Evening star., 1915-06-13

the Supreme Court of the United
States.
This house is the former home of
philanthropist. Mr.. Knox having bought
1t when he was senator from Penn
sylvania. Mr.. and Mrs. Knox left here
Wednesday,. and motored over to Val
country home. surrounded by the
homes of their sons and their SON Law
and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. Tindall.
Mrs. Knox has always been one of
the most smartly gowned women OF
official Washington society. and for her
trip to Washington she wore a light
weight dark blue novelty goods gown.
a Killed skirt and simple little tailored
jacket. With this she wore dark
blue straw hat, a first cousin to a
blue satin ribbon. and rosette Of
French posies.
Although not naturally fond Of so
cia life. Mrs. Knox always did her
routine of the official season and
she was the acme of hospitality as a
hostess.
Mrs. Root is another woman who has
had a long and varied experience with
the duties that
Mrs. Root Lived devolve upon an
Here Long Time. s,.hs she has ',Usa nvsteIS, in
Washington when her husband has
served as senator. as Secretary of War
and as Secretary of State. During the
latter part of her sojourn in Washing
ton Mrs Root was in poor health and
took little or no part in the social life.
Prior to that Mrs. Root had been a
popular hostess and frequent dinner
guest She was greatly assisted by her
daughter in her entertaining. the latter
being Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant, Sd.
An interesting story is being told
about Mr. John r. Mclean Mr.. Nc
Lean is very fond
MIR, Mclean of taking walks
Buys Exhibit" s.~n hus,ness di.,r;ot iu ine
dsdaining the use of any automobile
or carriage, as a rule, when he wishes
to go from one place to another or to
take the air in a saunter along the
crowded thoroughfares. The other day
he was strolling down F street and
happened to see in a photographer s
display window a complete collection
of photographs of all the prominent
persons who have been identified with
the controversy between the Riggs Ma
tional Bank and officials Of the Treas
ury Department.
A fancy struck Mr. Mclean to have
the collection. and he marched himself
into the photographers and bought the
collection outright, having 1t sent
home, and thus breaking up one of the
most interesting window displays on F
street.
Mrs John B. Henderson has nodded
two busts of Postmaster General Bur-
Lesson which are
Mrs. Henderson considered g o d
c1-4 lik nesses. One
in bronze. and the other will be later
place one of the busts in Meridian
Hill Park, If she can obtain the neces-
stry permission, when the park is COM
pleted
Mrs Henderson has some reputation
as sculptress, and paints also. She
has always been known as distin-
guished patroness of the arts, and has
one of the best collections of paintings
in Washington. She has collected for
years. and all the available space On
the walls of her home, so far as the
drawing room floor is concerned, is
filled with pictures on all subjects
Mrs. William. Barrett Ridgeley ex-
poets to go shortly to Bass Rocks, on
the r h
Bayberry Clusters shore of Mas
a G h IL q IT'S
Novel Decorations. wh.ra II : an. .na os;
her mother will spend the summer.
While on the coast Mrs. Ridgeley al
ways gathers clusters of bayberries to
bring home to her friends and to deco
rate her own house. When the berries
are picked they are green. As they
ripen they become more round and turn
to a beautiful silver gray color.
Mrs. Ridgeley has a cluster OF these
berries in a copper vase on a bookcase
in her library which has remained in
that position all winter. and instead of
dying it has seemed to grow hand
somer as it grows older. The berries
make a very lovely bit of decoration
in their feathery silverness against the
rich red of the wall Many Washing
ton society women owe a gift of such
a decoration to her thoughtfulness
during the summer.
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