Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
President Hoover's List of Intimate Associates
Includes Many Who Were His Close
"Cronies" of Yester-Year.

| elaborate thrones and every division OF
| life is represented in the tiers around
| the throne--the Episcopal Archbishop
of Ottawa in respondent robes, the
apostolic delegate and the Cardinal
Archbishop of Quebec-who. with the
head of every religious community In
the Dominion make a vivid bit of color
The members of the Houses of Parlia-
ment and all government officials have
room provided and the guests include
mayors of cities and their council and
distinguished men and women in civil
life The governor reads long adj
dress in English and in French and
then he and his wife receive as many
of the guests as feel like shaking hands.
The reception has sometimes lasted four
hours and proved a severe test Of en-
durance for the incoming tenants Of
Rideau Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Douglas Rob-
inson. according to their friends. have
succumbed to the charm which Wash
ington invariably exerts over all those
who are residents for three or four
years. In fact, neither knew the Ma
tional Capital save from few fleet
ing glimpses gained during visits when
Theodore Roosevelt was President Of
the United States. During the past
few years. however. they have taken a
leisurely survey Of their new environ
ment and they have made many pill
grimages into Virginia, the first home
in the Western World which the Rob-
insons owned. The immigrant of the
now far-flung family was Christopher
Robinson, brother of the Bishop OF
London, who landed in the Colony of
Virginia in 1866. He took out grant
in Middlesex County and was soon one
of the largest landed proprietors Of the
Tidewater region. Nearly all OF the
Southern branch. and the New York
RobinsonS as well. descend from Bev-
erly Robinson and his wife. Susanna
Phillipse, who had five sons. all of
whom were fiery Tories. During the
preliminary skirmishes of the Colonists
Of the Old Dominion with George III
they left their home and went to New
York, where they served in the British
army as officers. The RobinSonS were
among the most distinguished Colonials
who did not SympathiZe with the strug
gle for independence, although they all
later were converted to the cause and
made their peace with the Continental
Congress and the patriotic Army.
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Mr.. and Mrs Edward F. Hutton's
Winter home in Palm Beach, according
to expert opinion, Is one of the most
glorious abodes to be found on this
continent. Each room represents the
creation of an ideal long cherished.
Mr. Hutton. it is we'll known. Is a
creator of beauty in home and land
scape, and his splendid work IS as
well known In New York City as IN
Florida and Long Island. The patio
of the Hutton house cannot be sur
passed in Spain The dining room is
SO exact copy Of the magnificent hall
in the palazzo in Rome, where Premier
enter and be deceived There is
Saracenic hall of arms copied from
Toledo in Spain and famous French
sleeping chambers from the royal
chateaux on the Loire. But the most
appealing room in the house is that OF
the youngest daughter. Leanore, in her
early teens. where the touching SYM
bolism of the sleeping beauty has been
carried out in minute detail. It ap-
pears to be a nook in deep woods,
the bed is seemingly couch Of YER
dure. and through the window may be
caught enhancing glances of hidden
garden, where a Prince Charming
might find his way. The mansion Is
dU IIcSuIdA Puc Wlth wv oAoSS W va
water, one on Lake Worth and the
other on the Ocean Boulevard. and the
marine gardens are among the most
perfect in this country.
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ouesn Mary of Britain IS accorded
the honor Of having sternly disap-
proved certain traditions which en-
tailed q larger expenditure OF cash
that many found convenient after the
devastating effects Of the World War
to court functions, q fashion which
President Coolidge presently followed
in issuing the hospitable Intentions OF
Mrs. Coolidge and himself regarding
evening levees and afternoon
receptions. AS all readily recall in
stead of the summons being inclosed
in two or three separate envelopes, one
sufficed for the card Of invitation
proper, the entrance card and the nee
essary pasteboard for the windshield.
Various other former iron-clad rules
about apparel at British court func-
lions were banished by Queen Mary
during the lean postwar period, and
only this past year have court costumes
presented their previous brilliant cere-
rnonial aspect. Now the French
academy is taking heed Of the heavy
necessary for member
to make the proper appearance when
received into the company of THE
Forty Immortals." That notable states
man of France, Georges Clemenceau,
the Tiger" was elected to the academy
in 1920, the first meeting which had
been held since the Spring OF 1914, but
he has never accepted the honor. He
Is far advanced in years and rebels
against spending so much money for
he will likely enjoy SO brlel
a time. As he has failed to take ad-
vantage of his election for the past
nine wears the academicians have