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ceremonies of the unveiling, printed
at the time, says:
Yesterday was the liveliest and
most noted day that the District
cities have seen since the grand
review in the summer Of 1865 sent
zoe. 900 veterans from the license
Of the camps and the field back to
the workshops and counting houses
of quiet and orderly peace. The
unveiling - created the grandest
and at the same time the most
orderly enthusiasm seen here since
the close Of the war" The move
ment, originating with the men,
bers OF the Society of the Army of
the Cumberland, outgrew its original
conception and became a national
enterprise.
Two Of the more distinguished
men who took part were Gen. James
A. Garfield and Gen. Winfield Scott
Hancock, who contested year later
for the presidency. In less than
two years time President Garfield
had made the supreme sacrifice and
was silently sleeping In his far-of
Ohio tomb.
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Gift Book Suggestions

TWO ROMANTICS, by Vernon
Logains. (Odyssey.l The story of
Elisabeth Ney and Edmund Mont
gomery, the artist and philosopher
who, in pursuit of the ideal life.
left Europe and settled in Americas
deep South.
THE ISLAND, by Francis Brett
Young. (Farrar, Strausl A novel;
length poem covering the history Of
England.
GEOGRAPHY FOR GROWNUPS,
by H. A. Callahan. (Harper; $500
A popular text for the adult reader.
Fully up to date.
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By Mory Carter Roberts
By Mory Carter Roberts
Women|s Place in the Old
Family System of China
PAVILION OF WOMEN
By Pearl S. Buck. (Joh

Pearl Bucks amounts to study of womans
position under the old family system of China Mrs Buck
written subject before, and generally avoraby
indeed has gone far as to suggest that Chinese
women supposedly family system
actually free than they democratic she
revised view The whole OF her novel given
over to study relationships of the
family provincial city where westenizaon
conclusion which she makes is that the trad
ona sacrifice of
good The lazy, the stupid and the
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m q n y OF suS
members have
been miserable
under her rule.
Ora d u a lily it
dawns on her
that despotisn,
no matter how
benevolent, does
not make for
happiness. She
sets herself to
undo the wrongs
OF her we'll
meant tyranny.
The theme is
un for tunately
snlit. at this
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the neighborhood and in more re.
cent years was occupied by Reginald
de Koven, composer of Robin Hood
and other well-known musical COM
positions.
One of the first improvements In
this section, following the Civil War
was the building in 1874 Of the
Luther Place Memorial Church
which remains a worthy companion
to the newer church Just across the
street.
Five years later, on November 49,
1879-on the 18th anniversary OF
the Battle Of Chickamauga-the
statue Of Gen. George H. Thomas
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Reviewing I he New Books
Poetic Garden
THE GARDEN
- By v. SackDille- West. Double
day, Dordn; ST.

BY v. SackDtLLe-W West. Double
day, Doran; ST.
Finding her spirit oppressed by
the vast weight of the wars prob
lens, v. Sackville-West, as she
writes, decided to forget the worlds
dark present and future, and think
about her garden. AS q result Of
the decision, she wrote long poem
on her gardens progress through the
year-four sections, one for each
season. 1t is picturesque and pleas
ant reading, if you like long poems.
1t rhymes, and it's meters are
smooth. 1t is full of good, old
fashioned phrases and words-"what
time" ''prinked out in all her
vaunt," "ey'n, - "towzled" and so on.
1t bears the usual reflections. too,
on the likeness of life to a plants
cycle. and strays, as is appropriate
for long meditatiye poems, into con-
sideration of religion, history and
philosophy. All in all, it has the
traditional properties. I can think
of worse things to say about a work
of verse. NC. r.
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c a s e IN New
York more than
200 years ago.
It was the first
important case
affecting t h e
freedom of the
press in Amer
lea.
In that case
the skillfui ar
gunent OF a
Phila d e / p h | a
lawyer, Andrew
Hamilton, pre-
vailed. The base
was laid for the
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left hanging during the delivery
The book, in short, begins as one
story and ends as another.
1t is rich and, in the main, read
able book, however, in MEs. Buck S
best tradition. You could put it
beside her earlier Chinese novels.
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point. for Mrs. Buck suddenly turns
her attention to Madame's personal
emotional life at the expense of the
family problem already posed before
the reader. Madame falls under the
influence of a foreign teacher. He
shows her the possibilities of spir-
itual growth and then, abruptly,
dies. Madame thereupon discovers
that she has loved him and the rest
of the story is concerned with her
communications with his spirit, from
which she learns, eventually, the
secret of her own Immortality. Her
dialogues with the dead man read a
good deal like sermons and the
reader will not feel the more fasci-
mated by them because the lively
human problems of the family are
friends who suggested that she was
material worthy of a book.
II became intensely interested in
her case and planned as long ago
as then to do book about her. The
more I learned about the amazing
woman, the more I was determined
to do something other than fac
tual accounting of her life, so I
struck on a biographical novel. The
facts are the truth. The dialogue
is partly true-the legal aspects
and the rest my own imagination.
The characters are actual char
acters, too"
He went ON, For is years stu
died, wrote letters to people who
knew incidents in the story of this
woman who fought. for her name
and her inheritance as no other in
history; and I dug into old docu-
ments.
after I felt I had about all /
could ever hope to find about her I
went about the job of writing New
Orleans Woman"
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Helped Get the Lowdown
On Huey Longs Gans

Not yet SO, the author worked
over Huey's heirs when he was con-
siderably younger. and he was in
|strumental in part in sending sew
eral to restricted quarters as the
Governments guests"
He put together the articles he
had written on the Long regime,
polished them off with a deft touch
of background and gave the
country's readers a best seller en-
titled Louisiana Hayride.
That book started his ride to
fame. After it, he wrote articles by
the dozen for magazines and news
papers. He became IAN authority
on political skulduggery" in Louisi-
ana.
He took leave of absence from
the New Orleans Item to teach jour
nalism at Loyola University, and
then other books followed annually
Deep Delta Country" ''Bayous OF
Louisiana" and plantation Parade. "
They were all best sellers: each
outranking the one before it. They
told the truth, the hidden, forgot
ten truths and romance in man
Iner that drew throngs to the State
to see what was left of the lush,
once magnificent life. Those books
won for Kane the unsolicited but
certainly deserving acclaim of LOU
isiana's best salesman"
But all the while he was spinning
the stories of his beloved State. he
was busily gathering material for
the story of Myra Clark Gaines.
while was still at Tulane" he
recalled, II heard Of her from older
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The Washington Angle
Is of Great Interest

To Kane, the student and author,
what transpired in Washington is of
paramount interest.
Myra Clark Gaines had dozens Of
lawyers, and they rose to eminence
on her case. Daniel Webster ar
gued against her In the Supreme
Court. Caleb Cushing, Reverdy
johnson, jeremiah Black, John
Archibald Campbell-these were the
greats among the attorneys of that
era, and they all took part in the
suits pressed by the determined red
head.
The Supreme Court feud is still
debated among men of law and let
ters.
Judge Wayne handed down the
decision first that she WIS the le-
gitimate daughter of Daniel Clark,
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-HE Thomas Circle vicinity Is
one of the more interesting
parts of washington. An
thony Trollope, the English
novelist, visited Washington in 1862,
and had this to say:
Massachusetts avenue runs the
length of the city and is inserted
on maps as full-grown street about
four miles in length. Go there and
you will find yourself not only out of
town, away among the fields, but
you will find yourself beyond the
fields in an uneultivated, undrained
wilderness. Tucking trousers, to
knees, you will wade through the
bogs; you will lose yourself among
the rude hillocks; you will be out of
reach of humanity = The place is
very full during Congress and very
empty during the recess. BY which
I mean to be understood that those
streets which are blessed with houses
are full when Congress meets"
If it is hard to visualize this vicin-
ity during the Civil War, how much
harder it is to imagine its rural
state in 1890 when William H. Craw-
ford, Secretary of the Treasury, took
up residence in the rear of what is
now the National City Christian
Church. He had lived on Delaware
avenue between B and C streets
NE, but, due to illness, had been
ordered by his physician to move
to the country for purer air and
more quiet.
So he moved to what Is now
Thomas Circle, where the house was
surrounded by spacious grounds
comprising nearly the entire square.
In 1926 the house was occupied by
James Greenleaf and family and
after them Charles Hill lived there
until the beginning of the Civil War.
In a846 Mr.. Hill was director of
the Bank Of the Metropolis, and, as
further evidence of the rural condi-
Gon Tof the vicinity OF Thomas Circle
in 1860, the city directory for that
year lists him as farmer.
An item printed in 1881, in refer
ring to this residence, said: "It was
afterward occupied by Mr.. Hill,
whose daughter married a foreigner
and went away with him to his for
eign home. She lived but short
time, and after her death, it is said,
the bereaved husband sent her
heart back to her mother as an evil
dence of her death. A prominent
member of the Cabinet lived in this
house at one time and gave grand
party, at which champagne was pro-
vided for the presidential party and
lemonade for the 'commoners'.
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Fine Mansions Were-Built
Around Highland Terrace

:, When built 1t was the finest house
and almost the only one in that
locality. All beyond it was open
country. Many years later, however,
and still within the memory of
many, beautiful mansions were built
all around 1t. and beyond it wealth
and culture became visible on all
sides. Senator Bayard and Senator
Edmonds had homes on the north
side of Massachusetts, avenue be-
tween Fourteenth and Fifteenth
streets, then known as Highland
Terrace
Secretary Crawford, we are told,
was a somewhat remarkable char
acter. At one time he ran for the
presidency. In 1907 he ran for
Senator in Georgia, had an exciting
canvass and managed to fight two
duels, killing his opponent in the
first and himself incurring wound
in the second. He was once Minis
ter to France and was warm friend
Of Lafayette who made him his
agent for his American lands.
Other Famous Occupants
Living on Highland Terrace
In addition to those before men
toned as residing on Highland Ter
race were: Theodore Lyman of
Massachusetts, Senator Arthur P.
German of Maryland, Senator
Shelby M. Cullum of Illinois, Sena-
tor George Hearst, father of Will
liam Randolph Hearst, and the Ger
man Legation. Senator William B.
Allison resided at 1924 Vermont av-
enue; Justin S. Morrill, at No. on
the Circle and Charles T. Mander-
son at the Portland Apartments.
The United States Fish Commis-
sion occupied premises 1443 Massa-
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Gained Prominence
In CAPITAL Society

AAA A1~kSAtsAA A1OSASey
Myra Clark Gaines saw poverty
and glory while living here. AS
the wife of Gen. Gaines, she gained
social prominence on a par with
the wives of Senators and ambas-
sadors. She was friendly with the
wives Of several Presidents.
But aside from the glory-the
disappointments in the court-it was
here she endured a great shock,
the death of her only son, Will
civilian Wallace Whitney,. He
was shot and killed by her son-in-
law, James Christmas, during an
argument in the old house that once
stood at 1886 I street, known for a
time as the Catacazy house after
q Pussian Minister who once lived
there.
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Anna Zenger, the subject of this
"novelized biography" was the wife
of John Peter Zenger, who was the
central figure of the famous Zenger
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~ been numerous, but perhaps
none was so bitter as the
one involving the New
Orleans Woman" most recent book
heroine of Harnett T. Kane, Louisi-
ana author. In that work Mr.. Kane
paints a remarkable picture OF life
in Washington during the years Of
Myra Clark Gaines fight for recog-
milton as a legitimate child and
rightful heir.
Her legal battle split the high
court into factions not once but
many times, and caused enmities
to flare for years between two Of
its members. That is why Mr.. Kane
refused to be excited when the feud
between Justices Black and Jack
son was aired in the headlines-he
knew 50 much about the protracted
fight red-haired Myra Gaines staged
here in the Capital.
Justice James, Moore Wayne
called it "the most remarkable
case in the history of our country's
jurisprudence" 1t went before the
highest judicial body of America II
times and was reversed time and
again as it spent more than SO years
from 1882 to 1896-in State and
Federal courts.
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1445 was the home of Prof. Spencer
F. Baird, secretary of the Smith
sonian Institution, director of the
United States National Museum and
commissioner of Fish and Fisheries
(its old title). This building also
housed a part of the Fish Commis-
sion, and in the part that extended
back to N street was the Office OF
Herbert A. Gill, the disbursing off,
Ger for the commission.
| Another resident Of the terrace,
at 1889, was j. Ormond Wilson, who
served here many years as superin-
tendent of public schools.
Mrs. Coles Bay Window
Caused Neighborhood Feud
Mrs. Annie A. Cole lived at 400
Massachusetts avenue, almost di-
rectly south Of the new church. I
mention Mrs. Cole because Of the
dispute that grew up in connection
with her property 46 or more years
ago. ~
Mrs. Cole desired to build bay
window on her house and obtained
a permit to do so. When the brick
work was almost completed the
aristocratic residents of Highland
Terrace, opposite, objected. They
said the projection would obscure
their view. An injunction was
sought, alleging the structure ex-
tended too far beyond the building
line.
AS matter of fact, this building
today might be mistaken for sepa-
rate house, as it points toward the
circle from the angle formed by
Massachusetts, avenue and M street.
The old part and the new part are
easily distinguishable.
Justice Wylie's Residence
Still Stands at Circle sr,,r
|. Mrs. Cole throughout the contro-
versy stood pat and even employed
a surveyor to survey other property
around the circle to determine to
what extent they, too, were beyond
the building line. AS the contro-
versy increased, so did the compli-
cations, until a bill was rushed
through Congress legalizing all
structures beyond the building line
to that date, and all parties inter-
ested breathed easier, especially Mrs.
Cole, whose bay window still looks
out proudly on Gen. Thomas and
his bronze steed.
G. Wythe Cook, the physician,
lived at No. Thomas Circle. On
the east side was Mrs. Dahlgren's
home and to the northeast of the
circle still stands the old residence
of Justice Andrew Wylie of the Su-
preme Court of the District of Co
lumbia. This pressed brick building
Is severely plain. almost square. To
the south we still find the Port
land, one of Washington's earliest
apartment houses and on the south
east corner of Vermont avenue and
N street, is what was once the home
of Gen. Montgomery c. Meigs, who
built Cabin John Bridge and per-
formed other engineering feats.
This old residence is landmark OF
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that Clark had married her mother
in proper ceremony.
He declared the mother had been
free to marry Clark because her
first husband was a bigamist. Many
thought the decision would end the
case. That was actually the fifth
time 1T had reached the highest
court in the land-but the first such
decision to be handed down.
Three of the nine judges did not
act, either because Of family con-
nections in the case or because Of
illness. Judge Catron was Ill.
Case Went to the
Supreme Court in 1S49
In ls4s the case again went to
the Supreme Court. This time she
was pressing her suit against the
two men who had worked for her
father as clerks but had taken over
his estate on his death. She
charged them with destroying the
will he left in which he named her
his daughter-as his beneficiary.
Judge Catron swung four justices
to his side and excoriated her in
open court, casting out the decision
rendered earlier by Justice Wayne,
declaring her mother was not le-
gally wed to Clark.
The bitterness between Justices
Catron and Wayne fiared into the
open few minutes later when the
latter, rendering the minority re-
port, said the majority decision
against her was on material alto
gether inadmissible under the rules
Of testimony" Sharply and in a
voice quivering with feeling, he
looked sharply at Catron and said:
"In all my experience I have never
heard of witnesses so assailed and
upon such illegal testimony. Wit
nesses are said to be unworthy of
belief "a direct blow against JUS
tice Catron, whose words they were)
in their testimony concerning the
marriage and Myra's legitimacy.
when they were confirmed by other,
disinterested witnesses to whom
Clark admitted BOTH
Justice Wayne solemnly ended
his report with the prophetic note:
Those of us who have borne our
part in the case will pass away
The case will live"
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Kent Cooper Writes of the First Woman
Publisher and Her Fight for Freedom

Reviewed by
FRANCIS p. DOUGLAS.

BY Kent Cooper. Farrar Straus & Co.; $3.50
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When Myra Clark Gaines died In
1885 she had won. She left an es-
tate later Tin July of 1892 set at
1925, ,788. BY the time the claims
against 1t were settled there re-
manned several hundred thousand
dollars, not much for almost 65
years of hardship, torture and hell.
But Myra Clark Gaines had done
what few thought possible; she
gained recognition of will that
was never really produced in court;
which some aged persons had re-
called manys years later they had
seen.
She made many people wealthy
she broke many naughty family.
Most important Of all to her, she
proved to the world that she was
the legitimate daughter of q mar
ried couple, though she was an old
woman, grandmother by the time
she had accomplished that mission.
This is what Harnett T. Kane
poured out as he recounted her
story.
Kane is known to the New Or
leans paper clan as "the damnedest
digger for the truth ever to strike at
a typewriter in these parts"
Kane gained that reputation in
the sos when he uncovered Huey p
Longs misdeeds and hypocrisies. He
was cajoled, threatened-and Huey
once called his publisher and de-
manded he be fired. Kane stuck.
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Strife in the Supreme Court
By Ken Gormin

UPREME COURT feuds have 4
. been numerous, but perhaps
~ none was so bitter as the /
~ 0ana inrnfuixno fha aNau
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By John CIogett Proctor

-HE Thomas Circle vicinity is
one of the more interesting
parts Of washington. An
thonv Trollone the English
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-06-20
Upper County Fire
Dept. Has Field DaY

More than one thousand peo-
pie turned out Saturday to see
and take part in the Upper Mont
gomery County Fire Department
parade and field day. More than
$1,000 was realized from the raf-
fie and subsequent auction of a
steer donated by A. G. Rolfe.
Judge Charles Woodward Of
Rockville won the steer in draw
ing, but gave it back to the Fire
Department. 1t was then auc-
toned TO Tom Perry, who got it
for $3.50. Mr.. Perry then gave it
back to the Fire Department, and
it was auctioned for the second
time, with Hatton Brown getting
it for $240.
Another amusing feature of the
program was the creased pig
race, when Dick Burdette of
Clarksburg, succeeded in captur-
ing the porker donated by Hat
ton Brown.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-06-20
EDWARD H. CASHELL
For County Commissioner

This has been selected by leading organization
endorsed by Our Fellow County and in general
to be choice at the polls June "a
Edward H. Cashel has declared that he will be
dictated by any We pledging
vote for this June a.
To be absolutely of step just take look at Mr.
Cashel's background. His great-grandfaher from
Cashe Roch Ireland Purchased lao of land in the
st District Montgomery County and successful farmer
His Hazel b. Cashell Judge of the Orphans Court
also County Commissioner from the LIST District
Edward H. Cashell the whom overwhelmingly
decided to be County Commissioner is follows:
Ed. Cashel has ABB from Johns Hopkins University
where he hreeeer man-Lacrosse football
ball.
He has BIS. from st. Johns Annapolis 4-etter
there He has been the industry
Was president of Lee D. Butler Zone Hudson
Motor Car Co, all the County
He administrative officer of OPA IN Maryland,
Delaware, D. C. and Virginia for 10 months was
with the Maritime Commission the New England territory
for 8 months He is a farmer and horse breeder.
L. E. BEACH.
st ff. paid Political Advertisement fess
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-06-20
: SPORTS
Montgomery County
Tennis Association

The tennis matches between
Sandy spring and Garrett PARK
last Sunday, June 16, ended with
Garrett Park winning 60. In the
singles. j. Darling defeated D.
Moore 81, Ga; F. Burns, defeated
Kent Griffin, 6-2, 81; d. Johnson
defeated A. Lamar, 6-3; so; and
]. Thomas beat H. billiard, 60,
6-1.
In doubles, Burns and johnson
beat Griffin and billiard 81, 81
and Darling and Thomas beat
La Mar and F. Miller, 6-2, 6-l.
The scores for the previous
week in the county association,
were: Rockville defeated Sandy
Spring 81; Silver Spring defeat
ed Washington Grove 81; and
Gaithersburg defaulted to Gar
rett Park.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-06-20
!. School Lunch Act

With approval by President
Truman, the National School
Lunch Act went into effect, au-
thorizing Federal appropriations,
in amounts to be determined each
year, to finance the lunch pro-
gram in cooperation with state
and local governments. 1t also au-
thorizes the Secretary of Agricul-
ture TO use up to $10,O0O,OOO an
nually to provide equipment for
storing, preparing and serving
food in schools.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-06-20
FraIey : MeIani

Miss Mary A. Melani, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Brando Me-
lani of Sayre, Penn, and Mr..
Douglas M. Fraley, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred Fraley Of Redland,
were married June 18th at the
Church of the Epiphany in Sayre.
Rev. ]. j. Cough performed the
marriage ceremony.
The bride, who was given in
marriage by her father, wore a
long white gown of net, with a
net train and finger-tip veil. She
carried a colonial bouquet of white
carnations. Mrs. Carl Cobb, her
matron of honor wore a white
chiffon gown with headdress OF
varigated maroon and white car
nations which were repeated in
her bouquet. "a
Carl Cobb was best man and
the ushers were Anthony Allie
grucci and Veraci Baglini, all OF
Sayre.
A wedding breakfast and recep-
ton followed the ceremony. After
wedding trip in New York the
bridal couple will make their
home in Maryland.
The bride is a graduate of
Sayre High School. Mr.. Fraley is
graduate of Richard Montgom-
cry High School. He is a member
of the U. S. Navy.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-06-20
Gaithersburg A. C.
Trims COIesyilIe

The Gaithersburg A. c. defeat
ed the Colesville A. C. rs last
Sunday when Clarke Windsor
homered in the fifth inning with
the bases loaded to climax a Z
run rally. Paul Hottinger pitched
a brilliant four hit game for the
winners.