The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-04
SPOTLIGHT
TURNS ON
MATPON
Wife of New D. C. Com
missioner Is Pretty
and Popular

NMylIH the announcement eAtAe
wv Proctor A. Dougherty is to
BE- the new District Commissioner
the spotlight turns for the moment
upon his pretty young wife, Mrs.
Doughterty. now visiting her
mother in Cambridge, Mass.
Mrs. Dougherty. who is IN ner
early thirties, promises to make
most interesting and attractive
Commissioners wife. She snares
her husbands interest in civic az
fairs and has for a long time oeen
active in local matters In CHEVY
Chase.
Before her marriage TO Mr.,
Dougherty, himself q Massachu.
sets man. she was Miss Grace
Holmes, Of Cambridge, Mass, g de-
Scendant Of Oliver Wendell Holmes,
poet and philosopher.
The couple have three children.
a son about 10 years DID,. ana TWO
daughters. age 10 and !.
Friend at Court
She Is an intimate friend OF Mrs.
Edward r. Clark, wife of the. per-
gonal secretary OF President Coolidge.
a friendship that may explain, ~
= measure, Mr.. Coolidge's favorable
consideration Of Mr.. Dougherty Tor
his new post.
Her friends describe Mrs. Dough
4rty as merry as q cricket. a
bright sunny nature and an mex
haustible store OF fun have won her
= host of admirers. She Is, to com.
plsts the description, dark, pretty
and yivacious.
Although not q club woman she
81 an, active and enthusiastic mem
Der OF several local organizations,
including the twentieth Century
Club and the Wonanss Alliance Of
Al Souls Church.
New Pronunciation.
The name Dougherty, we are
told, 8 pronounced by the. new
commissioners and his wife as
ssDocker.tes'' with a slight ems
phasis on the first syllable.
NAVY HEAD
IN SEATTLE
Secretary Of the Navy Wilbur, ac-
eompaniec by Admiral Frederick
Hughes and his staff. win arrive in
Seattle today from Alaska. where,
the Navy is conducting q series Of
airplane surveys for the Interior De
pertinent.
From Seattle the Secretary viii so
On August 16 with the battle fleet
90 San Francisco, where he viii be
5oined by Mrs. Wilbur and his.
daughter, Miss Edna Wilbur, who
are now the guests Of his son,
Lyman Wilbur. In Berkeley, Calf.
While the Secretary Is on the
West coast the new assistant secre-
GAry or aeronautios. Edward p. War
ner, Is making q trip In the dirtgible
Los Angeles. in the vicinity Of
Lakehurst, ~. j
Assistant Secretary T. D, Robin
ron, accompanied by his staff. let
today On the Syiph for Yorktown,
We
The Secretary of Commerce and
Mre. Hoover win entertain in
formally At dinner this evening.
They were hosts at dinner last
night, entertaining on the terrace
Of their s Street home.
The Secretary and Mrs. Hoover
aisuaIIy have among their guests
bne or more Of the official people
who happen to be In town, chiefly
members Of the cabinet.
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Hear Admiral and Mrs. Joseph
STRAUSS and their daughter. Miss
Helen Strauss. who returned last
week after a year abroad, have
taken possession OF their house on
Massachusetts Avenue. They spent
the first three or four days at the
lafayette Hotel
~ -
Admiral and Mrs. Robert e.
Coontx, who passed a few days in
washington recently at the Ward
man Park Hotel, have returned TO
Hampton Naval Base, where he is
In command.