Evening Star Newspaper, March 16, 1924, Page 53

g SOCIETY. +Tales of Well Known Folk In Sccial and Official Life Siz Esme Howard to Select Site for New British Embassy Building Here—Notable Matrimonial Events. BY MARGARET B. DOWNING. According to veiled hints which iome from London, one of the first ac- tivitles which will engage Sir Bsme Howard will be to belect a suitable § T Joomtion for a new embassy. Taking| jtinguished southern parentage, though her connection with the Hewitts and Coopers of New York have almost |’y overshadowed her Kentucky ances- tors. Her father, Dr. James O. Green, 13 the son of the late Norvin Green, ber villa st Ajasslo, in the Italian Riviera, where she had a large com- Dany-of Americenas to meet him. Mr. isndra'- 18 to lectyre.in Washington ater in the spring. ittt 3 o8 & kin Prince of Wal ¥ his desire to out loose occasionally from court thrall g00d time aftet his dens. He has been doing it for. the past, two Pnu‘ ‘where, as the Count er, hi been the guemt of Crewe, the British am has enjoyed the carni: S T mode which Edward adopted when he made his first visit to the Freach capital, and at the beginning of that grand tour of the world which two years lates ncluded the United States. s the present Prince of Wales bears a striking resembdlance to King Ed- ward, whose memory is 8o poignantly honored in France as the best friend she has possessed in British royal fact all the interest in the ow & 6ue from the versatile M. Jusserand, W10 died in New Albany, Ind, asjcircles during the past century, he who sold a site which the French government had awned for the past fifteen years, at a figure which per- mitted the purchase of another and more spacious piece of ground and in & more desirable neighborhood, the British ambassador has been advised that the psychological moment has come to dispose of the fine property in Connecticut avenue already sub- merged in the rising tide of business. It is a fascinating todic to speculate on the chances of 16th street obtain- ing another stately establishment or whether the decision wili be in favor of Sheridan Circle, or even the re- mote heights -of- Massachusetts ave- nue, where it becomes semi-suburban. Great Britain built - her diplomatic establishment when the houses of Connecticut could be counted on one hand, and she erected the finest domi- eile which Washington' had known at that date. Possibly Sir Esme How- ard will follow the traditions, but one of the most interesting land- marks of the city will disappear if the old brick residence from which the “lion and unicorn” look down on the passing throngs is to be de- molished like its aristocratic neigh; % bor, the former embassy of Austro- Hungary. Italy and France are to erect splendld embassy homes on 16th atreet, and the Spanish, Mexican and Cuban embassies already are estab- lished there, together with the lega- tions of Poland, Persia, Czechosio- vakia and Venesuela. It therefore seems probable that Great Britain will seek another Incality, possibly near the great cathedral of SS. Peter aul, where the ground may still be _purchased in acreaxe. lots for embassy and le- gation buildings Are becoming more spaclous In recent years, and in ‘Washington, where the official world is generally' kept in residence during the entire summer, gardens and wide verandas are necessitles Instead of luxuries. Then garden parties and al fresco amenities of every variety @) make up a larke part of the social activity. President Coolidge recently laughed off the story about a summer White House by saying that he had already selected one and it was the Mayfiower. The time has passed, so Bay the augurs, when ambassadors will fold their tents like the Arab and steal away from Washington when the mercury rises. Their wives and young children may be compelled to @0 so0 for their health’s sake, but the important members of the corps will remain when circumstances demand, and in future their homes will be as well provided for summer hospitality as for winter. Miss Joan Whitney in marrying Mr. Charles Shipman Pay=on will become & member of a family very promi- nently identified with the early his- tory of Washington, for her flance is the great-grandson ..of = that Miss Alida Carfoll, daughter of Daniel Car- Toll of Duddington, who married Gen. John Marshall Brown of Louisville, Ky., and therefors {s the great-great- ¢ Erandson of the man who owned more than three-fifths of the land on which the Federal Capital has been built. Daniel Carroll of Duddington lived until the early 1850s, and h was_twice married. Mrs. John Mar- shall Brown was the youngest dauzh ter of his oldest son, Charles, and she and her husband, who became a heto, of the civil war, ‘have many descend- ants in the Biue Grass state and thereabout. Their daughter Harriet married Herbert Payson, father of Miss Whitney's intended husband, Charles Shipman Payson is a Yale man, but he has subscribed to the family traditions of his fiancee by tak- ing his law course at Harvard, where he will get his degree in June. In addition to being a member of the » illustrious Maryland family which « counts the signer, Charles Carroll -of Carrollton, and many other eminent public men in its annals, Mr. Payson is, through his mother, a member of the Prentiss family of New England, which has produced eloquent church- men ‘and virile religious writers. His grandfather, Rev. George Lewis Pren- tiss, some time pastor of the Church N of the Covenant in New York city, wrote many popular hymns and sev- eral religious books, the best known of which was "Stepping Heaven- ward ’: Another bride-elect who is receiv ing national and international fe tations, Miss Green, who is to marry Prince Viggo of Denmark, is of dis- “From Facto Ladies’ jpresident of the Southwestern Tele- graph Company, after serving in the Kentucky legislature for many years. This Norvin Green he firat cousin of the late Mrs. Matthew T. Seotc and GRS of Mi Adlal Stephenson, who hi been before their marriage Julia Green and Letitia Green, daughters of a Presbyterian clergyman, who had devoted his life and talents to the mountain white of Kentucky. Dr. Green married Miss Hewitt, daughter of Abram Hewitt, afterward mayor of Greater when he was s, much work for charity on the East Side. He is !stately man, very punctilious in m: ner, after the way of the old south, and Is a fluent linguist, having stu ‘died in Vienna, Berlin and other cele- brated medical" colle of Europe. There is a legend that Mayor Hewitt lleft a few of thowe exceedingly rare {bottles of Johannisberger in the keep- ing of his son-in-law to be consumed when his daughter Margaret became a bride, and that Dr. Green has loy- ally clung to these priceless bottles and will ‘onen them when the occasion presents itself. to the Hon. John Francis Amherst Cecil rounds out the customary number of in- ternational romances which have led to the nuptial altar annually some of Uncle Sam’s fair daughters, ever since Citizen Genet, one of the first envoys sent by France, cuptured the heart of a pretty in Philadelphia. Mr. Cecil {s comparativelya new member of the Washington corps, but he was among the several younger diplomats who accepted the delighttul hospitality of Mrs. George W. Vanderbilt at Bilt- more during the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons. Miss Vanderbilt seems to belong to Washington in a particular way. She was one of the buds in the first year of the world ar after this country joined the fray. and her days were passed in the Red Cross sewing rooms or in driving motor cars on urgent messages. She jheld a post in the War Department for a time and did her bit and more in Washington and in Carolina, as well as in New York. Mrs. Vanderbilt imaintains an all-the-year-round home on K street just below 16th _street, in the vicinity of Mrs. Stephen B. Elking' and other domiciles, where soclal history was written in fts first m, uay made his home for 3o long is immedi- ately adjoining, and Its garden, me famous prandial events o curred, is one of the few which vive the era of progress in the crow ed midcity residential districts. Mrs. Vanderbilt keeps her home always in readiness, and she never passes Wash- ington by on her mlhs journeys to and from New York to Biltmore, She has been here less this winter than for the past five, but she has enter- tained week after week parties of Washington's most distinguished denizens. Mrs. Arthur Ryerson of Chicago. who passed through Washington last week on the way to her home after a visit to her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. George Hyde Clark of Cooperstown, N. Y. is to entertain that celebrity, Roy Chap- man Andrews, whose recent discovery of 13,000,000 'old dinosaur eggs has put King Tut and all his finery in the background of public interest. Mr. Andrews as a lad of fourteen came out of the west somewhere in Mr.. Borah's home state, and finally drifted_into the employ of the New York Museum of Natural History. But he filled minor parts so well and showed such a keen knowledge of animals and birds that he was soon sent to colleet them in every part of the world. ¥or ten years Mr. An- drews safled the seven seas in _search of whales, and he is an expert curing and mounting them as well in capturing the best types. For the ast three years he has lived in Gobl esert, and his monograph on that unknown region, where it is said the most _ancient traces of human and animal life are found, is awaited with keen anxiety in scientific cifcles. Mrs. Ryerson_entertained the explorer in DeLicious LUNCHEON 654 | WonperruL Course Dinnen$ice Gafi Fleetwood 1760 Pea St.,N.W. Frankiin 5206 Also ale Carte JService to Wearer’ Spring Coats and Suits By l;uying direct from our factory women quality who know values, styles, and workmanship will real- ize the wonderful values and savings we affo rd them. Beautiful Tailored Suits Exclu: models sive and many _attractive to select from. In fashion- able hairline, plain Twill Cords and Sport materials. $2250 to $39.75 $24.75 Sport Coats received a memorable ovation, when the guests unmasked at the fete Which the marquis gave on Shrove Tuesday. The prince has'a new Rolla- for he always ugh it has been sal e while on these shores, and he has been spinning about, declining-a card of diplomatic immunity always given illustrious visitors. ording to some Americans, meeting him recently, he is younger, more blonde looking and as much given to blushing as during his visit here four years ago. Parisians enjoy that bon mot attributed to him when royal parents were chiding him for not selectin, wife and settling down: “Englans 8 & much honored VIrgin queen, then why not a jolly good fellow, a bachelor king?" ~ Mme. Marie Louise de Sincay, who was born Marie Loulse Logan, and is the granddaughter of the late Gen. John A. and the late Mrs. gal among the grande dames of Parls this winter, "and she recently has taken possession of a handsome home in due de I'Universite on the left bank of the Seine where art studios and the domiciles of celebrities are numerous as birds in the park. Mme. de Sincay visited Washington in the early years of the world war and she lived for a time in West 56th street, New York. She Is the daugh- ter of the late Capt. John A. n, who died in the Philippines. Her new home, which she has acquired after years of effort, was once the hotel of the family du Breton, for many years hereditary governors of Strassburg. The last Gen. du Breton fought in the wars of.the empire and his name is the first engraved on the Arc de Triumphe de Caroussel. Mme. de Sincay is both musical and artistic ané her home always attracts the many Americans who_reside in Paris for the benefits to be derived in studying either art. The American owner, who has bought of the last de- scendant of du Breton, a Mme. Coch- in, who has been for years in the orlent, is retaining all ~ the ancient features of the house and purchased with it much of the antique furniture now without a counterpart in Paris. Newport, R. I, is through various ways emphasizing that it is not a mere rosort of the summer frivolous, but an all-the-year-round city of some size and much importance. Lec- ture courses, art exhibitions, concerts and other musical events crowd the calondar cvery month, and soclal life among the residenters is equal to that in New York or any other Jarge center of population. But in the mat- ter of private schools Newport is climbing forward, and St. Georze's. one of the best eatablished, is now. ‘matriculating’ the third generation of the same family. Cornelius Vander- olit sent some of hix rous young- sters to Newport, and there are sev- eral of his b dchildren in St. es and sympathises with ! and Sl m_and have “a|do geant, and his relatives galore came from New York and other cities for the occaslon. the sister of as Stone Vilia, - the . year nds WR " around, while Mrs. Whitehouse e :mr ?’muu in a ?:ngfio purc wenty years ago vard ‘mann, In Paris. South Windsor, Conn,, (s about to celebrate an anniversary which will ‘arouse attention all through the worl: It Is the 125th year since a resident of the pretty little city, one Mrs. Sarah Proutt, put the first cigar known in the history of tobacco on sale in_one of aces before Mra. Pro b it is today. Mrs. est fortune and who “wrote of | for women in-her discovery, the first the rolling of cigars and cigarettes has been deemed a femi- nine pureuit, and thousands upon thousnds of gifte and mature women i and Virgint figures seem to show that women and girls also smoke most of the cigar- ottes, while the men hold the record for cigars. Seven billions cigarettes is the number ascribed to have been puffed by the fair sex last year, as against 4,000,000,000 the year previ- ous. Ten bililon cigars were smoked in the United States last year, and about the same amount was exported Cigarettes will also celebrate thelr tenth vear as “respectable” a feat obtained during the world war. Their popularity, once estabiithed and le- galized, As it were, the industry goes forward at a prodigious rate. Mrs. Proutt will be honored. and an old brand of cigar, named for her in 1799, is to be revived and given spe- cial ‘prominence in the forthcoming commemoration. St. Moritz, which is crowded with returning Olympic contestants from Chamounix, is rkating and skiing and enjoying other ice sports, acoording to recently returned travelers, alter. nately bakifg and freezing its visi tors, a blazing sun in midday playin hob’ with complexions and maki even the lightest 1t uncom a zero. But it is crowded to the last inch, and many Washingtontans are in the number. Mrs. Septimus Austin and Miss Madeline have re- cently returned from St. Moritz, and are their home in the Dresden. Capt. and Mrs. John K. Edie and Mrs. Pendleton Beckley have spent the en- tire season at the Kulm. Among other celebrated visitors are Maharadjah of Beroda and jesser potentates of India, they have been learning to skate and - to ski, though they rarely venture out in the intense cold of the evenings The maharadjah has ordersd a mas- sive silver cup from Baroda for be. ginners in the art of skiing, and he will condmct international contests next January. Hall Caine, the nov- elist, is at the Grand Hotel, and as he i% & member of the Alpine Club =10 — ol [o[=c———=To]——[o[c - Immediately Popular The New Department of We shall feature each week—beginning with M e new smart models de- onday—th signed for the debutante—presenting for her Millinery o personal -fvaul and individual selection Speml designing. ) in saow aports, and the consultauts for the O winners, h ‘Deen o 'hiladelphia when that memorial ex- 160th anniver- ers 00 do: as wise as the under d City gave up the » & & & Mr, Ken~ now wish they people of .D..C, MARCH 16, 1924—PART 2. and bas Jong taken part in the sports of 8t.-Marits, be s much in demand in deciding amateur contests, netk Hill of Boston is amother expert has been among fhe eformeus expense attending the porary hotels and . lodging. houses. Lozdon 15 on the r¥e of tivs opening of the empive exbibition, - the moet olaborate ever ——— ll!dt the ousing preblem is already, thire . . 'MM of the date. as on when Ratels ot com- . 4 &re no - leted and the older omes had been by old :patrons who go to London every. year in the spring and sarly summer, and householders are - 85 & & & & . SOCIETY. not responding ai- eagerly as wad Tioped about taking in guests during the festivities. But-the situation may right itself. Many of the London.pas pers wircady assert that the day of the exposition has passed, and de- plore the endeavor to have .one this year. .Enthusiasm, however, is over- flowing in the colonies, and the Aus- trallan government is erecting .vast structures for its people, and Canada is doing the same. India lags, and will take.only a small exhibit, but Bouth Africa is in the front rank with [— —olc—o]ol——F o] buys her play- dothes from this es- tablishment is dressed to win, in and out of the game. Friecbacher Exclusively Different . TWELVE-TEN TWELVE-TWELVE F STREET » R SOR AR R N e R e e R e SORSOR SORASOR T8 bufldings and v display of its wisres. The exposition 1s-to vpen-iu June wnd remain open until December. This . country sends about 500,000 wisiters — to the Britigh ivles every Jeur, und they, of course, or a good-percentage of them, Wil swell the gate recelpts percep- y. T DTy The latest electric fron is equipped. with an mirecooled rest d_so it { can be left on the board - - danger of scorching. Washington's Most Beautiful Up-Tozon Restawrant and Salon —is at your service with Facilities, Cuisine and Envirowseent Umezcellel and rates “that ‘are the -wmost attractive <n. the National Capital. The (GRAND SALON -available for Bosgusts and Social Affairs gt reasonable rates, and appetizing menss. Our Table &’Hote Dinner, 5 to 9 daily, at $1.25 and $1.50, is the talk of the town - ® (Dancing—Nao Cover Charge) By Popular Demand, the Hours of Our + Sunday Dinner De Luxe —have been changed from 1 to 5 instead of from 5:30 to 9, as heretofore. Supper Dance Every Night Monday is the Formal Night Pete Macias L’Aiglon Orchestra Columbia 3063-3064 =Tl L—— =] The House of Courtesy bilipsbori 608 to 614 ELEVENTH ST. ..‘Showing New I'n'te\rpre.t,a’tions of Fashion in Examples of Splendid Craftsmanship pring: Frocks and Suits The New Costume " Suits - B T’ Exclusive Apparel Shop in Washington: 4 L i E=—n == pE—r amE=— They are different from the ordi- nary run in both imported and do- mestic fabrics. At— i ' ' Straw Sailors for the mount _Wodzkmuhiip be- $ l 9'75 tO 347-50 —and Cloches to complement Suits : yond comparison. : }ll'l dll' v I.E r I B g ‘ The Freach Salon Beginning at o= lcl——lol——]al —— = o] ——1c Many styles to " choose from at this price. . Fine tweed, _self color—plain ‘and self striped. Silk crepe lined. Tomorrow will be featured— New Tricorns of Milan Chatmingly ‘graceful long coat effocts, that carry with them a pronouncement of refmed lored in. finish. - Made up in the better twill T Glaid it creeanth i ol e weaves—with I*{nv_y, ‘as’ the preferred shade. tions that are d.ringly.:‘.pe_ g ; The Costume Suit'is a ‘type fitted for most gea~ Every one a distinctive creation, eral wear—street or-dress. Other Frocks, $l5 to 3165 Designing art has. reached its height in the th d in. the modeling of thes m g:::et. 'S a,::l’ A{tez!nm vcl: in the soft Crepes, Satins, Rocha- Charmeen, Flannel, Wool, etc. B T