The Washington times., 1926-10-01
NAVY COUPLE
DUE IN TOWN
SHORTLY
Coming From Newport;
Z Dashing Sailor Detach-
ed as Aide
By JEAN ELIOT

H IN eIEUT. AND MRS. BENJAMIN
II r. HOLCOMBE have closed
Gull Rock, their summer home at
Newport. and are in New York for
q visit before coming to Washing
TOM Since his marriage to Mrs.
Fahnestock Stokes, which was
one of the spectacular events, of
the summer, Lieutenant Holcombe
has had a two months leave of
absence. but he is due back next
week at his post in the Bureau of
Aeronautics.
~ The dashiYig young naval officer
had been on duty as White House
aide, but his connection with the
group of Presidents aides auto
natically ceased with his mar
riage. For It is an unwritten rule
that the junior officers on White
House duty shall be bachelors
unattached young men being con-
stdered more useful if not more
ornamental than benedicts.
Chief Aides Exempted
For some unexplained reason the
Presidents chief military aide and
the chief naval aide, who is also
commander of the MayfIower, are
exempted from this ruling. So when
col. Sherwood o. CLANCY was mar
rled last winter he was not de.
tached from the White House duty.
The only exception which comes to
mind with regard to the junior aides
was made in. favor of Major Oscar
Soibert. who brought a charming
wife to Washington when he was
detailed to White House duty. He
had been serving as military attache
of the American embassy in London
and probably his familiarity with
court procedure and the etiquette of
was the reason for his
being chosen for such a post.
When Major Solbert was detached
his exact position. was not filled
again. and imagine that many of
his duties i now devolve upon Jay
Pierrepont Moffat. a State Depart.
mentso official. who is officially ''cere.
nnonials officer" at the White
House. know he has relieved
ASrs. Coolidge.s, social secretary of
many K the official aspects Of her |
work, .. Sg her free to devote |
herself to the t. I.ady's personal |
correspondence and to keeping |
track OF the engagements she makes |
ION her own"-engagements IN
which the President is not involved. I
lieutenant Holcombe's post at |
the White House has not yet been
filed Indeed, there are several |
vacancies in. the list of aides to |
which dashing young officers of |
the Army, Navy and Marine Corps |
will be detailed within the next few
weeks.
Try. to Let ''PinIx Palace"
But. how I have wandered from
the Holcombes and their plans.
to know just what they are going |
combe is detached from the Navy
Department, they viii probably be
In town most Of the winter. Yet |
Margaret Faf1nestock Stokes Hol |
fohmbe has been making valiant |
sfforts to dispose of her famous |
rink palace In Massachusetts, Ave. |
nue.. ! 1t was announced once that |
Il had been let to the Assistant Sec
rotary OF War and Mrs. F. Trubee |
Dawson. but negotiations fell
through at the last moment.
Somehow the house didn't quite !
suit Mrs. Dawson who has very
definite ideas of what she wants-a
big house well arranged for, enter
tanning, large tree Swallowed grounds
and a tennis court, all without go
ing too far from the center OF town.
She has looked at pretty. much
everything in town without being
suited until one enterprising reaItor
was moved to remark THE only
thing to do is to persuade the occu. |
pants to move out of 1900 Pennsyl- /
yania Avenue-nothing else but the