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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-29
BOSTON women HAVE
BEAUTIFUL VOICES
At Least That Claim is Made for
Them by Member of Smith
College Faculty.

Do the women OF Hoeton have the
! most pleasing voices in AmcricA7 Is il
only in eastern Massachusetts, that
feminine speech approaches pcrfectionl
The affirmative answer comes from the
woman who tcaches spoken English at
Smith College, which Is at Northampton,
far enough wcst in the State so u Mt il
cannot be suggested she is roofing for
home talent.
The voice Of Smith College is being
heard just now in an appeal for &, ,00O,-
900 endowment fund. Mrs. Thomas
Louhen, of tho faculty, speaks up to say
that all college girls should have musical
voices-and yet, alas, too few do.
There may be girlish voice out IN
Wisconsin,, say, or Colorado that sounds
like mric 10 your ears. In some locality
the old home town, perhaps every
you.
Imagine the outraged Kansas culture
when word reaches its co-eduoational col
leges that the girls out there tend to
nasality.
Boston's prctensions 20 being tho hub
of the universe arc harmless enough, but
when worncns voices are challenged ah,
that is different.
Probably the only community that viii
not protest against assumption ot vocal
superiority is New York City. Native
Manhattanese and BrcoSlynese have few
rivals in unlovely speech.
Such residents OF the world metropolis
rs como from somewhere, while admitting
that New York women can scarcely con-
tend for FIRST honon in a vocal contest, are
loath TO yield the distinction TO Boston
femininity, preferring to pick runners-up
elsewhere.
BY a speaking voice that Is musical,
Mrs. Louden means one that "has pure
tone supported by proper breath con-
troll" She holds that ~ speaking voice
can he made and should he made as
beautiful az singing voice, whether used
or from platform before
a large assemblage.
From her experience in training young
women to speak well, Mrs. Loliden finds,
among girls from all parts Of the country
that those who live in and around Boston
have the most pleasing voices.
'"The girls from certain other psrts OF
New England and from Pennsylvania and
the Middle West" she says, may be
said TO have the most unmusical qualities
Of tone, especially as = result of the burr
sound, and the fiat a, which, overiiatted,
leads TO strong nasality.
There il tho mistaken feeling among
many Americans, and in many American
schools, that the r is neglected unless
by that hard, CONSTRUCTED sound
which comes from shutting the voice into |
he throat by the tongue. No distinction |
$ made between good r and bad r.. |
The result is an unmusical, throaty |
one"
Mrs Loudcn SAYS tho worse defects in |
he speaking voice are burr" which re- |
ates TO the '.r", nasality and indstInct-
Icss.
Among the woncn's colleges OF the
ountry il is recognized that at Smith |
reat emphasis is plaoed on the speaking t
oice. According to Mrs. Louden, ''the
i'm Is to create . standard Of spoken
.nglsh so that no girl who goes out Of
ollege Will lack a weil-moduiated voice,
rec from the defects of harshness, nasal
" and throatiness that characterize so
auch OF the American speech"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-29

planned her narrisgs on the ht4wt model.
This young authorees was formerly the
wife of = publishing house Putnam and
has . young son by that name. Having
acquired her fame ~ an authorcss under
the name of Putnam, however. sbs do
cidcd to keep IL when she reocntly married
Robert ]. Senderpm, who h the manager
of Men. England telcphope company.
Sho also dccided ~ 60 right on living In
her ancestral homo, Tho Christmas
Trees" in Madison, Conn, while her new
husband wen. right on living n his
which is his business headquarters. They
spend their week-~nds together, and
occasionally they both take trip to New
York, where they both share the upkecp II
nm apartment. When recently asked why
ahc didn't move To bridgeport To live
with her husband. she replied in surprp4,
why, really. you know, ! never thougnt
of that"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-29
SOME WOMEN PAY BIG
TAXES ON INCOMES
Many Among the Sex Large Hold
ers Of Real Estate, Stocks and
Bonds and Other Securities.

Did you know that some of the largest
income-tay payers are women? That =
goodly portion of the American soil and
buildings-from modest homes to great
Office buisdings-are owned by her out
right? That stocks and bonds of immense
value in the railroads and the industries
are bringing incomes TO women in ail
parts of America? That there are salaried
women earning as high as SIS, 900 year9
That women are clever investors and
clear vast fortunes in financial deals7
Did YOU realise that there is also a
large percentage of working women
fling income-tax returns and that, though
the feminine living expense exceeds that
of her brothers, she is gamely paying as
high tax on her incomeP
The International Revenue Bureau rec
ords show that women are carrying
their share Of the burden Of the income
tax. Not Only are they contributing from
the earnings of fortunes left 10 them, but
substantial taxes are based on gains ac-
quired through their own efforts and own
intelligence in trading and IN business.
And what's more, there arc few wo-
men skickcrs" among the lncome-tay
payers. They accept the law and pay
their tax, and very few OF them are found
among the tax dodgers. The high wages
and salaries received by women last year
viii perhaps double the number of the
fair sex who are required To file returns
for 1919.
An unmarried woman, q widow, or
q married woman who is living apart
from her husband must hle an income
tax return If her net income for 1919
wss 81 900 or over.
She is entitled to an exemption on
the first $1,000 of her income II she
Is the heed of family, as defined in
the income-tax regulations, she may.elaim
81 900 additional exemption. Also she
may claim further exemption or 5000 for
each person for whom she is the chief sup
port, If the dependent IS under IS or is
or physically defective.
A married woman who has an income
from separate source than her hus-
band Is entitled to file separate return.
Ordinarily husband and wife file one
joint return. But if the husband docs not !
include his wife's income the wife is re-
CURED to file her own return. Separate |
returns of husband and wife are required |
il either had net income exceeding 5000 |
A woman who WAS widowed during |
1919 NAV clam exemption for the full |
year on tlc basis OF her status as OF |
December 81.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-29
NOTICE TO NEW CASTLE
AND SOUTH WILMINGTON
GAS CONSUMERS

Gas service will be discontinued to New
Castle and South Wilmington between the
hours of a. m and $50 a NJ, Sunday,
February /.
All customers in those districts are
requested to turn OF all burners and leave
off until they are sure service has been re-
established.
The interruption is necessftated by
changes due 70 the work Of the State High
way Department.
Wilmington Gas Company.--Adv.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-29
ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN IN AFFAIRS OF THE WORLD

1T has bon, ono oi the hAndicaps 70
worncns carroon that they wcre oom-
PEELED to sacrifice home life All women
need a normal homo life," sayB Mrs.
PAnkhurt, "and with the adoption Of Z
child, or several children, the blnincss
women of today may have . real home. At
the same time she does o great deal Of
good 70 society by helping To right some
Of its injusticcs.
Still Others who havc been patiently
waiting for the new and ealubrio,H mar
rlngr which wns To come out Of the wnr,
believe that they have found IL in the
economic Independence of the scxes. They
argue that matrimony is not necessarily a
hhndicsp to- The career Of either sex, end
that women enrning hundred dollars n
week arc just ns capable of domestic hap
riness, possibly morc so, than those earn
ing nothing. Matrirpony OF this sort tx
now very prevalent in New York. Ono
piccta il coming home in tho subway
r,isher, At the grocery storcs, and in
cheaper restaurants, partaking of . hnr-
ried brcakfNt before going It's separate
way for tho day
Many Of tho professional women who
embark on such matrimonial adventure
insist upon retaining their own names,
and are known by everybody aA "Wfss
so-and-So" instead OF "Mrs.v This is
occasionally embarrassing when rcgistrn-
ton Is required at hotels. but for the
most part it seems To do very nicely IL
Is unusually the woman whose nene IL
wrll-knosn and Of q certain franchise
value who is arbitrary on this point, but
the practice has become popular.
Only the other day, D young woman
attorney OF some note, or perhaps IL sas
a campaign manager. asserted in the press
that she not only believed n woman should
keep her own name after marriage, but
that her children should take her nunc
fethcr. she pointed out, would he only
an incident in the process Of procreation.
IT WAS the mother who hid all Tho bother
OF bringing the child into the world, and
raising it. II this practice were in vogue,
abe said, then there would be no IL
legitimate children.
NOVEL EXPERIMENT.
One OF the moet picturesque espousers
II the economically independent and
maiden name marriage Is Nina Wilcox
'utnam, of popula- fiction fsme, who has
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-29
WON'T DESTR or TOMB.
Monument to Highland Mary Will Be
Turned Around for Shipyard.

London, Jan 22.--Readers of Burns IN
all lands who have found cause for sorrow
N the prospect that the grave of Mary
Campbell t.'Highland Mary the hrst
and best love of his life. would be destroy
ed to make room for extension OF the
Harlan d Wolff shipbuilding yards at
Gcenock, will now be rrassurcd by an
official Parliamentary statement that the
historic spot IS to be preserved.
On the final reading of the Grcenock
Improvement Order Confirmation Bill
in the House of Commons, Alexander
Shaw, Secretary for Scotland, replying
to many queries on tho subject, stated
that the sentimental object ons lodged by
the Burns Federation and other societies
will be respected. The grave OF Highland
Mary is to be left untouched, he said,
only tho monument being turned around
to face the road
In due course added Mr. Shaw,
"a second suitable monument VIII be
erected on some site more accessible To
the public"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-29
INFORM YOURSELF ON
UNITED STATES ARMY
Uncle Sam Offering Prizes for
Essays by Boys and Girls
on Subject.

Washington, Jss, n To tho Mothers
n America DO you know that some
fno day, before February N, your boy
or glrl ~ gpipg To como homo from
school ard d6rnand, "Mothor. what cnn
you toll 400 about the benefits II an en-
listment IN tho new democratic pcaro
timc srmy7"
And do you know that unloss you can
ars~m thu question, your boy or girl
uill thorcby run the riyk of losing in tho
prixo essay contpet that tho War Depart
mont ~ conducting in the co,Intry's
schools, from Maine 70 California, on
February 207
You surely don't want that 70 hap,1n.
do youY Then don't you please pos.
yourself % this great national cons>rst
for tho school boys and girls of Ansrica1
You 800, am Just now IN tho midst
m cotintryvide cernpnign TO gss
recruits fof tho new democratic rpsac~
tlrne army. This campaign ss 10 run
thros months and tho plan includes the
use of much advertising space in the
newspapers, the posting of bilVboards,
ard window displays, and last but not
least, this hinge ossay contest in the
schools.
This contcst is absolutely urio,so N
tho history of tho American school sys-
tern. In scope, nothing Of The kind hsv
eyor before bonn attempted And in its
efcctS, feel that IL viii be many dsv
before our American scbooI children vrsr
participate in anything that viii accom-
plish moro for the public good.
Uncle Sam
------------A
II /. Itl,t 80 yecrs since women m C,vs4
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-29
AMERICAN PRINCESS.

Donna Elsie Torlonia, Princess Of Citells
Sessia, the daughter of the late Charles
A. Moore of New York, took the leading
part In an Italian ceremony at Monte
Carlo, acting as godmother TO a flag
which the Italian colony at Monte Carlo
has offered to the Italian Association Of
DemohiIizeG Soldiers.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-29
Be possible to Observe ths progress Of this

It Is firm belief OF the Public Health
Service that not only can thousands
OF lives be saved in this way, but that =
great many OF the physical and mental
handlcaps which follow the boy and
Eri through life may be removed at this
carly age, by adopting proper corrective
measures, and that the coming Eencrs-
tions may be made correspondingly
stronger and the stamina OF the nation
greatly improved.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-29
For CONSTIPATION.

For this disorder YOU viii find nothing
quite 80 good as Chamb-rlain's Tablets.
When the proper dose il taken YOU hargilv
realize that the effect rs not natssra. tn
stead OF having been produced by ned
cine ADV
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-29
buIllStead' d'SWOTmSWuD

4sTu children ~ anGel pf nrrrv." ~ neIo
worJns ~ present and diresfieAs f1J1oved.
III NEVER FAIKJs- One bottle dcsstroved 13s
worsns- stood thr test Ter sixty rc~rr- Scsd
eyeyywhete Yf b, mil: f5c z hctts.
A.1. Oaofoxtn, ssuand 4 Maricse StrssAs,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-29

IL is jtet 80 yecrs since women m CresA
Britain were made eligible 70 s~rv- on
sclaooi l~arde
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-29

NOVEL EXPERIMENT.
One OF the moet picturesque espousers
OF the economically independent and
maiden name marriage is Nina Wilcox
Putnam, of popua- fiction faue, who has
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-29
Revival Of Masks in
Dance and Drama; New
Use for Ancient Art
Continued from page one

and asked if they might wear one of my
masks. consented, and from that time
,nsfl now. they have been used in many
nr,vate balls and gatherings in New
York City They never have been worn
IN n.,blic before mixed audience. Of
eonrxe. to many they will mean nothing.
put to those who do appreciate them
and the work that has been put into
them. It will be Significantly
Mr.. Benda says the masks are not
reminiscent Of any particular period of
.be dance or the drama.
~They are Of this period he says.
aand this period alone. OF course. in
the oiden times the Greeks did use
masks in presenting the tragedies. but
,heir masks were nothing like these.
Taay did not attempt to hide the faces
~ their wearers. They made large,
cumbersome. fiat fabric or wax covers
Cor their faces. sometimes not even
nsinuug them or coloring them, but
s;anjv attempting to hide the identity
If the wearer or take away from him
his own personality and substitute the
character represented. That was the
original -cason for using masks on the
stage in in:crYretative work.
T1hi K that if q dancer wears the
faclai n..sk Of ;he character she is in
,erprs ing she VIII 60 her work much
mere q ctveiy Il stands to reason
1t, B.. sra audience SQaS an A,>,pr-
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-06-30

paHl has 3 company i0uNleu upon
basis which would clearly show u
profit % the ones operating the COM
pany.
lt was shown Ia the evidence that
this society had changed lis bylaws
IN such q Way as would enable il to
write endowment and ether features
Of cid line insurance. clearly show
ing that the officers we're departing
from the fundamental plan Of fra
ternal insurance, and that il was their
intention 70 change the entire ehaFae-
ter Of the h0Gdmen q the World.
] have related to you the feature
parts of the evidence, In conclusion,
j viii state that the judge viii hear
the arguments upon the case the
second day Of July, and then the case
will be for his consideration in order
that he may render his final verdict
As far as | am personally concerned,
in view Of the testimony which has
just been related, it will be impos-
sibe for the court to render verdict
against the plaintiffs. | think the
Judge before whom the case is tried
il a man who has great ability, and
/ ] believe that if he properly under
stands the situation he viii find q
verdict for the plaintiffs. However,
in cases of this kind where the
technical features are very hard to
solve there might be some chance for
the Judge to honestly find against the
plaintiffs. Ii he should make a mis-
take Of this kind, Of courae, it would
then be necessary for us to take the
/ case to the Supreme Court Of Ne
braska. | cannot see how the judge
can make such mistake, but, il he
should, and it does 60 to the Supreme
Court Of Nebraska, ! have confidence
in the final result and feel that the
suit will finally be won.
This fight, as | have stated before,
is a fight to preserve the fraternal
beneficiary system Of insurance. Re
CARELESS of how this law suit termin-
ates, the final battle-ground will have
to be the next Sovereign Camp Con-
vention, and we might as well make
up our minds to that effect and put
every ounce Of energy we have into
the situation.
Immediately upon a decision being
rendered in the case it is my inten-
ton to publish a special issue of the
Woodmen Voice, notifying the men,
bership Of the result. 1t is also the
intention Of the ones conducting this
i fight to &c through with it until the
bitter end. We are at great expense
and are fighting acombination that is
indeed hard to handle They have
money-our money--to spend in any
way they desire. They can manipulate
the funds in such a manner as to ac-
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-06-30

count for their expenditures and we
cannot help ourselves. If, in the final
analysis we should lose our lawsuit
which ] think is impossible, We will
perpetuate this fight BY going on an
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-06-30

I'll the end Of the next Sovereign
Camp Convention. a. not believe
that under the circumstances the
membership will ever stand for such
a robbery being perpetrated upon
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-06-30

them. The membership Is capable Of
understanding the facts; they arr
capable to the extent that they I'M
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-06-30

Continued on Page 80
The Washington herald., 1920-12-25
Social Calendar.
Todiy.

Aoaays
The Ambassador of Great
Britain and Lady Geddes, a
luncheon.
The Ambassador Of France and
Nine. Jusserand, a dinner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph w. Folk, a
dinner.
The Children's Country Home
ball.
The Norwegian Minister and
Madame Bryn, a party for lega-
tion staff.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Parmalee,
at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry May, a
luncheon at Grasslands.
Army and Navy Juniors" tea
dance at 2400 Sixteenth street.
Royal Country Club ball at
Raleigh Hotel.
Tomorrow.
Mrs. Septimus Austin and Miss
Madeline Austin, at home.
Miss Louise Littauer, a lunch
con.
Mrs. Cromwell Brooks, at
home.
Monday. December -.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles V. Wheel
er, dance for Miss Elinor Wheeler
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul johnson, a
dance for Midshipman John N.
Johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hight, a
dance for Miss Barbara Hight.
Capt. and Mrs. John H Day.
ton, tea dance for the Misses
MacDougalL
Mrs. Norman H. Davis, a tea
for Miss Martha Davis.
Mrs. Henry, Hunt Mckee, a tea
dance at the Hadleigh.
Tuesday, December Is.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry T. Oxnard,
a dance for Miss Adeline Oxnard.
Wedding OF Miss Marjorie
Brown and Benjamin King.
Miss Anna Hamlin, a dinner for
Miss Alice Harding.
Mrs. L. s. Bacon, a tea to in
troduce Miss Edith Bacon.
Wednesday, December 20.
Senator and Mrs. Kendrick, a
udHCc lOE Mise ROsc-m -mdye hcn-
drick.
Mrs. Hamilton Wright. a tea
to introduce Miss Rosalind
Wright.
Mrs. James W. wadsworth. jr.
and Mrs. Henry NJ. Hoyt, a fancy
dress party for Miss Evelyn
wadsworth and Miss Nancy Hoyt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael j. Col
bert. q dinner for Miss Helen
Colbert.
Mr.. and Mrs. william. c. Her
ron. a dinner for Miss Margaret
Taylor.
Mrs. Eliphalet Andrews, Q din
ner for Miss Helen Tucker.
Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Edwards,
a dinner at Chevy Chase for Miss
Edwards and her guest, Miss Be-
atrice Butler.
Miss Margaret Deeble, a dinner.
Mrs. Mush-Brown, at home.
Mrs. A. Gordon Jones and Miss
Nancy Gordon Jones, a tea for
Mrs. John Barbour.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-25
SMASHING TON SOCTETY-:-
Noted Stars
In Benefit
Catholic Big Brothers to
Glue Concert Sunday
In NelD York.

NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-A galaxy
of musical stars will be present at
the annual concert of the Catholic
Big Brothers at the Hippodrome
next Sunday evening. Fritz kreis-
Ter. MIME. Frances Aida, Mischa Le-
vitski, Ada Sassoll and Rafael Diaz
will be among those present. The
list Of patronesses for the charity
event comprises many of the most
prominent matrons in society. They
include Mrs. Mortimer Schiff, Mrs.
Nicholas Brady. Mrs. William Diss-
ton. Mrs. Preston Pope Satterwhite.
Mrs. Alfred Macy, Mrs. Edison Brad
ley. Mrs. Louis Kaufman. Princess
Rospigliosi, Mrs. Edward N. Brei-
tung. Mrs. John G. Agar. Mrs. De-
lancey Kane, Mrs. Charles William
Sloane. Mrs. william c. Stanley and
Mrs. John Beverley Duer.
Mrs. Pierpont Morgan will enter
tain at dinner tomorrow evening at
her home, 219 Madison avenue.
The Bachelors held the fourth OF
their series of five dances this even
ing at the Vanderbilt Hotel. In
cluded in the committee are Richard
Peters. Horace c. Stebbins, Hamil-
ton Fish, Jr., w. r. Stewart, jr.,
Percy R. Pyne, 2nd, Frederick S.
Allen. Frank Crowninshield and AL
fonso De Navarro. The dance was
preceded by dinner parties.
Terrys Give Dance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles T. Terry, OF
SO East Eightieth street. gave a
dance this evening at the Ritz Carl
ton Hotel in honor OF their daugh-
ter. Miss Katherine Hendrick Terry.
Mrs. Cyril p. F. WI Dugmore
will entertain at dinner tomorrow
evening at her home, $40 Park ave
nue.. and later take her guests to
the theater.
On Tuesday evening next Mrs.
Alfred W. whitman will entertain
at dinner for her daughter, Miss
Carmen Whitman. Later the party
will attend the dance which will
be given at the Colony Club by Mr..
and Mrs. Frederick w. LongfelIow
to introduce their daughter, Miss
Juliette Dclafield Longfellow.
A dinner and dance was given this
ecening by Mrs. W. P. Hsrdenburgh
at her home, 10 East Sixty-fourth
street.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-25
Tol1n Hangs Goodies
On Tree, Birds Xmas

SCRANTON, Pa, Dec. 24.-"Some
birds" may be disappointed this
Christmas but not the birds of Nay
Aug Park. A huge Christmas tree
is being erected in the park for the
Christmas festivities OF the feather
ed fiocks- Inasmuch as birds have
no stockings to hang up, through
the intercession Of bird clubs. Santa
Claus has agreed to hang the
presents on the tree in the shape
of everything dear to the -tummy"
of birds A hymn of thanks never
before equaled, is expected from
the woodland choirs.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-25
WidOlD of General Payne
Dies at RichmOndsHO

News has been received here of
the death in Richmond of Mrs. Mary
L. Payne, widow of Gen. William
VI. Payne. The funeral will take
place here Sunday afternoon. Mrs.
Payne was SO years old and was
the daughter of Col. William Win
ter Payne. Her husband was one
of Che most prominent lawyers in
Virginia.
She was the mother of ten chill
dren, four of whom survive her.
Harry Payne and Winston Payne.
of Washington; Bland Payne and
Mrs. Eppa Hunton, of Richmond.
Her winter home was in Washing
ton for many years.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-25
Court Directs Seizure
OF Suspected Candy

At the request of United States
Attorney for the District John E.
Laskey, Justice Gould yesterday
signed an order directing the sell
sure and condemnation Of $50
pounds of candy which Is alleged
to have been adulterated in viola
tion of the pure food and drugs
act.
The candy is alleged to be in
possession of the Washington SAL
wage Company, at 303 10th street
northwest.