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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-10
Edward First Kit1Q
To AbdicQte
In Britain

LONDON, Dec. 10 GN.S0
King Edward is the first British
ruler to abdicate.
King James II, who tossed the
great seal into the Thames and
fled to France, renounced the
throne under pressure, and never
did formally abdicate. Edward II,
who also renowned the throne,
likewise was forced out of office.
Queen Victoria in 1871 threat
ened to abdicate, but her ministers
persuaded her to remain.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-10
PARIS TO SEND
new ENVOY

PARIS, Dec. 10 U.N.S0.
Georges Bonnet, former finance
minister, was slated today to be-
come Ambassador to washington
to reopen debt negotiations.
Succeeding Andre de Laboulaye,
Bonnet is expected to be named at
the next cabinet meeting.
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NO u. 5. EFFECT
IN K|NG'SACT
International News Service

International News Service
King Edwards abdication will
have no serious effect on Ameri.
can financial stability, high Treas
ury officials announced today.
Sources close to Secretary of
the Treasury Morgenthau asserted
that 1--WE can't see anything for
the United States to worry about. d"
They added:
off people get frightened
abroad, the tendency would be
to invest over here. This, Of
course, would have no serious
effect on our own financial
structure"
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HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT
READ TO PARLIAMENT
Bv DAVID P. SENTNER

LONDON Dec 10 QNS)-COnvnced proper exercise Of his
kngy duties would be possible only his love for Mrs. Wallis War
field Simpson were crowned by marriage King Edward
nounced throne and empire and handed the cpe majesty to his
brother, the Duke Of York.
His instrument Of abdcatOn, frankly admitting that without the
Baltimore beauty by his side he could not efficiently satisfactorily
reign King read packed House Of Commons hushed into
aWed silence
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Ed wards Statement

LONDON, Dec. 10 (I.NS.) .-Followlng Isl
the text of King Edwards message Of abdica-
ton:
"After long and anxious consideration, Il
have determined to renounce the throne toI
which succeeded on the death of my father,
and I am now communicating this my final
and irrevocable decision.
"Realizing as I do the gravity of this step, i
can only hope shall have the understanding
of nv people in the decision have taken and
the reasons which have led me to take it.
II will not enter now into my private feel
ings, but would beg that it should be rer1em-
bered that the burden which constantly rests
upon the shoulders of sovereign is so heavy
that it can only be borne in circumstances diff
ferent from those in which now find myself.
IT conceive am not overlooking the duty
that rests on me to place in the forefront pub
lie interest when declare am conscious I
can no longer discharge this heavy task with
efficiency or with satisfaction to myself
IT have accordingly this morning executed
an instrument of abdication in the terms fol-
lowing:
"T, Edward VIII of Great Britain, Ireland,
and the British Dominions beyond the seas,
King Emperor of India, do hereby declare my
IuT6VOCdU16 O0b6Em11dG1Ou GO
throne for myself and for my descendants, and
my desire to that effect should be given in this
instrument of abdication Immediately.
Tn token whereof have hereunder set my
hand this tenth day of December, Nineteen
Hundred and Thirty-six, in the presence of
witnesses whose signatures are subscribed.
(Signed) Edward r. T.
my execution of this instrument has been
witnessed by my three brothers, their Royal
Highnesses the Duke Of York, the Duke of
Gloucester, and the Duke of Kent.
IT deeply appreciate the spirit which has
actuated the appeals which have been made to
me to take different decision, and have be-
fore reaching my final determination most
fully pondered over them.
"But my mind is made up Moreover,
further delay cannot but be most injurious to
the peoples whom I have tried to serve as the
Prince of Wales and King, and whose future
happiness and prosperity are constant to my
heart
II have taken leave of them in the confident
hope that the course which have thought it
right to follow is that which is best for the
stability of the throne and empire, and the hap
piness of my peoples.
II am deeply sensible Of the consideration
which they always have extended me, both be-
fore and after my accession to the throne, and
which know they will extend in full measure
to my successor.
II am most anxious there should be no delay
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close touch with the Canadian
government in the situation.
Sir Francis Floud, British high
commissioner in Canada, is a di-
rect appointee of the British
civilization and would not be af-
fected by abdication of the King.
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of any kind in giving effect to the instrument
which I have executed and that all necessary
steps should be taken Immediately to secure
that my lawful successor, my brother His
Royal Highness the Duke of York, should
ascend the throne.
(Signed) Edward r. l."
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Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin moved i'm"
mediate consideration Of the sovereign's last
message but after hearing the premiers decla"
ration that followed conclusion of the shortest
reign in almost five centuries of England's his
tory, the house adjourned until 6 p. m. Il p. m.
E.ST).
At that time, the house will in all probability
accept the instrument of abdication as written,
sealed and signed.
Sometime tonight, formal abdication bill
will be introduced It will be debated and
probably passed tomorrow
Edward probably will leave the country to-
morrow night Immediately after signing the
bill providing for his abdication.
Will Never Set Foot in Britain
In simple words of utmost sincerity, which
tried without success to cloak his own deep
feeling he felt when he inscribed Edward
r. Z" at the bottom of the parchment page,
King Edward reluctantly sacrificed the coun-
try he loves for the woman he loves even more.
This solemn instrument of abdication did
not in itself pledge King Edward to life Of
future exile from the soil of the British EN-.
pire.
But he was understood to have told his
mother and his family that with Mrs. Simpson
he will live in foreign climes, that in behalf
of the stability" of the empire which he treas
ured until the last, he would never set foot in
Britain again.
Baldwin Speaks With Emotion
The conflict between love and duty which for the last
few days has torn the empire it has been torn
before rang through the lines of Edwards abdcaton-a
remuneration of throne and and scepte and orb of
majesty rather than sacrifice Of the who has his
heart He said:
''But my mind is made up.
'I.. declare my irrevocable determination to re-
nounce the throne for myself and my descendants
81 take my leave
To Premier Baldwin in the frenzied tragic hours that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-10

THE ''EVERGLADES"-New fast nonstop
train Tvs. 0 AM. daily. Early morning ar
rivals Mt important Florida points. Atlantic
Coast Line, T36 18th ct. n. W.-advt.
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Gus fields and they have repro
duced them so that portfolio will
evolve that will be comprehensive
visual recording of the things that
future generations of Americans
will want to look upon.
In Europe this type Of index
ing and recording has gone for.
ward for many years, but up to
the time of the WPA'S project,
nothing of this kind was at
tempted in this country. There
were sporadic attempts but at
best they were only fragmentary
because OF limited scope and
funds. Now, with the Government
providing everything necessary,
the Index is well on its way to.
ward fruition.
Cultural Values
Holger Cahill, national director
of the Federal Art Project, Of
which the Index is a part, wrote
concerning the Index in his in
PRODUCTION to the recent book,
New Horizons in American Art"
He had the following to say:
Certainly it is clear that the
decorative arts which have de-
velOped on American soil are
important for American de.
signerS, not only because they
are American but also because
they preserve fundamental hu-
man and cultural values.
"They are also important for
the worker in the fine arts, since
these forms represent the eSthe-
tic language pOpuIarIy spoken
through decades in many parts
Of the country. In the furniture
and textiles of the Shakers. in
the ceramics of the Pennsylvania
Germans, in the iron work and
pottery of the Southern States
have appeared striking phases
of native eSthetic development.
These and others will continue
to have much to say to the de-
Signer, student and critic"
The Index exhibition, which be.
gan on Thursday, will continue
until the end Of the month.
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an, an undiStinguished scholar,
who abandoned her rather, than
diSplease the wife he already had,
caused Yu HSuan-Chi to hide her
identity as a TaoiSt nun in the
Monastery of Boundless Content
ment. But she was far from lost
to the world. Her retirement did
not discourage the gallantS trail
ing to her door.
Eventually, she Joined fortunes
with a rowing vagabond hoping
to forget Li-Tzu-an. It proved use
less. She returned from her trav-
els weary and heartSore. Her
poems at this period are colored
with the weight of her sorrows.
Later they grow even more poig-
nant until at last they cease, but
not until she has become involved
with the civil authorities and
been accused of numbering her
own maid. That, Sketchily, is her
story. You must read her poems
to understand it.
("Selling Wilted Peonies," pub
liShed by the Columbia University
PreSs.)
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For Youthful
Readers

"Teeny Gay" by Charlie May
Simon, author of Robin on the
Mountain" and Lost Corner" is
a book for boys and girls between
the ages of 6 and 10.
1t comes profusely illustrated
with charcoal sketches by Howard
Simon and has to do with life on
a houseboat down in Arkansas.
Teeny'S exploits as a fiSherman's
daughter and survivor of the White
River flood will appeal to a boys
love Of adventure. Small girls will
be more impressed by the story OF
the doll "Teeny loved best of all"
Teeny'S real name: we might re-
mark in passing, was Cyrilda Cal
donia Gay, but she was known to
the family as Teeny and we're
fairly certain her youthful public
will prefer to call her that.
C"Teeny Gay" a story OF chill
dren, by Charlie May Simon. PUB
lished by e. P. Dutton9
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Lovely ceramics from early Colo
nial days, furniture from the Revo-
lutionary period, toys, puppets,
stoneware, costumes and a guam
tity of other media of American
design are represented in draw
ings and paintings done by artists
under the patronage Of the Federal
Government.
Comprehensive
Textiles from New England, so
real in their reproduction that the
visitor is inclined to reach out and
feel, form a large part of the eX-
hibition. A large group of cigar
store Indians from the recent his
tory of this country are repro
duced from the Waters collection
of Grand Rapids, Mich.
There are altar pieces and bull.
tos from New Mexico, lovely cos
tunes Of bygone day from friV-
olous New York, household uten-
sils from the Shaker communities
of Massachusetts,, beautifully de-
signed plates of the early Penn
sylvania Dutch, ship figureheads
from New Bedford, Mass, Indian
stoneware from New York and the
tinware of Pennsylvania.
The purpose of the Index is to
record what is best in American
design, and this it's artists have
faithfully done. They have gath
cred together the designs in vari-
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Tn1S is the same GeneV1eVe VIM
satt who translated THE Lady of
the Long Wall" for English read
ers. In Selling Wilted Peonies, 4"
the biography and songs of Yu
Hsuan-Chi, who lived during the
Golden Age of Chinese poetry,
Miss WimSatt was assisted by Miss
Wang of Ya-chuan, who in Pekin
did the greater part of the work
of making a scholarly tranSlitera-
ton Of the poems, and Mr.. T. T.
Ch'iu, who in washington gave
further assistance in this field.
The result is a triumph of sklllful
writing and selection.
AS to Yu HSuan-C Chi suffer
no embarrassment if the name
fails to stir up a recollection. Un-
til late she has had only a few
scattered verses in miscellaneous
collections. Little, if anything,
was known of her life. It took
Miss Wimsatt to unearth the true
story of her checkered career and
in following this hapless lady from
her humble beginning to her tragic
end, Miss Wimsatt has a docu-
ment well worth your attention.
Yu Hauan-Chi had "the pref
tieSt face on the Avenue of
Heaven" Her knowledge of
classical literature was wide. To
quote Miss Wimsatt, "it was only
life she could not read" She was,
by turn, q wife, a nun and q mis-.
tresS. LiOneSS and derelict.
Feted and courted, then for
gotten.
Her desolate longing for Li.TZu.
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Current
Art
National Museum
American Index of Design,

National Museum
American Index Of Design.
National Press Club
Oils by Illinois artists.
Arts Club
Exhibition Of paintings by Chief
Acee Blue Eagle, of Oklahoma.
Smithsonian Institution
Etchings by Morris Henry Hobbs.
Little Gallery
Exhibition of oils by Bernice Cross.
Gallery of Modern Masters
AbstractIOns, landscapes and flower
paintings by Olika Hrdy.
Public Library, Main Branch
Exhibition of prints by Washing
ton artists.
Corcoran Gallery Of Art
Special showing of Treasury De-
partment Art Project. Portrait Of
the late DIR. William H. Wilmer,
to be shown indefinitely.
Library of Congress
Exhibition Of drawings by Walter
Appleton Clark.
Phillips Memorial Gallery
Exhibition of works Of Washing.
ton, Maryland and Virginia Artists,
ending tomorrow.
Studio House
Exhibition Of easel paintings exc
cuted under Treasury Art Project,
Howard University Gallery
Water COIOrs by Camille Van
Driessche, through Tuesday.
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thors who caught the flavor Of
these powerful figures set down in.
cidents in their lives that would
do credit to the talleSt tales you
ever read.
James Daugherty has gathered
them together in a volume called
Their Weight In Wild Cats" It
is beautifully bound and illus
trated. The best of the stories seem
to have found their way in this
collection. It is an odd assortment
of boaStful men telling about their
most exciting adventures and is
truly magnificent in scope. A book
well worth the reading.
("Their Weight in Wild Cats" ,"
by James Daugherty, published by
Houghton Mfflin Co..
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They were tales Of monstrous
deeds. They were told more for
the fun of telling and hearing
them than they were to sell some
thing like a toothpaste or a musi-
cal show. The fact that they did
"Sell' the heroes Of these stories
so that they have become legends
must have seemed at the time a
bit inconSequential. And today the
same stories now have a sound
rich timbre in their telling that
has revived their old popularity.
These frontier stories were
woven around such characters as
Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone,
Johnny Appleseed, Mike Fink, Paul
Bunyan, Big Foot Wallace, John
Henry and Kit Carson.
IN q grandiose manner the au.
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American Index 0fDesi6n
At National Museum

The second edition of the American Index Of Design the
pictorial recording of the decorative arts in this country
exhibition at the United States National Museum
This second exhibition of the work done by the Works
Progress Administration in the creation of records of decorative
design from the beginnings of this country to the present
presents wider field greater beauty reproduction than
its predecessor some six months ago.
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A First Novel

$50 Free We SEEM" a first
novel, by twenty-four.year-old Hell
en- Todd, not only is happily free
Of those awkward passages that
too often characterize a first ef-
fort, but it is decidedly book
that is worth reading. The story
tells of the experiences of a man
and a woman who cast their lot
on the future Of the west"
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The Best
Sellers
FICTION

Gone With the Wind
Margaret Mitchell Macmillan
Yang and Wing
Alice Tisdale Hobart Hobbs
Drums Along the Mohawk
Walter D. EdmOnds Little
White Banners
Lloyd C. Douglas HarcOurt
Laughing Gas
r. G. WOdehOuse Doubleday
Prayer For My Son
Hugh WalpOle Doubleday
NON-FICTION
Let Them Eat Caviar
Abel & Gordon Dodge
Nine Old Men
Allen & Pearson Doubleday
Inside Europe
John Gunther Harper
The Bible
Ed. Ernest Sutherland Bates Simon
Flowering of New England
Van WyCk Brooks DuttOn
Not so Deep as q Well
Dorothy Parker Viking
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Water ColOrS

The exhibition of lovely water
colors of Camille Van Driessche.
Belgian artist, which have been
shown at the Howard University
Gallery of Art, will be concluded
on Tuesday.
Mr.. Van Driessche's paintings
of the old streets of Client and
Brussels in Belgium are perfectly
lovely, as well as his flower and
still life studies. This critic, how
ever, has a particular fondness
for his street and wharf scenes,
which are lovelier than many
that have come this way for a
long time.
Mr.. Van DrieSSche studied in
the Royal Academy in Client, at
Brussels and in Paris. He came
to this country as a young man
and settled in Chicago, where he
gained fame as a portrait painter.
During the depression Mr.. Van
Driessche returned to Europe for
several years, travelling in many
The Washington times., 1936-12-19
At COrcOran

The forty-sixth annual exhibi.
ton of the Society of Washing
ton artists will be held in the
Corcoran Gallery of Art begin
ming January 81, it is announced
by the society. The exhibition
will be held through February %.
A prize of $1oO will be offered
this year for the most outstand.
ing work of art in the exhibition.
In addition, the society's bronze
medals will be awarded for the
best work in each of several classes
namely, figure composition or por,
trait, landscape or marine, still
life and sculpture.
AS in past years, the jury of
award will be composed of dis
tinguished artists who are not
members of the society.
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"ShoWnnan"

William A. Brady has collected
the best Of his stories on his rise
from a little boy who sold news
papers and peanuts on New
York's East Side to his successes
in the theater in a humorous
book entitled Snowman" which
will be published February 16, by
Dutton.
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Exhibit Is Being Staged
At Public Library

Five shopping days to Christmas the Public
library is boasting extra special gift department
For the Public Library believes that just the romantcsts
say TN the spring young mans fancy lightly
thoughts of love- the artists of the day may say that
the Christmas season. gftgvers imagination turns to
The Washington times., 1936-12-19

The E. P. Dutton & Co.'S literary
SCOOP" Her Name Was Wallis
Warfield," has gone into six print
ings in five days. The company
recently received from 80 to 40
intimate pictures of Mrs. Simpson
from England, that are being add
ed to the illustrations in the vol
un1e,
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The Exciting Adventures
OF Frontier Heroes

Back in the frontier days. before press agents
sary adjunct Of society and newspaper fresed with
news to some people after it had been for
weeks there sprang group of tales that would put
shame some of the stories that pedded amboyantly
today
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With the result that with
Christmas fast approaching, the
Public Library at Eighth and K
Streets Northwest is offering
prints by Washington artists for
sale as Christmas gifts.
The prints on exhibition there
are by artists well known in Wash
1ngton, young persons whose etch'
ings, Autographs, and linoleum
cuts have been seen frequently
In local shows for the past few
years.
And the general character OF
their work is good. There is
nothing in it that will go down
in the annals Of art history, but
for the most part the work there
displayed is pleasant and deco
HatiVe.
SeIective
The most beautiful Of the prints
IN the Library exhibition, and the
most skillfully done, are two color
etchingS by Benson Moore. The
prints picture two different types
OF pheaSantS and Mr.. Moore has
done a beautiful job in repro
ducing their gorgeous colors. His
colors are skillfully applied and
printed.
Prentiss Taylor is also well repre-
sented with two of his usually
fine prints, one of them an excep-
tionally interesting study of a
group Of colored persons entitled
Assembly Church." His prints
are Of a texture that makes them
look like pencil drawings, tech
nique that is unusually attractive.
The symmetrical Autographs of
Olin Dows are very interesting as
well as decorative. His figures of
men and women without faces are
striking, and in general, his tech
nique and presentation in the Lii
brary show are characteristic of
his forceful ability.
Margaret Munn's two color
prints are attractive and decora-
tive, as we'll as those of the other
artists, including Charles Smith,
Rowland Lyon, A. G. Arnold, R. F..
Gates, Alice Acheson, Harold Wes-
ton and Alfred Bendiner.
The exhibition will continue
throughout this month.
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Selling W11ted Peonies
Edition Limited

Selling Wilted Peonies bids fair to be book For
thing Columbia University Press has limited the edition
$40 copies another Genevve Wmsat has put
of her finest work between its covers.
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Indian Artist

An exhibition of the paintings
of Chief Acee Blue Eagle, we'll
known American Indian artist,
opened today at the Arts Club,
where it will remain until Jan
uary 8.
The Indian artist is art director
of Bacone College, Oklahoma. He
is a member of the Indian Hall of
Fame and appointee Of the United
States Government to represent
his State at the International
Building Of Rockefeller Center.
He has exhibited at the Inter
national Art Exhibition of Sports
Subjects at the Worlds Fair; at
Young's Gallery, Chicago; at Los
Angeles, and at the Indian Tribal
Art Exhibition.
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cities and painting the old scenes
of his youth. He exhibited with
success in many galleries in Eu.
rope and recently returned to the
United States. He now has a
studio in Washington.
The Washington times., 1936-12-19

J. P. Lippincott Co. will pub
lish in the spring an intimate
biography of David Windsor by
Hector Bolitho. Mr.. Bolitho
gathered his material while trav-
cling as official narrator.
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January Choice

Shining Scabbard," by r. c.
Hutchinson, has been chosen as
the book of the Month Clubs
selection for January. The
author will be 80 years old in
January.
The Washington times., 1936-02-21

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Oldsmobile 9 1884 sOdan-Youll 0E7E
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car when you see this one. Lustrous
black finish, practically new tires,
metal tire cover. twin windshield
wipers. Fisher no-draft ventilation.
tailored seat covers, dashboard starter.
Powerful smooth-running motor and
powerful value at $575. This beautiful
car has been protected from bad
weather by Packard's heated building.
PACKARD
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Studebalker 1889 Dictator Sedan @OOS
Beautiful Arabian Sand fin DAOO
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upholstery clean and shows no wear;
motor quiet. Very attractive. Call Us
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Pontiac 1884 Sedan-Th0 former OE1O
owner took thu best of care CDO1O
of this car: above the average in every
way. Trade and easy terms.
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