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The New York herald., 1921-01-09
Changes in Club
at Palm Beach

PALM BEACH, Fla, Jan. S.--Interest of
the social colony the last week has been
centred largely around the Everglades
Club which had it's formal opening on
New Years night, for the membership
OF the club is made up principally of
men and women of society who for a
number of years have passed their win
tors here. Paris Singer is president OF
the club, Edward Stotesbury and Il.
Clarence Jones vice-presidents, and
Martin Sweery. general manager.
The many changes in and around the
club since last season made this years
opening an unusual event. The chief
feature ot the improvements is a new
apartment house comprising block
frontage. with shops below-a French
maisonette, which is like a glimpse OF
Paris.
In the clubhouse proper there also
are a number of changes, and the fact
that 1t will be run this year on the
European plan is an innovation. as all
the hotels here. and on the entire Florida
East Coast system, always have been
operated on the American plan. While
there have been few arrivals as yet at
the club. the end of January will find 1t
the scene of many important social
events.
Next OF the important events in the
seasons development will be the opening
OF the Royal Poinclana Hotel next
Saturday. Among those from New York
who have made reservations there are
Mr.. Vincent Astor. Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
II. Il. Frelinghuysen, Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard c. Brokaw, Mr.. Clifford B.
Brokaw. Mrs. Charles Mallory. Cornelius
+. Fox and Mayor John L. Hylan of
New York.
Many well known persons are also in
cluded in the additional bookings At
the Breakers. Sir Ashley and Lady
Sparks OF London are expected the lat
ter part of the month; Mr.. Flormnn
Bache Of Paris has reservations, Richard
II. de Boardman and Mr.. and Mrs.
Guernsey Curran are coming from New
York and Robert Batcheller from
Washington.
The cottage colony has been aug
mented by the arrival this week of DR.
and Mrs. William Seward Webb of $50
Fifth avenue. whose summer home for
a number OF years has been Shelburne
Farms at Shelburne. VI. They have
leased a house adjoining the place OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward r. Stotesbury.
The latter has been at FL Mirasol for
ten days and Mr.. Stotesbury viii be
here later.
Mrs. Lincoln r. Peabody OF Boston.
who passed last winter at the Breakers.
has taken a cottage In Royal Park this
season. She is accompanied by her
daughter. Miss Constance Peabody.
Mrs. Walter Ebbs OF New York and
Washington. D. c.. is the guest OF Mrs
Charles l. Cragin at Reve d'Ete
Mr.. Charles T.. Gautier of New York,
who has been here for some time on
board his boat has leased for the season
one Of the Pendleton cottages on the
south Lake Trail.
Mrs Robert Mccormick of Chicago.
who spent last winter here, again has
taken cottage at Sunset avenue. With
her for a brief sojourn Is her daughter
ln-law. Mrs Medil Mccormick. wife OF
Senator Mccormick. who recently sailed
for Europe
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NEW TOWN HALL RECEPTION

one Of The interesting events this
month viii bc the opening OF the Town
lfall at ti8 To i23 West Forty-third
street Mrs Charles y. Alexander heads
the reception committee for the invita-
tiona receptions. which Will take place
cnch afternoon from January L. to is.
The building houses one Of the moss
beautiful speaking auditoriums in Amer
ica \ feature Ia the reception foyer. a
charming place with It's warm cream
tinted walls and mulberry hangings
This foyer T. an attractive meeting
place for the League Of Political Edu-
cation or the meetings OF the other
organizations which use the hall. on
the balcony floor Is an attractive lounge.
Mrs. Alexander will act as hostess
at the opening reception Wednesday.
Mrs. Elgin II. l.. Gould will be hostess
Thursday Mrs. Otto II. Kahn Friday.
Mrs John r. Pratt Saturday. Mrs.
schuyler ~ Warren January 6. Mrs.
Arnold Whitridge January IL and Mrs.
James w. Gerard January rs.
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ANNUAL THEATRE
PARTY FOR THE BLIND

The large public that has for several
years helped meet the expenses Of the
Catholic Centre for the Blind and has
watched the gradual expansion OF that
practical philanthropy will attend the
performance Of THE Meenest Man In
the World" tomorrow night In the Hud-
son Theatre, the income from which will
20 into the treasury Of the centre. The
occasion is TO be the annual theatre
party OF the board OF managers Of the
centre OF which Mrs. Jacob l.. Phillips
ia president Her associates are Mrs
John H. Duer Miss Ada Clarke. Miss
Cecile Doelger. Miss Estelle OBrlcn.
Miss Marie Doelger Mrs Alfred g.
Chaplin, Mrs. J. Walter Wood, Mrs.
Robert j. Collier. Miss Agnes j.. Keycs
and Mrs. Frederick Childs
Many OF the blind girls who are be-
ing instructed in the centre. at 1i9 West
seventieth street, under the direction
Of the Sisters of St Dominic. have be-
come capable artisans. The other bene-
hciaries are partially IL not entirely
self-supporting.
A concert and dance will be held at
the Plaza Friday night under auspices
of the Junior Auxiliary OF the Silver
Cross Day Nursery The concert will
be given by the Columbia University
Gles and Mandolin clubs.
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SALE roR NAVY cLuB.

A rummage sale will be held to-mor-
row during the shopping hours from 10
o'clock in the forenoon until In the
afternoon. at East Fifty-thlrd street
for the benefit of the Manhattan Navy
club I'm Forty-flrst street Mrs. Il. G.
Potter is chairman of the directing COM
mittee with Mrs. a. Barton Hepburn,
Mrs. william II. Hamilton and Mrs.
Julian w. Robbins as her associates.
The stock. which will be OF unusual
variety. will include a perfectly equipped
moving picture machine adapted particu-
iarly for household use. The merchan-
disc also will include great variety OF
dresses.
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BERMUDA.

HAMuToS Bermuda. Jan Work
is rapidly being completed in the tract
of 800 acres of land which is being
converted into a private park and which
will contain a modern hotel with ac-
commodations for more than 400 pa
irons. Other features OF the develop
ment will be an 1S hole golf course
designed by Charles B. Macdonald, club
house. casino and yacht club house.
Tho improvements involve an expendi-
ture of about s3,000.000. The hotels here
are filled with sojourners from the
United states. y
The New York herald., 1921-01-09

Misses Geraldine McAlpin. Betty Mer-
chant. Katherine Knapp, Elsie and
Dorothy Morrill,. Edith McCoon. Sylvia
Seymour Edith Potter. Virginia de Haven.
Eleanor Coward. Betsy F'lagg. Mary
Danforth Strange. Florence Clendenin
and Louise Reick.
The gypsy dance will be performed
by the Misses Mary Lincoln. Alice Cod
dard. Helen Lee. Mary Hurd, Elizabeth
Thompson. Eleanor Landon. Marie La
marche. Hope Lincoln. Mariquita Penni-
man. Elizabeth Hyde and Helen Hagen,
In the pavanne will be seen the Misses
Carolyn Ferriday. Elizabeth Moffat.
Gretchen Schoen, Currie Duke Mathews.
Margaret Flint. Ruth Manierre. Rita
Boxer. Margaret de Forest. Virginia
Hagan and Marguerite Doubleday.
The two performances are to constitute
important incidents in society as well as
in the amateur drama. The patronesses
include Mines. Stephen Baker. Frank l..
Mathews. Deas Murphy. Robert J.. Fow-
ler. Jr. Henry NJ. NJ Lyle. Robert Ellis
Jones. Ancell ". Bole. Jocelyn II. Evans.
Samuel Riker. George r. dc Forest. Her.
bert l.. Satterlee Mortimer l.. Schiff,
John C. Jay. Edwin Thorne. Walter b.
James. Richard NJ. Hurd, James r.
Sheffield, Ernest NJ. Stires William Pier
son Hamilton and James NJ. Duane. and
Miss Josephine Willis.
Mrs. Samuel Sloan Walker is president
OF the Junior Auxiliary Miss Ruth Ma
nierre vice-president, Miss Mary Hurd
secretary and Miss Elizabeth Manning
treasurer. The object of the auxiliary Is
20 help the social service of the hospital
to raise funds to carry on their work
This social service carries to a success
full finish work commenced In the hospi-
n nd rh.. ntsx.fk
finds out the home conditions Of the
patient
Brilliant international Picture.
In Ports of the World" which has
been written by Alexander Leftwich,
stage director for Daniel F'rohman, the
amateurs will represent the principal
ports of the world. garbed dstinctively.
When all appear In the final ensemble
they will form n brilliant international
picture.
The port OF New York will be repre-
sented by "a well known actress. The
young women selected to impersonate
other noted seaport cities will be the
Misses Dorothy Clapp. Honolulu; Edith
McCoon. Halifax; Grace Hendricks
Brest; Marie r. La AIarche. San Fran
cisco: Victorine l.. Kellogg, Barcelona;
Virginia de Haven. Galveston; Agnes de
Seldng. Victoria. y. c.. Josephine Reta
Baker. odessa Holen Hoadley, Dunkirh:
Tatine Bliss. Rotterdam Julia Fincke
Shanghai: Marguerite Doubleday. Gi-
braltar; Elise Hughes. Cairo; Esther
Smith. Dublin; Nina Dearth. Buenos
Aires: Frances Fairchild Yokohama:
Dorothy Hamilton. Constantinople;
Marie Leary. Geneva; Betty Jackson,
Philadelphia Isabel McMillin. Savan-
nah: Esther Mari. Panama; Catherine
Ol,ie. Calcutta: Elizabeth Parrish
Havana: Mary Cogswell, Trinidad Elsie
Morrill,. Hoboken Margaret Hamilton
Antwerp: Eleanor Coward. Brooklyn
and Mrs. William John Warburton
London
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The artists at Mr.. Bagby's musical
morning tomorrow. to be held in the
grand ballroom Of the Waldorf Astoria.
will be Miss Mabel Garrison of the Met
ropolltau. opera. Mr.. Josef Schwarz,
Russian barytone, and Mr.. jacques Thi-
baud. violin.
The New York herald., 1921-01-09
Anatole Frances play,

Another amateur dramatic episode of
this month Is to be performances of
Anatole Frances THE Man Who Mar
ried a Dumb Wife," OF the nights of
January % and 26 in the Plaza by
members OF the Junior Auxiliary of st.
Luke's Hospital Social Service One of
the most successful of socicty's i'm
presarios, Miss Grace II. Henry, is re-
hearsing the play and will direct the
performances. TO extend this entertain
ment and give II additional variety, Miss
Henry has arranged imperpolated songs
and dances Of the French period of the
XII. and N1li centuries. These inter-
polations have been adapted from
ancient scores and traditions by Mr.
Gerald Reynolds. who. as Terry Rey-
nolds. was well and popularity known
throughout the a. II. r. during cam
Iiaigning days in France. where he
served two years with the Y. NJ. c. A.
The members of the cast of the play
will include such excellent actors and
actresses as Mrs. Herbert Groesbeck, Jr..
Miss Curric Duke Mathews and Messrs.
Leonard Cox. Cyril Butler and Emerson
McMiilin. The songs OF old France will
be heard during a pavanne. n gypsy
dance and Dance OF Street Children"
In the latter group win dance the
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yet ollSiiidteu anu sltSeu.- Lis gen
eral public, whose interest does not
necessarily dovetail into the school
associations. also will. in its quest of
amusement, find it profitable to attend
any one of the three performances in
the ballroom of the Plaza Hotel,
Result of n Conspiracy.
Forty Winks'' is the result of n con-
spiracy on the part of two capable anna
teur musicians and playwrights-Mrs
John ~ Tonnele of 4 East Twenty
eighth street who has composed the
music for the dances, ensembles and
lyrics. and Mrs Connor Lawrence of ia
East Eghty-fourth street, who has writ
ten the book AS Miss Diantha A. Fitch
Mrs. Lawrence proved herself a pro-
iicent amateur actress and vocalist be-
fore her marriage TO the son of the late
Frank r. Lawrence Mrs Dana Burnet
has reheareed the large cast and will di-
rect the performances Miss Carolyn III.
Dorsett of SO West Seventieth street is
advance agent and treasurer. with gem
eral supervision over the sale of tickets.
There are nine leading characters in
Forty Winks." They are Jdck-in-the-
Bor, Mise Carrie j.. Reick The Cioicn
Mrs. b. Tappen Fairchild; The Rabbit.
Miss Alice A. De Lamar; The Teddy
Bear, Miss Katherine Gossler; Carmen
citd, Miss Marguerite Doubleday The
Soldier, Miss Isabella Wood Marjorie,
Miss Cynthia Bigelow: Ama,yllis, Miss
Eva McAdoo, and SdchdrisSd. Mrs. John
+. Russell. Jr.
Tho chorus will be large and active
and of unusual vocal ability. In that
group will be the Misses Adelaide Kip
Rhinelander, Betsy F'lagg, Katherine
Adams, Beatrice Beard, Genevieve Ca
rothers, Dorothy Clapp, Dorothy Quinn.
Margaret Reick. Katherine Slayback,
Susan STEEL, Helen Trevor Adelaide Be-
dell. Laura Mabon, Julia Stanley. Dor
othy Leary. Margaret NJ. Ottley. Mary
Osgood Field, Odette FEEDER. Virginia
sterry, L. Helena ogden. /. Gertrude og-
den. Margaret l.. Stout, Mrs Wilder Gut
terson and Mrs. William John Warbur-
ton.
On January 21 in the Century Theatre
several of the best amateur dancers
among the young women OF society will
appear with professionals i'm a sketch
called Ports of the World" for the oene-
ft of the Actors Fund of America The
stage has given itself so fundamentally
in recent years to cooperative work for
home and foreign charities that society
welcomed the opportunity to aid the
Atcors Fund
The New York herald., 1921-01-09

The pastor Of the Roman Catholic
Church of the Good Shepherd, at Broad
way near 207th street and a committee
OF members Of tho guild OF the church
have completed arrangements for
euchre and pinochle which is TO be
given under tho auspices OF tho guild
al Good Shepherd Hall on Friday eve
ming. The entire proceeds OF tho event
viii be donated TO the school fund.
The New York herald., 1921-01-09

Mr and Mrs George McCurrach Of
Brooklyn have announced the engage
ment OF their daughter. Miss Janet Nc
Currach, 90 Mr.. James Cochran of this
city. Mr.. Cochran r. the son Of Mr.. and
Mrs Thomas Cochran
The New York herald., 1921-01-09

II HERE is just a month left be-
fore Ash Wednesday shall call
The New York herald., 1921-01-09

The dance given by Brighten. and
Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt at their home
n fortnight ago was In a measure In
formal. as their invitations for the large
dinner In advance as well as for the
dance had been sent out by telephone.
II was none the less brilliant gath
ering.
The New York herald., 1921-01-09

No date has been set for the wod-
ding Of Miss Marie .Frcdericka Avery,
The New York herald., 1921-01-09

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Gilbert Smith
of Greenwich. Conn. have announced
formally the engagement Of their daugh-
ter Miss Katherine Williams Smith, TO
Mr. Henry Gray Schaufler. son Of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles A. schaufier OF New
York. Mr.. Smith is president of the
New York and cuba Mail Steamship
Company
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-21
OF lnterectlnn TO Women

New York City has added twenty
five women to its police force,
The town of Selby, in England
boasts OF a school principal who is 81
years old.
Lady Poynter, wife of the cele-
brated English architect has started
in business as a house decorator
a woman who underwent an oper-
alton for appendicitis has had her
appendix plated with gold and wears
It as a charm.
The first woman to serve as county
treasurer in Arkansas is Mrs. Amos
Jarman, who has just taken office in
Phillips County
With a view to reducing her weight
a young woman OF Uniontown, Pa.
hiked up a three-mi.e mountain road
every morning, and gained 80 pounds,
Women of PutumaYo, Brazil whose
usual attire is confined to a string of
beads, have taken to painting gowns
on their bodies in imitation OF those
worn by white women.
In Cape Colony is a band of nuns
who not only do all the work of the
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convent. from ploughing aud hoeing
to milking, but shoe their horses, and
repair all the farm machinery.
Nine. Nazimuya, who for several
years has conhned her work to the
film drama. is repoted to be contem-
plating her return to the speaking
stage IN play in which all the charac
ters are women.
one OF the strongest of marriage
customs is that observed by some Of
the women of Assam. There the bride
sometimes takes the initiative. She
goes to fetch the bridegroom. and it
is etiquette for him to hide and resist
until carried off Women Of means are
allowed to chose a temporary husband.
and when tired OF him, pay him off
lana take another.
.California's claim to having the only
woman railroad president in North
America is vigorously disputed by
the State OF Georgia. which rises to
remark that it has the only real and
truly woman railroad president in the
pers on Of Mrs. Cora b. Williams, who
is president OF the Georgia florida
and Alabama Railway. a road OF about
200 miles in length,
A spirited controversy has recently
been carried on in tile London press
in regards 70 the inventor OF the paper
pattern Fer many years the credit
Tor .his Invention has been given to
Mrs. John Ellis, of Manchester, Eng
land. who is still living at the age OF
nnetv.sX wears. Tho claims of Mrs
E}Gs nave been disputed by Maud F.
Mil,pr IN behalf Of her father, who
began the business Of publishing paper
patterns in London in 1866, which was
close to the time when Mrs. Ellis
entered the field. The controversy
has led to an investigation which es
tabllshes that neither Mrs Ellis nol
Mr.. Miller made the first paper pattern
but that the credit for the invention
belongs to an American, Ebenezei
Butterick. who cut the first pape
pattems June lG, 1863, or severa
vears before their first appearance,
in England.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-21
HIGH COST OF LIVING
COMING DOWN

One OF the most prominent COM
modities in the high cost OF living,
that is lower in price. is that of food.
which is a blessing to the majority
Of people. as they will soon be able
to afford better meals, but what good
is a fine meal if you suffer from In
digestion and Stomach troubles.
You can easily be relieved OF these
disorders and keep your stomach and
digestive organs healthy by taking
SEVEN BARkS, natures remedy of
roots and herbs
The stomach is where digestion
begins. but the most important work
is done by the bowels, liver and kid
neys-iaiure OF these to act eff
GENTLY allows the whole body to be
poisoned and If neglected will lead
to serious trouble But il you will
take from 10 to 20 drops OF SEVEN
BARKS in little water after meals,
you can eat and enjoy your favorite
food without fear OF serious results.
Stomach disorders if neglected
lead to kidney and bladder troubles,
if you are compelled to arise from
your siumber once or twice during
the night have dark rings around
the eyes, feet or legs swell, palpita-
ton OF the heart, it proves your
kidneys . are affected. SEVEN
BARKS will relieve you aud keep
you we'll Ask your druggist for it,
Price 90 cents.
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AL WORN OUT

Does morning find you with a lame
stiff and aching back? Are you tired
all the time find work burden?
Have you suspected your Kidneys?
Bennington people endorse Doan's
Kidney Pills. Ask your neghbor?
You can rely on their statements.
Mrs. 3. L, Lee, 207 County St,
Bennington. says: Il am firm be
lever in Doans Kidney Pills and
can't praise them too highly. Sew
eral years ago when | was living in
Burlington. L was troubled with my
kidneys. My back was so sore and
lame that | could hardly get up when
was down. My kidneys were weak
and irregular in action and the Sc
cretions we're unnatural. Dizzy spells
also bothered me and felt worn out
and listless. This is the way ! was
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1t was not long before Doans got to
the seat of my trouble and cured me
Best of all the cure has lasted so
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TOday's Events
Today marks the beginning Of sum,

Today marks the beginning of sum-
mer.
Glass Day will be celebrated at Har-
ward University today.
Prof. John Holland Rosen, noted
British historian, will speak at the
Amherst College centennial celehsa-
ton today.
The u. $. Navy Department has fixed
today fer beginning the bombing tests
to determine the value of air forces in
naval warfare.
The Imperial Conference Of British
Prime Ministers, the first of its kind
in the history of the Empire, will be.
gin its sessions in London today.
A distinguished American delegation
Is to take part in the formal dedica-
ton OF Sulgraye Manor, the ancestral
home of the Washingtons in England,
which is in future to be the centre of
the pacific work of the Sulgraye Insti.
tuition.
A great meeting of Masons is to be
held today at Pembina, North Dakota.
to commemorate the beginning Of
Masonry in North Dakota and North
western Canada. A tablet will be I'M
Iyei,ed to mark the first meeting place
.of Masons in North Dakota.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-21
In The Days News

A pretty romance lies behind the
marriage which has just taken place
in England between Captain Jane
Lowther and Adjutant Bernard Booth.
elder son of General Bramweel Booth,
world head of the Salvation Army.
The couple first met early last year
ON steamship in which General Booth
was travelling to Australia His son
was acting as his secretary, and it
was through attending the meetings
held by the General on boad ship
that Miss Lowther became aouairtad
with her future husband. Until then
she had not thought OF joining lac
Salvation Army. Ultimately she enter
led the Army's training college and
later became an officer in the organi
cation, She is twenty two wears of
age and n relative of the Rt. Hon.
James Lowther. who lately retired
from the Speakership of the British
House Of Commons.
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allow We Cleared Our Summer Home
of Rats, by Mrs. Perry.

when we opened our seaside home
last May, it was alive with rats.
They'd gnawed all the upholsterng
We cleaned them out in a week with
RAT-SNAP. | prefer this rat killer
because it comes in cake form, no
mixing. Saves dirtying hands and
plates Three sizes, 35c, csc, SIPS.
Sold and guaranteed by b. A. Quin-
lan's Pharmacy. d. A. Ward and A..
II. Winslow. Adv
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The naval observatory says the
mass Of the earth has been deter
mined by means of the Torson bal
a6ce, an instrument for measuring
very minute forces, BY means Of this
instrument the attractive force of a
large metal ball is accurately meas
ured, and by comparing this force with
the earth's attraction the mass Of the
earth may be ascertained.
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Today'a Birthdays

Brig. Gen. Charles j Bailey. who
has been assigned to the command Of
the 7th Division at Camp Meade. born
lat Tamaqua, Pa 62 years ago today
Thompson Buchanan, noted Ken
lucky author and playwright, born in
New York City, A years ago today
Dr.. Charles c. Weaver, for more than
ten years president of Emory and
Henry College, born in Ashe County,
H. c., 46 years ago today.
Jack Munroe, formerly we'll known
as heavyweight pugilist born at
Chester, Pa, "a years ago today