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Evening star., 1937-12-19
CHRISTMAS SCENE
New and Old Days in Observances Here
Contrasted-First Presidents Holiday
Gift to Nation.
Gift to Nation.

man in q most sweet and charming
manner. She was loudly encored and
gratif1ed the audience with q repeti-
ton.
The affair was q complete success
and the treasury, from all appear
ances, must show balance large
enough to procure the piano, for
which purpose the concert was gotten
up. We hope so, at least
The gem of the evening was the
duet, Voices of the Night sung by
Misses M Reiss and j. Pugh.
Miss Riess presided at the piano"
unfortunately, this old clipping is
not dated, but the entertainment prob
ably was given some time between
1866 and 1875.
PREsIDENT LINCOLN spent the
saddest four years Of any presi-
dent in the White House. and yet he
TOOK the greatest amount Of pleasure
making Christmas as happy a day as
the conditions would permit, and
nothing gave him more delight than
buying toys for little Tad" from the
toy shop which stood until few years
ago at 1907 New York avenue NV,
now bus station. To this store the
Great Emancipator frequently went,
hand-ln-hand with his young son
Ihomas, familiarly known as Tad"
to buy toys for the lads amusement.
And, no doubt, Robert, the older of
the boys, occasionally went along with
little Willie Lincoln, who died in the
White House February 20, 1862
From the first the store was con-
Quoted by Joseph Stuntz, who died
| after protracted illness in 1854, when
Mrs. Appolonia Stuntz, the widow,
Who had invariably waited on the
customers before her husbands death,
succeeded to the business.
1t was termed variety store at that
time and candies and other things
besides toys were sold there. Lincoln
loved little Tad-indeed, he was very
fond of all children-and after the
death Of his son William, shortly after
he came to the White House, his love
for his youngest son grew even
stronger, If such were possible.
INCOLN'S faculty OF being able to
relax from the great strain and
tension of the Civil War undoubtedly
carried him over many serious mental
struggles which the mind of any man
not so constituted might not have
withstood. He loved a good story and
he delighted in telling one, and yet
he could shed tears, too, when he gave
way to his feelings.
Upon many occasions Tad accom-
panied the President to the War De-
partment when Mr.. Lincoln sought
the latest telegraphic news from the
front, but, as with all boys, Mrs.
Stuntz's store had the greatest attrac-
ton for him, and here the President
no doubt at times with a heavy
heart-often went with him. Mr.. Lin
! coin sometimes made the selections
himself and frequently slipped out of
the White House and went to the
store alone in order to surprise Tad
with a toy or something he thought
the boy would enjoy, which, perhaps,
included the toy soldiers of which he
was so fond, and of which he
had whole companies and regiments
arrayed in bright -colored uniforms,
with guns, swords and cannon.
1t was the closest store of its kind
to the Executive Mansion, and during
the SOS it could almost be seen from
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the Impressive words telling of the
birth of Christ are sung by a priest
IN violet cope in the midst of sur
pliced acolytes carrying candles and
incense, reminiscent of the franklin
cense offered so long ago to q tiny
Babe in Bethlehem.
After busy day spent in decorat-
Ing the church and the other neces-
sary preparations for this important
festival, the brown-robed Sons of St.
Francis retire at an early hour to be
aroused by the ringing of a bell at
half-past 10 for the solemn midnight
Of1ce of Mathis.
In the sacristy many q whispered
Happy Feast" or merry Christmas"
NIL the moments before the friars
intone the Office of the Nativity in the
church whose high-vaulted arches
echo the ancient Psalms. Amid q
myriad blazing lights the impressive
moment arrives when the subdeacon,
the deacon and the celebrant, in copes
and accompanied by torchbearers, ap-
proach the lectern to chant the respec-
tive lessons of the third nocturne Of
the office, eliminating In the glorious
notes Of the "Te Deum," as the Mon
astery chimes ring out the glad tidings
brought by the angels centuries ago.
The solemn midnight mass follows.
It Is celebrated at the great central
altar aglow with lights and bound and
wreathed with holly and spruce.
AT THE conclusion Of this mass
there is the procession which Is
. counterpart OF the one that u
held in far-ofi Bethlehem by the
Franciscans, who have been the
church's guardians Of the holy places
during 700 years.
Reverently carrying q beautifully
carved figure Of the Holy Infant,
which was unveiled on the altar at
the Gloria" and incensed according
to the rubrics at the "Offertory," the
celebrant of the mass follows the long
procession of singing friars, vested
in surplices and carrying lighted can
dies, to the Bethlehem Grotto be-
meath the Monastery.
Here the figure Of the Babe Is
placed upon the silver star in duph-
cate Of the one which marks the place
Of the nativity in Bethlehem, with q
Latin inscription which tells that
Here of the Virgin Mary Jesus Christ
was born" Then the Gospel Of the
First Mas Of Christmas" u chant
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when quite young and was buried in
st. Mary's Church Cemetery, out on
Lincoln road.
Thomas T. (Tad) Lincoln lived to be
a promising young man of 10 years Of
age, when he died on July 16, 1871.
At the time it was said OF him: Dur
ing the period Of his fathers admin
istration he was the petted child Of
the White House, and of all who FREE
quented it. full Of life and vigor, but
with all his inSubordinatfon and reck.
Evening star., 1937-12-19
By Ethel NJ. Walsh.

)HRIsTMAS in Washington!
1 How many hearts glow with
Y fervor at the thought OF
spending the festival OF Beth
lehem in the Nations Capital.
The return of better times has been
reflected in the greatly increased num-
Der of pilgrims who journey to WASH
ington to breathe for few privileged
hours the tranquil atmosphere of the
Franciscan Monastery and to pray e.
the replicas Of the Holy Land shrines.
Although many miles separate Pal
estine and America 1t may be said
that Bethlehem exists today In the
Capital Of the Nation. Here at the
Monastery in Brookland there is ven
Grated an exact replica Of that holy
grotto which, st. Jerome tells, heard
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less mischief he was at least a child
of remarkably truthful and generous
nature. The shock of his fathers
sudden death greatly sobered and
,steadied him. His education, under
the direction of his brother, Robert,
progressed rapidly, and he had re-
Gently returned from Europe, improved
by his residence abroad.and with every
promise Of usefulness when he was
stricken down in the first flush of
early manhood.
Evening star., 1937-12-19

The devotion of the crib OF the
Chrtst-Chil originated With st. Fran
els. Dto 1Danted his people to zee az
weH as read the story of the Holy
Family.
The most solemn mass in Christen.
dom begins on Christmas epe at the
Church OF the Nattutty at Bethlehem
and at the Franctscan Monastery IN
Brookldnd.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-20
II Guests Are Named
For Duke, WaIIy NuptiaIs

MONTS, France, May 20 dN.SO
Seventeen guests are expected to
attend the wedding Of the Duke OF
Windsor and Mrs. Wallis Warfield,
it was reported today.
Invitations to the ceremony
were said to have been sent to ana
accepted by the following:
Sir Walford Selby, British Min
lister to Austria, and Lady selby;
Sir Walter and Lady Monckton,
Lord and Lady Brownlow, Major
Edward D. Metcalfe and Lady
Alexandra Metcalfe. Capt. w. D.
C. Greenacre, Hugo Lloyd Thomas,
counsellor of the British Embassy
at Paris, and Mrs. Thomas; Capt.
Edward H. Fielden and Mrs. Fiel-
den, Major Ulick Alexander, Sir
Piers Leigh, Sir Godfrey and Lady
Thomas.
The bridal party will include
Herman L. Rogers and Mrs. Rog.
ers, and Mrs. Warfield's aunt. Mrs.
D. M. Merryman of Washington.
Rogers, in answer to a pointed
question, advanced the opinion
that Mrs. Warfield will become
"Her Royal Highness" when she
marries the Duke. He said:
81 presume she will become
Her Royal HighnesS autOmati-
cally."
Made from gold out Of the only
gold mine in Wales, wedding rings
vii be worn by both the bride
and the bridegroom, Rogers said.
Wedding rings of the Dukes and
Duchesses of Kent and Gloucester
came from the same source.
There will probably be one re-
hearsal of the religious ceremony
in the music room, which has q
piano and adjoins the library,
where there is a pipe organ.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-20
International News Service

Claudius T. Murchison, Cot
ton Textile Institute president,
charged today that wage and pro-
duction powers granted the pro-
posed national textile commission
by the Ellenbogen Little NRA''
bill could virtually wipe out OF
existence overnight any portion Of
the textile industry the commits
sion chose"
Appearing before House Labor
subcommittee, Murchison opposed
the measure, but asserted the in
dustry had repeatedly gone on
record favoring a 40-hour week
for its employees. He said mot
more than 10 per cent" Of the
industry now imposes hours longer
than 40 per week.
The National Association OF
Cotton Manufacturers in q letter
to Representative Connery CD
Of Massachusetts,, House Labor
Committee chairman, declared It.
self "irrevocably opposed to this
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-20
WALLY NUPTIAL
RITES TO LAST
10 MINUTES
BY KENNETH 7. DOWNS
tcopyright. 1887 by International
News Service)

MoNTs. France. May 20
1NSO-The marriage Of the
Duke of windsor and Mrs. Wallis
Warfield will be conducted IN
French.
And the ceremony will be per-
formed by a simple, unassum1ng
country doctor similar in his ur1'
spoiled, natural dignity to DR.. Al
Ian Roy Dafoe, famous Northern
Ontario physician who brought
the Dionne quintuplets into the
world in Canada.
During the ceremony, which
will last 10 minutes, the mayor
said. he will address Mrs. War
field as wallis warfield" and
the Duke by his full list OF names
and titles.
DR. Charles MERCER, mayor OF
the little town of Monts and It's
principal physician, who WILL
marry the former British monarch
and his American-born tiancee,
told me today the French Ian
guage would be used for the wed
ding ceremony because:
1.-THE Duke and Mrs. Warfield
speak French very well, certain
" better than speak English"
81 was supposed to be married
August 4, 1914" he told me.
you know what happened that
day."
The mayors eye lighted as he
recalled how he mixed war and
romance. He recalled:
81 was a lieutenant in the am
bulance corps. On December
Fl, 1915, got a brief furlOugh
and rushed from the Marine to
the Somme - where 1 married
her"
"Was she a nurse?"
He laughed and replied:
"No, only very pretty girl"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-20
SEN: ROBINSON
DOOMED
Continued from Page II

Continued from Page II
ing a petition to be signed by
every member Of the Sente, Demo
crat, Republican and Independent
alike, asking the President to
name Robinson to the vacancy
created by the retirement June 2
Of Associate Justice Van Devanter.
President Roosevelt was placed
on a rather embarrassing spot by
the Senatorial pressure for the ap-
pointment of Senator Robinson.
In his dramatic message to Con.
greSS asking reorganization and
enlargement of the Judiciary
months ago, and in the fireside
radio talks which followed it, Mr..
Roosevelt emphasized his desire to
infuse the Supreme bench with
new and younger blood. The Presi-
dent had indicated his intention
Of not appointing men to the Fed
eral bench who were over so.
win be IS In August
Robinson will be IS years old
in August. He served 10 years in
the House before becoming COVER
nor Of Arkansas in 1913, kept that
Office a few days and then served
"a continuous years In the Senate.
He became Democratic leader Of
the Senate in 1922 and assumed
the majoriy leadership on March
4, 1888.
Friends Of Robinson declared
his appointment to the Supreme
Court would go far toward paw
ing the way to q compromise on
the judicial bill. Both friends
and foes Of the Presidents plan
asserted Robinson was qualified
and eligible, despite the recent
enactment Of q Supreme Court
retirement act.
It was difficult to some OBJ
servers to discern just how the
Robinson appointment would aid
a compromise, but his friends
persisted it would take much Of
the bitterness out Of the con-
troverSy and negotiations for a
compromise could proceed with
better prospects Of success.
This contention was advanced
in the face of steady reports that
the President would approve no
compromise, but desired q finish
fight on his original bill, which
would give him power to increase
the court ultimately to is justices.
It was argued, too, in the face Of
unfailing denunciaCion OF . Cul.4-
promises by the leaders Of the OPP
position to the Presidents bill.
Despite an these developments,
Administration leaders persisted
in seeking a compromise.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-20
Capital City Forum
To Discuss FasCisnI

"Fascisn VS.. Industrial Democ-
racy" has been chosen as the
topic for discussion tomorrow
night (Friday) at the Capital City
Forum, 1902 Fourteenth st. N. w.,
between David j. Saposs, labor
economist, and August Tyler, labor
editor, it was announced today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-20
Student Sought

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio. May 20
dN.SO-Reported missing since
Saturday, search was started to-
day for Donald Trout, 20, an Ohio
University senior, at the request
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. @.
Trout, of Plattsburg. He disap-
peared after leaving home to re-
turn to school.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-20
Man Beaten, Robbed

Walking in the park at Seventh
and K Streets Northwest last
night, George Kelly, SIS, Of Alexan-
dria, was struck over the head and
robbed of $48. He was treated at
Emergency Hospital
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-20
PROBE DEATH OF NURSE

found unconscious in the CORR
dor OF an apartment house in
the 300 block Sixteenth st.
NJ, W., Saturday night and re-
moved to Garfield Hospital,
where she died yesterday. De-
tectives said there were indica.
tons she died from an overdose
Of q sleeping medicine.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-20

Police and the coroner's office
today were investigating the
death of Miss Katherine O'Don:
nell, IS, who came here recently
from West Hazelton, Pa, to take
q position in the Indian Affairs
Bureau.
Miss ODonnell, q nurse, was
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-20
TEXTILE NRA" RAPED
tory legislation

type Of regulatory legislation
and added:
'The supreme authority
vested in this commission
would be so unreaSOnably ex-
tensive it would dispOssesS the
manufacturer of practically any
voice or authority in the man.
agement of his own business"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-20

JEAN GREEN'S FREE COOKING
for Government Girls starts today at
Potomac Park Apis. Cafeteria, 21st
and c SITS. N. W.. at 4:4S p. NJ. Don't
Miss This!
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-05-06

Denison tried to read the riddle.
The first shot had come from a re-
volver; the second, sharper and less
open, had come from rifle. 1t
all dawned on Denison-they were
signal shots.
He whirled toward Pardaloe.
"Hand me Clubfoot's gun, BILL he
said. Securing the gun, he fred
1t twice In the air.
"Scme gnesswork here, Clubfoot,"
he remarked, emptying and tossing
the gun on the ground. ~ don't
know whether your answer was to
be one or two"
Scarcely were the words out of
his mouth, when spatter OF re-
volver shots rang across the creek.
"Bill,"". exclaimed Denison, "that's
a fight. If these birds make you
the least trouble, shoot EN-. I'm
going over"
GLOW you goin' over?" called Par
dalOe. .'ss
. "Quiekest way l can, Bill" he
shouted 1.-THE bridge"
He was running for his horse.
"You're crazy. It'll drop you a
hundred feet, I" shouted Parda-
loe.
swatch your prisoners !"
Denison was galloping away.
Pardaloe, petrifed, watched the
disappearing horseman. Nothing but
the sharp echo on his ears of flying
hoofs convinced him he was not
dreaming, for he never would have
believed sober Bill Denison would
take SO slender a chance of getting
across the creek alive. The clat-
ter of hoofs grew fainter. At times
they ceased, and the old frontiers
mans breath choked him. Then, as
if in answer to his straining ears.
came the hollow sound of hoof-
beats on wood. Denison had reached
the bridge.
An instant later there came into
Parda1oe's sight, in the distant
moonlight, the ghostlike figure of
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-05-06

horse flying across the rotten
bridge. Pardaloe OWNED at once
that the pony had thrown his rider.
Then, Of q sudden, the riderless
beast whirled with a spring and, as
If somehow guided, shot ahead again
he was third Of the way oyer.
Pardaloe's jaws came together
squarely and comfortably, for he
now understood. Denison was on
that horse, clinging to it's back like
panther.
But there was still the east-end
plank gap to cross. Scott had said
the big one was ten feet, but he
had not seen it for a year. 1t might
easily be twelve or fifteen feet;
suppose it were twenty?
With Denison more than halfway
across, the clatter Of hoofs grew
fainter. One, two, three rifle shots
rang out In fairly quick succession.
To this day the gap that Denison
jumped has never been measured.
The reckless rider had been spot
ted when he was less than halfway
across. McCrossen, riding behind
the cattle, had galloped forward
when Rebstock ahead was inter-
copied and questioned by Scott. The
half-breed's gun signals had been
taken by Redstock az an attack,
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-05-06

There is nothing which so adds to
the treasures Of the mind and In
creases it's power as it's own think
ing. Learn to think for yourself. 1t
is all very well to hear and to read
the wisdom Of others. But one
should not let this take the place
Of his own thought. Many persons
are like cisterns, they are good to
hold the thoughts of others. But
when the time comes they are
forced to rely on themselves, they
have no power to do so. The out
side supply is cut off and the els
tern runs dry. But If one, like the
river, is constantly fed by it's own
springs, then, as the learning of
others comes to him, 1t unites with
his own waters and the stream wild
ems and deepenR
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er side really knew what 1t was all
about, they were exchanging shots.
But the instant McCrossen saw the
horse dashing along the rotten
bridge, his sixth sense of danger
guessed the rider for an enemy, and
without moments hesitation he
trained a rifle on him and fred.
By chance that rarely favors des-
perate measures, Denison sprawled
from the final leap across the bridge
gap into a fringe Of sand and will
lows that evergreen the eastern
bridge approach.
Threading the underground on his
trembling horse, Denison got away
from the bridge as fast as he could;
somebody was still throwing rifle
slugs toward it.; but once away
from the danger point, he lost Nc
time in making himself heard.
Denison, from the willows, called
loudly, "Who's driving these cattle?"
1.-THE, man that owns en-" shout
ed McCrossen. riding out into the
open, fifty yards away. who the
hell are you, hidin' in that brush?
If you're man, show yourself"
Denison pushed into the open.
you're driving this bunch, McCros-
SEM"
II am. What do you want, Deni-
SOM" he demanded angrily.
Il want these steers, McCrossen.
And ] want you"
"These steers belong to me for
wages, an I've got twice as many
back there yet. Now I've got just
one word for you, Denison: Get out
Of my way an keep out Of my way"
IF you've got any rights in these
cattle, turn 'em back to the Mead
ows and lay your claim for wages
before the Stockmen's Claims
Board" retorted Denison.
"What the hell's all this to you?
Do you claim 'em?" demanded Nc
Crossen savagely.
II don't claim hoof, but want
to talk with you, McCrossen, before
you Jump to the Panhandle"
"What about?"
"About who fred my ranch house
and about Henry Sandy"
''Tryin' to pick quarrel with me,
eh, Denison? Well, you needn't try
very hard. I don't like you, Deni-
son. I never did. ! never had any
use for you. Now will you pull off
these buns that are millin' my
steers?"
evil you head 'em back for the
Meadows and talk to me?"
"No!"
"No!"
The two refusals were fast. But
while the second was being ut
tered, Rebstock cried, "Crowd him,
Dave" and fired at Denison.
The next instant three horsemen
were plunging at one another on
rearing horses and throwing their
shots at one another in very un-
certain light.
none or the three was new al
the deadly game; each used his
own pet tactics. McCrossen took
his partners advice. The three had
talked twenty yards apart. Nc
Crossen and Rebstock dashed in
from two sides of the triangle to
kill before Denison could retreat.
In fact, retreat was out Of the
thinking. Denison, caught between
the two men, was forced to divide
his fire. With blow stinging his
left arm, he jumped his horse past
the two, whirled, and came back
outside, with McCrossen shooting
at him fast. The maneuver Of Den
ison's put McCrossen into Reb'
stocks line of fire.
mn DE- HONTJNJJEDl