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Evening star., 1925-07-24

entertained a small group Of friends
at luncheon this week, when her
guests were Mrs. Dennis Nolan, Mrs.
Jane Andrus. Mrs. Rohrer, Miss Mar
garet Rollrer and Mrs. William w.
Bride.
Mr.. Allan McLane Albert and his two
sisters, Miss C. Albert and Mrs. Will
liam D. Baldwin, have moved to their
home, 1914 Sunderland place.
Among those sailing tomorrow on
the SIS. Leviathan is Miss Madeleine
McCandless, who is going over to at
tend lectures in Paris and in Florence
on interior architecture.
luncheon yesterday, entertaining in
the japanese Garden at the Plaza
Hotel in New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Walters. the
latter formerly Mrs. Pembroke Jones
of Washington, have opened their
Summer home, Sherwood. at New
port. and have as their guests Mr..
and Mrs. John Russell Pope, in whose
honor they Will entertain at dinner
tomorrow evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. ]. McVann ard
Miss Esther McNann Will leave
Washington August l for Sherwood
Forrest. where they have taken Il
cottage for the remainder of the
season. Upon their return 10 Wash
ington they plan to move into their
new house. at 3109 Garfield street,
now under construction.
Mrs. Robert r. Hit and her son.
Mr.. r. S. Reynolds Hit, drove from
Hot Springs to Germantown and
Rock Springs yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. Hit Joined his mother early in
Mrs. Hit and Miss Edith Elizabeth
Hit are spending the Summer.
The Rev. DIR. and Mrs. Anson
Phelps Stokes, who closed their
apartment at the Hotel Lafayette
some weeks ago, have as their guests
in their Summer home, Brook Farm,
near Lenox. Mass, their nephew and
niece, Mr.. John G. Molteno and Miss
Carol Molteno of Cape Town, South
Africa.
Miss Raphael Ellis is visiting the
family of Mr.. and Mrs. James Wal
lace. at North Asbury Park, n. ].
Making Lengthy Western
Trip, Remaining Two Months.
Mrs. William P. johnson and
daughter. Mrs. Norman II. Jensen.
have left Washington for a tour of
the West and Northwest. They are
expected back the latter part Of next
month.
Miss Esther Robinson and Miss
Mary Robinson of Cincinnati. Ohio.
were the guests last week of their
cousins, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul G.. Ledig.
Mrs. Carlton Taylor and her mother,
Mrs. Lucy Jacobs of Lynchburg, Va,
are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Ledig this
week.
The Rev William Henry Pettus, ac-
companied by Mr.. David Ross Beattie
of Arlington, Mass, will leave Monday
morning for Nantucket Island. Mass,
to spend August. They will be at
Grand Manan, Canada. for the month
of September.
Mr.. and Mrs Sidney We'll Of Gin
cinnati are spending a week at Ward.
man Park Hotel.
Mrs. P. Wagner Macmillan has re-
turned to Washington from an ex.
tended Western tour and Is visiting
friends in Chevy Chase before reopen
ing her suite in the Hotel Roosevelt
on August 1.
Evening star., 1925-07-24

One hundred thousand mulberry
trees were planted recently in
Macedonia.
Evening star., 1925-07-24

Mrs. P. Wagner Macmillan has re-
turned to Washington from an ex.
tended Western tour and Is visiting
friends in Chevy Chase before reopen
ing her suite in the Hotel Roosevelt
op August 1.
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Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. r. B. Creecy
have gone TO West Point after spend
ing few days in New York at the
RitZ-Carlton.
Evening star., 1925-07-24

Mr.. and Mrs Sidney We'll Of Gin
cinnati are spending a week at Ward.
man Park Hotel
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Miss Katharine Dunlop, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. G. Thomas Dunlop,
who is visiting relatives in Dayton,
Ohio, is expected to return to Wash
ington August I to spend a few days
before joining her parents at Bay
Head, n. j.
Evening star., 1925-07-24

The Rev. William Henry Pettus, &C.
companied by Mr.. David Ross Beattie
of Arlington, Mass, will leave Monday
morning for Nantucket Island, Mass.
to spend August. They will be al
Grand Manan, Canada. for the month
of September.
Evening star., 1925-07-24

The Secretary of Treasury. Mr.. Mel
lon, who is spending some time with
Miss Ailsa Mellon at Southampton
will return to Washington the week
of August ).
Evening star., 1925-07-24

The Undersecretary of state and
Mrs. Joseph c. Grew are leaving
Washington today for New York TO
spend a few days before motoring to
Hancock. y. H.. where their children
have been at their Summer home
since the middle of June. Mr.. and
Mrs. Grew will return TO Washington
in about 10 days.
Evening star., 1925-07-24

Miss Esther Robinson and Miss
Mary Robinson of Cincinnati. Ohio
were the guests last week of their
cousins. Mr.. and Mrs. Paul G.. Ledig.
Mrs. Carlton Taylor and her mother
Mrs. Lucy Jacobs of Lynchburg, Va,
are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Ledig this
week.
Evening star., 1925-07-24
Chilean Envoy Accompanied
By Sonora de Matthew Leaving

The Ambassador of Chile and
Sonora, de Matthew will leave Wash
incton Monday. August 3, for Orange
County. n Y, where they will be
the guests for about a fortnight of
Mr.. and Mrs. L. c. Nigel at their
estate, Green Braes. At the conclu-
sion of their visit in Orange County,
they will go to a farm in New York to
remain until Autumn.
Evening star., 1925-07-24

The first secretary of the CZecno-
slovak legation and Nine. KuraZ, who
at present are spending a few weeks
at Virginia Beach, will sail early In
September for Czechoslovakia. where
DIR. Kuraz will assume his new duties
in the ministry of foreign affairs at
Prague.
Evening star., 1925-07-24
Making Lengthy Western
Trip, Remaining Two Months.

Mrs. William P. Johnson and
daughter. Mrs. Norman II. Jensen.
have left Washington for a tour Of
the West and Northwest. They are
expected back the latter part Of next
month.
Evening star., 1925-07-24
SOCIETY
Italian Diplomats on North Shore Enter
tanned at Montserrat Club Today
by COuntrymen.

" HE Ambassador of Italy and
Signora Donna Antoinette de
Martino and the members OF
u the Italian embassy staff will
be guests of honor at a re-
ception and tea at the MontSerrat
Club. one of the most popular clubs on
the North Shore of Massachusetts,
this afternoon. which will be attended
by other diplomats.
The Marquis and Marquise Ferrante
de Rueffiano. who are at Brunswick,
Me-. will be hosts at the tea.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-18
BIZ Times Special

by Times Special
CHICAGO, Dec. 1S.--Why is it
that the ordinary newspaper &C
counts of incidents in everyday life
seem sensational to the newspaper
reader?
Prof. Robert e. Park Of the sociolo-
gists department of the University of
Chicago, says it is because the news
paper reader knows so little about
this complex thing called life."
In preface to volume in which
he analyses the modern newspaper,
Prof. Park points out that 1t is a
truth Of psychology that when any
thing shocks us we don't understand
it.
Here are some of the professors
comments on news and newspapers.
Humanity speaking the newspa-
pers are about as good as they can
be. If they are to be improved it
will comethrough the education of
the people and the organization of
political information and intelligence.
1T is the existence of critical
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-18
WASTE LAND IN. STATE
Secretary Work Would Reclaim In
diana Soil.

BV Tunes Special
WASHINGTON. Dec. 17.-Exten.
sion Of the Governments efforts to
reclaim taste lands to Indiana and
other midwestern States, was adj
vocated by Interior Secretary Work
in a recent address before the United
States reclamation conference. meet
ing here.
Millions Of acres Of exhausted and
neglected soil lie right at the doors
Of our great centers Of population.
he said, in Indiana, Illinois. Virginia.
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ohio, and
other states not generally thought
Of as having a reclamation problem.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-18
REMOTE POLICE POST

TORONTO-The worlds most
northerly post, also the most remote
Of any bureau habitation, is to be
constructed next year for the royal
Canadian mounted police at the far
end Of Ellesmere Island. Building
materials and two years. supplies
have been cached within easy
freighting distance Of the point.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-18
MAYORS CAN'T WRITE
IIIiterate Officials Sign Names With
Cross.

Bg NEA Service
PARIS, Dec. 1S.--It Is not unusual
to see official documents from small
French towns on which the space
for the mayors signature is filled
by cross with the regulation
phrase: States he can not write
These illiterate mayors belong most
ly to small and remote villages where
it is difficult to find anyone to as
sumo the duties Of local government
at small pay.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-18
NEWSPAPERS LAUDED,
READERS ARE RAPED
IensationaF Impression Of Papers Is Lack Of Under
standing, SocioIogist Declares.

condition which converts what was
otherwise mere information into
news.
Where there is an issue at stake,
where, in short. there is a crisis,
there information which might affect
the outcome one way or another be.
comes live natter Live matter is
news; dead matter is information"
Evening star., 1925-05-31

"Children and Swans in Rock
Creek Park"
Washington Star Photo
Evening star., 1925-05-31

At left: June graduating
class Of Weightnan School.
Photo by n DE Long
Evening star., 1925-06-15

father was very tall and thin and
grandmother was very short and thick
Both were old. tired, embittered and
drained of humanity by self f-denial
They had gone so long without pleas
ure that they had come to regard it,
even for the young. as a luxury, not a
necessity.
you are late. Sally Byrd re-
marked grandmother. pouring coffee
with her trembling hands. You will
have to hurry to be in time for
school,"
II know, grandmother. I oversight
myself"
why did you put on your Sunday
dress?" inquired Aunt Matilda in her
dry, cracking voice. She was a pale,
long, narrow woman, whose ideas were
embalmed in religion as If it We're
a preserving fluid. Her features had
once been pretty and aristocratic, and
there was a lengend that she had
been in love with an infidel in her
youth. She suffered day and night
from a sense of sin, and If possible she
was more depressing companion
than Aunt Louisa, who suffered day
and night from neuralgia.
"Oh, it, May day. There's to be
celebration in the kindergarten" re-
agined. 1t was wonderful. she told
herself, while she sprinkled sugar on
her oatmeal and wished for cream, the
way life went on blandly repeating
ones Imagination.
Did you put the money in the
ginger jar yesterday, Sally Byrd?"
asked Aunt Louisa.
Yes, / put it in" Every month
she put her salary in the green ginger
jar on the mantelpiece. Aunt Louisa.
who attended to the rent and the
housekeeping, kept the money there
because she imagined it was a place
where no burglar would ever think of
looking Aunt Verbena, the ancient
maid of all work, having lived in the
family for 40 years, had proved her
self to be perfectly honest And, be-
sides, since she spent her working
hours in dim regions below ground, it
was logical to suppose that character
in her place was supplemented by lack
of opportunity.
Il shan't need any money" Sally
Byrd was thinking. Stanley told me
not to bring anything, not even bag.
He will buy clothes for me. Prettier
clothes than l have ever had in my
life" Her eyes grew softer and
greener. more like an April mist than
ever, when she thought of the clothes
Stanley would buy for her.
Yes. l put the money in" she
answered. How is your neuralgia,
Aunt Louisa" Never again" sang
the thrush Never again
Aunt Louisa. with the resigned
smile of the neuralgia or the recently
bereaved. replied in chastened tones
that she was waiting for her coffee be-
fore taking a third dose of aspirin.
Matilda insisted on having air in the
room last night she said, though
she knows that l cannot stand air at
night"
Il must hurry away" said the girl
gayly, as she finally drew back from
the table. Did they hear the excite
ment in her voice. she wondered. the
suppressed joy?
But you've eaten nothing. Sally
Byrd protested grandfather, and
Evening star., 1925-06-15
One of a series of the
wears best short
stories.

grandmother repeated after her habit,
"eaten nothing"
'Oh, I took oatmeal. and oatmeal is
so very filling, you lnow,' replied
Sally Byrd. laughing.
Then, as she turned to leave the
room. her heart contracted with a
SpaSm of pity. She saw them all
caught together like mice in Il trap.
Perhaps in their youth, before they
grew too old to struggle, they also had
tried to escape into freedom.
"Goodbyer she called. waving back
from the door; and In spite of the pity
through which she looked at them, the
thrush in her thoughts sang eagerly,
Never again.
AS soon as she was outside of the
house she felt that she wanted to
dance on the pavement. Did prison
ers always feel like this on the morn
ing they were released? How beau
tiful the world, the same world that
she had once thought so sordid, looked
today,
And the people she passed looked at
her so pleasantly. as If. one and all,
they were sharing her secret joy. That
kind old man leaning on his stick at
the crossing; the woman with shawl
over her head hurrying to market: the
boarding house; the milkman swing
ing himself down from his wagon; the
baby in the perambulator humping
the head of his Teddy bear; all these
different persons gazed at her with
little sympathetic smiles peeping from
their eyes and the corners of their
lips. Did they suspect that she was
going to be married today? On, II
you could only dance with your feet
n = ~
AT the crossing she darted like a
sparrow among the vehicles In the
street. In the park, by the fountain.
she knew Stanley was waiting. AS
soon as that laundry wagon drawn by
the white horse went by she would
be able to see him. Why did it move
so slowly? Would 1t never go again?
Yes, 1t was passing just as she reached
the opposite pavement: and while her
eyes searched the walks of the park
she caught her breath and stopped
suddenly, rooted by the magic of a
thought to the spot on which she was
standing. Suppose he should not have
come, Suppose something had hap
pened! Suppose he had changed his
mind at the last minute. For an in
slant Ii seemed to her that her blood
ran cold in her veins. Her pulses
tagged, anG>.then, with throb of
delight, they began beating Jazz
rhapsody She had caught a glimpse
of him by the fountain. When she
entered the park and could look under
the young leaves on the trees she
could see him distinctly. He wa
standing there alone with his hat In
his hand and his arm on the railing.
She could see his brown hair, with
the gloss catching the light, where 1t
swept back from his forehead; the
ruddy tan of his face; the easy, de
lightful look of his figure in the gray
clothes she loved to touch. In a min
ute she would see his hazel eyes twin
king down on her. AS soon as he
caught sight of her she knew that his
face would come alive just as dark
room does when you light lamp in 1t.
"Stanley,' she called softly, and
ran toward him with her hands out
Evening star., 1925-06-15

youth II don't think I can ever be
afraid of anything with you, she
answered.
"Not even of me?" he asked. Il
mean afraid that l might some day
make you unhappy"
But you love me-
That Is only another reason why /
may hurt you" For a moment he was
silent, and then he said very slowly:
Yes I love you. l am sure that
love you" Just as If love were
thing you had to reason about. she
told herself. and not miracle which
you perceived in a flash through some
infallible instinct.
Then / know you will never hurt
me-" she said
He had drawn her to his side on a
bench, and was holding her hands in
his while he spoke. She wished now
that he would be less grave. that he
would take their happiness more
lightly.
IF / could be sure you would never
reproach me- he said.
The color ebbed from her face. DO
you mean" she asked in a small cold
voice, that you don't want to take
me away with you?"
mo. no, / don't mean that He
was kissing her hands. II want you
you: but ! am afraid. | am afraid of
the future"
You don't know-you can't feel
with all your heart and soul that you
want to marry me?" Oh. if only the
earth would open and let her sink
through 1t.
He was pressing her hands to his
lips IF it were only that he re-
piled, but you know, dear, we can't
be perfectly sure even of that After
all, my wife may refuse to divorce
me-"
For minute after he had spoken
she sat gazing at him in silence. as if
she had been turned to stone by his
words. Her look was still fastened
to his; her hand was still pressed TO
his lips; but the color had died so
utterly in her face that it might have
been the face of statue. Only her
Evening star., 1925-06-15

the time I imagined you avoided
speaking of her from some feeling Of
delicacy. So 1 went on blindly avoid
ing, too
But I didn't understand. I didn't
dream" she repeated helplessly.
Does 1T make all that difference to
you, Sally Byrd?'
His voice was miles away from her;
it came out of the dim horizon beyond
the young green leaves and the roofs
and chimneys of the city. Beyond
everything. Out of nothing. Strange
that he should have passed so far
away from her in a moment. Scarcely
a moment even. only a few seconds
before she had been quite close to him;
and now they were sitting side by side
Evening star., 1925-06-15

gray-green eyes seemed to open sud
denly like a vista in a wood, and some
thing looked out of them that he had
never seen there before.
"But-but | don't understand. l
didn't know lou had a wife," she said
in a whisper. as if she were afraid
of being overheard.
At first she had felt nothing, only
the stunned sensation that follows a
blow; but while she answered, it
seemed to her that her body became
full of wires and that along these
wires, which crossed and recrossed,
quivers of pain, like tiny flames, were
passing.
Il thought you knew. Gerty told me
that you knew in the beginning. All
Evening star., 1925-06-15

stretched and the sunshine in her
eyes.
He started as If he were jerked
back from reverie. and glanced
swiftly over his shoulder before he
drew her into his arms.
Sally Byrd, you darling" he ex.
claimed as he kissed her.
She laughed with happiness. "Oh,
you oughtn't to! Not here in the
park"
But there isn't soul about. There
isn't blessed thing in sight except
the sparrows, and they won't tell on
u.s.
OF course he was right to be merry;
but on morning like this, when they
were going away In secret, she felt
she should have preferred him to
be-well, not grave exactly, but at
least serious. After all, when you
came to think of it, and she had
thought of nothing else for the last
three weeks, marriage was a very
very serious thing. And when you
married at 10 you would have such
long time ahead either to enjoy 1t
or to regret 1t.
80 you really came?"
Didn't you know I was coming?"
Il hardly dared believe it. Did
you look in the glass this morning."
When l did my hair. But why?
Is my hat on wrong?"
No. your hat is all right, but
you've got carnation for a face" =
She laughed and drew closer to his
side. Then a fat man strolled by
leisurely, after the habit of the fat
and she slipped away again. How
long have you been waiting?"
Ten minutes, and every minute
was longer than the one before it,
Il know" she agreed. 1T was
like that all day yesterday" The fat
man had sat down on a bench under
locust tree, just where he couldn't
help seeing them If he glanced up
from his newspaper. Wasn't that like
life, she exclaimed inwardly while she
looked at him.
Lets go on the other side" said
Stanley, turning away, and she fol.
lowed him obediently around the foun.
tain. I'D like to- have a picture of
you as you look this morning." he
said. I'D call it April"
How lovely of him that was, There
came over her suddenly the feeling
that she was living not In the actual
world but In some enchanting dream
Life was too beautiful to be real.
Il can't believe that 1t is going to
happen" she said.
His eyes were grave as he looked at
her. 1t takes courage, dear. Have
you courage enough?"
"Courage?" she faltered because she
could not understand. ITO be
happy"
ITO be happy like this. A great
many have tried it, and very few
have succeeded. The difference Is one
of courage. Nothing else can take
it's place, not even love"
She looked at him with the eyes OF
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with an immense distance between
them.
mo, it doesn't make any difference
in my love. 1t doesn't make any
herself saying in thin, faint tones
that sounded like the far-off whistle
of train. Then a sudden thought
made her glance at him sharply.
Does it make any difference in
hers?" she asked.
In hers? My vife's, you mean
Oh. we got over that sort of thing long
ago. We've been separated for years.
But I've never asked her for a
divorce" he added contritely. i've
never wanted one until now"
(Continued in Tonorrow's Starl
Evening star., 1925-06-15
Romance and Sally Byrd
BY ELLEN GLASGOW.
BY ELLEN GLASGOW

Copyright. 1925 by the CroweIl Publishing Coz
Evening star., 1925-06-15

Continued in Tomorrow's Starr
Evening star., 1925-06-15

IN YEVER AGAIN" thought
Sally Byrd Littlepage. as
VI she opened her eyes.
1 Never again"
Imperial Valley press., 1925-06-25

We have all the most popular models and col
ors in the new hats. They are the very smartest
of the season, and the well-dressed woman
wants not one but many in her wardrobe. This
is your opportunity to buy them at the lowest
price of the season,
Imperial Valley press., 1925-06-25
Engineer Praises
Water System
Confined FROM Psga n

I q ]
rso. 81 fs.aiaing ttis firm TO
oversee he work tile city has been
sawed considerable money. ana also
tla taxHsr.r~ have Tie s#U~..cI--a
II e@ Fiat tde plant for
which tte,r money s paving. has
been given the best services IF one
of tAe most reliable Seueiue.riu.
concerns in the southwest.
lIafris paid q compliment f, the
acaal ut trustees Yesterday, stating
t1# ia aIl his experience with
nm.yiHa. governments, he has new
or met such high tsp. o. citizens
in charge Of the city ; affairs. as
those who make mr. the ii Centre
city cagnciI, The cagineof', work
is finished. and with no axe to grind.
Ac stated the ah~erce Of the u-u..
potit.al -ta-' iu the FL Centre
city government. has made Il q
pleasure IT, work with tbem and
has a.so allowed the engineers 20
carry ou ,h-i. ideas - TIE best Of
t+tta- aH+#4Hs > N.tHhNi ttlH4s. sf' '. l.-
"a with hy some one eG5raiued Id
-he engineering profession, Wh9 }va~
seeking % pay political 3ebts.
A. ~aea rs minor adjustments FL
-he mechanism are completed. the
1uMpia- p3a viii ae aivca its
official te>5 "a the presence of the
city trustees. and wlIl then be
turned over Js The city fer opera
ton
When ore visits the water works,
and sees the old punrine plant. aft
tI inspecting the new orc. h. c.ll-
not help bu- wonder hos. j. teH-ra
ever rat by for SO many gears.
with saea inadequate equipment.
and le viii ais, wonder what wo4lI
have happened bad tie ely been
visited by a disastrous fire. These
wonders are .sot o.ly greatly .esscn-
are practically eila.#|feN
~ the uew equipment.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-06-25
LOCAL SCOUTS
RECEIVE. MANY
MERIT BADGES

AT court of honor held here Tues
day evening. Joseph Slemm, mem
bef Of Boy Scout Troop No. | Of
Ca!aXiyo covered himself and his
troop with honor hy being awarded
the much coveted Eagle scout award.
This IS the highest honor in scout
dom and comes only after scout
has received the necessary 2l merit
badge awards. Barney Watson of
Troop I also received three merit
badges.
Troop , of This city had the most
local boy scouts up for houorS, those
who received awards being as fol.
lows: Sammy Eastman, swimming.
aviation and life saving; Billy Foss.
ua>ic; Hiram Gordon. autumobil-
ln-, uacnnsrE; Victor Hctzel, auto.
MODELLING, carpentry. The aviation
award received by Young Eastman
: declared TO be The first award of
= Eind made i'm local scout circles.
0thcr FL Ctutro scouts who Were
&sEg1 awards Were rs follows: Troon
:. Eo'.ert Houston, personal health.
troop is, Milton Finley, wood cary
in; troop ~. Davis Wmuc. swim
ming; Walter Bromley, automobi!
sag.
George Rivers Of Troop lG Wa
made first class scout and Arvel
>tagner Of Troop - u second class
scout.
Members Of Tie court who were
present included ChaIles +. SCOT.
Judge +. j. Cole l.. F. Phiucl.
Jl.H Rice and }F. :. Fawcrtt.