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ceremony at the home of the brides
parents, when Mrs. Payne, mother of
the bride, assisted in receiving, wear
ing gown of apricot satin.
Mr.. Hersey and his bride left later
for a wedding trip, Mrs. Hersey wearing
brown ensemble with accessories to
match. They will be at home upon
their return at 518 Twelfth street
northeast.
Mr.. and Mrs. John William Gregg
announce the engagement of their
daughter Helen Ely to Mr.. Harvey
Spalding Gerry, son Of Mrs. Margarita
Spalding Gerry of this city.
Former Representative and Mrs. j. H.
Smithwick have as their guest for the
holiday season their Son-in-law, Capt.
j. F. Moriarty, U. S. NJ C.. Mrs
Moriarty, who has been i'll here at the
home of her parents for the past few
months, is now recuperating and will
remain for longer visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan B. williams en-
tertained at dinner Christmas eve for
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip Tuttle Williams,
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SOCIETY
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home. There were approximately 2oC
guests present at the dinner, which
preceded the ball given for Miss En-
gracia Freyer.
Countess Ortensia Percy di Mignanc
has arrived in Washington from New
York City and Is stopping at the Carl
ton.
The officers of the quartermaster de-
partment of the Marine Corps gave a
luncheon at the willard today IN honor
of Gen. Hugh Matthews, United States
Marine Corps. The generals promotion
to the rank of general from colonel
was recently confirmed by the Senate
and he was given his gold star on
Christmas day.
Mrs. Nell Gravatte announces the en-
gagement of her daughter, Jeanne, to
Lieut. LePage Cronmiller, jr., United
States Marine Corps, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. LePage Cronmiller Of Laurel, Md.
the marriage to take place in st. Johns
Church in the early Spring.
Mrs. Raymond H. A. Carter Is en-
Pertaining at tea dance this afternoon
IN the palm court of the Mayflower
Tor her son, Raymond Carter, who has
come home from Princeton for the
holidays. and her daughter, Miss Fran
res Carter of Holton Arms School. There
will be so in the party.
MISS elizabeth Trescot has Cancelled
her supper party for Sunday night.
account Of serious illness in the family.
Cadet Edgar L. Morris of Clemson
A. and NJ. College, Clemson College,
S. c., is spending the Christmas holi-
days with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edgar Morris.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Rust. jr., en-
tertained a company last evening at the
Club Chantecler supper dance.
DR.. and Mrs. John Foote entertained
last evening at the Washington Club
with small dance for their daughter
Polly, who is at home from college for
the holidays.
Several members of the party who
accompanied the preSident-elect of Mex.
leo. Ortiz Rubio, to Washington are
stopping at the Carlton. among them
being Mr.. and Mrs. Perez Grevino,
Mr.. A. Zermano. Mr.. Jose Penaloza, Mr..
and Mrs. j. NJ. Ping Casaurnac, Mr..
JGSluS ESDdAOAHB MI. 11ClUldhuCA
Chazaro and Mr.. F. de la Cara.
Miss Mary Bruce Mackall, who has
returned to Washington from Wellesley
to pass the holidays with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ladder Mackall, is en-
PERTAINING at a tea dance this after
noon in the palm court of the May
flower in compliment to her claSsmate,
Miss Charlotte Juer of Richmond, Va.
Hersey-Payne Wedding
In Christmas Setting.
The marriage of Miss Gertrude Vir-
ginia Payne, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
John P. Payne, to Mr.. John James
Hersey of the United States Naval Air
Station, son of Mr.. John Thomas Her
Sey of Tuckahoe, N. Y, took place last
evening at 7:30 o'clock in the Metro
politan Baptist Church, the Rev. John
C.. Ball officiating.
The church was decorated with mid
winter green foliage and berries, In
keeping with the holiday season and as
the guests were assembling. Mrs. Ger
trude Mockabee gave a program of
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Horse Show Tomorrow Night
At Riding and Hunt Club.

Horse Show Tomorrow Night
At Riding and Hunt Club.
Washington society is looking for
ward with pleasure to the horse show
at 8 o'clock pm.
Many Virginians have entered their
mounts for the show. among them being
Mr.. Louis Leith of Middleburg, Mr.. A.
Smith Bowman, Sunset Hills: Mr.. j.
Carl Kincheloe of Manassas, Col. Swist.
Fort Myer; Mr.. Edward Barker, War
renton, and Mr.. Frank Cockrell of
Nokesville, Va.
Many equestrians from the Wardman
Park Saddle Club and Mrs. Freezes
Riding School have also made entries.
Jumping classes will give interest to
the program and many spectacular
events are included with handsome
prizes in each class
A beautiful program of Christmas
(ContiVoraI ~ rIr,o,.9.,
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Minneapolis. Mrs. Hall Is a former resi-
dent Of Washington and has also re-
Gently returned to the city.
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A beautiful program of Christmas
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The officers of the quartermaster de-
partment of the Marine Corps gave a
luncheon at the Willard today m honor
of Gen. Hugh Matthews, United States
Marine Corps. The generals promotion
to the rank of general from colonel
was recently confirmed by the Senate
and he was given his gold star on
Christmas day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-27

Mrs. Nell Gravatte announces the en-
gagement of her daughter, Jeanne, to
Lieut. LePage Cronmiller, jr., United
States Marine Corps, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. LePage Cronmiller of Laurel, Md,
the marriage to take place in st. Johns
Church in the early Spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-11

"Self1shness must always be forgiven,
| you know, because there Is no hope OF
| q cure" Mary Crawford.
Many q person who has struggled
with this fault In others will be willing
to admit the truth of Miss Crawford's
observation.
It is questionable whether any one
has ever fought battle with himself
In this regard, for usually the vice Is
colored over so that it appears as some
thing else.
In most cases selfishness Is a failing
which one sees clearly in others. First
showing in little children, it works it
self up to middle life and old age, never
! lessening its hold on its unhappy VIC
| tim.
Parents make a great show Of COM
batting the fault. but it Is highly I'M
likely that they ever make any real
progress.
A common method is to force the lit
tie one to share every gift with some
| other child. Perhaps this does little
good, as the saying is, but in the main
1t Is futile.
Such unselfshness under duress Is
mainly superficial. 1t has no hidden
but is, like beauty, but skin deep.
Once let the child have its own way
1t revertS to its old habits of grabbing
the biggest apple for itself and of eat
ing 1t all without thought Of comrade.
X \ X n
There is precious little cure for self
ishneSs because the vice reaches back
% the elemental.
Based Squarely on the law of self
preservation, said by competent OBJ
servers to be the first law of life. 1t
comes down through the ages in greater
| or less degree to every one of us.
Children are commonly to be observed
who not only want all that they see for
| themselves, but cannot stand to see a
playmate have anything. They will take
occasion to destroy the toys Of others
often in superrough play. apparently,
but none the less effective for their pur-
pose.
In adult life many a man Cor woman)
| who cannot be happy himself finds 1t
expedient to destroy the happiness OF
| others by much the same methods.
Jealousy envy selflshness-there you
have a trio working together as well
as Dumas famous musketeers. but with
| out the plain gains Of the soldiers three
1t may be doubted II any one ever
gained through either jealousy or envy
X \ *
With selhshness it must be confessed
| that often the holder of it Is a winner
to some extent.
There are degrees of selfishness, as
there are degrees of every other quality
There are certain unself1sh ones to
whom bit of it would be an incalcu-
liable gain; 1t would steady their every
| day doings. give certain firmness to
their characters, and put them in the
| way OF gaining more solid satisfaction
| in life.
Despite the fact that love Of money
! Is commonly regarded as being uni
versal, thousands of young people are
turned out Of the doors of educational
institutions every year without the least
regard or desire for money.
Having been brought up under what
may be called the old-fashioned senti-
ments, these young people go into the
| great world with the highest ideals
prepared to believe that If they do the
right thing the right thing will be done
by them.
Often it is not until years later that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-11
China Is Threatened
With Water Shortage
From the Schenectady Gazette.

From the Schenectady Gazette.
China has been experimenting In rain
making. Not in years has the weather
situation been so grave in the Celestial
Kingdom. Water famine, with all its
attendant evils. has been terrorizing sec
tons Of the country.
Man-eating beasts for the first time
In years prowl about within q 100-mile
radius OF Shanghai, attacking in broad
daylight, which is contrary to their
habits. Several persons have been
mauled and eaten. Vegetation has suf-
fered from the long continued drought.
Although there Is nothing new in the
idea Of manufacturing rain, and while
q certain amount Of success has at
tended such experiments in this and in
other countries, the business has never
reached wholesale proportions.
With the aid Of the airplane, how
versally successful. The Chinese ex-
pertinent was not attempted without
careful study and preparation.
The announcement that the essay
would be made attracted widespread
attention, the success Of such an I'M
dertaking meaning much to those coun-
tries, Of which there are not q few,
where rain Is needed and the rainfall
is scanty.
Inere are places where the rain
rarely, If ever, falls. even in our own
country. In the valley Of the Colorado
in North America and on the coast of
Peru in the Southern continent this is
true.
The deserts Of Cobb in Asia and the
Sahara in Africa are notably dry. In
tropical regions where trade winds blow
constantly rain is almost unknown.
On the other hand, in Norway, Ire
land, the west Of England, France, Spain
and Portugal rain is very frequent, and
In Patagonia 1t Is said to rain all the
time.
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felt. It Is also stated by the currency
experts that the experience with the
smaller-sized notes In the Philippines is
an assurance that the public through
out the United States will find them
much more convenient to handle.
Each denomination carries q portrait
etching Of Q different notable-wash-
ington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Hamilton,
Jackson, Grant and Cleveland--so to
raise a note from s. to $50 it would
not only be necessary to add q cipher,
but also to change the portrait from
that Of Lincoln to that of Grant; or to
raise o note from 81 to $40 besides the
added cipher II would be necessary to
change the portrait from that Of WASH
ington to that of Hamilton. Thus Is
the work of the counterfeiter compli-
Gated.
Whatever else the simultaneous run
on all the banks Of the country yester-
day demonstrated, 1t showed the tre-
mendous amount Of money in circula-
ton, induced many persons who never
before studied their currency to do 80,
even under magnifying glasses, and
made the whole country money-minded
for few hours, at least.
Thus has another innovation In our
financial structure taken its place In
history.
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Future Policy in Portal les.

The inspection Of portable schools by
the municipal architects ONCE will fur
nish the Board Of Education with facts
upon which to base its decision regard
ing the future policy in the use Of these
unsatisfactory and temporary" struc-
lures. They have been altogether too
permanent. In the past, as their use
in one section Of the city became TN
necessary because Of new school build
ings, they have been transferred to
another section where the schools were
crowded. Even now there is q waiting
list for the portables. New buildings
will relieve them in some cases, but
old buildings are crying for them to
take care of the excess demand. The
Board of Education must decide whether
the portables will continue to be trans
ferred, as in the past, or go out Of
existence when new buildings replace
them in their present locations.
The alternatives are unattractive.
Either the portables must continue to
be used as in the past or they must
gradually be eliminated and part-time
classes inaugurated or continued in
schools where the congestion might
otherwise be relieved by the transfer Of
portables.
Reports on, the progress Of the in
spection Of portable schools are by no
means encouraging. Many Of them
have been found in disgracefully di-
lapidated condition, with leaky roofs
cracks in the walls and rotting supports
Some of these defects could probably
be repaired. Some Of them indicate an
amazing condition of disrepair, the re-
sponsibility for which has not been
clearly demonstrated. But even If re-
paired and some Of the minor defects
corrected, their continued use would be
in the face of DR.. Ballou's recent state
ments regarding the demonstrable ef-
fects Of high wind storms, and the mar
row escapes, in several instances, Of the
children. Should there be another OF
these storms, IS there surely win be,
and if there should be a tragedy, the
responsibility would be . bitter one In
deed, for those In authority.
The municipal architects ONCE will
no doubt make q report that carefully
analyses the structural defects of the
buildings. This report will be studied
carefully by the Board Of Education.
It may lead to the abandonment of
some portables before they have been
replaced by permanent buildings. 1t
should certainly leave no doubts in the
minds of any one as to the safety Of the
portables to remain in use. A generous
margin of doubt should be provided for.
The parents who send their children to
portable schools in the Fall should be
secure in the thought that the build
ings, which will house their children
for the greater part Of the day, are
safe and as free from the usual hazards
as men and money can make them.
Crowded and part-time classes are
small items compared to the dangers
of disaster.
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court were packed with those who hac
run afoul of the regulations.
fortunately, court building for the
Police, Municipal and Juvenile tribu'
mails is to be one of the first structures
to be erected when the municipal center
project gets under way. But, even II
there is no delay in obtaining funds
for the construction work, 1t will be
some time before this new court build
ing will be ready for occupancy. The
new Congress co-operated to make pos
sible an early start on the municipal
center by passing Q resolution recently
authorizing the District to spend s., 000,-
600 OF its accumulated surplus to &C.
quire the land for the center, which
will extend from Third to Sixth streets
Pennsylvania to Louisiana avenues
The, process Of acquisition takes time,
however, and after that comes the task
Of clearing a site and obtaining an
other appropriation to start q court
building.
be made to give the Trafflc Court O
more adequate place to meet 1t would
be helpful, but the problem will be
solved properly only by going forward
as expeditiously as possible with plans
for the new buildings in the municipal
center.
A similar illustration Of the acute
ness of the Districts housing situation
was furnished recently when the Ju-
venile Court had to move from one OF
the temporary Government hotels on
Union Station plaza to make way for
the beginning of the plaza improve
ment. At that time it became neces-
sary to move the Juvenile Court into
public school building on Arthur place
between B and C streets. This school,
house also is in the line of the plaza
improvement, but will not be disturbed
in the immediate future.
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Have we had the pleasure of serving
you through our Washington Informa-
ton Bureau2 Can't we be Of some help
to you in your problems? Our business
is to furnish you with authoritative in
formation, and we invite you to ask us
any question of fact in which you are
interested. Send your inquiry to The
Evening Star Information Bureau,
Frederic j. Haskin, director, Washing
or stamps for return postage.
@. Are automobiles ever used by tribes
of the deserts?-E. D.
A. The automobile has even found a
place among the camels of the sheiks.
Some of the tribal chiefs journey from
place to place by automobile, leaving
their caparisoned camels to lead the
ceremoniouS journey Of the tribes.
@. How far apart are the bases on
base ball diamond? How far from the
pitchers slab to the home plate?-C. T.
A. A base ball diamond is 90 feet on
each side. The distance from the point
of the home plate to the pitchers slab
Is so feet inches.
@. How fast does a person descend In
q parachute?-P. w.
A. The rate of descent depends some
what upon the size Of the parachute.
The average rate Is about 300 feet a
minute.
@. Who coined the expression, stop,
look, listen"?-H. A. D.
A. Col. j. c. Fuller, vice president and
manager IN charge Of construction OF
the old Gettysburg and Harrisburg
Railroad, now part of the Reading sys-
tenn, says: I'm building the Gettysburg
and Harrisburg Railroad we were obliged
to cross many public roads and were
about to prepare a notice to put up at
each crossing when my attention was
called to q court decision in a suit
brought for injury at crossing. The
Judge made use Of this language: That
It Is the duty of every one to stop,
look and listen before crossing q rail-
road. I at once adopted the words
stop, look and listen believing it a
legal point in determining the response
bility OF both the public and the rail-
road. I distinctly remember the trip
of Mr.. Mcleod. president, and Mr..
Sweigard, general superintendent. over
the road and our conversation regard
ing this sign. have always felt that
the use Of the phrase originated with
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Sun DevOtiOnals Held
Balm to Sickly Souls

From the New York Times.
In a recent Nation is a rhapsodic
article entitled Confessions of a Sun
Worshiper." Stuart Chase declares that
barring the human breast to the sun
Is gathering ascendency. Everywhere
throughout this sun-blessed land, he
says, people are "unclothed and in
their right minds" Coming from one
who has Sun-bathed in all languages,
legally and illegally, Mr.. Chase's OBJ
servationS carry weight, despite their
reversal of the findings of purely hap
hazard Investigations. To many who
have barred their breasts not so much
for sun ceremonials as for the pagan
Joys Of swimming neat and raw, the
covert practice of stripping on a Desc
late strand Of beach or around the next
bend in the creek has seemed closer to
prison than smuggling Oil leases. Mr..
Chase has been prosecuted for basking
under open skies. He may thank his
lucky suns that he has not been pinched
by boor.
The sun heals. The sun ministers to
random ills of the human body. And
the current fashion of sun-tan shades
Of face powder and sun suits and the
scourge Of ultraviolet ray machines
silently attest to the therapeutics of the
sun.
The sitters and loungers in the SUM-
stirring only under extreme provoca-
ton, have deeper things in mind. with
floods of the yellow gold of the gor-
geouS, indolent, sinking sun, burning
expanding the air." and the sweet air
LAYING their bodies, their thoughts melt
into a flow Of vast content. Sun wor-
ship, Mr.. Chase declares, induces "a
ruminative turn Of mind, a sound belief
in the important function Of laziness in
life, hatred Of the round silly face OF
clock" In short, sun worship pro-
notes virtue. Let not her who is mad
walk in the sun.
The problem in this era Of religious
liberty is how to worship the sun fully
and openly, like Bernard Shaw, bearded
above, betoweled below, on the sands ir
the south Of Europe. It Is tricky bust
ness. Discretion counseleth respect fol
the Sensibilities Of the unenlightened
Everywhere the law protects the right:
Of the clothing industries, carrying
three-piece civilization to the ends Of
the earth. But the law is founded or
sanity, and citizens condemned by sof
coal to grimy sun and by tall build
ingS to sunless apartments and Office:
are often quite mad where sunlight
floods unimpeded. Baked and bronzed
they tntrust their civil honor to foot
high dune. It may be unlawful, bu
1t Is balm to sickly souls.
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Bobby Jones Praised
For Mental Virtues

From the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Championships even in the matter of
physical prowess are more Of the head
than they are of the hand, the feet or
any other part Of the physical make
up. Whether 1t be base ball, foot ball
or golf, the real champion Is the one
who Is able the quickest to comprehend
all situations and thus to make provi-
sions against possible setbacks.
Bobby Jones Is the marvel Of the
golfing world as much because he Is
able to meet all sorts of situations as
because of superior ability in playing
the game under normal conditions.
Athletes have o vigorous term for this
ability which they wrongfully attribute
to the confidence that Is born Of physi-
cal courage. Really 1t is q mental vir-
tue. The Atlanta wonder Is able to
meet adverse conditions Of weather, to
resist q let-down when he is behind,
and to ignore temptations of overcon-
1dence when he Is ahead.
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Why Mention Box Seatsl

One Of the interesting and instructive
notices that the Capital Traction Co.
places in the cars for the entertainment
Of its passengers advances an argument
reading substantially as follows:
THE company Is asking for q ten
cent cash fare or four tokens for thirty
cents. Experience shows that eighty
I'VE out Of every one hundred car riders
would pay the seven and one-half cent
token fare and that only fifteen would
pay the ten-cent cash fare. These
fifteen would be occasional, and not
regular, patrons. II q theater sold
1000 seats for nifty cents and one hun
dred and fifty box seats for seventy
five cents, you would not say that the
theater charges seventy-five cents, would
your"
Yes, for box seats.
But will the Capital Traction Co.
provide seats In its cars for the ten
cent patrons comparable to the box
seats in the theater for the seventy
five-cent patrons? And If the theater
raised the price Of admission, would it
not be expected that the theater would
add more attractions, lengthen the
program and announce that 1t had
changed from q policy Of super per-
formances to superlatively super and
even gala performances?
One reason that the helpless street
car riding public resents an increase in
fare is the lack Of any guarantee that
1t will get any more for its money than
it did before. The only beneficiary is
the street car company, which does
not even promise seats in the peanut
gallery, not to mention box seats.