Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-01

holds her place among the youngest
looking of matrons- She was Miss
Nellie Kettenring of Cleveland and
her pride in the strides her home city
has made in the present census is
only equaled by that felt for all the
honors which have come to Ohio.
Not only are the AnSberryS the
closest friends of Gov. and Mrs. Cox,
but they are also on cordial terms
with Senator and Mrs. Harding, and
often formed part of the coy circle of
Ohioans which Mrs. Harding loved
to gather last winter at her hospita-
BILE board.
Judge Ansberry. though of Celtic
extraction and a most enthusiastic
advocate of what is good for Ireland,
was born in the pugnacious little city,
which is still his home, Defiance. and
which he represented for three terms
in Congress. He was educated at the
public schools there, but took his
higher degree from the University OF
Notre Dame, at South Bend, Ind, and
is an important member of its alumni.
Mrs. Ansberry took quite an active
part in social affairs. when she lived
in washington. and she has been
carefully gathering up the threads of
old friendships since her return here
last autumn.
She is among the charter members
of the Congressional Club and was
one of the active workers in the
first democratic women's club organ
tied in Washington, after Champ
Clark became Speaker. She is as in
innate a friend of the Clarks as OF
the Coxes, and has frequently enter
tanned all the family in her Ohio
home. Her friendship with Mrs Cox
dates only since the marriage OF the
latter, but the heads of the family,
Judge Ansberry and Gov. Cox, were
chums in their earliest years and have
been closely identified with the pollt-
ical struggles of the democratic
party since they reached maturity
On July IS, second anniversary OF
the launching of the counter offensive
against the Teutonic army by the al
lies under Marshal Foch, breaking the
ground for the Chapel on the Marine"
was solemnized with all the great
world of France in attendance. Dor
mans was selected by Gen. Foch as
the most appropriate spot along that
famous stream, and the choice marks
special Difference to Gen Pershlng
and the gallant army of the American
expedition and to Gen. LIE Jeune and
his brave marines. Last year the site
announced by the French ministry OF
war was blessed by the Archbis shop of
Rheims and his two suffragans from
the department of the Marine. the
Bishop of Chalons and of Meaux. and
at the same time the Beaux Art Insti-
tute of Paris asked the architects of
france ana us provinces 10 enter d
competition for the design.
The committee in charge this year
announced the successful candidates,
NM Rousselot and Gras of Paris.
with two other firms receiving second
and third awards and sharing with
plans exhibited in all the large
French cities The Chapel of the
Marne" which will be erected imme-
diately just below the small village of
Dormans, according to photographs
reaching this country, looks like a
niche uplifted from a Norman Gothic
cathedral
1t will stand on high ground above
the river on a marble terrace, to
which steps will ascend in easy
Lincoln memorial on the Mall Over
the main entrance will stand the ia
nous Angel of the Marine. as depict
ed in the celebrated war poem. and
beneath will be carved the traditional
legend of the nation ITO the
Christ who has always loved
the Frank" A square tower rises at
the back of the temple in which are
two sets of windows. and which will
be fitted with ancient stained glass
rescued from ruined churches The
chapel is compact and somewhat me-
dieval in aspect. with the interior
ftted up rather as a Thanksgiving
than as a memorial 1t is proposed
every year to hold solemn services
here with the army of the defense
always in attendance, and when they
have gone to their last home, to per-
petuate their memory through their
descendants.
The memorial windows are to be
presented by various cities of France
and paintings and groups of statuary
will be inspected by the board OF d.
rectors Of the Louvre. They are all
TO be original and to symbolic in
some special manner the memorable
events which occurred along the
Marine and particui arly at Dormans in
the summer of 1918.
Rt. Rev Alfred Harding. Bishop of
Washington, Is among the score of
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