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Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-24
At COvina.

Al SOVlnd.
Covina, Feb. 24.-Covina, emerging
from a four days. flood, faces one of
the most serious situations in it's his
tory today.
Practically every store in the city
is closed.
The schools close today for a weeks
vacation.
Food supplies are running low.
There is no butter in the town.
Gas is low and domestic water sup
ply has been shut off in part of
the town. No fresh meat has been
delivered since Tuesday and none can
be delivered for several days. ..
A resume of the destructive work
of the flood shows that:
Seventy-five bridges in the Covina
district were washed out or dam
aged.
Hundreds of orange trees in some
of the finest orange groves in Cali
fornia have been washed out bodily
(Orange trees are conservatively es-
timated to be worth $10O each)
Thousands of acres of land have
BeeH practically destroyed by being
washed out by flooded streams.
The city is cut off from outside
communication by railroad and cleo
trio lines and is practically isolated.
A single telephone line serves for
communication with Los Angeles.
Dynamite was used all day yester-
day and a part of the night to re-
move dams caused by debris lodged
against bridges, and some of the
bridges were destroyed in that man.
ner. ..
The total loss is estimated at $780,
900 in this district alone.
Evening star., 1914-07-05
Off to the Jungle.

Mr.. and Mrs. Max Fleischmann who
were frequent visitors to the capital in
the Roosevelt days. gave a goodbye
party at the Cincinnati Country Club last
week which was an unusually pretty
event. The couple sailed Wednesday last
for British East Africa, bound for the
jungle and the hunting of big game When
they reach the Nile next spring they will
drift down its placid waters to Cairo.
They have also hunted in the polar
regions.
For their farewell to their home friends.
they had a tropical decoration of butter
flies and birds
The entire clubhouse was reserved for
the occasion. an improvised garden on
the north lawn being confined by groups
OF palm trees, forming a terrace, where
many rugs, tables easy chairs and couch
es. with tabourets arranged for
smoking and after-dinner coffee, invited
consideration. Here the host and hostess
received their guests. many var-colored
electric lights making web of light
above an arch Of butterflies in myriad
colors. Bright-colored birds on slender
staffs adjusted to vibrant wires, alighted
among the flowers and pursued the but
terf1ies amid tiny electric lights the
effect being unusual and beautiful. There
were three large tables, each seating
twenty-five congenial friends, one bearing
masses of Easter lilies and American
beauties, another having a low mound of
lilies and rosy snapdragons, and the third
being a mass OF lilies and the stately
gladiolae.
A dance finished the evening
Evening star., 1914-07-05
The New Ambassadors

Mr. and Mrs. George T. Marye are
closing their house on Connecticut ave-
nue. preparatory to long absence They
are at White Sulphur Springs to remain
until Tuesday. and will then return here
to remain until the last of the week,
when they will go to California They
will remain there until the last of Au-
gust. when they will go to Russia, pre-
paratory to Mr.. Marye taking his post
as ambassador from this country. Miss
Flora Doyle. woman Of charming ac-
complishments makes her home with
Mrs Marye, and Miss Helen Marye is a
Charming girl in her teens. The entire
family. when established in such an en-
bassy in ST Petersburg as Mr. Marye.s
fortune will admit of their taking, will
do credit to this country
The ambassador to France and Mrs.
Sharp. who have returned to their home
at Elyria, Ohio. are also possessed of
a large fortune which will place them
IN most creditable embassy in Paris
They have five children, Miss Margaret
Sharp, girl just under twenty, being
the eldest 1t is probable that Miss
Sharp will make her debut in Paris the
first year of her residence there. George
Sharp. the elder son OF the ambassador,
Is still a student being about seven
teen years old. and will accompany his
father TO France the last of July He
school In June. William. is fourteen
and was q pupil in the Washington
schools. MISS EHee Sharp boasts eleven
years. and is a charming young girl Of
prefix manner. while Baxter Sharp, the
bshy Of the family is nine Years old.
Evening star., 1914-07-05
In Foreign Cities.

Tho government celebration of King
Georges birthday anniversary brought
together last month in the India ONCE.
London. an assemblage Of 1000 persons,
which included royalties. the whole diplo-
matio corps and the official. literary and
artistic world. The prime minister and
Mrs. Asquith received the royal person
ages, and two other groups, the colonial
secretary and his wife welcomed peers
and peeresses and tho lord chancellor and
his sister received a third section. The
royalties afterward took up a station
where they could view the incoming
guests on the grand staircase, and 1t
took two hours for the procession to
pass. The display Of bright uniforms
countless orders and the rich brocaded
dresses powdered with jewels made a pic
ture Of extraordinary wealth and effeo-
tivenesA Princess Alexander OF Teck.
Lady 0ranard. Lady Chesterfield. Count
ess Torby. Lady Curzon and Lady Har-
dinge were resplendent in diamonds. The
severely simple but elegant attire Of Mrs.
Nicholas Longworth. eldest daughter
Of ex-Pres1dent Roosevelt, who Joined the
procession to supper. escorted by Lord
trast and made her appearance all the
moro striking.
A notable garden party not disturbed by
intentions Of London hostesses. was given
in late juno by Lady Sinnott whose
guests listened to a band concert and had
tea and Strawberries served them under
tho shady trees Of spacious garden.
Diplomatic and American society was
prominent at Lady Inchcape's ball at the
Rits in London lately given for the debut
Evening star., 1914-07-05
A California Home.

Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Kohrs new
home in the Easton hill. California. has
been extensively described in the papers
OF that state. Mrs. Kohl was Miss Bessie
Cooley OF this city
The house is built In the style Of the
early renaissance, combining Tudor and
Italian features, a style very common
IN English country homes of the Eliza
hethan era. and distinguished by large
windows. spacious halls. long galleries
and paneled walls.
A charming feature of the house is a
breakfast room of quaint design. and
done In very beautiful Greuze panels
copied from the original in the Louvre.
and SO exquisite in workmanship that
they We're detained in Paris for some
time for an especial exhibition.
The dining room furniture Is an exact
reproduction Of that in Blenhefm Castle,
England, famous for its historical asso-
Citations. A pipe organ of full compass
and with all the down-to-date electrical
attachments will be installed at one end
of the long living room, which. with its
wide balconies. is entirely adequate for
any expression Of the lavish Kohl hos
pitalitYa
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MRS. THOMAS F. CARLIN,
Who wss Miss Mary Margaret Cannon.
Canada. to stay on through this and next

Canada. to stay on through this and next
month.
The Secretary of State and Mrs. Bryan
have no plans which involve a closing
up Of their home here. and the bride of
Secretary McAdoo will also stay here as
long as public duty holds her husband.
The Secretary and his young wife make
as many automobile trips to nearby re-
sorts as his leisure permits. He drives
his own car and is usually accompanied
to his office every morning by his wife.
Mrs McAdoo is a daily visitor at the
White House. and frequently joins the
President and his party at the theater.
Secretary Garrison spent the week end
with Mrs. Garrison at their Sea Bright
cottage, and Secretary and Mrs. Lane
spent the Fourth with Mr. and Mrs.
Wickersham at Cedarhurst. L. l., but ex-
pect to return here to remain until the
late summer.
Secretary and Miss Wilson Joined the
family circle at Blossburg, Pa for the
Fourth. and Secretary and Mrs. Redfeld
are making a short stay at the White
Sulphur Springs.
Secretary Houston has Joined his fam
lily at Woods Hole, Mass
Evening star., 1914-07-05
Engagements.

Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Greenhoot of
Escanaba. Mich. announce the engage
ment of their daughter Marguerite TO
Dr. Melville B. Fischer of Washington,
D. c.. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Max Fischer.
Mrs. G. T. Harrison announces the en-
gagement of her daughter Leila 20
Lieut. Geoffrey Keys. 9Th United States
Cavalry The wedding will probably take
place in the fall Mrs. and Miss Harri-
son are at present visiting Lieut.. and
Mrs William c. Harrison at Fort Flag
ler, Washington state.
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Of her youngest daughter. Miss Effie
Mackay.
The Duchess OF Marlborough, now at
Newport with her mother Mrs. Belmont,
is expected back in England August {.

Col Thompson. president of the Ameri-
can Olympic committee. gave a dinner
June 10 at the American embassy for the
delegates to the Olympic congress then
sitting in Paris. Among the 200 guests
present were: The American ambassador
and Mrs. Myron T. Herrick. Prince Othon
Wfndisch-Gratz. Comte de Baillet-Latour.
the Duke and Duchess of Somerset Sir
Claude Macdonald. Baron and Baronne
de Coubertin, Capt. Amundsen. Count
Sferstorpff. Comte Clary. Count Colo
redo -Mannsfeld. Count Won Arnim. Count
and Countess Limburg-Stirum. Barenne
de Saint-Affrique, Maj. Gen. Hanbury
Williams, Comte Brunetta d'Usseaux.
Count Andrassy, Maj Langhorne, Capt
and Mrs. Gherardi and Count Won Rosen-
Mr. and Mrs. John Ward, with whom
Mrs Nicholas Longworth Is staying, gave
the use of Dudley House, their London
residence. for a charity fete recently.
Queen Amelie Of Portugal opened the ba-
zaar and Princess Marie Louise and
Princess Victoria OF Schleswig- -Holstein
and Princess Louise Of Battenberg pre-
sided at stalls. Lady Vivian organized
a pretty feature OF the fete, a procession
Of boys and girls led by her own tiny
two-year-old daughter. who carried
baskets Of fruit and flowers, past Queen
Amelie. which were afterward sent by the
special wish OF Queen Mary to a chill
dren's hospital. The little girls wore
wreaths Of flowers in their hair to match
those they gave away.
Evening star., 1914-07-05
Picnic and Other
Parties.

Representative and Mrs. Thomas B.
Dunn. who spent the 4th in Washington.
entertained Representative and Mrs.
James r. Mann and others IN their box
at the ball game. Mrs. Dunn and Miss
Dunn will again leave Washington to-
morrow. to remain at their summer homo
Indefinitely.
Senator McCumber of North Dakota
and Miss Helen McCumber Joined a largo
party for picnic yesterday. Representa-
tive McKellar Of Tennessee being one Of
the number. "'.-"
The Speaker of the House went to
Virginia today to deliver a 4th Of July
oration. Miss Genevieve Clark Is in West
Virginia. the guest of Miss Imogene
Thompson, who has large house party
at Summit Point, w. Va. Miss Thompson
and her young guests will visit num-
ber Of interesting and historic points In
that part of the state and may return
to Washington tomorrow.
Evening star., 1914-07-05

ers home in Cincinnati. gave q garden
party there preceding the marriage OF
Miss Groesbeck and Daniel Smith Riker
of New York. 1t was held in tho rose
garden.
Both Mrs. Longworth and her daueh-
ter-in-law are in Europe at present. the
former with her daughter. the Countess
de Chambrun. at st. Mhiel, France. and
the latter visiting Mrs. John Ward. who
was Miss Reid. daughter Of the late White
law Reid, at her country seat In Eng
land. Mrs. Buckner Wallineford. Mr..
Longworth's sister. IL also in Europe.
having sailed recently. so Mr.. Longworth
was left to do the honors Of his ancestral
acres alone.
Evening star., 1914-07-05
Bridal Finery.

Miss Marjorie Clark. the bride Of Lieut..
John Morris Smealie. U. S. n. at her
marriage last Monday in the Church of
the Puritans. New York city, wore a
gown of white charmeuse with a long
chiffon tunic banded at the bottom with
satin. It had short tunic Of duchess
lace and the low-necked. short -sleeved
corsage was of chiffon and lace. The
court train was satin. and over it fell a
very full and long tulle veil. The brides
auburn hair was done low. and a ruche
of tulle and orange blossoms, with lace
over the ears. formed a wreath. from
which the veil fell over the gown. the top
of the coiffure being left uncovered. She
carried lilies of the valley. The first
matron of honor wore golden yellow
charmeuse and chiffon. and carried corn
flowers, tied with yellow tulle. and the
second wore deep blue chiffon and car
ried yellow roses. The navy colors also
showed in the toilets of the brides
maids, who wore gowns of gold-colored
charmeuse with long tunics. the lower
half arranged in three narrow puffs. the
puffs running up toward the center front.
outlined with yellow satin bands. The
tunics were finished with rudile OF the
chiffon. The corsages were cut low and
we're Of puffed chiffon, with pulled coates
below the waist line and white lace and
tulle filing in the corsage and forming
the short close sleeves. Draped navy
capes in deep blue chiffon, the edges and
points terminating in golden ball pend
ants, were caught to the shoulders at
the back and fell far below the waist
line. They carried corn flowers tied with
golden ribbons.
When Miss Henrietta Schultz became
Mrs Kieran. wife of Lieut.. Richard T.
Kieran, U. s. N. at her mothers home
in San Francisco, last week. she was
gowned in white satin and real lace
trimmed with orange blossoms and wore
a white tulle veil and carried an armful
of white orchids and lilies Of the valley.
The maid of honor wore pink taffeta and
carried pink hydrangeas. The brides
maids wore dainty frocks Of pale blue
taffeta and lace and carried old-fashioned
bouquets of pink and blue flowers. The
best man was Lieut.. Schuyler Helm, U.
S. N. After the ceremony there was an
elaborate supper at which about a hun
dred and fifty guests were In attendance.
The arrangements for the wedding Of
Miss Mary G. Groesbeck and Mr.. Daniel
Smith Riker Of New York at Elmhurst,
the Cincinnati home Of the brides parents
made 1t a picturesque event. The brides
maids dresses, with full skirts, antici-
pate a return of old fashions recently an
nounced by the leading Paris dressmak-
ers. The hats with the gowns were in
harmony and the entire effect is de-
scribed as fascinating.
Evening star., 1914-07-05
Multerer-Carew.

A pretty wedding took place at II
o'clock Tuesday, June so. in the Church
of the Sacred Heart. when Miss Pauline
Carew and Mr.. Joseph Multerer were
married by the Rev. John Eckenrode.
rhe bride wore pretty blue silk f1owered
coat suit with hat to match and carried a
huge bouquet Of brides roses and lilies
of the valley. Her sister. Miss Mollie
Carew. was bridesmaid and wore a dain-
ty gown of white embroidery and hat to
match and carried a bouquet of La
France roses. Mr. Karl Stein, brother
in-law of the bride. was best man. Mr..
and Mrs. Multerer left Immediately for
Atlantic City and other points north
After July Is they will return to Wash
ington, where they will reside in their
ne whome on Otis street.
Evening star., 1914-07-05
Arose Garden Party.

Mr.. Nicholas Longworth. who Is spend
ing the summer at Rookwood. his moth
Evening star., 1914-07-05

- OC1AL life was revived last week
both in Official and In private cir
cles- The joys of existence at the
~ capital. where ones accustomed
hunts offer the usual attraction,
were again uppermost. The reception
which the Secretary of the Navy and
Mrs. Daniels gave for Rear Admiral and
hrs Fletcher rounded up both the ad-
ministratton and resident clans Thurs
day afternoon. More than that. the
event gave another Illustration of the
fact that while the latch string at Single
Oak Is within reach the social season
remains an open one and all manner Of
friendly occasions may result. Cabinet
households are. however. scattering for
the summer. and several will go this
week, notably that of the Postmaster
General and Mrs. Burleson. whose elder
daughter and her pretty babies will join
the family party on the trip to Grimsey.
Evening star., 1914-07-05
A Family Gathering.

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Romance Edison are at
Fort Wright. Fishers Island. with their
son-in-law and daughter, Capt and Mrs.
John w. McKie. and had a family re-
union there yesterday. as they were join
ed by Mai. and Mrs. Schulz and Mr.. and
Mrs Hugh Armstrong Of Hartford. Conn.,
The latter couple has been west on their
honeymoon travels since their marriage
here in early June.
Evening star., 1914-07-05
Have Gone to Europe.

DR.. and Mrs. W. c. Borden sailed from
New York yesterday to spend the sum-
mer abroad.
Dr.. Borden will represent the George
Washington University at the Clinical
Congress OF Surgeons meeting In Lon
don tho week Of July q. after which he
and Mrs. Borden will visit France. Swift
zeriand and Italy and sail from Naples
September Is
Evening star., 1914-07-05
Holiday Pleasures.

The Vice President and Mrs. Marshall
remained here yesterday and availed
themselves Of the opportunity to attend
two ball games. They are both ardent
FANS" and had no other plans for the
day.
Mrs. Daniels, Mrs. Mary Daniels. the
mother of the Secretary, Mrs. Adelaide
Worth Bagley, the mother Of Mrs. Dan
iels; the four sons of the Secretary Of the
Navy and Mrs. Daniels, the Misses Bag
ley and one or two others formed large
family party which went for a cruise
down the Potomac and Chesapeake bay.
to remain over Sunday.
Evening star., 1914-07-05
Sail for Berrnudas.

Mr.. Charles s. OConnor and Messrs
James A. Sullivan. William wheatly
and w. George Rose are leaving today
for Norfolk. en- route to the Bermuda
Islands. They will return hero July %
via Tangier sound.
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THE keEPLEss HOUSE

And now II is the Feminist Flats"
which are called to our attention
"Keepless houses they are from the
point of view of the woman in each
house. for whom they are to be run
as If by magic.
No they are not yet built, so you
need net begin just at this minute
to send committees OF housewives
from Brunswick to New York to in
yestigate them with view e. 3r,ting
up duplicates in your home city.
But they are going TO be and that
eight soon. At least, Max Heidelberg
and Henrietta Rodman of the Feminist
Alliance say they are. The site Is
chosen. Waverly Place and nth
street and the plans are drawn, both
for the building aud the housekeep-
ing. Two moneyed persons stand
ready with gold Part of the nearly
s500,0oo it will take to build. await.
ing only few more subscribers who
viii promise to live in the flats after
they are finished. There ace 10 be
500 apartments In the building but
zoo promised tenants will be enough
to justify a start.
Cooperative, community housekeop-
ms is the important feature of the
plan. Food comes up the dumb wait
Ier ready cooked and piping hot or
icy cold from the big basement kitch
ems, II you want the service of a
maid, you pay her so much an hour
to serve the meal and put the dishes
on the dumb waiter to be washed be
low. Or you may serve 1t yourself
| Food will be planned not in an.
| haphazard boarding house fashion, but
scientifically. by people skilled in die
tetics, so that even il YOU cont ge
your special fayorite delicacies quite
$50 often as il you did Your own cook
/ ine, YOU have the Satisfaction of know
Ing that what YOU do get is better fol
Your health and efficiency, perhaps.
busting and cleaning are done TO
sou BY the hour.
l Babies are encouraged in the Fem
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PRoLoNGlNG THE AGONY

The mediation conference at Mag
ara Falls, which should have come
TO natural end long ago, is apparent
ly % be prolonged by artificial means,
in the hope that 1t may serve some
useful purpose in the end. In view
Of the uncertainties of Mexican affairs
enhanced UNNECESSARILY by the break
In the constitutionalist party, there
may be something substantial in this
hope. OF its original scope and pur-
pose little remains to the negotiation
that Is being conducted at Niagara UNI
der the auspices of three South Amer
lean diplomats. The issue between
the United States and Huerta has
been practically dismissed. The dicta.
tor has consented to quit the field of.
Mexican politics, and he has been rel
egated to negligible position by the
Mexican ENJOYS of his appointment,
who represent pliioctal element, rath
or than personality. The United
States, however, has practically ,ak-
en- the situation out of the hands of
the mediators. and has put the whole
question upon new ground. The issue
is no longer the elimination OF Huer
Ia, but the establishment of the Con-
stitutionalist party. This could be
brought about more effectively and IA,
tionally by the United states recogniZ-
ing the Constitutionalists as the dom
mant political faction and factor in
Mexico. The undertaking TO bring
them into power through diplomatic
agreement with the regime represent
cd for the moment by Huerta is Meth
er good politics nCr good faith. 1t is
an artificial proceeding that cannot
have wholesome results, The admins
tration, However, endeavoring TO pre-
serve the fiction of non-intcrpention by
the United States in Mexico in the
face Of the accomplished fact. finds il
doubtless convenient and eilicacious
to continue the life of the conference,
while the Constitutionalists-a least
hthat faction of the party under control
/ Of GeReTal Villa presses military
leafupaign for possession of the cap
+ ital OF the government
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mist Flats. People with babies will
have the best apartments saved for
| them-the ones with the south win
dOws for instance. But the hard part
of the baby care is also done by this
apartment house community, if you
wish. On the roo Of the building will
be nurses for tiny babies, Montessori
rooms for the toddlers, kindergartens
for the four and five-year-olds, primary
schools for those too young to go to
school alone in the crowded city, and
Fairgrounds and play rooms for all.
A mother who has outside work to
do can leave her children on the roof
in the morning before going away
secure in the knowledge that they will
be happy, safe and well cared for I'M
I'll her return. There is no compul
sion about anything mothers may do
everything for their children if they
prefer. But where is the home woman
who does not at some time long for
a safe and pleasant place to leave her
Riddles when she goes shopping or
does big days sewing, or perhaps
just for an hour or two while she
writes some letters or reads or rests
bit?
And there are no pleasant back
yards In Manhattan where Mother
may turn the Riddles out to play and
keep an eye on them as she goes
about her duties. Either they must
stay In or some one must go out with
them and give her whole attention to
them every minute the children are
out A roof garden with grass, sand
piles, flowers, toys and expert, care.
full attendants would be a boon at
times to every mother, a joy to every
child.
The mother may pay for all this SCI
vice by the hour or by the month, ac
cording to how much she requires.
Washing day, that dread Of city and
country alike, is eliminated for the
householder. She puts her hamper
on the truly dumb waiter with deli
cate and sturdy clothing alike, nor
need she hesitate to coniide her choic-
est fancy linens and laces to the com
munity laundry Back they come,
beautifully finished, with all the mend
ing neatly done. I.aundries mend
mems clothing now, argue the Femin-
lists why not women's and children'a
What mother would deny herself
the self culture she needs to keep up
with the children as they reach young
and womanhood, whep she
never has to slave over preserving
kettle or wash dish?
We can oily hope 1t may not be
too good to be true.
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If the weather is as warm in Wash.
ington and In Mexico City, us II seems
TO be in other parts of the country.
ono cannot with consistency, blame
these peace delegates, for .arrying in
cool, delightful Niagara Falls.