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Has Leased Another House
And Had Il Decorated,

Now they are moving out. as they
have subrented the house to Major
Ralph Cruise. legal adviser OF the
Ordnance Department. and Mrs. Cruise.
OF Chicago. Meanwhile Mrs. Williams
has leased another house. 1T61 Massa-
chusetts avenue, believe. had 1t re-
decorated. has furnished il from top
to bottom in khe most complete and
attractive fashion, and has put it up
for rent.
She does not expect to live in this
enc at all, as the Massachusetts, ave
cue house is nearing completion, and
Airs. Williams wants to spend several
weeks in New York anyway. Her
youngest daughter. Mrs. John Ballen-
tine Pitney, is there. for a while. you
know Colonel Williams will prob
ably stay with the Joseph Letters
The Williams girls are pretty we'll
scattered just now. Mrs. Pitney in
New York, Mrs. Letter in Louisiana
with Mr.. Letter at their hunting box,
and Mrs. McCombs in France
The Washington times., 1918-01-13
Enough Electricity Il Light
All London Used Up.

In New Hampshire avenue, but a
few doors from where the Secretary
OF Agriculture and Mrs. Houston live,
4 another house which remains mys-
teriously vacant; and this is the more
curious from the fact that the place
has been newly decorated, Isl plaster
ed with for rent signs and Is lit up
o. nights like a Fourth of July eele-
bration. Enough electricity to light
the city OF London in these days of
Zeppelin raids must have been used
up in an effort to get the house off
the hands of the owners. It's a com
Portable, clean, attractive looking
place. too, and there's certainly no
Joker in sight. / suppose the rea-
son for such comfortable houses lying
idle is that the people crowding into
Washington are making only temper
airy arrangements, and, therefore.
want furnished houses or apartments
The Washington times., 1918-01-13

anxious 10 visit the Carso. but they
were all so occupied with working on
the huge problem we had to solve here
in France it. seemed impossible to
spare any Officers OF the rank we
could properly send. ] said the right
thing that time At least, General
Pershing told me l did any way. He
had been wanting to go, but II
seemed a long way off-he had prom
ised Ambassador Page he'd go. but
the time had lacked-and, Of course,
there is so much diplomacy over here
one has to visit all IL one begins
everywhere
The Washington times., 1918-01-13
Another Candidate For
REST business WOmnnShIp.

I've another womAn's name to suG-
rcst for the role Of the best bust
moss man in Washington" a term fire.
oucntIy applied to Mrs. John Il. Hem
derson and equally applicable to Mr.
christian HemmiCk. My candidate Is
Mrs. John II. Williams. Hear the tale
of what shc has been doing in thcS"
d,,s when half the worlds nous"
, hunting in Washington. In the hrSt
place when she and Colonel Williams
The Washington times., 1918-01-13

have friendly little chat, something
more personal than a greeting. no
matter how cordial. with each of her
guests, and | was fortunate enough
1" have her for a moment to myself.
We talked weather, and. don't laugh
dog. Mrs. Wilson explained that iof
late the only White House dogs had
been "Helen'S"-Miss Bones':-and
that they had put in so much time
trying TO retrieve them when they
were lost that they had been forced
to the conclusion that the losing was
not accidental, but one way OF earn
ing a ljving-so that finally Helen"
had sent the last one away. He was
spending the winter in Georgia.
lucky beastie.
Even the Presidents wife had her
bit to add to the stock OF blizzard
anecdotes and confessed to feeling
exceedingly inhospitable at the time
of the Christmas house party at the
White House because, while the fam
lily living rooms were snug and COM
Portable. the wing devoted to guest
rooms were absolutely frigid and
could not be warmed. Mrs. Wilson
also spoke OF how thoroughly her
little nleces, Anne and Lucy Naury.
enjoyed their first visit at the White
House and limited that there might
be a White House debutante. not next
winter. but the year after when Anne,
the elder. who is seventeen. finishes
school. The girls are considered like
their mother and she, in turn, was
the most like Mrs. Wilson OF any OF
her sisters.
Just then my tete-a-tete was inter-
rupted and soon after I slipped away.
feeling that this had been the incest
sort OF a party And as a way of
bringing together newcomers to
Washington. wives of the big men
from everywhere or women who
shine by their own light. whom Mrs.
Wilson may wish to meet or to com
pliment. no more delightful thing
could be devised than these cosy little
at homes.
The Washington times., 1918-01-13
Daehess II Found
Perfectly DeliehtfuI.

The dukes visit only lasted ten
days, but when he departed for New
York to attend the bar associations
dinner he left his duchess behind
to be the guest OF Sir Cecil and Lady
Spring Rice for a few days longer.
The Duchess OF Devonshire would
seem to be very much the same sort
Of person as her hostess, perfectly
delightful, my dear, when you get
AT her" but not particularly ap-
proachable; q reserved, cultivated,
eminently sensible English gentle
woman, DESTROYS OF keeping as much
as possible out of the spotlight OF
official life.
You viii have noticed that ladies
played no part in such entertain
ing as took place at the embassy
during the visit of the distinguished
guests. two big dinner parties and
a luncheon: and even when the
duchess was here before for two or
three weeks she was only entertained
The Washington times., 1918-01-13
News and Gossip
OfCdpitdl Social
Doin9S and FddS

Dear Susan:
,The-visit OF the Duke and Duchess
Of Devonshire was about the most in
teresting thing which happened in
Washington last week, excepting,
possibly. Billy sundays advent and
the Presidents about face on the
Question Of the Federal amendment,
With its attendant advancement OF
the Suffrage cause-and they had no
particular social application.
Although regarded simply as per-
sonal guests OF the British ambas-
sador and not as national guests to
be officially entertained, the Devon
shires, arriving late Tuesday night.
paid their formal devoirs to the
President and Mrs. Wilson on wednes-
day morning, and were invited to
luncheon at once. No, my dear. NOT
kept to luncheon-allowed to take
their departure and then asked to re-
turn In about an hour. That's the
way things are done when II comes
to Estate" Kuests-although this was
announced as Informal entertain
aaent" OF the Duke and Duchess of
Devonshire and the British Ambas-
saior and Lady Spring Rice.
-
It was quite an epochal event, this
coming together Of the President Of
the United States and the Governor
General Of Canada, the viceroy of the
King OF England, and OF the First
Lady" OF Canada and our charming
First Lady" It appears that 1t has
long been customary for Canada's
governor general TO pay a call OF
state upon the President of the United
States as soon after his installation
a possible; and. although the Duke
Of Devonshire can no longer be called
the pew governor general" this is
the FIRST time since he succeeded the
Duke of connaught in 1916 that cir
cumstances have permitted the full
filment OF the courtesy. The Duchess
OF Devonshire has visited here before,
but heretofore the governor general
has not accompanied her.
One has q suspicion even now that
this historic meeting OF two great
men was more or less incidental, and
that 1.-THE real purpose of the Devon.
shires' visit was to catch a farewell
Elimpse OF the ambassador and Lady
Spring Rice, long their close friends,
before their departure-no, the date
thereof is not known, at least not
for publication-and to satisfy them
selves as to the well being OF their
daughter, Lady Maude Macintosh,
and her gtalwart young husband. |
Capt. Angus Mackintosh, now safely
Installed as attache Of the British |
embassy.
The Washington times., 1918-01-13
A Ha'nt the Only Way
To Explain Vacant Houses.

Now that Washington is so crowd
ed and quarters are so at premium
an empty house sticks out like a
sore finger. And there ave several
striking examples of spacious resi-
dences still unrented for no assign
able reason. unless one csn conjure
mp a hypothetical ghost. We ought
to have az least one haunted house in
Washington, don't you think?
y notable instance of a house which
seems doomed TO continuous useless
HeSs-Td love to say innrcuous des-
suetude. an expression I'vs loved since
I was at school. but I'm no. quite sure
that il means what think I; means
The Washington times., 1918-01-13
Getting by the
Gate Guards.

This was my nrst visit - the White
House in wartime. and II gave me
quite . shock to he held up at the'
gate by a policeman. VII" Inquired
our names and compared them with
list which had been furnished him.
Insld" the White House door We went
through the same performance; but
that over. there was no further cerc-
mony. not even White House aide
to make the introducti0ns. Hereto
fore there has always been one.
sometimes two. on duty In uniform.
Now suppose we have other use for
our soldiers, for Mr.. Hoover. the head
usher. simply showed NJ the war IN
~" Ees room. where Mrs. Wilson was
. al, iH=. and announced us.
Mrs. Wilson always menPges 4.
The Washington times., 1918-01-13
sIrs. Vincent Aston
o. Looking Well

Mrs. Welsh, who is in Paris work
ing in connection with the American
Girls Aid, and who is doing an in
terestIng series OF wa time letters
for Town and Country. has just re-
turned from a visit to Italy. and
writes that the first person she saw
on her arrival in Paris was Mrs. Win.
cent Aston, looking very well and
charming in a green felt hat. a rather
silky big flat one, serge SUIT, ana
some simple furs." She had been
shopping and was going into the Rltz,
where she was stopping.
And later the same day .ame Miss
Ethel Hartman, stridtng along the
Rue de Rivoli in a quiet brown Jer-
sey suit with a brown fox collar ana
a plain little hat pulled down over
her eyes"-doesn't that give you
vivid picture OF Ethel? "She was
walking with a good-looking young
soldier. and they went into the shop
of the famous English tailor who
makes the best uniforms in Paris.
The McCormicks. not the Medills, oui
the Berts, are at the Hotel de France
ct ChoiseuL
MFR. Cafery-''isn't that Jefferson
Caffery who used to be here In the state
Uepartment?''-of the embassy. has gone
out OF town for a few days for treat
rnent and rest. His throat has given
him so much trouble he Will have 10
submit TO treatment for II. diplomat
without a voice would be in SAD way
and he has lost his; 1t would appear
that his strenuous winter in PetroSrad
has been too much 70? him. Mrs. Sharpe
is receiving informally every Nedncs-
dav Afternoon ct the embassy. she
seems TO be the ideal ambassadors VIC.
cordial. simple. and punctihously careiuI
about returning calls. She is OF course,
NJ the head u endless committees anu
really deep In war work.
Miss Esther Cleveland Is WoTklnS elsht
hours a day teaching blind soldiers
she IL awfully in earnest and Is DONG her
bit with Cleveland might GouVeneur
Morris il on this side He told people
on the ship he was coming over 10 Cd
serve things here" At last accounts
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, tr. Is belns
given tins by innocent Young men at the
christian Association for their ilk She
is Whiting in Il tea room. THINK anu
lots Of the men have offered her money
in blissfuI ignorance Of her Identity.
There must get on with my wash
incton news, but I'll not apologize Tor
quoting at such length when mrs
WeIsh:s letter is filled with ud-bits
about 20 may people OF interest 10
WashingtonianS.
The Washington times., 1918-01-13
Spring Rice's Going
Tempered Wee Bit.

Regret Al losing the Spring Rices is
tempered a wee bit by the fact that
Lord and Lady Reading are to replace
them. They spent a month or two
here in the autumn, settled down and
The Washington times., 1918-01-13
She Tells PershinE
He's Getting Fat.

You have grown fat" That's n
fine way to greet a general isn't it.
and yet that was the first wsrd Mrs
T. Cary Welsh. Virginia Lee" said
ftO General PershinE when she saw
him recently in France. have her
own word for it. They knew each
other in the Philippines and. busy
man that he is, Genera. PcrshinS
managed to find few minutes 10 sec
his old friend one morning when he
was in Paris FOR few hours to get
through some necessary C'iice work.
I'm going to NJEote a wee bit Of her
letter TO Town and Country about
the interview, because | kaow you're
interested in the General and in all
that COncc ms hiIn these 7ays ''He
has grown two inches teller" she
says, six inches broader round the
chest and there the measurements
am assigning to him waIld' better
health. Being a Washir =ton-Grant
sort Of general seems to agree with
him amazingly well.
Il am not going to record the small
things l noticed though III love to.
These are big times and ore must see
only the big things in all ,hings and
people. | could speak Of tine acquired
French shrug and some at .rr matters
but John !. rcrshins is Il big man
on big job.
"l~nsked him when he was going
to the Italian front. { had been asked
that by some distinguished Italian
army officers who seemed To- feel
that the emission Of any observing
officers from our arnJy was a mis-
take. ! told him J had replied that
! was sure our men were only too
The Washington times., 1918-01-13

is the old Anthony Pollock residence
on the corner of / street md Seven
teenth, just opposite the Farragut.
It's a big, ,roomy place. which ought
to be thoroughly comforts BILE, but Il
has a distinctly desolate air. Perhaps,
too. IL boasts a ghost. for there's a
tragedy connected with SIS history,
Mr.. and Mrs Pollock having been lost
when La Bourgoyne wen; down on
the coast OF Newfoundland a good
many years ago.
Scene Of Many Parties
As Senator Kean.s Horne.
Somehow l can't seem 10 picture
that house any way hut vacant and
shattered. and yet It wasn't so long
ago that Senator John Kean OF New
Jersey lived there. II c1ust have
been some time during tie Taft ad-
ministratIon that he died. and the
house still belongs to his estate He
purchased it from the Poi,-ek estate;
and during his residence II was the
scene OF many a pleasan party, for
he was a bachelor. a club man. a bon
vivant in a mild sort OF fashion, and
cut quite a figure in Washington So
ciety.
Another house which remains bar
red, shuttereu, and desolate despite
crowded conditions. Is the residence in
avenue-or is IL Eight
zenith street?-next the fine wide
roomed residence OF Mr.. and Mrs.
George T. Marye. The Mayre house
fronts on y street. you know, and the
next door residence looks out over
where Eighteenth street and Con-
necticut avenue come together. II was
once the Swedish legation. and was
later occupied by Mrs. H. Morgan
Hill.
The Washington times., 1918-01-13

Mrs. Howard II. spaulding. jr.. who
one OF the group OF prominent you
Chicagoans who are in Washington Il
winter. has been back home lately Z
a little visit with relatives and has be-
constant in her attendance at the oper
! hear she has been wearing some OF q
pretty frocks for which she Is famol
and q few OF her lovely jewels. II
Spauldings have the residence. 55I7 Co
necticut avenue for the winter. Bo
Mr.. Spaulding and his brother. LeIeest
Spaulding. are in the service.
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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-12-12
ABRoPLANEs FOR PRIVATE USE

Riding in aeropllnes is bound to
be common in the future. The feats
performed by airmen during the war
have greatly minimized the dangers of
riding in the air, and already aero
plane concerns are planning to slim
nlate the purchase of machines by
private individuals for private use.
Mail air routes are being established
and the government has already an
nounced that any town on a direct
route can become Il permanent sta
tion by providing suitable landing
place. II will not be very long be-
fore the morning mail will arrive in
Dillon by the air route and the pass
ing Of aeroplanes overhead will be
n common sight
1t is said that prices at the start
will range from $4,000 to 10000
per machine. making it possible for
rich men to go in for this new srort
without ruffling their bank accounts
Aeroplanes will not be a novelty i'm
Dillon as Dillon was the first and per-
haps the only town in the state, that
ever owned one
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-12-12

lamities in a particular section he
is careful to avoid that section. Ex-
perience has taught him it does not
pay to visit a section where money
is not plentiful.
The corporation stock salesmau-
equally as shrewd as the circus man
also makes close study of finan-
cial conditions i'm every section of
the nation. He is selling something
a man is not compelled to buy, and
power of persuasion in order to put
the deal over. but if there is 10 mon
ey in the country how can the people
buy?
Like the candle fly which makes
it's appearance almost at the moment
the candle is lighted. so does the
stock salesman make his appearance
in a section when ii feels the first
touch of real prosperity. AS a rule
he has something that will return
big dividends, and in his pros
pectus he has a brief history of the
financial growth of many large cor
porations that had humble begin
nings. He will show you by way of
suggestion how the enterprise in
which he wants you to invest will
=, in a few years pay dividend of a
thousand or five thousand or ten
thousand per cent. He will show you
list OF purchasers and among them
are many men you have known for
years as shrewd and successful bust
ness men who knew how ard where
to invest dollar.
The stock salesman is making hi.
appearance in the south. He has COM
plimented Dillon by his appearance
here on several different occasions
and he will continue to come SO long
as he knows there is surplus of
wealth in the country. We hav"
no particular stock salesman or sales
men in mind. Some are cd some
are bad and others are indifferent.
but in justice to the good ones or the
haii Soou ONES all S!loulu hetr Wa''h-
ing.
Thousands of men who haze b .u.h.
foreign corporation stocks and mil
lions OF men who haven't have asked
themselves this question: ''If this is
such good stock why don't the men
at home take it up?''
Let us answer this quest on by
building an imaginary corporation in
Dillon, capitalizing it at "a million dol
lars and selling the stock 10 out-id-
erS
Three or four Dillon men-gnod
men who stand high in the cOmmun-
ity-men you deal with every day
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-12-12
THE CLEVER STOCK SiLE-MAN.

Before he maps out his itinerary
for the coming season the managing
head of large circus makes a care
full study of financial conditions in
every section of the nation. If there
are prospects of bountiful harvest
in particular section that section
is included in his itinerary. If on
The other hand there have been
droughts or hail storms or other ca
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-12-12

We have been protesting against
the use of "Yanks" in referring TO
our men overseas and NV comes
along a man and writes song.
The Yanks are Coming Back" We
want to ask some of our South Car
Olina contemporaries who still per-
sist in using the word "Yanks" if all
the "COnfeds." got killed over there L?