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Evening star., 1940-08-16
Miss Frances Farrin Wed
To DR.. James Eastman,

Miss Frances Dorothy Farrin
daughter of Mrs. Lottie Farrin, and
DR.. James N. Eastman OF Nazareth
College at Rochester, N. Y, son OF
Mr.. James Eastman Of Seekonk
Mass, we're married Saturday morn
ing in st. Anthony's Church, ths
Rev. John S. Randall Of Rochester
officiating. In the sanctuary during
the ceremony were DR.. Maurice
Sheehy and DR.. Edgar Lang of
Catholic University. Miss Marcella
Haas of Martinsburg, w. Va, sang
Evening star., 1940-08-16
Mrs. Waller Goes
To PENNSYLVANIA

Mrs. Frederic Waller. who has
been with her father and mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Drummer, in
Chevy Chase. Md. since her re-
turn from France in the early
part of the summer. has gone
to Malvern, Pa, with her yotng
son to visit her cousin, Mr.. and
Mrs Clyde Pinkerton.
Mr.. Waller. who has been with
the United States consular serv-
ice for several years, is now on
duty in Paris.
Evening star., 1940-08-16
Mrs. Harter and Son
Return to Capital

Mrs. Dow w. Harter and her
son, Jack Harter, who have been
spending the past three months
at their home in Akron, Ohio,
have rejoined Representative
Harter at their apartment at the
Shoreham
Mrs. Harter and her son will
return to Akron early next week.
Evening star., 1940-08-16
Miss Juliette Pelchat
Married TO Mr.. Joray.

An attractively arranged wedding
was that of Miss Juliette A. Pelchat.
daughter of Mr.. Thomas Pelchat of
Berlin, N. H., and Mr.. Paul A. Joray.
son OF Mrs. Lucie Joray of this city.
The Rev. Edmond Fontaine offici-
ated the afternoon of August 8 at
4;30 o'clock in the rectory of St.
Paul's Church.
Miss Jeannette Pelchat was maid
OF honor for her sister who also was
attended by Miss Adrienne Desco-
teaux OF Washington and Lewiston,
Evening star., 1940-08-16
Rain Postpones
Marionette Show

The much anticipated MARION
cite show and country store
which had been planned for last
night at the home of the AS
sistant Attorney General and
Mrs. Thurman Arnold, had to be
postponed because of the rain.
1t will be held tomorrow, instead,
beginning at o'clock.
The show and sale is for the
benefit of the quaint little St.
Johns Episcopal Church at Nc
Lean, and promises to provide
amusement for young and o.d.
Evening star., 1940-08-16
Miss Boyle Engaged
To Wed Mr.. Snellines

Mrs. Mary Jane Boyle of Hickory,
N. c., announces the engagement
of her daughter, Miss Rosemary
Boyle. to Mr.. Martin G. Snellings
of this city.
The wedding will take place Sep
tember 7 in the First Baptist Church
in Hickory.
Evening star., 1940-08-16
Miss Anna DOdd
ENGAGED to Marry

Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Dodd OF
Bethesda, Md, announce the
engagement of their daughter,
Miss Anna Mae Dodd, to Mr..
Charles Gamage of Washington.
The wedding will take place
August 81 at St. Johns Episcopal
Church, Bethesda.
Evening star., 1940-08-16
Leave for North

Mr.. and Mrs Floyd Stout and
their daughter, Miss Joan Stout of
Arlington, left yesterday for a mo-
tor trip which will include the
Worlds Fair, New England and De-
troit.
Evening star., 1940-08-16
Wife Back

Senator Edwin G. johnson was
1oined the first of the week by Mrs.
johnson, who has returned from a
series of visits among relatives and
friends in Colorado and Nebraska.
Evening star., 1940-08-16
EnvOv's Wife Away

Countess van der Straten-Ponthoz,
wife of the Belgian Ambassador, is
in New York for a stay. While
there she is stopping at the Ritz
Carlton Hotel.
Evening star., 1940-08-16
Guest of Jarmans

Mrs. Gurney McCrummen of
Montgomery, Ala, is visiting Rep
resentative and Mrs. Pete Jarman
at the Burlington Hotel.
Evening star., 1940-08-16
Younger Set Is Giving
Many Parties in Honor
Of Miss Betty Fischer
Mr.. and Mrs. George Yandes Wheeler
Will Entertain for Bride.elect Today;
Procopes Hosts for Mile. Pohjola

Procopes Hosts for Mile Pohjola
lovely popular Miss
Betty Fischer who will wed Mr. Grant Boss Wednesday, Today Mr.
George Yndes Wheeler 3D. will entertain at small cocktail
party of the wedding and close friends the couple
Wheeler Miss Eus her debut during the
1889 season. when Miss Fischer also bowed
Wedding
Cahll during
who will be bridesmaid wedding Wednesday, entertained the
wedding friends delightful dinner and dance last
the Chevy Club Earlier the Mr. Robert Niepod
was host to almost the same group at cocktail party at his home
Miss Cah lovely moonStone blue for her party last
The draped in front OF chiffon and jersey
made simple lines
noral pieces IN "l aoo oannas an oaoy ofea. ano su VIII"
white candles At nearby table DR. and Mrs James cah entertained
Mr. Robert F. Cahi uncle and aunt of Miss Cahil
MorePa Tanned
In of Brde-Elect
At table Hosknson who
will be maid of honor for Miss Fischer Miss Doris Becker who will be
bridesmaid Constance Knowles Atlanta
OGad Mr. Bton Brown who will be Mr. Boss best man. Mr. Middle
Randall Montero, Godfrey
Willis Kau1mann Mr. Rudolph Kaufmann H. Mr. Nepold and Mr.
Robert Simmons.
Nancy will a bridesmaid in the wedding is
today her home Harrisburg participate in the rest
of the parties which will precede the wedding
Becker will entertain at cocktail party at
her wanton Hoskinson
Miss Fischer next week.
Minister of Finland
Hosts
party yesterday afternoon by the Minister Finland
Proope honor of Mile Ky Pohoa member of the Finnish Par
And all society left Washington through August
Procopes
In the distinguished visitor.
The Minister and Nine Pocope received their
them to Mile Poha attractive interesting She
8 OF her Parliament whose total membership 200
the lawmakn body home Mile Pohoa
trained and served in the last great
lectures and will leave
sail her homeland.
fashioned with Jacket white
print made with plated short skirt and white orchids her
shoulder.
Evening star., 1940-08-16

Mis- Katharine Brown
Married to Mr.. Needham.
Grace Lutheran Church was the
scene of an attractively arranged
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-05-20

ton be recruited? Conditions '''
different here from those III brll'"''
but how would Chamberlain even
have been dropped, us sincere rs WIS
his purpose, had one party "''''
every seat in Commons with II" ono
ON hand to question methods ti'''
were getting no results at all:
Gossip from Washington has been
that the President will stress foreign
policy. and may breach the coalition
idea, on his coming trip across inc
country. AS things now stand, there
is not evident any great amount Oh
sentiment for 4 coalition government.
Public opinion. however, is us tickle
and uncertain us almost anything
imagiuable. and grave emergency
could alter the mind Of the Amerl-
can people virtually overnight. II
we have 10 fight sure enough war,
il MAY be that the country Will mol
only acuujeSce in but demand such 4
Set-up.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-05-20

Sl00uO.00o III other liNr. tu fin, Com
trdCrary.
t. According tr recent r,uur,s lin,
State bought nearly 3u.Uuu par$ of
shoes tor PRISONERS Last year. This
Wl> IN allowance of nhmIt Ihrr,,
pairs iur each prisoner of fine ,ut,r,,
prison population.
>. the county WE. FIRST r,,n,rd
from Ath"mArlr III lT39 as Il pre-
clnrt Along with other acts which
had established precincts; IN fine pro-
vince the act establishing ryrrrll MAS
repealed rn April s. lT5I. I'm ,Jllv ur
the next year the Crown gave orders
that these original acts be put in eff
lrrt again and all the precincts. or
counties as they were called then,
rrCStlhll&nrd. Tn,S Was dome NV fine
general assembly which met ON Sep
TENDER -. l'33. Only one county hus
Ur"n formed from the original bounds
Of Tyrrcll This was Washington
county. erected III 1899
i. In 1881 4 bill WAS offered in fine
legislature Ia establish Il now county
from parts OF Ruhr$on and Rich
mUno counties. and IL name il Hoop
cr iii honor ut William Hooper, one
OF the North Carolina signcrS of the
Declaration OF Independence. The
oil passed and the people in the ter
ritury named voted against the pro-
position OF establishing the new coun-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-05-20
TODAY IN HISTORY

l5O6--Died. in Spain. aged about
So, Christopher Columbus. discover
er Of the New World, his last year,
in poverty and neglect.
l775-HjStoric Mecklenburg De-
clurution of Independence adopted
by the citizens OF Mecklenburg CO.
y. c., Signed-prc-dated the one at
Philadelphia.
l8l5--Stephen Decatur, command
ing the lwSt squadron OF nine ships.
sails from New York to settle with
AlgierS once and for all for insults
to America.
l365-(75 years ago. The Confed-
crate ship Stonewall" is surrender
cd to the Spanish, then holding, Cuba.
l9G+-WhoIc, South Atlantic squad
ron ordered to Tangier on account of
the kidnapping Of PerdicariS an Ame-
rican citizen. by Arabs.
l927-Capt. Charles A. Lindbergh,
an obscure air mail flier, leaves New
York flying Solo in attempt to win
the So 900 prize for first nonstop
flight to France.
l929-Pre>it!en Hoover appoints
the members cf the Law Enforce
ment Commission.
l932-Amelia Earhart leaves Harb-
or Grace. n. F. and lands in Ireland
e hour later, the first woman to
fly the Atlantic.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-05-20
4 oday II II

lI5O-Stcphcn Girard, famed Phil
JUIlphl1 merchant, palriot-rinanric.
IT the War of 1872. Iinancicr and
?hllanthropiSt. born in France. Died
Dec. 26. 1881
l16G-Dolly Payne Madison, wife
rt The President. one of the most
yopular OF first ladies'. born in
G,iitord Co.. N. c. Died July -,
,&t9.
lS25-Antoinette l.. 3. Blackwell,
Unitarian clergyman. temperance and
suffrage leader, born in Monroe Co.,
\. Y. Died Noy. 5. 1921.
l&26-PoIter Plummcr. Chicago'S
pioneer merchant and real estate
promoter, whose department store
naugWated most of the services in
vogue today. born in Albany Co., N.
y. Died May +. 1902.
lS43-Albert y. Pope. who intro
duced bicycle manufacturing in
America in 1878. pioneer in auto
manufacturing, born in Boston. Died
near there. August 10. 1909.
l95l-Emile Bcrlner. famed Anne
rjcan inventor of telephone improve
mentS. born in Germany. Died in
Washington. ID. c.. August 3, 1929
l&5l-Mother AlphonSa (RoS ,
Hawthorne Lathrop). worker among
the cancer incurableS. youngest child
OF the famed Nathaniel Hawthorne,
bern al LenoX. Mass. Died July 8,
1926
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-05-20
SIMMONS ESTATE is
VALUED AT $500

New Bern. May 2U.-Eormer Sena-
tor Furnifold NJ. Simmons left an
estate valued at S3l 500, of which
S25.ONN was for real estate in North
Carolina and $4,000 was for crops
and implements.
AS no will was left, the First Cit
liens Bank and Trust company was
appointed administrator by Clerk of
Court l.. E. Lancaster.
The senator died here April 80. For
80 years he represented this state in
tho United States senate. His second
wife died two years ago. leaving an
estate Of SCI 900 for hCr two daugh-
tiers. j. X. Warren, Trenton, is ad-
miniStratOr.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-05-20
Coalition Government

One hears increasing talk Oh d
coalition government 10: the United
States ii the country is drawn into
the European war. or anyhow to
steer us through critical days that
are sure to come even II we are
smart enough 10 stay OUT OF II.
Former President Hoover, and
Ali NJ. Landon and Colonel Frank
Knox, the partyS ticket IN 1896,
have given their endorsement of the
Roosevelt preparedness program. a
few days ago the best known woman
cOllmniSt of the day cabled her re-
lease from Paris. where she now is
on tour of parts of Europe, urging
that Roosevelt be nominated again
for President. and that his running
mate DE a Republican named by the
Republican National Convention.
These outspoken views point in the
direction of political unification for
the period Of the emergency.
1t was Mr.. Landon who wear or
50 ago remarked that politics ends
at the waters edge And who is
there to DISPUTE that we are already
cooling DIR feet nm the hanLsq
Woodrou. Wilson led tho rrri,ad
States through the World yvar r.i,b
= Democratic administration IN fuII
control, but there vas No coalition
And res,wging Ran,hIic,piy,,
wrecked his world noaca ,,I,, ,,d
epcon,nassed his dese,, :, C.oao,.o..
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-05-20
Yes, Keep Out

Students OF the University OF
North Carolina are 70 stage 4 big
rally this week al Chapel Hill with
the theme song OF Keep Out OF
Europe'S War" And that's fine.
Let's stay out.
Let us make sure" said state
n1ent. that no forces in Washing
ton or any other part Of the nation
undertake. measures which will IN
volve us III Olood>hed and war.
That's tine. too. and while they
are about i they might 60 step
further and also make sure that
no forces in Washington connive
to set up d dictatorship in this coun-
try. There is reason to suppose that
there are forces III Washington
which may be interested in plUngng
this nation into war in order to
achieve. ii at all and at least more
quickly. their nefariouS schemes and
Vaccinations in other directions. in
GLIDING the seizure OF totalitarian
power they have 50 long seemed to
covet.
Keeping out Of war. if we can and
do. will be one of the SureSt meth
DDS Of safeguarding democracy and
liberty in this country. Going into
the war will be one of the stwest
moves of losing jt-perhapS perman-
entity and forever-Short of revolu-
ton 10 restore it.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-05-20
All keyed ads are strictly con-
fidcntial. Please do not call
the office for their Identity
MOTTO l..
North Carolina:
NanCr County:

North Carolina:
Vance County:
Rv virtue Of In" p.""r "'I .'-
thority contained IN D""d 90 49,
Segment executed 10 10" ihH'' ."
cd by r. +. Sattrrwi.'". ""A'- IT.
r. L. SattcrWhitc Cua"a'IN. ana ~
virtue Of the Statute %, it' ,
North Carolina: We "H.. "...
sale and sell for cash b." pH''' d..
ton to the Highest brdGr. ~ '' >.
Room Of the Company 'n :, ;. r.
gomery Street i'm Henderson, y. NJ, ~,
on Friday May 24Ir, 10" 81
O'Clock a. III. the following "'....
property:
Stock of wholcsa." -nr".'
associated lines. H>;M'.. '
receivable, six irucl- and .'' ..
sengcr car. A detailed uEc''"'t ...
be seen at the office 81 a.' "..'
signed. IL,
Highest bidder will be Gc4
deposit 10 percent Of "' "..'
is subject 10 cCnia1'"'...
three days without notice.
This May 18th. 1919. ....
JASPER 3. ii!NHa.
A. W. GNOLSoA. '..'"
1920
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-05-20
ANSWERS.

|. The latest comparative reports
place North Carolina in the bracket
OF so to 100 stills for each 100000
population. Only two states rank
higher than North Carolina, these are
Florida and Nevada.
2. According to 1880 census reports
there were lis persons for each re-
tail store.
). Three million pounds Of bacon.
$4,000 tons OF hay and fodder, 770,-
600 bushels of wheat, and other kinds
of crops to the value of %l50,000. BIZ
that time the State also had paid
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-05-20
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS

Ri. Rev. Ernest Nj. StireS, Protest
ant Episcopal bishop Of Long Island
n. Y, born at Norfolk, Va, "A years
ago.
Maj Gen. Henry higgins, U. S. A.,
born at Knoxville, Tenn. 63 years
ago.
Maj. Gen. B. Frank Chcatham, U.
S. A., retired, born in Tennessee, 73
years ago.
Prof. Allan Nevins Of Columbia
University, noted historian and biog-
raphcr, born at Camp Point, ILL.,, so
years ago.
Dr.. James r. Judd of Honolulu,
noted surgeon, born there, "a years
ago.
Mrs. Sgrid Undsct, famed Nor
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-05-20
Fifth Column Probe

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-05-20
What Do You
know About
North Carolina?
BY FRED Il. MAY

|. How doe North Carolina rank
with other States in the number of
Illicit diStilcricS seized?
,. How many persons are there FOR
each retail store in the State?
,. How much tax in kind had
North Carolina paid to the Confed-
crdcy by June 1864.
4. How many pairs Of shoes does
the State have to buy each year for
prisoners?
). When was Tyrreil county form
ed. abolished and rccstablished?
8. When was an effort made to
honor William Hooper by naming q
county for him?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-05-20

TODAY'S HOROSCOPE

Today is a fortunate one. endoW-
ing the native with strong will and
great ability Of organization. The
special aspects indicate success in
dealing with things that appertain to
the country and nature. Great care
should be taken not to grow tyranni-
cal or selfish for it will lead to mis-
fortune
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-05-20
ANSWERS TO
FEN QUESTIONS
See Back Page

|. Yes.
2. Spare him.
3. Third.
t. williamsburg.
5. Oliver Wcndall Holmes, Jr.
6. Yes.
7. Kon-sum'-it, adjectivC; kon'-
su-mate, verb.
G. President James Monroe.
g. No.
10. Very near the center.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-05-20

Perhaps tho reason the Japanese
invasion of China has slowed up is
the JapS find il hard TO face tn
Chinese defenders and keep an eye
on the Dutch East Indies at the
same time.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-05-20

GET PRICES on ORR USED CARS
before you buy. /. &, I. Motor Ca
Dodge and Plymouth dealers. MI
ChcSHlUt street t-rud-T
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-05-20

WANTED: COLORED MAN. MAR
ried or single. to work "n ta.
Apply To- f. NJ AyScuc. ROM" =.
Henderson. 2O-lu
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-05-20

WALL BOARDS, MASONlTt ii.ID
board and Insulating board. t".0.
board. veneer ply wood and n'''-
rock at Tho Place of Value. APE.
S. Watkins. -'-."
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-05-20

WE SPECIALIZE IN ALL
kinds Of body and fender re-
pair work. Meteor Sales Co.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-05-20

FOR SALE, UNNHH.,t-. .. .....--~'
range in first cla.s ........... nc
B. Wcster. phone 1873 IL,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-05-20
WANT ADS
Get Result,

500 HOUSEWIVES e. ,....--
watch this "d for .u.. o ID.~
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-05-20


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B. Wcstcr, phone ,ra '..'.. H.
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JUST RECEIVED A-.r....,.--
of good fini.h... ..'... SOCK
cypress screen n..-.. md
Place of Values r... The.
need for SERENE. ...a -
21,.
WE HAVE 4 LARGE >rnr,.
Of good c:cau u..t ~
P''NN' VI '-'''" I,.. Look
over our stock ar...r ...r
buy. LCgg-Parn.m e.. ,.,.'
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weighs about i0H lo. Nn.. IL. 30.
HICKS, at 4. and r. C........ Z,
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FOR RENT: FIVE BOgEI .-arm-
ment. corner aIu'g..., $3.50
Clark street three roo. a0.-......
corner Andrews @vyuG. ind n.."
lana street. five r.1m r...o
breckenridge street. ...r r...'
mouse Perry street Al j.. W,.,.r
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PAINTS. PAINTS. VISIT THE
Place of Values" IT. u. ...
paint store, featuring e. o...'.,.
| inc Oh DfNoC quality PANT. t|m.
a SMART NEW EiAlB-Dr OK ANY
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Evening star., 1940-04-24
Scharfelds to Give
Reception Friday

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur w. Schar-
field will give reception Friday in
their home on Massachusetts, ave-
nue. in honor of their house guests.
Capt. and Mrs. Will Judy of Chi
cago. Invited to meet Capt. Judy
and his wife are the officers of the
Old Dominion Kennel Club, of
which Mr.. and Mrs. Scharfeld are
active members, as well as fellow
members of the outstanding COM
mittees in charge of the dog show
to be given Saturday at Alexandria,
Va
Mr.. and Mrs Scharfeld are do
mating the silver trophy for the
best American-b dog at the
show and have been active in Sc
curing other trophies and entries
for this event.
Formerly residents of Alexandria,
opened their home in Washington
and Mrs. Scharfelds collection Of
flower prints is feature of the
town house decorations.
Other Washingtonians who are
aiding the Old Dominion show. the
beneficiary of which is the Alex
andria Hospital, both by giving
prizes and by exhibiting their dogs,
include Mrs. Jouett Shouse, Mrs
M. Carter Hall, Mrs A. S. Gardi-
ner, jr., Mrs. Howard M. Grimm,
Mrs. John o. Gum, Mrs. Louis A.
Cornet. Miss Winifred HaineS and
Mrs. Robert Watson.
Evening star., 1940-04-24
Two Formally Named
Candidates for Head
Of Pen League
Mrs. Gosch, Mrs. Gwen
Nominated; Absentee
Vote Plan Wins

Two candidates for national pres
ldent of the League of American Pen
Women, Mrs. E. Richard Gasch of
the District of Columbia, and Mrs.
May West Owen of Denver, Colo,
were formally nominated this morn
ing as the league continued its bien-
nial convention at the Willard Hotel
Mrs. Gasch is member of the
local branch and Mrs Owen also is
well known in Washington where she
frequently spends the winter. Mrs.
Audrey Wurdemann Auslander, the
retiring president, also is Washing
ton resident. The delegates will vote
tomorrow.
The league, at business session
today, also took action to permit
each branch in the national organ
1zation to cast the number of votes to
which it is entitled by registered
mail if its delegates are unable to
attend the convention. The resolu-
tlon was presented after the defeat
yesterday of a proposal to hold
the biennial conventions of the
league in different cities instead of in
Washington as the bylaws now pro-
vide. The Western branches have
felt they were deprived of full rep
resentation in the league because
they are unable to send as many
delegates to conventions as branches
nearer the Capital.
Other Candidates.
Other candidates announced prior
tnHoN'S NH,,c
Hamilton of New York and Mrs.
Robert Horner of the District for
first vice president, Mrs. w. Ewing
of Cleveland, Ohio, and Francesca
Folk Miller, Chicago. for second
vice president; Mrs o. r. Grant,
San Francisco, and Mrs. Charles S.
Posegate, Cincinnati, for third vice
president; Mrs. John E. Norman,
Coral Gables, Fla, fourth vice presi-
dent; Mrs. William M. Greene, Ken
nebunk, Me, for fifth vice presi-
dent.
Mrs. Thomas Cajigas of the Dis
trlct is announced as candidate
for corresponding secretary, Miss
Marguerite Merigold of the District
for recording secretary, Mrs. w
Scott Burton and Mrs. Edmund
Boone Luckett, Baltimore, for treas
urer; Miss Clara Manderschied,
Mount Rainier, Md, for librarian;
Miss Eva May Atwood, Murfrees-
boro, Tenn, and Mrs. Augusta o.
Thomas of the District for regis
trar; Mrs. D. L. Garland, Lincoln,
VT, and Mrs. Edna Lamoore Waldo,
Bismarck, N. Oak, for historian.
In the list of candidates for the
Office of State president are Mrs.
Inez Sheldon Tyler for the District
and Mrs. Naomi Duff Smith of Balti-
more for Maryland.
Puerto Rico Seeks Session.
At reception and banquet last
night the delegates were invited to
hold their next mid-congress session
In Puerto Rico. Mrs. Ana Alfonso,
president of the Puerto Rican branch
of the league, promised much enter
tanning and no speeches" while the
hospitality of the island was de-
scribed by a number of guests, in
Guiding Gen. Blanton Winship,
former Governor of Puerto Rico.
A poets luncheon, followed by
poetry forum, were features of to-
days program, and were to be
followed by a discussion on mar
kets." A tea given by the National
Woman's Party at Alva Belmont
House this afternoon and a COM
posers' banquet and concert will
complete todays program.