Evening star., 1924-01-13
BY MARGARET b. DOWNING.

"'Sot NC HiuCH interested III the Va
riety of summer homes which are
being suggested for their use in every
part or the country. 1t is. OF course,
seaSorable weather to ponder on sum-
mer climates and to present for the
presidential favor green trees and
grass and glistening white sands ex-
tending to sunny seas. But it is most
Improbable that the purchase of a
temporary White House will engage
congressional attention or that any
of the estates suggested will be ac-
cepted for that use. Congress is In
such continual session that few of
the senator's or members who possess
homes in ideal resorts are rarely able
10 use them; SO looking up one for
the President seems futile. So far
as the present Chief Executive may
DO considered. if he has any appre-
mont and his fathers home would
answer all his needs. That latest
fumor of the purchase of whitehall,
IN Anne ARUNDEL county: Nd: seemed
founded on an error in giving the
ownership to Mrs. William Cumming
Story. when it belongs to the personal
estate OF the late Mrs. John p. story
and has been disposed of in her will
Whitehall. the home of Horatio
Sharpe. royal governor Of Maryland
when the revolution deprived him Of
oftce, figures extensively in richard
'tFNSl anu Is h stately, HlSlOElC uo-
main. but on the Mayfower the Presi-
dent in few hours can reach more
bracing breeZes and i'll motor he can
make the high country about Blue
mont in less time and with greater
climatic change.
The League of Women Voters has
already accomplished such interest
Ing things that the reception planned q
jointly to honor Mrs. William Howard
TOT n
line with its high policy. Mrs. Iaft,
from her early girlhood and long be-
fore a suffragist had ceased TO be an
object Of derision, was an ardent ad-
the intellectual and intelligent sense.
She is. therefore, alive to the re-
proach hurled at her sex from one
end of the country 10 the othe: :
that having received the vote by con-
stitutional amendment, they are as
careless in exercising it as the men.
Mrs. Wilson suffered the usual fate
of the Washingtonian, and had no
vote until she contracted her high
alliance. Since 1915 she has exer-
cised the franchise in New Jersey.
The example of these two tllustrious
ladies, once presiding over the ma
tional presidential home. will not be
without its influence in every part of
rhe country. for both are supporting
members of the league and stand un-
alterably for it's principles. Mrs.
Harding is likewise member, and
has always been a keen and most
astute politician, and another year
may see three former first ladies, by
women voters to make use of their
high privileges for better govern
ment and for the happiness of their
communities and homes.
II the Secretary of the Treasury
will tuln his attention toward reduc-
lrg the taxes which appertain to
Ameri leans Who, through business or
pursuit OF pleasure. must dwell in
alien lands a chorus of gratitude will
hail his efforts. Through the sale of
passports and consular vises the
State Department last year cleared
something close to S5,00O,O00, and the
totals this year will excel this amount
by d Quarter. or by about s1,250.O00.
.tnd the result is that the foreign
office, always considered an orna-
mental appendage in the executive
system OF the United States. now
NOR" than earns its board and keep.
The New ambassador to Great Britain.
former senator Frank Kellogg. Will
hear m;tny piaint about this policy
ana tlIc hardsnips ii entails on citi-
ems who live abroad. For if their
sojourn extends beyond the year in
which the passport was issued II
must be vised by the nearest consul
If the bearer desires To keep his rec
ord straight in his voting ward. This
costs him So and If his wife is with
him, another s10, and for every child
more than twenty-one, the same
Every country in Europe now makes
the stated price of SO a head to
cross its border, and as many of the
Independent sovereignties are not
much larger than county i'll Nir-
ginf, moving about has become Il
costly proceeding. Tie ambassador.
ana ministers: from this country are
having their lives made a burden
because Americans abroad blame All
their troubles IN the imm 1ratiori
laws of their own land. wherein the
wealthy traveller is placed in the
same class with the humble laborer
And they claim that they are taking
this way as a retributive measure.
Mr.. Mellon cannot revise the immi
grafton laws, and his advice Is nearly
always for the aggrieved ones to stay
at home. but the agitation Is making
conditions uncomfortable for the en-
,oys sent abroad.
That NAH -jong fete held last week In
New York and for the benefit Of several
civic charities proved so amusing both
To the cast and to the audience and
received such excellent financial en-
couragement that no doubt the ener-
getic young people of Washington will
think over the idea for some of the
lenten philanthropies. Mrs. Henry
Potter Russell, daughter of Mrs. ].
Borden Hartman. was one Of the lead
ers OF the promenade when nearly a
hundred pretty girls in vivid orange
Palm Beach suits with red bandannas
wrapped about their heads tripped
across the stage and then dropped and
sat back on their heels quite as reaIistt-
cally as the little maids In "The Afikado"
Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt. I'd. origi-
nator and one of the principal patron
esses, attended nearly all the rehearsals
and both her daughters were in the
cast Many of the girls were lame for
week from the extreme change of
going from high-heeled slippers into
sandals, but they stuck to their parts
bravely and the fete promenaded as
gracefully as though they had worn the
footwear Of the FYowery Kingdom all
their lives
In Don Gelasio Caetani, the Italian
ambassador. Washington is fortunate
IN possessing diplomat who de-
llShts in introducing the beautifully
artistic ways of his country into his
amenities. The cotillon held under
his supervision will stand out in this
season almost as an epoch, yet they
are OF everyday occurrence In Italy,
where every detail Of life is turned
into thing of beauty. For one
thing. these artistically arranged
leyess seem to mark the return of
the stately evening functions Of some
twenty years ago or even less, when
difficult figures were arranged and
executed under the skillfu! direction
of some student Of dance steps
There were delightful dances called
germans and many can recall Cen
Charles MacCawley. now somewhat
gray and rotund and not given to
dancing as an ail-evening exercise,
leading them with grace and salts
faction. Prizes were offered for the
most graceful follower of the leader,
and at that wonderful german given
by Capt. Ambrose Clark for Miss