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Pocahontas star herald., 1925-08-13
OBITUARY
Nathaniel FairchiIds

Infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Fairchilds of near POcahOntas, was
born Oct. 8, 1924, died August 4, 1925.
He leaves only the father and mother
to mourn his departure.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-08-13

Don't you ever yearn for the good
old days?-"-"Never," answered Sena-
tor Yallowback. my wife took me to
our attic and showed me some of them
lS49 fashion magazines"
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-08-13
BLODGETT

We are having some dry weather.
Misses Opal and Area Risner visited
at the home Of Misses Dorothy and
Lora Kellett Saturday night and Sun
day.
Mrs. Clyde Crawford's parents are
visiting her this week.
Mrs. Attic and Mrs. BERTHE Newman
Of Oklahoma are visiting their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Crawford, here.
Misses Merl and Marie Crawford
visited Miss ROxie and Lorine John
son Saturday night and Sunday.
The big meeting closed at Boardmah
Chapel Friday night and started at
Silent Hill Saturday night.
Rector Johnson and Earl Tweedy
left here Saturday to visit friends and
relatives at Biggers and Pocahontas.
Mr.. and Mrs Ben Dubois visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Ezra Romine Saturday
night and Sunday.
Lawrence Armstrong and his mother
are visiting friends and relatives at
Peach Orchard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Dubois visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Edd Romine Sunday.
Mrs. Joe Cantrell has been sick for
the past two weeks but is up again.
Mrs. Pote Risner's parents from
Thayer, Mo-, are visiting her.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-08-13

PITY THE BLIND! my poor fell
low" said the lady, here is a quarter
for you. Goodness gracious, it must
be dreadful to be lame. but just how
much worse it would be if you were
blind."-"Yer right, lady" agreed the
beggar, "when l was blind dey was al
ways giving us counterfeit money"
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-08-13
High Spots
(Gleaned From Our EXchanges)

A New York newspaper describes
Great Britain as IA pioneer in the
funding Of war debts" a pioneer being
an early settler.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-08-13

A hick town is a place where the
populace gets thrill out of the fact
that there was some traffic congestion
on Main Street on Saturday OTTER
noon.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-08-13

KEEP 1T DARK. Two fashionable
young men chatting in their New York
club recently. That's a handsome
suit you are wearing, old chap OBJ
served one of them. "Will you give
me the address of your tailor?" with
pleasure" was the reply, provided
You don't give him mine.'
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-08-13

Colds Cause Grip and Influenza
LAXATIVE BRoMo oUIN1NE Tablets remove
the cause There is only one "Bromo ouinine. p"
T. W. GROVES signature on box. SOC.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-08-13

True education: Teaching men to
think. Popular but erroneous concep-
tion of education: Teaching men what
to think.
Evening star., 1925-05-22
CLERGY WILL URGE
FUNDS FOR GRAVES
Mgr. Thomas and Rabbi Loeb to
Broadcast Plea for Veterans
Floral Tributes.

Mgr. c. F. Thomas and Rabbi ]. T.
Loeb will appeal to the public through
the broadcasting stations on behalf of
the Memorial day decoration fund be.
ing raised by the Grand Army of the
Republic and allied veteran organiza-
tions to decorate the graves of Amer
lean soldiers and sailors May 80.
There are more than $4,000 of these
graves in cemeteries in and about the
Capital. To decorate each requires a
large sum of money, and the workers
find it necessary to appeal to the
public.
Boxes have been placed In stores
and many of the banks and larger
business houses. 1t is requested that
contributors place their offerings in
these. The Evening Star also will
receive contributions.
Watson B. Miller, Harlan Wood and
Evening star., 1925-05-22

p. J. Haltigan have been speaking
for the fund from stages of the local
theaters this week.
Evening star., 1925-05-22

Electoral Commission which now
hangs in the ladies' gallery of the
Senate wing at the Capitol
Mrs. Hodge came to this city with
her parents from Chicago, in the early
Sos. She is survived by a sister
Mrs. w. w. Delano, 1888 Newton
street.
Funeral services will be conducted
at Gawler's chapel, 1880 Pennsylvania
avenue, tomorrow afternoon at $50
o'clock. 1nterment will be private, in
Rock Creek Cemetery.
Evening star., 1925-05-22
PERRYGO'S SECOND TRIAL
FOR MURDER NEXT WEEK
Youth Charged With Killing Mrs.
Faithful at Congress Heights
Five Years Ago.

Edgar Randolph Perrygo. who has
been in the District jail for years,
charged with the murder of Mrs. En-
lily Faithful in February, 1920. will be
called for trial next Wednesday before
Chief Justice Mccoy, in Criminal
Division 2.
Perrygo was II years old when the
tragedy ACQUIRED, and was convicted
in 1921 and sentenced to death. His
attorney, James A. O'Shea, took an
appeal and the District Court of Ap-
peals set aside the conviction and
granted a new trial because of the in
PRODUCTION of confession alleged to
have been secured by third degree
methods.
The testimony offered by the Gov
ernment at. the first trial was that
Perrygo wanted to marry, and, know
ing Mrs. Faithful, SO years old, was
accustomed to carry large sums of
money sewn in her skirt, went to her
home in Congress Heights. When de.
MED a request for money he struck
her over the head with a short piece
of pipe, it was charged, killing her.
Evening star., 1925-05-22

To please some men just tell them
that they look like actors.
Evening star., 1925-05-22
FEDERAL EMPLOYE
EDITOR SUCCUMBS
Joseph G. Gurley Dies Suddenly at
Home in Garrett Park, Md,
Aged SO Years.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
KENSINGTON, Md. May 22.-Jo-
seph Grafton Gurley, 5S years old. of
Garrett Park, Md, died suddenly at
his home yesterday. He was the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Gurley of
Washington. Mr.. Gurley was the ed
itor of the Federal Employe, with
which organization he was connected
for severai years. r. r. Gurley,
grandfather of Mr.. Gurey. was secre-
tary of the African Colonization So
ciety and was the prime mover in es-
tablishing the Republic of Liberia
Mr.. Gurley was a great-nephew of
Rev. T. D. Gurley, former pastor of
the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church.
He is survived by his widow a son,
Revere Gurley, and three daughters,
Katherine, Josephine and Ida Gurley.
Funeral services will be held tomor-
row at his late residence at o'clock
Evening star., 1925-05-22
FREE ON $780, 900 BOND.

RALEIGH, N. c., May % CP.-
Henry Dennis Griffin, sentenced to
80 years imprisonment on the charge
of mutilating Joseph Needleman.
tobacco salesman, has given bond
in the sum of S50,000 for an
to the Supreme Court
and will be released from the State
prison today. Needleman was mutt
lated last March after a mob had
removed him from the Martin County
Jail, where he was being held on a
charge of attack upon a young girl.
Evening star., 1925-05-22
TRADE BOARD'S31ST|
OUTING TOMORROW
Eight Hundred Members and
Guests to Enjoy Annual
Shadbake at Quantico.

The thirty-first annual outing and
shadbake of the Washington Board
of Trade, which takes place at Guam
tico, Va, tomorrow will be the larg-
est ever held by that organization.
More than 500 members and their
guests will take part in the outing.
Tickets for the affair were COM
pletely sold out two weeks ago and
Richard l.. Connor. assistant secre-
tary of the board, has long waiting
list of persons who are anxious to
get tickets from those who, at the
last minute, cannot go.
Leave City $50.
The party will leave Washington
on the steamer st. Johns at $50 to-
morrow morning. They will proceed
down the Potomac to Quantico. where
they will disembark and be the
guests for the day of the u. S. Ma
rine Corps, stationed there.
Charles Pimper, chairman OF the
shadbake committee, has announced
that the program will be the most
elaborate ever provided for the annual
outing. Souvenirs will be distributed
on the boat as the party returns to
w
will arrive back here about $50 pm.
Partial List Of Participants.
Among the prominent people who
will take the trip are: Commissioner
Rudolph, Capt. John H. Craige, George
S. Watson. chief of the Fire Depart.
ment: David Lynn, architect of the
Capitol: Representative F. n. Zihlman,
Majs r. A Wheeler and William E.
r. Covell, assistant engineer commits
sioners; Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune,
commandant of the United States
Marine Corps; Col. John w. Oehmann,
building inspector; Maj. w. H. Hol-
combe, Maj. Gen. Eli K. Cole. Repre-
sentative A. NJ. Free, Lieut.. Col. c. o.
Sheriff. and James A. Gawthrop, sec.
retary of the Richmond Chamber of
Commerce.
Evening star., 1925-05-22
TOM MOORE WINS SUIT.
Theater Man Gets Verdict in Al
legged Contract Breach.

A jury in Circuit Division No. :, be-
fore Justice Stafford. has returned a
verdict in favor of Tom Moore. theater
owner, in the suit of the Austin Co.,
to recover $14,574 for alleged breach
of contract. The plaintiff company
claimed that Moore had not carried
out an agreement to build a theater
and that it had thereby lost profits of
the amount asked. Attorneys Wilton j.
Lambert and r. III. Yeatman appeared
for the defendant. while the company
was represented by Attorneys Palmer,
Davis & Scott and w. j. Nea1e.
Evening star., 1925-05-22
MRS. FLORA HODGE DIES.
Was Post Office Department Clerk
for AZ Years.

Mrs. Flora Fassett Hodge, 66 years
old, a clerk In the Post Office Depart
ment for the last AZ years, died in
Emergency Hospital yesterday after
a short illness.
Mrs. Hodge was the daughter of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. r. NJ. Fassett, both
of whom were for many years well
known artists in Washington. Mrs.
Fassett painted the portrait OF the
Evening star., 1925-05-22

When Miss Josephine w. Kenny,
New York school teacher, rented her
four-story dwelling she stipulated In
the lease that the tenant must dis
play the American flag on the prem
ises on all legal holidays.
Evening star., 1925-05-22

Compulsory military service for
women as well as men Is suggested
in France as a remedy against depop-
ulation.
Evening star., 1925-09-14

2612 Sherman Ave-, N. w.
18th and D Sts., N. w.
10th St. and Pennsylvania Ave,
N. w.
Massachusetts, Ave. and End ST.,
N. w.
Florida and New Jersey Aves.,
N. w.
Georgia Ave. and Blair Road,
~ N. w.
Florida Ave. and H ST., N. E.
Florida Ave. and First ST., N. E.
Evening star., 1925-09-14

Connecticut and Nebraska Aves.,
N. w.
New Hampshire Ave. and NJ ST.,
N. w.
Florida Ave. and 18th ST., n. w.
1877 M ST., N. w. (Gecrxetcwn1
Wisconsin and Miller Aves.,
(Bethesda)
Maryland Ave. and Oak ST., s. w. /.
18th and L Sts., N. w.
18th and P Sts., N. w.
Evening star., 1925-09-14

$50 Colorado Ave-, N. w.
Connecticut Ave. and Potter ST.,
n. w.
Bladensburg Road and Barney ST.,
cottage City,
Georgia Ave. and Quincy ST.,
N. w.
Benninss and Cool Spring Roads,
N. E.
New York, New Jersey Aves., and
3rd ST., N. w.
Wisconsin Ave. near Warren ST.,
N. w.
Evening star., 1925-09-14

"Standard" Anti.knock Gas is
something new in refining. 1t is
made from special crudes by a new
process. 1t is an easier starting
fuel and insures complete vapor.
ization even in a cold engine.
These features added to the anti
knock make the new gas the best
all round motor fuel on the mar.
ket.
The new fuel is ready for you
at all Standard" Service Sta.
Evening star., 1925-09-14

tions in this city and at Standard"
dealers all over town. Look for
the aluminium painted pumps.
"Standard" Anti.knock Gas is red
so that you can readily identify it
from all other fuel. You can al.
ways be sure you are getting the
real standard Anti.knock Gas
the most economical special
fuel on the market. 1t costs but
three cents gallon more than
straight" gasoline.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-17
Fla EOsrybody. Goddess
THE GATE-POST
By HarOLd Phillips

way and the column going the
title Jazz!
Once the doage of Willie Baxter our illusions
to chip faster
Marie chseIed great hunk out Of mine; her
chapter elephants autobiography
Ugly Dung being the etha which has scotcned ne
pictured frivolous
Sal who would grow serious this side of ninety
conceded by Nat N1oooWm ah0
themselves be the most dangerous OF
authobiograph1c ages.
seldom people seldom forget mine wrote
Perhaps the tribute record
by LOckharts elephants They SO
fond ockhart offered thousand dollars per week
bills with them. One night LOckhart
said Go on and see if they will work for you
consequently and the whole bunch wanted play
appearing Bridgeport Mrs LOCK-
would like visit the elephants VI course
wanted go. :, -,
and stand
suggested Suddenly big beasts began
they doubtful comp-
elephants
Unfortunately touched and quite vain about it.
years that time Chicago Coliseum
Rgngs circus and Of went call the elephants
formerly Lockhar but sold Ringing his death)
my
remembered after
anything
anecdote undoubtedly true; wonderful
of bill collectors students of
memory
would have been sort of keeping the faith Miss DressIer
had fibbed jocuarly:
"We flattened feather when not one
Q bum pachydermS gave a tumble"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-17
PUBLIC INVITED
TO THIS 500
CHRISTENING

Washingtonians will be given
an opportunity to choose name
for the new de luxe dance resort
which will be opened by Meyer
Davis in the Earle Theater build
ing. The sum of 800 will be paid
for the best suggestion.
Opening date for the new resort
has been set for February 20,
when a gala first might will be
staged. with special entertainment
features and one OF Americas
premier bands to furnish dance
music. The floor space of the
new resort is Identical with that
occupied by the Earle Theater and
1t will be possible to accommodate
several thousand amusement seek
ers.
Mrs. Meyer Davis is colIaborat-
ing with William Hunter Belts.
architect of the Earle Theater, in
the decoration and furnishing of
the resort which will be OF the
Spanish type modified by modern
requirements. The dance floor
will resemble the patio SO much
used in Spanish architecture,
while terraces and colonnades
will carry out the illusion of out
doors. The lavish use of vivid
color and Vari-tinted lighting will
be in consonance with both arch
itecture and atmosphere. A din
ing room will occupy one section
OF the terraces, while the other
will be given over to a lounge.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-17
ALL ABOUT THE HOUSE
THAT FLO BUILT

resentative and remarkably vivid
portraits.
Norman Bel,Geddes, who created
1.-THE Comic Supplement" stage
settings, designed the beautiful
and elaborate settings of 1.-THE
Miracle"
Augustin Duncan, who, staged
the review is one Of the country's
foremost stage directors and has
1.-THE Potters" and numerous other
successes to his credit.
Julian Mitchell is the creator
of the liveliest, .sauciest spright.
Hest dances of the American
stage. 1.-THE Comic Supplement"
chorus was trained under his
capable direction.
w. C. Fields. star Of the review,
has been a vaudeville headliper
for years. He appeared in Watch
Your Step" the "Follies," the
Scandals and last season was
the star of Poppy
Rae Dooley,5 one OF the funniest
members of the famous DoOley
family, and recently in ''Hitchy
Koo" and a ''Follies" principal,
is another of "I'he Comic Supple
ment" notables.
Clarence Nordstron, late Of
"Molly Darling" and Tout Suite"
and Alice Hegeman, best remem-
bered for ''Parlor, Bedroom and
Bath" and for her many unusual
character parts in musical comedy
are also important members of
"The Comic Supplement"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-17

what beat? -. Would
you care to be saved? If so.
how? And when?
Have you ever been saved in a
theater before? If SO, in what
section? Do you
think you could be saved in the
gallery as effectively as you
could in the orchestra circle?
If not, why? Have
you ever been saved in a box?
Would a matinee or
evening performance interfere
least with your-er-ah-busi-
ness engagements? =.
Do you expect to come i'm your
street or walking costume? Or
have you a theater Outfit?'
obviously much trouble could
be saved, and the right people
reached, if a representative of
the Belasco Theater were sta
toned at the Night Court.
There he could tell from the
testimony which of the unfortu-
nate ladies of the evening stands
most in need of a proper saving
and pass out the passes"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-17
ODDS, ENDS, AND A
FEW BODKINS

:" Fannie Hurst has settled
out of court her controversy with
Hope Hampton productions over
the three-year-old, screen version
Of her story. Star Dust" As
the author OF the novel, Miss
Hurst In December, 1921, attend
ed the first showing of the pic
ture ana criticized the production.
The settlement, it Is said, pro-
vided for retraction Of the criti-
cisms by Miss Hurst.
$50 The overture at the RiaItO
next week was arranged by Ray
Hart, the solo saxaphonist Of the
Rialto orchestra. 1t is. called
Songs of the Past" and includes
many OF the old favorites like
What's the Matter With Faith
err" Wont You Come Over to
My House" etc.
= . Meyer Davis has returned
from New York where he person
ally led the orchestra at the
huge ball given by Louis g.
Kaufman, whose son recently
married Mae Daw, one of the
most celebrated OF the Follies
beauties.
sss e. Nj. Newman's TrayeItaIk
at the, National tomorrow after
noon and evening deals with
Burma, Land Of Golden Pa
godas." In wonderful motion pic.
lures and exquisite color views
this fascinating journey leads to
old and new Delhi, to Calcutta,
the metropolis of India; Benares,
along the holy Ganges, past the
gorgeous palaces, temples and
CHATS.
POIa Negri has not only
given the screen new picture
IN East of Euez," which opens a
weeks engagement at Loew's Pal
ace tomorrow afternoon, but she
has also given the fans a new
idea for a icoiffure. Pola's new
head-dress, which she wears in
East of SueE,'' Is Chinese,
style in which the hair is first
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-17

Here's a who's Who Of the
foremost makers Of 1.-THE Comic
Supplement" coming to the Ma
tional next Tuesday as a Ziegfeld
production:
Florenz Ziegfeld, creator Of the
national institution the "Follies,"
now in its eighteenth year at the
New Amsterdam Theater in New
York. Also producer of kid
Boots" with Eddie Cantor, which
has just entered upon its second
wear on Broadway, and of the
musical sensation annie Dear"
starring the captivating Billie
Burke.
J. F.. McEvoy, author Of the
book of "The Comic Supplement"
is also the author or the comedy.
dramatic success, THE Potters,"
and for many years has made the
Potter family one Of the most
interesting features Of the coun-
try's leading newspapers.
Henry SouVaine and Con Con-,
rad composed the score and lyrics
of 1.-The Comic Supplement" Mr..
Conrad is one Of Americas most
popular song writer's and has such
successes as "Margfe," LENA
From Falesteena," Moonlight"
Memory Lane" and ma" to his
credit.
John Held. jr.. one Of Amer.
ica's most gifted artists and a
regular contributor to Life, de-
signed ethe striking costumes. His,
flapper types which have APP
peared in various publications OF
recent years are thoroughly rep.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-17
QUIT PIANO TO BECOME
VIOLIN VIRTUOSO

The career of Duel de Kere.
kjsrto, the young Hungarian
violin wizard whose sensational
playing will be heard at Keith's
next week, beginning Sunday at
3:15 reads like a swift. moving
romance.
Born in 1900 in a little Hun
garian' town called Teschen, the
son of a professor of mechanical
engineering, he learned to play
the piano as g.. baby, but
strangely enough, could not
speak word until the age of
four and a half, when he gave
his first public recital. In the
excitement of the event, he
began to speak normally for the
first time.
His own Empress Zita of Hun
gary had the boy wonder and his
mother visit the royal castle of
Schonbrunn, where Duel became
the playmate of the Archduke
Otto, to whom he dedicated one
Of his earliest compositions,
"Child's Dream" ..
Even more worthy of note is the
inscription made by the. great
violin virtuoso Ysaye in his album
at this time: You already know
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-17

Addressing a luncheon to news
papermen, David Belasco, swept
by the fervor of his enthusiasms,
translated himself for brief
second into harbinger of truth
and purity and declared his La
dies of the Evening" was so
pronouncedly a play with a
moral that he would admit, free
of charge, such empurpled Ia
dies as cared to attend his play
and absorb the moral emoluments
thereof.
Whereupon, Burns Mantle, of
the New York News, deposes
with such Righteousness as BELTS
the occasion:
Looking back at the first
five months of the theater sea-
SON ] can find nothing half so
amusing as the BelascO offer
to admit girls from the street
10 performances of Ladies of
the Evening free of charge.
Here, probably, is a true
philanthropy. But how will it
work out? Are the ladies of
the evening expected to walk
boldly up to the box office and
say: I'm a fallen woman. Please
give me two on the aisle?
"Or will they write personal
cards to Mr.. BelascO asking that
tickets be sent them? In that
Ease, naturally, some way will
Save to be devised to confirm
the genuineness of the appli-
cants' claims. A visiting COM
mittee from the BelascO offices
would have to call. Preferably
with a QUESTIONABLE.
Are you, miss-er-madam
ARE you a real fallen woman?
If so, in what class? Profess
eiOnal or amateur? .
Have you walked, or do you ex-
pect to walk, the streets? If SO,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-17
He's Right.

A real figure-shark has come
to life in. the ranks of the Doug.
las Fairbanks organization that
filmed "Fhe Thief Of Bagdad,"
which opens at Loew's Column
bia Sunday afternoon. He is
Arthur Edeson. Doug's chief cam
era man. who figures that his
right hand travelled 264 miles
during the filming of this pic
ture' while the rest Of his body
was standing still. Figure it
out for yourself" says Edeson.
Il filmed 100000 feet. according
to my camera meter, which
means 100000 turns. Each turn
covers 1885 inches, which runs
into something like 284 miles,"