Evening star. [volume], April 18, 1937, Page A-13, Image 13

About Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972

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PROSPEROUS CITY
Siesta Not on Schedule of
Basque Capital, Thorn
in Franco’s Side.
Most of the war news out of Spain
has described fighting around Madrid
or scattered engagements along the
"southern front” near Cordoba and
Malaga. But there is also a "north
ern front”—a thin crescent encircling
a section of beautiful seacoast and
rugged mountains along the Bay of
Biscay.
This tiny spearhead has been a
thorn in the side of Gen. Franco’s
rebel foroes since the war began last
July. While it has aided the Madrid
regime by threatening the rebel rear,
It has also set up its own autonomous
government, called “the Basque Re
public,” with the seaport of Balbao as
its capital.
"Bilbao is just the opposite to what
popular fancy imagines the typical
Spanish town to be,” says a bulletin
from the National Geographic So
ciety here. "The city is energetic,
imoky and prosperous, and the siesta
has no place in the Bilbaoan daily
schedule. Spanish is a secondary
language, for most Bilbaoans speak
Basque—a strange tongue that is said
to be absolutely unrelated to any
other European language.
No Stranger to Noise.
“While the Booming of war planes,
the distant rumble of artillery fire
and the chattering of machine guns
In the hills are ominous sounds to
Bilbao residents, the city is no stran
ger to noise. In normal times this
"Pittsburgh of Spain' hears the whis
tling of trains, the raucous sirens of
steamers coming up the River Ner
vion and the rattle and roar of Iron
foundries and shipbuilding yards
from early morning until late at
night.
"Despite its ‘un-Spanish’ atmos
phere, however, Bilbao has its flat
toned church bells, its cries of street
venders and the inevitable early
morning clatter of blinds and shutters
as homes come to life and shops open
for business that one hears nearly
everywhere on the Iberian Peninsula.
"There are two early morning in
cidents In Bilbao that apparently are
unique. One begins when the oil
lamps of the anguleros are put out.
Anguleros are fishermen who since
midnight have been catching angulas,
or little white, almost transparent
' worms (perhaps it would be better to
call them tiny eels), only 2 Inches
long. Tramping home with lamps
in hand and long-handled nets over
their shoulders, the anguleros are a
picturesque sight. When a batch of
the eels is fried in olive oil and
served in an earthenware dish, with
the oil still popping when brought
to the table, gourmets proclaim them
to be among the world’s delicacies.
"This rare titbit inhabits the River
Nervlon and is caught along the stone
walls of Bilbao’s quays, being lured
Into the nets by the fishermen’s oil
lamps.
Woman Stevedores.
■Another distinctive feature of Bil
boa’s civic life is the woman steve
dore, whose chatter and cries echo
along the water front at dawn. Bil
bao owes much of its importance as
a port to the heavy outward-bound
traffic to iron ore from nearby mines
and the heavy imports of coal to fur
nish fuel for many Basque Industries.
•'Modem machinery now handles
most of the iron ore, but woman work
ers still unload some of the coal car
riers by hand or, perhaps to be more
explicit, by head. A continuous line
of bare-footed ‘'stevedorettes,' to coin
a word, move up one gangplank with
bushel basket in hand and down an
other to the coal dumps on shore
with a heaping basketful of coal bal
anced on their heads.
"When these toilers gather, shortly
before daybreak, to begin work, there
Is a great row and ado about pre
ferred places in the line, some gang
planks being slightly nearer to the
•oal heaps than others.
"The iron deposits which are the
source of most of Bilbao’s wealth lie
back to the hills. Most of them are
worked with British capital The old
English words bilbo, for cutlass, and
bilboes, for iron fetters, indicate that
the town has long had trade relations
with its neighbor to the horth. In
addition to its mining and metal
lurgy industries, the city also exports
wine, flour, paper, glass and hides.
Bilbao lies 8 miles up the River
Nervlon from the open sea, but its
quays can be reached by ocean
•teamers.”
DATES ARE SET
Ona-Aet Play Event to Be Held
September 11 to 21.
The 1837 one-act play tournament
sponsored by the Community Center
Department will be held in the Roose
velt High School Auditorium Septem
ber 11-21, with finals October 33, it
was announced yesterday by Elizabeth
K. Peeples, director of the department.
Rules now are ready for distribution
and all groups Interested are requested
to get in touch with the center as soon
as possible. A committee of five rep
resentatives from drama organizations
art to charge, with Mrs. Peeples as
chairman ex-offlclo.
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SAFE DEPOSIT GROUP
TO MEET MAY 6 TO 8
Annual Convention to Be Held
Here—Sightseeing Trips Are
Being Planned.
The National Safe Deposit Associa
tion will hold its annual convention
at the Willard Hotel May 8 to 8. Cur
tis Hodges, executive director of the
Greater National Committee of the
Board of Trade, announced yester
day.
Sightseeing trips to Mount Vemon,
Arlington National Cemetery and
Port Meyer are being planned for the
several hundred delegates expected.
There also will be a tour of the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation.
Sir Willmott Lewis, Washington cor
respondent of the London Times, will
be principal speaker at a banquet on
the final day of the three-day ses
sion. The convention will be greeted
by Commissioner Hasan and Richard
E. Harris of the American Security Ac
Trust Co., who Is general chairman.
STUDENTS HONORED
Capital Youths Named to Staff
of V. P. I. Publication.
U. A. Pilcher and R. M. Allen, Jr.,
both of Washington, have been elect
ed editor and business manager, re
spectively, of the Tech Engineer, pub
lication of the Virginia Polytechnic
Institute, Blacksburg, Va., It was
learned here yesterday.
P. D. Sleeper, Jr., also of Washing
ton, has been elected sergeant at arms
of the cadet corps at the same school.
ROPER TO SPEAK
AT NEW ORLEANS
Secretary of Commerce to Addreii
Sinner in Obiervance of
Foreign Trade Week.
National observance of foreign trade
week will begin May 17 with an address
by Secretary of Commerce Roper at a
dinner arranged by the New Orleans
Association of Commerce and other
foreign trade groups at New Orleans.
Other cabinet officers and Federal
officials will participate In almllar pro
grams in various parts of the country
during the week, Roper announced.
The week is sponsored by the Com
merce 'Department In co-operation
with the United States Chamber of
Commerce, the National Foreign Trade
Council and other national and local
organization*.
Director of Air Oonuneroe Fred D.
Fagg, Jr., will speak in Miami May 18
on the export phases of American avi
ation. Assistant Secretary of State
Francis B. Sayre is to speak in New
York May 19 at a luncheon meeting
which also will be addressed by the
Ambassadors from Great Britain and
Argentina.
Assistant Secretary of Commerce J.
Monroe Johnson will speak In Peoria,
111., on May 30.
Secretary of State Hull is to deliver
a Nation-wide radio address from
Washington the evening of May 33.
It is probable he will read President
Roosevelt's annual maritime day mes
sage as a part of this address.
Women of Brazil are taking to
American cosmetics.
FATHER AND SONS
BANQUET LISTED
Hebrew Congregation Brother
hood Program to Be Featured
by Entertainment.
Movies, clowns, vaudeville acts and
music will be on the program for the
fourteenth annual father and eon
banquet of the Brotherhood of the
Washington Hebrew Congregation, to
be held at 6:45 p.m., April 29, at the
Mayflower Hotel.
Arch McDonald, sports commen
tator, and Arthur Godfrey, radio an
nouncer, wUl be present. Ida Victoria
Clark wUl play the accordion. Art
Lang will give a yo-yo demonstration.
In addition, there will be acts from
downtown theaters arid member* of
the New York and Washington Amer
ican League base ball teams will be
present, it was said.
Sidney B. Lust is general chairmen
of the Arrangements Committee. Har
old Strauss is president of the broth
erhood.
Prise* of base balls, base ball gloves,
clothes and radios will be awarded the
"son" who writes the best essay on
"What the Father and Son Banquet
Means to Me." These must be sub
mitted by April 35 at the Temple
Sunday school.
Death Takes Holiday.
HIAWATHA, Kan*. (>P).—A horse
drawn hearse which oost 11,000 when
new with its resplendent silk and glass
aides more than an inch thick was
sold for $1—to the community's sec
ond-hand man.
Sleepless Han Dies.
BUDAPEST UP).—Korly Otlik, who
spent 15 sleepless years as a conse
quence of a head wound auflered dur
ing the World War, is dead here of
Influenza. Since he never slept, ho
spent his days and nights reading,
eating and walking—the last wh^n
libraries and restaurants were closed.
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AND SILVER
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KARPEN CHAIRS
Open Arm Chair... solid Hon
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figured damask covering . . .
comfortable spring seat . . .
unusually attractive and well
proportioned -$26.75
Pleated Back Chair... an open
arm chair of solid Honduras
mahogany . . . lovely damask
coverings and fine Karpen con
struction . . . comfortable,
spring seat .. .$29.75
Open Wing Type Choir ... a
comfortable spring seat Karpen
chair upholstered in tapestries
. . . solid Honduras mahogany
arms and legs . . . special. Ex
hibit price _ .$35.75
Karpen Lounge Chair ... on
English club style with reversi
ble spring seat cushion . . .
several different coverings. . .
comfortable and quality built
. . . price .$44.75
Barrel Chair . . . reversible
spring seat cushion . . . green
tiny figured velvet covering .. .
fanaous Karpen inner con
struction ... a good-looking
high back chair_$49*50
Down Cushion Barrel Chair...
brown velvet covering . . . de
pendable Karpen guaranteed
inner construction . . . curl
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. . . also shown in figured dam
ask -$59*50
SOFAS—LOVE SEATS
Karpen Love Seat ... a de
lightful French style . . . two
down-filled reversible seat
cushions . . . carved Honduras
mahogany frame . . . rust fig
ured damask _ . .$158
Chippendale Sofa ...solid
Honduras mahogany ball and
claw feet.. . self-toned figured
damask covering . . . three,
reversible down-filled seat
cushions . . . green, gold or
rust -$149
Down Cushion Love Seat . . .
green or rust self-toned figured
damask or blue antique velvet
coverings . . . curled, black
horsehair filling . . . Honduras
mahogany legs . — $113
Down - Cushioned Sofa . . .
brown, blue or wine velvet cov
ering...3 reversible down-filled
seat cushions . . . solid Hon
duras mahogany ball and claw
feet... horsehair filling, $149
Karpen Love Seat... beautiful
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. .. curled, black horsehair fill
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seat cushion - -$100
Chesterfield Sofa ... a famous
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covering in green . . . tufted
back ... reversible down cush
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Karpen’s Famous Guaranteed Construction
Carved Mahogany Suite . . . sofa and
arm chair with serpentine fronts and
upholstered in your choice of blue, green
or wine cut velvet—curled, black horse
hair filling—reversible spring seat cush
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rail-$195
Texture Weave Suite ... a comfortable
and well-proportioned Karpen Suite in
your choice of green or rust texture
weave tapestry which lends a solid
color effect—sofa and matching arm
chair-$129
Down Pillow Back Suite . . . two finely
made Karpen pieces upholstered in a
brocaded effect wine damask—rever
sible spring seat cushions—curled, black
horsehair filling—solid Honduras ma
hogany legs.$221
Karpen Frise Suite—green with" revers
ible, spring seat cushions—two luxuri
ously comfortable pieces—curled, black
horsehair filling and skillfully tailored
throughout—carved Honduras mahog
any end posts_ $169
Comfortable Karpen Suite—a luxurious
style, done in a good-wearing mohair
texture stripe—deep-cushioned sofa and
armchair—curled, black horsehair filling
—reversible spring seat cushions $169
Lawson Type Suite—deep rust, running
to wine color—pin stripe mohair covering
—comfortable square spring backs and
reversible spring seat cushions—curled,
black horsehair filling—sofa and
armchair_$185
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Louis XV Stylo Suite ... down
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. . . green, figured damask
covering . , . sofa and arm
chair -$265
French Style Suite ... fine Kar
pen construction . . . down
filled reversible seat cushions
. . . self-figured blue damask
covering . . . two pieces $285
Suite in Brocade . . . green
with subtle floral motif . . .
down-filled reversible seat
cushions . . . carved mahogany
top rail . . . shaped front . . .
two Karpen pieces_ $295
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Down - Cushioned Suite . . .
two beautifully designed Karpen
pieces . . . carved frame style
. . . horsehair filled and blue
damask covering_$300
Carved Style Suite ... a modifi
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versible down-filled seat cush
ions . . . sofa and chair mag
nificently done in green figured
damask _ $345
Louis XV Type Suite . . . rust
damack with floral figures . . .
down-filled reversible seat
cushions . .. Honduras mahog
any base and top rail . . sc*a
and arm chair .$445
COLONIAL STYLES
Virginian Sofa ... a well made
Karpen piece upholstered in a
small floral figured tapestry of
appropriate design and with
antique nail trim. Exhibit
price -$117
Colonial Sofa . . . separate,
reversible spring seat cushions
.. . Honduras mahogany fram
ing .. . mulberry background
tapestry covering with tiny fig
ures . . . Karpen made, $1S8
Colonial Rocker . . . high, up
holstered button tufted back
. . . solid Honduras mahogany
swan neck forearms . . . fine
Karpen construction . . . tap
estry covering — $62.50
Virginian Sofa . . . fine Karpen
construction .. . Honduras ma
hogany framing and covered in
an appropriate all over tiny
figured tapestry, brown pre
dominating _ .$107
Colonial Rockor... a comfort
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Karpen Rocker . . . Honduras
mahogany . . . effective small
figure tapestry, brown back
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Virginian Sofa ... a charming
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spring seat cushions . .. Hon
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