Evening star., 1921-03-20
Tales of Well Known Folk
in Social and Official Life
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John Lothrop Motley, James RuSSei
Lowell and John Hay. But the states
men include some of the fathers o
the republic-John Jay. John Quinc!
Adams, James Monroe, and later pub
lie servants of the Caliber of Henr!
Clay. the two Bayards. j. y. and L. F..
Albert Gallatin. Martin Van Buren
James Buchanan, George NJ. Dalla:
and Robert T. Lincoln-while th'
lawyers include Rufus King and 10
seph A. Choate. Col. Harvey possess
that indispensable requisite during
the present juncture. a handsome prl
vate fortune. He is also ready ant
forcible public speaker. and both III
!. and Mrs. Harvey cultivate the socia
side of life assduously.
Another diplomatist who is con
fdently predicted to get good Euro
pean mission is Mr.. Nelson OShaugh
messy, whose wife, the gifted author
ess, Edith OShaughnessy. is NATIVE
Of Washington and passed her earl!
life here. She is the daughter of tha
brilliant scientist of the Smithsonian
Institute, DIR. Eliot Coues, who is viv
idly remembered for his man!
polemics with the leaders of the the
osophists, Nine. Blavatsky and Mrs
Anne Besant. Mrs. Coues spent hel
latter days in Europe. and her daugh'
I ter Edith was carefully educated ir
the best schools of France. Italy anG
| comp1ished linguist, besides being 6
II musician of note and the author OF
the best books on Mexico published
since the fall of the Diaz regime. Mr.
o'Shaughnessy belongs to a wei!
4 known Irish family which has titled
connections in Canada and Australia
He also was educated abroad and
speaks the principal continental tongues
\ Senator and Mrs. Edwin S. Brous-
ra
I; official families attacking the hous
| ing problem in such earnest that they
/ are established for year at least at
2122 Ontario road. They have chosen
| their domicile with an eye to cooling
/ breeZes from the woods about Rock
| creek during the warm season, and
yet near enough to the city to be con-
/ venient in all weathers. Two OF
their six children, Eugene and George
are with their parents, while the 9TH
and the only daughter, Miss Marie
| Louise, remain at school in Louisiana.
During. the lull now existing in the
| upper Legislative chamber and after
|; the new home is in readiness, Mrs
Broussard will go south. and at the
others back with her. Senator Brous-
sard comes of a distinguished family
II OF Louisiana of Arcadian descent and
is the brother of the late Senator
Robert f. Broussard. and like him. is
a resident of the old capital of the
Spanish dominions in Louisiana. New
| iberia. Mrs. Broussard is likewise
| from the same city and was before
her marriage Miss Marie Patout Sen
| ator and Mrs. Broussard are among
the comparatively young members of
their circle and were married in 1905.
One of the most distinguished of the
! newcomers in the Senate is the sue
/ cessor of the popular bachelor states
man, Mr.. Phelan. and is Mr.. Samuel
Morgan Shortridge. Mrs. Shortridge
! has not been in the most robust
health recently. and she has deferred
her coming to Washington until later
! in the year and continues in the fine
nome in Menlo Park. just outside of
San Francisco. There are two sons in
| this family. the elder. Samuel Morgan,
Jr.. is twenty and is following his
fathers footsteps and is at present a
student OF the Law College of the
University of California. The other,
John Gashweiler Shortridge, is six
teen and is at a military school near
MS nome. Both will accompany their
mother to Washington when she Joins
the senator here in June. but they
VIII return to California next autum n
TO- finish their courses. Mrs. Short
ridge was Miss Laura Leigh Wash
! weller. daughter of a mining engineer
OF Oakland, Calf. for whom the sec
ond son is named. She is graduate
or the sacred Heart Convent. in Man
hattanville. n. Y. and is an accom-
plished linguist and musician.
Mr.. Robert Newton Crane recently
appointed kings counsel in London.
after distinguished career as a
! member Of the British bar, does not be-
Richard T. Crane, the United States
minister to Poland, is a member, but
Is the son OF the Rev. John Newton
Crane of Trenton. n. j. Mr.. Crane
| began practice of law in st. Louis.
where his home was located for MANY
years. He married the daughter Of
the late Gerard b. Allen of st. Louis.
several of whose daughters married
INTO the most exalted nobility of Italy.
Mrs. Crane is dead and the Youngest
daushter, presides over the pleasant
home in Egerton Crescent Two sons
of Mr.. Crane are married and living
in London, one practicing law and
the other associated with business in
| terests, and the entire family is
promine1t prom men q In Anglo-American So
British capital. Mr.. Crane is the
chairman of the American Society in
Britain and on him devolves the tfutv
of welcoming all eminent fellow cit
izens and providing for their com
fort. He also holds resnonsjhie
L..
being the dispatch agent of the
United States government He is the
chairman of the American branch of
the Navy League. His younger son.
Mr.. Lucus F. Crane, is associated with
him in this, while the other, Mr..
George Allen Crane is prominent in
athletics.
Although Lord Queensborough made
6rlef stay in Washington, it is
probable that his daughter Olive and
her husband, Capt. Charles VIM
VIII make prolonged visit to Mrs.
Dimock after finishing visits to other
New York relatives. Mrs Winn is
| the elder of the two daughters of
the late Pauline Whitney and her
husband, Almeric Paget, since created
Baron Queenborough. Mrs. Paget
died about five years ago, and after
leaving a life interest in her large
fortune to her husband. she made an
equal division of the principal be-
tween the two girls. The younger,
Dorothy. is unmarried, and in addi-
tion to the vast Whitney fortune
from her mother. she received a big
slice Of the fortune of Col. oliver
Payne, her great uncle. The Hon
Dorothy Paget spends most of her
| time in the big country estate on
the Cam. near the famous uni
versity town. Mrs. Winn is now in
| New York with the Harry Payne
Whitneys. but will. with her hus-
band. come to Washington in April.
Capt. Winn is the heir apparent of the
unmarried Lord st. Oswald He has
one son, an infant.
The republic of Cuba has just pre-
k4l NlSt SO