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patient suffering from a gun shot in
his jaw and an injured tongue. BY
all kinds OF signs he managed to cX-
plain hat he had been shot, but that
they had not finished him off. and he
considered himself saved. since they
had taken him to the surgical division
OF the hospital and left him there.
His face beamed with happiness. his
eyes were shining with joy, and he
seemed to be hardly able to believe
his stroke of good fortune. 1t was
impossible to obtain his name or his
case, however.
But in the evening. with his face
bandaged. he was taken away and
finished or.
The decree abolishing capital pun
ishment was hailed at the prison with
n breath of relief. For the first time
in half a year the prison was hum
ming in the evening, faces were
radiant with Joy and jokes. laughter
n singing could be heard. Nc one
now had to listen in alarm to the
rumbling of the automobile or to the
tramping OF feet in the corridors, and
that perpetual look of fear dis
appeared from everybody's eyes, with
the exception of those few prisoners
who, like that suicide, Zembitskl, after
his release, would never again l
their mental balance restored. The
prison vas willing to take stock in
this decree even though many signs
pointed to the p~rematurity of this
trust. So for instance the Cheka
agents used to chuckle slyly when
ever this was mentioned, saying:
Let them abolish it-those who had
to be shot are already don for"
abiding to the wholesale execution
following the passage of that decree
by the All Russian Central Executive
Committee New Years night.
In the solitary confinement building
was a group of "counter-revolution-
lists" who were led from their cells
with their belongings just before day
break OF that terrible New Years
night, then left standing In tho cor
ridor for two tours in fearful uncer-
tainty. and . simply forgotten:
The Junior keeper on duty advised
them to go back TO their cells. TIC
themselves, as we'll as to the rest OF
h prisoners, their fate appeared to
be most unsettled: there were rumors
that they were already booked as shot
by the Cheka. Besides there was a
loophole left in that decree: capital
punishment was to be continued under
certaln conditions, and also in local..
ties where martial law was in exist
ence, as well as at the battle fronts
In March this group of thirteen OF
fourteen prisoners who had been for
gotten at tho Dutyrkl was trans
ported under a heavy convoy to some
place near Saratov. where martial law
was in force, and there they were
shot.
still. IN Moscow itself the wholesale
shootings ceased and the prison
breathed easier and turned to its do,
megtIc a ffnIra
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Death Penalty Is Abolished,
But 100 Are Quickly Executed

There was also kept in solitary con
inement n young clerk. accidentally
arrested by an ambuscade left in n
place next to his office. He either
went to the wrong door. or else he
wanted to ring up some neighbors on
the telephone; whatever It might have
been, the fact is that he found him.
self trapped. although he had mani
testify nothing whatever to do with
tina affair. Still. Leites included him,
too. IA his list, either as some prince"
Dr. 'counter-revolutionist." for hav-
ing picked a quarrel with him be-
cause Of some shortage Of tobacco or
sugar.
During those days were also shot
the two Konovnitzyn youths, who had
been taken to the Cheka from the
concentration camp from which they
used to BIO sent TO compulsory labor
TO bury tho bodies OF people shot at
the cemetery. At tho same time old
Naryshkin, Gen. skrydlov "a brother
of the ADMIRABLY, Tseretelli, Gen. 2ub-
kov. and an endless procession OF
other less prominent prisoners found
their doom.
Everybody seemed to have gone
mad: prisoners. administration and
executlonersi T1us one of the higher
Cheka officials told q story about the
chief executioner, Maga, a man who
had shot n his day many q thousand
persons (tho Official who tol us this
story mentioned tho unbelievable
number OF 1900 victims shot by
Maya himselfl). This executioner
having Just finished a lob" with a
group of victims. throw himself upon
the comr.andant of the All-Russian
Cheka prison, Popov. who. MS a do
voteo OK this nrt. happened to b.
present at tho shooting. with tho cry:
'"rnke of your c:othoG!" His eyes
bloodshot, terrible 10 look upon. b.
spattercd With blood. Maya vas gtark
mad md n horrible sight" this nina
told us. "Popov got scared, he began
TO rue, there was Z sc.dutLlc. u2L
S. was a lISKy thing hal tho o.aer
Che.ih men cnEio ~ Ia the nick o!
time aad pIriouci HsaSl down; other
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Butcher Will Get Your
Kitchen Knives Sharpened

The butcher will get your knives
ground for you. II you have knives
that refuse to cut. knives that bnlk o.,
the milestone and refuse to take an
edge, taxi them TO the nearest butcher
shop.
When he has his own knives ground
as he does once at least every week, he
VIII d yours to the pile and they will
come back TO you fine and sharp. ready.
to cut anything from q pin feather on
a chickens breast to u Hubbard squash.
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Flower of Learning Is Cast
Into Prison as Madness Grows

Tho prison was fairly grooming, and
the struggle for the Improvement of
living conditions was forgotten rs all
material hardships recoded into tho
background IN the face OF these
horrora. People literally lived only by
day; the night was passed in the ex-
pectation of Commissary of Death,
Ivanov. and his grewsome automobile.
Small wonder hat the we'll known
progressive leader and city magistrate
Of Moscow. KropotkIn, suffered a
stroke when they camo toward eve
ming to call him out with his things
and when the keeper In his rudeness
failed to add hat no was to go to tho
hospital. Come on, with your things.
quicki" without regalnInG conscious
ness III died from hat stroke.
Meanwhile the discovered con-
s%plracies were growing more and more
numerous. and the prison was being
filled with Constitutional Democrats,
professors, artists, representing the
Flower of learning and Of the In
tclllgentsla IN Moscow. In place of
those who were shot ever new and
now Counter-rnvolution.sts were being
brought in. And those. too. not one
whit less. and perhaps even more than
%otiors. would become panic-stricken,
oven though tho vast majority OF
them, OF course. wca innocent o. any
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for stealing only a few pounds of
sugar from a car and when they used
to take out to execution people who
were positively innocent, having been
arrested merely through the trickery
of agents provocateurs."
Reason simply stood still as one
would watch entirely innocent people
who had been arrested in ambuscades
losing their heads and hiding under
their cots at the sound of that fatal
command in the stiffness of the night:
with your things. TO the city; hurry
up!" At such times the chairman of
the Communist nucleus, Linkevich
himself. would come. give orders TO
lock all cells Con some of the corridors
the doors were left open in the day
time). and call out in rotation all these
Ivanovs, Petrovs. Stepanovs. all these
unknown people who but yesterday
were still naively asking the Red
Cross: when will l ut last be ex-
amined?" In these lists of doomed
prisoners were entered also such names
as that of n butcher from Myusskaia
place, who had had tho hardihood to
beTate publicly the crude monuments
in honor of Marx and Engels. made in
the new Soviet style and put up in that
thoroughfare, having called them
scarecrows
They shot the writer Hannibal for
having contributed articles on Soviet
Russia TO foreign papers, as being n
spy for the Allies.
They shot men like OSorodnikov,
who had been at that time already a
year in n concentration camp, charg-
ing him with completely in n plot sup
posed TO have zen Matched by the
Constitutional Democrats. which had
Just been discovered, and in which he
could not himself have taken any part.
as he was already a year in combine
ment at that time.
They shot obvious lunatics like
Drisen, for instance. for stealing pro-
visions from the institution in which
he served The a~lienists were unani-
NOUS n pronourcinE him ~irresponsl-
bic for his actions. but the illiterate
Linkevich proceeded to make a test OF
his own. He asked him what his name
was and whether he knew the place he
was in, and. satisfied by affirmative
answers, he certified TO h sanity OF
Dr!sen and the latter was shot.
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Women Crazed by Torture, Some Killing
Themselves to Escape Horrors of the
Red Inquisition 80 Last September
and October the Socialists in the
YarosIav Prison Were Brutality
Beaten by Cheka.
The Washington times., 1923-04-17
MAIL CARRIERS
HONOR FORMER
CHIEF
March to Church, Headed by
Postmaster Chance, to Attend
Rites for j.. C. Reagan.

Nearly 400 uniformed letter car.
rers marched in a body to ST.
Aloysius Church today to attend the
funeral services for their former
chief, James c.. Reagan, sixty three
years old, us street northwest,
senior foreman of letter carriers at
the Washington city postoffice, who
died at his post Saturday.
Led by Postmaster Chance, Assist
ant Postmaster Haycock. and Super
intendent of Mails C. e. Schooley,
the carriers marched from the city
postoffice to the church, at North
Capitol and j streets. They were
accompanied by practically all of
the officials at the office.
Six carriers acted as pallbeafers.
They We're J. A. O'Neil, B. A. Leh-
man, w. E. Berkman, P. F. Car
rigan, c. J. McGrath and T. A..
Kelly.
Mr. Reagan had been employed
for thirty years at the Washington
office and was one OF the best liked
employees at the big plant. He had
been in poor health for the past
six months, hut had continued at
his work.
The Washington times., 1923-04-17
Miss Lonnon WEEDS
Lieut.. E. "A. KinbaI.

The marriage of Miss Dorothy
Lannon, the daughter of Mrs. Cath
crime Lannon, to Lieut.. e. A. Kim
ball, u. S. A., of Camp Eustis, Va,
took place last evening in the Church
of the Sacred Heart, the rector, the
Rev. Father Gavan, officiating.
The bride, who was given in
marriage by her uncle, Charles
Fletcher, wore. gown of white
satin with a train and veil Of
Venetian lace, the veil held in place
by a wreath of orange blossoms.
She carried a shower bouquet of
brides roses and lilies of the valley.
Miss Catherine Lannon was maid of
honor and wore ashes of roses satin
and carried roses. The brides.
maids, Miss Margaret Lannon, Miss
Dorothy Darling, Miss Elizabeth
lMcReynolds and Miss Patricia Nc
Sorley wore gowns of pink taffeta
and carried staffs of orchid and
lavender sweet peas.
Capt. w. E. Vernon was best
man and the ushers We're Capt.
George O'Connor, Lieut.. William C.
Price, Lieut.. Robert Young and
Lieut.. John Doublesee.
The ceremony was followed by a
reception at the home of the brides
mother and later Lieutenant and
Mrs. Kimball left for a wedding
trip to Atlantic City.
The Washington times., 1923-04-17
Many Tables for
Authors' Breakfast Taken.

Mrs. H. S. Mulliken, director Oh
the Woman's Division of the WASH
ineton Branch of the American
Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
has announced that her organlZa'
ton has reserved a table for the
Authors Breakfast, to be held by
the League of American Pen Wom-
en- at IL o'clock on Saturday, at the
Willard. Lyman B. Sturgis, man
aging editor of the Century Com
pany, will be the honor guest, and
Mrs. II. w. Hardinge, national pres
ident OF the Woman's Division of
the Mining and Metallurgical Engi-
neers will come to Washington from
New York to attend and will be a
guest At this table. Among the
other members making reservations
are Mrs. L.. K. Davis, Mrs. David
Y. White, Mrs. G. T. DuRell, Mrs.
r. b. Ladoo, and Miss Marjorie
Ruckman. Other members of this
organization who wish to be placed
at this table are requested by Mrs.
Mulliken to notify the league head
quarters at once.
An interesting feature of the
Authors Breakfast on Saturday,
will be the TABLE of the Presi-
dents" at which the former ma
tional presidents of the organization
The Washington times., 1923-04-17
LESLIE M. SHAW NAMED
IN HOTEL STOCK SUIT

Leslie M. Shaw, Secretary of the
Treasury in the Mckinley Admins
tration and now president of the
Lincoln Hotel Corporation, and
Jerome c. Myers. former president
of the concern, We're today named
defendants in suit filed in the Dis
trict Supreme Court by George D.
See to secure the delivery of /, 400
shares of the common stock of the
company and for an accounting of
$4,000 commissions on the sale of
preferred stock.
The court is asked to enjoin the
transfer of the stock. The dispute
arises over the promoting and
financing of the corporal ton which
recently purchased a tract of land
at Twelfth and II streets northwest.
Attorney William e. Richardson rep.
Cesents plaintiff.
The Washington times., 1923-04-17
Embassy W edding
Is Event of Great
Interest !

A pretty wedding and one Of in
ternational interest was the mar
riage of Miss Ruth v. Stallsm1th,
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. +.
w. Stallsmith of Gettysburg, Pa.
to Louis Quintanilla, jr., Attache Of
the Mexican Embassy, which took
place at noon today at the EN-
bassy. The Rev. DR.. G. Ernest
Smith officiated.
The bride, who was given In mar
riage by her father. wore bout
FAINT taffeta frock of ashes Of roses
with georgette hat of rose and
gray. She carried a bouquet OF
pink roses. Her only attendant,
Miss Elizabeth COker, of Atlanta,
Ca, wore a blue taffeta dress
trimmed with cream lace and q
cream lace hat.
Mr.. Quintanilla had as his best
man the Charge d'Affaires OF Mex
leo, Manuel G.. Teller.
After the ceremony there was q
breakfast at the Embassy and Mr..
Quintanilla and his bride left I'M
mediately for New York, whence
they will sail on Thursday on the
"Esperanza' for Mexico. They will
visit Mr.. Quintanilla's parents there
for several months before leaving
for their new post at the legation
in Pekin.
Among the guests at the wedding
were:
Nine. Teller; Mr.. and Mrs. p. w.
Stallsmith; Prince Albert Radziwill,
Honorary Counselor of the Polish
Legation; Matthew Citing Hanna,
Chief of the Mexican Division of
the State Department; Alfonso Her.
rera Salcedo, Second Secretary of
the Mexican Embassy; Edwin Keith;
Luis G. Luti, Second Secretary of
the Argentine Embassy; Cesar
Aramburu and Juan Mendoza, Sec
retaries of the Peruvian Embassy;
C. Diamantopoulos, Second Secre-
tary of the Greek Legation; Angus
to Errazuris and u. Chirwin, Score.
taries of the Chilean Embassy;
Jaime Agelet y Garriga, Secretary
of the Spanish Embassy; A. Fer
nandez Concha; Egbert Graeff, Sec.
ond Secretary of the Belgian En-.
bassy, and Mrs. Graeffe; Miss Cath
crime Stallsmith, Miss M. Hyers,
Gilberto de Hoyos. Gonzalo Meza,
Fausto Madrid, Leo Alvardo, Mr..
and Mrs. Luis Rivera Rosas, DIR.
Walton G. John OF the Department
of Education, and Mrs. JOhn and
Jack Costigan.
The Washington times., 1923-04-17

will be placed Among those who
will attend will be Mrs. Bertha Lin
coin Haustis, of Los Angeles, Mrs.
Rachael Tongate Beck, Mrs. Vir-
ginia King Frye, Mrs. 3. Harry
Cunningham and Miss Mabel Louise
White. Many others are expected,
who once governed the national
body at some time during the
tWenty-six years of its existence.
Out-of-town members of the league
who have already reached Washing
ton for the Authors Breakfast on
Saturday, are Mrs. Daniel G. 10th
rop. Mrs. Bertha Lincoln Heustis,
past national president and presi-
dent of the Los Angeles Branch,
Mrs. Fannie HeasIip Lea, of Hon.
olulu, Mrs. Mindwell Champion VIII
son, former president of the Wom-
ans Press Club of Indiana, and
Mrs. Clyde Connolly, former presi-
dent ~of the Kansas City branch.
SIS
Mrs. Laura A. Bradley, chairman
OF the luncheon committee of the
Women's City Club, announces that
the last luncheon under the direc-
ton OF her committee, will be held
on Saturday, April %, at / O'Clock.
at which time the Secretary of the
Navy and Mrs. DENLY will be the
guests of honor. Secretary DENLY
will address the forum.
s.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Battles and
their daughter, Miss Battles, of
Philadelphia, are spending a week
at the Lee House.
s.
DR.. Robert I'll. Harvey, of Chicago,
who is stopping at the Willard
while on a visit here, entertained
informally at dinner there last even.
ing.
Unusual interest is being dis.
played in the revival of Goldsmith's
delightful comedy, "She Stops to
Conquer" which is to be presented
by the dramatic section of the Arts
Club in conjunction with the City
Club at the latter place on Wednes-
day evening, April 25. Rehearsals
have been going on for weeks under
the capable direction of Theodore
Hardy. Since nearly everyone in
the cast has had professional ex-
perience. an exceedingly finished
and spirited production is antici.
pated.
Addison Smith, who plays the
part of Young Marlowe," was lead
ing man in THE Bird of Paradise
and in Madame X" Miss Edith
Goode, a most engaging Kate
Hardcastle,'' has had varied expert.
ence in amateur productions. Mau-
rice Jarvis, Hugh SALESMAN and
Miss Patty Williamson have all
played I'm stock. Conrad H. Young
will play "Tony Lumpkin," and
Mrs. William J. Black, Mrs. Hard
castle" both performances giving
promise of being exceedingly spir'
tied.
3
Under the auspices of the Hebrew
Home for the Aged, a dinner will
be given at Rauscher's on Thursday
evening in honor of Mrs. Charles "A.
Goldsmith. The hospitality is de.
signed as a mark of appreciation Of
her valuable services.
The Washington times., 1923-04-17

Alan Dougherty, when he viii en-
! terrain at the legation at reception
and musicale. Among those who Will
attend to her the Czechoslovak
children of Dr. Bakule's school in
Prague sing win be the French am
bassador, Jules Jusserand, the Japa-
nese Ambassador and Nine. Hani-
hara. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Woods
Bliss and Mr.. and Mrs. William Phil
lips.
The Minister of Bulgaria and
Nine. Panaretoff will be hosts at
dinner this evening to a company
of sixteen.
The Counselor of the Polish
legation and Nine. Kwapiszewska
will be the guests in whose honor
the Commercial Counselor of the
Norwegian legation and Nine.
Steen will entertain at dinner at
Wardman Park Hotel this even
ing.
The Commercial Counselor of
the Swedish legation ad Nine.
Weidel entertained at dinner for
Mr.. and Nine. Kwapiszewska last
evening.
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Senator David A. Reed returned
to Washington yesterday for few
days and will be at the Shoreham.
s.
Mrs. r. r. Hit is in New York
for short visit and is at the Am
bassador Hotel.
Mrs. Robert Lansing left Wash
ington today for New York, where
she will be the guest Of Mr.. and
Mrs. John w. Davis for a few days.
Miss Nataiine Dulles, niece of
Mrs. Lansing, who is visiting here,
will remain through this week.
She has been doing relief work in
Beirut for several months and is
now resting after a rather arduous
experience.
Col. and Mrs. James A. Drain
will entertain breakfast party on
Sunday atf Marsland- on the Potomac,
their country home in Virginia.
Their guests will include number
of friends from their old home in
Washington State. Colonel and
Mrs. Drain are spending the spring
months at Wardman Park Hotel.
where they have an apartment, but
will probably go later to the coun-
try. Miss Gertrude Virginia Drain
is at present in New York.
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George Bond Cochran will en-
tertain informally at dinner to-
night.
The Washington times., 1923-04-17
Miss 'Laughton to
Speak on Theoter Guild.

Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest, chair
man of the dramatic committee of
the Arts Club of Washington, an.
nounces a talk, supplemented with
lantern slides, by Miss Marie Ware
Laughton, executive director of the
Theater Guild OF Boston given
under the auspices OF the dramatic
committee, at the club house, 2017 /
street, tomorrow evening, at $40
o'clock. A reception for Miss
Laughton will follow the talk. The
members Of the Arts Club and their
friends are invited.
The Anthony League will have as
their guest and speaker tomorrow
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock Dr. Ger.
trude Richardson Brigham, who will
give an illustrated lecture on art
and Foreign Travel" at General
Federation Headquarters, 1884 N
street.
The Washington times., 1923-04-17
Miss NewcOn1er WEEDS
In H0rpers Ferry.

Miss Mary Louise Newcomer, the
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. j. G.
Newcomer, of Harper's Ferry, w.
Va, was married to Jack Rosser
Moore, of Roanoke, Va, Sunday
afternoon at the home of the bride S
parents. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. Newcomer. The
bride was given in marriage by her
brother, Lionel Newcomer, and
wore a gown of ivory charmeuse
and silver, and her tulle veil was
held by q wreath of orange bios
SONS. She carried shower bouquet
of white roses and sweet peas. Her
attendants were Mrs. John Shirley
and Mrs. Watson Davis. John
Shirley was the best man. Little
Miss Mildred Cavalier was flower
girl and her older sister, little Miss
Mary Cavalier, was the train
bearer. Master John Newcomer,
brother OF the bride, and Master
Lamar Rau were pages. Among
those at the ceremony were Mrs.
N. C.. Bracket, the brides grand
mother, Mrs. Scott Lightner. Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas e.. Robertson of
Chevy Chase, Nd, and their sons.
Thomas E. Robertson, .jr., and
Lewis Robertson; Mr.. and Mrs. j..
Chester Bowen and the Miss Hilda
and Miss Cora Bowen, also of
Chevy Chase; Miss Dorothy Haskell,
of Lewiston, Me-; Miss Louise Wor-
ster, Mrs. III. R. Miles and Mr.. and
Mrs. Watson Davis. all of Washing
ton, and Mr.. and Mrs. John Shirley,
of Cumberland, Md.
After a short trip in Virginia,
Mr.. and Mrs. Moore will be at
home. in Harpef's Ferry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marcus Notes an
nounce the marriage of their
daughter, Miss Carrie Notes, to
Edward Adler, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Adler, of New York. The
ceremony took place in New York
city on April 10 at the Madison
avenue temple, DIR. Solomon offici-
ating. The couple are now on their
honeymoon touring the northern
States and Canada.
After the couple return from
their honeymoon a reception will
be given at the home of the brides
parents at 400 Massachusetts ave
nue., Washington, the date to be
announced later. The couple will
make their home at Miami, Fla.
The Washington times., 1923-04-17
Miss Theron to Wed
NeGU York Man.

Mrs. Henry Leonard has an.
nounced the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Louise Theron, to
Even Cameron MacVeagh, of New
York. The wedding will take place
on Thursday, June %.
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Frederic William Vile entertained
at dinner at the Racquet Club last
evening in honor of Senator VIII
liam E. Borah of Idaho.
The guests included Mark SuIli-
van, L. C. Probert, David Lawrence,
Charles Nicholson, Fred G.. Kelly,
Dallas d. L. McGrew, Col. George
T. Weitzel, Horace Green and Har-
old Phelps Stokes.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm McConihe
have purchased the residence of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank p. Walsh, at 2310
Tracy place. Mr.. Walsh and his
family plan to go abroad shortly to
remain for an extended time.
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Boaz Long, formerly American
minister to Cuba, has gone to Las
Vegas, N. NJ, to attend the golden
wedding anniversary Of his father
and mother. Judge and Mrs. p. v.
Long, which will be celebrated
April 20.
Judge Long, an ex-chief justice of
New Mexico, now in his eighty-sev
enth year, comes of Virginia stock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cook McAllister, OF
Media, Pa, are spending the week
with their son and daughter-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. John McAllister
They made the trip to Washington
by motor. Their daughter, Miss
Janet McAllister, is also in Wash
ington for the week attending the
D. A. r. congress.
Capt. F. J. E. Rigal, naval at
tache of the French embassy, left
last evening for New York.
Charles Colfax Long will give an
illustrated lecture on Washington.
Our National Shrine" on Friday
afternoon, at 4:30 o'clock, at the Cor.
coran Gallery of Art.
s.
Mrs. Stuart Godfrey will be at
home on Wednesday afternoon, from
4:30 to $50 O'Clock, at her residence
3104 r street, when a collection OF
Baths and other artistic fabrics by
Miss Lydia Bush-Brown will be on
view. The exhibition will also be
shown on Thursday afternoon.
s.
Maj and Mrs. ]. Craig King, who
have been with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Byron F. Adams, for several
months, have moved into an apart
ment at 1916 New Hampshire ave
nue.. Major King is now retired
from active service and they Will
make their permanent, home in
Washington.
Major and Mrs. King have as
their guest his sister, Miss Rather
Inc King of Reynoldsville, Pa, who
is attending the D. A. r. Congress
Mrs. King will entertain at tea II
her honor next Tuesday afternoon.