The Washington times., 1921-03-27
MANY NEW FACES IN
NEXT CONGRESS.

NEXT CONGRESS.
Congress doesn't count socially
in a favorite saying with resident
Washingtonians. But. like most gilt.
tering generalities 1t isn't true. To
be sure the Congressman's wife
doesn't cut any social ice simply be-
cause she is a Congressman's wife
nor even the, Senator's lady But II
she belongs" socially speaking, al
home the doors OF Washington's most
exclusive homes are open to her and
she soon finds herself playing as i'm.
portant a part as she cares to in the
social game. ~
The last elections changed the face
of Congress entirely and pretty
nearly one-thfrd OF the members OF
the Sixty-seventh Congress are new
comers. Many OF these will slip into
Washin gton- out again--without
causing the slightest ripple IN the
social seas. But, on the other hand,
there are some whose arrival is a
matter OF no small Importance from
society's point Of view. n Take, for
instance. the little group OF new
comers to the New York delegation
in Congress. &33
Foremost among them is Congress
man Ogden Livingston Mills. rep
resentative OF one ofgthe most dis
tinguished families in New. York
City, who Is succeeding Representa-
tive Herbert Peil--bearer of another
proud name. Ogden Mills ran for
Congress once before bat was de-
feated. However. he served for some
time in the New York state senate,
where he introduced the famous
Mills bills" and made a record for
forward looking legislation. Mr..
Mills married Miss Margaret Ruther-
ford, daughter of Mrs. William X. Van
derbilt, ST.. but they are divorced.
The Mills have solved the prob
lem of finding home which brings
gray hairs Ito most beginning Con-
gressmen by taking the lease OF the
Newbold house, 2725 Q street, of the
hands of Mrs. George Won LenEerke
Meyer, who occupied. II last winter
with her son -in-law and daughter, the
former Counselor of the Italian EN-
bassy and Nine. Brambilla. It's a
charming house, spacious and we'll
arranged for entertaining. and II is
oN the cards that 1t will become one
of the centers Of hospitality under the
new regime. never hear anyone
speak of this house without thinking
of the bon mot of former occupant.
who declared that he always called
the sun parlor Fiume. because it
should be Italian but isn't" Mr.. Mills
Is a brother of Lady Granard BEAT
rice Milis). who was recently here
for a few days, and Is nephew, I
think, Of Mrs. Whitelaw Reid.
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Another important New York fam
lily is represented at Washington by
Representative Hamilton Fish. jr. He
isn't quite in the newcomer class,
having been elected to the Sixty-sixth
Congress to fill the vacancy left by
the resignation OF Edmund Platt now
member of the Federal Reserve
Board. He was reelected to the
Sixty-seventh Congress. The son Of
Hamilton Fish, who served in Con-
gress for some years, and grandson
OF Stuyvesant Fish, Secretary of
State under President Grant. Repre-
sentative Fish may be said to have
been born to politics. He's one of the
younger men in the House, only
thirty-three, but before coming to
Congress he served three terms in the
New York State Assembly. He was
overseas with the famous 369th in
fantry. a black regiment, command
ing one of the companies: and he won
the croix de guerre in connection
with the capture of the village OF
Sechoult. Subsequently he was made
a major of infantry and served with
the army Of occupation. Young, we'll
born, well placed, wealthy, brilliant
and good looking. Mr.. Fish is one OF
the most eligible bachelors in Con-
gress, and there's no man in Wash
ington more in demand socially.
Congressman Peter Ten Eyck. who
comes to the House from the Albany
and Mrs. Ten Eyck are not
strangers to Washington. He was in