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the Tennis Club and the archery
team.
Many naval officers and their wives
and families who have made their
homes within the county for the last
two years or more left last week.
Departing for the West Coast were
Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs. w. B. Cog
gins and Lieut.. and Mrs. A. c. Muir
daugh of the Aurora Hills community.
Also leaving on Friday for the West
Coast was Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs.
Colin Campbell, with their children,
Margaret Campbell and Colin Camp
bell, jr. Upon arrival at San Diego,
Lieut.. Comdr. Campbell will take
over his duties as navigator of the
U. S. S. Mexico, flagship of the Battle
ship Division No. 3.
En- route they will visit relatives
in Pittspurg, Kans. Lieut.. Comdr.
Campbell Is the son of the former
Representative from Kansas and Mrs.
Philip Campbell of Windsor" on the
Arlington Ridge in Virginia and has
occupied a home next door to his
parents on the ridge for the last
two years. The senior Mr.. and Mrs.
Campbell own large farm near Lees
burg, Va. and make frequent trips
to and fro during the Summer season.
This week end, Mr.. and Mrs. Philip
Campbell. are entertaining as house
guests Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Nesmith
Of Lowell. Mass, who arrived Thurs
day afternoon. There will be informal
entertaining for the visitors.
Lieut.. and Mrs. ]. w. Way of
the Army and Navy Country Club
section will leave next Wednesday,
Lieut.. Way having been ordered to
Annapolis. where he will join his
ship, the U. S. S. Arkansas. Mrs. Way
with their young son Frederick will
go to Bruce Harbor at Stonington, Me
for the Summer, joining her husband
next october in Norfolk.
Many social clubs and groups In
the county are giving their final
dances and parties for the season,
preparatory to a season of outdoor
sports. One such group of young
people organized last October for
purely social purposes, under the lead
ership of Mrs. Olive E. Odom, gave
its closing dance Saturday evening
in St. Mary's Parish Hall at Rixey
Station, Va.
Hostesses for the occasion included
Mrs. Lee Akin, Mrs. Osman Ramsey,
Mrs. S. c. Salmon. Mrs. Robert D.
Maltby, Mrs. Coker and Mrs. P. T.
Wright. Honor guests for the oc-
casion were members of the vestry of
st. Mary's and Mrs. Walter Weaver,
president of the womans guild.
In addition to dancing, entertain
ment features included popular vocal
selection by Miss Phoebe williams,
who sang over the mike" and
whistling numbers by Mrs. r. D.
Maltby.
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Bay State
Lures y. c..
Yachtsnen
Boat Clubs Prepare
For Best Season
In Decade.

~ EvERLY, Mass. May 23.-
- Washington visitors on the
Massachusetts, North Shore
- who are interested in yacht
ing enjoy prospects of the liveilest
season in a decade, with the Marble
head, Nahant, Beverly, Manchester
and Gloucester Clubs all arranging
interesting race and social programs
for the season. which will not close
until after Labor day.
The Eastern Yacht Club at Marble
head, the oldest club on the North
Shore; the Corinthian and Boston
Clubs at Marblehead, the Jubilee at
Beverly, Manchester at Manchester
and the Annisquam and Sundy Bay
Clubs in Gloucester officially go into
commission on Memorial day.
When the late President Taft and
the late President Coolidge were on
the North Shore for the Summer sea-
sons during their administrations they
held membership in Marblehead and
Beverly Clubs. President Roosevelt is
also a member of the Marblehead and
Beverly Clubs and is expected to visit
Beverly and Manchester if he carries
out his plans for another Summer
cruise along the Maine coast If his
plans mature he will visit Col. and
Mrs. Edward Mandell House at their
Summer home at Manchester.
Mrs. Augustus Lowell Putnam has
returned to Sunset Hill her Manches-
ter Summer home, after a visit with
her parents, Rear Admiral ana Mrs.
H. L. Lackey. in Washington.
Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose is expected
next week at Sea Rocks. her Summer
home on Eastern Point at Gloucester.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Moses are
expected from Washington early in
June on the North Shore at their
Magnolia Summer home.
Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Winthrop of
Groton House, Hamilton, have returned
from visit in Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs j. Warren Merrill,
who have been in Washington for the
Winter and early Spring season. are
at Rockhurst, their attractive home at
Smiths Point, Manchester. for the sea-
son on the North Shore
The sailing craft of Mr. Thomas
Letter, and Miss Nancy Letter, son and
daughter of Mrs. Joseph Letter of
Washington, are being put in commits
sion for the season at Manchester.
Mr.. Letter and his sister are both
devotees of yachting and plan, as
usual. to race at Marblehead, Man
chester and Gloucester.
Maj. James w. Appleton we'll known
IN Washington and for 25 years mas
ter of the Myopia hounds, has retired.
His successor is Mr. Gordon Chicken
ing Prince of Wenham, also we'll known
to Washington visitors on the North
Shore. The Myopia Hunt Club at
Hamilton is one of the oldest hunt
clubs in the country The drag runs
have started at Myopia.
Evening star., 1936-05-24
Big Shark Catch Costly.

Fishermen Of Singapore. Malaga.
who recently caught a record rare
saw-mouthed shark, l2l2 feet long,
are complaining that they did so at a
loss. They sold it for SO. which is
nearly five times the value of ordinary
sharks, but declare the damage to
nets, personal energy and transporta-
ton ran the costs so high that they
reaped a heavy loss. They say they
prefer profits to fancy sharking.
Evening star., 1936-05-24
|TakOnaPark
Activities
S O CT a | | y
Mrs. Mary Lamond
White Is Hostess
at Shower.

RS. MARY LAMOND WHITE
M gave a miscellaneous shower
WI Wednesday night at her
4 \ home for Miss Carolyn Bote-
Ter of Baltimore, who will be mar
ried to Mrs. Whites nephew, Mr..
Angus Lamond, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Angus Lamond of Takoma Park,
June 6. Assisting Mrs. White were
her daughters, Mrs. Alcena Lamond
Bradshaw and Miss Virginia Lamond
White. The Lamond family is one
of the oldest in this community, hav-
ing been among the pioneer settlers
of Takoma Park.
The bridegroom elect is assistant
coach in lacrosse at the Naval Acad-
emy, in Annapolis. The couple will
make their home in Washington.
Mrs Arthur Pahren will leave today
for Baltimore, where she will spend
two weeks with relatives and friends.
Mrs. Harry P. Dodge entertained at
luncheon and bridge Friday. The
guests were Mrs. Truman Cissel OF
Colesville, Mrs. Locke Benson, Mrs.
Harry Benson of Sandy Spring, Mrs.
John Hardy of Kensington, Mrs. c.
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daughter. Miss Martha Remsen, Of
Hendersonville, N. c.
Mr.. and Mrs. william r. Mac
Quaker are entertaining Miss Ruth
Norlin Of Chicago as their house guest
for three weeks.
Miss Gladys Mills, who has been
in California for several weeks, Is now
spending some time in Phoenix, Ariz
Evening star., 1936-05-24

Mrs. Samuel Scrivener entertained
at luncheon Tuesday: The guests
numbered IS.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Hurdle have pur-
chased and moved into home on
Woodland avenue. -
DR.. and Mrs. Daniel P. Shoemaker
announce the birth Of a daughter,
Jean Douglas Shoemaker, May IL.
Evening star., 1936-05-24
NEVADANS TO CHOOSE {
Democratic Delegates Certain tc
Be Pledged to Roosevelt.

LOVELOCK. New. May % CP.-
to choose six delegates to the National
Convention in Philadelphia next
month, observers considered 1t a Ger
tainty the group would be pledged
to vote for denomination of Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
Chief interest among the 295 dele
gates from the II counties was CEN
tered in a race for the State chair
manship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-01-26

King Solomon look like rank anna
teur, Brigham Young like a third-rate
piker.
Falls Out of Love.
But marrying Is something else
again. Not long ago the prince said:
II have fallen in love and out Of
love many. many times" Mark that
land out of love-"
He has also said: 1--WE never yet
met girl would care to marry.
When do, I shall marry the girl"
Even more significant is this:
~ work IL hours a day. I want to
be myself during the rest of the
time. l. had married. I should have
to be what my wife wants me to be-"
This utterance sounds good deal
like tn. credo of a confirmed bache-
lor Together with the statement about
never having met "a girl I would
care to marry" 1t goes long way
toward explaining Wales determined
refusal to wed to royal young ladies
picked for him.
IT these palace-garden flowers.
too, there has been a respectable
bouquet. The Dowager Queen Mary
is known to have been very DESTROYS
of his union with the beautiful Lady
Mary Cambridge. who later married
the Marquis of Worcester.
The coupling plans began when
Wales was 10. Victoria Louise. only
daughter of the ex-Kaiser, was one
of the earliest prospects. Then came
poor Grand Duchess Tatiana, killed
with the rest of Russias imperial
family at Ekaterinburg in 1917;
Elizabeth and Ileana of Rumania,
Yolanda. Mafalada and Giovanni Of
Italy Ingrid of Sweden and her sis
tiers Martha and Astrid. Beatrice of
Spain and several others.
Irked by Match Makers.
Most of them have since married.
Only five royal eligibles remain:
Princess Juliana of the Netherlands,
the Pri2cesses Irene. Catherine and
Eugenit of Greece and the Grand
Duchess Kyre of Russia.
Wales never has been reluctant to
express his opinion Of the continual
matchmaking. Vulgar and embar-
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aware of Mrs. Simpson In the Au-
tumn of 1894. when English news
papers carried dispatches from the
Riviera saying that the prince, on
vacation at Cannes, was enjoying
himself unusually we'll And this is
the sentence that set the tongues
a-wagging.
ITO the delight Of hundreds of on
lockers last night, the prince danced
the rhumba with an American woman
identified as a Mrs. Simpson"
The Mrs. Simpson.
Later. that year, at Biarritz. Wales
was on hand at the station when Mrs.
Simpson (who used to live in New
York, but now makes her home in
London) aighted, with her aunt.
from the Sud express. What's more.
H. r. H. himself took charge Of their
luggage. With the dispatch from
Cannes in mind, somebody wise
cracked that day:
That Mrs. Simpson has all the
earmafks Of having become the Mrs.
Simpson,"
Mrs. Simpson is popularity supposed
to have been the successor" to
Thelma Lady Furness, "snappy" di-
vorced twin sister of Mrs Gloria Nor
gan Vanderbilt. But those in the
know laugh at this. Both. they say.
until very recently were among Wales
closest friends.
Lady Furness, it will be remem-
bered, rushed across the ocean to con-
tradict scandalous testimony given by
Mrs. Vanderbilt's former French maid
concerning her ex-mistress and Lady
Milford Haven. The French girl
spilled some unsavory beans at New
York Supreme Court hearings Of Mrs.
Vanderbilt's unsuccessful suit to re-
gain custody of her small daughter
Gloria. Significant in this connec-
ton is the fact that Lady Milford
Haven. too, Is a friend of the Prince
of Wales.
Near-scandal failed to separate
Wales and Mrs. Simpson. But it did
break up his friendship of years
standing with Mrs. Dudley Ward.
Mrs. Ward. the princes intimates say.
was his ideal dancing partner. She
was young woman of subtle allure
She was amusing. She was spirited.
She had the physical stamina to con-
tinue frolicing with him until the
gray watches of the dawn. In brief.
she was very "snappy"
Besides. the arrangements were Of
the smoothest. The husband. Dudley
Ward, was an old crony of Wales. So
the prince would go to prize fights
with Dudley and night clubs with his
wife afterward.
Gossipers Part Them.
But the meanies wouldn't have It.
They talked. In fact. they Missed.
The gossip became so poisonous that
the Wales suddenly stopped being
seen with the lovely lady.
There have been many others
dozens, including a fair share OF
American beauties. There were Lenore
Cahill Of St. Louis. with whom he
danced so much in> the Berengaria
on his last trip to America; and
Valerie Jones, the little Canadian
armful; and Eleanor Nichols, chest
nut-haired daughter of q United
States naval officer; and sweet Vir-
ginia Briscoe, 17-year -old daughter
OF an Oklahoma oil man; and Veron-
lea Purviance of Missouri and
Blanche Warwick of Michigan.
One could go on for quite q while
enumerating the princes girl friends.
If he had married all the women
mentioned in London, Riviera and
Me- York gossip. he would have made
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unattended. Many times he walked
the quarter mile from the Bath Club
to st. James Palace through the heart
Of London trafic unattended. FIRE.
quently private detective accom-
panied him, but when the prince
went into a public restaurant with
party Of his friends, the detective
waited outside with the chauffeur.
Probably ne will cut down on these
solo rambles of his. but there is no
certainty that he will eliminate them
entirely. King Edward VII frequently
walked the London streets without any
police to guard him. It was almost
habit Of his to dine out, walking
alone Or with = friend from Buck
ingham Palace to the Marlborough
Club or wherever it was he was hav-
ing dinner"
(Copyright. 1896. By the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Incl
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SPONSORS NAMED
F0R.3 DESTR0YERS
Kin Of Capt. Mugford, Comdr
Craven and Admiral Balch
to 0ficiate.

Secretary Swanson has designated
three women as sponsors for the new
destroyers Mugford, Craven and
Balch, the Navy Department an
nounced yesterday.
Miss Madeline Orne, Marblehead,
Mass. will be sponsor for the Mugford,
named in honor Of her great-great-
grand-uncle. Capt. James Mugford,
U. S. NJ, Revolutionary War hero. The
vessel, under construction at the Bos-
ton Navy Yard, is to be launched late
this year.
Mrs Frank Learned, the former
Ellin Craven. of New York City, will
be sponsor for the vessel named In
honor of her father. the late Comdr.
Tunis Augustus Macdonough Craven,
U. S. NJ. who served with distinction
in the Mexican and Civil Wars. This
destroyer, the third to bear the name
of Craven, will be launched at the
plant Of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding
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raising" Is what he called II. IT'S
said that Queen Mary's repeated pleas
that he marry were her only requests
her eldest son has ever disregarded.
It was ut the Queens urging that
he changed his mind about renounc-
ing the succession-a notion that
appealed to him strongly at the time
Of the birth Of the Duke Of York's
first daughter.
It was also In response to his
mothers constant pleading that he
gave up horseback riding and hunt
ing. The prince, incidentally, is not the
pooc rider the comic press of two
hemispheres may have made you be-
lieve he Is. He is a supberb rider.
The reason for his many famous spills
as the late Will Rogers once explained.
was his daring and his fondness for
horses that won't stay upright"
But he has continued in the other
sports to which he is devoted-after
all, one can't dance and all that "a
hours a day. He's an enthusiastic
polo player. He's crazy about motoring
and speed He's an expert
flyer. Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen
say he's good golfer. He's prize
fight fan; Georges Carpenter used
to be his favorite slugger.
Wales met Gene Tunney abroad In
1928 after the heavyweight's retire.
ment from the ring. Said the prince
to the pugilist:
so you're retiring because you're
getting married? Well, I sometimes
think may have to retire because
I'm not"
(Copyright. 1850
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Corp. at Quincy, Mass. late this year.
Miss Gertrude Balch. Wilmington,
Del, will be sponsor for the Balch,
named In honor Of her grandfather,
the late Rear Admiral George Beal
Balch. U. S. NJ, who also served in
the Mexican and Civil Wars. This
vessel, likewise under construction at
Quincy, is to be launched February
Is. This Is the second vessel to bear
the name.
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BARRY WILL SPEAK
Columbia Professor to Address
Scientific Groups Here.

Frederick Barry, professor Of the
history OF science In Columbia Uni.
versity, will lecture on THE New Arts.
totle" at Joint meeting Of the Wash.
ington Academy of Sciences and the
Chemical Society Of Washington
Thursday at Sis pm. at the Cosmos
Club.
The lecture will be an ANALYSIS OF
the Aristotelean era Of science as
translation between the mysticism Of
the ancients and the fectual realism
which formed the oasis OF modern
science.
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One Of the highest fountains in Eu-
rope is at the Castle of Wilhelms-
noehe, the Versailles Of Cassel, Ger
many. 1t throws a Jet Of water
IL inches in diameter 100 feet in the
air.
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En- barrassing Situation.

CHICAGO (P).-The thieves who
broke into Capt. J. E. Scherer's auto
mobile left him wondering how he
could appear before his Army COM
pany. They took his uniform, service
revolvers, dress sword and rifles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-01-26

In the sirth and final chapter,
Michel Mok mill deal NTH King
Edm0rd's qualifications for his new
exalted position.
The Washington times., 1936-08-14

On a winning spree which has
given them IS victories in their
last % starts, they are in the
middle of the race dominated by
the Cards and Cubs and showing
no signs of slipping.
Giants Gain on Leaders
While the leaders idled yester-
day the Giants bettered their
position by a half game with a
6-to-4 victory over the Phils and
now are only two games out Of
second place and three out Of
the lead.
They made only nine hits, but
punched them in a spirited con-
test to offset IA allowed by Lefty
Al Smith.
In the only other National
League game, Waite Hoyt held
the Reds to seven hits and pitched
the Pirates to an 8-to-7 win.
Indians Blank Tigers
The Yankees idled with their
huge lead in the American, giving
the Indians a chance to do some
gaining, which they did with an
9-to-0 victory over the Tigers.
The victory was doubly i'm
pressive. The Indians made 18 safe
hits and drove Schoolboy Rowe
to the showers in the fourth inning
and got the kind of pitching from
Johnny Allen they have been need
ing all year. The Tigers made only
four hits.
The Browns 7-to-3 victory over
the White Sox closed out the days
schedule.
The Washington times., 1936-08-14
Giants Facing Chance
To Climb In Race

NEW YORK Aug. 14-H the New York Giants going
to get anywhere in the National League pennant racehey
face their big chance in the next few days against weak East
ern comnettion
The Washington times., 1936-08-14
md summaries:
fredericksburg
n, A, Station

Totals SO 02711 Totals. SO 027 20
1Batted for Reynolds in ninth.
Fredericksburg EIks 0 o 1 90 90 0-5
N. A. station. .... o 5 o o . o o 1 O-s
RunS-Fenlon. Mcintyre, Shepherd,
Smith (2), Prather, Garrison, Michner
(S), Goan, Scott. English, BOtEkO. Er.
rors-Fenlon. Webb (2), Shepherd (S),
Reynolds, Goan. Scott (2), Suggs. Two
base hit-Prather.
The Washington times., 1936-08-14
TRAINER TRUEMAN TO CAMPAIGN STRING AT CU7NBER
18 Teams Seek
S0ftbdN Title

Eighteen teams have been en-
tered for the District softball
championship which gets under
way Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock
on the West Potomac Park polo
field. C. Marshall Finnan, super
intendent of the National Capital
Parks, has granted permission for
use Of the polo field.
The teams are Ehrlich Poultry.
Adjustment Compensation, Reset
tlement League winner, Construc-
ton, Works Division, Audit Divi-
sion, Clearance Files, Diamond
Cab, Miscellaneous, Bureau of
Standards, Census, Pepco, Agri-
culture, Treasury Dept. League
winner, Arlington Church League
winner, Georgetown Playground.
Federal Surplus Supplies and the
Sunday Morning League winner.
AMERICAA-
The Washington times., 1936-08-14

ceIlion (Langdon); third, Bessie Mant.
zourles (BurrOughs).
Basketball Throw For Distance-Won
by Lucy SimOnds (Rosedale); second.
Doris MarcellinO Uangdon); third,
Sally Jennings (SherwOOd).
Baseball Throw For Accuracy-Won
by Gertrude Bell (Kenilworth) second,
Mildred Keever Sherwood; third,
Thelma Strotker (BurrouEhs).
Novelty Race-WOn by Lucy SimOnds
CRosedaIe): second, Doris Rooney
UNLIMITED
6O.Yard Dash-WOn by HeIya KOrt.
long ROsedale): second, Margaret ViO-
let CRosedale); third, Frances Cock.
PeIl (SheFwOOd).
Basketball Throw For Distance-Won
by Evelyn Lewis Sherwood second.
Jennie Russo (ROsedale)i third, Lois
Stone Wan Buren,.
Baseball Throw For Accuracy-Won
by Evelyn Lewis (SherwOOd: second.
Jennie Russo (ROsedale)j third, Lois
Stone Wan BUREN,.
VOTE AMERICAN
Giants, 6; Phils, q
New York .... O2O1 900 Ks
Philadelphia .... 0 0 o j IA
The Washington times., 1936-08-14
Shriiners' Day,
Aug.27 Tops
Meeting

BALTIMORE, Aug. 14.-Elmer
Trueman, who trains for Major
Raj Parr among others, is ship
ping four horses today from
Pimlico to Cumberland for the
10 day meeting Of the Cumber-
land Fair Association, which
ushers in Maryland's fall racing
season at 2 p. m. Tuesday.
Trueman brought six horses
from Empire City, N. Y. to Pm-
lico q week ago. Two Of them
were in need Of q rest, but his
other four charges will be placed
aboard an express car today and
sent to the initial meeting OF
Maryland's fall racing season.
other horsemen granted stalls
today by Race Secretary Edward
], Brennan, who will close his
offices tomorrow at Pimlico and
move to Cumberland, were James
Arthur, I. K. Maurar, Ed Town
send, r. j. Creman, Louis Camp
bell. R. Nixon, c. L. Littletleld'
Charlie Eames, Senator Grayson,
R. B. Archer, George Cook, ]. L.
Garthright, J. P. Engle, Nose
simon, L. Rodriguez and R. J.
Zindorf. w.,
pari.Mutuel Manager Earl Wal
den Starter E. S. Welter and Race
Secretary Edward ]. Brennan VIII
all be in Cumberland by n1ghttau.
Welter is anxious to get as
nany horses schooled as possible,
so that when actual racing begins
he won't have a bad post actor on
the grounds.
The outstanding event Of the
meeting is the $500 Harry A.
Manley Handicap to be run on
Shriners' Day, which has been
set for Thursday, August 27. In
addition to the purse, the WIN
ming owner will receive $100
worth Of silver. AS the Manley
Handicap will be yearly tea-
ture, horSemen will thus have
a chance to add to their collec'
ton of SilverWare.
The leading winning trainer
will receive a gold wrist watch,
with the leading winning rider
being similarly rewarded. In ad-
dition, the rider showing the best
department throughout the ses-
sion will be given a valuable
saddle.
The Washington times., 1936-08-14
FeIdman TO Menace
SCOTS Ring Record

Before Cowboy Howard Scott
starts looking forward too eager
ly to a possible title shot with
Tony Canzoneri here in late Sep
tember he might we'll look to his
laurels at Griffith Stadium Mon
day night.
Former worlds featherweight
champion and a celebrated spoil
er since entering the lightweight
division, Feldman is in a psyche
logical spot to jolt Scott out of
the spotlight he gained by virtue
of his upset Of frankie Klick
recently.