Evening star., 1915-03-21

the departure of the vessel as she Will
have during the cruise they are to
make. for she entertained frequently
at dinner on the yacht. and nearly
every afternoon she and her friends
had drive through Potomac Park and
the speedway brought to an end with
a cozy little tea party on the quarter
deck. The yacht, of course, has been
a mecca for the curious 1t is large
for Washington waters, not many of
its size coming here. and lots of peo-
pie have gone to look at it, including
many persons in society.
Potomac Park. in fact, is drawing
many visitors these days, as the drive
through East Potomac Park. on the
other side of the railroad bridge, has
been completed all the way around the
point. This has been thrown open to
the public the past week, which is good
news indeed to those whose official or
personal affairs will keep them in
town after the summer heat begins.
The drive, indeed, bids fair to become
another Luneta, the drive around Ma
Mia which suggested to Mr.. and Mrs.
Taft while they were in the White
House the possibility of giving Wash
ington something of the sort.
4*
Those who are familiar with the
by former
Mrs. Delos Blodgett's Senator and
New Breakfast Room. er when he
was in official life here, would find
many interesting changes in it, now
that Mrs. Delos Bodgett is mistress of
this Washington home. 1t is at the
corner of 10th and p streets north
west. Naturally, every woman of char
acter impresses to some extent at least
her own individuality upon her home
Mrs. Blodgett's friends find it pleasant
to note in this house the motherly in
stinct, for in the Louis XVI drawing
room the principal paintings are por-
traits of Mrs. Blodgett's daughters at
various stages of their childhood,
donna of the Chair over the mantel-
piece.
The greatest change in this house,
however, is in the breakfast room,
built on at the end of the second floor,
and adjoining the formal dining room.
This room is as bright as white stone,
beflowered rose -colored chintZ, green
and growing plants and sunshine can
make it. It's cheerfulness is chiefly
due to the chintz against the back
ground of white. The walls are white
cement, and SO are the floors, the
latter being covered with an oriental
rug.
There is colonial mantelpiece over
a great fireplace, and the only orna-
ments on the wall are plaques of
F'lorentine and other Italian. porce-
lains making bright spots of color. The
ba y window is curtained with draperies
of cretonne and is filed with palms,
ferns and other tropical plants. The
furniture, including a colonial side
board, is of mahogany, the chairs of
which are completely covered. except
their legs, with slips of chintz. The
| chandelier is porcelain basket OF
| fruit.
| Some people are already planning
their summer sojourns. and the per-
| plexities that
Miss Mary Gheen always arise rise
Has Novel Scheme. uestion
where shall we go?" are making
some agree with the tired Irishman re-
! turning from a picnic who declared
that life would be all right If tWere
not for our pleasures
The family of Rear Admirab and
Mrs Gheen have evolved method OF
solving this perplexing question, to
some extent. 1t is novel and it is
declared to be effective. In their fam
lily, as in every other, when the ques-
tion comes up, Where shall we go?
| each has different place in mind. So
the younger daughter of the family,
Miss Mary Gheen. decided to suggest a
vote Her scheme is this:
Weekly, she passes ballot box in the
| family circle. and slips of paper with
summer sojourn preferences written on
them are duly put in the receptacle.
| They remain there until the hot summer
weather makes 1t necessary to come to
| a definite conclusion. and then Miss
| Gheen proposes to open the box and
see which place has the most votes
| to it's credit. The family have prom
| ised to abide by the result. and they
are making lots of jokes about not
'stuffing the ballot box
| Some of the interest that Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Henry Butler have taken
| in the visit
Women Gladly Give Of Nine. slav-
Their Old Treasures. who has been
visiting in Washington in the inter-
est of the Serbian Red Cross fund, has
lbeen stimulated by the fact that their