Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-09
Gossip Of Society.

| Some of the gardeners connected with
| the propagating gardens. near the old
! bureau of en-
White House Plans craving md
Affect Gardeners pr nr Nave been
| heaving signs of relief the past week
! over the semi official news at the white
| House which has had to do with the
| Presidents plans for the summer. the
| understanding being that president
| Wilson is likely to remain at the Whlte
! House for most of the heated term al
| though the woman members OF ms
| family are expected to go to the sum-
! mer White House at Cornish. ~ H..
without him.
The gardeners signs of relief have
| been due to the fact that there has
| been apparently some sort of an under
| standing to the Presidents plans
From the propa eating sardens are sup
| piled the flowers for the White House
tables. corridors and decorations OF
that character for friends of the family.
| This is in between seasons with gar
dencrs. when they plan to get ready tor
next year. This is particularly true OF
roses. Plants from which blossoms
have been cut all wintel are usually
removed. sent 10 HOSPITALS. etc, at this
! time of the year. to maize way 'or ne"
stock for next Winter. The iatter ar
started at this time of the YEAR '"'
next winters production of blossoms.
| Not knowing whether the President
and the members OF his family nave
| intended to remain at the White Rouse
| for a part of Il he summer. ana una ware
of whether & large quantltI or cnl
| flowers would be needed for the White
House throughout the summer. Tue
gardeners have not dared to take up
their established plants.
The White House depends very large
" upon the propa eating gardens 1or
cut flowers. and when there was once
a discussion of taking away from the
Monument grounds the propa9atins
greenhouses, near the old bureau OF en- +
, craving and printing. President Roose-
Welt put a stop to the plan. for the
time being. by dema nding to know;
Where am l going to get my roses.
Washingtonians who were frequent
dinner guests at the White House In
former administrations. nave always
| been grateful to Mrs. Roosevelt Tor
doing away with the superiority OF
flowers at formal dinners and other
functions there. 1t was the custom
to bank all the mantels. mural tables,
and even the window inches and other
spaces that could be filed In with
masses of cut flowers and tropical
plants Mrs. Roosevelt inaugurated
more simple style of table decoration
and of having vases set here and there
with graceful clusters in them.
Reports from the White House serve
to show that little Miss Josephine
Cothran, who was
Baby Sayre Not The White House
the Only One. woodrow sayre ar
rived on the scene, has not had her
nose put out of joint, so to speak. by
her small relative. She is about three
years old now. and is visiting the
White House for the first time since the
spring when the President was inaugu-
rated. She is the daughter of Mrs.
Cothran, who is the daughter OF Mrs
Howe, the Presidents sister.
The President takes great interest
in the baby now at the White House.
| and one of the most interesting photo
graphs he has ever taken. which has
showing him holding little Baby Cothran
on his knee.
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| An interesting story is being told about
| the happy outcome of the gift to char
ity by Mrs.
Mr.. Mclean Gives William Lit
Puqqy to Mrs. Blair. $500 Pekingese
puppy This handsome little dog
was one of the objects for sale at the
| recent charity fete at Friendship and
was won by Mr.. John R. Mclean. after
a fair and free contest in which many
| people took part.
| AS every one knows Mr.. Mclean has
| - l.,
| another. many white poodles being his
particular favorite because they were
the favorite of Mrs. Mclean when she
! was alive
When Mr.. Mclean won the little
puppy he was seated at the table with
I Mrs. Woodbury. Blair, and as he had
been so kind in granting the use of
his country place for the charity fete
every one rejoiced to see him win a
prize. They rejoiced still more when
Mr. Mclean handed the fuzzy bit of
| dogdom across the table to Mrs. Blair,
and every one applauded.
J All Mrs. Blair's intimate friends
| seated about her understood how grace
| full an act 1t was, in view of the fact
that Mrs Blair has been inconsolable
because of the death some weeks ago
of Pekingese she has had for years.
| The announcement of the marriage
of Miss Ruth Morgan Waters to Prince
| Ludovico Pigna-
J Prince D'Aragon tell d'Aragon in
( New York the
Is Known Here. other day has
served to remind Westinghouse the
past week that the prince. who Is a
member of the royal family of Spain.
was at one time reported to be engaged
I to Miss Gladys Hinckley.
| The prince is well known in WASH
| ington, and has been entertained by
| Washingtonians at Hot Sprigs, Va,
| where he was very popular among the
younger people one season. He is a
! rider, polo player and good dancer.
| ~
I Sir Cecil Arthur Spring Rice and Lady