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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-14


The Ambassador Of Great Brit
ain and Lady Lindsay entertained
informally at luncheon yesterday
at the Embassy.
Their guests were Sir Walter
and Lady Maxwell-Scott, Lady
Blackett, Donna Julia Brambilla,
Mrs. Granger Blair, Assistant Sec
rotary of State Francis B. Sayre;
Mr.. John Lord, Mr.. We're Tweedie
and Mr.. Arthur Krock.
The Governor Of the Federal
Reserve Board and Mrs. Mariner
Stoddard Eccles entertained at
dinner on the Shoreham Terrace
Saturday evening for visitors from
out of town, Mr.. and Mrs. Ross
Beason, Of New York city and
Florida.
Major Marcelo Aubone Quiroga,
of Buenos Aires, military attache
to the Argentine Embassy in Rome,
Italy, who arrived from Europe on
the Conte di Savoia, is at the Am
baSSador Hotel in New York City
for several weeks.
\
Mrs. Horace Meek Hickman an
nounces the engagement Of her
daughter, Miss Martha Hickman,
to Lieut.. Rudolph Fink, Air Corps,
U. S. A.
Miss Hickham's father was the
late Col. Horace Hickman, Air
Corps, U. s. A.
Lieutenant Fink is the son OF
Albert Fink, Of Chicago. and Mrs.
Frederick Poteet, Of San Fran
cisco. He was graduated from the
United States Military Academy in
1929 and Is now stationed at Sci
fridge Field, Michigan, with the
First Pursuit grApp.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-14

i Among the modern dudes, u
Mrs. Hager says, there are still
some who try the puncher's sense
Of humor and self-control severe
ly." Cowboys turn out in their
best outfits to "wrangle" them as
they would any other CRITTERS. "
Wrangling includes care of equip
ment as well as horses and people.
Things have to be extra slick"
around dude ranch. And a wrar1-
gler goes out with every party,
no matter how small, to be sure
it doesn't get lost and that there
are no accidents.
Mrs. McCarran Lyrical
The wife of Senator McCarran,
Of Nevada naturally grows lyrical
on the subject Of the. West and
Catherine Halves is another young
miss who has been the inspiration
for a turnout Of fancy clothes
and unexpected feats of horseman-
ship on a dude ranch. And
"dudines" dudes Of the fair sex)
are the reason for plenty of square
dances and a good deal of range
melody in the evenings when the
"hands" find time to get together
with their harmonicas and accor-
dionS.
To return to Mrs. Hager's book:
There are some dudes, who, after
a while, in the cowboys estima-
ton, cease to be dudes. They are
the ones who find what the cow
boy himself has found in his part
of the country-its beauty, its
freedom, its joy in simple living!"
They take it's harder episodes
without complaint, do their share
of the work if they can Or keep
quietly out of the way If they
can't. They enjoy a joke, even If
it's practical one on themselves.
They like nothing better than to
get away into the mountains with
a pack train and rough it" for q
couple of weeks, eating out of a
skillet" sleeping in a bedroll on
the ground.
S'ea ce~'''"
Reg. .. .. Pat. Of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-14
Roadside" Opens

Cooling breezes and melodramat
ic action unite tonight to usher
summer amuSementS, barn-theater-
going at the Roadside. The set.
ting in the old red barn out the
Rockville Pike where an ever-en-
thusiastic group of people have
been offering old-time mellers and
grand old plays of a generation
or two ago to residents and visi-
tors in the Capital city. The play
is 1.-THE Wizard of the Wave"
In recognition of having made
the first reservation for opening,
Representative Claude Parsons of
Illinois will ring the cowbell at
1888 o'clock to call the audience
for the first act.
1.-THE Wizard of the Wave" will
be the attraction at the barn play
house for this week and next. A
number Of theater parties have
been arranged for the first week
already.
Tomorrow night Mr.. ]. L,
Hoover, Miss Ethel Smalley, Mrs,
Edwin Taylor, Mrs. Henry Der.
liner, and Mr.. Henry Murphy will
bring guests. Later in the week,
Mrs. Frances Hatch, Miss Lois
Lacy, Mrs. B. IYungkwai, Mr.. D.
c. Dandland, Dr.. Samuel MachliS.
and Miss Helena Cook will enter
tain their friends at Roadside.
i \
Mr., Edwin A. Halsey, Jr., son OF
Secretary of the Senate and Mrs
Edwin A. Halsey, has returned
from Dartmouth College for the
summer holidays. Mr.. Halsey has
completed his freshman year at
Dartmouth.
X X 4
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Copies
Reg. IN Q, ;, Fat UT,
Blu Flora Macdonald

vitation for his annual press
party at Ruthven Ut h e
Homer Cummings estate in
Rock Creek Park. The recep-
ton will be held next Sunday
from 5 until 7 o'clock.
The Corrin Strongs enter
tanned at house party over
the weekend at their place on
Gibson Island.
Some of the choicest pews in
the little Christ Protestant
Episcopal Church in Christian
Hundred. Del, where Ethel Du-
Point and Franklin D. Roose-
welt, jr., will exchange mar
riage vows on June 80 will be
occupied by tn e DuPonts'
household servants. Not even
the members of the presiden-
tial party nor the brides fam
lily will have such advantage
GUS positions. For, besides the
two rows of pews which run
down the church, four new
pews have been erected at the
side-almost on the altar. Gate
crashing will be virtually i'm
possible as the State police,
plus the Secret Service men
and private detectives will be
stationed all about the country
side. You see they have the
situation we'll in hand!
Ann Archbold is certainly
winging her way to the Orient
in fine style. She arrived in
Honolulu last week aboard the
Hawaii Clipper and is one of
the six passengers who will
continue the flight through on
the Clipper by way of Midway,
Wake and Guam, to Manila.
From there they will transfer
10 the Hong Kong Clipper for
he flight over the China Sea
o Hong Kong.
DR.. Josef Nemecek, that
,opular member of the Diplo-
uatic Corps whose daytime
luties have to do with his be-
ng Counselor of the Czecho-
,lavakian Legation, will be
lost Thursday evening at the
Inner dance at the Shoreham
nd his guest of honor will be,
1 bride-elect" (not his).
The Smith Bowmans gave a
aIightful party yesterday af-
ornoon from 5 until 7 o'clock
Sunset Hills" their Vir-
mia estate, in honor of Mrs.
;lanche E. Chenoweth.
What price charm?-When
he Bob Maxwells (she was
Mary Barbee) decided to COM
bine their belated housewarm-
ing and "beer party" they
did things up brown. 1t was
a distinctly gay and vivid at
fair, what with some 100 mem
bers of the young set wander
ing about the gardens and
dancing under the pergola.
They started arriving at 5
o'clock Saturday and con-
tinued to arrive until l a. M
however, with Bob and Mary
as such delightful and informal
hosts no one seemed to want to
leave at all and they didn't.
At least not until the wee small
hours of the morn!
The popular A. and w. Hot
Shop, out on Connecticut Ave
nue., was definitely ''horsy"
the other evening when we
slipped in for a sip. Johnny
Pugh and Louise Chase Myers,
ensconced in that russet-colored
car of Johnny's, were having
supper. By the way, how about
definite wedding date for
those two? Another expert
horsewoman whom we spied
was Margaret Cotter in a
heavy white linen frock piped
in red. Her escort (whom we
have to confess we did not
know was most attentive.
win" Brown is leaving soon
for Sugarhill, Vt, where the
Browns have perfectly charm
ing old renovated barn. win"
who is a globe-trotting miss if
we ever knew one, has just re-
turned from Jamaica, and one
of her most treasured pur-
chases, while there, is stun
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French Ambassador and Wife
Dinner Guests Tonight

The French Ambassador and Nine. Bonnet,
who have Just returned from Western trip,
will be the guests in whose the Minister of Rumana
Mr. Charles A. Dava will entertain dinner the legation
OF Twenty third Street tonight.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-14
Marriage Postponed

The wedding Of Miss Julia Cal
vert and Mr.. William Hedley
Clews, which was to have taken
place on June %, will be postponed
indefinitely due to the illness Of
Mrs. william Clews, mother Of the
bridegroom-to-be.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-14
Dolly Cameron Says:
DUDE RANCHES DRAW SOCLALITES
Miss Gail Dawley Leaves to Visit Montana Farm
Alice FIager Writes Entertaining Western Book

Western drawing and dudes from the
elite that matter all the East These modern
% see cowbo n ura setting
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summ N
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did satisfy and
Mrs. Eugene Woodson's Descriptions Are CoorfuI
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that lead
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Minneapolis spokesman., 1937-12-10
Swiss Matchmaker First
to Use Jewel Bearings

Rsfore the year 1704. the pivot
holes in the watches were just holes
drilled in the brass of the move
ment's framework.
In that year, notes a writer in the
Washington Post, Nicolas Facio, q
Swiss matchmaker working in Lon
don, patented the idea and practice
Of using a piece Of hard stone with
a drilled and polished hole in it for
a bearing for a pivot
These were at first used only at
the balance pivots, but the advan-
tages of jeweling were so evident
that it soon became customary to
jewel some of the train holes in the
best qualities Of timepieces.
The direct advantages of jeweled
pivot holes are two, the bearing is
more durable and the pivot runs
with less friction. The first named
advantage is due to the hardness Of
the stone, and the second is due to
the fact that hard stone takes a
higher polish than soft metal can
take.
For the better grade Of watches,
jewels are made Of ruby and sap
phire In the less expensive watches,
garnet is the material most gener-
ally used, because it is SO much
softer and hence less costly to work
to shape.
When synthetic corundum (ruby
and sapphire materiaD was intro
duced for the manufacture of GEM
stones, for very long time manu-
facturers. of watches hesitated to
adopt it for making jewels, in the
meantime giving the new material
thorough trials in practical use.
The result of these trials was 10
satisfy the most conservative that
synthetic sapphires and rubies are
equal to natural stones in every
quality called for in watchwork;
and synthetic stones are used prac-
tically to the exclusion of the nat
ural as raw material in the jewel
making trade.
Nearly all of the watch hole jewels
used in all countries are made in
Switzerland. Pallet stones and roll.
er jewels are generally made in
each factory for its own watches.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1937-12-10
COUNCIL MEETS


The regular meeting of the
Minnesota Negro Council was held
at Sumner Sweet Shop Sunday
evening, Dec. 5th, with ]. w,
Powell presiding.
Mrs. C. Monjoie Jones of st,
Paul was appointed Chairman of
the Courtesy Committee. She
named the following Twin Citians
as members of her committee: R.
Nathaniel Smith, Mildred Strader,
Leah Young, Beatrice Vassar and
S. o. Harris.
Reviews of "Dixie Rejects
Lynching" in the Nation by Ed
ward Kennard; "Ousting Judge
Lynch" in Nation by Clifford Ruck-
er. The provisions of the Gavagan
Anti-Lynching Bill were reviewed
by Mr.. Rucker in connection with
his review.
Eunice Brown will represent
Council at organization of State
Youth Advisory Council on De-
cember 7th. Herbert Howell re-
ported on Educational meeting of
Urban League held on December
1st at Miller Vocational High.
The next meeting will be held
on Dec. 18th at Pioneer Hall,
St. Paul.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1937-12-10
MT. OLIVE BAPTIST NOTES

The Adult Sewing Glass of Wei
come Hall is sponsoring a bazaar
Saturday and Monday, Dec. 1lth
and 18th, from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m,
and z p. m. to 10 p. m, to aid needy
families for Christmas and to pro-
vide necessities for the winter.
Bread, rolls, doughnuts, popcorn,
candy, clothing, art craft and
handicraft will be sold. Those in
charge of the four booths will be
arts and craft, Mrs. L. Boyd, Mrs.
D. Compton, Mrs. F. Clark and Mrs.
L. Ridley; sweet shoppe, Mrs. A. B.
Blakey, Mrs. E. Archer, Mrs. D.
Payne, Mrs. l. Hall and Mrs. R.
Simmons; cafeteria, Mrs. R. Bar
ker, Mrs. J. Jones, Mrs. ]. B. Thom-
as, Mrs. NJ. Hooks, Mrs. E. Ander-
son and Mrs. E. Travis; clothing,
Mrs. l. Smith, Mrs. J. C. Kempt,
Mrs. L. Stone, Mrs. C. Stone ID
Mrs. H. Baker.
Your support of this affair by
any purchase, large or small, will
be appreciated.
Mrs. ]. H. Pagan,
Instructor.
Mrs. ]. Thomas,
President.
Mrs. A. Blakey,
Reporter.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1937-12-10

day, December 6, at the Seventh
and Lyndale Church of God II
Christ, with Elder Wiggin officiat,
ing.
Interment Crystal Lake GENE,
terry. Woodland Funeral Home il
charge of arrangements.
The deceased is survived by hel
husband, Albert Lewis, and six
children, Myrtle, Seizure, Clarence
Leon, Donald and Elaine. Also sur
viving her is her father, Stephen
Carter, of Purcell, Okla, and
brothers, Amanza Carter, Kansas
City; Frank Carter, Chicago; o. L.
Carter, Minneapolis; ]. ]. Carter
Purcell, Okla, and two sisters,
Callie Mitchell, Purcell, Okla, and
Laura Martin, Tulsa.
Mrs. Louisa Wells of Chicago
reached Minneapolis Thanksgiving
morning to spend the holidays as
the house guest of her sister, Mrs.
Frances Pierre Lewis, 1924 Fourth
Ave. South.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1937-12-10
First English Book Was
Not Printed in England

The first English book ever print
ed was not printed in England, but
somewhere on the Continent, about
1474, according to the Montreal Her
aid. William Caxton, a Kentish born
apprentice to a rich London cloth
merchant, went to Bruges, to work
at his trade. He became a prom
inent man, educated himself, and
translated from French into English
a book of stories called ''Recuyen Of
the Histories of Troy" c'Recuyel"
means collection.) The duchess Of
Burgundy, who was an English
woman, liked it so much, and so
many other people wished to read it
that he soon tired Of making hand
written copies, and decided to learn
the new and wonderful art Of print
ing. This was the first book he
printed.
The first book known to be printed
in England was, THE DicteS and
Sayings of the Philosophers" 1t was
translated from the French by Earl
Rivers, which Caxton revised, and
printed, after adding a chapter and
a prologue. He had set up the
first English printing press not far
from the west door of Westminster
abbey, in a house known as The
House Of the Red Pale, from the
sign which he set over it From
this house Caxton sent out the first
printed advertisement known in
England, IF it please any men
spiritual or temporal" he says, to
buy a certain book, ''1et him come
to Westminster in to the Almonry
at the Red Pale, and he shall have
them good cheap" The advertise
ment, which is given in ''Marshalls
History Of English Literature" end
ed with some Latin words which
may be translated, "Please do not
pull down the advertisement"
Minneapolis spokesman., 1937-12-10
"Uncle SAM" Name Given
to Grant at West Point

President Grant was named Hi
ram Ulysses, but by a curious error
he became known in history as
Ulysses Simpson Grant. When he
was about seventeen years old.
he received his appointment to West
Point Military academy through
Congressman Thomas L. Hamer.
Grant had been familiarly known by
his middle name, and Hamer, who
was sufficiently acquainted with
him to know that gave the young
candidates name as Ulysses S.
Grant. Simpson was the maiden
name of his mother, and also was
borne by one of his younger broth
ers. This circumstance, according
to a writer in the Cleveland Plain
Dealer, was probably the origin Of
the error.
Grant applied to the West Point
authorities and later to the secre-
tary of war to have the error cor
rected, but somehow it was never
done. He did not press the matter,
and his associates at West Point
promptly adopted the initials U. S.
and called him Uncle Sam," a
nickname he retained to some ex-
tent in the army. He was gradual
ed in 1843, and his commission and
diploma both styled him Ulysses S.
Grant, by which name he was al
ways afterward known.
Grant was born at Point Pleasant,
Clermont county, Ohio, April n,
1922.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1937-12-10
PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH

Pilgrim B. Y. P. U. invites you
to attend their services Dec. 18th
at $50 p. m.
The subject for discussion will
be the Ever Present Christ. The
theme, How to Keep Vivid a Con-
sciousness of Christ's Living
Presence"
Come out and take part in this
iscussion. IA
You cannot spend Sunday eve
ming better than attending the
B. Y. P. U.
Our programs are certainly ~
teresting and refreshing to all.
Harry Ballard
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Anderson of
edar Rapids, Iowa, spent the past
geek-end with Mrs. Anderson's
uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. B. B.
Baker, 426 Carroll Ave.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1937-12-10
Rock Rabbit, or Coney,
a Relative of Elephant

Strange as it may seem, the
mighty elephants closest living rel
ative is the gentle little rock rabbit,
or coney, Of Africa, writes Guy
Murchie. Jr., in the Chicago Trib-
une. In outward appearance it
would be hard to find two animals
more dissimilar, for, even if mag
nified to the great size of his
cousin, the coney would appear en-
tirely different in shape. 1t is only
by very careful analysis of skeletal
structure, especially in the feet, that
biologists have proved the relation
ship, and how it came about Is a
whim of evolution.
The kinship dates back to the
Eocene age Of some forty million
years ago, when the primitive stock
of animals began to divide up into
the more or less distinct groups we
recognize today. In those days there
was neither elephant nor coney in
the world, but there was a pig Like
pigmy Of an animal with a pointed
snout. the moeritherium, which is
known to have been the common
ancestor Of both. At some time
shortly thereafter the rattier indi-
viduals of this species began to live
apart from the more tapirlike in
dividuals until two separate species
were created, the RATHER one becom-
ing smaller and more rodentlike,
while the tapirlike one developed
great size and a long proboscis, or
trunk, which is really an elaboration
of both upper lip and nose.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1937-12-10
Faith in After Life

Eskimos believe that though there
never has been time when their
spirits did not exist eventually the
good will reach the Brighter Land,
while those whose conduct has not
been so satisfactory will be rele-
gated to the Dreary Land for a Pc
riod of probation before being born
again to have another try. Reborn,
though they will remember nothing
Of what has gone before, they will
be equipped with the experience and
skill acquired during the past lives.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1937-12-10
Mexico, ID. F."

The letters ID. F." after Mexico,
the capital of the republic of Mex
leo, are the abbreviations of Dis
trito Federal" which is Spanish for
Federal District. The capital of Mex.
leo, like the capital Of the United
States, is situated in a federal dis
trict governed by the central govern
ment, and when referring to their
national capital, Mexicans say Mex
leo, D. F., just as we say Wash
ington, D. c.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1937-12-10
Hunt With BIowgun

Approximately 1000, 900 aborigines
in tropical countries hunt with the
blowgun, the rifle" Of the primi-
tive world, says writer in Golfers
Weekly. With these guns, which are
often IL feet in length, a skilled man
can blow the poisoned darts with
such accuracy as to kill birds on the
wing at distance of 200 feet.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1937-12-10
Marble Game Old

The game of marbles was once so
popular at England's Oxford and
Cambridge colleges school authori-
ties had to ban it. Marbles were
originally made from waste stone of
marble quarries. Later they were
fashioned from marble, china, glass,
agate, baked clay, porcelain and
compositions, but the same name
sticks. In industry, oil companies
use marbles to cleanse delivery
pipes.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1937-12-10
GEORGE REED BROWN

A resident of Anoka, Mimi, for
the past twenty-five years, died
Sunday morning in his home. Mr..
Brown had been in poor health for
about a year. He had been con-
fined to a hospital in Anoka for
several weeks.
Mr.. Brown was a valued en-
ployee of the 500 Line Road. Fu-
neral services and burial will be
in Anoka Thursday morning.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1937-12-10
Believe in HospitaIitY

Hospitality in Brazil is carried to
lengths. Perfect strangers in that
country will often pay ones street
care fare, merely as courtesy to
a foreign visitor. Courtesy is a uni
versal characteristic Of Brazilians
and they even apologize politely to
beggars, when they cannot or will
DOT give something.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1937-12-10
LEGAL NOTICES

File No. 1926
ORDER FOR HEARING FINAL AC-
COUNT AND PETITION FOR
DISTRIBUTION
State of Minnesota. County of Hennepin.
Probate Court.
Re Estate of William Rouse, Decedent.
1t Is Ordered that the final account and
petition for examination thereof and for
filed herein. be heard on Mon
day. December 6. 1887, at 10 o'clock A. M.
by this Court in the Court House in Min
neapolis, Minnesota, and that all persons
interested in this estate present objections,
If any. why said petition should not be
granted.
This Order shall be published in the
Minneapolis Spokesman and copies there
of mailed according TO law.
(SeaD
Witness the Hon. Manley L. Fosseen.
Judge of Probate Court, this 10th day Of
November, 1887.
ERNEST P. LoRENZ,
Clerk.
ALFRED A. DoNAGHUE, Attorney.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1937-12-10
SHIRLEY FAULK

Shirley Faulk, beloved daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Faulk, 1921
Fourth Ave. So., departed this life
December third.
Funeral services were held De-
cember sixth at two p. m. at Neal
Funeral Home, Inc. Rev. c. F.
Stewart officiated. Interment,
Crystal Lake cemetery.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1937-12-10
LEWIS MALONE

Lewis Malone, devoted husband
of Mrs. Clara Malone, $40 Lyndale
Ave. No., died December 7. Re-
mains are at Neal Funeral Home,
Inc. Funeral notice later.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1937-12-10

"Seven Seas" Figurative Term
''The seven seas" is a figurative
term denoting all the seas and
oceans of the world. 1t is often ex-
planned that the seven seas are the
Arctic, Antarctic, North and South
Pacific, North and South Atlantic
and Indian oceans. But this ex-
PLANTATION is purely imaginary, the
term not intended to be taken lit
orally. The expression was used
long before some of the oceans
named were known to the inhabit-
ants of Europe and Asia. In the
literature of the ancient Hindus,
Chinese, Persians, Romans and
other nations reference to the seven
seas is found. In modern times the
phrase 1.-The seven seas" was popu-
larized by Rudyard Kipling, who
used it as the title of a volume of
poems. Kipling himself said the
term might be regarded as refer
ring to the seven oceans, although
it was an old fgurative name for
all the waters of the world.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1937-12-10
MRS. SEIZURE LEWIS

Mrs. Seizure Lewis, 35 years old,
of 5O57 Irving Ave. No, Mime
apolis, died at Minneapolis General
Hospital Friday, December 3.