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Legion Auxiliary
Christmas Plans:
Other Activities

The District of Columbia Depart
ment, American Legion Auxiliary
has made plans to assist in a Christ
mas dinner for servicemen of World
War II at the American Legion
clubhouse, 2437 Fifteenth street
NV, on December Is.
Mrs. Margaret Carroll, department
gift shop chairman, announced a
gift shop will open at Mount Alto
Hospital on December IL from to S
pm. Later the shop will open at
Walter Reed. The bed patients will
first be taken care of. The members
will wrap and mail them for the
patients.
Cooley Mccullough Unit will meet
at $50 pm. Wednesday at the Lee
gion clubhouse, with Mrs. Marian
Money, president, presiding.
The United States Department of
Agriculture Unit. o. 36, will meet
at the Legion clubhouse at 8 pm.
Tuesday. President Pearl Hagerty
will preside.
Mrs. Frances Houston was accept
ed for membership at the last meet
ing. Mrs. Clea French was appointed
assistant secretary.
The unit donated IS for the gift
shop for veterans at Mount Alto
Hospital and will help to provide
special shoes for infantile paralysis
patients at Children's Hospital.
Salon Departmental Eight and
Forty will celebrate its 18th anniver-
sary and also the birthday anniver-
ISary of its founder, Mrs. Irene Ar
mold. at the New Colonial Hotel at
n pm. December with a dinner.
Mrs. Rae r. zaontz, chapeau de-
partemental, will preside. Mrs. Dor
othy Harper Is chairman and Mrs.
Pearl Heagerty vice chairman.
A meeting of the George E. Killeen
Unit, No. Is, will be held at 8 pm.
Wednesday at the Killeen clubrooms,
1904 M street NV.
After the meeting the unit will
have Christmas party. Each per-
son is to bring gift costing from 10
cents to Is cents. Refreshments will
be served. Members of the post are
invited.
The unit will serve ice cream and
cake at bingo party at Mount Alto
Hospital on December IA and will
sell tuberculosis seals at woodward
g. Lothrop's on December ID.
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Local Eastern Star Activities

|. Cathedral Bells, Tuesday, home
Of Mrs. Ola Mcmahon. Home Board,
December z, home of the matron.
At the next chapter meeting re-
ception Of new officers.
Esther Chapter, December 7, re-
ception OF new officers. Ways and
means, December II, home Of the
matron. Dramatic Club, December
10, home Of Agnes Miller.
Joppa Lodge Chapter, Wednes-
day, reception of new officers. Ways
and means, 8 pm. December IL,
home Of the matron.
Brightwood Chapter, ways and
means, tomorrow, home of the ma
iron. Rehearsal, 7:30 pm. Satur-
day.
Washington Centennial, ways and
means, east side, Tuesday night
with Hazel w. Jones. Home Board
Wednesday with Hazel Linton.
New officers for Joseph H. Milans
Lodge Chapter are: Matron, Mrs.
Katherine M. Kyber; patron, Charles
Neidecker; associate matron, Elise
Mangum; secretary, Esther v. Cross
treasurer, Lena M. Elder; con-
ductress, Annie Clark; associate
conductress, Lettie Merkel; chap
lain, Stella Hardin; marshal, Ruth
Neidecker; organist, Lola Harrison;
Adah, Betty June Thomas; Ruth,
Aleene Pollard; Esther, Ethel Mar
ton; Martha. Agnes Buie; Electa,
Helen Phillips; warder, Annie
Drummond: sentinel Edward Bird
well; representative to home, Mrs.
Louise E. Kreglow. Reception to
new officers Thursday.
Naomi Chapter installed Margie
Chapman, matron; Vernon Fer
guson, patron; Grace Delaney, asso-
ciate matron: Daniel Mcdonnell, as
sociate patron; Ellen Ferguson, Sec
rotary; Belle Mellen, treasurer;
Rosa Smoot, conductress; Faith
Novinger, associate conductress;
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at 8 o'clock. The Girls Glee Club
of Mckinley High School, with Phyl-
lis Hoyland, soloist, will sing.
Miss FoWler's program includes
Trumpet Tune" and Air" Purcell;
Our Lord to Jordan Came" Bach;
Prelude and Fugue in A Minor"
Bach; 10, How Rose Fer Bloom
ing" Brahms; shepherds March,"
Yon; In Dulce JUBILEE" Edmund
son; "Toccata," Farnam, and so
nata on the Oath Psalm" Reubke.
The Alumnae Group of Sigma AL
pha Iota, women's professional mu-
sic sorority organized over five years
ago in this city, will be installed into
the national organization as an
alumnae chapter tomorrow night at
the residence of Mrs. James Lee
Oliver, 5000 Patterson street, Chevy
Chase. Md. Kathleen Davidson, ma
tional president, will install the
chapter.
Appearing on the program are
Helen Turley, contralto; Julia Muel-
Ter, violist; Suzanne Conklin, pianist,
and Mrs. Neil Staebler, soprano.
The third in the series of Sunday
night soloists will be presented at
the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church tonight, o'clock, when
Corpl. Emo Valasek, noted violinist,
will appear with the string ensemble
which consists of five violins, two
violas and three violoncelli, under
the direction of Charles Dana
Beaschler.
The New York Avenue Presby-
terrain Chorus of 100 voices will sing
"Jesu, Bambino." Frank Gamble,
an instructor at the Navy School of
Music, will sing the baritone solo.
Homer Phillips, trombone, and
Leonard Smith, cornet, will be heard
in Pryor's "Bluebells of Scotland"
and Rogers Harp of Tara" re-
spectively, at the next concert by
the Navy Band at the Departmental
Auditorium, Constitution avenue and
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VFW Auxiliary Unit
To Meet Tomorrow

Mrs. Ida Emmert, president of the
District of Columbia Department
Veterans of Foreign Wars, has
called department meeting tomor-
row at Northeast Masonic Temple.
All-American Auxiliary will meet
Tuesday evening at 1919 K street
NV. The president. Mrs. Virgie
Evans, will preside The auxiliary
will have its annual inspection by
the department District president
Floor work members are requested
to be present at 7:30 pm. for re-
hearsal. On December 9, at the
home of Mrs Grace Fields, 602 F
street NE, an evening of games
will be held for the benefit of the
National Home Nursery Cottage
Fund. A Christmas party will be
given at Mount Alto Hospital fo1
the patients on December 20.
Police and Fire Auxiliary will
meet at 7l3 D street NV. on Wed.
nesday. Mrs. Harriet Eldridge viii
preside. A Christmas party for the
children of the members will be held
December % at pm. at 713 D street
NV. The auxiliary will hold a
Christmas party at the adopted
ward on December 10 at Mount Alto
Hospital.
The Past Presidents Club will
meet Thursday. Notices will be sent
as to the place Of meeting.
Naval Gun Factory Auxiliary will
meet Wednesday at 2407 Minnesota
avenue Sc. An inspection of the
auxiliary will be held. Mrs. Olga
Clickner requests all members to
meet in uniform.
At the last meeting of the National
Capital Auxiliary Mrs. Beulah Wal
Ter, hospital ward chairman, made
plans for Christmas party in the
adopted hospital ward.
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Memorial Work
To Be Played
By Symphony

The first entirely orchestral pro-
gram by the National Symphony
Orchestra will be given this after
noon in Constitutional Hall with DR..
Hans Kinder conducting. 1t will
feature the world premier of Ber-
nard Wagenaar's Song of Mourn
ing" which the composer wrote es-
pecially for the program to be given
by the National Symphony in the
Metropolitan Opera House on Tues
day. 1t was to have been given its
premiere then but Mr.. Wagenaar
preferred that Washington should
hear it first.
The concert Tuesday in New York,
with Egon Petri and Helen Traubel
as soloists, is under the sponsorship
of the Netherland- American Foun-
dation and is a benefit for the Hen
dirk Willem van Loon Scholarship
Fund Mr.. Wagenaar, like Dr.
Kinder, is of Dutch birth but has
been a resident of this country for
the past 20 years. His Song of
Mourning" is memorial to the
11oildllQClS wiz WCiC illul oClCo ALI
resisting the attempt to throttle the
freedom of their compatriotS. 1t
records the composers sorrow at the
condition and suffering of his native
land.
Definitely popular" in character,
the program this afternoon viii in
clude further the Tschaikowsky
symphony No. a." the overture to
Wagner's Die Meistersinger, 4"
Strauss tone poem, Don Juan" and,
by request, Villa-LoboS' The Little
Train of the Caipira,' which had
to be repeated at its initial perform
ance here a month ago.
Tuesday nights benefit concert in
New York is the first of nine en-
gagements the National Symphony
and DR.. Kinder will fill in the
Northern States before returning to
Washington. On Wednesday they
will be heard in Portland, Me; on
Thursday in Lewiston, Me; on Sat-
urday in Hartford, Conn; on Sun
day, December 10, in Springfield,
Mass; Monday, December II, in
Rutland, Vt; Tuesday, December
u, in Albany, N. Y; Wednesday,
December 10, in Niagara Falls, N.
Y, and On Thursday, December IA,
in Syracuse, N. Y.
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Canadian Soprano
An Exchange Artist
On Guilds Series

AS first Of the exchange soloists
between Canada and the United
States, Frances James, soprano, will
be presented by the Chamber Music
Guild Tuesday at $50 pm. in Me-
mortal Continental Hall. This will
be the third program of the con-
cert series by the guild. The ar
rangement for an exchange of ar
lists between this country and the
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Bridge
BY Frank B. Lord

Players In the winter nationals OF
the American Contract Bridge
League, which is holding its annual
tournament at the Hotel Brighton in
Atlantic City this week, will have
abundant opportunity to get on the
master point roll or to increase their
score standing if their names al
ready appear there. Almost 1000 OF
these much-coveted items are avail.
able to the winners and runners
up in the several championship
matches. Each player on the win
ming team of four will receive At
master points, while there will be
no less than 100 to be divided among
the open-pair championships ano
lesser contests, including the mixed
pairs, the women's team of four anc
the amateur pair games and the spe-
cial one-session master point events
William Cheeks was designated by
the league management to have
charge of the promotion campaign
for the tournament in the Eastern
section of the country. When the
tournament starts tomorrow evening
he will direct the entertainment fea-
lures, and will continue to dispense
hospitality throughout the meet. He
will be assisted by Mrs. Cheeks. More
than Is of Washington's advanced
players have registered for one OF
more of the tournament events.
AS was hoped, various readers rec
ognized the remarkable grand-slam
hand which Mrs. Maureen O'Brien
placed in circulation and which was
printed in this column two weeks
ago, as a variation of the old Mis-
sissippi Heart Hand" long a ia
vorite of professional gamblers. II
is supposed to have originated on the
old paddle-wheel steamboats, on the
Mississippi and came to be used
elsewhere whenever any one could
be found by the sharpers who would
fall for it.
The suits are different in Mrs
O'Brien's hand from the arrange
ment in the Mississippi heart hand
and a few of the minor and unim.
portant spot cards are changed, but
the basic principle of the two hand.
is the same. In both hands, the
cards, Of course, are stacked, and the
result is always the same. Old-t time
players readily saw the similarity
but the hand was new to many Of
the younger ones. 1t is said to have
developed in the days of old
fashioned whist, before either auc.
ton or corHract were attempted
The Federal Bridge League played
its monthly master point game al
the Wardman Park Hotel on Tues.
day evening, but at the time this
was written the results were no,
available.
The standing of the various four
somes in the team of -four season
series is as follows:
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Evanf Recital

Lillian Evanti, lyric coloratura So
prano, assisted by Arturo Papalardo
at the piano, will give recital Fri
day at $50 pm. at the Metropolitan
Baptist Church, R street between
Twelfth and Thirteenth streets
NV Although Nine. Evanti is an
accomplished linguist, she will sing
in English with the exception of
the Introductory number, Handel's
Care Selve," the Mad Scene"
from Il Puritani," and La Giro
meta" a Venetian song, dating back
to 1850. Two of her own compost
tons, My Little Prayer" and High
Flight" together with four rarely
heard Negro spirituals, will be in
cluded in varied program
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Tenor Gives Recital

LIE Droit Park Nursery School
will present Pruth McFarlin, Negro
tenor, in recital in Asbury
M. E. Church, Eleventh and K
streets, Friday evening, s:15 pm,
for the benefit of the school.
Mr.. McFarlin was born in Pensa-
cola, Fla, and received his bachelor
of art degree from the Southern
University. He continued his studies
at the Eastman School and later
with Frank La Forge, appearing be-
fore number of university and civic
groups and as guest artist with the
National Broadcasting and the Co
'lumbia Broadcasting systems.
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Anniversary Program

Charter members of the District of
Columbia Chapter of the American
Guild of Organists will be guests of
honor at dinner tomorrow at 7 pm.
in Columbia Heights Christian
Church, 1885 Park road NV, in
celebration of the 34th anniversary
of the founding of the chapter.
Lewis Atwater will present an his
torical sketch, compositions by the
late Edgar Priest, first organist of the
Washington Cathedral will be played
by Kathryn Hill RaWls; the choir of
the church will sing Jesus, the Very
Thought of Thee" by Maud SeWall,
under the direction of the dean,
Katherine Fowler, and the program
will be brought to a close with
Fanfare" by Fulton Karr, played
by the composer.
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Elizabeth Henderson, chaplain; Mar
ion Close, marshal; Marguerite
Fisher, organist; Ruth Springman
Adah; Katherine Miller, Ruth; Jen-
ME Barker, Esther; Evelyn Thomp-
son, Martha; Dorothy Wetzel, Elec-
ia; Alice Hendricks, warder, and
John jenkins, sentinel.
Martha Chapter will hold a turkey
dinner and bazaar December 7 at
Northeast Masonic Temple, pm
to 7:30 pm.
Unity Chapter installed Alma F
Potter, matSon; Hugh r. Titlow
patron; Frank j. Kraus, associate
patron Ida M. C. johnson, secre-
tary; Marie N. Patton, treasurer;
Bertha e. Hamacher, conductress;
Ef1e E. Dickson, associate con.
ductress; Russie Garfield, chaplain
May Titlow, marshal; Arthur E
Knowles, organist; Reva C. Archer
Adah; Margaret r. Hayslip, Ruth
Lois Walp, Esther; Hattie Simon
Martha; Mary Lee Rutan, Electa
Virginia T. Kraus, warder, and vii.
helm Wiedemann, sentinel.
Harmony Chapter installed Vera
B. Davis, matron; George Potter
patron; Ruby Deery, associate ma
iron; c. Earl Deery, associate pa
iron; Ada L. Toombs, secretary
Angela Cook, treasurer; Alberta D
Plowman, conductress; Pauline shy.
der, associate conductress; Anne D
Potter, chaplain; Peggy Ray, mar.
shall; Clara Newton, organist; Clara
Longstreth, Adah; Phyllis Hannah
Ruth, Mary Ellen McCorkle, Esther
Edith L. Potts, Martha; Jeanette
A. Greenip, Electa; Doris c. Quig.
ley, warder; Cassie Blankenship
sentinel; Anne D. Potter, representa-.
tive to the home.
Takoma Chapter will install Pa.
iron Karl Knaus on Friday evening
Ruth Chapter, reception to new
officers tomorrow, and Home Boare
meeting. Night of games, 8 pm
December 9, home of Patron Roger
Craley.
Areme Chapters newly elected Of
ficers are: Grace Williams, matron
Walter Rubenstein, patron; Eliza
beth Honetor, associate matron
Lille Dowrick, secretary; Mary Jan,
Jester, treasurer; Bertha Kunst
conductress; Marie Anderson, asso
ciate conductress: Julius Gay, Carri
Mile and Mamie Lohrer, trustees
and Past Grand Matron Helen I
Brashears, representative to tn
home.
Reception to the new officers OF
Wednesday.
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Dominion was made through Sir
Ernest Macmillan, dean of the mu-
sic faculty of the University of To-
ronto, and Marcel Anchor, founder
of the Chamber Music Guild.
The program will include Chaus-
sons Concerto for Violin, Piano
and String Quartet" with Mishe,
Piastro, first violinist OF the Guild
Quartet, playing the solo part, and
Daniel Guidet taking his place in
the ensemble. Mr.. Piastro will close
the program with the Cesar Franck
Sonata" assisted by Arpad Sander
at the piano, who will also be heard
in Chausson's work. Miss James
will sing Debussy's "Ariettes Ou-
blieeS."
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Pianist at Howard u,

Capt, William S. Newman, U. S. A
A. F., will be presented by the
Howard University school of music
If a piano recital Tuesday $3.50 pm
His program will consist of four
sonatas: Piatti's Sonata in C
Minor" G. P. E. Bach's Sonata in
G Minor" Hindemith's Sonata No
3 in B Flat Major" and Tschaikow-
sky's Sonata in G Major"
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American War Mothers

District Of Columbia Chapter will
meet at the YWCA, Seventeenth and
K streets NV, at 1:30 pm. De-
cember 8, with the president, Mrs
Marion Barrows, presiding. Christ
mas boxes for veterans in Washing
ton hospitals will be filled for the
Red Cross to distribute.
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Spanish War Veterans

Meetings this week are: Monday
Lawton and Aston Camps; Thursday
Harden Camp.
Auxiliaries.
Admiral George Dewey Naval
Auxiliary, Northeast Masonic Tenn
pie, 8 pm. tomorrow.
Col. John j. Aston Auxiliary, 921
Pennsylvania avenue Sc, 8 pm.
Tuesday.
The annual Christmas party of the
Department of the District of Co.
lumbia, A. U. S. w. ", will be held
at 8 pm. Wednesday at Northeast
Masonic Temple. Members of camps,
auxiliaries, daughters and sons in
vited.
Admiral George Dewey Naval
Auxiliary will hold a card party at
the home of Mrs. Margaret Burns
at 8 pm. Thursday. All members
of camps, auxiliaries, daughters and
sons urged to attend. Funds will be
used for blood donor centers.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles Auxiliary,
| Odd Fellows Temple FRIDAY evening
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Ladies' Oriental Shrine

High Priestess Belle Thomson has
called meeting OF Su Zu Court at
7:30 pm. Tuesday. Christmas party
for children after the meeting.
Members bring gifts for Santa
Claus.
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Psychic bids are dangerous not
alone because the partner frequent
ly does not know how to interpret
them, but sometimes because of the
holdings of the adversaries who are
able to take advantage of such q
call. An illustration occurred in a
Federal Bridge League game. West
was dealer. He held four spades
to the ten spot, three hearts to the
nine, four small clubs and the ten
and one diamonds.
The North hand had king and one
small spade, ace and one small
heart, queen and two small clubs
and six diamonds to the jack, queen
and ace The South hand had ace
and one small spade, two small
hearts, ace, king. queen and two
clubs and the king, nine and two
small diamonds. North doubled,
and East, having nothing valuable
except the king, queen and four
hearts, passed. South called two no
trump. North then bid four no
trump, and South jumped to six
no trump, recognizing that West
had opened psychic.
West led the ten of diamonds,
which was won by South's king, who
then cashed his ace and king of
spades and ran five more diamonds,
discarding heart and club. Aft
er winning with the ace of hearts,
all OF his clubs were good, and he
claimed a grand slam against the
psychic bid. Had West passed origi-
nally, North would have bid the
diamonds and, although slam was
possible in that suit, it probably
would not have been bid. In any
event, it would not have counted
for as much as the slam in no trump.
Some of the players at other tables
even stopped at five diamonds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-12-03

Post Office Department gossip in
dicates that the long delayed Red
Cross stamp now finally is "up to the
President"
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According to the American Stamp
Dealers Association Bulletin, Charles
Boyer and Irene Dunno were among
the movie stars who were expected
to attend the frst-day sale of the
3-cent movie industry stamp in New
York on October 81, but did not APP
pear.
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Stamp club meetings for the week
are listed as follows:
Tomorrow evening at 8-Wood-
ridge Stamp Club, home of Yves, M,
Tryon, 1902 Twentieth street NE.
Tuesday evening at 8-Collectors
Club of Washington, Thomson
School, Twelfth and l. streets NV.
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Add to the list of soldiers who are
stamp collectors the name of First
1t. James Ernest Ingram of 81
Rhode Island avenue NV, now with
the forces of liberation in Germany,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-12-03

! William B. Angle Of Chambers
burg, Pa, we'll known in Washington
stamp collecting circles, is in Jack
son. Miss, on a visit to his son.
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A Id Red Cross stamp, showing
the universal emblem of mercy not
once but twice, has been issued in
both English and Afrikaans by the
Union of South Africa.
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The stamp collection of the late
Roy H. Stephens of Detroit will be
sold at auction by Hugh C. Barr,
Inc, New York City, December 10
to Is, inclusive.
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Chairman Russell S. Jefreys of
the Americanism Commission re-
quests all posts to present their
school awards during January.
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Cinema Reviews
GlamOrOus Past
For Film Themes
BY the Associated Press.

~ the associated Press,
HOLLYWOOD,
Hollywood has had many colorful
personalities i'll its short history
yet, in spite of much talk about
some of its characters for picture
biographies, so far none of the
projects has come off.
Ever SO often, sporadic rumors,
even studio announcements. herald
the making of the life of Valentino.
Q! VIII Rogers and recently, of Tom
MIX. The latter two are now in
the dining; only time will tell if thev
VIII go into the limbo of forgotten
Things, or if they will achieve cellu-
lold immortalization.
harry Sherman, devoted to Vest
erns as a producer through good
years and bad, is now working on
the Tom Mix story. The Life of
VIII Rogers" rumors have now
reached the point where John
Wayne is named as the favorite for
the role. On the Valentino project
much talked of few months back
nothing has been said for some
time. 1t had short revival in in
terest when George Raft did a
tango number in Follow the Bows.
looking as much like Valentino as
well, Valentino.
The Gay Illiterate," based on
Louella Parsons autobiography, is
nearest actual filming. Casting for
the name role are popular after
dinner talk, with names from Hedy
Lamar to Marjorie Main men
toned. The property was bought
for $4,000 by Twentieth Century
FOX, which would like to see Irene
Dunno in the part.