The Washington herald., 1921-05-29

bought by the CLUB. The original
entrance to that estate was on ths
Rockville road. the private driye-
way winding around In picturesque
fashion 20 the house itself,
the roadway being lined on
both sides with hne old tail trees.
Connecticut avenue. you see-the
road now used 20 20 TO the Dunlops
lis q comparatively new road while
the Rockville pike 10 very old in
deed; Braddock marched up the pike
to Fort Duquesne. II Is Older than
the city. in fact. You see Il Jed from
Georgetown. Acfsmily named Laird
had Hays" until the Dunlops in
herfted II several decades ago. Not
only Is the cid brick house charm
Iag-and delightfully."- furnished
with wide versndss and sun parlors
and so forth. but the lawns are
beautiful with many ancient trees
and much 'shrubbery:
io UNDAY evening a number OF
notables entertained box par
49, ties at the showing Of two new
films, The Heart of Maryland" ann
The Romano OF washington" for
the beneft Of the woman's Welfare
association. The next evening a
brilliant audience witnessed the
performance of Somebody's Lion"
put on by the famous Mask and
Wig club of the University Of Penn
syivanis. Apparently Gen. Pershing
was the lion" for he was given a
rousing cheer by the cast Of college
boys and theE- by the audience. He
was a guest in the box of Senator
= and Mrs. Warren, who also enter
tsined Speaker and Mrs Ginett
Iud1a Mrs pitnev
Gen. Pershing popularity has not
waned one bit; he Is enthusiasticsl-
" welcomed. wherever he goes
Across from the wsrren's box.
Justice and Mrs. Willis Van Devan-
ter entertained a box party, having
- among their guests Representative
and Mrs. Frank W. MondelL and
Col and Mrs. Chase. Mrs Charles
Boughton Wood was hostess to a
group of young people including her
niece, Miss Antoinette Graves. Miss
Ailsa Mellon. Miss Caroline Story,
Miss Anne Gordon, Miss Beatric
Beck. Mr.. Sloan and Mr.. Hoffman.
of New York.
In Mrs BENJAMIN warder's box
were her son-in-law and daughter,
Maj. and Mrs. Harry Leonard, Miss
Louise Thoron and Mrs. Alan Kirk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward McCauley.
Comdr and Mrs Herbert s. Howard
and Mr.. and Mrs. Newbold Noyes
made UP another Interesting box
party and the Misses veeder and
Miss Green were in Mrs r. r.
GOWNS box.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles J. Bell were
hosts of q group of young people,
including their son, Robert Bell.
Miss Delphine HeyI. and Miss Zilla
T. -. -.A go.
were Miss Laura Harlan. Mrs. Law
renee Townsend. Mrs. Gibson Fahne-
stock. Mrs. Robert Hinckley. Sur
geon General and Mrs. Merritte W.
ireland, Col. and Mrs. Matthew De-
laney. Ralph Totten, consul general
at large in Europe; Mrs. William
Barrett Ridgely, Mr.. and Mrs. Thil-
man ]. Hendricks. Mr.. and Mrs.
George Snyder. Miss Eleanor Ma
guire, Judge Martin Knapp, William
S. Broughton. the Rev. Father Ed
ward L Buckley. George Bond Coch-
ran. and Mahlon Janney.
The play over, the Pennsylvania
alumni in the audience. standing in
their places, Joined with the entire
cast in singing Hail, Pennsyl-
vania." this incident providing a
moving closing to a delightful even
ing.
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I had luncheon yesterday with a
friend of mine from Philadelphia
who was at the banquet given
by the musicians of Philadelphia
: at the Bellevue-Strstford on Tues
day evening. May "a. She said IL
y was a very notable gathering. in
y cludine such people as DR.. Henry
l. Van Dyke, Of Princeton university;
e John Luther Long. of Madame But-
u terny- fame: John Philip Souss.
i James NJ. Beck. recently appointed
IS solicitor general of the United
n states. Sherinne. the great Russian
e pianist, who played delightfully."-
g oh. lust lots Of lions" including
i our own Edouard Albion. director
d. Of the Washington Opera company.
whom, my friend says, received a
y wonderful ovation The toastmaster,
Mr.. Cook. editor of the Etude, un-
n expectedly called Mr.. Albion TO his
'e feet and introduced him to the COM
" pany, who fairly burst into storm
Of applause showing that Philsoel-
:. phia knows and Appreciates the
splendid work for music which he
J. has done in Washington. They ap-
II preciate what his efforts for the
establishment of national opers
& system will mean for all musicians
s. Of America. DR.. Van Dyke made a
s. speech which his hearers will long
q remember as one Of the wittiest
ie and amusing they've heard in many
y a day. Mr.. Beck's speech showed
Ie that he. though a lawyer. has a re-
"a markable grasp of musical sp-
II preciation and knowledge. / be-
: iieve, though, the explsnation IL
that he is the son of an old well.
u known Philadelphia music teacher
and grew up in a musical stmos-
phere. Mr.. Beck Is undoubtedly 9
e great addition to the cultural life
Of Washington where he will re-
le side now-for a few years at least
= The Albions and Maj. Totten are
q giving a musicale this evening al
= the latter's charming studio when
the program will include only Rus
i sian music and dancing. These
parties are always 10 delightful In
every way, too.
- TRAVELLING sEEGERs WILL
GIVE CONCERT AT BELAsCo.
Constance Edison seeger and
Charles Louis seeger have snnoanc-
ed q violin and piano recital al
the Belasco theater on Friday aft.
ernoon, June 3, at 4:so. under the
e auspices of Mrs. Adolf Caspar Mil
J. Ter, Mrs. Lawrence Townsend and
Capt Templin Potts. U. a n. re-
tired. Unique and charming per.
d sonalities are these modern trouba-
II dours, who, with three little, chill
,e dren in car and trailer. are carry
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