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Youth Meets sAIIss Lee"
At the white House.

An interesting little story. which
came TO me the other day concerning
n charming aristocrat from the South
II happened at a dinner given at ebe
White House some time ago. A male
member of the Presidential connee-
ton found in the small envelope at
the foot of the stairway where seats
at table and a diagram await the men,
a small card indicating that his din
uer partner was Miss Lee"
The lady who fell to his share, instead
Of being the young girl he had Wis
Toned, was a stately grande dame.
with silver hair and distinguished
air, who proved cordial and charm
ing. but gave no hint OF her identity.
After some time spent in wondering
who Miss Lee" might be. the young
man took his nerve in both hands
and hesitatingly asked: May / in
auire II you are any relation to Gen.
Robert r. Lee?" The grande dame.
looking up with a smile, half quiLzical
for the Ignorance OF youth and half
sad as we'll. laughingly replied: Il
am n daughter OF his-is that near
enough to interest you
And il was no less than Miss Mary
Gusts Lee. who with her nephew.
Col Robert Z. Lee. are familiar
figures at all the Southern balls
given in tho Capital City.
II was related in my hearing re-
Gently that Colonel Lee. attached TO
the staT OF the governor of Virginia
and a grandson named after General
Lee, created quite a pleasant sensa-
tion in a ballroom here, recently
when he danced a one-step to the
tune Of Dixie" with Mrs. Algernon
Sartoris, wife OF the grandson Of
General Grant Fellow members OF
the Chevy Chase Club are Ulysses
Simpson Grant and Robert Edward
Lee, grandsons of the two leaders OF
civil war fame.
or the two, some Atlanta girls from
school here, who met the colonel on
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Of the beautiful lace luncheon cloth
which she donated to the garden
party given a few weeks ago for the
benef1t of the Infantry Branch of the
Army Emergency Committee, as the
money for chances" is still coming
in. Indeed. she has about decided
that, as people are leaving town so
rapidly, II would be better to wait
and have the drawing In Septe mber
after their return Consequently some
day next autumn q lucky someone.
who has probably forgotten al about
the chance she took. will ind herself
in possession OF a gem OF a luncheon
cloth.
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Food ADMINISTRATORS those two
Belgian babies she had adopted
might starve-is the guest OF the
Misses Beach. daughters OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Morgan Beach. out near ROCK
VILE, whence she can motor-or troll
ley-every day. The Attorney Gen
eraI is staying at the Chevy Chase
Club. and the Gregory house II closed
until fall
understand, by the way, that the
cottage at Blue Ridge Summit, where
Mrs. Koo, wife OF the Chinese minister
and her two cherubic babies are now
settled, is the Taylor cottage which
was first rented to Mr.. and Mrs Fred
eric A Delano. ] haven't been able TO
find out where the Delanos are nor
what are their plans for the summer.
/ suspect, indeed, that they won't &c
eide themselves until II develops
whether or not Mr.. Delano, who Is
member of the Federal Reserve Board,
Is to go to France, as has been sus
Rested, to handle transportation PROB
lens for General Pershing. Their
house here is closed, and as earnest
of the fact that they have definltely
decided not TO go to Blue Ridge sum
init they have sublet their cottage
there to DR.. Koo-
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) CHRONICLES OF CAPITAL SOCIETY .DOINGS

at the Red Cross workrooms by Mrs.
Frsmont-Smith. Mrs.. ISnatius Booth
crossmsn. Mrs.. Hunt Slater. MrA Vic
tor cushmsn. the Misses Mellon. ArA
AuIiek Palmer, Mrn Guy FAirfsx
whiting and Miss whiting.
ARRIVALS of the week to JOIN the
suumer colony from Washlngton are
Mrs. J. Biddle Porter anA her daugh-
ter, Miss Elizabeth Porter. and they
are now comfortably settled AZ WyAn-
dotte, their attractive villa on Han
cock street Miss Catherine Porter.
who was always q fRvor1te In Bar
Harbor summer circles. II IN France
engaged In Red Cross work.
Mrs. J. =. Mitchell and family, OF
Washington. were anong. the weeks
arrivals 20 spend the summer, and are
Holland avenue. Dr.. Mitchell. who
has always spent his sumner ~ Bar
Harbor and q popular member Of the
Ksbo Valley Golf Club, Il IN France
doing active duty.
Mr.. and Mrs. }. Z. Dubois, of
Warrington, are newcomers to Bar
Harbor. and have leased Bdgemera.
on Atlantic avenue. for the season.
Mrs. Marcus Hanna. OF washing
ton, who IL living very quistly at
Seal HRrbor, II still very fond OF
horses, and. although her stables At
her place on Sea cliR drive are not
as completely nlled as formerly, ye-
she has several OF her fagorites with
her. II IL q frequent sight to see
Mrs Hanna driving through the
Mrs.. Ord Preston. Of Washington,
has been q visitor at Bar HaTbor for
q few days, where she was registered
at the Newport before going to her
summer home at Winter Harbor.
IAN interesting arrival Of the past
week was Mrs. Henry +. ,Dimock. who
is at Elsimore for the season, I'm
route to Maine Mrs. Dimock was a
visitor with Mrs. Frederick +.
Thompson at Canandaigua. n r
Mrs. Victor n. Cushman has Joined
Mr.. Cushman at the Belmont where
they will spend the season"
Former waters Mother
Was worried
Speaking OF war-everybody Isl
will now tell you OF the one ray Of
light which eliminates the gloon
among q certain contingent Of erst-
while pampered persons In Atlanta
society. who had their 'favorits
waiter" at q weIl-knoYn fashionable
hostslry-but have not their -favOr-
lite waiter" any more. 1 viii quote
this to you as It came 70 me from
Atlanta:
work or Tight. you see, has play
ed havoc with tfayorite waiters.'
scattering them to the four winds Of
heaven, as it were COR mayhap. the
other wayD One optimistic matron
who sees fun IN any situation-even
the departure Of her fGvorite waiter
tells this little tale:
IT met Jin's mother downtown the
day after he was drafted and I told
her how much missed him: Yes
sum she said. Jim Wuz q f3ne waiter.
an very fond O. you. Aizs4z Blank.
Pm much troubled now he's -seen
concerted. and never expect 20 see
him come out alive. II he don't
get killed by the Germans some of
them strange diseases win git him.
why. he tells me they already have q
hundred cases Of Bevo out At Camp
Gordon
And now Susan. after being guilty
OF this, will make my exit
FOndly yours
JEAN ELIOT.
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Fort OEIehOFpe

Fort oEIethOrpe
Il Nearby.
catoosa Springs IL within a few
miles OF Fort OElethorpe, Ca where
Colonel BaldwIn's sister, Mrs. Rochen-
bach, has quarters. Her husband IL
also IN Franco Mrs Rochsnbach was
In Washington for an extended visit
a few weeks ago, stopping with Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Cleveland Perkins
and their daughter, Mrs. Perkins,
Rugglss; and when she went homo
she took Mra. Ruggles with her. Mira.
RuEgles IL still at Oglethorpe, be-
lleVe, and another popular Wash
lngtoniAn now there Is Mrs. Albert l.
Mills, who is staying with her duagh-
ter, Mira Emil p. Laurson.
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this occasion. declare that young Lee
is by far the handsomer and more
gallant-but, OF course, Atlanta girls
are pTejudiced somewhat-even
though the civil war Is over.
Besides. am sure he Is myself!
summer Gayety Al
White Sulphur Springs.
The first week in July started the
ball of social and sport activities
rolling a. White. Sulphur Springs,
v mere the Old White was op4 a d last
Sa .urdap for another notable ssas.sn,
that will be hsied with noteE OF. his
tofie Significance for later ysarS Tie
Southern colony grows larger daily.
and cottages ae being repidly filled
with gay parties Men OF titles are
congregated at White Sulphur
Springs. most of them for brief
respites from their government and
war duties, others who are making
their home here and conducting bust
ness from here. which is the program
adopted by Secretary McAdoo.
White Sulphur Springs made a
splendid showing on war savings day
when patriotic exercises were held
on the front lawn OF the Old White.
Sir Richard Crawford. OF the British
embassy. who was here with Lady
Crawford for ten days. was among
the principal speakers. introduced by
Mr.. J. Howard Slocum. who conducted
the meeting. Lieut. K Dudley Pier
son, who has returned from France.
where he served with the first Ameri-
can division to go into the trenches.
told of his experiences there. He
IL now stationed at Camp Gordon.
Atlanta. Ga, where he Is an in
structor. Eighteen thousand dollars
was raised for the purchase OF war
stamps that afternoon and reports
were read from the district chairman
showing that White Sulphur had
again gone over the top in support
of the Government
italian Appears m
Fourth of July Orator.
Fourth of July celebrations took
place at Ronceverte this year. where
Lieut.. Col America Pho, of theItalian
embaszy, was the principal speaker,
Patriotic exercises were held through
out the day, and many parties motor
ed from White Sulphur Springs to
see the parade. The celebration for
the Fourth last year was given at
White Sulphur Springs, and in order
to make a good showing the towns
in this district take turns In patri-
otto demonstrations. The second Lib
erty tournament was held on July
Fourth at White Sulphur Springs
where almost every golf enthusiast
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Jorge GOdOy Writes
.SOek song

Jorge Cooley writes
~sOek song.s
Willis I am talking about diplo-
mats. mustn't forget that Jorge
Godoy. son Of the former minister
frem-Costa Rica. think It was
has distinguished himself mildly in
New York. see he has won one OF
the SUMS sock song prizes Most
amusing these sock songs areIlittle
verses written to stick In the socks
we are all Except me. slasl)- knit
ting to send to the boys Overe there
be way Of amusing the recipients
The Godoys were very well known
here-Dr. Godoy was stationed here
for many years, and the children; in
GLIDING Jorge, were brought up here.
attending the Washington schools- In
fact. believe. they still live here.
They did for = long while after DR..
Godoy's death
A lively, amusing boy, Jorge! he
condescended to a reporters Job on
one OF the local papers for a while,
but he always fancied himself as q
pOGN OO 0Aa MS AAAOAhCAs ohN PaA-
lished a couple Of little paper-bound
volumes OF his verses, one while he
was still IN Western High School, the
other three or four years ago. don't
remember the name OF the firBt-but
the second have a copy of II. some
where-was entitled Smiling. Sob
bling Sonnets." II was all Of that or
course II was never placed on sale.
He sent IL to his friends-and enc
mics. / don't know when have en-
joyed anything more
His sock song IN really rather eleV-
err. II runs Ike this:
Anu NgedIe wfnked her only eye
At thin, long Mr.. Thread.
And kissed his two round spool lips
while
Pa Thimble snored in bed.
Pa Thimble 'woke--Ma Wool then
spoke
And now they all four sit
Together thus: Ne edls and
work for u.s. Z Wool
And knit and knit and knit.
Not bad. for Jorgei who long ago
-
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Presents Sword.

The japanese Ambassador and Wis
countess Ishli were away on the
Fourth, but only because the ambas-
sador had made an official engage
ment. which, had the plan for the
celebration at Mount Vernon. includ-
ing as IL did an important address by
the President, been announced earlier.
he probably would not have made.
He went up to Fairhaven, Mass.
to present to that historic lit
tie towns the leading feature of
its Independence Day celebratiOn-a
Samurai sword. 1t was very an
cient sword. made in the early part
of the fourteenth century. and is en-
blematic of the soul OF the SamuraL
The presentation was made by the
ambassador on behalf of DR.. Naka-
hama of Toxic, who gave IL to com
memorate the deed OF a whaling cap
tain Of Falrhaven some seventy-fve
years ago. The captains name was
Whitford. and once, when sailing
about in the China sea- he came upon
some young men wrecked upon
rocky isle, and In a sorrowful plight.
They had been living for two months
upon seabirds and drinking rain
water that fell into the clefts OF the
rocks. One of the crowd particularly
appealed to Captain Whitford. and
he brought him back to Fairhaven
with him, took him into his family
and entered him in the public schools
there
DR.. Na1Cahama is the son OF that
ship-wrecked boy, who, after living
in the Whitford family for years.
went back to his own country and en-
tered upon an honorable and success
fui career there. It is to commemo-
rats that everlasting kindness TO his
father that DR.. NakahamA presents
the Samurai sword to Fairhaven.
where Captain whitford lived and
died And II IL the sort OF ceremony
that particularly appeals to tho ma
tional spirit OF Japan.
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Extraordinary Value

SPECIAL.
CARDS FOR THE ARMY AND NAVY
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And knIt and kid and knIt.

And knit and knit and knit
Not bad. for Jorgei who long ago
confessed that more than anything In
the world he wanted to write poems-
And really the sock songs are great
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Congress and President
Stay On the job.

President Roosevelt always man
aged to get his Summer White
House" established at Oyster Bay be-
fore the great and glorious Fourth
arrived President Taft, even though
It did happen once or twice in his
regime that Congress was in session
over the Fourth. managed TO join his
family at Beverly for the day. And
Congress. II it was in session, was
loud in Its self-pity, and had its
trunks packed, its mileage secured
and reservations made. and was
strafning at the leash days before the
gavel fell. Nowadays, it is learning
to accept an all-year session as prac-
tically inevitable, and to take the
situation philosophically. To be sure.
II had this year planned a recess
reasons-but apparently without any
real expectation of getting IT. and
had made no real plans or prepare
lions for leaving town. Early IN the
week, Speaker Clark admitted. appar-
entity quite unruffled, that he feared
SheA plan for recess had rather
gone a1glimmering" There seemed
great deal of business that could
not well be neglected or deferred.
In TACT, the GLORIOUS Fourth found
the legislative branch Of the Govern
ment very much on the job, the exec
utive branch no farther from the
White House than Mt Vernon. and
only the judicial branch able TO in
dulge in such luxuries as vacations.
Every last member of the Supreme
Court is OF at a considerable dis
tance, ! believe. most OF them in New
England.
As for the diplomatic circle. Il was
practically intact The only head Of
diplomatic mission, 20 far as ]
know. who has left Washington sim
ply because It is summer is Ambas-
sador da Cana. and he comes back
from Heron Hall, near Long Branch,
quite frequently to see how things
are going. The Swiss minister. DIR.
SulZer. and the minister of Salvador,
DR.. Zaldivar, have both gone to their
own country on diplomatic business.
Ambassador Naon. OF Argentina, is
just back with an added glory as his
country's high commissioner. after
about six months in Argentina.
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EvERSHARP PENCnA Ooo Up
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WATERMAN AND BOSTON
FOUNTAIN PENS
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SPECIAL HsERVoS FOUNTAIN
PENS, S1-EO
Evening star., 1918-04-06

preciated by us. OF course. didn't
come right out and ask either her or
Mamie for socks and such things, but /
certainly almost did.
Soldiers don't need nothing else
much" / wrote them both. copying Ma
mics letter from LOUIS. Women has
got the vote now in most of the states
and IL they can't knit for fighters they
should not ought to vote for fighters. If
was a woman ! certainly would make
enough knit goods for my soldier boy
to explore the north pole in
Then, what do you suppose happened?
Well, Mamie she sent me box of fudge
that she said she made herself. and Lou
she sent me hand-embroidered fancy
KIT bag with my name in pink on the
outside, and you would think that had
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New York Symphony.

The last concert of the New York
Symphony Society for the present sea-
son. under the leadership of Walter
Damrosch. was given yesterday after
noon at the Belasco Theater before a
large and attentive audience. Miss Lucy
Gates, soprano. was soloist, appearing
in place of Nine. Galli-Curci.
| While there always arises some dis
appointment when an artist once sched-
uled fails to appear, the thoroughly sat
isfac.ory singing of Miss Gates soon
changed that feeling to one of regret
that Miss Gates could not be heard in
more numbers than the two allotted
her. Her voice is very high soprano
of the coloratura variety, extremely
true. 1t is no small feat to sing un-
accompanied all the Introductory to the
'Indian Bell Song" from .Laknie," and
finish absolutely on the pitch. This
Miss Gates did with ease. Her other
number, Una Voce POGO Fa," from Ros-
sinis Barber of Seville" giving her
the advantage of the broad Italian
tongue, brought out the volume of her
voice as well as testing it's long range
Miss Gates high notes were known to
be beautiful but in the Rossini selec,
ton she made use of some clear and
full low tones, seldom heard from a
lyric soprano.
The work of the orchestra was thor
oughly up to its own high standard
After a spirited rendition of the "Aca-
demic Festival Overture" by Brahms.
the symphony by Raft. I'm the Forest"
was played. The many piano and vio-
lin compositions of Raft are doubtless
better known than this symphony, a
thoroughly descriptive work Its four
movements represent. respectively,
Sunlight" Twilight" dance of the
Driads' and Might" Mr.. Damrosch's
reading was revelation of the power
of 6aC int inn in, SIo hut fy
he seems most at home. giving de-
! lightful rendition of the prelude to
act 8 of 'Lohengrin," closing with the
famous Wedding March," the harp
much in evidence. The Good F'riday
Spell from "Parsifal' was played with
religious fervor, and Dance of the
Apprentices" from Die Meistersinger."
| with a splendid rhythm and big volume
The concerts of the New York Sym
phony are among the best musical
events Washington is privileged to en-
joy. Therefore a page in the program
revealing the concert dates of next
season was of decided interest.
Evening star., 1918-04-06
BY FRAZIER HUNT.

Right at the start of this great war
book of mine I have got something to
say to the women and girls of America.
and that is that there is a lot of things
that they can do to make soldiers
happy, namely, knit a lot of junk for
them. Somehow a soldier would rather
fhave knit stuff given him than any
thing else in the world, and there is
millions of girls around this land who
should ought to be doing nothing else
but knit all day long, so that soldiers
could have all the helmits and socks
and muff1ers and sweater vests that
they can use.
1 used to think that the women and
girls of America didn't know that SOL
diers needed these things. but l guess
! was mistaken, for some of them do,
and it don't do no good even il some
of them do know. So, I am going to
show by persunal experience how en-
barras ssing it is for a soldier to have to
tell i girl what he needs, especially
socks.
When / first went into the Army of
Freedom l naturally wrote Lou john
| son. my old girl back home. about how
soldiers certainly went crazy over
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To Have Proper Storage.


THE purpose of buying this property
is to have proper storage Immediately
for these million policies of our sol
diers and sailors, because. as stated
before the committee. the strongest
blow that could be given us today
would be the destruction of these 1.O00,-
0O0 policies. which would wipe out the
record of every loyal soldier and sailor
and deprive his family of the insurance
that the government intends him to
have"
In response to a question from Rep
resentative Cannon the fact was en-
phasized that the $4.200,000 will pay
for the ten-story office building as
completed.
After considerable debate Chairman
tee summarized the Situation in this
statement:
There came to the committee on ap-
propriations an estimate for the pur-
chase of the Arlington site and the
erection of this building in exact ac-
cord with the action that has now. been
taken. the price being the same, but
the estimate coming after the hearings
had closed on the urgent deficiency
bill, it was impossible at that time to
have q hearing and make the item a
part of that bill When the urgent de-
hciency bill came on the floor 1t carried
provisions for buildings for housing
OCner dcItVlt1cS OF Lno government. Aho
question was raised by the committee
on public buildings and grounds as to
the action of the committee on appro-
priations in carrying provisions for
buildings that had not been authorized.
The point of order was made by the
gentleman from Florida (Mr. Clark),
and the provision in regard to the
housing of other activities went out
of the bill. Subsequently it was per-
mftted to be restored without the OBJ
tanning of a rule to make 1t in order.
Warranted in Going Ahead"
:, I'm view Of those facts it did not seem
to the committee on appropriations
that 1t would be warranted in under
taking to act upon the Arlington mat
ter until authorization had been made
by the Congress- In the meanwhile
there has been q legislative congestion
in this House. The committee on pub
lie buildings and grounds some time
ago reported q bin to authorize the
that bill were passed tomorrow there
still would have to be an appropriation
carried. Presumably the Secretary of
the Treasury felt the need for either
carrying out this project or undertak-
ing some other. and as he believed this
to be desirable thing, and the action
OF the committee on public buildings
and grounds confirming his judgment,
he has felt warranted In going ahead
without waiting for the authcrfSatfou
and appropriation by Congress-, which
would probably have DELAYED action Z
month or two further
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opportunities by Vienna.

1T would be too easy to recall to what
extent Austria has importuned Rome,
Washington and London with solicita-
tions for an alleged separate peace which
had no other aim than to slip upon US
the yoke which she processes to find to
her taste. Who does not know the story
of recent meeting lin Switzerland, of
course) of a former Austrian ambassa-
dor and figure high in the councils of
the entente allies? The conferences last
ed only few minutes. Here again it
was not our ally who sought the inter-
view. 1t was the Austrian government
Does not Count CZernin remember an
other attempt of the same sort made in
Paris and London only two months be-
fore that of Count Revertata by a per
son of much higher rank? There again,
as in the present case, unauthentfc but
much more significant, proof exists"
Confirmed by Painleve.
Former Premier Paul Painleve after
reading the official government state
ment confirming Premier C1emenceau's s
denial that conversations concerning
peace had been held between Austria
and France made the following state
ment:
During the year 1917 Austria made
several attempts to open semi-official
negotiations with the entente allies.
Notably in June. 1917. was advised by
the second bureau that Austria, through
the parsonage of Count Revertata, had
several times asked through a Swiss
Intermediary for an interview with the
officer attached to the second bureau,
Maj. Armand. distant relative. Alex
andre Ribot, then premier, having
Revertata met in August, 1917. The
matter stopped there and no interview
took place from August until November.
when l left office. The events which