Evening Star Newspaper, February 3, 1929, Page 49

" Males of Well Known Folk In Socialfignd Official Life . Drive for Million-Dollar Endowment for North- THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FEBRUARY 3, 1929—PART 3 ampton School for Mrs. Coolidge, Nearing Success. BY MARGARET DOWNING. Although custom prescribes few visits to other than high official dwellings for the First Lady of the Land, 729 Fifteenth street northwest is the ex- ception with the present gracious in- cumbant of the exalted post. For this is the headquarters of the committee laboring strenuously for the comple- tion of the million-dollar endowment for the Clarke School for the Deaf at Northampton. This fund, quietly col- lected from friends of the former in- structor of the school, Mrs. Grace Goodhue Coolidge, and from philan- thropists in the general sense, is now reaching its maximum and it is hoped that a presentation of the entire amount will be made before the Presi- dent lays down the burden of state. Mrs. Frank A. Stearns has been closely assoclated with Mrs. Coolidge in en- couraging the workers for this worthy purpose, and for some months past, the coupe which the first lady and her guest make their shopping journeys through the Capital, stops on occasion &t the headquarters of the Clarke com- mittee and the ladies inspect the latest developments and chat over ways and means with the members. Among those who have aided Mrs. Coolidge in her ambition to obtain this much needed endawment are Mrs. Edward T. Stctes- bury and Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer. Mr. George D. Pratt of New York City also has been an invaluable aid, having stepped into the place of the first chairman, the late Clarence W. B. Barron, and other generous SUpporters have been Mr. Bernard W. Baruch, Mr. Frank A. Stearns and Mrs. Edward B. Aldrich. . Mrs. Willlam B. Leeds, former Princess Zenia of Russia, has fitted into her role as a hostess in the fine| Long Island home of her American | husband with a grace and adroitness which seemed impossible when the debut was first considered. Always ready to aid every cause of philan- thropy to which the subtitle Russia is attached, Mrs. Leeds is at present pondering with her friends and col- leagues over a Russian foundatian, something after the manner of the | Hispanio Soclety which has proved | #0 beneficial a link between the United | Btates and Spain. New York is crowd- | ed with Russian exiles, many of the highest intellectual types, artists, poets. dramatists and musicians. To establish 2 permanent medium for their present. netivities and to assure them a future is a project which appeals to many who cbserve the handicaps under which the former subjects of the Czar lnbu‘r in their mew sphere. Mrs. Leeds ‘s now chairman of the proposed Russian costume and benefit balls to be given in aid of the colony in New York and its environs. She has scarched the city for needlewomen of Muscovite arigin, who can feshion the requisite garments. Once having gathered this group, a permanent organisation to make authentic apparel for masked balls, historic pageants, evin for the stage has been suggested and there ap- pears every hepe that it may become effective during the present Winter. * % k¥ . Michael MacWhite, recently ap- lll;‘\&d Minister from the Irish Free tate, like several others of his future colleagues, Imas spent long periods in this country and, like the Minister from lithuania, M. Balutis, he was once engaged in a lecture tour in behalf of grousing enthusiasm _for the allied armies against the Teutonic powers. Educated -at Trinity College, Dublin, Mr. MacWhite studied also in Pagis, and having imbibed a profound love of Prance, he spent nearly all of his vacations on its soil. He was engaged in making a motor trip of the roman- tic Pyrenees country in August, 1914, when his car was taken over by the French authorities to rush the soldiers to the Belgian and German fronts. Finding no prospects of getting passage on any railroad or shjp back to his own land, he promptly enlisted in the Foreign Legion and was in the thick of the fighting in the Balkans, finally leaving Serbia with the last French troops. The French government then commissioned him on a lecture tour of the United States and he passed nearly @ year in this work. Mr. MacWhite is familiar with all parts of the United States, especially with New England, and he will be received as a friend by hundreds of thousands of those of Cel- tic blood, who regard him as separated from the various feuds and factions which divide Irish-Americans, some ac- cepting the Free State, others advocat- ing the republic. * Kk * Mr. Howard E. Coffin of Detroit, who was 0 admirable a host to the Presi- dent and Mrs. Coolidge during the Christmas holidays, is, to the joy of his friends, about to publish the his- tory of his fad, which is the unusual one of collecting sea islands. Accord- ing to current comment, Mr. Coffin proved that he was an unusual per- son in asking for the honor of enter- taining the Chief Magistrate and his wife in behalf of himself and Mrs. Cof- fin. All others who proffered estates for the recreation and amusement of the President, absented themselves and made no effort toward individval at- tention. But Mr. and Mrs. Coffin are too keen about the glories of their Win- ter home to allow any opportunity to pass without being at hand to exrll\n all the details. Sapoloe is one of the last islands to pass under the control of this enthusiastic student of the marine beauties of the South and his feats in restoring and beautifying the natural aspects have placed him in the supreme ranks of consulting engineers, wherein are found the names of the President-elect and Mr. John Hays Hammond. Now Mr. Coffin proposes to emphasize the historic features of his home, the presence there for many months of John and Charles Wesley and the less saintly sojourn of Aaron Burr after the fatal duel with Alexan- der Hamilton. But what is of wider interest in this proposed story of the Geosgia coast will be the personal achievements of Mr. Coffin and his fu- ture ideas on development. He owns some 65,000 acres at Lloyds Neck on the mainland and it was in cruising down to these game preserves that he became impressed with the future of the lovely little islands. * ok ¥ % The youthful appearing Farl of Er- roll, who arrived in New York recently, is making it plain that his visit is not concerned with the social world. but 15th St. Bet. U and V TONIGHT 4:45 Until 7 Turkey Pinner, $1 If you would like a delicious home-cooked meal stop at “the Portner Cafe this evening. Hot homemade rolls, excellent coffee and a variety of desserts. F. A. COOKE, manager Phone North 120 Desirable Apartments Reasonably Priced Portner Apts. R e i e s AR 3’ | | Deaf, Promoted by that he has earnest dramatic aspira- tions, and intends to east a vigilant eye over the fleld. As Lord Kilmarnoch he was a popular figure in the fashionable world of Gotham and along the Florida coast. He succeeded to his father's | title less than a year ago and is the | youngest earl in the British peerage. | According to the records, he has entered | his twenty-nineth year, although he | does not look to he 20. The late Earl of Erroll made fame and something of a fortune on the British stage and one of his plays, “The Dream Kiss,” had a Broadway vogue and so also “The Anonymous Letter.” Whether the pres- ent earl proposes to write or merely to become a producer is not yet plain. His father left many manuscripts, which, according to critics, have a po- tential value artistically and in the financial sense. The Countess of Er- roll was Lady Idina Gordon of the Scotch Gordon family and is in her early 20s, graceful and pretty, and, ac- cording to London opinion, has distinct leaning toward the footlights, where she has been seen in private theatricals. * k k¥ Dr. Foxley Norris, dean of Westmin- ster, has brcught a new note into cleri- cal life by founding shortly after his transfer from New York to London the flouishing society of parson painters. The _dean, how unlike his colleagues at St. Paul's, is the reverse of gloomy and relates that he is by nature an artist and a dean by accident. He performs his ecclesiastical duties with diligence and then he indulges his hobby of painting. Scarcely were the formalities relating to his induction into office over before he hired a raft and, covered with a smock, he anchored under Waterloo Bridge and proceeded to sketch the dis- tant Westminster. He has excellent ideas about extending this venerable ile and his various views of the exist- ng builting with the gracefui add%tions he would make have excited enthusi- astic support from architects and art- ists alike. Besides this Dr. Norris is- sued an invitation to all clerflmen with a taste for sketching or painting to meet him and aid in forming the parsons’ society of painters. He has gathered an_astonishing number of supporters. London never suspected that so many spiritual shepherds were given to drawing and painting, although a literary association of clerics who write poetry and other thngs has been in existence for 50 years. Mr. Harry Worcester Smith, who holds a supreme position in the world of amateur sport, and this from his home near Barre, Mass., to the tip of South Carolina, where he maintains a Winter estate, recently embarked on one of the most impressive hunting an- nounced for the coming year. Mr. Smith f”“ for his own pleasure and instruction without mandate from any museum or learned society, as the case is with the Roocsevelt brothers, Theodore and Kermit, and with the expedition of Koung Crane of Chicago. Mr. Smith as gathered one of the most compre- hensive libraries on sports in Massa- chusetts and one of his objectives is to increase this collection by the classic works of other lands, that is by a per- sonal examination of volumes, both in favor of sport and against it. The genial essayist, E. V. Lucas, of London has recently published an onslaught on the present trend toward sport, and asks in his preface how many through | the purr of the motor miss the voice of the nightingale. This pleasant writer favors a return to the sedate pedestrian- ism of the past, more ardent gardeners and for the gentle art of conversation as against the pell-mell of ball games and the insane rush of speed every- where apparent. * ok ok % Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Julian Moulton, who maintain an all-the-year home at the Chateau de la Verriere, near Mesnil, France, are Americans of the secand generation established across the ocean. They are the center of a colony of Americans so imbued with love of home | that practically every member pulled up stakes early in December and sailed for New York to Christmas i whatever part of the United States beckoned in that name. This was ap- parently bewildering and not a little re- sented by their Gallic neighbors, who failed to understand if these Americans found France so inwiting at other times why they crossed the ocean to spend the | Yuletide. Among these were George Blumentha! and her sister, Mrs. Elise Stern of New York, who usually aryive in Prance some time in January and are in the forefront of social activi- ties from then until December. Mrs. Stern has a beautiful home, formerly the scene of the social triumphs of the Duchess de la Rochefaucauld, who was Mattie Mitchell, daughter of the late Senator Mitchell of Oregon, and a fa- mous belle of Washington in her girl- hood. Another who returned to pass the Yuletide with his own kith and kin was Mr. Ralph Beaver Strasburger of Philadelphia, who has immense racing interests in France and is always a con- spicuous figure at the Spring meets both in France and England. 2k ey Many social contemporaries of the former Courtney Letts, now Mrs. John Bordon of Chicago, are reading with intense interest her book, “The Cruise rthern Ligh an account § Kecifiren) TRADE MaRK in Fitting Wide as Well as Extremely Narrow Feet With Comfortable and Stylish Shoes This Buckle Pump in | Sizes 1 [t0 12 For Wide, Narrow, Long, Short, Small or Large Feet Fit Snug at the Heel Wilbur Coon Shoes will gve the feet much-coveted comfort. Alsa“the extremely dded grae and comfort ! Wilbur Ceen Shoe. | Custom-Made Stylish Stouts |Complete Line of High Shoes! |© 30 Modish Styles. In All Leathers and Fabrics. i $7.50 to $11 | MR. J. T. NORRIS foot takes om fitted in a MR. H. O. BRUBAKER | Are Assoclated With Us Ftbor Coon Hioea Sold Exclusively in Washington by | (ROYCE & LEWI Custom FITTING SHOE 439-72 ST NW. Just Below E " SOUTHERN FAMILY MRS. REECE AND LOUISE GOFF REECE, Wife and baby daughter of Representative B. Carroll Reece of Tennessee, and, with him, spending the season in their home on Massachusetts avenue notheasf —Bachrach Pho of adventures in the Arctic region on her husband’s vacht and under his skillful direction. Mrs. Borden made her debut the Winter that the Prince of Wales made his brief and celebrated visit to President Wilson and she was of the inner circle with whom the gal- lant heir played about in Washington and in the White Sulphur Springs. Since her marriage she has shared all the adventures of her husband, who de- | lights in dangers and hairbreadth escapes in hostile climes. Last year Mrs. Borden developed a turn for public speaking and she gave many talks be- fore clubs and philanthropic societies on her experiences in the North. She visited the coasts of Labrador and give intimate and fascinating detalils of the hospital work in progress there under American auspices. Then she deter- mined to issue all her unique exper- iences in book form and-“The Cruise of the Northern Light,” the name of the gallant yacht on which all this was staged, was the result. It is a first work and shews marked ability to tell a story in readable and succinct style. This pleasure boat saw the seamy side of life during the World War when its owner, enlisted in the Coast Guard service of the North Atlantic, used it as & submarine chaser. Monsieur Brentano To Address Society M. F. F. Brentano, official lecturer of the Alliance Francaise, who arrived lately from France, will be the speaker at the next meeting of the Alliance Francaise, 606 - 614 Ten semble blouse to A Smart New Tapestry Bag —makes modern use of two-tone designs. The frame simulates amber. Sketched. $5.00. (First Floor) ’ fi TYLISH STO! £s) | 100K MARK Adaptations Tweeds, Covert Cloths and Bas- ket-weave materials. trast with Coats and Skirts, while Dresses match the Coat linings. $39.50 4, $]1 50 tomorrow at 4:30 o'clock, at the La Fayette Hotel. He will speak about the Orient and French Africa and will llus- trate his lecture with stereopticon views. It is interesting to note that M. Bre- tano was the first lecturer of the Alli- ance Francaise in Washington, 24 years ago. He was reccived at the White House by the late President Roosevelt. Mrs. Roosevelt was a member of the Al- liance Francaise in Washington. | Joint Benefit Program At Theater Scheduled Bethany Chapter of the Eastern Star and the Sigma Epsilon Alpha Sorority will hold theater benefits to- morrow evening at the Belasco Thea- ter, where “Oh, Boy,” the Comstock and Gest famous musical hit is pre- sented by Charles Emerson Cook's Musicomedians. The U. S. 8. Jacob Jones Post, No. 2, of the American Legion, will have a theater benefit at the Tuesday eve- ning performance of “Oh, Boy.” New York Society Dance And Reception Due Friday ‘The New York State Society will give a reception and dance Friday evening |at 9 o'clock at the Willard Hotel, when all New Yorkers in the city and their friends will be guests. An attractive program has been arranged. . Philipsborn ELEVENTH ST. Tweed En- with tan match; coat lining—$59.50. The Mode for Ensembles is acclaimed by Fashionable Moderns for Spring are shown in Blouses con- (Suit Shop—Third Floar) D. A. R. ACTIVITIES Continued From Sixth Page.) ternate and the following alternates were selected for the delegates: Mrs. Paul Anderson, Mrs. George Middleton, Miss Isabel Myrth, Miss Janey Holbrook, Mrs. H. C. Gauss, Mrs. Jason Water- man, Mrs. George R. Ide, Mrs. Mary D. C. Turner and Mrs. J. M. Proctor. The chapter has as a representative on na- tional conference committees, Mrs. C. C. Coombs, who is chairman of the N. S. D. A. R., committee on concessions and chairman of the District enter- tainment committee. Papers for seven new members were reported ready by Mrs. Velma 8. Bar- ber, registrar, and the chapter greeted the return of one of its charter signers, Mrs. Elizabeth Sloan. At the time of its organization Mrs. Sloan was the one who christened the chapter. Mrs. C. B. Gwyn announced a card rty for the benefit of the American- I scnmitise. o be held at the City Club at 2 p.m. Priday. Mrs. George Middleton, magazine, mentioned an ad- ditional new subscription and a re newal. Mrs. J. M. Proctor asked me! bers to give out the manuals for immi- grants to all foreigners with whom they might come in contact. These are printed in 4l languages. Mrs. Paul Anderson, national defense, and Mrs. | d: Albert B. Snavely, patriotic education, told of progress being made by their committees. Mrs. Harper spoke of the recent loss suffered by the District D. A. R. through the death of Mrs. James M. Willey, and appointed a committee fn eand resolutions of sympathy to Mr. Willey. At the close of the business meeting refreshments were served while.the fol- lowing signed the guest book: Mrs. Helen Sutton Booth, J. Martin tor, George Middleton, Paul Anderson and James Henry Harper. Potomac Chapter held its January meeting at the home of Mrs. H. Thompson, 3004 Ordway street. The vice regent, Mrs. John F. Little, pre- sided. Mrs. Joseph Wheat, State chair- man of the national old trails road con- mittee, gave an interesting talk. The hostess, Mrs. H. H. Thompson, and Mrs. Merton Twogood, assistant hostess, served refreshments at the close of the meeting. February 6, from 4 to 6 p.m,, at the home of the regent, Mrs. Daniel C. Walser, 16 East Bradley lane, Chevy Chase, Md., will be held the chapter’s birthday anniversary tea. Guests of honor will be Mrs. Eli A. Helmick and Mrs. David D. Caldwell. ! Army and Navy Society, Children olt the American Revolution.—The society at its recent meeting at the Willard Hotel enjoyed a pleasant program. Mrs, Walter A. Bleedorn, president of the Army and Navy Society, treated the| ch{ldren and parents to ice cream and| cake. to Bethlehem Chapel of the Washington Cathedral to hear the Rev. H. Dick- Drited- Btatas ‘Navs Ch;fl;lmc b i avy, s at a pa- triotic meeting. February 22, at 10 am., in Memorial Coritinental Hall, there will be a cele: bration of Geo! Washington’s birth- lay. Master William Harding Carter, II, son of Col. William Vaulx Carter and grandson of the late William Harding Carter, U. 8. A., will carry the American flag and represent the chil- dren of the society. For the radio broadcast National So- clety, C. A. R., Thursday evening from 8:30 to_9 o’'clock, over station WISV, Helen May Bleedorn will play the minuet from “Don Giovanni,” by W. Amadeus Mozart, and “Melody in F,” by Rubenstein, on the violin, accom- panied at the piano by Glenn Carew. There will be a children’s party given January 27 a delegate was sent || Maryland Engagement MISS MARGARET SHERMAN JONES, Whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. Josiah ‘Waters Jones of Olney, Md., announce her engagement to Mr. William Howard Gilpin. —Harris-Ewing Photo. by the National Society, Children of the American Revolution, at the Wash~ ington Club February 22 from 2 to 4 pm. for the juniors, and 4 until 6 for the seniors. All members of the C. A. R. society are invited. The floor committee from the Army and Navy Society will be Miss Eloise. Dasher and James W. Orme, jr. ‘Theodore Tiller will give one of his marionette plays at the junior party. Helen May Bleedorn will play a violin solo, “Andante et Air de Ballet,” J. Danl “Albumblatte Fur Elise,” by L. 7 Van Beethoven, on the piano. Hi violin solo will be accompanied Glenn Carew at the piano. The t children will appear in Colonial cod tumes and white wigs. ‘The list of delegates and alternate for the annual convention of the Na tional Children of the American Reva Iution Soclety, to be held in April i the Red Cross Auditorium, are Helej May Bleedorn, Aline Munsen, dele gates; Helen Reld Wetzler, Clara Waters and Ray Melville Clarke, ternates. The year’s report will b read by the junior president, Theodon Patterson Tiller, before the conventio; Blank ballots and a list of membe: names will be sent to children all ov the world to give each child a fs chance in the election of officers fa the coming year. C}\urcl';_— roup Planning Fellowship Suppe: Dr. Herbert Scott Smith and thy ladies of the Rector's Aid will welcomy all the friends of St. Margaret's Churc] to & fellowship supper and entertain | ment to be held in the parish house | Connecticut avenue and Bancroft placq | Thursday, February 7. Supper will bj served from 6 to 7 o'clock, and ticketi may be secured at the door. Mrs. A. M. Bull is in charge, an( among the ladies assisting her are Mig Caroline Smith, Mrs. J. T. Wall, Mrs A. W. Atwood, Mrs. W. J. Moore, Mrs Wirgman, Mrs. C. J. O'Neill, Mrs. Wil liam Adams and Mrs. N. C. Walker. Annual Dance Planned For .Canadian Club Mrs. C. W. Culver, Mr. George Black Mr. Milton Prenham and Dr. G. 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