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The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-18
By CECIL B. DICKSON


 WASHINGTON, Dec. IT. - The powerful post of Speaker in the new or 73rd Congress is being ac- lively sought by four leading Demo- crats of varying views.
 Another quartet of possible con- tenders may enter the field before a selection is made at a Democratic caucus probably in March. Despite the time remaining before the &C., .tual selection, the importance of the post is such that it probably will command much attention at the present short session.
 The office will be vacated by Speaker John N. Garner on March 4 when he becomes Vice-President and presiding officer of the Sea- ate.
 Candidates already in the race are Representatives Henry T. Rainey of Illinois, Democratic Floor Leader; Joseph w. Byrns of Tennessee, Chairman of the im- portant Appropriations Committee; John McDuffie of Alabama, Party Whip, and John E. Rankin, of Mis- sissipi, Chairman of the Veterans Committee.
 Others May Seek Post
 The possible contenders are Rep resentatives Lindsay c. Warren of North Carolina, Chairman of the Accounts Committee; John w. Mo-
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Cormack of Massachusetts, mem- Der of the Ways and Means Com mittee; John J. O'Connor of New York, and Arthur H. Greenwood of Indiana, both members of the Rules group.
 Garner was elected Speaker a year ago when the Democrats seiz- ed the House from l2 years of Re- publican control. The Texan was the first Democratic Speaker since the late Champ Clark of Missouri, who yielded the gavel during the Wilson Administration.
 All Are Veterans
 Both Rainey and Byrns are vet erans of a quarter of a century of service in the House. McDuffie Rankin and other contendsrs are all of long time service, but entered Congress after the World War pe- riod.
 Coming to Congress 28 years ago Rainey became leader in the pres ent house after establishing repu- tation as student of domestic and international affairs. A large energetic man of 73 years, he is distinguished by his shock of snowy white hair, his ability as debatel and knowledge of tariff and reve- nue legislation.
 Byrns has been elected for his thirteenth term from the Sixth Tennessee District. Besides head
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ing the biggest committee in Con. gress, he has been Chairman oi the Democratic National Congress ional. Committee for four years
 The Tennessean, tall and quiet spoken, is reputed to have the best knowledge of governmental expen- ditures of any member in Con- gress. In debate, he handles him. self ably.
 McDuffie, representing the First Alabama District, has been in Con- gress IA years. He has been an ardent advocate and vigorous de- fender of Democratic principles. Because of his close acquaintance with legislative problems he was made Whip several years ago.
 Rankin has been doughty sup porter of cash payment of the SOL diers' bonus and imitation of cur rency. He has fought the sales tax. The Mississippian has suppor. in the liberal wing of the party.
 Warren has been mentioned as Speakership timber because of the manner in which he has presided over the House during trying times in the last session.
 C'Connor has been boomed by friends. from Eastern States. 4 New England group has suggested Mccormack, and several in tht Indiana delegation are espousine the cause of Greenwood.
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TO STICK BY DEPUTIES ON
 DEBT POLICY
Premier Designate of France Makes State
 ment to Socialists

PARIS. Dec. 17.-Premier-Des- ignate Joseph Paul Boncour told the Socialist leaders he considered that any future action of the French Cabinet must be bound by the vote of the Chamber of De- puties on December IA to defer payment of war debts to the Unit ed States pending an international conference.
 It was stated in the Chamber of Deputy lobbies that. the So- cialists have decided not to par ticipate in the Boncour Cabinet because his program is not satis- factory.
 Former Premier Herriot again declined positively to participate in the Boncour Cabinet.
 France is still expecting some thing more definite from Washing ton on the debt issue if the Cham Der of Deputies is to be induced to reverse its decision and author- ize the debt payment.
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FREEDOM FOR
 F|LIPIN0S TO
 BE GIVEN NOW
Senate Passes Measure Granting Islands
 Independence

WASHINGTON, Dec. IT. - The Senate late today passed the Hawes- Cutting bill granting inde- pendence to the Philippines in twelve years.
 The measure now goes to con- ference with the House which at the last session overwhelmingly ap- proved the measure but freeing the possessions in eight years.
 The vote was taken notwith- standing warnings of Republican leaders that President Hoover would veto the measure
 The vote was taken after ten days of debate.
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HOUSE SET FOR BEER VOTE AND
 FARMER RELIEF
Senate Is Stalled on Rough Road to Philippine
 Independence
DEMOCRATS PREPARING
 IMPORTANT MEASURES
Hoover May Dump Entire War Debt Problem Tn
 Roosevelt s Hands

WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. IT, With the short session of Congress not yet a month old, leaders in both branches have moved with rapidity to bring out some of the more important questions with which 1t is hoped to deal before the current term ends next March A.
 Legislation on such major issues as beer and farm relief is ready, or nearly ready, for quick action by the House of Representatives. Early today the Senate was stalled on the rough road to Philippine independ- ence, but will soon turn its ate tention to other matters.
 "Kingfish" Has Floor
 Senator Huey Long, the Louisiana "kingfish," took the floor in the upper chamber Friday and had 1t today. threatening to continue Q one-man filibuster indefinitely, talk ing about direct and abstract prin- ciples until the Senate agrees to remove provision for a plebes- cite carried in the compromise bill.
 The House was prepared to bring up Tuesday the bill legalizing the manufacture and sale of beer, but vote may not be reached on that day In fact. Democratic leaders of that body have decided to give House members ample time to de- bate the Collier measure when it is brought up Tuesday. The indica- tions are that the general debate on the subject will occupy two days.
 Advocates of legalizing wine by Congressional legislation have de- cided not to seek to amend the beer measure to add naturally fer mented grape juice to beer. It is pointed out that parliamentary rules prohibit such a procedure.
 shape Other Legislation
 In the Senate, the Democrats have undertaken to shape legisla- ton for relief of unemployment, national economy and repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, all of which it is hoped to bring to the floor very shortly after the Christ mas vacation.
 Administration leaders in the Senate expressed hope that mem- bers will be temperate in their dis. cussion of the French debt default. The State Department is discour4 aging precipitate talk about insti-
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MANY FAMILIES ARE NARROWED
 IN RIVER AREA
Lives Reported Imperilled by High Water, h.
 tense Cold NATIONAL GUARDS CALLED OUT TO AID Coastal Regions in South Covered by Sheet
 of Ice

ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec. IT, National Guardsmen in the South have been called to aid Mississippi flood suffers whose plight has been made grave by the bitter cold.
 One negro woman has been found frozen to death.
 Except for Florida, there are only few coastal areas that are not covered by glittering sheets of ice many hundreds of miles across.
 Between 400 and 500 families are marooned in the Pearl River flood zone near Jackson, Mississippi.
 Their lives are reported threat ened by the rapidly rising waters and sub-freezing weather
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MRS. w. A. BLANC TO
 VISIT MOTHER HERE

To visit her mother, Mrs. Anna Webster, and sister, Mrs. Minnie Hurley, Mrs. w. A. Bla e. left Seattle yesterday on the steamer Northwestern. She was ac- companied from there by her nephew, Robert Hurley, a student at Washington State College, who IS coming home to spend the holi- days.
 Mrs. Blanc resides at San Fran cisco where her husband is 8 prominent physician. It is her first visit here in several years.
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BEER SURE FOR
 ALASKA IF BILL
 GETS APPROVAL
Delegates Insistence Wins Approval of Ways and
 Means Committee

WASHINGTON, Dec. IT. - The insistence of Delegate James Wick ersham won for Alaska the right to come in under the provisions of the Collier beer bill which will come up in the House next week for final action.
 The measure, as originally drawn would have excluded Alaska. The Territory's Delegate to Congress in- sistently urged the Ways and Means Committee to let down the bars against his constituents. and was finally successful.
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WILSON'S LEAVE ON ANNUAL
 VACATION TRIP TO SOUTH

Enroute to Seattle to attend the annual conference of the sales force with headquarters officials, M. s. Wilson, Alaska representative of Blake, Moffatt and Towne, left here Friday night on the steamer Norah. He was accompanied by Mrs. Wilson and they will spend about six weeks on the trip.
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Penalty Is
 Designated For Nepotisnl

WASHINGTON, Dec. F. - A bill providing that all Senators and Representatives be penal ized by forfeiture of office if they practice nepotism m has been introduced by Representa- tive Grant E. Mouser, Jr., Re- publican of Ohio.
 Many members of Congress, Representative Mouser stated, have relatives on the legisla- tive payroll.
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Brazil Burns Money

SAN PAULO, Dec. 17.-The state government will burn it's big bun- dle of grief-the more than $21,- GOO, 900, in rebel currency issued during the late civil war. The ash- es will be buried in Araca ceme- tery.
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F F0UL PLAY NOT SUSPECTED IN
 CASE.
Tia Juana Police Authorii- ties Say Tn o mpsons
 Have Gone to States

TIA JUANA, Mex, Dec. 17.-That MT. and Mrs Charles L. Thompson, former Alaskans, have not met with foul play but disappeared re- gently from here for publicity pur- poses, was claimed today by Miguel Santa Cruz, Chief of Police of this city. He said his department had investigated the alleged disappear ance and had come to the con- clusion stated.
 MT. and Mrs Thompson, accord ing to their friends, have not been seen since December 3, two weeks ago. Their automobile was said to have been seen December 6, at Tecate, but neither of them was in it.
 Returned to States
 Chief Santa Cruz said no formal complaint had been made in the case but that he investigated the matter on account of the publicity It had received. He said he had come to the conclusion they had returned to the States.
 The investigation, he added, show ed the Thompsons left Tia Juana on December and went to Los Angeles. They sent a telegram from Oakland on December T. Mex ican police do not suspect foul play but think they desired publicity for commercial purposes. Thompson is part owner of a distillery at Tia Juana.
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Suicide Match Kings
 Brother Is Sentenced

STOCKHOLM, Dec. 17.-Torsten Kreuger, brother of the late Ivar Kreuger, suicide match king, was today sentenced to three and one half years on charges of fraudulent bankruptcy.
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NEW CABINET
 IN BELGIUM
Count de Brouqueville Sue, ceeds in Forming
 New Ministry

BRUSSELS, Dec. IT. Count Charles de Brouqueville has suc- ceeded in forming a new Cabinet to replace the Ministry he headed and which resigned after refusal to approve the war debt payment to the United States which was due on December 15.
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UNEMPLOYED
 STRIKE COLD

WELLINGTON, N. z., Dec. IT, One of two unemployed men who found gold in Congo has sold a months option on his claim for $50,000 plus 16 per cent of the gold extracted says report from Dunnedin.
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Hold-Up
 Artists
 Get Busy
Heaviest Fog of Years Shrouds Work of
 Slick Men

TACOMA, Wash, Dec. 17.-The heaviest fog of the year continued today.
 The Fire Department lost the location of a blaze, which caused a $500 loss before 1t was found and finally put out.
 Seven hold-4ps have been re- ported as a result of the fog.
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CHINA MAKES
 PEACE MOVE
Announces Conditions for Cancellation Orient
 al Issue

GENEVA, Dec. 17-The essential condition upon which China would accept conciliation in the Sino- Japanese dispute is that Japan renounce support of Manchukuo.
 The Chinese delegation to the League of Nations made this an- nouncement today.
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J. K. MALISTER RETURNING
 HOME ON NORTHWESTERN

J. K. McAlister, accountant in the office of Territorial Auditor, is returning home on the steamer Northwestern after a brief trip to Seattle and Portland.
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JUDGE ARNOLD HERE FROM
 KETCHIKAN FOR SHORT STAY

Judge w. c. Arnold, United States Commissioner at Ketchikan, arrived here Friday on the motor ship Northland on legal business. He will return home this evening on the same vessel.
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DRY CHIEF LEAVE FOR
 VACATION IN KENTUCKY

H. w. Raney, Chief of the Fed eral Dry forces in Alaska, left or the Princess Norah for Seattle. He is enroute to Kentucky where ht will spend a 30-day vacation.
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AGED EDITOR
 WHITEH0RSE.
 STAR PASSES
Arthur Johnson Dies in Hospital - Survived
 by 7 Children
Special to Tfle Empire.)

SKAGWAY, Alaska, Dec IT, Arthur Johnson, Editor of the Whitehorse Star, died in the hos pital at Whitehore Friday night at II o'clock. He was about TO years old and a widower. He is survived by a son and six daughters, all residents of New Westminster, B c. One daughter was with him for the past two months.
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RACE HORSES DIE IN FLAMES

CHICAGO, H., Dec. 17.-Eigh- teen race horses, valued at more than $15c,O00. perished in fire which burned the big Darn on the Samuel Insull Estate.
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PROMINENT IN FAIRBANKS

FAIRBANKS, AlaSka, Dec. It, Charles L. Thompson is a pioneer resident of this city and resided here until about two years ago. He was one of the first to engage in the air transportation business here and was leading stockholder in the Bennett Rodebaugh Airplane Company which was later purchas- ed by the Alaskan Airways.
 MT. Thompson was connected with the latter corporation in an executive capacity until the sum- mer of 1881 when he severed his connection with it and moved to the States
 Before coming to Fairbanks, he resided at Nome.
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The density of population in New Zealand is approximately Is per sons to the square mile.
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Wolves from Russia are invading the Wilma district of Poland.
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Floods have been damaging grain crops in Guatemala.
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Evening star., 1932-11-06
World Fellowship Lunch
At Y. w. c.. A. Tuesday

Mrs. E. E. Danley. chairman Of the
Committee on Public Affairs. will pre-
side ct the joint Public Affairs World
Fellowship luncheon. to be held Tues
day of this week, November 8, at 1890
O'Clock, at the Young Women's Chris
tian Association, Seventeenth and K
streets. when DR.. w. c. Johnstone, as
Sistant professor of political science at
George Washington University, will be
heard on The Present-day Conditions
in Europe" of which he has a live first
hand knowledge, since he and Mrs.
JohnStone spent last Summer there
Mrs. Danley will be assisted by Mrs
Fred E. Wright, who is chairman OF
the World Fellowship Committee Of the
Y. w. C. A.
The World Fellowship Committee in
cludes Mrs. Lynn G. Baumhoffer, Miss
Heloise Brainard, Mrs. William Foster
Burdick. Mrs. j. H. Coxhead. Miss
Louise Davidson, Mrs. Edwin G. Dex-
ter, Mrs. Harry w. FrantZ, Mrs Arthur
w. Hummel, Mrs. M. P. Jennings Jones
Miss Ida B. johnson, Mrs. Ralph B
Kennard. Miss Annie D'Armond March
ant, Miss Edna McNaughton, Mrs. A.
Chambers Oliphant, Mrs. Camille Osias
Miss Elizabeth Peet. Mrs. William r
Rhoades, Mrs. Luther Reichelderfer
Mrs. John T. Schaaff, Mrs. Ernest
Smith. Mrs E. c. Stone, Mrs. George
Winchester Stone, Mrs. w. L. Tread
way. Mrs. William Charles White. Mrs
Carl Williams, Mrs. William F. Will
loughby, Miss Carrie Wilson and Mrs
D. E. Yarnell.
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Republican Women Hosts
At Luncheon Yesterday

The woman's division Of the Hoover
and Curtis Club of the District Of CO.
lumbia entertained at luncheon at the
Willard Hotel yesterday, when the fol-
lowing members were present: Mrs.
Harry K. Daugherty, chairman: Mrs.
Frederick A. Tflton, Mrs Samuel j.
Prescott, Mrs Walter Newton, Mrs
Theodore G. Joslin, Mrs. French Stroth-
er, Mrs. Joel T. Bone, Mrs. John Jay
Hopkins, Mrs. Edgar c. Snyder Mrs.
Charles Corby. Mrs. Joseph H. Branson,
Mrs T. Kinsey Carpenter, Mrs. Virgil
Miller, Miss Zaidee Kibier, Mrs. Henry
D. Fry, Mrs. L. j. Pettijohn. Mrs. Mil
lard West. Mrs. Estelle Douglas. Mrs.
Acheson F. Hassan, Mrs. F. N. Loetsch.
Mrs G. L. Tarbell. Mrs William S.
Culbertson, Mrs. John w. Frizzell, Mrs.
Hubert E. Peck. Mrs. E. J. Harper, Mrs.
William F. Eynon, Mrs. William A. Kin
nan. Mrs Bertha Helm, Mrs. Daniel
Dunning, Mrs Mida c. Peabody Mrs.
Samuel A. Kimberly. Mrs. Russell B.
Harrison. Mrs. James E. Barnes, Mrs.
F. H. Newell. Mrs. Daisy Prentice. Mrs.
Harry E. Hull, Mrs. Ford E. Hovey,
Miss N R. Macomb. Mrs. George w.
TroWbridge. Mrs. Edith G.. Salisbury,
Mrs Robert j. Bates. Mrs. Frederick T.
F. Johnson, Mrs. Lucy B. Cash. Mrs.
NJ. D. Moore and Mrs M. c. Williamson.
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Huff and Puff.

REAUTY is more than skin deep 1t Is
as deep as the muscles and the
bones. Faces must be cleansed and
massaged with cream. not with the
finger tips, which usually stretches the
skin, but with the knuckles, and the
massage must be deep-to the very
bones. without the slightest pulling Of
the skin. This is the proved belief of
one of the most successful beauty Spe-
cialists of international reputation who
for many years has worked closely with
VienneSe specialists.
You huff and puff your way to beauty
says this expert. by simple treatment
which costs nothing, takes only few
minutes each day, and does wonders in
improving ones appearance by firming
the muscles of the face-a better and
more permanent way of keeping a
smooth unWrinkled skin at its best than
by the constant use of astringents.
Huff and puff is the name of an ex-
ercise to overcome those downward lines
from nose to.mouth. This is the way it
IS taken: Fill the mouth with air and
puff hard against the inside of your
cheeks and upper lip. Keep the lips
slightly open and release the air in little
puffs exactly as if you were playing a
horn.
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Mrs. Charles E. Hughes
Guest at Women's Club

At the Woman's City Club tea this
afternoon Mrs. Charles Evans Hughes,
honorary president Of the District
branch of the American Needlework
Guild. will be the guest of honor. Mrs.
Boyd Taylor, president of the District
branch. will also be the guest of the
club on this occasion. Members and
guests will be received by Miss Alice NJ.
Heaven, president Of the club. and Mrs
w. j. Layarre chirman Of its needle
work guild section. Other club hoStesSes
will be Mrs William Lee Corbin. Dean
Grace Hays Riley, DR.. A. Frances Foye,
Judge Mary O'Toole, Mrs. William w
Spaid, Mrs. Caroline B. Stephen. Mrs
NJ. B. Berryhill. Miss NJ Pearl Mccall
Mrs. John S. Bennett. Mrs. J. B. Dod
son, Mrs. S. S. Allen, Miss Josephine E.
Jones and Mrs John James Walsh. A
group of singers from the Tuesday
Evening Club, under the direction of
Mrs, Florence Howard will give a short
program Mrs Acheson F. Hassan and
Mrs Grace J. Leimbach will preside al
the tea tables
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Smart Afternoon FrOCkS
Seen at Paris Rendezvous

rust -colored woolen, trimmed with in
crustations of brown and beige crepe
de chine embroidered in the same COL
ors with dots of irregular sizes revelling
in contrasts somewhat after the fashion
of dozen soap bubbles set af1oat The
belt is beige. also the tiny hat with an
almost imperceptible brim, trimmed in
one quill that has been made of two
half quills put together, one brown and
the other bright red.
The third wears a brown WoOlen
dress, with red-striped jersey scarf. in
which run narrower green and yellow
stripes The hat is a wee canotier with
two wing tips standing upright from
the rear.
Brown is in greater evidence than any
other color Many browns are notice
able Sometimes two different brown
fabrics are combined in the same frock,
brown coats and furs are hanging over
dozens of chairs and brown astrakhan
trims many of the dresses. Tailored
suits have an especially feminine touch,
all their severity subordinated by ex-
quisite details. One is in black feur-
delaine Cfiower of wooD trimmed in
breitschwantz. Another is in green
Woolen worn with blue fox
THE black woolen frock trimmed in
Woolen embroidery has limited
vogue, just the vogue it should have to
be smart, for when a mode becomes
popular and passes into the hands OF
the public and becomes common prop
erty. it is no longer smart.
A black wooden frock, with red and
white Angora wool embroidery, is strik-
ing, and the value of this embroidery is
not fully realized until the dress has
been analyZed and the observer per-
ceives that, if this embroidery were not
there. the model would have nothing to
distinguish it from frock made sew
eral seasons ago. This suggests that
many ,an old black dress might be
brought up to date by this magic,
undermining touch. Wool embroidering
is comparatively easy. The patterns are
not difficult to follow, and the needles
used are easy for inexpert hands to
handle.
A couturiere who owns a nearby
establishment has just come in and We
talk about fashion trends over cock
tail She tells me that one of her rich
American clients recently returned from
New York and that in a storm her bag
gage was flooded and several WoOlen
dress were damaged. The rust-stains
from the hinges of the wet trunk dis
figured their sleeves terribly. But a
design in wool embroidery was worked
over these and the models now look as
they did when they first left the work
room This vogue for embroidery in
wool may solve some such problems for
many another woman with stained
dress
Copyright, 1922
Evening star., 1932-11-06
University Club Tea.
DR.. MacLear Honor Guest

DR.. Martha MacLear, professor Of
psychology in the Wilson Teachers
College, will speak on Europe in
1882" at the regular tea Of the Ameri-
can Association for University Women,
tomorrow at o'clock pm. at the club
house, 1884 street northwest.
Miss Anna Pearl Cooper will intro
duce the speaker. Miss Ethel Sunny
will be hostess, assisted by Mrs. Horace
Torbert. Miss BERTHE Backus, Miss Eliza
beth Andrews, Miss Evelyn Davis and
Miss Marguerite Manning.
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Lecture and Exhibit on
Orientals and Their Art

Miss Muriel Shaw, who has been in
this country for year. coming here
after making tour Of the world, has
spent most Of her life in the Orient,
and on Thursday she will give lecture
and exhibit in the theater of Ward
man Park Hotel on her travels and ex-
periences, discoursing upon the habits
and customs of the Orient. Her theme
Will be told in story form, while the
players on the stage. dressed in cos
TUNES she has brought with her, will
carry on the sequence. Demonstrations
and celebrated local vocalists will rem
der the accompaniment. A priceless
collection Of authentic curios will be
on display.