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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-30
Army Had Choice

my guest columnist should
have been at the Quantico horse
show last week when three Ma
rine officers were carried off
the field with injuries. The sol
dierS could have ridden a little
better; and they could have had
better horses to ride. The Army
carried off most of the honorS
at the show, but they had the
pick of the horseflesh. The Ma
rineS certainly put on a spec.
tacular performance but at too
great a risk of life and limb
My guest columnist continues:
ut may surprise you to know
that Len Kits, inside a week,
could do tricks with a park rid
ing hack from a rental stable
that would surprise any who
had hitherto ridden him. And
that even fairly expert horse
men who climbed aboard Amer
lean Lady would probably only
succeed in confusing the old gal.
1.-THE green horse tends to be-
come too heavy in front. when
mounted. He is almost a two
legged animal. He tends to turn
on the forelegs as a pivot. Pull
ing on his mouth to control him
makes him fear the bit. He gets
behind it, and in the endeavor
to avoid it, 'jibs,' throws his
head, Jigs, and finally, bends his
neck about the fourth cervical
vertebra, meanwhile clamping
his jaws. (This is what happens
when your horse runs awayO
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feminine fan
letter writer
wrot him
t h a t Ernest
H emingway's
artic lie S on
fishing we're
Il Gus y" 1
have received
my first fan
letter. from a
g e n tleman.
T h is gentle
man wishes to
rema in an.
onymouS, but
I can tell you
this mllnh he
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Don't Punish Him

1.-THE expert endeavors to
Tighten the forehand,' to dis
tribute the weight, to place the
feet in any desired fashion. With
a light hand, and much pa
thence, he teaches the horse to
accept the bit quietly, by never
using it as a punishment. He
collects the horse, bending the
neck at the poll-where the
neck becomes skull-and by re-
taxing the lower jaw. so that
the horse, when acknowledging
rein pressure, places the nose al
most vertical, and opens the
mouth.
Such q horse is boxed be-
tween the hands and the pres
sure of the riders legs, ready to
move forward, backward, side
ways, at the most imperceptible
to others-Signal.
Many of the movements of
dressage are mandatory TO mill
tary movements, and some
would be vital to the lone horse.
man, even in war. At least, the
training which permits the
movements would be thus vital.
1T is a great pity more riders
cannot be induced to go out of
circulation for a time while
they master the rudiments of
this important and fascinating
art. Perhaps their example
would do much to eliminate the
jerking of a horses tender
mouth that is the annual corol.
larry Of spring blossoms in Rock
Creek Park.
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SHARKEYPROVES
ON LINKS
With SUBPAR So:

Buddy Sharkey, Indian Spring
Country Clubs husky 18-year-old
champion, served double notice
on local golfdom yesterday when
he shot brilliant subpar round
of SO to lead his Gonzaga High
School golf team to victory against
Anacostia High in the District
scholastic golf championship at
Washington Golf and Country
Club.
Not only did Buddy prove he
Is the years outstanding per-
former in the scholastic cham!
pionShip, but he dished out q lit;
tie advance notice on what local
Simon'pureS can expect. in the
Washington Golf and Country
Club invitation tournament that
begins Thursday, May S. The big
youngster, who is the former
protege Of George Diffenbaugh,
Kenwood'S new pro, was out in
"a and back in IS over the tough.
u1lly VuB1uld course.
His team, in scoring q lopsided
9-to-0 victory over Anacostia,
moved a step closer to the league.
leading Georgetown Prep team,
Although Georgetown, Gonzaga
and Bethesda Chevy Chase are all
undefeated in league competition,
they are each a match apart.
Georgetown has won six conSec.
utive matches, while Gonzaga has
won five and Bethesda, four. Be-
thesda did not play yesterday,
while Georgetown was out scoring
its sixth straight win in league
competition against Montgomery
Blair.
Other matches yesterday were:
Central defeating Tech, 6 to o.,
Roosevelt defeating Western, 6 to,
8; and Wilson defeating Dewitt,
& to 0.
Jack "Allweather" McCarron,
Congressional Country Clubs vet,
eran star, scored his best round
of the year yesterday when he
toured his home course in 70,
equal to par over the long and
tough layout. McCarron bettered
par by a shot on the outgoing
trip for SO and was one over on
the back nine with the same
score.
Bill Hughes and Bill Ullman
were the playing spectators to the
feat.
Mrs. L. G. Pray captured the
first Ladies Field Day Of the year
at Manor Club yesterday with a
brilliant round Of 70. Mrs. Pray,
aided by her handicap allowance
of seven strokes, was also low net
for the tournament with q "a
total, but as only one prize Is al
lowed each competitor, the net
award went to Mrs. H. j. Simo1lS,
with "a, 1914.
Other prize winners were Mrs.
D. Plat, Mrs. Frank Helan, Mrs.
F. A. McDougald, Mrs. j. T. Powell,
Mrs. Don Hitchison, Mrs. Harvey
Cooper, Mrs. Jack Daily, Mrs. w.
H. McCarty, Mrs. ]. T. Mcmahon,
Dorothy Simmons, Mrs. H. Brown,
Mrs. j. A. Brown and Mrs. Frank
CLANCY.
Columbia Country Club also
opened it's women's golf schedule
for the year yesterday, and Mrs.
J. A. Mari topped the tournament
with a 90. Mrs. j. Franklin Gross
was low net winner with 81, 12-79.
Mrs. A. S. Gardiner used only
q puts for her round and re-
ceived prize for that feat.
VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE TODAY
NOTICE, INSECTS
The Northeast Boys Club, hay
ing their own diamond, wants
game Cal IL. 2901.
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Canine ArISt0crNtS
Vie for CabitAI Blue

Hundreds Washington dog overse cked to the Packard
sales for the opening of the ninth annual National Capital
petng
Listed the entries dogs owned by Jimmy Walker
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v, B, C, WINS
TANK MEET

BY the margin of a half point,
the Central branch swimming
team of the Washington Boys
Club last night captured the city
wide Boys Club meet at the new
pool of the Southeast branch.
The Washington Club, coached
by Max Rote, former George
Washington University ace, rang
up a total of 671a points, with
Georgetown running second with
81, and Southeast Boys Club third
with IS.
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WOMEN'S
RIGHTS
and LET'S
BIZ Lillian Rirey-

IN my small way, I feel very
much like the editor of Esquire
must have felt when his first
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Signs
N. C.. Star Agrees to
RedSkin Terms

CHAPEL HILL. N. c., April 30
GN.SO.-Henry BartoS, star tao
kle on the University of North
Carolina football team last year,
has signed a contract to play pro-
fessional football with the Wash
ington Redskins next fall, it was
announced today.
Terms of the contract were not
revealed.
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SEEKS CATCHER

The United States Maritime
Commission baseball team wants
a first-claSs catcher who is also an
employee of a Government bureau.
Phone Don Herbuliff, D1. 60I2, Br.
! 225.
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PADDOCK'S SELECTIONS
AT HAVRE DE GRACE

| WEATHER, CLoUDY; TRACK, FAST.
FIRST RAcE-Purse I1OoOi Ayearods upward. One
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-30
Jessel Seeks Contract
Of Abrams, Local Boxer
Actor Eager To
Show George
On Coast
BY BOB ADDIE

BY BOB ADDIE
George Jessel, stage and
radio comedian, today is bid
ding for the contract of George
A bramS, local middleweight
boxer. Jessel, currently appear
ing at Loew'S Capitol Theater,
saw Abrams train and is ex-
tremely impressed with the
young Jewish boy. He will watch
Abrams box Jimmy O'Boyne at
the arena Monday night.
The actor has sounded out
sgd FiShel, Georges manager,
about the possibility of buying
Abrams contract or a piece Of
it. JeSsel will be in the East I'M
til June IS and he wants to get
Abrams out on the West Coast
and start him there sometime
this fall.
JOLSON STARTED 1T
Ever since Al Jolson hooked
his name to the swift-movlng
comet that is Henry Armstrong,
the stage folks have gone over
board for boxers. The Holly
wood set is tough one to crash
but if your nose detours like a
country road if your ears are
balconies of chewing-gum flesh,
and if you wear out your shoes
at the heels-you're in the
movies.
Bing Crosby has a few 10 per
cents of some muScle-headed
pugs. George Raft has couple
of bantamweights under his
wing and Groucho Marx has
"Canvasback" Cohen. The lat
ter gentleman has the unfor-
tunate habit of catching up on
his sleep in public view OF a toV
of fans who come to see boxing
matches. They say Canvas
back" got kleig eyes from star
ing up at the lights from the
floor and he's been tlattened so
often Groucho, uses him as a
throw rug.
We tried to corner Jessel in
his dressing room between per-
formances last night but there
were more interruptions than a
party wire.
HE'S A SPONSOR"
I'm going to try to sponsor
Abrams" Jessel was saying.
"You know-some people like
painters; some like singers-me,
like fighters. If this kid
Abrams is good, I'll take him
out to the coast and maybe ne
can make a little money and
I'll have some fun. With d
Yankee Doodle name like that,
they'll have to close up the
studios when he fights"
A tenor broke in and wanted
to know about his cue.
I'll get another gag IN
there" Jessel pointed to a
script-"then you come in"
A couple of adagio dancers
were Shadow-boXing as we went
down to the wings. The male
members control was a bit off
and for a minute we thought
we were looking at Joe Krakaus-
kas, the Mats hurler. A baritone
was "meme-me-ing."
JESSEL IS FAST
The canned voice of the news
reel man came floating back
stage. It was three minutes un-
til curtain time.
Maybe" Jessel said, walking
up and down nervously, II can
get the edge on Jolson if Abrams
comes to C California. You'd
think, to hear Jolson talk, Arm
strong couldn't fight his way out
of a snowstorm before AL got in
m him
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R)Zakoor-MacVean entry.
SCRATCHED-Hard Chase, Sea Gull
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where she very seldom entertains
more than two Or three friends, if
she does it at all. But yesterday she
had three pairs of them for cocktails
4. Elinor herself designed the house
and the cost of it was 100000 -.
Elinor, who loves to go away for
week ends and spends several months
each year in Europe, having lot of
fun, does not care too much about
Washington social life AS a mat
ter of fact she goes to school every
morning at s o'clock "a good example
for Washington luncheon-timewak-
ing-up girls) and economics, geogra-
ply and history are her favorite
subjects.
Mrs. Cotton Smith of New York,
the former Mrs. Peter Labouisse, was
in Washington yesterday for short
visit. She has returned to spend
some time in Warrenton and taken
an apartment at the Warren Green.
=. Mrs. John Hanes, who is now llv-
ing in Washington, paid flying
visit to the hunt-country again
Mr.. George S. Chappell and Mr..
Stuart Jackson, New York, will visit
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin B. King, at
Stuyvesant {. . Hugh Spilman is va
cationing with the John Buchanans
in Boco Ration, Florida.
Round of parties in the diplomatic
circle The Austrian Minister and
Madame Prochnik had their friends
at a characteristic Beer Putsch"
leold supper and beer -. The
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PETIT POINT = By igor CaSSini

Italian Ambassador and Donna Ma
tide de Suvich entertained at a
musical (Maria Carrera and Orlando
Barera playing).
Receiving are: Marchese Bene-
detto Capomazza, of the Italian EN-
bassy, at dinner on Thursday
The Minister of Greece at a recep-
tion on Saturday, March 5
Madame Fotitch, of the Royal Jugo-
slav Legation, at home on Friday,
March II {. Washingtonian Jasper
du Bose is taking all his meals buffet
style down in Aiken, as the result of
trying to keep up with his host,
Tommy Letter, who takes morning
John Gilpins topped off with Tom
Collins.
Miss Betty Hardy, of Washington
and New Orleans, was the guest of
The James SINNERS at their country
place outside of Middleburg :. Mr..
Terrence Miller, ex-Master of West
moreland Hunt, Greensburg, Pa, has
been visiting the George CARROTS.
e. Ex-Congressman Black of New
York is a very frequent visitor of
Heigh-Ho =. . And so is John CALI
her, always so smartIy dressed. "It's
Easy to Remember, But So Hard to
Forget" isn't it, John? Anne
Kiess Ooh! quel dommage) is
leaving us tomorrow for New York
for screen test reasons. Maybe, and
we wouldn't be at all surprised, the
next time we will see her, will be on
the screen.
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Marler
Will Attend

Lady Marler has taken a box
for the concert of the A Capella
Choir of First Congregational
Church, at 8 o'clock in Constitu-
ton Hall, on Friday. Others
planning to attend are Princess
Boncompagni, Mrs. Harlan
Fiske Stone, Mrs. Arthur Van.
denburg, Mrs. Charles L.
McNary and Mrs. Robert Woods
Bliss.
Mrs. Roosevelt heads the
group of prominent patroneSseS
for this event, she having shown
a special interest in this organ
ization of Washington singers,
which she has presented at the
White House, and has taken a
deep interest in the appearance
of the A Capella Choir last
summer at Chautauqua, N. Y.
Mrs. William r. Bankhead, wife
of the Speaker of the House, is
another prominent patronesS
for the concert,
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whom she is travelling -. ). Mrs. Joseph
Letter, the lovely Alice van Kaatho-
ven, Henri de Sibour, Myron Hofer
are preparing to give them a royal
welcome ,. Baron Bucovich, an at
tractive Italo-Austrian gentleman, is
first-class pianist, and many Wash
ington hostesses delight to entertain
him and so entertain also their
friends Madame Van HaerSma de
With, wife of the Minister of the
Netherlands, will entertain at lunch
con Tuesday, March s.
Elinor Ryan of the Copper Ryans
puzzles everybody in town ;. She
has a palatial home in Foxhall Road,
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In Bermuda

Senor and Sonora Fernando
Illanes, who are on their way
to Lima, Peru. spent few days
en- route at the Bermudiana
Hotel, in Bermuda. senior
Illanes was formerly First Sec
retary of the Chilean Legation
in Washington, and is bound for
his new post in Lima. Sonora
de Illanes was Graciela Trucco,
daughter of the Chilean Envoy,
before her recent marriage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank W. Woz-
encraft, who spend a good deal
of their time in Washington, are
here at present, stopping at the
Carlton. They entertained in
formally for a party of nine in
the South Room of the Carlton
last evening. Mr.. and Mrs. Woz-
encraft came here several days
ago from Greenwich, Conn.
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Rep. Caroline ODGy WIth
Daughter, Ella, Entertaln5

Tydings, accompanying her
mother, Mrs. Emelyn Davies;
Mrs. Monroe johnson, sporting
an orchid on her all-black COS
tune, and Mrs. Gilbert Hitch
cock.
The Director of the Mint, Mrs.
Nellie Tayloe Ross, and Mrs.
Emily Newell Blair were among
those pouring tea throughout
the afternoon. Still others at
the party were Miss Mae Helm,
Mrs. Warren Delano Robbins,
Miss Laura Harlan, the Air At.
tache of the French Embassy
and Nine. Champsaur and Mrs.
Sol Bloom.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Hawkins,
Of Worcester, Mass, are stop"
ping at the Dodge while in the
Capital,
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down to this shop"
DEPRESENT ATIVE BEV-
N ERLY VINCENT, of Ken
lucky, is telling a true story
nowadays which illustrates the
very serious and vigorous way
in which his State takes its poll
tics. Last week Representative
Vincent received letter from
an old friend of his who owns
q large farm outside of Browns
vile, KY. The letter was not
so brief, but was exquiSitely to
the point.
Dear Bev," it began, "you
might Just as well tell Henry
Wallace not to bother sending
farm pamphlets nor any in
structions about farming what
soever down here this year. The
reason being that we all have
got a political election on our
hands right now and none OF
us farmers can be bothered
with crops. For myself, I
MIGHT plant a small garden,
but the rest of my time is
turned over to politicing."
GRACE MOORES arrival here
u for a concert caused quite a
bit of excitement, but not nearly
as much excitement as was
caused by her fans and auto
graph seekers, promptly after
her concerts end Sunday after
noon. They simply stormed the
stage entrance and because OF
the Southern chivalry Of two
well-known gentlemen, they (the
well-Snown gentlemen) never
got TO say as much as good-day
to Miss Moore and got no fur
ther than the outside door.
The whole thing started by
Fonuie Black Ladd, who was
one time secretary to Grace
Moore. He invited a large party
down to hear his favorite, song
stress, sent word backStage that
he was bringing his party back
to meet her. All of which met
with great approval by Miss
Moore, but-not with several
hundred other people, who had
unfortunately, the same idea
So everybody struggled, every
body gaSped and the two South
ern gentleman, Col. Edwin Hal
sey and Gen. Allen Gullion
stepped back CALAMITY for sew
eral strangers to precede them
and tnen-found themselves
left, and not so gallantly-out
side and out of things entirely!
X X
THE Emmett McMahonS, once
l. of Texas, now living in Mex.
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leo City, where he represents
one of the large oil companies,
are in Washington for brief
visit and eventually a waffle and
sausage breakfast with their old
friends, the Edgar Wits. The
McMahons are delightful hosts
and are always on the lookout
for the arrival Of friends in
Mexico City.
There they have a gorgeous
and spacious villa, so perfectly
stated that the house seems to
run itself, and after a day or
so, everyone goes to the Nc
Mahon hacienda, which is like
something out of a story book,
and with everything in the way
of sports to entertain. Mrs.
Mcmahon is extremely pretty.
petite and very blonde.
HANK GIBBINS has certainly
III been escorting one Of the
prettiest girls about town over
this week end. Her name Is
Jane Degnan, she is down from
New York, and is a vivid
brunette with exquisite skin and
very bright eyes, and dresses
with ultra-smartness.
THE James Andrew Speed,
i jrs., who haven't been here
so very long, have certainly be-
come one of the towns very we'll
liked and popular couples. Both
are blocking. with Mrs.
Speed, who is from Philadel-
phia, being a lovely golden
blonde, and Jimmie, who Is an
Englishman, the fourth in the
generations of Speed (you know
Saccone and Speed being Just
as brunette and dark as she is
fair. They like to entertain
and do-a great deal, with a
fondness for Sunday breakfasts
and a very small guest list. They
emphatically do not like large
parties. Jimmie mas q DeauCl1uI
sense of humor. Unlike most
Engnshmen, cares nothing for
horses nor riding, but adores a
small, black cocker spaniel,
named Chico. Chico, in turn,
adores Helen and Jimmie
Speed, but pays utterly no at
tention to anything they say.
All of which accounted for
several guests, at the Speed
house the other night, poking
around the garden, calling for
Chico, whom they thought was
lost, when in reality he was sit
ting several blocks down the
street listening and with quiet
enjoyment to their entreaties to
"come home" He did finally.
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Ambassador
Will Speak

The Mexican Ambassador
and Sonora de Castillo Najera,
accompanied by the Second
Secretary of the Embassy.
Senor Don Raimundo Cuervo,
left late yesterday for Atlantic
City.
The ambassador will speak
before the annual convention
of the American Association of
Directors Of Education at their
banquet tonight.
They will return to the en-
bassy on Sixteenth Street to-
morrow evening.
Senorita Erma Castillo Ma
jera has sent out cards for a
costume dance at the embassy
on Monday, March II.
DR.. and Mrs. James Alex
ander Lyon entertained at
dinner last evening at GlenvieW
Farm, their residence near
Rockville. Their guests mum.
DereQ IA.
Mrs. E. C. Olson and Mrs. w.
H. Williams of Ogden, Utah,
are stopping at Wardman Park
Hotel with Miss Charlotte Muir
ply of Salt Lake City. Utah,
who accompanied them here.
They are leaving shortly to
spend a few days in New York
City, but will come back to
Washington for another visit be-
fore returning to their homes.
Mr.. Herbert L. Cushing,
president of Nebraska State
Teachers College, Kearney, Neb.,
accompanied by Mrs. Cushing, is
spending a few days at the
Dodge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent Sheean
are at the Carlton during their
visit in Washington. They came
here from their home in New
York.
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eyes, my dears, I am going to
commute between the Capital
and New York for a while" said
that feminine lawmaker who is
checked full of charm-Caroline
O'Day. She will be in Albany as
a delegate to the State ConStl-
tutional Convention.
Yesterday at the Carlton the
Representative and her daugh-
ter, Ella O'Day, entertained at a
party from $50 until Z o'clock.
It was a veritable gathering OF
the clan from cup on the Hill"
The Cartons maitre d'hotel
had outdone himself in the
lavish buffet. In the center OF
the long table was an illumi-
mated fountain which splashed
and gurgled to the guests de-
light. Reclining on enormous
blocks of ice filled with orange
light were bowls Of ice cream.
Huge chocolate cakes graced the
table, as did an intricate assort
ment of canapes drumming the
gamut of caviar and anchov1es), :,
ribbon sandwiches, bowls OF
spicy punch. and the inevitable
tea.
Mrs. Cordell Hull, making her
first appearance in a week, tor
she has been in bed with cold,
dropped in for short while.
REPRESENTATIVE Edith NourSe
Rogers. in q red frock and a
creamy red frock and a creamy
gardenia, converSed amicably
with a group of her brother
lawmakers. The Ambassador OF
the Union of Soviet Socialist Re-
publics was accompanied by his
wife, Nine. TroyanoSvky.
It was a surprise to see Mrs.
Homer S. Cummings (for the
A. G.'s wife has been socially
quiet this season. wrapped in
her lush mink coat and chatting
with Mrs, Thomas Burke, whose
handsome husband was not far
away. Two sisters Guffey, Paul
leta and Mrs. Carroll Miller, were
there. Mrs. Daniel C. Roper was
among the crowd as were the
Turkish Ambassador, Mr.. Meh-
met Ertegun, Representative
and Mrs. James Fitzpatrick, Rep
resentative and Mrs. William t.
Byrne, Nine. Peter, Mrs. Millard
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Enos Attend

Mrs. Walter Wyatt and Mrs
Louis Schapiro guided the
guests into an adjoining room
where tea was also served and
there we saw Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Phelps Emo, the latter in a
becoming green costume, deep
in conversation with Mrs.
George Thorpe. Nearby was Mrs.
Charles N. Lea. Tables filled
with beautiful articles for sale
were placed around this room.
Caught a glimpse of Mrs.
Mark Bristol, Mrs. McCeney
Werlich, Mrs. Porter Dale, Mrs.
Thomas Cajigas, Mrs. Ollie
James, Mrs. Thomas H. C.
Reed, Mrs. H. Charles Spruks,
in an attractive frock of aqua
marine, and Mrs. Emerson
Howe. Constance arner
seemed to have business on the
telephone and Eleanor Campbell
spent the greater part of the
latter part of the afternoon try
ing to locate her mother. Saw
Mrs. Thomas Burke, in a black
Persian lamb coat, making her
way up the stairs and Mrs. Will
liam O'Donnell and Mrs. James
A. Cahill were successfully jug
Cling tea cups and angel food
cake when we left them.
Mrs. George Pettengill, wife
OF the Commandant of the Navy
Yard, was there and we also
saw Mrs. Frank Mondell, Miss
Daisy Prentice. Miss Edna Pat
ton, Nine. Sanchez Latour, Mrs.
Samuel Dodek, Mrs. James Nc
Kane, Miss Catherine McKane,
Mrs. C. c. Calhoun. Mrs. Cabot
Stevens and Mrs. Eldon King.