Evening Star Newspaper, December 10, 1929, Page 28

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 10, 19%. service and poor equipment was de- scribed at the meet eld in the Ma- sonic Temple, Twelfth and Monroe streets northeast. Praises Commission’s Work. Mr McLean praised the work of the Public Utilities Commission both in the matter of the merger and in protecting interests of residents in the recent fare | approval of the inclusion of $250,000 in the budget for elimination of the Michigan avenue grade crossing. Scheer Tells of Council. Andrew F. Scheer of the Dahlgren Terrace Citizens’ Association explained | the workings of the advisory council of | the Federation of Citizens’ Associations. MRS. J. C. H. WILLIAMS IS MOTHER OF TWINS Former Princess Cantacuzene, Great-Granddaughter of Grant, cabinet and diplomatic corps and many prominent residents of the Capital. The ceremony, in St. John's Church at Six- teenth and H streets, was followed by a reception in the home of the bride's grandmother, Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant, on New Hampshire avenue. As Princess Zenaida Cantacuzene she was presented to Washington society her parents when they spent a Win- FINE ARTS COMMISSION TO STUDY BRIDGE DESIGN Body at Meeting Thursday Also ‘Will Give Consideration to Henry Clay Statue. IHE .. . - increase propossl, advocated by the ot the Mayfiower and was familiarly cre! | shreet railways compantes, and the in- |He aiso spoke of the proposed opening | g..ieq by Stork in London, |known as Princess Ida. Princess Ida. N N iati .|crease in gas rate also recently pro- |of New York avenue from T strest with her sister, Princess Bertha, now VDA —— [t Rt B S o ety | T BTt e A. S. Mowbrey, chairman of the com- il their brother, ce Michael, came commission will consider the design and dorses Proposal Offered bY | itice on education of the association | community Christmas” idea eponsored Hw"m;‘v'm?.“'““;" 10—Mrs. J. C-| i country as youthful refuees from | struciure of teveral bridges to be con- announced that the organization had |B2Y mfu lect h:m'fl“’,'z‘;, It anbury ms, formerly the Prin-|Russia after the revolution. They were | structed as part of the Moum Vernon purchesed three lots adjacent to the Rm b Al fostes thlesoisn 1 "“:‘l'l*e"‘m_ cess Zenalda Cantacuzene, great-grand- | met on the Pacific Coast by their | Highway, work on whicl has Brookland School, to prepare the way | {7 i daughter of Gen. Grant, gave birth to | Srandmother, Mrs. Frederick Dent mn The highway .m be completed _— for a mew and larger school building. Emerulnment at the meeting com- twin daughters in London Friday. Gnnt and made their home with her 1932, connecting the west end of . fat Mowbrey said that the proposed bulld- | 104" Lo vocal solos by Mrs. Thelma Sarasota, Fla, until their parents Aflln‘wn Memorial Bridge with Mount The Brookland Citizens' Assoclation | y,0 ™45 pe a 16-room affair, is now | PESCC F0. B o Mrs. Willlams is a daughter of Prince jolned them in this country. Vernon. Jast night indorsed the bill for METger | peing planned and while no appropri- | Mills Cc {hl‘f’;flmbln on the piano | michael Cantacuzene and Princess Can- | Princess _Cantacuzene, mother of | The commission also will consider the ¢ of the street railways companies as pre- | ation was made in the District budget | ®Y Miss Catherine Edwards. tacuzene, formerly Miss Julia Dent |Mrs. Willlams, is the granddaughter of | sculptural designs to be placed at the | Sented by the Public Utilities Commis- | for starting work he hopsd that it R T Grant. ‘Her martiage to Mr. Williams |President U. 8. Grant and the sister of | east end of the Memorial Bridge and sion. would be included in the estimates next A committee is to investigate the sys- | took place in Washington November 2, | Col. U. S. Grant, 3d., superintendent of [also the design for a statue of Henry Spring. tem of officers’ messing in the British | 1928, in the presence of the President | public buildings and grounds of the |Clay to be erected in Caracas, Ven- ffered by Presi- de:':‘:fl:wfi:"‘MnnM“:&:n Alleged poor Tht organization voiced unanimous | navy. and Mrs. Coolidge, members of the ' District. ezuela. Hecar Co. “F Street at Seventh” Utilities Commission. Be Good to Yourself, Too, This Christmas 1It’s all very well to say “Women and Children First® when Christmas buying js in season. 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