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The Washington times., 1931-09-25
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The Americans in Paris like those elsewhere in Europe
taking advantage of the fine weather this month"; to get
possible while the Italian Riviera
resorts and Scotland claim many of their cOmpatrots
Fine shooting be had in the region within hundred
miles Paris north and SOUTH for this country
rich quail and partridge and the rabbit season opened
Just week ago.
At Sandrcot Robert Goelet of New York, who it is
said makes good shooting hobby is entertaining friends
at his chateau which 25 miles from Paris and here
pheasant shooting at its BEST for the climate and other
natural features considered ideal for producing birds
in abundance Some of the best shots France shoot there
regularly guests of Mr. Goeet and his French wife, the
former Mile Guestier, of Bordeaux.
Baron Henri Rothschld entertained shooting party
not far from Sanro recently when he and his guests
bagged eleven hundred partridge in two days sport.
Tennis Rivals Other Sports in France
While many enjoy shooting in France, the recent Davis
Cup matches have made tennis very much the vogue IN
Paris where enthusiastic players be found playing in
the parks we'll the professional courts In the con-
fines of the Luxembourg gardens find dozen or
players all hours of the day welding their racket
and dartng back forth mprovsed tennis courts
Tennis under another name longuepaume. is proving
rival to tennis know it. with rules and scoring bit
more complicated suggestive, in fact of backgammon
is seriously by the old and the young who take
vertable delight in swinging their maets and squabbng
their plays
Croquet is rival of clock golf which, like miniature golf,
happens to be the
The Washington times., 1931-09-25
Ambassador Sails

The Italian ambassador, No
bile Giacomo de Martino, left
Washington this morning for
New York, where he sailed this
afternoon aboard the s. s.
saturnia for Italy. He will join
Nine de Martino. who has been
passing the summer at their
home in Italy. They will return
to the Capital early in the fall.
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Hoovers to Entertain

The President and Mrs.
Hoover will go tomorrow to
Rapidan for the weekend and
viii have among their guests
Senator and Mrs. Hiram Bing-
ham, Col. Theodore Roosevelt,
Governor and Mrs. Brucker,
of Michigan: Mr.. and Mrs. H.
P. Wolfe, of Columbus; Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Shedd, Of Phila-
delphia: Mr.. Lawrence Richey
and Capt. Joel T. Boone.
The Washington times., 1931-09-25
Secretary MELONS
Nephew Will Wed

An engagement of interest is
that announced in Germany by
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilhelm Altegoer
of Bochum Germany, of their
daughter, Miss Gertrude Alte-
goer, to Mr.. Matthew Taylor
Mellon, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Larimer Mellon, OF
Pittsburgh, nephew of the Sec
retary of the Treasury, Mr.. An
drew w. Mellon.
Mr.. Mellon is a student at
the University of Freiburg.
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Plan N. Y. Trip

The ambassador Of Germany
Herr Won Prittwttz und Gatfron'
will spend the weekend in New
York, going there Saturday
and remaining to meet Frau
Won Prittwitz und Gaffron and
their daughter, Marisa. when
then arrive Monday from their
home in Germany.
The Washington times., 1931-09-25
Here From Norway

The minister Of Norway, Mr..
Halvard n. Bachke, with his
wife and stepson, Christian
Mohr, arrived in New York to-
day on board the S. S. Stavan-
gersjord from Norway. They
win come directly to the Capt.
tai.
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Will Return Today
From Trip Abroad

Mr.. and Mrs. Barry Bing-
ham of Louisville, will arrive
on the s. s. Aquitania today
and will spend some time in
New York as the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas r. Dew.
Mrs. Bingham was before her
marriage on June 9 Miss Mary
Caperton Of Richmond.
They are returning from a
honeymoon in Europe.
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Visitors Here

Representative s. Parker Corn
ing, Of New York. accom-
panied by Mrs. Corning and
their daughter, Miss Mary
Parker Corning, are IN Wash
ington for q brief visit. They
will 60 to Glen Head, L. L,
shortly and will remain there
until the first of November
when they will spend a month
in New York.
Mrs. Corning entertained at
luncheon =. yesterday = at the
Savoy.plaza in New York for
her daughter.
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Give Dinner Party
In Honor of Son

Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence w.
Coudray entertained party at
dinner at the Shoreham last
evening in compliment to their
son, Mr.. Robert C. Coudray, U.
S. Vice Consul to China, who
will soon sail to take up. his
new post in the Orient.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Bowling
were among the guests.
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Go to Metropolis

Mr.. Fabio Lo8ano, the minis
ter Of Colombia, with his son,
Mr.. Juan Lozano, and daugh-
ter, Miss Lucia Lozano, has
gone to New York, where they
are staying at the Ambassador
Hotel.
The Washington times., 1931-09-25
Sec. Doak to
Deliver
S peech

The Secretary of Labor, Mr..
william N. Doak, was accom-
panied by Mrs. Doak when he
went yesterday afternoon to
Providence, r. I. The Secretary
will deliver an address today at
the Pawtucket Valley fair,
which is being held near West
Warwick.
They will return to the Capt.
tai tomorrow.
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Mrs. Brooks Assists
At Debutante Pa -ty

Mrs. Frederick Brooke, OF
Washington, was among those
assisting Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac w.
Roberts yesterday afternoon
when they presented their
daughter, Miss Mary Roberts,
to Philadelphia society.
Miss Roberts made her debut
at a tea at her parents estate
Snowdon, and later was the
guest of honor at dinner of
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy H. Clark
at Wi1loughby.
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To Join Mrs. Stimson

The Secretary Of State, Mr..
Henry l.. Stimso,n win leave
this afternoon for Long Island.
where he will join Mrs. Stim-
son at Highhold for the week
end.
The Minister Of Greece. Mr..
Charalambos Simopoulos, re-
The Washington times., 1931-09-25
Miss Linthicum to
Marry Missionary

The engagement of Miss Dor
othy Perkins Linthicum, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Seth Lin
thicum of Baltimore, and niece
of Representative j. Charles
Linthicum, has been announced.
She will become the bride Of
Rev. Paul F.. Warner, Of Ma
goya College, missionary in
Japan. Miss Linthicum is a
sophomore at Goucher College.
The Washington times., 1931-09-25
SpaIdings Return
After Visit in N. Y.

Mr.. and Mrs. Francse LIE
Compte Spalding returned last
evening to their home on
Cleveland Avenue, after spend
ing a few days in New York.
Mrs. Spalding was formerly
Miss Loranda Prochnik, daugh-
ter of the Austrian Minister,
Mr.. Edgar Prochnik.
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Takes Apartment

The counselor Of the British
Embassy, Mr.. F. D. G. Osborne,
is now at the Shoreham, where
he has taken an apartment.
The Washington times., 1931-09-25
Mrs. Vanderbilt Is
Hostess at Lunch

Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt was
hostess at luncheon at Beau
lieu, her place in Newport, yes
terday.
Brigadier General and Mrs.
Vanderbilt will give a dinner
there Saturday evening.
The Washington times., 1931-09-25
Gov. Ritchie Invited
To Legal ConcIave

Gov. Albert c. Ritchie, of
Maryland, is expected to come
to Washington tomorrow to
attend the Gamma Eta GAIN
ma legal fraternity convention
which is now in session at
Wardman Park Hotel. The
dance will be held tonight in
the gold room at Wardman
and about 200 guests are ex-
pected to attend.
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Woodsons to Leave
For Southern Visit

Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene r.
Woodson are leaving today for
Asheville. They will be at the
Grove Park Inn for the week
end,
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Miss Berrien to
Make Her Bow
On Nov. rs

Miss Mary Elizabeth Berrien,
daughter of Capt. and Mrs.
Franz D. -Berrien, will be pre-
sented to society by her par
ents at a tea at their home in
the Navy Yard on Wednesday,
November Is.
Mrs. BARREN and her daugh-
ter, who is known to her friends
as Betsy" are at present in
New Haven, Conn.,, and will re-
turn to the Capital the latter
part of next week.
The Washington times., 1931-09-25
Mr.. Bostrun Back

The Minister of Sweden, Mr..
w. Bostrom, has returned to
the CaaitaI after a visit Of
several weeks in Sweden. He
was accompanied to the United
States by Nine. Bostrom, who
is at present the guest Of her
son-in.law and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. Sixten F. Wollmar, in
New York.
The Washington times., 1931-09-25
Mrs. Rinehart Honor

Guest at Luncheon
Mrs. Stanley Rinehart, wife
of DR.. Rinehart, of Washington,
was the guest of honor at
luncheon yesterday Of Mrs.
Alexander w. Biddle at the
Homestead in Hot Springs.
The Washington times., 1931-09-25
Expected Back

After a brief visit to the
city, Gen. Gustav Orlicz-Dres-
zer, Polish delegate to the
American Legion convention,
has returned to Detroit. He is
expected in the Capital again
October 6.
The Washington times., 1931-09-25

turned to Washington yester-
day from Newport, where, with
Nine. Simopoulos, he spent the
summer. Nine. SimopouloS will
remain at the resort where
they had the cottage. Cliff
Lawn. until Tuesday. when it
is expected she win Join the
Minister in the Capital.
The Washington times., 1931-07-10
A GREAT DAM ON THE JORDAN RIVER.
The Ancient River Harnessed Must Feed It's
TO Power Houses

Old is the River Jordan Palestine and sacred the memo
ries attached to its name
And DID, comparatively the song that have heard so
often, "Roll, Roll, Jordan, Roll.
In old days Jordan rolled chose times rushing
under the heavy waters from its sources and
ts tributary the River Yarmuk times shallow and feeble
in dry weather.
The chorus Roll Jordan Roll has been changed BY
the engineers practical business of the Zionist Move
ment in Palestine
They say Roll Jordan much you please but t1rss
stop little while and do real work
The first part Palestine hydroeecrc plan started
five years ago, is almost completed
Above YOU see dam built to store the waters OF ths
Jordan and power that will the rivers energy to
produce light power for Zionist homes and industrial
enterprises.
Recause of its erratic flow because the Jordan and its
tributary the River Yarmuk greatly IN their supply
of power reservoirs have been constructed to hoo
surplus flood times and keep the supply OF energy
nearly possible even.
The world becoming practical We 60 up toward heaven
into the air. not build Tower of Babylon to reach the SKY
but to bring down nitrogen fertilizers to study air
currents for flying machines test and study the my
rou cosmc rays that lombard the earth coming through
space billions of miles.
Niagara once meant only BEAUTY Now 1t means fO"Eh
to light cities far away gigantic fortunes for those that
were fortunate enough mysterious way TO make INA"
waterfall their own private property.
However it is all for the best This earth was provided as
residence upon which human being may find happiness while
waiting let us hope for greater happiness hereafter
Whatever can be done with Niagara the Jordan the power
If the tides and of the sun to make happier richer more
contented undoubtedly part of the original plan'
The Washington times., 1931-07-10
Coal Prices. and Weights
In the District

With the decision of Judge Mcmahon that 224O pounds is
the legal weight for ton of coal in the District under exist
ing law coal merchants here will it is foreshadowed ask
Congress to pass law making 1000 pounds legal ton
The object Of this change is set out is to make ton
Of coal in the District uniform with the laws OF Maryland
Virginia Pennsylvania and other States and to con-
form to the decision of coal mine that they will sell
coal to dealers at that weight
Retail coal dealers of Washington probably care little one
way another between selling long tons of coal here
or short TONS Naturally they would prefer that there
should be uniformity in these matters for the sake OF fac
tang business Standardization is best for business and
the buying public.
The retail dealers not misrusted by the Washington
public they left to themselves they would sell coal
at prices suit themselves and there would be some compe
tition There has been here for years.
These retail dealers under the iron thumb Of wholesale
dealers controlled to the limit by the coal mine owners The
latter fix prices and attempting to fix ton weights for
THEIR BENEFIT The suspicion naturally arises that in
wanting the short tom here the coal mine
have schemes aoot that they have kept to themselves
would be easier for instance to boost prices the short
ton easier the compare prices
the weight scale he knows about than scale he
not familiar with Suspicion is aroused Congress will de-
and sound for any change the present law
and will seek the motives back of it.
The Washington times., 1931-07-10
OurP Olicemen Without Coats
In Hot Weather

City and police heads appear to have reached decision to
permit Washington policemen divest themselves of their
uniform coats in hot weather but the unsatisfactory
feature about is that the blue chambray shirts agreed upon
have not been ordered and may be weeks in arriving
dut to red tape processes.
The satisfactory part is that the plan does 60 into effect
1t will doubtless become permanent arrangement for the
future shirts another year ordered and ready
before starts.
The Times has long sought this privilege for Washington
policemen and that public opinion will strongly approve
action of city and police heads favorable to the comfort Of
officers.
Some motorcycle officers allowed to go without
their coats wearing special shirts adapted to the work they
do The dirt and dust these encounter does not permit
white Shirts which called for in connection with regular
uniforms.
The Police Department first adopted light blue serge coat
for policemen for but does not prevent dis
tress and discomfort in hot weather.
There does appear to be sound against ena
ton uniform Neat and presenabe shirts
for be had and the the department
arrange the change the farer will be for its personnel
The Washington times., 1931-07-10
Something Done, More to Do By Claude G. Bowers

, are suffering. too; in the long
run none will profit.
The Washington times., 1931-07-10
How to Cut Taxes
Governor Roosevelt's Prescription

Governor Roosevelt is not doctor but at CnarlottesVe
Va the other day diagnosed disease that everybody SUI
fers FROM and prescribed remedy
The disease is high taxes.
The remedy is lower taxeto be achieved principally by
simplifying local government.
In his capacity physician for tax lls mr. Roosevelt
out the public carries ten separate layers OF taxes
nm its neck placed the various units OF
from the district township up to the Federal Government
This total tax burden is twelve billion dollars year now
and unless steps taken to check it, it will be much heavier
in future.
Fully half this sum- levied by LOCAL govern
ments which organized during the oxcar stage OF our
history and which outworn inefficient and wastefu
Economy in State and Federal expense necessary but
the biggest saving made in local government the Gov
ernor believes
Simplify that he point out, and taxes will 60 down.
Some idea of the rise local in recent
wears is given by Governor in few simple figures.
In 1890 the tax per capita $77s In 1927 it $54
That was the average the nation In certain parts of
New York the far worse.
Taxes in one county the State in 1900 for example
were S15SOOO 1929 they $116OOOO, sevenold
increase in the rate with only twofo increase in valuaion
And in suburban county the period taxes in
creased xtyseven fold increase in valuation of only
thirty five fold.
Such figures make you dizzy When you pay them
they make you dizZer
Most Of them could avoided, legislatures would
wine out some the obsolete local units and consolidate their
functions according to logical broadvisioned plan.
Such course would also multiply the value Of every tax
dollar in real service to the people
These nonts however interest legislatures, and
will not interest until the public seizes its lawmakers
the throat and shakes the necessary reforms out Of them
That ta>s time but taxpayers make up their minds to
Ido u - CAN BE DONE
The Washington times., 1931-07-10

After the French negotiators
and ministers and Mr.. Mellon
and Ambassador Edge had
signed the moratorium agree
ment Monday it was observed
that on the table we're found
empty champagne and orange
ade bottles. It was assumed
by the French press that the
French had toasted success in
champagne, and that Mr.. Mel
lon and Ambassador Edge, being
prohibitionists, had insisted on
orangeade. Thus, even to the
drinking, was the historic
scene staged for public effect.
It is the usual thing, and yet,
under all the circumstances, 1t
will be immensely amusing to
many Americans.
It required far more courage
and boldness in the French ne
gotiators to agree to the plan
than for the Americans to pro-
pose it. Public sentiment here
has beeen favorable to some
action to help Germany in
serious crisis for long while,
but there is no great popular
passion in France to help her.
It was the French ministry
that took it's life in it's hands
to put the plan through. 1t
could have refused and been
sustained by the voters OF
France; and as a result it is
The Washington times., 1931-07-10
"COnScience" in Prohibition

The main objective Of the attack of the Federal prohibition
bureau in the future is be commercial volators against
whom the director claims there is successful prosecution
"Purey private volators to be left to their own
''consciences" and the forces of education.
This matter of conscience figures immensely in prohb
tion violations Those who make their own who buy
from others be stricken with conscience
twinges this that has made the law difficult to put
Laws that the respect of American citizens backed
the laws that do have public approval and support that
are freely violated
Too many American citizens are conscentiousy opposed to
probition and it's wide ramcation of evils They may not
Violate the themselves but they take part in helping
enforce it.
The Washington times., 1931-07-10

Quoted David Starr Jordan
the other day: There is no
use loading a $4,000 education
on 50-cent boy"
Perhaps you agreed with
that, thinking of some of the
college grads you've known.
But wonder if you'll agree
with what he said next:
college MEN SHOULD
MARRY COLLEGE WOMEN,
AS THEY ARE MORE NEAR
LY MENTAL EQUALS {. A
MAN SEES THE BEST WOMEN
HE'LL EVER SEE WHILE IN
COLLEGE"
Should he? Does he? Are
college girls really the "best
women?
Exceptions, of Course
The girl who is qualifying
for definite profession and
the girl who is working her
way through college-they're
exceptions. of course. More
power to them--and lucky the
man who gets them. But how
about the average college girl,
who goes because the family
sends her? Is the fact that she
is in college proof of her
superior character or intelli-
gence? Or is, it merely proof
that her dad has money, or in
fluential friends whose pull"
was used to get her in. Or,
perhaps. simply the result of
raising so much cain at home
that the. folks were glad to
mortgage the old place and let
her go to get a little piece?
Isn't it, sometimes, a greater
proof of fineness for a girl to re-
fuse to go to college. refuse to
accept the sacrifice which a col
lege course entails?
What of 1t?
But, granted she's there and
everyone's pleaSed-then what?
What is there in campus life to
develop that girl into a better
wife than the. Stay-at-home or
the working girl? True-she at
tends interesting lectures. Meets
worthwhile people. But what
does she get out of those lee
lures, or those people. beyond a
transient interest of stimula-
tion? Are they really any more
educational" than a job as a
first-class secretary would have
The Washington times., 1931-07-10
TIMES TEST

Do you know:
1. What historical event made
Harpers Ferry famous?
2. When did Lincoln take the
oath of office as President?
3. Who became the leader OF
the Southern people in their
war against the North?
4. Who made the prophecy,
Liberty and Union, now and
forever, one and inseparable"?
5. What was the Pony Ex-
press? ...
6. What was the greatest of
Indian victories over the white
man in America
7. How many years after the
end of the Civil War was Alaska
purchased?
8. In what sea are the Prib-
ilof Islands?
9. What is a. corporation?
10. What city was the first to
use the modern trolley car?
Fill each blank:
II. Svengali is a character in
the book ''--."
IL. The place connected with
Lees surrender is
13. -- was the first
State to grant the ballot to
women.
IA. Fulton'S S steamboat was
called the
Is. wrote Captain
Stormfield's visit to Heaven"
} ANSWERS on Magazine Pagel
The Washington times., 1931-07-10
Two Ways of Appraising
a Nations Happiness

Two Ways of Appraising
a Nations Happiness
There have always been two
methods of reaching a conclu-
sion as to the happiness of a
people, and these two methods
are well illustrated by two men.
These two men we're in pre-
Revolution France at the same
time. One kept a diary and
wrote clever, entertaining let
ters home on what he saw and
thought: the other was
voluminous letter writer. Both
were accredited to the govern
ment in Versailles.
One was Gouverneur Morris,
and the other Thomas Jeffer-
son. Both were men of great
accomplishments and personal
charm, and both were aristo-
Gratis in the personal living,
and Morris in his political
thinking. Reading the diary
and letters of Morris one gets
the impression that all was. well
III France-prosperous, luxu-
rious, happy. From the letters
of jefferson we get the very
opposite impression; and yet
jefferson moved in the same
circle that saw and enjoyed
the same elegant cynicism as
Morris.
The Washington times., 1931-07-10
Danger Spots for Bathing

The toll of lives from drowning has been larger this year
than any previous year the nation history and Washing
ton had its share of these tragedies of them among
small boys not familiar with danger spots along the Potomac
and its Anacoatia branch
Our park authorities lessen these losses the lives Of
small BOYS not able to swim by marking spots they should
avoid and by having park officials keep some supervision OF
these spots
Equally helpful might be the building of swimming pools
that would be encing boys than the polluted waters
Of the streams mentioned
The Washington times., 1931-07-10
How Jefferson and
Morris Viewed France

NA("N~A
Morris had all the grace
and instincts Of a courtler-a
flashy wit, a rare conservation
al art, and, despite a wooden
leg, a handsome exterior. He
loved the boudoirs and the sa-
Ions so much that he passed
from one to the other and saw
little of the common herd
Everywhere he went was wealth
and elegance, and festivity. And
he thought France prosperous
and happy.
jefferson saw this side o!
French life, and he, too, had
admirers among the fair in the
higher circles. But he was not
satisfied that this was France.
He drove through the country,
entered the peasants cottages,
talked with them, looked into
the pots in the fireplaces to see
what they had to eat. He found
the terrible poverty and suffer
ing we all know existed, and he
concluded:
eff you would know the con-
ditiOn of a nation, go out into
the country and look into the
pots in the fireplaces of the
peasants"
Prosperity, nationally, cannot
be Judged by the condition OF
any one class: one must take
the condition of all and strike
an average.