Evening star., 1924-06-15
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Spirit of Hum anty Domino ating Trait In Character
of Mrs. Coolidge Diplomats and Former
Diplomats in LimeEght.
BY MARGARET ID. DOWNING,

A dominating trait in the charac-
ter of Mrs. Coolidge is her spirit of
humanity and determination that
where she can control events, all for
which she has any responsibility,
shall have a fair show for life and
happiness. It is this characteristic
which accounted for those two pris-
Tate garden of the White House,
Blackie and Tige, the pet cats that
gaZed so sadly at the festive scene
that afternoon ten days ago when
the service men and disabled veterans
of the world war were the honor
guests. Nothing has given the mis-
tress of the old mansion more joy
than to watch the birds build their
nests all about her, confident of pro-
lection, and she has been mindful
of them and of their little broods.
Imagine her distress when it was
proved that Blackie and Tige were
continuously robbing the nests and
Strengthening the birdlings as they
were brought to the ground to learn
to- fly. And not only the birds have
suffered, but the young rabbits, which
nave been the pets of the denizenS
ofSthe White House for many genera
tions back. 1t looked as though the
felines were bound for a long Jour
ney, so indignant was their mistress
But the screen cage was Suggeste ed
and from now on until both young
birds and rabbits are agile enough
to elude the cats Bl3ckie and Tige
Will spend their days in durance vile.
They are allowed a few hours of lib
erty morning and evening. but they
are, under strict surveillance and.
moreover, wear collars to which a
warning bell is attached.
No portion of the White House
grounds was so enthusiastically ad-
mired when such a host of people
wandered through them at the gar
den fete early in May as the formal
Italian garden, which was designed
and planted by the first Mrs. Wood
row Wilson. With a rather pro-
phetic choice, the borders are lovely
in thick clusters of forget-me-nots,
and though they do not thrive in
Washington as well as in other sec
tions, these are glorious in size and
riotouS in bloom. Mrs. Wilson
changed the round and triangular
beds of Mrs. Roosevelt's Dutch gar
Towering shrubs which are said to
have been planted by Mrs. John Ty-
Ter Julia Gardiner of New York;.
With the haZy memory of an ancient
Tuscan garden she had narrow rows
of grass in winding strips dividing
the space on the southeast into
two distinct sections. one leadin :
rom the lovely pool and edged with
low growink herbaceous plants like
peonies, with phloX and columbine
all through the season. Beyond the
graveled walk which winds as tn"
grass does are other peonies and
phloX with a background of chryS-
anthemum. Forget-me-nots make a
tiny inner border, with large clusters
showing between. Mrs. Wilson ais"
had provided those exquisite white
marble seats, also Italian, which in
vitc one to linger and enjoy the quiet
and beauty of the inciosure.
Miss Elizabeth Marbury, high social
priestess of the Democratic conven-
tion in New York City, has an
nounced a list of aides. many of
whom are well known here. Mrs.
Robert Lansing and Mrs. cambridge
Colby will alternate in receiving with
Miss Marbury and her committees on
different days and Mrs. Norman Da-
Wis and Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt will
have committees of their own and
arrange teas and receptions at Vari-
Gus points. Miss Margaret Wilson
be in evidence, and it may be that
Mrs McAdoo will be their guest. Mrs.
David F. Houston has been pressed
into service and will be among the
aides of Mrs. James Gerard at the
Plaza, where many dinings are plan
ned during the week of the great
powwow. Miss Marbury will re-
main almost continuously at the
Madison Square Garden, where many
of the Republican guests of the Dem
ocratc women will foregather. Ono
distinctive feature which will stand
out is that the faminine sex is
to be treated with supreme cour-
tesy and every opportunity afforded
them to see and to hear and to be
well cared for in the creature sense.
Miss Marhury is relying principally
on Mrs. Philip Adams Hill of New
York City to look after the women
of the opposing party who are to
lie spectators at the convention. Mrs
Hill was Miss Margaret Sharp,
daughter of the late ambassador to
France and Mrs. Henry Graves
Sharp, and she passed her girlhood
in.>t Washington. She acted many
times as hostess at the American
embassy in Paris during the illness
or absence of her mother and is re-
garded as one of the best equipped
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