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The Washington times., 1930-02-03
IL to 16 Is Danger Age
For American Children

The bulk of juvenile de-
linquency cases against girls. &C.
cording to tabulation of Juve-
nile Court statistics of the Labor
Departments children's bureau,
consists of sex offenSes, while
those against boys are mainly
made up of Switching apples"
and prankS of mischief.
The report covered more than
10000 cases in ~ courts and Is
Stat S. The percentage of for
eign-born delinquentS was small.
The danger ages for children,
according to the tabulation issued
yesterday, are between IA and 16
and the next class is from IL to
IA. The percentage in these two
groups was approximately the
same for both sexes.
The Washington times., 1930-02-03
Gas STOCK SALE
W|NS|N COURT

Justice Alfred A. Wheat in
Equity Court today signed a
formal order dismissing the suit
of the District government and
the Public Utilities Commission
for a mandatory injunction OF
compel the Seaboard Investment
Trust. a common-law trust of Bos-
ton, Mass, to dispose of it's hold
ings in the Washington Gas Light
Company in excess Of the 20 per
cent allowed under the terms Of
the La Toilette anti-merger act.
Attorneys Lambert & Yeatman
appeared for the trust and U-
Tended the action Of the Boston
group by pointing out that the in
hibitionS of the La Toilette act
were directed against foreign hold
ing corporations, and unless it
were amended to apply with equal
force against unincorporated con-
Germs the court had no authority
to issue an injunction against it.
Justice Wheat handed down his
memorandum opinion sustaining
the action of hte trust last week.
The Washington times., 1930-02-03
CHEWN|NGS DUE
HOME BY NEXT
SUNDAY

Seeking to evade the publicity
of being, for the moment, Wash
ington's most celebrated honey
mooners, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Jeffries Chewing, jr.--the latter
the former Miss "Margo" Couzens,
daughter of the multi-millionaire
Senator James Couzens Of Michi-
gan-are leaving Norfolk tonight.
The charming 19-year-old bride
announced this herself over the
long distance telephone today.
"I don't know where we are
going" she said, adding, now
ever, that they would depart in
their Ford coupe from Norfolk,
where they have been staying
ever since their marriage in Bal.
timore Saturday.
I'VE will probably be back in
Washington either next Saturday
or Sunday" Mrs. Chewing pre-
dicted. "You know, father has
forgiven U.S."
In spite Of the fact that Margo
and her youthful husband
are honeymooning in Virginia,
Senator and Mrs. Couzens will
give the dance which they had
planned for the night Of February
IL at the Carlton.
Invitations were issued in the
names Of Senator and Mrs. Cou-
zens and Miss Margo Couzens.
The party, which was originally
planned, according to rumor, to
announce the engagement Of the
elopers. will now be given to well
come them home.
Had Life Of Ease
Cards went out several weeks
ago. Upon questioning Mrs. cou-
zen's social secretary, she an
swered, why should the party
be Cancelled? OF course, 1t will
go through"
The Capitals society will wstch
with interest the heireSs' efforts
to "go to housekeeping in a small
apartment" The daughter of
Senator Couzens has lived a life
Of ease and luxury as a sub
debutante.
The romance between yourg
Chewing and the heiress has
been no secret in the younger SET
here for several weeks past.
Young Chewing was said to
have confided to his bachelor
friends that his suit for the
heireSs' hand was being waged
with success. The only persons
unaware of it appeared to have
been Senator CouzenS and news
paper reporters. .-.
Times Printed Hint
Only last week, the Washing
ton Times published a society
note anent the Bal Boheme Ball,
revealing Chewing as a suitor
for pretty Margaret's hand. This
note read: Little bird Whisper
ings that Margo Couzens, sweet
and pretty in white wig and pink
frock, will shortly announce her
engagement to her escort for the
evening. JeffrieS Chewing, a Vir-
ginian but recently arrived in
Washington. And now, il the
gossip be true, to carry Off one
Of the country'S greatest heiresses.
Lucky lad. All the younger set
abuzz with the news"
The Washington times., 1930-02-03
Four Escape From Jail
AS Fourth Try Succeeds

URBANA, Ill, Feb. 3 0.N.SO
After three unsuccessful attempts
to escape from the Champaign
county jail, a fourth try today
succeeded and four prisoners
sawed their way from cells.
After breaking Jail, the four
went to a garage, commanded a
night attendant to drive them
into the country. They left the
machine and ordered the at
tendant not to return to the city
for an hour.
The Washington times., 1930-02-03
Auto Show Sets Mark
For Interest of Crowd

All records of attendance have
been broken by the automobile
show of the Washington Auto
motive Trade Association, pro-
moters Of the show stating that
!, so far more than $4,000 persons
have visited the Washington Au.
ditorium. A record-breaking crowd
is expected this afternoon and,
evening, the final day of the
show.
: The exhibits Of new models and
improved features in construction
have attracted thousands and 4
record-smashing year Is antici.
pated by local dealers.
The Washington times., 1930-02-03
DAUGHTERS TO MEET

CLARENDON, Feb. 3.-The
Arlington Chapter, United Daugh-
terS Of the Confederacy will meet
tomorrow night at the Mrs. S. r..
Ryland, PerShing Drive.
The Community Chest budgets
expenditures, effects economies,
improves social service. saves
the people money. Give all
YOU can!
Community Chests needs this
year are greater; therefore, give
more than you did last year:
The Washington times., 1930-02-03
NAB RUM TRUCK
IN MARYLAND

HYATTSvIILE, Md, Feb. s.
A truck bearing Maryland license
tags and loaded with so cases of
bootleg liquor was captured here
today at the corner of johnson
Street and Maryland Avenue by
Officers Ralph Brown and Harvey
Lacher, of the State police.
The occupants Of the truck had
deserted their load when the Off.
GERS arrived.
The liquor will be turned over
to Federal authorities.
The Washington times., 1930-02-03
48, 900 Valuation Put
On Burdette Estate

Margaret P. Burdette, wto died
January II, left an estate COM
posed entirely of cash and
securities valued at $4S,0l4.69.
according to the petition of her
executor, American Security and
Trust Company, for the probate
Of her viii, filed today in District
Supreme Court,
The Washington times., 1930-02-03
CLING 10 TlTIE

Paired together, Theresa Weld
Blanchard and Nathaniel w. Miles
have held the United States fig.
ure-skatlns championship for 10
consecutive years.
The Washington times., 1930-02-03
MOHAMMED DISCUSSED

Teodor Hoffiz, native of Syria
yesterday discussed the influence
Of Mohammed on civilization and
the spread Of the gospel at a
meeting Of the Washington
Secular League in the 1000 block
E st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1930-02-03
ST. STEPHENS BENEFIT

A benefit card party for st.
Stephens Catholic Church. will be
given at st. Stephens auditorium,
Twenty-fourth and X SITS. N. W.,
tomorrow night at $50 o'clock.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-11
BOSTON GOES
TO 9TH PLACE
New York Stoves Detroit
Further in Cellar
BY 14-5 Win

The Philadelphia Athletics con-
tinued at the top Of the American
league Saturday, by virtue OF their
Ga victory over Cleveland. but the
second place Senators kept close IN
behind BY defeating Chicago 81.
AS things now stand. the Ath-
letics have won 10 and lost six As
compared to Is won and seven lost
for the Solons.
The third place Cleveland Indians
suffered a setback at the hands u
the Champion athletics. However.
they are safe for several games vet.
Boston leaped from sixth to
fourth place when she trounced St.
Louis 20. Chicago and New York
are tied in fifth place. each having
won eight while losing eleven.
St. Louis sank to sixth place by
virtue Of her defeat at the hands Of
Boston.
The Yankees rounded out the day
BY defeating Detroit 14-5. The Tig-
ers seemed doomed TO the cellar for
some time TO come.
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and Indians Win in American League
TEXAS NET STAR PREPARES
TO HELP WREST DAVIS CUP

an impressive showing In the re-
cent tryouts at Montreal, In which
he was the outstanding player.
The four who viii represent the
United States have given promise
Of stiff competition. The perform
ance Of Allison and Van Ryn in
winning the doubles championship
at Wimbledon last year was i'm
presSive. Lott and Doeg knocked off
the 1929 doubles championship Of
the United States.
Word has come rom the coast
that Doeg Is the mar TO watch.
This. in spite Of the fact that few
left-handers ever reached great
heights in tennis. Lindley Murray
won the national championship
batting at them with the wrong
hand. but that was during the
war and competition was not al
that it might have been. Tennis
IS SO strenuous. say followers OF
the game. that tbs man who swings
from the same side Of his body
that houses the heart tires more
easily than his fellows who bat
right handed.
Be that as 1t may. some tennis
people on the coast say that John
ny Doeg. left hand and all, will be
national champion within the next
two years:
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VALLEY AMATEUR MINES TO
WAGE BRISK BATTLES TODAY

Allen, Mercedes, Los Fresnos. Rio
Hondo. Alice and other points
Here, Brownsville's junior nine
the Cubs-will tangle with the
Junior Craters or San Benlto $50
ID. vi. on the American legion
diamond. Gradually rounding into
shape. the Cubs are now hitting On
all nine. They have a smart. aE-
gressive little outfit. Lupe Salazar
will be on the hillock with Charley
Baker behind the platter. The Wis
itors' will likely nominate their old
battery Of Rodriguez and Rodriguez.
AT San Benito. the Brownsville
amateur outfit headed by Joe WI
liams will tanzle into the Saints
for the second TIM this season. The
first game was a heated nip-and-
tuck affair which ended "A In
favor OF Lew Williams boys. Both
teams have been working hard all
week and San Beaito fans should
see a real ball game. This tilt Is
called for 8 70. III. ON the city
diamond. Garrett. husky Edinburg
junior college chunker will likely
be on the mound for san Benito.
IL Is expected tha- Joe Saints. ace
OF the Brownsville staff. will be
his opponent.
At La Feria. Topper Rigney-s
Harlingen aggregation will tie into
the Grovians. These teams have got
ten together twice before and in
teresting tits have ensued. When
scheduling the game. Mr.. Grovse
suggested that the game o. held
In La .Feria. addanEl: "Ill have 20
furnish all the fans anyway" This
got a hearty chuckle from Ben
Epstein or the HarlinEen nine.
The newly organized Mission nine
headed by O. o. Cannon will test
Its metal Sunday against Harley
racFson's outfit a. McAllen. Rank
in. former hurting ace OF the Mis-
sion Rifles. has Joined the new
outfit.
: The Point Isabsi crew viii paw
their respects 90 Los F-esnos and
Ralymondviile win visit Rio Hondo
The San Benlto BOX and Crate
nine l. TO tanFle with the Alice
all-star at Alice sunday will find
the Brownsville Hatters and the
Mission Rifles inactive
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TICERSHAVE
GOOD RECORD
Baseball, Basketball And
Track Squads Emerge
Victorious
Especial u The Herald

MERCEDES. May 1o-As the
athletic year nears a close, a sum
mary shows that a greater percent
of the contestants were victories
for the Mercedes high Tigers bas-
ketbell, track and baseball teams.
The baseball and basketball
teams were mostly OF beginner ma
terial and in spite OF this fact they
progressed rapidly.
The Tigers won Is basketball
games ana lost four. being beaten
by a narrow margin by Edinburg
which later represented the Valley
district at the state meet in Aus
tin.
The Tiger baseball team won
nine games "a compared 70 three
losses. One tilt resulted in a tie.
The horsehide hustlers finished
second only to the Valley and mi
district champions turned ont BY
Coach Bobby Cannon at Mission
Jimmy Boatman, star Tiger hurler.
averaged nine strlkeouts per game.
Mercedes three-man track team
won third place in the Hidalgo
county meet ard we're nosed out
Of fourth place in the district meet
BY one point.
Coach G. p. Kitchens says he did
not attempt 70 specialize his ath-
lstes, but built them up on fund
amentals. He did this. looking to-
ward stronger teams IN the future.
However, he has decided 70 enter
the field Of aviation and will leave
Mercedes this summer.
He will be succeeded as coach BY
II. Z. Schmalzreid OF Harlingen.
This mentor Is no newcomer as he
had charge OF the Tiger squads back
.eround 1924.
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BRECKENRIDGE
DOWNS EAGLES
Mission Loses Second To
Visitors by 1875
Score
Especial to Tbs Herald.)

MISSION, May 10-The Brack-
enridge (San An.onio) high school
Eagles made a clean sweep Of the
series with the Mission high nine
here Saturday when they defeated
their hosts 1875 il a one-sided en-
counter.
Pyka. who held the Mission slug
gers well In hand Friday to win
1873. started Saturdays game but
was hard hit and was relieved by
Bull in the third inning. The lat
Ter was fairly effective.
NJ. Cara and Watkins. Mission
hurlers. YER both hard hit and
numerous tnfield errors aided II
running up the visitors score.
The series was for the South and
Central Texas championship. The
Breckenridge outfit: had previously
defeated Austin IN a regional tilt
and Mission had taken the meas
ure Of Falfurrias
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BY WILLIAM BRAUCHER
NEA Service Sports Editor

Four young men with e decidedly
collegiate appearance next Thurs
day, May Is. viii take tennis racq-
uets in hand and begin where Big
Bill T1lden, Frank Hunter and a
couple OF other fellows left Off
the battle to recover from France
the Davis Cup, supreme prize OF
tennis.
Three Of the young men who
compose the American team-Wil-
mer Allison. George Lott and john
ny Van Ryn-swing from the same
side Of the plate as Rogers Hornsby.
The other. Johnny Doeg, the
Santa Monica southpaw, seizes his
paddle in the wrong fist. but John
ONE from a long line Of ancestor
who ran rampant on the courts
and hasn't brought any sorrow to
any Of his tennis relatives as vet.
Doeg is a son OF Mrs. Violet SlTttn-
Doeg, Mrs. Sutton being one OF
those sweet-playing Sutton sisters
Of the long ago, and il Is not hard
TO discern from his play his moth
CT 5 INFLUENCE,
For the four young men OF the
Davis Cup team this will be a test.
The preliminaries with Canada,
beginning May is, are not regarded
as any insurmountaole difficulty,
the Canadians having lost TO our
side last year by a count Of 5 to
o. but the members OF the Cana
dian team have shown steady i'm
provemeat. The United States team
is like a brand new broom. and
the early matches should give some
valuable data on how Il sweeps.
The personnel Of the Canadian
contingent is the same as that
which played last year. except for
Gilbert Nunns Of Toronto. Nunns
replaces DR.. Arthur Ham. The 9TH
er three are Montreal people-Dr.
Jack Wright. Marcel RainvilIe and
Willard Croker. Dr.. Wright has
been the No. ! Canadian player
for several years. Croker Is Cam
ada's second ranking player. Rain
vile. who saw a lot of action dur
ing the winter down south, made
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CASTOR RIGHT

BOSTON, May I0-Pl- second
base was an unattainable goal to
the st. Louis Browns here today,
as Milton CASTOR let them down
with but two hits. and the Red
Sox won 2 to O. 1t was Gaston's
third straight win or the season
and the fourth straight for Heine
Wagner's Sox.
Sam Gray gave the BoStonian5
only five hits and stopped the
hitting streak OF Tom Oliver, SEN
sational Boston rookie who had
hit safely IN is consecutive games.
The Sox scored first on Reeves
pass and a double bv burst and
got their other run when Berry
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Relief Quota
Nav Go Over Top

SAN BENTTO. May 10.-Indica-
tons Saturday afternoon were that
this Red Cross district would be
over the top In the drive for its
quota OF $500 for the relief OF the
storm sufferers at Frost. according
TO Director James G. Bowie. The
district embraces San Benito. Har-
lingen, Raymondville and adjacent
districts.
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Bluffs DEFEAT
CATS 5 TO A
Stout Wins 9Th Straight;
Mishkin's Triple
Cops Fray

HOUSTON. May 10-tFJ-In q
drizzling ran today the Bluffs de-
feated the Fort Worth Cats 5 to A
in a game that sparkled with bril-
liant fielding each club performed
~errorlessly.
Stout won his sixth game and
added eight strikeouts to stretch
his string to forty-nine. The win
ming run was 1cored In the seventh
on Binders single and Mishkin's
trfnle tn RIGHT
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T The


Philadelphia 8. Cl--and A.
Washington 5, Chicago !.
Boston 2. st. Louis o.
New York IL. Detroit s.
Sunday Schedule
So. Louis at Boston.
Detroit at New York.
Chicago at Washington.
PHILADELPHIA at Cleveland.
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Runs batted IN = O'connell ?,
Hook 2. Bcnowitz. Binder. Hunt.
TaveneT, Mishkin. Two base hit -
Tavener. Three base hits - Bono
witz Mallon. Hunt. Mishkin. Stolen
base - Hunt. Sacrifices - O'Con-
nell. Stout. Tavener. Urban. Double
play - Stout TO Binder TO MiShkin.
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x-Batted ior Fa0er 7th.

OnlCdgO ss..sss. 81 49, OoO-
washington 80. OBJ 0l0 o0x-5
Runs batted in-Judge, Bluege.
Cissell. Cronin. Rice. Two base hits
Riddle. Cissell. Three base hits
Judge. Stolen bases-Rice. Sacrl-
fices-Bluege, Cronin. Left on base
Chicago Z: Washington 5. Base
on balls-Off Llska 2. Struck out
BY Faber 2: Liska 6. Hits-Off
Faber Z in S innings: Henry 2 in
2. Hit by pitcher-By Faber CCron-
IND. Losing pitcher-Faber.
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Unless incleren. weather upsets
the sport apple cart. the Valley
should see q snea OF good base
ball Sunday afternoon.
There will be games in Browns
vile. San Benito. La Feria. Me-
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Base on balls - Off Schupp 4: off
Stout 4; off Hardaway /. Hit by
!. Innings pitched - BY Schupp /
Stout. O'Connell. Struck out 49, BY
Schupp !: by Stout 8: by McCabe
l-3. 2 hits 4 runs: by McCabe ) 2-3.
3 hits. ! run. Balk - Hardaway.
Losing pitcher. McCabe. Left on
base - Fort Worth z; Houston s.
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Totals ......... IS Z 10 "a 1e o
X-Batted for Goldman 9th.

Runs batted IN. Hodapp :,
Jameson 2. Walberg 2. Haas 2, Foxz
.. Two-base hits: Cochrane, ia
mieson. Hcdapp. Three base hits:
Fonseca. Walberg. FoXX. Stolen
bases: Miller. Double plays: Hold
app, Goldman and Fonseca; Miller
and Dykes. Balk: Hudlin. Left
On base: Cleveland 8: p hiladel-
phia 6. Base on balls: Off Hud-
lin n: off Walbert 2: off Earnshaw
Z Struck out: BY Hudlin 4; by
Iablonowski /: by Walberg 4; BY
Earnshaw 8. Hits: Off Hudlin 7 IN
VI: off Walberg Z in 8; off Jablonow-
rSi o in !; off Earnshaw 5 in 3.
Winning pitcher: Hudlin.
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Runs batted liberty. burst.
Two base hit-Durst. Three base
hit-Scarrltt. Home run-Berry.
Double Plays-Msllilo 70 Rress:
CASTOR 70 Rhyme. 70 Sweeney;
Sweeney to Rhyme TO Sweeney.
Left on base-St. Louis i. Boston /.
Base on balls-off CASTOR 2: GRAY
/. Struck out by Cray l; Castor 4.
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LEADERS WIN

PHILADELPHIA. May 10.-LPi-
Coupling timely base hits with
Willis Hudlin's frekuent passes, the
worlds champion Athletics snarad
their second straight from the
Cleveland Indians before $4,000 fans
today by a score Of 8 to A.
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CLOSE

WASHINGTON, May l0.-P-
The Senator'S continued today 70
cling 10 the heels Of the league
ledaing Philadelphians by defeating
Chicago ) 10 one.
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New York.. O03 900 47x-l4
Runs batted in-Gehringer, Gehr-
ig 5, Fothergill. Hargrave, Byrd,
Chapman. Lazzeri. Gomez. Combs
3, Funk McManus. Two base hits
Ruth 2, Rensa. Funk. Three base
hits-Chapman, Combs. Home runs
-Gehringer. Gehrig, F~othergill
Stolen bases-Gehrig, Byrd. Sac
rifices-Gomez, Byrd. Double play
-Rogell and Alexander. Left on
base-New York IL; Detroit o. Base
on balls-Off Gomez 3; Hogsett 4;
Sullivan 5. Struck out-by Gomez
5; Hogsett 2; BY Sullivan I. Hots-
off Hogsett II in 6 2-3: Sullivan A
In /: Herring 0 in l-3. Hit by pitch
er-by Hogsett Gazzeri). Wild
pitches-Sulliran, 3. Losing pitcher
-Hogsett.
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YANKS WIZ

NEW YORK. May io-P-The
Yankees Saturday defeated the De-
troit Tigers. IA 10 ) Lou GehriF md
Earl Combs hit homers fo- t'7a
Yanks and GehriDeer for Detroit.
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Louisville at Kansas City. rain.
Columbus at st. Paul. wet
grounds.
Toledo at Minneapolis. --ct
grounds.
indianapolis 6; at milwaukee, 4
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-11

Forty-four states and IS foreign
countries are represented in the
university of Virginia student body.
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TEXAS
Saturday Results
Fort Worth 4. Houston 5.
AL other games rained out.
Sunday Schedule
Fort Worth az Dallas.
Shreveport at Wichita Falls.
San Antonio at Waco.
Beaumont at Houston.
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SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION

Nashville 5-3: Atlanta ga (sec.
ond game z innings.)
Mobile 5: Little Rock 2.
Birmingham z: Chattanooga 2.
Memphis 2; New Orleans 4.
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NATIONAL
Saturday Results
New York 9. Chicago 4.
Pittsburgh 0. Brooklyn 7.
Cincinnati 10, Philadelphia 8.
St. Louis 8. Boston !.
Sunday Schedule
Boston at st. Louis.
New York az Chica ,.
DhffadaTnrfa at Cincinnati
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dashed the ball over the left field
Tz~,ra Il, tNa afcHfh
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Who Said Them
/, when and
Where
Famous Phrases ::
I'd Not the ScattoId-Makes the Shanie''
By VI. III. TILLITT

OF her life. And she found special
interest In the philosophers" The
works OF Able Raynal and Voltaire
especially appealed to her. Plu-
tarch also caught and held her
interest. Indeed. that historians
Parallel Lives OF the Noble Greeks
and Romans was doubtless the
source OF Charlotte Corday's ideas Of
classic heroism that she was later TO
put into effect. Nor was her read
ing limited to the classics. She
studied current politics in France
as they were presented IN Girondist
publications. And so she became i'm
bued with revolutionary IDEAS that
held for basic changes IN the gov
eminent Of France-but moderately
and without violence.
But Charlotte Corday still held 70
the gentle role Of womanhood for
which she was cast by birth and
breeding until June. 1893.
On May 81 the Girondists had fallen
and the Terror had broken with
fresh violence over Paris. A num-
Der of the fallen party sought refuge
in Normandy and. during the month
OF June, the fugitives held rally meet
ings at Caen and in surrounding
places-and those meetings were at
tended by Charlotte Corday. From
the Girondist orators she heard lurid
reports OF the Terror in Paris-and
she was swept of her feet. with the
horror at IL all. Then came an up
heaval OF mind-and the gentle young
woman was metamorphosed into an
avenging fury.