Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-11
Tales Of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Chief Justice Taft Drives First Ball on New Muir
ray Bay Golf Course-Late Mrs. Pinchot's
Lace Collection Miss Morgan Returning.

cess along some lines and complete
| failure In others. Two of the sign
ers, John Hart and Gwinnett Butoon.
died within the year after the sign,
ing and they have no descendants nor
known relatives. But some 800 viii
gather at a ball which will be among
the amenities of the month, and
nearly all of these, including the nu.I
merous Jefferson group, viii be called
after the olden days and in historic
garments, the property of the Illus
trious founders OF the Nation.
Miss Anne p. Morgan has not given
undue attention to sartorial matters,
though she Is essentially well gowned
and always most appropriately. That
she was one of the patronessss and
principal buyers at q famous fashion
show in Paris only displayed Miss
Morgan,s broad-minded spirit and her
desire to help struggling worth,
whether 1t be modiste or the per.
turbed mayor of a devastated city.
Miss Morgan, with some other infiu-
entail Americans, including Mrs.
Burke Roche and Baroness January
de la Grange, the daughter of, Mr..
William Sloan of New York, were
interested observers Of the display OF
wraps. dancing frocks and afternoon
raiment held in famous house OF
lived the beautiful Princess de Chi
may. Mrs. James Corrigan was an
other who bought lavishly at this
show, part of the proceeds beipg de-
voted to a day nursery In remote
village of the Gironde. where young
mothers now work in the vineyards.
Miss Morgan is getting ready for q
flight homeward, after being abroad
for some months. She will join her
brother, Mr.. Pierpont Morgan, in his
Welsh estate for few weeks before
sailing for New York In Summer
this indefatigable philanthropist pre-.
fers Sutton place, where she lives in
complete solitude, all the owners OF
adjoining houses having long ago
gone to shore and mountain. and
nearly all of her friends on Fifth ave-
nue. and the upper streets being also
away from the city. Miss Morgan
probably will remain in New York
the greater part of next Winter, as
she has practically finished her work
in France.
Miss Almira Goodsell Rockefeller,
Miss Rachel Hammond, Miss Mary
Alta Prenice and Miss Dorothea Vii
lard are among the names of debu-
tantes of Gotham, who, so to speak,
will have the world at their feet
Autumn. Miss Rockefeller is the
grandniece and Miss Prentice the
granddaughter of the venerable head
of the Standard Oil, and Miss Ham
mond is the fourth daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John Henry Hammond and
granddaughter of Mrs. Henry
White of this city. Miss Willard Is
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Oswald
Garrison Willard and is great
granddaughter of the abolitionist,
William Lloyd Garrison. Her father
has carved place in cotemporary
history quite equal to that of his
Rockefeller is the daughter Of the
late William G. Rockefeller, and she
will make her bow to society at
her mothers home, on East Eighty
first street, on November "a. This
handsome and athletic maiden Is the
granddaughter OF the late James
Stillman and is a. niece of Mr.. and
Mrs. Percy Rockefeller. She,. with
her cousin, Miss Prentice, will be
guests of Mr.. John d. Rockefeller
in Orlando Beach in January, and
will take a peep at the gayety on
the east coast Of Florida down to
Palm Beach.
That Baroness of Ravensdale whose
name appears so frequently in the
London press in connection with
philanthropic movements of rather
socialistic nature is Lady Mary Irene
Curzon, who has recently taken over
the title and estate OF the Barony
aristocratic of the holdings of the
late MARQUES OF Curzon and the
only one which he could bequeath to
his Oldest daughter. lakewood House,
in Somerset. is the seat of this
barony and 1t is one of the most
charming country homes in England.
1t was here that the children OF the
King and Queen of Belgium found
an asylum during the World War,
when the German troops forced the
gallant army back to the Channel
ports. Lady Mary Irene Curzon. as
she is more Familiarity known. despite
her adoption Of the title Of Baroness
of Ravensdale, is very fond of Hack
wood and she lives there the greater
part of the year. In London she
has Carleton House, the splendid
mansion on which the late Levi q.
Letter spent several million dollars
in order that his daughter, Lady
Mary Letter, should have suitable
London domicile. Carleton House
was occupied for years by Lord
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Irene requested the widow---her step
mother--to vacate, and she has since
reopened the mansion and used it for
campaign meetings in which she is a
leader. This oldest daughter of the
late Mary Letter of this city and Chi
cago resembles her mother strongly,
but she is not fond of social adula.
ton and seems rather studious in
habit. She has been taking a course
in sociology in the London Uni
versity and she frequently attends
the sermons at the Tabernacle. While
not so radical In politics as her sister,
Lady Cynthia Moseley, she is identi-
fed with the Labor party.
Lady Granard is In Paris acting as
chatelaine for her father, Mr.. Ogden
Mills, during the visit of Represent
alive and Mrs. Ogden L. Mills to the
French capital. This Is the first visit
which Representative Mills has made
to Paris since his renarriage two
years ago. The elder Ogden Mills has
for years maintained q fiile home in
the newer part OF the city, where the
fringe OF the Bots du BouIogne begins
to show and whore he delights In en-
tertaining his American friends who
arrive in the French capital more
numerously during the summer and
autumn than during the social sea.
son proper. Representative Mills had, 4
Of course. to take advantage OF the
luli in legislative affairs for his visit
with his wife. Paris has caught the
fad which fiourishes iii other parts of
the world, and the tricentennary Of
the Place de Vendonle has centered
much attention. Modistes and miIli-I
ners have possession Of the hisoric
thoroughfare now. and one Of the fea-
lures Of. the celebration was for illus
trious firms to stage pageants In
which great figures Of the past were
presented In between fashion shows.