Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-29

Peak was climbed by the railway, pu'
there are paths marked out for the
! ventureSome not crossed In any part BY
|. the motor roads or the miniature trains
Mrs. Adolf Pavenstadt, better known
in Washington as the Baroness Speck
Won Sternberg and one OF the most
gracious and acceptable chatelaines the
| German embassy has known, was noted
for her love of music in her Washing
ton DAYS and IL Is logical that she be-
came an acknowledged leader in her
new home Mrs. PavenStadt-for she
dislikes alike Frau or Madame-has
taken over her citizenship as daugh-
ter of Uncle Sam with keen enthusiasm.
She was before marrying Baron Won
Sternberg Miss Lillian Langham, and
her father was Briton who never be-
came naturalized. but her mother was
a Georgian. She and her two sisters,
Violet and Ivy Langham, the latter now
Countess de Faramond. wife of Admiral
Faramond Of the French Navy, were
born in California. but they spent their
youth as the wards of their uncle III
| Louisville. So they all had strong
claims on this republic. As Baroness
Speck Won Sternberg. MRS. Pavenstadt
Scrupulously observed all the traditions
| of Christmas and not only were all
| children in the embassy circle and III
| the families of clerks and household
retsiners given gifts and good things to
| eat, but all with casual claims alike,
| including the postman, the newsboys
and the telegraph messengers who came
| frequently to the embassy. shared the
Yuletide bounty. During recent visit
Mrs. PavenStadt noticed that elderly
men and sometimes women deliyer
messages now. and friends told her
that no one ever saw the postman nor
even the newscarriers. and she was con-
| WINGED that washington was not so
pleasant a place 70 live in as 1t was in
the early l900s when the Capital had
leisurely ways like big village.
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Mai Gen Edwin B. Winans, superin-
tendent of the Military Academy at
West Point. has planned some hunt
breakfasts which are proving popular in
the hunting section about the martial
reservation. Since the colder weather
has ended the hunts proper that hos
pitable head of the academy has been
asking habitual riders on the paths
along the river and through the park to
end their morning canters with hot cof-
fee, griddle cakes, sizzling sausage and
other tempting viands after breastins
hunts however. we're In progress about
Christmas time, and the riders went
from the main hall under the direction
of the tactical department and rushed
through the deep woods after the
hounds The members of the senior
class were often invited to take part in
these chases. some of them paper trails,
others after small game. and through
the Christmas holidays those parents who
had come on 10 be with freshman sons
who could not leave the reservation wit
messed some good sport. Many of the
sportsmen from the Westchester Club
rode up TO West Point for the hunts
and the officers were asked down 10
their preserves when they had the leis-
ure Gen. Winans, who had reluctantly
been obliged TO close the roads TO motor
lists who violate the posted rules, Is tai
ing great pleasure In making everything
comfortable for eouestrians, who are
In autos.
Miss Maud r. Banks OF Burlingame
Is reversing things in the matter of
her remarkable saddle mare. Nancy
Highland. which has been gathering
ribbons and prizes all the way from
Horse Show recently held In New York
City A well known British horseman,
Mr. Bertram NJ Mile, who saw the Pa
cific coast Nancy win the championship
at the National In le25-26-27. has Sc
cured an invitation for the owner TO
exhibit this mare at the Olympic show
next June and show the tncredulous
British public what q splendid speci-
men an American saddle horse can be.
Many times championship has been
claimed by visitors from Great Britain.
especially In the exhibition sense. and
many famous stables, notably those OF
the late Payne Whitney, have been
stocked by the famous mares from
across the water. Miss Bates is fear
less rider and always handles her
mare herself. Naturally she accepted
the invitation and is getting ready for
the Olympic test with much vim.
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American children In Paris form as
distinct a group as their elders and
their games in the parks and snap
shots taken OF them literally crowd out
the small faShionables OF the Boule-
ward The counselor Of the American
embassy. Mr. Sheldon Whitehouse. has
tao manly boys, Charles and George,
who are 8 and 4. who are prominent
in all the juvenile sports and in the
innumerable fancy balls given In the
early afternoons by resident Americans
! az Partisan hostesses. Mr.. Whitehouse
served IN the State Department for a
wear as chief of the Near East divi-
! sion, and his marriage 10 Miss Mary
Alexander. a cousin and intimate friend
Of Mrs Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.. oc-
CURED during this period. He was al
most Immediately after this event trans
ferred 10 Paris. where he has served
continuously since. The three children
were born In the French capital. Of
course tn the American territory covered
| by the embassy and under the shadow
OF the flag
Miss Vivian Dixon. daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. George A. Dixon. jr. Of New
York City. the former one OF the gov.
ernors Of the American Chamber Of
| Commerce. is much sought by the
artists, for she has two pet dogs, an
/ Airedale and wire haired terrier. who
| can poe for a painting Ike d proies-
siOnsl Mr.. DIXON has recently pur-
| chased and TemOdeled an old mansion
| in Boulevard SAuchet on the outskirts
OF Paris Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas w.
| Paige have three children whose faces
are az familiar In pictorial magazines
| az those VI the stage favoriteA, These
are Mary Paige, Sheila and Peter
Paige. who have a wide reputation for
fancy Ganeing
| III
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard MacCail Cad
waIader of Philadelphia. who are leaV-
| ing ia few days with a party on the
yacht Eayarona, " pass the remainder
1 ~ the Winter at Palm Beach, have b
| great treat IN store for their guests, e.
| ptcially for those " whom the choppy
waves Of the Inward passage are tor
men, Mr. C&dwalader has just Install
ed on the EaYarona what II uauticaIIy
| known ~ the Epefry gyfosoOps. an in
yentiou which threatens the very en-
isLencf Of seasickness. According 10
the inventor, pressing the gyrogc0pe