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THE SUNDAY STAR WASHINGTON D. c. MARCH H. 1o2s-pART

vicissitudes to friend who had COM
planned of his own hard lot. 1t was
now that she wrote tor Is It only the
most marvellous and sympathetic for
gerry In literature?) the first of her ia
nous letters to him--surely the finest
love-letter in the world.
ITO her master. nay father, to her
husband. nay brother: his hand-maid,
nay daughter, his spouse nay sister: to
Abelard Heloise. Your letter written to
friend for his comfort, beloved. was
lately brought to me by chance.
Which things I deem that no one can
read or hear. with dry eyes for they
renewed In fuller measure my griefS
=" and every day our trembling
hearts and throbbing bosons await the
latest rumor of thy death.
And SO His name Who still protects
thee In certain measure for Himself.
in the name of Christ, as his hand
maids and thine, we bcscech thee to in
form us by frequent letters of those
shipwrecks in which thou still art
tossed, that thou mayest have us at
least, who alone have remained to thee.
as partners III thy grief or joy. %
For who among kings or philosophers
could equal thee In fame? What king
dom or city or village did not burn to
sec thee? Who. ask, did not hasten
to gaze upon thee when thou appcarest
in public, nor on thy departure with
straining neck and fixed eye follow
thee? What wife, what maiden did not
ycarn for thee in thine absence. nor
burn in thy presence? What queen or
powerful lady did not envy me my joys
and my bed?
Tell me one thing only, If thou
canst. why, after our conversion Cto the
monastic and conventional life), which
thou alone didst decree, I am fallen
into such neglect and oblivion with thee
that am neither refreshed by thy
speech and presence. nor comforted by
letter in thine absence. Tell me one
thing only. If thou canst. or let me tell
thee what I feel. nay what all suspect
Concupiscnce joined thee to me rather
han affection. the ardor of desire
rather than Of love When. therefore
what thou dcsircdst ceased. all that
thou hadst exhibited at tho some time
failed. This. most beloved. Is not mine
only, but the conjecture of all. not pc
cu'iar but common, not private but
public Would that 1t seemed thus to
me only. and thy love found others to
excuse it, by whom my grief might be
a little quietcd.
Give thy attention. beseech thee.
to what demand While I am
cheated of thy presence. at least by
written words. whereof thou hast an
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Abelard would have refused, his ecclesi.
| aStical SupcriorS tfor he had now irrev'
ocablv taken the cowl. with vows ol
chastity and obediencel commanded
| him to 60. Broken-hearted and aged
| before his time. he LETT his students
and found himself head OF some riotous
monks in a monastery built on almost
| inaccessible rocks, far out into the
| cold and gloom and moisture of the
| sea.
The country was barbaro,is and the
speech of the country strange to me;
| the vile and intractable life OF these
monks was known to all and the pco-
pie we're inhuman and uncouth So
| like man who. terrified by sword
that is hanging over him. dashes toward
precipice, and Just as In the nick OF
time he avoids one death incurS another,
so from one danger to another know
inglv bore myself and there. by the
waves of the roaring ocean. since the
ultimate ends of the earth allowed me
to flee no further. often In my prayers
repeated these words: From the end OF
the earth will cry unto Thee. when my
heart 1t overwhelmed The monks
came clamoring to me for their daily
necessities. since they had nothing In
common which I might administer to
them. for each Of them from his own
purse supported himself and his concu-
bine. their sons and daughters"
" y X
To make his misery complete 1t was
only necessary to add the persistent
imminence of death. The gentle monks.
not liking the presence Of one who could
not care for their life of debauchery.
put poison III the chalice. hoping to
murder him in the very sacrifice Of
the mass. This failing. they bribed his
servant 10 poison his food. But another
monk carelessly helped himself in ad-
vance to what had been reserved for
Abelard and fell down in mortal con-
vulsionS If Abclard left the monastery
for any journey they hired robbers to
kill him And so. to avoid their pit
falls as best l could / began to with
draw frcm the congregation Of the abb
hey and to live in cells with a few
brethren"
During all this time HeloiseS waited
for him. knowing of his sufferings only
from other tongues; he had been too
overwhelmed to write her On learning
that he had become a monk she became
a nun; but her love for him fed on its
denial and the memory of his embraces
seemed sweeter TO her than the conso-
lations of religion. After many years of
separation there fell into her hands a
long letter, the Historic Calamitatum,
in which Abelard had described his
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abundance. present the sweetness Of
thine image. Farewell, my ALL"

tnlne image. FareWcll, my all.
His reply is almost cold; misfortune
had broken him into man trembling
at the repeated blows of life, thinking
now only of the refuge of death, and
the promise OF peace In another world
He addresses her In way calculated to
remind her. as gently as possible, that
they are now vowed to the religious life:
"Heloise, his dearly beloved sister in
Christ. Abelard. her brother in the
| Same" He asks for her prayers, bids
her comfort her own sorrow with the
hope that they meet In Heaven, and
begs of her. when he Is dead, to bury
him in the oratory Of the Paraclete.
They met once more. when the Abbot
Suger of st. Denis evicted the nuns
from Argenteuil on the ground that he
needed the land for other purposes.
Abelard. hearing of 1t. came down to
Paris. now an old and weary man. and
offered the nuns refuge In the Paraclete.
There Heloisc became abbess: land
such grace In the eyes of men did the
Lord bestoW upon that. our sister, that
the bishops loved her AS a daughter.
the abbots as sister the 1aity. as a
mother: and all alike marveled at her
piety. her prudence. and In all things
the Incompatible meekness of her pa
tience." And here she lived until she
died
The last years were not so quiet
for Abelard He had pulished two
books as full of heresies as that which
had been condemned at Scissors. A
volume on ethics. entitled "Scito TIE
1psum' (Know Thyself). taught that
an act is sin only when the agent
knows 1t to be sinful: and that. there
fore. the killing of martyrs could not be
called sin If the prosecutors thought
that they were defending their own
faith from disruption. And a dialogue
between Jew and Christian failed
to leave the Christian with sufficient
tokens Of victory In the dispute; the
philosopher called the Jew ''Stultos"
and the Christian ''Insanos," and
mourned the blind heredity of belief
and the unwillingness of people to
recognize the possible truth in other
peoples faith. What a gadfly this
restless soul must have been TO his
believing age,
Bernard the watchdog scented the
wolf at the flock. and called for a
heresy hunt. At the Council of Sens
in ll4l his agents brought charges
against Abelard second time. packed
the court with trustworthy lovers of
orthodoxy. refused to let Abelard speak
In his own defense, but listened at
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Fat.Reducing Chair Liked.

Lazy people Of London have found
Just the thing for reducing fat. It Is Q
fat-reducing chair that Is being intro
duced. Just sit in 1t. and take life easy
as you can while machinery gently
chases away the avordupois. The chair
has fixed TO 1t small metal plates which
touch the main muscle centers Of the
body. and electric currents expand and
contract the muscles at the same speed
as the heart beats
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length to Bernard as prosecutor, voted
unanimously ''Damnamus"-"We con-
demn"-and rejected his appeal to
Rome. But lest Innocent III should
take a sympathetic interest in the case,
Bernard wrote him pious letter des-
cribing Abelard as a crawling viper who
had come out of his hole. and after
having one head cut Off at Scissors,
after the manner OF a hydra had
grown seven more.
The people confirmed the Judgment,
without waiting to hear Abelards side
of 1t. Abelard started out from Brit
tany to Rome. heard that the papal
sentence had been pronounced against
him. recurring him neither to write nor
teach any more. and stopped at the
monastery of Cluny in Paris tnow a
charming museum Of medieval art).
There he lived less than two years: and
as In his youth he had written splendid
songs for Heloise. which had been sung
all over. and had led the troubadours
to number Abelard as one OF them, so
now he wrote Latin hymns of exquisite
delicacy, surpassed only by those Of
Adam Of st. Victor. He died in 1142.
aged SO. utterly broken In body and
soul.
The abbot sent the news TO Hcloise
at the Paraclete In letter that shows
the better side of the prelates Of the
time. He consoled her by speaking Of
Abelard as the Socrates. the Plato and
the Aristotle of his time; he saw. even
then. how modern thought had begun
In this rebel of the schools; he acknowl-
edged his greatness In the face Of a
condemning church and he concluded
with tender piety:
THUS. dear and venerable sister In
God. he to whom you ale united-after
your tie in the fcsh--by the better and
stronger bond of divine love: he, with
whom and under whom you have served
the Lord, the Lord now takes. in your
place, like another you. and warns In
His bosom: and for the day Of His
coming. when shall sound the voice Of
the archangel and the trumpet OF God
descending from Heaven. He keeps him
to restore him to you by His grace :
tCopvright. 1881
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AIDS SOVIET MUSEUM.
Of the Associated Press.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
BERLIN. von Miller, creator
and curator of the world famed
"Deutsches Museum" at Munich, will
soon show the Russians how to organ
ize a somewhat similar, though more
specialized, undertaking.
He has accepted an invitation Of the
Supreme Economic Council OF the
Soviet Union to help with expert advice
In the founding Of museum OF indus
try at Leningrad. The museum Is TO
be an exposition of economic scientific
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Pig sites of marble are becoming the
thing In a district near Pretoria Build
ings cemented with pure white marble
are also becoming common. Stone
equal to the best Parian marble has
been found there. and because there is
no transportation to get 1t to the out
side world. natives are using 1t for local
buildings.
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viii find it especially ideal. All drug
stores have the generous bottles.
We would be glad to have you
prove at our expense how much DR..
Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin can mean to
YOU and yours. Just write Syrup
Pepsin,' Monticello. Illinois. and we
will send YOU prepaid FREE
SAMPLE BOTTLE.
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and technical research. with special
emphasis on industrial organization.
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Ebelsrd was II WHEN Kfiolse vas
born. and she had but come into the
world wnen he came 10 Paris ~ win
venoWn; VINO would have thought that
the brilliant iogicIan would lose and
md his soul IN her? During those
hectic years when he debated uniyeT~
sals with William III Champeaux
Heloise biosSomed into Ririh0od IN a
ss66ene6 home Her mother han be-
l9nged II the n1Oat precious strata III
rne srlstocracy and had been ezilsd
from family and funds because siie
nad maffisd the bandSonle young piy~
Elrian, Philippe, " whom her mother
nac itloksc a. likely loyeT VINO wGlIld
Fecesm the inOnotDuy 0f iler own cere~
moni0uA life. 10 win her parents bark
10 her Philippe mad gone 70 Palestine
" neip TeeApnIe the Holy Sepuehtf
he had fought bfsEely, and died like
- gentleman When the news fsnas 10
IsT.a E.S ssts agoopsd a4d fhdsd and
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H did not come. For, hearing all
! This. says Abel2rd
The canon and his kinsmen were OF
/ the opinion that had played a trick
on them. and had taken an easy way
10 rid myself OF Hel0tse. making her
nun. Whereat. vehcmently indignant
and conspiring together against me. on
a certain night while slept In an
inner room Of my lodging having cor
! rQptcd a servant of mine with money.
! they punished me with most cruel
! and shameful vengeance. and one that
the world received with the utmost
! an122emcntS
Only 80, short Of murder. could Full
! bert prevent hbelard's ordination and
success. II was characteristic stroke
. If medieval brutality. part Of the same
/ feYocity Of those still half barbarian
souls who accepted as unquesti0nable
reality the everlasting fires OF hell.
! Abeard. Inundated beyond bearing.
] fec " the monastery OF Saint-Denig.
and sought To hide himself from the
world.
But his pupils followed him there.
! and be2g2c him not 10 discontinue his
instruction. and when he began 10
lecture again crowds larger than ever
befGys gathered about him. His enc
before the Council 0f Soissons, In li2i.
an indictment Of Abeiard for heresy
attesting his book "On the Divine Unity
ana Trinity. they held that he had
tedutsd the Trinity W merely a trim
ity Gt attT!biiies-- power, wisdom and
love and IN trying 10 prove Plato n
Christian said Bernard Abe'afd had
only proved himself heather. The
cqnn@jt cGndemn~d him "tdeTef hi*
BOOK ~ b" burned sud sentenced him
~ indefinite imprisonment IN his mon-
a&'ffy.
Heleaaed after u brief Incarceration
he fed " a Wild and solitary wood
nesT TfoyeE. and built himself there n
little ofatgry Il. r., a place Of prayer
Whicn he dedicated 10 the paranlete-~
the holy Ghost; this was the first time
church had bseB dedicated ~ the
third person NJ the Trinity, and 0rtEo-
6oxs Was sCaItaiized aaa!n.
When the scholars kufW Of this re-
treat" he writes. they began 10 hasten
! from aIl parts sud leaving citits aud
towns. " inhabit the wilderness In
stead III their r00my homes, " con-
struct tor themselves little huts. IN
! stead Gf delicate yiands, ~ live upon
, wild herbs and coarse bread, instead
~ soft beds, 10 lay down ihateh for
themselves and straw" What & pic
ture of The hunger for knowledge that
, was putting All END to the Dark Ages.
/ Even into the wilderness persecution
! | followed him His foes would not rest
~ long ss he taught by writing OF by
; speech they prevailed upon monastery
} IN distant Brittany to call upon AbeiaFd
" coias and he Their abbot. ana when
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-20
PORTIA PLANS
TO ATTEND
WEDDING
Mrs. Willebrandt Will Be
Guest at Marriage Of
Miss Laura Volstead

Mrs. Mabel walker willebrandt.
Assistant Attorney General, is
now arranging her next speaking
dates, and. is hoping that they
will be scheduled 50 that she viii
be able tostake time Off to attend
the wedding OF Miss Laura Vol
stead. daughter OF former Repre-
sentative Andrew Volstead. to
Carl Lomen, reindeer king, Of
Alaska. which will take place in
st. Paul, Mimi, on Qstober 80.
This will be 4 happy occasion
for Mrs. WiIlehrandt, as she has
long been friend OF Miss Vol
stead. who made her home in
Washington whan her father, the
creator Of the Volstead act, was
serving in Congress. And both
Young women are lawyers
Mrs. Willebrandt will leave
Washington the middle of next
week and will not return until
after the November elections.
After her stay In Minnesota she
will 20 on to her home in Califor-
MIA to vote.
Mrs. II. A. Foster. her son,
Henry A.. Foster. jr., and her
daughter, Miss Evelyn Foster,
have moved from the Chastieton
Hotel to their new apartment In
the Argonne, 1923 Columbia I'd.
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In Wedding Party

Mrs. Marshall Orme Exnicios
and Miss Katherine Sutherland
will be in the group of bridesmaids
at the marriage of Miss Catherine
Ludlow, daughter of Thurston w.
Ludlow, of Springfield, Ohio, and
Lee H. Jones, of Buffalo, which
viii take place this afternoon in
Christ Church, Springfield. Mr..
Jones is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. Willis Jones, of Minneapolis,
Sutherland went to Springfield
in time to attend round of par
ties before the wedding. Mr.. Jones
and his bride will go abroad for
their honeymoon and will make
their home in Buffalo.
The Princeton Triangle Club,
dramatic organization of Princeton
University, will give musical
play here on December 20 at the
Belasco Theater.
The following is partial list
OF patronesses: Mrs. James F.
Mitchell, Mrs. David A. Reed,
Mrs. David Lawrence, Mrs. Al.
bert NJ. Gilbert, Mrs. G. Thomas
Dunlop. Mrs. Charles A. McKen.
ney, Mrs. Henry Clifford, Mrs.
Andrew Duval, Mrs. John D.
Fitzpatrick, Mrs. CORTLAND Nixon,
Mrs. Malcolm S. McConihe, Mrs.
r. H. A. Carter, Mrs. Alfred P.
Dennis and Mrs. Franklin P.
Fort.
%%*
The Lovette Choral Club will
give card party this evening at
the studio of Mrs. Eva Whitford
Lovette, the director, 1871 Con-
necticut Ave.
DR.. and Mrs. A. L. Stavely and
Miss Caroline HARRISON have re-
turned to Washington and are at
their residence, 1744 M St.. for
the winter.
Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman,
chairman of the committee on en-.
tertainments for the board of
trustees of Neighborhood House.
announces a series of three lee
lures on Japan to be given in the
ball room, Meridian Mansions, 2400
Sixteenth Street:
November 19-The Coronation
of a Japanese Emperor.
January 7-Our Sisters Across
the Pacific.
February 14-JapaneGe Gardens,
! Flower V wing and Wood Prints.
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TELL CHURCH
HISTORY TN
PAGEANT
Notables View Great
Religious Spectacle
At Auditorium

A large and brilliant audience
assembled last evening at the
washington Auditorium to WIT
ness the first presentation OF
'"The Cross Triumphant" spec.
tacular pageant of church his.
tory. which will be repeated this
afternoon; and in the company
were many of the clerical and lay
delegates to the Episcopal con-
The pageant, written by Mrs.
MinnfeerodeN Andrews an d
directed by Mrs. Marie Moore
Forest, was put on by the people
of washington as tribute to
the convention delegates and
proved an inspirational climax.
Sponsored by the Bishop OF
Washington, the various episodes
had, each, It's own sponsor. In
GLIDING many prominent Wash
ington women, and the large
churches Of the diocese. One by
one. the scenes told the story of
st. Alban, OF Saint Augustine,
ST. Hilda, the Crusaders Gran
mer-the Huguenots-clo closing the
first part Of the spectacle which
deals with the church in Eng
land.
The church in America was
given in five pictures, beginning
with the First Communion in
JaneAtown, Va, followed by the
baptisnlof Pocahontas. the Church
in Colonial Days, Missionaries at
Evening Prayer by Campfire, and
the Child of All Ages, in which
q little barefoot child leads the
whole world, kings and bishops.
martyrs and slaves; the poor and
lowly; ali into the light or The
Cross Triumphant"
This was d truly thrilling finale
with two choirs-Epiphany and
the Ascension leading the whole
great audience in singing the
lovely old hymn, to the accompani-
ment of the Marine Band,
Boxes were filled with dignitar-
les many OF whom had been enter.
tanned at dinner before the per.
Torrance. Mrs. Andrews enter
tanned q party in her box, with
the Bishop of Utah as the special
guest.
Mr.. and Mrs. william r. Mer-
Ram had party In Mrs. James
r. Curtis box. Mrs. Fl. II. Dodge
and her daughter. Mrs. Elvin
Heiberg, had Mrs. Walter Tuck
erman,s box, Mrs. Tuckerman be-
Ing unable to attend because of
illness. With Mrs. Delos Blod-
gett and Mrs. Charles Graves
Matthews were the Bishop of
Michigan and Mrs. John McCor-
mick and Mr.. and Mrs. Witford
Cole, of Tennessee. Mrs. Charles
Lewis Slattery, wife of the Bishop
of Massachusetts. was guest in
the box reserved for Mrs. James
Carroll Frazer and Miss katherine
Judge, while Mrs. G. G. Glover.
jr., had her own charming chill
dren with her and > number of
their young friends.
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Boxes Already Taken
For Theater Benefit
OF Columbian Women

The list Of, box. holders Tor the
opening performances of Ethel
Barrymors's new play. THE King
dom of God, on the evening of
October 20, which Is a benefit for
the Columbian Women Of George
washington University. includes
to date: DIR. and Mrs. Cloyd Heck
Marvin, Mr.. and MRS. John Bell
Larner, DR.. and Mrs. Gilbert Gros-
venor, Mr. and Mrs. Abram Lis
ner, julius Garfinekel. Mr.. and
Mrs. Joshua Evans. jr.: DR.. and
Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley. DIR. and
Mrs. Charles w. Richardson. DIR.
and Mrs. Dewitt G. Croissant, Emile
Berliner, Mr.. and Mrs. william G.
Hill, Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Sidney
Smith, DIR. and Mrs. Frederick 70.
Harrington, Mr.. and Mrs. Chris
tian Heurich, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Fl. Tonapkins, Mrs. DeIos Blod-
gett. DIR. and Mrs. Cline n. Chip
man, and the League of Women
Voters.
Mr.. Berliner has turned over to
the Columbian Women his office
at 1916 Columbia Rd.. to be used
as a headquarters for the trans
action of business in connection
with the benefit. A
Through the Panhellenic Associa-
ton and the Interfraternity Coun-
Gil of the university, the ~ sorori-
ties and 16 fraternities which
have chapters at George Wash
ington have been organized to as
sist tho benefit. Each OF the
Greek letter societies will be rep
resented at the performance by a
full attendance Of members.
The Kingdom of Coz" Is from
the graceful pen of the Spanish
dramatist, c. Martinez Sierra,
who wrote The Cradle Song"
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NEWS or PERSONS AND EVENTS IN SOCIAL WIIR OF ASHING
Saddle Club Plans
Horse ShOw To Aid
Garfield Nnraerr

Tiis sixth semi,annuaI hnrse
show win BE- given under tie
auspices Of the wardman Park
saddle Club and the welfare and
RecreationaI Association Of Public
BufIdfnaa and Grounds at the
Rock Creek Park Eqnitation Field
an Saturday. November 3. The
show will be managed little diff
lferentlv this fall inasmuch as in
tina mast the proceeds have been
mt into prizes whereas this time
the proceeds will be donated to
the Garfield Hospital Nursery
Guild for the benefit Of the chill
dren in its four wards.
Great interest has been EVIL
denced in the Horse Show this
wear on account OF the we'll
known work Of the Guild, and
although the event is two. weeks
off. many Of the well-knowfl horse
lovers OF washington and its en-
virons have already signified their
intentions OF participating. Among
these il Miss Nancy Jones, 12.year-
aid daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. y.
p. Jones. who reside at Wardman
PARK Hotel. who will ride her own
horse. Kentucky Belle, q thor
oughbred recently sent to her
from the Bluegrass.
Miss Katrina Mccormick. who
IL member Of the Riding and
Hunt Club. is expected to show
at least one of her Jumpers. Miss
Marp0 Couzens. daughter Of Sei1a.
to,. and Mrs. Csouzens, will enter
her saddle and jumping horse.
Dixie,s child. which Is her fay
orite riding horse.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis Elkins afa
recaIving CONGRATULATIONS on the
birth 81 4 son yesterday In New
York.
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Arrive For Wedding

Princess Cantacuzene and her
daughter. Princess Ida Cantacu.
zene. have arrived at the May
flower, where they will be until
after the wedding of Princess Ida
and John Colbrook Hamburg, will
Jams, which will take place at ST.
Johns Church on November 1.
Mrs. Bruce Smith, OF Louisville.
KY, formerly Princess Bertha
Cantacuzene, who will be matron-
of-honor for her sister, has also
arrived at the Mayflower.
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NOTES OF SOCIETY

The lectures will begin at $3.50
o'clock and will be followed by tea.
The list Of sponsors includes
Mrs. sur. wife OF the Secre-
tary Of the Navy; Mrs. Herbert
Hoover. Mrs. Porter H. Dale, Mrs.
$50 =. BELL, Mrs. Walter r.
Tuckerman, Mrs. Charles DENLY,
Mrs. Wilbur j. Carr, Mrs. Robert
Whitney Imbrie. Mrs. Gilbert Gros-
venor, Mrs. William Dewitt Nit.
chell and Mrs. Joseph Stosdard.