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The Washington times., 1924-09-23
FIVE SUSPECTS
IN ROBBERY
HELD
Three Men and Two Women
Travelling in Automobile
Are Arrested

Headquarters detectives are in.
vestigating the case of three men,
and two women. arrested yesterday
with a child, on suspicion of house
breaking. Police are communicating
with police in the various home
townsSof the members of the party.
in an attempt to establish their
identity, and the cause of their
coming to this city yesterday with
only is cents among them.
All are now under arrest at the
Tenth precinct station and the
House Of Detention. They were
taken into custody early yesterday
by Policemen Kew and CLANCY, of
the Tenth precinct, as two of the
men were alleged to have been try.
ing to break into an az artment at
Fourth and Cedar streets, Takoma
Park. Police believe they also tried
to break into the Piggy Wisgly
store at 1882 Fourth street.
The party was travelling in a. biz
automobile, which according to De
tective Weber, the men admitted
stealing. The men also said they
picked up the two women and the
baby in Fairmont, w. Va. One
woman, who gave her name as
Clinton, police say, is the wife of
q seaman in the navy.
The six tourists are being held
for investigation pending formal
charges, as the result of the al
legged discovery Of three revolvers.
two blackjacks and other burglar
tools.
The men and women described
themselves as Frank William Gard.
ner, %; Charles Harry Clinton, rs,
Walter Edward Bush, "a; Mrs.
Laverne Helen Bush, twenty, and
Audrey Mae Clinton, 81.
The Washington times., 1924-09-23
FALL FASHIONS.
SHOW MARKED
SIMPLICITY
English Designers to Avoid
Grotesque Lines and colors
III New Creations
BY, ETHEL MARSHALL,
International News Service.

LONDON, Sept 2s.-.Back to
normal would seem to be the
slogan of the English dress de-
Egigners,, 1919
Grotesque and bizarre effects and
outlines are entirely eliminated from
the designs shown thus. far for tile
fall fashion season.
The reason given for, this In the
English weather. Summer in Eng.
land this year has been a travesty,
and 1t is safe to say that many
summer frOcks have not even seen
the light OF day. Dressmakers and
dress designers are therefore giving
their attention to the producing Of
strong and sensible looking crea-
lions which will stand the rigOrs Of !.
the English climate and which can
be worn at all times and in all
weathers.
Frocks are being cut severe and
straight, with something approa~n-
ing a normal waistline, while coats
are cut to hang from the shoulder
in straight line, without any sug-
gestion Of tightness or slackness.
Skirts Shorts.
Skirts remain short and just wide
enough 10 give freedom without
spelling the straight effect. In
walking suits about six inches OF
the skirt show below the coat in the
smarter models, while in tweeds the
coat length is normal.
Most of the fabrics shown for
new models are of beautiful color
and design, and the only "snappy
new touch would seem to be the
taste for odd Innings. Many designs
are lined with very vividly colored
kasha cloth, while a common idea
is to turn the lining inside cut.
Plaid coats are lined with plaid
Innings, while walking costume of
blue check had a lining Of vivid
red.
Hats are to be higher and tighter.
while red will be the predominant
color for them. The designers have
created the coming seasons hats
with an eye on the bodied hair
vogue, and the woman with her
hair unbobbed who goes to buy her
fall hat is going to have hard
time getting one to fit her. Quite
IS per cent of the newest hats are
red, and the trimming generally is
either long flowing piece of muslin
or crepe de chine or small brilliant
or other ornament.
Wells are coming back into favor
here. They are not put to their
former use, however, but are used
to trim small hats, with an end to
| wind round the throat, or to fall
gently over the brim of the larger
hats. I
Shoes are not very much changed.
Heels on walking shoes are a little
higher than those worn last year,
and the toes are slightly more
pointed.
Straps have almost entirely super.
seeded buttons and laces, while trims
n1ings are soberer than Of yore.
The shoemakers have mostly de-
voted their efforts to producing new
designs in evening and court slr\>s,
and several new colors and designs
are shown. Snake. lizard and
crocodile skin appears to be still in
demand as the favorite material.
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Fan ELIOTS newsstand GOSSIP OF CAPITAL SOCIETY,"

~ s.-t y sas- . ~ ~ = 7
he Is remarkably blessed in this
a belle in Washington for many
years before she married Mr. Black
in 1922 and went to live chiefly IN
New York and Newport. Mr.. Black
was born in Canada, but since
engaging so largely In business in.
terests in the United States, he
became a citizen of this country,
and is listed politically as q Demo.
crat. s
Mr.. Beresford is Of English birth
and still retains, dnless very re-
Gently changed, his citizenship IN
that land. Miss Helen Mason met
him when he came to call on her
cousin. Mrs. Julian James, an old
time sweetheart, with whom Miss
Mason, q very handsome middle
aged woman, was living as q com.
panion,
Mr.. Beresford. it appears, in
herited his wealth from his first
wife, a daughter of Mr.. mad Mrs.
Adrian Iselin, who left him the In
come for life from all Of her valua-
BILE property. Mr.. Beresford conse-
quently Is a capitalist OF semi
leisure and he and his present wife
make their home in New Rochelle,
N. Y, in the summer and in Wash
ington in the winter, where they
occupy the home owned by MIS-.
Julian James and beQueathed to her
cousin, Helen Mason, when she died
q few years ago.
Senator Claude Swanson Of 'Vir.
GINA may well be regarded as a
"parti." He was governor OF Vir-
ginia before he came to Washing
ton as a Senator and he is well.to'
do. He married his sister.in-law,
Mrs. Cunningham Hall, year or
two ago, a few years after the death
Of his first wife. Mrs. Hall Is
rather handsome in a blonde way,
but she is far from young.
Another outstanding marriage waa
that Of Mrs; Constance Lodge Gard
ner, daughter of Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge, widow Of Congress.
man Augustus Peabody Gardner
land mother Of Mrs. Grafton Minot,
now Mrs. Gordon MeansD to Major
General Clarence Williams, who had
seen distinguished service in the
army. And Major Genera1-then
Colonel George Barnett married
Mrs. Basil Gordon, Of Baltimore. q
handsome widow with growing
family.
Then came the wedding Of Alex
Legare and Mrs. Clarke. Wagga.
man, to point our moral and adorn
our tale. Mr.. Legare comes of a
fine old Charleston, s. c., family,
and has always had ,unexceptional
position in Washington and inherit.
ed considerable wealth from his
first wife, who was Miss Cox. Mrs.
Waggaman, Who was Miss Grace
Knowlton, Is the widow Of Clarke
Waggaman, one of the most sue.
cessful architects. and has two chill.
dren who are just growing UP.
LUNCHEON GUESTS
OF COMPATRIOTS.
The German Ambassador and
Nine. Wiedfeldt were entertained at
luncheon yesterday by Doctor and
Nine. Haber. Of Berlin, who are
staying at the Shoreham.
Viscount d'Alte. the Portuguese
minister, returned yesterday, after
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WON
BY MATURE
WOMEN
Sweet Sixteens' Lose to
Middle-Aged
Mesdames

NINGLE, widowed or divorced
women who have begun reluc-
~ family to think Of iavendar and
old lace unshared by a husband
should be able to face matrimonial
possibility with renewed hope II
examples are any comfort.
The recent marriage In Boston of
Mrs. Clarke Waggaman and Alex
B. Legare, both of Washington, and
the engagement just announced Ut
Mrs. Joseph Hampson to Colonel
Francis Horton Pope, formerly sta,
toned in Washington, focuses at
tention upon the number OF
catches" that in the last few. years
have succumed to the charms not
Of budding sweet sixteens" but of
women in the full blossom Of ma
turity.
Indeed, in looking back over the
past decade or so in washington
society one finds little support in
marriage Of the ''old mans darling"
theory. This has been refuted by
the middle-aged women who during
this era have walked to the altar
with figures of almost national
matrimonial importance.
The most striking exception to
this was the marriage Of Senator
Walter Edge to Miss Camilla
SewaI, which took place year or
two ago. Miss Sewall had been a
debutante for year and the SEN
ator, already twice widower, must
have been more than twice her age.
Another exception might be the
recent marriage of ex-senator Hoke
Smith of Georgia to his secretary,
Miss Maizie Crawford, also of the
Cracker" State, but the Senator's
bride protests that she is nearer
forty than the twenty.eight men.
toned by mistake in the recent ac-
counts Of the wedding--so this we'd
ding may be included as additional
evidence of the success Of women
past their first youth with the most
eligible parts Of the day.
Speaker GilIett's Marriage
Among Earliest Chronicled.
Among the earliest of these mar
riages with which this chronicle
has to deal is that of the Speaker
Of the House, Frederick H. Gillett,
and Mrs. Rockwell Hoar, widow of
q Congressman, both of Massachu.
sets and names to conjure With So
cially. Mrs. Hoar' and her two
daughters, Frances and Louisa, were
living in Washington when Con.
gresham Gillett succumbed to the
beauty. and charm of the distin-
guished widow and married her de.
spite the appeal of whole raft of
far younger women.
Another marriage was that of Ed.
ward T. Stotesbury, of Philadelphia,
to Mrs. Oliver :, Cromwell, then
widowed and living in Washington.
which endowed her presumably with
all of his considerable worldly goods.
At the time of her marriage to M,
StotesburX Mrs. Cromwell had
grown daughter who, as Mrs. Crom.
well Brooks, married a few years
ago General Douglas Macarthur
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FARMER, IS, PAYS HIS
FIRST VISIT TO TOWN

READING, Pa, Sept. 23.--Located
only twenty-five miles from this
city, Manoah Schleieher, sixty.five,
a farmer OF Herford, paid his first
visit to Reading, county seat OF his
native county, recently. He would
not have come for several years
more IL he had not received a mes.
sage from the county commissioners
telling him that he was entitled to
$3.50 damages.
Instead Of taking a check he de.
cided to come In person and take
cash. He was brought in an auto
mobile by q ueighbor, Henry
Schultz. He makes all his rur.
chases and sales in Pennsburg. near
his home town, and never had any
business before to bring him to
Reading, he said. Schleicher has
several married children.
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PHARoAH'S COOKS USED
"a CANNING METHODS

HONOLULU, Fl. l., Sept. "a
Benjamin Hulse, Of Los Angeles,
dehidration expert, announced at
the food conservation conference in
session here that he had visited
the tomb of Tut-ankh.amen at Lux
or, examined the food remnants
found, and believed the ancients
practiced form of dehidration
similar to modern principles.
The Egyptians, he thought, first
burned out the oxygen in foods
and sealed them in alright con-
tainers.
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COUNCIL TO DECIDE HOW
MUCH ROOM FOWLS NEED

!. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2s.-How
much space does a chicken need for
proper exercise?
This is the. question under discus.
sion at sessions Of the Los Angelica
city council. G
Requested by the Society for the
Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals
to draft an ordinance setting. forth
the space chickens kept in crates
must have to move about, the city
councilman have been unable to
reach an agreement.
The Washington times., 1924-09-23
FATAL FALL ENDS
HUMAN FLY'S LIFE

CHAMBERSBURG. Pa, Sept. %.
George Oakley. human fly" of
Pasadena, Calf, died here today
as the result of injuries he re.
ceived in fall from the fourth
story of q bank building last night.
Oakley had climbed up the out.
side Of the building, steadyinS him.
self by clinging with a cane to an
automobile inner tube which his
wife held down to him from the
windows above. The tube broke
and Oakley plunged 20 the SIDE.
walk, narrowly missing spectators.
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NOTES OF SOCIETY

Chase. During her stay abroad
Mrs. Morgan visited her daughter
and son-in-law, Lieutenant Colonel
and Mrs. Maurice Fitzmaurice Day,
who are in London.
Mrs. William J. Boardman and
Miss Mabel r. Boardman have re.
turned to Washington from Murray
Bay, Canada, where they have
passed the summer, and have
opened their house in p street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Warren
have returned to Washington for
the winter. after passing the sum.
mer in Massachusetts,.
-
GORDONS TO MAKE
HOME IN BALTIMORE.
Mr.. and Mrs. Basil Gordon ex.
pect to spend the coming winter
in Baltimore, where Mr.. Gordon
now has business interests md
where they have taken a house.
Mrs: Gordon spent the greater part
Of the summer with her mother,
Mrs. Frederick English. and has
more recently been visiting at
Lenox, Mass. ~-
James B. Reynolds returned 10
Washington yesterday after spend
ing some time in Chicago on bust
ness for the Republican National
Committee.
$50
Captain Henry T. Allen, jr., son
Of Brig. Gen. Henry T. Allen, mas
been detailed to duty at Fort Myer
and will be Joined there shortly by
his family who are now in France.
A%
Mre. L. z Tanner will return to
Washington shortly from Nan.
tucket, Mass, where she has a sum.
mer cottage. Miss Ruth Tanner
will remain at Nantucket through
OrfOlNr
The Washington times., 1924-09-23
MISS GILLETT FETED
AT BRIDGE LUNCHEONS.

Miss Virginia Edwards entertained
at luncheon and bridge today at the
Chevy Chase Club In compliment to
Miss Lucie Gillett, Of SewickIey.
Pa, who is visiting her. Other
guests were Mrs. Xenophon Price,
Miss Mary Stitt. Miss Elizabeth
Beale, Miss Audrey Carter, Miss
Mary Elizabeth Thompson and Miss
Eleanor Northrup.
Mrs. Price entertained at luncheon
and bridge yesterday for Miss Gil.
lett. Others In the company included
Miss Edwards, Mrs. Frederick Crist,
Mrs. Ward CheeveP, Miss Mary
Stitt, Miss Cecil Lester Jones and
Miss Katharine Wrenn.
Miss Gillett will leave Sunday for
her home in Sewickley. 49,.
.Ae 49,
Major Georges Thenault, assistant
military attache OF the French EN-.
bassy, who has been in Europe,
sailed Saturday on the France, and
will arrive in New York Saturday.
He will come direct to Washington.
= ,.st. NN ~ .atl.,. .,,.
Mrs. James Dudley Morgan re.
turned to Washington after passing
several months in Europe and has
opened her home. Dudlea, in Chevy
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The British ambassador, Sir Esme
Howard, and Lady Isabella How.
ard, who are closing the summer
embassy at Pride's Crossing, Mass,
are due in New York on Friday
and expect to stay over a few days
at the Vanderbilt Hotel.
e.
Frederick Moore, American coun.
selor Of the Japanese embassy, and
Mrs. Moore, who have recently re.
turned from two years in Tokyo,
have taken house at $500 Newark
street, Cleveland Park, while their
new house on an adjacent street is
being completed.
Senator and Mrs. T. H. Caraway
Of Arkansas, have returned to
Washington for the winter.
80
Miss Cornelia Basel, sister Of
Mrs. John w, Davis, w. Va, will
return to Washington the first Of
next month, after having spent
several weeks at her old home in
Clarksburg, w. Va. ;. $50.
LEWISES TO PASS
WINTER IN EUROPE.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sinclair Lewis, who
have been at Sconset, Nantucket
Island, Mass, for the summer, have
given up their intention of spending
the coming winter In Washington,
and propose to sail shortly for
Europe. During the summer Mr..
Lewis, the author of Main Street"
and Rabbit" made a, long canoe
trip into the interior Of Canada.
~
Miss Eleanor Mills, daughter of
Harrington Mills, who has been at
her summer home in the Adiron.
dacks,, is at Haddon Hall, Atlantic
City, for a short stay, and is &C.
companied by Miss Margaret Cros.
son.
Oliver Gasch, the older son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Gasch, has
gone to. Princeton University where
he will be a student this year.
~
Mrs. Beverly Williamson, who
has been spending a month at her
home in Tennessee, has returned
to her apartment at Stoneleigh
Court for the winter.
Colonel William s. McNair, who
has just arrived from Panama. Is
at the Hotel Aston in New YORK
for a few days before coming to
Washington:
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then in command at West Point.
but now stationed in the Philippines.
OF interest not only to Washing
ton and Rhode Island was the mar
rage in 1915 of Henry F.. Lippitt,
United States Senator from Rhode
Island, and Mrs. Thomas X. Laugh
lin, sister of Mrs. Taft, wife of the
Chief Justice. His first. wife died
in 1911 and so for about three
years Senator Lippitt was a most
distinguished potential ''parti," who
was drawn finally by Mrs. Laugh.
lin. Together they are living now
in Rhode Island as Senator Lppitt
ceased to be a Senator in 1917.
Brigadier General Joseph Kuhn
is chronologically the next capture
noted. General Kuhn was born in
Kansas and was educated at West
Point. His first marriage was I'd
Miss Caroline Parker of Washing
ton, who died in 1915. About a We n
and a half later-in 1917-he mar
ried Miss Helen Squire, a pioneer
among social secl etaries in Wash.
ington, and woman OF age appro.
pirate for general.
The story goes that Miss Squire,
who lived in the attractive, old.
fashioned home of her cousin,
George, Bond Cochran, knew full
we'll the appeal of charming home
and well.prepared dinners for in
ducing men to become benedicts-
and made use of this Knowledge
especially in the summer when
Washington is full of men and has
few women. General and Mrs. Kuhn
are now living at Vancouver Bar
racks. where General Kuhn has
been in charge of the Fifth Brigade
since September, 1923.
Henry Whites Wedding Hailed
As "Eminently Suitable"
An extraordinarily desirab Q
"parti'' was Henry White. whose
second marriage was to Mrs. Emily
Vanderbilt Sloan, widow, of william
Douglas Sloan, and a grandmother.
Mr.. White comes of distinguished
Baltimore family, and for many
years was in the United States
diplomatic service, having served as
our ambassador to Italy from 1905
to 1907, and to France from '07 to
'09.' He was a member of the
American committee to negotiate
peace in Paris, in 1888.
Mr.. and Mrs.. White now live in
Washington for part of each year.
At the time If their marriage, it
was much enlarged upon for its
suitability as to age similarity of
taste and associations. and it has
proved most congenial union. Mr..
White IL member of some of the
mos texclusive clubs in this country
and abroad.
MarTies For Richer" Now
Makes Home In New York.
It fell to the lot Of two mature
misses to pluck Harry st. Clair
BLACK and Inhn I RarnsRord Mins
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spending the summer at Bar Har-
hor, Me- He has an apartment at
Wardman Park Hotel.
Prince Bibesco. the Rumanian
minister. will go 70 New York at
the end Of the week to spend
several days.
Prince Ribesco will sail for Eng.
land to join his wife early in
November.
Major General Hatsutaro Hara.
gaguchi. military attache of the
Japanese embassy, will leave this
evening for Asheville. N c., where
he viii be for about a month.
Senator and Mrs. Pat Harrison
Of Mississippi have returned to
Washington and reopened for the
winter their home on Cathedral
avenue, Senator Harrison will leave
in. few days to be campaigning
until election.
SENATOR DALE's SON
MARRIED YESTERDAY.
The wedding Of Miss Amanda C.
Simpson, daughter Of Mrs. Eliza.
beth Holloway Simpson, Of Ken.
lucky, to George Needham Dale,
son OF Senator and Mrs. Porter
Dale, OF Vermont, took place yes
terday at noon at the home Of Sena.
tor and Mrs. Dale, la B street
northeast. Mr.. Dale was graduated
last spring from the law school Of
Georgetown University and is a
member OF the Gamma Eta Gamma
fraternity. The Reverend Doctor
U. G. B. Pierce, of All Souls Uni.
tartan Church, performed the cere.
mony.
The bride wore a brown travelling
suit and q small brown hat and
carried yellow roses and lilies Of the
valley. Her attendant, Miss Madge
Feaster, OF Chicago, wore a dress OF
brown and a small brown hat and
carried an arm bouquet of yellow
roses. l., Clark Schilder, a fra
ternity brother of the bridegroom,
was the best man. Mrs. Dale wore
a sleeveless black satin gown,
slightly draped with a large vari-
colored bow Of wide taffeta ribbon
fastened at the waistline in front
and hanging to the hem Of the
SAtI - SHe| wore. a c0llar or C0ral0
and no. hat. A wedding breakfast
followed the ceremony i'm the house.
which was decorated with palms,
ferns and pink roses. Later Mr..
and Mrs. Dale departed for Los
Angeles, where they viii make their
home.
The army polo tournament which
was to have opened today in Pc.
tomac Park has been postponed un-
til Thursday because Of the rainy
weather.
Two games will be played Thurs.
day. weather permitting, one at 3
o'clock and one at 4 o'clock. The
first game win be between the
Third Cavalry from Fort Myer and
the team from Fort Humphreys,
Va, The second game will be con.
tested by the Sixteenth Field Artil.
lery, also from Fort Myer, and the
War Departments first team.
After that. one game will be
played every other day until the
tournament closes. 1t will take
about a week uroha hlv
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MarTies For Richer" Now
Makes Home In New York,

It fell to the lot Of two mature
misses to pluck Harry st. Clair
Black and John J. Beresford. Miss
Isabelle May, daughter of Colonel
and Mrs. Henry May, of distin-
guished Washington family, took
Mr.. Black "for richer" 1t seems, as
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and is staying at the Ritz-Carlton
Hotel.
Raymond T. Baker is passing q
few days at Wa-dman Park Hotel.
He has come from California, where
he spent the summer. and will
return there the end of the week
to remain until after the elections
In November.
&%&
Mrs. John d. FredericKs, of the
Wardman Park Hotel. whose hus.
band represents the Los Angeles
district in the House, motored to
Mercegsburg Academy. in Peunsyi-
yania, for the weekend. Her son,
James, is newly matriculated there.
Other Washington boys who en-.
tered Mercersburg this year are
Frederic William Vile. jr.. and
Philip King. jr.
Miss Elizabeth Northrup has
opened her apartment at Wardman
Park Hotel after spending the sum-
mer in New England.
$50
Mrs. Harrison Stornton. of Bryn
Mawr: Pa, Is guest at the
Shoreham.
Mrs. . Edward Randolph Eberle
and her children, who have been
at their cottage ats Saunderstown,
r. l., have, returned. They are
staying with Admiral and Mrs.
Edward w. Eberle until they open
their apartment at 1912 K street.
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CARROLLS FETED ON
EUROPEAN TRAVELS.

Doctor and Mrs. Mitchell Carroll
and their son, Charles Carroll, have
returned to their home in Twentieth
street after q summer in Europe.
Doctor and Mrs. Carroll were Of
ticial delegates to the meeting in
Liege, Belgium, Of the French AS.
ISOLATION for the Advancement Of
Science where they were guests Of
the City Of Liege.
They also represented the United
States Government, the Archaeolog-
lcal Institute Of America and the
Archaeological Society of Washing
ton as delegates to the twenty-first
international Congress Of American.
lists held at The Hague and later
at Gothenburg, where they were
guests at the luncheon given by
the Governor and Madame Won
Sydow to the Crown Prince and
Crown Princess Of Sweden.
In Stockholm they attended the
luncheon given in honor Of the
American delegates by the American
Minister and Mrs. Robert Woods
Bliss, and In Christiania they were
entertained at tea by Mr.. SwensOn.
the American minister to Norway,
at the beautiful legation recently
purchased by the United States
Government.
khA
Brigadier General and Mrs. Stuart
Heintzelman went to New York yes.
terday ana are at the Hotel Aston
to remain until Friday when they
sail for Panama.
'&&N
Mr.. and Mrs. Stiles Burr re-,
turned to Washington yesterday from
81. Paul, MIMI, and expect to TO.
main at the Willard all winter.
Mira. Nelson e. Perrin, who has
been 1t Watch Hin, r. l., for the
summer. Is at present In New York,
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MRS. ARTHUR KEITH,
Who entertained at tea on Sun
day for the delegates to the
Kappa Beta ri convention then
being held here. Mrs. Keith
was a member Of the executive
committee and served as chair
man Of the banquet committee
and tOastmistress at the dinner
given on Saturday evening for
the members Of this important
legal sorority.
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MFR. and Mrs. Stiles Burr re-.
turned to Washington yesterday from
st. Paul, MIMI, and expect to 70.
main at the Willard all winter.