Evening star., 1923-12-09
Copelands Certain.
- Of Prominent. Place
u In Capital Society
New Senator From New
York and Wife :. Both
Are Charming Persons,
Friends Here Find. !,

Senator and Mrs. Copeland of New
York. the former the successor Of
William NJ. Calder. for many years In
the House and then iii the Scra te.
have decided to spend their first sea-
Son in Washington at Wardman Park
quarters Mrs. Copeland wishes the
leisure to settle into her new niche
and to get her bearings. so TO. speak.
before attempting the management
Of house. Then, both are fond OF
company, and this hestelrys presents
largest unit both of offlciaf and resi-
dental society. The cnlylelifId, Royal
samuel Copeland, tr,. who lis, thir teen.
is at the Waverley Preparatory School.
but spends all his holidays and many
ssa eaas AND %ta Mrs MS cssaaa like the
majority of New Y.orkess; are from
other states, in thtssiHstaAee Michi-
gan. in the envtkons of .its chief city.
Detroit. Mrs. GepeFend, who Will be
sf the senatorial circle and who is OF
handsome presence. with gracious
manners, was Miss Frances Spald-
tng, and her birthplace was the pretty
little city about twenty-five miles
from the Michigan merropolis-Pou-
'isc. Her kindred came of the emf
nert British family of Spaldings,
which settled in Connecticut in the
early years, while another branch
figures among the pioneers OF Mary
land, and later of Kentucky. Though
the Spaldings followed different re-
ligious creeds, they all are staunch
: democrats. even those in the Nutmeg
state. Mrs. Copeland studied in pri-
late schools of Pontiac and ,DetT DIT.
and then. Ger parents following the
teachings of Wesley. she entered the
Northwestern University of Ohio. in
tending to follow career in which
literature and politics were factors.
But studying in the Webster High
School Of Detroit and the Michigan
State Normal and afterward in tn,
:. University of Michigan was young
Roy Copeland. whose atte ept;ons sooE
became concentrated enough to inter
fere seriously with her obtaining
degree. and the wedding was the
result.
The present senator from New
York. who served with distinction o..
health officer OF the metropolis. ha,
determined to seek q wider field thai
his native state offered. and whe:
he secured his medical degree he be
came an inferno in the Roswell
Flower Hospital, and from that
climbed swiftly upward. Mrs. Cope .
land has entered energetically int =,
the public career of her husband ant
she combines the traits which max,
for the successful.,-politician wifi.
without interfering with the domestic,
eide of life. Tie Senator, possibI!
owing to his healing art. Is devou
believer in physical culture and h
is leader in many athletic clubs Il
Eew York, as he was during his
college days in Detroit and AMI
Arbor. Mrs. Copeland shares this
interest and wire they are more
familiar with Washington and its re
sources both will be likely to joir
some of the country clubs and to be-
come known on tennis courts anc
golf courses.
Mrs. Copeland has already af,ilat-
ed with the Senatorial WomenS Club
and will participate in all its activi-
ties. She will meet Mrs. Coolidge
under the pleasantest auspices at. The
luncheon Tuesday and will iiGnI4
the following Tuesday, December Is.
when the first luncheon of the pres.
ent season will be served In the reg
ular meeting room .on the third foor |
of the Senate office building. Senator
and Mrs. Copeland are members OF
the Methodist Church. but they have
not yet been transferred, from their
New York congregation. nor have
they selected place of worship from
E-mong the many which washington
has to offer. Both have entered with
litical season, which. It is predic ted. I
will be one of the most Interesting
and important for many wars Being
a newcomer and coming from q state
which is rated about thirteenth in
seniority, she has a rather xormida-
BILE task in making the: NECESSARY
calls, but she is attacking tK3@f reb<|I
lem energeticallX and Systematically
and with high degree of enjoyment.