The Washington times., 1914-11-01
A Chronicle o.
cCocietT'.

ton one more country club, and what
bids fair to be a truly exclusive one
The membership is limited to 200 ant
the charter members include none bu'
the smartest and most conservative OF
Washington folk. 1t is quaint build
ing. over $50 years old. and has the ad-
vantage of a most picturesque location
Canoeing, fishing, and swimming in the
summer time and skating on the canal
in the winter are to be the chief amuse-
ments.
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The young Duchess de Chaulnes, Theo-
dora Shonts, with her small son, is
spending some time at Asheville, N. c.,
and is interesting herself very deeply
in relief work for the stricken people OF
her adopted country. Assisted by her
mother and sister, she has organized
the many visitors to the famous winter
resort and set them to work making
garments for the soldiers and the suf-
fering French peasantry. How grateful
she must be to think that her little
due is too young to be needed by his
country!
We'll, l have just helped Mrs. Nc
Adoo to select tie for the Secretary"
With this remark very attractive
looking young man Joined some friends
lunching near me at the Willard the
other day. She was having a harrow
ing time" he went on, trying to choose
from among a dozen smart models,
when I stopped in downtown shop.
Which one shall I take asked the
lady, in an agonized tone, of the the
world in general; so 1 pointed out the
one 1 liked best, she had 1t wrapped
and marched off, looking very much re.
lieved.'
Susan. do windows ant window COR
toins fascinate you? They always III
press me as SO expressive Of the person
atty of the house behind them and its
owners, and exert an irresistible charm
Moreover, / sometimes have g. naughty
Ccsire to peep behind the curtain. es-
.cially IL there be a charming roonl
Leyond.
here is one window in Mrs. Delos
B!odget:'S :.ou:.e. which is particularly
attractive. an upper window in the
back. 1t is a square bay, built out from
ibe second floor, and boasts the most
adorable curtains of rose fiower"l ere
tonne, with masses of palms banked
just inside the sash. / hear the win
dow belongs TO a little breakfast room,
and it must oe very charming.
The windows in the Boardman house
are truly characteristic, simple, hand
srme and dignified, and now and then
of hn ,,y;n.. IN Ill
some drawing room, with it's bands ome
pictures and elegant appointments.
Another interesting place jast nov is
the bay window in front Of Colonel
Cole jewskfs house. 1t is entirely
stripped for action'-at least it was
until Madame Golejewski came home
and haven't seen it since-and devoted
to business purposes. The only curtains
are serviceable ones of blue denim
usually pulled to one side, there ID 4
green table stretched across the win.
dow. piled high with important looking
documents; and often in the early morn,
ing as we'll as tar into the night; n.
Colonel sits there hard at work.
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Former Senator Albert, J. Beveridge
is once more in the llmelight. as candi.
date for Senator on the Progressive
ticket, but somehow Mrs. Beveridge
always manages to keep quietly in the
background and very little is really
known of her, except that she was Miss
katherine Eddy. Of Chicago. sister oi
Spencer Eddy. and niece of Mrs. Mar
shall Field Even in the years she was
in Washington she was little featured
in the newspapers.
Mrs. Beveridge used to be known as
the girl with the golden hair" At the
time Of her marriage 1t was the fashion
to wear the hair in coronet braid