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Evening star., 1939-11-13
Daughters of Isabella
To Hold Banquet
Here Thursday

The District Circle of the Ma
tional Circle, Daughters of Isabella,
will hold its annual banquet at the
Mayflower Hotel Thursday at 1880
pm. Mrs. Peter Schroeder, regent
Of the Maryland Circle, will be
guest.
Miss Rose Ann French, chairman,
will introduce the newly elected Of
ficers. Mrs. James F. Hartnett is
regent; Miss Rebecca Stanley, past
regent; Mrs. Martha Stafford, vice
regent; Miss Elizabeth Dolan, treas
urer; Miss Rose Ann French, finan-
cial secretary; Mrs. Frederick We'll
ton, recording secretary: Mrs. Alice
Baldwin, custodian; Mrs. Sarah
Deeds, chancellor; Mrs. Margaret
Taylor, monitor; Mrs. Margaret
Bailey, inner guard; Miss Ann Fer
guson, outer guard: Mrs. Mary
Buchanan, first guide; Mrs. Mar
guerite Dwyer, second guide; Mrs.
Gertrude Amman, banner bearer;
Mrs. Mary A. Haskell, scribe: Mrs.
Elizabeth Roddy, Mrs. Frances
Swikgard and Mrs. Nora Tappan,
trustees.
Miss Dolan, State regent for the
District Of Columbia, Maryland,
Virginia and New Jersey. has re-
turned from a visit to New Jersey
where she was met by the national
regent, Mrs. >Carolyn Manning of
New Bedford, Mass. A reception
was given in their honor by the
Ciffside Circle.
The annual mass for deceased
members of the District Circle will
be read at the Shrine of the I'm
maculate Conception by Msgr. Da-
vid ODwyer of Catholic University
Sunday at 8 am.
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Style Show Meeting

The Style Show Committee of the
Women's Guild of Goodwill Indus
tries met today in the administra-
ton building Of the Industries, 1918
New Hampshire avenue NV, to
discuss plans for the style show and
food and doll sale, to be held by the
guild, December 8 from 2 to 6 pm,
at the Shoreham Hotel. Mrs. r. G.
Bowker is chairman Of the commit
tee and Mrs. Samuel Herrick presi-
dent of the guild.
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TeaLeaves to Be Read
At Jewish Benefit

Tea leaves will be read for men,
bers and guests at the member
bring-a-member tea to be given
tomorrow afternoon by the WASH
ington Chapter, National Home for
Jewish Children, at the home of
Mrs. Hyman Berman, 1929 Van
Buren street NV. Nine. Marie will
entertain with the reading and
Mrs. Berman will preside at the
tea table.
The proceeds will be used for
underprivileged Jewish children of
Washington and for the Children's
Home in Denver, Colo.
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Spanish Program

Miss Consuelo Duggan of Buenos
Aires, now spending the winter in
Washington, will talk on some of
the customs in Argentina at the
Spanish Night" evening to be pre-
sented tomorrow by the American
Association of University Women.
Miss Hilda Massey, a graduate of
the Escuela de Artes de la Nacion
IN Buenos Aires, at present a stu
dent at the Corcoran Art School,
will speak on Argentine art. Mrs.
Thomas J. Doyle, leader of the
Spanish group, will give an illus
trated talk on Argentina, accom-
panying it with music typical of
the pampas country.
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Beta CHS to Give
Gay '9Os' Party

"A Floradora Sextette," an act with
singing walters" speciality solos
and old-time songs and dances, with
community singing, will be featured
at the gay nineties" party to be
given by the Eta chapter, Beta Chi
National Sorority, December 2, 1T
Stansbury Lodge Hall. Georgia and
Concord avenues NV. Refresh
ments, as was q custom of the
period, will be ION the house" and
dancing will follow the vaudeville.
Members taking part in the show
are Louise Brown, Peg Schroebel,
Virginia Murray. Dot Hunt. Mar
guerite Trainor, Leona Jones,
Louise Heagy and Estelle Coherd.
Miss Schroebel will direct the songs
and dances. Mrs. Virginia Murray
is general chairman.
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the Hotel Twenty-four Hundred,
Sixteenth street NV. Mrs. Edgar
B. Merritt is general chairman Of
the committee, assisted by Mrs.
Lloyd w. Biddle, director to the
general federation.
OF the clubs making reservations
for the party the following are an
nounced by Mrs. Frederic New
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Cornell Clubs Work
For Endowment Fund

With the Cornell women's clubs
now working together to provide
an endowment fund for scholarship
purposes, the local club will hold a
benefit bridge party Saturday at
the clubhouse of the American As
sociation of University Women. Mrs.
Francis M. Brotherhood, president
of the Washington unit, and her
staff of officers are working actively
in the interest Of the endowment
project.
The committee in charge includes
the vice president, Miss Frederika
Ritter; secretary. Miss Ida Sloan;
treasurer. Mrs. Margaret Frank; ad-
visors. Mrs. Edward L. Duties, Mrs
E. A. Edison, Mrs. Charles E. Mudgett
and Mrs. F. F. Espenschied.
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Alpha Omicron Pi

The Southern District Alumnae
of the Washington Alumnae Chap
ter, Alpha Omicron Pi, under chair
manship OF Miss Emily Mitchell,
will be hostess at meeting of the
chapter at 8 pm. tomorrow at Ar
lington Hall, Va. Miss Rochelle
Gachet, one of the founders of the
Washington Alumnae Chapter and
former national vice president,
will speak.
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Tor Alliance, Junior Women's Club
No. l, Marietta Park Women's Club,
Park View Women's Club, Petworth
Women's Club, Political Study Club,
Pro Bonata Club. Sunshine and
Community Society, Takoma Park
Women's Club, the Women's City
Club and the Women's National
Orthopedic Auxiliary.
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Joint Social

Days of Yesterday-Portraits of
the Gay 90's," will be the feature
of the program at the joint social
to be given tonight at o'clock by
the Washington Railroad Associ-
alton and the Women's Auxiliary
at the home of Mrs. william M.
Collins, Summerfleld road, Chevy
Chase, Md. The hostess and her
assistants in the receiving line will
wear New England Puritan cos
tunes. Reports of the delegates to
the recent national convention In
Pittsburgh will be read.
Evening star., 1939-11-13
DR.. Seckineer to Talk

DR.. Daniel L. Seckinger, assistant
health officer of the District, will
address the Ladies Board of Gar
field Memorial Hospital at meet
ing Thursday at 1880 am. in the
Kellog Building at the hospital. DR..
Seckinger will discuss Clinics of
the Health Department" Mrs. Will
liam F. Burdick is president OF the
board.
Evening star., 1939-11-13
Alunnae Tea

The Washington Chapter of the
National Cathedral School Alumnae
Association will hold its first meet
ing and tea of the season today
from 4 to $50 pm. at the school,
Miss Lucy Wright is president Of
the association and Mrs. Randall
Buckingham In charge of arrange
ments for the meeting.
Evening star., 1939-11-13
Washington Club
ToHear Travel Talks

-Four members, recently returned
from European war zones, will speak
At the Washington Club tomorrow
at II am. Mrs. Walter E. Hilton,
Mrs. w. S. Corby, Mrs. Ernest p.
Bicknettl and Mrs. George F..
Bowerman will give accounts of
their travels abroad, while Miss
Grace E. Burton will talk about her
recent extended tour of the Far
West.
Mrs. Gilbert G. Grosvenor, chair
man, will preside and introduce the
speakers.
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burgh, chairman Of tickets and res
ervations:
Aid Association for the Blind,
Baby Lovers Circle Of the Florence
Crittenton Home, D. c. Auxiliary
to the Women's National Sabbath
Alliance, Entire Nous, Excelsior Lit
erary Club, Graduate Nurses Asso-
citation, Housekeepers' Alliance, jun
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Suburban
Social
Notes
Capt. Sullivan
Leaves for Post
In Puerto Rico

Capt. James Polk Sullivan, U. s.
M. c., who spent last week with his
mother, Mrs. Mary Polk Sullivan. in
Friendship Heights, Nd, will sail
from New York Wednesday for his
new station in Puerto Rico.
Mrs. Sullivan, who came to Friend
ship Heights with Capt. Sullivan
from Fort Sheridan, where they had
been for two years, will 60 to Bangor,
Me. to visit relatives and will join
Capt. Sullivan later in the winter.
Mrs. William Tate was hostess at
tea yesterday afternoon, entertaining
in her Falls Church home in COM
pliment to Miss Mary Stuart Lut-
trell, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
David Harris Luttrell of Falls
Church, Va. and her flance, Mr..
Donald Williams HASTE of Washing
ton, whose marriage will take place
November Is. Assisting Mrs. Tate
yesterday were Mrs. Charles r. Fen
wick and Miss Adele Williams.
DR.. Stanwood Cobb of Chevy
Chase, Nd, is spending several days
In Huntington, w. Va, where he
is delivering a series of lectures on
educational subjects before the
students and faculty Of Marshall
College.
DR.. Cobb will return to Chevy
Chase early next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Haar of
Lorton, Va, gave a reception Satur-
day evening in honor of the Rev.
and Mrs. c. A. Langston. who will
move from Pohick to Gordonsville,
Va, to make their home. The Rev.
Mr.. Langston was retired from the
roll of active clergymen October /
after serving for more than II years
as rector of historic Pohick Church,
built by George Washington and
George Mason and situated midway
between Mount Vernon and Gunston
Hall.
Mrs. Hiram E. johnson entertained
at luncheon Thursday at her home
in Woodside Park, Md, in honor of
her mother, Mrs. Margaret Walker,
who celebrated her 72nd birthday
anniversary.
The guests, who were old friends of
Mrs. Walkers, included Mrs. Ella
Shipley, Mrs. Mary Stein, Mrs. Mar
garet Smith, Mrs. Suffle Roberts,
Mrs. Ruby Meyer, Mrs. Millicent
Rohr. Mrs. B. c. Millard and Mrs.
Jay G. Hunt, all of Berwyn. Md;
Mrs. Elizabeth johnson of Wash
ington, and Mrs. Helen Duvall and
Mrs. Dortha Calhoun of Silver
Spring, Md.
Mrs. johnson was hostess Wednes-
day afternoon at bridge.
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Many Reservations
For Benefit Party

A large number of reservations
have been made for the benefit
card party being arranged by the
Golden Jubilee Committee of the
District Federation of Women's
Clubs for Wednesday at 2 pm. at
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a democratic form of fiovernment.
We hear a great deal of saving
Democracy. We are indeed in
danger of losing our democratic
form of government, but not to
foreign countries. Through our
own foolishness and handling of
situations, is the way we are fast
approaching destruction. If the
population of a Democracy cannot
find political and economic freedom
through this type of government,
it is natural that they should try
another form. A mans first in
stinct is to live. The people of
America must have an opportunity
to work, and through that work,
obtain a decent, comfortable living,
if our Democracy is to be made
safe.
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SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
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public, was a shock to the entire
community. He was in the prime
of life, being in his 56th year, and
of unusual robust health and vital
force. His death resulted from
appoplexy, or more properly, cere-
bral hemorrhage. He was in this
town on Saturday afternon, as was
his custom, in the usual flush of
business activities and intercourse
with others, and on Sunday he ex-
hibited if anything, more than his
usual cheerfulness. In the night
between one and two o'clock he
was aroused by a pain or fullness
in his head and in attempting to
walk across the floor, his wife no
ticed he staggered, and wanted to
send for the doctor but he object
ed, saying it would soon pass off.
While remaining quiet, it was no
ticed later on that he was losing
consciousness. DR.. Richardson of
Leipsic, was sent for and in the
morning Dr.LW. Clifton this town,
but the hemmorhage of the brain
was of such a character as to
leave no ground of hope, and he
died, as above stated, the next day.
He was born and spent his life in
the Meek" being an occupant of
the farm where he died, the past
twenty years. He was raised to
farming and recognized from early
manhood as a thrifty and success
full agriculturist. In addition, he
has been large buyer of stock
and poultry in its season, and was
thus brought into wide range of
personal acquaintance and recog-
nized as a substantial and leading
citizen of the Neck winning the
confidence of all the people as a
man of integrity, enterprise and ex-
perience. More than this, he was
a man of kindly impulses, ready to
lend a helping hand to those in
need of a friend, and thus, as his
neighbors remarked will be the
"most missed man of his section" I"
Mr.. Farrell lived single man un-
til some ten years ago when he
married Miss Caroline Hoffecker,
then residing in Hartford county,
Md, who survives him. He leaves
no children. His only remaining
brother is Edward Farrell, who re-
moved here the past winter from
California where he had been re-
siding for thirty-six years, that he
might spend his last days with his
kindred. The funeral will take
place on Friday afternoon at the
Odd Fellows Cemetery, adjoining
this town, the friends to meet at
the house at one o'clock.
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FROM CONGRESSMAN
GEORGE S. WILLIAMS

VISITORS - Delawareans who
visited the Congressional office re-
Gently are Mr.. c. r. Snyder,
Georgetown; Miss Gibb, Mrs.
Townsend and Mr.. Hodgson of
Wyoming, who conducted the SEN
ior Class of the Caesar Rodney
School on their annual visit to
Washington; and Mr.. Paul w.
Mitchell of Hockessin.
TAX TALK-A conference, out
of which will probably evolve a
corporate tax revision bill of sorts,
was called by the President at the
White House during the past week.
Senate Finance Chairman Pat Har-
rison, House Ways and Means
Chairman Robert L. Doughton,
Secretary of the Treasury Henry
Morgenthau and Undersecretary Of
the Treasury John w. Hanes were
the quartet of experts who will at
tempt to reach some agreement on
the tax readjustment which big
business is demanding.
NORTON BILL - Mrs. Norton S
bill to amend the Wage and Hour
Law was scheduled to come before
the House this week under suspen-
sion Of the rules. However, House
leaders decided to postpone action
to give members Of the farm block,
who have been opposing the legis-
lation, an opportunity to study it
further. House Majority Leader
Rayburn said that Chairman Mary
t. Norton of the Labor Committee
had expressed the belief that some
of the members had not had suf-
fcient time to consider the legis-
lation and that if additional time
for study was given much of the
opposition would disappear.
WAR SITUATION - Although
the y. S. took no part in interna-
tional affairs the past week, Con-
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Villa of Anatole France
To Be Literary Museum

TOURS, FRANCE.-The villa of
Anatole France, which was a much
frequented literary shrine during
the writer's lifetime, will soon be
transformed into a literary muse.
um, it has been announced by his
grandson, Lucien Psichari.
La Bechellerie" was where Ana
tole France spent his last years and
wrote the final books on his child
hood and where he held his literary
court to which even American sol
diers and the A. E. F. came.
The museum will probably be
opened on the fifteenth anniversary
of the writer's death.
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all Greek and Latin authors. The
woman seemed to enjoy my ex-
preston of surprise, and rather
somehow to take it as a compli-
ment to herself, and said that the
books made up almost her sole
companionship. She took up one
and read it aloud in a voice that
showed she was clearly acquainted
with the whole subject. AS for
myselg( had so nearly forgotten
all my classical learning that un-
derstood only sentence here and
there. The woman went on to say
that she was a connection of the
late Chief Justice Gilpin of Della
ware, and had made a recluse of
herself in the icy land of Alaska
because she loved seclusion more
than the highest charms of civili-
zation: When, after a time, 1 start
ed to leave her and said goodbye,
she answered adieu in a gentle
voice and instantly was absorbed
in one of her volumes. She made
a great impression upon my mag
nation, and I have been wondering
ever since whether the story she
told of her family relationship
could be exactly true" A dispatch
from Wilmington to the New York
Tribune of Saturday says: The
people of this city are much inter
ested in the press dispatch from
Galveston announcing the death, in
a shanty in that city, of the
widow" of Ex-Governor Gilpin, of
Colorado. The dispatch was in
correct, as the dead woman was
not Mrs. Gilpin, but Miss Mary
Sophia Glpin, sister of ex-Gov-
ernor Gilpin. She was eighty
years old, a native of Wilmington
and had an extremely eccentric
disposition. She often announced
in the latter part of her life that
she would leave the bulk of her
fortune, consisting of reaIestate in
Wilmington and in Washington
Territory, estimated to be worth
$4,000, 900, to found school for
girls in Wilmington. What the
people here want to know is
whether she makes a will carrying
out her intention Miss Gilpin in
early life was teacher in Eastern
schools. Then for ten years she
lived in Russia, as a teacher in the
family of Russian nobleman. Her
home for twenty-five years had
been in Denver, where she became
noted because of a long and bitter
warfare she carried on with her
brother, the Ex-Governor, who, she
said, tried to get her in an insane
asylum. She had a sister living in
Hartford, and brother, Richard
Gilpin, a well known Philadelphia
lawyer, who died about year ago.
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Dover, Saturday morning, Nav %
Mr.. Dunham had been in i'll hahn
for a number of years. He was
buried at two o'clock Tuesday af-
ternoon. Interment at Lakeside
cemetery. Rev. Short had charoe
of the services. Mr.. Dunham NOV
ed to Dover "a years ago from
New York State. He is survived
by his wife.
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Can't Go Wrong

All main highways leading to
the New York Worlds Fair have
been studded with markers. OF
standard two-foot size and simple
design, these consist of an orange
Perisphere and Trylon with a blue
border. Left and right turns are
indicated by blue Il" or 'R" in the
middle of the Perisphere.
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gress is still conscious of what is
going on abroad This TACT is
brought out with the introduction
of the Lee Bill in the Senate which
proposes forced loans to the gov
ernment by it's citizens whenever
war is declared. Talk of a refer
endum before America could en-
gage in war was also revived in
Congress.
NEW U. S. SERVICES - The
Department of Commerce may be
rebuilt into an agency of greater
importance to American industry.
1t is hoped that the Bureau of In
dustrial Economics will be develop
ed to correspond with the valuable
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
which is in the Department of Ag-
riculture. This latter bureau has
been of great help to farmers of
the nation, and a similar bureau to
aid businessmen with information
they need in charting activities, is
believed to be worthwhile. At pres
ent the Departments economic re-
search work is not geared to help
modern problems of American bus
mess. The new bureau would
serve to modernize this depart
ment and further aid business with
its problems.
REQUIREMENTS In order to
be a well-developed, prosperous ma
ton, country must be able to
produce and distribute it's commod-
tiles. Only in this way can its pop
ulation make decent living. A
government cannot provide all
these things for the country by
spending, and running the indus
tries. Such type of government
would require heavy tax penalty
on the population, and unless the
population is able to make a dec
ent living through producing and
distributing its own products, it
can hardly be expected to pay
heavy taxes to allow the govern
ment to squander. We, of the
United States, are able to produce
our commodities. We are blessed
with all the necessities to carry
out this requirement, but we are
l. not able to distribute these COM
modities after they are produced.
There was a time when we were
able to distribute these commod-
tiles. We then had our markets,
purchasing power, and a high ma
tional income. Now we have no
markets, no purchasing power
high taxes, unemployment, and a
huge national debt The way out
of this predicament, and the way
to prosperous living is possible
but not through our present meth
DDS Of spending, taxing and bor-
Y rowing.
DEMOCRACY - The highest
form of government devised by
man is Democracy. 1t was devils
ed by an intelligent population
and must be maintained through
the same degree of intelligence. II
can not be called an intelligent
population if groups are organized
to gouge the general public. Such
a population does not have the
necessary intelligence to maintain
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DEATH OF MRS. GILPIN
AN ECCENTRIC LADY

"A dispatch from Galveston,
Texas, says that an old lady giving
the name Of Mrs. Gilpin, a native
Of Delaware, came there several
months ago from Denver, and al
though she seemed to have plenty
Of money she dressed poorly, was
very economical in her habits,
quite eccentric and lived in poor
quarters. On Monday night she
died fter a brief illness in an old
shanty on Center street. Since
then it has been ascertained that
she was the wife of Col. Gilpin, a
man well known from the Missis-
sippi river to the Rocky Mountains
thirty years ago as an explorer
and scientist, and one of the early
governors of Colorado. kilograms
have been received from ID. G. Pea
body, Of Denver. directing the old
lady's body to be embalmed, and
stating that he would leave for
Galveston at once, also from jam
es F. Maury, Of Philadelphia, or
dering the body to be forwarded to
that city, where a sister of the de-
ceased is living. Mrs. Glpin was
eighty years old, and it is said that
her life had been quite a romantic
one. Among her effects have been
found several post Office money or
ders for considerable amounts,
none of which had been presented
for collection" The following from
the Philadelphia Press of three or
four years ago will throw some
light on this queer case: "An odd
story Of an old woman who, in the
society Of twenty-five years ago,
was a prominent figure and whose
relatives are conspicuous in society
to-day, was brought out by a let
ter received in town a few days
ago. The writer was an English
woman Of rank, who may be spok-
en- Of as Lady x. In her last let
ter she said: Last summer I was
travelling in Alaska. stayed away
from my party to viist a little In
dian village. came upon a dilap-
idated hut on the outskirts, and
making a desire for drink of
water, an excuse for asking admis-
sion, / knocked at the door. In re-
ply to my summons, a feeble voice
answered in excellent English, bid
ding me enter. I was surprised
to hear English so well spoken and
with such distinct refinement ex-
pressed in the tone in so out Of the
way place Tesitatingly I push
ed open the door and went in. The
interior was so dark and gloomy
that for a moment / could not see.
When my eyes had become accus-
toned to the change from day.
light, I saw lying on a miserable
couch on the floor the form of an
elderly gray haired lady whose
eyes were full of strange, wild
light. Piled up around her were
many books, which I could see at
a glance had been much used. The
woman treated me kindly, and
presently picked up some of the
volumes and looked into them. The
leaves were crumpled and many
passages marked. and I was amaz-
ed to see that the books were by
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Reid has leased a palace in Paris
for $4,000 on a salary of $1,000.
Messrs. Lincoln, Mccormick and
Emory have chosen the most ex-
pensive districts in London as resi-
dences.