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The Washington times., 1932-01-11
CONGRESSIONAL CLUB FETE FOR PRESIDENT AND MRS. HOOVER
Washington Fashions
BY Wilma LaVille

In this season of femininity,
when every soft dressmaker
touch makes a dress smart,
there is one newest lingerie de-
tail that stands out above the
others. and that is Irish lace.
You remember it from years
ago perhaps, but you haven't
seen much of it for a long time.
Lace for a Lady
Irish lace is used to good ad.
vantage on the dress we have
sketched today. 1t is q wide,
beautiful quality, white on black,
which is still a favorite fashion
theme. 1t is placed on white
organdie, which gives a crisp,
fresh look to the dress. Notice
that it makes flaring cuffs for
the sleeves, but that it is set
back nearly to the elbow, which
serves a double purpose of Civ
ing smart elbow width, and of
keeping away from the wrist
so that it will keep clean
longer.
Double Duty Dress
The dress is made Of the
newer, heavy, supple, flat
crepe. When bias dresses first
became the rage, the flat crepe
then being used wasn't heavy
enough to hang well, so new
type has been developed, and it
is used in this dress. You can
see how beautifully straight it
hangs, though it is cut on the
bias. The dress is simple, as it
should be, for the lace is
enough trimming. This dress
is formal enough for luncheon
and for many afternoon occa-
sions. but it is also practical
for shopping or business, as it
is simple and dark, and the
white touches may be easily
kept clean. 1t is moderately
priced in a downtown store.
For fashion or shopping in
formation, or for the name of
shops where you can get the
articles described, write Miss
Laville, inclOsing a Self-ad-
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Diplomatic Dinner

The ambassador of Poland,
Mr.. Tytus Filipowicz, was the
ranking guest at a dinner given
Saturday evening by the Coun-
selor of the Polish legation. and
Nine. SokolowDka, when their
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
SimondS, Mr.. and Mrs. David E.
Finley, Major and Mrs. Parker
West, and Mr.. Sapieha, of the
Polish embassy staff.
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Mrs. Hoover Returns

Mrs. Hoover returned to
Washington yesterday from New
York, where she went to at
tend the anniversary luncheon
given there Saturday by the
Women's National Republican
Club. Saturday evening she at
tended the theater with a
party of friends.
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Eve
Reception at
= Club House

The President and Mrs. Hoo
yer will be the guests of honor
at a reception Wednesday eve
ming, January 13, at 8 o'clock,
at the Congressional Club.
Besides the President and
Mrs. Hoover. Mrs. Dyer, Mis-
souri,, president Of the club, will
have with her the executive
board: Mrs. James v. McClin-
tic, Oklahoma; Mrs. Edward E.
Eslick, Tennessee; Mrs. Robert
G. Simmons, Nebraska; Mrs.
Edwin s. Broussard, Louisiana;
Mrs. Charles Brand, Ohio; Mrs.
Frank Clague, Minnesota; Mrs.
John c. Schafer, Wisconsin,
and Mrs. Carl e. Mapes, Michi-
gan.
HOSteSSeS Include
The hostesses for the evening
will be Mrs. James P. Bu-
chaaan, Texas; Mrs. John T.
Buckbee. Illinois; Mrs. Olger
B. Burtness, North Dakota;
Mrs. Jeff Busby. MisSi ssippi;
Mrs. Joseph w. Byrns, Ten
nessee; Mrs. Sherman E. Bur-
roughs, New Hampshire; Mrs.
John Gable, Ohio; Mrs. Guy
E. Campbell, Pennsylvania; Mrs.
Philip P. Campbell, Kansas;
Mrs. Timothy J. Campbell, New
York; Mrs. Albert E. Carter,
California; Mrs. Wilburn Cart
wright, Oklahoma; Mrs. w. w.
Chalmers, Ohio; Mrs. Carl r.
Chindblom, Illinois, and Mrs.
C. A. Christopherson, South
Dakota,
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To Return WEDNESDAY

The Ambassador of Great
Britain and Lady Lindsay will
return to Washington WedneS-
day from New York, where
they are making a brief visit.
Lady Lindsay will leave on Jan.
uary 10 for Boca Grande, Fla.
where she will spend the re-
mainder of the season.
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The Ambassador of Belgium
and Nine. May will entertain
a company at dinner this eve
ming.
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Honor Guests

The Ambassador of Italy and
Donna Antcnietta de Martino
will be the honor guests at a
dinner to be given by the
Austrian Minister and Nine.
Prochnik tomorrow evening.
The Minister and Nine. Pro
chnik will entertain at dinner
again on January 18.
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Vice President
To be Guest
Or Honor

The Vice President. Mr.. Cur
tis, and Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Everett Gam will be the guests
of honor at a dinner to be given
We1ne- lay evening by Mrs.
Jacob Leander Loose at the
Mayflower.
Mrs. Loose will entertain
again on Monday evening, jan
uary 18, when she has invited
a large company to meet the
Ambassador of Japan and Nine.
Debuchi.
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Dinner Before Ball

Mr.. and Mrs. James Monroe
Stevens. will entertain al din
ner this evening preceding the
Bachelors Cotillion and will
have among their guests Miss
Margaret RauSck, Mr.. Edgar
Hamilton Funk and Mr.. Ben.
jamin Stevens.
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Host on Friday

The ambassador Of Chile,
Senor Don Manuel Cruchaga
Torcornal. entertained at din.
ner Friday evening at the
embassy
The minister of The Neither
lands. Mr.. J. H. van Royan. will
go to New York the first part of
next week to attend the dinner
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Everett Gann, SlSter OF lne VICE FTts-
ident and assisting her will be Sonora
de Abelli, wife of the Minister of Bo-
livia; Mrs. Warren R. Austin, wife of
the Senator from Vermont; Mrs. Jacob
Leander Loose and Mrs. George Fl. Cal
vert, jr.
The president of the cotillion, Brig.
Gen. William E. Horton, U. s. A., re-
tired, will lead the figures with Miss
Louise Brooks, debutante daughter of
Mrs. Lionel Atwill, of Eccleston, Md,
and granddaughter of Mrs. Edward T.
Stotesbury. of Philadelphia, who is the
guest of Miss Louise Harrison Gwynn,
one of, the most beautiful debutantes
of the season, in the Capital.
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Dinner Tonight

The Minister of Bolivia and
Sonora de Abelli will be in the
company to be entertained at
dinner this evening by Mr.. and
Mrs. R. M. Kempton at their
home in Wesley Heights. Other
guests at the dinner will in
clude Mrs. Ruth Butler. Mr..
William Knightley, Mrs. A. F..
Kempton and Mr.. Archibald
Wells. The hosts will later take
their guests to the Bachelors
Cotillion at the MayfloWer
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In Washington
QAgQuurn

The Vice President Mr. Curtis will be the honor guest
the Washington Bachelors Cotllion to be held at the
Mayfower this evening" when the guests will number about
500 and will include many important from other
cities The receiving line will be headed by Mrs Edward
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New Residence

The Minister of Ecuador and
Sonora de Zaldumbide have
moved from the house at 1712
New Hampshire Avenue to an
apartment at 1888 Sixteenth
St., where the office Of the le-
cation also will be established.
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The minister Of Egypt. SesoS-
iris Sidarouss Pasha. will en-
tertai1 at dinner at the lega'
ton February /,
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Mrs. E. E. Gam
Guest at Tea

Mrs. Gam, sister of the
Vice President, will be the
guest of honor at a tea this
afternoon, from 4 to 6 o'clock,
at the clubhouse Of the Amer
ican Association of University
Women, in I Street. when the
junior group of the club will
be the sponsors, and Miss
Pauline Yate Long will be their
representative hostess. Mrs.
Otto Veerhoff, president of the
branch, will head the receiving
line.
Mrs. Gam will go to Chicago
on February 4 to be the guest
of Mrs. Jacob Bauer. Repub-
lican national committeeWoman
from Illinois.
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Receiving TO-DAY

Mrs. E. A. Hartman will be
"at home" this afternoon at
her residence in Eighteenth
Street.
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Mrs. Ren H. Fuller, wife of
the major general commandant
of the Marine Corps, will be "at
home" today.
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given by the Holland Society on
January 81,
The Minister of Norway and
Nine. Bachke were hosts to a
company of 20 at dinner last
evening.
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The Lithuanian minister, Mr..
Bronius Kasimir BalutiS, will
entertain at dinner this eve
ming at the legation.
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Sec'y Hyde Returns

The Secretary of Agriculture,
Mr.. Arthur M. Hyde, returned
last evenine from New York,
where he attended the dinner
given by the Women's Repub-
lican Club, and delivered an ad.
dress.
Count Jean de la Greze, Sec
retary of the French Legation
in Ottawa, and Countess de la
Cree. will arrive tomorrow on
the Paris and will be at the
Ritz-Carlton, in New York, be-
fore going to Ottawa.
House Guests
The Assistant Secretary of
War and Mrs Frederick H.
Payne have as their guests at
their apartment in the May
flower. Mr.. Payne's SiSter-in-law,
Mrs. Herbert B Payne and her
daughter. Miss Helen Payne, of
Greenfield. Mass. who arrived
last evening in the Capital.
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The Attache of the British
Embassy and Mrs. Harold Sims
will entertain at dinner tomor-
row evening in honor of Mr..
and Mrs. S. Pinckney Tuck.
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Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss. wife
OF the United States Ambassa-
dor to Argentina, has returned
to Washington from a trip to
California and is at the May
flower.
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House Guest

Associate Justice and Mrs.
Owen Js Roberts have as their
house guest for a few days Miss
Clarissa T. Chase, of Philadel-
phia, who arrived in the Capt.
tai yesterday.
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in the month. Mrs. Doak,
wife Of the Secretary of Labor,
will receive Wednesday after
noon at the willard.
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1Oc per Ib. for entire
bundle, plus 16c per
pOunC for the wearing
apparel (starched where
necessary and hand-fin-
iShed.) Silks each 1Oc
extra. Minimum bundle,
$1.26!
The Washington times., 1932-07-20
Pier Trips a Joy
At Seaside p

The half-mile pier at Seaside
Park has become one of the most
popular recreation spots at the
popular Chesapeake Beach resort.
The miniature railway, all day
long, carries trainloads of pas
sengers out to the end of the pier
where they can enjoy delightful
breezes and an unequalled vista
of the bay and the shore line.
The ride behind the midget loco
motive with its shrill piercing
whistle is in itself a novel expert
ence.
The train speeds by scores of
fishermen leaning over the pier
rails patiently waiting for that
tug on the end of the line. Most
of these are amateur anglers, with
improvised hook and line, out for
days sport.
Many visitors to Seaside Park
spend hours idling at the end OF
the pier reading or simply watch
ing the bay boats.
After this restful experience a
plunge in the Seaside salt water
pool fills them full of pep again
and they are ready to spend the
evening dancing in the board
walk ballroom.
The Washington times., 1932-07-20

Academy cannot help but award
the trophy for the best perform
ance of the year to Norma Tai
madge." 1t just happened that
the star who played Nina Leeds
was Norma Shearer. Undoubted-
ly just a slip of the tongue but
enough to set many tongues wag-
ging.
1t reminds me of a gala open
ing tour which Marcus Loew
sponsored for the premiere of
his Loew's State Theater in Bos-
ton. He gathered train load
of stars and shipped them UP to
the Hub. Mr.. Loew, as every
body knows, was the owner and
proud producer of etro-GoldWyn.
Mayer pictures.
Imagine then his surprise when
one of his flossy feminine stars
after an elaborate introduction got
up and chirped: "All I can say is
that if it's a Paramount picture,
it's the best picture in town."
The Washington times., 1932-07-20
When the Feature Is
Shown on the Screen

EARLE-Claudette Colbert and
Give Brook in Man from Yester-
day." at 1925 a. M, 1:50, 4:3O,
7:15 and 10 p. m. Loretta Young
and George Brent in person at
1855, $40. $40 and 9:05 pm.
LOEW'S FOX-Warren William
and Anita Page in "Skyscraper
Souls" at II a. M, 1:40. 4:20, 7
and 9:4O p. m. Stage shows at
1855, 3:35, 6:15 and 8:55 pm.
PALACE - George Bancroft in
Lady and Gent" at 1925 a. m,
1:25. $3.50. $50, 7:35 and 9:40
p. m.
METROPOLITAN - S he r ock
Holmes story, THE Missing Rem.
brandt" at 1925 a. M, 1:10, ESQ,
4:30, 6:15. 7:55 and $40 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Ken Maynard in
Hell Fire Austin" at 11:15 a. m;
l, 2:45, 4:30, 6:15, sos and $50
p. m.
R-K-O-KEITH'S-Edmond Lowe
in Attorney for the Defense" At
11:49 a. M, 1:49, $40, $40, 7:49
and GAG o. m,
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CAROLS Failure

saw Earl Carroll, fortified by
the unlimited bank balance of
Mrs. Penfield, make his most am
bilious effort to outdo ziegfeld.
He had the silks anC satins, the
gorgeous trappings and imposing
settings, the myriads of spot and
flood lights, the prize beauties,
the high salaried players, the
authors and composers. What
was the result? "Fioretta." The
most atrociously cast musical
comedy in the history of the show
world with the fancy salaried
Fannie Brice completely out of
her element, with Lionel Atwill
floundering about and reading
poetry in most unhappy setting,
with one of the reigning Carroll
favorites, Dorothy Knapp, cast
in the prima donna role and un-
able to sing note. After that
debacle even Producer Carroll
conceded he was best suited to
the nudities and vulgarities of
his annual Vanities.
The Washington times., 1932-07-20
Loew' sWiII Dror
Revue Units
on Stage

Loew's de luxe theaterS will
drop revue units next season and
the stage shows will consist of
straight vaudeville and presenta-
ton programs. This change in
policy, beginning in September,
will include the LoeW's Fox The
ater, de luxe stand of Washing
ton.
Variety, which makes the an
nouncement. says:
"After six years as a leader
in the field, LOeW's is quitting
the picture house unit business.
1t has decided on regular vaude-
vile bills next season for all
it's de luxe houses, excepting
the Capitol, New York. Latter
also will SOft-pcdal the prOduc-
ton end of its stage shows and
feature speciality talent mainly,
as it has been doing for sew
eral months.
"LOew'S departure from unit
producing leaves that field with
out major competition for Fan
chOn & Marco, with the latter
to be probably the only unit
producer of Importance during
'32'S3.
st is LOew's present belief
that the chorus line and pro-
ductiOn enhancement for stage
shows in the picture houses
have lost their effectiveness
through sameness during the
six years that presentations
have prevailed. The cost of
line and scenery can be de
voted to salary for an extra
feature act on all bills for bet
ter results, with the act, if con-
tanning merit, likely to mean
more to audiences than fami
liar line of girls in front of the
same old flash scenery. Loew
figures"
The Washington times., 1932-07-20
Marion Will Write
Story of president

George Marion. jr., author Of
"Sweetie" and other successful
screen originals, today was given
his third successive writing assign
ment at the Paramount studios
when he began work on the screen
play for The Phantom Presi-
dent" political satire in which
George M. Cohan makes his talk
ing picture debut with Jimmy
Durante under the direction of
Norman Taurog.
Marion recently completed the
screen play for The Big Broad
cast" Before that he collaborated
with Samuel Hoffenstein and
Waldemar Young on Maurice Che
valier's starring picture, Love Me
Tonight"
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White Challenge

George White. at times, has
come closest to offering the real
challenge to ziegfeld. But he
has descended to the cheapness
and coarseness of such below the
belt musicals as Flying High"
and invariably has economical
on his productions for their road
tours, a policy which Producer
ziegfeld generally eschewed. Nor
was he aVerse to playing one Of
the best Scandals" productions
to ever bear the George White
imprint, on stages and in glori-
fled town halls where both his
show and his group of stars We're
under a terrific disadvantage.
You never saw Ziegfeldiana under
such auspicious self-i m p os d
handicaps.
The Washington times., 1932-07-20
About Holmes

Murder, kidnapping, dope-smug-
Cling. and theft! These are but a
few of the crimes that Sherlock
Holmes is called upon to solve
in The Missing Rembrandt" his
latest adventure, which is the
current attraction at Warner
Bros. Metropolitan Theater. Ar
thur Wontner. who has appeared
in several previous Sherlock
Holmes pictures, again portrays
the great Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
sleuth. The Missing Rembrandt"
is based on one of Doyle's best
known short stories, The Ad-
venture of Charles Augustus Mil
verton."
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Andrew X. Kelley nators.
There was always a touch of
what can be most conveniently
described as "class" to everything
which Ziegfeld presented. The
atmosphere of taste and the i'm
preston of richness and opulence
fell about everything which bore
the Ziegfeld trademark.
l have heard Old Marse Zieg-
field criticized as just a prudent
buyer of silks and satins, the man
who was fortunate to have an op-
ton on the Joseph Urban pig
ments and a good judge of con-
temporary beauty in the feminine
mould. He could, say the cap
tious, dress stage with natural
beauties bedecked in Solomon's
glories and have them parade for
the multitude but his shows were
minus any particular quality that
might produce mental stimula-
ton. They lacked cleverness and
definite appeal for the Intelligent
Sia.
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Shows That Shine

To that my inevitable answer
has been name another producer
who gave the amusement world
anything as fine as SHOW Boat"
(the greatest musical comedy of
all time), who drenched the stage
with beauty, melody and glorious
historical romance as in Three
Musketeers, or who offered any
thing approaching his long series
of "Follies," musical diversion Of
the highest type in light enter
tainment.
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and throne in the realm of mu-
sical comedy is valid and un-
challenged. He is the king.
That's why I hope his present
indisposition will be followed by
an announcement in the early
fall that Steve Cochran will open
the box office of an october
morning for the before Broadway
performances of the latest zieg-
field musical, and I hope it's a
new Follies.
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Made Mistakes

Of course Ziegfeld made mis-
takes. I deplored such a skit
as Send for Lubitsch" finding
it's way into a class production
like the last Follies. I think
"Hot-Cha's" beauties were marred
by its flavor of burlesque and
the rowdy Bert Lahr. But then
I think of Eddie Cantor's
"Whoopee" and kid Boots" OF
the colorful Louis the XIV" CT
Ed Wynn's Simple Simon" with
the lovely Harriet Hoctor, of Ruby
Keeler and Jimmy Durante in
Smiles" of a score of other
evenings in the theater with
Ziegfeld which leave a fragrant
musical memory.
I think Florenz Ziegfeld's title
The Washington times., 1932-07-20
McNutt Resigns

William Slavens McNutt, former
war correspondent, newspaper re-
porter and magazine writer, has
signed a new contract with Para
mount. He has been under con-
tract to the company since giving
up a newspaper career four years
ago. During the past year Nc.
Mutt did the screen plays OF
"Huckleberry Finn" ct ou C n
down." Ladies of the Big HOUSE"
and THE Broken Wing"
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All I'm q Day
BY
MARK HELLINGER

NEW YORK, July 90
Here's odd letter 1t of the most unusual in fact
that has my desk l know its the level be-
cause after wadng through the strange assortment OF mail
that has come my way through the years. have grown
the real from the phoney AS example of the power
of superstition think this letter is in class by itself
The writer is man who signs himself as Socks" No
more no less He dates it from An Ohio City,, and lets 1t
nna at that Iuil
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carly ICGuAA w
production &C
tivity of Flor
enz Ziegfeld.
For Ziegfeld
stands as the
aristocrat of
girls and tune
show producers,
the symbol for
Broadway'S fin
est musical con-
fections, the
most initiated
and envied of
all entertain
m e n t origi-
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About Pompadours

In the audience exiting from
the Earle Theater late matinee
show yesterday I overheard a
lady patron say: Well, if he
marries Ruth Chatterton I bet he
don't have that pompadour after
a month" Referring, of course,
to George Brent and offered as
commentary on l1air-dressing
appeal.
The Washington times., 1932-07-20
Back to Stage

George Somnes, director, has
been granted a four months leave
of absence by Paramount to pro,
duce and direct stage shows at
the Cape Playhouse at Dennis,
Mass, a summer resort on Cape
Cod,
The Washington times., 1932-07-20
Pickford Faux-Pas

It is Variety which reports that
Mary Pickford faux-pased at the
opening of Strange Interlude" as
follows: And I know that the
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About Three Boys
Dear Mark" he writes, Il
am using a pencil to write this
because the only kind of ink
being sold around here is red.
This story is about three
boys whose nicknames were
Moon Ham and Socks.
Socks is land the three OF
us were great pals. We played
together, fought together, played
hockey together and-oh, you
know all the details.
Now that you have the char
acters all together, suppose we
leave them for Just a moment
while, I ask you a question. 1
don't want you to think I'm
screWy or that I want to start
an argument, but do you bell
in fortune-telling? Oh so you
do want to start an argument,
eh? You're going to tell me
that it's nonsense, and so on,
are you?
"All rightie, sir. I'll start the
ball a-rollin' by making this
prophecy:
Shortly before my death,
I'm going to be shanghaied-
yes, sir, kidnapped and dragged
aboard a boat"
Nov I know the above state
ment is enough to make you get
out the old range-finder, figure
velocity and drift, and score a
direct hit in your wastepaper
basket. But be different for
once, Mark, and let me finish.
"One summers day in the
years gone by the three of us
got our mothers to fix us some
eats, hoped on our bicycles
and headed for the country.
About 10 niles north of this
town, we stopped in a small
woods to eat our lunch. And
at the far end of the woods,
some gypsies were camping.
Tells Their Fortune
with the exception of a boy
about our own age, the gypsies
paid no attention to us. This
boy, however, came over and
got acquainted. lie spoke good
English, said his name was
Bella and, aside from his funny
clothes, seemed to be a regular
kid.
1t was only natural, I sup
pose, that one of us finally
asked him e he could tell for
tunes. And was that right up
his alley! Why, he most GER
tainly could. Huh, Didn't he
live in the front wagon? (And
what that meant, I still don't
knowD Why. he could even tell
us how we were going to die!
Il remember the scene, Mark,
as though it happened this
morning. We begged him for
information, but he said it
couldn't be done until his palm
had been crossed. We explained
to Pela that we had no money,
but would he be interested in
a nice bicycle pump-or a bell?
He was, and a few minutes
Later he proceeded to tell us
the manner of our deaths.
He walked up to me first.
No palm reading. No hocus-
pocus. No mystery of any
kind. He looked into my eyes.
You,' he stated simply,
will die on a boat. There can
be no doubt about it,
He then turned to Moon.
You he said, will be shot
for talking too much
He then turned to Ham.
" You,' he asserted, will be
electrocuted in penitentiary.'
Predicts the End
Moon, Ham and I looked at
one another-and started for
our bicycles in something of
hurry. We bade Bella a hasty
good-by and pumped rapidly
until we were well out of sight.
AS we put the miles behind
us, we talked the thing over.
After awhile we were laugh
ing heartily about the whole