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SOCIETY
President and Mrs. Hoover Observe Day
Quietly at White House-Will Have
Friends In for Dinner

moved from 2401 Fifteenth street. Cards
have been issued by the legation an
nouncing the changes of address.
Representative and Mrs. w. A. Ayres
and their daughter, Miss Margaret
Ayres, have returned to their apartment
in the. Broadmoor after spending sew
eral months in their home in Wichita,
Kans.
The marriage of Miss Katharine Phil
lips, daughter of former Representative
and Mrs. Thomas w. Phillips. jr.,. to
Mr.. Lucien van Hoorn, charge DAFT
flares of the Netherlands, will take
place Saturday at the country place Of
the brides parents, Phillips Hall. on
the Butler plank road, near Pitts
burgh. Mr.. and Mrs. Phillips will en-
tertain for their daughter and Mr.. van
Hoorn tomorrow evening.
On account of the serious illness of
Mr.. Phillips mother, the wedding has
been very simply arranged and the COM
pany attending will be small.
Among those from out of town who
will be house guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Phillips will be Miss Olive Whitman
and Mr.. James Duff of New York and
Mr. Andre Cattaui of the Egyptian
Legation.
Rear Admiral Charles Morris, U. S.
NJ, retired, and Mrs. Morris Of Brook
line, Mass, have announced the engage
ment of their daughter, Barbara, to Mr..
Thomas DeNyse Flynn, son of Lieut..
Col. Thomas j. Flynn, U. S. A., and Mrs.
Flynn of New York.
Miss Morris attended Gunston Hall
School in washington. Mr.. Flynn at
tended Chsdmanns School in WASH
ington, and is in his final year at the
United States Military Academy at West
Point
The wedding will take place at West
Point after Mr.. Flynn's graduation in
June.
Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford. U.
s. A., retired, and his daughter, Miss
Elizabeth Glassford, sailed yesterday
aboard the Monarch for Bermuda,
where they will be for several weeks.
Comdr. and Mrs. Howard Emery have
opened their apartment at the Broad
moor after spending six months In their
Summer home In Buckfiel5, Me.
Miss Faust and Miss Bell
Thanksgiving Day Debutantes.
Two debutantes identified with old
residential circles in the Capital will
make their bows this afternoon at tea
in their respective homes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick De Courcy
Faust will introduce their daughter,
Miss Gertrude Faust, in their home, at
2029 Connecticut avenue, and Mr.. and
Mrs. George Tillman Bell will give
tea dance at their home, in Massachu-
sets Park to present their daughter,
Miss Mary Lee Bell, to society.
Mrs. Faust will have assisting her
Mrs. Francis G. Newlands, Mrs. Fred
erick H. Brooke, Mrs. Henry Fitzhugh,
Mrs. ]. Spalding Flannery, Mrs. Regi-
maid Huidekoper. Miss Laura Harlan,
Mrs. Alexander B. Legare, Mrs. o. H.
Perry johnson, Mrs. Lindsay Russell,
Mrs. william Sewers and Mrs. Charles
r. Wilson. With Miss Faust will be
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Lady Harrington Arrives
tn Snar1d Fairly Wipyar Goa sov,

Lady Harrington Arrives
To Spend Early Winter Season.
Lady Harrington of London, who ar
rived In New York recently, will spend
the Winter at the Hotel Plaza in New
York. Lady Harrington is an aunt of
Mrs. Morris Ernest Locke, who before
her marriage was Miss Grace Jarvis.
granddaughter of the late Senator and
Mrs. James Mcmillan of Michigan.
Mrs. Morrow, widow of Senator
Dwight whitney Morrow, has issued in
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Mrs. Samuel T. Herrick entertained
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Senator and Mrs. L.. j. Dickinson
again are In their apartment at the
EYoadmoor for the season.
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Mrs. Russell Bennett will entertain
at tea Sunday afternoon, December IL.
In her home, at 2340 Massachusetts,
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perform the civic duty of manning and operat-
ing the engine at one time at an Alexandria
11re and where he threw of his coat and
set the delinquents an example
There Is no record of the type of this
engine that was imported from France which
was very probable, as all Virginians were
pledged to boycott English goods about this
time nor have we any record of the life in
Alexandria of this old engine except that it
was disposed of for junk and a new engine
replaced it in the Friendship Engine HOUSE In
Alexandria
What was very likely the new engine is
now on exhibition at the old Friendship Fire
EngiLe House In Alexandria and is a Balti-
more production, made by John Rodgers about
the year of 1850 and the last word in the
OLD hand pumping engines being almost iden-
ucal with the old Columbian engine in the
headquarters of the Association of Oldest In
habitants at Nineteenth and II streets which
was also made by Rodgers.
The old Washington gift passed out of sight
ana memory but some few years ago Mr..
George w. Corner, jr, a Baltimore insurance
man. heard Of peculiar type of fire engine
in Frederick, Md, and after an inspection he
bought 1t and brought same to Baltimore and
installed It IN the museum in Druid Hill Park
AS SHOWN by the accompanying picture this
Is not an engine of the reciprocating tyne
out OF the rotary pump operation and such as
was invented by the French as early as the
middle OF the seventeenth century, so that
this was evidently the fire engine of French
expectation There is another old engine iden-
tical with this at Darby Pa a suburb of Phila-
uelphla, and was possibly imported with the
Washington gift. 1t is known as the "Darbv
Ram"
IN the picture the crank arms are inn
properly positioned for economy of space and
the long, upright handles should be turned to
a horizontal position to rotate the shaft Wa
ter was dumped into the rear tank or the
machine was backed to the spout of a street
pump to supply the water for the force pump.
A YEAR ago I was invited by Mr.. Corner
to come to Baltimore to see this old
engine and found that on the front panel ef
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"- HE old Greeks and Romans had no
use for fire engines they did not
heat their houses and rarely en-
| ployed fire in their domestic life and
our ancestors in Great Britain,
France, Holland Germany and Scan
dinavia at an early date built such small,
crowded dwellings that it probably a wise
sanitary measure to let their huts be eventually
burned to clean up the filth and vermin with
which they became infested.
Nero's alleged burning of Rome was prob
ably the wish of the city fathers to get rid
of unsightly and dirty shacks that disgraced
the imperial city and no doubt for its
advantage.
The Dutch and French used in the sixteenth
century hand pumps and large syringes or
squirts mounted on wheels and about the same
time the Germans developed fire engine OF
the reciprocating pump type that was used
for some 200 years in that country, England
and America.
Pepys in his lengthy account of the great
London fire of 1866 makes no mention of ma
chinery to apply water to the fire and the
only relief adopted was pulling down or blow
ing up houses to prevent the spread of the
conf1agaration
About 20 years after the London fire. hand
operated pumping engines began to appear in
England, and the writer is informed that
some of these old engines are still in use In
the smaller towns of the British Isles
Hand pumping fire engines were imported
into and built in this country as early as 1880
and by 1850 there were very few towns of
Importance that did not have one or more
bumpers. The engines of New England we're
of the English type, while those of Pennsyl-
vania were of German make. New York City
had contractors who made its fire engines as
an encouragement to home industry as early
as 1736. Baltimore raised enough money by
lottery to buy two fire engines in 1853
IT was. about 1774 some 20 years after its
founding that Alexandria had made such
progress that 1t was about the largest town
IN Virginia with an extensive foreign trade.
Ine need of FIRE engine was felt and as Col.
oeoree Washington was q property owner
snerean. 1t was natural that he should alss
"e interested in the protection OF the town
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from Gen Fitzhugh Lee of Virginia. in which
he said:
"As the son of Gen. Robert E. Lee, send
my most profound sympathy. The whole South
mourns the Nations loss"
Gen. Grant was a great lover of children,
and during the grand review of the Army here
after the war he had with him the review
ing stand a group of young folk in whom he
seemed to take as much interest as in the great
pageant passing before him.
NUITE frequently he is known to have gone
~ out of his way to pet or caress some little
boy or girl who especially attracted his
attention. Upon one occasion, shortly after
peace was declared, he showed his fondness for
the little ones while he was taking a ride
across the Long Bridge into Virginia The
embargo had just been lifted by the War
Department on the transit of civilians over
this highway. and. so the story goes, "a resi-
dent of South Washington at that time de-
termined early on the Sunday morning follow
ing to take stroll across the bridge. Taking
with him two of his little children and the
little boy of a neighbor, he started out and
meeting no impeachment at the north end of
the bridge, their walk was continued When
the party had reached about half the distance
across the north causeway the steps of a horse
and rattle OF carriage were heard and,
turning his head for an instant, the Washing
tonian recognized the familiar form and face
OF Gen. Grant, seated in an open buggy
smoking a cigar with his overcoat buttoned
up and wearing a beaver hat He had two
small children with him. AS he drove up he
refined up his horse, and, addressing the Wash
lngtonlan. who had on a suit of gray clothing,
said: Would your little children like to ride
across the bridge with mine?' The pedestrian
hesitated a momert in answering, which Gen.
Grant observed. and added: You need not be
afraid to trust them with me; am Gen.
Grant The children were jubilant at the
proposal OF ride across the bridge, and, the
citizen handing them up the general took
charge of them and drove on. The citizen
walked leiSurely on behind thinking perhaps
the general would leave the children at the
other end of the bridge and drive on. When
he arrived on the other side he found that
the general had placed the little ones on a
grassy knoll beside the rode and was waiting
to deliver them to their father in safety The
citizen, thanking the general for his kindness
the latter nodded and smiled and rode on. It
was afterward ascertained that he was making
his first visit to the Notifications on the Vir-
ginia side of the river
Questioning the little ones afterward as to
what the general had said to them the little
daughter of the citizen replied: Gen. Grant
said to me: your father is a Confederate?"'
"What did You tell him?" inquired the father
II told him. mo, he amt, indeed; he's a
Union man.
"At which earnest reply the general seemed
much amused. 1t then occurred to the citizen
that the general had his impression from the
gray blanket suit Of clothes which he the
citizen) wore at that time"
EN-. GRANT, like President Harding was
~ too generous and kindhearted for his own
good, and consequently was grosslv inposed
upon by his so-called friends With him it
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seems to have been a perfect illustration of the
value of the adage: God protect me from my
friends: my enemies I can take care of my
SELF Indeed, the closing days of his life were
intensified with sadness, when the firm of
Grant g. Ward bankers, suspended operations,
May 6. 1884
1t was a period of depression, though not
quite so severe as the panic of 1873 and other
financial reverses which this country has suf-
fered in the past But bad enough. can
surnlise when we turn back the pages of The
Star and behold the headline of the issue of
May a. 1884. which gives us the following
startling information:
BLACK Wednesday"
Panic In Wall Street"
Banks and Brokers Go Under"
Bad Break in Prices of Stocks"
Exciting Scenes in New York"
Secretary Folger to the Rescue"
or course the country recovered from this de-
preston, as 1t will recover from the present
slump in business; it always has and always
will, and the present trend of the stock market
even indicates that the recovery has already be-
gun. But with Grant g. Ward the loss was too
stupendous to retrieve and the illustrious gen.
eral and former President was left compara-
lively q poor man.
In order to secure temporary relief, Gen.
Grant had. at the suggestion of the wrecker of
the concern, borrowed from William H. Van
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the time of his death, the press mentioned
this Incident saying:
AT the annual meeting of the Sanitary and
Christian Commissions at Ocean Grove, August
2, 1884 Gen. Grant was present. He was
introduced to the large audience and said
Ladies and Gentlemen: Under all circum%
stances it is a difficult matter for me to speak,
and how much more dificult under the pres
ent circumstances. An hour ago I might
have said something about the Sanitary and
Christian Commissions. I witnessed the good
done They did a great deal by way of con-
ISOLATION writing letters to friends at home for
the sick and wounded, and found where their
dead were buried. hope you all are having
a good time here today. appreciated '''and here
the voice of the great general was hushed in
sobs. and he sank into his chair weeping pro-
fusely. He was still a great sufferer from
the broken tendon of his leg and the financial
crash on Wall Street, which had Just swept
away all of his life's savings and imperiled his
good name, over which he was very sensitive,
and this, his first cordial greeting since his
calamities, was too much for the manly heart
to endure without tears of gratitude. 1t was
the only time the hero of many battles was
known to shed tears before an audience,
though often called upon to speak The audi
ence wept like children and for some moments
silence brooded over the vast assembly,
\A /HEN news OF the death of Gen Grant
w was received in Washington, regret was
profound and sincere, although it was known
Tor months that his days were numbered and
that he could not recover
The members of the congregation of Tho
metropolitan M. E. Church. where Gen Grant
attended and was member of the first board
OF trustees, Immediately made ARRANGEMENTS
Tor meeting to take appropriate action.
Prof Widows The Star stated ~vho ulays
the chimes in the Metropolitan Church hast
ened to the church this morning. so soon as
ne learned of Gen. Grants death and toIIed
minute bells for one hour on the large bell
OF the chime, and then played the following
dirges at intervals: winham tune Pleyels
Hymn, Flee as a Bird Rock of Ages. and
the Funeral Chime Charges in e Minor In
conclusion he struck Gen. Grants age-sixty-
tnree strokes-on the large bell. 1t is remem-
oered that Gen. Grant was present on Thanks
giving day, 1871, when the chimes were dedi~
Gated, and that one Of the bells was the
gift OF Mrs. Grant and bears her name"
Naturally the Grand Army of the Republic
hastened to arrange to show its departed
chief all the honors within its power and
the ex-Confederate soldiers residing in this
city informally determined that should the
general be buried here that they would take
steps to testify their appreciation of the man
and soldier by turning out at the funeral
every effort consistent with propriety was
made to have the general buried in this CITY
the Soldiers Home grounds being especially
urged as most suitable place, and Arlington
NATIONAL Cemetery was also mentioned. But it
seems 70 have been the expressed desire of Gen.
Grant to be buried at West Point where he
began his military career, or some place nearby.
and in difference to his wishes hi, bodv Te.
York
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derbilt an amount variously placed at between
500 900 to $3.50 600. Vanderbilt, we are told,
had not required any security, but Grant, true
to the instructive integrity of his nature, when
the failure came, went Immediately to his friend
and deposited with him all the swords trophies
medals, coins and relics presented to him by
the Government and admirers in our own
country and those given to him by crowned
heads and others when ON his tour around the
world.
Shortly afterward Mr. Vanderbilt presented
this wonderful collection to the Government,
course it was said Gen. Grant had himself in
tended to pursue. The writer recalls very clear
ly when this collection arrived ut the National
Museum in 1884 or 1885 and was temporarily
placed in the attic room of the northwest part
Of the old building. Every safeguard was
placed around 1t. watchman was kept at the
door leading into the room all the time, and
the door and all the windows were connected
with burglar alarms Today 1t forms one of
the principal exhibits in the north hall along
with The Star Spangled Banner and other
relics and reminders of American history
EN-. GRANT felt very keenly the embar-
~ RAISING position he was placed in when
the financial institution he was connected
with went to the wall and-the last speech
he made, he lost entire control Of his emo
tions and was forced to resume his seat At
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Mrs. Hampson Gary, wife of former
United States Minister to Switzerland,
arrived in New York yesterday on the
Europa after spending the Summer
abroad. and is at the Hotel Plaza. Mr.
and Mrs. Gary have mace their home in
New York for the last two Winters
having rented their Washington home.
The marriage of Miss Marguerite l.
Murphy of Washington to Mr.. PoSey w.
Reeves. secretary to Representative
Ruth Baker Pratt which took place
yesterday in Rockville. Md. is of much
interest hero. The ceremony was per-,
formed in the parsonage of the Rock
Vile Baptist Church. the pastor, the
Rev. Bertram M. Osgood officiating.
The Assistant Attorney General Mr..
Charles P. Sisson. was best man.
Former Undersecretary of State and
Mrs Norman H. Davis will sail tonight
aboard the Europa for Europe where
Mr. Davis goes as a member of the
American delegation at the Disarna-
ment Conference.
Miss Neville Gherardi. daughter Of
Rear Admiral and Mrs Walter r.
Gherardi. is in New York where she
is spending a few days at the Waldorf
Astoria.
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ASSEMBLY TO SET
RALLY DAY GOALS
Albright Memorial Sunday School
Plans Meeting Tomorrow to
Outline Plans for Event.

The pre-Rally day general assembly
Of Albright Memorial Sunday school
will be held in the recreation hall TO-
morrow at 9:45 am.
The annual rally communion service
will be held at IL o'clock. The service
will be in charge of the pastor. Rev.
George E. Schnabel, whose subject will
be THE Journey That Ended Outside
a City Wall" This will be the last Of
the series of sermons on Little Jour-
neys With Jesus"
The Christian Endeavor will meet at
tbs pm. The Executive Committee
will have charge. At the same hour
the Intermediate Christian Endeavor
will meet. At the evening service at
s o'clock the sermon subject will be
This Glorious Adventure"
The guild rally will be held Wednes-
day evening. with Mrs. Milton Otter
back presiding On Thursday evening
the church workers will meet to COM
plete plans for the rally program Oc-
tOber
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HAMLINE SERMON
BY BALTIMOREAN
DR.. W. W. Davis Guest Preacher
Tomorrow on "The Ameri.
can Sabbath"

Dr.. w. w. Davis Of Baltimore will be
the guest preacher at Hamline Meth
odist Episcopal Church tomorrow at II
o'clock. He Is the executive secretary
of the Lords Day Alliance of Maryland
His subject will be 1.-The American
Sabbath"
The pastor, Rev. H. W. Burgan. will
preach at pm. on "Sir Walter Scott
Man of Faith" The service will be
in recognition Of the centenary of Sir
Walter Scott's death in Baltimore, 1882
Tomorrow is Promotional day in the
church school. william L. Evans. gen.
eral superintendent Of the school. will
have charge Of the exercises at 9:45
o'clock.
The High School League meets to-
morrow with social and tea at s
O'Clock. This league is supervised by
Miss Anna Culp Brown. deaconess and
director of religious education. Tomor-
row evenings program will be dis
cussion of plans of the Fall work with
Harry Ellis, president of the league. In
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The new commandant Of Boiling
Field. Lieut. Col Barton X. Yount. and
Mrs Yount will be the honor guests, at
dinner given this evening by the Of
fcers and personnel of Boiling Field
There will be 40 guests in the company.
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BASED ON RADIO PROGRAM

A Seth Parker Githerin'," based on
the famous Sunday night radio program,
will be held tomorrow night at the
Waugh Methodist Episcopal Church.
According to Rev. Allan F. Poore, min
lister, these programs will take the place
of the regular Sunday evening service
on one Sunday Of each month. He will
take charge of the meetings, assisted
by Gene Stewart, organist
For tomorrow morning the sermon is
THE joys Of Living" Rally day will
be observed In the Sunday school and
Epworth League at 7 o'clock.
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PLAN PROMOTION DAY

1.-THE Inadequacy of Things" is the
sermon theme of DR.. ]. Phelps Hand,
pastor of Wesley M. E. Church, Sunday
morning. The church school will OBJ
serve Promotion day. There will be a
meeting Tuesday evening of the church
school board for election Of officers.
Beginning October 2, the pastor Will
have a class of young people from the
classes in the last year of the junior de-
partment and first year of the inter-
mediate department. This group, which
will meet at the hour of the church
school, will study with the pastor In
preparation for intelligent church men,
bership.
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Mrs. Skirvin Adams. who was at the
Mayfiower earlier in the week, now is
at Southampton, Long Island. and was
among the guests at dinner last evening
of Mr. and Mrs La Motto T. Cohu, who
entertained in their home, in the Shin
necock Hills.
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"SUPREMACY OF JESUS"

At the Central Presbyterian Church
tomorrow. the pastor, DR.. James H.
Taylor. will preach on "The Supremacy
Of Jesus" During the week DR.. Taylor
will preach each night in the Presby-
terian Church at FloriS, Va.
The Pitzer Glass has elected the fol-
lowing officers: President, Hugh B.
Nesbitt, jr.; vice president, Dan Eberle;
secretary, Robert Meyer, and treasurer,
Robert Gardner.
The Christian Endeavor Society will
have as its topic "Conversing With God
Through Prayer" The leader will be
William Dismer, jr.
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SERVICES COMBINED

The Wisconsin Avenue Baptist Bible
school and church have a combined
service from 10 to 11:45 am. tomorrow
as Rally day is observed. The special
subject will be God Is Love-"
The 8 pm. evangelistic subject will
be Come" The Young Peoples Per-
sonal Soul Winners class and prayer
period at Z pm. Sunday. The joint
Board of Deacons and Deaconesses will
meet Wednesday at pm.
The midweek prayer service at pm.
Wednesday The B. Y. p. U. Societies
will resume their activities at Z pm
October 2.
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The special assistant to the Secre-
tary Of Labor and Mrs. W. W. King
have as their guests at their home.
Oio del Gorja. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Penny of Baltimore.
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charge. The Epworth League viii meet
tomorrow At z pm.
The midweek devotional service viii
be held Thursday at 8 o'clock.
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Miss Sumner Will Become
Bride Of Mr.. Miller Tonight.

The marriage of Miss Margaret Page
Sumner, daughter of Mrs Allen NJ
Sumner, to Mr.. Burton Francis Miller
Evening star., 1932-08-25

Tin prices are rising In Malaga a. .
result Of the limit put on production.