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UPTO On Our Liberal 20-Monthly-Repayment Plan No Endorsers Required A Strictly Dignified and Confidential Service Maryland Personal Bankers Ga. A Silver 8 Mad. ““nn-. heobers 250 S prcsident and Mt;s‘. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6. 1930. OCIETY Hoover Surrounded by Notables of Society at Benefit Game for Unemployed. occupyirg a box this afternoon at the foot ball game played be- tween the Coast Guard and the Marine Corps at the Griffith Stadium for the benefit of the unemployed of the District. Others who are boxholders include the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Mellon; Representative and Mrs. | Richard 8. Aldrich, the Undersecretary of the Treasury and Mrs. Ogden L. | Mills, the new chief of the Protocol iD.vision of the State Department and |Mrs. P. Lammot Belin, the secretary jof the Canadian legation and Mrs. Thomes Archibald Stone, the three the District and RESIDENT and Mrs. Hoover and P a small party of guests are { Commissioners _of {their wives, Dr. and Mrs. Luther |H. Reichelderfer, Gen. and Mrs. Herbert B. Crosby and Maj. and iMrs, John C. Gotwals; Mr. and Mrs. Hugh D. Auchincloss,: Mr. Alex- ander Britton Browne, Mr. and Mrs. { Woodbury Blair, Mr. and Mrs. Fred- | erick H. Brooke, Comdr. and Mrs. Paul | H. Bastedo, Mrs. Sidney A. Cloman, Mr. and Mrs, James F. Curtis, Mr. and Mrs. John Francis Amherst Cecil, Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Denegre, Col. and Mrs. William J. Donovan, Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews Dick, Mr. and Mrs. John F. Dryden, Mr. and Mrs. Prederick de - Courcy Faust, Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Flint, Mr. and Mrs. George Angus Garrett, Mr, and Mrs. Charles Carroll Glover, jr.; Admiral and Mrs. Cary T. Grayson, Mr. and Mrs, Clark Griffith, Mr. and Mrs. Beale R. Howard, Mr. and Mrs. John Hays Hammond, Mr. Myron Hofer, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Augusius Jay, Mrs. Hennen Jennings, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Kauffmann, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Kauffmann, Mr. and Mrs. 8. H. Kauffmann, Mrs. Frederic A. Keep, Mrs. Frank C. Letts, Mr. and, Mrs. Joseph Leiter, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Caspar Miller, Mr. George Marshall, | Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Noyes, Mr. Theodore W. Noyes, Mrs. Guy Norman, Mr. and Mrs. Fleming Newbold, Mr. and Mrs. Newbold Noyes, Mrs. Eleanor Patterson, Mrs. Herbert J. Slocum, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Benning Spencer, Mrs. E. H. G. Slater, Mrs. John R. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Lee P. Warren and Mr. Donald Woodward. Mrs. Hoover, accompanied by Mrs, Stark McMullin, attended the all-breed dog show in the Washington Auditorium yesterday afternoon. Vice President Guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Tonight. The Vice President, Mr. Charles Curtis, will be the honor guest at din- ner_this evening of Mr. and Mrs. Wade H. Ellis, The new Secretary of Labor and Mrs. William N. Doak entertained yesterday afterncon at a luncheon at the Uni- versity Club, their first hospitality since Mr. Doak’s appointment. ‘The Ambassador of Chile, Senor Don Carlos Davila, will return today from New York, where he went immediately after the reception to the diplomatic corps which the President and Mrs. Hoover gave Thursday evening. Justice and Mrs. Harlan Fiske Stone will entertain at dinner in their home this evening in compliment to Chief Justice and Mrs. Charles E. Hughes, ‘The Minister of Switzerland and Mme. the series of conéerts in en festival given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Dr. Serge Koussevitsky con- ductor, in coxuutut‘wn Hall. The symphony arranged four appearances with famous soloists, Josef Hofmann, planist, playing last evening. The last performance will be given this afternoon at 3 o’clock, when the great “Ninth Sym- phony,” with chorus, will be presented. Among others in the audience were the Speaker of the House and Mrs. Long- worth, Representative and Mrs. J. Charles Linthicum, Representative and Mrs. Sol Bloom, Miss Vera Bloom, the secretary of the British embassy and Mrs. Shone, Assistant Secretary of State and Mrs. Willilam R. Castle, Mrs. Wil- liam Howard Tait, Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins, Col. and Mrs. U. 8. Grant, 3d, and their daughter, Miss Julia Dent Grant; Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh and her guest, Mrs. Thomas Riley Marshall; Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Noyes and their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Willmott Lewis; the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Robert Johnston, Mr. and Mrs. George Hewitt Myers, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Caspar Miller, the former Attorney Gen- eral and Mrs. George W. Wickersham, Mrs. Robert Lansing, Mrs. Lawrence Townsend, Miss Mabel Beardman, Mr. and Mrs. George Bowie Chipman, Mrs. John Hays Hammond, the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. George Fiske Dudley, Canon Ansoh | Fhelps Stokes and his daughter, Miss | Olivia Phelps Stokes; the Rev. Dr. F. Ward Denys, Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. | Droop, Mr. and Mrs. David Meade Lea, Mrs. Medorem Crawford, Miss Dalores Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bruce Howe, Judge John Barton Payne, Mr. Charles Moore, Miss Laura Harlan, Mr. and Mrs. David St. Plerre Gaillard, Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. Drocp, Mr. and Mrs. Christian Heurich and Mrs. William Kearny Carr, The Minister of Panama and Senora de Alfaro have as their guest, Mme. | Amador-Guerrero, widow of the first| President of the Republic of Panama, Wwho arrived last evening from Paris, where she makes her home with her son, Dr. Raul Amador-Guerrero, the charge d'affaires of the Pgnamanian legation in Prance. The Millister and Senora de Alfaro will give a dinner at the legation this evening in compliment | to Mme. Amador-Guerrero, The Minister of Bolivia, Semor D:n Eduardo Diez de Medina entertained a small company at Club Chantecler last evening. The Minister of Jugoslavia, Dr.| Leonide Pitamic has issued invitations | for a reception at the legation Wednes- | day, December 17, in celebration of the | birthday anniversary of King Alexander of Jugoslavia. Senator and Mrs. George H. Moses and Judge John W. H. Crim, were guests at dinner last night at the Carlton with Judge and Mrs. James M. Remick of Concord, N. H,, as hosts. | Mrs. Thomas D. Schall, wife of Sen- ator Schall of Minnesota, has canceled | all social obligztions and will not re- sume her Sunday afternoons at home on account of the serious illness of her fon, Midshipman Thomas D. Schall, who was injured in an automobile 2cci- dent in September. Senator Ellison D. Smith of Lynch- burg, 8. C., will live at the Hotel Hamil- | ton during the t session of Con- gress. Representative Noble J. Johnson | of Terre Haute, Ind., and Representa- tive Thomas 8. McMillan of Cherleston, 8. C., will also make the Hamilt>n their home. ‘The new Senator from Ohlo and Mrs. Bulkeley were the gueets in whose hon- or Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Davies enter- tained a smail company at dinner last evening. Maj. Gen.’and Mrs. Thomas Q. Ash- burn will entertain at a buffet l::ger for Miss Ann Ashburn, u- Virgin anu daughter of Col. and Mrs. to be 1 hoon, “The o in St. John's Church, the Rev. Dr. Robert Johnston officiating. A recep- tion will follow the ceremony. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James F. Curtis on F street. Miss Elizabeth Howry was hostess at luncheon teday in her apartment on Sixteenth street in compliment to Miss Sally ~Fairfax Harrison, debutante d;zhur of Mr. and Mrs. Fairfax Har- n. Yellow roses and candles formed the attractive centerpiece for the table and small toy dogs were placed at each cover as favors for the 10 guests, who included Miss Adele Jahncke, Miss Marian T. Hope! Miss Kathleen Knox, Miss Louise Hoehling, Miss Beatrice Patton, Miss a__ Archbold, Miss Helen Lee Wash- s Margo Wyeth, ington and Miss Melen Eames Doherty. Miss “Harrison's iove of horseback rid- ing and dogs prompted the idea of having the ices and cakes molded in the shapes of animals. Mrs. James Alexander Lyon will not be at home tomorrow afternoon, but will resume her day at home the first Sunday in January. Mr. and Mrs. Chandler P. Anderson will entertain at dinner $his evening for their debutante daughter, Miss Harrict Anderson, and have _invited additional guests for a dance after the dinner. The air attache of the French em- bassy and Mme. Thenault will go to New York today for a short stay at the Ritz Tower and will return the middle of next week. The first secretary of the Canadian legation, Mr. Merchant Mahoney, left ‘Washington this me for Canada to join Mrs. Mahoney, who was called home by the serious illness of her father. Mr. Curtis P. de Rochie, which resulted in his death yesterday. The Assistant Secretary of the Treas- ury and Mrs. Walter Ewing Hope will glve a reception this afternoon in their home, on N street, to nt their daughter, Miss Marian Tt Hope, to society. Mr. and Mrs, Jack Anderson Marshall will entertain at a supper- party this evening at 6 o'clock at the Andrews’ Studio, near Seminary, Va. Mrs. Harry Turner Malpass of Chest- nit Hill, Philadelphia, announces engagement of her daughter, Miss Rosina Dowker Malpass, and Mr. Wal- lace Truman Backus, son of Mr. and Mrs. Grosvenor Hyde Backus of Newl York, New Hampshire and this city. Miss Malpass made her debut in 1927 and is a member of the Junior League. Mr. Backus attended Brasenore Col- lege, Oxford, and Amherst College, in Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. George Bowie Chip- man will entertain this evening at din- ner in honor of Judge and Mrs, Jchn 8. MacLane of New York. Capt. Louis Sable, naval attache of the French embassy, will entertain at dinner this evening in the patio of the Carlton Hotel, his guests numbering 20. Both residential and official society were represented at the luncheon given today at the Shoreham Hotel by Mrs. Llewelyn D. Cardwell. The s!s included Mrs. Dwight Mor- row, . Alben W. Barkley, Mrs. Rush LaMotte Holland, Mrs, Delos Blodgett, Min e Wyung 'Mrs. Pescy Quuin rs. Adam Wyant, Mrs. , Mrs. William G. Wheeler, Mrs. Charles J. Williamson, Mrs. W. K. Daugherty, Mrs. W. F. Dennis, Mrs. Mathews, Mrs. Conrad Syme, Mrs. Woolf Smith, Mrs. Rufus W. Weaver, Mrs. Jessie Nichola- son, Mrs. Peter Drury, Mrs. Theodore Tiller, Mrs. Frederick I. Cox, Mrs. Henry, Mrs. Moberley Poteet, Mrs. Ab- salom Waller, Mrs. Owsley Tey, Mrs. Ernest Ackerman, Mrs. James Hatch, Mrs, W. A. Rodenburg and Mrs. Harry Borjes, Maj. Reginald L. Foster will entertain at dinner this evening at Chevy Chase Club, in compliment to the commandant of Fort Myer and Mrs. Harry N, Cootes, Covers will be laid for 72. Mrs. Neuhauser Hostess at Dance This Evening. Mrs. Roy L. Neuhauser will entertain at a dance this evening in her home on Kalorama road, when a company of 80 will be present. The houre has been attractively decorated in Oriental hangings and pictures, some of which Mrs. Neuhauser has collected for her annual costume parties, which she usually gives, but which she will forego | this year. 3 Mrs. John Robert Ash is now at the Shoreham, where she has taken an apartment for the Winter season. Mrs. Ash’s sisters, Miss Emo Kingston and Mrs. Ralph W. Pierce of Buffalo, N. Y., also have taken apartments at the Shoreham. Miss Kingston will leave for Panama December 19, returning to vztuhmxtox;l -bm::l !h‘e‘ fl;:l of unnng after spending the holiday period the West Indies. Mr. and Mrs. John Nicholas Brown, who are now in Providence, will go to Baltimore Decembcr 13 to spend a short time with Mrs. Brown's parents, the Rev. Dr. and Mrs, Arthur B. Kin- olving. 3 is the nephew of Mrs. Gerry, wife of former Senator Peter Goelet Gerry. Brig. Gen. Edward L. King and Mrs. King, who have spent some time at the, Martiniqrs, have taken possession of their apartm-at at 4100 Cathedral avenue, Mr:. David H. Kincheloe, wife of the newly appointed judge of the United States Customs Court in New York and fcrmer Representative in Congress from Kentucky, will be the guest of honor at luncheon Monday of Mrs. George M. Young, who will "en! tertain in her home, on Riverside Drive, in New York. Ccl. George H. Paddock, retired, and Mrs. Paddock are spending several months in Washington and have taken A suite at the Martinique. ° Mrs, H. Conger Pratt has New York to meet Miss Louise d on her arrival aboard the George Wash- ington from Europe. Mrs. tt and Miss Boyd will be at the Ritz-Carlton for a few days before coming to Wash- ington. ne to Lieut. J. A. Wilson of the Boston Airport has arrived in Washington and is stopping at the Potomac Park Apart- ments. Arts Club to Hear Musician - In Illustrated Lecture Tomorrow. . Miss Julla Schelling will give a Xec: ture-recital on “Tristan and Isolde, Yence "Whie 'of the Boston, Symphony rence of e ym| Orchestra, at the Arts Club tomorrow evening. Miss Schel extensively in this country, and last' Summer, under Slegfried Wagner’s in dorsement, she spoke at Bayreuth du ing the festival. She will tell her a dience tomorrow night about the fest val -r:i ul:n:( tll:; last dn;lmn; ‘Waj = ner. cl dish sup) the ulk,“un the Huprzll_cy Commit- tee will be the hosts. Mr. and returned tains of Austin and her Austin, 0 The marriage of Miss Virgi n:éw-lu“lml:-n. of New York, sen of Mr. and Mrs. Sair taki place. this afierngon ¢ & elotk!’ . | ol , are stay- iR. Mrs. MRS. DWIGHT W. MORROW, 4 With her husband, Senator Morrow of New Jersey, living at the Shoreham Hotel. —Underwood Photo. ACTOR, NOW WEALTHY, FEEDS - HUNGRY FOUR TIMES PER WEEK J obless Men, First Skeptical, Now Wait for “Little Johnny Jones™ for Rolls, Doughnuts By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 6.—They used to share with suspicion, these jobless men, when a little fellow in a big road- ster drov; ug 0;.mt of the dark and said: ‘They used to think that maybe he was working some racket—that nnbod?' on the up-and-up would be so casual. But the little fellow in the big roadster only repeated: “Hungry? Step up. And he fed them—rolls, doughnuts, steaming coffee. Night after night on the dark side streets, where a man could hide and | try to forget that he was hungry, and ragged, and hopeless, he has been, and is still, saying it. But where once these men out of work were suspicious, now they are grateful. They gather by the hundreds for their rolls, doughnuts and coffee, TIs Taking No Bows. “Till my money gives out.” he says, “as long as I keep going, I'll be here, 1 want to see where my money goes. I like' these boys.” ‘That, to George D. Gaw, is all the story there is. He is not taking any | 5, he did as a vaudeville song- | cvery night they and:dance man. He played in Chicago, | J and COHCC. had George M. Cohan’s art in “Little Johnny Jones.” But before that there had been lean years. He left the stage and went into busi- ness. He is wealthy now. He had al- most forgotten “Little Johnny Jones,” until one night this Fall he drove north from the Loop and saw men shivering on the park benches, swathed in news- papers. He went to a restaurant near his house. He bought hot dogs, buns and coffee. He went hunting for hungry men. . Little Johnny Jones. Tt costs $80 a night, or something | erkthlt, and he does it four nights a week. There is a crowd waiting for him. He grins at a thin, stumbling boy. ‘Have one, sonny.” The food and coffee are gone. Job- less men collect the cans and the cups and load them onto the rumble seat of a low, brightly painted, expensive car. The liitle man drives away. The | men think he comes from some charity organization, that he is an agent of rich people. They never know it, but e with Little Johnny ones. party of 26 at dinner this evening at| the Shoreham Hotel. Mr. Horace Albright, director of the National Park Service, and Mrs. Al- bright entertained at a buffet supper at their home, on Indian lane, in Spring Valley, Friday, December 5, for the operators of the National Park Service who are attending a conference in ‘Washington. About 40 people were present. Miss Martha B. Gilbreth has been the guest of her mother, Dr. Lillian M. Gil- breth, at the Dodge Hotel for several days. Dr. Gilbreth is in charge of the women's section of the Unemployment Committee, of which Col. Arthur Woods is chairman. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Lerch cele- brated their twenty-fourth wedding an- riversary yesterday and entertained at dinner at the Dodge Hotel last evening. Their guests included Mr. and Mrs, Nathaniel Wij iton and Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Kalmbach. Miss Anne Darlington has returned to her home at 1810 Massachusetts avenue after spending several months in Athens, Greece, Miss Katharine Berrall entertained a company of young people at the supper dance at the Shoreham Hotel last eve- ning in compliment to her house guest, Miss Ruth Grover of Ventnor, N, J. Her guests included Miss Elizabeth Wilson, Miss Eileen Berrall, Mr. Maurice Hoff- mann, My. James Foe, Mr. Jack Hanna and Mr, Alfred Grifith. ‘The Phi Delta Epsilon, medical fra- -ernity of George Washington University, is giving a dance this evening in the Docge Hotel Garden House from 9 to 12. Mrs. R. Kornhauser is in Washington tc attend the naming ceremony of her grandchild, the son of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Kornhauser, born November 30. Mrs. J. Kink of Pensylvania, and Mr. Mrs. 8. Wahl of New York will also af tend the ceremony, which will take place Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Kirby Smith will enter- tain a company at dinner at the Shore- ham Hotel this evening. Miss Mary Beatrice Gwyn, who spent the week at Sweet Briar, Va. as the guest of Miss Mary Coleman Worthing- ton, has returned to Washington for the Virginia State ball, Towa Society Opens Season ‘With Reception and Ball. The Towa Soclety of Washington, D. C., will om-n its season with a recep- tion and 1 at the Willard Hotel this evening at 8:30 o'clock. Mr, Claude Porter, interstate com- merce commissioner and Eruldem of the soclety, has planned this first meet- ing as a reception to owa con- gressional delegation and “get-to- gether” for all Towans, an opportunity to_meet. others from the State. There will be dancing and cards. The Virginians in the Capital turned out en masse at the first entertainment and ball last evening of the Virginia State Society at the Willard. Senator and Mrs. Carter Glass and Senator and Mrs. de 8 headed the receiving line. cluded in the line were Representative and Mrs, Schuyler Otis Bland, Repre- sentative Menalcus Lankford, Repre- sentative and Mrs. Andrew J. Montague, tative and Mrs. Patrick H. Representative and Mrs. Joseph lian Fleming, Miss Virginia Faust, Miss Ann Graves McGuire, Migs Lucy Caro- line Hodges, Miss Hilda E. Neistsrm, Miss Alyce Slemp and Miss Ann Hubbard. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Johnson and their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Luclan Johnson, motored to Washington from their home, in Roa- noke, Va, and are at the Willard for the week end. L. Mrs. Don Whitman's Circle of the Women's Assoclation of the Cleveland Park Congregational Church will hold a bridge and tea in the church parlor ‘Tuesday, December 9, from 2 to § o'clock. Mrs. Paul Henderson will pre- side at the tea table, and the ladies of the committee assisting Mrs. Whit- man ai3 Mrs. John Miller, Mrs. W. N. Starhawk, Mrs. W. P. Wilson, Mrs. Stephen Capps, Mrs. W. A. Marschalk and Mrs. Cavanaugh. Mr. Thomas V. Norman has been ap- pointed chairman of the committee for the dance to be given in the Mayflower this ‘evening by the employes of the Census Bureau. Others on the com- mittee inchiide Mr. Bernard F. Kelly, Miss Nellie Teeple, Mr. Harry Furman and Mr. Jamei L. Hitchens.” A loving cup, donated by a prominent jeweler, will be awarded for the prize waltz. Floral decorations have been furnished for the occasion by two local shops. Mrs. Myron Witters of Clarendon. Va., will open her home to the Wash- ington Alumnae Club of Mu Phi Epsi- lon, naticnal honorary musical sorority, d their friends, for a benefit bridge party Wednesday evening, December 10. ‘The Zeta Chapter of the Chi Sigma Sorority will hold a dance at the Kenwood Club tonight. Miss Alma Bell is president of the chapter and Miss Bertha Rupertus is in charge of arrangements for the dance. assisted by Miss Marv Schlag and Miss Catherine Schlag. Chaperons are Mr. and Mrs. Earl Blundon, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Riley and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Thompson. MISSISSIPPI OFFICIAL FREED IN FRAUD CASE Rush H. Knox, Former Attorney General, Held Not to Have Known of Tax Delinquency. By the Associated Press. JACKSON, Miss,, December 6.—Rush H. Knox, former attorney ,enerll of Mississippi, last night was found not guilty of embezzling State funds. The former attorney general was tried on a charge of unlawfully accepting a commission of $1,610 from the payment of an inheritance tax of $10,000 on the estate of John Knox Dunn of MeComb. The indictment cl ed acceptance of the commission avas improper, since the tax was paid prior to becoming de- linquent, which prohibited the payment of a fee to the attorney general by the ‘Tax Commission, The defense claimed Knox did not know the tax was not delinquent; and when he discovered the tax had been premnurel&‘ ;xxd. he repaid the com- mission with interest. Dre"r{l. ‘Whitchead, Representative and Mrs, Clifton A. W and Mrs. J. A. Garber, Representative ‘Walton Moore, Representative and . Joseph C. Shaffer, Representative and Mr3. Harry St. George Tucker and the officers and the executive council of the society and their wives, Representative Tucker made a short address on * Virginia P and Mr. T. S. Settle, president of the soclety, announced some of the plans for the new year. Bridge was one of the features of e sbidors for thi t were sponsors for this even t : Lens iRAI]IUlOGISTS END FIVE-DAY COUNCIL Need for Frequent Periodic Medical Examinations Is Stressed. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, December 6.—Strat- egists of the general staff of the newest fighting arm of the medical profession —the radiology division—have arrayed improved X-rays and radium for a new advance against cancer and other dis- eases. ‘The general council of war was con- | cluded here today with the fifth and | final general session of the Radiclogical | Society of North America. For five days some 500 of the world’s foremost. experts—physicists, chemists, Roentgenologists—have been comparing notes of their experiences with science'’s latest medical weapons. A llnsle elec- trical ray equivalent of $5,000,000,000 worth of radium, discovery that motion | pictures can be taken of molecules in | action and use of the X-ray as a super- | microscope were some of the newer | things discussed. However, Dr. Robert J. May of Cleve- | land, retiring president, in" reflecting upon the mass of revelations at the ses- sions, said the cnly way the war on dis- | ease Will win is for the public to bring | the germs and disease cells to the slaughter by frequent, periodic medical | examination. DR. J. E. LEWIS DIES Uses Fists to Crash Wedding, Chicagoan Placed Under Bond Judge Warns Joseph Eli To Attend No More Cere- monies Unless Invited. By the Assoctated Press. CHICAGO, December 6.—If there are any gentlemen in “alimony row” Who speak unkindly of weddings, they should meet Mr. Joseph Eli. He loves Wweddings, but he can’t go to any more unless it be his own or he gets an invitation. Judge Leon Melmnn‘ll: told about it yurgrdni. It seems t it was al- most a nightly habit of Eli to go to a wedding It was explained that it was the custom of his countrymen to go without invitations. One simply paid a fee at the door and walked in. He finally ran out of weddings among his own people, but scanning the nuptial announcements noticed that there was to be one in Lincoln Park West, so he went. At the door he met Robert Newey, Wwho wanted neither Eli's $10 admission fee nor Mr. Eli. EN resorted to fisti- cuffs, it was charged, and that's why Judge Edelman put him under a $500 bond, with instructions to attend no more weddings, unless invited. Japanese Honor Puccini. TORRE DEL LAGO, Italy, December 6 (#)—The Japangse Prince Nobuhito and his bride, thd Prince's Kikuko, Yesterday laid & wreath on the tomb of the composer, Puccini, whose “Madame Butterfly” once caused _considerable Tesentment in Japan. They planned to leave for Rome tonigh SERVANTS IN EEW ¥ Jobs Go Begging in Iilinois Oities Despite Unemployment. OHICAGO, December -8 (#)~Para- coxical as it may: stem,’ and surrounding cities still face the servant problem despite general unemployment conditions, it was said today by John Keane, general superintendent of the mlrxl‘flu ee Employment Service, assertion was based on a mv from Mrs. Lilla A. Walter, director the activities of the Women's Depaiw ment of the service, who sald she had been “swamped with calls for domestic workers and have been unable to suj the demand.” She reported about lw orders for servants had been received in the last two months, OPERA CONDUCTOR QUITS CHICAGO, December 6 (#).—Gi Polacco has resigned as musical direct and conductor of the Chicago Civic Opera Co.. and no immediate announce- ment of his successor is in pmlrct Maestro Polacco, in charge since 19: has been prevented by iliness from lea ing his home in Milan, Italy, it is said, and his resignation was accepted “with very great regret.” The company has had no single leadership in Polacco’s absence. Polacco was divorced last Summer from Edith Mason, former star soprano with the company. ~SPEEDWRITING! Y.W.C. A, 17th and K Sta. Inquire Edu Department. Met, 2102 SUDDENLY ON CUTTER | ico—Was in Public Health Service. Dr. J. Evan Lewis of this city, an Public Health Service, attached to the | United States Coast Guard, dled sud- denly at sea aboard the United States Coast Gulard cutter Saranac December 1. He was burled at sea, with military honots, oft Acapulco, lowing day. e burial at sea was necessitated by lack of equipment for embalming and sending the body to ‘Washington. Dr. Lewis, who was 31.years old, lost his bride of only five days in an auto- mobile accident near Niagara Falls, N. Y., when they were returning home to this city on their honeymoon. Mrs. 'Lewis, before her marriage Miss Mary Lois Kime, was killed when their automobile ran into a concrete abutment of a bridg~ on the Million-Dollar Highway and overturned. Dr. Lewis was preparing to engage in private practice here, but following the death of his wife entered the Pub- lic Health Service. Dr. Lewis is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. van D. Lewis, who live at 1742 Riggs place. He was a native of Staunton, Va. and was graduated at George Washing- ton University in 1928. Subsequently he was an interne at Emergency Hoepital. —— | An_English journalist and psycholo- | gist, Lord Castlerosse, suggests the hu- | miliation of the whipping post for con- 1firmed crim'‘nals instead of the maudlin sympathy that many people, es lly women, show toward these ofenders against law and soclety. Burial Takes Place at Sea Off Mex- | acting assistant surgeon, United States ||| Mexico, the fol- | |; in _September, 1929, ||I|if = SUNDAY 1to3 $1.50 Roast Chicken Franconia_Potatoes Ginger Ale No Tipping NORTH CAPITOL place to linger with your fri THE DODGE HOTEL Blue Points on the Half Shell or Tomato Juice Cocktail Chicken Soup Montglas or Petite Marmite Fillet Mignon with Mushrooms or Half Maine Lobster Farci or Dressing Corn Custard or Broiled Tomai or Broccoli Parmesan Butter Rolls 5 Pumpkin or Southern Pecan Pie or Fresh Fruit Cup or Fudge Mint Sundae . Cofree Dinners Also at $1.25 and $1.00 Ample Parking Space for Your Car You will find our Lounge, :flth its open fireplace, a delightful jends. ‘DINNER 5:30to 8 No Tipping Stupled Apple Sweet %Potato Bal toes Fruit Salad Whipped Cream Also 3 la Carte AND E STREETS Your “First-of-the-Year” Funds « « + Investigate—Before Investing Around the first of the year reputable financial institu- tions will be busily engaged in aiding thrifty investors to make decisions regarding the investment of such first-of- the-year funds as matured principal, dividends, interest, bonuses, etc A number of clever stock promoters will also be active, hoping that those who receive first-of-the-year funds will invest hastily and without investigating. They will try to persuade thoughtless investors to invest their funds in questionable enterprises of doubtful worth. BEFORE INVESTING—obtain fact-information con- cerning unknown companies and propositions from a responsible broker, banker or from the files of the Better Business Bureau. No charge for this service. protection. The Better Business Bureau - . of Was The appearance of this announcement in these col- umns is evidence that this newspaper.cooperates with and supports the Better , Business Bureau for your 337 Evening N_ltlo_ al§8164 ington, D. C. tar Building b m—————

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