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The morning call., 1890-04-09
THE HOUSE.
Passage Of the Bill to Reimburse Victims Of
Sileott's Dishonesty.

Sileotts Dishonesty.
WASHINGTON, April S.-The House to-
day passed with great glee the bill reim-
bursting the members for moneys lost by the
Sllcott defaleation, with an amendment Of
fered by Payne of New York reimbursing
the members for private funds lost by Si;-
colts deposits in the National Metropolitan
Bank
The House also passed the following bills:
Providing for the disposal of all public
lands undisposed Of in the abandoned mill
tary reservations of Forts Fetterman. Lara
mie, Sanders and Steele, and part Of the
Fort Bridger Military Reservation.
The Dill authorizing the purchase Of GER
tain lands by the city of Buffalo, WyO., in
the Fort McKenuey Military Reservation.
McAdoo's bill forbidding the enlistment
of aliens in the navy.
A bill providing that pers ons settling on
the second indemnity plat of the Northern
Pacihc grant between August 1877, and
January, 1889, may transfer their entries to
other government land subject to entry.
A Dill authorizing the entry of public
lands by Incorporated cities and towns for
cemetery and park purposes.
A bill granting the right of way through
the Colville Indian Reservation to the
Spokane Falls and Northern Railroad.
The House then went into Committee of
the Whole ON the Naval Appropriation Bill,
and Boutelle took the floor for an extended
speech.
Chapman Of Michigan introduced resolu-
tlon lnstructing the Committee on Invalid
tensions to prepare report forthwith.
The Per Diem Service Pension bill will
De the special order for Monday next.
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A STATE DINNER.
Distinguished Gathering at the
White House.
Members Of The Supreme Court and Con-
greSS Entertained.
Secretary Window Furnishes Statistics OI
The Arrivals and Departures Of Chi
neSe at San Francisco.
Special by the California Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, April 8-To-night Presi-
dent and Mrs. Harrison dined the members
OF the Supreme Court and Judiciary and a
number of Senators and Representatives.
The floral decorations and palms and
flowers in the east room and dining-room
were especially elaborate. In the center of
the table stood a superb arrangement of
flowers representing the scales of justice,
suspended from swords made Of carnations
aud ivy leaves. Ovals of ferns and roses
and vases of flowers were scattered about
the long board, which was shaped like the
letter L in order to accommodate the fifty
guests. The President escorted Mrs. Fuller
and the Chief Justice took Mrs. Harrison
in to dinner. Besides the Supreme Court
and Judiciary were present Senator and
Mrs. Hoar, Senator and Mrs. Pugh. Sem
ator and Mrs. Blackburn, Senator and Mrs.
ingalls,, Senator and Mrs. Vance, Mr. and
Mrs. Russell Harrison, Mr.. and Mrs. Ban
croft Davis, Representative and Mrs. r. z.
Flower and Mr. ana Mrs Estee
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THE BILLIARD TOURNAMENT.
Ives, SGhaeGer and SlOSSon The Winners
in Yesterdays Games.

CHICAGO, April S.-The fourth game of
the match billiard tournament commenced
at 80 o'clock to-day, between Ives (275
points, and Cation (250 points,. Cation won
the bank ard chose the black. Ives won by
score of 275. Cation scoring 225. Ives ay-
erage was 1874; Caton's 11A. The high
runs were: Ives-62, So; Caton-43, 25.
After item minutes recess Schaeffer and
Heiser commenced playing. the former
playing 800 to the latter's go. Schaeffer
won by the following score, 800; Heiser.
142; average of Schaeffer, 1873; Heiser's
ayerage-4, 26, %; high runs. Scnaeffer-S7
79. Y; Heiser-45, 16.
This evening Slosson was pitted against
DAILY, who was given 200 points. Siosson
won the lead. choosing the white, and ran
eleven points. DAILY responded with five.
The game was a dull aud unfeatured one,
and until the fourteenth inning the runs
were small. In that inning Slosson made
"a, and again fell into listless playing until
the nineteenth inning, when lie gathered rs
buttons. He ran the game out in the
twenty-third inning by another run of 76.
Score-Slosson, 800; DAILY, 125.
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PERSONAL NOTES.
DR.. c. E. Babb of San Jose is in town.

LII. " L. DduU OI Cd0 JOSe Is IN IOW0.
DR.. Thomas Flint of San Juan is in town.
W. L. Howard, U. S. n. is at the
Bald win.
G. G. Kimball of Red Bluff is guest at
the Palace.
John II. Mont6lo of New York is on
visit to this city.
DIR. w. Allen OF Boulder Creek Is STOP
ping at the Lick.
]. II. Borland of Martinez is at the Bald
win with his wife.
DR.. d. Van Denberg of Los Gatos is stay
ing at the Grand.
j. j. Groom, the fruit-canner, OF Los
Gatos is in the city.
Edwin K. Alsp, the Sacramento real as
tate man, is in town.
V. Courtois, the ST. Helena wineman, is
registered at the Grand.
Judge c. F. Hart and daughter, of Clare
mont, are at the Occidental.
j. Welheimer, prominent merchant Of
Mountain View. Is in the city.
j. r. Mcdonald, a merchant of Grayson,
Cal, is registered at the Occidental.
c. p. Hall, manager Of the Sacramento
Theater, came to the city yesterday.
A. l.. Reed, a merchant of Kings City, is
among the late arrivals at the Grand.
w. X. Aldersly, mining man Of Calico,
is registered at the Grand.
Rev. Frank Thompson, Chaplain of the
United States Navy, Mare Island, is visit
ing in town.
Professors S. H. Burnham and E. E
Barnard came to the city on Monday from
the Mount Hamilton Observatory.
c. A. Busiel, wife and daughter. from
Laconia, N. H., have returned from the Del
Monte Hotel and are in this city on the
homeward journey.
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HELENA, MONT.
The Curious Transposftion of an Item oi
News.

The Curious Transposition of an Item of
News.
On the 4th inst. there was published in
THE CALL dispatch from Helena, Mont,
conveying the information that Julia
Dowd. or Clifford, had been found dead and
nude in her house, the body having been
hacked aud cut in many places The mur-
der was described as being as atrocious and
horrible as any of the reputed deeds of
Jack the Ripper" The dispatch also con-
veyed the information that Cinnamon were
suspected, and that a dozen of them had
been arrested.
This dispatch was sent East, then cabled
to Germany, France and England, ard
yesterday it was returned to this city, ap-
pearing in a morning contemporary under
date of Herbesthal, April 7th, and setting
forth that the barbarouS murder of Helena
Montana, diSreputable women of Herbes-
thai, near AiX-la-Chapelle, has created
great excitement.
An evening paper publishes the same dis
patch, but in that paper it bears London
date. These dispatches, after setting forth
that the woman had been butchered la
Jack the Ripper" declare that
the woman had been drinking with
q Chnaman and that thirty Cinnamon
nave been arrested for completely in the
crime. Had our cOntem Doraries kept up
with the news of the world as published in
The CALL, they would not have made the
blupder they did. The alleged murder of
Helena Montana is a badly mixed up ac-
count of the murder in Helena, Mont.
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HOUSE COMMITTEES.
stoneman to Be Retired With Rank of Colonel
Life-Savinp Service

stoneman to Be Retired With Rank of Colonel.
Life-saving Service
WASHINGTON, April S.-The House Com
mlttee on Commerce has resolved to report
adversely upon Re preventative Buchanan's
resolution providing for an investig alton of
the Life-saving Service.
The House Committee on Military Affairs
to-day ordered favorable report upon the
Dill to retire General Stoneman of Cali
tornia with the rank of Colonel Of In
fantry.
The House Committee on judiciary to-
day completed its consideration of the
Torrey bankruptcy bill, which was intro
duced by Representative e. B. Taylor of
Ohio. and ordered it to be reported favor
ably. A number of amendments have been
made, but these are simply corrections and
changes of phraseoiogy and do not affect
the principles of the bill. Mr.. Culberson of
Texas will submit minority report and
urge the substitution of his own bill, which
is short measure, providing for the dis
charge, within six months after bank
ruptcy, Of any bankrupt who has in good
faith assigned to trustee all of his prop
erty not exempt under the local law.
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lery, but later on, when the dance COM
menced, there were many more in attend
ance.
The designing and arranging Of the
booths, representing the twelve seasons, is
the handiwork of Miss Mary D. Bates, VINO,
with the aid of her lady assistants, did all
of the work and carried out the designs
without remuneration.
JANUARY.
January is represented by a contrasting
w1nter-an oid-fashioned one in the East,
with Santa Claus bearing his precious bur-
den Of presents on his back. standing along
side of a Christmas tree loaded with the
good things of the season, and winter in
California, where golden oranges hang upon
the trees, flowers bloom and the winter of
the western slope laughs :joyously at his
frozen brother over the range as he sings,
every one be jolly" This booth is presided
over by Miss May Andrews, Miss Lena An
drews, Miss Emily Britton, Miss Maggie c.
Cutler, Miss Christina Cutler, Miss Josie
Hanify, Miss Bertha Williams, Miss Kittie
Forester, Miss Olive Cutler and Miss Alice
Rambo.
FEBRUARY.
February, the month devoted to loves, was
very appropriately the dwelling-place of
doves. There were doves with bllet-doux
in their bills and dove-cote in the rear. A
couple OF doves were arranging their toilet
and making love in front of mirror, over
which hung the branches of the cork-bark
elm in full bloom. A rustic fence in front
completed the picture of yard. The ladies
who presided over the destinies of this
booth were the Misses L. NJ. Blake, JOS
phine Brown, Ida Doane, Lizzie King and
Florence Stapletou. The articles for sale
were mostly stationery.
MARCH.
March was clustering kind OF booth.
The wrecked umbrellas that were there to
be seen would paralyze any umbrella fend,
and as for the small boys kites, they were
without number and in every condition of
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SEPTEMBER.

will sell you cup of real Japanese tea.
served in real japanese cup and saucer.
and if you wish it will sell the cup and
saucer also.
SEPTEMBER.
A trip to the harvest field Is a pretty
device representing September. 1t is a
farm-yard in harvest time. The straw is
being threshed by as pretty set of thresil-
ers as ever laid siege to the heart of poor
swain. Farming utensils lie around in pro-
fusion, and trip to the moon is given az
cut rates. Misses Belle Runyan, Kittie
Forester and Clara L. Fisher do the thresh-
ing.
OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER.
October, November and December are ap-
propriately represented. the first being in
charge of the Misses Ida Wadham, Eleanor
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THE STORM KING.
4 Terrific Cyclone Whirling
Through Ohio.
In Umbrella Factory at EOFWalk Wrecked
and One Girl Killed.
Eany Others Badly Injured-TrainS De-
layed By Furious Gale in WyOm-
ins-At Other Places.
Special by the California Associated Press.

CLEVELAND, April S.-A terrible storm
Is in progress in this section of the State.
The day had been warm. and resembled
Dakota cyclone weather, and eliminated
tonight in one of the heaviest rain-storms
ever experienced in this section.
About 3 o'clock black, heavy clouds
passed over the city, but no damage has
been reported tonight here. 1t seems that
it broke over Norwalk, pretty little city
of about 10000 Inhabitants, fifty miles west
of the city and the county seat of Huron
County.
A report from there says that terrible
cyclone struck there at o'clock this after
noon. A large funnel-shaped cloud from
the northwest bound eastward is levelng
trees and buildings aud scattering debris
along the track. 1t touched only the edge
of the city. There was terrible destruction
at Sprague's umbrella factory. There were
about sixty employees in the building, which
was leyeled to the ground.
Dora Palmer, an employe. was killed and
probably twelve to twenty are badly in
iured. There is utter desOlation about the
site. Sprague's loss is several thousand
dollars. Great excitement prevails about
the city and crowds have gone to the ruins.
FURIOUS GALE IN WYOMING.
CHEYENNE, April S-The wind has sub
sided here, after blowing continuously at a
high rate for thirty-six hours. At o'clock
this morning all the Union Pacific freight
trains for 200 miles west OF Cheyenne were
r neid at sidings on account of the gale. The
east-bound Burlington train which left at s
o'clock last night was abandoned at mid
night. For several miles in Northern Col
erado, 100 miles east of this place, the track
is covered with sand to a depth of from
eight inches to three feet. The track will
not be cleared for several hours yet.
PRoPHETsTowN SUFFERS.
CHICAGO, April S.-A report was in cir
eulation last evening that Prophetstown,
Ill, had been blown away and great loss of
life resulted. But conductor on the Bur
llngton Railroad. who left Mendoza at
o'clock, says the damage has been over
estimated. The telegraph manager at Men,
dota Is IN communication with Prophets
town and reported that the railway depot,
one elevator and several frame buildings
had been destroyed, but there were no
losses of life. Several persons were in-
lured, but no names could be obtained.
Prophetstown is on the Clinton branch of
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail-
road, in Whiteside County, and is one of
the Oldest towns in the State. 1t has a
population Of 500 inhabitants.
ALMOST DESTROYED.
LOUISVILLE, April Sit has been re-
ported that Harpers Ferry. Henry County,
KY, has been almost destroyed by the tor
nado. The village is composed of less than
tU'e-dezeR houses, and Is a. considerable
distance from any railroad. All the houses
were blown down and the inhabitants
buried beneath the ruins. Two persons
were killed and seven or eight badly in
jured
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LABOR TROUBLES.
A Settlement With Chicago Plumbers.
Carpenters Still Out.

CHICAGO, April s.-The plumbers strike
was settled here this morning. The basis
of the settlement is the minimum of S3 30
for all journeymen plumbers and an In
crease of % per cent in the wages of
juniors per day
The carpenters strike is more extensive
to-day than yesterday. Up to noon there
was not single case of men at work re-
ported to the general headquarters. The
Strikers Arbitration Committee decided
that no carpenters would be permitted TO
return to work to finish W jobs, even in
cases where the advanced rate of pay was
conceded. No trouble has occurred, the
men conducting themselves quietly
YOUNGSTOWN (Ohio) AprIl S.-The JoLr-
neymen Taiiors' Union of this city made
demand for an increase in wages to-day. A
satisfactory settlement not being arrived at,
they are out on strike.
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ARMY REFORM.
Secretary Proctor to Keep Record Of Each
Officsrs Attaiumeuts

Secretary Proctor to Keep Record Of Each
officar's Attachments.
WASHINGTON, April S.-Secretary Proc
tor has taken novel step in the way Of
army reform that will probably cause a
great deal of comment among officers and
no little criticism and grumbling. 1t is
based on the custom of the German army
chiefs of keeping constant record of the
special attainments and qualifications of
each officer and is designed to fill a want
that has OF late years been seriously felt 10
our own army whenever it has been found
necessary to send an officer on some special
service for which peculiar qualifications are
required. In all such instances it has been
found that there Was in tho War Depart
ment no information regarding the accom-
plishments of officers and all that came to
the ears of the Secretary was In a large
measure incidental, accidental or personal.
Secretary Proctor has, therefore, devised a
plan OF obtaining constant aud official in
formation i'll regard to officers of the army
such as shall aid him in the preparation of
records that will show him just what man
ner Of men they are.
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For the first SIX months Of the present
fiscal year there were 1882 arrivals and 5652
departures. The totals for the entire time
94,2l3.
The Secretary says that numerous COM
plants Of Chinese surreptitiously entering
the United States have been made, but the
evidence has been uncertain and intangible
and no convictions have been secured.
Alter The introduction of number of
Dills and joint resolutions the Senate at 1
O'Clock took up the Montana election case
rs unfinished business, Spooner having the
floor TO finish his address.
The Senate will probably take a vote on
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William Price was locked up at the Sew
enteenth-street Police Station last evening
on charges of assault with a deadly
weapon, battery and vulgar language.
He had row with his wife at
their home on Howard street yesterday
afternoon and tried to puncture her throat
with steel Used for sharpening knives.
While the arresting officer was taking him
to the station he tried to escape and as
saulted the guardian Of the peace. Hence
the two latter charges
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CoNDENs ED TELEGRAMs.

CHICAGO, April SLAMS Thorpe, the
twelfth victim OF the sugar-refnery explo-
sion, died at the hospital this morning.
NEW YORK, April S.-The French steam
ship Panama, with cargo of French wines,
has arrived here, very little damaged by
grounding on Long Island.
AURORA QlL), April S.-Thirty cases of
trichinOsis are reported by the health au
thorities of this city. Six Of the cases re-
ported resulted from eating bologna sau-
sages.
ELKHART Qnd.). April s.-A fire broke
out in 1.-The Fair" the store of Mcclellan 81
Lowell, this morning. and the entire stock,
valued at $4,000, was consumed The
stock was insured for $4,000 and the build
ing for $1,000.
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RIOTOUS STRIKERS.
Soldiers Called Upon to DiSperSe a Mob at
Vienna.

VIENNA, April Sat meeting of
strikers this afternoon the police attempted
to interfere and were stoned. In the even
ing 5000 strikers met in suburb and
became riotous. They demolished the guard
room of the police and wounded an officer
and burned several buildings The
mob was rushing through the streets
and street-lamps, when the militia was
called out. The soldiers opened fire with
blank cartridges, but it required two squad
rons of cavalry and battalion of infantry
to disperse the mob. Fourteen policemen
were wounded and thirty-seVen rioters ar
rested.
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NOT GUILTY.
Ths Findings in the Case of Commander Cogh-
Ian Approved

AA9 I Al LA7 OaSc u OOiuIuhuQeT O0g1-
Ian Approved.
WASHINGTON, April S.-The Secretary of
the Navy has approved the findings of not
guilty in the case of Commander Joseph b
Coghlan, recently tried by couIt-martial
at San Francisco on charges of conduct un-
becoming an officer and gentleman, and of
conduct such as to prejudice good order and
discipline. The charge was that he wrote
an article for the Vallejo Chronicle, which
criticized the action Of his superior officer
This in the naval regulations constitutes
breach of discipline, and for this he was
tried. but the editor of the paper. the only
person by whom the charge could be
proven. refused to appear before the court
AS there is no law TO compel the attendance
OF witnesses before n naval court-martial,
and as Commander Coghlan entered plea
of not guilty TO the charge, the court en-
tered verdict in accordance with the evil
dence brought before it, and found YER
dict of not guilty.
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an aid to charitable purpose, was what
was offered last night.
The Helping Hand Society is auxiliary to
the Golden Gate kindergarten Association,
the officers being Mrs. d. W. Folger, Presi-
dent; Mrs. J. T. Mcdonald. Vice President;
Miss Bertha Stringer, Recording Secretary;
Mrs. G. E. Bates. Corresponding Secretary,
and Mrs. d. W. Folger, Treasurer.
Incorporated with the society, under the
name of Mother Natures Daughters" are
a large number of ladies, who last night
gave the opening entertainment of a festi-
val at Odd Fellows Hall, which will last
during the week, the proceeds going to
swell the fund in aid of the society for the
benefit of the kindergartens of the city.
The entertainment is varied one and
the programme very attractive. Last night
the seats ON the main floor were pretty well
filed, as well as number being in the gal
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Caliiornia I yentors.

WASHINGTON, April 8. - Patents have
been granted to the following California
inventors: John c. Stutt, San Francisco,
turntable; Ernest l.. Regmin. Sacramento,
and I. j. Kingston, San Francisco. reversi-
pie window-sash; Eliza K. Smith, San
Francisco. marker, cutter, etc., for plaster
Stone-work; Joseph Oswald, assignee of
harris, Oswald & Noble, San Francisco,
SPRINGER; RokOtt E. Newin, assignor to
the Vulcan Iron Works, San Francisco,
Saw-mlll set works; William Gehring, San
Diego, valve for steam-engines: lanes r
Dysart Lakeport. carriage-top litter; John
Cook. San Francisco, sail; Hiram Butts
and j. Edmonds. San Diego, brake blocks.
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The annual report of the Peabody Trust
for the maintenance of good homes for the
working classes in London shows the birth
rate in the houses kept by the trust to be
the death rate nearly per 1000 below the
average, while the infant mortality is only
little over half the average. The trust
has spent over Sc. 250, 900 in providing build
ings for 20,S74 persons. The average earn
ings of each family are about So 70 per
week and the average weekly rent about
81 20. The rate per room is 521s cents per
Week-Ex
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Latest Fentnre for Dessert.

At Paris dinner tables the latest feature
for dessert is the practice of putting on the
table small receptacles called marmites, or
"pots," in which are inclosed nuts, bonbons
and any other trifles that the hostess
pleases. Each guest takes pot, and be-
fore opening 1t trades it for that of some
one else. The fun comes in when the re-
suits OF the trades are known and some are
found to have swapped pot filled with
candy Tor one containing something OF
Yaiue.-Ex.
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CLOSED IT'S DOORS.

A Kansas City Bank Failure Causes Great
Surprise.
KANSAS CITY (Mo.), April S.-The Man
haitian Bank of Kansas closed its doors to-
day, John W. Webb being appointed tem-
porary assignee. The bank, in connection
with other large and varied business enter
prises, has been conducted by E. B. Purcell.
Mr.. Purcell is Director in the Santa Fe
Railroad and has had largely the
management of the roads affairs
politically and otherwise in the State of
Kansas. He was regarded as the wealthiest
man in the State, and his business failure
is general surprise Tie extent of his
liabilities has not been scheduled, but any
time within the last month or so Mr.. Pur-
cell would have been rated as worth several
million dollars
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FOR THE CHILDREN.
The Helping Hand Society's
Grand Entertainment.
Joyous Festival in Progress at Odd Fellows
Hall in Aid Of the Little Waits Of the
City-A Worthy Charity.

U &c and
) dancing, the
pre- sentation
of the twelve
months of the
year, a splen-
didly arrang-
ed programme
and a deter
mination to
prov d Q a
pleasant even
ing's ter
tainmnnt as
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NAVAL AFFAIRS.
Pay Director Washington Prcmotsd-Captail
McNair's Return

McNairs Return.
WASHINGTON, April s.-The vacancy left
by Pay Director LOCKER when he became
Chief of the Bureau of Provisions and
Clothing of the Navy Department in the
position of General Inspector of the Naval
Pay Corps has been filed by ordering Pay
Director Richard Washington to that post i.
Captain +. L. McNair has reported his
return home from the command of the
United States steamer Omaha, having been
detached February 18th, and has been
placed on waiting orders.
Lieutenant L. b. Mason, Naval Secretary
to the Secretary of the Treasury, has OBJ
tained four months sck-Ieave and will sail
during the latter part of the month for Eu-
rope. 1t is his intention to remain at Carls-
bad for his health.
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Daisy Griswold. Agnes R. Northrup, Nav
Magee. Alice Magee, Miss Hendrich and
Miss McBoyle. Visitors will find plenty Of
snap about this month