The Washington herald., 1919-03-02

represented in Cabinet by Secretary
Glass. Mr.. Todd and Senator James
w. Wadsworth, Jr., were both hon
ored a week ago yesterday by George
Washington University. which con-
! fered honorary degrees of Doctor OF
Laws upon them. at the midwinter
commencement exercises.
! Our diplomatic corps has another
new member since last week Nor
man Hapgood has been nominated to
succeed DIR. Maurice Egan as United
States minister to Denmark. After
long and successful career as our
envoy to Denmark, DIR. Tgan resigned
because of Ill health. Mr.. Hapgood
lis n New Yorker, though born In
Chicago. but is well known in WASH
ington. His wife was Miss Elizabeth
X Reynolds. They were married at
the end OF 1916. Since that year ne
has passed much of the time abroad.
He is one Of the best known maga-
zine men In the United States, hav-
ing been editor of Golfers Weekly
for about ten years and later edi-
tor of Harpers Weekly.
The appointment of Hugh Wallace
lconfirmed by the Senate since last
week. Though we are glad, Of
course. that such honors have come
to the Wallaces, 1t is too bad that
we have to part with them for they
are among the most desirable peo-
pie in Washington society. We can
well be proud of them. for a more
cultivated and altogether delightful
couple could not have been selected
! to represent us at Paris, the capital
of the worlds most cultivated ma
tion. Mrs. Wallace is a person Of
real intellect and Is quite a clever
musician. She has been identified
with official society in Washington
all her life as she was Miss Mildred
Fuller, daughter of the late Chief
Justice Melville w. Fuller of the
United States Supreme Court. They
lived In that charming old red brick
house on the northwest corner of F
and Eighteenth streets for years,
now owned by Mrs. Charles Mills
IN that same neighborhood where
the Burlesons lived; a neighborhood
| full of fine homes and historic
memories. II was thereabouts that
the cream of Washington society.
residential, official and diplomatic,
lived a generation or so ago.
The Wallaces have only one child.
a son. Capt. Melville w. Fuller
Wallace, of the regular army, now
| in France. But Mrs. Wallace's niece,
Miss Sallie Beecher. has lived with
them since she was a little girl, so
they feel that they have a daughter
after all. and will take her with
them to Paris. Their daughter-in-
law, who was Ruth Patterson. of
this city, and their little grand
daughter. Patricia Wallace, have
also been staying with them while
| Capt. Wallace is abroad. He does
not know when he will be able to
come home.
It was with something of a start
that some OF US realized that the
Hugh Wallaces did not entirely be-
| long to US, the city of Washington,
| but that the State of Washington
has first claim on them. Mr.. wal
lace is from Washington and claims
residence there, though they have
always had a home here too, and
/ have spent much time here. His
home town. Tacoma, is quite proud
| Of him and he is regarded there as
particularly qualified to fill his new
position with all its complications
at this time. In business and in
| politics Wallace has attained sue
] cess that places him as shrewd and
| resourceful He has suffered re-
verses but has always come back"
| He was a rich man bv-the time he
was 30. but lost it all in the panic
/ OF 1893.
In his early experiences in the
! West. particularly in New Mexico
and Utah. Mr.. Wallace had a num-
! ber of adventures of the kind that
| other pioneers and frontiersmen
! were familiar with in the early
| days. During the rush to the Klon-
! dixie in 1897, he organized a camp
which leased some coastwise steam
ships that were then lying idle
at the docks in Tacoma and Seattle
and established a line of boats be-
! tween Puget Sound and Alaska.
Except for a comparatively re-
! cent big success in Alaska mining,
| he has done nothing sensational
| in a business way since, though il
/ is generally understood his business
| Judgment has always been good.
| With his brother, T. B. Wallace, he
/ organized the Fidelity Trust Com
! pany. of Tacoma. but sold his in
terest after a few years. When he
went to Tacoma from Utah in 1887
he entered the real estate business
and acquired much property. some
/ OF which he still holds. His most
important investment now is said
| to be an Alaska gold mine that is
! paying big dividends.
Politics has been his hobby ana
! he has been a lifelong Democrat.
According to his friends, he has al
ways taken part for the pleasure
| he derived from II. He never sought
an office. but on the other hand
| has turned down offers of nominal
! tions for Governor and Unit ID
States Senator. His hobby brought
him into the inner councils of his
, party, and II has often been said
| of him that no man in the West
! was so close to the President as
| he.
Mr.. Wallace took a prominent part
/ in the Democratic campaign in 1912
and was one of the MISUNDERSTANDING
at the Democratic National Conven-
! ton that year and again in 1916. Dur
! ing the first Wilson campaign he was
chairman of the National Finance
! Committee. In the second campaign
he was chairman of the international
bureau in charge of foreign-born vot-
ers. During the Cleveland admins-
tration he served as Democratic ma
tional committeeman from Washing
ton State.
One of the characteristics OF our
Ambassador is his strong love for Ia
coma He has always been a consis-