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CONTINUED raOal PAUB SIX.
the month MaJ. Mettler. lately in
command Watervllet Arsenal. Ro
mance began at sea." That is nil Mrs.
Williams know. Her daughter met
the major at sea. Mrs. Williams is
the widow of Col. Charles W. Will
iams, U. S. A., who lost his life in the
Spanlah-Amer? an war. She lives In
Cedar Lane near Bethesda.
Suaan Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Fulton
Lewis' daughter, whose engagement
to Capt. James Knox Cockrell was
announced about a fortnight ago
and was making most elaborate
plans for a huge wedding in June,
is coin?; to be married next Satur
day at ? o'clock at Bethlehem
?,'hapel out at the Cathedral, the
bishop officiating. There avili be a
reception afterwards at the Wash
ington Club bf which the bride's
mother ta a prominent member. It
ia the army again?the bridegroom
has received sudden orders to sail
on March 1 for duty with th?
Twelfth Cavalry in Panama and of
a-ourae refuses to go without Susan.
She didn't make a formal debut
so felt that she wanted to have a
large Wedding. A friend of her'?
avho designs for Vogue was prepar
ing wonderful designs for Susan's
v-edaling dress anal also for those of
her attendants and a number of
a?ther lovely plans but of course
lot? of those wiil have to be given
up now. but her wedding will be
rather elaborate and large anyway.
As it is both Mrs. Lewis and Susan
ars nearly standing on their heads
trying to get everything In readi
ness for next Saturday, having
:-uali short notice. Susan tele
Kraphed her different attendants of
the change in her plans and hopes
that they will all be able to come
on the new date_
. Suaan's father is a prominent law
yer of this city and Capt. Cockrell's
father is Augustus Cockrell. Jr.. a
prominent attorney, of Jacksonville,
Fla.
Washington's birthday is the next
"day we celebrate." and Washington
society is going to celebrate it with
singular appropriateness by turning
out in force for the premier of Percy
Mackaye's new drama. "George
Washington." at the Shubert-Be
lasco. And this, not entirely be
cause It will really ?be an event of
unusual dramatic importance, but
Lecause thia performance?on Mon
alty. the twenty-third, since the
twenty-second falls on Sunday, will I
l?a- celebrated on the following day
? ?is to be for the benefit of the Na- ?
tion*?l Victory Memorial Building
Fund.
Mrs. Wilson has written to Mrs. !
Dimock expressing great interest in I
lbs project and said ?he hoped to
attend the ?how. She also said
?he wanted to buy a box. Of course
they would be glad to give the First
Lady of the Land a box but ?he
won't have it that way this time.
A new Percy Mackaye play is al
ea ays interesting, and a play with
3eorge Washington as the centgal
character is doubly so. For. al- !
though there have been many in
which tbe Father of His Country.
I as come on as a minor figure. ;
there has been no drama built ?
???ound his really dramatic career.
? J nd Walter Hampden. who is to be ;
M|* once producer and leading man (
Weht to present a most Interesting!
visualisation of' Washington. He
ha? the commanding physique
which the part requires, and be 1?
thoroughly capable as an actor.
The National Victory Memorial
Building is to be a war memorial
for the nation aa a whole. It la
to be erected in Washington by the
George Washington Memorial As
sociation, of which Mrs Henry F.
Dimock la president, and a great
many people all over the country,
including many who are socially
and officially prominent, are Inter
ested in it. Congress has given Uie
?Ite?on the Mall, about halfway
between the White Houie and the
Capitol; Secretary Baker has en
dorsed the plan; design? for a fine,
dlginlfied, stately building, sub
mitted by Tracy and Swarthout, la
a nation-wide competition of all
the leading architect* of the coun
try, have been accepted, and Mr?.
Dimock and her aaaoclatlon have
undertake? to rai?e IH/.OOO.ODO for
its erection and maintenance.
The building i? tap be a national
center for patriotic activities, a
home for conventions, especially a
gathering place for great national
societies, and still more especially a
repoeitory for invaluable record? of
tbe war effort of the country, in all
Its phaaes It is to be an enduring
monument to every\?oldier who fell,
to every man, woman and child
who gave of the beet that was In
them that liberty might not perish
from the earth. There will be no
unmarked graves of\ American pa
triots when that building is com
pleted. |
It has been one of Mrs. Dlmock's
dreams?that beautiful building; she
has given freely of time, money and
energy to make that dream come
true. Her friends?and there is no
woman in Washington, who has
more of them, are rallying around
her to make the benefit the greatest
possible success. So many of them
promised to take boxes and to buy
seats that one of the most brilliant
audiences of the winter Is Assured
for the event.
MISS MOCK IS
PREPARIMI. BOOK.
Miss Byrd Mock, writer on Western
subjects, has temporarily abandoned
her charming outdoor studio In sunny
California, where she left a bower of
roses in November to face the hus
sards of the East, all for the love
she bears to the Father of His Coun
try. For several years she haa been
doing research work and collecting
material for a book, especially for
boys, about the "Boyhood of Oeorjre
Washington," one that would feature
his fault??if she could find any?as
well as his virtues, thus making him
seem more human and more compan
ionable to the average American boy,
and altogether a not impossible char
acter to emulate. But Miss Mock
found the task a difficult one sjn :e so
little has been recorded of his life
previous to the time when, "at the ace
of 17. he became a surveyor on tie
Fairfax farm in Virginia." as all the
histories tell us. It is the period pre
vious to that event which Misa Mock's
new book deals with. So having ex
hausted all possible sources of authen
ticated facts about this obscure period
of Washington's life ? barring the
cherry tree story?she came to Wash
ington and has settled herself In her
literary studio known, wherever she
is known, as "The Sign of the Mock
ing Bird." where she Is pushing the
work on her book with all speed and
Wife and Daughter of the New Cabinet Member
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MRS. FREDERICK OWENS BOHEN. MRS. EDWIN T. MEREDITH. ?
Who, with her husband, was a recent visitor of Who appeared as a Cabinet hostess at the tea
her parents at the New Willard. which Mrs. Robert Lansing gave last Wednesday.
great success due to the able assist
ance rendered her by local historians
and, best of all, by lineal descendants
of the Washington family wTio have
treasured the intimate stories qf
George's Ufe as precious heirlooms.
Fortunately for the work, she had
an interview with Mr. Lawrence Wash
ington, a great-nephew of George
Washington, Just before his death in
January. Mr. Lawrence Washington,
who for twenty-five years had been
employed in tbe Library of Congress,
confirmed the cherry tree story, and
gave Miss Mock many other valuable
points for her book which will I?, pub
lished at an early date by the Reilly
&. Lee Publishing Company of Chi
cago. The boo? will be dedicated to
the Boy Scout? o* America.
On George Washington's Birthday
next Sunday, Misa Mock will throw
open her unique studio to a coterie of
friends In Washington when she will
entertain with a choice George Wash
ington program, including a talk from
the Greek Charge d'Affaire? in Wash
ington. Mr. Tsamados, who will trace
the origin of the American Republic
back to the brain of Plato, about 2.500
year? ago.
Mr. Eugene Prussing, of the Chicago
bar, perhaps one of the most eminent
historians of George Washington how
living, will give a talk on some recent
discoveries concerning George Wash
ington he has made in obscure old
courthouses and other out-of-the-way
places In Virginia.
Mrs. Edward Mock, Miss Mock's
mother, will give a reading entitled
"The Hatchet and the Tree," written
almost fifty years ago by Representa
tive John Ford House, for a young <
nepftew to speak in an oratorical con
test. She has, probably, the only copy
extant.
Miss Mock will have at her tea as
guest of honor Edwlna Levin, a popu
lar magasine writer of New York,
who will come down for the George
Washington celebration.
The Rev. Thomas D. Wlndlate, chap
lain of the Roy McKinley Bassford
Unit of the Amorican Women's Le
gion, rector of ??hrlet Church, Ken
sington, Md., will pronounce an eulogy
on "George Washington, Churchman."
WHITE . SULPHUR
SPRING? NEWI, /
Such weather as the colonists have
been enjoying thta week the far South
might well boast of. Bright sunshine
and warm, soft air brought the entire
colony out of / doors, arrayed In
their sport clothes which they wore
throughout the week with perfect
comfort. One round of sports and
parties kept everyone busy, and rid
ing, motoring and swimming parties
vied with each other for the lead. A
number of guest? arrivlnng here from
the North, submerged in snow and
cold weather, were delighted with
the apringlike change and lost no
time in getting on the trails It
also was a great pleasure for
those journeying here from th?
Southern coaat to breathe the
fresh mountain air of the Aileghenlea
after the extreme heat, which has a
tendency to enervate one. In the
Southland.
Mrs. M. Y. Read went there from
Washington last week, where ?he hai
been visiting her sister, Mrs. Wal
lace Neff who has visited the Green
brier recently. Mrs. Reed will re
turn after a short stay at the
Greenbrier.
Mrs. Philip H. McMillan went there
last week from Detroit with her
brother, Lars Anderson, of Washing
ton and Boston, and Mrs. Anderson
for a visit of several weeks. They
went to take the baths, and are often
among tbje parties attending the
movies In the Greenbrier ballroom in
the evenings. Mr. Anderson, who has
visited White Sulphur many times in
seasons past, is seen daily on the
trails.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. R. Robinson, who
have been spending their honeymoon
here, have returned to Washington,
the home of Mrs. Robinson, who was
Mtss Mary Duncan Gibson.
Mr. and Mrs. Prescott Lawrence and
their daughter. Miss Katharine Law
rence, arrived there from Newport.
R. !.. this week for a visit of several
weeks. Miss Lawrence is taking the
baths.
"EWS OF
PALM III \? II.
Following several days of delayed
train service due lo the washouts
along the line the hotels alcng the
East coast have become filled with
the inrushing number of sojourners
and the Clarendon has been filled al
(D?
~?3
moat beyond capacity. Many sea
eon guest? who ware datalaaC oe
L'uiu of railroad conditions motored
down from Jacksonville and St. Au
gustine and still others chose the
more novel mode of transportation
and made the trip by air, lighting
on the famous beach where sev
eral airplane? ara stationed for the
season.
On Saturday four speed cara raced
(or honors along the Ormond-Day
tona beach, the races lacing held by
the New York Automobile Associa
tion and sanctioned by the Ameri
can Automobile Association. Th?
porche? of th? Clarendon were Oiled
with groupa of Interested specta
tors.
Preparation? for the gala event
of tbe season, the great Washington
Birthday ball are under wax at the!
Clarendon where the annual event
will be held Hi the ball room ?tn. I,
will be decorated for th? nccaalon.
Waahington arrivals at ihe Ciar-,
endon who will remali* through the
seneen Include Mr. and Mr?. Clar
ence Ball and their tw ? children,
who leached there on Monday. They
are well known to the Clarendon
colcnv and take an ac'.v-a part In
the social and ?port affali"? the.-..
Mrs R. M. Kauffman and her ?on
from Washington, arc there. Miss
Kathleen Murphy anal Miss Wini
fred Maddux, of Warrenron. Va., are
at the Clarendon. Mr. and Mrs. C.
N. Haverok, of Lynchburg, are
among others who Joined the Vir
ginia contingent at the Clarendon.
RECEPTION AT
COPHsatBSS HALL.
The wive? of Senator? and Repre
sentatives living at Congres? Hall
Hotel will be "at home" on Monday,
February M, from 3:00 to 6:00 o'clock
? m. Among those receiving will be
Mrs. J? T. Robinson. Mrs. William
F. Kirby, Mr?. H. E. Banbour. Mrs. S.
O. Bland, Mrs. W. D. Bole?. Mrs. E.
S. Candler, Mrs. C. D. Carter, Mrs
C. A. Christopherson. Mrs. Champ
Clark. Mrs. C. C. Dickinson. Mrs H. J.
Drane, Mrs. R. N. Elliott, Mrs. A. J.
Griffin. Mrs. L. H. Hadley, Mrs J. W.
Han-eld. Mrs. W. W. Hastings. Mrs
Cart Hayden. Mrs. C. B. Hudspeth.
Mrs B. G. Humphreys, Mrs. F. G.
l.annem, Mrs. C. F. I>ea. Mrs. R. C.
McCulloch, Mrs. T. D. McKeown. Mrs.
W E. Mason. Mrs. J. F. Miller. Mrs.
E C. Mlchener. Mrs. C. A. Mooney.
Mrs. D. T. Morgan, Mrs. F. S. PumoH.
Mrs. J. E. Raker, Mrs. D. A. Reed.
Mrs. J. M Rose, Mrs. T. U Rubey,
Mrs. L. I. R. Sherwood. Mrs J. M. C.
Smith. Mrs. ?. ? ?. Stephens. Mrs.
J. a. Strong, Ms?. N. L. Strong. Mrs
E. T. Taylor, Mrs. J. N. Tlllman, Mr?.
J. N. Tlncher. Mrs. W. W.Venable.
Mrs. A. H. Vestal. Mrs. Edward
Volghi. Mrs. A. H. Walters. Mr*. L
E Wheeler ?nd Mr?. W. R. WooAf
JUNIO*
PROM.
Vice President and Mrs. Marshall
head the list of patrons and patron
esses for the Junior Prom of George
Washington University, to be given
Wednesday evening, February 18.
The list includes Postmaster Gen- '
eral and Mr?. Burleson, Senator and
Mrs. James E. Watson. Senator and >
Mrs. Oscar Underwood. Represent?-n
tive and Mrs. George M Y'ung,
Representative and Mrs. William A.
Ayers. Kepresentative and M s.
Fred Purnell. Representative and '
Mrs. Oscar E. Bland. Repr?senla
tire aad Mrs. Cleveland Newtoe.
Col. and Mrs. C. J. Symmonda, Hua
John Barton Paya?. Judge and Mrs.
Arthur B. Haye?. Dr. and Mrs. C ar
ence J. Owens. Dr. and Mra. Ftbb
cl? Walker. Dr. Charle? CU atoa
Swi?her. Dr. Josephine ?. ?? re!.
Mr. and Mrs, John B. Lernet, Mr.
and Mra Alvsh W. Pattsraon. Mr.
and Mrs Marry L Smith. Mr. aad
Mr?. Charle? R. Huff. Mr. J. Haril?
| Roger?, Mr. and Mr?. Thomas O.
I Andei ?oh. Mr. aad Mrs. Harry Al
bert Miller. Mra. Eva D. Griffith,
, Mr. Elmer Loui. Kayser, Misa Hea
ring. Mi?? Ma? .Loger? and Miss
? Daisy Watkina
Boxes have been co ?? truc ted In
I the ballroom, and all but two have
i beca taken. Th? Junior claaa will
! havo in their box Postmaater and
!llrs BurlMoa. Hon. John Barton
Payne. Mr. and Mr?. John B. Lar
ner. Dean and Mra. Howard L.
Ilocagkln?. Deaa and Mra. Leroy
Feraon and Dr. Charle? Clinton
bu-lsher. The sophomore class ha
engaged one and will have as their
gueat? Vice Preiideat aad Mrs.
Marshall, Senator and Mra. James
? Watson. Senator and Mrs. Osacr
Underwood. Judge and Mrs. Arthur
B. Haye? and Mr. Elmer Louis
Kayser. Representative aad Mrs.
Cleveland Newton will occupy the
box of the Sigma Chi fraternity
with the member? of the local
chapter. Sigma Nu will have Rep
resentative and Mrs. Oscar E. Bland
and Mrs. Blanche A- Bellak. of
Philadelphia. Sigma Phi Epsilon
will have Profeaeor and Mrs Will
iam C. Van Vleck. of the L?w
School. The other boxholder? are
Delta Tau Delta. Theta Delta Chi.
Kappa Sigma. Sigma Alpha Epsi
lon. Phi Sigma Kappa fraternities.
and the Pan-Hellenic Association.
consisting of the PI Beta Phi. Chi
Omega. Sigma Kappa and Phi Mu
! sororities.
8. 4 . V. MARDI
GRAS BALL.
Tbe fifth annual mardi gras ball
to be given at Rauscher'? on the
evening of Shrove Tuesday. February
|17. by Washington Camp, No. ?*?.
Son? of Confederate Veterana, prom
ises to be one of unusual interest and
gayety. The committee on ?range
ment?, of which Mr. J. Roy Price la
chairman and Mr. Jeaee Anthony, jr..
vice chairman, have planned to in
troduce numerous features of fun
and merry-making.
Miss Grace Roper, the sponaor. who
ha? Just returned from a visit to
New Haven, Conn., and Miss Marlon
1 pshaw. maid of honor, who
have charge of the social features of
th? dance, will be present in their ?f?
ticial capacities.
In addition to the ladies whe have
heretofore been announced as mem
bers of the young ladies committee,
of which Mis.? Rebecca Dial i*
chairman and Miss Pearl Clarke vice
chairman, the following attractive
young ladies will also serve: Miss
Preda Thannauaer. Ml?? Athland
Joyce. Miss Dorothy Denham, Miss
Margaret Denham, Miss Lena Emlg.
Miss Ethel Johnson, Miss Eunice Tay
lor. Miss Evelyn Daniel?. Miss Lil
lian Morgan and Mia? Virginia Over
ton Lea.
The patronesse? will consist or
Mrs. Dsniel C. Roper. Mrs. Luclua
Upshaw, Mrs. Maud Howell Smith.
Mrs. Lee Benolst, Mrs. Nannie Ran
dolph Heth. Mrs. Gibson Fahneatock.
Mrs. Frank Odenheimer. Mra Walter
Everett Hutton, Mr?. Elisabeth C.
Fred. Mrs Frank Morrison,
Paul U Joachim. Mrs niajsasl? ?ci
Gants. Mrs Geora* 8. Cw?T??lt?sl? Mr.
Edmund Townee RawUas, Mrs ?. ?
Plaat, Mrs. Cianato N. Bennett Mr?
Joba M. Htckey. Mr?. W ?liane ?juaai
?r. Mrs. William A btamper. Mrs
Allen D. D?astia, Mr?. Jaa?? Antbo.'-.
Jr.. Mrs Godwin D. Btsrirerth. aad
Mrs Denmark.
Mrs Carrie Jacobs-Bond la te giva
a concert at th? Cong ? u?lonal Ctufc
on Friday. February M. Mrs Boss?
| la wall known In the muiical world
! a? the writer of ?bout SM ?ongr
', aad poems, the better known of
I which are "Jnat ?-Weeryln' foe
I You." **I Love Too Truly" and "The
: End of a Perfect Day.** She la tbe
1 gueat, while la this city, of ex-Con
gressman and Mrs. Joseph ? Sho
' ?alter
The Lafayette Hotel l? to be th?
{?cene of a very pretty affair to to
' held In the form of a ?upper daa
j sante by th? Employe?' Mutual Wel
fare League, Selective Service R?x
! ocd? Division. Washington Bar
: racks A- G. O.. on Monday evening.
! February If. In addition the fol
lowing feature? are to be preaeated:
I A vocal aolo. by Miss Meredith Able.
?a vocal duet, by Mr. and Mrs.
Sprachlan: ? specialty dance, lay
Mis? Ruth M. Hlllyard and E. Mc
Kinley Clark. A most enjoyable
?evening Is assured to all. The ofn
1 cera of the organisation are: Mrs
? Monica D. Woodell. president: Miss
; M. Eleanor Dill, vice president: Miss
Ruth M. Hlllyard. correspondlac
secretary: Miss Annie L> Brown.
financial secretary ; Robert F. Bun
tdy. treasurer. The following are iaa
charge of the dance: Misa Ruby G
I Rich, specialty committee: Mi?s
Ruth M. Hlllyard. music committee.
Mrs Elisabeth Zanner. refresh
ment?: Miss Sayde L. McKinney and
JMias Ellen C. Johnson, favor com
mittee: E. McKinley Clark, recep
|tion committee: James I? Doran.
I floor committee, and David H. Lea
ker, publicity committee.
?a ~ "? ?
Member? of "Le? Preelea??? Ridi
cules" a French club bars wer? en
1 Urtalned at the home of M. Ed
mond Becker. 1?15 Falrmount ?tree?.
?0>-??G?) ON PAGE ? GMT.
TREES
BUSHES
VINES
SHOULD BE
TRIMNED.NOW
This is the proper time of
the year to have any trim
in i ?? or pruni ne attended.
"We are noted for our scien
tifically excellent work.
We Are
SPECIrMJSTS
Tree Surgeons
6E0. A. LEISSLER & SOIS
Hotel ?iordon Flower Shop.
Sixteenth and Eye
Phones Main ISSO or St?St
"The Fifty-Acre Kuraeriei*
February Furniture Sale
American aLegion Circus, Liberty Hut, Feb. 16 to 21
~]
Slip Covers, Aw-mags Made to Measare. Rag* Geaned
and Stored. Cold Storage for Rot?.
W? .&? i?loses $ Sons
February Furniture Sale
Furniture,
Lit
Carets ~* ?tlolEUventl) StS? "^Upholstery
ForniiTire Uphcistered. Rtfiasiahetl Matfrwtt Rem??,
R?aa*vatcd aad Made to Meejni-e.
Reductions of 10% to 25%> on Entire Stock of Furniture
Fine io-piece Queen Anne Brown Mahogany Dining-room Suite.
Quality, finish and construction the best. Suite consists of Buffet, 6?
inches long; China Case, with drawer at bottom of case; Serving Cabi
net, 54 inches; Dining-room Table, s Side Chairs and ? Armchair.
Chairs upholstered in blue haircloth. Ten-piece suite complete, $357.75.
Sold separately if desired. Buffet, $106.35; China Case, $89.35; Serv
ing Cabinet, $57.00;. 54-in. top Dining Table, $90.00; Dining Chairs,
each, $16.00; Armchair, $35.00; 66-in. size Buffet, $133.00.
Fine, large Antique Brown Mahogany Bedroom Suite of French design. Dresser,
1110.00; Chifforobe, $100.00; Vanity Dresser, $155.00; Toilet Table, $88.50; full or
twin-size Bed, $90.00. **Tn**-r
Three-piece Mahogany Bedroom Suite. Chifforobe instead of Chif
fonier, Dresser_ and full-size Bed. Three pieces complete, $143.50.
Dresser, Chifforobe and Bed, $47.50 each.
This special four-piece Colonial Designed Bedroom Suite in mahoganv, consist
trig ot Dresser, Chifforobe, Toilet Tableand four-poster, mahogany, full-size Bed.
>our-piece suite complete, $368.00. Sold separately if desired. Dresser, $76.50;
Chifforobe, $76.50; Toilet Table, $65.00; four-poster Bed, full size, $50.00.
?I
This io-piece Mahogany-finish" Dining-room Suite of modern design.
Suite consists of Buffet, China Case, Serving Table, Dining Table, 5 Side
Chairs and 1 Armchair. Chairs have genuine leather slip seats. Ten
pieces complete, $388.50. Sold separately. Buffet, $67.00; China Case,
$59-5<>: Dining Table, $54-50; Serving Table, $54-00: Side Chairs, $11.50;
Armchair, $16.00.
I
Special lot of Brass and White Enamel Beds in all size?. C a few
of each .pattern at one-fourth less than regular price. Specia, single
size bed or cot, complete with felt mattress, $16.00.
Fine Mahogany Spinet Desk, $54.00.
Special Mahogany Tea Wagons, with removable glass tray, $33,50.
Moses Custom-made Long Curled Hair Mattress, made in the best
possible manner, with imperial French stitched edge, and the very best
ticking. Full size, $41.75: single size, $33-00.