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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19
President and First Lady
Resume the Official Social
Life at the White House
Mrs. Hoover, Convalescent Reassumes Her
Dutics-Judicial Dinner and Senate Recep-
ton Listed IN Early Schedule
BY SALLIE v. H. PICKETT.

HE White reuming normal need of entertain
ing twice interrupted first by official mourning by
the indSpositon of Mrs resulting
and Thursday night and the
Supreme
to reception in honor of Senators Thursday
Last week President dinner the
Mr. Curtis with phase
lowed musicale The latter charmngy arranged
Mr. Louis Graveure giving groups
Aguar Lutte Quartet of Madrid furnishing other
WITH the South the
" former rapidly recuperating
Thursday will lose its ranking Justice Mrs Taft have
longer figured official society Washington than
active members The society
1878 father late Aphonso Taft
in 1890 Solicitor General
in Philippine
Secretary War;
looked upon as old Washngtonans rather than high officials
ton Of the Tuesday having President
While on MonSay aterno9n Mrs Gam viii be guest Mrs
committee she has for several years been member
COCIETY charming aspect Thursday National
Women Country Club for its formal opening and had merely
House reception night opera atmosphere
CLUB very to women in and out Of Official life in need
the quaint building without being charmed with and
place perfection will this country club only
TOMORROW night the Opera Company open at
Of 05 ts Fhi ar four de thee d
soon to be eveed with other buildings in that section give
Mrs John Philip Hill chairman the Washington
MRS LAWRENCE TOWNsENDS morning muscales which are
IL supreme in morning entertainment in the Capital claimed the
at the musicales this This the usually
been arranged
INAsHNGToNs Boheme pageant ball of the
@ I na Gfc ama sf s & he
society bringing important
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pany of 10 at luncheon yesterday, en-
tertaining in one of the private COM
mittee rooms of the Senate in honor Of
MIR. E. F. Meyers of Chicago, who came
to washington to attend the Alfalfa
dinner last evening
Judge and Mrs. w. G.. Graham will
entertain at dinner in the White House
suite at the Willard Saturday evening.
Mr.. Charles s. Wilson. member of
the Federal Farm Board, and Mrs. Will
son entertained at dinner in the gold
room of the Wardman Park Hotel We'd
nesday evening, when there were II In
the company.
Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett was hostess
at luncheon yesterday in her home, on
New Hampshire avenue, in compliment
to Miss Barbara Vandenberg, daughter
OF Senator and Mrs. Arthur H. Vanden-
berg of Grand Rapids, Mich, Mrs.
Blodgett'S former home.
Mrs. Eugene Meyer was hostess at
luncheon yesterday, entertaining in the
blue room of the National Woman's
Country Club.
Judge John Barton Payne. chairman
Of the American Red Cross. will be given
a dinner by. members of the society to-
morrow evening in the palm room at the
Willard.
Mrs. Lawrence Townsend will enter
tain at luncheon Wednesday at the
Mayf1ower in compliment to Miss Erna
RubinStein. Hungarian violiniEt. and
Mr.. Rudolph CAM. well known violin
Continued on Seventh Page)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19
Officials and Others
Entertaining Guests
Visiting in Capital
Homes of Congress Mem
bers Among Those in List
Ext n d ing Hospitality.
Special Notes of Interest.

Representative and Mrs T. ]. b.
Robinson have as guest IN their apart
ment at the Hotel Roosevelt Mr. b. II.
Mallory, who is EN- route from Florida
to his home in Hampton. Iowa. Rep
reSentative and Mrs Robinson enter
tanned at dinner and the theater Fri
day evening in honor of Mr.. Mallory,
when their other guests were Repre-
sentative and Mrs Lloyd Thurston and
Mrs. Dorothy Clinton, daughter OF Rep
reSentative and Mrs. Robinson, who
makes her home with them.
Thursday evening Representative and
Mrs. Robinson were also hosts at din
ner in honor of their house guest at
the Hotel Roosevelt. when the other
members of their party were Represent
alive and Mrs. c. C. Dowell, Repre-
sentative Gilbert N. Haugen, Judge
William r. Green and Mrs. Clinton.
Representative and Mrs. E. M. Beers
OF Pennsylvania have had as their
guests for a week Mrs. Hendrick and
Mrs. Wolsinger of Chambersburg. Pa;
State Senator Richard w. Williams OF
Huntington, Pa, and Mr.. Charles of
Middleburg, Pa.
Representative and Mrs. A. H. Vestai
have as their guests at the Hotel RooSe-
Continued on Fifth Page)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19
Member of the hostess
committee of the Con-
gressional Club. wr~xs
Underwood & Underwood

The Ambassador of Great Britain and
Lady Isabella Howard will go To New
York Wednesday to be the guests of
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, widow of the late
former United States Ambassador TO
the Court of ST. James. Mrs. Reid will
entertain at dinner that evening in their
honor and the Ambassador and Lady
Isabella will go later in the week to
Canada for a visit with the Governor
of the Dominion and Lady Wilmington,
and will return to Washington the first
of February.
The Ambassador OF Cuba and Sonora
de Ferrara entertained distinguished
company at dinner last evening in
honor of the retiring Ambassador of
Great Britain and Lady Isabella
Howard. Others in the company were
the Secretary of Commerce and Mrs.
Lamont. the Ambassador OF Belgium,
Prince de Ligne: the Ambassador of
Germany and Frau Won PrittwitZ und
Gaffron, the Minister of the Neither
lands and Mime. Van Royen. the Min
lister of Guatemala and Sonora de
Recinos, Senator and Mrs. Guy Despard
Golf, Senator and Mrs. Frederic G. Wal
colt, Senator Simeon d. Fess, Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Hamilton Fish, jr.;
Representative and Mrs. Robert Low
Bacon, Representative and Mrs. James
S. Parker, the Assistant Secretary of
State and Mrs. Francis White, the sec
rotary of the Brazilian embassy, and
Sonora de Almeida, the naval attache
of the italian embassy, Capt Notar-
bartolo di Villarosa the military attache
of the French embassy, Gen. CaSenave;
Mai. and Mrs. Gist Blair, Mr.. and Mrs.
Perry Belmont, Mr. and Mrs. Chandler
P. Anderson, Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Cas-
par Miller, Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip c. Cof-
I'm. Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Cuitas of
Havana and New York. who are guests
over Sunday of the Ambassador and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19
Mr.. and Mrs. Jones to Have
Notable Guests at Dinner

The Secretary of War and Mrs
Hurley, Senator and Mrs. William e.
Borah and Senator and Mrs. Claude A.
Swanson are the guests in whose honor
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard B. Jones will
entertain at buffet supper this eve
ming in their home, at 1901 Wyoming
avenue. The guests will number 10
and will include officials, diplomats and
members Of residential society. Miss
Mary Sandal Of New York will discuss
the various types Of human beings after
supper. q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19
Dancing Club Schedules
Evening Dance SATURDAY.

The Dancing Club, composed of go
of the younger married couples, will
meet Saturday evening in the Carlton,
where the first dance of this new or
ganiZstion was held Thanksgiving eve.
Mrs. Robert Ransdell and Mrs. Winslow
Van Deyanter are among the leaders in
J this youngest of Washington's many
dancing groups.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Maurice Morris
i will entertain at dinner before the
dance, and others who will be hosts
preceding the meeting Wednesday will
be Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Lambert, Lieut..
and Mrs. Theodore wilkinson and Mr..
.Nnd Mrs. Earl Simpson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19
Society Hostesses
Announce AT Homes
On Dates Scheduled
Mrs. Gam to Receive We'd
nesday in Honor of Her
Niece-Other Noteworthy
Events Listed.

Mrs. Edward Everett Gam will be at
home Wednesday afternoon in her
apartment in the Maytiower for her
niece, Mrs. Charles P. George of Fort
Sill, Okla, who is visiting her father,
Vice President Curtis, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Gam, in the MayfloWer. Mrs.
Gam will be assisted by Mrs. Charles
P. Summerall, Mrs. Bryant H. Wells,
Mrs. John M. Greedy, Mrs. Richard
Park, Mrs. John M. Mcdowell, Mrs.
Julian F. Barnes, Mrs. John Preston,
Mrs. Julian Yates. Mrs. William Bry-
den, Mrs. Donald C. Cubbison, Mrs.
William d. Crittenberger, Mrs. Kenyon
A. Joyce, Mrs. John K. Herr, Miss
Helen Herr, Miss Fanny Herr, Mrs. r.
E. de r. Hoyle, Mrs. Clark Lynn, Mrs,
Ernest J. Dawley, Mrs. George S. Pat
Continued on Second Page)
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Joppa Lodge Chapter, O.E.S.,
Announces Annual Dance

The ways and means committee of
Joppa Lodge Chapter, No. 81, o. E. S..
Mr. Charles Louis Gable chairman, has
completed plans for the annual dance
and card party, to be held at 2400 Six
tenth street Friday evening. February
81, Cards will start at $50. with
dancing at, 9, o'clock. There will be
prizes for each table for both bridge and
f1ve hundred Mr.. Edward Magde-
burger is chairman for the event.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillips
Entertain for Daughter

Former Representative and Mrs.
Thomas w. Phillips. jr., gave dance
last evening for their daughter, Miss
Katharine Phillips and her house
guest, Miss Olive Whitman, daughter of
former Gov Charles S. Whitman Of
New York. The company was small
and included only younger members of
society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19
Dinner Proposed to Honor
Admiral and Mrs. Hughes.

The Assistant Secretary of the Navy
for Aviation and Mrs. David S. Ingalls,
will entertain at dinner Friday eve
ming January 81. in honor of Admiral
and Mrs. Charles F. Hughes.
The Assistant Attorney General, Mr..
Oscar r. Luhring was host to q COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19
Mrs. Sterrett Hostess
A. Simmer Dance to-

TIT OuPPCI D"IICS TOT DOH
Mrs. William Dent Sterrett was
hostess at the supper dance last eve
ming at the National Woman's Country
Club for her son, Mr.. William Dent
Sterrett, jr., and his guests including
Miss Betty Peelle, Miss Mary Jacobs,
Miss Polly Cooke, Miss Katherine Hus-
ton, Mr.. Denny Newton, Mr.. Kenneth
Broderick and Mr.. Charles Pollard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19
Party Given in Honor
OF Miss Elsie Ekenoren

Nine. Ekengren entertained at thea
ter party and supper last night for her
daughter, Miss Elsie Ekengren, a de-
butante of this season. in honor of the
Grand Duchess Kira who is in Wash
ington with Nine. Ekengren's sister,
Mrs. Jarvis.
The Washington times., 1930-05-08
Girl, IS, TELLS
SECRET OF HER
TRACK SPEED

BOSTON, May 8 d.Ns1..
Stella Walsh, 1o-year-old miss
from Cleveland, Ohio, whose bus
mess is thrilling thousands and
smashing track records, has a.
training system all her own. Un-s
like many sprinters who strive to-
keep away unnecessary weight
that tends to injure their run
ming, Miss Walsh uses formula
all her owsS and follows it to the
letter.
This girl, who is known as theA
Junior Twentieth Century Linn
tied" among her associates in tkes
offices Of the New York CentraIs
Railroad, where she is employed 9
AS q clerk. has no reducing prob
lem. She explains: -
Eats Little Meat q
~ can control nay weight By :;
drinking less milk when tbs q
scales show more than the 13s )
pounds that L wish to weigh. /
eat very little meat, but q great
deal Of fish, milk, eggs and
cheese. Fresh fruits and vege-
tables are my only recipe for
clear complexion"
Friends of Ohio's gift to the
track world speak in no uncertain
terms about her cooking. Stella,
they say, is a wonderful cook and
makes cakes that literally melt
in your mouth" =.
But fancy making cakes and
rot being able to even eat one
yourself. This is Miss WalSl's
position but she says:
eff 1 ate cake or pastry
could run very far or long.
Feels Like Running
tTf ] ate like most girls, who
run out at noon and buy a big
slice Of cake or . piece Of pie
and call that q meal, I could
not rum very far nor very long.
Before / enter . running
meet 1 eat q good sized, soft
cheese sandwich and drink .
double order of orange juice.
Then I feel like running and
have no trouble with short
breath on q long stretch. Cake
is too rich for q runner"
Miss Walsh, whose birth Certifi-
cate reads Stella WalaSiewizc, dis
carded pastries along with the
fancy letters in her name when
she first gained prominence in
Cleveland athletic circles by win
ming that city's championship for
all-round track anti field athletics
at II years Of age.
The Washington times., 1930-05-08
VAGABOND 30 !:
DENIED HOME:

NEW YORK, May s.-Jack
Van, who says he's Is but looks
IL, likes circuseS better than
home and school. And Jack was
setting up bottles to be knocked
over by baseballs (three balls
for a dime), in the Johnny j.
Jones Circus, until it broke up
with the vanishing of vacation
lists, in Florida a few weeks ago,
Then Jack came to New York:
It took him three days cumming:
Jobs were plentiful and fortune
around the corner here. he heard
But on Seventh Avenue Jack was
hungry and homesick. He went
to the Postal Telegraph office.
where Miss Mary c. RiolS de-
cided to take q chance on his
honesty, though he had only 8
cents. She wired collect 70 Jacks
mother, a Mrs. White. Of New
orleans, who has married another
man now that Jacks father is
dead.
Sitting mournfully on a bench
in Penn Station. Jack hoped
they would wire money to cover
his return. But an hour later
when he called at the office, Miss
Riols reported, Telegram re-
fused"
Guess they don't want me.
back" unused Jack.
Miss Riols turned him over to'
Mrs, Dickinson, Of the Travellers
Aid. who in turn sent him to the
Joint Application Bureau. which
made arrangements for him to
STAY at the Newsboys Home for q.
few days.
Jack didn't 60 there. No one
can find him. Circuses and hitcn,
hiking, and maybe Coney 1slano
in O month are more fun tnan
homes, Jack thinks.
The Washington times., 1930-05-08
2 Girl BOOtLeg0ers
Get 80 DAYS In Jail

PHILADELPHIA, May 8.-The
two young women Of Lancaster
county whose careers as girl boot
leggers came to a halt hast Janu-
airy, when their liquor-laden auto
mobile crashed into another ma
chine near Devon, have been SEN
fenced.
The pair, Miss Violet e. Buett-
ner, 10, and Mrs. Victoria Tavella.
IS, both Of Schoeneck, were SEN
fenced to pay fines Of $25 each
and spend 80 days in the Chester
: County Prison. ~ 81
The Washington times., 1930-05-08
Women. Who Smoke
Barred as Teachers

MELVILLE, N. j., May g.
Teachers who smoke cigarettes no
longer will be employed in the Mill
vile public school system under q
decision reached by the schoot
board. Renewal contracts for at
least four of the present teachers
are being withheld pending an IN
yestigation, but Edward w. Rumbfh
president of the board, refused.
TO say whether charges Of smoking
were involved.
suit has been threatened by one
teacher If the board refuses to re-
new her contract. She denies she
has ever smoked.
The Washington times., 1930-05-08

Direct Elevators to the Meme
Clothing DepGrtment-SecOnd Floor
The Washington times., 1930-11-19
POWERFUL AND TRUE PICTURE OF THE DRUG EVIL m
fTTs yILEsT AsPECT-DRAWN By THE NATIONALLY
NOTED CARTOONIsT. NELSON HARDING.

sales Of narcotics TO children Of school age fact There
have been rumors Of for years specific case Of it now
appears to have been uncovered in Newark n j. where par
ents have told the chief police that dope pedder has
been supplying drugs their sons who high school
students
One Of the peddlers is said to be woman agent Of
Asiatic dope syndicate She not an American
Another alleged agent young American man, was held
by the police for questioning.
The search has begun and nobody say where it VIII
lead
Frank Brex deputy chief Of police Of Newark expresses
public sentiment this case when he says:
81 haze only utter lOathng for the man DOnsan
whO haDing descended to the depths of narcotic
addiction reaches to drag dOuUn young boys and
perhaps girls Oith them.
"Such a person Is a menace to eOeTy American
houae-u worse menace than any mad dog, ana
should be hunted dotUn rufhLessly."
Hunting down peddlers here and there, however VII
NOT protect the American home the American school or
American children while Europe and Asia pour drugs INTO ns
country that are sold for their weight IN gold !,
The American Government and the American people WIN
have to block this steady flow Of narcotics take the cons
ouence in vast Of drug addiction among our iutue
citizens. . -
when America RECEIVERS from it's prohibition tooshness ana
spends its prohibition money to combat the drug Ta11c
may be able to block it.
Not before,
The Washington times., 1930-11-19
ONCE-OVERS

2 Don't be too sure of your Job.
You think your position is per-
manent because you believe your
work is satisfactory to those
concerned.
Your years Of service you be-
lieve have earned q place for you
from which you will not be
ousted.
Your sense Of security is blind
ing you to the effect you make
less effort,
But you are unwise in your
deductions.
Keener competition in bust
ness during dull times requires
that the person who does hold a
Job gives his very best to 1t.
It is no time to let down when
so many are looking for work.
Instead, you should redoGble
your efforts to accomplish your
best.
You may be q competent per-
son of many years experience,
but there are scores who could
do as well as you In your job
If they could get the chance.
It might be more difficult to
duplicate your work If you were
more thoughtful and energetic
about 1t.
But If you try to hold your job
on past performances there's
trouble ahead.
GCepyrieht, 1880 1nternationAl
Feature Service Ine.l
The Washington times., 1930-11-19
Zone Fares For Street Cars
Bob Up Again
Strongly Rejected in Past BY People Of This City.

The neoule of Washington have always rejected the sug
aston of zone fares for street lines and will do
again if the proposition definite form before
che Public Utilities Commission
New transit schemes to bolster the of District
ear companies being studied and may never get beyond
the analytical stage though the railways may be depended on
"a rre zone fares there il the slightest official public
encoura cement for them to do So
The District Of Columbia is limited in It will never
be larger The development ID strongly in the direction OF
suburban territory except in apartment house construction
Zone street car would penaze suburban residents for
che benefit Of street railway One idea to be
TO popuarse riding In the center Of the city by reducing
fares to cents presumably enabling the companies to meet
taxi competition
Another zone beyond the congeed part Of Washington
wond call for 10ent fares and another for at least cen
fares AT any rate outlying residents would be the goats
One effect Of this would be greater Of private auto
mobiles ineys etc. Another would be the development OF
business houses for suburban residents who would make
fewer visits to the business part Of Washington.
There is much discrimination in the proposition and
little Of community benefit to insure its defeat
The cure the financial ills Of the street railways is in
another direction That is the complete control Of tax by
the Public Utilities Commission and then the consolidation OF
all transit agencies into concern with reasonable fare
for the various transit desired
by the public.
Street railways controlled by the Public Utilities Com
mission They must operate at fares fixed by that body and
schedules to suit public convenience Taxs run where
and how they please and at rates that suit them is not
the public they interested in. It is the fares.
Tax should be brought under the regulatory laws as
street and be compelled to carry full financial response
bility for accidents.
The Washington times., 1930-11-19
Listen, World!
BY Elsie Robinson

us, waiting to be put into cir
culation.
And, heaven knows. we've
started plenty in the past, with
not one-thousandth part Of our
present stake. But we're not
starting anything now. We're
not even standing steady!
We're on the run! We're scared!
Gone plumb loco! just because
somebody started q whine n
wheeze campaign, and sold US
the idea we were licked!
Licked? Us? Migosh! But we
believe it.. So we're not buying.
And the merchants aren't sell
ing. And they're letting out
thousands Of men and women
workers from the factories and
shops with winter coming on.
And all because you and ]
have got the willies!
We could stop it. We could
stop it in a week il we'd stop
our crawling and croaking
If we'd ipe our chins and take
a brace and begin to spend
not much, just normally-hke
sensible human beings
We could stop it all and save
ourselves the heebyjeebies II
we'd take a chance on America
And, hang it all, I did it.
Maybe I'm not so strong
when 1t comes to all this flag
waving. Maybe our conceit
does give me a pain In the
neck, when things are regu'
lar. But Just now
Thinking of winter coming
on
Thinking of those thousands
huddled around cold stoves. =.
shuffling along desperate
streets
Thinking of all that I for
get my grouches-
And I'm just seeing Amer
lea, as I'd see my own kin
In q jam-up against 1t ana
blind afraid
And I'VE got to stickl
I've got to do what ! can
to prove I'm standing by!
othat's why / bought that
blanket.
The Washington times., 1930-11-19

One OF the most extraordi-
nary OF the recent sciences de.
veloped by the ingenuity Of
man is meteorology. It Is con-
cerned with o subject OF uni
versal incidence.
Marx Twain said that every
hodv talked a. great deal OF the
weather, but, nobody did any
thing about 1t. The meteorolo-
gist does something about u.
He not only advises us when TO
carry an umbrella, but also tells
"a what kind OF weather to ex-
pect. and when and where TO
expect il. This type Of science,
though by no. means exact, ell
fects remarkable achievements
III foreshadowing what viii take
place.
Meterology is O science of
cornparatiyely recent origin. Lit
tie more than so years ago,
Able. at Cincinnati, was issuing
what he called weather proba-
bilities. - Shortly afterwaru.
official weather foreshad dowings
! or reasonable prophecies. were
issued. It was doubtless the un-
certain state Of this, science,
which made probabilities"
seem too pronounced term.
and caused the substitution Of
the term ndications" In 1876.
Only Al years ago, the term
forecast" now universally &C
Cepted and e1lployc !, was first
adopted.
Today the weather Is no
sphinx, giving only mute an
swers to our qelstion. There IS
no longer any oracle at Delphi;
but we consult another oracle;
the laws of air currents, OF wind
velocity, of emperature changes,
Of barornetric pressures.
Bowman points with pride to
the celebrated tide machine of
the United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey which permits
an operator TO pull levers and
scan indices and, at length, by
what to the laymaIl seems
mystery as deep as an oracle,
derive the future time Of oc-
currence Of the tide at given
point on the eErth with all but
mathematical accuracy!
During the past few years, the
weather forecasts for areas over
The Washington times., 1930-11-19

question of whether q gold
digger. a butterfly, moron or
a harc-boiled egg win marry
you.
A man doesn't walk deliber.
ately into marriage with his
eyes wide open: he Just Stun.
bles into it, or skids into It,
or is showed into It, when he
Is off his guard, or in a soft
ened mood, or feeling sorry for
himself
And the woman he marries
is the one who happens to be
his little playmate Of the hour
the woman who happens to
be nearest at hand. at the
psychological momens.,
To some modern women,
marriage is becoming just an
incident" In life; but to q
man it has always been an
accident. It is just something
which happens to him. like
catching q cold or slipping on
the ice. It should be listed
among the casualties"
(copyrieht, 1889. by King Features
Syndicate. Ine.1