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love was something for the poets to think about
the worthless fellows. And if, when she went
to the bridal chamber, she had any schooling
beyond the mere marital and household affairs,
she was the exception, even among daughters
of the rich. The mother has bound feet. So
that all men might know her in later life Tor
a Chinese and not a barbarian or Manchu,
they were broken when she was baby, the
toes turned back and bsndaged against the
arches. Nevertheless, with surprising agility
she totters today on the funny stumps; with
beauty. some say, for the tiny, mincing step
of lily feet was the ideal toward which every
gentle lady once aspired.
Her hair she wears in the old style, stretched
back tightly so that no wrinkles appear in her
forehead, Smoothed down with the bark of Slip
perry elm and caught in little whorl at the
nape of her neck, where a jade hairpin finally
concludes the simple masterpiece. But, alas as
result of this stern coiffure the years have left
her with little hair. Badness among Chinese
women is as common as obesity among the
bishops of Anatole, France.
She wears the modern skirt but peepng from
beneath it one sees the ends of wide Silken
trousers modestly covering her ankles, as olden
custom decreed She is still as slender as a
girl and because exercise in her life has never
meant much more than the lifting of porce-
lain tea pot, her shoulders are only little less
narrow than her chest. Certainly here is o
fragile, utterly feminine bit of femininity
Yet she is no fool, this woman. She has
Evening star., 1930-04-06
By Edgar Snow.

with the superb grace of a tranquil swan on
rippleleSS water. New Lady China who has
learned to use her feet. New Lady China who
has ceased to envy her Western sister and has
begun to emulate her.
DANCING, of course, is but one of the mani
festations of this interesting new creature
But there is nothing which offers surer more
tangible evidence that the Chinese woman Of
today has emancipated herself from the strict
code of conduct that fettered her honorable
ancestors
When one sees this modern Chinese girl UNI
aShamedly and publicly embraced by partner
who is frequently a foreigner, following with
case the astonishing steps of the latest imported
fox trot. one begins to realize the distance that
separates her from her mother. Consider the
widely different circumstances under which
these two women grew out of adolescence. :.
When the mother was born her fathers
friends probably offered him coincidence by as
suring him that it was a calamity likely to oc-
cur in any gods-fearing Chinese family. Weep
ing at the misfortune, his wife humbly begged
her husbands forgiveness, while with joss and
paper prayers she supplicated heaven that the
next arrival might be boy child.
She was betrothed when she was very young.
She had nothing to say about it; neither had
her husband. The marriage was arranged
quietly by their parents-what could children
know of such matters? And love? All, but
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Drawn by Cyrus L. BaIdridge.

Drawn by Cyrus L. BaIdridge
reared family, given sons as well as her mod
ern daughter to her husband and she knows
how to keep their loyalty despite conflicting
opinions on many matters That the old order
is doomed she understands, and she resents it
but is that not ever the privilege of age? She
has to be clever to keep harmony in her home,
which nowadays is forever the scene of compr0-
mise between senility and youth. BY her chill
dren her ideas are regarded as archaic But
they remember the virtue of filial piety and
are gentle to her. and kind.
NOV obsreve this mothers dancing daughter.
What different era has opened up tor
this eager young lady! Since her birth, 20
years or more ago, she has had almost every
opportunity that her mother was denied.
She has freedom of speech and-perhaps
more mportant-freedom of feet. Exercising
the first privilege, she talks with authority ON
subjects Of which her mother knows nothing,
dismissing art, science, religion, birth control
or what you care to discuss with AIN epigram
and sigh.
In all probability she is graduate of a mod
ern finishing school, of which there are great
number in Shanghai and other urban centerS.
She may speak Observation-Disclosures Eng
lsh-with the natural linguistic gift of her race.
And at present she may be either planning o
trip abroad or contemplating entering Wests
ern university to prepare for a career Ale
though she is of marriageble age-may be enc
gagged indeed, to a man of her choice-the fact
that the marriage has not yet taken place does
not disturb her in the least She is full Of self
confidence.
AS for the emancipation of her feet: What
new cOnqueSts this has made ektainablel She
Evening star., 1930-04-06

y = by chance you are ever In Shang-
hii on Sunday take no heed of what
any one asks you to do-unleSS it is
to go to that rambling old baronial
edifce which was once the mansion
of Scottish taipan but which for longer than
people remember has been the Majestic Hotel.
For years nonsense and sentiment have been
whispered down its thickly carpeted corridors.
In the cool paths of Ms lush gardens that in
Summer are drenched with the scent of olean-
derS. romance has walked while under a yell
low China moon love, for fortunate few, has
been something very real and tender.
But the truth of the matter appears to be
that the NIajeStic is one of the few fine things
that ever happened in this city of ugly sin and
sinful uglinesS-and of the two evils people
say the dnarth of beauty is much more difficult
to bear. And so that is perhaps why every one
admircS the mellow loveliness of the Majestic.
That-9nd its Sunday tea dances, which ale
really the cnly reward worth travelling to this
end Of the earth to enjoy.
Here while you sip saffron -colored bubbles
that are called Singapore gin sling for a reason
which no one can state, you can be part of a
living exotic pageant; the fusion of alien civili-
cations; the confluence of antipodal streams
of culture; the wonder of contrasting beauty in
human beings. Here the slender, silken, Slant
eyed East dances in the arms of the robust
West Here, in the Majestic, the Occident
mingles with the Orient and nobody raises his
eyebrows.
And out there on the waxy expanses of the
ball room floor, weaving artleSs patterns between
artfully arranged intervals of light and shadow,
dancing to Western music played on Western
reed and brass string New Lady China glides
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= by chance you are ever In Shang-
hii on a Sunday take no heed of what
any one asks you to do-unless it is
to go to that rambling old baronial
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Read the news every day.
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FORMER DENVER MAN FLEECED IN EAST BY
 'FR9NT MONEY GAG

PHLADELPHIA May 20. (Ap-
 In a sumptuously furnished home on Green Street Germantown, Mel-
 vile S. Lewis, 57, said to be also
 known as Fred E. Lewis and H. G..
 Marvin, was arrested recently,
 charged with swindling two Los
 Angeles residents out of more than 11,0OO Lewis, described by the
 polce as 1880 edition of Get
 rich Quick Wallingford" was plac-
 ed in a cell in city hall Magistrate Oswald in Central police court, held Lewis in $1O,OOO bail.
 ' Lewis, expressing indignation at his arrest, was taken into custody by ruSe after county detectives had been admitted to the Green Street residence by a butler They had previously arranged to inspect ] the house, which is for sale. | Lewis is charged with obtaining money under false pretense, thru promises to finance placer min ing operations in California, from Robert L. Little and Vest .F. Mo Clellan, both of Los Angeles The money is alleged to have been paid to Lewis in this city.
 The prospectors jointly owned tract of California land which was reported to contain gold, and in their attempts to have the land eX- plotted came in contact, they say with Lewis, who had offices here and summer camp at Cape May
 The affidavit or arrest sets forth that Lewis and another man, now Ia fugitive from justice, promised to raise $1,000,00O in bonds and otherwise to operate the mine and actually got $5,719 from Little and S5,569 from Mcclellan as fees for services, but did nothing towards raising the money.
 Lewis is described by the District Iof Columbia district attorneys of flee as "one of the slickest sWind- lers in the country" and credited with evolving a scheme which has come to be known as the front money game"
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IF [ AL NO TICE
IN THE UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE FOR THE JUNEAU LAND DISTRTr'r, AT ANCH-
 GRACE, ALASKA
SERIAL NO. O6614 NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
 PATENT

In the Matter of the Application of
 ROBINSON PACKING CORPOR-
 ALTON, a corporation, for patent under Sections 23O6 and 23O7 Re-
 vised Statutes, to a tract of land
 as a soldiers additional home
 stead embraced in U. S- Official
 Survey No. 1892
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the ROBINSON PACKING CORPORATION, a corporation or ganized under the laws of the State of Washington, and doing business in Alaska, has filed appli- ication, Serial No. O6614, for patent under Sections 23O6 and 23O7 Re- |vised Statutes of the United States for tract of land embraced in U. IS. Official survey Mo- 1892, situ- ated on the north end of Kodiak Island, south shore of Shelikof Strait, approximately 212 miles easterly from Cape Uyak, in lati- tude ST deg. 38 min. 40 sec, N, and longitude 154 deg. IT min. % sec. w., and more particularly describ- ed in the field notes and plat thereof, and containing an area of 11.90 acres. Corner No. l of said survey is situated at a point from whence U. s. L. M No. 1892 bears north 69 deg. 08 min. 56 sec. west 795 chains distant.
 Any and all persons claiming adversely any of the above describ- ed land should file their adverse claims with the Register of the United States Land Office at An chorage, Alaska, within the period of publication or thirty days there after, or they will be barred by the provisions of the statutes.
 J. LINDLEY GREEN.
 Register.
 1st publication May 10, 1880.
 Last publication July 21, 1880.
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NEW YORKERS WANT
 ALASKA PROPERTY

SPOKANE, May 20. (P)-Conrad Wolfe may sell control in the Can tu mine to New York people with whom he has been negotiating for some time. The property is gold silver bearing and carries some lead. It is near Hyder in the Port land Canal district of Alaska.
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PAGE THREE
EDITH CONVENTION

SAN FRANCISCO, May 21, (P)- Prohibition and the League Courts; these two vital questions of nation .al policy, the California Federation .of Women's Clubs revealed itself as definitely split open on when it opened it's 29th annual convention in Oakland.
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A relief party left Fairbanks re- gently in search of Doe" MediIl. well known oldtimer of the Inter for who started toward his home on Aggie creek last fall and who has not been seen Or heard from since.
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SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY.

Babe Hayes, of Cordova, in communications received Ia ely, says that many people around Cor dova have greatly missed Ray How els voice on station K N K Ray Howell, before speaking over an other station, gave regular pro grams from II till F over K N X. and they were enjoyed by everyone who had the fortune to hear him,
Seward daily gateway., 1930-05-21

Full military honors were ac- corded the late Roy DeMonburn in Anchorage when the popular veter- an of the late war, was laid to his last rest in the Anchorage ceme- tery
Seward daily gateway., 1930-05-21

for this extra hour always came in clear and loud. Undoubtedly many others as well miss his voice over K N K
Seward daily gateway., 1930-05-21

1 The great Yak tunnel to open the mines of Leadyille, Colo, was
 started in 1886. It was completed
 in 1910, it's length being 23.8OO ! feet.
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JUST RECEIVED, A FRESH >HlPMENT or HAAS CANDY. The Alaska Shop
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Al meat ana nothing else in the Frye -Bruhn Meat Market.
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Seattle Ice Cream and Fresh Candies at Sylvia's.
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Old papers for sale at Gateway.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-22
NOT SURPRISING

Wife: I've bought you a beautiful
surprise for your birthday 1T has
just arrived.
Husband: I'm curious to see it.
Wife: Wait a minute and I'll put
it on.-Passing Show.
And If the farmers ever get back
on their feet we'll bet they'll think
twice before they ask the government
for relief again.-Judge.
"Who says that all men are born
free2" walled the young father as he
received the doctors bill.-Washing-
ton State Cougal'' S Paw.
, And election returns seem to indi-
cate a survival of the wettest.-Judge,
THE QUESTION
I'm sure you will like Jack, father
He's a fine young man."
HAS he got any property
"Oh, you men are so curious? Jack
asked me the same thing about you
The Humorist.
OF course the Eskimos can stanc
the cold better. They haven't thu
added bitterness of thinking the jan
itor could do something about 1t If HI
really wanted to.-Judge.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-22
o YOU TELL ONE
AS PER ORDERS

Rural Doctor (meeting PATIENT:
I've-er-taken the liberty OF sending
In my little account again.
Patient: Is that SO? Well, acting
on your advice. I'm avoiding business
worries for the present.-The HUI
morist.
And when they said that India
menaced the peace Of the world, we
never thought that they meant a re-
yival of backgammon.-Judge.
Have YOU heard about the cigar
store clerk who got 50 confused he
cooked a customer a cigarette sand
vich. lit q novel for him and tried to
smoke a lettuce salad? New York
Evening Sun.
It's surprising that the police got
no information from the bellboys in
that New York hotel shooting. Those
lads usually have a lot to say about
those who check out without tipping
Judge,
That's certainly a very lifelikt
snowman you have there. I almost
thought I saw it move"
Maybe YOU did, mister, we've go'
my brother Jimmy inside. "-Torontc
Goblin.
SMILE
AS easy as a college football play.
er's entrance exams.-Judge.
TOO TRUE
She: If only men behaved aftel
marriage as they do during their en-
gagement there wouldn't be half tn
divorces.
The Brute: No. but there'd b.
twice the bankruptcies!-The HUI
morist.
In South America a man is preSi
dent from the time he takes the oatl
of office until he surrenders.-Judge
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-08
ADVISORY COUNCIL
FOR DRAMA GUILD
William E. Bryant Named
Chairman and Miss Hannah
StoIer Is Secretary.

An advisory council for the Com
munity Drama Guild comprising mem
bers of the guild and representatives
of civic, musical art and other organ
izations has been organized for the
forthcoming season, with William e.
Bryant, representing the Washington
Readers Club, as chairman, and Miss
Hannah Stoler, representing the Jewish
Community Center Dramatic Society,
as secretary.
The council announced the selection
of three delegates to the board of gov
errors of the guild to serve during the
year, Mr.. Bryant, Brad Holmes. rep
resenting the Woodlothians on the ad-
visory council, and Mrs. Alice Sigworth
Morse. who represents the Young
Women'S Christian Association on the
council.
The guild is preparing for the pro-
duction of Shakespeare's play, THE
Tempest which is to be an event of
June 10 and 20 at the Sylvan Theater
on the Monument Grounds, under the
auspices of the community center de-
partment of the District public schools
and the ONCE of Public Buildings and
Public Parks of which Lieut.. Col. U. S.
Grant, Sd, is the director.
Mrs. Philip Sidney Smith. chairman
of the guilds business committee, an
nounced yesterday that holders of sea-
son tickets should exchange their cou-
pons for reserved chairs beginning June
IL at the Community Drama Guild
Office in the Franklin Administration
Building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-08
NEVSREEL DEPICTS
QfIGHT WITH FLOOD
Thrilling Louisiana Scenes
Among Those of Star
9g,
Universal Film Events.

The battle of villagers to save their
towns from the swollen waters Of the
red River Is depicted with great vivid
hkss I'm The Evening Star Universal
aewereel, which opens on the screens of
Warmers Metropolitan. other Warner
Bros. theaters and leading Maryland
md Virginia theaters today.
sfCraham McNamee. National Broad
casting Co. ace, tells Of the day-and-
night battle to save these cities from
the food which broke through the levee
In various places.
The greatest damage was done at En-
terpriSe La, where the streets were
flooded and houses washed away with
families setting on the roofs, but all the
people of the town were marShaled to-
Rether and put to work on stopping
the breakage in the levees. BY mighty
effort they were finally able to check
the food of water and save great
portion of the town. These pictures
were caught exclusively by The Eve
ming Star Universal cameraman and
are shown nowhere except in this film
Annapolis Exercises Shown.
Among the many other interesting
and spectacular events are the gradu-
alton exercises at Annapolis. in winch
the 403 senior cadets are given their
diplomas with the rank OF ensign. the
potential admiralS of the Navy went
through gala day exercises in a great
celebration. according to their custom
a tremendous celebration was held at
the st. Igna titus Mission in Montana to
commemorate the diamond jubilee of
the Indians in the district accepting
Christianity. The ceremony was marked
with the pomp Of the Jesuit services
end the pageantry Of the redman.
In New York City $4,000 Jews
marched in q monster parade to protest
against the British immigration ban in
Palestine: In Boston Gov. Allen re-
viewed the troops Of the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery, members Of which
were dressed in the uniforms of the SOL
diers of the IS original States.
Junking Of Submarines.
At Philadelphia there is a striking
scene shown. the junking of $12,000000
World War submarines These flghting
ships took many months to build and
were destroyed in two weeks.
From Japan comes an interesting
sight of the opening season OF the great
American national game of base ball
Mayor Tamura throws out the flrst
ball for the season in the game which
was introduced 40 years ago In the uni
versities, which is now taken up by the
Nipponese youths.
Interesting events include the effort
Of New York youths to introduce short
pants and sleeveless shirts as a style
for men in Summer weather; child of
3 In San Francisco who Is a golf
wizard. being able to drive 100 yards;
an exhibit of freak jungle cats at
Munich, Germany. in which half lions
and half tigers are shown at the IA
nous zoo; an exhibit by an East In
dian mystic who claims to be human
pincushion, being able to sleep on 2
board of spikes and put nails through
his flesh without injury.
Music is furnished by the Victor Con-
cert Orchestra, Rosario Bourbon con-
Quoting,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-08
CITY G. O. P. CLUB
TO MEET TOMORROW
Representative Luce and Miss
Mary Stewart Are Scheduled
TO Address Members.

The first of a series of meetings of the
membership of the National Capital
Republican Club. Inc, will be held at
the Willard Hotel tomorrow night at 8
o'clock. Following a brief business dis
cussion, there will be addresses by Rep
resentative Robert Luce of Massachu-
sets. and Miss Mary Stewart, assistant
director of Indian education.
There will be an entertainment pro-
gram which will include songs rendered
by the Imperial Male Quartet. Ac-
cording to Samuel j. Prescott, president
of the club, who will preside on this ini-
tial occasion, the meeting will be open
to club members and their invited
friends
This club organized only few months
ago. has grown rapidly in membership
Besides President Prescott the officers
are: Vice presidents, Edward F. Colo
day, John Joy Edison. Charles c. Glover.
jr., John Lewis Smith. Mrs Virginia
White Speel, Thomas P. Littlepage and
Myer Cohen: Alney z. Chaffee. secre-
tary. and Cuno H. Rudolph. treasurer:
together with the following members of
the board of directors: Robert " Flem-
ing, William Tyler Page, Edward C..
Snyder, Mrs Bertha r. Hartman and
Joshua Evans, tr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-08
GIVE DANCE RECITAL
Pupils of Miss Loretto Murphy's
Study Take Part.

Novelty dances and the latest hest
tation" waltzes were featured at dance
recital given by the pupils of Miss Lo-
retto Murphys dancing studio, 5906
noon.
Pupils participating were: Marion and
Ralph Nix, Nancy Downes, Lucille Lof-
ton, Betty Jane Knighton, Flora Anne
Fisher, Edith Davis, Dorothy Cecil,
Marion Doyle, Harriet Palkin. Jean and
Suzanne Morgan. Mary Finch, Mark
Martin, jr.; Mary G. Loveless. Betty
Murphy, Jack Kneipp, Lois Green, Carol
Drumm. Betty Mauchly and Edna Col
Inns. Miss Murphy gave several solo
numbers. Mrs. c. S. Morgan and Mrs
w. S. Wilson were the accompanies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-08
DR.. LAMB REELECTED
SOCIETYS PRESIDENT
Annual Meeting of Social Hygiene
Organization Held at
Y. W. C. A.

Dr. Robert Scott Lamb was reelected
president of the Social Hygiene Society
of the District at the annual meeting of
that group the past week at the Central
Y. w. c. A. Other officers chosen are
DR.. Margaret Lotto Eek and Mrs. Julius
Lansburgh. vice presidents; E. c, Ora
ham, treasurer, and Mrs. Joseph Saun-
ders. secretary of the board.
During the past year the society spon
sored 1853 lectures on sex education for
the young and social hygiene before
parent teacher. school and college and
church groups, according to the annual
report of Mrs. Fereba Croxton, execu-
tive secretary.
The main objective of the educa-
tional committee for the past year, Mrs.
Croxton reported. was to prepare par
ents to instruct children concerning sex
and their development into adult life,
and to instill in the children the sort of
character traits that would be helpful
later In life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-08

president of the synod, and to his
successors.
A resolution accepting the cross ex-
planned that although the synod did
not adopt any episcopal symbol to be
worn by the president once, the gift
would be cherished as a symbol Of unity
between two independent Lutheran
Churches.
The resolution was passed after DR..
Brandelle had asked a decision in the
matter and had commended that the
president of the Augustana Synod al
ready posses the rank and prerogatives
Of q bishop. His acceptance of the
cross had aroused some criticism in
synodical quarters last Winter
Attending the synod convention we're
clerical and lay delegates from all parts
of the United States and from Canada
and the mission fields of China and
Africa In his annual report DR..
Brandelle pleaded for a continuance of
prohibition laws, declaring that "a
great reform like this requires a long
time to grow into the consciousness of
the neOnle ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-08
27 MIDSHIPMEN RECEIVE
MARINE COMMISSIONS
New Second Lietuenants Will Be
Sent to Barracks at PhiIadel-
phia Navy Yard.

The Navy Department yesterday an
nounced the names of 81 midshipmen
wNDS have just been commissioned sec
o1n lieutenants in the Marine Corps.
They will be sent for duty to the Ma
rtue Barracks at the navy yard at Phil
edFlrhia, Pa, reporting there by July IL.
XAe names Of the new second lieu
tefHfits follow: Thomas 3. Hughes.
W Jam B. Mexican, Glen G. Herndon,
Fd D. Beans, Francis H. Williams,
HR9ld w. Bauer, James T. Wilbur, Err
nSblW. Fry, jr.: Paul Moret William
3 Bteiner. Frank G.. Wagner, jr.; WAL
Lace M. Greene, Frank M Reinecke,
Ste$Fsrt Boyle Paul w. Russell Ronald
D. Salmon. John M. Davis, Russell
LNgn, Edward A. Montgomery, Edgar
OIf3ice. Lawrence c. Brunton, Donald
Nj Weller, Walfried H. Fromhold,
Nl&R1clas J. Pusel, James M. Daily,
Caf files H. Hayes and Robert E. Hill.