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was the slogan of second grade mothers
and teachers at the card party given
November % in the Wheatley School.
| Slides of selections from the operas
and Thanksgiving music, purchased by
the Parent-Teacher Association, were
used at the music assembly November
%, under the direction of Mrs. Van
Driesen, music teacher.
The executive committee meeting
last week announced plans for the
meeting of the association on Decem-
ber 5 at 2:30 pm. S. e. Kramer, as
siStant superintendent of schools, will
speak. How Parents Can Help Chill
dren With Home Study" will be the
subject of Miss Ruth Kentzler, second
| speaker.
Mrs. ]. N. Saunders, first vice presi-
dent of the District of Columbia Con-
greSS of Parents and Teachers, gave a
talk while installing the new officers of
tn. Weightman association at a meet
ing November 81. The president, Mrs.
Samuel Gross, presided.
Henry p. Draper, supervising princi-
pal, spoke OF the work OF educating and
rehabilitation being done in the school
for crippled children. Walter B. Pat
terSon, under whose supervision those
special schools are, told of the birth of
LIllS movement 10 eSCdDllSn special
school for the crippled children, and of
the splendid work done for them by
the Kiwanis Club. He also gave the
history Of Weightman School,
Miss Viola Offut, new administrative
principal of Grant-Weightman was
introduced. Mrs. M. j. Hanley, former
president of the association, was pre-
sented with a past presidents pin by
little Miriam Gross.
A poem entitled Teamwork" was re-
cited by Walter Shere. Acrobatic
stunts by Betty Clingenpeel and piano
solo by Gussie Schulman were features
of the evening.
The following grade mothers were
appointed: Mrs. Brooks, Mrs. Beber-
| myer, Mrs. Sullivan and Mrs. Hahn
Mrs. Bell, Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Nc
Nally were appointed for the crippled
school. Other appointments were: Mrs.
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Acacia Chapter will meet Tuesday.
Degrees will be conferred. There win
be an election of officers The meeting
will convene at 1880 pm. The patron
entertained the officers of 1929 at a
dinner party at the Venus Cafe last
Saturday.
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Fidelity Chapter at the meeting De-
cember viii have election of officers.
A banquet for members only will be
held at the conclusion of the meeting.
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Loyalty Chapter will elect officers
December 4. Following the meeting the
matron, Mabel E. Wheelock, announces
a supper and dance for members only
at the Madrillon. Installation Of Or
ficers will take place December 10.
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The Association Of Matrons and
Patrons of 1927 met last week at the
home of the president, Mrs. Marguerite
Behrend. Plans were formulated for a
banquet, to be followed by a program
and dancing, at the Blue Triangle Hut
pecember Il
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Capital Society Maps Out
Winter Seasons Program
On Most Elaborate Lines
Leaders Disregard Threat of Social Clouds and
Complete Schedule-Usual Events Listed
at White House.
BY SALLIE v. III. PICKETT. $
NOTWITHSTANDING the various social clouds which
conterded are hanging ever Washington and are ext
to break full force with the opening of the seas

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to breaE fuI force With opening
ned out fs shea nys o s ae Wn ee
it. mGtnsrf ho ass F" who R ae
their wardrobe their homes and ne S a been o we'll housed
as s0 that Of Pre- President Hoover
THE White House is already laying plans events of
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largest had Nor has the list
rather reigiousy
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House. ne and TIA wife reception after herself
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Montague Capt effort to distribute this
unique patronage throughout the States
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Washington Hostess
At North Shore Party

Mrs. Victor Kaufman. who Is spend
ing the Summer at Bass Rocks, was
hostess at luncheon Thursday at Del
Monte's in honor of Mrs. Key Cammak
of New York, the house guest of Mrs.
Frank L. Montague, also of New York,
but spending the season at Bass Rocks.
In the company besides Mrs. Cammak
and Mrs. Montague were Mrs. Jacob
Leander Loose, who spends her Winters
in Washington, at the Mayfower; Mrs.
Brainard of Magnolia. Mrs. John Nash
Of Syracuse, Pa; Mrs. John Barnes OF
Philadelphia, Mrs. Charles II. Wilson OF
New York, Mrs. Edward Wilson of Bos-
ton, and from Washington were Mrs.
Lester A. Barr, Mrs. Henry Morrow.
Mrs. Charles Fairfax, Mrs. Stahl, Mrs.
Charles ColfaxLong, Mrs. Kerney Carr,
Mrs Wilton Lambert, Mrs. James NJ.
Green, Mrs. William Bailey Lamar and
Mrs. Robert Kennedy, all of whom have
Summer homes along the North Shore
from SwampScott to Eastern Point,
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FolkMaking
Plans for the SumnerSeason
Notes Relating to Washington Society of Special
Interest IN Capital Circles-Record
: of Weeks Events. -

Mrs. w. Calhoun Sterling and her
three children have gone to Southamp-
ton, L. l., for the remainder of the sea-
son. They were accompanied by Mrs.
Sterling's niece, Miss Frida Frazer.
Mr.. and Mrs. johnson Observe
First Wedding Anniversary.
Mr. and Mrs, Hiram F. johnson have
returned from a vacation spent In At
lantic City. where at the home of Mrs.
Leah Tompkins they celebrated their
first wedding anniversary. Mrs. john
son was formerly Miss Gladys Abramson
and she and Mr.. johnson are at home
at 4317 Iowa avenue northwest.
Mrs. G. r. C.. Smile has closed her
home on Connecticut avenue and Is
visiting in New England en- route to
Canada for short stay.
Miss Marie Louise Howser and Miss
Elizabeth Gardner Howser are leaving
this week for an extended trip through
the West. They will meet friends In
Chicago and from there tour the Vel
lowstone and Zion National Parks.
ing some time at the Grand Canyon Of
Arizona before returning to Washing
ton about the 1st of September.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry z. Witherspoon
of New York are at the Mayflower over
the week end, having arrived in Wash
ington late Friday following motor
trip through the Pocono and the Allie
gheny Mountains.
Miss Bertha Mckay Ohr, who has
been in Atlantic City for fortnight,
went last week to North Bennington.
VT, where she is visiting her aunt and
cousins, Mrs. Charles Mckay and Mr..
and Mrs. George yelling, in their home
there.
Miss Catherine C. Lewis of the Studio
Club, New York City, sailed on Friday
for Europe, on the Majestic, to spend
her vacation in F'ontainbleau. Paris and
other points of interest. Miss Lewis is
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Marcus
w. Lucas. whose home is at 1916 Mount
Pleasant street. She was former stu
dent at the Corcoran School OF Art.
Continued on Second Page)
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Wedding Brilliant
Event of Yesterday
Ceremony, Performed in All
Saints Church. Attended
by Throng - Oh anc i
Banked With Flowers.

The wedding last evening of Miss
Virginia Fairfax Blackstone and
Ensign John Alexander Milburn is OF
more than usual interest in Washing
ton, where the families of the bride
and bridegroom have lived for many
years. The bride is daughter OF Mr.:
and Mrs. z. Deminieu Blackstone and
Ensign Milburn is a son of Mrs. James
Watts Mercur of Wallingford, Pa, and
the late MIR. Charles A. Milburn OF this
city.
The ceremony was performed in All
Saints Church In Chevy Chase, the
Rev. Dr. Henry Teller Cooke, rector OF
the church off1ciating at 8 o'clock. Mr..
w. H. Taylor, organist of the church
played the wedding music and the chan
Gel was banked with palms and ferns,
clusters of pink and white gladioli being
used about the altar. The arches OF
the chancel were festooned with ropes
OF laurel and q large wedding bell was
suspended from the ceiling In the chan
Gel. Large clusters of white hydrangea
(Continued on Third Page.l
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Diplomatic Corps Members
Seeking Pleasure Resorts
Ambassadors and Other officials Quit the Capital
for Summer Vacation Period, Returning
as Necessity Requires

The Ambassador of Great Britain and
Lady Isabella Howard have with them
at Langley Park, Md, where they are
spending the Midsummer, their son, Mr..
Henry Howard, who arrived in New
York Thursday aboard the Berengaria
and came to Washington yesterday.
The italian Ambassador, Mobile Gia-
como de MARITIME, will return tomorrow
or Tuesday from Atlantic City, where
he is spending the week end.
The Ambassador of Cuba. Senior Don
Arestes Ferrara, who joined Sonora de
'Ferrara yesterday IN Boston. viii return
here with her Tuesday. They will be
here only until the end of next week,
when they will go to New York and sail
aboard the Leviathan Friday, August 16.
The first secretary of the. embassy,
Senior Don Jose T. Baron. will be charge
d'affaires during the several months
absence Of the Ambassador.
The Ambassador Of France, M. Paul
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Col and Mrs. Lorenzo D. Glass;. have
given up their house at 37l1 Idaho
avenue, and will move the first of this
week to the apartment in the Ponce de
Leon, at ASIA Connecticut avenue.
Col. and Mrs. c. C.. Culver. who re-
Gently established themselves In the
house at 1920 Garfield street. have with
them their son. Mr.. Shepherd Culver.
who completed his first years study at
the University of Virginia in June and
will return to Charlottesville the middle
of September.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Eugene B. Ely, son.
in-law, and daughter of Col. and Mrs.
Culver, will come to Washington at
the end Of next week and will be guests
of her parents for some time. Lieut.
Ely Is aide to his father, Gen. Hanson
E. Ely, who Is in command of the I'd
Corps Area, with headquarters at Gov
errors Island.
Comdr. and Mrs. Henry G.. Cooper are
at the Mayfiower for few days before
going to Comdr. Cooper's new station
at the United States Naval Academy
at Annapolis. They came here yester-
day from Philadelphia.
Lieut.. Aaron P. storrs, 3D., U. s. N,
and Mrs Storrs. who spent day in
Washington recently. are now on leave
in the nearby country, and will again
come to Washington at the end of the
week, when Lieut. Storrs will report for
duty at the Naval Air Station in Ana
costa. Lieut.. Storrs has been stationed
at the Naval Air Station at San Diego,
and was recently transferred.
Mrs. Frank w. Stearns, who was
patient at the Newton Hospital, Newton
Mass, for several days, had recovered
to the extent of returning to her Sum-
mer home, Red Gables, at L1ttles Point,
Swampscott.
Mrs. Everett Sanders Leaves
For Her Indiana Home.
Mrs. Sanders, wife of former Repre-
sentative Everett Sanders of Indiana,
has gone to their former home In Terre
Haute, where Mr.. Sanders, who has re-
manned In their apartment in the May
flower, will Join her later. Mr.. San
ders served as Secretary to President
Coolidge during the latter's term of Of
flee.
Maj George O.. Totten and family are
spending two weeks at the Point Look
out Hotel. -..
Mr.. Carl r. Schuneman, former AS
siStant Secretary of the Treasury, has
closed his apartment at the Wardman
Park Hotel and has joined Mrs. Schu-
neman in their home In st. Paul.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Krogstad, resi-
dents of Washington for many years,
but more recently of New York City,
sailed Friday for Paris, where they will
make their future home.
Mrs. Jack Hayes is at Rehoboth
Beach for the week end and will later
visit in New England.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles David Hayes
are at their home, 1925 Sixteenth street,
after two-month trip to England, Ger
many and France.
Mr. and Mrs. William Mann will close
their apartment at the Wardman Park
Hotel Friday and will go to Manchester,
Mass, where they will pass two weeks
with the formers parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Isaac T. Mann, in their Summer home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gwinn Rust, IT., enter
tanned small company at dinner Fri
day evening at the PLACE Deauville at
the Wardman Park Hotel.
Miss Carol Henderson will 60 to Phila-
delphia the end of the week and will
spend q week or 10 days at Bay Head,
N. j. 'srtss
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Secretary Stimson
Making Brief Sojourn
In the Adirondacks
Other Cabinet Officers In
cluded' in in List of Public
: Officials Temporarily Alb
sent From the Capital.

= The Secretary Of State. Mr.. Henry L.
Stimson, has closed his apartment at
the Wardman Park Hotel for a short
time and is on a trip to the Adiron-
dacks. q
The Secretary. of the Treasury, Mr..
Andrew Mellon, will return the middle
of the week to his apartment at the
Carlton Hotel after passing a short
time at his home in Pittsburgh.
The Postmaster General and Mrs.
Walter Brown, who are. passing the
week end with the President and Mrs.
Hoover at their camp in Virginia, are
expected to return to- their apartment
at the Wardman Park Hotel tomorrow.
Representative and Mrs. John j.
Cochran win leave Tuesday by motor
for their home in st. Louis. and will
not return until the end Of September.
The Assistant Secretary Of War, Mr..
r. Trubee Dawson, Joined Mrs. Dawson
(C0ntinued on Second PaRe.)
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Engagements Forecast
Earlv Future Weddings

The Rev. DR.. and Mrs. B. H. Melton
announce the engagement of their
daughter Kinsey to Mr.. Richard DEM
ing Greene, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Greene of Providence, R. I.
The wedding will take place In the
eaflHAutumn.
and Mrs. Edward E. Deardoff Of
Washington and Chicago announce
the engagement of their daughter
EVELYN Frances, to Mr.. wired E.
Bower of Washington. The wedding
viii take place the latter part OF this
month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael F. Madigan
announce the engagement OF their
daughter Margaret Elizabeth to Mr.:
Harold Rix Lee. Mr.. Lee is the son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Emmitt T. Lee of Sara
toga Springs and LuZerne. N. 7. The
wedding will take place August 81.
Mrs. Mary e. Kolhos OF the Woburn
Apartments announces the engage
mont of her daughter Christine to Mr..
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Capital Debutante
To Ride In Rumsen Show

Col. and Mrs. Arthur O'Brien and the
latter's daughter, Miss Caroline Roeb-
ling, will go to the Rumsen Horse Show.
which will open Thursday, and Miss
Roebling will ride in several of the
classes. The first of next week Col. and
Mrs. O'Brien and Miss Roebling will go
to Saratoga for the latter part OF the
racing season and will return to Esta-
brook. their suburban home here, at the
end OF the month. -.
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Claudel, who has been in New YORK
since his visit to White Sulphur Springs,
will return to the embassy Tuesday.
Ambassador Davila Making
Official Trip to West Coast.
The Ambassador of Chile. Senior Don
Carlos G. Davila, arrived in Los Angeles
last evening en- route to meet the Chilean
training ship, General. Baquedanos
which is expected to arrive shortly a
San Diego. The Ambassador Is accom-.
panied by the military and naval at
taches of the embassy, Maj. zorobabe,
Galeno and Comdr. Juan Polich.
The Minister of Switzerland. M. Marc
Peter, will go to New York this morn
ing, where he was called by the death
of the Swiss consul general in New
York.
Countess Szechenyi, wife OF the Min
lister of Hungary, has been Joined by her
Countess Alice Szechenyi. who
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J. Howard Clipper. son of Mrs. Jane
Clipper of Chevy Chase. The marriage
will take place August 81.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin f. Crippen of
Chevy Chase, announce the engage
ment of their daughter Catherine
Watson to Mr.. George Quincy Lumsden
of New York Mr.: Lumsden is the SON
of Prof. and Mrs. David Lumsden of
Battery Park
The wedding will take place in
September.
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Tayloe-Grihth Troth !
Is Formally Announced

Mr., Lloyd T. Tayloe announces the
engagement of his daughter, Louisa
Carr Tayloe. to DR.. Charles Yeatman
Griffith, son of MFR. and Mrs. Philip S.
Yeatman of Westmoreland County, Va.
The wedding will take place in the
Autumn in Virginia.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-20

cha. Utica, N. Y, Cd. Make Ros-
enbioom, New York, outrointed
Garfield johnson. Pittsburgh. uOl.
Cleveland-Johrny Datto, Philip
pine Islands. and Phil Zwick
Cleveland. no contest, f5A. Bob
Moody. Pittsburgh. knocked out
Jack Huber, Buffalo. Cd.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-20
TEXAS RELAYS
TO Be MAR. 29
Strong MIDI Western
Teams Are Enter
ed In Events

AUSTIN, Tex. Feb. 20.-CPI-First
indications or the strength Of mid
western track squads on outdoor
cinder paths will be revealed March
20 at the fifth annual Texas Uni
versity relays here and on the fol-
lowing day when the same athletes
match their speed at Southern
Methodist University relays at Dali
las The latter event replaces one
sponsored in recent years BY Rice
Institute OF Houston.
Coach Clyde Littlefield OF Texas.
whose team last year outscored the
field. already has received informa-
ton that squads from Indiana. Chi
caEo. Wisconsin. Nebraska. and Mis-
sour Universities will make the trip
south to compete against Oklahoma.
Texas. Texas Christian University.
Southern Methodist University.
Rice. BAYLOR. and other southwest
ern entries or lesser note.
Separate divisions will furnish
competition for college. Junior col
lere and high school teams.
Coach Knute Rockne or Nofrr
Dame will act as referee and Ted
C7ntv Of Chicago rs announcer.
While manv Of the thin clad
stars who last wear sent relav rec
ords tumblinr have been lost through
graduation. two r1nrnners or OWN
pic anne squad will be IN hand r.
rarrer n major sha-@ OF rninfs In
their events. Tom Churchill. Uni
vnrsitv OF Oklahoma iron man-
who placed " the decarhaion mi
Amsterdam. will be n member or the
Oklahoma SQUAD and Aubrey Bra
cev. Rice sneedSter. who last year
showed = pair OF flvinr heels To the
cream RI this sections dash men
will again defend his laurels.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-20
Qualifying Round
Of Houston Meet
Gets Off Today

HOUSTON. Tex, Feb. 20.-tF-
With par still an untouched goal
the field In the annual Houston
Country club invitation rot away
today for the final qualifying round
OF the event.
John Dawson OF Chicago and the
veteran George Rotan OF Houston
were one stroke ahead or their
nearest competitors as the round
started. by virtue or 73's yesterday
in the first round. This figure was
two strokes above par.
TWO other HOuStonians. OSSie
Carlton. the defending titlcholder.
with a IA, and Willie Hunt, with a
rs In the first days play, occupied
strategic positions.
Jack Speer. Texas amateur cham
pion, with "a 70. had a good oppor-
tunity to gain "a place IN the cham
piorship barcket today. but Reefe
Carter. Oklahoma tmitlist, Walter
Grove, amateur king In Illinois. and
Edwin Mcclure. Louisiana cham
pion. did not fare 50 well. Carter
picked up. Grove shot an 81, and
Mcclure an 81. Don Armstrong OF
Chicago. another favorite. came III
with chilled fingers and an az.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-20
STRONG CARD
ON TAP Here
WymoEe And Shaw To
Battle Monday All
Fort Brown

Look this card over. 10 be put
WI fIondav niEht ~ the Fort Brown
sfatln- rink. ut Promoter Tex Bee
erril. OF Brownsville. who has staged
three other excellent cards there III
the past few months. XII follows.
Dick Wymnrc. n Feria, l24 lbs
vs. Battling SHAW. Laredo. l26 los
WyrnOre and shaw arc the main
cvpntcrs. and are scheduled 20 60
To rounds.
The preiiminaries. like the main
event. arc PACKED with sCrappeTS
with Y pinch and a willingness TO
mix it
Homer tKidN Goodman. the bat
Ting lac pound boy ~ Brownsville.
is 10 "a s rounds with Jesus Soils,
on Saltiiic. Mexico. Ia pounds
Johnnie MARTINEZ vS Paul Seidels.
q rounds lt+ pound boys.
Kid Tho Rooster Guerra. r.
scheduled 10 exchange punches
with Ken Macy for Y rounds.
The four round preiimS find Kid
SaeNr and Young LnVIlil mixing
IN. and Kid Huerta aud Kid LuDe.
This card Is one az the most elah-
crate Promoter BecerTl has yet at
tempted. every fighter OH the card
has proven his ability 70 scrap and
take punishment.
IN securing the Wymorc-Shaw
fight. tho promoter believes he has
ono o. the best main event matches
ever % have been staged in the
Valley.
These boTs arc known FOR their
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CS
ThiSO
FlSht {
IsIO-STANLEY KETCHEL'S FINAL
FIGHT

When Stanley ketchel. the famous
Michigan Assassin, smacked his glow
az right fist against the Jaw Of Jim
Smith Ia the fifth round Of their
fight IN New York. June 10, 1910,
~ didn't dream * was the last blow
he would ever strike IN a ring.
But IL vas. -Four months later,
almost 20 the day, ketchel was dead,
murdered on his farm az Conway.
Mo-, while he rested for his next
scheduled bout.
ketchcl vent from the ring in a
blaze of glory. Always an eager
fighter, never enc 10 dodge a good
bout. his last three fights . place
within three weeks.
Stanley stopped Perky Flynn n
three rounds az Boston, Mass. he
hoped y RATHER and a week later
smackcd Willie Lewis TO the tlccr IN
two rounds In the cid New York
Madison Square Garden
A few days later ne met STitn'
his final foe.
This last bout was a typical ketch-
al fight. Rushing at Smith. he
hammered Jira all around the ring.
cutting him with lefts and rights.
krtchci used little defense. relying
w hi sIedre hammer blows that he
could deal out with either hard fist.
For four rounds Smith stood ~
under this terrific assault, but In
TIE fifth an overland right flashed
through Smiths defense and smash
NJ against his Jaw. jim dropped for
the count.
Laughing with Joy ~ his win,
STANLEY ketchei waved his arm 70
the roaring crowd. hoped ver the
hempcn strands and left the ring
never q return.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-20
Ey MAX SCHMELING
Contender for the World Heavy
weight Championship.
rHnw+rr EF~r

MAX AND JACK
Ny first experience as a profess
sional must wait until I've told you
about my greatest thrill-climbing
through the ropes 10 meet the
greatest fighter Of ell time-Jack
Dempsey.
Dempsey came TO Cologne in 1925.
Promoters there gave him $500 for
q three-day appearance In the city.
The feature or his visit was three
one-round exhibitors with three
German boxers.
It was with mixed delight and
nervousness that l received the news
that + was 70 be one Of the men Sc
lectcd 70 face the great American,
i shall never forget that after
noon. When I reached the sports
arena there was the great Herr
Dempsey. 4 magnificent figure OF q
man, almost mObbed by adoring
fight fans.
He was smiling and happy. You
see. this wGs his honeymoon trip,
They brought me To him.
Herr DEMPSEY" said Il OF the
promoters drawing me forward,
'this Is young Schmeling. ono 81
the men you meet this afternoon.
IFS iSt mir angemen. I said,
rThat'a German for Pleased to
meet y0U p
Hello. son III smiled and crush
cd nv hand III the bronze vice lie
calls a hand.
AE 7 said. Dempsey was OH his
honeymoon and In n fine mood. He