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More Than 1,000 Business Men and Guests Play at Spring Outing. Hie annual shad-bake of the Wash ington Board of Trade yesterday passed Into the limbo of happy mem ories for more than 1,000 tired busi ness men and their guests, who no doubt are in full accord with the spirit of the late Harry Lauder’s fa mous theme song, “ Tis Nice to Lie in Bed on Sunday Mornin'.” The forty-second Spring outing of Washington's trade bodies, held all day yesterday where the cool breeres blew at Bay Ridge, Md„ was voted unanimously as the most successful outing at which the famed Potomac shad has ever been glorified. Prom early morning until the few remaining die-hards dispersed for their homes late at night, the aifllir was a con tinuous round of pleasures and en tertainment. iMiymonn m. norince, cnairman oi the 1836 Shad-bake Committee, was the master of ceremonies who suc ceeded in chalking up a new record for attendance. The day started when a caravan of two busses and a score of cars de parted from the District Building at 8 o'clock after serenading the District Commissioners, who. unfortunately, were unable to go along. Nearly 1,606 at Dinner. It apparently was every man for himself, as hundreds of Individual ear* poured In a steady stream of traffic to the Maryland water resort and. by the time the first call for din ner was sounded, nearly 1.000 mem bers had arrived. Members of the staff of the May flower Hotel had arrived earlier on the scene, however, preparing the pits and rhareoal. The shad was planked on green oak and hiokorv slabs. Leon BrusUofTs orchestra played continu ously through the two Shifts of the noon-day dinner at which Chaiiman Flomnce pronounced, amid cheers, there would be no speeches. For the tired business men who came to forget business, taxes and sale®. W. Herbert Gill, chairman of the En tertainment Committee, had ready a program of songs and dances by fair haired houn that turned the trick. From the clam chowder to the coffee end ripars li was a momentous be ginning. 3T:t,h Chairman Floranre ar the hesd table sat Edgar Morris, president of the Board of Trade, the officers and epeml gaests. Including Senator Henry F. Ashurst of Anson a. who was Amor? The first 56 to arrive. A vimf iu« nip in 5ar. The energetic Entertainment Com . teirtee had arranged a -erics of ath letic events and games for those who wished to exert themselves and half n dosei? hardier than the rest, plunged Into the cold water of the bay for a quick swim and rub down. There was base ball, horshoe pitch ing. quoits, tennis, shuffle board and boxing and nobody kept scores. The race for the greased pig. a ten nimble Maryland porker, was by far the most hilarious event of the day. Some one played a mean trick on the pi* for he wasn't greased at all. He took flight from two successive cap tors only to fall victim to a third who refused to release him. While a set of lights and heavies from the various Boys' Clubs, the National Guard and other combat groups warmed up on the sidelines for the stellar boxing events of the day. half a dozen small colored boys, blindfolded, fought a free-for-all for pennies and dimes in the squared ring. It took a smart white boy of 6 or so to discover more money was to be made by slipping under the stand and salvaging the coins that, dropped through the cracks in the floor. Matt Twomey directed the boxing program. Souvenirs Distributee!. The only lapse in a full day of frolicking came around 4 o'clock when time was called out for luncheon. A truck also had arrived with 1.000 bags of advertising souvenirs donated by members of the Board of Trade and hauled to the beach by L. Pierce Boteler. chairman of the committee. So large was the attendance, estimated by some at 1.200, that there weren't bags enough to go around. Golf caiied many of the members during the day and a blind bogey contest at the Annapolis Roads Club. With Ed Pardo and Tom Eagan In charge. The crowd began to Alter out In the late afternoon and early evening and the annual outing ended without a mishap. A number of Senators. Represent atives and District officials, included among the long list of Invited guests, attended the outing. Several High Court Justices Never See Their Pay Checks *J the Alice li ted Preis. Pay day—an event important to most persons—gets scant personal at tention from the Justices of the Su preme Court. A peek into the giant paying ma chinery of the Federal Government . here revealed that most of the Justices never even see their pay checks. The Division of Disbursement of the Treasury said pay checks for most of the Justices are sent directly to their banks. These have the power to indorse and deposit the checks. "Two or three of the Justices, how ever. have their checks mailed to their homes," an official said. But just who they are was not disclosed. Unlike most other Government Workers who are paid twice each month, the Justices receive monthly Checks chief Justice Hughes gets •20.500 annually, while the eight asso ciate justices receive an even <20,000. t Frivolity Marks Annual Shad Bake Frank Mansuy, left, captures the pig in one of the fun-making features of the annual Board of Trade shad hake yesterday at Bay Ridge. f -. -.... ■-- " Just a couple of kids. Raymond M. Florance. general chair man of the Shad Bake Committee, and Chris Heurich. jr.. chair man of publicity, put on a little dueling act.—Star Staff Photos. Progress of Campaign Here Announced by Canon Anson P. Stokes. Several hundred new members of the National Cathadral Association have been enrolled in Washington since May 12, when a local campaign was begun under leadership of Lloyd B. Wilson, president of the Chesapeake * Potomac Telephone Co., it was an nounced last night by Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes, canon at Mount St. Alban. The local movement is part of a Nation - wide membership campaign launched by the association as a part of its effort to assure continuation of the construction of the Cathedral. Objectives Explained. In explanation of the objectives of the campaign. Dr. Stokes said: "During the Middle Ages many of the cathedrals were built by the com bined efforts of hundreds and. indeed, sometimes of thousands of people in a community. The artists contributed their skill, the bricklayers, stone ma- , sons and other craftsmen their serv ices: the farmers lent the use of their oxen and carts for the transportation of material and all the faithful con tributed their financial help, rich and poor alike—each according to his ca pacity. Henry Adams portrays this democratic support of a cathedral in his famous book ‘Mont St. Michel and Chartres.' "It is impossible under the condi tions of modem life in a great city to copy this old democratic movement, but we can imitate its spirit. The de mocracy of support has been a strong feature of the Roman Catholic Church throughout the ages and that is one of the reasons why that great church has suffered leas than most Protestant communions during the depression. It expects the rich to give when they can afford it of their large wealth, but its major resources are provided by the small contributions of the rank and file of the faithful. Contributor Feels Stake. "Washington Cathedral can well learn the lesson that the medieval cathedrals understood and which the Roman Catholic Church and some Protestant churches still so largely practice. All are agreed that a eath edral with thousands of annual sup porters is in a far better position to render a large spiritual service than one with only a handful of rich do nors. Each person who contributes to an institution feels that he has a stake in it. His interest is aroused and he wants to promote the welfare of an institution to which he has financially contributed. It is the same philosophy which led the late Dwight L. Moody, the great, evangelist, to say that he had never given away a tract because if a person paid some thing for it—even 5 cents—he was more likely to be interested in read ing it. POCKETBOOK SNATCHED Man Gets #1.10 by Bobbery in Chevy Chase, Md. Br a Stiff Correspondent of The 8ter. CHEVY CHASE. Md., May 23.—A pocketbook containing $1.10 was snatched from the hand of Miss Leo Smith. 11 Newlands street, Chevy Chase, while walking near her home today. Miss Smith told police the bag was stolen by a white man about 28 or 30 years old and about 8 feet tall. TALLMADGE IS HELD BY CORONER’S JURY Embalmer It Charged With Slay ing Wife on Sark Illinois Roadside. By tht Associated Press OREGON, I1L, May 33.—A coroner’s Jury found today that Guy M. Tail madge, Sg-year-old embalmer. fired the bullet that killed his wife on e dark roadside last Tuesday night, and recommended he be held to the Ogle County grand jury on a charge of murder. 8hortly before the jury returned It* verdict. John E. Goembel, associated with Tallmadge's counsel, announced the embalmer would plead innocence to the charge of killing his 53-year old wife, Mrs. Bessie Tallmadge, who. he told authorities, made his life "a living hell." Tallmadge, a resident of Rockford, confessed the slaying of his wife last Thursday, State's Attorney 8. Donald Crowell said, after Investigators re fused to believe his story that ahe was shot in the head by a hold-up man. Behind the slaying. Crowell said, was Tallmadge's desire to marry and "settle down” with Mrs. Frances Birch. JO. an attractive widow of Rock Island. Irish Athletes Slogan. "Nationalism, not polities, in sport," is the new slogan of Gaelic Athletic Association of the Irish Free State. Natural raliaf for Arthritis Mountain Valley Mineral Water, direct from famous Hot Springs Arkansas, gets at the cause by helping Nature to eliminate body acids and poisons Don't suffer pain ( and stiffness. Phone for free descriptive | booklet. Mountain Valley Mineral Water Mel. IfNt't I MIA K At. N.W. fiWe Build Everything” Porches Built, Inclosed Garages—Fences Plastering—Painting Brickwork—Plumbing Roofing—Gutter-Spout STUCCOING I CONCRETING ! 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Avr NAt. *421 --f I Arthur Jordan Piano Co. 1239 G St., corner 13th Mason & Hamlin Chickering Other Pianos of Quality HAMMOND ELECTRIC ORGANS Home and Church Inttallatione Capehart RCA* Victor Philco Radio and Phonograph Combinationa VICTOR and DECCA Record Deportment IORDAN MASON b HAMLIN * YIV) G Street Corner 1J‘N.W CASTELBERG’S $135 VALUE! AN UNUSUAL ' SAVINGS OPPORTUNITY Perfect Center Diamond and 10 Side Diamonds A gorgeous ring that has won the praise of every woman who has seen it—now offered to you at a considerable saving. The “Lady Margery” boasts of 12 sparkling diamonds, cleverly placed in an elegantly fashioned mounting of white or yellow gold. £ ] Bedroom Suites Are the bis items in this sale at 50c on the dollar more and less! There are thirty different designs, from early period to modified modern—productions of the makers of the finest FURNITURE IN AMERICA—contemporaries with our company of mastercrafts men. Included also are Oriental Rugs and Broadloom Carpets. It s an outstanding event—providing a wonderful opportunity. $500 Hcpplewhite Group. Maple and harewood, 8 pieces including twin C beds _ $185 Early American In solid rock maple, given the antique finish. 8 pieces including twin $8 Jk fi beds_ Jlif® $875 Louis XVI Group. With hand-painted floral decorations. 8 pieces in* eluding twin beds_ $565 Directoire Group. In French Walnut. 8 pieces including tw’in ^VA beds_ * JW $885 Early English Group. Oak and rosewood. 7 pieces including full size bed _ $1,575 I ^ouis XVI Group. Satinwood with mar quetry'inlays. 8 pieces in* eluding twin beds_ #9 >400 American bmpire Cuban and Honduras mahogany. 7 pieces in* $9 CA eluding full size bed.... $375 Hepplewhite Group. Cuban mahogany. 7 pieces including full size ^ £ bed _ , $615 Empire Group. In beautifully figured as* pen. 8 pieces including twin beds_ $390 Louis XVI Group. In French walnut and fruitwood. 7 pieces in* $ 9 Ak eluding full size bed_ ® ^ *9 $575 Directoire Group. Painted and glazed ma- - — -g pie. 8 pieces including $x8C twin beds- ^ $950 18th Century Group. French walnut construc tion with myrtle burl and maple. 8 pieces includ- $£?^l £? ing twin beds-_— $525 Chippendale Group. Cuban mahogany. 7 pieces including full size bed_ $685 18th Century Group. In Cuban mahogany and English harewood, 8 pieces including twin $^A£ beds_ $875 Louis XV Group. Cherry construction. Footless type twin beds. Complete with 8 pieces 9 S 9 $475 English Empire Fruitwood and maple. 7 pieces including full size bed.. $850 Louis XV-XVI A beautiful painted and glazed effect. 8 pieces in* $c7C eluding twin beds- w^*«P $585 18th Century English Maple and satinwood. 7 ^ A pieces including full size A bed_ «P^V $750 French Hepplewhite Genuine mahogany and ^ _ Prima Vera. 8 pieces in- $^fcfl eluding twin beds $595 Modern Empire In Cuban mahogany. 8 pieces including tw in $2fi£ beds__ $395 Louis XVI Group. In French walnut and beechwood. 8 pieces in- $^£c eluding twin beds.. $535 Directoire Group. In antique white and gold. 8 pieces including $^^| c twin beds_ ^P^^^P $825 Early French Group. Satinwood, maple burl — jg* and fruitwood. 7 pieces SaQC including twin beds_ $595 American Colonial Honduras mahogany, in laid with bands of satin- _ _ ^ wood. 8 pieces including $AK& twin beds_ . 1 I This Week in The Nook May 24 to 29, inclusive Featuring Again the Guaranteed Indestructible Porch Furniture 2-piece Stick Rattan Suite, with comfortable deep seat; removable cushions and pillow back. Frame antique finish, up- ^7 Cfl holstering in color- w J ful fabrics _ M 2-piece Stick Rattan Suite, finished in old white, trimmed with red; sep arate back cushions and seat j pillows. Covered {''■> rn in blue and white t chintz.. i/U Charge Accounts Gladly opened, with settlement* m arranged tor your convenience. Courtesy Forking While chopping here, park in the Capital Garage at our expense. , W. &J. 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