The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-11-29
Jean EIOTT
LETTER

want Know hIl duOuN Tire <aAAAAs
and Navy game. and. Of course,
can't tell you, for devil bit
did I go this year. This much l do
know, however. that Washington seems
deserted and that half the social world
Is now shouting itself hosrse for the
cadets or the middies. The President s
absence makes a gap. know, but Of
fetal society has turned out in full
force. and all the dignitaries Of the
Army, Navy. and Marine Corps are
entertaining box parties. Moreover. the
deoutantes have deserted washington
in great numbers. and staid old Phila-
delphia is being turned upside down by
way of celebration. There was a big
dance last night at the League Island
Navy Yard. and the hotels will be at
their very gayest this evening. I hear
Marguerite Caperton. who has Just
finished a round of visits here, is en-
PERTAINING a house party OF young peo-
pie for the occasion.
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Lots OF washingIonians will go on to
New York for the marriage on Deem
Der s. OF Julia Calhoun and Baron de
Nagen Of the Netherlands legation
The minister from the Netherlands ex-
poets 70 be present and Mrs Hunt
Slater. with whom Miss Calhoun has
always STOPPED on her visits to WASH
inEton. viii 40 over with 4 party. Baron
&c Negell Is extremely popular in Wash
ington- He eNpecSS 20 take his bride
10 Holland Or their wedding trip. at
least that WAS the original plan. but il
will only he = vacation as he Will
eventually return 70 his post in wash
inston.
The Yale Glee Club IS 10 have its only
performance in Washington on Decem-
her ., at 5 O'Clock. ard then the boys
viii go en- mssse to the tea dance 10 be
given at Rauscher's that afternoon for
the Working Boys Home. All the pref
ty-girls in town viii be there and well
YOU know how popular the Yale boys
are in Washington, so you can guess
what a success the affair viii be. Can't
you time your visit so as to take it in?
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The Maynard Burrells have given up
their apartment in Dumbarton Court
and taken a house in Cleveland Park.
near the home OF Maynard's parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Burrell. Mr.. Burreil.
ST., is an uncle of Caroline Hun, now
Mrs. Murray Cobb. The Huffs and the
Burrells all come from Greensburg. Pa,
which, though thirty miles from Pitts
burSh, Is now almost a suburb OF the
dig manufacturing city. The Huffs, I
understand. own most of the town and
the discovery of coal on their land has
piled them UP a pretty fortune
Another old-line Washingtonian, who
hailed originally from Greensburg. was
the late Gen. R c. Drum, at one
time adjutant general of the army
General Drum was stationed in Califor-
MIA during the civil war and though
he did not see active service. may be
said to have saved California TO the
Union His oldest grandson is now
wearing the splendid watch that the
grateful people of California presented
to him when the war was over Later.
General Drum was instrumental in hav-
ing the captured Confederate flags re-
turned to the several Confederate
States. something the South had been
trying for years to accomplish, but
which owed its final achievement TO
General Drums influence with President
Cleveland.
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They say" II am told" Il hear"
Gems to be the burden of my letter,
hut often one hears pretty little story
that should be passed along; witness
the following: A friend of mine was
dining recently with the Secretary q
state and Mrs. Bryan, when someone
commented on the Secretary's watch
chain, an old-fashioned hair chain. Il
realize am hopelessly behind the times"
al fr slatr.E Ii
bow across the table to his wife, IT
treasure this as being made from the
pretdest brown hair in all the world
still, when look al Mrs. Bryan's baIr
now. wonder ! ever thought brown
hair pretty"
The Secretary of State has one ardent
admirer that l know of. The other day
] saw a younster drop something in a
puddle and then look as If she would
burst into tears. ! investigated and
found that her treasure was a picture
~ Mr.. Bryan, clipped from 4 eEspaper
Don't fret I said. you'll soon be
able TO get another" Il have got an
other" she replied: Il have got several
more. but want them all Isn't he the
most wonderful man in the whole
world? I gave her the clipping from
nv Daper and left her entirely consoled
and clasping the picture in 4 grimy
paw.
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Mrs Martha GielOw, who has been
here for few days as the guest of Mrs.
p. G. Amber, is now in New York.
where she is under a physicians care.
Mrs. Gielow broke down. year ego,
and mas been on sick leave until the
recent cry came from the South Caro-
Ina Daughters OF the American Revolt
lion for help in the building of a school
fo- the mountain whites Mrs. GIelow
WAS the guest of DIR. J. r. Johnson,
president OF Winthrop College, and Mrs.
Johnson al Rock hin: y. c. and made
an address. before .the p: A r. State
congress wh.ci turned. the tide and
made the new school an assured fact.
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