Evening star., 1915-06-20

Ine ADMIRAL OF the Navy and Mrs.
Dewey have in contemplation spending
at least a portion of the summer at
Woodstock. VT. where they have a de-
lightful summer residence In the ad-
mirars old homestead.
| Lieut.. P. H. Bastedo, L. S. N, who is
| one of the very popular bachelors of
| the service, is likely to be more of
favortte than ever. because of having
| In rattle. Since coming to reside in
Washington last September Lieut. Bas-
| tedo has. with several of his friends,
kept bachelor hall at the Avondale
| Commander and Mrs. George R. Mar
well last week inaugurated a pleasant
| innovation in the hackneyed order of
dinner parties by getting up Dutch
Treat Dinner Club Of twenty members.
| who will from time to time gather for
these occasions at the Army and Navy
Club. Commander MARVEL is on duty
at the bureau of ordnance, and with
his wife. since coming to this city, has
| made his home on Calvert street
Commodore and Mrs George r. Peters
are now established for the summer in
their commodious summer home at
Bluemont. Va, where, their first house
having been burned. they built the
present substantial one of stone, which
has charming situation: overlooking
the Loudoun valley: At the present
| time Commodore and Mrs Peters have
their son, Mr.. Arthur Peters. and his
| bride visiting them.
Surgeon F. F. PleadweI, u. s N. and
Mrs. Pleadwell are so enjoying their
| charming house, 1918 r street, which
they planned and built within the year,
that they have not for the present for
mulated any plans for going away this
summer Since the early spring, how
hAr hnA ri I>ir xI,t
full series of runs in their motor in
Maryland and Virginia.
Commander and Mrs. J. H. Sypher.
greatly to the regret of their Wash
fngton friends. will shortly close their
| house, 2949 Newark street, Cleveland
Park. and sail for the far east. Com
| mander Sypher has been assigned to
sea duty in Chinese waters. and Mrs.
Sypher will go to China at the same
time and meet him there.
Mrs. Sypher, as one of the three
daughters of Rear Admiral and Mrs
Cromwell has always been a favorite
in naval circles. Her sisters, Mrs. Will
liam Kilburn. widow of Capt Kilburn.
and Mrs. Needham Jones. wife of Lieut.
Commander Jones, will remain with
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Cromwell for
the present
Capt. and Mrs William F. Halsey
mington, Del, at the home of their
daughter, Mrs. H. G. Scott during the
latter's absence with her husband at
the Panama exposition.
Rear Admiral B. A. Fiske, accompa-
| MED by Mrs. and Miss Fiske. has gone
to Newport. where he has been ap-
pointed in command of the naval sta
ton.
Engineer Richard Hollyday. U. s. N.
and Mrs. Hollyday may go for por-
tion of the summer to the eastern
| shore. where the old Hollyday home
stead was one of the colonial show
places in that section of the country.
! The bricks from which the house was
built were. Of course. brought from
England, as were also the finely carved
| mantels and much of the other wood
work.
Medical Inspector c. Fl. T Lowndes,
L. S. NJ. G., and Mrs. Lowndes will re-
main for the present at their Washing
ton home, 2108 r street, although they
have numerous invitations from rela-
tiVes In Maryland to spend the summer
in Talbot county.
DR.. LoWndes is grandson Of tho
late Comm modore Lowndes, whose old
manor house on the eastern shore was
just across the Miles river from the
home of his friend, Admiral Buchanan
pleasant rivalry existing between the
TWO Old naval heroes Is to whose home
stead was really the most historically
interesting.
Lieut.. Commander and Mrs. William
P. Cronan will remain in town until the
end of June, when they will close their
Jefferson place residence and go for a
stay OF several weeks at Ocean City,
Nd and after that to Philadelphia.
Commander ]. V. Chase, u. s. n. re-
Gently returned from sea, has just been
appointed senior aid to Rear Admiral
Benson. In the office of operations.
Commander and Mrs. Chase have a