The Washington times., 1915-10-24
A Chronicle ~
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people. believe. though they have lived
In Montgomery county for many years.
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Although Luthur Mott, OF New York.
hns been in Congress Tor many years.
this will be the first winter that Mrs.
Mott has spent here. She has made fre-
quent visits to Washington from time
to time. but this year she has come on
with the family. bag and baggage, pre-
pared to remain for the entire season.
and has leased an apartment at 1927
sixteenth street. Already several
parties have been given In her honor.
and she promises to be very popular.
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Medical Director James Duncan Gate
wood, u. S. N, had an amusing expe-
ricnce tho other day when he was cali
ed on the phone by n charming feminine
voice. which said: Please pardon the
liberty. but should very much like to
know II there Ia any truth In the pub
lished report that you are to marry
Miss Gertrude Gordon" This was some
thing Of IA shock to DR.. Gatewood. who
has, as you know. very charming
wife and three grown daughters. until
he realized that the owner OF the voice
doubtless thought she was In communi-
cation with DR.. Grayson.
Gertrude Gordon. by-the-bye. Is not
Mrs. Galt's ward as many people In
Washington. even their close friends.
suppose. Sentimental only is the tie OF
"guardianship" which exists between
them. Called to General Gordon q
death-bed. her promise to Took after
Gertrude" has resulted In devoted
friendship ccmented by long periods OF
foreign travel. Two years ago they
made together a tour of Spain. not the
Spain OF cities. but the unfreauented
by-paths. and they have done many
other countries together. Mrs. Gait ia
devoted to her young companion. whom
she calls "Altrude"-a play on her
given names. Alice and Gertrude-as her
mother used to do.
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Former District Commissioner Henry
Litchfield West and Mrs. West have
| announced the engagement OF thefr
daughter. Marion Litchfield. to Morgan
| Stinemetz. whose grandfather. the late
| Thomas p. Morgan. was Commissioner
over thirty years ago. He Is the sor
| OF the late Samuel Stinemetz.
Marion has Joined her parents In New
| York, where they are making theii
home at SO Fort Washington avenue
She Is the sister of Vernon Eskridge
| West. whose marriage to Nina Var
Arsdale will take place on November
Mrs. carl proonman's novel, on which
she has been working for a year, Is al
ready In the hands OF the publishers
and onlv tho title remains TO be Sc
lectcd This Is because Mrs. Vroomar
| fanCies one name and her advisers an
| other. Those who have seen the stor,
are most enthusiastic about 1t and sew
eral publishers have pronounced II thu
| biggest thing of the day. Mrs. Nroo
man gave up everything while at Char
| lcvoi this summer to work on her book
but could not finish II In time for tn
| Christmas trade. 1t will therefore h
published In the early spring. II 4
fiction. with an undercurrent of politics
u subject with which Mrs. Vrooman l.
thoroughly familiar. This Is the frs
book she has written unassisted. but sh
and her husband. the Assistant Secre
tary OF Agriculture. elaborated In a lit
tie volume OF travel essays about
y6ar ago.
r.
The leaves arc falling swift and sure
In town many OF the trees rear bar
branches against the sky. but the coun
try has a week or more OF grace an
there the woods are a riot OF color. Thi
year the fall seemed very late In com
ing. The green fingered long In tn
foliage. but Jack Frost peeped from hi
lair one night and OF sudden tn
woodland famed with orange. gold an
crimson. The sumacs. in particular
have taken on a curious deep orang
tone. whose matching shade appeare
recently in the costuming of Granvill
Barker's production of THE Man VIII
Married a Dumb Wife" Mr.. Barke
used the autumn tones with LAWS
hand. he grouped and regrouped ther
with the cver-shifting effect OF sun
light-but the craft of the finite han