Evening Star Newspaper, October 28, 1930, Page 7

WS LR WK BXPRES AT HONE Daughter of Late President Harrison Inspired First “* White House Dance. James Robert McKee, only of the late former President Harrison and his first wife, e Scott Harrison, died early to- day at her home in Greenwich, Conn., after an illness of eight months. With her when she died were her husband and son and daughter. Mrs, McKee was formerly Miss Mary Scott Harrison. Her mother was the first president general of the National Society D. A. R. She had been ill since dai last February when she went to Roose- | velt Hospital in New York for an opera- tion. After several weeks she was re- moved to the McKee home, Berkeley Lodge, in Greenwich, where her con- dition fluctuated until the end came. A frequent visitor ‘to Washington, Mrs. McKee spent a Winter here some time ago as the it of Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins to pre!fl‘- daughter, Mrs. Reisinger, then Mlss Mary Lodge Mc- Kee, to society. Mrs. Russell B. Harri- son, sister-in-law of Mrs. McKee, and the former's daughter, Mrs. Robert Lewis Armstrong, make their homes in ‘Washington. Mrs, Hobart Brooks and Mrs, John F. Parker of this city are cousins of the deceased woman. Prominent Charity Worker. Mrs. McKee was prominent in charity work and D. A. R, circles in New York, where the family lived for many years, and in Indianapolis, where she was married to Mr. McKee, then of Indian- apolis, in 1884. She was a lifelong and devout Presbyterian, a member of the Central Presbyterian Church in New York. More recently she was an active member of the Pirst Presbyterian, Church in Greenwich. She was honor- ary president of the Woman's Auxiliary of the latter chirch. She was active in the various war activities, and was treasurer of the “Militia of Mercy” or- nized during the war by Mrs. John ;l‘nys Hammond. She .also was an officer in the Bird and Tree Club, or- ganized for relief work following the war, and was an enthusiastic worker for “Christie Street House,” which has been such a boon to unfortunate men. Mrs. McKee was educafed in Indian- apolis and at Ogontz Seminary in Phila- delphia, and has been active in the kin- dergarten work undertaken by the alumnae of Ogontz. She was one of the belles of her day in Indianapolis and in Washington, where she was a leader among the young people of the Senate circle when her father was a member of that body, during which time her mar- riage took place. Inspired White House Dance. She and her children spent the greater part of their time in the White House during her father’s regime as President. During her mother’s lliness and after her death, Mrs. McKee was mistress of the White House, discharging those duties with rare grace, cordiality and tact. She also was related to_two other Fayes s rs. Tatt, who “dmugh: yes ‘aft, who were - ters of cousins of Mrs. McKee's mater- nal Rev. Johh W. Scott, who died in the ‘White House. sister-in-law, the in- Among her club affiliations were the York Club and the Girls’ Service Club the Woman's Club and of She in Society R. and a member of Put- Dies in Connecticut MRS. JAMES ROBERT McKEE, band, James Robert McKee; her brother, Maj. Russell B. Harrison of Indian- apolis; her daughter, Mrs. Mary McKee Reisinger of Greenwich; her son, Ben- jamin Harrison McKee (known during his grandfather's administration as “Baby McKee"), of Paris, who has be: in Greenwich since his mother beca ill; and three young granddaughters, Edmee Roberta and Mary Harrison Reisinger, and Patricia McKee. Ben- jamin Harrison McKee will return to Paris, where he is connected with the National City Bank. The funeral service will be held at the home at Greenwich at 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Mrs. McKee will be Intcrred in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis. SAF ASP THE WORK ON WATER FOR ALEXANDRI Pipes Being Laid to Wells on Ice Company Property. Supply Low. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., October 28.— Work began today to hook up the city water supply with the artesian wells of the Mutual Ice Co., on North Payne street, from which approximately 750, 000 gallons of water will be taken daily to help conserve the small supply of water which remains in the Barcroft Reservoirs of the Alexandria Water Co. A pump has been brought here from New York to lift the water to the mains, and 1,500 feet of 6-inch pipe is being laid from the ice company plant down Payne street to Madison | street, where it will connect with a 16- | inch main of the water company. Other artesian wells at the ice company's | former plant at the foot of Cameron | street and at_the abandoned plant of |the Robert Portner Brewing Co. on | Wythe street are also available and may have to be used. 90,000,000 Gallons Supply. At the preséit time there is less than 90,000,000 gallons of water in the Bar- croft Dam, which normally holds 750, 000,000 gallons. The water level is about 23 feet from the top of the dam. Daily consumption is about 2,500,000 gallons per day. The supply of water to the Southern Railway Co. has been cut off, and the BayerTablets Aspirin | ¢ prompt relief from COLDS. . ¢ o e o SORE THROATS. . RHEUMATISM . . . LUMBAGO NEURITIS ACHES and PAINS does not harm the heart BAYER |RIN Accept only * Bayer” package which contains proven directions. Handy “Bayer” boxes of 12 tablets. Also bottles of 24 and 100—All druggists. - TONIGHT! Enjoy the Best Dollar Dinner IN WASHINGTON EVERYTHING FRESH No Left-overs Used Netes 1f you ever ate a better Dollar Dinner, you need not pay the check! TUESDAY October 28. 1930 Dinner One Dollar ’ Fashioned Chicken Soup Fresh String Beans Bran Muffins Crabflake Appetizer Relishes and Conserves Tomato Bouillon Bolled Fresh Salmon With Egg Sauce Chicken Fricassee With Dumpling Roast Loin of Pork With Apple Sauce Swiss Steak in Casserole Fresh Vegetable Dinner Baked Potatoes Lettuce and Cucumber Salad Mocha Layer Cake Fresh Fruit Jelly With Cream Cherry Cobblir With Hard Sauce Stewed Pigs With Brownies Apple Pie a la Mode Scalloped Tomatoes Hot Tea Biscuits Swiss Gruyere Cheese With Toasted Crackers Vanilla, Chocolate, Peach or Strawberry Ice Cream Raspberry Sherbet HAPPINESS RESTAURANT 1167 F STREET N.W. - railroad is pumping water from Hunt- Creek. Yesterday the rallroad again asked the water company for water due to the muddy condition of that pumped from the creek. If the emergency continues, it is te- lieved that the water company can use water from the Potomac River, but this will be expensive, since it will have to be chlorinated. Puts Faith in Wells. Urhan 8. Lambert, manager of the Alexandria Water Co., sald yesterday that he hoped the artesian wells and the remaining water in the reservoir would be sufficient to supply the city until rains come. The supply on hand, however, is the lowest in the history of the water company, and citizens again were urged to use it as sparingly as possible. BOY SCOUTS HALT FIRE IN “BENEDICT CANYON” Strenuous Work Checked Blaze That Threatened Homes of Doug Fairbanks and Other Celebrities. By the Assoclated Press. BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., October 28. ~—As a composite good deed for the day, Troop 17, Beverly Hills Boy Scouts, thwarted the menace of fire in the Benedict Canyon, in which are situated the homes of Douglas Fairbanks, Charles Chaplin, Harold Lloyd and other celebrities. 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