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The Washington times., 1934-04-12

ThiS Is certainly flattering.
I tried q dozen times at break
fast to talk. No one wanted to
listen"
I'VE didl We were dying to
hear. But families are terrible.
Begin with the trip through the
Tyrol. Can you really see the
Alps at little cost?"
"And about the clinic. Are
they better scientists than we
are? Are there many women
doctors? We've got you here,
The Washington times., 1934-04-12
ARLINGTON MINSTREL

Fellowship Minstrel group OF
the Arlington Methodist Episcopal
Church, Arlington, Va. will give
q minstrel show tomorrow night.
The Washington times., 1934-04-12

Herbert Hoo
yer fashioned
Tor himself
...w ith six
W or dS
prosperity is
uSt around
the corner"
...S e We S1
trump cards
in the New
Dealers Geck
say business
is better 80.
But they say
it privately
%. q S three
hAYe e said it
The Washington times., 1934-04-12

Kevin: we're not going to let
you 60 I'LL we've heard 1t ALI"
Kevin sat on his trunk which
had just arrived and was not
yet unpacked. He hunched
down, seeming happy and
pleased.
He took them on q tramp
through high, glittering noun
tainS, took them into German
homes where the people had
Continued on I'd Comic PGRe)
The Washington times., 1934-04-12
HLE.I RL By ELenOre
\nICKIe DdQSneGT - Meherin
Pippin and Kevin Discuss Their
First Dance, She Wondering
About That FrauIein
By ELenOre
Meherin
CHAPTER Al

Kelvin happened to turn. He tears Pippins eyes,
'Well-Sweetheartl You're not crying?"
"Yes Homecomings sad. You don't seem really
here.''
Kevn gave his necktie yank and with big flushed
happy grin and confronted them Then he looked exactly
long ago, gay, lovabe, easy.
Pppn laughed: "Stay like that!'
@It's true" Kathleen chmed "weve been working and
planning for this day. We've been longing to have you home
You're wishing you back there. You're all closed up
in yourself You not told thing
The Washington times., 1934-04-12

nett Champ
Clark. Next
day on the
Senate Res
taurant menu
800" KingfiSh
fried in corn
meal Sen
ator Harrison
ordered it,.
so did Senator
Clark
ate it with rel
ish . . . while
Senator Long
sat at another
table . . eat
in 6 ca n
soup.
The Washington times., 1934-04-12

preSiden t "a ]
possibility 90.
He is up for
reel e C tion
+ r o m the
Thirty-f irSt
New York..
Also he is
worried His
intimateS say
the furrowed
brow is not
caused by the
floor leader
ship Nor
W h q t will
h a p p n at
The Washington times., 1934-04-12
TEACHER HONORED

Elizabeth Ramey, teacher in the
Washington public schools, has
been reelected presidnet Of the
Alexandria Business and PROBES
Sional Women'S Club.
The Washington times., 1934-04-12
ROUND TABLE Meeting

Randall Jones of the Union
Pacific railroad will speak on
"Zion Park and Grand Canyon"
at meeting Of the Washington
Round Table tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1934-04-12
END RECITAL SERIES

Helen Ware and Louis Potter
last night completed their series
Of three sonata recitals given in
Barker Hall, Y. w. C. A.
The Washington times., 1934-04-12
GREENAN ELECTED
JOE DIAMOND

William j. Greenan has been
elected president Of the North
west Citizens Association, in Alex
andria.
The Washington times., 1934-04-12

"THANK you, I sOiu smoke one
L of your cigarettes. They're not
my brand, but I don't dislike them.
In fact, like all the leading brands.
"But as steady diet. I really
do prefer OLD COLDS. They seem
SO honey-smooth and pleasant. And
they'reso well-illed and nicelymade.
I'm not trying to induce you to
The Washington times., 1934-04-12
FRIED K|NGF|SH
7 ON MENU Of.
SENATORS
Harrison, Clark Order It In
Senate Cafe, Remembering
/ Anger of Huey Long
BY KARL M. KAHN
fCOpyright, 1884, by International
News Service)

''Kingfish" Huey Long is mad
again. Senator Long leaped
out Of the water. at glowering
Pat Harrison. and bulky Ben
Evening star., 1934-09-09

ques, are neither as numerous or as
varied as G. B. Stern'S Rakonitzes
and CZelovars nor as Galsworthy's
Gentle ForsyteS. The caste is smaller
and its members are not as able actors.
Yet the Gollantzes have much indi-
viduality, more differences than family
resemblances, from old Emmanuel,
who is dead when the story begins, to
young Simeon, who is less than two
years old when it ends. The Gollantzes
have intermarried with the English
Heriots and Wilmots, but Bill who is
the least Jewish Of the family, be-
lieveS that "the faith of our fathers"
somehow "crops up once in a way,
and all the Heriots and Wilmots and
the rest of 'em count for nothing"
The dominant strain deScends most
strongly from old Emmanuel to his
son Max and through him to EN-
manuel the younger, who is the CEN
trail figure of the narrative. Max has
married Angela Heriot, whom all the
family never tire of calling wonder
full" remarkable, both of which
she is, chiefly because she ceaselessly
and more or less successfully cushions
life for Max and attempts to keep the
peace among her sons. Emmanuel is
melancholy, sentimental, but a good
business man, sensitively strict in his
Evening star., 1934-09-09
9arsnns
BY RUBY HASKINS ELLIS

THIS name is derived from the
Latin word persona" meaning
one who takes care of the souls of
others-a clergyman. The founder
of the family of this name was un-
doubtedly a churchman. The first
mention of the surname Parsons oc-
ours in a record Of Walter Parsons.
who lived in Mulso, Ireland, in 1890.
The coat Of arms above illustrated
is accredited to Thomas Parsons, son
of John and Florence Parsons, of
Somersetshire, England. He was
born about 1868. and came to Phila-
delphia, Pa, before 1886. His will,
bearing his heraldic seal, was pro-
bated in Philadelphia in 1921. His
son Thomas, who was born in Phila-
delphia in 1888, moved to Virginia
From there the family spread into
various sections of the United States
An early representative of this
name in the New England Colony
was Benjamin Parsons, who came
from Devonshire, England, with his
brother Joheph to Boston, Mass, in
1885.
George Parsons was another early
immigrant who was q resident in
Boston in 1867.
tCopyrisht. 1e34.)
Evening star., 1934-09-09

adherence to the principles of honesty
of the firm. Bill is just any nice young
Englishman. Julian Is such a man
as no family could be proud of, with
traits traceable to none of the family
strains, yet Max and Angela continue
to forgive him and apologetically love
him, simply because of their bio
logical connection with him. He al
lows Emmanuel to bear the disgrace
of dishonorable action of his, mar
ries an American heiress for her
money (Which disappears in a stock
market crash), and when he is tempo
rsrily crippled through an accident,
for which his own caddishness is to
blame, settles down to the profession
of being an invalid, using his supposed
disability as a means of practising
extortion upon his father. Bills
prophecy regarding him is amply full
filled: Believe me, Emmanuel, our
celebrated tick of brother is going
to be flrst-class old man of the sea
to us all before he's finished"
The answering, devastating love Of
Emmanuel for Juliet Forbes, famous
singer and former mistress of the
connoisseur Leon Hast, is the es-
sential element of the plot, If the
variations of prolonged emotion can
be called plot. Juliet Is 10 years
Evening star., 1934-09-09
Noted Labor Leader Will
Address WOmen's Group
September Schedule of Various Clubs Is
Announced-Petworth Activity Resumed.
Delta Sigma Chapter Meets

Drunkard," now playing on the Will
lard roof, by the following members
of the cast Elizabeth Gatlin Pritch-
ard, NJ Forney Reese. Isfam Keith,
jr.; Rebecca Tarwater and Walter
Studdiford.
A business meeting will be held
September IL when amendments to
the bylaws will be discussed.
National Capital Delphians will
meet Wednesday at 10 o'clock in
Jelleff's Little Theater. Music and
poetry of all countries and ages will
be the subject for study during the
coming year. Mrs. Floyd B. Olcott,
president, will preside. and will sum-
marize the lesson at its close.
Mrs. D. A. Campbell will be leader
of this first program on "The Develop
ment and Beginnings of Music" As
sisting her in presenting topics will
be Mrs. Charles w. Arth, Three
Great Modern Musicians; Mrs. E.
Wade Ball, Primitive Music-ItS
Origin and Nature; Mrs E. H. Erick-
son, Rhythm in Primitive Music;
and Limitations of Primitive Music;
Mrs. A. c. Christie, Egyptian Music"
Alpha Zeta Delphians will meet
Wednesday at the Admiral, 1640
Rhode. Island avenue, at 1920 am.
The president, Mrs. A. E. Gottshall,
will preside. The program will be
Dramatic Art and the Character of
Greek Drama" Mrs G. N. Walker,
Mrs. c. H. Curl, Mrs. E. L. Davis, Mrs.
r. c. Roark and Mrs. c. D. Backus
will have topics for report.
The Zonta Club of Washington held
its weekly luncheon meeting Wednes-
day at the Y. w. G. A Emma T.
Hahn, vice president, presided.
Business Women's Council meeting,
September IL, pm, in the chapel
of the Covenant-First Presbyterian
Church. The council will be enter
tained in musicale under the au-
spices of the Music Committee, Mrs
j. N. Baker, chairman. The speaker
at the devotional service will be Miss
Mabel N. Thurston at GAS. Supper
5 to 6:l5.
Curley Cuba picnic will be held
at North Beach, Nd, the afternoon
of September 16, when John B. Town.
shend will entertain at his cottage.
Members of the club will meet at
the Continental Hotel at 1870 pm.
Automobiles will convey the party to
the bay resort. A picnic supper will
be served.
A business meeting will be held at
the Continental Hotel next Thursday
evening. Dancing will follow.
Evening star., 1934-09-09

w YITH the beginning Of the
~ 1934-35 inactive duty train
wv ing season but three weeks
away, District officers are
awaiting announcement of
the group conference schedule. The
first conference will be held early in
October.
Reserve headquarters sent out last
week a tentative schedule Of group
conferences. Unless changes are
made, assemblies will be held during
the Fall and Winter months at Dis
trict Reserve headquarters, for units
of the Washington group as follows:
Air Corps, second Tuesday Of each
month; Cavalry. first and third Thurs
day; Coast Artillery, second and
fourth Tuesday; Engineers. fourth
Wednesday; Field Artillery, first and
third Wednesday; 428th Infantry, first
and third Monday: Infantry (white Of
ficers), first and third Tuesday; Medi-
cal Corps, first Friday; Military In
telligence, second Wednesday; Quar-
termaster Corps, second and fourth
Monday; Signal Corps, fourth Thurs
day, and judge advocate generals
department, fourth Monday.
All of the assemblies during the
season will be held at District head
quarters except the following: Air
Corps will be held in the projection
room, Office of the chief of Air Corps
(first floor, Munitions Building; and
Evening star., 1934-09-09

Ieifur Magnusson. director Of the
Washington office of the Interna-
tional Labor Organization, will be
Guest speaker at a dinner of the
business and professional section of
the Woman's City Club at the club
house Wednesday at $50 pm. Miss
Julia D. Connor, chairman. will pre-
side.
The Petworth Woman's Club re-
sumes its activities with a meeting
of the hospitality section at 1870
Wednesday at the home Of Mrs. j.
w. Nee, 905 Allison street. The
opening meetings Of the other sec
tions will be held as scheduled in the
Club Year Book. Any member who
has not received a copy through the
mail may secure one from Mrs. j.
w. Brown, 4102 Illinois avenue.
Washington League for the Hard
OF Hearing-The September calendar
is-September 10. II and "a, lip
reading class, pm; September 6,
13. 20 and 81, lip reading practice
class, pm; rooms open at 2:30
pm, l116 Vermont avenue. Septem-
Der IS, card party on the lawn at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. George
r. Dickson, 1914 Holly street, pm.
The Washington Branch of the
American Association of University
Women will hold a tea tomorrow at
the club house, 1884 I street, at 430
o'clock. The hostess will be Miss
May Pendleton.
This month will conclude the Sum-
r1er teas, but beginning with the
business meeting the first of October
and every Monday thereafter, the
branch will give a weekly tea from
4 to 6 o'clock, with special speakers.
The duplicate section and club
night have been combined and will
meet every Friday evening in the
lounge Hostesses will be selected by
the Hospitality Committee. Mrs.
Warner J. OJeary continues as
leader of the bridge group.
Delta Sigma Chapter, Delphian
Society, will meet September II at
the Shoreham Hotel at 10 am, the
president, Mrs. F. w. Braden, presid-
ing.
The first program on medieval his
tory, which the chapter will study
this year, will be presented. There
are also many business matters to
come before the chapter at this
meeting.
Soroptimist.-The first luncheon
after the Summer holidays was held
at the Willard Hotel last Wednesday,
Mrs. Edna Knight Gasch, president,
presiding. A feature was the presen-
tation of several sketches from "The
Evening star., 1934-09-09
Cards From Sister Years Dead.

Miss E. Stanford of Wood Green,
England, casually picked up picture
postcard which the postman mad
dropped in her letterbox and received
one Of the severest shocks of her life
The writing on it causeda her to faint.
and it was some time before she was
able to read it. The postcard bore
the writing of her dead sister and the
wording: Shall soon be home. as
the holidays are nearly over, Rose -
Her sister died in 1918. The post
card had been mailed at a Worcester
shire post Office in 1906.
Evening star., 1934-09-09
Loch Ness Monster Captive. "

At last the Loeb Ness monster Gs-
ports itself in view of all who care 10
see, but the monster is merely the
creation of the students of an in
firmary who use it for collecting
money for their institution The STU
dent monster is a hideous, multi
colored brute 80 feet in length, with
a long thin neck and immense tail.
Students in bathing suits and fancy
costumes ride on the monster, dive of
its back and lead the way as it moves
about.
Evening star., 1934-09-09
Reserve Officers Group
Conferences Announced
Tentative Schedule for Fall and Winter
Groups Is Given Out by Head
quarters Offices

the Judge advocate general meetings
will be held in the Office of the Judge
advocate general of the Army, Otis
Building. The Signal Corps assem-
blies will be held in two places-the
picture part Of the program will be
held in the projection room, once Of
the chief signal oficer of the Army,
third floor, fourth wing Munitions
Building. while the lecture part Of
the program will be held at District
headquarters.
District officers, all first lieutenants,
have been assigned to units as follows:
Samuel M. Bageant to the 5lst Gen.
eral Hospital; James E. Robertson to
the 74th General Hospital; Philip A.
Twomey to the 20ath General Hos
pital; John F. Gill to the 40eth At.
tack Squadron; Frederick H. Mar
shall to the 320th Infantry and
Charles r. Potter to the 3l3th Field
Artillery. Second Lieut.. Gordon L.
Way assigned to Sd Coast Artillery
District; Second Lieut. Stephen ].
McDonough relieved from 3l5th Field
Artillery, and Second Lieut.. Robert
D. Clark relieved from 320th Infantry.
Coast Artillery officers (el3th Coast
Artillery (anti-aircraft) will hold a
conference at District headquarters
next Tuesday, under the direction of
Maj. E. B. Gray.
Evening star., 1934-09-09

1.-The Thin Man"
Janet Gaynor in
Paddy the Next Best
Thing"
Doyle and Errol com.
william Powell
in
The Key"
Ben Blue comedy.
Evening star., 1934-09-09

a sacrifice become necessary. II
South has the preponderance OF
strength, he knows that South will
not bid for the game unless he has a
well-distributed hand, since North's
original pass showed extreme weak
ness.
Third. South can now place North
with minimum of the queen of
diamonds and the king of hearts or
the king and queen of hearts, there
fore he bids the game.
The opening lead was the king of
spades, which South trumped with
the four of hearts. Going over to
dummy with small heart. he led a
diamond and f1nessed the jack, West
winning with the ace. Having moth
ing better to do, West returned an
other spade, which South ruffed with
the nine of hearts. The losers, at this
point, seemed to consist of another
diamond and a club, providing the
clubs broke In order to retain a re-
entry into his own hand, South led a
small club. West won with the queen
and played third round of spades
back.
Since he had been forced to trump
spades from the beginning, South
had been playing the hand on the
premise that the outstanding trumps
were split three-two against him. He
ruffed the return lead Of the spade
with the ace of hearts, entered dummy
with the ten of hearts and played the
king of hearts, on which he discarded
his losing diamond. Now, as the club
suit broke, South took the rest of the
tricks, making five-odd for a top on
the board.
If West returns another diamond
after winning with the ace, South
will be held to four hearts.
(Copyright. 1934)
Mr.. Sims will answer all inquiries on
contract that are addressed to this news
paper and inclose self-addressed,
Evening star., 1934-09-09

First. A fairly good example of
distributional double. West was pre-
pared to bid spades over his partners
takeout. To his great surprise, East
bid spades.
Second Not knowing the strength
of Vests double, North properly puts
in free bid at this point. He thus
shows the spot for a sacrifice, should
Evening star., 1934-09-09
Conquering Contract
BY p. HAL SIMS.

Mr. Sims is universally acclaimed the
greatest hving contract and auction
player. He i0dS captain of the renowned
"Four Horsemen" team, 7low disbdnded,
and has Won "a national CHAMPION
ships since 1924. These articles are
based on the Sims system, Which
includes the one-ouer-one principle,
tDhich the Sims group OF players was
the first to employ and deuelop.
Discarding a Loser on the Trump
Suit.
T%ODAY'S hand was sent in by
correspondent as an example
Of a top on the board East
L and West were vulnerable,
which accounts for their fail
ure to sacrifice with four spades.
South carried off the bid for four
hearts, with the following bidding:
Evening star., 1934-09-09
Photoplays at Washington Theaters This Week
Saturday

Warner GLAND in
Charlie Chan's Cour-
age" Also Murder
on the Blackboard"
Joe z. Brown in Very
Honorable Guy"
Red Rider" No. ..
Sport reel. Revue.
Whom the Gods De-
Stroy." Hell Cat"
Red Rider" No. ..
Betty Boop
Evening star., 1934-09-09

Soroptimist.-The first luncheon
after the Summer holidays was held
at the Willard Hotel last Wednesday,
Mrs. Edna Knight Gasch, president,
presiding. A feature was the presen-
tation Of several sketches from "The
Evening star., 1934-04-15

The Swiss are noted for their yodeling, and
they can make their voices echo and re-echo
through the Alps. Our word diamond has
"yodeler" for its central word. The second
word is cry the third is region in North
Africa, the fifth is packed for shipping. the
sixth is a boys nickname. Now finish the
diamond
Evening star., 1934-04-15
tobacc0

THE folklore of the Indians gives this
! story of the origin of tobacco. One day a
good spirit was roaming the forest in search
of game, but none could he find. Weary and
discouraged, he kindled fire and lay down
to sleep. An evil spirit who was his enemy
saw the gleam of his fire, and, approaching,
found the good spirit asleep.
Silently the evil spirit drew the sleeper near
the flame, and, heaping twigs and embers upon
him, sped away, leaving him to die. When
the good spirit felt the heat of the fire he
and ran screaming through the forest,
soaring and singeing all the trees and flowers
and grasses AS he ran, the charred ends OF
his burning hair dropped to the ground and
took root The plants which sprang up after
ward were tobacco.
Evening star., 1934-04-15
PO,SERS

IF YOU have observed closely in your reading
] and studying, the questions this week prob
ably will not be difficult for you. Try to an
swer them all before you give up.
/. What State is known as the "Sunf1ower
State?
2. Who wrote "Alice in Wonderland?
3. What State of the United States was
once an independent country?
4. Name a plant that is known as para
site
S. In what war was the Battle of Bull Run
fought?
6. From what country did the United States
purchase Alaska?
7. Give two meanings for the word "maga-
zine"
8. What is another name for alligator pear?
-a.-t ANSWERS.
'a l. Kansas. g. Lewis Carroll 2. Texas.
-. Mistletoe. S. The Civil War. 6. Russia.
! q. (a) pamphlet published or (b) room in
which the supply of powder is kept in forti-
fcation or ship. 8. Avocado. tff
Evening star., 1934-04-15
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RIDDLES

A FTER you've guessed these riddles yourself.
why not make a contest of it and ask
them of several of your friends? See which
of them is the smartest And don't forget
to send your riddles to the Riddle Man for
him to print in the paper.
/. What key is the hardest to humiliation
Luthgren.
2 Why is an egg like a colt?-Bill Harmon.
3. What five-letter word if deprived of two
letters has one left?-Eileen Bossidy.
f. Why is 100000 very bad NUMBER
Leonard Carboneau.
S. What is that from which you can take
away the whole and still have some remain
ing?-Virginia Zelewski
ANSWERS.
l. A donkey.
q Neither can BE- used until it is broken.
3. Stone.
4. Because 1t Is very naughty (nought-y).
5. The word wholesome"
Evening star., 1934-04-15

DILL and Ham looked at each other wide
y eyed. If the men discovered them, and
realized they had been listening!
Bill eased over to Ham and whispered,
Lets get out OF here"
20. K Except" Ham pointed out the
window to Smiley. who was gesticulating
furiously at one of the camel drivers, not Is
feet away from the car.
Bill pondered a moment as if weighing the
two evils.
Come on. Wen sneak off the other side"
Silently and warily as cats, the boys crepr
through the door into the corridor and tiptoed
to the end of the car. They quickly hoped of
the platform steps, and almost bumped into
Smiley. His back was turned to them as he
failed two covering "razorbacks" unloading the
next car.
The boys backed away for a few steps and
turned to run across the freight yards as fast
as they could.
"Hey. you! Stop them brats Bring 'em
back here to mel"
1T WAS Smiley.s voice booming forth to
] of his men nearby. Ham and Bill were seized
roughly by their collars and dragged back
across the railroad tracks to the spot where
Smiley STOOD glowering and waiting ominously.
He stuck his hands his hips and spat out
at them:
Thought you'd get away with something
eh? Search 'em!" While their captor "frisked"
their pockets, Smiley fired barrage of ques-
tions at them all of which he answered himself.
Didn't you hear say nobody was to leave
this yard until gave the word? Sure you did,
Trying to get smart and sneak away after
gave you a lift to town! Maybe you don't
remember that you told me you wanted to
work? Well you'll work before you leave
today. and don't forget it! I got this circus in
hand and you or the Blaines or anybody else
can't get away with nothin' when Smileys
aroundi'
But mister" began Bill.
''Now none of your mouth! When want
you to talk I'll tell you so!''
But we heard"
mo matter what you heard it was none Of
your business, see?"
"But it's about"
Listen here shouted the man, purple with
rage, you two little buns has got too much
CAB to suit me. When let you on the train
you said you wanted to work. Well. you'll
get it-and plenty of itl And you won't be
given chance to sneak away from it, either!
Slick, you put them to work-and keep 'em
at it, ThatW give 'em a chance to cool off
bit!"
"At least we tried to warn him." muttered
Bill to Ham as Slick bullied them up toward
the circus grounds
To Be Continued Next Sunday.