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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-10

famous and invitations thereto are
in great demand especially among
the artists, musicians and writer's
with whom they are most closely
affiliated.
They had an Indian dinner some
time ago-Mrs. harrington was
born in India-with the most mar
Vicious currieS, strange Indian dec
orations and everything in keeping.
Then, there was the Farrington's
Chritmas Eve party, about which
their guests still love to talk. Fes-
tivtties began with two plays, one
an Indian idyl and the other Gam
mer Gurton's Needle;;" then came
Christmas carols, the waits as
sembling beneath the windows to
chant the old familiar strains, and
finally a group of guests who were
remaining over night assembled
about a great Yule log to tell
stories and exchange "reminiscences
until O'Clock in the morning. And
on Christmas morning, along about
II O'Clock, there was the jolliest
sort of breakfast party before the
company dispersed to spend the
rest of the holiday with their fami-
lies.
DIR. and Mrs. Harrington are
members of the Arts Club and are
leading spirits in the various fes-
tivities of that enterprising and in
teresting organization.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Firestone,
jr., who have been spending the
winter in Florida and are now en-
route to their home in Akron, Ohio
are spending the week in Washing.
ton at the Hamilton Hotel.
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BRITISH AMBASSADOR
NOW IN NEW YORK.

The British Ambassador, Sir
Esme Howard, will return on Mon
day from New York, where he went
yesterday.
Lady Isabella Howard, wife of
the Ambassador, is expected to ar
rive in New York on May 81.
X X
DIR. Hubert Work, Secretary of
the Interior, entertained a company
of eight at luncheon at the VIII
lard yesterday.
* y X
Mrs. Harlan p. Stone, wife of the
new Attorney General, will arrive
in Washington early next week to
join her husband, who has assumed
his duties at the Department of
Justice,
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MRS. COOLIDGE TO BE
GUEST AT BREAKFAST.

The Congressional Club will give
it's annual breakfast at Rauscher's
on April %, with Mrs. Coolidge and
Mrs. Gillett, wife Of the Speaker Of
the House, as the guests of honor.
The breakfast will be at noon, with
program afterward
At the weekly Friday afternoon
tea at the club tomorrow, when
Kathleen Norris will be the guest
of honor and speaker, Mrs. Charles
Kearns, Mrs. Thomas Rubey and
Mrs. w. c. Salmon win preside at
the tea table.
The hostesSes will be Mrs. James
A. Reed, Mrs. Everett Sanders, Mrs.
John NJ Sandlin, Mrs. John Nugent,
Mrs. John C. Shafer, Mrs. Ashton
Shallenberger. Miss Margaret Ayres.
Miss Katherine Hays. Miss Anna
Garrett and Miss Heller Howard.
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LONDON GUSTS PARIS
AS HEAVEN OF ALL
GOOD AMERICANS r.
Meeting of American Bar Association In
England Is Partly Responsible
for Exodus.
By JEAN ELIOT.

ONDON! is rapidly superseding Paris the place all good
Americans when they die And apparently it
Mecca this
ton and large delegation Of its sisters and its cousins
debouchng the British capital July long string
notabe Westinghouse Them taking houses London
Tor the
Chief Justice Taft will head the bar association delegation
the Secretary of State Mr. Hughes conditions permitting
tend the convention which being held in England the invitation
Of the British Bar Association If he Mr. Hughes will
presumably be accompanied his wife his young
Miss Elizabeth Hughes and Mrs Taft already Europe, having
sailed week her sister, Miss Maria
has been abroad all winter They will Italy
of joining in
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gram, another at the American EN-
bassy and still another big recep-
ton at Mansion House, the palace Of
the Lord Mayor of London. Then,
of course, the various legal lumi-
naries will be. entertained individ-
ually and collectively by the leaders
of the British Bench and Bar, and
one meeting of the association will
be held in Westminster Hall, which
dates back to the days Of William
Rug Rufus and may well claim to be
the cradle of British law.
TAKE A HOUSE IN LONDON
FOR GALA SEASON.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hays Ham
mond and Miss Natalie Hammond
expect to sail for Europe early in
June and will. understand, take
house in London for the season.
Their trip is, of course, quite indie
pendent of the bar association. but
they will presumably be in town
while the influx of American visi-
tors is on and will take part n
many of the festivities of their
countrymen. Mrs. George T. Maryc
"AAC CROAb SAAO part III
winter in Egypt, and has recently
been in Paris after visiting Italy
and the south of France, also ex-
poets to be in London for the sea-
son. Miss Helen Marye is with her.
And it is quite on the cards that
Miss Hammond, who made her de-
but in Washington this season, and
Miss Marye, a bud of next winter
or the year after, may be among
the American girls presented at the
Court of st. James this year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Johnson, with
their daughter, Miss Elizabeth
johnson, are going over some time
in the early summer and will visit
Mr.. and Mrs. Shane Leslie in Lon
don. probably timing their arrival
to be there during the season.
Then, there's Mrs. Edward Tay-
Tor, who expects to spend much Of
the summer with her son., William
Mendenhall Taylor. He's in the
American diplomatic service and
has recently been transferred to
the embassy in London from Buda
PeSth,
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PARTY GIVEN FOR WIFE
OF SECRETARY OF NAVY.

Mrs. Wilbur, wife of the new Sec.
rotary Of the Navy, will be enter
tanned at tea today by Mrs. John d.
Fredericks, wife of Congressman
Fredericks of California. The party
Will be, given in the sun porch Of
Wardman Park Hotel, the guests
numbering about $50. The hostess
will be assisted by Mrs. Edward w.
Eberle, Mrs. Walter Lineberger,
Mrs. Arthur M. Free, Mrs. Daniel
Thew Wright, Mrs. James A. Emory
and group of California girls who
are schoOlmates of her daughter,
Miss Deborah Fredericks, at Mt.
Vernon Seminary.
The girls. who constitute the
largest delegation at Nj. Vernon of
any State in the Union, are Miss
Dorothy Fulton, Miss Margaret
Martin, Miss Pauline Schoder, Miss
Frances Sherman, Miss Frances
keach,, Miss Anne Abrams, Miss
Nancy Morton, Miss Mary Welty,
MISS Beulah Gibbons, Miss Cherry
Stevenson, Miss Louise Gordon.
Miss Harriet Snider and Miss Fred
erick.
AAI o. !1uWhIu Terry SANFORD, wife
OF Justice Sanford, was the guest
Tor whom Mrs. Wade Cooper enter
tanned at luncheon today. The
party was given in the Presidential
suite at the Willard and the guests
invited to meet Mrs. Sanford were
the wives of memners of the Ten
nessee delegation in Congress.
y
Congressman and Mrs. j. May
hew Wainwright were hosts at din
ner last night, having among their
guests, Mrs. LorrIlard Spencer, of
New York, who is staying with
them.
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European governments are wait
ing with no little interest the def
mite decision of Secretary Hughes
to attend the convention, for, barr
ing Robert Lansing's attendance
at the peace, conference, there is
NO record of an American Secre-
tary of State crossing the Atlantic
while in office. Elihu Root, Phi
lander c. Knox, cambridge Colby,
and Mr.. Hughes himself visited
South America in their official
capacities, and Mr.. Knox went to
Japan and China: But trip to
Europe is almost a novelty.
While Mr.. Hughes has made no
arrangements outside of Great
Britain-and even his participation
in the Bar Association junket is
more or less on the knees of the
gods-continental statesmen, es-
pecially in France, are sure to urge
the desirability of a call at their
capitals and international comfy
might require the Secretary of
State to do considerable travelling.
BECKS ARE PLANNING
VISIT TO ENGLAND.
Solicitor General James NJ. Beck,
who is a great favorite in England
and who was repeatedly mentioned
as a probable ambassador to Great
Britain before Senator Kellogg was
appointed, expects to attend the
convention, taking Mrs. Beck and
Miss Beatrice Beck with him. JUS
tice Frederick Siddons and Charles
Francis Carusi are crossing to-
gether, Mrs. Siddons and Mrs.
Carusi, with Miss Helen Carusi,
having made plans to sail early in
May and to travel a bit on the
Continent before joining their huS-
bands in London. Mr.. and Mrs.
George E. Hamilton and their
daughters are going over earlier, 1
believe, to tour before the conven-
ton comes together; and Justin
Morrill, Chamberlain is also taking
Mrs. Chamberlain with him.
Every stateroom on the Beren-
garia, the liner which has been
chartered by the Bar 9Associatio
has been snapped up and of
those attending the meeting have
been forced to secure 'accommoda-
tions on other vessels. Others who
are going from washington are
Charles A. Douglas, Henry e.
Davis, Conrad Syme, John j. Ham,
ilton, Charles Darr, Noel F. Regis
and Roger J. Whiteford. Then
there's Judge Kathryn Sellers, of
the Juvenile Court, who will be a
lady among lions-to put reverse
English on a popular expression
but who will not be alone in her
glory, as Judge Mary O'Toole and
Miss M. Pearl Mccall, assistant
District attorney, are both going
over
The holding of the Bar Associa-
ton meeting abroad is a bit of an
experiment, but an exceedingly in
teresting one. The American Wis
itors will of course, be entertained
right royalty. with reception by the
King and Queen-or possibly gar
den party-as feature of the pro-
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GIVES TEA TODAY FOR
CALIFORNIA VISITOR

!, Mrs. William Kelley, wife of Col
onel Kelley, is entertaining at tea
this afternoon at her apartment in
Kew Gardens for Mrs. Keller, wife
of Col. Charles Keller. At the tea
table, which is decked with spring
flowers. yellow shades predominant.
ing, will be Mrs. Frederick Dent
Grant, Mrs. William M. Black, Mrs.
Lansing Beach, Mrs. James B. ALI
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DEMOCRATIC LEADERS
BOUND FOR NEW YORK..

among the prominent Democrats
who will go to New York to attend
the committee meeting on arrange.
nents for the National Democratic
convention the end of this week are
Senator Samuel M. Ralston, Sena-
tor Carter Glass and Cordell Hull,
chairman of the Democratic com.
mittee. A dinner will be given for
those attending the committee meet.
Ing Saturday evening at the Commo.
doro
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BRITISH NEWSPAPERS
RIDICULED PROJECT.

And now the Universal Aunts.
Limited, have been appointed &C.
| credited agents for the British EN-
pire Exhibition at Wembley Park,
with the express intention Of being
of assistance to visitors from over
seas. Hence their introduction to
| Washington readers.
At first certain section of the
public was inclined and is perhaps
still inclined to look on the organi-
zation with some frivolity! Light
hearted articles purporting to de-.
scribe the duties of the Aunts ap-l
peared in almost every well.known
periodical. The Aunts were even
immortalized in Punch in a witty
article, "Uncles Unlimited" The
life of an Aunt certainly has it's
| lighter side. Original requests reach
them for anything from the provi-
sion of "toupets" for clients in far.
off British possessions to quite Sc
rious requests to be put in touch
with wives, and each letter Is dealt
with and answered. Although the
aunts refuse to start or run a matri.
monial agency, several romances
have sprung up as a result of meet
ings within the organization, and
several have ended in matrimony.
we hope to live happy ever after"
The Aunts have been asked to act
as witnesses to marriages, to inter.
vene in love affairs and domestic
squabbles, to interview difficult
landladies. organize and act as host
esses at receptions and garden fetes.
and to take the post of temporary
mother in an emergency. Their
work is nothing if not human Many
intimate stories, both gay and sad,
are poured into the ear of the Aunts
Occasionally they are the means of
making just all the difference to
the life of a worker starting on her
career and their advice as to the
choice of a career has been asked
and successfully followed by many
clients for themselves and for their
own boys and girls and wards
REPRESENTATIVES, IN ALL
PARTS OF WORLD.
1t is this feeling Of being an in.
dividual which attracts workers to
the Aunts' offices in Dover street
and Sloane street. The Aunts and
Assistant Aunts are genuinely and
keenly interested in their organiza.
ton. Nearly all have personal re-
lationship with representatives in
France, Italy, India, America, etc.
and are therefore able to do much
for clients in all parts of the world.
Visitors to England for the great
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AIDOFFEREDBY
UNIVERSAL
AUNTS"
Organization Co-operates
With British Empire
Exposition.

Visitors who expect to take in
the British Empire Exhibition in
London this summer-and all Wash
ington seems London bound-will
be interested in the Universal
Aunts Of Sloane Street and Dover
Street. Under this rather in
triguing title, post war Women's
Legion is functioning, gathering
within its organization every type
of skilled and certified woman
worker, it's slogan being Anything
for any one at any time
The "Aunts" will find homes, tenn
porary or permanent, especially for
girls who are spending some time
abroad or are going to London to
study. They will select schools in
accordance with specifications from
clients and at present representa-
tives of the organization are visit
ing various schools with the object
of arousing interest in the forth
coming British Empire Exposition.
There is an ALLEGATION department
which deals with the placing of
workers of every sort, secretaries,
governesses, teachers of domestic
economy, games mistresses" -
sounds delightfully."- British doesn't
it?-and so on down through the
ranks of domestic service. While
with reverse English, domestics are
found for the servantless.
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Kinks SELL HOUSE TO
JOIN ARTIST COLONY.

Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs. Alan G.
kirk have sold their house, 3025 z
street, to Mr.. and Mrs. Frank p.
Hartman, as Commander Kirk ex-
poets to be detached to sea duty.
They will give up the house early
in June, Mrs. Kirk going to Lyme,
Conn.,, for the summer and she ex-
poets to spend the greater part of
next winter in Washington With
her mother, Mrs., Frederick L.
Chaplin.
Not content with being a social
betterfly, Mrs. Kirk has developed
a pretty artistic talent which finds
expression in, the modelling of the
most adorable statuettes of chill.
| dren. She has done sketches of her
own youngsters and of the children
| or many of her friends and had an
exhibition year or two ago in
| collaboration with Mrs. Luke Nc.
Name, whose pastel portraits of
children have a decided vogue.
which resulted in many orders for
both artists. Mrs. Kirk has found
II d1fflcult to get much work done
OF late, being much in demand in
society, but she hopes to accom-.
plsh lot this summer, as Lyme is
an artists colony and she will find
much to inspire her there.
X \ X
Nine. Bertha Kalich entertained
ham for Congressman and Mrs.
Schuyler Merritt, of Connecticut.
\ r
Inc marriage of Miss Amelia
Elizabeth Guide, daughter of Mr..
ana Mrs. William F. GUIDE, to Rich
ara Branson Thomas, will take place
TINS evening at the home of the
brides parents, $500 New Hamp-
shire avenue. The bridegroom, who
IS q civil engineer, is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Thomas.
X X \
mrs. Howard G. Watson, of Perry
vile, Md, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
George F. Author during the meet.
ing OF the Pi Beta Phi Sorority of
which she is a member. Mr.. and
Mrs. Author have recently sold
their house in Ontario Road and
are established at their new home,
1883 Newton street. Mt. Pleasant.
n X
An Easter recital, the Sacred
Flame" by Selma Lagerloff, will
De given by Miss Jean Wilson on
wednesday evening, April %, at
6:lo O'Clock, at Trinity Community
Center, Third and c streets, under
the auspices of the Woman's Club
OF st. Marks Church. Miss Will
son Will be assisted by Miss Myra
McCathran Marks, soloist, and Wini-
fred McGregor Michaelson, pianist.
X X \
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS
BOUND FOR NEW YORK.
Among the prominent Democrats
who will go to New York to attend
the committee meeting on arrange.
nlents for the National Democratic
convention the end of this week are
Senator Samuel M. Ralston, Sena.
tor Carter Glass and Cordell Hull,
chairman of the Democratic com.
lnittnn .li....... nm - - -.
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son, Mrs. William Henry Holcombe
and Mrs. Gordon.
Colonel Keller, who was formerly
engineer commissioner of the Dis
trict. and is now on duty in Cali
fornia, is in Washington on leave,
accompanied by Mrs. Keller.
POMEROYS EXPECTED HOME
FOR VISIT SHORTLY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Pomeroy
and their daughter, Miss Josephine
Pomeroy, who have been in China
for a year. and a half, expect to
come home this summer for a visit.
They will however, return to the
Orient after few weeks, as MIR.
Pomeroy is the Oriental representa-
tive for his firm and they have
taken a lease on a house in
Shanghai for three years.
- \
Dimitri Dem Dimancesco, of the
Rumanian legation, and his brother.
Lieut., Iaon Dem Dimancesco, who
returned with him after his recent
holiday in Rumania, have taken an
apartment in the Argonne. They
have with them Constantin Daniel
opol, son Of the first Minister of
Rumania to the United States who
is a student at the Cathedral
School for Boys.
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empire exhibition will find them
ready to live up to their slogan,
Anything for Anyone at Any Time,
Efficiency and Reliability The
Universal Aunts. Ltd, while being
business run by business women,
endeavors by moderate charges to
bring their services within the
means of everyone and to give that
which cannot be paid for in money
and understanding.
~
NOTED ARTIST TO BE
GUEST AT DINNER.
Joseph Pennell. illustrator, artist.
author and one of the most signi-
ficant figures in the artistic life of
this country, will lecture at the
Chevy Chase School tomorrow and
will remain on afterward as a guest
OF DR.. and Mrs. Frederick Earring.
ton, who are giving an informal
dinner in his honor that evening.
1t will be remembered that Mr..
Pennen was the friend and CO.
worker of Whistler and that 1t was
ne, with the assistance of Mrs.
Pennell, who brought together the
splendid collection of Whistleriana
now In the Library of Congress
and, il / remember correctly, pre-
sented it to the nation.
DR.. harrington, who is the prin-
cipal of the Chevy Chase School,
and Mrs. Harrington have the hap
piest faculty of capturing person
ages of Importance in the world Of
art and letters and assembling
groups Of congenial guests to meet
them. Indeed, their parties are
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-29
Coolidge Strongest
Politically, View
Brace COngressmen

Boston. April 2S.-In spite of the
many Investigations into the affairs of
the Washington administration, presi-
dent Coolidge IL far above any sus-
picion of wrong doing and is the
strongest mnn politically in the coun-
try today. according TO Congressman
John Jacob Rogers of Massachusetts,
land Ernest w. Gibson. newly elected
member of Congress from Vermont and
a former schoolmate Of the president.
who spoke here tonight. Both of the
speakers voiced these opinions at the
grand dinner of the Middlesex Club, a
Republican organization.
Tho schoolmate of the nations chief
executive predicted that all the fault
found with the oil leases notwithstand-
ing better Informed public will In
the near future realize that the oil
leases were profitable arrangements for
the federal government and that they
were sound from a business point of
view.
In answer to the critics Of the Re-
publican administration he declared
that negotiations for both leases were
begun under the administration OF
Secretary Of the Navy Josephus Dan
iels.
There have been Investigations dur,
ing all the greatest administrations of
the past" said Mr.. Gibson, "and in my
Judgment we will find when the atmos-
phere has been cleared that this adj
ministration will more than match up
with those Of the past In purity and
or respects"
Congressman Rogers said that the
present investigations were to great
extent - great deal Of racket and
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that the boys had eaten everything
they could hold, but a short time be-
fore, provided sandwiches and ice
cream for all and the boys made a va
liant attack upon the commisary de-
partment. even coming back for Sec
onds," but without vanquishing the
Elm City Rotaorians' resources. While
they ate they We're entertained with
music by the Fairfield Boys band.
At 4.30 the crowd started back for
home, returning by way of the macad-
am road on the east side Of the river.
The Rotarians and the boys could
not say enough in praise of each other
at the completion of the trip. The
boys were sure that the Rotarians
were the bests hosts in the world and
that the particular one who drove
their car was king of them all, while
each Rotarian was equally as sure
that he had the best bunch of boys in
his car.
The entire affair was staged in a
very fine manner. and went off with
the precision of clockwork. This was
principally due to the work of W. P.
Perry, general chairman; the trans
portation committee composed of Ma
than Weston. Harris Woodman. Char
les E. Downing. Milton Dean and
Charles F. Flynt: the lunch commit
tee which is made up Of Tom Smith.
Harris Woodman, Dwight Higgins,
Harrison Lyseth and Nate Weston;
Captain Miller and five of the state
highway policemen, and to the fine
spirit Of cooperation upon the part OF
every member Of the Augusta Rotary
Club, who were ready at any time to
do anything in their power to make
this affair a success.