The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-03

10 the OapICO1 tOQay TO Wit
Az ness the opening session Of
the Sixty-eighth Congress and,
with little group of. guests, oc-
cupled the White House pew"
In the Senate gallery. She was
Ing and Miss Ruth Whiting, OF
Boston.
The ceremonies in the Senate
chamber this morning were marked
by a certain decorun, but the fun
was over in the House, where q
strenuous fight was in progress
and organization held up. Mrs.
Coolidge will, 1t is probable, also
attend the joint session of Con-
gress at which the President will
read his message.
Mr.. and Mrs. Whiting and Miss
Whiting ara visiting at the White
House, as is Col. r. B. Creager, of
Texas, a valued friend-persona
and political-of the late President
harding. They accompanied the
president and Mrs. Coolidge to
services at the First Congrexa.
uonal Church yesterday morning.
-
WHILE September and October
Nv constitute the open sea.
sOll for house hunting, the con.
vening OF the new Congress has
brought to Washington q number
81 newcomers who have vet to
lind suitable quarters. Then.
curiously enough, there are sew
eral permanent Washingtonians-
notably Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
George Barnett and Col. William
Eric Fowler-who, for one reason
or another, find themselves home
less and at this late date are
searching for the illuSive possible
house at q not impossible price.
The Barnetts, who have been
at wakefield Manor, in Virginia,
since their return-Mrs. Barnett
from Europe and the general
from California, where he had
been in command Of the marines
on the west coast until his re-
urement-and who had a Thanks
giving house party at their beau
tiful country home, came to
town to devote themselves to
house hunting and are staying
at the Willard. They expect, how
ever, to return to Wakefield be-
fore they settle down here.
At one time the Barnetts owned
town and the other at 2132 ban
croft place. AS a matter of fact
they still have the Bancroft street
house, but 1t is leased to the
Hon. and Mrs. H. w. Brooks, of
the British embassy, and the old
fashioned house in @ street which
Mrs. Barnett purchased and re-
modelled several years ago, was
sold perhaps year later. It
was whispered that the ghost
which was reputed to roam
through the old-fashioned rooms
had something to do with the
BaIeY but Mrs Barnett laughs at
this theory and alleges that
substantial profit actuated her.
Mrs. Barnett by the way. has
come back from Paris wearing a
brandsnew shingle bob which Is
vastly becoming.
COLONEL FOWLER, who came
" East for the Army and Navy
game and to attend to some bust
ness matters in Washington, is
hoping that before he leaves
for California the middle of the
month he will find a house which
is suitable for his needs and Mrs.
Fowler's and, il. he does, they
will buy, as they propose to
make their permanent winter
home in Washington. They hope
to return here along about the
first of the year.
Mrs. Fowler is now at her home
In Los Angeles and the Colonel
will rejoin her and her children in
time to spend the Christmas holi-
DAYS. If they do not succeed in
finding a house here they expect
20 90 abroad in January and even
have a trip around the world in
prospect. They will, Of course, al
ways maintain a residence in Los
Angeles, for that is Mrs. Fowler's
home-her first husband, the late
Edwin Earl, was one Of the
pioneers of the great city-and her
children feel bound to the Cali
fornia city by unbrealkable ties.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Pilson,
ir., Colonel and Mrs. Fowler's SON.
ln-law and daughter, who visited
them in Los Angeles after their
marriage in the early summer,
and who then spent several
months on Mrs. F'owler's ranch,
now have a home Of their own
In Los Angeles, a picturesque lit
tie bungalow not far from the
great house in which Mrs. Pilson,
formerly Miss Emily Earl, spent
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