Evening star., 1921-01-23

tho is . normal sort of person, pos
tesing No fad of any variety and few
preferences for things out of the or
binary. .Fet, in one particular. she
stands outtagainst the background OF
her associates in the senatorial set,
and most>rertainfy. .xte will as mis-
SraeefnLf Ss i spH fpunctuaf e and frequent let
ter writer. and she writes a pleasing,
flowing hand. much more usual in her
generation. than the present. Some
thing Less than year ago Mrs. Hard
ing was asked to affiliate with some
g.for-President" clubs. and,
.oonsentine to this. she entered on the
work with her characteristic zeal.
There ares hundreds of letters from
movement giving her views and max
ing suggestions. all of which were
found sound and practical. She not
only wrote constantly. but she at
tended Meetings in every part of the
state. Though she wes so self -effac-
ing after,.her husbands. nomination
both he and the chairman of the re-
publican. national committee are quite
willing tegrant her a most important
role in the 'preliminaries. Mrs. Hard
ing has at4died politics diligently and
comprehensively. and some of her in
formal talks. given before clubs in
Marion afd nearby towns. have been
committed. to paper through notes,
and theysWould make excellent tracts
for campaigns or any such purpose.
The incoming President and his wife
have the etsimplest tastes, and both
have again said that of all forms Of
entertai ndnent nothing appeals to
them quite SO much as the old-fash-
lasts all day. when big baskets are
tightly packed for every emergency
and for three substantial meals.
President Jefferson delighted in pic
mics and.Hsed to travel horseback to
tho woods above the Soldiers Home
friends. sPerhapS some. OF these an
cient sooiabilities Will be revived. in
the openiag spring. :, .sy
The ferry of interest In the next
cabinet has subsided for the. nonce
and in the face aDf:so many CONTRA
dictory fumors, but many are con-
cerned With the zfneure 81. those. who
s;., 5axs dispensed Pc sel hSsp!saIy in TIE Of
The big: roomy mansion which has
been occpRied by the Postmaster Cen
eral and his family eyer since Presi-
dent Wilson took the. oath',of office
has rec Tecehsly ;s,, been e s9,d to the Ameri.
among the homeless, ,fof:they have
been notified to move at Nieir Earliest
conveniepee. even before March 4.
This house was well known in the
social World as the Dutch legation
under Jonkheer Lowden and his at
tractive american wife. who was Miss
Lydia EGstis. It may be that Mrs.
BurlesoH and her daughter. Miss
Adele Sidney Burleson. will leave
open ths home I'M III ns a1sth r. 50 wes aqs
the depatture of this cabinet family
Representative and Mrs. William
fine % old home on sofhsaiid ~ a & Streets. stsests.
Eili i,. be ..,ns among the s, few Iesids1tials
The Kents. however, pu4shAaed their
home froth the estate IL James Ray
and hav<.made substantial additions,
especially the long, broad solarium
which viii occupies o pies TIE satiss:sonth wing
colonial garden. Represzht five Kent
Mrs. Kent is idehtiffea With many
Washington organizations. the suf-
cannot is4ve at 6neets O. 5s5tEE
Among the leaders Of the Anglo
AmericaIset now domicned in China
is on.lfdaugfiteff Of John
secretary of embassy in LONDON and
later minister TO RQch4peSt. Lord
Acheson,.: who is the SON and heir
Of the aged Earl Of Gosford. departed
tor 70 t6s 5as sfspt stsp ssgS @ antgn
eom1assin e sss ssis ais aMiiy MGesasss sss
heavy steeasheldees: agfS2 -.
He and Lady Acheson have a pic
tureseuesXtlla out Of Peking though
far into ibe inland Xaxs BGsiness re-
Quired the presence Of the managers.
In the Chinese capital and at Hong
kong, Lazy Acheson;sst teTtes are we'll
attendedahy her husbands codntry
people aY6 her own, and her musicals
..ed sa GS by tSse pae exss ch ( the esraa
daughter9Sf the late Bernard Carter
of Baltirf6re and of David Pierce
Lord Acfsson will bring his Ameri-
can LADY, 10 preside over one OF the
loveliest domains in Ireland, Castle
Gosford. pear Armagh. historic in
many essential wayss e Patrisk
spes by set%' Castle. and aa
In that eoft graystone mansion hung
with vi9ss and flowers Dean Swift
was oft9G entertained ht the then
lord. an9 within one Of Its rooms
caustic clsric Of Dublin wrote nearly
memberssa me- 0b He the family We're. Sasonsis. ri as
the founder Of the, line ebeiag Sir.
Richard :sAcheSOn VINO Oqtd1nSo' mis-
Irish estates as q cfDVh grant iAg the
seventeeaR century !n due time
earls. thNapresent hetnRsstheT third; OF
the line. .iiThe second Xas f9r a Arief
time sovsFnor general S6f Canada
Definite news has come that Prince
Bidesco Send his wife. who was that
Elizabetff,t who figures on ! amost
every pase Of those lively msISirs 81
arrive the Washington slegation
The earlXpart of February. Natural aly
this Is ME most important event in
the minds. Of many. for few chate-
laines OF foreign establishments have
been so rWidely heralded. Then Ru-
mania has never possessed a perma-
Aent establishment in this country.
though diplomatic agents have at
tended to- its affairs for years. Mrs.
AsQuith ID rumored to come for q few
weeks after Easter and that exceed
1ngly beautiful heroic, Lady Cynthia
AsQuith. ,Nife Of Capt. Herbert As
Quith, oldar son Of the former premier.
may. with her inyalided husband.
make S4eit in the rsprfitx 4Eapt As
Qnth w3Stwounded early in the war.
and possibly owes his life to the de-
yotion Of bis bride, who went out to
6witzerl1pd to nurse him. Lady Gym
thia is th4 sister Of that Lady Mary
Strickland: who m16e her way dis
Euised into the Turkish prison camp
where her husband had BEEN con-
dned for three years under most hor-
rtble conditions, Both are the daugh-
ters Of hord and Lady Wemyss and
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