Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-10-19

for the affections Of the same Bourbon
roue, the fifteenth Louis. SO the two
old friends laugh and chatter like
schoolgirls when they visit each
other. going over these bygone love
Affairs of these two famous-or.
rather, notorious-women and .trac-
ing the various chronicles of state
are associated. NJ. Herriot, the pres
ent French Premier. often shares
these reunions. and he has discovered
that he Is the last lineal descendant
Of Nine. de Montespan. and he is try
ing for a lease on the hotel Of the
celebrated salons, In which he will
make his home, though he can occupy
the old palace of Cardinal Richelieu
If he wishes, and in which all the
French premiers reside. But the So
cialist regime In France seems deter
mined on an unique literary record.
Mrs. Z. Parmalee Prentice, formerly
Miss Alta Rockefeller. has. in associa-
ton with Mrs. w. Murray Crane, who
was Miss Josephine Boardman Of this
city. been presiding over the finest
country fair which the border town
Of Hancock, n. y, has held in many
years. Several hundred grangers and
their wives aided in making this
event q brilliant success. There was
an exhibit of antiques which was
most complete and interesting. and
which comprised the treasures of
farmhouses which were built more
than 200 years ago. Mrs. Prentice
has for years been the president of
the Mount Hope Choral Society, which
is made up Of the farmer folk Of New
York and the sections of New Eng
land which are contiguous to Han
cock. This choral club meets every
Thursday evening, until the weather
becomes too severe, in the upper story
of vast barn which Mrs. Prentice
had built for the purpose. and their
repertoire includes all the accepted
oratorio choruses and also the plain
tive old folk songs and the hymns
which are indigenous to this part and
have been for more than century.
Many prizes were bestowed for fine
sewing, for intricate patterns of lace
and embroidery, and for home-spun
line and patched quilts at this novel
fair.
The Capital of this nation and its
most beautiful city strides along in
stately gait and rarely condescends
to the advertising tricks Of the
greater townships. Fire prevention
week passed quietly in Washington
in the historic sense, though it's
was marked. Yet much history has
been written by the firefghters Of the
Federal City, and those who have
leisure and inclination can spend
many the pleasurable and profitable
hour examining the archives OF the
old Union Fire Company at Nineteenth
and H streets, now the meeting place
of the Oldest Inhabitants. George
town had fire company while wash
iraw ~ 80 ~
fields, but the beginnings OF the Fed
eral Capital marked also the volun-
teer association Of hremen and their
gallant efforts to protect the few
wooden buildings which were all the
city boasted for several years. and
this in the face Of perfectly made
quate water supply. 1t was the stern
Stanton. President Lincoln's Secretary
of War, who organized the FIRE de-
partment into a semblance OF what it
is now and brought over from Phila-
delphia the first steam engine and a
corps of drilled operators. Mr.. will
liam Dickson of this city was placed
in command OF the fire company, and
the list Of the men under him would
be most interesting page from the
municipal chronicles and present a
list Of those who served the city we'll
and whose descendants are folio wing in
NoNoS.
toms brigade did not replace the vol
unteer service known as the Union
Fire Company for several years, and
the National Capital presents the
unique spectacle of the two COM
panies-those who were paid substap-
tial wages and those who worked for
civic ideals gratis-movins along Sc
renely together without jealousy or
friction.
New York City celebrated fire pre-
vention week by fine pageants Of the
firemen of the olden day and a ire
mendous overhauling of the records
which began in the stronghold OF
Peter Stuyvesant, the headstrong
about 1859. Jan Roosevelt was the
first man to have command OF a Are
engine on Manhattan Island, and he
was the overseer. or foreman, OF the
company which is represented in New
fork's present organization by Chat
ham Engine Company 30. 3 This
engine was brought from London by
the thrifty Dutch. and was housed in
barn on what is now Wall street,
on the north side OF the city hall. Jan
Cor John) Roosevelt's brother, Mich
olas. was associated with him in re-