The Washington herald., 1921-01-16

hang just ona line with ones eyes
and make your head ache. They
should at least have dark shades on
them. i was talking about 1t the
other evening to Major George Oak
ley Totten, the architect who so sue
cessfully transformed the old mar
ket there into the club. He agreed
with me that something must be
done with those lights.
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ORIGIN OF ToTTEN,s
HOME NO MYSTERY.
no YOU KNOW, the story so
generally circulated and ac-
IL cepted that Maj Totten's
beautiful studio home in Sixteenth
street was a stable or a church or
something OF the sort, converted into
that artistic home, Is all a myth?
1t is. 1t was never any Of those
things; 1t is brand new and was
built from the ground up by Maj.
Totten himself.
1t seems he had been planning
for some time to build a studio.
One day Pat Rumsey-E. H. Harri-
mans son-in-lsw, you know-was
talking OF wanting a studio in
Washington. Maj. Totten told him
that he had this fine lot in Sixteenth
street and had been contemplating
erecting a studio thereon, SO Rum
sey told him to do so and he would
lease 1t. So Maj. Totten built it,
except that It was then of red brick
and contained only one big room
with the high ceiling just as 1t is
now in his big living room-the
ceiling reached to the roof which
was just as it is now, the same
height and shape.
Rumsey had 1t for a year after
which Maj. Totten remodeled 1t into
the many rooms and artistic home
it now is. It is three stories high
and all of the rooms are a fair
size and the living room is quite
spacious
Mai. Totten says he thinks the
story OF the church started from the
fact that on the back OF the same
lot, which extends to Fifteenth
street and is all Maj. Totten's prop
erty, was an old church which he
did remodel into a studio and which
at present is for rent. 1t has big
living room in it; also a bedroom,
bath and kitchenette in addition to
a charming studio-a five-room cot
tage, one might say and delightful
one. 1t can be reached either
through Mai. Totten's garden or
through Fifteenth street.
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HOOVER RAG DOLL
DANCE IS PLANNED.
Many unique attempts. more or
less successful, have been made by
society women in other cities to aid
Herbert Hoover and his $4,000
starving children in Central and
Eastern Europe but the plans un-
der way by a group of prominent
Washington ladies to give a Hoover
rag doll dance at the Wardman
Park Inn on the night of Wednes-
day, February 2. promises to be one
of the successful social and financial
features Of the campaign being con-
Quoted here now to help these
little sufferers, as well as one of
the most noteworthy gatherings of
society, this winter.
It Is proposed to furnish each fair
guest who attends, with a rag doll
as a memento and constant re-
minder that she has saved the life
of one child in Europe. Buffet re-
freshments will be served during
the dancing and several innovations
will be introduced duringgthe even
ing for the entertainment of the
throng.
The list of patronesses will be
announced shortly and will con-
tain the most prominent women
in the District, who not only will
lend their name to the function but
will give their active support to the
cause. The entire proceeds will
be turned over to the Washington
committee of the European Relief
Council.
Amateur theatrical circles will be
interested in the news that Rev. F.
]. Hurney has again entered the
Washington field, and is organizing
a dramatic club of 100 members
with several well-known debutantes
as his headliners. Father Hurney's S
work as dramatic director at the
Sacred Heart Church is still vivid
in the memory OF those who attend
ed the many affairs he staged In
that parish, then he was transferred
to Baltimore and again his Wash
ington friends saw his skill as a
producer when he brought over an
organization from the Maryland
City last spring to Carroll Hall.
Since he was sent some months
ago to St. Patrick's Cathedral his
followers have been anticipating his
return to amateur theatricals and
their hopes have not been in vain
He has been quietly at work per-
fecting the new club, and the first
performance of its members will be
held at Carroll Hall Tuesday even
ing, February l, to be followed by
two additional performances on the
nights of February and 3, respec-
lively.
Miss Margaret Crosson. one of the
seasons debutantes whose appear
ance with the Shubert- -Garrick Play
ers last summer aroused interest
and Miss Dorothy Gowen, daughter
of Col. James B. Gowen, U. s. A.
acting executive officer at Washing
ton Barracks, who made her debut
last Wednesday. are two of his new
stars. With Miss Katherine Stout
fer, daughter of Mrs. c. c. Stoufrer
and niece of Mrs. Frederick Geb-
hard, they form a trio of pretty girls
whose histrionic ability will be
shown to advantage in the program
now in rehearsal. Miss Crosson will
play the lead in tragic playlet
'sThe Bride" Miss Gowen will ap-
pear in the musical revue, and Miss
Stouffer will pose as Erin in a series
of tableaux.
Father Hurney says the club is
intended to fill a long-felt want
namely, a community theatrical or
ganization with full equipment to
put on original plays. Monsignor
Thomas, pastor Of the Cathedral. has
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