Evening star., 1915-06-27
-RS. STEWtRT BARR,
Who was Miss PendIetOD Popham Brown.

W no was WINS fenu
kept her apartments just as they We're
when she WAS the young woman Of the
house. and she and Mr.. Hit often make
use of them, else they go to the
home of his mother Mrs. Robert Hit
on Dupont circle. where they also have
a suite of rooms With two such pala
tial homes 10 chose from, no wonder
they have not as vet built residence
for themselves here.
Mrs E1kins' rhododendons remind one
that Mrs Delos Blodgett has planted
her front bit cf green full Of them, and
the architect of the District has pro-
nounced the result good. hat while
landscape gardeners and Mrs. Blod-
gett's friends may like the planting
and beautifying scheme in front of the
Blodgett home, the family butter has
ideas of his own. and he does rot care
for the Pliny doves on the Florentine
bird bath.
His aversion 10 them is due to the
fact that il is his duty TO bring them
in the house every night for fear the
marble birds may be stolen, as they
are detachable from the bath. He evil
IDENTIFY thinks that caring for even
marble birds is no part of a buffers
curriculum, and 50 he takes them into
the house and forgets to put them out
again in the morning whenever he
can. and. to make his delinquency less
noticea BILE, he places a big Boston fern
in the bird bath.
Mrs. Rlodgctt has placed at the side
of her house some truly lovely pieces
of marble garden furniture a charm
ing ia BILE with carved edge, bench
with carved pedestals. sun dial and a
chair, all giiStening white against a
background Of shrubs. Next year the
miniature garden viii be inCloSed with
a hedge 50 that privacy may be Sc
cured. and the young woman Of the
house. who has lust graduated from
school, VIII have some charming little
al fresco parties here. as She makes
her formal bow to society next winter.
Miss Helen Blodgett is a very aftrac-
tive Young girl with manners as pretty
as her face. and viii no doubt be a so
cial favorite.
Mrs. BlodGett and her family will
spend most of the summer in Califor-
MA. seeing the expositions and visiting
friends.
While the call Of the open is Turing
many from the city. even if ii be only
to some Of the country clubs. it is hav-
ing still deeper influence on Mr..
James Foster Scott for of him it is
making almost "A hermit
Such he might be called IL not
for the IA ct that he is accompa MED in
his OUT door life by his sister. who
keeps house for him in the wilderness.
His wilderness is in the heart of d
woodsy, over-groWn island in the Po-
tomac, situated not far from Great
Falls. and reached by way Of Mclean
station At least gets off at the
station and after a short walk to the
river shore takes boat for Mr. Scott :
bungalow in the Virginia jungle. where
he and his sister spend the summer
and the autumn until snow and the
prospect of winter tempt them back
to the city
Mr.. Scott. a graduate of Heidelburg
and of Yale and past master of the sub
ject of ethics, finds more real ENJOY
rnent there in the woods, away from
the haunts of men, than in almost any
place else and when he hungerS Tor
company he invites some of his friends
to spend Sunday with him. and they
never refuse to go
Miss Joan Oil has spending the week
end with her. Mrs. Harold Freeman OF
Morristown, ". j., daughter of Mrs
Charles Dickey of New York, and to-
night Miss Obi will entertain at an in
formal Sunday night supper In compii-
ment to her guest.
Mrs. Deering and Mrs William Bar
rett Ridgely left town Wednesday
evening for Gloucester, on the north
shore of Massachusetts, where they
will spend the summer a the HaW
thorne Inn or one og its cottages, all
OF WhlCh pear the names ol Tld"
thorne's novels.
Mrs Henry A. Wiley. wife of Com
munder Wiley, and their debutante
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Wiley. after a
visit to Cornell will spend the summer
In Canada.
Col. and Mrs. Thomas T. Wood left
this week for their summer home in
Pennsylvania.
NJ Casenave who Is one Of the well
known men connected with the French
department of finance. is in Washing
ton on official business, and during his
stay, his old friends known in China
are entertaining him during his leisure
moments
Mrs Wills. wife of Capt Wills of the
Marine Corps, is leaving shortly to
visit her sister. Mrs. David Milne at
her home in Germantown, near Phiia-
delphia, after which she VIII go on TO
Kennebunkport on the Maine coast, for
the summer, where Capt Wills Will
join her when he gets his leave In
August.
Chevalier BrambriHo of the italian
embassy returned the end of the week
from a visit at Beverly Farms, on the
north coast of Massa chusetts, where
the italian embassy has been estab-
lished for the summer by the ambas-
sodar and the Countess Cellere.
Hon. Ernest Scott, first secretary OF
the British embassy, left Thursday to
Join the staff at the summer embassy
at Manchester-by-th Sea.