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or no trouble during the expedition
while the original purpose of
the expedition is for pleasure" said
Mrs. Strickland in an interview,
I'VE have been asked and have de-
cided to secure specimens for vari-
Gus ZOOS and to take movies and
stills of nature in its widest
form.
I'VE are making Bona our start.
ing point, and from there shall
proceed by river and rail to Ken
shasa, about $50 miles. From Ken
shasa we will endeavor to proceed
as far as possible with the aid of
'stern-wheelers' and 'dugouts' up
the Sunkern River.
After leaving the river we leave
civilization behind up and start
a journey along native tracks
through unsurveyed country.
I'VE hope to eventually make
Wanda forest, where we shall halt
to collect moths and butterfly speei-
mems for the various people who
have asked us to undertake that
work.
I'VE have all agreed that we
shall shoot only such animals as
we actually require for food and
specimens, and wanton destruction
will be taboo.
1--WE shall pick up our porters in
the interior We shall probably re-
quire $50 of them"
The Washington times., 1923-10-26
MRS. JUSTICE IS
GIVEN LIFE
TERM
Atlanta Woman Slew Lover
While Sitting in Auto
in Street.
tBy international News Service.

ATLANTA. Ga, Oct. 26.-Life
imprisonment will be the price of
Mrs. Ollie Combs Justices love.
Today she walked behind prison
bars. It was the jury's decree
the price they said shes must pay
for Staying her sweetheart, Dewitt
Turner, here, September %, last
The frail, pretty little woman
seemed none the wrose physically
after hearing her fate. Witnesses
testified that she often threatened
to kill both her lover and herself
IL she ever lost him. Since killing
him, nothing especially has seemed
to matter in her life.
Mrs. Justice sent two pistol bull
let's through Turner's heart while
the two were sitting in his auto
mobile on a crowded Atlanta street.
The only reason she would give
was: II killed him because I
loved him. I couldn' bear to see
that other woman get him"
The Washington times., 1923-10-26
PRIEST TO EXPOSE
FRAUDS IN SPIRTTUALlSM

Ghosts that walk in the flesh,
and spirit messages that come any.
where except from departed souls
will be exposed in a lecture at
Georgetown College tonight by the
Rev. DIR. Heredia, s. J., of the
College Of st. Francis Xavier, New
York.
Father Heredia is the author of
a book on spiritualism in which
he reveals many of the frauds
practiced. He will give demon
STATIONS, and will communicate
with departed ones" for the bene-
fit of the audience. The lecture
will be held in CASTOR Hall at $50
o'clock and friends Of the univer-
sity are invited.
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more tastefully CARRIED than thu
same classes iii other cities.
Women's Wear Market.

Washington is becoming real
market for women'A wear" he said.
Visitors often buy here in prefer
ence to New York They know they
can get the same goods and quail ~.
here. that are obtainable in New
York"
The Louis Gold Company, said
Berks, operates large stores in eight
cities other than Washington. The
local store, comparatively new, car
ries a large line of imported frocks.
American mass production and
Partisan needlework are combined to
afford the Gold Company lines.
Berks is young man, and said
he intends to keep q young spirit in
his shop.
IT choose my saleswomen with
care" he said. They are courteous
and diligent. They fit in with the
atmosphere Of the store"
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Jersey Dresses

effectively show the modish straightline eff
fects with the wanted pleated or plain skirt.
Two-piece models in Jersey show an attrac-
tive combination of overblouse with pleated
skirt.
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''Old Covered Bridge
Adds Two Victims
To Death Toll
BY international News Service:

HAGERSTOWN, Nd, Oct.
26.-Two more last night were
added to the toll of deaths
taken at the site Of the "oId
covered bridge" west Of Middle
town, near here, when Everett
Matheny, of Sparrows Point,
Baltimore, failed to see detour
signs and ran his machine on a
stone pile.
Matheny and his wife were
instantly killed in the crash.
Their five children and Mrs.
Mae Bayne and son, William,
of Mt. Union, Pa, were injured.
The party was on the way to
Hagerstown from Baltimore.
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|. c C. Orders New Rates.

The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion today held that freight rates on
bituminous coal in carloads from
mines on the Chicago and Alton and
Wabash roads in the Springfield dis
trict of Illinois to ST. Joseph, Mo,
were unduly prejudicial and pre-
scribed that they shall not exceed
by more than 40 cents per ton the
rates maintained by railroads carry
ing coal from the same points of
origin to Kansas City, Mo.
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/ WOMAN PICKED
/. TOHEAD CONGO
g
. TOURISTS
o ~~AH~
Party Will Take Movies of
Wild Life in Darkest
= Africa.

LONDON. Oct. ga S.000-mile
isbig-game pleasure and exploration
trip through the cannibal wilds of
ythe Belgian Congo under the direc.
ton and organization of a woman
is about to start from London.
IS
The woman is Mrs. Diana Strick.
land, and she has conceived and
5 organized the whole expedition,
composed of herself, a woman
kinema operator and three men.
She expects to be away about
three months, and anticipates little
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Rules of Contest

4 The contestant turning in the
lie largest number of wrappers by
October 81, 1923, will be awarded
the automobile.
. In case OF a tie, each tieing con-
As testant will be awarded a Star
automobile.
. Each package OF one dozen blades
OS Is wrapped in a distinctive wrap
per of the Wireless Blade Com
pany Remove this wrapper and
turn IL in for credit to the clerk
designated at Store No. ., Sew
enth and z streets, who will
issue a receipt for each lot Of
wrappers turned in each time.
Preserve these receipts for check
ing purposes, as the award will
be made on the basis of these
receipts.
A Each contestant is privileged to
He secure wrappers from relatives,
friends or acquaintance who
have made purchases of HOJ1-
Low GROUND blades.
= Don't wait till the last minute to
OS turn in the wrappers. make n
practice of bringing in what you
have every day or two, and get
a receipt, as holding them up till
the last minute will delay the
awarding of the car.
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In order to assure absolute i'm
Partially. in awarding the car, the
Following prominent business men win
act as judges:
John +. Cassidy, Corresponding
secretary, Washington Ad Club; a.
Logan Payne, Publisher Times
Herald Everett c. Scott, Commercial
The contest 10 already on. A Star
car Is sure to be presented to some
BODY. 1t might just as well be YOU
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jail Concert Cancelled.

The concert which was to be given
tonight at the District jail by the
Elks' Band has been Cancelled out
Of respect to the memory of William
II. Meyer, superintendent Of the jail,
who died yesterday morning.
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Saved the. Tip, Anyhow"

Saved the Tip, Anyhow.
HE went over four cross
streets at % miles an hour in a
one-ton truck, your honor. I was
about 20 feet behind him all the
II wasn't exactly speeding, your
honor. I was just going a little
fast"
what do you call fast?"
when q traffic officer gets
me-"
"what were you in such a
hurry for?''
at was going to lunch"
"You could have lunch at the
Willard for what this IL going to
cost you. So"
From The Judg's Bench.
"I was running along Sixteenth
street on my bicycle, your
honor
Were you going north or
south?"
''I was going straight"
Were you going straight north
or straight south?"
Another Candidate.
"I was going toward the White
House. I had pane Of glass
under my left arm, and ! didn't
want to break it, 80 l was riding
carefully
Official stenographer, to Alibi
Mani: "Lemme have this table,
will yuh? I've gotta take notes
with ink-you only gotta rush
pencil.
GAN right" [Alibi Man stands
aside and uses his hat for a
writing board.)
Bailiff ito Alibi Nam: THAT.
hats kind of soft for that, amt
it?" Reflectively) Fits you head
well, though" laughs idiotically.l
The court: "Come up here, Mr..
McDougal, ard take your notes on
the bench. You can see how the
truth is drawn out in these cases,
and can see how traffic court re-
ports are concocted."
Thinks He's Flat Tire.
Witness (resuming): 'Just be.
fore making left turn into Cor
coran street I held out my hand
and then I heard someone say:
s.Give him some air." was on
NV back on the sidewalk and
there were about fifty people
around me. That's all know
about 1t. except that the defendant
was a hundred feet or so behind
me when I started to turn"
Revised Version.
Second witness: "I was on the
corner of Sixteenth and Corcoran
streets. The man on the bicycle
was about four feet ahead OF the
defendant when he started TO
turn. don't know whether he
held his hand out or not"
Boob: "The complaining wit
ness was running nearly abreast
of me and turned left into Cor.
coran street without warning.
turned left too, 80 as to avoid
an accident, but q car running
the opposite way blocked me.
The Vital Spot.
The court: Whatever may be
the real cause of the collision. a
man riding a bicycle through
crowded streets, with pane OF
glass under his arm IL guilty OF
contributory negligence. The
court is convinced that this was
an absolutely unavoidable acci-
dent, and the case Is dismissed"
The Alibi Man extends his
thanks to Judge Mattingly for
his thoughtfulness. He Is one
of the most kindly and courteous
Of our District officiaIs-although
that doesn't come under the head
OF news =
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A QUESTIONABLE.
"He was doing all of rs down
Massachusetts, Avenue from 4th
to North Capitol. your honor"
What was he driving?"
"a tWo-ton truck"
What were you going SO fast
for?"
1T didn't know how fast I was
going, your honor"
You ought to--you'M hit some.
one and knock EN- to Kingdom
Come one of these days. Ever
been here before?"
mo SIR"
Ever coming here again."
mo SIR"
Have you got $202"
Eyes SIR
"The finance clerk will give
you a receipt for it."
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never expect to go, as well as those
who are determined never to so.
On the back Of the cover Is q
most amusing map OF Florida, with
an inscription which I think you
will appreciate. TO have made it
complete they should have in
cluded the name of Tom Ehipp,
who spends most of every winter
In Miami. He is buddy" of
Jack-excuse me--John Oliver La
Gorce and James A. Allison and
usually goes South on AIlisor's
yacht. However. here is the in.
scription:
Terra de Florida, based on We.
discoveries and latest advices from
Lett Erickson, Christopher Co
lumbus, Capt. Charlie Thompson,
Juan Ponce de Leon, John Oliver
LaGorce, We hunter; Lucas Vas
nuez de Ayilon, Ed Howe, of Atch-
ison and elsewhere; Fernando de
Soto, James A. Allison, We pisca-
tologist; Diego M. Maldonado, Jess
Andrew, We explorer, of West
Point, Ind, and several prominent
bootleggers from We Birnini run.
Eye country fertile, rich, abound
ing in beautiful naaydens, pearls
and diamonds in season, suitable
for golf, fishing, drinking and
settlement, inhabited by a good
sort of people of clear understand
ing"
And inside the cover the pages
are even more entertaining. Mr..
and Mrs. Kenneth Roberts are
spending the winter in Washing
ton and have house at 1926
Nineteenth street.
I WAS so sorry to hear that
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Glib
son have lost their infant daugh-
ter, born last month. He is our
Minister to Poland, you know, and
was attached to our Legation in
Brussels when the Germans in
Vaded Belgium. His wife was a
Belgian of noble birth.
HEAR that Roy Baker, consul
at Barcelona, has been quite
i'll in Barcelona for some weeks
now. His wife. you will recall,
was Eugenla Holcombe, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Walker
Holcombe.
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nothing more Of the trip to Cali,
fornia which they had in mind.

nothing more Of the trip to Cali.
fornia which they had in mind.
The One Hundred Club, Of which
Mrs. Gerry and Mrs. Sylvanns
Stokes, jr., are the bright par
ticplar stars, has been lying
doggo'' all winter because. with the
Gerrys homeless and Mr.. and Mrs.
Stokes new house far from COM
pletion, they had difficulty in find.
ing some place to meet. They have
definitely decided to resume the
dances of the Hundred Club in the
spring, but so far no dates have
been selected and no definite plans
made. And meanwhile the dane
ing classthe ''old dancing. Glass;
which meets at the Playhouse
is in a measure filling the Hun
dred Clubs place, many Of the
smart young married set being
members Of both organizations.
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Pennsylvania Society
TO Honor Pet1nir11aI1

nR. JOSIAH II. PENNIMA1g.
who was elected last week
to the office 81 Provost d the
University Or Pennsylvania, win
be the guest d honor of the
Pennsylvania society o. the Dis
trict Of Columbia ct its meeting
in the ballroom Of the New vii
lard Hotel, Friday evening. Janu.
airy rs.
This win be University d
Pennsylvania night and viii be
an occasion for the assembling
81 ali Washington alumni Of the
keystone institution. which 4
one Of the oldest in the United
States.
DR.. Pennfnan is 3 product Of
the University himself, having
graduated there IN 1890 as
Doctor Of PHILOSOPHY. He was
dean ! 81 xhe faculty from 1897
to 1909 and vice provost from
1911 until his recent election az
provost. His speech here win be
the first public address since he
was made head Of the University.
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Hug Ines Honor Guests
At Jtlsserand Dinner

1dH AInpqSsadOr Of France ana
Nine. Jusserand entertained It
dinner ct the Embassy last night
in honor Of the secretary Of state
ana mrs. Hughes. Their guests
included the Belgian Ambassador
and Baroness de Cartier. the uru.
guayar Minister and Nine. varela,
the Third Assistant Secretary 81
state and Mrs. Robert woods
bliss, Mr.. and Mrs. william Il.
Castle. the Persian Minister. MIRA
Hussein Khan Alai. Senator and
Mrs. Irvine 4. LsnroOt. Senator
and Mrs. James w. Wadsworth,
il, Senator and Mrs, Miles pom
dexter, Mr.. and Mrs. Ogden Reid,
New York, Mr.. and Mrs. Lamont,
OF New York, Mrs. AIolph Miller,
and Mrs. Frederick Keep.
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Washia1gtOn Man
Patents Inventions

WORD has drifted back here
that 4 washington boz, Nor
ris Evans. i making quite . name
for himself as an inventor ana
has patented two very useful
articles within the last year.
one, an electric fireless cooker.
is soon to be put on the market
ana he ID already working on
something else which promises
to be most useful. but the nature
or which Ii being kept . deep.
dark secret.
Mr.. Evans and his wife, who
was. Anne Weatherby, are now
in New York. wl1ere he has been
working for some time on his
new invention. but they are ex-
pected here before long. Mr..
Evans mother ana 8 sistar, Mrs.
Mrs. Morris Evans and Miss
Meta Evans, are now at their
house IN Sixteenth street alter
an absence Of several months,
: much Of which time they spent
visiting in and around New York.
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CLUB TO DISCUSS
COUE'S MESS AGE
AIT TODD US TEA
Book Review Dinner
To BE Held
Tuesday.

MUCH interest 4 astir over the
the program announced By the
District Of Columbia branch cf the
League or American Pen Women
FOR this Afternoon at the clubhouse.
17ss II street. from 70 8 o'clock.
when the REV. DR.. John ]. Queally.
minister Of the Church 81 the
TRANSPORTATION, win speak On
aCoue and His Message"
Mrs. Amos A. Fries. Wits Of
General Fries. Of the Chemical
warfare. and chairman Of the
program committee for the District
Of columhia, has arranged the pro
gram.
Hrs. elmer sBrOnizsr VIII pour
tea. assisted ~ Mrs. Appleton p.
clark, Mrs. Irene miller Chainey.
Madame susanne oidbers and MRS.
Virginia Chavez Bacon.
ON Tuesday evening the second
book review dinner 81 the new
year under the management ~
Mrs. william Wolff Smith, chair
man, win be held at the clubhouse
1T s o'clock, with the most strik-
ing selection Of books yet arranged
for these dinners. Mrs. Amos a.
Fries win review the book recently
3 published BY Secretary 81 Labor
Davis, 'aThe Iron Puddler, itself
an unusual book unusually well
done, and Miss Mabel DIN win re-
view 'sThe Secret Of Autosugsss-
ton, By Emile Coue.
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Z
Jerusalem" You know the game.
There is one guest more than
there are. chairs The music sud-
denly stops and everyone tries to
be seated, and, of course, one is
left out. Then ne is out OF the
game. Once in a while the game
is Cisastrous-for the chairs-and
1 suspect that at least three Of
the de Sibour chairs are now In
the hands Of the cabinetmaker.
THE debutantes are growing
that the season is all over.
And their season practically is.
November and December are de-
voted almost exclusively to the
buds, who are entertained. morn
ing, noon and night. And then
suddenly, after the first Of the
new year, society begins to at.
tend to its more formal entertain
ments. official parties and so on.
So now the buds are beginning to
slip away to rest UP, many going
to Europe or Egypt or Atlantic
City or Florida and some of them
to several of these places.
Mrs. John l.. Edwards and her
debutante daughter, Virginia, are
on the eve Of going to Atlantic
City and early next month they
plan to carry Mr.. Edwards off to
Florida. Virginia has had q won
derful time and has been one Of
the most popular of the buds, ]
should say. The Edwardses be.
long to the "caVe dweller" set in
Washington and have charming
old home, big square rooms and
high ceilings, etc, in that fine old
neighborhood between r and q
streets, Eighteenth and Twenty
first, like Georgetown, the seats
Of the mighty" in the days when
Washington was a village. Many
Of the old "residenters" have
moved away, but some still stick
and 1 think It is charming. Mrs.
Borden Hartman lives along
there.
lust as half Of the society OF
Washington-and many other
cities-are vending their way to
Florida, that delightful writer,
Kenneth l.. Roberts comes out with
a new book called "Sun Hunting"
He gives, in his charming manner,
an amusing account OF adventures
and observations among the native
and migratory tribes of Florida"
including the stoicaI time-killers
of Palm Beach, the gentle and gre
garious tin-canners of the remote
interior and the Vivacious and semi"
violent people of Miami and its
purlieus. All of which the flyleaf
Of his book states.
The publishers have stated on
the cover that Marco Polo, the We
netian, uncovered some strange
matters in his journeyings; but
equally strange things have been
uncovered by Kenneth L, Roberts
in his winter travels through Flori-
da, where society ladies trip on
their ropes of pearls and the rich
mes OF the soil is such that shingles
grow to bungalows overnight.
sun Hunting" will appeal to old
residents Of Florida and new resi-.
dents of Florida, to those who go
to Florida for q week each winter
and those who haven't gone yet,
but expect to go. and to those who
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-21
Meeting Of Women
Voters on Wednesda J

THE District q COLUMBIA
League Of Women Voters win
hold the midwinter business meet
ing ct Che National League head
quarters, $50 Seventeenth street,
On wednesday evening. January
~. at 8 o'clock. Reports win be
made by the chairmen Of stand
ing committees Of the work
which they have been doing.
and an outline given Of the plans
for the remainder Of the year:
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Kentucky Society to
Meet On Thursday

THE Kentucky Society will
= meet at the Franklin Square
Hotel on Thursday at 8 o'clock,
when the guest OF honor and
speaker will be Conrad eytne.
Mrs. David Fl. Kincheloe will
give the musical program. This
viii be Kentucky Night" and
all residents OF the State have
been invited. The president Of
the society, Congressman Ralph
Gilbert, who has been away for
several months. will preside at
the meeting.
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Mrs. Wade Takes
Apartment at 2AOO

MRS. JEANNETTE HOWELL
- WADE, who has lectured on
psychology before the Washington
Practical Psychology and other
clubs, has taken an apartment at
Meridian Mansions, 2400 Sixteenth
street. where she will be for the
remainder Of the season.
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Parish Society to
Give Dance Soon

TEE ladies' Of the Shrine Of the
Sacred Heart Parish. six
teentn street and Park road, met
in the parish hail Thursday even
ing and completed arrangements
for 4 dance at WardEnan Park
Hotel on wednesday evening, Feb
rI1ary 7as:s'.4. $3.50
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SUNDAY night is becoming
quite popular even for dances.
The Henri de Sibours gave a big
dance last Sunday night at their
Georgetown home, and the jazz
band was going until the wee
small hours Of Monday morning.
And the guests had q great time,
playing the game loved 30 much
in my childhood days, Going to
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1TRS. JAMES F. BYRNES, oOife Of Representative
~ Bynes of South CAROLINA, is one of the charm
ing hOstesses of the Congressional set and an GctiOe
and enthusiastic member Of the Congressional Club.
She IS So0theyner By birth, afotiOn and affection.
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Mrs. Carr Will Not
Receive TO-DAY

ava not be at home this after
noon, but will receive next Sun
day and the Sundays In February.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-07-05
TtA ZIDo sUBAsTADA LA CARRE
L TERA DE NAGUARO- -JUNCOS

4 y Sc llevo a efecto en- la oficina del
Somisionado del Interior, la subasta
para a construction de IL Kilometres
1883 metros de la Carretera de Ma
gnabo a Juncos, seccion entire Juncos
! Pena Pobre, cuyo presupuesto de of
tina asciende a s136,228. 80, habiendo
eoncurrido los sigUientes postores:
Er. Felix Colon, Arecibo, $119,794. As
H'guera y Besosa, San Juan, 124, ,196. .ss
Jests Benitez, sanxurce, 128,753 o2
3. v. Llenza, Rio Piedras, 129, ,So3. Al
Adriano Gonzalez, Arecibo, 1So,454.S6
Francisco Rexach, Juncos, 133,551.o4
Ia Junta de Subasta hara en- brevs
la correspondence recommendation al Co
misionado.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-07-05
BRILLANTE FIESTA EN- Ell
TEATRO

Ell viernes Sc celebrara en- Ell Teatro
Ia graduation de los alumnos del acre
ditadisimo colegio Royal Gregg, que
dirige la notable profesora doiia Maria
Teresa Camacho de Robles. Ell acto Sc
celebrara en- Ell Teatro y unos cuarentd
atumnos recibiran sus diplomas.
En- Ell festival, que resultara brillan-
ttsimo, no solo por los meritos de Ii
dlstinguida profesora, por ell conoci
niiento de sus alumnos, sino tambier
por ell msrecido credito de que disfruts
tan excelente plantel de ensefanza t0-
maran parte Ell Lcdo. J. Ramirez San
tibafez, quien recitara varias compo-
slciones poeticas; ell virtuoso'' Pepitc
Figueroa, alumno que Sc graduA en- e.
curse de frances quien embarca cor
destino, al Conservatorio de Madrid
Cos dias despues de SUI grsduaci6n, el
cual tocara, como despedida, dificiles
composiciones en- Ell violin; ell Lcdo
Juan B. Soto, catedratico de la Uni
versidad quien pronunciara un discur
so; y otras distinguidas personals.
Ell acto sera amenizado por la ban
da municipal.
Dados los nlmeros interesantes que
ferman ell programp de la fiesta la
grandes simpatias de que goza la Sra
canachc de Robles estamos seguros dt
que el Teatro de San Juan Sc vera to
talmente lleno de 10 que mas vale J
signifca en- nuestra poblacion.