Evening star., 1924-04-20
Edwards Family Prove
Additions to
.9,a Senatorial Circle Here
Former New Jersey Gov
ernor. Wife and Daughter
Have Taken Apartment at
Wardman Park for First
: Year IN Capital

"a In these days of organization Of
special interests it would make a
unfque division of the ponderous leg
tslative set If the members of that
body who have served as governors
OF their states would combine for So
eial purposes The senator from New
Jersey. Edward Irving Edwards, who
succeeded Senator Joseph S. Frcling-
huysen in the upper house Of Con-
.sress, was one of the late President
Woodrow Wilson's Immediate sue
cessors in the gubernatorial chair at
Trenton, and during the three years
of his incumbency he was i national
figure in every sense.
Senator and Mrs Edwards since
coming to Washington have occupied
a pleasant apartment in Wardman
t'ark Hotel, as the house and servant
problem proved a com mbination they
did not care to solve during their
carly days in official life. In this
mammoth establishment, where they
make their home, they, with Miss
Elizabeth Edwards, their only daugh-
ter, have seen brilliant panorama
of national and international celeb
rites pass in review and have en-
Joyed the experience immensely;
supremacy. none of the Edwards fam
lily is inordinately fond Of the gay
stieS which Washington offers in
such profuslou, though all have taken
senatorial family and discharged
them efficiently and with entire sat
iSfaCtion. Mrs. Edwards comes from
= pivotal state in politics. where the
feminine sex is as alert as the men
and where exact knowledge OF the
ms ht4 local =
Imperative, She has, however, never
taken 4 dominant role on her own
behalf. her husbands interests being
always the handspring of her actions.
She presided with distinction over
The governors mansion in Trenton.
and in an era of violent political up
heaval she centralized the civic pride
IN matters which concerned the state
with gratifying results.
Like nearly all OF those who come
20 Washington to represent one of
The thirteen original colonies, with
the shining Exception OF New York,
both Senator and Mrs. Edwards were
born in New Jersey, and are devoted
Jerseyites in every sense of the word.
The senator claims as his natal place
that oldest part of the state, orig
Ina ally called by the Dutch settlers
Paulue Hook and by later Swedish
for years and is yet and was sort OF
countc.':alance TO Marcus Hook. be-
tween Wilmington and Philadelphia
on a bend of the Delaware, as Pauius
Is of the Passaic. Bergen in 1915
celebrated the 3O0th anniversary OF
IT'S settlement. 1t is now called the
town Of Bergen, and is n part of
Jersey city. and has many an
cient privileges derived from Dutch.
Swedes and British, Who took formal
possession Of all New Jersey in 1864.
Mrs. Edwards was before her mar
riage in 1855 Miss julie Blanche Smith.
daughter Of Capt and Mrs. William
Smith of Jersey City Tho and all
her family are members of the Epis-
oopaI Church. and the senator has
hoen for years one of the veStrymen
OF st. Paul's Church in their home
city. Being so close to the superb
rev cath, dral Of -. Peter and Paul
the Edwards family go there con-
stantly. They have also attended St
Johns many times. Besides Miss
Elizabeth Edwards. who has passed
z the entire winter with her parents
in Washington, there is a son. Capt.
Edward Irving Edwards. jr.. who saw
two years overseas service during
the world war. He resides in Jer-
sey City. but makes many visits to
Washington.