The Washington times., 1923-08-27
JEAN ELIOT ON SOCIETY
White House Visit
OF Harveys
Closes.


~ of st. James, and MRS. Har-
vey, who spent Sunday at the
White House as guests of the
PRESIDENT and Mrs. Coolidge, are
bringing their brief visit to a close
today. Whenever Ambassadors
Harvey comes to Washington he
engages suite at hotel, usually
the Hamilton, hut somehow he In
yariably graviates to the White
House.
He conferred with President
Coolidge Immediately after. the
death of Mr.. Harding, and it was
agreed then that he should return
Tor further conference before re-
turning to his post in London. He
is scheduled to sail on Septem-
Der g..
After his customary early morn
ing walk, President Coolidge at
tended services yesterday at the
First Congregational Church,
where for a second time the SER
mon was delivered by the Rev.
Nehemiah Boynton, Of BROOKLYN,
intimate friend and fellow Amherst
alumnus of the President. And
following the services DR.. Boynton
was the guest Of President and
Mrs. Coolidge at dinner.
Excepting for attendance at
church, President Coolidge kept
yesterday free from all engage
ments in order that he might have
time Tor a heart-to-heart talk with
Colonel Harvey. The ambassador
to Great Britain arrived in Wash
1ngton on the very day before Sec
Z rotary Hughes was leaving for a
speaking trip, which will keep him
out of Washington for the next
ten days, but 1t was explained that
the ambassador spent nearly a
week In and out of the State De-
partmenf on his arrival from Lon
don in June. and that he and Sec
rotary Hughes have arrived at a
very clear understanding !. of the
situation. ..as
In the afternoon while Colonel
and Mrs. Harvey called on Mrs.
Harding, who is resting at Friend
ship, the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Beale Mclean, President
and Mrs. Coolidge took a short
motor ride.
THE departure OF Mrs. Wood
row Wilson for Mattapoisett,
Mass, to visit Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles s. Hamlin is regarded as
corroborative evidence Of the i'm
provement of the former Presi-
dents condition in recent months.
1t serves, moreover, to call atten-.
ton to the growth of that charm
Ing summer resort in fashionable
favor.
Time was when to be 'in the
SWIM at all 1t was necessary to
go to Newport or NarraganseLt
Pier. Later the North Shore re-
sorts, Beverly, Prides Crossing
and the rest, began to be popular.
And when the war broke out and
1T became impossible for the
diplomats and official folk to go
very far away from Washington.
there was q sudden interest in
such nearby places as the sea-
side resorts in View Jersey or the
pleasant little towns in the Blue
Ridge Mountains.
For the last year or two, how.
ever, the name of "Mattapoisett"
has figured with increasing fire.
quency in the society columns
and just now the town boasts a
flourishing and exceedingly smart
Washington colony. The Hamlins
Mr.. Hamlin is member Of the
Federal Reserve Board, as you
doubtless remember, and they
make their winter home in Wash
ington-were among the "discov-
erers" Of Mattapoisett. They own
their home, have spent their sum-
mers there for many years, and,
although Mrs. Hamlin and pretty
Miss Anna Hamlin went abroad
for the early summer and were
presented at court in London,
they arranged their trip so that
they might spend the latter part
of the season in Mattapoisett.
Mr.. and Mrs. William r. Castle,
jr., and Miss Rosamond Castle
are at Mattapoisett this year and
just at present they have Miss
Castles fiance, Alan r. Winslow,
with them for a visit. Mr.. Castle
is on his vacation now, but il
due back at the State Depart
ment on September 3.
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The Hon. III. w. Brooks, secre-
tary Of the British embassy, and
Mrs. Brooks have q cottage at
Mattapoisett, and Mrs. Henry
Getty Chiffon, wife of the charge
d'affaires of Great Britain, visited
them there earlier in the summer.
Indeed, they have had a succession
Of visitors.
Mrs. Wilson, who left last night
for Boston en- route to Mattapoi-
sett, was accompanied by Mrs. J.
M. Helm, formerly Miss Edith
Benham, who was her secretary
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