Evening star., 1924-11-16
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Political Life
Mrs. Dawes Expected to Push Child Welfare
Work Here-CooHdge Likely to Revive Break
fast Gatherinss-Lipton Guest of du Pont.
BY MARGARET r. DOWNING.

peace, ard for one who is 20 preside
over such an eminently pacific body
rs the United States Senate. When
he lived IN Washington before, he
was "Charlie" Dawes to majority
OF those who knew him. and he viii
no doubt take over this cognomen
as more beftting his present sta
tion.
President Coolidge. running mate
IS the first man since Charles War
rem Fairbanks who Will bring a sub
stantial fortune TO sustain him
salary as second gentleman Of the
land. President Taft's partner in
1908 was James Schoolcraft Sherman
for many years a member of Con-
gress from New York, and possess
sing only modest competence
which all but reached the vanishing
point when his term was ended.
Neither Thomas Riley Marshall nor
Calvin Coolidge had what would be
accepted as a hint of a private for
tune when they assumed the role
soon to fall to the lot of Mr.. Dawes.
But though abuntantly able to make
what is popularity called "splurge"
In the social sense. Mr. and Mrs.
Dawes have simple tastes. One is a
profound student OF music and takes
his pleasures along chat line. and
the other is heart and soul absorbed
in various philanthropic crusades.
One feature of the influence which
the coming of Mrs. Dawes cannot
fail to have on Washington. and
which does not concern the activi-
ties of Vanity Fair even remotely,
will be-if her experience about Chi
rago is duplicated at all-the adopt
ing OF orphane ed or dependent chill
dren by those whose character and
incomes make them lit for such obli-
cations. Mrs. Dawes is too mod est
a person to permit any statistics
about her success in this line. but her
friends say that If figures were OBJ
tainable since she took over the
chairmanship OF placing dependent
children in good homes the list
would be amazing. Very few OF Mrs.
Dawes friends have failed to yield
10 her persuasive eioquence on this
theme. The list comprises not only
those whose. homes have never been
blessed by children, but many whose
little ones. grown to ma turity, have
found another home nest and arc
rearing children there. Washington
presents fertile field for such
philant thropy az Mrs. Dawes has made
her life work. ana a list of the opu-
lent and eminent who have no chill
dren would be impressive. 1t il true
that some, like Mrs. I.arZ Anderson,
take over whole institutions Of char
ity and give Dot only sub tantial aid
but weeks and months of plea
and recreation to the inmates. But
Mrs. Dawes is convin ved that while
this is most worthy, the best OF all
ts to give the homeless and the
motherless that inestima bic blessing <
and preparation for life which ema-
mates from the center of a real home
and an adopted mother and father.
She has in nearly al! cases where he
wards are taken insisted on legal
adoption.
Tho~e who know the Chief Magis-
trate hest say that he Will without
doubt revive u caston OF past ears
that Of having a few friends to
breakfast several times a week. al
ways inclusive CT Sundays and holi-
days. VIXEN the morning meal may be
eaten in complete lei ure. Breakfast
parties have invariably appealed to
those Presidents who possessed the
simple habits. OF the present inculn-
bent OF the White House as present
ing charming addition to the op-
portunities for social intercourse.
Every one who can recall the Nc
kinley administration remembers
The famous breakfast. Of that era.
sometimes served in the White
House. sometime at the home of
Vice President Hobart. and again at
Senator H@nTa'S. they far exceeded
the formal dini!.2s agents OF gas
tronomic politics President Coolidge
enjoys breakfast perhaps more keenly
f:!an othe" moaie. but his opportuni-
ties to relax and nnee- have been
few since he too. up the burden laid
down by President Harding. But
when he is established in his own
right and has arranged affairs at
vii! breakfast parties in Washing-
ton viii see the revival which they
are having in London. Mr.. Stanley
Baldwin, the new premier. Is another
devotee of breakfast hospitality, and
already his snug little parties, begun
in his home in Eaton Square during
election days and now continued in
Downing street. are egaging consid-
cradle attention.
Winston Churchill, the British
statesman. always an object of SYM
pathetic interest in this country be-
'ause Of his mother. the pretty Jenny
Jerome, and his witty grandfather,
Larry Jerome. is convinced that the
members of his family begin to ret
roSrade on attaining the fiftieth year.
So his recent election to Parliament
after three consecutive defeats, and
just few days previous to his half
century birthday, was hailed as
happy omen. Mr.. Churchill recently
has been writing the history of the
most illustrious of his ancestors, that
John Spencer Churchill who became
the first Duke of Marlborough, and
examining the annals he finds that
none of the descendants of the Iron
Duke and his formidable wife, Sarah,
achieved anything Of note after they
were 90 years old Indeed. the race
IS short-lived and has packed into
TWO score years as much as the ma
jority of people do into eighty Mr.
Churchill has just finished the third
volume of his remarkable history Of
the World War, and the details of
his part in it. The sidelights which
are shed on many events make this
work the outstanding record among
the many books on the same theme
written by British publicists. AS par
Iiamentary secretary to Austen Cham
berlain and to Lord Birkenhead and
holding cabinet post under Mr.. AS
quith, the author had an opportunity
tofsee things from every angle. Just
atspresent,l in addition to the political
role, Mr.. Churchill is editing the EN-
pire Review, in affilfation with Mr..
Locker Lampson. also elected recent
Iytas Conservative member of Par
liament.
Gen. T. Coleman du Pont. who was
elScted to his former seat in the SEN
ate, has been entertaining Sir Thomas
Upton at his apartment in the Plaza,
in New York, and at the beautiful
place he maintains on the Brandy
vino near Wilmington, Del, the Old
Mill. Gen. du Pont is almost as keen
a yachtsman as the genial Irishman,
though he contents himself with
poIayiaI hoat The Tech Intended for