Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-10

| mighty Daniel belonged. There We're
BooneS in Maryland from the middle
OF the seventeenth century. first in a
tract of land not far from the present
county seat of Prince George, Marl-
boroS, and then upward in the
province to the Eastern Shore, from
which they passed into the land of
William Penn. 1t was from Pennsyl-
vania, not far from Chester, that
Daniel Boone came to GEORGETOWN
and from which he went to get final
instructions from Sir William Dun
wooddie, the royal Governor of Vir-
ginia. But many of the BoOnes re-
manned in what is now Prince Georges
County, Md, and several Of their sons
entered the Catholic priesthood and
became missionaries in their home
| land. The family was Of the landed
gentry of Lord Baltimores palatinate,
and that they maintained Il chapel on
their estate is evident from the fact
| that the first Catholic bishop and
archbishop in this Republic was lap
TIED in BOone'S ChapSl, near MARI
boro, this event occurring about i1il.
Mr.. and Mrs Francis T.. +. Drury,
who spent the traditional holiday sea
! son, from December % until January
T. as the guests of Mrs. Drury's father.
| Commodore Eldredge Gerry, in New
| York City, sailed Yesterday for their
! British home and will resume super
vision Of the work on the mansion
| they are remodeling in the environs
| of London. Some of the most brilliant
| affairs of Christmas week were in
! honor of these visitors. For many
years Miss Mabel Gerry now the wife
| of Mr. Francis Drury. was the hostess
| Of her father and the leader in many
| philanthropiC as well as social aCtiy-
! tiles. Commodore Gerry lives a rather
secluded life with his daughter, Miss
Angelica Gerry. but his mansion was
| fairly ablaze and all the famous gold
plate figured at the several banuuetS
given for various groups of friends
! GOthamiteS once on a time used their
gold plate quite casually, but now SO
| skillful are the light fingered gentry
| in the metropolitan city that these
treasures. like the family jewels, are
kept in the vaults OF the bank and
are taken out only on occasions with
the utmost secrecy and the greatest
precautions. 1t would be astonishing
! to learn how many of New EorkS
most opulent partake Of their viands
| from plated ware made to look like
the genuine articles while the real
gold and silver reposes in the safe
| deposit boxes. The same Is true of
| the up-to-date burglar must be n good
! judge of gems before he takes the
| risk of emptying the contents of beau
| tiful cases which rest on the boudoir
| dressing tables. Mr.. and Mrs. Drury
are planning a brief trip TO Egypt and
/ the Holy Land along about the close
Of Lent.
| Mrs. Arthur Curtiss James and sew
| eral of the most prominent OF New
| York hostesses have been keeping n
| feverish pace with dinners and dances
and opera parties, all because the
| season in Palm Beach will he in full
swing by mid January. and they must
need dispense their hospits litles at
| home before rushing southwark to
| meet obligations there. Very gravely
| there is talk of shortening the New
! York opera season because Florida de
! sires a season of music and song and
| this must be rung in between January
/ and March, or at the time when
| Gotham formerly held the social world
I in a firm grip. This is one apparent
| reaction of the phenomenon which
| Florida furnishes, and it proves that
| though the big city laughed at the