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CAPITAL BEGINS "RAGTIME
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THE PINK OF PERFECTION
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tries, complete financial reports and
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Monday,
May 15,
1922
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contains last minute news, complete
racing entries and results and other
sport world happenings. Get your
news a day ahead.
SAVING WITH LONG, PAINFUL YAWN
Half City Greets Dawn While |
Other Half Snoozes De
fiance to Harding.
Grumbling, kicking and com
plaining Washington today set
tled down to "ragtime" saving.
At 8 a. m. today practically every
worker in the city was at his or
her desk. "Ragtime" saving was
ushered in without ceremony by
? groaning community.
When the old alarm clock rang
an hour earlier this morning it
wasn't a happy, carefree com
munity that got up with a smile
and turned off the ringing time
piece. The city got up with a
frown, went to breakfast with a
complaint, rode downtown groan
ing. and settled down to work
kicking.
Must Accept It.
District Commissioners Oyster. Ku
dolph, arid Keller were at their desks
before 8 a. m. They let it be known
that pleas to change the clocks would
meet deal ears. Washington must
get accustomed to Ketting up on--,
hour earlier each day. for it- ?ac<* I
five months of "ragtime sa\ Ing.
Street car companies reported to
day that the vast army of workers
were taken downtown without con-1
fusion or traffic Jama- In Brvc'i1'
Sections of the city additional cars |
were put in service and traffic con
were apparently no worse
fRBi during the congested per.od of |
0l<K<-ports from the suburbs weJ^e
not very encouraging for those who
favor "ragtime" saving. Failure or
railroad companies to give Pr?nf^
notice of change In trains caused
manv a worker to report at the
station earlier in order to be sure
of catching a Washington tralm In
many Instances commuters waited
from Ave to twenty minutes for
their trains.
Employes of the District govern
ment were on time this morning. |
according to official reporta made
to the Commissioners. .
Reports from Government depart
ments and business houses indi
cated that the tardy records were
no greater than before.
Lack of Co-Operation.
There is still considerable inde
cision throughout the city today.
Banks, grocery stores and drug
?tores have not so far uniformly
followed "ragtime" saving. Some
opened earlier and some didn t.
On the first day of "ragtime
aavtng is is almost impossible to de
termine the effect it will have upen
the community. There are manv I
complaints and here and there one
hears the new time plan praised sky
high.
This afternoon Washington law*
may take b different view of "rag
time" saving. When the dismissal
gong strikes an hour earlier, maybe
Washington will be pleased. And
ntavbe It won't ,
Street car officials said today that
schedules have been rearranged to
meet the theater crowds. They also
pointed out that the regular extra
serv ed would be provided for Bureau
of Engraving employes who get off
around 11 o'clock at night.
Schedule* Are O. K.
Walter C. Allen, executive secre
tary of the Public Utilities Commis
sion. wish his corps of experts, was
or, hand early to watch traffic con- ,
dit 'ons. 1
"Everything seems to be going
? lout O.K.." Mr. Allen remarked from
the steps of the District building, as
he watched a score or more cat a pa?s,
most of them being Just "comfortably
fwH " ' .w . 1
"The new time plan may o;strlr?ute
the load of traffic better than hereto
fore. There seems to be no con- |
fusion this morning.''
V"h?>n the hours struck S tots
morning, practically all of Wash
ington was working?e..c >pt that
Straggling line of workers -\ho help
Increase the tardy records in Gov
ernment departments and business
houses.
Hrhools Open At 1.
Public schools threw open then ]
d"' s at 8 o'clock and some 60.000
children tramped through the streets
(lodging the ever-Increasing army of ,
automobiles.
All seemed to work woll this morn
ing. but as the lone girl elevator
operator In the Munsey building re
marked. , ;
"It's Just started. You wait. Some
gel down at 8 and some at 3. Why
t'on't they change the clock.'
There's going to be trouble yet over
this. People don't want to get up
tn hour earlier. It don't mean any
thing but one hour's bleep gone to
waste "
Washington was really a divided
rity today. A majority of the work
irs got down an hour earlier, but
there was a good-sized minority
Who kept to their regular time.
The District building wasi a
?cttte of great activity Just before
t o'clock. Headquarters detectives
fot down at 7 o'clock and the,
*?rnlng roll call was under way
8 o'clock.
Home Do Not Change.
Motion picture and legitimate
theaters are keeping to the old
lime. ? . . ..
The generKl complaint among the
thmirnnd* of workers In Washing-1
fin was that "ragtime" soviet
w ould make employes lose many I
hour* of sleep.
? Just because employee have to I
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As we read the papers, the j
"obey" part of the marriage
ceremony seem* to stick about {
as well as the "until death" \
part. OLD TIMER.
PARAGRAPHIC SPASMS. |
There In one shorn every minute, j
Kinging speeches were never
made by dumbells.
Thin business of woman lining
paint aand powder Is just a skin
tame.
We Just can't help smiling when
we see a flapper, with roll-tops and
powdered kitees, grab embarras
singly at Iter skirts when a stilf
breese blowa. ?
Alf that Is now needed to im
mortalise the name of Henry Ford
is an autobuyography.
Because Congress cannot allevi
ate all our troubles is no reason
why it sltould not aik>w us to grin
and beer those we have.
"Button, button, who's got the
button?" Your laundry, of course.
Bookkeepers should he careful
of these certified accountants; they
are a calculat.ng sort.
All this foreign matter in the
public eye is liable to blind the
public to the true condition of
home issues. FRED 8CHWAB.
You are auch
A charming Mim.
From your llpn
I'd like to have a word.
If we should alt
'Neath atara abova.
I'd like va*y much
To talk of croquet
Vf we went to a ahow.
At the Coamoa or Strand,
I am aure you would let me
Hold on to your program.
?DUSTr' RHODES
I
ANSWERING "HAPPY JACK."
fl 3on wm ? rakJe. a model In tweed.
And ? 1 typllt, with plenty of sperd.
If 1IY rjuh wn spent on a honeymoon
breeae
And you Mid, "Keep pounding the
keys,"
Not tor me uu of that rafemu stuff.
Some wires mlihl fall for that stuff."
TKKA81HY t'LKKk.
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Who remembers this old in
quiry, "Have another before
you go?" JULES B.
THAT WEIRD STUFF.
? Wilkie Collins, the novelist, once
remarked that he often (taw ghost*
of all sliapes and sizes when work
ins too hard. Being old-fashioned,
he went to an oculist and took a
rest.
Now cometh the bold knighl, Sir
A. Conan Doyle, with the astound
ing news that Heaven U pleasant
and the other place not quite!
Perhaps in time science will
achieve an ouija hoard which will
have enough conscience to tell the
truth once In awhile.
HKZKKIAH PENNY.
DAYLIGHT SAVING.
How many Washlngtonlann looked or felt this way
today? asks ANNIE WATT, H and 8 artist:
"MY MOTHERV
Who watched o'er me from d?v to day.
Whilst I. In Infancy, hflplfMly lay;
Who never reaped to hope and pray?
My Mother.
Who via* It. when In thonghtless glee,
I caused grief and norrow needleaaly;
Who said, "My child, I forgive thee?"
My Mother.
Who prayed for me each day and
night,
Who kent the lamp no trim and bright.
To guide my footsteps home aright?
My Mottier.
Who shielded me from the tempter's
una re.
And helped me my every burden hear;
Who ithared with me my slightest
rare?
My Mother.
That'll why J love my mother best.
My sweetheart. dearer than all the
rent;
Nhe ban proven true In every tf?l,
My Mother.
May I prove true, ami m faithful be.
To mother dear, a* Nhe'* been to me.
May I love, through all the eternity?
My Mother.
PANSY III 811.
AND THEY STOPPED
TAKING THE PAPER.
The Southern Jubilee Ringers will
hold a sc-sred concert Sunday eve
ning at Hart M. E. Church. Mrs.
J. P. Phillips, a local singer, will
render two solos.?Rlverton (Pa.)
News.
OFFERS PRIZE.
Dear Bill: I wish to offer a prize
of a solid hand-embroidered copper
today to any magazine or >luilv
newspaper that will go throuifn
the summer without having a pic
ture Of a bathing *irl.
RUFU8.
SCAT !
(By Near l aurel.)
Coining in my window,
In the dead of every night,
The waO? of Marsted lovers.
Who sing and then they fight;
The lady Hays. "I love you, Tom;"
Says he, "My heart's on fire,
Ever tuiice we married, girl.
I've loved you, my Martar."
On they sing, lovetdrk tunes.
Pitched in high soprano;
Said she to him, "Heard last night
You're flirting with some Han
nah."
Instantly their tunes did rease,
I thought their night was o'er.
Suddenly he biffed her one,
And she began to roar.
Ileared to be a gallant man.
I let him beat hef up;
Should I enter their family fray
They'd make me say, "enuff."
Fighting on till dawn of day.
She yelled in great distress,
Tho' cad I be, I m free to say
It was their business.
MORE PENNANT WINNERS.
ROTHER Y
ARM A NI
DEFRA NOK8KI
DA K IN
M FRKSCH1
L KHE8CH1
JETT
CH U MBRIS
JA NNAI.OTTI
GAR I ILL.I
C O STA
P R ICCI
? ARTORI
A pie-fared rake-enter onee met a
flapper,
And to the flapper lie *ald:
"If one of my M|?ter? wore bobbed hair
I'd alap'er,"
But he ki*?ed the flapper Inntend.
HAM HIM PMC.
What's Doing Today
and Tomorrow
Today.
Maple sugar party?Vermont State
Association. Rsuscher'a. Connecticut
? venue and L atreet northweat. reception,
7:30 p. m.
Concerta?By the Pennaylvanla Male
Chorus, Flret Congregational Church
lVnth and U atreeta northweat, 3:46 and
7:1# p. m.
Meeting?Amaranth Lodge. No. 21,
Knights of Pythias, Eighth and F atreeta
northeast, I p. m.
Meeting?Century-Decstur Lodge. No.
10, Knlghta of Pythlaa, Pythian Temple,
1012 Ninth atreet northweat, 8 p. m.
Entered apprentice degree ? Treat le
Board, Benjamin B. French Lodge, No.
11. F. A. A. M . S p. m.
Meeting?Colonial Dames. Interest of
Hlrorge Wsshlngton Memorial, home of
Mra. Qeorge Tully Vaughan. 171S 1 atreet
northweat, 11 a. m.
Annual amoker ? Virginia Military
Institute Alumni Association, City Club,
1320 O atreet northwest, I p. m.
Spring revue?By the St. Patrick Play
?re, auaplcee of Lafayette Poat, American
L'rlon. Carroll Hall, R p. m.
Third annual exhibition?The Tanner
Art League, art rooms, Dunbar High
School, 7 to 10 p. m.
Annual meetlnr?Monday Evening Club,
Industrial Home School. Wlsconeln ave
nue, picnic supper. f:<0 p. m.
Tomorrow.
Haiaar?Women's City Club, followed
by dancing. 4 to 10 p m
Meeting?Washington Alumna# Chapter,
Kappa Alpha Theta. home of Mra LouM
Austin. IIM Newark street. ClevelaM
Park. T p m.
Meeting?The in l*ar? of JU
.llgious Education. the Rer. Robert John
ston. speaker, Trinity Church, Takoma
Park. 8 p. m.
Meeting?Webster Lodge N6. 7. Knights
of Pythias. Pythian Temple. 1012 Ninth
street northwest. 8 p. m.
Meeting?Columbia Historical Society.
Coimoi Club Assembly Hall, Madison
place entrance. I:1S p. m.
Meeting ? Excelsior Lodge, No. 14.
Knights of Pythias. Pythian Temple. 1012
Ninth street northwest. 8 p. m.
Meeting?Capital Lodge. No. 24. Knights
of Pythias, Pythian Temple, 1012 Ninth
street northwest. 8 p. m.
Meeting?Myrtle Lodge, No. 21, Knights
of Pythias. 218 Pennsylvania avenue
southeast, 8 p. m.
WOMEN WILL CONDUCT
CONN. AVENUE MEETING
Women only.
Men are Invited, but they must
take a back seat.
No chance for the men to aJr their
"superior" knowledge of parliamen
tary procedure, for the women will
have full charge of the Connecticut
Avenue Citizens' Association meet
ing Wednesday night. The meeting
will be held at All Soula' Pariah
House. Cathedral avenut near Con
necticut avanua.
Called on Friends There, Says
Spouse of D. C. Realty
Man.
The mysterious disappearance
of Mrs. W. P. Lock wood, wife of
a realty operator at 1410 G street
northwest, missing since last
Wednesday morninsr at 9:30, was
cleared up today when the hus
band of the mUsing woman noti
fied the police that he had found
his wife in New York with friends
of the family.
Mystery Is Cleared.
The circumstances surrounding the
woman's disappearance, afier re
ceiving a mysterious phone call at
the place of her employment, W. F.
Roberts A Co. printing establishment,
1415 H street i northwest, early last
Wednesday, led the husband to be
lieve that his wife had been mur
dered for 12,000 worth of Jewelry thet
she had removed from a safety de
posit box the day before.
The reason given the police today
in explanation of his wife's disap
pearance was that she had suffered
a nervous breakdown, and while in
a state of temporary insanity had
boarded a New York train about
noon on Wednesday, going to the
home of friends there.
Mr. Ix>ckwood today denied that
there was any man in the case.
"My wife, I believe, was suffering
from temporary Insanity, and is now
In a highly nervous state." Mr. Lock
wood said.
"She states that she does not clear
ly recollect leaving Washington, or
Just what the telephone call waa at
8:30 on last Wednesday mornin>r, fol
lowing which she put on her hat and
coat, and departed from her place of
employment, without making an ex
planation aa to her movements.
No Man In the Case.
"There Is not. and I have never
believed that there was. another man
In the case. My first fear was that
my wife had met with foul play, due
to the fact that she had taken from
a safety deposit vault 12,000 worth of
Jewelry on the day provious," Mr.
Lock wood declared tctday.
A woman believed to have been
Mrs. Look wood was found on Wed
nesday about noon by W. C. Oliver.
Sixty-first and Franklin streets.
Capitol Heights, walking on the W.
B. and A. tracks. Oliver states that
he stopped his car and aslred the {
woman If he could give her a lift. !
She got in the car with him and ,
stated that she was going to walk!
to Baltimore. Oliver told the police j
that he informed the woman it
would he impossible for her to walk
to Baltimore so she requested that
he leave her at the District car line,
where she stated she wonjd catch a
car and ride over.
The woman, who Oliver states re
sembled the picture of Mrs. Lock
wood publlnhed the following day
in The Times, cot out at the Dis
trict-Line and is believed to have
either gone on by Interutfwn to
Baltimore, thence to N?w York, or
to have returned to TTnlon Station
and caught the train for New York
there.
Mrs. Lockwood. who is thirty-four
years old and the mother of two
children. Is now being cared for hv
rriends at Chesterbrook, near Falls
Church. Va., where their home Is
located and will return to Wash
Ington the latter part of this week,
or as soon as her nervous condition
will permit, Mr. Lockwood said
Lockwood states that he learned
of his wife's whereabouts though a
telegram received late Saturdav
night from the friends In New York
with whom his wife is stopping. He
Immediately went there. He return
ed to Washington this morning and
notified the police department, who
have been searching for the missing
woman since last Wednesday.
Reported to Police.
One of the circumstances which
clothed the woman's disappearance
in mystery was the fact that on
last Tuesday?the day she took her
Jewels out of the safety deposit box
she had her picture taken. On
Wednesday morning, the day of her
disappearance, she came to town
early, went to her husband's office
at 1410 Q street, and placed the new
picture on his desk. No note or ex
planation was given.
On his arrival at his office Lock
wood observed the new picture and
called his wife on the phone, where
he supposed she was at work to
comment on the picture.
MOTHER AND CHILD HURT
WHEN AUTOS COLLIDE
Mrs. Milan V. Avers and her ten
year-old daughter Charlotte, who live
at 1719 Thirty-fifth street northwest
were painfully Injured yesterday'
when an automobile Mr. Ayors was
operating collided with the motor
car of William Taylor, 458 Florida
avenue, at Twentieth street and
Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
Mrs. Ayers and her daughter were
taken to the Emergency Hospital.
Ayers escaped injury. Both ma
chines were badly damaged.
Louis Deckelbaum, seventeen years
old, 950 R street northwest, suffered
bruises and cuts on his body when
he was knocked from his bicycle by
an automobile operated by James C.
Mason. 1758 T street northwest, at
Ninth and R streets yesterday. Deck
elbaum Is at the Garfield Hospital
Ball Player Injured.
While playing baseball on the
Monument I^ot. Seventeenth and B
streets northwest. Frederick Wood
son. twenty years old, of 9X8 Four-1
teenth street southeast, was rendered
unconscious when struck on the head
by a ball thrown by Charles Chatter
brook, another player. He was
taken to Emergency Hospital where
ttwaa aald he suffered from a -light
0
Charities Secretary Will Inves
tigate Sibley and Horn
eopathic, He Declares.
The refusal of Sibley and Homeo
pathlc hospitals to administer first
aid treatment yesterday to a young
colored boy who had been struck
down by an automobile today la be
ing Investigated by George 8. Wit.
son, secretary of the Board of
Charities.
Wilson said that while these hos
pitals were not under his supervision,
either directly or Indirectly, he felt
It his duty to find out why they
would not accept this emergency
case.
"These hospitals are supported by
private charities and the board has
nothing to do with them." said Wil
son. "But I Intend to call this case
to the attention of the heads of the
institutions. This boy should have
been treated. Even if there was no
room In the hospital for him lie
should have been given first aid and
then sent somewhere else."
Condition Not Serious.
The boy. Leroy Randolph, colored,
seven years old, is now at his home
at 106 O street northwest. He Is
being attended by Dr. Arthur B.
McKinney, of 1615 First street north
west.
"The boy's condition does not ap
pear to be serious, but he must be
watched for several days," said Dr.
McKinney. "He is suffering from
bruises on the head. In all cases
of head injuries we must watch the
patient closely to see that concussion
of the brain does not set In."
No Doctors at Kither.
The boy was struck down about
11:15 o'clock yesterday morning. H?
was In the street ne-.ir First and O
streets northwest when an uutonic
bile driven by Lorenzo Wilson, cu.
ored, of 1118 Eighteenth street north
west, hit him.
F. Burnett Bloom, who was driv
ing In the rear of Wilson, picked the
boy up and took him to a nearby
drugstore. The druggist said the
boy's head Injuries n.ight be -erlous
and advised rushing Jilm to tue hos
pital.
Bloom took the hoy to Sibley Hos
pital. He was told there, It is al
leged, thst there were no doctors'
available and the toy could not be
treated. Bloom then rui.hed the boy
to Homeopathic Hospital. Here he
was told, he claims, no doctors were
in the institution. It was su "(tested
at Homeopathic that he take The boy
to the home of a physician near by. I
The boy was removed to the physi
cian s house. The physician v as not
at home and Bloom <ame back to
Homeopathic. Again the hospital, it
is claimed, refused *o give the boy
treatment.
Falling to get aid from these insti
tutions. Bloom took the boy to his
home at 106 O street northwest. Dr
McKinney waa .-ailed and treated
the boy.
TRIES TO RECOVER PADDLE.
DROWNS IN PATUXENT
In an attempt to recover an oar
that slipped from his boat In the
Patuxent river near Benedict. Md?
yesterday, Nicholas K. Carstens,
thirty-four years old. >34 Thirteenth
street northeast, leaped overboard
and was drowned. Several friends
were nearby when he shouted for
help but before they could reach
mm he disappeared from view. Sev
eral small craft immediately began
to drag for the body.
Carstens and a party of friends
went to Benedict on a fishing trip.
Carstens hired a small boat and
rowed about 200 feet from the shore,
when the oar fell Into the water. He
shouted to his friends that the cur
rent was strong and asked for as
slstance.
After the friends made a vain at
tempt at rescue, Walter J. Proctor.
qk iW northwest, notified
SherCff Hfris. of Charles county.
M<!., and the man's relatives.
PICKPOCKETS TAKE HIS
$25 ON STREET CAR
r don't mind spending my money.
.. , ?,e to have u stolen from
me, John L. Gerlach, 1703 Law
rence street northeast, told the
police this morning when he re
ported that when he was a passen
ger on a street car yesterday his
wallet, containing $26, was stolen
by pickpockets.
Oerlaok told the police he remem
bered being Jostled by two men
whan he was on the platform of
the car. but did not suspect he was
being robbed. He made his dis
covery after a man he had noticed
acting suspiciously left the car. He
gave the police a description of the
man.
OHIO GIRLS CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS
At a meeting of the Ohio Girls'
Club, held at Silver Spring, Md.,
the following officers were elected:
A'J*' Ealy, president; Miss
Gladys Prince, vice president; Miss
Leona Shields, secretary, and Mrs.
P. C. Luglnbubl, treasurer.
Miss Carr ie Need ham was chosen
chairman of the tennis committee.
Plans were made at the meeting
for outings during the summer.
Central High Concert.
A concert will be given May 23 at
new Central High School by the In
ternational Orchestra, assisted by
the Washington College of Music,
for the benefit of the summer Ameri
canization School. Those on the pro
gram include Germanla Manner
chor. a surging society comprising
thirty male voices, conducted by C.
B. Christ ianl: Miss Hazel Gibson
Wood, soprano, snd Wsldon Carter,
a pianist, of ths Washington College
of Music, , .
THEY WILL ENTERTAIN
POOR CHILDREN OF D. C.
Rudolph Jose, president of the Washington dTitan Club, and
"Aunt Mary" Billings, who has charge of the freah air camp of the
Salvation Army, are ardent worker* for the fund campaign which
in being conducted in this dty by the local "Sallies."
U.S.MTO SWING
ON HUNDREDS OF
TREflSURY JOBS
Married Women to Be First Hit
in Reduction of
Employes.
Married women employed In the
Treasury Department are very
much concerned over the security
of their positions, as the result of
the wholesale dismissals now tak
ing place in the various bureaus
and divisions to bring the depart
ment's working forces down to a
pre-war basis.
On Tuesday approximately 100
women will be dismissed from the
Veterans' Bureau as a part of that
organization's decentralization pro
gram. On the same day about fifty
will be transferred from the Na
tional Banks' Redemption Agency
to the Register pf the Treasury's
office. But for the fact that the
Register's office Is running behind
with its work they would be let
out entirely; Smaller groups are
to be let out May 16 and June 1
in the Comptroller's office and the
Reserve Bank division. Further re
ductions running into the hundreds
are to be made at the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing before
July 1.
When the Treasury set out a few
weeks ago to bring the department
nearer to the pre-war basis by the
beginning of the next fiscal year.
Secretary Mellon issued Instruc
tions to the vaHous bureau and
division heads to cut off first the
married women who had husbands
employed to support them, giving
single women ana widows without
other means of support the prefer
ence. That order Is being adhered
to strictly, except In the case of
those with civil service status.
Many of the women who are slated
for dismissal are appealing to their
Congressional friends and others
with Influence to save their posi
tions for them, if possible.
Director of ?he Budget Dawes Is
said to have a~Veconmmendation to
the heads of all Government depart
ments to follow the Treasury ulan of
eliminating the married women from
the service and In the filling of va
cancies that may develop to appoint
men wherever possible. The theory
on this last point is that men clerks
will stick closer to the Job. They
don't take time off to manicure their
nails and fix their hair during work
ing hours. And If they are married
there's all the more reason why they
should hold on to the Job.
CHEVY CHASE CITIZENS
ELECT NEW OFFICERS
The election of the following of
ficers and committeemen of the
Chevy, Chase Citizens' Association,
section No. 8, Chevy Chase Md., have
been announced: George P. Hoover,
chairman pro tem; MllUrd F. West,
secretary, and Paul SlointM, trens
urer: Frederick R. Parks, chairman
police committee; Mrs Thoma* E.
Robertson, chairman llbrjrv com
mittee: W. A. Mills, chair-trail build
ing permits and Dr. K. Conrad, ehair
l&an at bsalth ooanlttsa
700 CHILDREN
TO FROLIC IT
SUMMER GAMP
Salvation Army Outing Resort
Near Camp Meade to En
tertain Needy.
All the Latett
RECORDS
JUST RELEASED
Listed on Peg* 9
For Sale Here
Come and Hear Them
GARREN'S
Thirty miles out In Maryland, near
Camp Meade, the Salvation Army
maintains Its summer camp, where
the children of Washington who
would not otherwise have a vacation
In the country are taken for ten-day
periods of rest and play away from
the heat of city streets.
The Civitan Cltio, realizing the
value of this charity, has this year
undertaken to finance the food sup
ply for the camp during the entire
summer. The camp will open early*
in June and continue till about Sep
tember 20. It has accommodations
for seventy-five children and is kept
full during the entire summer.
This year the camp will be In
charge of Envoy Mary Billings, or
"Aunt Mary," as she is better known
among those familiar with Salvation
Army activities. She is a motherly
woman, who knows all about kids
and their Joya and sorrows. She was
for twelve years in charge of the
Salvation Army camp at North I<ong
Branch, N. J., where she had 165
youngsters under her wing con
stantly every summer.
Members of the Civitan Clllb will
pay frequent visits to the camp and
some of them may possibly camp
there for short periods. It Is ex
pected that 700 children will be given
a vacation in the country through
the medium of this camp this sum
mer.
Last year the youngsters slept In
tints, but a dormitory is now being
built in addition to the mess hall and
this year they will sleep indoors.
BEING SPEEDED
Clearing Calendar Because of f
Delay in Congress Acting
Ball Act.
on
Failure of Congress to take final
and favorable action on the extension
of the Ball rent law, before next
Monday, will find the District Rent
Commission with the lowest docket
of unheard cases in its existence.
The commission has decided to
avoid the confusion attendant to
adverse action at the Capitol, even
If the law should be signed a few
days after the expiration of the
existing law on May 22, and the com
missioners are .clearing up pending
cases with a maximum of speed.
The rent case of the Monmouth
Hotel tenants against the Joint own
ers. James L.. Karrlck and F. .).
pilling, probably will be completed
today, when the owners will testify.
It Is expected other builders will be
called to the stand to give com para
tlve statistics on construction cost
and other features of building.
The commission has docketed more
than fifteen cases for rehearing to
morrow. No definite program of
procedure during the week, beyond
tomorrow, has been laid down by the
commission, althought expedient
action on all waiting cases is expect
ed. The commission called for hear
Ing today its rent-fixing case of the
Oakland apartments, but the Mon
mouth case is believed to be of such
length as to consume the entire day.
The commission's office has been
crowded with tenants and landlords
during the past week, when the In
action of Congress on the passage of
the rent law extension measure
caused alarm among those who had
unheard cases before the commit
s ion.
$250,000 Quota of National
Amount Asked of District >
Residents.
A drive will begin today for >250,
000, the District's quota of the
$7,500,000 which la to be used tor
the erection of the George Wash
ington Memorial on the Mali, be
tween Sixth and Seventh street*
northwest. The amount asked from
the District is one-thirtieth of the
national fund.
Pnsldent Harding laid the comer
stone of the proposed memorial last
November. The Executive and e\
Preaideiits Taft and Wilson ha\e
glv?n the movement their fullest
endorsement.
Under tlie provisions of the aft of
Congress donating the site, an en
dowment of $500,000 is to be pro
vided by the George Washington
Memorial Association The adnilr.ls
tration of the building and of the
endowment la veated by the act in
the trustee* of the Smithsonian
Institution.
The drive f8F "Washington's quoia
will continue during the week. Dr.
Thomas IS. Green, of the American
Red Croes, Is chairman of the cum <p
paign control committee and Mrs.
Rose <!ouverneur Hoea is the dicc
tor of the woman's division.
A room for the exclusive uae of
every State in the Union will be
provided on one floor of the pro
I-osed structure. It is planned to
have the building as a great <ather
lng place for national organizations.
An auditorium seating several thou
sand persons Is planned. Free organ
recltala will be given in the audi
torium on Sunday afternoons.
Army Chaplain to Speak.
The Rev. Ignatius Fealy, army
chaplain, and Wataon B. Miller will
be the principal speakers at a meet
in* of Vincent B. Costello Post. No.
IS, American Legion, to be held to
morrow night In the board room Of
the District building. William F.
Franklin, oommander of the post,
will preside.
*6e<#vVracA5t
SM0OXHTOP
4 vessels steaming?
1 burner going
And there's room for mora.
Naturally a saving of gait
The smooth, level top la
easy to koop clean. It keepa
grease from burner*. It has
greater capacity. Its conven
ient height prevents stooping.
A good looker and s food
cooker. See It at f
EDGAR MORRIS SHES CO.
1*05 G St. N. W.
Main ien-iess