Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-31
BY MARGARET b. DOWNING.

BY MARGARET u. DOWNING.
Mrs. Albert ]. Brousseau, president
general of the Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution, will, with as many OF
the national board and those among
the charter members of that powerful
and useful association as can attend
hold snecial exercises August before
the tablet erected a few months ago
on the building covering the site OF
the old L,angham Hotel in New YORK
Citv. On that date, 1889, was held III
Hotel Langham the first conference
between Mrs. Ellen Hardin NalWortn'
Miss Mary Desha and Miss LuS =
Washington. which resulted III Ile
foundation in October of the same
year. of this great society the most
numerous and influential body or Wolh-
en- 'oreanized for patriotic purposes
Women having been refused adtllt
lance into the Society OF the Sons VI
the Revolution, just formed, reSoiNeu
into small groups TO take actioh anu
Mrs. Walworth having been lnlefeSte"
from the first and receiving letleFS VI,
the subject, invited Miss DeShd anu
Miss Washington to be her guests III
her apartment III the Ola Ldiis' ''i'l
Hotel August 8. 1889 A handsome
bronze
mentous meeting. Mrs. Brousseau re-
GENTLY marked in Washington the
former site of the Strathmore Arms
Fifteenth and H streets northwest
conducted by Mrs. Mary LOCKWOOD
where the founder and Is others IN
terested met and conferred on OCTOBER
II of the same year. a week Ialer
more than 100 enthusiastic members
gathered in the home of Mrs. W llilam
r. Cabell on Highland terrace ana mere,
under Mrs. Benjamin Harrison au-
snices. the D. A. r. took tanglole
form. Miss Ella Lorraine Dorsey. VINO
spoke at the unwilling of the tablet on
the Langham Hotel, has, under mrs
Brousseau's direction, prepared
brochure, giving full details OF the CIR
cumstances which led to the meeting
of Mrs Walworth. Miss Desha ana
Miss Washington in New YORK Clty
two months before the founders called
their meeting in Strathmore Arms.
Mrst Coolidge. as her friends well
know, has several favorite flowers ana
white phloX is among them. so many
regret that she did not see the glory
of the bed which is set right down IN
the emerald grass which borders the
L
now has been for weeks like sheet
of snow set in a glowing green frame.
It has frequently been suggested to
have other varieties of phlox besides
that immemorial giant white known
as Miss Lingard," but the reStfulness
of pure white blossoms in midsummer
always appealed to Mrs. Coolidge. she
is partial to hollyhockS maSSed at the
edge of a border, but the soft yellows,
creams and faintest pinks predominant
when her selections are placed. Blue,
purple and white flowers, long recon-
mended by landscape gardeners for
Midsummer plots, are in evidence in
the souih plots of the White House
garden, where forget-me-nots, deep
purple petunias and blue corn flowers
now show masses of color where the
gaudier blooms of late Spring and
early Summer had been admired. A
hedge of rare beauty against the low
wire fence is of we'll thinned Dorothy
Perkins roses. honeysuckle and pas |
sion flowers and the combination as
one after the other passes into bloom
is sight to inspire poet.
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2 Col. Henry H Rogers, who has been
laboring for years to persuade the
city fathers of the Nations greatest
center OF population to establish q
marine museum down near the Bat.
terry, will without doubt soon see his
ambition realized. If New York City
decides to build such needed addition
to the municipal museums, Col. Rogers
has ready to contribute one of the
largest and most valuable collections
OF ship models in this country. If not
in any land. Some 10 years ago he
was instrumental in founding the
Ship Model Society, the members of
which not alone gathered models for
the decoration of home and office, but
exercised zeal in saving notable speci-
mems from loss or destruction. In
telIigent agents were commissioned in
all seaports TO keep watchful eye
on all models offered for sale and
even ongthose known to exist and to
offer such tempting prices that few
owners could resist. The result has
been to get practically the cream OF
ship models in this country and natu-
rally Col. Rogers private collection
overleaped the space any private home
or the largest Offices could afford. So
he and the other members Of the So
Ciety have been placing their speci.
mems in the rooms where they hold
deliberations, but now those quarters
are uncomfortably crowded. A wealth
OF old. illustrations of ships and build
ing yards have also been secured and
such a museum would open its doors
fully equipped and it's contents would
be of supreme interest in every sense.
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Mr.. and Mrs. John Adley T. Hull,
who recently celebrated the sixty
fourth anniversary Of their wedding in
their home in Bellaire, near Claren.
don Va, have an unique souvenir Of
that event. in the marriage certificate
issued TO them by the clerk in Des
Moines. Iowa, and which was for.
warded to them in st. Louis by the
ofFciating clergyman. Rev. E. Bird,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church. Mr.. Bird was man who
could fill even President Coolidges
idea Of economy, for the envelope in
which he sent the certificate had been
used before and he had neatly un'
nasted il. crossed out the old address
and on the reverse side had written
the name Of Capt. and Mrs. Hun.
This envelope and the contents are
preserved in the old family Bible
where the marriage was recorded on
Iuiy IT, 1868, and the writing is well
rounded and legible after all these
years. and the stamp being OF the
Civil War series, is now Of special
value. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Hull recall
that it was quite an ordinary occur
renee for the thrifty 10 turn envelopes
and use them twice and that the
custom held especially among clergy.
men. But few such are now In ex-
Stance and this particular one with
fts war stamp and the various for.
Uardlng addresses makes it a dOcu-
nnent worthy Of preservation in
civil War document museum.
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