Evening Star Newspaper, November 22, 1925, Page 57

Tales of Well Known Folk In Socia} and pfficial Life D“"ight W. I\lorrow. Long Friend of President, Is Becoming Familiar Figure Around The White ‘House. RET B. DOWNING. Whitney Morrow. who of the Air Service, is N Washington in per his duty and is becoming fizure about the White House. 1or like Mr. Stearns, he is now the President’s trusted counselors and was besides a classmate and o tried and true buddy in the Amherst days. Although both Sen- ator Butlec and Mr. Stearns are alter nately ussigned the role of being Presidant Coolidge’s most intimate friend, those who have a chance to chiing sely say that Mr. Mor- oW is the Executive’s all-around com- panion and has been since both éminent gentlemen entered their najority. Mr. Morrow is a native of Huntington, W. Va.. and his intimacy the Chief Executive resulted from the accident of their beifig thrown together when they entered rst and later became roommates. the A.B. degree from Massachusetts seat of Morrow studied law in n his brilliant legal York City in a modest in a law firm. H now the powerful members of the rpont Morgan firm and a direc or of the Bankers' Mrs. Morrow, sometimes ac companies her husband to Washing- ton Miss Elizabeth Reeve Cutter of feveland, Ohio, and their took place in . two years before the President and Mrs. Coolidge took the step. Mr. Morrow is genial and «da nd filled many trying osts with ease and He zes very highly an honor which came as the result of his war activi- tes in the military shipping and allied board of supplies. This was the dis- inguished service medal awarded him and presented by Gen. Pershing in 1919, Mr. and Mrs. Morrow have a beauti ful home at Englewood, N. J., and it was their privilege to entertain Mr. nd Mrs. Coolidge very often in the s before they reached their present BY MAR # Mr. Dwight is chairman frequently formance of A familiar apacity e b is was success 1e Congressional Club will open its ! season after the Sixty-ninth convenes by a reception to Congresswomen who will cn been seated in that body. Of Mrs. Julius Kahn is a charter member and she will receive conspicu- ous honor from this club, which has 1 such heights in national im- riance. Mrs. Kahn with 12 others 1 the first call form the ional Club and has been ac- its_councils during the past She represented the Pacifie on the national board for five and has held other offices. M John Jacob Rog of Massachusetts has been a member since she came to Washington 12 vears ago, but she has been always more partial to phil- anthropic to social pleasure and - identified with the Red service in Walter Reed Hospital. The Congresswoman from New Jersey Mrs. Mary Norton, will be invited into the club by a spe. ial rulinz. Being neither wife, mother, sister nor other member of a gislator's family, she would not be ble simply through her election into Congress. 0 ce Otto von B marck, who has retur to Washington for a few days’ visit to his cousin, Baron Leo- pold Plessen, will soon he due in Ber- assume his legislative duties for the district in which estate of the Iron Chan- Iriedrichsruhe, is situated. He hief heir of the splendid Bis- k fortune, his father, Prince Her- Bismanr having died severah veurs ago e logically he be- Jongs to the Monarchist party and is one of the leaders of that wing German politics. But _through _ his mother, a daughter of Robert White- head, the inventor of the torpedo, he has a strong strain of English blood and likewise a general sympathy with the Lnglish-speaking races. He will also inherit a fortune from his moth- er from the Whitehead estate, the principal and income of which has heen s invested in London for o three daughters of the inventor, 1l of whom had married Germans sefore his death. The Whitehead tor pedo came into fame during the Russo-Japanese war, when the Jap inese. having purchased from their British ally this terrible instrument destruction, annihilated the entire Russian fleet at Port Arthur. Baron Leopold Plessen (for he has dropped the “von” from his name) is the first cousin of Prince Otto von Bismarck nd the son of the late Baron Leo- old von Plessen. who was for 10 vears immediately preceding the World War the Kaiser's minister to Athens. Baron Plessen has been a member of the German embassy staff dnce shortly after diplomatic rela- tions were resumed in 1922 The Hon. Raoul Dandurand of Mon- real, who has recently been elected president of the League of Nations, , like all prominent Canadians, well nown in Washington and in other arts this Republic. He is a na- tive the empire city of the Do- minion and has resided there prac- tically all his life. fter the A. B. se ut McGill he studied in Oxford, Cambridge and on the Continent, taking up law as a career. He is one of the ornaments of the Canadian bar and has been several times the vresident of its legal association. In his capacity he welcomed the Chief o tice when that distinguished jurist paid a courtesy visit to Montreal, and Char Evans Hughes, then Secre- tary of State. when the Canadian bar invited the American association to Le jts zuest. The president of the T.eague of Nations s been a Senator om Montreal for some years and lie has since the inception of the cague been one of its most eloquent hamy ind an ardent supporter of its principles. Canada, apart from political differences, has alwzays been friendly to President Wilson's cher- sisbed project, and there was much rejoi g that the Dominion has been honored in selection of the supreme officer of that tribunal Washington theatergoers who are as numerous and enthusiastic as any in the country, will soon be called » join the reform movement ;\ho\!t cimplifying the program. Gotham's ynodish leaders have declared against existing page after page pro- ram when becomes a task to to nd the play the evening and ~ometir impossible to read it vhen un because of the dim Jights which prevail before the cur- tain goes up and the absolute dark- ness after it dees. Mrs. Ruth Pratt, New York's first “alderwoman,” has the matter in hand and she wishes ven the Metropolitan Opera House 1o, adopt a one-page affair with the cast and schedule in good sized type Jdown the middle, the sides devoted ta svnopsis and other details. The reverse side is to be covered with fire regulations in the largest type possible and let it go at thi All else she holds is superfluous and should be eliminated. Mrs. Pratt has made these terse commendations to 111 the theaters and she is getting a strong following to make the ma agers see her point of view. doubt her ideas are shared by thou- <linds convinced of the futility of fill- ing dozens of pages with advertise- ments which no onescan see to read it lay of in the theater and certainly take the time to do when is ended. will not the play hough Washihgton only say that amazing young matron Cynthia Mosley. second of the three daughters of the late Marquis Curzon of Kedleston and his first wite, who was Mary E. Leiter }»(' this cit there are many interesied and as many shocked by her recent plunge into socialistic policies. Oswald Mos- ley, her husband. having been left out of Parliament by an unappreciative public, she has thrown herself into the breach and is now. in the British way of expressing it, standing for the { borough in the pottery center, Stoke- on-Trent. Lady Cynthia has been steadily journeving toward her pres: ent goal since her marriage, and two years ago, by way of preparing her self for a career among the extreme radicals, she took a position in the main office of the Trent potteries at 30 shillings a week. This, she has ten told in campaign addresses, dis pleased her father so much that he forbade her his house and even ended her association with her voung sister, Alexandra. since married and gone to India. This gay young reformer wor ed for six months and then was pro moted to 35 shillings a week and given & more responsible post. She always addresses her audiences in the pot- tery town as “comrades” and she mingles on the most familiar footing with all in the soclal sense, as, of course, she must, if she is to get the necessary votes. Mr. Mosley has de- parted from Gloucester, where he ap- pears to have lost his influence with the vote and will begin a campaign in Birmingham against Neville Cham- berlain. Like his wife, he has sought occupation in the cloth mills of the sreat industrial city and has joined all the unions thereabout. knows by hea Lady Formerly Miss Hilda Lyon, daugh ter of the late Edward Lyon of New York City, and now married to Capt. Arnold Wills of the British army, the | chatelaine of the most famous racing establishment in the United Kingdom 1s for the first time in its history an American. This estate is known in the sporting world as Kingsclere and | was the training place of many win ners of the Derby, including those of Edward VII, who achieved that triumph three times: several horses of the Duke of Westminster and of the late Lord Rosebery. It was then the property of old John Porter, whom the horseloving world of Britain deemed the greatest trainer and racer of his day. The estate was sold recently and Capt. Wills became the purchaser. He has just moved in with his family and as the present owner comes of a horse-loving clan, he has announced that he will retain all the old Porter hands and maintain the stables in keeping with the ditions. pt. Wills is one of Ih(“’ chief he of what is alled the Som erset dynasty of tobacco kings. which has for nearly two centuries con- ! trolled the monopoly in the British Isles. Mrs. Wills was of the® West chester New York hunting set and is as devoted to equine sports as her husband i Wotton House, the home of John Evelyn, the diarist. is one of the few literary relics of the seventeenth cen tury which has been reverently pre-| served in the family of the celebrity. Nor are the Evelyns of the present generation over fond of having the mansion invaded by the public. But occasionally societies of untiquarians and scholars generally are permitted to browse in the library and to inspect the splendid collection of fine furni- ture and rare paintings which Evelyn acquired during his life. The manu- script of the famous diary was, how- ever, long ago presented to the Bod- ieian Library in Oxford, but there are some dpulicate sheets in Wotton House. There is also the well known essay of Evelyn on “Gardening,” which in its day was quite the guide and support of royalty when it took to spade and shovel. He likewise wrote a treatise on architecture which was highly regarded for some y Evelyn was the friend and stanch supporter of Charles T, and a rather grusome relic in the library of Wot- ton House is the prayer book which the unfortunate monarch carried to the scaffold. Charles had written his name on the flyleaf of the book, and when it came into possession of Eve- lyn he added to the autograph the initials “B. M.,” which meant Blessed Martyr, and the date of the execution. As this prayer book is a marvelous example of black letter printing, vast sums have been offered in vain for the royal memento. But the descend- ants of the courtly dfarist have main- tained their prosperity through the centurles, but if they ever fell on evil days, the contents of their libra; a_Io}r:e would make them independently rich. rs. [kl bl bbbl [c——=[s|——=o[—=)] A New York bud who will have the good wishes of many Washingto nians is Miss Helen Choate, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Choate and granddaughter of two highly re vered public' men, the late Joseph Choate, Ambasasdor to Great Britain, and Robert Shaw Oliver, who was Assistant Secretary of War for al. most 12 years and under three Execu- tives, McKinley, Roosevelt and Taft Miss Choate will be presented in the home of her parents, at 10 East Ninety-fourth street, on December 11, at an afternoon reception, and this will be followed in the evening by a ball given by her elder sister, Mrs Charles Barney Harding, who married | the son of J. Horace Harding, and whose beautiful home is on Riverside drive. Miss Marion Oliver, well known in Washington during her father's long career in the War Department, is at present the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Choate, and will remain in New York until after the debut party. Miss Oliver has a charming villa near Ham- ilton, in the Bermudas, and will leave at once for a milder climate wheq the festivitv is ended. Col. Oliver =t T ¥ = _ended. Col. Oliver ¢ —the lure of ships —the sound of the sea SUNDAY Blue Moon Dinner One Dollar Fifty Six to Seven Thirty —MENU— Celery Soup Roast Turkey Cranberry Jelly Riced Potatoes Corn Pudding or Boiled Soinach Hot Rolls Hearts of Lettuce With Roquefort Cheese Dressing Hot Mince Pie Coffee Tea Milk Connecticut Ave. at Que St. {him on the distaff side THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, NOVEMBER 22, 1925—PART 2. was the associate of Chief Justice William Howard Taft in the War De- partment and a strong tle of friend- ship binds the families. The Countess of Limerick, who was recently in Washington, was a fre- quent visitor during the World War nd the troubled times after the sign- ing of the armistice. She is now the' guest of Mr. and Mrs. James Cox Irady of New York City, and will sail early in December for England. The countess is a rare example of perfect friendship and understanding of a son-in-law even after his remarriage, for Mr. Brady married Lady Victoria, only child of the late Earl of Limerick and inheritor of some of his titles Lady Victoria Brady died in 1918, leav ing an ouly son, who is under his grandmother’s care in her home, Hall Place, near Bexley Heath in Kent This young man is at Canterbury pre- paring for Oxford and, with his fa ther’s consent, he will become an Eng. lish citizen on reaching hix majority and will take over all the honors from the Earl of Limerick as can come to The Countess of Limerick resides all the year at her estate in Kent except the annual | visit which she makes with her grand son to visit Mr. and Mrs. James Cox Brady at Spring Lake. She is, how- | ever, an enthusiastic Irish patriot and was before her marriage, Miss Hannah Burke Irwin, daughter of the Hon. John Burke Irwin of Roscommon, u famous sportsman known to his ir timates as “Hard-riding Johnnie She is an earnest worker for Irish in dustry and has made several visits to the United States and. to Canada in | behalf of the linen weuvers. 1 Mr. Frederick H, Prince Boston has been made M. F. Jr of | H. in the International Club at Pau has been leading the hunt and he | through o country, which is deemed the most glorious In the world for such sport The pack goes in full cry across gors covered meadows surrounded by grand mountains and cut with pic- turesque streams. ' It was the Duke of Wellington who first discovered the possibilities of Pau, during one of his Spanish campalgns, and he sent over for his Irish hounds and hunters and started the fashion. The hunt club as it is today was regularly or- ganized in 1844 and from its beginning it has been an Anglo-Saxon affair dominated entirely by Americans and Britons. Bostonians are numerous in Pau as Winter residents and the elder Mr. Prince is one of the active members of the country club of which the hunt is a branch. Real game of many sorts are the objects of calling out the hounds and not paper trail in this country. Mrs. John Van S. Blood- good, who was Miss Lida L. Fleit- man’ of Chicago, is among the en- thusiasts of the Pau hunt and she is, besides the secretary of the club. Her Villa in the ancient resort of the Pyrenees is one of the radiating points for visiting Americans, especlally those who wish to avail themselves of the Winter meets. Jarkso; D. A.. R. Chapter Will Give Card Party The Elizabeth Jackson Chapter, Daughters of American Revolution, of which Mrs. R. Augustus Heaton is recent, will give a benefit card party at th» Cairo Tues 30 o'clock. Mrs. Louise W. Eugster is chairman of the committee of ar igements ‘and is assisted by Mrs. Gregg Custis, Mrs. J. Nesbit Smith, Mrs. William Lea Wilbett and Mrs O. M. Lissack Congregational Church Group First The rebuilding of the First Congres gational Church, now called the President’s church, as President Cool idge is a member of that church and worships there, recalls that it was a band of devout New England Congre- gationallsts from this church who called on President Andrew Johnson, on October 2, 1865, and asked him to appoint a day for yearly thanksgiving. The request was granted, and the celebratfon of the day on the last Thursday in November became the regular custom of the Nation This circumstance of the erigin of Thanksgiving day has perhaps been forgotten in the passing of two gen erations. During the war P set apart certain days and asked the people of the country to rej to their respective places of worship and give thanks to God, but the national Thanksgiving day was established in the administration of President Joh son. The committee Lincoln’s national esident Lincoln which called upon successor and asked for a Thanksgiving consisted of B. F. Morris, William Robinson, Wil liam Wheeler, W. S. Bailey, E. L. Stevens. G. H. Willlamson, W. R Hooper, C. §. Mattoon. Dr. H. Barber, H. A. Brewster, H. Bliss, A. H. Raymond, L. Deane, A. T. Longley, J. H. Johnson. J. F. Johnson, S. P. Giddings and C. H. Buxton. st of the members of the com mittee which petitioned President | Johnson were New Englanders, and i they were prompted to ask for a na | tional Thanksgiving because they had bili 608 to 614 P To Ask for U. S. Thanksgiving Day been in the habit of setting apart & regular day each year to.give thanks to God and because they wished to see President Lincoln's ideas put into effect. The Jirst Congregational Church had just been organized at this time. The “first regular pastor was Rev. C. B. Boynton, the father of the late Gen, Henry V. Boynton, president of the Board of Education and veteran newspaper man. The elder Boynton was made the chaplain of the House of Representatives soon after he was made pastor of the local church, and in his first Winter of service Con- gress granted him permission to hold House every Sunday. This is the first and the last church which has ever conducted its regular worship in the Capitol of the United States From Same Source. From the Chicago Phoenix. Political Speaker—The farmer gets ‘;!n.\ living from the soil. | Heckler—And so does the washer- | woman. WindowShades A Better Shade for Less Money. Draperies. Sip Covers. AL 1 for Estimates 3 F St Dulin & Martin Bldg. religious services on the floor of the | shorn ELEVENTH ST. DOCKET SHOWS DIVORCE ACTION BY PEGGY JOYCE Count. Morner Failed to Answer Summons and Decree Would Automatically Follow. By the Associated Press PARIS, November 21.—Court ords show that Peggy Joyce duced a demand for a divorce her fourth husband, Count some weeks ago, Following the usual procedure re. intro- from Morner, the the magistrate sent both parties sum mons to appear before him in “re ciliation proceedings.” Count Mor failing to appear, the court regists a Jocument establishing “non-recor ciliation.” Precedents all shcw that a divorce decree follows the registration of such a document automatically within 60 days. Upon her arrival in New York the Mauretania yesterday Miss Jc denied that she had any intention of divorcing Count Morner. She re marked she was as much in love with her husband “as any woman is after two years of ma Thanksgiving Dinner $2. 50 rved from 12 Noon to 9 P.M. Hotel Lafayette Sixteenth at Eye St. N.W. Make NNOUNCING, o ANNUA] An event so popular from precedent t}lat we have made unusual effort this year to surpass all previous offerings. 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