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STORE 20-YEAR CLUB
Banquet is success
v ——- «
Woodward & Lothrop Employes of
Two Decades Joined by Nine
T New Members.
STUNTS FEATURE DINNER
Twelve of Those Present in Service
Forty Years.
Nearly a hundred members of the
•Twenty-Tear” Club of Woodward &
Lothrop’s department store and their
guests attended the annual banquet
of the organisation held at the
Raleigh Hotel last night.
As the name implies, the member
ship is composed of those of the |
organization who have served it for
twenty years or longer.
Songs were sung throughout the
dinner and various “stunts” per
formed bv a number of club mem
bers. “The Family Album,” com
posed of slide pictures of members
of the club taken years ago. and
"Twenty - year Club Funnygrams”
proved the chief attraction of the
program. ,
Xino new members were admitted.
Miss T. Steagall. Miss H. K. Taylour.
Mrs. M. L. Wiles, K. K. Rippon. W. C.
Iferfuth. T E. Langley. W. tl. Wild
ing, J. Fissell and G, F. Simpson.
Twelve Served Forty Yearn.
George E. Ostermayer. president of
the club, in an address declared that
in the club were twelve members
who had served the store for forty
years, sixteen who had servo! thirty
five years and sixteen who had served
thirty years, twenty-three who had
served twenty-five years, thirty-two
who had served twenty years. Other
speakers were Donald Woodward,
toastmaster; Powell Rogers and Wil
liam Knowles Cooper.
The officers and members of the
club are; George B Ostermayer. presi
dent: Miss Ada Reed, vice president;
PoWell Rogers, secretary: William T.
Brady, treasurer; A. W. Allison, J. H
Austin, J. Bailey, H. Barschkies, C. T.
Baxter. R. I. Birch, T). S. Boyer, Miss
.1. Bravton, J. M. Buzzell. Miss R.
Byrne, Miss M. E. Cleary. Miss M. D.
Collins, Mrs. F. P. Columbus, Miss A.
Conway, Miss M. Curran, C. E. Davis.
.1. Davies, W. Davies. J. M. Deering,
Miss S. Eber. J. H. Edes, G. N, liver
eft, W r . W. Everett, M. Fischer, J.
Fissell, I. E. Fronani, C. F. Gray, J. W.
Gray, A. tv Hackett, J. X. Harding,
.1. P. Hayden. C. C. Helmick. W. C.
Herfurth. C. H. Hospital. J. A. Hob
son. Miss G. 1. Holmes, H. Hume, S. I
Tl. Ingersoll, T. E. Jasper. Mrs. M.
Johnson, Mrs. A. G. Jones, C. A.
Jones. R. B. Judd. T. E. Kibbey, Miss
c. E. Kiernan, V. E. Lake, T. E.
ley, D. B. Lee, W. H. Lecman. Miss A.
Lenoir, Miss A. A. W. F. Liem
herg. F. E, Mack. Miss M. Mason. Miss (
C. Maxwell, H. R. Meitzler, Miss A.
Metz. R. M Miller. H. E, Mockbee. J.
O. Moque. F Muller, R. O. Mullikin.
Afiss E, McGill, Miss A. E. Mclntyre.
W. J. McMahon, Mrs. J. C. Nourse,
Miss G. Noyes, R. T. Olive, H. V.
Ostermayer, Mrs. G. Perry, Miss B. M. I
I'helps. H. C. Pierce, Aliss L. E. Poole. I
G. R. Porter, H. B. Price, J. F. Pyle.
E. W. Revercomb, R. R. Rippon. L. |
It. B. Robinette, Miss J. Sammond, •
Mrs. G. A'. Savage. F. P. Scott, G. F.
Simperon. Atrs. K. Sparo, Miss I. Stea
gall, Miss R. E. Taylour. Miss A.
Thornton, AV. A. Trotter, Mrs. R. A r an
Fleet. C. A. Amenable, W. G. Wilding.
Mrs. M. L. AViles, L. E. Williams, F.
Ji Woodward and J. H. Zepp.
The banquet committee was com
posed of AV. H. Lehman, chairman;
H. V. Ostermayer, L. E. Williams. H.
B. Price, W. T. Brady, C. F. Gray,
■F. P. Scott, J. P. Hayden, J. F. Pyle,
VK. F. Leimberg and C. E. Davis.
GETS $2,375 JUDGMENT
AGAINST MRS. E. L HARRIS
Plaintiff Wins Default Plea on Ver
dict Rendered in Suit Two
Years Ago.
By the Associated Press.
NEW TORE. March 29.—A default
lodgment of $2,375, based on a previ
ous judgment obtained in St. Louis,
June 6, 1922. was filed in the supreme
court today by H. C. Shaw, jr.,
against Mrs. Elaine Lee Harris, wife
of Beverly C. Harris, former vice
president of the National City Bank,
who is suing to annul their marriage.
The basis of the original judgment
was not stated.
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WAjfe'EP
- iirwmiiir w m --real wygaanc woarw
St 3 ISth Street N.W, a « • ;*, . Mean 2690
Christy’s Portrait of Mrs, Coolidge
Will Be Given to White House April 11
Pi Beta Phi Fraternity , of Which She is Member 9 is
Donor-of Painting—First Jxtdy Shown in
Wine Red Velvet Gown,
A portrait of Mrs Calvin Coolidge
will be presented to the AVhite House
collection of paintings by the PI
Beta Phi Fraternity during the con
vention here of the eastern confer
ence of the organization, April Jl.
Mrs. Coolidge was a charter member
of the Chapter of Pi BeUa Phi at the
University of A'ermont.
The government in making provi
sion for the purchase of portraits of
Its Presidents to be placed in the
White House did not include the
I First liadies, with the result that
private enterprise has placed the por
traits of the Presidents’ wives in the
Executive Mansion. Learning of this
policy, the fraternity undertook the
acquisition of 9. portrait of its popu
lar and distinguished member, and
It will be the first portrait to be pre
sented to the AVhite House by a wom
an's fraternity.
Painting by Christy.
The painting is by Howard Chand
ler Christy and shows Mrs. Coolidge
wearing a wine red velvet gown,
standing with a white Russian wolf
hound In leash at her side. In the
background the south portico of the
White House and gardens are visible.
It Is declared the artist has been
BOXING EXHIBITIONS
STAGED IN CHURCH
Matches Conducted at Chevy Chase
Presbyterian Annual
Banquet.
Features of the “father and son”
dinner last night at the Chevy Chase
Presbyterian Church. Patterson street
and Connecticut avenue, were two
boxing matches staged by Prof.
Robert S. AA’aiter. athletic director
of the Army and Navy School.
Boxing and wrestling, according
to Rev. Hubert Rex Johnson, pastor
of the church, is conducive of clean
lives as well as clean athletics. “We
I are broad-minded out this way," the
Rev. Mr. Johnson declared, “and
don’t believe that boxing and
wrestling matches are out of keep
ing with church activities.”
The “father and son” dinner is an
annual affair. At the invitation of
the. Men's Club of the church, fathers
and sons in the congregation are in
vited eveiry year to a dinner and en
tertainment in the basement of the
church. Sometimes a literary evening
is planned and sometimes an athletic
entertainment. Last night both the
literary and athletic features pre
< vailed.
A. P. Bienkowsky is the president
|of the club. Alore than 100 were in
! attendance.
DIXIE LIMITED WRECKED.
No Fatalities Reported When Flyer
Is Derailed.
DANVILLE, 111., March 29—The
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Dixie
Limited, northbound, was wrecked
this afternoon at 4:20 at Cayuga, Ind.,
eighteen miles southeast of here,
when the engine struck a derail
which protected a .Cloverleaf passen
ger train standing on the crossing.
The engine struck and demolished
the Interlocker tower, the mail car
was thrown crosswise off the track
and the baggage and smoker were de
railed. Towerman John Carson of
Cayuga, Engineer Kruckmeyer and
Fireman Kohlmeyer of Evansville,
Ind., are reported by local railway
officials as slightly Injured.
His Idea of Joy.
From the Stockholm Kasper.
He —Ah, your little dog has an
.enviable position'
She—Do you mean because he is
always with me?
He —Not exactly, but I was just
thinking how happy I would be if
I had some one to pay all my taxes
lor me.
THE SUNDAY STAB, WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 20, 1924-PART 1.
? highly successful In portraying the
vivid personality of Mrs. Coolidge.
Mrs. Coolidge represented her chap
ter at Vermont University as dele
gate to the. national convention held
in Syracuse. N. Y„ while she waa In
college. After her graduation she
was actively Interested In the alum
nae work of the fraternity, helping
to organize the western Massachu
setts alumnae club. She was elected
province vice president, and later
province president.
Fraternity Kovnded 1887.
Pi Beta Phi was founded April 28,
1867, at Monmouth College, Mon
mouth, 111., and now Is represented by
sixty-eight chapters In all sections
of the United States. An outstanding
part of the fraternity’s work is the
maintenance of a settlement school
at Gatlinburg. Tenn.. where students
are trained from kindergarten to col
lege. All members of PI Beta Pht
contribute to the support of this
school, which was founded over a
decade ago, hut the alumnae clubs of
the fraternity are charged with the
responsibility of its development.
The eastern conference to be held
here will be under alumnae auspices,
but undergraduate members of the
fraternity are also expected to par
ticipate in its activities. The mem
bers of the Washington alumnae club
will act as hostesses for the confer
ence. and are making arrangements
for a successful meeting.
2 WOMEN ARRESTED
AS STORE SWINDLERS
Police Recover Finery Valued at
' SI,OOO, Obtained in Past
Year; Report Confession.
AVith the arrest of two young
women on charge.s of ‘false pre
tenses,” headquarters detectives yes
terday afternoon recovered approxi
mately SI,OOO worth of feminine finery
and other articles said to belong to
a number of leading stores, and
cleared up. they believe, th© mystery
surrounding the procuring, over a
long period, of goods by individuals
representing themselves as patrons
having charge accounts.
The women. Miss Louise Irene
Narrington, twenty-nine, of th© "Vir
ginia apartments, and Mrs. Mary
Oatherlne Bowie, twenty-seven, 409
9th street southwest, are alleged to
have confessed obtaining the mer
chandise to Deteetlves Thompson,
Mansfield and Connors.
Promrfd I n«lrr False Names.
The women are accused, police say.
of selecting articles at the stores
and instructing the clerks to charge
the cost to the account of bona fide
patrons without the knowledge of the
latter. Protests of the patrons at the
unauthorized charges led to a gen
eral investigation by the police. Th©
practices extended it is said, over
a period of more than a year.
A dozen girl clerks from various
; stores involved, went to police head
quarters yesterday to assist in iden
tifying the recovered goods, which
included an attractive array of
lingerie, fancy soaps, perfumes, hand
some bedding, aluminum cooking
utensils, an aquarium and a bird
cage..
The accused were held at the house
of detention following their arrest
at their homes by the detectives and
Policewoman Barrett.
SHIP BIDS REJECTED.
Palmer Announces Turning Down
of Twenty-One Offers.
Twenty-one bids for purchase of
various types of ships in the govern
ment fleet, under th© new terms an- j
nounced in a recent advertisement by {
the Shipping Board, have been re- I
jected. By the conditions outlined in |
the latest offers. President Palmar of ]
the Emergency Fleet Corporation !
said yesterday, negotiations may bo |
1 continued for the ships until satisfac- j
tory bids are developed.
HUGE ONYX BLOCK
FOR SHRINE ALTAR
Will Be Brought Prom Africa and
Erected at Catholic
Unirenity.
TWO STONES RECEIVED
Mexico and South America Prod
ucts Three Tom Each.
The Mary memorial altar to bo
erected in the crypt of the National
Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
will be composed of a solid block of
onyx ten feet long, five feet wide and
three feet eight inches high, accord
ing to Rev, Bernard A. McKenna,
1 secretary to Bishop Shahan. rector of
the Catholic University. Tho onyx
block will be brought from Africa,
An onyx column from Mexico and
Mount Verte Orintelle from South
America, each weighing close to
three tons, were received at the Na
tional Shrine yesterday. The one
from Mexico is to represent the
shrine of Our Ijady of Guadalupe in
Mexico City, and that from South
America to represent the shrine of
La Vergen dej A’alle in Argentina,
Another column is to come from
Poland and is to represent the shriue
of Our Lady of Czestochowa.
A check for $3,800 was received yes
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. *-v -•*■ ♦ -r~ m*
terday from Mr*. Elizabeth Flteroy
of Boston to b* used for an altar and
window In the crypt. This is YBe'
first separate window that has been
donated and will be in honor -of St,
Patrick. *
A aka tm OntrlHta
C. J. Pereira, of Malacca. Straits
Settlements, Asia, in a letter to Dr.
McKenna asked that he be allowed to
contribute to the building fund, of
the National Shrine. A substantial
cheek accompanied the letter.
The crypt of the National Shrlpe
will be ready for Easter Sunday, ac
cording to a statement made by Dr.
McKenna yesterday. The northern
apse Is fast being completed, the Gus
taviauo ceilings and the Della Robbia
now being under way.
two heldhTrobbery
OF KENTUCKY BANK
Brothers Arrested After Bloodless
Battle With Railroad
Detectives.
By the Associated Press.
HAZARD, Ky., March 29. —Two men
registering as Lawrence and “Doc”
Harp, brothers, were arrested here
late today after a bloodless pistol
fight with railroad detectives and
held as suspects' in connection with
the robbery of the slate bank at
A’icco yesterday.
Officers said the men were carrying
$16,000 in money when arrested.
Allie Deaton, constable, previously
had attempted to arrest the pair as
they passed through Chavies. He
was covered with pistols, disarmed
and tied to a freight car. He report
ed his captors told him they would
die before they would part with their
money.
Vitamin D, Just Isolated by Scientists •
• . Rated Important Dietetic Advance
Fountain of Youth , However , iVo* Yet Discovered ,
Say Research Workers—Many Mice Sacri
„ ficed in Hunt for Food Properties.
Science has cornered another vita
min, believed to be the omega In the
family of vitamins which latter-day
research declares to be necessary to
the health and growth of human be
ings. Isolation of vitamin D, or
“bios," announced recently at Colum
bia University, is believed by the
American Chemical Society to be. the
first step toward the isolation, identi
fication and possibly the synthesis or
putting together of the three prin
cipal vitamins.
In its search for the elusive vitamin
science has delved into many hidden
secrets of the human body, seeing
the cause of rickets, neuritis, scurvy
and beri-beri. Time after time sci
ence thought it had its dutches on
the wriggling essential, but it, slipped
away, until at last it was definitely'
proven that there were three sub
stances necessary to prevent these
diseases. They were called vitamins
and were proven to be present in the
huskc of rice, the peelings of pota
toes, fresh butter, fresh milk and
fresh vegetables.
Mice Vsed in Testa.
Hundreds of white mice gave up
their squeaking lives in the purpose
of science to isolate and name these
vitamins, until at last the vitamin
came into its own. And today we live
according: to the vitamins In our
daily diet. Men of medicine say the
end is not yet and that the discov
eries yet to be made in the general
subject of dietetics will far eclipse
those already made.
Hut the vitamin-fed world may not
look forward to a veritable fountain
of youth from dietetics, and proper
balancing of diet. “It should be un
derstood." the Chemical Society
points out, "that this Investigation
of itself does not result in any foun
tain of youth or touchstone by which
the aged may be rejuvenated, or the
dwarf become a giant. Further re
searches on other vitamins along the
line which these Investigators have
pursued may later eventuate in im
portant contributions to the science
of nutrition."
More Discoveries Likely.
Regarding the announcement of the
isolation of vitamin D, Dr. Alfred K.
Hess of New York University says
a method has been developed which
“gives us grounds to hope that the
vitamins necessary to human nutri
tion may be identified and isolated,
and which renders probable the ac
tual synthesis of these compounds at
some future time. The bearing
SECRETARY DAVIS
TO ADDRESS STUDY
Secretary of Labor Davis will speak
on "Immigration and Labor" tomor
row afternoon at 4:15 o'clock at
Rauscher’s, as one of a senes of
educational lectures arranged by
Washington Study. The Secretary
was to have spoken last week, but his
absence from the city necessitated a
postponement.
The speaker for Monday of next
week will be Maj. fieri. Henry C.
Allen, who commanded the American
occupational forces on the Rhine, who
has taken for his subject; “The
Kurwpean Situation—An American
Problem.”
Miss Leila Mechlin, secretary of the
American Federation of Arts, spoke
yesterday morning before Washing
ton Study on the peed for a building
to house tlie National Hailery of An
in Washington. She told of plans
for interesting Congress in the pro
posal and said that Congress had
already provided the site for lre
building, plans for which are now
being prepared.
which this may have on the future
of our race cannot even be guessed
yet.”
The minuteness of the work of the
scientists who achieved the isolation
of vitamin D may he judged when
it is stated that the vitamin is pres
ent in growing yeast in the propor
tion of one part of 40,000. The yean
from which it has been taken vir
tually ceases to grow, but it may be
revitalized by putting minui
amounts hack into the yeast.