Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-06
Will Not Open
Home This Winter
Told of the Notables.

Mrs. Paul Bartlett has given her
friends a practical illustration of her
skill in architecture and landscape
gardening, in the transformation of a
house and lot in Northeast Washing
ton. Mr.. and Mrs. Bartlett have in the
language of the latter gone into camp
adjoining Mr.. Bartlett's studio which
as most people know is a huge ware
house adjacent to the freight yard at
lexington. The camp is six-room
two-story brick house, until six months
ago just like many other houses on the
outlying streets of the Capital city.
After arranging a garden by setting
out evergreens and numerous shrubs,
she turned her attention to the house.
Here she eliminated the front door
opening on box porch overlooking
the sidewalk, removed the staircase
to what was the or ginal nine by
fireplace where the staircase used to
be. knocked out some of the brick wall
on the north to make large door
opening directly into the garden, added
easement windows and converted the
box porch into small room off the
one large room with the fireplace.
This room, which is not only large but
always cheerful, is furnished in ma
hogany tables, built-in booksheIves,
several quaint small divans and a COL
lection Of comfortable mahogany
chairs. There are pictures on the
walls. and rugs on the floor, of course.
but it is the log fire and the open door
into the evergreen garden that i'm
press Mrs. Bartlett's friends as they
gather about her hospitable tea able
almost every afternoon in the week.
Breakfast, luncheon and dinner are all
served before the fire or the omen
door. according to the temperature, the
walled garden making the little brick
house secluded as a manor house in
cfic
fort
Two young matrons, recent additions
popularity is
Washington Girls Now matter of
Living in Rome. in. ana
their Washington friends, are Nine Coro-
Milas, wife of the Greek minister, and
Mrs. Russell Train, wife of the naval
attache of the American embassy. Both
are now established in charming homes,
the Greek legation being one of the most
attractive of diplomatic residences. while
Commander and Mrs. Train are in a
beautiful apartment near the American
embassy
Mime. Coro-Mias was formerly Miss
Anna Ewing CockreI, youngest daugh-
ter Of former Senator Cockrell of Mis-
souri,. She made her debut while her
father was rounding out his long career
in the Senate, and married NJ Coro-
Milas, minister from Greece to the United
States, some four or five years ago on
the eve of his return home.
Mrs. Train was formerly Miss Enrol
Cuthbert Brown, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. George Whitfield Brown. Her debut
and marriage at the Connecticut avenue
home of her parents are both COMPARE
lively recent events in the social history
| of the capital.
The return of Mrs. Thomas X Laugh
lin to the residence 1922 N street,
| which she has
Reopenings of leased for an
Old and New Homes. is mat,ar
| of general congratulation to society.
Mrs. Laughlin's house is the only one
of the three Pinchot properties on the
| triangle between Rhode Island avenue,
N and 18th streets likely to be opened
this winter. Mr.. Clifford Pinchot and
his bride of last summer will pass the
winter at the Pinchot estate at Mil
| ford, Pa, while Mrs. Charles B. Wood,
who for several years has occupied
| a house on Rhode Island avenue and
|
| necticut home
In happy contrast to other closed
doors is the new home of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Sidney Webb, on the north side
OF Massachusetts avenue, which will
| have what may be called it's house
warming December Il.
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The woman friends of Mrs. Franklin
MacVeagh who visit her during her con-
| valescence have
| secret Stair In solved a mystery
MacVeagh House. t Mn,rn all p %urIn9
the years Mr.. Macveagh was in the cab
met. tits probably the only real mystery
about the MacVeagh house. Guests
assembled in one of the handsome French
| drawing rooms were accustomed to
turn suddenly and find Mr.. MacVeach
| in their midst. and it was perfectly
| certain he had not entered by the draw
! ing room door. The solution has come
when several times of late Mrs. Mac
Veagh's intimates have been shown
up to her apartment by way of con-
] cealed stairway. When the house was