The Washington herald., 1922-08-20

Mr.. and Mrs. William Jay Schiefelin.
of New York. and Abram S. Hewitt;
for Miss Schiefelin has visited
Washington a number of times as
guest of her cousin, Miss Alice B.
Shepard. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Fitch Shepard. who are sum-
mering at jamestown, r. i. They
will return here early m October.
Miss Schiefelin Is one of the other
cousins Of the Vanderbilt clan who
were debutantes last season and
who figured SO prominently in the
activities of the younger set The
others were Miss Muriel Vanderbilt.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William K.
Vanderbilt: Miss. Louise Morris,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Hen
men Morris, and also granddaughter
of Mrs. Elliott F. Shepard, and Miss
Emily Sloane Hammond, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Henry Ham
mond.
Mr.. Hewitt is the youngest SON of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Rinkwood
Hewitt. and was named for his
grandfather. the late Mayor Hewitt.
Following the completion of his
studies here he took a postgraduate
course at New College, Oxford. His
older sister, Miss Candace Hewitt
curing and after the war was ac-
lively engaged in relief work
among the Armenians in Syria and
also in France, where she was as
sociated with Miss Anne Morgan.
Miss Lucy Hewitt. a proficient mu-
sician, is the other sister and A sh-
ley c. Hewitt, who was graduated
from Princeton in 1917, is a brother.
He Is great grandson of Peter
Cooper. philanthropist and founder
| Of Cooper Union.
The engagement Is one of the
| most important of the year. Both
families, while in the social fore
ground. have placed stress upon
civic, professional and Industrial
achievement. In each generation
| OF each family individuals have
been noted internationally in the
advancement of science, in the i'm
proVement of political conditions
and in the promotion of practical
philanthropic projects as well as in
the development of large business
affairs.
Through her father Miss Schief-
felin represents the fifth genera
ton in descent from John Jay, the
hrst Chief Justice of the United
Sta;es, and through him also is de-
scended from the founder of the
| firm of Schiefelin and Company. IN
existence Ior more than a century.
Through her mother Miss Schiefe-
lin also is member of the fifth
| generation in descent from Com
modore Cornelius Vanderbilt. Mrs.
! Elliot F. Shepard is her grand
mother. i understand it is tn be a
long engagement: that both are
very young and he will complete
his studies at Oxford before marry
| ing.
DUTIES KEEPING MEMBERS
OF OFFICIAL SET HERE.
Of1cial Washington is working as
though it were midwinter instead
of midsummer. I am sure the Pres
| ident did not work so hard in mid
winter and the Cabinet members
are sticking pretty close to their
desks. too. though about half of
them did manage to slip away last
weekend for a few days recrea-
tion. The President doesn't seem To
be able to get even a few hours
very often. Then even the Lower
House of Congress is back on the
job" that is. most of them are.
They didn't all return Tuesday
when the House continued its in
terrupted session. Some are in Eu-
rope, others campaigning at home
and others Just enjoying life at va
rious places, taking their own
sweet time" about getting back to
work. The Senate has never
stopped working. fgurativeIy sneak
| ing, for the Senators stop frequent
ly for golf or a weekend or a run
out home-or something of the sort.
Many. at least fifty, of those men
| sitting in session on the Hill will
be missing from their desks after
next March. The ships that pass
In the night"-the elections all over
the country will send some of those
men home and new ones in their
places and Washington society's
personnel will undergo a change. 1t
Is always so here. We will meet
new matrons and their daughters.
Perhaps there will be a debutante
or two among the newcomers for
next season: there may even be a
future President in the lot-there
are so many interesting possibili-
ties. That is one thing about 1t all:
1t isn't pleasant to see old friends
leave us but the constant influx of
newcomers into our social life here
does prevent any possibility of mo-
notony in life at the Capital.
OF course. there are some pri-
maries yet to be held. 1 can think
OF three Senators and fully a dozen
members, OF the House who have
been defeated for denomination.
Right there are fifteen families that
will be, conspicuous by their alb
sence
| Some of those are going because
they haye retired. OF course, or are
candidates for other office, as well
as those who were defeated In the
primaries. Some will be missed
more than others. too. quite nat
urally. Many have not taken an
active part in society, while others
have been in its foremost ranks.
One of those Washington is groan-
ing over the most is Senator Harry
New and his wife, who is extremely
pretty, always well dressed and very
charming. As has been said sew
eral times. though. It is felt that the
PRESIDENT. who, is real buddy of
News. may find soma other position
for him to keep him in Washington.
Senator Porter j. McCumber will be
terribly missed. They seem as
though they Just belong here, the
McCumbers do. Their daughter,
| Helen. grew up right here in Wash
inston and married here, having
met her husband. Lieut.. Col. Har-
rison Brand. right here when he
was stationed at the Washington
Barracks in the good old days be-
fore the war. You see that the
lives Of many of these officials are
more closely locked with Washing
| ton than they are with THAR ana