San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-26
Home Mentioned in Wo-
mans Testimony Be-
! comes a Frat House.
SITS ON CORNER
Once a Mansion, 1t Is Now
Quite Modest Compared
to Other Homes.
BY ROBERT T. SMALL.

Copyright by The San Antonio Light.
Washington, ID. C., March &c.
The now famous Little Green House
on K street" is still a house of
mystery. Strange noises emanate
from it by night. By day it wears
deserted look. There IS a fire en-
CINE house three doors away and
every now, and then a blue-coated fire
laddie walks by to observe that all is
well.
The truth Is "The Little Green
House" has become a frat" house
and the fraternity boys at times seem
to have been inspired by the echoes of
the leftover revels that went on
there in the days that Roxie Stinson
has described so thrillingiy on the
witness stand. ..
The "Little Green House" sits on
the corner of an alley and is on that
part of X street which once was the
most fashionable center of the city.
Fashion has moved out and beyond
the place now so that the homes of
long ago seem modest compared to the
mansions that have sprung up in the
capital since the rich of the nation
began making their winter homes
here.
The ~Little Green House" evident
~ though was "some pumpkins" in
its day. Compared to palaces of the
type of Perry Belmont's or Mrs.
Townsend's or the home of Mrs.
"Tom" Walsh, who is the mother of
Mrs. Ned Mclean, the Little
Green House" falls away in import
ance until it is little better than a
garage. 1t is quaint little place,
of old fashioned architecture. The
front and part of the alley side of
the dwelling are constructed of green
stone. The green is the pale apple
color Of shallow water in the tropics.
1t is not an exuberant, dashing green.
but rather an anaemic one. The real
color about the place, according to
Miss Stinson, was on the inside.
No one in Washington recalls now
just who did live at the Little Green
House" except Howard Warrington
of Ohio. who has been mentioned in
the investigations as "go-between
in obtaining liquor Withdrawals from
the government. The establishment
must have been an expensive one,
from all accounts, and as Warrington
was not a rich man, it is supposed
someone helped him share the heavy
upkeep.
The writer has asked a dozen or
more Of the men who knew Manning
ton well when he first broke upon
Washington, Immediately after the in
auguration Of President Harding, as
to his conferees and companions at
the X street house, but scratch their
heads as they will, they cannot recall
the name of single person who ac-
tually lived there. These investiga-
tons have dulled more memories than
q cataclysm of modern times.
Warrington was very prominent at
the Harding headquarters in Marion
from the time of the nomination. After
the election he let it be pretty gen.
orally known that he had written a
number of speeches for Mr.. Harding
and many hundreds of letters for his
signature. Warrington knew his
Ohio thoroughly and it is said now
that he handled "Ohio affairs" for
Mr.. Harding during the pre-inaugural
period.
After he was in the White House,
Mr.. Harding became exceedingly an
noyed by reports of the activities
of number Of his friends from Ohio
and former attaches of his suite at
Marion. Warrington was referred to
as particularly active and just as he
apparently had reached the apex of
his career at the "Little Green House"
at 1925 X street, the blow fell upon
him. A ukase went forth from the
White House and Warrington went
forth from Washington.
He is in Paris now and all who
know Howard Mannington's love of
life, know what grand time he is
having in the French capital.