Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
nv MARGARET n. DOWNING.

OF their co-reIigionists in the cabinet,
they alone Of the present executive
circle being members of the Society of
Friends. But in the Hoover cabinet, as
In nearly all those formed by the Chief
Magistrates of the United States, those
following the Presbyterian faith are in
the ma jority. It has been estimated
that almost three-fifths of the public
men who have attained the dignity of
being President or presidential counselor
have adhered to the tenetS of Calvin.
In the present circle of advisers FIVE
the Secretaries of State. of the Treas
ury, Of War, of Commerce and the At
torney General are PresbyterianS. while
the Postmaster General, being Con-
gregatinnalist also is of the CalviniStic
number, that religion differing, but
slightly, and In the matter of govern
ment only, from the creed founded by
John Knox. The Secretary of Agri-
culture and his family are MethodistS,
and the Secretary of Labor is a Baptist.
Charles Francis Adams of the Navy
was expected to be a Unitarian, the
traditional faith of his fathers. John
Adams and John Quincy Adams, both
being confesSors of that belief, but Mr..
and Mrs. Adams will be attendants at
the Church Of Our Father Universalist,
which, removed from Thirteenth and L
streets, will be rebuilt and enlarged in
different location. The Secretary of
the Interior, DIR. Ray Lyman Wilbur.
not afflliated with any creed, will at
tend any place of worship which pleases
him. Mrs. Wilbur is partial to the
Cathedral of st. Peter and Paul, and
has been attending the evening services
X **
Robert Marion La Toilette. late Sem
Ator from Wisconsin and father of the
present Senator, has in marble taken
his place beside Pere Marquette in Stat
uary Hall OF the Capitol. The sculptor
Of the elder La Toilette, Mr.. Joseph
Davidson, has reputation for present.
ing . faultleSs and natural pose and
this is unusually pronounced in the
present statue. the dead statesman ap-
pearing exactly as his colleagues in the
Senate have seen him many times. But
no statue which Mr.. Davidson has
chiseled created so much favorable COM
ment Is that Of Gen. PerShing He
had done one Of the former Vice Presi-
dent, Charles Gates Dawes, also highly
esteemed, and his Woodrow Wilson,
Marshal Foch and Georges Clemenceau
may be admired in Paris. In fact,
nearly all the Davidson productions are
to be seen IN Paris, where he resides and
has marvellous studio on the left bank
OF the Seine and deep in the Latin
Quarter. It was n few years before his
death that the late Senator La Toilette
making . trip through Russia. A
friendship was formed and from the
many sketches made then and recently
brought to this country, the statue
destined for the rotunda of the Capitol
was made. The finished figure, . man.
moth creation, made q stormy trip from
the French capital, but fortunately there
vas no injury in transit.
Gen. Charles G. Dawes as Mr.. |
Aoughton's successor in London is q |
matter of supreme importance in |
Washington and Chicago, and perhaps |
In every social center. because word |
has gone forth that more Americans |
will be received at hte coming royal |
drawing rooms than has been possible |
in many years. The reason is that !
On Empire day, May "a, Parliament |
viii be dissolved and elections are to |
be In order and the great political |
world of London, usually full Of plans
for presentations, will, in the common |
phrase, have other fish to fry and |
will let the drawing room 60 by de-
fault Although many have already |
presented names through the powers |
that be In London, the major number
of Americans to be introduced win be
those approved and supported by the
new Ambassador. Queen Mary will
1AoAA tAAC utaWulS AiOuC OH
throne to be erected and the Prince
Of Wales viii merely sit to the right
Of his mother and with his other royal
relatives. Washington watches with
interest what success will attend Mrs.
Charles Hoffman, recently naturalized |
citizen from this Republic, who is |
standing for the borough of Backing |
Han, where her handsome property IS |
located and where she has been enter |
tanning laVichlW hA uaa hae
been mild enough for country excur-
sions. Mrs. Hoffman is running on q |
Liberal ticket and so, too, Lord Fermoy, |
who, as, Gerald Burke Roche was a |
gallant of New York City until he sue |
ceeded to his fathers title. Lord Fer |
moy and his mother live in a cele- |
brated country seat of Lincolnshire.
Small Peter De Lancey Wallace, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Campbell Wal |
lace, I'd, bears the honored name of |
great-grandfather many times removed |
and who in the middle 1700s added |
luster to the family annals. Peter De /
Lancey was mighty force for the pa
triotic cause, which was sadly in need |
Of aristocratS among its adherents in
New York State. Until 1870 the De
Lancey descendants of Huguenots who
took refuge in the New World were
stern supporters of the royal authority.
But the head Of the family, in the
stormy years which followed, gradually |
leaned to the colonists, and as a mem
Der Of the New York General Assembly.
which met just before the famous ses-
sions OF the Continental Congress in
Philadelphia, he openly supported their
side. He had married Elizabeth Golden,
daughter Of Cadwalader Golden, an as |
Hoeiate in the Assembly and afterward /
lieutenant governor of New York. Mrs. |
wallace was before her marriage Miss
Gertrude De Lancey Watts, descendant |
OF the doughty Peter on the distaff side. |
Mr.. wallace is q nephew of the former
Ambassador to France and for many
years q resident of this city.
X
NJ. Jean Jules Jusserand and Nine. .
Jusserand, the former for many years
An1baSsa dor to Washington from France,
are living very quietly in Paris. seeing |
only close friends and devoting their 1
time exclusively to what they deem use !
full things rather than the frivols They
plan, say some of their friends who |
hear from them on occasion, to visit /
Washington when finally Meridian Hill |
Park reaches something of the majesty /
and glory which its projectors hope for. |
The French Ambassador and Nine. |
Jusserand spent II eventful years di-