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The Washington times., 1932-04-29
Final Event of Season

The Friday Evening Dancing
Class will give its final event of
the season this evening, and as
a change from the other
dances of the series, it will be a
dinner dance with many sep
arate parties. The table S will
seat 10 and IL guests, there will
h receiving line composed of
the members of the committees,
and General Horton will make
the presentations. Mrs. Parker
w. West is chairman, and
among those who are on the
committee arranging for the
event are Mrs. Morris Sheppard,
Mr.. William H. King, Mrs.
Frank Mondell, Mrs. S. Wallace
Dempsey, Mrs. Herbert Crosby,
Mrs. Peyton Gordon and Mrs.
Frederick Pavne.
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Governors Visit
The Capital

A numbers Of the governors
who attended the annual con-
ference at Richmond are re-
naming in washington for a
few days prior to returning to
their various homes. Among
those at the Willard are Gov.
C. D. Buck, Of Delaware; Gov.
william G. Conley, Of West
Virginia; Gov. G. F. Shafer, Of
North Dakota; Gov. George
White, of Ohio; Gov. John G.
Winant, of New Hampshire;
Gov. James Rolph, Of Cali
fornia, and Gov. Fred Balzar,
of Vermont.
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Representative Ruth Bryan
owen will return to Washing
ton next week from Miami,
where she has been for several
days.
$3.50
The dramatic recital to be
given by Mr.. Robert Downing,
the American tragedian, this
evening in Trinity Parish Hall,
Takoma Park, will be spon-
sored by Mrs. c. E. Siegler,
Mrs. Francis Anderson, Mrs.
Jerome Hubbard and Mrs.
Thomas A. Bright. Mr.. Down
ing's talk will be about many
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SOCIAL NOTES

famous stage folk with whom
the actor was associated dur
ing his long career. A musi-
cal program will be given un-
der the direction of Mrs. John
Fahrenbach. This literary and
musical evening to which the
public is invited will be given
for the benefit of the Episco-
pal Church Home for tie
Aged.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Matt
land of Glen Cove, Long Island.
N. Y, are at the Willard for a
short stay,
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able as an explorer, writer and
lecturer, attained new honors
last evening when she gave q
recitation of Elizabeth Barrett
Browning's poem, "a Musical
Instrument" with piano accom-
paniment written by Mrs. Lulu
Jones Downing, Of Evanston,
ILL.,, who played her own COM
position.
At the conclusion Of the pro
gram, buffet supper was
served, and this reception
closed the very delightful pro-
gram of entertaining which has
been going on during the con-
vention which has lasted
through this week.
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Going to Italy

Mrs. Arthur B. Ancker left
Washington yesterday for Italy
, to spend the summer, as has
been her custom for the past
several years. She will return
in october and reopen her
apartment at Wardman Park
Hotel.
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Ukrainian Concert

Many box parties are being
planned for the concert to be
given by the world-famouS
Ukrainian Chorus and Ballet
at the Washington Auditorium
on Sunday evening, May /, as
a tribute to George washington
during this nationwide bicen-
tennial celebration.
Mrs. Walter Bruce Howe will
entertain friends in her box.
Mrs. Edwin B. Parker is plan
ming a box party. Others at
tending will be Miss Laura
Harlan, Mrs. Frank B. Noyes,
Mrs. Hennen Jennings, Mrs.
David Meade Lea, Major E. L.
v. Johnson, Major Cocroft, Mr..
F. B. Butler and DR.. George C.
Havenner.
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Fete To Be Held
at Country Club

Charming in conception is
the Colonial Fete Champtre
which is to be an event of the
coming month, under the joint
auspices of the National Wom-
ans Country Club and the
Colonial Danes Club. It will
take place on Tuesday, May 8,
at which date the grounds of
the National Woman's Country
Club, where it will be held, will
be in full Springtime beauty.
The long stretches of grassy
Sward and the sloping terrain
will furnish an ideal setting for
this gala festival and tha plans
Of the committees include at
fractions and amusements for
both adults and children.
Mrs. Charles L. McNary, wife
Of Senator McNary is in charge
Of the fete for the National
Woman's Country Club, and
Madame Manduit for the
Colonial Danes.
The grounds, with the pic
tureSque clubhouse dominating
the scene and furnishing an
ideal background, will be dot
ted with colorful booths, and
card tables will be placed at in.
tereSting points. Reservations
for these may be made through
Mrs. George T. Marye, Mrs. ].
Harry Covington and Mrs.
Frank Anderson.
Family cake boxes may be
replenished from the table
where cakes and pastries will
be on sale, under the super
vision of Mrs. Daniel o. Hast
ings, wife of Senator Hastings,
and Mrs. William H. Barbour,
wife of Senator Barbour. Mrs.
McNary has charge of the ar
rangements for ice cream, and
Mrs. Charles Mason Remey is
directing plans for the tea and
supper. Following the supper
there will be a varied enter
tainment program, ending with
q dance,
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En- Route West

Mrs. E. M. Townsend of
Oyster Bay, New York, and
Mrs. Wallace Hamilton of New
York City are at the Dodge.
Mrs. Townsend and Mrs. Ham
ilton are enroute by motor to
Minneapolis to attend the
convention of the Young
Women's Christian Association
which is to meet there next
week.
The Washington times., 1932-04-29


Quality and Good Taste
Distinguish the Mayer Sale
Furniture that is really good-our reg
ular dependable Lifetime quality-that
is the type of furniture featured in this
great sale of Lifetime Furniture. Mayer
& Co. endeavors to show you the type
and quality of furniture you finally buy
in your search for satisfaction-furniture
that is livable, good and decoratively
correct. It is not our policy to feature
the cheapest" things we could find,
simply to have the lowest price. Buy
dependable Lifetime Furniture now at
these sale savings, and be happy over it.
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Dinner Hosts

Mr.. and Mrs. George F.
Booth, of Worcester, Mass, en-
tertained a small company at
dinner last evening at the Carl
ton, where they are stopping
while in Washington.
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cidentally, theirs is the sole private
residence left in Fortietl1 street.
Between Fifth and Sixth avenues.
the old Pagenstecher house is al
but lost in the shadow Of the black
and gold Radiator building.
SUCH LEMON PIES
Oh, yes, and there are Mrs. STAN
ley's lemon pies to be had in 46th
street. For ~ years she has been
perfecting them, and theatrical folk
have carried her fame across the
country. David Warfield, the late
Belasco and scores of old-time per-
formers have been her customers
She has befriended many hungry,
joblesS actor.
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COME AND GET TT
To continue: a chef once connect
ed with the Cars household cooks
for little Slavic place in the Fifties;
and you'd be surprised how many
ex-doughboys drift down to Lexing-
ton avenue where an old cook for
their division dishes out Armenian
dinners. And in Park avenue, chick
en- Southern style is now served in a
place where debutantes once rolled
up SIC, 1000 debts. Or in Eleventh ave-
nue., Mrs. Flynn has been turning
out Irish stews since 1894.
OdSters, homeSick for the old sand
lots, can find some of the best horse
shoe pitchers in the land at the Fl.
George Horseshoe Club. And frogs
legs are the speciality at Ben Riley's
Riverdale Inn; Alexandfoff still
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-12

Geraldine Foster. pretty young
clerk in the office Of Dr.. Hum
Phrey MaskeH disappeared on
Saturday. Three days later her
roommate, Betty Garfield, notifies
Police Commissioner Thatcher
Colt. Harry Armstrong, the miss
ing girls fiance. had not heard
from her since Friday. DR.. Mas
keU says he returned to his office
Saturday afternoon to find Ger.
aIdine gone. At the Foster apart
uent Colt learns from Betty that
Geraldine had Quarreled with the
doctor. The Commissioner finds
an oId-fashioned key in the pocket
Of Ceraldines coat and part of a
bIackmail note. presumably in her
handwriting. in the desk. Differ
:nt ink than that in the apartment
was used. It is learned that Betty
7uarreled with Geraldine and that
she was once engaged to Ger
aIdine's brother. Bruce. Entering
Dr.. MaskeWs home. Colt meets
MaskeHs chauffeur. mutteriug,
Get me to talk? Never. But
Geraldine was good to me-" The
doctor says there was strange
woman outside his door when he
returned Saturday. After looking
around his office she rushed out.
crying it was too late. Colt finds
4 coat and purse which the doctor
readily admits Geraldine wore the
day she disappeared. Maskell
claims he Quarreled with her be-
cause she had broken her engage
ment. Colt calls on Mrs. Morgan,
MaskelPs neighbor. who corTob-
crates the doctors statement that
her daughter. Doris. had distribute
ed gifts with him. Two women
were seen leaving the doctors
house carrying two bottles similar
to that found in Maskelps office.
DR.. MaskeU leaves town. Ger
sidine,s note. breaking her en-
gagement, is found. The mysteri-
Gus Ephraim Foster, of WiIIough-
BY, Kansas. who had written Ger.
aldine, is a woman. A clue in the
second half of the blackmaU note
sends the police to deserted house
on PeddIer'S Road. Outside the
house. they find seven dead
pigeons. their breasts blood
stained.
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Crucsone Spectacle

I stepped inside and then stood,
arrested and appalled,, rooted at
the threshold. My first glance
around the living room into which
I had walked told me that nor,
rible crime had been committed
there. Everything seemed be-
daubed with blood. have never
seen such a spectacle OF Jury let
ioose within four walls. Tables,
chairs. bookcases all were flung
around. topsy-turvy ana nelter-
skelter. rs If overturned in some
life and death struggle. Even IN
the shadows, l could see that nlooo
wa. gmeared everywhere, staining
the Grapes, spotting the walls and
siopned and clotted in dried
patches on the floor.
"For Gods sake don't come IN
here. Betty" I called.
glanced over my shoulder and
rot : oiimuse Of her drawn and
friehtened face. She had seen,
and now she stood there IN the
Winter sunlight with her gloved
hands lifted against her cheeks and
her eyes closing with fear. Then
I turned back to the room: my
hand was cropping for an electric
switchbutton when ! suddenly
stopped.
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I may not know anything about the
law, but I have enough common
sense to know that they can't expect
a man to jump out Of a sick-bed to
register when he mas already notified
them that he can't make it. I am
going to the mat on this to see If the
board can proceed in this high-hat-
ted way.-James Joseph Tunney, for
mer heavyweight champion, on dis
covering he wouldn't be permitted to
vote.
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I've been robbed seven times in
two years. They came twice last
week, and that finished me. It's
hard on the nerves, looking down gun
barrels SO often.-P. M. Tank, Kan
sas City, Mo-, druggist, announcing
his retirement from business.
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wish could have done this on
Wall Street itself. These stock deal
ers and companies are the curse of
our nation.-Harvey Hall, 10, held for
bombing San Diego, Calf, brokerage
| office.
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From his pocket, he produced
one of his inevitable blank en-
velopes, put the hair carefully
away and marked it on the outside
for future Identification.
"The brutality Of this crime"
he informed me, "is the best prom
Use OF its solution. / am already
convinced that the method en-
ployed was not the adventurous
result Of sudden fury; it was
neither casual nor accidental. This
deed was planned. knew that
after / had walked up the stairs.
The bathroom smelt strangely of
the bark of pine trees. When we
md out why, Tony, / fancy we
shall unearth a peculiar fiendish-
ness behind this murder"
Suddenly the door knob ratified
and the front door was pushed
open without ceremony. Thatcher
Colt sprang around and we both
faced the entrance only to find
Betty Garfield staring in at us.
She looked pale and i'll.
SAs Us o11 my 10uIC, j
pleaded. MAY send Miss Can
field homer"
I'm the investigation Of Z sus.
picious DEATH" he said sarcasti-
cally, lit is the duty Of the police
to prevent unauthorized persons
from entering upon the scene Of .
crime until . member Of the De-
tective Division appears. All that
il clearly set forth in the Manual
Of Police Procedure and Practice.
But It II also stated in that exce;-
lent treatise that it 10 essential Tor
q proper identification Of the bodv
Of the deceased to be made. Now
under the one rule, I can't admit
you in the house, Betty, but un,
der the other ] must ask You to
remain nearby"
To Be Continued
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IN
|(l3|II,l
YORK
WI! s|Il:!aI3 van!
JUST WANDERING

JUST WANDERING
New York. Dec. 12.-At frequent
intervals come notes from out-of-
towners requesting information or
where to find quaint and unusual
haunts in New York. Henceforth, it
will be necessary merely to refer all
such to Helen Worden's 1.-THE Real
New York." which is the most re-
freshing and original guide-book
have ever encountered. 4,
Even a columnist who prowls
about the by-ways of Manhattan can
spend weekend going along the
trails blazed by Miss Worden, who is
a New York Telegram special writer,
Exploring has always seemed to
me the most fun anyone could have
in any new city, whether it be Paris
New York or Vienna. Most visitors,
to be sure, are content with skim
ming the usual tourist surfaces, buy
ing a few theater tickets and jump
ing train home.
But If one has time, it is possible
even as Miss Worden suggests-to
check up on the fellow who sell
mill-stones and shrubs in Eleventh
Avenue and has John D. Rockefeller
as customer. Or to run down
shops which sell real Arabian dag
gers, garlic-dipped olives from
Greece; old fashioned weather vanes
or vases from the Spanish isles. New
York, it appears, can. furnish the
wares Of every land or clime-if you
but know where to find the shops.
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OLD NEW YORK
just to give you an idea of one OF
Miss Worden's suggested tours: II
you weary of the flea circus in And
street, it's interesting to drop in on
Giovanni, the violin maker few
doors away. He's been making fid-
dies there for 40 years..
Or you can discover that the
Pagenstechers, of Fortieth street
were the last of the New Workers tt
give up their horses and carriage
Only year ago, they retired The
family coachman and brougham. In.
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laid the basis for making them
permanently profitable when sound
ly managed.
Might Prove Interesting

That any attempt to eliminate OF
curtail state aid to common schools
may be challenged by the courts is
an inference one gets from reading
an article by w. L. Stockwell, Fargo
one-time superintendent Of public
instruction and leading private
citizen.
Reviewing the education situation
in the current issue of THE North
Dakota Teacher Stockwell points
out the constitutional requirement
that the legislative assembly shall
make provision for the establishment
and maintenance of system of pub
lie schools and that the requirement
shall be "irrevocable without the
consent Of the United States and the
people of North Dakota"
On this basis, if the legislature fails
to provide for the maintenance of the
school system, challenge to the
constitutionality of such failure to
act might make an interesting court
case.
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the mark over there is plain
we can at least guess at the height
from that"
AS he talked. he kept nodding
his head and looking from one cor
ner to another.
Moreover" he said, "the lock
on the front door has recently
been repaired, the kitchen window
broken, and the house burglarized
through the broken window
either by midget or a small boy.
The footprints in the dust show
that much. Further, Tony, the
house has had some feather bur-
glars. Since the kitchen window
glass was smashed, pigeons have
taken to roosting within these
walls-they even drank of warm
human blood, and then, struggling
to get into the open air, they died.
One could not make it found
the little corpse in the Kitchen"
1T is extraordinary how you
can know these things" gasped.
Thatcher Colts eyes were still
roaming stealthily around the
room.
"There is much more to be
learned" he replied irritably. II
am inclined to believe that a boy
with a sallow face and buck teeth
actually saw a part, at least, of
the murder. But he thinks he saw
a ghost. Fortunately l have his
name and address. / didn't have
time to stop then and question him
fully"
What a bungler Thatcher Colt
would justly have thought me, if
l had told him the truth-how the
same boy had crossed my path, and
I had let him run off. But of this
I said nothing until long after
ward.
While he was talking, the COL.
missioner was prowling and roam.
ing back and forth, bending to ex-
anime the edge of a table, even the
rungs in the back of a chair.
Suddenly I heard him give a low
whistle and drop to his knees.
From the floor he lifted what
seemed to be hair or else a thin
strand of some fabric, about four
inches long.
Just a straw, Tony" he said.
"A straw to show the way the wind
blows. A piece of human hair
golden hair-that might belong to
some innocent person-yet which
might have dropped from the head
Of the murderer"
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Barbs

Conservation Of game birds has
everyone's approval, but from the
way the states are lining up behind
the Goth amendment, lame ducks
are out of luck.
It's not only the stew that
staggers, Jig-saw puzzles will get
You that way.
With liens levied on his personal
effects, maybe Jimmy Walker, New
York's former mayor, will make some
inquiries into Gandhi's budget for
food and raiment while he's in India.
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Filling stations took q lot of the
corners when the saloons went out.
And. Of one sort or another, they'll
have still more Of them IL the lease
Is cancelled on the 18th amendment.
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The Soviet professes TO have
more jobs than workers. One
Of them seems TO be getting
Uncle Sans recognition.
The trouble isn't that small boys
have no mark to shoot at these days,
but the snow won't always pack.
Copyright, 1882. NEA Service, Incl
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Repeal Delayed
New York Tines

Failure Of the Garner resolution
in the house yesterday to secure the
necessary two-thirds vote was chief
ly significant for the party division
on the roll-call. The speaker rallied
all but A Democrats in favor of
repeal Of the Eighteenth Amend
ment. Against it, however, We're
recorded 100 Republicans, about two
thirds Of whom have been defeated
for reelection in November. Thus
it was the quacking of Republican
lame ducks that defeated imme-
date repeal. The Republican lead
er. Mr.. Smell, was not able to keep
his promise to deliver enough of his
party votes to make sure of pas
sage by the house. The affirmative
Republican vote was 102. while the
Democrats numbered l68. If the
result is, by so much, a rebuff for
Speaker Garner, it is an even great
er one for the Republican leadership
in the house.
Even If the resolution had carried,
it would not have meant repeal at
tanned at this session of congress.
The senate would have been sure to
delay the measure and finally to load
1t down with amendments which the
house would have found it difficult to
accept. Moreover, some of the rep
resentatifes who voted against the
Garner resolution had colorado eX-
cuses for doing so. They protested
against the haste with which the re-
solution had been brought up for
consideration. There was no COM
mittee report on it. No opportunity
for perfecting the bill by amendment
was permitted. Debate was severely
restricted. In addition, it was COM
monty understood that the repeater
could not be got through the senate
as it stood, so that for the house to
pass it might have been regarded by
some as mere beating of the air.
Yet 1t is the fact, when all is said
that Ia representatives see m
singularly indifferent, for one reason
or another, to the clear and empha-
tic expression of the popular will on
the subject of prohibition at the cleo
ton on Nov. 8.
Au IIlc IeXt congress the e0tlre
balance of parties and the attitude of
senator's and representatives will be
altered. II ever a positive mandate
was given to congress, it was done
IN the case Of prohibition last month.
The two party platforms, the prom
lSes OF presidential candidates, the
pledges of congressman seeking cleo
ton combined to demand submis-
sion Of repeal amendment to the
states. That will undoubtedly come
IN due time. Meanwhile, the country
Is left to wonder at the willingness of
so many representatives, especially
the Republicans, to ignore the rapid
change of public sentiment which
reached its climax of demonstration
at the polls four weeks ago. At a
hearing before Senator Borah's COM
mittee few lays ago reference was
made to the presidential election
What presidential election?' In
quired Mr.. Borah facetiously. 1.-The
one that was conducted in your alb
sence," remarked Senator Wagner
Apparently it was also conducted in
the complete absence of attention to
its significance by the 100 Repub-
lican members of the house who yes
terday voted against repeal.
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A BREATH OF FREEDOM

Moundsville, w. Va.-Aubrey Kits,
%, was released from West Virginia
penitentiary recently, but his first
breath of freedom was only a gasp
He had hardly stepped out the gate
when he was arrested by Deputy u.
s. Thomas Kelly, for violating fed
eral parole. He was taken to the fed
eral reformatory at Chillicothe, Ohio.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The Row Rebels

My 7 year old son refuses to eat
any kind Of cooked cereal. He gags
If we force him to take any. A well
known diet specialist advised that
some cooked cereal should be given
every morning -. (Mrs. E. H.
Answer-I don't blame the boy. II
he prefers to take his cereals raw, or
in the form of bread or biscuit or
rolls or cookies or crackers or cakes,
1t Is all right.
Soap Stones
What do you think Of an oil for
gallstones? I took one treatment
of "a ridiculous humbug). and SEEM
ed to feel better; it brought away
lot Of green gummy pebbles. I know
q party If. ]. j.
Arlswer--Yes, there are enough OF
them In the country 10 make 4 party.
The pebbles" are soapy Jumps pro-
duced by the action Of alkai On the
oil. This is an old gladstone" trick
formerly played by travelling takers
and carttail specialists who arrived
in town Saturday night to clean the
hired mans wages. Any fairly
healthy person would notice . SINH
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1t was Charles Dickens who, in
five immortal words, wrote down
what is often in many mems minds
THE law is an ass People the
world over are becoming FESTIVE un-
der some Of the astounding things
developed in the name of the law
and the admitted impotency Of
judges in applying relief. In many
respects the courts have not changed
much since the novelist wrote those
words We can still be thankful for
few judges who rise above the
asininity Of some laws.