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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-15
YANKS and
JAPANESE
in Clash!
Trouble Between American
and Nipponese Troops
Reported in Siberia
NEW LEADER is OPPOSED

LONDON. Jan. ia dispatch
from usrbin today made obscure
reference 60 a reported clash be-
tween Japan-~. and American
troops in siberia
Iiolshe,ik wireless comuuniqu~
from Moscow referring to tho
situation In siberia said move
meni had been organized by th.
socialist rrsolutionari~s Ia CON
junction with the txcchs.
The movement. according to
the Bolsh~,ik communiaue. was
assisted BY an American fleet.
which left the Philippine islands
for Nladiyo<iok 60 prevent the
Japane<. from landing fresh
treops Co assist Gen. semenoff.'
frhc Hoishevik statement apparent
iy refers 60 a reported effor; to e.
tahiish an independent Siberian re
public between Obi and Nladivostok,
The Iiarbin dispatch declared tina
American soldiers captured an mr.
rnored train from Gen Samenoff. th'
ness anti-Tioishovik leadcr In Siberia
Two Americans wer. kilied ans
ihroc wounslad ln ths- encounter. III
Dispatch said IL aid not give an,
reason for tho fighting. which oe
eurrcf along the Nerkhnendinsk rafi
way IN the Lake Haiisni region
Fighting was reported under wa,
between Cxecho-Siovak troops ans
the forces 81 Scfncnoff
Gen. semcnoff recently was re
ported 10 have assumed command oi
anti Boishcvlk troops IN Siberia fol
lowing tho defea; OF Admiral koi
chak. ssrncnoff has been accused
of wanian cruelty IN buichcring th'
native population.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-15
Divorces Beware!
Pay Your Alimony

John Suttcr, longshoroman. was
ordered confined In the county Jail
by Superior Judge Calvin =. Han
Thursday for alleged failure 10 pay
alimony.
Anna Madeline Hazzly .sutter II
the wife. on December e. 1919. she
secured n divorce on the grounds Of
cruelty and non-support. lie was
ordered to pay her $50 week.
Mrs. Sutter appeared before Judge
Hall Thursday. charged that Sutter
had not paid her. and then the court
ordered him confined In Jail
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-15
Indian Fugitives
Land in City Jail

Tom Williams. 20. and Charles
Durkee. 10. two Indian youths, who
escaped last week from n govern
ment school at Salem. Ore. are IN
the city Jail Thursday awaiting
transportation back to the school.
Both boys were arrested at Ffrst
ave. and Main vt. late Wednesday
night following teiegraphic notifica-
ton Of their escape from the Oregon
authorities.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-15
Had Opium "Store";
Police Arrest Him

Dan Raymond. 20, a waiter. was
arrested with an opium pipe and n
quantity Of yenshi In his possession
in a room in the Federal hotel. Third
ave and Pine st.. early Wednesday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-15
Brother Is Lost,
Fears Foul Play

Fearing foul play. +. y. Johnson,
s02h Spruce St, has asked the
police TO begin a search for his
brother. +. l.. Johnson. 60. who dis.
appeared last Saturday from the
Peoples cafe. on lower Second ave.
Tho missing man had si25 In his
possession whom last seen, the
brother told the police.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-15
Booze Breaks Tie,
Wife Complains

Alleging her husband was hab-
itually intoxicated before he deserted
her last september. Mrs. Mary u.
keneally. formerly OF Dawson. Al.
aska, brought suit In superior court
Thursday 20 divorce Emmett u.
kcneally. They were marrten q
Dawson, July ,. 1919.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-15
Jap Carries Gun; !
Police Nab Him

Tom Takahashi. 30. Jap. carried Z
loaded automatic revolver In his>llIp
pocket A policeman at First ave.
and Pine 81. noticed the handle stick.
ing out from under Toms coat. TAX
ahashi went TO jail.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-15

The lonely spot In the woods
one mile south OF Seattle
Heights, where the headless
skeleton Of man was found
Tuesday within zoo yards Of the
place where another skeleton
was discovered November 90. Il
believed by Sheriff John Strin-
ger and his deputies TO be n
"murderers' cemetery"
The place IL grimly suited for such
a purpose. Hidden in a deserted 10
cation, more than a mile from any
road, and where humans rarely
tread. bodies OF murder victims
might lie there undiscovered for
years. Stringer points out.
Both the skeletons 20 far found
are those OF men dead at least a
year, in the opinion OF the coroner
Of snohomlsh county.
Altho the spot wrere the two skel-
etons have been found is not In King
county. StrinRer and Deputy Sheriff
Stewart Campbell. who visited the
place Wednesday. are continuing
their investigation in the belief that
both victims are from Seattle.
The woods and brush In the vicin-
ity will be searched 20 see II any ad.
ditional skeletons can be found,
stringer said.
Because the skeletons were not
found until such n long time after
death. Identification is almost impos.
sible. Records OF missing men were
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OUR FAULT
SAYS JUDGE

"IIcrcdity and environment,
and not the child himself. Is gen.
orally 10 blame. Guilty says the
jury. Guilty says the Judge.
Guilty say we all. Yet II child
grows up 10 be n criminal. the
blame u really and truly ours.
Western Washington needs an In
stituiion for the feeble-minded."
Juvenile Judge King Dyke.
man. addressing the Washington
state Conference for Social Wei.
fare.
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PASADENA Cal, Jan. f5.-The No-Tobacco league
gdsped rhen Rev. James Walton said he knew
had cigaret their 0arers. because he'd them
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-15

d EGIsTER today your precinct you
ll n
I,IECTTON Tuesday 2. Take tip from Chief
II Il.
10 is the books by o3o
VI o'clock p. January II.
TT n of you looking in. Don't be
l.
CLAcKER Ditch loungolzardy feeling and do
-
rRAIPsE your registration book and
L y
L,LsE to explain to neghbor and his
IL neiRhbor why
DAN tho of poet "shake leg and do 1t
N Nowr"
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NEVER BROKE DOWN:
did IT FOR FUN"

Three days later John was in Jail.
At first he denied the crime. lie
never broke down. as do most men
who kill in sudden passion. His face
was not set. He did not worry. nor
cry. He told the police plainly what
had happened, took them to the body.
found the steel bar where he had
thrown IL into thicket, all without
a quiver.
The defense has made no effort 10
deny John killed the man. All hopes
have been pinned on the plea OF men.
tai irresponsibility.
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and ANOTHER!

PARIS. Jan. f5.-Ame-
dee Coriiiard, a boy of IL,
shot his father dead. Anne
dee is a boy of GRIM
inal tendencies, ichom his
father, a Belgian mater-
cress grower, had only too
frequent cause to correct.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-15
KILLED WORKMAN
TO GET HIS AUTO

John Kneip wanted an automobile
Nazzareno Braconi. smeiter work
man, had n machine. John offered
10 buy. well knowing he had no
money.
John. with Braconi as passenger,
drove out TO the kneip house. near
Dupont and saw his mother. Then
he turned the machine into n lonely
road near Stcilacoom and killed Bra.
conf with n steel Jack handle. He
beat Braconi over the head time aft.
er time. dragged the body TO the
roadside and covered 1t with brush.
The deed done. John drove back
TO Tacoma and ate big meal of
fried pork chops.
Il gotta have my pork chops-r
love them" he told police after his
arrest.
The afternoon OF the staying. John
took his mother, baby brother and
sister and two neighbor children for
n ride to Olympia.
''IIe seemed nervous and always
wanting 20 be on the 60" Mrs. Clara
kneip testified on the witness stand
He drove so recklessly and 30 fast.
was afraid. His face was flushed
and hfs pves were red "
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-15

lat was an interesting
story from Washington.
ID. c.. about the work OF
Commissioner Roper In
digging up the dclin-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-15
ANOTHER BOY IS
ON TRIAL F0RL|FE
Defense Contends Slayer
Has Mind of Babe

TACOMA, Wash, Jan. Is.
ANOTHER BOY is ON trial
for murder in Tacoma.
He's John Kneip, l6.
The charge: He killed a
man to get his auto.
The defense: Kneip has the
mind of n babe.
DR.. Stevenson Smith, psy-
chology professor from the
University of Washington,
is a witness for the defense.
Smith is called one of the ma
tons foremost experts on
abnormal children. He has
conducted a clinic for abnor-
NAL and backward children
at the university for several
years.
The prosecution was preparing to-
day 20 call its own experts 20 refute
the mental irrcsponsibliity" plea.
Mrs. Clara u. Kneip. mother OF the
youth. testified John was backward
In learning to walk and talk. that he
was difficult TO control. that he was
expelled from school after falling to
set beyond the Sixth grade. that he
had a mania for machinery and tools.
and often had stolen them and hid
den them near his home.
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1HERE being quite n num-
| Der Of folks In the world
j who consider II neces.
sary to have regular
. meals, and places 10
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TTWTT
fort and adornment. there In n cor
responding large assortment OF
Jobs.
And finding all the regular Jobs
taken, ambitious fellows who have
formed the habit Of eating, de
wise new ones.
Some pray. some prey, some
bray, and some run for office.
Others write more or less clever
things for the press. and others
solicit advertising 10 occupy tho
nice white space alongside this
classy reading matter.
E1.raA take snxpler and more di
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QUENTIN
OUIDNUNC
To-day lie Asks n Question Of
Five Persons Picked
at Random
TODAY'S QUESTION

DO you think Isom White, 1a.yea
old murderer. should be hanged?
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new IS FOUND GUILTY
As IT SEEMS
TO ME
DANA SLEETH

ELL by golly. I'm proud
I've lived TO see the day.
Because | always had
a hunch that solomon
was a liar. and now l
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29


the first picture apan House Of Rene
aeoae on the oor Abor rg demonstration
ing classes (who favor sufrage before
@ Eehseaka al or opposition party CeMr Yuko ozak many
the opposition. ~ - ~ 1000
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29

Left - No wonder she
bawls! Born with two
teeth and hollering for
beefsteak and yet the
proud parents of little
Florence Haase, of Chi
cago, insist that she re-
main on a strictly milk
UIeC. International
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29

Right Nine. Lydia
Lipkowska, f a m ou S
operate soprano, re-
turns af ter several
years in Russia, where
she end ured many
hardships at the hands
of the Bolshevists. She
wears her famous gold
thread wig valued at
$oO,UOO. Keystone Vie.D
The New York herald., 1920-12-26
DANCES FOR THE YOUNG SETS
WILL CROWD HOLIDAY WEEK

was made. last Thursday at the dinner
and theatre party given by her uncle.
Mr.. Thomas B. Davis. Preceding the
dance on Wednesday night Mr. and Mrs.
Burchard will give a dinner for Miss
Moinson.
Mrs. William Nelson Wilbur viii hold
a reception with dancing at the Plaza
on Wednesday afternoon TO Introduce
her daughter, Miss Harriet NJ. Wilbur.
Another of the events of that day will
be the luncheon for Miss Betty Barber
which Mrs. IL. Edward Manville will
give at her home, 125 East Seventy
second street. The first for this season
Of the Metropolitan dances that were
associated at their start with the Met
ropolitan Club where they were held
I'm the ladies' annex, will be held on
Wednesday night in the ballroom of the
Ritz-Carlton. The gathering will include
the young women who will be introduced
TO society next year and some Of them
the season following. The subscribers
to these dances are two and three years
ahead of those identified with the
Colony dances. The committee of this
season includes Mines. H. Caslmir Dc
Rham, J. Archibald Murray James A
Burden. Robert l.. Stevens. Goodhue
Livingston and John II. Prentice. There
will be three OF the dances this season
the others being set for January 20 and
March 2S.
The Junior holiday dance, at the head
OF which Is Mrs. William r. X. Taylor
will be held on Wednesday night at the
Plaza in place of the previous night, as
first intended
A dance and supper is to be held
Wednesday in the Hotel Commodor,
under the auspices of the junior auxiliary
of the Catholic Summer School OF Amer
lea. the officers OF which are Miss Rutl
Mosher Miss Agnes Ryan, Miss Louis,
Esling of Philadelphia. Miss Irene Tghe
Miss Helen Gillespie and Miss Dorothy
Page. The entertainment committee ],
composed OF Miss Irene 'righe. Mis-
Catherine Butler. Miss Beatrice Cronin
Miss Kathryn Gullfoy. Miss Helen Ne
Namara and Miss May sullivan. Tn,
patroncsses were Mines. John J. Cronln
Francis r. Cunnion. Andrew Davey Al
phonse ]. Dodin, Joseph A. Fargis. Johr
i. Calvin. George J. Gillespie, william
II. Guilfoy. Edward j. Hogan. Warror
Il. Mosher. Charles Murray, William ]
O'Shea, John J. Page. John +. Ryan
Edward Rowan. B. A. Smith, James Slat
tory. James H. Sullivan, Michael Sui
Ivan, i. @. Tighe, Alvin weisker, Mat
thew Whalen and M. ]. Bannin.
There will be considerable merrymak.
ing on New Years eve. The largest
dance Of that night will be given by Mr.
and Mrs Edward Goldman Parish al
the Colony club for their debutant,
daughter, Miss Eliza Seymour Parish
On Friday afternoon Mrs. Ernest Green,
viii hold reception with dancing ~
the ballroom of the Rltz-Carlton TO Ia.
troduce her daughter. Miss Margaret
Dorothy Greene. One OF the holiday
parties arranged for girls not out III
society will be given that night by Mr.
Clarence III. Mackay for his daughter
Miss Ellen Mackay, and some Of hel
young friends. II win be at his neU
home, 3 East Seventy-fifth street. The
second of Miss OVENS Junior dances
will be held on New Years eve at tn,
Plaza t..E .-....-...4..--
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complete until she has danced at the
officers club, while mothers and
fathers have come to regard invita-
tions from Governors Island as quite
necessary in the proper upbringing
OF a girl and essential to the cur
riculum of social experience.
While the flood Of early winter en-
tertainments, centring about the de-
butante and the eligible young men of
the rising generation, have kept the
attention within the circumscribed
Fifth avenue area since early Novem-
ber, the young set frequently has made
tho time to attend the Friday night
hops" in the Governors Island Club,
while their elders have gladly cut the
social routine of the city to join friends
in Governors Island residences for
dinner or for delightful musicales and
literary evenings.
The fortunate guests OF the officers n.
the Friday night hops in the club have
returned with tales of generous hospi-
tality and reports about one OF the best
of dancing floors. The work Of Major
William r. Schmidt as secretary Of the
club quite equals In detail that of his
duties as ad djutant of the Twenty-sec
his secretarial duties from Lieut.-Coi.
William W. Bessell who has started for
Texas to take UP a new detail as
adjutant general of the Eighth Corps
Area under Major-Gen. James G. Har-
bord.
The president OF the club is Col
william weigel. Chief of Staff Of Major
Gen. Bullard Col. ]. McA. Palmer.
who commands Fort Jay. is the
vice-president Major A. ]. Gullion IS
second vice president and Lieut. David
Dunn assistant secretary. Their in
formal Friday evening hops have. since
the opening of the winter. found the
ballroom crowded on each jolly occa-
sion. The main incident of the season
is to be a ball on Wednesday night.
The debutantes arc looking forward 10
that with unalloyed pleasure. Early
January is to bring a costume ball at
the club.
Holiday gayeties on the reservation
started Christmas night with recep-
ton by Mrs. Il. 3. Smith. wife of Chap
lain Smith, to which Manhattan con-
tributed a large quota of guests. On
New Years Day Mrs. j. McA Palmer.
will give q largo reception In her res
idence.
Tennis, golf and polo. which were the
chief sports through the summer ami
autumn, have given way to fencing and
bowling. The lawn tennis courts have
been flooded and are ready for the first
freeze to make skating and hockey pos
sible. Gen. Bullard in instructing the
officers IN fencing.
The New York herald., 1920-12-26

w THILE there were numerous
M dances and other entertain
ments for the young set last
week there will be even greater social
activities, beginning tomorrow, until
New Years night. Many students are
home for the Yuletide season and they
will join in the festivities both for
their own group and in some instances
for their elders.
Debutantes will be included to-mor-
row night at the dance which Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Henry Mosle will give at the
Colony Club to introduce their daugh-
ter, Miss Elizabeth Boardman Mosle.
debutante will give a dinner at the
club. Other dinners will be given by
Mr. and Mrs. Adams Batcheller and
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G.. Mead.
For the younger set the first for
this season of the Colony Dances will
be held at the Ritz-Carlton. The
dances will include girls who will not
be introduced formally to society for
two or three seasons. These dances,
originally held in the Colony Club
when il was in Madison avenue near
Thirtieth street, afterward moved to
tho present club. which they now have
outgrown. The patronesses for this
season are Mines. Winthrop Burr,
Oliver G. Jennings, II. Casimir de
Rham. Robert L. Stevens, ] Magee
Ellsworth and Edward 7. III. Talmage.
There will be as usual another dancA
in Easter week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George N. Gardiner of
$40 Park avenue are giving a dance
tomorrow night for juniors. friends
of their daughter. Miss Alice Gardiner,
and their young son, Mr.. George n.
Gardiner. Jr, who are students.
Mrs. Sackett NJ Barclay and Mrs
! Thornton Chard will give q reception on
/ Tuesday afternoon at 10 West Fifty-
| third street to introduce Miss Ethel
| Chard. granddaughter Of Mrs. Barclay
Mrs. Chard and her daughter have come
| from Albany TO be with Mrs Barclay
| for the winter. Last wednesday Mrs
William Constable. grand aunt OF Miss
Chard gave luncheon for her at which
were included several debutantes OF the
season. Miss Chard ls a grand niece
II
of Mr. James l.. Barclay.
There will be two important private
dances on Tuesday night Mr.. and Mrs
Frederick w. Longfellow will have one
at the Colony Club TO Introduce their
daughter. Miss Juliette Delafield Long
fellow. and at the Ritz-Carlton Mr. and
Mrs John RI. Prentice are giving one 10
Introduce their daughter, Miss Caroline
Prentice. There seems to be no draw
back to the success Of several dances on
the same night, and the young dancers
take considerable pleasure in going
from one TO another.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fairfax Landstreet will
give large dance on Wednesday night
at the Colony Club for their daughter.
Miss Mary Davis Landstreet and also
for Miss Jane Moinson of Paris. who Is
passing tho winter hero with Mr.. and
Mrs. Anson Wood Burchard. Miss Land
.streeta formal Introduction 10 society
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Costume Dance
at GreenWiCh
Mr.. and Mrs. c. d. Mallory
Entertain in Celebration
Of Her Birthday.

GREENWICH, Conn, Dec. 25.-The
held last Saturday night when Mr.. and
Mrs. Clifford D. Mallory gave costume
dance in celebration of Mrs. Mallory's
birthday at their residence on Old
Church road. The house was trans
formed into a typical Southern home.
In the conservatory were bay trees with
real oranges hanging from their boughs,
while in the sun parlor the decora-
tions consisted of gauze lanterns, smilaN.
streamers and confetti, with old cande-
labra and candles
Mrs Mallory wore an antique gown,
which was an heirloom in her family,
dating back 10 1880. and also brooch
and earrings about seventy-five years
old The costumes worn by the guests
were brilliant. some being Of the Per-
sian type. with plumes as head orna-
ments. A large birthday cake was cut
by the hostess, pieces of which were dis
trlbuted TO her guests.
Among the guests were Mr.. and Mrs.
Theodore Pomeroy. Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred
c. Bosom. Mr.. and Mrs. Dunlevy Mil
bank, Mr.. and Mrs. jeremiah Milbank,
Mr.. and Mrs Bayard Litchfieid. Mr.. and
Mrs Elton Parks, Mr.. and Mrs. Hunter
s. Marston. Mr.. and Mrs. j. Barlow
Smull, Mr.. and Mrs. John d. Chapman
Mr.. and Mrs Eugene NJ. Moore, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Arthur Moore. Mr.. and
Mrs Edwin II. Close, Mrs. Seymour w
HYDE. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond =. Thomp-
son. Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Truesdale, Mr.
and Mrs. Irving Day, Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Page. Mr. and Mrs. John Berry
Mrnand Mrs Archer II. Brown. Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Birge. Mr.. and Mrs. J. T
Potter and many others.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. NJ Boomer Of New
York we're end Of the week sojourners
at the new Pickwick Arms Hotel
About fifty members OF the Pickwick
Club. composed of prominent residents
had dinner and dance at the hotel last
saturday night a New Years eve dance
there will be one Of the society events
Of the season.
Mrs. Duane Armstrong of Edgewooc
Park entertained at luncheon last
Tuesday at the Ritz-Carlton. New
York. for Mrs. Edward Francis Holmes
OF California.
Mrs. Frederick Scott Waite had as
her guest Miss Edith Wynne Matthisor
/ Mrs Charles Ram Kennedy. OF
/ Thursday and Friday OF last week al
her home In Lenox drive.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Glazier are visit.
ing his parents in South Glastonbury
They will return after New Years
A costume dance w.ll be given at Tho
Field club New Years eve. Precednl
tho dance Mr. ana Mrs. Marshal G
Bacon will give large dinner party
The New York herald., 1920-12-26
ARMY OFFICERS WILL ENTERTAIN
ON GOVERNORS ISLAND WITH A
FORMAL FANCY DRESS PARTY
Friday Night Hops in Club House Popular With the
Debutantes-Second Corps Area Headquarters
Centre Of Social Life.

ovERNoRs Area Of
Robert
~ social life Of the
met
timeo buildings dominated
delightful
In
But wn in
Of
The New York herald., 1920-12-26
JANUARY DANCE FOR
UNION SETTLEMENT

Patronesses, boy 'dene, debutante
committee and flo, committee, con-
stituting the "cast" Of the Union Settle
men ball. form a combined personnel that
promises to make that charity ball one
OF the important incidents of next month.
Tho ball is set for January 2S in the
Ritz-Carlton Mrs. Henry =. Dawson Is
at the head of the directing committee
and she Is being helped In that man
agerial capacity by Mrs. James r. Shelf
field, Mrs. William s. Edgar. Mrs. Regl-
nald Barclay. Miss Ellen s. Marvin.
Mrs. Edwin NJ Buckley. Mrs. Frederick
W. Moss and Mrs. Thomas Il. Satter-
thwaite.
The patronesses are Mines Robert
Brewster, Albert Gallatin, Graham Lusk,
William Warren Hoppin, Jr.. Jonathan
Bulkley. Henry r. Coe, Arthur w Fran
els, Henry De Forest, T. Tileston Wells.
John s. Rogers Dean Sage. Philip
Golden Bartlett. oliver b. Jennings.
George Q. Brewster, Dwight W. Morrow.
William Il. Hardness. George q Enassr
The New York herald., 1920-12-26
SPENCE ALUMNAs MUSICALE.

Members Of the Spence Alumnae So
cicty are busy with preparations for
their annual entertainment in aid of the
home for babies supported by the soci-
city. II will be held in the ballroom Of
the Plaza on the nights OF January 10
and II, and on the first day there also
will be a matinee, when a musical fan
tasy entitled Forty winks" Will be
heard for the first time. The music IS
by Rev. Marie Tonnele and the book
and lyrics by Diantha f. Lawrence
There will be dancing after each eve
ming performance. Among the members
Of the entertainment committee are
Mines Connor Lawrence. Henry s.
An,pr, Arthur Orvis. Wilder Gutterson.
Irving II Pardee. Harry Hammond
John T. Russell. Jr.. Herbert Serck
John l.. Tonncle. Jr.. Misses Marjorie
Cleveland. carolyn Dorsett Adele Ham
mond. Elizabeth Sabin. Mabel Venner
and Mary Wells. The cast will Include
most Of the debutantes OF the season.
and the production will be under the d.
rection Of Mrs Dana Bunet. All seats
will be reserved. and these as we'll as
boxes may be obtained from Miss Caro-
lyn n. Dorsett of SO West Seventieth
street Already there has bean an en-
couragfnE salas