The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-02


and Mrs. Hay win celebrate the birth
day of their late son, Adelbert Stone
Hay, by the dedication of memorial
chapel at Simsburg, Conn, where the
young man was graduated from the
Westminster School. in 1894, prepara-
tory to entering Yale. The chapel
which will be a part of the school prop
erty, is a picturesque building of brick
and stucco. with a seating capacity OF
200. A special memorial window, not
yet completed viii be added in course
of the winter. About fifty intimate
friends have been invited to the dedi-
cation, at which Rev. T. s. Hamilton
of this city, and Rev. H. c. Hayden
of the Stone Memorial Church of
Cleveland will assist. The latter
church, by the way, which is one OF
the finest in Cleveland, was built by
the grandfather of Adelbert Hay, Mr..
Amasa Stone, in memory of his eldest
son, who also met tragic death IN
his early youth.
NJ. Cambon, the retiring ambassador
from France, and NJ. Brun, the Danish
minister, both of whom returned from
Europe last Friday, are now in Wash
ington. The ambassador who comes
to present his letters of recall, Will
spend three weeks in America, during
which time he will be the object OF
much attention by a large circle OF
personal as well as official friends. M.
Cambon is due at Madrid, his new post,
in December. when it is expected that
his successor. NJ. Juseraud, will ar
rive in Washington.
The announcement from Boston of
the engagement of Mrs. Alfred Roose-
Welt to Rev. T. ]. Howiker. d. D., OF
England, creates considerable comment
in Washington, where the bride-to-be
is well known. She is only distautly
related to President Roosevelt, how
ever her husband, who died eleven
years ago, having been his second
cousin. She was Miss Catherine Low
ell daughter of a Boston merchant
and granddaughter of the poet, and is
a lady of Independent fortune.
Miss Rebecca Knox, daughter of the
Attorney General, has gone to New
York to attend the Horse Show and
remain through the early part of No
vember. Later in the winter Miss Knox
will leave for an extended foreign
tour, but is now thinking of substitute
ing Japan and the Orient for Paris and
Europe, as was her original plan. The
Misses Hitchcock, daughters of the
Secretary of the Interior, are again in
Washington, to the great pleasure of
large circle of friends, which these
attractive young women have made
quite apart from their position in the
cabinet circle. Miss Louise Jones, niece
of Postmaster General and Mrs. Payne.
left yesterday for a visit in Cleveland,
o., as the guest of Miss Ruth Hanna
Later she will go to her home in Mil
waukee to remain till after Christmas.
The President celebrated his forty
fourth birthday In a quiet way, with
out the large family party that was
planned to assemble in the newly rem
ovated executive mansion. The cramp-
ed quarters of No. % Lafayette Square,
the temporary White House" will rot
admit of parties of any sort: yet for
weeks longer, and maybe months, it
must continue to be the residence of
the President and his family. am
quite sure that if II were to do over
again, considering all the inconveni-
ence it has caused them and the adj
verse criticisms involved, the Roose-
velts would gladly make shift with The
old White House. to the end
VI a pOS2Ag4G SCEQHu leTII. by
the way, the widely circula-
ted report that the eight large mir
rors Of the East Room were lost in
the recent fire which destroyed certain
White House property in storage, is
untrue. The loss by fire was confined
entirely to rugs and window hangings,
which were of no special value and in
any case would not have been used in
refurnishing the mansion. Even the
historic mirrors, although very hand
some, may not be retained in the new
East Room, as 1t is the desire of the
architect to return to an earlier period
of treatment in the decoration of this
main apartment of the White House.
The portraits which have heretofore
adorned the walls of that and adjoin-
ing parlors are being reframed, to
conform to the general scheme of fur
nishing; which, when finished will be
copyrighted and made exclusive. Just
think of that! Any ambitious women
who wants to out do all her neighbors
in the line of parlor furniture can get
the scheme copyrighted, and not an
envious soul dares take pattern by It.
AS the red corridor in which the ma
1ority of portraits of the dead and
gone Presidents found a place of
honor, has been entirely eliminated
from the present house, the Presi-
dents have been evicted, so to say and
turned out in the cold. Now the
question is what to do with them. The
most feasible suggestion, which viii
possibly be adopted, is to build a pic
ture gallery on purpose to house the
priceless paintings. Another serious
problem in furnishing still confronts
the architect, whose desire to displace
the old with the modern viz, what to
do with the many valuable and curl
Gus gifts made to the nation from
time to time. Among the most no.
table articles that belong to the house,
and not to any occupant thereof, in
addition to the score or more OF por-
traits, are the old-fashioned gilt clock
and mantel ornaments presented by
the Marquis de Lafayette, which are
familiar to every visitor to the Blue
Parlor; a pair of very handsome vases
presented by the Mikado of Japan
during the term Of President Arthur
and the large world-renouned vases
presented by the republic of France
during the Mckinley administration.
The painting Love and Life" by the
English artist Watts, which aroused
so much comment at the time and was
by many pronounced positively indie
cent, is also a gift to the American
nation. 1t was originally intended to
be hung in the White House, but on
account of the criticisms aforesaid
was given a home in the Sorcoran
Gallery of Art
OF the many thousands who have
lived in Washington, comparatively few
are aware that there is a Custom House
in the city, and that this is a port of
The Custom HOl1sa iS So1id