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Notice 10 Crediiori

Notice is hereby given that lsa Administration on the essa.s q Hammon deceased, were isssai undersigned by the Clerk of tts [ Court of Monroe County, in the 2 Arkansas, or the 22nd day of Nal A. D. All persons having clairsa said estate are therefore hereby ad7 exhibit the same to the undersigned erly authenticated, within six mouis| the date of such letters or they precluded from any benefit Of saia And if such claims be not slna aforesaid, with one year after m such letters, they will be foFeVa and precluded from any benefli i' estate.
 Given this 3rd day of June ~
 MRS. A. R. HAMM0N .Administrix of Estate A R Hsmn'3
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Mayors Court Rasy


 A little social club. just an 'in- nocent game of cards. " Ia fresco, indulged in by some dusky damsels and their male companions out in the grove, on Tuesday, was matter of discus sion in the Mayors court Tues day night and you can guess what the result was fined and lecture that burnt thro'.
 They must work or pay for loafing.
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ADDITIONAL LOCALS

Brinkley continues to improve. Among the latest and most pro- nourced are the new fixtures at the big Lewis-Jeffers Dry Goods O. The fixtures are the very latest and finest in Brinkley and my flag waves a salute of honor
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The business of the Brinkley High School Saving Bank will be attended to during the sum mer. on Tuesdays and Thurs days, at Bank of BrinkIey, by Misses Florence Federer as Cashier and Lejoy Slayton as President Depositors be gov erned accordingly.
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to the firm for their progressive steps.
Evening star., 1918-02-03

the clubs career. Messrs. Powell, Rich
mond, Anderson and Reynolds were ap.
pointed to serve on the entertainment
committee.
Mr.. Duncan D. Ransdell, who has been
very i'll at his home 1916 Potomac ave-
nue. southeast. is convalescening.
The marriage Of Miss Amelia 3. Leof-
fer. daughter of Mr.. F. G. Leofher, sr.;
of Congress Heights, and Mr. EdWaro
]. Farr took place Wednesday, January
80, at 4:30 o'clock at the parsonage OF
the Douglas Memorial NJ u. Churcn'
the pastor, Rev. DR.. Charles G. Mclean,
officiating.
Mr.. and Mrs. Farr left later for
New York and on their return VIII re-
side at the Leoff1er Apartment. Con-
gress Heights.
Mrs. Lewis Assenheim Of Denson-
hurst. n. Y, is spending few weeks
with her sister, Mrs. William Purdy
Mrs. Assenheim and Mrs. Rapelye will
be at home this afternoon from to 6.
At the meeting of the advisory coun-
Gil Of the Daughters of the Confed-
eracy January 80 It was decided that
the first endowment to the American
Hospital In France would be In honor
of the distinguished southerner. Gen.
Harry Heth. The president general Of
the Confederacy, Miss Mary B. Popin-
helm, has ordered that the U. D. c.
organizat tions do no other than war
relief work and care Of veterans dur
ing the duration of the war.
| The engagement has been announced
| of Miss Lily Cooper of Baltimore to
Mr. Harry Hutt, son of Mrs. Esther
Hutt of this city.
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Series of Benefit Teas,

The third series of knitting teas
given by the social service committee
of the Woman's Club of Bethesda for
the benefit of the social service work
of Montgomery county, Maryland. will
be held next Tuesday, February 5, at
3 o'clock, at the residence of Mrs. z. T.
Cronin, Clio Wisconsin avenue, when
DIR. Gross of the food administration
will speak. The second of the series
was given last Tuesday at the home
of Mrs E. L. Stock in Bradley Hills.
Mrs. Leroy Mark sang and Miss Nellie
Wheatley played the piano. During
the afternoon Mrs. Newdick gave a
reading from the play Peg o. My
Heart"
Because Of the growing interest In
Red Cross work and other war relief
efforts. the Social Service League of
Montgomery county has found 1t more
difficult to raise funds with which to
carry on its relief work in the districts
adjoining Washington: yet the war
has increased the need for this work
The social service committee Of the
Woman's Club of Bethesda is giving
this series of teas for the benefit OF
| the Social Service League. but the
guests pass the afternoons knitting OF
sewing for the Red Cross.
Mrs. Edwin c. Brandenburg is. the
chairman of this committee. of which
there is a membership Of thirty-five
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Navy and Marine Corps Notes

Mrs. william HalssS. wife of Lieut..
Commando Halsey. II. S. NJ. with their
two chiIdfsa, is E Annapolis. where
she has leased a house on College aye-
nue..
Naval Constructor Fred G. Coburn.
L. S. N, and Mrs. Coburn have visiting
them at the Philadelphia navy yard the
latter's mother. Mrs. E. j. Einal OF
Newtonville. Mass.
Mrs. William Z. Fullam, wife of Rear
Admiral Fullam, u. $. N, accompanied
by their daughters, Miss Rhoda Fullam
and Mrs. Mariana Sands, and the little
son of the latter, after a long visit to
friends the Atlantic coast has
Joined Admiral Fullam. at San Diego
Cal.
Ensign Paul Nourse. Il. S. N, and
Mrs. Nourse are at the Hotel del Coro-
nado, Cal, as the former is at present
on duty in that vicinity.
Lieut. Commander T. D. Parkers
U. S. ", who. since his detail on the Pa>
cific coast, has. with Mrs. Parker. made
their home at Vallejo. has now gone to
the Mare Island navy yard to reside
Assistant Paymaster Albert Sands.
L. s. N. on duty at the Mare Island
navy yard. accompanied by Mrs. Sands.
has leased a bungalow at 734 Louisiana
street. -!
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A War School.

Nine Meiba's chief war work is the
school she has established for young
singers in her home city, Melbourne,
from which she took her stage name. 1t
is called. appropriated, Con Amore.
which We would translate Tor love, ana
she says of 1t:
The idea came to me during the first
wear of the war. You know how our
Australians suffered that first year
fathers and husbands and brothers go
ing TO the war, every one agoniZing over
their dear ones, most of the girls who
had talent had no money to continue de-
veIoping it.
do would be to give an opportunity to
girls with real ability continued the
diva. There was a little conservatoire
in Melbourne that was hovlng dificul-
ties ] took IT over and established Con
Amore' We have now 100 students and
| believe that twenty of them will be-
come famous artists.
Il took the girls in from all over Aus
| tralia. every one that / believed had gifts
and the determination to cultivate them.
No, indeed, I am not limiting attendance
at the school to those of Australian birth.
One of my most promising students is
from Chicago. and another girl from
whom the world will hear shortly is
from Honolulu.
| "I believe your women in America will
respond to the demands of the times az
nobly as the women of England and
France, of Australia and Canada but
you have not done so yet-because II
has not yet been necessary. Don't think
that you can do your share in the pres.
ent crisis by sitting comfortably at home
and knitting-no matter how important
| the knitting is. Knit yes. certainly. But
at the same time find out what else you
can do: get acquainted with your owr
possibilities. I have seen old, gray
haired women in England carrying sacks
tof coal; I have seen the most delicately
reared women working in the munitions
factories and on the farms. French WON.
en- helped unload the supplies for thu
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Lectures for War Work of League Of
American Penwomen.

Mrs. Lansing. Mrs. Baker, Mrs. DAN
iels, Mrs. Burleson. Mrs. Champ Clark,
Mrs. Matthew T. Scott. Mrs. John B.
Henderson, Mrs. Archibald Hopkins and
patronesses for the duplicate course of
ten lectures of "On the Map-As 1t
Was and Is.' to be given by Mrs. Flor
ence Jackson Stoddard, a great-niece
of former President jackson, at the
headquarters of the League of Ameri
can Penwomen. Mrs. Stoddard, who is a
lecturer, author and educator, has lived
and studied in all the belligerent coun-
tries and has a thorough understanding
and knowledge of the countries and
districts involved in the world war
Maps and pictures will be used to IL
lustrate the lectures, which will give
clear exposition of the political diviS-
ions, geography, history and literature
of places involved in the war regions.
The proceeds Of the lectures will be
used for the benefit of the war service
work of the penwomen. Since the be-
ginning of the war they have donated
their services as writers, artists and
musicians, cooperating with the Red
Cross. the Womans Council Of National
Defense, the food administration, the
womans liberty loan committee, the
committee of public information and
the District war service commission
They have also turned their pens, pen
ellis and brushes into knitting needles
and a their knitting teas made many
warm and useful garments Tor the
Sammies. Wounded and lonely French
and Belgian soldiers have been cheered
and comforted by the letters of their
godmother service.
Mrs. Isaac Pearson. president OF the
league, has placed the tickets on sale
at the league headquarters, 1873 II
street They can be purchased for
nominal price for either the entire
course or for single lectures. The first
lecture will be given Tuesday. February
5, at IL in the morning, and repeated
again at Sis that evening.
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WAR WORK CALENDAR.

WAX WONN NtALElNDAN.
dence Mrs Charlie Carro from1 to !.
al 3
War efworka at from to 4.
O. at
Wisconsin o'clock
War relic work at from to
Helpers Auxiliary 1854 NJ street from 10
Z. OF
at for
at oc
of Army and Navy
Wa from1 to
al o oo
Trinity al for of
SATURDAY:
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NJ
relief
of Red
Connecticut
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Pickett-enks.

Miss Amabel jerks. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Tudor jerks. of Lawrence
Park. Bronxville. n. Y. and Capt.
Christiancy Pickett of the 18th Field
Artillery, L. s. A. were married jan
uary %. in Christ Church. Bronxville,
Rev. Charles E. Robinson officiating.
Capt. Pickett is son Of the late
Maj. George E. Pickett. L. S A,
and grandson of Gen. George Z. Pickett
of Confederate fame. On the return to
Camp Greene. North Carolina, where
Capt. Pickett is stationed the bride and
groom stopped over in Washington to
spend a few hours with Capt Pickett's
grandmother. Mrs. La Sale Corbell
Pickett. who for many weeks has been
seriously i'll with pneumonia
An illustrated benefit lecture will be
given Wednesday evening, February 6,
at the Washington Club at O'Clock by
Mr.. Emile Vfllemin. There will be a
musical program and refreshments.
The officers of the French high com
mission will be the honor guests. and
all men in unifrom will be admitted
free. The lecture will be for the ex-
penses in carrying on the Soirees
Franchise each Thursday evening at
All Souls Church where soldiers are
taught the French language. The pa
tronesses will be announced later.
Lieut.. and Mrs. ]. Victor Rurne the
latter formerly Miss Elsie Mel. May of
this city, have returned from Fort SILL
Okla
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Women in War Work.
Mrs. shipman Does Her Part.

Mrs. Shipman, wife OF Rev. Herbert
ehipman and daughter Of Mr. ana MI
Edison Bradley. is one of the prominent
American women who has had the fore.
sight to prciesre herself to serve nei
country as a Red Cross nurse shoulo
the occasion arise. Mrs. Shipman re
csntly completed a nursing course al
the PRESBYTERIAN Hospital at New forh
and is now actively assisting IN tne
canteen work there.
Until our entrance into the war Res
Herbert Shipman was rector OF ths
Church of the Heavenly Rest at New
York, but since then has entered tne
Army and is now the chaplain or the
1o4th Field Artillery, at Spartansourg
Fort wadsworth, S. G.
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Atlanta to Provide 10000 Lunches

Every woman in Atlanta who can
possibly do SO is asked to help pro-
vide lunches for the men from Camp
Gordon and Fort Mcpherson. who are
to be entertained at the Auditorium
Armory on the afternoon and evening
of Washington's birthday.
Eight thousand men in khaki are ex-
pected, and they are to be fed both at
noon. and at night, which will neces-
state $4,000 lunches
The entertainment has been planned
by the Retail Merchants Association,
with the assistance of the Atlanta
commission on training camp activities.
The commissions chairman of it's
ladies' committee. Mrs. 3. NJ Boykin,
has been asked to assume charge of
the Washington's birthday feeding
problem.
and cooperating with these wome n
will be special committees from every
church and patriotic organization in
Atlanta.
The committee is anxious to impress
upon the public the fact that although
different organizations win be called
upon to aid the movement that this
does not mean that those not attached
to organizations are ignored. Every
woman in Atlanta who feels it in her
heart to help is given most cordial
invitation to do SO.
The 10000 lunches are to be as nearly
uniform as possible Boxes suitably in
scribed will be furnished by the re-
tail merchants. Any woman desiring
to fill five or ten of these can obtain
| them from the Atlanta commission on
training camp activities in the Cham
ber of Commerce building a few days
before the event.
Each box is expected to contain two
large and substantial sandwiches, two
doughnuts or cookies or piece of
cake and four pieces of candy These
| are to be wrapped in paraftin paper and
placed in the box Any souvenir or
memento desired can also be included
1t has been suggested that the name
and address of the person preparing the
! box might be inclosed, if she desires to
(, give the recipient the opportunity OF
! thanking her for the courtesy extend
\ ad
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Growt b ofArtillery Branch.

The artillery branch of the Army
Emergency Committee. which started
the work of knitting for the soldiers
Of that branch of the service the lat
ter part of December. has received the
enthusiastic support of the Army wom-
en- throughout the country From their
husbands. fathers and brothers who are
in command of the various forts and
regiments they have learned the i'm
mediate needs of the men. who will be
supplied with the knitted comforts as
fast as their fingers can make them.
Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 there will
be an informal meeting at Mrs. Cruik-
shank's apartment at the Farnsboro to
finish the wooden helmets (140) which
are being made from the bolt of ma
terial generously donated by Mrs.
Henry Huddleston Rogers. There has
been an urgent request for these he'll
NETS and it is the desire of the COM
mittee to finish them as soon as pos
sible. Mrs. Rogers has generously Of
fered this branch the use of her sock
Knitting machines two afternoons a
week. It is hoped that all who are in
terested in this branch of the service
will cooperate with these women. who
have already sent over 200 garments
to the soldiers. Many generous dona-
tions have been received. there being
now $1,000 in the treasury
The monthly business meeting will
be held next Thursday afternoon at tht
residence of Mrs. MacMurray, 222s
Massachusetts, avenue. Reports will be
read. free wool distributed and finished
garments received.
The officers for this branch include
Mrs. Erasmus Morgan Weaver, chair.
man; Mrs. a. s. Naylor secretary; Mrs
franklin Babeock. corresponding sec.
fetary; Mrs. William Chamberlain
treasurer; Mrs. ]. p. Robinson. WOO
buyer. Mrs. Wi1drick and Mrs Walter
8turgfn have charge Of the wool dis
tribution and Mrs. Rumbaugh of tn.
finished garments.
The wives OF the artillery officers sta
toned at Fort Monroe are knitting ant
co-operatfng in every way with thi,
branch. Many others are knitting o.
arranging entertainments to raise fund
TO assist the free wool fund
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nual dance. Of the Washington CHAPTER
Of the Trinity College Alumnae Associa.
ton. to be given on Friday evening at
the New Willard. Includes MrsI 81 Thomas sas
Daniel Callahan. Mrs. Lawrence ". Gro
gan. Mrs. Darcy Magee. Mrs James
Cahin. Mrs. Hugh Reilly. Mrs William
Wimsatt. Mrs. Frank P. May: Mrs. John
Peter A. Drury. Mrs. 8. r. Loughran.
Mrs. Simon Gollbart and Mrs. o. F. Felix
| of Pittsburgh. Pa.
Tho ushers are MI. James Snrlver'
win. Mr.. Robert Convery. Mr., James J:
Neligan. Mr.. John Flynn. Mr.: Robert
Wimsatt. Mr.. Robert Stack. Mr. Leo
Donahue, Mr.. Edward WEIGH. Mr.. John
Saul, Mr.. John Collins and Mr.. Harold
The committee in charge Of tho ar
rangements contains the names " MISS
Josephine Wimsatt, Miss Isabelle Murphy.
Sullivan. Miss Dorothy Callahan. Miss
Margaret Lane. Miss Esther Garner, Miss
Miriam Loughran, Miss Anna Lee Pace
| and Miss Gertrude M. Lane.
The marriage OF Miss Madge Mae Nc
MILAN and Mr. John D. Fitzgerald will
take place Wednesday morning, February
S. at $3.50 o'clock, at the home OF the
| brides parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Nc
MILAN, 1910 Lawrence street northeast.
Brookland. D. C.
Mrs. Laurent Dupre and Miss Belle
Dupre, mother and sister of Represent
| ative H. Garland Dupre of Louisiana,
have arrived in Washington, where
they will remain until the end of the
session and have taken an apartment at
| Chatham Courts.
The Arts Club will entertain at a
| musical tonight with Mr.. r. Woodland
Gates, tenor, and Mr.. George Thompson.
pianist, in the principal numbers.
The hostesses at the Thursday night
dinner will be Mrs. Ker1 and Miss
Binkley. with Mr.. Merrill E. Gates.
| who will make an address on war
The Club of Colonial Danes having
| temporarily closed its home In K street
| because Of the coal shortage, will meet
| Wednesdays in February at the resi-
dence of Mrs Spencer. 2012 Massach
| setts avenue, at the usual time.
| Monday at 4:30 the club will be ad-
| dressed at the residence of Mrs. Spen-
Ger, by Mr.. Edward w. Parker, the sub
| ject being coal.
Mrs. Daniel Webster Prentiss will
entertain at q tea Friday afternoon.
February s, in honor of Mrs. Emily c.
Topping Of California. and her daugh-
ter. Mrs. Orville Graham Brown.
| Mrs Brown is the wife of Col. Brown,
chief surgeon of the 41st Infantry. who
| is now with the American Army in
| France.
| Assisting at the tea table will be Mrs
Edmund Barry, Mrs. William Alexan-
der Jack. Mrs. William ]. Mallory, Mrs
Herbert Martyr, Mrs. John B. Nichols
Mrs. Reginald Pollock, Mrs. Spencer
| Prentiss, Mrs. William Prentiss, Mrs
| Harry Roome and Mrs. William B. Tur-
pin.
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Enlist With a Hoe,

To encourage women to enlist for
farm work is a part of the program
announced by Mrs. Hilda Muhlhauser
Richards, newly appointed director of
the woman's division of the Department
of Labor. the first government war bu-
reau to be created exclusively for wom-
en-. Mrs. Richards even has plans for
making the lot of the farm woman,
which she agrees is not all roses and
sunshine. more alluring, in order to en-
courage feminine agriculturists.
There is no disposition to rush wom-
en- into mems jobs until the need is
urgent" Mrs. Richards said. Just as
long as men can be found they will
be given the preference for heavy labor.
But there are many fields open to wom-
en-. and it will be the work of the bu-
reau to send women to the places where
they are most needed.
offices will be opened at No 90
East 22d street, New York, this week.
Within a short time branch offices will
be opened in Kansas City, in New Eng
land and probably the far south.
II think our plan will include en-
ployment offices in all the large cit
les" added Mrs. Richards, where wom-
en- may seek the work they want to do
during the war We ask women to
come to these offices when they are
established and fill out blanks, which
we can file, we can classify and
catalogue woman workers. In every
thing We do it is our intention TO CO.
operate with the women already at
work. especially with the woman's ma
tional defense committee, of which DR.
Shaw is chairman"
Mrs. James r. Mann is to be the guest
of honor at the tea on Wednesday. Feb
| ruary 6, given by the National Ameri-
| can Woman Suffrage Association. 1926
Rhode Island avenue northwest. Mrs.
! Theodore w. Noyes, a member of the
| hostess committee of which Mrs. Frank
Vanderlip Is chairman. will be the
hostess and will be assisted by the
other members of the hostess commit
| tee and Mrs. Louis Brownlow. At the
tea table will be Mrs. Joseph e. Rams
| dell. Mrs Thomas P. Gore. Mrs. William
F. Kirby. Mrs. Joseph i. France. Mrs
Howard Sutherland, Mrs. William H
King and Mrs. Alben w. Barkley.
! The Signal Corps emergency commit
tee will have it's regular monthly
meeting at the Shoreham tomorrow af.
| ternoon at o'clock.
Mrs. H. N. Byllesby. 2029 Connecticut
avenue. will distribute free wool to the
knitters for this committee on Tuesday
afternoons and Thursday mornings.
Trinity Alumnae Dance.
A partial list of patronesses for the an
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Will Diet Until War Ends.

Three hundred New York women OF
wealth Tuesday announced themselves
on a strict diet for the rest of the war.
In many millionaire families. Begin
ming tomorrow. the exact amount OF
sugar, butter and fats. wheat flour ana
meat per person to be used each week
will be fixed.
The plan, although formed two weeks
ago at a meeting held in the home OF
Mrs. William Douglas Sloane, West
SD street, New York. was not made
public until Tuesday. Following the
meeting Mrs. F. Gray Griswold went
to Washington to ask Food Admins
traitor Hoover to prescribe the diet
which the members of this food-saying
organization pledged themselves to
adopt The diet cards are in process
of preparation. and when issued the
details of the diet will become known.
Beyond the saving effected in the
homes of the wealthy. the women as
sociated in the movement hope to es-
tablish an ''honor system for food saw
ing by voluntary rationing" for New
York city. The committee recently
issued a statement expressing the be-
lief that the diet limitations accepted
by the promoters of the movement will
be adopted in at least 10000 homes in
New York in the next few weeks.
The committee selected to carry out
the plan is as follows:
Mrs. F. Gray Griswold. Mrs. W. K.
Vanderbilt, jr.; Mrs Charles B. Alex
James w. Gerard. Miss Virginia Gill
dersleeve. Phi. D.; Mrs. Daniel 0uggen-
helm, Miss Mary Garrett Hay, Mrs. E.
H. Hartman, Mrs. j. P. Morgan, Mrs.
Frances Key Pendleton. Mrs Frederick
B. Pratt. Mrs. John d. Rockefeller,
jr.: Mrs. William Douglas Sloane. Mrs.
Willard Straight and Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt.
The executive committee will choose
an advisory committee Of one hun
dred women and proceed to carry the
propa ganda of honor saving" into ev-
cry household of the city. On the back
of the diet card. to be signed by the
mistress Of each house, the following
pledge will be placed:
New York's honor system for food
saving by voluntary ratioring.
Il promise the United States food ad-
ministration to ration my household ac-
cording to the regulations set forth in
the ration card"
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War Relief Benefit.

The Gunston Hall unit of the Red
Cross Association gave a benefit dance
last evening. Mrs. Beverly Randolph
Mason and her daughter. Miss Julia Ma
son, Mrs. G.. Hoxie Mofrett. Mrs. Philip
Patchin and Mrs. Gilmer Easley received
the guests in the drawing room. A dis
tinguishing feature of this dance was
the Red Cross figure formed by the
young ladies and their guests. The flags
of the allies and the patriotic airs from
the orchestra in the forest of palms lent
briliance to the occasion. a buffet sup
per was served in the dining room.
Evening star., 1918-02-03

Sir Francis Fox, the English engineer.
has found an original way of helping
war-work. Learning that linen was in
much request for hospital use. he oo.
tanned many old maps and surveyors
plans mounted on linen. He soaked
them and separated the linen, which.
after a visit to the laundry, was in
frst-rate condition for making ban-
IaReS,
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Capt John F. Hatch. L. S. A. and
Mrs Hatch have with them for the
remainder of the winter at their West
Point quarters Mrs. +. F. McGlachlin
and Miss Elizabeth McGlachlin. wife
and daughter of Brig. Gen. hlcGlach-
lin. L. S. \.