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D. A. R. Museum Proving An Attraction for Tourists Antiques of Revolutionary Days on View; Boys Show Interest in Powder Horns, Women in Spoons ( By GRETCHEN SMITH. One of the most popular places for tourists In Washington this sum mer is the museum of the Daughters of the American Revolution at national headquarters, Seventeenth and E streets N.W. Whether patriotism is responsible or whether the remarkably cool summer has made museum visiting pleasant, it is obvious that an unusually large number of school children is showing interest in the rare collection of antiques of Revolutionary days. S ‘ Boys find the old coins and powder horns the most interesting,” said Miss Helen D. Johnson, museum secretary. A number of small boys seemed particularly absorbed in the study of a powder horn on which an early patriot during the French and Indian Wars had sketched a detailed map showing the route leading from Fort Duquesne to the Atlantic Coast. Women Interested [n Quilts, Spoons. Feminine interest appears to center in a beautiful patchwork quilt snd in a collection of early silver spoons. Tourists appear delighted, Miss Johnson said, when they discover lilver patterns similar to those among their own possessions. "It ts a daily occurrence to hear some one exclaim to a companion, Oh, look! This is exactly like the one at Grandma So-and-So’s,’ or per laps, like an article of her own. * ihe remarked. Visitors like to speak of posses lions similar to those on exhibit, Miss Johnson added, and many seem anxious over what will become of their own in later years. “Several have offered to leave their old pieces to the museum, pro mising to mention this in their Wills,” she said. The many hundreds of articles in the D. A. R. collection have all been donated, Miss Johnson ex plained, as the society has no fund for their purchase. Numbers of Interesting items have been con tributed by District residents, in cluding snuff boxes, old Stafford shire china ware, knee and stick buckles, and silver spoons. Series of Talks To Be Given at Museum. Mrs. John A. Massey is chairman of the District Committee for the museum, which is now a member if the Association of American Museums and affiliated with the world's best museums. Mrs. Willard Steele of Chatta nooga. national chairman of the Museum Committee, is deeply in terested in specializing in collec Soroptimists To Care for 50 Refugees American Clubs Pledged to Aid British Children Provisions for the care of at least JO refugee children from England ilready have been made by mem bers of the American Federation of j soroptimist Clubs, according to Mrs. Jean Bennett, the federation presi- j lent and a past president of the Washington club. The federation is pledged to spon- ■ or children of all Soroptimists of | he British Isles who can be sent to : Iris country by the British govern- | nent, as a result of action taken at ? :he recent convention in Salt Lake "ity, it was pointed out. Mrs. Bennett said response from flubs has been excellent and that bommittees have been set up to H'ork from New York and Halifax. A report of this activity was in fluc^ed by Mrs. Bennett in a talk ;iven last night at a dinner of the local club in celebration of the donors achieved by Soroptimists in this section at the convention. National officers in attendance Included Miss Helen Moxley. the secretary, who flew in from Pitts burgh yesterday afternoon, and Miss Martha Servis of Philadelphia, ex ecutive secretary. .The Soroptimists also entertained nembers of the Venture Club, which teld a convention concurrently' with :hat of the Soroptimists to organize in American council. Miss Evalyn Martin of Arlington was elected jresident and Miss Jeanne Mcara )f Washington, vice president. Members from a number of nearby flubs attended the dinner, held at he Willard Hotel, with Miss Mary 3ourke presiding. Mrs. Bennett reported the conven ,ion had donated $1,500 for an am bulance to be presented the Cana iian Red Cross as a tribute to the wo Canadian past presidents of :he Soroptimists. The federation, in addition, made contributions of $250 •ach to the American and Canadian fled Cross organizations and sent $500 to its liaison officer in London o assist Soroptimists of Great Brit lin and Ireland. The principality of Liechtenstein is virtually taxless. tions, and the museum already boasts an historic assortment of old spectacles and eyeglasses, early American stamps, dainty fans and rare perfume bottles. Miss Johnson conducted a series of short talks last winter at the museum, giving human interest high lights of many of the articles on exhibit. These talks will be resumed in the fall, with the first of Miss Johnson’s series to be given the third week in September on ‘"Hie American Scene as Represented by English Potters.” Many fine pieces of old Stafford shire and Liverpool pottery, made particularly for the early American trade, will be shown and explained at that time. A pictorial history of important American events is shown on the pottery, Miss Johnson said. Scenes of the Hudson River, the "Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers,” William Penn signing the treaty with the Indians, the landing of Lafayette, and many other famous occasions, have been given inter esting and sometimes humorous in terpretations by the English potters, she declared. Rust-Johnson Wedding Tuesday Fairfax Residents To Attend Rites At Clifton Forge FAIRFAX. Va.. July 20 —Mr. John Howson Rust, son of former State Senator and Mrs. John Warwick Rust, went yesterday to Clifton Forge, Va., where his marriage to Miss Laura Jeanne Johnson, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Walter Carlysle Johnson of Clifton Forge, will take place Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock in the Clifton Forge Baptist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Rust, with Miss Eleanor Rust and Miss Anne Hooe Rust, will motor to Clifton Forge tomorrow. They will be accom panied by Mr. and Mrs. Rust's son in-law and daughter, the Rev. and I Mrs. Robert Raymond Brown, and | their small daughter, Anne Warwick I Brown, of Houston, Tex. Mrs. Florence Jodzies entertained about 60 members of the Fairfax County and Arlington County Busi ness and Professional Women’s Clubs at a picnic yesterday after noon at her home. Harmony Farm, at Vale, near Fairfax. Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Carrico, who since their marriage in May have made their home in Alexan dria, have left on a delayed wedding trip and before returning will visit Mrs. Carrico’s parents in Indiana. On their return they will move into their new home at Annandale, near Fairfax, and Mr. Carrico will as sume his duties as the newly-elected secretary of the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. C. Pembrike Pettit of Fair fax and her sister, Mrs. Elsie Hart of Warrenton, Va., have left to visit their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Edward Stewart, in Ivor, Va. England Visitor Drunk, According to Measure When arrested in Hendon, Eng land, Ian Howard Gustave Silander, 20. told the police he was drunk. His attorney explained in court that in Finland a man was drunk when he consumed two-thirds of a liter of beer, which is Just over a pint. Silander had had three pints, and. as he came from Finland, he believed he was drunk. The case i was dismissed. MISS CATHERINE L. VAUX, Third, international vice president of Phi Delta Delta legal fra ternity, who will leave today for Portland, Oreg., for the organi-y zation s convention Thursday through Monday. She will join members of the Executive Committee on a special train at Chicago. —Harris-Ewing Photo. Fortunes were told to many guests at the party given by the District Federation of Women’s Club last week to aid the war relief fund of the American Red Cross. Here Mrs. Harry L. Richardson predicts the future for Miss Dixie Mo ran, mistress of ceremonies during the program hour, --- A * Social Notes Of Southern Maryland Mrs. Beckner And Daughter Visit the Knights LEONARDTOWN, Md., July 20 — Mrs. William F. Beckner and her daughter, Mrs. Margaret Wilson Becker, of Huntington, W. Va., will arrive by motor tomorrow for a fortnight’s visit with Mrs. Beckner's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. O. Morgan Knight, at Tudor Hall Mansion. Judge and Mrs. P. T. Graves have with them at Laurel Grove for a few days Mrs. H. E. Pons and her son, Mr. Henry Pons, of Washington. Early this week they entertained their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Missel, and their son. Mr. William Missel, of Norfolk. Mrs. Mark Lathan of Clements ac companied the Missels back Wednes day. Dr. and Mrs. James OKeefe of Washington are spending tonight and tomorrow with Mrs. OKeefe’s mother. Mrs. Richard Bennett, at her Glebe estate. Mr. and Mrs. Abell Visit His Sisters. Mr. and Mrs. Roach Abell of Washington arrived Wednesday to spend a fortnight with Mr. Abell’s sisters, Mrs. Nettie A. Morgan and Mrs. Ida Payne. Dr. and Mrs. Nathanael Chauman and Dr. Daniel Bush of Washington are guests over Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Myers on Brettons Bay. Rise in Gasoline Prices Brings Back Rickshas Because of the increase in gasoline prices rickshas are in favor again in the Federated Malay States. Not long ago authorities in Singa pore and other cities reduced the number of rickshas which could be operated. When fuel prices ad vanced motorists stored their cars and took to rickshas again. The authorities have just lifted all bans against the ancient vehicles. War Badges Scrapped Nearly 450 war service badges is sued to the Lancashire and York shire railwaymen ih England during World War I have been collected as scrap metal. Births Reported Eugene and Halite Allen, boy. James and Alice Barwlck. girl. Richard and Etta Brown, girl. Ernest and Maybelle Decker, boy. Theodore and Waldora. Eamlston. boy. Isaac and Helen Forbes, girl. George and Louise Frisco, girl. Elmer and Wilma Hennlg. boy. Chester and Arabella Hogentogler. boy. Leonard and Marguerite Johnson, boy. Jack and Audrey Orifflth. girl. Waller and Gladys Miller, girl. Reinhard and Adelaide Pohlon. girl. William and Christine Rock. girl. Louis and Kathryn Vaughan, boy. Charles, Jr., and Hilda Wicks, girl. Harbin and Helen Andrews, girl. Jay and (lien Brown, boy. Wesley and Della Chatman, boy. Arthur and Alice Donnelly, girl. Alvin and Thelma Parmer, girl. Harry and Mary Poxwell. boy. Benjamin and Mary Hardesty, girl. Fred and George Hill. girl. Ernest and Marie Johnson, boy. Harold and Sarah Mauck. boy. Theodore and Mary Merrill, girl. Edward and Edith Owens, girl. William and Verna Randolph, girl. Wilmer and Helen Stewart, girl. Lloyd and Irene Vaughtt. girl. Joseph and Sffle Wise. girl. Everett and Inez Cooper, gin. John and Marie Logan, girl. John and Lauretta Robinson, boy. Jesse and Helen William, boy. Charles and Prances Fields, girl. Clarence and Louise Mills girl. Robert and Jeanette Smothers, boy. Italian Somaliland la the source of half the world’s supply of incense. The first flag flown from the Capitol after the States of Arizona and New Mexico were admitted to the Union in 1912 was on exhibit in one of the booths. Left to right, Mrs. Ernest William How ard, legislation chairman of the federation, and Mrs. Paul W. Burk, president of the Takoma Park Women's Club, point out the two stars added to the flag to Patricia Morales and Joan Rea. Star Staff Photos. Personal and Otherwise Mrs. Dunbar to Return Tuesday; ‘Pioneer’ Contest Progresses By FRANCES LIDE, Women'! Club Editor. The president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, Mrs. Saidie Orr Dunbar, is ex pected to return early this week from the ‘good neighbor tour’’ which took about 25 clubwomen to the Latin American Republics this summer. The cruise was sponsored jointly by the Pan American Union and the Inter national Relations Department of the Federation. Mrs. Dunbar's staff at head quarters here has been notified that the S. S. Uruguay, on which the party is returning, will dock in New York Tuesday. Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley also ac companied the group of women. October Is Deadline For “Pioneer Clubwomen.” October has been set as the deadline for selection of ‘‘pioneer clubwomen” from the local or ganizations affiliated witfi the General Federation, Mrs. John W. Frizzell, the State chairman for the District, said this week. Mrs. Frizzell declared that only one or two organizations have made their choices known to date • and that she expects the research involved in some of the selections will require the rest of the sum mer. The General Federation, as one of its golden jubilee features, will name outstanding women in three classifications as the ‘‘pio neers'' of the federated club movement. The final selections will be made from choices by the States which must be forwarded to the national chairman not later than January 1. Mrs. Frizzell expects to appoint a committee of five, on which she will be included, to select the District Federation “pioneers” from those named by the local clubs. Only 11 of the 33 clubs in the District Federa tion are directly affiliated with the General Federation and therefore eligible to, enter the contest. Keen Interest Shown in Contest. Mrs. Frizzell admitted that the responsibility of naming the pio neers from the District is a heavy one, but she expects that the committee will be able to dis charge it without ill will. There ™en Jolje . ALL-IN-ONE * ' most flood.’ 9 to d° you the °nly $5-00 K^elans < , <*W«re/ STwp is keen interest in the contest, she said. One of the classifications per mits tribute to be paid the pio neer woman, no longer living, with the record of longest, con tinuous services in a federated organiaztion. Other classifica tions will recognize longest and continuous membership in a fed erated club and longest and most outstanding record of leadership in a county, district of State affiliated with the general organ ization. Mrs. Smith Sends Greetings From Hawaii. Cards from Mrs. Nell V. Smith indicate that her vacation in Hawaii is progressing with all the romantic setting and pleasure one expects from the mid-Pacific isles. "We docked here yester day,” she wrote early this month from Honolulu, "and were met with music, leis and smiles from a crowd that went into the hun dreds.” She very sweetly added her "best wishes” for a cool summer to us who remain in the humid Capital. Mrs. Smith has been traveling abroad each summer for some time, and last year visited the Scandinavian countries. In a columnu she writes (for one of the Middle-Western States, I be lieve), many of her comments and predictions on the war proved to be shrewd and accurate. President of the Professional Writers’ Club last year, Mrs. Smith also is active in other groups including the League of American Penwomen. Greetings al%o have come from Mrs. Albert H. Putney, who sent a card of the Yellowstone Canyon with the note that she "had al most forgotten how beautiful It is.” She was accompanied West by her mother, joining her broth er and his family In Chicago. Marriage License Applications William R. Burnell. 28. Omaha. Nebr.. and Charlotte L. Williams. 21. 235 2nd st. n.e.: the Rev. O. F. Blackwelder. Edward L Ouerber. 48. New York City, and Florence E. Christopherson. 35. New York City: Judie R E. Mattingly Chester T. Shelton. 23. Takoma Park. Md.. and Agnea L. Bennett. 18. Silver spring. Md . Judge R. E. Mattingly. Oliver F. Steenman. 2T. Naval Research Laboratory, and Edith M. Sewall. 30. : 1719 Rhode Island ave. n.w.; the Rev. J. C. Neville. Robert H. Frank. 28. Erie. Pa., and Barbara R. Linden, 25. 2208 28th at. j n w.: the Rev. J. M. Moran. < Charlei E. Rockford. 42. Marsena. N. Y.. I and Edna J Waters. 32. 247 Concord ave. n.w.: the Rev. L. W. Albert. Michael F. Vann. 22. Seat Pleasant. Md.. and Catherine A. Diederick. 18. 3013 Otis at. n.e.: the Rev. J. E. Malloy Conlous J. Harris, 40. China Orove. N. C, and Odessa C. Arledge. 20. Greensboro. N. C.; the Rev W. L. Turley. Parran Offer. 21. 5035 F st. s.e., and Louise V. Walker. 18. 5035 F st. s.e.: the Rev. Wiley Westray. Stanley G. Minds. 18. 2020 10th st. n.w.. and Dorothy V. Newsome. 18. 2031 5»h st. n w.: the Rev. Robert Anderson. Roger E. Needham. 27, Princeton. Mass., and Katherine L. Brown. 27. 1028 Connecticut ave. n.w.; the Rev. J. A. Pfeiffer. Philip H. Konradi. 24. Baltimore, and garolyn E. Rehmer. 25. Baltimore: the ev. Freeley Rohrer. Roy W. Prince. Jr.. 23. Boston, and Mary P Wilson. 21. 1507 M st. n.w.: the Rev. J. H. Taylor. Solomon Aronson. 35. Jersey City. N. J.. and Florence Levin. 30. 1829 Webster at. n.w.; Rabbi Henry Sega). James O. Motherabead, 23. 901 nth at. a.w.. and Mildred E. Darden. 25. 342 Raleigh st. a.e.; the Rev. c. E. Roach. Warren A. Thomas. 23. 2004 Queens Chapel rd.. and Gloria R. Jones. 17. 4801 Eastern art. n.e.; the Rev. S. P. Schilling. Henry A. Luti. 24. CochranvlUe. Pa,, and Madeline E. Notter. 24, Babylon. N. Y.; the Rev. Thomas Dade. • Back Tlllt. William Bugene Night. 24. Binghamton. N. Y , and Elisabeth Dewey. 23, Takoma Park. Md Jean DeWItt Fog. 22. and Evelyn W. Snider. 22. both of Takoma Park. Md. Ernest A. Perry. 28. and Arlene M. Coombs. 21. both of Washington. George Edward Wllcok. 31. and Olive King ' Porterfield. 27. both of Washington. ! Leon H. Stotts. 22. and Charlotte A. L. Herbert. 18. both of Potomac. Md Charles U. Butt. 27. and Margaret k. Stang. 18. both of Silver Spring. Md. Bugene Matthew Sims. 27. and Pearl Agnes Stoner. 23, both of Washington. Deaths Reported Catherine M. O'Brien. 78. 221 Ascot pi. n.e. ' Samuel J. Smith. 78. Walter Reed General Hospital. Ella E. MacWilliams. 72. 3110 Rodman at. Thomas W. Coffman. 71. 3102 N st. Mary Jordan. 88, 2210 Pennsylvania avt. Nora Connors. 65. 39 Olrard st. Thomas Weaver, 65. Oallinger HospitaL Maria Ullman. 82. Doctors' Hospital. Martin Dunsworth. 59. 815 18th st. Holmes P. Allen. 58. St. Elizabeth's Hos pital. Roland Perry. 54. South Clifton Terrace. Gladys Talcc. 40. Oallinger Hospital. William C. Bullock. 37. 1142 6th st. Edith Logan. 31. Preedmen’s Hospital. Margaret Hahn. 29. Oallinger HospitaL Nice Mother-in-Law In recognition of the "joy he hss brought to my daughter, and through her to me* Dame Edith C. Beatson of London left $20,000 to her son-in-law, Robert Levillier. HILDA N. MILLER TrwnlHs nuNM Wuih ef the eutitanAlny relies ifertl ea PerleA style tarattare. While ear recaler arises are sahsteatiallr lewer. these Aacast sale arises effer yalaee traly Irresistible. Open evenings except Tuesdays and Thursdays CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY SOFA cWUlbi Irocotelle Covered iNaitreted 1 Other Outstanding Values as. sen sst 04.00 ssr-““ ^ f - $42.50 Jf.w- - “ Cutia Belli Bax fi 11 1R „ Seriate ar Me Ural*. # I Bt 19 3-Pe. Mebataa# Hr*- mb BB extra epaelaL Saab tZrJ'~k CUt"mauU $0.95 .... .. . „ . * - Drawer Oeaaeet* er w *?*•,_*‘*b*tear a • aaaa Olaee Tee Caaktall Table, m wee SfR.,n,.‘; * 189 au-erT:-“ *0'w Dtftrrti Payments May Ba A rraagti M |fl(U|KM ' I JmmBBMMBBKmBSBMBmKtBBm Mrs. Charles P. Keyset, who presided at the popular cake and candy table, is giving a sales talk to Mrs. Gladys B. Middlemiss, president of the Women’s City Club, where the party was held; Mrs. John T. Lucker, chairman of the ben efit, and Mrs. Le Verne Beales, co-chairman. Mrs. Shuey Has Guest At Staunton Several Visitors Return to Homes In Washington STAUNTON, V{L, July 20—Mrs. Theodore F. Shuey has as her guests this week her daughter, Mrs. Charles J. Happier of Washington, and her son and daughter, Mr. Charles J. Happier, jr., and Miss Sazanne Happier. Mrs. Shuey and her other daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Shuey, re turned to the former's home near here some weeks ago after spending the winter in Florida. Mrs. Carrington Foster has re- ! turned to Washington after spending some time with her sister, Mrs. Wat- ! son P. Gooch. Mr. Mark Helntzleman has re turned to Washington. Mrs. Helntzleman and their children will remain for some time with Mrs. i John C. Carper in the county. Miss Linda Todd has returned to her apartment in the Gordon Hotel in Washington, after spending a few days with her sister. Mrs. L. C. Ware. Miss Mary Lois Hiner again is at her home near Staunton after spending some time with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Hiner, and her cousin, Miss Camelia Siple in Washington. Mrs. Francis Houll of Washington is visiting with relatives near here for several weeks. Mr. William A. Glasgow has ar rived from Washington to spend his vacation with his parents, Judge and Mrs. Joseph A. Glasgow. Chevy Chase Women Map Club Plans Committee and Section Chairmen Selected Committee and section chairmen of the Woman’s Club of Chevy Chase who will guide group activ ities during the coming season have been selected and are naming their co-workers and mapping plans for the future. Regular activities generally have been suspended for the summer, but doors of the clubhouse at Dunlop street and Connecticut avenue are open several times a week for mem bers. An enthusiastic Red Cross unit meets every Wednesday, under the chairmanship of Mrs Edward H. Helmuth. The craft class of the art section is holding Thursday ses sions. In addition, the club has been . rented on several occasions for wed ding receptions and similar func tions. Several of the club officials serv ing under the presidency of Mrs. Frederick M. Kerby will head com mittees next year. The Official Board will include Mrs. Henry De Coursey Adams, first vice president; Mrs. Philip Pi Gott, second vice pres ident; Mrs. Ralph W Bonnett, re cording secretary; Mrs S. S. Brack ett, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Roy J. Jorolemon, treasurer; Mrs. Diner B. Groff, assistant treasuref, and Mrs. Fred E. Shoemaker, direc tor to the Montgomery County Fed eration. Chairmen are announced as fol lows: Mrs. Fred Allen, membership; Mrs. A^ams, program; Mrs. John I. Lauritzen, printing; Mis Gott, press; Mrs. Claude E. Mossburg, hospital ity; Mrs. Lawrence Fulton, applied education; Mrs. Charles B. Lingam felter, public welfare, Mrs. Frank C. Kracek, resolutions and legisla tion; Mrs. Jorolemon finance; Mrs. Louis S. Murphy, clubhouse: Mrs. Albert Maxey Dickson, motion pic ture; Mrs. Benjamin H Bennett, art; Mrs. John Beveridge civics; Mrs. Chester Rightor. drama; Mrs. James F. Pierce. French: Mrs Leighton H. Peebles, German; Mrs. Laurence O. Manley, international relations; Mrs. R. Sea bury dTSspard junior club; Mrs. Edwin Hahn, literature: Mrs. Hugh Murrell, music; Mrs. Dudley F. Hotlman, nature, Mrs. Eber B. Woodruff, social; Mrs D. P. Wol haupter, phvsicial education, and Mrs. Paul H. Butler, revision. The clubhouse chairman is taking advantage of the summer lull for a general "cleanup." anil some redec orating will be done in the late sum mer before regular sessions resume. Baritone Is Featured Clarke A. Paulsen, baritone solo ist and member of the choir of St. John's Church, will be featured on the program tomorrow following tea at the American Association of Uni versity Women's Club Mr. Paulsen. : who is a student at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore. | will be accompanied by Miss Mary Carney. Miss Barbara Ottingej is in charge I of the program. Hostesses include I Mrs. Ena Thompson and Miss Helen j White. Postal revenues of the United i States for the last fiscal year were | the highest on record. WM. 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