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The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
MRS. PATTERSON GAINING
I FAME AS a POET.

Another Washington woman who
is taking a greet interest in The
Penwoman is Mrs. Patterson, wife
of Col. Charles H. Patterson. She
| is becoming known as one OF the
leading young poets and essayists
of the country under the name OF
Jean Rushmore Patterson. Mrs.
Patterson. who was more given in
Washington to being the leader OF
the gay young married set OF the
city has turned her attention to
the advertising end of the maga-
zine, which seems incongruous to
those who have come in contact
with her sparkling and vivid per-
sonality, but even advertising
couldn't remain dull under her
clever manipulations. Mrs. Patter-
son is also a contributor to the
magazine, and chairman of the pro-
gram committee of the organiza-
tion. Following the reception to
w. L. George, noted British novel
list, given last week, many celeorl-
ties are already listed for the
leagues program this winter. The
Penwomen are making their FRI
day afternoon teas an occasion for
giving to their members and the
talk by some prominent leader on
all the new topics of national and
international interests II those
speakers following W. L. George,
who has since taken New York by
storm, whose six months speaking
tour through the United States is
heralded throughout the press. the
clubrooms of the league national
headquarters. at 1922 H street north
west, will be filled to oVerfiowing
at each tea. The first regular tea
of the season will be held on FRI
day afternoon, October Is, follow
ing the first business. meeting, on
Monday night, October II.
ALL ABOUT THE BANQUET
OF THE NEW YORK AUXILIARY.
But let me go back to the banquet
given by the New York Auxiliary
at the McAlpin Hotel, New York. Ny
original plan was to tell of that, but
it is so easy to follow the interesting
activities Of such women as Mrs.
Anderson and Mrs. Keyes and Mrs.
Patterson, especially when they have
been away all summer, and only
through their pen work have we had
news of them. Mrs. william Ather-
ton Du Puy, national president of
the league, is to be the guest of
honor at the banquet, which is being
arranged by Mrs. Ruth Mason Rice,
president of the New York Auxiliary
on Friday, October s. Mrs. Rice is
the wife of Willis B. Rice. who was
one of the interesting young cap
tains detailed to Washington dur
ing the war; and both Capt. and
Mrs. Rice were very popular in the
social life of wartime Washington.
Mrs. Du Puy has been asked to
speak upon the policy of the present
administration, meaning the policy
of the present administration of the |
League of American Penwomen,
not of the United States, though she |
would speak equally as enthusias-
tically on one as the other, as she |
is coming to the front as a very
ardent Democrat and supporter of |
the League of Nations. But this, of |
course, has nothing to do with her
work as president of the League of /
American Penwomen, as it is a nom
partisan, nonpolitical organization.
1t is interesting to note, though, in
an organization of SO many promi- |
nent women, the positions they are
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
SEVERAL NEW MINISTER'S
EXPECTED HERE SHORTLY,

\ minister of Szecho-S -SIovakia.
Frederick Stephanek, is coming over
scon and Bolivia will probably have
a new minister here before long.
There is also a report that Costa
RtCa is going to send a minister
here and it is said that the Domini-
can republic is about to appoint
Senior Amelio Joubert, minister of
foreign affairs of the Dominican
republic, and twice minister from
that country to the United States,
and announcement of his arrival in
this country may be expected soon.
Which reminds me that Nine. Luis
Galvan, widow of the former Minis
ter of the Dominican Republic. who
gave up her apartment at the Cham
plain after her husbands death, has
moved back there and will be there
all winter. Mr.. JoUbert, who has
wide acquaintance in this coun-
try, will fill the post left vacant
by the recent death Of DR. Gal
van. No official announcement Of
Mr.. Joubert's appointment has been
received in Washington, but dis
patches have arrived here from the
republic telling OF the selection
which is soon to be made
NEWS or APPOINTMENT
EXPECTED TO BE SURPRISE.
News OF Mr.. Joubert's appoint
Tasnt viii probably be received in
" Washtagton with surprise, as rum
ora recently have given the post to
Gen A1ruel de ]. Camacho, consul
general OF the republic in New York.
who at present is acting as Min
lister and handling the affairs OF
his country in Washington. Gen.
Camacho, who also was delegate to
the fifteenth International Congress
Against Alcoholism, it is said, re-
Gently authorized a statement to the
effect that II he were selected he
should serve his country to the best
of his ability. The wording Of the
statement, however. showed that the
general han received no Official IN
dication that he would be selected
to I'LL the post OF Minister here.
and it is not believed he thought
IL probable.
It seemed for a while there would
be q Canadian Minister appointed
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE TWO.


Minister isn't here nor is that OF
Montenegro. Paraguay hasn't a
Minister at Washington. nor has the
Netherlands government, as I have
stated.
The Minister of the Serbs, Croats
and Slovenes and Nine. Grouitch
have been here, but slipped out OF
town again TO visit Mrs. Stephen
B. Elkins at her West Virginia
home for the weekend. They had
such a good time they stayed over
a week, out are due back tomor-
row. The legations of Haiti, Sal
vador and Finland are all without
ministers. The Finnish Minister
and Nine Aramas Herman Saasta-
moinen went home in the spring,
and a little bird told me just the
other day he wasn't at all sure OF
returning. The Persian Minister is
here; just left the city for a few
weeks, which he spent at Atlantic
City. Uruguay's minister, DR. ia
cobo Varela, and Nine. Varela are
in town, as is also the Polish Min
lister and Princess Lubomirska.
Someone tried to tell me the other
day that the princess was still in
Newport, but having happened TO
see both Of them about a week ago
at dinner, I happen to know they
are back here.
SWISS MINISTER AND WIFE
RETURNED HERE YESTERDAY.
The Swiss Minister and Nine.
Marc Peter, who spent the summer
IN Switzerland, returned just yes
terday. Rumania's legation is
who was recently assigned to that
ONCE, will be here November l,
bringing with him his charming
young wife, formerly Miss Asquith.
l am told they are both enthusias-
tic aviators, and recently took a
long flight on the continent. A
very interesting Rumanian, and
an old friend of ours here, was in
town most of last week-that de-
lghtful young patriot, Capt. Stoica.
He was here during the war, a
very picturesque figure in his blue
gray uniform, with his dreamy. sad
countenance, his heart bleeding for
MS wounded country. but full of
nope and ambitions for her
There was price on his head, I
remember, and wonderful war rec
ord behind him. He carries a piece
Of a shell today, I'm told, close to
his heart. He is now consul of Ru-
mania in New York where he makes
his headquarters but plans to visit
his beloved Rumania about Christ
mas time, returning here again
late in January. He is accompanied
by his sister, a very pretty young
girl who greatly resembles her
handsome brother She has bright
eyes and much charm and speaks
speaks it perfectly. He has dis
carded his becoming uniform and
though he looks less picturesque in
multi, he appears younger and hap
pier. I told him he seemed to have
so much more pep" (yes, he fully
comprehends such American sIang)
than he did when I saw him last,
which was before the armistice,
whereupOn he reminded me he had
much less to worry him now than
he had in those days for then his
heart was not only heavy with
worry about his beloved Rumanla,
but for his family whose where
abouts he knew nothing Of for ages.
Then he told me how this pretty lit
tie sister, a girl OF the debutante
age, was a prisoner in Hungary
his father was also-for three years
on cold stone floor. Think of it,!
He didn't dance in those days-few
of the foreign officers here did then,
you will recall-but he does now
and he does it well, too. can tell
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
COBLENZ EQUIPPED
FOR HAPPY TIMES,

She must have had a wonderful
time in that quaint little German
city. She wrote that there were
heaps of parties during her stay
and that she had attended opera
Tour times. In fact, l imagine the
American officers and their wives
stationed there have a lovely time.
They have an excellent golf course
laid out, Mrs. Donaldson wrote, and
with tennis and horses they can i'm
agine themselves home again.
From Coblenz Mrs. Donaldson
made a number of little trips To
places of interest nearby. including
visits to Bonn, Weisbaden and Co
logne. After Coblenz she went to
Antwerp to attend the Olympic
games and, of course, met heaps of
Americans there. l believe she went
TO Antwerp upon her arrival in Bel
sium for she spoke of meeting Mai.
and Mrs. Ralph Drury there and
going with them to visit the battle
held of scissors. Mrs. Donaldson
found time during her trip to take
IN practically all of the larger bat
tleheldss She wrote that the Yer
dun held impressed her more than
any of the others.
Before returning home Mrs. Dom
aldson will visit Paris and Tours,
spending the last days of her vaca-
tion in Paris.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03

Thompson Seton. Miss Angela Nor
gan Ars Cynthia westover Alden.
Miss Agnes Rsppiier, Mrs. Martha
Foote Grow. Baroness LeJs de To-
rtnon, and many others from all
parts of the country.
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WILL NO DOUBT FOLLOW
IN FATHERS FOOTSTEPS,

Maj. Lee, though quite a yOurg
chap. has been taking an active in :
| terest in Maryland affairs since his
return from overseas, and will quite
| probably follow in his distinguish ed
fathers political footsteps. kvi-
IDENTIFY he is training his attractive
little wife in the political game,
also. She was handling her Lards,
as far as could see, with .he skill
| of born politician. As Il registra-
tion costume, Mrs. Lee was wearing
a smart pleated skirt in plaid, with
a plain white blouse and an attrac-
tive little blue hat, turned away
from her face She was looking as
pretty and sweet as could be-one
can hardly believe she is the mother
| Of those two sturdy youngsters one
sees playing around the grounds of
the Lee place at Silver Spring.
1t was rather amusing to note the
way the former "antis" ffocked to
the registration booths at Silver
Spring to insCribe themselves as
voters. They apparently think that
the stigma attached to a woman
voting has been removed and were
among the first to show I'D at the
booths on Tuesday morning. u saw
heaps of good ladies who had vowed
that they would rather cut off their
right hand than drop a ballot into a
ballot box.
The majority OF them, it seemed,
were enjoying the sensation Of re-
ceiving the alcolade of citizenship,
but one, middle-aged woman, from
up in the country" apparently did
not.
"Aint this awful" she breathed
into my ear as she bent to pick up
the pen TO sign the registration
book. Why she was registering
when it caused her such anguish
she neglected to state, apparently
she believed it was something that
had to be gone through with whetn-
er or no and was doing her duty
manfIII1y
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The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
SOCIETY

accepted the. prerniership under
President Millerand. has an Ameri-
can son.in-law. Paul Rockwell, an
Atlanta newspaper man. who served
with the French foreign legion dur
ing the war and in 1916 married
Jeanne Leygues. the new premier's
daughter, in Paris.
The League of American PEN
women, which has always been re-
garded more or less as a local or
ganization. as the oficers have al
ways been chosen from the resident
members Of the District of Column
bia, has almost over night, before
the Washingtonians could realize
II, grown to be a national organi-
zation of such a membership 1t is
ranked now as the largest organi-
cation in the United States of paid
professional workers of the pen.
The new year book just issued by
the league shows a doubled mem
bership in the last three years,
under the splendid administration Of
Mrs. Isaac Pearson, who threw the
entire personnel of the organization
into not only national war work
but international work. and many
testimonials came from our allies in
the great war as to the dement's de-
rived from this work.
The prospectus of the league says
! that it is an organization for women
| authors, journalists. editors, publish
ers, genealogists, dramatic writers.
scenario writers, publicity profess
sionals, advertising experts, paint
ers. sculptors, illustrators, illumina-
tors. designers, cartoonists, musical
| composers, song and lyric writer's,
lecturers of professional rank, which
one would feel would cover the en-
tire field of literary, art and musical
fields of endeavor. but Mrs Martha
Foote Crow, of New York City. who
heads the Poetry Society of Amer
lea, and is also a member of the
Ipenwomen, takes exception to this
/ book because 1t does not contain
poet. The organization registers an
humble apology and will include
| poet in its new listing. for many
poets are enrolled as members.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03

I'm under the impression that one
can refuse to state.
l Joined a party of ladies for a
while who went around the Bethes-
da neighborhood rounding up some
of the women whom we suspected
wouldn't be interested enough to go
t. the trouble of registering unless
urged. We ran across one anti
who threw up her hands in horror
at the mere idea of voting. What.
do you think l would go up there
and stand in line. side by side with
negro women? never" asked her
if she objected to riding side by side
into the city on the trolley cars
with the negro women? Yes, she
objected te that, but she couldn' I
help that, she said. l reminded her
that she could help that perhaps
and other things she didn't like. too
If she exercised her right to vote !;
also that the more undesirab BILE
women she thought were going to
be at the polls the more it was her
duty to vote. Finally she decided,
perhaps, that was so, and said that
she would give the matter serious
thought, and, perhaps register next
Tuesday.
At the registration booth at Silver
Spring. Nd, little Mrs. Brooke Lee,
wife of Maj. Lee, and daughter-in-
law of former Senator Blair Lee, cf
Maryland, was very much in evil
dence.
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FRENCH PREMIER,S
SON-IN-LAw AN AMERICAN.

DID You know that Georges Ley
CUES minister of marine in the
Clemenceau cabinet, who recently
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
CARDINAL MERCER
ENTERTAINS MRS. DONALDSON.

Mrs. Donaldson was fortunate
enough to secure a private audience
with Cardinal Mercler and was his
guest in the wonderful old gardens
of his home near BRUSSELS. The
Cardinal himself escorted her
through the gardens, where she
heard his famous chimes, and he
showed her his wonderful collection
Of rare paintings.
From Brussels Mrs. Donaldson
went to Coblenz to see her son,
Lieut. T. Q. Donaldson, junior. who
is living there with his young wife,
formerly Miss Elizabeth Rumbough,
a bride of last spring. Her mother,
Mrs. David Rumbough Is now visit
ing her son-in-law and daughter. by
the way. Mrs. Donaldson said that
Lieut.. Donaldson and his wife have
very attractive ten-room house in
Coblenz and are quite comfortably
situated. While at Coblenz. Mrs.
Donaldson took an active part in
the tennis championship games
there. In fact, she carried away a
gold medal. You know, she is a
wonderful player and has won many
trophies in Washington and else
where.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
EDGEMoOR COLONY ALMOST
ALL BACK IN TOWN.

Most of the Edgemoor colony who
went away for the summer are al
ready back; for instance, the Fran
els Bennett Poes, who were at York
Harbor. Maury Dove, who lived at
Edgemoor during the summer, has
taken the Clarence Harding house
for the winter. The Hardings will
come into town. Mr.. and Mrs. WILL
lam NJ. Scudder are interesting ad-
ditions to Edgemoor society. They
are Chicago people who lived in
Chevy Chase for a while but bought
in Edgemoor this summer. Mrs
Evans Browne, whose husband died
week or so ago, is going to sell
her place there. She has taken
an apartment in town for the
winter. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Lindsay bought Bardy; pardon me,
meant to say DR.. Alfred Hop
kins' house. He and his family
are at Edgemoor with his mother,
Mrs. Munroe Hopkins. Mr.. and Mrs.
Harrison Dodge are now in their
house there, as is also their daugh-
ter, Mrs. Heiberg, widow Of Maj. E.
r. Heiberg, who died while our
military attache at Rome. Her son.
Harrison Heiberg, has gone off to
college. The other day I saw some
college boys practicing football and
1t made me realize that fall is really
here more than the falling leaves
and the chilliness Of the air did.
TELLING OF AGE AND PARTY
CAUSES SOME EMBARRASSMENT.
The Edgemoor ladies all turned
out to register last Tuesday so that
they can vote in the Presidential
election. They registered at Beth
esda and were coming and going to
the election booths all day. There
were lots of amusing incidents dur
ing the day too. For instance some
Of the ladies didn't want to tell
their ages at all and particularly
rebelled against calling it out in
loud tones when surrounded by a
crowd of men and women waiting
for their turn to register. Others
didn't want to tell which party they
wished to be affiliated with but were
forced to decide between either the
Republicans or the Democrats,
which seemed rather odd to- me.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
MRS. LARZ ANDERSON
WRITING NEW NOVEL.

WRITING NEW NOVEL.
Mrs. Larz Anderson is chairman
of the membership committee and
is taking a keen interest in the new
reorganization and reconstruction
has followed the extensive war
work, as it has in all lines of bus1-
ness and organizations throughout
the country. Mrs. Anderson's pies
and Presidents" has not only been
enjoyable reading for many resi-
dents of the Capital who enter into
its clever accounts OF official life,
but to the country at large which is
avidly interested in all things per-
tanning to the social and personal
side of Washington life. Mrs. An
derson is at present at work on a
new novel at her home at Weld,
Brookline. Mass, which she expects
to have finished early this autumn.
She will open her Washington home
on Massachusetts, avenue for sew
eral months in the latter part Of the
winter.
There are several other members
among the organization who are at
present just finishing a new book.
Mrs. Keyes, wife of Senator Henry
Miller Keyes, of New Hampshire, is
just turning to her publisher her
second novel. which will have to be
the leading best seller OF the day
If it is to succeed the popularity
of her first book, The Old Gray
Homestead" Mrs. Keyes is also
doing a series of very clever stories
for Good Housekeeping. She will
leave her home in North Haverhill,
n. H. shortly for Washington.
She will stop in New York on her
way to Washington for the banquet
given on October by the New York
auxiliary of the league, where she
will speak on The Penw oman" the
new magazine launched by the
League of American Penwomen. and
of which Mrs. Keyes is business
manager. Mrs. Keyes has made sew
eral trips through New England
this summer speaking on The Pen
woman" which is her pet of all
the many and varied activities of
the league. Mrs. keyes is also tirst
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The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
EXPECTS TO RETURN
IN TINE FOR WEDDING.


AS she does not sail until the 10th
MRS. Donaldson will not be home for
the wedding of Elizabeth Kingsbury
70 Donald Harrison McKnew on the
YIN Her daughter. Mary Sue Don
atoson' is to be one of the four
bridesmaids at Miss Kfngsbury's
marriage. Miss Donaldson has JUS,
returned from visit in Greenville
n. c. 1t will be remembered that
she spent the early part of the
summer abroad. She was not with
her mother. in fact, I believe they
passed each other on the ocean.
JACQUES FUTRELLE,s
DAUGHTER TO BE HERE.
have just had word that vir-
glnia Futrelle will be in Washing
ton today, stopping at the Pow
hatan for Just one day. She is the
daughter Of Jacques Futrelle, au-
thor Oh the Thinking Machine" and
other mystery stories, who lost his
life on the Titanic. She has worked
her way up in the. musical world
by her own grit and is at present
in a prominent part of the Hippo
drome under Charles Dillingham;
She alternates in two prima donna
roles and is, 1 believe, the only one
in music doing this feat, the more
unusual because the script calls for
a duet between these two prima
donnas in which she has to sing
alternate roles every other day. She,
with her mother, made quite an ex-
tended stay here a year or so ago,
and both were extensively enter
tanned, as they have scores Of close
friends in the Capital.
Which for some reason brings to
my mind that the Whitecroft Piano
School is planning an interesting
series OF. recitals for the coming
winter, I hear. The recitals are
held originally to enable the stu
dents at the school to hear and
become familiar with the work of
the best composers, but fortunately
the public is always permitted to
attend and enjoy the musical feast
offered. The recitals will be held
at the Sunset Studio, 1407 Thomas
Circle.
The school has added a violin de-
this year and has engaged
a pupil of Anton Kaspar as a
teacher.
FRENCH PREMIER'S
sON-IN-LAw AN AMERICAN,
Did You know that Georges Ley
ietA -