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Nervous, Weak Woman
Soon All Right

II had regular shaking spells from
nervousness" writes Mrs. Cora Sam
sers. of Paragould. Ark. II was all
rundown and cramped at my time
until I would have to go to bed. After
nv first bottle OF Cardui, I was bet
aer. I kept taking Cardui and soon
I was all right. The shaking quit
and I did not cramp I felt worlds
better. gave Cardu1 to my daugh-
Ter who was in about the same con-
dttton and she was soon all right
Evening star., 1937-12-14
Sir Willmott Lewis
Speaker Tomorrow.

Sir Willmott Lewis will be the guest
speaker at the annual meeting of the
Washington branch CT the English
Speaking Union tomorrow afternoon
at 4:30 o'clock in the Willard Hotel.
Tea will be served after the talk.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
West Virginia Dance
Thursday Night.

The West Virginia State Society of
the District will meet Thursday eve
ming at the Raleigh for the last dance
before the Christmas holidays. This
will be the annual apple-cider festi-
val. A supply of apples, cider and
gingerbread has been purchased in
the native State and will be served
to all members and guests.
Miss Jackie Sammons of Parkers-
burg, star of stage and radio in her
home State, will sing and dance dur
ing the evening, and dancing will be
from $50 to l o'clock.
Mrs. j. c. Burchinal, former mem
ber OF the National Democratic Com
mittee, and now connected with the
National Bituminous Coal Commits
sion. will join the newly elected staff
of officers as first vice president.
She is from Grafton, Taylor County.
Other officers to be installed are Mr..
David S. Dawson. president; Miss
Mayme H. Hamrick, Elonzo T. Nor
gan. Mrs. Emma E. Nunnally, Mr..
James P. Morarity and Mr.. John w.
Smith, vice presidents; Col j. Will
liam De Grange, treasurer; Mrs. Sada
G. Shinn. financial secretary; Mr..
John l.. Bateman. recording secretary.
and Col, David w. Gall. historian.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
Wives of Supreme Court
Justices to Be Guests
OF Mrs. Roosevelt
This Evening Cabinet Members
And Their Wives Will Be
At White House.

RS ROOSEVELT will entertain the wives justices
wv the Supreme Court at luncheon
House The Presidents wife hostess luncheon today
and this evening the President and Mrs Roosevelt will
at dinner in honor the wives
Following the reception Thursday evening
Mrs Roosevelt will to New York She
will not return until Tuesday evening" will hold
her press conference Wednesday morning
o'clock and that afternoon she will teas
Tomorrow afternoon Mrs Roosevelt
at the Goodwill Industries and the evening occupy her
box for the the Symphony Orchestra DR. Hans
Kinder conductor
The Belgian Ambassador
thoz entertained at dinner evening Embassy on
chusetts
The Ambassador of Ecuador, Capt Eloy Afaro is ex
peced Washington today Ecuador where he has
been for short time
Frau Deckhof wife of German Ambassador was the
hono guest at luncheon yesterday of Mrs Een
and her daughter Mrs Mard Tydngs wife Tydngs
The luncheon given on Massa
chusetts
The Minister of the Union and Mrs Close will
entertain at reception this afternoon
new Legation at 3107 Massachusetts, avenue.
Mrs George Petengl Commandant of the Navy
Yard will be hostess at tea this afternoon
Mrs Ernest Wagner and her daughter Peggy Wagner
New York.
The First Secretary of the Rumanan legation M Mcea
victor Babes who left Saturday
on special mission from Rumanan government Nine
the reception which the President will give
Thursday evening for the diplomatic corps Babes will
leave the end of the week to join Babes in Montreal
Col. B. Ruttencutter u S. A. retired and Mrs Rutten-
cutter have arrived the Hotel Monterey Beach, Fla
where they will spend the winter.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
Notes From the Social Calendar Washington and It's
By the Way
=Befh Blaine

PARTY flashes Mrs Edward Beae
for the New Year Eve ball which give Friendship
The second ncosue in the envelope
CHEEKY Printed in red on white card looks like the holiday
and is card Of admission with the
in the 1t well known parties
excellence hence she justified issuing
endeavor to avoid the Throwing gate
cashers wo goodness parties
are worth attending!
t 9s at g Es 1885, mr. ass Mrs. M Sas
eses ea1 ats Friday etenoon sunday afternoon there
'ase %9tf q % sns asa Mrs. MIS-
Werlich wiH be hostess at a cocktail party.
An amusing been issued by Mr. and Mrs James
Van Allen and Mr. and Mrs Robert Young the Virginia hunt
January 1888 Mr. Nathaniel Horace entertain at
dinner dance at the 1925 daughter Nancy
are f % M WHO last
pso s Thp is m with ersm
RSRs
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SPEAKING of intelligent people, the Second Secretary of the
5 % 2 H;
has e a of the
Ss 6en BY the
SS:Ss2s %
ana since that time he his
st triumph and at the occupied with ca
ing our Great White Way Rumor that he has an ex
cellent chance there. ~ " ~ "'1 ca
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"s s s n" tag @ he n sPs sso Z
ter Toxic Rio de Janiero South Ameca and
tne ost complicated UeSge OF the held no secrets
d s diplomat bookshel6e
epose dosens OF eaterbound diaries complete NTH
rd Soo1n and IN eIensue rte notes n his
tncudlng CARED heads from the Congo gerino coec
LOT q al leds hundred Chinese crystals poed trees of
Jade topdseS from Brazil gded Mddonnos fron old
Spanish Merco all shon aduanaoe bu cand1ei,ob
' h Hddn candestlcks The small balcony running
ae'oss m o oa Ion the y9om hldes the kitchen e small sudy
m % 1T Is in the acope that his aoritteu and
no oouot us occupant diSclaims lines
sohtary Romeo his baconu 1chIe far be1o,n
roaring fire DdrmS the hearth. - ~ 'N oeo~
Living quietly and entertaining charming ORIGINAL
ptaty it Is redeer to be invited o di5a anno;
chicken. ~ A 'oAo "io aouSSe OF
Evening star., 1937-12-14
Exhibit of Sketches
Of Island of Bali
Shown at Arts Club.

Mss MARY ADAMS will be host
ess at the tea tomorrow after
noon from 43O to o'clock at the
Arts Club, when sketches, drawings
and photographs of the Island of Bali
will be on view. The island is the
theme for the Bal Boheme which
the Arts Club will give at the Will
lard January 10, many of the sketches
are those of Miss Bertha Noyes, chair
man of the ball this year, made by
her while on a recent trip to the
island. The photographs are those of
Mr.. Willis Lindquist, and there also
will be many designs for costumes
exhibit will be open to the public
each day from in the morning until
S in the afternoon, beginning Thurs
day.
Among those especially invited to
this preview tomorrow are students
at Gunston Hall School and the Nc
Dewitt School. who will be members
of the cast in the spectacular Balinese
festival, which will be the high light
Of the Bal Boheme Other members
of the cast also are invited, as we'll
as the members of the committees
working for the success of the ball
Mrs. Maud Howell Smith is one of
the vice chairmen for the ball and
has charge of the casting of the act
ing roles for the festival, and Mrs.
Ethel Hoffman Kane has charge of
the casting for the dance parts of the
spectacle.
Members of the Netherlands Lega-
tion are taking a special interest in
the ball this year. as the enchanted
isle is one of the Dutch possessions
in the Far East. Miss Frances Van
Der Bogert, who is connected with
the legation, is taking an active part
in the musical part of the pageant.
The exhibit, which will be on view
at the Arts Club at 2017 street NV.
will give patrons of the Bal Boheme
excellent ideas for costumes in keep
ing with the theme for the ball.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
Southern Society
Christmas Party
Thursday Night.

THE Southern Society of Washing.
ton will give its annual Christ
mas reception and ball Thursday
evening in the ballroom of the Willarc
Hotel. The president of the society
DR.. Robert H. McNeill, and Mrs. Nc
Nejll will receive the guests.
A special Reception Committee has
been selected by DR.. McNeill and in.
cludes honorary vice presidents of the
society, Senator Rush D. Holt. Sena.
tor Richard B. Russell, Senator
Champ Clark, Representative Henry
B. Steagall, Mr.. Melvin C. Hazen,
Commissioner for the District; Mr.
F. Clyde Baggarly, DR.. o. C. Foote,
Mr.. Charles A. Douglas, Mr.. Dozier
A. De Vane, Mrs. Joseph M. Ho-
worth, Mrs. John H.sOverton, Mr..
Carl A. Crowley, Mrs. Anne Bell
Thatcher, Mrs Abram M. Tillman.
Mr.. Vincent NJ Miles and Mr.. Pat
rick j. Hurley.
Mrs. Maud Howell Smith, chair
man of the Entertainment Commit
tee. has arranged a program for the
evening. the numbers to include duets
by Miss Martha Bird and Mr.. Will
liam Moran, accompanied by Mrs.
Katharine Morrison, and Southern
Negro melodies by Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Sanderson.
DR.. o. c. Foote heads the Com
mittee on Arrangements, and MIR. F.
G. Baggarly is chairman of the Floor
Committee.
The Southern Society was organ
lied more than third of a century
ago. Its membership is limited to
native-born Southerners and their
descendants. The present fiscal year
has been one of the most successful
in its history. More than 200 appli-
cations have recently been approved
for membership.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
MIR. and Mrs. Robert
In New York.

Mr.. and Mrs Lawrence Wood
Robert left for New York today, where
they will stop at the Ritz, returning
to Washington Thursday.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
Miss Louise Myers
Completes Plans
For Wedding.

MISS LOUISE CHASE MYERS,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Hewitt Myers. has completed the plans
for her wedding to 1t. John r. Pugh,
U. S. A.. January at noon In the
Textile Museum adjoining the home
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Myers on S street.
A breakfast will follow the wedding at
the home of the brides parents.
Mrs. John Rowland Hill, sister of
the bride-elect, will be her matron of
honor and the bridesmaids will be
Mrs. Alexander G. Stone, another sis
ter, and Mrs Robert Carrier of Wer-
nersville, Pa.
1t. Pugh will have as his best man
1t. George White of Fort Belvoir and
the ushers will be Capt. John Reybold,
Maj. George Millholland, 1t. James
Quill and Capt. John L. Hines, jr.. all
colleagues of 1t. Pugn at Fort Myer
Evening star., 1937-12-14
Invitations Arrive
From Sweden.

Invitations have been received from
Mime. Greta Knutzen to the marriage
of her daughter, Nine. Anita Cugler
to NJ. Carl Herbert Borgenstierna Sat-
urday in Ystad, Sweden.
M. Borgenstierna is well known in
Washington, where he was stationed
some years as Attache of the Swedish
Legation At present he is secretary
to the minister Of foreign affairs in
Stockholm.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
Diplomat Reserves
Box for Opera.

The German Ambassador and Frau
Dieckhof1 have reserved box for the
performance of 'Haensel und Gretel''
at the Rialto Theater Sunday after
noon, December rs.
Humperdinck's beloved opera is
sponsored by the Washington Popular
Opera Association with a fine cast of
singers from New York and an Or
chestra directed by DR.. Walter Bauer.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
Miss Orr to Marry
Mr.. J. D. Moore.

Mrs. William Clayton Orr of Lees
burg, Va, announces the engagement
of her daughter Frances to Mr.. John
Douglass Moore of Chicago, son OF
Mrs. Moore and the late Mr.. John D
Moore of Aldie, Va.
The wedding of Miss Orr, who is a
daughter of the late DR.. Orr of Lees
burg, and Mr.. Moore will take place
Friday evening, December 81. at 8
O'Clock in st. Barnabas' Church at
4341 Washington Boulevard, in Chi
cago. Mr.. Moore is a graduate of the
Virginia Polytechnic Institute at
Blacksburg. Va, and is connected
with the Western Electric Co. in
Chicago.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
Party Is Planned
For Miss Aldrich.

Miss Billy Gruman and Miss Mary
Gruman will give dance Tuesday
evening, December %, in the home of
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Gruman. at $500 Rittenhouse street
NV. The party is in honor of Miss
Fanchon Marguerite Aldrich who will
make her formal debut at tea Mon
day afternoon, December 27, which her
uncle and aunt, Representative and
Mrs. Jesse Paine Wolcott. will give in
the Congressional Club at 2001 New
Hampshire avenue NV.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
Visiting Here.

Mr.. and Mrs. George T. Keating of
Plainf1eld, N. j., with their daughter,
are occupying suite at the Wardman
Park Hotel during their stay in the
Capital. Also with Mr.. and Mrs. Kea-
ting are Mr.. and Mrs. John Keay of
st. Austell, England, and Mr.. R. Ste
vovic of New York City.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
Mrs. Ward Postpones
Dance for Niece.

Miss Dorothy Lee Ward, due to i'll
health. has been forced to postpone
the ball which she planned to give
December % for her niece, Miss
Florence Ward Cauthen. Today Mrs.
Ward is going to New York to see
her physician and expects to return to
Washington in few days. The dance,
at which Miss Cauthen will be pre-
sente to society, will take place dur
ing the middle Of January.
Evening star., 1937-12-14

Society in
The News
Mrs. S. H. p. Pell
To Pay Visit
With Son.

N Ro. oIEPHEN II. P. PELL will
M arrive in Washington today
V and will stop with her son,
Mr.. Robert Pell, an oficial
in the European division of the De-
partment OF State. and Mrs. Pell at
Cornwell, their estate near Great Falls.
Mrs. Pell is we'll known under the
name of Mrs. Sarah Thompson Pell
as national chairman of the National
Woman's Party, and is the daughter
OF the late Col. and Mrs. Robert M.
Thompson of this city. The national
biennial conference of the Womans
Party takes place today and tomorrow
and tomorrow evening Mrs. Pell will
preside at the banquet being held at
the Carlton.
Miss Flora Wilson has as her guest
in her apartment at the Wardman
Park Hotel for several days Mrs. Jean
Milholland of New York City.
Mr.. Bernard Baruch arrived In
Washington yesterday from New York
City and is stopping at the Carlton
Hotel. Mrs. Baruch will join him to-
day.
The Rev. DR.. George w. Atkinson
has closed his apartment at 23ll Con-
necticut avenue and gone to Vero
Beach, Fla, where he will spend the
winter with his sister, Mrs S. B. Avis
Of Charleston, w. Va. who has taken
a house at the Rio Mar Club for the
season.
Miss Anna B. Sloan will be at home
tomorrow afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock
IN her residence at 1924 Irving street
NV. and will receive each Wednes-
day afternoon through the season.
Miss Sloan recently returned from
an extended visit with her cousin, Mrs.
Emelie Bailey Collet. in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Collet is a daughter of the late
Charles Bailey. one Of the founders
OF Bailey. Banks g. Biddle, the ia
nous Philadelphia firm. Miss Sloan,
who is the daughter of the late An
drew j. Sloan, is founder of the firm
OF Macalm. Creese & Sloan, is a culti-
waited musician, being a cellist Of abil-
ity. She will give the program at a
musicale in January.
Maj. Maple T. Harl of Denver, ma
tional commander of the Disabled
American Veterans, came to Wash
ington for the Gridiron dinner ard
was at the Carlton for several days.
Mrs. Charles Henry Hamilton of
Ridgefield, Conn, and Miss Josephine
c. Kelly of New York City, who have
many friends in Washington. and who
have been staying at the Carlton for
the last few days, are on their way
to Palm Beach, where they will spend
the winter months at 331 Sea View
avenue. They will return to the Carl
ton Hotel in March.
DR.. and Mrs. Lucius A. Salisbury of
Scarsdale, N. Y, are stopping at the
Hay-Adams House.
Mr.. and Mrs John E. Sloane of
West Orange, N. j., are staying a few
days in Washington at the Carlton
Hotel.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
Mrs. Tilghnan
Cancels Tea.

Mrs. Charles Tilghman has Cancelled
the tea to which she had issued invita-
tions for Monday. December 20, to
Introduce her daughter, Miss Cath
crime Holloway Iilghman, to society,
because of e death in the family.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
kabelacs Move

The First Secretary of the Czecho-
slovak Legation and Mime. Kabelac
have moved from Wardman Park
Hotel and have taken an apartment at
Alban Towers.
The Washington times., 1937-01-13
North RandIe Group

Resolutions were adopted by
the North Randle Community
Citizens Association last night
urging the Board of Education to
include in their five-year program
the construction of a new school
building in the North Randle
Community, to supplant the two
portables now in use.
It was revealed that at the be-
ginning of the present school year
there were four classes in each Of
the buildings and owing to Lack OF
space, one had to be withdrawn
and sent to the Randle Highlands
School. w. M. Farran was named
chairman of committee to pre-
sent the resolution to the board
at its next meeting.
Endorsement was given to q let
ter from the D. C. Jail Association,
urging shorter hours and better
working conditions for employees
Of that institution.
The Washington times., 1937-01-13
NIGHTTRAFFIC SURVEYED

AS an added nocturnal safety pre-
caution, Traffic Director William
A. Van Duzer is making a study
of the busiest traffic-light-control-
led intersections here with a view
to maintaining 24hour operation
Of the lights.
Traffic counts made by a staff
of Works Progress Administration
workers at 325 intersections, are
being used by the traffic directors
staff to decide what intersections
are to be lighted throughout the
night.
The Washington times., 1937-01-13
Business Men Meet

The Columbia Heights Business
Mems Association, at its monthly
meeting last night in the Arcade
Building, authorized a donation
Of $50 to President RooSevelt'S
birthday ball committee.
Repeal of the "red rider" on
the District appropriation bill, was
also voted. Action to join the
Federation of Business Mems AS
Sociation was delayed.
New members elected were the
Publix Institute of Music, Sherry'S
Grill, Philip George, DR.. Brayton
o. Myers, Albert Brick and the
Uptown Restaurant.
Entertainment was furnished
by the Chesapeake and Poto-
mac Telephone Company quartet.
George A. Ford, president, pre-
sided.
The Washington times., 1937-01-13
Spanish Insurgents
Hold Up British Ship

GIBRALTAR, Jan. 13 U.N.S0
Armed Spanish insurgent trawl-
ers stopped the British steamer
Bramhill as it passed through
the Straits last night, it was
learned when the ship arrived
here today.
Officers Of the trawlers ques-
toned the Bramhill's captain and
then allowed the vessel to proceed.
The Washington times., 1937-01-13
REPORT
CRITICIZED BY
CITIZENS
By A. J. DRISCOLL
Citizens Associations Editor


Randle Highlands Citizens AS
sociation last night unanimously
opposed the So-called Jacobs fiscal
relations report, expressing indig-
nation at the increase in tax rate
that would be. levied should the
report be finally adopted by Con-
greSS.
The secretary was directed to
forward copies Of the resolution
to the President and to the chair
men of the appropriations COM
mittees in the House and Senate.
The association voted to con-
tinue its fight against the use OF
one-man street cars by a direct
appeal to Congress.
Car Service Flayed
The Public Utilities CommiS-
sion was petitioned to order an
improvement in the Seventeenth
Street and Pennsylvania Avenue
and Friendship car service. Long
delay to passengers was laid to
disabled equipment.
The Zoning Commission was
petitioned to rezone to residential
restricted Branch Avenue between
Twenty-eighth Street and Thirtieth
Street and r and S Streets South
east.
Honorary membership was con-
ferred upon C. A. Barker, q
former president of the associa-
ton, and a member since 1905.
The meeting was held at 2407
Minnesota Ave. S. E., with Vice
President H. A. ElmOre presiding
in the absence of President A. N.
Lee.
The Washington times., 1937-01-13

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Jan. 13.
Four-year-old Bobby Adams Is re-
covering today from the effects
of taking nose drops in an un-
approved manner.
He swallowed the contents OF
a bottle found in a trash basket
at his home, 511 Oronoco ST., yes
terday and then told his grand
father, Lee Blafn Adams:
81 Just drunk some, Grandpa
but 1 didn't like it."
A hurried trip to the Alexandra
Hospital in the city ambulance,
The Washington times., 1937-01-13
BurIeith Citizens

After an assertion that the re-
port of the committee appointed
by the President to recommend a
fixed fiscal policy between the
Federal and District governments
and created a problem for the
District, the Burleith Citizens AS
sociation last night directed Cor
don E. Clark, president, to ap"
point a special committee to
make a comprehensive study Of
the report.
Persons named to the commit
tee are j. s. Gorrell, Mrs. H. L.
Parkinson and H. e. Radcliffe.
A report from the Christmas
committee revealed that IT baS-
kets Of food were distributed to
needy families and 1OS persons
were benefited.
The Washington times., 1937-01-13
Pleasant Plains Group

The Pleasant Plains Citizens
Association will sponsor a city
wide. mass meeting to be held at
Miner Teachers College, Georgia
Avenue and Euclid Street N. W.,
on Friday at 8 p. m, to celebrate
"The New Emancipation" Mrs
Mary Mcleod Bethune, of the
National Youth Administration,
will be principal speaker. Mrs.
Velma G. Williams, associate presi-
dent, will preside.
The Washington times., 1937-01-13
81 Graduate Named
6. W. Alumni Official

Appointment Of Lester A.
Smith, Of the class Of 1882, as the
alumni secretary Of George Wash
ington University was announced
today by DR.. Cloyd Heck Marvin,
president of the university.
Mr.. Smith will take office this
week and will work with the ad-
miniStration and officers of the
alumni association in extenting
the university'S alumni program
The Washington times., 1937-01-13

Assistant Traffic Director M. o.
Eldridge said the counts had been
made both day and night at in
tersections where during rush
periods a car passes every 80
seconds.
He added it will be some little
time before the 24-hour light plan
is completed and the busy inter-
sections chosen. "Blinker" lights
now are maintained at virtually
all intersections controlled by traf-
fic lights from midnight until Z
a. m.
The Washington times., 1937-01-13
Lost Youth Feared
Spanish Volunteer

LYNN, Mass, Jan. 13 U.N.S0.
Missing since Saturday and
thought by his father to be
headed for Spain to join the red
army, Sam Levini, 19-year-old Ma.
tional Guard member, today was
the object of police search. His
father told authorities his son had
been approached by q recruiting
officer for the Spanish militia.
The Washington times., 1937-01-13
Do Your Children
Drive You Crazy?

Can you keep serene and sweet
under diH1cultiesl Don't give
your children q tired, na3sine
mother to remember. Start tax
ing Lydia Z. Plnkham'O Vese-
table Compound NOW. It steadisS
frazzled nerves gives yOu more
pep and enxray. Your family will
appreciate the results.
The Washington times., 1937-01-13
~ VEas So Cross
With My Children"

confesses Mrs. Charles Painter, Of
22SN. 4th Street, Reading, Penna.
81 always felt tired and nervous.
Every afternoon l had to lie down
and rest. My nother-in-law told
me about Lydia z. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound. Since l took it
can do ali my work and l do not
oct nervous over the children.
The Washington times., 1937-01-13

Suede finished pullonS,
hand-Sewn gloves, fancy
tops and one-button styles
in black, brown, navy,
white and popular colors.
Sizes 51a to 71a, but not
in each style and color!
Kann's-Street Floor
The Washington times., 1937-01-13

Values ~ that a sale Sea as this!
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The Washington times., 1937-01-13
Saves Woman in River

NEW YORK, Jan. 13 Q.N.S0.
Stripping off his evening clothes,
John Murray Begg, "a, leaped into
the East River today and rescued
Mrs. Virginia Copeland, 30, who
was attempting to drown herself.
The Washington times., 1937-01-13
RECEIVERS FROM POTION

an experience with a stomach
pump and a pledge to refrain
from drinking unknown potions
in the future were results of
Bobby's act.