The Washington times., 1926-09-10
SHOPPING FOR
HOUSES PROVES
SUCCESSFUL
Mrs. Nice ormick Leases
Picturesque George
town Home

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Mrs. MedilI Mccormick. widow Ut
Senator Mccormick, has leased the
residence OF Mr.. and Mrs. Warren
Delano Robbins, 1884 Twenty-eighto
St., in which she will make her
home for the coming winter. One
Of the picturesque mansions OF Old
Georgetown. Mr.. and Mrs. Roboius
restored the house with loving care,
and during their residence In Wash
| ington It was the scene Of much
discriminating hospitality. After
| Mr.. and Mrs. Robbins went abroad
| II was let for a time to Mr.. and
| Mrs. Eliot Wadsworth. Mr.. Rob
bins is now serving as Counselo:
OF the American Embassy in Rome.
r, Trubee Dawson. Assistant Sec
rotary OF War for Aviation, and
Mrs. Dawson, have leased from
Mrs. BENJAMIN r. Holcombe the
residence at $3.50 Massachusetts,
Ave-, which was Mrs. Holcombe's
home when she was Mrs. Sylvanus
| stokes, If. The Stokes pink
palace" has tradition Of lavish
hospitality, which will probably be
maintained under the regime Of Mr.,
and Mrs. Dawson, engaging recent
acquisitions Of the Capital. Mrs,
Dawson is at present at her home
on Long Island.
SECRETARY KELLOGG
TO VISIT SESQUI
The Secretary Of State, Mr.. KEEL
logg, win go to Philadelphia on
Tuesday for the District Day cele-
bration at the sesquicentennial.
The American Minister to Sweden
and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss have
arrived In London and are at
Clarfdges for q few days before
proceeding TO Sweden.
The Charge d.Affaires OF Panama
and Nine. Chevalier, left yesterday
/ for Norfolk, Va, where they will
| be the guests for several days Ct
Major Henry M. Butler, u. s. M. c.,
and Mrs. Butler
-Mnae. Georges Thenault wife Of
/ the assistant military attache OF
i the French embassy, who has been
/ passing some time with her mother,
| Mrs. o. M. Spencer, at Cape Cod,
/ Mass, Is expected to return to the
4 city the middle Of next week.
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| DAUGHTER BORN TO
MIR. AND MRS. j. r. SHAW
Mr.. and Mrs. John Francis Shaw
are being congratulated on the birth
OF q daughter this morning. Before
her marriage Mrs. Shaw was Miss
Carolyn Hagner and the little girl
Is granddaughter OF Mrs. Helen
Ray Hagner. The baby rounds out
d family which already includes q
sturdy small son.
Mrs. Lyman B. Kendall and nef
daughter, Miss Jane Kendall, who
have been abroad for several weeks.
are expected to sail for home on
September %. They have been at
Marfenbad after q visit In Paris.
III The Assistant Postmaster Cen
eral, w. Irving Glover, win be
4 Joined this evening In his apartment
i at wardman Park Hotel by Mrs.
4 Glover and their three children,
Thomas, Warren and Frances, who
are returning from Eaglesmere. Pa,
Il W. r. MacCracken, jr.. 81 Chi.
cage, the newly appointed Assistant
Il Secretary OF Commerce. now ia
Washington. In at the Mayflower.
Representative and Mrs. Benja.
min Il. Fairchild. of New York.
entertained a small company at
luncheon yesterday on the Willard
roof.
Mrs. Jospeh @. Grew, wife OF the
Undersecretary OF State, will 70.
turn Monday from Hancock. n. H.,
and join Mr.. Grew at their home,
In Woodland Drive.
Mrs. Harold Walker has taken ali
apartment at the Mayflower, where
she will make her home. while In
Washington.
/ Mrs. Henry p. Erwin, who has
been in Washington for the last
ten days, has returned to her SUM
mer home, "Cragmere," Mackinac
Island, Mich, where she will remain
until the end Of September.
Prince and Princess Alexander
Turin arrived last night at the
willard from New York They
plan to pass several days here.
Mrs. ]. Borden Hartman, who
has been abroad with her daughter,
Mrs. Hartmann Russell, has re.
turned to this country and. after
few days in New York, will re-
open her house in Washington.
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Mrs. Reginald Wyckliffe Geare
entertained 20 OF the members Of
the Dorothy Hancock Chapter,
d. A. r., at luncheon on Wednes.
day at Olney Inn, Olney, Nd, in
celebration of the recent return
from abroad Of Miss Ann Touhy.
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Mrs. D. c. Stapleton returned to
washington yesterday and lis a
guest at the Mayflower. where she
will remain for several weeks prior
to opening her home on Mas5dch-
usetts Avenue.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Birch, with
their granddaughter, Miss Cath
crime Birch have returned to their
home In Georgetown from a vaca-