Evening star., 1921-05-01

nome ol NhdrieS tarroil tile SiSHo
and now occupied by the ninth
Charles of the same line. AS senator
from Ohio, the President acknowl-
edged a preference for travel with a
historic trend. and Mrs. Harding says
that love of travel is her only vice.
ing days before them in picking out
the best in the rich historic vein
which these manor houses open.
Ii Will be a unique treat when the
pets of all the we'll known officials in
Washington. with prominent resi-
dents. will be thrown on the screen in
behalf If funds for the animal parade
on May H. Laddie Boy viii be attrac-
ton enough. but other distinguished
CANNES VIII keep him company. Miss
AilSa Mellon has a superb deerhOund
+ who poses majesticaliy. and several
HpEy pOOdleS. There are adopts at
sitting for photos. There are num-
! berS OF pet horses and cats are haV-
! ing quite vogue too. though they do
not pose amiably as dogs. One or
! two Washington women have pet
, monkeys and not long ago there were
/ two small alligatOrS in the White
House collection of natural history.
! But they have been presented to the
100.
Mrs. Herbert Hoover is so closely
associated in the public mind with
the recent events in Europe that the
j stirring events Of her earlier life
have been forgotten. For the Sec
rctary of Commerce made his first
appearance as food adm ST tra tor
during the Boxer rebellion and his
bride was his most efficient coadjutor.
The romance began at Stanford Uni
versity. when the well known philan
ihropist wasa known at Bert" and
Miss Henry though properly Louise,
was never anything but Lou" to her
classmates and friends. wide gulf
i divided them at their first meeting
! Tor Miss Lou was freshman and
! young Hoover about to take his de-
/ gree. She fastened her eyes firmly on
+ his course and followed his academic
| footsteps every inch so that their
! friends say it is no wonder they ar.
| so entirely congenial. Mr.. Hoover, d
mining engineer, tried his fortune in
Australia. while his fnance--for they
, had become engaged that first term
/ piOdded away at geology and higher
! mathematics. He was successful from
| the first, and when Miss Henry had
! finished her course with credit and
| received her degree he was right on
| the spot for the wedding ceremony. He
| took his bride to China, where he had
! planned some work, and not many
can count among the episodes of their
i w cthiHS JpuTHe! tne WlinSldnuinS o.
! Il siege like that of Peking proved
! Side by side these two stood. and it is
| certainly typical of both. as Washing
! ton knows them today. that they
! thought first of conserving and or
| ganlZinS their food stores. Up to this
! time warehouses and stores were be-
! ing looted and precious contents
! wasted. When finally the organization
! Of the belcaeured in Poking was COM
, pirte 1t was found that food for ten
/ Gays only remained. Mr. Hoover
promptly rationed it and Mrs. Hoover
. was chief commissary officer. So their
! eXperlenc" in food administration
dates very far back and each can tell
moving tales of its inception.
The senator from Oklahoma and
| Mrs. Herreld are natives of the
charming little Kentucky village of
MorgantoWn and both descend from
! the old gentry of Virginia and of
Maryland Mrs. Herreld, who is so
! VlrIle a type Of the new political wom-
an and who has taken over the tao
! lies OF the wife of d British politician
| in taking the stump herself and Civ
| ing frst-class testimony as to the
| merits of the candidates under dis
cussion. was Miss Laura Ward, a
| neighDor of her husband in childhood
honorable line in Maryland. One Of
her klnsmen on the Ward side has
. recently been that curator of the
British Museum. known and beloved
by hundreds of Americans, DR.. Leon
ard Lloyd Ward of Hampstead. a de-
scendant Of the Lloyds Of Wye House
/ in Talbot county and the Wards of
Calvert county, Nd. The senator and
| Mrs. Herreld have one son, Ward.
| who is with them.
The Duchess of Manchester and her
uIt I.1n
number of Cincinnati relatives, are
passing the spring in fashiona Bile
Lotti In San Francisco, and plan to
cruise in the Pacific waters during
the heated term. with a run to Alaska
In the autumn. The duchess has re-.
turned to her own land to stav. so
say her relatives, Mr.. and Mrs. Alex
ander Julian of Cincinnati, though
they deny that her first step will be
TO dissolve her marital bonds
Wnether she does this or not. she
, VIII be compelled to permit her son
the young Eiscount Mandeville. to
pass at least half the year in Great
britain. This future duke will soon
; come OF age. and resides at the seat
OF the Montagus in England. kimbol-
ton Castle, at Brampton. The duchess
intends to educate her daughters in
| this country and will likely place
| the m in one Of the exclusive schools
on the Pacific coast. 1t will be re-
mempered that the large fortune
which Eugene Zimmerman settled on
his only child, the Duchess Of Man
chester. was so securely bound up
that only the income is available nov
ana the principal will be kept intact
Tor number of years. then to be di-
Vucd equally with the duke prospec-
tive and his sisters. The duchess finds
II much more convenient to reside on
this side. and save the enormous in
come tax levied by Britain. The duke
has been passing the winter at Biar-
ritz and the French Riviera, some
times with the young Niscount
Vaudeville. who is at CAMBRIDGE
studying for the bar.
Miss Frances Hoar, the talented
daughter of Mrs. Frederick Gillett.
mas been giving some Spanish solo
dances at the subscription affairs at
the 'opiey-PlaZa in Boston. and ru-
fnorS say that she is bewitchine as a
senorIta. She has recently been the
guest of Mrs. Adelaide Chatfield Tav-
lor Whitman, and her costume at the
i bal given in her honor was as mar
| EelouS as her dancing. She brought
from l'arlS an exquisite gown of Jade
| green tulle over cloth Of silver. and
from her shoulders depended an en-
| broldered oriental shawl, also of the
most vivid hue of green. and touched
here and there with ieweled seuuins
IhouSh the marriage of Miss cIaris-
| Sa Curtis to Prince Michael Cantacu-
| Zcne is to occur in Boston, a part of
the gayety viii flow over into WASH
lhStoh, ana next autumn the happv
young couple will visit Mrs. Fred
Grant here. The childhood chum and
cousin of the prospective bridegroom
| Prince Michel NeirOth of Paris viii