Evening Star Newspaper, September 7, 1930, Page 57

TH 'MURDER AT HIGH TIDE -—By Charles G. Booth— SYNOPSIS: Allan Hunt. youthful an- tiqué dealer. senses sinister mystery and sterror in the San Lucas Island home of Dan Parados. wealthy unscrupulous man of ‘affairs. Arriving to inspect Parados' art collection, he catches a _stranxe rving to steal one of Parados’ e lly brings Caro- id, arranging for nd. just before the party enters the ning room. ’ Parados has said he won't attend dinner. CHAPTER V. THE “GAME” OF MURDER ‘ LIQUE came hurrying into the room as we had taken our places. Mrs. Parados sat at the foot of the table. Celia was between Johns and me; Caroline and Annersley and Flique had the opposite side. The head of the table was vacant. ‘We were served by the virtuous-looking maid who had admitted me to the house. Her name was Manning, it seemed. 1t was like sitting at a funeral break- % fast. Flique, whom I had learned was the cleverest detective on the Paris Surete, was the only one who appeared compltely in command of himself. “An excellent soup, madame,” Flique observed. “I have a good cook,” Mrs, Parados admitted, “The admirable Lum We. You ac- * guired him in California?” “Mr. Parados brought him from Honolulu. My husband usually engages the servants.” “Madame is saved a grave respon- &ibility,” Flique murmured. 1 don't wish to evade responsibility!” ‘The assertion burst in our faces like a ball of light, illuminating the hatred in the woman's hea “Ah, responsibilit) sald Anatole Flique. “And the dictionaries define it as so and s0. But what are dictiohary definitions, I ask you? N'est-ce-pas, M. le Professeur?” Johns nodded. “Words are dangerous tools.” . “The destroyers of empires!” Anatole Flique continued vehemently. '‘Yet every man has his little interpretation, dis- tionaries to the um—that word, M. le Antiquaire?” “Contrary,” I ventured. “Precisement! Liberty, now,” he pro- ceeded. “A brave word, that, and be- loved by Ia belle France, but to the Russian, to the Italian, is its meaning the same?” He paused. “Is it the same, shall we say,” and he shrugged negli- gently, “to le Belafre and Cicersn Bec?” “Who are le Belafre and Ciceron ;Bec?” Mrs. Parados inquired. Anatole Flique was relishing' his food and he made us wait. “They were quite intamous criminals of Prance” he said. “Seven months 8go they escaped from I'lle du Diable, where France sends her bad little ones. And they have not been caught.” Flique surveyed us, his eyes as cold as marbles. | the Copyright 1930, by the Associated Press.. “We spoke of liberty. To le Belafre, the Scarred One, and to Ciceron Bec, it must have been a madness—a madness eating into the brain?” ble. connection could there be between any one of our group. Flique alone ex- cepted, and two fugitives, to whom “liberty was a madness eating into the brain?” What was an agent of the Paris Surete doing here? I shuddered. Anatole Flique put down his glass. “Madame,” he inquired, “have I your permission to propose a little diver- sion?"” Mrs. Parados nodded. “Do you mean some sort of a game?” “Mals oul. It is this way,” Anatole Flique began. “Two months ago I came to New York. In the home of one of those higherbrows on the Long Island we play a makebelieve game.” “What was the game?” Mrs, Parados asked tersely. “Madame, it has an evil name, but an apt one. That game is called Murder.” “I know the game!" Caroline ex- plnlng’d. “It was played in San Fran- “I ran into it in New York last Spring,” I told them. “Bien!” Flique ejaculated, beaming. “M. I'Antiquaire, will you describe that game?” “The game is a good dedl easier to explain than it is to play,” I began. “It goes like this: Half a dozen or more people are gathered in a room. One volunteers to ‘find’ the ‘dead body’ of some person who is known to every- body in the group, but is not a member of it. It is then assumed that one of persons in the room committed the Army and Navy News ARMY, ‘The Class B Board, of which Maj. Gen. Willlam R. Smith, aupertmendenjt of the United States Military Academy at West Point, is president, will be con- vened at télu War row in the service, and class B, of officers |} . ‘Whenever, @ oot % i Maj. Gen. W.R. Smith. in class B a board of not less than three officers will be convened to de- termine whether such classification is due to his neglect, misconduct or avoid- able habits. If the finding is affirma- tive, he is discharged from the Army; | if negative, he is placed on the un- limited retired list with pay at the rate of 215 per cent of his active pay multi- plied by the number of complete years of commissioned service. I total commissioned service is less than 10 years he is honorably discharged with " y. ‘The other members board are: Maj. Gen. Frank R, McCoy and Brig. Gens. Stuart Hintzelman, Willlam M. Cruikshank, Willlam P. Jackson, Meriwether L. ‘Walker and George H. Jamerson. Instructions were issued by the War Department, ‘last week authorizing an additional special measurement woolen uniform, to be issued to each enlisted man of the Regular Army now in the continental limits of the United States, China and Alaska, who is in the second year of & three-year enlistment or who enters into the second year of such an enlistment during the current fiscal year in addition to the special meas- urement uniform already authorized, Subcommittees of the several serv- Yces are busily engaged in preparing reports for the service Pay Promotion Board. Hope has been expressed that the board Wwill meet some time this ,month, and it is believed by some of the subcommittee members that the entire matter will be in such shape that a general agreement can be reached and & unanimous report adopted for sub- mission to the Joint Congressional Pay Committee via the Controller General. Co-ordinating pay and promotion of the several services is proving. to be a perplexing problem and though it seems a simple problem of providing a steady flow of well qualified, well paid young men into each service and at the same time providing a steady flow of separa- tions from the active list sufficlent to tallow the flow of promotion required, certain systems have been adopted to the needs of each service and here the great difficulty lles. Two promotion systems exist_in the Army, one apply- ing to the Medical Department and Chaplain Corps, which system fixes romotion according to length of serv- ce, while the other system governing the remainder of the Army makes pro- motion dependent upon the occurrence of vacancies. Promotions in the Navy are made by selection, officers available for selection but not promated being eliminated upon reaching a specified *length of service for grade. In the Ma- rine Corps promotions are made on seniority after examination, except. to and in the grade of general officer, wherethey are made by selection Senators and Representatives hold to | at the Navy Department in the Bureau | the belief that the arms of the national | of Navigation about September 22, upon | defenses should be kept on a parity as to pay and promotion, and it is felt that this should apply particularly to the emoluments of personnel, including y. promotion and retirement. What desiréd i a parity in the treatment afforded by the Government to individ- uals in these several branches of the military and naval services. The view 4= held in congressional circles that this effort to adfust the nay-promotion sit- ation of the several serviees must be eded by legislation which will pro- vide equelity In retes of promotion and an _equal opportunity to reach those higher grades that are the climax of » military or naval career, and the i striving for which®does so much to im- prove general efficiency. The congres- sional committee desires that each zrud?“ s prope;‘lz‘ :vn]u;wzm and the pay accore to the importance “&be fl}z duties and = responsibilities reof. A number of changes in the com- missioned personnel of the office of the Chief of Ordnance, War Department, have been made. Maj. Charles R. Bax- ter, O. D, who has been on duty in the ordnance office as executive officer, has been relleved by Maj. Oscar J. Gatchell, O. D. Maj. Baxter has e to duty at Frankford Arsenal, Pa. mi. Gatchell's duties in the war plans di- vision of the office have been taken over by Maj. William C. Young, O. D., who has been on duty at 6th Corps Area_headquarters, at Chicago.. Maj. Robert 8. Barr, O. D., who has been on duty in the district ordnance office at Cincinnati, has assumed duty in ¢! e of industrial plans activities of e | manufacturing service, succeeding Lieut. Col. Rolland W. Case, who has gone to Manila, P, I, for duty as ord- nanee officer of the Philippine Depart- ment, succeeding Brig. Gen. Willlam H. Tschappat, recently appointed assistant, chief of ordnance. Maj. Lucian D. Booth, O. D., has suc- ceeded Maj. Thomas J. Smith as offi- cer in charge of the ammunition divi- sion of the manufacturing service, the latter officer having gone to duty at Picatinny Arsenal, N. J. Maj. Glenn P. ‘Wilhelm, O. D., who has been on gen: eral staff duty at Philippine Depart- {ment headquarters, has succeeded Maj. | Julian 8. Hatcher, O. D., as officer in charge of the Infantry and Aircraft -[”'f‘rnm"n division of the technical staff, Maj. Wallace L. Clay, O. D., who has been in charge of the corresponding divielon of the manufacturing service. | Maj. Clay will undergo the next course |of instruction at the Harvard Univer- sity School of Business Administration. Navy. | 'The U. S. S. Omaha, flagship of the | Destroyer Sguadrons of the Battle Fleet, | has established an extraordinary record | in gunnery, engineering and battle effi- | clency in the light cruiser class of naval vessels. This vessel won the gunnery trophy for the 1926-7, 1927-8, 1928-9 and 1920-30 competitive years; the en- gineering trophy for 1927-8; ‘the bat- tle efficiency pennant for 1926-7, | 1927-8 and 1928-9 and the red “E” for | 1925-6 and 1927-8. Though attain- ing the highest merit for the 1929-30 | year in engineering and battle effi- | ciency, the Omaha was not awarded the trophy, pennant and prize on mccount of not having steamed a sufficient num- | ber of miles. In all, the Omaha has won the gunnery trophy four successive | years, actually won the battle efficiency pennant three years in succession and | actually would have made it four years in succession if other duties had not | interfered with her cruising schedule. | capt. Edgar L. Woods, M, C., U. 8. N., will be defached next week from | duty as officer in charge of the person- nel division of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Navy Department, and will sail from New York about October 17 for Brazil, where he will assume duty as a_member of the Naval Mission in | Brazil. He will relieve Capt. Richard A. Warner, who will return to_ the United States for assignment. Capt. ‘W{mds will be relleved of his duties at the Navy Department by Capt. Kent C. | Melhorn, who lately returned to this { country ‘trom duty as medical director | of_the sanitary service of Haitd, | Rear Admiral George R. Marvell, U. |8. N., who is under orders to command | the light cruiser division of the Scout- | ing Fleet will come to temporary duty | the eompletion of which he will as- sume command of the cruiser divisions. Incident to the retirement on Sep- tember 1, upon their own applications after 30 years’' service, of Capts. Willis McDowell and Franck T: Evans and Lieuts. J. W. Birk, J. R. Likens and Bertram_David, the following officers of the Navy became due for promo- tion: Comdrs. Turner F, Caldwell and | Earl R. Shipp, Lieut. Comdrs, Prederick | C. Reinicke and Miles P. Refo, jr.; Lieuts. George W. Johnson and Harry E. Thornhill and Lieuts, (junior grade) Howard M. Kelly, Edward S. Pearse, Le Merton E. Crist, ir.: A Chappell and Harold N, Williams. [} T recalled the affair, but what possi- | The latter officer will' relieve | “MADAME,” FLIQUE SAID, “THAT GAME IS CALLED MURDER.” | ‘erime’ and a member of the group is appointed detective. The investigator | questions the group. Each one tries to exonerate himself and to involve one of his neighbors. The district at- torney does all questioning and evidence submitted is assumed to be true. Finally some one becomes so involved that he cannot clear himself.” “With the permission of madame?” and Flique bowed. “Why not?” Mrs. Parados asked. “Who is to be the vietim?” “One whom we all know and who is not of our number. Madame, your hllfia‘nd." 1" Mrs, Parados laughed ironically. “He'd enjoy that, I'm sure. Well, send some one out to find him.” “It is not necessaire, that, madame. It shall be, as you say, understood?” ‘That we have found him already?” #Mais oul.” “All right. You are the detective?” Anatole Flique twirled his mustache. “Unless there is another more com- petent than the principal agent of la Surete.” Mrs. Parados laughed. “If the rest of you are agreeable, I commission M. discover who murdered my . Parados seemed rather keen | about the game. I had been watching Annersley, too. His right hand lay clenched upon the table; the fingers Fof his left were plucking at the yellow rose in the lapel of his coat. When he spoke his vol was icy. “Do you think we ought to do this, Mrs. Parados? You how Mr. Parados fels about death. It is the one thing he is afraid of.” “Dan_will have to put up with it, then,” she announced caustically. should have come in to dinner. about the rest of his 3 “I haven't any al_objection to the game,” he said. “But I believe Mr. Annersley is right. Mr. Parados has an abnormal horror of death. known him for over 20 years. He is afraid of no man, but he is afraid of death. It seems that we should respect his feelings.” “When did How in. o Dan ever res) Bpott, Claude,” Celia” drawled. “It’s only & game.” Annersley sat down, for no man likes to be made a fool of by the girl he loves. “We are ready, M. Filque” Mrs. Parados announced, a hard light in her eyes. “Why not begin with Mr. Annersley (Continued Tomorrow.) N. S. TARIFF SLOWS Higher Import Duties Impede Pro- duction, Trade Representa- tive Says. Production of talking moving pictures in Australia has been seriously impeded by the higher import duties on motion picture flims recently put in effect by the United States, according to a state- ment from the assistant trade com- missioner at Sydney, H. P. Van Blar- com, made public here at the Depart- ment of Commerce. ‘The increased cost will make it un- profitable to use the silent films, in view of the competition of sound pictures, it was explained. Most sound apparatus now in the theaters is of American manufacture, the statement said: ‘The department’s statement follows in full text: *“A recent estimate of the number of motion picture theaters in Australia re- yeals the fact that there are about 1,250 in operation and of this number 283 of the theaters are equipped with 350 sound-producing units. It is believed that at present only about 475 houses of the entire total are in a position to install talkie apparatus. Most of the large city and suburban houses are al- | ready showing sound pictures. The re- | mainder of the movie houses are either in the smaller suburbs or in the coun- try towns, and these houses, generally showing only once or twice a week, are probably now having large enough re- turns to warrant sound installation. “According to the present, figures, only about 28 per cent of the total number of theaters are using sound apparatus and it appears that only 38 per cent will eventually be so equipped. From these estimates, the market for sound equipment is rather limited and it is doubtful whether the market will in crease unless the prices of the appa ratus are greatly reduced. With the import duty on motion picture films re- cently increased, it is quite probable that silent pictures will be nearly elim- | inated, because the increased costs will not be commensurate with the probable profits, particularly in view- of the com- 'petition of sound pictures. “Of the 283 theaters zqul&[:ed with sound apparatus, one American com- pany has equipped 87 per cent of the total, the remainder being installations of Australian manufacture. Of the es- timated total of 350 sound units in the 283 theaters, it is believed that approx- imately 85 per cent are of Amefican manufacture. b “Under the present system, sound equipment generally is sold either under | the leasing system or the hire-purchase plan. Under the leasing system, which appears to be the usual method with regard to imported equipment, the les- see is required to pay the import duty. This places rather a heavy burden on the movie theaters, because the high duty must be paid in a lump sum and, with the initial deposit, the outlay is considerable.” i Roman Citadel Is Discovered. REGENSBURG, Germany (#).—Ex- cavating for a dam on the Danube at Steinkirchen, workmen uncovered a Roman citadel 'and cemetery apparent- I‘L:bmdum in the third century. The - was about 75 any lemanded | . AUSTRALIAN TALKIES | s American Legion. Jacob N. Halper, a la of city, was commander of Vin- cent Costello Post, No. 15, the Ameri- can Legion, at its regular meeting Tuesday night, in the board room, District building. Comdr. Halper enlisted as a private in the 27th Pield Artillery, Sth Di- vision, for se in the World War. He was sent to Camp Anniston, in Alabama, where he remained, and was mustered out as & battalion sergeant major. Other officers elected were Gregory Cipraiani, first vice com- mander; Norman Grant, second vice commander Charles Newell, third vice com- mander; Samuel Olshefski, quarter- master; Howard Dull, sergeant at arms; Mr. Reynolds, master at arms; Rev. Prancis J. Hur- ney, chaplain. Five applicants were admitted to membership, as follows: Davis Bisset, Brice Edwards, Willlam H. McGrath, Ollie M. Shriver and Arthur S. Griffin, who was accepted by transfer from the Milton Bishop Post, No. 301, Depart- ment of Pennsylvania. An appeal was read from Depart- rment Comdr, MacNeal, citing the need for old clothing for veterans this Win- '.er.t' A xl;tll.olufion. lpo:orea’ bymt'l:: auxiliary, proposing o mn the Gold Star Mothers a life membership in the American Legion Auxiliary was approved. ‘The monthly meeting of U. 8. S. Jacob Jones Post, No. 2, will be held at the Thomas Circle Club tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. this 3. N. Halper. day at the home of Legislative Officer Briges. All the comrades who have not yet returned their aprons to Comrade Chambers are requested to do so. Com- rade Cahmbers has been chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. With the afiliation of 16 addi- tional Polish associations of ex-service men and one additional French asso- clation, the Sphynx, composed of former Army interpreters and laison officers, the Fidac and the Fidac Aux- iliary, now group 89 ex-service and auxiliary assoclations and federations of ex-service men and women of the World War. The Arerican Legion is the only association in the United States which is a member of Fidac. The Fidac annual congress, upon in- vitation of the American Legion, will be held here September 18-23, follow- ing the arrival of delegates in New York September 15. With its 8,000,000 members, Fidac probably is the largest single organization in the world. One of the important national Legion activities in August was the successful completion of the 1930 junior base ball program. In the tour- nament play the team spoasored by Post No. 81 of Baltimore was the win- - |ner of the Eastern championship and the team of Crescent City Post, 25, of New Orleans won the Western cham- ?lflnahlp, ‘These two teams clashed for national honors at the junior world series held at Memphis, Tenn., August 28, 20 and 30, the Baltimore team win- ning the championship. The program this .year was the biggest that the Legion has yet sponsored, it being es- timated : that more than 500,000 boys participated. A’special effort was made this season to keep the boys playing after -their respective teams had been from the championship running. Citations are to be awarded to "t‘f:n. lnwtil: dlfl;:enti States that won the greal number of games after ing defonted, L » , National Comdr. Bodenhamer has fent a letter to ail posts asking that they contact.school authorities and ar- range to conduct studies on flag eti- quette for flag education and make ar- rangements to give the American Legion school 'd medals to the members of ting classes of rammar schooi program also cludes Legion co-operation in the proper observance of National Ameri- can Education week, November 10 to 16, and National Constitution week, Sepiember 14 to 20. President Hoover has advised O, L. enhamer, national commander of the American Legion, that he will be resent at the opening session of the fon’s National Convention, in Bos- ton, on October 6, as has been under cofisideration recently. For the first time in the history of the Legion, a President of the United States and a former President will be present at a national convention of the m'fnnmtwn. former President Coolldge s year having likewise sccepted an invitation to attend. William _Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, has ac- cepted an invitation to be a distinguished guest. Milton J. Foreman, past na- tional commander of the Legion and re- tired major general of the Illinols Na- tional Guard, is chairman of the dis- tinguished guest committee. He will preside at the national commander's dinner_to the guests in the Statler Hotel, Boston, on the evening of October 6. He will introduce National Comdr. P. L. Bodenhamer at the dinner, who, in turn, will introduce the speakers of the evening. Legionnaires, especially those from the inland States, who will attend the con- vention will have an opportunity of viewing the fishermen’s races, which in times past have thrilled lovers of the deep. It is expected the races will be international, with Canada competing with the United States. But, if plans fail, the races will be held for the American champlonship. They will be open only to real fishing. schooners— boats that go to the Grand Banks and other fishing places of the deep. The races will be held off Gloucester on the last day of the convention, October 9. John D. Crowley, executive secretary for the convention, announced that in addition to the regular competition held at every annual convention, such as between bands, drum and bugle corps and drill teams, & number of other con- tests have been arranged. There will be contests in drum major twirling and drum major strutting, contests to select the best bugler, the best drummer, the best singing and marching unit or department, the best {unique feature unit or department and the best float. A prize will also be awarded to the department with the largest number in line of parade per man mile traveled, basing the mileage on the capital city of the department. The Legion Auxiliary competition will include the regular national glee club and quartet, drum and bugle corps and drill team contests. The Forty and Eight will have the regular band and drum and bugle corps competition. The Forty and Eight Contest Committee, in conjunction with the Legion Contest Committee, l: Do‘l;lul?!flnl ml:er ool‘l:uu;t: cipally of a burlesque nature. 1 gmue‘:. ’medlll and other suitable trophies will be awarded for the various contests, in addition to prizes prescribed for the regular competitive events at each convention. . Election of officers w{vrmm‘em emlx’x‘l:g r by the George Washington 3 gl.o.. 1, last Tuesday night resulted in follo ctions the Commander, ‘William E. Porter; first vice commander, William C. Brewer: second vice com- mander, W. G. Burke; third vice com- Kni 3 qunrtur‘- a master, Homer G. J¢ arms, Frederick H. Dreye: arms, Walter J. West; surgeon, Dr. M. A torian, Howard Fisk; yards ll"m"tnl L ment ‘The advisory council met last Thurs- :ruhurx (Pay Post. "No. 1086, The outgoing commander, B. C. Me- Gee, announced that there would be a meeting at the post club house, 1441 Rhode Island avenue, at 8 p.m. Sep- tember 18, to hear the national broad- cast sponsored by the national organ- ization of the American Legion. It will take place at 9 p.m., Eastern standard time. All onnaires and their friends are invited to be present. Disabled American Veterans. Another chapter of the Disabled American Veterans here was o ized during the past week at a meeting in Stanley Hall, Soldiers’ Home. The meeting tentatively agreed to the name of Edith Nourse Rogers, in honor of the Massachusetts Representative in Congress, for the chapter. Ralph N. Werner was chosen as tem- porary commander and George Neal was named as adjutant pending the selec- tion of permanent officers, and it was decided to open an aggressive cam for increased fhembership pending formal approval of the application by national headquarters at Cincinnati. Dr. W. L. flme of the Veterans' Bu- reau explained to the meeting the func- tioning of the medical service and the manner in which the applications for the recently enacted World War bension act are being handled by the bureau. Veterans of Foreign Wars. The Overseas Band of the District of Columbia won first place in the band competition at the Thirty-first National Encampment of the Veterans of For- eijgn Wars in Baltimore Wednesday night, thus capturing a prize of $250. Second prize of $200 went to the War- ren (Ohio) outfit, with no approved qualification in the special prize class. In the drum corps contest first prize was awarded to Cumberland Post, No. 1411; second prize to Glenside (Pa.) Post, No. 676, and special prize to Har- Special prize was $100, while the first two prizes were the same as in the band contest. The Steiner-Nairn Drill Team, No. 1636, St. Paul, Minn., carried off first prize, a $50 silver cup, in the women’s drill team competition, followed by Post No. 738, Des Moines, Iowa. ond prize was a $35 silver cup. In the men's drill team competition the only entry, Akron V. F. W. Patrol, carried off the $50 silver cup. All of the events were hotly con- tested, although the local organization, the largest in atendance at the conven- tion, held to its laurels captured in other various contests. The competing musical units were: V. F. W. Boys' Drum and Bugle Corps from Annapolis, Freemond Madson Post Drum and Bugle Corps, defending na- tional champions, from Albert Lea, Minn.; Department of Rhode Island Band, Erle (Pa) Drum and Bugle Corps, Springfleld (Mass.) Drum and Bugle Corps, V. F. W. Boys' Band, offi- clal encampment band, from Warren, Ohio; Pittsburgh (Pa.) Drum and Bugle Corps, Glenside (Pa.) Drum and Bugle Corps, Overseas Band, representing the District of Columbia Department; Har- risburg (Pa.) Drum and Bugle Corps, V. F. W. Boys’ Drum and Bugle Corps from New York, Cumberland (Md.) Drum and Bugle Oorg;. ‘Wayne County Council Drum and gle Corps from Detroit, V. . W. Band from Johnstown, | Pa.,, Wilmington (Del.) Drum and Bugle Sec- est type known. room . . PR cushioned seats. both beautiful and serviceable. Appointments evidence perfect taste in their selection. are such additional important advantages as the adjustable driv- er’s seat, adjustable steering wheel, flat pad-type accelerator, and the Fisher vision-ventilating wind- Northeast Oldsmobile Sales & Service 64 H Street N.E. Telephone Metropolitan 5260 Chevy Chase Motors €701 Wisc. Ave., Ch Telephone Wisconsin 2493 evy Chase, Md. ’and the Watertown (N. ¥.) ‘Only two. women's drill teams_com. veteran from B S nard . o ‘Mrs. Thomas Edwin Brown, presi- dent of the Y. W. C. A, will return this week after several weeks spent on Tims Pond, Tim, Me. Miss Irene Richards, newly appointed | ¢ director of health education in the tl:l. arrived the tion in Miss Constance Porter, food service director, who has been, in charge of the Old Colony Inn, Barnstable, Mass., will return tomorrow to resume her duties at K street. ‘The final week of Kamp Kahlert was filled with excitement of closing camp. Every one.in camp had a part in a drama yesterday. The majority of properties and costumes were made by the girls. Members of the art gfoup made posters, which were distributed in nearby Maryland towns. A large audi- ence composed of residents of the vicin- ity as well as of of campers atten this third an- nual production of “Maryland, Free State, Her Colonial Days.’ Another evemt of the week was the Kahlert prom. A committee of girls, ‘with the assistance of the staff, planned the biggest of the camp season. An orchestra of campers furnished the -music for the evening. Clever programs served also as favors. Monday night the group assembled in Recreation Hall and were told the story of the pageant. The characters were cast and rehearsals planned. Afterward the campers went in for & moonlight dip by groups. ‘Today is the last full day of camp, as the juniors leave tomorrow morning and the seniors tonight. The members of the Kahlért Council for the past year have co-operated with those re- cently elected by the camp to serve for next year in planning the closing banquet. The subject is “Color.” The meaning of different colors will be briefly presénted by one of the.speak- ers. Special emphasis will be lald on the kaleidoscopic qualities of camp life, showing how the various colors which camp provides are worked into a de- sign by each individual girl. After the banquet & ceremonial has been planned which carries out the same idea of “color.” Girls who represent the vari- ous phases and activities of camp will present an interpretation of life at Kahlert. This will lead naturally to a worship which will embody the same trend of thought—the last worship ser- vice at Kamp Kahlert for 1930. ey FOUR STATES MEET Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah Join at Right Angles. DENVER (#).—There is only one 8 in the country where corners of four States meet at right angles. It i8 where the southwestern tip of Colorado touches the northwestern angle of New Mexico, the northeast- ern rim of Arizona and the southeast- ern corner of Utah. ‘The lines which se) te the four States run across the Montezuma Val- ley, and the spot of intersection may be seent from one of the heights of the Mesa Verde National Park, Colo. The emblem “Body by Fisher” gives you firm assurance that Olds- mobile bodies are built to the same standards of precision, quality, and durability which make the Olds- mobile chassis so outstanding in ' performance and so dependable throughout its long life. Oldsmobile bodies are built of hardwood-and-steel . . . the strong- of body construction They are unusually spacious and comfortable . . . pro- vide ample head room and leg . and have wide, deep- Upholsteries are And there rents and friends | ¢ NEWS OF THE CLUBS The Free Lance Writers' Club will meet at 8 o'clock September 26 at the Annapolis Hotel. Mrs. Sallie Pickett, society editor of The Washington Star, will . The meeting is open to all persons interested in writing. . The Chevy Chase Branch of the Na- ional of American Pen Women will meet Tuesday at 4 o'clock at the ‘Washington Golf and Country Club as the guest of Mrs. Robert Bennett. In the absence of the president, Mrs. Rich- ard Yates, who is in Illinois until after the eléction in November, First Vice President Mrs. Jesse W. Nicholson will preside, General J. E. B, Stuart Chapter, U.' D. C., held a special meeting Wednes- day at the Willi Hotel and voicd to receive the seven new members into the chapter, including Mrs. Constance Goodman, Mrs. Herbert Wilson, Mrs. Samuel Henry, Mrs. George Hickey, Mrs, Mary Matheny, Mrs. William Vaden and Mrs. Jones. A card party will be given September 13 by Mrs. G. H. Alexander and Mrs. Albion Tuck at the home of Mrs. Alexander in Chevy hase, D. C. for the benefit of the Randolph relief fund. Miss Ethel Berry, gave a dance September 6 at her coun- try home in Virginia for the benefit of the chapter. Phil Sheridan Woman’s Relief Corps met Tuesday evening at the Soldiers’, Sailors and Marines’ Club, 1015 L street, with the president, Mrs. Cora Manoly, presiding. Mrs. Isabelle Bontz acted as conductor. Mrs. Julla Kilton, Mrs. Genevieve Craig, Mrs. Margaret Bradt and Mrs. Anna Ecker acted as color beavers. Addresses concerning the G. A. R, convention, recently held at Cincinnati, were given by Mrs. Mary Fauth and Mrs. Margaret Bradt. Mrs. Bricker, Mrs. May Parker, Mrs. Esther Lippold, Ms. Isabelle Bontz, Mrs. Southard and Mrs. Anna Sibley were reported on the sick list. The corps welcomed Comdr. Samuel G. Mawson of Phil Sheridan Post, who had just returned from the Spanish War Veterans’ convention in Philadelphia. The next meeting will be September 16. The Writers’ League of Washington will meet at the Mount Pleasant Public Library next Friday evening at 8 o'clock. ‘The following m has been ar- ranged: Short stories by Miss Margue- rite Bailey, Dr. Barron and Mrs. Ione Lee Mooney; verse by Miss Anna Priest- ley and Mrs. Jane Love. At the last meeting there was a dis- cussion of markets. Miss Marguerite ‘Wilcox read some verse she had written in honor of Judge Lorenz when he re- tired from office and followed with a story, “Out of the Void.” Mr. Coe read a_ story, “Bulletin Farmer Fabian™ which_he had rewritten after receiving criticisms at the league. The Arté Club will hold a dinner ‘Thursday, September 11, to be followed by a “book night.” The leader of this literary symposium will be Miss Alice Hutchins Drake, who will review several important books of the year and direct the discussion by members. Miss Helen A. Calhoun and Miss Helen Wright will be the hostesses. Mrs. Willlam Wolff Smith will speak September 18 on Masefield, Kipling and the “Laurel Crown,” with' the club’s Literary Com- mittee as hosts of the evening. . An‘| evening of music will follow the dinner September 25, when the hostess will be Mrs. Mary Ware Goldman, and the artists be Miss Edith Wallack soprano, and Miss Katherine Morrison, planist. ‘The “foire aux cruites” will be held October 16, 17 and 18 and will embody many of the most picturesque features of the famous fairs of the art districts of Paris. This “fair of the crusts,” to which the entire space of the club house and its garden will be dedicated, will be unique in Washington. A sale of donated works by the club’s painters, graphic artists and sculptors and dona- tions of works of art, antique and modern, by others will be leading events of the fair, while vaudeville stunts:and musical comedy sketches will be in continuous performance in the club's :u:!lwnum during every evening of the air. Miss Frances Benjamin Johnston is the originator of the “foire aux cruftes” idea and is chairman of its commfttee. The Mu Chi Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Evelyn Hursh, 5114 Kan- sas avenue, September 10, with the following hostesses assisting: elle Leake, Louise Leake, Helen Luscombe, Allwine Miller and Pauline Miller, Curley Club—Eugene Moreland was appointed chairman of the Athletic Committee at a meeting ‘at the Gor- don Hotel Thursday evering, at which time President John Donnelly presided. Reports of the various committees, in- cluding a preliminary schedule of card parties, dances, ent nments, hikes, etc, arranged by the Entertainment Committee, was read and approved. Rev. Francis X. Cavanagh, spiritual di- rector of the club, dellvered a short address. £ At the next meeting, September 11, in the Gordon Hotel, & membership drive will be launched under the aus- pices of the Membership Committee augmented by eight teams composed of members unger the supervision of & captain. The drive will start with a musical entertainment following the meeting and will continue until October 11, when an informal dance ‘will be held at the Gordon Hotel. Fall n The first dance of the 5eRs0] %ven at the Gordon Hotel Sep- will be tember Fifteen members of the club attended & week end party at Franklin Manor Beach Md,, over the Labor day holiday. The Zonta Club of Washington: met at the Ralelsh Hotel Wednesday, with Miss Gertrude Van Hoesen, president, in the chair. The honor guest and speaker was Miss Grace Freisinger of the extension service of the Federal Government, who told of her partici- pation in the meeting of International Council of Rural Women held recently in Vienna. Miss Elizabeth Haney, vice president of the club, has just returned form an _extended trip through the Ca- nadian Rockies, Killing Lone Rat Costly. “To killing one rat, 12 guineas” fead a bill which has just been to the Tyne Dees Steam Shipping Co. of Newcastle, England, after they had faithfully carried out the regulations passed at the recent Geneva confer- ence concerning de-ratisation of ships by having the steamer Lindisfarne,of- ficially de-ratised. One rat was found, but the work cost the equivalent of $50 and the necessary certificate $10 more. shield, which is tilted to prevent annoyingglareandlight reflections. Oldsmobile bodies are smartly styled, in keeping with Olds- mobile’s youthful, exh ilarating performance. They are restful, to match the riding comfort that results from flexible springs, four Lovejoy shock absorbers, center of gravity. They and a low are made to last, because Oldsmobile is the type of car that gives years of satisfying, unbroken service. Body and chassis . . . both reflect the unvarying fine quality which is built into every Oldsmobile car. Come in, and see for yourself why Oldsmobile is the car for you. TWO-DOOR SEDAN ‘895 1.0.b. Lansing, Michigen Spare tire and bumpers ostre Consider th Consider the as well as the for delivery Delivered Price delivered price list price when ‘comparing automobile values. Oldsmobile delivered prices ine elude only reasonable charges end financing. LDSMOBILE op vclr Pohanka Service 1126 20th Street N.W. Telephone Decatur 0206 OF GENERAL Wisconsin Motor Co. MO0TO 726 17th Street N.W. Telephone Metropolitan 4314 Woodson Motor Co. Silver Spring, Md. Phone Silver Spring 255 Olds Motor Works Factory Zone Office, 1515 14th St. N.-W. Simmons Motor Co. 1515 14th St. N.W. Phone Potomac 0145 J. B. Monroe ‘Waldorf, Md. Brandywine 10-F-4