Evening Star Newspaper, April 7, 1935, Page 14

A—14 » PUBLIG WL VEW IOHSTORGHOUSES 0ld Georgetown Homes to Be Open on Friday and Saturday. Steeped in historic tradition, 19 old Georgetown houses will be open to the public next Friday and Sat- urday afternons, under the auspices of St. John's Episcopal Church, Georgetown. Representing a cross-section of the homesteads of ancient Georgetown, reaching back in some cases more than a century and a half, these old places are described as interesting, not only for the colorful history of their pasts, but for their attractive and artistic condition of preservation today, as homes of persons prominent in the political and social life of the city. Presidents and generals, diplomats and business leaders, romantic youth, and distinguished old age have fig- ured in the fascinating stories woven around the old mansions, now redo- lent with memories. Morris House Open Twice. Most of these houses never have been opened before during annual Spring events, sponsored by St. John's Church. Only one house will be open on both Friday and Saturday, the so- called Morris House at 3508 Prospect avenue, commanding a magnificent view over the Potomac River. Others will be open one day only. St. John’s Church at 3240 O street will be open | both days, but aside from these two structures, there will be a different group available to the public on each day. ‘The homes to be open Friday from 2 to 6 p.m. includes those of: Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Chilling- worth, 1406 Thirty-fourth street; the Undersecretary of the Treasury and © Mrs. T. Jefferson Coolidge, 3263 N street; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Phelps Dodge, 1645 Thirty-first street; Gen. and Mrs. Louis McC. Little, 3010 O street; Mrs. Edward Macauley (the Morris house), 3508 Prospect avenue; Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Henry Latrobe Roosevelt,' 3023 Q street; Mrs. H. H. Rousseau, 3238 R street; Comdr. and Mrs. Ellis 8. Stone, 1520 Thirty-third street; Mrs. ‘Ward Thoron, 2900 N street; Mr. and | Mrs. Robert W. Woolley, 3401 Prospect avenue. Also St. John's Church, Georgetown. 3240 O street. The houses to be open Saturday afternoon are those of Mr. and Mrs. Dean G. Acheson, 2805 P street; Mr. and Mrs. William S. Conant, 1402 Thirty-first street; Mr. and Mrs. Fran- cis C. De Wolf, 3322 O street; Mr. and Mrs. F. Mott Gunther, 2812 N street; Mr. and Mrs. Prank P. Harman, 3025 P street: Maj. and Mrs. Henry Leor ard, 3038 N street; Mrs. Edward M cauley (the Morris house), 3508 Pros- pect avenue; Justice and Mrs. Owen J. Roberts, 1401 Thirty-first street; Mr. and Mrs. Jouett Shouse, 3300 O street. Also St. John's Church, Georgetown, 3240 O street. More Than 150 Years Old. ‘The Morris house, at 3508 Prospect avenue, to be open on both Friday and Saturday, an unusually interest- ing and attractive old mansion more than 150 years old., is the property of Mrs. Edward Macauley and has recently been remodeled. Originally it was the home of John Templeman, who owned all that section of George- town then called “Pretty Prospect ™ “The little red house on R street,” which is not little at all, at 3238 R, near the site of the new George- town Public Library now under con- struction, has become an interesting spotlight in the new administration, and also is said to be the seat of a popular detective story. Known as a former home of Gen. Grant, it was later the home of Col. John J. Joyce, a picturesque figure, who disputed with Ella Wheeler Wilcox as to which was the author of: “Laugh and the world laughs with | you. Weep, and you weep alone.” A feature of the home of Dean G. Acheson, the Treasury, at 2805 P street, is the iron fence about the house, made of old musket barrels, used during the Mexican War. The fence was erected by Reuben Daw, who owned a large part of this block. Former Russian Legation. The house at 3220 O street, home W Francis C. De Wolf of the State Department and Mrs. De Wolf, was formerly the Russian Legation, resi- dence of the Russian Minister, 63- year-old Baron Alexander de Bodisco, who maried Miss Harriett Beall Wil- Hams, the beautiful 16-year-old daughter of Brooke Willlams of Georgetown. The romantic story of their engagement and colorful wed- ding, at which President Van Buren, Daniel Webster and all the diplomatic eorps were present, provided one of the spectacular social sensations of the day. At the crest of the hill of Thirty- first street stands a very old house, wow the home of Mr_ and Mrs. Clar- ence Phelps Dodge, one of those open on the tour of old homes. It was built by Mrs. Harriet Beall Williams. At 2812 N street is a house with 8 beautiful doorway and interesting history, where tradition says the widow of Admiral Decatur came to live after the admiral was killed in the duel with Commodore James Barron. ‘This house was built in 1779 and at one time was the home of Judge Morsell. The home of Undersecretary of the Treasury Thomas Jefferson Cool- idge, at 3263 N street, was built about 1800 by Col. James Smith. Tickets at $1 for each day's tour former Undersecretary Ori |last through May 15, | ncunced yesterday. Left: The home of Mr. and Mrs. Dean G. Acheson at 2805 P street, one of the historic Georgetown residences which will be visited in the “open house” being conducted next Friday and Saturday for the benefit of St. John’s Church, Georgetown. The fence in the foreground is supposed to have been made of muskets used in the Mexican War. Right: The Morris House, home of Mrs. Edward Macauley at 3508 Prospect avenue. Lower: An interior view from the home of Gen. and Mrs. Louis McC Little, 3010 O street. All these homes will be open to the public. —Star Staff Photos. Willard, Mayflower and Dodge Hotels, or may be purchased at any of the houses visited. Women socially prominent in Georgetown will be hostesses at the “open house” both Friday and Satur- | day. | The hostesses will be Mrs. William | M. Beall, Mrs. Theodore N. Gill, Mrs. | John Small, Mrs. Clarence Charest, Mrs. Spencer Wood, Mrs. James Ber- rall, Mrs. William Channing Johnson, Mrs. Fulton Lewis, Mrs. Walter | Wheatley, Miss Eliza E. Darneille, | Miss Emily Corcoran Matthews, Mrs. | William Conant, Mrs. Helen B. Bote- {ler, Miss Mary Dean, Miss Mildred | Dean, Mrs. Willism Ballantyne, Mrs. David A. Greenlees, Miss Katherine Dougal, Mrs. Carl T. Shoemaker, Mrs. Ronald Earle Fisher, Mrs. Arthur | Lind, Mrs. Louis Mackall, Mrs. George Llewellyn Nicolson, Miss Mary Mar- bury, Mrs. Jefferson R. Keen, Mrs, | Harry B. Jordan, Mrs. Edward Croft, Mrs. Howard Hinckley, Mrs. James Young, Mrs. Robert Woolley, Mrs. John Sevier, Miss Annie G. Buckey |and Mrs. Bernard Wyckoff. | At each house a hostess acquainted | with the history of the house will ,‘tell visitors of points of special in- | terest. 'PUPILS AGAIN WORK FOR POSTER PRIZES Annual Dental Health Design Contest Is Scheduled to Close May 15. ‘Washington school children this year are again working on posters for entry in the annual dental health District of Columbia Dental Society. The contest opened last week and will it was an- Co-operation in the contest is being given the dental society by Dr, Frank Ballou, superintendent of schools; the District Health Department and Miss Ethel Gray, head of the District Art Department. ‘The contest is open to all pupils in the junior and senior high schools and to those in the sixth grade of the elementary schools. Gift certificates of from $5 to $20 will be awarded to the winners. The Contest Committee is composed of Dr. George F. Kane, chairman; Dr. Charles B. Murto, vice chairman, and Drs. Dudley King, S. D. 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Simpson, assistant curator of the American Museum of Natural History, New York. Not a word was spoken as Mrs. | Simpson returned the slender little | girl to Mrs. Mary Pedroja, who took | her back to Buffalo, Kans. Mother Criticized. In denying Mrs. S8impson custody of Patricia, whom she had taken away | from school in Buffalo, District Judge Otis E. Hungate criticized her for casting reflections during the trial upon the character of her own mother, Mrs. Pedroja. | He pointed to evidence that Mrs. Simpson suffered from a mental dis- |order and expressed belief that to grant her custody would open “an outright SIS CHLD Girl Goes to Grandmother Seventh and Eye Streets endless war with her husband, in which she will seek custody of all ‘our of her children.” Other Children Here. The three others are in the custody of Dr. S8impson’s parents in Washing- ton, D. C. Mrs. Simpson took Patricia from school at Buffalo last February 15 and | brought her to Topeka, where Mrs. Pedroja and Dr. Simpson instituted habeas corpus proceedings to recover custody of the child, | No testimony, other than that by Mrs. Simpson herself, Judge Hungate said, had been ofeered to show the mother was fitted to care for the girl. | DAVIDSON TO SPEAK | Mechanical Engineers to Hear C. ! & P. Publicity Man. Robert H. Davison, in charge of | | publicity and advertising for the Ches- | | apeake & Potomac Telephone Co., and | for several years assistant editor of the Transmitter, will address the American Society of Mechanical En- | gineers Thursday at 8 pm. in the auditorium of the Potomac Electric | Power Co., at Tenth and E streets. GENERAL MOTORS Advanced Auto Design Is Featured With All Prod- ucts Displayed. automotive features, including stream- lining, knee-action wheels, all-steel with the modern-day automobile, all the products of General Motors went on display at the Washington Audi- torium yesterday. Besides automobiles, the show also is featuring refrigeration and cooling systems made by the corporation. Representatives of the various deal- ers in General Motors products in Washington are demonstrating the cars. Dealing mainly with the romantic | side of the development and use or} the telephone, Mr. Davidson's talk, “Telephone Rhymes and Gadgets,” also will touch the technical side. An informal dinner for the speaker, (to which members are invited, will | be given at the Raleigh Hotel before | | the meeting, at 6:30 p.m. t with every “Furniture of Merit” 8433-35 Party to Aid Auxiliary. CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md., April 6 (Special).—A luncheon and card party will be given Tuesday afternoon in the fire house here under the auspices of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of SHOW 15 0PENED Embodying almost all the advanced | turret tops and the beauty that goes | EAGLIS HOVES SN . STARS Dix and Madge Evans to Sail. High Salaries Said to Be Met. By the Associated Press. EASTER WEEK RIOT FEARED INIRELAND (Approach of Anniversary of Gun Battle Finds Nation Tense. By the Assoclated Press. CORK, Irish Free State, April 6.— | Increasing tenslon gripped Ireland to- | night, as in every year since 1918, with the approach of the anniversary of the Easter week which saw streets of Irish towns swept by gunfire. President Eamon De Valera, who | has been embroiled in Ireland’s tur- | | bulent politics since the early days| |of the independence movement, will | | unveil a memorial at the Dublin Cen- | tral Post Office Easter Monday to| | commemorate Easter week of 1916. | Plan Counter Demonstration. Extreme Republicans, who have been at the President hammer and | tongs because he has not moved; toward a republic as fast as they wish, | are reported planning a counter dem- | onstration along O'Connell street, | | Dublin’s main thoroughfare, where | the post office is located. Saorstat (Free State) police already | are preparing extensive percautions to curb disorders, beginning & week from next Monday. | Newspapers Guarded. Day and night police guard had' been mounted at several Free State newspapers, especially those favoring the government, while branch offices of De Valera’s Irish press, which pub- lishes an edition in Dublin, are espe- | cially guarded. | The Republicans, more than 100 | of whom recently fell into the police | net in a “clean-up drive,” have no | newspaper. Their weekly was sup- | pressed a fortnight ago. | o | Woman and Dog”Xu;t “Match.” The Villefrance Carnival on the French Riviera will hold a contest to select “the most beautiful woman ac- companied by the most beautiful dog.” | Mistress and pet must “match” tob. | Points will be scored by the woman | whose clothing most perfectly blends | with the color of the canine’s coat. | Shades of black, brown, gray and | white are expected to be most preva- lent. HOLLYWOOD, April 6.—Michael Balcon, English film executive, will films primarily for the British Empire. We are opening a cempaign now to make cinemas that will appeal widely to_American audiences.” It was understood here that the British studios met the salaries of Hollywood, Dix, who was sald to be earning between $30,000 and $40,000 per picture, reported the situ- ation created by England’s heavy tax on the income of foreigners had been “satisfactorily arranged” in his case. . “Red” Thought Under Fire. To wipe out all “Red” thought in Osaka, Japan, the procurator's office has started a series of lecture meet~ ings at schools and various associa= tions including ex-soldiers and young men and women's organizations, under | the leadership of the procurator. The sail for home next week with five first-ranking American movie stars nder contract—but he denied tonight at he had staged a one-man raid on Hollywood player lists. Richard Dix, Madge Evans, Helen lectures may be extended to small | groups in homes, possibly to indi- | viduals with “Red” leanings. The | campaign may also be tried in other | Japanese cities. Vinson and C. Aubrey Smith already ' _ have initialed contracts proffered by Balcon, who came here in search of talent for Britain's expanding mo- tion picture industry. In addition, he announced: “By Monday, I shall have signed one other player and two writers.” Americans Co-operate. Hollywood producers insisted Bal- con’s efforts here had received their co-operation, particularly in in- stances of “loans.” Dix and Miss Evans both are under contract to American companies. Executives at their studios said they expected to have the use, on loan, of British stars in exchange. On his arrival here several weeks ago, Balcon said: “The purpose of my companies is to bolster the appeal of British pic- tures for American audiences by hav- ing in the lead-roles American play- ers who are well known. “Heretofore, England has made its TUNE IN TOMORROW WRC VIOLINS ARE S /4 EXACTLY ALIKE > NO TWO STORES ARE EXACTLY ALIKE BUY AT KITTS and be assured of prompt, courteous and reliable service NO DOWN PAYMENT as low as 15¢ a day Pricesbeginat $119.50 KITT' 1330 GN. W. NA. 4730 -_— | T TR RO PO MO H 618 12th St. the Capitol Heights Fire Department | ‘The luncheon will be served at noon | and the card party will begin at 1:30 o'clock. Watch for It! It Is Big News!! 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