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have heard of Santa Claus and they
think highly of him and the hanging
of the stockings is rite they approve
of and also of celebrating just as their
small neighborhood friends do; and
especially do they approve Of the giving
and receiving of gifts.
At the home of the Chinese Minister
and Nine. SEE little Betty and Alice
watch the approach of the great Chris
tian feast with eager eyes. They have
lived in Washington long enough to ap-
preciate something of its meaning and
they take the utmost joy in the various
fancy parties which are given between
Christmas and New Year, and pass
much of their leisure designing costumes
for these events.
Memorable Parties Given
At Mexican Embassies.
Sonora de Tellez, wife of the Mexican
Ambassador, and the children, Emilia,
Manuel and Luis, have given some
memorable parties in the past years.
But about 10 days ago they entertained
all the small members of the diplomatic
corps at a juvenile play, later asking
them to gay party in the big ball
room of the embassy. So Sonora de
Teller will not have her customary revel
on the Feast of the Holy Innocents,
December 20, this year, but the large
circle of children in the families of the
Ambassadors staff will be entertained
at a special party during the holidays.
In another ambassadorial home, the
Chilean, are two little girls who will
spend their second Christmas in Wash
ington, Luz and Violette Davila, and
they have entirely revised their. ideas
of celebrating the Christ Child's BIRTH
day. A solemn religious feast it is in
their home in the South Pacific, where
their stable of Bethlehem is represented,
and Santa Claus and Illuminated trees
bearing gifts are not in the picture.
But these will be present at their home
fete this Christmas, and their devo-
tions to the Holy Child in his lowly
manger will be conducted In church.
This same custom may be said to pre-
vail In all the Latin American homes
at the present time. Sonora Alfaro, wife
of the Minister from Panama, was per-
haps the last to cling to her traditional
ways and have the miniature stable
with the star and the shepherds watch
ing their flocks by night. But very soon
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Mr.. John Devereux, Mr.. Ashton Devereux
and Mr.. Tristram Devereux.
Mr. and Mrs Hugo Hasselbach left
| yesterday for Augusta. Ga, to spend
Christmas and will return the middle of
! the week.
Mrs. Stuart Moseby Coleman and her
daughter, Miss Pauline Coleman, have
returned to Washington for the Winter
season and are in an apartment at 1410
Twenty-f1rst street.
Midshipman A. S. Cameron Wads-
worth will spend the Christmas holidays
at Fort Bragg, N. c., with his uncle and
aunt. Major and Mrs. G. H. Paine.
Mr.. Irving M. Dow has arrived at
his home from the Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology, to spend the holi-
days with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L.
M. Dow, of 2047 Park road.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Landerdale
Plant arrived Friday and will spend
Christmas in Washington.
Miss Abercrombie and her sister, Mrs.
ThoS. Hamilton Wilson, have gone to
their home at Chestnut Hill, Phila., to
s~end Christmas with their family.
They will return the middle Of the week.
Mrs. Hannis Taylor has returned from
Boston. She was accompanied by her
daughter, Mrs. Reid Hunt. who will
spend some time with Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Clay Bayly.
Mr.. William Walker Smith, formerly
of the American Diplomatic Service,
and Mrs. Smith, have left for Cincln-
natl where they will spend the holiday
season with Mrs Smiths mother, Mrs.
Henry Pogue.
Mrs. Stephen Mills and Miss Kath-
crime Mills of New York arrived in WASH
ington last night to spend the holidays
with Mrs. Dorothy Mills Gibson, at 1910
Thirty-Seventh street, northwest. Mrs.
Gibson is giving buffet supper party
for them tonight when there will be 90
guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathaniel c. Halstead
are entertaining over the Christmas
season Mrs. Halstead'S brother and
sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. E. George
zilliac, of New York.
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New York State Society
Plans Pageant and Ball

January II, the New York State So
ciety will give a pageant and ball at the
New Willard Hotel. Descendants OF old
patriots will impersonate their anceS-
tors, and several scenes from among
Manhattan's classic episodes viii pass
in pageant form.
Boxes are being taken by individuals
and by patriotic groups with the
promise that they will lend color and
atmosphere Of bygone days.
Mr. Hamilton Fish is president OF
the society and Mr.. Carlton Van
Valkenburg is chairman Of the ball
committee. The boxes are in charge
of Mrs. H. p. Herrick, at the Chastle-
ton,
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Thought 1t Over, Anyway.

From the New Bedford Evening Standard.
If you believe the Michigan schoolboy
who says he killed his teacher because
of a reprimand she gave him three years
ago, you will have to admit that he Is
not an irnpulSive lad.
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three months in the Philippine Islands.
Rear Admiral Henry H. Hough and
Mrs. Hough went to New York yester-
day and are at the st. Regis to remain
for several days.
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Time = Honored New Year
Reception Will Be Omitted
From White House Calender

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Events of Yuletide
As Entered of Record
In the Official World

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Mr.. and Mrs. S. Bingham Martin
of Chevy Chase have gone to Atlantic
City for the week and viii be at the
MhaIfonte.
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Mrs. r. R. Barrows has come to
washington from her home in Hender-
Sonville, N. c., to spend the holidays
at the Grace Dodge Hotel.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Hazard of the
Ontario Apartments win leave Wash
angton Monday to spend the Christmas
holidays with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Hazard In New York
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Miss Norma Mcintyre, daughter of
Sen. and Mrs. Frank Mcintyre, who
attends the Sacred Heart Convent in
Montreal, Canada, is spending the holi-
days with her parents.
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Homes of Diplomats
House Ardent Throng
OF Yule Advocates

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Gen. Frank Mcintyre and his daugh-
! ter Miss Mamie Mcintyre, have re-
turned to Washington after spending
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Miss Rosa Eberly will go to Annapo-
Ms to spend Christmas with her nephew
and niece, Lieut.. and Mrs. Victor Q.
SBarringer, jr. Her sister, Mrs. H. G.
fRothrock, will pass Christmas with her
gson-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
wv. R. Moore, jr., in their home in
lfIagerstown, returning to her apart
lment in the Wardman Park Hotel the
batter part of the week.
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Students Return Home
For Holiday Season.

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Conger Baldwin
of 1925 NJ street, left Wednesday for
California, expecting to return to Wash
ington about February /.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-29
By MILTON BRONEER (NEA Service Writer.)

London. March -9-Not since the hardy Vikings sailed from Norway across stormy seas and actually reached Greenland and perhaps the American continent has bolder enterprise beon undertaken than the journey Of the Schuttcyaer.
 The SchuIteNaer is a mere steel and oak lfeboa', twenty-one feet long. six feet wide at the hroadest portion and so low in the water that tl man Of ordinary height cannot stand up in it. Aboard it. four hardy Dutch seamen set forth the other afternoon from Westminster Bridge pier in the Thames at London, with their destination New York.
 The little ship, q maritime novelty built by J. r. Sehuttevaer of Rotter- dam. who is seventy years of age, Is believed unsinkabla. IL has large
New Britain herald., 1928-03-29

in the craft as l. We expect 10 make the trip 10 New York in any~ here from 70 to 60 days. depending upon the weather.
 ''The craft has no power plant Of any kind. In fair weather We will spread sails and skim along at 10 h miles an hour. When heavy seas are breaking. we will batten every thing down and keep below, as snug as bug in rug.
 'We originally had a wireless along. but had to discard it because it took too much room and also in- terfered with our compass When we are in sight of New York. my fellow countryman. NJ. Fokker. the famous airman. will come out in his motor boat and tow US into New York harbor"
 In the fore part Of the ship the crew provisions consists of dried fish. bacon. ham. sea biscuit. sugar. coffee. tea and cocoa. The stern of the ship is given over to hunks Tn fair weather there will be just enough room for the crew 10 sprawl out on the deck.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-29

triangle keel. ballasted with water tanks. These will right the ship in any kind of sea, Schuttevaer thinks. There are only four openings into its hold. and in stormy weather these are covered by water-tight steel matches.
 During extensive tests made In Holland the boat was pushed off . bigger vessel into the water. made lL clean dive. and arose immediately after being submerged.
 The principal value of my inven- 'ion.' said the old man to me, lis that 1t shows how big steamships can be provided with absolutely un- sinkable lifehoats.
 T am showing my entire conN- dence In my invention by undertak- ing at my age the voyage across the Atlantic at period Of the year when heavy storms are ths rule. My companions have aA much faith
New Britain herald., 1928-03-29
Hens Must Have 1t"
 Poultry Men Are Told

Stockholm. March cs DR A failing to keep that bullet com- piaNion' have no future.
 Poultry experts at the University of Wisconsin advise farmers to keep nothing but flarrers-the kind that have his. bright eyes and go 10 roost late.
 Neat" and active" are two ways they describe that certain some. thing" the modern hen must have. together with the stipulation that she be noisy. active and friendly"
 The vigorous. attractive hen, they say, is the best layer.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-29
Engineers Plan for
 TOkiO Meeting in '29

New York. March % tPt-Ameri- can engineers are already making plans to participate in the World Engineering Congress. which will be held in Tokio in October. 1929. The purpose of the congress isto pro- mote international cooperation in the study Of engineerin science and problems.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-29

Stockholm policeman. C. H. Frih"rs. who spends his leisure lime ','anu- featuring violins, has received ah cr- der for an instrument from .'':: kubelik. famous Nio!iNlst kumtEh recently tried out one of Fri'crg's instruments and asserted that It surpa sed a Stradivarius in tone quality.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-29

British railways killed cS persons last year.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-29

SECOND STIlADJVARJCS, Madison. Wis, Mar. c9 RAHens
New Britain herald., 1928-03-29
CHAT TER

Sally was eager as 3 child. when she joined David Nash in that part of tho lane that skirted the orchard. Although T was nearly nine o'clock
New Britain herald., 1928-03-29

"Tes. sir Sally ruruHro4 ' rn~k - any fool could sec
Evening star., 1928-04-14
Date of Adjournment.

Chairman Smell of the House rules
committee has set June 8 as q tentative
date for adjournment. Previous fore
casts optimiStically named May Is. SC
the fatal day is moving forward on the
calendar. Developments Of the last few
days are just beginning to shape the
nature of the channel through which
Congress must propel the ship of state
! before its voyage ends, The rocks and
shoals ere taking form, and the warn
inc bells Of the buoys are tolling softly.
The White House beacon flashes madly
as the fog rolls in.
While the Senate. with admirable
celerity, disposed of the flood-control
measure and the House has cleared Its
path to give 1t precedence next week.
notes of disapproval have come from
the other end of Pennsylvania avenue
to the effect that IL the House does not
make more explicit some of the provi-
SionS Of the bill it will leave the Capitol
with a round-trip ticket and return
whence It started So it is with farm
relief, for, while that much-discusScd
business was dispatched in the Senate
yesterday afternoon and will follow the
food control bin in the House. It also
bears the stigma Of White House disap-
provsi and may also return to the Capt.
tol.
or those major legislative problems
awaiting congressional solution at the
beginning of December, the House has
now disposed Of the revenue bill. the
Navy bill and has cleared away all but
two of the appropriation bills, The Sem
ate, meantime. has rid itself of flood
control. farm relief the merchant ma
rine. Muscle Shoals and has several ap-
preparation bills awaiting its approval
Boulder Dam and railroad consolidation.
two subjects providing great numbers
of words on both sides, are yet to reach
the Senate floor The revenue bill and
the naval program both present excel
lent opportunity for extended debate.
June s is less than two months away,
which does not provide any too much
time for the final action necessary to
complete the congressional legislative
program. While the national conven-
tlons provide unusual stimuli this year.
they may work 10 cause that final mad
rush before adjournment which is sell
outline its awesome proportions.
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0utsnoken Optimism.

Either the students of Wofford Col
lege, Spartanburg. S. c., stand out well
above the average in honor or else they
are of an exceedingly trusting nature
Through individual assessment, the less
than half thousand young men in at
tendance there have raised a special
fund from which they intend to make
good all bad checks given local mer-
chants by members of the student body.
The sum amounts to two hundred
dollars. That is not much, as funds
GO: on the other hand 1t may be con-
Sidered rather creditable fund to raise
from undergraduates. who are habituat-
ly strapped" Any one who has ever
engineered a college fund knows that.
1t is to be hoped that the impecunious
ones who Just cannot resist spending
money that they do not have may be
inspired by this lofty attempt to keep
the honor of the campus clean, and
that this slender fund may not be
drawn upon too heavily.
There gre colleges and universities IN
this fair land, alas, which. were such
fund established and the fact made
public. would witness an epidemic Of
rubber checks" in all the terrain round
about them. Fly-by-night students
would fill up their fountain pens with
relish. while a certain proportion, al
least. of the merchants, restaurateurs
and other purveyors who cater to them
would be more than complaisant about
accepting pink, blue or white paper in
stead of the governmental green. 1t
remains to be seen IL this small institu-
ton, located up toward the foothills of
the Great Smoky Mountains. can get
away with the experiment.
Evening star., 1928-04-14
A Clean Bill of Health.

The Commissioners, after carefully
investigating charges against Edwin p.
Hesse. major and superintendent of po-
lice. find that nothing has been pre-
sented. or has come to their knowledge
which warrants or justifies action on
their part in so far as the major and
superintendent OF police Is concerned.
They add that THE position of superin-
tendent of police in Washington is not
an easy one and calls for ability, fidelity
and courage. It is the opinion Of the
Commissioners that Maj. Hesse pos
sesses these qualifications The Com
miSsioners had before them the tran
script Of testimony and charges against
Maj. Hesse developed before the Gibson
subcommittee of the House. Their
duties as Commissioners, responsible
for efficient government IN the District
required them TO study these charges
and to make an independent investiga-
ton themselves. The result has been Q
clean bill of health for the superin-
tendent Of police.
A man accused is under cloud until
the suspicion OF guilt Is removed. In
the case Of Maj. Hesse the indictment
left him In a position where he was
denied the ordinary channels of con-
Quoting his defense HIS exculpatiou
rested with the findings Of the Board
Of Commissioners. Their verdict Is an
occasion for satisfaction on the part ol
the residents Of the District. whost
faith In the administrative head oi
their Police Department has been iusti-
fed or restored.
The Commissioners are 10 be com.
mended for their prompt and decisive
action on a case which involved not
only Maj. HeSse but the Police Depart
ment as well. Doubt and suspicion
{ cast upon such an important agency o.
government as the police necessarily
lead 10 Generalization within the ranks
Of the department and tend TO de-
stroy that public confidence and respec
without which it cannot survive. Maj
Hesse Is congratulated upon the out
come Of the investigation and is de.
serving Of sympathy for the ordea
through which he has passed.
Evening star., 1928-04-14
Dignity.

Columbia University has taken step
forward in revising upward the salaries
Of professors. in keeping with It's policy
Of protecting the dignity and freedom
u the academic career"
The United States, with it's wide
spread system Of educational institu-
tons, hes placed premium upon brains
which should prevail In the classic halls
as well as in the business Offices Of the
country.
The dignity Of learning scarcely III
compatible with economic deprivation.
Especially In institutions Of higher
learning would II seem necessary that
every instructor he comparatively free
10 do his dsiiy work without undue
worry ss 10 his bread and butter.
There H. certain dignity 10 life
which not even a cultured man can dis
/ play II part of his time has 10 be- given
( " figuring out how ~ make both endi
meet. 1t would seem only the part oi
| academic wisdom that the salary scales
of professors, associate professors arlf
assistants be raised 10 provide for 4
certain standard OF living for these ner
snd their families
no sci Of men ia America would b,
less selfish nor make Less demands. II
this respect, than the trus intelieetual
who teach the youth Of the country II
the great universities end colleges. Tn
yeTy exsgeaeiee VI their profession cal
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upon them to be more interested In things
of the mind than OF the body, and 1t Is
remarkably true that this spirit pre-
walls to notable degree.
Yet even the man whose thoughts are
constantly upon abstract and sometimes
obscure phenomena tinds 1t necessary
to live, to eat. to be properly clothed
to enjoy modern transportation, to put
something aside for the rainy day Some
idea of what Columbia University thinks
will meet these demands may be seen
from the new schedule. Full professors
are to receive minimum salary of 81, 500
instead of the present salary of $4,000;
associate professors. $4,000 instead of
$4,000. and assistant professors, $4,000
instead Of $2,40o. In addition. President
Butler announces. there will be salaries
of $4,000, $4,000 and $4,000 to which
individual full professors of exceptional
service or distinction may advance. and
salaries Of $4,000 In the same class open
10 associates.
Educational institutions everywhere. rs
well as institutions of other sorts, might
well compare their own ranks with those
of Columbia University and see TO II
that those who are engaged in dignifled
mental work are receiving salaries COM
patible with the dignity and freedom OF
their careers. If not equal to those of
successful base ball players or movie
stars.
Evening star., 1928-04-14
The First II Cross.

Safe On a tiny isle ad of the tip oi
Labrador. the three intrepid flyers ir
the German airplane Bremen not only
are the first to sccortplish the perilous
east-to-weSt transatlantic crossing In
a heavier -than-air machine, but are the
first who have escaped death in the at
tempt. Previous to the start Of the
Bremen on Thursday morning, with
Capt. Hermann Koehl. Baron GuntheI
Won Eueneteld and Col. James Fitz-
maurice in the cabin. three airplaneS
had essayed the westward flight Five
men and two women perished in the
three attempts. and although the Bre-
men did not attain its goal, its occu-
pants are alive to tell of a trip from
which there have been no other sur
vivors.
When the Bremen came down after
covering some two thousand miles in
approximately thirty-four hours. she
was more than a thousand miles short
of her destination. Mitchell Field, New
York -Four hundred miles of Their
course. the plucky aviators brought the
monoplane to earth when it was prob
ably the only way 10 save their lives
They landed on or near an island which
has a population of only fourteen per-
sons, but they did not lack for food or
shelter
According to the first messages from
the stranded aviators, the Bremen was
SO badly damaged in landing that 4:
was considered impossible. with the
meager facilities at hand, to get her
into the air again, but later dispatch
states that the plane has been success
fully repaired and will take the air for
New York II the aviatorS do succeed
IN accomplishing the trip with only one
stop to make emergency adjustments. it
Is a striking testimonial to their courage
and skill.
The difficulties encountered by the
Bremen and the reason for failure to
reach New York In the nonstop flight
will add valuable scientific data to the
knowledge OF men. According 10 one ol
the dispatches from their island land
ing place. the aviators were forced down
because Of lack Of fuel after fighting
strong head winds. Fog was also men,
toned as a factor in getting OF their
course. When il is realized that the
Bremen carried gasoline for forty-f1ve
hours in the air. but had TO alight nine
hours before that time was up, the
obstacles 10 successful east-to-west fly
!s1g can be appreciated.
The full story. however, viii be told in
o few days. Until that time the world
Is content 10 extend heartiest congratu-
iations to the three brave men and 70
offer UP prayer Of thanksgiving for
their safety.
Evening star., 1928-04-14
Turmoil on the Nile.

Announcement that the King OF Egypt
conteTnplates visit 10 the United States
jsros American interest to the burning
issues now pending between Great Brit
Gin and the land Of the Pharaohs Re-
iatioys are 81 a critical point. ANY
DOUBT ot that Is removed by q remark
able statement Just given by The Egyp-
tlSn prime minister 70 an American
newspaper correspondent
Sir Austen Chamberlain has offered
G@rWzt Pssna treaty Of alliance. Such
paets ordinarily connote recognition q
u18tua! sovereignty. but the Egyptians
contend that the proposed treaty re-
duces them, In fact, 10 the status of a
''slaye" toward master" They are
syiGertly in no u8ood, amid the "iude-
pendence" conferred upon them In 1922
by abolition of EEstain'g forty-two- year
Old F.2ie. 70 submit 10 terms considered
sUbYerSiye u tteiF new liberties.
The Egyptian premier points out that
& treaty Is not on!y possible. bat de-
6lFak!e, On condition It is based upon
reciprocal respect and confidence" He
resents the Fignt N London 10 give
Gaifo the cose Of liberty the British
talnk 1t Asserting that Egypt has
never tofneo part u the British I'm
pare." ae declared that liberty is claim.
90 aA a national right, and not ar 4
gift from foreign power" The Egyp'
lion goyeFnnaent charges that Grea
BTltssus real purpose Is W continue IN
military occupation ~ the Nile coGn
~. though repeatedly since 1892 IL na
Leen declared PROVISIONAL"
When Ar Lloyo George giz years sg'
aun01uced British readiness " canoe
tiAs plolectorate ia Egypt, he stated tta
Lls majeag's g0yernpIent reserved ~ ~
cisctetl0n four subjects ~ Safety @
the British Empires communications
~ defense of Egypt against foreign sg
grssSion direct oT indirect, (5) prot1c
. ton of foreiga Interests In Egypt sn
of Blin0lstles. and ~ guarantees ~
Eritisn interests h. the Sudan
a month later Foreign Secretary Cur
K0n sent dispatches W 81 British am
basSadors, saying that the terminstio
Of fns proteetorate involved no chang
i sE Egypts status toward other power
Z ACC u4&t ile British ssysIGmsnt houi