Evening star., 1916-08-13
Gossip Of Society.

Rear Admiral Richardson Glover. U.
S. N, retired, and wife are immensely
enjoying their summer at Elberon, N.
j., where they have since the outset
of the summer been entertaining their
own and their daughters friends. So
genuinely have they enjoyed their
present surroundings that they are
quite seriously considering remaining
there for the celebration in the early
autumn of their daughter Beatrice's
| marriage to Lieut.. Holcombs of the
Marine Corps, instead of returning for
that event to their Washington home,
as at first planned
Not only is the house in which Ad-
miral Clover's family is spending the
season a charming one, but the neigh
borhood is more intimately connected
with persons of prominence who have
gone to make social history within
| the past three or four decades than any
along the Atlantic seaboard. Imme-
diate1y opposite the Glover residence
| is Fairlawns. the summer home for
forty years past of Mrs. George NJ.
mansion where for eight OF ten years
the late President and Mrs. Grant spent
| their summers. The George w. Childs
| and the Gen. Horace Porter places are
place of Thomas Eckert. and within
| stones throw is the summer home of
the late President Garfield, in which
he breathed his last.
| Count Raoul d'Adhemar, widely known
on both sides of the water as devotee
Of horseflesh, and one of the best cross
country riders in America. has become
equally enthusiastic about automobiles.
of which he has fine technical knowl-
edge. His motor cars are the talk Of
| Newport, where he is spending the
| summer. He has them painted and
decorated after a design OF his own
make. and they are not only things of
| beauty-individual beauty-but always
gather a crowd wherever they stop
owing to the bizarre effect in the blend
| ing of the colors.
Count d'Adhemar participated in the
| famous Paris Marseille- Bordeaux race
| few years ago, driving his own car
| and displaying skill in the manner in
which he handled 1t, even above that
| of some of the professionals who took
part in the race. This race was to
have been a two-day affair, but was
called off the second day, after several
accidents.
| Mrs. Cary Grayson, wife of the ply
| sician to the President, is quite the
most stunning bride Washington has
had in many moons. and when seen
| coming from the White House one of
dressed in a batiste gown of water
melon pink made on simple lines. with
sheer white Bretagne collar and GUNS.
and a large black hat which made the
toilet most distinctive one. Both
| DR.. and Mrs. Grayson seem to be en-
| joying life at the capital during the
| hot days and are daily at the White
House. joining Mrs. Wilson in the
morning hours on the portico on the
south front of the mansion, or sitting
under the big shade trees on the south
| lawn.
| The jitney dance has a hold in the
| west. and is said to be travelling east
ward as rapidly as possible. 1t may
reach Washington by the time the
winters dancing season opens, and in
it is said to be a world of fun. Dances
are sold for charity by the girl for
some small sum. and. there being no
| limitations on price, generous ad-
mirer is likely to waltz several dol
| lars worth with a fair maiden before
the second customer has chance for
| one or two turns on the ballroom floor.