New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 29, 1930, Page 11

Second Section . Water Supply Most Important - ' Question Before Public Today, -McDonough Declares at Rally Democrati¢ Candidate for Mayor Expresses Belief New Britain Should Ap- proach Subject With Caution - Crowd Esti-! mated at 3,000 af T. A. B. Hall. Naming the water prafect as the most important question before the taxpayers of New Britain today, At- torney P. McDonough, demo- cratic mayoralty nomihce, opened his campaign last night at the Y. M. T. A, & B. society hall by point- | ing out the possibility of error in negotiation with Hartford and warning that a mistake made now will be paid for by succeeding gen- erations. Crowd Estimated at 3,000 very seat in tie big augditorium was filled and no standing room wa available when Mr. McDonough a rived at the hall and began to| march to the stage amid cheers and | applause. Iacing the gathering of nearly 3,000, Attorney McDonough declared he could not find words to express his appreciation for the lluge turnout. After a few prelin fnary remarks, he advanc€d to the front of the stage to say: “Word has just come from authentic sources, that my op-, ponent will be no less a personagé | Quigley.” indidate paused for a min- ute while a broad smile spread | across his face, and then he qdd “But, let sure you, I'm ready for the This announcement was greeted with applause. “I'm at home and happy in cam rem ough. - | o the hall tih gn, as I have had occasion to before,” spoke Mr. McDon- | am going to conduct a clean, fair, but hard hitting cam- paign. And during this campaign 1 want it understood tht no friend of mine, speaking in my bebalf, is to say a word to injure the fair name of our city Will Unmask “Real Question” “I intend to bring home to the voters the veal question of this cam- paign. I intend to unmask it. We have been listening for two weeks to a primary campaign and T have heen cheered and I have been in- formed. The real, vital, burning question is one which concerns the Jicalth, happiness und prosperity of | our city and its citizens for gener- | ations if not for centurics. You cannot afford to make a mistake. 1f you do, you'll pay dearly for it. “A great many people have asked me why 1 consented to becom® a candidate after years in public lite during which time I steadfastly 1efused to cnter the arena. As my announcement o the public stated, 1 did so only ‘after duc considera- tion.' I did so only after 1 had counselled with my family and my fricnds. No sclfisli purpose prompt- ed me; I decided to become a can- didate because of my desire to do something constructive, to the limit | of my capacity, for the best inter- s of our city. i The issue in this campaign is tied up closely with the question of taxation. We must be careful for the next two yea The red light is set—don't go by the danger sig- nal. The issue concerns the rich and' the poor alike, the manufactur- er and the great body of men an women who make up the workers in our factory, it knows no con- fines of strcet or ward, no limita- tions of class or people, and no political faction. The question has tv do with the supply of water fox the inhabitants and the industrics | of our city.” | Reviews Wi ation Lixtracting from his brief cas letter sent to him by former Mayor | rk | not a wise one, it is going to be ex- {work, then money will be saved. The |nim during his ad {senator | Governor John | Brown subtle arts are being practiced n this water project, it would make the ordinary citizen shudder! “I can step into the office of mayor and nggotiate with Hart- ford, fairly an® above/hoard, across the table, with due consideration t¢ the rights of Hartford and of New Britain. “It in these negotiations you have a mayor to whom anyone can whis- per: ‘You do this’ or ‘You dg that,: if you have a mayor whq can b deccived or knocked off Ms guard and led into an agrecment that is —mm Father, Not Husband Must Be Recorded Hartford, Madch 29 (P—The name of the father of a child, and not that of the mother's husband, must be reported by at- tending physicians, according to an opinion handed down today hy Assistant Attorney General Bernard Kosicki, in response to an inquiry by Dr. Stanley H. Os- borne of the state department of health. Dr. Osborne sought the infor- mation because of inquirics made of William C. Welling, director of the bureau of vital statistics rela- tive to the manner in which birth certificates should be filled out for two children, the mothers of whom assert the husbands are not the fathers. tremely costly to this generation and to the generations of all time. There is the answer to the queltion of what the issue in this campaign is. Reassessment and Tax Reduction “You have heard much falk of reasscssment and tax reduction. The problem is a simple one. If the citi- ns of New Britain agree to spend gss, it will cost less to run the cMy f a man carns $7 a day, six days a week, he'receives $42. If he spends 343, he has to bond himself for $1. If ho spends $40, he's $2 to the good. 1f the common council and the board of finance and taxation agree that they will spend thres millions of dollars instead of threc |secretary and one-half milliens, and if they decide to lct #he normal increase in the grand list take care of new problem is simple. “But, 1 want to say right her and now: Taxes cannot be reduc by ‘hot air’ and platform promises! “I consider that the City of New Britain is entitled to 100 cents of value for every 100 cents expended, and it 1 am elected mayor, I pro- pose to sce that thé city sets a re- turn for its investment. But I can- not go ahead alone, a general with- out soldiers will not fare well; I need the cooperation of every man and woman who understands and appreciates the importance of the problems which confront the city. If 1 may have this cooperation, we will all be a parg of a celebration on the night of April §.” S Attorney McDonough was ‘intros duced by Mayor Paonessa who took occasion to thank the public and the press for the cooperation given inistration. Conncilman Samuel Sablotsky, who acted as interlocutor for a pre cntation of the Political Tollies, an- nounced that Mr. McDonough and candidates on the city ticket will k at a rally at Falcon hu:l Sun- night. GRUNDY. UNLIKELY - T0 FORM ALLIANCE, | | | Believe Senator Will Run Cam- paign on Own Elorts | Philadelphia, March 29 (®—Indi- cations today were that Joseph R. Grundy, whose determination to re- main in the contest for the repub- lican nomination for United States announced yesterday, |, would make no alliance with candi- dates for other nominations in the primaries of May 20. Friends expressed the belief that Grundy would confine himself to advancing his own candidacy, lcav- ing his supporters free to make their own selections for other state-wide nominations. s PFisher on Grundy's Side Tt is expected in local circles that S. sher, who ap- pointed Grundy to the senate when the seat was denied William Vare, will support the senator's o didacy. It was stated ate | headquarters today that formation had been received that W. L. Mellon, former chairman of n- Vit in- Quigley, Mr. McDonough spoke of his appointment by the mayor (o a| commission to investigate the ex- | penditure “of more than a million | dollars on a filtration plant, ons | installment in the water servise | told of the later in- the Uity of Hartford of a legislative hill to give Hart-| ford exclusive rights on the ecast | branch of the Farmington river; sf | 1he rejection of this bill by the gen- cral smbly; of the appointment of an advisory committeé to the water board, on which Mr. McDonough ~ was named: and of conferences with Hartford officials which led to the drafting of a bill under which Hartford and New Dritain were authorized to negotiate for the le and merger of water | and water rights. He read the text | of the bill, stressing the fact that the mayor holds the key to the s uation, no agreement becoming foctive until approved by Continuing * along this line thought, he said:i— “There's where extension. He troduction, by er- him. of ow Britain must look out, and that is where the v comes in. The mayor of New Britain will be a very imports ant personage in the negotiations 2t the next iwo vye He must be sbout himself: he must act with ex- treme caubion. He must be able o call in the best minds and the best thought in the community for cout sel, but he must be in such a po: tion that by so doing he does not impose upon himself an obligation to any man or gréup. Studies Situation for Two Years | “[ have been after this water sit-1! uatioh for the past two years. [ have been like a hound on the Lunt. 1 have had my nose to the und, now and then leaves blew the trail and destroyed the | but T have picked it up| In all of these negotiations, | have not allowed myself to be ved for a moment from the h of duty. If it was acros scent, gain. 1 swe encrally known that the republican state committee, will urge his friends to support Grundy for scnator and Brown for gover- nor. I'hiladelphia Davis-Brown support ticket asserted there would be no let-up in activities and no compromise culated to sidetrack Secretary of La- bor Davis in favor of Grundy. Secretary Davis came here from,| Washington last night to sign affi- davits to be attached to his nomina tion petitions which are to be filed in Harrisburg Monday. ' He also | conferred with members of the| Vare “war board” ang planned to| leave today for Pittsburgh. went into this campaign to| win,” Davis said, “and will be there when the polls close. I never ox- ccted Scnator Grundyg to with- of th» today their | Pinchot Link Denied- | Tteports of a combination linking the Grundy candidacy with that of Gifford Pinchot for governor lacked confirmation in any quarter. Vare leaders are understood to have decided to support Judge George W. Maxey of Scrapton, for supreme court and belief was ex- pressed by these leaders that Lieu- tenant Arthur H. James, of Luzerne county, would withdraw his petitions for that office. Others on the Davis- Brown slate are Brigadier: General Tdward C. Shannon, Columbia, for licutenant governor; Judges William B. Linn and James B. Drew for the swberior court, and Phillip H. Dew- ey, Tioga county, for secretar internal affairs. DOCTOR OWNS TELE Six Lakes, Mich. When Dr. George S. Townsend isi't busy administering to thessick of Montcalm county he can always sel few telephone poles, or do odd jobs around the telephone exchange for in addition to being the village physician he owns the telephone company. PHON 5 March 29 () L} cal- | ¢ |y s, C- Weld, Mrs. Herbert Chester Hale, ard L. White, ford. H W strong, Mrs. Geoge F. Al G 8 Joseph M. Halloran, M Social News (Continued From Page Five) acterized by the’ confinued growth and proggess of the chapter. I'or the past six years her frequent attend- ance at the meetings of the national board of management has kept her in touch with national policies. Delegates attending the general court from Connecticut will be the president, Miss Crofut; the recording Mrs. James N. H. Camp- bell of Hartford; the histgrian, Mrs. N. D. Baldwin of Derby; the treas urer, Mrs. W. E. Parker - of New Britain and Mrs. Joel Anderson of Stamford. Alternates will be Miss Emeline Strect, state vice regent, D. A. R, Mrs. Frederick Strong of Bridgeport, Mrs. Herbert Crandall and Miss Alice € ew Lon- don, Mi Mrs. C. B. Bolmer of New Haven, Mrs. George Matthics of Seymour, Mrs. Frank Mitchell of Newtown, Mrs. S. §. Chadeayne of Stamford, Miss Cor- nelia Smith of Litchfield and Miss H. P. Marsh of New Haven. All members of the organization are wel- come at all meetings. The date for the first of the three musicales to“be given at the Shuttle Meadow club has been defi- nitely settled. It will take place on Tuesday evening, April 22nd. Miss Helen Tiffany and Miss Maude Hurst Blanchard, will be the guest artists tn a two piano concert that evening. Every one scems most enthusi- astic over the programs as half of the necessary subscriptions have already been received by the en- cntertainment committee. The-dates for tho_second and third musicales have been set for Friday, May 9th, and Friday, May 23rd. At the sec- orv, Harold Berkley, who needs no lauditing, as his reputation has gone before him, will be the artist. On the third and last, a most unusuale program has been ‘planned. Ore- half of the program will be provided by a well known ’cellist and the other half by a Russian dancer who is at present making her debut at the Metropolitan Opera House of New York city in a Stravinsky poem. By next week, the committec hopes to be able to give a more de- tailed program and a list of those who have already subscribed, . . The New Britain Womans' club had its final mceting of the 29-30 season on Tuesday aiternooh. The business meeting was preceded by a luncheon. After the usual yearly reports, the election of officers took place. They are to be, for the club vear, '30-'31, as follows: President, Mrs. Buell B. Bassette; first vice president, Mrs. R mond Gilpatrick; second vice pre: ident, Mrs. Alphonzo B. Porter; Re- cording secretary, Mrs. Douglas A. Johnson: corresponding secretary, Mrs. Edwin W. Schultz; treasurer, Mrs. Arthur H. Harrop assistaat treasurer, Miss Esther B. Stanley auditor, Mrs. Louis S. Reynal; d rectors, Mrs. John C. Loomis, Mr William F. Pavker, Mrs, Orville T Parker, Mrs. Harold M. Parson Mis. Laurence Mouat,. Mrs. Ray W. Leach, Committres for the Civic Cemmittee ¥.. Hillard, chairman Bristoll, Mrs. Stanley M. Cooper. Mrs. William H. Crowell, Mr Leon ¥. Dary, Mrs. Clarence Der- rick, Mrs. George H. Dyson, . Mus. Charles Erichson. Mrs. Russell Germond, Mrs. Alfred 1. Heir inger, Mrs. Ldward A. Holstein, Mrs. Frederic W. Latham, Mre Irving W. Mott, Mrs. John Purne: Mrs. Maurice N. Stanley, Miss Swift, Mrs. Clifford W. son, Mrs. Kenneth H. Walther, Jennie Wessel, Mrs. Louis Young, Mrs. Henry Hodker, Hospitality ~ Committee — vear are: Tiss Miss Ruth E. | Ralph B. Britton, chairman Roy F. Bowtell, Mrs. Harr Bristoll, Mrs. Henry T. Burr, Robert T- Chapman, Mrs, Curtis V Christ. Mrs. Parker W. Fairbank irs. Olive Judd Ingraham, Mrs. Edward §. Lancaster, Miss Grace Manning, ~ Mrs. William T. Morri, sey, Mrs. Virgil M. Palmer, Mr Richdrd B. Pinches, Mrs, Cedr Fowers, Mrs. Richard W. Pullen, Mrs. William 8. Rowland, Mrs. Kenneth M. Starle, Mrs. Lucian } Stevens, Mrs, Johnstone Vance, Mrs. Loren R. Weir, Mrs. Gardner S, Woods. rank Zwick. , s Committee—Mrs. Pomeroy, chairman; Mrs. S. Blake, Miss Florcuce N Mrs. Edward W. Clary, Mrs. I, Mrs. Harry C. Hine, Mrs. Lawrence C. Humason, Mr: William L. Humason, Miss L. Ger- trude Rogers, Mrs. Elmer B. Stone, Mrs. George B. Taylor, Mrs. Rich- Mrs. Laura Wood- rle V. Hubert Camp, Socigl Committee—Mrs. William Judd, chairman: Mrs. Frederick Allderige, M Bert ¥. Arm- Atwater, Mrs. M. Brown, Mrs. Raymond Catlin, Mrs. John L. Curtin, Mzs. Albert Grabinsky., Mrs. Arthur ant, Mrs. Herman Hall, Mrs Carl J Horace Carolin= | NEW BRITAIN HERALD Pages 11 to 18 Hart, Mrs. H. Leland Hoar, Mrs. Stanley M. Hunt, Mrs. Thomas Lin- der, Mrs. Herman C. Magargal, Mrs. William F. Middlemass, Mrs. Charles H. Mitchell, Mprs. Charles Towland, Mrs. Logan E. Page, Mrs. Edwin H. Pec Mrs. George L. Prentice, Mrs. George Quigley, Mr George Rapelye, Mrs. Mortimer L. Rhodes. Mrs. Albert N. Scripture, Mrs . Sceward ™ P. Strople, Mrs. Charles E. Swain, Mrs. Harold Tayntor, Mrs. Frederick Platt Up- son, Mrs. William A. Weiant. Nominating Committee—NMrs. An- son A. Mills, chairman Mrs. Clayton Goodwin, Mrs. Daul Rokers. The Contract ‘Bridge tourney tha started a week ago Wednesday eve- ning at the Shuttle Meadow club, held its second “bout” -on this past Wednesday. The original twenty-one tables played, as best they could, the sixteen hands prepared by Mrs. George Kimball, a member of the bLridge committee. The scores are: Cumulative to date. North-South: Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kimball, 6890; Jr. and Mrs. T. S. Hart, 6105; Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Twichell, 6060; Mr. snd Mrs. J. C. Loomis, 5310. East- West, Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Taylor, §280; Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Coholan, $075; Mr. and Mrs. Roswell Moore, 7955; Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Plat;, 7210. Highest scores Wednesday night, North South: Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kimball, 5215; Mr. and Mrs, T. Hart, 4400; Mr. and Mrs. R: C. Twichell, 4135; Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Coe, 3730. East-West, Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Taylor, 4035; Mr. and Mrs W. T. Coholan, 3765: Mr. and Mre. Teswell Moore, 3440; Mr. Joseph Stone (substitating for Mr. liavl an Buskirk) and Mrs. Louis Jones, 3370, L The standings,-last week's, and present position of those who won the week preceding are as follows: North-South—Miss Margaret Mid- dlemass and Mr. Harry Coholan, 1 5; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Loomis, 2, 4; Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Twichell, 3, 3; Mrs. J. H. Robinson and Mr. V. Palmer, 4, 13. Cast-West—Mr. and Mrs, P. C. Platt, 1, 4; Mr. and Mrs. Roswell Moore, 2, 2; Mr. and Mrs, Harold Hatch, 3, 5; Mr. and Mrs. Stanton Ashley, 4, 12, The third meeting will take nface as usual at the club nest Wednes- day evening, when the hands to he played will have been prepared Ly Mrs. L. B. Banford, and Mrs. W. | Manville Johnscn. ~ WEDDINGS Period of Lent Registers Few Nuptial Events — Engagements Announced. The marriage of Miss Gertruds Shatfer, daughter of Francis As- bury Shaffer of Bloomfield avenuz, Bloomfield, ~and Edward Stow Twichell, son of Mr. and Mrs, Reu- ben 8. Twichell of Brookside road, New Britain, took place last Satur- urday evening at 7:30 o'clock at the home of the bride’s aunt, Mrs 0. S. Blair of Springfield, Ma Rev. Joseph H. Twichell, of Wil- liams College, Williamstown, Mass., a cousin of the groom, performed the ceremony in the presence of relatives and a few friends. The heuse was decorated with spring flowers and plants and was light- ed by tapers. Mrs. L. L. Beach of Bristol, played the wedding music. The bride was given in marrlage by her father. She wore a gOWR ¢ ivory satin made with an old lace yoke of rose point, a train and long tight sleeves. IHer tulle veil, edged with lace, fell from a cap of the same lace caught with orangs blossoms. The bouquet was of lilies of the valley and pale peach-colored rosebuds. Mrs. Victor M. Cave. of Spring- field, attended her sister as matron of honor. and Miss Barbara Wat- son of Washington Circle, West Hartford, was the maid of honol Mrs. Cave wore gown of lavend<r flat crepe. made®princess style with a large bow in the back. She hail Slippers to match and carried 2 bouquet of Javender sweetpeas and {4lisman roses. Miss Watson wo.o “peach colored flat crepe with large bow lined in pale green and green satin slippers. She carried a | Douquet of peach and lavender spring flowers. | The bridesmaids. Miss Constanco Moore Twichell of New Britain, sis- ter of the bridegroom, and Miss FHelen Manning of Birch road, West Hartford, wore gowns of green flat crepe, made princess stvle wih bows lined with peach, and peach colored slippers, They carried bou- quets of spring flowers, The ribbon bearers were Mus. George Brandt, Miss Frances Shaf- fer, and Miss Marian Shaffer of Bloomfield, sisters of the bride. and Miss Vaughn Houston of Warrenton avenue. They wore gowns of flat crepe, two lavender and two grecn and worc wrist cov sages of spring flowers. Mrs. Bla wore a black lace gown and Mrs Twichell wore one of blue satin. Alfred Knowles of Holland, fich., was best man for Mr. Twich- cll, while the ushers were Gilbert M. Smith of New Britain and Shef- field, Mass., and Williani Purdy of Mt. Vernon, N. Y. A reception followed the cere- mony, after which, Mr. and Mrs. Tywichell left for New York, where they sailed Wednesday on the “Re- liance” for a West Indies cruise. The bride wore for travelling a Llue tweed ensemble with a stratw at to match. They will be at heme after June 1st at &9 Hamilton street, this city. The bride was graduated from Martha Washington college, Abin- ten, Va. Mr. Twichell is a graduate of Middlcbury College, Micdlebury, Vermont. Sl Mr. and Mre. I Robert Cooley of Glen street celebrated their first wedding anniversary yesterday At ‘tlmr home. Mrs. Cooley was for- 2 merly Miss Jean Winans, daughtur‘llt‘, and every da of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Winans o Glen strect. P Mrs. Daniel Marchesi of ~Fark strect announces the engagement o her daughter Miss Nelda, to Frank J. Newell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Newell of this city. of the wedding has been April 25th SMALL GATHERINGS . BY NEW YORK SET Silver Moon Fea}ure o Afair at Ritz By ADELAIDE KERR New York, March 29 (#— moons and yellow forsythia, frocks and suntanned skins, ed society's activities this weel the fashionable folk, home from scuthern beaches, brightened th Lenten season with a series of smail parties. g 4 Large aff; will not figure ir their scheme of things for severa s to come, but the small par. ties—dcar to their hearts and dift cult to arrange during the big se; sen—have been sufficiently numer- ous to climinate any dangers o ennui. There have been many luncheon and tea and ‘small danc —all of them marked by spring: time decorations. moon, ot e A silver suspended from the ceiling, shed radiance over tihe Japanese gardens of the Ritz Carl ton Tuesday evening for the supp-: party which R. H. Waegen Lawrence O'Toole gave in honor o Miss Caroline Storrs and Danie Sickles, whose engagement wu recently announced. Behind the moon-and around th: walls of the garden were bank-:d bowers of vellow the chandeliers. Between fox trots, the guest: were entertained by a program of Russtan folk songs, Negro spiritual and specialty dances. Among thos: who attended the party were Mr. and Mrs. George F Prince and Princess Prince and Princess Paul Cha chavadze, and Count and Countes: Mercati. Baker, Jr The tea hour is becoming increas. ingly popular these Lenten day when society’s program is less hec The Burritt Mutual Savings Bank Started Business in 1891 In the 39 Years of Its Existence It Shows the Following Growth $207,721 Deposits in 1896 [ 684 Depositors in 1896 Persons Employed in 1896 The dats set for Silvery a and forsythia and white dogwood, while ferns decked Hohenlohe, NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1930. this week has | , g f | found a number of small parties in | progress at the fashionable hour of | | tive. | Mrs. f nove Kansas 3 Matcel Howe Farnham, and daughter of cditor, L Howe, wis lamong this week's teatime host- esses. And among the guests who | gathered in ipr drawing room fo* a sip of orange pekoe Monday aft ernoon were Mrs. Jackson Reynold: Getheral and Mrs. William H. Has- kell and Judith Scott Field. I Many an interesting afiernony | fashion note is sounded at th five o'clock assemblies. Mrs. Farn- | ham stressed this year's voguc turquois her tea. when she ap- | peared ina choker and earrings ¢f antique turquoise as accessorics 10 her black frock. a w the The lure of tI in the spring. h liners to be the sctting than one social function recentl | Thursday afternoon the fashion- ables gathercd on the Italian line | Augustus for a bridge and tea given in aid of the women's auxiliary of the Polyclinic hospital. But the rarty 1| the greatest novelty is the an tereh ball, which is announced for 2| Baster Monday on the Berengaria 1| Announcement of a dinner in t! dining salon, a dance in the grand { ballroom and a treasure hunt all |over the Dig liner has caused number of fashionable hostesses to engage tables now for the part which is still almost & month away. . . few 1. a, ever-present s caused of more ol which pror a . i | Among the | the week was Mrs. Arthur W. Little gave at the n | T'rench institute on, Thursday after- noon in honor of General Pershing. M. TPaul Claudel. the Irench | ambassador, Brigadicr General Cor- | relius Vanderbilt, Mrs. Cornelit Vanderbi#, Mrs. William Rockr 1| feller and Mrs. Lorillard Spencer s|were among the guests. A group jof French songs, sung by | Morin 8. Hare, was a highlight af the afternoon. ger aftairs of o . . The Lenten season secs few we | dings and thosc that do take place | at this time are generally celebrat: sans the usual display of costumes and decorations that generally | mark the smart world's nuptials o s ,| Hiscoe and James McVickar which took place in the bride's | Tuesday, was witnessed only by it s|timate friends of the family, { Among those who attended | ceremony, which took place befo! s forsythia, were Mr. and Mrs. Mar- - cus Daly, Mrs. Lawrence for | ocean | the reception whic | home | T Thaw and Mra. Booth Brokaw. [ ‘e e Between the small parties which have peppered their week, a nu ber of the fashionables are making | | plans for the annual butterfly ball which will take place shortly after Laster. Among the patronesses for the ball, given in aid of the House of Rest, an institution caring for tuber- cular patients, are Mrs. Henry Le- Roy Finch, Mis. Livingston French and Mrs. Jocl Ellis Fisher, Jr. The butterfly ball—despite iis gay name—is one of the few for mal functions of the smart woril where there are no decorations. 't has long been a policy of the ball committee to devote the entire pro- ceeds of the festivity to the chari'y | for which it is given Instcad of trimmings for the affair. PR Among the interesting notes sounded at the early | festivities is one which affects mi | 1ady’s skirt—so-much talked of th scason. The trailing evening dre: for dancing which marked the win- ter's mode, have passed from thz shionable picture apparentls hese days the smart woman we Ler dancing frocks to her ankles— and no longer—for the simple rei- | son that :ytr‘_\' are more practical and permit her to come home un- frayed. fashion spring - DHS AND AHS HEARD ABOUT WASHINGTON | Tourists Invade Capital and | Exclaim at Spring Signs " SALLIE V. H. shington, March tourists are PICKETT 29 —Hun- {dreds ohing and Mrs. {ahing over the signs of spring in | |the capital, and driving slowly |around the White House to catch a view of the splendid display of {forsythia flaunting its brilliant yel- fow in various parts of the grounds. | | Magnolias are in blossom, too, and |th colonial gardens in the late autum are beginning to appear though un- The wedding of Mrs. Mary Louise | ysually cold weather has retarded |dem driving, jumping | their blooming. A fine showing of forsythia is the |old hedge standing five or six feet Ihigh and extending for a block with the red brick German embassy |2 small altar banked with yellow|stinding right in the center of the| block. Once a fashionable center DEPOSITS at Close of 1929 DEPOSITORS at FIRST OFFICERS President—L. Hoyt Pease. Vice President—Thomas B. Wilcox. Treasurer— Valentine B. Chamberlain. 11,673 Close of 1929 13 Employees in 1929 PRESENT OFFICERS President—James Vice President and Treasurer— Sccretary—Frank G, Vibberts. Assistant Treasurer—Walter Meyer. > thousands of bulbs placed in the $7,208,429.06 et | purposes to such an extent that it is difficult for the ambassador's car | to move along it | When Mrs. Edward Everett Ganu |took her great niecc and mnephew, | Constance and Curtis Knight _anl their fricnds out to the Gann home lin Cleveland park—now occupied | by ‘strangers—they were delightel |to find showers of golden forsythia {in bloom there and also the big {cherry tree in the back yard. Mrs | Webster Knight, the vice presient’s | daughter and her children, Mrs | Gerry and her two children, return- |ed to their home in Providence iu midweek, but not until Constance |and Curtis had sat in their grand- | father's chair in the senate, watch= led him preside there, had him taky them through the senate tunnel @& inderground railway and do dozens w | of other interesting things. ‘1 The coming of Dr. Hugo Eckencr | who was herc to receive the Geo- graphic society medal brought to- gether hundreds of notables from levery section of the country A | luncheon given by Dr. Gilbert Gros- venor, president of the society at the Cosmos club—once the home of Dolly Madison—opened the formali- ties. Postmaster weral Walter I Brown and the German ambassador Herr Von Prittwitz und Gaffon at- tended and the company included many state department officials and | scientists of note. There a din- ner the German emba and | many other affairs for both Dr. and | Mrs. v ¥ckener. Major General Aug Iy, North Tole explorer, gether another notable company on lthe same day when Mrs. James C. Pilling gave a luncheon to celebraty his cighty-sixth birthday, and Gens eral Dayid L. Brainard, a membef of Greely oxpedition and hinee !self an cxplorer and writer of not¥ shared honors with him. On the |same day the general's son anl in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John L tea for him when again offic diplomats, scientists !and old family friends were guests. | B This afternoon and evening soci- cty will gather at Fort Myer for th annual horsemanship circus. Never | has there been such a variety on | horse show at Fort Myer with an | historic pageant on horseback, and dare- | devil feats and a big two ring cir- cus. | One society girl. Miss Adeclaide | Bride, was badly hurt when thrown tus W. Gree- Lrought to- ths |along Massachusetts avenuc terrace, |during a rehearsal. Grand Talls, in Labrador, is said to be the highest waterfall in the Copluy Ithe terrace is now used for parking|world. It is 2,000 feet high. Cooper. William E. Attwood. Burritt Mutual Savings Bank