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 INCEST three apartment buildin, in Juneau. Furnished, very econ-
 omical operation. Good neighbor.
 hood, close in. $7,000 will handle Two apts. 2-bedroom, one 1-bed- room. A wise investment for three Coast Guard families. FIVE one-bedroom houses, unfurn- ished, close to downtown and schools. S10,000 for the five or $7500 for three. FOUR room house on pIling, S2,1OO Owner will finance. SLIGO down $40 monthly inc. 6qo interest.
 NEARLY new 3-hedroom house, al- so includes l bedroom log cabin and large net house, 5 acres pat ented land, large garden, II miles out. $7950.
 3 ACRES patented with two bed room furnished house on Fritz Cove Road $3,40O. BEAUTIFUL furnished cabin Lena
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 FOUR Bedroom, furnished. Im- mediate occupancy. $9;5O0. TWO bedroom, furnished, close to schools, hospital, downtown. $55O0. FIVE bedroom, fireplace, best view, 1 furnished. $475O. 2-BEDROOM on beach, seawall, water, cleo, oil. $500 cash. BEDROOM, on beach, bright clean house, view. $3500.
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 EAGLE River Country, small house,
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 Small Boat Harbor. 4 BEDROOMS, Douglas, lot 100 100, new concrete basement. S55O0
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HOPES New ana Csed Mdse. W. buy. sell and exchange. 214 2nk St. Phone 908. soo q
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CLOSING out my collection of Alaska color slides, very reason able. Estelle Wolf, Black 545 eve
 nings. 299 St
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CRECENT APT, centrally located; 1;
 good investment. Call 428. 39 If
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RUGS, 8x10, 6x9; davenport cleo
 tric range, dining room set, arm chair, coffee table. Green 440. 03t
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MISCELLANEOUS

CHIROPODISr:-Blue 379. "A 1mo GUARANTEED Realistic Perman.
 ent. $7.50. Paper curls $1 up
 Lola's Beauty Shop, Phone POI
 315 Decker Way. ti
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WILLIAM WlNN-phone 234

Office in Alaska Credit Bureau
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16
S. c. Weller II
Engaged to Wed

Announcement is made by Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Wilson Hyland OF
Baltimore and Kansas City, Kans.
Of the engagement of their daugh-
ter Patricia Anne to Mr.. Samue.
Clifford Weller II, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Weller of University
Park. Md.
Miss Hyland Is a senior al
the University of Maryland. He,
f1ance attended Maryland and
now Is a student at the Benjamin
Franklin University. School Of
| Accountancy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16
Maj, Mrs. Griest
Visiting Here

Army Mai. and Mrs. James r
Griest are visiting the latter's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John C.
Gordon in their Chevy Chase
home. Maj. Griest has been on
duty In Triest for some years and
recently has been transferred to
Fort Dix, N. j.
Mrs. Griest and their daughter
Miss Anne Griest Joined the Army
Officer in Europe two years age
|aud this Is their first visit home
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16

Miss Griest accompanied he,
parents here and is a guest with
them in her grandparents home
Mrs. Griest before her marriage
was Miss Miriam Gordon, a pop
ular member Of younger circles
in the Capital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16

Mr.. and Mrs. M. o. Tanner, jr.,
Of Arlington announce the engage
ment, Of their daughter Fern to
Mr.. Phillip Yonce, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. William H. Yonce Of Wash
ington.
No date has been set for the
Wedding.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16
Miss Lane Bride

The wedding of Miss Margaret
Elizabeth Lane, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John Guy Lane of Ar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16

lington, and Mr.. William Colbert
Dickerson, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Howen Dickerson of Alex
andria, took place yesterday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16


DauMS of
Evening star., 1949-03-06

not an adaptation Of classical de-
sign, but is characteristic func-
tional modern architecture and
engineering. 1t will be made OF
stainless steel, will be $50 feet
high, and will stand on the edge
of the levee framing the old court
house as seen across the Missis-
sippi River. Part of its design In
cludes a museum and two res
taurants.
Besides the first-prize winning
drawings, there are designs which
won the second prize of $40, 900
and the third prize of $4,000.
Evening star., 1949-03-06

The Stamp Committee at Wash
ington and Lee University, Lexing-
ton, Va, will sponsor official en-
velopes bearing the design repro
duced herewith for first-day mail
Evening star., 1949-03-06
Staff Photo.

Davies, Henry Simpson, Robert
Langley, Thomas Smith, Louise
Hopkins, Kate Stuart. Lizzie Fell
ger, Susie Langley. Marian Pyles,
Mary Dodge, Lewis Vanf1eet, Ed
ward Padgett, John Gordon, Clay
ton Downs, Vincent Fields, Dennis
Killafoyle, Annie E. Ober. Agnes
Sanderson, Mamie Harbin. Fred
ericka Todschneider, Mary Wood
field and Cornelia Bean.
Those in the secondary group
included Kate Klinchance, Eliza
beth Nelson, Elsie Fletcher. Mary
Scarf, Kate Scott, Geneva Connor.
Charles Dulin, Adam Kiddie, Leo
Van Reswick, Melville Jones.
James Pegg. William Shelton.
Nellis Scott, Annie Bohlayer. Victor
Smith, Annie Goss. Harriet Som
ers, Emma Scarf, Edwin Jones,
Frank Wilkerson, Charles En-
merich, Wesley Berkley, John
Sousa. William Sherman. Ellen
Flynn, Alice Edelin,. Elizabeth
Ratrie, Mary Bailey, Vennie Lang
ley. Zorah Parker, Florence Hosp
kins. John Worthan, William
Hutcherson. Christopher Kraft.
Charles Lewis. William White and
George Branson.
Evening star., 1949-03-06
Current Exhibitions
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, Con-

NATIONAL GALLERY OF AHT, Con-
stitution avenue and Sixth street
Paintings. sculptures by masters:
Michelangelos sculpture David"
on special exhibition. Gulbenkian
collection Of Egyptian sculpture
and French 18th century art:
American paintings through April
13.
NATIONAL MUSEUM. National Col
lection of Fine Arts, Constitution
avenue and Tenth street-Ameri-
can paintings and old masters.
SMITHSONIAN BUILDING. Division
of Graphic Arts, Independence ave-
nue. and Tenth street-Prints by
Minna Citron.
FREER GALLERY OF ART. Twelfth
street and Jefferson drive-Ort-
entail and Far Eastern arts. Paint
ings and etchings by Whistler and
other American artists; changing
exhibits
CORCoRAN GALLERY OF ART, Sew
enteenth street between New York
sstntisss psfnae ana and sculpture and the
w. A. Clark collection. American
water colors and drawings. through
March 20. New accessions, through
April IS.
PHILLIPS MEMORIAL GALLERY.
1000 Twenty-first n.s strestMPsin5 estr,Ins IT,
and solman, through March %
ARTS CLUB. 2O17 I street-Exhibi-
ton washington Water Color
Club Annual. through next Friday.
WATKINS GALLERY. American Uni
vnrsity campus-hmerican por-
traits opening today.
TEXTILE MUSEUM. 1920 s street
N,W.-Rugs., tapestries and other
nd ssxe esr Of t5e oeeh Seat Monday ahG fa Wednes
day and Friday. . to 8 pm. Ad-
mission by card obtainable at Of
Ace of George Hewitt Myers, 73o
Fifteenth street NV.
DUMBARTON OAKS COLLECTION.
1908 Thirty:-second street NV.
Early Christian and Byzantine art,
Tuesdays through Sundays, 2 to
pm. Closed Mondays and holidays.
PUBLIC LIBRARY, Eighth and K
streets NV Paintings and draw
ings by Olga Chomisak Weiss,
through March 80.
PAN AMERICAN UNION. Seven
tenth and tSrasS streets Isreb s;W1An'onio
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIvER-
Paintings by Edmund FITZGERALD. :
UNITED NATIONS CLUB, Nineteenth
and R streets N.W.-Exhtbttion OF
paintings by Ernesto Lothar' open
WHITE GALLERY. 1873 Connect
cut avenue N.W.-Circus ballet,
group show by washington artlsts'
March q through March 81.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY. 9Th and
Howard place-Original drawings
of ST. Louis Jefferson Memorial.
BARNETT-ADEN GALLERY. .127
Randolph place N.W.-Paintinss
by six Washington artists. through
March.
SILVER SPRING ART GALLERY,
92l6 Flower avenue, Silver Spring:
Md.-Wash drawings by Muirhead
Bone, through Saturday.
ALFRED FOWLER PRINT GALLERY,
1914 Connecticut avenue NV
color block prints by Bresslern-
Roth, through March 19
Evening star., 1949-03-06

At the beginning OF the Civil
War there were just 81 buildings
in the city being used for public
school purposes. OF these, IL were
regular schoolhouses, S were
churches, 4 were dwelling houses.
l library building, 4 were public
halls, l an enginehouse, 3 indef1-
mite, and, lastly the Old Capitol
Building at First and A streets
NE, where in 1860 Miss Ellen S.
Hawkins taught primary school
No. 7, continuing to do for short
while in 1881 even after she had
become Mrs. Ellen e. Jensen.
During the war. this old building
was taken over by the Government
and used as prison for political
offenders. The School Board had
to look elsewhere for quarters.
The names Of those who received
premiums In 1860 include Anna
Carpenter (medalist). Julia Buck
ley, Redford Bean. Elizabeth Mil
ler, Rosanna Brown, Elizabeth
Craig, John Carpenter, Michael
Fleming, Frederick Stewart. Fran
els Meal, Kate Dipple. Mary Car
penter, Mary Craig, James Bass
ford, Mary Herbert, Edmund Kane
and George Bivans.
Schools Were Packed
The following year those who
attended this school and who re-
ceived honorary mention of some
sort were Elizabeth Wright, Dor
BETA Gof, Edmund Kane, Mary
Herbert, Washington Wright,
Roseanna Brown, Catherine Buck
ley, Louisa Kraft. Charles Burns,
Francis Meade, Julia Hurley, Will
ton Griffin and Louisa Kraft.
One might we'll judge that the
children who attended the Old
Capitol School we're surrounded
with better conditions than those
who were forced to 60 to school
elsewhere. An idea of the prevail
ing conditions existing here in
1854 can be best had from part
of the report of the Committee on
School Houses and Schoolroonis.
The war did not help matters
any, but If possible. made things
even worse, for the Government
through necessity rather than
choice soon found 1t necessary to
take over for hospital purposes
all available buildings in the city.
A schoolroom on K street. be-
tween Second and Third streets
Sc, which was only 16 by 18
feet, had an average attendance
for the year of 43 boys and girls
and closed the year with 81 pupils,
54 of whom took the examination.
Surely we have nothing today
quite so bad as this. and none OF
us would care to have it so.
Site Had to Be Bought
Soon after this report was made
plans were laid for erecting in
the third school district the first
of the modern school buildings in
the District of Columbia. Richard
Wallach was then the Mayor,
serving in that Office from 1861
to 1867. He had been great help
IN tba couse of n,lhlic education.
and it was deemed appropriate
that the new building should bear
the name of "Wallach." for with
out his enthusiasm and assistance
free education would have dragged
along perhaps even until some
years later.
When one reads about the way
things were done years ago he Is
Evening star., 1949-03-06
World Of Stamps
By james Waldo Fowcett

at Ottawa, Quebec, Montreal, To-
ronto and other cities and towns
on the day Of release. and post
marks may be obtained through
the postmasters indicated.
The new Scott speciality album
supplements are available in
Washington stamp shops. There
are four for the British common
wealth Of nations and one each
for Latin America and the West
Indies. Scandinavia and Finland,
Germany and colonies, Central
Europe and Central America.
Extra binders also may be had
now.
The Capital City Post Card Col
lkctors Club will meet at the
Thomson Center, Twelfth and L
streets NV, tomorrow evening at
7:3O. New officers will be elected
and full attendance of members
therefore Is desired.
The Woodbridge Stamp Club will
have a business meeting at 1918
Rhode Island avenue NE, to-
morrow evening at 8.
The Washington Philatelic So
ciety will have its quarterly bust
ness meeting at the Cosmos Club,
Madison place at H street NV.
Wednesday evening at 8. followed
by an auction.
The Collectors Club, meeting at
1912 Ninth street NV, on Tues
day evening, March 20, will be ad-
dressed by Julian Baber of the
United States Secret Service, long
an authority on counterfeiting
and related matters.
Evening star., 1949-03-06
lHasI,ir,stun ann Gfe l1ntrrrsit.
frrn,strn. r'irJnn
Tag girrutrn,,ial 1919
s,#ica Tr,, nx (ess

sa'ca FRI, Dag tes~
ing April IL. Collectors desiring
examples should send Is cents for
each cover wanted. addressing Or
ders to the committee. Profits are
pledged to scholarship in men,
ory of the schools war dead.
A stamp to honor the inventor
of the safety pin has been pro-
posed by James H. Bower, secre-
tary, Pentagon Philatelic Society,
and Maj. James T. De Voss. vice
president, Washington Philatelic
Society. The genius for whom
recognition is sought was Walter
Hunt 1796-1859), who also in
vented an alarm gong for engine
houses and police stations. the
Globe stove, a breech loading
rifle. a repeating pistol, cloth col
lars, shoes to enable acrobats to
walk on ceilings and a lock-stitch
sewing machine, not to mention
scores of other gadgets. His pat
ent on the pin was dated April 10,
1849. A design for the suggested
stamp has been created by Paul
v. Hartelius, jr. It shows a husky
baby in three-cornered pants.
Robert Bowen reports that a
clerk at the Columbia Heights
Station has a few Scent Susan
B. Anthony stamps which he will
share with collectors asking for
reasonable numbers of them.
Australia will have a new 5-shil-
ling stamp on April IL. The de-
sign features the Commonwealth
coat of arms.
The Post Office Department of
Canada has changed its mind.
After arbitrarily discontinuing
first-day cover service on the mis-
taken theory that the cost ex-
ceeded the profit. 1t now an
nounces that f1rst-day covers will
be serviced at St. Johns, New
foundland, April /, when a new
Accent commemorative, marking
the entry of Newfoundland into
the confederation with the Do
minion. goes on sale. American
collectors should send self-ad-
dressed standard size (6-A) en-
velopes with wrapped coins in
care Postmaster, st. Johns. The
new stamp also will be available
Evening star., 1949-03-06
Animal Artist


Animal Artist
Almost every creature tina
swims, flies, or moves on all fours
is represented in the exhibition o.
color blockprints by Norbertin'
Won Bresslern-Roth at ALFRED
Fowler's print gallery. Fifteen diff
ferent subjects are matted ane
framed, but four times as man!
can be seen in portfolios.
Now professor of art at the Uni
versity of Graz, Austria. she ha'
been one of Europe's foremos
animal artists for several decades
She studied industriously. com
pleting her formal education II
the Vienna Academy, where hel
instructor endeavored to draw hel
attention away from animals. But
these remained her preferred
models. both in paintings ane
lino-cuts. Because Of her love o.
! color, ner prints require aS uldiiS
as four plates.
There are apparently no limit:
to her interests which extend from
tree frogs and fish to lions ano
tigers. Most visitors will probabl!
prefer her appealing Pekingest
dogs, silky Angora cats and othel
domestic animals. or perhaps he
graceful flying swans. leaping dee:
and other gentle dwellers OF tn
forest. Man is in this collection
only as a beast of prey, huntini
gazelles and birds.
She depicts each animal in
basically naturalistic. beautiful,
designed picture. Her subjects ar
so placed that every inch Of
print is interesting, with no emp
ty spaces.
This exhibition will remain
through March 10, to be followed
by collection of work by Loui
NOVak.
Evening star., 1949-03-06
Book Review

DOOk NeNlc"
ROGER VAN DER WEYDEN'S PIETA. BY
w Vogelsane. Harper & Bros. 81 80 }
Details of a great masterpiece
of painting in the exact size of
the original, and in rich and faith
full color reproduction, including
the crackle, comprise the out
standing merit of this first volume
of a planned series on form and
color. Prof. Vogelsang, formerly
at the University of Utrecht, has
written brief biography of the
18th century Flemish master, and
has analyzed his "Pieta" "a treas
ure of The Hague's MauritShuis)
in such way as to help the reader
recognize Van der Weyden's style
and individual characteristics In
his other works. The eight re-
productions we're done in eight
color printing in the Netherlands,
directly from the original paint
Ing.
Evening star., 1949-03-06
A Vivid Picture
OfCIemencedu
THE TIGER OF FRANCE:
CONVERSATIONS WITH

THE TIGER OF F'RANCE.
CONVERSATIONS WITH
CLEMENCEAU
Bv Wythe Williams. Duell, Sloan
G. Pearce, NeaD York; s450J
Reviewed by
EDWIN TRIBBLE.
Mr.. Williams first met Clemen-
ceau when he was a correspondent
in Paris for the New York Times
and the great Frenchman was
editing a newspaper and topping
ministries. The friendship lasted
until the statesman's death 16
years later. This is record OF it.
There are long conversations
with the old Tiger and they touch.
as evening talk over good food
and good drinks should. almost
every subject. Mr.. Williams
Weaves into the background
enough of Clemenceau's life and
times for the reader not to feel
ignored.
The old man must have been a
trial to every one. Before he
saved France in the first World
War he was tolerated because the
public recognized spark OF
greatness in him. AfterWard he
was honored for his great achieve
ment. His people did not think
enough of him, however, to fol-
low his advice. Some of his pre-
dictions after the 1918 armistice
have been borne out, including
one which is particularly amaz-
ing. Mr.. Williams asked him in
1921 on which side Russia would
be in the Second World War which
the old Tiger expected. Both"
he replied. His wisdom IN such
things was uncanny.
Mr.. Williams writes in spirit
of complete admiration. almost
reverence for the old Tigers
memory. But he does not neg
lect the vinegary side of the men
who spent a lifetime in opposition.
politically speaking.
Evening star., 1949-03-06
By John CIogett Proctor

frequently surprised at the short
sightedness of those who we're
supposed to look after our best
interests. The building of the
Wallach School brings to mind
one of the many big mistakes
then made, and of which the
present generation knows but
little.
Congress at various times had
given to various institutions of
the city public lots to the esti-
mated value of $4,000, of which
two colleges alone received $50,-
900 worth, and it SO happened
that the ground upon which the
Wallach School stands had to be
bought back from one of these
for $1,000.
However. it was an ideal situa-
ton for the purpose, having a
front on Pennsylvania avenue OF
129 feet 4 inches, on c street OF
248 feet 2 inches and on Seventh
street of 389 feet. The whole
tract contains 107,834 square feet,
the price paid being at the rate
of about 6l2 cents square foot
which some of us would like to
duplicate today.
At the period, the Wallach
Franklin and Jefferson Schools
were new buildings. They repre-
sented the highest types of school
buildings in the United States, If
not in the whole world.
School Cost 5000
The Wallach was commenced In
May, 1868, completed in June OF
the following year. and dedicated
July 4. 1864. 1t was built by w
H. Falconer, who. it is said
"cheerfully and faithfully exc
cuted all the stipulations of the
contract" The entire cost of the
building was only $30.400 though
| it was built at a time when ma
terial and labor were considered
high.
The exercises incident to the
dedication were quite interesting,
and toward the close a dedicating
hymn, written by z. Richards. was
sung by the pupils of Prof. j. H.
Daniel, after which Maj. B. B.
French presented the keys to the
Mayor.
The Wallach Faculty
w. w. McCathran was the first
principal at the Wallach School
and he had to assist him Mary E.
Ramsey. Jane G. Moss, Frances
Elvans, Eliza w. Clarke, Kate M
Sanderson, Emily E. Jordan, Addie
Thompson, Jeanie Ramsey and
Helen E. Williams.
How interesting 1t is to turn
back the pages of time many years
and read the names of those who
were the first to receive medals
and diplomas from this school
The medal scholars were David
McComb, Mary E. Hayes. Rufus
Ferguson, Eliza Aiken, Nellie Darr
George Emmons, Sarah McFad-
den. James Flynn, Virginia Beers
and James Hardin.
Those receiving diplomas fol
exemplary conduct and punctuality
were George Felger. Thomas Simp-
son, Edward Cranch. Eliza Simp-
son, Virginia Ruff. Hannah Sand
erson, Edward Barnes, Thomas
Barrett, James Brown, Julia Smith
Jane Myers. Mary Langley. Thorn
as Stuart, John w. O'Meara. Frank
Evening star., 1949-03-06

Pratt, Matthew Jouett, Waldo and
Asher B. Durand are all repre-
sented.
The exhibition concludes with
life-size. full-length portraits of
Presidents Buchanan and Lincoln
by George P A. Healy.
Evening star., 1949-03-06

A new instruction group TO.
beginners and players wishing to
improve their game is being Or
ganized at the Connecticut Bridge
Club, 26O5 Connecticut avenue
NV, tomorrow evening at 8:15.
The club director also announces
duplicate games for non-experts
every Tuesday at 8 pm.
Evening star., 1949-03-06

The Arlington Farms second
annual team m-of-four champion
ships closed Sunday night. Vic
tors were Mrs. Howard G. Camp
bell cher second title honor with
in a week., Mrs. E. A. st. John
Mr.. and Mrs. George Kathan. The
new champions won 1412 boards
each session.
Evening star., 1949-03-06

The Scent Alexandria bicen-
tennial airmail probably will be
placed on sale May 10. It will
show the seal Of the city. with
wings on either side; views OF
Gadsby's Tavern and an old
residence, perhaps the Carlyle
House. and other details Of q
historic nature. The color may be
crimson, but there is a chance
that orange will be chosen.
New issues proposed in Con-
gress include a commemorative
for the centennial Of the death of
Albert Gallatin, Secretary of the
Treasury; a stamp to publicize
the Lake Washington floating
bridge. Seattle; Goth anniversary
label for the petroleum industry;
commemorative for the ter
centenary of Maiden, Mass; a
18th anniversary adhesive for
Texas A. and M. College; CEN
tennial stamp for Fort Laramie.
Wyo., and a sticker to advertise
the Old Powder House, Sommer-
vile, Mass.
Readers who favor the proposed
stamp in aid Of the campaign
against cancer are invited to write
to Third Assistant Postmaster
General Joseph j. Lawler.
The philatelic public was repre-
sented at the swearing-in OF Roy
M. North as postmaster of Wash
ington Tuesday by Mai. Gen. Karl
Truesdell. president Of the Wash
ington Philatelic Society; Sol
Glass, former vice president Of
the American Philatelic Society,
Baltimore; Mrs. Edward B.
Martin, assistant to the philatelic
consultant at the Library Of Con-
gress: William M. Stuart, phil
atelic writer for the Washington
Post; Chester L. Lankford founder
Of the Roosevelt Stamp Club.
Douglas, Ga. and others.
If the projected stamp In
homage to Mrs. Theodore w.
Birney. founder of the PTA move
ment, is authorized. 1t may 60 on
sale in Marietta. Ga. where she
was born. and in Washington.
where she lived for many years,
simultaneously. Perhaps her
great-granddaughter and name
sake, Alice Birney Robert, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence w.
Robert, jr., of Atlanta. will partici-
pate in one of the flrst-day cere-
monies.