The Washington times., 1915-04-04

If Winifred Fairfax Warder, the
dainty little girl who has recently come
to town to visit Miss Molly Elliot Sea-
we'll, has q hobby, indeed a mission in
life, it is rose culture. She is the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Warder. Of
Cairo, Ill, her father having been a
prominent figure in State politics for a
number OF years. and the garden of her
home in Cairo, her own garden it Is and
dream garden when the roses are
abloonl, Is famed throughout the State
Of Illinois.
Winifred paints a good deal, especial
ly on China, and believing that, as a
knowledge of anatomy is the first prin-
cipal of ART, so knowledge or the
anatomy of flowers was essential to
their proper portrayal, she took up the
study of flowers, or roses particularly,
and soon discovered the irresistible
charm of watching things grow. AS
time went on the art of growing roses,
for 1t Is an art she claims, became
more absorbing than the art of paint
ing, and now, though Winifred still
plies her brush, and though she Is pos
sessed of no mean talent, her garden
absorbs the most of her attention.
| She takes entire care Of her garden
| herself, with the assistance of a gar
dener, when she Is in Cairo. and from
| the prim old-fashioned garden which
she had to start with she has evolved
an orderly wilderness of roses, great
American Beauties, the like of which
are seldom grown outdoors. pale La
Frances, the Richmond reds in their
| crimson glory, and near hundred
other varieties against the background
OF a graceful trelised arbor smothered
in wistaria, the finest wistaria in the
State, and Dorothy Perkins roses.
The visit of this charming young
woman promises to be a gala event, for
everybody in Washington knows and is
fond OF Miss Molly" Seawall and will
l endeavor to. do honor to her guest; and.
moreover, her fathers old friend, Col.
Charles Page Bryan. is planning a Sc
ries of festivities in her honor.
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Preparations for the National Capital
Horse Show, to be held mere early in
May, are going on apace, and more
than ever the show Is drawing from
the "horsey" sections Of the country
. Entries are coming in from as far West
as Kansas and Missouri from as far
North as Massachusetts, and horsemer
and horsewomen of national, yes of in.
; ternational reputation are making plans
. for the entrance Of their prlze-winnins
animals.
With such men as Col. Moreton Gage
: of the British embassy; Baror
Horst Won Lersner ;Nrd his brother
Kurt Won LeTsner. and wilhelm Won
Rath. of the German embassy, anC
others of kindred interests at the from
in Europe with all members Of the
British. French. Russian. Japanese. Ger
man, Austrian and Turkish embassies
barred from active participation In any
thing of so social a nature; and will
T. the Panama Pacific Exposition as
I magnet to draw wealthy Washing
8 tonians to the West Coast, it looked 70
I time as though the show might b.
: unimportant as compared to the exhbi
tons OF the past few years.
But fortune, the tickle jade, ha
q smiled on the enterprise, the entries ar
!. pouring in as never before, and judg
y ing from the advance sale of boxes, til
# whole smart world of Washington wit
IT liberal sprinlSling OF fashionable fol
y from other cities will be in attendance.
n The Peter Goelet Gerrys will be great
e ly missed, for Mathilde has alway
% taken a foremost part In anythin
n where horses are concerned; but tn
Billy Hits have engaged their box an
n will speed across the continent fIor
i California to occupy II.
II The Perry Belmonts are among tn
" bONholders, together with long list {
d. ether prominent people, Miss Loul
Long, a noted Kansas City horsewon