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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-21

to the poet. She yielded up her
very soul to him.
In her only interview during the
past twenty-five years, which was
obtained on January Is at New Or.
leans by ]. E. Crown, special con
tributor to Cosmopolitan News Serv.
ice, Nine. Duse talked of love and
Of her romance with d'Annunzio.
There is pain and sorrow in
love. as well as beauty" she was
reminded.
us it not worth its priceg" asked
Nine. Disc.
IF you can say that and mean
it, then it must be true"
"Ah," said the tragedienne, II
know your thought-d' Annunzio.
Yes, can say 1t and mean it. Love
is worth its price. Where real love
is, it is worth anything, everything.
Our love was magnificent. Superb!
There are no regrets. 1t is part OF
life. 1t 10 over. But the memories
are left"
"And there IL no bitterness"
she was asked.
None. That would be petty.
D'Annunzio and !, we are still af.
einities of the spirit. We shall be
while we live. 1t makes me
happy to think Of those days.
Every woman should be happy that
it has been given to her to love
with all the purity of her soul,
and ours was such a lows
Few ''Know Love-"
"Let me tell you, my friend,
there are so few who know what
love is-and they mix it inextri.
cably with human law. When love
is divine and has a law of its
own. what have laws made by man
to do with love, when it is love,
not mere sensuality? They have
less than nothing.
But the petty soul with petty
emotions--what does 1t know about
love? Love is giving, tell you
not game to be played for its
winnings. But those whose lips,
uttering the word love are bias.
pheming the very name Of love
they are the ones who rush to
your courts with their amazing law
suits.
Heavens, can they not stand upon
their own feet, these women who
have, as they say, loved and lost?
Why must they parade their woes
and ask for pity or what your pa
pers call heart balm;' have they no
code? / think not. - These WON.
en- whose names and pictures fill
the press Of your land with the
woes Of their love affairs-bah!
Their hearts and lives are no more
worthy to become a house for a
great love than pig-stye is fit to
be a shelter to house king.
Could Never Sue Man.
mo woman, who ever loved a
man and was Tilted, could ever sue
him Tor money. Such women who
do, never really loved.
Love laughs at more than lock.
smiths. 1t laughs at the laws Of
man, when 1t is really love and
those laws stand in its path. Love
IL untrammelled. But I talk Of
love-not sensuality."
The face Of Eleanor Duse had
lighted UP as she spoke. You for.
get the deep.graven lines of sixty.
four years, the white hair, the fra.
gle figure Of the black-clad woman.
She smiled and shrugged.
Evening star., 1924-02-07
WOMAN SHOT DEAD
IN POLITICAL FEUD
First Fatally Wounds Opponent,
Who Fires in Self
Defense.
VICTIM FORMER MAYOR
FORMER MAYOR
Her Daughter Also Wounded in
Louisiana Gun Battle.
by the Associated Press.

Ply the Associated Press.
OPELOUSAS. La, February T.
Mrs. Roland w. Clark. former mayor
pr Palmetto, La, was shot to death;
>ouis Meyer. merchant of that place,
vas fatally wounded, and Wilda,
ighteen-year-old daughter OF Mrs.
tlark, was seriously wounded in a
istol battle at Palmetto Tuesday
light. Cleon Clark. nineteen years
Id. son of the dead woman, who
lso participated in the shooting. was
lot wounded.
Mrs. Clark was killed by Meyer
bfter she had shot him twice, in
1icting wounds from which he died
late last night in a New Orleans hos
3'ital. After Meyer had fatally wound
led Mrs. Clark he was said by Wit
Inesses to have continued firing, one
|nf the bullets striking the Clark girl.
|mf1icting a serious wound. A bullet
prom the girls pistol struck Meyer
in the head. and load of shot from
Ia shotgun, said to have been filed
by her brother, Cleon. found lodg-
|ment in the merchants leg.
According to advices received here
from Palmetto the shooting was said
10 have grown out Of a political con-
troversy which started several years
ago. when Mrs. Clark was elected
mayor of Palmetto over candidate
supported by Meyer.
In primary held recently Mrs,
Clark was defeated for reelection by
y. ISaacson by one vote, which MRS;
Clark was reported to have charged
was obtained by Meyer sending to
Port Arthur. La. for his brother to
go to Palmetto and vote for Isaacson.
Witnesses testified at the inquest
that Mrs Clark, after questioning
NJpyer .hout alleged 0iSDaragiuE re-
marks she charged he had made
about her daughter. drew a pistol
and shot Meyer. He clinched with
her and. as she broke loose from his
grasp both began firing. Mrs. Clark
was shot five times Meyer, W.T.
nesses said, then turned his pistol on
the daughter.
Meyer declared he made no re-
marks detrimental to Miss Clark
character, authorities stated.
Evening star., 1924-02-07
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEVADA STATE PRISON. CARSON
CITY, New, February THE first
lethal gas execution, by which two
men have been sentenced to die Fri
day morning. was to be given a re-
hearsal in the death chamber in the
prison yard today.
A cat will be the victim of the ex-
pertinent and the experts supervising
the execution will endeavor to learn
how quickly the cat dies and whether
: the arrangements for releasing the
hydrocyanic vapor afterward are sat
isfactory Only the warden and the
, experts will view the rehearsal.
-Four Guards Resign.
designations to the warden today.
, Ihey said they were unwilling to
have any part in the execution.
The men who are to die Friday are
Gee Jon, Chinese tong slayer, and
Thomas Russell, American-born Mexi-
can, convicted of killing his Indian
sweetheart.
The necessary precautions have
been taken. +. E. Walker. chemical
expert. said today, to insure the safety
of eXecutioners, attendants, physi-
clans and spectators. No gas masks
will be worn: once the gas, is
harmlessly over the prison walls.
One Prisoner Is Calm.
Warden Denver S. Dickerson said
plete. He will keep the other prison
erS locked in their cell houses during
Evening star., 1924-02-07

Worth sec q
yard. In neat dot
ted p q I t e r n s,
cl o 8 e ! v woven
grade; full pieces.
Evening star., 1924-02-07
SINGAPORE NAVAL BASE
IS DECLARED ESSENTIAL
Acting Australian Premier Says
British Empire Needs Strategic
Port In Pacific.

BY the Associated Press.
HOBART. Tasmania, February T.
The acting Australian federal premier.
DIR. f. C. G. Page, reviewing the results
Of the recent imperial conference in a
public address here. said 1t was difficult
to say whether the present British gov
ernment would proceed with the Singa-
pore naval base or not, but 1t was clear
that II Singapore or some other base
was not constructed In the Pacific the
empire would be unable to maintain it's
capital ships in waters which now from
a strategic viewpoint are probably the
most important in the world.
DR. Page added: 1.-THE defense dis
cussion at the imperial conference al
ways proceeded on the assumption that
Great Britain would construct the Sim
gapore base. If that decision Is not
carried~out the whole question Of en-
pire defense must be reopened."
Evening star., 1924-02-07

Plans are now being drawn for
what will be the largest lumber mill
IN British Columbia. 1t will have a
capacity of 100,000,000 feet of lumber
! year and will be lighted by cleo
tricity throughout. Also all of the
machinery will be electrically operat-
ed. \ special electric power station
with a capacity of approximately TO-
600 horsepower is to be constructed
10 take care of this mills electrical
needs.
Evening star., 1924-02-07
Rehearsal of LetkaI Gas Execution :.
Viii Haze Prison Cat for Victim
Neuada Warden Expects Test to Assure Effective Use
of Method Upon T,oO Men Sentenced to Die
Tomorrow Morning.

the execution. The witnesses will
view it through a window The con-
demned men have been told the gen.
eral procedure.
Russell, described by guards as cool
and apparently unworried, spends
most of his time reading. A priest is
a frequent visitor. Russell's age is
given as twenty-five. The Chinese Is
said to be very nervous" He spends
his final hours brooding in solitude.
Evening star., 1924-02-07

Alert and nimble fingered. despite
her eighty years, Mrs. F. G. Kettle
is one of London's most wonderful
business women. For sixty years she
has acted as cashier in one of the
fashionable shops in the west end.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-10
Mrs. Cain Hostes' AtBridgeParty
 For Mrs. Hart X

Mrs. Louis Hart of Memphis, who isf pleasantly remembered in Birminghamstn as lovely Minnie Merle Lane, is, with her daughter, Elizabeth, the guest of. her sister, Mrs. Benson Cain. s,.
 Among the delightful compliments ,, extended in honor of this attractivesss visitor was the bridge party yesterdays afetrnoon given by Mrs. Benson Cain '@ at her home on Cliff Road.
 The house was prettily decorated with the summers bright flowers, in-s cluding cannas, roses and nastursiums, sn arranged throughout the reception rooms.
 Invited to meet Mrs. Hart on thissz, occasion were Mrs. B. l.. Wyman, Mrs. c., T. T. Ashford. Mrs. B. F. Moore, Mrs. A. G Smith, Mrs. Harry Mccormack, Fl Mrs. B. G. Copeland, Mrs. J. D. Moore, Mrs. J. T. Jones of Newman, Ga, Mrs. Gus Colvin, Mrs. J. B. Cain, Mrs. James Weatherly, Miss Kate Earle, Mrs Samuel l.. Ledbetter, Mrs. Evans J. Dunn, Mrs. w. c. Shackle.. ford, Mrs. Henry l.. Badham, Mrs. Walker Percy, Mrs. Henry L. Bad ham. Jr., Mrs. Jones Moore, Mrs. W9n8 l.. Murdock, Mrs. R. H. Baugh, Mrs. Charles S. Leeper and Mrs. Fannie DeBardeleben. sni
 This is the first of a series of bridge. < parties to be given for Mrs. Hart. Shene will be honoree again Friday afternoon. 0S when Mrs. Cain will entertain another 2. group of friends with cards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-10

For this reason I think it is a good thing if the older ones make the younger ones understand that they must pay back, when they get to earn ing money, all that the older ones have spent on their education. Younger brothers and sisters are very apt to depend. too much upon their older broth CTS and sisters, and think that because John and Mary educated them that John and Mary should take care of them the balance of their lives.
 know many cases in which the eldest son or daughter of a family has sacrificed his or her entire life to talk ing care of younger brothers and sis ters, and often enough they have gotten scant pay in appreciation or gratitude. recall one case in particular in which q pretty young girl refused to marry the man she loved in order to educate a brilliant young brother. For many years she toiled like slave, all of her earnings going to put him through col lege and law school, and maintain him until he got start in his profession, and later on, when he was a distin- guished judge, and she was poor and old and sick, he paid his debt to her by boarding her in the poorest, cheapest place in a miserable little town and refusing to pay her doctors bills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-10
Miss Lake I akes Lead In Play. At. ,. High School

Friends of Miss Madeline Lake, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Devereaux Lake of Sandusky, Ohio, will be inter. ested in the following from a Sandus- ky exchange, which has an account of Daddy Longlegs," play in which Miss Lake had the leading role. N Mr. and Mrs. Lake formerly lived in Mobile. and have many relatives and friends in Birmingham.
 The following. is the comment on the
 Daddy -Longlegs," Jean Webster's s sparkling comedy drama, came to life once more at the Sandusky high school auditorium Wednesday evening, when members of the spring graduating class presented it to capacity house. ,S
 1t was not so much the play, but the splendid manner in which the youthful cast presented it that left an impression not soon to be forgotten with the audience. The story is an old one, but seldom will the audience that witnessed it last night see it again presented in quite the new and delight ful manner that it was. The entire cast was superb and its work in Dad dy Longlegs" reflected we'll deserved credit upon Miss Bessie Taylor under whose direction it was staged,
 Madeline Lake as Judy Abbott, the heroine of the story, an orphan whose father and mother, as she explained it In the play, 'died before I was born,t scored a tremendous hit with the au- diefice. With the notable aid of Helen Hark Homegardner as Sallie Mcbride, Florence Lauber as Julia Pendleton and Paul Humiston as Jimmie Mcbride, Sallie's brother, Miss Lake kept the ati- d9ehce in almost continual laughter. Her portrayal of the part of the little orphan girl who had been befriended by bachelor Fervis Pendleton, played by Charles. Hottman, and sent away to a smart seminary, was delightful as well as finely finished piece of work, =
 Charles Hottman as Jervis PendIeton was all that an aristocratic and refined gentleman could be expected to .Abe. Eleanor Glora, Elizabeth Beis. Iga0el Stockdale, Helen Thompson and Leroy Torn were ideal orphans, very mischiev- ous and noticeable and hearable. Mrs. Lippatt, the matron of the orphans home, played by Dorothy Albers, was excellently done. Dwight NTillott, Earle Boslaugh and Dorothy Wieland were good in their roles as trustees of the orphans home. s.# r t{.>
 Ellen Lehman's portrayal of the aris- tocratic Mrs. Pendleton, was another of the fine bits of the play, as was Miriam Knauer's work as Mrs. Semple. Helen Janney, Mildred Routh, Karle Lucal and Cecil Sharpe, servants in the Pendleton and Semple homes, were also fine in their parts. <
 The presentation was one of the best among the amateur theatricals seen here this season. z
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-10
From Lucile's Library

WHEN Sara Frances James, the IVY new president of the Dix Amies,
 happened to mention that she intended to go up into the country for a few days rest at the Crossroads inn, I exclaimed that knew that lovely place. was there some time ago with Ruth Ritchey.
 Eve heard that it is deliciously quiet," remarked Sara Frances, land that is what wish, for have to write my report, for the French Selvice league and it's some little ehore."
 "Oh, I can help you with that Sara Frances volunteered in my kind; impulsive way.
 ,''Thank. you, Lucille" she answered ''but I think can do it all right ur there in the quiet of the Crossroads '
 "But, Sara Frances, dear; should love so to help you, and you know I'm quite au .fait in French. I'll just go to Crossroads with you" :
 Don't count on me for companion ship, Lucile," she said waringly, but I was not hurt by her apparent lack of enthusiasm. knew that asiSpreSi- dent of the Dix Amies and executive secretary of the French Service league she had great deal on her mind.
 simply packed my bag, and met her at the train for Crossroads. She occu- pied herself so assidiously with the re- port that l had but. little of her society. I should have been dreadfuiiy dull had I not found some friends whom l had met when I was at, the inn with Ruth Ritchey. Y invited this charming Mrs. kr kO the inn. for bridge. There were so many children running wild on the porch and in the living room that 1 simply had to take my friends up into the little suite that Sara Frances and I occupied.
 "Why, Lucile," exclaimed Sara Frances when saw her alone for a moment in our bedroom, ."are you go- ing to have party here"
 You're working entirely too hard, dear" told her. "Yo6 need relaxa- tion." She merely laughed and moved herself and her notebook into the little bedroom and she stayed there or went outdoors eevry time had the Hansons in for bridge.
 '.No, Lucille, you run away and have a happy time," she said to me when I told her that the Hansons wished us to go with them to a barn dance. "Pg be- glad to work quietly on my paper. I must get this report done. Don't worry about my being lonely. I won't bet''
 Have your own way, dear," replied sweetly, but just because I came to help you, you must let me copy your report on my machine"
 That's certainly kind of you,F Lu- cile," she said, and thought how much fun it would be to tell all the people I know in the French Service league how I had copied and edited the report of their executive secretary. I knew my
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-10
MRS. PRINCE HONORS / MISS HILLHOUSE

Mrs. B. NJ. Prince entertained Wed nesday with bridge luncheon at her home in Idlewild Park, complimenting Miss Martha Hillhouse of Columbus, Ohio, who is visiting Miss Elizabeth Hillhouse. & /.
 Included in this affair were Miss Hillhouse, Mrs. 0. E. Edwards. Mrs. W. B. Hillhouse, Mrs. J. W. Hillhouse, Mrs. Nat Banks, Mrs. Ben Gresham, Mrs. Richard Mcintyre. Mrs. Hawkins, Washington, D. O., Miss Elizabeth Mrs. Phil Phillips, Mrs. Saunders of Hillhouse, Miss Elizabeth Edwards, Miss Louise Going, Miss Margaret Fieler, Miss Elizabeth Salter, Miss Ce- lest Bremen, Miss Frances Ewing, Miss Margaret Brown, Miss Edith Mobley and Mrs. Asby Long.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-10
MISS MAUK HONORED AT AFTERNOON TEA

Mrs. Charles D. Mauk and Miss Dora Naylor entertained at a tea between the hours of 4 80 and 6 last Satur- day at their home on Grand avenue, honoring Miss Frances Mauk of Buena Vista, Ga.
 As the guests arrived they registered in a dainty memory book which was kept by Miss Ella Butler, The dining room was elabOrately decorated with Japanese lanterns and flowers.
 The tea table was presided over by Mrs. Henry Naylor, assisted by Mrs. W. A. McGill. Miss Ruth Hood and Mrs. B. " Kerlin helped receive the guests.
 A delightful musical program was rendered by Miss Gertrude Maxwell, Miss Pearl Stewart and Miss Fraulein Williams of Russellville, Ala. Invita- tiOns were issued to 65 popular young ladies and matrons of the city, several visitors being included.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-10
MIR. AND MRS. STURDIvANT HOSTS AT PARTY

Mr. and Mrs. Clark Sturdivant of Shelby were hosts to fishing party on July and 5, which was enjoyed by all who took part. The following were guests: MT. B. o. Luck and Mir. Wal lace of Columbiana, Prof. w. R. Crum- ly and Mrs. Leeper Collum and Miss Pfnkney CoIlum of Birmingham, Mir. J. B. Martin, Mir. c. c. Caffee, Mir. Charles Miller, Mir. and Mrs J. s. Collum, Miss Annie Pearl Collum Clark George and Clyde Collum, Violet Campbell of Ensley, Mir Forrest Lovet and Quaries Hand of Shelby, Mrs. R. F. Meacham and son of Selma, Mir. Lando Collins and wife of Brighton, Mrs. Cassie Triplet and son, Frank, of Shelby Springs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-10
M Is $. utwiler Hostess S At
 c l u b

A delightful affair of Wednesday was the luncheon at which Miss Jacqueline Tutwiler entertained at the Country club.
 A lovely arrangement of bright flow CTS and attractive place cards were used on the table.
 The following members of the young CT set were included in this hospitality Miss Mary Nabb Phillips. Miss Lucille Messenger, Miss Elizabeth Johnson, Miss Betty Harshaw of Cleveland, Miss Alexandra London, Miss Evelyn Landon of Cleveland, Miss Martee Woodward, Miss Dale Oliver, Miss Mary Leary, Miss Mary Hansel Shook, Miss Una Webster, Miss Josephine Connors, Miss Katherine Sproul of An niston.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-10

Answer:
 The tragedy of marriage, my dear, is that a woman can keep the heart of bride to seventy, while man gets over being a bridegroom when he leaves the altar. You will always hunger and pine for senti- ment. You will always be asking for ambrosia and getting a beef steak, but do try to realize that q beefsteak is just as much a love token as a bunch of orchids, and try to be satisfied with it. And believe this, an undemonstrative
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-10
Random Notes

Mrs. J. T. Robinson and daughter, Mrs. Wallace Hartsfield, are spending some time at Mehtone.
 Mrs. w.. E. Fort and family are spending the summer at Mentone. Mir. and Mrs. Robert Binford (Carol Penny1, who have been residing in Pittsburg, have removed to Birmingham and are at home with Mrs. Binford's parents, Mir. and Mrs. J. D. Penny, at Glen Iris.
 Miss Mary Payne has as her guest Miss Henrietta Smith of Talladega.
 
 Miss Mary Payne has returned from Talladega where she attended house party given by Miss Henrietta Smith. Miss Marie. Cole of Boston is visit ing her aunt, Mrs. W. V. M. Robert son. Mir. Jack Gottlieb. who is making his home in Philadelphia, is visiting his parents, Mir. and Mrs. S. Gottlieb, on Louise street.
 Mrs. Walter Mills has returned from six weeks trip to California and oth- CT points of interest in the west.
 .sa.. Mrs. H. Goldberg, Miss Edna Gold berg and Mir. Irwin Goldberg left Mon day for New York, going by Savannah. They will be gone several weeks.
 Miss Daisy Wood of Chicago is the guest of Miss Vivian Wood.
 Mir. and Mrs. E. A. Yeates and chill dren, accompanied by Mrs. Yeates' mother, Mrs. Lucius Polk, Sr., of Dallas, Texas, are leaving today for their summer home in New York state. Mir. Yeates will not remain with his family during the summer, but will re- turn to Birmingham soon.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. E. Montgomery, Jr, (Kathleen Coffey) announce the birth of a son on July s, whom they have named John Edwards III. Mrs. Mont gomery and small son are at St. Vim cents hospital.
 Miss Louise Dabney Harrison is wis., iting her cousin, Miss Catherine Hare, 
 
 Miss Emily Hare of Auburn will ar- rive Friday to be the guest of Mrs. Emily Harrison Wilson.
 The numerous friends of Mrs. W. M. Cosby will be glad to know that she is convalescing from a recent severe illness.
  Mrs. Edward Smith (Margaret Brad shawl of Boston is visiting her mother, Mrs. Caldwell Bradshaw.
 Miss Margaret Mabson of Union Springs is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Lizzie Tendon, on Eleventh avenue, south.
 Mrs. Lizzie Tendon will leave in a few days for a visit to her son, MT. Edward Tendon, in Montana. Mir. and Mrs. Henry Plant of Selma are the guests of friends in Birming- ham for few days.
 Dr. W. c. Gewin has just returned from New York, where he has spent the past two weeks attending the sur gical clinics in. that city.
 & Miss Margaret Abell, who has. been confined to her home from illness for several days, is improving, and will be able to attend the numerous affairs be- ing given in her honor.
 Mir. and Mrs. Joseph L. Howell and Mir. and Mrs. Thomas Holt, Jr., will leave Saturday for Biloxi for stay of several weeks.
 -
 Mir. and Mrs. s. E. Lovett have named their infant daughter Vassie Collier. Mrs. Lovett and baby are at the Baptist hospital.
 HNrIx TTIE CIR EEE Is nI1AHn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-10

In former times when people got married they expected to settle down to a life of hard work and self-denial, and to putting up with whatever sort of disposition their husband or wife had.
 Now when a young couple get married they expect to continue to amuse themselves pretty much as they did before marriage, and to find super-agreeable companion and playmate in the man or woman they marry.
 And when they don't, they don't suffer in silence. They hop to the divorce court and try it over again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-10

Answer
 I don't think that the way wo- men dress has any bearing on the divorce question. A mans griev- ance against his wife has to be greater than the length of her skirt to make him willing to pay alimony to get rid of her. Husbands have always criticized their wives clothes and declared that the fash ion, no matter what it was in any age, was the limit of asininity, but they went on living with the women whose costumes they derided. Nor do l believe that jazz is responsi- ble for marital infelicity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-10

Dear Dorothy Dix: Do you think Snq ~Snnp s% Hr Snsban5 sna5 to a@ fDSin over and the children, but when I hug and kiss him he says, 'That's enough" and if tell him want to be loved he jokes it off. Do you think me too old to want to be loved?
 AN AFFECTIONATE WIFE.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-10
MIR. AND MRS. PRIVETT
 ENTERTAIN FOR MISS JOSLIN

A delightful hospitality of last eve- ming was a dinner given by Mir. and Mrs. John Privett at their home at Norwood honoring Miss Betty Joslin of New Orleans, who is visiting Miss Frances Paris.
 Enjoying this occasion were Miss Paris, Miss Mary Privett, Messrs. Yer non. Kimbrough,- Jack Ward, Roger Simpson, Mir. and Mrs. W. D. Webb and the hosts.