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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-16

none," Dr. O'Connell went on.
 He tapped her face with light fingers. As if to put her at ease he kept up a flow of conversation.
 "Your husband Is doing a mighty fine job in France. It's the young medical men who are do- ing the real surgery at the front That's why I came back. Here In England can serve my country better by being on hand when the cases that are invalidated home ar- rive. Ordinarily, it takes months to build up Q seriously wounded man to a point where plastic surgery would be any good at all"
 Tt makes me proud to hear about Gilbert"
 You have every reason to be proud of him, my dear" He tilted her face under the strong white examining light and studied the injured cheek critically.
 "You don't know how much this means to me-" she said ct length.
 Save your thanks until after wards he said gruffly. Tt will be time enough when we see if the operation Is successful"
 You mean there's e doubt?" she paled.
 "Well, there's always a doubt. We never know In advance what the results will be. We con only hope. Here's what I want you to do. You'll be admitted to the hos- pital today. We'll operate ton1or- row morning, if you agree"
 With the dispatch which char. acterized Dr. O'Connell, Mary found herself patient in @ private room in the same hospital she had left only @ few weeks earlier. She pur- posely waited until the gruelling routine of tests was over to read the letter from Gilbert. She had to be alone.
 My dear" she read, "Dr. O'Connell will bring you this message from me because I fear you have not received any of my letters. Service is uncertain and vastly slow in wartime.
 You will soon undergo this operation. When I trust you to Dr. OConnell I'm leaving you in the best hands I krow. You
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.se.ggea.ss.E.!E.: less
Mary Enters The Hospital

have my best wishes for all the luck in the world.
 This has to be brief because Dr. O'Connell is leaving imme- diately. But 1t carries sincere affection.
 "0ilbert."
 Mary leaned back on her pillow, the letter tight in her hand. So he had writtenl
 The words she had just read brought back the first time she had ever seen his red head tower ing above others, in the air raid shelter. Someday she would tell him all about It and, perhaps, by then she would have learned the mystery of Carla Marchetta's strange part in the events that had taken place since that night.
 That Carla was engaged in c mysterious mission, she now flrm- ly believed. Her own intuitive desire to uncover that activity had been cut short yesterday, by the sum- mons from Dr. O'Connell. But she would endeavor to pry out the set- cret when she was well again. The scratching of starched skirts grew louder as a nurse approached her bedside. The imperturbable British calm was, for once, upset, Mary noted.
 Another ship had been sunk" the nurse blurted out. Nobody can make me believe thees enemy subs are working blindly. There's spy ring at work for certain" Mary blanched, her eyes hor- rified.
 T beg your pardon, Mrs. Lenox. It was thoughtless of me. Dr. O'Connell wouldn't like 1t. It was only because was 90 over- wrought, I forgot myself. My brother was lost Now for the supper tray"
 Early the next morning Mary found herself, being lifted from her bed onto the blanket-covered hos pital cart. This was the dayi This was the day that would either re- store her as Mary Carroll or send her into Q permanent blackout.
 Inside the operating room, she blinked at the glare. Without the tiniest jar, she was slipped onto the operating table. She heard the sound of water as Dr. O'Con- nell and his assistants scrubbed for the operation.
 "Take deep breath" she could hear the nurse saying as the ether cone was clamped down on her nose and mouth. Steady there. Steady. Steady"
 A hand gripped her wrist as her pulse was being counted. She choked and tried to fight off the ether.
 Down 6 well she tumbled. The well was deep and gray. There were faces on all sides. There was Vincent Gregg. There was the blue black face of Carla Mar chetta, magnificent in plumes, rich furs and jewels. Lady Ponce- Townsend seemed to come into the scene. On one arm she had 6 pile of bedraggled garments. But she also held c stack of pencil sketches.
 Then there was the blond boy who had frightened her from the shadows of the MoraviaS deck. And Gilbert Lenox. It must have been Gilbert Lenox who kept say- ing "steady. Steady"
 In her last breath of conscious ness she had but one thought:
 Was she going to emerge from all this as the Mary Carroll she had been before?
 (T0 Be Continued)
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POLES

The Favellos, world renowned tghit-rope walkers, head, the gigan- tic all-star Broadway vaudeville show being presented tomorrow evening from the stage of the LoeW- Poll theater. Also, on this outstand- ing bill are Lou Saxon, foremost among popular comedians; Russell and Christine, grand song and adnce team: Ralph Fielder & O., in Q grand novelty act full of surprises and the CD Pastines and Fanchon. six sparkling feet of rhythm.
 Gus Meyers, Jr., and the Loew- Poli theaetr orchestra will be on hand to furnish the musical back ground for thes how.
 An American show girl may get stranded ct some tank station town in the U. s. A., but when she's beached in Africa she can take care of herself. That, after Q feshion, gives on idea of Congo Maisie," i" which opens tomorrow at Loew's Poll. Do you like adventure2 Well, meet Maisie, who Is here again in the person of Ann Sothern. And handsome John Carroll has the male lead opposite her.
 In the big supporting cast of this M-G-M hit are Rita Johnson, Shep- perd Strudwick, J. M. Kerrigan, E. E. Olive and others. All in all, they turn out one of the most in- teresting yarns of the Dark Contin- ent that has ever been brought to the screen. Congo Maisie" Is a personality kho will live for @ con- siderable time on the screen. Miss Sothern plays the part of a show girl stranded on the African coast, as that particular gal would do 1t.
 On the same program Is another smash hit. Covered Trailer" with the Higgins Family.
 Gone With the Wind," starts Saturday, a. yn., February 3rd, at Loew's Poll. Buy your reserved seat tickets now.
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CHAPTER XVIII

''You may go in, Mrs. Lenox." A starched white nurse showed Mary Into Dr. C'Connell's consulting room the next afternoon.
 Mary had waited scarcely at all when the deep bass voice of Dr. O'Connell boomed:
 "So this is Gilbert's wife. And how are you, my dear?"
 Dr. O'Connell had a thick thatch of iron gray hair. A smile twinkled in eyes behind steel bowed Spectacles.
 Before I left the Base Hospi- tal was given this to deliver to you" He handed her a letter ad- dressed in Gilbert's handwriting Mary reached eagerly for the let- ter, aware anew of a feeling she could not name.
 "Now let's have c look. Let's see about these facial nerves and see just how deep the damage has
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M The Local TheaterS
STATE

] Performances this evening at Warmers State theater conclude the engagement of the giant thriller 'Ths Hunchback Of Notre Dame" with Charles Laughton and Q cast of thousands. In addition, the man. agernent presents big surrounding program.
 Two hours of the screens most scintilliating entertainment will be afforded theatergoers when the giant of musical fun shows "Gulli- ver's Travels" opens It's engagement ct the State tomorrow afternoon.
 Packed with Q parade of song hits and filmed in beautiful technicolor this full.length cartoon brings to the screen the most overwhelming heart tingling entertainment eveI created.
 There are few children or grown. ups in the United States or in the entire world, for that matter who are not thoroughly familiar with the story upon which the technicol- or Plcture IS phSeu'
 It comes, of course, from Jona- than Swift's great classic of a ship- wrecked seaman'S amazing adven- tures in the faraway land of "Lilli- pug," the land where everything - people, buildings, scenery is one- tenth the size of It's counter part in the everyday world.
 From the physical aspects of "Lil- 1iput" and the contrast between the giant-like "Gulliver" and the nin- uscule "Lilliputians" comes the rol- Kicking humor of the piece,
 All the main characters in the picture, with one notable exception, are the un.q e, lovable creatures the author drew and the situations come directly from his unforgettable tale.
 During the course of Gullivers adventures he meets "King Little" and "King Bombo," the stubborn, proud-as-peacock rulers of the rival Kingdoms of "Lilliput" and "Blefu- scu." And the rulers children "Prin- cess Glory" and Prince David" two 1ove-struck sweethearts parted for reasons of state. And the three sly, devilish spies, Sneak" "'Snitch" and "Snoop," and the impudent town crier, "Gabby" to say nothing of the thousands of weird, peanut sized Lilliputians" and "Bleiuscu- ans"
 All in all here is a picture well worth seeing. If you enjoyed Snow White" then you'll certainly enjoy this masterpiece.
 And for your further enjoyment the management will present "Em- ergency Squad" with William Henry and Louise Campbell in the featured roles.
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STRAND

Ending its engagement this eve- ming at the popular Warner Bros. Strand theater is Disputed Pas sage" with Dorothy Lamour, Akim Tamirof and John Howard; also "Our Neighbors, the Carters." with Fay Bainter, Prank Craven and Edmund Lowe.
 Paul Muni, name which immed- lately brings to mind all that is great in motion picture entertain ment will again thrill Strand pa- irons when We Are Not Alone" a pictllrization of James Hilton's pop Jlar novel, opens four-day en- gagement tomorrow afternoon.
 Tn his first modern role in five years after a succession of triumphS as Louis Pasteur, Emile Zola and Benito JuareZ, Muni brings the full scope of his genius to his current role of Dr. Newcome.
 Featured in the cast is Jane Bryan, whom theatergoers remem- Der for her remarkable performance as the daughter, Tina, in "The Old Maid". It is safe to say that Miss Bryan scores another success in the part of Lani, Viennese dancer who is stranded in London.
 The film is set in 1914 at the start of the World War and concerns a little country doctor in a small Eng fish town, who is more concerned about his son than he is the world outside. The youth is a sensitive little fellow who is completely mis- understood by his mother, severe, forbidding woman.
 The doctors life is completely Mannsed whea, along with his son 10 visits a little Viennese dancer kxaveling with a third-class theatri- cal troupe, who has broken her Wrist. The child and the girl get on
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cRANlUM CRACKERS
FAMOUS AMERICANS

The only thing the persons men, toned below had in common was that they were all Americans. Each established himself in e different field of endeavor. After each name you are given a choice of occupa- tions and deeds. Pick out the one which distinguishes the person mentioned.
 i. stephen F. Austin: (a) bi- ographer, (b) editor, Co financier, (O founder of Texas.
 2. David Crockett: (a) hero in fiction, (b) hunter, Co Indian chief, (dD horticulturist.
 3. Dwight L. Moody: (a) preach- CT, (b) historian, Co novelist (d) senator.
 4. Kate D. wiggin: (a) suifrn- gette, (b) fiction writer, Co revo- lutionist, (d) chemist.
 5. James J. Hill; (a) explorer, (b) Revolutionary general, (c) railroad magnate, (d) Civil War hero.
 Answers on Back Page
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so well together that the atmos- phere of the doctors house Is conn., pletely disrupted.
 Supporting the stars are Flora Robson, Raymond Severn and Una O'Connor.
 As the co-feature the manage ment presents Tyrone Power, pop- ular screen favorite In Daytime" Wife" with Linda Darnell in the leading reminine role.
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The Italian Government has ap- propriated funds for hydro-electric projects in Sardinia and Sicily.
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CAST or CHARACTERS

CAOI UT OAAnhOAENS MARY CARROLL - American
 fashion expert, in London dur
 Ing wartime.
 VINCENT GREGG = soldier oS
 fortune, in love with Mary. CARLA MARCHETTA - . mys-
 eeFious London sOcialite.
 DR. GILBERT LENOX-surgeOn, serving with British army.
 YESTERDAY: At Lady POnce- TOwnsend's exhibit, Mary hears two women discussing Carla Mar chetta. They wonder why the SuIoIde of the young count who once loved CaFIa has never been explained. It was he, Mary re- calls, who followed her on the MOravia. The women also re- mark about Vincents attention to Carla. Mary determines to solve the mystery of Carla but when she reaches home, she finds n1es- sage from Dr. O'COnnell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-06
Juniors! Misses! Here Are Your
Fall Date Dresses
We Sketch -Four Exciting Models ..
Each With Definite Fashion Future!
THRIFT DRESSES

A. Tucked Chormer Of royon "Mossy"
Crepe. Tucked bodice, flored skirt,
pretty necklace. Black. Blue. kutrio
in sizes Z to Is ---S2 Ok
B. Cordioon Dress with dramatic pos
sementerie pockets and shirred
sleeves. Soft royon crepe in Black,
Blue, kutro and American Purple Sizes
Y to IS -------$8.95
Tie Pnlais Royal, Thrift Dresses
Third Floor
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Benefit Dance

A dance for the benefit Of the
Junior Red Cross will be held today
at $3.50 pm. in the Central High
School Auditorium under the aus
pices Of the high school students.
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Bliss Garden at Best
For Benefit Tour
Next Saturday

These warm sunny days are
bringing out all the blossoms In the
gardens Of Dumbarton. Oaks, estate
Of MIR. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss,
3101 r street NV, which will be
shown next Saturday afternoon
from 2 to 6 o'clock.
Proceeds will 60 to the Home TOR
1ncurables. The board Of managers
is sponsoring the benefit.
With the iris and tulips in bloom
a. we'll as the early ANIMALS, the
gardens should be at their best, ac-
cording to James Bryce, the Scottish
gardener, under whose magic the
lovely acres flourish.
Flowering shrubs and rare flowers
Of many varieties will be in bloom.
Guests may wander about tho acres,
visit Catalogue House, where charts
Of the gardens will be posted as
guides, enjoy the lovely pools, cool
vistas and rare boxwood, then be
served with tea on the terrace over.
looking the gardens and the city
beyond.
The small admission fee will 20 to
the fund being raised by members OF
the board Of managers Of the home
for the care and comfort Of the 100
men, women and children incurably
i'll.
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Miss Grace Mcclure
Will Be Married
To MIR. Weppner

Miss Grace Ava MCGUIRE, daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. O. R. Mcclure
of Arlington, Va, and Washington,
and Mr.. Robert Arthur Weppner, ir.,
OF Cleveland and Washington. son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Robert A. Weppner
OF Cleveland, will be married on
Saturday, June 8, at 4:3O o'clock at
the Shrine of the Blessed Sacrament
on Chevy Chase Circle. The Rev.
Ross Miltonberger, rector of St.
Martins Church in Washington, will
ohiciate. A reception will follow at
the home of the brides parents at
1908 North Highland street in Ar
ington.
Miss Margaret Kerr will be maid
OF honor and the other attendants
will be Miss Joan Briegel of New
York, Miss Mary Davenport of Rich
mond. Va; Mrs. o. r. Mcclure, jr.,
and Miss Hilda Weppner of Cleye-
land, sister of the bridegroom.
Mr.. William Reed will be best man,
and the ushers will include the
Messrs. Thomas Locrast, Gerard
McGoldrick Of New York, Michael
Weppner Of Cleveland, brother of
the bridegroom; Bruce Learned of
Alexandria, Va; o. r. Mcclure, tr..
brother Of the bride, and Ray Barger
Of New York.
The young couple will make their
home IN Washington.
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Party Will Benefit
Home for AGED

Msgr. Edward Buckley is sponsor
ing the card party which will be held
tonight at the Sulgrave Club for the
benefit Of the Catholic Home for
Aged Ladies. The members of the
board will be hostesses, and a group
OF subdebs will serve as ushers. Ad-
dltional patrons include the Peruvian
Ambassador, Senor Don Manuel de
Freyre; the Argentine Ambassador
and Sonora de Espel; the French
Ambassador, Count de st. Quentin:
the Minister of Guatemala and Nine.
de Recinos. Md. Edward Alexander,
Viscountess d'Alte, Princess Boncom-
pagni. Miss Eleanor Brawner, Mr..
Michael E Buckley, MI. and Mrs.
Leo Codd, Mrs. James Couzens. Mrs.
William ]. Devine, Mrs Davis Elkins
Mrs. James Emory. Mrs. John Guest.
Mrs. j. J. Haas. Mr.. and Mrs.
Christian Heurich, Mrs. P. H. Perry
johnson. Miss Katherine Judge, Mrs.
w. r. Knoblock, Mrs. Joseph Letter.
Mrs. Malcolm Mattheson, Miss
Margaret McNeiry, Mrs. Randolph
H. Miner, Mrs. Anna A. O'Neill, Miss
Agnes Reilly, Mr.. John Saul, Mrs.
Frank Slingluf, Mrs. Foster Stearns,
Mrs. Paul Norton Stewart, Mrs.
Corcoran Thorn, Senator David I.
Walsh. Miss Eunice Whyte, Mrs.
John R. Williams and Miss Eliza P.
Worthingten.
Evening star., 1940-05-16
Chest League
Makes Plans
For Fair.
Mrs. Davis Heads
Judging Committee
For Exhibits

Conferring Of awards for origi-
nslity and skin displayed by Com
munity Chest agencies in the more
than 40 exhibits and demonstra tions
at the Community Chest League
Country Fair will be handled by q
Judging Committee headed by Mrs.
Dwight r. Davis.
With Nothing to Sell-But q Lot
to Tell" the country fair will be open
to friends and guests Of the league
and the Chest agencies next Tues
day from 2 to o'clock, on the
grounds Of the Charles Carroll
Glover residence at 400 Massachu-
sets avenue NV.
Nine coveted banners will take the
place Of "blue ribbons" according to
Mrs. Davis. They will be bestowed
upon the Chest agencies taking first
places and honorable mentions In
three classes which include Cd in
depreciation Of services; ca artistry
Of exhibit, and 90 quality of enter
tainment in the pageant program.
The awards will 90 to the agencies
taking first, second and third places
In each Of the three classes.
The judging and presenting Of
awards will take place during the
afternoon Of the fair and viii be
the responsibility Of Mrs. Davis and
Evening star., 1940-05-16

Tells Club
OF Survey
Hundreds of Women
And Children Starye
In U.S., He Says

'With a capacity to produce
wealth beyond the limits of imagina-
ton, the United States has hun
dreds of women and children who
are literally starving to DEATH" M.
E. Kriegel, New York economist.
told members of the Soroptimist
Club yesterday at luncheon at the
Willard Hotel.
Mr.. Kreigel, who is In Washing
ton attending the Eighth American
Science Congress, based much of
his address upon observations ac-
quired IN q recent economic sur
vey Of the Nation. He was caustic
in his criticim of "smug and COM
placent men and women who speak
of posterity and ignore the immedi-
ate weA-being of people around us. /"
He declared that women who had
capacity for professional ability"
far beyond men should help assume
responsibilities of the economic
problems Of the country and assist
in working out system of dis
tributing the Nations great wealth.
Deploring the European war as
futile and useless, he called atten-
ton to unhappy social conditions
in the United States and asked
women for their cooperation
against the great war of poverty,
destitution and ignorance which he
said exists in this country.
The speaker told of conditions in
many sections of the country where
boys and girls 60 without bread
and milk and can't 60 to school be-
cause they have no shoes" Part
of the role of women, he declared,
was to correct such conditions.
you take care of dogs and CATS"
he said, why not human beings?"
Mr.. Kreigel lauded Mrs. Roose-
velt and her interest in public af-
fairs and described her as one of
the most brilliant statesmen of
today"
Although women stand high in
business and professional fields,
women must also give to the
world a spiritual renaissance" he
concluded.
Miss Mary Bourke, president, pre-
sided, and the speaker was intro
duced by Mrs. Elinor Lee, program
chairman.
Evening star., 1940-05-16
Lambda Chi Sorority
To Install Officers

Alpha Province of Lambda Chi
National Sorority will install new
officers at a banquet and dance to
be held at the Mayfower Hotel
Saturday evening.
Dorothy Hereford, Dorothy Muir
ray and Lillian Murphy will be re-
ceived into the sorority, and the
outgoing province officers will be
presented with corsages in appre-
citation for their services Of the past
year.
New officers include Dorothy
Parkhill. chairman; Mary Sue Will
liams, vice chairman; Lois Mil
stead, recording secretary; Blossom
Milbrooke. corresponding secretary;
Mildred Gore. treasurer; Anita Ryan
chaplain and sergeant at arms, and
Mackie Smith. publicity editor.
Evening star., 1940-05-16
Beta Sigma Phi

The District of Columbia Council
and local chapters of Beta Sigma
Phi will hold their spring formal
dance tomorrow from 10 pm. to /
am. at Hotel Twenty-four Hundred.
Marjorie Heekin Of Theta is chair
man OF arrangements, assisted by
Lorene Angel of zeta Mu, Ellamae
Massie Of Gamma, Euline Gregg of
Epsilon, Elaine Chase Of Lambda
and Mrs. Ruth Hill, former council
president.
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hef committee. 1lrs. Oayls' commit
To- members include Nra BENJAMIN
a. Mckelway. MrY. John r. VIII
hams. Mrs. Warren Austin and Mrs.
George A. Garrett.
With 10 OF the 81 Community
Chest member agencies represented
BY exhibit booths, demonstrations
picturtng their activities and enter
tainment features, the judging
Committee anticipates 4 busy after
noon.
From 2 to 4:30 o'clock they will
view = closely timed series Of DEM
onstrations at the bright-canopied
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Solicitor General
Will Entertain

The Solicitor General and Mrs.
Francis Biddle will entertain at
cocktails this afternoon In honor
OF the delegates to the Law In
stitute, members of the Supreme
Court and members of the De-
partment Of Justice.
This evening they will be hosts
at dinner for some of the Law In
stitute visitors.
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agency Notwithstanding from . pup
pet show to . large lighted map pic
turing the health conditions in the
District and nearby areas. From
$50 to 8 pm. they win concentrate
upon the "big show" Of entertain
Evening star., 1940-05-16
Will Induct Officers

The Catholic Women's Benevolent
Legion will hold its annual dinner
and joint installation at the Kene-
saw Apartment tonight at 8 O'Clock.
The officers of councils in the Dis
trict OF Columbia and one from Al
exandria, Va, will be installed by
the supreme deputy of Washing
ton, Miss Margaret A. Kennedy.
Evening star., 1940-05-16

ment features. picturing the wide
variety Of children's opportunities
and recreation through Chest agen-
cies. Nearly 500 children viii con.
tribute some part In the gay and
colorful series of events.
Evening star., 1940-06-16
KING-SMITH STITDTOS

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1851 N. H. ave. nw-Attractive single
room with private bath for summer
months; $3.50. Meals If desired In
outdoor dining room.
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JEWISH, lovely private home; excellent
food; convenient location; room for one;
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APARTMENTS UkFURNIsHED.
THE FRANKLIN,
1911 Rhode Island Ave. NE.

Attractive apt. of large room. kitchen
built-in tub. and shower. screened rorch:
modern building. with elevator and in
cinerator. Rental. $40.
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fuTn. room, single or double: select home;
conv l4th st. cars: reas GE. 6l92.
1927 10th ST. NW-Vacancy for Young
man in front room; private bath. Double
room for Young lady
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1916 10th ST. N.W.-Vacancies for young
men and girls, in clean cool, attrac. home;
best quality food well prepared. Reas.
1909 18th NV. above Mass. ave.--Walk-
ing distance; single, double. one with bath;
25 years exp We aim to please (oWner)
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3 rooms kitchen, bath porch and base
ment, heat and hot water furnished Apply
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home: light, cool; good food; reas.
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2nd f., next bath, shower; cool; large
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large rms. kit. pvt. bath, refg., gas, elec.:
bus door Adults
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beds; near bath; other room; excellent
meals TaylOr 1870