Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-15
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Gardens at Mount Vernon Show Washington
Loved Cay-Colored Flowers-Brazilian Embassy
Is Changing Location--Other Catchy Notes.

ing the bazaar for the Red Cross AFTER
the recent disasters in South Italy.
Mrs. Bruce has been aiding Princess
San F'austino in her tabieauX. IN
which many lovely little youngsters
were posed after the manner Of the
MuriIlo painting. Several little folks
with names quite familiar in Wash
ington, as for instance the small niece
and nephew of the former Amhas
Sddor Don Gelasio Caetani, Princess
Leila Ada and Prince Camille Gelasio,
children Of his brother. Roftredoe
Michele The mother of these beauti
full children was Miss Marguerite
Chaplin of New York. and she, too. is
one of the leaders of the. America
wing in the Eternal City.
Miss Victoria F'relinghuysen dauGh-
ter of the former Senator from New
jersey and Mrs. Joseph Sherman
t'relinGhuysen. who was Il bud Of last
Winter has been spending an active
Summer in various resorts on Long
Island. in Newport and on the North
Shore. Miss F'relinghuysen makes
an attractive flower maid and she has
been selling poSies at charity feteS
from the TIP of Cape Cod down the
shore of Massachusetts. This young
lady has set brand new fashion IN
, bObbed hair. though she has now
many imitatorS. In the back she has
the most boyish cut--in fact. almost
a clOp--hut on the top of her head
and about her face soft yellow ring
let's give her an entirely feminine look
and make her appear well in the furbe-
lows as Well AS in simpler attire.
Miss Victoria Frelinghuysen attended
The Cathedral School when her father
RI H.
Of the young maids who formed
committee to thank the Prince of
Wales when. Oh visiting that inStitu-
ton. he asked for a, holiday. With
her was Miss Anna Roosevelt, daugh-
ter of the Assistant Secretary of, the
Navy, Franklin ID. Roosevelt. and
Mrs. Curtis +. Dali. Miss Freling
huySen is of artistic turn and she
plans her own gowns. especially for
her favorite role in selling flowers for
charity. and these are usually modelled
after historic paintings.
The raZillian Ambassador. Senior
Gurgel do Amaral. who has been
compelled to move his embassy from
tho Adams house, adjoining that OF
the late John Hay on II street near
Sixteenth, has found suita BILE domi-
NJ. Thompson at 1904 Eighteenth
street. The Hay and Adams houses
passed from their owners nearly two
years ago to the national Republican
committee for a national hea dquar-
ters Senator and Mrs. Wadsworth
moved from the former Hay house
about 10 months ago, and already
this reVered mansion has a desolate
and torsaken aspect quite painful TO
all who know its traditions. The
circular drive is used for parking
space by all who find it convenient
John Hay and Henry Adams We're
lifelong friends and there is a com
| niunica lion between the two houses
in the library of each.
Though plans for the rearra nge
ment OF the TWO mansions into one
! are as yet only tentative, il is be
! lieVed that the Sixteenth street por-
ton Of the Hay house will be adopted
for general offices and tilerooms, while
the Adams house will he used foi
private audiences and Will provide a
few sleeping rooms for distinguished
guests during conferences The
stairway OF the Adams residence is
so beautiful and with SO many grace
ful alcoVeS and balconies that 1t
| would he a genuine grief TO local
architects if il were disturbed. 1t Is
% Old oak. eXquisitely matched as
to grain, and was delightful oc-
cupation TO the eminent author and
historian, Henry Adams during its
building. The Hay house is simpler
aud less liable to damage from the
! constant use which a political gath
erinS place would offer. AS the ma
tiollai Republican committee desires
to have a residence in Washington
in the next year, it would seem that
getting possession of the Adams por-
ton cannot he much longer della Ned.