Evening star., 1915-04-18
Heeding Call to the Country.

With the approach of summer at
fention is being directed to country
places. This is especially true in
Washington. where the possession of a
suburban home as well as a town house
is the rule and not the exception. Few
of those who are in a position to main
tain two establishments have been able
10 resist the charms of Washngton's
many attractive suburbs - suburbs
ahounding with natural beauties which
have been made all the more desira BILE
by the erection of fine homes.
Already hOstesSes are busy with pen
c'l and pad making up their guest
lists for house parties which they pro-
pose to give at their country homes. 1t
Is u season of planning for good times
mat are TO come. In arranging for
gatherings to he held at country places
hCstesSes are confronted with problems
that are entirely different from those
winch must he met in planning town
house functions. The task is not near
so difficult. however. for in the case
~ the country place the gardens and
lawn form natural background for
entertainments. which are all the more
delightful when out of doors. Potted
plants, palms, ferns and cut flowers
which serve during the winter months
TO transform rooms into bowers of
loveliness, even though they are to a
degree artificial. are cast aside when
planning for open airsfestivities. where
bushes. hedges, vines and other beau
ties of the garden are utilized in the
scheme of decoration.
Ihe Secretary of State and Mrs. |
Bryan, while frequently enjoying a
weekend run to their estate, purchased
last year at ASheville. \. c.. in reality |
have year-around enjoyment in Calu-
met place, where, last year, Mrs BRYAN |
gave lovely garden party for the Sec |
retary of the Treasury and his White |
House bride. using on that occasion the |
famous Thomas Jefferson punch bowl, |,
Chiseled from a block of marble. Mrs. |
Bryan is keenly interested in her gar |
den at Calumet place and already is |
planning several garden fetes for her |
many friends. official and unofficial.
A Social Mecca.
The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
Daniels are the only other members of |
the cabinet who have a charming sub i
urban place which might come under
the heading of a country home. 1t is
announced that this season will wit
ness a repetition of the garden parties
which last spring made Single Oak the
social mecca.
Friendship, the John r. Mclean place,
On wisconsin avenue, is entitled to a
leading place in any list of society's
country holdings near Washington. 1t
mas almost, from the hour of Mr.. Nc
Leans purchase. been prominently in
the public eye. with one delightful al
fresco entertainment after another
the scene of rose fetes and Greek plays,
and now so soon to be temporarily |
transformed for charity's sake, into a
genuine old-time county fair.
occupy Alton Farm, the country estate
Df the Noyes family, near Sligo. Nd |
again this summer. After having been
hnoccupied for several years and spa
IONS 1,fy, l
and during the heated term its wide
porches and shaded grounds were the
scenes of many festivities. Alton Farm is
country place that is true to its name, |
being more than hundred acres in ex-
tent and having all the features that go
TO make up real farm.
The Truxtun BeaIes having sold the
Gen. Edward Beale place near Hyatts-
VILE some time ago in the settlement
of the estate. will, their friends be-
ieye, purchase or lease country place
near Washington, and so keep up the
weekend parties. for Gen. Beale made
his Hyattsville place famous by his
Sunday dinner parties. when he gath
cred about his table about every dis |
tinguished man of his time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Levi 2. Morton having
renewed SO many of their former
friendships during the past winter |
spent in their Scott Circle house. will
gather about them from time to time
during the summer pleasant coterie
of Washington friends at their splen-
did place at Rhinebeck-on-the-Hu Hudson !
Fronting on the Military road and over
looking Rock Creek Park is Airlie, the
suburban residence Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ru-
dolph Kaufman. which each season is
the scene of number of delightful gath
erings Like many other residences in
the suburbs of the National Capital, Airlie
Is a place of some historic interest for in
the spacious grounds which surround the
house are to be found the remain of
earthworks known as Battery Smead.
which were connected with Fort de Russy |
by line of rifle pits Battery Smead was I
q part of the chain of defenses guarding
Washington during the civil war.
Mr. and Mrs. William Eustts will also
have numerous early summer house
parties at Oatlands. their country place
near Leesburg. Va, to which they are
SO attached and where they have
notably fine stable.
Mrs. Barnett, wife of the command
ant of the Marine Corps. owns a fine
estate in Virginia at Front Royal,
which is easily accessible for the
ties which she Is planning in accord
ance with her annual custom.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Hertle, from their
purchase several years ago of Gunston
auired the most famous historical
country place in the vicinity of this
city. AS the home of George Mason,
intimate friend of Gen. George Wash
fngton and author of the famous bill
of rights. Gunston Hall ranked next
fin prominence to its near neighbor,
Mount Vernon. At the present time
Mir. Hertle, having restored the house
to it's original colonial attractiveness,
Is busy with the completion of sunken
garden and the sweep Of terraces to
the Potomac
Leases Country Home.
Mrs. Henry c. Corbin. widow of the
late adjutaut general OF the army, this
season will not occupy her country
place on the Military road, near Chevy
Chase, as she has leased il to Arthur
c. Moses.
Mrs. Clarence Moore's country place
near kensington. il is expected, will
resume this spring its old order of
entertainments. in which society always
delights. Later Mrs. Moore will go to
Swiftmoor. her mothers country place !
at Prides Crossing. TO which already
Mrs Swift has extended u number of
THEIR ENGAGEME