The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-19
MOORE PLACE
PURCHASED
BY KENTS
Newcomers From North
Carolina Have Bought
Home

THE Frederick Moore house on
Woodland Drive has been pur'
chased by Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Kent
Of Asheville, n. c.. newcomers 10
Washington.
Mr.. Moore, who has severed his
connection with the Japanese gov
eminent, has decided that the
house is too large for his family
and his marvellous collection OF
Japanese curios too extensive To
be housed in his new quarters. He
has sold the house and is rapidly
(lisposing OF certain OF his treas
ures from the Orient.
He plans devoting the next two
on three years to writing or his ex-
periences in Tokyo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kent, who have
purchased the Moore house. DO not
expect to take possession until
early next spring. At present they
have a cottage at Sherwood FoI est.
where Mrs. Kent and the younger
children are spending the sultry
summer days.
Friends In Washington
Although not of washington, the
Kents have connections IN the Cap
ital. Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Kent, of
3217 Cathedral Ave-, are cousins and
they have a host Of friends eaSer
to welcome them.
The couple have five daughters.
The eldest, a Mrs. Williamson, OF
AsheVille. N. c., was a bride OF
the early spring. Two of the
girls, Rrth and Caroline, are o.
debutar-e age and the remaining
your--srcrs still in grammar school.
Mrs Kent was a Miss Louise
Bolton, of North Carolina.
Garden Is Delight
Charming and talented she vii.
make an attractive addition to the
ever changing list Of Washington
hostesses.
In purchasing the Moore house
Mrs. Kent decided not to buy aily
of Mr.. Moore's relics. as she does
not believe an Oriental background
would be suited to her temper
ment. The little japanese garden
attached to the house, however,
she finds quite perfect and does
not contemplate making any change
there.
She will have as neighbors the
Senator from New York and Mrs.
James w. Wadsworth and the
Joseph C. Crews. The latter place,
by the way, is the one leased for
the summer by the Secretary OF
State and Mrs: Kellogg.
James Rockwell Sheffield, am
bassador to Mexico. and Mrs. Shelf
field. who are expected Saturday on
the Monterey, will be at the Plaza
while in New York.
NEW ENVOY
Ar MAYFLOWER
The new Minister Of Albania,
Saik Konitza. who arrived in Wash
ington early in the week. is estab-
fishing headquarters today at the
Mayflower Hotel.
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Brig. Gen. George A. L. Dumont,
military attache to the French Am
bassador, is at the Lake Placid
Club for a few days.
Mrs. John +. Lawson, of Los An
Reles, CAL, and New York, has
announced the engagement Of her
daughter, Miss Lillian Lawson, to
Henry Upton Rice. son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Gardiner Rice, of Ian
caster. Mass. Miss Lawson IS
spending the summer in Bar Har-
Dor.
Mr.. Rice is a great-grandson Of
Jacob Collamer, United States Sen
ator from Vermont. who was
close friend and adviser OF Abra-
ham Lincoln when he was Presi'
dent. Mr.. Rice served overseas as
q lieutenant in the 1920 Field Ar
tiIiery.
November in the chapel of Trinity
Church, Boston.
Norman II. Davis and Represent
ative Allen T. Treadway are to be
the speakers at a Stockbridge'
Mass, Chamber of Commerce din
ner at Heaton Hall on August &c.
William 3. Oagood Field will ex-
hibit big game motion pictures.
Mrs. J. Russell Solely gave
luncheon yesterday at Pierre's for
Col. and Mrs. Howard c. Dickin-
son, of Washington. who are in
New York for a brief visit.
Col and Mrs. Avery D. Cummings,
who have been transferred from
Fort Leavenworth, Kan, to Wash
ington, have arrived here and taken
q house in Wyndham Place. They
are accompanied by their children.
Major Cummings will be sta
toned in the War College for four
years, where he is an instructor.
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Col. and Mrs. NOEL Herr and
their two daughters. Miss Helen
Herr ana Miss Fannie Herr, have
arrived In Washington and have
taken an apartment at the Wyo-
ming.