Evening Star Newspaper, October 26, 1930, Page 50

Tales of Well Known Folk In Social and Official Life Interest of Royal Pair in Photographic Art Aug- mented by Hollywood Film Views Made 11 Years Ago. BY MARGARET B. DOWNING. ‘When Albert of Belgium and his ac- Queen visited Hollywood 11 | they were presented with | years ago What was then the last word in fim cameras and the King, never having been attracted by photography, turned the gift over to Queen and she in turn nted it to the Crown Prince. ‘The shy young man, as Washington re- members him, became absorbed in film plctures and now his lovely Swedish wife is just as enthusiastic over them @s he. The prince and princess, through the most improved model of flm camera, secured through a friend in the capital of the movies, makes a | record of all their delightful outings and all the happenings in the royal fam- . One of their precious exhibitions to which they invited the King and Queen at their villa in Laeken was the first outing of their son in an historic mn.mhuhmr. trundled by a nurse in picturesque costume of the Bra- bants. One of -the titles of the littls prince is that of the Duke of Brabant, most ancient and honorable of the do- mains of the Belgian crown. The Crown Princess df Belgium sends the minute details of her daily life to her nts in Stockholm and one of the juent questions, how does royalty amuse itself, is thus answered. All over Europe and likely in Oriental countries, too, film cameras portraying the life of absent ones are a keen source of delight, taking the place to a large degree of letters and telegrams. R The United States Ambassador to London ‘:‘nd m. D‘dls'u have }E‘:eoeme experts in gul itors to the em- bassy, especially those from their home in Chicago, to places in the British mef lis to which every patriot should go. For instance, just off West- minister Bri is that tower erected by the contributions of citizens of the blic to commemorate on British Lincoln's abolition of slavery. It cost $40,000 and in the mottled brick work of the peak may be distinctly traced the Stars and Stripes. The tower was completed and dedicated in 1874, and Mr. Edward Plerrepont of New York, Envoy to London, was master of ceremonies. In a close near West- minster Abbey admirers of the great Emancipator have erected a duplicate of St. Gaudens’ statue in Lincoln Park, Chicago, and few are the days indeed ‘when floral offerings or laurel crowns are not laid on the base. For denizens from the South of their country Gen. and Mrs. Dawes have many offerings, the statue of Gen. Washington pre- sented by the State of Virginia and the noble bronze effigy of Charles I. who ted the charter to Maryland and for whose Queen, Henrietta Marie of France, the province was named. B Semator Fletcher of Florida and his eolleague Senator Trammell will be heard in earnest protest when the Sreing. the dismanting of the ‘way regarding the dismantling of historic fort at Key West and the clos- ing down of the Government shops at that straf tip of conti- nental States. Key West has been since 1846 one of the strongly It has glorious traditions going back to the pirates of the ish Main and I Tonary. stnce. i thdcpen: has s indepen- dence. But a | had to be made the program of rigid naval it at the recent comrades from Philadelphia and 8 few from Washington. Tradition makes the late Senator from the Keystone State the supreme dictator of policles and one who could sit in a Washington or Philadelphia hotel and order the co- horts in the Republican party as & general moves his arm. The statue of Boise Penrose is considered one of the most lifellke and true to form ever erected in bronze, at least in recent years, No attempt has been made to idealize his strong, rugged figure and countenance, but those who knew him | well are entirely satisfied with the re- sult. Two Presidents are accredited to Mr. Penrose’s influence—Roosevelt as the running mate of McKinley, against the wishes of that dominant personage and those of Senator Hanna, then su- preme in the direction of the Republi- can party, and in 1920 Warren G. Harding against prime favorites in the fleld, Lowden, Leonard Wood and Hiram Johnson. ‘There were three Penrose brothers. all of whom rose to heights in their chosen professions. The Senator, whose career was marked; Dr. Charles B. Penrose, one of Penn- sylvania’s foremost medicos and with repute far beyond his State, and Mr. Spencer Penrose, & mining engineer of Colorado, who is accepted as one of the most successful and talented mem- bers of the group. * % % ‘Whether Mr. Gifford Pinchot is to be the next Governor of Pennsylvania or not, the plans for the bicentennial celebration of George Washington's birth will be a major consideration of the chief executive of the Keystone State. Mr. and Mrs. Pinchot have a deep interest in that commemoration, and as they live in Pennsylvania at least half the year, they are prepared to ald in any role they may assume when the time is ripe. A tentative pro- gram includes the marking of every house (or its site) in which the great patriot lived during the Constitutional Convention and during the part of his term as President in which Philadel- phia was the Capital of the United States. But the most assiduous care and most profound interest centers on Valley Forge, in order that visitors, and especially motorists, who wish to prolong their stay about this hallowed spot may do so with every comfort and convenience. Valley Forge Park lles 24 miles from Philadelphia along the old York road, every step of which is historic, and the park contains 475 acres, all of which is in Chester Coun- ty. A fine equestrian statue of Gen. Anthony Wayne greets the visitor at the main entrance. All through the park handsome markers tell the story of hardship and suffering endured by the patriotic army and its commanding officers. The cottage of Isaac Potts, the miller—Gen. Washington's head- quarters—has been -restored to its original aspect, as have all the soldiers’ huts leading up and down the avenues. An air of permanency has always marked Pennsylvania institutions, so that the continued existence of old inns along the road, which fed and sheltered the colonial troops, is not sur- prising. These have been marked and will share the prosperity of the coun- tryside when the travelers come in 1932, * ok % % Miss Millicent Hammond, daughter of the former Ambassador to Madrid, Mr. Ogden H, Hammond, disappointed & number of friends last Summer by deciding. z though she had made tentative ises, this sport-loving daughter of Jer- sey found her own country too fasci- nating to wish to leave it after so long an absence. She and her sister made scores of friends in Madrid and its royal circle, and she also had promised Countess et Scherr-Thoss to visit her home near Breslau, in the ct | picturesque mountains of Silesia. But training headquarters will stationed in Key West, but its popu- larity with tourists will hardly be af- fected. The Florida East Coast Rail- road crosses the stretch of water on stone and iron trellls work and the is within easy reach of the ex- t hotels scattered all over Key ‘West proper. It is & favorite resort of thousands of Northerners who find life too hectic and crowded in Palm Beach and Miami. * % % % than many who have come later | and achieved higher eminence in n tional affairs, and the unveiling of his statue a few days ago in Capitol Park, Pa., drew many of his old Long Island, where she spends nearly all the Summer, had unusual attrac- tions in the polo games, and everybody rushed to New England for the yacht races, the Hammond family included. Although the vogue of from passed, those who find pl sport spend fewer weeks there now than they did in former times. While “Pierre” from New York ... Pierre has come to The Hecht Co.’s “Powder Box"” from one est shops. (Fifth Floor) direct of Fifth Avenue's smart- He is an expert authority on haircutting and fingerwaving as done to conform with one’s individual type. Know the delight, the pleasure and satisfaction of his remarkable artistry, “Look your best at all times.” THE HECHT CO. F Street at Seventh NAtional 5100 | 1 D. C., OCTOBER 26, 1930—PART THREE. DIVORCES PLAYWRIGHT HUSBAND JYoan Lowell (above), author of salty tales of the sea, has announced that she has obtained a Mexican divorce from her playwright husband, Thompson Buchanan. Both are seen above. —P. & A. Photo. Spain was delightful, Mr. Hammond and his family could not be expected to grow enthuslastic over bull fights, and, indeed, they were often embarrass- ed seeking to evade attending.. Miss Millicent Hammond goes in for breed- ing cocker spaniels and she also is in- terested in thoroughbred horses. K ok Queen Wilhelmina of Holland has joined the group of royal parents who have realized that young people of to- day are not to be coerced into doing things which do not appeal to them. Princess Jullana, intellectual and seri- ous minded, has, according to news from The Hague, declined to follow up the budding romance with her cousin, an- nounced during the Summer, and like other denizens of palaces has declared that she will give her hand only where her affections are engaged. So the loyal citizens of the Netherlands must wait for a time before hearing that their future ruler has made her matri- monial choice. It may be all right in the end, for genuine love matches among royal folks is the rule and not the exception nowadays. The Crown Prince of Belgium was fathoms deep in love with the lovely Astrid of Sweden and she with him. The Crown Prince of Norway and his royal Swedish lady had a perfect understanding with each other before they informed their elders, and every one recalls that romance of the Italian King's eldest daughter, Yo- lande, with Maj. Calvi and how pily it has sped along. Princess Juliana has meekly accompanied her mother from court to court and has impartially inspected all the eligibles offered, but | seemingly she has not found her gal lant knight and the quest is on until she does. * ok k% ‘The senior Mrs. Robert Marion La Follette has been for the past two years in collecting her hus« , glpera and speeches with the end of publishing his complete life | before this year is out. So absorbed has she been in this labor that those major events in her family, staged in Madison, did not tempt her from her desk. She had hoped to attend her | son's wedding and also to be on hand to congratulate her younger son on his rousing victory in the gubernatorial con- test, but she found that time pressed too heavily to lose even a day. A tie of unusual devotion united the late Sen- | ator La Follette and his wife, and for a |long time after his passing she could not bear to attack the task of writing | his life or even of assorting the papers | nor consent that any one else should assume the work. So much is known of the political career of this remark- able son of Wisconsin that the special |light thrown on the domestic aspect | cannot fail to be of interest. Great as the late Senator was in the national | sense, according to scores of enthusi- | astic admirers, he reached the heights | in his home, and his capacity for mak- | ing every member of the family happy | is a phase on which Mrs. La Follette is | expending her energy and writing with | affectionate care. Mrs. La Follette has |been living almost incognito in the ‘[Calhedrsl avenue residence of her son, Robert, the Senator, but she plans to | Madison, in the early Winter. * % % o* Dr. Willlam Holland Wilmer, eminent | physician to whom thousands with fail- ing sight owe a heavy debt of gratitude, has spent 41 of his 67 years as a resi- dent of Washington, a circumstance of which the Capital City is exceedingly proud. He was a mere stripling in the vast field of medicine when he became professor. of ophthalmology in the versity, and his professional triumphs have been centered in Washington, in- cluding the culmination of honors in | the establishment of the Wilmer Insti- tute in Johns Hopkins University in 'Baltimore. Dr. Wilmer has for many g0 to her home, Maple Bluff Farm, near | Medical College of Georgetown Uni- | years been studying the eyes of fl:e‘ horse and assigning reasons for various ailments. In this he has opened & fascinating fleld of research leading back to the chariot races in Roman times, when the horses' eyes were tam- pered with by unscrupulous attendants to aid the triumphs of other entries. Dr. Wilmer has discovered an unique ailment of the equine optics, which he called “moon eye” produced by the vision changing with each phase of the oon, and causing a veil at some Periods ‘which is almost obstructive of the sight. So clearly has the illustrious oculist demonstrated this to a select group of horse lovers that the Mary- land Jockey Club has just voted $2.000 a year for five years to carry through Dr. Wilmer's preventive crusade. * o X X The Marquess of Allsa, who last year purchased that bleak rock in the North Atlantic known as St. Kilda's and within the month moved every one of its 150 inhabitants and their shaggy Highland cattle and sheep to a more fertile pasturage and farm land in Ayrshire, is not averse to the island's passing to an opulent owner who can install hot-water heat and radios and thus establish communication with the outer world. For eight months of the year St. Kilda's was storm bound and very little traffic with the Hebrides or | the” Scottish coast was possible during | the remaining four. No houses exist | except rude beehive mounds of stones | plastered with mud. For centurles St. | Kilda's belonged to the MacLeod of | MacLeod and the inhabitants paid no taxes whatever. The chieftain of the {gallant MacLeods is mow hale and hearty, though_ in his ninety-fourth | vear, but times have been hard. So he | traded St. Kilda's to the Marquess of | Allsa for some land in a less rigorous | climate, the Marquess of Ailsa an | opulent noble of North Scotland derives his fortune from property | left by his maternal grandfather four times removed, Capt. Archibald Ken- | nedy, R. N., who settled in what is now | Hoboken, N. J.. in the 1750s. His de- scendants bought large tracts of land and held them. This Capt. Kennedy married Katrina van Schuyler and got valuable land on Manhattan Island. The Marquess of Allsa has some tidy pleces of real estate all along the water front of Hoboken and he visits this side | of the ocean frequently. | Mrd. G_r;ce Hoffmanrw}fite Woman's Party Tea Guest Mrs. Grace Hoffman White, poet and feminist, well known in Washington society, will read from her forthcom- ing book of verse, “Up, Ship.” at a tea given in her honor by the National Woman’s Party at the national head- quarters, Alva Belmont House, 144 B street northeast, this afternoon, from 4:30 to 6 o'clock. Mrs. ite is a member of the National Council of the Woman's Party, and has been promi- nent in the movement for equal rights since suffrage days. Mrs. White’s former residence in Washington is now the home cf thé General Federation of Women's Clubs. She is author of a book of poems, “Wings to Dare,” and her new book will appear in the Spring. At the tea today different speak- ers will discuss various phases of the campaign for equal rights. Miss Maud Younger, congressional chairman, will explain why the Woman's Party opposes industrial legislation for women which does not apply to men, and which is | being urged at the present time as a |solution of the unemployment prob- | lem, and she will show why the equal |rights amendment is necessary. Miss Laura Berrien, a member of the Na- tional Council, will speak on the history and purpose of the Woman's Party, an Miss Ruby Black, managing editor of Equal Rights, will talk on “The Unpro- tected Homemaker; the Working Hours and Perils of Women in the Home * A musical program will be tendered by Miss Georgia McDonald. World ;Auiance Group Plans Armistice Dinner Invitations have been issued by the World _ Alliance for _International Friendship for an armistice dinner on Nevember 10 in the grand ball room of | the Willard Hotel at 7 o'clock in the | evening. Dr. George Otis Smith, 1736 G street, is in charge. The KITT CO. 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Rector's Aid Society Sponsors Benefit Party Much interest is being shown in the benefit card party that the Rector's Ala Soclety of St. Andrews’ Church is giving at the Roosevelt Hotel the after- noon of Wednesday, October 29. Among those who have reserved tables are Mrs. Amos G. Draper, Mrs. M. O. Eldridge, Mrs. Clyde B. Aitchison, Miss Katharine Ellis, Mrs. Rust Smith, Mrs. William J. Harris, Miss Alice Cruick- shanks, Mrs. Helen M. Wayland, Miss Harriet A. Hosmer, Miss Elizabeth Peet, Miss Elizabeth H. Garwood, Mrs. J. Sprigg Poole, Miss M. Grace Wilmarth, Mrs. Willlam de C. Ravenel, Mrs. H. J. Landrus, Miss May V. Frey, Miss Gen vieve Wilson, Mrs. Willlam Yeats Dun- can, jr.; Miss Cecil Beasley, Miss Elsie Fitzgerald, Miss Laura Gileston, Mrs. George P. Ahern, Mrs. Clarke Conway and Miss Grace M. Henderson. Mrs. John Jay Dimon is president of the society. St. Gabriel Players In “Cat and the Canary™ The Stella Maris Glub will present | the St. Gabriel's Players in “The Cat and the Canary,” at Carroll Hall, Tenth and G streets northwest, October 27 and 28. The Right Rev. John M. McNamara, D. D, V. G, heads the list of patrons and patronesses sponsoring this year's presentation, with Rev. Joseph M. Nelli- gan, Rev. Willlam Sweeney, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Baker, Mlas Catherine Beck, Mr. and Mrs. J. Harry Colliflower, Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Collins, Mr. Francis J. Collins, Miss Mary Collins, Dr. David J. Fitzgibbons, Mrs. A. B. Frawley, Mr. and Mrs. John F. Hafford, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Hamill, Miss Catherine Lester, Mr. and Mrs. John McCarthy, Mrs. Elizabeth Murphy, Miss Helen Ramisch, Mrs. Mary A. Ryan, Mrs. Maty T. Shultz, Mrs. Elizabeth Fenton and Mr. and Mrs. George J. Winkle. Women's Towne Clui; Lists Cadet Dance Tea Series ‘The American Women's Towne Club will give the first of a series of cadet dance teas from 4 to 6 o'clock p.m. Wednesday afternoon at the Towne Club. The “cadet teas” will be a popu- lar feature of the club and the board of governors of the club will take turns in serving as hostesses for these junior events. The young ladies on the Junior Committee on Arrangements will serve at the tea table and the opening date will be a Halloween celebration and tea dance for the high scRool youths. The hostesses for the opening dance are Mrs. Laura J. Bogue, Mrs. C. Fuller ‘Winters, Mrs. M. A. Urbin and Mrs. C. V. Martin. The Junior Committee will meet ‘Wednesday afternoon, 4 to 5 o'clock, in the Hotel Roosevelt to complete ar- rangements for the opening date, and the Halloween features of this event will be planned. The cadet tea dances will be held at the club house, 3125 P street northwest, on alternating Wednesday afternoons throughout the coming so- clal season. Betrothals of Autumn Formally Announced Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Nash of Brad- dock, Va., announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Isabelle Nash, to Mr. U. D. Thompson, son of Mrs. Oliver ‘Thompson of Washington. Miss Nash has chosen Saturday, No- vember 1, as her wedding date. Announcement has been made of the engagement of Miss Jenieva Catherine Eader, daughter of Mr. Archie W. Eader of Gaithersburg, Md, and Mr. Atlee I. Burroughs of Rockville, Md. The wedding has been set for November Michigan Women Guests At Tea This Afternoon A tea in honor of the Michigan women will be given this afternoon by Dr. Jane Sherzer in her home, 2018 R street northwest, from 4 to 6 o'clock. | EMBEZZLER SENTENCED | Truck Driver Ordered to Serve 90 Days by Judge McMahon. Julius Shields, colored truck driver, was sent to jail for 90 days when con- | victed of two counts of embezzlement by | | Judge John P. McMahon in Police Court | vesterday. Henry B. Lansburgh, 18 Municipal wharf, former employer of the accused, testified that Shields last Summer col- lected some bills for him. He aban- doned Lansburgh's truck and left without | '.ulr;\lnl in the money, the complainant satd. ‘This was one of the few cases of em- | bezzlement to be tried in Police Court | in several years. This offense was adjudged a misdemeanor, as the money involved was less than $35. . Columl;i;n Chnpter.AD‘A.R,.y Lists Annual Card Party The annual card party of Columbia Chapter, D. A. R., will be held on Sat- urdli' evening, November 8, at the Raleigh Hotel. Miss Nellle Grant Ross | is chalrman of the Ways and Means | Committee and the regent is Mrs. Al- bert B. Snavely. | Wesley Heights to Enjoy Hflllvween Dance} ‘The Halloween dance of the Westey | Heights Community Club will take place | on November 1 at the club house. It| will be a costume affair and the Com- mittee for Arrangements consists of Mrs. Carl C. Crampton, chairman; Mrs. Guy Whitman Leadbetter, Mrs. Ruth | Curtiss Buttler and Mrs. Samuel A.| Alexander. One of the most powerful fertilizers | Mrs. Sidney Taliaferro, Dr. Bachelors' Cotillion Series For Season Announced ‘When the Washington Bachelors' Co- tilllon managers, with the officers and members of the board of directors, met Friday last at the home of the presi- dent, Maj. Gen. Willlam E. Horton, U. 8. A, it was decided that the mem- bership this season would be limited to a very much smaller number than in previous years, when it grew to such proportion that it was difficult to man- age the cotillion figures. 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