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The Washington times., 1937-12-24
HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP
By ED SULLIVAN
Merry Christmas
Hollywood, Dec. "a.

HOLLYWOOD
TO ALL YOU you
wish merry Christmas. those who home
merry holiday certainty To those of who from
home and perhaps down on your luck may the day bring some COM
To those who unwe in hospitals in sickbed
pain speedy convaescence
you recently lost
holiday will be depressing and words written this
will alter feelings Hollywood at the moment deeply
sympathetic to Mrs Ted Heay The baby born last Saturday.
he voiced the grateful thought that this would be Of the
me chrmases he'd enjoyed Things at last break
he said -Four days before the holiday Heay
the last call. He only Al years old.
THE QUALITY all of us need most think gratitude Or You
might m call Few Of Us % are @ apDrecaiye
ponfica something Of Ted
Hea to jolt US to realization Of Just how lucky we all are We
and too Say we're all that But we'd stop to take stock
each of us would find something for which to thankful
the people millions them re-
been outside the boundaries Of New York Christmas
So long ago the choO St. at Port Chester
M TS0 0 ]
Se Gno Ggan gave & ms my I've cen on 6s @ n M m the
away.
n o there eE aGe 0e sod Us S @ %
pointed out that every store in wen as every
that ; evidence indicated
n 1%sys way % GOns mi % along ns RIM Into the
and yOwl at things that are nice to believe.
TO ALL OF KIDS of Hollywood, the
here with high hopes and magnificent dreams Christmas
bring their realization Just they brought realization
Curtis in Mannequn This young Chcagoan after being turned
down by studio in the leading
Crawford in her latest picture and clicked That's swell
experience in Hurricane in which he vaued national attention
in another instance of yogster who will enjoy this
thoroughly.
1T WAS in famous Room at Metro that Alan Curtis Chicago
got the chance lifetime.
month"; Talent Scout
rectOrs Of the organization the screen tests
which he believes entitled
shown in the Of the evening adys only
producer director the bandwagOn
voices favorable opinion the others fall in line That
with Curtis The minute
Curtis Every studio in
spending to Metros hopes Of young
hOpefulS reduced to
bring softer and lenent judgment to these
Hollywood, where initiated
you in section of the country
Christmas and happy Year.
BY
The Washington times., 1937-12-24
MOVIE
CLOCK

PALACE-Nelson Eddy, Eleanor
Powell, "Rosalie," 11:10 a.
m, 1:45, 4:2O, 6:55, $50 p. m.
CAPITAL-Myrna 10y, Rosa
lind Russell, Man Proof"
11:05 a. M, las, 4:25, 7:1O,
9:05 p. m. Stage, 12:45, 3:25,
6:15, 8:55 p. m.
r. K. o. KEITHS-Lily Pons,
John Howard, Hitting A
New High" 1850 a. M,
1850, $3.50, $50, 7:5o, $50
p. m. March of Time" 11:30
a. m, 1870, $3.50, $50, 1880
$50 p. m.
LITTLE-Henry WilcoXen, Lor-
eta Young, The Crusades, :"
11:00 a. m. 1:39, 4:19, $50,
$50 p. m. The River" 100,
3:39, 6:19, s:58 p. m.
METROPoLITAN-Lew Ayres,
Mary Carlisle, Hold EN-
Navy" 11:45 a. M, 1:45,
3:45, 5:45, 7:45, GAS p. m.
COLUMBIA-Jeanette MacDon-
aid, Allan Jones, The Fire
fly" 1885 a. m, 2:05, 4:0,
$3.50 p. m.
EARLE-George Brent, Pat
OBrien, Submarine D-1,"
1890 a. m, 1:20. 4:15, 7:10,
1905 p. m. Stage, Johnny
Johnson and Orchestra, -
1880, 1928, $40, 9:l5 p. m.
TRANS-LUX-News and shorts,
from 10 q. m. to midnight, rs
minutes each show.
HOWARD-Claire Trevor, Don
aid Woods. Big Town Girl,
1890, 800, $50, 500. 1890
p. m. Stage, Noble Sissle, n
1850, 4:20. $50. $40 p. m.
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Mrs. Sol Sorkin, Harriet Hoe
to Harry Hartwick Baker,
Dorthy and Earle Dorsey, Ann
Gillis, Mr.. and Mrs. William C..
Shelton, Flo and Mark Silver,
the Ray Bells, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lee Somers, Oracle Barrie and
Mamma, Jack Varela, Dot and
Don Craig.
Another collection has Kirk
and Antoinette Miller, Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis J. Fosse, Claudette
Colbert, Mrs. Estelle Simons,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ford C. Minnick,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Ring, Gary
Cooper, Roy Counselman, Mar
garie and Dick Stringfellow, Mr..
and Mrs Arthur De Titta,
Charles F. Gilmore, Mary,
Theresa and Paul Schwarz, Ivy
and Neece Stevens, Esther and
Leon Brusiloff, Flora and Jack
Josselyn, Mrs. Thomas Francis
Flaherty, Andrew T. Kelley, A.
Julian Brylawski, Sam CALAMITY,
Romaine Calender, CharloCre
Greenwood, Mr.. and Mrs. Rod
ney Collier, Agnes and May
nard Madden, Mr.. and Mrs. Nat
CHASER, Dan and Martha Ter
rell, Helen Hoerhle, Claude
Grenecker, Tom Kane, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jimmy Cagney, Frank Tay-
lor, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry s..
Brown, Maxine Doyle, Chris
Mathieson, Ma Cullen, Bob
Hope, Walt Disney, Ray Bolger,
Woody Van Dyke, Phil Hayden,
Irene Dunno and the Bob Longs.
LAST MAIL MAN
Then there are the Carter T.
BarronS, Alma and Frank Gate
wood, Nelson B. Bell, Sylvia
Kaplowitz, Stafford Pemberton,
Jeanne and Frank McGrann,
Arthur M. Godfrey, Sammy
Walsh, Phyllis Perlman, Theron
Bamberger and Tommy Dorsey.
Santa, old boy, I saw you give
me the wink in Woodward and
Lothrop's and next time 1
looked around you we're down
in the Hecht Company. How
do you move so fast?
For me. Old Whiskers, bring
me another picture I can en-
joy as much as "Cavalcade.
Bring ME another night like the
opening of Show Boat" Let
me keep my friends in show
business, for with all their faults
and virtues, they're the folks I
like.
God bless you and your rein
deerS.
THE EDITOR.
The Washington times., 1937-12-24

Mrs. Hardie Meakin, Lothrop
Brothers and Virginia Lee,
Crawford and Caskey, Jim Bren.
nan Of Trenton. Patricia Bow
man, Stanley E. Barlup,
Angelo Ratti, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles E. Kurtzman, Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur C. Almgren,, Flea
nor Patterson. Edward H. Kel-
Ter, Jack Hurford, Wallace
Munro Katharine Cornell, Lor-
eta Young, Helen Ray and Bo
Sidman and the Joe Flynns.
Barnee of the Shoreham, DR..
G. G. Morris, Virginia and Pete
Macias, Admiral and Mrs. Rob-
ert M. Kennedy, Mr.. and Mrs.
Freddy Clark, Charles and Freda
Garvin, Mrs. ]. Sommer Getz,
Dorothy Lamour, Edgar Bergen,
Ray and Louise Miller, Abe
Toxins, Don Ameche, Mitzi
Mayfair, Cross and Dunn, Helen
Hoerhle. Dorothy Stone and
Charles Collins, Dolph and
Grace Berger, Frank Taylor,
Joe Shea. Ed Seller. Osgood
and Mabelle Roberts, Eddie
Plohn, Baby frankie, Bill and
vi Fisher, Betty Vitol, George
Burns and Oracle Allen, Fred
Allen, Eddie Melcher, Mr.. and
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Fun Short For
R-K-O-Keith's

The new March Of Times
comes to R-K-O-Keith's today
supplementing the Lily Pons
new picture, Hitting a New
High" The new issue Of
Time" has the back stage
story Of Americas Number One
industry-that of manufactur-
ing laughs. The issue brings
into the open those closely
guarded inner.most secrets as
to how the radio gags are
created and prepared for the
famous comedians.
In this episode are such fam
GUS radio personages as Jack
Benny, Eddie Cantor, Phil
Baker, Fred Allen and Amos
and Andy. With each Of these
stars their 1'gag-writers" appear
with them.
other episodes in the new
edition have to do with the ship
crew strikes and Finland's
anniversary.
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DETAILS CORRECT
The underseas craft is used in
Submarine d." now showing
at the Earle, with Pat O'Brien
and George Brent starred. and
fIanked by such players as
Wayne Morris, Henry O'Neill,
Frank McHugh, Ronald Reagan
and others, Lloyd Bacon, a
commander in Naval Reserve
and a mariner of considerable
experience, is the director.
The small D-1 built from plans
drawn by James Gibbons, oper-
ated on the surface, diYed to a
depth of 40 feet, discharged tor
pedoes and otherwise comported
itself in the manner Of a full
sized submarine. 1t Steered it.
self, and skinned through the
water at a maximum speed of
nine knots per hour.
The miniature submarine, 26
feet long anC weighing 1,525
pounds, was driven by nine elec-
trio motors. It had a water
pump that reversed pumping
water in or out of the submarine
according to the operators will.
To make this possible, a new
three-way valve had to be in
vented by the talented Gibbons
and a patient application on it
already has been made by the
studios legal office.
NAVY SUPERVISION
"The toughest part Of this
job," said Gibbons, "was that
you couldn't buy hardly one
thing that you needed, so we
had to make it in the shop.
The only ready-made units were
the pump and the motors, the
rest we cast and nodded and
shaped ourselves"
In addition to the sub, Glib
bons and his crew also made q
The Washington times., 1937-12-24

FROM FAR AND NEAR
Also reminders from Helen
Kinyon. the T. Dwight Webbs,
Kay Marlborough, Duff Merrick,
Bill Merriam, Janet Gaynor,
Myrna 10y, Gene and Kay
Ford, Rev. John Keating Cart
wright, James A. Lampe. The
Dan O'Connells, Eddie Cantor,
Walter Winchell, Antonine Mil
Ter, Talbert Haslett, Rosalind
Russell, Spencer Tracy, Eleanor
Powell, the Johnny Chevaliers.
Richard Creyke from London,
Harry Somerville, Dorothy and
Charles Grimes, Ralph Faulk.
ner, Mr.. and Mrs. John j. Pay
cite, Frank La Falce, Helen
Hayes, John Pollock. jeanette
Macdonald, Nelson Eddy, and
Mike and Hazel Cullen of Pitts.
burgh.
In the next pile George
Crouch, John Barrymore, Bert
M. Sarazan, Nat B. Browne, the
Donald Woods, Kay Francis,
Paul NUM-, Howard Herrick.
DR.. Frank T. Shyne, Mr.. and
The Washington times., 1937-12-24
Roses Hide Cactus,
Actor ConceaIs Nil

Reality is hard on the pants,
sometimes.
Pushed into a seat on the set
of Everybody Sing" Monty
Woolley promptly arose with a
loud howl.
Hes sat down on my roses!"
walled Fanny Brice.
"Roses won't hurt you," ex-
postulated Director Marin.
"Those are thornleSs roses, any
way"
'ThornleSs, my hat!" howled
Woolley flourishing the bou-
quet under Marin's nose.
Marin took a closer look and
exploded in laughter.
Some prankster had planted
a cactus ear, very spiny, among
the flowers.
The Washington times., 1937-12-24
Xmas
Overture

Music in thorough keeping
with the season at hand will be
included in the new Loew's Cap
itol Theater program starting
today.
AS a special Yuletide week
overture the Capitol orchestra
will be augmented for a presen-
tation of the ever-popular "Ka-
menoi Ostow," perhaps one of
the most beautiful of melodies
for so significant a season.
The overture will be further
embelliShed with the vocal Of
fer1ngs of the Floyd F. Sparks
octette, a well-known local sing
ing group composed of graduate
members of the George Wash
ington University Glee Club. The
overture will be under the direc-
ton of Maestro Phil Lampkin
and is one of the various holi.
day offerings highlighting the
new Capitol program.
The Washington times., 1937-12-24

naval cruiser, a replica Of the
U. S. 8. Salt Lake City. In the
story Of Submarine d." it is
the vessel that crashes the sub
and sends it to the bottom.
The Navy gentlemen didn't
fancy the idea Of sinking even a
replica Of one Of their active
suhmarines-aS there actually
is a D-1 in active service and it
was used by the players on loca-
ton off San Diego in many
scenes. However, when it was
shown that the story includes
a salvaging operation which
raises the sub from the bottom
of the ocean and completely
rehabilitates it, permission was
given.
The Washington times., 1937-12-24
Actor ries Tree
Surgery on Ranch

Warren William has taken up
tree surgery as his newest hobby
in order to give first aid to
four ancient oaks on his San
Fernando Valley ranch.
The oaks, valued at more than
$4,000, are suffering from "in-
ternal ailments" which require
that they be treated with com.
pressed air chisel and then
stuffed with special cement.
During leisure time from the
set of "Arsene Lupin Returns, F."
at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
studios, William has joined a
crew of professional tree doc.
tors, in desperate attempt to
save the oaks.
The Washington times., 1937-12-24
'HoId'Em Navy
At the Met

Hold EN- Navy" brings Lew
Ayres, Mary Carlisle and John
Howard to the Metropolitan
Theater Friday as the holiday
week attraction, opening today.
Thrills, romance and comedy
have been blended in this color
full photoplay Of life at the
Naval Academy, said to be
unique among football films,
because the hero doesn't win
the Army-Navy game-in fact,
he is miles away at the time.
Benny Baker, Elizabeth Pat
terson and Tully Marshall have
important roles in the support
ing cast of Hold EN- Navy" }"
The Washington times., 1937-12-24
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NENN OIINIS NlFNS ~ wv - some Re

The Department Acknowledges With Gratitude
Some Reminders of the Mellow YuIetide Season
The Washington times., 1937-12-24
Hollywood Built Submarine
Correct to Last Detail

For the production of the Cosmopolitan picture
Submarine D which has its premiere this week at the
Earle Theaer masterpiece of mechanical legerdemain
created 1t the supreme achievement to date of the
Warner Bros. property shop
It replica of the U. S. S. Submarine D1, built
inch to scale which does all of tricks that
a real ''n fish" will do and The more is added be-
be controlled from the outside whereas real
of men
The Washington times., 1937-12-24
Interference

Production Of Paramount's
Spawn of the North" in Alaska
recently was held up by rain
fall totalling nearly a foot and
a half in 10 days. The preci-
pitation there averages IL feet
annually.
The Washington times., 1937-12-24
Gle a min g S
and
Screenings
Hello. Santa Claus {:
By Andrew R. Kelley

Hello. Santa IIauS:
This makes the tenth year that this column has been
showed under with Christmas mail from your headquarters
And love it.
From London to Hollywood, the reminders via Jim
Farlevs department of the Government letting know
the Show Shop is the Yuede list of many in the amuse
ment industry
Since am hopelessy tangled in St. Nicholas whskers,
let this be acknowledgment of holly and mistletoe mail
To Audrey Seber Joe E. Brown and family, Constance
Bennett George NJ Cohan Lena Lane and Crane Wilbur,
Lou Shirley aud Shirley Lou Brown Helen and Carlton
Duf1s Joan Crawford and Franchot Tone, Mr. and Mrs
Phil Lampkn Ken Murray W. c. Fields and Bing Crosby.
Evening star., 1937-11-19
Announcement Made
Miss Sellers to Wed
Rev. Duncan Fraser.

OF GREAT interest to Washington
is the announcement made today
by Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Peterson
Sellers of the engagement of their
daughter Dorothy to the Rev. Dun
can Fraser, rector of st. Columba's
the Berkeley Memorial Chapel. at
Newport, R. l. Mr.. Fraser is the son
of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Donald
Fraser of JonnStoWn, N. j.
Miss Sellers is a graduate of the
Bryn Mawr School, Baltimore, and
Bryn MaWr College and she is a men,
Der of the Junior League of WASH
ington. For the past II years she has
made her home here with her cousin,
the late Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock.
Mr.. Fraser is a graduate of Brown
University and completed his theologi-
cal studies at the General Theological
Seminary and Oxford University.
The date of the marriage has not
been announced
Evening star., 1937-11-19
Debutantes Make Bows
Teas Introduce Miss Mahoney
And Miss Bradley.

4 S THOUGH whistle had been
~ blown, the debutante season
~ started yesterday afternoon,
when two teas took place for
young ladies who made their first
formal bow to Washington society.
The Canadian Legation was the scene
OF tea and reception which Lady
Marler, wife Of the Canadian Minister,
gave for Miss Anne Mahoney. daugh-
ter of the First Secretary of the Lega-
ton and Mrs. Merchant Mahonev.
Lady Marler and Miss Mahoney re-
ceived in the great panneled living
room on the second floor and with
them was Mrs. Mahonev. Lady
Marler's costume of royal purple satin
was simple, the long dress having
long -sleeved jacket and Miss Ma
honeys dress of a bright shade Of
green-blue was of MORE and had
a bolero long-sleeved jacket also. Mrs.
Mahoney wore a gold-colored satin
dress and on her head a net cap,
edged with pearls. There were mag
nif1cent flowers everywhere, but the
debutante wore but one corsage of
large gardenias, abandoning the usual
custom OF holding a large bouquet.
Other customs were broken when
Miss Mahoney dispensed with as
sistants and Lady Marler decided
against having her friends preside
at the tea table.
A large number of guests arrived
between the hours of and 7, includ-
ing the Minister of South Africa and
Mrs. Close, the First Secretary of the
British Embassy, Mr.. Philip Main-
waring Broadmead the newly ar
rived members of the British Embassy
staff, Mr.. and Mrs Humboldt and
Evening star., 1937-11-19
BY the Way
Beth Blaine

HAS light that among persons giving dinners be-
fore the Albert Dewey tomorrow night are
Mr. and Mrs Jasper Du Bose Maj and Mrs Barry
Mrs Hgginson Rogers Mr. and Mrs Dewey giving dinner
oo large at the 1925 Club the dance will
take place.
Nert Wednesday afternoon Mrs. Emil Hrja be at
home in the late afternoon at ea future on
cember IT, Mr. and Mrs Nathan B. Scott entertain
at dinner honor OF todays debutane Bau dauoh-
ter OF MAJ and Mrs. David Barry, Uho gaze for
IN their house on Massachusetts
afternoon Herbert Scholz the Germany Embassy
his beautiful blond wife great
friends who visiting in this country weeks but only
IN washington until tomorrow morning The
Sountes whose castle in East Prussia
OF Americans though they
you have Grea Carlo Charles Conquest you
are one OF the who know about the Fncknse
many many shots OF that taken
owners made particular effort
their arrival in this country.
BY THE WAY-Mrs Russell will entertain group of
seasons debutantes Sunday Miss Caro-
Cec whose parents Col and Mrs Joseph Cecil will present
her at tea December ii In their
avenue Col and Mrs Cecil also will ball at the
Sugrave Club for their debutante daughter
Evening star., 1937-11-19

a r RS. GILBERT M. HITCH
M COCK. widow of former Sen
W. ator Hitchcock, has returned
4 to Washington and opened
her house on Kalorama road. after
spending about four weeks at her home
in Omaha
Former Senator and Mrs. Felix
Hebert and their daughter, Miss
Marguerite Hebert, have arrived from
their home in Providence, R. l., and
are at the Shoreham. where they will
remain over the week end.
The former Solicitor General and
Mrs. j. Crawford Biggs have returned
to Wardman Park Hotel for the win
ter season.
Mrs. Lawrence Wood Robert, jr.,
was hostess at an informal luncheon
yesterday in her apartment at the
Hotel Mayhower for a group OF prom
ine1 young Washington matrons who
will model coronation gowns for the
January velvet ball. The ball, which
will be held at the Mayfower Janu-
ary s, is being sponsored by the
Citizens Permanent Committee, Inc,
for the benefit Of the school childrens
lunch fund.
Capt. John Mclean Luby. U. S. N,
retired, and Mrs. Luby of Corpus
Christi, Tex, are spending a few days
Evening star., 1937-11-19
Residential Social News
Mrs. Gilbert Hitchcock Opens House
On kalorama Road.

at the Shoreham and will go to New
York on leaving Washington. They
will visit friends there next week and
will attend the Army-Navy Game In
Philadelphia.
Mrs. Philip Van Horn Lansdale has
arrived from her home in San Fran
cisco, Calf. and has taken an apart
ment at 2400 Sixteenth street NV.
Mrs. Lansdale is the sister of Mrs.
George B. Pillsbury.
Mrs. Frank Brodhead Whitaker and
her daughter, Miss Geraldine Whitaker
left Wednesday for Los Angeles for
an indefinite stay.
Mrs. David Allan Robertson will
entertain at tea this afternoon at
Goucher College in Baltimore in honor
Of Miss Margaret Ancker. Miss
Sophie Han will give a short musical
program on her native Chinese instru-
ments.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Roy of Quebec
are spending brief time at the Dodge
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall B. Dalton
OF West Newton. Mass, are at the
Shoreham while in the Capital for a
few days to visit their daughter, Miss
Meralyn Breck Dalton. who attends
Mount Vernon Seminary.
Evening star., 1937-11-19

Miss Irene Boyle. Lady Lindsay, wife
of his Britannia Majesty's Ambassador,
owing to absence from town, was not
present
From close by. but a few houses
away, came the Belgian Ambassador
and Countess Van der Straten-
Ponthoz. Other members of the diplo-
matte corps encountered were Donna
Matilde de Suvich, wife of the Italian
Ambassador; Frau Dieckhoff, wife of
the German Ambassador: the Siamese
Minister and Nine Rajamaitri, Nine.
Peter, wife of the Minister of Switzer-
land; the Marquis di Slant 'Orsola,
Naval Attache of the Italian En-
Continued on Fourth Page.)
Evening star., 1937-11-19
White House Guests.

President Roosevelt will have as
guests over the week end Mrs. Gren-
vile Temple Emmett, wife of the late
United States Minister to Austria, and
her daughters, the Misses Pauline and
Patricia Emmet, who will be in Wash
ington for the wedding of Miss Anne
Livingston Eustis. daughter Of Mrs.
William Corcoran Eustis, to Mr. Gren-
vile Temple Emmet, jr. The wedding
will take place tomorrow afternoon in
the residence of Mrs. Eustis.
Evening star., 1937-11-19
Notes From the Social Calendar Washington Envrons
Secretary of Treasury,
Wife and Daughter
To Attend Game
Morgenthaus Will Go to Princeton
Tomorrow to See Contest
With Navy.

Secretary of the Treasury Henry Mogenhau
jr and their daughter Miss E. Morgenthau will
Princeton tomorrow to attend the PrinconNavy football
game, Miss Morgenthau student at the Madeira School,
The Chief Justice Hughes will
guests whose honor Judge will entertain
at dinner November 27.
Mrs Walter F. George wife Senator George entertained
luncheon today at the Mayower compliment William
Vreen of Moultre Mrs spending few
days in Washington their home York City, where
they visited their son-naw daughter Mrs George
H. the latter formerly Rosand graduate
OF Mount Vernon Seminary
Mrs. George Mrs and Mrs Gardner, who has
Joined Mayower the had luncheon
together yesterday Restaurant
Senator R. Austin returned to their
apartment at the Mayfower Hotel.
Representative Lloyd Thurson will be at the Willard Hotel
during the congressional session. Mrs Thuson will not join him
In the Capital until the Christmas holidays.
retiring superintendent of Academy
David Sellers have purchased the house of Brig Gen Mrs
George B. Pilsbury at 2216 Wyoming
Psbury Miss Elizabeth Pillsbury will leave
Washington January Is for trip around the world.
Mrs James T. Jardine George
officials the United Department
Agriculture jointly Wednesday the American
Association University the
who Washington connection with the meetings of the
Colleges which being held this
week
hostesseS asked B.
wife of the director service at the University
Maryland Mrs Youngblood Others who assisted in
entertaining the Wilson, wife the Under
Agculture Mrs Harry Brown and Mrs Toley
Maj Glenn A. u S. and Mrs Ross of Fort Omaha,
Nebr, spending several days at the Martinique.