The Washington times., 1925-05-06
PILGRIMAGETO
KENMORE IS
PLANNED
Notables to Take "Road to
Yesterday" for Dedi-
cation of Shrine
Rv JEAN ELIOT.

a National Shrine. Through the
efforts of large group Of patriotic
and devoted women all over the
country this home of George Wash.
ington's sister, Betty Washington
Lewis. has been saved from de-
struction, restored and endowed,
and its formal dedication will take
place on Saturday.
For this the whole town of Fred.
ericksburg win be en- fete, the fine
old Colonial houses which are its
pride being thrown open to visitors
and hospitality reminiscent of an
older day being dispensed by the
the descendants Of those very
Lewises and Carriers and Masons,
those Fitz Hughs and Ogilvy Tay'
loes,. who were Betty Washington
Lew1s's friends and who used to
foregather at Kenmore in its
palIiay days.
Although the ceremonies will nat.
uraIIY center about Kenmore itself,
with the dedication exercises, dane
ing ron the green in the afternoon
and "A brilliant costume ball at
night, open house will be kept for
visitors in such beautiful old homes
as MaFmion, home of the George
Lewfses, and Chatham, built by the
Fitzs Hughs and now owned by
Colonel and Mrs. Daniel B. Devore.
The costume of Colonial days will
be in order and from houses whose
beauty and grace Of outline are
tribute to their age, will come gentle
ladies' and courtly gentlemen, bor-
rowing for a little time the
romance of a vanished past, to. take
parts1n the pageant which will be,
perhaps, the most colorful feature
Of the days program.
Lazy washington AIrs. Vivien
Fleming, president OF the Kenmore
Association will be shown entering
Fredericksburg with Betty Lewis
I'm the family coach, their horse
hair trunks strapped on behind and
the ,old family coachman on the
box AN ancient OK cart, bearing
q group of slaves, viii be a feature
of the pageant and such activities
as sninning and weaving will. be
shown on floats.
DAYS when Virginia was being
colonEzed will also be revived and
that famous Indian, Powhattan,
will be portrayed by his direct
descendant, Chief G. M. Cook, OF
the Pamunkey Indians, who will
come from the Government reserva-
ton at Lester Manor, in the north
ern neck of Virginia. reservation
which was granted to, the Pamun-.
keys in George Washington's day,
after he had made a plea to Con-
gress lin their behalf. and on. which
they have lived ever since. -
Costumes From "M0nnsieu
Beatcaire' To Be Worn In
Historic Pageant s
Rarely lovely and historically
autkeatic will be the costumes worn
by many of those taking part in
thisz pageant and in the costume
ball ..fn the evening, at which the
spacious drawing rooms OF Ken
mor6 Will again echo to music and
laughter For through the courtesy
of the Famous Players, all the rich
and lovely costumes from Mon
mieur, Beaucaire,S'. that charming
adyl of Colonial days, have been
loaned. for this festival. The Marine
Band will play at the several cere-
monies of the day. Altogether,
there has been remarkable co opera
kion all along the line to make this
historic occasion a success, even the
railroads making half-fare rates for
excursions running into F'redericks-
burg
Secretary OF the Navy Wilbur
wilI take part in the festival, as
will -1Governor Trinkle OF Virginia
II has been stated that Mrs. Wood
row Wilson expects to attend and
among those prominent and patri-
Otic persons who have accepted the
Invitation Of the committee to be
mDecfal guests are N1r. and Mrs.
Herbert Satterlee, of New York;
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark William, New
York; Mrs. Barrett Wendell, Bos,.
ton; Mrs. John Nicholas Brown,
Providence; Major General and Mrs
George Barnett, Washington; Mr..
and Mrs. Alfred dupont, John Stew
art Bryan, Virginia; Mr.. and Mrs.
Eppa Hunton, jr., or Virginia; Gram
willie Valentine, Mrs. James Poisson,
bf North Carolina; Mrs. John Dodge,
Of Detroit; Mrs. Charles Metcaf,
Detroit; Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook,
president general of the d. A. r.;
Mrs. Joseph Rucker Lamar, presi.
dent of the Colonial Danes of
America; Mr.. and Mrs. J. Kemp
Bartlett, Baltimore; Mr.. and Mrs.
James Dixon, Easton, Md, and
Colonel and Mrs. I. N. Lewis.
AOHHIUuLtS 40 NAchHOEIAA q 1EIOuDo
90 First American Made Arms.
1t was Colonel Lewis-of Lewis
gun fame-who gave the first 81 900
10 the fund for the purchase of
Kenmore and the last 81 900 which
assured its salvage for future gen.
erations. And there's q sort of
poetic justice in this since Betty
Washington Lewis husband, Colo.
bel Fielding Lewis, manufactured
the first American-made guns used
In the Revolutionary war, and
nearly bankrupted himself in manu-.
featuring small arms for the Cont.
nentals army.
Sheparded by Mrs. Thomas Hardy
raliaferro. chairman of the Wash
lngton Kenmore Committee, a large
group of the Washington women
who have given themselves heartily
TO the work for the purchase of
Kenmore. will go to Fredericksburg
Tor the fete on Saturday. Among
them will be, Mrs. Everard Todd,
Mrs. Bradley Davidson, Mrs. George
Baltimore Calvert, jr.; Mrs. Benja-
hnin Rush Logic. Mrs. William
Eaches FendalI, Mrs. William r.
Willett, Miss Mary Forman Day.
Miss Pauline Wilcox, Miss Angela
krmat. Mrs. Julien Jacqueline Ma.
Jon. Mrs. Harry Freeman Clark,
Mrs. Asa Phillips and Miss Ella
Lorraine Dorsey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fielding Lewis Ma.
Shall will also go on from Wash.
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