Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-20
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Vice President Dawes, Leading in Movement for
Chicago Centennial Celebration Arouses
Interest of Entire Country.

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be described as an epitome of all tn
travel books ever penned, but dealinl
exclusively with that most importan
theme OF where to eat and sleep ant
how much these comforts will cost. Ii
every place of the world where seaman
or traveller could possibly penetrate Mrs
Howard has listed in alphabetical orde
as to locations the most likely hotel
and rest houses. giving the American
equivalent of the various ways O.
counting the pennies in alien lands
Mrs. Howard has the zeal of an apostle
for the cause which she has sponsored
and she has the ability to inspire ar
enthusiasm in all who hear her appeals
A local branch of the American Mer.
chant Marine Library Association il
about to be formed, with Mrs. Gibson
| FahneStock as chairman. Mrs. Howard
| Is the wife of Mr. Henry Howard oil
Newport and she was before her mar
riage. in 1896, Miss Alice Sturdevant OF
that city.
Mr.. Andrew Mellon, Secretary of the
| Treasury, although one of the most
reserved and undemonstrative public
men Washington has known in half
century, is nevertheless one of the city'S
is felt in the fact that he has brought
here one of the rarest private collec-
tons of paintings to be found in this
country. Indeed, as the great owners
Of canvasSes in Great Britain and on
the European Continent have been
compelled to part with their treasures
through financial stress, Mr. Melons
group is deemed by some as unique, in
that every canvas Is the masterpiece
Of its class. It is, however, only by ex-
amining catalogues that his purchases
may be traced. for he has never issued
catalogue Of his own, although one
exists, but merely for the enhghten-
ment Of certain agents who hold COM
missions from the Secretary to obtain
certain canvases if they are placed in
the market. Visitors to Mr.. Mellon S
apartment on Massachusetts, avenue
have noted the care with which every
unit has been hung, portraits eXclu-
sively in the dining room, Landscapes
in the great living room with an occa-
sional romantic picture interpreted,
while sylvan scenes Of light delicate
beauty enliven the corridors and wait
ing rooms and French portraits, and a
few historic scenes may be glimpSed in
the private portions of the suite. Every
canvas is thing of beauty, something
which can be lived with comfortably
and with profit Nothing distressing, no
matter how renowned the artist may
be, has ever been purchased for Mr.
Mellon.
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, ST., is presi-
dent of the Riis settlement house, the
oldest establishment of this kind in all
New York City and located in the heart
of the lower East Side. She, therefore,
departed from her rule not to visit the
big city during the stressful days of
Winter for mere entertainment in order
to appear at the benefit performance
given for the RiiS house by the brilliant
British company acting in the vivaciouS
musical comedy, This Year of Grace"
and this the night before she sailed for
Europe. The late Jacob A. RiiS, an in
innate friend of President Roosevelt,
often was entertained in the White
House and he was profoundly in
tereSted in the local settlements,
Friendship and Noel Houses, Mr.. RiiS
did not follow any special model either
n England, where such aids to the poor
and needy anteceded those generally es-
tabliShed here to elsewhere, but he took
hold Of the field personally and added
special features to his New York VEN
ture as occasion suggested. Riis House
at the present time needs a thorough
renovation and to accomplish this Mr.
Anthony j. Drexel Biddle, jr., who is
chairman Of it's house committee, has
devised several benefits, the first of
which was 'The Year of Grace" at the
Selwyn Theater. Mrs. Roosevelt enter
tanned a large company Of relatives and
old friends in the several boxes which
she had secured, and Mrs. Kermit
Roosevelt had a group of younger
friends, among these Mrs. Charles H.
Sabin, the former Pauline Morton.
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Since the President and Mrs. Cool
idge may be in any of the motor cars
which bear the tag numbers from 100
to ITO, only the experienced eye of the
Washingtonian can detect by the va
riety Of secret service men which
marks the presence of the Chief Mag
iStrate as distinct from that of the
members of his family. But only on
ceremonial occasion does the Chief
Magistrate use a motor car, his jauntS
for pleasure being walking affairs and
at good brisk pace at that. Mrs.
Coolidge is a good walker also, but she
cannot keep up with her husband and
so she rarely tries. Those who knew
the President in his early days in
Neutrality-suspicious. Immediately sue
ceeding his coming in March, 1921
will recall that he and Mrs Coolidge
made all their pilgrimageS afoot to the
river front when the weather was mild,
to the various statues throughout the
city, and to the beauty spots in the
various parks. An inestimable treasure
is the snapshots pasted in a large book
which were taken in these comparatively
carefree days. Mrs. Coolidge always en-
joyed photography and she used to de-
Washington. There are countless rolls
safely tucked away to be developed anc
pasted in books in the leisure days after
March, 1929. These include journeys a.
far back as the trip to Cuba, and, Of
course, the many snaps of the recent
| iollrneys to Virginia and GEORGIA anC