The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-06
NEWS AND GOSSIP OF SOCIETY
7UO Charming New Recruits in Ranks
OF Business Women in Washington
Miss Anne Lomax and
Miss Anais Byrne En-
ter Real Estate Field

ter Real Estate Field
IF home making is woman's
u province, why not home
findingG The idea seems to
have a pretty general appeal
to judge from the number
of Washington women who
are going into the real estate
business and devoting their
talents to the search for
suitable houses for other
people.
The latest recruits to the
group are Miss Anne Page
Lomax and Miss Anais F.
Ryrne, who are-or soon viii
beassociated with the II. W.
HiIleary Co., which specializes
in country estates. Both are
Army girls, but both have a
Washington background OF
family connections and long
residence in the Capital. Il
present plans materialize, Miss
Byrne is to be an inside man
and Miss Lomax will take pros
pective purchasers about. Both
are vastly enthusiastic over
their new work. They have,
moreover. intelligence, distinc-
ton and charm, which should
be business as well bas social
assets.
The daughter of Mrs. Lindsay
Lomax, Miss Lomax is a. sister OF
Mrs. Waddy B. Wood and an aunt
OF lovely Lindsay Wood, who Is
now married to Robert II. HadoW,
Of the British diplomatic service.
IL memory serves, they are at pres
emit in Persia. but that's another
story. Annals Byrne is the daugh-
ter of the late Colonel and Mrs.
Byrne, and Betty Byrne. now VIM
ming laureIs on the stage, L. her
cousin,
OF the various women who have
taken up real estate as q business
In Washington, Miss Laura Harlan
stands out, perhaps, as the most
CONSPICUOUS success. Tho daugh-
ter OF the late Justice Harlan, she
knows everybody worth knowing"
in Washington. She was once
Mrs. Coolidge's social secretary,
and. serving IN a similar capacity
for several Of the embassies and
legations, she made contacts which
have been extremely useful to her.
She has been the medium through
which a number Of important sales
have been made. notably tho sale
Of Mrs. Axel Wichfeld's house, in
Massachusetts Avenue, to, the Can
adam government for its new le-
CATION.
Mrs. Borden Hartman has
occasionally taken a flyer in
real estate. Mrs. Herman e.
Gasch, well known as q writer
for magazines and periodicals
under her maiden name, Marie
Manning, carried on her hus-
bands real estate business very
successfully for a long period
while he was i'll. And there are
two full fledged realtors" Miss
Elizabeth Gannt and Miss Frieda
Kenyon. who have a flourish
ing business of their own.
They were the first women
to be made members of the
Washington Real Estate Board,
after a hot fight on the part of
some Of the more conservative
members who rose to the de-
Tense Of the masculinity of their
organization. Both are co,lsge
girls. very clever and enterpris.
ing. Then there's Miss Harriet
Hotter with Horace Westcott.
who is recognized as one of the
live wires of the corps of real
estate statesmen. And. OF course,
Mrs Ruby Lee Minar, whose
name decorates sign boards all
over nearby Virginia. stands in a
place by herself as a feminine
promoter OF Developments"
4 -
The dinner which was to have
been given for the Vice President
and Mrs. Dawes last evening by
Senator and Mrs Frank B. Willis,
has been postponed indefinitely
because of the illness OF Mrs.
Willis.