The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-23
TO ENTERTAIN
BACHELOR"
BENEDICTS
Mr.. and Mrs. James F.
Curtis to Have "Old
Home Week" Fete

DENEDICTS returning to scenes
ID of their bacheiorhood have
focused the spr tight Of Washing
ton society upon a small, three
story brick house at 1718 H street
Ia house wherein have been
staged perhaps some of the most
momentous events in the bachelor
lives of severa men, who figure, in
varying degrees, in the public eye.
In this house of memories there
have rallied again for sort of "Cld
homework" ce ebration its one.
time residents. Some of these still
make their homes in Washington,
but in other houses, for since their
marriage they are ineligible for
residence at "1718 H." some have
been brought here for a brief period
by official duties, and others have
come fer the joys of a reunion with
their comrades of pre-marriage
days.
1t was chance which brought
several of the most distinguished
members of the group to town
1T this time. Henry p. Fletcher,
American ambassador to Italy, has
preceded the Italian Debt Commits
sion to Washington. Brigadier
General Frank Mccoy is on tenn.
porary duty, which includes serving
on General Mitchell's court-martial,
before going on to his station at
San Antonio, Tex. And Basil Miles,
secretary Of the international cham
Der Of commerce in Paris, has come
on for holiday visit, bringing his
wife OF a year.
Score Assist to Chance
But Mr.. and Mrs. James F. Cur
tbs, now internationally residents OF
Washington, scored an assist" to
chance by sending out invitations
for dance tonight at their resi-
dence, 1925 r street, to which all
the Seventeen Eighteeners" are in
vited, with their wives. This brings
lors" to town, land they will fore
gather tonight with many OF their
friends of other days at the Cur.
tises' merry party.
Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis will have
about $50 guests, their dance being
arranged more especially for the
recently acquired wives OF certain
members Of this picturesque bach
elor club Iho are now in town.
Among the honor guests" there
fore are Mr.. and Mrs. Niles, who
are visiting the Curtises; Mr.. and
Mrs. Leland Harrison, Mr.. and
Mrs. Eliot Goodwin and General
and Mrs. Mccoy. Several dinner
parties will be given before the
dance. Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Schlesinger, who are now in town,
will give one and Congressman and
Mrs. Richard Aldrich will be hosts
at another.
Credit the Army
Others sharing in the hoIne-com-
ing celebrations are Colonel Sher-
wood o. Cheney, aide to President
Coolidge; Eliot Wacsworth, former
Assistant Secretary Of the Treas
ury, who has come down from
his home in Boston to join in the
fun; Andrew Peters, of Boston,
also a former Assistant Secretary
Of the Treasury back in '14-'17,
here for the same purnose as Mr..
Wadsworth; Benjamin Strong, gov
ernor of the Federal Reserve Bank
of New York, who thought the
pleasure was worth the trip.
"171S H Street" first began to
have it's bachelor Identification in
the summer OF 1907 when three
young army officers on duty in
Washington and seeking a COM
Portable home, leased the house for
living quarters. These were Colonel
Cheney, General Mccoy and Colonel
James A. Logan. Later the place
was purchased. AS the years have
passed the number of bona fide
residents of "171S" has reached six
teen. Many others haye dwelt for
q while within its pleasant rooms,
but sixteen is the number Of those
thus far privileged to inscribe their
names upon the family cup.
In addition to those already men,
toned the seventeen -eighteeners" gre
William Phillips, of Beverly, Mass,
American ambassador to Belgium;
George Marvin, of New York, editor
and wr ter, and Cor several years
engaged in diplomatic work in China;
Brigadier General Clarence Williams.
now chief of ordnance; Frederick
Sterling, counselor Of the American
embassy in London, who is arriving
in town next week to join Mrs.
Sterling at the home Of her mother,
Mrs. John r. Williams, Jimmy Cur
It's, and the Iamented Willard
Straight. who died in Paris as a
result Of illness contracted while on
V1OuS no Ildu SSTNSO
~ =. -A---e.4Can consul general in
China.
Gun Is Crowded
The original plan was to inscribe
upon the cup also the name of the
W mr. W tad p bachelor from
this establishment into marriage,
and the date of their wedding, and
then the names of their children,
should there be any. AS soon as
Q bachelor became a benedict a
line was drawn thorough his name.
All sixteen names have been mark
ed out. Leland Harrison, who was
lost in marriage last July to Mrs.
Churchill Coleman, of Philadelphia,
was the last one "struck out"
The intention to have the names
Of the children on the cup had to
be abandoned soon. With a mem