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The Washington times., 1924-01-29
Sentimental Nonsense About
Children
And Business Brutality.

In mills and factories young children worked long
hours every day. deprived Of fresh air and sunlight their
chances for normal growth and successful future destroyed
When Congress tried to prevent that passing law that
would forbid transporting from State to another the
products of child labor the Supreme said YOU can do
that, it isn't constitutional
But in New York when ChaH who teaches children to
dance intoxicating and harmony of movement announces
annual performance with children DANCING up rises the
Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty Children and
mo you can't do THAT No child dance in public
under sixteen years Of age.''
There you have pleasantly Conasted the powerful
ruling brutality Of business and the sentimental
the professional phanthrop-ve phIanthropc when il
doesn't cost anybody anything.
The Supreme Court isn't constitutional for Congress
TO pass law preventing working children to death and de-
pvng them of their chance That's business MONEY rs IN
V0LVED you interfering with the sacred rights of one
grown American to exploit the children other Ameri
cans .@t4
But when teaches children dance as all children
should be taught and when to them with applause
and ambitious rivalry he announces in year an ex-
hbon by children hands raised in horror he is
hidden to let any child appear under sixteen years Of age
Children Dance and do dance actually in their baby
hood not only without injury but with benefit themselves
This Is world Of hypocrisy and nonsense but luckily it Is
slowly improving.
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length Of the boundary line be-
tween the United States and Can
ada is 3,S98 miles; the length Of
that between the United States
and Mexico Ii 1,744 miles. The
least breadth of the United Sta a'es,
on an east-and-west line, passing
territory, is between Charleston,
s. c., and San Diego Calf. 1t
measures 2,152 miles. From West
Quoddy Head, due west to the
Pacific. the distance Is 2,SO7
miles.
The Atlantic coast line is $3.50
miles long, the Pacific coast line
10 2,730 miles long, and the Gulf
Of Mexico line 10 S,64O miles long.
Here are other curious facts:
The island of Cuba, IL moved di-
rectly north. would extend from
New York city to the State of
Indiana, while Havana is farther
west from Cleveland The Pan
anna Canal Is directly south Of
Pittsburgh. and Nome, Alaska,
farther west than Hawaii.
TO these II may be added that
II the city OF Paris should take
a flight straight. westward, Il
would pass over the center OF
Newfoundland and skirt the
northernmost border OF the
United States. while London, in a
similar flight. would pass too far
north to be sighted from the
United States. but could drop
posters into the southcrnmoG3 ex-
tension Of Hudson Bay.
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THREE-MINUTE JOURNEYS
AN ASAMBO BEATS HIS FOUR WIVES.
by TEMPLE MANNING.

The theory Of this general beat.
ing is that 1t Furnishes the wives
for any sins they. may have COM
mitted while their husbands were
absent, and in case the women
hadn't committed any sin, It
serves to drive out the evil spir-
its that get into women anyway
and make them unfit for COM
panionship with the men.
The present generation does not
/, know when this custom originat-
ed, but it was probably due to the
fact that the original negro slaves
who founded the settlement re-
membered the beating with ropes
given them on the plantations in
the West Indies by cruel over
seers.
Members Of this tribe are rather
striking physical specimens. They
Indians and considerably darker.
They wear shirts and overalls
when at the mines, but when at
home both male and female go
around clad only in loin cloth.
The children never wear any
clothes until they are fourteen or
fifteen years Of age.
Central America, although the
section OF this continent which
was first settled by the Span
iards, Is still sparsely populated.
The jungles are still impenetrable
over a large portion Of the sur.
face divided between the repub-
lies of Costa Rica, Honduras,
Guatemala, Nicaragua and Pana-
ma. There are still unexplored
sections and tribes Of savages to
be found Of whom very little is
known
So far as is known no mission
ary has ever visited the Asambos.
If so. he was disposed Of quickly.
Copyright. 1924. by Newspaper Fsatur
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Once-Overs
Copyright 1894 by international Feature Service, Inc)
SERIOUS THOUGHTS COME AT LAST TO THE DODGE
or UNPIEASANTNESS

You may be worried because realize that the ht
buoyan spirit you have enjoyed for many years ad
uay leaving you and longer and longer grow the pods
of sobermindedness times when troublesome tBughts
reign
you thus affected is it not that up tS time
you have given little thought the future and wt has
in store for youH i#
You have moved along as easily as possibS putting
aside everything which might worry annoy yCu,
regular dodger Of unpleasantness.
Really it unfortunate that have put of the dy of
serious thought for long for serious thought necessary
in every mans ife
you had idea that you could pass yo entire e in
careless free oyousness you mistaken and it well
that you awake.
Had pretty good time in life far, haven't you But
you have reached point where life should be sothng
more than cheerful thoughts and absence of real rons
blity. 3
Do not let serious thoughts unfit you for you daily
work but let them come N t" to make your latt days
easier because you planned right
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0F ali strange races Of men,
the Asaulbna, who inhabtt g
" section of the east coast OF
Honduras. are perhaps the
strangest. This tribe numbers
several Thousand persons, and it
q half African ana half Indian.
a hundred years or more ago q
band Of runaway negro slaves
from the West Indies settled on
this coast and found wives among
the Indians. They propagated
rapidly and very curious customs
arose among them.
Polygany is part Of what re-
ligion they have. Every adult
male is compelled to keep four
wives. They live In large, square
huts, and each Of the four cor
ners is allotted to wife and her
brood. Each day a different wife
manages the household duties for
the entire establishment. During
most Of the year they support
the husband comfortably. They
live on fish and fruit and canned
goods.
In order to get money to buy
the canned goods the men go
into the interior for several
months each year and work in
the mines operated in the noun.
tains Of Honduras by Spanish
and American companies.
A religious ceremony, which
lasts q long time, precedes the
exodus Of men, but the ceremony
upon their return is more re-
narkable. The men assemble
outside the village and each one
equips himself with a rope with
knots in 1t. Then they rush into
the town and find the four wives
meekly assembled in front Of
each hut. With howls the hus-
bands begin to beat their wiveh,
and they indulge in this sport
until they are exhausted.
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BY Garrett p. Serviss
Famous Astronomer and Writer
on Scientific Topics Of Pop
r1Iar Interest.

NS~@S@AS-~~O
uIar Interest.
" HAVE just been reading
some interesting statements
of geographical facts concern
ing the United States based on
data determined by the United
States Geological Survey, and
think that they should have
wide circulation.
Our land area includes 3,O26,-
7S9 square miles, which Is 1,S37,-
144,960 acres-quite q farm mas
Uncle Sam. But, like most farms
is comprises considerable unpro-
ductive land.
The water area (not including
the Great Lakes, or the, three
mile band along the Atlantic, Pa
cific and Gulf shoresD includes
53,015 square miles.
The most southerly point in
the United States is Cape Sable,
Florida, latitude north 26 deg.
70 min. The southern point of
Texas is in latitude 25 deg. SO
min, which makes 1t forty-nine
miles further north than Cape
Sable. ~
The most northerly point in
the United States Ii detached
portion Of Minnesota, on the
western shore of the Lake Of the
Woods, which extends up to lati-
tude 40 deg. % min.
The most easteriy point u West
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FACTS ABOUT LAND AREA OF THE UNITED STATES

Quoddy Head, near Eastport,
Maine; in longitude sc deg. 81
min.; the westernmost point is
Cape Alva, Washington, which ex-
tends into the Pacific to longi.
tude 124 deg. 46 min.
Some Of these facts may sur.
prise readers who are not accus-
toned, when consulting maps, to
take careful note Of the longi.
tude and latitude Of places. A
map Is a picture Of a part Of
sphere spread out fiat, and the
curved lines showing meridians
OF longitude and parallels of lati.
tude are apt to nislead the eye.
The true facts are best shown
by a globe. and 1t 10 sometimes
astonishing to persons not accus.
toned to using a globe, to find
how far wrong they have always
The Washington times., 1924-01-29
By ELSIE ROBINSON
cOpyT1Ght. 1924. hv star Company.

Doesn't that seem to you very beautiful
conception of God2 What beauty and mys-
terry and allure lie in the horizon All of
singing arc that girdles the far rim Of earth
all of the dinginess vanishes It is wrap
ped in mystery and loveliness as in veil
Suns rise from out and set within its heart
From it all roads depart and spread into
the farthest stretches Of the earth, like living
fingers of some mighty hand To it all
trails converge, until their hum is stilled
in its immensity.
And seeing it, dull eyes grow brighter
with new hope cramped hearts grow strong
and break their petty bonds. We whisper
to ourselves: "This is not ALL There
Snmethinp more The rath Ooos an oud nm
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been in their ideas Of the shape
and relative extent Of continents,
countries, seas, and oceans.
A good globe IL as indispensn-
BILE in a house as a good die
tionary. But It should be q
smooth globe. Those that are dis.
figured with corrugated heaps, in.
tended to represent mountains,
are very misleading for ordinary
purposes. The necessary exag-
geration Of the height and mass
Of the mountains produces very
wrong impressions. On a twelve
inch globe, which is q COMMONLY
used size. the highest mountain
in the world would have an ele-
walton Of e1lly about 1.125th Of
an inch, hardly to be felt by the
finger, to say nothing Of It's visi-
bility.
To return to the facts: > The
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mans fortune has its form given to it by his habits
The Washington times., 1924-01-29
LISTEN, WORLD!

TN Christopher Morley's "Where the Blue
Begins this statement occurs: "GOD.
Il IS A HORIZON, NOT SOMEONE SIT
TING ON A THRONE"
I suppose you d like to find God. know
I would I've yet to meet the person who
didnt, sooner or later, think about God
and need Him and try to make Him hear.
Some people seem to have no difficulty in
this matter. They accept the ancient re-
ligious conception Of a personal God as
simply as they accept the business of eating
and drinking. They are very sure that God
is Larger Person who knows all their in
innate concerns, listens to their prayers and
answers or ignores them as He thinks best.
This is a very comforting belief to those who
are able to hold it. But there are MANY
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WORDS FROM THE LIPS OF WISE MEN.

Consider the vanished empires of the when you declare
Our flag shall wave forever"
There have been great kings but they number small compared
to stupid kings II is probable foolish kings look well
their thrones with their and sceptres as great kings Sitting
on throne doestnot make a king
mans fortune has its form given to it by MS habits
The Washington times., 1924-01-29

who cannot subscribe to such belief To them Personal
God would be God at ALL They cannot fit the vastness
of their dreams of Godness into the limited of Per-
sonaty. They want something great and potent
than personal friendsomethng that calls inspires
and heals and goes everlastingly They want !. A
HORIZON.
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there to try again. Life is bounded by wall
sealed by records cut off by judgments Nor
tombstone bar the turning of the road There's space
beyond Vast space to live and grow and change Sweet
golden air where soled lives may grow clean again.
God is the wide horizon Of our seeking souls
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-05
BEWARE THE
COUGH OR COLD
THAT HANGS ON

Chronic coughs and persistent;
colds lead TO serious lung trouble.
You can stop them now with crco-
INFUSION. an emuisificd creosoto that
IL pleasant 70 take. creomulsion Is
a new medical discovery with two
fold action: IL soothss and heals the
inf1amed membranes and kills the
germ.
OF all known drugs. efeosote 10
recognized by ihs medical fraternity
as the greatest healing agency for
tho treatment OF chronic coughs and
colds aud other forms OF throat and
lung troubles. creomulsion contains.
in addition to crcosote. other healing
elements which Hoothe and heal the
lnfinmcd membranes and stop the ir-
ri.atiOn and inflammation. while the
creoaote goes on 10 the stomach. is
absorbed into the blood. attacks the
seat Of fhe trouble and destroys tho
germs that lead TO consumption.
Creonulsion - guaranteed satis-
factory in the treatment u chronic
coughs and colds. bronchial asthma.
catarrhal bronchitis and other forms
OF throat and lung diseases. and Ia
excellent for building up the system
after colds or the flu. Money re-
funded II any cough or cold. no mat
ter Of how long standing. Us not re-
liered after taking according 10 d.
rections. Ask your druggist. Creo-
mUislon Co. Atlanta. Ga.-Adver-
fisement
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-05

Mrs EIza Ferry Lcary viii
leave about March 10 for Washing
ton. u. G., 10 attend the y. A. II.
congress. which convenes there IN
April. Later size viii attend the
Gund Council Of Mount Vernon
Ladies' association. al Mount Yer,
non. Mrs. Leary viii not return to
Seattle until June.
Mrs. Andrew Gillespie will leave
March ~ for San Francisco 10 visit
her brother.inaaw and sister. Mr..
and Mrs, Henry Clarke Davis. and
her uncle ana aunt. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bruce Heathcote. in Berkeley.
Mrs Thurston Fairhurst. Of Van.
oouver. - G.. n the house guest Of
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Guy Frink
for a few days.
Mrs. George NJ. Horton and son,
Mr. Kenneth Horton, left today By
motor FOR California. They viii visit
Mrs. Lawrence Blodgett Gertrude
Hortonl In Coronado for three
weeks.
Sir. and Mrs. Gilbert Skinner
and Mr. and Mrs u, r. White VIII
leave next week for California. mo.
ioring down for a visit OF several
weeks.
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Personal

Mr.. Grant McMicken left Tuesday
Tor California 10 join Mrs DC.
Micken, who has been spending
several weeks IN tho South. They
VIII return the first Of next week.
Mr. j. &. Gilman OF Truman,
MINI, win arrive Thursday 10 visit
his sister, Mira. James Harvey, and
his niece, Mrs. Charles i. Moses
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward II. Verd
have removed from their home on
Whitman ave. TO tho Wilsonian. Mr.
ana Mrs. Verd win build al the In.
glewood Coli and Country club tb!S
summer.
Mrs. Henry Hubbard viii return
Saturday from a months visit in
California.
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Allen came
down from Raymond last night 20
spend a fcw days With Mrs. Allen's
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles *.
Poe.
Judge and Mrs. George Donworth
viii leave Friday for California, on
short trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank w. Commons
Of Minneapolis arc the house guests
Of Air. and Mrs. Henry o. Philips.
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Service at
0rthopedic Shops

East Highland Drive Guild will be
Ia charge az the or,hopedic Tea shop
Thursday. with Mrs. l.. II, Carvcy
acting as hostess. assisted by Mrs. G
Q. cultiton. Mrs. George Pat,eu, Mrr
George Reynolds. Mrs. Herbert
smith. Mrs. Josiah Moore, Mrs, J. l..
Vim. Mrs. II. r. Audlcy, Mrs, n. +,
Martin. Mrs. Lewis walber, Mrs. r
J. Armston Armstrong Mrs Il H.
Lyon. Mrs a. C. Graft Mrs. II. G,
Cuillton. Mrs. George Drcvcr and
Mrs. q. *. Woodwork,
MIS-. ]. {. watrous and Mrs, +. Il,
Van Tuyl will be in charge Thursday
morning az the Thrift Shop for Rem,
ton Hill Guild. and in the afternoon
Mrs. J. II. MacDougall and Mrs. Il +
psrkhurst for First Hiu Guild.
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aud Mss Abble Verne Blssel. plan.
is'. yiii give the musical numbers.
CHAPTER 40.
or 4. n. o.
Chapter 40. OF T., y. o.. win meet
with Mn. Anna G. Jameson. zoos
y Harrison st.. March ". o'clock.
An election Of officers win be held.
STEVENS W. Il. c.
40. !
stevens W. r G, 40. l. com.
radcs and fficnda. will be enter.
tanned with a picnic luncheon az the
home Of Mrs. Mabel Downs. 1926
walsrt It,, Friday. March Z. At
noon.
stevens CORPS will give dinner
and dance Friday evening. March
81. at Vetsraus' HAN. Armory.
SEATTLE ALuMNAB TO MEET
The Seattle AiumnHc OF the Chi
Omega fraternity VIII meet at tho
chapter house. t547 18th \. T.. for
tho regular monthly meeting. Fri.
day March Ilh az .. m.
II Is planned 10 devote this meet.
ing 20 an Informal cnrd party. the
Chi Omega Mothcru' club par,icipat.
ing. The active chapter viii be
hostess and tea win b. served at
4 y. III.
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Women's Clubs

.woAiAN'S CENTURY
CLUB
Current events department 81 He
woman'a Century club will meet
Thursday. March s, at p, m. At
the home % Mrs. " ~ Mad.
docks. is3 18th ave. y. Mr.. Emma
X Rinchart viii have charge Of the
program. General discussion.
ALPHA CLUB
The Alpha club win meet Thurs
day. March s. with Mrs William
t.ambuth, 5oe Borcn ave. Luncheon
at 1850 o'clock.
WOMEN or
MoosEHEART LEGION
The Women OF Mooscheart Legion
viii meet Thursday evening. March
s. az o'clock. FOR business session
AZ Moose temple.
civic SOCIETY
Green Lake civic society viii meet
At the Green Lake library Thurudny.
March s. az p. m.
APPLE BLOSSOM CLUB
The Michigan Apple Blossom club
viii meet With AIRS. a. " wtlgus.
Dos w. 5sth ct. on Thursday. March
8. Luncheon at 1880 O'clock.
AGLEE SISTERS
Aglce Sisters viii meet Thursday.
March 8. In 4. o. Z. W. hall. 1909
Ninth ave. Luncheon at i. o'clock.
followed by cards.
/
wosflAN'S SOCIETY
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
The woman's Society or the FRS,
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Seattle Society !
Edited by Lillian Keen LcBalster Telephone MA in-O6OO
Assistant-Franees Oldham
Music-Louise Raymond Owens
,trs BavlesS VIII BE Feted, Mrs. Boacden to
Entertain at Luncheon

ro honor Mrs. John 2 Bayless, who
In leave next week Tor Balti'
n,rs 10 make her home, Mrs Hugh
nv, nv Will entertain with a bridge
~ I'm nah iongg tea az her home on
saturday afternoon. 49,. -.
Arother farewell compliment Tor
~ ravless win he the informal
,' @ssi Mrs. Edwin r Whiting viii
'-''. w. Thursday afternoon az tho
wynm,n's University club Tho az
49, Viii also honor Mrs, y, T. DAVIS
= Minneapolis, who is N'sit'ns IN
town.
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Music
Marie lvogun
Concert Pleases


a concert OF unusual musical
worth was given last evening AZ the
Plymouth Congregational church by
Marie Nogun, talented young Hun
gnrinn ooloIptnra. whose singing Is
creating marked enthusiasm every
whore she Is appearing
Miss lyoEun has clear flexible
soprano voice OF exquisite texture,
which she uaos 90 full advantage at
all times She sings with the great
cat OF ease and her mastery Of the
difficult passages Is superb Her
interpretations and keen feeling FOR
musical values lend color 20 each
number given
20 Zittro Nlcht," from "rho
Magic Flute" by Mozart. unndeFs
20 sleep, Why Doat Thou Leave
Me1" and "Gioyinetto Furyctto." By
PcrRolesi, the artists opening NUM-
bcra, are nll Of equal beauty and
We're admirably given. schubcrts
Die Post, ''rastoreiin' ana "Fruh-
hngsnetE.' by Werner Jostcr. and
Fritz Krelsler seidlcr W ink g rs
"t.iebesfrcud" In manuscript. which
was written especially for Miss
lvogun, an won moritcd applause.
-Four numbers that met with the
greatest Of enthusiasm on last
evenings program were group OF
old English songs, which included
where the Bee sucks' and 'srhe
Lass With the Delicate Air." both
hy Arne; my Lovely Celia. by
Munro, and Carcys - Pastoral
strauss well known nnd always
popular Blue Danube Waltz" was
the artists closing number
Soldier Winkler proved an excel
lent accompanied for the singer
whose concert was one Of the most
I enjoyable given here this season.
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ADDITIONAL CLUBS

CoTERIE CLUB
The Coicrie club viii hold its an.
nuai election Friday. March Z. al
fs29 18th ave ~ =. Tho program
win include paper read hy Mrs
w N. stone on Greece ana Her
Leaders Constantine and Venlzo.
los" Mrs. Nellie l.. Lille. vocalist.
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Entertains at Luncheon

Mrs. John Albcrts entertained
r,,h ! luncheon % eight covers az
her home on TUESDAY afternoon IN
honor Of her mother. Mrs c. 4. Do
,,sr a. san Francisco, who Is her
.,ss, for short time en- route East.
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Luncheon VIII
Hnnnr TldrelerS

Mrs. Edward Bowden VIII e9ief'
AIN with a luncheon OF T. coverA Nat
~, home on Thursday afternoon, In
s,nor Of Mrs, Theodore Harden.
hs-,h ana her daughter. Miss Ger
,,,,le Hardenbergh. who VIII leave
'sSr,,y for an extended trip abroad.
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Mrs. Sanders GiueS
Luncheon

Mrs, Henry Sanders entertained
with a luncheon at her homo on
Tuesday afternoon. in honor OF her
sister MrS. Chester Ellsworth Gun
dc0on. Of Portland. who - her
guest
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RIINER TEA

HlLNFh IEA
The American Legion Auxiliary
to Seattle post No 49, VIII hold a
silver tea on Friday, March ith.
1850 p. m, A. 1is North 7ith a..
with Mr.. Louis ] wtte and Mrs,
Donald McEwcn % hostesscs
BENEFIT DANCE
4 dance for Tie benefit OF Tie de.
purtment Of Ladies " tho Grand
Army Of Washington and Alaska
win be given "wednesday evening,
March 3, Ia Veterans hall Armory.
RUAfMAGE SALE
The University Christian church
VIII hold a rummago sale Friday
and Saturday March Z and s, at
1908 First ave.
ALLAH SOCIAL CLUB
Allah Social club. o. T.. s, viii
meet with Mrs. Adam sehrnffcn.
berger i22 n 9th st., Friday March
T. al =, m.
QUEEN CITY CHAPTER o. II. s.
Queen city Chapter o. =. s. viii
give its annual dance Friday March
Z. at Masonic temple. Miss Winfred
Parker viii sing during the inter.
mission.
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Luncheon at Club

Mrs. narnotto Fisher viii entertain
with n luncheon OF eight covers
Thursday afternoon az the Arctic
club.
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Dinner Hosts

Mr. ana Mrs. =, G. Ward were
hosts at a dinner given at their home
last evening.
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First of Luncheon
Nf1(S

CAf
Mrs c. I. Hoehberg will entertain
u,,h ,hs first Of series Of nah
s,rrs luneheons AZ her home on Fri.
hv afternoon. Covers viii be placed
COT sixteen.