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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-05
HAVE YOU A PUPAE?
District Government Mighty
Anxious to Buy a Few.
ALSO NAMED LEPIDOPTERA
Nobody Knows Exactly What They
Are, But Kindergarten Teacher
Wants Them.

Any one who has a few I.cpidoptcra
around the house can make a sale, per-
haps, to Marion Hargrove. the District
purchasing agent, who is looking for
some Of these interesting things, albeit
he does not know what they are.
Neither. does any one else at the Dis
trict building. The request for these
things, which came In with a mass of
red tape from a kindergarten. has
created more stir than did the request
last week to change a dozen frogs
legs that were purchased for some in
stitution and which evidently did not
tit the frogs for which they were
bought.
The teacher who started all the
trouble sent in wee little note to her
principal asking for 80 Turnus papilio
and 100 Cecropia attacus."
Had Sixteen Signatures.
The note went up and down, in and
out and around and about the various
channels. and landed with sixteen sig
natures at the purchasing office in the
District building, whereupon it went
back through the same devious chan
ncIS for further light. Nobody had
any of those things. The lucid eNplana-
tion which accompanied the return of
the rcquisition was that these things
were merely living pupae of the North
American Lepidoptera' and could be
purchased--why. yes. any one who
knows anything at all about pupao
knows that they can be bought at So
and sos in Philadelphia.
Very good said Mr. HarErove; do
YOU want red ones pink ones?
The law. however. makes 1T neceS-
Sary to hold q competition Tor these
things The living pupae of the Lepi-
tioptera have to he bid for in open
competition, just like the stufnnss OF
the plebeian sausage that feeds the
prisoners at the workhouse.
Mr.. Hargrove's Quest.
Therefore Mr.. Hargrove is going
about the District building today ask
ing folks If they know where he can
buy a few nice pupae. No one seems
10 know Some one suggested that II
Mr. Hargrove should approach the
Smithsonian institution and go away
back into the dustiest, mustiest cor
ncr where the extremely exalted and
never heard-of biologists sit amidst
strange tones he might get line on
the I.epidoptera business. Another gen
tleman suggested trying the Botanic
Gardens.
1T looks like some of them French
BOOKINGS" said an errand boy. Even
Waldo Hihbs, who knows the differ
ence between carbohydrates and pro-
teids could afford no intelligent CLEAN
as to the whereabouts of Lepidoptera
store. There was a rumor at the Dis
1rict building late in the day that
these things were silk worms. but the
Commissioners had given out no state
ment Oh ii.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-05
VvIH]A I is BEST
FOR BA@V'@
TENDER SKIN

Because of Its delicate sanative.. emollient
ingredients and most refreshing Of flower odors,
Cuticura soap is the mothers favorite for pre-
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infants and children. In the treatment of dis
tressing disfgurng eruptions. from infancy to
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SO speedily effective. as warm baths with Cuti-
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ointment. No other costs 50 little and does SO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-05
CITY ITEMS.

Important Notice to Smokers!
On and after Monday. February j.. an
smokers in District of Columbia should
get PERMIT to smoke
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-05

NOTE.--si.00 day will be paid for the
best verse submitted on Star Want ads
Illustrations Tot necessary Any one is
clS!b,c In the competition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-05
RAILROADS.
SeabOard Air Lime RY.

1905 AN DAILY-"Seaboard Fast MALL
Through coaches and Pullman sleepers to Savab-
nah and Jacksonville. Parlor cars Jacksonville
to Tampa and Washington to Pnehurst. Through
sleeper to Atlanta Dining car.
500 PM. DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY-''Sea.
hoard Florida Limited" Solid Pullman electric
lighted train. with club. dining. compartment
and observation to Jacksonville, st. Augss-
tine and Palm Beach. with sleepers to Miami
and knights Key flor Havana). Parlor car Jack.
sonville to Tampa.
Sis PM. DAILY" seaboard Express" Elec.
trically lighted sleepers and observation car.
equipped with electric fans. Through service 10
Savannah, Jacksonville. Tampa. Atlanta. Biz
mingham and Memphis, also through sleeper to
Pinehurst. Dining car.
Ticket office. l4ls New York ave- NV.
E. A. HARDWOOD. C.T.A. G. z. PHILLIPS. D.P.A.
C. b. RYAN. G. r. A.. Portsmouth. Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-05
Work Near Alexandria.

The improvements to the river channels
off Alexandria, the contract for which
was awarded to the Sanford & Brooks
Dredging Company Of Baltimore, will be
started shortly. The dredges which have
been working at Alexandria for several
months have been employed in throwing
up retaining wall across the cove at
Battery Rodgers, between the Alexandria
shipyard and Jones point. Into this cove
it is proposed to pump the excavated
material. The retaining wall will be
completed shortly, and dredging opera
lions will then be started. The dredging
Of the Alexandria harbor will be q slow
job, as it will be necessary to use
clam shell or scoop dredges to dig the
material, which will be placed on scows.
carried to the cove and dumped, to be
picked up again by pump dredge and
pumped behind the retaining wall. This
method of operation is made necessary
by the fact that should a hydraulic
dredge be employed in the dredging the
line Of pipes through which she would
have to force the eXcav1ted material
would block all approach to the wha4 YES
at Alexandria. The problem gave the
engineers office considerable worry for
several weeks, and the decision was
finally reached that the only method of
doing the work was by employing scoop
dredges AS there are about 100000 cubic
yards of material to be excAvated at
Alexandria 1t will require several months
to complete the work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-05
wanted-Every one In Washington

who is troubled with destructive and
disease carrying rats TO try our great dis
covery. Sold in 25c and zoe sizes. prepared
and ready for use. Sold ny The Great Rus
sian Rat discriminating 90, 1905 9Th n. W.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-05
VETO
MAINE AVENUE BILL
Report Against Having a Part
of 18th Street So
Designated.

Members of Congress from Maine be-
lieve that their state is not sufficiently
honored In the District by the avenue
which at present is named for the most
northeasterly corner of the United States.
street from Park road to Kalmia stree.
by the name Maine avenue The Com
missioners are of opinion that this would
be bad move and have SO reported the
matter to Representative Samuel w.
Smith, chairman of the House District
committee.
Confusion Would Result.
The Commissioners report as follows:
THE Commissioners know Of no reason
why the name of this street should be
changed to Maine avenue; on the con-
t-ary. they believe that such change will
interfere with the adopted system OF
street naming and be the cause of con-
fusion. Maine avenue in the city of
Washington lies on the southerly side of
the Mall. extending from Sd street to 9th
street, and occupies the same relative po-
sition as Missouri avenue OH the north
side of the Mall and between the same
limits. The street has been designated
as Maine avenue from time immemorial.
and the Commissioners believe it's desig-
nation should not be changed to Mail
avenue proposed In the bill. Bills are
constantly being introduced to change the
names OF streets in the District of CO.
lumbia, and the Commissioners believe
that such changes are decidedly objec-
tionable and should not be made except
for good and sufficient reasons. In this
there "a
good reason for the change. Fourteenth
street, as stated, is a continuous street
between five and six miles in length, and
the change proposed in the bill would re-
suit in having two portions OF the same
street designated by different names"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-05
ChesaDeake s. Ohio Lines

Published only information not guaranteed.
200 Pm. paily-For Virginia. West Virginia
and Kentucky points. Pullman sleepers to
Cincinnati and Louisville. Dining car.
$50 Pm. Daiy-CINCINNATI-ST L0UlS-CHr-
CAGO SPECIAL Solid train TO st. Louis.
with Pullman sleeper to Chicago Stops only
at important stations. Pullnan's finest equip
meut and C. & .. dining car.
i1:lO Pm. daily-F. L. V. LIMITED for tbs
west southwest and northwest. Pullman
sleepers to Virginia Hot Springs. Cine It'll
and Louisville. Cincinnati sleeper open for
occupancy 10 pm. L. 4 o. dining car
Ticket Offices, 513 Pa. ave. 1899 st. AMI
Union station. Phone Man 1066. 22o6 and 1851.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-05
To Contest Government Claim.

It has been stated that the government
will lay claim TO the land reclaimed from
the river by the dredging operations at
Alexandria, but the owners OF the abut-
ting property. who have deeds calling
for land to the channel bank, will con-
test it. Among those owning property
abutting on the cove at Battery Rodgers,
where the fill will be made. are the
Southern Railway Company and the es-
tate OF the late Park Agnew.
Within the last few months considerable
dredging work has been done at Lower
Cedar point and in. Upper Machodoc
creek. on the Potomac river.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-05

Home grown violets. tulips. jonquils and
sweet peas, fresh daily at GUIDES, 1914 F.
-Advt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-05

G0Idenberg's Branch.
If You are shopping at GoldenberSs you
can leave Want Ads for The Star at
the Information Bureau.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-05
Baltimore and Ohio r. X
LEAVE UNION STATION.


ROYAL BLUE LINE.
EVERY OTHER HOUR On THE ODD HOUR"
TO PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK.
NEW YORK TERMINALS. LIBERTY ST. AND
w. 23D STREET.
100 1900 tRoyal Special, 5 honrs, 300
fRoyal SpeciaD. s11.O0 am. 100 300 tRoyol
Limited. s hoursl. 800. 800 pm. and '12. Is
night. 2.52 an Diners and Parlor Cars on day
trains. Sleepers IL Is night open at 10 90 pm.
philadelphia and Atlantic City. t7.oo. 'sO.
sll.OO a m, u 90. 800. 400 pm.
To BALTIMORE.
EVERY HOUR On THE HOUR"
Week days. 100 am. TO 1000 p.m.)
.25e. 1900. 1880. 300; 40 ts;oo. $50.
ti2o5. 100. Ills, roo, 800. 1870. ss.so.
t4.OO. s445. 800. t5.o3. $3.50 t600. $3.50.
WESTWARD.
CHICAGO. 1910 an. 81 30. $50 pm
CINCINNATI, ST. LOUIS and LOUISVILLE.
80. 10 am. -: 10 pm. '12.l 10 night.
1927 night sleeper ready 1000 p;ml.
CLEVELAND 90. pm. COLUMBUS. 80 pm.
WHEELING, 80. 10 am. $3.50 pm.
Schedules of local trains at ticket ofhcss.
sDaily. Except Sunday. fSundays only.
TELEPHONES at following Ticket Omces:
1917 G. st. NV. Main 1891; $40 Pennsylvania
ave-. Main g1S. Union Station. Main 1850.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-05

i VIII Buy Your Mining stocks.
a. r. Grcycr, az Union Trust BLDG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-05
Concert at Marine Barracks

Monday, February 6. 1911, at , pm.
by the
L. S. Marine Band Orchestra.
William H Santelmann, lea6er.
l. March, Volunteers. 49,. Metra
2. Overture, III Guarany". Gomez
8. (a) Serenade. .Pierne
OBJ Intermezzo. Forget Me
Not ......................M Macbeth
4. Grand Scenes from Madame
Butterfly" .Puccint
s. Waltz, 1.-THE Debutante''
Santelmann
8. Selection, Alma, Where Do
You Live ........ .BrtQuet
Z. Hungarian Dance mo. g.
Brahms
.. Galop vienna ......... .Ziefrer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-05

TVERY modern
business success is
evidence of the
force that lies in good
advertising "a force
that provides and de-
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No matter what your
line of business, you
can insure its success by
the persistent and sys-
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good advertising.
Few business men can
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advertising they Will
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trust that division of
their work to some one
of demonstrated ability
and integrity.
As in many other
lines, the cheapest adj
vertising advice is fire.
quently the most ex-
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always be men trying
to get something for
nothing, and who usu-
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nothing for something.
We charge a reason
able fee for advertising
service, and we aim to
earn every penny of
that fee.
We write the
rights ads to
make advertising
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-05

Valentines. red hearts. all sizes. Gould's.
-Advt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-05

AN AMERICAN LADY HAVING SPENT
twelve years abroad and being familiar with
the languages and customs Of Europe would
accompany one or more ladies for travel; ref
erences Address Box 1913. Star Office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-05
High Artistic Merit Is a Feature
Will of Maudamus Clark

OF Skaters floral decorations. 18th &
--Adyt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-05
STEAMSHIPS.
EUROPEAN TOUR

MISS S. w. KELLY Will again chapcron Sc
lect and limited number Of ladies in leisurely
and comfortable tour through Europe this sum-
mer. Itinerary and terms on applica ton. Ref
erences exchanged
sos THE WOODLEY COLUMBIA ROAD.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-11-03
"cEMETERY CURE" EFFECTIVE
Drunks Of Illinois Town Are Now
Crowded Into Straight and Mar
row Paths.

Springfield, Ill.-Illinois has brand
new and original plan to cure the
liquor habit. 1t was devised by citi-
zens Of New Douglas. 1t is called the
cemetery cure, but that does not mean
for the patients the usual trimmings
of drapery and florists emblems. nor
is the trip to the graveyard accom-
panied by string Of cabs at four dol
lars per.
The situation handled otherwise,
In the early evening the patients are
carted to the city cemetery and while
the late moon looks down on the
strange task they are bound with ropes
to upright monuments. while others
are laid in graves which have sunk In
through years Of stormy stress.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-11-03
KENTUCKY'S NEXT SENATOR

Tho next senator from Kentucky
Will no doubt be Representative Ollie
M. James. as his Democratic opponent,
Senator Paynter. retired from the pri-
mary contest.
Ollie James Is the biggest man
physically in the house. He won fame
as an attorney in the Goebel murder
case In Kentucky. being one of the
lawyers for the prosecution of Caleb
Powers. 1t Is something OF coinci-
dence that both James and Powers
are now members Of the house. the
one a Democrat and the other a Re.
publican.
In that murder case James also
won reputation for physical courage.
for the times were stirring and there
were threats Of violence going around.
so that anyone prominent upon either
side Of the case was in physical dan.
ger James would have made a good
target for any bullet. as there is so
much of him to shoot at. but he went
through the prosecution in a manner
II good nerve and was not to be de.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-11-03
sLAYs LION WITH A KNIFE
Farmer Kills Beast That Devoured
- Son but Loses Right Arm
In the Fight.

Brownsville, Tex.-Maddened at the
sight of huge mountain lion stand
ing over the dead body Of his three
year-old son, Juan Morales. a farmer
living seven miles from here. killed
the beast with knife thrust In the
heart after a 15-minute struggle. in
which he sustained injuries which
will cost him the loss Of his right arm
at the shoulder. After killing the
lion he walked to the city to be
treated by a physician
Morales had left home to visit a
neighbor. When he returned he heard
the screams of his children and then
caught glimpse Of huge mountain
lion. weighing probably 400 pounds.
standing over the almost headless
body Of his son. The beast sprang
at Morales and the desperate fight be-
gan.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-11-03
LONG DISTANCE SKY PILOT

Rapidly as the public Is becoming
accustomed to aeroplane novelties. 1t
received fresh cause for wonder and
enthusiasm In the achievement Of
Harry N. Atwood. When he landed In
Chicago on the first lap of his st.
Louis-to- Boston trip he broke the
American record for a days flight
ana demonstrated the remarkable ef-
ficiency which has been reached in
aeroplane construction. Express
trains travel between Chicago and st.
Louis in hours; Atwood's time IN
the air was 7 hours and 80 minutes.
When he reached Albany, N. Y, At
wood had flown 1923 miles. breaking
all cross-country flights.
Atwood's boyish appearance attracts
attention. He is tall. slender youth,
looking anything but the part of the
most daring and successful aviator in
the United States. Atwood shuns no
toriety and reception committees as
far as possible He cares little for
anything except achievement in the
aviation t.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-11-03

knew this from her accent Her toll.
cite was simple yet individual and the
lorgnette she piled added not one whit
Of ardficiality. She had exquisite
coloring and hair. and her eyes,
though they did not see well. were
wonderfully beautiful.
She chatted with intimates. She had
motored down to the chateau and was
making her adieux.
A woman friend held her hand lin
geringly in both her own. 1T is so
good to have you back. Marguerite" +"
she said. France and Italy have
done much for you"
Marguerite laughed in a soft little
way she had. You're so good. But
do come soon-Oyster Bay 719-and
see my grandchild. It was she who
brought me back to this country"
I'll come, indeed, to see her-and
you" said the woman. following the
tall Marguerite with her eyes until she
was out Of sight.
Cannaught thoughtfully slipped the
black coffee and his eyes sought the
door through which Marguerite had
passed.
"Her grandchild," he said to himself
Then he blew a set of smoke rings
and watched them expand and disap.
pear into thin air. "Her grandchild,' .
he repeated
Thereafter, as he sat watching men
and women come and go, Ned Can
naught had always in mind one thing
another sight of-Marguerite. OF
all the women he had seen In this
place none had attracted him as had
this one.
Against his own desires and inclin
ations he began to cultivate the
guests who lived at the chateau and
occasionally he would Join them in
the lounge after dinner instead OF
sitting alone. Perhaps someone might
know her; perhaps she would come
again.
Cannaught was sure she had an in.
teresting story to tell; she must have
II at surely not more than thirty-four
she had grapdchild. Tho latter fact
seemed incredible but she had stated
It with her own lips and her friend had
seemed not at all astonishAd
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-11-03
OLD MAN SHOOTS TWO
pARALYzED BY FEUDIsTs, HE
TOOK DOUBLE TOLL
leck Whit, Daring Fighter, Though
Past Seventy Years Of Age. Adds
Another to kentucky's Feud
Tragedies.

Louisville. Ky.-The killing by Leck
Whit OF his nephew and sonAn-law,
Buddy Whit and James Harper, and
the subsequent shooting Of Leck Whit
by friends OF the dead men at Salyers-
Vile. In the mountains. bids fair to be-
come classic in feud history.
Two or three years ago Leck Whit
was shot by one Of the men and his
right arm paralyzed by the bullet.
Leck Whit went to Salyersville from
his farmhouse and saw his two enc
mics In front Of the courthouse there.
In the years since his right arm was
paraiyzed Whit. who was about seven
ty years old. had learned to use his
pistol with his left hand. He walked
quietly up to them and drawing his
revolver with his left hand. shot Har-
per through the throat and fred five
bullets into his nephew.
| Before the smoke had blown away
from the empty revolver of Leck
Whit pistols began to bark at him
from every side. The old man stood
still and straight in the middle Of the
street until he fell dead with his
empty revolver still in his hand.
Not a groan or a moan had escaped
him. although It was found that seven
bullets had struck him in the breast
and were SO aimed that they made al
most a straight line Of holes across
his chest. Several other bullets STRUCK
him. and 1t is believed that at least
twenty bullets were fired at him.
This was one Of the most dramatic
a1rays that has ever occurred in the
mountain country. It recalls the case
Of Uncle Curt" Jett, about twenty
years ago. the story of which was told
by Judge James Hargis while the lat
ter was on trial at Beattyville fol
complicity in the killing Of James b
Marcum.
Uncle Curt had incurred the en-
nifty of various residents in that sec
ton. having killed several men. and
was therefore wary when in the enc
my's territory. But one day. when ht
was less careful than usual, he rode
along the Kentucky river near Jack
son. At the ford he neglected to lool
about before his horse stepped intc
the water. An enemy was concealed
behind log, and as uncle Curtis
horse entered bullet struck him IL
the back
Uncle Curt" seriously hurt. man
aged to get his own revolver into play
but could not reach the concealed
marksman. The horse kept goinl
toward the opposite bank. the enem,
Hcontinued to fire. "Uncle Curt" con
tinued to shoot back. but with no ap
parent effect Finally. when h'
reached a half-submerged stump neal
the Jackson side. and had been strucl
by six bullets. he slipped OF hi
horse behind the stump. There. thougl
weak from loss Of blood. he waitet
for the enemy to show himself. ant
when he did Curt shot him dead.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-11-03

Ned Cannaught sat over his coffee
in the luxurious lounge of the Chateau
Del Monte. 1t was his habit to post
pone the smoking Of his cigar until
his coffee had been brought to him
each evening in this palm-decked
rendezvous of the fashionable summer
hotel In which he was spending the
summer.
Cannaught had reason for choos-
Ing this place to loiter in-he needed
to see people. to hear the gay babble
OF merry groups Of people. He had
been too long in his gloomy studio in
town doing nothing but work. and
there had come to him the moment
when he discovered that II he did not
get out among human beings again he
would forget how they talked and act
ed and lived. His dialogue would be-
come stilted: his situations unnatural
and he would lose his footing in the
literary world.
What mattered 1t II the gay per-
sifiage that fioated about him was
merely the babble Of dilletantes and
amateurs? 1t was what he needed.
and each evening he watched the
ever changing groups OF human beings
who frequented this inn.
Tonight the voice of a woman had
reached his ears and he turned to see
her. He waved of the cloud of smoke
he had blown before him. the better to
view her.
She was tall and well built with an
obviously foreign bearing and yet
she was an American. Cannaught
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-11-03
RECTOR WHO SCORED ASTOR

Society has been forced to sit up
and take notice Of the denunciation
which has been hurled by Rev. George
Chalmers Richmond. rector of st.
Johns Episcopal church in Philadel-
phia. against the proposed marriage OF
John Jacob Astor. a multi-millionairs.
aged Il. to Miss Madeline Talmage
Force, a beauty aged IS years.
The denunciation which was made
from the pulpit has been followed by
more sharp criticisms-a criticism
which has extended to others Of the
smart set who marry and divorce with
the ease and nonchalance with which
they put on their coats.
Mr.. Astor. It may be recalled. was
divorced from his wife. who was o
Miss Willing, Of Philadelphia. and II
is because this divorce Is to be fol-
lowed by remarriage that Rev. Mr.,
Richmond is aroused to the fighting
point
THE Episcopal church." he said, "is
opposed to divorce We score unholy
slums and the rich society dwellers OF
,rs' summer retreats. We abhor this
igin and it's end will be a defiance OF
1e need a national uniform divorce law
ing Of court DEGREES by such as John