Evening star., 1923-09-16
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Presidents Official Advisers Committed to Home
Life Ideal Bachelors in Minority in
Government Circles

President Coolidge, retaining his pre-
decessor's cabinet in entirety, is sur
rounded by advisers who are committed
to the domestic idea and who for the
larger part have homes and families.
In fact, the bachelor public official In
this country is the exception and he is
outnumbered in every division Of the
three-fo government about ten to one.
The Secretary of the Treasury has his
charming young daughter to grace his
board whenever it is necessary, and be-
sides she maintains a wide social actfv-
ity on her own account. Senator Albert
3. Cummins of Iowa is a widower. He is
the president protein of the Senate and
WILL If signs prove correct, retain that
role. With these two exceptions IN the
executive and legislative, and Justice
McReynolds in the judicial set, all or
the ma jor officials in the Capital main
tain the dual state and many have a
delightful group of children and grand
. children. OF course, in the military
group Gen. Pershing stands out asNone
of the eligibles, but he, too, has family
ties, a young son; and his sister, Miss
Pershing, will probably pass the winter
here and dispense the amenities in his
household. In view of this, the opening
season presents many points of interest
and is indicative OF unusual brillianey.
Though at least half OF the executive
circle has been compelled by the
scarcity of homes and the lofty price
asked for those which were available
to find quarters in Wardman Park Ho-
tel. this condition is improving and 1t is
believed several of the cabinet families
will seek q residence where it is possible
10 follow social life with more freedom
and more individuality.
Young William 3. Leeds has many
friends and relatives in this part of the
world who will follow his fortunes with
keen anxiety. His mother, the late
Princess Anastasia, formerly Miss Nan
ME Stewart of Richmond, Ind, though
born in modest circumstances and COM
PEELED in her early girlhood to aid the
family eXchequer by taking orders for a
Cincinnati dressing firm, had reached
the peak in the matter of European
alliances. for through her marriage with
Prince Christopher of Greece she be-
came a member of almost every royal
family in Europe. AS some of the British
papers sarcastically remark, no other
American woman broke into royal cir
cles so extensively, and among her
many privileges was that of calling the
queen mother of Britain Aunt Alix, -
and addressing reigning majesties as
Cousin George" and Cousin Mary
Young William Leeds and the Russian
Grand Duchess zenia, whom he mar
rled, Will have TO be content with an in
enormous Leeds fortune. But If they
have children these will inherit the full
property and win no doubt cast their
lot with their European royal kindred
For they, like their parents. will be con
nected with the imperial though exiIed
Romanoffs. the Hohenzollerns, the
Guelphs having possessed royal rights
il several lesser German kingdoms
besides good half dozen others
including the reigning houses Of the
Scandinavian countries. The elder VIII
liam B. Leeds began life as a 1orist's
clerk and having married while in these
humble circumstances, he divorced that
wife to marry the lovely Mrs. Mamie
Stewart Worthington, who had done the
same thing with George C. Worthington
and this when she was less than twenty
one.
This being the age of woman, 1t
IS not surprising that the laurels
which hitherto wreathed the brow OF
the venerable Chauncey Depew are
being placed on Mrs Henry Have
meyer of New York and Newport
As an after-dinner speaker Mrs
Havemeyer has no peer in metropoli-
tan society and she can handle any
subject of a controversial nature with
brilliancy and convincing force. It is
said her stock of political anecdotes
outnumbers those of Mr.. Depew, and,
unlike his, they often act as two
edged sword. Not since the days of
Travers has such sparkling repartee
enlivened the prandial board and no
banquet of any consequence now is
arranged without consulting Mrs.
Havemeyer's convenience. She tells
the most prosaic story with great
histrionic effect, and in Newport,
where the Hayemcyers are passing
the summer, she is quoted on all oc-
casioEs. Presumably she is an advo-
cate of equal rights. though she shud-
ders at the designation conferred by
some admirers that she is the "Chaun-
cey Depew of the woman's party"
Mrs Havemeyer does not spare her
own sex when IL comes to devising
jokes. Thus she caused peals of
laughter at a recent dining at which
several notable leaders of the suf-
Yrage party were present by telling
Of the ambitious woman who an
nounced to her husband at the break
fast table that she was about to be-
come a candidate for the presidency
of the United States. do so," urged
her narrowed spouse. land 1 hope you
win, for then l shall enjoy new
sensation-that of being the first gen
tIeman of the land"
Some American sportsmen feel as
though they have accomplished a
high destiny, in that Lord Lever
hulme, who has just purchased a
large estate near Warwick known
into country club modelled after the
Biltmore- -Westchester, and to place II
entirely at the disposal of trans
continental guests-Canadians Aus
tralians and citizens of the United
States. Moore Park is situated much
nearer London than the Biltmore-
Westchester is to New York. and over
q superb road. The clubhouse to be-
that grand old mansion built by the
Earl of Warwick, whom BulwerLyt-
ton pictured so graphically as the
king maker" will offer points not to
be obtained in this newer land. But
otherwise the club is to be run on
the same lines and Lord Leverhulme.
the Canadian magnate, who is MAX
ing so liberal a gift to his former
fellow citizens of the Dominion, has
inspected the New York club several
times and has conducted a VOL
luminous correspondence with its Off
GERS. The country club idea is ac-
knowledged all over tine world as this
nations contribution to the sporting
Instincts inherited from ancestors
from the Old world, and so popular
has this innovation proved that there
is hardly an outpost of civilization
which lacks one. The rules conduct
ing these most useful and delightful
adjuncts to city life are as American
rs cornbread and sweet potatoes and
such organizations all over the world.
The Biltmore Westchester, though,
feels unusually complimented in hav-
ing suggested a charter for Lord
Leverhulme's gracious gift4
Though there is not the slightest
probability of the Prince of Wales