Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-22
SIX CABINET WIVES
IN QUEST OF HOMES
Temporary Hotel Quarters
Obtained by Several of
Newcomers.

~ the Associated Press
Problems of state hold subordinate
positions In the busy lives Of the wives
OF President Hoover's cabinet members
The six ladies OF the cabinet now in
the Capital, although they all take an
interest In the oficial tasks of their
husbands, have found that the necessity
Of finding homes is far more important,
and that cabinet members like to have
place TO call their own as we'll as
sympathy In their problems of adminis-
tration.
OF the nine cabinet wives. only two
have homes already established In
washington. They are Mrs. James j.
Davis, wife of the Secretary Of Labor.
and Mrs. William D. Mitchell, wife of
the new Attorney General.
Mrs. Robert p. Lamont wife of the
Commerce Secretary who is on her
way to Washington from her home In
Chicago and Mrs. Henry l.. Stimson.
wife Of the Secretary of State, who has
Just reached San Francisco from TIE
Philippines with her husband, will Join
their cabinet sisters and take hotel
suites until they can find suitable
homes.
taxes hOteI Sulte.
Mrs. Walter r. Brown, wife of the
Postmaster General. has made an at
tractive home in an extensive suite at
the Maydower Hotel, where Vice Presi-
dent Curtis and his sister, Mrs. Edward
e. Gam, have taken quarters. Mrs
Brown has lived at the hotel for three
years and declares herself we'll content
with hotel life.
The wife of the Secretary of the In
terror, Mrs. Ray Lyman Wilbur, has
established herself at the same hotel,
and will make no effort for some time
to and private home.
Illness prevents her taking an active
part In Washington social life. and will
cause her to remain as quiet as possible
and out Of the Swelter of house hunt.
ing. She wants home. and low,
comfortable, roomy house, large enough
TO make her four children and five
grandchildren comfortable, is a picture
Of the future that she hopes to have in
washington. The small but comfort
able hotel suite, which already bears
traces Of a fond mistress care and
pride, Is bright and cheerful, but is not
the same as having her own rooms FILL
ed with her own furniture she said.
Mrs. James ". Good, wife of the
Secretary Of War, Is frankly distressed
at her inability to find a suitable home
A small 1l-year-old son, who is now In
Evanston, H. must have real home,
she said, when. he comes to join his
parents
MRS. Charles Francis Adams is hav-
ing her troubles trying to find place
in which to establish her husband,
day for three weeks I have hunted for
a place." she said. And still I seem
to be no further"
In Larx Anderson Home.
She and her husband are living tenn
porarily in the palatial residence OF
Mrs. Larz Anderson, a lifelong friend
of the family. Mrs. Adams has hopes
OF finding a suitable place within
month or 80. and then returning to her
home In Concord, Mass, for part Of
the Summer.
The Massachusetts, avenue home of
Secretary and Mrs. Davis has long been
noted for its homelike qualities. The
sery which occupies the entire top floor.
Mrs. Davis proudly displays the CHEEKY,
sunlit, well-ordered playroom to every
informal caller listing her for the flrst
time.
The Mitchell home on Kalorama road,
far out In the residential section, has
more musical instruments In it than
almost any other important home in the
city; and the large windows look cut on
deeply shaded ravines, well-ordered
lawns, and park land. The two most
important hobbies Of Nrs. Mitchell are
music and outdoor sports.
{ With her two boys. one a Harvard
student and the other in his fathers
law firm In st. Paul, Mrs. Mitchell has
spent many happy hours in tramping
and playing in what she calls her
homemade orchestra" Each member
Of the family plays an instrument.
Secretary Lamont has taken an apart
nnent in the Hay-Adanls House, waiting
his wife's advent before trying to locate
q, home, and Secretary Hyde is living
In the Mayhower also until Mrs Hyde
returns early In the Summer from her
home In Missouri.