The Washington times., 1916-08-20
Colonel and Mrs. Downey
Return After Three Years.

! For few persons has Washington So
| ciety so warm a welcome ready pre-
pared as for Col. and Mrs. George +.
iDoWney who are returning after n
! already taken up his duties. With Mrs.
! Downey he Is stopping at the Shore
| nam. and there they expect to stay
until about October when thew will
| lease house.
Colonel Downey was stationed In WASH
lngton Tor number OF years, and was
| ordered to New York when the Man
Gnu law was first put into effect. He
mas been on duty in New York ever
! since.
| Mrs Downey was formerly Miss Mat
tie Davis. niece, l believe. OF the late
senator Henry Gassoway Davis. and
hence lrelstRe of Mrs. Stephen B.
Elkins. This. of course. won her a
position In the innermost circle or
Washington society. which she contin-
ued to hold by virtue OF her own gra-
cious and charming personality. The
Downeys entertained a great deal. and
made an enviable place for themselves.
Often. Seen and Heard
On Chevy Chase Links.
The colonel was keen golf PLAYER
| and could be seen on the links of the
Chevy Chase Club almost every day.
While living in New York. Colonel and
Mrs: Downey spent their summers at
have only gone to Long Island for the
week ends. During their tour OF duty
In Washington they used to go to Deer
Park for the warm weather and Mrs
Downey usually stopped off en- route
| to visit her Davis relatives. You know
| the Davises own. or did own at ono
time. lot Of land In MARYLAND about
Deer Park as we'll as most Of the State
Of West Virginia.
Downey Boys Have
Grown Up This Summer.
The two Downey boys. Fairfax and
Faver. have been at Southampton most
Of the season visiting their aunt, Mrs.
Fairfax Landstreet. and right now
they are with the Yale battery i'm camp
at Tobyhanna. Think of 1t, they were
youngsters In short trousers when Col
and MIS-: Downey left Washington and
| now they are quite grown UP and are
given to beauing the girls about.
L read with something of a shock
the other day that Col: and Mrs.
Myer for Fort Sill. They have Become
| so popular hereabouts that we feel
It's going to be hard to spare them.
Upon inquiry I find that they are not
onel is a memeber of the board that
examines officers desiring to be trans
| ferred to the artillery from other
branches Of the service, and lust now
he can't be spared.
Will Go To Rock Island
And Then Join Regiment.
There are five such boards, be-
lieve. one at the War College In Wash
ington, one In the Philippines, one at
| Eagle Pass. Tex. one in Hawaii, and
the fifth at Rock Island arsenal. When
he finishes his work at the War College
he will go to Rock Island, and later he
will join his regiment. the Fifth Field
Artillery. which Is officially on duty at
Fort Sill. but Is now at Ell Paso.
Mrs. Menoher will remain at Fort
Myer until the cold weather sets in.
| when she will go to Sill to store her
belongings before joining the colonel
wherever he may happen to be at the
| moment.
It's quite too bad Of our Washington
girls to elect to be married at their
summer homes. There's Helena Elliott.
whose marriage to Freddie Huidekoper
will be solemnized at Osterville. Mass. |:
| and now. II you please. Francise VIII.
| liams has decreed that instead OF
waiting until autumn and her return to
Washington. she will become Mrs. John