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Evening star., 1938-01-05

3 AND 4 ROOM. BRIGHT APTS.; B, II.
". lights. porch. yds.; S25 90 and S21 80
PHI southern ave. cor. Central Sc, on
Evening star., 1938-01-05

BRIGHT, second -noor-front room with pri-
vate bath; refined home. Columbia 1852
after 40 nm
Evening star., 1938-01-05

$500 9th ST. N.W.-3 ROOMS. PRIVATE
path, screened porch: gas. cleo. heat. refg.
Evening star., 1938-01-05

stock. Natl. 1929.
WANT M1DDLE-AGED MAN to invest
$3 800 In going business. Must be willing
to give his time. Business is proven going
concern. References exchanged. Box 242-A
Evening star., 1938-01-05
BEAUTIFUL, APIS

s4l7 Maple Ave-. Silver Spring, Nd.
Rent, S55 per mo-: heat and hot
water furnished. New. adjoining shop
ping center in Silver Spring. Delightfully
planned with. large rooms Living room,
dining room. kit. bedroom. tile bath, large
screened porch, 5 large closets. Janitor
service. Nice rear yard. Special rental
concession. Out Georgia ave to s4o0 Blk.
turn west blk. to Maple ave Inquire for
supt. Ewes, call Geo 1905
BRADLEY. BEALL & HOWARD. INC,
Southern Bldg Natl 0oSI
Evening star., 1938-01-05

MODERN GROOM, KITCHFNETTE. DI-
nette apartment in Alexandria convenient
TO buses and stores; rent $4,000 a month
Appiy ROSENBERGS. 43l King ST.. Alexan-
Evening star., 1938-01-05

1910 10th ST NW-Vacancy in desirable
room: private bath: walking distance:
excellent meals.
1920 18th ST. NW.-Attractive rooms.
rssl home atmosphere: walking distance
to business; excellent meals: ideal location.
Evening star., 1938-01-05

l910 18th ST. Nw-DoWNTOWN APT.
J or rooms. bath: fine condition End
floor: heat. cleo. Frigidaire: reasonable
l474 MERIDIAN-9 ROOMS. K, PRIVATE
bath. porch, refgr.. heat. cleo. gas in
Evening star., 1938-01-05

Open recently. Ex-embassy home. Dis
tinctive address: ideal for young people.
Singles. doubles; room for 3 (S40 each);
nrst floor, facing street Meals planned.
Evening star., 1938-01-05

:t-ROOM. KITCHEN, BATH APT. INCLUD-
ing. heat. reasonable rent: suitable for
professional or commercial purposes or
private dwelling Apply 340f 18th St NV
PLENTY PARKING SPACE; FREE REFG.:
two rms. kit, bath, S47 so: also two bed
rooms, liv. nm, hall kit. bath. S55 Apply
res; mgr. on premises. The Bordeaux
6921 Georgia ave NV
The Washington times., 1938-07-13

once told me, she always seemed
to find peace-China and the
Orient,
I think, when she sailed, she
had decided not to marry Mdivani.
II didn't know" she said to me,
that Alexis had planned ever
since he first met me, when 1 was
only Is, to marry me when I
grew up"
She sailed alone, and in the
quiet days at sea she tried to see
into the future. Her own future.
What was she going to do now?
She wanted to marry. She needed
a husband, a companion, someone
to help her found life and fam
lily of her very own-needed it
much more than most girls ever
do.
Her loneliness grew, as the days
went by. She felt a little panicky
She was only 20 and in the past
four years she had found out q
great deal about loneliness.
Probably no one in the world
The Washington times., 1938-07-13

believes the count intends to fight
separation and divorce every inch
of the way.
According to Danish legal ex-
perts, the count will be bound to
grant his wife a separation, even
if he attempts to fight the divorce.
If the court considers his argu-
ments against a divorce justifia.
BILE. it can then prolong the period
of separation from 18 months to
2l2 years, but if Barbara insists
upon a divorce, the court will be
compelled to grant it ultimately.
Should the count fight the di-
vorce, Barbara might be called
upon to testify in the Copenhagen
court, but switching Of the pro.
ceedings to the Danish capital will
assure virtual secrecy hereafter
Danish law declares that matri'
monial proceedings may not be re
ported in the press, although the
public is admitted to the court
room.
The countess received news Of
the ending of the case in Sir Pat
rick's chambers at the law courts
where she spent so minutes. She
drove to the courts in a luxurious
Rolls-Royce, accompanied by a
woman companion.
The Washington times., 1938-07-13
Airing Unwanted

Legal circles continued to insist
there was no actual justification
for the counts suspicious against
the unnamed gentleman" but it
was felt that airing of his name
in court, no matter how innocu-
Gus the circumstances, might be
misinterpreted by the public.
Deliberate reference by Sir Pat
rick Hastings, attorney for the
countess, to the fundamental diff
ferences leading to the marital rift
occurred before she had met the
gentleman" was understood to
have been inspired by definite
intention to clear the third party's
name in European society.
HaugWitz' attorney, Norman Bir-
kett, and the presiding magistrate,
Sir Rollo Graham-Campbell, CO
operated with Sir Patrick in get
ting the case out of court to pave
the way for some sort of a private
settlement not calculated to EN-.
barrass persons highly placed in
European life.
Clue to decision of all parties to
protect the name of the man al
legedly involved was given in
these words by Sir Patrick in ad
dressing the magistrate today:
with regard to this mysteri-
Gus person, the unhappy differ
ence between the court and his
wife took place before the
parties met"
The Washington times., 1938-07-13

had been his won't with her al.
ways, he laid before her his plan
for life for them both.
Il just thought" said Barbara
Hutton, speaking of it to me long
afterwards, x just hought we
would be happy together. He would
have leisure to do the one thing
i wanted to do moSt-travel. I
trusted him. I came to think it
would be a lovely thing to marry
your best friend. I believed he
cared for the same things I did,
that he was fond of me, that we
would always be kind to each
other"
European men of his class had
been brought up to believe in the
dowry system. 1t had been in force
in his country and all countries
around him for generations. A
man of his race need feel no
shame at marrying a woman with
great deal of money. He gave her
his title, his protection, his com.
panionship, his place in the world
She knew that she could trust him
The Washington times., 1938-07-13
BROKE PEERESSES
BARRED FROM COURT

LONDON, July IS G.N.SJ.-"Several peeresses"
heavy pedigree but light cash, haze been moti
fled By the lord chamberlain after searching IN
qur that their presence will not be required at fur
ther court functions this season, the Daily Express
said today
King George has instructed that impecuinous NOBLE
1Oomen must be kept from sponsoring young social
climbers at court, according to the paper Some peer
haze been getting $4,000 for giving "social gd
ance" to rich but untitled girls said the Erpress and
charging $500 for presentation at court.
Drastic reorganization of the court presentation sys-
tenn by October predicted.
The Washington times., 1938-07-13
In Good Spirits

The countess was plainly dressed
in dark tailored skirt and coat
with a white waist and shoulder
length white lace collar. She wore
a small dark hat with diamond
clasp on the side of her head
which revealed her fair hair. She
appeared to be in good spirits.
Bail of $4,000 posted by the
count on his initial arraignment,
when opposing counsel exchanged
sensational charges exposing his
jealousy of an unnamed gentle
man in London" was refunded.
1t was obvious from the brief
proceedings that all efforts to heal
the rift between the famous couple
had failed. The count was re.
leased on his promise not to an
The Washington times., 1938-07-13
Defeat for Her,
He Says, in End
ing of Case
Continued from Page u

i
anxious that his action should be
in complete conformity with the
principles of a gentleman. He
made it evident he was not going
to participate in making a pub
lie spectacle" Of his marital diff
ferences in a London police court.
II do not think such action
would be that of a gentleman"
he said.
It was for that reason, he in
timated, that he refused to COM
ment publicly regarding the gen
tleman in London" whom he al
legedly had threatened to shoot
like a dog"
Nor would the count answer
questions as to whether he still
loved the countess, but it was
plain from his attitude and the
considerate replies he gave that
he still admires her greatly and
is most unhappy over the situa-
ton that has arisen.
TELLS ATTITUDE
do you think the public feels
I have acted in gentlemanly
way?" he asked at one time.
He said he feared the general
public may receive an unfavorable
of him because Bar
bara's side of the picture has been
given so much publicity.
Nevertheless" he said. "I
prefer to suffer any conse-
quences rather than act in an
ungentlemanly manner by drag
ging the case on in court"
Count HaugWitz was asked di-
rectly whether he intended to
fight the countess separation pro-
cedings. He seemed distressed,
perplexed and dazed and CROPPED
for his reply.
II haven't thought anything
about it yet," he said at length.
The Washington times., 1938-07-13
The Gentleman Unidentified London Court Closes Case

'dog" the man whose alleged atten.
tions to the countess had aroused
his jealousy, demanded $5,000,000
and custody of Lance as his price
for divorce, spoke of giving his
wife three years of he'd in head.
lines and made various charges
against her.
Il am prepared to accept Mr..
Birkett's explanation" Sir Pat
rick continued, land to take the
responsibility of advising his
client whatever was said by the
count in this particular moment
was not his intention to threaten
his wife or do her any bodily in
jury.
The Washington times., 1938-07-13

Il really don't know what to
do.
Under Danish law, I suppose
she can get separation"
Then he was asked about the
subject obviously closest to his
1eart-his two-year.old son.
STILL UNSETTLED
Lance" he mused. YES,
I want to see him, very much.
But I don't know when I can.
my lawyers are arranging
that. 1t is all unclear to me.
Il do not even know how long
7 shall remain in London. It
may be for some time. It prob
ably will be. But everything,
you see, is still unsettled"
The Washington times., 1938-07-13
Not Rift Cause

Despite his obscure wording, 1t
was obvious Sir Patrick meant
that the count and countess had
become estranged before the
countess met the gentleman in
London" In other words, the at
torney was endeavoring to prove
that he was not responsible for
the rift in any case.
Although the countess decided,
on the advice of friends and her
attorneys, to drop the charges. she
nevertheless remained adamant in
her decision no reconciliation is
possible. She is determined, it
was understood. to proceed with
q separation as soon as possible
and to follow this with a divorce.
The Washington times., 1938-07-13

"Mr. Birketwt tells me and
will so inform the court that
the count is prepared to give an
undertaking not to approach
Winfield House or endeavor to
communicate directly or indi-
rectly with the countess"
witz-Reventlow. Although I took
a gravest view of this case at
the outset, and I venture to
think, justifiably, I am glad to
hink the position is very much
changed as the result of a most
frank discussion between Mr..
Birkett and myself.
''Mr. Birketj has given me his
clients explanation of the meet
The Washington times., 1938-07-13
Charges Then Made

The meeting referred to was
between Count Haugwitz-Revent-
low and the countess solicitor, w.
w. Mitchell, called in to arrange
their separation. During this
meeting, according to testimony
given by Mitchell last week, the
count threatened to shoot "like q
The Washington times., 1938-07-13
Scores Attend

Scores of fashionably dressed
women who had gathered in musty
old Bow Street Court in the hope
of hearing further sensational de-
tails of the quarrel were disap-
pointed.
Haugwitz-Reventlo refused to
throw any additional light on the
arrangements reached to keep the
dispute out of court.
On leaving the courtroom, he
was asked whether he had any
statement to make.
"I am sorry" he declared,
"but I have nothing to say. I
have said all there is to be said"
The counts attorney, Norman
Birkett, rose to announce that the
count had surrendered himself at
the police office half an hour
previously. Then, after a short
delay, the count entered the court
room and stepped into the dock.
He was dressed in a navy-blue suit,
striped shirt, and a blue tie.
Sir Patrick Hastings, K. c., at-
torney for the countess, asked per
mission to address the court.
which was granted.
In this case," he said, Il
represent the Countess Haug-
ing you heard of at Dijon. I
appreciate there may be all the
difference between words spoken
in the stress of emotion and
words spoken after great delib-
Grafton"
The Washington times., 1938-07-13
Her Father Harsh

And Barbara listened to her
father, who spoke plainly and
harshly enough about the mar
riags of rich American girls to
penniless foreigners.
In the midst of it all, Barbara
walked out on all of them, She
sailed for the land she loved SO
deeply, the place where, as she
The Washington times., 1938-07-13

knew better than Alexis Mdivani
what Babs Hutton was thinking
as she sailed alone across the sea.
He had made it his business 20
know.
He let her sail. He let her get
a great many thousands of miles
away from her home and her
family. Who was there to stop
her? He let her get half way
around the world. And when
she was alone in a strange
land, with her heart full of doubt,
with no one near to advise her,
he Joined her.
The Washington times., 1938-07-13
Believed He Cared

Oh yes, if, as Barbara told me,
he had always planned to marry
her when she grew up and came
into her millions, he played his
cards magnificently.
He joined her in Bangkok-ro-
mantle, Oriental, glamorous. She
had been alone for three months.
And there, quietly, gently, as
The Washington times., 1938-07-13
Attorneys, Trial
Judge Agree on
Withdrawal

Continued from Page II
helm, who is well acquainted with
the countess, stood on his flat
denial that he was the gentle
man" in question or that he had
fallen in love with the countess.
The Washington times., 1938-07-13
UnfGriness Charged:
COUNT SCORES BABS'
COURT COMPLAINT
Babs' Husband
Is Silent After
Dropping Suit

LONDON, July 13.
Count Court HaugrOitz-
ReUentlotO today said,
after charges filed
by his countess, the
former Barbara Hutton,
GOere dropped: "I am
sorry but I haUe nothing
to say. I haOe said all
there is to be said"
The Washington times., 1938-07-13
Gossips Broke News

On November Is, 1882, London
newspapers printed "It is under
stood that the betrothal of Bar
bara Hutton and the Prince
Alexis Mdvani is all but ready to
be announced. Before the en-
gagement can be anything but
tea-table gossip, Prince Alexis
must obtain his divorce from
Louise Astor Van Allen, whose So
cially prominent family is said to
be arranging the matter"
The divorce was obtained by
Louise at The Hague November
20, and again the front pages
The Washington times., 1938-07-13
By ADELA ROGERS ST. JOHNS
Copyright, 1888. by King Features Syndicate
CHAPTER FIVE

Il will give her three years of hell with headlines"
That quoting the testimony given London court by Bar
bara Huons counsel of the threats made by Barbara
husband. the Danish Count Haugwitz Reventlow.
The testimony included the statement that the count de-
manded million dollars free Barbara and allow her to
The Washington times., 1938-07-13

commented '"The decree Louise
got to further Alexis plan to
marry Barbara Hutton"
Followed by Prince
Then, without warning, Barbara
picked up her extensive wardrobe
and sailed for home to spend
Christmas. No sooner had she
landed on American soil than she
wired Mdivani not to join her, as
they had planned.
But he came anyway, and she
refused to see him.
That was almost the end of
the Mdivani affair right there
and then.
For Barbara had come home to
face an infuriated family, and a
public reaction to the proposed
marriage that both shocked and
frightened her.
The Washington times., 1938-07-13
Harking Back to Another Era

"Serge
MdiUoni Wds
so gentle
and tender"
PolG Negri
said in ex-
planning Why
she married
him so soon
after the
death of Ru-
dolph V0len-
tino, whona
she IoUed
dearly.
Rudy is pic
tured as the
"Son of the
Sheik. "
The Washington times., 1938-07-13
Count to Fight

However, it was learned from
sources close to Barbara that she
The Washington times., 1938-07-13
Friends Five Years

/ kI1OWu GLldC AOL live SCdAos
Friends FiUe Years
Something like that he must
have said to her. Quite honestly
facing the money question
showing her the only way out.
Remember, for five years she had
trusted this man, had talked
closely with him. thought of him
as her friend. Remember that
she was young and hurt and very
lonely and that Alexis Mdivani
had a reputation for an almost
irresistible charm, a soft per-
suasiveness that few women could
resist.
I remember once that Pola
Negri explained to me why she
married Serge Mdivani so soon
after the death of Rudy Valen-
tino, whom she had loved so
madly. Serge" she said, "is so
gentle and tender. He knows I
will never love anyone but Rudy.
He consoles me so beautifully
when my heart is breaking"
Secret of MdiUani's
That, as far as I can find out,
was the secret of the Mdivani
charm. To listen-to console
to find out the thing a woman
needed and wanted and give it to
her.
When news came from Bangkok
that Mdivani had followed Bar
bara Hutton and joined her there
and that their engagement would
soon be announced, Papa Hutton
denied it Indignantly.
(The marriage negotiations,
BdrbGrG's marriage to the Prince
and then 1UhGt 1DGS to hap
pen? Could the fabulous heireSS
and the Georgian Prince find
happiness together? Did he
keep his share of that bargain
for happiness and full lite
aDhich he and Barbara mGde?)
The Washington times., 1938-07-13
Pledge Troth
In Oriental
Setting

and that they understood each
other. Wouldn't such a marriage
be perfect? They would live and
travel just as she wanted, and he
would always be with her and al
ways care for her-hadn't she
known that for five years?
The Washington times., 1938-07-13

keep ner son.
None of it makes nice reading
But the one about hell with head.
lines" is particularly tough be,
cause Barbara has already expert.
enced a good deal of that special
brand of hell.
The first real Scorching came
when she married Mdivani.
Up to that time she'd been a
bit of a problem child, but she
was our own and it was all pretty
easy to understand. The average
American shrugged philosophical
shoulders and said. "Oh we'll, pick
out any 16-year-old girl you know
and hand her SO million dollars
and she'd probably 60 little hay
wire"
The Washington times., 1938-07-13

bora fled from him. hoC she sailed the seven seas dlon
IN quest of peace and content
The prince 1con-and left Barbara aClth an instinch
fear of the headlines acith whch the count hreote"f
her,
The Washington times., 1938-07-13

d Love, Sailing Seven Seas in Quest of Peace
Fear of Headlines Grew Out
Of Her Marriage to
Alexis MdiVanl

A 7one7y. frightened girl-oOanting home and hus-
bqnd children, Ioue-bW 1ceighted doWn wth SO m1l-
Eo, Jo1I1
The Washington times., 1938-07-13

proach Winfield House, the count
ess' London residence, or to at
tempt to communicate directly or
indirectly with her.
Smyrna times., 1938-11-24
COLORED FRACAS IN
KENTON

A diSgraceful fracas occurred in
Kenton on Saturday afternoon last,
and John Hazelton an inoffensive
negro was brutally beaten by three
men to whom he had given no
cause for such treatment: one man
had black jack which he freely
used on the negro's Uranium. To
find the primary cause of such dis
turbances which have of late been
of such frequent occurances there
we have only to explain that
these men were full of liquor at the
time. It has for some time ceased
to be common for a Saturday night
to pass there without serious dis
turbance of some kind, generally
some one is knocked down or other
wise injured. Not long ago a
tramp was severely hurt by being
clubbed across the head by a man
who had not even the excuse of in
toxication to offer for the act and
who is a praying member of the
church. Not long afterward a man
partially intoxicated was without
warning Rocked into a senseless
condition by another drunken man.
Where the officers are at these
times and why it is that no arrests
follow these outrages are queries
that naturally arise. The people
of Kenton should not permit a con-
tinuance of this state of affairs
If the blackjack and steel knuck-
les are necessary for the protection
of the people of Kenton in their in.
tercourse with each other, there
must certainly be something radio.
ally wrong in regard to it's mora
status; and if the good citizens o.
the town do not promptly put theil
condemnation on those who carr,
weapons of this character, they
need not be surprised if pistols anC
dirks son come into general us'
also.
Smyrna times., 1938-11-24
OF
REHOBOTH DIES
Charles S. Horn, ST., Aided in
Converting Village
Into Resort
FIRST IN ADJUSTMENTS

Charles S. Horn, Sr., 78, pioneer
Rehoboth resort business man and
former Wilmington resident, died
Friday inthe Beebe Hospital, Lew
es, of heart disease. Known as the
grand old man of Rehoboth
Beach, he had been in failing
health for several yeras. Mr.. Horn
took an active part in the growth
of this town from a village of a
few summer cottages to one of the
largest resorts in this section. Go
ing to Rehoboth Beach to make his
home about 40 years ago, he
bought beachfront pavilion which
he converted into the resorts first
amusement pier. After it was de-
stroyed during storm some years
later, he built a large pavilion on
Rehoboth Avenue which he contin-
uel to operate until forced to retire
by i'll health three years ago. He
also constructed the first motion
picture theatre there, which is now
operated by his son, Charles S.
Horn, Jr. Active in town affairs,
he served on the Board of Commis-
sioners some years ago and was in
strumental in obtaining water
plant, serving as secretary of the
project. He was born in Dover,
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w.
Horn. When the family moved to
Wilmington he became associated
with his father in the carriage bus
mess. Later, with Harry Billany
as partner, he formed the Diamond
Printing Company with which he
was associated until he went to Re
hoboth. Mr.. Horn was charter
member of the KiWanis Club of Re-
hoboth and a member of the Lafay-
cite Lodge of Masons, st. Johns
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, Lulu
Temple, MOBILES of the Mystic
Shrine, Tall Cedars of Lebanon,
and the Shrine Club of Delaware,
of which he was vice-president. He
is survived by his wife, Mrs. Anna
T. Horn, and three sons, William
A. Horn, New York; Edmund G..
Horn, Washington, D. c., and Char
les Horn, Jr., of Rehoboth Beach.
Also by a brother, ]. Merrick Horn
of Wilmington. Funeral took place
at Rehoboth Monday and inter
ment was in Wilmington.
Smyrna times., 1938-11-24
England Plans Seashore
Camp for Good Convicts

LONDON.-British convicts soon
may 60 to the seaside to work and
play.
Under the home secretary's latest
scheme to add to the attraction"
Of prison life, a big camp will be
built on the south coast, where good
conduct men ION their honor" will
be able to relax-and work-away
from the atmosphere of prison
walls.
Convicts chosen to have holiday
at the states expense will have no
more supervision than that ordinar-
lily given to navvies engaged on
road or other reconstruction work.
After a working day of eight
hours quests" of the camp will
spend their evenings in rooms de-
voted to entertainment, writing and
reading. They will not be permit
ted to leave the camp at night.
Work will be reforestation, land
reclamation and agriculture, and
there will be no barbed wire or
walls around the camp. which is to
be built on site well away from
seaside towns.