Evening star., 1923-11-25

Capt Henry Hughes Hough, who has
been governor of the Virgin Islands fol
two years. will, with Mrs. Hough. come
TO Washington early in December
Capt Hough has recently been appointed
ny Secretary DENLY as director Of ma
vcI intelligence in the Navy Department
and he is now EN- route to New York
where he will remain for week or sc
at the Hotel Ambassador before taking
over his new duties. Mrs. Hough, who
has proved most acceptable hostess
in the governors house Of this nation ;
youngest inSular possession, was. before
her marriage, Miss Florence Ward
daughter of the late George Gray Ward
member of the we'll known family OF
New York which gave title to Wards
Island in the Hudson river. so long
their principal residence. Because OF
the enforcement of the eighteenth
amendment the former Danish West
Indies have not been overrun with
tourists as the neighboring islands,
where no prohibition of any kind seems
to be in force. But there has been Il
steady stream of more serious visitors.
bent on looking over this acquisition in
view of future development. Capt. and
Mrs. Hough have recently entertained
several congressional parties and there
Is a constant going and coming of
Army and Navy men. Like Porto Rico,
the Virgin Islands are rich and fertile
and hold their own in every way with
their neighbors. leading perhaps in GER
tain dairy and truck garden commod- =
tiles.
Rcpr> sentative and Mrs. Robert Low
Bacon. who have taken over the lease
or the fine old mansion on 18th and j.
streets from Senator and Mrs. Medili
Mccormick, have been occupying it
for brief intervals for month. The
house has for six years been rented
furnished, the equipment as we'll as
the mansion being the property of the
former Miss Alice Thaw, daughter
of Mrs. William c. Thaw, who mar
ried first the Earl of Yarmouth and.
Boston. She resumed her maiden
name. Alice Copley Thaw. The house
was beautifully refitted by it's owner,
from handsome furniture which came
from the famous Thaw home in Pitts
burgh. as her permanent residence.
Since her marriage Mrs. Whitney has
lived in Boston, but she has refused
tempting offers for her property and
evidently intends to eventually occupy
It again herself. It had long and
tenancy of the late Chief Justice
Fuller. Mr.. and Mrs. Bacon have
brought many handsome drapings,
rugs and choice bric-a brac from their
energetically into the amenities of
the winter. Mrs Bacon has paid only
passing visits to the capital of her
country, but Representative Bacon,
state, passed part of his early man
hood in Washington and has hosts of
friends in official and residential cir
cleS.
Mrs. Charles Whitman wetmore.
whose home in Woodland Drive
Washington, contains "a perfect
treasury of Japanese art. is 50 fire.
quently confused with Mrs. Charles
D. Wetmore of New York. the author
of the anthem America" which
many admirers assert should be the
national hymn instead of the classic
by Francis Scott Key. that both
ladies are becoming resigned 10 their
fate. Both have achieved fame in
widely differing fields and both con-
tlnue in active service according to
their ideals. Mrs. Charles Whitman
Wetmore is written permanently into
the literary annals of her day through
her masterpiece, The Life and Let
ters of Lafcadio Hearn." though she
mas many other claims to recognition
in letters. She was Miss Elizabeth
Bisland. daughter of Thomas S. Bis
saret Brownson. and her youth was
passed on her fathers plantation
Fairfax. in the upper bayous of
Louisiana. She began her literary
career early on the Times Democrat
of New Orleans and from this humble
beginning she climbed swiftly to an
enviable position. She was called to
the Metropolitan Magazine in John
Brisbane Walkers day and then be-
gan a series of travel books. Her
Candle of Understanding" which
deals with oriental themes, secured
government. Mrs. Charles d. Wet
more is the wife of the architect of
New York city and was Sara Thom-
son Watriss before her marriage.