The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-25
NOW
French Embassy
Gets Changes
TRAVEL SOUTH
BY HELEN ESSARY

by HELEN ESSAhA
Some news this afternoon about
the new French Embassy.
Extensive alterations are to be
made in the former John Hays
Hammond House before it final
ly changes its American person
atty and becomes the residence OF
a French Ambassador.
, A large addition will soon ad
Join the main building and will
conform generally to the French
chateau type of architecture This
will be used as a chancery and
] will supply the offices for the EN-
basSy.
The gardens will be deliberately
changed, and made into a formal
garden of the architectural period
of the house There is a fine
space for such landScaping around
the mansion. The grounds slope
down into Rock Greek Park and
will be a charming setting for
many varieties of Shrubbery and
flowers.
Mr.. Hammond sold the house to
the French government, complete
with its furnishings, except for
some personal things.
His remarkable collection of au-
tographed photographs is yet to
lind a new home. Mr.. Hammond
will not move them to his summer
place in Gloucester, Mass.
Among the photographs. prob,
ably the most important collection
In this country, are the likeneSSes
OF kings, emperorS, artists, writer's,
engineers, soldiers of fortune,
queens, actorS-men and women
who made history in Mr.. Ham.
mond's eventful lifetime.
Mr.. Hammond, by the way, is
spending the winter at the Boca
Ration Club at Boca Ration, Fla.
He plans never to return to Wash
tngton.
Owen D. Young, chairman of
the board of the General Electric
Company, is also at the Boca Ra-
ton Club. You remember that Mr..
Young was mentioned rather no
ticeably for the Presidential nomi-
nation few years ago.
This reference to Florida re-
minds me that the few returning
Florida travellers say that the East
and West Coast resorts have had
the best season in years and years.
All the hotels are crowded.
People are spending money like
water. Southern bound trains are
long enough to reach from where
you are to the Capitol and back
again. Returning trains are al
most empty. Vacationists are not
hurrying back to work.
The women members OF the
committee on arrangements OF
the Democratic Convention in
Philadelphia are an agreeable
combination of beauty and brains.
In fact all of them, Mrs. j. Bor,
den Hartman, Mrs Emma CUT
fey Miller, Mrs. Sam Conner and
Mrs. Ida Collins Dunn, are both
good looking and smart.
Mrs. Hartman will be perfect
at such post. Mrs. Miller, as you
know, made the speech that
turned the Democratic minds firm
" towards Philadelphia. Mrs.
Connor is pretty and clever.
Mrs. Dunn, from New Hampshire,
is extremely well thought of in her
own State as an able and pleasing
person. Mrs. Dunn succeeded to
the post as New Hampshire Ma
tional Committeewoman after it
had been left long vacant out of
respect to the memory of its last
Committeewoman, the late Mrs.
Robert Jackson.
The taxi driver said to Mrs. Will
liam D. Tewksbury. I'm new in
this town, but sho' huff, do you
s'pose there ever was a place
where they was so many Women?"
Mrs. TewkSbury said there did
seem to be quite a number around.
Lady, that amt the worst of
it," said the taxi man lodging a
bus bitterly. They're all so old.
To tell the truth, I just don't be,
lieve women eveC die in this here
town" =
Mrs. Tewksbury, who is quite
handsome and not at all old,
smiled a little and said she GER
tainlv hoped not,
"Sho nuff!" said the driver.