Evening star., 1921-05-08
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Japanese Prince Is Golf Expert May
Defend U. S. Title Against Him
Should He Visit Capital

New Jersey. is credited with first
serving frozen sweets habitually at
her dinners and lunchcons. Hamilton
Fish, I'd. father of the present mem
her from New York, acted as his
fathers private secretary during the
Grant administration and was quite
beau of the period. When he came
to Congress the elder sisters Of the
Miss Julia kean Fish. were among
| the popular maids of the Mckinley
ana Roosevelt days Senator Kean
OF New Jersey was the cousin Of the
FIRST Hamilton Fish. Representative
tlsh has picturesque home at Gar
riSon -on the Hudson
Ihat is delightful and most orisi-
nai way or solving. at one fell swoop,
the housing problem and the high
! cost of living-for the various states
TO erect or purchase big apartments
| and vest the title in their congress
slonal delegations. Some Of the states,
notably New York and one or two
PROJECT in earnest and will send
agents to look into affairs. The New
ork delegation could easily fill a
| falr- r-slzed apartment. but some Of the
western commonWea1ths would have
to pool resources to carry the scheme
! INTO execution. That such a move
m"nf would fill the members of Con-
er"sS and a large majority Of the
senate with gratitude is perfectly
plain. The upper House is not the
miIllonalre club ii was some years
, ago. and. besides if miilonaires or
| opulent men are elected. there is no
! obllgation involved for them to make
use OF the opportunities which less
| we'll endowed men will welcome. An
other bright idea which is agitatins
the public mind. is for the state which
has been honored by the selection Of
the Vice President to purchase or
build him a home. with lie title held
| in reserve for any exalted official Of
the federal government who must
live in Washington. Massachusetts
! would have a heavy burden if this
idea goes through, since the old Bay
State for the first time in history
! has four of the highest officers under
| the Constitution. the Vice President.
| the Speaker of the House. an aSso
! ciate justice of the Supreme Court Of
the United States and the Secretary
| of War. This is so rare an instance
that each state could rely on fulfill
| ing every duty by presenting a Vice
President with a home and then max
| ing provision for the much -harrasSed
| members of its delegation to Con-
gress.
Mr.. Elmer Dover, well remembered
here when he was private secretary
of Senator Mark Hanna, and practi-
| cally member of the Hanna house
/ hold. has been living in Washington
state for the past twelve years. He
and renewed many ties of friend
ship. There was pretty little daugh-
ter of Mr.. Dover now married and
with pretty daughters of her own,
who once on time strolled into
Senator Hanna's office in the base
| ment Of the Don Cameron mansion on
Lafayette Square. The senator was
just opening box Of splendid cigars
| sent from the Spanish legation. with
a line from that witty minister.
Senior Dupuy de LONE that he would
find within something most unusual.
| "a good Cuban" and, taking the highly
decorated band from the long. fat,
Havana, he placed it on the little
girls finger A few moments later he
was called out. and when he returned
the contents of the entire box had been
spilled on the floor and the band
! removed from each cigar. Mr.. Dover
was Mortified, but the senator anna
bly, admitted that he had given bad
example in presenting the first ring,
and that the result was just as might
have been expected
At the navy yard may be found
odds and ends of shells of obsolete
make. and which the officers bestow
freely on any who ask for speci-
men. A young friend of Miss lie
jeune recently saw the possibility
shell for the weighted base and four
little brass gun models for the feet.
and then any electric appliance shop
will do the rest. 1t made such a tris
lamp and was SO acceptable to
brother at college. that the officers
have been wondering what sort OF
a fad has been established which call
ed for four-inch shells and old-fash-
toned gun models. Several maids are
talking of taking up the idea in earn
est and producing SUCH lamps IN
sufficient numbers as to create
regular demand. Walter Reed Hos
pital patients may be given an op-
portunity to try their luck with this
artistic and most unusual sort OF
light. and several public-spirited
looking into the question OF supply
and demand for this new spring
fashion.
comcrs in the congressional set. some
experienced and practical members of
it have evolved 4 calling system whlcn
will not exhaust time, strength ana
all nnes,den their l9lsurs Of the congressiona1
Club. has given her approval, and
so have other women who have served
in both divisions Of legislative So
ciety and are familiar with the pro-
cedure. Instead of calling on the en-
tire Legislative wing. newcomer
must if she wishes to mingle in So |
cial life at all. call on the seniors In !
her state delegation. on the wives of
her senators. of the cabinet officials
and of those women whose husbands I
serve on the same committees as her !
spouse Thus she fills all obligation of
courtesy in less than thirty calls in |
stead of several hundred. One day at |
home each month is deemed sufficient
rather than every Tuesday and
Thursday for the chatelaines of sena- |
tors and members. They may, of !
course receive and entertain as often |
as they wish. this schedule merely |
representing the minimum of what |
they may do and yet keep within the |
bounds of the established official eti- |
Quette.