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Columbian WOmen.-Mrs. Dewitt G.
CroisSant, wife CT the executive officer
of the English department OF the George
Washington University, will entertain
at her home, 1717 @ street, upon the oc-
casion of the February meeting on
Tuesday afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock.
Miss Elizabeth Cullen, president, will
receive with Mrs. Croissant. Mrs.
Cloyd Heck Marvin, wife CT the presi-
dent of the university, and Mrs. Joshua
Evans, jr., of the board OF trustees, viii
assist.
A program of music will be given by
the Girls Glee Club, under the direc-
ton of Dr. Robert Howe Harmon, with
Mrs Harmon accompanying. At the
business meeting Mrs. Henry Grattan
Doyle will present the report OF the
special committee en- reorganization, OF
which she is chairman.
Miss Cullen announces that Mrs. John
Donaldson, wife of the acting dean of
Columbia College, has accepted the
craftsmanship of the Committee on the
Bicentennial, which will give considera-
ton to the part to be played by CO.
lumbar Women in the 1882 celebra-
ton.
Pc. O. of the District of Columbia
The sixty-second anniversary was cele-
brated by the eight chapters of Wash
ington and non-afiliated members from
Is States. The banquet was followed
by a program given by CHAPTER F in
Pierce Hall under the direction Of Mrs.
Sterling Bockoven. There were many
distinguished guests.
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The Mu Chi Club will hold its annual
banquet and election of officers Febru-
airy IL at the Capitol Park Hotel at
$50 pm. Members are requested to
notify Mrs. Ida Henderson, chairman,
for reservations.
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WOmen's City Club.-The Hospitality
Committee is in charge of the tea to-
day. when nr JAlljsn ~, Osilbreth snd
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WOmen's Guild of American Univer-
sity.-Mrs. p M Anderson, president,
announces a dinner on February 81 in
the womens residence hall on the
campus. This will commemorate the
fortieth anniversary of the founding of
the university, and a pageant will be
given to represent the more significant
events during the history of the insti-
tuticn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-01

The Washington League for the Hard
of Hearing met Monday evening for the
usual practice class, led by Miss Wolley.
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Baby Lovers Circle, No. /, of the
Florence Crittenton HOme.-The Janu-
airy meeting was held at the home CT
Mrs w H Hessick, 1923 Montague
street. The members sewed for the
babies. An appropriation was made to
purchase boxes of paints and brushes
for the art classes. under the direction
of Mrs. Biddle Mrs McManus gave
talk on the Community Chest. The
circle will meet at the home of Mrs.
H. c. Simpson, 614 Upshur street, Feb
ruary 26.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-01

CurIey Club.-The last card party
and dance of the Winter season will be
given at the Continental Hotel Febru-
airy at $50 pm.
The Misses Gingress entertained
members of the club at luncheon at
their residence, 316 North Carolina
avenue southeast.
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sALE-rNvEsTMENr PROPERTY.

as ACRES NEAR MARLBORO WILL SELL
on good terms to responsible colorec buyer;
colored school and church in immediate vi
Cinity. Address Box 378-K, Star Office
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-01

The Women's Home Club of North
Beach, Md, met at the Thomas Circle
Club last Tuesday evening to hear
lecture by Mrs. Helen Fowler on Water
Lilies" Refreshments were served I'M
der the direction of the Hospitality
Committee-Mrs John Stack, Mrs. Ar
thur Fowle and Mrs. Cassassa as host
esses. The club is making arrangements
for the annual dance and card party
to be held shortly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-01

Columbia Floral Circle will meet to-
morrow at / pm. at the home of Mrs.
John c. Atchison. the Argonne Apart
ment, 1929 Columbia road.
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GOOD HOME 2 LARGE ROOMS. FURNACE,
water, cleo, gar; bus; sewer and gas being
installed; large lot; southern exposures close
in. $50. PERKINS. Central ave. Md. Park.
BEAUTIFUL SEVEN OAKS, MD, JUST
over District line; most unusual home;
stucco: rooms. baths, every modern con-
,in.ncn. oil heat. hnallLifIll lanhscared
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-01

The Shakespeare Society of Wash
ingtOn.-Dr. Annette B. Hopkins, head
of the English department Of Goucher
College, Baltimore, will address the So
ciety February on THE Elizabethan
Novel" Ada Louise Townsend will give
readings from Macbeth"
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VICINITY MARYLAND UNIVERSITY -

rooms, tile-stucco; ami. 2 baths; splendid
home: double garage; bus service: closing
estate; bargain. Address Box 3io-K, Star
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RENT-SUBURBAN.

MAUDE II. LAWR4,
Shepherd 2546. 213 Cedar Ave.
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The CercIe Francois de Washington
Oes Precieuses Ridicules) was received
Wednesday evening by Nine. Camille
Hindmarsh and Nine. Theodore Cogs-
well, at the Pen Women's League, on l.
street NJ. Henri Lazard and Nine. II.
Ross johnson gave readings. A comedy
was presented by M. and Nine. Pierre
de Chauny, Nine. Theodore Cogswell,
Nine. Camille Hindmarsh, Nine. Man
uel Cambouri and M. Arthur Lebel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-01

Abraham Lincoln Circle met Monday
evening at the home of the president,
Mrs. Media Bergren, Parkwood place,
in honor of the national president OF
the Ladies of the G. A. R., Mrs Mar
garet Grandle of Kansas. Mrs. Bergren
presided.
Mrs. Grandle gave piano selections.
Mrs. Sarah Deeds gave a recitation.
Mrs Margaret Worrell, national press
correspondent, was also a guest.
The Washington times., 1931-11-27
JUDGE 'RHONOR,
SHNO YOOSH

When James Edward Colbert,
30, of 908 Tenth st. N. E., left
police court yesterday after be.
ing relieved Of serving the re.
manning three days of his last
sentence for intoxication, Judge
Ralph Given remarked:
'T am taking o chance on
you, but I expect you will be
back Friday"
Colbert promised:
"IIl fool you this time,
Judge. l am going to stay
SOBER"
But today Colbert was back,
this time on two charges Of
drunkenness. On one he was ar
rested yesterday afternoon, while
making a speech on F st. N. W.
At the First precinct he was re-
leased on $40 collateral.
A few hours later he raped
on the door Of the District Jail
and demanded to see Col. Will
liam A. Peak jail superintendent.
He was locked up again and to-
day Judge Given sentenced him
to pay $50 or spend 10 days in
Jail on the two charges.
Colbert hao won his freedom
to attend a Thanksgiving family
reunion. He has been convicted
Of intoxication 167 times.
The Washington times., 1931-11-27
3 Hurt in Triple
Motor Collision

Three persons were treated to-
day at Walter Reed Hospital for
cuts and bruises suffered in a
triple motor collision on Georgia
Avenue near McKeever Place.
The injured are Joseph Nc
Cam, AIS Fifteenth st. N. W.;
Robert E. Childress, 1928 Eight
eenth st. N. w., and Edward j.
Shaughnessy, Clifton Terrace
Apartments.
The Washington times., 1931-11-27
TODAY

Dinner-American War Mothers,
Z D. M, Hamilton Hotel.
Ball-For Epiphany Home, May
flower Hotel.
Football Hop-Catholic Univer-
sity, 8 p. m, Willard Hotel.
Display-Arthur M. Rosenberg
Company, Willard Hotel.
Observation-Disclosures COM
mittee of Gridiron Club, 2 p. M,
willard Hotel.
Neutrality-suspicious. Committee,
The Washington times., 1931-11-27
What's Doing Today and Tomorrow

ment Store Relief Association, 9
p. m, Willard Hotel.
Dance-Sigma Kappa Tau So
rority. 8 p. m, Willard Hotel.
Meeting-Kappa Phi Sigma
Fraternity, 8 p. M, Hamilton
Hotel.
The Washington times., 1931-11-27

1890 a. M, 1418 st. N. w.
Card Party-American War
Kate Morrison Memorial
Chapter, p. m, 1901 Georgia
Ave. N. w.
TOMORROW
GoIdenberg'S Depart
The Washington times., 1931-11-27
Dinner Postponed
Ru Wnr Mothers

The dinner scheduled to be held
tonight at the Hamilton Hotel
by the D. c. Chapter Of American
War Mothers has been postponed
indefinitely. The dinner was to
be in honor of the national presi,
dent,
The Washington times., 1931-04-15
D, c. AUTHORIZES.
ASKS $4,000

PLATTSBURG, N. Y, April Is.
The city of Plattsburg was named
defendant in a $4,000 damage
suit filed in the Supreme Court
here by Mrs. Mary M. Crenshaw,
Of 1748 Church st. N. w., Wash
ington, D. c.
Mrs. Crenshaw came to Platts-
burg, July IS, 1929, it is set forth
in the bill of particulars. to gather
material for a book on the his
torical points of interest here.
AS she was stepping from a
curb, she charges, she fell and
fractured her right knee cap and
sprained her left ankle, sustaining
permanent injuries. She main
tains that the city was negligent
in failure to maintain the curb in
proper condition.
The Washington times., 1931-04-15
Scientists Hot on Trail
OF Another Vitan1i1

MONTREAL, April 15.-It is ex'
pected that new vitamin will be
discovered soon, the deficiency of
which in food causes softening Of
the brain, it was revealed by Prof.
A. M. Pappenheimer, of Columbia
University, and DR.. Marianne
Goettsch, of the Storrs expert
mental station, at the meeting Of
the Federation of American So
cieties for Experimental Biology.
Existence of the new vitamin
was disclosed when a number OF
chicks were put on diet lacking
vitamin E, commonly known as
the fertility vitamin, for the pur-
pose of studying the effects Of de-
ficiency of the vitamin.
To the surprise of the scientists,
the chicks developed extreme cases
of softening of the brain. They
were changed to diet known to
contain vitamin E, but showed lit
The Washington times., 1931-04-15
Bic BOY FIGHTS
.. To KEEP SIZE

LOS ANGELES, Calf, April Is
UN.S0.-Another legal battle for
custody of Adolphe Rome, jr., the
so-called Giant Boy, loomed TO-
day as his father sought COM
plete custody of his son.
The boys father, a surgeon,
and his mother, a trained nurse,
recently engaged in a court tilt
when the boys father sought to
curb his growth through medical
treatment. The boy is IA years
old, weighs 235 pounds and is
six feet tall. His mother, who is
eStranged from her husband, OBJ
1ected to the boy being sub
Jected to these treatments.
Failure Of the boy to go out
with his father last Sunday, as
The Washington times., 1931-04-15

tie or no improvement. It was
then concluded by the scientists
that the softening of the brain
was caused by deficiency of an
other vitamin, as yet unknown.
The Washington times., 1931-04-15
Tenn. Governor Raids
Own Farm For
MOOnShiner

NASHVILLE, Tenn. April Is.
Gov. Henry H. Horton is not
only a prohibitionist but also a
cattleman, wherefore William
Bryant was under a 1000 bond
on charges of making liquor.
Bryant was arrested in a
raid on a still on a farm near
here belonging to Mrs. Horton.
The Governor, who ordered
the raid, suspected something
illicit was going on when an
investigation showed that the
death of three Of his valuable
cows had been caused by eat
ing mash.
The Washington times., 1931-04-15

decreed by the court, and his re-
luctance to submit to the medical
treatment caused his father to
instruct his attorneys to prepare a
new suit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-29
The Laval. Tardieu Cabinet.

A rose by any other name, it is said,
would smell as sweet. Some such
analogy is suggested by the compost
tton of the new French cabinet. The
government called into being this week
20 succeed the dethroned cabinet OF
Sules Theodore Steeg, which reigned
Cor bare six weeks, is headed by Pierre
Laval. But almost all of the principal
members Of the recent government OF
Andre Tardieu are included in it
France viii be governed in the tmme-
Giate future, provided the Chamber OF
Deputies votes it initial confidence to-
morrow, by q LAval-Tardieu cabinet.
The brilliant Nationalist, who wal
himself toppled from the premiership ir
December, becomes minister Of agri'
eulture In NJ. Laval's ministry. 1t re-
nuires no stretch Of the imagination II
vealize that not by wheat alone viii N
Eardieu have his political being on thu
Cuai d'Orsay. though the price Of thai
basic farm commodity Is nomentarilI
. paramount issue in France. tn
Eardieu policy calls for higher tariff
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on wheat in order to assure the domestic
grower better prices and curtail i'm
ports. That Is a species of politics with
which we Of America are not alto
gether unfamiliar.
With Aristide BRAND retaining the
foreign secretaryship, Andre Maginot
reassigned the war portfolio, Paul Rey-
maud as minister for the colonies, Pierre
Etienne Flandin made minister of
finance, Francois Petri named budget
minister, Louis Rollin given the minis
tership of commerce, Francois Poncet
restored to the undersecretaryship Of
national economy, and Tardieu himself
heading the department of agriculture,
France has a regime containing no
fewer than eight members of the 1890
Tardieu government. That this octet
will dominate the Laval cabinet can
hardly be doubted. That, because of
that personnel, it will be a militantly
nationalist government seems equally
certain.
France had expected "a coalition of
Cancellation" But M. Laval determined
to stake his parliamentary fate, which
is bound to be precarious, amid the
tortuous conditions which eternally sur
round the Chamber of Deputies, on a
ministerial makeup drawn from the
Right and Center, to the complete ex-
clusion of the Radical Left. Messrs.
Laval and Tardieu cannot be uncon-
scious of the winds they are sowing by
this deliberate program of political
ostracism.
With the kaleidoscope fluctuations of
French politics the world at large is lit
tie concerned. Its chief interest is in
Frances foreign policy. That succeed
ing prime ministers seem addicted to
the habit Of handing over its conduct
to Aristide BRAND makes for con-
tinuity of policy that is definitely re-
assuring because, despite
the occasional jingoistic manifestations
forthcoming from uper-nationalist gey-
sers in France, BRAND is 9, consistent
man of peace and sleepless in its pres
eryation,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-29
Helpful Course.
From the San Antonio Evening News

FROM the san Antonio Evening News.
Problem Of cotton acreage reduction
would solve itself If the South would
feed itself, asserted Carl williams of
Oklahoma-Federal Farm Board mem
Der for cotton-in addressing the South
ern Association of State Commissioners
of Agriculture, convened at Memphis
That official body is pledged to seek
means of reducing cotton production
and increasing consumption. Unless
that can be accomplished, growers
probably will continue piling surplus
upon unstable surplus. Mr.. Williams
said that a $4,000, 000-bale crop for
1881 would be ample, and that 10000
600 bales would be still better. He re-
minded Southern farmers that they now
must compete with Egypt and India in
markets which they monopolized until
a few years ago. Besides, Russia is be-
coming factor in the cotton market.
American growers still have this ad-
vantage, however: They can produce
better quality cotton than most COM
peting countries. About the only sensi-
BILE course left open to them is to re-
dllce acreage and improve the staple.
If at the same time they would adopt
Dean Kyle's balanced farming program,
they could face the future with con-
fdence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-29
Changes at Niagara.

Any apprehensions that may be felt
by lovers Of scenic beauty and grandeur
lest the Niagara Falls, which have just
been changed slightly in contour by the
fall of rock from the parapet. are
doomed to early extinction or diminu-
ton to a mere cascade are quite un-
warranted. It is true that the fall:
are receding bit by bit as the years pass
slowly for long periods and then, a:
by this latest change, in a considerable
degree. But it is quite unlikely that
there will be any greatly Transforming
changes in the line of the cataract
within the lifetime of any persons now
living.
The rock fall that has just occurred
has made an appreciate alteration II
the line Of the American falls, which
now assumes an S-shape in a COMPOUND
curve from the main American shore al
Prospect Point to Luna Island. There
are some indications that another fal
may some day occur Immediately to tht
east Of Luna Island, somewhat broad.
ening and perhaps deepening the west.
erly sweep Of this curve. This would
In fact, establish a definite Horseshoe
on the western side of the American
falls. There are evidences Of weaknesses
in the rock structure at this point, allow
which lie several islets.
A computation has been made on tn,
basis Of the known rate Of recession o
Niagara that 1t will require some nine
teen centuries for the river to dig 1t;
way back from itS present parapet II
Lake Erie. But this calculation is baset
upon the rate Of recession during ;
long period. Within a comparativel,
few years. relatively. q very short time
J there has been a material depletion il
the volume Of the stream passing owe
the precipice due to the taking Of waite
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from the river above the falls for power
purposes, that water being passed by
tunnels to discharge into the river be-
low the falls. It il. therefore, quite
possible that the rate Of recession al
present is not as great as that previous
to the establishment Of power plants al
Niagara.
Indeed, ali calculations are only ap-
proximate, in dealing with such forces
as the Niagara River There are wide
differences in the rock structure tAat
forms the bed of the stream. There are
climatic changes with variations in the
amount of ice forming above in the
Great Lakes and passing over the falls.
Nobody knows the condition Of the
foundations of the islands that now
stand in the midst Of the current at or
near the brink of the falls. Goat
Island is assuredly in part undermined
on the falls side. A very large fall of
rock may occur there some day to
make, perhaps, the greatest change in
all history in the contour of the cata-
ract. Such falls may occur at any time.
This latest break may be only a fore
runner of others, or 1t may have
suf1ced to effect a new stability aSsur-
ing against further change for a long
periOd
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHrLANDER JOHNSON.
WreckaRe by Words.

Wreckage by Words.
Some speech, by Renaissance clad,
In meaning proves exceeding sad
And many man with prospects bright
On winged words saw hopes take flight.
I once beheld a statesman grave
Whose speech would often misbehave.
His grim refrain your heart would
touch
"rve talked too much! I've talked too
much!"
The learned man who gives his life
To hours of scientific strife
And vainly for applause VIII wait
Where Ridicule crowns the debate
VIII scan at last in dull regret
Some frivolous filings he'd fain forget
And say, TOO oft my fate is such.
I've talked too much! I've talked too
much!"
Men who are rated rather wise
May make too bold to criticize.
Philosophers and artists. too,
And even soldiers we may view
Along with those whose grief IS strong
Because prospectuses went wrong.
They cry, and for excuses clutch
"I'Ve talked too much. I've talked too
nuch!"
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It is almost impossible to read q
novel which does not contain at least
one character which the reader does
not like.
Usually this dislike is due not so
much to any trait Of the character him.
| self as something which he Is made to
do by the writer.
Quite often he rIlbs the reader the
wrong way because Of dialect or some
| form of speaking which Is irritating.
1t is curious at first blush why al
most all novelistS seem to have their
own pets in any given story.
Take this comic character, for in
stance.
Now, he is not half as funny to the
reader as he seems to the writer.
| But the author never loses q chance
to exploit him.
Often his monologues fill two OF
three consecutive pages.
Every time the reader sees what is
coming he has an involuntary shrink
ing inside of him.
This shrinking is really more physi-
cal than mental.
1t is the old reaction to too-much-of-
| a-good-thing.
X X X
Jane Austen, whose quiet stories are
the perennial delight of quiet people,
has a female character in one of her
books who is forever rushing on and on
with her words.
AS we recall the old lady talks in
ceSsantly and never for less than two
pages at a time. Now, two pages of
solid chatter is somethingI Not every
reader, OF course, will have exactly the
same reaction.
One will be able to stand these over
done passages, whereas the next will
shrink from them; and, on the other
hand, the second will read something
else without resentment, whereas the
first will dislike it.
Every reader Of the novel will have
his pet aversions, not only In regard to
speech, but in regard to characters.
There are many readers who cannot
stand" Sidney Carton, hero of Dickens
Tale of Two Cities" Some way or
other, he strikes them as very TOO
interchangeable thing.
A long list of such characters might
be compiled, but 1t would be of little
use, for 1t varies to some extent with
! every reader.
Dialect is one Of the real stumbling
blocks. The fact that certain great
stories have secured worldwide fame
despite dialect Is no argument for its
use It is a question whether they
would not have been even more popular
without it.
The masterpieces of this type Of lit
erature have been restrained in their
use Of dialect. Mark Twain's tom
| Sawyer" and "Huckleberry Finn" use
the dialect of their place and era with
great restraint. never at any point ruff
| fling the feathers Of those who never
heard such recommendations in real life.
These stories are as popular in England
as they are in America. They would
not be If the dialect form were over
done.
Even so fine thing as Joel Chandler
Harris Uncle Remus" Is made trouble
some to many readers by the Negro
dialect involved. It cannot be said in
any sense to spoil the narrative, but
only to make 1t bothersome.
\ x
It will be discovered by most readers
that their resentment against long
pages Of monologue as given by particu-
lar characters is rather more due to