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The Washington times., 1936-10-10
ROSE EXHIBIT
ATTRACTS
THR0NGS
Maryland Virginia,
land D. c. Showing
Beauty Buds

The lobby of the National Mu.
scum today became virtually a
perfect rose garden as growers
from Washington, Maryland and
Virginia, as well as from other
States, prepared their exhibits for
the fourth annual show of the
Potomac Rose Society, attracting
throngS.
Approximately 100 exhibitors
are participating-the largest mum.
Der ever to have entered the show,
which is under the joint sponsor
ship of the Potomac Rose Society,
the Maryland Rose Society, the
Virginia Garden Clubs and the
Garden Clubs of the District of
Columbia.
In the commercial classes there
are entries from Pennsylvania,
Connecticut and Cleveland, Ohio
Aroma Fills Lobby
The delicate aromas of the vari.
Gus types of roses filled the lobby
as the eyes fell upon colorS of
pure white, yellow, golden, red,
pink and admiXtures of all OF
these colorS.
Probably one of the most out
standing exhibits is that Of the
Conrad-Pyle Co., of West Grove,
Pa, showing for the first time the
Tom Thumb rose.
This, according to Robert Pyle,
president of the company, origi'
mated in Holland and is said to be
one of the heartieSt of all roses.
Mr.. Pyle said that this variety,
which at full growth are no larger
than the average thumb nail, can
be bred in temperatures as low as
20 degrees below zero.
Comes from Spain
Some of the newer roses being
shown this year are of colors not
heretofore seen in this section of
the country. For instance, there
is the Angels Mateu, which orig
mated in Spain and has created
a sensation on the Pacific Coast,
where it is being grown on a
large scale. This flower is an in
tense scarlet-orange flame color.
Some of the other imported
roses which are being shown for
the first time in Washington are
the Christopher Stone, an English
rose, which is unusually formed
and is a deep red, the Warraee,
an Australian rose, said to be a
consistent grower even in Wash
ington climates, and is a dainty
pink in color, and the Ecu Per
net-Ducher, named in honor of
the worlds greatest rose breeder,
a French rose of honey-golden
color.
Many of the exhibitors are
showing seedlings raised in this
vicinity. These are of various
colors and are as yet unnamed.
VOTE AMERICAN
The Washington times., 1936-10-10
KING DECLINES
70PR0SECU7E
81 do not care to prosecute
this defendant"

81 do not care to prosecute
this defendant"
This inscription, appearing over
the signature Of George E. King,
prominent local sportsman, today
wrote fms to the assault charge
pending against James E. Nc
Namara, 36-year-old trainer OF
Marty" Gallagher, who on last
Tuesday is alleged to have black
ened Kings left eye during an
argument in the Annapolis Hotel
office of Sports Promoter Joe
Turner.
The alteration, which witnesses
said grew out of a discussion Of
the Gallagher-Everett prize fight
the night before, took place in the
presence of several boxing Scribes
and sportSmen.
Assistant U. S. Attorney Karl
Kindleberger nolle pressed the case
before Police Court Judge Walter
J. Casey, and McNamara's $25
collateral was ordered returned
Last Wednesday, the two princi-
pies appeared in court and Nc
Namara demanded a jury trial on
the charge.
VOTE AMERICAN
Purse Snatched in Park
Mrs. Anna M. Davis, 3143
Twenty-fourth st. N. w., told
police today that while she was
driving through National Zoo
logical Park, her car was boarded
by two colored boys who snatched
a purse from the back seat of
the car containing So in cash
and sos worth of bridge work.
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CASE
SET FOR JURY
N0VEMBER9
ThomasWidoW Bonded
as Witness; State
Sees Indictments

EASTVILLE, Va, Oct. 10.-The
cases of DR.. H. R. Hege, Mount
Airy IN. c. dentist, and Ed
Banner, WPA foreman at Mount
Airy, charged with the wedding
present bomb" murder of Curry
Thomas, will be presented to the
grand jury here on November 9,
commemorative Attorney Charles
Landlord, jr.. said today.
Declaring he has a strong
case" and expects indictment,
Landlord said he expects to go
to trial with the case the fol
lowing day.
Meanwhile, a startling develop
ment in the case came late yes
terday when Mrs. Elsie Thomas,
bride of the dead man, was
placed under a $4,000 bond as a
material witness.
Mrs. Thomas, who was severely
injured by the blast, is still con-
fined to hospital at Nassawad-
doX. Va. She was questioned for
several hours yesterday by the
commemorative attorney and by
postal inspectors who have been
investigating the case. ,
The two men we're arrested sew
eral days ago, and DR.. Hedge was
charged with the murder of Curry
Thomas, who was blown to bits
by the bomb explosion last July.
Com monw ealth's Attorney
Charles Landlord, jr., and the
postal inspectors declined to state
why they had placed the heavy
bonds on Mrs. Thomas.
Mrs. Thomas formerly was en-
ployed by DR.. Hedge at Mt. Airy,
and the inspectors yesterday
her at length regard
ing her friendship with the den
fist and with Banner.
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Ken MURRAY
Says:

That Russian Bear certainly
showed its teeth, when the
Soviet bluntIy told the Fascist
powers that unless they stopped
sneaking munitions in to the
Spanish rebels, Stain would
take direct action. Can't I'M
derstand why they keep calling
that Spanish fracas a civil"
war! Even the neighbors are
no longer polite.
OF course, it's hard to see
where the Communists have
any room to squawk if the
FaScistS don't live up to their
agreements. . Seems to me that
when Uncle Sam recognized
Russia, there was some clause
about no nj n t difference in
American politics, too.
Naturally, the warning sounds
like a serious menace to those
who don't take heed, with the
Russian planes now able to
drop regiments of soldiers by
parachutes. Yes, sir! And if
they're anything like the Com
muniStS we see buZZing around
SOap-bOxes, the only way they
can really be exterminated is
with flit-gunS.
so REMEMBER:
All the worlds a stage, and a
blood and thunder show now
seems to be in rehearsal.
Copyright, 1895. by McNauEht
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1936-10-10
BOY AND MAID
HURT IN SAME
ACCIDENT
Maryland Man, Held
Under Bond, BIames
Driving Rain

Heavy rain and slippery streets
brought about the sixty-fourth
traffic death of the year here last
night, when Mrs. Lauretta E. Hol.
sonbake, 33, was killed while stand
ing in a safety zone at Wisconsin
Avenue and Woodley Road North
west.
Her 8-year-old son by a prior
marriage, Donnie Hardee, suffered
a fractured skull and a broken leg,
and a colored maid, Celeste Gray
son, "a, of Alexandria, suffered
cuts and bruises.
Blinded BY Rain
John H. Coblentz, "a, of Middle.
town, Md, driver of the car that
struck them, according to police
was held for the coroner, and
later released on $4,000 bond.
Police say Coblentz told them it
was raining so hard he failed to
see the three persons standing in
the safety zone, which was not
protected by buttons.
Mrs. Holsonbake, who had been
married less than a year, was
taken to Georgetown University
Hospital in a taxicab but pro
nounced dead on arrival. Her hus.
band is an attendant at Mt. Alto
Hospital. The boy was taken to
Sibley Hospital in another car.
The three were waiting for a
street car which was approaching
when they were moved down.
Three Others Hurt
Mrs. Mildred Echols, At, of
946 Fourteenth st. S. E., suffered
head injuries last night when she
was struck by an automobile near
her home. She was taken to Gal
linger Hospital.
Leroy Brown, colored, Of the
1900 block Stanton Rd. N. E.,
driver of the car that struck her,
police charge, was held pending
the outcome of her injuries.
Mrs. Audrey Eichoran, A, Of
Takoma Park, was critically in.
jured last night when she was
struck by an automobile operated,
police say, by William F. Lake,
also of Takoma Park, at Carroll
and Ethan Allan Avenues.
She was taken to the Washing.
ton Sanitarium suffering internal
injuries and a broken leg. Lake
was charged with reckless driving
by police.
The Washington times., 1936-10-10

, Harvey Turnage. Maryland, $40.
Roy P. Wilkins, Sill Sixth st.
S. E., $40.
Ethel M. Smith, 1913 Maryland
Ave. N. E., $40.
Anselmo j. Roncaglione. 2619
Fourteenth st. N. W., $40.
Benjamin j. Sager, Virginia, S..
Harding Easter, Maryland, IS.
Ellsworth Williams, 2510 M St.
N. w., SIS.
Joseph A. Blanken, ALL Illinois
Ave. N. w., SIS.
David E. Quarles, 1926 Georgia
Ave. N. w., SIS.
Joseph A. Ellis, 124S C st. N.
E., S..
David R. Parker, 7O4 Third st.
N. w., SIS.
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Driving While Drunk

Lawrence E. Bradhurst, 2436
Altamont Pl. S. E., 500 or 80 days
Second Offense, Speeding
Tony J. Fimiani, 913 Third ST.
N. E.. $25.
Martin A. Stroner, 1880 Six.
tenth st. S. E., SIS.
First Offense, Speeding
william S. Cherry, 1922 Tenth
st. N. w., $25.
Norman Gibson, 1881 Corcoran
st. N. w., $40.
Grover C. Jordan, 1914 Column
bia Rd. N. W.. $40.
James F. Garrison, no address,
SIS.
Henry H. King, Maryland, $40.
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RECORD OF TRAFFIC CONVICTIONS

} William F. Kleinher. 2oo9 Frank.
lin st. N. E., IS.
Charlie shipp, 662 Columbia Rd
N. W., SIS.
A. j. Roache, Soo6 Tenth St. N
E., SIS.
Leroy Pitts, 1902 Georgia Ave
N. W., S..
Robert E. Kirkpatrick, Maryland,
SIS.
VOTE AMERICAN
S. E. Business Men Meet
Inclusion of items in the 1897
District budget vital to the South
east section, will be discussed at
a meeting Of the Southeast Bust
ness Mems Association, 8:15
o'clock Monday night.
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NOW
Naval Aides
Wife Is Here
SOME TRENDS
BY HELEN ESSARY

Madame KobayaShi is the first
wife for many years to accompany
a Japanese Naval Aide husband to
The Washington times., 1936-10-10
NAVY Gets Field

Benton Field, Calf, has been
transferred by executive order
from the War Department to the
Navy Department. Presid n t
Roosevelt signed the order.
The Washington times., 1936-10-10
CoughIin Guarded

BALTIMORE, Oct. 10 GN.S0.
Father Charles E. Coughlin, De-
troit radio priest, arriving here
Yesterday, was Immediately spir-
tied to a hotel suite. about which
q strong police guard was quickly
thrown. Coughlin is scheduled
to make a speech tonight at the
Fifth Regiment Armory.
The Washington times., 1936-10-10
TROOPS SPAN
AIDS ATTACK

Refreshened after their partici-
patton in war games at Fort Meade,
Nd, troops of the Fifth Engineers
Company at Fort Belvoir. Va, kept
in practice" in the art of emer-
gency bridge building at the Vir-
GINA camp today, by staging
miniature war maneuverS of their
own.
Under the protective cloak of
smoke screens, the first battalion
of the engineers partially Spanned
the Potomac River at Fort Belvoir,
to an imaginary island, using hast
lily constructed assault bridges and
boats to transport their fighting
equipment to the island"
The engineers, especially trained
to lay emergency bridges across
streams that must be crossed by
other fighting units in time of war,
supported their bridge with strips
of kapok and then proved its sta
bility by advancing across it at
double time. Such bridge can be
laid down across streams several
hundred feet wide in only a few
hours.
Directing the engineer troops at
Fort Belvoir is Capt. boswell Gull
latt. October IA the troops will
begin maneuvers in the vicinity of
Fort Belvoir, with the entire Fifth
Engineers Company participating.
VOTE AMERICAN
The Washington times., 1936-10-10

Poverty-Stricken writes:
every friend 1 have this fall
Is selling dresses, making hats,
writing columns and books, or
making speeches. Do you think
it will be all right if just stay
home and hem curtains?"
Certainly not, Poverty-Stricken
You must go out and buy the
dresses and the hats. And read
the columns and the books and
listen to the speeches. The very
idea of a woman trying to lead a
simple home life!
VOTE AMERICAN
The Washington times., 1936-10-10
Offer Lecture Course
For Social Workers

A course Of lectures for volun-
teerS in social work, to begin DC.
tober IS and continue for four
weeks under the topic of Build.
ing Better Civilization, was an
nounced today by the committee
on volunteer service of the Coun.
Gil of Social Agencies.
The Washington times., 1936-10-10

w a S h / ngton.
Madame Kobay'
aShi is taller
than most of
the wiv S OF
present Japan
csc a t t a c hes,
and at fir S t
glance appears
to be less ORR
entail than they.
w h e n she
was introduced
to Washington
society at the
reception given
by er h u s.
bands nredaCeS-
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DEER PARK

The WOodmen Circle met last Thurs.
day with Mrs. Rachel Walters, guar
dian, presiding. Refreshments wero
served.
The NJ. E. Epworth League cahinot
members will meet Friday evening
with Miss Frences Thrasher.
Miss Isabel Lands has returned
home after spending a few DAYS with
her sister, Mrs. John Fran, Frost.
burg.
Miss Nancy Carol Harvey was given
a birthday party on her second ami.
versary on October 8. She is the dausb.
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Harvey
The little guests were Rosemary
Haines, Lola Weimer, Dixie Pauph
Betty Mae Flanagan, Elizabeth Hine.
baugh, Billy Clatterbuck, Mickey
Browning, John Rollman, John Smith
Neil Grayson, Mary Rhodes, Leon
Brown, Freda Harvey.
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the office Immediately in accord.no.
with the provisions of Section 271 .~S
272 of the Postal Laws and PeouIo
tons of 1882.
Respectfully yours,
W. W. HOWE,
First Assistant.
Acting Postmaster:
George S. McCurdy.
Reasons:
Term expired May 10, 1886.
So now former Private Percy.
wound and all, is definitely fired.
He figures that Big Jim Farley and
the New Deal did as neat a Job as tbs
Germans did in 1918. There wasn't
anything he could do about if thor
There isn't anything he can do abou.
it now.
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VETERAN, WOUNDED In
ARGONNE DRIVE, SHOT OUT
OF HIS JOB BY new DEAL
War Hero Is Ousted AS POstmas-
ter at ScOttdale, Fayette
County, Penna.
By RAY SPRIGLE.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Staff Writer
William Percy, ousted postmaster
of Scottdale, is getting used to being
shot out of jobs. The Imperial Ger
man Army shot him out of one. Pres
ident Roosevelt, James A. Farley and
the New Deal have just finished shoot
ing him out of another.
On the morning of October II,
1918, Private Percy, along with lot
of other young Americans was en-
gagged in that ephochal struggle thru
mud and blood that history afterward
knew as the Second Argonne Often
sive. Private Percy was in a machine
gun section and had dragged his gun
up to the front lines. He was setting
it up preparatory to getting it into
action, with the broad general idea,
according to what he had been told by
his superiors, of making the world
safe for democracy.
Percy was almost ready tn add the
rat-a-tat-tat of his machine gun to
the thousands of others that were
blasting away through the lines of
the Imperial German Army when
something knocked him heels over
head.
Shot By German Sniper
1t was the bullet of German sniper
in concealed firing post out in No
Mans Land. The bullet went into the
left chest an inch below the heart,
ranging through his body and came
out at the base of his shoulder blade.
Of course, Private Percy lost inter-
est in wars, democracy and machine
guns. About an hour later he recovered
and found that the tide of battle had
gone past him. With his first aid kit
and the help of couple of comrades
he plugged up the holes front and back
and started back toward a dressing
station.
He finally reached one about mile
and half back of the lines, manag-
ing to make the distance under his
own power. His bullet holes were
dressed there and he was finally hauled
back to base hospital and later taken
to a hospital in England, where he re-
covered-as much as he ever will re-
cover.
Private Percy will never entirely
get over that bullet that bored him
from front to back.
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ciIlOCId Cys
Tells Of Being Wounded

democracy.
Tells OF Being Wounded
So he sent them a letter telling
them all about it. Here's the letter:
UNITED STATES PoSTOFFICE
Scottdale, Pa, July 6, 1886.
Hon. w. w. Howe,
First Asst. Postmaster General,
Division of Postmasters,
Washington, D. c.
My Dear Sir:
Your letter of July 8, 1886, mi
tials APP, requesting my resignation
as postmaster of Scottdale, Pa, re-
received.
In regards to the same l desire to
bring to your attention the fact that
1 am a veteran of the World War and
that l am a married man and have a
wife and three children dependent on
me.
1 entered the United States Army
on April 4, 1918, and served year
in France as machine gunner. l also
did special work in the intelligence SER
vice while overseas. On October II,
1918, in the second Argonne offensive
while endeavoring to mount machine
gun on our front line, was shot by a
German sniper in my left chest the
bullet entering my chest an inch be-
low the heart and went through my
body, coming out at the base of my
shoulder blade. Since that time l have
not been able to do any physical labor
and will never be able to do SO. Due
to these circumstances, do not think
/ should be removed from office. Since
l do not have any other means of sup
port, 1 feel that it would be unjust to
discharge me from the position of post
master. feel that the service l have
rendered my country entities me to
more consideration. In any event, I
will not tender my resignation as
postmaster of Scottdale, Pa.
Sincerely yours,
WILLIAM PERCY,
Postmaster.
Not Interested In War News
But Private Percy was all wrong. No
one in Washington was interested in
reading stale war news and no one
was particularly interested in one of
the fellows who helped make that
stale war news by getting all messed
up with German bullets, etc. Because
here is the letter that ex-Private
Percy got in reply:
POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT
First Assistant Postmaster General.
Washington, July IS, 1886.
Mr.. William Percy,
Postmaster,
Scottdale, Pennsylvania.
My Dear Mr.. Percy:
For the reason cited below the Post
master General has issued an order
appointing the following named per-
son as acting postmaster of your Of
flee, and you are directed to transfer
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Comes Back As War Hero

However, it wasn't so bad when he
came back. Everywhere the populace
hailed him and his fellow victims of
bullet and shrapnel and bayonet as
heroes and the saviours of the country.
True, he could no longtr engage in
hard physical labor, but he had a
good education and, of course, veterans
of the great war received special con-
sideration and would continue to do
so, in both industry and public SER
vice. At least, everyone said so.
So finally Private Percy landed back
in Scottdale. There he took a civil
service examination and was made
postmaster of his home town. The
German army had shot him out of one
job, but now he was safe in the lap
of grateful government and so long
as he did his job properly he figured
he had nothing to worry about.
But he reckoned without the New
Deal and Jim Farley. Jim Farley had
thousands of New Deal politicians
who had to be taken care of in Fed
eral jobs. Percy, while he had done
much for his country, hadn't done
very much for the New Deal.
So Jim Farley and President Roose-
welt just repeated the stunt that the
Germans had staged that October
morning in 1918. They shot Percy out
of his job to make room for a New
Deal politician.
Receives Dismissal Letter
Here is the letter that made ex-
Soldier Percy realize that while it was
all right to cheer returning heroes in
1918, that German bullet wounds had
nothing to do with votes for the New
Deal in 1886:
POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT
First Assistant Postmaster General,
Washington, July 3, 1886.
Mr.. William Percy,
Postmaster,
Scottdale, Pennsylvania.
My Dear Mr.. Percy:
AS the term for which you were ap-
pointed as postmaster at Scottdale ex-
pired on May 10, 1886, it is proposed to
appoint an acting postmaster at an
early date to conduct the office pend
ing the appointment of postmaster
for the regular four-year term.
This opportunity is therefore af-
forded you to tender your resignation,
thus facilitating the transfer of the
Office in an orderly manner.
Sincerely yours,
w. w. HOWES,
First Assistant.
But ex-private Percy figured that
maybe Mr.. Farley and the other New
Dealers didn't know about that bull
let wound received that morning when
Private Percy and lot of other fell
lows were engaged in dying, getting
wounded and little things like that
in order to make the world safe for
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States without any of immediate future
and aborng people who in the last
struggles themselves their families their homes and
from the operations and destruction of de-
cepve and merciess politicians And do you know eighty 1907
hundred farms of the United States under
mortgage the Federal Government and being sold by the
Banks said default of
mens? In conclusion all taxpayers and voters to
polls November 3d and their ballots against President
Roosevelt and his deceptive and unparalleled moneygabbng
Administration and further state reasonably that
people country will be prosperous and under the
administration of Hon. ALT NJ Landon President of the United
States. (Signed) PATRIOTIC AMERICANS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-10-15

LLOYD GEORGE sPEAKs-"war Mem0i,.p
is the title of a highly entertaining series
of articles by Lloyd George, former prime
minister Of Great Britain, appearing in the
BALTIMORE SUNDAY AMERICAN. Get
your copy from your local newsdcaler-SS.
vertisement Its
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Do You Want Bargain Used Carr State Your Requirements On This Page
Building Supply
News
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RiGBY-MORROW COMPANY

Contractor L. J. Gilcath and
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Misses Pink and Pearl Cash of
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Contractor K. G.. Rand placed
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tor another repair Job in Laurel
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Mrs. |. G. Marshall is having
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The hospital association is hay
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Other furniture.
We have inst Unloadcd 4 car a.
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top, they are prize winners.
Steamed CranberrieS

Cranberries, steamed in a pud.
ding, make fine autumnal des.
sert. Cream together IL cup but.
ter and "a cup sugar. Beat z
eggs, then stir into the butter
mixture. Add IA teaspoon nut.
meg. Measure 2 IL cups flour
and 2 IL teaspoons baking pow.
der. Sift together into the butter
mixture, a little at a time, alter.
mating with l-3 cup milk. TURF
in | cup cleaned and picked over
cranberries. Pour into creased
steaming mold or ordinary larc
can. Cover securely. Steam fol-
3 hours. Serve with a light foam,
sauce.
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SISTER MARY'S MENU
BY NEA Service

NNE of the best cranberry sea.
~ sons in years is upon us. With
meats, in pudding and pies, and
the Juice for cocktails that start
dinner off with a tang, cranber.
rieS bring in bright color and
many vitamins for the family
meals.
Spiced, they do wonders 70 a
roast. Try this method: clean and
pick over l quart cranberries,
Pour over them Sd cup vinegar
and IA cup water. Add ] 3-4
cups brown sugar, / stick CHINA
mon and 3 whole cloves. Boil 70
minutes, MASKING as they boil.
Pound through a sieve and serve
thoroughly chilled.
Cranberry Tarts
IN tarts, these little globes of
fich color delight most hungry
males. Line tart or patty pans
with pastry. Into each, place a
thick layer of carefully cleaned
and picked over cranberries.
Sweeten with light brown sugar.
Next cover with ? lHer of seeded
raisins, sprinkled sparingly with a
little grated grapefruit rind. Over
this sprinkle coarsely chopped nut
meats. Then cover with f.astry,
prick, and bake in moderate oven
about 30 minutes. Hot, with a
blob of cold whipped cream on