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The Washington times., 1935-11-18

Our sixteen high-speed elevators can
carry thousands of shoppers each
hour to the nine floors in this store.
The Tea Room Seventh Floor) and
the Fountain Room down Stairs
Store) are delightful places to enjoy
luncheon and afternoon refreshment
during your shopping trips.
The Washington times., 1935-11-18

Our F Street entrance has been re-
designed and equipped with three
revolving doors. This entrance
alone can now accommodate 10000
persons an hour.
The Washington times., 1935-05-16

Powell will sing and act as master
of ceremonies, with Raymond
Paige and his orchestra. F. Lang
ford and Anne JamiSon will be
heard in singing roles.
e. Evalyn Grumbine will be
Claudine Macdonald's guest on
the Woman's Radio Review pro-
gram, tomorrow at 3 p. m. She
will talk on Home determination
HELPS Our Children"
The Washington times., 1935-05-16
TOMORROW

WRC-Concert Hour, 1900
to $500 p. m. Circus Night
in Silvertown, $3.50 to 1000
WMAL - Times Radio
News, 9:45 to 1000 a. m.
Beatrice Lille, 500 to $3.50
p. m. Society of Arts and
Sciences Award to Grace
Moore, $3.50 to 10000 p. m.
WJSV-HOlIywoOd H OF e1,
$500 to 900 p. m.
WOL-InfOrmality at Jack
Dempsey's, 1880 to II p. m.
The Washington times., 1935-05-16
TODAY'S FEATURES

WRC-Ca ptain Henry's
ShOwboat, 500 to 900 p. m.
Secretary Wallace, 1880 to
IL p. m.
WMAL-R. E. DeSbernie,
1900 to 1918 p. m.
WJSV - Questions Con.
CESS, $500 to 3:15 p. m.
warnings PennsylvanianS,
$3.50 to $3.50 p. m.
WOL-H ward Bursley,
tenor, 7:15 to 1880 p. m.
Shepherd Boy, 7:45 to 8
p. m.
The Washington times., 1935-05-16
oday's Radio Features

Tomorrow night at 8 o'clock onI
WMAL, another of the famous
Bea Sop's Fables with the titled
Coincidence in the leading role will
be dramatized during Beatrice
Lilies program, with Lee PERKINS,
Orchestra and the Cavaliers Quar-.
tet.
Bette Davis, leading lady Of the
films, will be guest star during the
weekly Hollywood Hotel program |
on WJSV at 8 p. m. Miss Davis
will re-enact dramatic highlightS |
from her latest screen play, "The |
Girl From Tenth Avenue" Dick
Evening star., 1935-08-18
AuguSf rs. 1885

other which meant SO much more to her.
Nearly five months after Demott took of
from Roosevelt Field, she had a code cable
from one of her agents that there was man
i'll of fever in waterfront hotel in Cape Town,
who might or might not be Mel Dermott. She
took the next boat.
She must have had it planned for weeks,
months even. Her secretary gave out the
story that she was i'll of influenza The theatre
posted notices to that effect. and her under
study took over her part Umecognized, she
went aboard the boat. Unrecognized, she
carried the whole thing through and, for
once, no word of it ever got into print.
"Of course the man wasn't Dermott.
Stephen Linkhays words seemed less ques-
tion than bare statement of fact. Feathers,
who had been dreaming over his coffee cup
ever since started talking, gave me sharp,
inQuisitive look.
But yes, it was Dermott,' - said without
CONTINUED on page 1S)
Evening star., 1935-08-18

1t was eight or nine days before hope was
given up that he might nave come down
safely in some out -of-the- place. There
were the usual rumors He had been sighted
by passenger liner far out at sea. His plane
had come down i'll an inaccessible region on
the west coast of Africa. He had been recog-
nized by a missionary in a native village in
interior Africa. One by one the stories were
discounted lost face for lack of corroboraton.
The newspapers admitted then that he was
dead. filled columns with eulogy, and after
few weeks dropped all mention of Mel Der
mott.
Mona alone did not give up. Nothing could
make her believe that Dermott was dead.
have often heard of other women taking that
attitude; always it had seemed theatrical, but
with Mona you were convinced.
She kept trying. quietly of course, but in
every conceivable way to find some trace of
him. No rumor was too slight for her to have
it pried into by experts. I've no idea how
Evening star., 1935-08-18

felt. or imagined We felt. that she was cooler,
more aloof in her friendships. She never
spoke of Dermott. Most of her friends
thought she had really put him out of her
mind 1t was easier to think that, suppose,
because that was what we wanted to think.
Then the papers. abroad as well as here,
were full of the African flight Dermott had
decided on to top his, by now, spectacular
career. There was more than little gossip,
too. The Left Bank buzzed with it.
What Dermott proposed to do was said on
authority to be crazy risk. not Justlhed by
any hope of monetary reward or scientific
achievement Talk had it that his wife had
left him, and that much at least was true. 1t
seems her parents had opposed the match
from the first. and they had not given up
even after the marriage. They may have
seized on the Mona Jeska affair - at any
rate they had succeeded in persuading their
blonde, lovely katrin to come home to them.
That was about all anyone really knew, but
conjecture turned cartwheels along the
boulevards those April evenings, the dis
cussions inevitably winding up with someone's
saying that no man who gave hang whether
he lived or died would have considered
making that flight
Mona could not have missed reading OF 1t.
American managers had been trying for years
to bring her over for season; always she had
refused. think since she had gained the full
measure of her fame on the continent. she
was half afraid that over here she would be
haunted by that other self of hers, the drudg-
ing. tiredeyed Ella Beans to whom minor
role or even place in the chorus had seemed
unaccountable good fortune. Now, she could
not get contracts signed quickly enough.
She took five-day boat from HaWe and
arrived in New York early in the week that
Dermott was to begin his fight. Luckily for
me. Id landed an assignment to cover the
current Broadway plays for a New York
paper which affected visiting critics. We
made the crossing on the same boat
Mona made no effort to reach Dermott,
managed even to avoid having the press pub
licize her arrival, putting the reporters of
with promises of later interviews.
caught fieeting glimpse of her at Roose-
welt Field the May morning Dermott took of.
She was disguised in characterless gray coat.
a greenish plaid muff1er around her throat,
and wearing one of these 1op-brimmed, felt
hats which permit glimpse of only one eye.
doubt if Dermott had any idea that she was in
America. Certainly he did not see her in the
crowd that had gathered at the airport to
see him off and as certainly, she had not
meant that he should.
Late next day newsboys with extras
shouted that he had reached Brazil almost
an hour ahead of schedule. There was one
more message after he left Rio. After that =.
Evening star., 1935-08-18

much money she spent,
but it was no small
amount. And ali the time
she was playing her first
season in New York. The
unchallenged success of
that season is theatrical
history, and yet she was
giving her work only the
fraction of herself which
she could spare from this
Evening star., 1935-08-18
Magazine Section

stairs TO dinner that night Dermott and
stood looking up at her. The gown she wore
was one knew. crisp froth OF white NOUS
seine with a childish pinafore of flower
sprigged print Darien had designed it for her,
and anyone can tell you that Darlen is in
capable of making an unsophisticated gown.
Nevert heess, as she came down to us it was
as naive as gauche as the white organdy she
had worn when she sang in the Euclid Avenue,
Methodist choir.
can't explain it. Explanations only cloud
the clarity of that evening as it was. I've
never seen. never hope again to see woman
so possessed by her love for any man. But
what l am trying to say is that in loving
Dermott. she had ceased to be the glamorous
woman who had all Europe talking, had
ceased to be glamorous at all. There are
women like that. A truly great devotion strips
them of wordliness, of all artifice. Mona, by
some miracle of transition, had become once
more the shy, almost plain little Ella Beans
Of Mendot. Illinois.
There were flashes of her DID, whimsical
drollery during dinner, but they did not
deceive me- They were rather like motor
reactive habits. The wit which had made her
drawing room rather more than beauty's
salc- did not belong to her here. When we had
finished our coffee. she left us for moment
When she returned, she was carrying Der
mott jacket, his slippers and his pipe.
Dermott did not look at me. And almost
feverishly he began to talk of Paris. think
everything came clear in my mind then. Der
mott was. after all, simply a more than
ordinarily charming, ordinary young man,
another clean-cut wholesome thinking New
Englander. His rnstormng over Europe -
for he had made none of his spectacular flights
then = had brought him little financial re-
turn, and he had the correct, inbred aversion
to living on woman's money. Nor was
that all.
suppose that as long as he had been able
to picture his living with Mona as an episode,
an afaire in the best of romantic traditions,
he could override his scruples. 1t was by no
means without precedent for a young man OF
excellent family and unimpeachable tradi-
tions to indulge in such fugitive attachments.
But hemmed in by the homely felicities of an
Ella Beans, he was made miserably, fatally
aware of the conventions.
wished that there were some way that
might warn Mona, but knew her too we'll to
believe for moment that any warning coming
from me would help. Ironically, she felt
secure She went to the car with me when
was leaving, and remember her face. lifted,
smiling. happy beyond happiness. Come
again, Gabriel soon."
never went again. After the break - of
which know nothing except that it had to be
-Dermott returned to the States and in
surprisingly short time mar
ried. A New York girl. very
young, very wealthy.
'One of the Van Ettens."
Feathers prompted me,
Good old New York Dutch II
stock. katrin, wasn't it" u
"Yes," nodded. "Katrin"
1t was not likely that | faF
should forget the name ever, Z
though it was not at the time
of Dermott's marriage, but -
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oCA ~ loSASIy SiiONS tiitN Ani
ried. A New York girl. very
young, very wealthy.
"One of the Van Ettens,"
Feathers prompted me.
Good old New York Dutch
stock. katrin, wasn't it?"
Eyes" nodded. "katrin."
1t was not likely that
should forget the name ever,
though it was not at the time
of Dermott's marriage, but
much later that l heard it
under circumstances which
made it unforgettable.
Mona S friends were hercely
loyal. They said that she had
caught him on the rebound,
though as to the truth of that,
who can say? At any rate, he
got ahead fast after his mar
riage, making his reputation
first as a commercial flyer and
later as an experimentalist -
endurance tests, hazardous
flights, scientific aeronautical
tests.
Mona had returned to Paris
more beautiful than ever, and
from Paris to Berlin, from
Berlin to Vienna, from Vienna
to London and back again to
Paris, she gave the laugh to
those who had been so sure
she could not pick up her
career where she had dropped
it. There was no doubling
that she was a better actress.
but there were a few of us who
Evening star., 1935-08-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Wilson are
among those from Washington stay
ing at the Mohonk Lake Mountain
House at Mohonk Lake, N. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. G. Latham, who
Evening star., 1935-08-26
Horse Show News
Interest to Society

Horse show enthusiasts Of the
Capital and its environs will be pro-
vided with their favorite sport on
September Z, although the annual
Fairfax Horse and Pony Show sched-
uled for that day has been postponed.
The Chevy Chase Horse Show,
which was originally planned for Oc-
tober, Is to be moved up to September
7 and will be held at the Meadow
brook Saddle Club, located in Rock
Creek Park at Chevy Chase, Md.
Glasses for hunters. jumpers, saddle
horses and Gay Nineties," the COL
orful and novel event which featured
both the American Legion and Rock
Greek shows, are being arranged by
the committee In charge.
Jack Allen, who assisted with the
management of the Legion show and
was chairman of the recent Riding
and Hunt Club meet, mas been named
chairman for the Chevy Chase event.
Sterling silver trophies will be
awarded the winner of each class with
an additional trophy for the champion
Of the show. The usual ribbon awards
also are TO be made.
Evening star., 1935-08-26
Gay Times on the
Gold Cup Cruise

Popular Washington girls, debut
tantes Of past, present and future sea-
sons, will play prominent part In
tonight's second Gold Cup Showboat
cruise on the City Of Washington at
8:45 O'Clock, sponsored by the Presi-
dents Cup Regatta Association, and
in aid of additional funds for the
forthcoming regatta next month. The
Sponsors Committee Of the associa-
ton, which includes Mr.. Harold Allen
Long, Mr.. william j. McManuS, MIR.
John Saul, MIR. Harry H. r. Helwig,
Mr.. F. Regis Noel. Mrs. Helen Ray
Hagner, Mr.. Carter Barron and Mr..
Edmund o. Carl, has completed ar
rangements for a delightful party with
dancing, amusements and all acces-
sories to suit every taste.
Under the craftsmanship Of Mrs.
Helen Ray Hagner, group Of cigarette
girls. in up-to-date sports frockS, with
perky caps and aprons, will dispense
smokes" for all-comers, from dainty
baskets filled with their wares. They
will include Miss Barbara Baker, niece
of DR.. and Mrs. John H. Iden, who
will come out this season; Miss Mary
Katherine Bentley. daughter Of Lieut..
Col. and Mrs. James Bruce Bentley. a
debutante of last season; Miss Dorothy
Gould Fowler, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. John E. Fowler: Miss Suzanne
Happier. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Joseph Happier, formerly Of
New York, who have lived in the
Capital for the past several years;
Miss Katherine McCeney, daughter Of
Mrs. George P. McCeney of Laurel,
Md, a prospective debutante; Miss
Nal Sykes, daughter of Judge and
Mrs. Eugene o. Sykes, and Mrs John
Walter. who as Margaret Clephane
Evening star., 1935-08-26

Miss Kate M. Ellis is spending a
fortnight with old friends at Blue
Ridge Summit, Pa.
Evening star., 1935-08-26
Mrs. Goodwin at Seaside
Mrs. Larz Anderson to Talk on South
Sea Islands.
Sea Islands,.

have been visiting In Massachusetts,,
are spending a few days at the Shore
ham before returning to their home
in Jacksonville, Fla.
Miss Dorothy Fauring of Detroit Is
visiting Miss Hattie Deitel, formerly
of New York, now living in Wash
ington.
Miss Helen e. Kavanaugh OF Port
Arthur, Tex, was a weekend guest
at the Dodge and was accompanied by
Miss Ruth Slime Of Beaumont, Tex.
Mrs. Force r. Jean and her daugh-
ter, Miss Gertrude Jean, have come
to Washington from Grand Rapids,
Mich, and will spend some time at
the Martinique.
Mr.. and Mrs. william Delaware
Harris (nee Edwards) have returned
to their home on Beecher street after
several weeks motor trip to Cape
Cod resorts.
Evening star., 1935-08-26
Mrs. Selke Returns
West for Winter

Mrs. David L. Selke, formerly Miss
Sally Mason, left last week to return
to her school work in Los Angeles for
the Winter. Mr.. and Mrs. Selke were
married here 10 days ago. Mrs. Selke
being on vacation in her former home
here from her school duties on the
West Coast, where she has taught
through the Winters for the last 20
years, coming back each Summer to
stay with her family. She expects to
return here permanently to her new
home In February.
Evening star., 1935-08-26
President Roosevelt to
Attend Dedication Of
Mount Whiteface Highway
Secretary Dern at Watertown for Maneu-
vers-News of Persons Prominent in
Past Administrations.

The former United States Ambas-
sador to Germany and Mrs. Frederic
M. Sackett were among the guests last
Mrs. John w. Geary.
Mrs. Dwight F. Morrow, widow of
the late former Senator, was honorary
chairman of the committee in charge
of the piano recital at Southampton
yesterday given at Four Fountains by
Hans Barth, pianist and composer
and director Of the National School
of Musical Culture.
Diplomats Daughter
Visiting at Glen Cove.
Miss Betty SEE. daughter Of the
Chinese Ambassador and Nine. Sze,
is the guest Of Miss Marjorie Ii and
Miss Mildred Ii, daughters Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Kuo o. Ii. at their home at
Glen Cove, Long Island. Miss Sze
will return to school in England next
month.
Mrs. Charles v. Truax, widow OF
LIlC ftcpICcCIldIlNC 1AOAh DuIy4 hof
Ohio, spent the last week here ar
ranging the affairs of her late hus-
band, who died suddenly early in the
month. and vacating his office in the
Capitol.
Rear Admiral apd Mrs. Mark L.
Bristol. who are guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Irving Hall Chase at Narragan-
sett. r. l., were honor guests at tea
yesterday of Mrs r. Frederick Tay-
lor, who entertained in her villa,
Roseles.
Mai. Gen. and Mrs. Francis ].
Herman are at the Princess Anne
Hotel, at Asheville. N. c.. for the
Autumn season.
Mai. S. Douglas Gibson. U. s. A..
and Mrs. Gibson Of Washington, D.
c., are stopping at the Commodore
Hotel. New York City.
Maj Stanley F. Reinhart, U. S. A.,
and his family have come to Wash
ington for duty from Hawaii and they
are at the Martinique.
Mrs. Beverly w. Dunn. Jr, enter
tanned at dinner last evening at the
Crawford Grill, Crawford Notch, N.
H. In honor of her husband, Lieut..
Col. Dunn, who, with Capt. j. l..
Stromme few to Twin Mountain
Airport in Capt. Stromme's plane to
spend the week end with his family.
Evening star., 1935-08-26
\ RESIDENT ROOSEVELT Is ex-

~REsrDENT ROOSEVELT Is ex-
- pected to go to Lake Placid
September IA, from his home
II at Hyde Park, to participate in
the dedication of the Smile high
way to the summit of Mount White
face. The President recently accepted
an invitation of the Whiteface Noun
tain Highway Commission of which
Mr.. William H. Anderson of Troy Is
chairman.
The Secretary of War, Mr.. George
H. Dern, will return to Washington
the middle Of the week from Water
town, N. Y, where he went to attend
the Army maneuvers.
The Postmaster General and Mrs.
Farley, who returned to this country
last week from the Philippines, re-
manned in California over Sunday and
are expected to start East within
day or two. Mrs. Farley will return to
New York and join her children and
the Postmaster General will come to
Washington.
Senator James E. Murray and his
son, Mr.. Edward E. Murray. enter
tanned at dinner last evening, at the
Shoreham Hotel, for the members OF
the Senator's Office staff. The COM
pany included Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
McCabe, Mr.. aud Mrs. Edward Cooper
Miss Loleta Jackson, Miss 1mogene
Rows and Miss Imogene Howell.
Mrs. Frank ]. Kloeb. wife Of Rep
sesentative Kloeb from Celina. Ohio,
who accompanied Mr.. Kloeb TO OHIO
for the funeral of the late Charles
". Truax and went to Celina from
there. returned here early last week
10 await the end Of the session and
then 20 with her husband for his
vacation trip.
Mrs. woodrow Wilson. widow of the
wartime President. and her brother,
Mr.. John Randolph Boiling. are
spending the midseaSon at Mohonk
Lake, N. Y. where they are staying at
the Lake Mohonk Mountain House.
The former Secretary OF War and
former Governor General Of the
Philippines, Mr.. Dwight F. Davis IS
the guest of Mrs. Charles H. Sabin at
Southampton, Long Island. Last eve
ming Mrs. Sabin entertained at
luncheon for Mr.. Davis and Mrs. j.
Mckinley Moore Of Rosly, Long
Island, who Is also her house guest
Evening star., 1935-08-26
Two Drown as Boat Capsizes.

SAN FRANCISCO. August 26 P.-
Two of the crew Of five Of the tug
Standard No. drowned yesterday
when the eo-foot craft capsized as 1t
was towing the tanker F. H. Hillman
into the ship channel. Boni LeNtin,
mate, and A. j. Garcia, fireman. were
lost in the swift water of the channel.
Evening star., 1935-08-26

Mrs. Goodwin, wife of Judge Clar-
ence N. Goodwin Of Lake Forest, Ill,
and Washington, Is spending some
time in Atlantic City with her sister,
Mrs. J. B. Richardson Of Nashville,
Tenn. She will join Judge Goodwin
at the Chevy Chase Club, where they
have been living for a year, and go
with him and their sons to their Sum-
ner place, Normac, at DeSbarat, cana
da, for the Autumn season.
Mrs. Iarz Anderson will give a
talk on the South Sea Islands sep
tember Z at the Art Association at
Newport.
Mr., and Mrs. Thomas Bell Sweeney.
who are at Bar Harbor, Me, were
among the guests at theSd1nner given
last evening by Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert
H. Montague, in honor Of Mr.. and MIS-,
ROLAND j. Hamilton.
Mr.. and Mrs. John F. wilkins enter
tanned at luncheon yesterday at Mar
ragansett, r. T., in honor OF Mr.. ana
Mrs. George A. Gordon.
Miss Marsyl Stokes, daughter OF
Mrs, Henry j. Drummond-Wolh, won
the trophy for the best rider at the
jllnior horSemanShip show held yes
terday at Newport, where, with her
mother, she is the guest Of her grand
mother, Mrs. Gibson H. Fahnestock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cabot Stevens have
returned from Blue Ridge Summit,
where they spent the week END at
blossom Inn. Mr.. and Mrs. Stevens
spent the previous week end at Bios
som Inn, where q number Of members
of Washington society are passing the
Summer months.
Mrs. Mabel Walker willebrandt Is
IN New York, staying at the Waldorf
Astoria.
Col and Mrs. wrisley Brown Of
1919 wyoming avenue, Washington,
D. c., accompanied by Miss Katherine
Brown, are in New York, staying at
the Waldorf
Miss Virginia C. Rodgers of WASH
ington, daughter of Mrs. Phillip Owen
Coffin, has arrived at the Greenbrier,
White Sulphur Springs, w. Va, for
the annual Lee week celebration.
Mrs. p. r. McGerr and daughter
Patricia of Lincoln, Nebr., have ar
oived in Washington by motor to spend
a month as guests of Mrs. McGerrs
daughters, Miss Helen McGerr and
Miss Grace McGerr, at 24o0 Sixteenth
street. They will also spend week
with another daughter, Mrs. M. C.
MacKinnon, who, with Mr.. MacKin-
non and their young son, Malcolm
Charles, jr., has taken a place at
Beverley Beach for the Summer. Miss
Patricia McGerr, former student OF
Trinity College, will enter her senior
year at the University Of Nebraska
next month.
Miss Kate M. Ellis Is spending a
fortnight with old friends at Blue
Ridge Summit, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Wilson are
among those from Washington stay
ing at the Mohonk Lake Mountain
House at Mohonk Lake, N. Y.
1K~ .rS HKrS . ~ Tathor, xrhn
Evening star., 1935-08-26
Jylist, Avoiding Crash, browns

Cylist, Avoiding Crash, browns.
CHICAGO, August 26 P.-To
avoid q collision with an equestrian,
Harold Litke, 20, q gardener, steered
his bicycle of a suburban river forest
bride path into the Des Planes River
yesterday and was drowned. The
body, entangled in wheel OF the
bicycle, was recovered three hours
later by the Coast Guard.
Evening star., 1935-08-26

cruise tonight, and during the evening
will be seen and heard In q variety Of
stunts, including the popular olio
numbers, which are seen week ends ut
the Press Club auditorium. Bham
Keith and other popular members Of
Evening star., 1935-08-26

reigned as o popular debutante 0
few years back.
The entire cast Of EAST Lynne"
which recently gave benefit perform
ance at the Press Club for the Presi-
dents Cup Regatta, will go on the
Evening star., 1935-08-26

the company are on the informal pre-
gram Of the evening, interspersed be-
tween dances, on the main decks.
Evening star., 1935-08-26

Extensive strikes among silver min
ers in Mexico are feared.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-25

had Is smooth sailing Is he proba-
bly, would have liked. His failure to
60 along with the administration
especially his solver" vote ON the
work-relief bill - has caused critt-
cism to be directed against him.
= = =
The Gag Rule
Taylor whimsically said the reason
for criticism against his leadership
was that he did not make q lot Of
noise on the floor"
Bankhead's friends point to an In.
cident which occurred in the last
congress as to why he Is missed 80
much at the present when his type
OF leadership Is needed. It was when
he was chairman Of the powerful
rules committee.
The Republicans had tied up the
legislative machinery Of the house
near the end Of the session with q
filibuster. Bankhead quietly retired
to his committee room and brought
forth the now famous gag" rule.
He attained q high point in drama
when he marched on to the floor Of
the house, presented the rule and
declared 1.-The people elected the
Democrats to run the country, and
think it's time the Democrats took
charge"
In one spontaneous move the DEM
ocratic side Of the house rose and
sent up q great shout. The rule
passed overwhelmingly.