The Washington times., 1915-04-25
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A Chronicle o.
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| looking animal, but rather grabbed,
| processing the utmost distaste for men,
| with the execution of General Wat
nough, OF whom he Is very fond, and
| has required much cosseting during his
| Illness. .
'Just at Christmas time, when gifts
and giving were in the air. said
| girl recently at luncheon. IT met
| friend who stopped me, with a beaming
countenance and bursting with excite
ment, to tell me he had just bought his
wife a wonderful Christmas present
visions OF diamond tiaras and necklaces
of pearls flashed through my mind
| three marmosets and a toucan"
The man, It seems. was DIR. Monroe
Hopkins, and Mrs. Hopkins must have
found his gift acceptable. for the mar
mosets have become part Of the house,
hold. The toucan-let me pause. Susan.
! to remark that toucon Is a bird OF
| sorts-however. insisted upon conversing
\ continuously, and as his voice was
curtously akin to a creaking axle. he
was disposed Of for the sake of the
neighbors
| Albert and Elizabeth. after the King
and Queen of the Belgians. they have
named two Of the furry beasties. and
! the hird is "the Mob But unfortu-
nately there has been no increase In
| tho census Of the marmoset population.
for Elizabeth's sex. 1t develops. bellies
the name. So now they are looking
about for little lady marmoset or
two to add to the menagerie.
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Mrs. Robert Patterson, who had plan
ned to 20 to California this week to
spend the summer months with her
parents, has post tponed her journey un-
til the first week in June.
Elizabeth Resides innumerable friends
are elated at the prospect Of her ap-
pearance at Keith's. which. hear. Is
scheduled for the near future. Rumor
has It that she will be on the bill for
a week. and thus those who love her
voice and those who have never had
the opportunity to hear her are assured
Of a treat.
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who Is that handsome woman in
black was the question I heard a
dozen times at the Army and Navy Club
on Thursday evening. the lady in ques-
ton being Mrs. Donnelly. wife OF Capt.
Edward Donnelly. OF Fort Myer. and
with her we're her guests. the two pretty
Braisted girls from New York, who have
set half the bachelor officers at the post
by the ears.
Mrs. Frank Reeside has cards out for
a bridge party on Thursday afternoon at
her attractive home in Bancroft place
Her debutante daughter. Lois, Is par
ticular chum Of Dorthy Bertholf. the
two are inseparable. and are an unusual
pretty and attractive pair.
s.
"Ishpiming,' the handsome home OF
the William r. Corbys on Chevy Chase
circle will be the setting tomorrow
night for a reception and musicale which
Mr. and Mrs. Corby will give in con:pli'
ment to the president general. Mrs. VIII
liam Cumming Story and the Patriot!
Memorial Chapter. Of the D. A r.
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Letters have reached Washington
from Catherine Britton and Mona Nc
Adoo. telling OF their work among tn
wounded and that they have decide
upon the American Hospital in Pari
as the best field for their endeavors
Which reminds me of a story ! near
recently. a story so amusing that
fear it must be apocryphal. 1t seem
some one asked relative of one o
the girls if she did not hate to thin
of their being over there so far from
home. working among a lot of strang
men and undergoing such real drudgery
'Oh, no." she replied, its all Yer,
d nice where they are. You see the
I. have none but invited wounded"
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- DR.. Frank Glazebrook and his at
tractive wife returned on Friday t
= their home in Morristown. n. j., afte
O a visit with DR.. and Mrs Larkin Glaze
brook at their street home. The New
s Jersey doctor Is just recovering from
n an attack of appendicitis and is mucl