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Evening star., 1920-01-10

Mr.. and. Mrs. Richardson Gibson
have sent out cards for the marriage
of their daughter, Miss Mary Dun
can Gibson. to Mr.. James Writ Rus
sell Robinson on Saturday, January
81. at o'clock. at their residence
1882 Rhode Island avenue. Only rela-
tives and close friends have been
asked.
Evening star., 1920-01-10
Informal Reception Tonight.

The officers of the local branch of
the Association OF Collegiate Alum
nae and the resident members of the
national club will be hostesses at an
informal reception tonight at the
clubhouse, 1907 H street, to all MEM
bers of the Washington branch and
their friends and all college women
who are interested in the club and
contemplate joining it.
The Alumni Association of the Busi-
ness High School has completed all
arrangements for it's midwinter dance
to be held at 2400 10th street north
west on January u. The committee
headed by one of the active alumni
members. Miss Agatha Lanigan. Her
reception committee and committee in
charge of the dance include Miss Bo-
litha J. Laws. A. c. Houghton, Mrs
r. Ellis Allison, Miss Helen J. Bar
Kenneth {. backward, Gabriel Tau
Der. LIE Roy S. Mann, Blanche +.
Acher. J. Francis Moore. James c.
Wilkes Douglas Moore. F. S. Hazard,
Miss Lillian Hutton, Miss Edna Col
burn, Mrs. Charlotte 1lcCauley, Miss
Dorothy Buckingham. Henry Schwein-
haut, r. Edwin Joyce, Miss Annie
Hayden and Miss Helen Wilson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis A. Reilly. now
of New York. but formerly of Wash
ington, We're guests at the choral con-
cert and dance at the Astor Hotel
Wednesday evening, given by the The
ater Assembly Club. Mrs. Reilly is
member of the Theater Assembly and
is also a member of the Minerva Club
of New York, which holds all of its
meetings, luncheons and concerts at
the Waldorf Astoria.
The apartment of Mrs. +. 0. Quimby.
in the Brunswick. was the scene Of
very unique birthday party on
Evening star., 1920-01-10

HE Vice President and Mrs.
Marshall plan to leave
Washin Ston on Tuesday for
Il southern trip of brief
duration. and on sunday,
Evening star., 1920-01-10

issued invitations for the marriage
of their daughter. Virginia Ray.
Wilson. to Mr.. Wilson Lewis Town
send. on Wednesday morning. Jan
uary 81. at II O'Clock in the Warner
Memorial Presbyterian Church. Ken
Sington. Nd.
Evening star., 1920-01-10
DIED.,
WHITLEY

WHITLEY. January = 1920. CHARLES
WHITLEY. the beloved husband Of ANNE VI
Whithy and father of Mrs. Violin Shornweh
Charles A. ard Lula Whithy. Remains may
he viewed at the chapel Of i. a. IomaN
1900 = ST. Sunday, January IL Fnhera
Monday. January II from St Luke's BAPTIST
Church Rev. * Miller. pastor. Georgia ave.
and Shepherd r"ad. BriShtv""d. ID. {. Friends
invited. Interment at WcoGlawn cemetery
II.
January o 1920. 10 am. VII.
LIAM W0nIL.S beloved husband Of Matte
Wade Wociis of 4u2 Wolfe ST. AleNanarli.
Va. Funeral Monday. January IL. $50 a m.
from 81. Mary's Catholic Church. Alexandra.
Va tHaltmore and Washington papers
p'easi copy
Evening star., 1920-01-10

TRAIL. Thursday. January 8, 1920 at her
residence. Grant ave, Takoma Park, Nd
GRACE HARRIET, beloved wife of Roy T.
Trail and beloved daughter of Annie e and
the late james X. King Funeral frcin her
late re esidence Monday, January Il. $50 a m
thence to the Church Of the Nativity Bright.
wood, u. C., where viii be said AT IL
AIN. for the rrpCse OF her soul Rela tiyes
and friends invited 10 attend. lptcrnIent nj
iures; Glen. Nd II
Evening star., 1920-01-10
FUNERAL DIRECTORS,

w. K. SPEARE CO..
1908 II St. NV. atS ES7%sH = :,
Phone Main los
Evening star., 1920-01-10

J. WILLIAM LEE, Funeral Director
asd Embalmer. Livery in connection Comm.
lious chapel and modern crenla toriim Noder,
prices. 49, Pa ave. n. W. Telephone call NJ rssy
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-02-20

r AM little Armenian girl. | have
three years. My name has his
tory as long as the tail Of cat. am
called Iraneh Esther Araxie Azgape-
tian.
; Iraneh, because | was born at kaz-
win, in Persia, and that is a' good Per-
sian name. Near the Red Cross hut
where first opened my eyes was the
tomb of Esther and Mordecai, so my
father also named me Esther. Then,
being a good Armenian, | had 10 have
the name of our beloved river AraX.
Therefore am Arayie.
My father is Gen eral Mesrop Newton,
khan Azgapetian. He was with an
army in the Caucasus mountains dur
ing the Great War. We were living
Just inside the city wall l could hear
the jackals' at night bowling, bowling
iall the time. 1 howled too. My nurse
said the jackals set me bad example.
My first nurse was great big soldier.
He belonged to the Russian army,
which was encamped near us.
My mother tells me that she paid
five roubles q day Chat is $3.50 in
American money! for half loaf of
bread. The bread was often full of
dirt and splinters. One fine day my
father found can of condensed milk
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-02-20
FELT THAT He WAS IifMuME
Failed 70 Explode, He Had No
Mcre Fear.

A man in ore of the infantry regi'
ments in No Mans lanH Was taking
up as little r0uin in she'll hole rs
possible during hot fight, With every
thing singing overhead. III last a Ger
man shell landed right in The hole
with him. but d!i not explode. AS soon
as he recovered from his fright and
could think again. he took # look at
the shell and found it WAS dud "a
shell with defective fuse which does
not eXplode). Next he noticed the num-
Der on the shell, and something about
it struck him as being peculiar. It
was 1,217,413.
He reached inside his shirt and
pulled out his Identification disc. The
number which stared him in the face
was 1,217,413 He walked out of the
shell hole and back to his lines with
the bullets singing all about him, but
was not hit He reported to his com
manding officer with salute and a
smile.
Captain" he said, task me to do
anything NOW. They had one with my
number Oil t. and it was dud."
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-02-20

"Eyerywhere In the fields there were
people down on their knees searching
for grasses to. eat. Those near the
railroad lifted their heads and gazed at
our train as it rushed past, and |
caught glimpses of terrible faces. An
old man sitting at the top of an en-
bankment waved handful of grass at
me where i stood at the car, window,
then threw his head back and laughed
maniacal laugh. began then. to feel
the cold chills with which I was to
SILVER for days on end"
OF Kars she writes: -.---4 ... !.
1T had been raining for days,-and
wherever one looked one saw nothing
but misery and mud. Between the rail-
road tracks were unsightfy pools and
puddles, through which many human
scare-crows trudged back and forth.
HThey were a multiple Lazarus, and
the train was the rich mans table.
They were begging for crumbs. / be-
gan to hear for the first time the whfli-
ing indescribable phrase that sounded
to me like 'O-na-ne, O-na-ne. 1t was
so feebly, so plaintively murmured'
'O-na-ne.'
Mrs. Egan asked what 1t meant ana
was told the nearest equivalent was
"Oh. my soul I" But" she says, ut
was more than that; it was a prayer
for mercy"
Describing makeshift hospital be-
fore the arrival of the Near East Relief
workers, Mrs Egan writes:
"The sick in their unbelievable rags
were lying around on the fioOrs-bun-
dies of unimaginable wretchedness.
The doctor was not doing anything at
all for them. What could he do? He
had not so much as a single ounce Of
medicine Of any kind. The little peo-
pie were more pitiable than the
adults. The ward, If may call it that,
had in it not one stick Of furniture of
any kind, and the children were all
lying OIL the dusty and rubbish-strewn
floor with nothing under them and no
covering save the rags they wore"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-02-20
Slave Traffic, =, Still Exists.

Slave traffic along the Arab coast IS
illegal under the terms of certain con-
ventions, but slavery, nevertheless, 10
said still to exist to rather consider
able extent. A few years ago men,
bers of the American Arabian mission
at Bahrein rescued a whole boatload
of black boys who had been struggled
up from africa for sale along the
Oman coast. In the interior. towns
slaves are used mostly as, personal
servants, bodyguards and hostlers. BY
an old law in Arabia, q slave is freed
after seven years of service, provided
he has-embraced the Moslem religion,
and it is said that most of the slaves
do So There is no prejudice against
marriage with blacks in Arabia, espe-
cially after they are freed. This in
termarriage has scattered q black pop
ulation all over Arabia. In ports like
Muskat and Alden mulattoes and mixed
breeds are so common that the pure
Arab strain is almost rarity.
Mention this paper in answering adv
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-02-20
Russians FIocking Into Japan.

A minor, but none the less partic,l'
Iarly interesting, outcome of the an
srchy in the former empire of the
cars, is the extensive Russian imml'
grafton into Japan. There are Rus,
slams everywhere in the land OF the
chrysanthemum. In Kobe and Yoko'
hama particularly every available dom
icile- is taken up by Russians. For a,
least two reasons Japan welcomes
this influx into her borders. The Rus
slams find everything very cheap IN
Japan, after their country's high
prices, and are good customers. Inc
other reason Is an outcome OF the
fact that many of the refugees belong
to the old revolutionary strata of Rus
sian society, and there are many eX,
4Dert chemists among them. These men
have opened laboratories in their new
home, and are organizing an industry
(which bids fair to make Japan indie
pendent of the German market. Thus
Japan is reaping valuable reward for
her hospitality to her former foes.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-02-20
Airnlanes In Collision.

Losing the engine from his plane
while flying at an altitude of mile did
not discomfort a young American air
man while flying at an overseas field.
according to Popular Mechanics
Monthly. Collision with another craft
tore the engine from his machine, but
at moment when the plane was Gid
ing on an even keel, he climbed on to
the top Of the fuselage at full length
and in some manner managed, by con-
tinually shifting to prevent the craft
from huttering into direct fall. While
maintaining balance with his body he
also manipulated the controls and
guided the machine earthward.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-02-20
MADE GREAT AIRMAN WONDER
French Experts Peculiar Explanation
Concerning Daring Exploit OF
American Aviators.

Albert Wolff, the famous French mu-
sical- composer, won fame in the field
of aviation during the world war. He
had an experience with American dash
and fearlessness that is wtll told in
the New York Times.
"At Blancinesni!," says Wolff, I'VE
were in close communication with the
American commander. I'll send "a
American pilots over to get EN- /
went to my superior officer. 1t can't
be done!' I,said. These planes are all
Sallhsons, a new machine, and quite
different. They will all be smashed and
the men killed. It was too late to
call halt however. The Americans
came. ] explained as well as could
the differences between the Salmsons
and the planes they were accustomed
to, and away they went. All got away
without miShap, and said: The good
God is with them But when word
was telephoned back that they had all
landed without a crash or single ac-
cident to themselves or the planes,
then I said: They must have the devil
on their side into the bargain!
really must see ore of your football
gSmes!"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-02-20
HOLY CITY NOW FORGOTTEN
Established by Mormons on Island in
Lake Michigan, 1t Was OF Con-
- siderable Importance.

The Wisconsin State Historical So
ciety is preparing history of the
Mormons who settled in and around
the state during the middle OF the
nineteenth century. The history Will
contain much new material concerning
the early Mormons who settled in Hill
rois and built their sacred city or
Nauvoo, just above Keokuk.
After the death of Joseph Smith,
leader of the Mormons, in 1874, one
of the claimants to the succession was
James ]. Strang of Burlington, WIS.,
who was converted to Mormonism IN
1913 by missionaries who came TO Bur
lington. Strang, soon gained a stroh :
following and established holy city
at Voree, where his followers maze
their headquarters, sent out mission
aries and became successful rivals to
the Brigham Young movement III
Utah.
About 1S49 Strang moved his follow
ers TO Beaver island in Lake Michigan
where he built a new sacred city, anu
had his headquarters from 1919 to
1856. The city of ST. James was the
most important between Detroit ano
Milwaukee. Strang met death at the
hands of two Of his followers. He let'
no successor, and the Gentiles, profit
ing by the confusion, descended on Ills
domain and looted it. The inhabitants
were forced to leave with such of then
possessions as they could carry, ant
were deported by boat to Chicago an'
Milwaukee. The church built up D!
Strang was thus destroyed. 1t IS esti
mated that of this branch of the Nor
mons less than two hundred now re
main.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-02-20
AS TO ORIGIN OF WOMAN
After the Biblical Story, Belief Held
by Pefsians Is Easily the Most
Poetical.

A magazine writer consumes con-
siderable space i'll trying to prove that
| it is wrong TO teach that woman was
made from Adams rib. He says the
proposition is ridiculous, and while it
may have been we'll enough to teach
it in the dim and distant past, we
ought to DE ashamed Of ourselves for
sticking to the superstition"
If our own idea or belief of the ORR
gin of woman is superstition. then
it is quite as good a superstition as
other people have, says the Columbus
Dispatch. For ours is not the only
theory of the origin of woman. Many
other people have many other theories
or superstitions.
The Australian natives believe that
woman was once q toad-and that
isn't very nice. If it is true, however,
it shows what wonderful creature
the toad was transformed into and
we can rejoice thereat. Then the
Laplanders believe that woman was
once a rabbit, and since rabbit is
more likable than toad, we prefer
the Lapland superstition to the Aus
tralian.
The Japanese believe that woman
grew upon a tree--and that is getting
along still better. The feathery bios
SONS. of the trees, with their color
and their perfume, seem more nearly
approaching the realm Of womanhood
than do rabbits or toads.
But if ever we are compelled to give
up our idea that woman was made
from the rib of man, we are going to
accept the Persian, theory. That is
by all odds the prettiest one, and the
one we could more easily believe than
any other. The Persians assert that
woman fell from heaven
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-02-20
american Women Stirred
: by. Armenian Horrors
.nnERc1FUL. GOD, It's all true

"NKERCIFUL. GOD, It's all true
! IVA Nobody has ever told the
whole truth! Nobody could J"
Thus Eleanor Franklin Egan, In the
Saturday Evening Post, quotes How
ard Heinz Of Pittsburgh, Herbert
Hoover's representative in the Near
East, on the real conditions in Arne-
mia as he saw them with his own eyes.
Mr.. Heinz had been one Of those
who had believed the stories OF STAR
Walton and death in Armenia had been
exaggerated. Not until he went him.
self to the Caucasus did his views
change. Then he was shaken to the
Foundation of his soul by what he saw.
Fearful! Awful Horrible 7 Unbe-
lievable!" are some Of the adjectiVes
Mrs. Egan says must be used in speak
ing of conditions in the Near East,
where Near East Relief, Madison
Avenue, New York, supported by CON
tributions from the American people.
is conducting the only organized effort
to save the. lives of these utterly desti-
tute millions. Everything she saw and
heard justified the necessity for quick
and generous aid from America. Her
STORY of what she witnessed re-en-
forces the call of the Near East Re-
lief for aid for stricken Armenia.
""The Hunger grin is everywhere
evident" Mrs. Egan writes. The
pitiful hundreds seemed to me to be
weeping constantly. Not profoundly
as in grief, but whimperngy, ap-
pealingly as in unbearable physical
distress. A terrible population. I'm
speakably filthy and characterization
throngs : helterless, death stricken
throngs milling from place to place,
children crying aloud, women sobbing
I'm broken inarticulate lamentation
men Utterly hopeless and reduced to
staggering weakness, needless Of the
tears rolling down their dirt-streaked
faces"
That is her picture of the Arme-
mans most in evidence in Armenia
These are the throngs. Then She
turns to the mobs. Large numbers
here and there, wide-eyed, eager, hands
Dutstretched in woltish suppllcation;
teeth barred in CHASTITY grin that had
long since ceased to smiIe-an emaciat-
ed skin-stretched grin, fixed and I'M
controllable"
as it any WONDER" she asks, "that
I could not swallow my food? threw
1t to the children in the ravening
hordes and started small riots. The
children fought together, snarled and
clawed at one another for small bits
of army biscuit or morsels Of bully
beef.
"And then | was told that many of
them were so starved that solid food
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-02-20
Great Preachers Humor.

The wit of Henry Ward BeecHer
was a large clement of his popularity.
The Brooklyn postmaster sent him FOR
mai notice that a letter had Deen
returned to him from the dead letter
office and got this reply: Colonei NC
IL .eer-Dear Sir: Your notice that a
letter of mine was dead and subject to
my order is before me. We must all
die. And though the premature ue-
cease of my poor letter should excite a
proper sympathy (and it does), yet l
am greatly sustained under the ar
Fiction. What was the date of its
death? OF what did IT die? Had it
! in it's last hours proper attention, and
such consolation rs BELTS the melan-
jcholy occasion? Will you kindly see
Ito it's funeral? l am strongly inclined
Ito cremation. May ] ask If any other
letters Of mine are sick, dangerously
sick? If any depart this life hereafter,
don't notify me until after the funeral.
Affectionately yours, Henry Ward
Beecher." -Exchange.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-02-20
VARIATIONS SHOWN in FACE
Surprising irregularities of the HUI
man countenance Are Revealed !
by the Camera.

In many instances 1t will be found
that persons features are not at all
regular, says London Answers.
When photographed with only one
side of the face showing, for instance,
It is sometimes surprising how unlike
the person the portrait appears to- be.
The cheek on one side will, in num-
Der of cases prove TO be more rounded
than the opposite one, while the dlffer-
ence in the ears is often remark
able.
If an upright line were drawn
through the center of the'face, marked
variations would be seen. The fore
head on one side would sometimes LOOK
higher than the other.
The eyebrows as we'll differ in
length, and on one side perhaps their
curve would be greater than on the
opposite side. 8 The right eye IN
number of cases will be not only a
little larger, but also the color Will
vary in shade. Tile top lids, too, will
differ materially-the bottom lids be-.
ing more noticeable in their unliEell-
| ness.
Then the mouth has its irregularl-
ties. The movements of the under lip
IN the one side are in direct CONTRAST
to the other, and this is noticed when
person is speaking.
The nose likewise is not alike both
sides, and 4 careful study will dis
) cover q difference in the nostrils. Some
times one is larger than the other, and
by putting a ruler across the face just
under the nose, and scrutinizlng the
TOD of the face, these variations VIII
| be seem
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-02-20

Every day in the year is the height
of the Die season in New England. a
westerper who lived for a. year at
birmingham is on record as saying
that he had pie, three times a day,
p times a week, and-do the rest of
the multiplying yourself-some thou.
sand times in a twelve-month. From
only one meal was pie missing, and
on that day the housewife, momentar-
lily careless, allowed the delectables
to-. be burned up in the oven, and the
neichhors were unable to lend because
they h..l :''st enough for themselves.
All sorts of shameful things have
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-02-20

in shop. and bought it for Sc. That
day | had a feast and did not cry at
all. Several times my father was able
to buy q salt herring, for which he paid
$1.5O
IN - get very thin My mother
81 = -,s.sl> s! take me away so that !
ssoujG - We logan to go away,
but f. nrj-% tufg i ne. Everywhere
fherc .'..a. :opple going. They mostly
had -" I, hes, and often they would
faI! y Ny mother said they would
ncrc 81 p again.. My mother said
thu Tot have the money to buy
q ~. T.. ~ sc had and they
cnn!,i not live without food. We
Travelled in an ambulance. on horse
back hnikeyback and .cameIback, in a
truck, moor Jerry and a cart-in
fact, by every way except an, airplane.
IT was many months before we could
come 20 America There Is much to
eat here. like America. l never cry
any more My mother cries. She says
there are thousands of little children
starving to death in our country. It is
not nice to starve. ] did not like It.
II makes her sad. But some days she
smiles That iswhen my mother says
she knows AE.crica will not let the lit
tie Armenian babies suffer or be hurt.
ARAXIE.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-02-20

tai population, were m@ssacfed. No
barbarity In human history exceeds
the gross cruelty of that destruction.
Thousands were driven out upon the
desert, there to die from hunger and
thirst underline. pitiless :raysfof a ,trop-
iical sum- -: t..sr..$s-.,,! :
Such was the price. which. the Arme-
fniah people paid for their Christianity
and their loyalty to the cause Of justice
and democracyiduring the'worid war.
/ One-quarter of q million children,
chiefly orphans. whose parents persisted
'ir: sacres, are utterly dependent on
American charity. ,ssas.t,.. -. >. 49,,
Hundreds. of thousands of refugees
in the Caucasus, clad only in torn, yel,-.
iminous rags. without shelter and With
out food, can. exist on1ysff America has;
compassion upon them. 2 - =,
Z Shall, we fail tllenr? Not II / know
my country .z.s ,,,s.5s s..-s,ts3 g:;;:fF :.
Help Near East Relief In It's work;
for Gods poor. -. -. ..a..
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-02-20

been said about the New England pie;
It Is just as good as middle western
pie and no better, but this is speak.
ing In high. praise. of all the pastry
from Rhode Island to Maine, inclusive
There are persons whos say that Epl-
erson, Whittier, Longfellow, Holmes
and Lowell, while they wrote well,
would have written better # they had
cut out pie as a steady diet. We do
not believe il" Pie is food for the
body and food for the brain. 1t is
Americas SURPRISING dish. Apple,
peach. berry, cherry, pumpkin; lemon,
squash, eustard; mlnce-and iaipfoper
slice of each is full quarter. and
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-02-20
FINEST OF ALL EATABLEs
Ideal Food for Both Body ana BRAIN
Is American Pie, According to
This Enthusiast.

This is the height of the pie season
in all parts of the United States. Pie
plates in every household are juicy
with the good stuff between the crusty
roof and the less crusty foundation.
Of course, it will be said that it is
matter of taste, but we speak for
green-apple pie as the best OF the
seasons offerings.