The Washington times., 1929-03-19
Social Value Of Changes Being
Made In s.LittLe Cabinet !"
Interesting New Mem
bers JOIN H oldove
From Coolidge Admin
istration

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istration
Changes in the "Little
Cabinet" are Of especial in-
terest here in Washington,
where the group, has . social
Importance out Of all pro-
portion to it's rank.
Indeed, it isn't too much
to say that in the Coolidge
administration this little
group, including such en-,
gaging couples as Mr.. and
Mrs. Ogden L. Mills, the
Robinsons, the F. Trubee
Davisons, the William ].
Donovans, ct al, ''cut more
ice" socially than did their
chiefs in relation to Wash
ington's permanent smart
set. !"
Hold Overs"
Happily, there are to be
several holdovers, notably Ogden
L. Mills as Undersecretary Of
the Treasury, F. Trubee Dayi-
son as Assistant Secretary Of
War for Aviation and Mrs.
Mabel Walker Willebrandt as
Assistant Attorney General.
Mrs. Willebrandt has many ad-
nlirers and other warm friends
who have a personal regard for
her although they deplore some
Of her political activities. The
young Davisons are exceedingly
popular, entertain most delight
fully and boast, in their four
small sons, one of the most
engaging little families in the
official world.
Dancing Glass Set"
AS for Mr.. and Mrs. Mills, who
are now in California on a busi-
neSs trip. they are extremely
chun1my with the Dancing Class
set"--that little coterie which. at
least in it's own opinion, repre-
selats all that Is smarteSt IN
washington. Mrs. Mills won her
spurs in Washington as a con-
gressional hostess, but as T'nr"' =
Randolph and later as Dorothy
Randolph Fell she had been d
leader in the social life OF Phila-
delphia. New York and Newport.
Not a Roosevelt
It seems odd to have someone
not a Roosevelt in the post Of
Assistant Secretary Of the Navy.
Theodore Roosevelt was the first
of the family to hold the post,
back in the days before the
Spanish war. In the Wilson
Administration it went to Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, now Governor
Of New York, who is OF the
Democratic wing Of the family,
and later it fell to Theodore
Roosevelt, jr--now being groomed
by some Of his supporters for the
post Of Governor General of the
Philippines. The most recent ins-
cumhent. Theodore Douglas Rob-
inson, is a nephew OF the late
President Roosevelt, first cousin
of young Teddy" and OF Mrs.
Nicholas Longworth.
Mr.. Robinson and his daughter,
Miss Helen Robinson, have sailed
for Europe and Mrs. Robinson is
to join them there as soon as
younger daughter, Aida, is reeov-
cred from a recent irdisposition.
They will all be greatly missed,
but they will leave another daugh-
ter, Mrs. Blaise de Sibour, to rep-f
resent the family in Washington.
True Flying Secretary
Ernest Lee Jahncke. Of New
Orleans, who is to be Mr.. Robin.
sons successor, Is, like his chief,
Charles Francis Adams, Secretary
OF the Navy, famous amateur
yachtsman. And the social con-
facts of the yachting fraternity
are apt to be stimulating. Mr..
Jahncke is married. So is David
Sinton Ingalls, of Cleveland, Ohio,
who is to be Assistant Secretary
of the Navy for Aviation. Indeed,
with the departure of Edward =.
Warner, who has been serving as
Assistant Secretary OF the Navy,
the Little Cabinet" loses it's My
conspicuous bachelor. His sister,
Miss Elizabeth Warner, was his
hostess.
Mr.. Jahncke operates a dry
dock business in New Orleans
and has had wide experience in
shipping. The new flying secre-
taFy" OF the Navy, Mr.. Ingalls,, Is
an experienced airtnan. During
the war, he was the lone ace ac-
credited to the American Navy.
And more recently, while serving
as member Of the Ohio legisla.
tl1re, he has made it a practice to
commute by air from his home in
Cleveland to Columbus. Mrs.
ingalls, was Miss Louise Hark.
ness. She is an expert horse.
woman.
The rumor that Col Charles A.
Lindbergh might be named AS.
sistant Secretary of Commerce for
Aeronautics to succeed William p.
MacCracken, jr., bobs up per-
sistently, but Lindy, as usual, says