Evening star., 1920-03-21

intrepid revolutionary soldier. Gen.
Nathaniel Gist, who had received
generous slice of Montgomery county
because of his services and those OF
on Braddock's expedition.
| Francis Preston Blair came from
Kentucky. purchased directly from
the state of Maryland that splendid
Silver Spring. and therein built the
mansion which played heroic part
| in checking the descent of the Con-
federate army on the Capital. Gen.
Breckenridge selected Francis Blair's
house as his hadquarters and in its
famous wine cellar his officers found
\ that barrel of whisky which his
torians credit with saving the Capital
City when powder and shot had failed.
This house has been a familiar So
many years. Mrs. S. P. Lee. daughter
fof Francis Blair, inherited it and
presided there with queenly grace
for more than half century.
brother of the famous Confederate
chieftain. and was the organizer and
during her life regent of the Mary
Washington Chapter of the D. A. r.
Her son. the former senator from
Maryland, Blair Lee. and his family
now reside in the old home OF Francis
Blair
| The first Montgomery Blair man
sion was burned by Gen. Early. but
another was erected over it's ruins
and the present holder of the name
and father of Miss Minna Blair uses
1 1t for a summer home.
Montgomery county and the Mont
gomery Blairs are named to honor
that brilliant young Irish soldier
Gen. Richard Montgomery-who. like
Gen. Wolfe. fell in the hour of, vic
tory on the heights of Quebec
| A wide circle of American kindred
| is gratified over the growing success
of Mrs. Clare Sheridan as a sculptress.
and whose London studio is such a
Britain. Mrs. Sheridan is the daugh-
ter of Moreton Frewen, and her
| mother is one of the handsome trio.
daughters of Leonard Jerome of New
York. who are so prominent in Lon
don society: Her aunts are Lady
Randolph Churchill and Lady Leslie,
! wife of Sir John Leslie. whose son
Shane married Marjorie Ide. and re-
sides in this city. Mrs. Sheridan is
the widow Of Capt. Wilfrid Sheridan.
who fell in the Flanders campaign of
1915. and was a grandson of the ia
nous Richard Brinsley Sheridan. She
has always been a devotee of art. and
studied for years under the best mas
| ters of sculptury in France and Italy.
! Her bust of Princess Pat, presented
by few officers of the regiment when
their patroness was married to Capt.
Ramsay. has been duplicated, and
now adorns an armory In Ottawa. She
has also recently made busts of the
former premier. Mr. Asquith: her
cousin. the Hon. Winston Churchill.
| and all the social celebrities of Lon
don. Mrs. Sheridan is not only half
American. but her husbands mother is
and scholar. John Lothrop Motley.
author of THE Dutch Republics' and
Tor a time minister from this country
to Great Britain. All the Motley
family felt bitterly toward this ma
ton after President Grant. following
a celebrated quarrel with Charles
Sumner. dismissed the friend and
constituent of the latter from the
| diplomatic service. Motley and his
family lived abroad and his funeral
| conducted by the eloquent Dean Stan
ley. and he compared America to
| Florence in it's treatment of the noble
| Dante. Mrs. Sheridan intends to
and this may help to heal the long
time grievance. The Shane Leslies
are spending the winter with Sir John
and Lady Leslie in Dublin. but they
will return to washington in the
] spring. Mrs. Leslie is the sister Of
| Mrs. Bourke Cochran, and lived in
| the Philippines for many. years. and
knows practically all of off1cialdom.
| She Will entertain her talented cOu
sin and present her to Washington
society under the pleasantest aus
pices.
| A possession priced above rubies is
one Of those great shining discs o.
mahogany, rosewood, oak, or redwood
which are known in domestic parlance
as a round table, and where large
| company, sixteen guests or more. can
| be placed within easy access and all
facing each other. In some of these
1 treasures. as in the vast round table
which Senator Phelan possesses and
which is of redwood. the seams are so
deftly Joined that 1t appears one piece
| of wood. Many of the older ma
hogany tables give that impression
also, for with the oil and polishing of
years. the Jennings have disappeared
The one blemish Is that the possess
sion of such a TREASURE forever limits
the number of guests. for no. cabinet
| maker has been able to suggest way