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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY OREGON'IAX, PORTLAND; AUGUST 13, 1923 FOREIGN CAPITALS AND OTHER CITIES CONTRIBUTE GOSSIP MTASHINGTON. D. C BATHERS READY FOR WHEELBARROW RACE. FRENCH FULFILL PROMISE NAPOLEON MADE TO NAVY Supreme Court Established at Saar Louis. Birthplace of Celebrated Marshal Under Emperor. WASHINGTON SOCIETY BEGINS TO FACE ABOUT FOR HOME Every Steamer From Europe Brings Back Group of Social Leaders. Resorts Soon Will, Be Deserted. 16 .RI5. Au. 1 2. By the Asso ciated I'ress.) The promise made by Napoleon to Marshal Ney 177 yarn ago has Just been ful filled by the rommllon governing e Saar valley, under supervision oC the league of nation. The com mission has authorised the tnalitu tton of a luprane court at fur Lnni. the celebrated marshal's birthplace. It la a town of less than lO.noe Inhabitants, which was the old cap ita) and' military stronghold when tha Saar was it French province. When General Manitln passed ttroua-h Faar with his troop on the way to the Rhine some of the old inhabitants who retained French sympathies reminded hti-i of the emperor's promise. "Hut I'm not Vapofron's successor." General Manitln reptled. "and the judiciary ia not my line. I will pass on the riiet in the proper authorities." enera! Jlintln was relieved of his command In the Rhtneland he fir he could take steps In the mat ter, hut the ,ijr comm'selon found no objection to the project, since it was not only gratifi-tng to the town of Saar Ixtuis. but wa considered of real utiitty. Four-hundred children from the French devastated regions this week are disport ing themselves royally where royalty did before the war wrecked so many thrones. They are on an out In a: at the magnificent Chateau at IrvliSc. near Met, which belonged to ex-Kmperor Wi'llam and which Is now part of the ttortal domain of France. This chateau was one of the ex- emperor favorite dwelling places It formerly contained rich French tapestries, which were removed Jus before the arm! Mice, alone with most of the. furnishings. The ch teaa will be devoted to the recrea tion of children from northern nnc during summer seasons. The fight between Georges Car- pentier. European heavyweight box ing champion, and "Battling" Sikl. rre senegalese aspirant for heavy weight honors, scheduled for Sep tember 10. may leave unsettled the much discussed question of Car- pentier's ability as a fighter, but a! readv there Is assurance that it will confirm his own keen business sense and that of his manager. Francois L'efcamp. A huge permanent arena, seating ." ec-i-ctator. wllj he built for this event. Carpentler and Descamps each hold IOO.iMO francs of the atock in this enterprise. Together they no'a j per cent of all the stock and X" K-arr.ns Is one of the directors. tarpentler has been guaranteed ! Ptt-j rrancs as his shire of the purse, in addition to : per cent of the sate receipts which he will re civ by virtue of being a share holder. Georges ia etlll busy being filmed In England and has not begun train ing for the bout. lie does not ex pect to be free before August 10. -Battlirg" Sikl. who possesses wonderful natural strength, but is rather awkward with his flats, has been spirited away to Brittany, by Manager Hellers in order to get him away from the seductive glare of brightly Illuminated cafes In Par'a. with their gay company, ee Six hundred thousand persona rtnee the war have visited the grotto at Lourdes. attention to which was called by the recent ac cident of two trains filled with pll inr'ms to that celebrated faith heal ing resort. ' A great many of these visitors are American tourists who run over from Pan to witnose the' unique spectacle of thousands of pilgrims with candles forming a procession to the grotto, singing "Ave Maria." Ten. thousand persons at one time chant the credo, while dozens of cr-oseea and flrure of the Virgin Mary are lighted up on the moun tain top above the famous cathe dral. The entrances to the chapel and the spring of heaJing water be-1 GOTHAMITES ORGANIZE GRUB HUNT TO FEED MR. PLATYPUS Duck-Billed Freak of Bronx Zoo Reason for Unique Foraging Par ties. While Police Chase Deer Through Gty. BT JESSIE HENDERSON'. COopyrlght. 1923. by The Oregon tan. NEW YORK. Aug. 12. Of course the weather is awfully hot. with dally thunder ahowera. but H Is exactly the sort of weather la which the white srob thrives. This ia forunate, for a goodly por tion of New Tork'a populace la en gaged these days In stealing up on the white grab, pouncing on Its neck and conveying-' It In triumph to the duck-billed platypus from Australia. Let It not be supposed that the populace does this from either love of sport or of the rare bird-flsh-anlmal waiting hungrily at the Bronx xoo. The populace has gone Into the white grub hunt with all the enthusiasm which an offer of 2 for 100 grubs is calculated to arouse. But what would you? platy must live. And this Australian crit ter is the only one of its kind tn all America, so when George W. Platy pus began to sulk because of his grubless diet the volunteer corps of grub catchers was hastily organ . iaed. Vou've got to hand it to nature, haven't you? Both animal and hu man. Not only does the platypus have a bill like a duck and fur like a beaver and eggs like a hen. but it also can tell at a glance the salient points of difference between a w hite grub and a gray one, or one tinged a deep cream. Mercenary grub catchers who seek to slip a brown caterpillar or a handful of capsules Into the platypus diet are merely wasting their lime. While the ordlnsry citixen has been chasing the white grub over moor and farm the motorcycle po I'Cm of this and adjoining towns have been hunting the Ziegfeld deer over wood and w lid. Flo Ziegfeld. who figures prominently In the news every now and again, has a summer borne up the Hudson. There Is a deer park on the place. A young doe. in frisky mood, led the motor cycle squad the other night across front lawns, down lanes and over stone walls In the general direction of Broadway. At last It Jumped into a motorcar and out again and van ished Into the blue distance like tbe Prince Ixuts Henry de Chartereux de Bussigny de Bourbon. The prince was something else again. Accompanied by aa ax-aaii- a tow the cathedral are almost blocked by t.iUs of crushes that have been cast off by cr;ppie mho have walked a ay from the grotto Un aided Several trains. each carrying' from ') to 1000 persons, are now! arriving at I.urjes daily. A movement Is on foot among American veterans of the French f-reln !fZ!-n to hold a reunion of survivor in Pari In 19J4 during the neek of July II. which HI be the tenth anniversary of the Fr neh Kovernmen t's decision to accept for eign votunteers In the legion for the duration of the war. The mini mum service previously had been five year. Survivors of the I -a Fayette Es cadriiV probably will be ai-aed to partu-'pate In the reunion, as they ir,- tr.-hnicaily member of the for eign ieirion. Ahou: i-'l American citixens en listed in trW legion and one-third of that number were killed In a tlou l.lru'enant Ed3ar J. Botiligny of New . leans, president of the Asnc!t!i-n of American Volunteers wfci.'h was formed just after thi arm Is ice. is taking charge of ar rangement for the reunion. Mohslgnor Terrell, pspal nuncio to I'h'I. tr the latet victim of the housing crisis in the French cspital. Tharks to the bp;tallty of Count Mim-eia Pabln. Peruvian minister to Switzerland. Monslgnor Cerretl's difficulty was solved temporarily hv Ms acceptance of the hospitality of the diplomat's mansion in Avenue Kleher. But for reasons easily un derstood the poke's representative neek to convy the Idea of per manency In cor-nctlon with his m'ston. to he has been La search of a suitable permanent habitation. He recently opened negotlstlona for the purchai-e of Prince Radxl will's mansion, also In Avenue Richer. The deal was almost com pleted, when, as often happens In tnes-e days of the uncertain value of money, the price vts raised 5n.O00 francs. He was obliged to abandon the purchase of the house, which later was bought by former Ameri can Ambassador Wallace. Winter modes now being shown In Paris differ only In detail from those of spring and summer. Skirts krr long but not radically so. usu ally extending to the ankle. The waist line, however, is rising again. and rext season Jt will be almost back to Its normal posit on. Sleeves are slightly altered, being full above the elbow and tight from the elbow to the wrist. There Is a new idea In skirts. They are spilt in front out otherwise they are like those of last season, being cut straight up and down with great fullness accentuated when the wearer walks. Dressmakers are trying hard to make next winter a season of color. Much brow n, old gold and green are being shown, but black continues popular. Park, green and blue will be extensively used for afternoon dressea One of the younger enterprising designers has introduced a dress with a three-quarter length coat in place of the three-piece suit with which he made such a success last year. It promisee to be equally smart. The new materials Include eilk. veivet and velveteen, the former for afternoon and evening gown and the latter for afternoon only. The young designer, mentioned above, has resurrected the backless gown, which Is more backless than ever, the bare space extending from one side of the back to the other. - A British officer who conducts one of the largest establishments In the Rue la Paix ha Introduced Kgyptlan and Hindu motives In eve ning gowna with turbans of metal cloth to match and tiaras of Imi tation stones. Short fur coata of inexpensive skins will be worn extenaively this winter. Evening gowns wlil be more elaborate than ever, the idea being that women will go In for a more "dressy" appearance next season. or. a princess, a monkey, an Ital ian wolfhound, a sword and a uni form gaudy enough to break off an eye. his highness established him selr in an apartment uptown. When arrested on a charge of disordsrly conduct he said he was the rightful neir to the throne of France. Some one. however, asked If he wasn't a native of New Britain. Conn., with me accent somewhat on the "con. and whether he ever had worked in a New Britain munitions factory. " ithout a word his highness stalked from the court and kept on stalking til! he had achieved a visi bility sufficiently low so that the ex-sailor -has been unable to see him long enough to return the wolf hound and the monkey, or to ask how about that $50 which his high ness borrowed. The princess melted away at about the same moment. There's a moral of some sort in all this if the weather weren't too warm for digging it out. Perhaps it has something to do with not put ting- your trust in princes. .Meanwhile Commissioner Enright is awfully Indignant because a fed eral attorney wants to know what became of Si out of 100 esses of Scotch which the police seised on a motorboat. The 100 cases were to have been held as proof against the rum runners. But some time be tween the moment when the police boat nosed alongside the bootleg glng motorboat and the moment when the proof was turned over to federal authorities an even 65 cases of excellent Scotch Juat up and van ished. It is all very mysterious, and En- right is considerably vexed over the fact that aomeone said maybe his cops knew more about it than they were letting on to know. Flnright Intimates that his police men are too busy to" take a chance or a drink. This may be so. At any rate his merry men are mighty busy at this moment arresting mo torists who have neglected to equip themselves with "warning cards." Tou must carry these official rarda which bear a picture of yourself and which bristle with all sorts of offi cial adages, comments and regula tions. Every time a traffic officer warns yon about this and that he notes, the fsct on your card, and altogether the thing sdds to the complexity and vexation of life In bis city. : - ; " -III I tl . .. .. .... . .. ejwatiOjwaeMOe. a .tseOXj. .Wa jWifawio j Os y ewe aaark. get et. (! These f OHIO PRIMARIES DECLARED PROOF WOMEN FIGHT WETS Dry Sentiment in State Is Said to Be Apparently Overwhelming. New York and New Jersey Yet to Decide. BT CAROLYN VANCE. (Copyrisht. t;2. by The Oregonlan ) w ASH I N'GTON. D. C. Aug. 11. (Specia Returns from theT; Ohio primaries this week serve to put a decided check upon an Ill-timed effort to spread the propaganda that the women of the country are turning against pro hibition and wagt a modification of the. Volstead act. - With women voting in Ohio the dry sentiment seemed to be over whelming. The issue Is still to be settled tn New York and New Jer sey. An emissary of the modification forces, now In Washington, has called down on her bead the opin ion of women workers In politics and other civic movements that she la decidedly an anachronism. The protagonist of light wines and beer, like a dripping mermaid aris ing from a wet, wet sea, appeared here with the weighty title of "Na tional Director af the Women's Com mittee of the National Liberal Alli ance." Her name is Miss Helen Baughan and she announced, with out cracking a smile, that she be lieved a majority of the women throughout tbe country favor modi fication of the dry laws. She may have sources of informa tion which are convincing, but the writer has found It difficult to find any woman leader, except those tn the business of disseminating wet propaganda, who will come out openly and declare herself In favor of light wine and beer. Wet Is Found on here. Women leaders at the headquar ters of the former militants, the national woman's party, were ques tioned as well as the women of the rival faction, the league of women voters. Women at the headquarters of both the democratic and republic an parties were asked for their wet or dry opinions with the same re sult. Nowhere could a wet be found and all of those who were willing to talk on the subject were not only dry. but violently so. And yet Miss Baughan says: Most of the women with whom I have talked on the subject of pro hibition say that they oppose con tinuation of the present drastlt laws. They claim that they did not realize what had been meant until Wnaee4 and nry rebel being led :-.y?; iynffkh-i " M - i "' -fI 'i?---h ' '? V 1 :;: L j ' .-'w ' t' - 1 J V- - - " - . . 'f er riusnea By victory arrer the recent Baltic Tor anpremary In Dublin. Like rata In a trap, this man and enraaa fought until driven from the wrecked building by flames, their leader captured and hopes arone. Hots the wouada On the face of the prisoner being aupported. by the enemy. six roans: ladlea display perfect forxa running- over the burning sands on your manicured hands the law had actually been put into effect and then they discovered that it was entirely too drastic. They t-k. nf not realizing the difference between prohibition and temperance and in trying to achieve the latter they were misled into favoring the former. Most of them now realize the terrible consequences of indul gence In the vile bootleg concoctions of today and are worried about the effects upon the next generation They know that bootlegging and all its attendant evils are the natural accompaniments of such prohibition laws as the Volstead act and they want to get back to a system that will make rel temperance possible." "Women have put too many drunkards to bed,' says Mrs. Har riet Taylor Upton, leader of the re publican women, "ever to be In fa vor of anything but strict prohibi tion." lee ef Influence Urged. "It's up to the women to get. into the parties." says Mrs. Emily Newell Blair, . leader of the democratic women, "and make their influence felt in deciding the wet and dry is sue. You would think to hear all this talk of wet and dry issues th.at getting a man a drink was the most important thing in the world today while settling the national debts and the recovery of the economic sta bility of the world were problems that would have to wa't until the wet and dry question was decided In this country. The wets injected the issue Into the congressional cam paign and it is up to the dry? to defend themselves. It's too bad that the wet and dry Issue is beclouding the political situation while far graver problems are in need of so lution." "The League of Woman Voters." says Mrs. Maud Wood Park, "has made no study of the effect of pro hibition on home life and the wel fare of children and my work has given me no opportunity for special observation In that field. I can only repeat the story one of my friends tells of a radiant faced mother she saw not long ago in the two-bed pay ward of a city hospital. The mother had borne one other child In teiat hospital, but in the crowded free ward. With touching pride she called my friend's attention to her baby's dainty frock. " 'That dress la every stitch liand- PHOTOGRAPH DEPICTS CASUALTIES IN IRISH WAR. e from the amok lag and hnrnlna Four la the wheelbarrow race they are about to run. Looks easy, but just try made.' she said. 'I had a real outfit for this baby. I call it my prohibi tion outfit and this time Jim cornea to see the. baby and me every day.' "It is not easy to imagine that mother working to bring back even light wine and beer and the mothers of the nation are no more likely ta nullify the 18th amendement than they are to demand the cultivation of typhoid ' germa in the water science has purified. "The League of Women Voters is heartily in favor of the enforcement of laws from the time they are put on the statute books." Mary Anderson," director of wom en's bureaus of the United States department of. labor; Grace Abbott, chief of the children's bureau of the United States bureau of labor; Mrs. Blair Bannister, second in command In the woman's department of th democratic headquarters, and Mist Eleanor Brannon, treasurer of the national woman's party, all have I come out strongly for enforcement Cannon Balls Abandoned by Fremont Unearthed. Rellea Taken o Headquarters of Mono National Forest at Min drn, Nev. M'2 DEN, Nev., Aug. 12. (By the Associated Press.) A discov ery of cannon balls in the Mono na tional forest where he expected to find gold led A. Fergusson, a pros pector. to wonder what battle In American history had take plac; there, but investigation proved that they were merely relics of General John C. Fremont's expedition to California in 1844. Although not well versed In early California history, A. Fergussoa, an overseas veteran, immediately rec ognized the character of two steel spheres he dug from the gravel in a small ravine not far from Fales Hot Springs in Mono county. Call fornia. They were "two-pounders," once a standard piece of ammunl tion in the American artillery, and only slightly rusted from their years of repose in the ground. General Fremont's diary records that 'on January 28, 1844, he was obliged to abandon his howitzer at a point in Deep creek, a canyon so precipitous that only men and mules could navigate it. This place is about eight miles north of where the cannon balls were discovered, so it is supposed General Fremont abandoned his howitzer ammunition as of no further use. The relics were taken by Ranger Atcheson to headquarters of tbe Mono National Forest at Mlnden. :.oylaWWSAv Pnoto Copyngnt oy ETnderwood. Courts bulldlno: by free state troop Photo Copyright by Underwood. Pasadena Municipal Open Air Dance Popular. Three Privately Owned Public Halls Forced to Close. TJASADENA," Cal., Aug. 12. (By X7 the Associated Press.) A mu nicipal open air dance so successful that three privately owned public dance halls were forced to close ia attended by more than 1000 persons every Friday night at the Tourna ment of Roses park. The dance, held by the city of Pasadena, dxaws visitors from a dozen surrounding towns, including many persons from Los Angeles. 11 miles distant. The admission price, 10 cents, is low enough that a family of five can dance all evening in- the cool open air for a half dollar. And families do take advantage of the city-upervlsed. dance. Gray-haired men and women. mlddJe-aged per sons, rich people, poor people, flap pers and even small children gather here, and can be seen dancing old fashioned waltzes and the latest "Jazz" steps in the two large tennis courts on which the dance Is held.. Durlrrg the two months that dances have been held at the park not one person has been ordered from the park for improper conduct. Persons who haven't danced "for years.' now never miss a Friday night at the park. At 11 o'clock the music stops and everyone must leave. A large automobile park, operated by the city without charge to the dancers, is always filled, to over flowing, and while the dance is in progress the streets about the park for several blocks are lined witn automobiles belonging to the dancers. The floor, made smooth by ap plying soap chips, is claimed'! as suitable to dance on as any ball room floor, while the music, fur nished by an eight-piece orchestra, is declared by tbe dancers, espe cially the youngsters, to be "Jazzy." Islanders Celebrate Fall of Paris Bastile. French South Sea Colony of Tahiti Hold Gay Observance. PAPEETE, Tahiti. Aug. 12. (By the Associated Press.) Songs in a dying language, unintelligible to half the singers themselves and to the greater number of the listeners, with dances of a bygone day, in the French South Sea colony of Tahiti, featured the native celebration July 14, commemorating the fall of the bastile In Paris in 1789- Gaily dressed throngs attended the performances at which prizes were awarded to the competitors from the different districts. Some of the districts, their leg ends and even their language lost by the passing of the elders of the tribes, substituted European words and music for the ancient epics. The fete lasted for several days, singing and dancing peing varied by canoe and horse races, athletic contests and illuminated night re gattas on the harbor. This year s celebration of Basttie day was preceded by an American ball on July 4', wnich proved so pop ular that it is likely to become an annual event in Tahiti. Stage World of Germany . Hit by Hard Times. Hundreds of Aetora and Act resses Virtually Thrown Into Street. B1 EPtLlN, Aug.. 1?. (By, the Asso ciated Press.) Unusually hard times have fallen upon the stags world of Germany. The economic differences which have been distressing- tne theatrical managers vbr clnn.. the revolution lmve thrown hundreds of actors and ac- tresses virtually into the streets ana at the same time closed many the aters. Today numerous directors are waiting until almost curtain for the winter season -before entering into Contracts for the members of their casta. The artists themselves have been so hard- pressed- for means of gaining a livelihood that they have been turning to other work. In one town In the occupied territory an actor who once played leading hero parts has taken up the pick of a coal miner rather than stoop to a minor part on the stage or accept a salary which would be low com pared -with a miner's wage. This In stance is eaid- to bo typical. BY BETTY BAXTER. , (Copyright, 1922. by The Oregonlan.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 121 (Special.) Washington soci ety, after wandering- in the four corners of the earth for the last few months', is beg-inning to turn Its face toward home. Every steamer from, 'Europe Is bringing back a group of social leaders and another week or two will find many from the "various resorts coming home. Then the members of the lower house of congress, most of whom have been home campaiging and at tending" to their political fences, are packing up, very unwillingly, to come back, as the house convenes again on Tuesday after a special summer recess. And yet. if on goes to. any of the popular summer resorts, it looks as though almost all of Washington were there. I've just returned from from a motor trip to Hot Springs, Va., and at the dance there the night I arrived It was difficult to realize I was not In some Washington ball room. Pretty Marcia Chapin, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Chapin, was having a beautiful time with a group of young people, while Mrs. Chapin was equally popular with an older group. Marcia had on a very sweet gown of white panne velvet. I noticed j several velvet gowns, tnough it was iimiiuiiuuri, must ui lli:iil WllILQ LIIU others all black. Marcia's gown was very smart. It had the boat-shaped neck, but it dropped off the shoul ders a wee bit and was finished with a shaped bertha about three inches wide of the velvet. The bertha was slit over the shoulders. The skirt was very full, reached to the ankles, and had a hoop effect over each hip. The bodice fitted closely and yet easily ana joined the skirt with a fine cord covered with the velvet. Mrs. Chapin's gown was of gray taifeta. The skirt was long and full, but in front there was a full yoke, on which the fullness was gathered, and in the back the fullness was tucked up a bit to suggest a bustle. One party at the dance comprised the Peruvian Ambassador and Mme. Pezet: Mme. Riano, wife of the Spanish ambassador, the Harry Wardmans, Ord Preston, G. B. 'Cec cato of the Italian embassy staff. Dr. Charles Bruggman of the Swiss legation and one or two others. Mrs. Wardman's gown attracted much attention that night. It was of white satin of a rather stiff va riety, made with a circular skirt that reached about to the line of high shoe tops. Beginning at the hip line and running around the skirt were three tiers of ruffles each about five inches wide, of accordion-pleated brown tulle. Simi lar . ruffles finished the elbow sleeves. The girdle was of stiff moire taffeta ribbon of a deep alice blue and the two sash ends were wide, stiff and about two. Inches apart and fell down the back of the skirt. It looked like a dress of a decade, at least, ago. Everything about it was very stiff and prim looking. So far as I could see, most of the entertaining was being done by our social leaders. The Pezets gave a i ANOTHER HOOSIER AUTHOR IS LABOR SECRETARY DAVIS Book Just Out Discussed in Washington Literary Circles and Praised, Written Solely for Benefit of Davis, Jr. , BY R. T. S. (Copyright, 1922. by The Oregonlan.) w ASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 12. Secretary of Labor "Jim my" Davis hasn't any ene mies, but he has written a pooh. It was distributed In Washington the past week and has been much discussed in official and literary circles. Another Hoosier author," they say, for although he was born in Wales and is accredited as coming severally from Pittsburg and Moose heart. 111., Secretary Davis likes t claim his long residence In Indiana, where he got his first taste of pub lic life by being elected recorder of Madison county in 1902. 'Jimmy" is an unintentional au thor. He wrote his book, like the successful merchant, as a series of letters to his son. The son is only 4 years old at present, but the secre tary felt that when he grew up he should know how his father fought his way up in life from the very pits of the iron mills. The book is called "The Iron Puddler ' and the announcement of it says that it tells the life story of James J. Davis, "written that his son might know the pit from which the fattier was digged, and with no other purpose or intention." At the secretary's request. It was stated, "a distinguished literary man" read the manuscript and was so impressed by it that he urged Its mmediate publication. Moved but not convinced, Mr. Davis took other friends Into his confidence. All were of like opinion; hence the book. To a party of friends at dinner Thursday night Secretary Davis con fided that the "distinguished liter ary man" referred to was none other than Booth Tarkington. Hav ing been introduced to the world of authors under the patronage of so splendid a writer, the secretary felt that there must be some merit in Ms work and already he has been rewarded with the warm praise and congratulations of his friends. In the language of the da', Mr. Davis is known as "a go-getter." He Joined the Loyal Order of Moose in 1906 and a year later was director-general of the organization, a position he holds to this day. As to the origin of his name Mr Davis tells that in Wales David and Davies are favorite names, prob- abily because David whipped Goli ath and mothers named their babies after the champion. It is fitting in this connection that in the - very first chapter of his book young Da vis whipped the town bully of J!' - onf B??, .,Durjf n who had called him "Little Boy Blue, and wanted tp know if his mother knew, he was out. Mr. Davis passed through the im migrant station at Ellis Island. N. Y., when he was 8, one of a family of six children. Forty years later he became a member of the cabinet of the United States. Speaking of Booth Tarkington. Senator New tells an interesting story of the first time he ever saw the youngster who"-in after years was to become the greatest por trayer of child life the country has known for many years. Senator New related the incident a few days ago at a, dinner given by John T. lunch' -e day after the dance oi't at V iew farm. Mme. Pe?.pt wor n of white satin, a hit stif. ut not an stiff as tli satir rs. Wardman's pown of the .before. TIip bodice its darted and had touches of' 11h U about the neck and sleeves. Tin skirt had panels of the satin down each side, caught to the skirt at tin hip line with odd-shaped pieces' of black satin. Her hat was medium sized black straw and on her arm was a black chiffon cap made of two tiers of chiffon. When worn it fell in points in front and had a stiff upstanding collar of the chif fon with huge rose3 of chiffon about it. The week in Washington was marked by the usual number of par ties, more or less informal, of course. The largest party I can think of right now was given by Mrs. John W. Harreld and Mrs. Tasker Oddie, wives of senators. They had as their guests the women of the sen ate organization, entertainjng them at luncheon at the Commonwealth farm at the Sandy Springs road, about 15 or 20 miles in Maryland, where Mrs. Harreld is spending the summer. Several of the guests wore black that afternoon. It seemed to be the outstanding color. Mr3. Car raway looked well in a black and white gown and Mrs. Thomas P. Gore had on a black velvet sport jacket with a white skirt and blouse and a small black hat. "Once a member, always a member," is the motto of the women of the senate. you know, and several of them, like Mrs. Gore, retained their member ship despite the vicissitudes of politics which have sent their hus bands back to private life. Mrs. Arthur Capper, who always wears lovely clothes, had on a white sports dress banded with emerald green and a small white hat. Mrs. Oddie. one of the handsomest women in the senate circle, was in dark blue and white with a big black hat. Mrs. Morris Sheppard was an attractive picture in black and white and Mrs. Harreld's white crepe gown was made with pleated panels on the side, a big red hat trimmed in lus cious red cherries contributing a gay note of color. Mrs. George Wharton Pepper,, beautifully gowned In thin dark blue satin, severely siinrrlc. and wearing one of the smart n lace veils with her small' black lu'i hurried in very late. But there were other parties. Ti Bolivian minister unrl STme. Balli vain had a dinner at the Spruce I inn in Maryland Sunday ecpnin" The next day the seer-tary of Ma r Charles Evans Hughes had lunc' eon for Dr. Sullivan Miller Collier United States ambassador to Chile who was in Washington for a few days. The Serbian minister and Mme. Grouitch had a dinner party Wednesday. The new charge d'af faires of the French embassy. Count De Chambrun, entertained at lunch eon; Senator Phipps had a dinner party and there was just a steady stream of parties given for Miss Sarah Spencer of Chicago, who is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Pern-, broke Thorn, ending -with a dance given by Mr. and Mrs. Thorn last evening at their lovely place on the Pierce Mill road. Adams, chairman of the republican national committee. "I won't tell you how long- ago it was," said the senator, "but I guess I am a little older than Booth and that is why I remember my first view of him so well. It was at his home-in Indianapolis. I saw a tiny figure emerge from around the cor ner of a frame house. "All I could see at first was a pair of boots. Aly first impression was that the boots were taking their wearer somewhere. He hadn't grown up to them at all, but it was plain to see he was proud. And why shouldn't he be? They were red top boots and they had copper toes. Boys -who have grown up since the days of the red-top boots have never know the real thrill that comes but once in a lifetime. "After getting an eyefull of Booth's boots I then looked at Booth," continued the senator. "He had on a little white dress. The combination of that dress and the boots made a picture which has never gone from my memory. Booth was about 3 years old. We became friends at once and have always remanied so." As Indiana seems to have the floor today it may not be amiss to relate one more story emanating from and appertaining to the Hoosier state. The story was called forth by the fact that George Lock wood, secretary of the republican national committee, admitted at the Adams dinner that he had spent a goodly part of his young and event ful life In Peru, not the South American Peru, but Peru, Indiana, and thereby hangs the tale. It Beeras that George Ade, or per haps it was Booth Tarkington, to gether with a friend from George Lockwood's home town, were tour ing Europe a few years before the world war and somewhere in the wilds of the black forest, or some where, they chanced to meet Vis count Lascelles, who married Prin cess Mary a few months ago. Las celles is described as being at I in time an almost exact countervail of Lord Dundreary tall. heurdeil and drawly. There were introductions ;i i ' around and Lascelles ww Intensted to know where the foreigners came from. Tarkington announced that he was from Indianapolis and his friend announced he was from Peru "Ah. how -very, extraordinary!" remarked the viscount; "do you know I have always wanted to go oui to Peru, you know, for I've always wanted to shoot an inca. or some thing." Indiana is a great old state. I: also boasts a town called Santa Claus. If the viscount had meet a Hoosier from that neck of the woods he would probably have wanted to know if he was a descendant of Father Christmas. Russia Boasts of Trillionaires. PBTROGRAD. Russia now boasts of several "trillionaires." These men are those who have made fortunes in Russian currency and count thi3 wealth 1n astronomical figures. One speculator is credited with profits ct $4,000,000 which amounts to V5t 000,000.000,000 rubles. He is putting his wealth into gold, silver and Jew els and the stabler currencies of foreign countries.