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Presidents and Pies f"' An Interesting Account of Washington Peo ple of Yesterday and Today By the Wife of the Well-Known Diplomatist fW By Mr*. Lars Anderson. rr*a(U>H Another addreaa look m* to tM ?utakirta of the town-* ?"J*11 ? " r?r ttor. behind which I found a ? Uhr room with dirty UM? all Jbouc by ,n _?man Who looked U If ?he had coemption In the Other room the kitchen, her husband was Ill l? bed with double pneumonia. A? usual, 1 took the pulse. ?""P?;? ture and reaplratlon, the? pioceed ' id to clean up the two room., lathering up all the dirty linen Ind puttln* It on the porch^ .weep Ir,r out the room* and washing the dibhte There was only one clean .heet left In the - enough bedclothes. A ?lxteen-year t old girl. the daughter wholooked rather like a defective, tame in, ?nd a child with a bad cough, the fam iiy was apparently poor whlta trash. They were all too 111 to think or talk very m"chnobunl *"d had a doctor, though no nur?'; 1 choked up something for them to eat. and went on. My next card read "urgent I ran Into what might have been a Ing-house, near the Capitol No one answered my ring, but that was not unuaual I called, but got no an swer The house aeemed empty Thinking 1 heard a Bound inside, I opened the door and went In. Upstairs I found a alttlng-room. very dirty, and filled with bottles, glasses, and cigar ashes. 1 won dered what kind of a place it could be. A bedroom opened from it, and In bed there lay a pretty young girl very ill with Influenra She told me that she had only been In town a couple of days, and that her landlady worked In a Gov ernment office, so that she was out. Like most of the newcomers, this girl was short of everything but flimsy lingerie and silk stockings. 1 thought the landlady was prob ably disreputable, and was getting . quite excited about It. when she * came In and to my surprise I found her a very nice Southern woman who promised to do everything for the girl. So I knew she was at least all right for the night. What the doctor decided next day I never heard. A little Jewish couple interested ' me especially; he was devoted to his young wife and took entire care of her; their rooms were as neat as ?could be. But he seemed uttirly exhausted, and so 1 asked that a nurse should be sent there daily. I was reporting at headquarters when a man came in and said two brothers, friends ofvhls. were dan fcrouely 111. The matron asked mo to go at once wrlth him to the house where they lived I found one pa tient quite out of his head and the other dying:. An old woman was taking: care of them very inade quately. While I was there the doc tor arrived and declared they would both die. It was too late to send them to a hospital, even If he could get them In. which was almost an Impossibility. I bathed them and putclean sheets on bed. The map j who was delirious Insisted on my showing him his new derby hat. which he never had a chance to wear, poor felolw. It was in this place that I first put on a mask, for they had the influenza very viru lently. Some of the cases, even in their desperation, had a grotesque side. A nurse on arriving at a lodging house was greeted by the '?nd,ad>' with a torrent of oaths. She said all the people there were sick, and no help of any kind could she get ?whv hadn't the nurse appeared before? The girl tried to ?P'ai" that there were so many ill that it had been Impossible for her to ar rive sooner, ending. "I have been extremely busy." "Busy?" cried the woman, nnsy . She pointed through the window. "Do vou see that funeral just leav ing for the cemetery? Well, I am so busy I can't go ta my own hus band's funeral!" Because, of my experience at the front and also during the epidemic, I found it difficult to give up work entirely, and after the influenza was over visited some of the hospi tals around Washington in the hope cf being able to help in one way or ( another. .... ... The Government was sending its worst cases of war n'u,r0?1'' ?r "shell shock," to Saint Elizabeth s, the District of Columbia Hospital for the insane, which was the sub ject of much discussion and inves tigation. I had visited so many in stitutions on the othe.r side and on this that I was interested to see ?or mysi?" how things were going, and asked a good many questions of Tied Oro*s men. official?, and p&ti ants regarding the management I went through a number of the wards where some of the most criti cal cases lay. and into the private rooms and parlors, and through the kitchens. In such a huge es tablishment the continual stream of arrivals from overseas and con sequent overcrowding caused one to make allowances. Certainly the food needed im provement, however. and there should have been more attendants to take the men out of doors for air and exercise. At that time no at tempt had been made to give the patients work or handicraft diver sions. They were not employed in ' gs rdening, though there were large and beautiful grounds through w hich these who were well enough A could roam about and play games. It did seem as if St. Elisabeth's, of all places, most needed occupa tional therapy. Many hospitals were badly in need of ambulances, but this one must have been the worst off of all. for even In war time It had only one. and that drawn by a pair of old horses But those were difficult days, and both military nnd civilian hospitals were so crowded lhat one should not be loo critical At the Walter Heed where wounded soldiers rame pouring in. 1 heard several com plaints. The men grumbled because they had to be operated on. willing or not, If the surgeons said so?the alternative was court-martial One trouble was lhat the doctors shifted frequently, and the diagnoses va rlcd accordingly. Another wan that Comfort Baby's Skin With Cuticura Soap And Fragrant Talcum iur|eoni who had aot ^MB ?ftr* ?eaa were loath lo u?e th? Uakln solution as freely as the Kronen hospital* had been einplo>log It. It ?a? mui b more trouble and P? h?p? not so well urderslood. but fortunately It finally eame ,nto more general use. As time went on conditions everywhere became bol "we often piled the motor high with small gifts. '<???" ?"d home made Jama, maga*tnes, and postal cards. and other things that so - dlers like, and drove to the hospi tals I generally went lo ,h' lated barracks where no one was allowed to visit, ordinarily, but I had secured permits for certain wards, for these patients especially needed gifts and cheery words. The consumptives. poor. weak, white-faced things, were out on the plaza In beds, but m?re pathetic than they ii?<eed. mosK^athetlc of all?were the shell shockNjases. A boy came Into the station can teen one day who said he had Just left the hospital, which he .guessed was a "Christian Science establish- | ment." because he had been sent there to be treated for rheumatism and all they had done for him was to give him a bed. |io* he had Just been discharged, no better than when he went In. It 1?. of course, possible that more had been dona for him than he realised. Of Quite another sort were my experiences with the wounded sol dlers on Colonel Thompson s house boat, Everglades. During good weather this was used daily to give the doughboys an outing. Nearly all of them had come from overseas, some on stretchers, bandaged, leg less or armless, for further treat ment at the Walter Reed. As fast as their wounds healed they were rttted out with arm? and legs, and those who were well enough *'cre given trips down the river. I* ifty or more would arrive at the dock in an electric car and hobble aboard the houseboat, where they could sit or lie about on the broad deck in t the sunshine and enjoy the scenery as they glided down the Potomac. There were always several wom en on hand to talk with them, play games, and serve luncheon. This meal consisted of bowls of oyster soup, ham sandwiches, coftee, pies, candies, apples, and cigarette?. There was plenty of everytihng and I never In my life saw so much food disappear in such a short time. Be sides cards, checkers, and Rimes for the soldiers' amusement, there were magazines and newspapers, and. of course. the ever-present phono graph. My fate fell to a man from Ala bama, a cheerful soul who talked with such a Southern accent I could hardly understand him. He under stood how to play checkers, how ever. and beat me badly several times. He was minus one arm. and had not acquired an artificial one ?probably lii.s stump had not yet healed. We did not get on the subject of the war, but conversed principally about games of which he said he was pretty tired, he had played so much in the hospitals. Wc were Joined by a blonde soldier ?rather a dandy with a gold ring and wrist watch?who talked with a foreign accent He proved to be an Italian from New York and we discussed the war in French. As he knew several languages he hoped to get a position with the Government as translator. Most of the returned soldiers wanted to go into the civil service?it paid better, they said One of the boys had a rubber hand such as I had not seen before. Although they seemed to like to tell you all about their wounds, on the whole they were not as com municative as the pollus. who would at once give you their names and ask yours and display picture? of their families. Our boys asked few questions, and it was like pulling teeth to get much out of them. (Copyright. Houghton. Mifflin Co.i (To Be Continued Monday.) Do You Know That? There are over 600 private schools In London. Tuesday Is considered unlucky tor weddings In Spain. The tip of the tongue Is the most sensitive part of the body. More than 60 per cent of the pop ulation of Portugal cannot write. Bees will visit over 3.000,000 flow ers In gathering one pound of honey. One pound of dried tea repre sents about four pounds of fresh gathered leaves. The swallow has a larger mouth in proportion to its slue than any other bird. , .10.000'women were employed on British railways at the end of Janu ary of thiB year. In an ordinary book the letter "Z" will o^cur on an average, twice in 3.000 words. An Obedient Patient, A country doctor in Scotland one day met a Highlander who boasted he was ? stanch teetotaler The doctor resolved to put him to the test. As they were passing an Inn, he asked him In and ordered two glasses of whiskey. After they had drunk these and two or three more at the doctor's expense, the Highlander began to get a wee bit the worse for liquor, and the doctor bluntly asked him. "But how does this square with your teetotal pre tensions. Sandy?" "Well." replied Sandy, with a smile, "though I'm a stanch teetolar, I'd be a fule to refuse whit th' doctor orders!" Of No Avail. "I've been reading an srtlcle on electricity. William." said William's wife, as she laid down a technical magn*lne "And It appears before long ?ve shall be able to get pretty nearly everything we want by Just touching a button " "It will never pay here!" said the husband. "You would never be able lo get any thing that way." "Why not." Wil liam?" "Because nothing would ever make you touch a button! Ijook at mr ahlrll" Family T?nnu Court? ?By Fontaine Fox. If MAY 3t BAD ?0*M BUT J THINK YOU* /UAU ^ OfJtCTlOH if THAT MS I* POJHC so excgEPiNOiY WELL THAT WAV JCVCK bit A GOOD PLAYER ACT THAT J- "%4/H IMrtlfc, WHO IS ONE OF THE PEST HITTERS ON THE BASE PAUL TEAM, TooK HIS RACQUET IN SOTH HANDS AND WAS SlMPUY MURDERING DAD'S SERVICE !% Whefi a Girl Marries By Ann Lisle. Wkoae Pmrai Serial Hit Scored ? III* Surer**. AMINUTK after 1 had asked Daiay to drop In when her day at the offlre was finished | J regretted the Impulse which had , swept me to the telephone. I rec ognized it for just what it was?my own fondness for playing the role of "Kairy Godmother." as I call it. or "Mrs. Fix-It." to quote Jim. I had been displeased by the cava- j lier way in which Carl Booth called off his dinner engagement with I Daisy when he discovered that Jim and I couldn't come. I felt that it wasn't fair to Daisy, who might 1 reasonably expect him to keep his engagement with her. And when Carl Insisted on running in to see how I was feeling I almost auto matically proceeded to arrange to have Daisy here. too. But now that I had let myself In for the situation. I didn't see what I was going to do with It. Carl arrived flrst?which w-as not what I'd been counting on Hp brought an enormous box of peonies that I felt had been obtained by false representations. "They're wonderful!" I exclaimed. "But I've no right to them or the consideration you showed in post poning your party. I might have managed to hobble out. 1 did last night." "All the more reason why you should take it easy and let the ankle rest today. You always Were a lit tle brick about grinning and bear- ' ing things. Barbara Anne Do be careful of yourself now. I hate to | think of your suffering." I made a little move to cover my own consciousness that Carl was I being melodramatic about a trifle, a tendency he'd never shown In the old days. "I'm making a fuss now and about nothing." I said airily. "If I were still a poor working girl I'd be hobbling off dally to my job. But I'm a pampered darling." "I'm glad he's so good to you," said Carl, with unnecessary empha sis. and then a pert little voice In terrupted as Daisy appeared hesi tatingly In the doorway: "Once a darling, always a dar ling" ? ? ? she said with seem ing inconsequence that told me, nev ertheless. that she'd been listening for a minute or so. "Do I intrude? The maid said come right in." A New Rainy. Daisy's face was flushed and her usually dull eyes were alight. She looked excited, am? her momentary color gave her a vividness that was almost beauty. Then she faded again to her usual drab tans, which were further accented by the yellow linen dress she wore. Yellow seem ed to be Daisy's favorite color, and nothing could have been less be coming. "Please come right In and flnd yourself the sort of chair that will make you want to settle down for a real visit," I said, wondering If'I had dreamed the flash of annoyance that seemed to dart across Carl's face. "I think I'll stay until your hand some husband somes home, any way." replied Daisy, with a toss of her head. Our conversation Jerked and ercaked along for the next half hour. Daisy was alternately sullen and indolent. Her air of indiffer ence to Carl e existence was over done and he w? obviously annoyed either by it or by her. The less pleased Carl appeared, the more Daisy .-wept herself along Into her awkward efforts to Impress him with the Idea that he didn't matter the least in the world to her. Her ungraciousness and sullenness filled me ?Uli vague pity for a time. Then tney began to make me un easy, to bore'and annoy. Her soggy sullenness seemed to hold a threat and a menace. I made up my mind that I would discontinue my misdi rected efforts to help this dull and malicious little urain dust I tnight have carried out my plan*. Kilt Just then something oc curred which made It necessary for me to keep Daisy Condon in my life whether T wanted her there or n<>. Kxuding well being and delight. Jim walked into the room As tr> greeted the visitors he laid a litt'e white box on the console Jable standing between the windows. And Daisy, who seemed bound to do every awkward, ill-bred thing in the calendar, cried with a te||l,i~ glance at Jim. "Oh. that looks just like o rinsr box! Have you brought any ore a present. Mr Harrison"" "That." said Jim with careless in solence, "is our new ice chest " Carl flashed a glan< e at Daisy which said Jim had served her tivt right. Daisy turned an ugrlr >riclt red and fairly squirmed. In a mo ment I was sorry for her again, ro to relieve the tension I said "Let's see the new ice-chest. Jim." A Utfft of Jewels. "Oh. wait till later," he replied in a tone clearly suggesting his real meaning "Wait till we're alone." But I caught his eyes and con veyed my intistence by a glance, and rose and brought me the little white box. standing awkwardly by my side while I unwrapped and opened It- Then I gasped and wish ed that I had waited until we were alone. For lying on a bed of velvet was the flrst gift of jewels Jim had given me since our marriage?an exquisite pearl with a pale pink luster that lighted its creamy smoothness. The pearl BOOKS HAVNA RTF;. By Harrises S Morris. Philadelphia : The T*enn Publishing Co Here's a story appealing particu larly to the voung woman of mod ern life in, a Btraight-lnced Quaker community, Hannah Bye. the hero ine, is j| delightfully human person, despite I he almost harsh training of her self-righteous motKer, who ardently believes in the tenets of her religion. Through her love for her dearest friend Ruth, who meets with a mis fortune, Hannah becomes estranged from her mother, and her simple home Is torn from its age-old pracc. But eventually Hannah's action Is vindicated and the story ends, as all sur-h stories should do. with happiness reigning in the lives of all Its characters. The Rhyming Optimist By Aline Michaelis. It'SED to think It would be fine If I could own a diamond mine; I UhCd to think I'd like lo run the mine; 1 u*ed to hope *nme baron kmc would take me underneath hi* wing:, and give me many a timely market hint. And once It waa my atrong deaire to grow ao rich I could retire wllh not a thing to do the livelong day; and I have worked for many moon* at echemc* for growing eeedle** prune* or bring ing pea nut* over from Malay. Time wa* I hankered to devl*e *ome way 1 could economize; I hoped to *ave a million with good luck, but now I've found a better mean*, and *o t don my old blue Jean*, for I ha\e gone to raising garden truck. I feel that I *hould here remark. It really lan't My lark, thla gelling ? rlcli on pearl* from ovater ahell*. nor do J ?n.v lon*er pine lo operate a allver mine or to Invent in apout ln? oil well*. Instead. I don my home*pun dud* iind hu*tl* out to hoo the spud*. for apuda are frolnsr pretty (tood this year: I rai*e * mighty flock of cata and *peclRll*o on augar beet* because a augar fam ine now la near. Pearl flahlnsr a* ?? sport can pa*a. but folk* Inalat on irarden-aa* a. becauaa they like to eat three aquarea a day. Tt I* ? habit they've acquired, and one by farmer* much admired: |t la a fad that will not paaa away. So T have turned to honeat toll, nor aerk a pusher full of oil. and to the dia mond mlnea 1 would not turn: for I am sure lhat I ahall thrive with spud*, per peck, two twenty-flv?; ah. no! 1 do not with to own the mlna! A Story That Has Won a Nation-Wide Following ??? large. a perfect Utile globe, and was not In a rim of platinum carved into ? diamond-set hexagon which held the pearl. "Oh, Jim!" I cried, stirred al mosUto icar.?. "Jim! I>ear?it s no lovely!" Our eyes met and clung There *u no need of words. Then al most a.s if my glance was pried from his and summoned to meet hers. I found myself staring into Daisy's pale, dark lashed eyes. For a moment their expression puzzled me. Then I read it clearly and plain ly. It held two things?-envy, bit ter. burning envy?and hatred. I glanced down at the wonderful Jewel on my Anger. Daisys yearly salary would not pay for it. When I turned to the girl again, she was staring at her own ring less fingers. (To Be Continued.) Hints For The Household To make a chcap water Alter take a large flower pot and stop the hole in the bottorr) of it by placing a piece of sponge In it. Cover with a few inches .of powdered charcoal, All with water, and let stand over a pail or tub supported by two or three sticks laid across. The water Altering through the charcoal will be freed from all impurities and will be fit for family use. The charcoal should be changcd every three months and the sponge sev eral times a year. Make -a dark bluing water and add enough to the final rinse water to give desired shade. Stir well. L"?e less bluing for the soft mate rials and llnena, and mora tor coarse, thick materials. Soma blu ings contain a compound of Iron. This will cause rust spots If It comes in contact with soap. There fore, rinse out all soap before, blu ing If you have good drying fa cilities. clothes will keep white w Ithout bluing Soft water is a prime necessity for easy laundry work. Soften either by boiling or by chemicals carefully measured and thoroughly diasolved In the wash water before putting in the clothes. To each gal Ion of water add one half table spoonful washing soda or one tea spoonful be for ordinarv white cotton and linen materials, and one tahlespoonful borax for other labrica If when you arc baking any thing the oven gets too hot put in a basin of cold water instead of leaving the door open. This cools the oven, and the steain rising from the water prevents the con tents burning. When cooking In a gas oven a basin or tin of water should always be kept in the oven To keep the loffrt pot sweet and clean, put a tableapoonful of car bonate of soda Into It, fill It nearly full of water, and let It boll for a little while. Then rinse thorough ly with several lots of warm wa . r If this is done once a week the pot will alwaya be fresh and nice. When soot falls upon the carpet never attempt to sweep it up at once, for the result Is sure to be a disfiguring mark. Cover it thickly with well-dried salt, which will enable you to sweep It up cleanly, so that not the slightest smear will be left. Velvet coats, hats or a velret frock should be hung up In the room when one takes a bath. The steam rapidly brings the pile up and freshens the whole material wonderfully well. Care should be taken that the garment Is well aired subsequently. A use for over-boiled potato'* ?s to place them in a cloth, squeete hard, mix with flour or barley mea', and make Into scone*. They should b? toasted and eaten with but tar. 4 HAPPENINGS IN SOCIETY / Miss Wilson Returns to White House?Dinners and Luncheons?Weddings and' Engagements M188 MARGARET WItJION ha* returned to the White House after an extended visit to New York. The Secretary of State and Mre Colby and the Mleee* Colby have a* curate for the week-end Mis* Ger trude Watts and Mis* Kathenne DeKay. of New York. Mrs. Colb> and her daughter* will go to New >ork on Monday, and will epond the aum iner on Long Island, returning lutown In Deoeniber. Andrea Gelsser Celeala dl Vegllasco, third secretary of the Italian hm bassy and Mme Celesla entertained at luncheon today In compliment to the Italian Ambassador and Baroness liomano Aveasana Mr. Celesta will accompany the Ambassador when he leaves town tonight for Boston. They will visit New York Before returning to Washington. Miss Yolanda Romano, daughter of Baron and Baroness Romano. went 10 Baltimore today to visit Miss Doro thy Glttlngx at Ashburton. Miss Glt tings will give a luncheon in com pliment to her guests and several other feativlllca hava been arrangii for her. > Mrs. William J. Boardman and Miss Mabel Boardman will give a dinner at Grasslands tonight for a dis tinguished group of guests, the com pany Including several of the rank In* diplomats. Mrs. Boardman and Miss Boardman will leave Washing ton on June 21 for their summer home at Murray Bay Canada? Capt and Mrs. Frank Beeson will entertain Informally tonight In com pliment to Major and Mrs. l.e? Is Hayes Watklns. who have been or dered to Fort Leavenworth. Kan. Calbya Are K?tert?Ued. The Secretary of State and Mrs. Colby were entertained at dinner last evening bv the Minister of Cuba and Mme. de Ceepedeit. The other gihests were the Spanish Ambassador and Mme. de Riano. the Brazilian Ambas sador, Augusto Cochrane de Alencar; the Postmaster General and Mrs. I Burleson: the Secretary of the In terior, John Barton Payne; the Min ' later of Swceden and Mme. Lken Kren the Minister of Venezuela. Dr. Domlniri; the Minister of Uruguay and Mme Yarela; the counselor of i the Polish Legation and Mme. I U laska. the chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission and Mrs. AVc Chord, Mrs Julian James. Mme. da Gana Mrs. Teresa Lcng. Mrs. Horace Ma< farland. Miss lsabclle Wells. Dr. l./o S Rowe, J. Herbert Stabler, the ttrit secretary of the Cuban legation and Mme. Padro and the commercial attache and Mme. Bonet F.avoj t* Gt Oa Iabb Tiif. The Polish Minister. Prince Lub omirskl. will leave Washington to day for a speaking trip through the central States in the Interest of the Polish ?ioan. The Minister of Switzerland. Mark Peter, who sailed today for Kurope on the Augusto Victoria. was enter tained at dinner last night In New York by Louis H Junor. Swiss consul general, and Mme. Junor. Armas Herman Saastamoinen, Minister of Finland, and Mme Saas tamotnen. and thr formers brother. Onni Herman Saastamolnen. attache of the legation, left \N ashington Thursday to go to their home in Fin land, whfre th*y will ppend the Bummer. Michael Tsamades. Minister Rest dent of Greece and Mme. Tsamados have reurned after an absence of six weeks or more spent in making an extensive tour through Canada and the United States. The Counsellor of the Italian em hassv and Mme. Brambtlla enter tamed a company at dinner last even ing and had among their guests Mr. and Mr-. Chandler Anderson. Mr and Mrs. Sumner Wells. Mr. and Mrs Randall Hagner, Mrs. Reynolds Hltt and Mr Ladebcrg. Congressman Clark Burdick of Rhode Island and Mrs Burdick K"'1* a tea yesterday at Newport at which thev announced the engagement of their daughter. Miss Mary S. Burdick to Lieut. William L. Kenly. Jr son or MaJ. Gen. William L Kenlv. U S. A.. retired, and Mrs. Kenly. General Kenly was in charge of the aviation service during a part of the war Lieutenant Kenly, who was abroad with the A. E. F.. is now in Newport with his ftaneee. and their marriage will b'- a Newport event later, the Miss Burdick has Just been gradu ated from Vafcsar with honors. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge expects to go to his summer home at Nahant. Mass. at the close of the Chicago convention. His daughter. Mrs Au gustus P. Gardner, is at Sagamore Farm. Hamilton, Mass. Mrs. t.rnfton Mlnot. daughter of Senator Lodge, will also spend the summer on the ' North Shore, going soon to her place ?t Mingo Be*ch. Prides Crossing. Mrs. Breckinridge Long has Joined Mr Long in St. Louis and later they will go to York Harbor. Me., where they have taken a cottage for the season. Mr. Longs resignation as Third Assistant Secretary of State has | taken effect, and ho Is a candidate for the post of Senator from Missouri. I AD SOCIETY Visit* Mother and Muter. Rnsign K. W. Hampson. t\. S. N who has Just been graduated from the Naval Academy. I*, visiting his mother and Bister, Mrs. Joseph Hamp son and Miss Frances Hampson, and will be with them until July 9, when ho will Join his ship at Newport. Mrs. Hampson and Miss Hampson expect to go to Jameetown. R. I . for several weeks, to he near Knslgn Hampson. and In August they will go to Hot Springs, Va. Miss Nataline Dulles, niece of Mrs Robert Lansing, who has been in training at the nurses' school at Walter Reed Hospital, Is in New Tork with her sister for a short vacation before going on duty on a hospital ship She has taken up nursing as a profession. Miss Dulles Is the daugh ter of the Rev. and Mrs. Allen M Dulles, of Auburn. N. Y. Mrs Hunt Slater, of Washington and New York is at Hot Springs. Vh where she has taken one of the Home stead eotmgce for the season. Mr. and Mrs. iJir* Anderson, who are spending the early summer at Weld. their place at Brookllne. Man MRS. P R. BAKER. Wife of lieutenant Baker, U. 8. N., and a charming member of the Army and Navy get. entertained there last night at a gar den fete and dance, which lasted until the w ee amall hours of the morning, and wound up with breakfast nerved in the gaidm. I Miss Juliette Crosby, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar T. Crosby, la in New York for a visit and entertained at luncheon at Delmonieft's yesterday. Mrs. Charles 8. Bromwell got back yesterday from York Harbor. Me., where she has leased a cottage for the summer, and will return to Maine, about June 20. accompanied by Miss Mildred Bromwell. Mrs. Bromwell's son. Scott Bromwell, will Join them there for the season. Mlxa Bromwell returned to town today from Illinois, where she baa been staying u ith her brother. Mlg? Murle MacNaughton, whose en gagement to Arthur Powell Davis, president of the Society of American Engineers, was recently announced, will arrive In New York on the Fin land tomorrow or Monday, and her mother, Mrs. Clara MacNaughtoa. Is going to New York to meet her. The marriage of Miss MacNaughton and Mr. Davis will take place in Washing ton on June ID and they will leave immediately afterward for the West. Dr. James A. Gannon left yester day to visit the Mayo Surgical Clinic at Rochester, Minn. While away, he will attend surgical clinics at Chi cago and Cleveland. returning to Washington about July first. Miss Florence Jackson Stoddard will be the guest of honor at the Fortnightly Salon in the Garden of j the Arts Club, June 15th, at 8:30 | o'clock, and will give an address on "The Romance of French Gardens." Carlln-Cnnrnn Wedding Today. A wedding in w'hich Maryland as well as many members of old-time Georgetow n families are interested is that of Marion Devine Curran, sec ond son of Mr and Mrs. Robert Cur ran. of Kensington, and Nel'ie M Carlin. daughter of Mr. and Mrs J. Walter Carlin. of Boyds. Md. The ceremony will be performed at 4 o'clock this afternoon at the Roman Catholic Church at Barnsville, Md. by the Rev. Father Harrington, and will b? followed by ? reception at the home of the bride The bride wiM weir ? simple wedding (own of tra ditional while ??tin. Her aole at tendant lit Mies Helen Curran. Ui? bridegroom ? only alatar, who will wear a dainty frock of crisp appla green organdie. Mr. Curran will have Mclvin Carlln. a brother of tbe bride, for hla best man. After a short wedding trip the young couple will make their homa for the preaent at Kensington, where Mr and Mrs. Curran are very wall known. Mr Curran having been for many yeare superintendent of tha late Clarence Moore's bl( farm there. He was also well known to the mem bers of the Chevy Chase Hunt, having served as huntsmen while Mr. Moore was M V. H. I.rave for lliauwt. Mr. and Mrs Robert Pitch Rhegftrd and their daughter. Miss Alice Shep ard, will leave Washington Wednes day for their summer home at James town. R. I. They will make the trip ? by motor Mr. ^Mpard has just re turned from a trip to New York. Mra. George Howard has been *1? Itlng Mrs. Paul H. Pearsall at her country place. Black Rock, Connecti cut. Major E. E. Whiting, who haj bean at Ashevllle, N. C.. for leveral months will return here to Join Mrs. Whiting about the 20th. Their daughter. Miss Frances K. Whiting, who spent the winter In Paris with her uncle and aunt. Mr and Mrs. I-aurence Benet. will remain with them until Otcober. She is being extensively entertained, and this summer will take an ex tended motor trip in Europe with Mr. and Mrs. Benet. Miss Lucille Clark daughter of Con gressman and Mrs. Clark, of Florida, will leave next week to Join her par ents in St. l?ouin. Mo. and go witb them to the Democratic convention at * San Francisco. After the convention Congressman 'and Mrs Clark and Miss Clark will go to Denver, Colo., for the summer. Miss Caryl Elliott, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Middleton Elliott, has gone to New York to visit Mrs. Caro line Johnson at the navy yard. l>ater she will go to Short Hills. N. J., to stay with friends. Durham G. Rogers entertained a small company at dinner at the Cafe St. Marks last evening. Cove.rs were laid for ten. Washington limp. 131. United Confederate Veterans, will hold a social session next Tuesday evening in Its headquarters at the Confederate Memorial Home. 1322 Vermont ave nue. A special musical program will be given by Mrs. Jamep Edward Mock, a new member of the Stonewall Jackson chapter of the Daughters of I the Confederacy i Mrs. Mock, who was the daughter i of Col. Thomas Jefferson Patton. an officer in the Confederate army, has I a repertoire of 400 old songs, many of which are out of print, and some J of which were never published, but ? were used in Confederate camps dur ing the war between the States. Mrs., Mock learned . these songs from her father on his return from the war. and has treasured them ever since as relics of an Important epoch in our national life. She playa her own accompaniments and sings songs she learned when only eight years of age. Many musicians have urged her to publish her collection of rare old songs?especially the songs of the South?as a valuable contribution to the musical lore of our country. Home Social Centre By Loretto C. Lynch. T^RK is & young girl in my neighborhood and I have come to feel so sorry for her. Kor she lives in a beautiful house, yet phe has no home. And she wears the most beautiful clothes 1 have seen*girls whose folks must exact almost all their weekly earn ings in order to make ends meet (?land as l!dna passes by and envy her wonderful fur coat and her be coming hats and all the expensive gewgaws that go toward making the female of the species attractive Yet Edna is very poor in some wa\ s Of course, she did not choose her mother, and the one that was given her has never seemed to realise that her home is, after all. the fundamental social center. And the n?ore nearly ideal one makes this social center, the higher she has climbed on the ladder of civiliza tion. Hut Kdna's home is a shelter fmm the elements: in It the family hunger is appeased and clothes are washed and beds are made and a museum for collecting furniture and the like is maintained. Fut. dare Kdna bring the boy or girl friend to spend an evening* Horrors! why that would mean let ting someone "know your busi ness" It would mean a temporary upsetting of the famiVy museum, the parlor. It would mean the burning of the light for an extra hour or two. And. who knows, someone might get a spot on the pale pink carpet, zealously guarded from Intruders these twenty lorig years. If the women who decry the fget that thev arc just housewives and long to get out Into the great wide world to do. lei's say social work, would but realize the opportunity they really peases* right. In their own homes. , People everywhero arc so in need of "homing." What a shame for Kdna's mother to miss the glorious opportunity tc serve that the Kates have given her. .Mist think how In khe far distant future some woman may coma along who will make of this house a hom. never realising, perhaps, that on'o It harbored a lotiely little Kdnav.ho has poslhly married one of thons has possibly married one of her entertaining on the cold street cor ners when we come home late. Then there Is another aid* uf making homo the social center. Do you make husband fee) you arc most anonyed If he has dared to have "the boys" drop In for ft smo*e or a chat or a friendly game* And do you lia\e a dose of the sulks If the thoughtless <t?mpany drop elgar ashes a hit carelessly? The woman who reallr.es that the home should be a social center, se lects appropriate furniture that ean be used with no great Itgrtt ?( hesitation. It may not be Terr beau tiful. although anything: that IB useful is in its o? n way beautiful, but it is usable. There are comfy rockers and a table or two with well-placed light*. And some of the lights may be shaded with pretty shades. liut before all the furni tljre and comforts I place the SPIRIT of the housewife towipl making her home a social center, .-he should want to do it. From a Sure Source. Ituring a county court case, a lavyer was examining a witness, and happened to ask him about th?" character of a deceased man who was mentioned. To the amazement of the court, the witness replied: "He was a man without blame, beloved and respected by all, pure In all his thoughts, and " "How did you learn that?" de manded the judge, in surprise. "I read It on his tombstone, your honor." w as the disconcerting reply. Comrades. A ouack serving as physician on a boat struck up a conversation with the engineer, who knew the former's unfitness for his position The engineer kept on calling the quack "colleague." "Why do you call me 'colleague?' " asked the quack one day in the presence of the crew. "Well," said the engineer, "simply because neither of ua Is a physician." "A Mother's Letter" "A few years ago I weigh ed less than one hundred pounds. I took Father John's Medicine faithfully for a little over two years and now weigh one hundred and fortv pounds, and do not recall that I have been as well in my lifetime. I attribute it all to Father John's Medicine." This statement Is given voluntarily for the benefit It may he to others The name and iiddress will be given on re. quest, I'or s period of over rtrt years l'ather lohn's Medicine lin* heen building tip in armv >.t wordof mouth advertiser* ah<> tell their frlrrtlw of the henenta received from thl? old fashioned, pure ?nd w ho I er o me food medicine For over flfl years it has proved 11- valua is a safe famllv inedlcino. Guaran teed fres from alrohol.