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The Washington times., 1931-04-25
VS. VIEWS AND GOSSIP OF SOCIETY NATIONAL CAPITAL
Mrs. Wa tSOn
EntertainS
Writers

Mrs. H. H. A. Beach and
Miss Mabel w. Daniels Will
Be Guests at Coolidge
Music Festival
Mrs. H. H. A. Beach, famed
woman composer from New
Hampshire, is the house guest
of Mrs. Edward Hood Watson
and her mother and father, the
United States Marshal and
Mrs. Edgar c. Snyder, while in
Washington to attend the Cool
idge Festival Of Music at the
Library Of Congress.
Nine. Sturkow-Ryder, Of Chi
cago, Joined the party as the
guest of Mrs. watson yesterday,
and Miss Mabel w. Daniels will
join the group today.
Comes From Boston
Miss Daniels is one of the
well-known New England women
composers, hailing from Boston.
All of these women are active
members of the composer group
of the National League of
American Pen Women, of which
Mrs. Watson is national chair.
man for music.
Mrs. Watson entertained at
her home on Wednesday eve
ming in honor of Mrs. Beach
and will entertain again to-
morrow in honor of the other
visiting composers attending
the Coolidge Festival.
The Washington times., 1931-04-25
WOrnen's Club
Calendar

APRIL 20
Ladies' G. A. R., Beck Circle,
concert and dance at Washing
ton Club at $3.50 p. m.
4
APRIL 30
. I'D. of c., Gen j. E. B. Stuart
Chapter, card party at Confed-
crate Home.
The Washington times., 1931-04-25
Mrs. Meyer Plans Tea

Mrs. Eugene Myer, jr., will
entertain at tea today from 4
until 8 o'clock at her house,
1924 Crescent Pl., in honor
of Mrs. Elizabeth Sprague
Coolidge and the out-of-town
guests here for the festival of
music at the Library of Con-
gresS. Mrs. Coolidge will re-
ceive with Mrs. Meyer.
The Washington times., 1931-04-25
Tells of Trip
ToAbysslnia
Coronation

A thrilling tale of her per-
sonal experiences at the bril-
liant coronation Of the EN-
peror Ras Tafari, of AbysSinia,
was told by Mrs. Harriet Chal-
mers Adams MRS. Franklin
AdamS) at. the luncheon given
today at the Cosmos Club in
her honor by her fellow mem
bers of the Society Of Women
GeographerS. Mrs. Adams, who
has just returned to Washing
ton, is national president OF
the society.
Among the Guests
The guests included a group
of notable women members Of
the society. They were Mrs.
Adams, DR.. Florence Bascom,
Mrs. Mitchell Carroll. Mrs.
Alice Tis6&le Hobart, Mrs. w.
Chaplin Huntington, Mrs. Helen
Strong, Mrs. Mary Vaux Wal
colt, Mrs. Sophia A. Saucer
man, Mrs. Anne Archbold, Mrs.
Robert Whitney Imbrie, Miss
Mary B. Maxwell, Miss Muna
Lee and Mrs. Frank K. LoeSch.
Plan Trip To Spain
Mr.. and Mrs. Adams are
planning to leave Washington
early in May and will sail May
8 from New York for Spain,
their eleventh visit to that
country. They will be gone
two months and upon their re-
turn Mrs. Adams expects to
have an interesting story to tell
the members of the society of
Spain under a republican form
of government.
Visit the Capital
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Bel
mont, of Middleburg, are at
the Carlton for a short stay,
accompanied by Mrs. Belmont's
daughter, Miss Winifred Mad
dux.
Mrs. Tuckerman Hostess
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter r.
Tuckerman will entertain at din
ner this evening at the Ma
tional Woman's Country Club.
They will have IA guests.
Yesterday Mr.. and Mrs. Tuck
erman had as their guests at
luncheon at the club, Mr.. and
Mrs. Cyrus H. K. Curtis, of
Philadelphia, whose palatial
yacht, the Lydonia, is anchored
in Potomac waters.
Also lunching at the club was
Mrs. Francis T. A. Junkin and
her guest, her highness, the
Princess Alexandria Victoria of
Schleswig- HolStein.
4 i
Mrs. StraWn Hostess
Mrs. Silas Hardy Strawn will
entertain at a tea today at the
Mayflower from 4::3O until $50
o'clock. Mrs. Strawn, who, with
Mr.. Strawn, makes her home
in Chicago, is spending some
time in town.
X 4
Mrs. James M. Doran is in
New York, where she is staying
at the Ambassador Hotel.
Family Reunion Held.
An interesting family reunion
dinner took place at the Shore
ham Hotel last evening, when
three brothers, all colonelS, and
their wives gathered for a
little party. They were Col.
and Mrs. Frank j. Morrow,
Col. and Mrs. William Morrow
and Col. and Mrs. Henry Nor
row. Mrs. Ronald Condor, wife
of Lieut.. Condor. was also at
the party.
Sail for Europe
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank B. NoyeS
of Washington, accompanied by
their Son-in-law and daughter,
Sir Wilmot Lewis and IadV
The Washington times., 1931-04-25
Dinner Party
Given For
Visitor

Col. and Mrs. Palmer Swift
and Major and Mrs. Vernon G.
Olsmith entertained a company
at dinner last evening at the
Shoreham Hotel in compliment
to Mrs. John Daily, wife Of Major
DAILY, If Fort Leavenworth, who
is now in Washington as the
house guest of Major and Mrs.
Herman Kobbe.
The guests included Gen. and
Mrs. Fred Austin, Col. and Mrs.
Frank Andrews, Col. and Mrs.
Joseph Viner, Major and Mrs.
Kobbe, Major and Mrs. Roder-
ick Allen, Major and Mrs. John
Davis, Miss Lucille Swift, the
daughter of Col. and Mrs. Swift;
Capt. Gordon Rogers, Capt. G.
D. Shea and Lieut.. C. w. Ben
nett, both of Fort Myer, and
Ralph Pollard.
HOSteSSeS at Bridge Party
Mrs. Frank w. Ballou, Mrs.
Lawrence Radford and Mrs.
Selden M. Ely were hoSteSSes
at the luncheon and bridge
party given by the American
Association of University Women
at the clubhouse, 1884 I st.
N. w., this afternoon.
The Washington times., 1931-04-25
Family Reunion Held
Sail for Europe

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank B. NoyeS
of Washington, accompanied by
their Son-in-law and daughter,
Sir Wilmot Lewis and Lady
Lewis, sailed today from New
York on the lie de France for
Europe.
The Washington times., 1931-04-25
Goes to Bermuda

Donald Woodward has sailed
on the Duchess of York from
New York for Bermuda. He
will reutrn to Washington about
May 10.
The Washington times., 1931-04-25
. tons Fete
Players To
Be Guests

Mrs. Frederick H. Brooke, vice
chairman of the executive board
of the Festival of Nations, is
entertaining all the members of
the caste of the production at
tea tomorrow afternoon at her
home on K Street.
Three rehearsals are being held
at Constitution Hall tomorrow,
prior to the opening perform
.ance on Monday evening, and
Mrs. Brooke is having the tea
during the intermiSsion between
the 4 and o'clock rehearsals.
She will be assisted by other
members of the committee and
girls from the Scout troops who
will act as ushers at the festival.
Mrs. Mary Roberts Rinehart,
director of the State Depart
ment groups Of the executive
board, will be among those pres
ent, also Mrs. B. Frank Cheat
ham, acting Girl Scout commits
Sioner, and the directors Of the
music and drama of the
pageant,
The Washington times., 1931-04-25
Visit the Capital

Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Bel
mont, of Middleburg, are at
the Carlton for a short stay,
accompanied by Mrs. Belmont's S
daughter, Miss Winifred Mad
duX.
The Washington times., 1931-04-25

Miss LaVille viii gladly an.
Swer any 0ueStiAA0 about this
The Washington times., 1931-04-25

Princess CantacuzenS Here
Princess Michael Cantacuzens
Of Sarasota, Fla, is spending
the weekend at the Mayflower
on her way to New York. Her
niece, Princess Elizabeth Can
tacuzene, of Paris, is with her
in Washington.
The Washington times., 1931-04-25
CIaudels Give Luncheon

The Ambassador of France,
Paul Claudel, and Nine. Claudel
entertained at luncheon today
at the embassy in honor OF
Surg. Gen. Hugh s. Cum
ming. The Ambassador pre-
Sented the surgeon general with
the ribbon of the Legion Of
Honor.
The Washington times., 1931-04-25
Guest At Bridge.Tea

Miss Ruth Moorehead, who is
visiting in Englewood, N. j., was
the guest of honor at a tea and
bridge given yesterday by Mrs.
Albert w. Cloud.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28

MS bread has come solely from his pen
from the sharp pen Of the active jour-
nalist, the pen that accelerated the pro-
nunciamiento Of last December and is
sued the gloriously electrifying "call to
rebellion" Perez de Ayala q
words have weighed SO much in the
molding of the new Spanish sensibility
because he has spoken only at rare but
urgent and decisive instances. And
when the censor tried to silence him
bis opinions came via Argentina from
the columns of La Nacion.
One can readily see that neither Mad
ariaga nor Perez de Ayala are just "in-
tellectuals." Although they have written
books, many excellent books. still they
are biologically and politically alive.
Their alertness and audacity in part
produced the recent revolution. and
their alertncss and audacity will GER
tainy help to awake Spain from her
long, distressing lethargy. And, to be
sure. their ripe culture. their cosmo-
politan outlook and their profound I'M
derstanding of the Anglo-Saxon insti-
buttons and traditions qualify them
splendidly for the successful discharge
of their duties and the furtherance of
world peace and sympathy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28

This paragraph makes mel little
dizzy. l should have said, that Europe
as a whole has never had fixed con-
caption with regard to the leisurely
growing up of the human being. The
different countries at different times
have held quite different notions of the
part which leisure and work should play
in the education of the young. The
training of a boy in French Lycee Is
worlds apart from the training of boy
of the same age in an English public
school, The training employs quite diff
ferent methods and Is directed to quite
different purposes.
Turns to History.
The ideal Of leisurely youth for q
period as long as Is years belongs
chiefly to one class in Great Britain,
and there it has been fashionable for
only the last century or SO. The brave
young men of Queen Elizabeths age
would not have understood Mr.. Lewis
Their business was to grow up as quickly
as possible. Many of them were out of
the university at Is or Is, had married
begotten children and successfully
shouldered immense public responsible
ties before they we're 81. In the sense
in which Mr.. Lewis employs the word
they never had any leisure, and no ma
chine age could possibly have made
them more adult than they were.
Then and for a long time afterward
it was the ideal of education to make
children adult as quickly as possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
NAVIES CAN ARM AGAINST
AIRCRAFT, EXPERT AYERS
Capt. Knox Admits Effectiveness of Avi.
alton as Auxiliary But Not as
Menace to Ships.

the airplanes. She has to be fast. and
therefore cannot carry the weights
needed for heavy armor and other ex-
tenSive forms of protection. She must
carry huge quantities of gasoline. which
unduly endanger her safety under gun
fire or bombing. She cannot risk seri-
GUS injury to her flying deck. for fear
OF having her whole mission completely
nullif1ed thereby. She is generally ten
der. and attack upon her is probably
the best defense against her planes
Strong aviation forces of our own place
this important mode of defending our
ships against the aerial menace in our
hands
Then there Is the defense given by
gunf1re, which has been so persistently
scoffed at by aeronautical extremists,
based on performance in the late war
the grueling necessities of those days
prevented any adequate solution of the
anu-air gun problem. Since then much
has been done not only in greatly i'm
proved accuracy of fire but in the de-
Velopment of new types of guns, such
as the multiple barrel machine gun and
the big-caliber weapon which is capa-
BILE OF large elevation.
1t can be said with assurance that
since the war anti-air artillery has been
improved to the point where large-scale
bombing must be done from high alti-
tudeS and therefore with much less
probability of accuracy. This applies
especially to concentrated formations
OF planes, such as were seen in the
recent Army maneuverS which neces-
sar1ly of1er larger target.
Stronger Ships Possible.
Finally. We should consider the form
OF defense against aircraft which con-
sists in reducing the damage done to a
ship by the explosion of a bomb The
ships which were sunk by the Army
aViators some years ago suffered their
mortal damage either from bombs
which penetrated their decks and ex-
plooed inside or from those bombs
which fell in the water Gloss alongside
and ruptured the underwater plating.
1t Is comparatively simple matter in
naval architecture to SO armor a ships
decks that bombs cannot penetrate
them and must explode outside. in
VIII not be seriously endangered and
damage will be localized even If severe.
Similarly. underwater protection can
be devised which will insure that even
large bomb will not sink a large ship
When exploding in the water nearby. A
small ship would necessarily be in
greater danger Of sinking. and. Incl
dentally. 1t may be noted that this is
one OF the reasons against the recent
British proposals to severely reduce the
individual size of battleships. The big
ger they are the better they can be
protected against aircraft.
Reviewing all of these several meth
DDS OF naval defense against the air
plane attack. and remembering that
reliance is not placed in one of them
alone. but upon all in combination, it
can be safely said that aircraft have
not strapped the navtes upon which
merchant ships have to depend for
their defense in carrying the freights
of the world
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
Depression Held Aid
To Museum Crowds.

BERLIN.-That the present world
wide business depression proves an aid
and incentive to the number of museum
visitors in Germany is supported by
figures recently compiled by DR.. Will
helm Waetzolot, director general of the
state museums. He points out that Wis
itors to the various Berlin museums this
year have increased tenfold over the
1880 figures. A novel innovation this
Summer has been the removal of all
museum exhibits from the baroque roc.<
where Frederick the Great was born in
the former royal palace. This is to en-
able the public to view both the room
and the exhibits in their original ap-
pearance.
The pillar hail. in the Egyptian mu-
scum also contains a new feature. e.,
a magnificent granite sphinx, about g
feet high, with the features of Queen
Hatschepsut 1470 B. c.. The head.
has long been the property of Berlin.
but the torso was only recently ac-
auired from America by exchange, as
it was found by Americans near The
ben in 1921
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
Venice Now Italy's
Most Law-Abiding City

ROME.--Venice, tabled city of la
goons and gondolas, has earned repu-
tation as Italy's most law-abiding city.
with an average Of only one murder q
year per 100000 people. In 1918 it also
boosted the least number of murders
per capita in the-eountry, with All av-
erage of two per 100000. Palermo,
one-time capital of the Malta, has lost
its murderous laurels. While it had 40
murders per 10000 inhabitants in 1918.
1t now has only IS, and the town of
Catanzaro, in Calabria. has reached the
head of the list with Is homicides per
100,00 people per year. If rapings and
crimes of extortion alone are conSid-
cred, Perugia is the most law-abiding
town, with only one per 100000, while
Cagliair, another old stronghold of the
Mafia, still has 10 per 100000. Crimes
Of this sort have greatly diminished in
number throughout italy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
ENJOYS From the New Spain
Continued From First Page.)

Continued From First Page)
Perez de Ayala has prominent jaw I
really do not know what his Gothic
Celtic blood has had to do with it, but
Perez de Ayala's Jaw is unforgettably
Gothic. The better typologists have
shown ad nauseam the amount of will
power emanating from well developed
jaws. And II one were to follow closely
their metric theories che would find in
Perez de Ayala another Cromwell. His
jaw is so terribly Napoleonic
But whatever the typologist's laws
may be the melancholy fact remains
that Perez de Ayala is no Adonis. He
is one Of SPANS homeliest bipeds. Once
a practical joker told his maid that a
visitor had arrivei-an ugly visitor, hor-
ridly ugly, even uglier than her master,
and the poor woman, full of miSgivings,
crossed herself and exclaimed, horror
stricken, "Oh, Lord, can this be pos
Eible!"
Mistaken for BulIfishter.
And yet Perez de Ayala has been fire.
Quently taken for a bullhgnter. In
spite of the cinemas dictum, masculine
beauty and toreadors do not necessarily
go always hand in hand Perez &c Ayala
has been cheered and bravoed as a
legitimate. full-fledged toreador. Even
his own children used to look with filial
admiration and love at the picture of
Belmonte, one of SPANS star "toreros,"
thinking all the time that it was their
daddy in holiday attire.
Although Perez de Ayala knows now
to enjoy a good "corrida," he is no bull
fighter. And no lawyer, either, despite
his law degree. He Is just SPANS
greatest contemporary novelist. OF the
10 volumes comprising his Opera On
MA IL are works of fiction, excellent
novels, which won him the Premio
Nacional de Literature, a chair in the
Royal Spanish Academy and vast in
ternational devotees. The English-read-
ing public knows him only slightly
through a volume of short stories, PRO
metheus' and a novel, The Fox's Paw"
magnificently rendered into English Cto
Great Britain's satisfaction by Ameri-
can translators.
AS mentioned before Perez de Ayala
never practiced law, albeit his pithy re-
marks on jurisprudential history have
leen widely quoted by scholars and phi
naophers. Incredible as it may seem,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28

n Ior Inc SUNDAY STAR by EDWARD 1IuHlpul
This philosophy, as historians have often
pointed out, is reflected in children's
clothes. In portraits of the late eight
zenith century, even OF the early nine
tenth, small boys are dressed exactly
like their fathers. they even carry mini
ature swords. Little girls wear gowns
which resemble their mothers.
Mr.. Wyndham Lewis is too good a
historian not to know that only in the
nineteenth century were schools and
colleges thought of as desirable nur-
series for a cultured leisure class. shell
tered spots where infancy could be
harmlessly prolonged. In that casual
IF affluent" of his he alludeS to the
fact that the children of the less we'll
to-do never enjoyed the privilege of
youthful leisure Of which he writes. To
of the world. as we'll as for Great Brit
ain. is to misunderstood the impetus of
the machine age.
Disagrees on Argument.
II had been a wealthy land owner
iii the England of the early nineteenth
century. I might possibly have felt that
the spread of the railroads was a vulgar
interruption of my cultured life My
landscape would be spoiled, unwanted
travellers would come into my district
my fox hunting would be interfered
with. II 1 now belonged to the leisure
class in Great Britain. l should prob
ably deplore the economic changes
which suggest a simpler expenditure
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
A Stepping Stone.

From the Columbus Ohio State Journal.
We suppose the principal object Of
so many young men taking up law is
that they expect II to be q great aid
to their golf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28

The answer, already advanced by
some Latin American statesmen, Is that
all of the American republics, acting in
concert, should perform the protective
function which the United States hith-
erto has seized for itself. The police
power on behalf of foreigners which
the United States has until now exer-
cised alone should be internationalized
and practiced on behalf of humanitarian
principles rather than on those Of pri-
Vate interests. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-03
Sweet Briar Alumnae
Sponsor Trip to Winchester

Additional patronesseS Tor the BUS
trip to the winchester Apple Blossom
Festival May 6, which is being spon-
sored by the washington Alumnae Club
of Sweet Briar College, include Mrs.
J. Fred Essary. whose daughter, Miss
Annabelle Essary, Is a student at the
Virginia college; Mrs. Blair Banister,
Mrs. Thomas r. Keith and the Misses
Moore of Fairfax, sisters of former Rep
resentative. Walton Moore, and Mrs.
Herbert Lee Boatwright, jr., daughter
of Gov. John Garland Pollard OF
Virginia.
Miss elizabeth Saunders, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Q. Saunders. who heads
the Committee In Charge Of Arrange
ments, announces that plans for the
trip are completed and the sale OF
tickets is progressing satisfactorily.
Buses will leave the Mayflower at $50
o'clock wednesday morning, May 8, and
will deposit the passengers at Green
Gables, the old Hunter place in Win
chester, which is located on the direct
line of march of the parade. There
luncheon will be served and the yard
and porches of the house will afford ex-
cellent points Of vantage from which
to view the miles Of decorated floats,
the bands and costumed marchers COM
prising the Queens Parade" the
climax of the two-day celebration. At
the conclusion Of the parade the BUSES
will return to the Mayfiower, arriving
at approximately 6 o'clock that after
noon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-03
Silver Wedding Anniversary
Celebrated Bridge PARTY

Mr.. and Mrs Thomas Edwards were
given q delightful surprise bridge and
silver anniversary shower by their
daughter, Miss Irene Edwards, and their
son, Mr.. T. Francis Edwards, the eve
ming of Saturday, April rs, at their
residence, 1443 Girard street northwest.
Bride roses and wedding bells carried
out the clever and artistic ensemble in
silver and white that was the motif in
the appointments Of the bridge play and
collation..
Relatives who were also present at the
marriage of Mr.. and Mrs. Edwards IS
years ago included Mrs Maria Robbins,
Mr.. Charles Packard Pushaw and Mrs.
Ralph H. Tedford, the latter now a res
ident of California.
Intimate friends invited for the event
were Mr.. and Mrs. John v. Morris, Mr.
and Mrs. e. Irving Fulton, Mr.. and Mrs
Harry M. Wells, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Morrison, Mr. and Mrs. Albert F. Skin
ner. DR.. and Mrs. A. A. Darrah, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. S. Carpenter, Capt. and Mrs.
T. G. Mitchell, Mr.. Louis A. Rosafy and
Mr.. Donald A. Sanborn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-03
Annapolis Events Headed
By Hop at Naval Academy
Engagement of Miss Susanna Frances Bowie
and Mr. C. Elliott Baldwin Is
of Great Interest.
OF Great Interest.

Charles r. Macklin, at the Highlands in
Washington "a.
Mrs. Henry Rossell, wife Of Con
Rossell, spent few days in New York
during the past week, where she went to
be with her mother, Mrs. B. F. O'Con-
nor, who sailed for q European trip.
Duncan Brown, U. s. A., and Mrs.
Brown Of washington, spent the week
end as the guest Of her uncle, Mr..
Charles de P. Volk, and Mrs. Walk at
their home on Gloucester street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-03
Portledge Scene of Party
For Sanctuary Societ

A garden card party will be held at
Portledge, the home of Mrs. John Ryan
Devereux, 8 West Bradley Lane, Chevy
Chase, for the benefit of the Sanctuary
Society of the Church of the Blessed
Sacrament, Tuesday, May IL, at 23o
o'clock.
The unit Is under the direction of Miss
Mildred Merrick and acting as patron
eSses are the Misses Merrick Mrs. j.
Dudley Morgan, Mrs. e. L. Pugh, Mrs.
j. Eris Powell, Mrs. Charles P. Neil,
Mrs Ralph P. johnson, Mrs. Henry w.
Sohon, Mrs. James Emery, Mrs. Dev-
ereux and Miss Carolyn Alexander.
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81 OOO.0OO.OO TO LOAN

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