Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-14
Senator and Mrs. Couzens
Prominent in Civic Life

Senator James Couzens. and Mrs.
Couzens are among the important ad-
ditions to the oflcial circle, not alone
because of their graf fortune, but be-
cause of their many activities in
everything which touches civic life.
Since the demands of public business
called the senator to Washington
Mrs. Couzens. has been unable to ter
inmate her connection with many en-
crossing interests in Detroit. and
until the new Congress 'convenes next
December she sees small prospect of
setting her mind to finding home in
the National Capital She will, how
ever, join Senator Couzens some time
next month for a visit.
Both she and her husband have LED
an exciting life since November ~
when Gov. Groesbeck appointed the
Mayor of Detroit to fill the remaining
three wears of Mr. Newberrys term
in the United States Senate Inat
busy first officer of Detroit and MRS.
Couzens had, after much planning
slipped off to New York to pass
quiet Thanksgiving day with the
eldest daughter, Miss Madaline Couz-
ems, who is completing her studies Al
a private school, and incidentally 10
Frank Couzens. who had just been
married and was with his bride
spending the honeymoon. But with
the news of the appointment to the
national legislature the Couzens
holiday came to an end before it had
begun, for the mayor and his wife
and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Couzens all
departed at midnight before Thanks
giving day and their much planned
Thank sgiving dinner was eaten in the
I,t1I
made amends to Miss Madaline Couz-
ems for deserving her so suddenly III
November.
Senator and Mrs. Couzens give the
number of their children as four. ana
only from friends is it learned tnat
the pretty little girl Betty Is dausn-
ter by legal adoption. and a. war
orphan to whom Mrs Couzens nao
become deeply attached after nursing
her through long illness foiloWlns
her mothers death She is the baby
of the family and it is in behalf OF
Betty that the big home on Long
fellow avenue has been kept gong ali
through the winter and that Mrs.
Couzens has not spent more time IN
$Eashin gton. Another daughter IL
Miss Margaret. who is twelve. she IS
at a boarding school near Detroit.
Miss Madaline CouZens recently cele-
brated her eighteenth plrthuay anu
one of the pleasant anttctpations OF
next winter will be her formal pre-
sentation to society.
Mrs Couzens was before her mar
rage Miss Margaret Manning ana TUG
marriage occurred in the summer Oh
1895. when Mr. CouZens, who Is a
Canadian by birth. had advanced onis
a short distance on the road 10 hlS
present success. -
At the present time Mr.. Couzens
possesses one of the largest FORTUNES
in the middle west, and his wlfe nas
ALWAYS taken over her share of the
RESPONSIBILITIES which wealth brings
with energy and unflagging zeal. She
and the senator belong to so many
clubs and are among the dlrec!orS II
so many philanthroplc ana reis' ou'
societies that their absence from De
troit will he keenly felt even lol
few months of the year. Among me
social organisations of when bolll
are memhe~s are The Players, the
Bloomfield Hills Country Cluo tne
Riding and Hunt and the Golt LUZ
The senator is at present the p,esi
dent of the Detroit Chamber OF Com,
mcgee and is one of the directors on
me United States Board of COM
merce. and Mrs CouZens mas peen
deeply concerned in all its actlVltles
and has been one of it's conspicuous
hostesses. p~o-h,,-
Roth are members of the Prespy-
terrain Church, and though they nave
MT as vet selected a place of Wor-
shin in Washington, it is probapIe
that when they establish a home here
they will become members of the
Church of the Covenant. senator
Couzens' parents. Mr.. and Mrs. James
+ Couzens, are among the sturdy ana
esteemed citizens of Hyde Park, a
suburb OF Detroit. and they are an
tfcipating a visit to their distinguish,
cd son and anxious to see the capltal
city of their adopted country.