Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-07

Miss Miriam Loughran, Mrs. Tenley
Bradford, Mrs. Lawrence V. Grogan.
and Mrs. Hamilton Wilson will act as
patronesses.
Stories of Well Known Folk.
The coming of the Governor of
Massachusetts in the role of Vice
tremendous social obligations devolv-
ing on the heir apparent of the Presi-
dent. and how inadequately his coun-
try prepares him for the task in the
matter of remuneration. For Gov
Coolidge. like Gov. Marshall of In
diana; the present incumbent of the
high Office. possesses but. modest
fortune. To obtain a house suffi-
cinetly roomy for the great recep
tions-he must give will. make such
Vice President that the wonder is
how he can manage at all. With
the nation assuming position of SO
much dignity in international ways
1t would not seem unreasonable for
Congress to purchase a worthy home
for the second official of the govern
ment and to provide for living. as it
does in the case of the President
All those who have known the posi-.
tive privations which the Marshalls
order to fill all their traditional
duties will heartily approve any such
action. And, before the Marshails, the
James Schoolcraft Shermans carried
heavy burden Of much the same
character. The illness of Mrs. Taft
compelled Mrs. Sherman to assume
obligations not customary. just as the
Marshalls. without any extra ccmpen-
sation whatever, were compelled to
be more energetic because Of the
long illness and social retirement of
President Wilson.
And this renews attention to the
fact that within the memory of the
present generation only two Vice
enough private fortune to fill the po-
sition without mortgaging their finan-
cial future-Levi P. Morton and
Charles Warren Fairbanks. Adlai
Stevenson ,ana+ was far from rich and
hotel on 18th street. Theodore Roose-
Welt was 80 poorly prepared for the
outlay required when he was elected
Vice President with Maj. Mckinley
sion in Rhode Island avenue at his
disposal rent free, and a group of
friends collected a sum Of money
which they were ready to hand over
to their favorite. when the tragedy at
Buffalo changed the situation Gov.
Coolidge brings young and Interest,"
ing family to Washington, and each
member means an additional outlay.
for, as Washington society is estab-
lished at present, schoolboys have
their elders and they must entertain
at times, since they are always being
entertained.
If. that persistent .rumor. that for
mer Senator John Wingate Weeks of
Massachusetts, viii be the next Sec
rotary Of the Navy proevs true, Wash
ington' will welcome discriminating
and gracious hostess back to a large
circle OF friends Mr.. Weeks was
long service in. the House and his
term in the Senate, where he was
the successor Of the late Murray
Crane. he was always a conspicuous
member OF the committee on naval
affairs. Mrs. Weeks was before mar
i'riage Miss Martha A. Sinclair. and
the romance began. as so many do,
at ball at the Naval Academy, when
her husband was a midshipman. Both
| she and her husband have. always
taken such cordial interest in the
sea branch Of the national defense
preme arbiters Of it's political and
social destinies. Mr.. Weeks was for
| ten years division commander of the
Massachusetts, naval brigade, will:
| the rank Of captain, and many were
the splendid entertainments which he
home in Newton, just outside Of Bos-
ton. He served in the Spanish
American war, and after being elect
ed to Congress ne was made men,
Der Of the advisory board of the Naval
Academy and still retains that posi-
and occupied the residence at U and
18th streets, and were among the
frequent entertainers. not only in the
legislative set but also Of general
! society. They have come to Wash
| ington for part Of every winter since
upper house and taken a generous
part in the amenities
The defeat of Senator Phe1an of
California will be deeply regretted
by the visitors from the Pacific coast
who sojourn even briefly at the CAPT.
ital. He was especially kind to the
buds. and his dinner dances and balls
in their honor make a long chapter.
Possessing social accomplis hme nts of
an exalted order, Senator Phelan as
is familiar in every well organized
capital. Boston has several such
kindly disposed millionaires. and
Baltimore has always re5oiced in
bachelor or two who would shoulder
the burden of big dances and elabo-
rate fetes at least once season. But
Washington ponders just who will
step into the waiting niche after SEN
ator Phelan returns to San Francisco.
There are bachelors to spare in Con-
gress, and rich ones at that, but, with
the exception Of Senator-elect William
Mckinley, they have not reached the
mellow years in which such father
|ly pose as the Californian assumed
would be palatable. Then two sem
ators, Frederick Hale and Davis FL
kins, are not socially inclined at all
and rarely attend the functions given
in their own homes by their mothers.
still less to plan any Of their own.
Now that the grave official question
has been solved. the mind naturally
turns to the lighter charms of life
which relate to the amenities in the
White House. For without doubt the
nation will dance at an inaugural
ball, and the old regime of hospital
ity will come back. The wife of a
President must fill role requiring
strength of soul and body. Mrs.
Roosevelt, who was one of the most
gracious and capable mistresses the
White House has known in recent
years, often said that to be the wife
Of tho chief magistrate Of the Ameri-
can nation was consuming task and
that no woman could perform it's du-
ties successfully unless she gave her
entire life up to It. Mira Roosevelt
practiced what she preaehed>-And
planned her day 20 that shs could al
wayO be ready for IN extra test Of
endurance. Queen Mary is one who