Evening star., 1924-10-26


among her colleagues and cousins.
She is talented young woman, and
besides her strenuous vocal studies
she is regular attendant at the lee
lures of the Sorbonne. Miss Edith
Hope Iselin, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
c. Oliver Iselin, is much identifed
with Aiken, S. c., society, and will
have debut there. Mrs. Oliver 1se-
lin, who was Miss Hope Goddard OF
Providence, spent much of her girl
hood in Washington. Then there are
Miss Louise Iselin and Miss Pauline
1selin. one the daughter of Mrs.
Ernest Iselin and the other of the
Adrian Iselins. Mrs. Ernest Iselin
is the daughter Of Gen. Charles Whit
tier Of Boston, and Miss Pauline is
the younger sister Of Mrs. Irwin b.
Laughlin, wife of the Minister to
Greece, but for several years past
residing in Washington. The Laugh
lin home. off Crescent place and near
that of Mr.. Henry White, is one of
the most beautiful in the city. and
there are rumors that Mrs. Adrian
Iselin will occupy 1t with her daugh-
ter for a few weeks during the COM
ing season.
Chicago has registered a revolt
against the colonial style of archi-
residence built in the past year
that of Mrs. Robert G. McGann--is
of the purest Georgian type. Look
ing over Lake Michigan, on the up
per drive, it is pronounced a marked
improvement on the countless white
stucco colonials, with their newt
able green shutters and their large
assortment of brass on the doors.
Mrs. McGann has heen examining the
ff-Iy in fr1
the Georgian is used with such eX-
cellent effect, and which. being of a
later date than the Tudor or Ameri-
can colonial, is more adaptable for
the devices of modern civilization.
Mrs McGann's new mansion is 80
miles from the city and in Lake For
est, but with a view of the great
lake and another of the smaller
body of water which gives title to
the suburb. and her landscaping has
been designed to fit in to so much
water vistas. The terraces of the
house lead to smaller artificial lake,
of course dotted with swans and
brilliant plumaged ducks, and the
narrow stretches are all abloom with
water lilies. Mrs. McGann has a
charming villa in Santa Barbara, of
the mission style and a show place
in that lovely city. But she enjoys
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gion, and the success of her Georgian
house is quite the theme for pro-
spective home-builderS. Nearly all
foreign visitors note the sameness of
the domestic American architecture.
Many cities of beautiful homes, as
for instance, Wilmington, Del, noted
for its opulent citizens, has whole
suburbs where no other form of
house shows from the splendid gar
dens save the colonial.
Admiral Sir Guy Gaunt, who served
under Sir Richard Crawford, who was
minister in charge of munitions dur
ing the World War, with Offices just
to the rear of the British Embassy
was recently seriously injured in an
auto accident at his estate, near Don
caster. He was about TO visit this
country and renew the ties of friend
ship when his mishap occurred. Sir
Guy came to Washington first with
Earl Reading, and was for some
months naval intelligence officer, a
post he kept during the brief tenure
of Lord Grey in the Washington en-
bassy. He was assigned to aid Sir
Richard Crawford, and remained in
Washington until the special commits
sion of which that nobleman was
chairman returned to London. After
the armistice Sir Guy entered poll
ties, and is now NJ p. for Duck rose
division of Yorkshire. The brother
of Admiral Sir Ernest Gaunt was the
British member of the Samoan board,
and Sir Guy was a minor official. and
in that way knew all the Americans
connected with the governing of that
insular possession. He is an Aus
tralian and a native of Melbourne,
and during his Washington days he
was described as the tallest member
of the diplomatic service and one of
its keenest sportsmen. Sir Guy is a
famous motor driver, and has won
many races. In a. swift turning he
lost control of his machine and had
both arms and a leg broken
Miss Hylda Holmes, an accom-
plished typist of London, enters the
lobby of the Commons as the first
official reporter of her sex in that
august Legislative body. Washing
ton has yet to honor woman in such
a role, nor has there been any effort
on the part of the newly emancipated
to crowd out the masculine disciples
of Pittman in taking down verbatim
the debates on the floor. But in Eng
land women have passed their sisters
of the States in many important
positions. For instance, eight women
sit in the British lower house. where
as Mrs. May Nolan of California, the
only woman in the last House, de-
clined denomination, and it is prob
lematic if any of the several women
running in various parts of the coun-
try will achieve success at the polls.
Miss Thomas has long been the