Evening star., 1935-03-17
Mrs. William Howard Taft
Expected Back in April
Widow of Late President Is Spending Early
Spring in South-Dwieht F. Davis to
Return Early Next Month.

Mrs. William Howard Taft, who Is
spending the early Spring in Charles
ton, w. Va, is expected to return the
1st of April.
Mr.. and Mrs. Garrett A. Hobart, jr.,
son and daughter-in-law of the late
Vice President Hobart are spending
the Winter in their home on the ocean
front at Belleair. Fla, where they have
with them their son and daughter-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. Garrett A. Hobart,
Sd, of Tuxedo Park Also with Mr..
and Mrs Hobart. jr:, are Miss Marian
McComb and Miss Marjorie McComb
of Montclair. N. j., and Miss Harriet
Barbour of Paterson, N. j.
The former Secretary of War, MIR.
Dwight F. Davis, is spending fort
night in his home in st. Lotus and
will stop at his Florida place before
returning to Washington early in April.
Miss Cynthia Davis, youngest daugh-
ter of Mr.. Davis. is spending the week
end in New York with her brother and
sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight F.
Davis, jr.
Mrs. Robert Patterson Lamont, wife
of the former Secretary of Commerce,
has as her guest in her Virginia home
Mrs. H. St. Clair Putnam of New
York, who has been with her for a
week or 10 days Mrs. Lamont will
accompany Mrs. Putnam to New York
tomorrow and will spend several days
there making brief visit with her
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Coltzrnon
Former Representative and Mrs.
z. Hart Fem arrived in Washington
Thursday and are at 240O Sixteenth
street.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman
have as their guests Mr.. and Mrs.
James Todd, jr., of New York. Mr..
and Mrs. Tuckerman attended the din
ner given last evening by Mr.. and Mrs.
Alexander Gordon in honor of Mr.. and
Mrs. Keppel-Palmer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarke Winship Slade
of Bethesda. Md, will leave at the end
of the week for Charleston, S. c.,
where they will be the guests of Mrs.
Slade's mother, Mrs. William .1ann
for the late Winter and early Spring.
Mr. and Mrs. David st. Pierre Gail
lard and their children have gone to
Miami Beach, Fla, where they will
visit Mrs. Gaillard's mother Mrs. Delos
A. Blodgett, in her Winter home there.
Mrs. Blodgett is recovering from an
accident in which she fell and hurt
her ankle and will probably remain in
her Florida home later this Spring
than usual. Mr.. and Mrs. Gaillard
will remain in the South for several
weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett, jr.,
Of New York. who were guests of the
formers mother at Miami Beach, have
returned North and will again visit
her in the South, accompanied by their
small daughter.
Mrs. Charles G. Matthews, sister Of
Mrs Blodgett, ST., and their brother.
Mr.. Samuel H. Peck will visit their
sister, Mrs. Edwin P. Porcher, in her
home in Cocoa, Fla, within few
weeks and will motor North, stopping
for visits in Savannah, Atlanta and
Mobile en- route to Washington, where
they will arrive in advance Of Mrs.
Blodgett.
Mrs. Alban B. Butler has gone to
Hot Springs, Va, for an early Spring
visit.
Miss EMlona Hamilton is at the
Shoreham from New York City to
visit her aunt, Mrs. Mae L. Hamilton,
over Sunday. Mrs. Hamilton also
has as her guest in her apartment
at the Sho-eham Mrs. A. F. Murphy
of San Francisco.
Mrs. Clark J. Dimond has gone
to Pinehurst, N. c.. where she is
spending short time.
DR.. and Mrs. George F. Bower
man are in Atlantic City. where they
are stopping at the -Haddon
Hall.
Mrs. Judson o. Harrison of Daven-
port street, Forest Hill, Md, and Miss
Rowena Roberts motored to Philadel-
phia Thursday, where they have been
the guests of Mrs. H. w. Whitney,
wife OF Capt T. W. Whitney, U. S.
M. C. While in Philadelphia Mrs.
Harrison visited her son, Mr.. Judson
o. Harrison, jr., who is a student at
the University Of Pennsylvania.
The party will motor to New York
today for an indefinite stay.
Mrs. Dorothy Lee Ward has re-
turned to her apartment at the
shoreham after lengthy stay abroad
She left in April of last year from
San Francisco on the President Cool
idge for Japan. After spending the
month Of May in that country she took
beautiful old Chinese house in
Peiping. Part of the estate was a
temple in the western hills of Peiping,
where she spent the weeks ends.
Mrs. Ward went to Manila and was
the guest of Gov. Gen. Frank Murphy
and his sister, Mrs Marguerite Muir
ply Teahan. at Malacanan Palace
during the month of July. During |
August she motored through French |
1ndo-C China, visiting Saigon and Ang-
kor in that country, thence to Siam.
She returned to Manila for September,
and was back in Peiping and Toxic for
october and November Mrs Ward
has host Of friends among the diplo-
matte sets in Peiping and Toxic and
was the guest at number of func-
tions in her honor during her stay
there. She went again to Manila for
the Christmas holidays and then Wis
tied two weeks in Bali. She also
stopped in Java, and then spent two
weeks in Egypt. She sailed from
Egypt February 19 for New York, and