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SOCIETY

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in honor of Miss Farnham, who is to
be married next week. The other
guests were Mrs. Peet and Miss Cole
man of the staff of Gallaudet College
Miss Farnham has been teaching al
Gallaudet College during the past
year. She and her husband are
planning to go as missionaries to the
Philippine Islands. They will spend
a year in training at one of the mis-.
sions on the islands, when they are tc
start a mission on an island never be
fore reached for mission work.
Mrs. Adalin Macauley of Indianapo.
lis is at the Willard for short visit.
Mrs. Maude w. Madden, Christian
Church missionary to Japan for 81
years, and her daughter, Miss Grace
Madden, a student in Bethany, w.
Va, who are members OF the
West Virginia Western Pennsylva MIA
Schools excursion party. are at the
Arlington Hotel. Mrs. Madden is
author of several mission books on
Japan.
Miss Virginia Browne of East Thorn
apple street, Chevy Chase, Md. ac-
companied by Miss Anne Chasmar
and MIR. Guilford Dorsey of Chevy
Chase, Md, started by motor this
morning for Lexington, Va, to attend
the festivities of commencement at
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William Atherton Du Puy, at lunch
con given by Mrs. Jesse w. Nicholson.
Mrs. Edward Nelson Dingley and Mrs.
Daniel c. Chace. Tuesday in the home
of Mrs. Nicholson in Chevy Chase.
Md, following the final meeting for
this season Of the national board of
the National League of American Pen
Women.
Guests at the luncheon Included the
members Of the national board and the
officers and chairmen OF standing
committees of the administration of
I9Zb-f of the District League. The
bufet luncheon was served at
O'Clock, and presiding at the coffee
urns were Mrs. William Wolff Smith.
whose administration as president of
the District League has just closed
ana Mrs. Walter A BloedOrn. In the
company were DR. Mary Meek Alike
son. Mrs. Bertha l.. Voorhorst, Mrs.
William II. Moses Mrs Milton Reed,
Ml&S Jean Stephenson. Mrs Eugene
tolister Mrs. Virginia King Frye.
Miss Hyde, DR.. Maris Boggs. Mrs. Ida
ID. Peters. Mrs John Mock, Mrs Har-
rlet llawley LOcher. Mrs. Theodore
Tiller. Mrs. Lucia Maxwell Mrs.
Aaron d. Newman. Mrs. Mamie r.
Little, Mrs. f. Richard Gasch, Miss
Agnes Winr and Miss Bertha Frances
Wolfe.
Mr. and Mrs Harry Roller will be
at home Monday evening from s to IL
O'Clock In their residence at 2T35 Con-
necticut avenue, in honor of the con-
tirmation OF their daughter, Shirley L.
Graft.
Mrs. Richard Floyd Erwin will en-
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BY the Associated rIcss

! BY the Associated PIcss
| ATLANTA. May 30.-All the world $
stage for Mays Badgett. In it he
| humbly plays the part of violin
maker.
His shop, two stories above At.
10 2nta's busiest corner, is dingy. About
! his bench is confused ensemble OF
usical instruments. The clatter of
traffic pounds in through dusty win
dows. But Gadgett. as he works away
with the knowledge that the proof OF
the fiddle is in the playing. would not
trade his shop for palace.
Famous p2rSonages of the musical
World nave made Il beaten path TO HIS
place. once year he has big party
attended by members of he MetropOl-
tan Opera Co. Once DadCett gave Il
bear supper TO coo guests, including
the opera stars, SouSa's Band and
Southern artists.
Artists who sing and ,lay for the
public for thousands of dollars per-
form for Badgett between courses. o.
casionally the party is broadcast AMI
operagoers rush away from the audi
torium to reach their radios for two
more hours of music by the stars.
roudly displayed by the violin
maker is a letter from Eugene YSayt.
praising his instruments. David Love.
New York conductor; Fritz Schaeffor
and Henri Georgia of the Metropolitan
Orchestra and Rickard Schleiwen OF
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EASTERN TO GIVE PLAY.
High School Drama Scheduled for
Tomorrow Might.

Seventeen" by Booth Harrington.
Eastern High Schools second Spring
play. will be given in the school au-
,litOrium tomorrow night at 3 O'Clock.
A special matinee performance of tie
comedy was given today for the g-ade
and junior high school pupils.
Special numbers will be given he-
tween the acts and there will be dine
ing in the armory following the PER
tOrmance.
Among those taking part in the p'av
are John Quinn. Robert Thompson,
Helen Wheeler. Harry McAllister. FL.
lice DeForest. Alvin Graves. Framed .
Wright. Sam McClathery. Joseph Rat
cliffe, William Miller. Margaret Nc
Garvey and Mildred Kettler. The gen.
eral supervision of Seventeen" has
been under Miss Ella NJ Monk and
Miss Olivia TAYLOR.
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Washington and Lee University and
will also attend the commencement
exercises at the University of Vir-
ginia.
Miss Pereta Sheaffer, who has spent
two weeks at Virginia Beach, has re-
turned to Washington and viii later
motor to Vermont, accompanied by her
parents.
Miss Marie-Louis Fontaine. who
lived in Washington during her child
hood, but of later years has lived
IN Cannes. France. is at the Grace
Dodge Hotel for a few days Miss
Fontaine has for some time directed
a school for girls on the French
Riviera. ...
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OFFICIALS Silent
'ABOtT|SHEFF|ELD
g. -
No Comment Forthcoming on
Report That Envoy Has
Resigned.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the AssociAted Fgfss.
State Department officials declined
to comment on widely published
stories that lanes X. Sheffield had
resigned as American Ambassador to
Mexico. :,
For months simlar0S reports have
they consistently have been denied at
the department. Publication of the
story today led to persistent inquiries
at the department, hut officials refused
to be led into any discussion of what
Mr. Sheffield might have done or
might intend to do regarding continu-
ance of his service at Mexico City.
RumOrs of Division.
When the present controversy over
the Mexican oil regulations first arose
there were many rumorS that the
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tertain the Wheel of Progress and its
friends in her home. at 6107 Broad
Branch road. at dance Saturday eve-
ming.
Mr. and Mrs Sol Herzog and Mr..
and Mrs Max Schwarz will be at home
Monday evening from 8 TO IL O'Clock
at 2737 Connecticut avenue. in honor
of the confirmation of their sons. Rob
ert HerzoS and Benjamin Schwarz.
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Developments Net Disclosed.
Commissioned in Reserve.

William Cook, 1919 Eighteenth
ond lieutenant in the Medical admin
istrative Corps of the Organized Re
serves of the Army.
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Famous Musical Artists Form Beaten
Path to Dingy Violin Shop in Atlanta.

the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
are among those who use his violins.
One of Badgetts latest violins was
made from bedstead of cIrly maple
over 200 years old. Badgetts wife is
an expert string maker.
Evening star., 1927-06-02

Bathers at Perth, Australia, have
been attacked by sea inhabitant that
inflicted painful wounds unlike any
known in that part of the country, but
which are believed to be similar 10
the sting of tropical jellytish.
Evening star., 1927-06-02
TAKAHASHI RESIGNS.
Finance Minister'S Post Goes to
Chuzo Mitsuchi.

TOXIC, June . LF).-Finance Minis
.er TakahaShi resigned today. Chuzc
Mitsuchi was named to succeed him.
Takahashi agreed to accept the
finance post temnoraril when Baron
Tanaka formed his ministry on April
10. He said at the time that he would
resign when the financial situation be.
came easier.
Chuzo NIitsuchi is one of the leaders
of the Seiyukai party. He is gradu.
ate of the Toxic Higher Normal School
and studied in England and Germany
Evening star., 1927-06-02


Ambassador favored n more drastic
American policy than Secretary
Kellogg was willing to pursue. Last
Summer. Mr.. Sheffield came to this
country on leave. however. and after
he had conferred with President Cool
idge all reports of friction were denied
Since then the two governments
have come to an impasse in the OF
negotiations, and the controversy has
entered on q waiting stage while the
Mexican enforcement r1ngram is
taking shape.
Developments Net Disclosed.
In a speech in New York in Apri
President Coolidge predicted a salts
factory solution. but if any new ele
ment has materially changed the stu
alton it never has been disclosed.
Mr. Sheffield was appointed Ambas
sodor to Mexico in September, 1924
His tenure there has been troubled al
most continuously by clashes of opin
ion between Washington and Mexico
City and there have been indications
that if he followed his personal incli'
nations alone he would return to pri.
Vate life. At the time of his appoint.
ment he was praCticinG law in New
York City
Evening star., 1927-06-02
Art Promoters to Give
Garden Party Saturday Njght

The Art Pr omoters Club will give q
garden party with dancing Saturday
evening from to Il o'clock in the
Oriental Studio. at 2009 l street north
west. The committee on program are
Mr.. Kermot Girdner, Mr.. Rowland
Lyon, Miss Pauline Bruner, Miss
Matalee Lake, Miss Adelaide Dwyer
tand Miss Mittie Burch. Hosts for the
occasion win be Mrs. Gideon A. Lyon,
Mr.. Muscoe Garnett and Miss Ger
trude Brigham.
Mrs. Ernest Thompson Seton has
gone to Greenwich, Conn. to pass sew
eral days in her home there, where She
and Mr.. Seton yesterday celebrated
their wedding anniversary. Prior to
leaving Washington. Mrs. Seton was
the honor guest together with Mrs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
900 YEAR OLD FORTRESS
IN DANGER OF DECAY
Wartburg, Where Luther Hurled
Z Inkstand at the Devils. Is
Being Repaired.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
BERLIN, January 29-The Wart.
burg. where Martin Luther i'm 1921
hurled his inkwell at the devil. who
came to taunt him while translatine
the Bible. is in danger of disintegrat
ing. An organization called the
Friends OF the Wartburg." with the
assistance OF the federal government.
iiss been renovatine portions of the
9D0-year-oid fortress and castei which
overIooks the City OF Eisenach from
a height of 200 feet. Much remains
to he done.
The building, in a dingy second.
floor room Of which Luther was given
refuge and quiet to translate the
Bible, lis in an especially precarious
situation. An attempt 10 save the
famous frescoes in a half-exposed ar.
cade, depicting the life OF the holy
Elizabeth. is being made by installing
an electric heating apparatus to pre.
vent rapid changes of temperature.
The Wartburg is rich in tradition
and history. In the great music hall
II the landgrave's palace the famous
Ministries contest tsaengerkriegl is
said to have taken place i'm 1907 the
tone poem and the event being i'm
nortalized partially in Wagner's on.
era "Tannhauser and In F.. T. A
Boffmann' tale, THE Battle OF the
MinstFels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
AMERICAN AWAITS
SEAT AS NOBLEMAN
Former Wyoming Rancher
Anxious to Take Place in
House of Lords.
an the Assnciated presn.

| BY the Associated Press.
| MORCHARD BISHOP, England,
| January 29.--Oliver Henry Wallop, S.
year-old American citizen known here
on his North Devon estate as the Earl
of Portsmouth, is quietly biding his
time to take a seat in the House of
Lords after punching cattle" for 40
years on the American prairies.
Earl Portsmouth, better known
among the ranches of Wyoming as 20.
H." succeeded to the title last year
and Immediately came from the
United States to claim his estates.
Must Wait Four or Five Years.
Il shall take my seat in the House
of Lords as soon as ever l can, but
| think the odds are against fne,' he
says. For instance, l shall have to
reside here four or five years, am
told, and shall have to get out natural
ization papers and all that became
an American citizen in 1905.
Il shall not forget that | owe
America a debt of gratitude. After
living in country for more than 40
years, you rather take root in it, you
know. / was % years of age when |
went to America. 1t was just the spirit
of adventure that took me out there.
Those were the good old ranching
DAYS and there were, of course. hard.
ships. but nobody considered them SO
then. because everybody had to suffer
them.
viii Visit Wyoming.
From May Is to October - every
one made his bed on the ground with
out tent, on the open prairie.
Il shall go there for three or four
months every year You see / know
pretty we'll every man. woman and
boy in Wyoming, and elsewhere. too,
They know me, o. H. they call me
over there. In the old days with the
shifting population, you got to know
everybody. / have a boy at Yale
playing. polo. $3.50 7
Wyoming is an extraordinarily
happy and light hearted country, (
had all the amusement / wanted
there keeping my ranch-up at $50 in
the morning-wapiti shooting, deer.
a few bears and grouse, and trout
fishing, whereas here In England
sport is whitfield down to the mere
shooting of pheasants."
The earl has the work of the fu
ture deeply at heart. but is at a loss
as TO what he will do. When he first
went to British Columbia he had to
tramp ESQ miles along newly made
rail track. which he said was real
hard work, and now he is looking
around for some hardships ard work.
to pass away tedious time.
Spanish shops are building more
than 500 freight cars for Spanish rail
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30

For the convenience of all those, and there are
many, rho ,cish to buy their furniture icith due
consideration of every member of the family,
tciIt keep the Furniture and Rug Departments
open on Monday night, January the 3ISt, and
Tuesday night, February the Ist, until Pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
IGNORE FOOD LIMIT.
French Consider Poincare's Meat
Restriction as Gesture.

PARIS, January % OP).-The
Frenchman takes much the same
lirht.hearted attitude toward per.
sonaIIy restrictive laws as do many
other peoples.
When Premier Poincare set out 10
save the franc he ordered restaurant
not TO offer more than four meat or
fish dishes to THAR patrons and limited
the diner to two such dishes. For
few weeks the restaurants scratched
ont the balance CT their long lists OF
meats, The waiter, when pressed, sd
nliffed the lines Were gestures" and
one could have anything one wanted.
Now a censored list is seldom seen
and few places, even small ones, OBJ
serve the limit Of four.
s
German and English shoe polish ma n
ufacturers are waging war as to
whether British Polish, once so popu'
lar in Germany, or the home product
shall brighten the footwear In Ger
many.
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Spanish shops are building NOR,
than 500 freight cars for Spanish rail
ways.
Evening star., 1927-04-11
DAWSON PROPOSES
AIR TRIP TO WEST
Assistant War Secretary to
Use Three -MotOred Plane
on Inspection Tour.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
One of the Armys new three-motor-
ed transport planes will be used by
Assistant Secretary Dawson of the
War Department. in charge of avia-
ton, for a trip to California late in
May to inspect Army air stations in
that State Himself a pilot, the air
Secretary win share the controls with
!. Lieut.. Lester ]. Maitland
He viii be accompanied on the trip
by Brig. Gen. William +. Gilmore of
the Air Corps. Porter Adams, presi-
dent of the National Aeronautic Asso-
citation, and III. j. Adamsons civilian
assistant to Mr.. Dawson.
VIII Hop OF May 4.
The flight viii begin May 4 when
the party takes off for San Antonio,
Tex, to witness Infantry and air.
plane joint maneuvers there. The big
plane is expected to reach the Texas
city May 0 after brief stops at Day
ton, Ohio; Scott Field, H.; Fort
Leavenworth. kans.; Muskogee and
Fort SILL Okla.
Flight to San Diego win be resumed
May % with stops at FL Paso and
Tucson. Several days will he spent
in San Diego. Los Angeles and San
francisco. and brief visits viii be
made to Rockwell and March Fields,
Fort Rosecrans, Camp Lawrence,
Glover Field, Fort Macarthur, Ross
Field. the preside OF Monterey, Forts
Winfield Scott, Mcdowell, Barry,
Mason, Funston, Baker and Aliley,
and the San Francisco presidio
Mr. Dawson had hoped to visit
Washington and Oregon, but win in
spect air stations in those States later
The return trip to Washington VIII
be by way of Salt Lake City, Chey-
enne, Fort Riley, Kans.. and Scott
Field beginning about June I.
The tri-motored plane in which the
Secretary and his companions will
make the trip represents the newest
type of Army aircraft. A monoplane,
the transport has a cruising radius of
about 100 miles an hour and can seat
ten persons. Each of its three air
cooled motors develops 225 horse
power.
Evening star., 1927-04-11
NINTH STREET CHRISTIAN
CHURCH CELEBRATING
Congregation Observing Date of
Founding and Pastors 3Oth
Anniversary in Ministry.

Observation of the thirty-seventh
anniversary of the Ninth Street
Christian Church and the thirtieth
anniversary of the entrance into the
ministry of the pastor, Rev. DR.. b.
il. Melton, opened yesterday morning
and will continue throughout the
week. There win be services each
night at 745 o'clock. except Satur.
day, and will close with special Easter
Aervices next Sunday.
The church was founded April II,
1890, by Rev. DIR. Frederick D. Power
and Rev. DR.. E. B. Bagby Rev. Or.
Melton began his ministry 80 years
ago in Wilson, n. C.
Announcement was made yesterday
that the congregation expects to con.
struct an addition to the church on
two lots adjoining the church on
Ninth street, which were recently pur-
chased.
Evening star., 1927-04-11
0KLkH0MANS ORGANIZE.
Local Alumni Form Group tt
Honor Alma Mater.

Local alumni of the University OF
Oklahoma have organized a Washing.
ton alumni group. ii was announced
Today, following a meeting SATURDAY
afternoon in the University Club.
Frank Cleckler was elected presi
dent, Thad Baker, vice president: Al
bert Pigg, secretary and treasurer
and William G. Cullen, reporter.
The movement here was stimulated
by Capt. Richard Cloyd, president OF
the national alumni association OF
the university, who delivered an ad
dress at Saturdays meeting. Others
who spoke were Representatives VII
burn Cartwright and Jed johnson of
Oklahoma, both of whom are alumni
of Oklahoma University.
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BIG GAINS SCORED
BY FRENCH BONDS
New High Records Reached
in Practically All Issues
of the Group.
BY GEORGE t. HUGHES.
,clal Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK. January "a. - Owe,
shadowing all other developments In
today's bond trading was the swift
upturu in French bonds. stimulated
by the news of the unexpected arrival
on this side of 500 900 900 in gold bull
lion from France. The news was
taken to Indicate much more rapid re-
Mobilization in French finance than
had been expected by the most opti-
mistic. The result was heavy buying
orders for all classes of French seCu-
rites and new high records for all
time for practically every issue listed
on the New York Stock Exchange
French government, French municipal
and provincial and French industriat
obligations
French IS opened above 102, up a
half point. French 12s opened at
10S. q price never before reached,
French SIS sold at 10. new top for
all time and the price at which re.
demptions are made for the sinking
fund. Buying in Seine Is was i'm huge
volume. with the quotation crossing
par. French National Steamship Is
at 50 were up point on the day.
Nord Railways 6l2s at % were up
points Paris. Lyons and Mediterra.
mean Is touched par for the first time.
AltcuLlOH was so concentrated Oh
French issues that the rest Of the for.
eign list was comparatively neglected.
Brazil bonds made the best showing,
with both the Gas and the SIS selling
around their previous high prices,
Some of the German industrial obi
cations carrying stock purchase privi-
leges had a moderate advance, but
otherwise there was little feature.
In domestic bonds the oils were
most prominent under the leadership
of the Sinclair issues. Sinclair 612s
sold above par and Sinclair 712s above
102 for the first time this year. Sin
clair Pipe Line SIS also set up a new
high mark for the year, with an un-
usually heavy turnover. Barndall 6s
with warrants We're up fractionally
from Saturdays close. but not active.
international Mercantile Marine 6s
sold up half point. In the sugar list
Antilla 712s were taken around the
previous close and Oriente Is sold
above par. The Warner Sugar rs of
| l94l extended last weeks gain, but
the other Warner Sugar issue did
little.
The feature of the Junior rails were
the Erie general is around n antA
the convertible ID As, which moved
with the stock. Some realizing came
! into Western Maryland Is. which had
been so strong last week Chicago
Great Western As were fractionally
| higher and there We're scattered trans
actions in the underlying New Haven
bonds. among them Consolidated Rail-
way is. In addition to being a New
Haven obligation, stress was laid on
! the improved earnings position.
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CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO. January "a Omitted States
Department of Agricultural Hogs
Receipts, AZ 900 head; mostly 10 to Is
higher: early action on light light dis
sipated: pigs also in narrow demand
early top, 1890 paid for several loads
$50 70 gao pounds; bulk, desirable l56
TO 200 pounds, 12.20a12.25: most 210 to
800 pound butchers, 12.15al2 20; bulk
slaughter pigs, 11.75a12.00; most pack
ing sows, 11.00a1125: heavyweight
pigs, 11.85a12.25: medium, 1l.90a12 80;
light, 1190a12.30: light light, LISA
1890: packing sows. 10.75a11 so:
slaughter pigs, 11.50a12.00.
Cattle-Rtceipts, $1,000; choice fed
steers and yearlings strong to rs
higher: others about steady; strictly
choice 1.441-pound bullocks. l2.75:
highest of year; al interests want well
finished weighty steers. but going very
slow on half fat kinds: best yearlings
1925; stockers and feeder steers scarce
fully steady at 7.00aS.00; choice kind
S.25aS.50 vealers. so lower; mostly
11,00af2.00; other classes steady
Sheep-Receipts. $4,000 head: fairly
active; fat lambs opening around %
higher; bulk. wooled lambs. 1225a1275;
choice kind scarce, asking around l3 90
for best offerings; seasons first
Colorado clipped lambs held above
11.50; ~heep steady; fat ewes, 600a
100; choice yearlings wethers around
1100; feeding lambs firm: desirable
feeders, 1250a13.10: medium kind
around 1925
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WHEAT HAS UPTURN
ON LIVERPOOL NEWS
Decreasing Stocks in England
Strengthening Factor in To-
days Grain Dealings.
BY the Associated Press.

.
CHICAGO, January 24.-With Liv-
erpool quotations showing an unex-
pected jump, wheat took an early
swing upward today. Decreasing
stocks in Great Britain were
strengthening factor, together with
unfavorabe weather for domestic
Winter wheat in the Southwest. Open
ing 4 to rs higher. wheat here
scored further gains. Corn, oats, and
provisions also were firmer, corn
starting at Il to q rise and holding
near to initial figures.
In connection with ascending wheat
prices abroad in the face of large
world shipments, notice was taken to.
day of evidence tending to confirm
reports that actual European crops
are much smaller than was expected
earlier in the season. A marked re-
duction of yield in Spain was especial
ly cited, latest estimates of the yield
there being l25, 800, 900 bushels. against
an ofiicia, forecast in June of 1877
900 900 bushels.
Further attention was given to re-
ports of abnormally high temperatures
in the corn region of Argentina. The
unusual heat. with lack of rainfall,
suggests uncertainty as to the crop
outlook