The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-24
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ALA VIENNA
BY HELEN EsSARY

.portant in directing the affairs
Of the present United States
Treasury.
Joseph Nourse moved the as
sets Of the infant United States
Treasury in a covered wagon, so
tradition says, when the Cap
1tal was changed from Philadel-
phia to Washington. It cost
him $3.50 for the covered wagon
and for the two carriages that
conveyed Mrs. Nourse and five
servants to Washington, and for
expenses along the way.
Harry Hopkins, long-legged
young custodian of Rooseveltian
relief, monthly transfers mil
lions-maybe billions-of dol
lars from the Treasury Of the
United States to people who
can't make a living for them
selves. Mr.. and Mrs. Hopkins
were at Highlands.
George Harrison, Of New
York, who was a special guest
of Admiral and Mrs. Grayson, is
also symbol of the growth of
the United States since Joseph
Nourse picked out Mount st.
Adams this estate originally in
cluded the site of the Cattle
draD as his Washington home.
Mr.. Harrison is governor of
the Federal Reserve Bank in
New York. When imposing
financial authorities come to
the United States to discuss
such illusions as money and
credit, Mr.. Harrison is the man
who meets them at the boat.
And is the first to explain what
the United States is UP to
financially.
The Undersecretary of the
Treasury and Mrs. T. Jefferson
Coolidge and the former Under.
secretary of the Treasury and
Mrs. Dean Ach eson, Mr..
Thomas w. Bowers, New York
banker, and Mrs. Bowers (she
is a niece of Mr.. w. Corcoran
Thom) were others at High
lands who carried out the
Nourse tradition.
It was a special gathering
at the old estate just as the
place and the hosts are quite
special. Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Emmett, of Glen Cove, Long
Island, and Mrs. Christian Her
ter, of Boston (Mrs. Emmett
and Mrs. Herter are nieces Of
former Congresswoman Ruth
Pratt), are visiting Admiral and
Mrs. GraySon.
Highlands never looked love-
1ier. The old wisteria vine whose
branches are bigger than an
athletes arm, was blooming
over the garden side of the
stone house. Beside the box
wood and under the oaks, tables
were set.
/ After luncheon, the guests
wandered down the lawn and
down stone steps to the lower
garden, where lockwood was
set in formal pattern. Walls
of purple iris in great beds
framed the garden. And the
roses were just ready to bloom.
Representative Richard M.
Russell Of Massachusetts, (he's
O. brilliant young Harvard
mani, Mrs. Russell and Sir
Wilmott and Lady Lewis, Sena-
tor and Mrs. Peter Gerry Of
Rhode Island and Representa-
tive and Mrs. Richard r. Wig
ellsworth of Massachusetts, were
tremendously interested in the
history of Highlands. Likewise
in the marvellous luncheon. Mr..
and Mrs. w. Forbes Morgan,
Mr.. and Mrs. Chauncey Parker
and Mr., and Mrs. Harold Hin
ton were also present.
A part Of the formal dining
room of a handsome legation
was transformed the other night
into a Viennese night club. The
Austrian Minister and Nine.
Prochnik staged a bier abend
for their delightful Wilmington
guests, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Laird.
furniture had been removed
from the formal dining room.
Cav lanterns and red and white
streamers hung from the cell
ing. Small tables covered with
red and white checked cloths
were set with bright china and
brown beer stems.
The menus decorated with
views Of Vienna and other ia
NOUS spots in Austria, offered
Hungarian goulash and onion
soup (what delightful food,
sauSages and sauerkraut and
apfelkuchen.
The guests served themselves
in cafeteria style from the long
table at the end of the room.
Madame Prochnik was fascinat-
ing in q native Austrian cos
tune and the pretty Valerie was
dressed as a Tyrolean youth.
The guests danced to Viennese
music. And were so charmed
with the novelty of the party
that the evening had frightened
into morning before they could