Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-12


eral months before resuming his duties
with our army in Europe.
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When Col. Theodore Roosevelt said
to the Blue Devils" of France at the
Capt. Kermit Roosevelt Club recent
Transferred. ny. , nsoud ar
Of the fact that he had four sons with
the colors than that he had been Presi-
dent of the United States he no doubt
had in mind two items of news regard
ing Capt. Kermit Roosevelt, one of the
fighting quartet.
From the Office of the British secre-
tary of war came words of high praise
for Capt. Roosevelt for his efficiency
and bravery with the British troops in
Mesopotamia, and simultaneously from
washington had come the Information
that he had been transferred to the
American evolutionary forces over
seas and had been commissioned
,ttonal Army.
Capt. Roosevelt will go from Bagdad
to Madrid to pass a few days with his
vie. daughter Of MI Joseph E.. Will
and his two babies. one of whom was
born since he entered the service Then
ne will report to Gen. Pershing in
France.
Mrs. Gordon Abbott recently chap
eroned party of twenty-five youthful
farmerettes who
Boston Debutantes entertained at an
T..1 informal tea at
the Puritan Tea
House Montserrat save the Roston
Globe. and spent the night in the cot
tase on the Gordon Abbott estate in
West Manchester. The girls wore their
Khaki garden suits, some made with
trousers and others with short skirts
Mrs. Abbott's daughters. Miss Kath-
crime and Miss Eleanor Abbott. the
former a debutante and the latter still
In school. are among this group of
farmerettes who are planning to raise
vegetables at the North Shore this sea-
son for the Beverly Hospital. They
have formed an organization with Miss
Pauline Fenno of Rowley, as president:
Miss Eleanor Abbott. vice president;
Miss Katherine Lane Of Manchester,
secretary and treasurer, and Miss Kath-
crime Crosby Of West Manchester. as
four acres on the Dudley L. Pickman
estate at Beverly Cove. and will con-
tinue work there until the first of
OCtODST. ne association mas forty
members and they will work in shifts
each day. the rules requiring that nine
hours a week shall be the minimum
amount Of labor for each farmsrette.
ing gardener and Miss Anna Thorndike
Will direct the general work.
Oklahoma has a new Significance on
the map these days. says the Phila-
delphia Rec
Philadelphia Has ord. and
Discovered Oklahoma. hoe. =, ps"
adelphia society are aware for the first
time that such a place as Fort Sill ex-
lists. But. owing to the number of
Philadelphians now taking courses at
the school of fire there. quite a colony
Of Quaker city visitors are constantly
touring back and forth.
Capt. and Mrs. Edward H. York, tr.,
have returned from Fort Sill. Okla,
where Capt. York was on duty. Mrs
York is living with her mother, Mrs.
William Morris McCawley. at Haver-
Lieut.. Joseph w Lewis. son of Mr.
and Mrs. Francis D. Lewis Of Chestnut
Hill, who was on duty at Camp Meade.
left recently for the SCHOOL Of IRE. and
Gen. and Mrs Russell Thayer, has been
transferred from Ellington Field, San
Antonio, Tex. to Fort Sill.
Capt. Russell Thayer. jr. has just
finished his course at Fort Sill, and has
been transferred back to Camp Meade
Lieut.. Emile G. Geyelin. son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Laussat Geyelin of
Hardwicke. Villanova. is another young
Philadelphia now stationed at Fort
Sill. while Lieut.. Joseph w. Bailey, U.
8. A.. son Of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W.
Bailey of Washington, whose engage
ment to Miss Ethel Kuhn. daughter of
George A. HUM. No. 1905 Locust street.
has been announced. has been trans
ferred from Petersburg. Va, to Fort
Sill, Okla.
A London letter to the San Francisco
Chronicle tells US that Lady Markham,
wife Of the
Wedding Ring Made famous
From Golden Sovereign. a,o 49,
miral Sir Albert Markham, who, as a girl,
was renowned for her beauty. and il still
one Of the handsomest women in England,