The Washington herald., 1919-05-25


uiar horse show boxhoIders were
there and entertained guests a.
they do year after year; such peo-
pie a. Col and Mrs.. Robert N.
Thompson, Mr.. and Mrs. L T. Mann.
DR.. and Mrs. Francis 8. Nasn, Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Addison, Gen. J. A.
Buchanan. william Phelps Emo and
his sister. Mrs. Charles Boughton
wood; Mrs. Aksel Wichfsid and the
Ord Prestons. With the Prestons
every day were Mrs. Preston's
mother and sister, Mrs. Arthur Muir
ray and Mrs. Conger Pratt Mrs.
Pratt. who II her mothers name
sake, is also the exact image Of
Mrs. Murray. Though never consid-
cred as pretty a. Mrs. Preston. who
was Carrie Murray. to many she il
much morn attractive. Sine has SO
tion and such charming pleasant
manner towards everyone.
Mrs. Preston was the only one
of all the girls in that family of Q
large group of cousins who did not
marry q man in the service. Her
mother. Mrs. Murray. was the
daughter of an army ofiicer. Gen.
Rene Derussy and. Of course, her
husband was in the service: Ii Gen.
Arthur Murray. at one time chief
of artillery and now with the mill
ltary Affairs Committee of the House
| OF Gen. Derussy's four daughters.
three married army officers. or all
the daughters. they all married
army ofiicers except Mrs. Preston.
And all of the girls of three OF
the four daughters of Gen. Derussy.
were in Washington all last win
ter. the first time they have all got
ten together like that.
Mrs. Preston and Mrs. Pratt are
1.-THE daughters Of Gen. and Mrs Muir
ray. Then Mrs. Murray's brother-in-
law and sister. Gen. and Mrs. Eli
Hoyle. took . house here last fall
and had with them all Of their
daughters. Mrs. John X. Herr, Mrs.
Ephriam Graham. Mrs. Harvey Hig-
ley and Mrs. James A. Shannon.
wife Of Col. Shannon. who lost his
life at the front Mrs. Murray's
sister. Mrs. Clark. has long been
dead, but her two daughters. Mrs.
Cheney and Mrs. Albert B. Sloan.
have been here for about q year.
The fourth daughter of Gen. De-
russy is Mrs. Laura Berry. OF Nor
folk. She has two daughters. Ma
talie and Leonie. and the latter.
with her husband. was stationed at
Fort Hunt just down the river
, all winter. There are only two
| boys in this group of grandchildren
of old Gen. Derussy, Col. Maxwell
Murray and Col Derussy Hoyle.
I saw Margaret Noes at the horse
show almost every day. She rides
a great deal you know; is very
athletic. She is quite q golf player
/ and took part in most of the tourna-
ments. She is a Russian girl. but
looks like an American though
she speaks with a decided accent.
Speaking OF golf she reminds me
that the annual woman's golf
championship of the Chevy Chase
Club will be held this week. Play
will be for a cup presented by
John H. Clapp. Sixteen of the best
woman players of the club will
qualify in one fight tomorrow. play
starting promptly at 10 a m. Match
play rounds will be held the four
succeeding days, one round of
match play to be contested each
day.
Play in the competition for the
cup presented to the woman golf
ers of the club by the French High
Commission will start with the
Qualifying .round ct 10 a. m, June
2. Match play rounds will be held
one each day for the four following
days.
OF course you know that there
| wasn't any box reserved at the
show for the President and Mrs.
| Wilson this year as there wasn't
| even any of his family in town. II
is the first year that there hasn't
been a box set aside for the use of
the occupants of the White House
but President Wilson seldom used
! it. anyway. I think he went once
last year. and not that often the
year before. Mr.. Taft used to &c
practically every day when he was
President and his box was always
filled with friends of Mrs. Taft and
Helen Taft.
i There were not many diplomatics
at the show. either. for. like tn,
President, most of them are out OF
the country. ! didn't see the Rianos
there at all. The Japanese Anbas.
. sador and Viscountess Ishii and
the Netherlands Minister and Nine
Cremer held up the honors for the
whole corps. Both diplomatics
were entertained by some OF the
boxholders practically every day
Last year the special interest oi
the horse show crowd were LORD
and Lady Reading. who were new
comers then, and the various wal
missions in town. Mime. Grouitch
wife of the Serbian minister, didn'
have much time for the show. a,
she left town in the midst Of it tc
go to Bryn Mawr to make an ad,
dress before the <Women's Garder
! (1uh Association Nine GrOuitcl r