The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-30
MISS HARLAN
TO EN- T Err
BUSINESS
Announces Real Estate
Venture; Other Women
Successful With Line
By JEAN ELIOT

MEAT little cards sent out by
IN Miss Laura Harlan, sometime
Mrs. Coolidge's social secretary, an
nounce her entrance to the real
estate field in Washington. and
calls attention to the fact that it is
q Zine" in which a number OF
women OF social experience are prov
ing exceptionally successful.
Mrs. Borden Hartman is a shin
ing example. 1t was she who was
finally soccessful in selling Mr.. and
: Mrs. Clarence Busch's house, SO12
Massachusetts, avenue, to Senator
and Mrs. James Couzens after they
had been securing the town for
months in search Of suitable res
idence. And the feat is the more a
tribute to her craftsmanship since
the Couzens soon discovered that
house could not be remodeled to
suit their needs, as they had hoped,
and took immediate steps to pur-
chase another residence-the house
at 1913 Sixteenth street, in which
they have lived for two years and
in which they will now make their
permanent home.
The MeseFve House
Just at present, believe, a deal
IL pending which Mrs. Hartman
initiated before her departure for
Europe and which involves the pur-
chase OF that picturesque and frown-
ing Tudor mansion in r street, be-
tween Eighteenth and Nineteenth
streets, which was quilt by the Fes-
sender Meselyes a dozen years or
90 ago and which has never been
occupied. It's history is this: Mr..
and Mrs. Meserve, who are Balti-
moreans, made up their minds to
move to Washington and built this
pa1atial mansion. Then, just as
they were about to move In, Mr..
Meserve was sent Paris to repre-
sent important banking interests.
His wife died abroad and he never
had the heart to move into the big
house here.
Miss Freida Kenyon. a niece OF
former Senator Kenyon and Miss
Elizabeth CAN'T are both girls well
+ known in Washington society; and
under the name of CAN'T and Ken
yen they have a most successful
real estate firm Miss Can't is a
sister of Captain Harry Can't. who
married Fforelle- Edison Mckee.
Office In Home
Miss Harlsn,s venture differs bit
In detail from previous expef. ments.
Whereas CAN'T and Kenyon main
tain downtown offices AMI Mrs.
Hartman is associated with long
established firm, Miss Harlan pro-
poses to have her office in ner own
home. 1907 Nineteenth street. She
will specialize in residential real
estate, houses and apartments, and
VII sell fire and liability insurance
affecting private shomes and apart
ments as a side line.
The career of Miss Harlan as
business woman will be watched
with sympathetic interest, as she
has hosts of friends here in Wash
fngton. Although born in Ken
lucky she has lived most of her
life in Washington. And, as the
daughter OF the late Justice Harlan,
she knew Washington society from
the inside LONG before she undertook
to direct the destinies of many
OF its leaders in her role of social
secretary.
Miss Harlan first went to the
White House as Mrs. Harding's
secretary. Her knowledge of prece-
dent and precedence in official So
eiety proved q valuable asset and
she endeared herself to many by
the tact and genuine kindness dis
played in a difficult job Miss Har-
lan's resignation as White House
social secretary was announced last
spring, but she remained at her
desk until late summer, when she
went to her summer home at Muir
ray Bay for a prolonged holiday.
She will continue to do Secretarial
work for the present and is now
serving as private secretary to
Nine. di MARITIME, wife Of the italian
annba ssador