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The Washington times., 1918-04-08
THE CITY'S SOCIAL SIDE
French Payers
To Give Gala
Performances

The French Ambassador and Nine.
Jusserand. who have returned from a
weekend visit to New York. are en-
tertaining guests in their box for the
performance Of Moliers's 'T'Avare,S :
which is being given this afternoon at
Polls Theater by Jacques Copeau and
his fellow players Of the Theatre du
Vieux Colombier. They will also have
box this evening when the play viii
be Les Freres karamazov," a dfamat-
ization by II. Copeau himself OF Dos
dtoievskys novel st
NJ. Copeau has come to Washington
under the patronage Of Capt. Andre Tar
dieu, high commissioner OF France. Cap
tain Tardieu Is numbered among the
boxholders. who include many prominent
people. and the audience. both afternoon
and evening. promises to be unusually
brilliant.
NJ. Copeau is being entertained dur
Ing his short. stay In Washington.
Last evening Mrs. George w. Wander
bilt gave a dinner in his honor. ad-
ditional guests being invited later
to see pain du Mepage" C"Honie-
made Bread'D played by NJ. Copeau
and Nine. Valentine Tessier.
Yesterday afternoon Maj. Gen. and
Mrs. George Barnett entertained at
tea at the Marine Barracks for n
Copeau, having a distinguished com
pany to meet him. For a time 1t ap-
peare6 that the reception might see
a repetition OF Hamlet Without Ham
let" NJ. ~Copeau's train being greatly
delayed. He arrived, however, when
the rooms were flied with people and
consequently his presentation to the
fnfnrFnaf
The Marquise de Polignac presided
at the tea table and Mrs. Arthur Ora
ham Glasgow and Miss Joan Oil
served punch. Mrs. Barnett's daugh-
ters, the Misses Leila and Anne Cor
don, and two. or three Of their school
mates who are visiting them assisted
the hostess in the drawing room
Among the guests during the after
noon were Nine. Riano. Nine. Naon,
Mrs. James Hamilton Lewis, Brig. Gen.
James Clark McReynolds, Maj. Gen.
and Mrs. Henry c. Sharpe, Col. and
Mrs. Robert n. Thompson, Capt and
Mrs. Perry Belmont and their guests,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Payne Thomp-
son, of New York; Mrs. stephen B.
Elkins, Mrs. T. Dewitt Talmage, Mrs.
Thomas +. Walsh, Mrs. James Nc
Donald. Mrs. Archibald Oracle, Nine.
Collardet. Mrs. Richardson Glover,
Miss Eudora Glover, Mrs. Thomas Hol-
comb. jr., Mrs. William Littauer.
Nine Hauge, Mrs. Henry Rea, Mrs.
Phillips Hill. sister OF the hostess;
William Bowie Clark, Major Theodore
Lowe, and Arthur Kintzing.
The Washington times., 1918-04-08
Miss Reeve Engaged.

Mr. and Mrs. William King Reeve
announce the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Estelle Reeve. and Jo-
seph Barnett Kaibfus. son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel T. Kalbfus, of Washing
ton.
The date OF the wedding is not an
.nounseed.
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Mrs. A. c. Mayer. of 2O22 Sixteenth
street, is spending a week at the ST.
Charles Hotel, Atlantic City.
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Mrs. II. F. Bauer and Mrs. Carl 9.
Mueller and son are spending a month
at Atlantic City.
The Washington times., 1918-04-08
Your War
Machine Needs
Money Power

Our Soldiers in France are
working night and day. ~They
are fighting grimly, doggedly,
with magnificent courage. Every
man of your army is a cog in the
fighting machine. His efforts
depend on the power you supply
to him. If you don't come
through, he can't.
Don't let him slip. Don't
deny him the money he needs.
INVEST IN A THIRD LIBERTY
LOAN BOND. On sale here.
The Washington times., 1918-04-08

Swift 4 Company's sales OF beef In Wash
inEton. d. G.. for the week ending Saturday.
April s. 1918. averaged as follows: Domestic
isef ls1S cents per pound.-Advt
The Washington times., 1918-04-08

John Carroll. a young artist from
San Francisco, who is in the medical
division OF the navy and a collection
of whose water colors are on exhibit
tion at the BeauX Arts Club. 14I3 II
street. was the guest OF honor at the
salon OF the club yesterday afternoon.
Rudolph de Zapp presented the guests
and Miss Nellie Uhler, OF Alexandria.
poured tea. Among those present
were: DR.. Luis GRlvan. charge d'af-
faires OF the Dominican Republic;
Sonora Carmen de Galvan. Senorita
Angelina Alfau. Frederic c. Luethi.
chancellor OF the Swiss legation and
Mrs. Luetchi.
The Washington times., 1918-04-08
Har,.rd Men to Dine.

Il haENAEo men ~ OhACs
Harvard men in Washington will
have a dinner under auspices OF the
Washington Harvard Club at the
Chevy Chase Club on Thursday
night. at 7:30 o'clock. This will
be the second large kgathering Of
Harvard alumni this winter. the first
having been at Rauscher's at Christ
mas time, when 375 men were pres
ent. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, one
OF the senior alumni, viii address the
meeting.
The officers OF the club fer 1918
are: Col. Samuel f. Winslow. Con-
gresham from Massachusetts,. presi-
dent; Pickering Dodge, treasurer; and
Capt. John Washington Davidge, sec
! rotary. The committee in charge of
the dinner is Walter r. Tuckerman,
chairman John ". Prentiss and Jo-
seph s. Hamlen.
4 ball for the beneht OF the Wash-
inEton Diet Kitchens Association will
be given at the Willard on the even
ing Of May f. Mrs. Horace Westcott
Is chairman, and Mrs. John H. Mer-
riam vice chairman OF the committee
in charge. AIRS. John s. wilkins is
treasurer. Woodbury. Blair will head
the floor committee with Thomas Is.
Sweeney as his vice chairman.
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The Columbian Women will meet
tomorrow at 2027 C street, from 4
to 6 o'clock.
The hostess will be Airs. John B.
Larner, who will be assisted by Mrs.
Charles II. Stockton, Mrs. II. 3. F.
Macfarland. Mrs. AbraIn Lisner, and
Mrs. F. p. Weller.
Through the courtesy OF the Ital-
ian embassy. General !Guglielmotti.
Of the italian war commission, will
talk on the Italian war situation.
The April meeting Of the Wash
ington. ID. c., section, Council Of Jew
ish Women, will take place tomor-
row st 2:30 o'clock, in the veStry
OF the Eighth Street Temple and
promises TO be one OF the most in
teresting OF the season. Congress
man Siegel, OF New York, will ad-
dress the members. Mrs. Josephus
Daniels. wife Of the Secretary OF the
Navy. will also speak, and there will
be violin solos by Meyer Goldman.
Mrs. Ella s. knight and Mrs. f.
Richard Gasch will be at home to
morrow, from to p. III.
The Washington times., 1918-04-08

A Red Cross dance and card party
benefit will be given at 400 Six
teenth street on Saturday evening
at o o'clock. Ticket arrangements are
in charge OF Mrs. E. o. Merchant. A
cordial invitation is extended to the
public.
The Washington times., 1918-04-08
MIS-. sperIInE To Wed.

Mr.. and Mrs. J. Sperling announce
the engagement of their daughter.
Miss Sadye Sperling. to Philip Sures,
of Washington, d. c.
The Washington times., 1918-04-08

Mrs. Horatio n. Slater, OF Boston,
has taken an apartment at the St
Regis in New York for the spring.
The Washington times., 1918-04-08

Senator and Mrs Hiram Johnson of
California have taken apartments at
the WashinRton Hotel
The Washington times., 1918-04-08

ator walcott, arrived today from
Denver, Col. to stay with Mrs. Fred
The Washington times., 1918-04-08

Mrs. Henry Kirke Porter has gone
to New York for a short visit. and
II at the Plaza Hotel
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-06-20

We have tried to give you staple items which you
can use to advantage every day in the year. If you
will look them over carefully you will find the savings
Handkerchiefs, ladies fine, sheer lawn, picot edges
and plain. There is 100 dozen in this lot. To be
sold at only
patterns, only 10 pieces in the lot. They are worth
20 cents per yard. Our price on this lot, yd. 15c
India Linens, ~ inch wide, a hard article to obtain
in any market. It is cheap at the regular price of
20 cents but we have a reasonable supply we
found below the market price and offer it to you
at only
Brown Muslins, fine weave 26 inch wide, worth 35
cents per yard wholesale, regular Indian head
construction, a limited quantity Of not over 10 yards
to a customer at per yard
Galateas, absolutely fast dyes, plain color and stripe,
good weight material retailing everywhere from
Zephyr ginghams, the wholesale price at the mills in
South Carolina by the carload is 80 cents per yard
We have a limited quantity on which we must linn
it the sales to not over 10 yards at ----------29c
Tussah Bingham Plaids, a silk and cotton mixture,
sc inches wide in handsome plaid effects, the
wholesale price today is 67Rc. You will get it
during this sale below cost. Our price per yard
Turkish Towels, cut regular 1898, hemmed on both
ends, with good salvage border, well worth 35c;
we have 10 dozen only to sell at -25c
MEMS SUITS
Because of the soaring market prices it is our
present intention to discontinue handling mems
suits for the period of the war. For this reason we
are offering the entire stock at prices that we could
not begin to replace the goods at. These prices
should command your attention and move them in a
hurry. If you are in need of a suit it will pay you
well to look these over.
Our $3.50 guaranteed mostly cotton suits at - $5.45
$3.50 blue serge (small sizes only) at $4,000 1896
$17.O0 serges in blue, brown and grey, all sizes $l3.45
$4,000 serges in blue, brown and grey, all sizes 1855
$500 serges in blue, brown and grey, all sizes 1896
MEMS ODD PANTS.
$500 values, all colors and sizes, 80 pair in the lot
going at SEAS
$3.50 values, large variety of pattersf all sizes $2.85
If you need extra pants you will find them well down
at this sale.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-04

Finally, however Dewiusk's suaye
manners seemed tC prevail The police
mans voice dropped into "a low rumble
that showed me the crisis was over;
his helmet nodded final admontions, and
he was passing on his way when there
was a sudden sCuffie i'm the group-some
one burst from them and struck the
policeman a resouudng smack on the
face, II must have been done with the
open palm, from the noise il made but,
according TO British ideas on the sub
ject. IL was no sort Of crack to give a
policeman, combining, as II did the
maximum of insult with the minimum
of damage. when / saw il was the
little man, their prisoner, who had
struck the blow / thought things were
getting even more queer than ever. They
were on him like a flash. dragging him
back The big policeman, after starting
like an astonished bull IN stupid sur
prise. gave a roar of anger and dashed
for his man, tearing him like "A rag
from their grasp.
When Dewinski and the others came
round in front, and the policeman drew
his sword and waved them off threat
eniugly | began TO see daylght-the
little chap had intended. his blow 10
insult bdt not to injure' lie wanted
TO get himself arrested therefore he
had less 10 fear from the police, al all
events that night, than from the others.
At first II looked as II his ruse would
be crowned with success The officer
snapped a handcuh on his prisoner, and
set of for the station as soon as the
others had fallen back from his swords
point. And. since the prisoner gave no
trouble, the pace was quite brisk. The
others followed, Dewinski cursing softly
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-04

chance to carry it off, one way or an
other, my tiptoe pursuit was too plain
evidence of my spying purpose.
Dewinski, who had been smiling. hc.
gan to whistle some tune, and | could
see the branches Of the shrubbery be-
hind him tapping on the iron ratings
as if heating time to his tutclikc notes
Then | began 10 laugh. His companion
with a suarl Of rage stepped toward me
lifting his stick, But pcwinski push
ing him back, stepped in front Of me, lit
ing his forciinger
Sir" he said. there haf been much
spoken in English newspapers Of Ger
man spis i'm England And ! hat never
seen Won leedle bit in 2e German about
English spies i'm Germany So and
yet all re evening you haf spied on M,
four gentlemen vat go home. You hat
an the suspicion that come from stu
pidity. You haf discover mares nest
whatever Eat is, and YOU, mein Herr
are ze cuckoo in Ze nest, Well, if you
do not want to fan into deep waters, dat
is also hot water, as you say, go home
anG"--here he smiled gcnially-' schleep
well in your beds
lie took his companions arm and
passed on to where the others were
waiting under a lamp. His words of
Had / indeed been making an ass of my
self? / stood rooted to the spot i'm indie
cisiou, looking after them douhtfuly,
watching their backs as they passed
under the light of the lamp at the corner,
And / think | would have turned away
homewards. then and there, had il not
been for a little thing, a mere piu-priCk,
in the way of an insult, which, it seemed,
the impish jew could not deny himself.
lie was behind the others, Just beyond
the lamp he turned toward me, stood
for a moment with the light streaming
from above in a theatrical effect that no
doubt was much to his taste, and with
a graceful sweep of his arm blew me a
kiss Then the darkness enveloped him,
and ! could hear their footsteps grad
ually die away
II is not really strange that one
should arrive at convictions more often
by seeing something done than by hear
ing something said That act of De-
winsks, the simian-like mockery and
malice Oft, with his teeth showing and
his half-shut eyes, scattered my innate
Scotch dubiety and hesitation for inter-
fcring in other peoples affairs. II put
my back up and set me ahane But,
above all IL gave me the conviction that
they were up TO some devilry with the
man they had in their clutches. Go
home and sleep well? There was one man
they intended should sleep well that
right; but not IN his bed a II was at
this point that thought died in me, and
/ became a living mechanism for action.
When ! had removed my boots and
placed them carefully inside the garden
railings--for they were a good pair and
! had no mind TO lose them-I crossed
TO the other side OF the road down which
the gang had gone and ran like the wind
after them Along almost the entire
length l went like flying shadow.
Then. when Il was clear l must have
oVershot the party / crossed tho street
and doubled back on the other side,
listening for any sounds at the top Of all
the side streets. The quarter OF the city
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-04

/ They were all waiting for him; they all
/ knew who II was for whom they waited.
/ ! did not but | could wait also and see.
/ As time passed. however. I became sem
/ stive to the fact that my presence was
a source of extreme discomfort to them,
! They were fidgety. Heads went together
across the little round handicapped
tables. There was good deal of
Whispering beneath the ordinary paoel OF
commingling voices that Is the note OF
any normal cafe. over the edge Of my
paner I caught numerous glances di-
rcctcd my way. which I could not at
tribute to anything unusual or attractive
in my personal appearance. And these
glances from the pale blues and siecly
grays Of Prussian eyes were NOS KIND.
However. sat tight Every item in the
newspaper was not only read but di-
ucsted | fancy ! could give good
summary OF that papers contents even
now, from the teleEraphic news as to
the political clubs i'm Belgrade to the
editorial comments on a speech recently
made at an English by-elcCtioH. on
wherein the candidate called
for reversal Of the Drcadnought pro-
gramme initiated by Herr Balfour. To
build more ships was, he alleged, an in
suit to Germany. and impcriled the
cordial relations hitherto existing he
tween the two countries. I'm spite Of edi-
torial approval of this statement I dis
agreed, for all my experience in Ger
many seemed to show that the only
cordial relations were those Of cordial
dislike, which could hardly he "impcri-
ca by more shipbuildnE; and. ] su-.
pocted, the foundation Of Germany's
grudge against us was not that we built
ships but that we eNistcd-au offense for
which there seemed to he no amcable
remedy.
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over the green bai2e double door
there was clock It was one of
those common German clocks in shane
like coffin, a child's coffin. with the
white face at the top, and glass
front that showed the pendulum swing
ing like grotesque pair of human legs.
After while this clock began to take
a share in the attention received from
the company II was clear that AN
hour was approaching at which they de-
sired to he rid OF me. | wondered why
one of them did not come and tap me
on the shoulder and point to the door.
Certainly as | yawned over that news
paper ! expected some such hint, sooner
or later, There was an angry hum in
the room that reminded me Of the last
time | had disturbed "A wasps' nest by
plugging up the hole, and laying my
ear to the ground to listen. At last a
man on the far side got up, and step
ping on TO the little dais, sat down
at the piano. lie had, however. got
no further with his playing than the
preliminary roulade Of ripping notes
when Dewinsld interrupted:
Frederick, my friend, no music I
pray you" They all looked at De-
winski, wondering There is this Eng
lishman among us" he explained,
wondered what was coming and, /
dare say, showed It, Voices rose in
protest Who cared for the English
man? He had been too long there
and other things were said that were
undistnguishable in the cultural bab-
BILE.
He does not like music" continued
the little Jew suavely. mo English
man likes music"
There was quietness now. / felt, and
they, / suspect, knew that something
venomous was coming.
"The good gentleman will depart, de-
prive us of his company II that pig
Frederick will continue"
one or two began TO laugh, but most
showed mere bewilderment Dewinski
banged first on the table.
You do not believe me! Lieber Gott,
/ know The British when they have
to meet any business that is very un-
pleasant. from which there is no escape
at all they call It facing the music :"
And while the room rocked with laugh
ter at this sally, ana they all had some
thing TO jabber 10 each other about IL,
| was looking at the man who looked at
me, the man who did not join in the
merriment / am not quite sure as to
the power man has for sweeping from
his mind memories tnat are unwelcome.
1 believe that Impressions, even deeply
1 lodged in the brains convolutions, can
be obliterated much more completely
than is generally supposed OF course,
the brain itself retains every impression
that has ever been made on its texturei
aud In the strictest sense no man ever
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and the fat man soon showing symptoms
that the pace was too hot for him.
We were In another street now, and
from behind I could Gee that the trio
we're much alarmed at this unexpected
turn the affair had taken. They pulled
mp and their heads went together in
consultation. Then the third man, the
fellow with the pitted face, detached
himself ana went speeding along the
street on the right. The jew and the
fat man hurried along again after their
quarry. and ! made sure as ! quiCkened
my own pace that something nasty was
brewing. II was wonderful how that
mountain Of flesh moved so swiftly and
noiselessly There was something weird
N Dmlnous iu It, more ominous even
than the stealthy cat-like progress Of
the jew. who ran with little steps by
his side, am sure the other two
heard nothing as they came up behind,
They We're In the middle Of the road,
In the fun moonlight. for now the moon
had emerged from the welter Of clouds,
and the street lay a long shartly cut
contrast Of light and shadow
pewnsk was On the policemans back
with the agility Of panther. arms
locked round the neck and his knee
hl " 'llh lhlD Alt Nllldll OF lit man
back He came down like a stricken
oN under the butchers pole-axe. and the
small sword spun out Of his grasp and
fell changing on the hard road. The mo-
ment he was down the fat man. with
a run and jump, landed on the mans
PROSTATE body There was no cry. not
even a grDau.
Save for the clattcr Of the sword. il
was all as uoiseless as if the man had
been stricken down by a grotesuue bulky
shadow, suddenly become ponderable.
The two scoundrels We're busily en-
gagged rihjng the person Of their whilom
prisoner. who had fallen with his captor.
and, II appeared, had shared in his in.
jury. MY rush was noiseless, and I
imagine IL was my preceding shadow
Falling on the white, upturned face OF
their victim, that first gave them warm
ing The Jew was on his feet in a flash.
in time to recognize me, but not in time
to ward or the drive from my right that
went home on his jaw, lie was. as |
nave SAID, a dimtniutivc. slightly built
creature, with no weight Of bone i'm him.
lnuer the blow he spun over. and then
lay SjlI. The fat man was much less
active in getting to his feet. II he had
confined himself to the drawing Of his
revolver he might have got me. But he
was rather badly startled and, as he
drew, was attempting also to get on his
feet This gave me time But he was
almost up. Fair on the tin Of his chin
caught him, well-panted effort,
though ! say il myself, and as he coll
lapSed like huge emptied sack his shot
rang out on the still night. as if it had
been tire punctured. I don't know
where IT went--into the sky, probably,
as his arms flew m
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-04
CHAPTER J
SOME FIGHTS

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differed from his nan,. tboueo,d com
frercs in Berlin and vet that etrnrp.r
would be singularIv iuscusih'o If he did
not gather thc in,urrssion thar tho rars
had a character of its oyyu ~ ,.rcor
subtle flavor, an individuality that would
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l II interested me- ana was
i""'E IIcqu'nt NsIl"f atitrWard; nut
'""ot say ! ever rtaiIN iaihonod the
~ OF I'S haoIJucS' obviously som"
". u" were merely IN the place, While
Nt"eTs were or H. There was queer
unuetcurrent TO It's surface which one
Husnl reel but never see, And fire.
quently. sitting i'm my corner, ! have