Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Symes Lehr
| have recently taken possession of a
| splendid new home which they pur-
| chased last Winter in Rue de St.
| Peres. 1t is locally known as the old
Hotel de Beaufort and was among the
royal residences during the last days
| Of the Bourbons. Mr.. Lehr'S health
has so far been restored that he can
pass part of the Summer season in
| Paris, returning to the chateau in the
! Pyrenees as soon as rain and cold
winds attack the region on the Seine.
Mrs. Lehr, who was Elizabeth DreXel,
was educated at Georgetown Convent,
and her marriage occurred in the
chapel the day on which her first hus-
ba nd. John Dahlgren. graduated from
Georgetown College. He and their
Young son. John DreXel Dahlgren, are
| buried beneath the high altar in the
! beautiful Dahlgren memorial chapel in
the college campus Mr.. and Mrs.
Lehr are prominent in all phiian-
| thropic movements in Paris and are
among the most important figures in
| its American wing. Mr.. Anthony
Drexel has found a home in Rue de
Grenelle Quite near the Lehr resi-
dence, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Blunt, the
| latter the niece of the late Roman
Pontiff Leo XIII, have recently &C
qured a mellow old house of the
| Louis XIV period. Mrs. James Cor
rigan is another important American
! hostess in Paris during the Summer,
and she has a long lease on the home
| of Princess Lucian Murat in Rue de
| Babylone
Apart from the personal affection
and regard which a large number OF
| I,j 8
| Mrs. Porter Hinnan Dale of Vermont,
! it is a matter of rejoicing that this
| family will remain in residence and
| that their unusual home on Capitol
| Hill will continue to be a radiating
| point for the congressional circle
| Mrs Dale mas studied colonial and
! period interiors TO such good purpose
! that her home is regarded as a. per
feet type. This old Dangerfeld man
| sion, AS II is known locally. is said to
have inspired Mrs, Coolidge with the
! ambition TO remove the nondescript
furnishings Of the White House and
replace them with such as Senator
| and Mrs Dale have spent a lifetime
| collecting Senator Dale is as en-
! thusia stic rs his wife and together
/ they have ctrcied the globe in pursuit
OF treasures. Some 20 years ago obey
| purchased IN an auction room in BoS
! ton q splendid carved walnut chair
| Of the Venetian style, so aged that 1t
was black as ebony. Finding this an
odd piece among their other chairs,
| they sought another which would
make pair and then. finding this,
they decided to get a set for the din
! ing room and this led to the gradual
collection of Venetian dining room fur
niture, the finest in this city, not even
excepting the superb banquet hall
| equipment which Sonora de Cespedes
brought from Italy for the Cuban en-
! bassy. built when her husband was
minister from that republic. The din
| ing table in the Dale home may be
seen frequently on canvases of ban
uuet scenes done by such masters as
| Guilio Romano and Tintoretto and
| the buffet could easily be imagined in
! the Doae's palace.
Mr. A. :. NJ. Hutchinson. the popular
novelist has returned to Eng! IA nd after
prolonged honeymoon spent in the
! lake regions Of Italy and he is now
engaged in tie prosaic task of hunting
home. His fancy seems to turn to
Wessex and he may become neigh
! Dor of the premier. STANLEY Baldwin.
and to Rudyard kiplinG, who lives
near by. Mr.. Hutchinson intends 10
| make study Of WesseX. 4 midla nd
! country which has escaped the at
| tention Of fict.uniStS to a great eX-
tent Mr.. kipiiEg has been repro
| ducing some copies Of that famous
old field newspaper published ural
! Bloemfentein during The Boar way and
OF which two ianented American
writer's, Iulia;t Ralph and James
| Barnes were the editors Mir kipllng
| contributed some notable Verse TO
! the Friend and il was t. show the
! conditions under which thi, poetry
was written that he dug up some old
| files and had the sheets reprinted. II.
A. Gwynne, SO well known as War
! correspondent, was another OF the
contributors Of this sheet. NJ. GWynne
| IS now the editor IL chief OF the
! London Morning Post These copies
! Of the Friend are being purchased
with avidity and Mr.. Baldwin, the
! premier. faVors their sale for the
| widows and orphans relief fund. Mr..
! Hutchinson has been taking part in
| this revival and he is receiving a cor
| dial welcome as country squire Of
/ WeSSex.
! Miss Mary Ames, whose debut in
| Boston this Autumn will be An out
| standing event, IS the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Frederick Lothrop Ames, the
| latter celebrated as one of the Cryder