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Mrs. Coolidge Sponsors
Legion Auxiliary Ball

Mrs. Calvin Coolidge is sponsoring
the fourth annual Christmas Ban
given under the auspices of the Amer
lean Legion Auxiliary tomorrow, Mon
day, evening. Senator j. Thomas Hef-
lin will be present and will give his
tribute to the flag. Miss Gene Kinche-
loe, daughter of Representative and
Mrs. David III. Kincheloe, will dance
and so will little Florence Embrey.
and 10 little people will watch for old
Santa to bring the tree.
Mrs. j. Jerome Lightfoot, chairman
of patronesses, reports the following
additional patrons and patronesses:
Senator J. Thomas Heflin, Senator
Clarence C. Dill. Representative and
Mrs. William III. Bankhead, Repre-.
sentative and Mrs. Lamar Jeffers,
Representative and Mrs. M. c. ALI
good. Maj. and Mrs. John A. Elmore,
Col. and Mrs. Joseph r. Randall, Mrs.
Lowell f. Hobart, Mrs. William Sher.
man Walker, Representative and Mrs.
George Huddleston, Col. A. r.. Brind-
ley, Col. and Mrs. John Thomas
Taylor. Capt. and Mrs. John Lewis
Smith, MAJ. and Mrs. Will Chase,
Representative and Mrs. A. H. Gasque,
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil G. Miller. Mrs. E.
c. Atwood, Mr.. and Mrs. C. N. Shaw,
MI. tOSCplluC ~.
DIR. and Mrs. Edward J. Coping, Mr..
and Mrs. William r.. Harr. Mr.. and
Mrs. James Latta, Mr.. and Mrs. w. T.
Pollard, Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton C.
Marsh, Mr.. and Mrs. III. o. Sergeant,
Mr.. John A. Emmart. DIR. C. M. Doll
man, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph r. Little,
DIR. Grace Thompson. DIR. and Mrs.
]. g. Mckay. Mr.. and Mrs. Louis A.
Rosafy. Mrs. Margaret Hopkins Wor-
rell, Mrs. Caroline e. Curry, Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Shaw. Miss Gussie Palmer, Mrs.
Mamie Palmer Dorsey, Senator and
Mrs. Fred T. Dubois, Miss Ethel
Berry, Mrs. May Hayward Byington,
Maj. and Mrs. John A. Brooks, Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer e. Corbin, Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur G. Adair. Maj. and Mrs.
J. Garfield Riley. Judge Mary O"Toole,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Hall and Mr..
| Jasper N. Baker.
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A new electric lamp which gives
on the same light as daylight is be.
ing used by artists for night work.
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Local Society Soiree
Program Much Enjoyed

lie Cercle Francois de Washington
Les Precieuses Ridicules enjoyed one
of its most interesting soirees Wed.
nesday evening at it's clubrooms in
the Pen Women's League quarters at
1909 Fl street northwest.
The program given included: Read.
ing. "Une Adventure" M. Arthur
Lebel: piano solo, 'Lanuit est belle" I"
composed and played by Miss Maude
Scruggs, as encore "Valse de Chopin:
poem, lie Cor" of Alfred de Vigny.
Mile. Marie Batifol; piano solo.
shepherds All and Maidens Fair"
Nevins) and "Au Printemps" (Greig),
Miss Hilda Walten, and reading, lie
Vase Briser" (Sully Brud'homme' and
''Interieur" (Andre Theuriet', by
Nine. Miguel Cambouri.
Nine. Cambouri and Miss Walten
presided over the refreshments.
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Junior Hadassah Ball
Set for February %

February % the Junior Hadassah
will celebrate with their fifth annual
ball at the Hotel Washington, in the
Salon Des Nations. More than 500
couples are expected to attend.
The committee in charge includes
Miss Tessie Silverman, chairman;
Miss Minerva Greenberg and Miss
Jean Rosenthal, publicity; Miss Dolly
Greenberg, tickets; Miss Celia Tolstoi,
program.
Irving Boernstein's orchestra has
been selected for this occasion.
A joint meeting Of the Junior and
Senior Hadassah will be held today at
3 o'clock, in the Cafritz Auditorium of
the Jewish Community Center. The
meeting will be Jointly presided over
by Miss Minerva Greenberg and Mrs.
John M. Safer.
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Surprise Party Features
Wedding Anniversar,

Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph S. Wirschine
were given a surprise party Monday
evening at their home in Mount
Rainier, 1894 Twenty-ninth street, in
celebration of the 18th anniversary
of their wedding
Among the guests present were
Mrs. Wirsching's mother, Mrs. Ricl.,
ard Young of Mount Rainier; Mr
Nettie Buie, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Glad
hill. Mr.. Elmer Young and his son
Herbert and daughter Lillian, all of
Washington; Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond
Young of Mount Rainier and Mr..
Ralph Scaglione Of New York.
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Southern Society Opens
Season With Reception

The Southern Society Of Washing
ton ushers in the seasons entertain
ments with a reception and dance
Friday evening at the Wardman Park
Hotel in honor of the presidents OF
the various Southern State Societies
from which it's membership is largely
drawn. including Mrs. w. c. Harles
Of Florence and Mrs. Maurice II.
Thatcher of Kentucky. The wives of
the other presidents accompanied
them. Heading the line to welcome
the large company were the presi
dent. David II. Blair, Commissioner
of Internal Revenue and Mrs Blair.
distributed along the line were the
presidents Of the various state socie-
lies and other distinguished guests.
In the line were Mrs. W. c. Harlee
Of Fla. Representative and Mrs. Will.
liam w. Larsen. Representative and
Mrs. Juther A. Johnson, Representa-
tive and Mrs. Maurice H.. Thatcher.
Representative and Mrs. Thomas s.
Mcmillan, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Byars.
DR.. Wade Atkinson, Mr.. and Mrs.
E. T. Morgan, Mr.. Lem Reece, Mr..
and Mrs. III. r. Fulton, Mr.. and Mrs.
sandoz and Mr.. T. G. Bayne.
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o'clock, when she will present her
daughter, Miss Harryette Scully Zim-
mele. to her friends. Miss Zimmele,
who 10 q junior at vassar. will return
to Washington December II and viii
return to her studies after the holi.
days. The bud 10 q granddaughter Of
Mrs. Scuily and the late Mr.. John s.
Scully Of Pittsburgh. Pa. Mrs. Zim-
mele. mother Of the debutante. Is
known In art circles as Margaret
Scully Zimmele.
Miss Olive Shsriey, debutante
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Swagar
Sherley. Will be the guest In whose
honor Miss Mary Bradley will enter
tain at luncheon Saturday.
Mrs. J. Hartley Given will enter
tain at a large supper dance In the
patio Of the Carlton Hotel Wednesday
evening, December Is. for her grand.
daughter, Mrs. William North Sturte-
want. and Mr.. Sturtevant. In compli-
ment to two debutantes Of the season,
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Mrs. Gibbon Entertains
O. e. S. CHAPTER Officers

Mrs. May p. Gibbon, matron Of
Esther Chapter. No. s, o. T.. S.. enter
tained the officers and committee
chairmen of her chapter at a luncheon
in the presidential suite Of the New
willard December 4. The guests
were Mrs. Gertrude B. Milans. worth.
grand matron: Mrs. George Pitt. wife
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Marvin B. .Lessner Host
To Thirteen Friends

Marvin B. Lessner Of 1913 Quincy
street northwest. gave luncheon at
the Raleigh and entertained thirteen
ri his friends at Keith's Saturday in
honor of his Thirteenth birthday ami
| verSary.
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OF all ancient lands and histories the land and history
Crete among the most interesting Crete an island in the
Mediterranean possessed highly developed civilization
Before Greece or Rome had established themselves as ma
tons Crete was the great sending her ships On srrands
terror and force people on the mainland
You know the story Of the Greek MnOtaur, half
bull and half human whom the Greeks supposed to
send at intervals groups Of their most beautiful young men
You know also the terrible labyrinth in which the King
Crete kept his prisoners and how Dasdau father Ct IOars
record. Virgil tells about it in the Aeneid.
Your reading ought include something about Crete for
70 know the ancient days and the ancient habits to under
This ancient bronze statue from Crete shows one of the
sports that amused the Cretan Of long ago The young girl
stood in the arena waiting for the bull charging avagey
As the bull dahes az her she SEXES il BY the horns and with
unbelievable agility and power throws herself up the
bulls head onto its back thence jumps safely to the
ground using the strength Of the bulls neck thrown upward
Il was called wrestling the bull Young women and men,
presumably captured slaves especially trained in Crete TO
DO this kind q bull wrestling for the amusement Of the KING
Notice the extremely small waist Of the girl in this bronze
been found They trained the highest pitch their
waists brought down to the fewes possible inches and then
ssT = M s metal %oua mot ana :
Warriors Of ancient Gaul when they reached their prime
also used TO belts Of bronze Such belt
was calculated TO discourage overeating
This ancient bronze represents WnaC cali REAL
sport In those days the athlete literally took the bull by the
horns Every had be quick lightning As the
bull made his charge the horns seized the body Of the
athlete thrown upward and backward the 1.-the body bend
ing over until the rested the launches Of the
animal while the hands still held the upright horns twist Of
the body Light leap TO the ground and the feat was per-
formed.
the wrestler missed it DEATH and another young girl
man, belted with metal stepped out to meet the bull
Human beings still enjoy brutality, legazed prize
fights show But sport isn't dangerous used to be- and
the purses considerably bigger All this bull wrestler
probably got when days work done, place TO
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0NE of the naddest men in seven counties was man
who had his scalp cut open In q wreck with street
- car between Urbana and Champaign, Illinois
He said that he had been all the world and had
ridden in every possible kind Of he had travelled
BY steamship railroad sedan chair camel and donkey and
It remained for him get dashed the head IN dInky
street car accident.
man in Illinois when the Statehouse was building IsA
down an elevator shaft some sixty feet got up unh
brushed off his clothes and back to work About the
same time another stumbled his doorstep on enter
ing the house. il the city Of Springfield fell and broke
his neck, and died.
People are always taking all sorts Of chances and n spite
Of the law Of averages fatal accidents sometimes occur N
peculiar ways
The other day Mr. Bobby Leach, at Christ Church New
Zealand stepped on piece Of orange peel u the street. tel
and broke his leg Complications set IN the leg had g Oe
amputated and he died
This commonplace casualty becomes peculiar ana noaes
worthy when it is stated that at time Leach went over
Niagara Falls and was unhurt seriously although ne was
severely battered He had also performed many other fea
of daring
His last remarkable exploit to attempt 70 SWIM the
lower river Of Niagara just below the Falls he failed when
he tried to his teeth which had fallen out ana
was brought to shore By boat.
The press also reported IN item the other day that
man who had successfully flown number Of times - -
airplane died as the result Of trivial accident u the street.
The one thing certain about life is its nneeran, ana
You cannot most always sometimes tell.
Copyright By Mcclure NEWSPAPER sgndicsfe
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Ability, Not Books

Thousands of boys and girls completing their four years of
university life getting diplomas esfyng that they have
received the higher education"
Many whom economic necessity put to work after
high school before thinks with wstful regret at this
of the opportunity closed him forever Of being
college graduate.
He looks back life wonders perhaps it might
not have yielded greater success complete satisfaction
had the advantages of university training been his
Every Spring colleges all the land besow honorary
degrees Not for booklearnng, but for ACHIEVEMENT.
In the long current list Of those the universities delight
honor appear the names of many men WHO NEVER WENT
TO COLLEGE
Henry Ford awarded such degree other day.
instance So Herbert Hoover Secretary Of Commerce.
The degrees bestowed in recognition of ability
plishment
Much may be had from books. Education inegenty ap
Piled smoohs the upward road Yet plenty of
large in the scheme of things had the regulation kind
education.
The School of HarI Knocks plenty eminent
graduates.
Self-taught coegetaught. has the stuff he viii
get there
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POLE PICTURE
By Garrett P. Serviss

than from side to side of the
equator. This is not a large
difference on globe nearly
5000 miles in average diameter,
and il we could see the. earth
from outer space-say from the
moon-the difference In it's two
diameters would not be notice.
able. Yet 1t is sufficient to pro-
duce measurable difference in the
weight of bodies on the earth's
surface, according as they are
near the equator.
But its most remarkable sig
nificance relates to the cause that
gave rise to 1t. When the earth
was more plastic than now, the
rotary motion gave birth to cen.
trifugal forces which threw out.
ward it's equatorial parts while
drawing in the polar parts.
When the reformation had
reached a point where the centri-
fugal and gravitational forces
were in balance, the earth may be
said to have attained a permanent
shape. That this has now been
reached is shown by the conduct
of the oceans, which, covering
more than two-thirds OF the globe,
remain in substantial equilibrium.
Oblate SpherOid
If we could study the general
outline of the ocean surface from
a point of vantage above the
earth we should see that it is an
oblate spheroid corresponding to
the form that the known gravita
tional force of the earth and its
known velocity OF rotation would
naturally impart. This form of
the ocean surface Is maintained
by centrifugal force.
If the earth should cease to
rotate the oceans would surge
polewards, and, as has often been
picturesquely affirmed, the south
ward flowing Mississippi would
reverse it's course and flow north
ward-because, owing to the pc.
culiar shape of the globe, its
source Is nearer the center Of the
earth's gravity than is it's mouth.
But while the general spher-
oidal form of the earth Is man
testify a consequence of the play
of the forces mentioned, yet the
contrast between the shape of the
earth at the North Pole and it's
shape at the South Pole is not SO
evidently a result Of the same
cause. and even after experiments
have shown a tendency of rotat-
ing masses to assume q similar
reformation, one feels that special
circumstances must be involved
to lead to so curious result.
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NlHE photograph that Com
I nnander Byrd made at the
North Pole is historic docu-
ment. like the first photograph
of the moon by J. w. Draper.
Even though it shows nothing
but a small expanse of floating
ice. with a glimpse of lead,
or channel Of open water. in the
mighty polar icefield. it has that
thrill for the beholder which an
authentic representation OF
greatly interesting object always
possesses. We remember that it
is a self-made picture. and so feel
almost as II we had actually look
ed upon the "pole" ourselves. 1t
brings before the mind the whole
strange scene as no dissertation.
and drawing could do. We Re 1t
with our own eyes. and our inn
agination Is left free. 1t Is
fascinating to think that the sun
whose rays impressed that picture
was not to set there again for
more than four months!
The sense of realism impaired
by the white expanse. below. with
its suggestive dark space where
the deep. cold sea has broken
cover. and with the shadowy lines
Of the sustaining /airship pro.
iected across the field of view.
awakens a deeper sense Of the
isolation of the place, and empha-
sizes the meaning Of the state
ment that the northern end or
the earth'A axis of rotation lies
In the midst of a vast basin filled
with q profound sea, rooted with
floating ice, and encircled on all
sides by the greatest of the
continents.
High South Pole
In face of the convincing wi
dence that this is so. one recalls
the fact that the opposite end
of the earth's axis, the South
Pole, is on the summit of
mighty dome, rising out of
complete ring of deep seas, IN
absolute contrast with the lofty
continents surrounding the North
Polar basin, and one demands
why this should be so. Is it a
natural result of the action Of
shaping forces upon a rotating
ball of plastic matter, tending to
give 1t a sort of pear form-as
recent laboratory experiments
have limited?
We know that the distance
through the earth is about 26
miles shorter from pole to pole
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I can accord that symbol. FOR
it testifies to my constant neeo
of it.
/ need it--that Is why ! have
that crucifix.
1t was given to me at . time
when a great agony came into
my hfe-an agony which u 70
endure until I die.
/ am not a very brave person.
I am not at all patient person.
I resent agony. rebel against
II. I'm apt to be bitter and self.
ish and disturbing to others when
l am in pain.
When this great agony came
saw plainly that my life was
liable to become a dangerous
derelict that would MAIN ana
wreck other lives in its aimless.
crippled wanderings.
In spite Of the grief which OBJ
sessed me, did not want this
thing to be. It was bad enough
that myself should be ruined.
/ did not want to ruin others also.
1 cried out frantica1ly to this
friend: IF only / had your faithi
If only had something j could
hold to now. intellectually be-
lieve that God Is true and that
ali things work toward some good
end. But there Is no comfort in
intellect for me now. Ny mind
will not sustain met viii not
give back my fighting strength.
If only / had something TO cling
to-Do you know, really wish
l had a erucifix. I've never at
tached the significance to the
crucifix which you Catholics at.
tach to 1t. ] have always felt
that Christ's life was the impor-
tant thing-not his death. But
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ONCE-OVERS
new ANGLE ON THE TIRED BUSINESS MAN
BY J. J. MUNDY

Ism fact that much of the fatigue you experience
is due to your lazy dispositions
Some folks work harder to keep from doing than they
would work to complete certain job satisfactorily.
helps you to procrastnate and when you have
waited too long to do certain thing of viii tire
you to rush it through.
When you reach home night ism t it habit for you TO
give at and rest Do you consider that those
who have not you since morning would like little time
to talk with you9
The fact that the members of the family really want to
talk with you ought your soul enough to keep you
awake for few minutes at least
they want you somewhere, isn't just habit that
you say Il too tired.
You mighty selfish and getting more
Revise your habits you want to have people believe
when you really feel tired and
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BY ELSIE ROBINSON


arms, the proud wrenched face
is never far from anything
touch. Because need His pride
so terribly Because want TO
be as gallant as He was. q face
Of loss. Because / want to earn
to pay as He did for the dream
had. and for my love 1 want
to learn to pay the price Of pain
that such dreams cost, with my
head high. and my lips sealed
against all Whimperings
think we need the lesson Of
that cross In our lives.
We've come to think OF pain as
just nuisance-an unnecessary
thing. We've come to think that
sacrifice is sentimental and old
fashioned and unwise. We feeh
that it's bad taste to love too
much-or to believe too franticalIy
in people or in things-or 60 be-
come fanatic for the sake Of any
faith. We're all FOR freedom
freedom from all bonds that hurt.
BUT IF you HAVE NO
BONDS THAT TIE YOUR
HEART you ARE NOT FREE =
YOU ARE BANKRUPT.
AND 1T YOU'VE NEVER
MORTGAGED ALL You HAVE
TO SERVE "A CAUSE, OR
R1SKED YOUR ALL FOR SOME
TALL SHINING LOVE, you
HAVE NOT CONQUERED LIFE.
YOU SIMPLY HAVE NOT
And 50 I carry in my bag
crucifix,
The symbol Of a man who paid
for loving with a cross. yet TO
the last believed 1t was worth
while.
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MEDIT
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland
The Monday Roast

The Monday Roast
THE average husband is merely
= a stranger, who resembles
vaguely. the Glorious Being YOU
fell in love with and married.
At thirty-five a man is almost
woman.proof. After that, there is
a gradual softening of the heart,
the brain and the vanity, which
makes him more and more sus-
ceptible.
A summer.love is like flower
Sometimes, 1t is wiser to break
it off while it is still fresh and
beautiful, than to let 1t hang on
until it fades and withers before
your eyes.
In an old-fashioned buggy.
man could wrap the reins around
the whip and make love properly;
but nowadays, l., kisses you with
one hand on the wheel. one eye
on the road. and one ear listening
for Il knock in the car.
Once q man he's been forgive;
like a child that has been pun.
ished and kissed, he can go right
out and do the same thing right
over again with a clear con-
science and a carefree mind.
The "other woman" is merely
the reef that happens to be in
the way when a man is sailing
the high seas in search Of adve.l.
ture.
Many a husband, who has ap
parently gone to seed" surprises
his wife at this season. by spruut
ing a lot of new sentiments and
young ideas.
Perhaps a certain overly mar.
ried actress reasons that husbands
are like cocktails. If you never
take the first, you'll never take
the second. But, If you take one
somehow. lou always want an
other and another - and an
other
Telling a gil that you are
marriage proof ard that she can
never be anything but . beautt'
tifuI episode in your life. is prac-
tically burning your bridges be-
fore you.
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/ HAVE ! cruci-

&A1Aa
No, / am not g
Catholic. Nor ID
this crucifix the
symbol of any
creed. nor sign
Of any Sc CT e t
pact
There is moth
ing mystic nor
mysterious about
It is part Of
my common daily
life, and is treated
as such. / carry
Il in my shop
ping bag.
Does this seem
careI ess treat
rnent to accord q
sacred symbol
1t is not care
less treatment. It
is the most hon-
A.nn Aa.nnraA
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DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
BIZ DR.. FRANK CRANE
Freaks of Fate

0NE Of the maddest men in seven counties was %
who had his scalp cut open in wreck with sire
- car between Urbana and Champaign, Illinois
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Russia on the Job
The Wise British

The British Government will do something about the
coal strike and win have to do it to the coal mine The
workers strike getting large million dollars
Gently from Russia to help them in their struggle How
should howl in this country the Bolshevd financing
United States strike British protest but wise
interfere That's why they overcome strikes and troubles Of
all kinds.
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Telling a gil that you are
marriage proof ard that she can
never be anything but . beautt'
tifuI episode in your life, Is prac-
tically burning your bridges be-
fore you.