The Washington times., 1929-03-04


that Republican stalwart, Jan
was long in the House as a ]
Wives of Great Men
What of their womenfolk? All
three are married and their
wives are well qualified to dis
charge with grace the rather
onerous social duties of a Cabi-
net hostess. Of the three, Mrs.
Mitchell is best known to Wash
ington, for Mrs. Brown is ex-
tremely retiring in disposition
and has taken little part in gen.
eral society, although she has
made many warm friends since
coming to town. And Mrs. Good
has been away from the Cali-,
tai since her husband retired
from Congress in 1921 to re-
sumo his law practice in Chi
cago. However, she has friends,
many Of them, in the Congress
sional group, who remember her
with warm affection.
Own House Here
solicitor General and Mrs.
Mitchell will have no housing
problem on their hands, for they
own their home at S4 Kalorafna
Circle, purchased from Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. A. B. van den Bosch,
which is comfortable, charming
and bears the imprint Of the per-
sonality Of it's mistress. Mrs.
Mitchell is good looking without
being a beauty, with dark eyes
and hair, the latter graying a bit,
and a fresh complexion. She buys
good clothes and wears them well,
although never gowned in the ex-
treme of the fashion. She is di.
rect In her manner, rather serious
in her approach and OF a type
which always carries through
what she undertakes to a sue
cessful conclusion.
Judicial Inheritance
Mr.. Mitchells father was JUS
tice of the supreme court of Min
nesota for 20 years, so perhaps
it is judicial inheritance, which
permits a Democrat-if only skin
deep-to hold office unde or . Re
publican President. Mrs. Mitchells
politics are not of record. She
was Miss Gertrude Bancroft, of
st. Paul, MINI. In st. Paul Mrs.
Mitchell was deeply and actively
interested in Y. w. C. A. work.
She has transferred her interest
to the Washington branch of the
organization and she is also on
the board of Neighborhood House.
The Mitchells entertain a good
deal and in most discriminating
fashion. They do not give big
parties, but at their dinners one
is sure Of meeting congenial peo-
pie and of sharing in an exchange
of ideas.
Mrs Mitchells mother, Mrs.
Frank Bancroft, makes her home
with her son-in-law and daughter.
There are two sons in the family,
William and Bancroft Mitchell,
but both have left the home nest.
A Princeton graduate, William
Mitchell, is now living in st. Paul.
and the younger boy, who put
himself through Princeton, is tax
ing postgraduate work at Har-
ward University. Mrs. Mitchell
spent last summef travelling
abroad with her two sons.
At the Mayflower
The new Postmaster General
and Mrs. Walter Brown are at
the Mayflower, where they have
been living since they came to
washington. They have not yet
come to the point OF discussing
whether or not they will take a
house, They have no children.
The home of the Browns is in
Toledo, Ohio, but Mrs. Brown,
who was Miss katherine Hafar,
was CINCINNATI girl. Since com.
Ing ssto Washington her closest
friend: has been Miss Grace Bur
ton, niece of Senator Burton, and
she has had pleasant associations
with others of the Ohio group.
The. Browns first came to town
in the Harding administration
when Mr.. Brown was appointed
chairman of the congressional
+, joint committee on reorganization
to represent the President. Mrs.
I Brown is rather small and has
&@SAtJ 1eAL
Mr.. and Mrs. James W. Good
nailed from Iowa and were. very
chummy with the Iowa delegation
when Mr.. Good was in Congress.
OF late, however, they have been
living in Evanston. ILL.,, home of
such stalwarts of the passing Ad-
ministration and Vice President
and Mrs. Dawes and DR.. Hubert
Work. sometime Secretary of the
Interior and now chairman of
the Republican National Commit
tee. Before her marriage Mrs.
Good was Miss Lucy Deacon, of
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. There are
two sons. James w Good, tr.,
and Robert Edmund Good.
Few Children
With the exception of the Sec.
retary of Labor and Mrs. Davis
'five little Jays"-Jimmie, Jane,
Jean, Joan and Jewell-who are
dear to Washington, 1t would
seem that there would be no
young children in the Cabinet
group. DR.. Ray Lyman Wilbur,
who has come to the Cabinet as
Secretary of the Interior, and
Mrs. Wilbur have four children,
but all are married except Ray
Lyman Wilbur, jr., who. has been
a college mate of Allan Hoover
at Leland Stanford University.
Former Gov. Arthur M. Hyde, of
Missouri, has the Agriculture
portfolio. He and Mrs. HYDE
who was Miss Hortense Cullers.
daughter of a wealth. Missouri
planter, have one daughter, Caro-.
line. who is just is and who will
probably be Cabinet debutante
before the Administration is over.
Apparently, too, Robert PattAr.