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The Washington times., 1931-02-14
Pe-Lenten Dance GlUen
BIZ 7rInltY 1AlumnQe

Students of Trinity College
climaxed this seasons social
activities last evening in one
of the gayest of dancing parties
given in their honor by the
Washington Chapter of the
Trinity College Alumnae AS
sociation.
More than 300 couples at
tended the pre-Lenten prom,
which was held at the May
Clover Hotel. The main ball
room was artistically decked
with polius and the flags of
the various States, represent
ing the State clubs at the col
lege.
The members of the auxiliary
board of Trinity College oc-
cupied the larger boxes while
members Of the various classes
held those boxes designated by
their respective banners.
Presented the Guests
Miss Mary Hannah, gowned
in colonial custome of mauve
taffeta, presented the guests to
the receiving line, which in
cluded Miss Florence Judge,
president of the Washington
Chapter, who wore a most be-
coming gown of black chiffon;
Miss Bernadette Sheehan, who
was charming in peche taffeta;
Mrs. Lawrence v. Grogan,
founder of the chapter, wearing
an unusual gown of black chif-
fon beaded with crystals; Mrs.
James j. Hayden, past pres
ident, in green chiffon; Miss
Margaret Lane, lovely in
orchid; Mrs. Anthony B. Fen
nell, becomingly gowned in
flame; Miss Vivian Barr, wear
ing a model of peche satin,
and Mrs. j. Malcolm Turton, in
a frock of flowered crepe.
Among Those Present
Outstanding among the
guests was Miss Mercedes
Lidell, president Of the senior
class. in a black flowered crepe
gownG Miss Helen Carroll. On
The Washington times., 1931-02-14
Ryan-Bassett
Marriage Is
Cancelled

Gable news from London an
nounces the marriage that had
been arranged between Miss
Caroline Clendenin Ryan, of
New York, and Ronald Lambert
BasSett had been cancelled.
Miss Ryan is a granddaughter
of the late Thomas Fortune
Ryan, while Mr.. Bassett, who
attended Eton, is a son of Ar
thur F. Bassett, a resident of
London and former high sheriff
of Cornwall. He served in
France during the war with the
Household Brigade.
No Date Was Set
The engagement of Miss
Ryan and Mr.. Bassett was an
nounced on August 8, 1880.
She is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clendenin J. Ryan, of
New York. No date had been
set for the wedding.
Miss Ryan attended FoXcroft
and Mile. MouSsem's school in
Paris. She was introduced to
society in 1928.
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Plan Sorority Dance
The Iota Chapter of the Chi
Sigma Sorority will hold their
second dance of the season this
evening at the Shoreham Sad
die Club. The committee in
charge of arrangements for the
event included: Miss Florence
Tillotson, chairman; Miss Ma
rian McNenny, Miss Lois Lucas,
Miss Margaret Collins, Miss Ma
rie Dobrin, and Miss Dorothy
Wills.
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Signaas of Sigma
Chi Alumni Hold
Luncheon Meetinq

The Sigmas of Sigma Chi
Alumni held a luncheon meet
ing at the Shoreham Hotel yes
terday. The Sigmas group in
cludeS the wives of Sigma Chi
Alumni in Washington.
Those present included Mrs
Matthew H. O'Brien, Mrs. P.
c. Alexander, Mrs. Alfred K.
Cherry, Mrs. w. w. Ross, Mrs.
Dean Davis, Mrs. Carleton Ed
wards, Mrs. B.. S. Fisher, Mrs.
George T. Heckert, Mrs. Henry
L. Young. Mrs. Carl Henning
and Mrs. David A. Parsons and
Mrs. M. G. Prentice.
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pink crepe; Miss Helen Coffey,
charming in a princess model
black crepe; Miss Eleanor Hur-
ley, in a flowered satin; Miss
Rose Diebel, becomingly gowned
in pink chiffon, and Miss Joan
Perry, wearing turquoise blue.
At the stroke of midnight
the dancers were escorted to
the presidential dining room
which was so attractively ar
ranged that it suggested the
atmosphere of a garden party,
where supper was served the
guests at their respective
tables.
Many favorite college num-
bers were featured together
with the seasons latest dance
hits by the Mayflower OrcheS-
ira, dancing being enjoyed I'M
til / o'clock.
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Gives Bridge
Tea Party

Mrs. Wells Goodhue is enter
tanning at a bridge tea this
afternoon at the Mayflower,
in compliment to Mrs. Charles
w. Eldredge, of Norfolk, and
Mrs. James Howell, of New
York.
Her guests will include Mrs.
James Griswold Wentz, Mrs.
Wells Eldredge Goodhue, Mrs.
Richard B. Dear. Mrs. Kate
Lewis Jones, Mrs. Frederick
Elmer Mitchell, Mrs. Frank P.
Bohn, Mrs. Arthur D. Kinnie,
Miss Grace E. Newcombe, Mrs.
James S. Carr, Mrs. j. w.
Gravely, the Misses Schneider,
Mrs. Charles C. Wright, Mrs.
w. E. Myer and Mrs. James
Whitney.
Among the Guests
Also Mrs. L. B. Lemar, Mrs.
Julia Clark, Mrs. w. E. Smith,
Mrs. Fred bennett, Mrs. B. w.
Holman, Miss Gertrude Durant,
Mrs. William Theophilus, Mrs.
H. S Dunning, Mrs. H. B. Will
son, Mrs. Benjamin w. Wheat
ley, Mrs. c. w. Wood, Mrs. J.
J. Stevens, Mrs. F. ]. Roach,
Mrs. Harry H. R. Hermesch
and Mrs. Caroline Robertson.
The color scheme will be red
and white, Valentine Day col
ors, carried out in spring
flowers.
The Washington times., 1931-02-14
Women's Club
Calendar
TODAY

TODAY
District of Columbia Fedora
tion-Review by Mrs. William
Wolf Smith at Mt. Pleasant
Library, Sixteenth and Lamont
Streets at 2 p. m.
Ohio Girls Club, annual ban
quet in Italian Garden of May
flower Hotel.
FEBRUARY 16
District of Columbia League
of American Pen Women, cof-
fee house talk by Frances Car
penter.
Democratic Women, card
party at Stoneleigh Court at 8
p. m.
Sigma Kappa Tau Sorority,
500 card party, Northeast Ma
sonic Temple, Eighth and r.
Streets Northeast at $50 .. N.
The Washington times., 1931-02-14

There's a whole fashion story
in the new sleeve lengths for
spring. The sleeve sometimes
makes the chic of a dress, and
it often determines where the
dress shall be worn.
First we have long wrist
length sleeves. They are by
no means outmoded by the
newer shorter sleeves, for many
of the new frocks have longer
sleeve and a sleeveless jacket or
a short-sleeved jacket that is
worn over it. A very new theme
is the bishop or puffed sleeve
that is worn under a three
quarter jacket sleeve. Long
sleeves nearly always have some
The Washington times., 1931-02-14
Washington Fashions
BY Wilma La Vile

very smart, too, and appear in
all types of daytime clothes.
They are most attractive in
simple frocks for active and
spectator sports, and are worn
with or without a jacket. This
length sometimes appears for
afternoon, and is very popular
in Sunday night frocks. It is
now often bordered with fur for
the semi-formal frocks we see
so, much.
Shoulder Is Extended
Sometimes in an active sports
frock the shoulder is extended
to make a tiny cap sleeve. This
is very attractive, and these
frocks usually have an accom-
The Washington times., 1931-02-14
Mrs. McL0chLen Is
Luncheon Hostess
For Small PQrty

Mrs. A. M. McLachlen enter
tanned a party at luncheon at
the Shoreham Hotel yesterday.
Her guests included Mrs. Will
ham A. Boulter, Mrs. w. A.
Kinnan, Mrs. Florence Price,
Mrs. William Minnix, Mrs.
Andrew Smith, Mrs. Louis Mey-
ers, Mrs. George U. Rose, Mrs.
Audrey Huston, Mrs. A. S. Pat
tiSon, Mrs. j. H. FiShbach and
Mrs. w. S. Spransy.
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HOnOrS Capital Visitor
Mrs. L. Perry West was host
ess to a party at luncheon at
the -Shoreham Hotel yesterday
for her house guest, Mrs. Sam
uel PasSmore, of Atlantic City,
and Mrs. Edgar Copeland.
Madame Dimitriu, wife of the
financial attache of the Ru-
manian Legation. was hostess
to company at luncheon at
Cne SnOrenam t1OCel yesterday
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Hostess For NOtabIes
Mrs. John w. Bennett had as
luncheon guests today Miss Sc
lena Royle, daughter of the
playwright, Edwin Milton Royle,
who is appearing at a local
theater this week; the newly
appointed Rumanian Consul to
San Francisco and Madame
Dmitry Dem Demancesca and
the Financial Attache of the
Rumanian Legation and Mad
anne Emanuel Dimitriu.
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Mrs. John S. Tunmore and
her son, of Garden City, are
stopping at Wardman Park
Hotel for a few days on their
return home from Aiken, S. c.,
where they have been for a
couple of weeks.
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Eastern Star
Sponsors
Dance
Washington Centennial Chap
ter of Order Entertains
1000 Guests at Shoreham
Hotel; Many Play Bridge

The Washington Centennial
Chapter of the Eastern Star
held a card party and dance
last evening in the Salon de
Bal Moderne of the Shoreham
Hotel, with more than 1000
guests attending.
Bridge tables were arranged
at either side of the ballroom
so that the card players were
afforded a view of the dancing
and were enabled to enjoy the
music. Attractive prizes were
supplied for each table.
The general arrangements for
this function were under the
direction of Mrs. Mary Bay!es,
worthy matron, and DR.. Claude
CookSey, worthy patron.
Chairman Of Event
PoSey V. Hall was general
chairman of the committees in
charge of the affair, assisted by
Miss Maude Shively, vice chair
man.
The reception committee in
cluded Alfred Birmingham,
Frank Jost, Joseph Williams,
Albert Haas, Worthington Bean,
Charles Bartz, William Shively,
Otho Baker, Miss Dorothea De-
Moll, Miss Amy Schmidt, Miss
Sue Huyett, Miss Gertrude
Todd. Miss Catherine Todd and
Miss Catherine Early.
Heads Floor Committee
The floor committee was
headed by Ernest A. Huyett,
chairman, and included Miss
Hazel Linton, Miss Ruth Nor
gan, Scott Gray, Miss Emma
Huyett, Miss Bessie Cooksey,
Miss M Mamie Bean, Clarence
Warwick, Edgar Robinson, Miss
Bertha Gray, Albert Hecht,
Miss Grace Baker, Miss Helen
Holland, Edwin Holland, j. w.
Fenton, Miss Lillian Alber, DR..
Harry E. Walls, Miss Louise
Alber. Miss Jessie Mountioy,
Miss H anna h Munroe, Miss
Hazel Hollingshead, Worth B.
Folger and Miss Marcia Folger.
Engagement Announced
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence W.
Perley announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Miss
Alberta Perley, to Midshipman
John Guthrie Prescott, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Nc
Clure Prescott, of Los Angeles.
The wedding will take place at
Annapolis in June, after the
graduation of Midshipman Pres
colt.
Miss Perley was one Of last
seasons most popular debu-
tantes. She was presented to
society at a tea dance given
by her parents at the May
flower.
Mrs. Irving Berlin Here
Mrs. Irving Berlin, the for.
mer Miss Ellin Mackay, is now
at the Shoreham Hotel for a
stay Of a few days.
X X X
Mrs. R. w. Gibson, wife Of
Colonel Gibson, entertained a
small group at luncheon yes
tTday at the Shoreham Hotel.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Spencer Phenix,
Of Brooklyn, N. Y, are now at
the Shoreham Hotel for an in
definite stay.
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DebuChiS Are
Guests of
Honor

Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose
Gives Dinner in CompIi-
ment to Ambassador of
Japan and Wife
The Japanese Ambassador
and Madame Debuchi were the
guests in whose honor Mrs. ia
cob Leander Loose entertained
at dinner last evening I'M her
apartment at the Mayflower,
the company including the Min
lister of Norway and Madame
Bachke, the Minister of Den
mark and Madame Wadsted,
the Secretary Of Labor and Mrs.
William N. Doak, Senator David
I. Walsh, Brig. Gen. Francis
Lei. Parker, the Judge Advocate
General of the Navy, Rear Ad-
miral David F. Sellers, and Mrs.
Sellers; Col. and Mrs. Harry N.
Cootes, Mrs. Charles S. Deneen,
Mrs. Henry Dimock, DR.. and
Mrs. Lansing Collins, of Prince
ton University, and DR.. Leo S.
Rowe.
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Mr.. Page to Make
Address at Club
Luncheon Meeting

william Tyler Page, clerk Of
the House of Representatives,
will be the guest Of honor and
speaker at the weekly forum
luncheon which the Woman'S
National Democratic Club will
give next Monday. Mr.. Page
will discuss "FilibuStering in
Congress"
The club will entertain at din
ner next Friday evening, which
will be followed by a round
table discussion, the subject to
be What is the Governments
obligation to those who are en-
ployed and those in distress?
What are the functions Of the
Red CroSS9~
The Washington times., 1931-02-14

distinguishing feature such as
a wide cuff, width below the ell
bow, or intricate cutting.
Smart Sleeves Worn
Then there's the three-quarter
sleeve, extremely new and smart.
It's found most often in Jackets
and coats though sometimes in
daytime dresses. 1t is usually
open or bell.Shaped and with it
is worn long IL or 16 button
gloves.
Sleeves above the elbow are
The Washington times., 1931-02-14
NEWS. IN THE NATIONAL CAPT
Pierce Hall
Players To
RehearSe

Young Thespians Will Meet
Wednesday to Select Cast
for Their New Vehicle, a
Three-ACt Play
The Pierce Hall Players will
hold tryouts for parts in their
third presentation this season,
"The Romantic Young Lady," a
three-act play by a Spanish
dramatist, G. Martinez Sierre,
next Wednesday evening, at Six
teenth and Harvard Streets.
The English version by Helen
and Harley Granville-Barker
will be used.
Produced in 1918
The play was first produced
in 1918 at the Teatro Eslava, in
Madrid. 1t was then given in
1920 at the Royalty Theater, in
London. It has also been pre-
sented with great success at the
Neighborhood Playhouse in
New York.
The casting committee on
Wednesday evening will include
K. Hiding Beij, chairman of
the council of the players, and
Ina Halves, who will direct the
play.
Holiday in Florida
Senorita Maria Padilla and
her brother, Ricardo Padilla
y Bell, daughter and son Of the
Ambassador of Spain and
Sonora de Padilla, are spend
ing a brief vacation at Belle
air, Fla.
Yesterday they were the
guests of honor at a luncheon
given by Mrs. D. B. Mckay,
wife Of the mayor of Tampa.
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Baroness Won Ascheberg Of
Washington has been spending
a few days in New York at
the Hotel Montclair.
Will Receive Monday
The Commandant of the
Navy Yard and Mrs. C. C..
Bloch will be at home on Mon
day afternoon from 4 until 6
o'clock for the last time.
About the middle of April
Captain Bloch will be succeeded
by Admiral Henry v. Butler, as
commandant Of the Navy Yard.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Robert
son have moved to Wardman
Park Hotel where they have
leased an apartment.
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Give Formal Dinner
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis T. Roulean
entertained a company at din
ner at the Shoreham Hotel last
evening when their guests in
cluded Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Cor
don, Major and Mrs. r. D.
Lawrence and Lieut.. and Mrs.
Arthur Ennis.
Mrs. Frank L. Bowman enter
tanned a party at luncheon at
the Shoreham Hotel yesterday.
Hostess at Luncheon
Miss Evelyn E. Scott. daugh-
ter of Major and Mrs. r. E.
Scott, entertained a party at
luncheon at the Shoreham Ho-
tel today. Miss Scott has re-
Gently returned to Washington
from San Antonio, Tex.
Mrs. Matthew j. Gunner, wife
of Major Gunner, entertained a
party at luncheon at the Shore
ham Hotel yesterday.
The Washington times., 1931-02-14
LunCheOnfOr
Alabanan
Is Given
Miss Dorothy Gould Fowler
Is Hostess This Afternoon
For Miss Nettie Henderson,
of Birmingham
BY ANNE PATTEN

DIV ANNE 4 al II EIN
Miss Dorothy Gould Fowler,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
E. Fowler, of 1924 Sixteenth ST.,
entertained at a buffet luncheon
today in honor of Miss Nettie
Henderson, of Birmingham,
Ala. Miss Henderson is a niece
Of former Governor Henderson,
Of Alabama.
The guests include the senior
class at Arlington Hall College,
where Miss Fowler and Miss
Henderson are students.
Assist the Hostess
Assisting at the table were
Miss Katherine Heflin, Of Sher-
man, Tex; Miss Madeline Lee,
of Pittsburgh; Miss Ruth Meyers,
Of Rochester, and Miss Dorothy
Roess, of Oil City, Pa. Little
Miss Beverly Moffett, daughter
of Admiral Moffett, also assisted
in the diningroom.
Out-of-TOwn Guests
The guests included the
Misses Nancy Atlee, of Fort
Madison, Iowa; Adelaide Beck,
Chattanooga, Tenn; Isabel
Buchanan, Bristol, Va; Gene
We've Burnett, Fort Smith,
Ark; Bernice Byram, Okla
homa City; Virginia Cook, Den
yer; Madeline Dawn, Dayton,
Tenn; Mary Flowe, Concord,
N. c.; Margaret Geckler, Lake
wood, Ohio; Frances Hall,
Portsmouth, Va; Mary Eliza
beth Hall, Portsmouth, Ohio;
Mary Hancock, Fort Worth,
Tex; Anne Lacey Johnson,
Lacey, Va; Elizabeth Mezick,
Clara, Md; Aimee Outerbridge,
Bermuda; Geraldine Pendleton,
Danville, Va; Annabelle Rat
cliff, Drew, Miss; Margaret
Roberts, Salisbury. Md; Ger
trude Steffen, Detroit; Janet
Topping, Ashland, Ohio, and
Marjorie Ward, Hannibal Mo.
Miss Fowler will make her
debut at a reception Ito be given
next November by her parents.
Mr.. Curtis HOnOred
The Vice President, Charles
Curtis, and his sister, Mrs. Ed
ward Everett Gam, were the
guests of honor at the dinner
given at the Carlton Hotel last
evening by Mrs. Mabel Walker
Willebrandt. There were 81
guests.
Mrs. Gam Is Guest
Mrs. Edward Everett Gam
was the guest of honor at the
luncheon given today at the
Mayflower by Mrs. William
Kearney Carr.
There we're 10 guests.
4
Mrs. Hughes Returns
Mrs. Charles Evans Hughes,
wife of the Chief Justice of the
United States, returned last
evening from New York, where
she has been spending several
days with her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Thomas Gossett.
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Will Wed Today
The marriage of Miss Mildred
Cloud Benson to Carlos Clark
Van Leer, jr., will take place
this afternoon at the home of
the brides cousin, Mrs. George
Sakit, at the Ontario.
Last evening Mr.. and Mrs.
Blake Ragsdale Van Leer en-
tertained at dinner at their
home in FoXhall Village in
honor of the bridal party.
i
Guest of Parents
Mrs. w. Scott Thropp is the
guest of her parents, DR.: and
Mrs. William H. Wilmer in
Baltimore.
Mr.. Thropp is a patient at
Johns Hopkins Hospital.
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WlburS Are
Hosts at
Dinner
German Ambassador and
Frau Won PrittWitz Head
List of NotabIes Attending
Fete at MayfIoWer

The Secretary of the Interior
and Mrs. Ray Lyman Wilbur
were dinner hosts last evening
at the Mayflower, having as
their guests the German Am5aS-
Sador and Frau Won Prittwitz
und Gaffron, the Minister Of
the Netherlands and Madame
van Royen, the Solicitor Gen
eral and Mrs. Thomas D.
Thacher, Senator and Mrs. Reed
Smoot. Senator and Mrs. James
E. Watson, Senator and Mrs.
Arthur H. Vandenberg, Senator
Samuel M. Shortridge, Repre-
sentative and Mrs. John @. Til
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Gist Blair,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Rhoads,
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Sullivan,
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter H. lTew-
ton, Henry j. Allen, of Kansas;
Miss Mabel Boardman and Miss
Josephine Patten.
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panying jacket. The sleeveless
mode is good for active sports
only and of course evening
gowns are entirely without
sleeves except when they drop
off the shoulder in Empire
fashion.
Miss LaVille will gladly an
Swer any question about fashion
If you will call District $3.50,
extension 165, or write, sending
q seIf-addresSeds stamped en-
RelsOe.
The Washington times., 1931-02-14
Show Freak Picture

The Quota Club of Washing
ton will meet next Thursday
evening, at the Andrews Studios
in Fairfax county, for a private
view of the freak pictures,
"CaricatureS of CaritureS,"
which will next day be open
to the public under the auspices
of the Fairfax County Red
Cross.
From February 20 to 27, SUM-
day afternoon included, the
show will be on from 3 o'clock
until 6 and on the 9th at 3
o'clock all the examples of
ultra modern art will be sold at
auction for the benefit Of the
Red Cross. Mrs. Minnigerode
Andrews will act as auctioneer.
Mrs. William Cleveland, chair
man of the local branch of the
Red Cross, will preside, and
Lyman McCrary, of the Pea
body Conservatory of Music,
will be heard in a repertory of
old airs.
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Visits Mrs. T. L. Good

Mrs. Thomas L. Good has as
her house guest at her home on
lockwood Parkway, in Spring
Valley, Mrs. M. L. Cleaton, Of
Cleveland. Mrs. Cleaton for
merly lived in Virginia.
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Attend
Neuneyer
Luncheon

Mrs. william G. Neumeyer
entertained at luncheon today
at Wardman Park Hotel.
The guests, who later re-
manned to play bridge, included
Mrs. Harry Davies, Mrs. Lester
D. Johnson. Mrs. Francis Kane,
Mrs. william Cumberland, Mrs
Fred Harveycutter, Mrs. Sterling
Ragsdale, Mrs. Thomas L.
Good, Mrs. M. L. Cleaton, of
Cleveland; Mrs. Edwin F.. Hill,
Mrs. John McCambridge, Mrs.
William Barry, Mrs. Carl K.
Kadie, Mrs. Wardwell Dexter,
Mrs. William A. Brown, Mrs.
Philip Brown, Miss Anna
Ready, Mrs. Joseph Madigan,
Mrs. Joseph Kuhn, Mrs. Fran
els Donohue, Miss Rosemary
Sullivan, Miss Agatha Waldron,
Mrs. Edward Manger, Mrs. A.
Y. Casanova, jr., Mrs. Wesley
Davis, Mrs. Daniel w. Bell, and
Mrs. Lloyd Trey.
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Will Fete Judges
Justice and Mrs. David H.
Kincheloe will entertain at
luncheon tomorrow at their
home in New York for the JUS
tices of the United States GUS
toms court and their wives.
Justice Kincheloe was for
merly a Representative from
Kentucky.
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Washingtonians sailing today
on the Duchess of York for
Bermuda include Mrs. j. M.
Darden, Miss Darden and Mr..
and Mrs Frank T,onaS
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Mrs. William G. Neumeyer
entertained at luncheon today
at Wardman Park Hotel.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-07-23

needs that they could make up a great fund
for taking care OF the situation for at least a
year, thus relieving their government, it
would be the wisest action they could possib-
ly take. They would at least postpone the
initiation of a very unfortunate policy by the
government at Washington. They would
have brought home to them the realities of
a situation which, if not corrected, is going
to result in income and other taxes which
will penalize them In the sum of billions of
dollars in the years to come. The owners and
users of wealth in this country can hardly
afford to ignore the very plain implications
contained in conditions which now exist here
in America and which may continue to ex-
ist tor an indefinite time in the future. Tween
ty or thirty millions Americans, great num-
bers of whom have known many of the
good things Of life, are not going to be con-
tent to live along on the very meager fruits
Of charity over a period of years without
making a protest OF the most vigorous sort.
There will arise among them leaders capable
OF melting them to more violent action. We
do not wish to be held an alarmist, but al
ways it is better to consider facts, harsh and
ugly though they may be, than to ignore
them SO long that they become barbed with
the probabilities of immediate and great
danger. We do not believe that there is any
such thing as riding out this storm in the
complainant assurance that it will soon sub
side to be followed by the calm sailing of
other years. We greatly fear it is a different
sort of storm.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-07-23
SHALL We HAVE The DOLE?
Continued From Editorial Page)

thing in the nature of a permanent condition.
PROFESSIONALLY great numbers of our people
are permanently displaced from industry.
Optimistic statements from public officials
obviously made chiefly for political effect,
cannot disguise the situation. There is moth
ing to indicate that matters will be any bet
ter next summer or the following winter, as
much as all of us may hope that they will
be. In view of these conditions, there is like
ly to be a strong demand by many i%nfluen-
tial political leaders for some fixed, assured
means of relieving those who are deprived of
the means of independent existence. 1t may
be called by some other name but in effect,
it will be the dole. Once our government has
embarked upon hat policy, we shall soon
find ourselves in identically the same posi-
ton that now is the b%urdensome portion of
Great Britain, where the dole is becoming
an all but impossible financial burden upon
the national treasury. But where England
gives out tens we shall be compelled to hand
out hundreds. Our people are used to more,
will demand more, and our political leaders
will see to it that they receive more. In our
judgment, the situation is one which calls
for immediate and drastic action by the mil
lions of reasonably well-to-do people Of the
country If it were possible to so organize
that group of our population which includes
all with incomes beyond their comfortable