Evening Star Newspaper, December 22, 1929, Page 52

8 Tales of Well Known Folk | In Social and Official Life Mr. Charles S. Dewey, Poland's Financial Ad- viser, Credited With Inaugurating Wholesale Observance of Yuletide in Warsaw. BY MARGARET B. DOWNIN Mr. Charles S. Dewey, forme: sistant Secretary of the Treasury, now financial adviser of Poland, has trans- formed Warsaw into one of the joyous celebrants of the Yuletide, forgetting their religious ritual of calling on the God of nations to witness their un- deserved plight and rescus the people from the yoke of the oppressor. Mr. Dewey believed that this spirit marred Christmas in these more propitious times, when Poland is a free and sovereign state. He set about getting men who would take over different sec- tions of the city, decorate the corners with Christmas trees, ve many elec- tric lights of green and red to garland the streets and a mighty community tree to excite the curiosity and satisfy the yearnings of the youngsters who are not familiar with the customs of this country. Mr. and Mrs. Dewey last year adorned their lawn with a Christ- mas tree and every window in their home blazed with lights and emblems such as may be found all over this country, “Peace to men of good will,” “Merry CMristmas” were among the messagss ~ung in the windows. North- ern countfies never use the wreath of evergreen 0f holly so frequenily seen here. To display such an object fn the window would be the equivalent of hanging crepe on the door bell or affixing flowers to it in any parts of this land. But baskets of fruit with red tapers shining over the top are much admired, and even cakes gleaming with candles, as for a birthday party, are finding favor among the Polish Christmas window decorators. e ax @ It the Duchess of Roxburghe, who is n mid-Janaury to occupy the box so long_the property of her mother, the late Mrs. Ogden Goelet, wears her cele- brated jewels, the diamond horseshoe in the Metropolitan Opera House may come back to its old traditions. No longer can the alert agents who dis- creetely sell tickets to visitors in the more expensive hotels use the per- suasive arguments that by attending the opera the most gorgeous jewels in the world could be admired and with the gems the most beautiful and aristocratic women in the Weteran Hemisphere. ‘There may be no change as to the love- liness and breeding. but this is the age of pearls and they do not contribute s0 vividly to the spectacle even though they be as costly. Then the sinister tale is whispered that the most famous diamonds which shone from the horse- shoe are hostages of fortunes lost in the recent stock slump. Again it is known that with hold-ups and banditry possible on the streets and in the hotels, neither in New York nor in Chicago are the real jewels now displayed, but only their paste substitutes. These naturally have not the gleam of the genuine or- naments. So the chief attraction of the Metropolitan seems to be passing unless the duchess, native daughter of Gotham and imbued with its traditions, can re-establish the wearing of dia- ‘monds. * * x % Should Sir Ronald Lindsay choose to entertain his relatives in the handsome new British embassy in Washington, asa London paper recently commented, he could foregather house parties from his kindred to last for a year's week ends. Not only had his father a patriarchal family, six sons and three daughters, but all the Lindsays of the past have boasted a number of children and it ‘would be difficult to name a house of note in Great Britajn which has not in- termarried with the Earls of Lindsay and Balcarres. One. visitor on whom ‘Washington places well fouhded hopes will be the Duchess of Rutland, who was the youngest sister of the late twenty-sixth earl, father of the am- bassador. She spent some time in New Work and made a brief visit to Wash- ington while her daughter, Lady Diana Manners that was, now the wife of Capt. Duff Cooper, was playing in “The Miracle.” The twenty-seventh earl, ‘brother of Sir Ronald, is a family man. He has six children and the same num- ber of grandchildren. His eldest son, Lord Baliel, captured the borough of Lonsdale, Lancashire, for the Conserv- atives at the May election when all that section was going for the Laborites. ‘This brilliant young nephew of the am- bassador-designate from the Court of 3 who is serving for the first time in the Commons, married Lady Mary Cavendish, daughter of Lord Rich- ard Cavendish, and they have three children. The Earl of dsay sits in the Lords from his seat in Wigan. One ©of his numerous titles is Baron Wigan of Haigh Hall, which is close to the plcturesque village of Wigan, in Lan- cashire. * x x % Mrs. Vincent Astor, Mrs. Payne Whit- ney and other leaders in Gotham's cul- tured and fashionable circle appear to have made a “ladies’ agreement” to visit the entrancing places of Europe in off seasons and not to aid in luring their country people abroad before they have seen the beauties of their own land. Mrs. Astor is charmed with Montecattini, that lovely spa of Italy which gathers English and American diplomats at all seasons, to partake of its healing waters, as flowers draw the bees. But Mrs. Astor—and often Mr. Astor accompanies her—goes in late May or early June and has the double enjoyment of having the place to herself before the fashionables gather from all over Europe. Mrs. Payne Whitney has since her widowhood often joined her son in his Winter practice tours for golf, or in the Southern exercise of his horses. She invariably, however, has & family reunion at Thanksgiving and at Christmas, so this means that not until well after Easter does she feel at liberty to go abroad. She also often goes to Montecattini and to its rival, Viareggio, on the Italian Riviera. Mrs. Astor fulfills all the obligations which she believes she has inherited from her husband’s grandmother, the great Mrs. William Astor, and she visits Europe's enchanted regions for a specific purpose and with no idea of joining the increas- ing ranks of the expatriated. Mrs. Whitney passes the rigid Winter weeks in Thomasville, Ga., and Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Astor in one of their fine yachts sail the southern seas from Key West to the coast of Panama. * x % * Hon. James Henry Scullin, recently elected Laborite prime minister of the Commonwealth of Australia, is, accord- ing to reports, showing some reluctance to remove from his comfortable home in the elegant city of Melbourne to the half-finished, dusty, new capital, Can- | ho berra. After the lapse of 129 years, all officials of that continent of the South- ern Pacific _show the same attitude which this Republic’s group of public men assumed when the time came for them to transfer their residence from the comely, well ordered city of Phila- delphia to the wilderness along the Po- tomac. President Adams, visibly de- pressed by his preliminary visit in the Spring of 1800, prepared his associates for the worst—mud-tangled briars, houses without streets and streets with- out houses—and no one was resigned to the change. Canberra is, however, much farther on its way than was ‘Washington in November, 1800, when the Pederal Government made its mem- orable hegira. Possessed of modest means and with habits and inclinations of ut- most simplicity, the Australian prime minister has declared he could not be happy in the vast and ornate residence which Australia erected at great ex- pense to lend dignity to the office. He has taken a suite in the most unpre- tending hotel which Canberra owns and for the full term of his office. Likewise has Mr. Scullin announced that he will wear neither wig nor robe and would desire that all such effete visible signs be eliminated from public personages while he handles the government. He has declared a peace policy with his 18 neighbors and all the world, declaring that all denizens of the Australasian Continent must keep aloof from the wars and quarrels which have stained the history of the older world. * x % x Rhode Island's Governor, Stanley Case, recently added to hi honors by being admitted to the fa- mous Wamapoag Indian tribe, and this on the occasion when fine new Mount Hope Suspension Bridge was opened, the seventh largest of the world, which connects the several por- tions of Rhode Island proper with the Providence Plantations of Roger Wil- llams. This bridge will greatly lessen the distance to Newport and beyond to the fishing grounds of Maine and to that State’s splendid forests of pine. Historical students are already busy to mark the passing of the old, slow ferry used since colonial days to carry pas- sengers, teams and freight across the Norman the chugging ferry traveled Washington with the French commander, Rocha: beau, when they were to confer Newport. Every celebrity of Revolu- tionary days and after had to use this ferry, as well as the pleasure seekers who have swamped its capacity since the motor car became the vogue. For the present, tablets will be placed on both ends of the bridge and a suitable memorial to the defunct ferry will be erected later. * % % % ‘When Mrs. Andrew Carnegie returned from Skibo Castle during the early part of November, she took possession of her handsome and extensive home on upper Fifth avenue. This residence, erected reany years ago, now has the largest grounds of any domicile in that fash- ionable boulevard, and it has been an annual feature for lordly real estate men to offer exalted prices for the property, always saying it was the bes aining on Fifth avenue available for an apartment house. Mrs. Carnegie's reply has been in substance that it would continue to “remain” at least during her life. Mrs. Roswell Miller, only daughter of the late steel magnate and philanthropist, with her husband and four daughters, lives on Long Island and usually passes the Summers at Skibo, that picturesque village where the late “laird” bullt his grim looking castle. It frequently has been observed that none of the late multi-millionaire's dollars has been expended by his wife and family in the social e to which nearly all Gothamites of large means are . Mrs. Carnegie does not care for the usual social activity and she has sternly refused to allow herself to be exploited. She gives stately dinners and has receptions and lectures in her grand salon, but the guests are se- lected for other than merely fashionable significance. She is deeply concerned southern peninsula of Rhode Island. On | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. MARRIED TO BOSTONIAN MRS. FRANCIS M. STARRATT. Before her recent marriage she was Miss Annie Myrtle Hahn of Lincoln, Nebr,, and Washington, the wedding taking place in the Washington Heights yterian Church. —Carter Bailey Photo. Society News Notes Of Special Interest Out Chevy Chase Way Chmniclel Of Wee]& Incl“’de Big List of Home-Comings for Annual Vacation Peri- od—Personal Mention. in projects of benevolence, in the ad- vancement of music and art, education in all its angles and leaders in these spheres make up the majority of the guests in the Carnegle home on Fifth avenue and in Skibo Castle. * K Kk Mr. and Mrs. Perry Belmont, who will look in on the gayeties of the season proper from their home in New Hamp- shire, where it wil be remembered as one of the. pioneers of the Austrian mountains in competition with the pop- ular Swiss and Central Europe ranges. They passed Summer after Summer in the spectacular C: thians and when travelers would speak of castles in Spain or on the Rhine they would show superb views of the Danube with Schloss Agg- stein perched squarely on a lofty peak, absolutely impregnable except by air, and the scenic effect of the valley of enchantment, as seen from the motor road from Linz to Vienna. Mrs. Belmont is devoted to music and she has pil- grimages to many shrines consecrated to the makers of divine song. Naturally she and Mr. Belmont soon discovered out those beauty spots along the Dan- ube which had inspired Wagner's grand- est lmghnny. From the Strudel, where the rushing river makes terrific gashes in the rock with a resulting island so weird and monstrous that even Wag- ner’s strains do not convey its mys- tery, the master viewed the effect and Journeyed upward. to Poechlarn, the ‘mh dreadful ruined castle which legend made the home of Ruediger of Bechelaren, one of the heroes of the “Nibelungen Lied.” This past Summer many from the Western World had come to the same conclusion that traveling by boat on the Danube, besides being a novelty, was entirely repaying. * kX % ‘The late Willlam Kent, for some years Representative in Congress from San Prancisco, left a series of papers which have been collected and published as “Reminiscences of Outdoor Life,” and are being greatly enjoyed by his friends here. The late member of Con- gress and Mrs. Kent were will known and greatly liked in the official world of their day. Mrs. Kent was the daughter of the eminent professor of Latin in Yale, Dr. Thomas A. Thacher, and in her girlhood she was caught in the vortex of the fad for antiques which swept New Haven, and, in fact, all New England. While serving in Congress Representative Kent and his family lived in that handsome old mansion known as the Hay House, once the home of Willam Wirt, which is on the cor- ner of Twentieth and F streets. Mrs. Kent may be deemed the pioneer of all those who remodeled in perfect har- many the century-old domiciles which are found in that vicinity and in greater numbers in Georgetown. Mr. Kent, it will be remembered, had in- herited that magnificent forest across San Francisco Bay and around the pic- turesque peak, Tamaupalas, now known to tens of thousands of tourists as the Muir Woods. When Mr. Kent made his princely gift to the State and the affair became public knowledge, former Presi- dent Roosevelt, who had known and admired him in Washington, wrote, ex- postulating on the name, and volun- teered what 1is considered as truly Rooseveltian advice, suggesting that he call the tract Kent, and thus send down his patronimic to posterity. Mr. Kent also made a typical reply. He mailed the ex-President a photograph of his five sons and two daughters, and wrote beneath, “If these cannot send my name go‘;:n to posterity, no neck of woods can o 16" * % * % Viscount Astor has recently presented to the senior class at Eton an electrified horse, mallet and balls, with which he pes these young men will e pro- ficient polo players. Polo in Great Britain, even more emphatically than in this country, is relegated to the opulent classes, and it does not enjoy the popularity among the junior horse- men which the American-born peer be- lieves it should. Polo clubs are muiti- plying, but even young men who are entitled to join by birth and opulence hold off. Those who are interested in the evolution of sports in this country have written most entertainingly of the slow progress of golf in the years before President Willlam Howard Taft popu- larized the game. It was the universal idea that only elderly millionaires cared for golf, and that it was an exercise suitable only for such as had retired from active cares and liked gentle exer- cise. Polo has devel even more slowly, but still it has a wider member- ship in different classes of riders in this country than may be found in Great Britain. Viscount Astor sees in- tercoilegiate games in the future if the Etonians reach his expectation with the mechanical practicing devices he has placed in the famous old school at ‘Windsor. If no snow fell, farming would be- come more expensive and crops con- siderably poorer, Mr. Walter S. Gard, jr., a student at the University of Virginia, is spending the Christmas holidays with his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Gard, on Virginia street. Dr. Perry W. Gard will leave January 1 to take up his new duties at the Roosevelt Hospital, New York City.. Constitution Chapter of the D. A. R. met Tuesday at the home of M. Walter Miles for its Christmas enter- tainment. Mrs. Miles was assisted by Mrs. F. H. Cunningham, Mrs. Charles C. Galloway, Mrs. Theodore Tiller, Mr», Charles Fisher, Mrs. H. A. Brooks, . 8. G. McElhannon, Miss Frances Fisher and Miss Mae Helm. Miss Helen Farrington, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Farrington, entex- tained at tea yesterday afternoon at her home on Elm street in honor of her former classmates. Mrs. Radford Moses entertained her club at dinner-bridge on Wednesday evening at her home on Livingston street. Lieut. and Mrs. M. N. Little and their children of Annapol Little’s parents, Davis of McKinley street. Miss Grace Edwina Dutton, who is u student at Hood College, Frederick. Md., arrived Thursday to spend the holidays with_her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Edwin C. Dutton of Hesketh street. M. Gardner Sharpe of Atlantic City, N. is the house guest of Dr. and Mrs. Duw- ton for the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Bates at Home From Three-Month Visit Abroad. Mr. and Mrs. Phaon H. Bates of Liv- ingston street returned Tuesday on the S. 8. Roma after spending three months in England and Continental Europe. Mr. and Mrs. J. Gilmore Wilson of Paoli, Pa., were week end guests of their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Kar! D. Williams of Thirty-third street. Miss Marian Dunlop, a student in Baltimore, is spending the Christmas holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. ‘Walter Dunlop, on Oliver street. Mr. and Mrs. Keran Lowry, formerly of the Chevy Chase Apartments, have removed to the Ambassador Hotel. Mrs. Catherine Hanran of Rochester, N. Y, is the house fue!t during the Christmas holidays of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Edwara M. Reidy of Broad Branch road. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth B. Forbes or Baltimore, Md., are spending the Chrisi- mas holidays with Mrs. Forbes’ parents, Mr. and Mrs, Sidney H, Pearce, op Garrison street. Mr. and Mrs. Orville 8. Peters and their son Graham of Chestnut street are spending Christmas with Mrs. Peters: brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Farquhar of Kennett Square, Pa. Mr. William F. Kerby, & student at the University of Michigan, arrived yes- terday to spend the Christmas holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frea- erick M. Kerby of Hesketh street. Mrs. Albert E. Dietrich entertained her club at luncheon Tuesday in her home on McKinley street. Mrs. Raleigh P. Curtis of White Plains, N. Y., was the house guest for u week of Mr. and Mrs, George H. Parker of Cedar Parkway. Mr. William Kendall, & student of Dartmouth College, is spending the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Kendall of West Kirke street. Miss Mildred biaine Clarke of Ward Belmont, Nashville, Tenn., returned to her home Friday to spend three weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey L. Clarke, on West Irving street. Midshipman George Pierce of the United States Naval Academy will spend his Christmas leave with his par- ents, Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Plerce, on Military road. Mr. Frank Burkart of Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va., is spending the holidays with his par- 29 C., DECEMBER 1929—PART THREE. ents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Burkart of Connecticut avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Selby Hosts In Honor of Daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Selby enter- tained at bridge supper on Saturday | evening, December 14, in their home on Morrison street, in honor of the | birthday anniversary of their daughter, | Miss Amy E. Selby. | 7 Mr. Ward Ochmann of the University | of Michigan is spending his Christmas vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. ; | Henry Oehmann of Morrison street. Mr. Robert Zimmerman of Purdue University, Ind., is spending his vaca- tion with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Zimmerman of Belt road. Mr. Bonn Gilbert, a student of Ran- | dolph-Macon Academy, Front Royal Va., is spending the Christmas holida: with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Glibert, on Kesketh street. Mrs. Louls George Burger of Miami, Fla., is the guest over the Christmas holidays of Miss Dorothy Nicholson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse W. | Nicholson. of Newlands street. The Rev. David and Mrs. McFarlane, Mrs. “George C. Kreutzer, Mr. William Kreutzer and Miss Adelaide Kreutzer of McKinley street will spend the Christ- mas_holidays in New York City. Miss Alice Cocke has returned from the Hooker School in Mexico, to spend the holidays with her parents, the Rev. and Mrs. Henry Teller Cocke of West- ern avenue. Midshipman Wilson Greenlee of the United States Naval Academy will spend his Christmas leave with his parents, Comdr. and Mrs. H. R. Greenlee of Thirty-ninth street. Mrs. C. Randolph F. Ogilby of Prim- rose street and Mrs. Stanton C. Peelle of Irving street will entertain at a tea dance tomorrow afternoon at the M flower Hotel in honor of their daugh- ters, Miss_Elizabeth Ogilby and Miss Elizabeth Peelle. Mr. Philip T. Willlams of Detroit, Mich., is the week end guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan B. Wil- liams. Miss Sarah Fulton, a student of the University of Mississippi, and Midship- man Robert Fulton of the United States Naval Academy will be guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Fulton of Thlitywthlrd street during Christmas week, Heuse Guests Complimented By Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox. Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Wilcox enter- tained at dinner-bridge Wednesday eve- ning at their home on Meadow lane. Miss Minnie Lee Davis of Montclaire, N. J., and Mrs. Harry S. Davis of Balti- Md., are the house guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox for the Christmas holi- days. Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox will enter- tain at dinner Christmas evening in honor of their house guests; the other guests will be Dr. and Mrs. John Logan, their son and daughter, Bronson and Elizabeth, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Bronson and, Miss Frances Bronson. Miss Emily Jane Quirk, a student of Manhattonville School, New York, spending the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Quirk of West Irving street. Miss Mary Sleman, who attends ‘Goucher College, Baltimore, Md., is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sleman, of West Kirke street. Miss Sleman will entertain at a dance on Saturday, December 28, at the Colum- bia Country Club. Miss Phylis Walker entertained at a dinner-dance Friday evening at her home on Glenbrook road, Edgemoor, Md, in honor of Miss Virginia Hall and Miss Helen Tewksbury. Mr. Millard West, who is a student at Princeton University, is spending the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Millard F. West, of Hesketh street. Mr. and Mrs. West and their daughter, Miss Betty West, have issued cards for tea cn Sunday afternoon, December 29, from 4 to 7 o'clock, to meet Miss Christine Myers, Mr. Jack Myers and Mr. Philip Myers. Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Sizer entertained at dinner Tuesday evening at their home on Leland street. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Adams and their daughter. Miss Ruth Adams, of Leland street will leave on Tuesday, December 31, for Miami, Fla., where they will spend the Winter. Capt. and Mrs. O. C. Hines and their daughter, Miss Lelia Marshall Hines, who recently returned from the Virgin Islands, are the house guests of Mr. and Mrs. Burr N. Edwards of Melrose street. Mr. G. Winchester Stone, jr., a stu- dent at Darthmouth College, is spend- ing the Christmas holiday with his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Stone of Cummings lane. Miss Josephine Stevens, a student at Mount Holyoke College, is the guest of her mother, Mrs. Eugene E. Stevens, of Williams lane. Miss Edna Pyle, director of religious MATTRESSES RENOVATED Best Service and Prices. COLUMBIA BEDDING CO., Ine., 219 G Bt. N.W. Natlonal 5528. GIFTS You Will Take Pride in Presenting UCH a wealth of wonderful, during gifts are assembled here on our three display floors! Dia- monds, watches, lovely jewelry, silver, pewter, glassware, clocks—in fact, a dis- tinctive selection of the type of gifts you would naturally expect to find in a modern, completely equipped store of this character. And the policy of finest quality and sensible prices we have maintained for over 54 years is evident in every article! 7 47 G SN2 Tl en- is | chairman of the committee. ‘MISS MARY HEATH, Niece of the late Perry S. Heath, one time Assistant Postmaster General, who is now the guest of Mrs. Heath. ~—Clinedinst Photo. education of the Chevy Chase Presby- terlan Church, has gone to her home in Tulsa, Okla., to spend her Christmas vacation. Students Home from College Guests at Reunion Supper. ‘The committee of the young people's work will entertain at a home-coming reunion and supper this evening in the | Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church House in honor of the college students who are spending the holidays 2t their home. Mr. Stanley B: Fracker is Miss Eleanor Freeny of Delmar, Del., is the house guest of Miss Ruth Adams of Leland street. Miss Ruth Doyle, a student at the Mary A. Burnham School, Northamp- ton, Mass., arrived Thursday to spend the Christmas holidays with her parents, 7 Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Doyle of Hunt- ington street. Mr. and Mrs. George P. Hoover of West Lenox street will entertain at a supper-dance Friday evening at the Chevy Chase Club in honor of their daughters, the Misses Catherine, Eliza~ beth and Louise Hoover. Mr. Edmund Corley, a student at Williams College, Willlamstown, Mass., is spending the holidays with his par- ents, Dr. and Mrs. Karl C. Corley, of Western avenue. Mr. Gordon McBride, who is a stu- dent of Yale University, has returned to spend his Christmas vacation with his_parents, Mr. and Mrs. Russell S. McBride of Hesketh street. Mr. James. Pimper, a student of Dartmouth College, is spending the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Pimper of Primrose street. Mr. Duncan Clarke of the University of Maryland and Miss Mary Elizabeth Clarke, who is a student of Vassar Col- lege, are with their parents, Dr. and Mrs. Charles C. Clarke of West Irving street, for their school vacation. Miss Carolyn Ball of Boston, Mass., arrived today to spend the holidays with_her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Carle~ ton Ball of Jocelyn street. Mr. Willlam Blum, jr, a student of Swarthmore College, has arrived to spend his Christmas vacation with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. William Blum of Elm street. Other Special Notes Of Interest to Society. Mr. Richard Smead, a student of the Fishburn Academy, is spending his va- cation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs, Edward L. Smead of Elm street. Miss Anne De Beaupre Beach, who is a student of St. Mary's Seminary, arrived Wednesday to spend the holi- days with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Charles H. Beach of Meadow e, Mr. George Tustin of Germantown, Pa., is the house guest of his son-in- law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Nor- man E. Bull of Northampton street, Mr. and Mrs. Bull entertained at din- ner last evening in honor of their son, Mr. Norman G. Bull. Mr. and Mrs. W. Morgan Whiteford and their daughter, Miss Ann White- ford, of Whiteford, Md., are the house guests for the holidays of their son- in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs, Bur~ ton Corning of Leland street. Miss Virginia Campbell, who is a stu- dent of Southern Seminary, Buena Vista, . arrived Thursday to spend the tmas holiday with her paren . and Mrs. Johnston B. Campbell of Quesada street. Mr. and Mrs. J. Craig Peacock ene tertained at a fancy dress party Sat- urday evening, December 14, in their home on West Irving street. Miss Virginia Hall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hall of East Kirke street, returned Friday from Bryn Mawr College. Miss Hall, accompanied by Miss Helen Tewksbury, left for Palm Beach, Fla., where they will spend the Christmas holiday with Miss Hall's par- ents at their Winter home. Mr. and Mrs. Archie M. Resd enter- tained a company of 18 at bridge Sat- urday evening, December 14, at their home on Morrison street. COMMUNISTS DEFEATED. Finnish Parliament Adopts Amend- ment to Associations Law. HELSINGFORS, Finland, December 21 (#)—Parliament yesterday turned its thumbs down on communism. A gove ernment bill for amendment of the “as- sociations” law, intended to stop all communistic activity through imposi- tion of drastic penalties, was adopted, 98 votes to 78. Communists and Social Democrats mustered considerable opposition, which included some representatives of the so-called Swedish party. ‘It was ex- pected the government, armed with this parliamentary authority, would disperse all public communistic activity in Fin- land, even to the extent to dissol the communistic group in Parliament. Do You Want A Piano for Christmas A piano is the gift that lasts a lifetime, and gives hours and / hours of continued pleasure ® JORDAN’ 1239 G St. and 2926 14th Both Stores Open Evenings Xmas Specials In Grands What could be a better gift to the entire family than a beautiful grand piano. 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