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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-11
NEWS OF THE CLUBS
Conducted By Mamie Lancaster

Women's City CIub.-The business
and professional section of the club
will have subscription dinner Wed.
nesday evening at $50 o'clock. DIR.
Helen NJ. strong, chairman of this
section, will be assisted by members
of the committee in receiving the
guests. Miss Carolina v. Sudler,
chairman of the departmental section
of the membership committee, will be
toastmistress. After-dinner talks will
be made by Miss Kathleen Michaelis
on Aeronautics; Miss Maude Alton on
Americanization, DIR. Helen M. Strong,
Foreign and Domestic Commerce; Miss
Katherine Spillian, Post Office; Miss
Carrie B. Byron. Music in the Public
Schools; Miss Hazel ". Jumps, Indian
schools: Miss Merrill, Alien Property,
and Miss Laura Berrian, Internal
Revenue.
Mrs. J. Garfield Riley, president.
called special meeting of the board
of directors Thursday evening. Those
elected to membership at this meet
ing were: Mrs. H. r. Baxter, Mrs.
John Fl. Briggs, Mrs. Carrie L. But
Ter, Mrs. J. r. Colburn. Mrs. William
j. Flood, Miss Francis ID. Foley, Mrs.
+. A. ID. Hancock, Mrs. John David
Harris, Mrs George .HuddIeston, Miss
Susan A. Marshall, Miss Ruth T.. Mar
tin, Mrs. Catherine c. Rapley. Miss
Myrta A. Reynolds, Mrs. Edith c. Sal
isbury, Miss Clyde b. Schuman. Mrs.
Ernest Thompson Seton, Miss Ada r.
Soleau, Miss Elizabeth kStepan, Mrs.
Thomas Sudler, Mrs. Henry r.. Walls
and Mrs. Frederic r. AVhippler. Life
members added to the roster were:
Mrs. Helen Stirling Chase. Miss Mary
T. Hayden and Mrs. W. b. Rogers,
The Tea Garden was reported by
Miss Marie Saunders, house commit
tee chairman, as being in attractive
condition for members to use as a
place of recreation and refreshment-
a place to drop In with friends for
a chat amid attractive surroundings.
Extensive improvements are being
planned for the coffee shop during the
Summer.
Mrs. Jerome J. Lightfoot, who rep.
resents the Women'S CITY Club in
the federation, has been reappointed
as chairman of American citizenship.
Mrs. E. j. Brennan. chairman of
the child welfare committee, is plan
ming one meeting each month after
September with speakers on subjects
pertaining to the work.
National Woman's Party.-The Dis
at national headquarters, Il First
street northeast, Tuesday at s pm.
Plans will be formulated for q series
OF garden parties to be held during
thu Summer months.
E0r0ptimist Club. - Neither heat
nor vacation affect the attendance
at weekly luncheon meetings of bust
Ness and professional women, as
demonstrated by the large numbers
who gather on Wednesday at the La,
fayette for the programs presented
by Helena D.. Reed and her COM
nittee.
The guest of honor and principal
sneaker at the last meeting was Mrs.
Flank Hiram Smell, who told what
she saw and did in Russia last Sum-
NOR. According to the speaker,
there exists in that country much
poverty, but she and her companion
had no blood.curdling experiences
and no more difficulties than one
would encounter in any foreign
country. The galleries, cathedrals.
churches and old buildings contained
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Indian Names Widely Used.

A careful study OF the origin of the
names of the rivers and States in the
United States, not to mention many
names have been widely used. with
only slight changes IL any Half OF
the rivers and States in the country
have Indian names or corruptions OF
them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-11
Colored Bordered Bath Touels

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Regular $3.50 Silver Bleached All Linen Table Danask
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AN-Linen Tablecloths

Regular $5 Cloths 7Ox9O inches Reduced 1895 ca
Regular $3.50 Cloths size 7o88 inches Reduced $45ea
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Drapery Department

Our Drapery Department offers unusually attractive
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d. CrefOnneS
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Imported Cretonnes
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Made Of marqusette and voile plain and figured white
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All short ends and remnants Of Drapery Curtains and
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We make slip covers awnings, porch blinds and window
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ALI inen 4 able Napkins

Regular $500 All Linen Napkins size 22x22 inches Re
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sixfoot Couch Hammock upholstered all in sunfast
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Grey Metal Hammock Stands 500 and So
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Fringed Valance Tops for hammock stands made in
fast canvas OF assorted coors $425
Natural Willow bar Harbor Chair 595
Natural Willow Bar Harbor Rocker $685.
Juvenile Couch Hammock Outfit complete, consists Of
couch hammock gray metal stand and fringed canopy
top in blue and white striped canvas ........ $145O
All Metal Self Watering Fernery Stand 1915
Sixfoot Beach Umbrellas in assorted colors $4.75
Sxfoot Float Dvan upholstered all over in gray sunfast
canvas with canary bird motif in colors $500
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Hemstitched All-Linen Face Towels

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The Linen Shop

Moses de Luxe Hemstitched Cotton Sheets
and Pillow Cases.
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Putnam patriot., 1926-10-22
DIscoUNTING PROFITABLE
State Saved Nearly s5o,0OO Last Year
 bv Prompt Payment

Almost S50000 was saved last year by the State of Connecticut in the prompt diseounting of bills of the va rious departments and institutions. ae- cording to State Comptroller Freder- ick NJ Salmon This, according to the comptroller, is the result of the changes in system made in 1921 and perfected since in the states disburs- ing office
 Each month the total amount of money saved by the state in the mat ter of discounts is very sizeahle. said Mir salmon 'In October. 1925, our discounts ran to S7497 In June. 1926 over S7.200 was realized. The total discounts for the last fiscal year, 1926. totaled SIs55l O.
 "In discoanting bills of Che High way Department. We saved over S26, 000 during the past year. Al the Con necticut State Hospital, our discounts were s 454 9S: Connecticut Agricul- tural College. S3.257 46; and the State Board of Education. S2.S3l Discounts ranging from q 900 to 2.000 were ob. tained at the Mansfield Training School and Hospital, the State Re formatory. State Prison. Tuberculosis Commission and the Norwich State Hospital Smaller discounts were ob- taiued in many other departments and institutions
 Connecticut pay as you go poli- cy k responsible for this condition. When changes in handling the state g accounts were made in the comptrol- ler's office in 1921, We endeavored to work out all possible economies just the same as any business house. and the accounting methods. discounts and numerous other details of management have been developed so that today we are on the most efficient basis possi- ble
 These are Republican policies. and ! know the people of Connecticut want to see them continued and enlarged upon fl possible
Putnam patriot., 1926-10-22
NOV 3 ELECTION DAY
Biennial Elections Adopted In Oe-
 tober. iss4

Election dav this year falls on the earliest day possible under the law The Connecticut Constitution provides that election must be- the titst Tuesday after the first Monday m November. and this year the first Monday falls uu November 1 and Tuesday of course. is November 2. on which day ever 10oo0o of the states citizens will east their vote.
 When the Constitution of Connee- tieu' was adopted on September l5 lSiS. II provided for annual elections of state officers and members of che General Assembly on the first Monday of April Members of the General Assembly set each year alternately in Hartford and New Haven.
 ln October. 1875, the 10th amend ment was added Co the Constitution which provided that a regular election should be held in Connecticut on the Tuesday after the first Monday of No yember. 1875. and annually thereaf ter State officers and members If the General Assembly were not only elect ed each year but the legislature was in session every year
 l. was not until October. 1881 when the 27th amendment to the Constitu= tion was adopted that biennial cleo tlons came into existence in Counecti. cut
Putnam patriot., 1926-10-22
BOOK REVIEW
"Mohamned''
by R ' Dibble

by k. +. hibble
 When one Mir Lytten Strachey, a few years back. wrote a book on the life of Queen Victoria that presensei l the Widow of Windsor in the cold light of personal opinion and ruth less character analysis. he started d whole new school of biography. For Mir Straehey paved the way Co per sonal cleverness He demonstrated how lt was possible for Che individual writer Co insert his own opinion into biography. how he might make the tri- vial important and the important tri- vial how he might color a life with such lights as be chose. making this and that figure of the past great or small large or lttle and still keep the personality of the author ever in the foreground. Behind him came Mr. Gu della and host of others. including the latest recruit to the Straehey ranks. Mir Dribble, the author of "Mohammed
 Taste. m the case of these biograph- CTS. is entirely matter of individu- aiity One can say regarding the character iH hand what one wishes or what one does not wish So it is that Mr Dibble. not opposing the late lamented prophet of the Mohamme- dsns from any religious angle what ever. chooses to make his book an eN- posture We see the Prophet. the leader of one of the greatest of the worlds religions in every unsavory neht-a coward.s renegade fakir. bearer of false testimonies Only one word of praise is granted Co Mo hammed and that is a sporadic genius in the poetic vein Of the great ethi- cal code which founded the religion of Mahammedauism Mr Bibhle says nothing Possibly he dij not learn ii in his efforts to uncover the human and. f the hioerapher is to be be- lieved, unpleasant facts of the Pro- uhets life But according to the Strachev idea. Mir Dibble has done we'll He has dissected Mohamued. ridiculed him. revealed him. held him un To scorn and carved him up gener- ally. Perhaps that l. satisfaction enough for any author of the Strachey school Moreover he has produced a readable if provoking book
 -E.N Y. B.
Putnam patriot., 1926-10-22
Stomach So Bad Can't
 Eat Even Fruit

For years was badly eonstipated and troubled with gas after eating. Could not eat fruit and many other things Adlerika has done me good can now eat anything" Isigned) W H. Fletcher Adlerika removes GAS and often brings astonishing relief to the stomach Brings out 8 surprising amount of old waste matter you never thought was in the system Stops that full hloated feeling and makes you en- joy eating Excellent for chronic con- stipation. l. Dupre Druggist, Burt.s Drug Store.
Putnam patriot., 1926-10-22
DRUNKEN JOY RIDER TO
 JAIL FOR SIX MONTHS
Omer Bernier, IT, Given Limit For Driving While Under
 influence
Found Not Guilty on Charge of
 Theft

Theft
 Oner Bernier. l7-year-old north and youth. who, last Thursday night, took uew automobile belonging e .sBil' Evans. leader of the Ideal or- ehcetra of Webster, drove it t1 Putnam and completely wrecked it, was ar raiVupd in the Putnam city court, Monday morning. The boy entered a plea of guilty to driving while under the influence of liquor and to driving without g license. ard not guilty to the theft of an automobile.
 Tbe owner of the wrecked ear tes- tifed that he Jeff II parked near the pavilion at Wildwood Park That the door of the ear was locked but the transmission was left unlocked. He said the ear wes worth sl 600. Dur ing the evening he got a telephone call that the car was in Putnam.
 Sergeant George Liafd and Patrol man Page of the Putnam police de partment testified to seeing a car drlv- en hy Bernier and Of finding him hurt and the car wrecked He was removed t0 the hospital where f was learned that he was intoxicated
 Argue Theft Count
 The only argument was on the count of theft. Attorney ]. H. Miron claiming that while the defendant had pleaded guilty to driving an automo- bile while under the influence Of liquor there was no evidence that he had taken the specific car mentioned in the complaint and that there was no evi- denee connecting him with the car. Prosecuting Attorney Johnson argued that a car had been stolen and wrecked and the defendant had pleaded guilty to driving the ear while under the in- huenee of liquor. and it was known that t was the same ear
 Judge Geissler did not take the pro- seeutor's view of the evidence, and on the count for larceny found Bernier not guilty On the count for driving while under the influence of liquor tts court imposed the maximum within the courts jurisdiction. six months in jail On the count for driving without license fine of g. was imposed
 Lucky Escape
 The only wonder is that Bernier re maiued alive after the crash After driving from the dance resort he was seen ziRzaRging about the streets of Putnam. and two citizens thought he would back through the guard rail of the Long bridge lt was near Mag street that tho young man came te grief The ear was totally demolished by the impact A worse wreck was never seen by the garage man who took the ear Iu charge Bernier esz capped with q scratched and cut face and Was only at the hospital a little oyer twenty four hours.
Putnam patriot., 1926-10-22
"The Bathrub Tess

rio-srs through prove Chevroi<rs shlsry .. p~rforn -f,cisndv ln s krds of ~ezthar. Thaa oae of th< sa.ns =asA Shrrsss<z .Ar lecr~d af the Cseoer.i Aoto<s Proving e~oandA
Putnam patriot., 1926-10-22
SETTLE DISPUTE OF
 SEVERAL YEARS
Women Are Parties In Spite Fence" Case Settled Out of
 Court
Three Divorce Deerees Granted
 Women

Women
 Counsel concerned in The case af Mrs. Jennie M BitRood vs Mrs. Ella C Adams. both Of Danielson. were iH consultation for several hours follow ing the short calendar session of the superior court, last Friday afternoon, and later announced to the court that a satisfactory settlement had been reached and the ease withdrawn.
 The parties are adjoining property owners and have had trouble over boundary line questious which result ed in an alleged spite fence" being erected An injunction was sought to have the fence left alone by the de fendant. The parties have been in court over various disputes for several years.
 Liquor and Cruelty
 Three uneontested divorees were granted by Judge Baldwin. Mrs Mary 4. Thibeault of Attawaugan was emphatic in the fact that she didn't want her husband back She said that every weekend he got drunk and then had to stay in bed Monday and Tues day of the following week to recuper- ate He had been to see her since he left home, but. according to her testi- nony, was always drunk when he called. He never abused her but he contributed nothing to her support, as all of his money went for liquor The witness said that Thibeault came 10 call on her one Saturday. said he wouldn't drink any more. and they were married Monday He didn't keep his promise and ''I don't want him no more" said Mrs Thibeault
 Mrs Florence Pearl Farnham said that her husband, Fred Farnhan. was jealous of her and treated her cruelty from the first day of their marriage. He did not want to go anywhere for amusement himself. and did not want his wife 10 have any enjoyment He struck her frequently the petitioner said
 Mrs Irene Henriques also alleged that her husband Mario Henriques. was an abusive spouse She said that he was violent in his treatment If her and on one occasion threatened her life Besides awarding her q decree she was given the custody If the only child
Putnam patriot., 1926-10-22
AUTO CATCHES FIRE

A short circuit of the battery ir the automobile of F W Seward set the ear on fire as 1t was parked on Union street near the corner of Main Tuesday afternoon < passerhy dis covered the blaze and soon Alderman Charles Ryan. also n member of the fire department. and ''Bil" Dumas taxi driver. were on the scene witt hand chemicals They put out the fir' without delay and little damage wal caused.
Putnam patriot., 1926-10-22

The expression. "bees in his bon. net came true recently iu Oklahoma where a man discovered after chop ping down a tree that his hat was fill ed with che insects He carefully car riod them home being sunr only once by he, crawling down hls shirt col- lar. and placed thtm iB s hive
Putnam patriot., 1926-10-22

< Wisconsin county clerk discharg ed his deputy young woman. declar- ing that she lacked initiative. She ran against him for the office and won by 2.5O0 votes.
Putnam patriot., 1926-10-22

It is estimated that there are more than 10000, 900 blind persons in the world.
Putnam patriot., 1926-10-22

Sanitary drinking glasses made of ice are formed in a freezing apparatus devised by Dutch engineer.
Putnam patriot., 1926-10-22
DAYLIGHT SAVING
State Laws Changing Time Not Within Jurisdiction of Fed
 eral Court

Daylight saving laws like those of Massachusetts present no interference with federal rights and raise no ques- tions ever which federal courts have Jurisdiction the Supreme Court ruled in dismissinR q case appealed by the Massachusetts State Grange the Ere therhood If Locomotive Engineers. the Brotherhood of Locomotive Bremen and EnRinemen. and others
 The announcement made by Chief Justice Taft followed an oral argu- menf by counsel for the appellants. who eontended the Massachusetts law was unconstitutional because it de priHed persons of property without compensation and was otherwise oh- neXiaus The appellants held the Bay Statr statute had caused a deprecia- tiou of s20 GOO 900 in farm values in tho state had caused the changing of railroad schedules tn the annoyance and confusion of everyone, and had i'm posed new burdens upon the people by changing school hours.
 No Hardships Imposed
 Members of the court developed by questions that no penalties were car ried by the law and expressed inahil- lty to see where any hardship- were imposed
 Counsel for the appellants insisted ths federal government having hv urt of Congress established standard time occupied fhe ficld to thc exclusion oi the state. but Chief Justice Tuft said ihe court would follow the leVyr court tn dismlzsiHe the uroCeedinus for want uf jurisdiction
 lt was brought out in argument that federal standard time was con. trolling in all interstate matters over which Che federal government had jurisdiction and in ali federal govern. ment affairs but beyond that the court did not sec any federal control over the 6Xjur of time
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SHOVEL KING De les
GAGEMENT TO STAR

she has testified was her engage.
ment ring. She saw the ring On
his watch chain while they were al
his Atlantic city home in 1921. he
said, and asked Il she might see it
She never returned 1t, he said.
Hubbard set the date when he
became intimate with the actress
as more than month previous to
the time set forth lin Miss Ca1dwelps
testimony. He said that when Miss
Caldwell made her much-d discussed
trip to California, IL was mutually
understood that their relations were
to come to an end. He said that
when she left. he gave her $4,000
which she explained was to pay 9
mortgage on her parents home.
Hubbard told Of his relations with
the plaintiff shortly after they met
and said that he had purchased
jewelry for her on several occasions
Counsel for the plaintiff questioned
him on statements he made in his
original defense affidavit.
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loss through drainage from adjoin.
ing fields.
II was much worried about the
situation. said DENLY.
Who did you take the matter
up With?'' asked Hogan.
Secretary Fall. He said that
he had all the work he wanted ia
his department, but IL necessary az
would lend US aid.
Then to whom did you go7'
ITO President Harding, accom-.
panied by Secretary Fall.
What did You ask him to dot
81 asked the President 10 issue
an Executive order placing the
administration Of the naval reserves
under the Interior Department n
Who drafted this crder2
Secretary Fall, at my request 3
After issuance az this order did
you. as secretary De the Navy, have
under consid eration the exchange
of crude oil for fuel oil and its
storage at Pearl HarbCr
Yes.
Did yo1r get a. opinion On tie
legaIity az this pEoposifion2
Yes rom ff1iral 4 ]. IL I.atius
Jul re V0c6t Re ri the
Dsnby approved this ruling alld
fipfe do &c e across the decisions
rIotisn WAS made an issue III
tn trial today as the defense con.
tends the oil magnate was moved
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D. c. BUD GET So, 1863,
NCRE ST OF 81 ,9S7, al

The District estimates sent "a
Congress today BY President Cool.
Iidge. as basis for appropriation
for the fiscal year beginning July
l, total $38,519. 1853.
This Is an Increase of $l ,987,74l
over the current appropriation but
lis $11 ,929,131 less than the amount
recommended to the District Com
nnissioners By department heads az
being essential for the efficient con
duct Of District business.
The estimates. AZ submitted &c
Congress, are regarded by members
OF the House as conservative. No
new projects are authorized other
than those which have been press.
ingly needed for many years. What
increases have been made are solely
to meet increased obligations owing
to the growing population Of the Dis.
trict.
The original estimate submitted