Evening star., 1926-11-07
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
President and Mrs. Coolidge Visit Home Once
Occupied by President Monroe-Social
and Personal Notes.

| ernor. Sir Lionel Copley, was estab
lished in Maryland.
| But. when widowed Lady Balti.
more took up her residence in what
| is now Prince Georges County. Nd
| and that fine old colonial ma ansiOn
| familiar to many as the Dover house
| was built for her occupancy. Sur
viving her husba nd many years. she
is one Of the hest known of the long
line OF Ladies' Baltimore. and ON her
death she distributed the silver plate
and personal possessions among the
several children Of her husband by
his previous marriages.. The me
portrait by Sir Peter Leiy showing
Lord Charles In courtly mien, and
her own by the same master now
adorn the Statehouse in Annapolis
This Lady Baltimore was famed for
her hospitality. She brought some ex-
cellent cooks from London and France
and her cakes and pastries were
known throughout Maryland. her
recipes ha nded down by relatives ana
friends are much priced helrlooms.
The military attache of the Rritlsh
emba ssy. Maj Gen. Charlton, counts
this distinguished woman among his
far-off kindred.
NOW lHdt Ahi. NhN A''i N''
Lewis havA pitched their tent In
GEORGETOWN, those who write OF the
CAPITAL are beginning to allude to
this part of 1t az It's Chelsea. Profes-
sional literary folk have settled In
the staid streets of Georgetown to
such an extent that Mrs. Mary ROBERTS
Rinehart, who lives on Massachusetts
avenue. may be said to be the sole
celebrity not enamored of the houses
Of an older day. Mr.. and Mrs. ALVIN
i,,dd in the former home OF Thomas
r.. Waggaman are recent recruits
Under her maiden name of KAN
crime t'ilene, Mrs. Dodd has been sue
cesaful in letters and she continues
her work notwithsta nding the absofp'
lion of society and her heavy duties
in connection with the United states
Chamber Of Commerce, Of which hef
husba nd Is a dominant mempef.
Frank n. Simonds when not in Eu-
rome is in Georgetown and others
there are MIR. and Mrs. William 1ard,
COL. Stephen Ronsal. Harold Pheips
Stokes and Charles Nicholson.
Mary Rail- Washington WILL reg
istered i'm the clerks office of FRED
erickshurg. Va. could have mace spot-
sylVania County several hundfed thou-
sa nds of dollars more opuient than II
is if the cities had consented to ITS
sale When the fad of collecting the
original Wills Of distinguished people
became prevalent. that of Nashlns-
toms mother came into immediate al
tention. This will was drawn on May
20, 1878. and after the testators S deatn
shortly after. it was published bE the
witnesses, John Ferneyhough, James
Mercer and Joseph Walker. When
Gen. Washington arrived In Fred
ericksburg from the headquarters
of the Continental Army he became
executor. according to his mothers
instructions. But only copy "f
the venerable document was filed III
the cour t. while the original patheti
ca lly priZed paper remained with the
private papers of her son George. In
1923 it pa Ssed with other historic pa
pers to various Washington heirs and
not until about 25 years ago was the
original will filed in the clerks office
in Frederick sburg. This event, widely
heralded. focused attention on the
document and bidding for 1t be-
came spirited among such collect
ors as Henry Huntington, the Car
negie Institute and Museum OF
Pittsburgh. the Metropolitan of New
York and. from few patriotic
of the Library of Congress. But alter
dallying with the question for time
Spotsylvania County decided to reta in
it's splendid inheritance and to add
literally to it's Golfers by permitting
certain number Of Photographic
copies to he made. Nearly all the
larger libraries Of the country now
have facsimile copies of this docu-
ment. while a good sum was raised
by the Kenmore Memorial Associa-
ton by their sale, with a picture of
the quaint Queen Anne cottage in
Frederick sburg where Mary Ball
shinston died.
The Posi- ma Ster General, Mr.. New,
has many diverse troubles in the man
agement of his big office, but never
has such Il storm broken over his
head as that suffered by Mr. Stanley
Raldwin's chief of the postal depart
ment. 1t was all on account of having
permitted advertisements on all mat
ter passing through the post, granted
with the best intentions of helping
along the fna ncial end. All mail 60
ing from Great Britain was dabbed