Evening Star Newspaper, March 30, 1930, Page 44

SOCIETY. “Fales-of Well Known Folk I In Soc_:ial and Official Life‘ Ambassador and Mrs. Edge Occupying Hand-| THE SUNDAY STAR, WASH D. 0, MARCH 30, 1930—PART THREE. | COMING DEBUTANTE I i According to Mr. Little, the custom of Congressional Club Lists e sy been &, forerunner of the English cus- Last Luncheon of Season [foe & Sromnger o epoons to. pall- The Congressional Club will give the | bearers. On one of these spoons, which last of its formal luncheons for this'Mr. Liitle will have on exhibition at season Wednesday, April 23. The the lecture, there is engraved “Live luncheon will be served in the club- to die” and on the reverse “Die to live. house at 2001 New Hampshire avenue,| . The work of two of America’s mos and Mr. Daniel Breeskin, local violinist, | famous ~silversmiths, Joseph Hull of will be the soloist. Boston, who operated the first m'nt, somely Equipped Embassy Home Established by Predecessor in French Capital. BY MARGARET B. DOWNING. ‘The Ambassador to Paris and Mrs. Walter E. Edge maintain all the cus- | tomary state in the embassy which had | been purchased . and handsomely | equipped by the late Myron Herrick, | but there is perhaps a simpler note in | the general outlook to the public. Mr. | Edge did not relish the brilliant liveried | retainers which are seemingly as jm- | perative in the French capital as they | are in Rome, but nearly all other Buro- pean seats of government have dis- pensed with gorgeous liveries. In Lon- don the visitor may penetrate even to the private apartments of royalty with- out encountering other, than black clad quietly-moving - ushers ‘as those in the White House, who make up in cere- monious manners what they lack in gold embroideries and buttons. The Ambas- sador in Paris has retainers in the chancelry and in the mansion who are minus the usual trimmings incident to the diplomatic establishments, but who present a trim, almost military appear- ance. Satin-clad footmen are not rare in Paris at such elaborate diplomatic homes as that of Baron de Wedel Jarls- berg, envoy from Norway, or at the home of the Italian Ambassador, er, in- deed, any of the foreign domiciles where | a royal court. has its representative. The Latin Anfericans in Paris_follow the same tradition as does this Repub- lie. Their AmbaSsadors or Ministers wear the usual apparel of the civilian with such decorations as they may have received and their equipages bear the great seal of their state. oKk ok X | The Ambassador to Rome and Mrs. John W. Garrett have to follow the traditional gorgeousness which with few breaks has been maintained on banks of the Tiber since the days of the Caesars. They have liveried ushers and footmen, and, although they seem | modest s wrens beside the birds of | paradise which other foreign esta’'ish- | ments show, or compared to the spilen- | dors of the papal court or that of the | Quirinal, the domestic staff of Mr. Gar- | rett would cause a_sensation here or | in his home city, Baltimore. But it is plain that in Rome they must act as Romans do. The embassy from Uncle Sam makes a grand feast on | ‘Washington's birthday, since on July 4 the Italian modish world is dispersed and on Thanksgiving day it has not yet assembled. e handsome home of | the Garretts was well filled with vis- iting citizens of this country as well as | from _the-official world of Rome. Warsaw February 22 is observed with elaborate ceremony and the same pro- has held in Prague. In London, | g and Berlin July 4 causes a phe- Aen in the diplomatic estab- of those capitals. - The Am- bassador to London last Independence | dsy entertained nearly 2,000 visitors | and twice that number of Americans | domietled in land. * ¥ % : Mrs. Mary Harlan Lincoln, widow of Robert Todd Lincoln, the last surviv- son of the great President, lives in fine old house on N street, Seorge- town, with her iddaughter, Miss Mary Lincoln Beckwith, as her com- panion. This old mansion, which Mr. t about 10 years before his 3s 'one of the best specimens of . arel e of the ever, she activity and is now-entirely committed to the air. She has taken lessons in Hoover Field and intends soon to apply for a pilot's license. There are few days, no mater what the weather, that | recruit of t;l‘;;lln( n the m} does mot e 8 t or , some- mm Richmond and back the Pk %k ok % ¥ Alfonso of Spain is not too en- in the political crisis of -His country to keep an eye on more frivol- ° our, sffairs, Redently, according to Madrid rumor, he declared that since woman had returned to & more_ grace- ful, elegant and feminine style of dress. why should not man get back some of the frills which accompanied powder and patches on their womankind, the flowing graceful cape for evening wear, for instance, rather than the bald smug overcoat now in use. , It is admittea that the,eloak will-givéthe most com- monplacé man-a dashing #nd romantic Of colifse & soft hat with a but the King has not gone that far in his suggestions. In the Latin coun- | tries the cloak has never been entirely discarded and even in New York many of the older men who attend the opera regularly have - their capes and look exceedingly wel in them. Also some clerics, many-here in Washington, have adhered to this outer garment at least when they go abroad in the evening Some years ago cloaks were quite the mode in the. diplomatic circle, but even | in this coterie. they are rarely seen now, except” when the . masculine members visit eaeid ofher informally. ¥ * x Gov. Young of California is not los- any sleep over the oft-repeated l(l? kL o 2 itehy scalp and On sealp treatments y a Bacteriologist. This d with o treatment will entit! free SCALP EXAM] FREE SHAMPOO. MarZal Jand.a Shampoo $1.25 Hazel Dillon, Inc. i, 4008, Conn. Ave. “Phoné Nat. 8779 2 Elevator, K Street Entrance statement that his brother official in Mexico's Lower California has set up & genuine Monte Carlo right on his bor- ders. Aqua Caliente is the name of the budd rival of the famous e Goddess Chance on the rocky shores of the Mediterranean. As the -eguipment in all such estab- lishments is practically thes same, whether in the superb setting of Monte Carlo or its many modest imitators wleng the French and Italian Riviera 'or the kursaals of the German re- sorts, Agua Caliente—Spanish for hot water—may pass for the same thing in the western world, a place to win or lose with immense:percentages in favor of the house. There, all resemblance ends, for there is a nolsy, joyous air about Aqua Caliente, with cowboys ar- riving on their champing horses, gay parties from Hollywood coming in motor cars, laughing and chatting within the sacred confines of the gam- ing tables, something which would cause their ejection in Monte Carlo. But there are the same sleek couplers, the same flambouyant decorations, the same setting, but in Californis no air of mystery is achieved and the players are out for fun and not for tragedy. The Mexicans patronize the casino but little, and then they play cautiously and seem aware of the danger of too many efforts. Retired business men who haunt Southern California. while away some hours at Aqua nte every week and they win or lose philo- sophically and without the tenseness of the gamesters in the Monaco resort. * K % % Mr. Albert M. Read of Pawtucket, R. I, a noted collector of Colonial fur- | niture and a keen judge of its authen- ticlty, has just made a discovery which is proving of intense interest in study- m{ conditions as the War of the Revo- lution opened. In & maplewood sec- retary . purchased from an ancient domicile of the Rhode Island planta- tions he came on a secret drawer, and in it a brace of tiny but perfect pistols —flapper pistols, he described them. But looking up the records of firearms made in London in 1771 by D. Egg. he learned that such toy affairs were called muff pistols. Though small. dainty and exquisitely chased, they could hold a lethal bullet and the sur- | mise was that the young women going abroad when George III was King had need to protect themselves from ruf- flans. But no pair exactly like Mr. Read's have been found in this goun- In | try although several are in the armory in London Tower. Egg was the most famous maker of firearms during the 1770s and it was he who manufactured the Fe n rifle used by the British army hout the Revolutionary struggle, hoping to offset the deadly work of the Kentucky rifies used by the patriots. I A% Mrs. Mutiel Vanderbilt Church, elder daughter of Mr. Willilam K. Vanderbilt and his former wife, Mrs. Virginia Fair Vanderbilt, has accomplished in reality :uh.tnl';dy to nsplan ), tra; it dyed-in-the-wool cowboy society of the Atlantic Coast. Church rears thoroughbred steeds very extensively on the farm near Newport she recently bought from her cousin, William H. Vanderbilt’ and some trol of has of Wi , & rodeo champion and the ‘most illustrious knight o Tegular horse trainers. So she {and tamer of broncos in the ‘writers essay to | a_genune | Into the effete | ht to Newport Mr. John Scott | | * Hostesses for the weekly tea Priday making what was known as “pine tree | afterncon will be Mrs. Rosalie Jonesshillings” and Paul Revere, whose | Dill, Mrs. Robert Doughton, Mrs. Louls hand-wrought silver is priceless today, will be discussed by Mr. Little. Fol | W. Douglas, Mrs. I. H. Doutrich, Mrs. ‘lowm. the lecture he will explain hall | Cassius C. Dowell, Mrs. Herbert J. | Drane, Mrs. William J. Driver, Mrs. | marks and trace the dates of any heir- Coleman du Pont, Mrs. Leonidas Dyer, | looms which those in the audience wish | Mrs. Charles Aubrey Eaton, Mrs. Wil- | to bring in for his opinion. |llam R. Eaton, Mrs. Charles C. There will be an interesting exhibit | wards, Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins, Mrs. |of gold and silver ware at the lecture, Richard N. Elliott, Mrs, Edgar C. Ellis, | showing a dinner table set with French | Mrs. Harry L. Englebright, Mrs. Edwal Renaissance silver, a luncheon table E. Eslick, Mrs. Harry A. Estep and Mrs. | set with early Colonial silver, a tea William E. Evans. service of English Wedgewood and a The tea last Friday afternoon was | dressing table with replicas of famous preceded by a short program of music |old gold toilet pieces. given by Mrs. Charles Cooper, planist,, Reservation for the lecture may be of Baltimore, and Miss Alice Cocke, who | secured Junior League headquartrs, sang Mexican folk songs and gave na- | 1529 Connecticut avenue, or at the tive dances, wearing & charming and | Willard social bureau. | authentic costume worn on holidays by the wives of well-to-do Mexicans. The costume was made for Miss Cocke by one of her schooigirls in Mexico, where she has been teaching for a year. | 'The program was interrupted by the appearance of the famous commander | of the Graf Zeppelin on its world cruise, Dr. Hugo Eckener, and Frau Eckener, who_were accompanied by Mrs. Porter | H. Dale, president of the club, and i | Frau Kiep, wife of the counselor of the ! Germany.embassy. Dr. Eckener voiced | a short greeting and the party only re- | mained a few minutes. Mr. Gutson Gorglam, who was in the audience during the musicale, spoke on the great memorials being carved in Stone Mountain, Ga., and Rushmore ‘Mountain, 8. Dal e Mrs. Stoddard Hostess to Music Clubs of District ‘The District of Columbia Federation of Music Clubs will hold its lar monthly meeting in the residence of the president, Mrs. Joseph M. Stoddard, MISS JOCELYN HIBBARD, Daughter of Mrs. Dilworth Potts Hibbard, member of expected to make her debut next season. the younger set who fs —Harris-Ewing Photo. History and Romance generation of the owner of Carter’s| Grove on the James River, and father of the fair Belinda Carter, have re-| cently restored the old mansion, the | drawing room of which has such roman- | Stuart Cl’mpter, U. DG Plans Benefit Card Party The Gen. J. E. B. Stuart Chapter, D. C., No. 1851, is planning a benefit tie 3 | card paity to be given at Confederate appeal. Mary Cary of Williamsburg, | e i) “Hall, 1322 Vermont avenue, friend of Belinda Carter, was visiting | a r, pril 10. The chairman of the com- her when the tall. sandy-haired young | mittee on arrangements is Mrs. Albion surveyor of Predericksburg “eame | w, Tuck, assisted by Mrs. Sarah Watts, Of Silver, Lecture Topic The evolution of the knife, fork and spoon, silver trade-marks and English hall marks will be amo the sub- jects discussed at a lecture tomorrow afternoon at the Willard, when Joseph Danforth Little will give an illustrated tal'- on the “History and Romance of Silver.” Mr. Little will trace the art of the BOCIETY. t R street, Tuesday evening o'clock. Mrs. Stoddard has recently been appointed chairman of legisiation on the national board and will report | at the Spring meeting in Charleston, 8. C, on the recent bill introduced Representative Gavagan of New York relating to & national conservatory in ‘Washingto: Recover Metal From Sea. SEBASTOPOL (). —The Metal Trust of the Soviet Union has been recover- ing from the bottom of the'Black Sea the metal parts of warships and mer- by | chantmen sunk at various places withe in the past 20 years. The local har- bor is e to yield thousands of tons of useful metal. S Desirible Stogs and Hesiery 607 13th Street , (Between F & G Streets) A NEW STOCK _of J. & M. Shoes for Men Sizes 6 to 12 nyder@ Little The department is most con- vemient—just a step within OUR NEW STORE 607 13th Street Pay the “Lay-By” Way Choose any coat, suit, or dress that you like, pay a small deposit, and then we will hold your selection while you pay for it easily out of your income... a little at a time. a-wooing in vain. A few years later Thomas Jefferson, also then unknown to fame. laid his heart and high ambi- tlon at Belinda'‘s feet in this same draw- ing room and with a similar result. She wed Nathaniel Burwell and re- ceived the deed of the estate as a wed- | ding gift. Carters Grove was not the | family seat of those whom the Vir- | ginian chroniclers grandiloguently call “The King Carters,” but it was a fine | mansfon with a large plantation situ- ated on a high bank of the river and in the midst of those venerable and his- | toric estates which make that region 80 notable. Mary Cary appears in the | sedate pages of history as the first love | of the great patriot, but one whom he | seemed to have readily forgotten, un- dike the long friendship which existed between him and another sweetheart of 'his adolescent years, Sallie Fairfax, to whom he wrote one of the last let- ters penned ln*his momentous life. " * * % | When the Hon. Diana Sackville- | West, granddaughter of the British minister who got in trouble with Presi- dent Cleveland, recently became the bride of Lord Romilly, she was gowned a3 a maiden of high degree would haye been in the opening fifteenth century and s Castle Knole at Seven Oaks is one of the most impressive Tudor struc- Mrs. | ures in Europe, her costume fashioned on the Tudor lines was entirely appro- | priate and blended beautifully with the old chapel where the ceremony occur- of | red. But Lord Romilly, in a frock coat g | her colts have proved béyond the con- D i and striped trousers, with winged collar and pale gray tie, did not fit into the picture and art critics are bewailing such an attempt to revive medieval mntry unless all the persons involved | wed fashions of the period. There | Mr. Scott can wear more ms | were strings of little maids such as m&n a World Witl‘ w and he ell:‘l 3 good shelf wit Iver, cups. addition he answers all the expectations raised by those who write of dude Tanches and travel sketches in the land of scenic wonders and the social ele- ment awaits with keen interest the dev- astal cut: most,_aristocratic Summer resort. For it is known that Mrs. Church is to lend a Western tinge to the coming Newport | season by having private rodeos, so to speak, on her race course. This farm is the one which t.h:hl:: Alfred V:ndu‘- Mrs. Whitelaw Reid; although passing less time each year in her handsome home at 451 Madison avenue, in New York City, declines to yield to en- croaching and clings to her big house, and what is still more of a ty in central Gotham of today, & sizable back and side yard. Not a half |domen ‘yards of any destription are found in this section of New York, the splendid mansion of the late Henry C. Frick being a notable exception, as it retains all the space originally allotted some 30 years ago, whereas Mrs. Reld's home is one of four built on the grounds surrounding the Henry Villard mansion. It was an L-shaped piece of land and cleverly désigned so that each owner had his own garden surrounded by a| box hedge, and there is besides a pri- | vate yard opening from the garage and as secluded as need be. rchitec- tural unit was the work of the late Stanford White and has excited the | admiration countries. runner of the now popular Tudor group style, of which the new British embassy on Massachusetts avenue is so out- standing an example, , Kk k% Mr. and Mrs. Alexander M. 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