Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-05


despite her aspirations in thu
field of free-lance writing.
What happened last Thursda,
morning changed that. Then,
according to a police Statement
read. at a coroner's inquest tn,
following day. she shot and killes
zurab Abdusheli. her 40-year-olC
former fiance.
A grand jury is hearing evi,
dence in the shooting. which
took places in Miss Hough'
$l25-a-month efficiency apart
ment in the Woodner at $685.
Sixteenth street NV.
Miss Hough was not unac
customed to the relative luxur!
Of such an apartment.
Born to Affiuence
When she was born on Febru.
airy 10 1915. her father, DR.
William Hite Hough, was on hi.
way to prominence in his chosen
field of medicine. He and Mrs
Hough lived then at 1901 K
street NV. where he had hi.
offices.
In Miss Hough's early child
hood. the family moved several
times. Two years after she was
born. they were living at 2816
Cathedral avenue NV. In an
other two years-in 19l9-they
were at 2310 California street
NV, and in 1921 were living in
the Stoneleigh Court apartments
at Connecticut avenue and 1
street NV.
When Miss Hough was 10, the
family made its final move to a
36-acre estate at Sandy Spring,
Nd. to be their home until Or,
Hough's retirement. There DR.,
SHough relaxed by raising roses
after tedious days at his down.
town Office in the Farragut
: Building on Seventeenth street,
Miss Hough developed an
early reserve in her association
with others.
A clasSmate at the National
Cathedral School for Girls, from
which she was graduated in
1884. described her as "austere
and reserved" but a good pupil.
Interested in Literature
There were similar words from
associates and teachers at Rad
.clifie College, Cambridge, Mass
where she matriculated in 1894
Meanwhile, she had DEVELOPED
Keen interest in literature. par
ticularly English literature, and
more particularly. poetry. In her
freshman year. she lived in
Bertram Hall. a dormitory on
the campus.
The faculty regarded her as
an > outstanding student. but
quiet and reserved"
Their opinion of her as a
student was borne out when she
was graduated cum laude in
tnree years. instead of the
normal four. In her final two
years at Radcliffe, she departed
from the usual practice of living
on the campus and found private
quarters nearby.
Her thesis at graduation
The Political Ideas of Auden.
Spencer and C. Day Lewis
indicated her interest in modern
Thought of the day.
From the day of graduation
faculty and classmates lost track
OF her. She made no effort to
JOIN the Washington Radcliffe
Club or the Radcliffe Alunnae
Association.
: Sent Copy of Work
: Inc almunae Office at Rad
.cliffe heard from her once. when
In 1910 she sent them a COPY of
a short treatise. "A Note on
.Esthetic Theory" which she said
she had written for THE Journal
of Biology and Pathology of
into personal Relations.
: In l94l, Miss Hough told DO
lice. she was working for the
State Department in Washing
ton. The State Department said
ITS records for that year we're
in storage in st. Louis and it
would be an unwelcome research
job to discover the type Of work
she did for them, or to say YES
or no to whether she actually
did work there.
: Miss Hough moved into the
sWoodner in 1852, about a wear
before her father retired and
moved to Florida.
She apparently still was pur-
suing her free-lance writing ca
reer. The Washington City Di-
rectory for 1854 lists her as a
writer"
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