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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-13

plnu and wife took interest in local al
fairs and We're generous i'll their charities.
Mrs. Whitney's death followed shortly
after her return to New York to reside.
The residences on the east side OF
10Th between II ard ! streets, u neigh
borhood now fast
Social History of being given over
, ILL., D,, to business uses,
00N' had plenty social
life years ago.
beginning at |, the corner house was
the home of Fernando wood. member
OF Congress from New York. Next
door lived Gov. Swami of Maryland.
his widow lived there many years
after his death and had in her home
notable collection of art objects
James q. Blaine lived in the next
mouse while he was Speaker of the
House. Gen. Van Nliet owned and re-
sided for years next door. Gen. Sher-
man after his return from residence
IN st Louis and Senator West of Lou
lsfana and afterward District Commits
sloner. We're neighbors in the two
houses nearest the Southern building.
which are now being changed for bust
ness uses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-13
In Miss Gordon S Honor.

Mr.. and Mrs. James Reilly Gordon
and Miss Virginia Gordon of New York
are the guests of Senator and Mrs.
Claude A. Swanson.
Mrs Swanson. who is in mourning, is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-13
White House Changes
in Recent Years.

home life of those who were dwelling
there. one could hardly 80 there TO
attend to Il public errand without com
lug in contact with some detail. how
ever trifling. of the domestic machin
cry, the passing to and fro of members
Of the household. the meeting with
visitors whose destination WAS to the
parlors or upstairs. and rapid calcu
Iation as TO how intp tie they were
with the family and what bearing it
had on matters social or political at
the capital. Every caller received
opened up a wide field of conjecture or
confirmed Il fleeing impression In the
old days before automobiles replaced
family carriages. ones view of who
was taking the air with the President
or his family circle was toierably good,
too. and an active mind could race to
conclusions. To give this "Reminiscences
little personal side. newspaper
writers of standing, prior to the re-
building and changes which put the
White House in its present form. went
directly to the wife of the President,
or, if she was occupied at the moment
10 her representative, generally Il mem
Der of the family, for the answer to
any proper query. AS the privilege was
, rarely abused. the utmost confidence
was shown, eliminating in mutual
busiGesslike arrangement. in keeping
with modern conditions, was inaugu-
rated by the appointment of a social
secretary to Mrs. Roosevelt. which Of
flee has been held throughout the pres
ent administration by the original in
cumbent.
The graciousness with which the in
tercourse has been permitted between
the jewellers in the White House and
those who would tell the world of
what they saw and heard there found
ample expression during the first
months of the present administration.
The participation of the late wife OF
the President and his daughters III
local affairs was marked during that
period more so than can be told of any
White House family has come very close
to the heart of those who are aiming
lat local civic betterment.
The practice of giving the newspapers
lists of those invited to White House
receptions and which We're duly print
ed in their entirety. was keenly re
GREETED. when it ceased some years ago.
by a large proportion of those named.
WHY il was started or why II was
stopped does not need any explanations
The publicity served its purpose Alter
the Roosevelt residence began, the oil
ciaI and the personal side of his fam
jly life became more widely separated
than was ever possible before. aud the
method met with general c"innicnda-
ton The hospitality of the RooseVcits
outside of the official program EXTENDED
70 their personal friends III this and
other cities and to their relatives. in
tluential persons here and elsewhere
brought about Il series of brilliant &C
..asionS.
There was no wine at White House
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-13
Frenchmen Of Title
and Their Wives.

and Their Wives. .ir,hood -, thi.
city. Her father was senator from
Oregon and their Washington home
was Oh | street adjoining the gardens
of the Riggs mansion. The courtshp
of the duke lasted three years, or un-
til the opposition of the senator to u.
foreign son-in-law had been overcome.
The senator in an interview widely
quoted at the time said that he only
gave in after his daughters frank
declaration that while she would
marry man without her parents
consent. both she and the duke had de-
termined that they would not marry
at all If they could not marry each
other The Dowager Duchess of Roche
faucauld had also been won over to
favor the marriage and it took place
in the Church of st Clothilde, Paris, in
February. 1892.
Mr.. Whitelaw Reid. then American
minister to France, escorted the bride,
whose bridal dress WAS dream OF
white satin and real point d'alencon
lace. The whole American colony was
While the "Conuuering Hero was be-
ing played on the organ. The pres
esnts from foreign and Anne rican
friends We're numerous and Va itia bic
and included many pieces of jewelry.
The duke and duchess have been
prominent in every way since and have
made their residence IN Paris.
Another French marriage with Il
pretty Washington girl has been Il
happy one. Count Divonuc and Miss
Florence Audenried. the iatter'S father
Il Colonel in the United States Army
and her mother Philadelphian by
birth. The marriage of the count and
countess took place at st. Matthew's
Church and was followed by Il rccep-
tion 1T the AudenIied nome Yer
mont avenue closed, since the death Of
Mrs. Audenried u few years ago. The
dauShte Of the couple is now grown
and has taken part in social life for
the past Two seasons at Paris and at
the resorts where her parents have
been much in evidence during the win
ter o. summer seasons The Countess
DiNOnne Florence Audenried was u
great beauty. having singularly
beautiful complexion and q most at
tractiVe smile. She was picture at Il
w hite House rece on the night be-
fore her marriage. when she wore sew
raj of the wedding gifts which the
counts relatives had brought from
Paris to her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-13
Social Notes.

Mrs. Overton Lea has removed from
.:.S6 Massachusetts avenue to 1867 Wy
oning avenue, where her son. Senator
Luke Lea. and her daughter. Miss Eliza
beth overton Lea, will be with her this
winter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-13

selves on record as against offerinS
wine on social occasions.
President Cleveland had wine at his
state dinners, but Mrs. Cleveland $
glasses were removed after the dinner
commenced. AT each cover, then. at Il
White House banquet there were elght
glasses, SiN for wine. two for water
and also a carafe. when Mrs. tleNe-
land gave luncheon parties no wine
was served. Her convictions on me
subject were the same as those OF Mrs.
Hayes as far as her personal inclina-
tons went.
The first time that the song The
Mockins Bird" was played is a W hlte
House story also. The song had been
dedicated to Harriet Lane, President
Buchanan's niece. who had been hostess
at the White House for the Prince oil
Wales. later King Edward. father OF
King George of England. Miss Lane
had invited Il large company to hear
the new composition. which had as
sembled on the south portico one Lowell"
warm evening to listen to the band
concert. When the number was reached
the leader stepped up to Miss Lane.
gave her sheet Of the music, on
which was a mocking bird and the
words ITO YOU
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-13
Holy Cross Alumnae.

Holy Cross Academy was the scene
of most interesting gathering on the
evening of December 9, when the mem
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-13

Mrs. Albert Todd has left her apart
nent in the WeStmoreIand for the win
ter and will return March /.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-13
Social Life of Mr..
and Mrs. Whitney

and Mrs. Whitney. l""' 'i an y
years have established the fact. 1t was
in evidence before Mr. and Mrs Whitney
were here month In a Temporary
residence. they at once began to enter
tain. and by the fall, when they had
the house now the William A Slater
home. on I street. selected. their hos
qualities were we'll under way The
house was done over the ballroom addi-
ton put on and undermining touch put
everywhere. Each winter the Secretary
and his wife gave weekly receptions and
balls. at which the smart folks in official
and resident society were present, and a
supper OF all the substantials and deli
cacies. with champagne i'll plenty. was Il
regular feature. Dinners for home and
visiting grandees We're just as numerous
as cotillons as large as the ballroom
would permit. musicals and every other
fashionable diversion
Mrs. Whtneys Wednesdays at home
We're attended by hundreds There was
always u well spread refreshnent table,
a floral decoration and The presence of
The beauX and bellies of each year and
the visiting public by the hundred The
last hour of these afternoon gatherings
was regarded as the smartest rendezvous
Of the capital. Other daylight parties
at the Whitney home were just as fire.
duent. headings. musicals by profess
slonal and amateur talent continued
throughout each season.
Ihc Nhitncys, besides, carried on a
iashlonable country life at Grassands.
m the Tcnleytown direction. The Coun-
Try tlub bought the property later. Their
weekend parties there during the
christmas season and throughout the
spfiis We're most entertaining episodes.
me secretary gave the use of the place
curing The summer at stated times to
me clerks of his department and their
iaml'les for picnicking. He distributed
presents OF turkeys at Christmas time to
On te housekeeping employees of the
Navy Department
spring entertainment of note was
,he te'i which followed the Easter Mon
d;iH christening at St Johns Church
OF the baby daughter born to the couple
,n'. year Baby Dorothy Whitney of
mat day is now Mrs Willard Straight
Oh New York. There were souvenirs for
an the guests 1T the hou.e-egg- shap ped
N",,c more boxes, prcttily ornamcntcd
ANA bearing the date and the laby's
h'ih' Inc boxes were filled with tiny
c;;S-slapcd c:lIJics
Mrs. hthcN used to give some Christ
n'''S lftc parties in that I street ball
ioo'i "h'rh were Il revelation to many
81 'lcr NiSii"r3 VINO had never seen any
ihlng so Overwhelmingly gorgeous A tree
''ariiiS 10 tue ceilug would he shining
with Unset and glittcring effects and the
center Tor one of the mcrrics,t gatherings
OF the west end. Sometimes The party
WAS Tor the children from st Johns
crpilinaSe, when substantial gifts fol-
lowed lie other pleasures Both hus-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-13

Mrs. Thomas Il. Dunn. wife of Repre-
sentative Dunn of New York. will not
open her house on 18th street until after
christmas With the reConvening of
congress after the Christmas holidays
she and Miss Dunn will come to take
up their winter social program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-13

There was no wine at White House
dinners during the Hayes regime. Mrs.
Hayes portrait.
A No Wine Period which adorns The
~, c. x + &c room
anu V''SA o'"'iN"' wallis. is some
how II constant reminder of that fact
other Presidents have not left them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-13
Some Tenants of
Corcoran House


oOme tenants OF phlanthrupiSt. w
roroo,,,, 1y w Corcoran. whose
benefa ctionS to the
city include the Corcoran Gallery of Art
and the Louise Home has had many 9TH
Ell agreeable tenants. Historical person
ages of the past liked its spacious rooms
and broad halls. its foreign look. its court
yard and its gardens Just as did its mod
ONO, and the former Senator from New
York Chauncey NJ. Depew 1t is an easy
bet that more people saw the inside of
the mansion and lad the pleasure OF
strollins through the ilower-lined walks
when garden parties were on during the
Erice occupancy than ever before in It's
history. The house became Il modern
American palace after its reconstruction
for the Ohio senator and his family.
lheIr social regime was notably brilliant
IN an age when fortunes were spent here
and elsew here without achieving for the
SpenderS any special distinction. Th.
HriccS entertained at the largest and
finest musicals Of the period and save
balls in regular series each winter. The
size and importance of their dinners were
only limited To the Sr;indccs resident and
NlSl ing. who happened to he in this city
or country. The best of ii all WAS that
ii was known To be the successful work
al Il SOCIAL munger. member of the
household and an official of extreme i'm
portanCc to the ,anIily he served 50 well
and to society in general. which liked him
as well as it did his employers. The
liricc way of getting results without wur-
~ ING personally over the details was
never followed in any other semi-publi"
or other rich household here. because the
sort of talent that the late r. Sanford
Beatty had to offer is Il rare acquisition.
MI and Mrs. Dcpew gave their friends
and their acquaintance II good time also
in COrcoran House. There was Il long list
Of fashionable affairs there each winter:
dinners and dances galore and receptions
for visiting notalllcS.
Corcoran House is closed this winter as
Mr.. EuStis is remaining at his Lcesbur3
estate and will be here only occasionally.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-13

her uncle. Representative William i.
Mckinley of Illinois during his former
service in Congress- is in Washington
for n short visit. She met la-ge num-
Der OF her old friends at u tea given on
Friday Icy Miss Nellie L. ScdSiey and
Miss NJ. Isabel SedsIey at their home ON
Massachusetts avenue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-13

Mrs James y. Reed has returned to
her home on Biltmorc street for the win
ger. She accompanied the senator to
his home i'll Missouri after the close of
Congress, and is suffering an indisposi-
ZION which started during her visit in the
west.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-13

Corcoran House. now owned and son
winters occupied by Mr. Eustis II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-13

The Duchess de la Rochefaucauld of
France as Miss Matte Mitchell had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-13

Before President Roosevelt separated
the public and the private entrances OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-13

The social side Of the William e Whit
ney life here during the first Cleveland
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-13

Entertaining in some of its forms
have changed considerably in the last
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-13

Nh. Charics Page Exam is back ut his
street home for the winter. His broth
er-in-Hw and sister. Judge aud Mrs
I"nn Barton Payne. expect To spend the
greater part of the season with him
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-13

Miss Ruth Watkins, who has been
spending the last three or four weeks in
philadelphia with her cousins Or. and
Mrs Twadcii, will return the last of this
COX
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-03-12
APPROPRIATION BILL.
Both Houses Act Quickly on Veto by
Governor.

Columbia, March 6.-Voting al
most continuously at the morning,
afternoon and night sessions yester-
day, the house last night at 10. 10
o'clock finished consideration of the
general appropriation bill and sent
the measure to the senate. All bills
and resolutions on the calendar were
continued at the morning session.
At midnight last night the general
appropriation bill, having passed
through both the house and the SEN
ate. became law. The senate over
rode every veto which had been over
ridden by the house. except as to the
item of $4,000 for the rent of %
offices, to be occupied by State OFF,
cials in the Union National bank
building. The veto on this item was
sustained by the senate.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-03-12
TRIED TO HANG CELL MATE.
Georgia Negro's Life Saved by Rope
Breaking.

Atlanta, Ga, March l.-George
and William Hart, of the trio of ne
groes sentenced to be hanged for the
murder of Mrs. Seth Irby, near Louis
vile, Ca, early to-day tried to exc
cute their cell mate, Robert Paschael,
at the county jail here, according to
the latter's statement, which the
county officials believe. Paschael al
so is under death sentence for the
murder, the date of the triple execu-
ton being March 2l. Paschael told
the jailers that the Hart brothers
tried to hang him because he refused
to take the full burden of the crime
upon himself, exonerating them. He
said the two negroes tied a rope
around his neck and hanged him to
the cell door, but that the rope broke,
saving his life. Jail officials said the
negro's neck plainly showed the
marks of the rope. He was trans
ferred to another cell.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-03-12
Free Flower Seed
Hastings Catalogue
Tells You About 1t

II you are engaged in farming, or
II you plant only vegetables or flow
ers, you cannot afford to be without
the big catalogue published fresh and
new every year by the great South
ern seed house, H. G. Hastings & Com
pany Of Atlanta, Ca, and sent apso.
lutely free, postage paid, to all who
write for it, mentioning the name OF
this newspaper.
In this catalogue we tell you OF a
splendid offer of free flower seed to
all our customers, five magnificent
varieties that mean beauty about your
home and a pleasure to wives and
daughters that nothing else can give.
This catalogue tells you, too, about
our big cash prize offer to the Corn
Club boys Of your state. It tells all
about our fine yielding varieties of
corn and cotton-the kind we grow
on our own 5000 acre farm. It tells
about the best seeds Of all kinds for
planting in the South. It should be
in every Southern home. Write to
day and let US send it to you.
II. G. HASTINGS e. CO.,
Atlanta, Ga.-Advt
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-03-12
Legislature Adjoulns.

Columbia, March 6.-Speaker
Smith of the house announced at
1.25 this morning that the house was
adjourned sine die. At this hour
the senate is still in executive ses-
sion considering appointments. 1t
is rumored that the senate is held
up over the appointment of DR.. Bah
cock. but this rumor could not be
confirmed.
The usual rousing songs and
cheers accompanied the adjournment
of the house. A rising vote of thanks
was given n. 0. Pyles, postmaster OF
the house. Mr.. Pyles made short
speech.
Mrs. Virginia Moody, new libra
rian, was also rendered a rising vote
of thanks.
A vote of thanks was also ten
dered the negro porters who have
served during the session of legisla-
ture. The house then adjourned.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-03-12
CHARGE AGAINST CREECH.
Representative Accused of Giving
Worthless Checks.

Columbia, March 6.-Norman e.
Creech, member of the Barnwell dele
CATION in the lower house of the gen
eral assembly, when brought before
Magistrate Fowles to-day, charged
with uttering worthless checks on
banks of Blackville and Rock Hill,
procured his release by pleading the
constitutional immunity of a legisla-
tor during the sessions of the assem-
bly, and during the ten days preced-
ing and then ten days following the
session. The warrant and the checks
in question are held by the court
pending developments. The checks,
one for 81, the other for $3.50, 1t
was charged, were cashed at drug
store in Columbia.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-03-12
Train Robbed Near Columbia.

Columbia, March 5.-A bandit to-
night robbed the mail car of South
ern Railway train No. II, Charleston
to Columbia, just as the train reach
ed Columbia. The robber entered as
the train slowed up at the city limits
and covering the mail clerk with a
revolver, secured several sacks con,
tanning registered mail and jumped
off the train.
No arrests have been made.
The robber did not molest the let
ter mail, going through the mail care
fully while he forced the clerk to
stand with his face to the wall OF
the car.
c.. T. Thomas, in charge of the
mail car, reported the robbery when
the train reached the Union station
The robber, Thomas said, entered
the car as the train slowed up at the
first street crossing inside the city
limits. The clerk was under the i'm,
preston that the man boarded the
train when it stopped at Royster,. a
station about three miles from Co.
lumbia where the Atlantic Coast Line
crosses the Southern, and timed his
movements carefully, entering the
car just in time to escape before the
train reached the station. .-...
The man was masked and the only
description the postal clerk could
give tonight was that he was about
FIVE feet, eight inches tall
The bandit seemed very nervous
Thomas said, but went about his
work with neatness and dispatch.
Two years ago Southern Railway
train No. IA was robbed at the same
place, the hour and the circum'
stances of the robbery being exactly
the same as those of to-night's hold
up. The obber who held up the
train two years ago made good his
escape. His booty was not considera
BILE.
Postal officials tonight said it was
possible to estimate the value o1
the package taken.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-03-12
JURY FREES WOODWARD.
Returns Verdict in Trial Lasting
Three Days at Walterboro.

J Walterboro, March AT 11.4O
O'Clock this morning the jury in the
case of the State against c. L. Wood
ward, indicted for murder, brought
in verdict of not guilty.
This trial was started here Wed
nesday and finished only to-day. 1t
was one of the hardest fought cases
ever tried in the court of Colleton
county, an able array Of attorneys
appearing on each side.
The killing for which Woodward
was tried occurred at Tabernacle
church, in the upper portion Of this
county, last July. Haley, the de-
ceased, and Woodward were both
citizens of Bamberg county. Over
one hundred witnesses were sum-
moned for the trial and about fifty of
these gave testimony. 1t was brought
out in the trial that hard feeling
had existed between the parties for a
long period of time, and that at the
time OF the killing Haley was out on
bond, pending trial in Bamberg on a
serious charge.
Prior to this prosecution Wood
ward it was stated had gone to the
house of Haley and shot him with a
load of buckshot, placing four in his
arm, and that another went through
the house and struck the sister OF
Haley. The defence alleged a series
of threats against the life of Wood
ward by Haley, extending over a
period of approximately twelve
months, and attempted to show that
at the time Woodward shot Haley
Haley was attempting to shoot Wood
ward. A bullet during the difficulty
struck a lady, who was standing
nearby, causing a painful, but minor
wound. 1t was the theory of the de
fence that this bullet was from the
pistol of Haley and not from Wood
ward, in that several witnesses testl-
fed that, from the position of the
parties, Woodward could not have
shot the lady. The State, however
put up several witnesses to testif!
that Haley was not armed, did moi
have a pistol, and that woodward
had shot him from the back.
An interesting portion of the tes'
timony was the conflicting opinion:
given by the two physicians who
made the post-mortem examination
one of them leaning to the conclusion
that all of the bullets entered from
the rear while the other was Of the
opinion that one entered from th'
front.