Evening Star Newspaper, February 27, 1927, Page 56

. Tales of Well Known Folk In Social and_foicial Life Interesting Incidents Relating to Prominent People of U. S. and Foreign Lands, With personal Sketches. He had a briliant war record and wears the most distinguished of French decorations and those of Lng: ind and the allied countries. he marriage will accur on_ Easter Tues. fav, A i New York City, and . °3 and the | W1 be attended by many of the Young was about to be inaugurated and the | L5 00 D Washingtonand late Representative Rogers O o | relatives and friends of the contract o ’ P SO ine o ¢ States. :‘.,,:1“:‘0‘:':“‘. R Thicae L Whin. Have |ins families from :n:|‘nm.\(‘1‘l‘((‘l'_un:"1‘:‘_ been privileged to know .""{;', Rogo Miet Catior Was shiaiad W BEERD AL ;h:‘u e ‘}"';'»:‘ki'mfw'f was | famous old convent of The Asumption A One O with a number of places | hear the Champs Elysces. ‘a)he‘lg:g': Avatiable ‘where she might establish a | her debut two years ago and has been b fter visiting one or two she prominent member of the Ju | b et Sinteentn | League. Mrs. Cuyler, is the daughter sslected an ,';‘f,',:"}:fi'»pnl;'ar; de. An-|of Mr. John Barton. one of the found street whicl Ly o ers of San k neiseo t being interested for vears| Sa sco. consecrated herself to the work w Mrs. Florence Campbell Forrester. the World War began and gradus who recently returned to her home, she narrowed her efforts to the wel-| 1700 Rhode Island avenue, after an fare of disabled veterans. For r-| absence of eight years. is preparing, | ly five years Mrs. Rogers was <o (o the disappointment of her friends. | familiar to her friends in the uniform | to resume her scientfiic work, and she of a Red Cross nurse that when she | intends to dispose of the home which wore ‘“regular” clothes, even her|wus for many years a well known {ntimates falled to recognize her. She|social centet. ~As Miss Florence passed her days at Walter Reed Hos-| Deakins, a member of a family, which Elm during the dreary months when| owned a large portion of \\elslerg v wounded victims came in| Wushington when it was purchase -g;:el?'and was influential in the suc | from the original proprietors, she mar- tess of many of the legislative meas-| ried Mr. George Ferdinand Becker, ures passed for their relief. President | the scientist, and he built and fur- Harding recognized her disinterested | mshed this house for his bride, about efforts in appointing her his personal | 25 years ago. This revered scholar, representative in her work for the|who was of Danish descent, but of disabled soldiers. These are busy times | American birth, died in 1913. Some for Representative Rogers now. but|exceedingly valuable possessions are Sunday is the day which she has set|in the library, among them a carved aside to continue her work at Walter | bookcase which the historian Reed. She is there for hours on that| Gedrge Bancroft presented to Mr. day and the welcome she receiv Some of the the good she is able to perform, | have a unique value also. the tonic which supports her during | Thefe is a handsome vellum-bound hours of the following| volufpe, “Agricola de Re Metalica, week. | one ®f the originals of ll\iidm?‘nlli i | mental work, and it was this identica The Canadian minister, Mr. Vincent | hook which Herberf Clark Hoover Massey. had asked before leaving Ot | used in the translation he made jointly towa that an officer of the Mounted| with Mrs. Hoover, and which laid the Police be appointed as military attache | solid foundation of his fortune. In of the legation he is about to estab-|token of gratitude. the English trans- lish. If this request is granied ana|lation. bound similarly to the vener- the C. M. P. captain appears on the | able old folio. stands beside it in the streets of Washington, he will un-|cld Becker library. About three years doubtedly recelve more attention than| after her first husband's death Mrs. he will relish from the movie fans to| Becker remarried. accepting an Eng- whom the intrepid guardians of peace | lish physician, Campbell Forrester, in the North are the best beloved|and spent several vears in Indla, | heroes. Nothing can focus interested | where he also was engaged in scienti- attention on the Canadian legation|fic and medical work. sh: has l,;‘e. more than a member of the renowned | ceived many decorations from the company of mounted police, coming | French government and is at present and going in the familiar uniform, but | the American representatives of the one result which may be expected will | jeague which is laboring to prevent be the exploitation of it by the sight- | the spread of tubercolosis among the seeing cars and thelr raucous voiced | cpildren of France. guides. The Canadian minister like i New York City, all the Dominion citizens is proud of | Fraunces Tavers 1o New ¥ore T the achievements of the mounted | WwOS'S MC R 0 For i Army. has Dolice and he counts many of its| o celebrated the birthday of the Denibers among his best friends 8o|immortal warrior in ita new role as e s ey © | the portrait gallery of the New York visit from time to time of these re- | e PSS BEPTY O M) mous P aer® 10 ine Capital and thelr | tavern, where entire chapters of the Riter Mrs. Massey, who waa Miss Afice | Pistory of the Revolutionary War were Stuart Parkin, daughter of the late| ¥T350 SRS 0% the COREL L TS Seorge Parkin of London. has an|gay the entire section was called the iblished reputation for hospitality | pock. Its site was part of the patrl- In London and in various Canadian |00y of Col. Stephanus von Cortlandt Citles where her husband maintains|5uq he willed it to Etionne de Lancey @ home. Toronto is really the home | 3nt 1€ 0 R 0§ 5o iorant married eity of the new minister, but he and | i q, ' Masse; H his_daughter Anne. The de Lanceys Mes Y have spent much time|goiq it in 1750 to Joseph Robinson, who ey o Ouawa and they have | pyilt and operated the tavern as i{ was Bay. | Tradiionally the. Brtion g | known in_revolutionary times. The Terat Metabishments“have boen | s aPachings o tpe- tap. the west end of Washington, so it = i room, but for the purposes of housing seems probable that Mr. Massey will size portraits of the ancestors of those choose a residence out Massachusetts i who form this celebrated wing of the avenue way, a section which is rapid- | po¢ioric society, even the “long room,” ly developing a rivalry to upper Six- | P2t0] ¥, s stree! = as it was called in late eighteenth eenth treet as the home of repre-| contury, is quite inadequate even now s of forelgn governments. | yhen the portrait collection is just beginning. It is now under considera- tion to ask those who wish to place canvasses to choose half lengths or even heads wherever possible, in view of the already exceedingly limited wall space. The long room has been painted the colonial buff and the doofs and windows touched up a little in order to make a presentable environ- ment for the handsome paintings, but the wide boards of the floor and the splendid old furniture have not been touched. BY MARGARET B. DOWNIN: Representative Edith Nourse Roge of Massachusetts has presented m aspects to Washinston since she first in the tush and pellmell March, 1913, when Woodrow Wilse many weary Capt. and Mrs. Forde A. Todd, who are well known in Washington, where the present naval attache of the em- bassy in Rome was stationed at the Navy Department, soon after his graduation from Annapolis, in 1904. He brought his bride, formerly Miss Sylvia Barnes, here after the marriage, in September, 1911. Young Todd was for a time an aide at the White House under President Roosevelt. The first child, a boy, was born in Washiggton, and it is interesting to note that this youthful American is the only one born on Uncle S8am's domain in this |ist, as every one who reads his works family of four youngsters. The fourth | soon’ discerns, is a fervent follower of child, also a son, and there are two yHenry James. It is a touching tribute little girls sandwiched between, was | to the memory of that silent, reserved born in Rome last month and the | American writer who seemed to have American Embassy has made the |been more appreciated on the other christening and attendant ceremonies | side of the Atlantic than on his own gala occasions. Of the two girls of | that Mr. Walpole after the most excit- Capt. Todd, one was born in Devon, | ing and sometimes baffing search England, where he was on special | has at last located the first lodgings duty, and the second in Honolulu. Mrs. | which James took when he lived in Todd ‘15 the daughter of Mr. John | New York City in the beginning of his Hampton Barnes, and her mother was | literary career. They were as minute- Miss Emily Leland Harrison of New |ly described in many James letters in York, an aunt of the former Assistant | Washington Square, in a wide brown- of State. now Minister to |stone house as yet undemolished, and Stockholm. Capt. Todd comes of the |in these same rooms Mr. Walpole has well known Kentucky and Virginia [set up his temporary household gods families of that name and has spent |and is very happy in such intimate his life since leaving Washington, in |relation with one of his earliest 1912, in various foreign cities, but | friends. The Briton when a very Mrs. Todd makes it an inviolable rule | young man felt impelled to seek out to come home with her youngsters | Mr. James, then famous and living in at least every five years. London, for interpretation of some- thing which puzzled him, and he re. ceived so cordial a welcome and such illuminating aid that a remarkable friendship was there and then sealed. Mr. Hugh Walpole, the British novel- An engagement which interests two capitals and a large part of Vanity Fair all over the world is that of Miss Grace Cuyler to Count Alfred de Mun. Miss_Cuyler, who is the daughter of Mrs. Barton Cuyler, de- scends in unbroken line from one of New Amsterdam's overlords, Hen- drick Cuyler, who came from Hasselt, Holland, in 1660 and acquired what is now the major part of New York's capital city, Albany. Count Alfred de Mun is so well known in the world of letters and of fashion that his forelgn ancestry has almost dropped out of sight. He is the son of Count and Countess Henri de Mun of Avenue Bois due Boulogne, in Paris, and of Chateau de Sassetot, in Brittany. He i the grandson of Count Alfred de Mun, the statesman, orator and scholar, who was for so many years president of the French Academy and a leader in the Chamber of Deputies The younger Count Alfred has lived in New York for. the past 10 years. - 1 two cole ?:m:"pmxfy;ml ‘Co., 1538 Coppin Bidg 0, K. Cathedral Mansions Connecticut Avenue (Opposite 'Zoologica.l Park) Under Wardman Management A few desirable apartments in perfect condition now available. - One room and bath, $40 and $456 month. One room, kitchen and bath, $50 month. Two rooms, kitchen and bath, $65 month. Open for Inspection Phone Adams 4800 Office in Center Bldg., 3000 Conn. Ave. MISS EMMA ARVILLA MECHLING, Whose father, Capt. Edward A. Mechling, announces her engagement to Lieut. Harold Patrick Henry, Infantry, U. now on duty at the Staunton Mili- tary Academy. Mr. Walpole has studied James and|who do not usually seek out visiting quotes him with telling effect, and he literary lions. Of.course rumor is busy has visited every spot connected with | with the work which the British visi- James' history in Gotham. Those whu; tor has in hand. He has so frequently have read the intimate letters of the|brought Americans into his _novels American find many allusions to Wal-| that it would appear the time is ripe, pole, and this has furnished a bond |after all this preliminary study, to nd readers write an American novel Mrs. Robert Lamsing, chairman of the hospitality committee, has added the following names to her committee: Mrs. Willlam D. Mitchell, Miss Jane Bartlett, Miss Mary Lindsley, Miss Adelalde Baylor, Maj. Julia Stimson, Mrs. Richard Taylor, Miss Mary Anderson and Miss Roberta Heming- way. Further plans for the opening week at the new building will be considered by two of the special committees this week. The Membership day commit- tee, Miss Ilena Baily, chairman, meet Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.. dedicatlon committee, of w Willlam Adams Slade is chairm meet Friday at 0 p.m. Both meet- ings will be held at 614 I street. Speakers from the Y. W. (.. A. will address organizations in several of the churches during the coming week. On Wednesday Mrs. George Winchester Stone will speak before the Home Mis- slonary Soclety of Hamline Methodist Church at 11:30 am. Mrs. Wilson Compton will speak to the Women's Missionary Society of the Ch Chase Presbyterian Church at 11 a.n.. and Miss Minnie V. speaker before the Parish Aid of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. On Thurs. day the World-wide Guild of Calvary Baptist Church will meet at the home of Mrs. Willlam W. Lemmond, 1645 Harvard street, when Miss Sandberg will address the meeting at 3:30 Miss Winifred Kirkland, well known riter, who recently addressed the Eastern Reglonal Conference of the W. C. A. In New York, will speak before the staff at its meeting March 1. The committee appointed for the planning of staff programs for the ring months consists of Miss Minnie V. Sandberg. Miss Marian E. Casey and Miss Helen T. McQuillen. A meeting of the secretarial com- | mittee will be held tomorrow at 11:30 am., 614 E street. There will be a meeting of the Kamp Kahlert Council f which Miss Doro- thy Ruth is chairman, on Friday eve- ning at 7 p.m., 614 E street. Those wishing to do €0 may meet at 6:30 for supper together preceding the meet- ing. Young Business and Professional ‘Women. This afternoon the International Club will be the guests of Miss Helene Aldrich in her home, at 3217 Connecti- cut avenue. The regular meeting of the Depart- ment Council will be held at 614 E street tomorrow at 7 p.m. Mrs. Margarita Gerry will speak to young business women during the assembly hour, 7 p.m., on Tuesday, Sandberg will be the | = 614 E street, using as her subject, “Modern Fictfon." Mrs. Gerry's talk will conclude the series on “The Ap- preciation of Good Literature,” which has included the modern drama, short story and poetry. All young business and professional women will be mot welcome. The Blue Triangle Club will hold its monthly business meeting at 7 p.m., after having supper together at 6:30, In the clubrooms at 1104 M street. This meeting will by games. be followed Industrial Department. Miss Salda Hartman, secretary of the department, and Mrs. Clifford Hur- ley, member of the-industrial commit. tee, left Friday to attend the Y. W. A. Midwinter Industrial Sectional Con. ference, which is being held at the Kensington branch of the Philadelphia Y. W. C. A. this week end. Miss Anna Owers, formerly national industrial secretary, is leading a discussion on The Relationship of the Industrial Girls to the Young Women's Christian Association in Industry.” Dr. Jesse Holmes will speak on problems relat- ing to girls In industry. The confer- ence will close this afternoon with a vesper service, Girl Reserves. There will be a meeting of the Girl Reserve Council Wednesday at 5 p.m., followed by supper at 6. The meeting will take place in the Girl Reserve clubrooms, 1100 M street. Plans will be formutated at that time for Girl Reserve day, to be celebrated in the new building on April 1 On Saturday the Girl Reserves from the Northeast and Southeast grade schools will go on a hike, followed by a campfire. The girle will start from the Eastern Presbyterian Church at| 10 o'clock in the morning. Chapters. Mrs. George Seibold, chairman of the Princeton Chapter, has announced the following chairmen of committees: Hostess committee, Mrs. C. S. Ake- land; membership, Mrs. C. F. Brown; calling, Mrs. L. H. Robinson; ways and means, Mrs. George Fitton; entertain- ment, Mrs. L. T. Jones; council mem- bers, Mrs. Everett S. Shipp and Mrs. Charles R. Hughes; Kamp Kahlert, L. Jones; Vacation Lodge, Elizabeth Somers, forrison; education, ; literature, Mrs. N. floral, Mrs. C. G. Fisher; vi: iting sick, Mrs. Louis P. Allen; his- torian, Mrs. G. D. Ellsworth; music, Mrs. Hiram Johnson; resolutions, Mre. McFall Kerby: publicity, Mrs. George E, Hudson; printing, Mrs. C. 8. Ake- hurst; constitution and by-laws, Mrs. C. B. Allen. The Chevy Chase Chapter will meet at the home of Mrs. John Imirie, 305 he Gossard lsine of Beaut: effective, plisnt soft. Model 6607,$10 The Glass of Fashion Reflects the Slim, Natural Curves of the Corseted Silhouctze disphragm, andin theback. Mod- «l 896, $8.50 gracefully curved hipline, . Ideally natural figures, naturally supported — that is the dictum of Paris today for truly fashionable women. The natural contour of the bust—firm and rounded—the slim, unrestrained waistline, the long, all blend into one natural, flowing, perfectly proportioned silhouctte through the aid of a supple, supporting foundation garment. Gossard Anticipates Fashiow's Whimsical Trend Each figure variation finds its answer to the mode in The Gossard Line of Beauty. Gossard foundation garments are always the most fashionable gown ac- cessorics—they anticipate the slightest changes in silhouctte. They are the only figure garments which, pace for pace, link with the fashionable mode, and at the same time are ideally adapted to cvery single figure type. Gossard designers and stylists travel from Paris to Los Angeles, to every corner of the Figures preferring frontlacing corsets world where fashionable women congregate, to gain knowledge of the many shadings and variations of silhouctte, and to answer them with skillful and specially designed, Tine. $25 exquisite foundation garments—the real key to the chic of every fashionable costume. Ask your corsetiere to show you the supple, silken THE H. W. GOSSARD CO., 100 East Ohio St., Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Dallas, Atlanta, London, Tosbato 6612, $10 Sydney, Buenos Aires give $1.000 for the furnishing 1 ezzanis flooring of the m ne balcony of the new building. g The Dupont Chapter will mest for |fts business session at the Washing. {tpn Club, 1701 K street, tomorrow at | p.m. Piney Branch Chapter will have the usual Bible leason tomorrow, 2 p. at the home of Mrs. M. E. B: 1330 Gallatin street. The chapter |already made a payment of $200 the figeplace in the board and cha; room of the new building, for whicl§ this chapter has made itself resporm Education Department. The cabinet of the Gallaudet Y. W, | C. A. will hold a meeting at the school Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. The Booklovers will meet at the Mount Pleasant Public Library tomore row at 8 p.m. hen Miss Allce Drake | speak on “Paper Travels.” Mrs, William Hamilton Bayly, honorary president of the Y. W. C. A., who ig salling for Spain in the near futurs, will be the guest of the club and telf them something of her itinerary. Miss Imogene Ireland, music direce tor, will lead the singing for the senios iepartment of Calvary Baptist Sun. day echool at its evening meeting on March 4. Miss Ireland fs now selecting from each department of the association volces for the master choir, which will be a feature of the opening ceremonies of the new bullding. Elizabeth Somers Residence. The speaker at the vesper service t the Elizabeth Somers residence this fternoon at 530 will be Miss Alice MRS. LENORA HIG BOT! MacFARLANE, As she appeared at the hall of the Virginia Society February 23, repre- senting her great-great-grandmother, Mrs. Rachel Campbell Higginbotham, |’ wife of Col. Higginbotham of the Rev- | | olutionary W ke. leader of the Booklov = I _ | who will talk about the pictures were givi West Bradley Lane, Chevy Chase,|Mre '§ Md., Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. Miss Sand berg will be the speaker at the special devotional service pr reding Lent held annually by this chapter. The! meeting will be preceded by a lunch- eon at 1 p.m., for which reservations|an in ngland to occupy a position must be made by phoning Mrs. Imirie |In big busine: when, in 1888, she he. not later than Monday. At the last |[came the director of a well known meeting of the chapter it was voted to banking company in London Club, which n to the residence by the late lizabeth Somers. Mrs. Riker will sing, accompanied by Miss Thorn- Avke. Lady Wolverton was the first wom- S unningham s 314-316 7th St. N.W. pring Coats The Store of Newe: New Spring COATS Many one- in choice popu- lar wmaterials. AR are fur trimmed. All colors and all sizes. Kashas Twills . 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