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FIRST KNOWN USE OF CIGARS
Mentioned by Name n Book Publishes
in 17So, but Were Smoked Be-
fore That Time.

The earliest known mention Of
cigars is in a book published in 1740
under the title Of ''Distresses and
Adventures Of John COckburn." II ap-
pears that COckburn was cast on a des-
ert island in the Bay ~ Honduras,
from which he swan to the mainland
and thence Travelled afOOt TO Porto
BellO, a distance Of $500 miles. Here
he met some friars who gave him
some "Seegars" to smoke. These"
he says, -are some leaves Of tobacco
rolled up in some manner that serves
both as pipe and the tobacco ITSELF
Though this Is the earliest date at
which cigars appear to be mentioned
by that name. 50 far back as 1893
two soldiers sent by Columbus TO ex-
plOre. Cuba told their companions on
their return how the natives carried
in their mouths a lighted firebrand
made from the leaves Of a certain
herb, rolled up in maize leaves. The
description of an Indian method Of
smoking. given by Lionel Wafer. in
his Travels in the Isthmus of
Darien," in 1899. shows that they
then smoked cigars made just as we
make them now. The manufacture
and consumption Of cigars in northern
Europe only dates from the close Of
the seventeenth century.
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lives, above the immoral vices of our
bible and church nations. Fornica-
ton, harlotry, stealing and robbing
houses are not known among many
African tribes, and chiefly woman
is absolutely safe.-We get awful
tired of this silly foolishness of race
and color distinction, and class
groups, etc. People ought to be
ashamed of themselves, carrying this
color nonsense to contemplate ex-
tremes. If color was cause, and had
the virtues claimed for white COM
plexion, there shouldn't be anything
in a white person but absolute per-
lection, but good Lord deliver us
from the evils and the cutthroat, the
thug, the lowbrow and all the mill
ions of sinners to be found under
white skin.
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OH WHAT A RACE WE ARE

The Negro as a race stands con-
demned of many crimes against IL
self and by close scrutiny and analy-
sis it would seem that we are only
good to foster the earthly interests
of other races who as it appears
might get along very well without
US. This spirit of blues which has
spasmodically seized upon the writer
is not intended to exhibit short jerks
of philosophy or to display more than
usual understanding of the race con-
dition, but on the contrary it is writ
ten to arouse the sleeping Sampson
to sense of his duty along lines of
sober conduct and action.
We stand condemned of being cas-
lily satisfied and pleased over small
favors. Multiply this one hundred
times. We get less pay for the small
services than any other race, but we
don't raise any he'll about it. We just
go along happy that life is not less
cheerful. We have to pay more rent,
or for anything else than any other
race, but pay this no mind, talk about
it, fume and fret little over it.
We build larger churches, but we
don't build any stores, of course, our
port is heaven, and we will be con-
tent till Gabriel blows for us to come
home while the other races take our
money and build mansions along the
boulevards- We will use the pick.
shovel and wheelbarrow till the crack
Of doom, other people may enjoy
themselves on earth; we have our
hope on the mansions in the sky, and
take our joys doled out to US by the
whangdoodle preacher who carried
us into rapture and dreams of heav-
emily bliss, and we practice by n.y.
pOcrisy in a hundred ways, deceiv-
ing ourselves only, but imagine we
are feoling God and His holy angels.
We won't pay each other what we
owe, but we win pay the other races.
Multiply this one thousand times.
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Permanent Colors.

Ancient Egyptians had a marvel
Gus knowledge of colors, and they
understood fully what cOlOrs would
last. In the Egyptian papyri the
ground colors are as good as ever
they were. The Egyptians worked
their outlines In lampblack. used
clay for their whites, ferruginOus
earths for their reds, Ochres for their
yellows, and for green's they used per.
haps green jasper or mixed blue car
Donate of copper with Ochre. All these
colors are permanent.
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MERELY GIVEN LONG NAMES
Deeoeticns Prescribed BY Hish-Prieed
Physicians Made From Familiar
Wsyside Herbs.

Many of the secrets hidden unde.
the thatch Of the waffle and daub cot
tages can be found in the pharma-
cOpeia of either the allOpathist or the
homeopathic, observes the London
Daily Express.
Willow tea is but a crude form Of
the salycilates which have long been
recognized as the orthodox anti-uric
acid and anti-pyretic remedies.
Common mallow. called "pick-
cheeses" by children. provides a taste
less mucilaginOus liquid. which Is
worked up in various shapes and given
for coughs. The leaves of the colts
foot, horehOund and balm are all used.
in liquid form mostly, for coughs and
chest affections.
FOxgiove cordial Is given to old peO-
pie suffering from palpitatiOn of the
heart, and does as much good as when
it is called "tinc. digitalis."
CamOmile and dandeliOn brOths or
teas are sold as tOnics by the wise
women who would be at a loss N say
what was meant by Anthems nObiliS
or Taraxacum.
Beautiful cOmfrew is used, both
plant and root, as a poultice for can
cerous and other growths, and broth
Is made from II for kidney affections.
This has obtained official recognition
under the name of Symphitum Off
cinale.
The "cure" for measles is saffron
tea. This is prepared by pouring boil
ing water on the dried stigmas of the
purple autumn crocus. An infusion OF
fiixweed cleanses and heals wounds.
Self heal has cured quinsy; sage has
many valuable qualities.
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Music and Thinking.

About 1000 A. D. u monk in an
Italian monastery had been thinking
about the long. labOrioIs task of train
ing singers for the church service. Ten
years were required for a singer to
memorize words and music of the va.
riOus chants and hymns used! There
was no system for learning a new
tune Independent of the words.
And while he was thinking he heard
his chOirbOys practicing one of their
lessons, hymn that rose in pitch with
the first syllable OF each successive
line. just as the scale series was
formed.
Thought flashedI
And the result of his thinking was
the use of the syllables ut (changed
tn do later). re, mi. ia, sol, la. 81 to
facilitate scale learning. The imme-
date result was that GuidO's choIrboys
learned all their tunes-and could take
new Ones-In six months as against
ten years In the old way.
And the indirect result is that boys
and girls In the schools of this country
learn the scales by a process similar
to that thought out by u monk In Italy
nearly 1000 years ago.
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Relative Value of MiIks,

The fat glObules of goats milk are
so small that cream rises very slowly
This quality, however, gives to the
milk a uniform richness not possessed
by cows milk. There are now several
condensed milk factories using goats
milk, which Is condensed and sold for
infant feeding. Many thousands Of in
fants are compelled to live during their
first few months on condensed cows
milk, and 1t is not the best food for
their stomachs.
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eenerou. Royal eambIer.

One Of the most romantic gambling
stories is told by Mr.. Thiselton-D Dyer
Of a plainly dressed stranger who once
took his seat at faro table. and after
an extraordinary run OF luck succeed
ed In breaking the bank. Heavens -
exclaimed an old. infirm Austrian ON
Ger who sat next to the stranger. s'The
twentieth part Of your gains would
make me the happIest man In the
wOrIdi-
'.You shall have II. then" answered
the stranger as he left the room A
servant speedily returned and pre-
sented the officer with the twentieth
part Of the bank. addiag: my mas
ter. sir. requires no answer The
successful STRANGER was soon dlscov-
cred TO be no other tan the king q
Pr1laeIa IN Disguise.
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The Aegean islands are Thasos, In
the extreme north, on the Macedonian
coast; SamOthrace. Imbros. and Lem
nos. near the Dardanelles; Eubaea.
the largest OF all. lying close along
the east coast Of the Greek peninsula :
the northern Sporades. including Ska
those, Skopelos, and Skyros, near Eu-
boea; Lesbos, Ohios, Samos. and .he
large group Of other Sporades. such as
Rhodes. Cos, and Patmos. adjacent TO
tie coast Of Asia Minor; and. finally.
the large group, the Cyclades. extend
ing southwark from Euboea toward
Crete and including Andres. Delos.
Naxos, Paros and Melos.-Literary Dr.
gest.
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Explaining Knockout Blow

When the lower jaw is struck MI
point, especially with an uppercut A.
bOny portion of the ear inside /,
driven fOrcibly upward into the gs,.
old cavity of the skull, above and h.
hind which is situated the deIics,.
labyrinth of the inner ear.
The jawbOne strikes hard upOn ths
thin plate of hone that supports theSo
sensitive organs and gives shocs
TO the semi-circular canals that is in.
stantly transmitted by them to tbs
bulb, producing dizziness, nausea sut
mOmentary paralysis.
This explains why a sideways NS
on the jaw is more effective a.
knockout than one delivered direc5
upon the point of the jaw. For he
shock of a sideways blow is reeeivd
in one glenOid cavity, that on the SD.
opposite the one on which it Is strud
while the shock of a blow in the CIR
ter is divided between the cavities q
the two sides.
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SOME OF THESE DAYS.

Some of these days people will be
thinking more kindly of the Negro
who did not fail when the great test
was put to him. They will feel that
any car, any theatre, any hotel, or
anything good enough for others are
not too good for our peaple. We
helped to make the world safe for
democracy by crossing the linden
brpg line, and the color line was shot
to death in France.
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YOUR COLOR MEANS NOTHING

The aggressive spirit of the race
is awakening. Don't discredit your
self any more because great nature
bequeathed to you a dark skin.
IL You are not low down, don't
let anyone keep you down simply on
the ground that you are not as light
of complexion as they are The Es-
quimaus they are not carrying on
about color, and they have no prisons,
nor preachers, nor officers of law.
They live simple lives and crime is
unknown among them.
They make no great pretensions.
and yet they are the best people
alive, better by far than anything
resulting from civilization. On the
other band there are millions Of
black people in Africa who live clean
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THIS WORLD OF OURS.

The great world war costs millions
of lives, but as there is no remission
of sins without the shedding of blood,
so has the race to which we belong
been greatly benefited. We do not
know much about the analysis of it,
but we know we have moved up sew
eral notches in disqualification and
race-dignity. We walk now straight
er and feel that life is indeed just
what one makes it.
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Power Of Imagination.

To thOs. who see ONLY with theii
eyes, the distant is always inGistinc;
and little, becoming less and less sS
1t recedes,. Till utterly lost; but to
the Imagination, which thus reverses
the perspective Of the senses, the far
off is great aud imposing. the magni-
tude Increasing with the distance
Mrs. jameson (StuLies).
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ponh VERY.
Rise above small things. The

Rise above small things. The woman
who lets small things worry her VIII
be completely undone the first time
she meets with really big problem.
1t is dlsintegrating to your mental and
nervous condition, not TO mention your
physical condition. to worry. You need
not be resigned to fate nor slip your
troubles as the old friend ducks back,
throws water. But you cen meet 'trOu-
bles with u will to conquer them or
adjust them-and after that ''they
should worry" but not you:-Ex.
change.
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Humor In the Classroom

Ethel. who was ten years old. wfs
studying her reader, and learned thai
fish are placed in brine before they
are dried and prepared for sale. Aftei
cxplaining that bt;ne is very salt Wa
ter. the teacher asked why the fish
were placed in it. EthePs face WAS
illuminated with sudden understand.
ing, and she promptly replied: '3e.
cause they are used TO salt water"
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looking females become insulted
when spoken to by a stranger of
their own race, but seem to allow
smartish white man better fare in such
matters, often feeling complimented.
But what is the use? We are going
to raise the roof in our next article,
so look for it next week.
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Coio-s fer pyeira.

Wife. worry light cream. pink. hlu,
or green can b" dyed any c0ior. LiSb;
'P'l NAV be dyed darker red. pld
pie. plSm ar brown. Brown will he
FGFhe a darker brown by the Use OF
crimson or garnet. 4 dark green rny
he dyed deeper shaie of green.
brown or black.
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No Such Word az Fall.

There Is a difference between moi
succeeding and failing. The one is
final; the other Is only a temporary
hlndrance. If you persevere In spite
of not succeeding. If you start again
and act on the knowledge you have
gained by your slip. II will not work
you lasting injury. 1t is only when you
surrender that you are really beaten.
There is no such word as "fail" to one
who will not give up.
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IA II .i-aticn

Thought" s.'y; philosopher. "rnay
stay behind silent lips, hut when /
becomes feeling e runs tO eypres
sion. We've noticed this in CASE,
of persons who rl.ni=ht they were hi
ting nail. bus Nno felt they IIa'
smashed their nns, rS.-EnStOn Tr..u
SCRIPT.
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X-RaYs in Industry.

Apart from their use in medicine
X-rays are steadily extending theil
field Of usefulness. With new types
Of tube a ray powerful enough tC
show up the minutest flaw In a four.
inch thickness Of steel can be pro
duced.-Chicago Journal.
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WE KNOW.

Need not matter what the season ;
We don't need to stop to reason.
If a robin red-breast shows his head
Winter sure will soon be ended,
And you see what is intended
By the passing geese; winters dead.
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MORE MONEY THAN BRAINS.

The big Negro with more money
than brains ought to let some of that
money go into enterprises augment
ed among US that gives employment
to Coiored people.
The big banks take this money,
they pay per cent. for and loan
it out charging and 8 per cent, be-
sides use it in developing enterprises
that give employment to white peo-
pie. Charity should begin at home.
Of course, the white people need
their money to enlarge their business
affairs SO that they can give employ
ment to myriads of their kind, our
people can wait, besides we can find
jobs waiting at tables, backing boots.
barbering and other humiliating
skuliduggery. Our young women can
roam the streets and lay themselves
open to the snares of mankind; we
won't open up business concerns to
give them employment.
We dress swell because we like
to appear what we are not, and rep
resent success when failure is writ
ten all over our anatomy. We would
not be thought cheap, therefore we
viii spend our money which we have
shaved for to make an impression
that we have plenty, then have to
borrow carfare and lunch money the
next day. We'd buy a fur coat on
the installment plan and pay their
prices for it, even if it was second
handed.
We walk erect in a new suit with
a fve-dollar bill in the pocket and
pass for a millionaire for a minute,
but the next day we win buy a glass
of beer where they give the largest
free lunch. On morals and our high
conception of virute we are rated
in Bradstreet, but no girl over six
teen is absolutely safe if she is not
bow-legged and blind or cross-eyed.
Our better folks wear diamonds,
furs, and pay ten to eighteen dollars
for their shoes and a dollar to eve
dollars for their hose and way out of
sight, and yet heaven bless them they
are too internally good to patronize
their race in any particular, and have
forgotten the meaning of politeness,
but they are what you call polite
society" They insist in matters of
holding up the race standard of pat
ronizing doctors, druggists, dentists,
tailors, groeers and second hand fur
niture men, the ordinary every day
average Negro who are not 50 par
ticular might very wen carry this
burden, the s'polite society" must be
maintained at whist, golf at a. m.
theatrical parties and select cabarets
while hubby goes to the club or the
card table.
Poor creatures are we. OH what
a great world this would be for as
hours If only We could get our hands
on the money! We'd show the Lake
Shore people. people who know what
the life is. an dthen after that breif
spell we'd die dead enough for the
undertakes alright
We are one grand race Of people.
don't Jon think, We are indeed
vary peculiar. Many Of our nice
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MillieIs Joke.

"Pa, what a funny word wholesome
Is"
whats funny about it,"
"Why take away the whole Of II and
YOU have some left."-BOStOn TraE
script.
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Well, She 10, Isn't She7

Poor mani He can spend a full day
making himself look pretty and no
body notices him, while a wee slip Of q
girl can come out just any old way
and the entire populace VIII say. "Ain't
she sweetT'-South Charleston Sem
tinel.
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Value of Silence

II man abuses an enemy, he hurts
himself, and IL he praises him, his
friends say he is a hypocrite. There
seems to be no course more creditable
than the simple course of keeping still.
Topeka Capital.
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Jews In English Cities.

There are more Jews In Manchester
than In any other city in the United
Kingdom. For Its size Leeds has more
Jews in proportion than Manchester,
though the actual number is slightly
less.
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Military correspondence.

why did you reject Col. PunersbyT'
Too much military efficiency"
How was thatT
sHis last letter to me started on
something Ike this: From Col Puff
fersby. To Miss Gloria Pif1e. Sub
ject Love,"-Birmlngham Age-Her-
aid
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Practical Estimate

did you say Bliggins Is a good los
err Yes" "Why. even when his luck
Is worst he never loses more than two
or three dollars" that's what call
q good loser"
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TruA GAniua

How grateful we are to the man of
the world who obeys the morale, as
In humility, and In the obligation to
serve mankind. True genius always
has these observation-disclosures.
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Unicorn-

The unicorn Is a fabulous animal.
with the body Of horse but Of larger
size, and with one horn of IL to 2
cubits In length on its forehead, per-
fectly straight. with a white base,
black middle, and red tip.
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aood nehnr.io,

Charles and Roger were trying to
define the word dead. when Charles
settled the matter with. -when your
blood don't pereOlate no more, you're
deadF
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Whatever you can aspire to and
imagine and believe in. you can dem
onstrate In your character and In your
life-Elizabeth Towne.
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Daily Thouoht

Man is his own star, and the soul
that can render an honest and perfect
man commands all light-John Fletch-
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New Invention

An inventor has equipped a para
chute with hand. operated propellers
on the theory that a user can guide his
descent thereby.
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A. d. Hayes, Cigars, Tobacco, No
ton, Stationery and News STAND
3640 S. State Street.
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The stars N The,r covr.e.

Old Soil have a mandate over the
whole solar system. but they an DO
lust what they blame pieasei
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Dodson's Shoe Shining Parlors ana
News Stand, So. West Corner S5n
and State Streets.
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W. d. Seott's Lunch Room aD'
Restaurant, 24s E. S5th Street
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Lawrence NJ. Heard, TraveIR
News Agent, with news stands u
1929 s. State st. and So. East Cor
35th and State Streets.
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Charles F. Mallory's Barber Shq
and News Stand, 313 E. 35th StreS
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Louis Wimbley's Shoe Shining
Parlors and News Stand, 2s46 Sou"
State Street.
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Mrs. F. A. Peyton, News Stan0'
Confectionery Store, 5O12 s. StaS
Street
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F. Bishop, Cigars, Tobacco and
News Stand, 8 W. 9th Street, near
State.
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News item left with any OF %
above news agents prior to Wedns
day mornings of each week. viii nn'
their way into the columns Of u
Broad Ak
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George /. Martin, Cigar, NotG
Store and News Stand, Is ". 3l&
ST., near State.
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FROM THIS DATE ONWARD,
THE BROAD AK Can AL
WAYS BE FOUND ON SALE
AT The FOLLOWING
NEWS STANDS:

Mrs. L. Graves, The Provident
Candy Shop, Notion Store and News
Stand, Is W. Both Street, near State.
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Edward Felix, Notions, Cigars and
News Stand, 3OO2 S. Dearborn St.
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Samuel Taylor. 1928 Fulton St
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Mrs. L. Graves, The PrOvident
Candy Shop, Notion Store and News
Stand, Is W. Both Street, near State.
George /. Martin, Cigar, NOtG
Store and News Stand, Is ". 3A
St, near State.
Edward Felix, Notions, Cigars and
News Stand, 3OO2 S. Dearborn St.
F. Bishop, Cigars, Tobacco and
News Stand, 8 W. 9th Street, near
State.
A. d. Hayes, Cigars, Tobacco, No
ton, Stationery and News Stand
5o4O >. State Street.
Dodson's Shoe Shining Parlors and
News Stand, So. West Corner S5n
and State Streets.
Lawrence NJ. Heard, Travsfe
News Agent, with news stands o.
1929 s. State st. and So. East Cor
35th and State Streets.
Charles F. Mallory's Barber Shq
and News Stand, S1s E. S5th StrsS
W. d. Scott's Lunch Room and
Restaurant, 24s E. S5th Street
Louis Wimbley's Shoe Shining
Parlors and News Stand, 2s4S Sou"
State Street
Mrs. F. A. Peyton, News Stand
Confectionery Store, 5012 s. StaN
Street
Samuel Taylor. 1928 Fulton St
News item left with any OF '''
ahova nekvs agents prior to Wednes
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-23
Society Calendar

MONDAY orrin Lester speaks at
W"man'> Club. 4. Every Monday
Club meets at .':1 stuart Avenue,
3::i0. Dinucr for Miss Powers.
try club. Needing of Ra! OF sun
shine Circle at Kings Daughters ut
no North AdGi>on street. 4. Called
meeting OF 81. johns Circle Of
kings Daughters at Y. W. 4. A., I.
Artist recital for Musicians club.
.irnrr>um Hotel, S:i1.
~ ESDti--t"I"nini DANES q"
meet ut Womnns Club, 4. Dance
for Miss Jones at Non,nn'> club.
Luncheon tor Daughters of Isl: at
Jefferson. Annual pound party of
silver Cross tirctc of Kings DnuIh-
tiers, zoos Grove Avenue.
WEDNESDNN--Don Day for
Home Tor inrurnhir>. Hiss HuWcs
speaks nt Wnuinn's club. {. Morn
ing musicale al Musicians Club AT
WOman'S club, u. Dance Tor Miss
Powers at tountr. club. Meeting
OF Social Service Federation in pnr-
ior OF Jenrr>ou. ::::io. Founders
Day at -. J"Scph'> Asylum.
Notwithstanding dance
for football teams of William and
Mary College and Richmomd College.
FItIDNN-Wonrn in tdu,iniStrn-
ton Ia Education in Virginia give
breakfast nj University Club. So
West franklin street. $50. Necrp-
fion for teachers in art ut john
Mnr>haiI House. 10 q. RcuniOn
luncheon for Hnrrisonhurir Normal
~ Coles. !:;:n. Luncheon for Miss
Rheutau NJ t"untr. Climb. Dance
Tor Miss I'm',c> al Won,nn's Club.
StTt EDtN--Urnci: dnnSant at
jefferson isotri- 80 10 G::;n. Din
urr ,nr Miss PARRISH al Country
Club. tufurnin' dance at Country
Climb. CHARITY dance :t Nurphy'>
1iptri, y.