Evening Star Newspaper, February 1, 1925, Page 54

Tales of Well Known Folk In Social and Official Life \Woman Chairman of Charity Inaugural Ball Com- minee }13‘(65 RCCOl‘d {Ol‘ Leadersl’:ip*Noted Personagcs in Limelight. F BY MARGARET B. DOWNING. Mrs ohairman ball c time, tation for fleld =he took charity ditional Jevee had heen canc President Harding three weeks in which to g plans, vet something like 33 realized at were devoted fare work Mrs. Is the Dougherts from the honor of accom E | princess and her su she w news John Allen Dougherty, of nmittee, ©of Washington for a pr but she has philanthropy nally displaved when four vears ago up the idea of having a ball the even 4. after the preparati day Dougherty widow of Admi as in ( of officer, who is inaugural a resident cally short achieved a repu- leadership in her chosen This sig- his Mrs. relatives the charity has bee her splendid Distric She giv union w was S she is intere: & of March or the tra- evening ed by the late She had barely rfect her ,000 were of which ldren's wel- inaugural | given all her details. page; of the new this fete, M. to the c | the same ple A envoy was ot Mrs. Thom with her 0 Massach s the inti- « F. Walsh Mrs. Houghto who died Mr. | ton | new | and Miss and Mrs. the President their Gratia, s country when the her husband's death e returned to China ght back | presented at navall though her experience: Some of the Great Pianists who are Recording exclusively for the AMPICO SERGEI RACHMANINOFF J OLSEE LHEVINNTE MISICHA F EN R ZR L ERQ " SO RN S APE S N MORITZ ROSENTHAL ERNO ALEXANDER BRAILOWSKY GERMAINE SCHNITZER MIECZYSLAW MUNZ The lmpreg ball, some time attache in for {nterment in Kansas City, where resided Dougherty has taken the sor- rows of the world as her ny <ing day sted lcomed Houghton has two charming daugh- ters already presented to society, and who was M n [laide Wellington of New Y | proved to be an exceptionally | hostess in a difficult role in n, will circle in London Miss Gratia Houghton has never been al- the DOHNANYT Toki Since London is anticipating the a American Alanson Bigelow first week in March, Ambass Houghton, evidently that the here. wit M brother of to Great join the in May famil Britieh court. in that lin then own and work in behalf of the Red Cross is well known. hours more than a permits to the various clvic philanthroples in which and since taking over the chafrmanship of the charity she has practically waking hours to the the Frenc! Ade-| has tful erlin Arthur Amory Hough- former a Ambassador popular the Britain voung daughter, June. THE include several in other European capitals. Ambassador Houghton, who is catching up loose ends in Berlin, will have to take over the lease of Crew House from the retiring Am- bassador, since the renovation and remodeling of the American Embassy lags to such an extent that it will lbe a year or more before the elder Pierpont Morgan's gift mansion is ready for occupancy The Secretary of State-elect, as the American press might express it or | “designate” according to Kuropean { phrase, Frank Billings Kellogg, who, with Mrs. Kellogg, will be cordially welcomed to his 0ld haunts in a week or two, is #o saturated with Western ways and so devoted a son of Min- nesota that any allusion to his New York State origin always causes him surprise. Ho was born in Potsdam, N. Y., but he was less than 9 vears 0ld when his parents sought better fortune in the great and growing | commonwealth of Minnesota. Presi- dent Coolidge’'s new premier will |stana out in the group of presen |day statesmen in being in every con- | ception of the term a self-educated | man, for he has no collegiate degrees | except honorary ones and his pro- found legal knowledge, as was Lin- | coln’s, is the result of his own un- aided effort and his wise selection of | text books. In his youth, however, he | studied under that master mind, the h|late Cushman Davis, and he became h|eventually a member of the firm r.| which Senator Davis dominated for | 50 many vears. He has, however, few |of the traits of Mr. Davis, still membered as one of the great chai | men of the Senate committee on for- | eign relations, and whose hand guid- | ed affairs during the entire period of the Cuban revolution and the en- trance of the United States into the |war to attain the nd's inde- | pendence. Mr. Davis was called in v [ Democratic circles a “jingo,” and al- ways showed the most pugnacious qualities in dealing with Spanish dip- lomats o, el Mr. Kellogz is deemed even a SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. greater and more comprehensive in- terpreter of the law, national and in- ternational, but he has the gentlest sort of nature and is the master of thedpolite arts. He and Mrs, Kellogg will face the immediate necessity of selecting a suitable residence. Associate Justice McKenna, who is soon to retire from the Supreme bench, has passed the last 28 -years in Washington, and his intention to continue making this city his home has been cordially indorsed. Judge McKenna arrived at the Capital in arch, 1897, in the company of those ho had been honored by President Kinley with an invitation to be- come his official counselors, Mrs. McKenna and their three lovely daughters stood among the notable feminine group of the period and the home became at once & social center. All three of these handsome girls were presented to soclety In Washington and were married here, making a part of a celebrated circle of young people, among whom were and of Senator and Mrs. Mark Hanna, not to mention the several attractive young nieces and cousins of Presi- dent McKinley. Justice McKenna has retired while he fs still in fairly robust health and while he can enjoy to the fullest his lelsure and the social Intercourse with his hundreds of friends. The Postmaster General, Mr. Harry S. New, was no doubt prompted by a desire not to overload the humble statue of Hen Franklin with his wreath when that eminent patriot was honored through many diverse channels on the occasion of his re- cent birthday anniversary celebra- tion. For Franklin was the founder of the American postal system and very logically the Postmaster Gen- eral could have placed his tribute with the patriotic societies, the scientists and the printers. Franklin could have been honored also by the State Department officials, for his achievements in the fleld Some Prominent Owners of the Incomparable AMPICO H. R. H the PRINCE of WALES MR. VIN MR.JOGDEN ARMOUR MR'S. O. ¥ MR. MR. I MR M R. M R. MR. MR. JOS of ' M A.]J.BREXEL BIDDLE TOWNSEND BURDEN JOSEPH CUDARY O¥PET O MORTIMER SCHIFF CLAUS FEBRUARY 1, diplomacy, both for his own country and for the destiny of humanity, have never been approached, and to writers on such themes as foreign intercourse and international relations he is still fervently named “as the great am- bassador.” But that this renowned man has &0 poor a statue is a fre- quently expressed regret, and with s0 many national elements under last- ing debt to Franklin it shou'd be their earnest endeavor to provide him with a better monument, just as the fam- ily of Dupont did In the matter of the statue of the admiral in the square bearing his name. Washirton un- der training of the patriotic and lit- erary societies is developing a senti- mental side which is very pleasing. 1t s seldom indeed that flowers do not adorn the base of the statue of the heroic Mald of Orleans in Meridian Park, and the stern Dante nearby gets his tribute in crossed laurel leaves left by visiting members of Dante socleties in different sections of the country, as well as by his ad- mirers here. Longfellow, on Connecti- cut avenue, often is flower-laden, and recently some bookish members of the Sioux tribe placed an offering in token of his great Indian classlc, “Hia- watha.” Mrs. Herbert Hoover evidently be- lieves, with John Burroughs, the em- inent naturalist, that Washington en- Joys more Winter sunshine than any other city on the Atlantic seaboard. For in her spactous dining room, where so frequently large companies gather in the Winter afternoons, she has placed cur- tains of fine black silk net before the wide windows which look due west over the garden. Thus the sunlight is soft- ened, and does not bring out tired lines on the countenances of the guests, and does not half blind them with the glare which would be the case if the usual white or ecru curtains were used. This is rather a unique touch on the part of Mrs. Hoover, and the effect is excel- lent, for her drapings have vivid tou of color which the black quite arti Iy subdues. In other portions of home, where the light is not 6o viv Hoover gives id, a refulgence to the CENT ASTOR P. BEELMONT KAHN EPEH L EFTER SPRECKELS MR. CLEMENT STUDEBAKER MRS.A. G. VANDERBILT MR. HAROLD VANDERBILT able Supremacy of the Anepico The Greatest Musical Instrument of All Time IX all the world of music there is no instrument comparable with the Ampico. It is the greatest mu- sical instrument of all time. To own one means that vou possess a superb piano and all of its music—and that music played by the greatest living artists, each the greatest in his line—brought to your piano exactly as it was played in the Recording Laborato- ries in New York. In its ability to thus reproduce the artists’ plaving the Ampico stands incomparable and alone. THE Ampico can re-enact all of the piano playing effects possible to any reproducing piano and in ad- dition—certain other effects essential to a complete artistic reproduction but impossible to other instru- The means for producing these effects are protected by United States patents issued solely to nments. the Ampico. CHICKERING play it. THE Ampico has impregnable supremacy in the number and renown of the artists recording for it—in the number of composers who have recorded their own works—and in the number of artists who have recorded for it exclusively, exclusively in the right sense of never having recorded for any other piano. THE Ampico enjoys supremacy in the volume and scope of its library of music. The superb catalogue embraces music of every tvpe is difficult to name a favorite selection that is fot in the Ampico Music Catalogue. IN adding to the piano the most beautiful playing— of all the most beautiful music—the Ampico is right- ly described as “The All of the Piano,” for no piano- maker ever believed, no piano owner ever hoped, that his instrument would be played as the Ampico can There is but one Genuine Ampico Tt is Obtainable in Washington Only in These Pianos: J. & C. FISCHER MARSHALL & WENDELL Though containing the Ampico, these fine pianos remain absolutely unchanged for playing by hand EHE AMPICO- COMPANY, N EW YORK in rich abundance. KNABE It I i : : 1925—PAR'T scens by orange, and in other places rose color turns the (rick. ings long used in Kurope and the East are gradually displacing the dead white for American Winter use The Army Club is the magnificent S¥7 Nl X eln thin latest organiz projected, and if the rosy predictions are even in part rvealized thie last s urban sporting venture will place and sional Country Club in the Capt. F. B. Bassett, chief of the Navy, is the chairman in charge PIANOS OF ALL 9, window coverings of Colored window ‘hang- tion—the v and Marine Country t| from this mii luxurio Irographer | peal 1o the - ¢ estastisnen 1823 (N of the incipient movement, and he has k the momentous 0,000 s for the proposed founda- ‘olumbus grounds which the Fort Berry in Virgihia about 10 years ago. are adjacent to Fort Myer, a tremen- dous impulse is given to the scheme in |8cheme for a sporting and social club Ub- | the membership which will be drawn |I9 Now being presented for patronage. 4 5 Warren of Neyw whose name is familiar with that wonderful ary seat alone. club, where lu ways to be ha Army, service men kept in Washington the cherin Bassett has set about charter task of h which to pur- members for clubhouse and hts of Columbus doubled. the most As these grounds attractive Then a|_ M chuyler . cheon and dinner y makes a big ap- ‘ fn Dutch ion vy and Marine ant set The Ampics o for 3 foundexclsivelyin fine pianos, sucha the Chickering Hatnes Bros. Marshall & Wen dell. Upright: and grands, $985 1 $5000. Foot-poure model, $795. Th model shoun s Chickeringstyle 2. 2 The Supreme Combination! The Incomparable Ampico in the World’s Finest Piano! Hear this superlative ensemble — the world’s only re-enacting medium concealed in the glorious Chickering Piano! Satisfy vour soul’s craving for music with the stir ring fortes of Rachmaninofi—the caressing tones of Lhevinne of Godowsky. or the perfect technique More than two hundred fine pianists to play for vou ‘The Marshall and Wendell Ampico, $795 up o0 o0 o0 Do om0 JORDAN ? COMPANY PRICES—EACH PRE-EMINENT IN oo DB NIRRT U s o r . s I'FS €LEASS this e branch of the military defense, and the bars are let down for former miii- tary men either in civil life or on the reserve list the number could easily be. According to the prospectus and greater part of the open weather. Capt. to get 1 at} 000 :laborats March 26 (Continued on Nineteenth Page.) HL2KAIT D BADT_SHAD LINALLLRAI L LMAICIHAICLRAICIRAICLRA I CARAD CARAO LR AIC IR A ICSRAIC I NAIC IR eSesasasesaesesesaesesesesesasaseseseseseseses The AMPICO in the %flfihfi - THE MELLOW TONE OF 1837 HEN Grandmother smoothed her many flounces about the piano stool. and Grandfather (who wasn't Grandfather vet) turned the leaves and gazed adoringly at shinging ring- lets— Grandmother’s sweet voung voice blended with the soft, liquid notes of her Knabe as perfectly as bird song blends with purling brook. For in those days pianos were made to sing in harmony with fresh voung voices. Today, when the public concert has necessitated tre- mendous volume and great resonance in pianos, this Iyric tone quality has been lost il‘l many iflbl)’l]l”(’n'fi. Not in the Knabe. Whether you are a master playing to thousands or the family mu- sician at home—your ear is still wooed by a haunting echo of 1837, the clear, modu lated, exquisitely appealing Knabe tone, as individual as ever, but augmented and en- riched. Your edr need not be mu- sically trained to recognize the sweetness of the Knabe tone quality. Let us play for you. The Fischer Ampico, $795 Up. Sl KHABE \/, e Homer L.Kitt Co: | 1330-G'STREET — il GoGaSRGAGASa5A6a60 GAGasAGAGasRE RS A5 " BEa5a5aGAsAGAGAsAGaGaGasA5E SaGen At SasAnd