The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-01

! The Mondells' new house, which
has been extensively renovated and
remodeled, has had an interesting,
although fairly brief, social history
since 1t was occupied for a year or
two by the British bachelors"-
that group OF unattached attaches
A~of the embassy who contribute so
much to the gayety OF nations here.
1t Is next door to the house which
Senator and Mrs. Key Pittman &C.
cupied for q while. and it was said
that during the Pittmans' incum-
bency and that Of the Britishers
q door was cut between the two
houses, SO that both might be used
when big party was being given
on one side or the other Of the di.
ViHing line.
rs big house, nineteen rooms,
believe, and although the Mondell
family Is large enough to fill it
there are eight of them when they
are all assembled-it will take a
great deal Of furnishing, and Mrs.
Mondell has been browsing about
among the antique shops and haunt
ing Sloane's sales picking up lovely
old pieces suitable for her new
home.
just ILOW MIS- N1OIlOcI1 rs dL LII0
Chatham Episcopal Seminary, Chat
ham, Va, where her second daugh-
ter, Marjorie. is astudent, to attend
school; and she has delegated to
her elder daughter, Miss Dorothy
Mondell. the task Of bidding in the
pieces on which she now has her
eye. Miss Marjorie Mondell will
graduate with honors from Chat
ham Seminary in June and expects,
I believe, to go to Wellesley next
year.
Mrs. WetmOre's Lares and Penates
To Be On Sale; Will Go Abroad.
Apropos of sales, most of the
furnishings of Mrs. Charles w
Wetmore's lovely house in Wood.
land drive, which she has sold 10
Senator and Mrs. James w. Wads-
worth, jr., are to be put on sale
early in May at Sloane's. Mrs.
Wetmore is going abroad for the
summer and, although she has not
made plans beyond that, will prob
ably establish a smaller pied
terre than the big house she has
been occupying. Being a woman
VI WSdAlLl dIlIl DISCRIMINATING IdSISs
who has moreover lived in many
quarters Of the world, her house
was filledNwith beautiful things and
the sale will present great Oppor-
tunities for the collector. Many of
her things, however, were designed
especially for her house-notably
finished in old English oak to
Oh nj
It was to fit-and one rather Won
ders whether they will prove ex-
actly suitable for any other spot.
Mrs. /Wetmore is sailing on May
81 from New York, leaving Wash
ington on May 20, and will spend
the month Of June in London with
her sister, Miss Bissland, who has
a house there. Later she will take
a motor trip through Belgium, Lux
embourg and Holland with a
younger sister, also Miss Bisland,
returning to this country in the
late autumn or early winter. Mrs.
Wetmore is a gifted and charming
person, who writes delightfully."- un.
der her maiden name, Elizabeth
Bisland, and who, it will be remem-
bered, first edited the letters of
Lafcadio Hearn and gave them to
the world.
The Wadsworths have purchased
Mrs. Wetmore's house with the idea
Of having an anchor to windward
when the time comes that they feel
they must move from the big house
at the corner of H street and Six
tenth, which was the home Of Mrs.
Wadsworth's father, John Hay,
when he was Secretary Of State;
but apparently. they have no pres
ent intention of moving.
Mrs. Barnett's new house is next
door to the house now occupied by |
Senator and Mrs. Walter Edge, !
which belongs to Mrs. Alice Barney !
and was for long time the head |
quarters of the National Associa- |
ton for Woman Suffrage-the con- |
gervative wing of the suffragists. |
It's a small house of tan brick, its !
most salient characteristic being a |
small round tower to the left of the |
front door which contains the
staircase. To make it at once |
artistic and comfortable was a con-
siderable problem, but just the sort |
OF problem in which Mrs. Barnett |
delights and from all accounts she