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4-Women's and Misses $105S Printed Creme
street Dresses. Sizes l6 to @R f0
@WOmen;s and Misses $3.50 Printed C6if-
fOn Dresses with circular knee
flare pleats. Sizes IA to 010 *
Women. six iTn6rcideire Strai4htIine creme
de Chine Sports Dresses, in powder blue.
maize and white. Short sleeves 010 TX.
IO-WOme1'e and Misses $500 washable Tru-
Hin Crepe Tailored Shirt Waist Dresses. i'm
white flesh COIor and maize. Sizes or IN
I6 to 4O.....,.-......,.......... ID seJV
Misses $3.50 Embroidered Net Dance FrOcka
Year. M .... e 49,! SlO.z5
Dresses, in Maytime prints. Sizes @E IN
10 to 40 .s........s............. OOsUU
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B-MIsses' SI875 and $3.50 Tub SILK 90 N
Dresses, In rose, blue and maize stripes GDCSeJU
B-Misaes' @2z.5O Tub Silk and silk Crepe
Dresses. in maize, peach and rose. Go E0
Youthful models. :. {. eU463oOO
12-AElsses' e20.50 silk Afternoon and street
Dresses, Of figured crepe de chine and chlf-
fOn. Some tub silk. In blue, tam CT M
red, rose and black. W1OeVV
6-Misses' $3.50 Afternoon Dresses, of satin
back crepe; I'm straightline models, with
flare fronts. Tan, grey and ego Ef
4--Misses' S6S Afternoon and Street Dresaes-
ali smart One-Of-a-kind models beautifully
trimmed with lace. Made Of cox m
good quality Of Canton crepe. OOOeVO
6-Mfases' $65 and $3.50 Afternoon FrOcke of
Ke0Fgette and Canton crepe. Stfaightline
and two-piece mOdels--with TERED and cir
cuInr flOunces In henna, tan, coz M
black and rose. ................- OGOsUU
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Misses Summer AppareI---Less

particularly good opportunity for the miss who j. taking her
in
avinual
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Misses Apparel shop-Third Floor
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S-Womenes e5B imported Street Drepses ~
Inbsige ana white. Long sleeves. cox On
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81 satin ard crepe de chlne, with pAeAeed
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~ beaded geoTgette figured cllif-
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Afternoon and Street Dresses OF satin
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Val lace vests, collars and cuffs g0dets
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chiffon, with beaded Jokes,
dHapeu end circular flares. Sizes CAE m
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Remnants in Extra Size Apparel

. wonderful bargain!
1-Extrn eIne SIS Black Ge0rgette Cape with
ostFich border and de finished cor EfA
with ostrich. Size ~. ~ eegO
1-ExtKa Size SIS Black Georgetto Coat with
mnrabou cuffs and border. Size cod TX
IF. sI.e s5o:5s Task irwin CSaf, viii.
4 conSertfbIe collar and fully lined with
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1-E sa size s5o.s5 BlacK win Coat ini
length, lined with black crepe and trim
med with self .stitchery. Size cox m
1--Effrn size SOS BIaek Hand-taiIored Piguet
Coat, with lining and fringed tie Of black
and. white rndlum silk. Stunning! QE0 E0
size 441z. bargain at......... DOOs0U
Taller Wosnep-secOnd Floor
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inexpensive Dress shop-Dqwnstairs
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-18
Rare Collection
Of Black Opals

very similar, In miniature, to burning
trees at night.
Mr.. Newman compared 1t to the his
toric opal, known as the Burning Of
Troy" given by Napoleon to Josephine.
while one of the visiting officers COM
pared Its coloring to the burning lava
pit Of the volcano Kilauea in Hawaii.
Another of the. bigger stones called
Moonlight" throws off rays of yell
low from field Of blue. A third stone
called Sunset" is similar to the sun
descending on the horizon Of gray
sky. Other minor gems give off tiny
rays Of reds, greens, mauves, violets
and whites.
Other valuable opals in this collec-
ton are:
1.-THE Rajah.' a triangular gem of
116 carats. which combines flashing
reds with purple, violet. green and
gold.
La Inferno" which displays group
Of dropping trees from under which
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-18
SPOIy ED EFFECT OF
DOCTORS SMART IDEA

Frank Irving Fletcher. the adver-
tising expert, said in an address in
New York:
Advertise. but advertise in the
right way
"At an important political meeting
the other night the chairman had
just introduced famous orator. and
the orator had just got up full steam.
when an attendant tiptoed from the
wings and whispered something in his
ear.
Friends, excuse me, said the ora
tor, but is Doctor Pillsbury in the
house?
"A pompous-looking man in front
seat rose.
Doctor Pillsbury. you're wanted on
the telephone
I'm deep and impressive silence
the doctor pushed past a dozen pairs
OF legs. and then as he went tip
toeing down the aisle the orator said
from the stage:
"I have a doctor brother. friends,
and he, too. used to advertise in this
way when he was starting OUT"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-18
HOBBIES
BY THOMAS ARKLE CLARK

ssT CAN imagine nothing more dread
! full" distinguished politician is
quoted as saying, than man without
a hobby or recreation"
AS / understand hobby it is some.
thing outside of a mans regular bust.
ness, something disconnected with the
regular routine Of everyday work in
which he finds. pleasure and entertain.
ment. For instance, Chambers is an
engineer of my acquaintance who
makes his living building bridges and
installing electric light plants, and es-
tablishing pumping stations. He is
much concerned every day with plans
and estimates, and calculations. His
business is very much mechanical.
His hobby is books. He has one Of
the finest libraries, and one of the
rarest, in the large city in which he
lives. He would cross the continent
or make trip to Egypt to pick UP a
beautiful and unusual book. His
friends say he is crazy over the subject
of books. but he is in fact only an
enthusiastic bibliophile who is kept
interested and alive and youthful be-
cause of his hobby. He has no time to
be bored with leisure or to be home
sick when he is away from home, for
he always has an interesting or a
rare book with him or his eye out for
a new one.
Johnson's hobby is golf. He sits at
a desk all day in aeb busy office, he is
concerned with selling things and in
pushing the business with which he is
connected. If he did not exercise reg
ularly he would have tendency to
grow stale. to put on weight, to de-
velop an increased belt line. His golf
saves him.. He has little garden in
which before breakfast and after din
ner he practices putting; he takes all
the golf magazines, and he keeps up on
the champions, he knows all about the
best links in the country-and in other
countries, too, and instead of talking
business when he gets home from the
Office at night, and so firing out him
self and all the family, he talks golf
and has everybody crazy about it.
His Saturday afternoons he gives to
golf, and though he is conscientious
and serious churchman. he manages
someway to choose an early or a late
service, so that 1t may not interfere
too much with his favorite game. AS
consequence he keeps ruddy. and
slender, and good tempered. His hobA
by will enable him to live longer and
to do more business than if he had not
fallen under its spell.
Philbrick has no hobby. He plays
no games, he makes no collections, he
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-18
IDENTITY OF SKELETON HINGES
ONLY ON TWO SILVER SLIPPERS

The slippers once covered feet that
probably danced-to the piper's tune.
The bones revealed the price Of that
dance.
Workmen excavating for the founda-
ton of loft building discovered the
skeleton beneath the tree in what once
was the back yard of a tenement.
The police of the West Thirtieth
street station and the medical ex-
aminer's office were notified. The
police arrived at once and took to
the station the bones and the bits
of silver slippers.
The task of finding out the iden-
>tity of the woman and the cause of
her secret burial was turned over to
the bureau Of missing persons and
the homicide squad.
Perhaps the silver slippers will give
clew. Perhaps the musty books
in the missing persons bureau will
give up the name of some woman
who mysterlously disappeared from
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-18

one of tLose old flats at 53O-538
Eighth avenue. woman gone and for
gotten years ago.
The medical examiner will examine
the bones carefully for trace of bullet
or knife scars.
Did the. woman live in that old
tenement building? 1t is possible, per.
haps. but imprebable-it seems.
Was she lured there. then. and
robbed and then slain?
1t is almost impossible to identify
a skeleton, save by the teeth or by
certain scars on the skull. or NAL
formed bones, or missing parts-and
that is only partial Identification at
the best.
But the police will do their best.
they say. to cover those bones with
flesh and to learn all they can OF
the woman and how, she came to rest
there beneath the Heaven tree"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-18
Disasters Fewer
But More Costly

accounted for %; floods, 10; tornadoes
IL; typhoons, z; hurricanes and
storms, 5, and 1 railroad accident
There were 3 each of earthquake,
famine and mine disaster, 1 typhoid
epidemic, 2 volcanic eruptions, 2
"entombments" and a series of mine
explosions and forest fires. ~
Largest Problem.
The mid-western tornado presented
the largest problem of restoration and
rehabilitation in ''peace-time history"
the report said. This operation is now
virtually completed. In the course of
its work in this region the Red Cross
assisted approximately 33,435 people.
Within II hours Of it's occurrence
the Red Cross had its relief organiza-
ton completed in the Santa Barbara
earthquake region. and had launched
measures Of permanent rehabilitation
for the sufferers from four calamities,
the largest number Of people ever in
its care in this country.
Included in the two "entombmentS'
was the tragedy of Floyd Collins at
Cave City, Ky. Here Red Cross chap
tiers set up canteens and other assis-
lance on the spot, while the 0rganiza-
tion bore the cost of materials used.
"Supplementing these services are
those incident to number of recent
disasters in the United States" con-
tinued the report. Outstanding among
these was the wreck of the Shenan-
doah. Chapters at Cambridge and
Caldwell, Ohio, and field representa-
tives in the vicinities of both the
wreck and the ships home port at
Lakehurst, went to work.
Costly Disasters.
:'Other catastrophes in which the
Red Cross served include the fire at
Shreveport, La. which wiped out nine
blocks; the Tennessee forest fire. the
tornado at Admission, Ala.; the flood
along the Rio Grande river, which af
fected three towns south of Ell Paso.
and hailstorm which struck two
North Carolina counties and i'm
poverished 100 families.n
Turning to disasters abroad. the re-
port said:
Heading the list was the Chinese
flood. which cost 1915 lives and re-
quired aid from the Red Cross for
100000. A series Of floods and fires
in Porto Rico resulted in IA deaths
and Red Cross assistance to 2,233; an
earthquake at Erzerum. Turkey.
killed ia; typhoon in the Philip
pines, which killed rs people, also re-
quired our care of 5000 others; an
other at Agana. capital of Guam.
killed only l, but left 1856 others In
need.
I'm the Virgin islands the Red Cross
rendered assistance following hur-
ricane which killed 50 people. injured
100. destroyed 1000 buildings. and in
which 1900 people were assisted by
the organization. A flood in Peru, a
fire at Cananea, Mex, and the destruc-
ton by fire of virtually the whole city
of Manazeles, Colombia, completed the
foreign operations"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-18
Put on View at Melbourne
by Owner for United
States Fleet.

ENTHUSIASTICALLY the rarest col
lection Of black opals in the world
a jewel found only In Australia and
little known and a. yet little popular
In the rest Of the worlds In this
city, the possession Of Kelsey L New
man. This group Of jewels, usually
not on public exhibition, was, however,
opened up to the personnel Of the
American feet which recently COM
pleted its cruise Of Australasian wa
ters.
The collection was displayed in a
curtained annex Of the York House
gallery, itself treasure house Of
antiques gathered from all parts of
the world by Isidore Kozminsky, Aus
tralia's leading authority on precious
and semi-precious gems.
One Of Mr.. Newpan's cases con-
tanned group of Queensland golden
sapphires ranging from one to fifty
carats. These stones are nearly equal
to the diamond in hardness and have
similar beauty, save that their light
Is orange instead of white.
In another case was a group Of
blue sapphires of varying shades from
velvety blue to cornflower and light
water blue. In still another case we're
golden zircons. which are softer than
diamonds but look very much like
them.
Mr.. Kozminsky Dointed out Sthat
such leading authority as Sir A. Fl.
Church thought ''the diamond and zir-
con had too many points in common to
be set together" The zircon was known
to antiquity, its name being derived
from the Arabic word "zirc," mean
ing jewel; and in old Sanskrit books
It is called the stone of the Moons
Nodes
Mr.. Kozminsky indicated to inquir-
ing American officers that Professors
Coster and Hevesty of Copenhagen.
the recent discoveries of the element
hafnium, had detected it in a blend
with chromium. a mineral of the same
character as the zircon.
opals Reflect Various Coiors.
The prize group in the jewel col
lection. however, is the case of onals
Of all sizes and shapes. One of the
most striking stones is a big oval gem
Of over GA carats. already known to
jewel collectors of the world as "For-
est Fires" This stone when moved in
the light throws off brilliant red rays
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-18
flames leap up. FefiectiLg all tine coloss
Of peacock's tail.
Emerald Isiar moonlight green.

flames leap up. FefiecfiEg all tine coloss
Of peacock's TAIL
Emerald Islar moonlight green.
"FIame Queen" a Unique Stone.
Mr.. Newman considers the best OF
his black opals to he 'Flame Queen"
stone of 253 carats. measuring "a
by 2.3 inches. oval in shape. 1t was
found some years ago at Lightning
Ridge. New South Wales. near the
Queensland border, the only important
source of black opals in the world.
This gem is believed to be unique in
structure and color The center Is
slightly in relief, while the outside
border stands out like frame. The
center of the stone throws out scarlet
rays, and two slight depressions on
each side and almost parallel to each
other give the impression Of volcano
in eruption.
The lower of the depressions re.
fleets two triangular shafts of color
toward the enclosing frame, which is
green. Viewed from another angle the
center becomes vivid emerald and
the frame royal blue. Turned again
the center is bronze touched with
points of black within a frame OF
changing blue and amethyst. The
stone Is chameleon-like.
Mr. Newman, who Is a native of
Sydney. has spent years in bringing
together these gems. which have been
pronounced by experts as probably
unrivaled in this particular field.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-18
The Generous Uncle

Secretary Lawson Purdy of the
Charity Organization society. said in
a brilliant address in New York:
"The poor mustn't be pauperized-
mustn't be made to think, l mean,
that they're entitled to charity by d.
vine right.
"Once there was hale old fellow
whom charity had pauperized abso-
lutely. For 10 years he had been liv-
ing in idleness on IS a week, donated
by the rich ladies Of the village.
We'll. he died finally. and then 1t
was found that he had left will. In
this will he bequeathed his IS a week
to his niece in Ireland"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-18
Report of Red Cross Shows
Increase in Deaths and
Damage.

Washington. - American disasters
this year. while fewer than the record
number Of last year, exacted a greater
toll in life and property, the American
Red Cross announced in its annual re-
port for the year ended June 30.
The tornado that cut swath
through the Middle West last spring
alone caused 796 deaths and MANNED
2,239, the report said, while the cas-
ualties of the entire year preceding
numbered only 1856 dead and not quite
1000 injured.
In preparation for whatever emer-
gencies may be in store for the ma
ton during the next year the ninth
annual roll call of the Red Cross will
be held November 11-26.
The report showed that the Red
Cross rendered service in 90 disasters
during the year, including fires, which
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-18
Unclothed Body Found In Shallow
Grave by Workmen Exeavating
for New Building.

New York.-Two silver slippers,
rotted to bits by their long burial
In shallow grave uncovered by two
workmen under the roots of a tree
near Eighth avenue andNThirty-
street, and the blanched bones of
the woman who probably had worn
them, are the only clews which po-
lice have to a, new mystery which
may never be solved.
The slippers must have been ex-
quisite things once, costly, and worn
only by a woman accustomed to
Injuries.
The body must have been buried
unclothed. police assert. Only the
remains of the slippers could be
found. Mute testimonials OF some
tragedy they are, as silent as the
bones beside which they we're found
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-18


talks about nothing. he thinks about
nothing. he is interested in nothing
but his business. When meet him on
his vacation, as sometimes do. he is
concerned with nothing excepting how
things are going at home. He wants
his letters daily and is unhappy If he
is away from the telephone or the tele-
graph station. If we go out for walk
he begins at once to talk business. He
is growing old and irritated and worn
before his time, because he has no
hobby. He will have a miserable old
age because he has no recreation to
fall back upon when he gives up his,
work.
&c. 1925. Western Newspaper Union.)
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-18
Finger Watches Latest

Monte Carlo.-Finger watches set in
a background of diamonds have made
their appearance on the fingers Of
some OF the fair habitues Of the
Casino here.
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Mrs. Frederick Vanderbilt. Mrs
Otto Kahn, Mrs. Richard T. Wilson
and Mrs. Stephen H. p. Pen ex
pect to come to Washington to
attend the first of Mrs. Lawrence
Townsend's morning musicales tC
be given at the Mayflower Hote
on Wednesday, December 3.
X X "
Mrs. Wilton Lambert has re
turned from Swampscott, Mass.
where she spent the summer, being
joined frequently by Mr.. Lambert
for week-ends.
Mrs. Thomas Lincoln Casey will
sail October II from Europe where
she has been spending the summer
and will occupy for the winter heI
apartment at Stonleigh Court.
Miss Mamie Belle Maury, daugh'
ter Of the late Judge and Mrs
Maury, has given up her apart
ment at 2029 Connecticut avenue
and has moved to Stone1eigh Court
POLISH DELEGATES
TO UNION ARRIVE
The Polish delegates arriving to
attend the conference of the Inter.
parliamentary Union comprise the
following: Bronislaw Dombinski,
president; Wladyslaw Kosydarski,
treasurer; Stanislaw CzosnoWski,
secretary; Konrad Ilski, Jan Fam
orski. Jan Dabski, Leon Reich, Kurt
Graebe, Tadeusz DymoWski and
Michal Kwiatkowski.
X u +
The Director General of the Pan
American Union, Doctor i. s. Rowe,
has, gone to Philadelphia to meet
the Latin American delegates to
the Interparliamentary Union.
Mrs. Beverly Williamson has re
turned to her apartment at Stone
leigh Court, after having passed
the summer at her home in Ten
nessee. While there Mrs. William
son saw much Of Mrs. Joseph Folk
widow of Governor Folk of Missouri
who is living with her parents in
Brownsville, Tenn. She plans tc
make a brief visit in Washington
during the winter and ultimately
to make her permanent home In
st. Louis instead of in washington
as contemplated at one time.
During the Wilson Administra
ton Mr.. and Mrs. Folk occupied q
beautiful house on Woodland Drive
When. first coming to Washington
Mr.. Folk served in a legal capacity
in. the State Department and later
on the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
The Bureau Of Medicine and
Surgery will give q dinner at the
Hamilton Hotel on October 8
There will be fifty in the party.
X y \
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Lee Lind
say and Miss Mary McCauley Lind
say have returned to Washington
and reopened their suite in The
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-29
JUDGE PAYNE
TO START ON
LONG TOUR
Red Cross Head to At
tend Legion Con-
vention

Judge John Barton Payne, chair
man OF the American Red Cross,
VIII return tomorrow morning from
Cleveland, where he went to adj
dress the Cleveland Chamber of
Commerce. He will leave Washing
ton again on Monday for Omaha
Neb.. to make an address at the
annual convention Of the American
Legion to be held there. En- route
to Nebraska he will stop over in
Chicago for a day and will arrive
in Omaha the morning OF October
z. On his return he will go to
st. Louis to be present at the
convention Of the American Red
Cross. He will be much entertained
while in st. Louis. On his way
back to washington he will stop
at Murfreesboro, ILL.,, to make a
survey OF the tornado district and
will arrive in Washington the lat.
ter part Of the month.
Mrs. Lucy Page SteIle andd her
daughter, Mrs. Byron M. Caples.
who passed the summer at Beverly,
Mass, have returned. After visit
of several weeks to her mother,
Mrs. Caples will return to her home
in Wisconsin.
Mrs. George s. Child motored
down from her home in Brookline,
Mass, and is the guest of Miss
Florence Fraser Stiles at the Hotel
Roosevelt.
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MEMS DINNER
GIVEN BY MRS.
HENDERSON
Hostess to French Com
mission; Granddaughter
Only Woman Guest
BY JEAN ELIOT

IT'S a feather in the cap Of Mrs.
John B. Henderson to have
been the first Washington hostess
TO entertain members of the French
Debt Funding Commission, as she
did last night. A distinguished
company, highly official in char
acter. was assembled to meet Joseph
Caillaux. the French Minister Of
Finance, and his colleagues of the
mission, with Mrs. Henderson and
her granddaughter, Miss Beatrice
Henderson. the only ladies present.
And the picture flashed on the
screen of the brilliant little old lady,
who has been often dubbed the
best business man in Washington"
giving a mans dinner for all these
visiting financiers is distinctly in
triguing.
Beside NJ. Caillaux, Mrs. Hender-
sons guests were the ambassador
from France, Emile Daeschner;
Senator Henry Berenger, Senator
Louis Dausset, Senator Ferdinand
Chapsal, Senator Paul Dupuy, Dep
uty Vincent Auriol, Deputy Lucien
Lamoureaux, Deputy Maurice Boka-
nowski, Deputy Pierre de Cham
brun, Joseph Simon, inspector
general of finance of France; the
Secretary of Commerce, Mr.. Hoover;
Senator Reed Smoot, Senator Charles
Curtis, Senator Claude A. Swanson,
Senator George Moses, Congressman
Theodore E. Burton, American COM
missioner; Myron T. HerTick, Amer
lean Ambassador to France, M. d..
Estournelles Constant, Ira e. Ben
nett, Frank Mondell, Joseph G.
Grew and George w. White.
Mrs. Henderson is an ardent pro-
hibitionist and the story is still
being told Of how, after her -late
husbands death, she emptied the
contents of his excellent cellars
down Sixteenth street. She is also
a vegetarian, boasting a chef IA
nous for elaborate dishes fashioned
from nuts, ETC., which look-and
almost taste-Iike chicken or game.
But. I've been told that although
lesser diplomatic or political lights
must put up with vegetarian dishes
at her house, she lays aside her
prejudices enough to serve meat
when an ambassador is present. So
doubtless the French commissioners
Jared well last evening.