Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-07
Gossip Of Society,

I The ladies' parlor on the first floor
| of the Congressional Club would serve
| as an example of cool, inviting and
| thoroughly feminine reception room
| for country house, or even a drawing
| room in town
| The craze for black and white eff
| fects has been carried out by the paint
| ing of the willow furniture, which is
white with touches of black.
| The main part-in fact. the whole
| chair-for instance, is white enamel
I with the braided border which runs
around the chair. forming the finish to
| back and arms. done in black. and the
cretonne of the cushion and the padded
| semi-back is gay pattern. with old
| rose predominating in the color
J scheme.
In every chair, almost, is one of the
circular cushions now SO much in
vogue. These are of solid colors. alter
mating with each other-an old rose
here and an old blue silk one there,
the whole effect being airy light and
comfortable looking, with a uash of
character given to the daintiness by
the touch of black on the chairs and
settee.
When Mrs. William Barrett Ridgely
gave her tea last Sunday asking her
| friends to meet her sisterin-l law, Mrs.
, George Deering, her mother. Mrs.
Deerlng, presided at one end of the
! able. and Miss Fremont, daughter of
the late Capt. John c. Fremont. son
of the Pathfinder served a cooling
drink at the other
Near her was her Chow dog, one of
the best known characters in Wash
1nSton. a dog whose owner is sure he
has guardian angel as surely as any
child. for he runs all about the town,
hither and thither. taking his daily
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regularly unhurt.
He is a very accomplished member of
society, is Louie Fouey, and waltzes
admirably to the humming of Waltz
Me Around Again. Willy" as sung by
his mistress. He falls with thud and
lies dead when asked what he woui1
rather do than go to Harvard. and
springs up with alacrity when told ne
may go to Yale. All of which he did
for the entertainment of the tea guests
the other afternoon. besides showing
off his society manners by eating
cakes quite daintily from his mistress
palm. OF course, he shakes hands
when being introduced.
The cooling drink" by the way.
served at Mrs. Ridgely's was a mix
ture of lemonade and ginger ale.
served from punch bowl with big
lump of ice in it, and it was delicious.
every one agreed. the ginger giving it
an indescribable twang that was I'M
usual and snappy.
The Italian ambassador and the
Countess Cellere, who have been So
journing at Hot Springs. have returned
to Washington and are making ar
rangements to get away as early as
may be to Beverly Farms. where they
have released the Luke cottage, known
as Pitch Pine Hall. Neither name OF
cottage nor hall exactly fits the house.
for it is TOO big to be classed in the
ordinary meaning OF the former. and
,crt, no. 11a1 a
hall. 1t is. however. big, roomy and
inviting colonial dwelling, with hos
pitable entrance in the center of a big
front porch, which leads into an en-
trance hall, with reception rooms open
ing off from it.
Behind the entrance hall is another
square hall in the center of the house.
with a stairway with attractive land
ngs leading off from it. the stairway
being reached from a raised platform,
which also serves as continuation of
the hearth in front of the big open
fireplace.
Around the upper hall is a balcony
after the type of southern colonial
archit ecture, from which the bedrooms
are entered. These are large and cool.
there being plenty of ground about the
house to give free access to the fresh
breezes from the ocean.
On the main floor one of the chief at
fractions is a screened porch on one
side of the house. which was fitted up
as an open-air billiard room when
former Secretary and Mrs. Knox oc-
cupied the house one summer to be
near their friends, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Clay Prick. whose estate nearby is one
of the show places of that region.
The billiard room was the chief at
ira ction to young Philander Knox. jr,
known to the family as "Tippy," for
there his father taught him to play
pool.
There are ample grounds at Pitch
Pine, with a productive vegetable gar
den off on one side behind the trel-
Uses hidden by red rambler roses and
in front a green lawn. where the beau
tiful children of Count and Count ess
Cellere may enjoy themselves to their
hearts content.