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Social News MRS. A. R. DUFFEY TEI.KI’HONFS EDITOR ^ SEVEN AMj G!jO s. Reardon H* re 'rs. I.oula Reardon, of Hannah ire Academy. Reisterstown. ■yland. is spending Raster in i city. —o— me For Easter Tiss Meta G‘a«cook is spend • the Raster, holidays with h r nts in He? Ray. ■ ft" * • pv New Home r. and Mr . Car! "ton B >ker nerly of Hume Springs, ntv jpyinjc their new home oi. rth Fairfax street. ,itors Froir^ Washington Mr. and .’Mrs. .In':an Rai'er-vr, Washington, nr* visiting d;< Uenger’- patents. Mr. and Mrs rence Dettor, on King s*rert —o— 'ertain at Luncheon •Ir. and Mrs. Louis Hertle en ained at luncheon on 55n*ur /. at Gunston ’Hill, izi compli ant to Mrs. Wallace. wife ol e Seen tary of Agriculture. —°~*l est From Akrtftt Miss Flossie Renner of Akron 'lio. was the week nd guest 01 ir. and Mrs. C. R. iHin-ell, 112f (ing street, remaining for Paste: Monday. $11.00 TON NUT COKE FANNON and SONS 1 Used Car Sale \11 makes. See us be ore you buy. Time pay ments arranged. IERO-AUTO CO., inc. Phone S20 Announcement Rcmschel Motor Co., Inc. Authorial Ford Sales and Service 113 j 119 North St. Asaph ' Street, Alexandria, Va.. (wishes to announce that for the convenience of persons w ho I are nsable to find time to in 1 spect [ the new rortl models during the day. tire sales room will rfemuin open each even ing U ntil D ='. M. until further no:ice "e invite your inspection. 7’>-tt. Tin and Slate Roofing luttering and Spouting THEODORE PEACH 413 Cameron St., Alex., Va. . Furnace and Latrohe Work Mis., Crockett Returns Miss Daisy Crockett ha* return' oil from Manassas, where she has! b the guest '■> the past three weeks of Mrs. EUis Cornwell. —o— Marriage \nnouncetl .\D-<. » a ' i* Du up announces the mani gi of -r daughter.! K:■ a. t" Mr. Ma n T Padgett,! on 's.-iturday. March I Tim bride, was • "’ractively gowned in wh\e. 1 only at-| ’a:-, w ro The ther-in-lawi ■ 1 le, Mr. \1 Kilwa ' Finch. — n— Snffi rs Serii.us In juries M A. Baber is confined to h* " !~ m on Vest street by se-j r.uus • juiies. as the result of a fall which nr uned at the corner Payne and Queip streets, where improv mentis to the street are living completed. —o— Announce Marriage Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Merchant announce the marriage of their daughter. Margaret, to Mr. Wil iam Edwin Bowman, son of Mr. and Mrs. .Fames Bowman, of Mt. .Jackson, m Saturday, March Ml, at Rockville. Maryland. The cer emony was performed by the Rev. Xowiun B. Harmon, pastor of tiie M ‘thodist Episcopal Church, Socth. After a short wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. Bowman are at home at 7<H XortFi Washington street. —o— Vr>. Hammersley 111 Mis. William E. Hammersley P critical!' ill a> her home, cor ral >f Payne and Cameron —o (.ii» st From !exas Miss Edwina Griffith, of T?r rv!l, Texas, has "returned to Fairmont Seniiunrv. Washington, after sp tilling Easter with Dr. , t d M'-s. Joh^ Thornton Ashton, i Rosemont. —o— Mr. Dare Here Mr. Edgar l> ’e. <>f the l'niver-1 ity of Virginia.^.* the gue<t of hi- parent-. Mr. and Mm C. E. hare, in Rosemont. —o— tin* -t Prom Washington Mis Vivian Bowie, of Wash ington. is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Merchant, on South Wi-ffiington street. —o— Kt turns to \urora Hills Mr. and Mrs. James S. Maddux have i ■■turned to their home in Aurora Hills, after spending the ixv nter in Washington. —o— Entertains at Bridge Mrs. William A. Moore enter t-lined a* Bridge on Saturday af ternoen at her home in Rose mont. —o— Gmst From New York Mil. Car! von Zldinkski. ot New Yerk. is the guest of her -istir. Mrs. Georg M. Andertoti.l in Braddock. It-turn From Newport News Mr. ami Mrs. Charles I.am • , retur ’ t< their apart meat a thi Wjtga". ter spend rt N ws. Vfter counting the hairs on the heads of tie women stu doiits, two professors of the l ni \ •> -litv of Munich found the aver age to he from 00.000 to 70,00c hairs a head. Chevrolet AND Nash Sates Service Parts Myers Bros. 11.) NORTH PITT STREET Phone 1194 l - — --— The American Agricultural Chemical Company Sucressor tc» Alexandria Fertilizer & Chemical Company Manufacturers and Importers L Fertilizers and Fertilizer Materials Factory and Oflioe Alexandria, Virginia To Make Bachelors Care For Children Paris. April 2.—It seems that every one in- France is at libelt\ to submit ideas to the authori ties calculated to check the con st atnly decreasing birth rate. At any rate some very fantastic rent edies are being put forward, the latest of which is directed again st bachelors. Contrary to the usual proposi tions along this line which sug gest a tax on,all young nu-n who are unmarried or childless at a certain age, th> new project pro poses to make the bachelors the guardians of the children of others. One article in the pro jest s«y>i “Children after the first born, shall be given by the parents of bachelors who /shall be called : uncn to provide for theii warns, feed and clothe them, pay for iiyir education and in general act as their fathers until they reach the age of 21.” Already this project is begin ning to worry the bachelors and feelers have been sent out as the advisability of forming a bach elors’ union to protect against any such measures. . — j Vassar Girls Elect to Champion Wet Cause Phiadelphia, April 2.—Vassar debaters are opposed to prohibi tion and they insist upon uphold ing the ejffinnative of the ques tion “Resolved. That the Eigh teenth Amendment to the Con stitution of the United States Should be Repeated. The girls will debate with the ITnivprsit.v of Pennsylvania, on April 1-1 ond they are anxious to take another SCaip, as they have won every contest against male debaters so far. The debate was to be a non-de cision affair, but Yassos objected, <o the audience will be asked to decide the victor. “The young women are certain ly casting tradition overboard when they forsake the cause of the white ribbon.” Carl Smith I low,president of the University Debate Council, said. “It has usually been the ac cepted practice of young women in the past to wave the prohibi tion banner. \Ye will be laboring under a severe handicop. for we will not only have to convince out fair rivals that the Eighteenth Amendment must not be tamper ed with, but we must convince | them that prohibition is right.’ . _ Youthful Cousins Are Experts in Astronomy London, April 2—Some families seem to have a peculiar talent along one line. Thus the I’itts, the Cannings and the Adamses excelled in statesmanship, the Brontes in literature, and Barry mores on the stage. Now the name of Abbott is likely to be come synonymous with England s achievements in astronomy. Already William Nelson Abbott It! years old, who is now living in Athens and is a member of two astronomical societies is credited with the discovery that Beta Ceti was blazing with the brillancy of a star of the first magnitude. But his fame is in danger of being eclipsed by that of his cousin, Jasper Abbott, who is a mere lad of 11. Jasper has been studying astronomy for two veins. He wrote for permission to sec the instruments at Green wich observatory and when 'his was granted he visited it ac companied hv his mother. The , boy was so inspired by what he , saw that ho now has his own telescope. Strangely enough the two cousins have been pursuing the same science without being aware until a few months ago that the other also was Interested in as tronomy. Both boys are descend ants of Robert Abbott- who was an eminent London scrivener in the time of Charles I. HONOR SOUTH’S WOMEN Danville, April 2.—More than 3<i years ago, Dr. B. B. Temple, a prominent physician of Dan ville .deposited in a local bank a small sum of money which, he said, he desired to form the nu cleus of a fund to be raised to provide a memorial to tha women of the Confedracy. to be erected in Danville. He held the view that the women of the South had been forgotten in the acts of recognition bestowed on the men and that the time had come; when some enduring monument to the women should be raised. That sum of money has drawn interest and today represents $500. His widow has now taken up the task of securing additional subscriptions, and she has raised $150 and hopes to swell the to tal fund to $2,500 in order that a fitting memorial can be pur chased and placed in the grounds of the Memorial Mansion. A girl usually attains her full height at the age of fifteen, and her full weight at the age of twenty. Genteel Ghost of Olden Days Haunts Hite House in Valley; Winchester, April 2—A really1 haunted house is another of the Shenandoah Valley attractions; that has not been told of—not n house of rattling chairs, flapping curtains or weird and m canny noices, hut the regular place ol, visitations of a gentleman ghost with all the trappings of days of yore. The story is attested by such men of Winchester as »Frank Bowly, a one-time well-known resident of Baltimore. Said Mr. Bowly, and his stor\ was attested by other men lisTcn ing: “1 saw the episode myself. Down the valley. 15 miles from Winchester, is the old place call ed Belle GrOve. It was foil* a portion of the* Hitd grant. (Hite was the first man to come Info the valley.) The estate once amounted to 3.200 acres. Along about 1780-8i the present build ing was burnt by Hessian prison ers from Fort T.uudoun, in-Win-, Chester. The stone was brought from Alexandria, Va. Gen.,Dan iel Morgan furnished the prison urs rtnd was an oft-time visitor to the place. “So much for that. Before the Civil War tite then owner, Jos iah Hite, was murdered by tlv slaves. His body was dragged to the smokehouse and thrown in a corner. Today the bloodstains j are still upon the flagging. As' if this were not enogh to start the shades to roaming during the strife, a negro woman was killed under almost the same circum stances. “Some time ago with a party," ' Mr. Bawly continued- "I was hunting at night. A storm came up and we took refuge in the old j place. At midnight we heard distinctly an approaching car-: riage. I was sitting at an ripen window. The rain had ceased. The crunch of the wheels upon the road, the stamping of horses and the champing at the bits were plainly audible. The carriage ‘ came to a stop in front of the house. The dogs about the place howled in distress; a footman alighted and opened the dour. Hite descended and entered the | house. I called out "Who is | there?” without an answer. .(The j carriage drove off the dogs be came quiet and I thought ^ this | was all. "In about 15 minutes the ve ---j. I_1-L hide returned; the dogs again book up their cry. The footman again opened the door. Hite, fame from the house wearily,! dragging his cane with a scratch aiu! crack down the step. Hej filtered the open door and. with the accompanying music of tiu? horses, the carriage drove off.! Silence again, and we went to. We what it was all about. Not u thing had been disturbed. The1 lamp that we had left with a, ivell-cleaned chimney was smoked as by draft. The doors and win-, lows were locked, yet we saw] the shadow of Hite enter and we saw it leave. The door had been opened, for we felt the draft both times and we know the truth of which we speak.” This genteel story has been told often down the valley, hut Mr. Bowly is the first to alio' his name to be used. He said ‘it is the truth, I swear it.”— Baltimore Sun. Monroe Doctrine Is Remembered Centennial of Great Doc trine to be Celebrated In Richmond Dichmond, April 2.—Plans for an international centennial celebration of the promulgation of the Monroe Doctrine, to he held in Richmond December 2 to I and which President Harding, Chief Justice Taft, members of the Cabinet, Governors of all States and heads of all nations have been invited to attend or be represented by official delegations, were announced by Gov. K. Ree Trinkle in a proclamation pub lished today. The celebration, planned as “a memorial of dignity and honor” to James Monroe, whose doctrine, the proclamation says, “became the new declaration of America, under whose magic power 20 re publics to the South have had their birth of freedom and their continuity of economic and poli tical progress,” will be held under the auspices of the Southern Commercial Congress. Governor Trinkle urges all pat riotic and civic organizations to cooperate in the movement, add ing: “A genuine welcome awaits all who will come within the bor ders of the Commonwealth of ,i Virginia and grateful apprecia tion will be accorded all who honor Virginia’s illustrious son and the deathless doctrine which he proclaimed.” — To Build Prison Houses . Of Norfolk Tablenacle Norfolk, April 2.—Orders were given today for racing the B’dy Sunday tabernacle here and for using the lumber in the huge building to construct dormitori ,*s and workhouses on the new pris on farm to be established on th" outskirts of the city this spring. Work on the buildings will beg::i within two weeks. City Manager Ashburner announced today. The tabernacle, which had a t - tal capaity for seating and for, standing room of over 15,000 per sons, was built in the fall of 1010 to provide a placee for the evangelist’s services.t which be gan in January, 1020. When the services were finished, the building was bought by the city of Norfolk and since that time has boon used as a munici ua! auditorium. When the City Council, two months ago, decided to establish a prison farm rather than to erect a new jail to accomodate the increasing number of prison ers. who have crowded the jail to overflowing, it was decided to erect the necessary houses from the lumber in the tabernacle. Ac commodations for 200 prisoners will be provided. PASTOR. HASTENS TO SON Richmond, March 31.— The Rev. J. R. Stodghill, Baptist clergy man, of Childcrsburg, Ala., form erly of Parksley, Va., is hurrying to Richmond to the assistance of his son, Carey H. Stodghill, sales man, 25 years old, held here as a fugitive from Wilson, N. ('., ac cording to a statement by the young man in the Police Court today. Stodghill is wanted at Wilson on the charge of passing two worthless drafts there during a recent carnival, at which he had a booth for the exhibit and sale of fountain pens. He talked to day as if he felt sure that his father would make good the amounts involved as soon as he arrived here. Thirty-five years ago American women were spending compara tively little on paint and powder, but they were spending $X,000, 0.00 a year on bustles. ---'k . . i ' Cj* * \ , r OPENING ALEXANDRIA RIDING SCHOOL Morning and Evening Classes With Competent Instructor. Private Lessons by Appointment Scale of Prices: For Class, 6 .lessons.$5.00 Private Lessons,. $1.50 per hour i Single Lesson . $1.00 Horses by the hour to experienced riders St.00 first hour, 50c each succeeding hour I)R. .1. J. GARVEY, Prop. Carrol! D. Woolf, instructor. Temporary Location rear 201 King Street For Information or Appointment Phone Alexandria 120 or 606-.I Fights For Rights of Men Married to Rich Women London, April 2.—Sir John I!ut ,-her, M. P., who is trying to 1 have the Sargent portraits of the Wertheimer family ousted f,om the National Gallery, has taken up the tight for men’s rights. When he is not engaged in lighting the hanging of these paintings or not trying in Com mons to suppress Socialistic* Sun day schools, he lights the* battle of the poor men who marry rich rich women. He says that the husband does not have an equal standing in law with women, and he is in spired to make that remark by the fate of the captain who mar ried an American woman who as pired to be the best dressed wo man in Europe. • Says Sir John: ‘‘The truth is that the position of a married woman has undergone a great change in recent years owing to legislation. The wife now has complete control of her own prop erty and the law whereby the poor husband is held responsible: - ..- ■ — 'or his wife's debts now seems mt of date. Nowadays, when a nan Ininas a divorce petition ipainst his wife, even though ne should be successful, he is forced to bear all the costs of lie ease. Vet when the wife brin^ 4 divorce suit and fails it is the nan who must pay.” Sir John thinks it absurd, now ;hat the wife ’s established as a separate individual with the sta :us and rights of property, that bor husband should bo held re sponsible for her wronp dolnir. He demands a special parliamen tary commission to inquire how the law can be amended so as to [rjve a husband a fifty-lifty chance. Seventy-fiv'e per cent of the women are below the 3*5 standard and the rest are over. The per fect 30 figure should measurr 19 1-2 indies inside the sleeve measure. The line down the back from the base of the col lar to waist line should In* I"> 1-? I * Advertised Goods Reach Y ou Without Lost Motion | A big part of the cost of living today may be charged to lost motion, to slow, I slipshod distribution of goods, and to old-style, wasteful selling methods. I For example, every year tons of fruits and veg etables rot on the ground, because it doesn’t pay to pick them. Discouraged growers plant less the next season, and the supply of food is reduced. Mean while, consumers in the cities hear by grumble over high prices. Demand and supply are not brought together. ; Contrast, this with the handling of oranges, $1, 000,000 a year is spent for advertising by the co operative association of the California Fruit Grow | ers. A large sum; yet it is only about one-fifth of a cent per dozen—one-sixtieth of a cent for each orange sold. And this advertising has kept down the cost of oranges. To quote an official of the Exchange: 5 “The cost of selling oranges and lemons through l the California Fruit Growers’ Exchange is lower today than it was ten years ago. “In the twelve years since the first campaign was launched the consumption of t aiifornia orange-- ; has doubled. The American consumer has been taught by co-operative advertising to eat nearly twice as many oranges as before. •‘Had the orange in.lu.-try remained on the old basis, there would have been no profit in growing oranges. New acreage would not have been planted. Old orchards would most Burel.v have been uprooted and other crops planted/ j Advertising, properly done, saves money for the * consumer and makes money for the producer by driving out wasteful methods, increasing volume v and cutting down the costs of selling and distri bution. t Published by The Gazette in co-nperation with The Ameriean Associatinn oi Advertising Agencies, I