The Washington herald., 1919-03-23

games, such as heavy. heavy hangs
over thy poor head" Surely you re-
member the game; every child has
played It Count Jean de la Greze
held the forfeits and had to decide
what the owner should do to redeem
his property. Down on his knees.
the Count, always clever. wa1ed very
much so and kept the company laugh
ing constantly. Capt. Arthur ID.
Snagge, of the British Embassy STAN.
was in the same party and as always.
was a real addition. He is very YER
satile, makes one think of John Fox;
has a charming personality and mu-
steal talents. He sang several anus
ing ditties that evening. accompany
ing himself on the piano. Lucy Page
Mercer, Violet Mercer's sister, was
| there. Both of those girls are lovely;
always make one think of q flower
a long lily. violets engagement to
DR.. William Marbury was recently
announced.
I heard an amusing story once how
those girls, when they were children.
were almost shipwrecked with Rich
artison Gibson. Tho Gibsons, Mrs.
Carroll Mercer and her daughters were
all at Belport, L l.. one summer. Mr..
Gibson is crazy about fishing. and so
were the girls. They liked to do
many things that Mrs. Gibson and
Mrs. Mercer didn't want 10 do. and
Mr.. Gibson liked to do them all. 80
they used to tag after him when he
went swimming or fishing. Finally,
they had learned all that Mr.. Gibson
knew about fishing. except catching
bluefish. They wanted to try that too.
SO they started out one day in a
cat boat about am. to catch blue
fish. The older members OF the party
got tired at about 9 an and insisted
on returning to Fire Island. after
which Mr.. Gibson. the girls and the
captain OF the boat started out to
catch bluensh. and succeeded remark
ably well.
But there were a series OF accidents:
storm broke and they had an awful
time getting back to base; reaching
there about midnight, and soaked to
the skin The children were thrilled.
of course, but not Mr.. Gibson
Mrs. Gibson, who has been in Flor
ida most Of the winter with her broth
or-in-law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. F.
]. H Won Engelken, has not yet re-
turned and hasn't fixed any data for
her arrival though she won't be away
much longer now. She is TO stop on
her way home in Kentucky to visit
some relatives and also at Staunton,
Va, to see her son. Randall Lee Glib
son. who goes to the Staunton Mill
tary Academy. The Van BngeIken's
lived here all one winter about two
years ago when he was director Of the
mint He left here to become presi-
dent OF the Farm Loan Bank in Co
lumbia, S. c. He has now given that
UP and is living on their farm In Flor
Ida Mrs. Won Engelken, who Is an
exceedingly clever woman in many
ways. ran the farm and made a real
go OF It He was mentioned as a pos
sible member Of the Farm Loan Boar
at the time It was first formed. He
had taken great interest in the FORM
ing Of the board and went to Ger
many to study their rural credits sys-
tenn over there SO as to aid in the for
nation Of our system. But he did not
get the appointment at the last min
ute. After the war broke out, being
of German origin. some people made
things very uncomfortable for him
and even went SO far as to accuse him
of being disloyal. In this connection
/ want to repeat what I read in the
'Palatka News" a little paper in the
Florida town where he lives, says
about the matter.
We have heard it said on very
good evidence that the persecu-
tion OF F. J. II. Engelken Of Pa
latka Is only one of the ways
Wilson's enemies have OF trying
TO hit at the President Mr..
Wilson has commended Eugel-