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The Washington times., 1931-05-09
Recent Bride
Is HOnOred
At Lunch

Mrs. Trammel Calhoun Lacey.
a recent bride, was the guest of
honor at luncheon and bridge
followed by a shower given to-
day at the Shoreham Hotel by
four hoSteSses, Mrs. Charming
Walker, Mrs. Thomas Reilly,
Miss Dorothy Beller and Mrs.
Wellington Barto.
The guests included Miss
Betty Mcnamara, Mrs. Gerald
Trimble, Miss Mary Earle,
Mrs. Arthur Parsons, Miss Mil
dred Brashears, Miss Katherine
Cotter. Miss Louise Hoeke, Mrs.
Dora Bresler, Miss Elsie Cham
berlain, Miss Muriel Davis,
Miss Margaret Monk, Miss
Grace Mclean, Mrs. Karl jar
rell and Miss Margaret Borjes.
x +
Mrs. Stirling Returns
Mrs. Frederick Stirling, wife
of the United States minister to
the Irish Free State. and sister
of Mrs. Joseph Letter. of Wash
ington, landed in New York to-
day on board the Berengaria
from abroad.
She will come directly to
Washington to be the guest of
her mother, Mrs. John r. Will
liams.
Here to Attend Sessions
Miss Ada Comstock. presi-
dent of Radcliffe College, is
now at the Shoreham Hotel,
where she will live during the
forthcoming sessions Of the
American Historical Association
dealing with the investigation
of social studies in schools.
Other members of the aSSocia-
ton now at the Shoreham in
clude Edmund E. Day, Donald
L. McMurry, of Columbia Uni
versity; Charles A. Beard, Err
nest Horn, of Iowa City, Iowa;
and Truman L. Kelley, Of Cam
bridge, Mass.
Visits Old Point
Mrs. G. R. Maxwell is at
the New Chamberlin at Old
Point Comfort, where she was
joined by Vice Admiral Mar
we'll, U. S. NJ, when the U. S. S.
Chester was anchored in Hamp-
ton Roads on Thursday.
Mrs. John Henry Dwight and
Miss Mary Dwight, of Wash
ington, are at the st. Regis
Hotel in New York. Mrs. Will
liam N. Reynolds, of Winston.
Salem, is also at that hotel.
"
Mrs. Frederic A. Delano is at
Mayfair House in New York.
The Washington times., 1931-05-09
AND GOSSIP OF SOCIETY IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Mrs. T. F. FIaherty
Luncheon Hostess
At ShOrehdna Hotel

Mrs. Thomas Francis Fla
herty entertained a party at
luncheon today in the Empire
room at the Shoreham, the
company later playing bridge.
The guests included Miss
Margaret Lanoir. Miss Myrtle
Montgomery, Miss M "a rian n
Dover, Miss Myrtle Keyser,
Miss Sarah Ann Kelly, Miss
Marion Salb, Miss Virginia
George, Miss Tosca Floria. Miss
Vera Floria, Miss Adelia War
man, Miss Louise Timko, Miss
Charlotte Urda. Miss Evelyn
Salb and Miss Eleanor Wolfe.
The Washington times., 1931-05-09
WASHINGTON
FASHIONS
BY WILMA LA VILE

Last week we wrote about the
early history of English chintZes
and about the first of the three
great periods. But that leaves
the history incomplete, so today
we will take up the next pc
riods, completing this story that
means so much in the decora-
ton of our homes today.
The ChippendaIe Era
The second period began
about 1850, about the middle of
the Chippendale era in furni-
ture. 1t was the golden period,
when the art Of printing cot
tons reached it's zenith techri-
cally and artistically. Designs
we're no longer intertwined and
serpentine, as they were in the
early English period, but were
massed in groups. They vert
exotic, colorful. Gothic and
Chinese ideas were introduced
and mixed with the flowers an6
birds, making a combination CT
scenic and natural patterns.
This was suited to the furniture
of the period, which bore traces
of the same influences. The
designs were often printed on
white cloth. with a bit of white
showing about the design.
though the background would
be filled in with a soft color,
thus giving richness and depth
to the design that could not be
obtained by printing on q
colored ground.
Birds Were Popular
Designs typical of this period.
which we often have copied for
us today. would have in the
foreground a ruin of a Gothic
church on, a serpentine back
ground, sometimes with a touch
of the Chinese influence in the
flowers used. Birds were very
popular, and were used in
massed designs with flowers.
Palm trees appeared. too, often
making a great mixture of the
elements used. but they were
always done in good taste, and
in harmony Of color.
The third age has often been
called the age of machinery,
and it took the art Of printing
fabrics from a small craft to a.
great national industry. This.
of course. changed the quality
of design and material. but at
the same time hand-blocking
did not die, and it survives un-
til today. This period was char
acterized by the furniture Of
Heppelwhite and Sheraton, while
in the chintZes architectural de-
tails and groupings disappeared,
and once more designs were of
flowers. They were often ar
ranged in stripes, however, with
the foliage making a vertical
effect, or the flowers were
printed on a column of color.
Printed by Bavarian
Some of the designs were bor-
rowed from the Tolies de Jouay,
which were printed by a Ba-
varian at Jouay, near Ver.
Sailles. They represented Shep-
herdesSes standing amid ruins,
or scenes about a cottage. Then
about 1890 designs became
smaller and scattered, as though
flowers had been plucked and
cast on the fabric. After this
there was a decline in the in
terest in printed cottons. But
today We are reproducing the
best of the old designs, and to
good advantage. They are not
only correct with furniture of
the periods in which they were
created, but they may be used
in many other types Of homes
today. We will discuss the uses
Of these fabrics in their proper
settings at a later date.
The Washington times., 1931-05-09
Lula Jay Is
Married In
New York
Direct Descendant of John
Jay, First Chief Justice,
WedS Imre de Vegh in
Quiet Ceremony

Miss Lula Jay, a direct de-
scendant Of John Jay, first
chief justice of the United
States, and the late Gen. Chan
ming Barlow, of Civil War fame,
was married to Imre de Vegh
of Budapest, Hungary, yester-
day afternoon at the home Of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Pierre
Jay, in New York. Only near
relatives were present at the
ceremony, performed by Judge
Charles c. Mott, jr., of the
Court of General Sessions.
Both the bride and bride
groom dispensed with attend
ants. She wore an afternoon
costume of cream colored lace.
An informal reception followed
the ceremony.
Will Live In New York
Mr.. de Vegh and his bride,
after a short wedding trip, will
live in New York. Her father
a prominent banker, was chair
man of the board and agent OF
the Federal Reserve Bank OF
New York from 1914, when
it was founded, to 1927.
Mr.. de Vegh is the son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles de Vegh,
of Budapest, Hungary. His
father is a member of the upper
chamber of the Hungarian par
lament and a member Of the
council of the National Bank
of Hungary.
Miss Jay is a near kinswomar
of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Augustus
Jay, of Washington, and her
bridegroom is brother of
Nicholas de Vegh, counselor Of
the Hungarian legation in the
United States.
Will Fete Singers
Mrs. Anne Archbold is giving
tea for the Washington
Choral Festival Choir at her
home directly after their pro
gram at the Church of the
Epiphany this aft t er n Jon.
Private cars and chartered
bus will convey the members of
the choir and officers of the
organization to the home OF
Mrs. Archbold and after the, tea
the choir will sing several old
English madrigals of the six
teenth and seventeenth cen
turies for the hostess and her
friends.
Visit the Metropolis
Mrs. Edwin B. Parker and
Miss Elsa M. Peterson, OF
Washington, are at the st. Re
gis Hotel in New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd P. Wag-
gaman, with their son and
daughter. are at the Barclay
in New York for a few days.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-04
The Hunger March

The United States secret service has provoked
much legal lawlesSness in connection with unemploy-
ment demonstrations Recently the secret service in
Washington flooded the country with a long propa-
ganda story about a nationwide hunger march
under alleged Communist direction.
The purpose of this story, as reported was to
brighten local authorities into breaking up this rather
small demonstration before it reached Washington
and embarrassed the administration.
If that was the purpose, it has been achieved in
part. Local authorities in several cities and states
have begun to interfere with the lawful progress of
the caravans toward Washington.
Apparently the secret service and some local Of
flcals have forgotten that it is not illegal to be
Communist, that it is not illegal for unemployed
citizens to travel to Washington, that it is not illegal
for the unemployed to hold peaceful demonstrations,
but that it is illegal for the police the secret service
to violate the constitutional rights of those citizens
One of those constitutional liberties is the right of
petition.
Very few of the nations 100000 workers who are
deprived Of the right to work through no fault of
their own, Communists But a great many will
be converted to Communism if federal and local au-
thorities allowed to start reign of terror against
the unemployed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-04
BEST for the State"

I'm nv opinion you probably right in main
tanning that it would be to the best interests of the
state that executive clemency should be granted to
Mooney."-Charles NJ Fickert in his message to New
Yorks mayor, James j. Walker, in California.
Thus grudgngly does big Charlie Fickert, the ex-
district attorney of San Francisco temper the saw
aeery of 1917 when he tried to hang Tom Mooney and
make life telon of Warren Billings.
And thus also does Fickert in effect sign up on
the growing roster of Americans who think the pair
should be released
F1ckert's later explanation that his message to
Walker had been unfortunately worded" and that
he still believes Mooney guilty does not change the
record 1t merely places the ex-prosecutor in that
category of illogical Caltornans who say that guilty
or not these men should be freed for the good OF
the state"
The other day an upstate California editor let
it out that Mooney and Billings should be cast forth
as Jonahs from the good ship California.
we have had enough more than enough, of the
Mooney case" wrote the petulant Petaluma Argus
Courier. Mooney in prison is greater menace to
this state than would be Mooney out of prison. This
editor says Mooney should not be pardoned but his
sentence committed He should be- we take it, offered
up to the great god Boost
s<ick Mooney out of San Quentin prison" says the
editor Fickert goes bit farther He cites the state
ment of Ex-Governor Young to the effect that his
once star Witness Oman, nothing more nor
less than a publicity-seeking romancer Thus there
appears to have crept into his mind after fourteen
years the suspicion that he may have tried to hang
the wrong
The sun-kssed logic of the Petaluma editor and
ex-prosecutor is this: Mooney and Billings Though
possibly guilty of bombing to death ten innocent
people, are more menacing do our glorious states
prosperity inside of prison than outside. So kick
EN- out.
OF course it's all nonsense. Fickert does not
doubt the innocence of these two men. If he did he
would prove himself dangerous citizen by suggest
ing cemency The truth is that his conscience would
rest easier if they we're free. Like Oman he hest
tates candidy to urge it. for thus would he incu-
nate himself in the wrong his state has committed.
But Fickert should refuse to die, like Oman, with
this on his soul.
And California should free Mooney and Billings
with pardons not combinations. This is the least
it can do.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-04
Self-Perpetuating Presidents

Dawes will be substituted for Hoover as the Re-
publican presidential candidate in 1882 if influential
western party leaders, backed by certain eastern in
terests have their way according to the news re-
ports Needless to say the chances of such move
ment are about one in hundred, or less All of which
is very bad.
1t IS bad not because Dawes is a better man than
Hoover or vice versa-but because the unwritten law
of parties under which a President automatically
succeeds himself as a candidate is denial of repre-
sentative government
So far as Hoover is concerned it generally is adj
mitted that he is the most unpopular President the
country has had in many years. He is regarded AS
a pretty complete failure even though he could not
possibly be responsible for all even half the ma
tona msfortunes for which he exclusively is blamed
by panicky and bitter public.
1t is fairly clear that if the Republican rank and
file or any other rank and file had its way Hoover
would not be presidential nominee again And
yet-thanks to the unwritten party law and tradi-
tion-nothng less than a political miracle can keep
him out II he wants to run.
more unrepreSentative, more undemocratic,
method Of picking presidential candidates could not
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-04
Skin Diseases Often Due to Sensitivity

by contact with the new piece of
furnishing.
1t now is generally known that
some people are sensitive to orris
root in face powder, others to rice,
corn or similar substances mixed
with soaps or cosmetics. Finally,
many people are sensitive to flowers,
including the primrose, the chrysan-
themum, the ivy and the rose.
The common foods involved in
manifestations of Sensitivity, such
as eczema and urticaria and swell
ing of the skin, are milk, wheat,
eggs. cereals, lettuce. chocolate, fish,
cabbages and potato.
An experienced physician, by
making proper tests of the skin, or
by testing the diet after studying
the history of the case, can de-
termine whether or not there exists
one of these special sensitivities.
When the nature of the sensitivity
is determined, it is possible to avoid
the substance to which the
sensitivity exists and thus to be re-
lieved of the symptoms.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-04
Write to WASHINGTON

Every one Will apElaud the AIMS of the various
conferences at Washington for &c purpose of bring
ing prosperity
At present there is an urge for more and better
homes. These will be built They will be built by
workers when workers again have jobs to finance
chem.
Just how any plan for more liberal terms of credit
will greatly increase the numbers of homes built at
once is difficult to foresee To the out of job
who really needs better home than the one he now
occupies it makes little difference whether he can
purchase by a down payment of 20 per cent or OF
per cent of its cost. He is unable to pay anything
at all
The one benefit is to call attention to the fact
mat there is no overproduction Of houses in this
country and will be no overproduction until every
family has home equipped with every modern con-
ycnience with electric appliances to perform all
drudgery, with systems for heating in winter and
cooling in summer, with pleasant yards and grow
ing flowers.
Such homes are possible for every one If proper
distribution of labor is provided and industry stab
,zed on a basis that guarantees to every man job
The same condition is true in regard to cloth
ing and to transportation to entertainment, to all
things which make life more comfortable and worth
while
But these things can not come until those who
work are employed regularly and steadily and not
subject to the eddies and currents of finance.
Two years ago the Eagles lodge raised as It's
slogan the declaration that lit is the right of every
American citizen to be employed at saving wage.
If that be made reality instead of a hope, there
viii come all the new and more splendid and sani-
tarv homes, an end to sums, an end to poverty and
enforced charity for the voorhees,
bill was drafted and presented to congress which
pears the names Of Senator Blaine Of Wisconsin ana
,,rJ1o,, IF &c
It provides for a board with the broad powers
now given to the interstate commerce commission 10
deal with transportation except that it would func-
ton for labor
It is designed to solve the problem of unemploy-
ment by stabilizing industry
There is so much to be done. Yet stupidity men
are kept in idleness and leaders dream of more lib
eral credits for those who have no credit The right
to job is the answer.
You might write to Ludlow, giving him encourage
nent And to Senators Watson and Robinson asking
their cooperation in the practical plea
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-04
HEALTH SERVICE.

frequently in contact with material
which may cause sensitivity.
For example, he may be a peddler
or stable man, and thus be in con-
tact with horses. He may be a
baker or she may be a housewife
and sensitive to flour.
Janitors show sensitivity to insect
powder, pharmacists and chemists
to various substances with which
they may be concerned. Furriers
may have eczema due to furs, but
women who wear the furs may also
show sensitivity.
Sometimes the appearance of the
first attack may coincide with the
purchase of new bedding, pillows,
upholstered furniture, rugs, new
toys, or new clothing.
People sensitive to goat hair may
have their first attack when riding
in motor car upholstered with
mohair, which is made from goat
hair.
A new rug made of cotton, wool,
hair or camel hair when put into
a house suddenly may lead to an
attack Of Sensitivity explained only
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-04
1T SEEMS TO ME BY HE EY04S

to be, but he's still a good sport
Aren't you, daddy? Now we'll be-
gin with exercise B AZ, which is ( %
on your charts. Place the left toe
behind the right ear, and bend for
ward until your knee touches the
ground. That's it. You're all doing
fine"
Somebody struck up 81 Love
Louisa" on the piano, and Mr.. Wig
ely continued
Chin up. Eyes bright 1 want
to see you all smiling We can't
have any sulky faces in our little
family One, two; one, two; one,
two. Snap into it! Show me all
your teeth. One, two; one, two.
The little family is growing larger
all the time. 1 had a letter from
a gentleman in Batavia yesterday
saying that he and his six children
and his aunts had joined the class.
I hope you're with us this morn
ing, Mr.. Weismuller. One, two; one,
two. I've never been in Batavia,
but I understand you've got a pretty
little town. Breathe deep. Keep
smiling
And here the drill was inter
rupted by fearful fit of coughing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-04

De COnCelFeu ny absolute dictator than this
ten which has been allowed to grow up in America
There are two reasons why a President is able to
rencminate himself. One is she superstition that a
party can not turn thumbs down on its White House
leader without discrediting the party and causing
party defeat in the next election.
The second reason is that President through
powers of patronage is able in four years to build up
personal political machine strong enough to con-
troll national party convention regardless of public
opinion and regardless of the will of the con-
vention delegates Tafs dictatorship over the pro-
Roosevelt convention in 1912 is a familiar example
Just as Taft could control a hostile convention
through patronage, especially with the puppet south
rn delegation Hoover any other patronage dis
oenser in the White House can remain a party
lutocrat.
We believe that is bad for the man in the White
House. for the party, and for the nation
We believe the country would welcome any move
ment-even though started in behalf of the dubious
Mr. Dawes-which would smash the self-perpetuat-
ing presidential system.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-04
One for the Book

THE gambling instinct goes deep.
l. Men have expressed it by
splitting at cracks, by drenching
whole countries with blood, by at
tempting to corner the wheat mar
ket, by the invention of all sorts of
games, and by arranging lotteries
around every conceivable kind of
uncertainty but it remained for a
gang in Rochester, N. Y, to offer
people the chance to make real
money by guessing the height.
weight, sex and moment of death of
the first person to commit suicide
on new bridge
Coroner Leomareo, who unearthed
the scheme, and who has one of
the tickets to prove it, says that it
is not the first of its kind, since a
similar lottery of death" was tried
out at Niagara Falls some time ago.
Most people will agree with his
declaration that precedent offers no
excuse and that such an outrage
should not be tolerated"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-04
So They Can Ruv

Two years of living with depression has caused
quite general agreement that its principal cause
is underconsumpton.
Thirteen per cent of the people own approximate
y 80 per cent of the wealth of the country Seventy
seven per cent of the people own just per cent of
the wealth. Five per cent of all the money in the
country did not permit the populaton-the II per
cent who had nothing else-to buy enough of the
products being made by the rest
When The n per cent share with each other the
little they have, the total purchasing power of this
group is not increased The is true with regard
to local relief obtained from city or state taxation
for these taxes in the main collected from poor
men and men moderately well to do-practically all
of them coming within the n per cent.
Federal relief would from taxation of the
rich-the 10 per cent of the population which pos
sesses 90 per cent of the wealth.
We can relieve suffering. and at the same time
help 10 correct of the basic causes of that suffer-
ing, by federal unemployment aid to local relief
agencies provided the money is raised by taxation
wealth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-04
SAYS

Who Says That the Machine
Age Is Destroying Our
Originality? Why, 1t Has
Not EUen Put Mules and
Horses out of Commission.
NEW YORK, Dec. 4.-Judge Sa-
IN bath of Chicago renders an
other Of those unique, but extremely
practical decisions which have made
him famous.
1t was in connection with the
settlement of suit for separate
maintenance brought by an exas-
perated wife on the ground that
her husband had become addicted
to poker and drink.
You can play only one night a
week" Judge SABBATH told the hus-
band in enqmerating the require
ments for a reconciliation, land on
that night you must be home by
11:45."
Don't I get any rights at all?".
complained the latter.
NO more than three little ones on
your evening out" said Judge Sa-
bath.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-04
Just Think Il Over

XNHO says that the machine age
w is destroying our originality?
Why, it hasn't even put mules and
horses out of commission. Accord
ing to a recent census report, there
still are 100000 of them in this
country, which is more than there
were In 1890.
Progress is not wholly matter
of substitution, as some folks seem
to think. More often than not 1t
means only addition.
Because a new trade, or device
comes in, don't take it for granted
that an old one must disappear.
Did you know that greater
number of whales we're killed in
1880 than ever before; that we still
make millions of candles in spite
of electric lights; that the manu-
facture of hoes, wheelbarrows and
bucksaws still constitutes big bust
ness?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-04
Questions and Answers

equipped to camp. Sept. Is is the
last day on which the four and one
half day motor trip may be started.
Is the bitterness or orange peeIs
caused by arsenic?
Orange peel does not contain
arsenic in any appreciable amount.
What is the meaning of the Ger
man name KOettgen?
1t means a small peasants house.
without field or yard; a humble
dwelling.
Has Babe Ruth a better lifetime
average than Ty Cobb?
Babe Ruth's average, up to the
beginning of the 1881 season was
BAT and Ty Cobbs was 1857.
What is the meaning of the
name "Lucifer"?
1t means ''the shining one" and
originally was a name for the
morning star, or "son of the
dawn"