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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-23
OPEN HOUSE ON
NEW YEAR DAY

The Congressional Club will keep
open house on New Year Day from
3 to 8 o'clock. and in the evening
there will be dancing at the club
from until IL o'clock.
- 4 4
Mrs. Harry Wardman and her
daughter, Miss Helen Wardrnan, re-.
turned yesterday. having arrived on
the Olympic Tuesday evening from
France. where Miss Helen Ward.
man has been attending school ct
Neuilly-sur- Seine. Mr.. Wardman
met them in New York and accom-.
panied them to Washington.
Mr., and Mrs. Wardman are the
guests in whose honor Representa-.
tive and Mrs. Fred A.. Britten will
entertain a company of fourteen
guests at dinner this evening.
Mrs. Elizabeth Albers and her
granddaughter. Miss Henrietta Al.
bers, are leaving Washington today
for Palm Beach TO spend the winter
with Miss Albers' .brother.in.law and
sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Earman.
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D BUTANT TIE
FROM "CAVE
JEWELLERS"
Miss Gore, of Seventh
Generation in Capital,
Comes Out Today

The debut OF Miss Frances Lar.
ner Gore, daughter Of Capt. and
Mrs, Albert Gore. which is taking
place today, 10 an event Of excep.
tional interest to the "cave dweller"
contingent, since Miss Gore is of the
seventh generation of her family in
the Capital.
Captain and Mrs. Gore are enter.
tanning at the Washington Club,
which Is effectively decorated with
palms, smilax, and the poinsettias so
suggestive of the Christmas season.
Mrs. Gore and the debutante will
receive together. Mrs. Gore wearing
graceful gown OF black velvet.
slightly draped. and trimmed with
rllineetones. Miss Cores frock is
of white chiffon beaded in silver
and crystal.
It is made with short straight
skirt and with the beaded bodice
bloused slightly over q tight girdle.
The square decoltage opens over q
vestee Of cloth Of silver. She Is
carrying a bouquet of pink roses
bound with the same ribbon which
tied her mothers bouquet when,
as Miss Nellie Lyman Larner, she
was presented to society in Wash.
In the group assisting Mrs. Gore
are Mrs. Willard Holbro0k, Mrs.
John b. Larner, Mrs. David Stan.
ley, Mrs. Winston Holt, Mrs. John
j. Joyes, Mrs. Robert Kelton, Mrs.
Harry Fowler, Mrs. Edward Graves,
Mrs. Horatio Taplen. Mrs. M. b.
Gore, Mrs. Harry Zimmele, Mrs
Macomber, Of New York; Mrs Ed
win Thurman, Of Baltimore. and
Mrs. John Pierce Cam, of New
ark, Del.
The girls assisting the debutante
are Miss Rebekah Lipscomb Miss
Barbara Hight. Miss Helen Galley,
Miss Adelaide Douglas. Miss Har.
Amory. Miss Margaret Kerr, Miss
Huntress, Miss Dorothea Richards,
Miss Harryette Zimmele. Miss Helen
Clifford, Miss Rebecca Cam, New
ark, DEL: Miss Betty Ridsdale, and
Miss Virginia Thurman. of Balti-
more.
The girls in the receiving party
will go to the dinner of Miss Doro-
thea Richards and later to the
Archbold dance.
The Secretary Of Agriculture and
Mrs. Jardine will entertain at din.
ner on January H.;
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie NJ. Shaw left
yesterday for New York to spend
Christmas with their son.in.law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs John Nc.
MILAN. They win return to their
apartment at the Wardman Park
Hotel the middle of next week.
Midshipman r. C. Drum.Hunt will
arrive this afternoon from Annapolis
to spend the Christmas holidays with
his mother. Mrs. Arthur Condor, at
her residence at 1915 Sixteenth st.
4 ~
william Ridgway Rodenberg. who
is attending Harvard University. and
Robert Ridgway Rodenberg, a stu
dent at Tabor Academy. Marion,
Mass. are spending the Christmas
holidays with their parents, former
Representative and Mrs. William A.
Rodenberg, 1901 Macomb st.
Mrs. E. s. Bogert is entertaining
at the tea dance in the patio of the
Carlton Hotel this afternoon for
Bowman Macarthur, who attends
Harvard University and Douglas
Macarthur, y. s. N. and Mrs. Mac
Arthur. There are 90 guests.
y y
Oliver Gasch, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Herman E. Gasch, has arrived from
Princeton, where he is in his second
year, to spend the Christmas holi-
days with his parents.
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TO ENTERTAIN
For VISITORS

FOR VISITORS
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Porter
Davidson will entertain at dinner
Sunday evening, January 2, in
compliment to S. Parker Gilbert,
agent general of the Dawes repara-
tions. and Mrs. Gilbert who have
come from Europe to spend the
Christmas holidays with the lat
ter's parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Ross
Todd, in Louisville. KY. Mr.. and
Mrs. Gilbert will arrive in Wash
ington the latter part of next
week to be the guests for few
days of Mrs. Gilbert's aunt' Nine.
Hauge.
n y II
The marriage of Miss Eleanor
Ball, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Irv.
ing o. Ball, of this city. to Fred
erick H. Untiedt, now of Washing.
ton and formerly of East Orange,
N. j.. took place today at noon Mt
the home of the brides parents at
Stoneleigh Court. the Rev, F. b.
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BABY
candies and Horns

Net Santas filled with goodies each .......... Csc
Boxed Smoking Sets. chocolate cigars and
Cigarettes, each sec
Boxed Chocolate Cigarettes. each ,..... .2Sc
NOahs Ark Banks, filled with candies, each .@0c
Packages OF Candy Sticks. each ..............Sc
CaHdS Section. Fourth floor
Horns, each .2bc
Toy Section, Fourth tOO.
Gift Certificates ANY Amount
Magazine Subscriptions Various Prices
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] JEAN ELTOT0S NEWS AND GOSSIP OF CAPITAL SOCIETY
ITALIANSPLAN
EMBASSY
FETES
Envoy Will Entertain
Staff at Christmas
Dinner

The Italian Ambassador and Nine :.
lie MARITIME have issued invitations
for Sunday evening. January g.
when Prof. Henry Burchell will give
an illustrated lecture on "The Re.
birth OF the Toman Forum
The Ambassador and Nine dc.
MARITIME will 5e hosts at dinner on
the evening OF January and again
on January 8. On Christmas Dsy
the staff will e the guests at dinner
of the Ambassador and Nine. dc
MARITIME.
The Minister OF Hungary and
Countess Szechenyi entertained
ming.
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REEDS TO VISIT
PITTSBURGH HOME

Senator and Mrs David A. Reed
and their daughter. Miss Rosam 1nd
Reed, will remain in Washingt on
oyer Christmas Day, after which
they will go to their home in Pitts
bgrgh for the remainder of the
holidays.
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Senator and Mrs. James A. Reed
have gone to their home in Kansas
City. Mo-. to remain over the noll-
days.
/. n n X
: LUNCHEON PLANNED
FOR MRS. DAVIS
Mrs. Clyde Kelly and Mrs. Henry
Clay Ransley will be joint hos
Evening star., 1926-04-09
What I TomorrowMeans to You
BY MARY BLAKE.
Aries.

Tomorrow's planetary aspects are
favorable until about noon. They then
become clouded and uncertain. and
while not adverse. continue in this
unsatisfactory condition for the rest
of the day. The morning is good
opportunity for carrying out any
minor changes that you may have had
in contemplation. The signs also
augur exceptionally well for ocean
travel. In the afternoon 1t would be
advisable to abstain, as much as possi-
BILE. from active endeavor and to de-
vote your energies to some form of
recreation or sport. In the evening
social engagements can. with advan-
tage, claim your attention.
Children born tomorrow are, accord
ing to the signs, destined to enjoy eX-
uberant health. not only in infancy,
but also thereafter. They will pos
sess exceptional recuperative powers
and be able to throw off any of the
minor ailments to which they will be
subjected. In character and disposi-
tion they will not In their early years
reveal those traits which. later on i'm
life. will charm and attract. AS boys
and girls they will be rather impossi-
Bile and more renowned for their disre
gard of conventional conduct than for
their observance of it. AS they grow
up these rehelliOus tendencies Will dis
appear, and they will acquire a per.
sonality both forceful and agreeable.
If tomorrow is your birthday you,
although possessing good judgment,
originality of ideas and keenness of
vision, lack that mental courage
which is necessary to accomplish the
realizable dreams that you dream.
Often you are convinced, beyond all
doubt. that your plans would inure
to the benefit of all concerned, but
fail in the execution thereof, and your
ideas are appropriated with profit by
others.
You are more capable of acting In
an advisory, rather than an executive,
position. Not only does the fear OF
failure obsess you. but you are un-
suited to handle details.
Your home life. given your under
standing and the generous impulses
that animate your actions, should be
ideally happy.
Well known persons born on that
date are: Benjamin HI. Day, founder of
New York Sun; Lew Wallace. soldier.
LAWYER and author of Ben Hur:"
Louise Chandler Moulton, novelist
and poet: Joseph Pulitzer. journalist:
Fanny Davenport, actress; George
Arliss, actor.
copyright. 1926)
Evening star., 1926-04-09
A Watch on the Wrist.

If women are more punctual these
days it is probably due in large meas
ure to the popularity of the wrist
watch. Before it's introduction women
had really no way of carrying watches.
Some "toted" them on ribbons, ETC..
but generally a woman had to depend
upon store and street clocks. Yet.
strange to say, men invented the idea
of wearing wrist watches.
In buying a wrist watch remember
that you are buying three separate
things-the case, the movement and
the wristband. There are plenty of
cheap movements in flashy cases. but
they are not for people who want de-
pendable time. / 1t is much more SEN
sible, usually, to spend your money on
the movement than on the case. If
you are going to buy thin model, get
the finest movement that you can af-
ford. Unless the mechanism is per-
feet you'll have no timepiece at all.
Wrist watches come in every va
riety of shape. The favorites are the
oval, rectangular, square, octagonal
and circular ones. Unless you have a
fat purse the circular watch Is the
best for you to buy. If your crystal is
broken 1t will cost you only about 40
or so cents to have 1t replaced. The
other crystals have to be made to or
der and they cost about three times
more than crystals in stock.
Any number of straps are made for
wrist watches. Many women wear
plain ribbons, others buy novelty
braid. The favorite colors for ribbons
are black and gray. If you are going
Evening star., 1926-04-09
WHEN WE co SHOPPING
BY MRS. HARLAND H. ALLEN.

to use your watch for sporting wear,
leather may be better for you. 1t
won't get frayed, as ribbon will, and It
weathers better.
Just hint about wearing a wrist
watch. Many women wear expensive
wrist watches when they play golf and
tennis. Every time they strike a ball
they jar the watch and gradually
loosen the parts. No watch Is good"
enough to stand continual jarring.
Besides ribbon and leather straps
there are metal.link wristlets. Some
of these are regular gold or silver
bracelets, to which the watch is at.
tached, and there is also a sort of me-
nish and they leave green marks on
your skin.
The dial on the face of your watch
should be so fixed that the "12" hand
is parallel with your arm. If you
travel or have occasion to be out in
unlighted places in the evening. you
may prefer a luminous dial. These
dials have phosphorescent numbers,
which gleam in the dark. The stem
wind should be on the outside, that Is,
on the side toward your hand, SO that
the watch can be easily wound and
the hands set without removing 1t
from the wrist.
If you're a nurse or engaged In any
scientific work, second hand Is a
real convenience. Wrist watches are
made also with split second hands.
1t isn't advisable to buy a watch
with q so-called unbreakable crystal
If your watch should fall or, be struck
the crystal will bend in and damage
the works if it's made of celluloid or
composition.
Evening star., 1926-04-09
Expectations
BY FLORENCE DAVIES.

Most of us were brought UP to
stay on the safe side of expectations.
Blessed are they who expect moth
ing for they shall not be disappoint-
ed" Mark Twain said. and many
of us were taught that as a gospel
of perfection in our youth.
Then, too, we were actually afraid
to sing before breakfast for fear that
we would crv before supper.
1t was part Of the old puritanical
suspicion of all things joyful. that
made 1t a virtue to soft pedal on
hopes and expectations.
Perhaps we thought 1t was little
too much like challenging the
Creator to believe that good would
come. It was better to be meek, to
expect little and then If anything
more than nothing happened for our
good we could be happily surprised.
But an older and even wiser
philosopher than Mark Twain gave
us better counsel. Heraclitus of
Ephesus said that without hope it
is impossible to secure that which
seems too good to hope for"
Now the great modern psycholo-
gists are all agreeing with Heraclitus.
The first step in the search for good
is to believe that good will come.
This is the secret of the old adage
that nothing succeeds like success.
1t is not only that the successful
man makes others confident in him.
1t is also that he himself is con-
scious of his own success and so
believes in 1t and expects it so
strongly that he brings 1t to pass.
What are some of the dreams of
your life? "Ah. but these things
would be too good to be true" you
say.
,Heraclitus would not agree. The
Greek philosopher would have said
that it is only by hoping for those
things that are too good to be true,
that we bring them to pass.
In any event let us have done
with that old safe-and sane policy
of fear which hesitates to reach out
and ask for a thing because OF the
fear of failure.
Some of us spend our lives being
afraid of life itself. Just the other
day / heard a girl say that she
thought she would never marry be-
cause she was afraid her husband
would disappoint her. That girl has
taken hold of life in crooked fashion.
She needs to read Heraclitus
Evening star., 1926-04-09
LITTLE BENNY

We was eating dinnir today. and 1
sed, Hay ma, did you happen to see
enything perple hanging on the
clothes line with the rest of the
things today?
Wy no. don't bleeve there's perple
thing in the house, ma sed.
There Is now, ma, that's the serprize,
sed
Serprize, wat are you tawking
about? ma sed, and | sed, Do you
know your little red blouse with the
little round dots?
Do you mean to say you went and
did enything to my best silk waist,
wat did you do? ma sed. and I sed,
some perple dye / found in our vester-
bule, wait till you see it, ma, it looks
CRATE.
Ha ha ha, If you could see the tx
preston on your face, mother, you'd
have the time of your life, pop sed,
and my sister Gladdis sed, Hee hee
hee. mother, you certeny did look
funny.
Well you'd look even funnier if he
took something of yours and made it
purple. as he calls it, ma sed, and
sed. Well / can soon prove If she
would or not, because I had lot left
perple and half still wife and they
look swell
My stars, you crazy simple thing,
wait till l get hold of you, Gladdis
sed, and pop sed. Ha ha ha, the plot
thickens. wat did you stop laffiing for,
Gladdis?
I wish he had thickened the plot
still more by dying something of
yours. Gladdis sed. and I sed, Well l
did. l dyed his yellow golf socks.
Yee gods, for Peet sake. my classy
Inglish socks, pop sed, and ma sed l
don't set you breaking eny laffing rec
ords now. Willyum, and Gladdis sed.
Yes father, wont you join us all In a
harty laff, hee hee, the pesky little
imp. Meening me. and pop sed, l can
take a joke with the next fellow: and
it's a good thing for a certain young
man that I can. confownd it.
Meening me too.
Evening star., 1926-04-09
$50 YEARS AGO TODAY
BY JONATHAN A. RAyySON, JR.
Story of the U. S. A,

ther: Necessity obliges the general
to desire the inhabitants of the city
TO observe the same rule. as no per-
son will he permitted to pass any
sentry after this night without the
countersign. The inha bitants, where
business requires it. may know the
countersign by applying to any of
the brigade ajors."
Gen. Putnam is still awaiting a re-
sponse from the Continental Con-
gress to requisition for 100000 for
army purposes, which he sent for
ward on the day after his arrival.
He has reported to Congress the
details of the fight on Staten Island
on Sunday. This was the first clash
between American soldiers and Brit
ish sailors in this vicinity. On Sat-
urday three companies of the rife
battalion were sent to Staten Is
land with orders to scour the shor =
On Sunday morning one of the Brit
ish ships now anchored at the Mar
rows sent a midshipman and 10
sailors ashore in a small boat for
water. The enemy We're fired upon
by the riflemen and lost two men.
The riflemen took the rest prisoners
and hauled up the boat. The enemy
ship Immediately began a heavy fire
and slightly wounded one of our
men, after which it fell down below
the NarrowS
Evening star., 1926-04-09
DLD llV1L ~ O1NlLC " BURGESS

in safety first. He says that II you
are safe, there is always plenty of
time TO investigate afterwards. So,
often he hides when there is no need
of hiding. But he considers it worth
the trouble. In this particular case,
it was well for pepper that he disap-
peared so quickly. 1t was only mo-
ment later that Mr.. Watersnake
came along.
Again when he thought it safe. he
came up and renewed his song. This
time he had hardly begun singing
when a long neck with a long spear
like bill shot down at him. 1t came
like a flash, but quick at it was. Peep
er was just a wee bit quicker. So it
was that Longlegs the Heron just
missed him. My" exclaimed pepper
to himself, "Old Longlegs gets quicker
and quicker. I didn't know that he
had arrived, but evidently he has, and
so he is one more to watch out for
Life certainly is exciting. 1 don't
know what l would do If It were not
1t would be very tame. But there is
such a thing as too much excitement
1t interferes with my singing, and
just now want to sing. 1 must sing.
Yes, sir, / must sing. l can no more
help singing than 1 can help breath
ing. / have been saving this Spring
song up for nearly a year and now I
just must sing
And once more pepper the Hyla.
who you know is a very tiny tree frog,
swan to the surface, filled his music
bag and was just about to sing when
slap, came Jerry Muskrat's tail on the
water, which was Jerry's danger sig
nal. Again pepper waited not at all.
but plunged for the bottom. And it
was just this way all day and all
night. pepper had so many narrow
escapes that he didn't even try to
count them.
Evening star., 1926-04-09

no fences or walls surrounding them
to form barriers to keep children
within special limits. They wander
in delightful freedom from one lawn
to another, lured by the sight of little
playmates whom they wish to join
in games and sports.
Avoid Shouting.
Various methods, some good and
some poor. of determining where
children are have been tried by
mothers. One of the latter ways is
to shout out of a window. johnny,
where are you?" or, "Mollie. are you
in the garden?" and to continue the
questioning until satisfactory an
swer is given. l know of one mother
who used this method to the annoy
ance of 'neighhors, and the child. too,
who was sensitive. The mother was
continued as long as Johnny played
outdoors.
4 Musical Method.
In contrast to this is another
mothers method, which delighted the
child without disturbing any one. She
bought a little whistle, one that was
musical rather than shrill, and hung
it by chain around the girls neck
her daughter to blow the whistle now
and then, but not too often, so mother
could know where she was. One short
whistle meant that she was playing
happily. but long one would indicate
that something was wrong. This was
in the nature of an sos. This
whistle method proved so successful
that other mothers followed suit.
Soon numerous whistles. each differ
ent in tone from the others, and all
with mellow flute notes. could be
heard at intervals. reminding one of
the faint tinkle of bells on hillside
where sheep Craze, This proved to be
satisfactory musical method.
\ Refrain.
Another mother used to whistle a
certain refrain or call occasionally.
which her little ones answered in a
like way. Before the children were
old enough to whistle the return call,
they came to her in response. Fortu-
nately the mother was not of the nerv-
Gus sort and did not expect too much
of her children. She did not call them
often. and when she did it was likely
that she had something to give them.
cookies. crackers. fruit. etc. though of
this the little folk could not be sure,
as she did it occa asionally, not as a
habit.
Gay Color an Aid.
Some mothers have their children
wear conspicuous touches of color
that can be seen quickly. When they
look for their little folk the color dis
them from the others in
the group. There are many methods
from which to choose.
Evening star., 1926-04-09

you do know anything" he went on,
you'd better tell me. Perhaps | al
ready know more than you think"
Martha turned to him eagerly.
About Natalie, you mean?"
Yes. about Natalie. and her in
fatuation for Lucien Bartlett. | un-
derstand that they have been together
great deal. Did you know this?"
II didn't until about a week ago"
did you speak to her them"
Yes. / did" Martha stopped
abruptly 1t wasn't fair to talk about
Natalie. The girl ought to be here
to defend herself. And yet it was
such temptation to tell John the
truth. to have him share the burden
with her
Il tried to demonstrate with her"
she went on after a moment. but
she laughed at me and called me old
fashioned. She said that Il was per-
fectly permissible for girl to have
friendship with married man, and
that 1t didn't necessarily mean that
she intended to run off with him"
John was silent for time. and the
hot color rushed up into Martha 8
face as she wondered what was going
on in his mind. Did he know about
her friendship with Perry? He seemed
to know everything else. And if so.
what was he thinking about, what
would he say next?
II don't suppose a reproof from you
would have much weight with Ma
talie. anyway" John said at last
THE pot calling the kettle black
you know" His tone was heavy
with sarcasm, and although Martha
knew only too we'll that she deserved
whatever he wished TO say to her.
desire was hot in her TO tell him why
she had permitted the friendship be
tween herself and Perry. to make
him take at least his share of the
blame.
She would tell him, For once he
would listen to her while she told
him everything that was in her heart.
He might not understand. Doubt
less he would think her foolish and
hysterical. But she would have her
say, and he could think what he
pleased.
Continued in tomorrow's Starr
Evening star., 1926-04-09
DAUGHTERS OF TO-DAY
BY HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR

Martha Dennison at III faces the
fact thdt her husband has drifted
ntCdy from her, as reH as her tco
children, Arthur and Natalie She
meets, an attractive bachelor. Perry
Mcdonald, tcho at first pays her CON
spicuous attentions and then later
tails In loUe 1cith Natalie In the
meantime Natalie fdncies herself IN
lore aUith q married man and Arthur
is making q fool of himself Ocer
Mimi, dancer. He calls on Mimi
one afternoon and finds her hdrtng
tea tCith another man. Arthur mas
been drinking and fight ensnes. in
uhich he Ieaues the stranger nncon-
scious. John Dennison hears runtors
about all these happenings and for
the frst time In his Hfe realizes thnt
he has a family and is responsible
for IT,