The Washington herald., 1920-04-04


iSS Brooke Russell.
point. There is a large library on
the second floor, containing a
unique collection of travel books
gathered by Crane on his many trips
around the world.
There is a large greenhouse and
rose garden, well known.
On the Crane tract is a house for
several summers occupied by Sec
retary of the Treasury Houston and
his family, with whom Mr.. Crane
stayed during his recent flying visits
from New York. He leaves New
York on the fourteenth to visit his
Chicago home and then on to San
Francisco, where he will sail for
China on the twenty-ninth.
Spring-Rice, when British Ambas-
sador. summered at Woods Hole. In
the nearest town Is the summer
home of the late Richard Olney, Sec
retary of State in Cleveland's Cab
met, while within easy motoring dis
tance is Grey Gables, Cleveland's
summer abode. Just across from
Juniper Point is Naushon Island,
owned by the Forbes family of Bos-
ton.
WOODS HOLE HAS
C0LLEG COLONY.
Woods Hole has a very small
swimmer colony. being really a col
lege community. The marine bio
logical survey there located is the
biological research center of the
United States. In the '70's, Agassiz,
the naturalist, then a Harvard pro-
fessor, conceived the idea of estab-
lishing a summer colony Of men do
ing research work in the biological
sciences where they might spend
their vacations together to their
mutual advantage. Out of this idea
grew the present laboratory, to
which repair each summer men
from the principal universities in
America.
About Woods Hole is the finest
kind of yachting. fishing and swim
ming. 1t has a good harbor, but the
entrance from the Buzzard's Bay
side is treacherous and requires the
most careful navigating. The United
States coast guard boat Acushnet
Is stationed there and the Bureau of
Fisheries. as we'll as the Lighthouse
Service. maintain large stations.
The town itself consists of one
main street, with not more than
eight or nine stores. the business
of the neighborhood being transact
ed at Falmouth, five miles distant.
There is ample anchorage for a
boat of the Mayfower's size, and
she doubtless would be sailed there,
ready for weekend trips should the
President so desire.
President Wilson spent three
weeks at Pass Christian, Miss, in
1913-14. Cornish, N H., was the
summer capital in 1914 and 1915.
when Wilson occupied the home of
Winston Churchill. the writer. In
1916 the beautiful estate Shadow
Lawn. near Asbury Park, N. j., was
the Presidents vacation place. He
made only the briefest trips from
the White House during the next
two summers. In 1919 he went on
his Western speech making trip
soon after coming home from Paris.
The Woods Hole project Is under
stood to have the full approval OF
DIR. Cary T. Grayson, though not
many weeks ago he expressed the
well in Washington as anywhere
else.
Margaret Wilson, who has been
up in New York, returned yesterday
just in time to spend Easter with
her father. The new Secretary Of
State and his wife are to dine at
the White House tomorrow.
To REMAIN
IN WASHINGTON.
The Secretary went up to New
York for the weekend again and
Mrs Colby will come back with him
tomorrow morning. She was here
a few days last week to look at
some houses that had been suggest
ed to her. They are at the Shore
ham until they can find permanent
quarters. The former Secretary of
State Robert Lansing and Lester II.
Woolsey, who resigned a day or two
ago as solicitor of the State Depart
ment, announced last week that they
have formed a partnership for the
practice Of international law in this
city. They have been long associat-
ed together; in fact, since Mr.. Lans-
ing became counselor of the State
Department under Secretary Bryan.
II was welcomed news for that
makes 1t pretty certain that the
Lansings will stay here with us
now; that Washington will be their
future home. Mr.. Woolsey, like Mr..
Larsing. halls from New York Sta.e.
I've heard some interesting news
from California about the Raymond
Bakers. He, by the way. will return
mere tomorrow after long visit out |
there with Mrs. Baker. But the
Interesting news is that Mrs. Baker
Is expecting a visit from the stork
before many mocns-early In June,
believe!
An interesting visitor of last week
was Baron Roman Romanvitchi
Rosen, formerly Imperial Russian |
TO the United states
Who was a guest OF Col. and Mrs.