Evening Star Newspaper, September 30, 1923, Page 50

714 ' Tales of Well Known Folk In Social and Ofticial Life Mrs. Coolidge Expected Soon to Announce Society | Season Schedulc——GIimpses of New Regime in Washington. No speculation’ proves so, fascinat-| ing as that which concerns the official season, the 'schedule of which is shortly expected from Mrs. Coolldge. Once rigidly confined hetween Janu- 'k ary 1 and sh Wednesday, the official amenities have overleaped these boun- daries, and at least three of the latest mistresses of the tand he will test and- indorse certain “vunclull(m! of thes { unique ‘THE " SUNDAY STAR, - WASHINGTON, D ‘und securing all the experts in the various lines which are to. be-inyps- tigated, will within the month et sail for the neven seas, to be gone at {least a year. No sc! requires a {more lberal expenditure of time and money, was the' conclusion of the late Prince’ of Monaco, who was the Kreatst student of the deep currents Who has ever lived, but he thought hoth could not be expended .with so great benefic as in_helping' man to quer the sea. Mr. Vanderbilt s thoroughly famillar with the results of the expeditions led by the prince before embark- ing on a distinct line of investiga- tion. Miss Sarah Hewitt ana Miss | -anor Hewitt, who, despite the| sing of fashion from their famous | home, the Hewitt mansion in New York, continue to occupy it through the winter, and to pass their sum- | iers in an equally famous home, the | tUngwood Manor, near Princeton, N. | J. These ladi who joy the | distinetion of ving been | members of the French Acad- | of Fine Arts in recognition of made found outside the Musee des Arts Decoratifs ‘in Paris. It is visited continuously by hordes “of art stu- dents, artisans, manufacturers and glass blowers, all seeking the wisdom contained in the best work of the past. These two ladies in plain black gowns, plainer hats and sturdy boots, pass hours during the winter handng down_books to students, find- ing certaln patterns for manufa turers, few of whom realize that the quiet helpful women who are called “Miss Sallié” and “Miss Nellie”. by the museum attendants are in reality their benefactors. Mr. Pierpont Mor- gan has Jjust completed for the museum founded by the daughters of | Abram S. Hewitt, the history and de- velopment of the textile arts through out the entire Christian era, with specimens and material displayed either in reality or photograph. This marvelous assortment was begun by the elder Mr. Morgan, and in his will he left the Cooper Union Museum some of the priceless rugs and drap- ings he had collected in Egypt and the ancient countries of Asia along the Red S y : C., SEPTEMBER a furore at the .queen’s. last draw- ing-room. - Miss Stevens is not eight- {een, has’ blonde. curls cover her shoulders and is ‘one of. the most accomp! ed equestriennes in England. 1t her fearless rid- ing at Le Touquet during the steep chase which led to Mr. McCormick's admiration. She is the daughter of the Hon. Mrs, M. Astley by a former marriage and 1{s the 'niece of Lord Hastings. Mr. McCormick has purchased -a villa at Deauville and will pass the autumn there with his bride. They will join Mrs. Astley | later in London. That tercentenary exposition at | Gothenburg, Sweden, which closed within the last-few days, has been |50 latgely attended by Americans and Britons that English was the pri | cipal tourist language, and American | visitors to Sweden found that coun- try as easy to be comfortable In as |are the British Isles or the home land. Thousands of Americans made the Scandina n countries the obh- | ject of the European jaunt and Mme. | Wallenberg, ‘wife of the Swedish | minister at Washington, which still: 30, 1923—PART 2. | Mr. Nobel .is ong of the most sincipal home seaside resort, | practically owns the ment, hotels, inns, Bastad, the vast baths run in connection with | bathing. ~Mr. Nobel English scholar and sought those whose frignds prize awards. woman, in that the Polignac, formerly American | quise “de Jame: | tashion revue, the best ful ing a singularly grac her and ability to display perfect taste, but | acknowledge it show all summer near Gothenburg and was | natives of Loulsiana. a generous-host to its many Visitors. | perial taste in' colors and her half- brated engineers of Sweden and his is that pleturesque here entire settle- American visitors eagerly, especially | and relatives | . have been associated with the Nobel | breezy appearance that’s captivat- B. Eustis, and well known in | '\Vaxhlm;mn‘ was deemed, in a recent | dressed | | woman in Paris, as well as poss carriage exceed- | ingly well chosen raiment. She was | noted here and in New York for her that Paris should | that the world She has im- |Hudson seal and half cele- I he | truit | | orchards and a long line of thermal surf | is an excellent | the times, exhibiting a youthful, ing! | _An unusual honor has cbme to the | Nor does the debutante have a monopoly on youth, for Fall Fashions lend a subtle air to the wearer that ignores age that’s measured by years. & From the standpoint of style and quality, gur line of dresses, coats and millinery will be sure to met #o many | is changing. The Marquise de Polig- | acquaintances from the Capital that nac, now one of the great l: 3 she found thenburg unusually | France, wife of Charles Jean pleasant. The constl general at|choir, Marquis de Polignac of Stockholm is a former Washington |ducal and princely family which held man, Mr. Dominfc I Murphy, and his | feudal rights in Haute-Loire in wa while his | eleventh century, was Miss N ghter, daughter of the!Crosby, sister of the former assistant | illlam Atkinson “of this city, | secretary of the Treasury. Sh charming chatelaine. Mr. |born in° New York and there mar- ephew of the famous |ried the late mes B, Bustis of el prizes, was living | tge illustrious family of diplomats, rmick, nephew of N McCormick of Chicago, the public consoled himself afte nce with Miss Mary he is tomorrow (October 1), their tireless efforts to secure good workmanship in 11 the decorative | Mr arts of this country, are the founders of the Cooper Union Museum, an | has apparently institution whic holds first rank in | his fut¥e rom ! this countr exinning | Langdon r this inter S|t be X lection with brooches, s | In the erican Church in Paris, to W id laces and cotton fabries v very lovely bhlonde belle of Lon- |made & lown possession, the m: is|don, Miss Joan Stevens, a bud of | Louis Nobel, {filled” with an assortment be ! the past spring, who created quite | Alfréd of the CHAPPIE COATS I'he smart new Sweater mode—in Brushed Wooi. Specially priced- DM g T Mr. Allistair Mc Harold ch befs steal a week two from the “little seagon” inaugu- rated In November and presumed to | last until the new year usher in the season proper. Mr the cabinet dinners in December, the second Mrs. Wilson and Mrs.| Harding both took over that idea in| order that the few Year until Lent would not be un-| pleasantly crowded with White House function Now there is hint that not only the cabinet dinner, hut the aker's log laced in De Con with the chief offic participating would be most 1o, ally given The dinner s an inn ation, written into the social ll‘ Mrs. 1 elt ¥ use of impossibility of placing the oftic of the House har- in any other circle of offi non was the first sp 4 with him the he of all the important committees ser fng under him were entertained. with many distinguished men from bo L t parties in and out of th The | this list ma present sp er and M arge city on terms of thl:‘ll.l‘] President and Mrs. Coc speaker dinne unde the gime will attract universal Mrs. Washington the residential offictul society, F he o mistress ; D euae may Ands le of its former mistresses residing in the city. The widow of the twenty-ninth President will, of course, be the object of Tev- erential | ind sympathetic at- tention Jublican party that Doll to the dem- ocratic party century ago. when she came Washington to live, Mrs like her hus- band, desires to live in utter seclu- sion and ms no officlal prestize of any sort. Mrs. Taft is, however the wife of a xreat public servant head of the judiclal division of the three-fold government of the Ameri- can republic, and her duties and pre- Togatives are as definite us those of the wife of the President t she | additional prestige even in Jted station from the fact that | < Ts the first lady living | nces | White House have been compelled to not to = could be Smart Fall Overblouses —Crepe de Chine, embroidered and suede trimmed, in all the delightful new fall shades whe th Aber, | endar the utter lding dred Ireme honore parts of Calif ss the finest t luxuriou equipped hotels in the world, and t be added one in every the which has | mmoth 5 in grandest home | in in | nd to! tributes that Gen. ed five months in TR B B B A new re- interest | aualitie i pretentious ope and the cateh the elusive Dupont Eu te expected return to dd distinction well_as to st time in e Waite Hardir will wing as or fi the ely which v the late -king knowl- sea currents, is Mr. William K. Vanderbilt, 2d, the son s, O, H. I Belmont, and th of Mrs. Jean Balsan, for- | Duchess of Marlborough nderbilt, whe Is not interested eding or racing, as en. and who is only yachting merely for | fitted out a atifi ar all the expenses hono XU ZGO RS OB R I Z B Representing a Rare- Velvets Crepe Satin Poiret Twills Charmeen Shiny Satin 235 Wonderful New Fall Frocks Savings of Many Dollars on Each Q0 -~ has Combination Not Cheap FURS hut Good FURS LOW PRICES four ladies, dist Thes to each other, ge city « distinet I grade which is interesting and fmportant in the annals of th ftal and which no doub present amiable und ¥ laine of the nation t new rules which will re and the courte due position. omething of at the new world at 1 t. owes is now the ghth congressional dis- trict of Virginla is made clear by | the first bulletins issued by the Fau- guier Historical y. of which Mr. Harry C. well known and wide! ted in Washington. is the Within the confins of the eighth district were born George Wishington, the numerous | Lees of colon révolutionary and of later fame Marhall, James Monroe and five th noted family whom t present holder title, Henry Fairfax, now a r of the of lords, represents the family was_once suverain over th of the Old Dominion. Mr. of the north- and by n tant in the s the historical sense about 5, was compelled to rest from his studles due to the world war, and Is only now making suff cient progress to wurrant issuing| bulletins from time to before he undertakes to get volume | into book form. As ecretary | of the President, Mr. Bascom | Slemp, s0 long represented the ninth district, his father having been his predecessor for some these studles are of treme terest to him. In fact parts of the old Fairfax domain and of the hi toric holdings of the Lees of Rave wood lap over into the ninth. He as an actual interest in the recital, In addition, he n-:qg s of a family who took out paten®s on the land in the same generations as the Was Ingtons, Marshalls and | Lees. Groome is making a special study of | land and patents and spends much time among the old court records in Washington. ! Former Senator J. Coleman Dupont | has spent the entire summer in Europe, and since he intends to re- main_there until about November 1, | Mrs, Dupont sailed last week and will | join him in Paris. Gen. Dupont, who | was one of the energetic, thorough members of the upper house, has, since leaving public life, begun an ! exhaustive study of the modern| hotel. ~Rumor has it that, having acquired a splendid site in New York at 5th avenue and 59th street, now | occupled by the Hotel Savoy, he in- tends to erect what be the world's greatest hostelry, the last word in everything. No one; know the American hotel more completely | than Gen. Dupont, but he determined | to know the most famous ones in Europe just as well. So he has stayed for weeks in celebrated houses in the old world capitals, in fashionable spas and sea shore resorts and has even journeyed to Cairo to look over the historic Shepheard’s, which its | £ = mdmirers claim figures more exten- Sively in modern literature than any | N\ 1208 G St° N-w- N hotel in the world. Atlantic City, %\\ . N several Florlda resorts- and many Smartest Styles i VL their former | Exquisite Materials |:- L Some of the Prevail- ing Low Prices at the Capitol Fur Shop 45-In. and 48-In. BAY SEAL COATS modeled coats of lustrous Bay Seal—the front or side Lutton model as desired lar crush collars and mandarin sleeves: high . grade silk cord and other fancies. The price only- $89.50 Hudson Seal Coats An unrivaled collection of models, including every new id trim. AN APITOL SPECIAL A $295 CHOKERS $ fur. Prices start at Bay Seal is Dy®d Rabbit. Hudson Seal is Dyed Muskrat. A DEPOSIT RESERVES ANY ARTICLE UNTIL REQUIR Ntorage free until that time. Capitol world, the to whal Great Savings ViRV irgvie tor. Juisitely is Their every detail flaunts Parisian smart- ness and chic, new sparkling models of rare distinction. All-occasion, daytime and formal frocks—paneled, draped, side fastened; tai- lored, embroidered, beaded. All the new autumn colorings. An Extraordinary Collection of Fur-Trimmed at $§5 Fine quality . Every one reflects some new and charm- ing trend of the autumn mode. Especially secured for this event through the co-opera- tion of our manufacturer. Our New Jewelry Dept. Offers for Monday Fine Imported French and Belgian Beaded - Bags at $7 -95 A Special Lot of 500 Leather materials— Fashona, Lustrosa, Ormadale, Hand- some fur trim- HEMSTITCHING ‘PLAITING PICOT EDGING Loveliness in Embroidery DESIGN : STYLE : CRAFTSMANSHIP OPPENHEIMER'’S accomplish Embroidery, Braiding and Beading on Dresses, Frocks, Coats and Blouses that assure the dressmaker or home sewer of Style and Individuality etc. EBENSREEERRRNERE mings Give an Unusual Distinction to This SEEENEIEEEERENIRR N INENE] BEEEREERNGEREERNEEREED BSEENENBEERENSELS "Special Offerings of (R P PPEEPEREP R TR BT EELEEEEEEEEE AT L LU PRt D TEREEEEE L e ™ SEEREENRINIEEY New Autumn Millinery [E TRV R R R UL RERE L LU DL R IR PETLEEL P LR R DR LD PR PR P e « $1(0-00 But. unexpected as they are at so modest a price, the gold trimmed velvet hats are no more unusual than scores of’the other smart, new creations included in this won- derful group. Hats trimmed with the new ostrich fancies are also worthy of par- ticular note, as are_the graceful new droop effects and the smart tricornes and pokes. Nearly three hundred to select from and every favored autumn shade.—oaks, browns, beaver, sand, gray and black. Trimmings of heckle,- ostrich, ribbons, ornaments, ~quills and bows. $ —Third Floor. 5 ming — Fox, Wolf, Beaver, Platinum, Viatka and Natural Squir- rel. Fine wor kmanship s Designing—The feature of this work that is the most impor- tant: Oppenheimer’s have hundreds of designs for you to select from or can carry out your own ideas. Style—The style of the work to be accomplished can make or mar your garment. Oppenheimer’s many years’ experience will give you style in embroidery that you will be proud of. b Craftsmanship—Oppenheimer’s capable craftswomen carry out every detail of the design and style in this work. & o SR i And the moderate prices will really surprise you! Estimates” Cheerfully Given Oppenheimers SHOP UNIQUE 8th and E N.W. and smartest styles of the mode make these unusual at this low price. 'y