The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-21

the young mans fancy lightly
turns TO thoughts OF love" BE
that it may. il is certain that
In the spring the Washington hostess
fancy lightly or otherwise. turns to
thoughts of entertainments out of the
usual order. The routine of dinners and
luneheons begins to pail upon society
devotees when they have an endless
round of them. and each man and woman
longs for something different The clever
hostess gives it TO them, Paper hunts
for the younger set. with tea at Chevy
Chase as finish. and for the elders
bridge on the piazzas or in the large
living room at the clubhouse. are the
result. to say nothing of lunches and din
ners al fresco.
Every one is longing for the open. and,
even If the winds are keen and the skies
dubious. the active man and woman gets
in the saddle and gaIlops over the hills
Of Maryland and Virginia, just beginning
to take on the glory of their spring color
ing.
The President and Mrs Roosevelt as
all the world knows. are keen horse low
ers and are familiar figures on the sur
rounding suburban roads. even in mid
winter but when spring sounds its call to
the open, they are among the first TO
obey, and almost daily they are out on
their favorite thor0ughbreds for a eantor
or gallop. as the mood seizes them
There are many expert riders among
the young women OF the Capitalists
Katherine Elkins. Miss Afathide Town
send. Miss Harriet WadsWorth. Miss lisa
bel May. Miss Mary Carlisle. and Miss
Sadie Gaff Mile. Guillemette des Portes
must also be counted in, although she Is
not here this spring but abroad with her
father and mother. the counselor Of the
French Embassy and Nine. des Portes,
who, by the way. return in june when
the Ambassador and Nine Jusserand will
go to Europe on their leave NJ. Brun,
tie Danish Minister. is also a devoted
Eorseman. and every one is familiar with
the figure Of Mr.. Hugh Legare mounted
on his horse. or walking about in his
riding toss,
As all roads lead to Chevy Chase. the
riders either meet there for luncheon or
tea. Miss Katherine Elkins. the clever
est rider of them an, however. is not as
often with them as before. for since her /
father. Senator Stephen b. Elkins- gave
her 'The Plains as birthday present, 1
she Is oftener there than at her home +
here. There she keeps her string of dogs /
and horses. and there she entertains I
friends from New York. men and women. {
who. like herself. are never so happy DIS 1
when following the hounds. Mrs James /
kerHcchan, the weIi-knoWn New York /
spJrtswoman, has been her guest several !
times on and of al The Plains
The Chevy Chase Club cannot claim all !
houors, however, for there is the Country 4
Club running IL a close second. The (
Country Club is much more conservative, /
having only forty members, and il is "a
lone hand club" and can be engaged /
by member for the evening. with no /
ether parties allowed. 1t started in the 4
days when Mr. William C. Whitney was .
Secretary of the Navy. In those days !
the clubs headquarters were at Friend /
ship the present country place of Mr.. I
and Mrs. John r. Mclean. Mr.. Whitney,
wishing country place near the Capital,
bought "Grasslands," and there enter
tanned in "a manner that soon made his
suburban home famous for its dinners
and lunchcons. where the distinguished
men of the nation and the elite of the
Capital met When Mr.. Whitneys term
of office expired and he returned to his
home in New York. "Grassiands" was
bought and turned into "a country club.
The best chef OF the day was put in
charge. and a ballroom added, and the
Country Club. as it was called because
the club home of some of the most ia
huential men of the political as Well as
the social world.
As instances Of the unusual turn the
spring entertainments take, are the out
of-town dinners Of the Attorney General
and Mrs. Bonaparte, and the schoolgirl
dance given at the White House.
It is certainly an unusual thing for a
party Of guests 10 go forty miles for a
dinner when they must also come home TO
sleep. and traverse that same forty miles
again, In the summer young persons run
up to the cities near their resorts perhaps
for a dinner and the play, but it's an al
most unheard-of thing for "a party of eld-
erly folk to betake themselves eighty miles
in ALL from one city TO another. 10 dinel
with a friend. when the friend has been
in the same city with them all winter
and could entertain them in their own
town. II
Nevertheless that is what two different
sets of persons did two nights In success
sion. The hosts were the Attorney Cen
eral and Mrs. Bonaparte. who have only /
an apartment here, but are the happy /
p0ssessors of two homes in Baltimore. /
their home city. Their town house is a
Veritable museum. so replete is il with
works of art, bric-a-brac. and Curios
gathered the world over. And be-
cause Mr.. and Mrs. Bonaparte wanted 90
entertain their friends in the midst of
their Lares ct Penates, the aforesaid /
friends dressed in their evening clothes
and betook themselves TO the station,
where a special train awaited them. which ]
conveyed them to the Baltimore station /
where carriages met chem and carried /
them to their hosts ireside and table.
These two dinners having been SO sue
cessful, Attorney General and Mrs Bona !
parte are thinking of giving other din
ner parties, when the weather becomes
more settled, at their country plsce, near
Baltimore, Buena Vista. interesting for
its old associations, as having been the
home of Betsy Patterson and the scene
OF the wooing of jerome Bonaparte after
ward King of Westphalia
Thursday night jolly party Of school
girls filled The corridors and East Room
II the White House with merriment. 1t II
vas Miss Ethel RoOsevelt's first dance in
he White House, and merry time it
vas. second only TO the coming-out bali of
Ter elder sister, Miss Alice Roosevelt. now
Hrs Nicholas LOngw0rth Miss Ethel is
low a junior at the Cathedral School.