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n while They leased the LuttreIl
house. at the head Of Connecticut

A BALTNOREAN.
Mrs. St Cyr was born Annie Arm
strong. daughter Of John A Arm
strong, of Baltimore. She married
Mr. Stewart, scion Of famous Scot
land family, In 1873. As Mrs Stewart
she was society leader In New
York, but she divorced her nrst hus-
band In 1906 and less than q month
later married James Henry Smith
the multi-millionaire. known to Wall
Street as silent Smith. On their
. honeymoon cruise In his yacht he
became suddenly In and died in ia
pan In his Will which disposed OF an
estate valued at more than o.on
he LEFT a largo fortune to both his
wife and stepdaughter. Combined
with her own personal wealth. this
made Anita Stewart an heiress of the
FIRST rank
Several years ago Mrs Smith star
tied the social world by marrying =
young man. Jean de St Cyr. q society
favorite OF Bar Harbpr. Ne Although
T. Princess Rraganza has Jared M as
q candidate for a throne. she Is bless
ed with three fne children They are
Princess Elizabeth, born IN 1910;
Prince lean, born In England tn 1sl2
and Prince Miguel. born In Berlin
m II5 Princess Elizabeth has been
called tho most beautiful child In
EmDpe-
Jumping from Processes and
dnrAess to everyday matters. win
you please tell me what we folks
who are not duchesses and heiresses
and have children who ought to be
raised IN the suburbs are going
tn do, with the street cars raising
their fare every little pause in the
conversatioR7 1t means that ordi-
nary folks just can't live In the
snburbs. no matter how much they
want to do So The high car fares
have already nearly ruined subur-
han property and has made it i'm
possible To keep servants Servants
cannot pay out large SUNS every
Tine they want to go to. town
Neither can ordinary folks, for that
matter
ssTREET RAILWAYS
RUIsIHG PROPERTY.
(Which is on the Rockville road, less
than i've miles from the War De-
APARTMENT, Is now Is cents a round
Strip. Three or four members OF the
Family have to go to the heart of
st up by the day. by the week, and
by the month II the W. R and E
company get their latest request.
at win cost Us 40 cents round trip
each- Think of it, One can go on
d steam railroad for cents q mile
Four in my family go to town
every day. which means S1-60 a day
Sust for car fare, which has to be
spent, not including any second
frips one might want to make for
pleasure 1 declare it Just makes
Zone feel like doing something des-
perate; adopting Bolshevik methods
even II people haven't got the
money to pay such fares what are
they going to do, pray tell me?
They can't even move to town from
Ahe suburbs as there aren't houses
10 be had in town 1t is high time
that some one in authority really
Hook the interest of the public into
Rerious consideration. There un-
doubtedly is a Niger in the wood
pile somewhere!
Several little matters which the
president attended to last week in
ecIuded the nomination of H Percival
Dodge. of Massachusetts,. as Minister
20 the Serbs. Croats and Slovenes-
John Barton Payne. of Chicago and
Washington, was nominated to be a
srnember of the Shipping Board. and
Robert P. Stewart. Deadwood. 5. D.,
was nominated to be Assistant Attor-
eney General
Charles J. vopicka was recently Min
lister to the Serbs, to Rumania and
Bulgaria, but it has been decided that
it is now necessary to have a separate
minister for each nation Mr.. Dodge
As from Massachusetts,, but I notice
the Who's Who gives his address as
SeNetropolitan Club in Washington.
That BOOK esus him a diplomat show
ing that he served as second and third
secretary Of the United States En-
bassy at Berlin over a period OF
about six years Also he was Secrc-
stary of the American Embassy al
Tokyo. Minister to Honduras and SAL
yador together. later to Salvador. also
TO Morocco. Mr.. Dodge has served
as chief of the Division of Latin
American Affairs at the State Depart
nnent. was appointed chairman of the
committee to supervise Pan American
.rSrnicipal and presidential elections
Again he was appointed secretary and
Automatic advisor to the American
spnnnntssion to the mediation confer
snce between the United States and
Mexico at Niagara Falls in 1914: was
appointed representative of the State
Department on the American COM
enission for repatriation Of Americans
h Europe. After that he was special
ngent of the State Department and
Eas assigned to the American En-
bassy at Paris and there placed by
he Ambassador in charge OF Austro-
Hungarian and German interests in
France Lately he has served as
special representative to Serbia. where
be has been in charge of the Ameri-
ian legation since June, 1911.
Mr.. Dodge was born in Boston; was
graduated from Harvard. later study
ng law there and was admitted to
he bar in 1885. He also studied in
France. Germany and italy. His
Fife was Margaret Richie Adams.
foHy BARTON PAYNE
y PROMINENT HERE
sJohn b ton Payne is also well
mown here; heris partly a Washing
pnian. also. He halls from Virginia,
fauquier County. and Il az lawyer
" profession He has lived In West
Ffrginia, where he took a prominent
art in politics; Is a Democrat He
tracticed law in West virginia and
Rter in Chicago and was Judge of
he Superior Court OF Cook County,