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The Washington times., 1938-03-03

and Peeved Papas.
But, mist all the smoke m
flame, along comes Gramma
williams with the following
boost and blast
Bravo, Elsie, for your article
to youth on 'hOnOring parents
I'm not youth, but a 6O-year-Old
mother and grandmother. BUT
FROM YOUNG WOMANHOOD
1 HAVE OFTEN WONDERED
IF MOST CHILDREN WOULD
HAVE CHOSEN THE PARENTS
THEY ACQUIRED, IF THEY
HAD HAD ANY CHOICE IN
THE MATTER.
Mrs. r. S. Williams,
"Texarkana, Tex"
I thought I was going some,
but you'll have to admit that
Gramma has made me seem like
an amateur with her broadside.
WOULD YOU HAVE CHOSEN
YOUR PARENTS? WOULD
YOUR CHILDREN HAVE
CHOSEN YOU AS A PARENT
IF YOU OR THEY HAD HAD
A VOTE?
IF THE MOTHERS AND
FATHERS OF AMERICA HAD
THE COURAGE TO FACE
THOSE TWO QUESTIONS,
WE'D HAVE A DIFFERENT
NATION BY TOMORROW
MORNING!
There is no nobler vocation
on earth than that of mother
and father. In Sanctity Of SER
vice, parents stand as priests
before the High Altar. of God.
In civic Importance, they out
rank Presidents, Dictators,
Queens and Kings. There is no
adventure as thrilling, no op-
portunity as golden, no privi-
lege as precious as that of be-
ing a parent.
BUT HOW MANY OF US
LIVE UP TO THAT HIGH
CALLING?
HOW MANY OF Us DE-
SERVE THE HONOR AND
CONSIDERATION WE so
COMPLACENTLY DEMAND2
HOW MANY OF US EVEN
KNOW OUR JOB?
The appalling truth is that
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Japs in Hawaiiii

You people who think Hawaii
should be made the forty-ninth
State will please take note that
about one-half of the Hawaiian
population Of 800, 900 are Japa-
nese; and that in the last SIX
months the Japanese here have
raised ten times as much money
to help the Mikado'S cause Of
death and destruction in China
as they have raised in four
years to promote community
welfare work Of various kinds
in Hawaii.
HAWAIIAN RESIDENT.
So
The NeW PeGs0ntry
For many years it was the
proud boast Of America that we
had no peasantry. Now there
has been created for us what
looks like a permanent, Govern
ment fostered peasantry in the
WPA.
A cringing, rubber stamp Con-
greSs has recently appropriated
another quarter billion of dol
lars to maintain this and other
kindred institutions. With the
country out on its feet and
hanging on the ropes, the ref
cree refuses to stop the fight,
but permits the terrific punish.
ment to continue.
In regard to taxation, it is
strange and unaccountable that
so many prolific fields have
been overlooked by the spoilers.
A direct Federal tax on radios
for instance. And how about a
tax of say IS on every marriage
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The KIDNAPPING

rHE Peter Levine kidnapping case at New Rochelle,
i N. Y. has inspired sympathy everywhere for the
12year-old boys tormented parents and has alarmed
r. ~nuu numerous other parents of children.
a O'S We join Fundamentally in the
To the G-Men sympathy and express the earnest
hope that the boy may be returned unharmed to
his parents.
kidnapping has been made so dangerous racket by
the remorseess antsnatch work of the Gmen that big
time criminals have given it up. The occasional kid
naper nowadays is an amateur, moron or pervert.
There are many easier ways to make illegitimate
money.
This case is challenge to the G-men to keep their
magnificent ant-kidnap record up to par The people
demand that the full of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation be thrown into this case, and that the
criminal or criminals be caught and if caught alive,
punished to the limit of the law.
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II dom t
mind the cleo
trical ira n
S cr iptions a
bit. In fact.
I enjoy them.
1t would be a
d i + fl C u l t
thing for the
radio stations
to have real
e n t ertainerS
on every min
ute, and some
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mo, I don't
like the elec-
trical trans
cription pro-
grams. The
music is sell
dom right for
d a n c n g,
played elLQ6r
too fast or
too slow. I've
heard some
very distorted
recording. It
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II en- JOY
t h e m very
much. I think
it is better to
have record
ings of good
programs of
orchestra mu-
sic or singers
than to have
re al enter
t a i n m e n t
every minute
of he day,
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"P r e S e Mt
day recording
is so g ood
that it does
not detract,
as I can see,
from music
or other en-
er tainment
and I enjoy
a transcript
tion as much
as a direct
broadcast. Be-
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This Town of Ours
Bv EARL GOODWIN

MO MATTER who the Democratic boss Of Pennsy-
~ vania turns out to be- Senator Joseph Guffey or
Governor George Earle the deciding factor in Pennsyl
vanas election this fall will be John L. Lewis of Washing
ton D. c. and Alexandria, Va, chairman of the CIO
and head man of the United Miners
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seems to me that the high tone
and high notes are distorted
when they are recorded, but
they sound right coming direct
from the musicians. Besides, I
like the atmosphere created by
real entertainers"
y y X
Mrs. Jane Pritchard, 813 Thir.
teenth st. N. W., bookkeeper:
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"1 find ra-
dio programs
fairly in t e r
e S ting a t
m o S t a n Y
time of the
day or eve
ming. I d o
think tn a t
e ! e C tri cal
t transcription
have a place
on the pro-
gram. TIL e y
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ming the last record I heard
played on the radio in the morn
ing. I find some of the COM
mercial spots in between these
programs pretty terrible"
X \ y
Miss Jessie Epstein, 313 Ninth
st. S. E., waitress:
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Il n t
find electri-
cal transcript
t j o n pro-
grams objec-
tion able. I
t h i n k tn e
m u ic al re-
cordings are
e ntertaining,
and I often
find myself
later On in
the day hum
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LISTEN, WORLD!
By Elsie Robinson
Copyright 1893. King Features Syndicate. Ine)
WOULD YOU HAVE CHOSEN YOUR PARE

YOU HAD VOTE?
q o. being mother myself and hep to the breed, wrote
- an article asking whether MOTHERS and FATHERS
SHOULD BE HONORED REGARDLESS. And stating,
my personal opinion, that they shouldntunless and
until they qualified Regular Humans. Which, naturally
evoked PAT varieties of Sam Hill from Mad Mamas
The Washington times., 1938-03-03
Wise Words

Flattery corrupts both the
receiver and giver.-Edmund
Burke.
Never is work without re-
ward, or reward without work.
--Livy.
The Washington times., 1938-03-03

sides, it gives good music at
times of the day when good
orchestras are not usually avail
able"
The Washington times., 1938-03-03

thOrity, employment, far.Sishted
policies, few crimes, few acci.
dents. unification Of its people.
no breadlines, the nation for
the nationals only, no racketS,
why do we object?
It behooves us Ill to slur q
nation for its honest efforts to
lift itself by its own bootstrapS.
There is more democracy in Ger
many than there ever will be in
England.
Has the great propaganda
wave Of the 1861 vintage
struck our shores again?
Let us keep in mind our own
democratic" 5000 murders,
10000 auto casualties, our rack
cts and hopeless muddleSome
fight against depressions, and
soft pedal our criticisms.
Less liberty, yes, less liberty
to break the law Of the land.
K, J,
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of them probably are less inter-
esting than good recordings"
X -
Harry English, 316 Seven
teenth st. N. E., Community
Center athletic director:
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The Inquiring
Photographer
The Washington Times In
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION

There is an increase in the
number of radio programs that
are played from ordinary phono-
graph records and called elec-
trical transcription. Do you like
this type of entertainment?
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Traffic Toll

The list Of traffic victims in
the District ofs Columbia since
January /. 1888, Is graphically
shown by the death watch.
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are mostly musical programs
and so are not dull"
X X X
Robert solan, 1922 Pennsyl'
vania Ave. N. w., printer:
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because some of the entertain
ers would be very boring"
y \
Mrs. Katherine McWilliams,
of Brentwood, Pa:
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Iniun GiUer

I'm in a generous mood to
day, 50 I say let's give America
back to the Indians, who found
it first. There are several draw.
backs, though. we've polluted
the streams and robbed the for.
ests while educating the Indians
just enough so that they couldn't
go primitive again. The Euro
pean countries our forefatherS
came from are far too small to
take us all back. Oh, let's call
the whole thing off. NORDIC.
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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

should
will eomitted
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THE ANSWERS

Mrs. Edith M. Griffin, 1742
Lamont st. N. W., telephone
o0erotO
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IF YOU HAD A VOTE?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05
Cur { White) House Is Some Place;; Just Come Up, See It
 Sometime, by East Entrance
President Says It Belongs to the People, MdnY Changes Have Been Mode; Former Executives and Kids Did Many Things Even to Keeping Animals in It
By PRESTON GRovER

WASHINGTON, May :. ~ The President says he is always consci- ous that he lives in place which belongs to all the people.
 Well. 1t is nice house Come up and see us sometime You'd never know the old place. We've had tne East Room brushed up g bit and the whole establishment looks ever so much better than 1t did years ago when you were here-or have you been hefe?. We are never quite sure
 Come by the East entrance if you don't mind We sort ol have to pre- serve appearances by restricting the North entrance 70 am9assadofs and the like-farriners. you might call them, but tliey do take on If they are not treated Just so
 Oh, by the way oont expect Loo much in the way of accommodate tions. There will be other guests most of the time About million actual figtWesi drop by every year, Most of them don't really press themselves upon us Many l1st look about the front yard a bit and others go with guides along the East corridor and see the East Room
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05
FASCIST STYLE
 ID BE ADOPTED
 BY WAR CHIEFS
All Man Power, Also Econ- omic Forces, to Be
 Utilized at Once
CHINESE THREATEN
 ANOTHER OFFENSIVE
Important Upsets for h. vaders Reported in
 Shantung
lny Assenlated Press

The Chinese forces are giving the Japanese such a spirited opposition that drastic measures are being taken by the Japanese War Mas ters, especially for use in the south ern Shantung Province.
 The measures involve part oi Fascist style of National mobiliza- ton in an effort to crush the rising Chinese power which hovers threat msly and is believed intended 1d wipe out the second Japanese ma jor offensive in the Southern Shan tung Province
 Certain sections of the National Mobilization law have already been promulgated in Tokyo. intended as an opening wedge which will ulti~ mately use the entire measure to draft Japans man power and eco homie forces in the conflict in China.
 The Chinese army is reported to have re-captuTed Mattowchen. strategic village in the deadly battle of the Japanese in an attempt to reach the cast and west Lungaai Railway. The Chinese are reported to have almost completed an en circlement of q Japanese salient in southeastern shantumg about 20 miles from the faiiway
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05
LUXURY LINER
 IS DESTROYED,
 FRENCH HARB0R
Blaze Starts in Stokehold, Quickly Spreads
 Over Ship

LIE HAVRE, France, May 5.-The luxury liner Lafayette, a 25,l7S ton vessel with capacity for more than 2.000 passengers and 400 crew has been destroyed by fire which started in the stokehold and spread rapidly following explosion of the fuel oil tanks.
 A skeleton crew of 30 men aboard the liner, while the ship was wait ing for the next scheduled voyage became trapped and barely escaped with their lives.
 Thousands of dollars worth Of rich furnishings and art were de- stroyed by the fire.
 It is understood the fire started when an engineer attempted to light an oil burner.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05
FRANC tS AGAIN
 STABILIZED AT
 NEW LOW PRICE:
War Danger Is Sounded by Premier, Moving Toward
 Preparedness Footing

PARIS May ] - The Deladie1 government seeking a solid monetary base for France, has fixed the new bottom for the franc at .27s cents. or B 80 francs to the dollar. The stabilization represents a devalua tion Of about nine percent
 The government acted to prevent 3 rise in prices Premier Deladier annaunced the deyallation, the third since the World war. after admitting the danger of war in Europe was increasing. The step was necessary to put France OH a pre- paredneas footing, he sad The recent value was about three cents.
 The Premier painted 2 tragic pie tlTe of France il radio address. Unemployment is increasing and trade balance is @impoverishing us, ? he said
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05
JAPAN TO MOBILIZE TO CRUSH CHINA
Ice Likely to
 Move Any Time At Nenana

The ice at Nenana may move at any time, according to a mes sage to the U. $. Weather Blu reau today. The message said:
 Panama River at Nenana has quarter mile of ice below bridge. Above and below river is open and clear. Ice mass is breaking slowly, locks black and may move cut any time. River dropped eight inches past three days. Weather is clear and calm"
 According to message to The Empire, there was little snCw in the country last win ter which means there is little water in the rivers for forcing cut the ice.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05
CHAMBER BACK
 OF ACTION FOR
 MARINE WAYS
Urges Council to Acquire Property Adjoining Small
 Boat Harbor Site

Recommendation of the Local Iu- dustrles committee that the City Coancs take action to obtain all area at the foot Of Eleventh Street adjoining the small boat harbor site for marine ways was approved by the Juneau Chamber of Commerce at It's noon luncheon today in Percy's Cafe Mayor Harry [ Lucas said the matter would De Up before the Coun- eli at its regular Friday meeting.
 Pastor + L. Wood urged the Chamber in this connection to tale some action toward getting grid- irons for serFicing small boats here. He pointed out that the boats nov have to go to hetehikan or otl4er points to get on d gridiaou. and in view of Che upkeep of the average small beat being from sl.0o0 to s. COG 2 year. 1t means sending just that much money out cf Juneau when t could very well go into the channels of trade here
 Acting President George VI Foita turned the matter over to the Civic Improvement Committee for action
 Minutes read by Secretary R. II. Stevens revealed that the Executive Board Of the Chamber had wired U. $. Senator Willard Iydings oi Maryland last Friday on behalf oi the Chamber protesting the Dimond bond bill. q similar action to that taken lasl year on the same subject The Chamber by approving the min- utes approved the action of the Board.
 In reply to request from the Ter ritorial Chamber signed by Curtis Shattuck. as Executive Secretary. the matter of the bond bill again came Up and the Chamber took sim liar action after hearing Allen Shattuek H. L. Faulkner and Frank Foster speak against the bill which already has been approved by the House and Is now in the Senate.
 MT. Shattuek, Chairman of the Chambers Legislative committee. said he opposed the measure because he believed 1t would incur an in debtedness the Territory could not afford to meet. MT Faulkner. re- presenting fisheries and mining in terests. said his clients were against the bill because they are against any increase in. taxes Mir Poster,
 Ccondnued on Page seven)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05
BRIT. COLUMBIA PLANS SEEKING
 HIGHWAY LOAN
Suggestion Is Made at Con- ference Last Week Tn
 Washington
SECRETARY ICKES
 FAVORS PROPOSAL
Premier attullo Gives Idea Which Apparently
 Makes Hit

WASHINGTON, May 5.-Secre- tary of Interior Harold L. Ickes said that at the conference last week with Premier T. B. Pattullo, ot British Columbia he was convinced of perhaps the soundest plan to build the International Highway from Seattle to Fairbanks, Alaska
 Secretary Ickes said the Premier suggested that the United States lend fifteen million dollars to Brit ish Columbia to finance the Pro- vince's share of the project.
 Secretary Ickes added that he could not see any particularly troublesome barriers in arranging an International loan although it might be necessary to obtain some enabling legislation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05
RAIN SOAKS WHEAT BELT
 IN s STATES
Downpour Accompanied by Tornadoes- Three Dead,
 and Many Are Injured
(By Associated Press)

Tomatoes have left several dead many injured, as one of 5he heavi- est rains in years soaked the south western wheat belt
 Centering in Kansas and Oglaho- ma, the storm extended lnso Cobra do Nebraska, Missouri and Iowa
 Weather forecasters predict the storm and ram will extend into Ar kansas, Tennessee and Kentucky
 4 series of tornadoes left trai of property damage in Kansas, Ok lafoma and Missouri
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05
ITALYS NAVAL STRENGTH GOES
 OUT ON PARADE
Demonstration Is Staged at Naples by Mussolini
 for Hitler

NAPLES, Italy, May 5.-Adolpt Hitler was today shown a vast life moving panorama of the Italian naval power intended for real war fare.
 This is only one of a series of foui spectacles arranged by Premier Mussolini to demonstrate the Italian strength in the Rome-Berlin axis
 Warships were in mass formation with torepdo boats and destroyers and overhead, Italy's Air Force gave remarkable showing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05

WALLA WALLA, Wash, May B. Mrs Mary Eleanor Smith, 73, and her son, Earl DeCasto Mayer, whom she accused of the ten-year-old slay- ing of James Eugene Bassett, naval officer are scheduled to meet face to face sometime today for the frs time in a decade, while Seattle au- thorities question them.
 Mrs. Smith confessed yesterdap to the killing of Bassett with her son, and also admitted the staying of woman and two other men.
 Hammered to Death
 She told how her son hammered Bassett to death in the little brown house north of Seattle, then dis membered and disposed of the body with her assistance, hiding portions of the body piecemeal in several places.
 Mrs Smith and Mayer were con- victed of grand larceny in connec- tion with possession of Bassett's car and personal effects, but were never charged with murder because the corpus delecti" could not be pro- duced.
 Confession Made
 Confession was made by Mrs Smith in letters written to apquain- tances outside the prison. A State Patrolman, who duped her by mas querading as clergyman, said James Eugene Bassett had been lured to the little brown house" by Mrs Smith and her son on the pre- tense of buying his car.
 Mrs. Smith named others slain by her son, as Mrs. Ernest LaCasi, of Butte, Montana, Ole Larson, of Anaconda, and man named Ran dall, who was said to be buried in an Idaho stone quarry.
 Gruesome Story
 Tn relating her gruesome confes- sion, Mrs. Smith said all of Bassett's body except the head and hands were put in four sacks and hidden separately in the bushes and woods between Cathcart and Bothell, north of Seattle.
 She said they had placed the head and the hands in woodchuck holes in widely separated localities.
 Confronted with his mothers con- fession, Mayer said: She's goofy. He said he wouldn't confess the staying because there wasn't any.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05
BASEBALL TODAY

The following are scorse of base ball games played this afternoon in the major leagues and received up to 1:30 o'clock:
 National League Brooklyn 2; Pittsburgh 4. New York 2; Cincinnati 5. Philadelhia 2; Chicago 21. Boston 5; St. Louis 2.
 American League Chicago 10; Philadelphia 4. New York 12; St Louis 10. Detroit T; Boston 5. Cleveland 6; Washington 8.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05

The births occurred "Wednesday af- ternoon.
 The judge said the septuplets were not born at normal time but al are alive. He asserted that he ilin,- self has seen the children.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05
COUNCIL MEETING
 TOMORROW NIGHT

Appointment Of 8 City Fngineer. consideration of proposed liquor ordinances and discussion of q pro- posed marine ways site are sched- lled to come up before the City Council al it's regular meeting to- morrow evening in the City Hall.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05
FOOLS COLD
 STARTS RUSH
Reported Discovery of Yel- low Metal Tn Sand Is
 Discounted

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C,, May 5.-Delta municipal officials dis count the value of the reported dis covery of flake gold near Point Ro- herts. The officials said the metal found in the gravel north of the In- ternational Boundary is iron py- rites, commonly called Fools gold.
 A rush was started to the district.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05
Everett Girl
 Arrives Here, Becomes Bride

Gerald William Hudson, Alaska Juneau employee, and Elizabeth Gertrude Ryerson of Everett, Wash, who arrived here on the Princess Louise this noon, were married shortly afterward by U. s. Com missioner Felix Gray. The couple was attended by Allene R. Maloney and Aubrey E. Maloney.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05
BOND MEASURE PROTESTED BY
 KETCHIKAN 6. C.
Kick Is Sent Direct to Sen atory Tydings, Chairman
 of Senate Committee

KETCHNKAN, Alaska, May 5. = The Ketchikan Chamber of Com merce has protested to Senator Tyd- ings, Chairman of the Senate Terri torial Committee, against the pas sage of the two million dollar Alaska bonding bill which passed the House on Monday.
 The protest of the local chamber is based on the failure of the bill to include provision for approva by the Territorial legislature or by a vote of the people and failure ol Congress to notify Alaskans of the pending House action.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05
FOR IS TODAY
 ENR0UTE HOME

CHARLESTON, sc, May 5.-Ac- cording to wireless received here, President Roosevelt's fishing days are over and the Cruiser Philadei- phia is now heading for this port.
 In the Lesser Antilles yesterday, the President hooked the largest fish, a 20 pound pompano, and then hooked the anchor of his launch on a coral reef.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05
HAIDA IS DUE IN THIS AFTERNOON
 FROM PATROL

The Coast Guard cutter Haida. which has been out on seal patrol duty for several weeks, is due to arrive in Juneau at pm. this after noon, according to word to the U. s. Customs office today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05
Septuplets, 6 Girls, ! Boy,
 Born to Cuban Farm Woman

BAYANO, Cuba, May 5.-Confir- nation has been received here from Municipal Judge, of the report that six girls and one boy have been born to Rafaela Casanova, farm woman, ten miles from here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05
M AN IS FOUND, BURNED, DEATH,
 3-ALARM FIRE

SEATTLE. May 5.-An unidenti- fled man was burned to death, and two firemen were injured in B. alarm fire in the downtown section yesterday afternoon in a second hand store
 The fire was probably started by a cigarette of the victim who fell asleep underneath the building where the body was found.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05
SENATE PASSES BILL TO PROTECT ALASKA SALMON
Measure Fixing Jurisdiction in Boring Sea Now
 Goes to House

WASHINGTON, May 5. = The Senate has passed and sent to the House the Copeland bill to fix con- gressional jurisdiction over waters up to a depth of 100 fathoms in the Bering Sea east to the International Boundary line between Alaska and Russia.
 The bill seeks to protect against the Japanese invasion of the salmon fishing area.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05
MY, THE EGG-ROLLING!

Of course, if YOU come. we know you will get letter from your Sen- ator or Representa1ye 50 you may see the Red, Blue and Green rooms and the State dining room, which is so nice, with the walnut wall. and all.
 We have 18 acres with the house about three in front and Is n back. We keep the back to ourselves most of the time except on Monday after Easter, for the egg rolling What mess that day is The ehii- dren mash eggs all over the gfas' and it smells like spoiled fish lol week afterward.
 There are several gardeners tC look after the grass and floWers
 T