Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-03
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Prince of Wales Expected to Represent His Father
In Impressive Service Parliament Schedules
for Armistice Day.

| the Republic has in its First Lady as
admirable and dependable a person as
its First Gentleman, and all the VeXed
questions between the two countries
must in consequence take their flight.
Britain's feminine world now knows all
about the Hoovers an despecially the do
nestle accomplishments of its mistress
and has learned that she knits neat little
garments for her two grandchildren;
and they remember that Queen Mary
loves to knit and makes useful garments
for her three grandchildren.
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Miss Maude and Miss Edith Wetmore,
daughters of the late Senator from
Rhode Island and its former governor,
George Peabody Wetmore, are remain
ing in Chateau-Sur-Me their beautiful
home in Newport, later than Is their
custom, all because Miss Maude has
taken over the presidency of the newly
organized society for the reform of the
prohibition laws, branch of the mill
tant body founded by Mrs. Charles H.
Sabin--Polly Morton that waS-and
daughter of President Roosevelt's Sec
rotary of the Navy, Paul Morton. New
port was FESTIVE all Summer on this
controversial subject, and now feministS
of the very backbone of the ariStocracy
of this Republics most famous resort
have joined the standard of Miss Wet
more and are giving battle over local
interpretations of prohibition enforce
ment. The late Senator Wetmore and
his wife. who was Edith Ketelas. belle
of the era IN which the Prince of Wales,
Edward VII, was the guest of the Ma
ton, were among the founders of New
port in the sense of its social supremacy
and erected home there in 1869. That
was a substantial brick mansion on the
corner of Second avenue and st. Marks
place. Chateau-Sur-M er was purchased
in the early 1900s and this, with the
commodiouS house in Park avenue, New
York City, they left their daughters
with a sufficient income to maintain
both in their accustomed manner. AS
both the sons of the Senator, Roger
Peabody and William KetelaS Wetmore,
predeceaSed him. and as neither OF his
daughters is married, the large fortune
is ultimately bequeathed to charity.
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Pretty little Princess Viggo of Den
mark-Eleanor Margaret Green that
was-daughter of the late DR.. and Mrs.
James 0. Green. is passing few weeks
in the Tuxedo Park home of her aunt,
Miss Sarah Cooper Hewitt. When the
air gets too nippy the princess and her
aunt will take possession of the fine old
house No. 8 Lexington avenue, In New
York, in which Abram Hewitt mayor,
spent most of his life and where he
passed away His third daughter, Mar
garet, who had married DIR. Green OF
Louisville, died when the princess was
less than five years old and she was
reared by her aunts, Miss Eleanor and
Miss Sarah Hewitt affectionately known
at the Cooper Institute founded by their
grandfather, Peter Cooper, as Miss
Nelly" and Miss Sally Miss Nelly
died three years ago and Miss Sally
lives in state with her brother, Henry
Cooper Hewitt Every Autumn Princess
/ Viggo comes from Copenhagen to visit
her relatives and every Spring they
cross the ocean and enjoy life in the
beautiful palace to which Prince Viggo
of Denmark conducted his bride In
1925. This has been an ideally happy
international union and though even
tually the large fortune of Cooper and
of Hewitt will go to Denmark, since
there are no heirs but the princess, she
has now only modest income and lives
quietly and frugally with her royal kin
dred. Copenhagen has modest court
circle and royalty lives simply and I'M
pretentiously.
Mrs. Charles G. Dawes wife Of the