for the statement that
at least 3,444 housing units are
needed for workers brought here to
fill new jobs at the naval gun factory
and at other naval stations in or
near the District of Columbia. Mrs.
Roosevelt told the association that
overcroWding already exists in Wash
ington and she stressed the impor-
tance of finding decent shelter for
all who come to the Nations Capital
to work for their country"
Complicating the situation is the
diversity of opinion that exists as to
actual housing requirements of this
emergency. This is we'll illustrated
by the fact that Morris Cafritz, one
of the speakers on the same platform
with Mrs. Roosevelt, declared that
local builders and real estate men,
of which he was representative, "do
not feel that there is going to be the
slightest shortage" of housing in
Washington and vicinity. J. Bernard
Wyckoff, president of the association,
pointed out that while Washington
has been "sold" on the idea of home
ownership, too little consideration
has been given to rental properties,
with the result that a scarcity OF
places to rent at reasonable prices
has developed. An immediate diff
Guilty is the shortage of labor and
materials for private building, due to
the demands of Federal construction
projects.
Foremost in the minds of many
persons who are concerned about this
growing problem is a hope that
Washington may be spared repeti-
ton of the housing crisis of the first
World War period, when it became
necessary to erect f1imsy "dormi-
tories" for Government workers near
the Capitol and Union Station. These
frame structures, like the temporary
war buildings on the Mall, pre-
sented safety and health hazards.
Yet 1t must be remembered that the
emergency employees presumably will
be here only for the duration of the
defense preparations and that when
they leave Washington many of the
units which they have occupied will
be thrown on the market. No person
can tell, of course, how. long the
emergency may last. The evacuation,
when it comes, undoubtedly will be
a long -drawn-out process, so that the
city gradually may be able to adjust
itself to the changed conditions with
a minimum of economic dislocation.
Any steps that may be taken to
deal with the situation necessarily
must be based on facts. These, for
the present, seem to be in dispute.
Evening star., 1940-12-11
State
SuIt Herituoe

Bred in an arid land where stunted trees
Probe down with thirsty roots through
shaley soil;
Drudging with calloused hands and
aching knees,
Where dry winds block each shift with
skillful foil.
But hear in the winds the roar of the
surf,
The fields far haze brings the blue of
the tide;
Then what matter how scant and sere
the turf
When my dreamer's ocean lies deep
and wide.
The surging sea is bred in blood and
bone,
claimed my destiny while still unborn.
Though fields flow far hear the breakers
My great-grandfathers schooner sailed
the Horn.
My inward gaze still marks each gallant
ship,
Great bellying sails, tall masts like
stalwart trees.
The circling land can scourge me with
its whip :.
My grandsires whaler sailed the seven
seas.
Yes, the ceaseless winds bring the roar of
the surf,
The fields FAR haze brings the blue of
the tide; "a
Then what matter how scant and ser.
the turf
Wnen my dreamer's ocean lies deem
A ana VIDE. IVY LINDSIEY
Evening star., 1940-12-11

Learn how to dramatize yourself"
is the advice given women by noted
style expert. The principal trouble
seems to be that the ladies refuse to
use that time -honored trick Of the
theater where Towering Of curtain
denotes passage Of two years"
Evening star., 1940-12-11
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the 1Driter, although the use OF
q pseudonynl for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters 1Uith
q uie1U to condensation.
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Hoskin's Answers
To Readers Questions
BIZ Frederic J. Hdskin.

A reader can get the dnstDer to any
question OF fact by ,oriting The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Haskin, director, Washington,
D. C. Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. How much air does the average
person breathe?-G. E. D.
A. Human beings consume nearly
400 cubic feet Of air per day. This
amount can be doubled by prolonged
muscular exercise.
@. Which Vice President of the United
States died soon after his election?-C. A.
A. Before election in 1852, the health
of the vice presidential candidate, Will
liam r. King, began to fail rapidly. He
was allowed to take the oath of Office
after his election although he never
entered upon the duties of his Office
and died the following April
O. Please give the origin of the word
stentorian.-E. B. H.
A. Stentor was one Of the Greeks
before Troy whose stentorian voice was
as loud as that Of so men.
O. How old is John J. Anthony, who
conducts the Good Will Hour?-L. G. H.
A. Mr.. Anthony is A years old.
c. What is the quotation on travel
which is inscribed on the Union Station
in Washington, D. C?-M. E. T.
A. 1t is as follows: "He that would
bring home the wealth of the Indies
must carry the wealth of the Indies with
him. SO it is in travelling-a man
must carry knowledge with him if he
would bring home knowledge"
O. Please describe the Time Capsule.
ID. G.
A. The Time Capsule, which was
buried beneath the Westinghouse Build
ing at the New York Worlds Fair con-
sists OF an outer shell of Cupaloy and
its contents are packed in an inner
envelope OF Pyrex. The capsule con-
tains more than 40 articles of common
use such as fountain pen, watch, minia-
ture camera, metals, fabrics, seeds Of
staple crops. and a microflm essay Of
our times. This sample of our civiliZa-
ton will remain buried until 6939 AID.
O. What food value is there in dried
| beef?-D. W.
A. One-eighth pound of dried beef
| contains: 03 per cent carbohydrates, 1870
| per cent protein, 39 per cent fat, ITO
| calorieS.
@. What is the story Of Lady Godiva?
j. T. H.
A. In l040, Leofric. Earl of Mercia and
Lord Of Coventry, imposed certain exac-
| tions on his tenants, which his lady
besought him to remove, He said he
would do so if she would ride naked
| through the town at midday. Lady
Godiva took him at his word. and the
earl faithfully kept his promise.
@. Was James Gordon Bennett, tho
newspaper publisher, at one time
| minister?-C. B. D.
A. He studied for the priesthood, but
never took orders.
@. What amount of energy in calories
Is used in activities such as walking.
sitting, running. and swimming?-O P B.
A. Some samples of adult require
ments per hour for different activities
are as follows: Sitting quietly, A caloly
per hour; walking, 2 calories per hour;
running, 7 calories per hour; going up
stairs, 147 calories per hour; saving
wood, ST calories per hour, swimming,
'79 calories per hour.
@. Is Barrymore the real name of the
theatrical family?-T. H.
A. Barrymore is a stage name, adopted
in place of Blythe.
Evening star., 1940-12-11
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Evening star., 1940-12-11

cap from one Of the shells which weighs
anything from to 8 pounds OF course,
when such a missile comes down on
the roof it goes right through; but usually
the shrapnel bounces of. Shrapnel
pieces are usually about inches long,
II inch thick and anything from Y to
as inch wide. When you are spotting
you have the feeling that it is raining
all the time. You can hear the pitter-
pat of the rain on your helmet, but if you
put your hand up you will find it is the
very fine fragments of the bursting
shells and not rain at all - =
This gun barrage may go on for a
couple of hours and then die away so
that by about II pm. you have had a
heavy time of it, then suddenly you may
get the all-clear signal. You then climb
down from the roof, contact your de-
partmental heads advising them of the
all-clear and turn in, but do not take
your clothes off. I have had to put a
cot in my only room, otherwise it would
be impossible to get any sleep at all.
Things will probably remain quiet for
about two hours and then another warn
ing comes through. BY this time you
are feeling pretty tired of the whole
affair and are glad when it gets near
dawn because as soon as dawn breaks.
or about an hour before, these nuisance
raiders make for home. .
Operating the mill under these con-
ditions is a little hard. Quite a number
of our best men have had to 90 into the
army or navy. We are working with
part unframed crews. The little con-
struction work we are doing Is moving
Evening star., 1940-12-11

@. How old is John j. Anthony, who
conducts the Good Will Hour?-L G. H.
A. Mr.. Anthony is A years old.
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@. Please give the origin Of the word
stentorian.-E. B. H.
A. Stentor was one of the Greeks
before Troy whose stentorian voice was
as loud as that of so men.
Evening star., 1940-12-11

WASHING TON. ID. C.
WEDNESDAY December III, l94O
Evening star., 1940-09-15

That's for Me" from Rhythm on
the River'D and who Are You"
from Boys From Syracuse" On a
separate slab Maestro Duchin also
does Trade Winds" Allan Jones
sings the other tune hypnotic from
the latter show, Failing in Love
With Love- (VictOr) Bobby Byrne'S
trombone-s u d e d arrangements
charm only Forever" too, with
That's For Me" to boot. Frankie
Masters Shades of Twilight"
doesn't rate much in the way of
orchids. although the vocal. done
in obbligato style. may be handed
petal. Guy Lombardo and his
epitomy -ickineSS music gets
"CrosstoWn" off its chest. Blues
music-master Woody Herman shows
how and why with Deep Night"
backed by more railroad publicity
Whistle Stop" Johnny Long and
Seger Ellis with their Decca and
Okeh bands, respectively swing back
When I Take My Sugar to Tea
and "Cuddle Up Little Closer
Prominent on recent release
sheets is Jane Pickens. last of the
erstwhile trio of Pickens sisters to
shun marriage for career. The pref
tiest Of the Pickens family sings
for Columbia in four-record album
of melodies that she and everybody
likes. some of which are Man I
Love-" when I Grow Too Old to
Dream" When a Gypsy Makes His
Violin Cry" My Lndy Lou" and
a disk of several spirituals. James
high-pitcher, rather fragile voice
has most success with the spiritual
items which call for such texture.
AS for the rest, one misses the de-
parted sisters. On a Bluebird disk
Dinah Shore solos the favorite Ro-
perta hit Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
For Okeh, Six Hits and Miss
strew harmony about with Dry
Bones" Bing Crosby digs up one
of his initial successes I've Found
a Million Dollar Baby"
j. w. STEPP.
Evening star., 1940-09-15
Columbus University
Offers New Course
For Secretaries
Institution Is Preparing
For Opening Of Fall
Term September 23

Sharp interest has been evinced
in the new secretarial course being
offered this year at Columbus Uni
versity, Provost John r. Fitzpatrick
announced yesterday as students in
the departments of law, account
ancy and junior college prepare for
the opening of the fall term Septem-
Der %.
The course was established in re-
sponse to heavy Government de-
mands for additional secretaries,
Fitzpatrick said.
Registrations in all departments
will be accepted every day from 10
am. until pm. through Stptem-
ber %.
Appointment Of Glen H. Breen
associate financial examiner in the
Securities and Exchange Commits
sion, as professor OF accountancy
was announced by Dean James D.
Cushman of the School of Ac-
countancy. Mr.. Breen, a graduate
of the University of Illinois, will
lecture on advanced accounting
theory and practice.
Dean Cushman announced the
division of freshman classes into
two sections, one beginning at $50
pm. and another at 7:30 pm. The
schedule change is designed to ac-
commodate students preferring early
evening sessions to the regular
later sessions.
The junior callege has expanded
classroom facilities and teaching
Evening star., 1940-09-15
Quartet
Will Play
Saturday
Budapest String
Groups to Give
Another of Series

The Gertrude Clarke Whittall
Foundation in the Library of Con-
gress will sponsor another concert
In the current series given by the
Budapest String Quartet on Satur-
day afternoon. The program will
begin promptly at 2:3O pm. with
the Quartet in G Major, Op. 76,
No. l." composed by Joseph Haydn,
and continue with Mendelssohn' S
Quartet in E. Flat Major, Op. l2,"
and Beethoven's Quartet in E
Minor, Op. SO, No. g."
All the concerts in this series
are being held in the Coolidge
Auditorium of the Library, with the
artists of the Budapest String
Quartet using the famous collection
OF Stradivari instruments and
Tourte bows which Mrs. Whittall
presented to the Library in 1886.
The players of the Budapest Quartet
Josef Roisman, first VIOLIN Alex
ander Schneider, second violin;
Boris Kroyt, viola, and Mischa
Schneider, violoncello-have been
residing in Washington during the
entire series SO that daily rehearsals
on the Stradivari instruments could
be held.
The Homer L. Kilt music store,
1880 G street NV, is the dis
tributor for the tickets. on which
there is only small service charge
OF 25 cents. At last report, limited
number of tickets were still available
for this and the final concert of
the present series to be given on
September %.
Evening star., 1940-09-15
Panama Envoy Niece
Entering Gunsfon Hail.;
Enrolment Large
Five Joining Faculty
When Fall Term
Opens September rs

Senorita Fania Boyd of Panama,
niece of DR.. Jorge Boyd, Panama S
Minister to the United States, will
be among the new pupils on hand
when Gunston Hall opens its school
year September Is with exercises in
the school auditorium.
Miss Boyd is a cousin of the Boyd
triplets, recent graduates of the
school.
School officials also announced
that an unusually large group in
day school enrolment this year
comprises daughters of Army and
Navy officers stationed near here
and in the city.
New members of the faculty in
clude Mrs. Martha Walling Howard,
who will head the Latin department.
and Miss Mary Melton, who will
teach secretarial subjects. Mrs.
Howard took her bachelors degree
at Randolph Macon Women's Col
lege and is studying for Phi. D. at
George Washington University. Miss
Melton took her A. B. at Brenau Col
lege and has completed work for a
masters degree at George WASH
ington.
Three new staff members added
to the junior school are Miss Mary
Dearing Lewis, graduate Of Sweet
Briar College, who will have the
seventh and eighth grades; Mrs.
Florence Weymouth Sims. with
bachelors and masters degrees from
the University of Texas, who will
have the fifth and sixth grades, and
Nine. Aleksandra Chramiec, whose
husband was formerly attached to
the Polish Embassy here, who will
teach French. Miss Ann Katherine
Sims, daughter of Mrs. Sims, Will
be a student at the school.
Evening star., 1940-09-15
Maret School Faculty
In Increased by -Four

Four new instructors have been
added to the faculty Of the Maret
School which will open its 30th aca-
demic year September 26.
They include Miss Harriet Yarrow,
teacher of history and mathematics,
who has recently arrived in Wash
ington after IL years residence in
Turkey and Miss Mona Hill, who.
with her American father and French
mother, has spent her life in France,
until the war brought the family to
Washington. Miss Hill will teach
French in the lower school.
Also new to the Maret staff are
Mrs. Haines Carter of Goucher Col
lege, instructor in Latin and physical
education, and Carl Byham of Amer
ican University, boys athletic coach.
The school recently acquired a
campus of eight-and-one-h half acres,
situated near the Shoreham and
Wardman Park hotels, and plans to
erect a new and larger building in
the near future. For the present,
classes will continue at 2118 Kalo-
rama road NV, while the new
grounds are used for outdoor activi-
ties.
Maret students publish what is
believed to be the only bi-lingual
school magazine, Hand in Hand,
whose contributors write in both
French and English.
French is taught by native instruc-
tors in both the lower and the high
schools, with the aim of giving pupils
a fluent speaking knowledge of the
language in the course Of their
regular studies. Children are taught
reading phonetically in both Eng
lish and French.
The principals, the Misses Maret,
are convinced of the value of the
phoentic method and maintain that
the faulty reading often encountered
among high school students could
have been avoided had they been
taught the sounds of vowels and
consonantS, instead of being per-
mitted to guess at words under the
sight method.
Evening star., 1940-09-15
w. G.. Mayfarth to
Conduct Studios in
D. G.. and Virginia

Among the newcomers to the
musical life in the Nations Capital
is William C. Mayfarth, nationally
known music educator, concert
pianist and teacher. In addition
to his studios for music instruction
in Washington and Alexandria, he
will conduct consultation and guild
ance service for parents, which serv-
ice will be free, and classes for
children and adults. He also will
give a series of public lectures and
appear in piano recitals. There will
be. in addition, classes in lnterpre-
tation and repertoire for advanced
stration class for teachers. In this
latter work his original college
course in piano methodics will be
introduced.
Before coming to Washington. Mr..
Mayfarth was professor of music
at McGill University, Montreal,
Canada, and dean Of the School
of Music at Converse College,
Spartanburg, S. c. AS member
of directorates and commissions Of
the National Music Associations in
the United States, the Anglo-Amer-
ican Music Conference at Lausanne,
Switzerland; honorary director and
member of the American Advisory
Committee, Fountainbleau France)
School of Music and consultant to
state departments of education and
academic institutions, he has been
active in administrative and guild
ance functions in music education.
He has lectured before professional
and service clubs, contributed arti-
cles to national music magazines,
appeared in concerts in the United
States and Germany, composed a
number of pianoforte pieces and is
author of number of publications.
He originated a music education
course in piano methodics and a
plan for honors courses in college
music. Many of Mr. Mayfarth's
students hold responsible positions
in college music schools and are
successful private teachers.
Mr. Mayfarth studied at the Royal
Conservatory of Music. Wurzburg,
Germany. and the Klindworth-
Scharwenka Music School, Berlin.
Among his teachers have been
Henri van zeyl, the famous Dutch
pupil of Liszt: Martha Siebold
noted Moszkowski pupil, and. Xaver
Scharwenka, the eminent Polish
virtuoso and teacher.
Evening star., 1940-09-15
POPULAR Music

National feeling in its less obvious
form marks the latest flood of rec
ords before the public, although of
course the tide of musical numbers
singing praises of America in no
uncertain term, continues unim-
paired. AL Goodman and his orches-
ira in another Columbia perform
ance present a collection of popular
native waltz products, in a departure
from StrauSSian and similar Euro
pean -quarter-time ways. Mr..
Goodman'S selection as usual is
tasteful and representative: his in
terpretations likewise above reproach
with their delightful lilt and colorful
Instrumentation. In this set of four
disks may be found prominently
Missouri Waltz" The Waltz You
Saved for Me" Memories" Three
O'Clock in the Morning." Naughty
Waltz" and others.
One of this Nations immortal
tunesmith's, Victor Herbert, receives
commenoration in an attractively
decorated Columbia album of four
12-inch green label disks in which
Andre KostelanetZ, one of our lead
ing contemporary tonesmiths, con-
ducts his orchestra through l9 melo-
dies of the master. Some are grouped
in medley arrangement, such as
Kiss Me Again" Kiss in the Dark, !"
when You're Away" and Streets
of New York" Some, including IN
dian Summer" Sunset" "Haban-
era" (from "Natoma"O, occupy whole
surfaces. Here, in short, is avail
able the prime of the Victor Herbert
output. Mr.. Kostelanetz reacts with
a reverence easily discernible in his
scrupulously clean-cut arrange
ments; the orchestra plays at its
best, the sweet, singing quality of
those Kostelanetz strings scoring one
more triumph in long series.
Dance Wares.
Eddie Duchin, all polish and shine
at the piano, leads his band through
two lovely, hit-conscious tunes, "Ouly
Forever" companion classic with
Evening star., 1940-09-15
Review of Recordings
By Alice Eveysman.

Lovers Of the Brahms symphonies complete
the Philadelphia Orchestra with Eugene Oandy conducting
recording OF this work the major item in the
records and deserves stand alone both its musical interest
the superaive reading
The SYMPHONY perhaps the meodous four written
Evening star., 1940-09-15

by Brahms. With an orchestra of
the character and f1nesSe of the
Philadelphia, it's variety and me-
lodic beauty is presented with su-
preme art. There is delicacy and
great volume of sound side by side
in this performance. expertly Con-
trolled by Mr.. Ormandy for most
telling effect. The conductor re-
acts sympathetically to the vitality
of Brahms so that he makes his
reading vivid and pulsating through
out. At the same time the clarity
Of idea is constantly preserved.
The extraordinary beauty of
Brahms long legato phrases is
doubly impressive through the full,
sonorous tone of this great group
of musicians which can so easily
pass to the most delicate means
OF expression with supreme artistic
effect. Mr.. Ormandy is a master
of dynamics and the changing hues
and swiftly emphasized contrast
which he achieves is thrilling. There
is none of the heaviness that some
times is allowed to creep into the
playing of Brahms symphony by
less sensitive interpreters, while the
healthy, surging flow of the music
even in its tenderest moments is
entirely retained.
Brahms developed the taste for
writing symphonies late in life,
but when once begun the symphonic
form had a great attraction for
him. This second of his small
output was written just about a
year after his first essay. It's sue
cess was instantaneous, the lovely
third movement having to be re-
peated. The third movement, as
Mr.. Ormandy conceives it, is per-
Evening star., 1940-09-15
New Closes to Stort

Miss Ruth M. Everett, director of
the Stereotype Institute, has just
announced that due to their extra
heavy enrolment this fall, new
classes will be started in both the
day school and the evening school
each week in September.
The day school offers secretarial
training subjects in addition to
stereotype training. The evening
school is devoted entirely to steno-
type training.