Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-04
BY MARGARET B. DOWNING.


Gen. Charles Gates Dawes, the Am
bassador TO Great Britain. and Mrs.
Dawes have, according to their friends,
comfortably and both appear in fine
fettle. But the severe strain Of the
court season Is something for which
they are preserving all surplus strength,
not because Of excessive activity but
because of the energy expended in ex-
planning that only 20 requests for pres
entation to their majesties in Buck
tngham can be answered affirmati lively,
whereas more than SOC requests already
have been received. So many divergent
reasons finally count in the selection Of
these 40 favored ones that no formula
has ever been attempted. An Ambas-
sador has an accepted right TO honor
his own kindred and thus at the first
drawing room his sister and niece will
be presented. Guests and kindred Of
members Of the embassy staff also have
frst preference and after that political,
social and geographical reasons lead to
the choice of aspirantS. Meantime, the
Ambassador and Mrs. Dawes, after
having passed many busy weeks in
London. found time TO rest in what Is
said to be the oldest spa In the world,
that at Bath, frequented by the
Emperor Claudius during the first half
century of the Christian era. The old
pool in which this Caesar laved is in
an excellent state Of preservation and
Is pronounced by antiquarianS as
Pofne's most ancient footprint in Brit
ian. Gen. and Mrs. Dawes spent 10
days there recently, the appointed
period for the cure" and they returned
to London in time to participate in the
burst of social glory to speed departing
delegates to the Naval Conference.
Or. r. B. Bell Of Harvard and Mr..
Charles l.. Marris Of Yale are hailed
a. the advance prophets Of those who
are hoping to give flying q lift through
promoting the establishment OF inter-
collegiate aeronautics. These two emil
nent seats Of learning have fans quite
as absorbed in making flying known to
ill as the captains Of the base ball
and foot ball teams are in their domain.
The intercollegiate flying clubs are less
than two years old, but beginning with
three units in Harvard Yale and the
University of New York City, the clubs
have tripled In the past year, and in
the next scholastic term they will figure
In the athletics of all the major edu-
of Michigan was the first in the Mid
die West and was soon Joined by the
University of Detroit. Other recent
converts to the flying contingent hav-
ing earnest students enrolled in aero
nsutic courses are the Carnegie Insti-
tute Of Technology in Pittsburgh, the
University Of Pennsylvania. the Uni
versity of Illinois, the State University
Of Ohio and Cornell. A closely knit
organization has been formed and will
be financed in the usual methods APP
piled to athletics, and already four
flyers from the New York City unit
have qualified as pilots and are seeking
mechanics licenses. Yale has several
pilots who own and operate their own
planes and Harvard Is also in this
class
Mr.. John Hays Hammond who cele-
brated his seventy-fifth birthday ami
versery very quietly on March 81. is
among the Capitals adopted citizens who
has played an active and most useful
role in its affairs. AS residents of many
lands overseas and of many States in
their own country, Mr.. and Mrs. Ham,
mond have now but two homes, the
handsome mansion IN Kalorama road
and the villa at Gloucester, Mass. Mr..
Hammond still maintains an Office in
New York City, but his sons attend to
most of the business. and when their
father visits Gotham 1t usually Is in
social mood and to admire the latest
art triumphs of his gifted daughter,
Miss Natalie Hammond Mr.. and Mrs
Hammond were born as widely apart
as San Francisco and the famous lit
tie city on the Mississippi, Vicksburg
which has given name to one Of the
signal victories Of the Federal forces
during the Civil War Both are of his
toric lineage. Mr.. Hammond's ances-
tors made their impress on the story OF
Maryland, where they arrived in the
middle of the seventeenth century and
participated in all the activities of the
times. The Hammond Harwood which
stands on the campus Of st. Johns
Academy in Annapolis is filled with
memorials OF their prowess and civic
spirit. In later years, Mr.. Hammonds
people followed Gen. Kearney's soldiers
Of fortune into California. Mrs. Ham
mond descendS from Harrison and Har-
RS families who were manor lords on
the James River in the early years of
Virginia.
Mr.. Richard Anthony Strong is the
president Of that unique club, the Mac
Dowell, founded some 80 years ago by
Reginald de Koven and Stanford White
TO honor the man whom they deemed
the most accomplished exponent of
music that this republic had produced.
The MacDowell Club Is integral with
the Metropolitan Opera House and It
meets Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri
days In the private quarters assigned
by the directors at the time it was
formed. The members are always of the
box-owning contingent and q group has
the privilege Of entertaining a company
Of 80 at any selected date on the days
mentioned. II the occasion Is q
matinee, the performance is preceded
by q luncheon: If 1t be an evening
event, by a dinner, and the repasts so
served are said to be the most delectable
to be found in all Gotham At any
time the members have companies TO
tea and frequently the stars Of the
matinee are asked in to meet the mighty
in society In music or art. But never
even for tea must the number exceed
81. In its early days the club which
was founded In 1892, was known as the
Vaudeville. But as time passed the
word had not the same significance as
when bestowed, so the members changed
to MacDowen as more appropriate and
honorable especially as a memorial to
the great American composer Say
those who have tried to get into the
Mcdowell even for a box owner of the
second or third generation. remains the
most difficult objective which New York
City offers.
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