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Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-26

The Carson Valley Poultry Pro-
ducers' association was recently or
oanizcd at Minden, Nevada.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-26

Don't scare the baby. 1t may
make the little fellow grow up to be
come an esthetic dancer.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-26

Storm-tosscd American ship was
not the ship of state.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-09

MRS. 6. Al. Pearson. Mrs. j. Nil
ton Penny, Mrs. 3. G. Pierce, Miss
Mary Il. Pinkham, Mrs. Allen Pope.
Mrs. Winfield Prescott. Mrs. John
Quinn, Mrs. Al. G.. RamisI. Fred
erick Rice, Mrs Percival Ridsdalc,
Miss Nora Riordan, Madam N.
Robert, Mrs III B. Rocca Mrs.
William f. Roche, Mrs. E. S. Root,
Mrs. III. s. Rousseau. Mrs. Clarence
u. Rupert, Miss Agnes Saul, Mrs.
b. F.. Saul, Miss Mary Saul,
Francis Scott, Mrs. Charles w.
Semrns. Mrs. John p. Sheehan.
Mrs. Stanley b. Simmons, Miss
Jennie Sims, Mrs. J. J. Slattery,
Mrs. G. q. Sloan, Mrs. Charles
Borden Smith, Miss Mary Louise
Sullivan, Miss Patricia Sullivan,
Mrs. "A. p. Surgery, Mrs, William
al Thompson, Mrs. George "A.
Trap. Mrs. South Trimble, Mrs.
Margaret Veihna1a. Mrs. r.. r..
Fernier, Madam Il. Viboud, Mrs.
q. w. Warren, Mrs. j. n. Weber,
Mrs. !. Il. Weller Joseph 4 Weller.
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DINNER LAST NIGHT TO
NEW WORKERS IN CONGRESS

Representative and Mrs. Thad.
deus c. sweet. of New York. enter
tanned at dinner last evening in the
grand ballroom of the Mayflower.
The guests were Senator and, Mrs.
James W. Wadsworth, ir.; the Sec
rotary to the President and Mrs.
Everett Sanders. and the following
members of the New York delega-
ton: Representative and Mrs.
James s. Parker. Representative
and Mrs. Ogden L. Mills, Represent
alive and Mrs. Bertrand II. Smell.
Representative and Mrs. Walter W.
Magee, Representative and Mrs.
Wallace Dempsey, Representative
and Mrs. Benjamin L. Fafrchild.
Representative Clarence MacGregor.
Representative and Mrs. Hamil.
ton Fish, jr.:: Representative and
Mrs. Robert L. Bacon. Represent
alive and Mrs. j. Mayhem Vain
wright. Representative and Mrs.
Daniel A. Reed. Representative and
Mrs. Frank Crowther. Representa-
tive John Tabor. with Mrs. Frank
Piefce Taber and Miss Emily TIA
Der; Representative and Mrs. Gale
II. Stalker. Representative and
Mrs. Nathan d. Pearlman, Repre-
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sentative and Mrs. Harold 8. Toll
ley, Representative and Mrs. Har-
court j. Pratt, Representative
Archie d. Sanders. Representative
and Mrs, Frederick M. Davenport.
Also former Representative and
Mrs. Homer p. Snyder, Of Little
Falls, N. Y: Representative and
Mrs. Martin B. Madden and Rep
resentatiye and Mrs. William e.
Huh, of Illinois. Others asked
were the Assistant Secretary Of
the Navy and Mrs. Theodore Doug
las Robinson, the Vice President of
the Federal Reserve Board and
Mrs. Edmund Platt, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Lansing, Col. and Mrs. Paul
Henderson. Col. and Mrs. Hugh
Douglas Wise. Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
liam J. Maier, of Seneca Falls,
N. Y; Mr.. and Mrs. III. Edmund
Machold, of New York city; Mr..
and Mrs. Harry p. Gould, of Lyons
Falls, N. Y; Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Ash, OF Fulton, N. Y, and Mrs.
william l.. Brannan, Of Fredericks-
burg, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles ]. Sawyer
and their daughter, Of London. are
at the Willard. where they arrived
today for a shoct stay.
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.MANYPATRONS
FOR SHRINE
BENEFIT
Bill for Sacred Heart
Church to Be Gala
Event
lcontinual from Page 81

tContlnu6y from rage o.l
Hinkle. Mrs. Il. r. Holden, Mrs.
Mary AL Holloran, Mrs. j.. B. Hov-
rfgan, Mrs. Nj. e. Horton, Miss
isabelle Housler, Miss Mary Louise
Huntington. Mrs. + T.. Hurley, IN.
p. Irwin, Mrs. w. p. Irwin, Mrs.
4. B. Johnson, Mrs. Thomas "a.
Keleher, Mrs. Alfred Klesner, Mrs.
r.. G. Konode, Mrs. John Kraus,
Miss Annie LaIiy, Miss Caroline
Lannman. Miss Mable L.atimer.
Mrs. James Leaman, Mrs BY u.
Lee. Mrs. e. il Leesnitzer. Mrs.
John E. Lennon, Mrs. j. Edward
Lewis, Mrs. r. Lotus, Mrs. John
e. Lynch, Miss Marguerite Ma
hany, Mrs. Mannix, Mrs. Fred 3.
Martin, Mrs. Charles T. May, Mrs.
George j. May, Mrs. John y. Nc
Auliffe, Mrs. Mccarthy. Misses Nc
Donald. Mrs. p E. McElligott.
u. MCGEE, Mrs. Peter McGovern,
tin J. McEIugh, Mrs. G. o. Mckay,
B. Mclaughlin, Mrs. Joseph w.
Namara. Mrs. D. ]. McNulty, Mrs.
William Morris, Mrs. u. Frank
Moulton, Mrs. J. ". MulIigan, Mrs.
Richard j. Murphy, Mrs. Mary
Nee, r. r. Neligan, Mrs. William
Michigan, Mrs. w. g. Neumeyer,
Mrs. Charles r.. Newman, Mrs. u.
b. Norris, Mrs. e. E. 0sConneII,
Mrs. Dennis y: Q,DonneIl, Mrs.
William j. O.Donnell, Mrs. MARI
O'Hare, Mrs James O'Shea. vii.
liam Ostnann. Mrs. u. Guzrnan
Vde de OtaIora, Mrs Frank s.
Parks, Mrs. Joseph w. Peabody.
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UNITE TO AID
WASHINGTON
SYMPHONY
Trial Concert" Rouses
Interest in Many
Directions

The list of patronesses for the
Washington symphony orchestra
concert on Tuesday. April 20, at
Polls. Is now complete, the most
recent acquisitions being Mrs.
Charles j. Bell and Mrs. William
n. Castle, ir. The soloist secured
for the afternoon is Richard Bon
eIlk The memory of his triumph
here not long ago with the Chicago
Civic Opera Company in the role
of Rigoletto, is stimulating notice
ably, the sale OF tickets.
Miss Ann SCHNEIDER, of New York.
long identified with the Philhar-
monte will arrive on Sunday TO
take part in the preparations for
this pretentious Undertaking.
The guarantors who have made
this trial concert possible are:
Miss Katherine Judge, William Nc
Clellan Ritter. Adolph G. Miller,
Christian Heurich. Mrs. Walter
Wilcox, Mrs. III. HI. Rousseau, Mrs.
Walter Tuckerman, and others.
The personnel OF the orchestra I'M
cludes 80 picked Washington music
ianS, with Kurt Hetzel, noted Mum.
Itch conductor at their head.
Since the purpose Of the concert
is to make II the initial attempt in
establishing q permanent symphony
orchestra for the National Capitol,
the event Is of the greatest civic as
we'll as national interest, and IS.
therefore attracting enthusiastic
supporters from every group In
Washington.
Miss Elsie Needham. Of the Blu
reau Of Roads. Department Of Agri-
culture, is sponsoring large group
NIB aft na q II
Dell, United States Civil Service
Commissioner.
Judge and Mrs. T.. j.. Hennings
have arrived in Washington and
are at Wardman Park Hotel for q
visit before going to New York,
where the judge is to hold court.
Mr.. Henning was formerly Assistant
Secretary Of Labor.
Mrs. Gordon Browning. wife Of
Representative Browning OF Ten
nessee, will entertain at luncheon
on Tuesday in their apartment at the
Toronto.
Representative and Mrs. Fred s.
Purnell entertained at dinner last
evening at the Congressional Coun-
try Club. There were % guests,
among them Mrs. .. G. Reed and
Mrs. c. w. Veigler. of Attica, Ind,
who are visiting Representative
and Mrs. Purnell.
#kA
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. "A. =. Van den
Bosch entertained at dinner last
evening.
Miss Helen Newton, daughter OF
Lieut.. Conndr. and Mrs. w. r. New
ton, will entertain at bridge this
evening in compliment to Miss
Annunciata barton and her fiance,
william James KerIin, whose mar
riage will take place Tuesday after
noon. The guests viii be members
Of the wedding party.
Included among additional pa
tronesses for the recital TO be
given by Boris Lang, Russian
pianist, at the MayfIower Hotel
Thursday afternoon, April 10, are
Mrs. Walter Tuckerman, Mrs. Paul
johnson, Mrs. Richard Tasker
Lowndes. Mrs. de la Mater Meade.
Mrs. Ross Perry and Mrs. Edmund
Goldsborough.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas D. Robert
son have returned to Washington
after a visit in the South. Mrs.
Robertson, who was married last
month, was formerly Miss Flora
Macdonald Lapham, OF Cleveland
Park.
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NATION AIDS IN
ESTABLISHMENT OF MEMORIAL

The nations birthday gift TO the
memory of Thomas jefferson viii
be the establishment OF Monticello
as a national memorial 70 this re-
markable American citizen: Author.
inventor, musician. lawyer, scholar,
architect, and statesman. whose
greatest and humblest glory lies in
the three facts that ne was the
author of the Declaration of Ameri-
can Independence, and tof the
statute of Virginia for religious
freedom. and the father of the Uni.
versity of Virginia.
Throughout the United States,
hundreds of birthday parties will
be given in his honor on Tuesday,
April 13, and distinguished men
and women of all parties and
faiths will join in this national
honor to his memory and works.
The Monticello breakfast In this
city, given by the women of Wash
ington, win be in aid of this per-
manent memorial to one of Amer
ica's greatest patriots, and on that
occasion many relics and family
heirlooms originally belonging at
Monticello viii be formally re-
turned TO the Washington commit
tee. to be placed there for all time.
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Mrs II. u. Werner. Mrs. G. a.
White, Mrs. Raymond White,
Mrs. Lawrence A. Widmayer, Mrs.
John q. Wolfe, Mrs. Frank z.
Young, Mrs. John label, IS friends.
$50
MRS. Ben johnson. wife Of Repre-
sentative johnson 81 kentucky.
was hostess to company Of twelve
at tea yesterday afternoon n the
garden Of the Mayf1ower In COM
plinent 10 Mrs. Nelson Dale, wife
OF Prof. Dale. Of Hamilton College
New York, and Miss Claudia Bar
den. daughter Of Colonel and Mrs.
William ], harden. Of Seattle, who
is visiting her cousin, Miss Eliza
beth Beale.
The Georgia State Society will
meet Tor the last time this season
on Friday evening" April 16. at
s $50 o'clock at Meridian Mansions.
24O0 sixteenth st. There viii be
dancing and cards ~ usual and
other entertainment features.
Evening star., 1926-05-28
WHITMAN TO FIGHT
CUSTER AS WARDEN
Will Go to Darr0W in Effort
to Get "Fair Hearing"
in Case.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 2S.-.Tohn l.. Whit
man. deposed as warden of Joliet and
Statevile prisons on recommendation
Of the Will County grand jury, which
investigated prison conditions follow
ing the Staying Of a, deputy warden by
convicts. hopes for public hearing in
his case.
Having been replaced at Gov.
Small's order by Elmer Green, for
merly State superintendent of prisons.
Whitman today issued statement
tunity to submit my case to some
court where the rules of justice pre-
vail"
with that in mind it is my inten-
ton 10 lay my case before Attorney
Clarence Darrow of Chicago. in the
hope of facing a fair. impartial. open.
public hearing in my case. | do not
believe the grand jury hearing was
fair one"
Whitman's statement declared the
.iury's recommendation that he be re-
moved was based in part on unreliable
testimony; denied the claim that he
was not a rigid disciplinarian, and as
serted that many of the grand jury
witnesses were schooled in their tes-
timony.
Nathan Leopold. slayer of Bobby
Franks, and a witness to the Staying
Of Deputy Warden Peter Klein by
seven convicts on May 3 at Statewide
Prison, was called as witness at the
coroner's inquest today into the death
Of Klein.
Evening star., 1926-05-28
IRISH GROUP TO MEET.

With two prominent Irish Republi
cans as speakers, the Kevin Barry
Council of the American Association
for the Recognition Of the Irish Re
public will hold a mass meeting Sun
day night at 1905 E street northwest
All local Irish and others interested
in the Republicans have been invited
to attend.
The speakers will be Gen. Frank
Aiken. chief Of staff Of the Republi
can army, and Joseph O'Doherty. Re
publican member Of the Dali in Ire
land. Both OF these men are now IL
New York. They will tell the Wash
ington audience about present condi
tions in Ireland
The following committee is arrang
ing the meeting: Mrs. Kathryn Muir.
Evening star., 1926-05-28
COUNT MOY MARRIES
DAUGHTER OF BANKER
Old European Families Joined by
New York Ceremony-Groom's
Union to Dancer Annulled.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associates Press.
NEW YORK, May 2s.-Count Hugo
Charles Moy. scion of Bavarian
family Of diplomats and bankers. was
on his honeymoon today in Atlantic
City with his second countess, the
former Miss Pamela Speyer, daughter
of Sir Edgar Speyer.
The countess father. a banker, de-
scendant OF an old German-Jewish
family, came to New York to live
after his British citizenship was re-
voked during the war. The ceremony
was performed yesterday in the rec
tory of. the Roman Catholic st. Pat
rick's Cathedral by Mgr. Michael J.
Lavelle. The bride and her mother.
daughter of the late Count Ferdinand
Won Stosch. a member OF an old
Silesian family, are Episcopalians.
The bride is 20 years old. Count
Moy. who is "6. was married four
years ago in a civil ceremony'in Berlin
Evening star., 1926-05-28

to a German dancer, lima Amsel.
This marriage was annulled, because.
1t was said, the dancer had a former
husband living. The count came to
the United States two years ago to
study banking.
Count Carl Moy, his father, was a
Bavarian minister at various Euro
pean countries. The family. originating
in France in the eleventh century,
emigrated to Bavaria in the eighteenth
century. Count Moy, with his bride,
will sail shortly for Munich, where he
will engage in banking.
Evening star., 1926-05-28
p. 0, LABORER WANTED.
Civil Service Examination Ordered
for Vacancy Here.

The Civil Service Commission mas
announced an open competitive exam
ination for laborer in the postai serF'
ice. this city.
Vacancies in the position OF suosti'
tute laborer at SIS cents an hour Tor
actual service will be filled from TINS
ton NJ regular laborer at $500 a
wear are usually filled by promotion
of substitutes in the order Of original
appointment. ,.
The duties are to pile and truck
mail. hang racks. tie out cases, make
minor separations of made.up mails.
operate canceling machines, cancel
stamps on parcel post packages and
other related work as required. Men
onlv will be admitted to this examina'
ton. .
Full information and application
blanks may be obtained from the once
of the secretary, 1928 F street.
Evening star., 1926-05-28
Cow and Tiny Calf
Safe in Plunge Of
Auto With 5 Men
Special Dispatch to The Star.

CULPEPER, Va, May ga
. cow and tiny calf. on their way to
the butchers yesterday in a truck
with five men and a quantity OF
freight. were unhurt when the
truck toppled over a brink on Lee
Highway, near Sperryville, ana
rolled down a bank, turning over
several times.
Thomas Judd Of Luray was serl-
ously injured and Is in a hospital.
Two of the other men were bruised.
Evening star., 1926-05-28

Ryder. Miss Mary Sheridan. M. j.
Lynch. Miss Mary Shea, Aneas Col
Inns, d. M. Hassett. Patrick O'Sulli.
van. p. T. McDonogh. Maurice O'Con'
nor, William Caeser, J. p. Leo, L.
O'Connor and Thomas w. Lyons.
Evening star., 1926-05-28

ply. Mrs. Mary c. Cullinane. Miss
katherine Kelly. Mrs. Mary A. BAL.
haus. Miss Margaret Creedon. Miss
Celia Dolan. Mr.. and Mrs. John Mi
nogue, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Ryder,
Miss Loretta Ryder, Miss Kathleen
Evening star., 1926-05-28
George D. Thompson Returns.

George Dixon Thompson, a pianist
of the Younger group In Washington.
who has just returned from a years 8
study with the great European psda-
gogue and pianist. Emile Sauer, in
Vienna, Austria. will make his first
appearance in recital since coming
back to Washington at the Hamline
NJ. E. Church tonight at S:15 O'Clock.
The program is given under the aus
pices Of the Mems Bible Glass and Is
benefit performance for the church 8
building fund.
Evening star., 1926-05-28

Caracul lambs are killed when they
are only a few days old, before the
curl Of their fur loosens. in order to
produce Persian lamb and Astrakhan
fJrs
Evening star., 1926-05-28

There are no old maids in Tibet.
The Washington times., 1926-04-22
co.
NEWS ITEMS

ARLINGTON COUNTY, April %.
In accordance with the bill passed
by the Virginia legislature and
which became effective in March,
County Commissioners of Revenue
Harry X. Green announced today
that all persons and representatives
of all corporations must appear In
person at his office in order to
make out their tax returns.
The Arlington County Bankers
Association will hold its monthly
meeting tonight at s o'clock in the
board room Of the Arlington Trust
Company, at Rosslyn.
At the monthly meeting of the
Arlington County Business Associa-
ton last night. in the Clarendon
community hall, with Joheph L.
Nav. president. presiding It was
ANNOUNCED thar the question OF the
consolidation of the association with
the Arlington County Chamber of
Commerce viii be discussed at the
open meeting OF the chamber at the
Washington Lee High School May
s. <r
A benefit dinner by the Claren-
don Rebekah Lodge. No. %, for
the orphans home at Lynchburg.
will be given tonight in the new
odd Fellows hall at Clarendon be-
tween the hours offs and s o'clock.
Representative r. Walton Moore,
who sponsored the Dalecarlia water
bill giving to Arlington county a
modern water supply. will be the
principal speaker at the water pro-
motion" dinner to be given in the
Clarendon community hall tonight
under the auspices of the Claren-
don Citizens Association. Among
other speakers win be Asa d.
Philips, consulting engineer to the
lArlingtUn county water board!
The dinner viii be prepared and
served tby a committee from the
| Woman's Civic Club, Of which
Mrs. C. r. Taylor is chairman.
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What !. . Continuous Sale |!

An achievement that 8
UNIQUE. Not an intermittent Of-
ferinp of exceptional values,
but, day in and day out, the
same extraordinary opportuni-
ties for saving! Shop ct your
own convenience this sale y
alwavs ready for you. i be-
Gins tomorrow with g style
group surprising even our
highest hopes!
The Washington times., 1926-04-22

Board Of Trade Meeting
The washington Board OF Trade
will meet tonight at the Willard
Hotel. Representative Henry X.
Rathbone Of Illinois, VIII De prln'
cipal speaker.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1926-04-10
THE MCCARTHY WEEKLY NEWS
THE

Battered as second class matter. Septem Der 17th, 1918. at the Post Office. Mccarthy. Alaska. under the Act D March 3. 1879.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1926-04-10

high and low water marks and shall oe confined to the following places: Nushagak Bay; Along the beach in front of Koggiung Indian village on Kvichak Bay; Along the beach on the east and west side of Egegik near the Indian village; Along the beach on Ugashik Bay near the Indian village below the Alaska Packers Association cannery.
 The total aggregate length of stake nets used by any ind ividual shall not exceed D fath omS measured on the cork line.
 Regulation No. 10 is amend ed to read as follows: All comm ercial fishing for salmon is pro hibited as follows: Nushagak Bay; All waters north ot 59 deg rees north latitude, except that stake nets limited to beach areas between high and low water marks will be permitted north of 59 degrees north latitude to the old prohibit markers locat ed at Snag Point.
 Alaska Peninsula Area
 Herring fishery 1. Comm ercial fishing for herring is pro hibited ill the perlod from Jan uary l to May 31, both dates in elusive, and from December 1 to December 31, both dates incl usive, in each calendar year.
 2. During the period from June l to October 1, dates incl uSive, commercial fishing for herring is prohibited in all waters closed throughout the year to salmon fishing.
 3. The closed season herein specified for herring fishing shall not apply to any boat talk ing not to extend 50 barrels of herring in any calendar week in waters otherwise open to fishing.
 4. Gill nets used in catching herring shah not be of smaller mesh than inches stretched measure.
 cont. on page four
The McCarthy weekly news., 1926-04-10

Office of the Secretary
 WASHINGTON
 Additional Alaska
 fishery regulations
 The regulations for the prot ection of the fisheries of Alaska published in Department of Commerce circular No. 25l, twel fth edition, issued under date of December 5, 1925, together with subsequent regulations, are hereby amended by the fol owing regulat ons:
 Bristol Bay Area
 Salmon fishery Regulation No. 1 IS amended to read as foll ows: Commercial fishing for salmon shall be conducted solely by drift gill nets and stake nets. The use of all other forms of fishing gear is prohibited.
 Commercial fishing for sal mon with stake nets shall be limited to beach areas between
Evening star., 1926-03-21
LEAVES
NOTABLE FAMILY
Seven Sons, Prominent as
Leaders of Race, at Zach
r HubeTt's Funeral.
BY the Associated Press.

IVY the AsSoclated Press.
WHITE PLAINS. Ga. March %
Zach Hubert, 81. born in slavery and
father of one Of the most remarka bic
negro families in America. is dead.
His death followed within three
months that of his wife, Camilla.
Both lived to see seven sons and five
daughters grow to maturity and take
prominent places among leaders ot
their race.
For 53 years Zach and Camilla lived
together on their farm near here.
They set an example of thrift and am
hition for the race which has been
reflected in prosperous negro develop
ments in their plantation community.
Like Zach. Camilla had been born
slave and on securing their freedom
during the war between the States
the pair emulated the precepts of
their onetime owners.
The seven sons who gathered here
for the burial today are:
John Wesley Hubert, superintend-
ent of the negro high school at Sa-
vannah, Ga.
Benjamin Franklin Hubert. chief of
the department of agriculture at Tus-
kegee Institute. Tuskegee. Ala.
Zach Hubert. jr., president of
Jackson College. Jackson. Miss
Jdult-S VI Ilubtlt' ieFtI vi tile new
York Urban League.
GadsaS j. Hubert, pastor of the
little church near here where hi
father and grandfather served a.
leaders and deaconS.
Theodore Hubert. a student at More
house College.
Moses Hubert. Government en-
rloye at Philadelphia.
Two of the five daughters are in
business In Chicago. One. Esther
Hubert, is secretary of the Urban
League for Negroes in Tampa. Fla
The others live in Atlanta. Four
are married. Their husbands are
professional and business men,
Evening star., 1926-03-21
EX-GERMAN CHANCELLOR
TlRELESS DANCER AT 81
Philip Scheidemann. Proclaimer of
Republic in 1918. Is Skilled
in All Steps.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
BERLIN. March 20.-Philip Scheide
mann, the Socialist leader who pro
claimed the German Republic from the
steps of the ReichStag Building in No
vember. 1918. and subsequently bn-
came chancellor. it setting the pace
for his preliminary colleagues as an
interchangeable dancer despite his 81
years.
The familiar erect figure of this
white-haired statesman has been seen
at almost every ball of note in Berlin
this Winter. He is as skilled in the
modern steps as in waltZes of any
earlier day. and frequently stays on
the dance floor until the early morn,
ing hours.
Evening star., 1926-03-21
SIMPLIFIED SPELLING
DEMANDED IN ENGLAND
Movement on Foot to Have Royal
Commission Named to Con-
slider Phon etic Method.
By the Associated Press

LONDON. March 20.-MIany promi.
nent men in England have Joined a
movement for smplified and phoneti'
spelling. A petition is being circu
lated asking the prime minister to alp
point royal commission to consider
and report on the question. Sir Rob
ert Baden-Powell's signature is frs
on the petition, as he is vice president
of the Simplified Spelling Society. anC
he is supported by a number of pro
fessors in the English universities
Conservative England. however, ha>
never been enthusia site about pro
posals to substitute phonetic spelling
for the present tangled orthography
1t Is recalled that the late Sir Isaac
Pittman, whose name is connectet
with a word famous system of short
hand of his invention, also was az
enthusiastic advocate of phoneti,
spelling. His commission for a new
orthography was as pronounced
failure as his shorthand method wa
success.