The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-02-02

con Grant TIT II vvas n simple affair, in perfect
keeping with the desire OF Doth the priue anu
groom, for young Grant. who is suDalterh army
officer is of a retiring disposition, and Is not
given at all to a desire for the social Imensht'
either from his own nature or from the TACT that
he is the grandson and namesake OF the great
silent Soldier of the Civil war. when the ROOT
family gave over their lease OF the Morton resi-
dence John Hays Hammond then TOOK IL up anu
there he lives today
Levi a. Letter now dead Chicago multimil-
iionaire built one of the most imposing residences
which the city of Washington holds. Ii STANDS
close to Dupont circle, fashionable residence
section, and it's front and side grounds are OF
greater extent than usually found adjacent TO
a house in the city where every inch of land costs
much money. The widow of Mr. Letter still occu-
pies the great pared house which her husband
built Within stones toss of the Letter resi-
dence is the marble Washington home of Mrs
r. NJ. Patterson, daughter of Joseph Medill. the
great editor of the Chicago Tribune The Patter
son house designed by Stanford White who
was killed by the degenerate Harry X. Thaw in
New York city three or four years ago. The de-
sign for the Patterson house was one of the last
works of the great architect.
Close to the marble Patterson residence is the
home of William Boardman, his wife and daugh
ters. The Boardmans are Cleveland people. They
came here some years ago. as other rich people
have DONE to tske up theft residence and to lead
the life Of the capital II is, however rather
Mabel Boardman Is the chief American spirit in
the Red Cross movement. She is devoted to this
work and gives TO II the major portion of her
time The Boardman house is scene of many
gatherings of people, but at least onehalf of them
have humanitaranism for their object.
The Boardman home is one of the few In
Washington which President Taft visits In pure
ly informal way. He drops In" at Boardman's
for afternoon tea or FOR an evening call just
he would IL he were not president of the United
States and therefore bound by strands Of the
tape of etiquette. The president is greatly inter
ested I'm the work of the Red Cross. He is the
Organizations president Miss Boardman is one
of its hardest workers and its guiding spirit.
There is one home in Washington with which
there is connected curious story. II Is the Mas
sachusetts avenue residence OF Mrs. r. H. Town
send, who is known in Washington as Mrs Scott
Townsend. She is the niece of TON" Scott the
Pennsylvania multimillionare who died several
years ago Mrs. Townsends only daughter Ma
thilde, generally has been pronounced the most
beautiful OF the young women of the capital city.
Rumor connected the daughter I'm marriage en-
gagement possibilities" with half dozen foreign
ers, all OF them we'll within the titled circle and
one or two OF them OF the blood royal The daugh-
ter showed her good sense and her rare dscrimi-
nation by marrying an American
Now, as for the story about the Townsend house,
II should be said that It is OF rather grewsome in
terest. Mrs. Townsend. some years ago looked at