Evening star., 1926-12-05
By MARGARET b. BOWLING.


Mrs. Coolidge's admirable plan for
grandma's quilt has set many needles
clicking which had been laid away
for some time past. Since the World
War ended, reaction set in generally
toward the use of knitting and crochet
needles. but not in the case of Mrs.
Coolidge. Knitting and crocheting
have become almost a second nature
to the first lady, and she can work
out the most intricate pattern without
the least interruption to her sprightly
conversation, as many who have been
her guests on the Mayflower can bear
witness. Packed in roomy boxes, lined
with raw cotton sprinkled with sachet
powders, are articles which Mrs. Cool
idge has fashioned in odd moments
necktes, fancy bags, pretty socks and
sacques for infants, pincushion COW
ers, all manner Of bags for boudoir
use and wooden socks, gloves, muff1ers
and wristlets for the cold weather Of
New England. These are given away
on proper occasion, and most abun-
dant stock is always on hand. The
quilt for which Mrs. Coolidge recently
furnished The Sunday Star with COM
plete directions is one of her most am
bilious efforts and is yet to be joined
after all the squares are ready. Many
Washington women have in years
gone Dy CrOC0ol6U D0OSpTeiu5 dl Ter d
similar pattern. Mrs. John r. Gar
rison of r street, widow of the first
representative from the Treausry sent
to adjust affairs in Porto Rico after
the Spanish-American War, spent the
best parrs Of two years making
spread and using, as Mrs. Coolidge
suggests, unbleached linen thread
Mrs. Taft has several beautiful
spreads done by that beloved maiden
VI. ,1r,v,a
he spent so much time during his
boyhood Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt.
sr, when mistress of the White House,
was almost as noted for her knitting
accomplishments as is Mrs. Coolidge,
and she has knit crib cover for each
of her married children. She has been
engaged for years in making an indi-
vidual bed cover for each of her IA
grandchildren.
President Coolidge's choice of a tenn
porary home is awaited with keen an
ticipation, especially since his an
nouncement that he wishes to be with
In four blocks of the White House
narrows the circle of choice. Nothing
remains suitable in the streets above
Lafayette Square, where President
Roosevelt found a home under similar
conditions-the repairing and remodel
ing of the old mansion. Up and down
the adjoining aveues and crosswayS no
house appears suitable to shelter the
Chief Magistrate of the Nation and his
lady Up Sixteenth street, about Du
pont Circle, and out Massachusetts
avenue, splendid domiciles are to be
obtained, but these distances have
been ruled out. Washington's most
noted temporary presidential home.
known as the Octagon House, remains
one of the most beautiful mansions
ever erected here, but it is not avail
able even were. it selected. Since the
President and Mrs. Coolidge will not
move until March when Spring is
about to break. some friends are elo-
quently painting the joys of a sub
urban estate, such as President and
Mrs. Cleveland occupied during the
mild months.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Roger
Weues are spending the Winter in
Washington and are receiving the
most cordial welcome. The admiral
was recently on duty at the naval
operating base at Hampton Roads
and prior to his assignment had been
commander of the Atlantic fleet in the
Mediterranean, and his flagship. the
Minnesota, weighed anchor in all the
ports along the Southern seas. Ad-
miral Welles comes of a distinguished
Ild Val ldInlIy Ol SONH6CllCut, ana
many of his ancestors fought during
the revolutionary wars, in the heroic
engagements witha the Algerian pirates
and during the War of 1912. He has
had a notable career in the Navy and
played aa prominent part in all that
has transpired since he graduated
from Annapolis in 1884. He is a Scien-
tist of repute and has made some in.
teresting astrological collections for
the familiar writer of fiction, who
uses her own name,a Harriet WelleS
She was before her marriage to the
brilliant naval officer Miss Harriet
Ogden Deem Of Staten Island. N. Y,
and the marriage occurred in 1908.
Mrs. Welles, who has accompanied
her husband as much as the ethics of
the Navy permit, has written short
stories and sketches of almost every
country of the world. Her most am.
bilious literary venture, Anchors
Aweigh,' published in 1919, is a group
Of sea tales collected into book form.
Before adopting letters as a career
Mrs. WelleS, as Miss Deem. had won
recognition as an artist, and she fire.
Quently illustrates her stories. She
is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Deem and studied in several estab
lished art schools in this country and
abroad.
Former Representative and Mrs.
Ogden Livingston Mills who early in
the Spring leased the handsome home
of the late Levi P. Morton, Fifteenth
street and Rhode Island avenue. will,
in spite of the political upheavals of
the late election. remain residents of
the Capital Mr. Mills soon will sue.
ceed Mr.. Gerard Winston as Under
secretary of the Treasury. and he will
play a prominent part in a social as
we'll as financial way. Mrs. William
Corcoran Eustis. who inherited
this mansion from her father, uses
1t so little that she decided to place
1t on the market, either for sale or
lease. Mrs. Mills. who previous to
her first marriage to Mr.. John r.
Felf of Germantown, Pa, was Miss
Dorothy Randolph of Philadelphia, is
a charming young hostess and is Of
a social trend. Young Ogden Mills,
son of the Representative by his first
marriage. TO Miss Margaret Ruther-
ford, daughter of Mrs. William X.
Vanderbilt. sr.. will be in Washington
this Winter. He is a manly little
chap, about 10, who has been in
boarding school for the past two
years. Former Representative and
Mrs. Mills took him along on that de.
lightful trip they made to Europe last
Summer. when they were entertained
by Ogden Mills. sr.. in the handsome
house in Paris, where Gen. Pershlng
had his headquarters during the
World War. and later when they WIS.,
tied Mrs. Whitelaw Reid and Lady
John Ward in London. 1t is deemed
altogether probable that Mr.. Mills
will spend the entire Autumn in New
York City catching up the loose ends
IN his affairs and will not come to
Washington until the first OF the year