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Evening star., 1919-09-06
Resumes Attack on Covenant
0pposers Before Large
Audience.
WILL GO TO DES MONIES
TO REMAIN OVER SUNDAY
Conserving His Strength After
Two Speeches at St. Louis
Yesterday.

By the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, September 6-Presi-
dent Wilson appealed to a Kansas
City crowd today to support the
peace treaty as a charter for a new
order of world affairs. Making his
third speech for the treaty in Mis-
souri, to a capacity audience, Presi-
dent Wilson spoke in Convention
Hall. said to accommodate 5000. 81
Cheered for Two Minutes.
When the President. accompanied
by Mrs. Wilson, appeared on the plat
form of the vast auditorium the
crowd, each of whom had a small
American flag, arose and cheered for
more than two minutes. The Presi-
dent also had been cheered as the
presidential party paraded through
four miles of the city's streets to
Convention Hall
Mr.. Wilson was introduced by B. A.
Parsons, president of the Kansas
City Chamber of Commerce.
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California Consequently she speaks
English perfectly.
Her American husband is president
OF the Russian Economic League.
with headquarters in New York. and
is one of the most active workers in
this country for the rehabilitation Of
Russia
This is Mrs. Landfield's first visit in
Washington-ehe's going back today
but now that she and her husband
are living in New York. it's TO be
hoped that they'll be coming over
often. Nine. Grouitch has a knack Of
gathering interesting people about
her, and she nearly always has some-
one staying with her-Lady Swayth-
ling. for instance, who was 70 very
much feted during her visit to wash
ington, then Mrs. Landheid. and this
week it's to be Lady Campbell. who
is arriving from England tomorrow
or next day. Nine. Grouitch is re-
turning to New York with Mrs. Land.
field, but will be back in day or
two, bringing Lady Campbell with
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lots WEEKLY CHRONICLE OF CAPITAL SOCIETY

come into their own. The engagement
of Mrs. George Barnett's daughter.
Leila Gordon, a bud of last season,
to Robert Dickey. jr- of Dayton,
Ohio, was announced yesterday and
created a little futter of interest.
Margareuta Symons, daughter OF
Col. and Mrs. Thomas w. Symons. and
Courtland Van Wrinkle, an instructor
at Yale, are to be married during the
holidays. And Helen Swormstedt has
selected January 10 as the date of
Ss,,sa,a her marriage to Psyi Lothrop
He's the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Lott
Mansfield, of Boston. lives in Boston
himself. and there he and his bride
will set up housekeeping. They will
have a quiet home wedding at 8
o'clock at the residence of Miss
Swormstedt's parents. DR.. and Mrs.
Lyman B. Swormstedt. and there will
be no attendants. The Rev. William
Tayloc Snyder will offciate.
Moreover two of WashinEton's war
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her; and on Friday afteraesn sAsn
give a tea for her At the ser0ian leGA-
tion.
TAese wAs FsssSAed
Over Ten TnAssa
But this is digressing-Ars. Nat
thew T. Scott. 5ust hack n town after
an extended absence- came to Nra
Marshalfs party. accompanied ~
Mrs. Charles s. Bromweii, her Asugh-
ter. and Carl vrooman. her son-io-
law: and others whom chanep1
TO see during brief call were MrA
John Sharp Williams. Judge c. C.
McChord-Mrs. McChord vas sssist-
ipg-and- his daughter. Mrs. Ceorks
Leroy Boyle: Mr.. and Mrs. Lewpe1ca
Townsend, Mrs Hampton Gan. Wkh
her sister. Mrs. Wright and Mn.
Frank Hight
Mrs. McChord and Mira. Thomas p.
Walsh were in the drawing rom
with Mrs. Marshall helping to W.T.
.ome the guests. and at the tea - 2.
with It's silver vases Of pink rcsea
-tContinued on Page Twenty.s
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Continued from Page Eighteen-)
the writing game in Washington, has
been organized in q rather INFORMAL
FASHION; but It's undoubtedly go
ing concern" and its Thursday lunch
cons are very pleasant little func-
lions Usually there's a speaker and
Always there are interesting persons
numbered among the guests. Last
thursday. Miss Eliza Scidmore. one
OF the most brilliant and cultivated
Women in Washington was the guest
OF honor. She spoke briefly on Ger
man propaganda and pointed her
moral with few references to Japan,
where she has lived many years
nat that as Mr.. Kipling says, is an
&ther story.
SHiss GsraoaS Engageneat
Anasu1eea Yesterday.
With Christmas almost upon US and
xhe debutantes very much in the lime
Hight the brides are being rather
overlooked; but a bit later they'll
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Little Mr.. Marshan
Assists Al runction.

=
Wednesday was. perhaps. the busi-
est day of the week. Mrs. Marshall,
who is back at the willard after her
little fiyer in Housekeeping" at Ward
man Park Hotel during the summer,
had her first afternoon at home And.
although marked by no great degree
of formality. it was by way of being
a function. The Vice President, al
ways genial and kindly, received with
her the great part of the afternoon.
and their foster son. little Morrison
Marshall, was brought in by his
nurse to hold a court of his own.
He is a charming youngster. with a
delightfully."- friendly manner, and, in
his little white suit shocked with
blue, he made a very pretty picture.
Moreover, he had q thoroughly coed
time At "muvver's party"
Nine. Jusserand, wife of the French
Ambassador, and Nine. de Riano, wife
OF the Spanish Ambassador. were
among the early callers, and Nine. de
Riano had Mrs. Harry Wardman un-
der her wing. The Minister Of the
Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and Nine.
Grouitch also came in early and with
them was their guest, Mrs. Jerome
Landfeld. of New York. She's q TIRE
mendously interesting person. . Rus
sian. whom Nine. Grouitch had known
in Petrograd when she was lady-in.
waiting at the Russian court under
the old regime. In those days she was
Princess Lodanen Rostovsky. She
was married to Mr.. L.andfeild in 1905
and since that time has lived much IN
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COnGreAsional Club
Reception Tomorrow.


The reception at the Congressional
Club for the Vice President and Mrs.
Marshall tomorrow night will be an
auspicious opening for the weeks
gayeties-and when the Congressional
Club starts entertaining one may
know that the season is really under
way. Several debutantes will be pre-
sented this week-Eleanor Harris.
Barrine Drake. Agnes Scott, Betty
Grove and Nancy Lane, who is COM
ing out at the small tea her mother,
Mrs. Franklin knight Lane, is giving
for her on Wednesday afternoon. And
on Friday there will be the Vanity
Fair Fete at Wardman Park Hotel,
both afternoon and evening"
gorgeous spectacular pageant of
fashions spanning the years from the
early days of our history to modern
times.
Therell be dancing, Of course,
and all sorts of unique and
clever stunts, but after all
it's the fashion show in which So
ciety-at any rate the feminine por-
tion 'thereof-is most interested. The
fete is being given for the joint
benefit of two particularly appealing
local charities. Noel House and the
Women's Evening Clinic. The pref
test girls in town have been gathered
in to help make the benefit success
and will appear in costume from
Marion Drain and Marie Spurgeon.
Indian maids, to Mildred Bromwell.
Louise Littauer. Anna Hamlin, Cecilia
McCallum and a bakers dozen others
who will display the smartest modes
of the season of 1919-192O, with per-
haps a prophetic peep at future STYLES.
Then there's the tea dance at the
5illard on Saturday afternoon for the
benefit of Garfield Hospital, which is
going to be great fun, ! know. Official
society has always been deeply inter
ested in the hospital since its found
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buds-girls who made their debuts
here during the war-in fact, both
of them last years buds if memory
serves-are planning matrimony in
Chicago. That, however. is quite nor
NAL, for they are both Neally Chicago
girls, and, although they were promi-
nent and popular here, that was
largely because their parents hap.
pened to be here for war service.
First there is Courtney Let's, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Let's.
whose engagement to Wellesley Hill
Stilwell. son of Mrs. Homer Stilwell
month or so ago. She has picked
January 10 as her wedding day, and
some Of her playmates here expect
to 20 on for 1t. In fact, Mildred
Bromwell is to be one of her brides-
maids.
Then just few DAYS ago Margaret
Carry's engagement to young Edward
Cudahy was announced-the particu-
lar young Cudahy who was the hero
of the sensational kidnapping by Tat
Grove in Omaha, nearly a sco.e of
years ago. Margaret Garry is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Sdwnrd r
Carry-the former one OF Hurley's
most valued aids on the Shipping
Board. The Carrys could not find a
suitable house here, and during the
year or more that they were in Wash
ington they lived at the Shoreham.
and they were prominent and popula- >
socially. Young Cudahy was a Can
tain of artillery during the war. but
now he is merely in training as a
captain of industry serving for the
moment as vice president of the Cud
ahy Packing Company.
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ing as a memorial to President Gar
field, and many women Of the official
set, with Mrs. Thomas Riley Marshall
at their head, have consented to act
as patronesses. The wives of several
Cabinet members are among them,
and the Diplomatic Corps is repre-
sented by Baroness de Cartier and
Nine. Grouitch.
The several charity balls set for the
early days Of the New Year are also
rousing considerable interest. notably
the ball for the benefit of Columbia
Hospital on January ]. and the ball
for the benefit Of the Episcopal
Home for Children on January 8. Both
are to be given at the willard. and
Frances Hampson is chairman Of the
girls floor committee for both dances.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson will lend her
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Members Of the embassy star are
making plans to attend the opening
performance Of Carnival in which
Godfrey Tearle is appearing at the
Belasco Theater; and it is probable
that this particular likeable English
actor will take part in more than one
social function this week. In Eng
land. Mr.. Tearle is as much q figure
In socity as he is upon the stage and
he has brought with him letters of in
triduction which should prove the
open seasame to society here. As for
the girls-well, he's a matinee idol
sure to set feminine hearts afiutter.
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Washingten Society
Girls on Stage.

W WaSnangron society
Girls on Stage.
On the other hand a lot of Wash
ington girls seem to be going on the
| stage. Juliette Crosby, Pm told, has
decided to take UP a dramatic career
| and is in New York rehearsing for 4
| small part Judith Ives and Harriet
Pitts have been successful in a mod
est way: Tallulah Bankhead, grand
daughter of Senator and Mrs. John III.
Bankhead. who graduated from the
pictures, has leading role in "Poker
Ranch: Ethel Helm has gone up to
New York to accept an opening
which has been offered her; and one
hears that Frances Hoar, daughter OF
Mrs. Frederick n. Gillett, also has
dramatic aspirations
Juiiette Crosby, you know. is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar r.
Crosby, and a sister Of Countess Car.
raciolo de Melito and OF Celeste Cros-
by. who is playing round with the
buds this year. She was a great belle
here for a season or two before her
fathers duties took the family
abroad, and she's quite q beauty.
Miss Hoar. who like her sister.
Louisa Hoar, has just come into a
tidy little fortune inherited from her
grandmother. wants to be a profess,
sional dancer. / believe. And she can
dance most amazingly well. Probably
you remember what parfectly delight
full work the two Hoar girls did last
season in the show put on at Mrs.
Gaff's for the benefit Of the British
American War Relief.
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ciety. It's to be under the auspices
Of the Community and Civic Center
department of the public schools. MIR.
Craig, who has been elected to the
board ofythe Drama League, is attach
ed to the British embassy.
The departure of the British Am
bassador, Viscount Grey of Falloden
IL set for the early days of January
OStensitly he goes home on leave
sitter q scant three months in this
country, but apparently there 10 slim
chance Of his returning and this is a
matter of genuine regret. Sir Will
liam Tyrell, former undersecretary for
foreign Affairs, who accompanied the
ambassador in the role Of secretary
rather as an act of personal friend
ship, will return to London with him
and so will Ronald Campbell, one OF
the attaches. Which will again leave
the embassy rather depleted, but
with the popular Ronald Lindsay al
its head.
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Which reminds me that AIgernon
r. N. Greig, who was responsible for
the book" Of this clever bit OF nom
sense and directed the production, is
to sing the role of ''Sir Joseph Porter,
X. c. b." in the production of Gilbert
Suliivan's rollicking opera, III M.
s. Pinafore," to be given at Central
High School on Monday, December %,
by the Peoples National Opera So
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aid to the Columbia Hospital dance,
having consented to act as patroness:
and ever SO many prominent women
are uniting In their work for the only
woman's hospital i4F Warrington.
Monday evening. Japysry y, has been
selected for the aadual< ball for the
Childrens HospStkL THE Charity
Ball." by riEht<cf prjerity, and this
year Mrs. Mclf1lan dibson is chair
man of the baH ce9hittee.
PeIiee Fu1A
DeneAt nalI.
Last. But " no means least there's
the BAH at Wardman Park Hotel on
the 4suenlng Of December 20 for the
be4eht OF the Police Relief Associa-
taon, Preparations for which are 60
Walsh has "underwritten" the enter
tainment, so that every cent taken
in Is clear profit; and Mrs. John Allan
Dougherty has undertaken to see the
ball through. This in itself spells
success-for didn't Mrs. Dougherty
manage the Salvation Army ball last
year and the ball for the Permanent
Blind Relief the winter before, which
hung up a record for Washington
when 1t came to financial success?
Already-and the date 10 three weeks
of-over $4,000 have been taken in.
The ball is under the patronage of
Mrs. Marshall, the LansinEs, the
Bakers. the Burlesons, the Daniels
the lanes whole griSt of important
people, whose names I'll have to
save on account OF the paper short
age.
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Moreover two of washlngton's war
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-04-01
For the Sake Of the Children?

them every AFTERNOON. Why, they look
forward all day to that hour They be
lieve in me-they love me as only little
children can love, without any selfish
motive. without any hope of reward for
their devotion. ! have taught them TO
believe in fairies and in all the sweet,
wholesome things that made my own
childhood wonderfully beautiful
used to have my mother sit for hours
Conjuring up stories of fairies that came
at night with dreams tucked away under
their wings. Santa Claus and the Easter
Dummies were as real to me as you are.
There IS nobody to tell the Gaylor ba-
bies any Of those stories that ! have
treasured in my heart all through the
years; so told them. If you could only
have seen the wonder in their eyes give
way to a glad belief"
Let Gaylor hire an intelligent nurse
10 tell stories to his kids" Peter inter
rupted savagely 1T is all right to make
yourself a goose over yorr own chil-
dren, but when It comes to outsiders
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folks off to Napper's Land Such a
good time as they had at your partyP
Didn't they help me 70 entertain
beautifully"
Il am afraid we are prejudiced in IA
vor OF those babies, you and l." he said,
smiling at her in his whimsical way. II
thought that / would run over here and
Try to cheer you up in case yor were be-
ing visited by a crowd of blue devils
that usually thrust their company on
you just after you have had a particu-
larly good time. Perhaps the feeling is
not general, but after am especially
gay, | find that | am likely to strike the
other extreme pretty soon. I fight the
tendency, but one escape does not seem
to make it any easier the next time"
Il think the feeling is quite general.
Most of US are constantly being
weighed on the scales Of life, and as
we go, either up or down. our moods
constitute sort of compass to show
which way we are travelling"
And if We are brave, we keep on
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that was too honest to felicitate her.
What did she say" demanded Mrs.
Wilson.
"She said she wocld reform him, but
you can see for yourself that she has
not been able TO do it. There is Peter
now, lowering around her SO that she
can't be decent TO her guests. Teas are
a bore, anyway, aren't they
Later, when the big house had been
emptied of its laughing. chattering
throng, and Mans father and mother
had gone TO carry flowers and ices to
some relatives, the girl sank down IN
deep leather chair and gave herself Up
10 a well-developed case of the blues.
Peter had proven himself 50 utterly i'm
possible that she had taken decisive
step and told him she would not marry
him
Peter" she had said. you hate those
motherless little Gaylor children. There
Is something radically wrong with man
who hates any child You try TO force
me to give up the hour 1 spend with
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smiling, no matter which way we 60"
Nan looked at him as he sat there, his
cigar held idly in his fingers. staring in
to the FIRE For some reason he was
not happy His gay pleasant manner
was a mask to hide his heart from a
too curious world. Laugh and the
world laughs with you was his practical
theory Of the best way TO live
IF Peter drops in here soon," he add
ed, smiling, as he pulled away again at
his cigar, L will show my bravery by
running"
at was nice OF you to come over and
keep me from being lonely" said Nan,
anxious to steer clear of the subject OF
Peter. you have happy faculty Of
saying and doing the right thing at the
right time"
That will not dc" He shook his
head at her you are just prejudiced
because l am the babies father Do you
know / believe that they love you better
than they love me, better than any
body?"
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The Advent of a New Firm

Come, come she urged him. rs
there anything can dor
Wid-eyed, ne looked into her face
and then he forced smile
"No, May" he murmured, brokenly.
Nothing. It's all over. I'm ruined
Wiped OFT They got me. I've been
ldting along too fast The bank would
not carry me for another penny. And
l can't pay for that first installment. So
l can't deliver" He shivered from head
to foot, then added again, parrot-like,
I'm ruined-ruined."
The crisis she had looked for had ar
rived. Now she could test him at the
time of emergency Was he worth
sticking to? She meant to find out.
What shall | do now?" she asked
him, wistfuly.
At the sound OF her voice he drew
himself together with a brave effort and
faced her sadly.
That's true" he muttered. more to
himself than TO her. I'm a man can
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By Elsie EndicOtt

And, next to father and mother
love them better than anybody, too"
mot better than YOU love Peter
There was a strange eagerress in his
voice, a note that Nan had never heard
before. She glanced at him quickly, her
heart throbbing uncertainty He had
thrown his cigar into the FIRE and was
standing, straight and tall, looking al
her. Something in his eyes forced the
truth from her. a little breathlessly
She held out her hand where Peter
ring had once sparded.
Il don't love him." she stammered-
Il found It out-today"
Am so very old?" he asked quietly.
as he held out his arms 70 her y love
you. Nan. love you. want you"
She went TO him, feeling that on the
scale Of life she was going up. up, 70
very dizzy heights
Are you going 70 marry me just for
the sake Of my children" he asked
She lifted happy. flushed face 20
him. Not altogether," she confessed
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By Joella Johnson

you mean-cheat my creditors?" he
snapped savagely Never" Again she
thrilled as she shook her head negative
".
NO" she kept on Not that. But
let me have a word. I've been seeing
this come right along. l thought you
were going close to the danger line I've
been worried about my position for the
past year. Sooner or later, ] knew the
crash would come You went after the
big things and let the little ones go. /
soon found that out. So, in prepara-
ton for the fatal moment-this moment
I've been saving. You've ignored the
interest on promissory notes. l didn't
You spent more money for Office sup
plies than were used. The surplus was
not wasted, though You wouldn't col
lect the fraction of dollar on commits
sions. did it for you. And ! made
a sinking fund. Into it, all that odd
money went And now its six hundred
dollars. VIII that help?"
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was always-there No matter how
things went, how nerve-wrecking a deal
might be, she had coolly met every sit
uation for year and half and he
couldn't do without her
She wasn't always a nasty, Shiny
snake. mol He couldn't help, but re-
member the several occasions when, aft
CT presenting her with a little box OF
candy, or a bouquet as a reward for
special services we'll rendered, into her
deep blue eyes there had crept sweet
look of tender gratitude and she had
stirred him with her really musical
Thank you so much.
The phone rang and she started to an
swer it, but he waved her aside i'm
periously and barked into the mouth
piece. She regarded him with a quiet
smile. then returned to the outer Office.
A minute later he rushed past her desk
and out of the Office again. An hour
passed and ne didn't return. Caution
ing John, the Office boy, 10 get any caller
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Il could not be good to my own, said
Nan clearly, IF / lost a single oppor
tunity to be good to anybody else's chill
drcn. We won't quarrel, Peter" She
took off his ring and handed it back to
him.
$50 you are willing to give me up for
the sake of two little kids?" he asked
bitterly
Say rather for the sake of the prin
siple involved, Peter. Our views of hui
mainly, for instance, are too far apart
to ever bridge successfully This IS
only one point of difference. / am be
ginning to discover there are many such
differences that will cause discussions
when things come to an issue.
you want an excuse TO break your
engagement" was Peters final remark.
She pondered over the truth of that
statement while she sat huddled there,
feeling very lonely and forlorn.
Are YOU too tired to talk TO me.
Nam" asked Townes Gaylor, coming in
to the room. q have just seen the little
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get along. But you're girl. What are
you going to do
81 don't know" she answered quietly.
well, YOU won't starve-thats one
thing" He grornd the words out saw
agely, yet she smiled. You've been the
finest little sticker in the world, May.
II it hadn't been for you I'd have gone
under long ago. | owe you fortune.
But haven't got it. After everything 5
Strengthened out and all the bills paid
I'll have about two hundred left. |
want you to have hundred of that. It
it will help ill you get another job. 20
A delicious thrill of JOY ran through
her every fibre. She knew it. She knew
he was pure gold-right at this minute,
when he faced ruin-his big thought
was for others. 1t was time now to give
him the news He had proven himself
when the crash came.
"Mr. Salisbury" she said, putting her
hand on his bent shoulder, Il think /
know way out"
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ner fellow passengers. After one com
prehensive look, she slowly swung back
again, and CARED unseeingly out of the
car window.
The most unintere sting lot Of people
that I've ever seen" was her mental YER
diet There's only one individual in
the whole car that looks as though it
even had sense OF humor, and since
It Is Young and very good-loolciug
nan, why I suppose must conduct my
sslf with proper regard for due pro-
priety. o, shades of Miss Munson's
private school for fashionable young la
dies think the due propriety rule
was the seventh in the list they gave us
IN the etiquette class, on how 20 con
duct oneself in public Heighol / seem
to have grown mp with some very pie
beian tastes, nevertheless. / wish had