The Washington times., 1929-03-07
Victory Breakfast Celebrates Success
Of Drive to Preserve Monticello
Washington Over the.
Top With It's Quota;
Notables at Luncheon
Today

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Well named a Victory
Breakfast, this Mi-Careme
fete at the Willard today.
For it celebrated the compile
ton of Washington's $4,000
quota for the Thomas Jeffer-
son Memorial Foundation.
Over $4,000 is now in hand
! and, with the proceeds from
the breakfast and from GER
tain pledges, the Capital
will be safely over the top
/ in the drive to complete the
/ purchase of Monticello, and
to endow it as a national
shrine.
Burn Mortgage
Drives in other cities have
been equally successful and it
is now hoped that the last
i mortgage on Jefferson's old
home overlooking Charlottesville,
Va, may be burned on July A.
The breakfast this morning
wound up with a victory march,
each guest carrying a small
flag. And, as a feature of the
1 ceremonies, an autograph book
was passed to receive the sig
4 natures of those attending the
breakfast and afterward to be
permanently preserved at Monti-
cello. Moreover, the Monticel-
1ians, each of whom has con-
tributed or raised $1,000 for the
Monticello fund, were presented.
to the guests.
Mrs. Wilson Guest
Mrs. woodrow Wilson attended
the celebration as guest
of Mrs. Louise Pennington. and
there were several hundred dis
tinguished men and women at this
gathering.
The Monticello Memorial drive
was launched in Washington by
Mrs. Minnigerode Andrews and
Mrs. Rose Gouverneur Hoes. now
the president of the Washington
Branch of the Thomas Jefferson
Memorial Foundation. To the
keen regret of those who know
how much she has contributed
to the successful movement to
save Monticello for the nation,
Mrs. Hoes is Ill and was not
able to preside at the luncheon
as had been intended. But the
ininitable and witty Mrs. An.
drews was toastmistress.
The speakers were Mai. Gen.
John A. Lejeune, who has just
retired from the post of comman-
dant of the Marine Corps, who
makes an excellent address and
was inspired by the keen interest
he has taken from the beginning
in the movement forgthe preserva-
ton of Monticello; Miss Janet
Richards and Clifford Bergman.
Miss Richards is a great favorite
with Washington audiences, and
Mr.. Bergman, whose "chalk talks"
are famous, can turn witty
phrase with the same facility
with which he turns out cartoons
of famous folk of today and yes
terday. Mrs. Lejeune was at the
speakers table.
Hostesses had named their ta-
bles for their famous ancestors
and had brought out bits of old
silver and historic mementoes of
their forebears to be used as
decorations.
For Ancestors
Mrs. Andrews, who had named
her table for Gen. Robert e.
Lee, had Mrs. Robert E. Lee,
widow of one of the descendants
of the famous Confederate general,
as the guest Of honor.
Miss Maud Gouverneur, great
granddaughter Of President Mon
roe and sister of Mrs. Hoes,
was guest Of honor at the Mon
roe table, at which Mrs. William
IA. Walker was hostess. A
miniature of Monroe, painted by
Seme while the famous lAmeri.
can was Minister at Paris, was
enshrined on this table, hav-
ing been brought to Washington
for the occasion from the Mon
roe memorial in Fredericksburg,
Va, which is its permanent rest
ing place. James Monroe was the
protege and friend Of Thomas
Jefferson.
Mrs. Andrelus A. Jones was
hostess for a table which had
been taken by the Women's Ma.
tional Democratic Club and had
with her there Mrs. Cordeu Hull,
Mrs. Wilton Lambert, Mrs.
Charles S. Han1in, Mrs. Edward
b. Meigs, Mrs. Thomas W. Paige,
Mrs. Richard Burleson, Mrs.
George C.. Eckels and Mrs. W. G.
Tomlinson.
Representative r. walton
Moore of Virginia was the
honor guest at the table named
In honor of Thomas Jefferson.
fIostesses were Mrs. Allen M. Sum
ner and Mrs. Flora Mason Nichol-
son, descendants of Jefferson, as
are some of the guests, Col JEFF
ferson Randolph kean, Miss Jane
Butler and Miss Margaret Sum.
ner. Other guests at the table
were Mrs. Kean, Col. and Ms
Hugh Matthews and Prescott Ed.
munds.
Among the guests at the table
for which Mrs Henry Alvah
Strong was hostess were Mr..
and Mrs. A. B. Trowbridge, Mr..
and Mrs. L Corrin Strong. son
and daughter.in-law of the host.
ess. and their guest Mrs. M. P.
Lewis.
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Brig. Gen. and Mrs. James M.
Kennedy are entertaining at tea
$b9S aFfArn0on from 4 fn o'clock