Evening star., 1922-11-30
W0MAN'S ALLIANCE.
ACQUIRES ESTATE
Clifton, at Massachusetts
Avenue and W, Transferred
to Mrs. Calhoun.

! Transfer of ownership by James Ell
verson, jr., editor Of the Philadelphia
Inquirer, to Mrs. Clarence Crittendon
Calhoun of the estate Clifton. COM
prising a stone mansion and forty
acres of land at Massachusetts avenue
and w street northwest. was an
nounced last night by Mrs. Calhoun,
who acquired the property under a
sole right contract for
| the Woman's Universal Alliance.
The. contract of sale was signed in
the office Of Representative George
| Graham of. Pennsylvania. who acted
as Col. ElVerson's attorney in the
matter. It is said that through the
i:express wish of Col. Elverson, the
contract Of sale was made out to Mrs.
Calhoun. solely and individually, SO
! that she might be- unhampered in car
rying out the projects of the Woman's
Universal Alliance, which she founded.
and which includes the building of an
3cropolis to Womanhood in Washing
! tower. in memory of the mothers of
the world.
Valued Mt Over $1,000 900.
The Clifton property is valued at
more than a million dollars, but the
alliance will reserve for itself only
| such portions as needed for its build
! ings and place the rest Of it. Mean
has the use of the whole estate for
j various functions. including meet
! ings. headquarters. open-air affairs
and a series of pageants and pastoral
| plays of which Miss Elsie Herman,
/! professor of dramatic literature at
Trinity College, will be the director.
In April a practical school of civic
and social science will be opened at
! Clifton for the training Of women
| from all parts of the country for lead
ership along these lines Fifty WON.
en- will be accommodated at the first
| session of the school, and it Is plan
ned to have g. representative from
each state in the Union. During the
! same month a universal conference
| Of women will also be held at Clifton
state and many countries of Latin
| America and Europe. The heads of
| women's organizations will be asked
to attend as councillors.
! Opening Event Sunday.
The opening event in the new
headquarters will take place on next
Sunday night. when the first of a
series Of evening salons will be held.
| at which representatives of the clergy
Of the different denominations of
! Washington will invoke blessings on
the new enterprise. Senators and
/ representatives of both parties will
speak on the problems of the day.
Cards for these events have been dis
tributed. but persons desiring to at
tend will be given admission cards
also If they apply to Mrs. Calhoun
1919 New Hampshire avenue. North
5432.
/ During the war Clifton. through
the patriotic interest Of Col. Elverson
was used as training school for
National Way
Council. This institution has now
been established on another site in
Washington.
showplace OF Capital.
For fifty years Clifton" has beer
one of the show places Of the Ma
!; tiopal Capital. Col. James Elverson
ST., lived there and also the present
owner. and it has been the scene OF
many notable entertainments. The
house is a stone mansion of French
Gothic design and has thirty-twe
rooms of unusually generous proper
tions with spacious halls and g
splendid view of the city from each
and have parquetry flooring. with
the artistic crystal chandeliers OF
the period. The property is beau.
tifully wooded. 1t is bounded on the
south by Rodk Creek Park. on the
north by the Naval Observatory and
w street. on the east by Massachu-
sets avenue and on the west by Wis
consin avenue. Tentative plans for
new streets leading through the prop
| erty have been made, and a bus line
connecting it with all parts of the
city will be installed in a short time
Architects have been invited to SUBJ
nit designs for the buildings plan
ned by the alliance.
Columns Striking Features.
| Striking features Of the Temple of
! Womanhood, the principal building of
| the group, to be built on the site by
the Women's Universal Alliance, will