The Washington herald., 1920-06-27
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| viii pass the summer at South amp.
ton. where they have leased a wills,
and next winter will divide their
time between Washington and santa
Barbara, Cal. 80 sf1k
| Mrs. 7Chafield- Taylor has taken an
important part in the social actiyi-
ties of the younger married sets
and for several years past shc-mads
her home at No. 80 West Fifty,first
street: She is a daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. George H. Barbour. Of
Crosse Point. Mich.
If l. recall correctly Mrs. Chat
! field -Taylors first husband, who
died in 1907, was a son of Joseph
Yale the late Mr.. Stiilman was .
Some years ago the ,bridesroom
married Rose Farwell. daughter of
the late Senator Farwell. and a sis. {.
ter of Mrs. Reginald de Koven.-, She
died several years ago.
IZET'TA JEWELL BROWNS
ENTRY IN POLITICS.
Washington, which has never lost
its affection for Izetta Jewell, win
be interested, know. to read two
paragraphs from the Kingwood. W.
Va, paper which / ran across the
other day. kingwood, as you know.
is quite a busy little town., and was
very prominent in West Virginia
politics In the late Stephen B. Ell
kins' time, especially. Bliss Mo-
Crum used to live in Kingwood, too.
He lived here at one time, you win
| remember, and runs up here often
now. though he is living in Charles
] ton. w. Va, Just now. But here are
the paragraphs:
AN unusual distinction has been
conferred upon q citizen of King
wood in the person Of Mrs. Izetts
Jewell Brown who has received for
NAL notification that she has been
! selected to second the nomtna tion of
Ambassador John w. Davis when hs
is placed in nomination for the
Presidency at the Democratic ma
tional convention in San Francisco
by Gov. John ]. Cornwell. The hon.
or was a complete surprise to Mrs
Brown, who had no intimation that
the women of the country were I'd
be shown such consideration andV
more especially that she was being
considered by the powers that be.
She was finally prevailed upon to
accept the invitation and will leave
the latter part Of the week for
Wheeling. where she will connect
with a special Davis train and con-
tinue on to the coast. Mrs. Brown
had already planned a trip abroad
and had booked passage for next
month but Of course was compelled
to postpone the trip.
The other paragraph along an en-
! tirely different line. SAYS.
| "One of the best bust ness E-aaosi-
tions in this section chaIge5 hands
today when Mrs Izetta Brown sold
the KiUgwood alill to the FaiFncHt
Grain and Milling Company ans
the new owners take immediate pos
session. The deal has been pending
some time but was not closes uatn
| today and a representative is here
from FsirInont making an Inventors
of the stock
]. Ross Msnowr. who has hao
charge OF the business for Mrs
Brown, will continue with the new
I concern for the present"
Izetta Jewell Brown is, you know.
the widow Of Representative win.
lam B. Brown. Of West Virginia, SC
it was quito fitting that she should
| be connected with the convention n
! this manner. But here / am back
J 20 the canvention again, but really
| Washington in itself is SO quiet ex-
cept for the pitter patter of the fire.
/ quent in fact daily, rains that IL i,s
| hard not to look Westward
Churches in which there was stand.
ing room only about a month ago,
appear almost barren on Sunday
| mornings and we just seem to be
sitting around waiting for some
thing to happen. Even st. Marks
smut Its doors upon US and refused
! to be lat home" for an occasional
tea or supper dance. To be sure
| the Garrick Players are giving US
some delightful little plays this sea-
! son. some of them not SO little
either, and the artists down there
| seem to act even better for the list
less spell that has settled over all
| else. In fact one of Washington's
! own debutantes of the past season
is working right along with the
rest; Miss Margaret Blaine Crosson,
who made her debut last winter at
Rauscher's and who has always
1 taken a prominent part in the So
ciety plays and benefits.
MILD FOURTH OF JULY
THIS YEAR IN WASHINGTON,
With all eyes turned to the West
! and all ears listening for election
gossip. interest couldn't even be
aroused in the Fourth OF July and
! there will be no gorgeous sky
rockets, nor flaming Roman candles
nor even a glowing red or green
fire to light up the Mall this year.
They say there isn't any money for
such another celebration as was
held last year.
While District oficials regret that
IL will not be possible to give Capt.
tai kiddies real, sure-enough
Fourth OF July with the fireworks
that go with it, they explain that
the lack of funds simply ties their
hands.
| To make amends for the lack of