Evening star., 1922-12-03
Bruces of Maryland
May Maintain Their
Mansion at Ruxton
Wife Of Senator-Elect Has
Kept Up There Traditional i,
Hospitality of Class.

On the political wave which
cial life in Washington. and carried
so many familiar ones out of it. there
is more than the average :epresenta-
tive of historic families. and this is
particularly true of the. William Ca
bell Bruces. who will come to fiji the
place Of Senator and Mrs. Joseph l..
France. Mr.. Bruce belongs to two
pioneer families. the CabeNs of -Vir-
sinia and for so many years numer-
ously represented in Washington. and
rke Bruces of North Carolina. who
sought an asylum in the new world
with the MacGregors. CamerOns. Nc
Leans and Others when their fortunes
were at low ebb In the Scottish High
lands The Bruces claim direct de-
scent from the ancient royal line Of
Scotland and are among the few
American families credited with such
by the Herald's College in London.
tant blood In Maryland and Is de-
scended from that Eliza beth Mattocks.
so written in the first half of the
seventeenth century. but now known
as Maddox, when she married Philip
Fisher and received a vast estate on
the eastern shore,
The wife of the new senator from
Maryland was Miss Louise Estes
Fisher. and she was born in Baltt.
more and Is the fourth generation of
her line of the Fisher family to claim
the Monumental city as birthplace.
Her father is tina, well known jurist.
Judge William Fisher. but her family
has taken more kindly to medicine
than to law and she has several emf
rent doctors among her near kindred
including her brother. DIR. William
Fisher. jr.. who is a celebrated sur
seon of the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Her elder brother. Mr.. David Estes
Fisher. is a successful business man.
we'll known here.
The Bruces have two sons. both of
world war. James Bruce married
Miss Ellen Brent KeySer. daughter of
Judge and Mrs. Brent Keyser. and
hey have two small children.
The Brent keySers are relatives of
Mrs Bruce. for all of Maryland among
The older inhabitants are conn. cted
some way and she and her SON. S
wife claim common descent from Nj
nian Beall. one of the earliest pro-
prietors in what is now the District
of Columbia. and whose son. George
Beall. was one of the two founders of
Georgetown. Mr.. Bruce through the
CabellS also is a kinsman of the
Bealls. Mrs. Bruce has always figured
among the social leaders OF baitl-
more and has been identified with its
worthiest philanthropic and ratrio.ic
activities.
Her home in Ruxton is . fine old
colonial mansion. to which SHE and
her husband are so deeply attached
that it is improbable she will close
it even during the congressional ses-
sions. In this she will find many
precedents. When Charles Bonaparte
was Attorney General he and Mrs:
Bonaparte lived modestly in a hotel
and made triweekly visits to their
Baltimore home and gave all their
most noted feteS either there or in
the Long Green valley country seat.
Representative and Mrs. ]. Charles
Linthicum have never closed their
home in st. Paul street. though they
have been members Of Washington's
official set for more than ten years.
The retiring senator and Mrs. France
have been partial to Baltimore. and
every one will recall the handsomely
appointed luncheon which Mrs. France
gave to Mrs. Coolidge In her home
there last winter. when the gueets in
cluded practically the entire feminine
wing of the Senate families, and they
were taken to the feast and from II
in a special car.
Mrs. Bruce is essentially home-lov-
ing and the details of her house and
family engross her more completely
Than the events of the social world.
She has. however. at the Ruxton man
sion maintained for many years the
traditional hospitality of her class and
she will be a much appreciated addi-
ton to the senatorial circle.