Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-13
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Mrs Coolidge, Former First Lady, Realizing
Dream of Model Home Equipped With
-.--~~--Treasures She Has Accumulated.

Maryland who took an important part
in the early history of the province.
The Fendall family also has been
prominent in the affairs of the Federal
City. Mrs. Wendell was born in Balti-
more, but went to New York in her
early life. She is of literary turn and
her home at Sandridgebury, near St.
Adams, in Hertfordshire, is minutely de-
scribed in oliver Twist" The Count
esS of Galloway, who was considered one
Of the most beautiful women presented
at court after her marriage three years
ago, takes much pride in the country
estate of her husband, at Cumloden,
near Newton Steward, the scene of
SCOTS romantic story of The Bride of
Lammermoor." Mrs. Wendell has a
roomy cottage nearby at Glencool,
where the beloved Scotch novelist
placed the principal scenes of Guy
Mannering." During the cool Summers
and Autumns of the border country the
Countess of Galloway and Mrs. Wendell,
who are diligent members of Sir
Walter Scott reading circle, make pill
grimages to the adjacent places hal
lowed in the pages of the Waverley
novels.
The Ambassador to Brussels, Mr.
Hugh Gibson, has hitherto followed the
custom of all the higher officials of the
foreign service in Europe and has taken
a holiday at Easter in order to enjoy
the glories of Montecatini. in Tuscany.
But this year he will perhaps have TO
renounce this pleasure and endure the
murky weather of London. April and
May are deemed the pleaSantest months
to drink the renowned waters of the
italian spa and to loll III the brilliant
sunshine After June it is too crowded
for comfort, and those who seek quar-
tiers have to be up and doing about
reservations as early as January. But
members of the diplomatic corps are
always privileged guests, and then
some former members have retained
leases which they obligingly pass on to
their friends. Mr.. Henry P. Fletcher is
entirely committed to the efficacy Of
Montecatini to tone up the system and
restore vitality to mind and body. r.
respective of violent political antipa-
thieS, Mr. Stanley Baldwin often sips
the waters with the fiery Laborite, Mr..
Philip Snowden, touching his elbows.
and when Mr. Lloyd George and his
family see two weeks absence possible
they take the shortest route to Tuscany
This spa has shattered the popularity
Of the baths of Lucca. which had en-
joyed the patronage of the rich and
great from the days of imperial Rome.
Only the Lido in Midsummer threatens
its prestige.
Representative John Paul Kvale of
Minnesota. who is the most recent re-
cruit to the father-to-Son rotation in
the National legislature is a former
resident of Washington, and Mrs. Kvale,
who is prominent in all the State &C
tivities and in musical circles Is resi-
dent of Newport News. Va. Before her
marriage she was Miss Russell Palmer
Burcher Mrs. Kvale was married in
Washington when her husband was act
ing as secretary to the late Representa-
tive o. j. Kvale. While there are not
at present SO MANY sons of congress
sional fathers as there were some 10
years ago, an interesting group may be
presented There are two Senators
whose fathers made notable chapters OF
history in Corgrcsc-Hale of Main1 and
Ia Toilette CT Wisconsin. Senator Nor
ris ShcpDard'S father. tho late John l..
Sheppard. served in the House for sew
eral terms. and at the age of 27 the
present Senator was elected. in 1902. to
fill the vacancy caused bv his fathers
death He ran at all subsequent cleo
lions. and in 1918 he was elected by
the Texas Legislature to succeed Sena-
tor Bailey.
There is one instance in the House OF
not only the son of an Industrious legis-
lator succeeding to the honors. but also
of the grandson. This is Representative
Henry st. George Tucker son OF John
Randolph Tucker of the tenth Virginia
district. who entered the Forty-fourth
Congress and remained a member of
the Fiftieth. and grandson Of Henry st.
George Tucker. who came from Lex
ington to take his seat in the Fourteenth
Congress and served until the Eight
zenith. This scion of the DISTINGUISHED
family followed his father into Congress
md was reelected for four wears He
then took a profassorshiD in George
Washington University and rcma innd
there until he was elected in 1922 to
succeed the late Henry D. Flood.
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King Alexander of Jugoslavia, who
recently celebrated his birthday ami
versary with dazzling ceremonies is,
according to accepted opinion, Eu-
ropes handsomest specimen of royalty
and likewise its most progressive. 1t
may be that the roots of the reigning
house of Kara-Georgevitch in peasant
soil have inclined its members to demo-
cratic doctrines. King Alexander is a
student ;of American institutions and
has a treasured copy of the Declaration
Of Independence hanging IN his ONCE.
A similar copy IS seen in the legation
of Jugoslavia on Sixteenth street hand