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rope, in 100 TO 125 it. lengths. Reg
ular prices are 25c, to 27c per h.,
Our price per lb. is 15c
Signal Corp Knives. A wonderful
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-07-13
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Light Wool Cashmere Seeks, at $50
u. S. Navy Blue Flannel Shirts, made
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A Big Supply of Reclaimed Brooches,
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Navy Underwear
Shirts and Jean Drawers 45c
Union Suits for men and boys,
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u. S. Navy MILDLY Blouses, just right
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Army Folding Cots, class B, as good
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1915
The New York herald., 1922-09-29

Mrs. Barclay Ulnan and her daugh-
ter, Miss Audrey Barclay Ulman, who
now are in Summit. N. j., soon will open
her house at "a East Eighty-first street.
Mrs. Ulman will Introduce her daughter
to society this winter
The New York herald., 1922-09-29
GIVES TEA AT NEW LONDON.
Miss Hardwick Entertains at Cedar
Crag-Hotel Arrivals.

Special Dispatch TO THE New York HERALD
NEW LONDON, Conn.,. Sept. 2s.-Miss
Catherine Hardwick gave tea yester-
day at Cedar Crag and had as her
guests Misses Hesse Mitchell. Neva
Palmer. Ellen Main, Betsy Wightman
Janet Hislop. Helen Brown. Mrs. Ross
Bennett, Misses Barbara Scroggie. Alice
Greene, Winifred Wilton. Katherine
Danforth and Lucia Chapman
Arrivals at the ,Mohican Hotel include
Messrs. ]. e. Corker, K. Foge, Percy N.
Leyland Harry NJ. L. Leyland. James
Zimmerman. II. II. Weiss. Bernard f..
Jansen. f. G. Tuttle, J. J. Dillon. T.. ".
Pollard. J. II. Mcdonald. G.. +. Hilton
G. II. Eddy. Mr.. and Mrs John Rely
Jr., Miss Frances Rely, Mile Palms,
Messrs. William S. Cashel, II. v. Lewis,
Charles /. Tager. c. II. Zettlemoyer.
Edward I. Buggs, w. T. Thayer, George
Goodsir. Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Bates and
Mr.. William N. Ferris of New York. q
Also Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Vernon and
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Nicholson. Oyster Bay ;
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Burnham and Miss
A. ]. Berry. Irvington. n. Y; Mr.. G. f.
Frank and Mr.. and Mrs ID. c. Jordan.
Albany; DIR. and Mrs. Fl. +. Hoyle. New
burgh. N. Y; Mr.. C. C. Burke. Jr.. Pier
mont, n. Y, and Mr.. J. S. Mitchell,
Trenton.
The New York herald., 1922-09-29
Gustav j. S. White
and Wife Newport
Concert Artist S
Mrs. w. Woodward Phelps
Arranges Association
Program.

Special Dispatch to THE NEW YoRK HERALD.
NEWPORT. r. T.. Sept. 2s.-An event
this evening was a concert at the Art
Association arranged by Mrs. w. Wood
ward Phelps: the artists being Mr.. and
Mrs. Gustav j. S. White. the former a
tenor and the latter a soprano, both we'll
known musicians. who are making their
home at Old Fort farm here MISC Eliz-
abeth Robinson had charge of the ushers.
Society was we'll represented :
Miss Theoda worthington Of Boston.
who has been visiting Miss julia H..
Worthington at Beach Cottage No. 8.
left to-day for Greenwich, Conn.
Mr.. and Mrs. James w. Gerard, who
occupied Fairlawn, the Burden estate,
Will leave Saturday for New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. William e. Glyn. who
recently returned from Europe, will re-
main at Mayfeld until November
Mrs. John A. Logan is at the Muench-
niger King from New York
Arrivals at the Hill Top Inn include
Mrs. w. Edgar Baker, Jr.. and Midship-
man II. M. Baker. Moriches. i. J.. Mr.
and Mrs. James l.. Stuart and Mr.. James
L. Stuart, Jr, Sewickley, Pa. Mrs. Ed
ward S. Moore and Miss Dorothy Styer
of Philadelphia.
Mrs. Robert Grosvenor and sister, Mrs.
Joseph w. Frazer, went to New York
to-day.
The New York herald., 1922-09-29
AT WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS.
Mrs. Gavin Defeats Miss stirling
I'm Golf Match.

Special Dispatch 10 THE NEW YoRK HrrAtp
WHITE SULPHUR STRINGS, w. va.
Sept. 28.-Several hundred golf devotecs
saw Mrs. William a. Gavin defeat Miss
Alexa Stirling by a stymic on the eigh-
teenth green in to-day's womon's nat
ional tournament
Prominent golfers were in the gallery.
among them Miss Cecil IcItch. English
player. whose sprained wrist prevented
her from being an entrant. Others were
Miss Edith Leitch, Mrs. G. r. Armstrong
of Ottawa. Miss Martha Allen OF Mon
treal, Miss Louise Patterson, Plain.
field, Miss Florence Loow, Mrs. !.
Maurice Heckscher and Mrs Charles
M. Fair. of Piping Rock Mrs Norman
X. Loerge of Nassau, Mrs A. Felix
DUPONT and Mrs. Norman Rood OF
Wilmington. Mrs Culver Il. Mcwn-
liams OF Rockaway Hunt Club Mrs.
Charles Dullea OF Fox Hills, Mrs. Greta
w. Savage OF Deal. Mrs Rosamond
Sherwood Of st. George. Mrs Marion
c. w. Yates OF Westchester Hills. and
Mrs. Thomas Moore OF Bannockburn.
j. VI. Hood. Jr., gave a luncheon az
Elmhurst Farm this afternoon. In his
party werk Messrs. James H. German.
NJ. Bishop, Frederick St John. Edward
j. Costa Henry Mann and &. w. Mac
Aneston.
Late registrations at the Grcenbricr
included Mgr. Michael J. Lavelle of ST.
Patricks Cathedral. Miss Josephine f.
windle OF Port Washington. l.. J.. Mrs.
Joseph $. Black of UsK Park, III
James Francis Burke or Pittsburgh,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Ritter OF Norfolk.
II. Il. Trivett of Utica, and Mr.. and
Mrs. r. A. Mcmillan OF Boston.
The New York herald., 1922-09-29

pany. returned with his wife and son
from motor trip through Europe. He
said he noted In all the countries
a gradual Improvement in business. He
observed that many hydroelectric plants
were being constructed wherever there
was a mountain torrent big enough TO
utilize.
Other arrivals were Louis w. Hill,
chairman of the Great Northern Rail-
way; Mrs. Hill, their three sons and
daughter. Miss Maude Hill. and Miss
Molly Ecccock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Boocock Miss Boocock and Miss
Hill are friends and travelled abroad to-
gether.
wireless yesterday from the Gu
harder Aquitania. from Southampton
and Cherbourg, which was forced to
slow down in a wild gale that piled up
invading seas OF phenomenal height.
says she will dock on Saturday. She
carries 131 boxes of gold valued at more
than S4.660,000 and has total of 1880
passengers. including $50 In the first
cabin, among whom are DR.. Emil Barell,
Hon. Samuel A. Beardsley, Mrs. Peter
Doelger and daughters Sir Claude Hill
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Oliver Iselin, Mr.. and
Mrs Julius Kahn. Sir Reginald Nc
Kenna, former British Chancellor of the
Exchequer; MIR. and Mrs. Henry S. OPP
penheimer. Mr.. and Mrs. j. l.. Putnam,
Sir Sidney NJ. Skinner. Mr.. and Mrs. J.
M. Studebaker. Hon Vernon Wiley and
Lieut.-Col. Woodcock, d. S. O.
The New York herald., 1922-09-29
AT HOT SPRINGS. FAIR.
Miss Marjorie Simonds Among the
Ribbon Winners--New Arrivals.

Special Dispatch to THE New YORK HERALD.
HoT SPRINGS. Va. Sept. 2S.--Mr. and
Mrs. william r. Simonds arrived at the
Homestead to-day from New York and
.his afternoon attended the county fair
where Miss Marjorie Simonds won a
ribbon with her pony in the children's
saddle class Another ribbon in this
class went to William Costin. son of Mr..
and Mrs. William G. Costin. OF Pitts
burgh. Mrs. Terah Haggin had a party
In her box and saw her Lucky Lad win
n ribbon In the five gated saddle class
Mr.. John C. Newington OF New York,
had party of young people at the fair
last night which included Mr.. Thayer
Thorndike and Miss Elizabeth Thorn
dixie of Boston and Miss Eleanor Par
rish of Richmond. Members of the New
York colony at the fair this afternoon
were Mr.. and Mrs. James l.. Morgan,
Mr.. and Mrs. James T. Bryan. Col and
Mrs. III. A. c. Derubio, Mrs. Adams
Childs Summer. and Mr.. James Turner
Captain and Mrs. william M. Talbot
returned to-day from New York and
are at Bienvenu, the cottage of DR..
Edgar A. Pole. which they will occupy
until their new house Is ready. Mrs.
Albert Roper drove In from Warm
Springs to-day for luncheon with her
father. the Rev. DR.. leighton Parks.
rector Of st. Bartholomew's. Miss Ethel
Farm for luncheon. Mr.. Clarence r.
Dugan of Now York motored there to-
day for luncheon accompanied by Mr..
and Mrs George r. Lyon of Washing
ton. Mr.. Ira Barrows. arrived at the
Homestead to-day from New York and
Mr. Francis J. Carey arrived from Bal
timore.
The New York herald., 1922-09-29
M. oRME WILSON, JR., HOME.
First Secretary Of Embassy at
Bern ON Vacation.

Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Orme Wilson, Jr.,
who went TO Brussels four years ago.
where Mr.. Wilson then was attached
to the American Embassy. have returned
to New York from Bern. Switzerland.
where Mr.. Wilson IL now First Secre-
tary OF the American Legation. II is
Mr.. Wilson'S first leave of absence since
he was assigned 20 duty In Brussels.
Mr.. and Mrs J. Nelson Boriand, par
ents of Mrs. Wilson, who were with them
in Bern during the summer. returned
with them on the France. Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilson brought their young son.
M. Orme Wilson. Sd. who is two and
a half years old and who was born
in Brussels They are with Mr.. VIII
sons parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall
Orme Wilson, at East Sixty-fourth
street.
Tomorrow they will go TO White Post
Va. 10 visit Mrs. Wilson's brother-in-
law and sister. Mr.. and Mrs. Graham
r. Blandy. at their summer place Tule-
yeries Farm.
Later Mr. and Mrs. Wilson will 60 to
White Sulphur Springs to stay at the
Greenbrier They will leave for Bern
early in November.
Mr.. Wilson is a grandson OF the late
Mrs William Astor and brother of Mr.
n. Thornton Wilson, who married Miss
Harriet Post. Mrs. Wilson. who was
Miss Alice Borland, In n granddaughter
OF the late George G.. Haven. Another
Of her sisters is Mrs. Clarence G. Pell.
The New York herald., 1922-09-29
NewQuartet Plays
at Coolidge Fete
in Mountain Hall
Vending -Four From Stutt-
CART Heard in Unusual
Berkshires Festival.

Special Dispatch TO THE New YpRK HERALD
PIrrsFrELp, Mass. Sept. 2S.--Mrs.
Frederick S. Coolidge's fifth annual
festival OF chamber music opened this
afternoon with an audience that filled
her temple of music on South Mountain
eager to hear the Vending string
quartet OF Stuttgart, Germany, who
made their first public appearance In
this country. The quartet is composed
OF Prof Carl Vending. first violin. orr
time concertmeister of the Boston Sym
phony Orchestra Sans Michaelis. sec
ond violin; Philip Neeter, viola, ana
Alfred Saai. cello. They were assisted
in the final number by Georges Gr;asz,
clarinet. The quartet fulfilled the repu-
tation that preceded them OF being mas
ter interpreters of classic and romantic
music and they were received with en-
thusiasm.
The program opened with Beethovsn's
quartet in A minor. opus 132. Then
came Mozart's quartet in ID minor ana
finally Max Rogers quintet IN A MAJOR
opus LAG. for clarinet two v4olins. viola
and cello. This piece was dedicated by
the composer to ais friend. Prof. wend-
ling.
The weather and the setting on the
southern slope OF the mountain. with
many trees already turned 10 gold ana
yellow, were ideal. In the audience
were men and women prominent in So
ciety. musicians, music teachers and
scholars
Noticed in the company were Mrs
Coolidge. Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Sprague
Coolidge. Mrs. Winthrop Murray Crane
and her guests. Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph
Miller Of Washington. Mrs. Frederick G.
Crane Mrs. Zenas Crane, Miss Rose
Mary crane, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin T.
Rice Nj Edward ]. De Coppet, MIR. and
Mrs. Francis Rogers, Mr. and Mrs
Georre Cor.9ran Eustis. Mrs. John Stew
art AcLeunan. the Rev. and Mrs. Anson
Phelps Stokes, Mrs. John Swami. Mrs
Pablo Casals. the Rev and Mrs
William Merriam Crane. Mrs Richard
G. Dlxey. Mis- Mar pinwan Tap
pan. Alison u .Irhton. Marie
kobbe. Marion ina eleanor Harue, Mrs
Henry r. Heeut ueruel Gilbert
Colt, Mis- Mrs. Frank
e. KernoC Mrs Ed
ward l.. Ml.se. Ia Livingston
Morse. Mrs. l.. Dean Golden. Miss Alma
Beck or New York Mrs. Walter Bruce
Howe Of Washington, d. c.: Mrs.
William Jay Turner and Mrs. George =.
Harris of Philadelphia Mr.. and Mrs
Frederick T. West and Mrs. Donald l..
Mcpherson of Chicago; Mr.. and Mrs.
William T. Councilman. Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas Whitney Surette OF Boston.
Mrs. Coolidge has as guests at Noun
tain House Misses Lillian Littehales
and Gladys North of New York, and Mr..
and Mrs William C. Moore of Boston.
The New York herald., 1922-09-29
PERSIAN MISSION DINNER.
Members Are Guests OF Minister
Khan Alaf.


Special Dispatch TO TIE New York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington ID. g., Sept. 2S.
The Minister of Persia, Mira Hussein
Khan AIai, gave a luncheon yesterday
for DR.. Arthur G. Millspaugh, who Is GO
ing to Persia as Administrator-Ge General
of Finance. and members of the mission
accompanying him, including Messrs.
Charles c. Early. Col. u. w. McCor-
mack. T. c. Mitchell. John A. Dunaway
and Thomas Pearson. The mission left
In the afternoon for New York to join
the other memberes. DR.. II. l.. Bogart.
Messrs. Frank II. Gore. Adams r. Gard
and Henry Flanagan.
DR.. Millspaugh and his staff will sail
on the Lafayette Saturday and go to
Teheran by way OF Paris and Constanti-
nople. conditions in Turkey permitting.
The Persion Minister accompanied them
TO New York and will be guest at the
reception which Mr.. d. Morgan Shuster,
Persian financial agent In New York. is
giving to-day for DIR. Millspaugh. The
secretary OF the legation. All Aghar
Kahn Zarrinkafch, who is going home on
leave, will escort the party to Teheran.
The New York herald., 1922-09-29
OBITUARIES.
MISS MAY NORTON BLEEcKER.

Special Dispofch 70 THE NEW YORK HER,LD
NEWPORT. Sept 2s.--Miss May Nor
ton Bleecker. daughter Of the late John
Van Benthuysen Beeclser. pay director
". ;. N. and Sarah Lynch Bleeckcr
died in the Newport Hospital to-day
after an illness of three weeks She
was OF mature age. She was a sister OF
the late Admiral John V. BleecSer.
U. s NJ. who died four months ago. She
leaves three sisters. Mrs. George Salter
of Toronto. Mrs. Langdon Wheeler OF
Washington and Mrs. Thomas Ennis
Brown OF New York. and two nephews
j. Il. Bieecker Of Columbus Ohio. and
Bieecker Wheeler Of New York. Miss
Bleecker arrived in jamestown this
summer TO stop az the BleecScr cottage
with Mr. and Mrs J. II. Bleecker, who
have now gone TO Columbus.
The New York herald., 1922-09-29
DAHLA SHOW AWARDS
PRIZES TO EXHIBITORS
Floral Display at Pennsylva-
mia to Close Tonight.

The Dahlia Show. under the auspices
of the American Dahlia Society, which
has been on at the Hotel Pennsylvania
roof for the last three days, closes at IL
o'clock tonight.
In the main hall exhibits have been
set up around the walls, showing the
gorgeous and varied products of the COM
mercial growers. A non-competitiye ex-
hibit Of Judge J. T. Marean's dahlia Gre
ations, lighted theatrically with spot
lights. Is a beautiful arrangement OF tall
baskets. with individual blooms banked
against them.
Many of the growers have beer ex-
perimenting with hybrids and their
products vie for size and unusual color.
Maid OF the Mist" a product of Win
field Slocombes New Haven garden, il
slated for popularity for its pink and
yellow mixture, reminiscent OF the sun
burst rose. John Schepper, New York,
has a new hybrid. as yet unnamed,
which will be tried out in the society's
trial gardens. w. c. Noonan has pro-
duced a small bloom with curled orange
petals. Peggy Noonan," which appeals
to the amateur grower Another undis-
seminated hybrid of dark. veivety red.
called "Old Black joe" has been created
by A. Doty of New Haven. All of these
new specimens will be tried out during
the winter and will not be for sale until
they are registered as standard varieties
The society has awarded prizes both
g the amateur and professional growers
for individual blooms. which are set out
IN long rows on tables down the center
of the room. One OF the most interest
Ing prizes. lockwood vase. contributed
by Mrs. Samuel Taft. whose Cincinnati
garden Is famous, and who took many
"nrstsr at the recent Dahlia Show there
was won by the Babylon Dahlla Gar
dens for the best basket decoration OF
dahlias.
The award for the best table cente..
piece OF dahlias went to w. l.. w. Oar.
rell OF New York. The prize for the
best arrangement of dahlias was
awarded to w. q. Pollock of Bronxvil.i
John weigand Of New Haven won the
competition for the best specimens OF
hfty varieties, and G. Lewis Aliing oi
Connecticut for a show Of twelve blooms
In the Butterfly Room adjoining
amateur exhibits are set up. The Gar
den Club of New York and Mrs. ParrIsh.
president OF the Flushing Garden Clua.
arc the main contributors, the latter
exhibit carrying of three first prizes
There Is every thing for the gardcnel
being monstrated--pottery, bowls,
fcwer holders rakes. hose and books.
The rooms are heavy with color and the
delicate blooms arc dazzling In their
brilliancy.
The New York herald., 1922-09-29
TaggartDies;
Noted as Lawyer
for Corporations
Succumbs at 73 After Short
Illness Following Fishing
Trip in Canada.

Rush Taggart. 73. well known corpora
ton lawyer whose clients included the
Western Union Telegraph Company, Of
which he was general solicitor. died yes
terday in New Canaan. Conn. His home
was al 319 West Seventy fifth street,
New York. and he had law offices ut 1876
Broadway.
lie had been in since September
IS. He spent q month at Metabet-
chouan, Canada, on a fishing trip
with a nephew. When he returned to
his office he became i'll with bronchitis.
from which heart complications devel-
oped. lie leaves three children-Mary
W., Alice and William Rush Taggart,
Jr. Mrs. Taggart died in 1916,
Mr. Taggart was reputed TO be one OF
the great corporation lawyers Of the
United States, and besides the Western
Union he had represented the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, the Wabash Railroad
Company. the Cincinnati. Hamilton and
Dayton Railroad Company and the
Texas Pacific Railroad Company. He
was a vice-president of the Western
Union company. a director of the Amer
ican Telegraph and Gable Company and
president OF the Mount Hope Cemetery
Association.
He was born in SmithviIle. Ohio.
on September 4, 1S49, the son OF Will
lam Writ and Margaret Jane Tag
gart. His full name was William Rush
Taggart. but he dropped the William
In later life. After going through graded
and high schools in Wooster. Ohio. he
entered the University Of Wooster from
which he was graduated in 1871. He
next entered the law department or the
University Of Michigan at Ann Arbor
from which he was graduated in 1875
with the degree of IL. r. The univer-
sity Of Wooster in 1900 conferred on him
Its degree OF Ii. d.
His first practice OF law was in
Wooster, where ne formed a partner
ship with q. NJ. Yocum. In November.
1875. after his firm had been successful
in the handling OF litigation for the
Pennsylvania. he became assistant
solicitor OF the company for that dis
trict in Salem. Ohio He later was
solicitor for the district for ten years.
His next position was with Dillon &
Swayne. celebrated firm OF New
York railroad lawyers. who were coun-
sci for the Gould Lines, the Union
Pacific and other railroads. II was not
long after Mr.. Taggart entered the en-
ploy Of this firm in 1887 until he was
placed in charge of the business or the
Western Union Telegraph Company in
this city. In 1891 the firm was dis
solved and Mr.. Taggart then became
general solicitor Of the Western Union.
He was a member OF the Union
League club the Lawyers Club OF New
Ak.f.
the Revolution and the Presbyterian
Union. On September 10. 1877. he was
married In Salem, Ohio, to Miss Mar
garet Waterworth.
The New York herald., 1922-09-29
Clay A. Pierce's
DaughterEngaged
to NOrvin II. Green
Society Both Here and Abroad
Interested in the
Announcement.

AIR. and Mrs Clay Arthur Pierce Of
II East Sixty-eighth street. formerly Of
81. Louis. announced yesterday the en-
gagement of their daughter. Miss Irene
Pierce. to Mr.. Norvin Hewitt Green Of
this city. The engagement Is OF in
terest here and abroad.
Miss Pierce. who was introduced to
society In ST. Louis three years ago, was
graduated from Miss Wright's School In
Bryn Mawr. She is a granddaughter
OF Mr.. Henry Clay Pierce Of 927 Fifth
avenue. Her father IS president Of the
Pierce Oil Company.
Mr.. Green is the only son of DIR.
James o. Green Of Ringwood Manor.
N. j., and grandson Of the late DR.. Nor
Vim Green. one time president of the
Western Union Telegraph Company. who
died in 1893. Young Mr.. Green also is
grandson of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
Abram S. Hewitt and a great-grandson
OF the philanthropist. Peter Cooper. His
mother. who was Miss Amy Hewitt, died
last May. He is a nephew Of the late
Peter Cooper Hewitt and Mcssrs Ed
Ward Ringwood and >Erskine Hewitt
Ills mothers sisters who live at The
torges, the Hewitt estate in Ringwood
Manor. N. j., are the Misses Sarah
Cooper and Eleanor Hewitt. The mar
rlage is to take place in this city early
next December.