Evening Star Newspaper, February 4, 1930, Page 32

LEE FB7DATION BANOUET TONIHT Executive Secretary Says Fund to Preserve Home- stead Is Swelling. Seven members of the board of directors of the Robert E. Lee Memo- rial Foundation, including the national president and organizer, Mrs. Charles E. Lanier of Connecticut. and four State directors, will attend the banquet of the District of Columbia committee of the foundation tonight at the Willard | Hotel. Miss Ethel Armes, executive secretary, ‘who, with Mrs. Lanier, took title to the Lee homestead in the name of the Washirgion Alexander Chapter, U. D. C., of Connecticut, until the foundation could we organized, will be at Speakers’ tuvic also, as will H. Latane Lewis of this city, a member of the national advisory board. g Mrs. Joseph E. Washington, director for the District of Columbia, will preside. Among the honor guests will be Mrs. Edward G. Gibson of Baltimore, director for Maryland: Mrs. Edward Gregory, director for North Carolina, and Mrs. mmerson R. Newell, director for Con- necucut. To complete the purchase of Stratford Hall, the original home of the Lee family mn America, and restore it the founda- tion has set as a goal a fund of $500,000. Fifty thousand dollars of this already has been paid and $190,000 more is practically all in hand or pledged. Twenty-one States have organized com- the By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 4—An af- fectionate meeting > Willlam B. Leeds, |ir. and his divoiced wife, the former { Princess Xenia of Russia, at which they insisted they intended to remain good friends, was described in today’s New | York American. They met in the Leeds | Greenwich Village residence, issued a | statement, kissed and parted, calling | each other “Billy” and “Tommy This is the statement: SThe divorce judgment which has been filed was not caused by any quar- |rels or disagreement. We remain per- fectly good friends and expect to re- | main so despite the divorce. | “The financial arrangements were a matter of private agreement, and the custody of the only child of the mar- | riage was given to the mother, with full | right of visitation to the father. “The princess intends to divide her time between this country and Europe, | but the daughter will be brought up and | educated in America. “We emphatically deny the divorce was caused by a wish on the part of either of us to remarry. Any rumors | to the contrary are absolutely false. “The Princess Xenia has in no way altered her attitude toward Anatasia, and her espousal of Anatasia’s cause was with full knowledge of Mr. Leeds.” After writing the statement in_ the Leeds town house in Washington Mews, |1ust off Washington Square, Leeds and | his former wife parted with kisses and LEEDS AND DIVORCED WIFE INSIST THEY'LL BE FRIENDS [ ™I% EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. €. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1930, —_— Meet in Greenwich Village Residence, to Issue Statement, Kiss and Part Calling Each O_tller by “Pet” Names. was Leeds’ parting. The former prin- | cess echoed the words. he person referred to in the state- ment as Anatasia is the woman for whom the claim is made that she is the Princess Anatasia, daughter of the late Czar Nicholas of Russia, who, it is| claimed, escaped the fate of other mem- bers of the imperial family. She came to this country as the guest of Mrs. Leeds. Looking at newspaper headlines, the princess remarked: “Billy, we simply must say something to correct the awful things. They're so ridiculous.” "Yes, dear,” answered Billy, “and now let’s see how'll we word it.” They were at the task when Mrs. Leeds' counsel arrived. He entered via a cellar window, as had the couple and the American’s reporter before him. The lawyer was given the task of complet- ing the statement. “That's a wonderful kid, all right,” Leeds remarked to the reporter when his former wife had left. The American says the co-respondent | in the divorce papers was designated | only as “Jane Doe.” Henry A. Uterhart, counsel for Mrs. Leeds, issued.a statement, in which he asserted there had bzen no mystery in the divorce, but that it had taken the usual course. He denied that Percy Stoddart, who was named as referee, was connected with him in, business. He said they merely have ddjoining offices. “During my 35 years at the bar this| friends. although the marriage has been dissolved. The papers in the case have been CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. A turkey dinner will be given this cvening from 5 to 7 o'clock by Lebanon | Chapter, O. E. S, at 1210 G street. “The Internal Combustion Engine” 11 be the subject of the lecture tonight by S. C. Bruce of the automotive power plant sectlon, Bureau of Standards, be- fore the Standards Flying Club in the east lecture room, east building, Bu- reau of Standards, Connecticut avenue and Van Ness street (on Chevy Chase car line). All interested are weicome. umbia Park Citizens' Age mg‘:“ ‘tonight at 8 o'clock at the &‘;‘&g Truesdale School, Ninth and Ingraham streets. relsh Soclety meets tonigh; ctock In Wilson Normal e, mie? enth and Harvard streets. Musical pro- s —— e Canadian Club meets tonight in the garden of the Mayflower Hote], g:3( oclock. Representative William = R. Eaton of Colorado will speak, Botanical Society of Washington wili hold its regular meeting tonight at 8 | o'clock in the assembly room of the Cosmos Club. Loyalty Chapter, O. E. S will serve a turkey dinner tonight af the Elks' Club, 919 H street, from 5 to 8 g'clock. A card party for the benefit of St. Stephen’s Church will be held tonight at 8:30 in the auditorium of the church, Twenty-fourth and K streets. Vincent B. Costello Post, No. 15, will meet tonight in Immaculate Conception Hall, 715 N street, at 8 o'clock. Miss Margaret Lambie will speak on “The Legal Status of Women" at the American _Association of University Women, 1634 I street, tonight at 8 o’clock. Phil Sheridan Woman’s Relief Corps will meet tonight at 8 o'clock in the | Grand Army Hall. Patriotic exercises will follow a short business session. Dr. Roy Lyman Sexton will give an illustrated lecture on “Scenes in Shen- andoah Park” before the Business ‘Women's Council tonight at 8 o'clock at the Church of the Covenant. Rev. Andrew Reid Bird, pastor of the Church of the Pligrims, will lead the devotional period. FUTURE. Department Council of Administra- tion, Auxiliaries, United Spanish War Veterans, will meet at 921 Pennsylvania avenue southeast tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. Lincoln Post will meet tomorrow aft- ernoon, 2 o'clock, at the G. A. R. Hall. Installation of officers. Officers of William F. Hunt Chapter, O. E. S, will meet tomorrow evening, 8 o'clock, with Mrs. Nellle Yeager and | Miss Elizabeth Hauvain at 706 Eleventh GIVE ONCE FOR ALL—WASHINGTON COMMUNITY CHEST street. will be conferred February 13, followed by a Valenting party. A card party will be given by the Sodality of Holy Name Church at Hol, Nar-> Hall, 916 Eleventh street, tomor. Tow night, 8:30 o'clock. Priendship Citizens' tation wil meet tomorrow evening in the Janne School, Wisconsin avenue and Albe: marle street. Sons of the Revolution will decorat the statue of John Witherspoon tomor row morning at 10 o'clock. Arlington Hall Glee Club will feature the program of the Texas State Society| tomorrow evening at Meridian Mans| sions. 2400 Sixteenth street. WoOoDWARD & l.OTHROP climbed over wash tubs in the base- ment to leave by a rear window to avoid reporters and cameramen. o “So long, Tommy, I'll see you soon, mittees working with the foundation and more are exjected to join. 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