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Evening star., 1932-10-23
BY SALLIE V. H. PICKETT.

That Mrs. Hoover is consistent in
everything she says and does shows con-
stantly in her daily life, and nothing
better proves her democracy than her
style of dress. When the Republican
Women of the District gave reception
plenty at the very hour, just as it had
been doing all that day, but Mrs.
Hoover, accompanied by her young and
pretty daughter-in-law, Mrs. Herbert
Hoover, jr., was right on time Some
women were wearing their regular aft
ernoOn dress as for fashionable Mid
winter events, but not so Mrs. Hoover.
She wore a well tailored but not new
brown cloth tailored suit, and all the
accessories of her toilet were in keep
ing. Young Mrs. Hoover was also
simply and similarly attired, as were
most of the cabinet women. With her
gloves removed, Mrs. Hoover received
hundreds of handshakes and was as
good natured and smiling when she left,
with her departure being impeded by
conversation every moment, as when
she arrived and was received with just
little ceremony.
And that brings one around to sur
mise on the White House official enter
tanning for the season. Each branch of
the Government has grown to such un-
manageable size that there are likely to
be smaller but more receptions on the
list than in previous years. The strain
of receiving two or three thousand
handshakes is more than any one
should be asked to endure. There seems
no way for President to escape it, but
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt, when the First
Lady in the Land, found a way out for
the women. She had the White House
florists make large bouquet of flowers
for her, to correspond with her gown,
and, learning the color of gowns to be
worn by cabinet women, all of whom
stood in line in those days, she had a
similar bouquet awaiting each one on
her arrival at the White House. This
clever scheme left the women to make
their bows gracefully over the sweet
scent of flowers to each passing guest
instead of shaking hands. 1t is too bad
Presidents, too, cannot carry bouquets.
From three to six groups OF women,
often several hundred in party were
received by Mrs. Hoover before she left
with the President on his Middle West
ern trip, and wherever there was an
older person or a child in line, Mrs.
Hoover found time for few extra
words of greeting or sometimes little
apropos story.
Washington riders had their first fox
run yesterday under the auspices of the
Riding and Hunt Club, the start being
made from the National Woman's Coun-
try Club. The Secretary Of State and
Mrs. Stimson are perhaps the best
riders and certainly the most ardent
lovers of horses in the cabinet and play
ing the country squire, Mr. Stimson has
turned over section : his Highold
estate near Woodbury. Long Island, for
the annual run of the smart West Hills
race meet, the magnet each year for
hundreds of society folk. There was
buffet luncheon at Highold yesterday
before the running of the first race, the
Highold. named for the estate, which
started at 1:45 o'clock.
Evening star., 1932-10-23

The Vice President, Mr.. Charles Cur
tbs, who has been in his home in To-
peka, Kans., for few days. will leave
there today for Chicago, where he will
be with his son and daughter-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Curtis. The Vice
President will return to Topeka to vote.
The Secretary of War, Mr.. Patrick j.
Hurley, who was in Chicago yesterday,
will join Mrs. Hurley and their chill
dren at Belmont. their country place
near Leesburg, Va, the middle Of the
week.
The Secretary of the Interior. Mr..
Ray Lyman Wilbur, was in Philadel-
phia yesterday and joined Mrs. Wilbur
and his brother-in-law and sister, Mr..
and Mrs Frederic Paist, in their Penn
sylvania home over Sunday. The Sec
retary will return to washington at the
end of the week and will be accom-
panied by Mrs. Wilbur.
The Secretary Of Agriculture, Mr..
Hyde. who was in Chicago last week,
will join Mrs. Hyde in their home in
Trenton, Mo-, before returning to
Washington after the election.
The Secretary of Labor and Mrs.
Doak will go to Cumberland, Md, Tues
day and from there will go to New
York and later to Massachusetts, be-
fore returning Sunday to Notre Md,
their home in Virginia.
Mr.. Justice Owen j. Roberts joined
Mrs. Roberts at their country place,
Bryncoed Farms. at Kimberton, Pa, for
the weekend. Mrs. Roberts spent q
week in Washington during the ses-
sions of the American Bar Association
and attended the reception in the
White House given in honor Of the
judiciary.
Senator and Mrs. William E. Borah
are expected to open their apartment
at 2101 Connecticut avenue early in
November, coming from their home in
Idaho Immediately after the election
Mrs. Borah is recuperating from = re-
cent serious illness.
Evening star., 1932-10-23
Debutantes of 1928
Plan Informal Parties
For Their Introductions
Season S Buds Prefer Small
er Affairs as Giving Bet
ter Opportunities 70 Meet
Friends.

The majority of buds Of 1928
have selected dates for their debut
parties. While there are fewer debu-
tantes this year. the season promises to
be gay one, with many informal
parties taking the place of the larger
and more pretentious functions given in
other seasons. The smaller festivities
have become more and more popular
with the younger set in Washington.
Each year the debutantes who have
been away in school or have just ar
rived in the city to make their homes
and do not know their sister buds enjoy
the smaller party. as it gives a much
better opportunity for the young people
to become better acquainted.
The commandant of the Army War
College and Mrs. Frank S. Simonds and
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. James F. Mckinley
will entertain jointly at a tea dance
Wednesday, December %, in the Off
GERS Club of the War College, when
they will present their daughters, Miss
Frances Page Simonds and Miss Mar
garet Mckinley, to society.
Another double debut at the Army
War College will be that of Miss Mar
garet Hunter Ely, daughter of Maj. Gen.
and Mrs. Hanson E. Ely, and Miss Jean
Kingman, daughter of Lieut.. Col John
J. Kingman The buds will make their
bows at a tea dance at the college
Tuesday, December 20.
Miss Elizabeth Harrison Owen, debu-
tante niece of Mrs. Joseph C. Tribby,
has not yet arrived in Washington, and
plans are unsettled as to her debut in
the Capital Miss Owen, who is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Owen
Of Newport, Ark, is talented musician
and won the Atwater Kent addition in
her home district. She competed in
the Arkansas State Atwater Kent con-
test last evening, and should she be
voted the winner in this event, she will
try in the national contest, which will
take place in New York in November.
The debut plans of Miss Owen are con-
tingent on her outcome in the contests,
for the reward for the winner includes
a two-year study of voice in addition
to a handsome cash prize. Miss Owen
is a soprano, and many Of her sister
buds Listened in" on the contest last
night, which was broadcast from Hot
Springs, Ark.
Mrs Walter Tuckerman will entertain
at luncheon Wednesday at the National
Women's Country Club for her debu-
tante daughter, Miss Ruth Hollinsworth
Tuckerman, in compliment to Miss
Louise Tittmann, debutante daughter of
MI. and Mrs. Charles Trowbridge Tit
mann.
Miss Betty Ainsworth Burke, debu-
tante daughter of Mrs. Munnikhuysen,
wife of Maj. Henry Dorsey Munnik-
huysen, will be at home informally Sun
day afternoon, October 80, after 4
o'clock. No cards have been issued.
Maj. and Mrs. Munnikhuysen will
entertain at a luncheon for Miss Burke
at their country place, Stockdale, later
in the season. Maj. and Mrs. Munnik-
huysen plan to close their country place
in Maryland in December and will have
several merry little debutante parties
there before then.
Miss Burke will be presented to So
ciety at dance at the National Wom-
ems Country Club November 10.
The first BUD of the season to make
Evening star., 1932-10-23
Miss Richards Marriage

Yesterday S==-Yrises Society
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. George Richards
announce the marriage of their daugh-
ter Ruth to Mr.. Edward Winslow Cof-
I'm Devereaux, son of DR.. and Mrs. John
RYAN Devereaux, Saturday afternoon,
October az, the wedding taking place In
the home Of the brides parents.
Evening star., 1932-10-23
Rectors Aid of St. Andrews
Benefit PARTY November 16

Mrs. Harry Jackson Landrus OF the
Northumberland announces card
party to be given at the Roosevelt Hotel
the evening of November 18 The party
is being sponsored by the Rector's Aid
Chapter of st. Andrews Church, New
HAMPSHIRE avenue and v street. Mrs.
A. ]. Sanford, Mrs Thomas j. Horne,
Mrs. Van Story, Mrs. Clarke Conway,
Mrs. william de c. Ravenel and Miss
Elsa M. Keiner are the officers of the
Rector's Aid.
Evening star., 1932-10-23

The Ambassador of France, M. Paul
Claudel, returned yesterday from AL
bany, where he has been for few days.
He will be joined early in November
by Nine. Claudel and their daughter,
Mile. Claudel, who are expected to sail
November aboard the Paris for New
York.
The Ambassador Of Turkey, Mr.
Ahmet, Muhtar. will spend next week
end in New York, where he will go TO
attend the luncheon Saturday which
the Friends of Turkey will give in cele-
bration of the ninth anniversary of the
proclamation of the Turkish Republic
The Ambassador will be accompanied by
the second secretary of the embassy,
Ussaki Zade Bulent.
The Ambassador of Great Britain, Sir
Ronald Lindsay, is expected to sail for
this country Wednesday from his Eng
lish home, where he joined Lady
Lindsay in Midsummer.
Lady LINDSAY, who arrived in this
country 10 days ago and was, expected
to come to Washington at once, did not
return to the embassy until last eve
ming.
The Minister of Greece, NJ Charalam-
boS Simopoulos, returned last evening
from New York, where he has been
for several days.
Nine. Simopoulos, who has been
abroad for several months with her
small son, John, is expected to sail No
vember for this country. Nine. Simo-
poulos and John have been in England
through the Summer.
The Minister of Austria, NJ Ernest
L. G. Prochnik. will be joined the first
of the week by Nine. Prochnik, who has
been visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
James. in Boston for a fortnight.
The Minister of Sweden and Nine
Bostrom sailed yesterday from Sweden
aboard the Grispholm for this country
and will come to Washington shortly
after their arrival in New York.
The counselor OF the legation and
Baroness Beck k-Friis, who have been
abroad through the late Summer, are
passengers aboard the same boat and
will accompany the Minister and Nine
Bostrom to Washington.
The Minister of Czechoslovakia and
Nine. Veverka will give reception
Friday afternoon in the legation tc
celebrate the fourteenth anniversary OF
Czechoslovak independence.
The Minister and Nine. Veverka were
hosts at luncheon yesterday, entertain
ing in compliment to Prof. Clarence A
Manning of Columbia University.
The Minister of Denmark and Nine
Wadsted are expected to arrive in New
York the middle of the week from theil
home, where they have been since the
middle of August. They will come al
once to Washington.
The Minister of Ecuador and Senora
de Zaldumbide will have guests at supper
and bridge this evening.
The charge d'affaires Of Sweden ant
Nine. Weidel are spending the weei
end in Princeton, where they went fol
the foot ball game yesterday, and tt
visit the latter's sons. who are at schoo
at Lawrenceville.
The first secretary of the Chilean
embassy Senior Don Oscar Blanco Viel
will arrive in Washington this weel
from Mexico City, where he has beer
connected with the Mixed Claims Com
mission.
The second counselor Of the Italian
embassy and Signora Catalani, who ar
IN their Connecticut home, are expectet
Evening star., 1932-10-23

The first BUD of the season to make
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The Coolidge examiner., 1932-08-05

Braden Military academy, 1t was to
prepare for West Point, but when
his family wouldn't permit him to
accept an offer to try out with
major league baseball team. he got
bit discouraged with higher edu.
cation and went into the moving
picture business, although not as
an actor. In 1916 he returned to
military life by enlisting In the
French ambulance service. Sew
eral of his family had been army
men, including his uncle, Gen. Hen
ry Darius Benham, who command
ed the New York engineers In the
Civil war. Freddy Benham trans
ferred from the ambulance service
to the Foreign Legion. where he
became associated with some trench
mortars. He was wounded and
went to a hospital; from there to
officers school at FOntainbleau !;
from there to aviation school
Somehow. peace found him work
Ing as war correspondent. He
got In to see the signing of the
peace treaty. came home with Her
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-08-05

where for two francs he took his
coffee and petit-pain, which consti-
tuted Joint breakfast and lunch.
During the afternoon Dawes, the
once important citizen of the thriv-
ing Colorado town, loitered about
the beaches, dawdled an hour in the
park during the band concert, re-
turned to his pension room for re-
Punishment, dined in narrow
little cafe along the wharf and re-
ported at eight for night duty as
elevator man in one of the large
hotels.
Grim, tragic. little horrible, was
this life of a man who, in eight
brief days, had undOne his lifetime
of carefully achieved success.
Then, in life that seemed
marked for swift rises and falls of
destiny, a woman named Angie
Falls, a second cousin Of his moth
er's, whom he had met but once,
died in Keokuk, Iowa, and left him,
as her nearest relative a fortune of
two hundred thousand dollars.
Poor Dawes. II could not be said
of him that he took the news I'M
blinkingly. He suffered, he paled,
he broke into thin, womanish tears
and manifested a very close equiva-
lent 10 mysteries. Amazing with
what rapidity galaxy of friends
sprang up about the obscure old
man! His departure from Monte
Carlo for America was the occa-
sion of quite a local celebration.
The press of Europe and America
took occasion to revive the case.
Gentleman Dawes had once more
come into his own.
1t was just about sixteen months
later that a resuscitated Gentleman
Dawes, rejuvenated, filed with
new poise and as appealing as ever
in q shy manner that had always
characterized him, returned to the
scene of what had been his degra-
dation. Not, however, to Monte
Carlo. He was too well known
there and to be conspicuous was an
athena to Dawes. II was almost as
If his flesh literally crept up his
bones and his being shuddered. In
pointed goatee, his hair dyed to
sluggish black, he returned to Deau-
vile and the Riviera as James E.
Squire, there to recoup and in a
way to revenge.
The following week there was a
thin patter of talk along the blue
coast. A man named Squire, from
the States, had lost. within eight
days, playing the tables between
Deauville, Nice and Cannes a neat
fortune amounting to no less than
two hundred thousand dollars.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-08-05
No Tame Rooster Match
for Ringneck Pheasant

The strongest fighting cock would
probably finish a poor second in a
bout with a ringneck pheasant.
Equipped with longer spurs than
it's barnyard relatives, and OF a
more truculent disposition, the
pheasant can worst anything In Its
class. The farmers Plymouth
Rock or Rhode Island rooster, a
numbering adversary at best, finds
itself soundly trounced after a few
passes.
When food is scarce in the win
ter, cock pheasants invade the barn
yard for corn thrown TO the chick
ems. Woe to the rooster which en-
deavors to uphold its prowess
against the visitor from the wilds.
Roosters have been killed in such
unequal combats.
Pheasants, some wild life Observ-
ers say, have been known to mix
with grouse and prairie chickens,
Will cdu ltSullS W lhC AhNtNAs my
have sometimes been accused Of
cannibalism. Whatever their faults
in their social relations, they can
not be accused of cowardice.
During the nesting season in
spring, the male pheasant is often
Indifferent to the presence of man.
1t struts boldly about the fields, un-
concerned over its visibility. Some
times it barely deigns to get out Of
the road when menaced by automo-
biles. Frequently the indifference
to hazards it recognizes during the
shooting season is laid to stupidity.
The pheasant's superiority in COM
bat with domestic fowls is partly
attributed to its better physical con-
dition. 1t makes constant use of its
wings and legs, and is much harder
by nature. Though sometimes out
weighed, its faster speed and excel
lent equipment more than offsets
the disadvantage News.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-08-05
New Soviet Ship Annoys Old Tars

rived here recently with q cOnsign-
ment Of Black sea butter. II is
not because the Neva Is foreign
ship, nor that she brought foreign
produce In spite of the BUY Brit
ish" campaign. But the Russian
builders of this new vessel have
dared to violate all the notable
traditions of the sea by designing
ship without the beloved steer
ing wheel.
The forefathers of these old
salts fought hard to retain sails,
ropes, rigging, and wooden hulls.
but gradually resigned themselves
to steam, clear superstructure, and
steel. Many of the present genera
from steam to motor power, but a
ship without a steering wheel Is
regarded by most British seamen
as the very last straw.
If this Russian innovation is uni
versally accepted, the traditional
warning, Don't talk to the man at
the Wheel" will have to be changed
to Don't interfere with the helms
mans buttons" for steering on the
Neva is done by a series of electric
buttons.
1t is almost impossible to imag-
inc a picture of the typical rugged
seaman. grim and determined, rain
and sea water pouring from his
Oilskin coat and sou'-wester, bat
tling against the gale by tapping
his fingers on little buttons set on
the top of what looks like a steam
radiator.
In order to port the helm, the
helmsman merely presses the ap-
prOpriate button and an Indicator
needle tells him If he has suffi-
cient swing on the vessel. Should
sharper turn be necessary, other
buttons may be pressed There
are similar buttons for putting the
helm to starbOard.
The Neva, which was built In
one of the former imperial Russian
naval yards. has a number of 9th
er devices. regarded by the old.
time sailorman as positive night
mare.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-08-05
Lights of New York ~ TsvnsU1n TSwAsU1n

DR.. Frans Blom, the eminent
~rcheologist of Tulane university.
regards his recent trip through the
Mayan country of Yucatan, on
which he was accompanied by
party of slghtseers, as the most
successful he ever made. Dorothy
Dix, a member of the expedition,
proclaimed the Maya ruins finer
than anything she had ever seen in
Greece, Italy or Egypt, which was
gratifying.
Franz Blom is one of the most
interesting scientists | have ever
known, perhaps because he Is so
enthusiastic and alive. He was
born in Denmark and as a young
ster served his time In the Danish
navy. His father. a manufacturer,
tried to put him in business, but
his talents didn't lie In that direc-
ton. He wanted to travel and
managed to get to Mexico just as
a revolution was In progress, which
made educated labor scarce and
wages good II was as a surveyor
and mapper for an oil company
that be first encountered ancient
Indian ruins. These made him an
archeologist, first for the Mexican
government, later for Harvard, and
still later for the Carnegie institu-
ton. For the past seven years he
has been connected with Tulane,
where he has assembled in the mu-
scum a striking Central American
collection and also a remarkable
library containing some Of the old
est Mayan manuscripts known.
had a highly interesting lunch
con with some circus people the
other day as the guest of Frederick
Darius Benham. just how he hap
pened to get In with the big tent
dwellers. | don't know, except that
Freddy Benham knows everybody
and is likely to be found anywhere.
During the war you could find him
all over France. When he went to
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-08-05

bert Boyard Swope, some generals
and a pack of police dogs, and has
been busy ever since.
New York is q city of paradox.
at a Park avenue restaurant you
pay 80 cents for half grapefruit.
A big department store is adver.
tising a threepiece wOmen's sport
suit for $395. There are places
where the subway runs on a high
trestle. Cars, which cost ten and
twenty thousand dollars, wait out
side for owners who are shopping
In FIVE and ten cent stores. know
a cellar restaurant, which probably
is more expensive than any of the
roofs.
The museum of the city of New
York is one which | have never
seen, although | intend to see 1t
soon. understand II Is to have
models of all the famous old-time
Manhattan bars. That, of course,
would include models of the HOff-
man house bar, the bar In the Fifth
Avenue hotel, the noted Knicker-
booker bar above which was Max
field Parrish's mural of Old King
Cole, and Big Tim Sullivan's bar
on the Bowery.
90 1882. Bell yndicate.)-wNBs Service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-08-05
People of Moravia

Frills, laces, and embroidery are
much in evidence in the trousseau
of the Moravian bride. Moravia is a
small principality within the repub-
lie of Czechoslovakia. A long time
ago it was an independent coun-
try, but for many years it has been
under the control of one or another
Of the European powers. Before
the World war it was part of Aus
tria. Though it has been dominated
by outsiders, its people have pre-
served their national and racial
characteristics. The inhabitants of
the little principality, which is a
mountainous plateau, are chiefly
Moravians and Slovaks.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-08-05

Plaids are in the limelight. Plaid
organdie and plaid linen, both the
heavy and the sheer handkerchief
weave, are among the newest ma
terials for midsummer wear. The
very attractive frock which this
well-dressed little girl is wearing
is made of plaid linen in a design
of yellow deep orange and white.
A wide band of orange linen is
used. featuring a contrast of plain
and printed in answer to the call
for combinations of plain and gay
print. The little round turnover col
lar and the scalloped panel up the
front with its many pearl buttons
add an effective touch. The hat is
of yellow allover stitched linen. Or
ange sandals and white socks com
plete this winsome color scheme.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-08-05
"Heights of Abraham"

The heights of Quebec took their
name from Abraham Martin. a
Canadian pioneer of Scotch de-
scent. Martin was a pilot on the
st. Lawrence river at the time Sam
uel de Champlain founded the city.
Champlain authorized a deed grant
ing Martin a homestead on the
heights, and his herds of cattle and
sheep were a common sight on the
tableland along the st. Lawrence.
Martin was affectionately known
among the inhabitants as Maitre
Abraham.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-08-05
College Gets $1,000
Daily for 49 Years

Austin, Texas.-Gifts to the
University of Texas have aver
aged $1,000 a day since it was
founded 40 years ago. The gifts
have varied from large sums of
money and tracts of land to let
ters. pictures and memoranda.
To a s1,OO0,000 hospital con-
structed by John Sealy at Gal
weston for the university's col
lege of medicine, he added a be-
quest of S12.O00,000 W. J. Nc
Donald of Paris, Texas, has
given S1,25O,0OO for an astro-
nomfcal observatory. Mrs. Mi
Ram Lutcher Stark. Orange,
gave S150,OOO to build a home
for the $1,OOO,O0O collection of
books, paintings, manuscripts
and statuary she presented the
university.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-08-05
Worlds Biggest Drink
Measured; It's Water

Chapel Hill. N. C.-The worlds
biggest drink of water has been dis
covered and measured at the Uni
yersity of North Carolina.
1t is the daily swallow taken
by trees and plants in summer. It's
size is 20 to 80 per cent of the wa
ter in brooks and streams.
This was computed in rhythmic
daily rise aud fall in the water of
North Carolina streams.
Ground water" gave the clew.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-08-05
White House Milk Bill
Is About $12.35 Daily

Washington.-Twenty-four quarts
of milk and twelve pints of whip
ping cream are delivered daily at
the White House, making President
Hoover and his household one Of
the best customers of Washington
milkmen. The average daily milk
bill of the White House is $12.35, or
approximately $4,000 a year.