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Evening star., 1937-09-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter A. Gawler are
again in their home in Wesley Heights
after spending the Summer at their
Summer place in the lake country near
Rhinelander, Wis.
Evening star., 1937-09-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Glenn Haw-
thorne Of Herndon, Va, were the
guests Of honor at a dinner party
Sunday given by Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
A. Greene in their apartment, in
Washington,
Evening star., 1937-09-28

Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. Campbell, ac-
companied by Mr.. and Mrs. P. G..
Stratton of Columbus, Ohio, are spend
ing few days at the Dodge.
Evening star., 1937-09-28

popular parties every Saturday after
noon at the Lafayette during the
foot ball season.
Evening star., 1937-01-20

her hair The big ball at judiciary Square
remains q gala event in the social history of
Washington. The belle Of the ball was Nine.
DeBodisco wife Of the Russian Minister. She
wore Russian court dress of crimson velvet
with q white satin underskrt and train, and
made q gorgeous display Of her diamonds.
The girls wore low-necked dresses. There
were shrieks Of pain throughout the evening as
drops OF hot talow from the composition can
dies in the chandeliers fell on the bare necks
OF the dancers. Black coats of the gentlemen
were ruined with tallow streaks.
Mrs Taylor remained in seclusion at the
White House. She was no hand for society
Some say she smoked q corn-cob pipe. She
was filled with dire forebodings.
The weather on March 4, 1853, was in keep
ing with the gloom which shrouded the hearts
Of the new President, Pierce, and his wife.
sickly sunrise lit the East. There was a raw
northwestwind and the Avenue was covered
with slush.
There were six military companies and the
Marine Band in the parade. 1t was q colorless
affair. The Vice President William r. King
Of Alabama. was far from Washington. He took
his oath in Cuban planta ton house where he
had gone for his health.
While Pierce was speaking from a platform
Of New Hampshire pine, erected at the east
portico, snow began to fall and the storm was
almost a blizzard before he had finished. There
were no dances that night.
TINE next inauguration was a much more
colorful affair. James Buchanan was
escorted to the Capitol from the house
u Of w. w. Corcoran, whose guest he had
been, by more than 80 military and uniformed
civic organizations The retiring President and
his successor rode in an open carriage drawn
by two gray horses.
The aging Supreme Court justice who adj
ministered the oath to Buchanan had weighty
question on his mind. few days later he
Evening star., 1937-01-20

They came out on the east portico. Rather
faint cheers greeted Bakers introduction. The
oath was administered. Lincoln held in hts
hand his god-headed cane and his tall silk
hat. He drew the manuscript of his address
from his pocket and laid the cane under the
table. He could find no place to put his hat,
so he continued to hold It, The situation was
embarrassing because the new President
couldn't make the appropriate gestures with
the hat in his hand. He looked about uneasily
His old enemy, Stephen A. Douglas. was
seated on the platform. Douglas. noting Lin
coins predicament. stepped forward. took the
hat and held 1t through the address.
The solemnity Of the Inauguration was re-
heved by an inaugural ball that night in q
temporary building In Judiciary Square. There
were 5000 dancers. The Lincolns came at IL.
Mrs. Lincoln entered on the arm Of Senator
Douglas. She was gowned in white silk, with q
wreath OF 1asmines and violets around her
head. Her hair was puffed and frizzled. Some
Of the ladies had powdered their heads with
gold and diamond dust
Washington society was not there It was
in no mood for dancing. It's heart was across
the Potomac.
few days later Abraham Lincoln called
on the North for volunteers to serve so days.
The turbulent tide of war had cast q village
tailor into the of1ce of Vice President of the
United States. On March 4. 1865. he was %
take the oath Of ONCE with Abraham Lincoln.
It was somber. drizzly day, very muddy
underfoot. Andrew johnson must have felt
something Of an inferiority complex as he pre-
pared to 60 before the Senate and assume the
second highest office within the gift Of the
people. He had suffered q chill on the way
to the Capitol. He said he was sick and asked
the attendant In the Vice Presidents room for
some whisky.
A bottle and q water goblet were produced.
johnson filed the glass twice and drained the
contents The retiring Vice President, Hannibal
Hamlin, held his arm as he staggered into the
Senate chamber
II kiss this book in the face of my Nation
Of the United States" he said thickly when the
oath was administered.
Evening star., 1937-01-20

was to announce his ruling that colored man
named Dred Scott who had been taken North
by his owner, had no rights before the law and
that the Nation could do nothing to save him
and his family from being sold South"
The great inaugural ball was held in tenn
porary annex to the City Hall. The President
came at IL, accompanied by his niece, Harriet
Lane. Dancing continued all night. North and
South danced together.
But on March 4, 1861, a week after Lincoln
and his family stole secretly into Washington
in the chill damp of the Winter morning, It
was different. The shoes Of the soldiers were
not shined 50 neatly, nor their guns 50 shiny
The guns were loaded. The soldiers were
there to Tight. The Capital, it was known was
thronged with Southern sympathizers. There
were muttered threats that Lincoln would never
live to take the oath. Some said that there
was Southern plot to capture the city from
within and take over the machinery Of gov
ernment.
The morning dawned warm and sunny Lin
coin and Buchanan rode together in an open
carriage. On each side Of the carriage rode
q double file Of cavalrymen ready for action.
Companies Of infantry marched ahead and
behind. Sharpshooters were stationed at the
upper windows Of most Of the houses on Penn
sylvania avenue. Cavalry patrols guarded the
street crossings. regiment Of District of Co.
lumbia militia was drawn up at the Capitol
steps. On Capitol Hill was battery Of light
artillery. Old Winfield Scott, the ranking gen.
eral of the Army, had made the preparations
The Mexican War hero was ready for battle.
The procession reached the Capitol without
incident Lincoln walked down the aisle Of
the House leaning on the arm Of his oldest
friend in Washington, Senator Baker Of Oregon.
few months later Baker was killed at the
head Of his regiment at Balls Bluff, just few
miles outside of Washington, and the President
was to know his first great personal grief Of
the war.
Evening star., 1937-01-20
Bolivian Launched Union.

THE United States, home of the headquarters
Of the Pan-American Union, failed to
participate in the first meeting which brought
about the development Of the great peace -pro-s
noting organization.
1t was Samuel Bolivar, the great liberator,
who instgated the first meeting.
Called together by Bolivar in 1926, repre-
sentatives Of several Latin American republics
met to discuss the furtherance of peace At
the urging of Henry Clay. President Adams
prevailed upon Congress to authorize partici-
patton by the United States. but the delegates
arrived too late for the meeting.
Through the efforts of James G. Blaine,
Secretary Of State in 1889, Representatives of
II American nations met in Washington in
1889 and organized the Commercial Bureau Of
American Republics.
At the fourth conference of American states
in Buenos Aires in 1910 the present name wac
adopted During the same year the present
home OF the Union was completed here by
means of gift of $85O,o00 by Andrew Car
negie, supplemented by an additional 1925 600
contributed by the American republics
The Union is supported now by the 81 re-
publics of North and South America, with the
expenses pro-rated according to population.
Evening star., 1937-01-20
w VAR with Mexico was q foregone con-
n clusion on the day James K. Polk Of
" " Tennessee was inaugurated.
Sheets of rain drenched the crowd


Sheets of rain drenched the crowd
which listened to his inaugural address. For
half an hour he spoke over sea OF umbrellas.
A miracle was wrought that day. Prof. Sam
uel F. B. Morse had set up his magnetic tele-
graph on the portico platform. While the
President was speaking the inventor sent rum
ming account of what he said to Baltimore.
The day of Taylor's Inauguration was warm
and sunny. Cannon roared and the city church
bells pealed at dawn. The old soldier, dressed
in black suit, rode to the Capitol in carriage
drawn by four black horses. The Speaker OF
the House and the Mayor Of Washington rode
with him. President Polk got into the carriage
beside Taylor at the Irving Hotel Twelfth
street and Pennsylvania avenue. There were
IL companies of soldiers in the parade. These
were followed by Rough and Ready Clubs of
Washington, Georgetown and Alexandria. A
delegation from Baltimore had four bands IN
line. There was contingent Of feathered and
banketed Indians.
Wild cheering followed the administration
Of the oath by Chief Justice Taney. Zachary
Taylor was a soldier and not a scholar. His
inaugural address was short and blundering.
He told his cheering admirers that the United
States was "at peace with all the world and
The balance of mankind"
That night there were three inaugural balls
--one at a temporary structure in Judiciary
square, a military ball at Carusi's and another
at Jackson Hall on Pennsylvania avenue. The
President and Vice President attended them all.
Old Zachary even tried to dance. He was be-
ginning to enjoy himself in his new role.
His wife would take no part in the gayety.
He was attended by his daughter Betty, in q
simple white dress and a solitary white in
Evening star., 1937-01-20

Harrison, the Warrior,
Was Conquered by
Death Partly Because of
His Exertions at His
Own Inaugural. Lincoln
Rode Through a Hostile
Crowd. Harding Read
From the Bible.
Evening star., 1937-01-20

those days Tippecanoe clubs from Virginia
and Maryland were represented with log cabins
mounted on wheels, each with its hard cider
barrel and coonskin nailed to the door. The
students Of Georgetown College marched down
the Avenue, headed by the faculty in biretta
and black robes. There was something pro-
phetic Of new age in the power loom. mounted
on a wagon, which was entered by factory
at Laurel, Md.
1t was hard, full day for the conqueror OF
Tecumseh, but he stuck 1t out like soldier.
All the afternoon he received at the White
House. He stood on his old legs and shook
hands with everybody who came. sustained by
the intoxication of excitement. He would not
miss anything of this strange honor the whole
Nation was paying to rough frontiersman.
That night there were three inaugural balls.
The President attended all three Of them. 1t
is recorded that he danced a polka with Mrs.
Gales wife of the editor Of the Intelligencer
Back in the White House at midnight, away
from the music and revelry Of the dance halls,
William Henry Harrison was too tired to sleep
Age demanded its due. Tremors, inside and
outside, shook the battle -wracked body. He
stumbled into bed.
An owl, perched ON window outside his
bed room, hooted all night. He was querulous
the next morning, complaining that dog had
been bowling under his window. He died
month later.
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Chapter l9
Turning The Tables

TT WAS a good half hour after
1 Kay and Ted had left him on
the mesa before Scrap Johnson
came back to consciousness. He
stirred painfully, tried to sit up,
then fell back as he felt himself
constrained by the ropes that
bound him.
Swearing to himself, he strained
against his bonds, and gave snarl
Of satisfaction as he felt them give
slightly. Alternately resting and
working to loosen the knots in the
rope, he finally cleared himself and
staggered to his feet.
His Jaws ached and his face was
ugly with rage as he slowly started
back to the Flying Six on foot. He
had not gone far when he saw a
cloud Of dust in the distance, and
emerging from it the figure Of a
horseman coming toward him at a
full gallop.
As he recognized Josh Hastings,
Scrap Johnson's jaw set and his
hand made an instructive grab for
his gun. A savage oath burst out as
he encountered the empty holster.
He had no illusions as to the re-
ception he would get from his boss.
Failure was the one thing for
which Josh Hastings had no pa
tience or sympathy, and his fiery
temper when he was thWarted was
something to reckon with.
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1
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| grabbed his shoulder. "Give me
this whole thing straight"
You've got the whole thing
straight enough" Scrap wrenched
himself away. 'I'm resigning from
your outfit anyway, here and now"
'Resigning like hell" Josh Has
tings roared. You're fired, and the
quicker you vanoose from this
range, the better!"
'sThis don't seem to be my popu-
lar dayl" Scrap Johnson swag-
gered insolently. "Your sweet
hearts boy friend threatened to
kill me the next time he saw me.
Maybe you can figure why?" he
tainted.
A look Of cunning flashed into
his face at an idea that suddenly
struck him, and he reeled over
close to Josh Hastings mount,
where his eye had caught sight of
a gun in the saddle pocket.
Before Josh Hastings could re-
cover from his renewed conviction
that he was dealing with a drunken
man, Scrap had grabbed the gun
and covered him with lightning
draw.
"FIist 'em!" There was nothing
drunk about Scraps tone now, and
Josh Hastings dropped his reins
and reluctantly obeyed.
.'Seein' as how I'm through with
this range anyway, I'll make my
exit in style, " Scrap sneered. Sup
pose you unfasten that belt of
yours and toss it over here?"
'You'll pay for this good and
plenty" Josh Hastings ragged as he
obeyed. s5e dsp
SIM not sticking around to make
any payments" Scrap stopped to
pick up the belt with its holster
and gun attached, with his left
hand. He never took his eye from
Josh Hastings or shifted his aim.
That Hike Back
HOOKING the belt over his arm,
Ii Scrap re ached over and
grabbed the bride of his victims
mount.
@Get down." he ordered, his gun
unerringly trained on his former
boss. Now, vamoose yourself" he
ended ferociously, when this last
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SYNOPSIS: When Kay Cram
don's Lazy Nine ranch house and
barn burn, Josh Hastings, Gunner
of the Flying Sir, tries to buy her
ranch and court Kay. But she
hates him and is determined to
keep her ranch and rebuild. Ted
Gdyaor, a puncheT she iinpulsive-
III hired, stiTs the outfit to cut its
olUn timber and rebuild iDithout
pay. Hastings sends his colcha4d
Scrap johnson to tie up the only
aUailable timber land. But Ted
aDins the race for an option, then
s0Isips Scrap for nlolesting Kay
and leaves him unconscious on
the mesa.
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now and then is helpful to the
best of men,
And in spite of Fred's affection
for Mr.. Roosevelt, it seems that he
don't hold no kindly feelings for
some of the "new DEAL hired help
who seem TO think they can order
a governor Ground, just because
they happen to be an office boy
in the administration playhouse.
So right at the moment there's
a big argument goin' on as to just
what constitutes UNEMPLOY-
MENT in Florida. Fred insists
that Mr.. Emerson IS unemployed
and one Of Mr.. Roose selt's hired
men contends tibet he most defin-
itely IS employed.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I'm bet
tin on Fred.
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command had been oheyed. ssYou
can have that hike back instead OF
melp
AS Josh Hastings hesitated,
Scrap shifted his aim the fraction
of an inch, and sent a shot that
nipped the brim of his victims To-
gallon hat, and sent it spinning to
the ground.
Without waiting for a further
reminder, Josh Hastings turned
and headed for the Flying Six,
splutteriag with inarticulate rage.
After watching him for a second.
Scrap johnson swung into the
saddle, and headed at a gallop for
the distant blue ridges Of the Bit
ter Root mountains
BY the time Josh Hastings
reached home, his rage was no
longer inarticnlate, but il was none
the less intense.
In the two hours during which
he had INDUCED in the unaeeus-
toned exercise of trudging pain
fully across the hard sun-baked
surface Of the range, he had had
plenty Of time 10 face the bitter
truth that he had not only been
made fool Il BY his former cow
hand, but BY Kay Crandon Is well.
just when he bad seemingly had
everything in his own hands, the
tables had been turned. and he was
now apparently farther than ever
from accomplishing his ends.
The appearance Of Ted Gaynor
on the scene particularly enraged
him, and the taunting hints that
Scrap johnson had thrown out
about his being Kayss 'sboy
friend. : s1ade him see red.
The thought of any rival was
intolerable. but the idea that the
man whom he believed he had put
down once and for all n the past
should come hack 10 challenge him
was "a added outrage.
tcop2slehf, 1871. Marie e Nerraus)
Josh Hastings ends his two enemies
a bis nesey. tomorrow. and plets
FeTeaEe.
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decided 10 make his own car, 50
he'd Be sure to know how to oper-
ate II
The finished product rambIes
about the sgrcets of this Wabash
river town. with Brian at the
wheel It's the envy AZ all the
children. and the grownaps are
interested. At least.
~ first he operated il s. hand
pumping. Ike hand ear. Bat
now il operates with 3 washing
machine motor Il viii rnn Is
miles an boar. and once dumped
Brian IN tie ditch.
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Whats the meaning Of this?''
Josh Hastings pulled his plunging
mount TO a sliding halt as he came
abreast Of the plcdding puncher.
Where's your cayuse? And
where's that option / sent you to
get?"
Resentment fiared into Scrap
Johnson's eyes, and in his reckless
mood It was well for Josh Hastings
that his holster was empty.
You were too damn slow. 2
Scrap Johnson snarled. They beat
you to 1t.
A dark flush came over Josh
Hastings fiorid face. He swore.
You mean you let Kay Crandon
set there ahead of your"
Sure I didn't" Scrap answered
eullenly. II stopped her all right.
But when ! got to Old Man Warren.
! found one Of her punchers, a guy
named Gaynor, had got there
ahead Of me, and bought up the
ridge you wanted and an option
On the rest.
Taunts For Hastings
HASTINGS exploded into a
! 4 string Of oaths. The foxy
little hllyl" he ragged, then broke
OF short and looked keenly at
Scrap. what do you mean about
stopping her? Where is she9n
A reckless disregard Of conSe-
quences suddenly possessed Scrap.
He was slated 70 be fred anyway,
50 he might as well get al the re-
venge he could.
Wouldn't you like 20 KNOW ne
5eered. tive beaten you 70 il with
those red lips, anyway and be-
believe me they amt waiting
around for you'll That same Gay
nor guy came up and caught me
OF guard, damn him. but III get
even YETI He gave a Wild inco-
herent laugh at Hastings express
sion. Some rival you've got
fherel" he ended, and IS she sweet
On him2 On, hoyla
shut up, you drunken foolse
Josh Hastings reached over and
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Today's Horoscope

Today gives strong character,
given to scientific methods and
capable Of carrying out difficult
researches to the ultimate end.
There may develop a vein Of cum
ming and sometimes cupidity. 3
keen sense Of rivalry. and some
Jealousy. These latter traits
should be kept strictly ander con-
troll. II present.
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Observation-Disclosures
Today's Birthdays

Gen. Ballington Booth, founder
head of the Volunteers of Amer.
lea, New York, horn in England,
7s years ago.
Joe E. Brown, actor-comedian,
born at Holygate, Ohio, As years
ago.
Rear Admiral William T. Tar.
rant, U.S.N., born at Black Hawk,
Miss, 50 years ago.
Henry w. Phelps of New York
City, president of the American
Gas Company, born at Lewistown.
H., "a years ago.
DR. J. Gresham MacSen Of Phil
adelphia, Presbyterian theologian,
born in Baltimore, SIS years ago.
John A. Brown, president Of
Soeony- Vacuum Oil, born at
Hampton, Pa, 50 years ago.
Mary Anderson de Navarro Of
England, famed oldtime actress,
bron at Sacramento, Cal, rs years
ago.
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RESPONDS TO
RADIO MUSIC

GRANVILLE. H., July Is
Mrs. Jane Bridges has uncovered
new evidence that emusic hath
charms" etc.
She dialed her radio to a musi-
cal program and started for
rocking chair on the front porch.
She stepped back in fright. A
huge black snake had beaten her
to the chair. He raised his head,
cobra-like, and swayed rhythm
ically, peering through the open
window through which the music
waited.
Unappreciative, Mrs. Bridges
screamed. A neighor armed with
club halted the terrifying terpsi-
chorean.
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NEW ARRIVAL in
PIERCE FAMILY

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Pierce
announce the birth of a fine boy
last Friday in their home at 921l
Whitehead street.
The baby weighed eight pounds
and has been named Harold
Michael. Mother and son are do
ing nicely.
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Bathroom Singers

It is a sort of inferiority com.
pick that makes men sing in the
bathroom. That is about the only
room in which they can sing and
sound as if they had a big voice.
Kansas City Star.
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GIRLS DON'T BE SKINNY
GET SOME cURyESM

Fill out those thin places and
get the pretty curves men admire.
Take vinol (iron tonicl and you'll
be surprised how your figure inn
proves. Tastes delicious. Oriental
Pharmacy.
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HOMEMADE AUTO
bitches DRIVER

ST. FRANCIsNILLE. III. 1ag
2S.-Years hack. MARTA Brian.
90-year-old blacksmith. Etxed i
motor car. He decided he knew
al about automobiles and backed
the ear out Of he garage. Bat he
had neglected e learn how to
stop. and smashed a plate glass
window.
But Brim was perssvering. He
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Add Definitions

A great national problem is
anything that lobby asks Con-
gress to appropriate money for
San Diego Union.
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Pious Hope

Gyroscopes now keep great
ocean greyhounds on an even
keel, and maybe at long last Eu-
rope will find stabilizer for the
apple cart.-Milwaukee Journal.
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VIII?

A new item. says that twenty
five people were robbed in New
York restaurant. But why specify
twenty-fiye?- Norfolk Led
ger-Dispatch.
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Observation

Mussolini wants to make Italy
self-sufficient. No country is
ever going to be as self-sufficient
as Benito.-Chicago Tribune.
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Editorial comment: There il
no such thing as newspaper
that's edited from the business of
flee. For, when a publication be.
gins to be so edited, it immediate.
ly ceases to be a newspaper.
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trial. Recess was taken until
Saturday morning. Only abont
three cases remain to be dis
posed Of and they are Of minor
importance.
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Loud-TaIkers Win

Just as we expected. There are
plenty of persons who can and do
talk louder than the talking NOV
.as.-The Nashville Banner.
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Have It All

Modern women seldom resort
to tears, but there isn't much lef.
to cry for.-Dubuque Tribune.