Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-19
Marine Corps Widow
Speaks at Ceremony
Mrs. Dunlap Unveils Ellis Portrait;
To Talk on Mcdowell Colony at Club

back to her Georgetown home in
time for the golden anniversary of
her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs.
Corcoran Thorn. And Immediately
after her arrival she plunged into
the varied activities which have
made her life interesting and
colorful.
She went to Quantico last week
end with the Commandant of the
Corps and Mrs. Lemuel c. Shop
herd, jr., for the dedication of the
new Ellis Hall. Gen. Shepherd
made the principal speech of dedi-
cation and to her surprise, Mrs.
Dunlap was'on the program to un-
veil the portrait of Col. Earl
Hancock Ellis. who was killed in
the South Pacific Islands in 1928.
Mrs. Dunlap and the late Gen.
Dunlap were at that time in the
Far East and were close personal
friends of Col. Ellis.
She also was asked to pay a
tribute to Col. Ellis, the only other
speech besides that of Gen. Shep-
herd and the introductions of Mai.
Gen. Clifton B. Gates, former COM
mandant and now in command of
the Marines Schools at Quantico.
1t was a thrilling experience
for Katharine Dunlap to pay
tribute to an old friend, the tall,
rangey and quiet" officer who
worked with Gen. Dunlap in the
landing operations" for the Ma
rines which is the amphibious war
fare of today. Many of the pre-
dictions Of Col. Ellis during his
work with the intelligence branch
OF the Marines were fulfilled dur
ing World War II.
Other Interests
Mrs. Dunlap, daughter of Ma
rine Corps Col. Thomas N. Wood
and the former Kate Corcoran
Thorn, followed her custom and
returned from her home, Cou-
lenneS. in Sarthe, France, early
In August. After a visit with Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Bruce Howe at
Newport she and her hostess went
to Peterboro, N. H. There Mary
Howe and Katharine Dunlap
settled down to work at the Mac
Dowell Colony. It is a yearly
pilgrimage for both writer's. Mary
Howe leaves the colony with
many compositions, Katharine
Dunlap with a book-sometimes
only good start on a book.
What she wrote this year hasn't
been told as yet, but she has
several delightful novels, laid in
or near Coulennes. to her credit
and her last was THE Glory and
the Dream" based on little known
French history.
Having spent several weeks or
a month at the Mcdowell Colony
each year Mrs. Dunlap is very
enthusiastic about the place and
the principles for which it was
established. She will speak on the
value of the colony Thursday eve
ming at the Chevy Chase Wom-
ans Club on program sponsored
by the Bethesda Chevy Chase
Educational Foundation. Mr.. John
Kirkpatrick, pianist, will give a.
program of Edward MacDowell's
music and proceeds from the pro-
gram will go to the Edward Mac
Dowell Foundation which subsi-
dies the colony at Peterboro.
Founder Active at IS
Marian Mcdowell, widow of
the famous composer, founded the
colony after the death of her
husband in 1908 and for 80 years
gave recitals and lectures all over
the country to support and COM
plete in reality that which was a
dream of the composer. Mrs. Mac
Dowell will celebrate the 95th an
niversary of her birth Novem-
Der % and after a testimonial din
ner in her honor in the late sum-
mer she returned to California for
the winter.
The colony consists of "a
studios which are rented at nomi-
nal sums to young people
gifted in the creative arts.
1t was there that DuBose
Wilder "The Bridge of San Luis
Rey" and Edward Arlington Rob-
inSon Tristan" There are as
many or more successful works of