Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-07

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tiful ocean golf course is the former
Gravesend Fishing Club. founded by
. the late J. Pierpont Morgan. Mr.. Tai
+. Ter purchased all the ground belonging
!. to this organization and the fine old
clubhouse. 1t is now private fish.
ing club and last year Mr.. Taller land
ed striped bass weighing so pounds,
the record in all amateur fishing in
Rhode Island waters.
Another of Miss Anne P. Morgan's
aides on the committee for restoring
devastated France has succumbed to
Cupid, as the direct result of associa-
ton with, gallant sympathizers in the
same cause. This is Miss Eleanore
Longstreet Carpenter, who has been
with Miss Morgan since 1917 and who
recently married NJ. Jacques Dunant,
an architect associated with the Nor
gan reservations. The other was the
former Elsie de Wolfe, now Lady
Mendl. Nine. Dunant is the daughter
of Mrs. j. Grouse Carpenter. who has
lived abroad for many years with her
brother, Samuel Emlen Carpenter, a
we'll known artist. The marriage OF
her daughter was quietly solemnized
at Antilles the last week OF July and
was attended by only personal friends,
among them Miss Morgan and Mr.. and
Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, jr. M. and
Nine. Dunant will continue their
work about Antilles without Interrupt
ton but plan a honeymoon trip later
which will include q visit to New oYrk
and, PHILADELPHIA It was ins19I7 that
the then Miss Carpenter met her hus |
band, when both were driving am |
balances on the Chemin des Danes
NJ. Dunant being a Swiss subject. but
n volunteer in the French Hospital
Service. He is the son of M. CASTOR
Dunant and Nine. Dunant Of Geneva
and he has ready for his bride, wien
she has completed her work for Miss
Morgan, a charming villa on the lake
not far from Lausanne.
William Gillette, the once popular
but now retired actor and son OF the
late Francis Gillette, United States
Senator from Connecticut some 90
wears ago, has, as is well known, one
ofIthe most famous house boats In the
country. which was his home for
many years, This boat, which moored
for several Summers in the Connectl-
cut River not far from the Gillette
family domicile outside OF Hartford,
afforded it's owner an opportunity 10
know many aquatic characters and to
hear the folk lore Of the Nutmeg
state. He has embodied much Of this
in a mystery story, 1.-THE Astounding
Crime Of Torrington Road" depar-
ture in such fiction and on the devel-
opment Of which he has spent more
than two years. Mr.. Gillette has in
contemplation a series Of papers deal
ing with his early years, when he was
the near neighbor of Mark Twain in
Hartford and when the humorist in
spired his ambition to go on the stage.
advice which he needed. On the
strength of the strong Endorsement
received from Mr.. Clemens, young
Gillette secured an engagement in the
Globe Theater in Boston. All theater-
goers of the older generation remem-
Der Mr.. Gillette in the leading role of
1.-THE GiIded Age" Mark Twain's
dramatized story. and in which he
achieved his first success. This was
after a dreary term in Boston and
many months with a stock company
in New Orleans. Inheriting a fortune,
to which he made substantial add
lions. Mr.. Gillette, although clinging
to his house boat, has a fine estate
along the Connecticut near Haldyme,
and here he has placed large park
freely at the disposal of the public for
picnic and supper parties and outdoor
plays.
Mr.. Thomas William Lamont and
his daughter. Eleanor are among
those WHO are spending the shooting
season in Scotland, Mr.. Lamont hav-
ing secured a fine lodge near Inver-
ness. Mrs. Lamont and other mem.
bers OF the family are at Aix-les- Bains,
but will join Mr.. Lamont in Septem-
Der. Scotland is attracting a larger
number of Americans yearly, and be-
sides Mr.. Lamont, who was for years
a devotee Of hunting in the Rockies,
Mr.. Edward II. Litchfield has leased q
preserve and SO has Mr.. Frazier Jelke
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert L. Pratt and
their son, Frederic r. Pratt, who have
been spending their early Summer In
their new home at Glen Cove will go
to Scotland for the grouse shooting
and will remain for some weeks for
the salmon fishing and golf tourna-
ments. Mr.. Burton Harrison, who
purchased a fine estate in the Tros-
sachs district. has leased it to Mr..
Pratt and will sail for this country in
September. The American Anibassa-
dor and Mrs. Houghton will make
some visits to the New York colony
I'm the Scottish highlands. beginning
aonle time in September.