Evening Star Newspaper, December 12, 1926, Page 72

Tales of Well Known Folk In Social and Official Life R cheralvand Special Notes Relating to World Notables—Personal Sketches, Reminiscences, Historical Incidents of Interest. BY MARGARET B. DOWNING. Henry Bradley Martin of Long Island, who is soon to marry Miss Valerie French, daughter of Maj. and Mrs. Gerald French of London, 18 the grandson of Henry Phipps of New York and of the late Bradley Martin, and he was named to honor both. He is the nephew of many celebrities, in- cluding the Dowager Countess of Craven, of Mrs. Frederick Guest of Tondon, wife of Honorable Stanley Baldwin’s minister for aerial activities, and of John S. Phipps of New York. 1fe s likewise a cousin of the Senator from olorado, Lawrence Cowle Phipps. Though young Mr. Martin spends much time in London, he lives on Long Island, and is assoclated with his father, Bradley Martin, in financial affairs. Miss Valerie French is the zranddaughter of the Earl of Ypres, more familiar to the reading public as Sir John French, for some time com- mander-inchief of the British forces in Belgium and France. The marriage will take place soon after Easter, and the bride will join the numerous col ony of Britons married to Americans and living on Long Isiand. Lord and Lady Lee of Fareham will. in April next, become life tenants of White Lodge, in the royal park at Richmond on the Thames, King George having placed this quiet and comfortable home at their disposal as his guests. Lady Lee's health ? somewhat impaired and, by the advice of her physician, Lord' Lee has ac cepted the kindly offer of the King for the benefit of the fresh and brac ing air blowing from the river. Lady Lee, formerly Miss Ruth Moore ¢ New York City, has gained the friend- ship and admiration of Queen Marv and the more conserwative court lead ers by her lofty idedlism and her de- votion to humanity. White Lodge built by George I for hunting pur poses when Rithmond Park was stocked with deer and small game has served royal tenants for a century and a half. The Duke and Duchess of Teck spent many years in resi- dence, and it was during their tenure that Queen Mary, their daughter, then Princess of Wales, made many and lengthy visits, and during one of these the present Prince of Wales wae born. The Duke and Duchess of York were the last members of the royal family to reside there, but they found it rather small and inconvenient for their many engagements in London and they now have a wing in Buck- ingham Palace. Lord and Lady Lee do not mingle in the fashionable world to any extent, and the half-hour ride in a motor car in London does not seem a hardship. Lord Lee as naval attache of the British embassy, then Capt. Arthur Lee, was an intimatc friend of Theodore Roosevelt when the then future President was serving as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Mrs. Alfred J. Brousseau, president general of the D. A. R, in planting those 13 sturdy oaks in Independence Square has provided the Quaker City with a living memorial of the patriots of the 13 colonies, which will not re- call the unpleasant question of how meagerly the American public patron ized the Sesquicentennial: These fine red oaks were passéd upon by the American tree-planting committee and are perfect specimens of their kind. Exclusive of accidents, they will no doubt be flourishing and just getting their growth when the 200th anniver sary of the signing of the Declaration js at hand. The interesting cere- monies which marked the planting of the oaks was held under the auspices of three eminent associations—the Daughters, the women’s committee for the Sesquicentennial and the Ameri- can Tree Association. Independence Square has not made a collection of ‘historic trees, such as may be admired in the Capitol grounds or at Mount Vernon, but it has made a memorable <art in these 13, each marked by the state regent of the D. A. R. contrib- uting the memorial in a small durable tablet of brass. The trees, mostly chestnuts, under which the fathers of the Nation walked and meditated during those trying days of May and June, and until July 4, 1776, are all gone and they were replaced by the City Park Association without much regard to sentiment or tradition. There will, however, be an effort to fill the venerable old park around Independ- ence Hall with the best the forestry can produce, and they will be planted by great men and with proper cere- monial. Miss Katherine Tod, Miss Temple Biddle, Miss Nora Lapsley, Mise Eleanor Temple Emmet and Miss Frances Hecksher are a few of the New York girls who have been an nounced as having successfully passed the tests required to become full mem bers of the Junior League, and, in the instanee of these maidens, all belong to families historically possessing the qualities which are stressed by the organization. Miss Tod is the grand daughter of the late John Stewart Kennedy, who built the United Char- ities Building in 1891 and presented it to four worthy organizations, so that their means would not be exhaustec in paying rent. He also was for 27 vears president of the board of the Presbyterian Hospital. Miss Emmett is the granddaughter of the late Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet, whose vast fortune was expended in many char- itable activities, and Miss Biddle, her cousin, is the daughter of the late Nicholas Biddle, whose father, Gen James Biddle, U. S. A., left many be- quests to charity. Miss Hecksher i the granddaughter of Augustus Heck. sher, who spent millions of his large fortune in alleviating the lot of tene ment dwellers and who was responsi ble for the many city ordinances which resulted in better living con ditions on the East Side. The Junior League has made a point of showing that many distinguished men and women of Gotham in the past half century stimulated the ideas for which it stands, and by their example, as well as precept, made it possible for so many of their descendants in the you‘r(nger circle to be admitted into the ranks. Mrs. Raymond T. Baker has recent- 1y received as a gift from her father, Isaac_Emerson, the famous breeding farm known as the Fuss estate, in the ‘Worthington Valley, about 10 miles from Baltimore. Almost 300 acres are included in the gift and Mr. Emerson intends to begin at once the prepara- tion of a one-mile outdoor and three- quarters-of-a-mile indoor track, on which Mrs. Baker will try her steeds, and on occasion invite her friends thereabout to exhibit their best racers of every class. For some years Mrs. Baker has been among the earnest students of the problems confronting the breeder of race horses and she has already collected a stable of some im- portance. It is to give her the op- portunity of trying out her theories that her father's princely gift was made. Next Spring, no doubt, affairs at Fuss farm will be entered on the racing schedule and there is much pleasureable speculation. Few of the old-time Maryland stock farms keep up a race track. There is od one at Doughoreagan Manor. the seat of the Carrolls of Carroliton, and the present owner, Philip Lee Carroll, often invites his friends to private races. But only Carroll horses are on the track, except at an occasional afternoon show when all kinds of en tries are permitted. Mrs. Baker has ambitious schemes in preparation, in cluding a horse show and exhibition of yearlings about twice a year. She contemplates giving much time to the Fuss farm this Winter instead of go ing to Palm Beach as has been her custom. Her sons are both in school and the daughter, Gloria Baker, now about 7, will be with her in Baltimore. Although the distinguished French scholar and poet, M. Paul Claudel will receive a cordial welcome as Am bassador from France, the Society of Native Washingtonians will regret that Count Charles de Chamburn di® not receive the assignment. . For Count Charles and his brother, the general, were born in a fine old brick house, long since demolished, on H street, near the present site of the Veterans’ Bureau, and they took their first view of the big world in which they were to play a dominant par from perambulators through Lafay- ette Square. There is no doubt that Count Charles would have joined other Washingtonians in this organization and have been an ornament to it Lady Spring-Rice was a native Wash ingtonian and took much pride in the fact. She was born during the term of her father, Sir Frank Lascelles, as charge d'affairs in the British em- bassy, and she used this same room in later years as a nursery for her children. But the natives of the Capi- tal had not formed their soclety when the late Sir Arthur Cecil Spring-Rice was Ambassador from his - Britannic majesty’s kingdom. But many of those born on the Potomac who wander far from its banks return in exalted po- litical or social roles, and this organi- zation now has an impressive list. of members taken from the legislative class and the new Congress will bring several eminent recruits. Mrs. Mary T. Norton, M. C., from New Jersey, with her associates in the House, is receiving many appeals to take the subject of the national anthem in hand. So many thousands of Americans disapprove of “The Star Spangled Banner,” and its words, its terest are presented under every guise. But Mrs. Norton recognizes that the question of national anthems is a grievance in many lands, especially those set free by the World War. Poland, for instance, has a most sanguinary national hymn, adopted in the heroic days of Kosciuszko and Poniatowki and taken over by Gen. Pilsudski and his legions. 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The Baltic republics are still disputing about na- tional airs, and Czechoslovakia has a struggle on because the hymn chosen is plaintive and alluring. but lacks the punch considered necessary for such a strain. The Czechs, however, cling to “Where Is My Home?" while the Slovaks have a rousing anthem, “The Tatra Is Ablaze With Lights.” The Irish Free State still debates an an them and has offered a generous sum for one which will please the populace. “The Star Spangled Banner,” it is charged, presents sentiments which are as foreign to conditions toda¥ as is propaganda of the abolitionists, but no one appears willing to fight the battle necessary for the adoption of difficult air and lack of rousing .in: |] another anthem. Shower Given in Honor Of Miss Sadye Abrahams A miscellaneous shower was given in the home of Mrs. Edward C. Ostrow at 517 Taylor street narthwest, Wed- nesday evening, in compliment to Miss Sadye Abrahams, whose mar- | rage to Dr. Maurice A. 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Johnson of the sixth Texas congressional district, president of the society. Representative Clay Stone Briggs of -|the seventh Texas congressional dis- trict, has been named floor chairman by Representative Johnson, There are 1,500 Texans living in Washington, Representative Johnson said, all of whom are invited to attend the dance, regardless of whether ‘or not they are at present active mem- bers of the Texas Soclety. There are 500 Texans in the civil service, he pointed out. The purposes of the Texas Soclet:\, as explained by its president, are tc, form a soclal center for the Texan‘ in the National Caplital, to'help pre. serve the rich historical traditions of the Lone Star State—the only State 4n the Union which was once an inde- pendent republic and which fought alone its fight for independence from its mother country—and to be as great a factor as possible in the future de- velopment of Texas. Arthur Perry of Austin is secretary of the soclety. Senators Morris Sheppard and Earle Mayfleld and the entire congressional delegation plan to be present at the opening function. e Y JANVIER FORSYTH DEAD. Employe of War Department for Eighteen Years. Janvier Howard Forsyth, 53 years old, engineer's assistant, Engineer's office, War Department, for the past 18 years, died Thursday at his resi- dence, Bowie, Md. He was a son of the late Col. Lewis Cass Forsyth, U. S. A., and Mrs. Janie Janvier For- syth. He is survived by a brother, Lewis Henry Forsyth of Bowle, and a sister, Mrs. Margaret F. Munday of New York City. Interment will take place tomorrow in Oak Hill Cemetery. Financial Bill 0.K.d. RIO JANEIRO, December 11 (4).— The Chamber of Deputies yesterday approved the third and final reading of the Government bill for stabiliza- tion of the Brazilian currency. The measure was sent to the Senate, where it is expected it also will pass without modification. LBTER PIANOS “LAST A LIFETIME” 1926—-PART 2. MISS DORIS LIPPER MINSTER, Whose mother, Mrs. Samuel D. Min- ster, announces her eng: Mr. Morris Jaffe. The we take place in January. al‘Pl‘in flnd Mt!. we-'er Mark Golden Wedding Day Chaplain Francis H. Weaver, U. S. A., retired, and Mrs. Weaver of Newry, Pa., celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Tuesday, Nov- ember 30, in their country home, Greenmont Farm, near Altoona, Pa: Mrs. A. Riggles of Washington, sister of Mrs. Weaver, and her brother, Mr. F. T. Schneider of Braddock Heights, Md., and Dr. and Mrs. 8. Weaver of York, Pa., son and daughter-in-law of Chaplain and Mrs.” Wedver, were among the out-of-town guests. Their son and daughter, Mr. George D. Weaver and Miss Marguerite Weaver, make home with them at Greenmont Farm. Their home was built about 80 years ago and only members of the Weaver family have occupied it. The Rev. Dr. Weaver saw service in the Civil ‘War and afterwards was detailed as a clerk in the War Department. Mrs. Weaver is a native of Washington, be- ng the daughter of the late Mr. L. H. Schneider, a prominent hardware merchant of early days in Washing- ton. ent to ding will Missouri Society Opens Season Tuesday Evening The first meeting of the Missouri the soclety, will preside over the meet- the Washington Hotel, hall of nations, Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. It is expected that Representative Cleve- land A. Newton, retiring president of the soclety will preside over the meet- ing. ‘The meeting will be a reception for thé members of the present Con, 8 and their wives, election of cers. and a musical program to precede the reception. Miss Mirfam Leota Herr will give a number of violin se- lections. Representative J. Banks Kurtz, twenty-first district of Penn- sylvania, will be the speaker of the evening. In the receiving line will be Senator and Mrs. James A. Senator and Mrs. Harry B. Hawes, Representative and Mrs. C. C. Dick- inson, Representative and Mrs. L. C. Dyer, Representative and Mrs. T. L. Ruby, Representative and Mrs. C. A. Newton, Representative and Mrs. M. A. Romjue, Representative and Mrs. Edgar C. Ellis, Representative Charles L. Faust, Representative and Mrs. Sam C. Major, Representative and Mrs. Jacob L. Milligan, Representa- tive and Mrs. Ralph F. Lozier, Rep- resentative and Mrs. Joe J. Manlove, Representative and Mrs. Clarence L. Carnnon, Representative Mrs. W. Reed, | Jakob Ahrer, WILL ANSWER QUESTIONS. December 11 (M) former minister finance, whose personal evidence is wanted by a parliamentary committee investigating a contract $11,000,000 alleged to have been en- tered into by him with the State Saw ings Bank without the government's’ approval, is willing to answer u oath questions put to him by the Aug trian consul at Havana, Cuba, wheré he now is, but he does mot want to reiurn é:.b lAu-trh. n a legram to Chancellor Beipel, Ahrer -)l'l.l lhll: he is ::om to take up a position earn L cannot return to Vienna. 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