The Washington times., 1936-12-10

" this 10-year-old child went shop
ping with her grandmother, thu
Dowager Queen Mary. The day
was rainy. The streets were wet
The little Princess stumbled as she
and Queen Mary we're about tc
step into the family automobile
A passing working man quickly
took the Princess Elizabeth's arm
to keep her from falling. The
Princess drew back haughtily.
"HOw dare you touch me?"
she said sharply. Don't you
know I'm going to be Queen
Of England some day?"
Perhaps sO," replied Queen
Mary, in the definite tones Of
. grandmother. Meanwhile
we are trying to teach her to
be a lady,"
!, OF Madame Vera Covert, the
Wagnerian soprano, who is going
to sing following the Hans Kind
Ter dinner Monday evening at the
Mayflower, a group of Washing
ton women have delightful young
married memories.
Madame Covert, or Vera Covert
as we called her then, belonged
to a bridge club which included
Mrs. John Oliver La Gorce, Mrs.
George Langdon Whitford, Mrs.
Robert Young Sullivan, Mrs.
Roger j. Whiteford. and Mrs.
Percy W. Page, now living in
Boston. Our meetings began with
a luncheon. Our members were
young cheerful brides inexperi-
enced in housekeeping.
Vera Covert, the musical genius
of the club, was and is now an
exquisite blonde. Heaven kindly
gave her golden brown hair, deep
blue eyes and transparent
peaches and cream complexion.
Before her voice was discovered
she was a brilliant pianist.
The first time Vera entertained
the bridge club, she announced
she had spent all her servant
money on piano lessons and so
had prepared the luncheon her
self. We sat down expectantly
at a table shining with wedding
present linen and silver.
Our hostess was flushed and ex-
cited. She had been practicing
three hours that morning, she
said, but she hoped that we would
like the salad. -
The salad was of sliced potatoes
decorated with eggs, capers, toma-
toes and mayonnaiSe. We tasted
it eagerly. Then, with mouths
open, paused to sense its unusual
flavor.
The future Wagnerian prima
donna had made her special dish
with raw potatoes!
In their house on Q street.
Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd Parker Ship
men have kept an oasis IN OLD
GEORGETOWN as yet untouched by
Northern and western invaders.
people whose Colonial ancestors
ruled Maryland and Virginia and
financed the Revolution gathered
At the home of DR.. and Mrs. Ship
Toen the other day to meet Miss
louise Fairfax, fiancee Of Mr.. Hall
Harris, jr., of Baltimore. Very
agreeable people, all Of them
friendly and unconscious OF the
necessity of appearing important.
At this party I heard talk OF
two famous Maryland mansions.
Mount Republican, once the prop
erty of the late Robert Grain Tor
whom the Grain Highway was
named. has been sold to Mr.. R.
Kennedy Hanson, of Pittsburgh.
Mr. Hanson plans to restore the
old ;::lace and make it his perma-
nent home.
Mount Republican overlooks the
Potomac River near the Morgan
town ferry and is a house OF gay
and bibulous tradition. Franklin
Weems, it's early Eighteenth cen
tury owner, was called the king en-
tertainer of southern Maryland.
Charles county believes that in
his cellar were always so gallons
of brandy and the best wines. His
life was a continual party. Hc
kept poker game going at Mount
Republican for 40 years. Three
times a week he entertained for a