Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1926, Page 64

Tales of Well I'In Social an Known Folk d Official Life M. Berenger, New French Ambassador Here. Skilled Fencer—British King Recipicnt of Queer "Christmas Gifts"—Notes. BY MARGARET B. DOWNING. French Ambassador, M. Berenger. is, according one of the most agile and forcible fencers of the d: while living in Parls it was onl public affairs were utterly beyond his control that he this exercise in Avenue ¢ find The new Vietor Henr to his friencs. favorite club in But uniess among s or amoni f ans he will be be during his sojourn at pital. Fencing flour. e most extensively in were exhibi it studios or in ballrooms of t which many younger members of the corps showed prowess. In the French em he genial Jules Cambon, there were several exhibitions, and M Pierre Thiba and Jules Boufve were both = 1 1 the folls. was Count Quadt of the German bassy nnd several of the Russi and under the example of the gallants several maidens took up the udy and Countess Marguerite Cassinl was frequently photographed in fetching garb g A1y hindling a sword. For a Pariskan of the older day—for M Berenger will soon reach his 60th bt encing was an _ indispensable aecomplishment. and the clubs were always crowded Fencing held their place with others who im: parted expert knowledge, but now ery few known, even in le in other capitals the pro- s dwindled to nothing. But nlways hospitable to the French Ambas sador small effort he will find @ fencing club ready for him some ¢ < in the ¢ an_ unusu: t month of the yvear ! have For the gifts take omous sniakes of beau- tiful coloring and undoubtedly most attractive to gaze upon in a zoo, hut not welcome in a palace, and of spot ted zebras and voung lons. A erie w prepared In the great i t Wind: and here, under ex- pert keepers. the majority of these ifts ave kept 'as the personal prop v of the King, until such time as he may quietly dispose of them in the way as gifts to menageries. all these belated Yuletide gifts om potentates under British dominions beyond the sea, s the formula has it. and it would be to splinter tradition into small bits not to treasure and cherish any such gift. at least for a time. Two beautiful but flerce and hungry looking zebras came as tribute from the paramount chief of Bechuanaland, and the Emperor of Abyssinia sent a tawny voung lion and his mate, together with many rare ins from the desert. The serpents came from Africa, also. and are of uncommon specles, but for all | that King George no doubt iwishes that his loyal nelghbors would turn their minds in other directions. An engraved card of thanks is sent to each donor and the court gazette al- ways contains a description of each gift and of the giver, with the informa- tion that such, it it be alive, has been safely placed in a house which the Ring had especially prepared for its reception. Thomas Jefferson, the illustrious father of the Democratic party, was fnaugurated in this city—the first Chief Magistrate of the United States to have that honor—on March 4, and it will be 125 vears ago when that date arrives, within a few weeks. It 18 an important anniversary, but so far no efforts have been noted among the followers of the sage of Monti- cello to mark the occasion, but there can be no doubt that some sort of celebration will be staged on that day. Quite different was the demeanor of srats in 1901, when the cen- tenary of that signal day in the na- tional chronicles was commemorated. The late Dr. Samuel Busey, whose sctiuns of Washington®” is the local his- was chair- and there ry sense, wild their storfes the committee, ing time in ev with present prob- | glances into the founded by Jef- vent opinion ex- that the “Democrats were about to come back.” This did not happen until more than 12 years later, but that celebration in the Na- tlonal Capital was the bulwark of hopes for Teffersonians throughout the land. Jefferson fa very much before the public today in many guises. The Washington Assembly, which revived the stately ceremonial of other days, has the furnishing of Monticello as a distinct purpose; there is a bill pending in Congress to erect a Jef- ferson statue, if a space can be found in any public park. and there are other bills which deal with the re- vision of his writing: d the Vir- zinla Legislature is busy planning to myy him honor in several directions. So it is a regone conclusion that the 125th anniversary of the sage's fnauguration will not lack commemo- ration inals of the party son and the fe Ihion K. Parris is one of the fly of Washington’s local < one of its sturdi- d in his gallant of the Father of the Nation a captious critfc. Mr. Parris in ress before the Columbia Historial Society on the entertaining annals of the “first ward” recalled the home of the famous Peggy O'Neil, afterward the wife of the Secretary of War, John H. Eaton, on the upper part of = Pennsylvania avenue, and stated that the grandson of thix well remembered lady, John C. Randolph, had clerk of the War Depa for half a century and had adminstered the oath of office to many of the dignitaries since the days of _Alphonso _Taft her of the Brewster & Co. Announce The showing of the latest de- velopment of their inclosed drive limousine on the Packard Eight Chassis By the Packard Washington Motor Car Company Custom Body Salon ected his hour of | . | divided during t masters | t,|In fts stately Chief Justice. Mr. Randolph is in his 85th year. but hale enough and alert enough to attend to his duties. He is 4 link with the :®st perhaps unique in the Federal service. For the Wa Department has had but 52 head since the first Secretary, Henry Knox, | ecved under I'resident Washingto: and out of this total the venerabl wrandson of Andrew Jackson's wa chief, Gen. Johu H. Eaton, has served 18 of them, including the Incum- bent, Dwight Filley Davis. The Secretary of War, Mr. Parris two mer who became president of the United " vunt who served ad interim and Wiiliam had also the Jeffer- imder Andrew Johnson, Howard Taft, and it | president of the Confederacy, Duvis. Sir Richard Cameron’s famous estate on Staten Island. Clifton Burley, has heen sold 10 a gndicate, and will be coming Spring Into and so passes the most d extensive holding in that The present head of the Clan Car on {8 Duncan Cameron, who married Miss Mary Turnure, and whose only child, Mary Cameron, mar- {ried Mr. Juan Mayer of this city. For | years, under Sir Tickard and his im- building lots: historic | section. mediate heirs, Clifton Burley was | thronged with Gotham’s most illus- | trious, and the parties for young peo- ple were especlally notable, A steam- boat used to be chartered from the | quarantine landing, and the guests were ghen conveyed overland to the mansion. Mr. Cameron had four sis- ters. the only surviving one being Anne Cameron, who married Belmont Tiffany. vears ago Staten Is more magnificent dwe section outside the big city only the splendid domicile of Sir Bache Cunard remains situation. Commodore Vanderbilt's white stone house, deep in @ forest of evergreens, has been turned into a garuge and fuel station, and the only trees about are a few in tubs. The lovely little cottage, 80 familiar in the pictorfal wense, in which lived the commodore’s mother, and in which she received all the brides of the family, and later their infants. was rved when the property was sold, and it is now the residence of the keeper of the garage. The fine stained glass windows in which Commodore Vanderbilt had his famous horses Immortalized now are in the stables of Gen. Cornelius Van- bilt, in Fifth avenue. Prince Serge Obolensky and his wife, who was Miss Murlel Alice As- tor, the daughter of the late John Jacob Astor, and his first wife, now the widowed Lady Ribblesdale, are spending the Winter in New York. It may be that this scion of the ancient rulers of the Muscovite empire will take up a business career in his wife's native land. She has a tidy fortune and could live here very comfortably, oven if her husband chose to tofl not nor spin, but he is an energetic young man with a turn toward mechanics. In the days before the Romanoff throne collapsed little was heard of the families of the rulers who were in puwer before Peter the Great grasped the scepter. But now, at least four heirs of different dynasties reside- in | this country and have their eye out for an opportunity to retrieve their lost estate, since universally it is ad- mitted that the Russian people, if their thoughts return to a king or em- peror, will hardly call another Roman- Off to the throne. But Prince Serge is seemingly not intriguing in this way. but is looking for an opening in a con- are as lovely and and soles. $1.65. soles. $1.95. $1.85. The Mayflower . February fixst to sixth = ANNOUNCING TO THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. genlal calling. He already is one of the influential leaders of the large Russian colony established in New York and takes part in all its musical and dramatic activities. He s a fair violinist and has a good baritone voice. Mrs. John Allen Dougherty, who has assumed the District chairmanship of the National movement toward a sana- torfum for tuberculur childrer near Alburquerque, N. Mex., has just been decorated by the old Russiun Red Cross, which, deprived of its home and resources by the Soviet govern- ment, now has found a shelter in Sofla, Bulgaria. So far as this agency of mercy can reach those who need ald, and who still remuin in Russia, it has done so, and Mrs. Dougherty has beeu able to render much aid shrough her close connection with the National headquarters here. The deco- catdon is hundsome, and planned after the manner of those bestowed in the days of the Czar, and which were con- terred on several philanthropic wom- en, notably Clara Barton. It is, how- ever, not now made of gold and precious stones, but Mrs. Dougherty will wear it with pardonable pride, and will continue her efforts for the exiles as well as for those who still struggle under the Soviets. The Red Cross of Bulgaria has been aiding the flood sufferers, which, though not s nu- merous as those In Eastern Eurepe, have called for constant aid. King Borts (& an earnest supporter of the soclety, and has established one under Bulgurian patronage, which is well supported and does much good work. Nr. Burton F. 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