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S SOCIETY .Y SOCIETY President and Mrs. Coolidge With Party of Guests Witnessing the Presi- dent Cup Regatta. HE Chief Executive and Mrs. | Senor and Senora de Diaz Yrizar Coolidge are witnessing the | Cuba entertained at luncheon yes D. €. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 "SUCIETY 7 and protection. In time she had|only his hotusekeeper until Helen ar-| on my children. But I was mightly won't hurt him to learn to appreclate learned to love him. dearly. He had |rived. < glad I had kept my old home for my-! you as much as we have." died when her oldest son was 12.| She whistled all the time the bis- | self.” For Martha's face There had been four children and |cuits were baking and the steak broil-| Martha smiled. Mrs. Fancher had Tibly as she tried to little enough to support them on.|ing. She was a good cook, none bet-| money. She had none. her grati- Until Jack was 18 she had known|ter. But she knew that Helen had | Again Mrs. Fancher returned home held out her arms and great poverty, but because she -had [been particularly well trained. Helen [and Martha left alone with her | Leila went into them just as if she the wit that turns even a cheap soup- | wouldn't need to learn from her. Oh,|mending basket. Tears began to roll | were a little girl kneeling beside her bore into a porterhouse-and-mush-|welll She could always go visiting. |down her face. She wiped them away | mother's chair. room meal her children had not suf-| Wasn't that what old women always | with Warren's sock. Suddenly she| Clinging thus to each othor they . THE EVENTNG STAR. WASHINGTON, GUEST FROM I0WA (Covyright, boat races this afternoon from | day on the Willard roof, their guests the President's vacht May- flower, and have with them | scveral guests, ng seven. In the company » director general of the Pan- n Union, 3)r. Leo S. Rowe. Laundering—as a Deluxe Service —rendered with personal attention— The idea of just banishing the wash to “anywhere” for the sake of getting it out of the house doesn’t appeal to those who are fastidious and particular. They want service that is painstaking and considerate—ren- dered with an intelligent knowledge of fabrics and colors. They want their clothes washed clean; aml finished flawclessly —not sometimes, but ALWAYS. They want to be able to send their daintiest pieces, assured of When MARTHA McCLURE, Visiting her sister, Mrs, William Fitch Kelly, at her home, Knole, on the Rockville Road. | | L 1 fered mor her neighbors suspected. | did when they were no longer useful | hid her face in the thing. talked everything over. i o Her children had that same wit in-|at home—go visiting? “I'm afraid I am started on a regu “And, mother,” Leila sald earnestly 1 % herited from her, and soon Jack and | “But I am not an eld woman yet,” lar boo-hoo!" she told herself. in conclusion, “‘don’t fail to bring this ‘ Lelia and Lloyd were doing for them.|hér heart shrieked fiercely. | She heard somebody fumbling at|©ld mending basket, I've got a whole | selves and helping her_a bit with | After supper Warren went to spend | the door knob and started erect. She | drawerful of ragged hose that are | Warren, the youngest. Now she and |the evening with his ancee and Mrs. | wiped her eyes hastily and was al-|Simply shouting for your darning | Warren were alone and they were [Fancher came in for her second visit | ready with her smile when the door | needle.” | both living comfortably on Warren's | that day. Being an old friend as well | opened and her visitor entered, ity a8 a nextdoor nelghbor. Mrs. Fancher a ughter! Leila, A slender woman, with white | came whenever she pleased, always slim a “hie, black and white, | m———— threads in her black hair, direct-gaz-|sure of hearty welcome. ight bag. | ing dark eyes and thin red lips was 1 h.s:flr Warren and Helen a aws s “I just Martha. Life had faded her, re-|gnged” tsh;- (mid. “Helen's had to get down here to see you. “Be- 'olma e e sden,” Tiova wanied e i one-|| The Tolman Laundry . TR, A 5 . — 2 cooled her ambitions. {phone. She is very much pleased” | Mother, we've de up our minds T R A L i b o g “Maybe I would do better if T had | She looked at Martha closely. that we need you just as much es IS A Mrs. Wilbur will sail late this after- [ who s + e _Maine, : it all to do over again—and maybe| “I'm pleased, too,” Martha returned, | Warren does. It fsn‘t fair for him noon, accompanied by the Ty e T : : I wouldn't do o well,” she summed | diving into her mending basket, stili| to have you all the whiler You eusht MODERN LAUNDRY of Agriculture and Mrs. Jardine, for | pect to be abroad until Dece 3 up. full of Warren's sock Naturally | to be ours part of the time.” i a eruise down the river on the S¥Ibh. | 1, 4 Ars Macpherson Cric She was stirring up biscuit for sup- | Helen would want to darn his socks| “What do you mean?" Martha ask Phones Fr. 71-72-73.74 They will also have with them Shelt | returned from Rurope on the per when Warren came home a bit | herself. - Without doubt Warren|ed. They hadn't heard then that son, Mr. Leonard Wilbur, and will re- | FetFRee, Seom “sttone of e o . | earlier than usual. Warren was 22, a | would be so well wived that he would | Warren was going to be married. = — Washington Monday morning. | i U O O ree. W Hbur are at. | Stopping for a few days at the Pla : fine handsome young fellow. ~ He | no longer need her tender motherin “Lloyd is sick of boarding and 1 ir P: Secretary and Mig Wilbur are at|'Hotel in New York. | Dr. and ‘Mrs § leaned against the kitchen cabinet and | “I suppose you'll all live together?” | am tired of the room-bath-and-kitehen RCPW arts tend "““: ol having with them the | Crichton will return to Washington watched his mnother reflectively. Mrs. Fancher queried. ette experiment. And anyway the gir] o on the Syiph. having with them the | LCERTE, YO0, FOUTH, 0, e on “Martha looked up at him, reading | “Oh. yes! Of course it will give me | I have been sharing with is going to Hot Water Boilers Assistant, S D N [ty hix face with her keen mother eves.|a chance to do some visiting. I shall|be married. So Lloyd and I think Aeror oS, 7 apt. U, . son? ith it!" 0 to see k ¢ twins—-"' ve' ome— c a = N L s RS == What s it. son? Out with it g0 to d my twins—" | we'd like a real home—a nice apart- Fries, Beall & Sharp e A o e Tkating rren flushed. i - ‘\1. '.ml Mrs. Fancher. | ment of about four rooms. That is, z ] | s ) 3 . ‘'m engaged to Helen Dodge,” he | “I know w that I tried it |if we can get you to keep house for B | The National Council of Catholic | said. after my husband dieA—visiting round | us. Let Warren board for a while; it hh bl b b Hosts Informally :xlrlhnu‘mI 1\\\.mvln \vl\irh‘_\\nl ‘ho|l«.l "G ~“o,\|\‘\mplx| B ] For an instant Martha's motions The Minister of Colombia and | annual convention at the Maytlower i were arrested. The biscuit-cutter Senora de Olava entertnined s.ml‘l;p[ou:‘x.l“|m7‘un|u|,zhni:;ln;‘h: ,Beptember | dropped from her capable finger o an v at: Gliiner evening on | 23, _zive a 3 the same | ‘arren engaged! Her baby b the Willard roof. The Minister and | hotel Wednesday evening, September | Well, it was natural, and Helen was his family_returned to_Washington | 27, at 7 o'clock a nice girl: Jack had married at the Thursday from rion, Mass., where | Mrs. T. D. same age. Leila and Lloyd, the twins, | <pent the Summer. _In route to | man of a L had been gone a long time in the city, hington _they stopped in New on her committee where they lived single lives in the ra few days, where they Tt IDD.GAL TR B business world, Lelia as private secre. nosts at 2 luncheon at the Waldort | D. A, Dunning, Miss 1 tary, Lloyd as a_ business manager. Astoria Hotel in compliment to ”WV(‘ iate oyl 1‘1 R Al They did not need her. But Warren former Ambassador of Chile, Senor |O'Hare, ) John Victory did—th i “ruchaga Tocornal | Stone and Miss Annie Murph, did—that is, he had. She smiled to Don Miguel Cruchaga Tocornal. Annie 3 hide the quiver of her lips. i affaives of Belgium,| Mr. and M Murphy had ‘I congratulate you, son. | A arrure: was host in: | guests at dinner last night on the Wil | | shall you bring her home?" | formmlly to a small company at dinner | lard roof. My L s O st evening on the Willard roof. | SRLL WL AJHE for klelen. Yol doniE last evening on t | ™ mind, mother? 1t will be just the | same for you after she com ou know, except that we'll be happier.” Sure.” Martha reached up her tace. ed her, fondled her a bit. | “Now run away. You're holding up the process of supper-getting.” | Helen was coming soon! Warren did not know what that would mean | to his mother. Helen would be mis tress of the house. She would simply . ve to step down and out. She | glanced about the neat kitchen. Of | course Warren had supplied the house | and everything in it. She really was “The Instrument of the Immortals” thrust her R [ ROCK CREEK PAR] B | len Knox of Baltimore and -cial counselor of the | Virginia and Miss Marion Moy have leased the house at 1700 Rhode |ington after spending some time Island avenue for the Winter from 'Annapolis. Miss Knox is the hous Mr. and Mrs. John Campbell For- guest of Miss Morgan at the rester. Lady Broderick and their chil-| Mr dren have come from Manchester, | Mr. and Mre. Morton Mass., where they spent the Summer, (NeW Orleans have artived ot the, = and are already established in the new 2 | A theie sites ratii house. sate . Rear Admiral George C. Temey and NOTED EXPLORER TO WED | The Washington Laundry renders this kind of service is daughter, Miss Angelia R. Remey. | | v ol 9 P D et s himaeriat bt | CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST ! exclusively. It doesn’t cost any more than any other—but it is home in Jamestown, R. I. are now . ’ < f in Newport, where they will spend the et | t_lll in the ?lelhod employed nn(! the p?rsonal attention given. It Autumn season. | Col. Furlong, Artist and Author, is laundering as near to perfection as is humanly possible. Mrs. W. Irving Glover, wife of the | and Eleanor May Guthrie, Prac- 5 " > > . . Assistant Postmaster General, with her | ] , . |darn his stockings, Lelia darns her| Phone West 1020, 1021 or 1022 and let us call for the daughter Frances, has returned after tittonsr, SOUL 0 XA Genins. Martha's Mending Basket. own, and Lloyd won't wear darned bundle next week—and demonstrate the practical superi- spending the Summer at Hot SPrings. | By the Associated Pross. ARTHA WEL Mherliiie slthgn GamplRi it N e e i Her sons, Thomas and Warren, have | “Npw YORK, September 17.—Lieut. | hand into a scrutinized root ure tender. So I have only my | Yy o ashing’ .a y Service, also joined them at the Wardman| o™ Charles ~Wellington Furlong, | the holes revealed and reso:| Woians and my own Park Hotel after a_Summer of camp- | gytjst, explorer and author, formerl lutely set to work upon them | "y pate to darn stockings,” said | - ing in the Rocky Mountains. of Pendleton, Oreg.. and Eleanor May | = = \\lilh lhrr tl«u;mnu n\'wi:ll Mis Tatiher. / o x . = E. Freeman, | Guthrie, a Christian Science prac- | Mrs. Fancher, her next-door neighbo; Martha clipped off a thread expert- aS ln On aun r‘ s?;gf»pnr:fh\t\'nri;‘:nx;‘ ntertamed in: | titioner, obtained a marriage license | Watched Martha thoughtfully. Iy, wWell, I'e hated a good many | > ' - at the Municipal Building and an- 1 don't believe in all the vears I/ hings [ have had to do. Still, hating | o formally at dinner on the Willard roof | g L Tio Yol - nounced yesterday that they would [have known you I ever saw YOur qoasn’t give you an excuse for not do- o last evening. 2 bl bt Whel they had s 1020 — be married here. hdn_llfl h\lo«-«". ept when they had 0|, (hem." She proceeded to put a - r , The Rev. Joseph Houlihan of Kin-| Col. Furlong, who now lives in |be in church,” she said. | beautiful darn in her youngest son's Reliable, durable instru- 27th and K Streets Phones West; 1021 . netty, Kings County, Ireland, arrived | Boston, discovered in Tripoli Harbor “Well, I've had something to do to sock. ments. For sale, rent, ex- 1022 In Washington yesterday afternoon for |in 1304 the wreck of the frigate|bring up my family,” Martha replied. | After Mrs. Fancher had returned || TChance “Everything musical.” a week’s visit as the guest of Mr. and | Philadelphia, sunk by Decatur a cen- | “I used to think of a Saturday night | home Martha sat thinking about the Mrs. Frederick Frelinghuysen Dumont | tury before. He has led several |when I sat down with my mending past as she emptied her work b 9 in their apartment at the Mayflower, | exploring expeditions sthrough South | basket it was as bottomless as Bau- 160 At 17, 6 5 P having previously visited them in their | America and Africa and is the author |cis’ pitcher. You remember that old|from her father's new wife, a harsh, — country home, the Anchorage, at |of several books and magazine articles. | story we used to love when we went | coarse woman, who, in addition to her | T Ronks, Pa. Ths is Father Houtihan's | He is 52 years old. to school? Many a Sunday came fear v acquired family, had three chil- 1300 G Street = first trip to the United States, and he | He was divorced in Pendleton, Oreg., | catching me with a needle in my | dren of her own. Warren Wells had will Saturday, September 24, sail from | in 1921 from Eva E. Furlong. He hand.” She laughed softly. “But now loved her and though he had been | New York for his home. !en"ed with the expeditionary forces is different. J. wife to poor he gave her a peaceful Se—— duri th Vi Vi Former_ Secrefary of State Charles | e 08 the war and was awarded the | Evans Hughes will return to Hot| ™ jies Guthrie, 39 years old, of New- Springs this afternoon to join Mrs.| tonyjjle, Mass., was divorced from Hughes and Miss Elizabeth Hughes | royis J1. Moody at Hartford, Conn.. for, the week end five years ago, when she again took Former Gov. of Ohio and Mrs. James | her maiden name. M. Cox are spending some time at SER Hot Springs, Va. , The anclent city of Ani, capital of e “hite | the Kings of Armenia a thousand years Dr. and Mrs. Charles Stanley White . i Bave closed their country home near | 25g;, % "W Inhabited and guarded by Leesburg, Va. Dr. and Mrs. White left ' last evening for Rochester, Minn. Mrs. Edgar K. Legg, jr., and her sons, W. B. H. Legg and Edgar K. Legg, 3rd, are in New York for a few days and are staying at the Hotel Astor. Brock-Keith Wedding At Falls Church Today. ‘The marriage of Miss Mary Ruth Keith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Barnett Cleveland Keith of Falls Church, Va.. to Mr. Franklin Watkins | Brock of Atlanta, Ga., son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph George Brock of Atlanta, ‘will take place this afternoon at 4 o'clock in the home of the bride's parents. ENTERPRISE SERIAL Building Association 7th St. & La. 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