Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1930, Page 28

B-I12 FORMER NUN WINS FIGHT FOR ESTATE ‘Assured of Inheritance, She| | Forsakes Convent—Brother Discounts Value. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, May 8.—Assured of an inheritance worth at least $1,500,000, Sister Philomene, who was released from her vows as & nun here in 1926 to fight for the estate, now has decided not to return to the cloistered life, as she once planned, according to an an- nouncement by her attorney, William P. Hubbard. Information received here was that she was assured of financial independ- ence by an agreement of settlement filed in Cnll(ornln Superior Court Tues- day awarding her a share in the estate of her late father, Georges Lemesneger, rich Los Angeles grape grower and Jand owner. Her attorney said she will remain Miss Jeanne Lemesneger. . It had been previously announced that if victorious in her court fight she planned to return to poverty and to the anonymity of a nun in the Convent of the Good Shep- herd here. Miss Lemesneger started action when || her stepmother sold the land for $1.- 000,000 and, taking $200,000 as a down payment, went to Paris to live with a daughter. Miss Lemesneger _joined forces with James P. Murnane, widower and heir of her late sister, Louise, in & legal fight for their share of the es- tate under her father's will. DISCOUNTS VALUE OF LAND. Brother Declares Property Is Worth Only $125,000. GLENDALE, Calif., May 8 (#).—Louis Lemesneger, son of the late Georges Temesneger, Los Angeles vineyardist and lunflower yesterday characterized as “highly exaggerated” reports from St. Louis that his sister, Jeanne Lemes- neggr, was about to inherit_$1,500,000 as her share of the estate. He sald the inherited land was worth about $125,000. Lemesneger corroborated the state- ment made in St. Louls by an attorney that his sister g robably would not re- turn to the conVent which she left to make a legal fight for the estate. COCKTAILS FASHIONABLE DRINK IN LONDON TOWN Vogue for Clubs Which Dispense, Product Continues—Supper- Breakfasts Also Popular. LONDON (NANA).—Although there is a rumor that the cocktail is dying, and the sherry is about to come back into its own, there is still fascination in searching for new combinations of cocktail ingredients, and the vogue for cocktail clubs continues. The latest of these is “Cymie’s” in Grosvenor street, so-called as an ab- breviation of the names of Cynthia Hume, who started it. Miss Hume, Who has -mm years dsn P-ru‘ e an lecorated P&‘:ymu ’s” herself in an attractive color scheme of cream and green. Although the club has only been open a few weeks, it already has a mmbeuhlllv of over 200, among whom are P. G. Fender, the cricketer, Lord Russell, the Northesks and the Duke of Man- chester. Another craze of the moment is to find a place where one can get a sort of supper-breakfast. Napper Dean Paul, the very versatile son of Sir Aubrey Dean Paul, has supplied a want in this respect by taking over the grill Yoom of a resturant in Burlington Gar- dens, which he - has christened the Breakfast Room, where he will special- ize in a nuppehbrankfut menu of Anglo-American dishes, with dancing and a cabaret. (Copyright, 1930.) Carrier Pigeon Refuels. NEW YORK, May 8 (P)—A saga- clous endurance fiyer has vanished from Mitchel Field. He volplaned and landed outside the supply departmem 1 After partaking of = slice of bread and half a glass of water he took to the air again. The flyer who picked an aviation field when he wanted ser- vice was a blue carrier pigeon. Merrie England Mourned. LONDON, May 8 (#)—Doleful Eng- land is taking the piace of MerTie England, in the opinion of Mrs, Staniey Baldwin, Such was the keynote of a speech to conservative women urging highzr tariffs. Margin Clerk Wins Chicago Exchange Seat at Age of 22 By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 8—Another youth, not so far from his ‘teens, become a_member of the Chicago Stock Exchange. A few weeks ago John Clyde Stewart of Evanston, 22-year- old Northwestern University grad- uate, gained the title of the youngest member. Today, he was dispossessed of this honor by Thomas Cerny,jr., wha is two months younger. | "'Cerny, a former margin clerk, paid $35,000, it was said, for the seat. [BLAMES GOVERNMENT |5 LINGERIE—CORSELETTES Exemplifies the fiimee vart voll corsetry—this Redfern Wrap- Around® with waistline lacing is ideal for the full figure panels of ks elastic and :id. fastening. *Trade Mark Reg. U. S. Pal. Of. 1105 F Street ‘Heslery—Beauty Shop—Perfumery i S (] [ sy, Mother’s Day---May 11th HANDBAGS fo r MOTHER $5 Above, envelope bag with zip- per, metal ornaments and equipped with purse and mir- ror, smartness featured in this model. $7.50 Shopping or passport bag with double handles, leather or silk | moire lined. A roomy bag, as- suring long wear. The certain to be appreci- ated gift for mother. A new fashionable Becker Hand- bag. Black and colors. Three groups at these Special Prices $5 $7.50 $10 (K 1314 F Street N.W. Vagabond bag top and two pockets. Ite o fine leather make it oum-nd- ing. \ Mcmnarcimmed in Gold Free of Charge (5= + THE TRAVEL LEATHER & GIFT JHOP s THE EVENING STAR, United States and left in its wake hundreds of persons suffering partial paralysis. Questioning _the purity of alcohol lssued by the Government for medicinal purposes, Dr. Beson said facts brought P e ention Justified advising peopie against drinking any patent medicines or extracts containing a high percent- age of alcohol. Jamaica ginger has been blamed for much of the par- alysis. The health commissioner sald many of t cases of paralysis in Okla- o i homa resulted from drinking patent OKLAHOMA CITY, May 8.—Dr.|medicine. He added that on a recent Clyde W. Beson, State health com- |tour of inspection he made in Okla- missioner, today blamed the action of |homa he met several physicians who the Federal Government in authorizing | said they were afraid to prescribe any manufacture of alcohol for the wave medicine containing _alcohol. “It seems peculiar to us that the FOR ‘JAKE’ PARALYSIS Oklahoma Health Commissioner Questions Purity of Alcohol for Medicinal Purposes. “jake paralysis” which swept the W ASHI\(.’IH\' D. - C; THURSDAY, Federal Government, with its vast re- sources, has not been able to determine what the whonh‘Dr Beson said. Policeman Knrt in Red Clash. BERLIN, May 8 (A).—A police lieu- tenant was injured and 22 Communists arrested Tuesday during demonstra- tions on the first anniversary of the outlawing of the Communm. “League of Red-Front Fighters.” The assailants of the lieutenant es- caped. Communidts found carrying weapons or wearing the uniforms of the outlawed organization were jailed. The French treasury and French municipalities received ‘1093‘5000 in gambling taxes from table games last year. MAY 8, 1930. DECORATIONS PLANNED FOR NEW RIVER CLUB NEW YORK (N.A.N.A.).—Mrs. George Draper is consultant on decoration of the New River Club, a decidedly classy outfit, and that means that the club quarters, in & 26-story co-operative apartment house, are sure to be “dif- ferent.” A few years ago Mrs. Draper was so successful in pleasing people when she rearranged their houses for them that she established an architectural clear- ing house for the advice of persons wishing to develop roof gardens, build dwellings and remodel apartments, She Nisley Store is “A Dream Shop" Glhere abundant varieties of .the season’s most favored patterns are artistically de- veloped into beautiful “dreams” of white " shoe loveliness by eraftsmen who know only the right way to make shoes. “DAWNHAVEN" No more striking two-strap pattern in white was ever created than Nisley's Dawn- haven. 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