Evening star., 1926-05-23
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Weddings to Deprive Society Here of Two Popula,
Girl Hostesses-Due-Out Club of New
York-Girl Polo Team Enthusiasts
BY MARGARET Il. DOWNING.

IN MAkGAhEE Is. DUN NiNU.
Miss Lucy Foster Porter. daughter
nf Representative Stephen Geyer Por-
ter of Pennsylvania, chairman of the
committee on foreign affairs, who
will soon be married to Ensign Rich
ard S. Barron of Lowell, Mass, has
since 1919 been the head of her
fathers household. and has performed
the complex social duties with grace
and distinction. Mrs. Porter died in
this city in October. 1919. She was
Miss Elizabeth :. Ramaley of Allie
aheny Pa. and her marriage to Rep
resentative Porter of Pittsburgh took
place in that city in 1895. Miss Lucy
Foster Porter is the only Child. ana,
though little advanced in her teens,
she took a firm grasp on the social
affairs pertaining to the foreign con
tingent. shortly after Mrs. Porters
death Representative Edith NourSe
Rogers. then the wife of the late John
Jacob Rogers, the second member OF
the foreign affairs committee, fre-
ouentlv acted for Mr.. Porter on formal
occasions. But Miss Lucy Porter was
:, dignified, though youthful, figure IN
the home amenities, and for three
wears has upheld the social end hrnllE
and acceEtablN. She attended the
National Cathedral School in Wosiley
lane. ard finished her education there.
This scholastic training has been
rounded out by the frequent visits
which she has made to Europe with
her father. She accompanied nm To
the opium conference in Geneva two
years ago. and last Summer on tour
Of the Continent Miss Porter is de-
voted 10 her alma mater and to every
activity related to the great Cathedral
of SITS. Peter and Paul She has Sc
lncted Bethlehem Chapel as the scene
of her wedding.
Miss Ailsa Mellon is another young
nald from Pittsburgh who has car
ried a much heavier social burden
than has Miss Porter. and, by q pleas
ant coincidence. is also about to as
Sume obligations on her own ACCOUNT.
These young ladies', with Miss Julla
Maths. niece of Senator Mckinney.
may be said to he the ranking maidens
in a class which imposed the respon-
sihiitv of a matron and at the same
time offers an enviahle position in the
younger set. At the present time
there are not many public men With
out a helpmeet. though the cabinet
cirrll of ten has tWo-Mr. Mellon.
Secretary of the Treasury. and DR..
Work. the Secretary of the Interior.
The latter has a married daughter,
who SraceS his amenities AT times.
but does rot reside permanently in
the city. In the amhassadorial corps
there is but one actual WidoWer. DR..
Chuchaga Torcornal. the Chilean Am
hassador. but he has abundant aid in
The social sense from the ladies in the
embassy families. There are some
half dozen ministers who are bachelors
and Senators and members OF CON
CreSS who are in this category, ana
who contine their hospitalties to stag
parties or who on occasion invite
the wife of ii colleague to act as
hostess. Young girls at the head OF
dignitied official homes are fewer at
present than for the past 20 years.
But in years gone by some made
niche in history. as Miss Harriet
Lane. chatelaine of President Buchar-
An, and Miss Kate chase, who pre-
sided over ,he home of her father,
chief Justice Salmon i. Chase.
Mr.. Elihu Root, who has filled With
such eminent success several exalted
political roles AZ the Capital. is among
the leaders of thought who is support
ing the idea of an accepted "Amerl-
can style" in every division of the
:l,ts. Mr.. Frank Alvah Parsons. presi-
dent of the New York School of Fine
n a
longing for the daWn-of the American
renaissance. and he naturally feels
that the day is 1T ham now that such
an eminent publicist as Mr.. Root lead:
the movement The former Secretary
Of state has been for many years
student of ''Americana.' and in the
hfoadeSt sense. architecture. painting.
cabinet making and the smiths pro
duCtiOnS in the precious metals. lie
epitomiLeS his opinion in the belief
il is possible to introduce in a general
and practical way the American style,
lust as there was Il directoire style in
France and mission style on the
Western American coast. 1t should
not necessarily be a colonial revival.
but an attempt to Standardize and
make popular the qualities in the
work of the forefatherS whose love of
beauty. of symmetry of form and
purity of line is among the best in
heritances of this republic today. Co
lpnial architecture had it's revival
wears ago, and the impetus which Mrs
Coolidge has given to colonial or early
American household equipment can