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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18

Frostina for Lady Baltimore Cake
THREE exts e,urnlGted sugar. CUP boiling
sote,; sehites Or } eggs; cnp chobbed "a tsins;
cup chopped naf-Dseots: S fgs cut in thin slices.
Stir the sugar and water until the
sugar is dissolved, then let boil without
stirring until the syrup from spoon
will spin long thread; pour upon the
whites of the eggs, beaten dry, beating
constantly meanwhile. Continue the
beating until the frosting is cold; add
the fruit and spread upon the cake.
The Cooks Book contains ninety just
such delicious recipes. --brcad. mullins. cakes
and pastry. You can secure copy FREE by send
ing the certificate packed In every 25-cent can
Of K C Baking Powder to the JAouEs MFG. Co..
Chicago. Small cans do not contain Cooks
Book certificates.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18
LADY Baltimore Cake

The Most Popular Cake This Season
By Mys. Janet 1Nehsensie E7ill. Editoro Of
the Boston Cooking School Magazine
This is considered by many cooking
authorities the finest cake that can be
made, though in reality it is not at all
difficult.
KC Lady Baltimore Cake
Oae cup butter; 2 cups graduated
sugar. cup ,niik;, I keaspo0MtisI rose
u,ate,,; 81 caps JoM,:. 3 Ara,el teaspoon
jnis x c BAKING Ponder; s0hftes of 6
eggs, beaten dry.
Cream the butter and beat in the sugar
gradually. Sift together, three times,
the -four and baking powder, and add
to the butter and sugar, alternately with
the milk and rose water. Lastly, add
the egg whites. Bake in three-layer cake
pans. Put the layers together with the
following frosting.
NoTE-The cake is large one and sells at
women's Exchanges for $50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-09
French ARE DIVIDED
People Separate Into Leagues
of Conflicting interests.
POLITICS IN THE ARMY
influence More Potent Than Merit
for Promotions.
COPY AFTER THE BRITISH
Overcoats From London Seen on
Streets of Paris-Also Boxing
Gloves and Foot Balls.
COPY AFTER THE BRITISH
By George Dufresne.

Special Cabegram to The Star.
PARIS, April S.-As far as 1 can see.
all France is grouping itself into leagues
Ii the objects were social and moral bet
terment nothing could be said against
them. but they are the outcome OF pro-
found national division In matters con-
nected with the essential interests of the
country. Gradually France is being COW
cred with multitude of hostile camps
every part Of the community feeling
Obliged to organize itself against assault.
The army. it has been said. is the last
rampant of France. But the officer and
the suboffcer are growing FESTIVE. There
Is discomfort in every garrison, and the
military syndicate" is approaching &C
complishment- There is an officers jour
nal with 1900 subscribers. The tone of
its articles contains menace that is be-
ginning to fill ministerial minds with ap-
prehension. The way promotions have
been made in the last few years has
created profound discomfort. Political in
fuence rather than soldierly service is
the tombstone of successful military
careers. There are hundreds of officers
who have been forced to retire from the
army because the position was intOfer-
able, and they have formed themselves
into a league. Sixty-three generals be
long to 1t. In recent debate in the
chamber one could not help being struck
with the development Of tendencies to an
association of military indictments with
the labor.
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:. accompanied by Mrs. Wolf. is at tn

G.: accompanied by Mrs. Wolf. is at the
Mrs. b. A. Ffske, accompanied by her
daughter. Miss c. H. Ffske, of WASH
ington, is at the Hotel st. Charles.
Mr.. A. L Gardiner is at the Seaside
House.
Mr.. Lawrence o. Murray. controller Of
Easter festivities at the Hotel Strand.
Mrs. NJ. Bruce and Miss E. Talbot are
at the Hotel st. Charles.
Secretary p. c. Knox mOtored to the
shore for brief visit to his daughter,
Mrs Tindle. at the Hotel Chelsea. He
will return from Washington for Easter
Sunday.
Among the prominent Washington
folk registered at Atlantic City hotels
are:
Bothwell-A.. E, Lewis. jr.; Mrs. l.. v.
Robinson. d Bishop. Mrs H. East
man. Miss Mary Wentz and Miss Anna
seaside-A. NJ. Wells and Miss Mar
garet Wells.
Shoreham-Mrs Charles R. Keugla.
Miss S. n. Kengla and Oscar Schmidt.
New England-Mrs. D. Buckley and
Miss L. barrett
Windsor-E. E. Jones.
De Ville-Mrs L. Reilly and Mrs. J..
Stutchell.
Morton-Miss NJ. Kelley.
Lieberman.
Rudolph-H. J. Johnson.
Westmnster-Mrs. l.. Steers and Mrs
l.. Theaker
Strand-John M. Pistol and o. L. Fell
ing.
Brevoort-R T. Rogers. Mrs. NJ. Gillow
and F.. Turner.
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knowledge Is Wealth.
From Golfers.

HrOm COiUeT >.
The country at large has been ignorant
of our agricultural possibilities in the So
called arid regions. Montana, for in
stance, has produced for years the finest
quality of Irish potato. We know one
farmer in the Gallatin valley In that
state who got such rich rewards out Of
a small potato farm that, without neg
Iecting his work. he was able to travel
six months in the year. Even with this
expense he saved in few years COM
Portable fortune. Conditions such as these
are common now all over the west. The
soil is the real mine of the West-mlnus
the gold brick. To Theodore Roosevelt
we owe much of this prosperity. he 1t
was who made irrigation familiar to the
east He did not coin the idea any more
than he coined that western phrase
.'beaten to a FRAGILE" but he did strong
mans share for the cause OF irrigation
or course we do not wish to encourage
the land shark. who will follow the
mining shark. and strew the country with
agricultural gold bricks A man who
invests in western lands oushI to know
his land He may not be able to test
mine but he can test the soil. Then
there is the other form OF shark who
fills what was once genuine western
fruit box with scaly and inferior apples
and sells them for fancy brands. You
can step into a flrst-class grocery In New
York. Philadelphia or Boston and pay
from 10 to Is cents for Washington
or oregon apple. Few fasteners know
a Spitzenburg from cayuse apple.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-09

where he attended the annual meeting OF
the Baltimore conference OF tho southern
Methodist Church. Mr.. and Mrs George
II. Snyder. who spent the winter IN
at kensngton. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas !.
Lea Of Sandy Spring have gone to An
derson, ILL.,, to visit Mrs. Lea's son, Dr
Candy Wilson. The Wednesday Club OF
at Devon Lodge. with Miss Ethel Adams
as hostess. The program rendered IN,
cluded papers on Byron. Keats ana
Shelley by Mrs. George f. COOK. Mrs
George F. Nesbitt and Miss Emma stab
Ter. respectively. and there were other
Interesting features Refreshments were
served.
The marriage Of Miss Edith D. Bentley.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Bent
ley, and Mr. William John Thomas, both
of Sandy Spring neighborhood. will take
place next Saturday evening at C!overi!'
the home of the brides parents. A num-
Der of the young people OF Germanto"n
and vicinity gave a pleasing entertain,
few evenings ago that was enjoyed by a
large gathering. The first half consisted
of a minstrel performance, and the sec
ond half of the presentation of farce
entitled I'm the Sightseeing Car. Those
who participated were Messrs. Eugene
II. Waters, John Henderson,. Charles Col
Inns, Herbert Collins. Edward Deets.
Newell Duvall, Harold Waters. Lawrence
Waters: Clifton Norriss. John Pollock ;
Rome Knapp and w. F. Boland ana
Misses Alice Waters and Josephine 30
land. Miss Eliza Bentley of Sandy Spring
has been visiting In Philadelphia. Mrs.
Walter II. Brooke and Miss Helen Thorn
as of the Olney neighborhOod left few
days ago to visit friends in Oregon. Be
fore returning they expect to visit points
of interest in California, New Mexico
and Arizona. Mr.. and Mrs. William X.
Humphrey have been spending several
weeks in Washington. DR.. Ralph Porter
of the United States Army and his bride
Porter's father, Mr. Francis s KilgOur.
near Glen, this county. Misses Margaret
and Elizabeth Bushong of Manassas. Va,
expect soon to remove to kensingtOn,
where they will erect an attractive resi-
dence.
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Black Snow in the Alps.

Brienz Correspondence Pail Mall Gazette.
A curious natural phenomenon has been
observed during the last few days in the
lower Emmen valley above the Lakesof
Brienz.
Last week the inhabitants woke up to
find that it had been showing both in the
valley and on the slopes of the surround
ing hills About six inches of new snow
was lying, and as far the eye could see
1t was not white. but of a grayish black
color. as if thick coating of dust and
SCOT had accumulated upon it. -
1t was much blacker than snow (which
has been lying week in city exposed
to all the Smuts of the surrounding CHM
neys. whereas of course in the Emmen
valley there was nothing to soil IL.
The only explanation which any one can
offer of the phenomenon of black snow
is that il may be due to volcanic ash
brought by winds across the sea and the
mountains from Etna, which has lately
been in eruption.
Red snow. of course. is a fairly common
phenomenon in the Andes, and was re-
marked by Darwin. So far no other part
OF tRe Alps except the Emmen valley
seems TO have had the unpleasant ex-
perience of fall of black snow. The
snow. moreover is getting darker and
thicker here.
The inhabitants of the valley are herds
men, who In their chalets make the IA
NOUS Emmenthal cheese, while those who
live the shores of the Lake of Brienz
are chiefly engaged in wood carving.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-09
FORTUNES IN FANCY WOODS.
Some Mahogany Logs Yield $4,000
If Grain Shows Up Well.

From the Boston Globe.
+ "A lot Of round and square logs piled
high in a lumber yard. exposed to all
changes of the weather and apparently
left there for want Of better use, would
scarcely appear to represent fortune,
but such is the case in lumber yards
which make a business of dealing in
fancy woods.
Such yard is to be found in Charles
town. There, tossed upon one another
as If by some giant hand are ''sticks"
of fancy woods from all over the world.
Some of the mahogany sticks from
Africa weigh as much as six tons and
cost the firm from 81, 900 to 81 900 each
in the London market (Which, by the
way, controls the world in fancy woods)
and contain from fifteen hundred to two
thousand feet Of lumber 81.
The value of log when cut up de-
ponds entirely upon the figure or grain
which the wood shows. Some of the
best logs have netted their owners as
much as $1,000 These high-priced logs
are used entirely for veneer work-that
lions, sometimes no thicker than card
board, and used to complete the finish
Of pianos and igh-grade mahogany fur
niture, the base of which is wood of a
cheaper grade. A great deal of the ma
hogany used in this country comes from
South America and Cuba, but the big,
fine sticks come from Africa.
In the same yard lie big logs of Span
ish cedar, used in the making of racing
shells and this is an equally costly wood.
In corner of the yard. almost sur
rounded BY. the big fancy fellows, lies
all that remains of the once famous Har-
ward elm, piece Of the trunk cut at
the point where 1t forked. AS piece
Of an American elm 1t Is, of course, not
a costly wood. but its associations have
been such that it Is kept among the rare
woods, waiting to be cut up and fash
toned into furniture for Harvard Uni
yersity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-09
ROCKVILLE j
speciai Correspondence Of The Star.

Sneciai~ Correspondence Of The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md, April g, 1911.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert n. Bayhss have
reopened their Rockville home, after
spending the winter in Washington. Mr..
and Mrs. Henry ]. Finley have also re-
turned to Rockville after spending the
winter in Washington. Miss Katherine
Walling who spent the winter In Florida,
as is her annual custom, has returned to
her home at Poolesville. this county. Miss
Mary Poole of GAINESVILLE has returned
from Hagerstown, where she spent a
week visiting her sister. Miss Mabel
Poole, who is a student at Kee Mar Col
lege The Woodside Social Club met
Wednesday evening at the home of Miss
Grace Birgfeld. near Linden. Those pres
ent were Misses Ruth Benedict. Helen
Neal Lucy Wright, Anna Childs. Grace
Brgfeld. Mr.. and Mrs. Bertram Brig
field. Messrs. George Mcceney. Joseph
Childs. Talmadge Miller. Lee Satterfield.
Charles and James Benedict, Wallace
Wright and Mr.. Thornhill. Refreshments
were served. Rev. William d. Keene,
pastor of the Southern Methodist Church
has returned from Clifton Forge. Va,
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OLD POINT COMFORT.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
OLD POINT COMFORT. Va.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
OLD POINT COMFORT. Va.
April s, 1911.
When the Presidents yacht Mayf1ower
arrived at Hampton roads Monday and
the grim old guns on the ramparts of
Fort Monroe doomed forth welcome
many guests. thinking the President was
on board, rushed upon the verandas to
catch a glimpse of the official party. but
the salute of seventeen guns was in honor
of the arrival of the Secretary Of the Navy,
George Won L. Meyer. who came down
from Washington on the Mayflower to be
present at the battle practice of the ships
Of the Atlantic fleet and the naval ma
neuvers in the southern drill grounds.
Finding it too rough, however, to continue
practice. the Mayhower came into Hamp-
ton roads and the Secretary was carried
ashore in time to catch the 4:3O train for
Washington. '9-
The Yankton left the roads Sunday
morning for the southern drill grounds,
having on board as guest of honor Rear
Admiral Reginald Nicholson. chief Of the
bureau Of navigation, who came down
from Washington to be present at the
maneuvers Of the ships of the Atlantic
feet.
In honor of the departing 'incubators, -
dS TIE ScCoHU lleuteudntS dt FOTt MOI-
roe are called. ball was given at the
Chamberlin Monday night, this being the
last social event they could participate in,
as fifty Of them left Monday and Tues
day for new posts.
Mrs. G. T.. SummerIin of Washington,
who has been spending the month at the
Chamberlin with" her two children. en-
tertained at dinner Saturday night at
the hotel, the decorations being very
beautiful. consisting of a huge wicker
basket filed with sweet peas and corsag
bouquets Of orchids for the women. Her
guests were: Maj. and Mrs. Clarence Nc
Neil, Lieut.. and Mrs. Frank H. Phipps,
jr.; Mr.. and Mrs. Hinckley of Pough-
keepsie. Mrs. Richmond p Davis, Lieut.
Walter r. Donohue. Lieut.. Wade Carpen-
ter and Lieut.. Lloyd B. Magruder.
Recent arrivals at the Chamberlin in
clude:
Washington-Rev. r. II. Mckim, Gen
and Mrs. John A. Johnston. Mrs. 8. Pow
ell, Miss Ida Streman. o. G. Staples. Mr.
and Mrs. f. W. Allen. John A. Stephen
son. j. Walter Stephenson. Howard Burns
Mrs. F. Ward Denys. j. p. Newslaw, Mr.
and Mrs. A. l.. Sturtevant, c. r.. Stokes
Spencer 3. Prentiss. j. A. EnSlow, Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey Murray.
Baltimore-Mrs. Edgar III. Cans Miss
Dolores Cans, ]. B. Hughes. G. S. Ellis
G. Command. Daniel Ammer. Mr.. and Mrs
William Manly, NJ G. Buckley, John Phil
lip Hill, Fred P. Stieff.
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HOT SPRINGS.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
HOT SPRINGS, Va, April 8, 1911.
The spring season, which Of late years
vies with that of October is on again.
and for the next six weeks the attention
of society-the members not going to E'l-
rope. at any rate-w1ll be attracted hither.
The spring gathering here is remarkable
for the large percentage of young people.
There is the the college and prep"
school crowd down for the Easter vaca-
ton, and another just little older and a
little gayer, which got the habit in school
and college days. Riding and driving,
tennis and golf. squash. billiards, the
gymnasium and swimming pool when it
rains bridge eternAlly for the old ladies
and a few old beauX they are able to
gather about them. and nightly dances
and hilarious supper parties afterward in
whole story in brief. though there are. of
course, plenty of interesting details.
Senator and Mrs. George T. Oliver of
Pittsburg are here to remain until after
Easter. though the former Is running
back and forth between here and WASH
ington. Senator T. E. Burton of Cleve-
land. was also making his semi-annual
visit to the resort until the opening of
Congress. He will be back again at
Easter.
Mrs. Martin Littleton and her two
young sons went to Washington with the
boys to Join Mr.. Littleton few days ago.
The youngsters. Martin. jr.. and Master
Douglas. stayed at Fassifern Farm. twelve
miles over the mountains from the hoteh
and there rode bucking ponies and
brandished little rifles at rabbits daily for
a week. They potted a mess Of Dummies
and one eagle that measured four feet
across the tips Of it's wings and will soon
join other trophies of the hunt the Lit
Teton boys are accommodating in New
York.
Garner Williams Of Washington and
Miss Dorothy Williams. his daughter. ar
rived Wednesday morning to stay for q
fortnight
Hamilton King of New York and Rich
mOnd will arrive in few days to occupy
studio built of logs a mile from the
Homestead, near the rustic cabin named
after Daniel Boone. which people from
the hotel make a rendezvous at tea time
The new cabin Is the fourth structure ol
that type to be put up in that locality
where the quartet will probably be the
forerunner of a bungalow colony.
Kenneth and Evander Schley have en-
gagged one of the Homestead cottages fol
an Easter party, and will be Joined here
by Tiffany Richardson, Edmund Rogers
George Wren and Robert Wren.
Late arrivals at the Homestead incl,ld,
J. NJ. Culp. Ralph Schoopshire Mr. ant
Mrs. s. n. Vandergrift, Miss Vanderbilt
r. NJ. Kaufman. A. B. Winans Mr. am
Mrs. Sherman Allen. Miss Anna Moore
DR.. Lillian Mitchell Mr. and Mrs Charlie:
d. White and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles d
Norton of Washington.
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Quail, Plover and Papabotte.
rom the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
A press dispatch the other day told
about somebody who shot quail from
an automobile. There is nothing ex-
traordinary in that. for quail often light
temporarily on fences or the low-hung
limbs Of trees, and will allow horsemen
or persons travelling in vehicles to APP
proacfI within easy shooting distance.
This is not the way to shoot quail,
nevertheless. for this bird lies close on
the approach of hunting dogs, and can
be flushed in coveys. which is infinitely
better for the marksman and a more
sportsmanlike proceeding anyhow.
While quail, jacksnipe, reed birds and
various other small fowl are hunted
much more prof1tably with dogs than In
vehicles, however elaborate and swift.
there are some birds that cannot be sue
cessfully pursued on foot with pointers
or settlers as accessories. In Virginia.
at least, and thence south to the very
Gulf of Mexico. this is especially true of
the plover, a most admirable and tooth
some morsel. In the northern counties
of Virginia the plover is an August Wis
itor. He comes, flying very high, about
the beginning of the month, and what is
left Of him disappears with the advent
plover in Virginia on horseback, or, pref
erably, in OK carts. He is very shy and
very vigilant UP to a certain point. At
the slightest hint OF dogs he is up and
away as wisely as d crow NOT can Sports
men afoot with guns in their hands
often get reasonable shot. The plover.
however. SO graces the Virginia table
in the intervals of sausage and spare
ribs and canvasbacks, that the local hunt
er cOndescends to OK cart and other hum
BILE subterfuges and shoots his prey at
close quarters.
The same peculiarities are evident in
southern Louisiana, to which region the
pIover migrates in March and April and
where his name has been changed to
"papabotte.' Nor is it only his name;
he changes his diet also. From a con-
sumner of grasshoppers in Virginia he is
transformed into gormandizer of the
Spanish fly in Louisiana, and here other
peculiarities assert themselves. After a
month or two of voracious feeding on
the Spanish fly, the flavor of the papa
botte compared with that of the Vir-
ginia plover is as a bunch of violets to
a caulifiower, and We have been told by
such artistic experts the late Joe |
Jefferson that the effect of it upon the |
average imagination is little short Of |
The object of these remarks, how
ever, is to throw a little light upon
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RIVERDALE, MD.
Special Correspondence of The Star.


RIVERDALE, Md. April 8. 1911.
Mr.. and Mrs. George II. Sehorn enter
tanned few members of the Young PeO-
pies Society of the Hyattsvile Baptist
Church and their friends Friday evening
last in honor of their eldest daughter. Miss
Mae. Prizes were won by Misses Dampier,
Lewis and Without and Messrs. Wells
and Stephens. Late in the evening re-
freshments were served by the hostess.
Those attending were Misses Ada Poole,
Amy Lewis Gladys Shipley, Ethel Lit
tie, Louise Ross, Hazel Without, Gertrude
McWhirt, Cora SehOrn and Mrs. Edward
Shippel and Mrs. a. L. without Of River
dale; Misses Flora Davis and Florence
Daniels of Hyattsville. Lerna Smith, Mir
lam Hobson and Annabel StOckman of
Brentwood, and Miss Kathryn Dampier
and Miss Goldstein of Washington, and
Messrs. Harry Without. Frank Stephens.
Aubry knowles. Arthur Taylor. Virgil
and George Bolt, Frank Espey, Harry
Wells, Olaf HjOrdoul, William Smith.
Rev; A !! Nasmith, W. Ballard, 10y
Brody. Allen Hobson. Edward Allen and
Arthur Lohr Mrs. j. MOulden and daush-
ter, Mrs. Edyth O'Donnell, of Washing
ton, spent Wednesday last with Mrs.
Thomas Montgomery of East Riverdale.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert D. Kenyon of Roch-
Borrows Waters of Jefferson avenue
during the past week. Mrs. William An
derson and children Of Washington are
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Frantz friedrich OF
East Riverdale.. Mr.. WILDER Baughman
has returned to his home in Cumberland
after having spent the past week with
Rev. and Mrs. David n. Reed OF jackson
avenue. Misses Grace B. Halman and
Ina d. Porter of New York state are the
guests of Miss Nancy Smith of the Oaks.
f.,yr To-, In
returned to their home on Browning
Heights for the summer after having
spent the past winter in Washington. The
Mothers Club held its regular meeting
at the home of Mrs. Harry I. De Groot-
Wednesday evening last Mrs. William
Stein, Mrs. Thomas Lynch. Mrs. III. Ed
gar Lewis. Mrs. George B. Reed. jr.; Mrs.
Charles Dunlap and Mrs. De Groot gave
musical selections. Supper was ser"ed.
The next meeting will be at the home of
Mrs. II. Edgar Lewis April 10 Mrs. Fred
rick Hais entertained the Afternoon Five
Hundred Club at her home Wednesday
last. A luncheon was served at IL O'Clock,
after which cards were enjoyed until late
in the afternoon. Mrs. Leslie Carlton
entertained the Ladies' Auxiliary Tues
day evening last at her home on Jackson
avenue and was assisted by Mrs. j. l..
Bridges. Dancing was the principal fea-
ture of the evening, the entire first floor
being used. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Tanning.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Hegerty, Mr.. and
Mrs. B. c. Wheeler. Mr.. and Mrs. G. A.
Meyer. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Bridges.
Mrs. Jack Thompson. Mrs. d. Fl. Yant.
Mrs. Charles Dunlap. Mrs. John X. HIS
don, Mrs Thomas O'Neill, Mrs. A. L.
Without, Mr.. Claude Boffold, Miss Flor
ence Lewis Col. ]. L. MCGEE. MIR. Will
liam Donovan, Mr.. Joseph Tanning and
Mr.. Leslie Carlton were among those at
tending. Miss Ethel Chase of Washing
ton was the weekend guest OF the Misses
Smith of Washington avenue.