Evening star., 1925-12-06
BY MARGARET B. DOWNING.


President and Mrs. Coolidge have
promised the authorities in charge of
the sesquicentennial celebration In
Philadelphia to be present on the
opening day. July !. 1926. Apart from
the supreme Importance of the ami
verSary, the President and his lady
have shown the keeneSt interest in
-one feature. that is the City of Lilliput.
which comes to the l5oth birthday
celebration OF the Nation from the En-
pire Exposition at Wembley, London
and from the industrial arts display
held in Paris this past summer. The
City of Lilliput will be the counterpart
of large European town, with paved
and well lighted streets and miniature
houses occupied by a group of midsets
ranging from 10 to 40 years of age ana
about 100 In number. This Is larger
group than that gathered in London
or Paris and will be. if the plans ma
ture. the most numerous ever collected
for exhibition purposes. There will be
tiny stores in WHICH real merchandise
will he sold. there will be policemen on
the corners and even q traffic officer
viii direct the Shetland ponies which
will draw all vehicles for tranSporta-
tiun and for the dogcarts which will
pun wagons laden with such freight
as might he carried through any
street. All the homes Of the midsets
will he open for inspection and they
will clean and dust their houses. cook
and eat their meals and sCour their
culinary outfits in full view Of any who
with tt observe. No part of. lhe
Empire Exposition was SO popular as
the City Of Lilliput. and several million
Youngsters visited il during the two
seasons l92+-95 il was open. Mrs.
Coolidge will without doubt find in
tense enjoyment in this portion of the
grand festival which the City of Broth
erly Love is arranging for its guests
in the summer of 1926.
Mr.. Richard Montgomery Tobin. the
minister to the Netherlands. has an
accomplished ChatelHine for his bach
cior establishment this season. as his
sister. Mrs. Mary TOhin Clark. is spend
ing the winter in Queen Wilhelmina s
capital Mrs. Clark is fine horse
moman and spends much time in the
saddle. taking her chances on long
rides on the tow path, where the pa
tient driver of the canal boat trugdeS
along beside his dog or OK with his
produce bound for the cities. There
are some good bride paths in Holland.
but not many. the topography of the
land and its interSeCting waterways al
lowing hut small room for such lux
the deeN and solemn woods which sur
round The Hague are always filed with
mounted men ana women. The Queen
is not particularly fond of the saddle.
hUt her Young daughter is often seen
on her beautiful Arabian Steed. Mrs.
Clark and Mr.. Fobin are leading mem
berS of hunting clubs of San Ma1eo.
near san Francisco and are affiliated
with several other country clubs in
H.. ,-ini iDir n IL ~ n
handsome home not far from the
Peace Palace. erected in the Dutch
Capital by the late Andrew Carnegie,
and he maintains the reputation he
had in California for lavish but dis
eliminating hospitality.
AIr JAY I'ierycpont Moffat. who
will be ut official functions AT the
White House what - court chamber
lain is in royal cities has secured
an intensive training in elaborate so
cal affairs during Il varied career in
the foreign service of his country.
He has been stationed in London.
Paris Rome and 81. Petersburg. as il
was in his time. but he comes most
recently from tho defunCt Capital of
the Sultan. Constantinople. That such
an adjunct to tho executive staff has
been necessary for some time was
quite apparent. since the correspond
ence of tho First Lady engages her
secretary almost exclusively and the
State Department has to manage the
amenities Of the entire official world.
This Will be the first season proper
Of President and Mrs. Coolidge in
their own right. as ii were. Mr..
Mofat who will no doubt soon find
himself grand arbtcr of social prob
lemS. is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. X.
Burnham Moffat Of New York city.
His mother was Miss Ellen Low
Pierrepont, daughter of the late Henry
Picrrepont. an old family of Brook
lyn. whose residence in Pierrepont
place in that city is n notable land
mark. He is the brother of DR.. Henry
Moffat of YonkerS and has besides a
large circle of relatives among the
Lows. Pierreponts, Barclays and
Burnhams. all most active in the So
cial affairs Of Gotham.
The ambassador to Italy and Mrs.
Henry Fletcher who have departed
for Europe after lengthy and most
enjoyable sojourn in Washington will
find n larger contingent of their coun-
trv-peope gathered in the Eternal
City than at any time since the World
War. The mourning in London for
the Queen Mother has sent many who
usually pass the Winter there to Rome.
where q very gay season IS antiCi-
pated. The Countess of BerEelo. who
was the Princess Golunda of Savoy.
daughter of the King. has bee1 ar
ranging some private horse shows
which are proving very popular and
are attended by Americans from one
md Of Europe to the other. This
handsome young princess rides Ike
Centaur and her husband is con
Sidered one of the finest equestrians
in the army and. in fact, won the
heart of the Princess against any
number of royal rivals because of his
uroWeSS in the saddle. A few weeks