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laroe Collars Useful.

Large collars make the bodice 30
negligible quantity that they are
useful things for furnishing up an old
frock or for trimming q bodice other
wise plain and unattractive.
There are also certain bib collars
that are as voluminous and as kind to
a shabby bodice rs the cape. and are
as rule rather more becoming than
the latter because they do not give the
primly severe, long shoulder line. A
pretty model In this class has choker
collar Of black velvet ribbon knotted
at the back. Around the top Of this
stock run two narrow plated frills Of
fine cream net.
The wide. ivory-toned, washable sat
in collars are still much in evidence
and are cut In various shapes and
sizes.
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CLOVER AND ALFALFA VALUE
Roughage Used In Feeding Tests With
Lambs At the Ohio Expert
ment Station.

When both roughages were oNeQual
quantity, clover and alfalfa had about
equal values for fattening lambs In
feeding tests at the Ohio experiment
station.
Alfalfa usually Is harvested in bet
ter condition than clover, and COM
lnands a higher price on the market.
The results Of these feeding tests
justify warning to feeders not to
cvervalue alfalfa to the extent Of feed
ing an inferior grade Of this hay when
good clover may be had at lower.
price, Ohio Experiment Station.
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Of the canal in most places depends
on the amount of material desired for
the road bed. An even depth was car
ried with an idea of drainage.
How Work 10 Done.
1--WE began cutting through the
swamp. dumping the mass Of mari,
sand, etc., to one side. This dump is
leveled down to grade and surfaced
by hand with big heavy hoes and shov-
els. Through Williams Island jungle,
which was truly Jungle in every
sense Of the word, mass Of trey Of
all kinds and sizes; thousands Of
switches, poles, brush, ferns, all woven
together with bamboo rattan and other
vines. Perhaps several hundred would
be chopped off at the ground before
the mass would fall, SO that it could
be chopped apart with brush axes.
When 1t is understood that the clear
ing had to be done at the contract
price Of $44 AN acre, it can readily be
seen that the contractor had to run
like the devil for his money. Some
stretches could not be cleared for
three times the price.
"The finished road bed is 1S feet
wide. It Is IN to slope with 6-inch
crown and feet BERN. The contract
for the island part and part Of the
mainland was "a cents per cubic yard.
A contractor bidding at these prices
and under such conditions Is skating
on thin ice."
In removing the big rock ledges and
rock strata wherever encountered ex-
plosives are used. As the major por-
ton of the material to be taken out Is
soft, the big bucket on the dredge is
able to do all of the excavating down
to bed rock. When the rock bed, as
thrown up by the dredge, has stood for
80 days and so thoroughly dried and
settled, the contractors forces 60 over
it with pick and shovel, leveling down
a little above grade to allow for roll
ing. The subgrade will be rolled with
a roller weighing seven tons or more,
and any depressions are brought to an
even surface. After the subgrade has
been completed a rock surface to the
depth Of IL inches is put on and rolled.
The rock is then scarifed, graded and
rolled. Twenty-four-inch culverts are
to be placed about every 600 feet. In
Dade county at every mile station
20-foot spur road, as turnout, will be
provided.
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WINTER QUARTERS FOR .soWs
Necessary That Animal Have Suitable,
Shelter, Proper Amount Of Ex-
erclse and Good Feed.

Dy B. L. THOMPSON. Associate I'm AM.
NAL Husbandry, South Dakota statei
College) ~
II the SOW is to be properly cared
for during the winter months 1t Isl
necessary that she have suitable shell
ter, a proper amount Of exercise and
that she be fed not only literally but
upon feeds that furnish the necessary
nutrients required by the pregnant
SOW.
Suitable shelter can be supplied by
hoghouses of various types and the
style of house used will depend upon
the conditions existing upon any cer-
tain farm. Whatever kind Of house
is used 1t should be well ventilated.
dry and well lighted. Portable houses
may be used advantageously part OF
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Canal SLIDES AT
LAST CONTROLLED
Sunday Work Is Suspended and
Eight-Hour Day Is to Be
Inaugurated.
NOW have NO MISGVINGS
Foreign Ship Owners Satisfied With
outlook-Preeautions Arc Taken
Against Passing Vessels With
Explosives In Cargo.

Panama.-All Sunday work Of the
canal dredges has been stopped for
the first time In four years. The en-
gineer in charge considers Sunday
work no longer necessity. The
slides are SO completely under control
1t is further planned to work only
eight hours day on them after \
short time.
The fact that no United States
coastwise ships are now using the
canal proves that foreign world ship
ping has found the canal so safe dur
Ing the last six months that there has
been no fear to come by way Of the
Isthmus. Prior to the slides that
closed the canal coastwise United
States vessels were very large per-
centage Of the total for the six months
period that had the greatest number
Of ships make the transit. II the
coastwise vessels that were using the
canal prior to the slides had been us
ing the canal as they formerly, did
the number Of ships going through
during the last. six months would
have been, far greater than during
any previous six months since the
canal was first opened.
New Sailing Directions.
A new edition Of the official sailing
directions for the canal just made pub
lie calls the attention Of the shipping
world to the fact that the rise and fall
Of ships In the canal locks Is 30 great
that what seamen call the ''chocks"
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inspiration Tor Clothes.

One designer has made, a thorough
study yof the dainty portraits and
groups Of Vatican and has also drawn
Inspiration from the 1880 period.
The Chinese influence. introduced
last season with the French Louis XIV
and XVI influence, has been chosen BY
another designer.
So 1t goes. Each Of the great design
ers show some new note. Some even
suggest Greek influence and acknowl-
edge It. But all the varying influences
are brought together and modelled into
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view in planning and carrying through
the construction Of the Tamia1hi trail.
Lack Of drainage as well as inaccessi-
bility makes dormant and worthless
hundreds Of thousands of acres In the
Everglades, which experts claim con-
tain the most fertile soil to be found in
the world. The construction Of the
Tamiami trail removes both Of these
obstacles. The methods employed in
excavating for the canal and throwing
up the rock mari and other material
for the roadbed, and depositing the un-
suitable material, such a decayed veg
etable matter and muck, on the other
side Is best described In Captain Har-
vey's own words:
Furnishes Some Variety.
"Every conceivable kind, character
and condition of road building is found
In the first ten miles north from Mar
co. Cypress strands underlaid with
bowlder and bedrock; pine ridges of
bowlder and ridges Of the hardest Of
hardpan, sand banks Of clay Of several
different colors, rock. ridges outcrop-
ping on the surface; cabbage palmetto
land; scrub buttonwood; prairie land
flooded In the rainy season; flat-woods
land, saw-grass land, niarsh-grass land,
soft-blue mari and shell land; all va.
rieties Of mangrova land; swamp land |;
tide flats; tide lands one to two feet
under water at high tide, bog lands,
mud holes; muck ponds, creeks, rivers,
bayous and channels, more combina-
tions than any spot on earth to give q
contractor run for his money.
"Hand labor was out of the question
and impracticable, SO 1t became a very
serious problem as to how to handle
the proposition with the varying con-
ditions intermingled. A land dredge
machine was decided upon and al
though it is a long ways from perfect,
1t has answered the general purpose
fairly well. 1t is Of steel beam con-
struction, weighing some 10000
pounds. It has cubic yard dipper.
1t straddles the canal and runs on its
own tracks and by its own power. The
steel rails are in four foot sections
and pinned at the ends with flexible
steel coupling on 3-inch thick 3-by-3
oak cross ties, enabling it to run over
uneven ground. The tracks are 20
feet apart. Thus a canal source "a
feet wide and - feet deep can be dug
If desired. In this instance the width
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BACK BROKEN, LIVES 10 YEARS
Congress 10 Asked to Pay HllIs Of
Former Federal Employee
In Chicago.

Chicago. - Oscar Samuelson, who
lived with a broken back at North
side hospital for more than ten yenrs,
died recently. Whether the govern.
inent should pny him for the injury ID
pending In congress.
Snnuelson was hurt while working
for the federal reclamation service
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Fined Twice for Same Drink.

Nyack. N. Y.-Fined $5 In the morn.
Ing for taking "just one drink" MI.
chael Farrell was again brought before
the same Judge In the afternoon. "It's
the same drink" Farrell pleaded. .Eivs
dollars more" said the Judge.
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saloon Money for streets.

Martinez, Cal.-From the years
profits Of a municipal saloon in Bay
Point the citizens of that town have
started street Improvement work to
the extent Of $1,000. The saloon,
which was owned two years ago by
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Arts Defined.

Any creative or productive craft or
occupation requiring knowledge and
skill is an art, AZ thsSsrt Of printing.
the art Of building. art of cooking, art
Of healing, etc. The so-called nne
arts are painting. drawing, engraving,
architecture, sculpture, poetry, music.
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Pile styles with view to long service.
Scarfs Of medium width and length
and plain muffs never suffer by com
parison with more fanciful designs. A
handsome fox set Is shown in the pic
ture having a fiat scarf finished with o
head and tail and muff with scarf.
like drapery. The memory Of woman
runneth not back to a season when this
model would not have been as good
style as It is today.
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a lumber company owning the town
site, a year ago was given to the citi-
zens, with the provision that they
should manage, the bar. The entire
proceeds go into street improvements.
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Provide Home. for lreaehers.

Provide Homes for Tsaehsrs.
Cottage homes for married teachers
are being provided BY the school au-
thorities Of Washington State, with the
hope Of making the NE Of the rural
teacher more attractive.
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The national hog crop II about threa
per cent smaller than last year, accord.
ing to reports compiled w the burSan
Of crop estimates at Washington.
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near Cody, wyo.. and was brought here
for treatment.
AS he was without funds, Congress-
man Fred D. Britton introduced a bill
asking the government to bear the ex-
penseS.
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useful .JHoo.Walloxt.

"A mud-hole for hogs 10 worse than
nothing, but q hog-wallow Of concrete
with an outlet drain 80 that It can b.
kept clean is very useful.
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Daily Kxsrolss Ter Cot
Give the colts plenty q sxseelss
every day. .ss 4
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ian interesting whole-and so presented
to the American woman Of fashion.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-11
Good Taste in What
Business Girls Are
To Wear in Office

The head of one of Omaha's fore
most business schools was heard to
remark the other day that, although
so much had been written from time
to time about the proper clothing for
business women to wear, still the av-
erage young stenographer or Office
clerk had not yet awakened to the
fact that plain, simple attire was very
much more in keeping with business
lie where associations are mainly
with men, than the pretty, frivolous,
feminine clothing that is suitable only
for the woman at home.
why, nearly every day does some
business man say in applying to me
for an Office girl, Please do not send
me one that wears a Georgette blouse
that has nothing under it but a mere
pretensc of an undergarment, and
white shoes exposing limbs in silk
hosiery is absolutely out OF the ques-
ton in my office If possible, send
me a girl who knows how to dress
neatly and sensibly and not one who
attracts and diverts the attention of
other employees.
Speaking about blouses, there are
certainly some good looking ones
shown in the darker shades OF crepe
de chine which. will harmonic with
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-11

Miss Ruth Bailey, woman's page
editor Of the Twentieth Century
Farmer, and G. z, Whitney, Omaha
business man, sprung surprise on
their friends by announcing their
marriage. The wedding took place
Tuesday afternoon at the parsonage
OF Rev. G. A. Hubert of St. Mary's
Avenue Congregational church. Mr..
and Mrs. {. f. Reese were the only
attendants.
Mr.. and Mrs. Whitney will be at
the Reese home, Sl9 South Thirty
fifth street, during their absence on
an eastern trip. Mrs. Reese is Mr..
Whitney's sister
Miss Bailey is former Lincoln
girl graduate Of the state univer-
sity. She was private secretary to
Mayor Don Love OF Lincoln at one
time.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-11

the suit and how very becoming they
are with white collars to relieve the
somberness The white crepe de
chimes, too, are lovely and the bust
ness girl can launder them so easily
herself A girl in one our real
estate offices has her waists made
to order very much on the style OF
mans shirt, but always adding the
! feminine touch at the neck, and she
certainly looks the part OF the eff
cient business woman.
A Boston woman who has recently
entered Omaha's business circles said
she was surprised to see how few bust
ness women here seem to favor the
tailored suit why in Boston and
New York she said. you seldom see
an Office woman who does not have
her suits made to order"
To be sure the cost OF a tailored
suit seems rather high, but when one
considers the length of time one can
wear suit made on strictly tailored
lines, it certainly is economy-and
nearly any tailor will make suit
much cheaper between seasons. There
are splendid ready to-wear suits now
being offered in the stores at greatly
reduced prices and the business girl
who has an eye to economy can pur-
chase one that will be practically as
good style Tor next season
The new strolling boot Of Russia
leather, with medium OF common
sense heel, not only looks business
like, but also adds much to the COM
fort of the woman who works.
A small hat that can be veiled-or
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-11
after spending a week with Miss
Mary Burkley.
On the Calendar.

|
Mrs. Clark Colt will entertain a
few intimate friends at bridge lunch
con tomorrow at the Fontenelle, in
honor Of Mrs. {. X. Coutant of Chi
cago, who is the guest of Mrs. George
Haverstick.
Mrs. M. G. Hayward will give a
series OF parties, the first of which
will be four tables OF bridge this Sat
urday, the second a bridge next week
and the third is not fully planned.
Mrs. Charles Weller will entertain
her club at a bridge luncheon tomor-
row at the Blackstone. when sixteen
guests will be present The table
decorations will be basket of pink
roses and the place cards, tally cards
and prize will carry out the same
color scheme After luncheon they
will play bridge in the parlors.
Miss Louise Dining will entertain
the Junior Bridge club at her home
tomorrow.
Mrs. Charles T. Kountzc is enter
tanning at luncheon Saturday for Mrs.
Meredith Nicholson,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-11
Advice to the Louelorn
By BeQtrice Fdirfar.
Dy DeS1H NC TUVJtk1.
he Interested PaFties Must Decide.

The Interested Parties Must Decide.
Dear Miss Fairfax: Do you think il
would be wise for a man. q. who has been
going about with a lady four years his
senior. for the last eleven months and is
earning a little over q thousand dollars
per year, to consider matrimony7
Would be pleased to have your opin-
ion: also whether a difference in creed
should be taken into consideration. as both
are unwilling 10 change their religion de-
spite the fact that they are deeply in love
with each other. JACK B.
There seem a number Of barriers to this
marriage-but none of them is nsurmount-
able II love chooses to find the way. A
young couple can manage nicely on $40 a
week; a few years difference in age one
way or another tplease notice that said
"a few years. does not matter particu-
larry; and differences in creed do not In
terfere with love or perfect companionship.
However, the real decision rests with your
selves
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-11

London Jan s.--The foreign office an
nounces that Japan has sgnified Its sdher-
ence TO the economic agreement arrived at
by representatives of entente powers at the
Paris conference, The agreement provides
for unfication Of laws regulating trading
with hostile countries measures for com
mercial, industrial. agricultural and mari
time reconstruction OF the entente allied
countries after the war and permanent COM
merCial collaboration among the allies
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-11
Entertains Past Chiefs.

Mrs Kate O'Brien will entertain
the past chiefs Of Washington lodge,
Degree OF Honor, at her home Thurs
day afternoon. The affair will be an
informal gathering of all past chiefs
who are in the city.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-11
Dinner for Archbishop.

Mr., and Mrs. Louis C. Nash are
entertaining at dinner for Archbishop
J. J. Harry at their home this eve
ming
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-11
Dinners Before Dance.

Additional dinner parties before the
Brownell Hall benefit dance Friday
evening at the Fontenelle are as fol-
lows Messrs. and Mesdames, w. H..
Yohe, J. w. Gamble, D. NJ. Shrenk
and II. G. Powell.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-11

Miss Marguerite Prentiss, formerly
OF this city, will remain until April
and Mr., Adams will arrive in few
days for a short visit.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-11

looking for valuable shethe kind with pearl nside-h
pink and white variety with dash of coral lips and cheeks and
glow of amber for hair He the that
closed shell day when his curious fingers have pnchd he'll
find and eli that will fly saighbathng hair and arom
chilly house into another and warmer onehs heart
Ho shehes Ho Who will buy from the old gray every
color uted Perhaps you'll be the
By NELL BRINKLEY
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-11
Metz-Mack Wedding

This evening in Buffalo will TAXI
i place the marriage of Miss Normi
] Emily Mack, daughter OF Mr.. ant
Mrs. Norman E. Mack, to Mr.. Philip
Frederick Metz, son OF Mr. and Mrs
Il Charles Metz Of this city. The bride
II grooms father and mother are nov
.. IN Buffalo to attend the service, hi!
sister. Miss Gertrude Metz, will be on,
OF the bridesmaids, Mr.. Charles z
4 Metz, cousin, will be one of the
Of ushers and Miss Marion Kuhn will bt
Of one Of the bridesmaids.
n The large wedding party include,
= Miss Harriet Mack sister OF the bride
maid OF honor; Miss Annette Colt
Miss Edwine Bushnell, Miss Mar.
sc jorie Elias, Miss Kathleen Irwin, Miss
tn Helen lngham and Mrs. Lloyd Bissell
M. all OF Buffalo, and the two Omaha
girls as bridesmaids. Mrs. Morris
Pc Cassard, jr, formerly Mile. Theresa
MERCER OF Paris, France, a school,
mate OF Miss Mack when she received
BY her finishing abroad, will be matron
~ OF honor.
: Mr.. William Moore Decker, jr., and
20 Mr.. Carl Fleischman Holmes of Gin
BIO cinnati will be the two best men and
in the ushers will be Mr.. Washington
h Pastorius OF Colorado Springs, Mr..
Charles F. Metz OF this city, Mr..
=. Harold F. Norton and Mr. Thomas
~ Stilwell of New York, Mr.. Samuel c,
ard Vail Of Chicago. Mr.. Junior II. CARL.
of Jr.. of Garden City, Long Island Mr..
boI John w. Clark OF Schenectady, Mr..
Howard c. Cowan and Mr. George P.
hdr Urban of Buffalo.
Because OF the size of the wedding
party the affairs have been continu-
tor, Gus. Each day has seen its luncheon,
tina, tea dansante, bridge party and din
~ ner-dancc. One Of the most jolly al
Wy fairs given for the party was Sule-
ply tide supper one evening last week at
inc delightful country inn.
Sunday the party had dinner at the
Country club. Last evening Mr.. Will
:. Decker, one OF the best men, who in
= PRODUCED Mr. Metz to Miss Mack and
n q considers himself the little Cupid in
rod their love affair, gave dinner-dance
ion Tor the wedding party after the re-
~, hearsal at the church, The wedding
will be most brilliant the bridesmaids
gowns being OF cloth Of silver and
silver lace made short and with pref
ort ty trains. Following the wedding at 8
los, o'clock at Trinity church will come
.n, the reception at the Twentieth Cen
'n'' fury club.
oun The bride is the eldest daughter
lso OF Norman Mack, editor and pub
Usher OF the Buffalo Times and New
s. York member OF the democratic ma
/. tional committee. After a wedding
= trip to Japan the young people will
. be at home with Mr.. and Mrs, Charles
ate Metz in Omaha.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-11
Today's Events.

Miss Marjorie Rowland entertained
informally at bridge this afternoon at
her home in honor of Mrs. Thomas
Hayward of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-11
Personal Mention.

DR.. Irving Cutter who went to
Washington, d. G., to attend the
conference OF deans of all the medi.
cal colleges, called by the secretary
of war, returned this morning. Dr.
Cutter stopped in New York and Chi
cago to investigate hospital equip.
ment for the new University hospital
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Buckner
leave Saturday for the south. Mrs.
Buckner will visit at her home in
Hattysburg. Miss, while Mr.. Buck
ner makes business trip through
the south and east. They will be gone
two months.
Miss Marguerite Duggan arrives
this evening from Kansas City for
few days visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
n. {. Leary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Jones and
daughter Margaret have returned
from Ashland where they have been
spending the holidays
Mr.. A. J. Love and Mr.. and Mrs.
w. G. Lansing OF Omaha are guests
of the Films hotel, Excelsior Springs,
Mo.
Mr.. and Mrs, NJ. Shirley and their
daughter, Mrs. B. A. McDermott,
leave next Tuesday to spend the win
ter in California, They will make
Long Beach their headquarters, but
will visit in Long Beach. San Fran
cisco and other places.
Miss Elizabeth Carr is planning to
go to New York City early in Feb
ruary for an extended visit with her
aunt
Mrs. 7. J. Gist OF Falls City &C
companied her lo-year-old daughter,
Elizabeth to this city Tuesday, The
young woman is in the Methodist
hospital for an operation for ap-
pendictis Mrs. Gist was formerly
state president OF the Nebraska Fed
Grafton OF Woman's Clubs and is we'll
known to the Omaha club women.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-11
Social Gossip.

SS>'eA SSsSiP'
Mr., and Mrs. {. Judson Chapman
and small daughter, Anna Jane, OF
Harrison, Ark. left this afternoon
for their home. They came to Omaha
the Friday following Christmas, after
spending the holidays with Mr.. Chap
mans parents Mr.. and Mrs. c. F.
Chapman, in Minneapolis. Mrs. Chap
man was the only attendant upon
Miss Alice Switzler at her wedding
TO Mr. John Daniel Lynn New Year
night Since that time they have
been with Mrs, Chapman's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. G, Rohrbough.
Miss Elizabeth Fleming of Burl-
ington, la, leaves for her home today
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-11

one Of the new high-crowned sailors
is much more appropriate than the
pretty trimmed hat.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-11
Entertain at Dinner.

/ Mrs. F., A. Nash entertains at din
ner at her home this evening for Mr..
and Mrs. Meredith Nicholson OF In
Til dianapolis, who are the guests of
portui Mr.. and Mrs. Charles T. kountze.
in rec Covers will be laid for fourteen
ness. guests. After dinner the party will
is hea attend the Tagc-e lecture at the Fon-
same tenelle.