Evening Star Newspaper, January 5, 1926, Page 5

: THE EVENING 5, LACKS AUTHORITY - Beli Says No Approval Has! i Been leen D' c' EmploYeS } Great form and ceremony obtained | rhinestones holding the slight full- _— {last night in opening the thirty-fifth ness of the skirt in front, and she to Solicit Ads. WASHINGTON, D. JANUARY 1926. VIRGINIA AUTOISTS GET MONTH GRACE D. C. Police Embarrassed by Quick Change in Orders on Licenses. STAR, €., LIFE’S DARKEST MOMENT. TUESDAY, CITIZENS OPEN WAR-. ON UNGERTAKER Dupont Circle Residents in’ Arms Over Proposed Establishment. KEEP THAT ARmM LP! 0 vAa WANT rg T RUI THIS DRAWING HIGHER! President and Mrs. Coolidge Centers of Brilliant Throng—Beautiful Costumes and Quaint Dances Add Color to Assemblage. SR e e = M GETTIN D227 WATH THIS HAMD— KERCHIEF OvER- annual ball for the benefit of the Chil- | wore long pendant diamond earsings. My EYES ! Hospital, the President and|Mrs. Fred S. Purnell wore a dress of Coolidge, who were the guests of | cloth of _silv made without nor—as had been other Presidents!trimming, the skirt having a full ruf- {and their wives in years past—being | ile of the material over each hip and s s con- | met “wnd escorted to their box to the a diamond-studded eomb, which Building to | musie of ail to the Chief. After | formed a half-halo about her he _d. for which | they took their places in the box of | and long pendant earrings of dia- g 2 state, the orchestra pjayed “The Star | monds. Mrs. Hen bod was in solicited from the | <papited Banner,” while the President | green chiffon eml a4 in gold first iring their Mrs. Coolidge and the hundreds | brads and stals made over gold wproval and no authorization sts in the room stood at atten- | cloth. am l)nllm: costume e e e ved at 10:25 v'clock. | of silver cloth was made with a very - - .| The pr party was greeted short ski ar Books.” 4 the ele: Representative John Cloyd n had a Eingine Commissioner Bell told | Philip Hill. chairman of the men's dainty di pink chiffon e Louis Rothschild, acting director of | floor committee, and four of his aid broidered in Mrs. Minnige Better Busing Bureau, in a let- (A are of trumjp announced their le Andrews ek Jace | ter received today rrival at the entrance of the ball- s conipletely ape of Maj. RBe room, where an aisle had been formed and exquisite black made Sonversat i by stretching rdon rouge held by ular and which fell from the col-| sormal - | members of the floor committee from |lar line to the bottom of her long schild | v | Mr The District Commissione: The Police Department discovered itself confronted with a rather em barrassing situation today as a result | of the sudden change of opinion of Motor Vehicle Commissioner of Vir- ginia James M. Ha. Jr. Actlng on the advice sioner Ha S, started a round-up of tol s who came iInto today with 1 identification | their cars. The police had at work a few ours, how another message was re » commissioner requestin ict continue to honor Is tags until mid ht, January Requests Recog: n. I C. Moller, assist wflic, Commissioner id: “Since writinz to you T find it will he absolutely ble to have the law enforced | ference to 1926 licenses prior to am, therefor:, requ. inia 19 Zs be rec District of Columbia until A fight on whe potential “undertakers’ row vicinity was launched last the Dupont Circle Cltize After spirited discu | reported intention of company to alter nue into an un ment, the associat e resolution authoriz mittee not only ing Commiss i missioners, | thut the 7 take the m, Jears \ The lution { sons who had p sed ke t was described us a forbidden employes’ assc *d with the District enter into a pr would be tion. of Commis. Department inia moy shington on been when ved from dlic without se n flicial aq- | tion. th vertisements for seve the to the ticipated in the p was in vepl letter, in whi said the u had received a number of letters m Washington fi complaining t the higher officers of the Dis- 't Building had been used to ob- tain paid advertisements for the Year Books.” The proceeds from publication of these books. Mr. Roths. child added, were supposedly to en- ch the associations, but investix on had indicated that the publishers Wl solicitors claimed the “lion’s re esta on ( ter Business he entran to their box. Two skirt. Mrs. John Crayke Simpson’s marines stood at attention in the rear | gown was cloth of xzold and had a of the box holding the President’s flag | deep flounce of gold bout the and the Stars and Stripes. On their | lower part of the skirt. Mrs. Delos 1 at their box they were greeted | A. Biodgett was in black satin, pan, mmissioner Cuno Rudolph. lof the satin outlined with rhinestone Occupying the box with them were | embroidery falling free over the iembers of the ball committee and |skirt, and the bodice finished in the sus_officers of the Children’s (same pattern. She wore a necklace dent’s Military |of dfamonds and a tiara of diamonds. . Cheney, and | Mrs. Charles G. Matthews wore ? Adolphus An- | pink chiffon embroidered in . with several of the other aides :nd her ornaments were of furnished the official escort. Mrs. James M. Beck's gown quofse velvet was gracefully and she ware a string of pearl Mrs. Edward Sanford, wife of Mr. Justice Sanford. wore 1 gown of | silver el nude along gracefully draped lines with ortside train Nirs. S 1 beaded | robe « 2 1 pearts. fashioned along straicht lines, | i nnecticut demning “in most ur emphatic terms the act id_every person of the in connection with Writing to Col. " or of 1 Committee Named. committee of five, T. . Duncan Bradley, ¢ Gore, Dr. J. N. Baker and | chibald Hopkins, was app authorized to carry the figh A Fra Mrs, 3 Ar that time The Pollee Department acquiesced | immediately to Mr. Hay . 7 md Virginia motorists with 142 Wi i Ir i 2 i | | Will not be molested until 7 7 {1 Maj. Edwin BB les superin- | | tendent of police. has instructed offi- | howev o ar Ihstric Maryland and Pennsylvania motor- SU venr's o notie No excuses were motorists from the Distric Judze Hitt rule notice had been Ix. tor- ped pe of Orde; this information Maj. | hisehild a copy of an | Sends Copy ¥ Decorations Simple. The decorations of the large bull { room were simply the over the box President at of the nublication | Vice ideat. furnishing almost the other | onty from the stationary t emploves | i, roon, except a § fricy should the com establish st set eful : o th I pl arrival the 5. Coolidge and the ind Mrs. Dawes, who m by a few minutes, teature of enter { tainment of the evening was presented | m the form of a gavotte, the young irls dressed in Bighteenth Century costumes, the skirts long and full the cl tiing bodices and effective head gear of that period completing the picture. The group of danc icluded Miss M Bradley, Miss AN i diny 8 - Brooke, Miss Charlotte Child- | M'S. Robert Clement W3 (ns Helen | @ zown of silver cloth, made on| A e BAn | straight lines with o sidé train. o Mrs. Percival McCeney-Werlich was | in a becoming gown of white chiffon | with black flowers appliqued on the | circular skirt and on one should Mrs. David Meade Lea wore cherry | red velvet, gracefully draped and held H by a rhinestone ornament. and she | wore a necklace of pearl medallions, with pendant earrings to match. Box and Dinner Parties. boxes were filled with the distinguished guests seen at ity balls, and there was much visiting among the parties The ~ Vice President und Dawes were the honor guest ner last night of the Dist nissioner and Mrs. Cuno dolph, who took their gue: to their box at the ball. Others in the compan; were the Amb: ador lof Germany and Barone: Maltzan, the Ambassador of Japan and d the Minister of ! mal Senora de Sanchez Latour, epresentat {lip Hill, 3 and Mrs. white tulle bow marking the low waistline and rose caught + left the cise of publications | 1 approval < must be e te explanation tha has no offici: ks ferred to schild, M added, “have 1 approved By the Comuiission- | author to rep- | abia. rvather Iy | velvet der Mrs was of s purple at shoul permitted Mr. ‘ew Brought to Court. However, for the first number of persons who f: tags on th | light. much than any previous year. Jghn W, Brux ion, colored, of 1614 Eléventh str was the first offender brought court. Alth h he had his new t under h Ju Hitt Imposed 4 fine of §; Samuel southeast He likewlde fine Thomas, cha erator’s side not continued claimed Gibson Fahnestock’s gown | shell pink atin, embroid- | ered in vari-colored silk. in a flower design. Mrs. Lyman B. Kendall wore | a gown of cloth of gold trimmed with | deeper shades of gold bugl <he | carried a large fan of s and wore a diamond itende da led to h machi e 1S District s for them.” howeve solicitin the order was | pointed out, :n signed by Maj. Beil had been in lers have ccordin; THE MNEW OFFICE Boy I THE ART DEPARTMENT PosES AS JUSTICE AnD THe GAMG WALKS OCT OF THE ROOM — | Admira st o d he publi proceed & a to ar- must Clark the was ord The cast colored, of with not permit and ins the for invest at he had but the his permit offe L hreiner; assist zht to cular abide by Snowde Rosemond Reed elden, Miss Elizabeth W) roline Alexander, Miss Dorothea ' Lane, their written nployes Get letter setting the Better lbus s ¥ said the funds advertising rd and Maj. I The proposal to ch meeting from 4:45 to another hou noon luncheon or evening se . went to the February n 464 having ificate nge the time of Miss valk. but this met | ! |EVELYN THAW FAILS 1000000 in Stock e,z e v . ~ During her career in this city IN SECOND EFFORT Given to Employes - i i e, o] SUICIDEHB}' Company’s Head 1t rv, spending the 1 First P venture In 1 plaint had re notable ived for so-called t of these public ve goes to the soli publisher. while the emplo neglizible amount. We uestion but that the business men of Washinzton would be pleased to con ibute to any movement that renders 4 real heln to District employ However, we do not believe it is fair the business interests seemingly + contribute tc an employes' orzani- zation when most of the money goes ) private parties. There are tw com ireau STE re. in 1ic left vn_Ffoulke-Smith, | . Miss Grace Wag: | Watson and | Miss Gwend Olivia Stol nan. Miss Kathryn v Winifred West. fike dancing_followed this fea- | " the President and Mrs. | Jlidge, remaining for about an hour, eted many of the guests besides the officers and board of the hospital President Taft was the last if not the only President who ever danced at the Hospital Ball, but Mrs. Coolidge trod @ measure at one when Mr. Coolidge was Vice President. the Receving Line. receving line was headed by Cuno H. Rudolph, wife of the Commissioner, who Is also president of the Board of the Chil- S "|dren’s Hospital, and she wore a gown x J. Relief As tion cr District Em-|CTR2 Lo @0 o draped. the Mrs.” George T. Marye, @ ploves, who hold a contract With G. . | Ulgice ‘cut square In front and a deep | Mrs: Ridiey McLean, "Dr. and’ Mrs Flunter for the publishing of . book | \40¢ St Jure It (100 S0 & Jecb | stantey o A tg docpand 1 ALL£he o stones, a long rhinestone tassel fall-| AFthY Eoia onl of publication is €150, 5,0 from an ornament of the stones mhicte1 Bpliave very small when |, "y waist line on the left side, the compared with the total paid In tor | il (oF it 6 the nem of the skirt, Socallel adverUsing. A panel of velvet hung from the left The Better Business Bureau holds [ Panel of vewet hung from the 1eft) p @ copy of this contract, according 10 |™ {4, iy the receiving line were Mrs. | Mr. Rothschild. | stanley Rinehart, who was in a gow is the | o¢ silver cloth, made with a side train | : Whose | jined with black chiffon, and a slight vear book is headed ‘Official Year | qhes, With black chiIgn. P00 o te Book and Manual." AMr. Frank J.|.¢osrich feathers; Mrs. Frederick H Bresnahan, president of this organiza- | o S5 Teatbers: SEC ¥ e and tlon, has refused to inform me as to | Biooke; Who wore a gowd of EEX ald the ‘amount of money netted to the | Shier brocade mafs Veul, PATES fe | organization. ” He dic left of the front; Mrs. Arthur O'Brien cent went to the solicitor. James L. | 1o 5 “g e TP 0k ehiffon crepe em-: Feeney, who holds the contract for | o B 80P, O B r o Hower nublishing this volume, informs me | QeSERTeR TS TERAREES T "0NG | that the salesman receives as high as | Wors & gown of yellow taffeta, made per cent and that the contract 13 | witn & Slose.fitting bodice and & full one whereby the publisher is on a |poufant skirt. appliqued with large cost plus basis.” black velvet flowers; Mrs. James Cur, Figuring the publisher's cost and | (1o in & Bown of turquoise blue vel- profit, after the deduction of the sales- | vet with a long train, which was penaicon lons, the Better Busi-|czught at the left shoulder with+a ness Bureau believes the buckle of diamonds; Mrs. Walter Stil xned into the SEmployes: son Hutchins in a gown of purple is very I Mr Br vel made with a side train, and te the publish wearing a string of pearls; Mrs. John | - rfield Dryden, who wore a gown LEAGUE SEEKS RUSSIANS |96 sreen and B0 e inos Sown of | FOR ECONOMICS BOARD white satin embroidered in pearls. Decision Follows Invitation to So- she Nicholsor Syracuse Uniy an memb | | nd bat that had juil. The charg D M the Ward ich the ago her inection with a ed by Fede York e ad written them ¢ s the victim of u “f from ne I number | - narcotic denied nd saf me-up to try | ated P BOSTON. January worth $4,000,000 in the O} J urers of steam plumbing s, has been distributed to more than 3.800 emploves under the terms of nnounced by R. T. Crane, ir ident of the company. The vresent market value of the stock 1= 860 a share. The largest <tock went tu Chicago. a col pany for 55 v The distriby s made f the personal stockholdings of Crane. st By the irs 5 believed, poisun agents in H | removed return to 1 her msciousness gave + would re refu i Pence, Mr. Edy and Mr. | ‘Hu:hrm_ Mr. and Mrs {had with' them anghorne, M Mr. and Mr nd Mrs answer <tation, that he H. Pe nson | and Mrs. v D. d Mr. Walter Wil . Charles Johnson, John A. Hull en evening ca McKer o Dr Cardinal Mercier Better. ®) ier 'k advised The ents. He he is ¢ Brand | Bad been organizations at the present time that we know of under contract for the publishing of such r books. The first is the Immed; SELS, January 35 M oper was relea The who is again single block of the ames N. Wrath of ctor the cons ars. in MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. S. Treasury 1408 H ST. N. W. s tion, z rovement ball m the intoxicants to saving her miss most effective antidote guests oison she swallowed r S < 3 130 she had been given a little nourishment and some water and was sting easil Newspap Il h oth ! tashlight pict { pital, but she Mrs. Vietor Kauffmann s { their presence having with them a Her upper people whom and ) e, but the fizht enter e 4 i P th poison {duughter, Miss Two ¢ roth | Mr. and Mrs her about he MR Tsmall « | ment betwe i [and took th tond: A4 ihey shared with Cap Phil-} Land Capt sunced that no T Ml ) (ST SPECIALS From the ANNUAL HERZOG | embroke Thom, a | Frederick 1. Brooke. The Ambassador of Belgium and roness de Cartler were the honor uests at dinner la ning of Mr. and Mrs. James F. Curtis, who later | took their guests to the ball. Others | in the company 1w Mr. Justice | James McReynolds ator and Mrs. | | David A. Reed, Senator and Mrs, orge Wharton Pepper, Senator and Mrs, mes W u rederick v Blair. Mr. and P. Mitchell, Mrs. King Carle: and Mrs. Douglas MacArthur, Mr. Mrs. Edward T. Stotesbury of adelphia and Mr. Phillip Coffin. The Ambassador of Germuny jaroness Malizan were among (he | of Mrs. Charles Bouzhton Wood, who also had in her box her nephew and niece, Maj. and Mr. Rob- | L6 ert C. F. Goff and Miss Mary Morgan. | "\ o Miss Ailsa Mellon, daughter the | . oTe Toits in Secretary of the Treasury, occupied | Sherioes her father’s box for a short time, hav - ing with her Senator and Mrs. Dav A. Reed and Senator and Mrs. George Wharton Pepper. The Minister of Switzerland Mime. Peter were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Casper Miller in the box they shared with Mr. and Mrs. Fred- erick H. Brooke. and M —— | tie ci | Dewinit While there she followed & Hungaer o | She declired she wi fn the ho. | ‘When she gained her conscious of | Jick Clifford ¥ s Th divorce and the third ¢ never urred. As a tion, Evelyn regained 1e rmer popularity all over the countr engage ments, which were said to have been | {offered in greater numbers than she she could fill | at dinner Miss Frances zuests to thel met S: aron ing t freedom thel photog Quic was shers Iater takir at_the ball. Mr. and Mrs succession her not from ank Hizh . Employe: iation, _mar sharet some of | traveled lip was somewd o were no other u on her absenc n New afternoon, question apért- Year when she broken nos POPULAR AT RESOR Thaw Favorite Four at Atlantic City. ATLANTIC CITY & (P).—Evelyn Nesbit Thiw a farailiar figure in the night life in ihe bourdwalk jazz palaces of rthis re. ort for nearly four ve She came bere from iter her unsuccessful conduct @ tearvom there. She sa and danced in a cafe. but soon ! ne involved in litigation with the fessions to her husband of | Proprietors of the establishmen: f White prior to their | breach of contract. Later she o were repea n the witness | ducted a cafe of her own on t nd when Thaw tried for the = riurde | Du and Evelyn Years has been voin the as hy and. Her mar- Thaw in Pittsburgh in April, | followed a th vear courtship, ing which the gay actions of the | requently got them into print. was then about 20 Bt it w hecame the 1 riety when old “Madison s Fvely Mrs. Will January ni to « Cosby, Dr. and Mrs. | G Blanton Winship and |~ . Mayo . Houghton Entertain. . Arthur Amory Hough- | in their box seve were guests of Afr: at dinner before the CLEARAN ‘\;l;-‘.lu‘—l_:/c TOAINE N THIS YEAR—the January FIRST—the reductions which are sharp in every New Yo - that she | attempt nter of world-wide noto- iaw shot White on the | Square Roof Garden, in | costs, Clearance has a double appeal. instance allow vou even sale prices. advantage of these N—"without interest RANCE IS AN UN- Mr. aud Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. ton entertained of those who Davis Ireland ball. Mr. and Mrs. John Hays Hammond's hox was occupied by Miss X | Hammond, who entertained Adm T. P. Magruder, Mr. utler Wright, the n: and | to_purchase the finest to be had at lower SECOND—The Budge Plan Y TE than allows vou to take ‘N PAYMENT P1 or extras, —THE JANUARY CLE! USUAL SALE THIS YEAR. |Would you hetf STYLE - PLUS - ‘ and HERZOG SUITS & O’COATS Suits and Overcoats that formerly sold for $30 and now are re- duced to Costumes of Beauty. Mrs. Coolidge was in a very be- coming costume, the smartly fash- ioned gown of silver cloth shot with jande green made simply and without jtirimming. The skirt was draped toward the back, where it gave the effect of a sash with a_wide piece of the material falling almost to the hem and finished with silver fringe. The bottom of the skirt, which was moderately short, had as a_border a wide hand of gray fox fur. The bodice was severely plain. without sleeves, and she wore a string of jade beads about her neck. Mrs. Dawes wore A gown of green chiffon embroidered In silver, made over green, the chif- fon forming panels back and front, and at the right side of the back a rge green satin bow marked the waist line, from which hung a long streamer of the ribbon, which formed a train. The bodice was finished in 4 round neck and had sleeves almost | 10 the elbow, a scarf of tulle to match wa — Wadsworths Have Guests. Senator and Mrs. James W. Wads- worth, jr., were hosts in their hox to Representative and Mrs. Parker Corn- ing, Representative and Mrs. M. E. Crumpacker and Mrs. Gordon Means. Miss Julia Mattis entertained in her box Maj. and Mrs. J. N. Greely, Col. and Mrs. Conger Pratt, Maj. and Mrs, Livingston Watrous, Maj. and Mrs. Russell Maxwell, Mrs. C"."S. Mitchell Capt. Hodge, Mr. Edward Macauley and Maj. Marion W. Howze. Representative John B. Sosnowski entertained at dinner last evening in compliment to Count de Niezychowski of New York, later taking his guests to_the ball. Mr. and Mrs. George T. Marye oc- cupied their box, having several of Commissioner and Mrs. Rudolph's din- ner guests with them. Capt. and Mrs. Ridley McLean en- viet to Take Part in Dis- d of Thaw { incar nd other leg: and | difficulties Evelyn lived quietly, Thaw's i al at-! family supply her with funds o of the Italian embassy and|condition that she keep out of t Contessa Som: i di Mombello, Mr | news columns, Alexander Kirke and Mr. Frederick| Thaw eventually divorce Bugher. 1 1 went to Europe to continue Mr. William Phelps 's guests in | it studies She returned in cluded Mrs. John Allan Dougherty | With a b Miss Mary Morgan and Miss Harriet | K. . Allen. j fa s upport for him from | Mme. Hauge was hostess to a com. |the Thaw fortune. She lavished on | pany of young people for Miss Violet { the child all possible tenderness a.nd] Spencer. care and fought to the limit to estab- | Mrs. Walter Stilson Hutchins wa: him as the Thaw heir. s at dinner preceding the ball, Returned to Stage. L3 aceunyin. Besibox Tater She then returned to the stage and rose to fame as a dancer, her partner being Jack Clifford. Returning from a | | European success, she filed a_petition | | in bankruptey and her theatrical pop- ularity slumped. A return to Europe armament Parley. VA, January The League ions is unofficlally sounding as to wheth the-Soviet will wrove the appointment of two Rus- n economic experts to sit on the wratory comn ion for an inter 1l econom conference. m of the League to in 1 to participate in the pre wory economic commissi fol «d closely upon the invitation te oviet to have in the spe. commission to ange for world disarmament conference. Ru. sia has made it known that she wil accept the invitations, Suits and Overcoats that formerly $ sold for 50 $50 and 60 now are re- duced to hoste: her gus Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett was hostes to a small company at dinner anc took her guests later to her bov at the ball. Mrs. Davis Ireland entertained at VOODOO POWDERS FAIL. Alleged “Doctor” Goes to Jail on Two Charges. n and white pow- the happiness Frances Miller and both c con Whit ed, self- strled voodoo daoctor, w uzght to Police Court today by Precinet Detec tive N. Thayer of 2 precinet and charged with two of larceny White pleaded guilty to extracting his various promises by means of the powders from one and $8 from the other, whereupon Judge Gus A, Schuldt imposed sentences of 30 and 60 da respect y. COL. DICKSON AT HEAD. Retired Chaplain President D. C. Branch 1st Division, A. E. F. Thomas J. Dickson, retired s elected president of the olumbia branch, Society Division, F., at a last night at Walter Reed for the election of officers Col oh; District of the of for Other ‘officers W ; elected were: M W £ - 1 vice arker, gener vice president vice president, and secretary and treasure The per capita consumption of su r in the United States has reached 107 ponuds. This inclades sugar used canning, e David in Lbecoming gown of the gown about her shoulders, and a ng of pearls about her throat. enora de Riano was in gold lace embroidered in flowers over gold 1ze, made straight, ruffles of the lace forming the lower part of the <hort skirt. Baroness Maltzan's gown Was cloth of gold embroidered in tur- quoise and pearls from the hem of the short skirt half way to the walst and touches of the embroidery about the neckline. She wore a coronet of the gold cloth on her head. Mme. Matsudaira wore 2 simple but ver: oft white crepe embroidered in crystals, the back of the waist eut low, strings of erystals falling from a band of the crystals ross her shoulder: Mme. Peter’s dress was of gold lace the pattern outlined with gold bugler nd made over gold cloth. The dres s cut on straight lines, with square neck and a ruffie of the lace falling from a low waistline to the hem of the short skirt. Mme. Wallenberg wore a straight model of jade green crepe embroidered in pearl beads, the embroidery forming panels, and pear' fringe finishing the scallops of the overdress. She wore a white tulle scarf and pearl necklace and earrings Senora de Sanchez Latour was also in @ straight model, of white crepe. the crystal embroidery giving an ef fect of panels. Mrs. J. Butir Wright wore a gown of black velvet, three flounces forming the skirt, and the sleeveless bodice without trimming. Mrs. Wilbur J. Carr was also in black, her gown being made of soft repe, medallions of lace studded with s forming the lower part of the skirt, and & band of rhinestones and jets in her hair. Mrs. John Phillip Hill's gown was of old rose velyet, an ornament of tertained a company of 12 at dinner for their daughter, Miss Beatrice Mc- Lean, later taking their guests to their box at the ball. Mr. and Mrs. George Hewitt Myers' box was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. J. Girvin Peters, who had with them Mr. and Mrs. C. Criscom Randle and Mr, Horace Peters. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur O'Brien gave their box to the latter's son and daugh- ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Roeblipg, who had several guests with them. Col. and Mrs. Herbert J. Slocum had in their box Col. and Mrs. Louls Brown and Col. and Mrs. George Lee. Mrs. N. Price Whitaker entertained Gen. and Mrs. Edward J. McClernand and Col. and Mrs, William Connell and Miss Katharine R. Whitaker, sub- deubutante daughter of Mrs. Whit- alker, who will return shortly to school in_Farmington, Conn. Dr. and Mrs. John €rayke Simpson entertained in their box Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Greer, Col. and Mrs, Frederick W. Coleman and Mr. and Mrs. Blankenship. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Pembroke Thom had with them several of Com- missioner and Mrs. Rudolph’s dinner guests. Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Hosts. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Meyer, ir., entertained at dinner before the ball, their guests including Mr. Justice and AMrs. Edward T. Sanford, Mrs. Fred- eric A. Keep, Viscomte de Landsheere and Mr. Robert Low Bacon. Capt. and Mrs. Hayne Ellis had a company of voung people dining with them and took them later to their box at the ball. In the party were Miss Faith Adams, Miss Muriel Bliss, Miss Martha Lamar Ellis, Lieut. George dinner preceding the ball, her guests being Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Amor Houghton, Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Cabot, Canon and Mrs. S Phelps Stokes, Maj. Gen. and M George Barnett, Mrs. Cre. ew- bold, Mrs. Price Whitaker, Dr. Charles Moore, Mr. Edmund N. Carpenter and former Senmator lair Lee. Mr. and Mrs. Juan Mayer hosts at dinner last evening, honor guests being the Am Spain and Senora de Riano. in the company were Admi T. Long, Mr. and Dierks, Mr. and Mrs, V Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Dick, Mr. Mrs. Francis Mayver of New York, Mrs. Frederick Neflson, Miss Caroline Story and Dr. von Selzam of the Ge man embassy staff. Mr. and Mrs ayer later took their guests to their Dbox at the ball. Others at the ball were the Minister of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, Dr. Ante Tresich Pavichich; the Minister of Egypt, Mahmoud Samy Pasha, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur W. Hubbard, Mr. R, M. Kauffmann, Mr. Philip C. Kauff- mann, Mr. E. Pendleton Turner, Mrs. Henry D. Flood, Mr. and Mrs. George T. Summerlin, jr.; Miss Nancy Reed, . Ans: were their sador of Othy and Gahan, Comdr. Theodore Jewell, Mr. Beverley Harris, Mr. Robert Douglas Pearson, Mr. Burton F. Miller, Mr. Louis Dent, Miss Betty Byrne, Miss Bessie McKeldin, Miss Mary Boyd, Maj. Alvin Sandeford, Senator Roberto Mendes Goncalves of the Brazilian embassy and Dr. and Mrs. Philander D. Poston. Tn 1914 the per capita debt of the United States was $11.83. In 1919 the war had sent it up to $204.09. It has since been reduced to $17 ) 4 Mr. David Yulee Reed, Mr. Paul Mec- | was likewise unsuccessful. She mar- ried Clifford, but they were soon sepa- rated. In 1920 Evelvn opened a tearoom in New York, but soon the rent col- lectors and court officers wound up that venture by evicting her. Broken | in spirit, she tried to commit_suicide by taking poison, but recovered. Later she gave a party to celebrate a report | that she had committed sulcide by jumping into the Potomac River at Washingtor “inally she turned to cabaret work, inning as an entertainer in Atlan’ Hotel Inn Phone Main $108-8100 604-610 9th St. N.W. 10.50 rooms. S8: 510: $7 roome. S$6 S14 ‘with' toilet in room. 507 ni + and Tavatory, Rooms like SOUTHLAND BATTERIES Built to Last Service Guaranteed WHY PAY MORE? Southland Battery Co. 910 Pa. Ave. ~ M. 5555 You can rely on the ac- curacy of your watch if it's the famous Tllinois-Sterling ! A double GUARANTEE from the factory and from Kay—means absolute reli- ability. Just a few quarters a week puts it in YOUR pocket. 17 Jewels Adjusted 83450 21 Jewels Adjusted 44 Pay Only $1 2 Week Buy on the HERZOG BUDGET BUYING PLAN THIS PLAN MAKES THE REDUCTIONS EVEN MORE APPEALING. Think of the opportunity of the plan. plus the REDUCTIONS! Here's the way it works: $25.00 Su Overcoats and You pay $7.50 at time of purchase and $1.75 weekly. The price you des be worked in on the PLAN! Budget Prices Are the | Suits and Overcoats th e $ 3 Z S H_l an x! HATS—SHOES SHIRTS GLOVES NECKWEAR ETC. Red.uce Pro;;:rtion Same as Cash Prices