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fined 500 for CARRYING a passenger

fined 500 for carrying a passenger
without permission. The Nervousness
of the last offense was aggravated by
the fact that the passenger had un-
tremendously quit the employ of the
Wright brothers to become a free
lance. His reason was that he con-
sidered his stipend of $40 a day, with
bonus of $50 on each flying day, to
be too small; he felt entitled to some
of the prize money which he was win
ming and for which he risked his life,
but all of which went to his employers.
There was another rumpus, finally,
over the status of q second Wright avi-
ator, who, it was claimed, had been
sold by the Dayton firm to some other
manager. 1t now seems up to the Aero
Club of America to get some copies OF
the Jockey Club rules and the rules
governing the sale, transfer, and re-
lease of ball players and incorporate
them into set of regulations to con-
troll the acts and employment of our
idolized air heroes.
It is too bad that no sooner does
aviation give promise of rising above
the level of scientific experiment than
it degenerates into a professional sport,
attainted of all the commercialism, sell
fishness, and quest of notoriety that
professionalism calls forth. The in
ventors and manufacturers require
men of nerve, coolness, and self-reli-
ance to test their ideas; and it is but
natural, considering the vast risks,
that the supply should be drawn from
a class in which dare deviltry is more
esteemed than responsibility. But
there is something that offends decency
in the thought of this syndicate OF
manufacturers earning huge sums with
their employees lives as their stock in
trade.
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was much greater. Some twenty years
ago a white MAJ dead body was dragged
around after being lynched, in a city
In Michigan for the ediication of its
enlightened citizens.
II is time such damnable anarchy was
ended. The Coatsville tragedy for fiend-
ish cruelty outrivals anything 1 have
ever heard Of. 1t reminds one of the
Middle Ages or the Bulgarian atrocities
OF the latter seventies. Such awful de-
tails OF iendish cruelty were almost
unfit for publication. The dreadful
spectacle of wounded man being
dragged with his cot from the hospital
by a gang of human fiends. fastened
TO his bed, and burned under the most
narrowing and diabolical torture until
death, more mercifuI than the fiends
Ground him, relieved him. Is this the
product of the present civilization?
This in the presence of 1000 persons,
some of its leading citizens taking
prominent part. This in the year 1911,
In the State of Pennsylvania, almost
under the shadow of one of the largest
cities in the world 1t only goes to
prove that underlying the thin veneer
of education and refinement, a great
mass Of people are little removed from
savaSes, and the lust for blood, and
cruelty only lies dormant to break out
at the first opportunity into the most
fiendish excesses.
BERNARD BRoCKfNGTON.
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Back Yard Tomato
Weighs Pound And Half

There are other back yard agricultur-
!sts' in Washington besides the woman
who is raising corn which has attained
the height OF nine feet as James E.
Thomas. of 201S North Capitol street.
dropped into The Times office this
morning to demonstrate. He brought
along by way Of proof. a tomato-he
calls it tomato ponderosa'
weighs one pound and eight and three
sixteenths ounces. It was pulled yester-
day from one of the sixty vines which
he has cultivated In his back yard.
Mr.. Thomas, who is the father Of Sey-
mour S. Thomas, the artist of interna-
tional fame. says that his vines average
six feet in height. and were raised IN
the unfertilized soil of his back yard
He declares also that any one can raise
gimilar vegetables, provided they do not
water them to death.
The giant tomato. which measures in
one circumference fifteen and three
quarter inches, and in another four
teen inches, was weighed by Taylor &
Lamb, druggists.
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THE POLITICIAN AT THE
COUNTY FAIR.

Although the frost is not yet on the
pumpkin, the dozen days which alone
remain between now and the official
arrival of autumn serve to remind us
that the county fairs will soon be open
to the general public and the poll
ticians. These reflections are particu-
larly inspired by a current newspaper
illustration representing Governor
Woodrow Wilson and a prize pumpkin
beaming upon one another down in
South Jersey He was surrounded by
five thousand tillers of the soil, to
whom he had been explaining the com
plexities of corporate corruption.
Among the honest grangers was
George Dilkes, who was holding a rich
golden pumpkin, which he had evident
ly raised by, hand with fatherly care.
He was proud of every inch of its
aldermanic girth, and the governor Of
the State-Farmer Wilson for the
nonce-was surveying it with an in
tensity which bespoke interest if not
expert knowledge. The Dilkes vote is
for Wilson, whoever may be in the
running.
There have been many eXpositions
since the Prince Consort got up the
first one at the Crystal Palace just
sixty years ago; there are the fairs of
Mini Novgorod, corn palaces, ice
palaces, and Coney Island. But for a
sound and homely enjoyment. of the
prize products of the earth there is
nothing to compete with the glories OF
the county fair. 1t is there that many
a youth, fresh from the farm, has had
his first glimpse of the larger world
the great Vanity Fair in which he may
later play his part. 1t is there that
we see at it's best the friendly rivalry,
peculiar to agriculture, where emula
tion is free from envy, malice, and all
1t is there that pub
lie opinion is in large measure formu-
lated, and therefore it affords the
politician his most profitable stamping
ground.
The Holsteins, the Berkshires, and
the Rhode Island Reds all lend color
and character to the county fair. 1t
would be incomplete without the
pickles and the fancy work of the
department of domestic economy. The
corn and the yellow yams almost rival
the flaming posters which decorate the
barns as you come into town. But
by reason of its rich coloring and
swelling rotundity, the promised
largesse of abundant pumpkin pies, the
golden cucurbit-the big, round pump
kin-is the sign and symbol of the
county fair.
Nothing could be more typical or
more suggestive than this picture of
the Jersey governor, with aspirations
to go higher, smiling upon George
Dilkes' mammoth pumpkin.
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ARE INTERESTS BACKING
CONTROLLER BAY?

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
Is there not grounds for belief by the
people that there is a subtle and more
dangerous reason for the stoppage Of
the work of the committee that has
been investigating the Controller Bay
affair, than that which has been given
QUITO the public?
The impression is gaining ground
among a number of people that the
hands of the interests are reaching
through the Interior Department to this
committee by subtle means and putting
the lid upon these Investigations. There
seems no doubt that this committee Is
being skillfully misled by the interests
who are in cahoot with the Interior De-
partment. This same vacillation is the
order of the day as regards the Indian
frauds.
1t seems strange where gross frauds
and abuses have been perpetrated the
truth cannot be revealed. A. D.
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THE LOAN SHARKS HAVE
"SKUNNED" MANY OTHERS

To the Editor OF THE TINES:
l noticed an article in your valued
paper this week by a Chap" what
said he had been robbed by loan
sharkers" for fifteen years, and Thought
as a sort of consolation stakes Won
might submit for his benefit the fol-
lowing:
Alack and alas, and then alas,
No loan shark bill will ever pass.
It makes US heave and sigh and sigh
To think what money can do for "a
guy;''
Whether he be in the right or wrong.
If possessed of filthy lucre" he's al
ways strong.
BY AMT 1T THE TRUTH"
This pathetic little nonsense may
cheer this unfortunate up a wee bit,
and he should remember that others
have been "skunned'', including
CONSTANT READER.
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Man Attacked When He
Refused to Lend Money!

SOUTH BETHLEHEM. Pa, Aug.
19.-Peter Meeley, of Rock Hill, near
Quakertown, refused to lend a coun-
tryman $40, and for his refusal was
murderously assaulted. Following
Meeleys refusal his companion
struck him over the head with a
heavy cane until Meeley fell, un-
conscious.
Thinking he had killed him, the as
saiIant picked up Meeley's body and
threw 1t across the railroad. Meeley
recovered consciousness just in time
to crawl from the tracks to avoid
being run down, and later was found
along the roadside with a great cash
in his head, which required thirteen
stitches to close.
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Young Aviator Breaks
Worlds Height Record

CHICAGO, Aug. ia new star has
risen in the ranks of earthly astral
bodies" and today Oscar A Brindley,
a twenty y-six-year-old mechanical engi-
neer, was hailed as one Of the worlds
foremost aviators because of his feat
in lifting his biplane Il, 726 feet into rne
air, 576 feet higher than a heavier than
air machine has ever before ascended.
Il wasn't dressed for cold work."
said Brindley, "or I could have gone
higher. l nearly froze. and had to
come down. I think my machine would
have gone a mile higher had l not
been afraid / would lose control. l
shall break my own record shortly"
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ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS

Chester as senior engineer officer.
Lieutenant o. H. OAKLEY, detached
South Dakota; to home and wait
orders.
Lieutenant W. L. CALHOUN, to Mary
land as ordnance officer.
Lieutenant W. V. TOMB, detached
Maryland; to South Dakota as senior
engineer office
Lieutenant R. WAINWRIGHT, jr.. de-
tached Naval War College, Newport.
r. l.; to Florida
Midshipmen ]. F. MEIGS, jr., G. NJ
LOWRY, and A. MACOMB, detached
North Dakota; to Hancock.
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Amusements.

Amusements
Relssco-Coronation pictures In colors,
$50 and $50 p. m.
coInmbia-Columbia Players in House
of a Thousand Candles" 2:15 and S:15
Academy-'A Fugitive from Justice"
2:15 and S:1b p. M:
Sa~ety--M Reeves.Beauty Show, 2:l5 .
m. and Sis p. m.
conssimosIContinuou nsi vaudeville. 1 to IL
Cbsyv Chase Lake-Dancing and music
hv section of Marine Band.
.icy, Echo Park-Dancing and music by
section of Soldiers Home Band.
Ina Park-Midway and attractions.
Arcade-Motion pictures. bowling. ana
CaImial Beach-Boardwalk, bathing,
and other amusements; steamers
leave Seventh street wharf daily, ex-
cept Morday. a. m; Saturday 2:su
Marshall Hall-Steamer Charles Macal-
ester leaves Seventh street wharf 10
q. IA, 2:30, and 6:45 p. m. daily. Stops
made at Mt. Vernon.
Steamer st. Johns leaves Seventh street
wharf for forty-mile trip on the Po-
tomac. p. m.
Chesapeake Beach = Carnival today;
canoe and boat parade; free OK care
rides.
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HE HAS ENJOYED
TIMES WILEY EDITORIALS

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
1t is with a great deal of pleasure
that l read your progressive editorials,
especially those having to do with the
Wiley matter. Your contrast between
the kerby and Davis cases was fine.
1t is a pleasure to know We have one
una fraid newspaper in Washington.
r. H. JOHNSON
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THE MERCENARY TREND OF
AVIATION.

How far aviation has advanced and
in what direction the advance has
chiefly been made is pretty well indi-
Gated in some recent incidents of the
international meet now being held in
Chicago.
Three of the aviators were "on the
carpet before the judges Monday for
all the world like jockeys. Two were
fined small sums and reprimanded for
unnecessary recklessness; the third
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ARMY.

First Lieutenant DONALD w. STRONG,
Seventh Infantry, is detailed for gen.
eral recruiting service at Fort Nc
Dowell, Cal.
The name of First Lieutenant DONALD
w. STRONG, Seventh Infantry, is
placed on list of detached officers,
and the name of First Lieutenant
TAYLOR NJ. REAGAN, cavalry, is
removed therefrom. Lieutenant REA-
GAN is assigned to the Fifteenth
Cavalry, to take effect August 10,
1911.
First Lieutenant EDWIN w. PATTER-
SON, Medical Reserve Corps, will
proceed to Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo.,
for duty.
Captain Henry A. Ripley, Thirtieth In
fantry, at his own request is trans
fArred to the Twenty-second Infan-
try.
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Kermit Roosevelt in
No Danger, Report Says

LOS ANGELES. Cal. Aug. 19.-Ths
report from El Centre that fears are
entertained for the safety of Kermit
Roosevelt. son Of the former President,
who is h,ynting in the Bad Lands oi
southern California, were denied todaJ
in kilograms received here from YUM
Cutting, .'lerk Of the district court Of
Arizona. who IS with Kermit.
He says Kermit is we'll and safe. Last
Tuesday he carried on his hack the hid4
and skeleton of a mountain sheep thred
miles into "amD.
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Milton Allies gave him last night at the
Commercial Club brought together some
Of the most prominent of those who
wish, well for Mr.. Bones career as
editor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
He will leave for Seattle next week.
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KEYSTONE ATROCITY
LIKE MIDDLE AGES

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
Referring to the terrible atrocity COM
mitted in Pennsylvania, I was pleased
to see an editorial upon that subject
in The Times, and also the Herald.
Such horrible cases too often are allowed
to go unnoticed beyond the merest men
ton case almost equally as diabolic
occurred IN the State of Delaware some
few years previous, but the provocatior
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Tide Favors Democrats,
Underwood Declares

NEW HAVEN, Conn. Aug. 1s-In a
letter to a local acquaintance, publish
ed today, Representative Oscar w. Un-
derwood, chairman of the House Ways
and Means Committee, recalled the
Parker campaign.
THE tidal wave was running against
US then" said Underwood, but / be-
heve 1t has turned our way, and strong
probabilities are that we will win IN
the next national campaign"
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Capt. J. P. MegreW
Leaves for Vacation

Capt John P. Megrew. of the Capitol
police force, accompanied by his wife,
has gone to Skaneateles, N. Y. for two
months. Although suffering greatly
from the hot weather, Captain MegreW
remained in command of the force until
assured adjournment of the special sesI
sion was at hand. Lieut.. John HamI
mond will have temporary command.
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Il In the Mail Bag X

as
write freely frankly with
bear
of
not be
MAI A o
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First Amateur Night
At Casino a Big One

The premiere amateur carnival at the
Casino Theater last night attracted two
full houses and afforded an abundance
Of fun. Cash prizes were given the win
ners, who were determined by vote Of
the audience. The first prize was award
ed to little Violette Empey, Knockout"
Brown was second, and little Baby Fris-
bee third There were nine entries.
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MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS

Arrlved-Drayton, Paulding, Mccall.
Wake. Dixie, ArethuSa, at Newport:
at San Francisco; Mars at Norfolk:
Mayrant and Washington at Bos-
ton; Vermont and South Carolina at
Rockport; Delaware at Salem; Sara
toga and New Orleans at Makadate.
Sailed-Trtppe from Boston for Newport;
Porter, Dupont, and Blakely from
Charleston for New York; Rocket
from Washington for Norfolk.
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The flying machine seems to have a
settled prejudice against visiting the
Chevy Chase Club.
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1t is to be hoped that whoever buys
Cabin John will continue to serve
chicken la Maryland
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A host Of personal and official friends
regret the unfavorabIe news regarding
Senator Rayners illness.
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The crusade against the cats may yet
result in ukase, like that Of Car
Peter, that all men shall get a shave
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1t must be a happy and contented
household where love apples weighing a
pound and a half grow in the back
yard.
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The net total circulation OF The Wash
ington Times daily during the month o.
July was l,lS,9iJ. all copies left over and
returned being eliminated This number
when divided by 26 the number OF days OF
publication. shows the net daily average for
July to have been A.. CO.
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Concert Today
By the q. S. Marine Band, at
the White House, at Sis p. m.
WILLIAM H. SANTELMANN,
Leader.

PROGRAM.
March. italian Rif1emen."
Eilenberg
Overture, "The Flying Dutchman,"
Wagner
Nocturno, Dreams of Love-" Lzst
Duet for Comets, BIRDS of the
Forest, ..--..-kl1ng
Musicians Arthur s. Witcomb and
Hans Joergensen.)
Waltz, "Espana," ........Waldteufel
Grand Scenes from "Lohengrin,"
Wagner
Slavonic Dance No. s, .......Dvorsk
THE Star-Spangled Banner"
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NAVY.
Lieutenant

Lieutenant Commander A. F. H.
YATES, retired, detached Wiscon-
sin; to home -
Lieutenant A. T. CHURCH, detached
works z. w. Bliss Company; to
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What's on the Program in
Washington Today

Meeting Champion Lodge, No. Is,
Junior Order of American Mechanics,
623 Louisiana avenue northwest
Meeting Canton Washington, No. 1,
Patriarchs Militant, Odd Fellows,
social evening.
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II one-half of the House will accept
the dare Of the other half to come out
side" maybe we can secure adjourn
ment at last
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Captain oyster and Mr.. Ashford
have had their say, but no one knows
yet who is responsible for the District
buving a pig in d poke"
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Sunday.

The net total circulation Of The Washington
Times sunday during the month OF July
was 202.57G, ali copies left over and returned
by agents being eliminated. This number
when divided by 5. the number of Sundays
curing July. shows the net Sunday average
foT July 10 have been 10 SIS.
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1911
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Entered AT the Postoffce at Washington
D. C.. as second class matter.
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Tho open-air singing at the Great Falls
camp meeting made the woods more
musical than anything in this neighbor-
hood since the birds first sang together.
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JULY CIRCULATION.
nafI-

The number Of complete and perfect copies
OF The Washington Times printed daily dur
ing the month OF July was as foIlnWn.
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IOi mouth i. S5S,SOs
Daily average Tor month............. g.. $50
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Dr. Thomas Smith announces that the
Washington climate is especially un-
favorable to the hay fever germ, and
for that good quality one cap forgive
all its faults.
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a local estimate of the attendance at
the proposed Tramps convention here
gives Baltimore credit for a probable
delegation of 1000. Tramps don't like
cobblestones.
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Scott c. Bone will certainly not be
hungry when he leaves Washington,
His friends are rivals in showing him
honor by feastinE. The dinner that
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1t seems fated that the District is
not to enjoy the thrill of an election,
even in the suburbs. Just as Glen
Echo was about to pull off one, along
comes an Injunction.
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over the TeaCups

zuebln eminent sOOosst
assert that the lack ndpendenee has compelled to
place stigma
He a woman has by being
in ether sesuppor, oeby
certain Of being unhappy
And he holds that deep sacred love- with
standing temptations be the motive
no man and woman have the right 90 live together
But distinction OF eassed with
esso zuebin's disepes
Che by gancns city
ese instances Of alliances.
Where social recognition
for such small a run-sboutl
Where for the ignomniOus
bling wives large poeksboOks.
deporable Haunted daily without
oOmpunctlOn.
The Of all earthly eompacts marriage
And involves complications responsibility
Insignificant business commercial
world, pretentious
When gives another, eonsdered
o good an equivalent
How weight usually with the
tic partnsr7
There s only marriage
It is the marriage of
any respecabty
may In by n
capacity rather than state for home general
support
And
which durability
sometimes
is impossible that love should be indeed and linked by
IfaIlbliH.
The eentemanly game
responsibility efficiently
minded and socially eesaed class removed from association with
the
narriaseabe daughters
should live
them.
play
as his wife, himself
respect
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Mrs. w. H. Rabbit entertained
Mrs. Wall and Mrs. Henry Frederick
Wichman quite informally at Lunch
con yesterday at her home at Dia-
mond Head.
The daX was beautifully clear and
warm and the sloping lawn, shaded
by great trees, afforded a cool re-
treat.
Luncheon was served al fresco.
with rose pink hibiscus blossoms and
lace maidenhair lending a delicate
touch of color to the table.
Just such afternoons as these are
Characteristic of the very warm sum
mer months when the sea breezes
lure society women to their beach
houses. and summer is opening up
quickly with its typical warm days.
q = e
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Sheedy are
now established in their new home
on Pacific Heights, where Mrs. Sheedy
will soon entertain her friends.
Mrs. j. Morton Riggs entertained
at very handsome luncheon yester-
day in honor of and as a farewell 20
the beautiful Princess Kawananakoa,
who is arranging to leave in the near
future for Europe.
The circular luncheon table bios
somed with lavender daisies and Bos-
ton fern, whose lacey tendrils fell
here and there over the Battenburg
lace centerpiece.
Palest lavender tulle was caugh;
in large double bow, and with DIS
tinctive touches was fashioned into
an artistic Arrangement over the
flowers.
The place cards. for six. wera
dainty little hand painted CONNECTIONS
of wreaths OF daisies. the work of the
clever hostess.
After luncheon the bridge tables
were arranged.
The ladies present to partale 81
Mrs. Riggs hospitality were Princess
Kawananakoa. Mrs. E. S. Cunha. Mrs
Harvey " Murray, Mrs ]. F. c. Ha-
gems, Mrs. James Dougherty.
= = y
Very elaborate and charmingly at
tractive was the luau at which Mr.
John f. Colhurn entertained on Sun
day at his Peninsula home in honor
of the fifU-frst anniversary OF his
wife
This beautiful rustic SPOT was In
closed by draDed national silk nags
festoonad from tree to tree. and
caught uD to fall in graceful folds.
The long table arranged for thirty
six guests was typically lovely in its
trimmings of green and gold. mounds
lof golden tropical fruit rising from a
bed of young maidenhair ferns unc
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stray blossoms of the lima plant.
The royal lima leis, in tribute to
the royalty present. lay beside each
plate and were worn draped about the
shoulders during the repast
The soft singing of Hawaiian melo-
dies by ladies quartet was an allur-
ing feature, and progressed during the
feast, which was lavish in Mr. Col
burns characteristic hospitality.
Afterward several intensely inter
esting rubbers Of bridge were CON
tested under the trees.
Among the large number Of guests
present were Mrs. John F. Colburn,
Sr., the guest of honor, Princess Ka-
wananakoa, Captain and Mrs. Arthur
Mark, Miss Daisy Colburn, Miss Lena
Colburn, Miss Sarah Colburn, Prince
Cupid, Senator Fairchild, Mr.. Jack
Coney, Mr.. Frank Woods, Mr.. Carl
Wideman, Mr.. ]. T. McCrosson. Mr..
C. w. Ashford, Mr.. F. W. Macfarlane,
Mr.. Walter Macfarlane, Mr.. and Mrs.
John F. Colburn, Jr., Mr.. Carlos Long,
Mr.. Ella Long and Mr.. Guy Macfar-
lane.
y = =
Mrs. Gartenberg entertained five
tables at bridge at her home at Wal
kiki on Monday afternoon as com.
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HERO.

Willie-Don't lick me, mother! 1
Just saved four men and three women
from drowning.
Mother-How2
Willie-They was Jest going on the
ice when l broke through.-Puck.
Fine Job Printing, Star ONCE.