Evening star., 1925-06-21
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Every Name in Secretary Davis Family Contains
Same Initals-Attorney General Con-
fronted by Old Problem.

Years of silence. When that period
had expired the bells were cracked
and out OF repair and the matter was
disregarded until last Winter when
they were given over TO competent
bell-founder TO be ciea ned, tuned and
re-ftted The exact date when they
will be ready for the fete is not yet
assured except that it will be during
the middle Of August. when it is
hoped the widow of the President will
find 1t convenient TO be present.
President and Mrs. Wilson received
distinguished honors in Carlisle dur
ing their sojourn in 1920. where the
former visited the birthplace OF his
mother OH the outskirts of the city.
An international marriage which
Is the direct result Of the pleasant
service Of Maj. Oscar Solbert as mil
itary attsche of the American EN-
baSsy in London is that OF Miss Ro-
maine lie Nome Abernathy, dauGh-
ter of Mr. - ~ Abernathy of Kan
sas City anu niece of Mrs. Solbert,
to Mr.. Harold Van der Moot Of the
British metropolis. which will take
place during the coming week in the
brides home. Miss Abernathy spent
two Winters with her aunt and her
friendship with Mr.. Van der Moot,
who is a Briton despite his Dutch
name. began the season she was pre-
santed TO London society. Mr.. Harold
Van der Moot and his brother. Capt.
Gilbert Van Ger Moot of the Yeo-
man Guards, are among the accom-
Dlished dancing men in London.
When Miss Ahernathy. who delights
in this amusement, began to accom-
pany her present fance to the hi
weekly balls given by the Niscountess
Astor. the end of the romance was
plainly in view. The bridegroom
prospective and his brother arrived
from London the early part of June
and are now being extensively enter
tained in Kansas City. Mr.. Van
der Noot's bride-to-be has many
friends and relatives in Washing
ton besides Mai. and Mrs. Solbert
the former White House aide. Her
fathers oldest sister Is the wife Of
DIR. Albert Gregory Hull and is fire.
quently the guest Of DIR. Hulfs par:
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. John A. 7. Hull
of Bel Air, Clarendon. and her cousin.
Miss Elizabeth Hull of Kansas City
makes many visits here. Mr.. Van
der Moot is of Holla nd descent on
the paternal side, but his people have
lived for more than a century In
Great Britain.
The American Ambassador TO
Paris, Mr.. Myron T. Herrick. plays
golf habitually at the famous course
at Touquet Paris PLACE. A resort in
the north of France which the diplo
matist helped to make prosperous.
Less than 70 years ago it was a
stretch of fine sand with scatter
ing of fishermen shacks. and now for
seaside villas and splendid hotels.
and. above all. for its superb golf course
t,a I'D Of .,
which for miles is of great width. it
is unrivaled. Mr.. Herrick can make
the run from Paris 10 Touquet by
starting al daybreak. He can have
fine breakfast. get in his game and
return To his office when work is
pressing in time TO pick uD the thread
of affa irs in the late afternoon. He
does this several times week and
il is well known among his friends
and aCquaintanceS that in these jour-
neys and his golf game he is in the
Strictest sense jncoSnito and that he
gets his rest from grinding obliga-
tions, the speeches and banquets
which are so frequently his lot and
the necessity of entertaining the in
Vading hordes Of his country's people.
So that going and coming. on the
golf links or in the club rooms. no
one ventures to intrude on the genial
American unless he takes the initia-
tive. He makes his course without
q single interruption. the officials of
the club taking special precaution
that no one shall mar his solitude
But there are times when the Ambas-
sador goes to Touquet for real va
cation: then he meets everybody,
issues challenges about his golf game
and makes complete reparation for
his unsociab bility during his busy
periods. Mr.. Herrick is considered
one of the best dressed men who fire.
quent Touquet and, all unwittingly,
ne leads the fashion in golf togs, all
purchased in his home city. Clevs-
land. Ohio.
Dr.. Nicholas Murray Butler and his
mily. including his accomplished
da lighter. Miss Sara Butler, again have
chosen Southampton for holiday
Sojourn. but they find those little
hummocks which 50 ambitiously call
themselves ShinnecoCk Hills are get
ting too crowded for genuine comfort
There are few large, wooded estates
remaining, for the temptation to sell
lots for villas has proven too great for
the majority of the property owners.
The Charles +. Sabins cling to their
pretty place Bayberry. but com
pared to the estates up the Glen Cove
way II IS rather small Miss Butler
who goes in strongly for politics and
who is opening headquarters in her
Summer home. has an occupation for
her leisure moments in deciding
whether to call the tiny place leased
from the estate of the late Thomas
Ball Water Mill or retain its present
n%me. High Toynton. 1t seems that
there is no water mill and has not
been one for many years. and Miss
Butler thinks it silly to continue this
title. But she does not care for High
Toynton, and she fears the confusion
OF bestowing third name on the
place. AS it is. all of her mail, and
she gets stacks of it, is invariably
blue penciled by the local postmaster
Try Water Mill Or High Toynton.
Mr.. Howard Leigh. a talented
Young artist of New York. who has
been studying in the American Acad-
emy in Rome, has just received an