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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-23
THE. MILITARY
AT DINNER

The Secretary OF War and Mrs.
Davis will be the honor guests at a
dinner and dance this evening given
by Assistant Secretary OF War and
Mrs. Hanford MacNider and Assist
ant Secretary Of War and Mrs. r.
Trubee Dawson, who viii entertain
at the Willard Hotel.
There win be about lis guests
at the dinner and later a hundred
additional guests will come In Tor
the dancing. The Secretary of tho
Navy and Mrs. Wilbur will he
among the guests. who win be
drawn largely from military groups.
They will include military and air
attaches OF the diplomatic missions
in Washington.
Mrs. Alvin 7, Hert, vice chairman
Of the Republican national commit.
tee. will arrive In town tonight and
will be at her apartment at 1875
Massachusetts Ave. for tho winter
Instead of sub1etting Mrs. w. Harry
Browns apartment in the same
building. as she did last year and the
year before, Mrs. Hert has taken an
unfurnished suite and has brought
her own things from her home In
Kentucky. Mrs. Hert has been In
New York for the last few days
after spending several weeks In
Kentucky.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-23

honor ~ . bridge tea this after
noon by Mrs. Carleton Edward
Moran at the .Wardman Park Hotel.
Mrs. Moran Is assisted In receivins
BY her mother, Mrs. Edward w.
Pou; Mrs. Thomas A. Walden. Mrs.
David HI. Blair. Mrs, Blaine Lips,
comb. Mrs. William j. Kenealy,
and Mrs. j. Gilman Walling. There
are several tables OF bridge, after
which about 40 additional guests
have been invited Tor tea.
Mrs. Copley Amory entertained
at luncheon today in her home on
@ Street for her debutante daugh
ter. Miss Katherine Amory. he
guests were the debutantes--the
company numbering 2S..
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MISS R0EBLING
PRESENTED
TODAY
Miss Elizabeth Fries to
Make Formal Bow at
Dance Tonight
BY JEAN ELIOT


MIss ALLISON RoEBLlNG and
| lvk Miss Elizabeth Fries will step
from the ranks OF debutantes today
to be formally presented to adult
| society.
Col. and Mrs. Arthur O'Brien are
| giving a reception this afternoon
from to o'clock at Esta Brook
their beautiful estate on the edge
OF Rock Creek Park, at which Miss
Roebling will be introduced to their
| friends. And Maj. Gen. and Mr*.
Amos Fries will give a dance this
evening for Miss Fries in the OF.
| ficers Club at Washington Bar.
racks
Several hundred guests have
been asked to meet Miss Roebling
who has the distinction Of being
the one debutante Of this year with
fiance lowering in the back
ground. It will be remembered
that her engagement to Baron Jos.
eph van der Elst. OF the Belgian
embassy. was announced q few
weeks ago.
Old-FasE1ioned Picture
The charming drawing rooms Of
Esta Brook are filled with flowers
Roebling has chosen picturesque
style for her costume, and will
wear a gown OF warm ivory panne
velvet made in the Eiizabethan
style with high pointed collar
of pointe de Venise. The lining u
the gown is OF shell pink panns
velvet. which shows at the fac.
ings. A lovely old set Of seed
pearls--necklace long earrings AMI
other pieces. will be worn and the
debutante will carry an old-fashion.
ed nosegay of varicolored flowers.
Mrs. Q'Brien's gown is Of beige
crepe de chine embroidered In many
cclors In an Oriental design AMI
trimmed ON the skirt with heavy
blue silk fringe.
Mrs. Henry u. Estabrook, OF
Tarrytown. on the Hudson, mother of
the hostess, who came on for the
party and is a guest of Colonel and
Mrs. .O'Brien. will wear a grey
crepe costume combined with chin
chilla.
|. Al group OF prominent Washing
ton women will assist the hostess
and many Of the seasons debt
ttantes have been asked to help Miss
Roebling During the afternoon
there will be a program of organ
music. with Harry Rowe Cheliey.
OF New York, as the artist.
.Army Night" for the Buds
This will be Army night" for
the buds, bachelor officers from the
posts near Washington being among
the guests and a series Of dinners
before the dance being given by.
some Of the service girls who are
debutantes.
Among the dinner hosts are Gen.
and Mrs w. Joyes. who are en-.
pertaining for their debutante daugh.
ter, Miss Georgiana Joyes: Gen.
and Mrs. John L. Glenn. who will
be hosts for their debutante daugh-
ter, Miss Elizabeth Glenn; Capt. and
Mrs. Albert j. Gore, who are enter
tanning for their debutante daugh'
ter, Miss Frances Larner Gore, and
Mrs. Claude E. Brigham. who is
having a small company Of young
people.
General and Mrs. Fries will give
small dinner for the guests from
out of town who have come for the
party.
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Two Debs Step From Ranks
WHITE HOUSE
GU ES 7 IS
HONORED
Mrs. Swanson Hostess to
Mrs. Frank Stearns
at Luncheon

Mrs. Claude Swanson. wife CT
Senator Swanson. entertained at
luncheon today at the Chevy Chase
Club In compliment TO Mrs. Frank
Stearns, Of Boston. who Is q guesf
at the White House.
Other guests were Mime Matsn.
datra, Mrs. John B Kendrick. Mrs.
William Cabeli Bruce. Mrs. Peter
Goelet Gerry, Mrs Thomas r.
Bayard, Mrs. Lawrence Tyson. Mrs
Robert n. Stanfield. Mime. Varela.
Nine. Algaro, Mrs. Cordell HUI,
Nine. Prada. Mrs. j Butler Wright,
Mrs. John B. Henderson. Mrs.
Frederick Horne.
Mrs. Robert Owen. Mrs. Charles
C. McChord. Mrs. George l.. Boyle,
Mrs. Samuel Graham. Mrs W.
Harry Brown, Mrs. Lyman Kendall
Mrs. B. B. Jones. Mrs. Emerson
Howe, Mrs. Theodore Noyes, Mrs.
James +. Morris. Of Minneapolis.
Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins. Mrs. John
Hays Hammond. Mrs. Arthur Lee
Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock, Mrs, Wal.
ter Tuckerman. Mrs. Robert Hinck
ley. Mrs William Kearney Carr.
Mrs Wilbur Hubbard. Mrs. Beverly
Williamson. Mrs. Robert Mackenzie
Miss Callie Doyle, Mrs. Gillett- HILL
Mrs Wade Ellis, Mrs. Wilton Lam
bert, Mrs. Ward Fenton, Of New
York. Mrs John c.. Fremont. Mrs
Peter A. Drury.
Mrs. Victor Kaufman, Mrs. VIII
liam Wheatley. Mrs. T. Dewitt Tai
mage, Miss Janet Richards, Mrs.
Robert Love Taylor. Mrs. Joseph /.
France. of Baltimore; Mrs Parker
West, Mrs. Henry Getty Chiffon.
Mrs. Ollie James Mrs. Charles B..
Howry. Mrs. Pitt Scott. Mrs. Henry
Miller, Miss Germaine Benoist. OF
Paris; Mrs, r II. G. Reed and Mrs.
Preston, wife OF Captain Preston.
u. S. N.
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INVITATIONS OUT
FOR CABINET DINNER

Invitations have been issued by
President and Mrs. Coolidge for the
first state dinner at the White
House on December 2, when Vice
President and Mrs. Dawes and the
Cabinet group will be the special
guests
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PARTISAN HERE
| FOR VISITS

Miss German Benoist, of Paris,
who has been visiting Senator and
Mrs. Claude Swanson, will go
shortly to be the guest of Mrs.
Ollie James at 2400 Sixteenth st.
Senator and Mrs. Swanson will
spend Thanksgiving with the lat.
ter's son. Douglass Hall, at the
University Of Virginia
Il
Miss Adelaide Douglass and Miss
Rebekah Lipscomb are guests Of
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JAPANESE ENVOY
TO FETE KELLOGGS

The Japanese Ambassador and
Nine. Matsudaira will entertains at
dinner this evening at the embassy
in honor OF the Secretary of State
and Mrs. Kellogg.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-23

AS smart az new paint and recondt-
tioninK can make 'em--the good ns9d
cars now offered ut special prices dur
ing the final week OF the Fall. Clear
ance Sale OF Used Cars Turn to the
Classified Ads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-19
FINE AUTOMOBILE DRIVEWAY
NOW UNDER. WAY IN FLORIDA
Conn letion of Project, Covering Distance
of 522 Miles Along Coast, Prospective
Boon to Motorists.

With the completion of marine
automobile drive along the east coast
of Florida from Jacksonville to Key
West, a distance of 522 miles, motor
conditions in that State will be mate
rally improved. The route will form
the southern extremity of the pro-
jected Atlantic Coast Highway from
Maine to Key West. 1t will include
existing roads as we'll as new ones.
and will make available in the near
future several hundred miles of at
tractive driveways along the ocean
ard Atlantic shore of Florida. The
Overseas Highway, now under con-
struction from the mainland across
tho Florida keys and gulf to Key
West. will be the most southerly link
Of the marine route.
In the northern part of the State
the Atlantic Coast and long narrow
islands paralleling the coast will he
connected by bridges which will open
up 125-mile marine drive from Jack
sonville Beach. II miles from Jackson
VILE. to Columbus Inlet, II miles
south of Daytona Beach. The route
provides a driveway along the beach
for about two-thirds of the way, with
the alternative at high tide of the
nearby Ocean boulevard.
Most Northerly Bridge.
The most northerly bridge connect.
ing the beaches is Vilano Bridge be.
tween ST. Augustine and Vilano
Beach. 35 miles south of Jacksonville
Beach. The ocean sands can be nego-
tiated over this distance. except with
In the hour before or after high tide.
There will be one detour Is miles
south of Jacksonville Beach.
AS the Ocean boulevard is not yet
in use from Jacksonville Beach to St.
Augustine, NEST motorists this Fall
will prefer to begin the marine route
at st. Augustine. which is reached
from Jacksonville. Al miles. by the
old Dixie Highway. The marine route
will save 20 miles between st. Angus.
tine and Ormond Beach.
From st. Augustine the route leads
across the bridge over Matanzas Bay
to Anastasia Island, thence south for
Is miles either on the ocean beach
or on the Ocean boulevard to Matan.
zas Inlet Bridge, which will be opened
this Fall: thence across the bridge to
Summer Haven, to FlagleE Beach and
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along the Ocean boulevard to Ormond-
Daytona Beach.
The Ocean boulevard is part of
road project for which st. Johns
County. Of which st. Augustine is the
chief city. has voted s2,200,000 Of
bonds. Construction is being rapidly
pushed forward. It includes a scenic
drive from Jacksonville along the st.
Johns River to a point west Of St
Augustine, where IL will turn east to
that city. A new steel and concrete
bridge is being erected between West
Augustine and Anastasia Island.
Where Tourists Detour. :,
Tourists bound farther south must
retraCe to Daytona Beach and cross
to the Dixie Highway on the mainland
After reaching Titusville. 43 miles
south Of Daytona Beach. the tourist
skirts the inland waterway, parallel
ing the coast for almost $50 miles.
The road Is in good shape. with new
concrete bridges.
At Florida City. ass miles south of
Jacksonville, new road has been
graded, leading through the Ever
gades and across the Florida keys.
1t is the first stretch of the Overseas
highway. 1t is expected by next
Spring that motorists will be able to
IOlIOW tne overseas HIGHWAY from
Miami to Matecumbe Key, Is miles
from Miami and 80 miles from Key
West.
The right Of way has been cleared
through jungles on all the big islands
in the chain and the roadbed is being
built. Surfacing remains to be done.
although in some places cars are using
the road From the Key West end
the road Is now available for 20 miles
from Key West. seven long bridges
and trestles having been completed to
connect the intervening keys. 1t Is
expected the road will reach No Name
Key. 80 miles from Key West. by
Christmas.
When the road is open from
Miami to Matecumbe Key and from
Key West to No Name Key, there will
intervene three deep.water gaps. 1t
is estimated that 1t will cost $4,000
900 and require two years to bridge
these gaps. The Monroe County bond
issue calls for steamer ferry service
between the gaps to provide passage
until the projected work is completed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-19


Donough was able to give De Paolos
Duesenbers a real battle for honors
In the second race the situation was
exactly reversed, with McDonouEh
nosing out his dusky little rival in
hairbreadth finish.
Was it DE Paolo or the car?
The answer seems to hinge largely
on what young Fred Winnai does With
the machine in next Saturdays races
VIII he be able to push 1t up to the
tremendous speed of which the car is
known to be capable?
If 1t is a matter of plain skill ard
daring. then Winnai seems to have
every qualification. His sensational
driving on dirt and board tracks has
won him the unquestionahly vivid
sobriquet of gorilla tanner" and Win
nafs ambition seems to be to live up
to this vigorous appraisal.
He will he forced to drive against
machines that have the capacity TO
force him to the limit. among them
two Millers which hold marks of ISL
miles an hour and 147 miles an
hour, respectively. for a measured mile
on the straightaway. These will be
piloted by Russell Snowberger and
Jimmy Gleason. The latter car won
both the 80 and 100 mile races on the
Laurel bowl in June. Snowberger's
car was forced out Of the days pro
gram when the motor went wrong IN
the 50-mile event when he was lead
ing the field In a desperate dash.
Since that time. Snowberger's car
has been equipped with a larger an
even more powerful motor, having
piston displacement Of 235 inches.
If Winnai can dust off these ar
other fearless rivals, he probably VT
answer the old question in favor o .
those who believe any driver Is gou
only when he is behind the wheel OF
superf1ne racing car.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-19

On that day. in the three-event pro-
gram that is being given by the Ma
tional Motor Racing Association. Fred
Winnai, 22-year.old daredevil. will sit
behind the wheel of the machine that
Peter De Paolo drove last year in
establishing the records that still
stand on the Laurel saucer.
The Buesenberg that he pushed to
the greatest fame and fortune ever
achieved by an automobile race driver
was Peter De Paolo's great love. He
coddled the machine as young
mother MIXTURES her frstborn child.
His attachment for the car amounted
to worship.
This year .he American Automobile
Association, the orga nization under
whose cOlors De Paolo races. decreed
a change in the size of the power
plants that drive it's cars. The 1872
inch piston displacement Duesenherg
had to go in favor Of a machine that
was powered by a 91-inch engine.
Racing cars. costing from $4,000 to
$12 900 are rather expensive pieces of
machinery to have lying around when
there is no possible use for them, so
De Paolo was forced to give up his be-
loved steel steed The National Motor
Racing Association places limit on
the size of it's cars which permits any
of 400 inches or less to compete in its
events. Thus. De Paolo's car was
eligible to race under the n. NJ. r. A.
banner and he disposed OF 1t to the
sportsman for whom young Winnai
drives.
Virtually all records for the Laurel
track have been held by this machine.
1t has made 10 miles on the mile-and-
an-eighth oval at an average speed of
1876 miles an hour and for the 250-mile
races it holds the record of 1855 miles
an hour.
In the inaugural race at the Laurel
Speedway last year. only Bob Nc
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however. hold to the opinion that they
would take greater interest in the
company's property If they were given
cars with little style to them. Some
officials think this Is psychologically
sound. Pride of possession appears
to be an important factor in car life.
That is why the man-about.town is
not such a Waster as he sometimes is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-19

said to he. 1t is true that he burns
the road and sometimes does not seem
to care if he rips hole in the cranK-
case or scores a cylinder. But, on the
other hand, he is very proud Of his
property and spends much of his time
and money keeping it looking and
running like new.
The most neglectful and destructive
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-19

by the company are apt to be care
less. Many companies that could af-
ford to furnish their men with better
cars do not do so because they like to
get out with as little loss as possible.
Somehow large companies using fleets
of cars seem to think that the sales
man will wreck a good car as quickly
as a cheap one. Many travelling men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-19
WILL EASE THE SHOCK.
Feed Gas With Hand Control When
in Rough Spots.

When going over rough spots in the
road il will ease the shock to feed gas
with the hand control while gently ap-
plying the brakes. The idea is that
under this arrangement the ear pulls
when going into the holes and when
drawing out OF them. yet without
coasting into them with a jolt.
BY keeping the speed of the car
,ty,it ~, nm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-19

car owner class has not been singled
out as yet, but observation is going to
show that popular ideas on this sub
ject may have to be changed.
It is barely possible that the most
destructive owners will he found to be
those who get the least service from
their cars.
(Copyrirht 1921
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-19
MAKERS SEEK TO FIND
WHO USES CARS HARDEST
Women Usually Take Best Care of Me-
chanical Features, Statesmen Get
Most Service, Survey Shows.
BY WILLIAM ULLMAN.

What class produces the negecu and destructive
o careful owners Is the farmer the abore the banker
the business the housewife who drives the best
looking Americas highways?
Progressive manufacturers through their service organza
tons trying ferret the this question: that
has appealed to them intelligent step promoting sales 1t
that automobile manufacturer wanted demon
ate the superiority of his product and knew which type of buyer
treats his with the he could regulate sales
that majority OF his customers of this variety
Recent observation of has shown that certain medium
priced machine seemed oa all Others irrespective of price
class Something the individuals who buy this particular
make thought be important for its long lfe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-19
DOES DRIVER OR CAR WIN?
LAUREL RACES MAY DECIDE
Fred Winnai to Handle De Paolo's Fa.
nous Machine in Saturday Grind
There-Testing Question Anew.
BY r. J. CARMODY.

When racing automobile its way new record does
the the driver deserve the credit?
The old this hair-rane
sport and conditions have seemed right obtain an
that met general acceptance
varied Weather conditions were different The car was
not the good shape the hands OF second driver These
and other objections raised BY side
the side that favored the side that maintained car
performed because its driver made it do
here's good chance-perhaps one of the betthat the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-19

the case with inventors, book" me-
chanics and persons with q mechani-
cal, electrical or scientific bent. They
often lack the practical experience
necessary to service their cars prop
erly.
Women Are Careful.
Women. contrary to general belief,
take good care of their cars. They do
not do the actual work. but are more
adroit at obtaining reliable repair
work than most men. The average
woman judges repair work and serv-
ice by results. and If it develops that
she is not getting good service she
tells everybody about it, including the
mechanics. Either they make good
or she takes her car elsewhere.
Curiously enough. it seems that
women pay less attention to the ap
pearance Of their cars than do men.
Women select cars for their looks;
men for their mechanical features.
Yet in service the man Is more apt to
polish the hood and neglect the brakes,
while the woman driver, experience
demonstrates, will worry over the
brakes until they are adjusted and
have no regrets if the bumpers need
polishing.
Workmen usually are too tired to
keep their cars in good repair. and
since they buy cars mainly for trans
'portation to and from their work
there is little opportunity for any
service other than what they them.
selves give. The rate Of depreciation
on these cars is exceptionally high,
but the laborer has good alibi.
Salesman union 90 ich
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1926-11-18

Mrs. Leonora B. Simpkins, president
of the Washington Humane Education
and Anti-Vivisection society, has re-
turned from the east, where she at
tended the International Anti-Vivisec-
ton and Animal Protection Congress
in Philadelphia last month. There
was large gathering from all parts of
the world The Duchess of Hamilton.
her daughter. Lady Margaret, and
Miss Lind-af-Hageby were among
those representing England Miss
Lind-af-Hageby is a distinguished law
yer and an untiring worker against all
forms of cruelty. She was the founder
of the purple Cross" which did such
good service for the war horses, main
tanning a receiving hospital at Bord-
eaux, and other hospitals nearer the
base of operations. The Rev. Mr..
Boucher of London, another tireless
worker in the cause, and It. Col J. F.
Donegan, c. b., r. A. NJ. c., addressed
the convention.
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1926-11-18
ORGANIZATION

4. Meetings of the society.
5. How to amend the constitution.
The bylaws should include such
rules as can not be changed without
previous notice.
Temporary organizations: Conven-
tions, mass meetings, etc, have vary
ing rules depending on their purpose.
In them resolutions usually express
the will of the membership and com
mittees care for all the activities. Po-
litical conventions are an example Of
this type of organization. They are
open to the public and offer splendid
opportunities for observing the prac-
teal working out of parliamentary
practice. In them the temporary
chairman holds almost despotic power
for he is the "keynoter" of his party,
warming by his eloquence the luke
warm workers. and to him falls the
privilege of naming all committees
By the time he retires in favor of the
permanent chairman, the fun is prac-
tically over.
Most clubwomen are familiar with
the annual conventions of the federat-
ed body. In them there is regularly
elected president and corp of officers,
and much time is given up to the re-
ports of completed activities. Resolu-
tions declare the policies of the or
ganization.
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1926-11-18

The annual bazaar of Spokane Chap
ter No. 1853, Order of the Eastern Star,
will be held in the North Hill Masonic
Temple Saturday. Mrs. Clara Ander-
son, worthy matron, states that hot
lunch will be served at noon, and
chicken dinner in the evening, fol
lowed by a musical program.
Spokane Chapter will have election
of officers on Tuesday, December z,
and for the last meeting of the year,
Tuesday, December goth, the past ma
irons and patrons will be honored, and
visiting delegations will come from
many chapters of the city and valley.
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1926-11-18

The Musical Art Society, which is
headed this year by Mrs. ]. w. Bur-
gan, is presenting Arthur Johnson, of
Portland, for the third concert of the
season. Mr.. johnson, who is a con-
cert artist and oratorio singer, brings
his own accompanist, and will give
his entire program without notes. He
is said to possess a beautiful lyric
tenor. The concert will be given in
the Norfolk Hall, this evening at
o'clock.