Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Interesting Incidents Relating to Notable Indi-
viduals of u. S. and Europe Grouped for
General Publics Perusal.

of the Atlantic have at last succeeded
In purchasing the interior of the fa
nous library at Glastonbury. formerly
the seat of the Earls of Essex. They
have had all these treasures recently
transferred to their home on the ONO
together with many of the books
| Mrs Emery formerly was Mrs. Irene
Gibson Post, daughter of the Charles
Dana Gibson and her marriage to
the financier of Cincinnati was bril-
| liant event of the early Summer
Glastonbury Park, near Watford, IN
Hertshire. Is one of the grandest OF
| British country seats. and the lovely
Adele Beach Grant. so well known IN
| Washington in the sos, was one OF
| the popular leaders in the social world
| for years during the life of her hus'
band, George Devereux de We're Ca
pell, who was seventh Earl of Essex.
But the present earl. son of the Count
ess Adele, has not the income to keep
up this extensive place. 1t is leased
at present and on the market for sale.
| Meantime the earl made neat sum
by selling the handsome carved wood
work by Grinding Gibbons to Mr..
Emery, together with the eXtraordl-
narily roomy and decorated bookcases.
The carving has been among the treas
ures of art preserved by the Essex
since they are to sell the place, the
courts allowed them to remove all OBJ
jects of art and many of their can
vases have been brought to this couf1-
try. Mr.. and Mrs. Emery recently
attended the wedding of the latter
sister, Miss Aubrey Emery, to the Ro-
manoff Grand Duke Dmitri, which
occurred in Biarritz.
Mrs. Henry Riggs Rathbone. wife
of the Representative from kenil-
worth, H., whose work in verse is
getting more than local acclaim, is an
equally accomplished musician, whose
talents are so frequently and freely
given to many charitable causes
Many we'll known concert singers use
both words and music of some of Mrs
Rathbone's lyrics, and though recog-
milton of such delicate and elusive
verse and music is always slow proc
ess, it is nevertheless well on its way
Representative Rathbone is the son OF
that Maj. Henry Reed Rathbone who
with his wife was in the box with
President Lincoln at the Ford Theater
the evening of the assassination. His
mother, who had been Clara Harris,
was the daughter of Senator and Mrs.
Harris of New York. so that the name
recalls many associations to the older
generations. Mrs. Henry Riggs Rath-
bone was before her marriage Miss
Laura Lucille Harvey of Wisconsin,
and she studied both music and litera-
ture under the best teachers in her
home and in Chicago. The Illinois
Representative and his wife live at the
La Fayette, and from their windows
they can see the old Rathbone home
in the square, where the major hved
1.A- ln1A of
War. All these old houses now are
given over to law Offices and CONNER
cial concerns, but they retain their
dignity of presence and are gold
mine of historic associations.
Miss Anne p. Morgan is spending
the Winter in her Sutton street man.
sion in New York and is as usual TAX
ing a conspicuous part in the various
activities for charity. But principally
Miss Morgan is installing some
splendid works of art bought at diff
ferent times in Europe, especially
some marvellous old bronze and silver
candelabra which are being electrified
and which fit marvelously into the
color scheme of the pannelled oak dim
ing room. The houses in Sutton place
contain larger and more elegant rooms
than are built now, even by the most
opulant, and the brick and stone trim
mings are the despair of modern
builders. Miss Morgan has been enter
tanning quietly several committees
with which she was associated in the
pageant which presented "Old New
Orleans" 1t was held In the Plaza
for the benefit of the Beaux Art So
ciety, and aiding Miss Morgan were
Miss Vanderbilt, Mrs. William K. Van
derbilt, jr.; Mrs. John Pratt and
practically all the leaders of Gotham
in the social and philanthropic way.
Creole beauties of New Orleans in the
stirring years when the Crescent City
was covered by three different flags
appeared in the pageant. and such roll
licking characters as Jean LATTE and
his brother buccaneers gave color,
whilst some of the striking features
of long ago Mardi Gras parades We're
shown. Miss Morgan plans to return
to Paris just before Easter to continue
her work on the restoration of small
French villages.
The Secretary of Agriculture Is
without doubt pleased with the earn.
est way in which owners of large
estates in the northern and mid-south-
ern parts of the country, are consider
ing his suggestion to plant nut trees
more extensively and In all bare places
where a considerable cultivation is
possible. DIR. Jardine has always held
that nut trees should be planted as
commonly as fruit and shade trees
and there are tables showing what
nuts thrive best in certain ATTITUDES
and attitudes and under what cultural
conditions. English walnuts do excel
lently about Washington, but the pre-
sence of squirrels, tanned and utterly
unrestricted I'M their wanderings have