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The Washington times., 1931-07-22
News Of Persons and Events Of Society the National Capital
SOCIETY NOTES

Justice and Mrs. Pierce Butler
are spending some time at Blue
Ridge Summit, Pa, where they
went shortly after the marriage
of their son, Mr.. Kevin Butler,
which took place in New York
early in July.
Mr.. Francis H. McAdoo, of
New York, son Of the former
Secretary of the Treasury, Mr..
William Gibbs McAdoo, is at
the Carlton for a brief stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Joa-
chin of Chicago, who are in
Washington for lengthy stay,
have taken an apartment at
Wardman Park Hotel.
4
DR.. and Mrs. Frederic j.
Cullen have closed their apart
ment in the Potomac Park
Apartments and are taking a
two-week motor tour through
New England and Canada.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Shelton
are at Virginia Beach, where
they are staying at the Cavalier
Hotel. They will return to
their apartment at the Shore
ham in August.
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Da-
vidge, Miss Martha Davidge and
Mr.. John w. Davidge. jr., who
have been abroad for some time,
accompanied by Mrs. Ambrose
Cramer, of Lake Forest, ILL.,. are
now visiting Lady Coghill, of
Castletownshend, Ireland. at the
Balmer Lawn Hotel, Broken
hurst, in the New Forest.
Rep. E. H. Crump, of Tennes-
see, arrived in Washington yes
terday and is a guest at the
Shoreham Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellery B. Cor
don of New York, have arrived
in Washington and taken an
apartment at Wardman Park
Hotel where they will make
their permanent residence.
X
Mrs. Kingman. wife Of Gen.
Dan C. Kingman, who was chief
of engineers, is at Walter Reed
Hospital. where she is conva-
lescing from a recent illness.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Gil.
pin, with their children and
Mr.. Gilpin's mother, have re-
turned to this country from an
extensive sojourn abroad. They
have divided their time since
the early spring between Italy,
France and E. gland. Mrs.
Gilpin, sr., will come to her
home near Winchester while
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilpin with their
children will be at their charm
ing farmhouse near Boyce, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Webb Jay
have gone to Port Washington,
l.. l., to spend the remainder
of the summer. They will re.
turn to their apartment at the
Shoreham early in September
i;
Mrs. McElroy Moss, with her
two children, Nancy and Nc
Kenzie. 3D., will leave the first
of next week and go to Sc
wickley, Pa, to visit her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Ben
ney. Mrs. Moss will leave the
children with their grandpar.
ents, and early in August will
go to Chicago to visit friends
in her former home, where
Mr.. Ross expects to join her
later.
Mrs. Elihu Root. ir.. will ar.
rive today at Seven Pounds Inn
at Southampton, L. I.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
Miss Hammon
To Wed Italian
Count
-Fhoto by International

Mr.. Ogden H. Hammond,
former United States AM
bassador of Spain, and Mrs.
Hammond of New York and
Bernardsville, N. j., have an
nounced the engagement of
Mr.. Hammond's elder daugh-
ter, Miss Mary Stevens Ham
mond, to Count Guerrino Ro-
berti, son of Count and Countess
Piero Roberti of Rome, Italy.
The engagement is of wide
interest, not only in this coun-
try but also in Europe, where
Miss Hammond has spent
much time.
On the paternal side Miss
Hammond is a granddaughter
of the late General John Henry
Hammond, who served on Sher-
mans staff during the Civil
War, and of the late Judge
Nathaniel Wolfe, one-time at
torney general of Kentucky
and a member of the board of
governors of West Point.
On the maternal side, Miss
Hammond is a member of the
Stevens family, Her mother,
who was lost on the Lusitania
in 1915, was the former Miss
Mary Stevens. Miss Hammond
is a niece of Mr.. John Henry
Hammond, of New York, and of
Mrs. Hammond Starr of Bern
ardsville and the sister of Miss
Millicent Vernon Hammond
and of Ogden H. Hammond, jr.
Count Roberti was formerly
attached to the Italian Foreign
Service,
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
Miss Johnson Will
Visit in Ireland

Miss Mary Louise johnson,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Evarts johnson, who spent the
early summer with her parents,
at Blue Ridge Summit will sail
Friday for Europe to pass
several weeks in Ireland with
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold r. Buck
ley, who are now making their
home there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Buckley lived in
Washington several years ago
when the former was with the
foreign service of the Depart
ment of Commerce.
Miss Pauline Angela de
BrodeS, has arrived from her
home in Honolulu and is the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Philip
George Walker, at her home in
southern Maryland.
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Return
To Greet
Visitors

The Ambassador of Japan,
Mr.. Debuchi. will come to Wash
ington tomorrow from Blue
Ridge Summit to greet Mr.. Ma
moru Kishi, secretary of the
Japanese government commits
sion on tourist industry and a
member of the Japanese Parlia-
ment, Nine. Kishi, and the
members of their party, who are
in America to tour the national
parks.
Mr.. Kishi will be received by
the President before leaving
Washington Saturday for Seat
tie, whence the group will sail
for Japan later in the summer.
The members of the party in
clude, besides Mrs. KiShi: Mr..
Sentaro Ohgai, Mr.. Keitar Sato,
Mr.. Goichiro Saito, Giichi Taxa
masa and Mr.. Otoichi KinoShi-
ia, executive director of the
japanese Trade Promotion AS
sociation.
The japanese government has
under way a plan to set aside a
group of national parks through
out the empire in an effort to
stimulate tourist travel and as
emisSary to this country the
government disp a t h d Mr..
Kishi to study the park develop
ments in the United States. The
probable location of the parks
will be at Nikko, Mount Full
wanna, the Inland Sea and one
or two other places.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
Extensive IouI
Planned by
Popovicis

The Secretary of the Ru-
manian Legation and Nine.
Popovici, who are visiting in
Philadelphia, will go to New York
today preparatory to sailing to-
morrow for Rumania. They will
go by the Mediterranean route
and will make stops in the
Azores, Lisbon, Algiers, Naples,
Pyreus, Athens. Istanbul and
Constantinople. After visiting
several months in Rumania,
they will go to France to pass
some time before returning to
this country on october IL.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
Engagement Of Miss
Spencer Announced

Mrs. Harvey Spencer, of New
York, has announced the en-
gagement of her daughter. Miss
Mary Barbara Spencer. to Mr..
Dante Virgil Leland, of this city,
and Florence, Italy. Miss Spen-
Ger is a descendant of Peter Van
Brugh Livingston, president Of
the first provisional Congress,
who married Mary Alexander. a
sister of William Alexander,
Earl of Stirling.
Mr.. Leland is a son of the
late Colonel Francis L. Leland,
of this city and Villa Tivoli,
Florence, Italy. who in 1912
gave $1,000, 900 to the Metropoli-
tan Museum of Art; which up
to that time was the largest
single contribution received by
the museum.
Mr.. Leland is a grandson of
the late Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
Leland, of Boston. He attended
Harvard and during the World
War served as a captain in the
United States Signal Corps.
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Leave Today to Pass
Summer in North

Mr.. and Mrs. Carlos Florio
del Mar will leave Washington
today for Maine, whence they
will go to Quebec, Canada. In
September they will go to York
Harbor, Me, to remain until the
middle of September, when they
will return to their washington
home
Capt. and Mrs. John P. Jack
son will go to York Harbor in
August for several weeks and
plan to meet Mr.. and Mrs. Del
Mar there. Captain JackSon's S
sister, Mrs. Deming Jarvis, is al
ready established at York Har-
Dor.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
At Summer Home

The Canadian minister, Major
w. D. Herridge, and Mrs. Her
ridge will spend some time this
season at their summer home
in the Gatineau section, north
of Ottawa. They are not ex-
pected in the Capital until the
fall.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
Mrs. Sweeney Is
Hostess to SEVENTY

Mrs. Thomas Bell Sweeney
of this city entertained about
seventy guests at a dinner at
the Pot and Kettle Club at
Bar Harbor, last evening.
X X
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward T.
Stotesbury have issued invita-
tions for a reception in honor
of the visiting British and
American officers aboard the
war ships which are to visit
Bar Harbor. Friday, July 81.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
Col. and Mrs. Landers
Have Texas Visitors

Col. and Mrs. Howard L.
Landers have as their guests
their son and daughter-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. James H. Land
ers, of San Antonio, Tex, who
will be with them for several
weeks. Mrs. James H. Landers
was formerly Miss Christine Lar
sen, daughter of Representative
William w. Larsen, of Georgia.
X
DR.. julius Klein, Assistant
Secretary of Commerce, has re-
turned from a trip through
Virginia. Mrs. Klein and
their family are at Cape Rozier,
Me-, for the summer. DR.. Klein
will join them there about the
first of August for vacation
of a month or six weeks.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
Adm. and Mrs. Hunt
Are Now in Newport

Rear Admiral and Mrs. Liv-
ingston Hunt, who recently re-
turned from Europe, are estab-
lished in their summer home
at Newport for the remainder
of the season.
\ X
Col. and Mrs. J. M. Vain
wright, of Fort Riley. Kan. who
have been the guests of Lieut..
Col. and Mrs. j. K. Grain,
have gone to Rye, N. Y, and
will later go to Skaneateles,
N. Y, for a visit. They will
return to Fort Riley in the late
summer.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
Entertain at Dinner
Party on Terrace

Col. and Mrs. Clyde L. East
man entertained a company at
the dinner dance on the Shore
ham Terrace last evening, their
guests including Col. and Mrs.
Louis S. Chappelear, Col. and
Mrs. Aristides Moreno, Col.
and Mrs. A. C. Boris, Col. and
Mrs. ]. H. Van Horn, Major
and Mrs. Haig Shekerjian and
Capt. and Mrs. Frank E.
Stoner.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
Mrs. Borah in N. Y.

Mrs. william E. Borah is at
the Plaza in New York, en-
route to New England, where
she will spend the next few
weeks before joining Senator
Borah in Idaho.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
Co to Maine on Two
Weeks Camping Trip

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Suydam
have left for a two weeks
camping trip in Maine. Their
young son. Henry Suydam. ir.,
is spending the summer with
his grandmother, Mrs. George
Barnett, at Wakefield Manor,
Va.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
Host at Dinner

The charge d'affaires Of the
Legation Of the Netherlands,
Mr.. L. G. van Hoorn, enter
tanned at a small dinner party
last evening at the Carlton.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
Washingtonians Will
Sail from MY. TODAY

Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm S. Nc
Conihe of this city. with the
formers brother-in-law and sis
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard F.
Murphy of Great Neck will sail
today aboard the Mauretania
for a trip abroad.
\ y \
DIR. and Mrs. William G.
Schafhirt will sail tomorrow
from New York for Europe,
where. they will visit Norway
and the Land of the Midnight
Sun" Before returning to Pine
Crest Manor. their home on
Klingle Road. they will tour on
the Continent. They plan to
arrive in New York early in
September.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
LIN Washington
-with- .ea
0tQqQd Qdun(H=

In less than six weeks the resort life along the
Northern Coast will be end and only those who like
to nger after the crowds dsperse will stay to enjoy
that Sin between season which is perhaps the most
carefree of ALL The delightful time when parties just hap
pen and one can wear just what peases and there Is
no one to remark this seeming laxness. 'r.
Along this line many of the parties given this season
at Southampton other fashionable seaside resorts have
been planned with eye to economy and todays report
of "Come As You Please dance given last evening
shows the trend Of the time Saturday next :Shpwreck
Ball" will be the big of the season at the
EGG Harbor Yacht Club Beach Haven. Members and
their guests are invited to in any costume they might
have assembled together had they just been shpwrecked
which gives wide scope for clever designers NO DOUBT
the day of the party many Will be sathermg tne long
grass from the beach to into intricate costumes
while others will appear in gaiycoored rags with rope
clothes to lend little variety.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
New Surgeon General
Meets Family in N. Y.

The new Surgeon General of
the United States Army. Gen.
Robert U. Patterson. plans to
go to New York the latter
part of the week to meet Mrs.
Patterson and their three chill
dren when they arrive from
Honolulu aboard the ST. Mihiel.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
Mrs. WiIIebrandt Is
Hostess at Luncheon

Mrs. Mable Walker Willie
brandt entertained a small COM
pany at luncheon yesterday at
the Carlton. .>
Mrs. Julius I. Peyser also en-
tertained at luncheon yesterday
at the Carlton, her guests num-
bering six.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
Golden Anniversary Of Tennis j

This being the golden jubilee year of tennis more impor
tant tournaments than usual being planned and Spe
cial observance of anniversary will be part OF the
invitation tournament which will be held at Newport dur
ing the week of August II. Just what form this Will
take has not yet decided but with the arrival from
England Of Mr. James Stewart Cushman chairman OF the
tennis committee arrangements will be completed MIR.
Cushman went abroad to attend the Wimbledon matches
Bar Ha1bor has selected for the International Mari
time Tennis tournament when the British officers of two
of their men o. war who will visit the resort the week of
Anonst will meet American officers for the playing off
If the championship Four championship tournaments
occupving the attention Of the ashonabe at Souhamp
tnn this week.
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ROME CONCESSIONS
CREDITED TO KING
Believed to Have Induced
MuSS0Iini to Permit Clubs
to Reopen.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, June licking Victor En-
manuel is widely accredited by the Ital-
ian people for the government order
permitting reopening of Catholic lay
mems clubs recently closed by the
police.
Cardinal Pacelli, papal secretary of
state, saw the King personally, it is
said, and induced him to make repre-
sensations to Premier Mussolini that
since 95 per cent of the Italian people
are Catholic group activities should be
permitted.
His majesty and the Pope were the
chief signatories OF the Lateran treaty.
The Premier and Cardinal Gasparri
signed the original draft, but the King
and the Pontin signed the ratification
Reopening Of thousands of Catholic
clubs continued today throughout Italy
and provincial police projects have been
notified by the church authorities that
all clubs may resume operations with
the strict understanding that they shall
be directed by the diocesan bishops in
stead Of by their lay presidents.
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STAR WASHINGTON TUESDAY. JUNE &c.

sey and Connecticut, at q meeting yes
terday, voted to defy ffie national or.
ganization by refusing to expel its col
ored members.
A resolution was adopted calling upon
a sneoial COMMITTEES tn inform the ma
tional body that the tri-state organiza-
ton would continue its affiliation only
IL permitted to retain its four colored
members, collect lis own dues. distribute
its own funds and issue Its own men,
bership cards.
The national body, with headquarters
at Washington, D. c., In a letter two
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COL0RED MAN Is TAKEN
FROM ALABAMA JAIL
Farm Hand, Convicted of Annoying
Girl, Feared Lynched by
Two Captors.

BY the Associated Press.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala, June 10
Thomas Jasper, a colored farmland
convicted in court here yesterday of an
noying a white girl in her home, was
taken from the city Jail early today
by two unidentified white men, who
disappeared with him.
Police and deputy sheriffs we're mott
fed, and they began searching for the
trio. Police said they feared the colored
man had been lynched.
Jasper was fined 500 on charges Of
disturbing the girl In lieu Of payment
of the fine he was returned to his cell
after trial.
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RAZING BIDS ASKED
Demolition Of Buildings on P Street
Part of Park Project.

Lieut.. Col. U. S. Grant, Sd. director Of
public buildings and public parks
development of the Rock Greek and Po-
tomac Parkway, in calling for bids for
the demolition Of buildings at 2516,
2518. $500 and 1924 P street. Bids will
be opened on Monday next, at the Navy
Building.
Col. Grant has directed that the con-
tractor shall not interfere with P street
traffic in tearing down the structures,
three of which are brick, two stories
high. The buildings will be removed so
that the land may be included in the
park property.
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Gold StriPe !fo,.,,..

Seven inches of adjustment space
:. to fit every length of leg.
Seams stay straight! Your back
garter clasp can safely be fastened
on the new reinforced seam. Your
other garter clasps can be fastened
anywhere. .on the picots or in be-
tween. the strength is equal.
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the run-stop line. For taller
women no more too-short stock
ings straining at the garter
clasps. For stout wOmen-wel.
come cOmfort-thanks to the
most generous stocking stretch
ever achieved. For all women
no more girdle pull thanks
to the perfect fit.
Not only do they cost the same
as ordinary stockings of com.
parable quality = but actual
tests show that ''Adjustables''
outwear every other type of
stocking.
Sheer, filmy, de luxe chiffon,
$1.95.. Dull chiffon, $l.35.
Your pair is saying, ''Come take
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We lay them at your feet ex.
quisite stockings that will fit
your legs as though custom
made to your own special order.
And do we ask you to pay more
for them?
We do not! even though
you'd gladly pay extra for such
extra advantages.
But the price is the same as al
ways. And the quality. But
there the resemblance ends.
For ''Adjustables'' are different
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For short wOmen-nO more
wrinkled, bunchy stocking tops
with the carriers clasped in the
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-16
Prehistoric Skull
Reveals Half.Size
Brain of Early Man
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MELBOURNE, Australia, June
ia prehistoric skull with a
brain cavity half as large es that
of modern man has been dis
covered in the drifting sand near
the Jervois Mountains, in Gen.
trail Australia. and is now in the
possession of the Australian In
stitute of Anatomy.
Sir Colin Mackenzie, director
of the institute, said it had fes-
lures resembling the Peking skull,
with thick bones.
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the chosen administrative officers Of
every town should be charged With the
duty ana power to take account of par
erits and their children, Concerning
their calling and employment Of their
children, especially of their ability to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-16
Compulsory Education.

2 Compulsory education is no new thing,
or even comparatively new. It's origin
is believed to be the law Of 1912 en-
acted by the General Court Of MassA-
chusetts Colony when it decreed that
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months ago served notice the local
group must conform to the national by
laws, which declare only white per-
sons Of good character" are eligible for
membership.
Committee of the tri-state oreaniza-
ton was appointed to consider the mat
ter. and by yesterdays action the report
Of the committee was adopted.
Henry Ward Beer was reelected
president OF the local group.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-16
EXPULSION OF. COL 0RED
ATTORNEY IS REFUSED
Tri-state Federal Bar Association
Votes to Defy National Or
ganization. 49,

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, June 1o.-The Federal
Bar Association Of New York, New Jer-
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read and understand the principles Of
felisio1 and the capital laws eli taeir n
country The, order. imposed hne4 ASdn
any refusing to render such account Al
shall be required by the administrative
officers.
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British trafi1c commissioners are
working on road and rail coordination.
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U. S. TO AID TOLEDO
IN BANK FAILURES
Emergency Employment Body to
Send Representative to Assist
in Relief Program.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TOLEDO, Ohio, August 22.-Definite
assurances had been given Mayor w. T.
Jackson today that a representative Of
President Hoover's Emergency Employ
ment Committee would be sent here to
advise on relief measures growing out
OF Toledo bank failures.
Meanwhile, grand jury investigation
was in progress to determine If funds
had been withdrawn from the defunct
Security Home Trust Co. after it had
been turned over to the State Banking
Department, June Is. The investiga-
ton was yelled in secrecy.
The State Banking Department went
forward with its work in preparing for
reorganization or liquidation of the sew
eral banks closed this week LiQuida-
ton Of interbank accounts progressed
rapidly as claims of Cleveland and New
York banks were met to large degree
Acting Chairman Fred c. Croxton of
the Presidents Employment Committee,
Washington, said he had not decided
who would be sent to Toledo. Persons
in close touch with committee work in
Washington, however, were mentioning
Rowland Haynes because of his knowl-
edge OF Ohio and the fact he was in
charge Of the committees work in the
Great Lakes district
The move to obtain a committee rep
resentative was made by Mayor jackson
In a telegram to Walter S. Clifford, new
chairman Of the committee Croxton's
assurances to Jackson followed q tele-
phone conversation with Clifford, who
was in New York.
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CITY of Immortals.

The city of the Medicis, Dante. Boo
caccio, Savonarola, Raphael and scores
of others mighty in the Renaissance
must never be passed by. No matter
what your interest in life, Florence has
something for you. When Bayard Tay-
lor was here. nearly 80 years ago, he
said it was the cheapest and most
charming city Of Europe. He break
tasted for cents, dined for IL cents
ard saw the opera every night for 10
cents in a good seat. 1t is yet good
city to live in, if you want to live well
and at small cost. Here you can wan
der over the Ponte Vecchio, track some
OF the work of Michaelangelo, meet
George Eliot's Romala, walk in the very
homes Of Duse. Calico, Mrs. Browning,
Amerigo Vespucci and. near the Arno,
see where Shelley wrote his most ia
NOUS ode