Evening star., 1928-05-27
RY MARGARET, n. DOWNING.


Mai, U. S. Grant. Sd. and his aides
In the once of Public Buildings and
t'aolic Parks have had busy times durins
the last year in dispoSing of the wooC
which WAS taken from the White House
ROOF last Summer during the renova-
tlon> The mighty beams which sun
ported the roof for more than a cen.
tury were OF Virginia white pine and
had proved almost inlperishable Pieces
OF varying length have been purchased
oy people from every section of the
country. and II Is certain that for the
next % years there will be a Nation
Wioe use, OF gavelS made from these
BEAMS since 1t would appear that a
preponoerance of associations and clubs
nave bought the wood for this purpose
MAJ. Grant has not driven hard bar
gam With the relic hunters. for 81 will
GUY piece OF the pine Is inches long.
broad and in depth. which is quite
Sumcient 10 make a gavel, with bits
leIt Tor match trays and smaller arti-
cleS Larger sizes cost more and some
OF the pieces planed and oiled NAV be
converted into tops for small tables.
PRESIDENT and Mrs Coolidge will carry
With them into retirement less than
year hence several match trays and
stamp boxes made Of the old pine of the
roof which had sheltered all the Chief
Magistrates since 1917. when the white
House roof, injured by the flames set by
the British troops. was partially de-
StToyed. The splendid old beams. how
ever were unharmed by the fire and
were the original ones set in place by
James Hoban in 1897.
Miss Elizabeth A. Bliss Of New York
City was among the attractive maids
from this Republic who bowed to their
naaleStieS at the first British court held
N London this season. Bearing
striking resemblance to her mother.
who was Miss zaidee Cobb of this city.
Miss Bliss is of special interest TO
Washingtonians. She is the, daughter
Of the late Edmund NJ Cobb and his
wife, who was Miss Keturah L. Addison,
member of family which figures in
the old gentry of what is now the Fed
ersl District. and of the pioneers who
had acquired land titles hereabout a
century and more before the coming of
President WaShingtons commissioners
Mrs. Bliss is the sister OF Mr.. MURRAY
A Cobb, who married Miss Carolyn A.
Hun OF Pennsylvania. With her sister,
Miss Elsie Cobb. now Mrs. N. Theodore
Wilson, Mrs. Bliss was among the bellies
Of the Capital, and her marriage to
young Cornelius NJ Bliss, son of the
Secretary of Interior. Gen. Cornelius N.
Bliss. in the first years of the Mckinley
administration was brilliant event.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius N. Bliss, ID,
spend much time abroad and their
daughter Elizabeth. who is the only
child. has finished a comprehensive
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After passing several weeks visiting in
England. the family will sail for home
and during the Summer will occupy
their country home. wheatley Hills. at
Westbury. Long Island. Miss Bliss will
be introduced TO New York society next
November. and will come TO Washington
soon after Christmas and take part IN
the Esyeties staged here for the buds.
The Minister from the Netherlands. like
all Queen WiIheiminaS higher officials,
is engaged in an effort to break the citi-
zens Of this country. as are other dipIo-
mats in other capitals Of speaking Of
her realm as Holland DR.. Royen has
often explained that Holland Is a vague,
undetermined region about Dordrecht,
whereas the proper name In the vernac-
uIar is Konsngrijk der Nederlanden. or
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Holland is shorter and for English
speaking peoples more easily said, and
DR.. Royen has found that habits once
acquired are dificult TO break. The
first Count Of Holland was Dirk III,
founder Of Dordrecht, city which at
tracsed so many strangers that 1t
finally gave name 70 all the Low Coun-
tries. Tens Of thousands Of travellers
from this land 90 yearly to what they
call Holland and they traverse the busy,
picturesque country from end to end.
Motoring Is not 50 much in vogue in
Holland as Is other iocomotion, so that
necessarily all travel is slower and af-
fords abundant time to enjoy the coun-
try. In the large cities motors are used
but even with this method Of getting
about Ii lis soon impressed on the autoist
that Holland Is In no part a land Of
hurry For the benefit of citizens of
this land and Of Great Britain who
insist on the short name, special notices
sre posted about the Haagsche Busch.
8 marvellous forest Of oaks and beeches.
now much circumscribed in area but
once the hunting ground OF the Counts
~ Holland. II Is now the governmental
center Of the Kingdom OF tie Neither
lands
DR.. Thomas Gsrrigue Masaryk. one
ri the historic figures in postwar Eu-
rope. retains 70 the same remarkable
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