To the press the story of the big red house on R Street seemed to have a dash of everything: intrigue, glamor, mystery, money, politics, sex, big names, fabulous dinings & winings, the irresistible atmosphere of important people doing important things out of school.
Navy Secretary Frank Knox had been there. So had Senator Styles Bridges, Louisiana's Congressman James Morrison, a major general, an archduke, industrialists, and a host of other Washington characters, known & unknown. Host of the house on R Street was one James Porter Monroe, dour, bald, and effusive. Hostess was...
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