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POTOMAC RIVER.

4s acres. miles D. c. line. in Prince
Georges Co. Md An S-room bath and
public service residence, 2 cottages and
tobacco barn. High lying land directly on
the Potomac, is all tillable with exception
Of 94-acre apple orchard. Situated in an
unspoiled area close in to Washington.
THEODORE F. MENK.
EX T1A0 QNH 18Th St. n w
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FARMS FOR SALE tcontinuedl ,
MINIATURE FARM

4. ALMOST an acre of level land, only mi.
from ID, c, in Mont. Co. Fruit grapes,
peTries, asparagus. 5-room modern bunga
low with full bsmt. and large attic, Ere
place, screened porch; detached garage
needs only $1,000 down. r.. P RIPLEY
e., 1889. tsun.; Mon. and ewes. SH
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AUTOMOBILES FOR HIRE.
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE.

FORD l941 station wagon for rent weekly
o. by month; heater, radio. excellent tires
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GARAGES FOR RENT.
AUTO REPAIR AND SERVICE.
AUTOMOBILE PAINTING.
Complete Factory Job.
$35 AND UP.
LEO ROCCA, INC,
430l Conn. Ave. NV EN-. 1000
AUTO TRUCKS FOR SALE

FORD truck. 1895 panel model A pickup;
new, tires and motor. motor New cleo.
drill WA. 1908
DODGE 1a4l tractor %. 1a-ton with
new motor; one 24-ft. bingham trailer.
Both have good tires. Call Elmwood 426.
DODGE late 1910 11a-ton: special stake
body, dual wheels, low mileage. excel tires,
tarpaulin; complete, S1,15O 81. 3S3S
livery; practically new. No dealers. CAN
ia. 0927
INTERNATIONAL ] ton panel truck, 1898:
good tires, new paint job. Ford 34-ton
panel truck. 1910 good tires. ia-ton panel.
Food shape. new tires, 1941. Harry
Justine, Ma 2S44.
INTERNATIONAL C35 dump, Interna tional
C53o dump, International D30 dump
International DS35 dump, Ford 1910
dump. GMC 24-ton panel and others. Call
wafer Miles, Diamond Motors, Inc, 1921
Bird st. NV, Ma. 1896
FORD l94n % hip; 157-in wheel base,
Saturday after / d m 81. nRSn
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ACREAGE WANTED.
ACREAGE FOR SALE,

SMALL ACREAGE on Va. shore of Potomac
River north of Mount Vernon. Louis P
Shoemaker, 111o K st. NV. Ma 1166.
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WATER FRONT PROPERTY.

WANTED TO BUY-Modern cottage on
SAT- water near Washington; give price
S 9a BEAd naz c aSPz ftar or sale
Rpa bath .acre corner aV iot. P Ffsms
siX-ACRE GENTLEMAN's ESTATE. near
Annapolis, Md. fully furnished, has good
water front all bulkheaded owner leav-
ter-front farm farmhouse, tobacco barn,
new wharf lust 3 miles from Annapolis,
Prce ' ssooo c rro fryy
s36 Main ST. Annapolis. Md Phone An
REM, oWINGs BEAcH-clean furn. cot
Worth BEACH ana sfno0fs Ma os lots
5oX feet $500 and up. cash. Box
CoLoNfAL BEAcH-cottage for rent rea-
EP npspSe TasF Lincoln o42s
rooms, baths > porches,. large lot, over
Ba Tboms at c2cis 20 Walter Raaman
LoG-CABIN TYPE COTTAGE for sale at
6es sbgdv on Shes Bay o miles D c.
cottagesl ST to $3.50 oG o. Now 1shf Is
the time to buy, Gentle community.
singular oee we on rsq 1ysT Inere at
MOST DEs aRal Itr' HoM Mh 1 on bay
near near MaEq Chas. F. Lee; Annapolis. Nd.
main streets; rustic fence surrounding
lot, completely furn.; cleo. refrigeration,
well, water in house; Glen Isle on South
E5nn ~ miles from D, G. line; 81 500;
property or good boat considered Open
Sept 9TH and 9Th. Owner, d. 1888
after 4 pm.
LABOR DAY SPECIAL
Colonial Beach, Va.-Detached o-story
all-year home, 8 rms kitchen. 3-pc bath,
cleo, porches. Lot 50x15o. Garage Paved
curblnP
ton. Sacrifice. $500. A. Fischer
towner), CO 1910
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FARMS WANTED,

BUY OR RENT SIN. farm with sm hse.,
cleo, hard I'd, cd. transp.: within Is mi.
Wash. Give details and price, Box 254-S,
WILL PAY $1,000 CASH and $50 monthly
for waterfront farm on Chesapeake Bay
or navigable river; good anchorage es-
sential; private purchaser, immediate sale.
Box 464-2 Star
FARM ON THE WATER to retire on, fish
ing and grabbing: about $4,000, give de-
tails and price. Box 292-S, Star. g.
FARMS AND AVERAGES WANTED from
owners, state terms P. o. Box 1861,
WASHINGTON, D. C,
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STOCK FARM-S27 nn0.

100 acres, % miles out On State road.
one of the best productive and located
farms in MONTGOMERY County, with large
stream and springs. % acres of woodland
all good outbuildings, large banked barn.
large 4-bedroom home, h.-wh., bath, cleo,
rtent Terms Slo,nor cash Many dairy
spd other farms. JOHN PURDOFT, Coles
Vile, Nd. Phone Ashton lS4G
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-28
VaSene 5D2URSAL24T KEEPS SCALP AWAY
nGr

ALL YOU DO: Just shoke few drops OF VoseIine'
Hair Ionic your comb rub Il on your scalp with
your fingers fhots oil u iokes 10 keep your hair neoi
and notoroookine oil doy long checks Dry SeoIp
ond loose dondfVH too beeovse j. supplements the
notvro seop oils AS exiro old before woshine your
hair. mossoee Il with plenty OF Voserne Hair Ionic
ond rub little your seolp offer The shompool eosY
yet il keeps your scoIp feeling comfortable ond WELL
conditioned. by sUppIementine the noivro seop oils
Try il iodoy ond remember Voseline' Hoir Ionic is
different. beeovse il eonioins no drying ingredients.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-14

families are scandalized by the sight of these
women, and when the lace petticoats of the
dancers are suddenly lifted Prudish Albion
wells her face and beats hasty retreat.
Through the lace ruffles of underwear or
the transparent gauze of silk stockings you
can often catch glimpses of pink or white
skin"
Today, of course, glimpse of pink or
white skin" is not considered much to fuss
about But things were different then
Toulouse-Lautrec made hundred paint
ings of the Moulin Rouge dancers, the best of
which have been reproduced in a work by
Gerstle Mack, the distinguished American art
expert, published by Alfred A. Knopf.
One of the most famous pictures depicts
La Goulue with her hand on her hip and a
disdainful smile on her thin lips staggering
impertinently about the dance floor on the
arm of her cavalier In the background Jane
Avril is executing a pas seul" her skirts
lifted to disclose pair of legs whose thin
ness is Intentionally exaggerated
High-kcking was then the height of naugh-
tiness In her entertaining recollections
Yvette Guilbert describes amusingly this
naughtiness:
I'm black silk stockings with one foot
shod in black satin held in her outstretched
hands, she made the sixty yards of lace on
her petticoat swirl and showed her underwear
when she bowed her impairment acknowledge
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-14

were very red and drooled, and short,
but bushy black beard that concealed his
chin and partly covered the sides of his
ugly face"
The old Moulin Rouge came into fame
when Jane was growing out Of the gutter
She was the love-child Of an Italian noble
man and Partisan dancing girl. She
grew up deliciously graceful creature
who sang like a lark. When the noble
man died leaving nothing to his unfortu-
nate family. the girls mother made her
dance in the streets.
Her cruel life caused her to develop
st. Vitus's dance, a unique preparation
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misfortune awaited her Her husband was
gassed during the first World War and died
after years of suffering Her son grew up
and disappeared out of her life
After few years she was obliged to give
up her tiny house and take refuge in the
obscure home where she died
Shortly before the Germans entered Paris
correspondent of this magazine visited her
at this place and asked her about her men,
cries of Tououse-Lautrec.
Gray. withered and trembling with two
front teeth missing the former Moulin Rouge
celebrity discussed her illustrious but diminu-
tive friend
m. de Toulouse Lautrec called for me
sometimes and accompanied me to his studio
He acted very respectfully" she insisted He
liked me TO go to lunch with him. but it
panied me because felt sorry for his physical
infirmities at which the street urchins Knocked
'He TESTED a great deal to hide his chagrin
at his dwarfish stature, his slavering lip and
other peculiarities."
Poor Jane died alone in her little room sur
rounded by tumble of keepsakes. Her death
was fastened by shortage Of food. II was the
end of a career of gayety and success. 1t was
also the extinction of the last flicker of the
life of the gay old Moulin Rouge.
The last ghost had joined the ranks of the
other ghosts within its own ghostly walls
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M o n I m or ire S
Naughty Old Hof
Spot Now Only a
Fading Memory as
onee-L oveIy jane
AvriI Joins fhe Phon-
tom QuadriIIe Of
Porision con-con
Girls

ments; knots OF pink ribbon at her knees,
an adorable froth of lace falling TO her dainty
ankles now disclosed now concealed her beau
uful egs-nmble, adept, alluring. The dancer
sent her partners hat flying with neat little
kick then executed a split, her body erect,
her slim waist sheathed in a blouse of sky
blue satin. her black satin skirt spread like
an umbrella five yards in circumference"
Another ornament of the Red Mill was La
Nome Frontage, or Little Bit of Cheese"
Grille dEgout (Sewer Grating) received her
unpleasant name because she had two teeth
which projected over her lower lip suggesting
a Partisan sewer opening. Henri Rochefort,
the noted Partisan cynic gave her the nick
name.
In spite of her name Mr. Mack says that
Miss Sewer Grating was considerably more
refined than La Goulue (the Gluttonl.
There was streak Of malicious cruelty in
La Goulue that found expression in her treat
ment of other dancers. She bullied these
possible rivals without mercy.
Finally she met her match in an Algerian
dancer named Aieha. One night after the two
had screamed insults at each other until
they were hoarse Lautrec suggested that they
settle the quarrel by fight
1t took place on the viaduct that carries
the Rue de Caulaincourt over the Montmartre
Cemetery. The combatants clawed, kicked,
bit and pulled each others hair with the fury
of tigresses.
The Algerian was younger and a good deal
stronger The fight might have ended fatally
for La Goulue if the bystanders had not
rushed in and rescued her, just as her OPP
ponent was the point of heaving her over
the parapet into the graveyard below.
A modern Partisan music hall manager
has thus explained the charm of the old
Moulin Rouge can-can school of dancing:
1.-The lifting of long skirts and lacy under
wear and the momentary revelation of
graceful limb evidently had a sex appeal not
possessed by the up-to-date dances.
THE high-class stage dance of today is an
artistic expression by the whole figure, and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-14

for other forms of
dancing She was sent
to the Salpetriere Hos
pital where the insane
and nerve sick were
treated.
Sarah Bernhard Wis
tied the hospital, adj
mired little Jane and
helped her. Cured at
last she began to fire.
quent the dance halls
of the Latin Quarter.
Deserted by her sweet
heart, a medical stu
dent, she tried to
throw herself into the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-14

Seine, but was prevented. Then step by step
she worked her way to success at the Divan
Japonais, the Scala and the Eldorado
Real fame came to her at the extraordinary
old Moulin Rouge, where folly was at its
widest.
Here she first caught the eye of Toulouse
Lautrec, that prodgiousIy talented pigmy.
who wore martyrs heart beneath his suit
of motley" Her grace intoxicated him. He
painted her again and again
Besides Jane Avril some of the most famous
dancers of the Moulin Rouge were La Goulue
(the Glutton), Grille dEgout (Sewer Grating)
and Mini Patte-en-rAir mini Paw-in-the-Air)
Valentin, the boneless man. supplied one male
attraction.
veteran Partisan author giving us a col
orful glimpse of world that is dead says
The orchestra sounds the charge for the
battalion Of chahuteuses (quadrille dancers)
who leap forward with skirts raised and legs
uncovered. At little tables sit the petites
danes waiting for somebody to buy drinks
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-14

Tor them. When THIS
happens their graft
tude is so over
towering that they
Immediately offer
you their hearts
If you are willing to
pay the price.
"A few English
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the man dancer is gen.
orally as attractive as
the woman. At any
rate, it does not have
the thoroughgoing 100
per cent sex appeal of
the old can-can."
AS for Jane Av1il,
she was in almost
every respect the OPP
posite of La Goulue.
Dainty, charming, gra-
cious, she possessed an
innate distinction that
set her apart from the
other dancers Of the
Moulin Rouge. Lau-
tree made many pic
lures of her, one of the
most famous of which
is "Jane Avril Putting
On Her Gloves"
When she was mid
dle-aged Jane decided
it was time for her to
settle down. For some
years she had been
faithful - with occa-
sional lapses-to a pro-
tector of a good bour-
geois family. When
this lover generously
proposed marriage and
the adoption of her
illegitimate child she
accepted the offer.
From being the pet
of princes and the
adored of artists it was
hard to descend to re-
spectacle married life
in the suburbs of Paris.
Nevertheless. sh e
tried hard to adapt
herself to respectable
n a. ~
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"The Japanese
Divan," One of the
Colorful Posters

The Japanese
Divan," One of the
Colorful Posters
Painted of Jane
Avril by Toulouse
Lautrec When She
Was at the Height
Of Her Popularity I'm
the Latin Quarter.
a country gentleman,
but he fed 10 Mont
martre as soon as he
was able. He loathed
the open-air life and
loved the unwholesome
atmosphere.
So he burst upon
Montmartre-"a hide
Gus little creature with
a huge head. heavy
eyebrows and enor-
nous feshy nose, inn
,,,o,snI,, th;clx line that
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Jane was once charmer OF IN
ternational fame and attractiveness.
When she died she was living sadly
in a house for old women in a squalid
back street of the Paris Latin
Quarter.
Jane was the favorite model Of
Henri de Toulouse Lautrec. an artist
of genius but a distorted dwarf of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-14
It's LaStSaQ
Ghost Enters
-, the
M0u|inR0u@eS;
G|lOSt|yD00r

BY the MARQUIS DE BEAUMANOIR
.- HEY saw IL will be a new after the Well,
4 part of the which completely buried is
the Partisan world of the Moulin Rouge
its dancers.
living link with the Moulin Rouge disappeared
the other day when Avr member of the
can-can dancers died at the age Of To-
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who spent nearly all his
short life sketching in
disreputable or bohemian
Partisan resorts.
It was James grace
and charm that made
her his best model. She
was ethereal not fieshly.
she formed a striking
contrast TO the other
Moulin Rouge girls, es-
pecially La Goulue and
Grille d 'Egout. who
drew their inspiration
from the gutter.
James painter friend,
I,autrec, was shockingly
i'll proportioned. From
the waist up he was an
average size, but his
legs were so abnormally
short that his total
height did not exceed 4
feet 8 inches and so
weak that he could only
walk with the aid Of a
short cane.
Into fifteen years this
little monster crowded
the greatest quantity OF
artistic work ever pro-
duced in the same time
and then went wildly in
sane, but kept on pro-
ducing pictures until a
few days before his
death.
He was practically
the inventor Of the coll
ored poster and his
works in this lin
changed the appearance
Of Paris.
The Moulin Rouge
was becoming notorious
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in his time He found his best models among
the high kicking artists of this resort The
existence was deadly TO him but it nourished
his genius. He lived for weeks in disreputable
houses and delighted. artistically, in the So
ciety of their inmates. whom he painted in
various stages of dress" with an inspired
brush.
Lautrec's plan of life was TO divide his
time between feverish work reckless drinking
and carousing with the widest wonderland
men-of Montmartre.
Lautrec left life-lke record of all the
various types of Partisan girls of his time
as well as Jane Avril. He hunted for them
in the most fashionable restaurants like the
Pavilion d'Armenonville, well as the tough
est resorts.
Above all he admired redheaded girls and
his artists eye discovered the curious fact
that they have "carnivorous jaws and thus
he depicted them. Often he paid cookbook
ing loafers to hold the attention of girls
while he sketched them.
His distinguished father intended him to be
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1913 by American weekly Rights Reserved
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The Celebrated
Grand Ecart"
or Split, as Done
by La GOulue,
the Glutton, Who
Was Once Almost
Killed I'm a Duel
With Another
Can-Can Girl.
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Robert Mills Evans Dies
AT Mount Alto Hospital

Robert Mills Evans. Sc. a person.
mel officer in the World War. died
yesterday at Mount Alto Hospital.
Requiem mass will be celebrated at
am. tomorrow at Holy Trinity
Church. followed by burial in Ar
lington National Cemetery.
Before the war Mr.. Evans was city
editor of the Birmingham tAlaJ
News. the New Orleans Times-Pic-
ayune and New orleans Item. In
1920 he was export manager OF a
New York firm and for the last u
years had been associated with the
Acme Backing Corp Brooklyn.
Mr. Evans was great grandson
of Robert Mills, architect of the
Treasury and Washington Monu-
ment, and grandson of DR., John
Evans. geologiSt with the Smith
sonian Institution.
Surviving Mr.. Evans are his Wild
ow. Mrs Alice D. Evans of 1411
Thirty-third street NV: a son.
Richard x. Evans. st. Charles Col
lege, Gainesville, Md, and a sister,
Sister Mary Margaret Evans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-28
Convict Says Jap Gave
Him $500 to Get Recruits

CHICAGO. Jan. % lP).-George
Johnson, colored inmate of the Me-
nard IllD Penitentiarv, testified
Yesterday that in 1884 an unidenti-
fed Japanese gave him $500 to re-
cruit members for the Peace Move
ment Of Ethiopia who were to help
overthrow the United States Gov
eminent when war broke out.
Johnson, sentenced to to 20 years
for burglary and larceny at East S..
Louis, Ill, testified at the trial of
four officers of the Peace Movement
of Ethiopia before Federal Judge
William H. Holly on charges of sedi-
ton and conspiracy to commit sedi-
ton.
The four defendants are Mite
Maude Lena Gordon president; her
husband, William Green Gordon,
founder; David James Logan, execu-
tive officer. and Seon Emanuel Jones,
president Of the Chicago local
Johnson testified that the Gordon
women, her husband and Logan sent
for him in 1888, the year he was
paroled, and asked him to join, but
he refused. They again sent for him
in 1884 when he met the japanese,
whose identity he said he did not
know and who told him the war
would break out in 1914.
The Japanese, he said, gave him
$500 to recruit members for the or
ganiza ton.
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jackson Is 0usted
BY Wickard in Row
Over Food Output
FSA Supporter Says
He Was Accused Of BEING
Center Of Agitation

Gardner Jackson, special assist
ant to Undersecretary of Agriculture
Paul Appleby and a strong support
er of the Farm Security Admins
tratiOn. said today he had been dis
missed from the department by Sec
rotary Wickard with the charge that
he was the center of agitation
over Mr.. Wickards food production
methods.
Mr.. Jackson, who declared he
would issue a formal statement
later, was notified of his dismissal
Saturday by an assistant of Mr..
Wickard.
Economy Reasons Cited.
He said he had received no formal
communication from the Secretary
on the action but that a memoran-
dunn from Mr.. Wickard had been
handed to T. Ray Reid. personnel
director, which abolished his office.
Mr.. Jackson said Mr.. Wickard's as
Slstant had charged him with
spreading dissatisfaction within the
department.
A spokesman for the department
said Mr.. JackSon's post had been
abolished for reasons of economy.
Observers, however. saw the action
as widening the rift among some
top-ranking officers in the depart
ment over Mr.. Wickard's food poll
cies. Two other department officials
have resigned recently. In each
case they criticized the Secretary S
food production and distribution
methods
They are Donald Montgomery
consumers counsel for the depart
ment, and Herbert w. Parisius. di-
rector of the departments food pro-
duction administration.
Both Mr.. Parisius and Mr.. Jack
son have been stanch supporters
of FSA and have urged its ex-
pansion to bring more low-income
farms into the food for freedom
program
The latest upheaval added evil
dence, according to some observers,
that Mr.. Wickard had virtually
abandoned support of FSA and
would leave its fate up to Congress.
Mr.. Jackson recently was criticized
on the floor of the House by Chair
man Dies of the Committee on I'm
American Activities.
Before taking the $500 year
assltantship more than a year ago,
Mr.. jackson served as Washington
representative of the Southern Ten
ant Farmers Union.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-28
.Wilhite Trial Postponed;
jury 10 Be Drawn tuesday

Inclement weather. which made it
difficult to draw jury, today forced
the postponement Of the trial of
Richard l.. White, IT, charged with
the murder of Miss Madeline
Matthes, %, a Jehovah's Witnesses
member.
The trial, which was to begin to-
day in District Court before Justice
Matthew F. MCGUIRE was postponed
to the next jury term on Tuesday.
Miss Matthes was found dead
April Is, 1912, in the White apart
ment at 1922 N street NV In
vestigators said death was caused by
puncture wounds of the lungs. As
sistant United States Attorney
Bernard Margolius will handle the
prosecution
On September II District Court
jury found White OF sound mind
and ruled he must stand trial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-28
Joseph J. Sinnott Dies at 81:
Veteran House Doorkeeper
Native Of Virginia
Employed at Capitol
For Sc Years

Joseph J. Sinnott, 50, doorkeeper
OF the House of Representatives
since 1881 and an employe of the
Capitol for Sc years. died last night
at his home, 1927 Thirteenth street
NV.
Although he suffered a slight
mead injury in fall at the Capitol
Yesterday morning. relatives said
his death was believed caused by a
heart attack.
House officials said that Mr.. Sim
mott had served longer in the Cap
itol than any other employe on the
House payroll. He was first elected
House doorkeeper in 1911, serving
until 1919. He was House minority
clerk during subsequent Repub-
lican administrations, but was
again elected doorkeeper in 1881.
Born in Richmond, Va, August
9, 1850, Mr., Sinnott came to the
Capitol in 1887 as secretary to
House member from Virginia. His
almost uncanny memory for names
and faces once drew a personal
compliment from Woodrow Wilson.
1t was when Lord Balfour came
from England in 1917 and made an
ADDRESS in the House. After the
speech he expressed the desire to
meet the members. President Will
son came down from the gallery
and Mr.. Sinnott introduced the en-
tire membership, one by one. to the
visitor and Executive without miss
ing name.
Mr.. Sinnott had his problems"
when several thousand persons
wanted seats in the galleries on
special days when only a few hun