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Judge Refuses 10 Lei
Technically Liberate
Suspect in Sex Case
Laws Inodequoey Leeds
Him to Hold Defendant
Until Warrant Is Issued

Municipal Court Judge George
D. Nelson yesterday turned a
technically illegal arrest on an
indecent exposure charge into a
legal one by waiting to dismiss
the defendant in court until wit
nesses in the case could swear
out a warrant.
In doing so, Judge Nelson criti-
cized the "woeful inadequacy" OF
the present sex laws of the District
but announced it was his intention
to carry on full campaign against
sex offenders within the limits OF
the present law"
Before the defendant. Lewis Po-
teat, 36, colored, finally wound up
in Jail, he faced two judges, heard
his case dismissed, attempted to run
away from a policeman and had a
warrant served to him one step of
of court property.
Ticket-seller Complains.
In the course of the az hour bat
tie to keep his client out of the
clutches of the law, Defense At
torney Rufus w. johnson tried un-
successfully to block the arrest.
Poteat, who lives at 1449 Smith
place Sc, was arrested Friday night
at Oklahoma avenue and Benning
road NE, where the Endy Bros.
Carnival was showing. A 21-year-
old ticket seller complained of his
conduct while she was selling
tickets about 7 pm.
In Municipal Court yesterday, de-
fense counsel Immediately tried to
get the arrest declared invalid be-
cause the arresting officer had no
warrant and had not witnessed the
offense. Since indecent exposure
lis misdemeanor, the arresting
officer either has to see the offense
committed or arrest on a warrant.
Judge Nelson admitted that the
motion to dismiss had merit, but
added:
This case points up the woeful
inadequacy of the present sex law.
I can let this man 60 scot free in
the face of the evidence I have
heard. 1 suggest that the witnesses
go downstairs and get a warrant
Immediately"
Mr.. johnson asked for an i'm
mediate decision on his motion to
dismiss the case but the judge said
he would withhold his decision for
half an hour
When court reconvened. Judge
(See SEX Law, Page A-6)
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curity zone extending from the
North to the South Pole and in
Guiding a number of islands lying of
the North and South American con-
tinents.
It provides that in the event OF
armed attack on the territory OF
any American state or any point
in the security zone the other
parties to the treaty shall under
take immediate material aid to the
attacked country. If territory OF
an American state outside the zone
Is attacked, the treaty Signers will
consult Immediately to determine
whether the situation andangers the
peace and security of the hemi-
sphere.
The treaty is to be signed by
chief delegates in ceremonies after
the conferences closing session
which will be addressed by Presl-
dent Truman. The signing cere-
mony will be held at the 1tamaraty
Palace in Rio de Janeiro, home OF
the Brazilian foreign ministry.
Colombia to Extend Bid.
The final session also will receive
an invitation from Colombian
Foreign Minister Domingo Esguelra
to attend an inter-American meet
ing at Bogota next January, where
a Joint staff of American military
chiefs will be named to administer
armed defense provisions of the
treaty and where Pan American CO.
operation in the educational, Soc!a
and welfare fields will be considered
Another special nter-Amerlcar
conference next year is to take uE
economic measures and, perhaps
$50 CONFERENCE. Page Aid
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Conference Thanks
Vondenberg for Aid
In Defense Treaty
By the Associofed Press

PETROPOLIS, Brazil, Aug. 30.
"A resolution thanking Senator
Vandenberg, Republican, of
Michigan, for his part in draft
ing the regional arrangements
section of the United Nations
Charter at San Francisco in
1945 and his role in drafting
the inter- American mutual de-
fense treaty here was intro
duced into the record of the
inter- American conference to-
day.
The Michigan Senator led the
presentation of the United
States views in committee ses-
sions during the current con-
ference and Is considered by
many delegates chiefly re-.
sponsible for adoption of a
number of the defense pact's
provisions
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Reich 'Dismembered'
In AngIo-U. 5. Accord,
Russians Declare
Potsdom Pact 'Ruptured'
By Pact, SokoIovsky
Tells Allied Council
MARSHALL PLAN group in accord
with top U. S. diplomats. P. AS.
BY the Assoeioted Press


BY the Associated Press
BERLIN, Aug. 30.-The United
States and Great Britain were
accused today by Marshal Vas
silly D. Sokolovsky, Soviet COM
mander in Germany, of dis
membering Germany" and "rup.
turing" the 1945 Potsdam agree
ment by their new program fol-
increasing industrial production
in Western Germany.
The new policy, uniting the Amer.
ican military government and State
Department for the first time II
months on program for Germany
appeared to have driven the last
nail in the coffin of the so-calleo
Morgenthau hard peace plan fol
Germany.
Marshal sokolovsky's minute
statement, read at meeting of the
Allied Control Council, brought
from Gen. Lucius D. Clay. the Amer
lean member. the measured retort
that his efforts had been devoted
for two years to bringing about the
economic unification of Germany
and the ending of economic chaos
and that the invitation to the
other powers to join the British
American merger was still open.
Press Launches Attack.
The Sokolovsky statement set of
full-scale attack in the Soviet
oriented press which declared the
United States and Britain were try
ing to split Germany into East and
West camps and deliver the Ruhr
into the hands of western capital
lists"
The Nacht Express said the Anglo
American plans looked dangerously
like the isolation of the most i'm
portant industrial center of Ger
many"
Rerliner Zeitung said the plan
meant american capitalists will
take over the management of the
Ruhr.
A Moscow radio commentator said
the plan would turn Western Ger
many into a protectorate Of the
United States"
This was the Russian reaction to
the plan announced yesterday, the
essence of which is to restore Ger
man living standards to about rs
per cent of 1886, make the western
part of the country self-sufflcient
despite the fact it has lost its bread
basket" in the Soviet-cccupied East
and enable the German industrial
potential to contribute to the re-
covery of Europe.
Bitter Pill for Hard Peace Group.
This aim is a long way from the
pastoral GERMANY envisaged by for
mer Secretary of the Treasury Nor
genthau and halfway envisaged In
(See GERMANY, Page A-4D
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is Per Cent More Meat
Predicted This Fall
ey the Associofed Press

CHICAGO, Aug. 30.-More meat
and moderate seasonal decline in
prices are in sight, the American
Meat Institute said today.
The institute said that as much
as IS per cent more meat will be
available this fall, and winter as
compared with now.
More lean beef from Western
grass-fed steers is expected first" :"
the institute said. land this viii be
followed by better supplies of corn
fed beef and considerable seasonal
improvement in pork supplies" l.
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AfL AND ClO TO QeclQe Whethef
to boycott NLRB. Page AS
(Tert of Truman Statement on
Page A-6.J
By James Y. Newton
President Truman last night
asked for the cooperation of
labor and management in bring
ing the Nation industrial peace.
Mr.. Truman, in a Labor Day mes
sage, was critical of legislation as
means of treating industrial troubles,
although he did not mention specifi-
cally the Taft-Hartley law, passed
by Congress over his veto.
Good labor relations . can
not be brought about by legislation,
he stated. They are created by the
men and women concerned, CO.
operating sincerely and earnestly
within the framework of a minimum
amount of regulatory law.
II believe that enlightened labor
and enlightened management, work.
ing together. can accomplish far
more by peaceful bargaining than
is possible through legislation. Co.
operation by labor and management.
in a spirit of honest concern for the
welfare of all the people. will speed
the day when strikes and lockouts
are discarded, and will safeguard
labor's freedom to solve it's prob
lens without restrictive Government
regulation.
Mr.. Truman said "the bargaining
table at which labor and manage
ment sit to work out their common
problems is indispensable to our
democracy, and must be safeguarded
against any attempts by misguided
or ill-intentioned groups or individ-
uals to weaken or replace it."
The President called for the re-
building of the Labor Department.
He said it must be, adequately
stated and be given jurisdiction over
those governmental functions which
are an appropriate part of a de-
partment created to foster. promote
and develop the welfare of the wage
earners of the United States"
Congress recently clipped depart
ment funds and removed the Con-
Citation Service from its jurisdic-
| ton.
removed the Cancellation Service.
Mr.. Truman said a number of
labor problems deserve "the atten-
lSee I.ARQR PAGE A-6l
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(See SCHOOLS. Page A-11)
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(See LEGION, Page A-3.)
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(See TRUMAN, Page A-6)
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Legislation as Cure
For Industrial Strife
Criticized by Truman
Labor Day Message Ask.
Cooperation 'of Workers
And Management

AFL AND CIO to decide whether
to boycott NLRB. Page AS
(Tert OF Truman Statement on
Page A-6.J
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(See CIVIL RIGHTS, Page AT
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Weather Forecast

Mostly sunny. hot and humid today with
highest 81. Partly cloudy and cooler to-
morrow Full report on page A-2)
Temperatures From Noon Yesterday.
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By james Y. Newton

(See LABOR, Page A-6.)
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(See GERMANY, Page A-4D
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(See AIR RACES, Page A-7)
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See CONFERENCE. Page ALL
Evening star., 1947-08-10
Reception FoNo2us W|edding
|Of Barbaru Lee Putxki

The Rev. DR.. Charles T. Warner
oficiated at the wedding yesterday
of Miss Barbara Lee Putzki, daugh-
ter of DR.. and Mrs. Paul Stirling
Putzki of Washington and Mr.
Robert Stanley Grogan, jr., son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Grogan of West Bend,
Wis. The ceremony took place in
st. Adams Church and was fol-
lowed by reception at the home
of the brides parents.
The bride wore a princess gown
of ecru silk taffeta and a long veil
of heirloom Pointe Venice lace. She
carried very old prayer book with
a spray of baby white orochids and
streamers trimmed with bouvardia
on its cover.
Miss Ann Stirling Putzki was
maid Of honor for her sister, wear
ing princess gown of aple-green
mousseline de sole with a picture
hat of matching tulle and carrying
an old-fashioned bouquet of sum-
mer flowers.
Another sister, Miss Pauletta Put
Xxi; the bridegroom's sister, Miss
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Mr.. Livingstone,
Miss Hamblm
Are Married

The marriage of Miss Helen Lois
Hamblin, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clyde M. Hamblin, to Mr.. Frederick
Hasson Livingstone, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frederick A. Livingstone, took
place yesterday in the United States
Navy Chapel, on Nebraska avenue,
the Rev. Thomas j. Grodavent Of
ficiating. A reception followed in
the home of the brides parents.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father and attended by her
sister, Miss Barbara Hamblin, as
maid of honor. Her cousin, Mrs.
Frederick D. Sharpe III, wife Of the
Air Attache of the United States
Embassy in Mexico City. and Mrs.
Richard D. Wallace were her other
attendants.
The bride wore a white p1arqui-
sette gown embroidered in seed
pearls and full-length veil held in
place by a seed-pearl tiara. She
carried a shower bouquet of white
roses and stephanotis. All the at
tendants wore orchid marquisette
gowns, following the motif of the
brides, with matching taffeta pic
ture hats, and carried shower bou-
quets of gladioluses and talisman
roses.
Mr.. John A. Livingstone served as
best man for his brother and the
wedding guests were seated by
Comdr. Edward Baldridgs, U. S. N;
DR.. John Egan, MIR. c. Douglas Sager
and Mr.. Richard D. Wallace.
Mr.. and Mrs. Livingstone left fol-
lowing the reception for q three
week motor trip through New Eng
land and Canada, with a weeks stay
at the Laurentide Inn in st. Agatha
des Monts. They will reside in
Washington on their return.
The bride Is graduate of George
Washington University and is a
member of the OAR, the AAUW and
Delta Zeta. The bridegroom is a
graduate of the Washington College
of Law and is member of the Dis
trict Bar Association and Sigma Nu
Phi. During the war he served over
seas for 27 months.
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and Mrs. Donovan Swami. Later
the company attended the perform
ance of Joan of Lorraine" in which
Miss Lynn Swami, daughter Of the
hosts, played the title role at the
Baltimore summer theater.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Paul c. Pas
chal have invited d few friends
for cocktails this evening between
6 and s o'clock at their home in Ar
lington.
Navy Capt. and Mrs. Richard M.
Scruggs entertained guests at the
dinner-dance Thursday night at the
Army and Navy Club. Their daugh-
ter, Dolly, is making series Of
visits in Philadelphia following a
weeks stay with her parents in New
York at the Waldorf.
Mai. and Mrs. William E. Ross
were hosts at an after-6 party yes
terday, when among their guests
was Col. Lester Woke, who is visit
ing them for a few days en- route
to Chickasha, Okla, where he'll be
retired from the service.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Courtland
Van R. Schuyler also were at the
party as were Col. and Mrs. Robert
D. Gapen, with their house guests,
Col. and Mrs. William Weltman;
Coils. Robert w. Porter, jr., Robert
]. Wood, Donald B. Smith, Joshua
T. Winstead, Harold c. Donnelly,
Paul T. Preuss, James K. Wilson, jr.,
Legare K. Tsrrant, and William S.
Biddle, with their wives; and 1t.
Coils. James L. Cantrell, Benjamin T.
Harris, Edwin S. Hartshorn, jr.,
Theodore ]. Conway, Roy G. Hefle-
bower, Dawson Dalbiel, Leroy Lutes,
jr., Oliver G. Haywood, jr., Fred
erick r. Young and William A. Har-
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Miss Barnett We'd
In CbambersbHrg
To Mr.. Nelson

Miss Roberta Irene Barnett,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
T. Barnett of Chevy Chase, became
the bride yesterday OF Mr.. William
Tucker Nelson, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert B. Nelson of Chambersburg,
Pa.
The Rev. Rodney r. Taylor ort1-
ciated at the ceremony in the Pres
byterian Church of the Falling
Spring in ChamberSburg and re-
ception followed at Penn Hall. Miss
Kay Kiefer of Philadelphia played
the nuptial music on the organ and
accompanied Mr.. Nelson Magill Of
Chambersburg, who was the soloist.
Given in marriage by her father,
the bride wore a white satin gown
and veil of illusion draped from
a headdress of satin and orange
blossoms. She carried white roses
and stephanotis.
Mrs. Robert Campbell of Schenec-
tady, who was matron of honor,
wore a blue ninon gown; Miss
Jacqueline Scott of Chevy Chase.
who was maid of honor, wore pink
ninon, and the other attendants,
Mrs. John Wright Of Chevy Chase.
Mrs. John Good of Chambersburg
and Mrs. Christian Spahr and Miss
Kay Moser of Philadelphia, wore
yellow. All carried bouquets Of
shell-pink asters and delphinium
and wore matching head bands.
Mr.. S. o. Nelson Of Philadelphia
served as best man for the BRIDE
groom and ushering duties were
performed by the MessrS. Robert
Sellers, John Good and Alexander
Beattie of Chambersburg, Victor
Darlington of Morgantown, w. Va,
and Christian Spahr OF Philadel-
phia.
Following a honeymoon in Ha-
vana, the couple will live in Cham
bersburg.
The bride is a graduate Of the
Women's College Of the University
OF North Carolina and Duke Uni
versity. Mr.. Nelson is a graduate
of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa.
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Grace Grogan; Mrs. Philip S. Bowie
and Mrs. Robert w. Beers were
the other attendants. Miss Putzki
and Miss Grogan wore orchid NOUS
seline de sole and Mrs. Bowie and
Mrs. Beers wore yellow. All wore
tulle poke bonnets matching their
gowns and carried old-fashioned
bouquets of summer flowers.
Mr.. Wells B. Grogan served as
best man for his brother and two
other brothers, the Messrs. James
and David Grogan; Mr.. Philip S.
Bowie and Maj. Robert w. Beers,
U. S. A., were the ushers.
The bride attended the National
Cathedral School for Girls and was
graduated from Sidwell Friends
School and Smith College. She
served with the American Red Gross
for one year in Belgium and Ger
many and met her future husband
in Bremerhaven, Germany. Mr..
Grogan, who resumed his studies
at Antioch College following his
discharge from the Army, served for
two years overseas.
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Fall Winner
Popular Time
For Weddings

The fall and winter seasons are
going to be busy ones for brides
judging from engagement an
nouncements being made this
month. One of the early fall brides
will be Miss Army Ross Weston
whose engagement to Mr.. Alex
ander Firfer, son of Mrs. Mary
Frfer of New York City, is made
known by the bride-elect's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hartshorne
Weston of this city.
Miss Weston was graduated from
Sidwell Friends School and from
Vassar College. She is the grand
daughter of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
S. Burns Weston of Philadelphia
and her father is a special assist
ant to the Attorney General, chief
of the Appellate Section of the Anti
Trust Division of the Department of
Justice.
Mr.. Firfer is a graduate of New
York University and did graduate
work at Columbia University. He
now is employed in Washington by
a public utilities consultant.
Paine.Davis
Miss Helen Paine will be another
one of the fall brides. Her engage
ment to 1t. George j. Davis, U. S.
NJ, son of Capt. Louis P. Davis,
U. S. N. (retired), and Mrs. Davis OF
Washington, is announced by her
parents, Rear Admiral Roger W.
Paine, U. S. NJ, and Mrs. Paine of
this city.
The bride-elect attended the Uni
versity of Texas and she served as
a WASP during the war. Her fiance
is graduate of the Naval Academy
class of 1943, and has just returned
from duty in the Far East, where
he was on the staff of Admiral Will
lard A. Kits III.
Borger.Oberg
Mr.. George I. Berger announces
the engagement of his daughter
Miss Mary Louise Berger, to 1t
John j. w. Oberg, U. S. A., son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugo Oberg of this
city. Their wedding will take place
September 10.
Miss Berger was graduated from
the Academy of the Holy Gross
and attended Georgetown Visitation
Junior College. 1t. Oberg is a grad.
uate of st. Johns College and at.
tended Boston College and the
Catholic University of America.
Reagan- Whitaker
The Chevy Chase Presbyterian
Church will be the scene of thu
marriage on October 18 of Mis-.
Nancy Meleta Reagan to MIR. Will!
liam Leroy Whitaker, jr., son OF Mr.
and Mrs. Whitaker of Nashville
Tenn. The engagement announce.
ment is made by Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Gibson Reagan of Washing
ton.
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Special Enjoys to inaugural

The Argentine Ambassador, DR.
Oscar Ivanissevich, will leave to-
morrow to attend the Inauguration
of Gen. Rafael Trujillo as President
of the Dominican Republic. The
inaugural ceremonies will be held
Saturday and the Ambassador will
be a special envoy from his govern
ment. Going with him will be the
Naval Attache of the Embassy, 1t.
Comdr. Ricardo P. Anzorena. Sonora
de Ivanissevich and Sonora de
Anzorena will remain in Washing
ton.
Also attending the inauguration
as special envoy of his government
will be the Paraguayan Ambassador
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DR.. Don Guillermo Enciso VeIoso
who will be accompanied by his
wife, Sonora de Enciso Velloso. They
also will return Immediately after
the festivities.
The Icelandic Minister and Mrs
Thor Thors and their daughter
Miss Margaret Thors will return the
latter part of the week from Cape
May where they have been for
some time.
The Austrian Minister and Mrs
Kleinwaechter and their younger
daughter, Miss Ebba Kleinwaechter
are motoring in the far West and
expect to return here the end OF
this month.
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(See MILLIKEN, Page Dill
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Summer AcHvities Vary
In Capitals Seruice Set
Gen. and Mrs. Legge Here
From Legation in Bern
Bv Betty MiHiken

Late
Corps company attended the perform
will Lorraine in which
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(See BEALEs Page Dill
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Exclusively Yours,
Mrs. Hetzel Requested to Carry On
For the Late Mrs. Wallach Merriam
Betty Beak

biggest difference, however, is that
Lady Malcolm's son has returned
to the United States in a state of
marital bliss-when he, left in one
of single e-biessedness.
Or his way to bis new post as
First Secretary of the British En-
bassy in Mexico City, he invited a
few friends in for cocktails to meet
his bride of three months. Tall,
pretty with naturally curly blond
hair, she is the former Jacqueline
Theron, daughtT of Frank Theron,
former Minister from South Africa
to Rome. Angus met her in the
Holy City, where he has been sta
toned for the past two and half
years, and they were married there.
Dropping by their cool, comfort
able Carlton apartment the other
afternoon were David Finley-sans
Mrs. Finley, whose busy schedule
that day precluded an afternoon
aperetif; Sam Reber Of the State
Department, Marian Christie, Nan
Robinson, Robert Cecil of the Brit
ish Embassy and Arthur Krock,
who said that his better half,
Martha, was on the farm in Berry,
vile feeling quite bitter about the
beetles, and when he told her over
the telephone that he had been
yachting on the Potomac, she felt
worse. They're going to sell the
farm, he thinks.
X X
Newport-the lush center of social
life in the summer-has been taken
by storm by Towie. Sounds canine
but actually it's a card game that
has the chic socialites scrambline
from their places at elegant dinners
to the nearest three-sided tables
Gen. and Mrs. Omar Bradley were
introduced to it when they went ur
there last week end and were sui.
f1ciently intrigued to return home
armed with a book of rules.
A kind of three-handed bridge
bid with seven cards hidden, It Is sc
(see BEALE, Page DID
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Word has just come from the late
Mrs. Wallach Merrian's family that
they will turn over their lists and
give all possible assistance to Mrs.
Kurt Hetzel in her new capacity as
Washington party giver. This means
that next seasons debutantes, who
were to have been shepherded into
Capital society by Rose Merriam,
may carry on as planned under the
able guidance of Lanette Hetzel. In
the next few days their parents will
receive a line to this effect from
Bill and Jock Merriam, sons of the
late beloved party arbiter.
Lanette's keen sense of humor,
quiet charm and dignity and young
point of view make her we'll fitted
for the job. She is familiar with
the work, too, as she frequently
used to help Mrs. Merriam with the
invitations, telephoning and various
complicated arrangements involved
in presenting young girl to society
in the best possible manner. Mrs.
Merriam's sons say that their moth
er more than once expressed the
wish that Mrs. Hetzel would carry
on in case something happened tc
her.
Mrs. Merriam's mantle may not
fall entirely upon Lanette's should
ers. Mrs. A. Mitchell Palmer has
been asked by several mothers OF
coming debutantes to arrange their
parties and will decide whether OF
not to enter the Capitals glamorous
party giving field while on vaca-
ton this month. Both women are
friends, both could do an excellent
job and there is room in the field
for both.
Tall, handsome, blond and mus.
tachioed Angus Malcolm came tt
town this week. The former Second
Secretary of the British Embassy
looks like he did when he left
here in October. 1912, except for q
slight graying at the temples. The