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Al least. II was said. to be for pur-
poses Of retrenchment that the duke
sold the famous Devonshire library.
one of the greatest private collections
m the world. to Henry E. Hunting
ton. the California millionaire for
1.70o oo0 The library Is now installed
In Mr.. Huntington's New York home.
The Duke Of Devonshire also sold a
famous herd of thoroughbred South
down sheep bred by his uncle. the
previous duke, retired the Devonshirs
colors from the turf and sold the rae
ing stable maintained by his uncle.
which was one of the most famous in
England
The Duke Of Devonshire was ap-
pointed governor general Of Canada
on June q. 1916. and was installed in
once on November IL, 1916.
I understand that all of the en-
bassies and legations in town are to
take an active part in the peace
: pageant scheduled for July 4. OF
course IL goes without saying that
Capt r. r Glenn, Of the British EN-
bassy staff. is to be in II. for he Is so
clever at organizing and directing
such things. 1 wonder IL he will take
q house In the suburbs again this
summer as he did last year: he-and
his japanese valet-rented the home
~ Judge and Mrs Wilmer Latimer. In
Chevy Chase, last summer. and enter
tanned there quite lavishly. K Di-
bushi, of the japanese Embassy, Is in
terested in the pageant, also Jonas
zllius. Of the Lithuanian Legation. the
secretary OF the Cuban Legation and
Sargis Baaba, of the Persian Lega-
ton Other prominent folks involved
are Secretary Lane, Louis Brownlow,
Commissioner Of the District. John
Barrett and a bunch CT others Mrs
Marie Moore Forrest is to direct the
pageant; Is also director Of the
pageant to be given in connection
with the salvation Army drive.
-EAe big military ball. to be given
on May 1s. to help raise Washing
-toHs quota of 800, 900 for the Saliva
ton Army. promises to be perhaps
the most brilliant affair of the season.
II is to be held at the wardman Park
Inn. A huge bazaar will be given
during both the afternoon and the
evening in conjunction with the ball
when there will be booths where ev-
erything imaginable. from building
lots to books and flowers. will be sold
Miss Newlin will be in charge of the
flower booth. and will have assisting
her ten of society's prettiest girls, all
dressed as flowers. Mrs. Effingham
Townsend is chairman of the booths
committee. Mrs. Lawrence Townsend
will preside at the millinery booth,
where she will sell hundreds of hats.
most of which she has trimmed her
self. She is particularly clever at
more and Mrs George Ehle will as
sist her. Mrs. T. Dewitt Talmage and
her chum. Mrs. Stephen b. Elkins.
will be at the novelty booth. while
some of those at the other booths will
. be Mrs. Ffoulke. Mrs. Samuel Wins
low, Mrs Victor Kaufman, Mrs.
Fred Britten and Mrs. Louis Titus
Mai William Eric Fowler is chair
= man of the mems committee. Mai.
= Gen. George Barnett is chairman of
the marine Corps committee. and Pay
master Cen Samuel MCGOWAN, L. S.
N. Is chairman of the naval commit
tee Charles Bell Is treasurer, Mrs.
Thomas F. Walsh is chairman OF the
box committee, and Mrs. John Allan
: Dougherty is chairman of the ball
committee. and a more competent one
Just couldn't be found
WhAn 1 saw Mrs. Riley Decide about
a weak ago and asked her about her
= daughters. Elizabeth and Dorothy.
who are both working with the Red
Cross in France. she told me that they
were both quite well and wrote that
they were going to remain over there
until the last horn blew; were going
b to stay there just as long as there was
thing to be done in their line OF
work. Bless your heart, that very
evening she had a cable from Eliza
beth saying that She was starting for
: Brest to sail for home. She has not
yet arrived but is expected daily now
The cable was followed by a letter
from Dorothy saying that Elizabeth's s
work was completed and that she was
very tired and needed a rest badly
! so they had all persuaded her to come
home. Elizabeth has been over there
much longer than Dorothy; she went
over in November. or the first part
of December. 1911. with the Misses
McCammon as an expert in surgical
dressings.
She worked in the hospital at Neu-
lily until the armistice was signed and
the hospital closed and has been doing
some other work of the same sort
since but I don't know just where;
= can't recall She and Dorothy had an
;. apartment together in Paris for a
while. but think Dorothy is in Tours
Just now. / heard the other day that
Sue Courts-you remember her surely
!. Is in Paris and Is having a beautiful
: time. Her work has lightened I'D so
= that she has time for some frivolities
= now and goes to some sort of a party
= almost every night. Eudora Clover.
= another Washington girl doing relief
: work abroad. Is expected back also be-
fore very long. She is now at the
Paris headquarters of the American
4. Red Cross engaged in gathering in
y formation about men of the A. E. F.,
who are dead or missing. She recent
sly spent three weeks in Italy with the
= Princess Andrea Boncompagni, form
erIy Miss Margaret Draper of this
city. Like the A E. F. our army
!. of brave women workers over there Is
!. slowly but surely coming back to the
sgood old U. s. A.
hear that Catherine Brittcn, wife
!. Of Prince Alfred zu Hohenlohe-Schil-
:. .fingfurst Of Austria is coming to visit
her father. Alexander Britton, just as
ssoon as peace is signed and she can
ret the necessary permission to come
IF that permission is too long DELAYED
because of international complications.
Mr.. Britton and his daughter, Mar
.yaret, Mrs II. Wells Rusk, will go to
Switzerland to join her there in Au-
gust She is still at Berne. where her
husband is secretary of the Austro-
Hungarian Legation in Switzerland.
The Hohenlohes are terribly happy
except of course. for the war condi-
lions. They have one child, a son,
born February Is. 1918. at Berne. Mr..
Britton hears from them often