The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-13
MRS.C.G.DAWES
COMES INTO
PICTURE
Retiring Wife Of Pictur-
esque General Dawes
Now in Spotlight
By JEAN ELIOT.

AY0 wonder politics is the ma
M tons favorite pastiTne. for
4 the Only certain element
thereof ID uncertainty
Yesterday morning Mrs. William
, e. Borah, wife of the Senator from
Idaho. doomed upon the horizon as
a potential Vice Presidents wife.
BY afternoon 1t was Mrs. William
s. Kenyon, or Mrs. Charles Curtis
or even Mrs Everett Sanders. At
dinner time we were assured that
the second place on the social
ticket would go to Mrs. Frank o.
LoWden, wife Of former Governor
Lowden, who was Miss Florence
Pullman, who has lived much in
Washington ana who has hosts OF
friends here.
Today there comes into the pic
ture-and this time to stay quiet,
retiring little woman who is the
wife Of Brigadier General Charles
Gates Dawes, one OF the most pic.
tufesque and romantic figures In
public life.
Mrs. Dawes is not unknown In
Washington, having lived here when
her husband was Director Of the
Budget, but 1t cannot be said that
many people know her well. A
thoroughly domestic woman, inter.
ested in her family and her church
activities, her most salient char
acteristic il, believe, her gentle
ness. The home Of General and
Mrs. Dawes is In Evanston, Ill
They are greatly beloved there, and
Mrs. Dawes is one Of a little group
Of women, who maintain q work
room-making dainty clothes for
children and all sorts Of pretty
frippery-for the benefit Of the
Episcopal Church in Evanston. She
IL devotion itself to this work
and spends many hours at her
stitching.
In Washington General and Mrs.
Dawes lived at the Willard and she
managed to make q home even in
a hotel. Before her marriage Mrs.
Dawes was Miss Cora D. Blymer,
Of Cincinnati. Ohio. General and
Mrs. Dawes have one daughter,
Carolyn, hut their only son, Rufus
Fleming Dawes, was drowned in
Lake Geneva, Wis, in 1912, when
he was q student at Princeton.
In his memory General Dawes
makes a practice of helping de.
serving, lads with their education.
Henry M. Dawes, Comptroller Of
the Currency and his wife are with
General Dawes, the Republican can.
didate Tor Vice President and Mrs.
Dawes IN Marietta, Ohio. They Will
return to Washington on Sunday.
General Dawes went to Marietta,
his old home. to attend q reunion
at Marietta College.
Major SOlbert's Appointment Brings
White House Aides TO Seventeen.
The appointment Of Major oscar
N. Solbert, U. 8. A., Just back from
London to the staff Of White House
aids under Colonel Clarence D.
Sheriff. U. S. A., and Commander
Adolphus Andrews, U. s. NJ, senior
aides respectively OF the army and
navy, Increases this body Of officers
and gentlemen to seventeen, with
every branch Of the service happily
represented.
There is no more popular group
OF young men in Washington than
the White House aides, always
rNAdy Tor social duty in attendance
upon the seasons debutautcs or.
their elder sisters. And in the uni
form which they always wear when,
on. duty at the White House, they
add a colorful note to festivities.
At the last function at the Execu-
tive Mansion, when they donned
white for they first time this
season; they were a particularly
picturesque group. The White
House aides, by the way, are the
only army officers privileged to
wear dress uniforms, the blue and
gold braid Of before the war days
presenting a much more engaging
appearance than the now ubiquitous
olive drab.
Major Solbert, who served as
military attache Of the American
embassy in London, is married and
he and his wife are established at
2400 Sixteenth street where they
have taken an apartment. Some
thing OF a departure has been made
in his case as heretofore all the Of
ficers detailed to White House duty,
with the exception of the chief
military and naval aids, have been
bachelors.
In addition to Major Solbert the
junior aids are Major Theodore
Barnes jr., U. S. A.; Captain Eugene
A. Regnier, U. s. A.; Major Gordon