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Evening star., 1935-05-21
PROFESSIONAL CONTESTANTS.

FHorESSlONkL CON les AN 10.
w WITH radio, magazines, news
a papers and even motion
wv picture screens fostering
Y Y the dandelion growth Of
prize contests, new type
American has evolved-the profess
sional contest enterer.
Veteran contest judges will tell you
there are men and women especially
women) whose bread and butter,
shoes and stockings, and protecting
roof depend upon their ability to
make more words than you or I can
out of the letters in loves young
dream perfume" or upon their su-
premacy in writing a 500-word essay
on why the cakes of soap I use are
always round"
A Northwestern University profess
sor, recently a Judge in contest with
$4,000 first prize, told us the other
day of receiving letter from one
of the entrants-a woman.
IT have participated in 80 con-
tests to date" she wrote, "and out
of that number I have won 20 prizes. y
But she didn't win the $4,000.
Down in Florida, they tell us. the
women's clubs have a contest pool,
whereby they all enter such-and-such
a contest. and whatever prizes are
won are prorated.
Evening star., 1935-05-21
mulberry bush down at our house
and want you to come and dance
with me-around the mulberry BUSH"
REMoRsE.

REMORSE.
NNE of the young men about town
~ whose sunshine and happiness
activities are centered in the
auditing division Of the Home Owners
Loan Corp. had an encounter with
automobile marauders recently.
Leaving his car parked just of Six
teenth street one night, he returned
in the morning to find one wheel COM
pletely missing. And because the
thieves had been so thorough as to
take the necessary nuts and bolts
along also, our hero was unable even
to replace the stolen wheel with an
available spare.
In complete disgust, he decided to
leave the car just as 1t was and use a
taxicab for the day. Upon his, return
from work that night he visited the
remains and there, much to his sur
Evening star., 1935-05-21
300.Year Church War Ends.

Union between the congregations Of
the East and West Churches, Stirling.
Scotland, which for over 800 years
have worshiped under the same roof,
but separated by q wall, was consum-
mated in the West Church recently.
Rev. j. Pitt Watson, Alloa, moderator
Of the Stirling and Dunhlane Presby-
terry, presided and declared the union
completed. Over 800 years ago, follow
ing religious quarrel, Stirring town
council divided the church by erect
ing a middle wall, and since then,
there have been two congregations
with ministers of their own.
Evening star., 1935-05-21

prise, found q contribution. Neatly
piled on running board Of the car
were the nuts and bolts taken from
the missing wheel; with them
penciled note. I'VE didn't need these,
thank"
Evening star., 1935-04-20
.EDDY HAD REACHED that HOLE

to the bed room where the Skunks
were. but Jimmy heard him in the
passage and demanded to know who
had dared to enter his house without
an invitation.
1T is me, Reddy Fox" replied
Reddy meekly. II had to come in or
be killed by a Dog. There was moth
ing else for me to do. I'm sorry to
disturb you. I wouldn't have done it
for the world, but just couldn't help
1t. II you listen you will hear that
Dog"
81 hear him." grumbled Jimmy
How can fellow sleep with such a
racket as that going on. ! have half
a mind to 60 out there and teach
that fellow lesson. As long as you
are in here you may stay, only don't
come any farther down."
Il WON'T" promised Reddy, hastily.
Indeed, don't want to-
"And when that Dog leaves you do
the same thing" continued Jimmy.
II will. Indeed WILL" promised
Reddy.
"And don't forget that there are
three Of US Skunks down here" added
Jimmy.
So it was that truce was declared
and Johnny Chuck shifted in vain for
that scent Of Jimmy SkunkS and con.
tinued to wonder Just what 1t meant.
(Copyright. 1880
Evening star., 1935-04-20
Maryland Virginia News
Mr.. and Mrs. Hathaway Visit New
York Suburban Parties.

Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison r. Hath
away of Edgemoor, Md, and their
two young daughters Miss Ann Hath
away and Miss Helen Hathaway are
in New York for several days as the
guests of Mr.. Hathaway's mother, Mrs.
Charles Hathaway.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence w. Douglas
have as a house guest in their home
in Livingstone Heights. Va, the lat
ter's cousin, Mrs. William Henry
GargeS of Philadelphia and Doyles-
town, Pa, who will remain for sew
eral weeks.
Mrs. Garges is a neice of the late
Col. Jefferson Gentry of Cadiz. KY.
and Is also a descendant of the dis
tinguished statesman and famous ora
tor of the Civil War era, Rep. Mere
dith Poindexter Gentry of Tennessee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas we're hosts
to small company at dinner Thurs
day evening in honor of their guest.
Others in the party including Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Barbiere Of Oak Lane,
Philadelphia, and MIR. Jefferson Cen
try, the latter the father of Mrs. Doug
las.
Mrs. Douglas will entertain at a
bridge luncheon Tuesday in honor of
Mrs. Garges.
Miss Jane Parker was hostess at
tea yesterday Afternoon entertaining in
the Chevy Chase, Md, home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George H.
Parker, in compliment to Miss Marine
Barrows, daughter of Lieut.. Col. and
Mrs. Frederick M. Barrows, who will
sail May for Panama where Colonel
Barrows has been transferred for duty.
Assisting Miss Parker at the tea were
Miss Ann Page, Miss Betty OMalley,
Miss Frances Glover and Miss Pinkie
Tompkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. Grubb of
Edgemoor, Nd, have as their guests
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Shallcross and
their two sons of Beliefonte, Pa.
Mrs. Lawton Riley, wife of the rec
tor of Pinkney Memorial Protestant
Episcopal Church of Hyattsville, Nd,
will be hostess at an informal tea
Wednesday from to o'clock in the
church rectory. All women of Pinkney
Memorial Church are invited.
Mrs. E. M. Whitcomb of Seven Oaks,
Silver Spring, Md, left yesterday
afternoon for South Carolina, where
she will join Mr.. Whitcomb. who is
there on business. They plan to go on
to Florida, Mr.. Whitcomb returning
in few days and Mrs. Whitcomb re-
for an extended visit. Mrs.
Whitcomb had as her guests from
Sunday until yesterday Mr.. Whit
combs mother, Mrs. c. M. Whitcomb,
Evening star., 1935-04-20
Mrs. Roosevelt Holds
Annual Reception to
Delegates of D. A. R.
Secretary and Mrs. Morgenthau Spend Easter
on Farm-Senators' Wives
Hostesses
HOSteSses.

guests remaining afterward to play
bridge.
Mrs. Levi, wife of Senator James
Hamilton Lewis. will give a tea this
afternoon in the Sulgrave Club in
compliment to Mrs Julian G. Good
hue, retiring regent for Illinois of the
NJ S. D. A. R., and the other State
officers of that organization. Assist
ing the hostess during the afternoon
will be Mrs. Harold L. Ickes, Mrs.
Warren r Austin and Mrs. Cantacu-
zene-Grant.
The chancellor of the Legation Of
Switzerland and Mrs. Ernest Faesch
will have with them over Easter Mr..
and Mrs. Edward White and their two
young daughters Of Walton, N. Y,
who will arrive today.
Mr.. White. who is brother Of Mrs.
Faesch, is chairman Of the Demo-
cratic Committee for Delaware
County.
Field Marshal Lord Byng of Vimy
and Lady Byng and Miss Eva San
ford, who have been guests of the
Minister of Canada and Mrs. Her.
ridge for over a week, left yesterday
morning for New York and sailed
later in the day for England.
Evening star., 1935-04-20
Bride-Elect
Entertained
At Lunch
Pre-Nuptial Party for
Miss Lay Who Will
Wed MIR. Strine.

Miss Florence Nancy lay whose
marriage to Mr.. Fred Ehrenfeld Strine
will take place Monday evening in st.
Johns Episcopal Church in Chevy
Chase was the honor guest at q
luncheon given today by Miss Ernestine
Splitter who will be one Of the brides
maids at the wedding. The other
guests at the luncheon which was held
at Les Cargot were the brides other
attendants. In addition to Miss Spit
Ter the list includes Mrs. Joseph p.
Walsh Of Forest Hills, Long Island;
Miss Betty Strine. Mrs. Norven Belt
and Miss Frances Ward. Others at
the luncheon were Mrs. Jesse Alvin
Lay. mother Of the bride-elect: Miss
Lucille Splitter, Mrs. Leon Taylor, who
Is Miss Lays house guest, and Mrs.
Richard Splitter.
This evening Miss Lay and Mr..
Strine will give q dinner party at Til
den Gardens for the wedding party
Besides the five bridesmaids the others
attending the dinner will be the best
man, DR.. Howard H. Strine, cousin
OF the bridegroom-elect, and the
ushers, Mr.. Frank Parrish, Mr.. Joseph
p. Walsh, MIR. Charles Bunnell Of Buff
falo, N. Y, and Mr.. Lambert O'Don-
nell. The other guests will be Mr.. and
Mrs. Lay. Dr. and Mrs. Howard r.
Strine. Mr.. John Murphy, Mr.. James
Hamilton Of Lakewood. N. j., and Mrs.
Leon Taylor also Of Lakewood, Mrs.
Frank Parrish. Mrs. Lambert O'Don-
nell and DR.. Norvell Belt.
Evening star., 1935-04-20
Scully.Taylor
Betrothal Told

Mr.. and Mrs. John Sullivan Scully,
1r., of Winchester, Va, have an
nounced the engagement of their
daughter, Jane Hastings, to Mr.. Rod
ney Thaine Taylor of Pittsburgh, son
Of DR.. and Mrs. L. L. Taylor of Yellow
Springs, Ohio.
Miss Scully is a granddaughter of
the late Mr.. and Mrs. John S. Scully
and a niece of Mrs. Harry B. Zimmele
of this city. She attended Wellesley
College and Is a graduate of Denison
University and Katharine Gibbs Sec
retarial School. She is a member of
the Washington Alpha Omicron Pi
Alumnae Chapter and taught for two
years at Fairmont School and Junior
College. Mr. Taylor is an alumnus of
Stony Brook School, Long Island, and
Cedarville College, Ohio, and will grad
uate next month from the Pittsburgh
xenia Theological Seminary in Pitts
burgh. No Gate has been set for the
wedding
Evening star., 1935-04-20
GridirOn Club Head Feted|
Former President and Mrs. Berryman
Give Reception Tonight.

clair and Miss Betty Sinclair of New
York.
MIR. John McConico Hudson viii be
host at q dinner party this evening
In the Shorehan Hotel In honor OF
his sister. Miss Mary Elizabeth Hud-
son. daughter of Mrs. Samuel Hud-
son, and Mr.. Edwin Ralph Rowzee.
whose marriage will take place Mon.
day afternoon.
Mrs. Sam M. Wassell and Mrs.
Charles Fisher Taylor were joint
hostesSes at luncheon at the Willard
Hotel yesterday in honor of Mrs. S.
Weinmann of Hot Springs, Ark, ma
tional president of the United States
Daughters Of 1912.
Miss Suzanne johnson entertained
at dinner last evening in the crystal
room Of the Wardman Park Hotel,
when she had 81 guests.
Evening star., 1935-04-20
Visitors Here
For Easter
Are Many
Former Represent
atiVe and Wife at
Atlantic City.

Former Representative and Mrs.
Frank Murphy of Ohio went to At
lantic City and are at Hotel Dennis
to spend several weeks, after which
they will return to their home at
1874 Poplar lane.
Mrs. Aldace Walker of New York
arrived in the Capital yesterday to
spend Easter with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph E. Davies. Mrs.
Walker was formerly Miss Rahel
Davies. Mr.. Walker will arrive today.
Mrs. John Dwight has returned to
her apartment at the Carlton after
spending some time in New York
City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jouett Shouse are
spending some time in New York,
where they are stopping at the Am
bassador Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barnes Newberry of
Naragansett, r. l., son and daughter
in-law of former Secretary Of the
Navy and Mrs. Truman H. Newberry,
will sail from New York tomorrow
morning on the California. which
leaves for Pacific Coast ports via
Havana and the Panama Canal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward S. Beck Of
Chicago have arrived at the Shore
ham to remain until tomorrow eve
ming. Mr.. Beck. who is managing
editor of the Chicago Tribune, il
attending the meetings Of the Asso-
citation of American Editors.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Bobrick have
come here from their home in Los
Angeles to spend the Spring season
and have taken an apartment at the
Wardman Park Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Dewitt Rogers have
arrived in Washington from their
home in Larchmont, N. Y, and are at
the Carlton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward r. Clark are
in New York where they are Stopping
at the Ambassador Hotel.
Mr.. Joseph Miller, Miss Irma Stelzer
and Robert Stelzer Of Yonkers, N. Y,
have motored to Washington to spend
the Easter holidays with relatives, Mr..
Evening star., 1935-04-20
39DS|GN FOR FREE
SWIMMING COURSE
Registration Closes Tonight.
Scores Due to Enroll
Today.

With more than $50 boys already
signed up and scores more due to
register today, James c. Ingram. di-
rector of The Starry. M. c. A. learn
to-swim campaign, announced today
that registration for the free swim
course next week will close at 9
o'clock tonight.
Indications are that the enroll
ment will exceed 500, which is about
the maximum our instructors can care
for with the limited facilities at
hand" Ingram said. I'VE will be
unable to accept any more applica-
tions after today"
The boys are being divided into
classes and each class will be given
one lesson a day throughout next
week, beginning Monday morning.
Only boys who are bona fide non
swimmers are being admitted to the
classes, Director Ingram said. Boys
who have some knowledge of SWIM
ming, however slight, are being asked
to step aside in favor of boys with
no swimming knowledge at all.
The course, arranged jointly by The
Star and the boys department Of the
Y. M. c. A., has the Endorsement of
Commissioner Hazen, Superintendent
Of Schools Ballou, Police Superin-
tendent Brown, Health Officer Rub
land, Parks Director Finnan and other
officials. Its primary objective is to
promote safety in the water, but the
campaign incidentally provides health
and recreational benefits.
All instruction is provided free by
the Y. M. C. A. in its big pool in
the boys department at 1882 G street,
or. in the case of colored boys. at the
Twelfth Street Y. M. G. A. There are
no fees Of any kind and even soap
and towels will be furnished free.
The Star today affords boys their
last chance to enroll. The applica-
ton coupon, to be found herewith,
will not be published after today. To
register, fill out the coupon and take
it to Director Ingram at the "Y"
boys department without delay.
Evening star., 1935-04-20

and his uncle. Mr.. H. w. Conley of
Ellsworth Falls. Me. and Miss Kath-
arine Conley of Bath, Me.
Miss Helen Carr entertained in
formally at bridge and buffet supper
last evening in her home in Waycroft,
Va, when her guests included COL
and Mrs. Gordon Green, Mr. and Mrs.
Stanton c. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. E. F.
Inbody, Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Bouk-
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Parker and
Mr.. John Lyon.
Mrs. w. G. Wharton and Miss
Pauline Jones of Richmond. Va, and
Va, are the week end house guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Savee in
their home in Sligo Park Hills, Md.
Miss Marian Anderson, daughter of
Councilman and Mrs. c. D. Anderson
Baltimore street, HyattSville, Nd, has
returned to Stratford College, Dan
vile. Va. after spending the Spring
vacation with her parents.
Mrs. Lizzie Rucker Of Clarendon,
Va. has gone to Ridgewood. N. j., for
a weeks visit with her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Norris Bowen
Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton Moser, with
their young daughter. Ellen, Of Sligo
Park Hills. Md, left this morning for
Waynesburg. Pa. where they will visit
Mrs. Moser'S parents, DR.. and Mrs.
Charles Spragg, in their home. Mr.
Moser will return tomorrow and Mrs.
Moser and their daughter will stay
through next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. w. Starkweather.
Lyon Village. Va. have with them for
the holidays their son, Waldo Stark
weather. who arrived yesterday from
Fork Union, Va, where he is a stu
dent at the Fork Union Military
Academy.
Mr.. and Mrs Elmer e. Parsons of
Silver Spring, Md. have as their guest
during the Easter holidays Miss
Haldane Pyne Of Marshall, Va.
Mr.. William Hill, jr.. Of Boston Is
spending Easter with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. William S. Hill, Upper Marl-
boro, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Oliver Frank have
with them for a few days in their
home, in Veitch Summit, Va. their
granddaughter, Miss Anne Frank.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Irving
Frank, formerly Of Arlington County,
now of Petersburg, Va.
Mrs. Robert Harris Of Milwaukee,
Wis, with her infant daughter Susan
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Evening star., 1935-04-20

Luther S. Cannon In their home In
Takoma Park, Md, for an indefinite
time.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Massie Of Ash
ton Heights, Va, have gone to Louisa.
Va, for the week end to be the guests
OF the formers parents, Mr.. and MIS-.
L w. MaSsie.
Mrs. Claude johnson of Youngs-
town, Ohio, has been visiting Mrs.
Walter Euwer, Upper Marlboro, Md.
Mr. Jack Jones, junior at William
and Mary College, is spending the
Easter holidays with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs Ashton c. Jones in their
home in Clarendon.
Mrs. Thomas Russell will entertain
a company of eight at luncheon in
her home. in Sligo Park Hills. Md,
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. A. Chandler have
as their guests in their home, In Ia
koma Park. over the week end; Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Wilson of Fulton, N. Y.
Mrs e. Francis McDevitt returned
to her home. in Sligo Park Hills, after
a motor trip Of several days to her
former home in Rockville Center,
Long Island.
Mr. and Mrs John Lind have moved
from Tulip avenue, in Takoma Park,
Md, into their new home in Chevy
Chase, D. c.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Wight enter
tanned at dinner Tuesday in their
home. in Sligo Park Hills. for Mr. and
Mrs. Elton C. Fay of Silver Spring
and Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Engle of
Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic G. Pitts, with
their three children, Marc, Patricia
and Bruno, will move the latter part
of this week from Sligo Park Hills to
their new residence. woodland Manor,
IN Sandy Spring, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Dahl have as
their guests over Easter in their home,
in Sligo Park Hills, Md. Mrs. Dahl's
young niece and nephew. Miss Mary
Catherine Fleishell and George Fleish-
all, jr., Of Baltimore.
Mr.. A w. Jones of Richmond is
passing an indefinite time with his
brother-in-law and sister. Mr.. and
Mrs. Kenneth L. Savee, in their home,
in Sligo Park Hills.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Dudley will
give an Easter party for their chill
dren, Linda Anne and Donald, in their
home, in Sligo Park Hills. this after
noon from until 5 o'clock.
Evening star., 1935-04-20

The president Of the Gridiron Club
and Mrs. Uric Bell will be the guests
Of honor at . reception this evening
which the former president and Mrs.
Clifford K. Bergman will give In the
Washington Club at $50 o'clock. The
party will be q rea, Kentucky fete,
both MIR. Bell and Mr.. Bergman
being natives Of that State and the
only Kentuckians who have served
the club as president.
MIR. Frederick Roy will entertain
at buffet supper, followed by
dancing, this evening In honor Of Mr..
and Mrs. Newbold Noyes. Mr.. Roy
will have his party in the home of
Mrs. George Barnett, mother Of Mrs.
Noyes, on Rhode Island avenue.
Mrs. Barnett has as her house
guests for few days Mr.. Arthur Sin
Evening star., 1935-04-20

Nun pldy uurSc uldio w
L L their children. Although
these Strengthening crea-
lures look like some NEUROLOGICAL
animal, they are true fishes and not
as scarce as you might think. In
fact, there are many places where
you can see them moving about
among the water plants in such
dignified manner that your attention
Is gained at once.
The sea horses have a worldwide
distribution. They are most plentiful
on the Atlantic coast in September.
You may find them clinging by their
tails to a fisherman's net. Such
sedate- looking animal, looking you
fearlessly In the eye, Is enough for
you. It is not at all unusual to
pick up the dead ones cast up by
the tide. They make a fine addition
to your collection.
Though the sea horse is clad In
armor, there are many hungry foes
ready to crunch the body with their
cruel teeth. Through experience, the
sea horse has learned to hide, and
his color pattern blends well with
his surroundings. And it is said, by
an authority, he has an odor that
is most offensive to some of his enc
mics. His tail fin, his most valuable
aid in getting about, is prehensile
tail and is used much like the
monkeys, by fastening to objects from
which he swings back and forth.
II the little horse wishes to move
about he moves with seemingly little
effort. The vibrations are too rapid
for our eyes to see. The large eyes
watch everything that Is going on in
his little meadow, and, what Is more
unusual, one eye is cooked in one
direction and the other in the op-
posite one. He sees what we cannot
and gravitates toward the object OF
his interest.
Those who know say the courtship
Evening star., 1935-04-20

amazing how many there are. Some
times a great number Of them are
catapulted from the basket at one
time.
The tiny things twist their thread
size tails about a stem or each other
in order to have an anchor. Three
hundred Is about the number Of
offspring the father tries his best to
guard The sense of responsibility
Is slight after the little sea colts are
in the water.
The babies feed on the algae about
them and those that survive have
learned to evade enemies that are
about them by the score. There are
some fascinating legends about these
creatures you will enjoy reading. Our
h1ppocampus reminds US OF the
knights used on the chess-board-and
no doubt served as o model.
(Copyrisht, 1880
Evening star., 1935-04-20
Miss Brett Arrives
From Boston for Visit

Miss Eleanor Brett, daughter of MIR.
and Mrs. Harrie I. Brett Of Needham,
Mass, arrived yesterday to spend the
Easter holidays with her cousins. Miss
Jane Elizabeth Newton and Miss Har-
riet Louise Newton. at the Ciastleton
Hotel.
Miss Brett attended the Walnut Hill
School in Nateck, Mass, was grad
uated from the National Cathedral
School, Washington, in 1880, and the
Katharine Gibbs Secretarial School in
Boston in 1882. Miss Brett is now
employed as secretary in one of Bos-
tons largest banks. Mr.. Harrie I.
Brett Is vice president of the Rockland
National Bank of Boston.
Evening star., 1935-04-20
BRITISH EMPIRE TO GET
AIRMAIL AT 3 CENTS
Goal Set for Next Two Years to
Call for Eightfold Increase
in Planes.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 20.-Transpor-
tation of first-class mail all over
the British Empire by plane at the
regular 3-cent rate will be started
within the next two years Sir Fred
eric Campbell, director of the British
postal service, has revealed.
Sir Frederic explained the plan
after his arrival here with Sir Ed
ward Campbell. parliamentary secre-
tary to the postmaster general, on
the last lap of a three-month trip
around the world to arrange details.
The plan calls for an eight-fold
increase in planes in the passenger
mail service.