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on and visited several Of the forts
and came near being picked OF by q
sharpshooter. He had to be ordered
down from the parapet by Gen.
Wright, who said: Mr.. President, I
know you are Commander In Chief
Of the armies OF the United States, but
I am in command here and you are
not safe where you are standing. As
I am responsible for your personal
safety, order you to come down."
Lincoln looked at the generals de-
termined face and smiled and stepped
down.
A witness of the scene at that per-
ilous moment, as related by Louis Cass
White, who, after the war bought and
erected home on the land where the
old toll gate formerly stood and who
was a color sergeant Of the 102d
Pennsylvania Regiment, engaged in
the defense of Washington at that
time, said of this incident:
"As he, Lincoln, or as we boys all
called him, old Abe stood on the
parapet, the boys were mostly looking
at him to see what he was going to
do. He had on black suit OF clothes
and a high beaver hat. When the
bullet was fired. Lincoln lodged and
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Hospital.

his hat fell of. When Crawford fell,
the cry went all along the fort: The
surgeon has been shot!
T TITLE is left to remind the pres
ent generation of the Battle of
Fort Stevens, and few of those who
were not then living, can grasp today
the real significance of this engage
ment. Only three outstanding mute
reminders are still visible to indicate
how close our fair city once came to
being captured and destroyed by the
Southern Army. One of these is the
fort itself, where Lincoln stood under
fire, and came near being picked oil
by an enemy sharpshooter; the other
is Battle Ground National Cemetery.
where are inferred 40 soldiers who died
in defense of the Nations Capital, and
one who died recently: the other, a
Confederate monument in the church,
yard of Grace Episcopal Church,
Woodside, Md, on the old Brookville
or Seventh street road, about mile
beyond Silver Spring.
It is not an old graveyard, as ceme-
teries go, and yet it was probably there
before the Civil War, since there has
been a church on this site from about
1858, and the burials run back to al
most that time.
There is always something attractive
about a cemetery, especially If you
have lived in the general locality in
which it is located for long while,
for you are likely to notice the name
of friend or acquaintance cut on a
tombstone that will carry your mind
back for many years, and SO, the writer
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by. died May 20, 1888; his record
states that he was born at Huddles-
field, England. A very old stone just
says Ida Platter" and another, Nan
cy Jones, died 1873"
A FTER visiting the churchyard, the
1 writer called on former Senator
Blair Lee at his historic old home in
Silver Spring, since the Senator has
been a vestryman of this church for
55 years and has known nearly every
body who belonged to or attended
Grace Church and his memory is
very clear, even back to his childhood
days. The first rector, he said, was a
Rev. Mr.. Wylie: then came in order
Rev. Jones Battle Avirett, Rev. r. r.
Claiborn, Rev Baker, Rev. Faulkener,
Rev. Moody. Rev. DR.. James Magrew,
Rev DR.. Nelms and Rev. Norris.
Of those who attended the church,
Senator Lee recalled his grandparents,
Francis P. Blair, ST.. and Mrs. Blair |;
Montgomery Blair. his uncle. who was
lay reader in the church. and as
many will recall was Postmaster Gen.
eral in President Lincolns cabinet;
Rear Admiral and Mrs. S. P Lee,
parents of Senator Blair Lee; DR.. and
Mrs. Josiah Harding; members Of the
family of Crosby S. Noyes, when the
family was living at Alton farm; the
family of Col. Charles Newbold, when
living at Sligo; Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Bachelor and Gen. and Mrs. Getty.
It was Gen. Getty who led the troops
that drove Early north on the Sew
enth street pike and liked the neigh
borhood so well that he returned after
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came across the name Of Newton P.
Scudder, who for many years was as
sistant librarian of the Smithsonian
Institution. He died May 10, 1925,
and the writer did not know that he
was buried in this little Gods acre.
There were some very Old tomb
stones here which did not record the
dates of death of those inferred. One
of these was erected over the last rest
ing place of Eleanora Windham. who
died at the age of So; another, Eliza
beth Windham. age 81. The earliest
burial as taken from the gravestones,
is that of Sarah B., consort of Thomas
N. Wilson, whose death occurred De-
cember 8, 1861, and her age was IS.
Her husband died September l8, 1852.
Other early burials here were those
of Charlotte Grace Cousins, who was
born in London, England, April IL,
1897, and died in Montgomery County,
Md, February IA. 1871; Adolph Martik
Wilhelm Birgfeld, born July 10, 1848.
died January 80, 1871, at Independ-
ence, Montgomery County; John Gott
Fidler, born in Slessing, Prussia, April
%, 1928. fell asleep" March /, 1874.
Mr.. Fidler was the village blask-
smith, and reliable. quiet man. How
ever, he had the reputation of settling
all the contentious in and about his
neighborhood in a decisive and stern
way; in other words, he was the judge
and jury to all the people thereabout,
and all accepted his decisions. His son,
Frank Fidler, now about 80 years old,
is one of the two Oldest vestrymen of
the church.
Edward Pilling, who is inferred near
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At the bottom. in large letters, is
the word Confederate"
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HACK up your romantic notions
- about the desert woman and
her courageous isolation on the
- arid range Life is different
these days on the old homestead. Why
it is almost revolutionary how these
women who dwell in the desert have
combined all phases of modern living
with their barren surroundings. They
still love the dry, open spaces of their
cactus country. But they are taking
full advantage of the changes afforded
by the new State highways, the radio,
the electric refrigerator and the fire.
less cooker.
A few years ago the women Of the
desert gave no thought to seeking en-
ployment in the Phoenix shops and Of
fees. Woman's place was working on
the ranch. Today, however, hundreds
are employed there and are an amaz-
ing force in integrating life between
the ranch and the city.
But through all the changes the
woman of Sun Valley strongly upholds
the law of the deSert-the survival of
the flttest. One must get on or get
out, they insist. And this attitude is
evident in the present political crisis.
Families, heretofore, have held poll
tical views as unit, the woman vot-
ing side by side with her man. Now
you find growing rift in this arrange
ment. The man may want New Deal
but his wife insists that the law Of the
desert must be the strongest factor in
her vote. These women, struggling
with the elements, doing without the
taken-for- or-granted-things woman has
these days, so that father can have a
few dollars to put back in the ranch,
are actively bitter about the new So
cial trends. Our men can get along
without all that Government help"
they tell you over and over again. I'VE
do not want such things as old age
pensions, unemployment insurance,
and other panaceas for the Stacker and
the Shirker. 1t just means that the
few dollars cash We have accumulated
by the end of the year will go into
taxes to help those who have not the
grit and stamina we have"
THEY give vent to this feeling in the
social relationships of their COM
munity life. One complains that Mrs.
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Note: This is the third OF a series
OF articles on the women OF Amer
lea, their manners and customs,
their thoughts and ideas .. based
on interviews and the observations
OF the author in leading cities
throughout the country.
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1T WAS not long before men in all
the departments of the Govern
ment were drilling and preparing to
60 to the aid of Fort Stevens, but,
through the timely arrival of those
sent here by Grant, few were called
into action.
President Lincoln was particularly
anxious to learn all that was going
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the war and bought farm about 2
miles north of the church, where he
made his home.
Mr. and Mrs Smith Thompson were
members of the church, as were Mrs.
william Thompson, the Clagett fam
lily, early landowners of this vicinity;
Greenbury Walking. who owned a
large section of land, now a part OF
Chevy Chase; Richard and Alfred
Ray, Maj. Lawrence and several mem
bers of the Jones family.
The Confederate monument is the
largest stone in the cemetery and
Senator Lee says that it was erected
by the enterprise of Rev. James Bat
tie Avirett, before mentioned, who
was the rector Of Silver Spring Par
ish. He was an old Stonewall jackson
soldier and a wholly unreconstructed
Southerner. In financing the erec-
tion of the memorial. he was assisted,
it is said, by DR.. Alexander Y. P.
Garnett, Leigh Robinson. Mills Dean
and others.
The monument is inscribed:
Ito the memory of
Seventeen
Unknown
Confederate dead
Who fell in front of
Washington, D. c.,
July u, 1864.
by their
Comrades"
At the bottom. in large letters, is
the word Confederate"
WHEN the writer visited Senator
w Lees home, he could not help
but recall the part the Blair mansion
played in the notable invasion of
the District Of Columbia, and par
ticularly of an incident related of it,
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Her determination to return to
her own home each night, if
humanity possible, on at least one
occasion averted a possible tragedy.
The merry Countess Bonde, who
was among the passengers on the
boat coming home, had arranged
one of her memorable parties in
Greta's honor at her family seat.
the Castle of Horningsholm.
Among her guests on this occasion
was her nephew, Gustaf Wallen-
berg, another of Prince Slgvard's
school-fellows. In fact, the Prince,
Sorenson, and Wallenberg had
formed an inseparable trio, knit to-
gether by their common interest in
things theatrical.
There are three features for
which HE Wallenberg home is
famed-its architecture, it's artistic
treasures, and its ghost, known as
THE White Lady of Horningsholm.
She is supposed to rise from the
ground and lure travellers to their
doom by making them follow her
over the cliff.
MISE LUNDELL, Mimi Pollack's
l Y husband, set out soon after
dark to return to Stockholm for his
performance. But the car got stuck
in snowdrift. Greta, adhering to
her own resolve TO be home before
midnight found the stranded come
dian some little distance from the
actual road, not daring to leave his
car lest he should encounter the
White Lady of sinister tradition and
tumble over the cliff!
Greta'S car rescued him, thus saw
ing him from the still more imme-
date danger of being frozen to
death.
About this time, the Countess
Wachtmeister took steps to make
Gre as acquaintance. "Hurke"
Wachtneister, as the Countess was
known among her friends, was a
handsome woman of about 80, NOV
ing in both society and artistic cir
cles, fond of meeting interesting
people, nervous, imaginative, highly
strung, and impulsive
1t was again Naima Wifstrand
who acted as medium to bring the
two together. So very magnetic and
compelling was the personality OF
Hurke Wachtmeister that in very
short time she became Greta's most
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GARBO THE MYSTERIOUS Her True Story
By ELISABETH Won CAUB

intimate friend and it was Naima
who found herself little shut out
from Greta's confidence.
The friendship between Mama
and Greta never quite returned to
the old happy footing, and when
Greta left Stockholm to return to
the states, it was noticed that Naima
was not among the close FRIENDS who
came to see her off.
HOLLYWOOD, once a scattered
L Il township, has now been in
corporated in greater Los Angeles,
and is indistinguishable from its
larger neighbor One-fifth of the
population is entirely dependent on
the film industry for its livelihood.
Yet only a small percentage of
actors-the younger ones-are Hol-
lywood- born. A newborn babys
value in the labor market is $25 a
day; but an old mans is only So.
Most of the stars live outside Hol-
lywood-Santa Monica or Beverly
Hills being favorite residential dis
tricts. Greta CARLOS address has
never been Hollywood and she has
never appeared in a Hollywood
film! All her American pictures
have been made at the M-G-M stu
dio at Culver City.
To Hollywood from Sweden came
man, leaving behind him all the
comforts and luxuries of his pala-
tial family home.
His heart was bent on emulating
Greta CARLOS film success, and he
made no secret of the fact that he
thought the great star might suit
ably join him in double harness.
But although the film magnates
did not once seize upon Sorenson
as a Heaven sent juvenile lead, the
newspapers took him up eagerly.
Soon all America was Schooled to
gaze upon the young man from
Sweden in whom the mysterious
Carlo appeared to take far great
er interest than other visitors from
her homeland.
She met him on the boat, and
made preparations for his COM
fort. She ordered a room for him
at one of the best hotels Later,
when he moved to a service fiat
which did not seem to quite suit
him, she received him in her own
house for meals.
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Chapter TX
A PLAYMATE FROM ZONE


NNE day, as Greta's urgent re-
" quest, Naima Wifstrand in
troduced her to Stiller's old friend,
Martha Helden. Owing to their
mutual admiration for the great
producer, Martha and Greta found
much comfort in each others COM
pany.
There is no doubt that Martha,
by far the stronger personality,
had a great influence on Greta's
life in the few weeks they spent to-
gether. She had gift for telling
little simple stories with a drawing
incident intonation and it was a
trick that Greta caught from her.
Greta suffered terribly from in
somnia. She smoked necessarily to
calm her nerves, but the surfeit of
them seemed to have the opposite
effect. She stayed up late at night,
hoping to WOO slumber by sheer ex-
haustion. She dreaded being left
alone.
One or other of her women
Enthusiastically it was the kind
hearted Naima Wifstrand-would
be compelled to accompany her to
her fiat at night. Only now and
then a merry party would take
Greta's mind off her private
| troubles.
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CHATTER NINE lcontinuedl

CHAPTER NINE Continued
Next day, however, wiser counsel
prevailed. She had had time to
think the matter over and realize
her position. She remembered her
other obligations and was rather
angry at the trick that had been
played upon her.
Much to their regret, Ekman and
Pauline Brunius found they could
not hold her to the contract. The
matter was dropped and there end
ed for the time being. all hope of
enticing Greta back to her first
love, the stage.
More annoyance, however, awaited
Greta when she took trip, soon
afterward, to the film studio at
Rasunda. Greta had distinct un-
derstanGlng with the Metro-Gold-
wyn- Mayer people that she would
not appear in any kind Of film
whatsoever while away from Holly
wood. Sine was furious to find that,
without her knowing it, the pro-
lowing all her movements.
Thus, one incident after another
conspired to take the Joy out of
this holiday she had been looking
forward to so keenly for three years.
She began to shun public life. More
and more she felt obliged to confine
herself to a narrow circle OF lntl-
mate friends.
MEN bored her. She grew tired
1V1 of their attempts to impress hel
with their silly love-making. The
gossip which coupled her name with
Prince Sigvard's was irritating
enough and she took no pains te
disclose to the royal admirer that
she was tired of his company.
Sometimes, however, it pleased
her fancy to be especially nice tc
the Princes school-fellow, Sorenson
This young mans ingenious nature
and carefree good humor appealed tc
her. She accepted invitations to his
home, and as this arrangement gave
Prince Sigvard better opportunities
of meeting her, it seemed very con-
venient and pleasant all around.
The fine family mansion of the
Sorensons on Blasieholms Torg had
once belonged to Axel, Count Fer
sen. the picturesque Swedish naval
man who has gone down to history
&c Marie AntOinette's lover. In a
way, therefore, the SorenSon man
sion was an ideal setting for a royal
romance.
But it was clear to all Greta'S
friends that she had not the slight
est intention of allowing any ro-
nance to develop in that quarter.
Greta returned with a far more
natural abandon to her women
friends. She felt safe with them
Mama was her constant, untiring
companion.
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house, providing 1t with Japanese
umbrellas, lanterns. gay covers for
the tables, cushions for the chairs.
There they often spent long hours
together. lazily smoking, and talking
of home.
When the Sorenson family, how
ever, realized that their son had
got himself involved in connec-
ton of which they did not approve,
they cut down his allowance. This
was awkward. But Greta said to
him:
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Lille Girl
Ruins Lives
in New Film
Hit Of Broadway's Stage
Is Brought to LoeW'S
Screen.

Along the slender line between
reality and unreality runs the rsy-
Geological plot of These Three,
the picture starring Merle Oberon
Miriam Hopkins and Joel McCrea
which opened today at Loves.
For the first time the villainess
OF a movie is a hateful little rich
girl whose abnormal Imagination
fabricates a falsehood which wrcaks
her youthful vengeance on her
school teachers. The assurance
with which Bonita Granville en-
acts this difficult child role is a
tribute to Director william wy
ler's patience and intelligence.
Two pretty college graduates,
Karew Wright and Martha Dobie,
CMiss Oberon and Miss Hopkins)
start a school in Lancet, Mass, ca
tering to girls from wealthy fami-
lies. The help of a young doctor
(Mr. McCrea) is largely response
BILE for the success of the school.
Love, Then Problems
He falls in love with Miss Wright
and Miss Dobie falls in love with
him. The problem child, Mary TIL
ford, becomes an increasing prob
lem. After school hours one night
she slips into the hall, sees DR.. Car
din in Miss Dobie's room. From
this fiimsy beginning, she builds her
lie, whispers it to the other girls
In the school, accusing Miss Dobie
and the doctor of indiscretions.
She runs away and arrives at her
grandmother's home, where she re-
tells the lie. Immediately all h'e
pupils are withdrawn and the
teachers find themselves stranded.
Or. Cardin determines to fight it
out in court, preferring SANDER
charges against the girl and her
grandmother. The suit is lost and
the three become subjects of ridi-
cule.
So vivid has the lie become that
Miss Wright begins to believe it,
The three are separated Then in
an anti-climaX, Miss Dobie returns
to Lancet, forces Rosalie, Mary Til
ford's schoolmate to tell the truth
about the whole matter arT gains
vindication. Miss Wright hurries
to DR.. Cardin and the film ruShes
to close, but not before the little
trouble maker gets the vigorous cuff
flng she deserves.
Miss Oberon Convincing
Miss Oharon is continuing her
Ozark Angel" stride as a convinc-
ing dramatic actress. Miss Hopkins
does her best work as Miss Dobie
without her nervous over acting
complex. Mr.. McCrea numbers
through In part which, happily
doesn't require a great deal OF
talent.
Katherine Daucet as Mrs Nor
tar, parasitic aunt of Miss Dobie's,
turns in a highly creditable role.
The children, especially Miss Gran
vile and Marcia Mae Jones, ere lit
tie short of perfection in parts that
demand much more emotionalism
than usual.
Lillian Holman has made as ex-
pert a translation of the stage play
"Children's Hour" for These Three
as Charles Kenyon and Delmer
Dawes made of "Petrified Forest"
Highly dramatic entertainment, it
Is one of the really important mo-
ton picture documents of the sea-
son. (By j. w. To
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LIE was there almost daily. walk
- ing in and out as if the place
belonged to him-a liberty she had
never before allowed even to her
closest friends. He placed a life
sized bust of himself on the grand
piano.
He rearranged the furniture,
tidied up the garden, and rugged up
little spy-proof shelter near the
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Holds Naval Commission

Sir Guy Standing, Paramount &C
tor, holds a commission as COM
mander in the British Navy. After
serving during the World War he
was demobilized but has held re-
serve commission ever since.
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It USE cosmetics, as most girls do"
l. Sylvia Sidney says. But she knows
that stale rouge and powder left choking
the pores cause Cosmetic Skin ullness,
enlarging pores, tiny blemishes!
Don't risk this modern complexion
troubles Guard against it with Lux Toilet
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-11-12
BENEFIT PAYMENTS FOR
FARMERS UNDER NEW
UNITED STATES SET-UP

Secretary Wallace said Thursday
that establishment of a vast Federal
crop insurance plan would not mean
curtailment of benefit payments to
farmers under Federal farm pro-
grams.
The present nationwide organi-
cation of the agricultural adjustment
administration-wit national, re-
gional, and State stats and county
and State farmer committees-prob-
ably could be used in the insurance
system, Wallace told press confer
ence.
Wallace said the insurance men
agreed the all-risk crop insurance
proposal was a governmental func-
ton because it was of 'such magni-
tude that only the government
could swing it." The secretary said
the insurance spokesman had prom
ised full cooperation and had asked
that insurance actuaries have access
to data developed by the govern
ment.
Asked if government insurance
would not encroach upon hail and
other insurance now written by pri-
vate companies, Wallace said the in
Surance officials were not alarm
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HUSBAND KILLS WIFE AND
GIRL IN BREAKFAST ROW

Breakfast quarreling led to the
death of three members of Leo Neal
Owens family in Atlanta, Ga, Fri
day, and a dangerous wound for his
11-year-old son, Neal, Jr.
Officers said Owen, firing and re-
loading single-shot rifle with pre-
cision, killed his wife, Elsie Moore
Owen, SO, and their daughter, Max
inc, IA, felled his son and then took
his own life.
Shot beneath the left eye, Neal,
Jr., said he did not know the cause
of the quarrel. Physicians reported
his condition was serious"
Papa got mad and shot mamma
and sister, too," the boy told Patrol
man Barney Hightower. 81 went
across to Mrs. R. F. Jordan's "a
neighbor) to call police got back
and was starting into the house
when papa shot me through the
door,"
Owen, 4O-year-old floor finisher
who served in the U. S. navy during
the World war, was found dying
near the breakfast table.
Mrs. Owen, bank Stenographer,
was dead beside the refrigerator in
the cottage the family purchased
four months ago.
Maxine, model student at Fulton
County High School, lay near the
range.
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MORRISON'S NAME is UP
FOR CABINET POSITION

Shortly after Senator Reynolds
informed friends that he had COM
municated with his colleague, Sena-
tor Bailey, about joint efforts to
bring to the attention of President
Roosevelt the name of former Sena-
tor Cameron harrison for cabinet
recognition, the President indicated
at his press conference that he
would devote little or no thought to
the filling of key positions to the adj
ministration in the immediate flu
ture. 1t is expected that the Presi-
dent will only begin the work of
formulating definite policies, and
agree on the personnel to fill present
and prospective vacancies, after a
season of self-communion and medi-
tation, to which fishing is most con-
ducive.