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LADY ASTOR, STAR OF WOMEN'S CONVENTION, "PLAYS" CAPITAL
that N?w York, are almost as <1
thoroughly captivated by him aa
by hla wife. Isn't It curious that
these two people?not merely
American born themselves, but
With generations of the best Amer
ican blood In their veins?should
come to us from Great Britain
aa peers of the realm, and make
such a tremendous hit? Some
of the women at the Baltimore
conference seem downright peev
lah about It. and talk bitterly
of the neglect of the old-time lead
ers of feminism in America be
ing col^ shouldered while people
lkll over themselves to shower at
tentions on this pair of recreant
Americans.
That, after all, isn't quite fair.
for Viscount Astor would probably
have been a perfectly good Ameri
can, left to himself. He Is Ameri
can born, of course, and a son of
William Waldorf Astor, and of hla
Wife, who was Margaret Dahlgren
Paul, of Philadelphia. As I re
member It, the first Lord Astor
did not renounce his American cltl
Benshlp until after his wife's death.
And I know that they tell tales In
London of the present holder of
the title seeking out every Ameri
can boy who came to Eton or Ox
ford and hailing them aa his com
patriots, greeting them cordially
With "I'm American, too." He
seems to have been the victim of
his father's lack of Judgment?and,
British or American, he'a an aw
fully nice fellow, and one of whom
both countries can welt be proud.
His education is practically en
tirely British. He went to Eton,
Where he won the Prince Consort's
French prize, and was "Captain of
the Boats"?don't you love thatT
At New College. Oxford, he was a
notable polo player, and steeple
chaser, and swordsman.
He was on the varsity teams In
all of these, defending the univer
sity against Cambridge in the
Intercollegiate sports. And then
when his time came he married
an American girl?who didn't
marry him for his title, for she
did it long before either he or
his father had a title. The Brit
ish didn't tumble over them
selves over there to give the
elder Astor the "handle to his
name," which he notoriously cov
eted. And, If appearances count
tor anything, they're living happy
' ?ver after.
Lord Astor feels that his espe
cial province this trip is to look
after hla wife. He'a big enough
not to mind shining in reflected
glory. And it's really very sweet
to me how he watches over his
"Nan." guards her from fatigue,
and makes himself generally use
ful In the most unobtrusive way.
Their visit In Washington will
necessarily be brief. They are
in this country only for a little
while, and they want to spend
as much of it as they can at
Mirador, the old home of Lady
Astoi^?one of the quartet of
"beautiful Langhorne glrla of
Virginia." There la a feeling
that she la a little more truly
American" than her husband,
?lnc? he. though born on this
aide, waa educated 'in England
and has made hla home there
practically all hla life, while she
la Virginian born and bred, and
Until her marriage had not lived
abroad?for more than occasional
short periods as she happened to
be traveling.
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WHILE In Washington the
Astors are the guests of
the Qiffprd Plnchota?at least
they are occupying the Pinchot
house. Mrs. Pinchot and Lady
Astor are old friends?and It's
Leila' and "Nan" when they
?et together. But the Plnchots
are very busy up In Pennsyl
vania. in the midst of a "Pinchot
for Governor" campaign, so they
have lent their house to the
Astors, and left them to their
own devices and the mercy of
their friends.
Today General Pershing, who
Is giving a delightful aeries
of Sunday breakfast parties?the
last one was for Marahall Joffre?
la entertaining at the Shoreham
In honor of Lord and Lady Astor;
and last evening they were the
guests of honor at a dinner given
by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods
Bliss.
It got into the papers that the
Brltiah ambassador and Lady
Geddea were to entertain for the
Astora that evening, but no, they
Wers Instead among Mr. and Mrs.
Bliss's guests; and afterward the
whole party adjourned to the re
ception which the League of Worn
?n Voters gave last evening at
their headquarters especially for
I-^dy Aator. A very pretty com
pliment It was, for the league In
vited the entire Congress and the
members of their families to meet
this slim little lady; and Congress
turned out In force?and In Its beat
bth and tucker.
Mrs. Medlll McCormlck Is giving
a reception for Lady Astor this
afternoon. Testerday she was en
tertained at the National Press
Club, with most of the newspaper
men and newspaper women as
sembled to meet her and she talked
to them In man-to-man fashion.
It waa here, too. that ahe met
"Miss Alice" Robertson, the only
woman In the British Parliament
and the only woman in the Amarl
can House hobnobbing gleefully
together.
lardings "Of Return"
From Celebration of
Grant's Centennial
Visit to Ohio Prevents
Participation in
Ceremonies.
JT was rather a disappointment
to Washington that the Presi
dent and Mrs. Harding should
rot be here for the unveiling of
the Orant Monument, which haa
been so long a building, but the
engagement to attend the cere
monies at Point Pleasant was of
long standing, and it was per
haps rather a matter of Starts
pride that the gentleman from
Ohio, who Is at present President
of the United States, should go
out to do honor to the first of a
long line of Presidents, who
chose the same auspicious birth
place. Of course, when It comes
to choosing between Washington
and Ohio. well. Washington
couldn't expect to be in It!
The Presidential party started
off Wednesday afternoon and in
cluded moat of the Ohio people
who sre regarded as especially
in the Administration "set." At
toi*ney General Daugherty, the
only member of the Cabinet who
halls from Ohio; Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. Sawyer, the former would
naturally be one of the party ns
the President's personal physi
cian. even If he and Mrs. Sawyer
were not leading citizens of Ma
rlon, Ohio; Mrs. Frederick Dent
Grant, widow of General Ulysses
Grant's eldest son, and the only
one of his children who followed
In his father's footsteps and em
braced a military career. Con
gressman and Mrs. Longworth
and Congressman and Mr*.
K earns, the Secretary to the
President and Mrs. Oeorge Chris
tian, Jr., Mrs. Henry Corbln. Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Beale McLean,
Col. Julius A. Penn and Jesse
Smith, of Columbus, every one
of them, with the possible excep
tion of Mrs. Fred Orant. of
strong Ohio affiliations even If
some of them, like the McLeans,
now register from elsewhere.
Mrs. Grant, of course, went
along as the representative of the
Grant family.
The party went to Cincinnati bv
train, and was Joined there by Con
gressman and Mrs. Stephens, also
from Ohio, of course, and Col. T.
Q. Ashburn. There they took ^
river packet down to the tiny vil
lage of Point Pleasant, and took
part In the celebration near the
site of the tannery which Jesse
Grant, pioneer, and father of the
great civil war leader, established,
and adjacent to which he lived.
But all that has been so thoroughly
exploited In the last few months,
that If you don't know about It, It
must be because you are not Inter
ested?so I won't bore you with
the details.
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^piIE Vice President stood proxy
for President Harding at the
exercises hers and made the prin
cipal address, with scores of nota
bles looking on and a large propor
tion of the populace lined up along
the line of march to view the pa
rade. Princess Cantacuzene,
granddaughter of General Grant,
unveiled the memorial, assisted by
her young daughter. Princess Ida.
The parade was long and time
fleeting, so I didn't see much of it,
except the West Point cadets,
marching like clockwork and with
delightful swank, and the fine up
standing battalion of middles In
their wake. Then the thin line of
Grant's veterans, bent and totter
ing a bit, pathetlo yet brave In the
uniforms of another day. And
marching In their midst a few old
fellows In Confederate gray. There
was the high light of the whole
picture, anything else, even our
stalwart lads in olive drab, would
have seemed antl-cllmax to me,
and I was glad enough to slip away,
choking down a bit of a lump In
my throat.
rHE chief pride of the legation of Guatemala in Washington ia the seven
youngsters of the Minister and Mme. Bianchi. They are Emilio, age thir
teen; Elisa, twelve; Matilde, nine; Edward, seven; Martha, six; Robert, four; and
Margaret, two.
This is the eleventh of a series of stories The Washington Times is publishing
introducing the "junior diplomats," the youngsters attached to the various embas
sies and legations in Washington, to its readers.
Benefit Concert to Be
Broadcasted by Radio
I>ATRIOTS and music lovers of
Washington are deeply Inter
ested in the two concerts t? ba
given on Tuesday and Friday of
next week at the National Thea
ter at 4:30 p. m. These concerts,
under the auspices of the Soldiers'
Institute, feature four artists of
different nations, Patricia Ryan,
American grand opern prima
donna; Willem van den Andel.
pianist, former professor of piano
at the Royal Conservatory of
Rotterdam; Samuel Furedl. Hun
garian cellist, pupil and successor
of the famous Popper of tho
Royal Conservatory of Buda
Pesth; Elsa lx>ulse Raner, Polish
violinist, pupil of Auer.
The accompanists will be Mrs.
Rhea Watson (>ble, pianist, com
poser and wife of Congressman
Cable of Ohio, and Mrs. Adele R.
Bush.
An Interesting feature of the
May 2 concert Is that It will be
broadcasted all over the country
by the naval air station at Ana
costla, under the direction of
Capt. S. W. Bryant, chief of the
Radio-engineering department of
the navy. Captain Bryant is be
lng assisted In making this fea
ture a brilliant success by Lieu
tenant Commander Davis and
Comdr. Albert Hoylt, the inventor
of the modern method of broad
casting.
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^RRANGEMKNTS are being
made for the wounded sold
iers In the hospitals to "listen
in" at this concert, which Is be
ing given for the purpose of
raising funds to give the wounded
men a summer outing. Some of
the "shut-In" soldiers who had
not left the hospitals since being
brought on stretchers from
France are overjoyed at the pros
pect of being; given a chance to
get out In the open for a while.
Perhaps they get to thinking
of the lines;
When the war la on and the peo
ple excited,
"God and the soldier" they cry
affrighted;
When the war Is over and the
wrong Is righted,
God Is forgotten and tha soldier
slighted.
The artista, each of whom repre
sents the highest and best In hia
or her line of art, have donated
their aervlcea for these benefit
concerta.
Millinery
528 12th St. N. W.
One Door Below F St.
New Summer Hats
Creations in blackhair and horsehair,
trimmed in ostrich, lacquered leaves and
grapes. Many models are trimmed with
flowers.
Hats That Were From $5 to $15
Now $3.50, $5.00, $7.50
Political Hps and
towns Fail to Move
Seven SmaJ! Bianchis
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?DEVOLUTIONS and war* moan
nothing to the little Bianchl
children. They are quite* used to
'em. Down there, or so they say,
a person can go to sleep at night,
a loyal citizen of the governmer.t
and wake up next day a traitcr
to his flag. The aforesaid flag
having changed overnight.
A revolution sent the seven
little Bianrhla to the United
States when their daddy, Dr.
Julio Bianchi. was appointed min
ister. And another revolution Is
taking them away. A recent politi
cal upheaval In Guatemala dis
posed the president responsible for
the presence of the Bianchis In
Washington and now the State De
partment doesn't know Just who
la minister. Dr. Bianchl, however.
Is about to settle their difficulty
for them. With his family he Is
leaving shortly for Mexico City,
Mexico, where he expects to estab
lish himself permanently.
Washington will miss the Bian
chla. In the two years they have
been here the youngsters have
learned a number of things from
their Yankees cousins. Emilln,
the eldest, is a Boy Scout and
belongs to a local troop. Mar
garet, the baby of the family, was
born in Washington and is a
Yankee haby by right of birth.
Emillo, the oldest of the small
army of youngsters. Is Just thir
teen. Margaret, the baby, Is not
quite two. Between them there Is
Ellaa, Matilde, Edward. Martha
and Robert, all handsome sturdy
youngstera. decidedly Spanish
American In appearance.
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?Ptlot* by Harris 6 Ewlng.
DipHomat to Wed
Washington Girl
WEDDINO of International
Interest will take place on
Thursday when Miss Grate East
ment becomes the bride of Dr.
Bernard Jan Qraiama,. counselor
of the Netherlands It-nation.
The ceremony will be p?rformed
at noon in All Souls' Church by the
Rev. Dr. H. H. D. Sterrett. who
will be assisted by his son. the Rev.
J. McBryde Sterrett, and will b?
followed by a reception at the
home of the bride's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. George W. Kastment,
who live in Ordway street.
The bride, who will be given in
marriage by her father, will have
her sister. Miss Elsie Kastment, as
her only attendant.
Baron G. W. de Vos van Steen
wyk, attache of the - Netherlands
legation, will be best man, and the
u*hers will be Capt. John Wood.
On j*. Pierre Ajnsw. Captain Shen?
herd and Captain Young, all of the
army.
Among those from out of town
who will com* to the wedding will
be Capt. and Mrs. H. I.. Mason, of
Brookline, Conn., uncle and aunt
of the bride, and Mrs. Charles Lee,
of Glen Cove, L. I., another aunt,
who will be the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Kastment; Miss Clara Day, of
Hartford. Conn., and P. C. East
ment, of Glen Cove.
The engagement was made
Known last summer at the same
time that the engagement of Miss
Helen Kastment to Charles R.
Schultz was announced.
Mrs. Lenroot To Be
At Home Thursday
jyjRS. IRVINE L. I..ENROOT,
wife of Senator Lenroot, will
be at home Informally on Thurs
day afternoon. May 4, at her apart
ment In the Woodward and will
have assisting her her guest, Mrs.
John T. Murphy, of Superior, Wis.
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Delegates Arrive for
Women's Overseas
Service Convenirion
Local Unit to Enter
tain Visiting
Delegates.
MAVY a young matron In Wash
ington today can look back
upon a romantic, thrilling but
withal terrible experience in the
war rone when she was a helper In
the recreation hut or hospital. In
the three year, that have pawed
since the armistice great changes
have taken place In the lives of
?onie of the women who served
overseas. Husbands have ap
peared on the scene and in some
cases a child or two. These wom
en are particularly Interested in
the convention at the Women's
Overseas Service League, which
will meet here beginning today and
extending until next Wednesday.
Members of the local unit of the
league will entertain the visiting
delegates. Mrs. Larx Anderaon will
have as her guept during the period J
of the convention the national '
president of the league. Mrs. Os
wald Chew, of Philadelphia, and
Mrs. D. Brayden Kyle, the chair
man of the national legislative
committee. This laat office sounds
very formidable, but the only leg
islatlve work the league contem
plates engaging in Is the effort to
obtain a Congressional charter.
Miss Lena Hitchcock is going to
entertain Miss Ixiuiae Wells the
president of the Chicago unit.
Mrs John Van Schalqk. jr.. will
entertain the Countess Helen? de
Gobllel, of Belgium, with whom she
was associated In war work In Bel
gium during the period when her
husband was Red Cross commls
sloner for that country. The coun
ters will speak at the meeting
Monday night In |^e Central High
School auditorium, which will also
be addressod by General Pershing
and the French and British ambas
??4or?. Girls who served over
seas during the war will art as
ushers, wearing the uniform which
they wore In the recreation huts.
I have seen pictures of both Miss
Helen Day and Miss Catherine An
drews in these costumes and they
were particularly fetching.
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T'Hfl afternoon the members of
the local unit hope that ail of
their friends will assist them at the
exercises out at Arlington over the
grave of the unknown soldier.
Mrs. Chew, the president, will dec
orate the grave with the emblem
of the league.
t>r. John Van Schaick will de
liver an address at the grave.
On Tuesday the league will be re
ceived by Mrs. Harding at the
White House and on Wednesday
the members will visit the
hospitals where the disabled vet
erans "still remain with armistice
day three years behind them."
That Is the main purpose of the
organization, to ameliorate If ponsl
ble the condition ol these veterans.
The local league gives four parties
a month regularly, two at Mt. Alto
and two at St. Eliaabeth's.
WIELDERS OF PEN AND PENCIL ASSEMBLE
FOR PENWOMEFPS LEAGOE CONVENTION;
NOT FORGETTING TYPEWRITER ARTISTS
Women From All Over Country Attend Silver
Jutiilee^Authors' Breakfast an Event.
fpHK League of American Pen
women wan holding Its silver
Jubilee and first biennial confer
ence during the greater part of last
week. I don't know Just how
many of 'em were here, but to use
my small nephew's favorite expres
sion. "They mus' 've been mos'a
million of 'em!" And, my! but they
were a busy bunch! The opening
gun of their aforementioned "sil
ver jubilee and biennial confer
ence"?I quote from their rather
elaborately gotten up pfpgram, a
nice little pamphlet In Jade green
and silver covers!?seems to have
been an afternoon tea at the White
House on Tuesday. Or, no?the
Women's National Press Club en
tertained their national and State
officers at luncheon at the Madril
lon on Monday.
The President and Mrs. Harding
are certainly Joiners! They belong
to more different organizations
than any President and First Lady
that have evtr been In ths White
House. Mrs. Harding belongs to
ths L. A. P. W. She was invited
to become a member a month or
two before she entered upon her
duties as chatelaine of the White
House, and filed her application
for membership In due and regular
form. 80, of course, she had to
give them a tea when they came to
Washington. She must have been
rather tired by the time she got to
it, for Tuesday certainly was her
busy day. She and the President
together received the Daughters
of 1812 that afternoon, and then
she received the Dames of the
Loyal Legion; and then gave, her
tea for the delegates to the League
of American Pen women's confer
ence?a tea Is a little more hos
pitable hospitality than merely re
ceiving. you see.
Perhaps the most sensational fea
ture of the conference was a break
fast at Wardman Park Hotel?
which was the headquarters of the
conference?on Wednesday. There
were several hundred women,
most of them clever, and many of
them really notable at that break
fast. and a sprinkling of men.
Writers of soAle achievement, com
posers. editors, artists, publishers
and critics rubbed elbows at that
"Author's breakfast," and I for
one was most Impressed.
Mrs. Henry Wilder Keyes. the
acting president, had at the table
with her Mrs. Coolidge and Mrs.
Hughes and Mrs. Taft, and she
read a letter of greeting from
Mrs. Harding. And Henry Cabot
Lodge was at that table, and Mrs.
Daniel Lothrop, of "Five Little
Peppers" fame?apologies to either
or both for the Juxtaposition?and
Mary Roberts Rinehart, who writes
better prose than most, and Angela
Morgan, who can. and sometimes
does, write real poetry; and Cora
Rlgby (bless her!) president of the
National Women's Press Club, and
W. F. Blgelow, editor of Good
? Housekeeping, to which Mrs. Keysa
Is a regular contributor, and?I
forget who else.
Mrs. Geldert, who was toast mis
tress, and a moat graceful one,
seemed to havs rallied the army
and navy to her support?she had
/General Pershing, chief of staff,
U. S. A.. and Admiral Coonts and
MaJ. Gen. John A. I^ejeune. And
Anna Katherlne Greene Rholfa was
there, and Ida Clyde Clark, and
Helen Rowland, and Mme.
Groultch, and Princess Cantacu
zene and Basil King, of Boston,
and Mrs,. Arthur Lee, and?well,
several hundred "also rans"?even
as you and I.
Mrs. Keyes Introduced rather
briefly the honor guests?most of
whom looked pleasant and said
nothing. 8he presented Henry
Cabot Lodge as the leading literary
light of the United States Senate,
and he made a very graceful Httls
address.
Basil King gave an amusing
talk, taking for his text the
Scotchman's remark that America
was "a michty fine country, but It
was run by the weemln, with a
wee bit of assistance frae Meth
odist meenisters." General Persh
ing assured his hearers that his
literary experience was confined to
a series of model love letters which
he has written as a "oompoe^lon"
while he was at West Polm, and
sadly enough he had ceased writ
ing love letters very soon after he
graduated, so that practice seemud
time wasted. Which, of course,
everybody took with several grains
of salt. And when the general
pried himself loose, the fluffy
bunch of pretty girls, gotten up as
magazine covers, who wera serving
as pages, all fluttered along to be
photographed with him?and per
haps you think those sweet young
things weren't thrilled! They had
thought It joy enough to be pko
tographed in a group around Mary
Roberts Rlnehart, each of them
trying to make herself believe that
she looked like "Bab." But that
paled lnt<> Insignificance beside
this. Their cup of bliss over
flowed.
? ? ?
JT really was a most Interesting
occasion?or It would have been
had there been less of It. It was
too long! Those things always are.
The thing was supposed to begin
at noon?and It was getting on to
3 o'clock when I left?and even
then it was still "going strong"
There were all sorts of stunts still
on the program, and one didn't
quite see how they'd ever get
through In time for the ordinary
afternoon engagements. Mrs.
Hughes/for Instance, was due at a
recital?Mme. Matzenauer, the art
lste?for the benefit of the Welles
ley College endowment fund. Mrs.
Coolidge. Mrs. Hoover, Miss
Hughes and General Pershing were
to be members of her box party
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