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phitheater is made by nature, a per-
feet horseshoe at one end of the
ravine. sloping toward the stage.
This season the use of the theater
movement, and plays will be pro-
duced on the afternoons of July 81
and % at o'clock. planned espe-
ciaily for picnic parties, as lunch
baskets may be opened under the
trees after the play and family
parties enjoy the Saturday afternoons
in the country. Such parties are
asked to bring blankets cushions or
campstools for their own comfort.
as so far there have been no seats
built.
The first occasion will be the pres
entation of two little comedies, ar
ranged by Miss Estelle Wentworth
and Mr.. Albert Parr; the second a
Merrie Men in Sherwood Forest"
Miss Wentworth is now filing an
engagement as special soloist on the
Steel pier at Atlantic City with the
symphony Orchestra, this being her
fifth consecutive year there.
DIR. and Mrs. c. B. Gass left Wash
ington Friday evening for Atlantic
City and will spend some time at the
Traymore.
Miss Beatrice Patton. daughter of
Mrs. Almira Patton and the late Rev.
Matthew Patton of Coseob. Conn
was married to Mr.. Charles WetZel of
washington. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles A. Wetzel of Coscob. Conn. at
the home Of the bride in Greenwich,
Conn, Saturday. The Rev. Charles A.
Whitemarsh. pastor of the Diamond
Hill Methodist Episcopal Church, Of
fciated.
Mrs. F. c. Adams of Coscob. sister
of the bride. was matron of honor
80
sister-in-law of the bride. was brides
| maid. Mr.. Howard Keller of Mont
clair, y. j.. cousin of the bridegroom,
was best man.
A reception followed the ceremony.
The couple will reside in Washing
ton.
The dance which was to have been
given at the st. James School in
Maryland July IA for the benefit of
dation fund for the National School
of Music and operate Art, has been
transferred to the Montgomery Coun-
try Club on the same date. Among
the patronesses for the dance are
Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman. Mrs. Mark
Reid Yates, Mrs. Julian S. Carter of
Baltimore. Mrs. Walter Grove, Mrs.
Howard Hume. Mrs. Edward Albion
and Mrs. Thomas Bell Sweeney. Mr..
William Bowie Clark is chairman of
I.
Durham Rodgers. 1924 Macomb street,
is chairman of the ticket committee.
Miss Laura Cadnian will leave
Washington tomorrow for San Fran
cisco. Calf, where she will visit her
cousin, Mrs. C. H. Brunitt. She will
return to her apartment in the Coy
wood about September l.
Miss Theresa 3. Smith. who was a
delegate at the national convention
of Phi Mu Sorority held in Berkeley
Calf. last week, will travel through
the west and will visit Canada and
the great lakes before returning to
Washington the middle of August.
The business and professional WON
ems section of the Women's City Club
will give a subscription dinner
Wednesday evening, to be served in
the garden at $3.50 o'clock The din
ner will be followed by an entertain
| ment. including exhibition dancing by
Mr.. Leroy H. Thayer and Miss Vir-
ginia Clinedinst. after which Miss
Harriette v. C. Dyer will give recita-
tions, among them "''Kelly's Dream
and "a Woman of a Few Words
| Dancing for members and their guests
will commence at 8 o'clock Miss
Jessie Dell will preside.
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Births Reported.

The following births have been reported tc
the health department in the last twenty-four
hours:
Robert NJ and Meta L. Bruce, girl.
Joseph H. and Evelyn II. Russell, girl.
Joseph S. and Mary E. Eichelberger. girl
John II. and Helen b. Hoover. boy.
Stuart s. and Fayne Hayes, girl.
Martin G. and Alma L. Stahl, hoy.
Albert +. and Florence Dieterich girl.
George H. and Nella N. Purks, girl
Floyd L. and Elsie n. Chamberiain. girl
James Z. and Mart c. Walker. girl.
James A. and Lynell b. McDonough, girl.
Herbert and Lilly NJ. knight, boy.
Clayton Z. and Louise A. Payne. boy.
Louise A and Catherine II. Bertoli boy
John y. and Rebecca G. Ankers. girl.
Walter L. and Mary F. Ernest. boy.
Charles Z. and Annie Reich, boy.
Lawrence G. and Ida r. Baker, boy.
Jason III. and Jean Byers. girl.
Raymand +. and Grace Taylor. boy
John W. and Mary +. Hettenkemer. girl.
Charles e. and Bessie Lambert boy.
Lloyd r. and Maude f. Hall, boy.
Walter II. and Efie Snowden, boy.
I%muel and Mamie Fentress. girl.
George W. and Maggie Dodson, boy.
Charles and Ruth Boston. boy.
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ALI Ready for Him.

From the Associated Newspapers.
They were talking about a new
novelist.
"He has a heavy, awkward hand"
said one critic when he wants 10
be impressive he reminds me of the
Clergyman who went to the prison to
administer the last comforting rites
of the church TO a murderer.
"'Dugald. mon,' he said-for he was
a Scot-'Dugald, mon, the gallows is
ready, the ropes ready, the hangman's
ready. Dugald, are you ready?"
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against him a year ago. he pointed
out that he was vindicated and of the
new charges TO be investigated, com
mencing today. said:
There is nothing new unless they
have manufactured it. ] do not in
tend to be silent. ! would rather be
sent to prison on perjury testimony
than be a coward and runaway"
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The Rev. c. Stanley Long and
Mrs Long Visit Long Island,

ME- LohR SIHft Long Island.
The Rev DR.. c. Stanley Long, d. D.
and Mrs. Long, who are spending the
summer at Chevy Chase, left this
morning to spend a few days with
their friends, Mr.. and Mrs Spencer
Aldrich. at their summer home
Windermere, Bay Shore, Long Island
Dean and Mrs. Long will return to
washington at the end of the week
Good Intent, an out-of-door the.
ater adjacent to Washington, will
open this month, a civic venture OF
MRS: Andrews, affording proper
setting for religious and historical
pageants in the vicinity of the Vir.
ginia Episcopal Seminary, in Fair.
fax county. The stage will be In
ravine with background of old
trees and wooded hilIsides; the am
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Society /
President and Mrs. Harding Celebrated
Thirty Second Wedding Ami
versary in Alaska Yesterday.

HE President and Mrs. Hard
ing celebrated their thirty
second wedding anniversary
in ketchikan, Alaska, yes
terday, and in addition to the
kilograms Of congratulations from
their intimates, Mrs. Harding re-
ceived a beautiful and novel gift
from the women of that city, in the
form of a chain and locket made of
nuggets of gold. 1t was not a par
ticular deprivation to either the
President or Mrs. Harding to have
their anniversary pass quietly as they
have not made a habit of celebrating 1t
except in the immediate family.
The Secretary of War. Mr.. Weeks,
will return to Washington the first
Of next week from his summer home.
Mount Prospect at Lancaster, n. H.
where he joined Mrs. Weeks about ten
days ago.
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Miss Theresa B. Smith. who was a
delegate at the national convention
of Phi Mu Sorority held in Berkeley,
the west and will visit Canada and
the great lakes before returning to
Washington the middle of August.
Evening star., 1923-07-09

Mrs. Ollie M. James, who has been
abroad for several weeks, was en-
tertained at luncheon last week in
London by Lady Henry.
Evening star., 1923-07-09

Mrs. William NJ. Cruikshank has
been called to Chicago by the ILL
ness of her father, Mr.. William Hola :
bird
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Mr. and Mrs. Henry White
Entertain Family Party.

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry White have
staying with them at their summer
place at LenoX Countess Scher-Thoss
and her children of Copenhagen. who
will remain in this country for the
rest of the summer.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Wardman, who
sailed for Europe about a month ago,
will return to Washington in the
autumn.
Evening star., 1923-07-09

Relatives and friends in eastern
Pennsylvania and Maryland will be
interested in the marriage of Miss
Josephine Crawford Cook. daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Kingsley
Cook. to Mr.. S. George Hartline of
Danville, Pa, which took place June
q at the home of the brides parents.
3102 18th street. the Rev. Mitchell
of the metropolitan Methodist Church
ofhc1atlng. Only members of the
immediate families and a small COM
pany of intimate friends witnessed
the ceremony.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Edward r. Mitchell
have gone to Narragansett Pier to
spend the summer. Mr.. and Mrs.
Mitchell, who purpose passing next
winter in the orient. have leased
their residence on 10th street to Mr..
and Mrs. Reynolds Hit, who will
rake possession in October.
Evening star., 1923-07-09

Washington tomorrow for San Fran
cisco. Calf, where she will visit her
cousin, Mrs. C. H. Brunitt. She will
return to her apartment in the Coy
! wood about September l.
Evening star., 1923-07-09

Mrs. Harold Walker. and her daugh-
ter, Miss Evelyn Walker. have gone
TO White Sulphur Springs to spend
several weeks.
Evening star., 1923-07-09

Mr.. Frank Estabrook of the re-
publican national committee, in New
Hampshire, entertained a company of
men at dinner last evening at the
New Willard.
Evening star., 1923-07-09

Mrs. T. Septimus Austin and daugh-
ter. Miss Madeleine Austin. will leave
Washington the latter part of the
week for New York. They will sail
later in the month for Europe. pass
ing a week on the Normandy coast,
after which they will visit Norway
and Sweden. They will spend the
early autumn in the lake country of
Italy, going to France for some time
before returning to this country in
the early winter.
Evening star., 1923-07-09

Swedish Minister and
Mme. Wallenberg Guests.
The minister of Sweden and Nine.
Wallenberg, have arrived in New
port. where they are guests of Mr..
and Mrs. John Aspegren at Aspen
Hall. Mr.. and Mrs. Aspegren enter
rained a company at dinner last
evening in honor of the minister and
Mime. Wallenberg.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-27

mercury lowered around the 90
mark, the temperature ut 8 o'clock
this morning was So with cool
breeze blowing.
Broadway. was in mourning this
morning. At the Lambs, Friars
and Greenroom Clubs, plans were
discussed for a public burial for
Bert Savoy-Everett L. Mackenzie
who, with Jay Brennan formed
one Of the most widely known
vaudeville teams on the American
stage. Savoy was killed by q
bolt at Long Beach.
Four weeks ago Savoy & Bren-
nan each took out life insurance
policies for 100000. naming each
other as beneficiaries.
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SAYS SUPREME COURT
IS NECESSITY 70 y. s.

LONDON. June 27.-James M.
Beck, Solicitor General Of the United
States, addressing the benchers Of
Gray's Inn on the United States SUI
preme Court, said:
Each time the will Of the majority
IL nullified, because inconsistent
with the fundamental law" Mr.. Beck
continued, threats are made, IS are
now being made, to destroy this pow
er OF the Supreme Court, or &C least
to impair it by requiring the con.
currenec OF seven out Of the nine
justices before q statute can be multi
fled, but believe the American
people. notwithstanding past demon
STATIONS Of dissatisfaction, have
higher regard for the Supreme Court
than for any other institution OF our
Government, with the possible excep.
ton Of the Presidency.
IT Il certain that without the Su.
prene Court the American republic,
with its great heterogeneous dennoc-
racy, would have perished long
since. A@W
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-27
NEW FARMS SOLVING
SWEpES' JOB PROBLEM

STOCKHOLM. June 27.-Sweden's
back to the soiT' movement. started
to turn certain unused lands to agri-
cultural production and at the same
time to provide farms for the excess
of industrial workers who had diff
Guilty in finding employment when
the postwar boom ended, has al
ready resulted in a number of new
and successful farming colonies &C.
ycording to the Stockholm newspa-
pers.
A typical case which illustrates
how men without jobs have been
transformed into proprietors Of forty.
acre farms, with home, liye stock,
implements. ETC.. is seen in the col
ony at Basbo. A tract Of 476 acres,
part Of private estate, was pur-
chased by the private homes com.
mission. and divided up into ten
farms. Three tenant families Of the
estate were put into possession Of a
parcel each on condition that they
serve as leaders and instructors Of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-27
Urges Lions Club TO
Uphold Volstead
LIQUOR Law
international News Service.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j.,
June 27.-Personal abstinence
and full compliance with tho
Volstead act was urged today
by Edward S. Vaught, Of Okla
homa City, president, address
ing the seventh annual conven-
ton of the international As
ISOLATION of Lions. Clubs.
straight Americanism ID
what Lionism stands for, =
Vaught declared, land straight
Americanism means law observ-
ance and law enforcement
whether one approves OF the
law or not"
More than 5000 Lions are in
attendance. Omaha and Coz
lumbus, Ohio, are campaigning
for the next convention.
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ASKS DIVORCE. CHANGING
HUSBAND BOUGHT HER

VALPARAISO. Ind. June III
Alleging that her husband. James
&c. Baker. sixty-five years old. pur.
chased her for $500, when he
Kentucky, Mrs. Sarah Il. Rakers
twenty-four, filed suit for divorces
here.
Mrs. Baker. an orphan girl, de-.
rlared she was living with an uncle
when the marriage took place. and
was forced by the latter, under
threats of death, 20 marry the aged
defendant.
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the other seven colonists, who were
selected from the supernumeraries OF
the cutlery works ut Eskilstuna.
. The average cost OF the land was
81 800 for each farm. and the cost OF
the improvements when completed
will average about 81 1900. The financ-
ing was done by the private homes
commission out Of public funds ap-
propriated for. the purpose. Each
farmstead carries q mortgage, but
the interest is low, and the terms OF
payment easy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-27
MERCURY FALLS
|NN.Y.AF TER .
STORM
Broadway Mourns Death Of
WeII-KnoWn Actor Killed
BY Bolt.

NEW YORK, June 27.-Cooler
weather prevailed here today follow
Ing last evenings electrical storm
which took toll of four lives, in.
1ured more than score and caused
100000 damage to property in
New York and vicinity.
After two days during which the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-27
MAN SLAIN IN HIS HOME
HAD $1,000 IN POCKETS

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, June 81,
Discovery Of nearly $1,000 in cur
rency in the pockets OF Robert H.
Shackleford, forty-seven, former
deputy sheriff, who was shot to
death in his home here, puzzles
county authorities.
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MOTHER or DEAD GIRL
TRIES 70 HIT CAR DRIVER

NEW YORK. June 27.-Frantic
over the death Of her five-year-old
daughter. who was run down by an
automobile Saturday, Mrs. Ethel
Gendick made two unsuccessful
attempts to attack Miss Fay Grue.
Der, driver Of the car, when she was
arraigned on q charge Of homicide.
Police halted the mother both
times before she could reach Miss
Grueber. who was held In $4,000 bail.
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0 |.
WHITE HOUSE
BEGUN
Army Of Workmen Start Job
Costing Thousands OF
Dollars.

Not since Theodore the Strenuous
gave the White House wings have
that notable mansions executive
offices presented the appearance
they do today.
The entrance. lobby looks as i q
couple Of shells. form French las
had registered direct hits. Over
the gaping pit of the cellar, lit
tered with plaster and woodwork,
stretch only gaunt beams which,
until President Harding's depar-
ture, supported the double. highly.
polished maple floor that had
known the ponderous pacings Of
John w. Weeks, the .mincing foot
steps of Carter Glass, the heel-taps
Of deserving Republicans and Dem
tccrats waiting for interviews that
might mean soft jobs, and the sour.
ryings Of legions of newspaper men.
Hereafter they will walk on mar
BILE, for that is the material that
will replace the beautiful wood.
Armed with AIDES and crowbars, .
nous floor the day after the Presi-
Dental sortie westward. They made
brutally short work Of It. Now
liners AKG OdHSCE Sl6uSs eAA4ACu "
doors in the lobby. and the entrance
to the offices is either via the, west
room, occupied by a. perspiring but
unrestingf corps of clerks and teIeg-
raphers. or through the basement,
haunt Of the downstairs help" and
presided over by a languid.looking
cop.
Driven From Office.
Rudolph Forster, executive clerk
and White House indispensable and
factotum, has been driven from his
own office, and has taken refuge in
that of Judson Welliver. chief clerk.
Outside this and the clerks apart
ment, none is habitable. A house.
cleaning Is progressing that would
make the efforts of the well-known
@. d. twins seem negligible.
Secretary George Christian's
room and the Presidents study are
lswathed in tarpaulins and, redolent
of soapsuds and wet paint. Moving
about the corridors, one encounters
litter of electric wiring, book.
cases, chairs. typewriting stands and
other furnishings and accessories.
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10 Spend Thousands.
Fire Sweeps Forbidden City.

BY international News Service.
LONDON, June 27.--Fire swept
the Forbidden City" Of PekinS to-
day, destroying the Enperor's pal
ace, said q News Agency dispatcn
from Picking.
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pat" McKenna, the genial soul
who. ever since the times OF Teddy,
has guarded the entrance to the
secretarial suite, roams about like =
disembodied spirit. And dust =
over all.
One puzzling piece of art brought
from the Presidents study and re-
clininE upon plush chair, 10 an
equestrian statuette in bronze. The
figure surmounting the horse Is
either that OF George Washington
or Andrew jackson. IL the latter,
the removal into the hall may be
preparatory to giving it the gate or
boxing 1t until the Democratic
ever--put some good man and true
into the chair OF the Chief Execu-
tive.
To Spend Thousands.
Several thousand dollars will be
expended in this work OF renova-
ton and retaouching. All will be
completed when the Harding party
returns around the end Of August.
Rudolph Forster was asked this
morning when he was going to take
q vacation.
''Vacation?" he repeated slowly,
as IL he were hearing that pres
ently.popular word for the first
time. '.Oh, I'm not taking any"
And he turned back to pile Of pa
per work that might have given
pause to the smartest adjutant in
the army. =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-15

the country, to furnish means for
settlement of the PREPARATIONS ques-
ton, provided the burdens imposed
upon us permit of the existence of our
economic life and the further devel-
opment OF our nation. The consoli-
dation of our political and economic
life Is preliminary condition for a
resumption of the reparation deliv-
cries which had to be discontinued
owing to economic arrangement caused
by the invasion of the Ruhr."
Turning to domestic affairs, the
chancellor said that what most was
demanded from the new government
was activity in restoring order. A
promising beginning had been made
by the reichstag, he said. in the adop-
ton. last week, of the new taxation
laws introduced by the Cuno admins
tration. He appealed to all classes
to support the gold loan. declaring 1t
was the governments duty to satisfy
the demand for a stable currency.
The government also regarded the
demand for stable basis of wages
justified in view of the present cir
cumstances. The chancellor con-
cluded by asking confidence from the
r1chstag, saying: HE only is lost
who surrenders himself. We have a
right TO believe in Germany's future,
and 1t is our task to secure it"
Debate followed in which the repre-
sentativeS of the four government
parties approved the chancellor's
declaration, and a vote of confidence
in the new administration was given.
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Stresemann's Speech Overture
To Poincare for Negotiations
NeU ChanceIIOr's Modified RuIr Pro.
posals are Vie,Ced as Limit of Ger
man Concessions for Peace.

net is free to seek a solution along new
lines, and DIR. StreSemann'S failure to
mention evacuation in connection with
the conditions under which the passive
resistance will be called off suggests to
some observers that the new chancellor
and his political associates propose to
provoke Poincare into reacting to a
modified German attitude.
DR.. Stresemann informed the men,
bers of the chamber that Germany
required complete restoration of her
rights in the occupied territory as an
essential to the abandonment of pas
Sive resistance. The setting free of
all Germans imprisoned in the dis
tricts occupied by the French and
Belgians and permission for the re-
turn Of those who have been sent out
Of the occupied area also were made
conditions for cessation of passive
resistance.
DR.. Stresemann declared the change
in government was not a sign of
weakness on the part of Germany.
On the contrary, the change had
brought into being the strongest cab
met, as regards opposition to any
idea OF permitting the violation of
Germany. that the country had had
since the republic was formed.
Says Britain Approves.
Passing almost Immediately to the
question of the occupation of the
Ruhr in his address. the chancellor
said passive resistance was deeply
rooted in the firm conviction of its
justice. This" he declared, has
been Lnequivocally recognized by the
British government, and we may as
sumo that this statement of the Brit
ish conception will find echo in
France and Belgium"
Asserting that Germany would well
come arbitration of the Ruhr ques-
ton. DIR. Stresemann added: We have
no doubt that any impartial decision
would restore to us our Ruhr terri
tory and on the day this happens
all forces will work to end the intoler-
able paralysis of the main artery of
German economy.
IF the free and unrestricted ad-
ministration of the Ruhr is assured
us, If the situation in the Rhineland
again Is such as is guaranteed by
International treaties, if every inn
priSoned German in the Ruhr and the
Rhineland is restored to liberty, then.
after a breathing spell has been
granted us. we shall be able, by
eXerting the whole economic force of
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Beware the "Road Lift"

From the Chicago Tribune.
The lift on the road Is an old act of
kindness. Decent people in settled
orderly places offered 1t because they
were amiable and wanted to help an
other person along the way; but pru-
dence in a city. or elsewhere for tina,
matter. says that 1t shall neither be
offered nor accepted nowadays.
A good deal of crime is on wheels
Criminals are scouting the street and
the country roads. The people they
pick up are virtually helpless. Con-
trairywise, the man in a car who yields
to a request for a ride may find
a gun at his head in short order. The
good Samaritan may go to the hos.
pital in a barrel 1t is the ugly me-
cessity of city life to regard a stran-
ger as a potential enemy.
1t need not result in discourtesy
but 1t says keep your guard up. Gre
dulity often leads to an empty peck
etbook and a black eye, or, in the
case of a woman, to worse.