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Evening star., 1941-05-12
Miss Harriet Wheeler
Is Married to Mr.. Gray.

A prettily arranged home wedding
was that of Miss Harriet Wheeler,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam A. Wheeler of Chevy Chase,
Md, and Mr.. Gordon Frederick Gray
of Washington, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clyde A. Gray of Manchester, N. H.
The wedding took place in the
Wheeler home Saturday afternoon.
April II, the Rev. DR.. U. G. B.
Pierce, pastor of All Souls Unitarian
Church officiating at o'clock. Miss
Drusilla Gottshal played the we'd
ding music.
The bride wore her travelling gown
of green silk crepe, fashioned after
the dirndl model, beige Hawaiian
hat and had corsage bouquet of
tan orchids.
Miss Shirley Puffer was maid Of
honor wearing navy blue silk
crepe dress with navy blue hat and
a shoulder bouquet of white gar
denias. Mr.. Leroy Gaintner of
Lancaster, Pa, was best man.
The reception for those, who
witnessed the ceremony followed,
after which Mr.. and Mrs. Gray
left on their wedding trip. They
will make their home at 1926 Forty
first street NV. Mrs. Gray at
tended the New York School of
Fine and Applied Arts and George
Washington University, where she
was a member of Kappa Delta So
rority. Mr.. Gray attended Bates
College and was graduated from
Leland Powers School of Dramatic
Art.
Mrs. Gray, mother of the bride
groom, came from Manchester for
the wedding, and others from that
town were Mrs. Mabel Davis, Mr..
and Mrs. Burton Bunker, Mrs. Mary
Gordon, Mrs Maurice Drummy, and
Mrs. John Keays, Mrs. Ruth Aldrich
and Mr.. Thomas Aldrich.
Evening star., 1941-05-12
Hebrew Sisters
Will Give Shower

The Hebrew Sisters Aid Circle
will hold linen shower and
Mothers Day program Wednesday
from 2 to pm. at the Hebrew
Home for the Aged. Bedding and
other linens collected will be given
to needy families of Washington.
Mrs. Samuel Schlosky is chair
man of the program, assisted by
Mrs. Maurice Collegeman. The
opening prayer will be offered by
Mrs. Solomon Metz and the Mothers
Day reading will be given by Mrs.
Morton Steinberg.
Evening star., 1941-05-12

son, Louis Brown and Chester g.
Cash.
/ DR.. Chase will examine Raymond
Monroe and Scott Brayman at 2
pm. Thursday.
Two men, George w. Ratlief and
Henry r. Beall, have been directed
to report to DR.. Finnigan at pm.
Friday at 6 pm. physicians from
the District of Columbia Penal In
stitution at Lorton will examine the
following in the Courthouse clinic:
Emmet D. Gray, Walter L. Smith,
Edward w. Howard, Samuel H.
Lightfoot, William A. Williams,
Luther B. Hamilton, John D. Monks,
Carl Ball, William H. beavers, Edgar
L. Hook, Edward A. Clarke. Joseph
Adams, Layton S. Whitesell, Lloyd
w. Murray, Wallace H. Hamilton
and Wray w. Profit.
Evening star., 1941-05-12
Woodbridge Club
Will Elect Officers

The Woodbridge Book Club will
elect officers at a meeting tomorrow
at 10 am. in the parish hall of the
Church of Our Savior, Sixteenth and
Irving streets NV.
In addition to discussion on
Central America, Mrs. G. T. Gibson
will give a book review and Mrs
Frank Burgess will present a film
In technicolor on gardens of Mexico
Mrs. w. T. Powell will be hostess.
Evening star., 1941-05-12
Chevy Chase Club
To Help Children

A check for $3.50 will be presented
to Mrs. F. Harold Kurtz, executive
secretary of the Montgomery Coun-
ty Welfare Board, at the annual
banquet of the Junior Woman's
Club of Chevy Chase. Md, Thurs
day at 6:45 pm. at the clubhouse
The money, proceeds from the
clubs annual dance, is for the use
of undernourished children in
Montgomery County
Guests will include Mrs. Kurtz
and Mrs. r. S. dEspard, junior
contact chairman of the club.
New officers to be inducted at the
banquet are Miss Margaret Spring
er, president; Miss Violet Karchen,
vice president; Miss Louise Bebb,
recording secretary; Miss jeanette
Dulin, corresponding secretary. and
Miss Lucia Starkey, treasurer.
Evening star., 1941-05-12
Speech Contest

A speech contest will be held by
the North Capitol w. c. T. U. Sat-
urday at 7::30 pm. at the Ecking-
ton Presbyterian Church. A gold
medal was presented to Gordon
Gemeny and silver medal to Fran
ces Reynolds at recent contest
held at the United Brethren Church.
Both are members of the North
Capitol Loyal Temperance Legion.
Evening star., 1941-05-12
Radio Interview

Miss Edith lockwood of the Chill
drens Bureau will be interviewed by
Mrs. Miller Hickerson, chairman of
the Publicity Committee of the
Business and Professional Women's
Club, over Station WINK Wednes-
day at $3.50 pm. The broadcast
is one of a series being sponsored
by the Business and Professional
Women's Club.
Evening star., 1941-05-12
Luncheon Planned

The Washington Alumnae As
sociation of Kappa Delta Sorority
will hold its annual luncheon Sat-
urday at l pm. at Woodward and
Lothrop's. Guests will be the grad
uatine seniors of the sorority from
chapters at George Washington
University and the University of
Maryland. Miss Beatrice Coleman,
1881 Irving street NE, is in charge
of arrangements.
Evening star., 1941-05-12
Beta SIGMA Phi

A debate on whether or not the
st. Lawrence waterway project
should be approved will follow a
meeting of Kappa Chapter, Beta
Sigma Phi, Thursday at 8 pm. at
the Lee-Sheraton Hotel.
Thora Forsell, Mary Allus Lyman,
Eunice Kirkland and Alpha Will
hanson will be the debaters.
Evening star., 1941-05-12
Librarian to Speak
Before Arts Club

Miss Clara w. Herbert. librarian
of the Public Library, will speak on
What People Are Reading at the
Public Library" before the Arts
Club tomorrow at $3.50 pm, follow
ing a club dinner.
Mrs Cloyd Heck Marvin will be
hostess and John Russell Mason,
librarian of George Washington
University, will be host.
Evening star., 1941-05-12
Auxiliary to Meet

The Washington auxiliary to the
Railway Mail Association will meet
tonight at the Capitol Park Hotel,
when the Nominating Committee
will make report.
The auxiliary will entertain the
national president. Mrs. E. C. En-
body of Minneapolis, at luncheon
Saturday, at the Highlands.
Evening star., 1941-05-12
Miss Hazard Is Bride
OF Joseph Ross, Sd.

Miss Cecile Hazard, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter C. Hazard
was married Saturday, April 26, to
Mr.. Joseph Hunter Ross, Sd, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph H. Ross, I'd
of this city.
The ceremony took place at the
Hamline Methodist Church, with
the Rev. w. E. Burgan officiating.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father and wore gown OF
white satin under lace and net and
a Juliet cap of seed pearls. Her
BOUQUET was of orchids and lilies of
the valley.
Her attendants we're Mrs. Frank
J. Leach, matron of honor, and Miss
Helen Hazard, maid of honor, sis
ters of the bride. They wore orchid
lace and net gowns. The Misses
Constance and Mildred Num-, Miss
Antoinette Ross and Miss Ethel
made Burrows were the bridesmaids
and wore contrasting colors OF net
and lace and their bouquets were
Of contrasting talisman roses.
Little Mary McCaffry. the flower
girl, wore an orchid color dress and
scattered white rose petals.
The brides mother wore blue chif-
fon with a corsage of yellow roses
and the bridegroom mother wore
aqua chiffon, with corsage of red
roses.
Mr.. William Ross was best man
and Mr.. Frank j. Leach, Mr.. Will
liam Greer, Mr.. Richard Kremb,
Mr.. Jack Kertz and Mr.. Edward
Yaden were the usherS.
Mrs. Louise Edwards sang the
solos, accompanied by Mr.. McClery,
the organist.
Following the ceremony a recep-
ton was held at the home of the
brides parents in Bethesda, Md,
where the couple will reside after
short southern cruise.
Evening star., 1941-05-12
Apples Found Misbronded

RICHMOND, Va, May II OP.-
Apple inspectors of the State De-
partment of Agriculture found 26.-
OIL baskets incorrectly marked or
mlsbranded out of a total of 76,-
923 baskets and 1926 barrels exam
ined during March. the department
reported.
Evening star., 1941-05-12
Entertain Mothers

Members of zeta Chapter Of Phi
Pi Epsilon Sorority entertained their
mothers with tea yesterday at the
home of Miss Anna Marie Wilkin-
son, 1912 Van Ness street NV. This
president is Miss Claire Williamson.
Evening star., 1941-05-12
Will Give Dinner

The Washington Colony, National
Society of New England Women,
will hold its annual dinner Thurs
day at $50 pm. at Highlands
Connecticut avenue and California
street NV. .NN3
Evening star., 1941-05-12
Marshall PIT. A. to Elect

John Marshall School Parent
Teacher Association, Arlington, Va,
Will elect officers at its meeting at
8 o'clock tonight.
Evening star., 1941-05-12
Weddings
Of Interest
In nCapital
Miss Derfinger
Is Married to
Mr.. Hillebert
Continued From Page B-3D

was Mrs. Howard Scott, who wore
dark blue chiffon with white acces-
sories, and the bridegroom had for
his best man Mr., Howard Scott.
"A reception at the home of the
brides parents was held after the
ceremony.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-03

remain single. The lawyers said there wasn't
bat maybe she could be persuaded.
SO Garland changed his will leaving her
an income of S333,333.33 a year, so long as
she did not marry. He willed $1,O00,000 to
each OF his sons. which they were TO get on
their twenty-first birthday.
But the Widow Garland was by no means
ready to live alone and like it.
She was born Marie Tudor and was dis
tant relative of Englands Merry Monarch"
King Henry the Eighth. who had had six
wives What could be more natural than to
follow in the marrying Tudor's footsteps?
She knew she.had to marry rich man or
lose money on the match.
For six years she turned down all offers.
Then she married the caretaker on her Buzz
yards Bay, Mass, estate.
They spent a two-year honeymoon in Flu
rope and when she returned alone she filed
suit for divorce. There was nobody now to
take care of the caretaker's wife and for
several years Marie must have -mesFned her
financial loss.
But she taught her growing sons that
money wasn't everything and advised them
TO give II away if they wanted to be happy.
Then she met and married wealthy So
cialist lawyer Swinburne Hale whose income
helped her to balance the books again.
Just before the marriage took place
the world by announcing that he wouldn't
accept the million dollars.
His younger brother, Hamilton who was
then at Harvard. declared that when he came
of age he would follow his brothers example
The boys had a wonderful time telling
everyone how the world ought to be run but
few took them seriously. They also aired their
views on marriage and other such anti
quated" ideas.
Later on, Hamilton permitted his legacy 10
be forced on him and Charles ruefully accepted
a substantial trust fund for a rainy day.
Charles, after he gave the money away
was eager to test out his radical ideas on life
and love Although he had fashionable wife
the former Mary Wrenn of Dedham, Mass.
he wanted to see what free love was like.
So he founded the notorious April Farm" at
Carver.
He justified his experiment by saying he
saw no evidence that God sanctioned mar
riage any more than money"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-03

not so advanced in their thinking and made
SO much trouble that he removed his emo
tional laboratory" to a Pennsylvania farm,
near Allentown.
one of his converts was Bettina Hovcy.
starry-eycd just out of college and eager to
set the world right.
While she was a member of the colony she
became mother, and it was said that Garland
was the father of the child.
Some time later, the authorities in Allen
town heard a strange story about that child
it had died and been given curious funeral.
Late at night they were told. Garland and
Bettina Hovey had taken the body and
small coffin TO an out-of- the-way corner of
the Great Swamp Cemetery not far from the
love farm.
Garland had dug a shallow grave by the
light of a lantern. Weeping over the pathetic
little body Bettina had placed it in the coffin.
Then, the coffin was lowered into the
grave. the hole filled and broken tree branch
stuck into the loose earth as a marker.
The authorities investigated and were COM
WINGED that tho baby had suffocatcd one night
IN its crib. Even So Garland was sentenced to
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-03

nounceable name He was Marie's fifth hus-
band and she till had one to go if she wanted
to match Henry Wits record
But the Russian proved as unsatisfactory
as the others. In 1886. Hamilton announced
that his mother had become bride for the
sixth time as the wife Of j. Allen Fiske. bust
ness man OF Peoria Illinois
The wedding was secret and the honey
moon was in Mexico The bride was in her
sixties, and with age and so much matrimonial
experience she may have learned TO be happy
though married. Like her sons, Mrs. Marie
Tudor Garland = Garland Green-H Hale RodalSie-
wicz-Fiske settled down.
Charlie lives in White Plains, New York
now, with his children and he says he is inter-
ested in the Farmers Cooperative Movement
Hamilton lives in Buzzards Bay with his sec.
ond wife and the Garland family, as a whole.
are enjoying a well earned rest.
Charlie is well off because the executors
OF his fathers will saw 10 il that ne could not
spend or give away all his money. lie retained
an income, he says, sufficient to live on"
, Il don't give money away any more" he
al .I
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-03

Charlie found
plenty OF young
men and women
who were willing
to 81 are his
young ideas"
Strangest of all,
Charlie even sue
ceeded in on
vincing his wife.
She maintained a
home for him in
a Boston suburb
and humbly &C
C e p I e d s u C h
crumbs of affec-
ton as did not
fall TO the lady
Zealots at Car
yer. She bore
him four chill
dren.
But the neigh
bors Of Garland's
love farm and the
NJ a s s a C husetts
authorities were
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-03

Almost $4,000. 900 Tric-
kIed Away in 20 Years.
But til e n an do ut
Committee Cent Find
Any M ore worthy
Causes" and Give S
Back the Meosly Last
$1,000 TO the Advanced
Thinker Who Once
Went to Jail Because
Of What Happened on
His Free-Love Form
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-03

to keep on in the style which the Russian
Revolution was supposed to overthrow for
their benefit.
With the Garland money the Reds started
a newspaper and a magazine. They didn't
worry about getting readers. II copies didn't
sell they were given away Charlie Garland
paid the bill.
After Russia signed up with Germany and
started tAe-praF with Finland, the Communists
in New York went more or less into hiding
or jail They were in disgrace in city which
had tolerated them for years The causes
which had survived the depression were
merged the colleges were put on a paying
basis. and the trustees Of the Garland Fund
were almost out Of job.
When they met a few weeks ago they de-
cided TO close up the books once and for all
II there anything left in the bank, it
would be returned 10 Charles Garland
To their astonshment they found they
were still $4,000 TO the good. There weren't
any takers for that and it might have taken
them months 10 find respectable worth while
cause. They were too tired, and so they just
made out check for the amount, payable
TO Charlie Garland. 1t was all he ever got
from the fund and he says he is satisfied
Il still feel that large inheritances should
be spent not on personal living but on some
thing of more social value" he said the other
Gay. i lllnk got more out OF my unCIl-
lance this way."
If James A. Garland Charles father and
Boston millionaire, had known how the money
he willed was to be spent, ne would have
turned over in his grave about million times.
The elder Garland had inherited great
wealth from his father, but unlike his son.
didn't see why he shouldn't enjoy It, even
though ne hadn't worked for It, He detested
all radical ventures and was a conservative
upright business man, who spent much Of his
time increasing his fortune.
He saw no reason why his two sons
Charles and Hamilton, should not think his
footsteps worthy enough to follow in them.
But Charles and Hamilton had different
ideas, which the elder Garland blamed on their
education at Harvard College and the influ-
ence Of his wife, their mother.
Garland was deeply fond of his wife and
sons. but when he was about to die he ad-
, vised his wife, who soon to be his widow,
TO stay that way. With almost his last
breath he told her that she would never find
another man who could get along with her
He ought TO have known, since they had been
divorced once, only to remarry again.
It turned out that her husband was not
cruel. but prophet.
She disagreed with him rcgretfully; so the
dying man sent for his lawyers and asked
them If there was any way of forcing her TO
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-03
BY JOHN u. STURDEVANT

N/ II doesn't sound like much Of a
w problem but IT staggered twenty
year-od Charles Garland twenty years ago.
Most young men Of his age would have
sailed some Of II in the bank and thrown the
rest away on sprees, sports, servants and
estates
But not Charles Garland.
He didn't want 10 be a male Cinderella and
he would have traded a pumpkin coach fer
tin lizzie any day.
Charlie was not the type 70 dream Of
castles in Spain or living with a flourish.
He thought that since the money had been
left TO him by his father he had done nothing
TO earn IT, He was against inherited wealth.
He didn't want 10 live in big houscsIthcy
were a nuisance, what with taxes, involved
plumbing and big drafty rooms.
He hadn't much Use for servants He-pras
Young. healthy and well able 10 wait on him
self He preferred ham and eggs 10 caviar.
Big game hunting yachting, racing and
other pleasures Of the idle rich bored him. He
liked TO roam in the woods with faithful old
dog by his side.
It took him just about day to make up
his mind
He would give the million dollars away TO
worth while Causes the kind most rich
people branded as radical and revolutionary.
He called together a group, and set up a
trust fund to be known as the American
Fund for Public Service" which was soon
called the Garland Fund"
For twenty years the money from this
fund has been spent as though by visiting
iremen The Communist Party got big
slice and. at the present writing say they
have nothing 10 show for IT,
Colleges. committees and visionary move
ments, which didn't pan out, got most Of
what left.
re o,bor dav tho tr,isfees met in n cafe
terra in irving Place New York. They were
so discouraged that they almost wept into
their blue plate specials"
They confessed that the Fund was such
pain in the neck that they were going TO call
the whole thing off.
II seems that during the boom years before
the depression the original fund Of a million
dollars grew TO double its size. The trustees
had to spend twice as fast. As soon as they
got rid of a thousand dollars, two thousand
more arrived It was like taking a step for
ward and two steps backward. They got
nowhere.
Most people would welcome such hard
shin but to the spenders IL was an ordeal. one
of the provisions of the trust was that 1t had
to be spent, and no fooling.
They spent their nights and days worrying
where TO find worth while" causes There
were plenty of them under their noses, but
Garland wanted them TO spend the money on
movements which were down and-out.
The problem got so tough that the trustees
took TO showering cash on the Soviet sheep in
America Nobody. they knew, could spend
money faster than the Reds. even though they
preached that no man should have more money
than another. They should have been able TO
get along on a pittance but the Communist
leaders were living like kings and wanted
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-03

sixty days in Jail and fined $500 on a charge
Of adultery.
This was too much for Charles long-suf-
fering wife and she divorced him in 1929 1t
also quoted Charles down because since then
he has kept out of Jail and the public eye.
Hamilton proved disappointment to his
brother because he not only accepted his leg
acy, which by the time he was twenty-one had
grown TO 81 900 but also married his
mothers secretary and settled down.
He quietly divorced her in 1883 and turned
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-03

"By the Light of a Lantern Garland Dug the Lonely
Little Craze Ou-ofheWdy Corner of the Cemetery
and After Weeping Over the Pathetic Little Body Bettind
So 1t Was Said, Placed 1t in the COfn-Then the Hole
Was Filled and a Tree Branch Stuck Into the
Loose Earth a Marker"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-03

up later on with a brand
new wife.
Meanwhile, the moth
er of the boys was too
busy with her own mat
rimonial affairs TO pay
much attention to her
sons.
The relative of Henry
the Eighth became dis
pleased with Swinburne
Hale, her husband, who
was not only a lawyer,
but also a poet and a
radical.
She cared little for his
law practice and oom-
planned that he was too
much of a poet and not
a red enough radical.
Once again Marie got a
divorce.
She decided TO take a
trip around the world in
her own boat which she
called the Blue Moon. f."
There were TO be at
least three passengers
Henwar RDlakiewicz. a
Russian anthropologist.
who came along to take
pictures; Lola Ridge, a
poetess. and Lolas hus-
band, David lawson, a
writer.
IL TOOK a long time
TO get the boat ready
and shortly before they
were due TO sail, the
whole thing was sud-
denly called off.
That was because an
other marriage was in
the wind this time to
the Russian anthropolo-
gist with the unpro-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-05-15

other ground with heavy heels at
his fingers. Below Benning could
see the water foaming down the hull
of the ship.
His feet were clear of the deck, his
left hand lacerated into helplessness.
A knife flashed in the air over his
right hand to slash it free of the rail.
Schmolz beloved an order before
the knife could reach the flesh and
bone of Behring'S fingers.
"Stop it! Hold everything-keep
him aboard! ia, I got new ideal"
The others turned to Schmolz with
questioning glares. The knife hung
in the air over Behring'S hand.
"Ja, in the water it is over too
quick!" Schmolz leered. $50 think
we give him a nice stateroom-
where he can think-until-boom!"
Schmolz sprang forward, seized
Behring'S collar and hustled him
down a narrow flight of steps from
the boat deck. He searched Ben
ning's pockets and shouted an or
der. A winch sang, hatch crept
open over the hold. At command,
one man seized Behring'S legs, the
other two helped Schmolz cram
their prisoner head foremost
through the opening.
Benning plummeted through
black space, struck on head and
shoulders and lay stunned, con-
seriousness holding by a thin thread.
Slowly his mind cleared. He
stretched his pain-racked body out
on the hard cargo and tested Shout
der blades by moving them. There
was no fracture. Lying fat on his
back, he strained his eyes upward
through the blackness. The hatch
had been closed.
He muttered to himself: "This
time, Benning, you've tangled your
self In a fine snarl. Looks like cur
tains, doesn't it?"
Benning felt drowsiness creeping
over him, a drowsineSs that had the
power of a strong opiate. He woke
with a start to find the engines shut
down now. The ship was not NOV
ing. He concluded the ship must
have stopped at Cristobal. Here a
quarantine officer would come
aboard. Schmolz would advise him
of the nature of his cargo, but this
merely for the computation Of
weights and water displacement re-
quired for passage through the
locks. Unless suspicious were
aroused, the ship would steam on
into the Canal.
In short time the engines
churned. Benning took this as veri-
fcation. The ship was leaving Girls
tobal.
After time the engines slowed
down, stopped. Benning's pulse ham,