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Evening star., 1947-10-26

Sections was the family of Alfred
Thomas, and on Park street resided
DR., A. B. Jameson. Jameson S
daughter married William Bryant,
and son, Paul Jameson, survived
him. The Stinemetzes, Samuel and
Mrs, resided on Kenesaw avenue.
Mrs. Stinemetz was the daughter of
Thomas P. Morgan, Commissioner
Of the District of Columbia.
The Emery Brothers.
The two Emery brothers, Lyman
S. and George S.. were early resi-
dents of Mount Pleasant and took
an active interest in community af-
fairs. Lyman S. Emery, on Sep
tember II. 1867, bought lot 3, on
Park street. He almost immedi-
ately began erecting for himself a
home, into which he moved the
following year. George S. Emery
purchased In 1873 lot in block 4,
on Park street, and that same year
became a home owner IN that thriv-
ing village. He was the father OF
the late Miss Ina C. Emery and
Fred A. Emery, an active vice presi-
dent of the Association of the Old
est Inhabitants and a member of
the Board of Editors of the United
States News.
The property at the southwest
corner of Fourteenth street and
Park road, extending south to Irving
street, was purchased for 10 cents
a square foot in 1877 by John Levi,
who conducted a store there and re-
sided on the premises He had
three daughters and a son, Emma,
Jeanette, Adelaide and James Levi
jeanette became Mrs. Crane, Ade-
laide Mrs. William Gardner and
James died quite while ago.
The first, schoolhouse here was
erected in 1869 on Oak street, but
soon it became too small for the
Evening star., 1947-10-26
By John CIoeett Proctor

the first secretary of the National
Savings Bank, now the National
Savings & Trust Co., Fifteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue. For
a time he also taught Sunday
school, and was also superintendent
of the Sunday school, then con-
Quoted in large frame structure on
the south side of Howard avenue
opposite the Sturtevant residence.
This place was called Union Hall.
During the weekdays dances and
amateur theatrical performances
were held here. 1t was also the
home of the Mount Pleasant Tenn
perance Society and the Mount
Pleasant Debating Society, the men,
bers of which included Frank B.
Noyes, A. A. Lipscomb, Chaplin
Brown, Samuel B. Milton and many
others.
Maj. Willard Sexton moved into
Mount Pleasant sometime prior to
1878, resided there for many years
on Kenesaw avenue, before mov-
ing to 1347 Harvard street, where
he died, having rounded out nearly
104 years. He was a member of
the Association of the Oldest In
habitants. A near neighbor of the
Evening star., 1947-10-26

The second leading character IA
Miss Meredith's book Is Henry
Fletcher, the leader Of the neog-
ling Labor Party. Henry swept
Elizabeth of her feet, and away
from all the hard-won comforts OF
life with her foster parents, the
Hobarts.
Elizabeth's life became the ecno
of her husbands AS can be reaoi!y
believed, the labor movement In
England during the sos was lar
from popular or powerful. :,
Miss Meredith has a substantial
background in labor politics, hav-
ing done some work in Mr.. Attlees
constituency in East London. and
later worked in the House OF Com
mons. She writes with conviction
and perception about the birth
place of the Labor movement.
Evening star., 1947-10-26
Rise of Labor Movement in England
Forms Bockdrop for Vivid Novel
THE RICH WOMAN
THE RICH WOMAN
BY Anne Meredith. Random House, So
Reviewed by NINA PEMBERTON.

Shameful as it may seem, in the
England of the '80s, there lay,
under the thick veneer known as
capitalistie prosperity, a state of
affairs which took many years and
many changes in the social struc-
ture to destroy and to uncover.
Anne Meredith has written a
novel about two people. One, Eliza
beth, whose birth out of wedlock
caused her to start her life in one
of England's most shocking insti-
tutions for the fatherless. Eliza
beth, by a stroke of luck, is taken
out of the clutches of the two har-
ri6ans who are her keepers and
is given a life of luxury in the
home of Charles Hobart, country
squire. who was to become deeply
devoted to his adopted daughter
Evening star., 1947-10-26
TOO MANY WOMEN

BY Rex Stout. Viking Press;
s2.50.)
Archie Goodwin, who likes women
and vice versa, does all the leg work
as usual, but as any faithful Nero
Wolfe fan can tell you. it's the obese,
orchid loving detective who stays
at home and solves the problem.
This time, the question centers on
whether correspondence checker
named Waldo Moore actually was
murdered as the peculiar son of the
export firm owner contends. Jas
per Pine, the firm president, wants
to know because gossip about mur-
der is hard on the morale. That
point becomes academic after sec
ond murder. but Wolfe finds himself
with too many suspects and too few
clues. A typical Wolfe trick turns
the tide, but not until Goodwin has
gotten himself pleasantly entangled
with four count 'em) beauteous
damsels in distress.
X X # X
WICKED UNCLE
BY Patricia Wentworth. II. B.
Lippincott Co.; $780,
No one would argue that Geof-
frey Porlock was asking for murder
when he invited an in-assorted crew
of blackmail victims to his country
estate. Porlock knew too much
about certain black market op-
Grafton, a stolen bracelet, bigam-
GUS marriage, the sudden death
of a rich relative and a touch OF
treason. But Miss Maud Silver,
she of the logical mind and the all
seeing eye, frowns on murder and
absolutely refuses to abide two mur-
ders. Using common sense, seasoned
with psychology, Miss Silver decides
which of the blackmailees has been
driven far enough to employ an in
nocent game of charades for pur-
poses foul. Scotland Yard and two
harassed young lovers are ever so
grateful.
BURY ME DEEP
BY Harold @. Masur. (S1mQn q
Schuster; $2.50J
Scott Jordan had no idea who the
overdeveloped blond was or why she
should choose his apartment to shed
her clothing and drink poisoned
brandy. Once the police appear to
accept his innocence of her sudden
demise, he is free to take an inter-
est-which involves fat fee, several
attempts at murder, any number of
threats and, happily, a romance.
The question: Do the murders stem
from an upcoming divorce case or
contested will? Expert plotting by
a lawyer turned novelist should keep
you guessing to the end.
A MAN DIED HERE
BY Gina Dessart. Harper G.
Bros $250.)
With less excuse than Pandora,
Mrs. Liz Macklin lets her curiosity
run away with her when she and
her husband move into the Seton
Williams farm. AS soon as Liz learns
that old Seton died in the house
and that the neighbors don't want
to talk about it, she must know
the why's and wherefores. Her
husband cautions her to let well
enough alone, but not Liz. She
can't understand why the school
principal is so loath to talk about
Seton or why Seton's daughter
gets fustered at the very mention
of her fathers name
Occasionally the author by-passes
Liz to look into the lives of the
Evening star., 1947-10-26
The eFubuIous
Fables About
The Fields
THE MARSHALL FIELDS
BY John Tebbel. (E. P. Dutton &
Co., Inc.;" $3.75.)
Reviewed by
HERMAN F. SCHADEN.

Reviewed by
HERMAN F. SCHADEN.
For a fellow who cut his wisdom
teeth on q newspaper mill, Mr.
Tebbel stirs up more than a modi-
cum of sympathy for his biographies.
One cannot but feel bit char
table toward the first of the Fields
for the agony attendant upon COM
piling a $50, 0,000,000 estate obviously
is acute. It is fraught with long
hours of worrying about where the
next million is coming from.
But Mr.. Tebbel does even better
job Of winning sympathy for Mar
shall Field III, who was condemned
with having to spend this tailor
made fortune.
Throughout the early years of
tabloid journalism Field III was
tabled Long Island .playboy and
very little has been said in his de-
fense since he decided to channel
the fortune into philanthropies and,
more amazing, into such newspapers
as New. York's PM and the Chicago
Sun for the exposition OF liberal
ideas.
Mr.. Tebbel has talked with Mr.
Field and examined his record and
what he has found must stamp the
heir to the Chicago department store
millions as perhaps the most mis-
man of his set.
The Why of PM.
For those who have wondered why
there is a newspaper like PM, and
how 1t came about, there is a sharp
critical analysis, which evolves into
a study of the Sun and how Mr.
Field became working newspaper
man to duel with such worthy ad-
as Col. Mccormick of the
Tribune and the Associated Press.
The author finds much commend
able about the merchant prince
Field, whose policy OF service above
the call of duty to customers, prim
politeness and short credit terms,
created an empire more fabulous
than the Chicago fire-which Field,
incidentally, used to his advantage.
Mr.. Tebbel divides his Study in
Wealth" into two parts: How to
make fortune and how to spend
a fortune. Either formula is recon-
mended for reading, if not for prac-
tical purposes.
Evening star., 1947-10-26

NEVER lived in Mount Pleas
ant or Mount Pleasant Village
early dubbed as Clerksville-
Evening star., 1947-10-26
Shedding New>Light
On Racial Problem .
GOD is FOR WHITE FOLKS
BY Will Thomas. (Creattue Age
Press: $3.)
Reviewed by
JOHN w. HAYES.


Beau Beauchamp, white skinned
offspring of a Louisiana planter and
an octoroon. Is accepted neither by
his white father nor by the Negroes
on the plantation as this novel
opens. Induced to work in a sawmill
down river and to pass himself off
as a pure white, he becomes en-
meshed again in interracial preju-
dice when he falls in love with Elisse
Leseur, a quadroon.
Elisse has repudiated Gaynor
Brackens, ne'er- -do-wen bankers sor
who has become infatuated with her
because she suspects the motives of
white suitors. She rejects Beau fol
this reason, but accepts him as her
lover when he reveals his mixed
blood Their romance leads to a
gun duel between Brackens and Beau,
and to inspired rumors that Beau
is part Negro.
Beau is arrested in the wounding
of Brackens, and the XII Klux Klan
breaks into the Jail to lynch him
He makes a getaway, ironically
enough in Klan regalia. and the
drink-crazed mob lynches a half
witted Negro boy in his stead. Beau
returns to the plantation, where he
is reconciliated with his ailing
father and takes charge. Elisse
joins him, and they are married after
his fathers sister, resentful toward
Negro blood in the family, tries to
kill Elisse.
Mr.. Thomas, a Kansas City native
who has worked as a cotton picker
and is newcomer to the novel field
has written a violent story which
is superior to the average first novel.
While some of his characters and
incidents do not seem wholly credi-
BILE, he succeeds in shedding light
on problem which Is not limited to
the South.
Evening star., 1947-10-13
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Evening star., 1947-07-02
Diplomats Hosts
At Dinner Parties

The Speaker of the House, Rep
resentative Joseph w. Martin, jr.,
was the guest in whose honor the
Chinese Ambassador and Nine. Koo
entertained at dinner last evening
Other guests included Senator and
Mrs. Homer Ferguson, Representa-
tive Francis P. Bolton, Lieut.. Gen
and Mrs. Albert Coady Wedemeyer,
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Hummel, Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond Meyer, Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Ringwalt, Miss Fanny
Hoffman, Mr.. Constantine Brown
and the Counselor of the embassy
and Mrs. T. l.. Tsui and the First
Secretaries, Mr.. Joseph Ku and Mr..
King Ching and Nine. Ching.
The Ambassador of the Philip
pines, Mr.. Joaquin M. Elizalde was
host at dinner last evening in
honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Manuel Viii
lanueva and their daughters, Mano-
lita and Linda, who are visiting
here from the Philippines.
The guests included. Mrs. Narciso
Ramos, wife of the Philippine Min
lister, her daughter, Miss Lefty
Ramos; Consul General Jose P
Melencio of New York, Mr.. and
Mrs. Roberto Benedicto and men,
bers of the embassy staff including,
the Press Attache and Mrs. A. L.
Valencia, the Second Secretary and
Mrs. Tomas Benitez, the Assistant
Commercial Attache and Mrs. Jose
Teodoro. jr,, and 1t. Senador
Va1eriapo
Evening star., 1947-07-02
Volunteer Drivers
Sought BY .AWVS

A call for motor corps drivers has
been issued by the American Wom-
ems Voluntary Services to assist in
its summer program of veterans and
civic activities.
Picnics, ball games, fishing and
sightseeing trips have been planned
for hospitalized veterans, who have
learned to look forward to these
outings.
The AWVS provides station wag.
ons, stated by motor corps drivers
and guides, for the trips, but urgent.
ly needs volunteers for this phase
Of the work, it was said. The or.
ganization also supplies motor trans.
portation for children attending va
rious civic summer camps.
In making its plea for drivers, tht
AWVS suggested that college girl
spending the summer at home o.
school teachers released from theil
usual routines, would enjoy contrib
uting a few hours of their time tt
the outings.
The AWVS headquarters are nov
situated at 1900 Connecticut avenue
NV. Those interested in volun
teering their services may call th'
Office between 10 am. and 2 pm
Monday through Friday, or Monday
Wednesday or Friday evenings be
tween 7 and $50 pm.
Evening star., 1947-07-02
Engagements

The engagement of Miss Anna
Grace Woodward to Mr.. Kenneth L
Poole, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Poole of Spencerville, Md, is an
nounced by her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Melvin Woodward of Coles
vile. Md. No date has been set fol
the wedding.
Miss Martie r. Tokar, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Toksr oi
Bentleyville, Pa, and Mr.. Roger J
Squitero, have selected Monday fol
their wedding. The ceremony vii.
be performed in st. Matthews Ca
thedral at 4 o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. S. Ofano an
nounce the engagement of Their
daughter, Miss Johanna c. Ofano
to Mr.. Placido Anthony Anestasi
jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs. Anestasi
formerly of Philadelphia and now
of Maryland. The wedding will take
place sometime in October.
Evening star., 1947-07-02
Fme1VeU luncheon
For Mrs. SteUens

Mrs Herman Feldman, wife of Brig
Gen. Feldman, entertained yesterday
at luncheon and surprise shower
in her apartment at the West.
chester in honor of Mrs. Leslie C
Stevens, wife of Rear Admiral
Stevens.
Admiral and Mrs. Stevens will
sail July aboard the SIS. America
en- route to Moscow where the for
mer will be Naval Attache of the
United States Embassy.
! Pink roses, white carnations ano
tbaby's breath decorated the lunch
con table and mint juleps were
served before the meal.
Besides Mrs. Stevens, the other
guests were Mrs. Arthur Bergman
Mrs. Homer E. Capehart, Mrs. Will
liam Coventry, Mrs. George H
Dixon, Mrs. Douglas l.. Hatch, Mrs
Rex Hicks, Miss Ailine Loveland
Miss Marie Mount, Mrs. Roberta
Mum, Mrs. William Oldfeld, Mrs
Benjamin H. Saunders, Mrs. T. S
Schneider, Mrs. George Thurtle
Mrs. George Vlk and Mrs. Claude
Wicl ard. Mrs. Eugene 'Millikin
who was unable to be present at the
luncheon, Joined the group latel
! for the shower,
Evening star., 1947-07-02
I0bm Apwett II
Engaged to Wed

OF interest In Washington Is the
news Of the engagement Of Mr.. John
w. Avirett II to Mrs. Louis M.
Rawlins, daughter of Mr.. George
Robertson Dennis and the late Mrs.
Dennis Of Baltimore.
Mr.. Avirett, the son Of the late
Col. and Mrs. John Williams Avirett
of Rose Hill, Cumberland, Md, lived
in Washington during the war. He
served with the general counsel for
the Navy Department and as special
assistant and aide to the Assistant
Secretary of the Navy. He is a
graduate of Episcopal High School
in Alexandria, the University of
Virginia and Harvard Law School.
The bride-elect was educated in
this country and abroad and has
been an active member of the
Junior League of Baltimore.
Evening star., 1947-07-02
Miss Cook Plans
To Visit Walkers

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Walker viii
have as their guest this week enc
in Fairfax Court House Miss Andrea
Cook, whose engagement to thei,
nephew, Mr.. Ross Francis Walker
has been announced by Miss Cook!
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Francis
Cook of Westf1eld, N. j.
Miss Cook attended Syracuse Uni
versity and her f1ance was gradu-
ated this month from Virginia Mill.
tary Institute after serving as al
officer in the Engineer Corps in botl
the European and Pacific theater.
during the war.
No date has been set for the we'd
ding.
Evening star., 1947-07-02
NOpeL'
Party esterdav

French Attache Jean Beliard gave
a farewell" cocktail party yester-
day that was really cause for cele-
bration. He originally planned 1t
as a last spree with his friends be-
fore going to st. Louis to be at
tached to the French Consulate
there. At the last minute, however,
the French government closed the
consulate so Mr.. Beliard will remain
on the Capital scene for the time
being.
This to 8 affair started on the
roof of his apartment but continued
Just as gaily indoors when the rains
came. The French Ambassador, Mr.
Henri Bonnet, dropped by as did
several of his countrymen including
French Military Attache Gen. Maur-
ice Machenet and Counselor Fran
co.'s Charles-Roux. Mr.. and Mrs.
Richmond Fearing were there and
DR.. and Mrs. P. H. Bonnel who are
leaving for Paris in a few weeks {;
Representative and Mrs. Estes Ke-
fauver, Miss Joan Exnicios, Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Marshall Greer
and a newcomer to the Capital, who
will visit here for several weeks.
Mile. Francoise de la Mollee.
Evening star., 1947-07-02
Mrs. Perry Gipes
Aid PROGRAM Talk

How individuals win be given an
opportunity 70 assist In the prob
lem of feeding needy children In
war devastated countries through
Peoples National Commissions was
described by Mrs. Ernestine Perry
to a WMAL radio audience yeSter-
day.
Mrs. Perry spoke in connection
with plans for the International AS
sembly for Women's World Fellow
ship to open in Paris September %.
She Is chairman of the United
States Advisory Committee for the
assembly
Mrs. Perry said the Peoples COM
missions, to be set up in various
countries, would work in coopera-
ton with the International Chill
dren's Emergency Fund, an operat-
ing agency of the United Nations.
Interviewed by Ruth Crane, di-
rector of women'S activities for Sta
tion WMAL, Mrs. Perry pointed out
that Feeding the Worlds Children"
would be one of the most important
topics to be discussed by women
leaders Of the world at the Paris
meeting.
She also announced that Mrs. j.
L. Blair Buck of Richmond, newly
elected president of the General
Federation of Women's Clubs, would
be one Of the delegates to the as
sembly.
Evening star., 1947-07-02
ambassador Host
1t Stag Luncheon

The Ell Salvador Ambassador, DR.
Don Hector David Castro, enter
tanned at luncheon today at the
Metropolitan Club in honor of the
newly appointed United States AM
basador to E Salvador, Mr.. Albert
F. Nufer.
Other guests included the Hon
duran Ambassador, DR.. Don Julian
R. Caceres; the Costa Rican Am
bassador, Senor Don Francisco de
P. Gutierrez; the Argentine Am
bassador, DR.. Oscar Ivanissevich;
the new Director General Of the
Pan American Union, DR.. Alberto
Lleras Camargo: the Colombian
Ambassador to the Pan American
Union, DR.. Antonio Rocha; the
Guatemalan Charge d'Affaires,
Senor Don Francisco Linares
Amanda; the Ecuadorean Charge
d'Affaires, DR.. l.. Neftali Ponce, who
also is the newly appointed Am
bassador from the Ecusdorean
President; the Chief Of Protocol, Mr..
Stanley Woodward; Mr.. H. Charles
Spruks of the Protocol Division; Mr..
Robert Newbegin, director of Gen.
trail American affairs of the State
Department; the Cuban Minister,
DR.. Jose Baron; Senor Don Jose
Luis Colon, Of the Inter American
Institute of Agricultural Sciences Of
the Pan American Union; the At
tache of the Ell Salvador Embassy,
Senor Don Carlos A. Siri, and DR..
Alexander Castro, son of the host.
Evening star., 1947-07-02
Capital Officials lmvoved
In Varied Vacation Plans
Bv Katharine NJ. Brooks

The GLORIOUS Fourth" has been
the starting time for vacations dur
ing many decades, and except for
Capital officials the custom con-
tinues. Mrs. Truman and her daugh-
ter, Miss Margaret Truman already
are in their Independence, Mo-,
home having gone there few days
ago. There is no plan for their re-
turn before the autumn. The Presi-
dent will be obliged to remain here
for some time but will have a few
days in Virginia when he goes to-
morrow to be the guest of the
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Associa-
tion in Charlottesville. There will be
a short motor tour of that vicinity
before he returns to Washington
Saturday.
Members of Congress see no sign
of vacations. And 1t all depends on
what the Senate does whether the
President pro tempore and Mrs.
Arthur H. Vandenberg even have a
few days over the Fourth and the
weekend.
Diplomats for the most part are
obliged to remain in town. His
Britannia Majesty's Ambassador,
Lord Inverchapel, however, is an ex-
ception. He will be off tonight for
his homeland and does not expect
to come back before the autumn.
During his absence the British Min
lister, Sir John Balfour, will be
Charge d'Affaires, and has no plan
for a trip to England. He and Lady
Balfour expect to stay at Uplands,
the charming house at 1900 Fox
hall road which they have leased as
their Washington home. The house
Is on hill and overlooks Washing
ton, the Potomac River and the Vir-
ginia hills. The Minister and Lady
Balfour will make a trip to Maine
the latter part Of the month but do
not expect to be away more than
10 days or fortnight.
The British Minister and Lady
Mcgowan left today for Bar Harbor
and will spend the holiday and week
end near there. They have no fur
ther plans for vacation and expect
to be in their apartment in Hotel
240O most of the summer.
Coming back to Washington yes
terday was the head of the British
Information Service in this country,
Mr.. W. p. N, Edwards, who arrived
Evening star., 1947-07-02

in New York yesterday aboard the
Queen Elizabeth after a compare
lively short stay at home. He Joined
Mrs. Edwards in their apartment
in Hotel 2400. They will spend
August at Blue Ridge Summit, Mr..
Edwards staying with Mrs. Edwards
and the others Of the family over
long week ends.
The former Assistant Secretary Of
Commerce and Mrs. William A. M.
Burden have given up the house at
1924 Thirtieth street and gone to Sea
Change, their summer place at
Northeast Harbor, Me-, for the sum-
mer. Mr.. and Mrs. Burden and their
family have been occupying the
home Of Mrs. Paul w. Bartlett while
she lived in a small house on Thirty
fourth street. The owner, however,
plans to move back into her house
on Thirtieth street which was made
out of several houses by Representa-
tive Ruth Hanna Mccormick, be-
fore her marriage to the late
Representative Albert G. Simms.
A niece and namesake Of the late
Mrs. Sinms, Miss Ruth Hanna Of
Sussex, England, was here for sew
eral days this week with her sister,
Mrs. E. A. Block of New York. They
were at the Maynower for brief
stay and went back to New York
yesterday. Miss Hanna will sail be-
fore the end of the month to return
to her home in England. They are
granddaughters Of the late Senator
Mark A. Hanna, Of Ohio, who was
power in the affairs of State IN
this country at the turn of the CEN
tury.
Members of another, equally
prominent Senator in the last days
OF the nineteenth century, former
Senator and Mrs. Davis Elkins are
planning a house party Of young
people In their summer home at
Ventnor, N. j. Their daughter, Miss
Halle Katharine Elkins, named for
her paternal grandmother, and aunt
the late Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins, and
the late Mrs. Katharine Elkins Hit,
is having 20 of her contemporaries
there over the Fourth and the week
end. Former Senator and Mrs. Elkins
also are having several Of their own
friends with them including Mrs.
Peter A. Drury who will accompany
Mrs. Elkins today to Ventnor.
Evening star., 1947-07-02
ResidingHere

Mr.. and Mrs. John Shepherd Wolf
jr., have returned from a cruise or
Chesapeake Bay and are at home al
1905 Wisconsin avenue, where they
have an apartment In Alto Towers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wolf, the latter FORM
erly Miss Dorothy Ellen Gray
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Gray Of Ellsworth, Wise, were mar
ried June IA. The wedding took
place in the Chapel Of st. Joseph Of
Arimathea in the Washington
Cathedral Of st. Peter and st. Paul
the Rev. Merritt F. Williams off1ci.
ating.