The Washington times., 1917-04-01

that block makes a brave showing.
Up at New Hampshire avenue, near
the Woodbury. Blairs, the A. b. But
ler's house, on the corner of r street,
is Haunting its colors bravely, and
there's a fine big flag over the Perry
Belmont's portecochere, and on the
house opposite, at 1910, though for
the moment 1 can't think who lives
there.
Administration Officials Slow
About Getting New Flags Out.
But one lonely flag, which belongs
in the class with the Boardman and
the Pinchot-Eno contingent, has been
flying from Mrs. John Orville Evans
Sixteenth street home, for six weeks.
Early in February / was passing
there when a nice-looking woman
who had asked me where a certain
hotel was, asked also what house
that was, and was greatly astonished
when did not name some high Gov
eminent official, wanting to know,
''Why the fiag?"
As a matter OF fact, people init
mately associated with the Admins
tration have been conspicuously slow
about getting out their flags. The
Ewings have had theirs out for sew
eral days. longer than any other
have noticed-though, Of course, l ac-
cept the Lanes alibi offered by their
neighbor, Agnes Wilson.
Mrs. Dewey has hers out, OF course
has had for some time past Equally
OF course, there's a big one floating
over Mrs. Sternberg's front door.
There isn't any visible at the Crozier
raQidanCa the HffIa
the brown khaki tent in their side
yard, which they do say the Croziers
use to sleep in. I'm willing to bet
they didn't sleep there during the
downpour of Inauguration week, or
during some OF the bitter weather we
had in February. II they did-weIl,
better they than 1, that's all.
Some Flags So AbsurdIy New
One Cannot Help Smiling.
Their neighbor, Henry Cabot Lodge,
doesn't ny his flag, nor are the colors
visible at the George Cabot Lodge
house, out beyond Sheridan circle,
which is now the Medin McCormick's
Two of Senator Lodges near neigh
bors, at 1773 and 1859, have theirs out,
however. and Sheridan circle is bios
Somlng out DraVely-
Some OF the flags are so absurdly
new one can't help smiling at them.
I noticed a maid adjusting one to the
pole on Twenty,first street just OF
Massachusetts, avenue that hung in
the fresh square folds OF the shop
shelves. And General and Mrs. Fitz-
hugh had apparently just gotten
theirs out when passed yesterday
morning, for they were standing out
in front of their Sheridan circle home
admiring the effect At that they had
beat the Gibson Fahnestocks, a rcw
doors above, to 1t, for a workman was
just rigging a pole at one OF the sec,
ond-story windows, so undoubtedly by
evening Old Glory was flying there.
1 noticed the same thing at the
Eugene Hale house, down at Six
teenth and K streets. a few days ago
"a man busy rigging the pole, on
that circular portico over the front
door, and the flag waiting to be ad-,
justed. 1 was sorry not to see une
on the Wadsworth house, a couple
of blocks further down. 1t seems
somehow as IL John Hays old home
ought to have one.
No Flag Flying nj Mrs.
HemmIck's "studIo House.,
To return to Sheridan circle on the
south side the flag was flying at 2236.
but there was none at Mrs. Hem
mick's "Studio House" That, after
all, is not surprising, for the Harold
Walkers have that this year-you
remember, Mrs. Walkers sister,
Catherine Birney, married young Won
Schoen, of the German embassy, and
they are probably regarding the pres
ent situation with decidedly mixed
feelings. know about a month ago.
when Mrs. Walker was asked to lend
her house for a benefit involving a
woman of Belgian birth and British
education and marriage, she refused,