Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1923, Page 64

_16 SO CIETY. .Tales of Well Known Folk In Social and Official Life ith Page) nt to permit Mr. Long- a1l political laurels and Neial rank. But she 1s endant enate de- s i ngression- d with the avidity of a vet- laving u retentive memory, Longworth is frequently n debates and tant_passages always veliest winter gardens and evergreen which e home of Mrs rnish chapter | R.| THE SUNDAY memonrial has been erected to honor the gailant de Grasse, the naval lead- er. who made the victory of York- town possible. 2 A fine portrait bust of de Grasse miy be seen in the main corridor of the French embassy, but this is per- haps the only spot where any re- membrance of the naval commander visible in the Capital city of the re- so signally. = Amerl- re much Interested y of the departure of the French troops, for the embarka- tion occurred very quietly at Norfolk, V., because the more northern ports were blockaded by British ships. and the great fleet of de Grasse had met disaster in the West Indies. Not a vestige of picture or description of that notable salling has ever been en in this country Oatlands, the fine old estate of one branch of the old Virginia family known as the King Carters, now the home of Mrs. Willlam Corcoran Sustis, has been restored“more suc- than perhaps any of the out Leesburg and its con- STAR, WASHINGTO! D. C, DECEMBER 9, 1923--PART 2. lery now housed in the Museum of | Natural History by Gen. Richard M. Hoxfe. It shows Miss Ream in the picturesque garb of the Neapolitean peasant, with the headdress which is 80_graceful and adaptable. The Cruger portrait is one of the largest and best by the Irish master which the New York museum pos- seases, for nearly all the canvases by this eminent portrait painter of the ‘60 and '70s have become the Prop- arty of the Dublln Museum. Mrs, John Church Cruger was married to one of the fifth generation of the Church Cruger families in West- chester county, N. Y., and was chate- laine of the fine old manor sald to be an exact replica of Boscobel House, the_stronghold of the Douglas clan of Scotland. She was the mother-in- law of that Mre. Vielet Van Rens- salaer Cruger who lived for many years in Washington and achieved some fame as a novelist Many of the debutantes of New Y P delphia and other SOCIETY. Choate, whose brilliant debut occur-|Rockefeller and Thomas A. Edisc red a few days ago in her father's|8Te deemed the hest extant of those |200 0dd home office employes. home in New York, is a senlor at|quring the childhood of the debu- Eryn Mawr. Miss Beatrice Bend |tante. Bishop, who will be presented during DIRECTORS AS HOSTS. the Christmas holidays, graduated from Vassar last June and is now tak- Acacia Mutual Insurance Employes Enjoy Dance. ing a post-wraduate course®in Colum- bia, but never having been introduced The board of directors of the Acacia e Loris— Mutual Life Assoclation were hosts ated so man bullding. Acacla. —_— to the hosts of friends of her family, she is scheduled for a gay fortnight in December and Janu Miss Ele- | unor Milbank Anderson, for whom her grandmother, Mr: B. Claflin, {s to give the most elaborate ball of the season at the-Ritz-Carlton on December 14, {8 in her second year in Wellesley. The daughter of the present Mrs. Frederick B. Campbell, who has just passed one of the most| brilliant medical examinations of the decade and gotten her M.D., Miss An-| n, inherits literary and artistic tastes and a preference for rather than for social pleasures. She! is the daughter of the eminent artist, A. A. Anderson, now dead, ~whose series of studios in Bryant Park set( an alfen? try. y aftections. Royal Electric Cleaner Cleans By Air Alone! Bare Floors and Floor Coverings Weighs Only Eleven Pounds Rockefeller and Thomas A. Edison|at a dance given last night to the The dance was held in a large room on the fourth floor of the Homer This dance was given under tlic Employes’ Welfure program of tie Phyllis—But why do they call her he was born in this coun Becauss she has alic: into the frivols an: a fashion and whose portraits of such | : 5 murely to their studies without any |distinguished publicists as Elihu | Indorsed by Fifteen Thousand Washington Owners ldisadvantage to Minerva. Miss Mabel 'Root, the late John Wanamaker, John it e L e “1900” Cataract Washer and Ironer o 26th successful year—over a million now in use— Pre-Hollday three thousand Washington owners. Sale! An offering that will enable you to dress up for the holidays, at prices ‘that will be easy on the pocketbook, at a time when low prices are of great im- portance! : $1 9.75 Sport Coats : Dresses, $15 and $25 Coats, $39.50, $49.50, $59.50 ELECTRIC CO. 19 ov st | B Mo”fii»snop country Mr. Eustis, urchased the place shortly after disposed of the old Arlington made a careful study of all the rroundings and of ‘lél(' mnde,rn s are : . MW | Lsaces to which he could put the Aty ehis . S N | Uiterous outhouses. He apent @ ot of the lux- en in its glory and the small, untain laurel Before her marriage, Ware of 1723 I street. | fortune and gave practically his Miss Helen | whele thought to the renovation and s work had been most successfully 5 who has, MISS HARRIET MITCHELL, The suest of Representative and Mrs. Cleveland A. Newton, at their resi- dence on Biltmore street. re i MRS. CLARENCE CHAPPELLE, | | I rhough they when in_ bloom ther unkempt ap- remainder of the Try these known appliances before you purchase. of Art an exceedingly handsome por- | T 5 tralt of her ancestress, Mrs. John erms to meet your convenience. Church Cruger, done by the eminent Irieh artist, George P. A. Healy. Mrs. Cruger was a lovely woma nd she looks €0 even in spite of the terrible ' bBonnet in which She was painted, rumor says, against the violent ob- ! jection of 'the artist. Healy was studying in Rome when that beloved ; Washington sculptor, Vinnie Ream | xle, or Vinnie Ream as she was casting ber Lincoin. The | 1 riends, and Healy's ca he youthful sculptress wi o1 of his flnest works, a presented to the N, WEBSTER to retain Oatlands as a pcrmaueul‘] home. Mre. Eustis and her children have nation prof- states or their rul- . . White | ETOWN very much attached to the 5 | estate and they enter wholeheartedly ve hlstoric Gobelin | into vy life of the region € the departure of out the horse. Under ich he French troops under Count de e Carter, Oatlands reached the t r Rochambeau will without doubt be|pigh mark of soclal importance and & in the east room. No other|his private horse show attracted even the suburban_coterie about Philadel- | H phia. This Carter had married one ! of the trio of Powell sisters, Carroll-Erwin Co., Inc. FACTORY DISTRIBUTORS 707 Twelfth Street N.W. Main 7127 wh an in- d has a ervation setts ave odendrum: well M. Jusser- atest gift of h government with app when it She was Kate Powell equestrienne. was the wife of Grafton Dulany youngest, Virginia, mar- Charles Minnigerode, | these “were the parents of several well known residents of Washington, M arrietta Minnigerode of Andrews, |and wil ac the ¥ her rhod heigh C. G. Sloan & Co., Inc., Aucts. | 715 Thirteenth St. ' Estate Sale (by catalogue) of Fine European and American House- | hold Adornments Chinese and Japanese Porcelains, Curios, Jew- | | elry, Etc.; Oriental Embroideries, Draperies, Man- | darin Coats and Shawls, Persian and Chinese Rugs, 1 | | mander of the liance, Rochambeau, 1gian | mind saw only Lafayette, th Albert Minnigerode, s Minnigerode, Red Cross aff the artist. prominent in /ST.NW. Miss Cornelia Cruger has just pre- sented to the Metropolitan Museum NICHOLS 1223 Connecticut Avenue ’ = = N Lionel Train Sets # Complete, re- 54.98 \ f duced to. .. Up NA. B. C Electric %] Washing < Jote $60.50 | (Copper) v Wireless Sets & 1 Tube, re- 514_3§ This EVENT is Drawing to a Close Christmas Fur Sale A Reduction of 2 5 % On All Stock Come in early and make your selec- tion. A small deposit reserves any article until Xmas. o found him tfall held this AL ghest esteem, of the noble h Pst s 7, —announces, beginning tomorrow, a Special g Showing of Imported and Original Models of : \fl““ 7 8| Valuable Paintings and Prints, Steinway Baby | A Grand Piano, Bed and Table Linen, Etc. At Public Auction Within Our Galleries, 715 13th Street . Wednesday, Thursday and Friday December 12th, 13th and 14th, 1923 At 2 P. M. Each Day Being effects from a prominent local estate (name with- | held by request), the James estate, a well-known collector 1 of Chinese and Japanese art and others. Now on view. ‘erms cash. C. G. Sloan & Co., Inc., Aucts. robes, aund his life were often the avers. The ! old tapes- rtial deeds of he can ing him at This early a splendid main altar of s e = duced to.. Distinctive Gowns and Hats —for all occasions, all of which are excep- tionally great values at prices quotcd. EVERY ARTICLE Your inspection is requested. 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