Evening Star Newspaper, July 13, 1930, Page 34

Tales of Well In Social and Official Life Notes of Interest Relating to Celebrities of Two Continents—Qutstanding Events Listed in World BY MARGARET B. DOWNING. Mr. J. Plerpont Morgan stood out among the box owners in the Metro- litan Opera during the season of 929-30 as not having leased or loaned his preserves even for one performance. Of course Mr. Morgan did not feel the urge to recoup his losses on Wall Street, a8 did many others who were co) spicuous all Winter through their ab- sence from the musical events. But the veteran international banker had very good reasons for his procedure. He ‘was never a devotee of opera, preferring | concerts and orchestral renditions, and in past Winters when he presented his box to out-of-town friends he was dis- pleased to know that seldom did these visitors conform to the spirit which animates the original group of box owners in the diamond horseshoe. Many guests were noisy and late and restless, disturbed adjacent friends of | the Morgans and caused unpleasant | eomment. Next Winter, it is said, this example of not permitting any but| members of the family to use a box will | be largely followed. ~Mr. Otto Kahn, | ‘Wwho is president of the board of man- agement, has whimsically suggested that those who wish to lease or loan should have a small booklet printed stating the rules and the traditions of the horseshoe and giving & succinct list of “dont’s.” Leasing or lending a box | is entirely a private matter with the | owner, not even entrance tickets pass- | ing through the usual attendants. So jhe owners who pay, roughly, nothin!i than $5,000 a year are to be held fresponsible for the conduct of their les- Aees or guests. . Ew R Wen. Charles Gates Dawes has per- “eaps displayed more than the cus- tomary impatience over the delicate problem of presenting his country- Women at court. This has always proved | one of the thorny subjects for any rep- Tesentative of the United States in Lon. don to decide. Since his return to the t the Ambassador’s cup of endurance as seemingly overflowed by the persist- ent queries as to whether, since the royal reception was held in Buckingham Palace, the favored ones were really re- ceived at the Court of St. James. Gen Daves' search for exact knowledge has | led to the explanation by the proper authorities in London that whoever was responsible for the use of the term “Court of St. James” was in error, since 4t could never have meant nfore irl the first instance than the Court of St. James’ Palace, where for a couple of centuries or more all royal functions ‘were staged. But about 1837 the royal entourage moved to the Buckingham. St. James' Palace was in high favor in the time of the Stuart Kings. but few | traces of their pomp remained to the | middle of the nineteenth century, the | fire at Whitehall in 1698 having ruined much of the fine brick edifice which | faces Pall Mall. It has been retained | more for its historic association as the scene of occasional court functions than because of convenience or special ele- nce. The late King Edward rarely set foot in old St. james, but his son clings to ancient associations and every 80 often he stages the annual Spring court there. Every court chamberlain in recent vears has tried to emphasize the correct method by always using the term. “Court will be held in St.| James' Palace” or Buckingham, but to | eorrect the error on this side of the| Atlantic was a heavier task than they | cared to undertake. 0 > * ‘Mr. Willard Huntington Wright is one | SOCIETY. | the social circle. |alien sofl, controlling the most power- | writers and founder of literary salons, Known Folk Calendnr. mander until this blie conflict, is receiving y congratula- tions on the recent birth of his firsi son. Xllflfl-.fl:”lmm who were of 4 collection of cups, silver offerings and other articles pertinent to infants of tender days which would do credit to a favorite athlete. Maj. Thenault is among the elders of military officers in the corps and his matri- monial career is entirely centered at this Capital. He met Miss Sarah Spencer after he had been stationed here in 1921 and the romance flowered in the rehabilitation days when the last traces of the war-time depression and preoccupation were being cleared away. The late Judge Spencer was a towering figure in the days when the Burlington Railroad was being constructed. He had retired from the bench to private practice and, as legal counsel for the railroad, which was the ploneer in crossing the vast prairie country, his decisions are deemed a valuable con- tribution to such knowledge. Maj. and Mrs. Thenault have in addition to the young son, two girls, and all are Washingtonians. * ok ok % Senor Luis Antonio Penaherrera is well remembered in Washington, where less than 10 years ago he was secretary of the Ecuadorean legation. Since those years he has served in Paris and now is in charge of the affairs of his coun- try in Rome. Meantime, he ha: acquired an accomplished American ; wife, who was Miss Argenta kins. | She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Perkins of New York, but for several years resident in Genoa, where the former represents important maritime interests. Two of Senora de Penaherrera’s elder sisters are members of the powerful social wing in Rome, and it was during a Winter spent there that she met and married the promising diplomat from the land of the Equator. The former Miss Maude Perkins is now Princess Prospero Colonna, wife of Prince Colonna, a colonel in the Italian infantry, and now is stationed in Rome. He belongs to the Stigliano branch of the famous Roman clan apd is the son of the late Prince Marcantonio, whose son of the same name is now the mayor of the Itallan capital. The second sis- ter is March d'Amico, likewise a | power in the court society of the Quir- |inal and possessing a comfortable for- tune, the marchese and his charming wife are among the most active in ‘The American colony in Rome is pressing that of Paris in numbers and importance. That of London remains the largest group on {ful interests, and counts something ap- proaching 11,000. Paris has less than 6.0 permanent residents from this Republic. Rome is approaching this number and Berlin bids fair to surpass both in the next five years. * ko x Mme. de Sevigne, patroness of letter would no doubt be astonished if from a better world she could see the vogue she has given the spa at Vichy. She was in the habit of going to that obscure spring of her day to drink and bathe in the waters, Parisians having then an abiding faith in their healing powers. Vichy was an unimportant village of Auvergne in that remote day, but for a few weeks of Summer it took ®f the native sons in whom Charlottes- wville, Va., takes pride, but this versatile suthor so far shows no inclination to claim the fame which rumor anony- mously ascribes to him as the 8. 8. Van Dine of the popular detective stories. Mr. Wright. in fact, betrays all the ennui of Sherlock Holmes’ creator and those who like intricate plots bewail the fact that in the last of these offerings Philo Vance is definitely retired and the curtain is rung down on the series. But so Dr. Conan Doyle did with his crime detector, only to rescue him from what seemed certain death. Mr. Wright, who is deemed securely over the literary horizon in such serious studies as “Richard Hovey and His Priends,” *“What Nietsche Taught,” several au- thoritative volumes on modern painters | and modern music, proved to the hilt that he could master that always popu- lar form of fiction, the solving of crime mysteries. Of the ripe years between 40 and 50, this son of the Old Do- minion, has high ambitions to write | something that will mark him for fame, but his friends assert that he is still in doubt about his medium. Many hope it will prove the grea mystery tale of the twentieth century’s third decade | as Wilkie Collins’ “Woman in White” | and “The Moonstone” were in the mid- dle nineteenth century. > ‘The Prince of Wales Las blithely en- tered his thirty-seventh year and, ac- | cording to printed comment in London, he is confident, if he maintains his liberty into his fortieth year, he will be safe. It is a matter of amused comment t while his chums and military aides invariably select as caddies those comely maids who carry the bags on European golf fields, the heir of the | British throne has a demure, not too retty, young matron, who has served im at his favorite French club in Dinant for several vears. Edward of ‘Wales chats with his caddess amiably and knows all about her husband and two children and other details of the family. If a birthday or other anniver- #ary is impending, he adds something to the usual fee as his part of the cele- bration. He invariably employs a cad- satisfaction, son, another Horatlo, — e on the air of a big city. Not far from the now world-renowned spring was the ancestral home of the Comte de Ro- chambeau, commander of the French Army of alllance, and occassionally Americans in search of health motor from the spa down the Loire to the fine chateau still owned by descendants of Washington’s associate at Yorktown. Mme. de Sevigne, whose diary is one of the sprightliest specimens of her writings, gives many intimate pictures of Vichy and recounts what appeared to her almost miraculous cures result- ing from partaking of the waters. The Sporting Club at Vichy is one of the most active organizations in France and & good third of its membership is made up of citizens of this Republic. M. Andre de Benneville, descendant of one of Rochambeau's officers, is presi. dent and is also a scion of the his foric Canadian family of the same name. * ok ok X Mr. Richard Louis Sprague, who rep- Tesents a family which has for 130 years been officially associated with the consulate at Gibraltar, is a native of that international strip of Spanish soil over which the flag of Great Britain flies. Mr. Sprague is the great-grand- son of that Horatio Jones Sprague, one of the intrepid mariners of New Eng- land, who sailed his own ships from Boston to Cadiz, Malaga, Malta and Genoa. In his prime he left the home to his several sons and in 1800, with his wife and younger children, took up residence in Gibraltar in order to keep a sharper eye on the exports. He soon had the consulate affairs in that part of the world confided to his care and he looked after them with complete making Gibraltar his headquarters. The War of 1812 forced him from his post, but in such regard was he held by the British authorities that he was permitted to make daily visits from Algeciras to look after his interests. After the treaty of Ghent he was restored to his office and when he resigned, in fullness of years, his eldest succeeded him. No such dynasty is recorded in the an- die proper when practical, and it is just this Summer becoming so difficult in | parts of France and in Switzerland, but ‘When only girls are offered he selects | the most sedate and apparently the least coquettish. Literary London al- Teady accepts that the next King of Britain—whose accession, they hope, s to be many years deferred—and this If your f.ut hurt, see your iropodist and then be fitted in a pair of WILBUR COON SHOES Wwish the heir seems to indorse most | cordially—will be a bachelor and figure | in the annals as conspicuously because of his single blessedness as Queen Elizabeth did for her lack of a consort. * ok ok X | Maj. Georges Thenault, assistant mil- | itary attache for aeronautics in the | French embessy, who married Miss | Sarah Spencer, daughter of the late | Judge Spencer of Omaha, and who is the historian of the Lafayette Esquadrille for the World War period and its com- Have Your Fall Draperies Made Now at Summer Prices! On selections made now every detail will be carefully carried out at our leisure and the draperies may be installed at short notice. Avoid the Fall rush by placing your order now. Suggestions and estimates involve no obligation. 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Shearer. | - The Tuesday Club met this week in the home of Mrs. Blake, wife of Capt.| N Robert Blake. Mrs. Blake had Mrs. J. C. Smith and Mrs. J. L. Underhill as additional guests at tea. Among those who motored to Camp May Flather, the Girl Scout Camp, near Stokesville, Va., last Sunday to see their daughters who are there, were Maj. Rn_lgha. Geiger, his mother- eir ‘weel a). guests " Miss Ann , Md. nd Mrs. Carl Moore ington were the week end of Lieut. W. C. Ansel, U. 8. Ansel. Mrs. Claud and Mrs. Kitner, wives of Capt. Abram Claud and Capt. Edwin Kitner, both of the Navy, motored to Quantico Tuesday and were the luncii- eon guests of Capt. and Mrs, Robert G. Heiner. Maj. and Mrs. Willlam G. Hawthorne were hosts at dinner W y eve- ning, having as their guests Mr. and Mrs. J. Alfred Pikes, Mrs. H. A. Turnage and Miss Pickett Waller, all of Wide- water, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Pike and Mrs. T e will sail shortly for England tn visit relatives there. Capt. Robert G. Heiner, M. C, U. 8. N, and his brother, Col. Gordon Hetner U. 8. A., motored to Mahoning, Pa., over tne holidays last week. Mrs. Denig. wife of Capt. Robert MISS ESTELLA ANN SMALLWOOD, Whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harris Smallwood, announce her engagement te Mr. Louis D. Tanenbaum. —Underwood Photo. nals of the State Department as that of the 8 s in the United States consulate in famous straits settlements. Regret is expressed over the fact that the present incumbent, Mr. Richard Louis Sprague, has no son to take his | Ford's gardener at Dearborn is making Elace when four y;‘lrs hence he will i & close race in this specialty. ave reached the allotted age and will T o Vg Denig, is spending & few days in Wash- be automatically retired. There s such | . o 0 olds, & sentmental epect io the aseeion | PAGEANT FLOAT SINKS; | imsich as e guet'of irs Sicrsermolas that those who habitually visit the | | " ¥ | died in Nicaragua. mighty rock will feel lost without an 20 PERSONS ARE SAVED Capt. and ;Agrs. Kitner were the sup- fgtélnl:‘vgelmm from a consul bearing | per guests Sunday of Maj. and Mrs. : |Cast Depicting “Spirit of Greece”|JoNn Fotts sboard ther crulser, the i Lieut_and Mrs. Lester E. Power drove Flounder in Park Lagoon at to Yorktown, Va. and were the week Gary, Ind. By the Acsociated Press. GARY, Ind, July 12.—The float de- picting the “Spirit of Greece” in end guests of Lisut. and Mrs. Crawford. Lieut. Crawford is at present command- pageant of the nations sank in a park lagoon and the 20 men, women and ing officer of the Naval Mine Depot there. Capt. and Mrs. Stenton and Capt. children of the Greclan cast were left | floundering in 12 feet of water. Al make certain parts of Canada so beau- tiful. In Victoria and all along Puget Sound in British Columbia and about the brder of Washington State yellow roses thrive luxuriantly, and = Mrs. * ke x Mrs. Henry Ford, according to those who keep statistics on such matters, has the largest private collection of roses blooming in her gardens at Dear- | born, Mich., to be found in this coun- | try. ' Some’ 10,000 ever-blooming va- rieties spread their perfume and glorify the inclosure, and if Mrs. Ford wished to use her scatlered petals she might have a profitable sideline in extracts and pot-pourri. While space is given to every monthly rose offered in any country, the greater part of the garden | were saved. is filled with the favorites ‘which | Fifteen thousand spectators, including | have thrived about Detroit since the | delegates to the National Business ang | being arranged in oblong beds. But, | Professional Women's Clubs convention, | the splendid new rcses of native origin | lined the lagoon. are not neglected and the planting is after that observed in Potomac Park, roses of a ceriain species and color being arranged in oblong beds. But like the celebrated grounds at Hampton Court, on the Thames, the shading is exquisite, white and cream roses grad- ually giving way to pale pink, then a Special Stnday Dinner Today 5c Halt Fried Spring Chicken Roast Sliced ‘Chicken with Dressing on Relic Lending Criticized. Lending of valuable relics for exhibi- | tions has come undcr criticism in Eu- rope following the loss recently of the historic gold pen with which the Locar- no was 3 deeper color and finally all the shades | by The Lasacir muzfiipffé‘,"?é 'the of red. Yellow roses are rarer than the | Dutch Le i ! pinks and reds, but Mrs. Ford has suc- | foition: It mas forwarded.from ceeded admirably with some of the roses of Provence and Brittany which Hague. 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Queen Anne, Queen Elizabeth, Marie Antoinette and other prominent fig- ures in history have been in a large measure responsible for the distinctly the junchect | Confederate Groups Plan | Picnic on Old Battlefield mmotwmuumgmol Virginia snd the Distriet of Columbia, SOCIETY ists well known in Washington and nearby Virginia, including Mrs. Fannie Shreve Heartsill, m&nno; Miss Lillian Chenoweth, contralto; Mr. Pred 'East, baritone; Mr. Willlam F. Raymond, tenor. Mrs. Elizabeth C. Pred of 1420 Clifton street northwest has charge of this part of the grogram. Mrs, Fred also will entertain Col. and Mrs. Charles T. Norman Sunday evening, July 20, at an informal reception at 8:30 o'clock in r of her guests. Mr. Walter Hopkins, adjutant in chief, 8. C. V., will accompany Col. Norman from Richmond to Washington and the party will drive to the battlefield Mon- t day, July 21, to participate in the picnic. The chairman of arrangements is Mr. Rufus W. Pearson of Washington and he will be assisted by Mr. Arthur C. Smith, division commander of the District of Columbia and Maryland, 8. C. V.; Mr. Fred C. Myers, commander ‘Washington Camp, S. C. V., and chair- man of the committee for the Virginia Oo‘ Boclety of Washington; Mrs. H. G. Clay by from e to time. The president of the association, Mr. John | W. Rust of Pairfax, Va., will introduce | the speakers. Gen. Wi tured by his 1861-1865, with Gen. ] have charge of flags. :| SUNKEN GERMAN SHIPS nd there will be recitations by Mosby, a Miss Lila Wallace of W 3 Singing has been m sol¢ There’s Beauty in the Period Designs The masters of the earlier centuries created designs in furniture which have lived through the agés and are as popular today as when they were fashioned feminine charm seen in the furniture of their time. effectively preserved in “‘Furniture of Merit.” The slender grace of Louis XVI furniture, the substantial and comfort- able lines of the Adam motif; the quaint charm of early American Colonial furniture are prominent among the favored designs of the modern home. They are not only a delight to the eye, but contribute real comfort. We are featuring two examples of how moderately priced and how correct in style these period reproductions are possible in “Furniture of Merit” quality under House & Herrmann's chaperonage. Again need we say that merely the opening of a charge account makes you welcome to our costless credit. b.\ W )\ \ House & Herrmann “Furniture of Merit’ ) 4 Typical Sheraton Dining Suite Even to the minutest details you will find it faithful to its inspiration with tapered reeded legs and square back supports. Note the quaint charm of the china cupboard. The construction is mahogany veneer on gumwood, richly finished. have been carefully the finish is hand An Example of Adam Influence Here are the famous square fluted columns with urn and wreath pediments, giving the stamp of authenticity, four major pieces.......: L | and. Mr. and Mrs. Eton O. Pillow. Mrs Mary P. Snyder of Clarendon, Va., will SALUTED BY ZEPPELIN Tribute of Zeppelin in Passing Scapa Flow and Orkney Isles Re- ported in London Dispatch. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 12—The Daily Ex- press today said that the Graf Zeppelin . | approaching Scotland yecterday en route back to Friedrichshafen after a visit to Spitzbergen, paid homage to German warships scuttled there ‘after the war. Passing Scapa Flow and the Orkney Isles, the huge ship dipped in salute above the ruined hulk of the great battleship Hindenburg, which has been partly raise This feeling has been --$7210.00 | The walnut veneers mglt)ched and ed. Th ru € slgg.m