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The Washington times., 1926-03-02
iBoncrof Sees
Bucs Fighting
It Out With
Giants

ST PETERSBURG, Fla Marck
2The Pittsburgh Pirates and
New York Giants viii again fight
ii out for the National League
pennant. III the opinion Of Dave
Bancroft, whose Boston Braves
are now ii spring training here.
The Hub manager, however, ap-
pends one reservation TO the above
statement.
III my boys play the kind cf bail
they aid last fall. Dave says. they
win Be right Up there 1t the finish.
81 course, 1t Is al too uncertain.
NOBODY knows what kind of balI
club this il. Nobody knows Whether
they will start as well ~ they
finished last season. III Is stnl d
young and uncertain team but on
the other hand this may be the
Braves year Tor reaching the 1irgi
division. "
Bancroft sees b great opportunity
for some team to sneak In ahead 81
the Cardinals and Reds and land
third or fourth money In the com
ing sweepstakes He considers the
Cards improved bur the Reds he.
classes as q question mark with
the team likely to fall down abrupt
III II the veteran pitching starr
weakens.
II don't consider the Pirates
and Giants as 3 sure 0ne-kWO
proposition 81 III " said Danny,
ssbut it Ii B reasonable thing tO
suppose that they win be right
up &c the top. After You have
disposed Of these two clubs the
National League race y Wide
open. nc ought 10 be . free-aOgs
Al battle for first division places
IF the Cardinals had d littla
more strength would give them
the edge for third place. Cincinnati
may find It hard 20 stick UP near
the top. LuQue Ii IS or 30 and
had an operation during the winter.
Rixey is getting old. The Reds ara
a club that needs good pitching
where. i don't think their batting
punch has been improved nuch
over last year.
Banny likes the Pirates and
agrees with other experts that the
team which wins the pennant will
have to beat the Corsairs first.
However, he considers pitching the
weakest part Of the machine. which
otherwise Is powerful In batting,
fielding and speed.
cit Is too early to make any
predictions. especially about the
Giants" said David. McGraW has
some young pitchers who may
come through and then again they
NAV not. He WIN be ii the rum
ming, of course. but II VIII talks
a couple OF months Of actual play
10 determine the relative strength
of the Pirates and Giants. Z
The Washington times., 1926-03-02
Girl SWIMMING
CHAMP Ill

CHICAGO. March 2,-Miss Sybil
Bauer, worlds backstroke swimming
champion, was reported seriously
i'll today as the result of a nervous
breakdown engendered by her re-
cent strenuous activities in defend
ing her title in Florida waters.
Over-exertiorl is blamed for q
collapse which has causer her to
withdraw az student at North.
western University.
Miss Bauer holds every back
stroke record on the books. has
been a member of two Olympic
teams and ii the only woman
athlete who ever bettered a mans
record in competition.
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LYING BAT IS
SCHAVD' s FOE

TARPON SPRINGS. Fla. March
2.-WalIie Schang. the Browns
bacIxstop, was confined to his room
today with applications Of Ice packs
to his head - recuperate from q
blow received yesterday during
practice when bat slipped from
the hands Of Marty McMants.
SchanR was unconscious several
minutes. The former Yankee
catcher probably will be back at
work tomorrow.
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RED WINGo MAY BECOME
NEWARK BEARS LEADER

Ivy Wingo is likely to catch on
with the Newark club of the In
ternational League this year. In
quiry about him was made by
the owners of that club. who are
said TO be in search of a competent
team leader Both President Herr.
mann and Manager Hendricks
were warm in their praise of Wingo
and urged his engagement,
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Helen Wills is virtually on g
tennis vacation here. The Amerl'
can girl, entered only In the singles.
faces no opposition Of testing merit
until she reaches the finals, and
already she is conceded victory IN
the singles. 80
Miss Wills will meet either Mile.
Didi Vlasto or Senorita Alvarez
in the finals, 1t is predicted. ana
she has already demonstrated her
ability to defeat easily either OF
these players.
This Iet.down i'm the strenuous
tennis program which she mas
carried out over the last two
months is hound to aid MISS
Wills game, for there Is such
thing as surfeit of comparative
tennis. Although the American
s s1rd1 has has s hE2TT fr9 no sisns q
wearing under the strain OF Sc
we're daily competition, there Is
no denying that she has Deen
constantly In danger OF going
stale.
The experts say that when tennis
PLAYERS go stale they go stale ali
AT once and break from stellar
tennis into the most mediocre ten.
mis- over night. The fans marvel
that the California girl has not
had even a single stale period as
the result Of her two months OF
hard playing.
With victory in the Mentone tour
nament assured, Miss Wills has not
a very heavy program before her
for the next two weeks. she plays
at Nice next week, but will meet
there practically the same opposi'
ton that she faces this week. The
following week she will play a re.
turn engagement at Cannes and
again will face the same players
who have been repeatedly defeated
by her. The only interest in these
tournaments for the fan II watch
ing the American girl improve
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TY EXPECTS TO LEAVE
HOSPITAL IN A WEEK

BALTIMORE, March 2.-Ty
Cobb was resting easily at the
Wilmer Eye Hospital today. fol-
lowing a minor operation to re-
move several small growths which
the Tiger leader believed impaired
his vision. He expects to be out
Of the hospital within a week and
to join his team at Augusta.
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her style, and the always possible
chance OF an upset and defeat for
her.
During April Miss Wills with de-
vote her time to art study In
Italy. May win see her In the
Paris tournaments, ana June at
Wimbledon, and Wimbledon win
probably afford another battle with
Mile. Lenglen. and that IL all the
fans are waiting for.
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EHMKE AND RUFFING IN
GOOD SHAPE FOR SEASON

Howard Ehmke and Charley Ruff
fling, of the Red Sox pitching staff
are much heavier than they were
last year, Ehmka having put on
% pounds, bringing him to 1913.
Ruffing now weighs 205 pounds,
but he will work off at least 20
pounds of superfluous flesh in the
next two weeks.
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Thew Got Il, Now

The Corinthians got what they
were looking for, though they went
twenty-five games before It came
their way. The Dominican Lyceum
five defeated them 80 to 20.
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M'LEOD CHANGES TWO.
GREENS AT COLUMBIA
N ROSS CQNKLIN

Links is between rivalng
many things Columbia member chi about that
the proverbial word edgeW1se
For talk about Roland Mackenzie being sslee
about caeoA
and his elaborate plans for improving certain q the nos yG1
still with impuny gossip about the new swimming pool ana
fourteenth and eighteenth are lesnase
off
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Pirates Mustn't Take
Too Many Gambling
Chances Now

PITTSBURGH, March e..
Gambling for high stakes and
dice are absolutely taboo at the
Paso Robles (Cal.) spring train
ing camp of the world cham
pion Pirates. Reports received
here say that Manager William
McKechnie has issued an edict
to this effect and asserting that
games with only small amouts
involved will be tolerated.
sT have seen many clubs dis
rupted by dice games" the man
ager is quoted as having told
the players.
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Eastern Loses One

Eastern High School took one on
the chope that the Georgetown
University Freshmen sent their
way. The Fresh gained the deci-
sion by a 25-to-24 count, though
Eastern was leading until within
The Washington times., 1926-03-02

In 1act HHgg1nS Ism n8u11M8-
any pennant chances for the
Yankees. He's building up instead.
planning for q hot campaign =
year or two years from now
which is very wise, indeed, under
the circumstances. No team in
baseball history ever won q pen.
rant with d kid infleld-and that q
what Higgins viii have 70 put ~
the field this year.
His first step was to separate
himself from some Of the agAing
veterans who were cluttering up
the bench with their cr1tGhess and
turning the clubhouse Into q first
rate hospital dispensary. He chop
ped off Whitley Witt and Bob
Veacia and Ferguson mad Scotty last
year. He has parted company with
Steve OMEN and Wally Schang
and WaIlie Pipp and Freddy Hofk.
man. Ernie johnson and Howard
Shanks have gone By the boards.
Bob Ehawkey has been made over
and remodeled into coach md
youngsters have arisen 1r are
hopeful 81 arising, to step into the
discarded shoes Of the passing vets.
Considering the short time In
which he has been rebuilding,
Higgins has been very fortunate.
He has = promising 1Lrse sMclker ~
Lon G0hrig, VINO can MT EN-
high, wide and handsome. Tony
Laxerrf. the Pacific Coast flash,
and Marcus KOenIg, the amer.
lean Association shOFtgtOp, have
all the earlnarixs Of big league
ban players. And little Mike
GazelIa, late Of Atlanta. looks
IN the pltcnln9 Me. IAus.
gins has been forIunale. among
the younger social SET there are
few better looking prospects than
Walter Beail. George Pipgras and
Myles Thomas. unfortunately they
at least one year and perhaps two
years Of seasoning before they viii
be real class. Meantime the burden
win fall on the shoulders Of tbs
veteran pitchers who may or may
not be able to hold Il up.
Higgins has two sources Of real
10y. One Ii his outfield. There
isn't a faster or better outfield
combination III the league than the
Meusel, Combs and Ruth trio. And
In reserve are Nick Cullop and Ben
PaschaI. young men Of unusual
GIugging ability and ambition.
The apparently sincere reform Of
Ruth II another break for the man
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Leading Always

The Calvary M. e. basketeers led
the DeMolays all the way and
brought them down to the stretch
with a "a to Is defeat in their
books
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Baltimore Bows

The Berchman Club, OF Baltimore,
lost to our Clovers, 90 to Is. What
is more, the game was played in
the losers gym.
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YANKEES COUNTED OUT
OF PENNANT CHASE
e FORD Q. FRLllk

ST pETERSBIJRG BE- March 2Annone the ball clubs at VII
remnants world series this season can pe hssa g9aons
Despite reports 20 the
the YanIees are not ne worst club world They lco
BIT Red Sox the Cleveland Indians Over
long schedule they probably finish ahead Of
Medicine Hat But finishing Of philadelphia St Louis
ard other Anerican League another question
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thing to think about. The young
ster handles himself around first
base like a veteran, but his hitting
remains to be seen.
Buddy Myer has hoped aboard
his opportunity and seems prepared
to give Peckinpaugh a fight for the
sfortfield berth with the champions.
He says nothing, but he shows grim
determination in his every move at
bat and in the field.
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Some More Baseball

The Comets will reorganize their
baseball team. Dutch Krumm is
the booking agent. He Is at Adams
1850,
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Twice They Play

Two games will be seen in the
Epiphany gym tonight when the
Juniors meet the Eastern Props and
the Big Five greets the Phantoms
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Bruce KessIer Here

Bruce Kessler had Joined the
Woodside quintet and will be in the
lineup when that team faces the
Aloysious quint tonight in the !
street gym.
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Senators Out PLAY

The Boys Club Senators defeated
the st. Peters Midgets In a free
scoring game, A to 81.
The Washington times., 1926-03-02
Doubled the Score

Central High Schools lightweight
team doubled the score on the Hine
Junior High team. % to -.
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FANS MARVEL AS HELEN
AVOIDS STALENESS
Bv FREDERICK K. ABBOTT

MENTONE March p courts climatic and
light conditions proved obstacle Miss Helen Wills today when
she made her first appearance the Mentone tournament
The girl Miss Dorothy Hammerton OF England
The Washington times., 1926-03-02

Because OF Saturdays game Man
ager Harris has ordered regular
batting and fielding drills all this
week. With the exceptions of Bush
and Coveleskie all the pitchers will
90 to the hill though some won't
be permitted to remain there long.
Frank MCGEE, the young first
sacker. has reported in good condi-
ton and may give Joe Judge some
The Washington times., 1926-03-02

Speaking Of speed the Washing
ton squad seems wen fitted with
fast lads. Rice, ArchGeacOI1,
Bluege, Myer, McNeeIy and Stuffy
Stewart look about as speedy as
the speediest. Indeed, ArchdeacOn
has no equal In going down to
first base among all the big
Ieaguers in the game.
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Chances are that he win never
again equal his former hOnle-Eun
record, but he'll be q valuable
bah player this year just the
same. and he looks ., ne sne o1s
able liabilities.
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= OUtS A. BOUCHER,
L. sports editor of TIE
Times, Is recognised nation-
ally az q sports authority.
The Washington times., 1926-03-02

s9E TIMES md apors =
giUs ~ readers more
sports pictures than nsy
other neSvspaps1.
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School Fire Hazard to End

Prompt attention will be given
the fire hazards reported at Central
High School, the District Commits
Heights Citizens Association. The
letter was result of resolution
adopted by the association urging
equipment of all school buildings
with fire-escapes.
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POSTAL IA I IS
ATTACKED

Dozens of publications have been
forced to suspend on account of
present "exhorbitant" postal rates
on second class matter, 9. s. Nance,
president of the Atlanta. Ca, Mail,
ers Unions, told the Senate post
offices and post roads committee
today in urging a return to the
1920 rates.
Newspapers throughout the cpun-
try have withdraw every possible
paper from the mails and are ship.
ping them as baggage and express,
Nance said. The loss of 10000 900
pieces OF mail last year was the
result, he said.
Sixty per cent OF the mail circu-
lation of three Atlanta newspapers
have been diverted, he said. caus.
ing a loss Of 100000 in postoffice
revenue.
Postal rates should be based on
general welfare and not profits, Z"
he declared. ANY rate which drives
pieces from the mails is prohibit
tive"
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CAROL RUN0RED.
IN RUVA|V|A

BERLIN, april Il. The where
abouts 81 Prince carol d Rumania
causes nlys9ification and great ex-
element III Central Europe today.
Budapest dispatches state def
niteIy that Prince Carol has
crossed the Rumanian border into
Transylvania. It Il reported that
Prince Carol intends to effect
reconciliation with his mother.
Queen Marie, possibly rgsumf1g bis
duties as Crown Prince.
Another report indicates that
Prince Carol has gone to Transyl
var1ia for political reasons, having
great support among the National
lists there. 1t Is reported that
Nine. Lupescu accompanies him
The Central European radio serv-
ice. however, fatty denied the re-
ports and declares that the sup
posed Prince Carol Ii iii reality ~
Rumanian merchant who u the
double OF Prince Carol.
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GRANGE ENTERS
PACKING CASE

Claiming a total membership Of
100000, the National Grange of the
Patrons Of Husbandy, the National
Farmers Educational and Co.opera.
tive Union of America. the Ameri.
can Farm Congress and other or
CARNATIONS interested in agricul-
ture, today applied to the District
Supreme Court for leave to inter.
vene In the case OF the Government
against the packing concerns. The
petitioners are seeking to have the
court vacate the suspension of the
consent decree of February 81, 1920,
by which the packing concerns
agreed with the Department Of
Justice to divorce the meat indus.
try from unallied business.
Action on Intervention
1t is stated by petitioners that
they have deferred because thew
expected the Court of Appeals
would reverse the order OF slls.
pension. They ask that the con.
with regard to that portion which
with reagrd to that portion which
relates to live stock and live stock
market features. The petitioners
declare that the consent decree Is
a contract made with the Govern
ment and should be enforced espec-
tally where made with the repre-.
SentatiVes of an essential industry
dealing with food and where the
subject matter is strongly impress
ed with public interest. The
farmers claim that the producers
of live stock are entitled to a free,
open and competitive and uncon-
trolled market of their products
which they claim they lack with
out the protection Of the consent
decree.
pealed from the order of the
suspension but the appeal was dis.
missed by the appellate tribunal.
Petitioners are represented by At.
torneys Melville w. Borders and
Ellis, Harrison, Ferguson and Gary.
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STAGE NOURNS
FOR MILLER

CONTINUED from First Page
Square gossips and they, found an.
other topic. IN those days-as in
these topics across tho teastabls
were not wanting IL the gossips had
TONGUE for the intimate.
Then along came Ruth Ruth
eShAtterton- whose greatest success
undeniably was under the Miller
banner In Daddy Long.Legs..
1t must be said for Miller that ne
was an idealist and q feaiist. He
never sponsored production that
snfacked OF smut; his losses ct the
box office were enormous; but he
stuck to the principle, for the pub.
lic'g use, at least, OF Identifying
himself with the sweet. the roman.
tic, and the more or less true.
Long Were Inseparablc
Cntil year and half ago Ruth
Chaterton and Henry Miller were
inseparably billed in the produce
tons sponsored BY Miller. They
were inseparable. the story. goes,
throughout an association that
spanned q dozen years.
Henry Miller, 1t should be re-
membered, for years has been
married, his wife an invalid. Iron
ically enough, his last appearance
in the Capital was in La Ten
dresse." a play that closely para
leIIed the tragedies Of his own life.
Miller produced a musical ver-
sion Of Come Out Of the Kitchen"
at Polls O. season ago. For the
male lead he imported Ralp. Forbes,
handsome young Briton, to play
opposite Miss Chatterton. Three
weeks later Miss Chattefton and
Ralph Forbes were married. Miller
announced his retirement from the
stage within a fortnight. But the
footlight lure was too stronng and,
skipping q season, he returned.
Heartbroak House q Smile
A week ago the second of Henry
MilIer's sons was sentenced for dope
addiction to prison, Last spring q
play he had great hopes for was
tried out here. It failed in New
York Its name was "Embers."
The smile of Heartbreak House
is supported. A harvester of &C.
static pIaudits through two genera.
tons of playgoers, Henry Miller
retired nightly from the blare and
glare of the tinseled world he ten.
anted. to pallet of regret and
unfnlfillment.
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SLASHED OWN THROAT,
DRUNK, POLICE CLAIM

Lewis p. M. Minor, coIored, 20,
of 1929 d st. N. W., is said by
police to have cut his throat last
night while he was drunk
Minor was found at Twenty fourth
and G. Streets Northwest with the
blood streaming from his throat.
He was removed to Emergency
Hospital, where surgeons sewed
up the wound and then turned him
over to the police. who charged him
with intoxication.
The man told the police that he
had attempted to commit sdicide,
1t is claimed.
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FEN|VflG MAY Be
NNP[ ABHED
Continues from FIRST Page.l

tEOnIlnueO 1rOM ~ lk6t EA@Ssi
and other conditions atisfactOrv.
ri this report Of this veteratis'
Bureau investigator IS not seri.
'Ous indictment against Dr. white,
then what Is II? Representative
Blanton demanded. And this IS
the same superintendent. DR. VIII
liam. a. White, who. by law II re-
CURED ID devote ali Of his time
ito HIS duties III ST. I1iizabetI.s. and
yet who for two weeks sold his
Testimony III Chicago To Leopold
and Loeb for $3.50 per day.
Commenting on his presentation
OF his case agai1st COMMISSIONS
Fenning and the alleged ring on
the floor or the House Thursday.
Representative BlantOh said:
II have worked hard after hours
for number of weeks assembling
these facts. felt that it was my
duty to make this Investigation and
to place these facts before the Con-
Rress.
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INSURANCE COLLECTOR
ASSAULTED WITH KNEE

While collecting insurance in the
1900 block of Union st. S. W., last
night, Pearson Weeks, 26 years
old, 1928 Columbia Rd. N. W., was
assaulted with knife by negro
who was unknown to him, he re-
ported to the police.
Weeks had driven to the street
to make his regular collections and
had gotten out of his car when
the man rushed up with the knife
and cut him on the right arm. He
went to Emergency Hospital in his
own car and was treated, after
ward going to his home.
Police are seeking the asSailant.
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D +
FOR RECORD
Photo Oy international
nv international News Service

DAYTON. Ohio. April 10.--Lieut.
John A. Mac13eady hoped off at
9:4S a. M, Central standard time.
today on his third recent attempt
to break the world altitude record
now held by NJ Cazillo, a French
man.
The flight was expected to take
about two hours and MacReady
expected to land about noon.
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fees;
5HQ''T JAILED

Quick action by guards at the
District work house at Occoqaan
and the cooperation Of the Rich
mOnd police are responsible for.
the returning Of an escaped pris-
oner after he had been shot In the
leg by Richmond policeman, It
was learned today.
According to Captain Barnard,
superintendent Of the work house,
Goldie jackson, colored, who is
serving two4year.sentence for
housebrenking, was out In the field
planting corn yesterday when he
abandoned his team and made for
the woods.
Blodhounds Arailed the man to
the railroad tracks, where It was
presumed Jackson had boarded a
southbound freight train that had
just passed. "a
kilograms were sent to all towns
along the road and Richmond sent
police to watch the incoming trains.
jackson was seen on one OF them,
it Is claimed, and the police started
to arrest him, but he fled. One of
the policemen shot the fugitive
through thR leg.
Jackson MAS returned to the work
house last night under guard. He
VIII be deprived of his liberty.
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YOUTHS ADMIT Brutal
STAYING OF WOMAN, 50

MAN1STEE, Nick April H.
John Kotarek. 2e. and Harold
Linke, ", today confessed, accord.
ing to state police, that they
robbed, attacked and murdered Mrs.
Louise Lehrke, g3.year-oId Filler
City rec1use.
The murder was the most fiend.
isli ever recorded in the history
OF northern Michigan.
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MISSING COLLEGE GIRL
DEAD IN RIVER, BELIEF

NORTHAMPTON, Mass, April 10.
The body Of Alice Corbett, Of Utica,
N. Y. missing Smith College girl,
was believed today to be floating
down the Connecticut River.
Vigilant watch was being kept by
the police Of five cities for the
body. reported seen by q nnotorist.
The girl disappeared on Novern-
her r.
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Today's Scratches

At Huntington 4
SECOND RACE-Pierre Rhu, Peter
Lee. Blue Wrack.
weather, clear; track. slow.
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Mt. Pleasant Gibbons

Several important matters Of
civic interest will be discussed to.
night In the Mt. Pleasant branch
library, Sixteenth and Lamont
Streets Northwest, according 20 an
announcement of the meeting Of
the Mt. Pleasant Citizens Associ-
alton.
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Health Lecture Listed

DIR. Gertrude Sheckells will de-
liver q free health lecture tomOr-
row at 5 b. m. ct the Health Stu
dio. 1898 K st. N. w, on How
to Live, Longer. Al buffet health
supper win be served following the
talk, introducing nutritious foods
in proper combination.