The Washington herald., 1921-06-19

training in many OF our schools, in
which thousands of our young men
obtained some rudimentary knowl-
edge Of the work. the like of which
you propose to establish, this would
have been absolutely impossible. As
II was we were able to put IL
through in less time than we ex-
pected." he declared.
in my opinion the primary OBJ
jects Of education are the formation
OF character. life and conduct" said
Col. Galley. The incubation of
proper standards Of honor and con-
duct. proper respect for authority.
law and order. and proper ideals of
manhood and good citizenship are
points which should be stressed in
school work. l feel that the youth
should be educated, at least up to
preparation for the university. in
his own country, under his own
flag. by preceptors of his own ma
tionality. 1t tends to make better
patriots and better citizens"
ANOTHER SOCIETY MAN
OWNER OF FASHIONABLE SHOP.
Y RAN across DR.. and Mrs. Alfred
Hopkins at the Metropolitan Club
! reception; the first time have
seen them at a party in several
years. How times have changed!
Once upon a time and not so long
ago at that. a person keeping any
sort of a shop could not possibly
have belonged to club SO exclusive
as the Metropolitan or even nearly
SO. Now 1t is almost fashionable to
open some sort of a shop. And AL
fred Hopkins is the latest recruit, i
believe, to the ranks of the fash
ionable shop keepers. He has OPEN
ed a perfectly fascinating antique
shop on Seventeenth street, a door
or two from the club rooms Of the
PenQuins. And his sister in la w,
Mrs. Nevil Monroe Hopkins. you
know, has been running the Look
See Shop on II street for several
years. And almost next door to that
shop is the Wayfarers Book shop
run by Mr.. and Mrs. George odell.'
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Nevil Monroe
Hopkins and DrS and Mrs. Alfred
Hopkins are residing with old Mrs.
F. A. M. Hopkins at her big house
In Edgemoor, Md, near Chevy Chase.
They each had their own home there
at first; now they are living to-
gether. Nevil Hopkins sold his
house rather recently to William w.
Bride, son of the late Cotter Bride,
who was such a close friend Of
William Jennings Bryan, you will
recall. 1t Is one of the most inter-
esting of the many beautiful homes
In Edgemoor that colony which Is
becoming rapidly noted for its orr
ginal and artistic residences. This
house is the English style open tim
oered and stucco style broad lined
square chimneyed
MAJ. HOPKINS INVENTOR
OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
Maj. Hopkins. by the way, wa,
one OF Uncle Sans experts in the
making of super-explosives during
the war and has many valuable In
ventions to his credit. In private
lie ne Is An electrical and chemical
engineer, and to rest his mind occa-
sionaiiy writes a novel or detective
story. The house, which he built
Tor mis- home before the war. SO as
TO 1--we near his mother in Edge
moor. was designed by Robert r.
beresford. the well-known Wash
ington. architect. on a novel and in
teresting but Thoroughly practicaI
plan. The effect of the two wide
"habo, set ODll0u6ly
against the house, so that thew seem
to embrace the space between, is
most homelike, as well as striking.
The space between the wings ana
also in front Of the house il a lovely
garden. which has been most pains
takingly planned and developed by
both Mr.. and Mrs. Hopkins and Mr.,
and Mrs. Bride. There Is a fountain.
rose-hung wall. sun dial and ar
Dor and lovely garden gate lead
ing through a high hedge into pro-
duce garden. which is ornamental,
too, Is we'll as useful.
The house has twenty or twenty
nve rooms. The south wing con-
tains the living room: the north
wing the dining-room. A spacious
porch ornaments each wing. both
down stairs and up. A -charmIre
hallway runs along the inside of the
main house. connecting the two
wings, and opens upon a. court 1t
IL possible to dance through from
wing to wing. And between dances
one can md an inviting place to sit