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Evening star., 1925-12-26

come somewhat by using mats of rub
Der, cork or some other resilient ma
terial. The special paints now on the
market make concrete floors easier to
care for, less dusty and more durable.
Linoleum Is a very satisfa ctory COW
ering for the kitchen floor. II is
rela lively dura BILE ComfOrtab BILE for the
feet and easy to clean. II is manu-
factured in A variety of Colors. de-
signs and qualities: the better grades
will be found most economical in
the long run. Vanishing or waxing
Hnoleum is said to protect the sur
face and make it wear longer.
OilcIoth Cheap.
Floor oilCloth is cheap and easily
cleaned. but wears out quickly. Floor
coverings, such as carpets and mat
tings. which hold dust and dirt are
unsuited to the kitchen.
Whatever the material OF the
kitchen floor. or the covering used on
1t, constant scrubbing and the ex-
cessive use of soap and water will
injure The surface. Much care should
be taken. therefore. not to drop food
materials on the floor. Spreading pa
pers where food Is likely to he
dropped or,Erease to he spattered will
save labor in the end. a soft brush
or dust mon will keep a floor in bet
ter condition than broom and rem
der mopping less frequently neces-
sary. \ dish mop of hotel size kept
in a convenient place and used to
remove drops of water or other
liquids accidentally spilled will save
frequent scrubbing of the entire floor,
and when dampened and wrunc
nearly dry can be used to remove
spots or dust. If so used it will often
prevent dirt from being carried from
one part of the room TO another.
Evening star., 1925-12-26
PROSPERITY SHOWN
IN HOME Buying
Healthy Condition Indicated
by Number of Families
in Market.

General business prosperity and the
prospect for a continuance of healthy
conditions is registering itself in the
number of families who are in the
market to purchase homes, according
to members Of the executive commit
tee of the home builders and sub
dividers division OF the National AS
sociation OF Real Estate Boards. But
sellers market, in which purcha sers
are numerous and ready, but in which
there is no flood of properties for sale,
has its own problems for the dealer
In real estate
The best plan for orga nizing a sub
division business 10 meet 1926 con-
ditions Is therefore the topic which
has been taken by the executive com
mittee of the division as the central
subject for the national round table
on home building and subdividing to
be held in New Orleans in connection
with the forthcoming meeting there
of the National Association of Real
Estate Boards
The committee met this week at ma
tional headquarters of the association,
Chicago, to formulate the division s
program for the New Orleans meet
ing and to determine which matters
in relation to the special problems of
the subdivider and home builder
should be taken up for study by the
division during the coming year.
Evening star., 1925-12-26
REAL FRIENDLY ENEMIES.
Envoys of Angry Powers Stay Per-
sonal Friends.

PARIS, December IS CP).-Paris re-
Gently had an illustration of the fact
that diplomats representing powers
near the breaking point frequently are
the best of friends and can find it
possible to be very comradely after
day devoted to the delivery of serious
charges against the adversary under
instructions from their government.
NJ. Morloff. who pleaded the cause
of Bulgaria before the League of Ma
tions Council which sat in judgment
on the recent Greco Bulgarian border
conflict. and NJ. Carapanos. who rep
resented Greece at the same session.
were seen one night entering famous
Montmartre cafe together arm in arm
and talking with the friendliness of
two schoolboy chums. Persons seated
near them in the cafe reported not a
word was uttered about the frontier
incident which had brought their
countries before the bar of the leagues
justice.
Evening star., 1925-12-26
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM,
First Brethren Church Rites To.
morrow Announced.

The First Brethren Church will pre.
sent a Christmas program tomorrow
evening at 7:l5 o'clock The program
will be given by the Sunday school and
will be in the form of a white gift
service.
At the Christmas program to De
held at 7:l5 pm. there will be no
Christian Endeavor meeting. In the
morning at II o'clock the pastor. Rev.
Homer A. Kent. will preach upon the
subject The Worlds Central Figure. -
Evening star., 1925-12-26
PICTURES ON PARASOLS.
Striking Novelties in Use at
Monte Carlo.

PARIS. December 26 GP.-Para
sols bearing the owners portrait
painted in colors on the silk covering
and her narne embroidered under the
picture are one of the striking novel
ties in the promenades of Monte Carlo
this season. Simple colors for para
soils are the vogue this year and such
back grounds make the new fashion
all the more distinctive and striking.
The pictures are of miniature size, but
some of them achieve "A remarkable
likeness to their bearers.
Evening star., 1925-12-26
WHITE CHRISTMAS HITS
GREATER PART OF BRITAIN
London's "Green'f Record Reported
Still Unbroken, Having Nine
teenth Snowless Season.
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, December 26.-Two-thirds
of the British Isles had an old
fashioned white Christmas, but Lon
don's record for green ones is still un-
broken, and yesterday made the nine
teenth without Christmas snow in the
metropolis. 1t was a muggy day out
doors. but within the fires blaZed
cheerily, and all the time-honored
festivities were carried out more ex-
tensively than in any year since the
war.
There is a distinct note of peace and
GOOD will in industry as the new year
approaches. This is evidenced by the
provisional agreement in the ship
building industry for the avoidance of
disputes in the future. the miners
ballot. which is now progressing, on a
scheme intended to settle questions
without stoppage Of work. and the
probable avoidance Of a crisis in the
railway world.
Evening star., 1925-12-26
LENIN FAME QUESTIONED
Town Refused Right to Name
Street for Him

PARIS, December 26 GFD.-The gov
ernment has refused 10 permit the
town of Nitry-sur-S Seine to name one
of it's thoroushfares "Lenin street. "
on the ground that the fame of the
Russian leader is not above question.
The principle of our administrative
Jurisprudence permits the authorize
ton of public homage only TO persons
whose memory is above all polemic
and is not likely to provoke divisions
in public opinion" was the decision
handed down by the minister of the
interior in the official journal
This incident brought on heated dis.
cussion in the Chamber of Deputies.
when the Communist deputy. Garchery
demanded angrily why the govern
ment had ruled against "Lenin street. -
Evening star., 1925-12-26
Stag Hunting About Done.

\ good run" is an hour. A run OF
two hours is extremely rare. A run
under an hour is not considered high
sport. About a third Of the foxes get
away, because if a run lasts more than
an hour the horses are too winded to
keep going.
Next to the Beaufort hounds. the
most famous in England are the Mel.
ton Mowbray, the Belvoir. the Bicester
and the Whaddon chase packs.
There was a letdown in fox hunting
during the war, but every indication
now points to renewed popularity for
this most famous of all English sports.
Stag hunting still persists in few
places in Dartmoor. but is slowly dying
out. largely because of public opinion.
which has repeatedly denounced it as
abominable and degrading. The pro
cedure and etiquette are exactly the
same as in fox hunting, except that
the stag has no chance for life. Ii is
captured and brought into the hunt
territory, and then, many miles from
its free habitat, is hunted by packs of
hounds set in ambush. There are few
wild stags left in England.
And whereas the fox is a small ami
NAL of no particular value, a noble
stag is another matter altogether-and
the sight of great stag torn to death
by hounds is hardly edifying.
(Copyright. 1925. by the Chicago Daily News
Company
Evening star., 1925-12-26
Births Reported.

The following births have been reported
to the Health Department in the last q
hours:
william R. and Alice X. Sheehan. boy
George and Ella Newton. girl.
Naieeb J. and Amelia B. Neam. boy.
Ira s. and GLADYS E. Shantz, girl.
julius G. and Dora Lovelace, girl.
Robert S. and Lorena E. Roberts, boy
Lee G. and Sidney Miller. boy.
Morris and Jennie Phillips. girl,
William Y. and Ethel Athey. boy
John P and Edna Mann; jr., girl.
Stanley and Agnes Beaner. hoy.
Charles and Margaret Thompson, girl.
Harris and Pearl Jefferson, boy.
John and Emily Turner girl.
Leonard and Eleanor Taylor. girl
BENJAMIN r. and Evelyn Bomar. hay.
William and Ruth Fears. Eirl.
Hsss and A..nes Washington. .irl.
Evening star., 1925-12-26
PARTY AT ST. JOHNS,
Church Will Give Candy to 500
Children of Parish.

Gifts of candy will be presented to
the children of the ST. Johns Parish
at a Christmas party, to be held at
the church, Sixteenth and H streets,
at o'clock this afternoon.
Rev. DR.. Robert Jobnstone, rector.
and Rev E. S. Dunlap will speak, and
program of carols will be sung by
the full choir. About 500 are expect.
cd TO attend
Evening star., 1925-12-26
BUILDERS DEFEAT
DELAYS OF WINTER
Many Contracts Now Being
Let for Construction
in Off Season.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, December 26.-JaCk
Frost has been whipped by the build
ing contractor, and the increasing vol
ume of contracts being let for Winter
construction indicate that its adyan-
tages are becoming better appreci-
ated
A survey by w j. Lynch, vice presi-
dent of a large contracting firm, dis
closed that one of the principal ad-
vantage of Winter construction was
that the more constant employment
attracted better artisans. and tended
to avoid the peak demand of high
wages and scarcity of labor expert
enced every Summer.
Little Time Lost.
There IS little. If any. difference
in the amount of time lost between
Winter season and milder sea son
work" Lynch said Delay due to
severe cold and heavy SHOWS does not
amount to more than weeks time
on building and equal delays due
to rain in the milder season seem
to have been overlooked.
1t Will be conceded generally that
the quality of the work in the Win
ter will be unimpaired. but it is urged
tfdl tne cost Will ne IIOfllDlllNt- / lie
cost OF heating materials for concret-
ing on "A million dollar job will run
less than l per cent and the cost of
heat for interior work rarely exceeds
one-half of ] per cent of the building s
cost.
Reason for High Wages.
"One of the rea sons for high wages
in the building industry is the tire.
mendous turnover and the contention
of various trades that workmen have
only sea sonal employment. due TO the
nature of the industry. Furthermore
scarcity of employment in the Winter
months is a deterrent to potential me.
Chan mics who would readily enter the
ira deS We're there an allsea son de
mand for their labor.
The practice of letting contracts
during all periods of the year would
give greater utilizatio to the busi-
ness instrumentalities of the industry. -
Evening star., 1925-12-26

Mrs. Clarice NJ. Baright, who has
been appointed a temporary city mag
istrate in New York, was the first
woman to sit as chairman of lunacy
commission, the first woman lawyer
ever to defend a case of general
court martial and the first woman to
be admitted to membership In the
American Bar Association.
Evening star., 1925-12-26
christmas Night Ball
Aids Children's Home.

The ball last evening in aid of the
Children's Country Home was given
In the bathrooms of the AIayflower
Hotel, a representative company at
lending. Many of the boxes were oc-
Rupied by members of dinner parties
preceding the ball, this charity beng
one of the most appealing in Wash
inEton. Mrs. Joseph Letter, president
of the board of lady managers. re-
seived. assisted by Mrs. Lee p. War
rem. Mrs. Yelverton Garnet. Mrs To-
seph Noell. Mrs. kenna Elkins and
Mrs. Robert 3. Roosevelt.
Assistant Secretary of the Treas
brv and Mrs. Charles s. Dewey took
the members of their house party to
the ball, the company including Mr.
peWey's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Dewey, and their son. Mr.. Albert
Dewey, jr., and Mr.. Charles s. Dewey,
r.; Miss SuZette Dewey debutante
daughter of the Assistant Secretary
and Mrs. Dewey. occupied Nine.
Hauge's box with party of young
people.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Belmont were
hosts at dinner and took their guests
10 their box later. In the company
were the Amba ssador of Belgium and
Baroness de Cartier. Princess Mar
Earet Boncompagni and Mr. and Mrs.
John Rallentine Pitney.
Among the guests in Mrs. Charles
=. Woods box We're Mr.. and Mrs
Iampson Gary and Capt and Mrs.
Robert Henderson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Warren gave
dinner last evening for their
daughter. Miss Lenore Scullin. later
attending the ball. Their guests in
cluded Miss Suzette Dewey. Miss
Frances Mckee, Miss Rosamond
Reed, Miss Lille Roosevelt, Miss
Louise McLanahan, Miss Louise Ire.
land, Miss Magma Merckle, who is the
guest of Miss Mckee: Mr.. Bates Nc
kee, Mr.. Bruce Campbell, Mr.. Thomas
Bell Sweeney, jr., and Mr.. John
Sweeney, Mr.. Theodore Ryan, Mr..
Nicholas Ludington, Mr.. Arthur
Milliken, Mr.. Henry Potter, Mr.. Henry
Powell. MIR. Charles Willard, Mr.
Hanabil Hamlin. Mr.. John Hoys Radt
and Mr.. Holland Martin.
Mrs. Joseph Noell had in her box
Mrs. kenna Elkins, Mrs. Mccarthy
Lounsberry, Mai. John j. Reddy. Maj
4. C. Sandeford and Mr.. Woodson
Houghton.
MrH John =. Williams, mother of
Evening star., 1925-12-26
Reason for High Wages.
Two Industries on the Slide.

From the Boston Herald.
Manufactures of hairpins have been
hit no harder than manufacturers Of
currVcOD1hS
Evening star., 1925-12-26
Miss Mary Selden
To Make Debut Today.

10 Make DeDut I0uaS.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Selden, jr..
will entertain at d tea dance this
afternoon from to { o'clock in their
home, at 211S Connecticut avenue.
when they will present their daugh-
ter, Miss Mary Selden, TO society. The
house has a charming ARA angement of
cut flowers and ferns, and the debu.
tante will have assisting her the buds
of the season. Mrs Selden will be
assisted by Mrs. Harry Norment Mrs.
Absolam Waller, Mrs. Victor kauff-
mann. Mrs. Hampson Gary. Mrs. a.
Pembroke Thom Miss Carolyn Smith
and Mrs. Thomas Fitzgerald of Pitts
bursh, sister of Mrs. Selden, who is
her house guest.
Mrs Selden will wear a gown of
bois de rose Spanish lace over chiffon
of the same shade. and her daughter
will be in dainty froCk of white
taffeta, made with a close-fittinG
bodice and full circular skirt. with
Tiny rosebuds are caught here and
there on the skirt. and she will carry
an old-fashioned bouquet.
Mrs Selden has with her for the
holidays, Mr.. Thomas Fitzgerald. jr.;
Miss Frances Fitzgerald and Miss Jean
Gano.
entertain 90 young guests at dinner
tonight at the Chevy Chase Club for
Mrs Brittons schoolgirl daughter,
Miss Marjorie s. Pilson.
Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes and Mrs.
Stokes will entertain a company of 20
at dinner this evening for their debu-
tante daughter, Miss Olivia Phelps
Stokes, in honor of the members of
the Yale Dramatic Association, the
company later going to the Yale play.
Mrs. John Ryan DevereuX will not
receive tomorrow afternoon in her
Chevy Chase home, owing TO the sud
den death of her uncle.
Col. and Mrs. y. F. Mcclure have
recalled their invitations for tea to-
morrow afternoon which they had
planned for their nieces. Miss Grace
Wells and Miss Doris Wells. because
of the illness of Miss Doris Wells, who
ls at Walter Reed Hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Bryan Pitts
will entertain at dinner this evening
In honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Pitts.
Col. and Mrs Robert y. Harper will
be hosts this evening to a company of
hn at buffet supper, followed by
Yards and dancing.
Miss Adelaide Bride of E,dgemoor
has returned from Pinehurst. where
she was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs
II. S. Grayson.
Evening star., 1925-12-26
THE BACHELOR APARTMENTS"
II37 II STREET NV.
UNDER NEW NJ


Two rooms and bath: under new manage.
ment hotel service SSO00 to $4,000 a
month. For gentlemen who want comfort
and privacy. Phone Main 1872.
Evening star., 1925-12-26
SOCIETY
Agriculture Head and Mrs Jardine
Hosts at Christmas Dinner
Last Evening.

T HE Secretary of Agriculture
and Mrs. Jardine entertained
at a family dinner last eve
= ming at the Mayflower Hotel
when the company included
Mrs. Jardine's brother and sister-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank knowlton
Nebeker. and their daughters, Miss
Ruth Nebeker and Miss Della Ne
beker: Miss Ruth Jardine, Miss Ma
rion Jardine and Miss Rita Hume,
niece of Mrs. Jardine.
Chilean Envoy Feted
BY Argentine Ambassador.
The retiring Amba ssa dor of Chile
and Sonora de Matthew will he the
honor guests al dinner this evening
of the Amha ssador of Argentina and
Sonora de Fueyrredon. Among the
guests will he the Ambassador of
France and Nine. Daeschner.
Evening star., 1925-12-26

The Amba ssador of Italy and Sig
nora di MARITIME were hosts at lunch
con today entertaining in compliment
TO the apostolic delegate, Mgr.
Biondi. Others in the company were
members of the embassy staff.
Evening star., 1925-12-26
Make Way for Hunters.

And behind this aggregation come
hunters the county ladies and gen
tlemen, dressed in what is known as
pink" but resembles scarlet, mounted
on magnificent horses. drinking the
shot of gin known as the 'stirrup
cup which is meant to steel the soft
ones for the bloody business to follow
II is hard to see why they are called
hunters, since they do nothing but
follow the dogs and watch.
"Tally-ho"' cries the NJ. F. II.
The hounds sweep across the coun-
try. through plowed fields. across stiles
and fences. over bitches and under
brush. with their famous high bay
screaming against the wind. A fox Is
located and the chase is redoubled.
The fun begins-or ends-when the
fox is quarried, torn to bits by the
hounds, and the brush yanked out as
trophy and smeared on novice $
cheek.
Sometimes the fox Is shrewd and
goes TO earth In other words. he
finds hole. when a special kind of
dog Is called into play, the Jack Rus
sells. These are small fox terriers
that burrov even as the fox burrows
and route him from the hole. Then
the chase. often over extremely rough
and difficult country, begins again.
Evening star., 1925-12-26

The retiring Minister of Esthonia
and Nine. Pip will go tomorrow TO
New York, where Mr.. Pip will sail
Monday on the Ma jestic for Esthonia
where he will take up his duties as
minister of foreign affairs. Nine. Pip
will return to Washington and will
join her husba nd in kIsthonia about
the middle of January.
The secretary Of the legation. COL.
Victor Mutt. will he charge datfaires
until new minister is appointed 10
this post.
Senator and Mrs. Peter Goelet Gerry
were the guests in whose honor the
latters sister. Mrs. Nicholas Brown,
entertained a dinner last evening in
her home in Providence. l.. l.. where
Senator and Mrs. Gerry are spending
the holidays with her. Others in the
company were Bishop and Mrs. James
de Wolf Perry and Mrs. Harold
Brown of New York.
Mrs. Wilbur J. Carr will not receive
tomorrow afternoon. but will receive
Sundays in January. after o'clock.
Mr. and Mrs. James NJ. Beck will
entertain a company at dinner this
evening in compliment to the latter S
brother and Sister-in-law. MIR. and Mrs.
Howard l.. Mitchell of New York.
Evening star., 1925-12-26
FOX HUNTING STILL
bR|TA|N'S BEST FUN
Riding to the Hounds Gives
Pleasure to Britons, Old
and Young.
BY JOHN GUNTHER.


Daily News.
LONDON, England, December Is.
In England hunting" means only
that kind of hunt in which no guns
or other arms are used, dogs being
employed instead.
As such. hunting is probably the
most famous of all English Winter
sports. Together with shooting. >
which is totally different sport. hunt
ing is the amusement. the rela xation
and often enough the chief occupa
ton of the English country gentle
man during the Autumn and Winter.
Like other ancient English sports. II
has "a tradition ritual and pres
tige all its own.
Hunting is almost the last survival
of the medieval chase and even as
practiced now it is often a cruel sport.
The quarry is the fox. the trophy
the fox's brush or tail. The fox
is not shot; it is torn to pieces by
the dogs. When a boy goes on a
hunt for the first time-or girl
nowadays-the brush is torn from the
body of the fox and daubed across
the young hunters face. The splotches
of blood on the face of girl or boy
denote initiation into this ancient and
royal sport. Frequently the boys
some of them little over 10 years old
find this 'blooding' Sickening bust
ness.
Packs of Fine Dogs.
The hunts are held all over Eng.
la nd almost every day In the week
during Autumn and Winter. Foxes
are found almost anywhere in slightly
rough country. especially i'm Lincoln
shire. the seat of most fox hunting
ENmoor and DartmoUr The hunts
are professionally organized by ma :.
| ters of fox hounds" who keep the
dogs at certain headquarters through.
! out the counties and receive subscip,
tions from country gentlemen who
wish To join the chase.
As il begins the hunt Is brave
spectacle. The hounds are magnifi.
'ent. They are tall, ranGy. powerful
| Beasts. pebald in black and white
with long earS-bred exclusively for
hunting Of this type hloodhounds and
nothing else. They hunt in couples
20 couples or 40 hounds being a
| fair sized pack. They are extremely
expensive dogs. each costing much
as a moderate priced automobile
The dogs, snaring. swapping and
eager. are held in leash until the ma 6
ter of fox hounds. who is in charge
with green cap. Behind the M F.
H., as he is known. are his assist
ants. the "huntsmen." Behind them
are the 'whippers in" All have long
whips for use on recalCitrant dogs.
Evening star., 1925-12-26

Col. and Mrs. Robert \. Harper will
be hosts this evening to a company of
hn at a buffet supper, followed by
"a rds and dancing
Evening star., 1925-12-26

Col. and Mrs. y. F. Mcclure have
recalled their invitations for tea to-
morrow afternoon which they had
planned for their nieces. Miss Grace
Wells and Miss Doris Wells, because
of the illness of Miss Doris Wells. who
ie at Walter Reed HOSDital
Evening star., 1925-12-26

Mr. and Mrs. George Bryan Pitts
will entertain at dinner this evening
IN honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Pitts.
Evening star., 1925-12-26

Miss Adelaide Bride of Edgemoor
has returned from Pinehurst, where
she was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs
II. S. Grayson.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-01-10
Quite CnpabIe

There Is nothing sinful about hav-
In. a reasonable pride in ones she
longIngs and estate. but when a man
has not the sense to keep his mouth
shut about them he becomes a general
nuisance
A farmer OF this order had met a
few of his acQualniances on thea mar
ket day, and, as usual. soon monopo-
lized the whole of the conversation,
talking about his steam thresher, his
reaping machine. his barns. his this
and his that. until they were all
heartily tired OF listening to him. -He
was the first TO 60. however.
AYE" says one of them. land has
We a wln'mIll?"
INA. that's what oh hae nae"
well. man. It's pity We had nae,
for We could blaw # yerses.""-London
Weekly Telegraph
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-01-10
Healing" Po.Oer. of Flower,

= Some quaint superstitions still lin
ger around many of the common flow
ers in rural parts OF England
GroundSel is said 10 be a certain
cure for toothache. but the root must
be dug up with an Implement having
no iron In Il. and the aching tooth
is then touched FIVE times with the
root.
The juice Of the red flower OF va
Ierlan is o cure for spllnters In the
flesh. While fennel flowers will heal
broken bones, or. II they need 20 be
glued together. the roots OF SoIomop,s
seal. ground up and drunk in ale, will
do the trick.
Eyebright Is believed TO be infaIli-
bic for treating ali eye troubles. espe-
cially falling eyesight. the rurals
pointing out that birds and animals
never suffered from bad eyes because
they peck at the eyebright.