Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-19
HOLD MONTICELLO
BREAKFAST TODAY
Jusserand Guest of Honor at
Affair at Rauscher's-Jef-
fers0n Lauded.

Amba ssador Jasserand of France
was among the guests of honor at
the Monticello breakfast held at noon
today at Rauscher's by the Thomas
Jefferson Memorial Foundation. The
luncheon opened the campaign to
raise funds for the restoration and
preservation of the old home or
Thomas Jefferson.
Tributes to the life and character
of Jefferson were paid by speakers
in the presence of a brilliant gath
ering at tables. with Judge Milton
Elliott acting as POSTMASTER.
Jussernnd Heads. Speakers.
Those who made responses included
the ambassador Of France. M. Jules
Jusserand, seated with Nine. Jusse-
rand at the Lafayette table. Senator
Cabell Bruce Of Maryland at the
Bruce table, Blair Lee at the Lee
table. William l.. Marbury Of Baiti-
more at the Maryland colonial table,
DR.. Johnston. and Mrs. Harry Brown
of Pennsylvania.
The reception. preceding the break
fast" was enlivened by music by the
Navy Band. The breakfast COMMITTEES,
composed of Mrs. Walter Tuckerman.
Mrs. wilkins Benoist Shields. re-
ceived the guests. Mrs. Julien Mason,
Mrs. William Bowie and Mrs. John
Richie acted as ushars, showing the
guests to their tables.
Wilson Backs Move.
Mrs. Minnigerode Andrews. chair
man for Washington for the me-
mortal. and Mrs. Rose Gouverneur
Hoes paid tribute to the manner in
which the National Capital has re-
sponded to the movement to suitably
recognize the author of the Declare
ton of Independence.
A letter was read from former Pres
ident Woodrow Wilson, in which Mr..
Wilson expressed his regret at not
being able to attend the breakfast.
and expressing his great sympathy with
the purpose of the Thomas Jefferson
Memorial Foundation.
Several Preside initial Tables.
Presidential tables occupying the
center of the banquet hall included
by great-great-great nieces Of Mar
tina Washington; the John Adams
table, presided over by Mrs. Jessie
Il. Wood; the Jefferson table, pre-
sided over by Miss Fannie Burke:
the James Madison table. presided
James Monroe table. presided over
by Mrs. Harry Freeman Clarke; John
Quincy Adams was remembered 1t
the George Washington University
in the institution in its early days.
Lafayette was remembered at the
table at which sat the French am
bassador and Nine. Jusserand.
The tables presented colorful pic
lures. being decorated with many his
toric articles. ranging from books
used by Thomas Jefferson to the
colors Of the universities and colleges.
Forty-four Tables in All.
The group of tables as shown upon
the plat were as follows: No. l.
Gen. Henry Lee. Light Horse Harry"
presided over by Miss Edith Davidge;
No. ,. Bennett Bland -Bannister, Mrs.
Gibbes Baker; No. 8. George Mason of
Gunston Hall. Miss Julia Mason; No.
4. Deacon Hart. Mrs. Blodgett and
Mrs. Matthew's: No. S. Gen. John H.
Cooke. Mrs. Wilkins B. Shields: No. s.
No. Z. Thomas Mann Randolph, Mrs.
Randolph Dickins; No. 5. Col. George
Jackson. Mrs. James E. Hurley; No g.
Josiah Bartlett, Signer, Mrs. Amos G.
Draper; No. 10. Bennett Bland
Bannister Mrs. Gibbes Bakers sec
Gunston Hall. Miss Julia Mason's sec
ond table: No. IL, Johnathan Dickin-
son of Princeton, Mrs. Richard Parker
Crenshaw: No. IS. Oliver Wolcott
Mrs: Walter Tuckerman; No. II. Har-
ward, Mrs. Walter Tuckerman's sec
ond table: No. l., Thomas Nelson. Mr..
and Mrs. H. T. Nelson; No. Is. the Uni
versity OF Virginia. Mrs. Hugh Cumming
No. II. Lafayette, DR.. Howard Hodgkins
with the French ambassador as honor
Mrs. Howard Hodgkirs: No. 10. James
Monroe, Mrs. Harry Freeman Clarke
No. 90. George Washington and Martha
Washington. Mrs. NJ NJ. McComb. Miss
Patty Washington and Miss Margaret
Withers; No. q. Thomas Jefferson,
Adams. Mrs. Jessie P. Wood; No. 20,
James Madison. Mrs. Mitchell Carroll;
S 20; "a; Bs emf MI Franklin; Mrs Nc;
descendants; No. 25. the clan Of
Bruce. with Senator Cabell Bruce as
honor guest. Miss Mary Williams; No.
&c. Robert Boiling of Bollingbroke.
with Mrs: Woodrow Wilson as honor
guest. Mrs. Minnigerode Andrews:
No. 81. Richard Henry Lee. Mrs. Violet
Blair Janin: No. %. Lord Baltimore.
with Mr.. William Marbury as guest
and speaker, Mrs; William sotheron
Benjamin Rush Logic; No. 80, Nathaniel
Macon of North Carolina. Mrs. Marion
Butler: No. 81. Yale. Mrs. Howard
Sutherland.
No; 80: Sir Francis Wyatt. Mrs.
Revolution. Gen George Richards;
No. "a. Valentine Peyton of Vaucluse.
Mrs. Eliphalet Fraser Andrews; No.
35, the Colonial Danes of America,
Chapter 8, Mrs. Adams;
No. So, Lord Baltimore, Mrs. William
Sotheron Powell's second table; No.
81, John Taliaferro. Mrs. Benjamin
Rush Logie's second table; No. 3s.
Gen. William Bradford. Mrs. Marcus
Benjamin: No. 80. John Carlyle of
Alexandria, Mrs. Stuart Jameson: No.
40, Rev Christopher Wilkinson. Miss
Caroline F. Smith; No. Al. the Sons of
the Revolution. Gen. George Richards
second table; No. AZ, Henry Clay, Miss
Mary F. Day; No. 40. John Paul Jones,
Mrs. Bertha Martin; No. A, the
Daughters Of the Confederacy, with
Mrs. Livingston Schuyler as honor