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MASTER OR SLAVE?
We Are Masters of Our Habits When We
Give Them Conscious Attention
and Conscious Direction.

been in the habit Of going to beA
after taking off his clothes.
Thus, in a thousand ways, habit
makes slaves Of US all.
The other side OF the question
is that we have developed habits
to make them our slaves.
Which is master and which II
slave depending entirely upon our
selves.
We are masters OF our habits
when we give them conscious
attention and conscious direction.
1t is a good idea for every per-
son, who, for instance, uses tobac
CO or alcohol. however moderate
~, or has any other habitual in
diligence. once in a while to lay
1t aside, II only for a time, just to
see which Is boss.
The way to control any habit
IL to develop master habit.
Begin by thinking, as you prob.
ably never have thought, anout.
your habits. Of the things you
have been doing, are now doing
ana expect TO keep on doing in
precisely the same way. You
will be surprised at the length OF
the list. It WIN embrace not
merely your indulgences. the
things you classify as vices, but
the little things that you do re-
peatedIy. Then appraise each
habit at it's value.
II they are useful, dismiss them
into your unconscious and Ier
them go on working for you. II
they are not as useful as they.
ought to be, make them subject
to your master habit Of review
and in all necessary particulars
forcibIy subordinate them 70 the
directing powers Of your win.
Be the masater and not the
slave OF your habits.
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Second InstaIIment of Modern Novel,
Centered On Heart and Mind
of the ''Flapper."

She fled across the dim patio.
He stood with folded arms, his
chin sunk in his chest. Yes
tomorrow he would be sane
again. This would be done.
Men and women before have
made such vows. The winds
must laugh to hear them.
CHAPTER XXI.
StacixeR Cards.
Nora Lee lay. asleep. .sthe little
boy Graded in her arms. Their
cheeks were pressed together;
sonny had one small hand clasped
on his mothers ear.
In the shaded glow Of the lamp,
her skin had . peariy luster: the
wide, scarlet lips were parted hap
ply. They looked more like two
children dreaming than like mother
and boy.
sFor a moment Dane stood at
the foot Of the bed. then he
turned hastily and pulled of his
necktie.
The boy began to mumble. then
Dane freed him gently from Nora
Lees arms and carried him to his
crib in the small adjoining room.
The warm. moist lips touched
against his face; the small head
nestled on his shoulder. He felt
suddenly cold and trembied.
'sDidn't Kiss Me-"
As he returned to the room
Nora Lee flung out q frantic arm.
felt along the bed. She sat up,
distracted with q sharp: SONNY
sonny
"I put him down. Were you
dreaming?'
She sank back sleepiIy: you
put him DOWN. Whend you
conner slate? Didn't kiss me,
did you? She was half smiling
half teasing only q little awake.
He waited Tor her eyes to close.
But she repeated in a trailing,
mockery: Didn't kiss me?'
He stopped and laid his lips on
hers. She patted his cheek with
an airy: " Shelter. fellow!''
The flush and softness Of her
lips. the youngness Of her shad-
owed eyes focused on his thoughts
with q disturbing holiness. He
switched out the light and un-
dressed In the dark.
And In the dark the events
Of the evening became unreal
and bizarre. He found himself
thinking: II. couldn't help it,
it wasn't my doing!" Any man
would do the same. He'd have
no choice. A woman OF Natalie's
quality demanded consideration
and delicacy-'' Nothing to itr' He
yawned with exaggerated weari.
ness and wished to sleep.
Go BE Continued TomOrrow.)
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MEDITATIONS
OF A
MARRIED WOMAN

OF A
BY HNIen ROWhn

bright particular HE" who VIII
waltz you away into Paradise.
And 10. you so down to the office
some morning. and discover that
he has been sitting right beside
you at the next desk. all the time!
You wander Ill over the face OF
the earth-only to find that love
was waiting for you. ''just around
the corner"
You weave beautiful dreams and
build castles in the air and bun"
galows In Spain, with q Prince or
Princess Charming always some.
where In the foreground.
And, 10. just 90 you have de-
cided to STOP kidding yourself"
and to be wise and philosophical,
or colo and cynical. or hard and
practical. you suddenly see all
your airy visions embodied and
materialized In some commonplace
muU13n USAu&e WAOAAA yVN uSNO4
suspected Of being anything more
than q platonic frtend-or "the
man next door''-or ''the girl
across the street"
That's Loves little joke. Just
a. long as you so looking for It.
and pursuing It. you win never
find much except false alarms"
and seconds" and limitations.
Falling in love 10 like stepping
into an open cellar door. or run.
ming the car into q telegraph pole
something that just happens
to you, when you AREN'T looking
for It!
REAL Love, like inspiration, or
April weather, or Summer colds,
Is always q SURPRISE!
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NORA LEE : By Elenore Meherin
BRIDAL
EXPENSES
Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman'
nEAR MRS. BEEKMAN:

-NAA - wa SeSSASSS 4SS~SA1AAS~AA
nEAR MRS. BEEKMAN:
~ Does the brides family pay
for the invitations and other in.
cidentals?
(2) Who gives the bride away
when none Of her relatives are
present?
Csl Is it proper for the groom
to wear q tuxedo when the we'd
ding is to be performed after
o'clock?
90 What form Of invitations
should be sent out where the
bride is away from home and is
sending the invitations out here?
II and how long preceding che
wedding should the invitations be
mailed?
90 Where there are brides
maids. who furnishes their dresses
and bouquets?
MISS woULD.BE.PRoPER
IVES, practically all the ex.
j penses Of the wedding are
paid for, by the brides family or
the bride. The groom pays only
for the wedding ring, the mar
rage license, the bridal bouquet
and the clergyman's fee. If
there are ushers at the wedding,
he usually sends them their ties
and boutonnieres.
.. There 10 no rule for this
circumstance. should think
that, in this case. the bride
would choose not to have anyone
present her In marriage.
8. For an evening wedding,
that is, one after 8 o'clock, the
correct attire for the groom is
fun dress. A tuxedo is only
very informal substitute.
4. Even IL the bride is away
from home, II is better. II she
can, to send the invitations or an
nouncements In the name OF her
parents, or. IL she has no parents.
in the name of married brother
and his wife or a married sister
and her husband. Wedding invi-
tations should be sent out about
three weeks before the date set
for the marriage.
s. An attendants Of the bride
or groom furnish their own at
tire. The bouquets of the attend
ants Of the bride are usually sent
by the brides family or the bride.
Occasionally the groom wishes to
send the bouquets to the attend
ants Of his bride, but usually
they are sent by the family OF the
bride, who plan them as an ar
tistic accessory of the costume to
be worn by the attendants.
Mrs. Beeclxman will be glad to
answer questions on etiquette
submitted by readers)
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; ing seven winks and see what
had caused Bobby to make such
a strange remark.
put on my glasses and looked
on the ground at my feet.
Sure enough there was a fuzzy
caterpillar, crawling along, and
on his back sat a little fly.
"Just like the rhinoceros bird
on a rhino's back" chuckled.
Wonder If the caterpillar likes
to have him there like the rhino
does?" asked Bobby.
Perhaps the fly picks things
off Of the caterpillars," I sug-
gested.
ION the contrary" announced
Bunny decidedly, 1T doesn't pick
things off. 1t puts them on and
1t is bad luck for the caterpillar"
he added.
what does the fly put on?
I can't see that that fly Is doing
anything but take a caterpillar
back ride" said Bobby.
IF you had microscope you'd
See." said Bunny. "That fly has
a sharp little instrument under
its body. 1t pierces the skin Of
the caterpillar and every time 1t
thtusts in its sharp point 1t lays
an egg.
Right in the caterpillar?'
gasped Bobby.
Exactly" replied Bunny. "And
that is the beginning Of the end
Of that caterpillar"
"Why?" asked inquisitive
Bobby.
I'm a very few hours" said
Bunny. those fifty or sixty little
eggs will hatch out into grubs."
bright in the Caterpillar?''
asked Bobby, wrinkling up his lit
tie forehead.
But what do they eat?" I
asked.
1.-THE caterpillar" replied Bun
ny. "They live and grow and
gnaw away at the caterpillar
first eating the fat, for you see
how squashy a caterpillar is
ugh, know" said Bobby,
making a face. II picked one up
once"
EYES," continued Bunny. "And
all the while the caterpillar goes
on eating leaves and occasionally
changing his coat. unconscious
that he is being eaten alive"
"Then what happens?" asked
Bobby impatiently.
1.-The little grubs eat and eat
until there IL nothing left but the
shell OF the caterpillar. Then
they spin cocoons right in that
shell and finally out come files
known to the scientific world as
Ichneunon flies." said Bunny,
raising his right paw and nod
ding his head like a professor.
However. the caterpillar suffers
no pain"
There ought TO be something
nice about It," said Bobby as he
watched the caterpillar crawl
slowly away with its tiny rider.
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By EIen0re Meherin.
The Biggest and Best Story of
uar CaraAP

The Biggest and Best Story OF
Her Career.
nANE slowed. slipped an arm
~ about her: why. Natalie!
A moment ago you were gay"
"A moment ago z was madr
"You didn't es1swer my ques-
ton. Why must visit you IN
Russia when you need only re-
main here?"
you win never visit mel
Never!S
'-Taen dOnat - away. Natalie.
why should yOu7"
she answered. fmpIoring. and
the way she spoke was like a
moan: Let me just ride like this.
Dane. And remember After this
hour. you win forget"
al win not forget.
Through tie Garden.
ssyou have promised" She let
her head rest against his shout
DIR. one hand touching on his
arm. He felt her light breath
the fragrance Of her hair
wreathed about his face. Yet he
felt wracked and weighted ana
unhappy.
sWhat were the many things
va., wished 70 say, Natalie?"
81 have said them AL. Dane"
sYou said nothing.
aAII-No-I shall not enter
that way. Come through the
garden"
He helped her from the car,
followed down a path walled with
shrubs. In the shadow, Of an
old oak she paused The moon
touched her white face with light
as she turned 1t quietly to his
and smiled: TEL me. : Dane.
that need not sorrow for the
thing I have done. Tell me not
TO be ashamed"
"A IIOuDlcQ CEJ CoS@8sCA A--sA.e
He bowed his head. You can
not be ashamed. Natalie. "
No-and dent take back
what i've said. I love you. Per-
haps 1 should be cursed for this.
But L didn't seek It. And am
glad you have no love for me-.
Don't say that
As in Ages Gone.
She smiled: You regard me
highly You have no love for
me such as mine = Tor you. So
you must put from your mind
the things i've said. You must
do this in kindness to me-
she bent down quickly and took
his hands, and covered their
palms with her lips TAnd tomor.
row. Dane, yon win forget thAto
was ever this tonightH'
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TO THE
LOVELORN

The chapsyons QusstiOn


~ EAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I am a girl Of twenty
IL and fond Of good times.
Ny mother is still back in the last
generation and thinks that young
men and girls when going out
for an evenings fun should be
chaperoned.
OF course rather than 60 to q
girl friends party where there
are young men and bring my
mother along as chaperon ] stay
home.
In my place Of business there
are q few young men. but they
all have women friends, and the
girls work with seem to be
able to go anywhere at any time
and get acquainted.
can't even invite anyone up
to the house, as don't know
any young men, probably never
win.
Could you please give me some
advice? LONESOME.
TAKE your mother along as
j chaperon If she insists, but
don't refuse invitations to pleas
ant parties, as this is the best
way Of getting acquainted with
congenial young people.
Possibly your mother would
consent to sending someone with
you to chaperoned party, then
calling for you later. or sending
q brother or your father to call
for you. Such strict chaperonage
az hers is somewhat unusual
these days, but 1t needn't pre-
vent your having good times.
When you attend q party and
meet congenia1 young people In
vitA them in turn to your home.
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You look into one pair Of eyes
after another. hoping to see the
Shining Vision. only to meet FOL.
~ or dalliance or misunderstood
ing-some Of loves substitutes"
and cheaper grades" Then. you
close your eyes wearily-and be-
hold, when you open them again.
Love Is gazing at you, through
the mist In somebody's ayes!
You go jazzing about, from din
ner dance to midnight party. from
tea dance to weekend party, hop
Ing secretly to meet just 1.-THE
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1T was a lazy summer after.
i noon. Bobby. Bunny and !
were sitting In the garden OF
a country house in England where
we were visiting.
rested my head on the back
OF the rustic chair in which I
was sitting, tilted my hat over
my eyes and decided that 1t was
a good time to take forty winks.
But I had only taken about
thirty.three when I heard Bobby
say:
Look at that fly getting a free
ride on that caterpillar's back"
This was too much for me, so
1 decided to forfeit the remain.
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have.
T h g other
day I had q
small n1oIpen-
tary panic. /
changed m y
clothing has
tily, prepare
tory to start
ing on a trip.
AT the eXplra-
ton Of a cou-
pie of hours
my tit {
~..o,-a~bal 800
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By DR.. Chas. A. L. Reed,

By DR.. Chas. A. L. Reed,
Former President Of the American
Medical Association.
WHEN you have done one thing
F." over and over again you
presently begin to do it more
easily and almost unconsciously.
That is habit.
You have a certain way Of un.
dressing: you take off your gar.
ments in a certain way, lay them
aside in a certain order. or ids
order, get into bed a certain way
and lie in 3 certain posture.
That Is habit. Try to change
the order and see how much
....-.,.....,.......- kY.NVIklX
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WHEN DID IT
HAPPEN?

UTHEN was the American School
" for Classical Studies at
Athens opened?
when did Nicolo Zeno, Ven.
etian explorer, live?
S-when did Daniel Chester
French. American sculptor. model
"The Minute Man?"
when did David Hartley,
founder of English associational
psychology. die?
5--Wbcn was the Battle Of
Cape st. Vincent?
ANSWERS
To Yesterdays questions.
THE New York Society Of
Ethical Culture was founded in
1876.
2-Zanzibar became q British
prctectorate in 1890.
S-Uncas, chief Of the Mohegan
Indians. died about 1882.
4-The Raid of Ruthven Castle,
Scotland. took place in 1882.
@The Art Institute Of Chicago
was Incorporated in 1879.
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way around
the world, and
Ike the rain.
5ow It recedss
nockingly be-
lore you. Then,
Just as you
ling aw ay
your illusions.
give up the
pursuit, and
s ay ''Neyer
again. - you
discover love.
there at your
feet. for the
taking.
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You chase It and chase Il. half
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Here and There

One. Of the books Of etiquette
printed in France in the four
teenth century advised the man
Of fashion to wash his hands
every day and to wash his face
almost as often"
Britain's love for meat is evi.
denced by the fact that no less
than 1897 1897 tons OF beef and
mutton were consumed in that
country in 1923, the highest
total for the last six years?
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Is q 1UnHys WHITEHEAD
- thing-and SO coy!
You go seeking and seeking It,
until you give up hope Of ever
finding It. And then. just as you
have packed away your dreams
and decide to become q ''cynic." it
sneaks up behind you. and tags
you TT"
Ynn chase Il and chase II. half
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-02
BRIDGE GIVEN
FOR BRIDE-ELECT.

Miss Virginia Edwards, daughter
If Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Edwards,
whose marriage to Ensign John
Elbridre Parker, u. s. NJ Will
take place April IA, is the guest
Of honor at bridge this afternoon
Of Miss Mary Elizabeth Thompson
who is entertaining at the Chevy
Chase Club. other guests are Miss
Pauline Coleman. Miss Eleanor
Northrup, Miss Leah DeMoii, MISS
Eugene Lejeune, Miss E!izapetn
Thompson, Miss Anne turner
Miss Margaret Foote, Miss sophie
Beale, Miss May Taylor, MISS
Margaret Casey, Miss Mary griffith,
Miss Ruth Green. Miss Betty Burr
Edwards, Miss Elizabeth Dorsey
Miss Adelaide Bride, Miss Cecil
Lester Jones. Miss Elizabeth Beale,
Miss Alfalfa Kimmel, Miss Betty
Bryant, Miss Caroline Henry, Miss
Lucille Smith, Miss Minnie HILL
Miss Anne Devereux, Miss Rather
inc Wrenn, Miss Isabel Green, Miss
Elizabeth Hume, Miss Elizabeth
Greenleaf, Miss Margaret MackaIl,
Miss May Parker, Miss Dorothy
Miller, Mrs. Xenopnon Price, Mrs.
Royce Hough, jr., Miss Mary Hills,
and Mrs. Lawrence DuBose.
Tea was served following the
bridge at which Mrs. Edwards,
mother OF the bride.elect, and Mrs.
A. T. Britton, grandmother OF the
hostess, presided.
. Miss Edwards will be the guest
OF honor at q luncheon and bridge
to- be given by Miss Cecil Lester
Jones on April Z.
\ 49,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley p. Wilson,
who have been in California for sew
era1 weeks, will return to Holm
Hall, their picturesque estate near
Alexandria, Va, on Friday. They
have been made much of by old
friends in San Francisco and South
ern California.
Mrs. Victor Kaufman, Mrs.
Robert Mackenzie and Mrs. Emer-.
son Howe win entertain jointly at
dinner tomorrow evening at the
Hotel Hamilton preceding the meet.
ing Of the Friday Evening Dancing
Class at the New Willard.
Mrs. Kaufman was hostess to
a company Of twenty-eight at lunch.
con today at the Chevy Chase Club.
Brigadier General and Mrs. Al
bert G. Dalton entertained at din
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G. Christie, of the embassy staff,
and Sir Adrian BailIie, also OF the
embassy staff.
Mr.. and Mrs. Post Wheeler have
returned to Washington and are
at the Shoreham Hotel.
&A
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles DENLY have
with them their son, Charles DENLY,
ir.. who Is here on two months
leave of absence from Athens,
Greece. where he is stationed at
the American legation.
Mrs DENLY was hostess at lunch
con today In compliment to Mrs.
Arthur Tuttle, OF Chicago. who j.
visiting the Misses Sedgley.
Congressulan and Mrs. Parker
Corning and their daughter, Miss
Mary Corning, win return tomorrow
from q short stay m New York,
where they were: at the Ambassador
Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward w. Box,
Of Philadelphia, are guests at The
Mrs. Charles n. sabin. Of New
York. is also at The Mayflower for
asfew days.
Mrs. Alice De Witt Widdemer is
spending the Lenten season with
Mrs: Florence jackson Standard, at
2O19 N street. Mrs. Widdemer Is
the mother Of Margaret Widdemer,
the poet, who Is coming to Wash
ingtOn to attend the Poetry Festa
Of the International Art and Letters
Association, on April 10. at The
Doctor Leo s.. Rowe, director
general OF the Pan-American Union,
entertained informally at luncheon
today in honor of the minister OF
Paraguay, Eusebio Ayala.
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EIOTS GOSSIP PERSONS IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY

liam C. Rives, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
B. Roosevelt, Mrs. Hope Slater,
John III. Storer. Mrs. Whitman
Cross, Mr.. and Mrs. Grosvenor
Backus, Mrs. Anne ArchboId, Mr.,
and Mrs. COrceran Thorn. Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman, Ernest
G. Walter, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
walker, Swager Sherley and
Colonel and Mrs. George B. Harvey.
II =
The next meeting of the MasSa-
chusetss Society of Washington
win be held at the Washington
Club. 1910 Seventeenth street N. W.,
Tuesday evening, April z, beginning
at 8 o'clock. The feature for the
evening will be a one-act play oy
the O'Connor Players of the O'Con.
nor School of Expression. A music
al program also has been arranged.
Dancing will follow. A reception
committee will be appointed at this
meeting for the purpose OF intro
ducing new members.
kk
Mrs. David Allan Campbell, Miss
Janet Richards, Mrs. Hester M:
Poole, Mrs. Ida Hustled Harper and
Mrs. Nanette B. Paul will pay g.
DITCH LTlDuC0 10 CnS hAShAOAS -
Susan B. Anthony when the life,
size portrait painted by Jerome i.
Uhle, and purchased by the Susan
b. Anthony Foundation Is unveiled
in the parlors Of the Shoreham
Hotel, on Saturday afternoon be-
tween and o'clock.
Madge Kanode, contralto, accom-
panied by Ellis Campbell Jones, will
sing and Mrs. Wayne b Whesler,
accompanied by Mrs. Chester Adlir,
will sing one Of Miss Anthong's
favorite songs. Peggy, the little
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred
Anthony, win unveil the painting.
The public is invited. III
The marriage Of Miss Amelia X.
Williams, daughter of Mr.. and MRS.
s.. w. Williams, Of Takoma Park
to James Albert Burroughs, Of
New York, will take place this eves
ming in the Takoma Park Presby5
terrain church, the Reverend Thomas
C.. Clark officiating. -
Miss Williams will be attended
by her sister, Miss Martha Wiz
liams, as maid Of honor: Mrs. Cor
don c. Tibbitts, as matron of honor,
and the bridesmaids include Miss
Continued ON Page S.
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GARDEN EXPERT WILL
BE GUEST OF MRS. RIDGELEY.

Mrs. William Barrett Ridgeley
win have as her guest for several
days Mrs. Nellie B. Allen, Of New
York, who will give a series of
three talks about gardens, which
will be illustrated with colored Ian
tern slides, on April z, and IL,
at the Washington Club, at o'clock
in the afternoon.
Mrs. Allen is q graduate of the
Lowthorpe School of Gardening at
GrOton, Mass, and has recently re-
turned from three years study
abroad. The subjects of the talks
are: italian Villas and Gardens"
"How Shall Plan a Garden" and
Midsummer Gardens"
Invitations have been received
in Washington for the marriage
Of Miss Nancy Bigelow, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Horatio Bigelow,
of CharlestOwn, s. c., and John
Melton Hudgins, OF this city,
Wednesday evening, April is, at
1880 o'clock, in st. MichaePs
Church., at Charleston. A recep-
ton will follow in the home of
the brides parents.
Mrs. Francois Berger Moran
and her daughter Mrs. Horace
mcfarland. grandmother and
mother OF Mr.. Hudgins, will leave
washington early next week for
Charleston, and will be at the Villa
Margareta until after the wedding.
Mrs. Martin p. Stonestreet, &C.
companied by her two children.
Master Martin, jr., and Molly, will
leave Washington tomorrow for the
West Coast to join aher husband,
Lieutenant Stonestreet, U. s. N,
and accompany him on cruise to
the Hawaiian Islands. Mrs. Stone
street has been in Washington for
the last several weeks. She was
formerly Miss Julia Whiting.
General and Mrs. Charles 8.
Farnsworth will arrive in Washing.
ton the middle of the month from
Florida, where they have been for
the winter. General and Mrs.
Farnsworth will make a short visit
here before going to. California to
live. General Farnsworth having
recently retired as chief OF infan.
try, U. s. A.
The ladies Of the Georgia State
Club will hold "Good Fellowship
luncheon at NunnaIly's tomorrow.