The Washington times., 1915-05-09

Pink dogwood. too. is ut it's prettiest.
and there Is a lovely tree in the great
yard Of the Woodward house. on wy
oming avenue, and another right next
door, beside the porch OF a quaint old
timey looking frame residence.
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Lieut. Byron McCandlegs, who will
come to town as one OF the aids to Ad-
miral Benson, will be distinct acquisi-
tlon, for he Is a bachelor. and a very
popular chap He Is a bit of a celebrity,
too, in a quiet way, for there is a tale
going the rounds Of an exploit of his at
Vera Cruz. He was on the stan Of Ad-
miral Badger during the time the latter
lay off shore on the Arkansas rather
than supersede Admiral Fletcher In the
task of cleaning up Vera Cruz; and. one
day espied a little Mexican gunboat,
loaded to the gunwales with soldiers.
steaming quietly out OF the harbor, and
endeavoring to make getaway.
In a twinkling he was over the side
In a little steam cutter. mounted with a
single one-pounder gun, and, with a
half dozen men to man his battle boat.
set sail in pursuit. Finally. he came up
with them. The truants hove to, and
with a broadside of guns trained on his
frail craft. not to speak OF whole bat
terry Of rifles, stood UP in the PROV and
demanded that they surrender. And
what's more. surrender they did. and
Lieutenant McCandless returned with
his prize in tow.
The recent wedding in the Biddle fam
lily and the wedding soon to be have
brought out bit OF interesting informa- =
ton about the future Of the Biddle chill
dren. At the time of Cordelia's mar
riage her father gave her $4,000 as a
wedding present, establishing a custom.
which he expects to follow in turn as
each Of his children are married. SO that
his Inheritance Of 1000 900 from the es-
tate Of his grandfather. Anthony j.
Drexel will be eventually divided be-
tween his fl 90 children. Should any OF
the children remain unmarried at the
time of Mr.. Biddles death they will
then inherit an amount equal to the
marriage portion. and Anthony J. Drexel
Biddle. jr.. so the story goes. will come
into his share when he is married to
Mary Duke on June ls
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Marion Parker has Joined the rapidly
growing band of society girls who are
tired OF frivoling and wish to devote
themselves to something worth while.
She Is busy studying stenograpny and
typewriting. and her friend, Georgia
Green. Of the Georgetown Greens. who
have lived for generations at Rose
dale" Is another recruit to the ranks OF
the busy bees.
Paymaster Stewart E. Barber. attach
ed to the U. s. S. Vermont. Is hoping to
get leave shortly to run up from Nor
folk to see Mrs. Barber and make the
acquaintance OF his new son and name
sake, Stewart Barber. jr.. a lively
youngster. who made his entrance into
the world few weeks ago. at the home
of Mrs. Barber's mother. Mrs. Wesson.
with whom she has been living during
her husbands tour of sea duty.
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Business continues to make inroads In
the residential section of Connecticut
avenue. The Bayne home is the latest
cne to be remodeled and rented for shop
and office purposes. Mrs. Bayne is
staying for a few days with her son-in-
law and daughter. DR.. and Mrs. Scott
Brenckenrdge, in Grafton street. Chevy
Chase. Sometime soon she will go to
Atlantic City for a stay Of several
weeks and later plans to summer in