Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-15

tions of the city's unwritten history
Naturally. the home Of woman with
such distinguished lineage is a treasure
house Everywhere in the home OF Mrs.
Randall Roswell Hoes I'm Rhode Island
avenue. where Mrs. Gouyerneur now re
sides, may be seen relics of the days of
patch and powder" Greeting the visitor
in the drawing room is a portrait of
President Monroe. painted in 1928 by John
Lambkin of Philadelphia The portrait
is considered one of the best ever made
of the fifth President. and surpas es the
larger and more pretentious painting
which adorns the red room i'm the White
House. The grandfather-in-law of the
venerable lady sits at ease on the south
yeranda of the White House. and
sketched in the BACKGROUND is the Capitol.
as it stood at that time minus wings ard
rather a fiat and unimpressiye structure.
He holds paper and he is CARRIED in
small clothes with silken hose, wide
topped slippers trimmed with big silver
buckles. Equally interesting is a fine
portrait OF President Madison, which oc-
cupies CORE pondinS corner on the
drawing room wall. This picture was
painted for President Monroe in agree
ment with a plan which he had made
with Mr. Madison TO exchange oil paint
ings of each other. 1t is also a fine pre-
sentiment of the fourth chief executive.
and is the work Of that celebrated ar
fist of New York. John Nanderlyn. An
other valuable portrait is that OF Maria
Monroe just previous to her marriage.
done by Benjamin West
But a relic which is entirely unique is
a fine old bronze and fire gilt clock, the
work OF the eminent manufactures OF
Paris. Lepine. Mr. Lepine gave the clock
to Mr.. Monroe. then minister from the
United States serving in Paris. and il has
come down in direct line to Mrs Hoes,
biS ndd auplttar NTrc Has
members the clock in her earliest baby
hood, and all her engagements were kept
BY it in her girlhood. and her father re-
lated a similar experience. Now Mrs.
Hoes children use the old clock, and il
regulates the passing hours of the entire
family SO that il is now serving the &c
scendants OF James Monroe to the fifth
generation. Yet I'm all this time II has
neither lost nor gained a second. has
never stopped and has never cost its pos
SCISSOR one cent for repairs. The clock
is tall and severely simple. 1t does not
strike, and the pendulum sways back
ward and forward with gentle almost
impercepuble tick.
A bronze bust OF himself presented TO
President Monroe by LAFAYETTE, is anoth-
er or the interesting heiroons in this
home. Many handsome Old pieces of ma
hogany, some Purchased oy NJ Jnroe dur
ing his resden e in Paris: others be-
longing to the Hazard and Campbell am
lilies, from whom Mrs. Gouverneur is de-
scended, and they had purchased much OF
II from Citizen Genet, and il has the ais
tinct-on OF beng the first fine and artistic
French furniture SOLD in this country.
For years Mrs. Gouyerneur has been
getting together clippings from papers,
scraps from old letters and writing down
her recollections. Mrs. Gouverneur is
fervent Episcopalian, and this form OF
belief is followed by her daughters. Mrs.
Johnson OF Frederick and Mrs. Hoes and
Miss Gouverneur, who also resides with
Mrs. Hoes. Mrs Gouverneur has nve
three granddaughters. the
of Mrs. Johnson, and the two sons
of Cha plain and Mrs Hoes, the elder
Of whom bears the name or his TWO
Samuel Gouvef eur Teis
lllustrious name passed out OF American
records with the death of Samuel Gou-
verneur second. He was the last or his
line and he left no sons.