The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-19

q few changes. It's new, youthful and
very beautiful mistress will be Mrs.
Joseph Letter. the bride OF the only
son Of the late Chicago millionaire.
Mrs. Letter. ST., has relinQuished the
duties of the mistress Of the mansion
to her young daughter-in-law. Joseph
Letters marriage will open the big
house TO society once more. and II will
take on It's old-time Importance that It
had when the two younger daughters
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Letter were In society
here before their marriage to their
English husbands. The late Lady
Curzon never lived In the new mansion
on Du Point Circle. Her marriage to
Mr.. Curzon, afterward Lord Curzon,
took place In the former home Of the
Letters. which was the house built by
the late James G. Blaine on the op-
posite side Of this same circle. Lady
Curzon never visited her own country
after her marriage.
The Perry Belmont house, which
they expected to occupy early this
winter, Is delayed in the finishing. Il
Is planned on modern Louis XVI
style and Is only two stories In height
The triangle which faces New Hamp.
shire-ave.. Eighteenth-st., and R-st,
was purchased by Mr.. Belmont for
$4,000, and the house will cost close
to a million. The interior Of the Bel
mont house will be distinctly In the
Louis XVI. style. The exterior IL Of
Indiana limestone. The FIRST floor will
have q ballroom, drawingrooms. lib
rary and dining-rooms. The culinary
department will be In the basement
The house which has heretofore been
occupied by Mr.. and Mrs Belmont,
the home OF Mrs. %. p. Morgan, will
this season have for tenants the Chi
nese special envoy, Tang Shao VI.
who Is coming to Washington In few
weeks with an imposing suite.
The suite will include Prince Tsai
Flu, second son of the great Prince
Ching. and four Yale men, Chung Mum
Yew, Piao Cha Chou, Chang Kang Yen
and Yung Wwai. In addition to these
men, who are secretaries. there will
be fifteen or eighteen other high ON.
cials. A brilliant social campaign has
been planned. and these Chinese sub
jects will do much toward making this
last season OF President Roosevelt In
WdH0lnktOn u UIltliaub Ouc.
Entirely new residents this year will
be Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Atwood, OF
Stonington, Conn, and their young
daughter. They have bought for $50.
900 the former home of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Barrett Ridgely. II 10 at the
corner of N and Ssventeenth-sts. Mr.
Atwood Is O man Of large means and
his family will become factors In
Washington society. Miss Atwood is
said to be q great beauty. Mrs. Ridge
ly's drawing ?room, all In rich yellow,
the walls hung In yellow brocaded
satin, the furniture Of French gilt with
yellow silk upholsterings and the orna-
ments Of gilt and brass. was q famous
one. Il was believed to have been fur.
nished by Mrs. Ridgely with q direct
view to Its becomingness to her dark
beauty. She was formerly Miss Kate
Deering, q great belle, tall and slender
with an olive complexion and glowing
black eyes. She looked very well In
this room In an amber gown. Miss
Atwood will also look well IN II.
Mrs. Halliday, Of New York.
Mrs. z. c. Halliday. OF Washington
and New York, will be In q new Sheri-
dan Circle mansion before very long
This IL q great house built OF light col.
lored stone on base OF granite. The
hall will have q circular marble stair.
way, like Mrs. Moran's, and the most
exclusive of the cave jewellers will be
entertained herein. as Mrs. Halliday IL
q representative OF this set.
Another Sheridan Circle resident this
winter will be Mrs. shaler, widow Of
Prof. Nathan Shaier, of Harvard Uni
versity. who has built q mansion In
that coveted locality.
Prospective residents OF this section
who have purchased large tracts OF
ground, but have not yet broken