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REAL POLO BATTLE
IS DUE TOMORROW
Fauquier-L oudoun -Four viii
Oppose War Whites in
Tournament.
TNAUQUIER-LoUDOUN riders Of
r. near Middleburg. Va. and War
II Department Whites viii come TO

NAuS2UIER-LOUDO riders OF
~ near Middleburg. Va, and War
Department Whites will come TO
grips tomorrow afternoon in the
War Department invitation polo tourna-
ment in a battle that is expected to
bristle with thrills. Play will start on
the Potomac Park oval at $3.50 o'clock
Sixth Field Artillery Of Fort Hoyle
and War Blues were to clash In the
tourney match this afternoon in Poto-
mac Park at $3.50 o'clock.
Last year the Fauquier-Loudoun four
did not show much In the tourney, but,
bolstered by the addition Of J. H. (Jock)
Whitney, No. l, and better mounted, the
mallet swingers from the Old Dominion
will have to be reckoned with seriously
In this tourney. Whitney now is playing
polo at Long Island. but expects to COM
pete in the event here. The Middleburg
OUTFIT oVefcane War Whites in its sue
ceSSful quest for laurels in the recent
Riggs Memorial tournament at Balti-
more, and also downed Sd Cavalry
Fellows of Fort Myer, which won the
War Department invitation affair last
year, and swept to a 1915 win over Fort
Humphreys in the opening round Of this
anar yesterday in Potomac Park.
Argentine Cup Play.
Today's winner and the Cavalry yell
lows VIII clash Thursday. Fort Hum
phreys and the loser today also will
meet Thursday in the opening match
Of the Argentine Cup competition. The
Argentine affair Is confined to military
teams and all the fours competing in
the War Department test viii partici-
pate save Farquier- These are
the War Department Whites, War De-
partment Blues, Sd Cavalry, 9Th
Field Artillery and Fort Humphreys
The final of the War Department tour
ney is slated Saturday and it is planned
to finish the Argentine Cup competition
by tomorrow a week
In the opinion of close polo followers.
Sd CavaIrys handy win over Fort
Humphreys yesterday doubtless did not
do the Fort Myer combination much
good, as play was slow and often
faSt-playing team has difficulty getting
back In stride after such game. The
Engineers from down the Potomac ac-
tually scored just two goals, having a
handicap of four.
Led by Lieut.. Charles Noble, No. 8.
the lone regular left from the crack
1880 four, the Fellows scored two goals
each in the first and second chukkers
to knot the count and then went on to
register two more In the third and
trio in the fourth to clinch victory.
Lieut.. Noble scored six goals and Lieut..
Willard Holbrook, No. 4, came through
with three.
Lieut.. Rumaggi and Capt. Buckley
accounted for the Humphreys goals, the
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SLATTERY ACCEPTS BID

NEW YORK, June ga l5-round
hght-heavyweight championship between
Make Rosenbloom, the title holdrer, and
Jimmy Slattery. Buffalo challenger, YES
bets Field, Brooklyn, August IL when
terday was practically assured for Eb-
Promoter James j. Johnston announced
receipt Of telegram from Paul CRed)
Carr, manager of Slattery, accepting
terms in behalf of the Bison City lad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-23
GIRL SHOOTS " SCORE

CLEVELAND. June % (R.-Match
play in the Kirkland Country Club
women's invitational tournament started
today with Virginia Van Vie of Chicago
having the lowest score In the qualif1er.
In smooth round Of golf yesterday she
shot 39-3S-77.
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BRoOKES is IN MANILA

MANILA, June 23.-Norman Brookes,
Australian tennis star, has arrived here
to visit Governor General Dwight r.
Davis, saying he was working on plans
for the tennis open championship, as
well as on possible revision Of the meth
DDS Of conducting the Davis Cup
matcheS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-23
YEOMANS BEATS CROSS
Scores In Straight Sets to Win
Navy Department Title.

Clifton Yeomans yesterday easily de-
feated Vincent Gross to win the Navy
Department employees tennis singles
championship. The scores were Ga,
Ga, Go. YeomanS is the father Of
the tennising YeomanS boys Of this
city.
AS the result of his win Yeomans now
has two legs on the Richard s. Tenny-
last year.
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Third Cavalry tlOa; Fort Humphreys t0.
Maj. Cunningham. 2.......... Lieut.. Cox
Lieut.. noble. 3. ........ Mai. Oliver
Lieut.. Holbrook. 80. An. Capt. Buckley
Cavalry .............. 0 Ito
FORT Humphreys. o 0 o / Is
sFort Humphreys had 4 goals handicap.
Goals-NobIe (6), Holbrook ca, Lyon,
HumagEi, buckley Substitution-palmer for
ecn, Timer-Iieut. Strobein. scorer-Sergt.
Williams. Time Of chukkers-7h minutes.
The large crowd which surrounded
the field got plenty of thrills out Of
the game despite its one-sidedness.
Early in the match Lieut.. Cox, Fort
Humphreys No. 2 man, had a spill. He
was unhurt, but his pony was injured
and he had to change mounts.
New goal posts, a new scoreboard and
other improvements have been installed
on the upper Potomac Park field, which
will be the scene Of all match contests.
The other oval will be used for prac-
tice
Sergt. J. H. williams, eficient and
obliging scorer, who formerly took care
OF the scoreboard and sounded the Pc
Rod bell, is back on the job, much to
the satisfaction Of every one. He was
missing from his post last season, hay
ing been detailed to other duty.
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Entry blanks are being printed and

Entry blanks are being printed and
IL shortly will be given for distribu-
ton to playground directors Of
Washington, who viii have charge of
the neighborhood championships, and
to the chairmen Of town tournaments
In Maryland and Virginia. At the
same time several thousand copies Of
q booklet containing rules and regula-
tions and suggestions on how to i'm
prove ones skill will be distributed. The
booklet may be obtained now at The
Star sports department. Folk who have
pitched horseshoes only under barn
yard conditions would find it an inter-
esting bit Of reading. Modern horse
shoe twirling Is tough test Of ath-
letic skill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-23
cks to Boxing Grind District Horseshoe Pitchers in Meet

former scoring in the fifth period and
the latter In the sixth.
Line-ups:
Third Cavalry (lol. Fort Humphreys (sl.
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Totals 80. $50 ae4 als % Is So

CThe authorizations stand for: Shoes
pitched. points, ringers, double ringers,
won, lost and percentage Of ringers.)
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A new and large crop Of buffers IS
expected to turn out for the coming
tournament and by way Of evening COM
petition the winners and runners-up
Of last years town and neighborhood
til the finals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-23

THIRD annual metropolitan dis
i trict horseshoe championships,
sponsored by The washington
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Willis Ave. (springfeId. OhIo).
The Washington times., 1931-12-15
ent and
Mrs. Hoover
Entertain

The President and Mrs.
Hoover will entertain at dinner,
this evening, when their guests
will include some Of the mem
bers of the executive committee
of the Republican national COM
mittee, which is now meeting
in the Capital
A few of the members Of the
committee lunched, at the
White House. today. with the
President and Mrs. TIoover, and
last evening, the Chief Executive
and the First Lady were hosts
at q dinner, for another group
of the members Of this same
organization, when their guests
included:
Senator Simeon D. Fess, Mr..
Ralph E. Williams, Mrs. Alvin
T. Hert. Mr.. Daniel z. Pomeroy,
Mr.. and Mrs. George deb.
Keim, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. r. Mutt,
Mr.. James Francis Burke, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert H. Lucas, Mrs.
Grace Semple Birmingham, Mrs.
o. P. Clark. MRS. Hanley L.
Fosseen. Mrs. Guy P. Gannett,
Mr.. Clarence c. Hamlin, Mr..
Charles D. Hilles, Mr.. Earle S.
Kinsley, Miss Martha Mcclure,
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Haschke,
Mr.. David w. Mulvane, Mr.. j.
Henry Roraback, Mrs. Worth
ington Scranton, Mr.. William
G. Skelly, Mrs. Nathaniel
Thayer, Mr.. Roy o. West, Mr..
and Mrs. Ellis A. Yost.
The Washington times., 1931-12-15
Czech Minis ter
To Be Feted

The Minister from Czecho-
slovakia and Madame Veverka
will be the guests of honor at
the reception to be given fol-
lowing the showing of the films
of Czechoslovakia at the Diplo-
matte Sunday Evening Salon of
the Bureau of Commercial
Economics in the west ball
room of the Shoreham Hotel,
on December goth.
Madame Skslicky, wife of the
Counselor of the Legation, a
singer of wide reputation will
sing Czechoslovak songs ac-
companied at the piano by
Madame Papanek, wife Of the
Secretary of the Legation. Both
ladies will be in Czechoslovakian
costumes. Prague and the
country life of Czechoslovakia
will be shown in the films
which have just been received
from the Ministry of Foreign
Affaires. They will be accom-
panied by CzechoSlovakian
music.
DR.. William Notz, dean. For
eign Service School of George
town University, who has re-
Gently returned from Czecho-
slovakia, has chosen as his sub
ject "CZechoslovakia and the
Economic World"
The Washington times., 1931-12-15
Tea to Introduce
Daughter Today

Miss Anne Moore Wyant,
daughter of Representative
Adam M. Wyant and Mrs.
Wyant, of Greensburg, Pa, will
make her debut this afternoon
at a tea to be given by her par
ents at the Congressional Club
on New Hampshire Ar77-ue.
The debutante will receive
with her mother, wearing an at
tractive afternoon frock of
white lace, made on princess
lines, and she will carry show
er bouquet of red roses and
lilies of the valley. Mrs. Wyant's
gown is of black velvet with
white chiffon and bead trim
ming. She will wear corsage
bouquet of gardenias.
Mrs. Wyant will have: a group
of Capital hostesses assisting
her in receiving the guests, and
the debutante will be assisted
by number of her sister buds.
The Washington times., 1931-12-15
Justice |:
Dinner Host

The Chief Justice and Mrs.
Charles Evans Hughes enter
tanned at dinner last evening in
honor of the visiting arbi-
traitors in the Guatemala Hon
duras arbitration.
In the company present were
Senor DR.. Don Emilio Bello
Codesido. of Chile, and Sonora
de Bello; Sonora Licienciado
] lis Castro Urena, of Costa
Rica; the Minister of Guate-
mala and Sonora de Recinos.
the Minister of Honduras and
Sonora de Davila, the Assistant
Secretary of State and Mrs.
Francis White, Senor Licienci-
ado Don Carlos Salazar and
Senorita Margarita Salazar,
Senor DR.. Don Mariana Vas
quez, DR.. L. S. Rowe, Mr.. Ben
jamin Cohen, Mrs. Warren De-
lano Robbins and Mrs. Orne
Wilson.
The Washington times., 1931-12-15
Fete to Honor
Dr.. and Mrs.
Jacks

The Undersecretary of the
Treasury and Mrs. ogden Mills
will entertain a distinguished
company at dinner tonight in
honor of DR.. Lawrence Pearsall
Jacks and Mrs. Jacks.
Among those who have been
invited to meet them are: The
Secretary of the Treasury, Mr..
Andrew w. Mellont ;he ASsis-
tant Secretary of War and Mrs.
F. Trubee Dawson, Senator Ar.
thur Capper. Representative
Ruth Pratt, Mrs. j. Borden
Hartman and Mr.. A dolph
Miller.
DR.. Jacks, who is one of the
world leaders of adult recrea-
ton and an author Of inter
national reputation, is in the
city to deliver a lecture on
leisure, recreation and art on
Wednesday evening of this
week at the home of Mrs.
Henry F. Dimock.
Many e IN minent recreation
leaders of this city will attend
this event which is sponsored
by prominent officials of the
Government and others. Among
the sponsors are the Secretary
of Interior, DR.. Ray Lyman
Wilbur; Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
Meyer and Mr.. Frederic A.
Delano.
The Washington times., 1931-12-15
Dinner at Embassy

The Ambassador of Italy and
Nobil Donna Antonietta de Mar
tino will entertain at a dinner
this evening at the embassy in
honor of Signor Arturo Tosca-
mini, who will conduct the New
York Philharmonic Symphony
Orchestra this afternoon at
Constitution Hall.
X xK
The Secretary of the Interior
and Mrs. Ray Lyman Wilbur
will entertain at dinner this
evening at the MayfloWer.
The Solicitor General and
Mrs. Thomas D. Thacher were
hosts at dinner last evening
in their home in Georgetown.
" X x
The Senate Ladies Luncheon
Club had their first luncheon OF
the season today at o'clock.
The Washington times., 1931-12-15
Lieut.. Latimer to
Wed Dec. 80

At the wedding of Miss
Mary Elizabeth Perot, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. T. Norris
Perot, jr., of Chestnut Hill,
and Lieut.. William James Lati-
mer, jr., U. S. A., son of Mr..
and Mrs. William James Lati-
mer. of this city, which will
take place on Wednesday, De-
cember 80, in St. Paul'S Church,
Chestnut Hill, at 4 o'clock, Mrs.
r. Browning Larson, of this
city, sister of the bridegroom,
will be the matron of honor.
The maid of honor will be
Miss Mary S. Lennig, and the
bridesmaids, Miss Louise Steel
man, Miss Ann w. jerks, Miss
Mary K. Mason, Miss Phoebe
Dunn, Miss Miriam S. Tilden
and Miss Frances L. Heublein.
of Hartford, Conn. The flower
girl will be Miss Mary Stiles.
Mr.. R. Browning Larson will
serve as best man, and the
ushers will include Lieut.. E.
Poinier, U. S. A.; Lieut.. Paul
Clark, jr.. U. S. A.; Lieut..
Paul Caraway. U. S. A.: Lieut..
James A. Osprand, jr., U. S. A.;
Lieut.. John Person, U. S. A.;
Lieut.. Charles Pench, U. S. A.,
and Mr.. T. Morris Perot, Sd,
and Mr.. Henry F. Perot, broth
ers of the bride.
A reception will follow at the
home of the brides parents.
The Washington times., 1931-12-15
Mrs. RoIIow Hostess

The Chevy Chase Clun was
the scene of luncheon yester-
day when Mrs. j. Douglas Rol-
low, of Wesley Heights, enter
tained in honor of her debutante
niece, Miss Patti Warfield Ed
mondston, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edgar D. Edmondston, of
Baltimore. The guests included
Miss katherine Riegel, daugh-
ter oa Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin
B. Riegel, of New York. who is
a cousin of Miss Edmonston
and who made her debut last
year.
Mrs. George Mesta has joined
her sister, Mrs. Robert j.
Adams, at the Hotel Pierre in
New York.
The Washington times., 1931-12-15
Kentucky Society to
Give Christmas Ball

The Kentucky Society of
washington will hold its Christ.
mas ball at the Willard on the
evening of Tuesday. December
%. An unusual program has
been arranged to entertain the
members Of the society which
will include the singing Of Ken.
lucky folk songs by the How.
ard Glee Club and arrange
mentS have been made to have
one of the popular radio broad.
casting orchestras play for the
dancing. This ball will be at
tended by a number of young
people members of the society,
who will be here for the holi-
day season and some of them
have been asked to assist at
the reception to be given pre-
ceding the assembly program.
The Washington times., 1931-12-15

REPUBLICAN, COMMITTEE MEMBERS GUESTS AT WHITE HOUSE
Social Notes

Miss Jean Brooke Peoples
will entertain company CT
so, at the dinner-dance, at
Club Michel, Thursday evening,
in compliment to her debutante
sister, Miss Helen Payne
Peoples.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene ONeill,
of New York city, are guests
at the Shoreham for a few
days.
DR.. and Mrs. Bolivar j. Lloyd
will entertain at the dinner
dance at the Shoreham to-
night when their guests will
number 10.
Mr.. and Mrs. William T.
Adee. of New York city, are
in Washington on their we'd
ding trip. They are stopping
at the Carlton.
*
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert H. Zim-
norman will celebrate their
fiftieth wedding anniversary
this evening with a small, in
formal reception. at their resi-
dence, in the Embassy Apart
ment.
The couple were married in
Medina, Ohio, and they have
a daughter, Mrs. John w.
Tucker, and a son, Mr.. John
ston r. Zimmerman.
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Mrs. Richard S. Aldrich is
spending a few days in New
York. where she is staying ~
the Ambassador Hotel.
The Washington times., 1931-12-15
First CotiIIion Of
Season Is Gala
Affair

The first of this seasons
Washington Bachelors cotillions
last evening at the Mayflower
was the most brilliant affair yet
given by the group of which
Brig. Gen. William E. Horton is
president. Approximately 300
members of Washington's ultra
smart society were in attend
ance.
Mrs. Robert Patterson Lamont
stood at the head of the receiv-
ing line, the guests being pre-
sented to her by Mr.. George H.
Calvert. jr., vice president of
the cotillion. Others in line
were Mrs. Claude A. Swanson,
Mrs. Frederick H. Payne, who
wore a gown of white lace with
a green velvet sash tied in a
bow at the back; Madame Soko-
lowska, who was also in white,
her gown of shimmering white
satin being made in princess
style; and Mrs. Charles Mason
Remey who was in a gown of
cloth of silver made with very
long train, and she wore a band
Of brilliantS in her hair.
From Philadelphia
Mrs. E. T. Stotesbury and Mrs.
j. Wilmer Biddle. both of Phila-
delphia. we're m the distin-
guished group of prominent ma
irons acting as chaperons for
the ball. Others were Mrs. Alvin
T. Hert. Mrs. Henry Alvah
Strong, Mrs. Sydney A. Cloman.
Mrs. Victor Kaufman. Mrs.
Thomas F. Walsh. Mrs. Robert
Hinckley. Mrs. Jacob Leander
Loose, Mrs. Ralph Worthington,
Mrs. Ronald Fairfax, Mrs. Will
ton j. Lambert, Mrs. Charles C.
Deming. Mrs. Robert Davis. Mrs.
Absalom Waller and Mrs.
Thomas H. Taliaferro.
Miss Payne Lovely
Miss Carolyn Payne, debu-
tante daughter of the Assistant
Secretary of War and Mrs. Fred
erick H. Payne. was the partner
of Mr.. C. Bascom Slemp, who
lead the cotillion figures-the
most picturesque yet attempted
at any of these balls. Miss Payne
was very lovely in an ivory col
ored frock of tulle that was al
most completely covered with
threads of silver woven in flower
like design. The dress was tight
fitting through the bodice with
a very full circular ruffle on
the bottom.
Nearly all the debutantes par
ticipated in the cotillion figures.
carrying very beautiful Japanese
fans that were given as favors.
and their escorts carried tiny
japanese lanterns that made a
most effective picture with only
the spotlights and some irrides-
cent rays playing here and there
over the dance floor.
Officers of the cotillion wore
white ga-denias in their button
holes and the members of the
floor committee had on white
carnations.
The Washington times., 1931-12-15
From Honolulu

Mrs. Alfred L. Castle, of Homo
lulu, has arrived in washington
to be the guest of her brother.
in.law, the Undersecretary OF
State, Mr.. William r. Castle, Jr.,
and Mrs. Castle.
X X
Senator and Mrs. Morris
Sheppard will be Joined at the
end of this week by their two
daughters, Miss Janet Sheppard
and Miss Susan Sheppard. The
former is a student at the
American Academy of ORA
matte Art, in New York. and
Miss Susan Sheppard attends
Greenbrier College, in West
Virginia.
The Washington times., 1931-12-15

Herbert Hoover, Jr., who are coming
from California, accompanied by their
two elder children, Herbert Hoover Sd,
and Peggy Anne. Mr., Allan Hoover
who has been in Los Angeles since his
return from Hawaii-will likewise come
to Join in the Christmas festivities with
his parents. These visitors are expected
to arrive several days before Christmas,
and the presence of children in the
White House will lend a joyous note to
the holiday season there.
The Washington times., 1931-12-15
Mrs.HooverWiII
Attend Concert

Mrs. Hoover will attend the
New York Philharmonic-Sym-
phony Orchestra this after
noon having a company of
friends with her in her box.
Signor Arturo ToScanini is a
favorite conductor with Wash.
ington audiences and Mrs.
Henry L. Stimson, Mrs. Patrick
j. Hurley, Mrs. William Dewitt
Mitchell, the Ambassador of
Italy and Nobil Donna An
toinetta de Martino, Countess
Szechenyi, Mrs. Robert Lowe
Bacon, Mrs. Eugene Meyer and
many others will occupy boxes
in Constitution Hall.
The Washington times., 1931-12-15
Luncheon THURSDAY

Mr.. and Mrs. David E. Fin
ley, who went to New York on
Saturday to meet the latter's
mother and sister, Mrs. Will
lam Corcoran Eustis and Miss
Edith Eustis, on their return
from Europe, will come to
Washington this evening. They
will give a luncheon on Thurs
day for Miss Barbara Ballan-
tine and Mr.. John Cross, whose
marriage will take place on
Saturday.
y
Mrs. William E. Hull, wife of
Representative Hull of Illinois,
has joined her husband in their
apartment at Wardman Park
Hotel. having come from their
home in Peoria, Ill.
The Washington times., 1931-12-15
To Visit Parents

Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Lindsay
Luke; with their young daugh-
ter. Hester Ann Lefevre Luke,
will arrive in the Capital Fri
day from their home in Tyrone,
Pa, to be the guests of Mrs.
Luke's parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Howell Lefevre, through
the Christmas holidays.
The Washington times., 1931-12-15
Lecture Tonight

Mr.. and Mrs. Wade H. Ellis
will entertain the Archaeology
cal Society at its Sixty.fifth
meeting in the willard room of
the Willard Hotel this evening.
Prof. william F. Albright will
give an illustrated lecture on
THE Excavation of an Ancient
Town in Palestine" The So
ciety is affiliated with the
Archaeological Institute Of Amer
lea.
The Washington times., 1931-12-15
Katharyn Fuqua
Makes Debut

Preceding the Washington
Bachelors Cotillion last even
ing, Mrs. Katharyn C. Fuqua
presented her daughter, Miss
Katharyn Fuqua, to society at
a dinner dance given at the
Mayflower, and following the
dane the entire group of young
people went to the cotillion in
the large ballroom of the hotel.
The Washington times., 1931-12-15

Herbert Hoover members or the younger SET III
which of the outstanding events of that week
He very attractive young and has made many
friends here story told of him, which shows the dig
nifty that characterzes him. for he wholesome full OF
fun and popular with every
At one of the Christmas dances last year he and an
other young chap whom he had just met approached the
nunch howl both most abstemlous,
The Washington times., 1931-12-15
Club Tea Dance

The Army and Navy Country
Club will entertain at a tea.
dance December "a, from 4 until
7 for the midshipmen and
cadets in the Capital over the
holidays.
The Washington times., 1931-12-15

home from schools and colleges for that interval.
series of debut tea and dinner dances will be given
throughout Christmas week. and the celebrations at the
embassies legations especially where there chill
dren will be exceedingly interesting for in each the Gus
toms of the respective countries carried out and 1t
deghtfu to visit these foreign homes during this period
The Washington times., 1931-12-15
In Washington
with
QtQl(au (auprx

With Christmas little week away, plans are being
formulated for family house parties of old and young who
will gather in the Capital for the holiday season
The President and Mrs Hoover will be surrounded by an
interesting party of relatives at the White House, having as
their guests their son and daughter-n-law Mr. and Mrs
The Washington times., 1931-12-15
Presidents Son Popular

When Mr. Allan Hoover returned last
year from Harvard for the Christmas re-
cess, he was the host at dance for the
The Washington times., 1931-12-15

they were in the habit of having some
one else sample the punch for them.
Without saying a word, each waited
for the other to take a taste. Finally
young Mr. Hoover came right out and
asked his companion to do the samp-
ling for him, for he was not interested
in partaking of any beverage unless it
was fruit juice or some similar con-
coction.
The Washington times., 1931-12-15
Many House Parties Planned

There will be a number of house
parties given by members of the Cabi-
net, and others in official life, to-
gether with members of society in gen.
eral in Washington, and the Christmas
holidays will be filled with parties,
planned for the Young girls and boys