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Evening star., 1927-11-18
STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE

in October. was handled by club
officials.
The tourney was held last in the
Capital in 1925, when the Washington
Golf and Country Club was host to
golfers from the 26 clubs which form
the association.
Herbert Fl. Ramsay. now secretary,
is nominated for a vice presidency;
Charles o. Pfeil of Memphis is placed
at the head of the ticket for president.
and Robert Tyre Jones, American
amateur and British open champion,
is named for a place on the executive
committee of the United States Golf
Association. according to the report
of the nominating committee just an.
nounced.
The nominating committee is head.
ed by J. r. Byers of Pittsburgh, a for.
mer president of the association. The
appearance of Jones name on the
ticket marks the first time a reigning
national title holder has appeared on
the governing board of the parent
golf body
at the annual meeting of the associa-
ton in January, follows:
For president, Charles G.. Pfeil,
Memphis Country Club; vice presi-
dents, Findlay S. Douglas, Apawamis,
and Herbert II. Ramsay, the Creek
Club; secretary, Prescott S. Bush,
Round Hill Club; treasurer, Charles
II. Sabin, National Golf Links; coun.
sci, Joseph S. Clark. Executive COM
mittee-Roger d. Lapham, San Fran.
cisco Golf and Country Club; II. G.
Mackall, Minikahda Club; Robert J.
Jones. jr., Atlanta Athletic Club; Gan.
son Depew, Country Club Of Buffalo:
Melvin A. Traynor, Glen View Club;
George V. Rotan, Houston Country
Club: Herbert Jacques. Brookline Coun.
try Club: Rodman Z. Griscom, Merton
Cricket Club.
The ticket recognizes six sectional
or State associations, and once more
the Middle Atlantic Golf Associat ton
is without representation on the gov
erning body. The territory between
Philadelphia and Georgia lacks repre-
sentation again next year. as it has
for several pears past, since DR.. Wal
ter S. Harlan severed his official con-
nection with the United States Golf
Association
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For the Associated Press.
ANN ARBOR, Mich, November Is
There appears to be in the making
an impression that this foot ball year
of 1927 is one of wild seoring-that be-
cause of an indefinite something. every
one Is making touchdowns.
One critic attributes this orgy OF
scoring to the lateral pass, or rather
to the fear that some team will use
something like a lateral pass. Vir'
tually every one admits that a latera!
pass has not yet been witnessed In
consistent use.
Statistics of games played fail to
present convincing arguments. The
figures, in fact, can be used to show
both less and more scoring this year
than last.
Many Fail to Score.
On the first Saturday in November
this year press associations carried
the scores of 800 foot ball teams, di'
vided into Eastern. Middle Western
Southern and Far Western. or these
300 teams 63 failed to score.
For the first Saturday in November
1926, press associations carried the
scores of 27S teams, of which CT failed
10 SCORE. Iy SOIlIc Sll dli5C oh6C
ment of chance, 80 Of the winning
teams each year made scores of more
than 80 points.
Going back one week to the f1naI
Saturday in October, scores of 301
teams were carried this year, Of which
II failed to score. For the similar
Saturday a year ago 264 teams Were
reported. of which 81 failed to score
Thirty-five teams had scores of more
than 80 points this year, to 81 a year
ago.
Southern games rather throw the
scores for this particular week out OF
balance. OF so Southern teams this
year, but IS failed to score, while a
year ago 90 of 56 failed to score.
Not Much Difference.
How little difference there is in the
scores of two years probably Is best
shown by the sectional statistics other
than Southern for the last Saturday In
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BASE BALL UMPIRES
HOLD ANNUAL FEAST

District Of Columbia Base Ball Um'
pires' Association held its annual ban
quet at Hotel Hamilton last night.
Addresses were made by John ID.
O'Reilly, r. H. Goetz, L..G. Schmidt,
Jack Haas, Charles Mcconnell and j.
H. Saunders.
Entertainment included vocal solos
by Harry O'Meara and A. f. Wilson,
selections by Harmonious Quartet and
piano solos by Steve Garrighty.
Members who attended were 3. d.
Daniels, c. D. Bussius, B. Edwards,
James r. Green, secretary; Jimmy
Hughes, master of ceremonies; Snitz
Jacechke, c. F. O'Connell, S. L. Shoe
maker. George B. Watt, w. w. Watt,
president; Jimmy Jones, John Ahearn
and A. r. Wilson.
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By the Associated Press.
n YEW YORK, November 1S.-
With the foot ball hand prac-
VI tically~ played out the rules
i committee seems justified in
standing pat on the 1927 re-
visions.
With the exception OF the lateral,
or backward pass, the changes ordefed
last Spring by the powers that be
have been given a thorough trlai ,ln anu
apparently worked well on the Whole'
The lateral pass has been llttle
used. probably because it Is an intfl'
cate affair if successfully operated,
and the coaches have not had the
time to drill the players in its posi-
bilities, if any.
Change in the position OF the goal
nosts and scoring insurance for SAFETY
men who muff punts have had the
most striking effect in the game.
Points after touchdown have 10
some extent gone out of style since
the posts were placed at the emu Oh
the safety zone instead or on the soai
line. the extra 10 yards being more
than many of the klckers can HeSo-
tiate under pressure.
Goals from the field, domlnant
ia actor in 1926, also have been reduced
TO a minimum, most quarterbacks pre-
ferring to gamble with pass on
fourth down. when within strlKlns
distance. rather than shoot for the
distant unrights. With the ball on the
15.vard line in the old days, the kicker
could do s or 10 yards back ana nave
n % or % yard kick before hlm. NOW
he has carry of an addltlonal ~
wards after the boot crosses the line'
and that extra distance has been q
20 ~ aIl1P1tG0
toes.
Protection for the butterfngered
bows who muff their punts has speeded
up the game. The sight OF a nome
less bali bounding here and there
about the field. with every one afraid
to establish contact with II, mas prac-
tically disappeared.
Safe in the knowledge that the worst
thing that can happen if they muff the
ball is loss of possession, with no
chance for a dash to a touchdown IN
the picture, the safety men have be-
come bold, and some have been too dar-
ing. Bitten with the catching bug,
they have seized balls that would have
gone over the line for touchbacks and
given them the ball on the 20-yard
line. when they had only an outside
chance to run it back that far.
The hudde time limit of 10 seconds
and the count of 1854 on the line
shift has had little effect. The teams
that shifted before can do it now, and
when the number of opportunities for
penalties is considered, the observance
of the rule has been remarkable.
The lateral pass may face a fight at
the next meeting of the rules com
mittee on the ground that it is not
worth the trouble. but the other limo
vations seem destined to remain vel
come part of the code.
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SOUVENIRS AT STAKE
IN BIG TEN CLASHES

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, November 1S.-Three of
the five Western Conference foot ball
games in tomorrow's closing program
involve the yearly ownership of odd
collegiate souvenirs, highly treasured
by the successful team.
Michigan and Minnesota fight for
a lease on the Little Brown jug" Hi
! nois and Ohio fight for the "Illi-Buck' y
and little wooden turtle, which has
many foot ball scores inscribed on its
back.
Chicago and Wisconsin, though
rivals for more than 80 years, have
no symbol of victory other than the
foot ball carried off by the winners.
Iowa and Northwestern have met
each other in the closing game for
only short stretch of years
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MAN OF FAR NORTH
AT FIRST GRID GAME
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, November 1S.--Ellis p.
Scars has never seen a foot ball game.
but for three years he has listened in
at his home in the Far North-1ust
$50 miles south of the Arctic Circle
on the radio accounts of games played
b. the University of Chicago eleven.
Sears, who lives at Hudson Bay
Co.'S station, at Amelia Rivers, British
Ilumbia. had to make a trip to the
lited States. Chicago has game
with Visconsin---;;o Sears is here
I'd for the first TIM VIII zee tWo foot
I Il teams in a"tj01
Sears was 50 - = - -" ""ortH-
lnship diSp'a "ni i'a@ 'c,' a,
/; agG's men ;'"i n -
.oded coats nf f1r i,-''' sptn by
,ppers tbro'; -'}s'V. % -. i to pre-
Mt to the team ,'for their Clean
lie Of play"
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PLAYING THE GAME
Seasons Scoring Appears Normal.
BY FIELDING III. YOST.
.ctor of Athletics University of Michigan)

October. In the Eastern section. 28
teams of 90 failed to score this year,
against 20 teams out of "a last year.
In the 2Iiddle West 26 of 100 teams
failed to score this year to 80 of IS
last year. In the Far West S of 80
teams failed to score this year, opposed
to of 2s last year.
An attempt to decide the question
from the meeting of the same teams
also fails. On the first Saturday of
November in 1927, 3S games We're
played in which the teams competing
had met in 1926. OF the IS teams, 21
failed to score in 1926 and 16 in 1927.
Adding the total scores Of both teams
each year, it is found that in Is games
the total score of the 1926 game was
| the largest; in II games, the total of
the 1927 game was the largest, while
in three games of the sessions the
total score Of the game was the same.
The above fails to show there is a
large difference in scoring in the meet
ing of the same teams in different
years.
Comparison Is Needed.
The final test attempted was on the
seasons record of Western Conference
teams. Up to the first Saturday of
November, 60 games were played each
year. This year Big Ten teams failed
to score in eight of their go games.
Last year conference teams failed to
score in Is of their battles.
The total record for each of the 120
teams in 60 games shows that in 1926
IL teams failed to score in some game.
This year virtually the same 120 team
games found only 2S failing to score.
This slight evidence in favor of a high
scoring season is at least partially off
set by the fact that last year II of the
60 games furnished scores above 80
points. while this year out IL games
passed the 3O-point figure.
1t is possible that the critics who
have pointed to this as a year of high
scoring may be right, but the figures
seem to indicate there is little differ
ence between this year Of the lateral
pass and distant goal posts and last
year of the compacted field and touch
down on blocked kicks and fumbles.
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1866 RECORD CLAIMS
WILL BE ACTED UPON
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 1S.-Ap-
plications for approval of 166 Ameri-
can records in track and field sports
or swimming made during the past
year will be acted on at the annual
convention of the Amateur Athletic
Union, in Cincinnati, November 20-22.
The lists show 3S in the track and
12s in swimming with woman per-
formers claiming credit for exactly
half-S3.
The record breaking stunts Of the
mermaids account for this equality.
Martha Norelius of the New York
Women's Swimming Association, ma
tional free-style champion at all dis
tances, heads the list with applica.
tions for 30 records. Johnny Weiss
muller. human fish" of the Illinois
Athletic Club. claims credit for 16.
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Fights Last Night

By the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS.-Roy Wallace, In.
dianapolis. knocked out Red Fitzsim-
mons, San Antonio, Tex. (2): Louie
Lavel Anderson, Ind, knocked out
Danny Black, New York t5).
PATERSON. n. Paul Cavalier,
Paterson, defeated Tony Marullo. New
Orleans. La. Q0).
FORT THOMAS, Ky. Midget
Query, Newport, Ky, and Jimmy
Hackley, Los Angeles, drew Q0).
OMAHA, Nebr.-Johnny Jones.
Omaha. won from Buddy Mcdonald,
St. Paul Q0)
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Grid Rules Committee Likely
To Stand Pat on Present Code

If there is to be any agitation for
additional changes. it may include
number of suggestions to eliminate
tie games, which have been especially
conspicuous this year. From time to
time various ideas have bobbed up,
but as yet no generally satisfactory
scheme has been put forward to break
the all-too-frequent deadlocks.
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BAN JOHNSON is MUCH
IMPROVED AFTER REST

CHICAGO, November 1S GP.-Ban
Johnson, former president Of the
American League, was back home to.
day from n long visit with specialists,
at Excelsior Springs, Mo.
His condition was greatly improved
and he expects to remain here for sew.
eral weeks before returning to that
health resort, or taking a Southern
trip with Mrs. Johnson, who accom-
panied him back.
Personal business matters brought
him back to Chicago, Johnson said.
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RANGERS LEAD AT HOCKEY.

NEW YORK, November Is R).-
TIE New York Rangers led the
National Hockey League today with
two victories and no defeats against
the cream Of the circuit opposition and
despite the loss of "Taffy" Abel, giant
defense star. The Rangers nosed out
the world champion ottawa Senators,
2 to 2, last night, after beating the
Toronto Maple Leafs, to 2. in the
opener.
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ANOTHER DRAW AT CHESS.

BUENOS AIRES. November 18 Up.
Another draw was recorded in the
world chess championship series.
After Alexander Alekhine, white, had
made his forty-first move, on resump.
ton Of the thirtieth game, Jose r.
Capablanca, Cuba, who IL defending
his title against the Russian, agreed
10 a draw. The record for the series
Aiekhine, 4; Capablanca, 8; drawn, %.
Evening star., 1927-11-18
ARMOUR, WITH SO, LEADS
IN OREGON TOURNAMENT

PORTLAND, Greg, November Is
R).-Tommy Armour, national open
golf champion, representing the Con
gressional Country Club of Washing
ton, d. c., finished IS holes three un-
der par, with 50 in the Oregon open
championship tournament.
DR.. o. f. Willing, nationally known
amateur followed with II. Frank
Dolp of Portland turned in -.
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TUNNEE WINS IN SUIT.

CHICAGO, November 18 R).--One
~ the numerous legal actions which
swarmed about the Tunney-Dempsey
heavyweight championship fight in
soldier Field last September. faded
today when the $4,000 claim of
THOMAS McHale against Tunney for
services as social secretary. was
dismissed.
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ship next year.
Two clubs-the Congressional Coun-
try Club and the Baltimore Country
Club-are in the field for the cham
pionship. with the probability that the
title tourney will be awarded to the
local club in recognition of the
splendid manner in which the womens
championship, played at Congressional
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n Richardsnn and a B. Ozark.

Members of the selection committee
were: Gilbert L. Hall, chairman; Will
lard E. Buell., Carl S. Crague, Albert
J. Gore, Clifford L. Johnson, John NJ.
Mason and G. &. Sperry.
Among the prominent guests were:
r. Norris Williams, Gen. Walter a.
Bethel, Louis 1. Doyle, president of
w. I. a.: Gilbert l.. Hall, DR.. y. J..
Glazebrook and Abner Y. Leech
donar of the Leech Service Champion
ship Cup.
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CHAREST TOPS LIST
OF D. C. RACKETERS

Clarence NJ. Charest. one-armed Dis
trict tennis champion for 1927. wa
moved from second place. which h.
occupied last year. to first in the 1872
ranking announced by the Washing
ton Tennis Association at the first an
nual banquet at the Racquet Club last
night. Charest replaces Tom Mangan
who was rated second to the veteran.
Dooley Mitche.. and Gywn King
leaders among the younger stars Of tn
District, were rated the best double
team.
Rankings were announced as FOL
lows:
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ONLY TWO OF VIRGINIA
LEAGUE CLUBS IN LINE

RICHMOND, Va. November 1S CP.
Norfolk and Richmond are the only
clubs in the Virginia League which
have posted forfeits within the time
limit for the season of 1928, President
w. G. Bramham has stated.
PORTSMOUTH, Va, November IS
R).-As far as the present owners of
the Portsmouth club-Lawrence and
Trotman-are concerned, this city is
out of professional base ball. They
have not filed the $4,000 guarantee re-
quired by the Virginia League for the
season of 1923.
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BLACK TO LEAD GREEN.

HANOVER, n. H, November IS CP).
--Richard w. Black of Pekin, ILL.,, has
been elected captain Of the Dartmouth
College foot ball team for next year.
He is in his junior year.
Evening star., 1927-11-18

Ice.yachfing has been a popular
sport on the Shrewsbury River of
New Jersey for almost century.
Evening star., 1927-11-18
SINGLES.
DOIfRIES.

I. Dooley Mitchell and Gwyn King:
.. Clarence Charest and J. A. Purinton.
g. Bob Considine and Maurice ONeii.
4. Hal Fowler and George Shoemaker.
3. Tom Mangan and Fred Doyle:
Is. Louis DOYLE and Selforde Stcllwagen.
4. Paul Harding and A. o. White.
g. Bob Burwell and Owen Howenstetn.
q C. STAN and Raylles
Evening star., 1927-11-18

w WASHINGTON will probably
n entertain the pick of the
AN golfers of the Middle At
lantic section in the Middle
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At TEND
EYE CONGRESS

District Commissioners Sidney F.
Taliaferro welcomed more than 1000
optometrists to Washington at the
formal opening Of heir thirtieth
annual convention today in the VIII
lard Hotel.
These members OF the American
Optometric Association have been
registering for the past three days.
several hundred more are expected
oefore the close Of registration.
Martin A. Leese, chairman, Dis.
tract committee, was in the chair at
the session this morning. Rev.
Ihomas Worthington Cooke, of the
church OF the Ascension. pronounced
the invocation.
The wives of members and their
women guests will be given a
luncheon and entertainment at the
congressional Country Club today.
inspector 2. B. Brown, traffic
bureau, told the motor vision com.
mittee Of the association last night
that Washington is far ahead of
any state in its tests for determin.
ing the eyesight efficiency Of motor.
He attributed the success of the
police along this line largely to the
cooperation of the D. C. Optometric
Society. M. o. Eldridge, assistant
traffic director, also praised the
work of the local society in further
ing tho vision tests.
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est, bordered by bright flowers and
gay sun shades and cement paths to
the hotel! These pleasures may be
had not alone by guests Of the hotel.
but by casual visitors and residents
of Washington.
The new Coffee Shoppe opening
onto a shaded, grassy terrace, is
the latest innovation, which has been
open but a short time. This is
moderately priced arrangement, cafe
terra style, but with de luxe features
trays for you, and attend to your
wants.
The interior of the Coffee Shoppe
Is most inviting, but in fair weather
the terrace is the choice of nearly
everyone.
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very gay, shrubbery and flowers.
The interior Of the restaurant is
unique in it's way, too, with an open
fireplace where a CHEEKY fire blazes
on damp, cool evenings; yes, even in
June. and 1t adds so much to the
inviting aspect of the place.
Luncheon, tea and dinner are
served here, a la carte and table
d'hote service dinners are $1.25.
A great many Army and Navy
people have become devotees already.
You see, Miss Dubois, who owns it,
is Navy librarian.
AffectionateIy,
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MISS DOUGLAS
MARRIAGE A
SURPRISE
WEEDS George Emlen Ora
ham; Honeymooning at
Harpers Ferry

Mr.. and Mrs. John Wyeth Doug.
las, of Montgomery County, Nd,
have sent out announcements OF
the marriage of their daughter,
Miss Eloise Ragan Douglas, to
George Emlen Graham, on Satur.
day. June Is.
Under this formality is concealed
the romance Of an elopement. There
had been no parental objection to
the budding romance, but the
young couple decided to hurry
things up a bit, motored up to
Rockville, and were married by the
Rev. Willard Fillmore Minnick, rec.
tor Of Christ Episcopal Church, In
the rectory. Afterward they mo.
tored to Harpers Ferry where they
are spending their honeymoon.
Miss Graham, who was gradu-
ated last year from the Holton
Arms School, is a descendant OF
Gen. Ohio Holland Williams, of
Revolutionary fame. Her mother
was Miss Coralie Livingston Bell,
OF Hagerstown, Md.
Mr.. Graham is on the staff Of
the Bureau OF Standards, and il
studying engineering at George
Washington University. He is Of
an old Pennsylvania family, and Is
descended from George Emlen, who
came to this country with William
Penn. He is q nephew Of former
Senator George Wharton Pepper,
of Pennsylvania and a kinsman of
the late President Roosevelt.
Mrs. Adam Wyant, accompanied
by her young daughter, Miss Anne
Wyant, has returned to the Ward
man Park Hotel for a stay of sew
eral days.
Anderson Davis, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
K. Thomas and their son, william
Galley Thomas, of Richmond, Va,
are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. r. L.
Thomas.
Mrs. Watson Freeman Clark and
her daughter, Miss Charlotte Clark,
have gone to their summer home
at Sandwich, Cape Cod, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph C. Mulligan
has returned to Washington after
a visit Of several weeks in France.
Mrs. William N. Reynolds, of
Winston.Salem, N. c., accompanied
Mrs. Edwin c. Gregory, Of Sails
bury, to Washington and is also
staying at the Mayflower for a
few days.
y
Mrs. c. M. Whitside will enter
tain a small company at dinner
this evening at the Mayflower.
y
Mrs. Charles Fisher Taylor and
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Az buffet table displays luncheon
plafB all set out with the best
LOO Ting cold salads and other sum-
M delicacies. I have never had
breakfast there, but I am told that
they are up to the standard Of the
other meals.
Dinners are One Dollar only, and
It is quite a dinner for that price.
Drop in and decide for yourself.
Mrs. KS is at 1871 K street. This
place has garden, too, a sweet,
natural little garden, Just as it has
been for many years. You will
like it.
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FoOchow Shops Close
To Protest Killing

HONG KONG, June 21.--All shops
in Foochow were closed today In
protest Of the killing Of a mer.
chant by the escort Of a tax col.
lector attempting to enforce the
tax on business signs. Angered by
the incident, nn,Jbs DESTROYED the
house OF the chief tax collector
reports from Foochow STATE,
A strike of domestic servants of
foreigners Is threatened. and no
htical demonstration have been
organized. A delegate from Nan.
king is on hand Attempting to break
the deadlock.
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Mothers and Children
In Gardens

make the loveliest portraits to be
enjoyed by the friends and relatives
now and by the youngsters them
selves when they grow up.
At this season. when gardens are
at their lovelist and when any out
door pictures are a Joy and delight.
Underwood and Underwood are hav.
ing so many calls for portraits of
this kind The roses are out in pro.
fusion now and other lovely blooms,
so that there are backgrounds and
settings in profusion, everywhere in
Washington. II you have not a gar.
den OF your own, borrow a friends
garden, or. better still, find an init
mate corner Of some Of our beautiful
circles and parks and have a wonder.
ful outdoor portrait anyway.
Family groups and happy little
parties may be immortalized charm.
ingly at this time. This sort Of pho.
Biography is very much in vogue just
now.
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L A0o 4QhCA
in the Gar
den on Satur-
d a y, a n d
found it very
inviting, in.
d d. The
Garden is en-
tirely differ.
emit from any.
thing which
w q s hington
has produced
up to this
time. There
is a summer
house at the
rear, striped
an n shndaS
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Ave., is In charge Of the benefit
and tickets for boxes can be OBJ.
tanned from her.
N&M
Mrs. William D. Morgan has as
her guests at the Wardman Park
Hotel. her parents, Mr.. and Mrs,
Theodore Sengstak, who have ar.
rived from Daytona Beach, Fla, for
q visit OF several weeks,