Evening Star Newspaper, October 9, 1921, Page 47

tTales of Well In Social and Official Life Cost of Living and High Rate of Personal Taxes Give Herrick Home in Paris—Senator Kellogg Well Mr. Myron T. Herrick, ambassador to France, after passing the last six months shifting about in hotels and taking up temporary leases, has at last secured an establishment for his embassy which Is commensurate with his needs. Thanks to the increased cost of living and the high rate of personal taxes, the Prince and Princess Ame- dee de Broglie have been compelled to rent their splendid palace in Ave- nue de Messine adjoining Parc de Monceau in Paris and have withdrawn to their ancient chateau at Chau- mont. Mr. Herrick has obtained a four-year lease and took possession at once. The Palais de Broglie, though in the older part of Paris and in & section which has been superseded in popularity, much as Lafayette Square and lower 16th street have been in Washington, is nevertheless a most desirable residence and con- tiguous to Boulevard Haussman and Avenue Henri Martin, where some of the most dignified and distinctive Parisian homes are located. It con- tains the usual number of state drawing rooms which may be thrown together for levees and the banquet hall opening on a lovely old walled garden is large enough even for Mr. Herrick's generous conceptions of his duties as representative of the great estern republic. Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Whitehouse, who are promi- nent members of the American em- bassy set, are occupying the home of Mr. Whitehouse’s mother in Avenue Henri Martin, as that lady will pass the winter in London with her daugh- ter, Lady Coventry. Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt and her daughter, Mrs. Barbara Hatch, are occupying the famous Villa d'Avray, Just beyond the Arc de Triomphe in Paris and they are among the con- spicuous hostesses of the autumn. This villa, once the hunting lodge of Henry of Navarre and purchased from the Bourbon estate about fifty years ago Ly an opulent banker of Montreal, stands a token that out of America can come architects and decorators who can -vie with those of France. The present owner is Mrs. Frank Crawford of Boston and she secured the joint services of Ar. Henry Peters of Chicago and Miss Flsle de Wolfe of New York to trans- form the lodge into a perfect Jjewel of a French country home on the Louls XIV style. It is filled with fine canvases from the Barbizon school and many of the mural adornments were done by the most promising ar- tists of the French Academy. Mrs. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Hatch are giving a series of dinings and quiet recep- tions to the many Americans in Paris just now. They will remain at the Villa until after Christmas, when they remove to the fine apartment over- looking the Seine near Avenue d'Alma, which has been the winter home of the late William K. Vander- bilt and his wife for the past ten years. Among their recent guests Wwas Mme. de Navarro, so well known to the theatrical world as Mary An- son. degelllwr and Mrs. Frank B. Kellogs of Minnesota, who are comfortably estab- Jished in their home on 19th street for the winter, had made their niche in ‘Washington society before the Senator entered the upper house of legislature as the successor of Moses Edwin Clapp. As one of the ornaments of the bar of he northwest. Mr. Kellogeg frequently passed an entire winter here in special investigations, and Mrs. Kellogg enter. tained and was entertained by scores of their friends. Mrs. Kellogg was Miss Clara Cook and the marriage occurred in 1886, something which seems incred- fble in view of the youthful debonair appearance of thé senatorand her own active participation in all the ameni- tles. Their home is now in St. Paul, but the Kelloges have led the nomadic which is the lot of the politician in the northwest. For, coming from New York, the brilllant lawyer struggled up from farming into a position When he was taken into the firm of the late Cushman K. Davis, then the leading Jawyer of the state. Mrs. Kellogg pos- @esses charm of manner and a sympa- thetic interest in people. She is a lead- ing figure in social affairs, both in St. Psul and Minneapolis, and in ‘Washing- ton is among the much sought and high- 1y appreciated guests at all manner of functions. Representative and Mrs. Julius Kahn have returned after their usual fine outing about San Francisco. Mrs. Kahn has journeyed from ocean to ocean sometimes three and four time. A year for almost fifteen years, but, being a Californian, a five-day rail- road trip is not disconcerting. Mrs Kahn has been engrossed in reading recently of heat-saving devices and that King George of England has patented a grate which will add something neat to his private income when the invention is properly intro- duced. But Mrs. Kahn is of the opin- fon that neither King George nor any one less exalted can score on her country people and the grates, where for nine or ten months of the year merry pine or cedar logs crackle SOCIETY J Known Folk | s 7 Known Here. every evening after sundown. For coiled against the chimney in every iliving room are pipes, and while the |logs burn cheerily the flames heat the water for the bath or for the kitchen or for any other purpose need- ed, almost to boiling point and in any quantity desired. Many a family up! the hills above the bay has learned how to prepare a delectable meal right on these flames, and for fuel saving this appears to rank very high, one log fire doing what furnace, hot-water heater and cook stove is generally used for and doing it most satisfactorily. But the mercury does THE SUNDAY STAR, & tion. Youn; marrie Chicago and Lake Shaw, is well remembered in when his father, Col. Willlam ington, lie grounds and one of the chums of Charlie Taft and Knox boys and figured in all the amenities for the young peo- Col. Judson instituted the very excellent siu(sm of street electric the younger ple. lighting which stand out conmlcuollll{ for years be- fore other civic cente! W corporation gave the full weight of authority to the efforts of the strug- gling young city to aid the national government in & very awkward junc- ture. During the civil bullding was used variously as a fed- cral prison, a hospital and for Army supplies. The women' will find rooms of dlsposal, and scores of them, togethe: with ample ground for summer com- fort. The vast cellars contain space enough for the. archives of the or- ganization for a full century to come. The accessibility of this old “brick Capitol” to the marble halls used by Congress is by no means tte least val- uable asset of this generous dona-|house and three stories, with a man- ar the old|brary, sittin, bined, with depot party | interior perb size at their ery have for the doli sard roof. Clay Judson, who recently! Mrs. Nicholas Murray Butler, who the talented sculpjress of has been a prominent hostess all !through the summer and autumn &t :‘hl! “’le“d spot in E:lrol‘::' Dll;lfll‘ as received an unusu: nor from V. Judson, was superinténdent of w:'-mhe King of the Belgians, the grand cordon of the Order of Leo) recognition of her own activities for the Belgian cause and in token of the king’s appreciation of Dr. But- Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold is at present, pending the revival of the Golden Fleece. the most exalted of the nu- beauty with utility in choosing both!merous orders of chivalry, which are shades and pedestals and the roun-|within the gitt of King Albert, in Forest, Sylvia ‘ash- buildings. He was ler's efforts. made Washington rs, combined York, has been invited to decorate one of the living rooms, and he will adopt tyle in almost all houses on this side of the water, a Ii- and drawing room com- ed rafters and open fireplace. The unique feature of the decora eminent artists like Sargent and Sir John Lav- painted miniature portraits 1 house in the bedcha: the prevalling ber, for instance, hang clever por- traits of the royal children with their pets, while in the drawing rooms are favorite scenes of the queen's in Wales and Scotland, done in water colors. There are twenty rooms in_the doll 1d, in his hereditary office as ruler of Flant and the ancient Lowlands. ‘The late king Leopold frequently conferred the insignia on men like the late Thomas F. Walsh of Colo- rado, who aided his enterprises finan- clally, but this is the first time the Grand Cordon has been bestowed on a womai nd It gives Mrs. Butler definite rights at the Belgian court and an established rank should she desire to accept it. She is at present the guest of ‘the royal family at Laeken, but will sall within’a week for New York, where she will remain all winter. Dr. and Mrs. Butler did not, as rumor had it, purchase the villa which has been the home since early spring at Dinard, but they renewed their lease for next summer. Dinard is quite extensively owned by Americans, among the near neighbors of the Butlers being the Alexander Biddles and the Paul Drexels of Philadelphia and the stateliest hostess of the resort Ts. Hughes-Hallett, formerly Miss Emily de Schaumburg of Germantown. New York will have a large and most importane group of debutantes, and rumor has it many of them will pass part of the winter seeing the marvels which the National Capital can offer. Mr. Clarence Mackay's second daugh- ter, Miss Ellen Mackay, will, with her father and elder sister, Miss Katherine Mackay, spend nearly all of February in Washinton, and there is a hint that the venerable Mrs. John W. Mackay may also take a fleeting glance at ‘Washington while the conference for tthe limitation of armament is de- liberating. Miss Barbara Whitney and her cousin, Miss Joan Whitney, have numerous family connections here, Miss Joan Whitney being certain to m- cousin, Miss Evelyn Wadsworth. The four daughters of Couat Szenchenyi are many vears removed from the debutante age, the eldest, Cornelia, being just thirteen. But their mother will be & graceful and Important figure in the social world whilst the fate of Hungary is under discussion. As Miss Gladys Vanderbilt the countess spent a winter in Washington when she was fus: the age of her oldest daughter. Her father, Cornelius Vanderbilt, occupled the old Levi Woodbury mansion, at the corner of Vermont avenue and 15th street, so long the Department of Justice. Other New York buds who have a_ personal appeal for Washington are Miss Car- iotta_ Havemeyer, daughter of Henry O. Havemyer, once resident here, and Miss Sylvia N. Goddard, daughter of Mrs. Norton Goddard, formerly of Providence. ‘The Hon. Frederick E. Guest. who SOCIETY 2 -— share some of the fetes pianned for her | v, 3 as minister of the air service is member of the king’s privy council, 1s spending the autumn in this coun- try, having jolned his wife, formerly Miss Amy Phipps of Pittsburgh, at the Rosslyn, L. L estate recently pur- chased from Alfred I du Pont. ’ll and Mrs Guest are resting after they will come to ashington before sailing for Lon- don, they will take no part in the gayeties planned for the delecats to the conference, which convenes In November. or for the distinguished visitors. including Marshal Foch. Mrs. Guest is chatelaine of that marvelous house in Park Lane erected by th. Bouth African magnate, the late Al fred Beit, and she is ons of the mos important as well as most ponul- { hostesses of London. Bcsides, she fr | engaged in many philanthropies lik the endowing of the hospital at Jo les-Bains. in Bains, for crippled xol [dlers, both French and English. She is on terms of intimacy with Queen Mary, and frequently entertains mem- bers of the royal family at Park Lane, and also in the country geat near Richmond. In purchasing the Rosslyn place, Mr. and Mrs. Gues made it plain it was for rest and recreation and not for entertaining. not fall very low even on the high hills above San Francisco and a log fire answers more purposes there than it would here. Still heating water by the log flames is something novel in this section and worthy of imitation. ‘Washington is quite naturally much interested in the approaching mar- riage of Miss Alice Trubee Davidson and Mr. Artemus L. Gates, which will occur on some date not yet announced, soon after Christmas. Miss Davidson is the elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Davidson, and she spent several months here during the cru- cial part of the war, when her father was director of the American Red Cross. Mr. Gates was a foot ball hero in 1918, and it was at the exciting game between Harvard and Yale in that year that a casual friepdship between the two ripened into some- thing deeper. Mr. Gates was captain of the Yale eleven and swept h team into victory under heavy odd: But he was also associated with Miss Davidson in more serious work than winning the goal for his college. He was treasurer of the Red Cross at Yale and got up many entertainments and ball games to add to the Yale quota for the fund. But one succeed ingly entertaining feature stands forth, and that Is Mr. Gates’ resi- dence in a small city of Iowa, and where he will take his bride. Time was when no New York maid of prominence would dream of living In the middle west, still less in one of its minor cities. Mrs. Emma L. Gates, mother of the bridegroom prospective, is one of the solid citizens of Clinton, and has a vast fortune invest- cd in various agricultural and in- dustrial enterprises thereabouts and which she now expects her only son to manage. While Miss Davidson will find conditions amazingly different, she is, nevertheless, satisfied with the outlook. After passing the entire period of two years and a half in Manila since their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Webster are sailing for home via Hongkong and are expected in New York about the middle of No- vember. Mrs. Webster was Mi Jean Kingslety Ohl, one of the fore- most leaders in the younger set and | possessing hosts of friends in Wash- jington, where she and her parents passed so much of their time prior to the upheaval caused by the en- trance of this country into the Eu- ropean war Mr. Ohl died about three vears ago and Mrs. Ohl ha |lived very quietly at the Hotel Van Renssalaer. in New York, ever Isince. Here the Websters will join her and remain until after Christ- mas, when, unless all their plans go awry, the family will come to Wash- ington for the season proper. Mrs. Webster, according to her letters, enjoyed Manila, but the climate was trying and home will appeal to her, especially if she is greeted with snow. All the year as summer is not as alluring “as it seems when one actually experiences this con- dition. Mr.” Webster, who has been making some special {nvestigations of trade relations in_the orient, will LTI I Proper Time for FUR Remodeling Is Right Now You will need your fur gar- ments when the cool evenings ~come along. Let us put them in perfect shape for you. LI 1105 H St. NW. Phone Franklin 3683 RO Presenting for your k effects. widths. DRESS Flat Pigtail, Leathers. Above are actual drawin Beads Trimmings B Lefl Eaf 8™ ST. N.W. complete range of DRESS TRIMMINGS 1t has ever been our pleasure to offer. 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