Evening star., 1924-08-03
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
President and Mrs. Coolidge Visit Historic Places
In Brief Vacation Periods-Notes of
General Interest,"

| Miss Butler and other leaders in the
party have made steady drive to
give women Il larger share Of the
| political sOoils, and her candidacy for
! tie honor Of being member of Con
| greSS from the ninteenth New York
district is the test of how far this
movement is going to shatter the
| local political precedentS. She is an
unusually attractive young woman in
! her late EOS trig and modish in ap-
| l:arel and with a record for public
| speaking and for practical leadership.
| John Hays Hammond r., who has
Just returned to New FORK after
visiting his parents in London and
then taking a rapid journey over the
| continent from the Norman ports to
| Naples. reports that nowhere has
broadcaSting taken such a hold on
mond is a noted radio fan himself and
already has patented several ingen-
| iouS aids to the Instruments in vogue
and has several others in mind. SO
| he took special interest in radio
| activities and even gathered some
statistics about the number of private
! wires installed in European homes
| and places of amusement Mr.. Ham
| mond names the present PontiT. Plus
NJ. among the most enthusiastic radio
! users whom he met in his travels.
| Hearing casually in Rome that the
| head of the Catholic Church was an
| inveterate believer in the wireless,
| he sought and obtained private
audienCc and secured the services of
an expert interpreter. Young Mr..
Hammond heard the Pope explain
how he made his own connections,
how he oiten arose in the small hours
OF night to try new method OF get
| ting distance and Mr.. Hammond in turn
explained some of the American ways of
| accom- npiishing this. The Pontiff looks
after the radio himself, permits no
| tampering With his wires and is a
! constant student of the newer ways
! toward improving his 'se'." Next 10
! Pope Plus NJ Mr.. Hammond found
/ tha; the Italian Premier Mussolini
! was the most constant of radio fans,
| securing all advance information this
| way and using every leisure moment
! listening in on concerts, lectures and
/ public speeches.
American women seem to fare bet
! ter in England than in their own
country when il comes to reaping
! legisla tive honors, for Mrs. Lionel
! Harris has just been elected as col
! league of Lady Nancy Astor in the
! HouS" OF Commons. and she is that
! fair daughter of Gotham who figures
as the type Of American beauty in
! the aggregation painted by Ernest
/ CaSteleln. in the series in a London
| gallery called The Beautiful Women
of the Opening Twentieth Century"
! With her husband. a New Yorker en-
gagged in business in the British me-
! tropolis. Mrs. Harris has been active
! in politics for many years, and has
done mach to improve the condition
of the London poor. The Lionel Har-
| rises have a charming home in Upper
| Grosvenor street, and have been con-
SpicuouS entertainers for more than
| twenty years. The new NJ =. leaped
| into national fame by her work in
! connection with food control during
/ the World War Since then she has
maintained at her own expense a bu-
reau OF food demonstration. where
she gives. several times week, an
! elaborate luncheon for her constitu
cntS in the MddleSeX district. from
which She recently was elected as a
! Liberal. She proves how easy it is
/ TO have palatabie food al minimum
price. and by purchasing carefully
and in sufficient quantities rather
! than in fragments. as many are in the
habit of doing. Mr.. Harris. in addi-
tion to the fine old Georgian house
in London. has splendid country
domain which he purchas sed some tif-
teen years ago. known as Hartley
Manor. Longficld. in Kent.
Mrs. Charles L. Hussey. wife of the
naval attache of the American en-
bassy in London, soon to be re-
| licved. well known here in her girl
| hood as Harriet HroUnSon and then
| as the wife and widow OF Lieut..
I'iri.a"l Tnoker. is taking the Brit
! ish world b. storm by her graceful
:,p0 dancing. Mrs. Husscy, llke the
! daughters Of Mrs. Frederick II.
| Gillette. wife of the Speaker, has
! heen trained in the most intricate
steps and to dance is like the breath
| of air to her noStI'iis. She has quite
restored tn" vogue Of solo dancing
a" a means of entertainment after
formal dinners ana at afternoon