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Evening star., 1936-04-04
Immense Task.

what do you intend to tell the folks
out home?"
"The plain TRUTH" answered Senator
Sorghum.
What subject will you select first for
your enlightening remarks?"
you have brought up the point of
real difficulty. There are so many sub
jects calling for elucidation that it would
be impossible during one lifetime to get
the plain truth about all of them"
Evening star., 1936-04-04

The bar association fears the possible
membership Of some who figure not as
responsible attorneys of the court, but
as mere joiners.
Evening star., 1936-04-04

The person who jimmied Senator Rush
Hollis Office found no memoranda as
startling as things he may say any
moment in an extempore speech.
Evening star., 1936-04-04

When AL Smith said "You cannot
shoot Santa Claus" he left it to be in
ferred by persuasive radio campaigners
that it is also impossible to abolish lin
gering traces of April fool"
Evening star., 1936-04-04
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton

MINDLESS Places.
I'd like to seek some sylvan glade
No winds could penetrate,
Where man has never trod
The spongy, mossy sod.
And, as the day grows late,
Denser becomes the shade.
Deep night. And thru the quiet trees
A moon ray softly shines,
Edging the wet, green moss
With a pale silver gloss,
And glistening on the pines,
Unstirred by any breeze.
Darkness impalpable as dreams.
Pierced only by the faint moonbeanas.
Evening star., 1936-04-04

In the German court decapitations
have called to mind the lobbyist as repre-
sented by the gentleman in a dress suit
with an ak to grind.
Evening star., 1936-04-04

Mussolini will undoubtedly leave "foot
prints in the sands of time" AS pre-
liminary, his soldiers may leave some in
Ethiopian mud.
Evening star., 1936-04-04

Flood conditions encourage super
stitious fancy that the shadow seen this
year was not that Of ground hog, but
q water spaniel.
Evening star., 1936-04-04

Divorces are chiefly Objectionable be-
cause the actual testimony is even worse
than the gossip which preceded it.
Evening star., 1936-04-04
Lack Of Preparation.

Lack Of Preparation.
In history you'll often read
About a bright career
Whose owner did not feel the need
With toll to persevere.
Caligula found no applause.
And Nero made us sob
At what he did; and all because
He never learned his job.
How often has the man of might
In selfishness so gay,
Disdainful of all sense Of right,
To shame pursued his way!
He did not undertake to find
The impulses that throb
In every fellow mortal's mind.
He never learned his Job.
Evening star., 1936-04-04
Cost of Admission.

Prom the PITTSBURGH Post.0a5ette.
For membership in the American Tax.
payers Club the fee u what have you. 6
Evening star., 1936-04-04
At the Race Track,

At the Race Track.
I know it ought to make me fret.
And yet
I can't regret
The wealth get
When good luck I at last have met,
And stand in line to cash bet!
"Dar ain no denyin'," said Uncle
Eben, "dat de mule is a mean animal If
you'll notice de way he turns his back
on a friend"
Evening star., 1936-04-04
Rate by MaiI-Payable In Advance.
u Other States and Canada,
Member of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled 70
credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights OF publication Of special oispatches
herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1936-04-04

Jud Tunkins says he and his wife
always think exactly alike, only she
usually has first think.
Evening star., 1936-04-04
City Planning.

CITY FIannIuYs
When we put up another town,
No more will we be thus perplexed.
Well set the parking spaces down
And see about the buildings next!
Evening star., 1936-04-04

"It is so easy to make promises" said
Hi Ho, the sage Of Chinatown, "that
many attempt to gain a livelihood by
doing nothing else"
Evening star., 1936-04-04

@. Is it true that more aliens are leav-
ing the United States than are coming
into IT'D. E. L.
A. Since 1881 more aliens have LETT
than have arrived from other countries.
The figures are: 1881, 1o,237 more; 1882
1l2,786 more; 1888, 93,074 more; 1884.
1928 more, and 1885, 9,329.
Evening star., 1936-04-04

Nlsht Final ano Sunday star----7Qc per month month
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Orders may be sent BY mal or telephone Ma.
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The Washington times., 1936-03-20
SENATE PROBE
OF WPA SEEN
ASCERTAIN
International News Service

INTERNATIONAL news service
A sweeping Senate inquiry into
charges of graft, waste and poll
tics in administration of the
WPA throughout the nation ap
peared certain today as Demo
Gratis joined with Republicans in
seeking approval, of the Davis
investigating resolution.
The inquiry was indorsed unan-
imously by the Senate Commit
tee on Expenditures in the Ex-
ecutive Departments. Senator
Lewis CD of Illinois, committee
chairman, promised the inquiry
would be fair and thorough. He
invited all compliments to pre-
sent evidence to his committee.
Public hearings will be
launched as soon as the commit
tee can arrange them, after the
Senate approves the resolution
introduced by Senator Davis CRO
of Pennsylvania. In Difference
to Davis, the committee first will
investigate the WPA situation in
Pennsylvania.
WPA administrations have
been assailed on political and
economic grounds in West Vir-
ginia, Maryland, Michigan and
Illinois. Inquiries into relief af-
fairs in each State will be con-
Quoted by the committee, Lewis
said, if definite evidence is pre-
eented.
The Washington times., 1936-03-20
TRAFFIC
HEAD FOUND,
WOMAN, 35

NANTES, March 20 Q.N.SO.-A
beautiful young brunette has been
barred as the "brain-trust" head Of
the drug traffic here.
Adrienne Pouplard, 35-year-old
femme fatale," has been arrested
and charged with weaving a
spider-web of opium denS through
this seaport city.
Five Others Jailed
Five others have been jailed
here and police say her tentacles
spread even to Marseilles, where
one more arrest has been made.
Swooping down on Adrienne's
luxurious apartment here, the mar
cotic squad crashed into one Of
the most luxurious opium dens
seen in France in recent years.
Crimson drapings, Chinese
paintings, rare tapestries, sybaritic
couches and soft lights were in
profusion. Large numbers Of pipes
and burners were seized. Neigh.
bors told strange tales Of high
priced automobiles parking outside
all night while their occupants
tasted the pleasure Of an "arti-
ficial paradise"
In swift succession, police
raided four other dens including
Adrienne Pouplard's country
home" at Haute-Goulaine. This
was the summer resort of her
clients when heat waves drove
them out of the city to the cool
of this forest region.
Police found large quantities of
opium and cocaine in the home
of a tall blonde, Marguerite Mevel.
alias Margot, who is allegedly
Adrienne's lieutenant in the drug
racket.
While the narcotic squad has
not yet been successful in tracing
the drug suppliers they believe
the opium was Smuggled in
through Marseilles and the CO.
caine came from Holland through
Belgium.
The Washington times., 1936-03-20
Police Of Arlington
Hunt Hit-Run Driver

ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE
Va, March 20.-Police today were
looking for a hit-and-run driver
that struck and killed a colored
woman who was walking on the
Washington Boulevard at High
land Park.
Identity of the victim had not
been established early today. The
body of the woman, who appears
to be about so years old, was taken
to Ives Funeral Parlor pending
establishment of her identity.
The Washington times., 1936-03-20
SCHOOL GROUP
T0G|VEPLAY

: Cardoza High Schools Purple
,Masque Players will give a public
performance of LAS You Like It"
tonight at 8 o'clock in the school
auditorium.
. The cast, directed by Mrs.
Louise Lovett, instructor in
'dramatics, will include Ridgeway
Marshall, John Allen, Earl Ross,
Evelyn Cannon, Eugenia Valen-
tine, Ishmel Crawford, Mckinley
Gray, Naomi Newman, Godfrey
;Dunmore, Bradford Tatum. Harry
Parker. James Watts, Beatrice
Murray, Abraham Edwards. Cor
'nelius Essex, Sadie McEntree,
SCelestine Gilmore, Veryl Patter-
son, Edith Smith, Louise Epps.
Francis Gaines, James Hargrove,
Norman Stevenson and Reginald
Berry.
A student presentation of the
play was given yesterday in the
school auditorium. The Cardoza
Orchestra, directed by Prof. Felix
Weir, accompanied the play.
The Washington times., 1936-03-20
-Four Suspects Held
In Stamp Frauds

HAVANA, March 20 G.N.SO.
Counterfeited internal revenue
stamps manufactured in Cuba on
a large scale have defrauded the
governm mt of approximately
100000 in revenue during the
past ten months, treasury depart
ment secret agents announced
here after the arrest of four sus-
poets.
, Agents declared the stamps, all
of which are of 50-cent denomina-
tions, were manufactured in Hon.
'duras and brought into Cuba at
various ports at the rate of ap-
.proximately 100000 per month
and sold for less than their face
value throughout the nation.
The Washington times., 1936-03-20
Greeted BY Mother

LAKE ONG, N. j.
Mrs. Elizabeth Mcconnell, 104
years old, came here from her
home at Sparta, N. j., to attend
the 50th wedding anniversary cele-
bration of her son-in-law n d
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer H.
Vernon. At the party we're the
Vernon's three children and 81
grandchildren.
Mr.. Vernon is a retired locomo.
tive engineer of the Lackawana
Railroad.
The Washington times., 1936-03-20
Dogs Teeth for Money

DEBRECEN; Hungard Q.N.S).
The mayor Of Debrecen ordered
that teeth Of destroyed stray dogs
should be extracted and sent to
Australia. A protestant mission
ary of Debrecen, Miss Maria Mol
mar, is leaving for Australia where
she has already spent many years
among the aborigines. During her
short vacation in Hungary she
has asked for dogs teeth, which
substitute for money among the
natives.
The Washington times., 1936-03-20
Bites of Rat Send
Boy, 5 Months,
To Hospital

Five-months-old John Irving
Staples, of 1924 Fourth st. s. w.,
was in an undetermined condition
at Providence Hospital today from
rat bites on the face and head,
suffered while he slept in his crib
on the second floor of the Staples
home early this morning.
His father, Jack Staples, awak-
ened by the child's screams,
rushed the boy to the hospital.
The Washington times., 1936-03-20
$500 Fire Loss
Hits Brownsville

BROWNSVILLE. Pa, March 20
G.N.SO Fire yesterday swept the
Brownsville Wholesale Grocery. in
South Brownsville, at an estimated
loss of 100000. Firemen fought
the blaze, which broke out on the
edge Of the flood district area, for
four hours.
The Washington times., 1936-03-20
i. ). Woman Seized
By Montreal Police

MONTREAL, Quebec, March 10
U.S).-A woman believed to be
Mrs. Grace Dallis Pessiche, 80, of
Philadelphia, was arrested here
at the request Of the Phila-
delphia police on a charge Of
grand larceny, elnbezzlement and
forgery, involving amounts total,
ing over $4,000.
The Washington times., 1936-03-20
8 Suicides on Nail

VRSAC, Yugoslsvia G.N.S).
Johann Bies, SO, a farmer, COM
mitted suicide by hanging himself
in his stable on the same nail, on
which his mother two years ago,
and his wife one year ago, hung
themselves.
Evening star., 1936-03-16
Officials, Diplomats
Prominent in the News;
Other Items of Interest
Presidents Wife Also Is Expected to At
tend Concert of A Cappella
Choir Tonight.

will entertain at musicale this afternoon in the
through the
Synagogue the United synaogues Of America
20 o'clock This evening the Pres
Professional Wonens
OF the Cappela
Smith Stahl is director The concert will be given
Tomorrow Mrs roosevelt will be guest
St Parick
Club which will be held in the auditorium the
Peoples Chorus from New
City Thursday will join the President in
will Winter
will Rollins College
The Postmaster Farley. family
will Boston today to make ST. Packs day
address
The Minister of dinner
Thursday evening.
issued invitations for
legation 244s Massachusetts,
issued
cards 81 O'Clock when Egon
sost recently
Orchestra Dr. Hans Kinder conductor and
Miss Elena de Sayn is director
Senator last evening
Wdman Hotel in compliment to
Chile and Mrs William Cubeon
Senator James spending
the Shelbourne
Senator Nathan o
through the Spring They temporarily
say at he a
including
Mrs. George T.
Marye Ambassador Russia
and Mrs j. Kelly of Chicago
dinner Massachusetts, avenue when
their guests numbered 4O
Evening star., 1936-03-16
Choir Concert Tonight
A Capella Choir to Give Lenten Recital.
Mrs. Roosevelt Patroness.

The complete list of patrons and pa
tronesses for the Lenten concert to-
night of the A Capalla Choir at the
Mayhower Hotel will include Mrs.
Roosevelt, Mrs. Cordell Hull, Mrs.
George H. Dern, Mrs. Charles Evans
Hughes, Mrs. William E. Borah, Mrs.
Harlan Fiske Stone, Mrs. Alfred A.
Wheat. Mrs. Charles Alger, Mr.. Percy
Atherton, Mrs. Albert Atwood, Mrs.
Paul Bastedo, Mrs. Emile Berliner,
Mrs. Henry Berliner, Mrs Douglas
Birnie, Mrs. Robert S. Brookings, Mrs.
Thad Brown. Mrs. Arthur c. Christie.
Mrs. Avery Coonley, Mrs. William Gull
bertson, Mrs. Carl Droop, Mrs. Phillip
Goodwin. Mrs. Clarence Hancock. Mrs.
Christian Heurich, Mrs. William Hum
phrey. Mrs. Theodore Joslin, Dr. Hans
Kinder, Mrs. Oliver Owen Kuhn, Mrs.
Tracy Lay. Mrs. David Mead Lea, Mrs.
Cazanova Lee, Mr.. L. NJ. Leisenring,
Mr.. Lynch Luquer, Mrs. Eugene Meyer.
Mrs. Adolph c. Miller, Mrs. Gerrit s.
Miller. jr.; Mrs Howell Moorhead. Mrs.
A. Chambers Oliphant, Mrs. Armistead
Peter, Sd; Mrs. Henry Clay Ransley,
Mrs. Donald Richberg, Mrs. Eugene
Evening star., 1936-03-16
Newspaper Women Fair
Miss Paulina Longworth Donates Doll
for Children's Hospital Benefit.

Miss Jean Hambleton, all members of
the Somerset All Club. and Miss
Betty Hart, Mrs. Spencer Darwin.
Mrs. Genevieve Cook, Miss Anne
Elizabeth Smith, Miss Marie Brewer
and Miss Catherine Collins.
Mrs. Helen Fetter Cook will be in
charge Of the Blind Pig" where mys-
terry bags will be for sale. She will
be assisted by Mrs. Carl Arnold, Mrs.
William e. Barrett, Mrs. Charles A.
Cabell, Mrs. A. A. Dibble, Mrs. Powell
Louthan, Mrs. Oscar Rand and Mrs.
c. Ridgway Taylor.
Miss Hazel Grant Edgar, chairman
of publicity for the fair, will take over
the cigarette wheel at the party. She
will have among those assisting her
Mrs. P. Lee Phillips and Mrs. Dorothy
Landaker.
Among others assisting will be
Nine. Rajamaitri. wife of the Minister
of Siam; Mile Sibilla Skidelsky. Miss
Bette Hartz, Miss Amelia Fleet, Miss
Ruth Lacey. Miss Maureen Hogan and
Miss Evelyn Snyder.
One of the features of the afternoon
will be presented by pupils of Phil
Hayden, including Mary Ellen Mac
Donald. Richard Shenk, Gahl Pig
gott, Robert Weismiller, Lloyd Anne
Hill, Bert Fogle, Robert Stibers, Dor
othy Cole, Janet Goss, Betty Boyd,
Anne Marie Kerlin, Greta Hill and
Mary Giancoli. Miss Ann Evans will
assist Mr.. Hayden and Miss Margaret
Scott will be the accompanist.
Evening star., 1936-03-16
Diplomats to Attend
Opera in Baltimore

The latest addition to those of the
diplomatic set who plan pilgrimage
to Baltimore for the three-night opera
festival at the Lyric are members Of
the U. s. S. r. Embassy staff. 1t is
expected that the Ambassador of
Spain and Sonora de Calderon, re-
Gently returned to Washington from
visit to their native land, will join
the great throng at the farewell ap-
pearance of their distinguished coun-
tryman. Lucrezia Bori. in La
Boheme" the opening night, April 2.
The house is entirely sold out for this
performance. The Italian Ambassador,
Signor Augusta Rosso, is among those
having season reservations for the
Baltimore season. Members of the
several Scandinavian legations are ex-
pected for the Tristan and Isolde"
performance, April 3, as two dis
tinguished prima donnas of those
countries will be heard in the great
Wagnerian love drama. Kristen Flag
stad, acclaimed in both Europe and
America as the greatest living Wag-
merriam soprano, will make her second
operatic appearance in Baltimore in
two seasons, singing the title role,
while Karin Branzwell. the famous
Swedish contralto, will sing Brangaens
in this performance of the Metropoli-
tan Opera in Baltimore.
Evening star., 1936-03-16

Little Miss Paulina Longworth,
daughter of Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Long
worth and the late Speaker of the
House Nicholas Longworth, has pre-
sented a doll which will be sold at the
st. Patrick's day carnival to be given
by the Newspaper Women's Club on
Tuesday Miss Paulina's doll will be
sold in the afternoon and in the eve
ming another doll. given by Mrs. Emil
Hurja, will be offered for sale to the
holder of a lucky number.
The money obtained from the sale
OF these dolls will be used to help
some sick child in Children's Hospital
on its way to recovery. The News
paper Women's Club, which is spon-
soring the carnival, supports a bed
in Childrens Hospital and provides
medical aid, nursing care, clothing and
all the necessary things needed to aid
the children who occupy this bed from
time to time in regaining health.
Both Miss Paulina's doll and the
one given by Mrs. Hurja will be on
exhibit at the Children's Hospital
booth, which will be one of the main
attractions of the carnival. In the
same booth will be the exhibit of
handwork, weaving, tissue paper flow
ers and the numerous mechanical
devices that modern medical science
uses to help sick children. This ex-
hibit will be in charge of Mrs. Mary
Weller. recreational director of Chill
dren's Hospital, who will be on hand
to explain how occupational therapy
Is being used to teach the children
to regain the use of their muscles
after an illness.
In another part of the booth there
will be an exhibit of clothing showing
the incredible number of tiny gar
ments that are needed to operate
the hospital for a year. A number of
the garments in the exhibit were
made by girls of the All Club of
Somerset, which has been sewing for
the hospital during the past Winter
as a part of its sewing course.
The hospital booth is in charge of
Mrs. Charles M. Arthur, who will be
assisted by Mrs. j. E. Shillinger. Mrs.
Weller, Mrs. Nina Church Brann,
who helps with the recreational work
in the hospital, as well as several men,
bers of the hospital staff of nurses.
The sale Of tickets for the two dolls
will be under the direction of Miss
Ann Shillinger, Miss Lois Gish, Miss
Edwina Hambleton, Miss Helen Mae
Bryan, Miss Betty Jane Bryan and
Evening star., 1936-03-16
Bay State Society
Dance Tomorrow

The Massachusetts, Society of Wash
ington will entertain at formal dance
in the main ball room of the Wardman
Park Hotel tomorrow. Miss Dorothy
Banks will act as chairman of the
committee and will be assisted by Miss
Josephine Wunder. Miss Margaret
Dean, Miss Katherine Dean, Miss
Helen Burns, Miss Margaret Ellis, Miss
Dorothy Craig, Miss Dorothy Dyer.
Mrs. John O'Toole. Miss Louise Hill,
Miss Fanny e. Buck. Miss Frances
Adams, Miss Gladys Anderson. Mrs.
L. E. A. Chagnon, Mrs. Eugene Kin
Evening star., 1936-03-16
Mrs. Longworth Has
Visitors From France

Mrs. Nicholas Longworth has as her
house guests Comte and Comtesse
Adelbert de Chambrun. who are here
from their home in Paris. The Com
tesse is the sister of the late Speaker
Nicholas Longworth.
Comte de Chambrun was a guest
of honor at the banquet of the Gin
cinnati Society Saturday evening. He
is a retired French general and a
direct descendant of Lafayette and
therefore has the privileges of an
American citizen. Comte and Com
tesse de Chambrun will be here for
several days and will go from here to
Cincinnati, where they will visit the
latter's brother-in-law and sister, Mr.
and Mrs. j. Buckner Wallingford.
Evening star., 1936-03-16
Mrs. Blair Presides
At Town Hall Tonight

Mrs. Emily Newell Blair, former
vice chairman of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee, will preside at the
first town hall" meeting of Mont
gomery County. Md, tonight at $50
o'clock in the auditorium of the Le-
land Junior High School, in Chevy
Chase, under the auspices Of the
Woman's Democratic Club of the
county
Headed by Donald Richberg, au-
thor and former N. r. A. administra-
tor, group of nationally known fig
ures will express their views on the
Constitution. 1t is anticipated that
Mr.. Richberg, who will have as his
subject Constitutional Remedies and
Pink Pills" may either suggest cur
failing the powers of the Supreme
Court or amending the Constitution
to render the emergency agencies of
the New Deal constitutional.
A distinguished group Of notables
from both Washington and nearby
Maryland is expected to attend the
meeting. attracted by the timely sub
ject which is of particular interest
at present.
Ushers for the meeting will be
Young Women Democrats Of the
county, and will include Miss Kathryn
Cutler, Miss Dorothy Cutler, Miss
Jane Austin, Miss Virginia Pryor, Miss
Gala Prescott, Miss Creighton Jones,
Miss Helen Roach, Miss Ann Hagner,
Miss Ruby Matson, Miss Eleanor Cis-
sci, Miss Ann Snure, Miss Marie
Buscher, Miss Jean Huiess and Mrs.
Nettie Hatch.
A few remaining tickets are avail
able and may be secured at the
door tonight before the meeting.
Evening star., 1936-03-16

Roberts. Mrs. Cuno H. Rudolph, Mrs
James Brown Scott, Mrs. George P.
Scriven, Mrs. Jouett ShouSe, Mrs. Har-
per Sibley. DR.. Anson Phelps Stokes,
Mrs. Corrin L. Strong. Mr.. Jesse C.
Suter, Mrs. Lawrence Townsend, Mrs.
Luke Wilson, Mrs. Charles D. WAL
colt, Mrs. James G. Wentz and Mrs.
Charles Stanley White
Among those who will be present to-
night in the audience will be Col and
Mrs. Harold Pratt, Capt. and Mrs. AL
fred Howe, Dr.. and Mrs. Richard De
SausSure, Mrs. Clifford Meyer, Mrs.
Leroy Sawyer, Mrs. j. H Grifhth, Mrs.
Jeter Horton, Miss Maud McDougal,
Mrs. Pierce Ashburn, Mrs. F. C. Brin-
ley, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis A. Abbot, Miss
Elsa Lohmann. Miss Pauline Lob
mann.
Guests in Mrs. Roberta Campbell
Lawson's box will include Mrs. w. E.
Disney, Mrs. Will B. Davis. Mrs. Louisa
Laing CARED. Mrs. J. G. Locke and
Mrs. D. A. McDougal.
Those who have not made their res
ervations for the concert may obtain
tickets at the Mayhower prior to s:45
o'clock, when the concert begins.
Evening star., 1936-03-16

nally, Mrs. William J. Byrnes, Miss
Irene Sheehan and Mrs. j. Chase Nc
Kenzie. Novelty dances In keeping
with st. Patrick's day will be intro
duced during the evening. During
intermission floor show will be given.
Guest tickets may be secured from the
acting secretary Of the society, Mrs.
William J. Byrnes. A cordial invita-
ton is extended to all Bay Staters
now in the District to attend.
Evening star., 1936-03-16
Activities Include Musicale the White House Today
announcement
OF West-English
Engagement
Mr.. and Mrs. Vest
Cire Party for Daugh.
ter and Fiance.

Mr.. and Mrs. Millard Farrar West
Of Chevy Chase, Md, entertained at
dinner last evening at which time
they announced the engagement of
their daughter Elizabeth Leech to
Mr.. Merton Alden English. jr., son
of DR.. and Mrs. Merton Alden Eng
lish of this city.
Both Miss West and Mr.. English
were born in Washington. Miss
Vests maternal grandfather was the
late E. o. Leech, prominent finan-
cier of Washington and New York.
Her father Is an attorney of this
city.
Miss West attended the Cathedral
School and the King-Smith Studio
School, and made her debut here a
few seasons ago. The last two years
she has devoted to the study of art.
Mr.. English graduated from George
Washington in 1882 and National
University Law School this year. He
is now with an investment banking
firm Of Washington.
The wedding is to take place In
April, after which they expect to
make their home in the country in
nearby Maryland.