Evening star., 1923-11-25
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
New Director of Naval Intelligence Returning
From Virgin Islands-Other Notes of
Interest to Capital Circles

F., Her anthem America" is the latest
candidate for national honors and
was written in the hope of express
! ing newer and deeper ideal of pa
older song, The Star Spangled Ban
ner''; Columbia, the Gem of the
! Ocean," and the several others.
The youngest member OF the sena-
! toTial -coterie will undoubtedly be
little Camilla Sewall Edge. the daugh-
! ter of Senator Walter T.. Edge and his
wife. for whom the small stranger is
named. Infants are a rarity in the
/ immediate families of the grave
/ Seigneurs of the national Legislature.
/ though as grandchildren they are
, quite numerous, and this despite the
+. fact that the age of the senator's
| grows toward the minimum limit of
| juvenility. rather than against the
I ultimate age of usefulness. The mar
| riage of Sena.nr Edge and Miss
! Sewall was d b.illiant event of the
! summer of 1922 nd occurred in the
brides home in n. inc, with Senator
Eugene Hale lendin- support to his
COLLEAGUE Senator Edge is building
| sumptuous new home beyond Vent
nor in Atlantic City, but he and MIS-
Edge still are living in the old place
near st. Charles place on the Board
walk and right in the center of it's
/ acutest activities Senator Edge will
g"ess. but it is unlikely that his wife
, and the tiny daughter will occupy the
; home on Rhode Island avenue until
! somewhat later in the winter.
A debutante for whom Washington
enteTtainS the most affectionate in
terest is Miss Mabel Choate. daughter
OF Joseph Fl. Choate and grand
daughter OF the former ambassador
to Great Britain. who will be pre-
serted at an evening soiree follow ed
by reception at her fathers home
on East s2d street. New York De-
cember 4, Miss Choate is a student
of Barnard College. but, like many OF
the buds. is taking a brief dip into
social waters along with the serious
work OF her senior year. Her mother
Is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Rob
ert Shaw Oliver and during the for
merS lncumbency as assistant secre-
tary OF war she frequently was a
guest in Washington and has like
wise spent several Christmas vaca-
tionS In the Oliver menage in Bermuda
Miss Marion Oliver. who is her aunt
and who has won wide fame as an
ail-round open-air devotec ana sports
woman. is with her very often in the
New York home of the CnoateS. Miss
Choate is partial to music so that her
friends are to be invited to hear Il
fine program rendered by famous ar
fists and then to remain for a levee
which VIII terminate in a dance. This
, is similar to Miss Abby Rockefeller'S
presentation last year for neither the
bud nor her parents are particularly
enSroSsed in social affairs undiluted
by something worth while. Miss
, Choate Will spend part of the winter
in Chicago with her paternal grand
mother. the widow of the eminent
statesman. diplomat and lawyer. who
resides in the old home built by her
father Frederick \. Sterling. more
than sixty years ago.
The governor general of New South
; Wales, Admiral Sir Dudley de Chair
landed in New York last week and
| viii pass through Washington on his
way to Vancouver, from which port
he will sail for his distant mission.
! Some twenty-five years ago, as Lieut.
Dudley de Chair. the governor gem
erai was naval attache of the British
legation as it was in those DAYS and
Sir Lionel Pauncefote was the min
lister: He was transferred to the ad-
mlralty and later saw service in
South Africa. where he married the
only daughter and heiress of the null
timillionaire miner and rancher, H.
w. Struben. His latest visit to Wash
| Ington was as member of the first
mission led by Earl Balfour in the
spring of 1917, just after the declara-
ton OF war against Germany Dur
ing the world war he was expert
naval adviser TO Sir Robert Cecil.
Being on the retired list of the navy
Sir Dudley is to pass the next five
years in comparative leisure in the
rich ana growing province of New
South Wales. His salary will be
$4,000 year with liberal perquisites
handsome summer and winter home
all sorts of sailing craft and com
/; paratively light and pleasant duties
Lady de Chair is visiting relatives in