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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-18
AMBASSADOR RETURNS

Rio Janeiro, May 1S.--United States Ambassador Morgan returned here today after a leave of absence spent in the United States.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-18
OBITUARY
MAxIoN IoUIsE WARNER

Marion Louise, tts five months old daHghtsr of Wilbur 6, and Florence Warner, died this morning at the home of her parents, z05 Therne St.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-18

a pistol. The court adjourned this af- ternoon until Wednesday at 9:3O a. m-
The Washington times., 1917-09-23
Virginia Rector
Now n Captain.

The Protestant Episcopal Church
Diocese of Virginia, always OF the
church militant, comes to the front
again in the person of Capt Oscar De
Wolf Randolph, l.. S. a. Although un-
til recently rector of Christ Episcopal
Church, Lexington, Va, Captain RAN
dulph is by right of birth fighter. a
descendant of the famous John Ran
dolph, of Roanoke, he comes of the
distinguished Virginia family which
also numbers the Indian Princess Po-
cahontas and her father, POwhatan,
among its proGenitors.
Also, before entering upon his
studies for the ministry. he was a
noted athlete and is still ventrated at
"the University as one OF Nirginia's
most famous football stars. His cle:-
iCal affiliations were strengthened by
his marriage a few years ago 20
daughter of the Rev. DIR. Angus Craw-
ford. sometime dean of the Virginia
Theological Seminary. Yes. ai.-'. Ran
dOlph is a sister Of pretty Bee" Craw-
ford. who married Lieut. Merritt Todd
Cooke, l.. s.. r., familiarity and affec-
tionately known as "Emty' Cooke
while he was at the university.
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for the American army. Mrs. Ander-
son is going over, too. you know,
likewise Blanchard Scott; Katherine
Rush Porter, and Harriet Dickins, and
the Secretary of States two sisters
are already in the Held s--
They are to serve with a carefully
picked corps OF fifty women, who
answered General Pershing's call for
volunteers. The "cantsen corps" is
almost as hard to get into as the
Marine Corps. All the applicants had
to be willing and able to defray their
own expenses and between the ages
of thirty and fifty, single women were
preferred, and. no woman married to
an army officer was considered. That
seems like a harsh and arbitrary rul-
ing, but when you consider the enor-
nous number OF army women who are
ready to sieze upon any excuse to go
across 1t is easy TO see how soon a
cry Of favOritism would be raised IL
any effort were made to select a few
from SO many.
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MAI. SInck Regarded Capital
A. HIS Home.

NJ MS AhOHN"
He was on the staff of Commodore
Matthew Galbraith Perry, L. 5. N.
when. the latter made the treaty with
japan: was his aide for six years
Later he was chief quartermaster Of
the Marine Corps, serving in this ca =
pacity during the entire civil war and
until his retirement.
Majer Slack regarded Washington
as his home during his forty-six years
of active service, and resided at the
corner OF Eighteenth and q streets
iTor tw' nty-seven years. Mrs. Perrtne,
who was formerly Miss Addie Slack,
was very well known socially in this
city. where she lived until her mar
riage to Colonel Perrine in 1888. She
was one of the bridesmaids at the
wedding of Eleanor Sherman, daugh-
ter of Gen. W. T. Sherman. and Alex
ander NJ. ThRckara, formerly Of the
United Smtes navy. now United States
consul general at Paris.
Miss Perrine is also a niece of the
late Comdr. William Hall Slack. L.
s. n. Commander Slack was a mem
Der of the board OF governors of the
metropolitan Club. and was for years
president of the Chevy Chase Club,
also he was for many years president
OF the BachelOTs-the smartest dance
club ever established in Washington
and of the Washington Assembly.
Mrs. Nicholson is his daughter.
Colonel Perrine is n member of the
Metropolitan Club, and he end Mrs.
Perrine spend the winter in Wash4
ington quite frequently. Miss Perrine
has spent much of the summer with
Mr.. Campbelrs parents at their beau
tiful country home at Bernardsville.
No date has yet been fixed for their
marriage, as plans are dependent
upon the orders which Mr.. Campbell
may receive.
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Since Countess de la Greze and Nine
Louis Aubert came to Washington we
have been hearing frequently OF the
'Aid for Destitute Babies OF France"
the wonderful and appealing new
work which is being taken up by q
group OF american women under the
auspices OF the American Fund for
French Wounded. for both these IN
terestLpg young women are members
of the national central committee and
both are Intensely interested in the
success of the new undertaking. Mrs.
cordenio Severance is also on the com
mittee, likewise Mrs. Charles Steele.
anu the executive committee COM
prises such important women as Miss
Maude wetmore, Miss Anne Morgan,
and Miss Elizabeth Marbury, that re-
doubtable trio who have worked to-
gether for good in SO many different
causes.
Then. too, I've heard a lot about
the projected work from. Mrs. Edgar
N. Dickson, of Milwaukee, who is sail
ing shortly to take charge Of one Of
the creches and hospitals combined
which are to be established in Paris
and through the rehabilitated dis
tricts in connection with the large
factories where all the work Is done
by women. Mrs. Dickson Is SO flred
with enthusiasm for the work that
It Is an Inspiration to talk to her, and
after one Of her letters I want to go
right out and bespeak support for the
"Aid for Destitute Babies"-and that's
why I'm telling you about-it now.
-
Much has been done for the children
Of France who are old enough to
tell their wants. but the work for
tiny babies is just beginning. And
think Of the need for such succor in
a country where there Is very little
cows milk, and that little prohibi-
tive in price, where the mothers are
so ,overworked and underfed that they
cannot nurse their babies, where fire.
quently infants are wrapped In news
papers and fed on water in which !
grass and green's have been boiled. |
The plan Is to establish a creehe and !
hospital combined. where tiny babies !
may be taken in the morning and
their mothers given q good breakfast |
before feeding the babies and going |
to work. At noon they will get an
other meal and nurse the babies; re-
turning at the close OF the day for a
third meal and to take the babies
home. None but sick babies will be i
kept at night. At present only one |
OF these nurseries Is planned in the
OF Paris. but later, as funds
come in, the work will be extended
as rapidly as possible
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First Unit Of Volunteers
To Start This Month.
. The first unit is sailing this month.
Its members are all volunteer work.
ers, but as all supplies fbOm cribs
TO safety pins must be shipped from
America, the expenses are heavy, es-
pecially in the beginning. ANY con-
tributions of hospital supplies, baby
foods cereals. cocoas, crackers, bis
suits, baby blankets, soft sponges,
soap and old table linen will be
gratefully accepted. Contributions
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An ImprOuptu
Breakfast Party.

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Bartlett gave
the jolIiest of breakfast parties the
other day, the festivity being a sur
prise party to the hosts as well as
the guests. It happened in this wise.
A little grouup of members OF the
Red Cross refreshment corps, Mrs.
Larz Anderson among 'em, had trot-
ted out to Union Station at o'clock
in the morning. one Of those chilly
autumnal mornings we have been
having lately, to serve breakfast for
a trainload of soldier boys on their
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and had. a very. distinguished career
ir the service. He commanded a bat
TALON of 300 marines with Gen. Win
BelI Scott's army during the Mexican
war and was military governor after
the surrender OF Mexico City. y
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Going TO France 20 Do
Canteen Work.

The members OF Mrs. J. Borden
Harriman's motor corps cooperate
with the refreshment corps and keep
them supplied with motors. I hear.
By the way, that Mrs. Copley Hewitt,
who. was Mrs. Harriman's right hand
man in her motor corps last winter,
has sailed for France TO serve the
caateens which are being established
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Top riGht-MiSS HALLE
DAVIS, daughter of Mrs. ArmsteGd
Davis. and granddaughter of the
late Senator Henry Gassaway Davis,
who would be ,debutante this sea-
son if debuts- were the fashion in
wartime. -
(--Photo BY Harris q Ewing,
Top left-MRS. WILLIAM NJ.
INGRAHAH, wife Of the Assistant
Secretary of War: In the few months
she spent in Washington last win
ter Mrs. Lngraham made Dlany
warm friends, who are welcoming
her back this fall with open arms.
-Rhoto by Ciiendinst.
The Washington times., 1917-09-23
Miss Butt Popular
ssss
At Gloucester.

An exceedingly popular person at
Gloucester this summer was Arlington
Butt, niece OF the late Major Trchie
Butt who went down with the Titanic.
She frequently visit in Washington as
the guest OF Mrs. Richard S. Ely and I
hear she is coming this winter to stay
with Mr. and Mrs. John Hays Ham
mond-it appears they are to occupy
the Lawrence house, which they have
recently purchased themselves, ru-
mors that 1t was to be used as a hos
pital to the contrary.
Miss Butts father and mother live
in England and sh9 came over n AL
most three years a6o TO visit an aunt.
Mrs. Dugas, in Augusta, Ga. Then the
submarine warfare began, and. with
the tragic remembrance of Major
Butts death fresh in their minds, her
parents refused to have her take the
risk Of crossing. She is very pretty
ana charming and has all the ar
fability and graciousness which helped
to make her uncle so popular.
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Washington Women Are
Interested Workers For
Babies in War-Torn Lands

should be marked Destitute Babies
Aid" and sent to the American Fund
for French Wounded, 20 West Twen-
ty-third street, New York. All the
work Of the American Fund. by the
way, has the recognition and ap-
proval of the French government.
The organization was started soon
after the beginning Of the war, with
Mrs. Ethelbert Neyin as chairman,
and has done a wonderful work par
'tieularly in providing relief for small
isolated hospitals.
To help preserve the lives OF these
wee French babies is at once a duty
and a privilege. for they are French.
the great France Of the future, whose
inspiring presence must not be miss
ing from the council of the nations
Miss PoIk MarrIes
French Count.
Relief work in France has become
an historic occupation in the Polk
family-and II Is likewise a family
tradition to marry Frenchmen. It
was In 1870 during the Franco-Prus-
sian war that Antoinette Polk went
to Paris to care for French wounded.
tie adventure to end with her mar
riage to General the Marquis de Char
ette. And now comes the news that
Daisy Polk. OF California; sister Of
the brilliant young architect. Wills
Polk. lcinswoman-so I'm told-of the
counselor OF the State Department.
Frank L. Polk. and grand-nieee Of
President Polk. has been married to
Gen. Louis Joseph Marie Robert de
Buyer, the most famous leader OF
cavalry in the French army.
She too. went to France on a mis-
sion Of mercy. to handle the funds
given to France by Mrs. William II.
crocker for. the restoration. OF vitri-
mont. This American girl, who IL
dark, animated. and full OF personal
ity, has had q man-size job. and has
handled II in such fashion as to earn
from the country people of France
the name mile. de Chez Nous" or
mile. At Home With Us"
She is at present in charge OF the
reconstruction OF Gerbevillier. BY
her marriage she becomes contesss
de Buyer-Mimeure. General de Buyer
bearing the title Count de Mimeure.
Last January she was honored by the
French government The Marquisa
de Observation-Disclosures Polk-stiu
lives in Paris.
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Mrs. RtdEeIy's Visit
Here Was Too short,

1t was almost an aggravation to
have Mrs. William, Barrett Ridgely
and her mother, Mrs Deering. in
Washington for so short time. They
only got back from East Gloucester,
Mass, where they passed the sum
mer, a week ago, and already they
have taken their departure for New
York. leaving their Q street house in
readiness for Col. and drs. Carey
Sanger. who are to occupy 1t this
winter.
In a way, Mrs. -Ridgely is cut up at
not beinC here. for she dearly loves
Washington, and Washington loves
her; but what can one do when. ow-
ing to the unprecedented demand for
houses. fabulous offers are made for
the roof over ones head. Verify, 1
believe half the houses in Washing
ton will be in the hands OF strangers
before the winter is well begun.
In Mrs. Ridgely's case the present
arrangement has distinct advantages,
for Mr.. Ridgely is detained in New
York most of the time. Moreover,
Mrs. RidgeIy's brother, George u.
Deering, and his wife, who are COM
ing East from their home in WASH
lhb NOH oldlts except ~ III NEW
York this winter, so the family will
be together. Mrs. Ridgsly Is hoping
that they may decide to make their
permanent home in New York. Young
Mrs. Deering is G writer OF note and
a very charming and talented person.
The Ridgelys and Mrs. Deering, sr.,
will be at the Hotel Wentworth.
where they were established last
winter. Last season the Ridgely
house was let to Miss Wharton, a
sister-in-law of Edith Wharton.
In the course OF a few minutes con
vcrsatiOn Mrs. RidGely gave me much
news Of the Washington colony at
Gloucester and lass Rocks. The Ty-
Iers. the Reeve Lewises. the William
a Hills, May Adams. who has a cot
tage at Bass Rocks and has Mrs.
Buchanan Merriman with her-they
were still at the resort when Mrs.
Ridgely left. The ]. T. Manns are
coming home shortly. Mrs. Charles
Ffoulke is at Hawthorne I'm and is
not expected back until October /.
Her daughter. Mrs. Ffoulke Smith,
was at Gloucester with her most of
the summer. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Lewis will soon be back at their
apartment. in Stoneleigh Court. hav-
ing stopped en- route to enter their boy
at Hill School. The Lewises are com
parative newcomers to Washington,
last winter being their first season
here. believe. Mr.. Lewis is a brother
OF Mrs. Henry =. Fairbanks, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fairbanks. as you doubtless Re
member, have one OF those charming
The Washington times., 1917-09-23
Introducing q
New writer.

Dorothy bennett it is who has sud
denly appeared in a new role. That
she is. a very talented and cultivated
musician all her friends in waShing-
ton know, for she has played at re-
citals scores OF times and, for so
young a GIRL. has been a remarkably
of the city. But when a very clever
little story. boy Love-" appeared In
the Washington Post recently. over
the signature Dorothy Dixon Dem
nett everybody was surprised. This
is Dorothy's first literary venture. and
she Is very proud and happy over her
need of success.
't- Affectionately yours.
JEAN ELIOT.
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To Let the Boys in Khaki
Know Were Back Of Then.

- Certainly anything that helps to
rouse the enthusiasm of the army for
the heavy task before them is worth
whiie-especially now that the draft
ed men, some OF whom scarcely
realize. even now, why and for what
We are at war, are beginning to come
through. And IL you'd see the demon
strations when some of the trains
move out you wouldn't doubt that the
work of the 'refreshment corps helps
the cause along nightly.
Some Of the troop commanders are
still a bit skeptical about necessity
for such work, but others are mark
edly enthusiastic and explain that the
offering of a helping hand in this
fashion does wonders for the morale
OF the troops. II seems that the
officials at Union Station, who were
distinctly distant at first and regarded
the whole proceedings as a nuisance,
have been entirely won over. Un-
solicited, they recently built a plat
form for the use OF the ladies, so
that they need not stand about on
the wet ground.
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Dear Susan:

Dear susan:
House, ,6unting-or the business OF
letting ones house-the servant Dues
ton. the selection Of schools for the
lSiddies, the purchase of a winter
wardrobe at once chic, becoming, and
in keeping with the proper wartime
simplicity; decorators, and upholster-
ers-these are the problems now occu-
pying the attention of society folk,
and these the principal topics Of con-
versation whenever two or three are
gathered together.
In consequence there has been a
lull in the round, of entertaining. ac-
centuated by the absence OF the Japa-
nese mission. Viscount Ishii and his
honorable associates returned, it is
true. before the end OF the week, but
after a strenuous week or two here
and an equally strenuous week at
Newport, they were quite willing to
forego all entertaining. Even Cupid
rested on his laurels, and there were
no big weddings-at least in Wash
ington-to interest society folk.
=
With the return of the resident
ers"-the only coterie of Washington
ions, who have been away from town
for more than a breathing spell this
summer-who are slowly drifting
back from the mountains aud the sea.
the question, ''What shall we do with
our debutantes?" begins to demand
an answer. 70
The Washington times., 1917-09-23
War Conditions VIII Prevent
Elaborate Coming Outs.

MOLuEIS VI AGDuAdlAE
seem .loath to commit themselves as
70 their plans for the coming winter,
but venture to prophesy that this
winter there'l be mo sech animal" as
the .debutante Of other years. I'mean
that society women and society girls.
who areSdaily proving themselves no
mere butterflies. are not likely in
wartime to lay out a systematic So
cial campaign, to entertain as per-
sistently and as elaborately as> has
been considered. necessary in former
years. or to provide the. voluminous-
and expensive-trousseau which the
debutante has always consideIed her
due. o.,
In several other cities society lead
ers have agreed that their daughters,
n they come out at all, shall slip out
informally. Perhaps we may take our
cue from certain Southern cities
where, 1t is said, girls can't "come
OUT officially, never having been
really sin" OF course, there'll be a
certain amount of entertaining for
the young folk. especially since SO
many lads In khaki are on duty in
and about town; but l believe you'll
md that most of the girls will be
more interested in war work OF vari-
Gus sorts which they have undertaken
than in the business of being debut
tantes.
It's an unusually interesting little
group Of buds who are graduating
from the school room 20 the drawing
room this year. There's Mrs. Arm
stead Davis daughter, Halle Davis,
and her cousin. Ellen Bruce Lee, both
of whom are granddaughters OF the
late Senator Henry GRssaway Davis:
and Mrs Charles Bromwell's daugh-
girls have decided that they'll have
no formal debut. at least this season,
but they are certain to be important
factors in any social program which
may develop. Louise Thoron, dauEh-
ter OF Mrs. Harry Leonard, and Betty
Burnett. daughter of Mrs. Sidney Bal
lou, are on the debutante list, al
though Mrs. BaIlou says she doubts
n there will be much formality about
her daughters presentation. Mrs.
Leonard and Louise ThorOn are ex-
peeted back in town tomorrow from
Denver.
Mary Duncan Gibson, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Richardson Gibson and
niece OF Preston Gibson. is also to
have her first winter in society this
year, and SO is Adele Godoy, the
youngest OF the Godoy girls. Mary
Duncan Gibson will. however. prob
ably keep up her study OF languages,
and certainly she'll continue TO. culti-
yate her really lovely voice.
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houses in. S street near. Twenty third.
having Mrs. Samuel Hill and the
George Hewitt Myers as their next
door neighboTs.
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Rachnel PerrIne VIII De
Mrs. Emo Campbell.

When Rachael Perrine, OF Trenton.
came to town this summer to visit
her cousins, the L. L. Nicholsons. md
made such frequent trips to the re-.
serve ofhcers' training camp at Fort
Myer-well, was a bit suspicIous
that Cupid was meddIing in her ar
fairs. Sure enough, now comes the
news that her parents, Col. and Mrs
Louis Perrine, have announced the
engagement of their daughter, Miss
Rachael Hall Slack Perrine, to Emo
Campbell, aviation corps, u. S. A. of
Fernardsville and New York" And
Mr.. Campbell, who Is the son OF Mr..
and Mrs. Palmer Campbell, went
through his course of training at
Fort Myer
Mr. Campbell is a Eood-Iooking
young man as ! remember him; and
has all sorts OF money. He is a
graduate Of ST. PauTs School, Con
cord, n. H., and was a student at
princeton University for three years,
a member OF the class OF 1918 and OF
the Charter Club of Princeton. His
military training was started at
ilattsburS in 1915. where he spent
six weeks. On the first Of last MAY
Re went to Fort Myer and was there.
Tor several months until he was Sc
lected for the aviation corps and sent
to Princeton. He is now awaiting
orders. He is prominent in Trenton.
where he has taken part in most OF
the important social events.
-.
Miss Perrine is very well known
here and in Trenton. She was grad
uated at the New Jersey State Model
School in the class of 1918 and made
her debut the following winter. She
comes OF a military and naval family
and has many friends in both
branches OF the service She Is a
granddaughter OF the late Major Gen.
Lewis, Perrine, quartermaster general
Of New Jersey from 1865 to 1850. and
Is also a granddaughter of the late
Major William B. Slack. U. S. NJ. c.
Major Slack was from Trenton, too,
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But 1t Is upon the little personal
things the work enables one to do
for the individual soldier boy that
like to dwell. For instance. the mem
bers of the corps always take charge
Of all kilograms and mail the soldiers
wish to send, and II is Mrs. George
W. Eanderbilt's special pleasure to
stamp every letter and postal not
previously attended TO. Then, the
other day, when a train was side
tracked for two hours way outside
the station, and one lad was worrying
about his mother, waiting anxiousIy
there for him, a motor was dispatched
to bring the old lady to her son.
Otherwise they would not have seen
each other, for after all the train
was sent on without entering the
station.
Sometimes when the soldiers want
to send kilograms 10 their mothers
who live in Washington. the ladies
volunteer TO call upon them in per
son, and many a mother has had such
first hand news of her son, how he
looked and what he said, to cheer
her up. Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. George
Barnett. Mrs. Vanderbilt, Mrs. Will
lam Church. Mrs. Horace Westcott.
Mrs. Gist Blair, Mrs. Bartlett. Mrs.
Frederick l.. Huidekoper. Mrs. John
F. wilkins, Miss Mary Patten-there's
a sample of the worlen who have
been active in the work of the corps
and who are ready at any time OF the
day or night to respond to a call for
food. to meet the. trains and cheer up,
the troops.
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Has the Boston Red Cross got re-
freshment corps yet, Susan? This Is
one of the sundry branches of Red
Cross activities tried out in Wash
lnkton in the effort to make the Dis
trict of Columbia chapter a model OF
complete and varied service. and
many other cities have taken up the
refreshment corps idea. OF course.
there has been some criticism of the
work-everythIng constructive. comes
in for criticism-on the ground that
Red Cross money is. being wasted to
provide food for men that are already
well fed; but I.don't believe that any
one who has seen the corps in action
at Union Station could have anything
but a good ~ord to say for It
To be sure the soldier boys who
are going through Washington by the
hundreds, most OF them with Berlin
or Bust" writ large on their cars, are
only occasionally actually in need Of
a meal, and that's when the trains
have been tied UP and somehow de-
tached from the commissary arrange
ments. But did you ever see boys
and most OF the soldiers are boys
when they weren't hungry? Besides.
between you and me and the gate
post. 1 believe the coffee and sand
wiches, which make UP the usual bill
of-fare, are principally intended as
an excuse, as a sort of Introduction,
to enable the women of the corps to
get together" with the boys and see
what they need individually and what
can be done to make them realize that
the people of the country take an
interest. in their going and are back
OF the army heart and soul.