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The Washington times., 1934-12-03
IN BRILLIANT WINTER SEASON WITH MANY PARTIES PLANNED
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mingtOn, came to the ball
with Betsy Dern, daughter
Of the Secretary of War and
Mrs. Dern. whose guest she
was over the weekend and
with whom she had attended
the Army and Navy Game
earlier in the day. With
them were James Dern and
Albert Cox, jr., who had
been with them in PhiIadel-
phia. Betsy wore white satin
with touches of red and
Denise was in white with
long black lace mitts and
rhinestone and jet jewelry.
Mrs. Dunlop wore a hand
some black crepe gown en-
broidered in brilliants with
a tiara in her hair.
The debutantes and their
escorts were seated at one
long table arranged down
the center of the supper
room, decorated with high
black and white candy bas-
kets filled with little iced
cakes alternating with black
vases holding great clusters
of white chrysanthemums.
Gen. and Mrs. Albert Coz
invited q fen friends to
join them IN a rery IN
formal celebration Sdtur-
day evening of t1co Tery
important erents IN their
family, the anniversary Of
the Generals birthday and
the t1Centy-fifth dnnirer-
sary of their marriage.
Their charming house in
Rhode Island Avenue was
aglow with lights and filled
with flowers for the occa.
sion and the most important
event of the evening wa
the cutting by the host r,
the beautiful big cake whi,
was covered with the mo
luscious white icing az
adorned with 81 lighted ca
dies.
Mrs. Cox who is noted for
her charm looked very smart
in a black velvet gown with
tiny puffed sleeves of ermine.
She dispensed the most de-
licious punch and to the de-
light of those present drifted
through the rooms at one
period in the evening, play
ing on a piano accordion,
one of the kind profession
ais use and we can assure
YOU her performance was as
good if not better than any
we have ever heard.
Au revoir!
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(Trads Mark Registersd)


were present at the Black
and White Ball given Satur-
day night at the Mayflower
by Mrs. William Laird Dun
lop, jr., to introduce the deb
utantes of Washington and
some from other cities, to the
bachelors in the smart set.
The corridor leading to the
ballroom was so crowded
that it took an hour or more
for those assembled there to
get in, as everyone went down
the line to be presented to
the honor guests of the eve
ming, each of whom was at
tired in glistening white, with
either silvered hair or a white
wig. They stood in a semi
circle against a background
of palms with a moonlight
effect overhead.
The dancing 1Chich
started at 1890 continued
until 3. Prom 1 n G n t
among the guests a0ere the
Minister of Egypt and
Nine. Ratib, who enter
tanned a party in their boz
qOhich included the ldtter'S
daughter, Mile. Nihal
Menemenli, and the First
Secretary of their legation,
Nicolas Khdlil Bey. Nine.
Ratib aUore a very chic
Paris model of black Velvet
qCith a long ermine acrap
and Mile. MenemenH aUas IN
1chite tdffetd.
The U. s. Ambassador to
Italy and Mrs. Breckenridge
Long were with a party Of
friends in one of the boxes
and the latter wore a per-
fectly stunning midnight blue
velvet robe de style, with a
hip length cape of blue coque
feathers shading from French
blue to almost black.
Mrs. Ralph Worthington,
who is back in town again
after a long absence in the
South, gave a dinner Of
twenty before the ball for
her son and daughter-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Keith
Lake, jr., who were with her
over the weekend. Lovely
Marion Lake, who made her
debut here last winter and
was one of the reigning bellies
up TO the time of her mar
riage in Miami on April IA,
wore A black chiffon velvet
gown modelled on Greclan
lines with facings of Amer
lean beauty satin. Mrs.
Worthington was charming in
black net beaded in silver
with a cape Of white crepe
covered with black and
white ostrich fronds and a
corsage bouquet of orchids.
The Counselor of the
Cuban Embassy Senior DR..
Jose T. Baron aOas present
qUith his Uery attractive
qOife, who aOas beautifully
goaUned IN black aClth a
long black velret wrdp.
The Third Secretary Of the
Cuban Embassy and Sonora
de Lara 7rhO are back
again after a 'engthy stay
IN HGrdnG. 1rere suf'TOund-
ed 2cith friends eager to
welcOme them, and nerer
did Sonora de Lara look
pretticr than she did in her
black cire satin gO1Un
trimmed 1Uith a garland of
green shaded foUers to
match her little green
evening bag 1Uhich Was
studded 1Uith emerdldS.
Mr.. and Mrs. William M.
Guthrie and Mrs. Catherine
Let's Jones were in a center
box with a party which in
cluded Judge and Mrs. F.
Dickinson Let's, with the for
mer's sister, and George Will
liams and Paul Metz. The
debutante niece of Judge and
Mrs. Let's, Dorothy Haney
Let's, who was one of the
most courted bellies of the
evening, wore a dainty dance
frock of white taffeta en-
broidered in gold with a
white wig. Frida Frazer
came back from the Presi-
da&A;al n;a;sn PaAsaa NH ara
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In Capital

Col. Vincenzo Coppola, newly
appointed Air Attache of the
italian Embassy, and Signora
Coppola have arrived in Wash
ington and are at the May
flower.
* X
Lieut.. Col. Paolo Sbernadori,
Air and Military Attache of the
italian Embassy, and Signora
Sbernadori have taken an apart
ment at the Mayflower. where
they will be until the latter part
of January.
Mr.. Maxwell K. Moorhead.
United States Consul General
at Johannesburg. and Mrs.
Moorhead are in New York city.
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HUNTING LOG

Tomorrow'S MeetS-Virginia.
Old Dominion Hounds-Ster-
ling Larrabee, William E. Doel-
Ter, Joint Masters: Mr.. James
Townsends, 10 a. m.
Piedmont Fox Hounds-A. c.
Randolph, Master. yellow School
House, p. m.
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With Presidential FamiIy's
+, Return Entertaining Will
Start at White House
e3'Ss4 ee"'''N'

With the return of Mrs Roosevelt the Capital Satur
day Warm Springs the winter has gotten off to
O fine party for the gridron Widows is
scheduled at the White for December which gives
The Washington times., 1934-12-03
Miss Mariana Dunn

inc events scheduled among them small dance at the Per-
Legation which the Minister and his very charming
wife will be hosts and two teas to be given by Mrs.
Dern wife of the Secretary of War; at Hghwood, when
campaign will be launched attract interest in talking
books for the blind and the other at home for members
Of the English Speaking Union the former Cnled States
Ambassador Great Britain and Mrs Aanson B. Houghton
giving their beautiful mansion in Massachusetts
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Dinner Party
at LEGATION

The Minister of Greece and
Nine. Simopoulos will be the
guests of honor at small din.
ner to be given tomorrow eve
ming by the Minister of Canada
and Mrs. William Duncan Her
ridge at the Legation in Massa.
chusetts Ave.
The Minister and Mrs. Her.
ridge, who have as their guests
for a few days Senator and Mrs.
w. Warren Barbour, of New Jer-
sey, will entertain at dinner this
evening at the Legation.
The Minister of the Neither
lands and Nine. van Haersma
de With, with their daughter,
Mile. Nora van Haersma de
With, will arrive in New York
today aboard the Volendam,
and will come directly to Wash
ington.
Miss Josephine Roche. of Den
yer. COL, has returned to Wash
ington to take up her duties as
Assistant Secretary of the Treas.
ury, and is at the Mayflower.
The Washington times., 1934-12-03

I was asked to go out in
Washington not long ago with
Nome friends and when I thought
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oWinter in N. c.

Mrs. Calvin Coolidge is
guest of Mrs. Florence Barnard
Adams at Slick Rock, her coun'
try estate on White Oak Noun
tain, near Asheville, N. C. Mrs.
Coolidge will remain through
the winter.
Evening star., 1934-05-20
Trowel Club Flower Show
At Wesley Heights Club

The members of the Trowel Club
will hold their annual flower show at
the Community Club in Wesley Heights
Tuesday from 4 until o'clock. The
public is cordially invited. Previous to
this year the club has held its annual
show at the home of one Of its men,
bers, but in response to popular de-
mand it is this year being made public
in order that more flower lovers may
take advantage of the beautiful sight.
Tea will be served and there will be an
admission charge of Is cents. Invita-
tions to exhibit flower arrangements in
the show have been extended to the
members of the other local garden
clubs. Mrs. Guy w. Leadbetter Is
chairman Of arrangements. and she
will have Mrs William j. Flather, Mrs.
Arthur Heaton and Mrs. Victor Alfaro
assisting her Judging Of the entries
will be finished before the formal open
ing, and prize winning displays will be
labeled. Mrs. John H. Small. Sd, is
president of the club; Mrs. Theodore
G. Joslin, vice president: Mrs. John A.
Sterrett, secretary, and Mrs. Henry
Curtis Morris, treasurer.
Evening star., 1934-05-20
Final Dance May "a
OF Woman S Club

Mrs. Hugh E. Phillips is in charge
of arrangements for the final dance
of the season to be held by the social
section of the Woman's Club of Chevy
Chase, Md, Thursday evening, May
"a. at $50 o'clock, at the club house
of the Womans Club of Bethesda.
Hostesses for the dance include Mrs.
George A. Finch, Mrs. George w.
Lewis, Mrs. Arthur E. Nesbitt and
Mrs. Harrison F. Fits. Among those
who will attend the dance are Mr..
and Mrs. Bruce S. Branson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold E. Burton, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederick w. Crocker, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph H Deveau, Mr.. and Mrs. Rus
sell T. Edwards, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
erick F. ESpenschied, Maj. and Mrs.
Barton P. Root, Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin
H. Schmitt, Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd H.
Sutton, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene c. Tay-
lor, MIR. and Mrs. Roland Whitehurst,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Woodruff, Mr.
and Mrs. Otis B. johnson, Mr.. and
Mrs. William H. Groverman, Mr. and
Mrs. Chester A. Gwinn. Mr.. and Mrs.
David j. Guy, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
Hammer, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kar-
chem, DR.. and Mrs. Morton G. Lloyd,
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene H. McLachlen.
Mr.. and Mrs Albert H. Merz, Mr.. and
Mrs Eugene F. Mueller, Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy M. Palmer and Mr.. and Mrs.
Daniel Webster Prentiss.
Evening star., 1934-05-20
Mr.. and Mrs. Simpson
Observe Golden Weddine

Mr.. and Mrs William r. Simpson
will celebrate their flftieth anniversar
of their marriage. Sunday, May 81,
in their home at 1888 Longfellow
street, though no formal festivitiy has
been planned Mr. and Mrs. Simpson,
the latter formerly Miss Alice Spick
of Nottingham, England. were married
in St. Mary's Church in Nottingham,
and came at once to this country.
They lived for several years in Mary
land before coming to Washington.
Mr.. Simpson was native of Virginia
and in his youth spent some time
with his uncle. Mr.. James Allcock in
England returning to his native land
after his marriage.
Mr.. and Mrs Simpson will have with
them Sunday their daughter, Miss Mary
Elizabeth Simpson, their son-in-law
and daghter, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry K.
Dierkoph, the latter formerly Miss
Grace Simpson. and Mr.. and Mrs
William r. Simpson, jr.
DR.. and Mrs. Charles West, son-in-
law and daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Simpson, recently returned to their
home in Reno. New, from a visit in
Honolulu and were unable to come to
Washington for the anniversary. Mrs.
West formerly was Miss Marguerite
Simpson.
Evening star., 1934-05-20

served. The youngsters were given all
they could eat, and many of them,
not content with even this, could be
seen leaving the grounds to go home
with their hands filled with sand
wiches, lollypops and other dainties
that Cooked too good to be left be-
hind" as one kiddie expressed it.
Among those from Leesburg who
will attend the bridge luncheon which
Mrs. G. Bowdoin Craighill will give at
her Georgetown home next Tuesday
will be Mrs. E. A. Miller, Mrs. g. F.
Craighill, Mrs j. r. H. Alexander.
Mrs. Hubert Plaster and Mrs. Harry
Gibson.
Mrs. z. r. Conklin and Mrs. Horace
English of Washington were guests OF
Mrs Howard E. Cole Monday.
Mrs. Emma Hopkins was a guest
over the week end of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jeffreys Brinton at Catonsville, Md.
Mrs. Elliott Vawter of Huntington,
w. Va, Is the guest Of her sister, Mrs.
G. H. Musgrave.
Mrs. William Birkby and daughter,
Miss Virginia Birkby, of Washington,
D. c., spent the week end with Mrs.
S. J. Hickman.
Evening star., 1934-05-20
Commissioner Hazen to
Judee Loudoun Show

LEESBURG, Va, May 19.-Mr.
Melvin c. Hazen, District Commis-
sioner and a prominent Washington
horseman, has accepted an invitation
to Judge the Loudoun Hunt Horse
Show, which will be held Saturday,
May 26, at historic Greenway, home
of Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Miller. Other
judges will assist MIR. Hazen. Seven
teen classes will be shown, with hand
some trophies in each class, donated
by friends and members of the hunt.
More than 400 children made merry
Wednesday afternoon on the lawns of
the lovely old estate of former Gov.
and Mrs. Westmoreland Davis, when
the pupils and teachers of the Lees
burg High School were entertained at
a big picnic party by the former Gov
ernor and his wife. While the younger
folk were playing games on the grassy
plot in front of the mansion house,
the older ones were dancing in the
spacious drawing rooms to the lively
strains of an orchestra.
School officials, officers of the county,
the mayor Of Leesburg, the Judge OF
the Circuit Court and others were
present to watch the youngsters en-
Joy the hospitality of the host and
hostess. A bounteous lunch was
Evening star., 1934-05-20
Mrs. Paca Remembered
Bv Red Cross Friends

Mrs. William Winchester Paca was
the honor guest at a shower luncheon
given at the Lotos Lantern Thursday,
May II, by her many friends at the
American Red Cross. The luncheon
tables were attractively decorated with
Talisman roses and there were 50
friends in attendance. Many lovely
gifts were received by Mrs. Paca, who
before her marriage on May !. was
Miss Louise Kemp Leeke.
Evening star., 1934-05-20
National Woman's Party
Garden Tea Nav q

The District of Columbia branch
of the National Woman's party, Miss
Grace R. Osgood, chairman, will en-
tertain members and friends at tea
in the garden of Alva Belmont House.
the national headquarters, on Sunday,
May 27 from 4 to o'clock. Repre-
sentative Virginia E. Jenkes of Indi-
ana is to be the guest speaker. Mrs
Marcus Coolidge, Mrs Paul Myron
Linebarger and Mrs. Charles L. Nc
Nary will preside at the tea tables.
Evening star., 1934-05-20
PHOTOS TO BE EXHIBITED

Prints for the exhibition in the City
Library will be selected from offerings
Of photographers, which will be shown
at meeting Of the Washington Pho
tographic Society scheduled for Tues
day at 8 pm. The meeting will be
held at GIT Twenty-third street.
No particular subject has been as
signed, but exhibition Of local scenes
are expected to predominant. Discus
sion of the merits Of various types Of
photography win be helC.
Evening star., 1934-05-20

and beautifully appointed tea We'd
nesday afternoon in her home in Lex
ington. A number of Staunton'S
young social set motored to Lexington
for the affair.
Evening star., 1934-05-20
Has 81 Tasks in Plane.

In handling British fighting plane
a pilot has as many as 81 tasks to
perform, including operation of the
controls and radio telephones.
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LESS, NOT MORE, RED TAPE

A MONG other things, the American Bar
- Associations administrative law COM
mittee recommends that independent govern
ment bureaus and commissions be stripped of
their judicial powers and merged into the
regular departments. This seems an illogical
recommendation.
Established independent agencies such as
the interstate commerce commission and fed
eral trade commission owe their effectiveness
to the exercise of judicial authority and to
freedom from the kind of political influence
that IS inherent in the machinery of the reg
ular departments
New Deal agencies, such as NRA, IVA and
the securities and exchange commission,
frankly are experimental. To apply effectively
the trial and error method they must be left
free 10 establish such rules and procedure as
seem best suited for the purpose. The older
a government department. the more complex
and Strangling its red tape. Very little ex-
perimenting can be done in strait-jacket
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-21
WHO PAYS?
IT is easy to understand the popular distaste
for taxing the necessities of life

IT is easy TO understand the popular distaste
Il for taxing the necessities Of life
But what is to be done? Legislatures
throughout the country in the last few years
have been frantic in their efforts to raise
money to carry on the functions Of govern
ment. Unjust sales taxes have been imposed
in nearly two dozen states, not because
ma jority Of legislators believed in that form
Of taxation, but because of uncompromising
necessity. Widespread defaults on general
property taxes have bankrupted municipal and
county governments increasing the demands
upon and diminishing the revenues of state
governments
And who can blame the defaulting tax
payers? The general property tax, backbone
of the taxing system Of state and local govern
ments, is in most states little more than
real estate tax. And because this is true a
greater part of the burden has been carried
by the farmers.
Twenty years ago, the gross income from
three acres of the average American farm was
sufficient to pay the taxes on 100 acres In
1892, taxes ate up the gross income of nine
out Of every 100 acres. In 1929, farm taxes for
each acre we're 241 per cent above the acre
tax of 1913.
report just published by the United States
bureau of agricultural economics suggests ways
to reduce the farm tax burden. The sugges-
tions include: Abolition of rural school dis
tricts in favor of county unit control of schools
Incidentally some states have found state
administration of rural schools even more
efficient; taking road administration out of
the hands of townships and turning it over
to counties Estate administration of roads has
been found even better; merging counties
and townships into larger units, and reducing
property taxes by substituting personal in
come taxes.
Counties and townships, handed down
from the horse and-buggy days, are obviously
unsuited to the present era. In many in
stances, state capitals are more accessible
than county seats we're 100 years ago.
The personal income tax, while not as easy
to impose nor as easy to collect, is obviously
a more equitable tax than either the sales
tax or the property tax. 1t should at least
give relief to farmers in years of droughts and
depressed prices.
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SEVEN TO ONE

THE muscle men of the underworld have
= things their own way because they are
so tough that people fear to oppose them
Once in a while. however, some two-fsted
citizen comes along to demonstrate that the
underworld plug-ugly is pretty much hollow
shell
1t was so with a Chicagoan recently. A
west slider named Richard johnson one night
surprised four young hoodlums robbing the
store which is under his apartment. Being
war veteran, Johnson isn't afraid of a fight:
so he waded in. rounded up the four single
handed, and turned them over to the police
Next day mysterious stranger warned
him not to testify against them in court or he
would be taken for ride Johnson laughed
at him. couple of nights later three men
Jumped on him near his home, to put the
threat into execution. johnson started his
fists swinging-snd pretty soon these three
were in police cells, along with the other four
These fesrsome city gangsters evidently
aren't quite so tough, after all-if one lone
citizen, equipped only with courage and a good
physique. can handle seven Of them,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-21
SUGGESTS PUBLICATION
OF TRUE PRICES
By Dovie J.. Lea que.

By Dovie i. League.
Since I've read your ADVERTISE
ment Of The Times Id like to write
you as to what I think is the
greatest need of the farmers in a
paper. I think that most of all the
farmers need a market page giving
the true market price of farm prod
uctS.
1t is true enough that there are
other features in newspaper which
one likes very much. Haywood Broun
is very interesting.
Still, 1 think the farmers want
very much TO be aware of the true
market price before sending their
products to the city. Money is a
very important thing to each Of us.
if not truly the most important
thing in our lives. 1t signifies our
bread and butter. Without it I feel
every one would possibly be like
myself-sometimes have bread with
out butter and sometimes have
butter without bread.
have about four acres of
StowelPs Evergreen sugar corn now
about ready for market and I'm
told by the truck drivers that the
corn price given in The Times is
not correct. This is very incon-
venient for me since possibly
should make more by saving the
corn for seed if I can't get the
price quoted for wholesale in The
Times. A farmer often would de-
cline to send his products if he
knew the true market price.
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Two Kinds of Patriotism Discussed

American goods we're successfully
evaded by our manufacturers by
erecting factories in these foreign
countries.
Go to the main library and see
the familiar American trade mark
names advertised in foreign mag
azines. The shareholders get divi-
dends; the workers in America
lost their jobs. Profit knows no
flag. Yet these same American
manufacturers would not hesitate
to appeal to American workers to
save their investments by giving
up their lives in time of war.
The capital that is leaving the
country to develop industry in the
Orient and elsewhere was created
by the American people collective
ly, not by its poSSeSsorS. Why
should the American capitalists
be allowed to get away with this?
This money belongs in this coun-
try to rehabilitate our former
standard of living.
Perhaps Edward Hayes, the con-
sentative commander of the Amer
lean Legion, and Russell Cook,
Americanism chairman of the
legion, might turn their eyes to
these "subversive forces" in the
persons of American capitalists
who take the jobs out of the coun-
try or refuse to let any work be
done in providing the needs of the
people unless they receive tribute.
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WHO'S TO BLAME?

rARrON county authorities are to institute
NJ the second vote investigation since the
urinary elections were held in May.
This time - former county workman
cbarres that he found several uncounted pal
lots when the ballot boxes we're returned 10
tbe county Yards Tor storage. Several weeks
oco the Grand Jury admitted there was evil
dence of fraud in the primary. especially IN
the tabulation of Republican ballots but men,
bers of the Jury we're unable to point to the
offenders.
indianapolis ard Marion county, Tor years
have been subjected to ridicule for the manner
in which primaries and elections have been
conducted Every balloting period is followed
by subsequent periods of charges and counter
charges pointing to petty thievery at the polls
Generally these charges die out after several
weeks.
II there is any foundation to the new al
LEGATIONS. county authorities would be wise to
start and actually complete the investigation
this time More of these gesture probes are
iruitless and tireSome.
Marion county can not hope to have repre-
sentative government if uncounted ballots are
tossed aside And the same reasoning must
apply if the investigating forces of the county
should find that the ballots were not counted
and then could not place the blame.