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Evening star., 1949-02-22
Everett D. Chadwick Dies;
Father of AP Man Here
BY the Associotsd Press

WINCHESTER, Mass, February
22.-Everett D. Chadwick. 81. re-
tired patent attorney. died yester-
day at his home after a brief ILL
less.
A patent attorney in Boston
for more than 80 years, he was in
charge of patents and copyrights
of the Gillette Safety Razor Co.
until his retirement in 1881. He
obtained the patent on the Gill
lette safety razor.
He also served as a director of
the New England Collar Equip
ment Co. and the Spray Engineer
ing Co.
Mr.. Chadwick became a prac-
ticing patent attorney in Boston
after six years with the Govern
ment Patent Office in Washington.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Adele D. Chadwick; two sons,
Harrison, State representative
from Winchester, and John p, of
the Washington Bureau of the
Associated Press; a daughter, Mrs.
William H. Mitchell. jr.. Winches-
ter, and sister, Miss Mary H.
Chadwick of Bradford.
Evening star., 1949-02-22
Ii. Gen. R. D. Keehn,
Soldier and LAWYER,
Dies in Chicago
BY the Asseeioted Press

CHICAGO, Feb. 22.-Lt. Gen.
Roy D. Keehn. II, soldier and
lawyer, died last night, a week
after he suffered stroke. For
many years he commanded the
33d Division, Illinois National
Guard.
In his active career the general
was:
Personal legal representative in
Chicago for William Randolph
Hearst and general legal counsel
for the Hearst newspapers in the
United States.
President of the National Guard
Association of the United States.
Chairman of the Illinois Com
merce Commission.
Gen. Keehn was born in
Ligonier. Ind. November 7, 1877.
He attended De Pauw University,
Greencastle, Ind. and in 1899 he
was a teacher in rural schools
in Indiana.
He was graduated from the
University of Chicago in 1902 and
continued in its law school, from
which he was graduated in 1904.
In 1905 he was appointed an
assistant corporation counsel for
Chicago.
In July, 1885, Gen. Keehn lost
his right arm in an automobile
accident.
After the loss of his arm, he re-
Evening star., 1949-02-22
Clarence Bright Dies;
Confidential Publisher
For Supreme Court

Clarence E. Bright, 70, retired
confidential publisher for the
Supreme Court, who was the only
layman ever to be cited by that
tribunal, died yesterday at his
home, 7125 Sixteenth street NV.
after an illness of many months
For more than SO years. Mr.
Bright's firm, the former James L
Pearson Printing Co., at SIS
Eleventh street NV, printed the
opinions of the court in advance
of pronouncement. When he re-
tired in 1916 from one of the most
closely guarded printing jobs ir
the Nation, he closed his firm ano
the printing was transferred to g
special branch of the Government
Printing Office at the Supreme
Court Building.
Cited for Efficiency.
On December %, 1916, Mr.
Bright was cited in the Supreme
Court record for extraordinary
efficiency" and patience and
courtesy" in his work. What is
equilly remarkable" the citation
said, mot once in his long service
was there suggestion that by care
lessness or otherwise the large
confidence imposed in him has not
been strictly observed.
"At times the demand, both in
volume of work and for speed in
dispatching it, exceeded what
might have been expected or re-
quired of a much larger estab-
lishment, but under the greatest
pressure his resources invariably
were equal to what was asked
the citation read in part.
Mr.. Bright was born here. Dur
ing the 1905 he joined the Pear
son firm, then at Ninth and E
streets NV. He became manager
and, later. owner of the firm
changing it's location to the Elev-
enth street address. The firm had
the contract for printing the
courts opinions for rs years.
Friend of Justices.
Mr.. Bright became a close frienc
of many justices during hi;
work, particularly Oliver Wendell
Holmes. who would come to hi
shop to make last-minute changes
or corrections in opinions. -
Mr.. Bright was a 32d degree
Mason and a member of st
Johns Masonic Lodge, No. II
and the Elks.
Survivors are his .widoH, Mrs
Sophia S. Bright; a daughter
Mrs. Evelyn Bright Buckley of the
Sixteenth street address; a sister
Mrs. Alice j. WEIGH, 1924 Euclie
street NV; a grandson, Donalt
Bright Buckley, and a great
grandson, Geoffrey Bright Buck
ley, both of Baltimore.
Funeral services will be held a
2 pm. tomorrow at Hines funera
home, 2901 Fourteenth stree
NV. Burial will be in Cedar Hill
Cemetery,
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fused to give up his duties. At
the time, Gen. Macarthur, then
Army Chic of Staff. said, II would
rather have Gen. Keehn active
with one arm than many others
who have two"
During World War I, Gen.
Keehn was commissioned a major
in the judge advocate generals de-
partment. serving at Governors
Island, N. Y.
He continued as a Reserve officer
after the war, later becoming
Judge advocate of the 33d Division.
Gov. Len Small appointed Gen.
Keehn commander of the division
in 1927. He resigned the position
in 1910.
AS president Of the National
Guard Association in 1934-5 and
as chairman of the Illinois Armory
Board. he was instrumental in the
growth of the armory building
movement which resulted in the
construction of more than 200
armorieS.
Evening star., 1949-02-22
Mrs. Dora Conard, Is,
Author Of Plays and
Wife Of Admiral, Dies

Mrs. Dora Allen Conard, rs, wife
of Rear Admiral Charles Conard,
U.S.N., retired, died yesterday at
the Naval Medical Center, Be-
thesda, after an illness of three
weeks. She and her husband lived
at 2311 Connecticut avenue NV.
AS a member of the Washington
Arts Club, Mrs. Conard had writ
ten two children's plays, God
mother to the Rescue" and "A
Yeddo Flower" as we'll as many
poems. She was interested in
dramatics and had directed plays
in connection with the Arts Club
and in previous years for Navy
relief shows at Annapolis.
Born in Yokohama.
Mrs. Conard was born in Yoko-
hama, where her father, Robert
Wright Allen, U. S. NJ, was Navy
pay inspector. She attended
Wellesley College.
Mrs. Conard lived in Washing
ton from 1922 to 1925, when her
husband was with the Budget
Bureau, and from 1923 to 1888
when he was with the Bureau of
Supplies. They had lived here
permanently since 1885 when Ad-
miral Conard became paymaster
general and chief of the Bureau
of Supplies and Accounts. He re-
tired in 1889.
Member of Other Clubs.
Besides the Arts Club, she was
a member of the Washington,
Chevy Chase and Army and
Navy Clubs.
Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by five daughters, Mrs. Ken
meth Gordon, 1708 Newton street
NV: Mrs. Maurice Brady, York
town Village, Md; Wave 1t. Bar
bara A. Conard, 4O07 Connecticut
avenue NV, station at the Navy
Department; Mrs. Theodore G.
Half. San Juan, Puerto Rico, and
Mrs. E. M. Jackson, jr., Annapolis,
and son, 1t. Comdr. Charles A.
Conard. U. S. N. R., 4801 Chesa-
peake street, stationed at the Navy
Department.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. Thursday at Fort Myer
Chapel. Burial will be in Arling-
ton Cemetery.
Evening star., 1949-02-22
James ]. Lucas Dies al 81
Vaudeville Star, Composer
BY the Assoeioted Press

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 22.-James
J. Lucas. 81, old-time vaudeville
star and song writer, died yester-
day after an illness of two years.
Mr.. Lucas, in show business
since he years old, played the
Keith -Orpheum Circuit for many
years as a comedian.
His widow, Mrs. Geraldine
Lucas, who was in vaudeville with
him. said he wrote many songs,
including such hit tunes of yester-
year as Il Love My Wife, But Oh,
You Kid" Smile and the World
Smiles with You" and IF the Man
in the Moon Were a Coon"
He was born in New York. Sur
vivors besides his widow are two
daughters, Mrs. Geraldine John
son of New York and Myrna Lucas
of Hollywood.
Evening star., 1949-02-22
DriverAcquittedin in 7 Traffic Case
Through Error in Court Paper

A motorist yesterday won ac-
quittal of a traffic charge, because
the court paper showed the day
but not the month on which the
alleged offense, occurred.
Judge George D. Nelson direct
ed the verdict, shortly after a Mu-
nicipal Court jury had been sworn
in to try Jerry B. Lichtenberg, 18,
of the 5000 block of Connecticut
avenue NV. on a charge of oper-
Iating an auto after suspension of
his permit.
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Joseph Lowther was denied per-
mission to amend the formal
charge by inserting November"
in the blank in which only the
day and the year had been writ
ten. Judge Nelson sustained De-
fense Counsel Denny Hughes OBJ
Evening star., 1949-02-22
HIT Mrtttnrtatuf

FENwICK, SARAH p In memory Of
our loved one, SARAH P. FENW1CK who
departed from US nine years ago today,
February %, 1910.
Nine years ago, dear one,
Your voice was forever stilled:
With aching hearts we were consoled
That it wes Gods will.
happy home we once enioyed.>
How sweet the memory still,
But death has left a loneliness
That earth can never fill.
Thou art gone, but not forgotten.
In this great world OF strife:
THOMPSON: son: JOSEPH W: FEN
W1ek W1ek ' 81 HVsRANB SGsbRE w. TEk TEs
NON; NORMAN AND JOSEPH FEN
GRAY. ELIZA e. A tribute of loving
devotion to the memory of our wife, moth
er and granddaughter. ELIZA E. GRAY. who
departed this life nineteen years ago to-
day, February %, 1880.
Until memory fades and life departs,
You will live forever in our hearts.
DEVOTED HUSBAND, JAMES H. GRAY
AND CHILDREN.
HAWKINS. MARY E. A tribute of love
snd Mrs n MARY e. of ssr
who entered into the Great Beyond nine
teen years ago today, February %, 1880
Whatever 1 achieve, I owe it to the early
training of loving Rrandmothers care.
GLADYS TiGNoR PETERSON.
LACEY, CATHERINE W.; WRIGHT.
dear sister. CATHERINE W. LACEY. who
died sixteen years ago today, February 90,
1898: and our dear mother, KATIE T.
WRIGHT. who died ten years ago, Febru-
ary 4. 1889.
A loving thought. a silent tear;
beautiful memory OF one SO dear.
MCKINNEY, GUnFoRD. S. In loving
oRD & ~ es1E Who dp
ne eight years ago today, February 90,
DEVOTED WIFE, ALICE j. MCKINNEY. =
MOORE. HATTIE In loving memory
of our dear wife, mother, sranddaughter
Psz:s0 Ps4s. away SIX years ago. Fe0'uaf' ~
What happy days we once, enjoyed
When we were all together,
But, oh, how changed 1t all is now,
Since you have gone forever.
You are not forgotten.
AS 10 long as IS, life M and ,s.I memory nor last
AND ISAIAH BRENT
PRYOR. RALPH b. A token of love to
our devoted son and brother, RALPH B;
PRYOR, who entered the Great Beyond
nine years ago today, February 20, 1910.
Precious memories of thee, dear Ralph.
NON, DAD AND GILBERT.
STEELE, LUCY d. tribute of love and
Devotion to my dear mother LUCY B.
STEELE. who passed into the Great Be-
yond February 90, 1945.
Your precious memory will always re-
YouR Ytotr II pEVoFEp NH FED DAUGHTER. DOROTHY
M. ROBINSON.
but loving remembEance Of my dear par
ents, my mother. IDA J. TYDINGS, who
died thirty-three years ago today, February
90. 1915, and my father, JOHN e.
TYDINGs, who died thirteen years ago
February %, 1896.
very much. EFFIE MARCERoN. .
WEAVER, GEORGE o. AND FANNIE
MUSE. Sacred to the memory Of our be-
loved parents, GEORGE O, WEAVER, Who
NE MysE WEAyEE Fs1rRsTy sHRsE T1v4ER ra9s
Ida ALLEN, MABEL LEE, LOCKWOOD
AND OSCAR WEAVER.
WHALEY, ORA ". In loving memory
of our dear mother, ORA v. WHALEY,
who departed this life thirteen years ago
HER DEVOTED DAUGHTERS.
WILLIAMS, PRIMIANo. In loving re-
membrance OF PRIM1ANo WILLIAMS, low
ing father of four children and beloved
husband of Anna Williams, who passed
away February %, 194s.
We love you more and more each day,
For in our hearts you'll always be-
Because you were good father ana nne
hu'0fP' wirs V Gei AND CHILDREN. .
Evening star., 1949-02-22
George c. Jefferis Dies;
Sontu Fe Line Manager
BY the Associated Press

AMARILLO, Tex, Feb. o.
George C. Jefferis. SO, general
manager of the Santa Fe Railway
Western Lines, was found dead
in bed at his home yesterday.
Santa Fe Railway sources said
he had been i'll for several days
Mr.. Jefferis also was vice pres
ident of the Panhandle Santa Fe
Lines.
Born in Philadelphia. he had
been with the Santa Fe since 1911
He was made assistant to the
vice president with Chicago head
quarters in 1889. In 1912 he be-
came general manager Of the
Western Lines.
Evening star., 1949-02-22
Funeral Rites Tomorrow
For Mai. Gen. {. {. Booth

Funeral services for Mai. Gen.
Ewing E. Booth, 70, who died Sat-
urday at Walter Reed Hospital
after a years illness, will be held
at 10 am. tomorrow at Fort
Myer Chapel. Burial will be in
Arlington Cemetery.
Gen. Booth commanded the
Army troops in the Philippines
from 1882 until 1884 when he re-
tired. Since last April, he had
been living with his daughter and
SON -in-law. Col.f and Mrs. Pearl
L. Thomas, at 4707 Harrison
street, Chevy Chase, Md.
Evening star., 1949-02-22

lection to the amendment on the
ground it would place his client
in double jeopardy.
Mr.. Lowther promptly filed new
papers charging the same offense
all over again. Lichtenberg was
arrested November 6, 1948. while
driving an automobile at Twelfth
street and independence avenue
S.W. Police reported his permit
had been suspended the month
before.
Prosecutor Clark King. in
charge of the Corporation Coun-
sells Office in the courthouse, de-
clared that the second filing of
the same charge will not place
the youth in double jeopardy.
since the defective court paper
amounted to the same thing as
no charge at ALL"
Evening star., 1949-02-22
Msqr. John H. Hunt Dies

DETROIT, Feb. % (P).-Msgr.
John H. Hunt. 81, pastor of Wis
itation Church here, died of
heart attack at his parish house
last night. In mission work Msgr.
Hunts travels we're worldwide.
Evening star., 1949-02-22
o15 Cases of Measles
Reported in Baltimore
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Feb. 22.-City
health officials said today 915 new
cases of measles were reported
for the week ended last Thursday.
They added they did not think
the current wave of the disease
has reached it's peak yet.
Evening star., 1949-02-22
1raths
nEKAY NIAIr

DEKAY, CLAUDE M. On Monday, Feb
ruary 21, 1949, at his residence, SIS South
26th St, Arlington, Va. CLAUDE NJ. De
He also is survived by his mother, Mrs.
Ida DeKay; one son. Clayton DeKay; two
daughters. Miss Virginia and Miss Barbara
eesgo H. sTGhT e2Sees p0nsd DksY Kne
calvary eP Meshodist St church soath 2m asrd sas st
Arlington, Va. Interment National Me
Wheatley Funeral Home, Alexandra va.
church. %
DOLBY, LEILA DRUCILLA. On Mon
gay: gay February 81. 1949, at her residence en-
H, Dolby, mother of Mrs. Eleanor D. Mar
tin and Robert M. Dolby. Friends may
call at William J. Nalley's Funeral Home
Fanra lssne on rds eDaafs a 3
1890 am; thence to Mt. Rainier Meth.
odlst Church: where services will be held
at II am. Relatives and friends invited
DORSEY, JOHN ERNEST. On Monday
y1e poRsE9 81 Of 4Ss 1R st
Sc, beloved husband of Anna L. Dorsey
He also leaves two sisters, Mrs. Alice Penn
many nnd Mss ob4 Ella reyss nG hse ead
mains resting at Campoell's Funeral Home,
423 4th st. s.w. Notice of funeral later
EPPS, REV. RICHARD. On Sunday
February 20, 1949, at his residence, 1884
18th ST. NV, Rev. RICHARD EPPS, for
merly of AL Rhode Island ave. NV. He
is survived by Ave sons, two daughters
nine grandchildren. three .great-grand-
children, one sister and other relatives
and friends. Remains resting at Henry s
Washington g. Sons Funeral Home, 467 N
ST. NV, from 10 am. Wednesday. Febru-
ary %, to ~ am. Thursday. February "a
thereafter the body will lie in state at the
Second Baptist Church, 3rd st. between H
and Eye SITS. NV, where funeral services
will be held at ] pm, Rev. J. L. S. Hollo-
man. pastor. Relatives and friends in
vited. 1nterment Payne's Cemetery. %
EPPS, RICHARD r. Columbia Lodge,
A. No. S5, I. B. P. o. E. of w, is
~ hereby notified of the funeral of
HAR Brother, RICHARD T. EPPS, Oh
III 3JI Thursday February "a. 1949, at
NU pm. from the Second Baptist
- Church, 3rd st. between H and
- Eye stS. NV.
JAMES L. WATSON, Sr.. Exalted Ruler.
HARRY R. PRATT, Secretary 23
Evening star., 1949-02-22

WARNER, SADIE. On Sunday, Febru
ary 90, 1949. at Montgomery County Gen,
daughter of Annie v. Kelly. Also surviving
are one son. Lleyellyn johnson; five, sis
tiers, Lottie Taylor Anna Campbell Mary
three brothers, Clarence. Samuel and Fred
die Kelly; one aunt, one uncle and host
OF other relatives and friends. Remains
resting at her late residence. Norwood,
Nd, after 8 pm. Tuesday, February %
Funeral Wednesday, February %, at 2
p m, from Good Hope Church, Colesyille,
Md, Rev j. H. Holland oficiating. Serv.
ices BY Snowden a. Davis.
Evening star., 1949-02-22

ruary 2I, 1949, at the Washington Sani-
tarium. JOHN ME1KLEJoHN, beloved ia
Bolton and Mrs. Margaret Wilbar. Friends
may call at the residence, 672S End st.
NV. Services at the Takoma Park Pres
byterian Church on Thursday, February
"a, at 2 pm. (Mr. Meiklejohn will lie in
state at the church from l p m. to 2 PM
Relatives and friends are invited. Inter-
ment Rock Greek Cemetery. %
Evening star., 1949-02-22

On Friday, February 1s, 1919. RosAL1E
BERNADETTE McGRATH of 300 End st.
McGrath and sister of Mrs. Annie L Wash
burn. Funeral from the James T. Ryan
Funeral Home 3l7 Pa aye Sc Wsdnes,
mass will be offered at St. Peters Catholic
Church at 9 am. Relatives and friends
invited 1nterment Arlington National
Cemetery. %
Evening star., 1949-02-22

day, February II, 1949, at her residence
Jackson Heights. N. Y. MARGARET MAY
FELTON,, beloved wife Of the late Louis E
Schatz Of Jackson Heights, N. Y, and
Charles H, FELTON, of Birmingham, Ala.
Services at Chambers Funeral Home, 140O
Cnapin st. NV, Wednesday, February %,
at II pm. 1nterment Arlington National
Cenfftery. (Appleton, MINI, papers please
Icopy3. %
Evening star., 1949-02-22

Cemetery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-04-03
Early American
In Stone Houses

manned by the hunters and
trappers who first pene-
trated the neighborhood. Con-
verted to a private residence
in ITS. and used as an inn
during the Civil War, 1t Is
now the charmingly restored
summer retreat of Chief
Judge Bolitha J. Laws of Dis
trict Court.
The smallest stone wing of
Tippit's Hill, to the east,
also belongs to those early
days. A man named Tippit Is
supposed to have operated
this old story-and-a- half por-
ton as a teamsters' stop for
the drovers who piled the
road between Alexandria and
Winchester, exchanging man
ufactured articles for grain.
Originally the main door led
to a taproom partly under
ground level, with stairs to a
large. unheated loft, where
the men all slept helter-
skelter. There must have
been a lot of them, because
today the loft door is worn
thin by all the hands that
opened 1t.
Westward again. near Blue
mont, there is a house said
to have been built by Revo-
lutionary War Gen. Daniel
Morgan's Hessian prisoners.
Originally the home of David
Thomas. an early Baptist mis-
sionary from Bucks County,
Pa, it was once equipped
with removable partitions on
the ground level, which al
lowed it to double as a church
on Sundays-the congrega-
ton then being neither nu-
merous nor wealthy enough
to support a place of worship.
Owned today by a descendant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-04-03
TINE STONE houses on the

THE STONE houses on the
Il historic back roads of
Loudoun County, Va, are
made to order for the Sunday
driver who likes early Amer
icana, taken straight. The
oldest were built more than
two centuries ago by Eng
lish Quakers, Germans and
Scotch Irish, who came down
the old Carolina road from
Pennsylvania. Lured by Lord
Fairfax's spectators. who Of
fered the land for settlement
after the Treaty of Albany
in 1922 had finally freed it of
Indians, these God-fearing,
industrious small farmers
constructed homes of the
fieldstone dug up as they
plowed.
Scores of these houses still
stand - some in disrepair.
some restored by modern
owners. Built, for the most
part. by men who chopped
their own wood and hauled
their own water, they sit
close to springhouses and
barns. Their rooms are small,
ceilings low and stairs in
closed against drafts. All
have large cooking fireplaces
and huge chimneys. Wood
work and hardware are func-
tional and handmade. Doors
are batten rather than pan
eled, plaster is rough or non-
existent.
Probably the oldest of these
houses lies northwest of
Round Hill, on one of the
old Indian trails west to Win
chester. Its small windows
commanding a magnificent
sweep of the Blue Ridge, Hill
side Hobby is said to have
been originally an Indian fort
Evening star., 1949-08-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Rudnick of
Houston, accompanied by their
daughter, Miss Betty Rudnich
of Amarillo, are visiting in Wash
ington. They came to the Capital
to make the acquaintance of their
grandson, born August l to Mr..
and Mrs. Morris Benson. Mrs.
Benson is the former Miss Esta
Rudnick. The infants paternal
grandparents are Mr.. and Mrs.
Abraham Benson Of this city.
Evening star., 1949-08-17

Mr. and Mrs. Dana Osgood, who
have been at the Shoreham for
week, have left for their home in
Charleston. S. c. They came to
Washington to attend the wedding
of their son, Mr.. Austin Branch
Osgood, and Miss Katharine
Fuqua.
Evening star., 1949-08-17
Yours,
Mrs. Truman and Margaret Attend Party
Aboard America for Mrs. PerIe Mestu
Ry Betty BeoIe

mark: Mrs. Georgia Neese Clark.
United States Treasurer; Chief
Justice Fred Vinson, facing Mrs.
Truman and Mrs. Tom Clark;
Maj. Porge Rhode, Mrs. Allen Nor
ton Of Baltimore, d very chic, at
tractive woman who has been a
close friend of Mrs. Mesta's for Is
years, and Mrs. India Edwards,
chairman of the women's division
of the Democratic National Com
mittee.
American Ambassador to Cuba
Robert Butler headed the other
large table with Margaret Tru-
man on his right, then Betty
Tyson, Jane Lingo, Drucie Snyder.
Mrs. Vinson. Mrs. Charles Bran
nan, Mrs. Leslie Biff1e. Miss Mary
Mclean and Mr.. George Tyson.
The Chief Justice stood up
just as the loud warning whistle
to visitors on the S. S. America
sounded. When the urgent blast
subsidized, he said substantially
that this was a unique thing when
folks came from the four corners
to say goodbye.
"Perle Mesta," he went on, "is
a unique person She must
have learned in days gone by that
to have friends you must be a
friend"
Not to be outdone. attractive
bachelor Republican Representa-
tive James Fulton from Pittsburgh
hoped up and proposed a toast
to Luxembourg and the Grand
Duchess, and of Mrs. Mesta, he
said, I'VE Republicans wish her
smooth sailing" From the other
side of the room Representative
John Phillips of California called
out, "as the only other Republican
here, I wish to second that"
The luncheon was over then. 1t
was close to 4 o'clock, sailing time
and more whistles were blowing.
Pan American executive Col. j.
Carroll Cone walked out with Miss
Ellen Woodward and Mrs. A.
Mitchell Palmer. There was the
New York airplane executive
Sherman Fairchild and his aunt.
Miss May Fairchild. There was
Mrs. Mesta's brother, William
Skirvin, and her secretary Agnes
Waller, and Mrs. Kenneth Royal,
Fred Roy, the Curtiss Shears,
Marvin Braverman.
The Presidents wife and daugh-
ter headed the small group that
went up to Mrs. Mesta's state
room for last bon voyage toast.
Evening star., 1949-08-17
Emily Post

but I think circumstances alter
rules. live IS miles out OF
the city in which all the brides
friends live. Certainly it wouldn't
do for me to ask my neighbors
here, who have no particular in
terest in the bride.
Answer: 1t is not an obligation
of the maid of honor to give a
shower and, under your circum-
stances, it would be readily un-
derstood why you are not giving
one. Any of her neighbors at
home could give her one.
Fother's New Wife
| Dear Mrs. Post: My father was
widower for many years and
now has married. What shall we
call his wife when introducing
her to our friends? We dislike
"stepmother" and we're too old
to call her mother
Answer: The solution would be
to say fathers wife"
+ (Do you knoW hoW to eat
sandwiches property? What
are the finger foods? Mrs.
Posts leafet, E-16, oiUes tundd-
mental rules. To obtain a copy.
send 5 cents in coin and
stamped, SeU-dddressed en-
uelope to her in care OF The
Evenino Star. P. o. Bor SO.
Station G., NeD York 19, N. Y.
] Mrs. Post is sorry she cannot
nnsDer personal mdil)