Evening star., 1921-07-03

He can shake hands as easily and cor |
daily with his left hand as he can
with his right, and those who at
tended the garden fetes last month
witnessed this feat. after about an
hour had passed and very likely the
right hand was becoming numb. The
President can also write with his LEFT
hand. and frequently in his early days
at scribbling notes for later editorial
revision he could transfer the pencil
from one hand to the other with ex-
cellent results-a habit to which he
still clings He can whittle stick |
with equal dexterity with either hand, I
and on the whole he makes a new
entry in the list Of presidential ac- |
complishments.
Mrs. Harding has tried to emulate
her husband in the matter OF shaking
hands. but just a few clasps entirely
dlsables her left hand, while the riSnt
can perform excellent service for
hours. Col. Sheriff.. who is the super |
intendent of public grounds and build
ings. and thus the major domo or the
White House. has remarked that IN
Europe royalty is always trained 10
use both hands gracefully at large I
receptions, and many hostesses recall
the gravity and good humor OF the
Prince of Wales in substituting ms
left hand after his right had gone
lame.
Gen. Anson Mills. who was so promi- |
nent a figure a few weeks ago. when |
the famous Sd Cavalry celebrated its
diamond jubilee, is with Gen. Miles. |
one of the last of the great Indian
fighters, and is one of the most be-
loved of martial heroes resident in
Washington. He is the Oldest com.
1S iNtr
and served with it throughout the
civil war. having the unique record
of never missing day from active
duty, through Illness or any other
cause Gen. Mills was a celebrated
character among the frontiermen and
he finally established the dividing
line between the state of Texas and
the territories of New Mexico and
awarded meant grave trouble and
sometimes a pitched battle. He Is
vivid storyteller and is always in
demand at reunions, while the Boy
Scouts and other juvenile bodies pre-
fer him to the best sellers or the
blood curdling memoirs of Buffalo
Bill.
This hero has another feat to his
credit. he invented the cartridge belt
used in the Army and nearly all over
the world, and likewise manufactured
the cloth of which it is made, and this
invention has sent his fame travel
ing along with his military exploits.
Gen. Mills married Miss Hannah
Cassell of Pennsylvania soon after
the civil war. lady well known
through her long residence in Wash
ington. She died several years ago
The Mills home on Dupont Circle was
during her era noted social center
The late Charles Joseph Bonaparte.
remembered in Washington as Secre-
tary Of the Navy and then Attorney
ri nf ri
can. He never set foot on tho soil OF
Europe, and that through firm de-
termination not to do so. rather than
from any accidental sequence of
events. He never took the least in
terest in the Napoleonic legend, and
whereas his eldest brother. the late
Col. Jerome Bonaparte. FASTENED to
France and offered his sword to Ma
poleon III at the outbreak of the
Franco-Prussian war. the late AttOr-
ney General frowned heavily on any
him into sympathy. His grandmother.
that intrepid woman who figures in
history as Betsy Patterson, first wife
OF the emperor,s brother. who later
became King Of Westphalia. had an
especial affection for this thoroughly
American grandson, and she spent the
last days of her long and unhappy
life as his guest at Bella Vista. in the
Long Green valley. She left many
substantial legacies to both her
grandsons those to the late Charles
y. bonaparte taxing the form of much
valuable silver which belonged to the |
Patterson, family, jewelry and an
dques collected during her sojourn in
Europe, awaiting the result of her
tice., Mr.. and Mrs. Bonaparte had no
children- nor has either the only son
OF the late Jerome Bonaparte. Jerome,
ao;,.G r., or his sister, the Countess Won
the Napoleonic relics of the Baltimore
BonaparteS will be bequeathed to the
Peabody Institute.
Mrs. Charles Joseph Bonaparte, who |
has been an invalid for some years |
has many friends in Washington who !
recall her vividly as having directly |
influenced the portrayal of Myrtle |
Reed In Lavender and Old Lace" |
She lived very quietly during her !
husbands term of service in the |
Roosevelt cabinet. but performed all |
the traditional duties belonging to |
me CABINET hostess. She was devoted |
to lavenders and violets and no one |
ever saw her clothed except in one |
or the other. Her assortment of lace |
which was once Betsy Patterson's. !
was possibly one of the finest ever |
cluded some exquisite princess robes |
of French lace, which Mrs. Bonaparte |
o1ten wore over purple or lavender |
satin on state occasions and which |
always excited admiration. She had |
also some lovely summer gowns of |
cambria embroidered and trimmed in |
lace lnSets which had in the passing
years assumed a rich tone of deep
cream. Though more than a century !
had passed since they were made for
the American bride of Bonaparte, not |
rent had come in the material nor |
thread dropped in the lace. Mr. |
and Mrs. Bonaparte had commodi- |
Gus home in st. Paul street in Balti- |
more, but in recent years had lived |
al the year through in Bella Vista
Mrs. Bourke Cochran, who was Miss |
Annie 1de, will find many friends to |
welcome her back to official life, when |
she is finally at leisure to join Repre- |
sentative Cochran at Wardman Park |
Hotel The long Illness and death of |
Judge 1de has interfered with her plans,
and, with Mrs Shane Leslie. she has |
been detained in Vermont and New
York. Mrs. Cochran is one of the inti- |
mates OF Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, and
her marriage to the brilliant New
Yorker was an episode Of Miss Roose-
velts visit to the Philippines on that
cruise which was so prolific in nuptial |
events that 1t is known as tlo ''cruise ,
Of Cupid"
Mrs. Cochran is Immortality associated |
with the memory Of the beloved author
Robert Louis Stevenson and her letters |
ana private papers relating to him are |
among the most valuable vet unpub-
hshed. 1t was her happy lot as win !
Some child of twelve or more to beguile |
many painful hours for the story teller, |
in return for which he bequeathed her
her the most whimsical legacy on record !
namely, his birthday on November 13, |