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Riddles

GEE if you can guess all five Of these
- riddles without looking once at
the answers. The Riddle Man be-
lieves they are all original ones-and
hard, too.
1. What is always before you. yet
you never can see it?-Mildred Ho-
meyer
2. Why must a doctor control hisx
temper?-Dee Brent.
3. What's the difference between
pair of pants and q pie?-Preston
Cason.
4. # the ice wagon weighs 1000
pounds, what does the man on the
end of the wagon weigh?-Eva Cason.
S. What is the difference between
lady in the bed room and q soldier in
war?-Philip Duval.
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that time she could not speak any,
thing but French and her younger sis
ter and brother couldn't understand
a word she said. Susie, who learned
French when she was a baby, had for
gotten it ALL
Dolly started at an American school
right away and in few months she
was able to talk to the other children.
Today she can write and speak Eng
lish perfectly with only Slight French
accent. But she does not intend to
forget her French. She reads French
newspapers, writes to her old friends
and often talks to her mother and
visitors from abroad in that language.
Dolly's real name is Marie Louise.
but when she was baby she looked
SO much like a curly-headed rag doll
that she was given her present nick
name. Susie was christened Nicole-
Jeanne. Nicole is the feminine of
Nicholas, her grandfather's name, and
Jeanne is French for Jane, Jean or
Joan. This name seemed too long for
one little girl, so they decided just to
call her Susie" In school, however,
she has always signed herself Jane,
but is tired of this and thinks she
will begin using Joan next year.
Which must make it rather confusing
for her teachers at st. Gabriel's, where
Susie is in the seventh grade and Dolly
in the eighth.
A CCORDING to Dolly, the French
schools are much harder than
those over here. She had classes from
8 am. until pm. with two hours of
homework. And homework had to be
done for one hour a day in the Sum-
mer.
Dolly would rather live in Paris
than any other place in the world.
When she gets older, she wants to 90
there as bachelor girl and spend her
time writing and going to museums.
She has already started her writing.
Last year newspaper published one
OF her Christmas stories and two years
ago she won honorable mention in a
short story writing contest sponsored
by literary magazine
Susie plans to be a mercy aviatrix
and rescue people from floods and
fires. She also wants to race and stunt
and make nonstop records. First of
all, though, she intends to get a job
on newspaper so she can pay her
own tuition through flying school.
She is getting experience for that
now by putting out her own paper,
THE Eagle Express" which she start
ed last year. It contains neighborhood
news which she gathers herself and
foreign news which she rewrites from
the local papers. She types 1t herself
and her father monographs 1t. Last
year she wrote six issues and had q
dozen subscribers. After stopping it
during the Summer, she is resuming
publication this week and hopes to
get 100 readers. She also plans to add
a comic strip, to be drawn by herself.
The McCabes, who live at 1856 Farra-
gut street, expect to visit France again
next Summer. If they do, Dolly, to
whom everything over here has SEEM
ed so strange, will have a chance to
act as interpreter and to show Susie
around the country for change.
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mucH laVOfdDle comment Wnen IL was
shown in the hobby show sponsored by
the Parent Teacher Association at the
Wheatley School, where he is a third
grader.
Philip, while justly proud of his
handiwork, pointed out that it was
very easy to make.
First he secured wooden packing
box from nearby grocer and then
hunted up some wood to be sawed
into the proper size for shelves. A few
hours with hammer and some nails.
and Philip had the shelves securely in
place.
THE next step was to provide a bit
OF ornament. Philip secuted
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The Little Cloud.

with Apologies to Jane Taylor.)
Sprinkle, sprinkle, little cloud
While the thunder roars so loud,
Up above the world so high,
Like a mud-puddle in the sky.
When the blazing sun is set,
And the. grass with rain is wet
Then you start, with all your might
To sprinkle, sprinkle, all the night
Submitted by Jaquelin Jones, age,
IL, 1884 Columbia road.
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My Most
Exciting
Adventure
School Bus Spins
On Icy Street
In Collision.

MARY WEBSTER, IA, Of 1912
Quebec place, reports her most
exciting adventure to The Star as fol-
lows:
MY most exciting adventure occur
red when I was 10 years old. We were
living in New York State at that
time and attended a public school
which was about two miles from our
house.
Each morning school bus picked
up about 25 of us and took us to
school and brought us home in the
afternoon.
"One late afternoon in January, as
Evening star., 1937-10-17
HE Constitution Of the
United States, celebrating
this year its one-hundred


United States, celebrating
this year its one-hundred
u and fiftieth anniversary, is
the chief attraction of the Sesqui-
centennial display at the Library
Of Congress where it is viewed
daily by thousands.
The priceless document has
been in its present location only
13 years. 1t is, in fact, a much
travelled document.
Signed September II, 1887, at
the Philadelphia convention, the
Constitution was Immediately
transferred to the Continental Con-
gress, then sitting in New York, its
care having first been intrusted to
the conventions secretary, Maj.
William Jackson.
Two years later, special provision
for the safe-keeping of acts, records
and seals of the United States was
made when President Washington
approved an act Of Congress which
created the Department of State
and provided for the Secretary of
State.
The Constitution was forthwith
turned over to the first Secretary Of
State, Thomas Jefferson, when he
took ONCE on March 2l, 1880, and
transferred again to Philadelphia,
the new seat Of Government.
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The definitions:
HORIZONTAL.
g. Instrument for operating q lock.
f. Before
5. Measure of cloth.
g. To form words with letters.
g. Fashions.
10. Sphere.
49, Domestic fowl.
Is. Be in debt.
II. For example (Abbr).
19. Used with either"
20. A speaking trumpet.
VERTICAL.
!. One who leads school yefls.
g. Retain
g. A cheer.
g. Identical.
7. To speak falteringly.
8. Ancient form of you"
10. Upon.
IL. A hobo (slang).
IL. A kind of plant.
IA. A common food.
Is. To court.
18. Toward the top.
,
Our diamond is built about a good
foot ball word. The second word
means edge, the third is fits OF anger.
the fifth means like meal. and the
sixth is deceitful. Can you finish the
diamond?
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Did He Pass?

THE bright young pupil looked long
and worriedly at the examination
question, which read. State the num-
Der Of tons of coal shipped out of the
United States in any given year"
Then his brow cleared and he wrote,
"l492-none."
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and write.
There's just one year between their
birthdays, though, since Susie is u
and Dolly 13.
The reason Susie and Dolly hap
pened to grow up in such an unusual
manner probably is the fact that their
father, Clarence j. McCabe, is an
American and their mother is French.
When Dolly was a baby Mr.. Nc
Cabe took her and her mother to
Paris, where he worked for a New
York newspaper. There Susie and her
little brother, Johnny, who Is now
10 years old, were b5in. Susie and
Johnny stayed in Paris with their
mother and father, and Dolly went to
live with her mothers parents In the
department of Cote dor (Which means
Golden COAST.
WHEN Susie was three, the whole
family came back to America. A
year later Dollys aunt came over
and took her back to France, while
all the others stayed in Washington.
And Dolly did not come back to the
United States until she was 10. BY
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their teens, is no
exception.
But the Prep
C u b, organized
two years ago
this month, real
ly has a three
point program:
To have a good
time, to promote
g ood fellowship
among boys, and
also to be chari-
table.
TO carry out
the third point,
the bows annually
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The Star toiH pay 81 for each
story it publishes on the subject
my Most Exciting Adventure"
tcritten by boy or girl reader
OF the paper.
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Taking 1t Easy.

"a H bet yo' was relieved when yo'
= found it wasn't no spook follerin'
yo' las night" said Sam.
"Ah was so relieved" replied Ras-
tus, dat ah slowed down to q gallop."
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ANSWERS.

/. Your future. 2. He may lose his
patience (patients). 3. A pair Of
pants has to be cut before they are
made: pie has to be made before it
Is cut. 4. Ice. S. One powders her
face and the other faces powder.
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the folks at the Jewish Home for
the aged. and it's great occasion
entertainment is planned in addition
to refreshments and the boys have
Just as much fun as they hope their
guests do.
This picnic is part of the program
given at the end of each year which
the boys call Prep Club rally.
A stag banquet Qast year it was
given at the Ambassador HoteD and
. dance are other features.
This club has six charter members
but has grown to include Is now and
the boys tell me they are always in
terested in getting new members.
Dues are so cents a month.
The officers are Gerald Rosenthal
president; Alvin Miller, vice president;
Harold Bobys, secretary, and Dave
Silverman, treasurer.
I might add that this club is also
known for many cash contributions
to charity.
And so I say hats off to l8 BOYS
who know how to have a grand time
by combining charity and pleasure.
ot Editors Id mnasNst Note: c,rss Are % you member
to see an article describing its ac-
1ivlt5ss Ivb5r published on this page? Gloria
Writing this series $40 Of for stories Foaa on in is
teresting clubs ORGANIZED by boys and
elris IN Washington. You may get
m touch with her by calling the .editor
OF the Childrens Page of The star at
National 1000, Extension 260.
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Two Hobbies Combined
In Boys Handiwork
Eight -Year.Old Carpenter Is
Successful in Making
Fine Bookcase.

YOU handy with and looking
Philip has Notwithstanding
ided
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Two Nations Produce
Contrasts in Girls
Susie and Dolly Have Traits of
America and France
From Experience.
BY PATRICIA McGERR.

usE and Dolly MCaoe are sisters but this
Susie in
was Denver Colo,
- ago. - ~ ~
susie Is plump and blond is and
ana rasan Susie
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Club Makes
Picnic Part
OF Program
Prep Members Are
Carrying Out
Useful Plan.
BY GLORIA LUBAR.

By GLOKIA LUBAK.
HAVING a good time is sure to be
important in any young peoples
club. and the Prep Club, composed of
. small group of Washington boys In
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S IG \ AL S

And now for a couple of foot ball
word chains, Change only one letter
at time and always form a genuine
word.
Change PASS to KICK In fivs
moves.
Change BACK to PUNT in -four
moves.
q
In the picture below are a number
of articles which begin with the letter
B. See how many you can find-you
should get at least II. -
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ANSWERS TO LAST WEEKS
PUZZLES
2. EAST-last-lest-
WIND wand - sand said
SAIL
3. Gall. gale. gallon. glen. CLEAN.
gone, goal, loan. lane, lean, long. lone,
ogle, ola. noel.
4. Terrier collie, greyhound, Pekin.
ese, and dachshund.
5. Crossword Puzzle Solution.
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$
A single vowel is omitted wherever
1t occurs in the sentence below, and
all the words are run together. Can
you read it?
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
FILDGOAL.
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Chinese Relief
Committee
Dinner.

INVITATIONS are being issued for
dinner to be given under the aus
pices Of the Provisional Committee for
Aid to China at $50 o'clock Tuesday.
The dinner will be at the Admiral
Club, 1910 Rhode Island avenue NV.
Mrs. j. Clark Waldron Is chairman of
the Dinner Arrangements Committee
The speakers at the dinner will be
Prof. Hsien Chi Tao, member of the
Executive Committee OF the ALL China
Salvation Association, and Mr.. Fritz
Silber, Washington newspaper man
who recently has returned from the
Far East.
Prof. Hsien Chi Tao, who is leader
OF Chinese mass education, will speak
on War In China, Mr.. Silber's sub
ject will be Behind the Scenes in
Japan" q
Members OF thu Provisional Com
mittee for Aid to China include Mr..
T. Y. HUI, Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Trues-
dell, Mrs. Benjamin B. Wallace, Mr..
Maurice Wilsie, Miss Charlotte Dublin,
Mrs. Elizabeth Coleman Wheeler, Mr..
Joseph CalifI and Mr.. Charles Coe.
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G. Bradman. Mrs. Bradman expects
to return to Quantico about the first
OF December and on the way east she
will stop for few days with her
daughter, Mrs. H. D. Chamberlin.
whose husband. 1t. Col. Chamberlin.
U. S. A., is stationed at Fort Bliss.
near Ell Paso, Tex.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Richard p,
Williams Hosts at Luncheon.
Brig. Gen and Mrs. Richard P. Will
llamS entertained at luncheon yes
terday at their quarters for Rear Ad-
miral and Mrs. Alfred w. johnson.
Admiral Johnson took the review of
the parade presented by the First
Marine Brigade at Lyman Field.
Other guests at the luncheon were
Mrs. William Garnett Strobhar, Mrs.
Cecil B. Strobhar of Atlanta. Ga;
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. James c. Breck-
lnridge, Col. and Mrs. Charles j.
Miller, Col. and Mrs. Samuel M. Har-
rington, Col. and Mrs. Roy S. Geiger,
Col. Edward A. Ostermann, 1t. Col.
and Mrs. Henry L. Larsen, 1t. Col.
and Mrs. Thomas E. Bourke, 1t. Col.
and Mrs. Allen H. Turnage, Mrs.
William Walmsley of England, 1t.
Col. and Mrs. Lemuel c. Shepherd,
Mr. and Mrs. George Randolph Fer
guson OF Sidney, Australia, Mai. and
Mrs. Jesse Perkins, and 1t. Lehman
H. Kleppinger
Maj. and Mrs. Lee H. Brown have
as their house guest, Mrs. v. P.
Whitaker of Santa Monica, Calf.
Capt. and Mrs. Thomas B. Hughes
entertained at dinner Monday evening
in honor of their house guest, Miss
Alice Brown Of Newport, r. I. Other
guests were 1t. and Mrs. Kenyth A.
Damke, 1t. Howard v. Hiett and
1t. Roger Wilcox.
Maj. and Mrs. William Clement were
hosts at dinner party Tuesday ev-
ming at their quarters. The guests
were Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Richard
P. Williams, Mrs. William G. Strob-
har, Mrs. Virginia Pollock, Maj. and
Mrs. Alton A. GLADDEN., Comdr. and
Mrs. Clifford G. Richardson and 1t.
Col. and Mrs. Alfred H. Noble.
1t. Col. and Mrs. Lemuel C. Shep-
herd have as their guests Col. Shep-
herds brother-in-law and sister, Mr..
and Mrs. George Randolph Ferguson,
and their son. George Ferguson, jr.,
of Sidney Australia.
This afternoon these guests were
honored at cocktail party at which
1t. Col. and Mrs. Shepherd enter
tanned at their quarters.
Mrs. Eugene Collier
Visiting in Middletown.
Mrs. Eugene F. C. Collier, wife OF
Maj. Collier, and her small son,
David Collier, left yesterday for Mid
dletown, N. Y, where they will be
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the guests for 4 fortnight Of Mrs.
Golfers brother-in-law and sister,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Durland.
Capt. and Mrs. Harold w. Bauer
had Is their guests at dinner Tues
day evening Miss Anne Lawton and
1t. Marshall. U. S. NJ. Of Washington.
Miss Beverly Mann, daughter of
Capt. William Mann, U. S. N. and
Mrs. Mann went to Hanover, N. H.,
Wednesday to attend a fraternity
house party at Dartmouth.
Capt. and Mrs. Roger T. Carleson
are in Hampton Roads. Va, this week
end as the guests of Mrs. Carleson's
parents, Capt. William Ancrum, U. S.
N, and Mrs. Ancrum.
Mrs. Ancrum and Mrs. Carleson
will 60 to Camden. S. c., for a weeks
visit with friends.
Mrs. James E. Jones and her small
daughter left Quantico Monday for
Key West, Fla. where they will spend
the winter Capt. Jones left yester-
day for the West Coast and he will
sail soon for duty in China
Capt. and Mrs. Tilghman Saunders
attended the v. NJ I-Citadel foot
ball game this afternoon.
Capt. and Mrs. Earl H. Phillips have
as guests for a short visit Capt and
Mrs. A. E. Sharpley and their daugh-
ter. Miss Elizabeth Sharpley, of Key
West, Fla.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude A. Rupp Of
New Cumberland, Pa, are visiting
Mrs. Rapp's brother-in-law and sister,
1t. and Mrs. Earl A. Sheeringer, this
week end.
Mrs Norman Blaisdell, wife of 1t.
Blaisdell, U. S. NJ, of Quincy, Mass,
arrived here Wednesday to visit Capt.
and Mrs. James M. DAILY.
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ing the autumn season with her father
here, has returned to New York City.
Miss Anne Lackey, who has been
the guest for several days Of Miss
Catherine Baylor, has returned to her
home in Washington.
Mrs. Stewart Baldwin, who spends
her winters here. has arrived to spend
several months at the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. McChesney Goodall.
Miss Betty Peyton Of steephill has
left for New York City, where she
plans to spend several weeks at the
Barbizon Club.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. H. Powell Of this
city, announce the marriage of their
daughter, Theresa Josephine, to Mr..
James William Brockman, son Of Mrs.
j. T. Brockman and the late Mr..
Brockman. The ceremony was per-
formed on Sunday, November Z, at
the Baptist parsonage by the Rev. I. T.
Jacobs. After q trip to New Orleans,
the couple will make their home here.
Mr.. Francis b. Sayre
Among Recent Guests.
Mr.. Francis B. Sayre, Assistant
Secretary Of State, and Mrs. Sayre. and
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin King of Wash
ington, were recent guests of Maj. and
Mrs. E. M. Brown at The Farm House,
at Endless Caverns.
Mrs. T. c. Barber and her daughters,
Miss Florence Barber and Mrs. s. H.
Garst, are spending some time In
Washington and Baltimore.
DR.. and Mrs. Karl Dortzbach and
their little son, Dicky Dortzbach, have
returned to their home in Washington
after visiting Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Early
at their home here.
DR.. Thomas Hogshead, who has
graduated from the Harvard Medical
School, will arrive this week to spend
several months interning at the West
ern State Hospital. DR.. Hogshead is
the son Of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hogs
head Of this city.
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Entertain
Guests at
Rebecca Young
Is Visiting
Mrs. Bell.

CTAUNTON, Va, Nov. 13.-Miss
Rebecca Young OF New York
~ City, who has been visiting Mrs.
Hampton H. Wayt. is now the
guest Of Mrs. Henderson M. Bell, jr.,
at her home here.
Mrs. Gamaliel Bradford OF Wellesley,
Mass, widow Of the distinguished his
torian, is guest for some time of
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hogshead at
their home here.
Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson Of New
York, who has been spending some
time with her son and daughter in
law, Mr.. and Mrs. Langhorne Gibson
at Greenwood, has left for Richmond
where she will be the guest for sew
eral days of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
HobSOn.
Col. Harry N. Cootes of Alexandria,
formerly Of Staunton, Is q guest Of
Col. and Mrs. L. w. H. Peyton at
Steephill.
Justice Henry Holt
Goes to Richmond.
Justice Henry Winston Holt of this
city, has gone to Richmond for the
opening Of the Supreme Court Of
Appeals of the State of Virginia, and
will be at the Hotel John Marshall.
Miss ESta Holt, who has been spend
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Kenmore Association
Benefit Party.

The Kenmore Association of WASH
ington will hold it's annual benefit
card party for the upkeep of Ken
more, the home of Betty Washington,
wife of Col. Fielding Lewis, at Fred
ericksburg. Va, Tuesday afternoon,
December Z, at o'clock at the Shore
ham Hotel. Miss Laura r. Dorsey at
the Calverton Apartments is chair
man of the ticket committee.
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appearance each spring. They are
quite different from any other tulips
seen in that country and are found
nowhere but in the neighborhood Of
the Roman camps, the bulbs being
found at depths Of five feet.
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Mysterious Tulips.

Near the sites Of many Of the an
cient Roman camps built by soldiers
of nearly 1000 years ago in the south
OF England, tiny red tulips make their
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Thrush Called Caruso.
The beautiful and beloved wood
thrush is often referred to as the
"Caruso Of the bird kingdom"
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Ball Leads
Quantico
Activity
Marine Corps
Anniversary
Observed.

. UANTICO, Va, Nov. 13.-High
light of the week was the
J ball held wednesday evening
at the bachelor officers quar-
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greater in size than the $375, 600 build.
ing now under development.
It would be situated on the north
east corner of the intersection and
would occupy a 13-acre site, which is 2
acres more than the site of the build
ing now under way.
Opposed by Merchants.
The unit on the southwest corner
would occupy six acres. while that on
the northwest corner would be on a
tWo-acre tract. All of the land 1t is
proposed to use must be rezoned to
class &C" residential to permit the
work.
Silver Spring merchants who advo-
Gated a rezoning of the tract on which
the apartment building is now being
erected, hopeful that the influx of
new residents would prove helpful to
their business, are said to be firmly
opposed to the commercial rezoning
sought for the park-and-shop center.
Plans are to locate the business
area Immediately west of the railroad
tracks on the strip of ground bounded
by the East-West Highway extension
from Sixteenth street and the Coles
Vile road. 1t would be to the north
west of the railroad underpass on the
latter thoroughfare.
Officials of the planning commits
sion said today it had been reported
residents along upper Sixteenth street
in Washington might appear in oppo-
sition to rezoning for the three addi-
tional apartments.
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Japan TO SEND
NEW COUNSELOR
Yackachero Suma to Come
to Embassy Here Late
in Year.

Yakachiro Suma, Japans leading
diplomatic expert on China, and Japa-
nese Consul General at Marking, capt.
tai Of Gen. Chang Kai Shek's Chinese
Republic, is to become counselor of the
Japanese Embassy here, an Associated
Press cable from Toxic, confirmed at
the Embassy, disclosed yesterday.
Suma succeeds Seijiro Yoshiwaza,
who sails for Japan January %, after
serving l8 months in Washington.
The new counselor, however, will not
arrive until late in the year. He is
said to be so well liked by the Chinese,
whose relations with Japan are con-
stantly at the straining point, that
Toxic considers it wisest to retain him
in Marking as long as possible. He
has spent 10 years in China, at Peip-
ing, Canton and Shanghai, as well as
at his present post.
Suma is 46 years old. married and
the father of three grown children.
but Embassy officials expect that he
will leave his family in Japan. He
speaks English, French, German and
Chinese. He has visited in the United
States but has never been stationed
here.
Mr.. Suma is one of the worlds first
Chinese scholars" Shun-ichiro Kawa-
hara, second secretary of the Embassy
said. land he il famous in China for
his knowledge of that country's art
and curiosities. He is liked very we'll
there, and since personal sentiment