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' Washington Society Wonders if A.E.F.
' Leader Really Went A-Wooing, but
Mrs. Vanderbilt Won't Tell fcer
Will Anner Gorden Ner Mrs. Mac
Arthur MAN WHO RUXED U. SMARMY
WITH1R0NHAND IS CALLED
"CAPITAL'S BEST CATCH"
Stately Dowagers and Beautiful, Debu
tantes Find Soldier Is Popular Gay
Dimple Brightens Up Stern Face
of War Days
rpHEY call him the most fascinating: figure In Washington.
Handsome, debonair, retaining the spirit of youth despite tragedy and
suffering and close-cropped iron-gray hair, he has few peers. In mufti or
Khaki it is all the same. Afoot or mounted, it makes no difference.
Dancing or attending a diplomatic dinner, his fascination never flags.
And that is why General Jehn J. Pershing Black Jack Pershing
interests the feminine portion of the Natien's capital. That, and another
reason. The ether reason is asecret. It must be whispered. It's this:
"Why doesn't he marry 7"
And
"Who will it be?"
Fer, take it from any one of the "four hundred" or is ft four
thousand, or forty in the social stream, the slender-walsted soldier who
commanded the A. E. F. and new runs the army in peace times is the
best catch of them all. Only he won't be caught 1 And thereby hangs
the tale.
Let's go back. It's always well te
have background in matters of this
kind. It illuminates the present.
Light streaming down the dusty
corridors of time discloses episodes
of ether days. But let's net be led
into devious byways. Of Pershing
biographies there are any number.
His life, his humble origin, his bril
liant military career, are 'known te
all who would knew them. But the
social Pershing is net; the Pershing
personality is net; the Pershing
smile is net; they are known te a
limited few.
Learned te Dance Well
in His West Point Days
West Point's hops arc, as General
Dawes might say, embalmed in his
tory. And they have nothing te de
with the Eighteenth Amendment,
pre or con. They are net that kind
of hops. The West Point hops are
the dances where the young buds of
society meet the young bud3 of the
army and dance with them. Well
Pershing played the game. He
always has. He always does.
Wherever he's placed, he always
will. And there he learned te dance.
And that, perhaps, explains his
(lancing today that and a bodily
vigor and ebullience of spirit which
he ewes te long years in the open, te
consistent physical exercise and te
a natural optimism. At any rate,
Pershing dances, and dances well
better, in fact, than that. Where
fore, in part, his fascination.
But that's only part of the story.
A small part. It gees deeper than
that; beyond It. Pershing's attrac
tiveness is built en the bedrock of
personal magnetism and genuine
"geed leeks," of which few men
have mere. These, coupled, of
course, with the power of position,
might account for his social sway.
But "place" is net all of the story.
Thore were times when he had no
"place." And "geed leeks" are net
nil of the story. Fer many a failure
ia hnndseme!
It gees even deeper than that.
Fer
Pershing's Personality
Is Wonderful Asset
"Pershing," they say, "has a
way !"
Thcv might sing of him as a popular
lullndlst snug seme years age:
"It's net your nationality ;
It's net your personality ;
It's only you!"
Fer there is, be It said, but one Per-
It was shown In the Philippines,
though Pershing was always popular.
Like most of the youngsters turned out
est Point about the tlnie of the
tlipplue Insurrection, Pershing wns
et te thnt far-off nrchlnelnge of head-
hunter nnd hent. And he did his bit,
nd did It well. Se well he wns deco
rated by Congress for heroism. But
every one known nil thnt. What they
X don't knew ns the old-timers in the
'.-army will tell jeu when the chief of
ftnfC lx net around is thnt Pershing's
wny with women wns demonstrated even
in the dim antiquity of that period.
Manila wns beginning te recover from
the effects of war. It had Its seclnl
lde. New and then the troops enme in
fr n rest; they ceased the dnnce of
death with the Mores for partners, nnd
lanced en polished floors with the
ives and daughters of the "army
N-'t," whichever fellows the army. And
l'eishlng played the gnme. Younger,
he wns, uhd handsome. And Pershing
"ad ii way. '
j,' These, were his bachelor days. They
Ftt -his fighting days, tf hey were the
few fit his first social and military
I' f i
conquests. It was there he earned his
captaincy.
Then came the return te the States,
an assignment te Washington, a court
ship and marriage.
Marriage te Miss Warren
Was Noted Secial Event
It was seventeen years age that Cap
tain J. Pershing, of the Fifteenth
United States Cavalry, wooed and wen
the daughter of a Senater. Moreover,
the daughter of Senater Francis B.
Warren, frerahe State of Wyoming,
chairman of the Military Affairs Com
mittee of the Senate. '
His bride, a Wellesley graduate, class
of 1003, was one of the capital's most
charming young women. Her mnrriage
te Pershing was one of the most not net not
nble seclnl events of the Roosevelt Ad
ministration. The Senate met an hour
earlier than usual He its members might
attend. President and Mrs. Roosevelt
occupied a front pew. There were mere
than lOOu guests at the wedding re
ception. The ushers wero twelve high
officers of the army and navy.
When it wns all ever Captain Per
shing, who hnd been Appointed military
nttnche te the Japanese Embassy, took
his bride te Tokie en their honeynoon.
Hu was later appointed aide te the Inte
Senater Knox, of Pennsylvania, when
Knox wns sent te Japan as special Am
bassador at the funeral of the Japanese
Emperor, nnd in the absence of Mr.
Knox, represented the United States
at the funeral of General Negi and bis
wlfe, after their hara-kiri following
the death of the Emperor.
Hew he later returned te the States,
was jumped from captain te brigadier
general ever the heads of 802 ranking
officers, hew Congress and the country
clamored and criticized, hew Roosevelt
tried te settle it all by pointing te. Per
shing's distinguished military career. Is
all past history. But the storm blew
ever, the Pershlngs settled down nnd
later went te the Pacific Coast.
Nine years passed and Pershing wns
en the Mexican border. There one
night came word ever the wires that
Mrs. Pershing and three of their four
children Helen Elizabeth, Anne nnd
Mary Margaret had perished In a lire
which swept the Presidio, overlooking
the Gelden Gate and San Francisce
harbor. It was a blew that stunned
him, saddened him and left lines about
the eyes nnd cheekbone and jaw that
time will never eftnee.
Tragedy Dreve Smile
Frem the Pershing Face
Thnt wns in 1013. A sobered Per
shing enrae back te his border assign
ment. They called him a martinet. He
was the kind of n disciplinarian who
marched men for hours in a blazing
sun in pnrnde formntien. That Per
shing seldom smiled.
Twe yenrs Inter the World War
nnd the rest Is recent history.
Anether two years nnd peace and
the rest mero recent yet.
Se Pershing, new genernl of the
nrmles of the United States, came back
te Washington, wound up ttie affairs of
the A. E. F became chief of ttaff of
the nrmy nnd settled down agnin. And
again have come social conquests, te
cap a great career.
It iSjjthese In which Washington is
Interested, as It watches the play of
heails.
Anether word and then te the ether
character.: Pershing hns mellowed
since the war. His face has lest its
leathery tan, anil with the Inn tins gene
n certnln grimness manifest about the
mouth ; n ccrtniu fixed coldness nbeut
the eyes : the hnrsh lines nre softening
under the warmth of Washington!
seclnl atmosphere. Ills cheeks one
cheek even hns n dimple. It might be
u furrow, but Isn't. They call it
fascinating. He smiles oftener, tee.
The straight, trim, military Pershing
lemnlns; but the "hard" Pershing has
become u social creature; the diner-out;
(lie Pershing of dinner clothes.
Fascinating? Bather!
And new te Pershing the beau. That
Is nulte the nrener term! Beau Brum-
mel a military Beau Brummel, if you
can lranglne It. A dashing figure, with
the manners of a diplomat, a charming
oaversatienallst, a world breaUUi of
f
slid off Ids horse, nnd turning te
irrntilnu .nmn ilMit rL'tOitj
"Pl. l.1,..,ll.J.l,ln.,l. l,nml1 '"if ri'.' '
marching us tee fast. I don't like MSA1
anyhow. If it wasn't for his should, ffl
mug for mm.' " irm
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straps I'd smnsh his mug for him.' . 1
"The ethers ngrccu, nnd snlu he WH, , ;
deserving of hnving his mug smashed 'VV?
I'crsning ev,crnrnni mem. niiniy imw f$
ing off his cent, bearing the sheuldefiM-M
L straps of n llcutennnt, he walked evf r' '
te the liully and mum : xr
" 'New. the strnps arc off, cewl''..
ahead.' And Pershing, who stnnds sl
feet and mero, nnd wns an expert boxer
te beet, squared off ns a prize-fighter
would.
Toek Off Shoulder Straps j'
and Tamed Army Bully ''
"The bully heMtnted n minute. Such
procedure nn officer offering e fight
with a privnte was unheard of, and
strictly forbidden in the army cede.
" 'Come ahead, there'll be no repert
en this.' And the private went ahead
'and wns knocked flat. The turn of th
ether two soldiers came next, nnd thejrj
tee, were thrashed. Frem, thnt tlm
en Pershing wns held in high esteem
by the troop."
Although the Pershing smile Is fa
mous, he will fly off the handle like any
one pIsp. Three things will cause this
stupidity, carelessness nnd disobedience.
Artnv contractors hnve experienced hit
anger, when they have 'been guilty of
failure te live up te their contracts, nnd
mere tbnn once their complaints have
been carried te Washington.
Yet nt the time of his promotion ever,
the bends of 802 officers Pershing held
bis temper In check under the nttacke
niade upon him. A certain clique In the
army bitterly opposed his promotion
from captain te brigadier general. A'
particularly nnsty bit of scnndnl wa
manufactured for President Roosevelt 1
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The "Pershirtg Dimple" that has captivated Washington society shown as the General enjoys himself at a charity bazaar
experience and knowledge, a man who
haa played the game in three world
capitals, one combining the ways of
Washington with the polish of Paris,
Pershing is Pershing! There Is none
ether llke him.
Why shouldn't they fleck te hlra?
They should and de. That is the
answer.
Dowager and Debutante
Lay Siege te Warrior
Dowager and debutante, the winter
nnd snrimr of the Incmniinrnliln opt.
they circle about him ns the sensens
roll in their regular cycic; as immut
nbly. He is the fixed star of their
nrranment.
"Hobsen's choice" could never be
cempnred te "Pershing's choice." If
nc would only cheese! Hut he won't.
Ot hnsn't. Why?
Mrs. Cerbln was the first Mm.
nenry C. Cerbln, of Washington. Her
husband was en Pershing's staff in
France. They were close friends. Cor-
bin died beferp they returned. His
widow mourned him here.
When Pershing came home he looked
her up. She was In meurulnt nnd
didn't go out. But they saw each ether
frequently. Se frequently, in fact, that
the capital begun te surmise n real ro
mance. The cemmnnder marries the
widow of his friend and nfde. An army
match. Splendid! Only
It never happened.
There was no marriage, no engage-
known overseas. Marshal Fech came
ever. Alse ether military heroes. It
wns up te Pershing te play the game,
and he played it as he always plays It
according te the rules.
At the end of n year or se, when the
rush of entertaining wns ever, when the
capital hnd ceased feting him nnd bcjng
feted in return, singling him out ns the
hour's here, Pershing gave up "High
view" nnd moved into town. He has
nn npnrtment new. What entertaining
he does is dene in the hotels nnd cafes.
He hns no need of a house. The pres
ent arrangement is better.
And with the surrender of "High
view" the gossips sighed nnd concluded
te leek elsewhere for their remnnce.
Gossips Had Their Say,
But Again Were Wrong
Next? You'd merer guess. Ye
perhaps you would. Yes you're right.
Nene ether! Louise Cromwell Brooks!
Beautiful, vivacious, n picture, com
bining brains nnd benuty. Unughter of
.Mrs. E. T. Stotesbury. of Philadelphia,
widowed nnd wenlthi-. her nnme wns the
next te be mentioned with that of the
great commander.
When Mrs. Brooks went te Paris in
engaged. This time It wns te Mrs. I Mrs. Bnrnctt. At least she is the
Geerge Vanderbilt. Yes one of THE ' daughter of Mrs. Bnrnctt. who, befere
nnuereiits, tnnn wnem tnere is none i ner mnrrjnge te uic former commander-
higher in America's seclnl scale
One naturally turns te superlatives
In describing her. She Is very viva viva
cleus, qulte charming, and all thnt.
She, tee, is beautiful. She Is the
smartest of the smart, ns nny one will
tell you. The creme ty la creme of
cnpltnl society, equally well known In
New Yerk or Newport, Mrs. Vunder
bilt herself represented se gossip
said a catch worthy of a Pershing.
She gives delightful pnrtles. enter
taining very extensively. And she is
ardently courted !
A diversion here. It's worth It : One
of the men who proposed te her, a
diplomatic nttnche of one of the em
bassies, proposed te four consecutive
women en four consecutive ecnings.
Hew ethers learned of it is known
only te a select few. Perhaps they
get together nnd compared notes! At
any rate, they ull turned him down.
In-chief of the Mnrlne Cerps, wns Mrs.
Itusil Gorden, of Baltimore. Mrs. Bnr
nctt, her mother. Is a flnming meteor of
Washington society. She hns dared
thrust her witty shufts home into sensi
tive Cabinet members. Fer which, they
say, she was exiled and her husband
sent te the Pnclflc Const. But be thnt
as It may, Anne Is her mother's daugh
ter, with nil that statement Implies.
And Pershing? Well he liked her!
Anne Gorden Is twenty-two, or there there
nbeuts. She came out three years age.
Since then she hns alternated between
the cnpltnl and her mother's estate in
lrglnln. Naturally she came in con
tact with General Pershing in Wush Wush
ingten. Came summer. Hign nnvnl officials
failed for Japan. General Barnett,
Mrs. Burnett nnd Anne sailed with
them. And
Pershing stayed behind.
The gossips gnVe up j,, despair.
Alas! Fair Charmers All
Far Away Frem Capital
A.?l0 y1. v""derbllt Is at Biltmore;
Anne Oon.en is j Tokie ; Mrs. Brooks
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"vw h"1" "' 7 . .;r u S; fl1, C- whom "BIack Jack" unusually
attentive until she sailed te Japan '
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which the gossips could point and sny :
"There I told you be!"
General Pershing nnd Mrs, Cerbln
were nnd are geed triends. During thu
first year after Pershing's return te the
United Stntcs he leased and occupied
"Hlghview," the Cerhin estate en the
edge of aristocratic Chevy Chase. He
entertained extensively. Distinguished
ferelimers ' were arriving In this country
constantly. . Many of t tbeca.he had
1910 te complete her dlvorce arrange
ments, the attentions pnld her by Gen
eral Pershing caused tongues te wng
both there and here nt home. It was
nn International nffnlr. The leader of
America's military forces nnd the pretty
divorcee were constantly in one nn nn
ether s company, and these who pro
fessed better than passing knowledge
hinted thnt matrimony would once nunc
figure in two netabln lives. At that
time General Pershing whh rated Ne. 1
,n.i , ''f Kr0l of ardent suitors.
V "'' "'" rl'tllr of Pershing te the
I lilted States Mrs. Bioeks established
herselt in her beautiful home en Massn
chusettH avenue, Wuslitugteii, and gos ges
sii) again begun te nsseclnte the con
tinuous round of social gnyeties, in
which she and Pershing played u pert,
with wedding bells.
But
They didn't ring for Pershing. There
were ether suitors. A Senater was one
of thfiii and Pershing's former nide
another. And ns you of ceurse knew.
Mrs. Brooks Is new Mrs. Douglas Mnc
Artnur, w-lfe of the superintendent of
the United States Military Academy nt
stiff Pershing Is single,
,. was last winter they said he was
Af,
Which left Mrs. Vnnderbllt free, It mny
he said, te consider Pershing.
Did Pershing pwipose? Emhnr
rnsslng question! One uever knows
these things. Put
I.nst winter certnln Interested per
sons in Washington took the treublu te
check up en the romance. They learned
1 CrMUIlir wnu flrinnlncy lii .il..i .1 n
or four nights a week." It was obvious ' ews uni1 "hat-nuts sigh and sigh
ii- ui welcomed, it was equnlly ob- u'i sign:
hiil '- ? '-ys been n
heard In the distance, coming nearer, , ' "ls '"'"-""ted army dajs
.......- a. m. .uajer lieneral Nelsen A.
.Miles nighij commended him In hi. i
is new Mrs. MncArthur, nnd Pershln?
is sweltering In Washington, trying te I
unravel the miles nnd miles of red tape
wiut-ii enmeii the peacetime army, pro pre
ferring this te marriage.
And any number of dowagers and
urmiiiiiues, innireus and tlappers. wid-
nearer nearer
Wedding Bells Still
Silent for 'Black Jack"
And then? Well, spring enme, nnd
with it the calls became less frequent.
Then Mrs. Vanderbilt closed her K
street Iiouse nnd went down te the
INltmore estate, her country place In
North Carolina.
The gossips sighed once mere.
One is tempted te nnether diversion
here. Fer in the spring the gen
eral wns seen frequently with Anne
uuruun, jjinie Anne uorden, thev
call 'her In the canltal. Yeai-An-i
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Mrs. ii. c. Cerhin, once thought I mi
te be a future Mrs. Pcrshinjr ?.N
Mrs. Geerge W. Vanderbilt, who
numbered "Black Jack" as one
of her beaux
Gorden, U.a-atJS9tSSS!
St
jcur out nom vcst Point, for "march
ing troop nnd pack train, oer rough
ceuntiy, il miles In forty. six hours
bringing in ery man and animal In
geed condition."
That was the official report. Thore
i u iinrtriiiirt nmi mi.i.i. .. --..
great'guste In barracks evet- he' emm' In T' '"" nM hl '
try v This is the wny r efllcSr In a I ?tI,0I-"f ,P-clnIIy M 1,0 ws then
position te knew hns told It. ' "hevetull,' which .means n second lieu-
"Pershing whs the only officer with I ,c,mnt-
usun rnfeoseughTndTmiv'fr-l 7! t h?,d t0 the troop te
days. Under him were a n umber of ,1", "'s ,,,BI,J' nftcr hnvlug marched
seasoned campaigners. ?uBff ?' I'ITt11!? JFlflc te i the enUre dav-
a despeinte effort te b.ive the promotion
held up.
Pershing did net attempt te answer
the charges. Secure in hia innocence,
he went about his duties ns imperturb
able as ever. A Manila newspnpers
printed the story. American newspa
pers printed it. There was h country-,
wide uproar. But Pershing's friends
tracked the stei les down te their seurct '
nnd proved them te be nbselutelr
groundless.
Doesn't Play Favorites
With Officers or Men
An Idea of the manner In which
Pershing is regarded by his men la
given lu nmn tin iirin. story. He Is a
strict dlsciplinnrinn, hut he is just, and
. snows no invorites, cither among efu-
I cers or men. The eomfeit nnd welfare
I of his men is nlwnjs hl first thought,
nnd it is this fact thnt has made him J
be well beloved bj the rank and lllc of
every cemmund he lis ever had.
At Camp Vicnis. in the Philippines,
the great problem was that of pure
wnter. Theip were geed springs some
distance away, and General Pershing
sent for Sergeant Tem MeGUI, nn ar-
tlllerymnn. who was also an Inventive ,i
'genius. The two talked ever thu prob
lem, nnd ns a result thore came Inte '
existence what was at that time be
lieved te be the only bamboo pipe line
in the world.
Big bamboo sticks were cut. nnd the
men were set te work chiseling out the
joints Then Mcdlll laid the line,
which was seveiul miles long, and rim
from Lake Limns te Camp Vicars. Te
this day the nrmy leinembers Sergeant
McGill as "(intling Tem, the bamboo
uluiuber."
Hign place bus its disadvantages, as
shown upon a visit of (ienerul Per
shing te Atlantic City Inst April. He.
arrived with his tti.lt-. Lieutenant J. T.
Schneider, a elmiifleur and two valet.
They moteied fiem Washington.
The general had htcii suffering from
n severe mill and went te the Seiivlevr
Gelf Club te lectiperatc lie was, how
ever, recognis-ed by several persons, the
word was passed mound, nnd he was
eh'lged te cut sheit his -tuy because of
the annoyance this i.uised
Pcishlng is net a Ilobsen. When he
arrived back lu New Yerk from France
the enthusiasm of the sin editors fn.,n',i
vent In one unrehearsed incident, which
wus received by Geneial Pershing with
uiJjmiuiiiij niiAi'ii irciuigs.
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men than f h.7.n " rrI'ii? "T ". ew and
balljr, t , the troop
as hn entered the City Hull, Upe
in. finnnuliin nf ,lt ..ni..tl ..
flanked by Governer Smith and Mayer
Ilylsn, ux woman burst past the police
guards and Implanted
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Anether woman, stirred Ite emulation.
attempted te repeat the feat, but thp t
general raised his hand In supplies) "Jj i
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