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The Washington Post from Washington, District of Columbia • Page 9

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r4 1 J1 fSJIusfc is playing an important paTtf all festivities theae days Thei11 nammoth celebration on theFourth wlll probably never be surpassed MJiile wm ever preient throughout the Sayj not only the customary bandar tout jphoruses and solos In the final action von the east iteps of the Capitol after the most remarkable parade In thehls tory qt tbig or perhaps any othercity the singing of our national anthem and the Inspiring Hallelujah Chorus played an important part Anna Brett Summy who appeared as Columbia sans The Star Spangled Banner taking a high in the Jlnal chorus with perfect ease and oeing distinctly heard at the corrier of East Capitol and First streets Flora McGIll Keefer appeared as Democracy and like Mr Summy fitted her part perfectly in face and figure Mrs Keefer led the Hallelujah Chorus and had less opportunity to heard than Mrs Summy It was an impressive sight the last tableau with the Capitol for a background and setting The ceremony at Mount Vernon had its accompaniment of song when John McCormack sang The Star Spangled Banner before the tomb of Washington Mr McCormack accompanied the presidential party aboard the May i iy TK4 vjj osriz r7r r3 imhwvv wvttn mi iJ ia1T rTjBJfc tK jt jg i auU Farflahand Mils fcrldometiandfttbe othe jeastrjrontrqrih Caplttoiiitneit recentortjar tnaurcniortner cpve jCBSwnlng TUT Ll hlrlMlAf VlnrordBleaylngcarcejyfadr her hearer She auio sans MtV esr sung by Clarence jonnsion tor vnHnutivwt core he sang Americas Kmoitm ws music bv Hyatt and the wdrdB by Rachel Congate Beck widow of Gen Beck Mr Johnston was accompanied by Mrs Scriven Miss Emma Messing gave a reading of Your flag and My Flag by Wilbur Nesbltt ard The Cost by Ethel Lloyd Patterson Her encore was Where Are You Godr written by Elsie Janis just after the sinking of the Lusltanla Mm Baker was unable to remain for the dancing arid left soon after the reception et te conductors CaptParear conduc ndj HenryvH FreemanVi5rgania tgroTf tlie1FreclClU31tryBanaJcon ttheprogram fgrfthe fbuUl ancl paatweekg1VlngconcertsnNieyeraI of the camps vear Jisrei Tbft Tanay4a4 composed of JnCwh have seen service 1 been vehonfs iworkaavlngvbeen dlrectorriof Khaki Lad A by Florence AUyrdandV5S HiSEEfe vnrtMoV ducted Ji8 own men atfd the men oftho thf series concert arraneedVihA Knownn private JlXe MIftfBamart bsforecomlnjr Khaki Sansmy byJohn Aldan car 7 rikVi MarlnBanrfn thelrpUytoff or TbAl WasM alsOf music bisector penter Hervencore wm Und mftxtCmpfMUlltU4e Bt JSp8nKleiiAnaer JvanaXlartturniaTisplceaof thftirCampC6mraunlty PlatxiBtFaaa FMlrBleyflen of rWaah4ntHfyiMRiSund Cleveland dnrlna aMinner pirtynot rXriC long ago set to the music of an old folk song Mrs Baker was a ccompa nled by her brother Ttalph Lecpold of Texas who Is visltlngThls brotbef ln iaw ana iui zmZZ mV wi JMiwMrnf Tiltlvat tne program were xeoraaiia SM1Cr 1V TjCJi3rLi i th tw Vn4 mfttrrthr cia j5oneby Ponlatowskt 3ray iT 6i iileutivSantlemann conducted thatwo 1 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the Capitol At the Park View celebration sh sang America and La Marseillaise and Jed the chorus in our national anthem She was asked to take one of the leading parts in the spectacle at the Cap ioi but declined saying that if it was The first entertainment of uny size to be given at Camp Radio Md was cHvpn ltLst Wednesday evening camp i Radio isat the Maryland Agricultural College Park Md The program was given by Miss Virginia I3auiires soprano Mr Robert Kleckner barytone Mr OConnor topical sonxs Miss Dorothy Caldwell talking eonirs Miss Jewel Hawks readings Mr Savic talk on Bulgaria Mr Wertzner violin solo Mr Moore and Mr Coast gultir duet OConnor Camp Chorus exclusive songs Miss Lois Sickles accompanist The OConnor Camp Chorus Is composed of Miss Caldwell Miss Squires Mits Logh rv Miss Cooper Miss Morgan Mies Miss Anderson Miss i i tiu i i ix i uovu liLiaa nuiucti jo democracy tnumpnani men i in Miss Madigan and Miss Gorman The party was chaperoned by Mrs Boyd and Mrs Hawks should be democratic all through and she would prefer to sing in the chorus letting some one less official take the lead She is truly democratic 2TS Nrn Baker vll lleeCi The wedding of Miss Ethel Garrett was I tv oohto nr Mr Tohri Fourth MwriJlTr i sion ana api 1 uuuucud jtw iouioui any of the celebration of the owing to a slight indisposition She sang however on Friday evening at the Wayfarers Club in the Thomson School She arrived at the meeting early and remained until the end of the program when she held an informal reception to meet the members of the club Mrs Hough wife of MaJ Ira Hough Is president of the club and made the introductions Mrs Baker sang Marching Song by James Rogers from manuscript The song has a wonderful swinging rhythm and stlr formerly of North Carolina took place yesterday afternoon The ceremony was performed at 2 oclock in the Luther Place Memorial Church by the Rev Henry Anstadt in the presence of the members of the families The bride Is very popular among musicians in Washington where she is well known as an accompanist She Is the organist of the Luther Place Memorial Church and has ben the accompanist for the National Quartet for RECKLESS SLANDERS IN PEMBERT0N B1LLING TRIAL OVERSHADOW DANCERS LIBEL CHARGES rOXTINCEI FROM FIRST TAGE He distinguishes himself by his complete lack of restraint in manner speech and print possesses a certain amount of eloquence of the lurid torrential order defies all conventionalities and ethics of propriety is very tall thin almost to fieshlessness and bears a certain resemblance to the portraits of the late Joseph Chamberlain when the latter was a young man emphasizing the likeness by wearing a monocle Recalls Similar Scandal Gladstone cabinet Afterwards while driving down with him in his brougham to his office at Whitehall the conversation turned on Stead and I told him ofmy talk with the latter on the previous afternoon Like any wholesome minded man he was indignant at the idea of the pub I Ilcatlon of the series of articles as suggested by Stead and asked me if I had any objections to his making use of the information On my assuring him that I had none he directed his I coaehman to drive to the home office where he Immediately went Into con I ference with Sir William Vernon Harcourt secretary of state foT the home department Destroys the Evidence hurry call was sent thence to Autres Temps utres moeurs The mention of Joseph Chamberlain recalls I an incident which has some bearing on this Pemberton Billing scandal For it in IffiMilf HoQrihA it Kv anv rtfh I Tn thP hv mp 1RR I Yates Thompson the proprietor of the had occasion to call upon Lord Milner now secretary of state for war at the offlceB of the Pall Mall Gazette of I which he was at the time assistant editor As he happened to be out Wil i liam Stead then in charge of the paper invited me to wait in his own editorial sanctum and naturally our conversation turned on the sensational series of articles entitled Ths Maiden Tribute of Babylon which henad just published and wfiich ultimately landed him in Holloway jail He vouchsafed the information that he was about to begin the publication in the Pall Mall Gazette of another series of still more sensational articles dealing with the peculiar offenses of which Pemberton Billing endeavored to make capital in his Maud Pall Mall Gazette and the result of it was that Thompson proceeded to the Pall Mall Gazette office with a high official of the home department in whose presence the so called evidence collected by Stead was destroyed and all the arrangements made for the publication of articles abandoned A battle royal ensued between Yates Thompson and Stead which resulted In the severance of the latters connection with the Pall Mall Gazette It was thereafter Chat he started his very useful publication the Worlds Work In one way I was sorry to have been the indirect means of the break of the ties of Stead with the Pall Mall Klazette But 1 should have been sorrier still if his articles had appeared i He was a well meaning and in many I rf spects a very useful man But like 111 tlnl nrnfaotaii Htrnncrlv tQ rr sc many men imbued with missionary against the publication on the ground that while crimes of this character un i happily exist in all great cities among the abnormally minded yet that there were millions of people especially in small towns and rural communities who had no conception of any such aberrations and whose curiosity would he amused and their innocence pol luted by any such publication London July 6 Having refused to ti leave the house of commons when Argued for Publcit ordered to do so by the speaker for insisted that the only wav of disorderly conduct Noel Pemberton daling with such offenders was to Billing member for Hertfordshire was esDOse tnem to tne oDioquy or ineir uiuiy icmuveu uj wjc umwius zeal in the cause of purity he was ready to accept as gospel truth oft ir responsible assertions his crusade I against vice becoming in spite of htm 1 self a means of the propagation of im 1 morality i Pemberton Billing Ousted fellow citizens and showed me a pile of papers which he described as documentary evidence obtained through private detective agencies and proving blackmail payments On the following morning I happened to breakfast with Joseph Chamberlain a very old and dear friend at his house in Princes Gardens He was then president of the board of trade tha is minister of commerce in the The incident arusi uiouish Mr PembTton Rilling persit ntly attempting to discuss the question of internment of enemy aliens while other business was before the house Before his removal the house had on the motion of Andrew Bonar Law the chancellor of the exchequer unanimously decided to suspend Mr PembertonPemberton Billing for the rsst of the session Wuiwfoti High Grade Not High Priced JULY CLEARANCE SALE Now in Progress Jvery Spring and Summer Garmentmarked for immediate clearance The importance of this sale is an early selection Many garments in this sale can be worn all Fall when you will be unable to get this class of merchandise even at much higher prices SPRING SUITS i TMBsr js i si skrrr tfinr JF rri ijiJ2z aiT A i yfloj i i 4 vT lVauii a i jr Xt Jr 2ei iW JJ 5 it JAW rWttiVtijJ i Ti JiaL iHrTt3 iit aTli i tm jt 5 i ji jr ri Ir1 Tli iS if Tl Crthfr rj Ti Si irr A Ei atj lii iSJI Lrt prj wvwat i i i i 1 i 1 1 rr iLJn i urMvriMYTyf rtv lAw rTnkan An I i a Aiii TT jr ii it fyf xJiJ xxvv xu cvuivcu a uiui vnttuaiaauxuveit4vtiuiuvn sumi rr satisactory tdhundredsi By this plan vol 7ECAUSE we haye civeitth Question of Turning Houses Into Homes quicklytheme Specialized thought and atten tionthat characterizes every section of this store You will find that we can help ypu by ourspecialand unique service practicarancf ucam furnish rjf a if i KX i i ft one rpomor a whole house and payments wilrbe arranged tosuit your iriebme Ask our Mr Stokes Heivilthe gladM advise and anoiot juu Jt ij pt XfV sv fi 1 Lr Reed Go Casi 1985 A very satisfactory easily pushed vehicle having heavy rolled hood and dash Bedford cord upholstery gear ateel tubing and rubber tired wheels Reed Stroller 775 Light weight brakes adjustable easy to push made with natural finish reed sides and padded cushion and back Ttoe a IW gft Sani Cold Refrigerator At 2176 we couldnt handle a TM I 3 more satisfactory 1 refrigerator than this Sanl Cold Every compartment where food is kept is thoroughly lined in strictly sanitary snowy white porceloid and the ice box has a galvanized sheet Iron interior The outside has a pleasing hardWobiJ flnishr i WSfflHP IBgpiMiTillliilllililCiiK3blMiBij i UmiimPiSiii McDougall Kitchen Cabinet The McDougall is famed as ey tr the Pioneer of Kitchen Cab AUU inets It is genuine hardwood throughout the whole construe tion the very best possible the interior a sanitary white and having a real porcelain top Has the celebrated auto front memorandum device and other accessories Other McDougall Kitchen Tabinetatt95 to tSSM i The Hecht Co Is the Only Store in Washington Selling San tr Cold KefriEeratori McDoucail Kitchen American Pireless Cooker Nothing is more desired for summer 5 use and it is very Cr convenient at other seasons too The American Fireless Cooker comes fully equipped with all the necessary utensils in aluminum Cahlaet and American Flrelew Cooker 4i JnyeiUIe 4 Passenger Xawn jSwingJV295 A real bargain forth kiddles substantial iswine with uprights painted red and seats in natural wood finish A Couch Hammock 7145 A strongly bullt couch hammock comfortable with loose cushions covered in brown khaki over Jtonie link 4 springs Anetal stand for Jcotieh hammock tJ4C5 SJLI fl11 owSaj JL 13 nil A Rich Louis XVI Suite for the Bedroom This beautiful bedroom set Js developed of Ameri 1 7 can walnut Notice the exquisite set in panels orna I Zl menting the bed All four pieces show artistic period designs copied from the original Louis XVI suite White Enamel Bed 675 In all sizes Made with 1 1 16 inch continuous post having good hard baked enamel finish Satin Finished Brass Bedstead 2175 The exterior is beautifully satin nnished and it Is constructed with 2 inch continuous post and 1 inch fillers i Extra Special in a Hair Felt Mattress 1275 The center has a hair filling and top and bottom layers are of felt It is made with heavy roll edge and covered in art ticking i A 4 tfiece turned Oak Library Suite me mission lines give mis suite an appearance oi solidity verv nleasiner Hhrafv fm nlnhlnc a Rtow piece is well built chairs and settee are roomy and comfortable and show upholstery of imitation Spanish leather 9S i5 Jj is A Vevy Attractive Suite in Sheraton Design Old ivory or American wainut choice of woods 5 fa 00 uuLiugiy useu tu eipjrees lii oueraiuii periua in this delightful four piece suite The bed is notice able for its dignified paneling and the poster knobs at the top A Low Priced Combination Bedroom Five pieces a two inch continuous post white irv 7R enamel bed a convenient sized golden and chiffonier and a golden oak chair oak and dresser Tdcker An Important Sale of SUMMER RUGS 3275 BrusseisRugs 9x12 oi ouwyv aii wooi nap woven one piece style These Brussels rugs are decided bargains at 2376 The colorings are rich soft tones harmonized in the most artistic Oriental patterns 23 75 1350 Congbleum Rugs 9x12 Anr extremely low price for these one i rJr piceCongflleum rugs in attractive carpet Ar 5 designs appropriate for dining room or kitchen They cling to the floor 1375 Hodges Wool and Fiber Rugs 9x12 hese very Ci 9B ii cr veryc woven 10 650 enh Summer RugsSxl Thesevery popu aj Th Jar stjttimerrugs 21t finely comejnjtneaieatest rues are aDord patiefhs wijven all the way priate for any room in the through that they areT house kKfrhyvare reversible reversibiftahd easily cleaned the colorings and patterns through to other side 165Inlaid Linoleum Yard 22AUiber An extra heavy 1Q Hugs 36x72 linoleum showing I The smallirslze VlTQ colors through Ho all 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