Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
MAJ. u. S. Grant Sd, Classed as Well Informed
Friend of Washing ton-Notes Of
World Personages.
BY MARGARET u. DOWNING.

BY MARGARET u. DOWNING.
Maj. L. s. Grant. 3d. in the role
OF successor To Col. Sheriff. Will lie
on familiar ground in Washington
and he will without doubt find il
people prediSposed To accept .tnNIhin-
he may select in the WAY oi municipal
reform and impruNenen For he WAS
here in his early days after leANiu2
West Point and Was among those Nouns
warriors in embryo bearing hlStorl,
names whom President l:uuSeNeil
named as aides III the White House
others being Young phi sheridan
-Scsr~t -. Lee. tllZhugh Lee ana a
grandson OF Gen. Me- 'lell.su. Lieut.
Grant, as he was then. married MiSS
Edith Root. only daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Elihu Root. and a. her father
was then Secretary Vi STATE, the
nuptialS We're among the most bril-
liant Of the several which occurred
during the middle Years of The sec
ond Roosevelt term. From his eu
trance into West Point. Maj. Grant
has carved his own career and has
relied not at all on the potency Of
his name to advance his fortunes.
But there will be always memo
with his Army career, because when
he wa quite a lad. the only SON of
Gen. Frederic Dent Grant and his wife.
who was Ida llouure, sister of the
late Mrs. Potter Palmer his dis
tingushed gra ndfa Their. hero of Apo
n1attoX and twice President Of the
United StateS-Who WAS then at the
point of dea th-requeSte the APP
pointment to West Point. Stricken
t,ffa Mi, oh of
tain wrote letter, one of his last
acts. asking this favor of the Pres
ident. then Ben amin Harrison and.
needless to say, 1t WAS Immediately
pushed forward. Gradua ting with
signal honors and placed in the Engi
neer Corps, young Grant has gone
step by step up the ladder and he
has needed no aid in the ascent en-
cept that furnished by his own bril-
liant and efficient service during these
past % years.
The late Henry Cabot Lodges
home. on Ma ssa Chusetts avenue, was
a comfort BILE and in every sense ele-
CANT abode, but such quiet note pre-
vailed and so lacking any sort Of
ostentation that now, when its con-
tents We're sold at auction. there was
much surprise at the splendor I'M
folded. A stout old sea chest. bat
tered and bearing some mystic fig
ures and the letter &C. painted on
the top. attra cted much attention be-
cause undoubtedly il was "a treasure
Of some of the seagoing CabOtS and
II seems a pity that it has passed
into the hands of strangers. 1t is
a roomy affair and can hold more
than the average trunk, and the
heavy brass clasps and the unbreak-
able lock of brass and iron make II
a most deSira BILE possession. Seua tor
Lodge and his wife. the latter dying
some 10 years previous to his demise
came TO Washington when artificial
light meant weak and wavering sort
Of gas, so that they had accumulated
dozens and dozens Of fine old coal oil
lamps some of heavy. handsomely
adorned glass. others of brass and
others metal. some few Of silver and
some for banquet tables which We're
worthy of a place on the dose's board
being of Venetian glass of the IN
evitahle dolphin shape with exqNl-
site candelabra 10 match.
The retiring Chilean Amba ssa dor
Senior Reltran Matthew. has been for
some time the NeStor of the large
corps of diplomats assembled in Wash
ington. He will in April reach his
74th year. Senior Matthew has not
been in robust health for several years
past. but he has tremendous energy
and extraordinary mental alertness.
Though the dean of the Latin Ameri-
can wing in the foreign body. the
Chilean statesman has been in Wash
ington less thar eight years as Am
ha ssador, but he was for four years
secretary of the then Chilean Legation
during the first term of Grover Cleve-
land 18S6-1SS9. The Amba ssador, who
Is to become minister of foreign affairs
or secretary of state In Conception,
has previously held two other cabinet
positionS-miniSter of war and ma
rine. from 1901 until 1903. and min
lister of industry and public works
1902. He has made an exceptionally
brilliant record while in Washington
and his departure win be much re-
GREETED. Sonora Matthew is "A Ia nd
some, we'll equipped chatelaine for the
beautiful emba sSy, which Was puf-
cha sed three years ago, at 1906 Mas
sachusetts avenue. and which is the
first diploma tic establishment owned
by the Chilean government in the
American Capital. Senior and Sonora
Matthew spent many months IN
France and Spain collecting the
unique and appropriate furnishings
which adorn this house. She Was be
fore her marriage Elena Serranu of
sador will in few months celebrate
the thirtieth anniversary of this event
Miss Elizabeth Mccormick of the
harvester" family of Chicago. after
spending only Il few weeks in her
Lake Forest home. has left it again
for Europe, where she will resume her
quest for ancient glass, needle work
and furniture with which to fit up the
rambling old house in Paris on the
left bank of the Seine which she re
Gently acquired. Miss Mccormick is
especially fond of old glass and she
already has some Of the authenticated
pieces which We're used in the royal
chateaus of RambOuillet and Cham
bord after they were seized and con
fiScated by the republican government
of France. 10 the dismay of many
friends, Miss Mccormick has an
nounced the immediate sale Of her
villa at Lake Forest and her city
house in Chicago. and she intends to
join the big army of Americans domi-
ciled in Paris. Her house ts right in
the center of things intellectual being
on Rue Bonaparte and under the
shadow of the grim. dark buildings
which make up the university. While
nearby is that mecca or all ambitious
American youths with an architec-
turaI Irend-the Academic deS BeauX
Arts. The left bank Of the Seine has
only recently received its share OF
modern improvements, running water
in the house. together with gas and
Electricity. Miss Mccormick has in
troduceu everN device for sanitation
snd utility. and her home already has
acquired some prestige being the
first moderniZed mansion in this pic
turesque and historic section.
Mrs Allan h. iloughton. wife of the