The Washington times., 1922-08-20
CABINET HOSTESSES
OF WILSON REGIME
CAPITAL VISITORS
Mrs. Lane and Miss
Wilson Here at
Same Time.

T EST we forget the men and
women whom we learned to
know and like during the last Ad-
ministration, they keep drifting
back to Washington. First the
Merediths. and then the Marshalls,
the former Vice President and his
wife being the pleasant occasion
for a round Of parties which would
have done credit to midwinter.
And last week found Both Mrs.
Franklin X. Lane and Miss Agnes
Hart Wilson visitors In town.
Mrs. Lane. widow Of the former
Secretary of the Interior, who was
conceded by many to be the most
brilliant man in President VIII
sons Cabinet. has been here be-
fore on several occasions. but 1t
was Miss Wilson'S first visit to
Warrington since the Fourth of
March, 1921. Since then she has
spent most Of her time in Califor-
nia--if I remember correctly she
had a rather important job out
there, something to do with bank
ing-but / have not learned
whether or not she expects to re-
turn. She left here for New York
and after a few days there expect
ed to Join her father at their farm
at Blossburg, Pa. -. a,-.
While In Washington Miss Will
son was the guest for a time of
her. sister. Mrs. Strohecker for
merly Miss Mary WILSON,. and then
visited Mrs. j: b. Densmore. who
was one of her most intimate
friends all the time she was living
in the Capital. Miss Wilson's
mother, the late Mrs. Wilson, was
an invalid during most Of the pc.
riod of William B. Wilson's service
as Secretary Of Labor, so 1t fell to
the lot Of Agnes Hart Wilson, his
eldest daughter, to be chatelaine
Of her fathers household and to
assume many Of the duties OF
Cabinet hostess" Moreover, she
had been her fathers secretary
during his long service in Congress
and continued to be his right-hand
man while he was in the Cabine..
Consequently Miss Wilson was
very busy person while she lived
here and was associated with
great variety Of people, making
friends, moreover. in every walk Of
life.
So quietly did she slip into
Washington that only her most
intimate friends knew she was
here and she was on the eve Of
leaving before the general public
got an inkling Of her presence.
Mrs. Lane also arrived unheralded
for an all-too-brief visit to Mrs.
Blaine Beale and after q day or
two at Mrs. Beale's apartment in
the Connecticut returned to Blue
Ridge Summit, Pa, where she had
been visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Philip H. Kaufman. Before that
she spent several weeks In the
West, the guest for the greater
part Of the time of her son and
dAushter.in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Franklin X. Lane. jr., who are
living In Kansas City. Mo.
Young Mrs. Lane, you know, In
the daughter Of Mrs. McCahill,
whose tragic death in a motor &C
cident in Germany in which Miss
Mary Tumulty was injured, SO
shocked Washington.
MRS. LANE expects to stay with
Mrs. Kaufman and that en-
gaging small person, Franklin
Lane Kaufman, in the noun
tains until early autumn. but win
come to Washington early in
September to devote few days to
house hunting. Yes, she has def
nitely decided to spend next winter
in the Capital-a decision which
will be received with enthusiasm
by q host Of friends here--and
will probably take an apartment.
It seems rather too bad that
Mrs. Beale should be giving up her
apartment and moving to New
York Just as Mrs. Lane is coming
back to Washington to live. The
two ladies are close friends and
you may remember that It
was together they received the
"lessons'-via the automatic writ
ing route-which were published
in q little volume entitled ITO
Walk With God"
It's rather natural, however,
for Mrs. Beale's family lives In
New York--her sister IL Mrs. WAL
ter Damrosch--and she has spent
most Of her time there for the
last two years, renting her apart-