Evening Star Newspaper, August 17, 1924, Page 35

SOCIETY. Tales of Well In Social an Precedent Set by Secretary Hughes in Unofficial Visiting—-Personal People. BY MARGARET B, DOWNING. Mr. Charles Evans Sceretary of State, no precedent which will be foliowed by his successors in the exalted ofl when oceasion demands, namely, (o visit unofficially certain cities of the Old and New' World and get a first- band view of existing ditions. Whilst many American « alien lands they were making., Hughes, the doubt st a binct have journeyed into on missions of moment, neerned only with treaty and the journeys were not the courteous visitations such as Sc retary Hughes, with Mrs, Hugh. liave just completed. It is within the memory of all who keep pace with international diplomacy that the late Judge William R. Day. then Secretary of State under President McKinley. went Paris to terminate the w hetwee 5 country and Spain Robert Lansing was in Pari one of the delegates sent from Na- tion to end the World W nd at least two other Secretgries of State have journeyed overseas on arbit tion matters. When James G. Blaine was head of the Benjamin Harrison cabinet he was anxious to visit South America in order explain the growing political now known as the pan-Ame; movement, and of which the Maine statesman was without question the Frst sponsor. But he encountered such opposition in Congress that he.gave up the project. Elihu Root in later years executed this project, and he w closely followed by Philunder Knox. both of whom fiited all mportant centers in the | can countries ever, without mission court es a de. which is cord welcomed Old World, which has been sending its exalted personages for 30 vears or merc to visit this Nation without any return'Visits whatever. trend can and o parture n the Mrs of the among George Wharton Pepper, wife Senator from Pennsylvania. is the winners of major prizes at that unique cxhibit of amateur workers in ncedle point now being held under the auspices of the Guild of American Needlewomen in the Metropolitan Museum. New York For many s this excellent anization has fostered @ love of sew lace making and em- broidery among women of all classes provided they a and the for frame » exhibit, w will cont Mrs. Pepp for the cover of a esign of n original and pre- rles Pratt, 3d, of was given fentstool. the Teaves having be pared by Mrs, Ci Philadelphia. One of the conditions iving a major prize was that the tapestry submitted had never before been offered for exhibition final production with silks and wools on canvas has been d by amateur needlewomen and never before repro- duced. Mrs. Pratt hax won a half dozen prizes for her submitted de signs, which are presented in wool by a number of well known members of the Hewomen's Hd. one very beautiful fire serecn in field flowers coming fr Lady Allan Johnstone, who retains @ membership fn the society in honor of her moth Mrs James Pinchot, the first pre dent Wi deeply uneement that Vrooman. wife of the former Secretary of Agriculture, A Vrooman. and daughter of ate Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, a president general of the D. A. R. about to publish a novel in which tain phases of officialdom will luminously treated. Mrs. Vrooman has called her effort “The High Road 1o Honor,” and it is the stor. Senator's’ struggle with opportunit: where it involved principle, with the usual dazzling lights thrown on the ial canvas of Washington with \ivid deseriptions of the passin show. Mrs. Vrooman is the vounger of the two daughters of Mrs the other Dbei Mrs. Charles Bromwell, ai present resident in Neov London, Conn. Mr. and Mrs. Vrooman have lived abroad and studied in many famous seats of learning. Mrs Vrooman has alway n attracted to a literary career. and some ten ¥ears ago published. in collaboration with Mr. Vrooman. a sizeable volume inte Mrs. Julia Seott 1214 “Originality” Authentic styles always on dis- play. Individuality is expressed in our Autumn modes, developed in new materihls. At 10 eaturing Milgrin, Leschin, Ace High and Many Others Blue Bird, Curti previous premiers of the | utumn | and that | the work as to drawing. coloring and | sted in | S | the Hook of Holland or the Zuyder of a| 5. | the new Known Folk d Official Life Notes of Prominent called “The Lore and Lure of Travel | which was well reccived. She ha written many critical es on vari- sus themselves, and handles a delicate | but effective vein of satire. | Mrs. Vrooman has known Wash- ington in the official sense since her carly childhood, when her uncle, th [late Adlai Stevenson, and his fami were conspicuous denizens of t | Capital. She has been jntimately a: ated with many senatorial fam . so that curiosity will run high to which particular solon she has ed for her hero. Wor he is a in every sense, and a type of | public fortunately not rare in | Americ L e | Newport this Summer has succumb- ¢d to a fad relating to gate post and the more bizarre the variety the | more the householder scems pleased. I Some of the vider homes still cling to to their stately brouze lions. The cloisters, one of the finest estates in the resort and the home of Mrs. Wil- am Woodward, the latter one of the brated Cryder triplets. the Elsie of those three names beginning with “E." including Ethel and Edith, which vder conferred on her daugh- ters. boasts two sets which guard the entrance of the Cloisters, three mas- sive lions and one very fierce liones: all snarling over the posts. Mr Sylvanus Stokes, jr.. bas just mount- ed two monstrous green porcelain dragons uplifting awful heads over the entrance to her mother's home. and at night they are quite horrifs g and apt to make the hilariou ad when passing that way. G tesque and ted ape men are a feature of the lodge entrance to Mr. | Clarence W. Dolan’s beautiful hom. | Seaweed. Mr. Dolan has just install- 1 these ferocious looking guardians | of his gates. and they are of ingen- | iously wrought iron, "colored in | huc Once on a time Mr. Dolan preferred Lronze buffalo gates. Mr. ldson Bradles stall two of the U in the hall of b to adorn the gateway into the vate drive. They are fully tered as titling Knights Richard 11T era of Cetherlands o passin with much 1 health on the | nd Mme. de Graeff, who the summer quietly 1 profit to their gene River Severn in. $ not far from napo plan dif- ferent vacati the date Autumn when diplomat affairs will rest 1sily during the national preoceups in the quadrennial struggie Chief Magistrate for the Na- They plan a motor trip through what is called the American wind- | mill_country, Cape Cod. which is reached along a delightful route | from Naragansett Pier or from New Bedford, Mass, where the way lies through the beautiful city of Fai | haven in which the late Henry Ro | ers erected so many beautiful civic | memorials to his wife, his ‘parents and to w deceased daughter. Cape | Cod from Wareham might be in the I realm of Queen Wilhelmina, so ex- lactly does it reproduce the dunes. the 1o rolling land covered with | shrubby trees and at every point the milior windmill, nany doing the same sort of labor which is expected in Holland. At West Yarmouth is the famous Miller-Pilgrim mill cupying an isolated plot and quite conspicuous feature on the landscaps "t built of unstained d now weather-beaten boards. with a shin- gled roof. and if some Kkindly-look- ing storks were perched on the chim- " the visitor might indeed imag- line that the sea which rolls gray | and somber from the flat shore was A tion is a is Zee. All of this has been explained to Jonkheer de Graeff and his daugh- | | ters and all being fine artists with a | camera. they intend to fill a scrap- book of Cape Cod pictures against | their next visit to the herlands. | | Willial | ety ory. most ant of Prof. Zoological Ruth Rose, a m Bebbe of the of New York Museum of 1 who is s one of the intrepid explorers of world, has just accepted a | position under the Rritish Guiana zovernment to gather some dozens of mens of the poisonous bush ter snake which makes lif perilous in many regions of South Miss Rose is in her early twenties, is charming in appearance and took high honors when she com- F St .tO 327 .50 life | | | herwood st | s "THE SUNDAY ' STAR. MRS, H AGH Wife of Maj. Cluggett. who will re. turn with him tomorrow from Masaa. Chunetts, where they have been for several weckn. se at Columbia ity three years ago. Yet she life in the wild to the lures 1 gatherings of Broadway and the cabaret and has turned her back on civilization for three years in or- der to rid the wilderness of this dan- gerous foe, the bushmaster snake, which is so powerful and so subtle that he is enough to make a knight in armour shudd Accompanying Mi, Rose on her tra 15 is the artist, Miss Isabelle Cooper, and the illus- trator, Mrs. Helen van Tree, and the trio intend to make the most ex- haustive reports not only to the Brit- in Guiana but to the the Museum of Natural ew York. The headquar- feminine expedition will lapagos Islands off the British possessions and the con- fluence of the Mazaruni and the Cuyuni rivers in « ana. TIncidental- v 'ho‘A‘ln‘nHSts and artists will study birds and flora and the general aspect of this impenetrated region. pleted a s Unive: History in ters of th be in th Two powerful wings of Anglo- American society will be united when the Hon. Alexander Baring weds in london next month the Hon. Doris Harcourt. Mr. Baring is the great- xrandson of that Alexander Baring who was the first Lord Ashburton, and who married the daughter of William Bingham, Senator from Penn- vania, in the first half of the nine- nth century. He later founded the t international banking house of Baring Brothers, and was the same with Daniel Webster, signed the famous treaty which bears their joint names, and which, was the foun- dation stone of all subsequent cove- nants with Great Britain. The father of the present Alexander Baring mar- ried the first Viscountess Hood, moth- or of his several children, and on his econd marriage he lifted into fame one of the celebrated Florodora sex- “ette singers, Miss Frances Donnelly of New York City. This Lady Baring shines more brilliantly in athletic than in social circles. Her stepchil- dren are on cordial terms with her. The Hon. Doris Harcourt is the grand- niece of J. Pierpont Morgan. Besides inheriting a fine fortune from the elder J. Pierpont Morgan, the bride- clect has just profited by the gift of Lord Robert Vernon Harcourt, the playwright and critic. who has re- tired from public life after being for nany years Conservative member of 0. J. DeMoll DEMOL Parliament from Southwark. Lord Robert has sold for a tremendous price an estate above London which contained a frontage of 7 miles on the Thames, and divided most of the sum among several favorite nieces and nephews. He is the son of Lord Robert Harcourt, who married Eliza- beth Motley, daughter of John Loth- rop Motley, author of the “Dutch Re- publics,” at one time American Min- ister to England. The marriage of Mr. Baring and the Hon. Doris Har- court will attract hundreds of Ameri- can kinspeople of both contracting parties. Not since the first Autumn after the signing of the armistice will 8o many distinguished forcigners of all nationalities touch these shores as will gome this year. The vanguard will, 8f course, be the host of Britons who have accepted the invitation to witness the polo games at Meadow- brook Club, on Long Island, and at which the Prince of Wales is to be the lodestone. Lord and Lady Mount- batten, who were in Washington two years ago as the guests of the late Princess Christopher of Greece, will no doubt return again with Col. Rob- ert M. Thompson, who will be their host after they have witnessed the games under the care of Mrs. Ralph ¥. Pulitzer. The Crown Prince Olaf of Norway is due in these parts in early October. He will be feted at Annapolis, where his ship will-an- chor, and will come to Washington to accept the hospitality of the sea branch of the national defense. The Minister from Norway and Mme. Bryn will be here for these festivities. The Crown Prince of Sweden Is due in the late Autumn, being on a tour strictly incognito. He intends to buy a ranch in Alberta near those of his cousins, the Prince of Wales and the Danish Prince Erfc. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Leigh have re- cently purchased a famous London house, that of Mrs. George Keppell, who was o prominently identified with the gay court of Edward VIl Mrs. Leigh. who is one of the beau- tiex of London, as well as one of its powerful social leaders, belongs to that wing of American society which is known as the Chicago set, aund was before her marriage Miss Hele Gioudy, granddaughter of the late liam J. Goudy. and also of the late Samuel J. Walker, a_pioneer banker of the Lake City. She mar. ried Gerald Leigh ten years ago in London while on a visit to her aunt formerly Miss Amy Walker, now the wife of Sir Charles Moncrieffe. An- other aunt, who Miss Marguerite Walker, is the wife of the Hon. Oliver Henry Wallop, brother and heir ap- parent of the Karl of Portsmouth. Mr. Leigh, who belongs to the Prince of Wales' set and is a special friend of all of King George's sons, is a member of an ancient family of Sur- rey, and the couptry seat, Leigh Court, was one of the show places on the Thames. Mr. Leigh after his mar- riage had converted this country seat into an all-the-year-around home, for it was only an hour and a half out of London. But. like 0 many members of the British aristocracy, he recent was compelled to sell it and acconi- modate his family in the less spacious lodge house which he retained. to- gether with 10 acres. The hounds of Leigh Court were renowned for 200 years and Capt. Leigh was for some years the M. F. H. of his section. The Marquise de Polignac, whose romance began in Washington during a visit to Miss Katherine Mackay, now Mrs. Kenneth O'Brien, is consid- ered one of the most successful host- esses in Paris and her beautiful home near the Arc of the Star is always filled with distinguished guests. The masquise was Miss Nina Crosby, daughter of Mr. Walter Crosby of ew York, and she had married first Mr. James B. Eustis, son of the for- sador to the United States It was as Mrs. Eustis that this rarely beautiful daughter of Gotham came to visit the then Miss Mackay, and renew her friendship with Emmons 8. Smith PIANO CO. 12th and G Sts. Closed Saturday During August Extra Specials Offered This Week in Our SUMMER PIANO SALE ~ Our Summer PIANO SALE is nearing its close, and in order to dispose of as many instruments as possible before our Fall stock arrives, we are going to offer unusual concessions on remaining stock, starting tomorrow morning. » — Specimen Values — Used Upright Pianos, as low as. ........... $75.00 New Upright Pianos, as:low as. . ......... $359.00 Used Player-Pianos as low as. . New Player-Pianos as low as. ... ... .$225.00 .$495.00 Used Baby Grand Pianos as low as. . . . $250.00 New Baby Grand Pianos as low as. .. .$495.00 Extra Special Announcement Any of Above Can Be Purchased on Monthly Payments - various | - WASHINGTON, D. C., "AUGUST 17, 1924—PART members of the Kustis family, then domiciled in Washington. The Marquis de Polignac was among the aides of M. Andre Tardleu in Washington, the French high commissioner during the World*War, and from the first he was irresistibly attracted to the lovely young widow. She was not a great heiress and the best part of her mod- est fortune was.secured to her son, James B. Eustls, 3d, now a student at Ecoles des Roches in Paris. He is 17 and returns to the United States next year to ehter Yale. Mme. Lou- don, wife of the Netherlands Minis- ter to Paris, and her sister, Mme. Kinen, wife of a French banker, are dousins-in-law to the Marquise de Polignac and are often her aides in the fetes, which arc constantly given in her Paris home. Mrs. Larz Anderson’s famous cstate, Weld, at Brookline, seems to sub- merge in general interest the cqually beautiful home of her cousin, Mrs. ward D. Brandegee, who was so well known here when her first hus- band, the late Charles Franklin Sprague, was in Congress. Mrs. Bran- degee’s home is situated on less spa- cious grounds than is Mrs. Ander- son’s, but the parks and gardens have been just as intensely cultivated and present a wonderfully restful appear- ance from the circular veranda which, like that of the White House, is to the rear of the mansion and overlooks a large lily pond flanked by a swim- ming pool. .Box hedges divide flower plots from the wide gravel walks and exquisitely carved Italian benches in white marble dot the long expanse into the wooded park, which makes a fringe to the entire inclos- ure. Mrs. Brandegee has a marvelous kitchen, so spaclous and antiquely equipped that it might be part of Mount Vernon or Monticello, and though every modern convenience has been instalied the vast wide brick fireplace is xtill in use and in the severe winters thick logs set all the | now 15.00—20.00. now 15.00—20.00. 55.00. ' the | 9 old brass and pewter into a dazzling setting. The floor is of wide white pine boards and is covered with some of the most venerable hooked rugs to be found about Boston. Whilst many owners of beautiful homes give their attention to collecting treasures for their drawing rooms and sleeping apartments, Mrs. Brandegee has de- voted years to old pewter and brass kitchen ware, and her assortment of dippers, scoops, shallow dishes and general paraphernalia for culinary purposes is unequalled in her section. Americans who have such a variety of weather within the -confines of their own country are undaunted by the heat which. envelops Syria and the Holy Land in Summer and the American Consul in Jerusalem, Mr. Oscar §. Seizer, has reported a con- stant string of motorists from vari- ous parts of the United States enter. ing the promised land from every point. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wright Harriman and their daughter, Miss Miriam Harriman, of New York have recently returned to their summer home, Avondale, Brookville, L. I, after having passed all of June and July motoring through Syria and the Biblical country beyond the Leb- anon ranges. They made the trip leisurely, taking care to bring all manner of tinned and dried meats. and, of course, there were vegetables, | nuts and fruits to be purchased every- where. There are Turkish inns in the most remote parts of Syria and Pal- estine where delicious coffee may be obtained and where dried fruits are excellent and very cheap. Eat Butterfly Tarts. From the Kansas City Star. Aborigines of Australia consume every vear millions of butterflies. The inzects live largely in mountain rock The natives catch them by lightin, wood fires, the smoke of which suffo- e —————————————————————————————————————————————— 217 Conn. Ave. G Individaality Final Clearance -~ Remarkable Values Small group of Dresses, were 55.00—85.00, Small group of Sport Suits, were 55.00—75.00, About 25 white and colored Skirts, were 25.00 to 35.00; now 5.00—7.50. Sweaters from 3.50 to 15.00; were 10.00 to Smart Hats 5.00—15.00; were 16.50 to 40.00. SOCIETY. cates them. The natives collect them |the wings, make them into a sort of In baskets, put them in the oven and {tart, much appreciated among con- after having sifted them to get rid of | noisceurs. FOR YOUNG FOLKS AND YOUTHFUL APPAREL FOR zvmrwznu F at Tenth St. T ol Now Comes the Grand Finale of Summer Sales---Our Semi-Annual Take-Away Sale This is the sale we hold twice each year which assures both to our patrons and ourselves absolutely clean stocks for the approaching Fall and Winter season. Unusual—is truly not ex- pressive of the 0 A AR OB G Values and Savings Being Offered---Read Each Item It Will Be Worth Your While Were Special group of Dresses $10.00 to $29.50 Another group of Dresses $15.00 to $29.50 A remarkable group of Dresses $22.50 to $49.50 An unexcelled group of Dresses $30.00 to $49.50 An exceptional group of Dresses $40.00 to $69.50 19 Tweed Sport Suits $29.50 to $42.50 3 Flannel Sport Suits $59.50 5 Camelain Coats $15.00 to $20.00 50 Cloth Skirts $9.50 to $19.50 Every other dress, coat or suit Every Summer Hat—regardless of former price, Full-fashioned Silk and Chiffon Hose, black and brown Waonderful Silk Hosiery, white, black and brown Sleeveless Worsted Sweaters Group of Slip-on and Coat Sweaters Sweater Coats, Chappie Coats All Women’s Bathing Suits 56 Radium and Jersey Under- skirts 29 White Silk Radium Slips 24 White and Flesh Tub Radium Slips 46 Phoenix Silk Vests 35 Phoenix Silk Bloomers Group of Silk Sweaters Now $5.00 $7.50 $10.00 $15.00 $20.00 $10.00 $25.00 $5.00 $5.00 $2.50 $2.00 $2.65 to $3.00 $2.95 to $3.95 $5.00 and $525 $7.90 to $10.00 $5.00 to $5.95 $5.95 $3.95 $2.50 and $2.75 $4.50 $15.00 to $25.00 We refrain from quoting comparative prices because of their tendency to mislead. ¥ We've Gathered a Brilliant Array of utumn Froclcs Which our influence makes possible marking at 33 Street, Faslle Bengaline Georgette Crepe Satin Satin Fliat Crepe Chenille and Georgette You'll be agreeably surprised at the display of originality that marks the mod- eling a'nd embellishing of these new Frocks. In their designing you'll see Parisian motif —and in their execution American crafts- manship. Covering both is Philipsborn stewardship exemplified in their remark- able marking at $35. In Cloth— Flannel Charmeen Loresheen Twill Bloom Striped Repp Canton Trimmed with fur, beading, braiding, lace and h;gh-li(fit embroidery in intensively brilliant designing. Straight-line and Coat-type models: both one and three- piece effects. Black Cocoa Brown Burnt Russet —Second Floor— Navy Combinations