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The Washington times., 1938-09-21
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BRACELET-Plat.. diamonds, sapphires,
Mon. a. m. keepsake, rev. RA. 27O5
FOX TERRIER, white and black. Si1
months old reward. North 4S02.
GERMAN SHEPHERD puppy. male. 8 mos.
tan, white chest and paws; vic. Chew
Chase, Md. Reward. Wise. 1926.
GREEN Upper envelope with personal rec
ords; badly needed; reward. AT. 5235
IRISH SETTER, large, male; yrs.
Sammy; vic. Falls Church; S25 reward
safe return. Falls Church 2096-J.
(Other Lost and Found Ads on
Page 23, Col. 81
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II Days of Rain

Washington has had 3.34 inches
of rainfall in an 11-day siege.
Continued on Page 4, Col. II
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According to impartial diplo-
matte quarters, Germany now is
about to become the strongest
single power in western Europe,
with complete capitulation Of Po-
land and Hungary to the German
bloc apparently scheduled for the
near future.
Isolation of Soviet
France is now expected to with
draw into the arms of Britain as
her only security. Isolation of the
Soviets as an important factor in
western European affairs also is
foreSeen.
With reports of the Czech cabi-
nets unconditional acceptance of
the Anglo-French plan flooding
Continued on Page 2, Col. g.
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MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE.

REFRIGERAToRs. g. E.: limited number
pTo.eeton convenient q terms nnsn m Myers q
smls s. TO 4, SAY s. .efms Eaeon
REFRIGERAToR. @. E.. 8 Gu. IT,, good con,
Electric etS App Appliance ian Co, 33i3 r. I. ave. ne
Greenwood 1878
REFRIGERATORS. used; Dayton cubic
f. nns cubic fl sla59
- dubc RRee IT, all sa0is poree M $3.50 sSo
Eiectrolux, like new. 500. so. District Elec-
nc Co. ! Dupont Circle Pot. 5000.
TI{5 RuGs Nd domess,c vsshed; n0 special 25e
for $ 81 90. can 8 S, % Adams sf2; 5i1s 5o''
SECRETARY BOOKCASE mahog finish.
S1$, S1Si ,ssS Sc manager Royal Arms Apt
SEWING MACHINES-smger portable elec
Ss5. SINGER hand vacuum cleaner. worth
So sacrifice for Sl0. 1887 Conn. ave.
SEWING MACHINES. port. cleo, .sl2.5 so
Repairing. 92z st. NV. Republic 1900
SEWING MACHINES, new and used. Old
machines traded in; Easy terms. kenting,
repairing. 2412 18th. Columbia 3245.
TUXEDO. morning suit Palm Beach suit:
er trunk; very reasonable Columbia
l394-J, 35l5 N. H. ave. NV.
TYPEWRITERS Rent latest noiseless
portable, models, lowest rental rates. Call
National 6SsS. Mr.. Hershey. Remington
Rand Inc.
TYPEWR1TERs;-,Late models, for rent;
low IA eS rec dellVe"v. "UDlte Sl3 I-til
st. Republic 1177. "Washinson's Largest"
30
TYPEWR1TERS-Roya standard, $3.50;
Und. S24 50: new portables, all makes. 81
Teek; Rentals Repairs. CENTRAL
typewriter Co. 923 G st. NV. Natl. Sl"9.
USED CAMERAS bought. sold. exchanged:
special daily bargains; open evenings and
Sunday. Sommers 14lO ~ Y. ave
VACUUM CLEANERS-Hoover, S12.5O
Eureka, S6.75; Electrolux. S145O: many
other late models; bond guar: like new;
home demonstraticn day or night BEST
BRANDS CO. sos 1th ST. NV Natl 1173
WASHING MACHINE, Maytag; excellent
condition; very late. model; extremely low
priced. Apply sos H st. ne.
SELLING OUT RUGS.
skill from si3e5: axis. from 'ona sis.a5.
Capitol Rus Co, "s2l 14th lat Harvard)
NV. Open evenings until 9 pm
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REPAIRS 8 SERVICE,

FLOORS sanded. refinished waxing.
IA/04S0 general house repair. plaster
paper. paint and roofs rep. North 1852.
FLOORS Sanding, finishing. Reason.
able l.. T. Folk 6357
sherrier pl. NV. Cleveland O52s.
PkPERING-Responsib mechanic; rea.
sonable estimates Greenwood 1652-j
any time. 3119 Perry St, Mt. Rainier. Md
PAPERING. painting: deal with MECHANIC
direct: better work. lower prices. Call
Metz: Columbia 03a6 any time.
PAPER HANGING done by exp. men: work
guaranteed; prices reasonable; estimates
cheerfully given. Atlantic 5S61-J.
PAPER HANGING this week only. $3.50
per room 1888 washable, sunfast papers:
work guaranteed. Adams 1891,
PLASTERING, repairing and new ceilings,
by experienced mechanics; prompt. guar.
service: prices reasonable. Met. 1330. A.
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ROOMS WANTED.

GENTLEMAN desires Furnished room with
shower bath. near Conn. ave. and M st..
Must be clean. cool and comfortable. Give
full Information or will buy one-room fur
nished apt. Box 264-V. Star. 2'
MAY 15-Employed young woman wants
clean. comfortable. furnished Ink. room
or rooms, ami, not near noisy neigh:
bors. noisy radios or family's bath: out Of
high rent district. in or near country; near
good transportation preferred: state price.
Reply fully. please. Box 257-V, Star.
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FLATS FOR RENT.

Ssan nIIE NEWIoM T1saI,led r5as os,J R ANP B. snd
sSE siiy.l l4sh HI sns s46 seTsDn RYoS M Sue am
2512 Path ST. NE-3 ROOMS AND
bath: $3.50 per month. Key at 20l5
THE FOLLOWING ARE 2 RMS, KIT,
d. a., bath, with screened porch:
445O0 Conduit rd n.w.-Heat and
hot water furnished S51.5O
1-3925 w st. n.w.-Heat furnished 1880
3-907 Quincy st. NV. 1890
1-1s28 D st. n.e:-Heat and hot
water furnished 41.5O
1-1627 21st pl. se.--Heat and hot
water furnished --------- 45O0
5000 Quincy st. ne. 43 90
400 Emerson st. NV. 1000
1-1412 Holbrook st. n.e.- 80. so
2-1421 Staples st. n.e. 81. so
4-l605 Eames pl. n.e.--------- $3.50
1-l73l Bay st. Sc. "a. 90
The following are 3 rms. kit. d. a.. b.
1--739 Rock Creek Church rd. NV.
Heat furnished - $500
3-2207 18th st. s.e.----------- 1880
2-413 Eyarts st. ne. .---.- 5000
1-a10 Md. ave. n.e.-Heat furn. $500
2-l5O7 w st. Sc. 4l.0O
bath ~ $500
2-3os st. n.e.-S rms kit, bath $3.50
2-15!6 7th st. n.w.-4 rms. kit.
B. F. SAUL CO.,
| National 200. g25 18th ST. NV
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TABLE BOARD.
1ABLE BOARD WANTED.

CONGRESSIONAL,
S16 Conn. ave.-Home cooking. Luncheon,
35c. Full-course dinner. 55c. Weekly rates
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SINGLE MAN. over 20. wants breakfast
and dinner. within few blocks Chevy
Chese Circle: 926 mo. Reply by mail.
S231 Conn. ave., Apt. 101.
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GOATS. In milk, registered and graded
Faun Diaries. Inc. Vienna Va.
SMALL PONY for children, black and
white. Phone Ashton 81
ONE CHESTNUT BROOD MARE. sound
and quiet; one 2-year-old and one yearlirlg
BY Rremlin II; fine colts: priced to sell
Maurice T. Cissel. Sandy Spring. Md
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FOR COLoRED.
1248 MARYLAND AVE. NE.
Two large rooms, kitchen and bath.
h.-w.h. (oil burner. $40.
J. DALLAS GRADY l. SON.
Realtors.
11O4 vt. Ave. NV. Dist. $3.50.
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1856 INGRAHAM ST NV ROOMS.
kitchen. . baths: electric refrigerator new
home; automatic heat. Randolph 3105.
DOWNTOWN APTS. SCHENLEY, ..12I II
st, n.w.-l room, dressing closet, kit. ara
bath, S:}S: . rooms, kit bath. refrlEe.2
ton included. S45. See resident manaEer.
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SOMETHING DIFFERENT. WALLACE
Bryant's unusual. attractive studio apts.:
one stunning large. painters studio apt.
With yd,1 fireplace and south roof ROOT garden:
NV. large living room. frepiaces, bed
EooMs Charming private garden
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SILVER SPRING. MD. $500 FENTON ST
4 rms, pvt. bath, pvt. entrance. Elec-
,roluX refg:' gas range; cont. h. "; oil
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) expos. 2 bedrms.. sleep porch. fenced
in back yard; near park, buses, churches.
schools; rent reasonable. Shepherd 49ls.
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THE EUCLID,
174O EUCLID ST. NV.
I room kitchen, dinette and bath. MUIR
ply bed. S4260.
Elevator Service.
Electric Current and Refriseration
Included in Your Rent.
J. DALLAS GRADY & SON. Realtors.
11O4 VT. Ave. NV. District $3.50
fosSsE5s$s2R E R:ss' s;A g sssS' sEs a soSHs 9z
~ ' coLoRED.
215 3rd st. sw1 r. k, b.. elec.. $3.50
I554455 9Th St. n.w.-s r, 4. b., eiec, Ss5.So
THOMAS P. BROWN,
615 4th st. S.W. Natl. 6s72.
1907 coacosR22sko s2sogFR 81. NV, APT. l..
2 rms, kit, bath: refg. heat, gas. lights
furn. Key " basement 9Vn nav,s apt $500. 20
733 18th st. NV. Natl. O352.
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l127 w VA. AVE NE.-FACING PARK:
2 lge. rms, kit, bath, dinette, pch. and
h. W. free: very reasonable To inspect
phone MIR. TONS. District 2434
17o7 EYE ST. NV RMS, KIT AND
bath; S53.00. Can be used commercially.
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rms. entry hall, kit, bath; entirely redec
rent low at $40 so. w. H. WALKER, 22O
Shoreham Bldg. National 1880
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1896 COLUMBIA RID. N.W.-CLEAN.
unfurn. 1-room. kitchen, bath apt; newly
decorated: gas and electricity; SGs.
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5435 CONN. -AVE.-CoMPLETELY RE-
modelled apt: . rooms kit, tile bath with
buIltin buto tub and shower sieS rets on
INC. lMGi Vermont ave. District s14l
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MT. RAINIER. MD. 35os 31th ST-lst
fir; . rms. kit, bath. porch, yard; 2 pvt.
entrances: heat. light furn; S35 mo
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CLIFTON MANOR. 2514 I4th ST. NV
Modern BLDG: !, : rooms. kit. bath; conv.
tranSp,: S35 TO S41 30
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CATTLE AND LIVE STOCK.

CHROMIUM PLATING,
John A. GOTTsMANN e. CO.
132O First ST. NE. Met 3n53 le
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715 PRINCETON PL. NV ROOMS,
kitchen. private bath. porch; ADULTS only.
5 ROOMS. KITCHEN AND BATH $50.
1901 Shepherd St NV Georgia SlS9 u
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ANACOSTIA, 1902 18th ST SEE RMS,
kit, bath. porch retg., heat, ch,w., fac
ing park, near Srhools
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NOTICE-IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A
large 3-room and kitchen apt. reasonable.
! have ii. Includes auto. heat. CHI W. eas.
cleo. G. E. refrigerator and telephone: 5
minutes from downtown on express bus
private residence with young couple. In
shire ave NV.
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TAKOMA PARK. Md RMS. BATH.
porches. 1st f.: heat. refg., hot water.
garage; $50; adults. Apply A. L. ROB-
ERTS. :" Manor Circle. Tax. PIX. Nd
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MT. ALTO-2325 37th N.W.-UNUSUAL
value, 4 rms, kit. bedrooms. elec. retg.,
sleeping porch gar, S59.5o. Adams 1915.
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THE WESTCHESTER. l21-B STEP.
down living room, 15x22; bedroom, kitch-
en- bath. dining balcony. Call Emerson
2C13 National Sl0N
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1920 WIS. AVE- R. K. B.. $40. !
r. k. b.: $50. r., b., S25. Met. 43Iop
Dupont 1900
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Winter. small room sizes from S6a5:
| skill, from S13a5: axl2, from S16a5
| Capitol Rus Co. 1921 14th lat Harvard)
| NV. Open evenings until pm
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SUBURBAN ROOMS.
1888 ALASKA AvE.-Front furnished
SILVER SPRING. MD. 3O9 Garwood st.
NICELY furnished double. private bath:
s7essee HRs sSeD o0ssn: ss4s5 employed
HYATT MANOR. Rhode Island ave;
s;k houss;kseping rooms. reasonable. Also
sbie corner farn M 1900 room. '0 private ri bath.
Ss5s fsFgsd :, Srssffass OPTIONAL. Walnut
1914 14th ST. NORTH Arlington. Va
Corner room. next bath; l or persons;
Rn.s Ryt; ho%s W:,n1t 1oe sdssw 5sae zone; mr. bus
.aab.n,: :ry room to5 seted
) eyeninss week. greenwood ssis-W. "U
2s25 FIRST RD. NORTH. Arlington. va
Nicely furnished. cool room. next to bath
nss near bus no other roomers. WALNUT
1216. GARFIELD ST, Woodside. Md
Furnished room. bath; ami; mr.. bus;
board optional: shady lawn.
2.2O CHESTNUT AVE, Takoma Park-den-
with three Adults; unlimited tsiephone; no
drinking: S14 month. Shepherd 1884.
2l16 N. MONROE ST. Arlington. va
Ciar. 3s6-w. VIVA ''''' -1'' i:
1923 NORTH UTE ST. Arlington. Va. I
blk. bus. 2 nicely furn. rms, ami, very
nas RS 1anS Mangt ss M. sSas wal
1O11 N. EDGEWOOD. Clarendon-sinsle
or double room; large and airy; on 2
bus lines. Phone Clar. 414-R. l.
202 NORTH HIGHLAND, Lyon PARK. Va
home. Conv. bus. Clarendon 327s.
NEARBY YA-Delightful double; pvt
home: excellent meals; beautiful location;
10 min. Washington. Walnut 0079.W.
1olh n: EDGEwQQD ST. clarendon-2
2 bus lines; eeoNQMen, CLARENDON 1915.
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DOGS, PETS, ETC.

TIGER KITTENS (41. we'll trained Qooking
Tor good homes. TELEPHONE Lincoln 6752.
females solid black and reds: highly pedi-
greed; sire son of Light Foot OF Piney
Branch dam Mitchell! Roxy: sire
Major Hawes." Mrs. John Hello 3 Chill
lum ave, Hyattsville. Md. Greenwood
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| 1903 KEARNEY ST NE-ENTIRE 2nd
a. rms kit. bath; heat light gas;
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$50 Goth ST N.W-5-ROOM APART
ment; can be divided into two apartments.
$50,
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9 rooms, kitchen, private bath; elec. re-
friseratlon. heat. gas elec. included; 500.
Near stores and bus line. North 1890.
1906 POTOMAC AVE. SE.-ENTIRE 2nd
f.. rms; lights. heat. gas furn.; bus line:
$40, Atlantic 1927
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NE NEWLY ,s REsSSATaERR R So9Ms Sis MS w1TH grH
DITION AND iMMAcULATELY CLEAN:
EXCELLENT FOOD PREPARED BY THE
BEST TRAINED COOKS; WoRKING I91,r,I IN
LY DfVERsfFffEEp MENUS. COURTEOUS.
PROMPT WATERS. ALL ROOMS WITH
G3MTfNE1FrAAER RHoNEs TRAE AhR esR
YcITTn YOU Buy oNsH So MUCH IN 1NNoWwHao6EEEEsoME: WHoEEsoME.
CoNGENIAL AND CoMFoRTABLE LIy-
FLED HOUSE WHERE YOU MAY LIVE A
MONTH OR YEARS AND ALWAYS BE
PROUD TO BRING YOUR FRIENDS.
RATES. $40 TO $55 MONTHLY
The Washington times., 1938-01-08

son s command, l was ex-
pected to waltz: Fiji Potter,
later Mrs. James Stillman
land Mrs. Fowler McCor-
mick; Eleanor and Freda
Mortimer, sisters of my spe-
cial friend, Dick Mortimer;
Susanne Henning, undoubt-
edly the prettiest girl in the
Park. Later she married the
Marquis de Charette. (Fifi
Potter was, even as a child,
buxom, rosy and one of the
most popular girls in the
colony, with half a dozen
boys dancing attendance on
her wherever she was.
OWEN in the simple,
~ healthy life in Tuxedo
Park you were not allowed
to forget that there was a
wide difference between you
and the people who lived
outside the Park (in Tuxedo
Village). Tuxedo and Tux
edo Park are about as differ
ent from each other socially
as London is from Adds
Ababa. The only link be-
tween them is the railway
station which serves them
both. Tuxedo Park does not
consider it good form to in
vite Tuxedo Village to any
of it's functions.
Well, anyway, one day in
the spring of 1900, a. letter
came for me with a French
postage stamp on the envel-
ope. I opened it eagerly.
1t was dated Vert-Mont,
Reuil, Monday, April %. In
part it read:
Dear Frank: I want to
tell you myself of my en-
gagement to your old friend,
Mr.. Alfred Gwynne Wander
bilt, and I hope you will like
him as much, and more, as
an uncle as you have as a
friend
"Your affectiorate
Aunt Elsie.''
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ward US, and then offered
his hand in the most natural
and cordial manner. There
was some general converse
ton in which, naturally, I
didn't join.
Then Mr.. Mckinley laid
his left hand on my shoulder
in a fatherly sort Of way,
directing my attention to a
large bowl of red carnations
on a table by the window.
He drew a flower from the
vase, broke off a portion Of
the stem and then placed the
carnation in my buttonhole,
saying:
IT am sorry, young man,
but this is the only decora-
tion that I can bestow upon
an American citizen"
Aunt Elsie's marriage was
set for January IA, 1901. By
New Year Day the entire
French family had succeeded
in having the holes darned
in their socks and the but
tons tightened on their trou-
sers for the coming nuptials
-. Ny father gave the bride
away and Reginald Wander
bilt was his brothers best
man. I admired Gladys Van
derbilt, who was the maid of
honor, and told Pauline that
she, Gladys, was the prettiest
girl in the wedding pro-
cession.
(Gladys Vanderbilt, who mar
ried Count Szechenyi, Of Hun
gary, introduced one Of her
daughters to society at New.
port this summer.-Editor.)
l don't remember much
about the reception except
the crowd, and the wedding
presents everyone went to
look at. There were three
diamond tiaras, gifts of three
different Mrs. Vanderbilts
Uncle Ned and Aunt Julia
had sent a diamond collar
and Aunt Bessie and her hus-
band had brought a diamond
and turquoise necklace.
A NUMBER Of the boys I
"A knew well in Tuxedo
Park were already entered
at St. Marks. Dicky Morti-
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THE news that a Wander
Il bilt was about to be mat
rimonially lassoed proved to
be about as stimulating to
members of the French fam
lily as the discovery of gold in
California was to the Forty
Miners" What difference did
it make that it only was to
be an in-law relationship?
The Vanderbilts had money,
and lots of it, while the
French family could trace its
ancestry in New England
back to 1886. Aunt Elsie was
my fathers youngest sister;
his older sister, Elizabeth,
had married the heir to Lord
Cheylesmore and lived in
England.
By the middle of May the
papers had given a great deal
of publicity to the engage
ment. The World described
the coming marriage as "the
Greatest Social Event of the
Year" it commented that AL
fred Vanderbilt was "The
Worlds Rich h e st Bride
groom" and Aunt Elsie was
THE Most Interesting Ameri-
can Girl of the Year"
Long before the day of the
W d din g, everybody in
America who could read a
newspaper had been told who
the bridesmaids were to be;
that they were to wear gray
chiffon and carry big bou-
quets of roses; that for the
decoration of the church and
Harbourview, where the re-
ception was to be held, 49,
900 blossoms were to be used,
including 1000 American
Beauties; that the wedding
cake weighed IS pounds, and
the brides wedding dress cost
$4,000; that Alfred Wander
bilt had simple tastes and
disliked show; and that Elsie
had $150,000 worth of jewels.
Even the boys and girls at
Tuxedo Park seemed i'm
pressed by my being about to
become the nephew of a Van
derbilt.
What impressed me, how
ever, much more than the
plans for the wedding was a
letter from my father telling
me that Hon. John Kean,
Senator from New Jersey,
and a brother of the more re-
cent Hon. Senator Hamilton
Fish Kean, had invited him
to visit in Washington-and
to bring me.
4
THE crowning moment of
Il the visit was when we
drove to the White House to
meet President Mckinley.
The President, who had been
standing when we entered
the room, made a step to-
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Society Is a Racket = =
"Lassong" Vanderbilt Into the Family Strs Up
Excitement For "Poor Little Rich Boy

"HE Newport of Mrs Belmont and Mrs. Stuyvesant
Fish and Mrs Oelrichs. The Newport to which Harry
- Lehr played Jester My paternal grandparents Mr..
and Mrs Francis Ormond French named for my
grandfather-ved at Harbor View.
Their daughter my Aunt Elsie Mrs Paul FltzSmons
lives there now but the lodge My mothers family, the
eRoys had spent each in Newport for many years
Towards the end of the Nineteenth Century, my Grand
father LeRov bought the house the of Red Cross
Avenue and Old Beach Road They named this Mapeshade
It was here that we grandchildren spent summers
In my childhood Newport still oldfashioned town.
it possessed town crer and hanson cabs popular
and the other boys catboang and pcnc to Law
tons Valley The English buffers had cricket club In
their vivid uniforms they made colorful show.
The Washington times., 1938-01-08

Nert Saturday, Francis
Ormond French, Einsmdn
of the AStorS and the
VdnderbiltS, cont inues
his Shockingly frank and
amusing story of Amer
ican soicety 1Uhick he
1Urote originally under
the title of "The Ne10-
port Idea" He 1OiU re-
count the gay expert
ences of a NeV Hamp-
shire Yankee at King Ed
1Udrd'S Court.
The Washington times., 1938-01-08

mer was there that year. So
was Griswold Lorillard, John
Suydam and Clermont Barn
we'll. In addition to what I
was expected to learn at st.
Marks, my father took it
upon himself to make a
gentleman out of me. There
was first the matter of the
title Esquire" 1 had no.
ticed the word, looked it up
in the dictionary and found
that an esquire was originally
a shield-bearer, or a candi-
date for knighthood or "a
man of the English rank Of
gentry next below a knight" "
Imagine my astonishment,
therefore, when a letter came
from my father one day:
Dear Frank:
"When you address letters
you should write: Amos T.
French, Esq, and NOT MR..
Amos T. French. How about
your fingernails, etc.2
"Affectionately,
"Your Father"
I ATER it had been de-
- cided that I was to enter
St. Georges School out at
Middletown, Conn. Many of
the boys I knew there were
in the same clubs with me at
Harvard later on. Vincent
Astor was there, so was Will
liam Paine Scheffield Sd,
who is today a prominent
Newport lawyer.
1904. My first camping
experience at Belgrade
Lakes, Me. And, much more
important, the summer Of
my first love affair, she was
a distant cousin of mine,
Emily Morgan, the daughter
of the Rev. Brinley Morgan,
of New Haven, who had as
sisted" to marry Aunt Elsie
and Uncle Alfred. I was on
a visit to Aunty Frye at Rye,
N. H., and Emily was there
at the time. Ours was an en-
tirely innocent boy and girl
romance that lasted, @on my
part, for several years.
Meanwhile, during those
character forming years of
school and college I began to
form certain caustic opinions
concerning what was pointed
out to me as being ''Smart
Society"
In the years to come I was
to have these early suspicious
of mine confirmed. I was
to find out that a so-called
Smart Society" family
could break up my marriage
and illegally" steal my
children from me.
The Washington times., 1938-01-08

Tn my early and un-
i awakened days my world
was comprised of Tuxedo
Park. where we spent our
winters, with occasional
short stays in New York;
and of Newport, where we
spent each summer with
Grandfather and Grand
mother Leroy at Maple
shade" In those days New
port was still an old-fash-
ioned town,
Newport in the nineties
undoubtedly had its scan
daIs, discussed in all their
details by the gentlemen of
the Reading Room and more
covertly by the ladies when
they made calls.
| doubt, though, if their
interest would have been as
frank and unashamed as was
the interest of society in the
famous Jelke divorce case
when that occurred several
years ago.
The Jelkes had a magnifi-
cent place on Ocean Drive
where they entertained law
ishly. But no party they
ever gave drew the crowds
that attended the hearings IN
the court house. At Bailey's
Beach, at the Clambake
Club, at every cocktail party
and dinner, while the case
was on, the days testimony
was discussed with fervor.
MUCH amusement was
N1 furnished by a number
of professional ladies of easy
virtue, imported from vari-
Gus houses" of New Orleans,
as witnesses in the case. They
took their trip to Newport
as an outing, had themselves
a good time and contributed
to the mass of unsavory evil
dence.
(The Jelke case-involving
Mr.. and MS. F. Frazier Jelke-
whose money came from oleo-
margarine-and it's airing in
1882 was probably one of the
most disgracefLl divorce con-
tests in American judicial his
tory. A disguised Rhode Island
Judge threw out Of court both
the divorce suits Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jelke, which each had
brought against the other.
Fashionable - but gossipy and
curious-Newport was shocked
as the combatants blackened
each others reputation and tore
characters to shreds An anus
ing highlight was Mr.. Jelke's
charge that his wife had
climbed up his back and bit his
ear. But that was decorum, in
comparison with his other
charges. Finally, in May. 1884,
Mrs. Jelke was granted a di.
vorce decree in a Reno court
Today, members of the Jelke
family are. prominent in New
port life.-Editor)
Much as l enjoyed the
summers in Newport, Tuxedo
Park was home. " At first
we lived in a modest cottage
on Tower Hill Road-it be-
longs now to Frederic de
Rham. But the family was
growing. There was my
elder sister, Pauline, myself
and Julia, who was more
than four years younger
than l, and "Stuyvie. - To
accommodate US all, my
father built "Saddlerock."
Tuxedo Park, in the nine
ties, contained compara-
lively few families and they
were all congenial. Most of
the social gatherings were
held in the rambling club
house on the lake shore.
didn't care about the dane
ing, though l liked well
enough some of the girls
with whom, at Miss Robin
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would be too expensive. That is what
they said.
But Sally wasn't to be stopped in
her ambitions by such trifle. SO She
ordered six-fOOt balloons made at her
own expense and paid the bill for the
big aluminium mold that had to be
manufactured for producing them.
1t happens that the weather men
had been looking for just such big
balloon for sending their instruments
aloft to read the weather in the upper
air. So now Sally sells balloons to the
United States Weather Bureau to aid
the experts Who says art doesn't pre-
cede science,
With government expenditures
mounting, and more and more dollars