The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-08

ing on Sheridan Circle, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Stanley Mccormick. who have Just
purchased the former Spanish Lega-
ton, on the corner of Massachusetts,
avenue and Eighteenth street. The
chairman of the canal commission and
Mrs. Shonts, like Mr.. Vanderbilt, have
leased beautiful home on New Hamp-
shire avenue, next door but one to Mrs.
Letters. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Nelson
Page are claimed by beth Richmond
and Chicago. although the enormous
fortune that makes their home on New
Hampshire avenue one of the show
places of that neighborhood was ac-
cumulated entirely in the latter city,
Mrs. Page, at the time of her marriage
to the young Virginia writer, was the
widowed sister-in-law of the late Mar
shall Field. and shared with him and
the late Levi z. Letter in the profits
OF their great dry goods house.
Mr.. and Mrs. William ]. Boardman.
who came to Washington ten years
ago from Cleveland, o., are pre-emi-
nently the leaders Of all the western
forces, their home on Dupont Circle
being noted as the rallying place not
only OF all that is distinguished and
interesting in society, but as GEN.
ter of philanthropy and educational
interest.
One of Mrs. Boardman's daughters is
Mrs. Frederick A. Keep. and another,
Mrs. Murray Crane, her marriage to
the Massachusetts senator having TAX
en- place in the past summer. Mrs.
Albert Clifford Barney. who was Miss
Pike, OF Cincinnati, has built two un-
usually fine houses in Washington
one Rhode Island avenue, which is
now occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Han
non Jennings, and a combined studio
and residence on Sheridan Circle,
where she is now living. Mrs. John
Davies Jones, who was Miss Potter
OF Cincinnati, owns the very artistic
home now occupied by Representative
and Mrs. Nicholas I-ongworth on Eigh-
teenth and l streets, an older resident
neighborhood than that usually select
ed by strangers, and very smart, MIR.
and Mrs. Thomas T. Calf of Cincinnati,
have just completed a large house on
Twentieth street, just off Connecticut
avenue, after two years. residence in
Washington. while the Warder resi-
dence on X street, which is occupied
by the family of the late B. H. Warder,
is one Of the handsomest of the Ohio
homes.
Mrs. Richard Townsend, whose
father was William l.. Scott of Erie,
has in the past five years completed
what all high-class architects say is
the finest private house in Washing
ton, and one of the finest in America.
A large mansion of French architec-
ture, in white stone, facing on Massa-
chusetts avenue. with extensive
grounds at its north and west sides.
Mrs. Townsend's only child is Miss
Matilde Townsend. the famous Ameri-
can beauty. who was presented at the
court of st. James last summer, and
whose engagement to the Count de
Able of Spain, is expected to be form
ally announced in the near future.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph f. Thropp, the
latter also born a Miss Scott, of Penn
sylvania, daughter of the late presi-
dent Of the Pennsylvania railroad, have
purchased and improved a splendid
home on Twentieth street. just off Con.
necticut avenue and Dupont circle,
where they will entertain extensively
In the coming winter.
Mr. and Mrs. Westinghouse Of Pitts