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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-09-18
Il AMERICANS
HELDIN SEICE
Starvation Threatens
Entire Population of
Chinese City

SHANGHAI, China. Sept. 1s.-tPl
-Twenty-one Americans, held vir-
tually As prisoners, are threaten "a
with starvation, as result Of the
seige Of the city Of Wuchang by the
red Cantonese forces.
Failure to capture the city the
southerners have settled down to a
program of starving out the in
habitants and the northern forces
which have been holding ii against
attack. complete blockade Of the
city has been effected and every
communication with the outside
closed.
Wuchang has a weeks fool supply.
After that the only alternative TO
famine is surrender. Besides the 81
Americans within the walls, there
are five other foreigners of whom
two are Italians. two Geramns and
one Irish. The foreigners have been
forbidden to leave and must share
the fate Of the Chinese.
Wuchang Is one OF the largest
cities Of China. II has n population
of 100000 to 100000 and is the cap
ital of Hureh province. 1t is located
several hundred miles inland on the
great Yangtze river. II is opposite
another large city, aHnkow, which
was recently captured By the south
erners.
Possession Of these two cities
would be Of immense value TO an
army because Of their control Of the
Yangtze, the great water highway
bisectin China and because of their
Importance as trade and industrial
centers. Wuchang is a walled city.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-09-18
DRINKS AMMONIA

HAMMOND, Ind.-Miss Ethel Raw
lins committed suicide by drinking
ammonia.
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Daily River Bulletin

Flood Present "a Hr. "a Hr.
Stage Stage CHING. Rain
Evening star., 1926-03-24
c. U. DEBATERS WIN.
Take Closely Contested Argument
From Arizona U.

Catholic University won its second
intercollegiate debate last night In
McAIahon Hall auditorium. under the
auspices Of the Shahan Debating So.
ciety, by defeating the University or
Arizona team. The decision was
made by the audience, the vote being
IS to IL in favor Of the Catholic Uni
versity debaters.
The question was: Resolved. That
he Constitution of the United States
.nould be amended to give Congress
he power to regulate child labor. =
Rev. Edward B. Jordan, s. I. D., pre-
sided. Catholic University argued the
affirmative. with John J. Meng, 1928.
and Brendan Brown, 1925, as speak
ers. The University of Arizona speak
ers were Fenimore Cooper. 1926, and
Richard Pattee, 1926.
The debate was lively and closely
contested, especially on rebuttal.
Members of the Arizona delegation
in Congress were special guests
The third intercollegiate debate is
scheduled for Friday night, when Wy
oming University team will be oppo-
nents on the same subject.
Evening star., 1926-03-24

back as soon as the fabric dries. Any
treatment but the gentlest, most care
full, seriously affects the delicate fibres.
Never wiring, never twist, never rub
rayon. Rubbing with cake soap
may ruin it. For when wet the fibres
are temporarily weakened so that
even light pressure may break them
apart.
The safest, gentlest way to wash
rayon is in sparkling, bubbling Lux
suds! With Lux there is no rubbing
to harm delicate fibres. Its tissue thin
flakes dissolve Immediately, making a
bowlful of wonderfully cleansing, gen.
tie suds. You know from using Lux
for your dainty silks and perishable
woolens that it won't harm anything
that water alone won't injure.
Follow the directions below when
you next wash rayon-they tell you
the safest way. Lever Brothers Co.,
Cambridge, Mass.
Evening star., 1926-03-24
SOVIET SMUGCLERS
: REAP BIG HARVEST.
New Law Made to Curb Huge
Profits on Articles
Heavily Taxed.

MOSCOW, March 24.-The Soviet
government has declared war on
Snugglers, who, according to govern
nent estimates, brought into Russia
last year goods worth S45,00o,00O, or
one.tenth of the entire imports.
n new regulation provides that each
resident of Russia hereafter may re
ce1ve only one package u year by
narcel post from abroad, and that
tho contents Of the package must be
Guaranteed TO be solely for the use
of The receiver. The government also
has increased the duties on certain
articles five and ten fold. so that a
pair Of womon's shoes now are taxed
So5 instead of SIS. cosmetics SIS a
pound instead of $3.50, and felt hats
SO each instead Of S1.25.
orders have been issued for the ar
rest OF persons known to have made
!, practice of receiving goods from
abroad through the mails or through
secret channels. to resell them at
large profits. Organizations of pro-
fessional Smugglers have been dis
covered In Moscow. Lenlngrad. klev,
odessa. and other cities.
One man is alleged 10 have brought
IN 10000 pairs Of shoes in single
parcels last year. making q pro1it or
400 per cent.
Evening star., 1926-03-24
PENNSYLV LVANIA VOTE
CONTEST GOES TO HOUSE
Bailey Seeks Walters Seat, Claim
ing IA Majority in Dis
puted Race.

Charging Irregularities in the elec.
ton of November 4, 1924, Warren w.
Bailey, Democrat. yesterday brought
to Congress his contest for the seat of
Representative Walters, Republican,
of the twentieth Pennsylvania. dis
trict.
The matter has been taken up by a
House elections committee after ex.
tended litigation through Pennsyl-
vania courts. Appeal in the contro.
versy between the two Johnstown
newspaper editors was carried to
the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. re-
sulting in tie vote Of the judges.
Each candidate ran on three tickets.
Original returns gave a majority of
81 votes to Walters. who was q can.
didate on a Republican-Progressi
Prohibition ticket. Bailey, on Demo
at-Socialist Labor platform, claims
victory by majority of IA.
The controversy hinges about the
marking Of ballots, adherence to elec-
tion rules, validity Of recount by a
computation board, and qualifications
Of voters.
Evening star., 1926-03-24
RADIO FOR MT. HAMILTON
Observatory Test Of Conditions At
fecting Broadcast Reception.

SAN JOSE. Calf, March "a P).-
An experimental radio station, PSV
will be set up at the Lick Observa'
tory, on Mount Hamilton. near here
to determine the effect of altitude
weather and geographical location on
radio reception. 1t will be operated
by four members of the American
Radio League, who were here yester-
day on their way to the observatory.
Two-way communication with vari.
Gus parts of the world will be attempt
ed day and night for five days. A
50-watt set will be operated on a spe.
cial wave length assigned by Herbert
Hoover, Secretary of Commerce.
About 5000 amateurs rave been no.
titled by code 10 be on the alert for
the signals.
Evening star., 1926-03-24
President Thanks
Press and People
ForTheir Sympathy

President Coolidge yesterday. at
the biweekly newspaper confer
ence at the White House. ex-
pressed his appreciation of the
kindly references made to his
father not only by the press
throughout the country, but by his
friends and the people in general.
The President said that 1t was
fine to know the place in the heart
of the Nation his father held, and
that he personally felt that his
father was worthy of all of these
tributes that were paid in the
press and in the many hundreds Of
messages OF coincidence he has
received.
Evening star., 1926-03-24
AMUNDSEN AIRSHIP o.
Dirigible Tested and Found to Be
Satisfactory.

Satisfactory.
by Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
+ OSLO, March 24.-Capt. Roald
Amundsen's dirigible airship Norge
now has been definitely tested and
found satisfactory. The Norwegian
Aero Club will take over the dirigible
this week.
The departure Of the airship from
Rome has been fixed for March 80
by a route direct to Pullman via Mar
seille. thence to Leningrad. Tromsoe
and Spitzbergen.
AmundSen will stay at Oslo until
Easter. when he will go to Spitz.
bergen by steamer.
Copyright. 1925. by Chicago Daily News Col
Evening star., 1926-03-24

ONE WOMAN WRITES: Last week
] purchased two lovely rayon
undervcsts, at very attractive
price. Now, | want to know how
to wash them since / have heard
that rayon is hard TO launder.
Won't you please tell me if it is
safe i'm Lux?"
DAYON is new kind of textile
IN fibre, the first man has succeeded
in creating. It is entirely different
from silk or wool or cotton. And more
sensitive to laundering than any
one of these three!
To help women avoid unfortunate
experiences with washing rayon, the
largest soap manufacturers in the
world-the makers of Lux-experi-
mented in their laboratories till they
found what they believe is the safest
way of all to care for it.
When rayon is wet it loses great
deal of its strength (some grades more
than others). This strength comes
Evening star., 1926-03-24
Asks Limited Divorce.

Mrs. Nellie S. Lyon has filed suit for
limited divorce and alimony from
Andrew !. Lyon, n carpenter, on
charges of cruelty and non-support.
They were married May 10, 1897. and
have three children. The wife says
she was obliged to leave her husband
November 10, 1924, and alleges threats
TO kill her. She is represented by At
torney T.. Hilton jackson.
Evening star., 1926-03-24

The only man who really needs to
know a little about everything is a
buyer for d modern drug store, says
: ho Duluth Herald.
Evening star., 1926-03-24
The safest way to wash rayon

TXIHIP up tablespoonful of LUX in
w lukewarm water. Take off your rings
the prongs might tear the fibres. A rough
finger nail, too, may catch in the fabric and
cause damage.
Plunge your underthings into these
fluffy, bubbling, pure Lux suds. Swirl them
about, gently pressing the suds through the
Evening star., 1926-03-24

never wrins-and rinse several times in
lukewarm water.
To dry, wrap the garment In a towel
and squeeze out as much water as possible,
do not twist. Then spread on towel and
pull into shape or hang the garment length
wise over clothesline or rack. Never use
clothespins. Never dry in excessive heat.
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c. D. GIBSON'S
DAUGHTER
REWEDS
Mrs. Gibson Post to Marry
John ]. Emery at
Dark Harbor

Mrs. Irene Gibson Post, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dana
Gibson, viii be married today at
Dark Harbor, Me-, to John j. EN-
cry, Of New York and Cincinnati,
the son OF Mrs. Alfred Arson. Of
New York. by her first marriage
and stepson OF the Hon. Alfred
Arson, Of London. Announcement
OF the marriage was made yesters
day by Mr.. and Mrs. Gibson at
their home, Indian Landing, on
700 Acre Island
Mrs. Post, who was Miss Irene
Langhorne Gibson, and q niece OF
Lady Aston, was married to George
Brown Post, jr., on April ~, 1915.
The wedding took place In Ct. Barth-
olomew's Church and was one Of
the largest Of the season.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev Leighton Parks, assisted
by the Rev. DIR. Roland Cotton
Smith, of Washington, and the
Rev. DIR. William q. Thayer. OF ST.
Marks School. The couple went
to Hawaii on their wedding trip.
"A son and daughter were born TO
them. Their marriage was regard
ed as an ideal one and there was
general surprise and regret on the
part Of their friends when it be-.
came known that they had sep.
arated. They were divorced In
Paris last spring.
The Honorable and Mrs. Alfred
Arson live abroad most OF the
time. They arrived for the wed.
aae.A -. - -.
where they have place, the Tur.
.rets.
AAA
Col. Hanford MacNider, Assistant
Secretary OF War, who left Wash.
ington on a 7-O0O.miIe tour Of in
spection by air, entertained at
luncheon yesterday at the May.
flower for eight guests.
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CARRS RETURNING
FROM EUROPE

Assistant Secretary OF State VIII
bur J.. Carr, and Mrs. Carr, who
have been travelling In Europe, will
be among the passengers sailing
from Southampton tomorrow On the
Olympic. and are expected to come
direct to Washington after their ar
rival in this country.
Mrs. st. Clair Street, has left
Washington after an extended visit
to join her husband, Captain STREET.,
United States Air Service, at Self.
ridge Field, near Detroit, Mich, to
which he has been detailed for
duty.
q. A. Cunningham. OF Washing
ton. who is spending the summer
In the Northwest, Is making an
extended visit at the Davenport
Hotel, in Spokane. Wash.
Mr.. and Mrs. william IT. Fiji,
who have been abroad, landed in
New York yesterday from the
steamship Adriatic and will return
to their apartment at 2400 Six
teenth Street.
Mr.. and Mrs. LIE Roy r. Ealkiu
and their daughter, who have re.
turned to Washington after a two
months absence. have opened their
apartment ct The Mayflower, whore
they viii be during the coming seae
son.
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HOUSE PAR TY
FOR WEDDING
ASSEMBLING
Miss Elizabeth Fay Val
liant to Marry Ensign
E. B. Taylor

Miss Elizabeth Fay Valiant Is
entertaining house party at Seven
Acres, Wardour. Md, the home Of
her parents. for her marriage to
Ensign Edmund B. Taylor, q. s. N,
which Is to be soIemnized tomor-
row evening in st. Anne's Church,
Annapolis. Among her guests are
Miss Anne Todd, Miss Josephine
Wales, of Wilmington, DEL, and
Miss Lavalette Cole, OF Warren,
Pa, who are to be her bridesmaids.
Miss Valiant is 8 granddaughter
of the late Prof. William Writ
Fay, who was for many years the
head of the department Of English
at the Naval Academy at Annapolis,
and is the daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph w. Valiant.
Miss Elizabeth Valiant was maid
OF honor in June Of this year when
her sister, Miss Julia Writ Valiant,
became the bride OF Ensign Charles
Carroll Dunn, Of washington, at
seven Acres"
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SAIL TODAY FOR
AUSTRIAN HOLIDAY

DIR. Ludwig Kleinwachter, Coun.
selor OF the Austrian legation, and
Nine. KIeinwachter are sailing to.
day on the President Wilson from
New York for Trieste and will
spend q leave Of absence at their
home in Austria.
Capt. Enrique A. Prieto. military
attacl1e OF the Cuban embassy, an ]
Madame PrietO, accompanied by the
Iatter's daughter, Senorita Incla
Tesseda. have returned to Washing.
ton. and are now Installed In their
apartment at The Mayflower.
The assistant military attache Of
the French embassy. Capt. d. LON
bard, has returned to his apart.
ment ct the Wardman Park Hotel,
having recently arrived on the De
Grasse from Europe, Captain LON.
bard passed two months in France,
where he visited Paris and made
an extensive motor tour through
the French Alps with q party Of
friends.
William s. Broughton, Commits
sioner Of Public Debt. has returned
to washington after a holiday spent
abroad.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Muehler. Of
Indianapolis, are at the Willard
where they expect to remain several
days.
=
Mrs. Herbert Adatr. of Wash
ington, is at the Lorraine Hotel.
New York, for q few days.
Mil Ellen Wise CrenshaW, daugh.
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Parker
crenshaw, viii 60 tomorrow to
Greenwich, Conn, to visit Miss
Elizabeth Snuier. Afterward she
viii be the guest OF Miss Frances
Mckee, daughter OF Mrs. Frederick
Brooke, at Nonquitt, Mass.
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JARDINE'S SON
PLANS WORLD
CRUISE
Will Attend ''Floating
University of College
Of City IF New York
By JEAN ELIOT

MRS. JARDINE, wife OF the
4s1 Secretary Of Agriculture,
who Is in her apartment at the
Mayflower after summer on Long
Island, FASTENED her return to
washington in order to assist her
son, James Jardine, with his pre-
partitions for trip around the
world. Mr.. Jardine viii be a stu
dent OF the "Floating University, !"
q chartered steamer which Is sail.
ing on September IL for world
cruise under the auspices OF the
CoIleeg OF the City of New York !.
Something new in educational
opportunities is being offered on
this eight months tour, for regu-
lar university courses viii be Of
fered in connection with the adj
vantages of travel. Many OF the
faculty members of the College
OF the City of New York are max.
ing the cruise, some accompanied
by their wives. There win also be
q group OF girls taking post grad.
uaks work, but for the most part
the passenger list viii be made up
OF young men who are students OF
the College.
secretary Jardine has gone to
Kansas to keep some speaking en-.
gagements and Is due back IN
washington about September 10.
Mrs. Jardine's two young daughters
are with her here, but pretty Miss
Rita Hulne, niece Of the Secretary,
who was member OF their house
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MISS WILBUR DUE
TOMORROW FROM CALIFORNIA

Miss Edna Wilbur. daughter OF
the Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
Wilbur. win arrive in Washington
tomorrow from California to be the
guest OF Admiral and Mrs. Edward
w. Eberle for a week before going
to New Haven, Conn, to assume
her duties on the faculty OF girls
school.
Miss Virginia McKenney enter
tained informally at luncheon to-
day at her country home at Kensing.
ton, Nd, in compliment to Nine.
Bedoya. There were II In the
party.
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MORRIS CAFRITZ TO
ENTERTAIN FOR KINSFOLK

No cards have been issued by
Morris Cafritz for the reception he
is giving tomorrow evening at the
Mayflower at o'clock as q fare
well to DR.. and Mrs. Edward A.
Cafritz, but an invitation il ex.
tended to friends Of the host and OF
the honor guests to attend. DIR.
and Mrs. Cafritz are sailing on Sat
urday for Europe on the s. s..
France and will spend six months
abroad,
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Aq511y xozz1 N
o. Lmzzslztzzz Mz0zzzx
NEAREST GENEVIEVE:

- There is just the slight
est indication Of autumn in
the many places on Con-
necticut avenue which show
signs Of life. There are q
number Of new shops plan
ming to open around the first
Of September or . bit later.
/ have such i friendly vel
coming feeling toward these
new shops on the avenue, as
though it were my house and
they were coming to live
with me. I surely do wish
them all the luck in the
world and know they will
have it in this coming shop
ping center.
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NEW MAGAZINE
APPEARS TN
CAPITAL

Enter The SportsWoman,
newcomer TO the. ranks OF periodi-
Gals and publishes IN Washington.
The appearance OF this stimulating
little magazine, the first issue Of
which Is just on the neWsstands,
has further interest from the fact
that several well known Washing
ton women are associated with the
publication.
The managing editor Is Miss
Dorothy T. Greene. who has been
Towering" Women's sports Tor q
local paper for some time and the
circulation manager = Mrs. Ruth
Woodman Breciinridge, former wife
OF Col. Henry Breckenridge. Miss
Constance M. x. Applebee Is editor
and Mrs. Mary McCracken. circula'
ton manager. Then, as associate
editors there has been lined up q
group OF sportswomen who are au-
thorities along the particular lines
with which they deal-women like
GIeuna CoIIett, who contributes q
chapter Of golf, Mary K. Browne,
who writes on tennis and Mrs. 4.
=. johnson and Elizabeth jackson,
both of Washington, who conduct q
department devoted to polo.
The field covered ranges from
tennis. golf, polo, field hockey
horsemanship and kindred sports, to
fencing, skating, canoeing, archery
and even camp cookery, each de-
partment being conducted by an
expert. Miss Eleanor Sears IL con.
hected with the publication In an
advisory capacity and many women's
athletic organizations are co-operat,
ing with the publication.
The aim of the magazine Is "to
aid in the development OF amateur
athletics, sports, folk dancing and
other physical activities for women
and girls, and at the same time to
help cultivete In the devotees OF all
games a rear enjoyment in play.
ing, q keen interest in technique;
a spirit Of good craftsmanship and
fair play; an appreciation Of health;
and q desire on the part Of every
girl and every woman to play
something whether she may excel
In It or not. !"
DIR. WORK HOST
70 FORMER CONGRESSMAN
The Secretary Of the Interior.
ut the Wardman Park Hotel, form.
er Representative Samuel e. Wins.
low, Of Massachusetts, who has
been appointed chairman Of the
newly organized Federal board Of
mediation.
Mrs. Herbert C. Hoover. wife of
the Secretary of Commerce, who
went to New York last week to
meet her son, Allan II. Hoover, on
his return from Europe, is expect
ed In Washington with her son
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Take The
Children il

Ito Underwood and UnderWcod's and
have their pictures made before they
20 back to school. They viii never
look just like this again. and eacn
year should be recorded.
The little tots, the ones beginning
school for the first time this year
should have their pictures made by
all means. You realize that school y
the beginning OF new epoch n
their lives and should be irnmortal-
ized accordingly.
The $50 discount Ii lii effect I'M
til this fifteenth of September, be-
lleye, 60 people win be glad to take
advantage OF that, especially II there
are number of children in the
family.
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man Park Inn
What more DO
you want" said
he. 81 step out
m the morning
play several sets
of tennis, enjoy 4
plunge Ia the out
door pool brea X
fast IN an airy,
breezy room over
looking Rock
Creek and proceed
to my few hours
- 4Sr41 -, - So
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-31

One-strap, ms ep
ties, colonial pumps,
d'orsays, operas, bead
ties and many other
NEW STYLES.
Tailored and trim
med pumps at both
prices.
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MISS CLOVER SAILS
EnR EUROPEAN SOJOURN


Miss Eudora Clover, who was re-
Gently the guest Of her brother-in.
law and sister, Lieut.. Col. and Mrs.
Thomas Holcomb, at their home in
Tracy Place, has sailed for Europe
and win spend some time In Paris.
The daughter of the late Rear Adj
n1iral and Mrs. Richardson Clover
Of washington, Miss Clover has
been little in the Capital Of late,
spending the greater part Of the
wear on her ranch in the Napa
Valley. California. She made her
debut IN washington with little
group OF girls known as the Big
Six.o which included Miss Mar
garet Draper, now Princess Bon
compagni; Miss Laura Merriam,
now Mrs. James r. Curtis: Miss
Alice whiting, now Mrs. John Bald
win Cochran; Miss Gladys Hinckley,
who IL Mrs. Percival McCeney
Werlich, and - such is fame, the
name OF the sixth somehow eludes
the scribe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles G. Ely, jr..
of Jacksonville, Fla, arrived today
at the Willard for a short stay.
Frank w. stearng, OF Boston,
who has been visiting the President
and Mrs. Coolidge at White Pine
Camp, has arrived at the Red Lion
Inn at Stockbridge, Mass.
Capt. A. J. Vadala, Medical Corps,
u. s. A., is motoring to Indiana
to join a house party at the home
of Representative and Mrs. Fred 8.
PurnelI in Attica.
~ =
Mr.. and Mrs. /GIst Blair, Of Wash
ington, entertained at an informal
supper at the Yacht Club, Bar
Harbor, last evening for winter and
summer residents Of Mount Desert.
The Right Rev. William Lawrence,
Bishop of Massachusetts,, was a
guest. Mr.. Blair is president of the
Village Improvement Association.
M
Mrs. Ord Preston and Miss Mary
Preston have returned to Washing
ton from Hot Springs, Va.
x
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freshed and happy as though 7 were
Ia the Adironda clxs.
The nice feature 81 al this II that
besides residents and guests at the
hotel. For d Zee, you may receive
membership card admitting you 20
the Swimming Club. which gives you
ali the privileges.
There are parties galore every
swimming night. People like To 20
out Tor dinner and swim after
ward. "A swim before luncheon II
another diversion great many busi
ness men are finding enjoyable.
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Patent leather, satin,
kid and combination
models, made on the
latest style lines.
Graceful, we'll fitting
styles at this low
price should and will
sell quickly.
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II Man Z Know
Toll We

that he did not the least bit mind
having to remain In town when ne
has snch 3 charming woodsy place
to stay 80 Ward