Evening Star Newspaper, May 23, 1926, Page 98

By Louis Tracy SYNOPSIS, Hudson Bay Compans’s agent ke, is greatly disturbed by a an_English paper n i Alistair Jun Parke. presump- son, John ome’ years ed A ngland dmonton. he tells Mr. Leslie, he is John Bri daughter. s a sympath J whe encourages her Panton n or unable to for o Inverlochtie t tells his wife to her ot, of 1 0 Mr. Leslic’s brother, a lawye 1% at Wimbledon. The Leslies invite him to stay with them cepts their hos- pitality Shortly Wh of Scot- awx; Mr. r wspector stant, of the Prob Winte cads letters whic her and to Alistair and she is con- her belief in_ his innocence. She itterly with Alistair. en come from John 0 s fat fident i rel STALLMENT X) A Letter Is Posted. ART of this monologue w dressed to Alistair’s retr form and part to the curious silent figure by her side. Betty d notic , that the | two were clothed exactly as she had | last seen them in the smoking room, but realized instantly that the pro- pused visit to Lord Oban was only a flimsy excu for some quarrel which had sprung up unexpectedly outside her door. Alistair, at any rate, seemed to have abandoned his project. They heard him going down the main aircase. vow, kid,” said Betty, with a sur- tendernes: in her voice, gone wrong? Do you want to s. Come with me, Betty. afraid—to be alone. I to ery—on your | ves, y tually- ant I'm feel shoulder!” him | of | empty tummy. e Court. and | | trusted with a special ke Reg 0B Patent Offies. | *“Mebbe not all, sir,” was the cau- | tious reply. | “On, is Miss Betty still in my wife’s “Ah'm thenkin’ so, sir.” “Well, well. What gossips these women are!"” Some mischief was brewing—that " | was evident—but the fact did not dis- | turb his rest. He slept soundly and was his urbane self when he strolled into the breakfast room next morn- ing. The Hon. Betty Bridgnorth was at the sideboard, hesitating between scrambled eggs and tomatoes and kid- neys and bacon. She elected to take both. iad a good night, Betty?" he cried. “ine. Whyv were you up so early?” Who sajd I w. | “Alistair, if you don't learn to tell the truth occasionally you'll get into horrible trouble one of these days.” “Is it of any real importance that I should take a quiet stroll before break- fast?” “No. Indeed, it would do both you and me good if we ran a mile on an 1 was just talking on | eneral principles.” Lord Oban came in. The Lansings appeared with Elleen. The little gath- ering was notably silent over the meal, but that is nothing remarkable at any British breakfast table, where any one Inclined to cheerfulness is | wenerally regarded with suspicion, if | not positive hatred, by every other person present. Alistair had special cause to chew the cud of reflection; for once in his life he had not been quite careful enough. The letters were taken from the mail box by one of the gardeners in- , whose duty it was to put them in a locked bag and post them in the village. The man was leaving the house when Ali. stair halled him. “Ah, Brown,” he through a wicket gate which sepa- rated garden and drive, “I'm glad I saw you. It won't take 10 seconds to run through the bag and see if I've posted a letter to some fellow—dashed if I can remember his name—Dor- rington, I think it is—to whom I wrote vesterday. It's of no impor- tance, but I don't want to either ap- pear uncivil or write twice.” The gardener opened the post bag and glanced at the addresses on some thirty letters. Alistair helped. There was no letter for “Dorrington.” nor, what was far more to the point, for “the Hon. John Panton.” Alistair looked duly mystified. Then, said, coming It'll make my nightie horribly damp. Lend me that pretty shawl of | yours. It will shrink, of course, but HE CRIED. “WHAT at is better than my getting an at- | £ sniffles Well, ecrying ! Cut it out and state vour | air is a beast. He always | But you're not afraid of him, < time they were locked in- suite. The night had her cold, so an electric stove was agreeable for bare feet and bare shoulders alike. “I'm all right, now,” smiled Eileen mistily. T lost my nerve for a mo- ment, but Alistair was almost brutal, and I have just been having a trying time with Uncle Hector. You see, Betty, I have discovered that no ma ter how John may have erred in the past, we are treating him shamefully now. Sit down there, dear, and listen. You must be told some day. Why not tonight " If some sklilled astrologer Lave cast Alistair Panton’s “'nat about that time he would surely have. found a particularly baleful planet. in the ascendant. Lileen, whose polite hauteur was beginning to thaw in public into a quiet deference, had sud- denly treated him as though his very nearness were abhorrent. It needed little of his close knowledge of the feminine temperament to warn him of the change. When they spoke to- gether while the others were at the bridge table she stood out boldly for the fulfillment of his promise in re- | zard to the letter, but in all else she was weakening perceptibly. He had | never intended to withhold John's re- | ply altogether. His reluctance was | feigned, a well calculated move to win her respect by striving to spare her feclings when she read that violent screed. Indeed, they had parted rather amicably, he in full command of the situation, she seeming to concur. It was a wholly different whom he met in the corridor. Had some viper wandered in from the moor and she had stepped on it un- aware she could not have recolled with greater loathing. What, then, had happened meanwhile? Contrary to her belfef. or suspicion rather, he neither knew that John had written to Lord Oban nor had he overheard any of the conversation be- tween Eileen and his uncle. He had | seen her upstairs and followed, meaning really to have a chat and lead her on to discuss the stupidity of thelr present relations. Then he caught the murmur of voices, and, greatly to his surprise and annoy- ance, had ascertained her where- abouts. He would gladly have lis- tened, but the floor boards of an old house are apt to creak under a heavy weight, and the Lansings had ap- peared at the wrong moment, drawing him back quickly on thievish feet and detaining him by some chatter about the weather prospects of the morrow. His cold fury against Eileen, how- ever, did not conquer his judgment now. Betty's advice was sound, though she could not have begun to imagine why he wanted so ur- gently to get in touch with his uncle. He made for the smoking room, mixed a whisky and soda, s wrote some letters, giving marked care to the preparation of the draft of ene and copying it when approved. did not drop this letter into the post box in the hall, which would be cleared early next day. Disposing of the others in the orthodox way, he pocketed it, together with the draft. Then he went to bed, meeting a light shod night watchman on the stairs. “All the birds roosted, Dougal?” he could Eileen clapping a_hand to his head, he pro- duced a bundle of correspondence from a pocket. TRICKS ONE'S MEMORY PLAYS!" “By gad!” he cried. “What trick one's memory plays! I've just remem- bered putting the bally letter here, and I didn’t post it when I dressed for dinner last night. Here you are! Sorry to have troubled you, Brown.” “That's all right, sir,” said the man, hurrying off. Now, the two had met almost on the exact spot where Eileen first no- ticed Postmaster Macdonald the pre- ceding evening, so they were visible from many windows. It did not mat- ter, of course. The incident was a perfectly natural one. Alistalr, some of whose actions were molelike in their burrowings, gave no heed to the fact that some one in the house might have been admiring the land- scape just then. (Copyright. 1926. by Louls Tracy.) (Continued Tomorrow.) GRANDSTAND FOR 100,000 URGED AT EPSOM COURSE New Structure Planned for 20,000 Persons Considered Too Small by Some. By the Associated Press. LONDON, May Epsom race course, where the world famous derby has been run annually since 1780, is to lose its 96-vear-old grandstands after this year’s race on June 2. The old stand, which holds only 6,000 persons, is to be replaced by one accommod ing 20,000, While plans have been drawn and arrangements made to build the new stand, a movement has been started to make the structure considerably larger and thé finest in the world. It is pointed out that the Fleming- ton stand, in Australia, accommodates 70,000 persons and that as the attend- ance at the derby averages 300,000 to half a million racegoers. Epsom should have the largest stand possible, or at least one seating 100,000 persons. GERMAN WAR PENSIONS EXCEED REPARATIONS Civil and Military Doles Are $132,- 356,000 in Excess of Dawes Payments. By the Associated Precs. BERLIN, May 22—The German Reich is carrying greater burdens than the annual reparations payments in a system of civil and military pen- sions and rehabilitation work. The 1926 budget appropriates §370,356,000 for thesé purposes. The reparations bill for 1926-27 is about $238,000,000. More than $20,500,000 of this sum goes for pensions to 300 former high financial and state officeholders, in- cluding 200 whose positions correspond to those of former governors in the United States. Federal and state cab- inet ministers, regardless of length of service, receive pensions from 10,000 marks a year up. From the Ohio State Journal, Columbus. Texas has a large corporation de voted to raising frogs for the market, the tract of land used being a great natural swamp, the home of thou- sands of frogs. Thé fish ‘have been taken out and the series of lakes inquired cheerfully, since he culti- vated cordinl relations with every one employed in the house and on the estate. made in the swampy lands will br the growing place for the frogs, ana Texas now claims it will have the + largest frog farm in the world, 4 | between the dates of April 1, ? THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MAY 23, 1926—PART 6. American Legion. As a part of the $87,000,000 Govern- ment hospital program, sponsored by the American Legion, many new hos- pital projects will be launched or com- pleted within the next 18 months, according to Wat- son B. Miller, chairman of the’| legion’s national re habilitation committee. Work on a new ne u ropsychiatric hospital at Bed- ford, Mass., involy: ing the expend- | iture of $1,500,000 and providing bed space for 300 men- tal patfents, will begin within a few \veeks. Work has egun on a tuber- culosis hospital at "o B Miller. Tucson, Ariz., of 250 beds. Additional construction is under way at Oteen, N. C, and at Walla Walla, Wash., hospitals. Plans for a new mentai hospital of 1,000 beds to be con- structed at Northport, L. ., are about completed, and work on that big project wiil begin at an early date. Enactment of State laws to facill- tate the commitment of insane World War veterans to sVeterans' Bureau hospitals is being urged by the na- | tional rehabilitation committee of the American Leglon. Members of the committee point out that proper care and possible cure of insane veterans is being prevented by well-meaning, but misinformed rela- tives, who take the veterans under treatment from the hospital before satisfactory improvement or cure has been accomplished. Under present laws the commanding officers of the hospitals have no right to prevent a patient's removal. The State laws would allow legal commitments and would assure that everything possible would be done to bring about a cure. | One or two States have such a law. Wyoming Department of the Amer- ican Legion led all departments of the nation on May 1 in the percentage of fncrease attained in membership over its 1926 quota, which was assigned by national headquarters, according to a bulletin received here from national headquarters. Wyoming Department had on May day approximately 115 per cent of its quota enrolled, with a membership of 3,224. Florida was second in percentage attained over its quota with 107 per cent. Mrs. George R. Crosfleld, wife of Lieut. Col. Crosfleld of London, pres- ident of Fidac, interallled veterans’ federation, who is in this country on an official tour, was the guest of honor at a luncheon extended by the national organization of the American Legion Auxillary on the occasion of their recent visit to natfonal head- | quarters of the Legion and Auxiliary here. | Women in the Crosfleld party, auxiliary women of State and na- tional prominence and wives of State and Army officlals were present at the lucheon given at the Columbia Club in honor of the wife of the chief of Fidac, who represents 8,000,000 World War veterans. Mrs. Lowell F. Hobart of Cincinnati, past national president of the Amer- ican Legion Auxiliary and American senfor vice president of the Fidac auxiliary, presided at the luncheon in the nbsence of Mrs. Eliza London Shepard, national president of the | Auxiliary, who was on_ an _official speaking tour in the South. She was given the honor of presiding in recog- nition of her stattis as a Fidac auxil- fary official. Frank M. Heath, member of Cissel Saxon Post of the American Leglon, Silver ~ Spring, Md., and Gypsy Queen, have started on the last leg of a world record-breaking horseback trip. Heath, in an effort to regain health lost in the World War, educate him- self by travel and “prove by actual test the capability of a good hor;;,” 1925, and November 20, 1925, covered, with | Gy Queen, 3.747 miles over 23 | States, and pulled into Winter quar- ters in good shape. | His objective is “to hit some part of every State in the Union with one horse, and return to Washington on or before July 1, 192 The members of eorge Washington Post, No. 1, the American Legion, and their friends will be entertained next Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock at the clubhouse, 1829 Eye street, with an illustrated lecture on the polar regions by Lieut. Benjamin H. Rigg of the United States Coast and Geodetic Sur- vey. It will be “ladies night,” and other legionnaires in the District and their friends are invited. Lieut. Rigg accompanied Comdr. McMillan on his Arctic trip to the North Pole. The members of the post will attend the srvices to be held May 30 at 3:15 o'clock at the Washington Cathedral in memory of the late President ‘Woodrow Wilson, who was a member of the post by reason of his being Commander-in-Chief of the military forces of the United States during the ‘World War. An invitation has been extended to the George Baldwin McCoy unit of the American Women's Leglon to attend the f{llustrated lecture Tuesday eve- ning, and also particlpate in the Memorial day program. The post will supervise the decoration of the graves of veterans in Rock Creek Cemetery, following an annual custom. The graves decoration committee is headed by Past Comdr. Lew S. Mohler as Hmrmun of the committee. The James E. Walker Post, No. 26, the American Legion, has completed plans for decorating graves of ex- soldlers in Payne and Woodlawn Cemeteries next Sunday. The mem- bers will assemble at the headqyar- ters, 1353 U street, at 2:30 p.m. and g0 to the cemeteries in automobiles. Allled with the Charles Sumner Post, No. 9, G. A. R.; O. P. Morton, No. 1, and Charles Sumner, No. 3, Women's Relief Corps, G. A. R.; Gen. Guy V. Henry Garrison, No. 9, and Julia McE. Henry Auxiliary, Army and Navy Union; Rear ~Admiral Charles M. Thomas Camp, No. 3; Sergt. George Berry Camp, No. 10; Eva Allensworth, No. 2, and Virginia Berry, No. 6, Auxiliaries, Department of the Potomac, Spanish War Vet- erans; James R. Europe, No. 5, Ken- neth Lewis, No. 29, Posts and Auxil- laries of the American Legion, the post will participate in a joint memo- rial service at 7:30 p.m., May 80, un- der the auspices of the Joint Memorial Assoclation of Military Societles at Metropolitan A. M. E. Church, M street between Fifteenth and Six- teenth streets. Chaplain Maj. Oscar J. W. Scott will deliver the me- morial oration. The post will assemble at 8:30 a.m. May 31 in front of the Twelfth street Y. M. C. A. with veterans of the G. A. R., Army and Navy Union, Spanish War and American Legion to march to Thirteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue, to later go to Arlington Ceme- {tery. U. S. S. Jacob Jones*Post, No. 2, the American Legion, will have charge of decorating the memorial markers on Sixteenth street next Sunday. Mem- bers are requested to assemble at Six- teenth and Upshur streets at 8:30 a.m. Mrs. Ulla R. Tracy is chairman of the committee in charge. A special com- mittee in charge of Mrs. Mayme E. Smith will decorate graves of mem- bers of this post. Miss Mable Staub, chairman of the poppy campaign com- mittee, reported that the post has been granted two concessions for the ale of popples. Arrangements have been made by the post for a rummage sale to be held Thursday and }g‘r(day, Mrs. W. W. Chambers is chairman of this committee. The regular meeting of the 8 ‘Cha- peaux et 40 Dames will be held next Wednesday at the home of Edith ‘Warren, and will be followed by an informal card party. After dinner at the Women's City Club last Wednes- day, about 25 of the members at- tended Keith's, given by the U. 8. 8. Jacob Jones Post, No. 2, the Ameri- can Legion, for the benefit of the home fund. The unanimous thanks of the na- tional executive committee of the American Legion to Secretary of War Dwight L. Davis for his action in protecting the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington from desecration was conveyed to the War Department chief through the medium of a reso- lution presented to the legion body by Past Department Commander Paul J. McGahan, the District of Columbia member. The resolution also suggests to Sec- retary Davis an additional way in which the dignity of the Nation's great memorial may be preserved, and it is expected that it will be followed out. The resolution adopted by the na- tional executive committee at its In- dianapolis meeting last week was as follows: “Whereas an armed guard was re- cently placed at the tomb of the Un- known Soldler at Arlington at the re- quest of the natlonal commander; therefore, be it “Resolved, by the national execu- tive ‘committee of the American Le- glon, that the War Department is hereby extended the thanks of the American Legion for this appropriate action, with the request that a bugler be detailed to sound taps over the tomb each evening when the guard is dismissed, and that an appropriate flagstaff be erected adjacent to the tomb, so that the colors may fly there during the daytime in honor of the Unknown and be lowered daily at the dismissal of the guard, and that, pend- ing the final completion of the tomb, the War Department inclose it with a metal chain to prevent the near ap- proach of unauthorized persons.” An_expression- of appreciation of the effort under way to provide funds for the erection of a memorial to the participants from the District of Co- lumbia in the armed forces of the Nation during the World War, and of the generosity of those who have made or will make cqntributions to this fund, as well as an appropria- tion from the Treasury, has come from the department executive com- mittee of the District of Columbia Department of the American Legion. The action followed the introduc- | tion of a resolution on the subject by Past Department Commander Paul J. McGahan, department member of the natfonal executive committee of the American Leglon. Two high Leglon officlals are members of the commission having the memorfal project {n view. One of these is Past Department Commander E. Lester Jones and the other is the present department commander, Ju- lus I. Peyser. Another call upon members of the American Legion to make contribu- tions to the fund has been broadcast throughout the Capital. The text of the resolution introduced by Past Department Commander MeGahan and adopted at the last meeting of the department executive committee, as forwarded to Frank B. Noyes, chafrman of the commission, by the department adjutant, Joseph J. Idler, is as follows: “It is with feeling of gratification that the members of the department executive committee of the American Legion have observed the progress that is being made in the fund-rais- ing campaign for a memorial to both the living and the dead who repre- sented the District of Columbia in the World War; the speedy consum- mation of this project is a thing highly to be desired, in order that the memorial may be completed. “That we, as survivors of those whose memory is to be'so beautifully memorialized, do hereby earnestly request all members of the American Legion resident in the District of Columbia and all others to make their personal contribution without delay. “And that we do hereby express our thanks to Frank B. Noyes, chalr- man of the District of Columbia Me- morfal Commission, and the mem- bers of that commission, as well as those who are alding them in their work, and those who have con- tributed, or who subsequent to this appeal do contribute, for their sup- port of this memorial project which will give to the Nation's Capital City another shrine dedicated to patriot- ism and good citizenship.” American War Veterans' Club. The first of a series of automobile caravans of the American War Vet- erans’ Club 1is scheduled to leave Thirteenth street and New York avenue this morning at 11 o'clock with Frederick, Md., as the objective point of interest. The caravan is expected to arrive at Frederick at 12:30 o'clock, to be followed by dinner at the Francis Scott Key Hotel at 1:15 o'clock. A visit will be paid to the grave of Francis Scott Key, where a wreath will be placed on the monument by the club, after which the various historic ints in_that vicinity will be visited. TOURS. The return trip will be started from | Laura Hale. Frederick at 4 o'clock, arriving in the National Capital at sundown. On the trip as guests of the club will be two congressional medal of honor men, George L. MacElroy and W. Keefer. The outing is in charge of Lieut. Curtis W. Handley, chairman of the automobile committee. Included in the list of those in the pllgrimage to_Frederick today are the following:.Judge and Mrs. Robert E. Mattingly, Representative Morgan G. Sanders of Texas, Representative Henry H. Rathbone, Mrs. La Salle Corbelle Pickett, Lieut. Col. Fred Butterfield Ryons, president of the club, and Mrs. Ryons, Maj. and Mrs. Wallace Streater, Maj. and Mrs. Roy B. Hughes, Lieut. Ralph A. Cusick, vice president of the club; Miss Vir- ginla Dyer, Lieut. Howard S. Fisk, treasurer of the club, and Miss Kath- erine L. Fisk, Lieut. H. W. Lucas, Lieut. George E. Watts, Sergt. and Mrs. A. C. Thompson, Capt. Frederick L. Stephens, Lieut. and Mrs. George E. Pickett, 3rd; Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Morganston, Corpl. and Mrs. Lewis Werden, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Camp- bell, Lieut. Charles Riemer, secretary of the club, and Mrs. Riemer, Mr. and Mrs. Madison L. Hill, Miss L. Camp- bell, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Marsh, Mr. and Mrs. Hustis Myers, Mr. Glenn D. Tubbs, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd G. Caskey, Mr. and Mrs. George G. Seibold, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hites, Representa- tive Zebulon Weaver of North Caro- lina, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Gans, Mr. and Mrs. George C. Shaffer, Capt. and Mrs. Michael Driscoll, Lieut and Mrs. Curtis W. Handley, Miss Betty Hart, George L. MacEiroy, W. H. Keefer and others. On arriving at Frederick they will be received and entertained by mem- bers of the American Legion and escorted to the hotel and on the sight- seeing tour in the afternoon. Veterans of Forelgn Wars, At the last meeting of Front Line Post, No. 1401, Veterans of Foreign ‘Wars, it was decided to hold only one meeting a month during June, July and August, which will be in the nature of visitations to the other posts In the District. There will be a “Get- Together” meeting tomorrow night, when entertainment will be furnished by “Tom and Spotty.” Refreshments will be served. A meeting of joint Buddy Poppy committee of Natfonal Capital Post, No. 127, Veterans of Forelgn Wars, and Ladies’ Auxiliary was heid May 12, for the purpose of arranging plans and making assignments for the sale of the poppies beginning tomorrow and continuing through May 29. The assignments follow: Ernest Wick- strand in charge of Elks' Club, Mount Vernon Bank, North Capi- tol Bank and Government Print- ing Office; Kann's store, Mrs. Marga- ret Lidstone, Mrs. Gertrude Clark and Mrs. Catherine Dean; United States Soldiers’ Home, in charge of George Kestner, assisted by Mrs. Mabel Plerce and' Mrs. George McAle Typographical Union Temple, Mrs Elizabeth Jeits; Lansburgh & Bro. store, in charge of Mrs. J. J. Jacobson and Mrs. Morona: Capitol Traction Railway Co., poppies to be delivered by John Allen; Washington Raflway and Electric Co., poppies to be deliv- ered by A. E. Pierce; Police and Fire Departments, in charge of Everet Miller, Wiillam P. _Cavanaugh, Thomas J. H. Cavanaugh and Dantel Leahy; O'Donnell's drug store, Ninth and F streets, by Mrs, Ena Allen and assisted by Miss Lilian Allen; Peoples Drug_Store, 7th and E streets, by Mrs. John Wolf and Mrs. John Allen; Washington Base Ball Club, Mrs. Slizabeth Jeits, Mrs. Bessle Quinlin, Mrs. Mary nley, Miss Dolores Hanley and Mrs. Fernanda Statsbers; Union Station, by Mrs. Laura Weaver, Miss Ethel Weaver, assisted by sev. eral high school girls; Rialto Theater, Mrs. Margaret Jacobson and Mrs. Elizabeth Jeits; Metropolitan Theater, Mrs. Mae Cotter, Mrs. Annie Dough erty and Miss Helen Dougherty; Na- tional Bank of Washington, Mrs. Bessle Quinlin, Mrs. Maudg Cooper and Mrs. Josephine F#zpatrick: Bureau Engraving and Printing, Mrs. Katherine Barracks and Miss Bernice Barracks; Saks' store, Mrs. J. Wolf, Mrs. May Mitchell, Mrs. Martha Mitchell; Navy Yard, in charge of D. J. Leahy, assisted by Mrs. Mary Mrs. J. 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Under the auspices of the veterans' weltare committee , of Department , the inittal ‘department automobile outing will be held to the estate of Dr. M. L. Turner of Berwyn Heights, Md., June 6. Heretofore, Charles Kohen, chair- man_of Equality-Walter Reed Post, No. 284, outing committee, has enter- tained the boys of Mount Alto and Walter Reed Hospitals. This has been done for the past three years and, owing to the success and appre clation of these outings, the Depart- ment decided at the last' encampment to hold a department veterans’ outing and enlarge the scope of activities by entertaining the veterans of all Gov- ernment _hospitals in the District. Charles Kohen is in charge of the out- ing and has designated the following to take charge of the caravans of au- tomobiles leaving pitals at 2 p.m.. Walter Reed H pital, Frank G. Thomas, Samuel B lin] Mount Alto Hospital, E. J. Jacques, Charles Kohen; Naval H pital, John J. Buffalo, C. Brewer. ( Jennings; St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Everett Miller, John J. Allen; Soldlers’ Home, Frank Heise, W. . Keefe; Tu- bercular Hospital, Ernest Wickstrand. The caravans upon leaving the hos- pital grounds will be met by Metro- politan motor cycle police, who will escort the veterans to the District line. Music will be furnished by the Almas Temple Shrine Band, and sev- eral selections will be rendered by the Masonic Glee Club. Mrs. M. L. Tur- ner, with the assistance of Mother Steed, will supervise the handling of the refreshments. Ice cream, cake and soft drinks will be served. Maj. Turner will furnish the cigars and clgarettes. It is expected 500 men will be present. - Chairman_ Charles Kohen has asked that 100 cars be donated, with drivers. His address is 606 Thir- teenth street. After the business meeting of Equality-Walter Reed Post, No. 284, Veterans of Forelgn Wars, at Pythian Temple May 20, the annual memorial services were conducted by the post chaplain, Capt. John Hall, in memory of the departed members of the post A committee was appointed to confer with the officers of the Ladles’ Auxil- fary with the view of aiding in con- ducting a membership campaign for the auxillary in order to develop the auxiliary to a strength commensurate with that of the post. An invitation was received from Ad- miral Rebert E. Peary Ship, Veterans of Foreign Wars, to accompany that post in conducting fts memorial serv- ices May 31. These exercises will con- sist of dropping a “Buddy Poppy” anchor in the Petomac River with ap- propriate ceremonies. The post will sail down the river on the Sylph, yacht of the Secretary of the leaving the navy yard at 10 a.m. 2 avy, FRENCH TOWN HONORS MEMORY OF DEFENDERS | Tablet Put on Each House Where Deceased Soldier of World War Lived. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, May 22.—At Enghein-Les- Bains, a small town to the north of Paris, the memory of every soldier of the town who fell in the World War is preserved by a tablet placed on the wall of the house where he lived. These tablets, about 8 inches by 5, are the same for the simple soldler as for the officer. They show a furled flag with the words “Here lived * * * who died for France.” M. V. Thuay, himself a veteran of the war of 1870 against Germany, was the originator of this scheme, which has since been copied by other towns in France. At Enghein two hundred commemorative tablets have been fixed on the houses. The funds are derivec from voluntary contributions. STEAMSHIPS. the various hos: STEAMSHIPS. __ STEAMSHIPS. 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Office: 1008 15th St. or local Tourlst fi 1d¢ v i e S B vacetions and 8 Days $97. %, Effective June lst. including All Ex- penses For Steamer, Hotel & Side Trips Average Summer Temperature 77° Froquent Sallings > Steamers “FortVictoria” &"FortSt.George” For Ilustrated Booklets Write FURNESS BERMUDA LINE 34 Whitehall Street, New York City_ or Any Local Tourist Agent SOUTHAMERICA 30 Day Tours—Rio de Janeiro includ- ing Sao Paulo, Santos—mountain and including MUNSON STEAMSHIP LINES 67 WALLST. NEWYORK The famous “Santa” steamers offer finest service to Peru and Chile via PanamaCanal. | Outside rooms, first cabin only. Unexcelled cutsine and . Fortnightly sailings from New York. Special rate 'Roand Bouth America Tours. S.8. Santa Teresa May 27 &8 Santa Ann:.June 10 Santa_Ellsa ‘June 21 . ‘Santa Luisa. .. .duly 8 GRACE LINE Hanover 8q.,N.Y.C. ENGLAND - FRANCE « GERMANY Sail from Baltimore or Philadelphia by the Cabin Liner’s “YORCK" From Baltimore, May 27 From Phila., May 28 “DERFFLINGER" From Baltimore, June 30 From Phila., July 1 ‘World famous cuisine and attentive service CABIN RATES 8130 and up 140 ¢ Al N. NORTH to Cherbourg “ to Bremen to Southampton ly to Agents for full information or Corner Charles and Redwood Streets, Baltimore, Md. LLOYD One Way THIRD CLASS $82.80 Southampton $90.00 Cherbourg $103.50 Bremen ny's Offices, T Oorient E swiftest way from the United States to the Far East is via American Oriental Mail Line ships—calling at the great Eastern port cities: Yoko- Shanghai, hama, Kobe, Hong Kong and Manila. The awakening lands of the Ozient present rare opportunities for commeme-—hol?e:n uring fasci- nation for travel. comfort and food all the Go there American onU.;a'—“memlhlledl rooms are outside most have private bath. Deck sports, concerts and motion pictures add to the pleasure of the voyage. 8. 8. President Jefferson 8. 8. President Jacksen 8. 8. President McKinley 8. 8. President Grant 8. 8. President Madison One of these great 21,000 ton oil-burning linzrs sails every 12 days from Seattle via Victoria, B. C. ‘Werite for details and literature, or get our descriptive booklets and full information from your local tourist or ticket agent. AMERICAN ORIENTAL MAIL LINE ADMIRAL ORIENTAL LINE TEAMSHIP Seandinavia Next Saiiings Fro hy Drottningholm June 1 It | SWEDISHAMERICANLINE Sey 'V Canadigh fze 2 eruises via Laxurious twin-serew S.S. “FORT ST. GEORGE” Sailing from New York July 3 and 17 Allowing twodays at Quebec for sightsesing Magnificent scenery, smooth water, cool weather, Orchestra for Dancing Round Trip, 10 days, $150 and up One way to Quebec, $80 and up For Mustrated Booklets Write FURNESS BERMUDA LI. £ 34 Whitehall Strest, New York City Or Any Local Tourist Agent Ail-Expen;e CRUISES oas $T40 5 s195 17 and Days up Sailings Every Saturday by Fast Express Steamers Delightful motor tours to sur- rounding country included in therate. REGULAR FARE TOHAVANA 385 one way—3$160 round trip Through Fare to Miami via Havana $100 Spend your vacation seei; foreign America. Novel, delightful and healthful trip " The i home during the enti Erdrileml ot Ll and every other Wednesday. No Pass- Sorts For full particelars apiiy to Florida-Delightful voyage over Southern waters. See the famous beaches, tropical paims and gorgeous foliage. Two sailings ‘weekly from Baltimore to Jacksonville, via Savannah. 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First class rates from $231 (after August 1st, $210), second class from $136.50 and Tourist 111 from $97.5%. Com- plete information from your local steamship agent, or write address WUnited StatesLines New Willard A 1414 F 8¢.. Washi