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Evening star., 1954-12-13
Western Union Sci
For Decentralization
.0f Facilities in Area

The Western Union an
nounced today it was keeping
pace with the atomic age with
the decentralization of Washing
ton area facilities by giving
Alexandra and Silver Spring
central office status.
At present these units are
branches of the Washington
Office. and kilograms destined
for the nearby Virginia and
Maryland areas are manually re-
transmitted from Washington.
The new program will speed
up service to these points and
will insure vital telegraph deliv-
cry to the Government and
armed services in an emergency.
The Alexandria service will be
introduced shortly after the first
of the year. and in Silver Spring
by February or March.
To Bypass Washington.
Service for Alexandria. Arling-
ton and Fairfax County viii by
pass Washington completely. It
will operate direct to Western
Unions high-speed automatic
center at Richmond. The Silver
Spring area will work similarly
with the Philadelphia center.
Rapid growth of the suburban
area will be met with other ex-
pansion measures. Twelve new
delivery stations will be strategi-
cally located in residential Sec
tions. kilograms then will be
transmitted from central offices
to points where motor messengers
may carry them to homes.
| Another improvement will be
the installation of about l60
Desk-Fax machines at business
films in Alexandria, Arlington,
Silver Spring, Hyattsville and
Bethesda.
Private Telegraph Office.
These machines give the GUS
toner a telegraph Office of his
own. A marvel Of the electronic
age, the machine sends or re-
ceives kilograms instantly and
automatically with the push of
a button.
Already Washington has TOO
of them, second only to New
York.
Supt. G. T. Harris of the
Washington Offices said 10000
offices throughout the Nation
will be equipped with the fac
simile machines by the end Of
the year, and another $4,000 are
already equipped with teletype-
writer machines, as the company
moves toward coast-to-coast
push-button. service.
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announced his selection.
Mr.. Hammond will maintain
Offices in Washington with Left
Gilstad, the first vice president,
as well as in Chicago. where the
associations general offices are
located. Mr.. Hammond will be
responsible for management.
public relations. organization.
membership and Washington ac-
tivities.
For the last seven years, Mr..
Hammond has been in his pres
ent post and previously was
Washington manager of the
American Transit Association.
Divers Resigns Post
Chairman Walter w. McAllister
of the Home Loan Bank Board
today announced the resignation
of William K. Divers, former
Evening star., 1954-12-13

0&tcS, WALL SCt
a new job.
starting Janu-
airy Is. He be-
comes eXecu-
tive vice presi-
dent of the
Ira n S p o r.
tation ASSocia-
ton of Amer
lea. He will
S NC C e e d the
late Donald
D. Conn. DR..
George P.
Baker, aSsocia-
finn roracirlpY1f.
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chairman and
member, well
known in bus
ineSs circ les
here. 1t is eff
f e ctive De-
cember 81.
Mr.. Divers
will be CO m e
pre- sident of
t he Savings
a nd Loan n
F un d alton,
Ponont1u n"
ganiZed to de-
velop a Ma
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BY WiIIiom A. MilIen

Harold F. Hammond. manager
OF the Transportation and Com
munication Department. Cham
Der of Commerce of the United
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IH.F. Hammond to Begin Duties
| As Transport OfficioIin in SIS

otOSAACos SAAeAeASA SO OASNA
Economy"
Directors of Western Union
are scheduled to take dividend
action tomorrow.
Street gossip is that there
is a good chance they will pro-
pose a 2-for-l split" says
current bulletin from Rudd.
Kristeller & Co.
Hemphill, Noyes & Co. has
issued its 25th quarterly re-
vision of five selected lists Of
common stocks.
300 OF Yule Purty
More than 800 customers and
friends attended the annual
Christmas party of the Potomac
Iron Works. Inc. in Hyattsville.
Nd. Saturday afternoon.
A new type of apartment
stairway, manufactured by the
company. was demonstrated as
a feature of the party. Milton
Mulitz, president of the COM
pany, presided at the celebra-
tion.
Among those present were Jo-
seph ngenfritz. chief building
inspector of the District of CO.
lumbia. and Harry Styne. chief
councilman of Hyattsville.
Beinurs Lease Big Area
DR.. Waldemere Bejnar, for
merly with the Geological Survey
here. and his wife have just COM
pleted leasing of 1000 square
miles of New Mexico State land
under prospecting permits. Mrs.
Bejnar is the former Katharine
C. Marble, who resided in Chevy
Chase until her marriage in 1916.
DR.. Bejnar is assistant professor
of geology at the New Mexico
Institute of Mining and Tech
nology. DR.. and Mrs. Bejnar
plan to form a company for
prospecting, development and
mining. with the home Office in
Socorro. N Mex. Relatives Of
! Mrs. Bejnar living in the WASH
ington area are her parents. Or.
and Mrs. John p. Marble, and
a younger brother, John, jr.
Open House Held
Open house was held today by
the American Trade Association
Executives in dedicating their
expanded offices in the new
building, ll45 Nineteenth street
NV. Some 800 association and
business leaders from all over
the country were expected to
participate In the celebration.
The associations MANAGEMENT
library was displayed and Reuel
Elton, executive vice president
Of the organization. labeled the
library "a Mecca for any one
interested in the American econ
omy."
The cight-story building was
constructed by the Ajax Con-
struction Co. and is under the
MANAGEMENT of Frederick w.
Berens. Inc. Officials said there
are more than $50 national trade
associations with headquarters
in the National Capital and the
new building fills a long need.
! Mr., Elton said the new build
ing eliminates 10 years of plan
ming. The organizations new
president, Howard A. Prentice,
executive vice president of the
Corn Industries Research Foun-
dation. took a prominent part
in today's celebration. s.s-
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educational program to promote
savings and home ownership.
Its headquarters will be here.
"The Home Loan Bank Board
and its staff will say good-by to
Mr.. Divers with real regret" de-
clared Mr.. McAllister. 1--WE all
extend to him our good wishes" :"
In 1947, Mr.. Divers was named
to the three-man Home Loan
Bank Board by President Tru-
man for four years and desig-
mated chairman. He was re-
appointed in 1851. When the
new administration took Office
last year. Mr.. McAllister, a
Texas Republican, became chair
man of the board.
/ Mr.. Divers previously had
served the Federal Government
for IA years as an attorney and
administrative official in housing
and construction agencies here
and elsewhere, before joining the
board,
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Burns to Be Speaker

DR.. Arthur F. Burns. chair
man of President EisenhoWer's
Council of Economic Advisers,
and Gen. Carlos P. Romulo.
chairman of the Philippine del
egation to the United Nations,
will be among the major speak
ers at the annual convention of
the National Automobile Deal
ers' Association in Chicago, jan
uary 31-February 2.
Vitro Corp. of America, which
has laboratories in the WASH
ington area. has been retained
by Consolidated Edison Co. of
New York as consulting engin-
GERS in the field of atomic en-
ergy.
j. K. Stern, president of the
American Institute of Co-opera-
tion, will address the Washing
ton Chapter of the American
Marketing Association at a
luncheon meeting at the Willard
Hotel Thursday.
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New Business Study

The Bureau of Business and
Economic Research Study at the
University of Maryland has is
sued another of its business
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MutuuI Funds

NEW YORK. Dec. 13 lP.-Nationi
Association Securities Dealers. Inc:
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-04-17
Advantages of Sending Packages Via
Air Parcel Post Cited by Postmaster

A city-wide air parcel post cam
paign, sponsored Jointly by the Post
office department and all schedul-
ed certificated airlines serving Sc
attic, will be held during May, II
was announced today by Postmaster
George f Starr.
Purpose of the drive is to point
out the advantages of sending
packages via air parcel post and to
acquaint the public with facilities
offered by the Post Office depart
ment
Starr said an overall quota for
parcels mailed here in May has been
set with each branch post office
competing for the highest percen-
tage increase. Post Office emplo-
yees will cooperate by telling the
public of the advantages of mailing
by this method.
The benefits of sending packages
via air parcel post are many" Starr
said For example it was noted
that letters or any written matter
can be enclosed with air parcels at
no extra charge; parcel post goes
four times faster by air than sur
face parcels receive the same pre-
ferred handling as air mail, and the
cost is but a few pennies more.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-04-17
Boy Scouts Grid
For ScOutlatch

AS the deadline weekend approa-
ches thousands of Boy Scouts in
this community and throughout
King County are making last-mi-
mute preparations for the first
Scoutlatch ever presented by the
Seattle Area Council, Boy Scouts of
America The big Boy Scout show
of 1854 is scheduled for Friday and
Saturday(April 1924 at the Clar-
ence S CHec) Edmundson Pavilion
in Seattle
Doors will open at 7 IN both
days, and Scoutlatch will continue
until $50 pm, it was announced
this week by George L. Ruggles,
Scoutlatch chairman Unlike the
Scout Circus of past years, Ruggles
explained. Scout1atch will be a
booth-type. walk-around show,
with activity displays in $50 booths
In addition to their display pre-
parations, the Scouts are also still
busy selling tickets. at so cents
each. Admission tickets will also
be available at the entrance to the
Edmundson Pavilion both Friday
and Saturday evenings, Ruggles
said.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-04-17
IheVetS
Mailbag
. VA Hospitals Serve Patients
Nine Million Meals a Month

If you worry about your grocery
bill, trying to serve the best at the
lowest possible cost, then pity the
Veterans Administrations dietetic
experts serving the agency in its
168 hospitals throughout the nation
Nine million meals every month
breakfasts, dinners and suppers-
must be served to some lO5,O0O pa
tients and several hundred staff
members. Cost of the rations Ca
days food supply varies with the
est being in the General Medical
type of hospital patient, the high
and Surgical hospital, next the tu-
berculosis hospital and then the
domiciliary homes and neuropsy-
chiatric hospitals.
For instance in November, last
month for which complete figures
are available, total spent for food in
all VA hospitals was 1882 900, or
an average ration cost of 81 OF per
patient.
A staff of $4,000 persons is requir-
ed for the purchase, supervision,
warehousing and preparation of
food, part of which is purchased
centrally and distributed from VA
supply depots. though great por-
ton of the perishables including
meats, are purchased locally by each
hospital
Milk, meats, eggs and fresh vege-
tables are all supplied by local firms
to hospitals on contract, each bid
der meeting specifications for the
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-04-17
JUNE
State Japanese
Give to CL Fund

SAN FRANCISCO, Calf April II
Individual contributions totaling
$795.50 have been received this past
month for the National JACL En-
dowment Fund. This now boosts
the total of this perpetual fund to
75,445 %
National JACL publicly acknoW-
Lodges contributions from the fol-
lowing persons from the state of
Washington: Mt Vermont R. Sa-
kuma, $50; Seattle-Choichi j Mi
zumoto $40 Ken Nogaki $25, Mr..
and Mrs S. Suyama $50, Frank T.
Yoshitake $40
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-04-17

best quality material at the lowest
possible cost
Question of the Week
@. I've just been released from
active duty and I plan to apply wi
thin the 100 days allowed me for the
kind of CT term insurance available
to Korean veterans Will I have to
take a physical examination to get
it?
A. No. A physical examination is
not required for veterans who APP
ply for Korean CT term insurance
within the specified time.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-04-17

Hiklda Furniture 4 Appliance Co.
Eliot 1896 SlS-S2O Jackson st.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-04-17
N1SE1 CALENDAR
April
24-Japanese Baptist church ba
Zaar

24-Japanese Baptist church ba-
zaar
MAY
1-St. Peters church bazaar
9-NVC golf tournament at West
Seattle.
JUNE
6-Annual White River YBA pic
mic at Five-Mile Lake beginning at
II am. Dancing from 8 pm. to IL
midnight at Lakeside Park Ballroom
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star stan Photo.
By Evelyn M. Dent

form the summer committee
for the wives club. The group
keeps up the traditions of the
club between college terms.
Mrs. Gwen G.. Atkinson,
president, will receive from 2
to 4 o'clock. Mrs. Arnold H.
Karo will give a Christmas
reading and the string en-
semble of the Air Force Band
will provide music for the
occasion. Mrs. Hugh B. Manson
vice president and decorations
chairman for the party, is
noted for her artistry.
Heading the hostess COM
mittee is Mrs. Norman M.
Schroeder, and other officers
of the club who will assist are
Mrs. Marion D. Unruh, Mrs.
Robert D. Thorson and Mrs.
Harold B. Benedict.
NotionoI Guord
A Christmas coffee will be
held tomorrow at the home of
the Chief Of the National
Guard Bureau Maj. Gen. w.
H. Abendroth and Mrs. Aben-
droth. 412 Lebanon drive, Falls
Church. at 10:30 in the morn
ing.
Each lady has been asked to
bring a small gift for ex-
change. Mrs. Phillip Pease is
chairman Of arrangements for
the affair.
Navy Medical Service Corps
The Northwestern Hig h
School Choral Group, under
the direction of Miss Ellen j.
Beckman, will entertain fol-
lowing the luncheon meeting
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ENGAGEMENTS Announced

Of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Gold
stein of Pittsburgh, Pa. A June
wedding is planned.
Miss Mesmer attended the
University of Maryland. Her
f1ance has served in the United
States Navy.
AbelI- -Nunn
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Ethelbert
Abel of Placentia. Leonard
town, Md, announce the en-
gagement of their daughter
Lucille Marie to 1t. Joseph
Robert Num-, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. George H. Num- of
Weedsport, N. Y. A February
wedding is planned.
Miss Abel is a graduate Of
st. Mary's Academy in Leon
ardtown and of the College Of
Notre Dame in Baltimore. 1t.
Num- was graduated from
Clarkson College Of Technol-
ogy in Potsdam, N. Y, and is
now attached to the Corps Of
Army Engineers at Camp
Prince. w. Va.
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By the Woy...

JUST GOOD FRIENDS-In spite the little jabs taken
at Mrs Perle Mesa in her book. R. s. " P Elsa MAXWELL
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pouring coffee and tea for

pouring coffee and tea for
guests.
Among those who took turns
pouring were: Mrs. Oscar
Chapman, Mrs. Arthur Sum-
merfield, wife of the Post
master General; Mrs. Stanley
Woodward, Mrs. Nellie Tay-
loe Ross; Mrs. Eugene Black
and Mrs. Harold Talbot, wife
of the Secretary Of the Air
Force.
Mrs. Hazel Edgar was chair
man of the party, assisted by
Mrs. Nelson Hoff, Mrs. jack
son Davis and Miss Mary
Pauline Perry.
Other guests at the party
included the Minister of
Finland and Nine. Nykopp;
the Ambassador of South
Africa and Mrs. Holloway,
Miss Vera Bloom, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Freer and Mrs.
Robertson Marshall.
Despite a dense and steady
rain, guests exclaimed, upon
entering. at the clubhouse ex-
terror which has recently been
painted in a lush shade Of
pink.
The pretty color, visible In
the gloom, was the subject Of
much favorable conversation.
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Servicennen
Entertained

Servicemen are sharing in
Washington's Christmas spirit
these days as a number Of
local hostesses are entertaining
In their honor.
Last night Mrs. Martin
Vogel gave a buffet supper for
a group of servicemen at her
home. And on hand to en-
tertain the honor guests was
Edgar Bergen with his famous
sidekicks. Charlie Mccarthy
and Mortimer Snerd.
Mrs. Perle Mesta, the Au-
strian Ambassador and Nine.
Gruber, Senator and Mrs.
Mike Mansfield and their
daughter Ann, the Ceylonese
Ambassador and Mime. Gune-
wardene and former Senator
Henry Ashurst were there.
Two more parties are being
planned for this Friday, one
to be given by the English
Speaking Union at $3.50 and
another to be given by Mrs.
Harold e. Mott.
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1t. Comdr. and Mrs. Alex
ander Smith announce the en-
gagement Of their daughter
Jean Louise to Mr.. Ray De-
wight Schunter, son Of Mr..
William Schunter of Delmar.
Iowa. A March wedding is
planned.
Miss Smith is a graduate Of
Compton. California Junior
College. Her fiance is attend
ing State University Of Iowa.
Cloxton Moore
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy j. Clax-
ton announce the engagement
of their daughter Beverly
Frances to Mr.. Gradon w.
Moore, son of Mrs. Delbert
Moore and the late Mr.. Moore.
The wedding will take place
in February.
Mesmer- GoIdstein
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Mesmer
announce the engagement Of
their daughter Mary Lynn to
Mr.. Charles B. Goldstein. son
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Bernard StoI
Takes Bride

Mrs. Walter Spiro Of New
York, N. Y, announces the
marriage on December IL Of
her daughter Grace to Mr..
Bernard A. Stol. The wedding
took place in New York:
Mrs. Stol is the daughter Of
the late Mr.. Spiro. Mr.. Stol,
the son of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. Alexander Stol Of Chi
cago, is an assistant general
counsel of the Department Of
Commerce,
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Navy Civil Engineer Corps

Mrs. George G. Cornwall,
president Of the Civil Engi-
neers' Wives Club, greeted
members and guests yesterday
as they gathered at noon for
luncheon at the Army and
Navy Club.
The toys, which were their
admission cards soon were
piled high on the cart, ready
to be taken later to the lobby
of the Bureau of Yards and
Docks Building where they
would shortly be claimed by
some delighted youngster.
Mrs. Ellen Louise Warren
was at the luncheon to receive
the gifts for the bureau. She
has been Mrs. Santa Claus"
for the bureau since 1947,
when they first began these
lobby parties for less fortunate
children.
AS Mrs. Warren explained to
the ladies, they have a giant
Christmas card in the lobby of
their bureau about the size Of
a door and instead of buying
a fellow worker a card you
simply add your name to the
signatures and drop the money
you would have spent into the
box near the tree. Already
they have more than 500; last
year the sum amounted to
$682.15.
industrial College Of
The Armed Forces
This afternoon the Wives
Club of the Industrial College
will give a tea at the Ofiicers'
Club, Fort Lesley j. McNair.
in honor of the ladies who
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Officers Wives Clubs
Timely Help From Service Set
of the Medical Service Corps

of the Medical Service Corps
Wives Club. on Thursday.
The ladies plan to meet at
noon at the officers Club,
National Naval Medical Center.
Reservations may still be made
by calling Mrs. Krank P. Pfirr-
mann, Oliver 6-7514.
Mrs. Lloyd w. Miller, chair
man of the Christmas baskets
for the needy asks that mem
bers please bring their dona-
tions of food and clothing to
this meeting.
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Cocktail Party

The Washington Junior Aux
iliary Of the Jewish Consump-
tives' Relief Society will have
a membership cocktail party
from 5 to 8 o'clock Sunday at
the American Women's News
paper Club.
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No Bors at White House Stote Dinners;
Bits of Small Tulk From Porty Row

MANY TALENTS-Euer the days of Sarah Bernhard
actors and actresses hdpe been trying their hands at arts other
than acting Lionel Barrymore artist (ecnost
brother
sculptre Of real talent Not to be outdone her
iusiou predecessors In both dr actress Carol ChdnniRg
star OF Wonderful Toon quite artist pruate
shouting OF her paintings u be held here Thursday at
party in her honor
CoURTLY GESTURE-The President had White House
sent to pick Mrs Fred vnson also disposal
return her home when she invited 70 the Supreme Court
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Today in Society
Mokinses
HOnOred
At Porty
By Mary 1. voushon

Santa Claus had as much
fun as the guests last night at
q Christmas party given by the
American Newspaper Women's
Club in their clubhouse on
Twentieth street.
The jolly fellow arrived amid
jingling bells and loud "Ho!
Host"
With the help Of Ruth Crane,
club president, Santa presented
his first gifts to the British
Ambassador and Lady Makins.
the guests Of honor.
Miss Crane, WMAL-TV per-
sonality, read q card attached
to the Ambassadors gift.
1t Is sterling, but not pound.
It's on the square, but
u. also round.
It's got a head, It's got
a toll,
1t has a shine like coat
of mail
It's for luck and not to
spend,
It's for keeps and
not for lend.
So here's to hands
across the sea
A pocket piece for all OF t0e.
The Ambassador responded
with this impromptu couplet:
"My wife and I. for all we
owes,
To you we say our thanks
In prose-"
The Ambassador received q
shiny, new silver dollar.
Perle Mesta, another guest,
opened her surprise gift from
Santa to find q harmonica.
The hostess with the
mostes" surprised only a few
with her versatility when she
played Jingle Bells" on the
instrument.
The guests Of honor and
Miss Crane received the guests
beside q Christmas tree
trimmed with gossamers Of
spun glass encircling each
colored light. creating a three
dimensional effect.
The clubhouse was decorated
throughout with beautifully
arranged holly and pine
boughs.
Mrs. A. Burks Summers dec
GRATED the tree with its red
lights, Christmas ornaments
and glimmering angel on top.
Mrs. Irene Caldwell, an
other committee member, cut
holly and greens all day Sat-
urday on her Fairfax prop
erty, and on Sunday, she
spent the DAY decorating the
club.
A variety of cheeses and
ham were served guests from a
buffet where silver Candida
bra were placed with a match
ing crystal and silver CENTER
piece filed with bright Christ
mas ornaments.
Jack DAILY, husband of Mary
DAILY, q club member and
Catholic University publicist,
held forth In white coat and
chefs cap, presiding at the
punch bowl.
Taking turns with him was
Bill Schaefer, husband of
Ruth Crane, who also donned
the white uniform to spell of
MIR. DAILY.
Mrs. Ellen S. Woodward was
in charge Of the committee
Evening star., 1954-12-14

event at the club which President
impressed with her playing
at the White House dinner last week.
BY HANDLING table decorations at the White
for the Supreme Court included small hand made yew
trees. When Mary Jane McCafree Mrs Esenhowers
tary shoed reporters the table them
Them She replied that that publication ,Dth
laughing gesture soced her hands They from
lily whe and Deu manced at that point The question
GnstDered.
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dinner last week. Mrs. VlnSon Is the widow
of the former Chief Justice. and only two
years ago was the guest of honor at the
similar function. She was present this year
but placed alphabetically on the list, and the
VS. are far cry from the number one spot.
FUN FOR ALL-One OF the guests inho
attended the Supreme Court dinner at the
White House told Mrs. Eisenhower tphdt
louely party it pds when she pas leaptng.
The hostess replied, "This is tDhdt call my
fun dinner"
HAY MAKING-The Alfalfa Club was re-
sponsible for young violnist being invited