The Washington herald., 1917-12-02
SOCIETY
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around Washington. They expect to
live there the year round.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith are people Of
great wealth. Mr.. Smith comes from
the West where he owns mines of
some sort. also has a number Of mines
in PENNSYLVANIA. His wife was for
merly Miss Irene Moore, daughter of
Mrs. Elizabeth Stauffer Moore of
Greensburg and Washington. Her
first husband was Maj. Herbert l..
wigmore. who died a number of years
ago in Japan. He was attache to the
American legation there at the time
and had gone into the mountains on an
inspection tour. leaving his wife at
their summer place at Chusenzi, near
Toxic.
While in camp, far from civilization
Mai. WigmOre was taken very i'll
and died shortly afterwards at Chu-
SEMI. His death was a great shock
to Washington, as he had many
friends here. He came here straight
from West Point, and was on duty
first with the cavalry at Fort Myer
and later, being transferred to the en-
gineering corps, was stationed at the
barracks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith have large
apartment at the Dresden. Just now
they are vi~iting in Greensburg with
Mrs Moore who has been sick for
sometime
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter bought this
farm several years ago, and had just
started to improve the place when
Mr.. Walter died suddenly 1t was
there that Jane Walter and Arthur
Browne Were married. Mrs. Walter
is now living in MntwOod place.
Claude Z. Quivey. the celebrated
painter of miniature portraits who
was in town has left for New York,
but will return in the spring to nil L
number of engagements with several
Prominent Washington people. While
here this time. he completed quite
number of interesting miniatures
among them: Mrs. Reynolds Hit.
Gainty little Catherine Littauer,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs William
Littauer. and Mrs William Baker
Tredwell. of Norfolk. who is spend
ing the winter in Washington. Their
younger daughter is going to school
here so they run back and forth be-
tween here and Norfolk quite fire.
Quently and have suite of rooms at
the Willard.
Mr.. Quivey's collection Of miniatures
Includes most of the interesting peo-
pie in town. among them one of both
Vice President and Mrs. Marshall.
Secretary and Mrs. Lane. Paul Rit-
ter. formerly the Swiss Minister here
and his wife, the late John w. Fos-
ter, Maj. Gen. and .-Irs. Arthur Muir
ray and both of their daughters, Mrs
Ord Preston and Mrs. COnger Pratt
also Capt. Maxwell Murray's wife,
the late George Guthrie. formerly
Ambassador to Japan and Mrs. Gu
tFSie and dozens of others To read
on all the names would sound like
recital Of the contents of the So
"Lai- register of several cities. lie
has a splendid miniature of Mrs. Cor
bins mother, the late Mrs. Patten.
Nhich is charming and valued highly
by all of her daughters.
DIR. William Earl Clark. who was in
France for several months. returned
to Washington the first of last week
lie has been serving the Red Cross
military hospital unit. No l, at NeuiI-
~. France and has been doing splendid
work. His wife. who accompan MED
him TO France, has been nursing in
the same hospital. DR. Clark left her
behind him. as he expects to return
10 France in the early Spring; some
time in March or April.
The knitting fever has not abated one
bit. Everybody seems to be knitting.
Society women occupying boxes at the
balls last week knitted. and in New
York knitting parties were held at the
skating rink. and Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt and several others knitted
during the intermissions at the opera.
Many people knit sweaters, helmets
and scarfs, which are all needed, but
few are expert enough to make socks.
which the soldiers and sailors seem to